The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

NoukoviIle correspondent OF Raleigh
News: There i on exhibition at Sails
bury one OF the most wOnderfuI anu
useful inventors OF the age a sell
acting railway switch anu frog. pa
,utrd bN Mr. William \ can't, OF
Mockovillv. Davie county. \ Y. HE
invention does away with he use ~
-witchmen being employed by fall-
roads. 1t i - constructed that the
engineer ot the tram ha~ perfect con
trol OF the switch on the road. ana II
lie switch should be LIFT open by the
preceding tram. the engineer can SCI
it without even checking up the 81 ed
OF his train. a d bt certain his +
viii not be III danger Of runnlns
of the track.
The Rev. William ). Plulner Bryan
occupied the pulpit 81 the Second
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Petersburg. y.
ON SUNDAY last. The Rev. William ;.
Plumer. - D.. a grandfather OF the
first mentioned. occupied the pulpit OF
the First Presbyterian Church IN tins
CITY twice on SUNDAY last. The day
was intensely hot. but the congrega-
tons were large. and the efforts Of the
venerable divine We're characterized
bv much of the fire and force OF
former wears. Or. Plumer Is still a
powerful preacher.-BGitmoredH.
The New York HeruI}. speaking Of
Frothingham'S new religion says: His
four corner stones of belief are-that
God has made a great many blunders,
that the Bible isn't worth reading,
that Christ was more of less an lmpos
tor. and that immortality IS a myth.
On these foundations he builds d house
in which there is nothing to eat or
drink. and whose roo eakSa at every
Single. He seems like the man who
sawed of the limb OF which he was
sitting. under pretence OF pruning the
tree.
The experiment Of substituting
hardened glass for type metal has been
successful in France. II is stated that
tie ty pc founders models and ma
Ct inery can II general be used without
further ciIal sc The new types,
ulde of -l.ss, preserve their clcanli-
css aim pot iud, %iinltclN. they are said
wear Detre r than metal, and they
n be cast with d sharpness of lane
At will print more distinctly thar is
,ssible with the oil type.
Wonen4 eyes have become dim over
\ needle. wuInen's hearts have been
.rJkea over n. g.ect. Wo1nen'S cOnStl-
utions ~succumbed under persistent
|ruelty. bat OF al the hardShips a I
oman has to encounter, there Is
1thing that tries her mind. brain and
Ddv. more than the attempt to walk
gracefully in a real fashionable pin
en- back.
T,r~,,- I-ilAu-ar wha hal + .lxa,,
another partner, vas serenaded Oh his
wedding night. The parties brought
a photograph, in which was preserved
some Of the objurgations of his first
wife, and when they set it going under
his window, the happy bridegroom
broke out into a cold sweat, and
crawled up the chimney on a bridal
tour.
The Rev. Brooke HEREFORD tells "a
story OF "a little boy who, after being
instructed concerning the beauties
and employments OF Heaven, asked
anxiousIy ii he We're cry good if he
couldn't have IA little devil up once III
a while to play with hum.
The ridiculous story of Miss Mary
AnderSOn's marriage with "a son OF
Geu. John &. Fremont Is without "a
shadow OF f~OundatIOn. The actress is
IN Paris With nc idea OF marriage, and
young Fremont IS already married.
Mrs. Grant now weighs six pounds
more than her husband, who tips the
beam at 16S, the madame requiring
ia. This heroic avOlrdupois comes
from the French Minister who occa-
s~lonally unbottles himself of such
things.
An Arizona miner, weighed down
with yellow ~sheckels, has bought The
famous Swiss watch, which could not
find "a purchaser at the Centennial.
Two thousand dollars is what he paid
Tor the precious little wonder of me
chanlom,
Congressman Tucker, IN to
Il rolllcking brass band and artillery
serenade at Lynchburg, on Tuesday
night, said that the bill providing foI
the reduction of the tobacco tax will
IN all likelihood pass the senate as ii
has done the House.
1t Is estimated that 100, 900 viii be
added to h population of Minnesota
by immigration during the present
year.
Hoedel, who attempted to a~ssassi-
nate Emperor William, was convicted
and sentenced to death IN Berlin,
Wednesday.
Christine Nilsson has been inter
viewed by an American reporter in
Vienna, and expresses a purpose to
revisit America.
a Connecticut woman was appoint
aG constable tho 4tlar 1., o,l ~
first thing she said was: Now | shall
catch a man.
You may break, you may shatter
the vase. ii You Will, bul the frightfuI
keraInics pasted on by the women folks