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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-09
Arrived

Arrived
Brit ship Eastern Empire Love- 40 days from Green.
oek, to DeWolf, Powell keo-Point
Ital bark Glove Gustavino. 35 days from St Vim.
cent Cape de Verde to master-Point
Brit steamship Borussis. Williams from Liverpool
Dec Z. to Silas Weeks &co-4tb dis i6
srEAMBoATs.
Big Snnfower, Tronsdale from Washington
Whisper Comstock. from Bayou Goula
Alvin, Scovel from Lower Coast
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

MISSIONARIES AND MARRIAGE MAX
ING.-When the Danish missionaries
had secured the confidence Of the
G~reenlanders, marriage was made a re-
ligious ceremony. Formerly the man
married the woman by force. One of
the missionaries writing in his journal
describes the present style of courtship
as follows:
The sutton coming to the missionary
said, i should like to have a wife"
"Whom?' asks the missionary. The
man names the woman. Hast thou
spoken to herr Sometimes the man
will answer, Yes, but thou knowest
w%omankind.' More frequently the
answer is NO 'sWhy not? 1t is
difficult; girls are prudish. Thou must
speak to her" The missionary sum-
Q the girl, and after Il little conver-
sation says, Il think it is time to have
thee married. What IA pity! [ had
a sutton for thee" Whom? The
missionary names the man who has
sought his aid. 'Ile is good for moth
ing won't have him" But" re-
plies the missionary, he is a good pro
wider; he throws his harpoon with
skill, and he loves thee" Though
listening to his prai with evident
pleasure the girl answers, Il won'thave
him. well, | won't force thee. |
shall oon find a wife for such a clever
fellow. The missionary remains 81
lent, as though he understood her
No to have ended the matter. At
last, with a sigh, she whispers. ''Just
as thou wilt have it." No" replies
the clergyman, "as thou wilt I'll not
persuade thee Then, with a deep
groan comes Yes" and the matter is
settled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22
MISS CAREER.
The Romantic Life Story OF the
Author Of John Halifax.
1Christian Union.


She was obliged to write for her daily
bread. and, that she might forget no"
miserable she was, she wrote a great
deal OF course, with ali this practice,
and with her vast experience, she wrote
better and better, till finally this re-
firing. grief-stricken woman awoke to
find herself famous. Her first novel,
.0The Ogilvies, was very successful,
ard was published in 1S49, when Miss
Mulock was only twenty.three, but her
great masterpiece, John Halifax,
Gentleman did rot appear until 1891.
In 1864 "A pension of sixty pounds was
awarded Miss Mulock.
All this fame and unqualified success
doubtless assuaged her grief and helped
to make life endurable, but to II with
such a loving heart and such quick sym
pathies. berett of a home and without 4
relation, her life was still very sad and
lonely. But in 1865 Capt. George Lille
Craik, an officer in the English army
who had been in the Crimea, me- Miss
Mulock, and although some years her
Junior, addressed her and succeeded in
winning her hand. They have proved
most congenial companions, and their
married life has been all that they could
wish. with but one exception. The
m whose love for children amounts
almost to a passion. who wrote Philip,
my King" has been denied the happi-
ness Of feeling baby fingers upon her
cheeks, or of ever hearing herself called
mother. This is a severe sorrow, but
even this pain has been partially as
suaced. Strangely enough, one dark,
rainy night, while she and her husband
we're speaking of children and of the JOY
and brightness they bring to SO many
dwellings,, there came a loud ring at the
bell and then a furious knocking. On
opening the door, lying upon the sill,
they found Il basket enclosed IN many
w.appingS. When they were removed
they dis :overed a lovely little baby only
a few hours old. The child was wrapped
in one roll after another of India muslin,
and on its breast was pinned a note beg
ging Mrs. Craik to be kind to the little
walf thus brought to her door, and as
surfing her that no mean blood flowed in
its veins. Tenderly she lifted the little
thing IN her loving arms, and her heart
opened as warmly to take in the poor
little deserted creature. They called
the child Dorothea, God giyen, and she |
is now their legally adopted daughter
whom no one can take from them, not |
even the parents whose cruelty deserted
her. The little girl is most tenderly at
to the only mother and father
she has ever known.
Mrs. Craik's happy home is in the
of Richmond, Let us hope
that she has left her sorrows all behind
her, and that while she lives no pain or
grief shall ever again cross her peaceful
path.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22
Qoetry.
A WOman's Conclusions.
BY PHOEBE CARY.

1 said. if 1 might go back again
To the very hour and place OF my blrlh,
Might have my life whatever L chose,
And live it in my part OF the earlh,
Put perfect sunshine into my sky,
Danish the shadow OF sorroW ana uouot,
Have all my happiness multlpled,
And all my suffering stricken out,
If 1 could have known in the years no" eohe'
The best that q woman comes 10 Know,
Could have had whatever will make her bieSt,
OF whatever she thinks will make her SO;
Have found the highest and purest bliss
That the bridal-wreath and ring nclose'
And gained the one out of all the world,
That my heart as well as my reason chose;
And if this had been, and 1 stood tonight
BY my children, lying asleep i'll their beds,
And could count in my prayers, Tor a ROSARY,
The shining row of their golden heads
Yes, l said, if a miracle such as this
Could be wrought forme, at my bidding, sun
/ would choose to have my past as II Is
And to let my future come as II Will.
/ would not make the path / have trod
More pleasant or even, more straight or Wlde'
Nor change my course the breadth OF a halr,
This way or that way, TO either SIDE.
My past is mine, and l take it all;
Its weakness it's foliy. ( yen please;
Nay, even my sins, II you come TO that,
May have been my helps, not hindrances.
If / saved my body from the flames,
Because that once 1 had burned my hand;
Or kept myself from a greater sin,
By doing a less you will understand.
1t was better l suffered a little stin,
Better / sinned for a little time,
Ii the smarting warned me back from death
And the sting or sin withheld from crime.
Who knows his strength, by trial, will know
What strength must be set against a sin;
And how temptation is overcome,
He has learned who has felt its power within!
And who knows how life at the last may show?
Why, look at the moon from where we stand!
Opaque, uneven, you say; yet 1t shines,
a luminous sphere, complete and grand!
SO let my past stand, just as it stands,
And let me know, as l may, grow old;
1 am what l am, and my life to me best
is the best-or it had not been, i hold.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22
THE FARMER AND MECdAN1O:-
stole from the justice Office at the time
of his examination.
ACCOUNT.

stole from tue Juo''N
of his examination.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Wood is a handsome young 1ello"'
the beau ideal of the average stage
rnhb;np dime-novel hero, and he
loss smote the pretty, romantic httle
iris heart at first sight. The sherlii
SSays his daughter was never known 10
Lave had anv communication with MN,
hnt the result proves that MIR. Conklih
hos not kept as good watch OF his
DAUGHTER as he has of his prisoners
II now turns out that decidedly amor,
Gus messages passed between o ana
the girl. the notes being hidden m the
often specially-prepared TODD. WOOD
WAS a general favorlte, and was appar-
emily assisted in his game by the other
prisoners. who now assert that they
have been cognizant Of the progress OF
events-and it is limited that the girl
had made arrangements by which there
should be a general Jail delivery that
night. it being only frustrated by the
sheriff being awakened by the noise
kicked up on the escape OF Wood and
his lndnl0rdtd.
LII seems CnaU Ul1cy lCi0 lci .o'
along the Madison and Portage railway;
they were tracked along the road-bed
for twelve miles, as far as the woods
north of Arlington station, where the
tracks led off and were lost among the
trees. The excitement III Portage;
when the news first became brulted
about. was intense. There were talks
oflvnching, but there being no one who
appeared to deserve such fate. the no
ton was soon abandoned, though the
popular cry was for bIud on general
principles. Gangs of me- went out on
volunteer skirmishing expeditions, and
bv noon at least fifty men had followed
the tracks down the railroad and were
beating the brush north OF Arlington.
At three o'clock the clipping couple
were surprised and captured. The
Conklin girl was in boys clothes, with
her bangs cut off. She was evidently
much the worse for the tramp. The
burglar and the girl were returned to
the Portage jail, and the latter viii
doubtless he prosecuted for assisting her
lover to escape.
The affair has throughout created
great excitement and Indignation III
Portage, and the greatest wonderment
at the insane romance OF the silly girls
nature her reputation is of course
blasted for life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22
UNHAPPY MARRIAGEs.-The truth

UNHAPPY MARRIAGES. The truth
is that these too frequent unhappy
marriages are the offspring OF lgno-
rance quite as much as Of actual sin or
wrong. Fools, and especially vicious
fools, have no right to get possession OF
an honest woman's life and soul, which
they cannot comprehend, and the ele-
waiting influence of which they throw
away even more by stupidity than vii
f%ulness. A woman, by her sex and
character, has a claim to many things
besides shelter, food and clothing. She
is not less a woman for being welded
and the man who is fit to be trusted
with a good wife recollects all which
this implies, and shows himself perpet-
ually chivalrOus, sweet-spOken, consld-
crate and deferential. The fools and
brutes who abound among us may think
such demands hard, but they "a e not
nearly SO hard as to live the cat-and-log
life. missing the dearest possibilities OF
human intercourse. What right has a
mar to expect happiness in a household
who brings no sunshine into it? What
right has he to look for the graces and
~refinements of early love when he vio-
lates them by rough speech, i'll manners,
and the disregard of those little things
upon which the sef-respect of a wife is
built and maintained? The cynic who
SCOTS at marriage is generally one and
the same with the t~hOughtless egotist
who filings into the presence of his wife
careless, stubborn, and sour-tempered.
Let us have more social justice III these
matters. The fate is horrible which a
pure and faithful girl may endure by
encountering in him whom she weds,
o mere actual cruelty or injury, but
stupid incompetence to understand a
wOman's needs, dull forgetfulness of the
daily graces O" life, and oblivion of the
tact that while men have the world
women have only their home. These
g~fossnesses of masculine ingratitude do
not, indeed, often lead to visible catas-
trophe, nor grow into such absolute
tyranny, but they equally tend that way.
They drag down a wife, soul to the
point where she must despair; they
change the sublime meaning Of mar
riage to vulgarity and WEAKNESS; they
spoil the chance of that best and finest
of all education which each man obtains
who wins Il reasonable, good woman for
his companion, and they cost more to Il
million households than money or re-
p%entance can ever pay -Uptty
telegraph.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

\ CAUTIOUS WoMAN-A E+4lo
man, with considerable anxie1v !. h.,
face, Was searching the Central Ma, ket
Yesterday Tor flowers and seeds. and one
OF me seed sellers explained to her.
Heie are some Of the incest climbers
o ever saw. Ii you take them tbey
WI cover your house by July and make
1t look almost like paradise"
lhey will, eh?' alb emily replied the
Yes, they will. You don't know
now eley VIII improve the looks Of your
But won't take any. .Just a.
soon as they made The Old hcuse jorL5
any bette: the landlord would cana
around and ra;se the rent on rs 7
guess L won't bny anything but SIM
see Is I'd a.ttk or tw,, Of c.,-
mp. -DehOi; Free Press.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

"t"S u ~
Mine to the core of the heart, my beauty!
Nine, all mine, and for love, not duty:
love given willingly, full and free,
Love for loves Sake-as mine to thee.
Ditys a slave that keeps the KEYS.
But Love, the master, goes in and out
Or ms go0dly chambers with song and shout.
Just as he please Just as he please.
Mine, from the dear heads crown. brovn-roldan
~ the slIken foot that's scarce beholden:
GIVE to a few friends hand or smile.
Like a generous lady, now and awhile.
But the sanctuary heart, that none dare win.
keep hGllest of hottest evermOre:
me crowd In the aisles may watch the door.
The hlgh-priest only enters in.
Mine, my own, without doubts or terro-s.
WIN all thy goodness, all thy errors.
Unto me and to me alone revealed.
"a spring shut up, a fountain sealed,
Many may praise ~thee-praise mine as thine.
Many may love thee-IU love them too:
bu, my neaft OF hearts, pnra, faithful and true
MUST De mine, mine wholly, aud ONLY mine. =
Wine God, [ thank Thee that Thou hast o,y.n
ooihething all mine OH this side heaven:
something as much myself to be
AS TINS my soul which I lift to Thee.
Flesh OF my flesh, bone of nv hone
Lie OF my life, whGm Thou dost make
No TO the world for the worlds works sake
Dut each into each, as III Thy sight, one.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

Had ENoUGH OF IT.-It scems that
ayoung II an woman of Bucksrolt, Me-,
we've hot 80 much married as they
bought they we've a sholt time apo.
They met and we've charmed bv the
others qualities. A mutual friendship
& ew VI, which in ii few days ripened
into love. 1t was agreed that they
should J e married, and after a brief
lapse oft e I. ey visited a well-known
justice OF tn reace of that town and
were married, or supposed they We're.
Two weeks as<ed ON and the discovery
was made by tie supposed justice OF the
reace that his term of Office had expired
nriOr In tie marriage ceremony, and
that tie couple were not legally married.
The Sun Prise of the nan and his atii-
araed when the state Of the case was
told them can hardly be imagined.
They had lived together as man and
wife for two weeks, and the announce
ment of the fact that they we've not
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

FATAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
TIE WOMAN IN THE CASE.-lf men
will be foolish enough t o fight duels, 1t
is at least logical to fight them to the
end. When they are made tragedies,
instead of farces, as they so often are,
the absurd and barbarous custom Is less
likely to be initiated. Two men, j.
Littlefield and \. Ii. Foster, sporting
characters-in plain parlance, common
blacklegs = quarreled, IN Montana,
months ago, as SO many better men
have for ages, about a woman, to whom
each had been IA suitor. They were pre-
vented on several occasions from serious
r~eacontres, and an acrid hostility arose
between them. Last winter, Foster
persuaded the oma to marry him
she seems to have been fond, in her
way, OF both, and to have hesitated
which to ~accept-and the pair settled
down, so far as such a pair can settle
down, to domestic comfort. When
Littlcfield had heard Of his rival 5 sue
cess his hatred burst out afresh, and as
soon as he could make it convenient to
quit California, where he is said to have
been conducting a faro bank, he hurried
to the territory, sought out the husband
and challenged him, heavylosses having
augmented his wrath and his desire for
revenge Foster was entirely willing to
accommodate the baf1ed lover, who had
grossly insulted him, and expressed
grave doubt ofhis courage. They fought
near Glendale, at ten PAGES, with navy
revolvers, and as they were both good
shots, brought one another down at the
first fire. LittIefield died instantly,
shot through the heart, and Foster in
four hours, with a bullet in his abdomen.
A Montana correspondent intimates that
the result was a great disappointment to
the wife. She had confidently hoped
that only her husband would fall, and
then she could have married the other
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22


A CHILD's HEART.-The other day
a curious old woman, having a bundle
in her hand, and walking with painful
effort, sat down on IA curb-Step up
Woodward avenue to Test. She was
curious because her garments were
neat and clean, though thread bare, and
curious because IA smile crossed her
wrinlled face as childen passed her.
1t might have been this smile that at
tractcd ii group of three little ones, the
oldest about 8. They stood in a row in
front of the old woman, saying never a
word, but watching her face. The
smile frightened, fingered, and then
suddenly faded away, and a corner of
her old calico apron went up TO wipe a
tear. Then the eldest child stepped
forward and asked:
Are you sorry because you haven't
OF any childen?"
Il had children once, but they are
all dead !" whispered the woman, a
sob in her throat.
I'm awful sorry" said the little girl
as her own chm quivered. I'D give
you one of my little brothers here, but
you see | haven got but two, and |
don t believe | q like to spare one
God bless you, child-b! you for
evcr!' scbbed the old woman, and for
Il full minute her face was buried in her
apron.
But III tel you what I'll do" scri-
ousiy continued the child. You NAV
kiss us all on,e, and if little Benny isn't
afraid, you may kiss him fovr times, Tor
he's lust as sweet as candy -
Pedestrians who saw three well dress
ed children put their arms around that
strange old woman's neck and kiss her
were greatly puzzled. They didn't
know the hearts of children, and they
didn't hear the woman's words as she
rOSe to 60.
oh! children, I'm only a poor old
woman, believing I'd nothing to live
for, but you We given ne a lighter heart
than I've had for ten long years
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

married created quite a little sensation.
But the sequel is even stranger than
what went before. The would-be hus-
band said to his intended wife that they
would 90 and see some one who was
really "a justice of the peace, and get
legally married. She said she believed
she did not care to, that she had had
enough of married life for the present,
and persisting in that opinion she left
town the next day for Boston. Boston
Werdld.
Sensible To the last.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

How TO BE GRACEFUL.-The Young
Woman's Journal thinks a refined,
graceful manner can be acquired by any
woman. 1t says: THE best grace is
perfect natura,ness. Still, you must
study yourself, and form your manner
by the rule Of that art which is but
carrying out the law of nature. But if
1t IS your nature to be forever assuming
some unpicturesque, ungraceful atti
tude, pray help nature with a little art.
If you are stout avoid the smallest chair
IN the room, and be sure you sit on it.
not to lean back in it with your hands
folo e | IN front Of you $ below the
line OF your waist, especially while the
present fashion lasts. If you are thin.
do not carry yourself with your chm
prOtrudlng and your spinal column
curvlng like the bowl of a spoon.
DO not wear fiimsy materials made
up without a rutfie, or puff, or founce,
to fill up the hard outlines of YOUR bad
figure, 50 cruelty defined by the tightly
pulled-back draperies.
Study the art of DIRE IS. We once
knew a very plain Oma who dressed
SO tastetully that it was an absolute
pleasure to look at her.
IT you are mOplng until you are sick
with the thought OF your own hopeless
ugllness, be up and doing, Forget our
dlsappolntments, forget the past and
the sneers OF your own family over the
mistakes that you have made
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22
\ BRIDE WHO SHOT A SERLNAnF

\ BRIDE WHO SHOT A SERFNADFR.
That women carry revOlvers in many
parts OF h country is no secre'. Tie
Hanover Kansas Democrat, current
number, gives a singular illustrations:
Groom and Robert p. Maginness, who
live a few miles from the town. out in
smith county, were married. Young
Maginness took his bride to his fathers
house. About IL o'clock, after all had
retired, there was heard a loud l~assoon
upon ten pans, the ringing of bells, the
firing of pistols and the terrible screach
and howl OF the h~orse-fiddle. 1t was "a
charivari party below the bridal ,ham-
Der. So far, so good. The elder Ma
gmness invited the serenaGers in and
gave them some wine and cake. But
the rough young men kept up their
racket and at last burst into the bridal
chamber. M~aginncss did not stir, but
the bride arose from the bed, took a re
volver from the pocket Of her dress and
tned shot after shot into the crowd of
young Een who We're sinking out at
the dOor-much ashamed ofthemselves.
Max Henry. ore Of three brothers I'm
tie selenading Iarty; was shot through
the abdomen and died at midnight. A
justice was summoned, and Mrs. Nagin-
ness, now weeping pititully, was held i'm
5000 bail Tor her appearance at count
E.rchahge.
She ought to have weeped at her bad
luck IN getting such a cowardlv hus
band.--F. & VI.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

Gables portfolio.

A1- rhe LADIES OF North Carolina are in
vited to contribute short articles, recipes,
slggestiOns, household hints, &c, for these
columns. Name OF tn author will be- seen
by no one except the EDITOR, whether the
communication be accepted or reje ted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

MISSING PETS A CAUSE OF SORE
IHROAT.-A writer in the British Ned
tcal JoMnat, in a communication TO The
editor in regard to the possible cause Of
the recent outbreak of an endemic of
sore throat at Darmstadt, saws: IT is
well known that women and child,en
are in the habit Of kissing pet cats and
dogs, especially when these favori1es
are i'll with discharge from the nose
cough, and sore throat, and even use
their pocket handkerchiets to wine
away the secretion. | have seer this
done frequently. As such mistaken
sympathy Is exceedingly dangerous.
think "a notice In the Juruot to This af-
fect would tend to its d~iscouracenicnt
IL Is a common saying that, There the
cat has got a cold: now If will on
through the house and. as this f 81
mark has been repeatedly verified. il
SHOWS how careful people should be f.
avoid contact with such a mode of CON
taglon. | do not affirm that this was
the way i'll which the disease was con-
tracted. either within or vii bnnt tba
palace walls, but | feel sure the hah;t
OF kissing pets is a source of dance,
that should be widely known and nre.
vented f'o
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22
A MARVELLOUS Fsc.

A MARVELLOUS Esc,pr~
cinnati, last Sundar
boy, who was leaning ~, I. Tom
story of a tenement ham,. d
ance and started whirI;r' .o>t
the brick pavement. s4 down ,
On the porch Of the th;r'j 'o
diately below him, Stood a.j'a ,,a
years old, the daughter ~
residents of that floor ~
boy coming, and by an ip,. 50
pose which amounted 10 '
out her arm to try to >,y. !.
did catch him at the rj~L -. ~.
ged over herself and offSn,
OF course she could ra.
weight, but her arm ws n, 1.
enough to turn the copr.. +.
that he landed at her e.. y. .
Of the third porch. n,
the baluster, and he had ,n
his forehead and one eve 1 w.
ably injured, but his fl.
The little girl arm WAS I,,..
broken. She said ,he >,1r
and Just thought She m;rI.
she would put out her arm