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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Acquitted by the Discovery Of a
Skeleton.

Greenville, Greene county, was much
excited W. years ago over several IN
cendiary fires, ending with the de
struc ION Of the dwelling and barns of
of Benjamin \. Finch, who dwelt near
the line Of the towns Of CoXsackie and
New Baltimore. Finch was not living
Very happily with his family, and
a~fterward, when he was accused of
forgery and arson, they We're the most
important witnesses against him. He
was not pat on trial, and matters ran
along in this way until the develop
opment of new fac's a day or two ago.
Ga Saturday last, James Simpkins,
passing through an u~nfrequented piece
Of woods about three miles from the
former residence of Mr.. Finch, discoy-
cred, under a tree. the skeleton of a
man. Further search disclosed a bot
tie suspended from the limb of a tree.
above the skeleton, which contained
two letters. in which the writer CON
feS5ed that he had burned three barns
III that region, and afterwards got into
a window of Mr.. Finch's dwelling and
set tire to it. The writer further said
that, after the burning of the house he
wandered around some days, without
food or shelter. and becoming discour-
aged, resolved to commit suicide
Hudson Register.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Ho to Treat the Hair.

lady. in the Detroit Free Press,
savsto all who wish for information
on he care of the hair:-"My mother
LET nv hair grow until | VAS four or
FIVE wears old. then she kept 1t cut
untii WAS twelve. and when very,
very Young always bathed my
head with bay rum or brandy. 1t
has been growing six years, and 1t Is
thirtv-eight inches long and very thick
and fine. | always battle II now IN
weak salt and water. If the hair Is
not cut often while children are
Young it will never De thick when
they grow older.
Two other recipes we give which
are excelIent:-Take three ounces OF
pulyeriZed sage, and turn a pint or
cold soft water over il; have It IN a
tin dish with a cover: let IT steep over
the fire ten or fifteen strain
il off and add a teaSpoonful OF pulVer-
lied boraX and the same quantity OF
salt. Keep in a tight corked bottle
and apply with a sponge or SOFT cloth
by rubbing gently ali over the head
then brush lightly. Use it night and
morning. For everything but heredl-
tary badness it works like a charm.
A writer in the Country gentleman
savs:-"Take of ~pulverlZed alum
about o~ne-fourth OF a teaspoonful, put
this into half a cupful OF dc water,
add this a tablespoonful of the best
alcohol, and with the tips of the TIN
gers rub this mixture thoroughly INTO
the roots Of the hair. This Will pre-
vent the hair from falling out, ana
the alcohol IS very stimulating To the
scalp.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Rapid Writers.

The biographies of authors furnish
many interesting facts concerning the
time occupied in the preparation of
then works. From the number of
works prepared by some of the n
clients, we judge that they wrote very
rapidly. Livy wrote one hundred and
torty-two books. Cicero wrote three
or four important works in a single
year. byron, we are told wrote
The Corsair' in ten days; Fenelon
"~Ielemaque' in three months. Wal
Ter scott wrote a work, for which he
was paid one thousand pounds, ia two
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Before and After Marriage.


She waits and listens. Footsteps fall
She knows they are no his.
She waits and listens for a sound
That sweetest music is.
He comes-and with a sudden thrill
And heartbeat loud and clear,
She does not hear, she does not see
She feels that lie is near,
And coyly lifting to his face
Her eyes of heavenly blue,
She murmurs, in loves softest tones,
My darling, is it you"
AFTER.
Again she listens. Footsteps reach
And footsteps pass her door.
She listens, but her needle flies
More swiftly than before.
She hears at length the tread that
time
And cares are making slow,
And with a start that sends her
chair
Hard rocking to fro
Springs to the landing, and with
yoice
More shrill than any lute's.
She above the baIuster,
"Augustus, wipe your boots :
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
gables department.
POETRY.

The cucumber graceth the festal board
Enshrouded in condiments rare.
And the epicure gleefully rubbeth his
paunch
At the sight of the reasure there.
The doctor smileth q Sad-like smile
And giveth a crocodile groan,
And the marble man gOeth out the
while
And polisheth up a stone.
The undertaken m~ournfully asks
what will his measure be :"
And the sexton marketh a spot re
served
All under the willow tree.
lis hard the times and It's scarce the
cash
And so with a Zestful joy
We welcome watt to the fitful fruit
That giveth folk employ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
A Woman Only Thirty-two in
Stature-Her Matrimonial Ex-

perience.
Mrs. w. II. Bristol. better known as
Fannie Burdette, who has been trav-
cling for years with Forepaugh's cir
Gus, gave birth on Wednesday night
last, in the Commercial Hotel to a
child weighing eight pounds The
mother weighs about fifty pounds and
is only thirty-iwo inches in stature.
Her husband is of full size, being six
feet in height and weighing AS
pounds. The i.fant was healthy and
we'll developed, but in order to pre-
serve the life of the mother it was
necessary to sacrifice it. Had the
little woman not possessed an iron
constitution she must have died.
During the whole of these long
hours of agony she maintained almost
complete silence, uttering only few
means, and struggling against all eX-
traordinary exhibitions of pain. The
couple have peen married two wears.
and this Is their second child. The
first was much smaller and was still
born. MIR. Bristol was formerly a
door-keeper IN the employ of Fore
pagh'S circus, and in this capacity be-
came acquainted with his wife, who
was then travelling under the man
agement of that show with a twin
brother, who is an inch shorter than
herself. They We're called the Bur
dette twins, and always travelled to
gether until Mrs. Burdettes confine-
ment last spring, when the brother
continued the engagement alone.
They are III the twenty-firSt year oI
their age. Mrs. Bristol was born III
Montgomery county, Md, on a farm
near the little village of Damascus
where her parents still dwell. She
has a brother and a sister of the or
binary size, and her father is above
six feet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

A newly married man, who evil
IDENTIFY needs discipline, thus dis
courses: "A is a handy thing
to have about a house. She does not
cost any more to keep than you'll give
her, and she'll take a great interest in
YOU. If You. SO out at night sheH be
awake when YOU get home, and she'll
tell YOU all about yourself and more
too. Oh course, she will know where
YOU have been, and what kept you out
so late, and will tell you: yet, right
after she gets through telling you that
she Will ask you where you ave been
and what kept you SO late. And after
YOU tell her, and she won't believe
YOU, YOU mustn't mind that: and If,
after going to bed, she says She hasn't
closed her eyes the whole night, and
then keeps up the matinee two hours
longer, and won't go to sleep when
she has a chance, you muSn mine
thai, either, it's her nature"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Christianity VS.. Culture.

The question oft N arises in our
minds of. whether or hot culture
makes Christians? Our critic says no.
If we may Judge by facts that are
painfully patent, there is no occupation
IL tie world that SO belittles AID de-
grades men and women as that winch
is based upon, or which engages, the
different fine arts. In literature, IN
sculpture and picture, III the theatef,
in music. and in every branch OF art
tat enlist, the higher and liner powers
of men aud women, we have the most
lameutablc evidence that culture has
not one purifying or %ennobling quality
when unaccompanied by religion"
Ia continuation of this, lie ctes the
bitter jealousies and spites that exist
between literary cliques and parties,
Byron's angry protest against the
Scotch reviewers, and the general bru-
trality that characterizes the followers
of the sublimest art the world knows.
This much of literature.
OF the stage he says: Why is it
that SO bad a flavor fingers around the
opera house and the theat RS - The
response: 1T is because that from the
dawn of the drama until the present
time the stage has been associated with
unworthy lives, impure connections,
the most degrading jaalousies. the bit
terest rivalries and the most disgusting
~seltishncss."
He says: Does not music purify
those who devote their lives II il?
Not at all. Not in the slightest degree.
There is II, more ~reformatory or saving
power in music than in the lowest of
mental pursuits. The farmer, who
lives half his time among his bruteS,
is likely to be a better man than he who,
successfully interpreting some great
master, bows nightly before the storms
of popular applause
Culture should be- the preparation
for perfecting the highest type of Chris
tian character-an inferno, date stage.
As Willis outlines 1t:
She was born
OF a high race. and lay upon the knee.
With her soft eyes perusing list
lessly
The fretted roof.
-Her childhood passed
Like a fairy--amid fountains and green
haunts:
Her youth--oh. that was queenly.
She was like
\ dream of poetry that may not be
Written or told--exceeding beautiful.
= X K * x
And SO she grew to woman--her mere
look
Strong as IA mouarch's signet, and hcl
hand
Til ambition of a kingdom. From al
this
Turned her high heart away.
X
Then she came
To the pure fount of God, and is
athirst
No more.
Then comes the bitter thought
does the profession of religion take
from us our pretty hates and mean
nesses? Does it make us less selfish
and keep us from being Jealous of the
successes of rival denominations
Alas, the records
The pastor says. Judge not, that
We be not Judged" ana we put out the
liUht
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

A Successful Merchant in New Tea
land, a ~ScOtchman, menced bust
ness with the following characteristic
entry on the first page of his ledger:
COMMENCED business this day-with
no money, liltle credit, and 7OI. in
debt. Faint heart never won fair lady.
Set q : 0 It heat u a steep brae.
God save ii QncI.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

BEST FEED Q CH1CKENS.-A writer
III the Maine Farmer, says the best
feed for chickens is hard boiled eggs
chopped fine and mixed with bread
crumbs and a little milk the first week:
the bread crumbs and cracked corn
and wheat soaked until pullsy, with a
little green food for two or three
weeks: then thick mush Of oat meal,
cracked wheat, and bits of meat. Feed
literally and yet only what is readily
picked up, and feed often.-FiX a place
where the chickens IA run by them
selves. and get their food without be-
iuy troubled by the hens. The best
way to arrange this IS to build a box Of
laths covered on the top, and space
between the laths for the chicks to run
i'm and out. Give the chicks their
feed inside this box OF coop, and they
will soou learn to ran there when
called.
But the best feed for growing chicks
is sour milk; of this they may be fed
beautifully and be greatly helped by
it. Do not feed much corn or corn
meal until you ere ready to tatten.
Give a fresh grass run as often as pos
sibIe, if you cannot give a free range.
Constant care and cleanliness are ne
cessary in order to get the best results,
and with these che greatest
profit.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Calumny.

A whisper broke the air
A soft light tone and low,
Yet barbed with shame and Woe.
All me. a quick and eager al
Caught up the little-meaning sound;
Another voice had breathed it clear.
And so it wandered round
From ear to lip, from lip to ear,
Until it reached a gentle heart,
And that-it broke
Mrs. Osgood.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

Olive Logan reports a new ana eX-
ceedingly expensive stocking. 1t Is to
be Of lace. oDen work from the toe to
over the knee, and SO transparent that
ladies' will have to wear a silk stocking
under it. ..Once let the American
women see them" says Miss Logan,
land they'll all die but what they'll
have them, until some new folly comes
in, and then you won't be able to sell
a pair at one-tifth of its value. 1t
would not be wise to question lis
assertion Olive Logan IS an American
woman herself, and She knows.
EFFECTS OF THE SUN.-Wc are rella-
bly, informed that crabs are dying by
the hundreds in the sound near this
city. They swim up IN shallow water
which, during this hot weather, is very
warm, and are scalded SO badly by the
water thai they have not the strength
to win to deeper and cooler water
again.-Uilninyton ReUien.
The New Hampshire legislature has
passed a law for the punishment OF
tramps. Tramps who kindle fires on
land, without the owner permission
will be sent to prison for fifteen
months: If they carry fire arms the
sentence will be two years: 1T they do
malicious injury either to personal or
real estate, it will be five, and so
bounty will be paid for every tramp
convicted.
Round DANCING AND BATHING.-If
a lady shrinks from the promiscuous
embrace Of men it is, or should be,
from innate purity Of feeling. This is
not, that we see, altered by the fact
that music is playing or that she is in
the water.-West Jersey Press.
To CLEAN GILT FRAMES.-When
the gilt frames of pictures. or looking
glasses. or the holdings Of rooms have
specks of dirt upon them from flies or
other causes, they may be cleaned with
white of eggs gently laid on with a
cameIs-halr pencil.
This is from the Latin, and ought to
be remembered: 'Opportunity has
hair in front, behind she is bald; if
you seize her by the forelock, you may
hold her, but if suffered to escape, not
Jupiter himself can catch her."
A Nebraska saloon keeper became 50
affected by the temperance agitation
that he promised to reform; 50 he put
u a sign; Owing to the cause Of the
reform, all fifteen cent drinks will
hereafter be sold for ten cents."
There has been a remarkable case of
constancy in England. \ man who
separated from his wife 30 year ago
has Just returned and offered to kiss
and make up" \ few days prior to
the offer the wife hal inherited a large
estate.
A little girl was reproved for playing
out Of doors with boys, and Informed
that, being years old, she was "too
big for that now But with all inn
aglnable innocence, she replied: 'Why
the bigger We grow the better we
like EN-"
\ lover who had gone West to
"make a home" for his '.Birdie,"
wrote to her: I've got the finest quar-
ter section of land (16O acres | ever
put my foot down on" Birdie wrote
back: suppose you buy another
quarter section. John. SO we can have
a lawn around your foot - John,
made a home, but Birdie rever was
the mistress of it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

The story told in the New York
Times of an outrage upon a Boston
lady has been known in this city fot
about Two weeks.-B0stOn Paper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Domestic.

How 10 1iSlOdge bugs 1t Is much
eus er IL keep these pests out OF a bed
or room than to dislOd.e them after
they have put in an appearance, AND
when a h~ousekeeper pays close atfen-
ton Il cleanliness and ventilation,
she need not fear that they VIII ire
quent her promises. Yet they are
often brought in trunks by visitors,
and sometimes they attach themselves
to ones clothing in sleeping cars: and
again servants often carry them from
house. When d bed has Decom m
Tested with them YOU must take great
pains II DESTROY ali the eggs They
are very small, and of 4 whltlSh color.
and are usually deposited in the Gre
vices of the bedsteads, and along The
edges, and in the corner of the mat
tresses. Boiling hot alum wa.er is in
slant death to both the insects and the
Larvae; and if it is poured into the
Joints and cracks ola bedStead it Will
destroy them all. Wash the bedstcads
and sponge the mattresses with it.
Then scatter pulvtriZeu boraX IN all
the ~creviceS aud corners, and not d
bedbug will De seen or felt. Bugs are
much more annoying IN wooden bed
SteadS than IN ones, and therefore
1t is much better to purchase the last
named ones for servants rooms. If
the alum and borax are thoroughly
applied, and care taken that no more
bugs are brought into the house, there
will be no further complaints from
their attacks. The early spring and
early autumn are the best times to at
tack them, for they are not IN an active
condition before the weather becomes
warm, and III the autumn they can be
DESTROYED for the winter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

EFFECTS OF THE SUN.-We are rella-
bly, informed that crabs are dying by
the hundreds in the sound near this
city. They swim up III shallow water
which, during this hot weather, is very
warm. and are scaided SO badly by the
water that they have not the strength
to swim to deeper and cooler water
arain.=IIiIMinutO ReUlen.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
To. & w. D. HORNEh )
Classical { Mathematics: 80"

viii reopen on the 2nd Mo.re. sn.
next The price OF board ana ~
Ing and lights included, Is SO t-
twenty weeks. New and G tt"A-y- q.
have been built and ouItag.f
the accommodation Of SUDDEN rr
additional information, a1dFes' t,-
pals, Henderson, y. Z.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-12

NEw YoRK, February II. The schoon.
er speedwell from CadiE. arrived to-day
with the Captain and crew Of the schoon.
er Sallis NJ. SteelemRu, from Charleston
for Baltimore, which was abandoned at
The Captain Of the steeleman makes
the following abatement: On January
10Th. twenty miles southeast from
Hatteras we encountered q terrific
gale lasting seventy hours, which washed
everything movable from the docks; used
our last provisions on the morning Of
January 2Sl. ont night oi the 2itb,
during q heavy gale, sprung Leak on
the 9th three OF the crew gave
ont, leaving only four 10 manage the
vessel and pumps, and We were fast be.
coming exhausted. On the S0lh George
Seaman, colored, who had become crazy,
attempted to kill Walter Sampson, bat
was instantly killed by the latter, who,
during the afternoon, eat part Of his dead
body. On the 3lst they were rescued.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-12

marks by Messrs. Garfield and Stephens
the donor OF the gift and the artist TO be
granted the privilege Of the floor during
the occasion. The report was adopted
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
By Mr.. Jones, Of Ohio: Making custom
duties to the amount Of one.fourth part
thereof payable 10 legal tender notes.
By Mr.. Clarke, Of No.: Giving the
thanks Of Congress to Col. Miles for his
gallant campaign against the Indians Of
the Northwest.
By Mr.. Mills: A resolution making
inquiry into the action Of Treasury off.
cials In regard to seized cotton.
The House went into committee Of the
whole, Mr.. Blackburn in the chair, upon
the military academy appropriation bill,
the pending amendment being to strike
out the section which allows additional
pay 10 First Lieuteuants acting as in.
structors at the institution. After debate
the amendment was defeated.
Mr.. Aiken moved to amend 90 as 10 re.
duce the pay Of the cadets from $3.50 to
$500. He criticized the action OF the ap.
preparation committee In several OF It's
appropriations. In conclusion he said
West Point was an incumbus on the peo-
pie OF the country. II the people knew
ior what the S275,000 was appropriated
annually, In less than 80 days the House
would be flooded with demands TO put
WestPoint under the hammer, or give Il TO
New York, and he was bold enough to say
thathe would vote for either Of the pro-
posals.
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York-No doubt.
No doubt the gentleman, coming from
the State he does, would be glad to give
West Point 10 anybody else, but West
Point has vindicated itself in the history
Of the country, and the people will never
allow it to 60 under the hammer or be
closed up. [Applause
Mr.. Hanna (excitedly)-T think II
would better become the gentleman from
New York to answer the arguments of
the gentleman from South Carolina than
10 make an ad captandum appeal Of
demagogue which ISLANDERS the Represen.
tatiyes Of the whole Southern people.
[Applause on Democratic side
Mr. Durham defended West Point
Academy. Congress should stand by 1t,
for it hadturned out the best and brayest
men that had ever been seen in this or
other countries. [Applause.
The amendment was rejected, and,
without further action, the Committee
rose, and the House adjourned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-12
Will the President Veto the silver
Bill?

WAsHrSaroS, Feb. 10.-Senntor ALI.
son having charge OF the silver bill, Is
confident the President will not veto it.
Persons who hold intimate relations with
the President, who have recently talked
with him, think that he has been consider.
ing what is reckoned to be the old Whig
doctrine-namely, that the President
should not veto any measure which comes
TO him indorsed by large majority Of
representatives Of the people in both
branches Of the Congress, and that the
veto power Is only to be exercised in
cases where bills presented appear 10 the
President to be violation Of the Consti-
tuition. Other gentlemen, also near the
President, say that while he has at times
taken such view Of the veto power, be
also holds that any measure which viol.
ates what appears 10 be a crest principle,
although not unconstitutional, may prop.
erly be subjected to the veto power; all Of
which means that those very near the
President knew nothing as to what bis
purposes now may be. It Ia certain
many leading silver men are more conf.
dent now than they were a month ago
that the President will not veto the bill.
Senator Conkling In response to an in.
Quiry, said to-day that it was not his
present intention to speak on the silver
oneation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-12
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
What Russia Once Proposed.
Her Good Offices Rejected by
England.
Russia Resolved TO Re-annsx
Bsssarabia.

LONDON. February ll.-A semi official
journal, De s.. Peter8bur9 Of yesterday
commenting on the dispatch Of the Brit
ish feet, says: As far as Russia ia con-
cerned we think this measure ought not
TO make her deyiate from the policy she
has hitherto followed. Long before the
last incidents, which now bring the Eng.
lish feet INTO the waters of CONSTANT.
nople, that eventually was foreseen and
was made the subject Of Instructions to
the Russian CommAnder.in,C Chief. II we
are we'll informed these instructions di-
rected that In case the Ottoman Capital
should be occupied by imperial troops
and British fleet should appear before
the city, that the feet should be received
with all consideration due to the friendly
power, and that II necessity, for the pro.
lection Of lives and property Of the Brit.
ish subjects should cause the troops to be
landed there, they should be regarded as
welcome auxiiiaries for the maintenance
Of order as long "a their activity was con-
fined to that purpose. Now that the Eng.
lish feet is approaching Constanti-:
nople and has there given rendez-
vous to the fleets OF other great
Powers, we may assume that the same
courtesy will be maintained between the
naval and land forces Of the different
States II they should meet on Turkish
coil. Sixteen months ago this measure
was proposed by Russia, and refused by
the Cabinet Of London. How much blood.
shed and suffering might have been
avoided by the acceptance Of that propo-
sal
A Berlin dispatch to the Times says: !:
Russia has declared her resolve to re-
annex Bessarabia, despite Roumania's
The latest dispatch from Constantine.
pie says that there Is no news Of the
British feet yet.