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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14

A YOUTHFUL COUPLE. sewing machine
agent in driving through Monroe county
Kentucky, drew up before cottage and
asked beardless, 16 year-old boy standing
in the yard if his mother was at home. She
is. but she dent live here. y he answered
I'm the head of this house, Findin q
the boy married, the agent went inside and
encountered child. who saio she WIS the
boys wife, and that when she was married
she was not IL years Old ''What on earth
did YOU two marry forf' asked the agent.
''What DO other folks marry for. the
child replied The boy said that he inten-
ded to buy sewing machine for his wife
when she got old enough to sew. Come
around in three or four years he said, and
I'll take one
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14
For the FARMER AND MECHANIC
Pre-AdamiteS.

Seeing In your last number an article en-
dorsing Prof Winchell, OF Michigan, in his
pre- Adamite theorp, 1t Is only fair that your
readers should see the other side as pre-
sented by Southern scientist Of no mean
fame-James {. Southall. Our object is
simply to quote In an editorial in the
Central Prcstyt@tan reviewing Wincheli's
book, he says: His position is that the
black races are pre-Adamlc. IL Is pure
speculation for which there Is no necessity.
Theoiogcally it is fatal sctenttfcaUy It rests
on no fucts There IS not Onc par
ticle Of erttlence Of any man older than the
'ralaeolithic' man, to VIII Jul Prof Winchell
assigns an antiquity Of something exceeding
6, 900 years ago This paaeolt hic man
included, according to Prof. Winchel, the
white and yellow races. Now there is not
shred of evidence for anything in the human
shape older. Even Boyd Dawkins in his re-
cent work on Early Man in Britain gives
it up. But Prof Winchelrs theory is that
in the Tertiary Age there was a tract Of
land now submerged, between Africa and
India, from which the black races originated.
There is not trace of evidence to sustain
him 1t is only wild conjecture. Finding
no trace of such being on the present con-
tinents, he guesses that there Is a submerg-
ed cont nent in the Indian ocean. The re
cent deep sea soundings of the Challenger
expedition refute the hypothesis. Dr.
Carpenter expressly afhrms that these ex-
plorations of the ocean depths establish the
fact that there are no lost continents and
this has always been Dana's view
70 the statement that christians must not
be afraid of scientific investigations, DR..
Southal responds: Certainly and who is
afraid For our part we believe in the
widest investigation. But then, when men
teach for science ,0hdt Is not science shall
we put our hands on our mouths, and say
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14

The HEATHEN CHINEE'S HiCKoREE.-
Rev. Dr. NJ #. Yates writes to the Record
''The bamboo which abounds in the Cen
trail and Southern provinces is perhaps the
most remarkable product of this or any
other country. Every hamlet has its BAN
boo grove. 1t is admired and prizcd for
its beauty and utility. No landscape or
fancy painting IS complete without its
clump Of bamboos. 1t is applied to more
uses than any other plant or tee in any
part of the world. And while it is the
hardest of any known wood, it grows to full
size and height, sometimes 40 feet in one
season, and within one or two months
have known it 10 grow in my own yard, by
actual measurement, 26 inches in n hours
during very wet season. 1t takes year
or two to h, arden and become fit for all pur-
poses. a volume could he written on the
uses of the bamboo. When it shoots forth
full size from the ground, and only s or 10
inches high it is cut up and widely used as
vegetable. 1t is very delicate ani has the
flavor of green corn. When it shoots up
20 or 80 feet high and full of sap, it is beat
en- into pulp from which the main st ock
Of paper is made. When it is fully mat
ured, it is cut and sold in the market, for
house building and roofing poles, boats,
masts and ribs for junk sails, boat hooks
and flag and spear statfs, poles for carrying
loads, single and double, for posts and
wicker work fences for manufacturing beds
couches, chairs, tables, trunks, baskets,
brushes, and in fact for every thing useful
aud ornamental, that required strength and
durability combined with lightness, from
the ridge pole of a house to tooth-pick.
And such is its nature that it can be split
into finger or coarser splits and fwiste1
into cables of great strength and used for
Junk cables or RATS, or anywhere, where
they can be kept in the water. Indeed
do not see how the Chinese could manage
without bamboo. 1t seems to be a provis-
ion Of nature to take the place ofwood, OF
wood which this country has to great ex-
tent, been denuded for so many ages.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14


The prices which the manufacturers in the
Eastern States make the American people
pay for their goods are net, and cannot bc.
less INT are. and must lie. something more
than At PER cent. in addition TO british
prices or else how could the Britisher pay
an average OF 42t per cent. duties. aud
still make profit on what he sends TO
America! Ii the plices paid by the Wes-
tern farmer to the manufacturers OF the
Eastern States only exceeded British prices
by. saw - per cent. no British goods, hav-
ing ~ pay 42i per cent. import duties,
could possibly be sent 10 the United States.
The very fact of large imports being poured
IN. year after year as shown IN table ut p.
8. for 1879, in spite OF the AZ per cent.
duty for admsSi IN makes it clear that the
prices in America must be at least % per
cent in excess of thse current in England
or else those sendings would leave a loss
and would be discontinued. Those impor
tations, be it noted, are not titful or inter
militant, but are, though tiuctuating in
amount constant in their recurrence. The
continuous overflow, however slight, Of
tank is clear evidence of its being full and
in the same way, the CONTINUOUS importa
i'm of goods burleEed with Al per cent.
duty is clear evidence that the ordinary
prices Of such goods in the importing coun-
try mnst keep sufficiently high to make
such importations profitable.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14
STATE oF NORTH CAROLINA, /,
Bertie County. !
Wilt II. Hughes, Admin. of J
Simon L. Hughes ?
against
In the Superior Court.
Petition to sell land
for assets.

Matthew ". White and wife Mary c. White, Nancy A.
Highs, Matthew L. Hughes, Mary Hughes, Pen
elope Newbern, Sallie Newbepu, Wm Benz amin
Pugh. Angie Eniline Pugh and John Pugh.
Heirs at law
1t appearing to the Court that the defendants VIM
Benjamin Pugh, Angie milne Pugh and John Pugh,
above named nOnresidents OF this State, and reside
at Tasboro, Lewis county, KY 1t is therefore herepy
ordered that they appear before at my Office in
Windsor, or beIo the seth day of Oc1 1880, aud
answer the petition of plaintiff, iulRmeut viii bo
granted for sale OF the land prayed for And that
this notice be published for six weeks in the Farmer
and Mech mic newspaper, published III the City
of Raleigh i'll the 2n Judicial District.
Witness. Vim. Z. Gurley, Clerk of Superior Court, at
Office in Windsor tn l7tI day OF September, \. ID.
1870. WM. Z. CUR EE,
Sep 20 6s. :. {. Clerk.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14

sumo, and those which they would pay
were foreign articles admitted duty tree.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14

The HEATHEN CHIMES HICKoREE.-
Rev. DIR. NJ +. Yates writes to the Record
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14

The GREATEST BLEssING.-A simple,
pure, harmless remedy, that cures every
time, and prevents disease by keeping the
blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and
liver active, is tie greatest blessing ever
conferred upon man. Hop Bitters is that
remedy, and its proprietors are being blessed
by thousands who have been saved and
cured by it. Will you try it. See orher
column.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14

CHARLESTON October "A serious affair
occurred near Sumter, IN this State, to day,
between Julius \. Boyd and his son on one
SIDE and b II. Huss"y and his wife on the
other. resulting in the shooting of:he eld
Boyd lib the stomach and Of his son in he
thigh Iusscy was shot in tn. knee.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14
BINGHAM SCHOOL.
MFBANENILLE. Y. G..
ESta bliShed in 1893,

II Pre- Eminent among Southern Bo4rl,uS
schools Tor boys, in numbers and area
For Catalogue, givin illl pIrtic lar-, al trrss,
IL z RINLfH NJ
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-14

Greenville Ecpress: Reuben Hardy, col
ored. has been sent to the Penitentiary
twenty yea 3 for burning, about year ago,
the barn of the late Gen Bryan Grimes.
, 1880-03-06
A coon DOCTOR.

Surprise parties have been much less fire.
quent this season than in former years.
This will doubtless be interpreted by optl
mists as an evidence that the world is
growing better. and that wicked men and
women are growing convinced that surprise
parties are a form OF crime which admits
OF capitalization, and are, therefore dsyoting
themselves to burglary, poisoning, and
other lesser and more exccsabls offences.
, 1880-03-06
IRONCLADS OF ITALY.
From the 81. Thomas Times

Insfha Duili0, whose speed trial on Sa-
tn,iay was a gratifying success, Italy may
\ claim 10 have The most formidable fighting
vessel in the world. Brgun ut Ca>telIa-
mare in 1872, Set al IA in 1876, steamed
"a Spezia ia 1875, aud now complete. the
DuiEo though constt ucted on . prod'giouS
scale az to size, equipment, armour, and
armament, has %Singularly fulfilled. at
svery stage, thu predictions Of her design
ers ant builders, Eer draught, speed, aud
banefy power closely tailyIng in practice
with the calculated results. Her sister
ship, the Dandolo, h year or more behind
her IN progress OF construction and pros.
pective complexion, will no doubt repeat
her success, so that whatever Is said Of the
Dnlio as a war ship must be doubled in
every detail III considering the new fight
4 ing strength put at the disposal OF the
italian Navy. Built of iron and steel, the
Daaio bas a double bottom for over two
thirds of her length, divided Into many
water.tlght compartments, any one of
which can be quickly filled or drained.
She is 339 feet s inches long, Ga feet
y inches broad, has a draught aft of about
d 26 teet, q displacement at deep load line of
10 $50 tons. The weight of her hull
alone is about $500 tons on this is grit
% inches of steel armour. continued more
than FIVE feet below water-line, the armour
weighing upwards of $500 tons. Two
revolving turrets contain each two Arm
atrong l00-ton guns, as they are called,
their actual weight being a little greater F.;
stha total weight Of the four guns, with
their machinery and ammunition, is nearly
= thousand tons. From the bow projects
saheavy ram 9 feet long, immersed IA feet
below the load-line ; hidden in the stern,
ready to be driven out at once against an
eaemy's ship, is a Thorneycroft torpedo
: boat. about 20 feet long and claiming a
speed lot 21 knots !; the Duilio also has
machinery for discharging Whitehead
ptorpedoes. This big mastless ship is dbl
ven by twin screws. The engines, which
are those of John Penn & Sons, have $500
Indicated horsepower ; the Dandolo's en-
eiaes are MandsIays, and develop the same
spQseE Thse1 maximum speed OF each was
ss(t "a 'ats14 knots, the cable mentions
III "a attained by; the Dailio sssl4
6ikh six-sevenths power Assuming
tbls tomean nautical miles, the contract
, 1880-03-06
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06

A grand masquerade ball will be
given in Ceutentemial Hall, Friday
evening, January 20th, under the aus
pices of Winnemucca Hose Company
No. |, which is a sufficient guarantee
that it Will be success so far as the
Firemen can make it So 1t is prob
able that costumer from San Fran
cisco will come here with an assert
ment OF costumes, masks, dominoes
ect., to supply the demand for the
occasion, as a committee has been APP
pointed to correspond with costumers
relative to the matter. Good music
has been engaged for the ball, and
nothing viii be left undone to make it
the grauiest affair of the year. The
price Of tickets, admitting gentleman
and ladies, has been fixed at 81 80, and
supper will be served at the Central
Hotel
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.
Something of Interest 20 Women
Felix's.

A housekeeper, who has tried them,
recommends the following recipes:
To clean raisins-wipe them with a
dry towel. Never wash them, for it
will make cakes or buildings heavy.
The water used in mixing bread must
be tepid. If it is too hot the loaves
will be full of holes.
In making a crust of any kind do not
melt the shortening. Let it be as cold
as possible, and knead it through the
flour. Melting it Injuries the crust.
TO make clothes line pliable
it an hour or two before using it. Let
it dry in a warm room, and do not al
low it to "kink."
To clean nnc-Rub on fresh lard
with cloth, and wipe dry.
To remove rust from stovepipe-
Rub with linseed oil "a little goes a
good way), build slow fire at first till
it dries. Oil in. the spring to prevent
it from rusting.
Paint sla3hed upon window glass can
be easily removed by strong solution
OF soda.
A flannel cloth dipped in warm soap
suds, then into whiting, and applied to
paint, will instantly remove all grease.
To take ink spots out of linen-Dip
the ink spot into pure melted tallow,
then wash out the tallow and the ink will
come out with it. This is said to be
unfailing.
To remove grease from wall paper
Lay several folds of blotting paper on
the spot, and hold hot iron near it
until the grease is absorbed.
To clean brass-immerse or wash it
several times with sour milk or whey;
this will brighten it without securing,
it may then be secured with wooden
cloth dipped in ashes.
Ii broons are wet in boiling suds
once a week they will become very
tough, will not cut carpet, will last
much longer, and always sweep Ike a
new broom.
New linen may be embroidered more
easily by rubbing it over with fine
white soap; it. prevents the threads
from cracking.
To remove starch or rust from fat
irons-Have e piece of yellow beeswax
tied in coarse cloth; When the iron is
almost hot enough to use, but not quite,
rub it quickly with beeswax, and then
with a clean coarse cloth.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
why VIII You

Allow cold to advance in your system
and thus incur more serious maiadies,
such as pneumonia, hemorrhage and
lung troubles, when an immediate re-
lief can be so readily attained. Bos-
CHEFS GERMAN SYRUP has gained the
largest sale in the world for the cure of
coughs, colds and the severest lung di-
seases. 1t is DR.. Boschee's famous
German prescription, and is prepared
with the greatest care, and no fear need
be entertained in administering it to
the youngest child, as per directions.
The sale of this medicine is unprece-
dented. Since first introduced there
has been constant increasing demand,
and without single report of a failure
to do it's work in any case. Ask your
druggist as to the truth of these re-
marks. Large size Is cents. Try and
be convinced.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
SPECIAL LOCALS.
Mothers. Mothers.: Mothers.:,

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering
and crying with the excruciating pain
of cutting teeth! If SO, go at once
and get a bottle of Mrs. MISSIONS
SOOTHING SYRCP. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer immediately--de-
pend upon it; there is no mistake about
it. There is not mother on earth who
has ever used it who will not tell you at
once that it will regulate the bowels,
and give rest to the mother, and relief
and health to the child, operating like
magic. 1t is perfectly safe to use in
all cases, and pleasant to the taste, and
is the prescription of one OF the oldest
and best female physicians and nurses
in the United states Sold every
where. % cents a bottle. jal2-ly
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06

c. w. Hymer, now in the County
Jail, sends us the following for publ
cation:
"Many people of small minds and
limited resources find great pleasure in
talking over the affairs of others. The
slightest and most unimportant event
in social life is talked about and held up
over other things which have happened,
before deductions are made and conclu-
sons drawn, favorable or unfavorable,
as the case may be. How eagerly they
discuss characters and assign motives
frequently doing incalculable harm
by unjust and untruthful statements.
1t is not improving, to say the least, to
permit the attention to be engrossed
by the consideration of the personal
matters of those with whom we come
in contact. 1t is habit which grows
rank with indulgence, often overshad-
owing and choking all that is noble in
ones nature. One OF the best preven-
tatives for gossip is to associate as
much as possible with busy, intelligent
people. Such persons are sure to have
enough to talk about; some interesting
fact Of general interest to present;
some subject which will lead the
thought out into wider and deeper
channels.
Talking in itself is not Objectionable.
The important matter is what you talk
about. Now, why could not you, who
pride yourselves on being posted in all
society matters and chit-chat, try the
experiment, and use your conversa-
tional powers in other directions. En-
deavor to talk about things and not
people. There are SO many things
which would interest you if You knew
more about them. Do you know all
about the public charities in your town,
how they are managed and what they
are doing? Do you know how the
schools are conducted, or what the in
hucnces are to which your children are
exposed while they are ont from under
your eye? Do you realize what rava-
ges incompetence is making among our
talented and brilliant young people ?
Do you understand the application of
sanitary laws to the publication and
well being of your own homes? 1t IS
easy to find in your circle of acquaint-
ances men and women who are deeply
interested in and well informed on these
and kindred subjects, who would very
gladly talk with You about them.
From them you could get ideas which
would start new trains of thought in
your own mind, and change entirely
your whole tone of conversation.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
LOCAL INTELLEGEN CE.


Professor Plummer drew full house
to the NJ. f. Church last night, and a
more delighted audience never congre-
gated here or anywhere else. The Sc
lections for the occasion, aside from the
admirable manner in which they Were
rendered, wdwe various enough to suit
the tastes Of all classes, while the UNI
rivaled versatility and powers of MINI
icry of the speaker enabled him to jump
from grave IS gay and from lively to
severe passages instantaneously so that
his hearers could scarcely realize that
it was one and the same person who
addressed them during the entertain
ment. All that the Professor said was
well said, and said as only he could say
it, but his description of a cayote, in
imitation of Mark Twain, was so true
to life that those of his hearers, who
had seen the skulking, cowardly, sneak
ing, grinning, lank and hungry looking
beast of the desert, showed their appre-
citation of the piece and the manner in
which it was rendered, by continued
rounds of applause. Mr.. Plummer
occupies feld peculiarly and distinct
lively his own, and is without rival in
his profession. He is whole show in
himself, and a right good one too, and
we doubt if ever an audience left hall
better pleased with an entertainment
than that which left the church last
night after seeing and hearing him for
an hour and forty minutes without in
remission.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
Shipping ElOur.

Two teams belonging to Alex Wise
and Charles kemler, left here to-day
for Nye County, loaded with 10000
pounds of flour from the Winnemucca
mills \ stranger unacquainted with
the country would scarcely believe that
-four is an article Of export from Hum
boldt County.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
Meeting Called.

Those who subscribed money to build
the refrigerator slaughter-house are re-
Guested to meet at Centennial Hall Sat-
urday evening, February 7th, at 6
o'clock. All subscribers are requested
to attend, as business of Importance
viii be brought before the meeting.
SUBSCRIBER.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
Attachment salt.
Hotel.

b, o. Hanger, by his attorneys Bon
nifield and Mcmillan, has brought suit
in the District Court against w. A. J.
Seals, who recently commenced bust
ness here, to recover S795, 55 alleged to
be due him from defendant on prom
issory note.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06

J. d. Minor, ex-Secretary of State,
and well known to every old Hum
boldter, has been appointed Foreman
of the Consolidated Pacific mine at
Bodie. We hope that Jim will soon be
promoted to the Superintendency.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
The Grand Jury.

The Grand Jury will meet tomorrow
at 10 o'clock A. M. by order Of the Fore
man. As it is the close of the current
term of Court, it is probable that the
jury will submit its final report and be
discharged.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
The MRafiner.

While they are having terrific snow
storms in the Atlantic States, the
weather here is as pleasant as it well
could be in this latitude at this season
OF the year.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
Personal Notes.

Justice C. S. Osborn left to-day for
San Francisco.
J. M. Brown, of Unionville, is in
town. He says all the mills IN that
camp are running.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06

A beautiful three stsne diamond ring,
perfect gem of an ornament, worth
$40; price 500, at Uncle Harris, 22l
Kearny Street, between Bush and SUIT
ter, San Francisco.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
Cattle shipping.

Peter French ships to San Francisco
this evening twenty-five carloads of
beef cattle.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-02-06
Hay and Dairy Ranch
FOR SALE.

For sale, Hay and Dairy Ranch, one-hal
q nile east OF Willow Point, Paradise Valley,
Nevada, containing $50 acres OF Meadrw Lsnd
q large, new Dwelling House, Dairy House,
Barn, Corrals, and other 0ut-buldings; also,
Mower, Hay Rake, Tools, etc. This property
will be sold cheap for cash, or exchanged for
other movable property.
For further particulars, apply at this office,
or of the undersigned, at the ranch.
The property will be sold at bargain, as |
want to engage in other business
f4.tf j. r. whitaker.