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ance Gleaner The Oldest Newspaper in the County. . Established In 1375. $1,0( par Year In Ailvaucc. , Large and increasing circula- ton in Alamance and adjoining counties a point for advertisers. FT iTm "Keeping Evtil, ; r i : ' success." ' : y Mica) IWUilwuxv 0.1 i, i ii. ... ' Job Printing ; All kinds Comuiercial Print ing, Pamphlets, Posters, &c, neatly and promptly executed at lowest prices, ; vol. xxi y. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY ; DEECMBER 1, 1898; NO. 43. 'Alam J n pSCZCCQQQQQOGC i' 112 MY THE FREIGHT AND UD.96 IS : i nn 5-picca parlor mit, rocker, tiirfta, and iofa, and iffO parlor chiir, uifhry polished : fraai-i, fiuuhed mabog- - any, a i upnot- ' .it'-fed m nlour or ta pea try. lara'--ftl ' , a ad nuit X aMelWaiiyp-Lrlor k m too laoJ, $i 9 ani friirtu o.tia aoywhero oa earth. Such a bargain as this vou hare aavar Mn btf r, no manar now you ar, aererwill eiQt. proraUy, if you retch th century mark, which we hope you will. OOOOOOOOOOOQ X 5 Furthtr com neat Is I UitaeceHArv. aaceDC that If van want to know I of thousands of Mich bargains, send tor our 160-page furnitura catalogue, ana if you want carpet at iuch prices at meat dealers can't buy for, tend for our ten-color lithographed carpet I catalogue, and what you'll find in these two I rill teach vou aomethinK that vou'll want to remember lor asanv a dnv. Remember I Inristraaf Is coming, and sensible people give I sensible gifts which sensible people most ep- I preciaie. sometning lor tne noma rs the best of all presents, and our catalogues will suggest to you wont u oeat. Address (exactly as below) JULIUS HINBH & SON, Dept. DIM. . JsALTIMOIlE, BO. CX)00O0O0000OOOO000O0O00OO PAST AND PKE5ENT. Fu 11 Line of Tru sses, Shoulder Brakes for Ladies and gentlemen, Combs, perfumes, Artist's Colors, School Supplies, Fine Candies, Brushes of all kinds, Full line of Drugs, Plenty of Cold Drinks. . Come and see us- GATES & CO., Burlington. N. C. "Th. loat and delicious leisure of tb oldaa Um." Adam Bede. . t Iatanr la dead. All, dear Did leisure! Iferoileaa harry reigns In his place. Striving for gain Is oar only pleasure, Gold to the prise of oar life's mad race. Bit sod think at your peril yon do it . Scurry and bustle and bang and crash I Wasting your time that's the way they view It, Everything's folly but gathering cash. An hour at your dinner I 'Tia shameful, shame full Twenty minutes la ample time Gobble it down, such dawdling is blamefoL , You should be making an extra dime. Oh, for the days of the sweet maid spinning. Kettle humming on open hearth, lire sll this artifice knew beginning, Dear old daya of our nation's birth. Days when the slow old coaches, crawling. Gave ua a chance to enjoy the scene. (Mow we fly with a speed appalling. Nothing we see but a blur of green. ) Fine old inns by the road inviting, Smoked and soaked with an honest cheer. Mono of your rooms all paint and whiting. wmi ana coia with eloottio glare. Sweet old games in the candle's glimmer, - fjorners dim where we loved to sit. ' Brighter our lights, but our joys are dimmer. Homanee an, little is loft of itl Ghost yarn telling was grandpa's glory Ugh I tho ghost was there at your backl Fancy telling that sort of story 'i-o tne tune or tne radiator's crack I Home dollghts one could revel deep in ("Home!" 'twas the dourest word bat one) Not Just a skimpy box to Bleep in Alter tne daily task Is done. Good old parsons with good old sermons, Slow, but sure in the narrow way. None of your theological Herrmanns Juggling the Word for a banker's pay. What though the mall came but fortnightly Lietters were letters in days of old Written lengthily, heartily, brightly. None of your hasty scrawls and oold. . . " , e e Bush and bustle and bang and clatter! Scurry and hustle and clang and oraaht Bow, ye slaves, to the god of matter, Everything's folly but gathering cash. G. Bembert Westley in New Tork Times. A DESERT ROMANCE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JACOB A. LONG, "4r Attorney-at-Law, GRAHAM, - - - - N. C lractlceB In the State and Federal courts. Oflloe over White, Moore at Co. 'a store, Main m rent, 'f none ho. a. J. D. KERNODLE, A TTORNEY AT LAW GRAHAM, N. C, TOHH GRAY BYHUkT. W. 1. BVXUM, Jit. , BYNUM & BYNUM, Attorneys) and Gounaieloraj at Lu-w GREENSBORO, N. C. Id the conrtn of Aln An, i, W ly Practice rnrnlarly ance county. DR. J. I?, STOCK ArD, Dentist, GRAHAM,. N. C. Office at residence, .opposite Baptist unureti. B nit work at reasonable price. In nflvos) Monday and Batur oars. N Kflluu has daemiiaaliatel tea UvouaaMt ttaathMUtoalaoatiJslalliM row wowint fCCULlH mguaa dsan s Ua laosttMrsaasir of trouble. M sawrt woaMUrTully beailnr aausaT aad soothiac tea th aiausttsal orgaa. J srhita.' and kllln-Ma Batocsltooolasj asdaiOTana. r.1 asssBMsiTuatiira or Cbaog oTLtf at t aadieia sasKte. tt tl.hs.adrtal ajrraT asaaaMy, aaet bra t beta chiisixe tot auusa tor nor. It tavsaosaSas, Baleau ss.ssae Ibaaa lb WB4 a. ail aatstad wean p.. hy will ay wsass awse aaurhaw aataav wna wrtala vaUaf wttkla eht Via of CsweWi omly aoa tU aaaaaaaaaaaBaar.L.1 - " BBslaBaiBLw JsaWaaVaaa aBjaajaaawvaBBBf WW an -i.iae. Aasisaas Lm TV faaniins ifsaiafas lal srav. I. W. faffTW Bta wH 4 MM 1 Car It lnh'ijj jt. ZEE ITOnlA. blMUrfTalbwtrnn ftxifirinrTlifoct route loa)Oiiri To- j ward a little flat, where lie saw three ' or four cows feeding and a pony near T by, which, even at a distance, he reeog- nied ai Boly'g. A few yardi away, teat-5 ed in the shadow of a great rook, he raoognized the bine olad figure of Boly herself. I "I allowed yon'd . be over before ' long," she said, with a smile, "I kind j of expeoted you'd be in yesterday even- ! In." . ; . I Morgan's oonrtehlp progressed with rapid strides. Within a fortnight after this visit he had been over to see Boly several times, and she, after an interval of a week when he did not come, know ing him to be tied down by his work at the Belshazzar camp, with a natural disregard lor empty convention, had herself gone over to chat with him at the arastra. It was on the occasion of this visit that Morgan declared himself. The arastra was stopped. The mule still dis creetly blinded, dozed in the tng path, and Morgan in beatitude sat with his arm around what for the time being was the only waist in the world. There's one thing I ought to tell yon," continued Morgan, "before ever you says yea or no. You see, when J first met the old man he kind of jump ed at tho idee that I was the owner of this here property. I didn't say so, but seeln as be took it that a way I didn't see no call to undeceive him; bnt J ain't co owner. I'm just up here work' in for Biggs, an old pard of mine, on wages, and I simply don't own nothin." "That don't make no difference to me. Chris," said Boly, with a sigh, "but I reckon it will with por about oonsent in. He sets such a heap on a man's be- in well fixed. " There was silence for a moment, and then Boly continued: "I've been thinkin this a way. Why don't you branch out for yourself and get some property of your own? Then you'd beel'cibie," "That's easy to say about branohin out and gettin property," responded Chris despondently. "But however 'm I to do it? I don't see no openin." "You'll never see no openin sitting Christopher Morgan sat upon a box in the shade of some large bowlders and within whip reach of the circular path about the arastra, and at each rotation of the mule stimulated him by a touch of the whiplash. It was a drowsy occupation. The monotonous creaking of the wooden shaft, the grating of the crush stones and the sound of the dull, thick wash of the tailings thus kept in muddy commo tion acted as a sedative on Morgan, who had already almost dropped asleep. He was about falling into a still deeper doze when he was made alert in a mo ment at the sound of voices from a lit tie mesa above the camp. Presently, riding down the steep and almost obliterated trail, came first lank, elderly man in faded overalls and . flannel shut, and after bim a girl dressed in coarse blue denim and a tun bonnet of the tame material, riding astride on a man's saddle. She had a light, girlish figure, and her face was to Morgan a revelation of loveliness, and bis estimate of her at tractions was not altogether without tome foundation. Her mouth was per haps a little too large aad her nose trifle too "tip tilted" for an exaotlng taste, but her gray eyes were full of life and sympathetic intelligence, her hair golden, her teeth as white and regular as a young animal's, and her complexion freeh and blooming. The elderly man hailed Morgan in a loud voice, which woke the echoes all about: "Good morn In, oompanerol How goes it?" Morgan acknowledged toe vociferous greeting, and went to meet bis visitor aa they rode up toward the arastra. "My name's Basoom, taid the man, "and thil here's my daughter Boly, abort for Boiivyer. A man passin along the road night before last taid a9 how you'd bought in this here Belshazzar prop erty, and Boly and me 'lowed it'd be the square thing to come over and get acquainted. ' Meantime his guests bad dismounted and, holding their ponies by their bridles, sat down on a broad flat rock near the arastra, while Morgan resumed his seat on the box facing them. You done well when yon bought this here property," continued Basoom. "I've known the ledge this ten years. and if yon go alow you'll come out ahead of the game. Them there fellers, the creditors, shut down on and butted up all natural enough, at I teen they would when I first set eyes on em. Bull Horn's all right" Mist Boly said nothing, bnt fixed her gray eyes on Morgan and sat silently regarding him in a frank and interested way which tomewhat em barraased bim, Mr. Btucom was not only curious aa to the past, present and future of bis host, but was loudly overflowing with information at to himself. "My place just over t'other aide of this hen ridge in the other oanyon," he explain ed. I took op land there ten years ago, never thinkin I'd stay there this time, and I wouldn't if it hadn't for a thievin pardoer of mine. " How's thatrv Why, this away. I'd made a ttaka before ever I'd come in here, landin arms tor Bolivyun insurgents, and this pard- this 'ere triflin feller Meek, was tn with me. We had $16,000 profits be tween us, mostly in big yellow twen ties, and ha eatnea np to my plao bar sayin aa he'4 help develop the claims back over the ridge on which w had located together. W was goia to pot that ooin all in to WvJopin, hot on mors in I wakes np to find bim clean gons, along with his aharaof the auoney and mine too. I tracked bim out on to the deeert down Mod Bprings way, and lost his trail altogether, and I never teen bid nor hair of nun or taard where be went ta Since then v hd to rattle far a livio. Boly, hers. the help out herdina feweowt I'v got on the banco grata flats on t'other side (to ridge." When bis attests had maoamUd and slowly climbed th trail again, Morgan watched ttmm till they wr oat of tifht with aa ajMoootmtasbJe Mixed feeling of wiM fay and deep ospraadon In hi heart, to which h had hithsrto bean stranger. Darin th next tww day th hxaagt of BoJr arew atore and ntor dMrplyira- prataed on hi hitherto mawatBeptlbt heart. This state of nuaa waa auiaw . M t. w Slil..t Amm Mfl 1 r" "rr. HrZ.7r. JZl tambled roU of COiV B vww, B Baasa - - l .k- TT JlZS.ZirSlJIZ i th damp obill of th eg sptnia vm mm esrwausssn. -m-tot-Umvmwtmcm. front work ana ittnia manna- , Utmm . th- . su. snMcfc, i Vltat, ... J a-M-l, mmMirmitmA hi hia SnXttaasMBt. around this arastra belongin to another man," retorted Boly, with some spirit "I'll tell you what I'd do if I was a man and wanted to make a stake. I'd quit here too quick and go right away over into this beie new Mud Springs deestreeot that they're all runnin to and stake out some claims for myself. That would make it all right with por. He'd say your bein a man with jnst wages is one thing, bnt you bein a man with some promisin claims is another. " "But," said Morgan, inspirited by the plan, but yet aware of obstacles, "wbat'd I say to Biggs if he should oome back here and find I'd quit work in the arastra. and pulled out with his mule? He's done a heap for me, and I couldn't go book on him. " "I've got a plan about that too," said Boly, contemplatively drawing lines in the trailing dust with her riding switch. "You start right in and clean up this here rnn and then go and rock down from the drifts and I'll oome over every mornin and run the arastra while you're gone with Gyp" (Indicat ing her pony). "He's small for the work, but he'll do, and you take the mule and start off for the new Mud Springs range. I'll herd the cowl into a little rincon that I know of, where the feed's good and they won't leave till I oome for 'em. For is repairin the road every day now, and he'll never suspicion what's up. " Thus it was that on the third morn ing after this conversation Morgan was on his way oh the'trail to Mud Springs district with a fixed determination to find something rich and become "el'gi Die ' or die in the attempt He wasted no time in entering ac tively on bis work. He rode here and there over the country, working up dry gulches in search of placers and climb ing rocky buttes and ridges in tbe hope of finding some rich ledge. Promising discoveries were being constantly made by others, but his own luck was of tbe worst Tbe month's time whioh be bad al lowed himself was already drawing to a close, and be seemed as far from bis goal as ever, and it was In a state of deep despondency and discouragement that be started upon hit laat trip into tbe adjacent mountains. He followed for several hours an old, deeply worn Indian trail tending to ward tbe Colorado. Tbe trail bad evi dently been but little traveled for years, for in many place it was quit blocked with bowlders which bad roiled down the hillside, and finally came to a point where it had been completely burled by an enormous slide of loose rock. Her be dismounted and tied . bis mule to a stunted pinon. He wnVttnxv ions to proceed in tbe direction be bad been going, for not more than a mile ahead there wat in plain view a rocky bluff, onrioosly marked and mottled In lull red and faded yellows that rag' gested strong mineral possibilities. Morgan had clambered half way across tbe rough and difficult barrier, tilt following the general tin of th trail, when, as he paused for a moment to tak breath, be saw with some- sur prise a few yard abort him on the bill- a high, narrow opening in th looks. It waa partially blocked by few fragmeot of broken bowlder and was twidently th month of on of tho mountain cavern not iniwqassnt ly found near th summit of tbiti de- rt motinUina With hat lirtU difficulty away a fw of th larger be rstabed that blocked the way and found room to snttr. H had with hint a imall anpply of nuton, and as h lighted cm after aisotbsr he taw that he was in a fairly good siaed chamber, 7 or 8 feet la height and perhaps 10 feet hi length and half as broad. H advaMed to th center of th cave and by the dim match llgbt saw that there were clear eriiexot of form habitation. At on aid on th floor war twe broken olio and other tratrmsnts of pxHtery. Jnst tram old Indian hiding plao," thowgbt Morgan, and, lacking aBtiqoav rlan taster, ha waa about ataatdtming forth exploration when bis attention attracted to otrtain dark bowlle- lik ohjeoai at the rear of thcav. Ha apps-osasbtd then with a tningled ftef. log of cariosity and dittrwst. He was lmpnaarioikBblA, bat wben bit nrt view assmed him that on wa petl it and wat left inHarktlega. It was but a seoond before he lighted another, and then for the first time be noticed that close to the blankets lay a pair of leathern saddlebags. He stooped to lift them and was inrptised at their weight They were unstrapped, and bis curiosity now overmastering all other feelings be threw back tbe flap of one and holding a freshly lighted match close to the opening was speechless with amazement at what he saw. The bag was half fill ed with coined gold. For the seoond time, in his excite ment, he bad nearly allowed bis match to burn out Hia stock was now reduced to fonr, and, realizing that be mutt make haste to leave the cave, be seized the leather neck connecting the two bags and dragged them to tbe opening. In another moment be was again standing in the sunlight and threw the remains of bis last match among tbe rocks outside. It was all so strange and passed so quickly that it seemed to him almost that he had been dreaming and still dreamed, but wben be opened , tbe mouth of the saddlebags and plunged bis hands into the jingling, shining yellow coin whioh both contained there was an end to all bia doubts. "This beats dry washing or striking a ledge," he exclaimed aloud. "If Boly don't think I'm el'gible now, I'll, give up beat." On the side of eaohof tbe heavy calf skin bags in sprawling, pen printed let ters, was the name "H. Meeks" and a date some 13 years baok. "That's tbe name of the feller that robbed old man Basoom, and it waa down in this Mud Spring oountry that the old man lost the trail. While I am out disooverin things, I seem to be workin up the whole job to once, "said the now exult ant Morgan to himself. "Old C'lumbus ain't in it with me." When he, reached Mud Springs late in the afternoon, be was discreetly silent about bis discovery in the cave. is saddlebags sj m more back on tbe trail, and his prepa rations for an immediate and impressive return to tbe Belshazzar camp were un dertaken at once.1 These oonsisted in va rious purchases. From the proprietor of the Magnolia saloon be obtained a black mule, with a silver mounted sad dle and bridle and a pair of deep rowel ed spurs, with little, jingling chains. These bod been loft for sale by tome newcomer from Soaora with bad luck and extravagant tastes. He also obtain ed at the same plaoe a diamond of large size, but of doubtful purity, whioh he pinned in bis bine flannel shirt front He added to this a guitar for Boly, se cured at an exorbitant price from impecunious Mexican, and, having bade bia friends goodby, started on his tri umpbal homeward maiob jnst aa tbe fnll moen was rising over tbe eastern ridges. He reduced tbe four days' time of his outward trip to less thsn three on bis return, and an hour before sunset was riding up the last heavy grade on tbe trail into tbe Belshazzar camp. He hardly expected to find Boly so late at the arastra, but still on tbe ohanoe be gathered himself together for an im pressive entree. His new mule, laden with the precious bags, trotted! in ad van oe. He followed with the guitar swung by its bright ribbon about bit neck and held in plaoe before bim, bis questionable diamond flashing resplen- dently, his spurs jingling and his torn brero well back on bis bead. As; he neared the camp bit spirits tank I for the moment at be recognized tbe loud voloe of old Basoom raised to even a higher pitch than usual. He hurried his animals, and in another mo ment was in camp. Boly I pony, Gyp, waa In harness in tbe arastra. She her' self wa sitting despondently on a flat rook near by with her face buried In her hand and fobbing at abort inter' valt, while old Basoom wa vociferously upbraiding her for tbe infatuation which bad led ber to deceive her father nd clandestinely operate the arastra in ber penniless lover's absence. Tbe situ ation, however, waa soon changed; to one of glad excitement and friendly greeting and congratulation when MoT' gan appeared and, briefly recounting bis adventure, astonished them with tbe sight of tbe ooin In the saddlebags. "Two-thirds of that there coin nater ally belongs to me," shouted old mat Basoom, "and one-third of it" (mean ing Meeks' part) "of oourse goes to yon. but I won't stand on that This is my day for bein lib'ral, and I'm goin to allow yon balf of tbe whole pot and throw tn Boly as an extra, alow'n, of lourae, aa she' agreeable to the arranga aient" I ain't got no objection as I know tf," said Boly, with a laugb, as ah looked down and shamed one foot in the dry tailings. j,,-w And all this oome," said Morgan to Boly, with glad impretsiveneta, "of tny just follerin your ad vie and rustlin round and gettin l'gibl." Kdmuad stuart Hocb In Argonaut lLid Powder 4iBSCLUTEIYtURE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome MrVAl fjtJtrlfS PtfMOtH W..MW YORK. PENNSYLVANIA ROADS. In Oow Hlf hwiyi Aro Coaatraated 'Alleghany County. Tbo highway! of Alleghany connty tre-superviectl by a practical -engineer of wide exparionco, F, W. Pattureon, and tho method of construction is de scribed iu tbo Pittsburg Press. , Tbe transforming of the bad roads of this mountainous comity into good ones was begun iu September, 18(17,. and ns a result 10 miles arc completed and in use, and about , 20 miles are now in oourse of construction. The traveler or casus objervrr pacing over one of these now rouda has little idea of the amount of material and labor required to pro duce tbe bard, smooth surface and the easy grade. The method of construction adopted for these roads is what is known as mac adamizing, that system of building be ing best adapted to tbe highways of this county. Tbe surface of the road dues not Indicate its substantial quali ties, as it is much like any smooth road would appear under favorable circum stances, eicept that it is carefully crowned in tbe center and rounds so nicely into the clay road on cither side that were it not for tbedifforouoe in the color it would be difficult to tell Just where the macadamized portion began. Tbis statement is applicable only wben the clay portion is at its best, neither THE OLD UTAH MINT. A COINAGE 8Y8TEM THAT WAS BORN OF BRIQHAM YOUNG. eax4 Maaaar rrorlalaa tba tjeail- Good manners are a social obligation, and a yooiig man should never mak ligbt of them nor pan them over a on worthy of notice. Tbe extreme manner of the fop are silly and nnneceMary, sal th way a well bred man deports bim- If I always worth a young man's closest study. Good maniiert mean com' fort for others and ' th recognition of little social right, which to past ovt to to degenarata. Etiquett book oaa- not instill good mDOr. One's deport ment cornea from within. Few men ar bora without an intuitive Imowledg of what I wrong or right In deportment It la limply esperiaoo that develop th quality. To b good mannered gen erally mtian to hav consideration for women of very rank in life, and that I a quality which young raan can not po Mat to strongly. Indies' Horn Jowrr -f Coaa4wi coaching i wtraBaxrruiat. and th tmottnaoos hacking and irrv. tetion will eooa attack aad Injur too deiicaia Uning of the throat nod air pasgnL Tako advtoa and an Dr. Boll' Congh Bjrnp la tim. This m 1 fill laetsssrlw arill ssuia vntl. 1MTW iTOTrawM W at a .., m a s a. m -, a awaak. of unfavorable circumstances that tbe macadamized road stands pre-eminont Continued wot weather does not affect it in tbe least, and a long drought only produces a tbin blue dust on tbe surface, caused by the grinding of the ligonier screenings under the wheels of passing vehicles, The standard construction adapted for tbe Alleghany county roads is as fol lows: After tbe road has been graded, sloped and guttered an excavation made in the center 14 feet wide and sufficiently deep to bring the surface wben completed 18 inches above tbe surface of tbe gutters, to provide crown, in order that the water may be sbod rapidly. Tbe bottom of tbis exca vation is then rolled with a ten ton steam roller. Kigbt inoben of native stone, broken to 8)6 inches in diamo ter, is filled In and tho roller again ap plied. If the ground be low or toft tel ford foundation it substituted for tb broken ttonoa On tbis Is a layer ligouior stone, crashed to 2 inches in diameter, which it alto rolled. Then comes another layer of the same nut rial, but of smaller size, inches thick, which serves to koy the larger stone. Tbe roller is again brought into requisition. Tbe whole is Sole-lied with a layer of fine, ligonier screenings, which Oil tbe interstices and form a smooth surface. Tbis is wet and rolled firm. Wben used fair a time, it becomes so hard that it is almost likeooncrete. The road engineers adopted the foregoing as tbe standard construction for all the oountry roads improved, after a careful study of the methods employed byroad builders both In this country and abroad. The IS mile of road now completed have cost tbe oountry on au avenge 113,000 per mile, whioh, when the enormoue cuts and fills Diode necessary to reduce tbe grade In mauy placet are considered, is not excessive The cost of grading alone hat averaged nearly $0,000 a milo. Tbis, of conrsn, varies aooordiug tn tbe physical tud topographical character of the country through which tbe road pastes. " OYSTER SHELL ROADS. The Starr ef the Aaeleat aad Alsnoat Porgottea Deserel Oold Money Few of tb Pieces Ar la Exlateae at the Preaent Time. The ancient coinage of Utah, the period when the glittering partielea of yellow gold from California were dint ed in a little adobe building in Salt Lake, bat been half forgotten. The written and printed records of that time, by a strange oversight throw no light on the subject Those Utabana whose memory dates back to 1849 remember the establish ment of the mint, but the exact dates ate confused. It was some time toward the close of 1849 that the mint waa in augurated as a measure of publio con venience. Brigbam Young waa tbe in stigator of tbe coinage system and exer cised a personal supervision over the work. Prior to tho establishment of tbe mint all gold dust' had to be weighed when payments for merchandise or other ar ticles were made, in many cases the merchant with whom the purchaser " All Clothing Buyers Travel Towards The. IS KIR' CO.. High Art Clothiers, OPPOSITE McADOO HOTEL, GREENSBORO, N. C. was dealing had ne gold scales, and nddy nor 'dusty, it lsffndel TnclrtroubhrTetnltqnV The nretal'was" Inferior la Maay Way to Hlakwaya Ball! of Stone. While it Is conceded by tbo who bavo knowledge of roads constructed oi oyster shells that they are better than tbe common dirt roads they also have tbeir disadvantage aud are far from ideal. A correspondent of The L. A. W. Bulletin make tbe following ttate- nienl: 'These roads become tb excessively dotty in dry weather that tbey an practically unfit to travel over. This fault can be orercom by tbe liberal CM of tbe street sprinkler, bnt it I, not al ways possible to pros tbo sprinkler intc service. Just outside tbe city of Wll niiugton, Del., there It a causeway over torn marshy Isnd wbiab is built almost entirely of oyster shells. I bava driven over tbis caoaewsy wben tbe dust war fully tbree Inches thick, and being sr. light and of snob fin particle clouds of II would rise after each pausing tram. At time it would b impocsibl to at a team ten yards ahead, it may readily be Imagined that tbi was not pleasant going, and I would have very much pre ferred tbe oommon dirt road. Wbil f "believe that th oyster shell road Is In th main superior to tb ordinary din road, yet there ar few practical road maker who will not eooced that It I Inferior In vry way to a road built oi tb oommooost grad of ttooe. " Ctr a tv S3 b r Cold at one. Road kafMalelaa. Bond Inspector Thomas Malley of Morris connty, N. ?., says that "the scheme of pouring creaningi on a road to repair It It very ezpeotive and utter ly wonbleas, Tb first hard rain rarriai away th screenings or they grind op ar blown away In tb first dry spell. Experience abowt that antfl a road need three-quarter loch stona It nothing, with this sua stooa a a baalf, a little binder aad acreralnga. all well rolled, will mak tb road as good as new." Best . j Tb Long bland famen carry trior doable leads to tb Kew York market aino tb main roads oa tb is land wer Biox-sdamtseri, Bemov loo Moo from tb alga- wtya la many ttate th law uprn ly require road ovrrterrt to do it. SirMotb roadwayt reduce diet do. Start road Improvement bow, Tb longer the delay, lb frtaier tb cost A vent road repairing it road t poll DwWitt' Witch Haiti Salva Car PHm. wtmStm. bus. too preoiout to admit of guesswork in as certaining the weight required to cover a given sum, and the customer would be put to the trouble of looking up scales to aid him in bis payment . Old timers disagree as to who made the dies with which the gold was stamped Into 1 3. B0, 5, $10 and 30 coins. The honor lies between John Kay and James M. Barlow. Kay was a mechanic and Barlow a jeweler and dentist Judge Hammond of San Juan, who came to Utah in 1848, says that diet were made by both men. He think! Kiy made the first, which were unsatisfactory and Imperfect, and that Barlow made tbe later ones. Thomas Bullock was chief clerk and aotive director of the mint during its entire operation. The gold which was used oame chiefly from California, much of it being brought here by members of tbe Mormon battalion on tbeir return from tbe Mexican war. Tbey carried the precious dust and nuggets in buckskin poaches to. the mint, where it was weighed and coined absolutely without alloy. Tbe mint building was at that time a oonsidera bly mora pretentious structure than it is today. It wat two stories high and contained balf a dozen rooms. The crucibles in wblch tbe gold wat melted were in tbe oellar. The primi tive machine with which tbe cooling metal wat stamped into ooin stood in a back room on tbe first floor. All the work wat done by band and every piece of tbe machinery was made by Salt Lake artisans. Of necessity, no bate motal appeared in tbe finished product. Twenty-flve graint of gold waa tba equivalent of a dollar. Tbe man who bad 07 W grains turned tbat amount over to Mr. Bullock, who tent It at oooe to Messrs. Kay and Bar low. It waa Immediately melted and turned into a coin of the value of $3.o0. So it was with tbe pieces of larger de nomination, and tbe mint customer, if be to desired, oould follow bit metal with bit eyes from bis pooch through the crucible, press and stamp. No loll waa taken out of tbe gold. tbe coinage being absolutely free. At first tbe $.A0 piece were moat plenti ful and popular. Then a large number of (5 coint were made, and these, with the first named, constituted the bulk of the mint't work. Mot many $10 pleooa were minted, and the $20 coins were till fewer. Tbe mint ceased operations in 1800 because of .tbe appearance in sufficient quantities of Uriited State gold and silver coins. Although the space of time aino the last pouch was emptied into Thomas Bullock's "money mill," a it was called. Is comparatively short fw of th coins are known to be in exist- e today. Because of tbeir purity they wore rapidly, and as a oontequance de teriorated in value by erosion. Many of tbam weroieuieltcd and made into necklace, chain, and otbor article of jewelry. Apostle Bright Young baa a watch cbaln tbat waa made from two of tba 130 piece. H bad tbe chain made in Switzerland while In tbat oountry torn yean ago. . II. Pierce bat one $30 coin, and several others are In poaaeaslon of Salt Lakers. Wben President Brigbam Young died in 1877, hit executors. In going over bit personal property, found a locked trnog box. On forcing the lid a nam ber of tb coint of tb period deacribed were found. Tbey covered all th d nomination!, and were sold at a not ion. bringing a premium ovct tbeir face valuA, President Young' ton, Apostl Bilgbam Young, at that time secured dx of th $5 denomination, which be ttill bat. " Tba other were toattered In mcb a way as to make it Impossible to mo wem. , , Two tela of die war oted for th $ Tb first tat, at hat bean stated. proving unsatisfactory, another set was No milling appeara on th dge except la the last iassea. Tb lettering and other technical point on both asta war imperfeot, bat tb coin tetrad their day aad porpoee well. Tbey ptaaed oarrant at tbeir face vain a readily oatsid of Utah a within its border. Th California ting circulaied also vary freely here and was need far other porposi btaide taorjey. Apostl Brig- ham Yoong said recently that as a boy be had traqoently teas bmo pitching quoitt with OaJiforala alugsi Salt Lake Tribaa. HaT tb e, Mrs. Mildey Charles ie tneh a dear fallow I H never goa away without kiaatngBML - Mrs.' Sowecby Ton don't nppo that- it anything Ilk ''band Dee Before pleasure" in hi mind wben be I going away, do yon, dear? -Boston Traaortpt. Dc Witt' Uttto Early Rlaerm, Sole Agents For this line of Pants And Overalls. Biitcness ted I i'.l aad Workmanship TcrfivL ' T!ic Appearance witiiout tbe Lost. All the Leading Clothing Lines Are confined to Our House. . Our guarantee is "Your Mpney.Back , If You want it" Fishblate-Katz Company, IGHEEXSBOKO, N. C. t&" Salesmen : Dolph Moore, C. W. Lindsar. W. L. Cranford. T. B. Ocburn, L. C. Howlett. . 1 II f 1 Greensboro Tobacco Market ROR HIGH PRICES. Sold over 5.000,000 pounds lout year for an averaeo of 17.57 rer 100 pmindri. Thin in tho hitthcfit average made by any market in piedmont North Carolina, Over $1,200.00 pnid out daily to farmers for tobacco during the past year. It is the beat market in the State for the farmer Our Warehouse are large, commodious and up-to date, whose propri etors stand without n peer as sleemen of the weed. Every largo firm in the United States and a number of foreign firms are represented by our buyers. Tobacco centre, manufacturing centro, trade centre, railroad centre, educational centre. Our own rnanulaclurcrs have a large capacity and ore increasing their tmdo daily and muHt have tobacco. , , , Wo have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for, the warehouse capacity. . , - Wo want more tobacco and must have it if high averages will bring it. Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit. .Greensboro Tobacco Association.. INSURANCE! lr-.-ar--" I wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county - to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, established in 1893 by the late firm of Tate & Albright, is still in the ring. There is no insurance agency in Jorth Carolina with bctttt- facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low er rale or better indemnity.' Only Graf-class companies, in every " branch of the business, find a lodgement in my office. With a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full salUfitction in every instance. Correripondence solicited upon all matters pertaining to insurance, ' I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica tions to other agents. 1 t Very respectfully, JAME3 P. ALBKIGHT, 1 UTTBT TVHTnV V P ' 8wauaswsav., a. 5ooooooooooooooooooocccccc - SUBSCRIBE FOU THE GLEANEU, $1.00 per Year lit Advance. la. rrscs oa. Mm Tail