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Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03
NUMBER 81.

Give me my grandIsthsr's cane :" I
cried and pulled.
She pulled also.
In moment more queer thing hap
pened.
The cane parted in the middle, and
the old woman few one way aud an
other.
She lay on her back, bemoaning hsr-
self.
l, younger aud lighter, picked myself
up at ones.
But held on to my hNlrof grandfather's
cane, and shouted wildly tor joy, for in
an instant saw that tho cane was not
broken, but that it was made in two
halves, and that the one i held was hol-
low.
Something protruded from It.
All | saw was bit OF stiff, cracking
parchment, but knew as we'll as ever l
did anything when drew it out, that !
had found grandlather's willat last
She knew ii too. Hlut
She scrambled up when Aour;shed i
over my head, aud flew at me.
Terror, as well as joy, lent wings to my
footsteps.
/ flew out of the garden, down the lane (,
and up the road 10 the office OF Mr.. Cur
die.
There, in my old frock, with white
wash daubed over it, appeared. breath.
less ami voiceless, grsspipg in my han d
dirty and hardened with coarse work, the
proof that l was heiress TO fortune.
When went back to tho homestead,
ii was MS mistress, and l never ssw old
Miss Humphries again.
She had returned to her former dwell.
ing place, leaving many anathemas be-
hind for me.
They never hurt mo.
l found tho other half Of the dear csno
and rejoined il to its mate.
loved it before; naturally | loved il
more than ever thon. and still keep II az u
talisman.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03

A Docs SUICIDE.--One Of the most re-
markable incidents going TO show the
affection of dumb animals for those who
care for them occurred in this city n few
days since. Our readers will remember
the drowning last Sunday Of tho little
6.year old boy, Dany. The child had u
dog who was his constant companion and
playmate. When the accident occurred
which resulted in tho drowning Of tho
boy the dog was with him, and, by his
strange conduct and uneasiness, no at
tracted tho attention OF those present.
Whilo the boy was lying in the bottom OF
tho stream tho dog would run TO the ehild's
moth or and then toward the place whers
the boy was supposed 10 be, ard finally
plunged in and swan around or over tho
spot whore his little master lay. After
the body had been placed in the coffin tho
dog manifested q strong desire to see the
child, and when the lid of tho coffin was
raised TO licked tho dead face, and SEEM
ed to feel intense grief. Ina short time
tiib Ipk Ntlb Wv wv Nhp iNiUNnN b"NR
and laid down upon the road, MS IL had
done many times before; but upon tls
approach Of the train he laid himself down
upon tho rail, and deliberately permitted
the train to pass over his body--bsing
killed. Tho whole actions of tho dog
were such rs to convince one that IL was
governed by reasoning powers, an d is an
other illustration OF tho remarkable love
or attachment ths. rome animals have
for their masters. Tho mother, At tho
time of the drowning, supposed the child
was at home, and therefore neglected 10
obey the hint given by tho dog thetmiGh.
have saved the boy life, Lincoln (NsoD
Journal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03
Weaverville, August 8, 1878.

AGooD DEEDIN NAUGHTY World.
A month or two ago young girl in Bos-
ton, the daughter of one of the wealthiest
men there, being about to marry asked
her father to let her wedding be as quiet
and inexpensive as possible. and to give
her the money which would have been
spent in flowers, wine, etc. With this
money she gave a certain sum to the poor
of each city which she visited on her
wedding journey. She had the blessings
of the hungry and naked strewed along
her path instead of roses. The story,
without the names, crept into the news
papers. Last week the wedding OF one
Of he great capitalists IN this city was
marked by as touching and beautiful an
incident. One Of the gifts of the bride
was the sending of hundred orphan
boys to homes in the West. good deed
is not so much like a candle throwing its
beams upon the night, as n beacon which
is no soone' kindled that itlights hun
dred others in the distance.
Uur people are learning each wear not
only to appreciate better the esthetc side
of charity but to indulge ;her aesthetic
and emotional tastes in a practical way,
helpful to others. Instead of stained
windows in churches to the memory of
those who are gone, we see memorial
beds in children's hospitals. In spite of
the hard tmea, too, the amount given in
charity, AS shown by the reports ofchurch
es, asylums, etc, has not been decreased
half as much in this country during the
last two years as the amount spent on in
dividual luxury. We know OF no finer
indication OF the integrity and genuine
right feeling of the American people than
that. See how heartily and promptly,
too, they seize upon any new hint of how
to halp the poor and unlucky Five
years ago thousands of children died in
the tenement houses and cellars OF New
York and Philadelphia during the hot
season for the lack of breath of fresh
air. Some good soul thought Of free ex.
cursions, and the kindly idea spread like
wildhre from city to city all over the
country. Some other friendly soul con
ceived the idea Of chenp summer hospitals
by the sen shore, and it has enlarged now
into dozen sanitariums, boarding houses,
at cost, etc, etc.
Two summers ago the Quakeress, Eliza
Turner, whose life is us true and simple
rs her poetry, brought one or two sick,
poor babies with their mothers to her
country home for fortnight. The fort
night over, she brought others, and asked
the neighhoring farmers to open their
houses to the little waits. The Tribune
told the story, asking that others should
naugurate this cheap, simple, and most
helpful charity, This summer we hear
OF organized steps through several Of the
farming districts of New York, New
jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania, by
means of which many lives of innocent
children will be saved. Let us have more
OF them. Now is The time to take the
matter in hand. ANY woman with a
kindly mothers heart can inaugurste the
plan and carry it ont. Surely il is better
tn fiji up the idle summer hours in saving
little children's lives than in even medi-
pvnl art work N. Y Tribune
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03

Who DISCOVERED AMERICA. -- A
Wall street broker laid wager the other
day that Christopher Columbus discover
cd the continent Of North America, ard,
Of course, lost it. 1t is surprising how
many intelligent persons entertain the
same error. Knowing that he discovered
number Of islands in the western hom
lsphere, they think that he must OF nee
cessity have discovered this ointment also.
They forge that he died In ignorance Of
tho real grand eur Of his achievement, be-
lieving Cuba, Terra Firma, and other
lands he had found TO be remote parts OF
Asia. Amerigo Vespucoi, after whom
North and South America is named did not
discover this continent proper either
The land he discovered lay near the equa
tor, and he too, was deluded with tho
motion that it was u portion OF Asia.
John Cabot was the d,scsverer OF North
America (some time in May, l407), which
he likewise supposed 10 belong to tho
domin ions of the Grand Cham. Lie sail-
cd along the coast for three hundred lear
gues and went ashore, without finding
any human beings, though he behaved
the country inhabited. II Is remarkable
that tho three grea. discoyerers Of tho
Western World should all. have been Ital-
ians, Columbus having been born in Go.
noa, Vespncel in Florence, and Cabot pre-
sumably in Venice. The birth of Cabot
Is uncertain, as are his age and place and
time of his death, But the fact that tho
liesnes granted him by Henery VII, ealls
him Kabotto, Venetian, would seem TO
determine the question Of his nativity
N. 7, Times
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03

A PR1NTER's YARE.-ln relation to
fast type setting under difficulties, the
following story is told by an old compost
tor: "YJu may talk about setting up
type in rush and make fast time, but
but when | was young and my hpgers
were nimble and my elbows Timber l
used to be counted a pretty good compos'
itor. | remember one night in parlIcu-
lar, when l set up 1900 ems an hour,
out OF IL bug, by moonlight. and had to
take every letter to the window TO see
what 1t was.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03

THIS is about the time of year when
the old man knocks off work and tells his
wife he is going fishing, and he leaves
home with hshing rod ard a lunch, and
In the din twilight he is trundled up to
the front door in wheslbarrow by q
semi-sober coadjuIor, who says the old
man has beeu sanstruck. Nobody ever
finds out what became Of the 6sh.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03

THE editor Of new paper in Arizona
cheerfully announces that she will always
held himself responsible, in any manner.
far the matter contained in bis editorial
and it may be proper to state, in that
connection, that he weighs but 1875 pounds
and is nothing without the aid Of modera
improvements"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03
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Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03

MADE Friend to scientific au-
thorily: doctor, how Is man to tell a
mushroom from IA toadstool?"
Scientific Authority: "By eating II.
If you live, il is mushroom; If you die,
il ID q toadstool.n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-08-03
W'eeklu Trinitv 9ournal.

ne The "JOUR.v:aL" has no .ss.snss
the P"siishsr prefsrrfns TO do bm,insss
cffh .sdpsrtfssrs direct. .Edusrtfsing
Rates fHrnishsd on application.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-08-07
PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1878.
DICK coLEnaN,s WILL.

Just roll me over 10 the other side,
And stir the straw-yes, that's better 50.
Smooth down the blankets; no, the hunks nc
wide;
Bring in some water, before you go,
How long have been sick. a week to-day;
Yes, that is IT; I've taken cold again;
Yeu do not know how hard II Is to lay
without soul to speak to in such pain.
Take that old coat and place II meath my head
And hang this shirt just so, to hide the light
The boys do ali they can, but then the bed
Is not Of down, and sunshine hurts my sight
There, t hat is nice; pull that old box up near,
And sit moment. Are the boys in camp:
Tell them to bring my pick and shovel here
What struck lead, Benz won't you light the
lamp
Not dark, no, dark; Just take my hand, deal
Ben;
think my head has gone q little wrong,
You do not think I'm dying now; well, then,
Cali in the boys, know 1t can't last long.
All here: good bye; have ne will to make;
Yes there's my claim, boys II you strike q
slead.
Just give my mother something for my sake,
Trus. you, aye, with thousand claims II
need.
Then faint gasp, a quiyering of the breath
And all was quiet. Not word was said,
We stood moment face to face with death,
Each with an honest sorrow for the dead.
Dick Coleman spoke-broad- shouldereG, sun
Drowned youth
~
oak
We knew his heart, his bravery and his truth,
Ani listened while his words the silence
broke.
''Herc by the dead, boysH-eyery hand was
raised,
And every hat was lifted from the brow
~ make my wiil''-his brown eyes upward
gazed-
"And here's my pile; he can not see me now,
But he will know in the great world of bliss
How stood by him, even after death;
To help his mother, l will send her this
He thought of her, aye, with his latest
breath"
Before the twilight deepcned in the west
Six piles of gold dust heaped upon the nsor,
Told how we stood by Dicks kind words I'M
pressed,
Each gave his all, 4 king could do no more.
We dug grave and laid our eomrade there
On the hillside, and marked the place when
done
With great stone; our hearts were ful of
prayer
Forthe pool mother who had lost a son.
San Jose Mercury.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-08-07
VIGoHENE

,VIGO7ENE
Is AGREEABLE 20 the taste, CRATE.
FUL TO the stomach n, n nd a cts efficiently
ns n CATHARTIC, ALTERATIvE and
with any unpIeasa mt feeling, neither 4,
( fangoNr nor debility experienced. buI
on the contrary, refrcsIinent md I'm
lis inn m eiiate cfrect upon the 1, ,igestiv.
organs,whether impaired by disease o,
exhaust ed from any cause Is 90 liner reass
their powers OF sinilation nd nutri.
tion, the appetite being increased NJ
once. To those "a fYeeted with an engor-
ged condition OF the liver, as Bilious
ness, characterized D "a d usk 4 com pler- =
ION. N coated tongue. a pnsty, bad taste
In the mouth. "a la prfcfous a appetite n md
sluggish NJ tion OF the bowels, with a
sense offullnrss fn the read nd of N, q n
tai dullness, VlGORENE proves most
valuable.
Its effect upon the kidneys Is mo Iess
happy, n turbid, Irritating urine fs
quickly cleared up by 10.
Innammatory and Chronic RHEU-
s;.,1n MaTnsM VIII Esnn s1on 1l:: GPe.r by per-
For the cure Of Skin Dise ases a nd
Eruptions OF ail kinds. vIGORENE Il
most certain.
properties of HERBS, ROOTS. GUMS
and BARKS, that Nature alone fur
nfshes, great care being taken by us
that they nre gathered at the right
season Of the yesr, a nd thn 4 they possess
their native virtues.
That ylGORENE hos the ROVER to
PURIFY THE BLOOD, INVIGORATE.
the LIVER, and STIMULATE the d.
GEsTIvE ORGANS, Is fndfsputably
proven by those w no have given 10 n
trial n nd have bee N lserns ue nfIy CURED.
We do not ask you 10 try "A dozen bot
ces TO experience rel cf. for we GUAR
ANTEE you will feet better from the
first few doses.
yIGORENE is assonIshing the world
with Its cures, n nd u IA ro " ing "a II OF her
FONICS. ALTERATINEs and INyIG.
GRANTS. into the sha;e. Put mn I'm
large botties.d double ,trcDgfI. Requires
small doses. n MI 0. pes nt 10 ta Ne,
Price, SI.G0 per Bottle.
WALKER G. Badger MFG. TO-, ProD's.
Il az s.. Es= u. "a ,srssy ely. y. ].
lie OBJECT OF EATING 4" new book every
Snr should rcd "a 1T FRI e rroa receipt Of ono
cent stan y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-08-07
with the ycFy lnrst
HEAL


N1GoLD PLATED WATCHES. cheapes
my The known world. Sample Fatch frtr
V0A0eHts. Address, A CouIrKr Co.. Chicago
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
A CHANCE FOR CLOVER AND
PEAS,

There is a spirited fight going on
now between the agricultural chem
lists, on the subject Of the ANALYSIS
Of fertilizers.
If they will only state the facts
plainly, and let the fight be s'short,
sharp and decisive" it will be Of
interest to the farmer.
"'There is no difficulty in deter
mining by analysis with tolerable
precision, the fertilizing and COM
mercial value Of guano, sulphate of
ammonia, nitrate of soda, super
phosphate of lime, and other port
able manures." 1t seems this was
the view held by Dr.. Voelcker, Of
England, in 1876. He has since
gone back, OF moved up on this.
And now DR.. Ellsey, of the Blacks
burg Virginia College, who is a
teacher and believer in this doc
trine, seeks to hold DR.. Y. to his
first position. We think he
has done his work well, though DR..
\. is yet to hear from.
The difficulty seems to be that
"the modes of analysis in common
use utterly fail to make proper dis
tlnctions between the different
forms and modes of occurrence Of
these substances nitrogen, phos-
phoric and potash,) in different
fertilizers And DR.. E. does not
think DR.. Y. has the right in his
official capacity to use exact fig
ures, when he has heretofore claim
ed ~"tolerable precision in his
analysis. In reply to the question
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
A Desirable Home and Cheap
Farm for Sale.

Located in a pleasant thriving VII
lage on an important Railroad. En-
braces a good Farm of go acres of
upland and bottom land. adapted to all
crops grown in the State. including all
the fruits. Is as healthy as can be
found in the State. Fine water, good
orchard garden, 3 tenants farms and
houses, one residence with 5 rooms,
good barn and other out-buildings.
Also, 1 hotel, 1 store house, l new,
handsome cottage with five rooms, l
double house, and about 30 building
lots in the village. Two churches, :
steam saw mills, one drug store, and
3 stores for general merchandise, and
a good, live, enterprising community.
The village was started in 1873. and is
fourishing. A change of business, de-
handing the removal of the party to
another portion of the State. Is the rea-
son it is on the market. Price, $4,000.
one half cash. and the remainder n
and two years time. Good oppOr-
tunity for a colony of eight to twenty
families, as other lands around the vii
lage can be bought at fair prices. They
want immigrants. For particulars.
address the Commissioner of Agricul-
ure, Raleigh, y. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
THECAPITAL FOR 1873.
DOM PIATT, Editor.

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07

ei old sow and her shoats. Ihere
i nothing, in our farm knowledge,
SO destructive 10 vegetable life as a
hogs snout.
There is no family IN town or
country who cannot afford TO buy
one or two pigs; and who cannot
from the refuse about them, with 3
little additional help. feed and
raise their own pork cheaper than
il IAN be brought from the West,
and sold them.
But this looks too small for even
u smallest farmers. Washington
CITY was laid off to suit the taste
and please the Southern eye. The
standard Of distances and numbers
have not vet grown out Of the
memory of our people. How
many acres, hands, plows and
mules: And how many hogs does
he kill These are old time ques-
tions. And under our changed
circumstances, it looks like q
mockery to bring them back or
continue them as measures Of agri-
cultural standing. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
HOGS.

Since we have been berating the
prevailing mode of pork raising in
North Carolina, it may be becom-
ing to say what, in our opinion, is
better. We have spoken of cheap
meat coming only through a sys-
tenn, rotation of fields, clover, oats,
peas and corn. Where pork max
ing is a leading feature on the
farm, this is undoubtedly the only
road to success. But where the
aim is simply to raise meat for the
family, the cheapest plan is to make
a comfortably sheltered pen, select
n or two good healthy pigs in
early winter, and put them in and
keep them there until next killing
time. An occasional run on some
grass lot, of course, would help
them. But kept there as "a rule,
and fed upon a variety of food,
such as may be collected from
scraps about the table, Stops from
the kitchen, &C., they make the
cheapest meat that the general
farmer can possibly raise. We have
a neighbor who, some year or SO
ago, concluded his bull dog was q
nuisance, and killed him. Bread,
bones and Stops began to accumu-
late, and he concluded to try three
pigs III a pen to eat this refuse mat
ter, and of course some other adii-
tional food As they grew to be he's.
The result was. that this winter.
he had one thousand and eighteen
lbs. nice fat pork. And more than
this, he had several wagon loads of
manure to 60 back TO the credit
side of the account.
Under Il North Carolina sys-
tenn of raising and ~fattening pork,
we do not believe the general farm
er ever raises a pound that costs
him less than fifteen cents.
We had rather have a half dozen
Durham cattle turned loose upon
III premises. than one half starry
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
Cotton Cake for Feeding.

In relation to the statement 81
member at the late meeting Of tH.
London (England) Farmers clu'.
In answer to a statement By a mem
Der that a large proportion Of cor.
ton seed cake used for fattcn.n-
stock contained a large proport.o.
so per cent.-of trash, and 3.
large proportion Of husk and WOO
ly fiber, Dr. Foelcker says that t.a
gentleman had understatcd tua
amount of husk in cotton cl..
The percentage OF husk in cottu.
seed he found amounted on an a.-
erage to 40 per cent. Although ,..
husk OF cotton seed had 10 fcrIla-
value, it was not altogether a worth
less material, for it containej an
astringent principle III virtue ot
which undecorticatcd cotton CAKE
was very useful for stock out co.'s
rough pasture, or fed upon sucaa-
lent food, which has a tendency .s
to scour animals. Undccorticae.l
cotton cake c~ounteracted this teu-
dency, and was a useful food undo
such circumstances. Jndccort.e4-
ted cotton cakes should net be given
to calves. and decorticated cotton
cake required to be given to ANNA
u~dlclously. lie had brought ua-
Jer his notice more than 100 ease
IN which cotton cake was ALLEGED e.,
have poisoned sheep and cattle. II.
found, however, that the allc-aa
injury was due TO the injudic.o..
way ID which cotton cake was glv.a
TO stock. A food so rich in al1.-
mlnous compounds as decortic1-el
cotton cake required to be brokea
up very fine, or better still 10 81.
ground into meal, which should b..
mixed with twice It's weight Of m
dian corn, rice meal or other meal
comparatively speaking in poor III
trogenOus or albuminous com
pounds, and rich in non-nitro-e-
nous or starchy constituents.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
ltEBEUAET

fed" Now. here is whore ta,
posed Mechanics s hool"
good. Make the mcchau.a
profession" and the door @
opeeed to many whose pride
keeps them in idlcncss. r.a.
formerly was a trade
..vulgaf calling Now.
As a profession, and is ce.-
rising. Civil engineeriug the
Other branches Of mechau.
be included. Make them
fessions," with schools prerar
and the bars will lie lie. a.
1t is all very well to say this
derlng to silly pride. that Ii
always respectable, &C., a..
human nature Is human ra.
and all the teachings Of the
men for at least six thousand s.
have not changed the silly ja..
particle, nor are likely 10 a. 81.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
Chufas

find that very few Of the
settlers in Florida have heard
are aware Of, the real value uf
chufa for hogs and chicken.
consider them the best and e
crop that a be raised for f...
ing hogs and causing hen, 81. ..
for, being very rich in oil, they.
we'll adopted for these purpo,a,
Last March | procured les TT
two quarts of seed, planted Them
shallow drills two feet apart, dr.
ping them about ten OF tw.
inches apart, covering them H..
pillow. Trey spread rapidly u...
the surface sending up new 81.
until by September the ground 81
filled with them. ] was agree
surprised at the large yield, ....
planted on unfertilized pine '..
AS soon a the tops are dead uu.
a rail pen on the ground par ).
hog or two and let them root ...
they have thoroughly cleane.
ground; then | move the pen ..
new place, and repeat the Opera.
until the hogs are fat cnouoN .
kill, which Will be in SIX or d..
weeks. | think three quarts
seed will produce enough to fat...
one hog.
For chickens plant some u.
the barn, and when ripe pillow u.
or two burrows through them o..
week, and let the chicken, scratr.
for them. AT first they 90 uot u-.
ally eat them readily, but in il. .
days they will eat them with g..
greatest avidity.
Chufas do not require any cult.
walton, but do rather better win.
planted on clear soil.-.1. HuT.
in Florida Citizen.
SALT FOR WHEAT LAND.
What is the proper time to apy'.
to wheat lands?-W. 7. &.
Wilson's Store, n. c."
Just as the plant shows sign .
jointing.