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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28
State Pride.

The W~4Iesboro lrgts. Ia ur.lu
Charleston men - help build the eal..
n~eetlou between Cherau and Na.fe-
Doro says
just think OF it: not mon, than
$4,000 or 100000 Is required l4f.t!t
the ears running All II. Waf through.
and a very few men OF prlfnars moan.
n that city, contribute more than tin.
IoF Objects OF minof Importance. TLosc
Is a universal desire. Ill through hl,
country 10 trade in Charleston. II
preferred TO Wilmington OF ANY other
accessible market. Even rs N is a
large number OF merchants and farm
ers are nNou ~ establish = ,ry,,,.
Tine 10 Cderatc 10 haul Their Goods
rather thar 70 III any other direction
but the roads are sometimes n \ nor.
rlDIe condition and the expense would
he enormous. 50 they arc shut oil
from their f&vorite market.
TN 2 a Will 1IaH the entire
trade Of Arson, Union. Stlnlv. Mont
gonery and Richmond lounties and
open the way to the most abundant
gram country III this state. The
frelShtS pald IN the towns Of Arson
alone aggregate 900. UU0. From : o4
u 10000 oalvs OF cotton arc snippoI
from the depots IN tie and
the trade of TINS section viii put INTO
the Lap Of Charleston At least AaIf II
m'ff'ot = doHars.-It 10 worth paying
a small sum To secure. Years 40
Cheraw alone received -. 900 bales 81
cotton AMI IL came chiefly from tin
country which Is nov cut of from It's
support. More cotton Is made now
4 1t viii 20 III the old direction.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28

You know how the Northern pres
used to sheer IT the 5arreuue.s II
Southern inventive genius. lie were.
believed 70 b. still piowIug wstL .
crooked limb, and carrying . Ia ryek
IN = end Of the BAG 70 ba.4le. tie
jug. But now the Commissioner If
Patent. declares tha, tie majority =
r. y inventions have been patented
By Soltheraers.
In reply to q senate resolution, the
Secretary Of War reports that but three
persons who were III the Rebel ser.sse
q = nod commission ia tie army.
This may IL true - i oil RS, nut It
would te hard - tel the number OF
''ex-reos, AMI ~'gai.auzei7 in tile
ranks. When we were guarded Is
Federal, soldiers, fully two-thiria 81
them expressed warm sympathy, All
intimatei that they were much more
of our a of thinking than ~e were
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28

l.. J.. II. Newborn, y. CT have
rich permeable soil and would * glad
10 plant a little alfalfa seed. Please
tell me something Of its history, &C.,
aud give me instructions as to plant
ing, culture and harvesting.
Answer.-This plant known II Eu-
rope a. Lucerne) it Is claimed was cul-
tiyated in Greece 800 years before
Christ, and by the Romans at i later
period. Ii was introduced into France,
from thence into the South American
States, where it grows wild in the ut
most Insurance. and from thence into
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28

but the cotton touched in ever 80 small
a degree instantly adheres. ana will
not let 20 until brushed of at tile top
by brusher, the same as from the saws
Of q gin, and from the brushes il is
taken on an apron of bands and depos-
tied IN q receptacle to the rear in 2
night straight form entirely free from
dirt. The whole machine is reduced
to lis lowest simplicity, very durable.
easily managed, and under perfect
control of the driver. 1t is automatic
IN al it, operations, taking care of it
self and performing its work without
assistance. TO stop the picking while
going along, the driver has merely to
lean back against the seat, which is
hinged with spring catcher, and the
picking arrangement stops up III the
body and can be driven to the place Of
deposit unioalel and return without
the throwing OF wheels in or out of
gear. The machine costs three hum
G.eI dollars, and Will last as long as
farming implements generally. every
piece Of which is duplicated with the
facility Of adjusting q pillow point. 1t
Is estimated to pick out the cotton at
a cost Of one dollar per dale, and viii
gather all that can be gone over in q
day ut plow horse gait, once in a row.
and without ~perceptible damage to the
stalks, and what heretofore seemed an
impossibiIity, is just Is simple and GER
tain as a sheep catching cuckle bufrs
and not the leaves, with the order re-
Nersed; this catches the sheep or rather
the cotton wool only. 1t is a machine
of merit throughout, and Will bear in
vestl5atiOn, for 1t speaks for itself.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28

The machine
j. about the
: = an i
weight OF u
TWO horse wa
gon. upon
three vi.
spanning tWo.
TOW with one
" Ii ecl be-
tween each.
The TWO driv-
ing wheels.
from u Inch r.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28
department Of agriculture
State Board Of Agriculture, Immigra-
ton aud Statistics.

L. & EANCE, Governor and * oficio Chair
mru-
~. 9. KTER, state Geologist AMI cx oncio
utrmb,r of the Board.
Is h. BATTLE, President State Agricultural
College and eA OtltciO member Of tie Board.
4. NJ. Holt, President state Agricultural
Society and eN offlcio member OF the Board.
= is. A~LEXANDEE, Master State Grange. T..
of H.. and eX OiliciO member of the Bard.
j. X. IH!GrES, If Idgcc ,mbe county.
10 >ATIiAN EVANS, ci Cumberland county
IEOSIpAS L. POLK. commissioner
tho. j. IOBINsJS, Secretary and Treas
uT-f.
Office, second foor of Briggs Building
RAJ ign, y. e..
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12

the road behind you has captured the bat
terry and ali of the rear guard. and is now
tack you in rear" This was very startling
Arm mstrong says he felt that oil was up with
his whole division and so did Forrest but to
his surprise and amusement, without showing
the slightest disconcertmept, he heard Forrest
shout out so that 1t was heard by most Of the
command : "Is hef Damn him That's Just
where I've been trying to get him all day.
well give him he'll p Sure enough, the jiue
was faced about, passed through the line Of
horses, met the enemy, drove him from the
road, recaptured the battery and rear guard,
and secured about one hundred cavalry prison
ers Aud to this day the whole of the men
present with him believe that Forrest had laid
a trap for the enemy into which he had fallen.
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EVILS OF GOSSIP.

We have known a country society which
withered away to nothing under the dry rot of
gossip only. Friendship, once firm as
granite, dissolved to jelly, and then ran away
to water only, because of this love that pro-
missed future as enduring and stable Is
truth, evsporated into morning mist that turn
ed to days long tears, OIL ly because cfthis;
father and q son were set foot to foot with the
fiery breath of an anger that would never cool
again between them and husband and
yonpg wife, each BtrAining at the hated lash
which in the beginning had been the promise
of God. blessed love, sat mournf1lly by the
side of the grave where all their love and all
their joy lay buried, and all becsuse of this.
We have seen faith transformed to mean doubt,
Joy give place to grim despair, and charity
take on itself the features of black malevo-
lence, all because of the fell words of scandal,
and the magic mutterings of gossip. Great
crimes work great wrongs, and the deeper tra-
gedies of human life spring from the larger pas
sions; but woeful and most mournfnl are the
uncatalogued tragedies that issue from gossip
and detraction most mournful the shipwreck
often made of noble natures and lovely lives by
the bitter winds and dead salt water of SLAM
der. SO easy to say, Yet 30 hard to disprove-
throwing the innocent ell the burden aud
the strain of demonstrating their innocence,
and Punishing them as guilty if unable TO pluck
out the stings they see, and to silence words
they never hear-gossip and slander are the
deadliest and Cruelest weapons man has ever
forged for his brothers heArt.-AH the Year
RoHRd.
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P L A T ED w A r. E.

This stock has been selected with great
care, and purchased a. bottom prices, and
to it will be added from time to time all the
new patterns and novelties as fact as they
are produced in the New York market.
The favorable conditions under which these
new and attractive goods have been pur-
chased, enable us to offer the same at
prices lower than ever before.
The Manufacturing Department. as 3ere-
tofore will be in charge of Mr.. Henry Good
win, which is sufficient guarantee that all
Diamond work and the manufacture of any
article of Jewelry will be executed in
manner that cannot be excelled in any city.
The Watch Making and Repairing De-
partment will be in charge of the most
skillful and reliable workmen.
A Designer aud Eograver has been en-
ployed, and all goods purchased can be en-
graved on short notice.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12
GENERAL N. B. FORREST.

A FEW ANECDOTES OF THE GREAT CoNFED-
ERATE CAVALRY LEADER.
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{ .fning };tar ard Catholic s}essengsr.
saW c1,1ENNs, spnpAY. NAY 1a, "a.


There is muoh more sense than poetry in IL
following lines, extracted from traps-Atlaut
magazine:
"THIs ENLIGHTENED AGE"
I say it to my self in meekest awe
OF progress electricity and steam,
OF this aImish age, this liberal aga
That has no time to breathe, to think or dream;
I ask 1t of mysef with bAted breath.
Casting furtve glance about the hall,
o1r fatheIs-were their times 80 very very ca snr
Had they not Galileo and a Newton in those days,
And Homer. and Shakespeare. ana a tew & @ oetweeh'
Had they no rulers In their bafbarons states
Who scattered laws for our wise hAndS TO g'eanf
Had they not painters who knew how to paint
Raphael, to take an instaDce-wel as We.
With near four hundred years OF light the less,
Is Phidias matched in our great century
And arohitectss sure Egypt and old Rome
And ruined Athens tell Of fair repute-
Tho py ramds ana temples of tho Greeks
May vie with our town halls and institutes.
Their marble Venice with her d4pp!ed tints,
Their grey old Minister'S strong chiseed rock;
Their Tyrolea an castles ltlteo hgu
May outiasL all your brick And mortar blocks.
And there not re Inc ments in those days,
And elegant luxuTies of domestic life
read the answer IN the precious things
Whereof these clustering cabinets are rife.
What can show beautiful in art
What new of can m atch their wondrcus old
This fragile poIcelain-this Venetian glass
This delicate necklace of Etruscan gold
And was there not religion when the Church
Was one-a common mother-loved and feared
When naughty souls rejoiced to bear her yoke.
Whom all those grand monastio piles were resredf
And were there not Bome preachers-eh
Whose words still linger like a chime
OF falling echoes in lone Alpine glens
Amongst the sonorous voices OF our time9
Are they more noble than those good old knights,
Who ed to STR ke q foe save in the face
Who reckonad gold dross to gallant deeds,
And counted death far ha pier than disgrace!
And soldiers-heroesl Do shame them mucha
Have men more courage than in Gays of yoref
Are they more Jealous fer their manhood now
Do they respect and honor womeD more
Is life more grand with " ho bqsk at ease,
And count that only excellent which paws,
Than twas to the stout hearts that the steel
In those dark tuI buent lighting days:
o nineteenth century, God has given you light;
The morning has been spreadiug-that is all.
0 liberal age Stoop your concerted head
And gather up the crumbs that they let fall
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12

There is much more sense than poetry in the
following lines, extracted from transatlantic
magazine:
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12
I AIDES, MISSES AND GENTLEMEN's
UNDERWEAR.

The Sisters of the Good Shepherd
have established, for the convenience of Ladies and
Gentlemen, depot for the sale of Ladies' Misses and
Gentemen's Underwear, Infants Robes and Children's
Dresses at the Establishment of Mrs. K. q. LOGAN
Baronne street. where full line of their goods viii
be kept and sold at the most reasonable prices
Orders a'so received .oo7T7ly
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12

Another illustration of the pluck of our wo-
men, which pleased Forrest greatly, was af-
forded by an old lady in North Georgia Just
after the detest of our army at missionary
Ridge, Forrest With his horsemen Was cover
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12

there, will give my recollection of his own
statement to me about it. l said to him one
at Fort Pillow how was thatf" ''Well," he
said, "pll tell You how that was. The boys
had promised their wives and sweethesrts TO
bring them a calico froot the first chance they
got at Yankee store, aud while were
fighting our way up tn tho bre asst works of Fort
Pillow, noticed the firing ceased all at once
on the left of my line. aud rode down that way
to see bat was the matter, and there was the
suffers store just broken open, and as l rode
up one of the boys came out with his arms
full of dry goods. l was , mad dropped him
with my pistol right behind him came
other, and he was captain, and he, too,
loaded with plunder, and shot him, too They
all went on with the fighting after that
"Weil" said chow about your shooting the
negroes after they had surrendered - 'Oh"
said he, "th ere has been great deal of ex-
aggerstion and misrepresentation about that,
aud III tell you how that was. When we got
into the fort the white flag was shown at once,
and the negroes ran out down to the river !;
and although the flag WAS dying, they kept on
turning back and shooting at my men, who
consequently continued TO fire into them
crowded on the brink of the river, and they
killed q good many of them in spite of my ef-
forts and those of their officers to stop them
But there was no deliberate intention nor
effort to massacre tho garrison q has been go
generally reported by the Northern papers"
ONE OF FORESTS FAvoRITEs.
= One of Forests most efficient and favorite
associates was General Frank Armstrong
himself man of extraordinary ability, and
with the peculiar qualifications of a great cav
airy general. Recently he related to me an
illustration of Forests simperturbability under
the most alarming circumstances. They were
operating against General Stanley in Tennes
see Armstrong in advance had struck the
enemy's pickets and was pushing them rapidly
before him. Forrest las riding with him. A
battery and rear guard of regiment had
stopped to water. So rapidly had Armstrong
been pressing the force before him that gap
of one or two miles was presented to Stanley
who swooped down upon this rearmost party
and occupied the road behind Armstrong; DI-
vision. courier or staff officer at full speed
bore the news of this disastrous condition of
affairs to Forrest, and the excited messenger
on arriving within hail, bswled out his tidings
thus General Eorrest, Stanley has cut into
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12
POPE LEO XIII,

AGENTS WANTED to sell our splendid photo
graphs Of POPE Plus TX ard POPE Kill In oon-
alteration of the bard mes have put the prices Rt
the following low figures sent paid viE " 30 PoE
100 e2O per 1000 S75 per ScO0 Parties ordering 5OOo
will be given exclusive agency. They sell very last 80
; 10 cents each One sold $50 In one day with
very little effort. Samples 10 cents post paid: Hand
frames with Rass ard ring, all Toaoy 70 hang up
suitable for above % per OO Frames can be sent only
by Order and secure the ATst ohsnco
in our town. Mention this paper
Address KENDALL & co. 81 Krby ST.
Au2s I'm Boston, HAss.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-08
Intellectual Test Of Nations.

So far as the general ability Of the
people of nation to read and write is a
proof of their superior enlightenment,
the Americans have no rivals in the
world. AS readers we lead all nations.
We are 100000. The population of
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland is
SO, 100000 of France, 100000; Ger
many, 45,O0O,0O0. In 1870 there were
published in the United States 274 daily,
1926 weekly and LOOP other papers and
periodicals. In 1877 the figures were:
Dailies, 709; weeklies. 6, 221; all others,
LOLA; total, 1914. England has but
1882; Germany but 1885; France but
1859 and Italy but 835. The total for
the four nations, embracing an aggregate
population of 1877, 100000 is but 6, 731,
or 1,213 less than supplies the American
population of 100000. The distribu
tion of our daily and weekly papers
among the several States is instructive.
They are not by any means apportioned
according to population, though New
York is always first. 1t appears that
New York has 81 dailies; Pennsylvania
comes next, with 70; Illinois third, with
At; curiously enough, California fourth,
with 43. In that State of less than $780,
900 of the European race, they have 4
more daily papers than Ohio, with her
5000, 900, Is more than Massachusetts
or Indiana, II more than Missouri, 20
more than Iowa, as many, lacking one,
as Wisconsin, Virginia and Georgia COM
bined, and more than eight times as
many as either Minnesota, Delaware or
Oregon. If, then, the reading of cur
rent publications is an irrefragable test
of the superior instruction of commu-
nifty generally, the population of Cali
fornia stands at the very summit OF mod
ern civilization-so says California ex-
change
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-08
" TheSe Birds Are Sweet

They were primitive pair; Chemung
county Adam and Eve. His name was
Richard Hatfield, better known as the
"Honest Farmer of Chemung" Her
name was Dorothy Ann Stubs. They
were walking up Fifth avenue, reading
the signs. Suddenly he stopped and
began reading D-e-l-m-o-n-i-c-o.
"WiIt fodder. Stubs ?"
"I willest," said the maiden.
"Here is the place." said he. "Name
thy indigestion"
"Beefsteak and onions, hot"
"Nay, nay, sweet lass, it may not be.
This is our natal day. Two brace of
birds, waiter, and bottle of fz. In
dependence now and independence for
ever"
"These birds are sweet, said he.
"But small, said she.
"Another bird, waiter. Dost thou
love me, Stubbs2" s..
"Birds is in, talks out. Another bird,
waiter"
The bird appeared and disappeared.
"Why do summer roses fade %
"Gitting old, Ireckon. Another bird,
waiter"
"Shall I call thee pet names? Call
thee bird "
"Yes, Ostrich. Another bird, wait
err"
Waiter" The birds are all gone, mann,
but there's an emu just arrived from
Australia, if the lady would like it
boiled"
"Never mind. I'll try the emu some
other day"
THE SETTLEMENT.
Honest farmer reading slowly:
Bottle champagne. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 500
Sixteen, sixteen dollars he
softly sighed. "How high is that
window from the ground, Stubbs?"
"Fifty feet" answered the maiden.
"amd picket fence right under it,"
Slowly the honest farmer dove into
the sub-cellar of his coat pocket and
brought up female hose. In the foot
was carefully tied 800 in 10 and scent
pieces. A tear trickles down his face.
LOU appear W 10 dHOcGou, Slr. L
hope nothing serious" said the waiter.
This-this was my late wife's stock
ing. There is an affecting leg end con-
nected with thence these tears" said
the honest farmer, wiping his eyes and
counting out the money.
"There you are; sixteen dollars
many of those birds around here?"
emo. Scarce"
Expensive 2"
ct hope you did not find them ex-
pensive," answered the waiter.
"Oh, no oh, no " answered the hon
est farmer. "Cheap enough cheap
snough!" Then turning to the maiden
he softly CALCULATED "Another bird
would have broke the honest farmer. =
Neao York Graphic.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-08

typhus, and was, therefore, considered
fever proof, was selected for carrying in
structions to the will maker. The tes-
tator executed his will by making his
mark under the observation of the wit
nesses, who attested the execution in the
sight of the testator. When this was
done he was removed to the hospital,
and there died. The validity of the will
was called in question on the ground
that it was not duly executed. The Judge
pronounced in favor of the will, remark
ing that he saw no reason for requiring
executors to expose their lives to need
less risk.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-08
MR.. SCHROEDER'S AIR-SHIP.

The Inventor Proposes to Cross the Ocean
am not an enthusiast, but a prac-
tical man, !" said Prof. f. W. Schroeder.
the aerial navigator, who is building an
air-ship in this city with which to Jour
|'ney to Europe In forty-eight hours, as
he sat on one of the benches in Stuyve-
SAINT park yesterday, with drawings of his
Inventions spread out on his knees.
"Nor am | a mere adventurer, but the
son OF a distinguished nobleman of
Hanover, Colonelin the Prussian army,
and have just as good a home as q
man can want. Some of the papers have
been trying to make me out crazy ad-
venturer, and, two years ago. when I
was trying my experiment, the Baltimore
papers ridiouied me as lunatic. but
| after some of my inventions had been
adopted in France they wanted to lay
claim to them as of American origin"
l am firmly convinced, continued
Mr.. Schroeder, of the practicability of
going to Europe on a current of air that
| will risk my life in the trial. Why, 7
have received dozens of letters from all
parts OF the world from persons begging
to be allowed to go with me. Among
others, the most celebrated aeronaut in
Europe, Christopher Collier, of Brussels,
has asked me, but shall take only two
beside myself. have no fear of acct
dents, for the material of the balloon or
gas receiver will be wonderfully strong,
closer knit even than silk-here is some
OF it," and he exhibited white fabric
OF stout texture. "They called it ba-
tlste, and it cannot be procured in Eu-
rope. Ii the receiver should explode,
there is, above the balloon, piece of
canvas SO arranged as to act as a para
chute to let me down slowly. With the
same arrangement, when a balloon burst
with me once in Brazil, I came down so
slowly that I took out my pistol and
fired holes into the canvas in order to
hurry. The published description of
my balloon is fantastical and incorrect.
The distance between the car and balloon
is two instead of twenty feet; the length
is ninety-six feet. It is twenty-five feet
in diameter, with capacity of As, 900
cubic feet of gas, the lifting power Of
the gas being one ounce to the square
foot. I have made upward of 400
ascensions, and never met with an acct
dent Heretofore T have worked the
machinery by hand. On my ocean
trip I shall have an electric
engine. On all my trips across
the ocean before this [ would let
up from the steamers deck small bal
looms, which I observed would be
caught in current of air and carried
east higher up they would be caught
by contrary gust of wind and vhirled
west, which proved to me that a lower
and warm current of air blew from west
to east, while the upper current blew
from east to west. Now I shall get in
the lower current and go straight to
Europe. I cannot fly in the teeth of
the wind, but, if necessary, by using the
wings of my machine, can mount to a
favorable current and continue my pro-
gress,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-08
Money by the Wagon Loads.

Four wagons had to be sent from the
Ministry OF Finance the day after the
national fete to carry away the money
taken at the gates Of the Exposition on
the Both Of June. Ordinarily no money
is taken at the gates, as tickets must be
purchased elsewhere, but the day of the
fete the price of admission was only
cents and no tickets were required. As
there is no piece. of the French coinage
between 2 cents and 10 cents, all the
money, about 100000 francs, was
bronzed one and two-cent pieces. II Paris
letter.