The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

hour.
The average annual CONSUMPTION IS
tobacco IN Germany per lead OF popu-
lallon, Is four pounds: IL is country.
3 y pounds.
Or. Eabcock, inventor II the nc g
tingulsher bearing his name. i a
drunken ou'cast in Oakland. Cal. lie
was once moderately wealthy.
An Inventive mariner has launched
at lscasset. Ne, a diamond shaped
vessel, with five maSts, a great mum
Der OF triangular sails, and a ruider #
uncommon length. He believes that
the odd craft Will make great speed.
john Thavlor Of Pittstield. Mass.
was detected IN a petty theft. lie h,d
SAID that II he ever got into difficulty
OF that kind he would kill himself
rather than be diSgraced. and. think
ing that his room mate hal gone for
IA officer, ne raj out and drowned
himself.
Aaron Converse was accidently shot
by Newell Dolphin. while hunting
raccoons in Stafford. Conn. Converse
hau climbed a tree to drive a Don out
OF It's hiding place. and was killed BY
a charge from his companion. who
supposed he was firing at the game.
Sllas Pomeroy, an English Justice of
the Peace, was attacked by a bull at
his country place in Hampshire. He
retreated into a hedge, and endeavored
to defend himself with his stick, but
was gored to death. 1t was Pomerov's
birthday, and a large party had been
invited to dinner.
Two soldiers in a British regiment
IN Ceylon died of cholera They were
total abstainerS rom strong drink. and
their death caused the desertiOn from
the abstinence III of 1876 out of 1SS
teetotalers in the regiment, many of
whom have since given unmistakable
proofs OF their change of views.
An episode of the reunion Of the
veterans of the ~SlXty-second Pennsyl-
vania Regiment 1t Castle Shannon.
was the confession by a man that he it
was who committed a crime, while the
regiment vas lying at Alexander, that
sent Peter Gilner, who was present to
- AAip Ahiic@N ', Ii1t ~ III
Dry Tortugasf for three years. Gilner's
comrades have taken steps to make
some amends for his unmerited pun
ishment, by laying the facts before the
War Department and procuring him
an honorable discharge and all the at
tendant benefits.
Dean Stanley is not in health, and
he will preach only once more while in
this country. DIR. Linderman, of the
United States Mint, is convalescent,
after a serious illness of several weeks.
Charles Foster is ill of typhoid fever
at his home in Fostoria, Ohio. HoratiO
Seymour is so feeble that he declined
invitations to address agricultural So
cieties this fall. Spurgeon is Ill again.
and is reported to have said when |
took the tabernacle | expected that it
would kill me in seven years. | have
cOntrived to exist for fourteen, but |
cannot last much longer
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca
will soon be made. and devOut MOham-
medans are preparing for the journey,
or are already on the way. One hun
dred thousands is the average number
yearly joining in the pilgrimage, and
among them are HindOOs. Malays,
Persians, Turks, Arabs, negroes, and
men from the Barbary States. The
French Government endpavors to pre-
vent the departure of Algerines on
account of the cholera thai they ONE
times bring back with them, but the
faithful evade the Introduction by go
first to Tunis or Morocco ostensibly
for other business. The pilgrims al
Ways travel in large bodies, as they
are often attacked by Bedouin hordes
of the Harb mountains.
An Apache climbed into a corral in
Utah, where 400 cattle Were kept, and
hid until the gate was opened in the
morning to let the herd out. Then he
sprang on the nearest horse. waved
his red blanket, and yelled like a de-
mon. In an instant every beast make
a rush, and the stampede was began.
The horse, frightened darted into the
midst of the flying cattle. As in a
frenzy they went through the gateway,
the Apache clasped his arms around
the horses neck, and throwing his
body on n side of the maddened
brute, disappeared from view. A
thousand men in column could not
stop that rush of the crazed herd.
Two bands of Apaches, darling out
from opposite sides of the valley,
closed up from behind the herd, and
drove them away.
DR.. Thomas of Detroit details in the
Deutdl Cosmos a case in which he sue
cessfully inserted in the mouth OF a
gentleman. who had lost a right supe-
rIor cuspidate, a solid and healthy
tooth hat he had removed from a wo-
mans mouth four weeks previously.
He opened into the canal and pulp
chamber ofthe tooth, from the apex Of
the root only: cut the end off one
eighth of an inch (it being that much
too long,, reduced thesize somewhat in
centre of root Git being a triffe larger
than the root ~extracted), filled and
placed it in position. He says that
several dentists were not able to dis
tinruiSh the t~ransDIaHted tooth from