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National Republican., 1878-06-06
ANDEKsoN's PATRIOTISM.

The patriotism of the witness JAMES f.
ANDERSON is something astonishing. As a
supervisor of election in Fcliciana he be-
came suddenly aware that it lay in his
power to 80 shape the returns that at
pleasure he could put Mr.. TILDES into the
National Republican., 1878-06-06
Blair's Lament.
ICmcInmnLL lNNnLrer. |

when Freedom from her mountain height
lunuGd her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe UfMight
And gave the wDIli-MUSrruMRRY BLAIR
1t was II mean thing for Freedom to do aud
doubtless she Is sorry for 1t now and bedCws the
dome Of the Capitol with team Of regret But tic
country has to pay the GcrDHrhCRcm bills all the
same, aud s4O,OJO IL the inst cal,
National Republican., 1878-06-06

WHAT has become of that reply to Judge
KEY? The Tennessee Democrats must be
asleep
National Republican., 1878-06-06

THE Indiana Republican State, the Maine
National, and Michigan National Convcn-
tions met yesterday, aud other conventions
fOllOw in this order
National Republican., 1878-06-06

June o-Illinns Prohibition. .......... Decatur
Missouri Prohibition. Louis
is-ohln krpublican. Cincinnati
lS-k0rih Carolina Democratic Raleigh.
Michigan Republican. Detroit
iS-Maihc Democratic .......... Portland
Iowa republican. ............Dcs MOines.
Texas Democratic Austin,
p-NermOnt Democratic. ..,.,, Mnntnelier
q mlchlgm Hem0cratic. lansing
~, Ohlo DeioCThtlc. ............tU tUlmmbus
July 3-hahsss National. .EmpOria.
'-AIkAnsas Democratic. ....... Little Rock
:. Vermont Native American. .Montpelicr
l5-ColoradU Democratic. ....... Pueblo.
Aug. 6-LouisiGna Democratic baton Rouye
National Republican., 1878-06-06

BY every consideration of profit and propricty
The blood should be kept absolutely pure by using
DR.. Bulls Blood Mixture.
National Republican., 1878-06-06
MATTHEWS vs.. ANDERSON.

dencies or irregularities are not of eli matte
origin.
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MIRRIED,

DOufLASS-STOSF.-On Tuesday evening, Juno
l. IN St Johns Church, by Rev. |. Vaughn Lewis ID
D., GEnnGE L. DnuGLAss TO ELIZABErn N, daughter
OF Mrs. Charles W. Stone.
National Republican., 1878-06-06

was an original letter written by him to Stan
ley Matthews, giving him sketch Of Pack
ards plan for preventing Hayes from throw.
ing him overheard.
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DIED,

Cannon We lncsilay, June 5, at SIS y. m, ELL
LEO CADDIE, twin daughter Of Cecilia and 1homu
Cain, In the l2th year Of her nge.
Funeral Will take place on Friday June !. ut D N
from the residence Of her parents, No. l52G NJ Sire,
nOrlhMeaI.
National Republican., 1878-06-06
Dearest sister. thou hast len MS;
We thy loss most deeply feel;
But It's tiOd who has beTeft Us;
Ilp can nil our sorrpNya hrul

McDoNALp.awodnes.iay, June 4, at 2:i5 oclocl,
DONALD, Chief Clerk United stat - X, nate.
The funeral Will take place from the Church OF the
Epiphany, Friday afternoon, At O'clock.
kAlILERr.-On June 8, 1873, GEORGE GOopALL
kAHLEhT aged 3years and months, only son OF ]
IL. and LLu 81 A. Kahlert.
Funeral rom the resi- lence OF his parents OIG n
street sOutht at, on Thursday, June o. at I u. M,
Friends OF the ianiy are respectfully invited 10 at
tend
National Republican., 1878-06-06

THURSDAY, JUNE G, ls7s
National Republican., 1878-06-06

Largest legitimate morning circU-
IafiOn in the District.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
1S1
COST OF CHEMICALS,

Pnoe current Of Agricultural Chem
cal-, IN Philadelphia, Baltimore or New
loTA. reported every week for the
FARMER & MECHANIC. by Or. A. r.
LiaHI-.
NoTE The following figures repre-
sen. the market prices on the date of
publication OF this paper. All persons
purchasing Chemicals should b. careful
no; 70 lie tempted b. articles offered At
rates much below the market prices,
- thy art Heariy n.srags nfnitervted.
After purchasing. send a sample TO the
Experiment Station AT Chapel hin. it
viii b, analysed FREE Of eharge.
Land Plaster, pure and fine ground.
bags or bbls = 10 - per ton.
Sulphate Of Potash KANT, bags or
bbls., si2t 70 81 per ton
Nitrate Of Soda. bags or hhls., Il
cents per 10.
SulPhate Of Ammonia. casks or bids.
1. 10 Ii cents per 10.
F,-tillzing Salt, per loo lbs, ~ to %
cents per III.
oulphate Of Soda, casns or bbls.. $l2
TO So per ton.
Muriate OF Potash. German ~ per
cent, bags , cents per lb.
Sulphate of Magncsia (kieseriteh,
bbls.. $40 per ton.
Dissolved Bsne, $50 per ton.
Acid Phosphate from $. c. Rock,
S23 to SO per on.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Contributions to the Museum

a specimen Of rice, grown by Mr.. j..
L.. Bell, of Carteret county, sem by
Rev. n. M. Jurney. Mr.. Bell has about
30 acres in rice, which is estimated to
yield 1000 bushels.
Mr.. A. B. Smith, of High Point,
Guilford county, sends some fine speci-
mems of grasses and small grains in
sheaf.
Mr.. Levi Bollinger, of Catawba
county, sends some fine specimens of
German millet and barley.
Mr.. A. s.. Horney, of Randolph
county, sends samples of wheat, oats,
millet and grasses.
Mr.. A. S. Horney, Of Randolph, very
fine specimens Of wheat, oats, millet
and several varieties of native grasses
in sheaf.
Maj. w. L. Tillman, of Arson coun-
ty, has presented to the Museum a
pewter half pint cup, supposed to have
been left by the British army while
passing through that county. Also a
large and we'll preserved Indian arrow
head of colored flint.
Mr.. j. T.. Patrick, of the Pee Dee
Herald, contributes clover, wheat, to-
bacco and a cotton limb 4 inches long
with seven bolls thereon.
A prolific and singular sport in the
way of a ear or rather II ears Of corn
joined together also a corn-stalk with
ten rings Of rootlets, comes from Col.
j. d. Cameron. of the Hillsboro
Recorder.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19

The farmers Of Johnston county are
beginning TO show their appreciation
OF the pea crop as a fertilizer. Large
fields all along the North Carolina Rail
road are sown down. and the crop Is
l~uxurlant. Our Commissioner advised
and urged last year the farmers OF our
Eastern counties 10 ad opt the pea a
thel clover crop. As a renovator OF
old and worn soils no plant can be 50
successfully used bv our farmers. nor
can they furnish to their soils so much
valuable plant food in any other way
for the same outlay Of money and
labor. The increased yield and inn
proved quality of wheat which has
been especially noticeable for the past
few years in our Eastern counties, is
greatly owing TO the merits of the pea
as a fertilizer for that crop.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Love and Poison.

Further particulars of the suicide of
j.. l.. G~rossenbach, of Marysville, Ohio,
go to show that the age Of romance is
not wholly past. Young Grossenbach
was n Of the most successful and
highly esteemed merchants of the
place. Not long since he cOurted and
won the affections of Dora King,
daughter of John King, Esq. 1t was
arranged that they should be married
about the last of August and go upon
a wedding tour to Europe. A beautiful
residence in Marysville had also been
purchased for their future home. On
the first day Of August Miss King was
taken i'll and died in a short time.
Since her death Grossenbach has been
i~nconsolable. In writing to his parents
recently he said What have l to live
for. | often think of drinking to drown
nv troubles, but hat would not be
showing respect to the ne l SO dearly
loved. Rather than to become a
drunkard, l will end it all by a dose of
prussic acid. My last wish is that be
buried next to Dora, and that two
monuments be erected over our graves,
to cost not less than $500" Before
taking the poison he proceeded to the
house of Mr.. King, went to the room
Of his late betrothed, threw himself
upon her death-bed, swallowed the
drug and breathed his last. He was
buried beside her in the cemetery and
a monument will be erected according
to his wish.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Passing Strange.

During the late unpleaantness
Trenches battery. from this county.
was stationed. for several months. near
Charles City. Lieutenant Thomas 4.
Manhood. OF this battery. fell desperate
" IN love with a Miss Gentry. but
finances and the removal Of the troops
from the nelghborhood shortly after
wards, prevented the happy consum-
nation of the love affair. They were
separated n never met a ain. and as
subsequent event have proven both
married. After the lapse Of some if-
teen years Lieutenant Mahool. a resi-
dent OF this town, was informed. by
letters from > gentleman Of Philadel
phla, that the object Of his early love
died in that city a short time since,
and has made him heir to q part OF her
handsome fortune. and il only remains
for him TO be identified 10 be put in
possession. Several Of the company
live IN this town, remember all about
the affair, and are prepared 10 say that
the identical Lieutenant Manhood j. still
alive II . resident Of this place
PearISb1trg l~trQiHiIH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Col. Polk in the Cape Fear
Country.

Commissioner Polk returned on Sun
day from his Fender and Bladen trip.
At Point Caswell, Notwithstanding the
rains and interrupted travelling, he
was greeted by a good sized crowd,
and a crowd of good-size, good-liying,
good-behavinS folk, who had assem-
bled to have a good time, many OF
them coming 90 miles, and all leaving
in a good humor after giving a round
of cheers for the speaker. The dinner
was excellent, and the ball at night
a success. Some good resolutions were
adopted, pledging the support Of the
county to the Agricultural Depart
ment, and appointing committees of
two worthy citizens of each township
to canvass for representative products
for the Museum.
The continual rains having flooded
the country, bridges, etc, causeda small
turnout at EliZabethtown on Friday.
The Cape Fear was booming
higher, it is said, than since the "Sher.
man freshet." Scores OF bottom farms,
with large tracts of fine corn, were
submerged,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Tobacco Factories in North Caro-
lima.

In his remarks on different crops, in
the August Monthly Report, u Com
missioner says:
For showing the extent Of our inter
est as a State in the production and
manufacture of this important crop, |
issued blanks to correspondents n all
the tobacco producing counties asking
the number of factories in each, now
in operation. As these reports are de-
signed to be Incorporated with the
general statistics Of our industries soon
to be published, and should therefore
be correct and complete, | give below
such reports as have been received.
Should there be errors in the report
below, or if any county be omitted, l
would thankfully receive the correc-
tions from correspondents or other
citizens:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Stirring.

The wide-awake people of Mecklen-
alert for every available means 10 aid
IN advancing their interests. We
learn that they have taken steps to re-
vive their Fair, and some Of her lead
ing men are about to organize an
Association to encourage the introduce
ton of better breeds Of stock. These
agencies, if properly organized and
managed, will render efficient and
powerful aid in the work of improve
ment, and we are glad to note these
evidences Of go ahead -itiveness among
the good people of that sterling our
county.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Total,

OF course it is evident that the above
list does not embrace all the Factories
in the State. The important counties
of Orange and Caswell do not appear.
and this being a matter of such i'm
portance to a proper exhibit of the
productive industries of our State, we
reproduce it in these columns. that it
may receive as much attention as pos
sible.
1t is often impracticable for the
Special Correspondents to furnish as
correct information as is desirable
many of them being closely confined
to the duties of the farm, and we urge
u good citizens to aid these cores
pondents and the Department in their
good work of making up a fair and
just exhibit of the and in
dustries of the State. The Commits
sione would thankfully receive these
facts and reports from any citizen.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
The State Fair.

II Executive Commute of the State
Agricultural Society is very sanguine
OF success in its efforts to make the
approaching Fair eclipse anything that
has ever yet been seen on the grounds.
II specimens continue 10 come in as is
Q promised, the Department Will be
able to make a big show of itself. Our
commissioner is putting forth every
effort to have every county in the State
represented. 1t would certainly be an
exhibition Of which any people might
be proud. if he can succeed in arous-
ing a proper interest and proper pride
among our people in this matter. 1t
would richly repay a ride from the
not corner of the State to see
each county represented in all its pro-
ducts, and should he succeed in his
efforts there will be many who will
ride from the northern border of the
Union to see it. The walls in the office
OF the Department are already richly
adorned with beautiful specimens of
wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, millet,
missioner thinks that before the open
ing of the Fair, every county will be
we'll represented. Send in your speci-
mems, friends.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
A Mothers Influence.

Many a poor mother IN a humble cot,
with no money or position, has strug-
gled hard 10 feed aud clothe her little
ones, to train them to be an honor To
the world. Most of our useful promi-
nent men came from such homes. Our
churchyards are full of such pleasing
mothers whose hands are meekly folded
on their breasts. No worldly eye saw
the record of their lives. only God and
the angels. No tall monument and
high sounding epitaphs mark their
resting places. What a responsibility
rests upon the mothers of this country.
Life is too short to be spent IN accu-
mulating things of this world that
must perish. The children do not stay
with us long enough to permit Us to
waste our hours IN the pursuit OF fash
ion and gayety. What we SOW now we
shall reap hereafter. How many who
sow in tears shall reap in JOY. God
give to all mothers grace and strength
to fulfill their duties Alright, and their
influence for good may be felt from
generation TO generation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19

The enterprising citizens of Forsythe
county have determined to have an
Annual Fair, and are arranging to pro-
cure suitable grounds and have the
necessary buildings erected at once.
This is right. There should be not
less than eighty Fairs held annually in
our State.
The greatest obstacle to improve
ment and progress in agriculture in
our State, is the want of cooperation
among our farmers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Homemade Fertilizers.

A correspondent of the Department
for Rockingham county, says: 81
made my fertilizer for tobacco this
year at a cost of six dollars per ton,
and have the best crop l have ever
had"
1t is encouraging to know that our
farmers are giving more and more at
tention each year to the making of
their own fertilizers. Our Chemist
and Commissioner are fully alive to
this matter, and will give every
aid in their power to encourage it.
Our farmers should write TO them
freely on this subject. DR.. Ledoux
will cheerfully furnish formulas for
composing, &C., upon application.
Proper precaution should be used by
the farmers in the purchases of chemi-
Gals. The Department being aware
that greater fraud could be practiced
on the farmers in chemicals than in
manipulated manures, has wisely ar
ranged to have them analysed. Any
farmer buying chemicals for compost
ing, may have them analysed free of
charge. Send to DR.. A. r. Ledoux,
Chapel Hill, for printed instructions as
to how you should take the sample.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
S~cOundrels Fooled.

La the Hillsboro jail are confined the
Chapel Hill burglars. They arc shackled
to the loor of the cell. On Sunday
the jailer entered, to give them food,
locking the door after him, and bearing
the keys in his hand. No sooner had
he gotten fairly in the cell than the
villains, who had by some means slip
ped from their shackles, jumped at him
and ATTEMPTED to wrest the keys from
his grasp. Furiously fighting, he freed
himself from their grasp, and with
great presence of mind jumped up to
the narrow window, and catching one
Of the bars, shouted loudly for help. 1t
came, fortunately, in the person Of
some gentlemen who were passing by,
who hearing the shouts soon learn
ed the cause, and told the jailer to drop
the keys outside. He did SO. The
friends in need at once picked them up,
aud going to the front, unlocked the
door, drew their pistols and vent TO the
cell, where they cowed the would-be
Jail breakers into instant and complete
submission. The jailer vas not in the
least hurt, but will ever remember bis
narrow escape from the hands of these
desperadoes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
PARIS
Letter from One Of North Caro-
lina's Commissioners.
ASHEvILLE, n. c.,
9th Sept. 1873. [

AsHEvILLE, N. Co.
10th Sept, 1873.
Col L. l.. Poll, Ra1eigh, n. c.:
DEAR SIR In reply to your favor of
the 9Th, in regard to my visit to Paris,
l was glad to feel that our Centennial
compared favorably with the great
Exposition.
As the centre of art and civilization
it might have been expected that Paris
would excel in elegance, design and
general effect, while the prevailing
order and system there reflects great
credit on the present International Ex-
position. So there We're characters
tics in the preceding peculiar to
the Western World. The compare
lively limited space enjoyed by the
United States, but which was made
the most of, could not fail to be OBJ
served by Americans, while the Agri-
cultural Department, with the farming
and labor-saving implements, did COM
mand evident superiority.
AS regards North Carolina, l was
prepared to see little but samples of
agricultural products. Had our Gov
succeeded in procuring space for
his specimens of wood and marble and
minerals, future reports would draw
attention to our vast resources. 1t is
to be hoped that on some future occa-
sion, due consideration will be given
to the efforts that have been made to
have this State better known.
The great change that is rapidly TAX
ing place in the commercial attitudes
of the two hemispheres will afford a
pleasant duty to our various consuls
towards directing the public mind in
the venue through which our future
trade and commerce may be advanced,
and inducements offered to immigrants
to avail themselves of present oppor-
tunities of success in the New World.
remain yours very truly,
l.. CHAPMAN.
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o

Lord Dufferin leaves America on
Sept. %.
Bismarck is afraid to venture into
the streets.
Marshal MacMahon is now seventy
one years old,
Prince Arthur will be married in
February, 1879.
Beaconsfield employs a hommopa-
THE physician.
Sturgeon has read 1,431 Biblical
commentaries.
Mrs. Brooks, of butter fame, has
gone to Europe.
The King of Siam is the happy hus-
band to 5000 wives.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines is in her
seventy-fourth year.
Queen Mercedes tomb is to cost over
two million dollars.
The dowry Of Mrs. Arthur Paget,
nee Minnie Stevens, is 81, 800 a year.
Chen Len Pin, the Chinese ambas-
sador, is said to have very winning
ways
Mrs. George Cakes has left 1000 to
the WOman's School of Medicine in
London.
The Princess of Wales dresses in bet
ter taste than any of the other ladies
in the family.
Carlyle says that Beaconsfield has
bewitched the Queen, or the Queen has
bewitched Beaconsfield.
Miss Celeste Winans, of Baltimore.
who is now just twenty, is said to be
the richest heiress in America.
B~eaconsield has received the highest
social honor which can be bestowed
upon him by the Queen, that of a
Knight of the Garter.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, the author
ess, is now ~forty-one years old, and is
described as being stout, blowzy, and
as unrOmantic looking as any ale-wife
in Englad.
Writing of the favorite prima donna
of Vienna. Frau Wilt, a correspondent
says ''although a grandmother, her
voice is as fresh as a girls, her soprano
being of the highest range but she
weighs 800 pounds, and has a muscular
development like a prize-fighter. Her
face is coarse, and her features are
heavy and vulgar to the last degree.
She is extremely avaricious."
The Summer Season has the follow
ing: "Miss Bennett (James Gordon's
sister, has inherited the magnificent
collection Of diamonds once possessed
by her mother. The majority of the
collection was purchased in Europe.
1t embraces, among other gems, a
superb necklace, which was originally
in the possession of a family belonging
to the ancient regime of France. 1t is
valued at about $4,000"
This is the way in which Prince
Frederick William proposed to thu
Princess Victoria. as told by the Queen
in her book "When out riding with
the royal family he picked a piece OF
white heather (the emblem of good
luck and gave it to the Princess, and
this enabled him to make an allusion
to his hopes and wishes as they rode
down Glen Girnock together, which
led to their happy engagement"
Lucy Hooper, writing of the En-
press Eugene, says: "Sow past fifty
with her whitening hair, she NIGH
have worthily worn the triple dignity
of her widowhood, her maternity ant
her misfortune. She has chosen. in.
stead, to clutch vainly after the fleet
ing shadows of her vanished charms
A head loaded with false yellow hair
a face covered with paint and powder
a mincing gait. and the airs and grace
of an antiquated coquette-such to
day is she who was once the world
wonder for her ~loveliness and grace.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19

In 1889 there disappeared mysteri-
ously from his home in Nuremberg,
Bavaria, a Jew. who had amassed gold
in the cloth business. His family
found no trace Of him. Three Of bis
sons came to this country and n re-
NAMED in Nuremberg. On the 18th
inst, thirty-nine years after the dis
appearance, one of his ons Bernard
Wise, of Cincinnati, got from his
Nuremberg brother the news that their
fathers skeleton had been found under
Baron Won Oehtrey's stable. 1t was
identified by a defect in h teeth. The
murder was traced TO George Popple,
one of the Baron's stablemen.
The daughter of a prominent grocer
was walking on the beach at Brighton,
when she remarked to her companion,
that when she was walking on the
sand she felt as if she were walking on
sugar.
An exchange says that a pretty
female lobbyist, when she commences
to weep, generally wins a Congress
man over TO her side. From this It
appears that our Congress Is partially
won by water-power.
A lady writes TO the St. Paul Pioneer
Press that her whole family were re
Gently poisoned by eating the canned
corn-beef now SO much in use. She
adds that this is the second time such
poisoning has occurred within her
knowledge.
There is probably not a woman in
all this broad, sunny land Of ours who
doesn't think that the carving folk was
made for the express purpose Of pulling
corks out of blueing bottles, and lift
ing stove lids.
A New York dressmaker employs
three men cutters, goes to Paris for
styles every season, owns a house for
which she paid 49,, 600, and keeps her
carriages and horses. She has made
| her way entirely herself.