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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

i 4 doomed race. II We mean
to have tfe-c colored fellow-citlzcns
Of ours 4 decent. respectable. trust
worthy. efficient arm u orr house
hold service. w must begin with
the girls. and zee if We cannot
make the oncoming generation
more self-respccting,
| Do not think that eduratt,,t
so-called viii 10 a much for them
As intelligent religious principles.
Their notions Oh al subjects viii
probably ALWAYS be shifting. and
swayed more BIZ feeling than reason.
but their religious belief has
more strength and power than any
other. Chastity, honesty and IN
dustry will come to them from the
Bible sooner and more effectually
than in anv other way. The col
orcd Sunday School could be made.
and ought to be. our most impor-
tant missionary field.
our trip is very much III our
own hands. At any rate, whatever
our OWL trials may be, tie Help
hat our daughters and grand
daughters are to have are IN our
hands. The negroes are here, and
are likely to remain here, and our
business j. to make the best Of them
bear with them-pity them
like them-help them. So shall
we be helped, for they HAT water
shall be watered.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

rcwa.r5c. throughout tbs .r.&sn =
.ea~.onarv - tE1an TIC
~.-l llt 80 Lave found r-sn-aLor
bv cuttings quite .ucxe-fu4
Cvt4si> Latarnu-. Ta.t-,e oF the
English pts. : "a t. r-~4a~: n4ass&~
n yellow i. -,a. AMI -racefa, stvic
ws fear wsl nst sa.t country : DR..
= ours III n5i<amm~r. We h~svel~~r
r,.urtant.r olfI-~l - -. i. - <1r
uo.st sklcs AAc l4o- - Enelaal.
where il ! s. xreAs > f~avorate.
rat. IN the nsatylas. - have s5v.
.r;aS shrubs The rr.. sa.ae - -
These elegant plants were name. =.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14
TloraI department.
Some Towering Shrubs.
BY CAPT. c &. benson.

Pursuing our list begun last week of
Towering shrubs of greater or less in
terest to the lovers of fine plants who
would avail themselves Of the present
season.
Calycanthus foridus is the well
known sweet shrub, and is a native of
the Southern States. 1t attains much
larger size here than when cultivated
North, and delights in a rich warm
soil, somewhat shaded. 1t will thrive
better if sand is literally mixed with
the soil. Some fine varieties have
been found in a wild state, and cult
waited, such as (. Ravenelli, with very
large flowers. c. glaucus has its
flowers brighter, but less fragrant.
The odor is sometimes compared TO
that Of ripe melons. This fine old
native has fallen into neglect.
Caragana grandylora is a rather
scarce foreign plant, some three to four
feet in height, with small yellow-green
leaves, Towering very profusely with
bright yellow pea shaped blooms IN
June. There are several others of less
note. c. chamlagre, the Chinese form,
adds red to the yellow of its blossom.
Corchorus Japonica, 10Y called Ker-
ria is the old globe flower, sometimes
called the yellow rose, although with
Out the least kindred TO the roses. 1t
is dear to us az an invariable denizen
Of the old-time garden in the country,
with the cabbage rose. the lilac, the
SNOWFALL and ~clove-pinks Of our grand
mothers. The leaves are deeply SER
rated, and the back a light and lively
green.
A very m%eritorious shrub has lately
beer introduced that is a genuine
novelty. 1t is finely ~variegated Cor
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14
FEBRrARY IA, 1878.
aDifs'Department
POETRY.
In the Tempest Look Aloft.

In the Tempest LOOK Alol1.
In the tempest Of life, when the wave
and the gale
Are around and above, II Thy spirit
ehould fail
If thine eyes should grow dim and thy
caution depart,
Look aloft and be firm and be fearless
of heart.
If the friend who embraced in pros
perity's glow,
With > smile for each JOY and a tear
for each woe,
Should betrav thee when sorrows like
clouds are arraved,
Look above TO the friendship that new
er shall fade.
Should the vision which hope spreads
in light to thine eye,
Like the tints of the rainbow but
brighten to die,
Then turn. and, through tears Of re-
pentant regret.
Look above to the sun that is never to
set.
Should they who are dearest, the child
of thine heart,
Or the wife of thy bosom, in sorrow
depart.
Look to Heaven from the darkness and
dust OF the tomb,
To that soil where affection is ever in
bloom.
And oh +, when death comes in his ter
ror, to cast
His fears on the future, his pail on the
past
In that moment of darkness, with hope
in thy heart
And a smile III thine eye, look aloft and
depart.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

A few days ago two ladies were
crossing Loss creek, Ala, on horse
back, one of whom carried a baby.
When toward the middle of the
stream the mother became dizzy
and dropped the infant into the
water. Both ladies screamed for
assistance, but none coming they
rode off to the nearest house and
got some men out. The baby was
found floating a mile below the
crossing, after an exposure Of forty
minutes, with its face upward, fast
asleep. 1t was well wrapped up
and the clothes had kept it from
sinking.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14
The Mocking-Bird and n Don

The Mocking-Bird and the Don
key.
From the Spanish Of the Neltcdn Poet
Jose IL.
A mock bird in a village
Had somehow gained the skill
To initiate the voices
Of animals at will.
And singing in his prison,
Once, at the close of day,
He gave, at great precision,
The donkey's heavy bray.
Well pleased, the mock-bird's master
Sent to the neighbors round,
And babe them come together
To hear that curious sound.
They came, and all We're talking
In praise of what they heard,
And one delighted lady
Would fain have bought the bird.
A donkey listened sadly,
And said Confess must
That these are shallc people,
And terribly unjust.
sim bigger than the mock-bird,
Can better bray than he,
Yet not Il soul has uttered
A word in praise of me-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

JOHN RANDOLPH or RoAS1kE-
on snow my opinion II female
society II tlout III NC should de-
generate into brute~. Tins oh.er-
Satlon applies with tcnfolI force to
young men and those ia tie prime
of manhood. For. after 4 certain
time Of life. The literary man may
make q shift ia poor one. | grant,
10 DO without tie soc ety of ladies.
10 young man nothing i - I'm
Iortant a. asplr.t >. devotion. next
~ the treator,t to some amabte W.
man, whose mage may occupy his
heart and guard il from pollution.
which beset- il IN all sides. ! man
ought - choose liz wife. ~ Mrs.
Primrose did her wedding gown
for qualities that wcar well"
One thing i 1t least true. that II
matrlmony has it cares. cell bacy
has no pleasures. 4 Newton or a
mere scholar NAV find employment
IN study ; 4 mar Of literary taste
can receive III books 4 powerful
auxiliary /; but 4 man must have 4
bosom friend and children round
him to cherish and support the
drearlneSs Of old age"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14
WOMAN
AS VIEWED BY TIE LITERATI.

Authors-especlally novellsts-
should be excellent judges Of femi-
nine human nature !; because they
are chiefly engaged in portraying
the acts and influences of the gen
tie sex, of whose manifold phases
and peculiarities they must necessa-
rily make a study. Here are some
%utterances which show how apt are
Doctors to differ.-ED. f. & NJ.
EMERSON" Men are what their
mothers made them
MADAME De STAEL.-" Love in
a woman's life is a history ; in a
mans an episode
CATALINI.-" Only he who has
nothing to hope from a m is
truly sincere in her praises"
LORD JEFFRYs.-"I don't object
to a Blue stocking provided the pet
ticoat is permitted to hide it."
GEO. ELLIoTT.-"One of the les
sons a woman most rarely learns is
never to talk to an angry or a drum
ken man."
STERNE.-" Most women are
endowed with such naturally en-
dearing charms that even their pres
ence is generally beneficial"
CHARLES LEMEsLE.-"Most of
their faults women owe to us,
whilst we are indebted to them for
most Of our better qualities"
BoUGUEART.-"If we speak i'll
of the sex generally, they will rise
against us if we do the same of
any individual woman they will
agree with u.s."
DIDERoT.-" There exists among
women a secret tie, like hat among
priests of the same faith. They
hate each other yet protect each
others interests"
SHAKSPEARE.-" 1t is beauty
that doth oft make woman proud :
it is virtue that doth make them
most admired it is modesty that
makes them seem divine"
STAHL.-"No woman, even the
most intellectual, believes herself
decidedly homelv. This self-decep
ton is natural, for there are some
most charming women without a
particle of beauty"
CONGREIvE.
Coquet and coy at once her air,
Both studied, though both seem neg
lected
Careless she is with artful care,
Affecting to seem unaffected.
CHAMBERs.-"I In the choice of
a lover a woman considers more
how he appears in the eyes of other
women than IN her own. Love is
more pleasing than matrimony just
as romance is more entertaining
than history"
Kenmore CooPER.-"If women
only thoroughly understood how
much of their real power and in
1uence arises from their seeming
dependence, there would be very
little tol erance in their own circles
for those among them who are for
proclaiming their rights to equality
in all things"
JOHN RUsKIN.-"T The existence
of wars Ia the civilized state are
wholly the fault of women. | must
tell you women this, if the usual
course of war, instead of unrooting
peasants houses and ravaging peas
ants fields merely broke china up
on your " drawing-room tables,
no war in civilized countries would
last a week
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

hemarried are longer lived than
the single; and above all those
who observe sober and industrious
conduct.
Women have more chances Of life
previous to the age Of fifty years
than men, but fewer after.
The number Of marriages is in
the proportion Of - to 100.
Marriages are the more frequent
after the equinoNcs-that is during
the months of June and Deem
Der.
Those born in tie Spring + gen
orally more robust than others.
Births and deaths are more fire.
quent by night than day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14

nervous child" if specially
delicate, should not attend school
regularly till about ten years Of age
but may simply learn 10 read at
home, not confined or urged as soon
as tive, If hot allowed TO read too
much. 1t is best that these dear
little ones $50 many Of whom are
actually destroved-hilled BY the
o~yertaxing Of the brain. etc..-be
physically educated first, allowed,
even the girls, to romp. if playing
may be 50 called, Initiating the hap
py and healthy lambs, kittens and
colts, securing a physical founda-
ton for mental culture, without
which so-called education is Of lit
tie Importance. A mother may and
should do much of the early train
ing, teaching the letters, reading,
rudlments of arithmetic, geography
and grammar, ~ an easy way SO
that the pupil does not know that it
IS education, allowing a great deal
OF liberty and growth Of the body.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

Allegheny county is the second county in.the
state. and entitled to at.east one OF the seven
Judges on the Supreme Bench,
The above sent ance is taken from an
editorial article which appeared in tile
Jobnst own Rri5Ene on the day succeeding
the publication of Judge Agnew's letter,
addressed to the people of Pennsylvania.
1t is the assertion of the superior claim OF
locality upon a State convention in the
nomination of candidate for State of
flee, and is as often made by Democratic
as by Republican editors. The plea is
essentially false, and has, we do not hesitate
70 say, been the fruitful cause of more
unfit nominations by State, district and
county conventions than have resulted
from any other consideration. The doc
triue that particular county in State is
entitled, as in this instance, TO one Of the
seven Judges on the Supreme Bench, be-
cause 1t is the second county in the State,
or because it gives the largest party ma
jority in the State, is only sound and en-
titled to respect by a State convention
when 1t presents :he fittest and most de.
serving candidate for the office, and in no
other possible contingency. If it were
otherwise, a nomination not fit to be made
would just as likely be the result as one
entirely creditable and demanding party
support. We are not of course referring
to Judge 6terrett, who was no doubt the
most competent candidate before the Re-
publican State convention. with the single
exception of Judge Agnew. How often
has not this stereotyped claim Of locality,
unaccompanied with uudoubted com
potency, defeated the very best men, and
fuisted shallow pretenders and noisy dema-
gogues into places Of trust and RESPONSE
bility? At different times and in different
States 1t has made Governors, Senators of
the United States, Congressman, members
of the Legislature, and county officers, out
Of the rawest and most unfinished material
Standing by itself, therefore, claim TO Of
foe founded on the mere locality of the
applicant has no kind of merit, and is only
entitled to consideration at all when it is
coupled with admitted competency in The
person seeking the position.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

VIZ don't know how much OF the twelve
or fifteen thousand dollars appropriated by
Congress, a. the instance of Harry White,
for a survey Of the Conemnugh and Kiski
minetas rivers with the pretense of making
them navigable, was spent by Col Worrall,
the chief engineer, aud his assistants, but
presume the job has been completed as far
As it was intended to be, judging from the
fact, as we see stated, that last week Wor-
rail- was engaged as one OF the Commission
ers from this State in ascertainine the true
boundary line between Pennsylvania and
Ohio. We have no doubt that this traus>
parent fraud helped TO secure Whites re-
election TO Congress, and it will be in keep
ing with the character of the man if he
tries his hand at securing another appro-
priation in 1881 for n survey of some of the
oIner streams that flow into the Allegheny
within the boundaries Of his district. II
he does It will bo a fitting time for a man
Ike George A. jerks to gibbet the Indiana
demagOgus.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

EXCURSION To EANSASo.-.--.
Ing TO q West TO Inspect L-7s --
cure Single 'Or Eouud Trir T..E-,
Pan HANDLE ROUTE" al q + v=-- 7.
rate, every day in 'le week. IN ,-a
secure the advantages 0f qnrk tl--
sure connections, tickets must= r--
over the direct and popular "Fsy.Hr
ROUTE the shortest and GurE-.- q
Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas. Ts,u
Kansas.
Following IS the time of D.-7 Er
Trains via Pan Handle Route.
Leave Pittsburgh .s-le.rn. ur
Arrive 3 Louis ...-..----sI a rr 3.
= lsas Cify.------l. l.-lT %. M -..
CONNECTION Is M d. iu Union 0.r-
sas City, for all points in Kansas l-i
RADIO. Two hundred pounds Of -a.s,
checked free for coluuists.
II unable 10 procure tickets h71s
HANDLE ROUTE al nearest raiIrlsl 81
Passengers should cali on Agents s..
Depot, or - Fifth Aveuus Pit,-r--.-
and call for tickets ria "paS-El
ROUTE 10y which lime Omnibus -z
are avoided. For time tables. l-l,-
/. O BRIEN, General Passeugs- age
lumbus, Ohio. [i--
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

We have frequently heard the question
asked since the election, who is Seth III.
focum, tue man that defeated Andrew G
Curtin for Congress2 or course a man like
1ocum, who has suddenly become promi-
nent in political circles, has history. and
the public will soon know it all, for it has
already been announced as a singular fact
that Yocum edited campaign paper, the
Ashland -houRtaineer, which advocated the
election Of Lincoln for President and Cnr-
tin for Governor. This was, of course. in
1850, and gives us the first insight into the
career of Raa who has just had greatness
suddenly thrust Gpon bim by defeating
Pennsylvania great war Governor for
Congress in a strong Democratic district.
Public curiosity, however, will not be salts
hed until it has heard all that can be said
about Seth II. Yocum, and his biographer
must not presume too much upou the ua-
fence Of forty millions Of people. more or
ess, by keeping them very long iu sus.
,snse.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

The New York World says that Mrs.
Mary Pardo Sanchez, of Malaga, Spain,
died on "Wednesday morning at the resi-.
oenoe of her daughter, Mrs. Mesea, No.
81 Hiddagh street, Brooklyn, at the age of
10 years, months and 16 days She was
the thir.ieth daughter, her mother having
had sixteen boys and fourteen girls. She
came from Spain fourteen years ago. aud
was married seventy-three years ago.
Both her father aud husband we're arcbi-
tects. When she was ninety years Of aye
she lost her sight. At ninety-seven she
recovered It, and could see much better
than her daughter. She was smart and
ala the housework uutil after she was 100
years Old. She was up and about the house
until within a few days of her death.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

AT the election in this county one year
ago the Greenback party polled for Bent
ley, its candidate for Judge of the Supreme
Court, Sl3 votes, distributed as follows ::
1.-THE twenty four election districts includ.
ed within the limits of the late District
COurs he received $50 votes, and in the
other twenty-seven districts of the county
163 votes. At the election this year, Mason,
the Greenback candidate for Governor, re-
ceived 1,0S1 votes, being 26S of an increase
over Bentley's vote. OF Mason's vote, G15
were polled in the twenty four Southern
districts, being So less than Bentley's vote,
and 466 were polled in the remaining twen-
ty-seyen, or northern, distl lets, being an
increase over Bentley's vote of SOB. About
third Of this increase is chargeable to
Allegheny and Clearfield townships, in
which Mason received 102 votes, nearly
every one Of which was Democratic, and in
which Bentley received only two votes a
year ago. White township, which gave
Bentley last year Al votes, most OF which
were Republican, returned this wear to her
first love and cast only votes for Mason.
The returns Of the election show conclu-
sively that at least three fourtAs of the 303
increase III the Greenback vote in the
northern part of the county came from
Democrats. The most enthusiastic Green
backer will, we think, admit that the fig
ures we have given do not indicate very
bright future for his party in Cambria
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

Col. STANLEY WOODWARD, Of Wilkes
tells us, that, next to General Grant, Gen.
Hoyt is the most available candidate for
the Presidency in 1880. This is an opin-
bon as ia an opinion, and is just such an
opinion as Col Stanley Wood ward is com
petent TO entertain aud express. 1t would
now be in accordance with the eternal fit
ness Of things if General Hoy: should de-
clare that Col Stanley Woodward would
be the most available candidate Of the
Democratic party for Governor in 1884,
The honoTs between these two Luzerne
county statesmen would then be "sasy."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

CHANGES IN CATHOLIC CHURCH Gov.
ERNMENT "A change in The governments
OF the Roman Catholic Church i'm this
country will go into effect on the first dav
OF the coming year. Archbishop Wood.
together with the other Bishops of the
country. has received from the Pope a
brief which ordaius that after that date
pastors OF parishes shall be known as rec
tors-a change which will endow them
with the canonical rights now exercised
by the parish priests in ireland and the
head priests in England and Scotland =
L he new law provides for the institution
OF Court of Causes, composed of five
priests selected from among the oldest in
the service, which shall settle disputes be
tween the rectors and the Bishop. The
decision OF this Court will not be final. the
usual appeal to Rome being allowed. and
the rector has the privilege OF taking the
case to the Holy Father without the inter.
ventlon of the Court if he deems fir
Rectors cannot be removed by the Bishop
without the consent Of the new Court
he Judges will be sworn to hear and de-
termlne cases according to the laws and
canohs OF tie Church. and they will hold
Once for fixed period. A copy of the
oIlef IS to handed to every priest in the
diocese. -PhiIddelphid Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

A REMAREABLE RESUIT.-It Isl.
difference how many Physicians %
mnch medicine y0u have tried, i'i' I7
established fact that German Sym Z
only remedy which has given conn
isfactiOn in severe cases NJ LuH. ls
II is true there are ye; thousands o., r--
who are predispussd 60 Throat sn
Affections, Consumption, HENRI
Asthma. Severe Colds settled 1u itsf'
Pneumonia, WhoOpinE C7ngb, 81
have no personal knowledge Ct bS
German Svrup. To sUch we wr1.t 81
30, 600 dozen were sold las: year V-'--
complaint. Cuusumptive= Try jas, ~
tie. Regular size - cents. SD H
mon & Murray. EhenshurC sul 3! o
other Druggists in America.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

DENNIS kRARNEY has shaken the dust
OF aristocratic Boston from his feet, and
on Tuesday last started on his return to
California, to renew his bigoted warfare
against the Chinese and make, as he said
in Boston last Saturday, the old war cry,
1.-The Chinese mus: go r' the issue of his
life. to be fought out until the last Mongo.
iRn leaves the State never to return
There has been some unpleasautness be
tween kearney and Ben. Butler, the latter
having mildly suggested to Dennis that his
speeches had injured him in his contest for
Governor, while Kearney, iE language as
vigorous as profane, coDtended that it was
the low political bummers who managed
the campaign that have cooked Butler's 5
goose. 1t is quite evident that their mis-
take was similar TO that of two Irishmeu
who met on bridge and thought thew
knew each other but soon discovered that
they didn't. kearney further says tha: he
will return to Boston next year to settle up
somo old scores with certain politicians in
the Greenback Labor party, who thus warn
ed had better prepare to stand from under.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

GENERAL WILLIAM MCCANDLEss, who,
for some reason unknown to us, is familiar
ly called Buck McCandless," vas The
Democratic candidate for Congress in one
Of the Philadelphia districts, and was de-
feated by Gen. Harry Bingham by ma
jority Of 7,400. McCandless managed to
put in an appearance at Harrisburg last
week to see how ]. Simpson Africa, chief
clerk, had heen running the Office of Secre-
tary Of Internal Affairs, the position held
by him (McCandless), but the duties of
which are discharged by Africa, and is
represented as having then aud there an-
nounced that he intended to contest Bing-
hams election. Our advice to this ire
pressible son of Mars, Buck McCandless, is
TO retire from public view, at least for a
short time, and not permit himself to be-
oOme quite so numerous as he seems fatally
bent upon doing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-22

That pure and eminent statesman. 81
mon Cameron, has again expressed the
opinion that Grant will be nominated for a
third term in 1880, and that he will carry
every northern State. 1t is ga hextraor-
oiGary coincidence" az old Sam Weller
"ouid say, that along with Cameron. every
member Of Grants cabinet is hoping and
praying for another fOJr years raid upon
the treasury.