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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-03-19
nov 20
PENCILS.

a lot of good soft Cedar Pen oils, for
IA sale at tho Drug Store, at 70 cents
per dozen or two for five cents.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

offended and insisted oa lsaviu- H.,
ma sion. Prior -a har departure. Mr
FULTON trIaI - -oo,ig his 3rate spouse
by saving Ms jeal. v.u foutGud,r-
stand the matter line trutI ~ tine
matter o,tu- to t- tina Chancellor
Livingstone. when ln iaI.-. explained
his ideas AMI models ST. rA- steamboat
10 Robert Fulton. ~ha wa, fn Penn
syiyaria. tsen occupied FL "a Gsolamfc
eNiInIlan oi London To- the Iarl-lau..
Fulton lo-~, --ea great mechanical
ingenuity. aHi effected useful INA
proyeu4-rt~ n taeg ~HauctlIar'o model
Tor eNauplt-tne axe IL. tire Cham
ce!loro paddle wheel had no outside
vest. or box. Nor had the paddle
wheels any RIM 10 hold the fans
together. The result wa- tha. tht
wheeIs "~wabbied. 80 thu Rhiuebeek-
ELS. who saw tine ..Chauc llor'- FOLLY
aGroaHt IN TIIlot-oa'-. now WIl8'S
Bay. said. The man who saw il run
INTO tie mud was scared by the vision
Of what he thought was Nr. TtIlot,on +,
iiouslu- mill 4iloat on the uver.
Robert Fulton added boxes 10 the
rX r,mitico of the paddle wheel aNles.
ana the circular rims to the fans Of the
paddle wheels These additions gave
strength and efficiency to the invcn-
tor model
documentary II. Well as oral cyl
deHce j. sill in existence t. prove
these statements. The correspondence
between Robert Fulton and Chancellor
Livingstone relative To the steamboat
was borrowed by the former. and was
also destroyed By hm. Other hands.
however. had copied portions Of that
correspondence sufficient t establish
the claims OF tae Chancellor. aud
those portions only need fitting OPP
p~ortunity for appearance In public.
Time is sometimes slow in redress
ing injuries and in awarding the due
need OF praise or blame. but in the
lone run usually succeeds in meeting
out Justice.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Extravaganza Of Funerals.

It was a very sensible clergyman at
PlttSburg Who recently read a paper
upon the eNnenslNeneSs 81 funerals,
ami they were very sensible col
leagues who adopted his views as
their opinion. Mere fashion is mo-
where more hateful than in the bury
ing of the dead, and none the less
hateful because 1t imposes enormous
expenses upon those who can not
afford them. The SAVINGS Of a year
are often squandered in the idle osten-
tation of 4 funeral. 1t is a not unnat-
ural feeling among the poor that the
last service they can render to a be-
loved friend shall not fail in any usual
distinction. and the result is that a
living family is often straitened that a
dead member OF il may lie in a ma
hogsnS coffin. and be followed by a
loag train OF carriages to his grave.
Reform must cone from those who
set the fashion, and a modest sim
pllclty IN funerals can be attained only
BY the example of those who can
afford to be e~Ntrayagant
The worthy undertakes. who lives
by the death of his fellow. creatures. is
naturally DESTROYS that grief shall be
layishly manifested. and he encourages
10 litt ulIioSt lii1S SOlllDIt StDlcflttoi.
The young American used to be
shocked as he read III English stoI les
OF mutes and mourning carriages, Of
men hired to wear the garb of sorrow.
and Of grief measured by a train of
emptiness. Two or three wears ago
the movement against this extrava
gance began in England. and it has
the public sympathy and support of
very eminent persons. 1t has shown
itself III this country by the common
request. with the announcement Of q
death, that no flowers be sent. Asim-
pie AMI beautiful tribute Of affection
has grown into an oppressive fashion.
and certain flowers have become
odlouS to many persons from their
constant association with funerals.
When such gifts are in truth the offer
ingS of love and sympathy. no sym-
holo can be more touching. but the
moment they spring from the mere
force of fashionable custom, and are
sen to the house of mourning as gifts
are sent by formal acquaintances to Il
bride. with no more feeling than in
the leaving OF ceremoniouS visiting
cards. they are touching and signifi
can no longer. The change ii the
mere fashion Of flowers upon such
occasions can be carried by the same
good sense into every other funeral
extravaganza.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Why Should I Attend a Grange
Meetingo

\ question Of some Importance is
this. Ii no actual tangible benefit IS
derived it is simply a waste of time.
and time is too valuable To be thus
squandered. DO not doubt that there
are members in every grange IL the
land upon whom their membership
has conferred no direct benefit because
they seldom Of eve attend the meet
Iuos.
Now ! have received benefits OF two
kinds-direct and Indirect the latter
perhaps greater than the former.
The application OF the principle OF
combined purchases and cash paw
ments has effected a general reduction
in all the neceSSaricS and many of the
luXurieS of life. In this advantage
| share III common with all whether
meml ets of the order or not Ann-
Their IN lirect benefit is found III the
high esteem in which members of the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

-lahGe aud prrhap- other farmers hn.i
thtlr occupation
When W. reflect upon tLt wonder
iul chal -e~ wrought iu tile msHCal
world -t... tire iat- VIII the yuly-r-
iZ~d lies. E. dried yiI.Fo W.~tb- prip
ciIal Iit-le|Ieft III q pres rlptluH. hy
combination a.I research. Nt VII not
irel surprised that hkr results should
~ re;tliz.a ia soil euItGI,
Improvements in tH- mos. ~ tIla--
Vii necessarily be followed IS .arr,~
p"nnln- improvement lu ih- ~tllltr~
lie social and intellectual condition
pi tie farmer Wi~ never - hI-h a. II
now j.. tI> advancement IL ~kuowlrdZe
Il trur refinement never - rapid i,
now. THIS J. a great benefit which Il
not confined t. members at the order.
hut enjoyed uN al ~ha ARE dependent
on the farmer for d living ~lut-l.i
9tHce anu skill in a-faTu-re. bigger
crops. more money. better reward for
labor. more prompt payments gt4-
rial prosperity. Dlrct ly. the -rau-,
benefits 10 m, hav. been IA httt.i IS,
q%I"IntaEce With my brethren. a he Ter
understanding OF their peculIaritie~ 81
cl a~racter. the dispersion 81 p~reJullce~.
IL" formation OF friendships. which !
tra-; viii continue through life amt
y may H. one progress III ~elf-cuiture.
And last and least | have saved p-cl-
nlasilN a II tie. which If saved bv ali
the members would amount III tire
aggregate to 2 large sum. and through
out the whole order - many millions
Of dollars.
| had hoped To learn more about
farming. but owing eithrrt my map
tltude, u to the failure 81 the grange
% discus, questions purely OF al agri-
cultural character. | have not in this
respect realized my wishes
1t may be worthy to entertain tire
suggestion that each member should
keep a notebook and enter therein any
matter concerning which lie may de-
sire information or anything he may
gather up In his reading or otherwise
which n" may think Of Interest and
advantage to the grangt.-f"tr/rs
Gf0Hqe G0,Hor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Who Invented the Steamboat.

MIR. X. Wheatley has communicated
to the R~hinebcck Gazette Il history of
the steamboat. which seems to throw
new light OF an old matter. and which
Will somewhat if proved to be correct.
detract from the fame OF Fulton in
this particular. He says:
Did Robert Fulton invent the steam
boat. or did he simply supply some de
feet in another's invention. and thus
win the honors of mechanical genius
for himself: He enjoys the honors
without a doubt. but is he justly emit
tied To them: There are not wanting
persons of high repute, in the locality
of Rhinebeck. who deny that Fulton
merits the enconiumS hat fame has
laviShed ON him.
Fulton married Miss Livingstone the
sister of Robert L. Livingstone. Rob
ert l. Livingstone married a daugh-
ter OF Chancellor Livingstone. On
one occasion. when these relatives
We're assembled at Clermont. which.
together with ten thousand acres of
the original Livingstone manor, had
been bestowed III Robert Livingstone.
the @reat-grandfather of the venera-
bic Miss Garretson. by his father. as a
reward for preventing a negro insur-
rectlon-the question of the real
origin of the steamboat came under
discussion. Robert l.. Livingstone
maintained that his father-in law. the
Chancellor. was the inventor. Mrs.
Fulton, in high d~udgeon. turned to
the venerable Chancellor and asked.
DO You call Yourself the inventor of
the steamboat: He replied. Yes.
certainly. If | am not. [ do not know
who is The good wife was hugely
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Ice Water.

There is 10 more doubt that drink
ing ice water arrests digestion than
there Is that q refrigerator would ar
rest perspiration 1t drives from the
stomach its natural heat, suspends the
flow of gastric juice, and shocks and
weakens the delicate organs with
which it ome IN contact. An able
writer on human diseases gays. Habit
ual ice-water drinkers are usually Very
tiabby about the region Of the stomach.
They complain hat their food lies
heavy on that patient organ. They
taste their dinner for hour, after it is
bolted. They cultivate the use OF
stimulants TO aid digestion. ii they
are intelligent they read upon food
and what the Psychologist has to say
about it-how long it takes cabbage
and pork and beef and potatoes and
other meats and csculents to 20
through the process OF assimilation.
They roar at new bread, hot cakes.
fried meat, imagining these Ia have
been the cause Of maladies. But the
ice water goes down all the same. and
finally friends are called in to take a
farewell look at one whom a mysteri-
Gus Providence has called to a cline
where. as far as Is known. Ice water is
not used. The number OF immortal
beings who 90 hence TO return no
more. on account Of an injudicious
use Of ice water, can hardly be e~ti-
mated. -BdItnyore >iu4.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Climate and Pulmonary Diseases,

Climate and Pulmonary Diseases.
At the late meeting of the American
Medical Association. DIR. a. l.. LoOmliS.
Of New York, read an interesting and
valuable paper. in which he treated of
the climatic treatment of pulmonary
diseases. When stripped of the pro-
fessional jargOn which renders his pro-
tession uninteliigible to the average
reader, DIR. Loomis says that iii tuber-
GUITAR pHthisis, that Is in consumption
which Is the result OF tubercleS III the
lungs. he has never known climate to
produce favorable results, while in
other varieties climate has shown
power iii arresting and controlling the
disease. He thinks there al be little
question but that there are certain at
mOSpheric germs which. when drawn
into the lungs on inhalation. act DIES
tructively upon the lungs Or. LoomiS
does not credit the belief. which pre-
vailed fifteen years ago. that a warm,
dry atmosphere was the essential ell
matte element for the arrest or cure of
consumption. He is of opinion that
the more recent observations and in
designations have settled the fact that
consumption i not necessarily hasten
- - 'htN 1iolhA'db - i'N 1NAhPtA
allure; neither is it prevented or cured
by a high temperature. 1t is claimed
that more extended observation has
demonstrated that the altitude at
which ii IS supposed immunity exists
varies with the latitude; that the
nearer the approach to the equator the
higher must lee the altitude i'll order
10 accomplish the desired result. I'M
munIty is not due TO altitude, bat to
the absence of organic matter in the
ar OF the nigh elevations. Pulmonary
lhvahds have improved i'll pine forests,
nat DIR loomis holds that it is by their
power OF converting the oxygen of the
atmosphere into zone, and the power
Of ozone, of DIES roying noXious gases
and atmospheric germs that the atmos-
phere Is rendered SO pure as be bene-
Itlal to mvalidS. So long as the result
- produced IL Toes not matter what
the agencies are. He is of opinion
mat cases OF tubercular consumption
10 best IN the quiet, well-ventiiated
apartments Of their Wy homes. He
considers Aiken, Sonth Carolina. Pa
id'ha, Enterprise and Gainesville,
r'orlda. Thomasville. in Georgia. and
AHaeVllle. North Carolina, desirable
i'r ihVallds suffering from from pull
"!ohary and catarrhal COMPLAINTS
'hdffOtte Observer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Cure for Wounds.

Is . a. the wound i inflicted get
Il little >tick-a knife or i.a handle
will do-and commence to tap gently
on the wound. DO not stop for tine
hurt. bat continue il until it bleed9
freely and becomes perfectly numb.
When this point Is reached. you are
safe-all that is necessary is t. protect
it from dirt. DO not stop short OF the
bleeding and the numbneSS. and do
not. on any ccount close the opening
with plaster. Nothing more than a
little cerate on a clean cloth i. neceS-
sarv. We have used and seen this
used on all kind, Of simple puoCturea
for thirty years, and never knew a sin
ole instance OF 4 wound becoming IN
famed or sore after treatment as
above. Amon@u other cases: 4 cOal-rake
tooth going entirely through the foot.
"a bad bite by q pig. several instances
Of tiie.shanks through the hands. and
numberless Gas of rusty nails. avis.
etc. but We never knew a failure of
this treatment -ccieHtjFic American.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

Az ACCUSED WIFE'S DESPAIR AT
Fort Worth, Texas, a Mr.. Gray accused
his wife OF unchaStitv. The accusa-
tion made such a deep impression OF
her mind that she took her three chil-
dren ont to tho lonely shores IF the
Brazos. The midnight stars looked
down coldiy a1., brilliantly. and the
,outll wind swept through the MOS
quito bushes a. the unfortunate wo-
man deliberately threw both her
Youngest children into the river. Sine
also seized the eldest. a boy. and with
a splash he sank under the tide. After
drowning her children. Mrs. Cray
drowned herself.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Remarkable Birth-Five Children
at Once.

The most remarkable birth ever
known IN the history of a~ccouchments
occurred at OF near Sa~Ieoville. Ohio,
on last Monday night. Mrs McCor-
mick gave birth to five healthy chill
drcn. four boys and one girl. The
medical works have but few instances
of such births, and when they do occur
the children have been scarcely known
to live. In this case the mother and
children. in the common language ON
such occasions. are doing We'll
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

SOAP dissolve three pounds Of sal
soda in two gallons nf warm water:
slack in a frkin three pounds Of good
quick-lime add u it the soda solution :
stir tile whole thoroughly with Il stick.
and add two gallons of boiling water:
stir again and let !, settle: pourotT the
clean liquor i'm "a clean iron
boiler placed on tin fire. and stir
into it six pound. OF clarified grease
and one pound of powdered boraA:
let it boil -louly until il gets roPy,
about 10 minutes boiling.J and pour
it into "A tub OF tight box: this makes
a good hard soap for family use: after
drying a month or 50 ~ a dry Dom.
and cut into bars. it II tit Tor u.s..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

\ great ball viii come of at the
Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs on
the 10Th OF August. for the benefit Of
the Lee Monument Fund. and the
company is expected to be larger and
more brilliant than any ever seen there
before. At the same time there viii
be ratified. also for the benefit of that
fund. a portrait of Gen. Lee, and
another of Stonewall Jackson. both in
iull uniform. and both painted by
Elder.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
Officers of North Carolina State
Grange. p. OF II.

Haxfcr.-S. b. Alexander, Charlotte.
MIeckicnburg county.
Orcrsecr.-N. B.. Whitfield. La
Grange. Lenoir county.
Lcctorer.-T. Ii. Robinson. Concord.
tabarrus county.
Ster0rd.-D. IL. Armstrong. Ashton.
Ponder county.
ASST. StcWdrd.-Hill +. King, Stump
Sound Onslow county.
ChdpidHn.-Rev. VIM. Grant. Jack
-un ~NortiIamptun county.
TradNurer.-D. W. {. Benbow.
TIRE, nsboro. Guilfori county.
SccietGrH-Joaeph f. Porter, Tar
bro. E~dg"combc county.
tinte kecpcr-W. ID. Wharton.
Greensboro. GuiIfuri county.
Ccrex.-Mrs. :. 3. Alexander, Char
Ipttc. Mccklenburg county
P0mOad.-Mrs. \. Is. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lemon county.
F1oru.-NIiss Eugenia Robinson,
Concord. Cabarrus county.
Lnig Asst. Stetcdrd.-Mrs. II. +.
King. Stump Sound. Onslow county.
state Business IGeaf.-Dr. ID. W. &.
Brnbnw. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
:. Il. Alexander, E.r-OGicjo Chair
man.
q. 4. French, Wilmington.
J.. /. Polk, Raleigh.
W. ii. Cheek. Warrenton.
!. +. Porter. E.s-Oticjo Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
l~t Deputy Distri,t.-Wm. p. Shaw.
Indian Town. Currituck county.
md Deputy District.-John y. Davis.
Tarboro'. E~dgecombe county.
3rd Deputy District.-B. +. Hooks.
Go%ldsboro. Wayne county.
4th Deputy District.-Hill +. King.
Stump Sound. Onslow county.
9th Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk.
Raleigh. Wake county.
9th Deputy District.-Frank VI. Pitt.
Oakviile. Warren county.
eth Deputy District.-Dr. ID. a.
Montgomery. Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
Sth Deputy District. W. b. Clement.
Jerusalem, Davie county.
9th Deputy District.-T. III. Robin
son. Concord. Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. T. Rein
hardt. Hickory, Catawba county.
llth Deputy District.-To he sup
piled.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
o.

|""""T T"A"T-"" ~-"-TI"TT0IT- M-E~ on TI-
Wv to th. pasEakrau. AT a lonely Iart
- ,.. rsra -.-t outside ,h. ci.tl.
aatt a. A>a~s-a t&. earr4a-.. na~s.I
fv,a - + Hr.-~f ~. .tu5.nts who
All. ara .. g.. lr-th.u-lv..I is
@'>s 49, '''' 'a'"
tt sth5as IT,"
t' A"' h''.3''
f..t "'a AF#1't VIII : ~traf6
s" t Nthh 4tFAS IH'N
a '4t Aa.f'+F t.tIraA~
~ia~3 ~ ~#R~hfn- fH'
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''s ''-' hsiiA" "a> Attt''
+" *'s 54htP "n"h lFo'"
- H' III" tour W'"
%ts.tN "'i'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

insects in the ear may be destroyed
~ pouring in sweet oil OF glycerine.
S-nglng will then remove them. and
should be done early.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
POETRY.


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And, a9 | watched mr., ! allow
wash
d""r, -,
Zach urchnl 'laiihed HIS KISS. an
longed to 90 barefoot once more.
And READ the spelling h"ok agar.
Sweet Lucy How came 1t 10 pass
can't eNplain.-but any way.
might as we'll have joined 4 class;
Al noon III take her nuts a Pear'
or apples. my best grated lrul'--
10 trade Tor smiles: 81" Ifaued laif'
And gave me- many thanks To boot.
Ano sometimes, after study hours
hen Lucy led Ter merry thfohS
III" the woods Tor Iate hdlio"erS
ANA autumn leaves "a 80 aiohS-
9he ha9 some dozen n"SS; nan grown,
lhai loNeu ilef We'll lheN Si'aiiieo
ne tio'5h'
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

Washington society goeslps over the
frankne99 with which the late Don
Manuel IL Frevr-. the Peruvian min
ister. acknowledges, in his Will, three
illegitimate children. TO whom he
leaves $4,000 ZACH ont % his estate of
400 n0n.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-02
August 2. 1878.

the labor question met to-day. Present,
Messrs. Hewitt, Thompson of Pennsyl-
vania, Rice of Massachusetts,. and Boyd of
Illinois The committee went into execu
tive session to consider whether they
should go on with the work and take the
risk of their expenses being paid.
At the close of the executive session the
committee decided by resolution to sit
daily and to hear such persons as may
appear. Thomas Rock, who represented
the free masons, visited the eommittee and
recommended that all government work
should be done by the people of the place
in which the government buiidinga are
being erected. He spoke against the sys-
tenn of giving out contracts for government
work, as contractors made profit which
the government ght save by employing
workmen direct He did not intend to.
apply the rule to private individuals and
would not advise governments to regulate
wages Much of the want OF employment
has arisen from the use OF machinery, the
saving of stone being now done by ma
chinery. During hard times the society
has to wink at members working below full
rates. LIE there was no machinery the
society might compel men to work only
for wages fixed by the society. The gov
ernment should enforce laws on the statute
book, including the eight hour law. Some
discussion ensued on the advantages and
disadvantages of the eight hour law, 10
which Mr.. Rock was often worsted, and
one member of the Social Labor Union
said his committee would be present to-
morrow, when many questions would be
fairly answered, TO tho better satisfaction
of the committee and workipgmen.
Hugh McGregor, one of committee
consisting of Justus Schwab, f. Brunor
and himself, then addressed the commit
tee on the subject of the government COL
lecting statistics of the laboring classes,
and so arranging them that they could be
readily referred to. The chairman thought
| he would not make oath to his statements
| because he did not believe in the so-called
ever living and true God. He was ther
asked how he could expect the govern
ment to enforce upon others what he had
refused to do-force others to testify un-
der oath as to the way they conducted
their private business. McGregor then re-
tired, and Justus Scbwab, Communist
said he would present his case tomorrow
The representative of the granite cutter;
attributed the depression in his trade t.
tie contract system and machinery. He
said he was discharged from government
work in Albany for ventillating his views
and that men were at work there Wht
we're rot skilled workmen and who were
paid as much as skilled labor.
Mr.. Hewitt said if the witness embodied
his statement in an affidavit he would for
ward it to Secretary Sherman and have
it investigated.
The committee then adjourned unit
tomorrow.
The Associated Pioneers of Californi;
gave reception this evening to Gen. Ere
mont, soon to leave for Arizona and as
! sumo the office of Governor. Genera
Sherman sent letter regretting his en-
forced absence, and expressing warn
friendship for Gen. Fremon..