The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

| "ouiu now De tycoon of Japan, Is a
student i'll Paris, living quietly as M
| Iokugawa. He is small. 1.-THE and we'll
dressed. His income is 5000, ,0OG a year,
| OF which he spends it'll. on himself
and sends the remainder to his follow
| ers who We're ruined by the revolution.
Very few of his fellow students know
who he Is. He will learn all he can at
the SOrbonne, and will then go to Lon
don to continue his studies. Eleven
years ago, when the Japanese Embas
boy, headed it. as brother of the Ty-
coon, and the Prince Of Wales went TO
Dover to welcome him.
The Louisville Courier Journal says
OF General Curtis Lee that he is a
more polished diamond and more a
man of society than General Early.
He looks very young for his age, but
Is in the middleage and greatly appre-
ciated by all who know him. He is
out of his natural field as president of
a university. His trne theatre is TO
organize or lead an army. There is
not an officer" say the &. j. writer,
I'm the United States Army thai is be
compared with him, and it is not TOO
much to say that he is superior in
military science to any Of the Confed-
crate chiefs who have survived
The Hon. j. III. Acklen, of Louisiana,
is again accused of having been guilty
Of a nameless outrage. The victim was
young woman on the Bayou Teche.
She died few days ago of yellow fever,
but short previous to her death made
an affidavit that Acklen had drugged
her with wine and accomplished her
ruin. The scandal creates quite a SEN
sation in New Orleans, and Acklen is
yet to be beard from If he is not
guilty man, he is certainly very I'M
fortunate one.
Ten years ago the great organized
Democratic party was in the minority.
Since then it has had "a brilliant series
OF successes. And just as this same
great party is about TO reach forth her
hand receive the prize for which she
has struggled, is it possible for any set
of meD-who have helped her to fight
the great battles-to disintegrate her,
and foil her? Men are not yet ready
to tear down this party which has
saved the country from utter ruin. We
do not believe there is any such apOs>
tasy in the land. d.-Dahlonega Signal.
Vesuvius is at it again, after quie-
tude for six years Outbreaks are few
and far betw cen; that next p 'eceding
1872 was in 1850 which overwhelmed
the village of Cercolo, the stream of
lava flowing ten miles. Between 10
and 1850 only forty-nine serious erup-
tions are believed to have occurred,
and during the early part Of this cen
tury the cutter had been SO long mac
-, ,,.1n 'n1I
streams remark: "There's nothing In
it." The summit had become in ap-
pear ance a rocky surface, pierced by
assures, whence vapors escaped. In
October, 1922, violent eruption car
ried away more than SEQ sqnare feet,
leaving a vast chasm, miles in circum-
ference. The eruption that over
| whelmed Pompeii was in 70. The
| am unit of matter eructed is enormous,
that sent forth in 1877 being over 33,-
| so, 600 cubic feet.
New YORK, Sept. 30.-Father Nc
| Namara, the deposed Catholic priest,
| who conducts missile IN Water street,
| and seeks to found an Irish Catholic
| Church." pr, a ,hed in the Gospel Tent
| yesterday. Four thousand people filled
the tent and crowded the street. A
large force of police were twice com
| PEELED to drive back the men and
women who in frenzy of excitement
| denounced Mcnamara. When he en-
| erged from the tent, at the conclusion Of
| the services, the crowd yelled aud
| rushed towards him. He drew re-
volver, and, saying, II will defend my
| self at all COSTS he walked through
the people, and, attended by the police,
| got away in a street car There were
no arrests Father Mcnamara is well
known in Raleigh having lived here
since the war
Treasure hunters in Hayti are very
| desirous of finding about 100000. coo
buried by Toussaint L'Onverture, the
negro insurrectiOn leader, toward the
close of the last century, when he was
on the point of surrendering to the
| French. He caused the coin to be
placed in sacks and carr ed to place
near Port au-Prince in thee wagons
guarded by ten soldiers. He ordered
ten men to dig the hole for their re-
ception, and after covering them, tC
return Immediately with the wagon:
and escort. After the work had beer
accomplished the party returned, bu
We're fired on from an ambush by {
battalion of soldiers under the com
mand of Toussaint himself. All wer'
killed, and the secret of the treasure
location was lost with TOussaint'
death. An officer connected with tn
battalion had received intimations 0
the intended burial, but obtained n
knowledge of the spot. The luxuri
ant vegetation of the tropics speedil.