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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

THE HUMAN MANUFACToRY.-A man
may eat and drink heartily all day, and sit
and lounge about, doing nothing in one
sense of the word, but his body must keep
hard at work all the time, or it will die.
Suppose the stomach refuses to work within
ten minutes after a hearty dinner; the man
would die IN commissions In a few hours, or
cholera or cramp-colic would rack and wreck
him. Suppose the pores of the skin
meaning thereby the %glandular apparatus
with which they are connected-should go
on a strike We would in an hour be burn
ing up with fever, or oppression would
weigh down the system and soon become in
supportable. Suppose the liver become
"mulish :, appetite would be annihilated,
food would be loathed, torturing pains would
invade the small of the back and the
head would ache to bursting Suppose
the kidneys shut up shop" and dangers
more imminent, sufferings more unbearable
and death more certain would be the speedy
and inevitable results. If the work
shops of the eye should CLOSE in an hour
we could not shut or open them without
physical force, and III another we would be
blind: or OF the tongue, and it would be
come as dry as a Done and as stiff as steel.
TO keep such a complication of machineries
in working order for a lifetime is a miracle
of wisdom; but to work them by the
pleasures of eating and drinking is a miracle
of beneficence.-LcolM and Home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

How TO CLEAN CARPETS.-If the carpet
is to be taken up and beaten, the Job had
better be lntrusted TO some man who makes
It his business. If this cannot be done Law
1t on the grass or hang it on a clothesline
and beat 1t on the wrong side with canes.
taking care that the canes have no sharp
points then spread the carpets out and
sweep on the right side. There is more art
III sweeping a carpet than a novice is apt to
suppose. An old broom should never be
used, and a new one should be kept espe-
cially for the carpets. With Bruises and
velveting carpets there are two pile-iust as
in velvet-and they should always be swept
with the pile. If a carpet is swept against
the grain, it soon looks rough and scratched
up. After being swept and laid down on
the floor, the carpet should be wiped.
Have two pals, one Of clean soap-suds, the
other with lukewarm water, a clean flannel
cloth and two coarse, clean towels. Take
the carpet by breadths, wiring the flannel
out of the lukewarm water and hold it so
hat you can turn and use it up and down
three or four times on the same place. Rub
both with and against the grain as hard as
if you were %scrubbing the floor, then throw
the flannel into your soap-suds and rub the
carpet dry with one OF your dry towels. If
you leave the carpet wet, the dust will stick
to it and it will smell sour and musry. Wash
your hannels clean in the soap-suds. wiring
them out of the warm water and proceed as
before. If the carpet is very dirty or has
much green III it, use fresh ox-gall in the
lukewarm water, in the proportion of a quart
| of gall to three quarts of water, and rub the
carpet dry, as already directed. This rub
bing a carpet raises the pile and treshens
the colors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

he was convicted of fraud and died in State
prison. Mrs. Cunningham's claim to a
widows share in the estate was denied by
the surrogate, after which she went to Cali
tornla, and her subsequent history is I'M
known. The mystery connected with this
dreadful affair has given it a marked promi-
hence in the annals Of crime as the Bond
street tragedy 1t may be added that the
coroner who oficiated on that occasion was
+. u. Connery, formerly a Bohemian repor-
ter in the service Of the Herald. He soon
acquired sufficient political influence to OBJ
am the office Of coroner, which was the ex-
IRENE height Of his elevation. He has been
dead several years, but his son, who. early
became connected with the press, is now
Thomas W.. Connery, the managing editor
OF the Herdhd-a position which he has held
during the last ten years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

Every little while an idiotic couple think
it would be very smart to get married by
telegraph. The latest case was out West,
the bridegroom being seated in a telegraph
office at Owatonna, Michigan, and the bride
and the officiating clergyman in an office at
Milwaukee. Wisconsin. OF course the no.o-
riety-seekerS accomplished their purpose by
getting 4 full notice Of the performance in
Ill Of the papers, and they will probably be
rather eratified than displeased By the dis
coveIy that the ceremony was Of 10 lsgal
effect. For one thing, under the Wisconsin
laws a minister authority 70 marry extends
only throughout the State, 70 that he
couldn't marry a groom in Minnesota. The
couple will. therefore, have a chance to get
married over again and ret their names into
the papers a second time.
The General Omnibus Company of Paris
has for some time past made use OF cleo
tricity for 9ubduing vicious horses. By the
process adopted, lntractable aulmals given
to biting, tearing and kicking are rendered
inoffen.iye, and submit peaceably TO be
groomed and harnesSed. 10 obtain this re-
suit q weak current Of electricity Is passed
into the mouth Of the horse each time it be-
comes FESTIVE. The will Of the animal seems
almost annihilated. The currant IS produced
b. a small induction machine Of the Clarke
system, the wires Of which communicate
with the bit Of the bride. The employment
of electricity is said to produce a sort OF I'm
easiness or torpor rather than pain, and is
| much less barbarous than maLy tanning
methods hitherto adopted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

WHAT HORSE TRAINERS GH.-The pay
of the trainers of race horses is almost equal
70 that of a bank officer. Their salaries
range from 81 1000 to 81, ~ a year, with ten
per cent. commission ON the winnings There
are few who get the outside figures. The
majority of them receive from two tn three
thousand a year. The Astors and Mr.. Bel
mont pay no commissions, but are liberal in
salaries. Those who imagine that the race
men have fine times are mistaken. Their
duties are arduous and the responsibilities
great. The horses under their care have 10
be closely watched as well a carefully tended,
and during the racing season few Of them
Get much rest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

4 New York letter says: THE hot wealth
er of a few days past is driving hundreds
away from the city, and outgoing trains and
steamboats, to day are packed. The migra-
tory population of fashionable circles are off
to Newport, Saratoga and Lake George. 1t
is yet a little too cool for the mountains. but
the movement is northward. Times have
been a little better in New York this last
winter and spring, aud New Workers, who
are as fond as Parisians of pleasure. are
ready to spend a little more for comfort.
Newport promises to be the Mecca of the
fashionable world this summer, as much
wealth and fashion are to be found there.
Hundreds are going across the water on every
steamer day, and in these days of cheap ex-
cursion rates abroad those who can afford a
summer rest anywhere can as cheaply go
abroad as to stay at home. A round of Ire
land, Scotland, the English lake district,
France, Holland aud Belgium, the Rhine
district, Germany, Switzerland and Italy
can be elegantly and comfortably made for
$3.50, the trip covering about three months.
1t may be made IL less pretentious style for
about $3.50. Those who aim to flee from all
heat may make a round of travel of Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Lapland, Finland, Rus
STA and Iceland, and all of this may be done
for less than the average summer traveller
will spend at the watering places.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19
Our State Fishing-What Has Been
Done for the Cape Fear.

The shad Matching season has lust closed.
and the results are greater than III any pre-
ceding year. Three hundred thousand were
placed into Cape Fear waters during the
month of April. Two hundred thousand
placed In these waters last year brings the
aggregate to half a million. These numbers.
which appear large, are but d begiHming of
what the commission will do in the future.
The work is scarcely organized as vet. only
the skill attained during that period only
needs encouragement to make the fishing
interest one OF her first industries. In the
Eastern States, where progressive labors in
this unknown field met with encouragement
not only have the shad been Increased in a
s~eyen-told proportions, but the depleted
streams have been returnlshed with salmon,
and they once more appear alter a total dis
appearance during thirty years.
1t is said that "a new fish is being captured
in Cape Fear waters. 1t this is SO it IS to be
deplored, however delightful a sensation it
may produce in the one who captures them.
They have been brought from the California
coast by railroad at a great expense, and un-
less they are allowed to attain the spawning
age. it will not be easy to tasten them to our
streams in the way that is best for our peo-
pie. The Commission is in earnest in its
labors, and if the Legislature did fail in
making a law for their protection, it should
vet be a matter Of pride to encourage the
release of them again When caught. Expert
fishermen travel thousands OF miles to catch
them in the western streams, and to give
them a home here they should be allowed to
grow and learn the streams, where habit and
association will teach them to return.
A bill providing fish ways over dams was
| introduced into the last General Assembly,
| but did not pass. Without this provision it
is useless to put more salmon into the Cape
Fear. They are not perfectly adapted to this
stream, and even the experiment Of placing
eighty-five thousand into it will do no good
unless they can get into the clear headwaters
to spawn. No more of them will be placed
in it till such a law is made.
SO far, the work has been confined to shad
and salmon and mountain trout, the two
| former being considered of greatest CONNER
cial value. The work being SO new tina but
little was known about it, experiments being
dangerous, and the necessary apparatus
having been bought in the first two years,
have prevented the Commission from giving
any attention to pond fishes. But the wide
spread interest is causing a strong demand,
which, it is hoped, can be successfully me,
at no distant day. The work is one equaled
in its progressiveness only by the age il
which it has received the impetus that has
led to its perfection, and by the progressive
American people. 1t is a splendid demon
~stration of science applied.-S. G. ". IN
gazette.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

A BURGLARS FATE.-A ~singularly pain
ful and sad experience has been that of a
burglar who has been emulating the exploits
of Mr.. Peace at Sheffield. The plumber
seeker determined to enter a pawnbroker's
shop by the chimney. Descendingt to within
SIX feet of the fireplace he stuck fast, how
ever, and, despite all his efforts, failed to get
free. For four long hours he struggled in
vain, and then the servant of the ~pawnbroker
came and lighted the fire beneath. Then
the roasting of the burglar began. What
kind of sensation the robber experienced we
are left to imagine, all that is known is that;
after three hours of torture, his groans be
came so audible that the proprietor Of the
place heard them, and, sending for the po-
lice and a builder, did the best he could to
extricate the thief. This proved, however,
to be no easy matter, for, before the en-
trapped rascal could be rescued, the brick
work had to be taken down. When found
the miserable man was imbedded firmly,
'scrying fearfully." His mouth and eyes
were filled with SCOT, and he was "dreadtully
scorched,'' and he died Immediately after
he was taken out.-Foreign Notes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19
ATLANTA. GA. June 2. 1879.

The trial Of brewery Tye for murder va
closed in this city to-day. Tye is the man
who killed his father-in-law during the pro-
gress of the Cox-Alston trial. The two had
been at odds for a long time. Tye leased a
slaughter pen, from which Sparks his
fat~her-in-law was elected, under mortgage.
I've Went to take possession, when a quarrel
ensued, Sparks advanced with a knife,
when Tye shot and killed him. The jury
found a verdict of acquittal. The verdict
was received with deatening applause, and
the crowd in the court room broke over the
bounds and wished TO congratulate I've.
His little son, at the words mot guilty.
leaped to his fathers lap, threw his arms
around his neck and cried aloud. His wife
remained by him during all the trial. The
scene was a thrilling one. The plea was
self-defence. The only trouble in urging
this view of the case was that Sparks was
shot in the side or back, but it was claimed
that he turned after Tye had fired.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

!. Pleasing EXPERIMENT.-Take a car
rot. the larger the better, a symmetrical
formed and fair one, cut of one half and
cast aside then, with a table-knite, scrape
out the center Of the larger part-that is, tie
part from which the sprout shoots when it
begins to grow. When ready to suspend, it
is shaped ike a cup, and will hold over a
gill Of water. Tie in a cord like a basket
handle, to hang, it up by, fill with water,
aud suspend IN a sunny window. In q lew
pear and multiply, and soon the carrot itself
will be completely enyeloped III and hidden
bv its own beautiful foliage. The water
should be replcnished every day, and not al
lowed to be left half absorbed. This j. 4
very pleasing experiment. The carrot should
be laid in cold water a few hours before
scooping it out, as otherwise it is apt to
break.-HeaM and Home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19
How TO CHOOSE A PLow.-Plows fire.

How TO CHOOSE A PLOw.-Plows fire.
quently annoy those who use them in a most
mysterious manner. They refuse to run
evenly in the ground and refuse to keep to
the land as they ought to do. On examin-
ing them nothing seems to be wrong. Every
properly shaped pillow ought to have a slight
concavity along the base Of the land side, of
one-eighth or three-sixteenth Of an inch 50
that the implement will "suck into the
soil and run steadily. This concavity may
be shown by holding a steel square to the
bottom of the plow.' If this part is convex.
as it not u~ntrequently is, no matter how
high a reputation the maker of the pillow
has, il will not stay in the ground, and will
annoy the plowman till the evil is remedied
The landslide of the base should also be
slightly concaye, to the same extent OF one
eighth Of an inch or more, and never be
convex OF bulging, under any circumstances
If these apparently %triaing items are prop
erly attended to at the tiEc Of selecting a
plow, much trouble may be avoided which
often seriously perplexes a plowman, and
causes him to lose much time which may
thus be saved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

Fruit IN ENGLAND.-A traveller In Great
Britain comments on the scarcity and conse-
ouent iearness Of our most common fruits Ill
that country, and says: Peaches are grown
in hot houses only, and the same is true Of
tomatoes. \ few come from France. Their
prices are entirely out IF reach Of any except
the rich. The past year, however, has seen
the Introduction Of canned tomatoes at very
moderate prices indeed. They come from
the United States. Grapes seldom ripen III
the open air. The few that are grown in
England are grown in hot houses. Most Of
the grapes used here are imported. Sound
imported grapes are never to be had under
fifteen cents a pound, and twenty cents buys
only a medium quality. English dollhouse
grapes are considered a great delicacy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

In California large sections of unimproved
land are held by spectators and kept out of
the market. The new constitution imposes
the same tax upon unimproved land that it
does upon cultivated farms. This, it is be
,lieved. will force the owners to dispose of
their thousands of acres III lots to suit set
tiers, and thus add to the general prosperity
of the State. The legislature Of the State
of New FORK has agreed to reduce the legal
rate OF interest to SIX per cent. 1t has been
at seven per cent. since the adoption Of the
constitution of 1854. This is very signit-
cant S a sign Of the times, and as evidence
that in the leading commercial State Of the
Union the impression has become general
that there will be no immediate return in
this country to the high rates Of interest
which have previously prevailed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

1t is a singular circumstance that though
any number Of crowned heads have during
the present century been exposed to the at
tacks of assassias, the only head OF a State
who has fallen in that manner was the Presl-
dent of a republic-Lincoln, and the only
monarch put to death in the century was
executed on American soil-Maximilian OF
Mexico.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

There is great economy in letting hens run
in the barnyard. They take to the dunghill
SO naturally, that they are sometimes called
dunghill fowls. Here they find many grass
seeds, not a little partially dlgested gram,
and, what is most %congenial to their taste,
lots of maggots.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-17

The Republican leaders are frantic
In their denunciations of the Demo-
crats to secure to the people the right
to choose their own officers, uninflu-t
ence by the central power a} Waslr
ington and uaawed by the glaraA and
glittle of bayonets at the polls To
deny to the federal gDvernment the
power to control elections and secure
that right to the people states where
it belongs under the Constitution and
by whom it was exercised during more
than three-qaarters Of a century, they
declare to be Revolutionary" The
Democracy can never submit to the
subversion of the civil authority and
the substitution of q central military
despotism. The subordination of the
the military to the civil authority is q
fundamental principle and the De-
mocracy can meyer consent that any
party shall have authority to. use the
army to petuate it's power against the
will of the people, and now howlings
about revolution" should eyer frigh-
ten them into submission to such de-
mand. s1f,I eeG.- :.s.eI re
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-17

The Board Of officers in the case of
General Fitz John Porter thoroughly
reviewed and yindicates him from the
unjust sentence passed upon him by
his military aud political, enemies.
That the finding of the Board was
fully justified by the testimony there
are few, if any, to deny, aud simple
justice demands that he should be re-
stored to his rank and what he has
lost by the body which so wrongfully
him. lcAhd yet the Ad-
takes no action in the
matter and it is thought the General
will have to apply 70 Congress to do
justice to him in the premises.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-17
THE BLUE AND GRAY,
Sixth NATIONAL REUNION,
10 be Held at Cambridge, Ohio,
august 26. ~, 2S and 3d..
- 1870. s~---s's--

TO ALL THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF
TIE National Reunion Executive
Committee, recognizing the fact that
nothing will so effectually soften the
'sectionai feelfngs engendered by our
late terrible struggle ~ an occasional
gathering together from all parts of
our common country, the survivors of
those scenes and events that are most
memorable in the histery Of our land,
and remembering the, great pleasure
experienced by the thousands OF, old
veterans who have clasped the social
hand at former encampments- of this
National Organization. have deter
mined that the Sixth meeting shall be
the grandest of, its kind ever held up
on the continent Our facilities for
making it such are unlimited. Con-
gress has recognized it as being of
National Importance by authorizing
the Secretary of War to issue, free of
cost, arms, ammunition and artillery,
for salutesa and sham battles, camp
eQuipage, and tents to shelter the mhl.
'titudes. and many of the most promi-
nent Generals of both armies, aad lead.
ing statesmen of the day have aigni-
fed determination to be present and
participate in the grand jubilee. All
branches of the service will be repre-
sented, delegations are expected from
every State in the Unicn, and all the
railroads wilt grant excursion rates.
Regular camps with comfortable quar-.
tiers, will be established to accommo-
date companies Or parties, besides
ample hotel and boarding house ac-
-commodations can be had at reason
able rates. No more favorable place
could have been selected for a great
gathering of this kind than Cambridge.
In close connection by rail with q l
parts Of the country, no vexatious de-
lays, need be feared in coming. Her
beautiful groves and never failing
springs, afford special advantages to
all who may desire to renew their
recollections Of ."stenting on the; old
camp ground" while from grand ele-
vations that surround the city may be
\ witnessed the marshaling Of veterans
Sin batlle array which will be PROM
inellt feat ore of the occasion. Nothing
will be spared to make this Reunion
one to be remembered by the last sur
vlyor of the Blue and Gray g..
| BY order of the Executive Commit
tee. '-H JosHUA X. BRowN,
-.''''- A'-'S '.s i- President.
/ w. I'll. II. McILYAR, Secretary, 1U
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-17

The trespass law, as amended, does
not require farmers to 60 to the trouble
and expense of preparing and putting
up sign boards warning hunters to
keep of their premises as did the law
of 1877, but provides that whosoever
shall SO trespass without having re-
ceived verbal or written permission
from the owner, his agent, or person
in charge of inclosed or improved
lands, shall, upon conviction be fined
not more than twenty-five nor less
than five dollars or imprisoned not
more than thirty NOR less than five
days or both. - '-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-17

THE Ohio State Journal, the organ
of the Republican party at Columbus
says Of the late election in that city !:
Although straight Republican tickets
were dropped into the ballot box yes
terday "thick as autumn leaves in VAL
lambrosia" yet the grand result is in
no proper sense q partisan victory"
Yet the Radical papers al over the
State are bowling themselves hoarse
over what they claim as Republican
triumph. ~ -''' ~ - az
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-04-17

. AdDIsAsTRoUs cyIone passed over
the town of. Collinsville, I'LL, alta quar-
ter to three O'Clock on Monday, lepel-
ing. ten buildings to the ground and
running thirty others, land damaging
some 'tliirty-iye3more.c One childwas
killed, and a number of other persons
scrioualY iniured.. .....a .....ai 3 aa.is]