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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

pairs with the spiral flutes turned in
opposite directions. Tie Jufe passing
through this i rendered soft AM Dlla-
Die y 5 UuEt taken 10 the picker.
"a.eh looks 1-l-tEsa- like i cotton
gin, and consists principally 81 i large
revolving drum armed with myrl1d-
81 smell ron spikes or teeth about half
81 inch long. Thi. i reyolved very
RAPIDLY AMI tear Ep the Jute until il
becomes = light tow. This tow or
coarse lint is next fed 10 a breaker
card. another machine whsch still fur
liner -sfttn- D. asa C~oudeu~es il into
an cndle> ribbon about four niche,
".4e and half IN Incl thick. called
silver. Tins silver i collected II
boxes. and as each box l. filled the
. j. Cut and the end PIT into
another box until that j. flied. when
Il D again cut aud 80 on - long a, the
factory IS 1t work. Nine II thrse
boxes are arranged in groups 81 tire,
before another machine caIleta finish
y. AMI the ribbons "a silver from each
three boxes are FED together into the
machine, 80 that the ribbons from all
nIne boxes when they have passed
through the hniSher become only
three ribbons. and these ribbons are
only an men woe ana about a. eighth
81 an inch thick. The fifth process i,
TO feed these smaller ribbons u the
rowing frames OF which there are SIS.
each changing IS ribbons by twisting
To coarse yarn and winding the yarn
on large wooden spIndles. This yarn
IS what Is woven into bagging, and the
splndles with the Earn for the warp
are put at once on the banking frames
70 be fed to the looms. The yarn.
however. which Is intended for the
hilIng or wool, has to be prepared for
the shuttle by another process which
consists of its being wound oil the
splndles into what are called cops
Inc spindles being on the banks and
the cop III the shuttles. the loom
rapidly weave the yarn into coarse
cloth or bagging, anu an attachment
to the loom winds il into q. large loose
roll, measuring it at the same time.
These rolls are taken TO the last ma
chine OF all, which unwinds the cloth
and winds it again in tight smooth
rolls. the ends OF which look as ii they
had been sawed off. These rolls OF
tain either % yards OF 100 yards each,
as may be desired.
The machinery now IN the factory,
besides the engine and shafting, con
slsts of one softerncr. one picker, one
breaker card. two finishing cards, six
rowing frames. three winders. ten
looms. with their attachments, and
one winding machine.
THE OPERATIVES.
When working to its full capacity
the factory Will employ seven men.
seven boys. twenty women and TWEEN
Il girls. The men and boys are EN-
pioyed only TO do such rough heavy
work as the women and girls cannot
do; the women attend the rowing
frames and looms, and the girls attend
the winders and do other very light
work. The operatives are selected.
with the exception of two skilled
workmen employed to teach the others,
exclusively from our own people. 1t
Will be some time before enough can
be selected and taught to run the whole
factory.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
African Colonization.

The bark Liberia, that sailed for
Monrovia in February last with a colo
ny of colored %emigrants from the
Southern States. has returned 10 this
port and is undergoing repairs pre-
paratory to making another trip. She
is expected to depart about the Goth
inst.
The colony that is to he taken out
then is being organized in the counties
of Pasquotank, Currituck, Camden,
and Perquimans. North Carolina.
and is under the supervision of the
Pennsylvania Colonization Society.
The expedition is, however, under the
supervision of the American Colonial
ton Society, to which the Pennsylva-
MIA organization is auxiliary. The
sum of 81, 900 has been voted to defrav
expenses.
The selection of the emigrants and
the management of the expedition
have been committed to Mr.. VIM.
Coppinger of Washington. ID. {. The
making up Of the colony is conducted
with as much secrecy a possible as
some interference is apprehended
from the whites, who, in the absence
of white labor, might induce the blacks
to remain, and also from a large mum
Der of their own color, who do not
favor the emigration scheme. The
more intelligent among the blacks are,
it is claimed, entirely in accord with
the views of the managers of the en-
terprlSe, and it is believed by DIR. Or
cult, Secretary of the society in tins
city, that there would be a general
exodus of the colored race of the
South if they had the means to go.
1t is no the intention of the society
to promote a general exodus. That
would, in their opinion. defeat the
good intended. a gradual emigration
IS much better, both for those who
emigrate and for the section of coun-
try from which they are taken. 1t is
believed that white labor Will gradu-
ally find its way to the South, and that
the colored men, realizing this fact,
and knowing from experience that
white tenants at the South are pre-
| ferred to colOred ones, are anxious TO
| get to Liberia and secure for them
| selves a home before" as they ex-
| press it, 1.-The rush begins"
The cost allowed to each adult going
on the Liberia will be 800 children,
$50. The emigrants will be embarked
at Norfolk for this city and immedi-
ately transferred to the Liberia.
The Liberia Is a stanch vessel, and
makes the trip in about forty days.
Provisions will be stored on board Of
sufficient quantity to last each eml-
grant six months. On reaching Mon
rovia these are taken charge OF BY the
society agent. Land is furnished at a
nominal price, and a long time gwen
to pay for it. Glowing accounts of the
healthfulness of the climate and the
productiveness of the soil are received
by the society and distributed in tracts
throughout the South, and, if true.
Liberia should be a land Of milk and
honey, where little work Is required to
produce all that one could desire.
These representations are readily be
heved by the blacks of the South, and
the faces OF half the colored population
there are turned to Liberia as the pro
missed land of their race.-N. j. Sun.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

Alter many circumstance CO which ! has
better not reveal she came - Paris
took lessons from the tenor Roger.
and from D,J4zct. who gave her @oa4
.tsr hfu-S s. 8rAm Ats ar. -
that full o. a clever confidence. she
went through Europe fr1n ore scsna
q triumph ! . another.
Not unnaturallv she nc. with : Ing
His Majesty ~ Holland 1T hr~t
sight tins anrr3us prince - - smut
ten that he forgot All the romantic
scenery around him there aai thea.
Al ~ !tvl her EO. only hs- hand. tut
hs crown. II. first fulhunen offhe
Gran witch prophecy j. here verified
but thc cAn-at.lcr refused tals spsud8d
oiIer. hating. perhaps, NOR. than Aay
other chain, = chain OF gold How
ever, she Wa not quite .nexoahle. ard
= VA soon knosu throughout Paris
tha; she had tc-n crcatei
C~orNTE>- ~ AMaRoIsr.
Win ~ az Mendon aud ! mag
nlHecnt de near the Arc lie from
phe. III j household. her eluapac.z
everything was right royal. and the
King -oi forth ~ her feet tie
stream 81. hi@ boarded wealth. ana
with ane condltion-nevcr again
% aa Cu the sage.
But some one. 70 this dav unknown.
placed a Dutch newspaper on the
dre,slnZ-table If the Countess. Who
could have done this Perhaps som,
jealous womau-perhaps some gnome
sent by the witch OF Orun Tins news
paper. however. contained the popular
complaints from Holland. Ii gave
forth that the Countess was a mere
leech. sucking dry the tears and n
Hating the taxes of the poor: and. 10
tell the truth. this statement was not
wholly false. In a word. the fair ones
pride was aroused. She wrote - the
King and told him that h%enceforth
she would decline his favors. and that.
having a profession, she would live by
II, As Others do. And thus il has come
TO pass that the remarkable prophecy
OF the Moorish crone has been verified,
and given IN print for the first time III
the Sun. To-day the fashionable and
the dramatic world of Paris behold
the Countess of Ambrose with raptur-
Gus delight, wonder, and admiration,
Tor though not the consort of the King
OF Holland, she rs the queen of wo-
men, and Is now nightly worshiped
10y her legion of beauX and bellies
above and beyond the fast world who
see her IN the opera of Traviata al Les
ltaliens baltimore .Su7t.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
A Romance of the Times.

One day at Oran. in Algeria, a young
Frenchman. who had been transplant
ed from Paris to Africa, saw al Arab
maiden of wondrous beauty. This
young girl. having become a Christian.
married him, and had two children.
n of them a girl. This girl was Mile,
Emily ANDRE. According TO whatthey
say. she inherited all her mothers
beauty. but became an orphan at an
early age, and under the care Of her
grandmother. who had taken charge
OF her, went occasionally to the Catho-
lie cemetery to pray at the tomb OF
her parents. Now. there happened to
be more or less constantly at the gates
OF the cemetery an old MOORISH Wo-
man, most witch-like IN aspect, who
a the reputation of being a shrewd
expert as Il fOrtune-teller. She glanced
rapidly, yet ssarchingly at the far
mademoiSelle. Alarmed at the SIGHT
OF the old bag. the child wanted to
flee, but she was too slow, and the
witch began TO unfold IN a few words
her future fate.
She croned out this prophetic prose /:
This girl Will have a most ~extraordI-
nary lite and great fortune; she viii be
invited TO share a throne. but she VIII
spurn it. However, look at the flow
ers beneath her feet; the brilliancy
above her head: the praise echoing IN
her ears; forsooth she will be one OF
the most idolized actresses ofthe day.
An actress The mere word alone
frightened the old grandmother, who
entertained a holy horror of all things
theatrical. She resolved 10 put her
granddaughter into a very different
groove, and shortly after sent her TO
Grenoble 20 learn the profession OF a
governess- On her return to Gran she
had her diploma in full form. But In
vain; the prophecy of the old Moorish
woman was to be fulfilled.
Already a clever musician, this Mile.
became a songstress, and before long
she arrived once more at Marseilles,
made her debut there, aud played at
forwards at AK, Nice, Turin, Milan,
and Genoa under the name of ANDRE.
But Paris vas the goal Of her wished
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
MACoN, Ga, june {. t-1s

NACoN IA. June !, l-a~.
The most shocking tragedy that ever
occurred in Southwest Georgia, hap
pened on Monday afternoon, fifteen
miles from Amcricus. John ". I4Il-
well murdered his wife. beating hsr
brains out with a smoothing iron. lie
next slew three ou> Of four children,
aged ten. six, and two years. III the
same way. one little daughter saved
herself by fleeing. He kuloI his s-
~ter-in-law, Miss Francis Mitchell who
had fled to the garden, terribly mutt
latIng her skull with a %grubbIns hgt.
He underworld To drown himself m
a shallow we'll; failing IN tins be
climbed upon the top of his house aud
jumped of 10 the ground. IL was
not killed. soon after he ascended -
the root OF a gan house and jumped
off. striking upon his head, aud del
instantly.
caldwell was fortv-svcn rear ulI.
and was considered a consistent mem
Der Of the Primitive Baptist Church. :
sober. industrious farmer. I'll. .te
dence before the Coroner, p1ry clearly
shows that he was not insane. Dut tlt.
the cause Of the crime was lis i'm.
proper relations with ms sister-in-iaw,
Caldweli's surviving son says hls
father was perfectly n Al dinner
he was morose and said he would not
go 10 the field. His wife was killed
first. Miss Mitchell, the slst~er-ln-law,
was killed in the yard while trying IL
escape. Caldwell dragged the i've
dead bodies together into one room,
which is tracked with his bloody foot
prints.
Tie said to the little girl, DO you
want 10 live She said, Yes" lie
said Then run" She told til" story,
which is generally believed.
Miss Mitchell, the -Istsr-in.ia e, hal
lived with the family twenty years.
Ills only remark aas % some ne
groes, "Go tell Dawson to come. I've
played hell. He then begged them
- Kill him. While they went for a.
s~i7tance he climbed - the roof II tire
gin house and finished his fendush
work.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

Sir Kenelm Digby, whom Pennant.
the antiquary, calls that prodigy of
learning credulitY, valor and romance
was SO enamored of the beauty OF his
wife that. tradition alleges, he resort
eel to all sorts of extraordinary devices,
with the idea of adding to her charms.
One was fed with capons. fattened with
Flpers. and divers other eccentric
vlands. and more than a century after
MS death a large and peculiar snail
might be found in the neighboring
woods, which he had imported as a
hoStrum for her life. What with
medicines and cosmetics the poor lady
died at s..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
What Eats the Colorado Potato
Beetle.
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STRENGTH OF EAIR.-A single hair
from a boy eight years of age. says
Robinson, in his Essays on Natural
Economy, supported q weight OF 7,ol2
grains; one from a man aged twenty
two. II, 2S5 grains: and the hair Of a
man of fifty-seven. 22.222 grams.
Nuschenbroeck found that a human
hair. tifty-seven times thicker than 3
silk-worm's thread. would support a
weight of 2,0G9 grains: and a horse
hair. seven times thicker. s,91S grains.
A part of this extraordinary strength
is undoubtedly due to the degree of
elasticity which it possesses.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
June ID, 1878
0be 6ranof.
NoTE.-Communicdtio"S for this De
p%artmcHt solicited from Patrons an
an sections Of the state.
officers Of the National Grange

officers Of the National Grange
Nastcr.-S. L. Adams, Monticello,
MINI.
C,arsfer.-J. j. Woodman. Paw Paw,
Mich.
tsrtaref-Mortimer Whitehead. Gin
Sfprard.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
assistant !SteUdrd.-Wm. Sims. of
Kansas.
Treasirer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell. Wayne.
\. Y.
!SecretarY.-O. II. Kelley. Louisville,
~.
Gafekeeper.-O. D~inwiddie, Orchard
Grove. Ind.
CerpS.-Mrs. Adams.
IgmoEd.-Mrs. WoOdman.
Ii0r0.-Mrs. Moore.
Lody Asst. Steurdrd.-Miss c.. \. Hall,
Louisville. Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
ID. Wyatt Aiken. Cokesbury, ). {.
Henley James. Marion, Ind.
$. II. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
Officers Of North Carolina State
Grange, p. of H.

M0ster.-S. Il. Alexander, Charlotte,
Mecklenburg county.
Orerseer.-N. b. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
Leciurer.-T. IL. Robinson, Concord,
CaharruS county.
.Sfetrord.-D. III. Armstrong, Ashton,
Fender county.
asst. Stearard.-Hin Z. King, Stump
Sound Onslow county.
ChupIGin.-Rev. Wm. Grant, Jack
son Northampton county.
Gr2aSurer.-D. w. G.. Benbow,
Greensboro. Guilford county.
Sccretdy.-Joseph +. Porter. Tar
buro-. i~tdgecombe county.
cate Kccper.-W. ID. Wharton,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
CereS.-Mrs. 5. Il. Alexander, Char
Iotte. MeckIenburg county
Pop0nd.-Mrs. y. B. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lcnoir county.
FOra.-Miss Eugenia Robinson,
Concord. Cabarrus county.
Ldjy asst. Stelcdrd.-Mrs. ID. T..
King. Stump Sound. Onslow county.
state Business AJeRt.-Dr. ID. w. {.
Benbow. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
S. b. Alexander, Er-Oficio Chair
man.
&. Il. French, Wilmington.
l.. J.. Polk, Raleigh.
w. IL. Check, WarrentOn.
j. +. Porter, E.c-OGiciO Secretary.
Is OF DEPUTIES.
LIST Deputy District.-Wm. B. Shaw,
Indian Town. Currituck county.
2nd Deputy District.-John y. Davis,
Tarboro', ~EdgecOmbe county.
Bird Deputy District. +. Hooks,
Goldsboro', Wayne county.
4th Deputy District.-Hil T.. King,
Stump Sound, Onslow county.
9th Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk.
Raleigh. Wake county.
9Th Deputy District.-Frank NJ. Pitt.
Oakville, Warren county.
18th 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. p. Rein
hardt. Hickory, Catawba county.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

George Mitchell went on a frolic in
Antioch. Cal, on the evening before
the day appointed for his wedding,
and in the morning his conviyial com
panlon was found murdered. Suspl-
cion rested on Mitchell, and he was
placed on trial. The girl to whom he
vas to have been married sat at his
side in the court room, and her sym
pathy and grief were 50 attractively
exhibited hat the Judge, in lis charge,
warned the jurors not 10 permit them
selves TO be influenced by her. They
acquitted Mitchell, and 1t is impossible
TO determine by the meagre reports
whether the verdict was caused by the
evidence or by the girl. The pair were
married Immediately IN the court
room.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

Just after the overthrow of the Com
mune in Paris two couples were mar
rIed under very curious circumstances.
Each bridegroom had for best men
I W gems darmes, and each bride two
female warders for bridesmaids. They
separated at the church door. and the
honeymoon was deferred until the
couples met again in the French Colo
ny of New Caledonia. where they were
permitted 10 reunite. in consideration
o. the men having given certain valua-
bie Information to the police.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

\ st. Louis ON has the odd
fancy that her daughter would in
stantly die if exposed to the sun or the
open air, and therefore keeps her in a
close DOM, heavily swathed in fan
nels. and most of the time in bed. The
daughter is as insane on the subject as
her mother. She has been secluded
since her ninth year, and isnow seven
teen. Her health is really as good as
could I've expected under the circum-
stances.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

Pedestrlanism has become fashloua-
bic in San Francisco among both Ins-u
and Walking clubs are uu-
merou-. The members meet on asa
appointed day in "a suburb. and start
off ON trips of from five 10 fifty m.le-.
but the 'roughIng IL II generally
more in fancy than in fact, for CARA
ges are taken along for the tired ones
10 ride in. Do Lewis party Of nifty
tourists has returned d~etnoraIlzel.
They intended To journey and camp III
the mountains for three months. b4.
the Doctor fell sick al the outset, aud
two weeks II outdoor life was enough
for the rest.
DR.. tt. Bates. near Richmond, Va,
sowcd one and a-half acres Of land
with peas i n ISL, ard sowed the land
the succeeding fall with wheat. Tor
six years-after cutting the wheat tho
same land was sown continuously
with peas. which were turned under
the md sown TO wheat. In I-72 the
first crop Of wheat TeapeJ yielded p
bushels per acre; III "a, % bushels III
IA, 20 bushels; IN 10, - bushels; III
70, 80 bushels; in II, % bushels. The
crops were all measured, and no fer
silizer bu, the peas was used,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

Mr.. Edison has arranged with the
Western Union Telegraph Company
10 connect by the telephone the small
pla ,es, at least 1000 in number. that
do not warrant the establishment of a
I legraph office. A branch of the COM
rany Is preparing to build up 4 tele-
phone system i'll all the great cities, by
which those renting the instruments
can converse directly with each other
independently and contidentially.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

Charleston Courier reports two
fatai accidents in that city on Tuesday
ION Kerosene. A young man by
naihe L0mbarGo. burned to death
e. SON Ell cts of xplo,i,n in lightning
fat. VIII the oil, and a young lady
aam.aIlly burned by the upsetting of a
rao,p which she caix,ed from one
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.

This fire apparatus is worthy Of a
full description. Next 70 the engine
room mas been erected q fraIiIework -
feet high, on the top Of which IS an
iron tank f2feet high and II in diane
ter, capable Of holding 10. 900 GALLONS
OF water. Into this the water is forced
by a steam pump in the engine DOM.
which draws the waterthrough a pipe
from the other side of the building.
where a smaller iron tank holding
1900 gallons is sunk in the ground.
the water for this tank being supplied
from the ArteSlan We'll through a pipe
running beneath the Citadel. From
the large tank first mentioned a pipe
xtendS all around the top of the walls
inside the building, and at intervals.
there are drop pipes going to within
three feet OF the floor. To these last
are attached hose, and the force of the
water coming from the tank is such
that the streams of two hose opposite
each other'on different sides of the
factory Will cross, thus making il pos
sible To throw four streams on any
part of the floor or machinery. There
is also what is called a sprinkler for
the picking room, which III a moment
can throw a heavy shower Ike a hard
rain upon the picking machine. Water
can also be thrown on any part OF the
roof. so that the danger from fire Is
reduced to a minimum.
THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE.
is a simple but very interesting opera
ton, or rather series of operations
The Jute itself as imported in bales
consists of long slim mashed stalks.
These stalks are first taken and put lis
a machine called a ''softener," which
consists of a number of rollers, huted
spirally, the rollers being arranged in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
CharleStOn'S Jute Factory.

While other Southern cities have
been talking about a Jute factory. and
corresponding with Northern capital
ISIS as to the terms on which they
would furnish the means. Charleston
has gone to work and built one that
VIII compare. III the size and strength
OF It's building, excellence of its ma
cAlnery and completeness of its APP
polntments, with any factory in the
United States. Its capacity is sutfi-
cient for any demand likely to arise in
a year OF two, and can be indefinitely
increased according to the require
ments of the business.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-05-04
The Church Festival.

Already Governs stock If calico
shirts is beginning to rapidly dimin-
ish, All the men in town expect to
attend the Church Festival next We'd
nesday end Thursday evenings, and
are accordingly fitting themselves out
with calico shirts Of every imagin-
able hue and pattern. IT. e ladies are
as busy rs bees making calico dresses
and all are agreed upon one point,
namely: that if it depends upon
their individual efforts every person
who attends will have a good time.
A large delegation is expected fir m
Virginia and Gold Hill, and they
may be sure Of hearty welcome and
a pleasant and enjoyable evening.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-05-04
Death Of william 8. O'Brlen.

Mr.. W. 8. O'Brien, Of the firm Of
Flood & O'Brien, died at San Rafael,
California, Thursday at $40 P. n.
He WAS native of New York, aged
50 years, and was a bachelor. He
came to San Francisco in 1840, and
has resided there most Uf tile time
since, being in business with Mr..
Flood all these years. Mr.. O'Brien
was taken sick on the 10th of Jsnua-
~ Last with enlargement Of the liver,
which proved fatal. Much of the
great wealth which came to him was
given with generous hand to his rela.
tives, and to all deserving persons
who came to him for help.
When the division of the property
Of the firm was made about a year
and half ago the mining business
was excepted, and that still remains
in common under the management of
Mr.. Flood. The arrangements be-
tween the members Of the firm are
such that the death of Mr.. O'Brien
will have no effect whatever ON the
business affairs Of the h.,use, which
will 60 on rs usual, without inter-
ruptiOn.