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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

neichbors laugh a the iiIms' pre-
tcnc-. and would respect tttil more
If they had the urd4e itailAiS - own
themselves unable TO ON etc with
them IN ure>s or dIS lay. There Is
actual vase IL buy ing cheap silks at
the Or &C of 4 goou ca>hnleic, "Al!e d
freuCh muslin. which can 'e 'duA
dried. VIII ptoxen lOrs - ~lsIactoFl a>
a bah dress and on last mo - those
same ( cap silk Unfortunately,
however, people ar, as a rue, TAI
more willing 10 disp ne with neces-
sarieS which their nelgnooIS VIII hot
know or, than other Things Nhlch
make = show. and .he lack OF which
they faucy will proclaim their poverty.
But. alter al. IL Is as pennies that lie
dollars steal away. III any woman
who reads tnis does not keep an az
count of her expenditures, however
small, let her at nee begin 70 do 50
she will be surprised to see no" much
rriies amount TO III the aggregate,
while the mere fact OF having 10 set
down every penny spent. Will tend TO
make her more economical.
A Much NEGLECTED DIT
Every h~ousekeeper Is III duty bound
to keep her accounts strictly. lthout
,his there can b. no system IN eApen-
dlture. She should be aOie TO tell at
once how each month expenses com
pare with the others, Il III also 10 give
asatistac ory reason iur amy difference;
to know what n pays Tor everything
and nov mucn She uses. Ii groceries
are bought by Wholesale. which Is a
considerable saving keep the barrels
where they can be locked up, and have
b,x,,, -. Md thA lnfnhAn SnDntIps
Serving out IN small quantities Is a
great check upon servants, who ere apt
to think large supplies ineXhau>tlble.
To economic thoroughly, the mistress
OF the house must see that colo Vege-
tables are not thrown away, that the
bread is not wasted by cutting one loaf
before another Is used up: that cInders
are 81 ted Or at least picked over; that
the drlppln5s from meas are saved,
and that the bones are made INTO soup;
that butter Is not wasted, nor soap lett
soaking IN the water III short, she
must watch all these little possible
leaks. To do this she would have to
devote all her time to house keeping
and spend most OF her days IN the
kitchen. This, of course, she cannot
do, but Sue may 90 much by d Visit
once or twice d day and by keeping
her ewes open. If the . Iesento her
presence. something Is wong. ANY
servant who oes ii L duty and keeps
her kitchen in order wlll prefer that
her employer should zee that the work
is we'll done-she who does not had
better be dispensed with.
Paying cash tor every thin Is a 8 eat
check upon needless expenses. 1t Is
so easy TO say charge" that many an
item creeps into an account winch
would nevtr be there ii paid FOX as
bought. To be out of danaer We must
keep out of debt-to keep out or uebt
we must live WI hin our income. and
to do this we must practice small
economies.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
The Offenbach Mystery.

The Offenbacher lady, who has
been a living riddle to curious Ger
mans for the last quarter OF a century,
has just died 10 her house at Often
bach, leaving the problem OF he name
and origin unsolved. Nearly all she
knew OF herself was that she was "a
Hungarian by birth. GA the 9Th oil
November, 1853, a splendid equlpage
was driven to the borders OF d large
wood near Frankfort An old lady
descended from the carriage, the ser
wants handed out a beautiful little girl
To her. and the two wandered some
distance out into the forest. The old
lady having given the child some
meat and bread wrapped in a line
linen napkin, said Wait here a
few minutes. Unjust go back to the
carriage and will bring mamma to
you" She never returned. The child
wandered, as she said, three days and
three nights in the forest, crying for
Mamma" and Bertha On the
morning of the fourth day she was
found by a peasant girl, who took her
to a house IN a ~nelshhOrlng village,
where she slept for one night, but on
the next morning she was stripped of
her handsome clothes, her earrings
and a gold medallion, was dressed III
poor rags and turned out up n the
road. She wandered to the village of
Weinkirchen, crying out In Hunga-
rian, Where is mammal" The
people could not understand her. She
was taken before "a judge at Offen-
bach, but as he knew no hungarian
he could not get at her story. She
was supposed to be a beggar who had
been taught to feign ~dumbneSS, for
her questioner imagined that her
Magyar explanations did not belong
to any human language. She was
condemned to a months imprison-
ment, but her remarkable beauty and
the refinement of her manners made
such an impression that the sentence
vas not carried out. The town otiicl-
ais of Otfenbach decreed that she
should be taught to read and write
German, and she remained for a long
time the favored ward of the corpora
ton. When she knew sufficient Ger
man she certainly unfolded a most
extraordinary story. She could only
remember two names. Temescr"
~CTemesvar p and Bertha " She and
her brother had been kept for some
months in a cellar, where there were
geese. Bertha fetched her from the
cellar. Frederick Eek published her
story, as taken from her own lips, and
it caused a great sensation both in
Germany and Austria-Hungary. The
Vienna papers demanded that strin>
gent inquiries should be made at all
the great houses in the neighbOrhood
of IemeSvar, but the proposal was
never thoroughly carried out. Prof.
Hermann Weber, of Kasmark, visited
O., spoke Hungarian with her, and COM
municated her tale to the Pesti NdpOi !:
and other Hungarian scholars inter-
ested themselves in the attempt to
unravel the mystery. She married in
Otfenbach, and had two children but
although her marriage was a singular
ly, happy and prosperous one, she
was never; able to shake off a certain
melancholy, and she has died without
amy discovery as TO who and what she
originally was.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

A REMARKABLE MEMORY.-In sgd
ney, Australia. "a prisoner set up as
his defence On trial an abb, claiming
to have been, at the time that the
complainant was robbed, at n>me in
his own hut, listening to the recital
of Horace Walpole's novel, The
Old Baron" which a man named
Lane had, with other novels. com
mitted to memory-the matter of time
being disposed of by the declaration
that Lanes recitation took two hours
and a half. The Attorney General
declared that this was incredible,
whereupon Lane cleared his throat
began, LIN the time of King Henry,
when the good Duke Humphrey re-
turned from the wars in the Holy
Land, where he had been sojourning
for a number of years, there lived =
and had recited several pages. when
the Attorney General told him to stop
he was quite satistied. But the
counsel for The defence was not, and
insisted that as the veracity of his
witness bad been questioned, the wit
ness should be allowed to set himself
right, also to prove the allegation as to
time by reciting the whole novel.
do you expect me to take it all
down as evidence" stammered the
Chief Justice. in great dismay, and
finally a compromise was arrived at,
and Lane gave a chapter from the
middle of the story and its conclusion.
The prisoner was acquitted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
Strange Persecution Of a Nova
Scotia Girl by Unseen Tor
mentOrS-IS it Animal Mag
netiSm?

The girl Esther Cox, a resident of
Amherst, n. S., who some months age
created a good deal of comment anon
citizens and the clergy, has been quiet
for some weeks and little has been
heard of her. The case, as reported at
the time, looked very much as though
Miss Esther was possessed Of a devil.
Some of the freaks of the evil spirit
are curious, and one OF them was a
handwriting on the wall, warning her
that if she did not leave the house f
her relative, Mr.. Teed, shoemaker, the
house would be torn down about her
ears. She asked who made the threats,
and the writing on the wall answered,
THE evil spiritS.'' That night she
slept in the house and the noises of
pounding upon the root were terrible.
In the morning the house was set on
fire in five different places and Esther
was forced t leave. She went away
from the village and the spirits ceased
to trouble her. A month afterward
she came back. This was about the
end of November, and she had been
but a few days in the village when the
manifestations commenced again, n
the poor girl was distracted. A press
reporter visited her at Amherst and
received confederation of the above
stories from the Rev Mr.. Temple, the
Methodist minister of that pace, and
from DIR. Carroll and from the first
citizens of the town. Since that time
manifestations have been heard of
from time to time.
SYMPATHY OR COINCIDENCE.
A shoemaker, who was well read in
mesmerism. was blamed for the girls
trouble, and it was called a case of
animal magnetism To-day a telegram
that Esther Cox, who has
been suffering from d~iphtheria, has
recovered Her friends have ascer-
tanned that the young man connected
with the early history Of the case, and
who is now i'm a distant part of Cum-
berland county, had the disease about
the same time, and thus account for
her illness.
RECENT MANIFESTATIONS.
The evil spirit has been remarkably
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

2aoies' portlolio.

sH-The ladies of North Carolina are
invited to contribute short artlc les,
recipes, suggestions. household hints,
&C., for these columns. Name OF the
author will be seen by no n except
the editor, whether the communlca-
zion be accepted or rejected.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

WOMAN's USE OF THE FIVE SENSES
WomeE's equality in smelling and
tasting. if nothing else, is recognized
in a marked way in the composition of
the jury on the mustard'S of all ma
tons at the Paris exhibition, which
consists of twelve gentleman and
twelve ladies. The marvellous keenness
of women's secent for tobacco smoke
in mems clothing is a fact of common
experience. The superiority of their
employment of the five senses has
also been scientifically demonstrated
and established of late by the re-
searches into color-blindness. 4.
jeff les. of Boston, finds the singular
result of German study Of this curious
but important subject confirmed by
his examinations tuereabout. \ Ber-
lin professor applying tests to Gil
women found one in 122 color blind
the proportion of the c~olor-bllnd
among men Is IL in every twenty ::
DR.. Jetfries found but one color>biind
girl among 302 students az Wellesley
Collega, while among the students
and professors of Harvard and Am
herst the proportion of color-blind
was one in twenty-five or TO put it
in another way, among 1,02l college
men he found fOrty-six color>blind ::
among l,o25 college and ~high-school
girls only one deficient in the chro-
matte sense.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

Kerosene oil is endorsed as a remedy
for diphtheria, used as a gargle and
swallowing a small portion, occasion
ally. The remedy is simple, is kept
in nos families, and should be tested
if required. For ordinary sore throat
we know Of nothing better.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
NERVOUS ~PROSTRATION.

Mr.. Teed's family feel very much
worried and FRUSTRATED by the constant
excitement and terror. Mr.. iced,
although willing to maintain his sister
in-law, does not feel able to bear the
additional expense incurred by her
being a member of his household
They do not feel that there is any
danger from fire except in the house
while she is an inmate.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

lively during the past week, at llmeS
terribly SO. arousing the OF Mr.
Teed's family so as to make them, as
well as the principal victim OF 1he
manifestations. objects or sympathy.
The developments have been most
c~uriOus. Matches have been struck
and the premises very much endan-
gered. while threats of the most APP
failing kind have been made by a
mysterious voice. Though closely
watched it has been found impossible
to connec Esther with the manifesto
ton which have occurred night after
night. On Monday night the unknown
became extremely accommodating.
By raps it repeatedly, II all cases, 50
far as aScertalilaple, gave correct re
plies to all questions. which IN most
cases could only be answered by II
among those present
How many dollars have | IN my
hand:' The person did not know how
many he had, but verified the correct
ness of the answer by counting them.
PRODUCING STRANGE SOUNDS
Both Mr.. iced and the young man
to whose influence are attributed the
troubles, are ~shoemakers. iced says,
''Can YOU make us a boot:" Answer.
Yes" Mr. Tced then directed the
m0dus ~0pernndi. in order, from last
ing to finishing, and throw
ing the last on the floor, and the dis
tinctive sounds in the various opera
tons in detail were audible to every
one in the room. Both parties have
worked in the Amherst shoe factory,
where the pecging is done by a pom
derous machine, which makes a loud
and peculiar CHATTER Mr.. iced declares
that the sounds throughout were most
perfect.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-06
a matter that travellers are not supposed 10
IOSrAND MISSING WOMEN.

There have been certain astonishing develop
ments in Massachusetts,, and possibly the same con-
dtlons mi ght have produced the same results IN
other parts OF the country. The dead Oody OF Il
voung woman was found in trunk upon the
marshes near Lynn. The face of the unfortunate
had been mutIlated evidently to prevent identlhca-
ton This circumstance led the detectives 10 mako
extensive inquiries for missing girls and the result
was painful one. There were so many girls miss
nVi The "huniiDg for cews" demonstrated
the tragical anxiety which was saddening
80 many hearts and filling them with intoierable
spprchensions. Over and over again this body was
"identfcd." as many, indeed, as thirty times; ana
in each case there was mistake. The "clews"
ran speedily into the ground; but not the less was
it shown that many Young women were missing,
and that they had disappeared under suspicious
circumstances. This argues anything but deSIr-
able state of society. That part Of Massachusetts,
Is full of women who ara engaged IN light mechani-
cal occupations. Many of them have loft their
homes because these were squad and unattractive,
and because they were not wanted there. Lett TO
themselves, away from wholesome domestic
influences, often finding their work uncrr-
tain and not suiii 'Iently profitable they faI
naturally into bad ways leading to maj rum
and death BUTT is not much different IN TINS city
Suppose to-day the romans OF young woman
found under suspicious circumstances were retained
in New York for identifoation-wonld not the Mas
sachusetts story be repeated heTef Would not
scores of relatives and friends come to the Morgue
for sad observation and inqnryf
The establishment of 4 better class of tenement
houses m this city wond have It's moral as well as
its material Influences. This is 50 well understood
IN Massachusetts, that most of the great manufac-
turing corooratons there make large investments
in dwellug-houses for their operatives. In too
many instances, however. girls who drift down into
the large manufacturing towns are left with
out sufficient oversight aGd protection. In this
city a girl VINO lives with her parenls
10 preferred as a worker; but the num-
Der of those who 50 live will always be determined
by the general character OF homes. II they are at
tractiyc and comfortable. daughters viii stay in
them: if they are otherwise comfort will be sought
elsewhere. often with GrpioIahle results. There
need be no discussion of the question. How much
misery has been OccasioncG by our di.regard of 1t
NAV be sufficiently we'll determined by reference
to the files Of any good newspaper
New-York tribune., 1879-03-06

"This action ~ a grave mistake. l am op-
"posed to such revolutionary proceedings
"The country will not approve them. II this
abe good precedent, the minority hereafter
"have no rights" Senator Whyte, Demo
crat, also denounces the course of his party
associates in the House. and Senator Gordon
plainly terms it revolutionary action" IL
is boldly declared, however, that the Demo-
cratic majority at the extra session VIII pass
che Appropriation bills again, with the inia-
nous and revolutionary provisions attached
and thus force the President TO veto an appro-
priation. or else to surrender his CONSTITUTIONS
share Of the legislative power and betray 'he
solemn trust confded to HIM for the protcctioh
of the people. 1t is not yet to be beneYed 'na'
the entire Democratic force in both Houses can
be drawn into this revolutionary scheme. we
shall see But the majority OF the people OF the
United States. who saved the Nation from re-
belhon. RELY upon the Republicans IN D0th
Houscs. and upon the President, TO resist 10
the very end the revolution by which 1t Is
intended to give that rebellion the mastery,
and to subject the people to the rule OF bal
lot-box suffers, election sWlndlers' panoeu
aSsassins. and rebel regiments revived as
Democratic clubs for the massacre of Repub-
lican voters.
At the same time, it is right to remember
that Democrats themselves, who desire the re-
peal of election laws, have, nevertheless, rs
strong an interest as Republicans in prevent
ing any change of the laws Ivy revolutionary
modes Mr.. Bayard is wiser than his fellows.
If mInorties in this Republic are to have 10
rights, it is not the South which will finally
gain by the change. Sooner or later rcac-
ton will follow Democratic violence and IN
competence In the long run the Republican
party is the majority in this country. After
another census, il is doubtful whether the Sou'h
will retain one-third of the members of the
House The rapidly growing States are nearly
all Republican States. Il becomes Democrats
to consider whether 1t shall by them be de-
creed that minorities shall have no rights In
this country hereafter.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

Buffers fraud shrek is the most forlorn of all.
Tllden won't care TO run again with the election
law uurepealed
There Is no telling what two weeks of indis-
crlmiuate promising may do IOr handaH.
Probably tie man made aappe> ny the adjourn
mcnt ot Congress is the Hon. CiaINson y. Potter.
If jeff Davis can't have a pension why shouldn't
he have a salary.-that of Senator from Mississippi.
for instance
The Anti-Tillen Democrats should be wary about
exagrerating Mr.. Tlleu's feebeness, lest they
boost Jeif Davis to the first place.
The cipher portion of the Potter Committees
fraud shrek applies the whitewash to Mr. Tilden
without much enthusiasm, but the coat is thick
enough.
Presidential nominations are coming in with a
rush now. and almost everybody has been men
toned" except Charles Francis Adams. Did he
SWING the fraud brand III VAIN
Missouri Democrats amusing themselves by
saving that Tden and Vest would be a good Prcsi-
dcntial ticket They forget that n State so sOldly
Bpnrbon as Missouri can't nave even the tai OF a
ticket.
IL seems to be pretty well settled in Ohio that
.Judge Taft will be the Republican candidate for
Governor. Cincinnati thus having the first place,
Cleveland is expected to be awarded the second.
Colonel ". +. FOgg, oil The tlcretand Herald. is a
candidate.
The Democrats have already begun to blustcr
abouf what they will do with their extra session.
They threaten 10 vote again for the repeal of the
election laws, and If the President vetoes their
work. to adjourn without passing any appropria-
tion hills thus stopping the Government and
threat nlng revolution. IL dOcSut seem possible that
even the Democrats are stupid 'nOugh To attempt
TO buildOze the whole country.
canvass of the Republicans Of the Wisconsin
Senate shows large majority IN favor Of Grant Tor
1880. As the result j. recorded in The Milwaukee
Sentinel. nearly all the Senators seemed to have
impression that the candidate is to be Grant any
way; and while a good many of them preferred
either Blaine, OF Sherman, or Edmunds or Gar
field they all declared their willingness to take MN
if the party so decreos. The Republican members
of the House seem be IN similar frame vi mihu,
though one member was found who dec Jared 1t must
not be Grant as lac would never vote Tor another
whiskey Administration
Congressman Foster tells CIereIGad Herald
reporter that he greatly dlstrusts his own
ability to lead the canvass successfully, yet If
the marty wishes him to do he will. but will
fuse 10 enter into any combination TO secure the
nomination. Z" 1t is said in quarters" he
adds that will loso the votes OF portion Of the
marty known as stalwarts. II this Is true, ought
not 10 be the candidate. however unjust know
the ground of their opposition To Oe." whether no
would lose that vote not, IL N certain thaJ TIE
reaction in favor of Stalwa art Republicansn IL one
OF the chief Influences which have brought Judge
taft quickly TO the front.
II the solid South submits to the reelection of
Speaker Randall it will be because Of some extra
ordinary promising on his part Tho press OF tho
New-York tribune., 1879-03-06
Jnoef 10 AopernssmeuIs.

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R1NkRUPT NOT1CFs-6h Idqe-3d column
RoARp AND RoONs-:{d fdgs-5th column
BTsISKss CHANCgs- IN PaOe--6th cOumn.
BUSINESS NOTICEs-4M PdGe-lst column
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BRoORITS-3d PG0e-3d 60 umn 'oINiA' '
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ertCr1I NOTICE. s. .aGe 5fb couinn
RITr ATOMS " MANTkt-M NLES-6h PdOt ON coIluhu =
FrnA nAIys- 6th aGe- 5th up". ,.,.
eTF.uyOATS AND RAILROADS on Pd0c-Su aIU f'"
columns 90. ..,-~,rs
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New-York tribune., 1879-03-06
scnth is almost nnanirnon, sgain,. him The sAi.a.,

south ~ almost unanimous against him. The edition,
declare that the time for their section 10 abandon
its conservative policy has come, and that IN futnre
it must insist upou the recognition which its
prcponderance IN the party entities it to receiya
The milder editors stop with these gener4lites,
chiefly throug prudence. The untamed ones pro-
ceed 10 specification. They say that K nlall la,
united with the Northern Democrats against tho
South being like the rest Of them, afraid n grant
the appropriations which tho South demands, that
be rs trimmer and a strad Ter and thai henceforth
the south mnst demand a Speaker who will do as
the South bids. If this spirit prevails among the
Southern Congressman, the extra session - likely
10 give the Democratic party good deal more than
IL has bargalned for.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-06

and Navy which were then used in our de-
fence. Mr.. Hewitt may be right in theory
as to the necessity of guarding against the
possibility of military interference in elections
But it is a little too early for the men VINO
lately undertook to destroy our Government
to create panic by the cry that the Army
which defeated their conspiracy threatens our