The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

hole IN the bottom, fill three quarters full 0
equal parts clean sand and charcoal the siz
OF a pea, over this lay a linen or woole1
cloth large enough to hang over the sides o
the pot. Pour the water into the clotl
and 1T will come out pure.
Wilkesboro nder: Gen. Johnston Jone
had a difficult operation performed on hi
leg by Drs. Jones, Whitehead, Happold anc
Laxton, from which he has suffered no in
convenience. Bishop Lyman recently
visited this point to inspect the Wilberforct
school building, and while here preached tc
a large and interested congregation. 1t is
said there will be another story added tc
the building.
The SutrO tunnel, the greatest mining
enterprise that has ever been undertaken in
this country, is completed. 1t is three and
a half miles in length, and passes through
all the ramifcations of the Comstock lode
in Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada,
draining the mines at a depth of nearly g.
900 feet. The work was begun in the fall
of 1869, and has involved an expenditure
Of Sc, 900, 600.
When a person faints, or feels like faint
ing, they should be placed at once in a hori-
zontal position-laid fat on the foor-and
nave a little cold water dashed in their face.
This is the easiest, quickest and surest way
to recover from %fainting. In this position
the heart has less labor to perform in pump
ing the blood to the brain than in the upright
position.
Every woman that suicides has slovely
golden hair" ''every trout is a speckled
beauty !" every party is 1.-THE most recherche
affair of the season y every lady is ''beauti-
full and accomplished; J" dancing is always
kept up It'll the wee sma' hours - every
newspaper we have is ''our respected con
temporary" every man we know is either a
Judge, Colonel or Major.
The Water Cure Establishment at Warm
Springs, near the Middleboro' depot, whose
enterprising proprietor is Mr.. John L. Eu-
bank, has been partially furnished with
National Wire Mattresses manufactured by
the National Wire Mattress Co, at New
Britain, Conn.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel re-
signs itself to the prospect that the negroes
mean to leave the South by thousands, and
its conclusion is that the sooner white men
cease to depend upon negro labor exclusive
IL and 90 to work themselves, the better it
will be for all concerned.
s'What is your name?" asked a teacher of
a boy. '.Mv name is julie was the reply:
whereupon the teacher impressively said,
'sYou should have said Julius, sir" "And
now, my lad," turning to another boy,
''what is your name?' "Billious, sill. -
PhtHad. Press.
Somerville Journal. Justifiable Homicide
-"Oh," | am the Captain of the Pin
Whack! whack. ooh, murder! help"
Wnack! whack! "That's right; club him
again, officer. Hurrah"
..4xlo f,o,, Co,@b-oe@ W.
ginia to Baltimore and other Northern mar
kets are increasing in magnitude and inn
portance, and an unusually large trade is
anticipated.
England has already sent Sc, 400, 900 in
coin to the United States to pay for bread
stuffs. English authorities say that at least
$40, 900, 900 will have to be sent for the
same purpose.
The report is generalin Virginia that the
corn. clover, potato, tobacco, fruit and 9th
er crops have been greatly damaged by
the intense heat and protracted drought.
In Georgia many Swedish girls are taking
the place of colored help. 1.-THE Dam
bury News mathematician says that a
Smith dies every fifteen minutes.
Raleigh Observer: Commissions were
Yesterday issued to B. f. Logan and Silas
McBee as Lieutenant-C Colonel and Major of
the End Battalion n. c. s. G.
For throat distempter, CRATE fine a small
green wild turnip, or, if dry, give a heap
ing spoonful, mixed with bran or oats.
Never fails. Good for cough also.
Unknown men attempted to abduct Mr..
Jaffray, a prominent merchant of Toronto,
Canada, on September I'd. By a desperate
hand to hand fight he escaped.
A solution OF carbolic acid in 800 pc rts of
water has been found effective for scab. A
strong decoction of tobacco is a good wash
also.
trees are blossoming again, and the budding
of flowers reminds one of the coming of
spring.
A benevolent lady of New Orleans, aged
at that, Mrs. Margaret Haughery, has CON
tributed $5O1 for the support OF the Hood
orphans.