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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-12-25
BREACH OF PUBLIC FAITH.

Notes must stand as legal tender to be with.
drawn. Perhaps 1t would be we'll to amend the
Constitution by taking away from Congress the
power to issue paper money in the time of war,
Possibly our inaationists might plunge the coun.
try into war in order to secure what they deemed
essential to Its financial prOsperito. But the su-
preme Court has upheld the constitutonality Of
the present issue, and there was no appeal from
that decision, which had been relied upon In all
contracts made since 1t was rendered. Green.
backs are now as good as gold but they hamper
the power Of gold over the industries Of the
country, and 1t iB not surprising that gold and
the national banks are moving together to de.
stroy their competition. 1t is true their destruc.
ton would break some of the smaller banks, but
this would only add to the strength Of the great
ones, Even at moderate rate of interest on the
public debt we will have paid more than four
times the amount OF the debt before 1t is paid off
We are in the meantime paying forty millions
yearly for the use Of S337,OOO 900 national bank
currency when we might have the benefit Of
United States notes without taxation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

erary work was done in. At any time,
She answered, but | find my brain clearer
in the early morning. | arise at seven
o'clock. walk in the grounds for half an
hour, then write for an hour by that time
| generally feel ready for a good hearty
breakfast. During the day, if an opportuni-
ty occurs, or if | feel in the humor, | write,
never longer than an hour or two at the very
most. [ am like a great many people and
do not like to commence, although L have
thought out my work beforehand. However,
1 find when | set myself down to real work,
that my thoughts find vent, and my pen will
not write fast enough Does it not tire
you?' No, | never tire of writing. At
one time, when | first began, [ did not wnow
what | was going to say, but now | learn
that, like everything else, thoughts will be
more completely expressed by having ones
plans perfected beforehand Can you
foresee your strongest chaptersE seem
to know which they will be, and first when L
get into the story deeper that | am tar more
interested in my characters than any OF my
readers can ever be. For the time being |
see them, hear them speak, and note the
manner in which they express themselves.
In fact, to me they are living, breathing
personages, my familiar spirits How do
you plan the end? This seems always the
most difficult part of them. | do not plan
them. | follow up my story as if l were
reading some else's writing. The characters
and the manner in which they have figured
lead me to the end and indeed | feel a real
regret at being compelled to part with
them
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

THE HAIR.-Prof. Wilson, of England, is
the highest authority on the hair. He con-
dennis washing it, and advises, instead, thor
Ough brushing. This promotes circulation,
removes scurt, and is, In all respects, better
than water.
Cutting the hair does not, as commonly
thought, promote its growth. Most Of the
specifics recommended for badness are mere
stimulants, and are seldom or never perma-
nently successful. Some of them give rise
to the congestion Of the scalp. When a
stimulant is desirable, ammonia is the
best.
For falling out of the hair, DIR. Wilson
prescrlbes a lotion composed of water of am
monia, almond oil and chloroform, one part
each. diluted with five parts alcohol, or spir-
It's of rosemary, the whole made fragrant
with a drachm of oil of lemon. Dab it on
the skin, after thorough friction with the
hair-brush. 1t may be used sparingly or
abundantly, daily or otherwise.
For a cooling lotion, one made of two
drachms Of borax and glycerine to eight
ounces of distilled water is effective, ~allaying
dryness, subduing irritability, and removing
scurf.
Both badness and grayness depend on de-
tective powers of the scalp skin, and are to
be treated alike. What is needed is moder-
ate stimulation, without any irritation. The
following is good: Rub into the bare places
daily, or even twice a day, a liniment of
camphor, ammonia, chlorotorm and %aconite,
equal parts each. The friction should be
very gentle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

THE CAPTIVE BALLOON AT CoNEY Is
IAND.-Not the least of the many attrac-
tions of Coney Island this summer Is Mr..
Kings CAPTIVE balloon, Pioneer, the
first ascension of which was MADE on the
afternoon of July /. This balloon Is not as
large as the Gifard captive balloon at farls'
bat is said to be much more perfectly con
structed. 1t is sixty-fve feet IN diameter
and has a capacity of 150,0 OO cubic feet.
The material is Irish linen, in two thick
nesses. The barket, or car OF Wlcher"ork,
weighs 476 pounds. Above, the balloon Is
white, to reflect the suns rays below 1t Is
ornamented with dark red and green, to
to make it a conspicuous object against the
sky. 1t is inflated with hydrogen, and IN
calm air shows on the dynamometer a hitting
strain of 2.4OO poubds. The gas is made on
the spot by Mr.. A. o. Granger, by passing
steam over hot iron. Wound about the
drum of a very large windlass IS 1,2l? feet
of one and a half inch rope, through the
center of which runs a telephone wire. An
end Of this rope is carried through a trench
to the center of the inclosure' where after
passing around a pulley, it is fastened to
the balloon The pulley is attached to the
foundation by a universal joint of iron, so
that, in whatever direction the balloon may
pull, there will be no side strain on the pull
ley. A good hold on the sand is securtd by
the use Of four sticks of yellow. pine, each
twelve feet long and twelve inches square.
These are planted horizontally nine feet be
lpw the SUI face, and above them is a well,
made of concrete. Across the top of the
well lie two other similar timbers, which are
strongly fastened to their fellows below by
long and thick iron bolts. Mr.. King says
this foundation will resist a strain of 100000
pounds, while the utmost strain that wind
and rs united can exert on the connecting
rope Of the balloon will not exbeed $4,000
pounds.
On its trial trip the balloon assembled three
or four hundred feet, end shortly afterward
a second trip of 700 feet was made. Atthis
height the view was pronounced magnificent
by the small party making the first venture.
All the ocean approaches Of New York
harbor were at their feet for a radius Of
thirty miles, and inland they could see the
numerous towns and cities about the bry of
New York, along the Sound to Flushing, up
the Hudson river as far as Tarrytown, and
the Orange valley and other parts of New
J Jersey as far as Paterson, Perth Amboy and
Long Bra nch.-Scient,ffc american.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
No husbands! no husbands!

Where, in the name of matrlmOny and
future hearth-stones, are they? Somewhere
on earth, surely. Nature has not neglected
or forgotten to pay her dues to creation in
the shape of masculinity. Statistics tell us
that, in spite of the lack of husbands, more
men than women are born into the world.
Men live, move, and have their being now
as plentifully as in the blessed centuries
when every man married and trained mani
fold olive-plants around his table. Never
theless, it is equally true that in the haunts
where women most do congregate, men are
few and scary. They are as shy as trout.
Th9y have gained wisdom (some by having
been bitten once), which enables them to
look twice and then dart irrevocably away
from the p~rettiest of glittering flies. What
is the matter?
The blessed instincts, old as human ma
ture, of love and fidelity, Of fatherhood
and motherhood, of family and home, are
Just as strong and just as steadfast at the
root of the human heart o -day 40 when it
first sprang from the love of the Father of
all. Yet the world beholds the unnatural
sight of women arraying themselves in the
garniture Of fashion to delight the eyes of
men, and Of men refusing to be delighted;
of large companies of women cOngregating
for pleasure, and of men refusing to join
them; instead, going off alone to seek hap
piness in their own way and by themselves.
Now we all know that it is natural for men
and women to seek pleasure in each others
society. If they do otherwise, it is because
some abnormal condition has arisen between
them to drive them apart. Marriage in
youth, formerly the rule, is fast becoming
the exception. Once a young mans first
ambition was to begin life with a wife and
home. Together they worked to gain a
competency, to educate their children, to
go up and down the hill of life together.
To-day our country towns and villages are
emptied of young men, who have gone
forth into the great world to seek their
These same towns and villages
are crowded with unmarried women, grow
ing ole.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
Marvellous Story Of a
Life.

The romantic vicissitudes of the early
life of the Countess Solange de Kramer has
once more become the talk of Paris, and
thew are indeed, so extraordinary that, used
as materials for a novel, they would spollthe
book by their lack of probability. One
night, many years ago. a little girl about one
wear old was deposited in the drawer Of a the
founding hospital at Brest. She was dress
ed with much fnery, and a note attached to
her skirts told that her name was Solange,
and that she would be reclaimed by. her
father. The claim was never made, how
ever. and in due time the child was trans
ferred to the orphan asylum, to be educated
there. As she grew up she developed a
most extraordinary beauty, but her intellect
appeared to be very weak, and she suffered
from frequent nervous fits. When she was
twelve wears she was sent out into the streets
to sell flowers, and her beauty and modesty
attracted many peoples good Will, but she
grew weaker and weaker, and at last she
died. According to French custom, she was
buried in an open casket, and as 1t was WIN
ter and the soil was frozen, she was laid into
the grave, only covered with a thin layer of
sand. During the night she awoke and,
pushing the sand away, she crept out from
this grave. Not exactly understanding what
had taken place, she was not SO very much
frightened, DuI III CiOSSlHS INC SldCS pc-
tween the cemetery and the Notifications,
she was suddenly stopped by the cutlery,
. Qui ~riire," and as she did not answer, the
sentinel fired, and she fell to the ground.
Brought into the guard-house, her wound
was found to be very slight and she soon re-
covered, but her singular history and also
her great beauty had made SO deep an I'M
preston on a young lietueant of the garrison
(kramer) that he determined to be her pro-
tector, and sent her to one of the most
fashionable educational establishments in
Paris. During the next few years Kramer
was much tossed about by the war, but
when in 1918 he returned to Paris, he found
Solange a full-groWn woman, not only beau
eiful, but accomplished and spirited, with
10 more trace Of intellectual weakness or
nervous fits. He married her, and for sew
eral years the couple lived happily in Paris.
Meanwhile, investigations were made con-
corning the girl left in ahefoundling hospital
at Brest, and as these Investigations were
made by the Swedish ambassador and in a
somewhat official manner they attracted
some attention. Captain Kramer heard
about the affair and sent a note to the en-
bassador, and a month later on the embassa-
dor came in state to bring Madame Kramer
q formal acknowledgement from her father,
the former General Bernadotte, the present
King Charles XIV. of Sweden. Captain
Kramer and his wife went Immediately to
Stockholm; they We're ennobled, and their
son has just now been appointed dttdche to
the Swedish legation in Paris.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
Successful Courtship Across the
Continent,

\ letter from a lady residing in California
recalls a romantic episode connected with
the writer. The lady, a school teacher, es-
Unable and well educated, who had passed
out OF her twenties. but was of a very rO-
mantle and imaginative disposition, about
two years ago, while on a visit to Franklin.
Pa, formed the acquaintance of a lady who
had a brother, a bachelor, residing in Cali
tornla. This brother had written to his sis
ter to procure him a lady correspondent in
the East. The sister showed this letter to
Miss 3, and after some persuasion andwarm
praise of the absent brother, obtained her
promise that if he would write to her she
would reply. Soon after her return home
she would reply. Soon after her return
home she received a letter, and this was the
beginning or quite an animated correspon-
dence. photographs were exchanged, and
hnally the gentleman proposed and was ac-
copied by the lady. But now came the
startling proposition for her to ION him in
San francisco, where they would be mar
RED. 10 this the lady demurred, but after
a good deal OF pleading upon his part, and
the plea that his business interests would
not allow him to come East for some time,
she consented, and he sent her money to
defray the expenses of the journey, and
about a year after the correspondence began
She set out alone to meet her unseen lover.
After a pleasant trip she arrived in San
Francisco, where Mr.. G.. met her. It was a
case Of mutual love at first sight, and Meth
er had any wish to secede from the contract.
A carriage was procured, and thew were
driven to the residence of a relative. where
they were speedily united, and at once pro
ceeded to Mr.. Cr,s residence, about twenty
miles from San Francisco, where he had a
home prepared for his bride; and now after
tho o,Ncn ~ q 90,
by the letter referred to, in which the ladv
writes that she has no reason to regret thai
she threw up the ferule in Jefferson county
and set out toward the setting sun to seek
her fortune. She speaks in glowing terms
OF her lovely, luxurious home on the Pacific
slope, and eulogizes in fond terms him who
she says is the best husband in the world )
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

There are 1902 Presbyterian churches in
the South. Ofthese there are A, the mem
bershlp OF which gave an average of s. or
more for all objects outside of their own or
ganization. Mebaneville, n. c., without a
pastor, leads the entire list. 1t has IS mem
bers, and the average for each member was
S2S 81. Salisbury was third on the list.
With lS2 members it gave an average of
SD SO. Littleton, with 16 members, gave
Sc 90. Raleigh, with 1919 members, gave
Sc O3 average. Charlotte, Second Church,
l22 members, average S. 90. Louisburg, 9
members, s. So. Davidson College, As
members, s. So average. Charlotte, n. c.,
First Church, 81 members, So 10 average.
SO North Carolina had s out of Al churches
III the entire South on the roll of honor
Star.
James Lindsay, senior member of the
trm of George Bruce, Son & Co., type
founders, is dead.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

SHOE GREAsE.-There are more receints
for this article than there is any use for
One tells this, another that, while the most
simple and cheap article is about as chean as
any other. Linseed oil applied to the soles
until we'll soaked and an ordinary dose to the
upper, allowing it to go into the crease ALONG
the sole and upper leather. For five years I
have used nothing else, and can wear a pair
OF shoes longer than any other one around
me. Three pairs Of shoes do me two wears
wear no boots), and am outdoors all dav
the year round when the weather is at all fit
to be out. If there is no hole or leak in nv
shoes, can be in the snow, mud or water
Tor halt a day without even a damp foot.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

PoLITENEss.- The ordinary rules of po-
likeness will not apply to everybody, but
must be varied to suit OCCASION. For ex-
ample, an amount of attention which
would be almost painful to a retiring young
woman may be very acceptable to others of
a more e~xacting temper. Nothing but
really kind feeling and a quick desire to
please can ever dictate all the fine details
Of gentle manner The genuinely courte-
Gus man will always be distinguished by
many signs from the man who is coarse and
rude in feeling, but who manages just to
execute the externals of etiquette. Many
people are probably apt to overlook the
fact that genuine courtesy involves an in
dwelling sentiment, a fine sense of the fit
ness of things. Without these a very
k~indly-disposed person will no doubt fire.
quently err.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

How Miss BRADDON CONSTRUCTS HER
NOyELs.-A California gentleman, who had
the pleasure of a visit and a hearty reception
at the house of Mrs. Navel Miss Brad
dom, speaks in glowing terms Of the home
life of the family. Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell
have several little children, the youngest a
boy of four, all of whom took their places
at table. Her works were not once alluded
to by herself. If any questions were asked
regarding her writings, she answered in a
plain, straightforward manner. | said,
Miss Braddon, will you allow me to ask
you about your books?' why, certainly
said she, If that will interest you IasLed
her at what part of the day most of her lit
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

We learn from the Fayetteville Gazette
that Judge Seymour charged the Crane
Jury of Cumberland Court very strictly
with regard to the public roads. The Ia,
zette says of the judges charge.
He declared it to be his oninion +bo+
the difference between good and bad roads
to the farming interests of the neonla waS
equal to the value of every acre of farming
laho 10 the several countles-that is, that in
any county cursed with bad roads-unworked
ana almost impossible in bad weather-the
LANDS would be doubled in value, in the
pronts drawn theretrom, should the roads be
enforced" ." iisloiy
The Judges of the State would render
important service if they would emulate
Judge Seymours example in this particu-
lar. The roads in many sections are in .
Wretched condition. The Gazette gives the
requirements of the law: 'no
road must be at least twenty foot
vide ut may be forty or one hundred Int
fannot De less than twenty, and the road
pea must be sixteen feet in width. clear If
sCuunps ana runners in low, marshv places
"nere necessary causeways and sid;nos mnstt
3e lald down and the necessary side-d;tcb;n"r
done; over creeks and streams the necoSSarss
bridges must be built, with side-raiI;n@s Z
oeemed necessary for safety. At ;ntarToIs
u one mile directions shall be given show.
!: .ne Instance TO some important town or
IolnI III mat section; and at forks of roads
shall be set up, SHOWING tbo
ulstahce on each road to the most imnortant
Let the law be rigidly enforced.-Sto,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

IMITATION CoRAL.-Twigs, raisin-staus
or any objects having the aenarai alslnlsoaiks ;
Dranched coral, may be made 70 o roaan01
coral by being dipped in a mixtnre aee 81
parts OF resin, three parts beeswax an, ~ io our
OF vermlllon, melted together and th anu Two
Y mixed. The effect is verv nrettr oa og5
Tor ornamental work, useful pretty and,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS SENSATION

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS SENSATION
Last week we stated that a colored woman
of this county had registered at the springs
above named, and imposed upon the pro-
prietors and guests by representing herself
to be a white lady from the North. She
was assisted in this escapade by one A. d.
'. Leigh. The following facts are direct
from one of the proprietors of the springs
Leigh brought Fannie Dalton to the springs,
and registered her name &C. T. Dalton, Sa
lem, Nc When she found he had reg
istered her name thus, she had it chanoed
to 70. L. Dalton" and said she was from
Connecticut-came down here for her health.
and had been staying at Mr.. Leigh's a short
time, having been recommended there. as he
was a Northern man. Leigh told "Uncle
John that she was a Northern lady. and
that they both came from near the same
place.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

ph ok weeks ago Mrs. VIM. 81 Kerr &c
TTnllaaelphla, was bitten by a net dor o. ol
hydrophobia. great agony Of
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
Women Wearing Live Beetles.

At a dinner party the other evening, a
gentleman sat next to a young iaoy VINO
wore a pale Nile-green silk dress ornament
ed with yards on yards of costly lace; she
was very much decollete and had on a neck
lace of brilliants: she was pretty, engaging,
with the assured ease of the best society.
Over the silken shoulder, the white neck
and the laces of the young lady traVeieu,
with laborious leisure, a bug! Inc pug was
a Mexican beetle with FURNISHED armor OF
the most gem-like hues; but 1t was, never
theless, a live bug, crawling, after the SLOW
painful fashion of its species, up and down.
crossing the expanse of white satin skin,
nesting in the frills and losing itself IN a
wilderness Of rosebuds set low in the cor
sage. The poor creature could cot escape,
and reached no goal in spite or It's long
journey, since it was held in leash by a hne
silken corl. Naturally. the insect attrac-
ted attention: the conversation turned on
beetles. The young lady spoke OF hers IN
terms of affection, and called 1t a sweet,
darling pet Another fair one remarked
that she too had a beetle at home, for which
she was having a golden harness made, and
that she hoped to wear it the next even
ing.
Les caprices des grandes danes have al
ways been the wonder Of less supertine peo-
PIE; accordingly the Sentltlldh oiltihS ~
to the young lady with the bug gazed at
her with a sort of startled curiosity which
gradually emerged into repulsion. HIS
first feeling was dislike of the insect.
Ha! WHARF We gaun, We crowlin' fertile!
Your impudence protects you salrly;
/ Gamma say but We struut rarely
Owre gauZe and lace.
Te ugly. creppiu'. blastit wonner,
Detested, shuun'd by sauut aud sinner,
How dare ye set your TT upon her,
Sac fine a lady?
These lines occurred to him, but the in
nocent beetle finally gained his sympathies,
and he began to feel adherence Of the
young lady herself. He made some remark
upon the incident to another lady present,
and she laughed at his Mortified COM
ment.
why, it's all the fashion," she return
ed.
Heaven save u.s." said the gentleman,
from a fashionable woman"
And why so!'
Questionable women are too vulgar. [
don't want one of them for my sister; |
should be ashamed of one for my mother;
above all, would net have one for my wife"
= ppaacOH's MQ0G.iae.
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