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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23

similar public appropriation to keep
In order the last resting place Of our
own gallant dead. Perhaps the day
will come when Congress Will see the
propriety of setting aside few thous-
ands, (from the many millions Of taxes
paid by the South,) for the proper
preservation and decoration of con
federate, as well as Federal GENE
teries.''
Our popular young townsman, DIR.
Aug. w. Knox, was on Tuesday joined
In the holy bonds of matrimony with
Miss Rebecca daughter of DR.. Pride
Jones, of Hillsboro, a young lady
well known here and elsewhere for
her many accomplishments of person
and character. The bridal party spent
the afternoon in Raleigh, and left yes
terday for Newbern. where DIR. Knox's
mother resides.
The Good Shepherds and shepherd
esses of the church of that name will
lead their happy flock of Sunday
school pupils to Milburnie, on Neuse
River, this morning-making the
jaunt in wagons and omnibuses. "Oh
would we were boy again or even
little girl-and could run away from
business, and ''sich y Alas the lem
onade and ginger-cake of infancy
most generally doesn't ever return!
Prof. j. H. Mills, of the Oxford
Orphanage, gave an entertainment to
pretty large audience in Metropoli-
tan Hall Monday night. His little
troupe of s boys and 4 girls exerted
themselves earnestly to please, and
thus win support for their 100 COM
rades who are sorely in need. They
| gave an illustration of the calisthenic
| discipline of the school sang nume-
rous pieces; and one, Ga little Chero-
| kee girD counted to 100 in the Chero-
kee tongue. We are pleased to learn
that the receipts were better than
usual.
Judge Cox is holding Mecklenburg
Court this week.-Wake Criminal
Court began on Monday with AZ cases
on the docket-At the Asheville
Federal Court the notorious Bill
Deaver. revenue officer, and his father
in-law, w. ID. Green, were convicted
of plot to ruin Henery Summit of
Cherryville; CASTOR county; sentence
not yet imposed.
The Spartanburg and Asheville
Railroad is the only one which seems
to be going head regardless of the
times. Backed by McAden, Austell,
Inman, and other monied men, it's
credit is good, and by the middle of
July the Iron Horse will have crossed
the mountains to Hendersonville if
not farther. Unfortunately this road
will drain the West southwark instead
of Eastward; but it may serve to spun
up the Western Road when the Legis
lature re-assembleS.
The goth Of May celebration ts
CnarIOIte surpassed every SIHllIdI one
except the centennial" There were
six military companies in line, among
these the Governors Guards, of Co
lumbia. S. c., and the Cape Fear Ligh
Artillery, of Wilmington. Gov. Nanc.
and Adjutant General Jones reviewed
the troops at II A. NJ, when the pro
cession, composed of fire and militar,
companies and Continental uniform
was formed and marched to Bryce
Grove. Mr.. Joseph p. Caldwell reao
the I" Declaration 'Col. j. p. Thoma
delivered the address, and Gov. Nanc
made Is minutes speech which wa
cheered to the echo.
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Political Ne KS Items.

Mccklenburg Democrats nominated
Capt. :. Il. Alexander Grand Master
of the State Grange) for the Senate
Colonel John l.. Brown and Captain
w. L. Ardrey for the House. Aessrs
Robert l. Mcdowell, Colonel William
Johnston. George (. Wilson, et al re-
ceived complimentary votes, though
they were not candidates.
Staniy county Democrats nominate
Smith. Ashe and Howard for the Su-
preme Court Bench Cataw ba leaves
her delegates uninstructed on this
question as does Warren, Ashe,
Mecklenburg and Columbus.
Orange Democrats nominate Aug.
w. Graham for the Senate Il. a.
Angler and j. r. Hutchins for the
House. County officers re-nominated.
Thomas Ruffin for the Supreme Court.
Brunswick and Pender Democrats
go for Smith, and A. A. Mckoy, for
the Supreme Court. Onslow, Lenolr
and Pamlico go for Smith and NJ. +.
Manly.
Forsythe Democrats declared for
John II. billiard for the Supreme Court
Bench; Thomas j. Wilson for the Su-
perior Court Bench, and c. b. Watson
for Solicitor.
Bunccmbe Democrats will 20 for
Smith and David Coleman Capt. Tom
Johnston for the Senate Melvin f.
Certer and Matt Atkinson for the
House.
Republicans of the 22nd District will
hold a Convention at Tarboro June
18th.
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B. F. S.-Rev. DR.. Furman of South
Carolina will deliver the annual ad-
dress ON the evening of June Gath. at
Raleigh Baptist Female Seminary, and
the commencement exercises will close
with concert on the following even
ing. conducted by Prof. Bohieman.
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STATEMENTS Moore county cor
respondent of the Rockingham busy
Bee says: wild cats are giving the
farmers great deal of trouble, one
farmer having lost about twenty lambs
this season. The same paper tells
Of Bladen county man who sold a
fine farm, moved to Mississippi, and
returned the other day with his fami-
ly, in cart, and this chunk of wisdom
under his hat. Don't go west 1t
is fine country out there, but after
you have turned over your years crop
to pay six months of Doctors bills,
you feel like turning back to North
Carolina" :. Rev. j. b. Cheshire, jr.,
takes charge Of Chapel Hill Episcopa-
liam chapel. ;. Five and a half feet
Drum" fish are caught in Hyde the
hide of such fish would cover a
bass drum.
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No DIvISION.--Rev. Frank l.. Reid
writes to the Carolina Methodist ex-
planning the action on the proposed
erection of a new conference. including
Western North Carolina and a portion
of East Tennessee. The committees
met, and after failure to agree, the
memorials of the North Carolina Con-
ference were by unanimous consent
withdrawn, and the matter indefinite
ly postponed. Mr.. Reid says-"Every
member of the North Carolina delega-
ton agreed to it; the reason of this
harmonious action being due to the fact
that intelligence was received from the
Holston territory that made it entirely
impracticable at present to make any
division whatever"
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A NEGRO brute named John Harris,
of Spartanburg, was jailed in Ashe-
vile last week for an attempted out
rage upon Miss Alice Justice, aged IA,
daughter of w. S. Justice, who resides
about one mile from that town. The
brute was chased into, and through
Asheville, and was only caught when
shot through the leg by sheriff Rich.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23

Reports of the potato bug come
up from several counties in Easte m
Carolina.
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DEATH STRoKEs.-The flashing of
Azraels dcath-darts has severely
shocked the good people of Whining
ton during the past week. The fune-
raj cortege of Hon VIM. A. Wright
had scarcely dispersed ere it was an
nounced that his son-in- law, Mir. VIM.
+. Potter, had also passed away. He
died of consumption, at his farm near
the city, aged 30. His young wife thus
lost both husband and father within
three days. An old negress named
Mary Livingston fell dead on the street
Sunday afternoon while proceeding to
the funeral of Mr.. Potter, whom she
had nursed as child. About the same
hour (on Friday afternoon) Capt. Thos.
G. DeROsset expired, after a week of
Inconsistencies. He was stricken
with paralysis on the afternoon of
May 10th, while in the act of ordering
his company, the Whit ng Rifles, to
pay the last tribute (the salute) to the
brave Confederate dead. His funeral
at St. Johns Church. on Sunday morn
ing, was one of the largest that have
occurred for years. While the cere-
monies were in progress, Mr.. Oliver
Kelley, another old citizen. died at his
residence. He was n.jured last spring
by a locomotive Notwithstanding this
week of deaths, the general health of
Wilmington is pronounced very good.
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Index to New Advertisement
MILLINERY = Madame Kate Della
pore, Richmond, Va.
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Salt Water Fish Caught in the
Waters Of Neuse River.

The annexed list of fresh and salt
water fish that are to be caught in the
waters of Neuse River has been kindly
furnished to the Agricultural Depart
ment by gentleman from Newbern
recently connected with the Fish
Hatchery on Albemarle Sound. To
one and it shows how prolific our wa
ters are of the finny tribe. Who will
write up the other rivers of the State !?
We return our thanks for the list
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write up the OlUtT rivers Oh the state
We return our thanks for the list:
Blue Fish, Hog Fish,
Founder Spot,
Red Drum, Pin Fish.
Black Drum, Black Fish,
Sheep head, Mullet,
Porgie, Sea Mullet or " hi
Rock, ting,
Spanish Mackerel, Star Fish
Horse Mackere!, Moon Fish.
Bonita, Silver or Sand
Sun Fish or Pomp- Perch,
ino, Long bill Gar or
Shad. Stone Gar.
Herring, Google Green Gar,
Eye). Sea Cat,
Herring, (Gray Toad Fish,
back. Sword Fish,
Herring, Blue Flying Fish,
back Saw Fish,
Yellow Fin Shad. Shark, Bonnet
Fat Back, nose,)
Alewive, Shark Man eater
Hairy back. Porpoose,
Hickory Shad. Sturgean,
Speckle Trout, Stlngory,
Grey Trout, Skate,
CrOaker,
FRESH WATER FISH CAUGHT ~ THE
WATERS OF THE NEUSE RIVER
Club, Black Sucker,
Jack, Mamie Shad,
Pike, Grindle,
Bobbin, (round), Red Catfish.
Robin, Leather White Catfish.
wing). Blue Catfish,
Google Eye Perch, Black Catfish,
Speckled Perch, Eel,
Red Fin Perch, Snapper or Swamp
White Perch, Turtle.
Roach, Slider Terrapin,
Red Sucker, Alligator,
Terrapin and turtles; salt water
kinds caught in the Neuse.
Diamond Back Terrapin.
Loggerhead Turtle,
Hawk Bill Turtle,
Chicken Turtle,
Shedder Crab.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-12-27

A girls diary was found in her desk
after her death, in Chapman, Pa, and
much trouble is likely to come of it.
She kept in it an account of her daily
life, including the smallest incidents.
Such entries as, g. came home
from church with me, and kissed me
at the gate" and ''Went riding with
-; he hugged me good" deal are
common. 1t would not matter if all
the names given were those of bachel.
ore, for she was a pretty girl, and it
was no disgrace for them to kiss and
hug her if they got the chance; but
such is not the case. Several of the
men are husbands.
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Ny success is owing to liberality in
advertising - Bonner.
The road to fortune is through prin.
ter's ink.-[P. I. Barnum.
Success demands a liberal patron.
age Of printing ofices. ~. J. Astor.
Frequent and constant advertising
brought me all own.-[A. ]. Stew
art.
Nv son, deal with men who adver-
tise. You will rever lose BY it,
[Ben Franklin.
How can the world know man has
a good thing without he advertises the
possession of it?-l Vanderbilt.
A good advertisement in newspa.
per pays no fare on railroads; costs
nothing for hotel bills; gives away no
boxes Of cigars to customers, or merino
dresses to customers wives; drinks no
whisky under the head of travelling
expenses, but goes at once and all the
time about its business free Of expense.
Advertising is the oil which trades
men put in their lamps. They that
are unwise put no oil in.
"Where is parts unknown asks a
correspondent of the Danbury Ne'rs.
To which Bailey answers, "Where
they don't advertise" And though
Bailey does say it, this is no joke.
An advertisement is a window thro'
which all the world may look into
your shop and see just what you wish
it TO see-no more, no less.
People are quite apt to &C where
their attention is called, and, il they
find things as represented, will pur'
chase there in preference to spending
their time in seeking elsewhere.
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A remarkable case has just been
brought before the English court.
Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, a Protest.
ant, some fifteen or twenty years ago
married a Catholic lady, promising
that she should raise her children in
her own faith. When her children
were old enough he insisted on them
going to the Protestant church. HIS
wife secretly made Catholics Of them.
When their daughter had attained her
twelfth year she "put her foot down
on going to the Protestant church; her
sister, aided and abetted by the moth
er, followed her example, and the
father, finding himself unable to cope
with the trio, sppealed to the law.
The result was, says a correspondent,
"to make wards in Chancery Of them,
and il was decreed that during six
months they should be taught no reli.
gion at all. The matter was not al.
lowed to remain thus compromised,
though it is probable that each parent
would have preferred the children to
have no religion rather the religion Of
the other. FINALLY it has been decid.
ed on appeal that man may swear
any thing he likes before marriage, in
regard to matters Of this sort, in order
to obtain his wife thereby, and is at
liberty to break his promise afterwsrd,
because he can not ALLEVIATE from him.
self his inalienable right to look after
his own children. This, according to
the court, is not a moral but legal
question. and legally an ante-nuptial
verbal contract Of this kind goes for
1t seems that each parent
it question Of salvation; il
that is the case, really, we think beth |
should have considered the matter
more carefully before marrying a par.
ly who was on the high road to
The Bad Place. -[Courier-Journal.
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THE BooT AND SHOE INDUsTRY.-
The returns of one of the patentees
who collect a royalty on every boot or
shoe manufactured by machinery show
that the greatest number Of pairs ever
turned out in one month were manu-
factured in September, lS7S-4,l9l,- :
776. For the year, however, the
manufacture up to October l, was on
ly %, ,l97, 900 pairs, against 20, 1885,
600 for the same time last year, or a
reduction of about 8 per cent. This
falling off is due in some measure to
the increased employment of shoema-
kers to work by hand in the old.iash-
ioned way. There probably has never
been a time when a days work will
go as far in buying boots and shoes as
to-day.
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A HUsBASD's LovE.-A pretty,
dark-eyed girl, about twenty years of
age, was arraigned in the Fifty.sev-
enth street court, few days ago, hav-
ing been found the evening before
hopslessly drunk in the street.
ut is a pity to send so young and
pretty a woman to the Island, :" said
the Magistrate. as there no one in
the conrt who knows herr"
No response was given for a few
moments, when a handsome, well-knit
young fellow came quickly forward to
the Judges bench. and said with a
voice hoarse with emotion
"Shs is my wife, sir. 1t is not her
first ofiense, and, God forgive me, 1
had determined to let her suffer this
time. l find my love for her will not
allow of my quietly seeing her pun
ished, however much she may deserve
it. Forgive her, Your Honor, as l
now do. She has been, and perhaps
will be again. as good a wife as ever a
man was blessed with"
The tears were trickling down his
face, and while yet his cheeks were
wet, his erring wife was free to CO.
New York Herald.
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The Wicked Incapable Of Compre.
hendf8g fhc PURE

No corrupt man in the world is ca.
pable Of interpreting the thoughts or
feelings of pure woman, in whatever
position or circumstances she may be
placed. To him she is an unknown
language; his rendition must inevita.
bly, be from the poor sort Of creatures
whom he has elected ne his most init.
mate associates. A person whose
moral nature is degraded is intellectu.
ally debased. lie stands upon q grow.
cling platform, and the good person"
whom he despises as but stunted edi.
ton OF himself--merely lacking cop.
portunity" to he as base as he-looks
down upon the poor slave of his appe.
tites from an altitude which he has no
power to perceive nor understand, yet
looks down with tender pity as for
one fallen from his high sstate. The
suSpcCt Hu eNii VI OtheIs, tue
good judge leniently, believing Others
than themselves possessed of the same
desire to defeat the forces Of evil with
their own nature, but the vicious look
abroad and see in the whole human
race their own vices, either in full
force or but lacking the opportunity
to break forth. Can an idiot compre-
hend paradise LOST" Neither can
depraved person understand a pure
one. And yet persons who have ex.
perienced every species OF vice, who
are embedded in iilth, mount the plat
form of authordom and pretend to
lepict human nature in the clean, clear
,olors Of truth, and frequently respec.
iable people read and believe. Il [Cou.
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DiaAaensfs ia Chiaa.

These diamonds, varying in size
from a millet seed to a pins head, are
procured from the glaziers, who buy
them at the large fairs held every year
at Chuchow. LaichOw-fu, and Hwang-
hsien. They are not to be found in
shops, and are packed in quilts. The
manner of finding these stones is very
curious. Men with thick straw shoes
ON 60 walking about in the diamantif-
erous sands of the valleys and streams
of the diamond mountains, Cbinksng-
ling, some fifteen miles southeast OF
Yichow.fu. The diamonds, which are
ragged and pointed, penetrate the
straw and remain there. The shoes
are then collected in great numbers
and burnt, the diamonds being search.
ell for in the ashes. As is the ease
with amethysts and rock crystal in the
LOa Shan, the priests Of the temples
in the Chinksng-ling are tho principal
dealers.
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THE HEART.-Throb. throb, throb.
Ever sleeping but often tired, loaded
with care, chilled by despair, bleeding
with wounds, often inflicted by those
who do not understand it, or burden.
ed with affection, it must beat on for a
lifetime. Nothing finds lodging in
its chambers that does not add to its
labors. Every thought that the mind
generates steps upon the heart before
it wings its way into the outer world.
The memory Of the dead loved ones
are mountains of weight upon It's sen-
sitiveness; the anxieties of the sou
stream 10 the heart aud bank them.
selves upon it as the early snow-drifts
cover the tender plant; love, if it loves,
fires it with ieyerish warmth, and
makes it the more sensitive; hate, if it
hates, heats il to desperation and fills
it with conflicts. Still it works ON.
When slumber closes the eye.lids, the
heart is beating-beating beneath all
i,s Burdens; ii works while We sleep;
it works while we play; il aches when
we laugh. DO not unnecessarily wound
il; do not add tn its bleeding wounds.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-12-27

A deserter from the United States
army went into business as barber
in Oakland, Cal, and prospered. A
former comrade recognized him, and
extorted blackmail by threatening to
expose him to the authorities. The
barber paid regularly So week for
silence. Then the blackmailer took
into the plot friend, who, by similar
threats, got So week. At length a
third rascal joined in the attack, and
the barber, seeing that his pay roll
was likely to increase beyond his re.
sources, resolved to kill Of the recipi.
ents of his money. He shot one of
them, was caught in the act, and is
now in Jail. where, awaiting prosecu.
tion, he is at least free from per.ecu.
ton.
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y had summoned a cab and was
we'll on his way when the horrible sus-
picion that lie had left his pOcket-book
at home became terrible truth. "HI,
coachee," he exclaimed, as he neared
his destination, "hold on--pull up
I've dropped a fifty-franc piece in the
straw here. Wait till run over TO
the shop opposite and get a candle"
So saving, he sprang out of the vehic.
lie, and was neither surprised nor dis
pleased to see the coachman. whiF-up
his horses and disappear around the
corner at 2:l3f gait
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The Goajira Indians, who inhabii
the seacoast north of Aspinwall, are q
fierce and fighting race, numbering
about $4,000. "a their domestic Life
the most singular feature is the fact
that the father has no control over the
children. The mothers brother or the
next nearest relation on the mothers
side usurps the authority of the father,
the reason being that every body
knows the uncle and mother are broth
er and sister, while there may be
doubts as to the identity Of the father.
In inheriting rank or property, and
in the distribution of valuables, the
testimony of the mother as to the
rights of the children outweighs that
of the father.i
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4 subscriber at Janesville wants to
know how to tell the age of a hen.
There are several methods of telling
the age of hens. The teeth are very
good sign to 60 by until the hen gets
old and begins to lose them. Amer
that you can tell by the wrinkles on
the horns. At the age of five years
the first wrinkle appears, and one ap.
pears every two years after that. But
after the horns become full of wrink.
les the only way to tell the age of a
hen is cooking.-[P [Peck's Sun.
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rHEUay o. rHE World.

Wan.
u be- wears q good coat,
Ilii him ~, Hn him up
Though be- te but hiosi,
iln him up
1.-The has not common scnse
And can i,oast fee pence,
Ilnhim W.
Though nj. face shows no shame,
Iln him up, liit him up
Though crime is bis name,
In him up.
Th5ugh their disgrace be his sport,
Let your daughters him cnuft
Lin him up.
WOMAN.
lf Noman once err,
Kick her down. tlck her down,
Ifmisfortune he hers,
kick her do~n.
Though her tesr, fali like ram
Kick het down.
Ifa man breaks her heart.
Hiek her down, tlck het do~n.
nedouhle the smart
Kick her down.
And u In lov condition.
ou, on to pcrditiOn
Kick her down.
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PoLITIcAL.-Ballard county has in.
structed for Blackburn, for Governor;
Corbett, for Lieutenant Governor;
Moss, for Attorney General; Hewitt,
for Auditor; Tate, for Treasurer;
Smith, for Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and Voris. for Register.
Union county instructs for Under
wood, for Governor; Hughes. for
Lieut.. Governor; Hardin, for Attor.
ney General; Smith, for Auditor;
Tate, for Treasurer; Henderson, ior
Superintendent of Public instruction,
and Marcum, for Register.
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Sometimes the services of civil
engineer are cheap at twice the mon
ey. A Henderson county farmer work
ed four days digging dic,h 10 drain
bit of low meadow Of his own into a
big pond on another mans farm. And
when the ditch was opened she pond
just walked right into the meadow
and located about twenty acres Of
swamp right where the hay used to
grow. Aud the farmer was just the
maddest man