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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
Sick Room.

Burns. Scalds, etc.-Plaster burn and
surrounding surface inch thick with
common whiting mixed with sweet
oil, or if oil can't be had, water to a
paste; at night wrap part III flannel OF
guta percha, to retain moisture.
Balsamic Ninegar.-Steep for a week
an ounce each OF rue sage, rosemary
lavender, caSSia. two cloves. , ounce
powdered camphor, in gallon vine
gar.
Chapped Hands and Lips. Melt
s~permaceti ] ounce white wax 90 gr.,
OIL sweet almonds , ounces, add while
Cooling %glycerine, oil Of roses 6 drops,
stir till cold. This has been sold for
wears as "Crpam of Almonds and
Roses.
Sore Nipples.-Dissolve tannin > DR.,
in %gIycerine l ounce, apply. Excellent
for all excavations.
Toothache-Mix tannin u grains.
powdered camphOr D grains, powdered
gum mastic 10 grains. c~hloroform l
dr.. oils of cloves and c~ajupet each J
dr., Saturate cotton and fill tooth.
Sid to be infalable.
Chicken Broth. Pour over all a
chicken one quart cold water, a little
salt, a spoonful of rice. cover close.
boil slowly two hours. skim well,
Beef tea-Lean beef ! ID: water 6
gills, salt, bring to a boil. skim ) min
utes, add mace ? blades, boil ten min
utes longer.
Panada.-Cut in two inch squares
two inch thick slices OF bread toast
ed brown, sprinkle with a little salt.
pour on a pint of boiling water add
grated nutmeg.
Tender feet. = Sponge night and
morning with a teaspoonful Of bread
Dissolved IN a half pint water.
Wasp Stlngs open with needle: ap-
ply a drop of potash water, which
should be kept on hand in a glass stop
pered bottle.
Sore Throat.-Dilute / ounce pulver-
lied saltpetre, l ounce honey with
vinegar: gargle.
Etfervescing Orange Drink. Put
juice Of 6 or s oranges in a lar with !.
quarts boiling water aud , drachms
tartaric acid. When wanted pour on,
a tumbler full and al - rains c,r.
Donate of soda.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
gables department.
POETRY.
HINTS

CULINARY HINTS.
Always have lobster sauce with sal
mon,
And put mint sauce your roasted lamb
on,
Veal outlet dip in & and bread
crumb,
Fry till YOU see a brownish red come.
Your mutton chops with paper cover,
And make them amber brown all over.
1t gives rue epicure the vipors
To see boiled mutton minus caperS.
Roasted i'm paste, a haunch of mutton
Might make ascetics play the giutton.
Boil lightly your beef steak-to frylt
Argues contempt of Christian diet.
To roast spring chickens is to spoil
Just split EN- down the back and broil
EN-.
The cook deserves Il hearty Quilting
Who serves roast fowl with ~tasteless
stuffing.
Buy Stalled pigeons; when you We
got EN-;
The way to cook 'em is to pot EN-.
Kidney a fine flavor gain
BY stewing them in good champagne.
Shad stuffed and basked is most deli
ciOuS;
'Twould have electrified Apicius.
Nice oyster sauce gives zest to cod
A fish, when fresh. TO feast a god.
Egg sauce-few make it right, alas
Is good with bluetish or with bass.
In dressing salad, mind this law:
With two hard yolks use II that
raw.
Crate Gruyere cheese on macaroni;
Make the top crisp but not too bony.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
FASHIONS FOR FEMME FEET.
The Progressive Disposition and
Questionable Taste OF Paris

The Progressive Disposition n
Questionable Taste OF Paris
ianS.
The low and sandal slipper is much
worn by ladies here, and the display
of ankles is one of the most attractive
features of the exposition. Heels are
still high and often glitter with brass
tips. There is "A great variety of de-
sign in foot wear. 1t varies from a
mere sole with barely two inches of
toe-covering to the delicate boot, but
toning far up into the clouds-of lace.
Colors are also as v~ariegated as form.
There are black. bronze, lavender.
white and pale yellow.
Canvas slippers banded with leather
are much worn. Stockings no longer
hide their light under bushels. The
favorite color is light blue. But we
see also the stripped stocking, a la
barber pole; the perpendicularly
striped stocking, black and white; the
stocking with a brilliant bouquet in
terwoven above the ankle; the dia-
mond-tigured stocking in red and
white, and the delicate o~pen-work
stocking.
AS fashion prevails at present the
female foot has become a rival Of her
head, and the male dilemma is wheth-
er most 10 look down or up. With
this development of style all former
sensitiveness as to the display of the
walking anatomy seems to have de-
serted the female heart. and now as
they recline ON chairs and benches
about the grounds young ONE who
wear costly stockings and slippers
take good care they do lot waste their
sweetness under dimity.
The sand and gravel Of the walks on
the ground is OF a most ~aggravating
and troublesome chacter for low shoes,
and it is not uncommon to see ladies
retiring n T. corners, where the hasty
removal of delicate triumph of the
shoemaker's art shows that some little
''grabble stones" have intruded them
selves IN tender quarters, as the Dutch
man remarked when he poured the
shutters out of his boot, after working
in the field all day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

Last Saturday afternoon, during a
thunder storm, the powder magazine
of Weldy & Co., lea PottSville, Pa,
was struck by lightning. There were
eleven hundred kegs of powder in the
building, and a terrible explosion en-
sued, completely wrecking the maya
zine, and scattering the debris with
terrible force in an easterly direction,
making a gap in the woods fifty feet
W lie. A picnicing party was assem-
bled in the woods "a short distance be
low the magazine, and several of.the
party were more or less injured by
living stones, and timber. The effects
of the explosion were felt all over
Pottsville. People were thrown gu of
their chairs in distant parts of the city.
Twenty-Five houses were crushed to
pieces and torn to kindllngs. The
scene at the picnic was fearful, 1t be
ing in the path Of the explosion. Huge
masses of stone and fragments of trees
were hurled among the picnicers.
Three persons were killed outright,
and eleven badly injured.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
Receipt for Winter Said.


Two large potatoes passed through
kitchen seive
Unwonted s~oftness to the said give.
OF mOrdant mustard add a single
Dlstrust the condiment which bites too
soon.
But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a
fault
To add adouble quantity of salt.
Three times the spoon with oil Of Luc-
Ca crown.
And once with vinegar procured from
town.
True flavor needs it and your poet
begs
The pounded yellow of two we'll boiled
eggs.
Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl,
And, scare suspected. animate the
hole.
And, lastly, on the favored compound
toss,
A magic teaspoon of anchovy sauce,
Then, though green turtle fail, tho
v%enisOn's tough,
And ham and turkey are not boiled
enough,
Serenely full, the epicure may say.
Fate cannot harm mel have dined
to day.
To Restore Colors, &c.-Hartshorn
will restore the color of wooden gar
ments without injury. Turpentine
Will remove grease or paint from cloth
apply till paint a be scraped off.
Rub magnesia or French chalk on
greasy silk ribbon, hold neal the fire,
and brush off greas.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

We understand that a fatal shooting
atfray took place near Saluda, IN FOLK
county, one day last week, IN which
an Irishman named Charles Ridley.
was killed by a man named jim John
son. Riley IL seems was too Intimate
with Johnson's wife, SO intimate IN
fact as to threaten Johnson that he
would kill him if he o. spoke to her,
and openly carried a pistol for that
purpose. johnson meeting hlm armed,
took time by the forelock and land
ed a Lad of slugs into Riey's dla-
phragm which landed him In eternity.
General verd ct-served him right.
Johnson was however SO alarmed at
his own act that he fled and up to this
time his whereabouts are not known.
-UHRerSOHUiUe NtU Era.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
Bleaching Leaves.

Ferns, yarrow, pear, lemon, and
verbena leaves bleach easily. After
they are gathered, press several days
the longer the better; then place
them on a plate and pour over them
chloride of soda Gin solution), cover
tight with another plate. When they
have become thoroughly bleached,
take them out by the stem and put
them on a clean plate. Immerse the
plate in water and catch the leaves on
stiff paper as they float. Be sure and
have them smooth; then cover with
tissue paper and press. Use old dishes
to bleach the leaves, as it cracks the
glazing. Nj.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
Six Substantial Reasons
Why You should Insure III tar
Pen, Mutual Lib ,.:.:..:; ..-..,.r

lil4-Alti-I Lila, / A.
lst. Because il is one of the olIe>. f....
panies IN the country, ana past tAe d. ..el
~ptrImeuts.
ID. Because 1t is a purely Mutual CouH...
Every L licS-iiO.dCI l. i Heuerf -IE.. I..
pany, entitled To all is advantages a.t ..
vlIegeS, having a right 10 vote - al c.et b.
for trustees. and Illus has ali IAaurus..a a..
management.
81. Because il has A. large a parcrut4.. .
assets to liabilities a. any lac I-u~a.4..,
Company in the country.
4th. Because, by economical mauaa.ur.t.
its ratio of expenses TO total income .- Pay
below the average OF / lie COMPANIES. .#-..
Officlal Insurance Il ports
9TH. Because II has declared more as
bends in uun, be-, and of i larger at..a..
percentage, than any other Company ....
United states.
For example: Policy No. Is, for $500. ...
been paid 10 he widow OF a Philadelphia
Merchant upon which tweuty-tuEcc a.
dends had been declared, averaging EH.
sever per cent. Had these dividends ea.
used to purchase additions TO This I..e
s.. As more would have been realized, u..t Ne
the Foley worth Stl,p46.
9TH. Because ii is literal in it, mana -eHr.
prompt In 1T settlements stJe beyond 50 u
urgency, and lis rates are a 10" t~aut .r.
class Company III the country.
PRINCIPAL rFATUREo.-0mall cNH..~.-
absolute security, Large return Ilru.4as
prompt payment OF losses, ana liberal .g -
Insured.
J.D. BROOKS, Gem A4ra,
For Western North Ctlu...a
SttfrSNlIs. E .
GEO. +. MCNEIL, Cen Aer.'
For Eastern Nprtl tafo#aa
Fayetteville. p .
Agents Wanted by both the above Hrue.
AGENTS. To work in their respective 'r
ores Liberal contracts made.
mar Z l2m
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

~ iiOuT.S.


Nebaneville, No. SURPRISES all ether s.
schools In tn south. Is. IN aye :-a. +,
character az is buildings; st. iu rr.
ith. IN area 81 patronage Gh. ira 4.#..
pruVld profitable employment f1r
hcIent Pupils: and fth. Will. other tsr.
are rather below the average. tE#~ ~
tarottna school commands srueWEst H...
tuition Ices than any other lu>s-ut. .
learning 81 any grade. Tor INA .s d. .
southern States. These facts a44sa
testimonials unnecessary
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
A Remedy forthe Effects ofPoison
Ivy.

DIR. S. \. Brown, United States
Navy states in the Medical Record
that he has found a specific for the
troublesome eruption produced by the
poison ivy (L'h"s to,ctcodendr0n) SO
common in our woods and 50 often
mistaken for the Virginia creeper,
which the plant somewhat resembles.
This specific he finds in bromine,
which he has used with unvarying
success in at least forty cases. He
uses the drug dissolved in olive oil,
cosmoline, or glycerine, in the strength
of from ten to twenty drops OF bromlne
to the ounce of oil, and run the mix
ture gently on the affected part three
or four times a day. The bromine is
SO volatile hat the solution should be
renewed within twenty-four hours
from its preparation. The eruption
V extends after the first thorough
application is persisted in, and the pa
tient is entirely cured.-Stdr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
TWINKLINGS

There is no mistake about the pleas
ures of wealth: the mistake is that
pleasure is not happiness.-.Josh Bill
HEgs.
If o see a Joke in this column
taken from a New Orleans paper. skip
it. That joke may contain the rudi-
ments of yellow fever Boston Post.
Why is it that at the hotel the mar
who goes is called a waiter. and the
man who really waits for him to come
back is called a gues:-Hdrkeye.
Jay Carlton, in the Danbury Ners,
says a strong grasp of the hand be-
tokens a strong heart. What a mag
niticent heart a lobster must have. -
Turner'S FdU Reporter.
A New York woman says: Were 1T
not for the self-Sacrlticlng women OF
the land who marry and support so
many men, the number OF trdmps
would be largely increased.
The daughter of a prominent grocer
was walking on the beach at Brighton
when she remarked to her companion
that when she was walking on sand
she felt as ifshe were walking II sugar.
N. Y. Herald.
There it is again said kearney,
as he read of the Bridgeport editors
adventure with the burglar. That's
the way those Shiny imps Of darkness
crowd down the toiling masses. Would
that | had his fostering carcass hang
ING on Mars clothesline. boston
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

Mr.. Stewart L. Woodford advocates
the election of congressman at large"
Too many Of them are at large now.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
A Fatal Jump.

At Jonas Beachey's farm, on Ken
ser's ridge, Garrett county, Md. last
week, a rattlesmake, pinned to the
ground by n Of the men with a
forked stick. made a spring at Robert
Heilman, who, in jumping back to
escape, feel against a scythe. which
cut a cash in his thigh from which he
bled to death.-Cumberl0Hd NetrS.
To Clean Hair Brushes.-Wash in
bread soda water; dry quickly.
FreckIeS. - After washing apply
spirits of wine two unces mixed with
rose water, five ounces, rain water,fcur
ounces.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

Burns. Scalds, etc.-Plaster burn and
surrounding surface inch thick with
common whiting mixed with sweet
oil, or if oil can't be had, water to a
paste; at night wrap part in flannel OF
guta percha, to retain moisture.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Gen. Siegfried, of Pennsylvania.
a prominent Republican politician,
confesses that there was a complete
understanding between the Repub-
lican party Of Pennsylvania and the
murderous Mollie Maguires of that
state. In an interview, the Gen
eral admits that be, rs friend of
Gov. Hartranft. held frequent in
t .rviews with Jack Kehoe. leader of
the Mollie Maguires. and now q con-
Wet under sentence of death in the
PENNSYLVANIA Penitentiary for muir
der. Kehoe came to him, he saws.
told him the influence he possessed.
and promised to secure the entire
Mollie Mcguire vote for the Repub-
lican State ticket If they wonld
give him $4,000. The money was
given and 40 were the votes. Sieg-
fria says that Hartranft was una-
ware Of this trade, hut admits that
the Republican Central Committee,
frnm whom the money was obtain
ed, knew all aInut il. Jack Keh"e
is not yet hung. As the controller
of large vote in the Pennsylvania
coal regions, the New Orleans Demo-
era, thinks that he ought to he par.
dored and given place on the next
Republican ticket. Tt asks: How
would Grant and Kehoe do rs can
didntes of the Republican Mollie
Mcguire party IN 1882"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Says the Cincinnati Price Cur
rent: Only one person i'll ten, as
shown by the record, that take ont
q life policy, continues it to matur-
ity. Men procure life insurance as
a necessity. They soon find that
it's cost puts it in the list of high
priced Injuries, and they have to
discontinue. The fault is in the re-
serve system. which is beginning to
he understood, and which, as it if
being understood. is being aban--
doned. Iu life insurance, the best
way is to pay as you so.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
BUSINESS REVIEW.

Last Sundays democrat contains
o complete and lengthy review of
the business of New Orleans for the
past fifteen months, flom Septem-
Der /, 1877, to December 1, 1878.
There has been a large falling off
in the receipts of cotton for the
first quarter OF the present CONNER
ci,l year, the receipts being 16O,257
bales, whereas last year 224,O27
bales had been received during the
same time. This is largely due to
the fact that the prevalence of yell
low fever caused much of the cotton
to seek inland routes to the East for
shipment, which would otherwise
have come to New Orleans. Owing
% the same cause the stock on hand
September l, this year, was only
4OS6 bales, compared with 21,356
bales at tha datelast year. The
gross receipts up to August 81 of
tue present year, however, show an
increase Of some 800, 900 bales over
last year. Taking Middling cotton
as a basis, the price has ruled lower
this year than it did in 1877, with
the exception OF the month Of
August, when it was y little higher,
being quoted at IL Slice, against
1O2c. for the same month last year.
The receipts of sugar from the LIST
Of September, 1878. mp to the LIST
of December, show a decided in
crease, being 4725 hogsheads and
46 barrels, against 1910 hogsheads
and 2160 barrels for the same time
last year. The receipts up the LIST
of September, 1878, Were lbs. 100
hogsheads, against 169.33l hogs
heads in 1877, showing u decrease
this year of "A, 2Sl hogsheads.
Molasses, rice and wool show an
increase over last year.
Notwithstanding the damaging
effects of the epidemic, business for
the past three months has been
gradually improving, and with good
crops and u healthy season, New
Orleans will doubtless recover much
of her lost trade ard regain her
ant. bellum prosperity, enabling her
to maintain her social standing Us
the Queen City of the South
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07
A SOLID SOUTH.

1t is but natural, perhaps, that
the party in power should resort to
every conceivable plan for the pur-
pose of enabling them to retain
their position. But when, for the
accomplishment of this object. they
resort to vile aspersions and most
base misrepresentation of the con-
dition of affairs in the South, on the
very doubtful theory that all is fair
in politics, it remains for ns to
meet them ut every point aud retute
their unmitigated SANDERS. There
are influential and able journals in
the North who come bravely to our
assistance in doing this. We will
mention the Boston Globe as one
which seems to thoroughly under
stand and appreciate the situation.
1t says: "What is the cry about
now? It is not even alleged that
the negro is not paid for his labor.
1t is not charged that the negro is
cheated in business affairs. 1t is
not claimed that his rights of prop
erty are infringed. 1t is not assert
ed that he does not get his own.
The indictment is that he doesn't
vote the Republican ticket, as Re-
publicans think he ought. Only
this and no. hing more 1t is not
the happiness of the colored man,
but the happiness of the Repub.
lican party that is disturbed. The
black man votes with his friends
with the men that give him employ
ment and pay him, or, attending te
his humble business, he does no,
vote at all, and the Republicans il
| the North think that there has beer
a great outrage. This Is a large
! fraction of the Southern question
The negro only asks to be let alone
to earn his bread TOR his wife ant
children. 1t is chiefly Republic: n.
who want his vote that will not lie
him alone. It is not the negro il
the South who complains Of being
robbed of his rights; it is the Re
publican politicians in the North
The colored people have all tn
rights which the ballot was givel
them to secure. If the country wer'
to wait for them to enter complaint
there would be no sectional ques
ton in our politics at all.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Presidential candidates should
not be trotted ont too soon. They
are apt to get winded before they
nre headed to struggle on the final
home stretch.-Picayune.
Exactly. The chances are .na'
not more than one President VIII DC
elected, and most of the asp'ran's
will probably spend the remainder
of their days on the "home stfe'ch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

The farmers Of Shrewsbury, Mas
sachusetts, held meeting recently
and debated the question, What
sail we do with our apples? There
was no William Tell present to tell
tue farmers to shoot 'em.-Picoyane.
They might contribute few bar
rsls of "sass" toward settling the
Indian question.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

When a young man comes to be-
lieve tn at n glass of liquor is q daily
necessity, he must soon quit drink
ing and attend to business, or quit
business aud attend to drinkirg.--
Picayune.
If he has no business to attend tn
and nothing to drink. he can Kill
time and 60 to court"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Mr.. Wood. of Pennsylvania, pre-
scented o resolution in the House to
abolish the tax on matches. This
should not be put upon the shelf.
We hope they will not strike out
any portion nor make light of it.
It is of matchless Importance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Richlsnd Beacon: "The mau who
has to mortgage his crop before it
is made, to procure supplies, had
halter sell what he has and hire him.
self out to some good farmer fol-
wages"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

The chronological Journal. says:
"Iu choosing = wife, be governed by
her chin"
After you are married. you may
both be governed by ''urchin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

The harangue of the President on
Southern affairs, intended as a
Presidents annual message to Con-
gross and the country. was read in
both houses last Tuesday.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-12-07

Seven citizene Of Natchez. whose
characters are above suspicion.
we're arrested this week by deputy
limited States marshals. 1t Is
thought that they are to be polite
xllv prosecuted.