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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-20
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
BugOlOgy.

\ few weeks ago box Of strange
long tailed insects were sent to the
Museum from kittrelI-, with an in
quiry a. 10 the nature Of him. II
turned ont 10 be the pupa Of a surplus
fly, OF no special interest, a. il lives on
rotten wood. few days ago pack
age was handed In Of a very suspicious
order, which on being opened proved
to be half dozen diseased stalks Of
cabbage. tho roots dcformed and
sw ollen and the rootlcts destroyed. IL
is q cas- Of what ~ familiarly known
a. big root in the eastern counties.
In MANY gardens cabbagcs cannot b.
grown at all in consequence of the
prevalence Of this disease II prevails
in light, sandy soils. On slicins ross
the intumesced mass the cause Of the
trouble was obvious enough. II wa.
full OF maggot- A fly (anthomzia
brassical punctures the root Of the
Young plant. Just below the surface,
and the young grub, a. soon as hatchcd
I out. III ABOUT Two Weeks, lives Oh TIA.
decaying and softened tissues onions.
| radishes. rhubarb and other plants
| suffer III the same way. The remedy
will be. not in an analysis Of the soil
| and change OF manures, as Intimated
| in many questions addressed To me, or
| change Of locality a. practiced by
! many, but in using the common means
| II expelling insects, such as kerosene,
/ snuff and plaster, nltre, &c. And two
samples Of minute insects were handed
up from the Agricultural 4 Department
| to day. 50 small that they look like u
| black dust One kind Is ia wheat
| heads, the other covering Young APP
ple leaves. Under the microscope.
they are readily recognized as differ
,-nt species of iire 81 th- family dphis.
some Of tho species Of which are Ia
miliar. As occurring on grape vln--,
cabbages. turnips, and other gar len
vegetables The wheat lice ~ere found
az the base Of the grain, but on the
outside Of the chaff envelopes. IL i
doubtful whether they are able 10 pen
citrate these coverings 20 - 10 do much
mischief. They are described a.
abundant III the wheat fields of Frank
lin. '" G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-20

Coon Man GoNE While prs
oner-of war In the Small pox aud
starN alton shambles at Fort Delaware
during the last months Of the war. ~e
We're thrown into association with
that noble old man. Rev Dr. Isaac "
h. Handy, of Delaware. incarcerat.,,i
because OF his political opinions. lie
had been called upon in social wa>
by two professcd friends. who as. 81
him, IN the privacy Of his own library.
what he thought of the war. &c. He
was not the man to DENY his opinions.
nor prove false to the land Of hls birth
So few DAYS later he vas cast int
prison under circumstances Of great
cruelty, considering his age and ia
trinity. But he accepted the sitna-
tion as indicative of duty, and AT oncr
began 10 labor among the 800 ofiicers
there confined For Il months he
held daily servIce-cither In the bar
racks. or IN the prison yard besides
conducting 4 weekly Bible class, and =
class III Theology. Soon his efforts
resulted In a revival Of religion among
the prisoners, and the gambling tahl-.
were broken up during the hours Of
his preaching. His long hair (Which
he refused to have cut changed from.
black To grey. and then To- snowy
white-g giving him patriarchal a.
pect.
After the war, Dr. Handy took
charge OF a Presbyterian Church in
the Valley Of Va. Ills death occurred
on the 18th inst. in Philadelphia.
where he was visiting his son, VI. l..
Handy. Of the Philadelphia 7mes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-20

ROUND RALEIGH Baptist ladies
gave a Sociable dime party on Friday
night National Hotel has
neat new omnibus us......-..Picnic excur-
sions to the Capitol Square are becom-
ing quite frequent ....... DR.. Pritchard
made plain, bold talk for education
at Wake Forest College the other day,
showing that North Carolina. with her
about one thousand youths in her
higher grade of schools, academies,
Institutes and colleges Judge
Brooks dismissed the complaint and
charges against L. 5. Registrar, 4. W.
Shaffer Rev. F. W. Eason. Of
FAYETTEVILLE. preached twice, on sun
day. in Salisbury St Baptist Church.
Peace Institute Commencement
began last night. a. W. Shaffer
has resigned his u. 5. Commissioner
ship for Eastern Carolina ..... Geo
Y. Cowper, Of Hertford. vas licensed
TO practice law-the Court giving him
a special examination owing 10 sick
ness on the regular day Stephen
W. Isler, Esq, OF Wayne, spent sev.
eral days at the National, en- route t
the Paris Exposition ......... State super
intendent Scarborough j. detained al
I his home in Selma by sickness $500.
Mrs Emily Underwood wishes infor
nation OF her daughter. Nancy, aged
/ l.. who eloped from her home on Sun
/ day last.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-20

\ TOUCHING TRAGEDY.-A lady of
New York Mrs. Bella Barry awoke
at sunrise, one morning last week, and
reclined on her elbow, watching with
a Young mothers adoration-her two
jewels-Robert and jamie, who were
sleep in the same bed with her.
Robert, aged two years. had his club
by arms around the neck Of Jamie
who was not quite a month old. Both
were asleep. The mother unClasped
Roberts fat little arms and he turned
over upon his side without awaking
Then she noticed that baby" seemed
unusually white and still. Then she
leaned over to catch its breathing.
There uas none, With a terrible
scream she snatched up the little
form. and ran TO the window, Baby
Jamie" was dead. Coroner Woltman
decided that the baby had been uncon-
sciously smothered by his brother
Fancy the feelings of the mother
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l'alei9b amo Roundabout.
VOL. II.

Gen. A. NJ. Scales, and family,
are in the city. And Gen. Clingman
also.
-Diphtheria is prevailing in New
bern, causing no little alarm among
parents.
VIM. A Coleman, Of Kinston, has
been appointed U. 5. Commissioner
for Lenoir county.
Mrs NJ. b {. writes an interesting
letter .chron:c!ing the triumphs of two
Of Cardinals daughters See the ladies'
page.
A few weeks ago we had pleas
amt visit from DIR. j. \. Gibson of
Concord. ON Saturday he was
buried.
Our brethren of the Pee Dee Her
aH and Concord RPgister will please
accept our thanks for kindly notices of
this paper.
The Board of Trustees of Wake
Forest College have appointed Rev. r.
X. overly Agent for the Chowan
chair.
The docket of the Supreme Court
grows longer and tougher each session.
The present session will last until
bme time in August.
y -,
upon the astonishingly steady increase
of insanity in the country, especially
the great cities.
Nine Democrats out of every ten
in North Carolina, took a long breath
of relief, on Friday morning, and
yelled "Aint it a splendid licket,"
The hot contest for the nomina-
ton of member to the Legislature in
Cabarrus resulted in the success of
j. NJ. Odell Esq.-of Odell's cotton
mills.
Mrs DIR. Lacy, Mrs. Pro-. Kerr,
and number of accomplished ladies
! of the city, and elsewhere will visit
Chapel Hill this week to observe the
i working of the kindergarten methods.
Il Hon. p. III. Winston (and his son,
s the talented Prof. Geo. II. Winston, }
gave us pleasant call on Saturday.
! No man stands higher in the estima-
j ton of the people.
Attempted outrages upon women
s. are growing frequent. Mrs. Arabella
u Eubank, aged -, the newly married
q wife of young farmer, near Rich
mond, Va, is the latest victim.
If the Democrats carry North
n Carolina III August, the two Associate
. Justices and the three new Judges of
the Superior Court will all be residents
of the western half of the State.
A meeting has been held, and
steps taken to reorganize the Granville
Grays-with the Confederate mem
hers of the old company as honorary
members. A meeting and dinner will
toe held, July Goth.
Too late for examination this
week we received from DIR. Eugene
"rlsSom copy of his address on
true and false experts" delivered be-
lore the Association of Superinten
dents, Washington, D. C.
st. Mary's School exhibition be
gins this A. NJ. at 81 o'clock -exer
eSes by the senior class Bishop At
Alnson will address the school, anC
iriends, at IL. The closing Soiree. anC
eoncertina will be held at p. NJ.
The Rockingham Spirit of h'
N'"'h, Republican paper, says-.'w'
regard this as a strong ticket. 1t il
|# UNDERSTOOD the republicans will max,
| nv nominations for supreme cour
II Judges"
III William A. Graham" says tn,
III se Zee Herald, twas one of the pures
SonS that the Old North State ever has
VIII, produce. His name will grow
shter and brighter as time move
capt. f. j. Parish of Durham ha
so"d-look ng ''phiz' electrotype,
MS advertisement in the Iltnt
anu he sold lot of fl he tobacco las
week at S2s6 per hundred. In slve
money would wei ,h aim, a
much as the we,d
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-20

PAID THE PENALTY The three ne
groes, Cherry, Thompson, and Atkin-
son, who murdered the Worleys in
Wayne county in February last, paid
the penalty of their brutal crime, on
Friday st 3 p. NJ. in Goldsboro jail
yard. They protested innocence, but
mingled their dying speeches with
disgusting abuse of the witnesses. and
counsel. They were a vile set. An
immense crowd, of perhaps 10000
persons of all colors, sexes, and ages,
came to town to witness the execu-
ton though only a score or two. Of
spectators were admitted to the Jail
yard. Among these, we regret to
say, were the sister and children of
the murdered woman More Educa-
ton and less whiskey, Good Lord
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NO. 10

l1tk BKRLiS Jostkfs-s Til. rrtussa-
palitles and 'rowors-tha,-R,.. on tia.
ether side q ihe Atlantic. assemble,
around bis table Al Berlin. on Thurs.
day last-Pr.nCe Bismark actins a.
chairman. II was soon apparent that
serious discussions mus, sn<ac an,l
to-da, ;he conference may y cou.nl.
erred only begun.
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A LIBERAL COUNTRY CONGREGATION
Prof. Mills of the Q phan Asylum.
was at Jonesboro IN Chatham, last
week. He writes
ION Sunday we attend Buffalo
church. and hear a tender sermon by
Rev. w. S. Lacy. This is large coun-
try church Its contributions are
$1,000 year Its average roll increase
has been seven members a year for }
years. Clever pastor and people"
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The uncertainty Of politics Was
shown on Thursday last when that
high-minded, common sensible, Chris
tlan gentleman, hief Justice Smith.
who but two months ago was the
best abused man in the State. was re-
nominated equivalent TO election) by
the unanimous vote Of the representa-
tlves of his party Should he be
reelected without opposition, as is
generally believed he will be, the case
will be unparalleled in our political
annals, we think.
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DIED.-Near Oxford, June 18th, Mrs.
NJ. l.. Parham, aged 22-In Gran
vile, June 10th, VI. D. Royster, aged
10--Geo. L. Phifer, near Concord
June 9TH, aged 61-In Whining
ton. Allmand McKoy, son of /. h.
Mckoy, aged Tn Fayetteville.
June 18th, Edward w Willkings,
aged 9O--In Warrenton, June 18th,
Judge Hall
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NEW DOCTORS. Forest Col
lege. at its late commement, conferred
red the degree of Doctor of Divinity on
Rev. Theo Whitfield. Of Charlotte;
Rev. j. ID. Hufham of Scot and Neck.
and r ". J. l.. Los'g e J rsey CITY,
~ j.
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MARRIED.-We have space in this
number only to extend our congratu-
tons to Capt. Fred A. Olds. and Mrs.
Kate A. Primrose. who were married
this morning, by Rev. DR.. Atkinson,
etc; bearing with them cordial good
wishes of numerous friends
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-20

In addition to the names printed
last week of those kind friends who
favored US with social calls during the
State Convention sessions, were our
journalistic brethren, Cameron of the
Recorder, Lilies OF the Pee Dee Herald,
Furman of the Ciiizen, Ramsey Of
the Landmark. Also, Messrs j. +.
Murrill, Capt. r A. Bost, A 4. Shu-
ford, and S. E. Fields of Catawba;
Capt. j. J. Gormley. John Springs
Davidson, +. |. Osborne, and Squire
AMI Reid of Mecklenburg: Mayor
Helms and Capt. Adams, of Monroe;
II. l.. Staton Jr., Fred Phillips, 5. +.
Hilliard of Edgecombe: Ii. Portrum
of Rutherford; Col l.. ID. Starke of
Norfolk; Capt. n. A Steadman of
| Bladen: Dr.. f. NJ. Rountree and f.
| 4. Hornady of Greene; DIR. Henry
| Iull. and J G.. Kennedy of K'nston;
| DR.. Geo. T.. Mathews ct al. of Hall
| Capt Matt Manly, w. G. Brinson, ct
al, Of Newbern; Capt. ThOs. S. Skin
ner of Hertford: Capt. j. w Plum
mer of Robeson; w. D. Pruden of
Chowan; DR.. &. f Dowd, ct al, Of
Orange; Maj. Edwards, and b. G..
Cobb Esq of Lincoln; Judge 2. H..
| Winston. Prof. Geo. L. Winston, Mai !
/ Gillian, of BERTHE, Col. John \. Staples
OF Greensboro; Judge Gudger of
Madison; Messrs. Young OF Cabarrus,
Williams, and many others, of Wake,
Johnston of Macon, and about forty
others. whose names we failed to
note, but whose faces will ever be
welcome in our Sanctum. 1t would
be difficult to find a better represen-
tation of the intelligent classes of the
State.
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The BIG Picnic. We are indebted
to Messrs. B. F. Little. Jr, and ID. c.
Stanback, of the committee, for .
very cordial invitation to attend the
annual Picnic at Stanback's Ferry,
July Sd, prox, in Arson county.
Everybody has heard of these jolly
gatherings. and we should en- JOY being
present.
USEFUL DOCUMENTS -We have re-
ceived couple of pamphlets just
issued by the Department of Agricul-
ture, containing Ville's formulae for
cereals, Ledoux's formula for com
posting, how to utilize old bones, &c.
The other is pamphlet copy of the
circular printed on The Department
page of this paper.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05

lows and carrying the music paper
over the reeds.
The sheets of music paper. which
are very strong, are Is inches wide.
and from 40 to 100 feet in length.
Music sheets of this kind do not cost
much more than ordinary sheet music
the performations being made rapidly
by means of special machinery.
During the performance the music
paper is unrolled from one cylinder
and rolled upon another; and as music
does not sound we'll when played
backward, the mechanism is arranged
SO that while one piece is being played
another is re-rolled.
Few persons are aware of the great
number Of notes in musical com.
position; the number of holes in the
music for this organ gives striking
illustration of this; for example. the
music of the overture of civilian
Tell'' contains 5000 notes or holes.
This is one of the 400 pieces contained
in the present catalogue of Messrs.
Needham & Son, and the number of
pieces is being daily augmented.
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tlon among the masses. have sue
ceeded IN ferreting out remarkable
French chemist, who, having re-
nounced for time both his profession
and the outer world has betaken him
self to the gloom OF an old brewery
cellar in Hoboken in order to devote
himself to the cultivation OF mush-
rooms. Now in the mere growing OF
mushrooms for the market there is
nothing to call forth particular re-
mark-it is very laudable and a very
honorable business, whether engaged
in by a gardener or by an "exiled
Frenchman and chemist and a friend
of Gambetta;;" but when we find the
newspaper reporter giving credence
to the marvellous fictions of this So
called chemist. and then giving
them prominence in a lengthy article.
we begin to lose our respect for the
professional" qualifications of both
individuals. Of this exiled chemist
we are told that, ''having seen mush-
rooms grow in France by supplying
the ground with the germs, he set to
work to discover their chemical CON-
position and to manufacture them
artifcially." We are further inform.
ed that the experiment is success
and that $50 pounds have been raised
in day, and that no poisonous kinds
can possibly get among NJ. Mezzar-
relli'S plants because nothing enters
his ''carefully MANFRED soil but the
germs which he makes in his little
laboratory" This wonderful discov.
cry in agricultural chemistry having
duly gone the rounds of the press, we
shall be fully prepared to read an
account of the brilliant feats of some
other exiled scientist in the artificial
production of the germs or seeds
OF our entire catalogue of field and
garden plants, land the consequent ruin
of all our large seed houses. Such a
statement would be no less absurd
than the former. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to say that mushrooms and allied
plants produce and are developed
from small bodies which. although
not seeds, are analogous to seeds, and
that the manufacture Of these is Just
as far beyond the reach of human
talent as that of any other living or
ganism.
The cultivation of these much es-
teemed delicacies is remarkably
easy matter, requiring neither the
intervention of the foreign scientist
nor the use of chemically prepared
materials to make it a success; and
the only wonder is that SO simple and
SO inextensive process should not
long ago have developed into IL prom
inent industry in this country. To
prove that it would be profitable it is
necessary to refer to the immense
number of cans of "Champignons'
annually imported from France into
the United States. and which are held
at price out of all proportion to the
costs of production and preparation
for the market
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THE NEEDHAM MUSICAL CABINET,

Inc accompanying engraving rep
resents musical invention which is
perhaps one of the greatest novelties
In this age !of mechanical surprises.
1t is nothing less than parlor organ
on which anyone can play the most
difficult music. no matter whether he
has knowledge of music, or not
All that is necessary is to put the
music one desires to play inside the
organ, and blow the bellows with the
feet when the music will be correctly
executed; consequently any one, even a
child, who has the ability of working
the pedals of sewing machine can
produce all kinds of music as COR
rectly as the most skilled professional
performer, and it is done to such a
degree of perfection that we may
consider this instrument as musical
educator that may teach people in
out-of-the-way localities the style in
which various kinds Of music have to
he performed. whether vocal or in.
strumental, sacred or secular. operate
or classical.
The instrument always plays in cor
rect time. and the most difficult pas
sages are rendered as fiuently AS the
more easy strains. The retardations
and accelerations in time intended by
the composer. and which are so
beautifully observed by superior per-
formers, are perfectly rendered on
this instrument, entirely independent
OF the person working the pedals,
who has only to keep in rotation a
small fly wheel.
From the above it will be seen that
to play this organ the use Of the hands
is dispensed with. and that the player
may not have musical ear; he may
even be absolutely deaf and still ex-
ecute the music perfectly.
All mechanical organs that have
been very complicated and expensive
contriyances. on which only the
pieces could be played for which the
cylinders were arranged, while the
length of the piece was limited. In
the Needham musical cabinet, having
the special sheets Of music, any piece
may be performed. And the way in
which this is accomplished is be.uti-
full for its simplicity.
The organ has neither keyboard nor
valves, but consists Of a set of bel.
lows worked by the pedals, a set Of
reeds, to which the bellows furnish
the wind. and a simple arrangement
Of mechanism which carries the
music paper over the reeds. This
music paper is the NEST essential
feature of the instrument. and con-
stitutes the artistic part Of the same.
The notes are holes punched in the
paper; the length of the holes cor.
responding with the length of the
notes. and when holes of the proper
length ere punched at proper distances
the paper. while passing over the
reeds, will shut the wind Of from
some of the reeds while it permits
others to sound The pedals perform
the double duty OF blowing the bel.
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SCIENCE.
The DESERT TO HAVE STEAM
WAGON

The contract for carrying the daily
mail between Yuma and San Diego
has been intrusted to Gaskill Brothers
of Campo. About 100 miles of the
road lies across the California Desert.
Across this stretch mails and passen-
gers are soon to be carried by steam
Messrs. Gaskill are Industrious inven-
tors and have obtained number of
patents. One of their last inventions
is steam-wagon, designed more par
ticularly for travelling level and sandy
roads. A working model has been
made, which fully demonstrates the
practical value of the invention. One
of the brothers has just purchased a
suitable engine and boiler at San
Francisco. of about two-horse power.
The wagon will be made in their shop
at Campo. 1t will have two driving
wheels of seven feet diameter and
twelve inches width of tire. The
whole apparatus will weigh about two
thousand pounds, when supplied with
fuel and water and ready for business.
1t is intended to make an average
speed Of eight or ten miles per hour,
carrying five or six persons and a
moderate weight Of baggage and
mails. 1t will consume about ten
gallons of water per hour. There is
plenty of fuel in the mesquit groves
on the desert and among the willows
and cottonwoods on New river and
the Colorado. One man can manage
the whole thing. Messrs. Gaskill
proposes to have the machine making
regular trips across the desert by
October l.-i Yuma (iri1ona( Sentinel
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become two, with a swift increasing
7elocity that threatened the whole build

become two, with a swift increasing
velocity that threatened the whole build
ing.
"Oh, dear I wanted fireworks, and now
have got them" moaned Thusle.
Still the awful cracking rs the dry
tmbers took fire, and the smoke began
70 come in through the big cracks. She
lung herself down on the floor; she could
lot look up any more.
Fire! fire! The church is on bre!'' in
what seemed to Thusie the voice of an
angel, ring through the stiffness.
1t was farmer Brown going home late
lin his wagon. The old church porch was
wreathed in flames when his first wild
cry rang over the startled village.
Thusie rushed back to the window.
She felt the hot lush OF the flames push
ing in at the cracks and the rickety win
dow. The light of the bright fire fell
upon her white dress, winter face. and
disordered hair; making a strange pic
ture; but she was not discovered yet by
the excited crowd. At last Job Sawyer,
stalwart rough blacksmith, but with
heart tender as child's, cried out
"Why! there's little gal up there"'
Ali eyes were turned then up to the
window. and a seconds pause fell upon
them all. Then Job sprang upon anoth-
er mans shoulder, swung himself up to
the railing. and with one blow from his
powerful fist shattered the window to
fragments. He grasped Thusie passed
her to the trembling crowd below.
Thusie heard the voices about her in a
dream.
.'Why, it's little Thusie Bassett!"
"Sakes alive! how did it happen!'
What it it had been my Jane'
''Where's her mother?''
She only knew she was in her fathers
arms safe now. And she knew no
more until in her own dear home she
came to herself with a great gasp; and
there she was looking into the blessed
face of her mother. And six simple lit
tie words were on her lips nnuttered, in
voluntary, but never forgotten, never an
nulled: II a-W alaodys mind my mother p
Wide Apake