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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19

The State Convention of Druggist met in
Raleigh Wednesday. There was full at
tendance T. G.. Smith, Esq, of this city
was elected permanent Secretary. Meet in
Newbern next year.
A peach tree grows in Rockingham coun-
ty, North Carolina, that sprung from the
seed of peach that the late Gen Garland
held in his hand when he was killed at
Boonsboro He was eating peach when
he was shot down, and Capt. Guerrant got
the seed and planted it on his place in
Rockingham. Gen. Garland was greatly
beloved by Pender's old brigade he was
walking with Col. Tom Rufin, the time he
was shot. they exposed themselves 100 near
yankee sharpShooters and Garland fell in
Ruffin's sarms.-Reidsville ines.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19

New YORK August I'D. +. Edgar
Hunt of Glen Garden. New jersey. was
robbed of S35, 00O Of St. Joseph & Denver
City Railaoad bonds last night, bv burg
lars who broke inc his house and blew
open safe where the securities were kept.
He was aroused bv the expssion. but bc.
fore he could reach the safe-room the burg
lars had dis appeared with their booty. II :
ward of one Thousand dollars is off.rc f1r
their apprehension.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19

Godsboro Messenger: We hear of many
clever citizens who intend moving their
families to Goldsooro since the graded school
is established I'VE regret To learn
that the crops in Onslow are considerably
damaged by too much rain, cotton espe-
cially go. -Therc is to be an excursion
to Asheville the eth of August Tickets
good for twenty days. ~ sad accident
occurred on Sunday last. Little James
Thomas. the five year old son of Mr. Wm.
G. Hollowel. was kicked just over the
stomach by mule, receiving Injuries FROM
which he died Monday Morning
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19
1T,HOMASvlLLEF Female COLLEGE
ThomasviIIe, Davidson Co., N. G.

The TwentY-Sixth Annual Session begins August
25th, 1880. Thorough work in Literary, Music and
Art Departments. Complete course, high standard
and moderate charges. accommodations fer over
hundred boarding pupils. Board SO per month. For
catalogue address
july 22-6t. III. w. REL NHART, Prnci pal.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19
4 DN f RTIS NTS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
At Chanel Hill.

The 17lst Session begins Aug. %, $780, and ends
Juae 2, 1881.
Total expenses, $40 to S233. Regular courses of
study lead TO A. B. Ph and b. s. special and op-
tional ecuIng certic ates and diplomas,
also open to students.
Law and Medical Schools are attached to the Uni
yersi y Address, T.. P. BA TILE, l.. l.. ID.
aug l2-tf. President
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19

.'arsis' speech at Fayetteville is sad to
have been his best.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24

cessor One day Nj. Tyler said: ssDade.
Il should like to appoint you, but they
tell me that yeu drink too much.'' .sIs
that all they say about me9' responded
tDade.. Mr.. Tyler smiled, and observed,
Il think, in all conscience, that is
enough" mo, sir!" answered the in
dignant Dade. when people talk about
me, want them to tell the truth, sir!
they should have told you, sir, that there
is no gentleman ia the city of Washing
ton SO thirsty as | am" Mr.. Tyler, in
the goodness of his heart, could resist no
longer, and cold Dade'' was commits
stoned warden of the penitentiary. When
he took charge he had all of the convicts
called up, and made this brief speech to
them: "Boys, I'm your boss. If you'll
behave yourselves like gentlemen, I'll
treat you as such; but, if you don't Ill
turn every mothers son of you OUT
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
Varnish on the Church Pews.

F There was quite scene at one OF the
churches last Sunday. 1t seems that
during the vacation the seats had been
newly vanished, and somehow the var
nish was not right, as it was terribly
sticky. You know that when you pull
anything off of sticky varnish it cracks.
Well, the audience had ali got seated,
when the minister got up to give out the
hymn, and as the basement Of his trous-
ers let loose Of the varnish of his chair
there was a noise like killing fly on the
wall.with palm-lcaf fan. The minister
looked around at the chair to see if he
was all present, ard that no guilty mans
pants had escaped, and read the hymn.
The choir rose with sound Of revelry,
and after the tenor had swallowed loz-
onge, and the bass had coughed up a
piece of frog, and the alto had hammed
ana the soprano had shook out her polon-
aise to see If the varnish showed on the
south side, the audience began to rise.
One or two deacons got up first, with
sounds like picket firing in the distance
on the eve Of battle, and then few
more got up, and the rattling OF the un-
Welding varnish sounded as though the
fight was becoming more animated, and
then the whole audience got on its feet
at once with sound Of rafting musket-
ry. The choir sang, "Hold the Fort.
When the orchestra had concluded the .[l
people sat down gingerly, the services !! e
were short, and al went home praylng
for the man that painted the seats.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
Some (;urlOus (1unS.

The museum Of old guns and other
small arms at the armory in Springfield,
Mass, is probably the fullest and most
curious Of any in this country, except
the one at Washington. First in the list
of old guns is a Wheelock rifle, wound
up like clock, made by Gottsfed Flem-
ing in 1920. On the lock-plate is bat
tie scene between Turks with bows and
arrows and Europeans with swords.
Another is a curious Albanian smooth
bore fint-lock, used even to-day BY the
Turkish mountaineers and peasantry.
An old Arab fint-lock has square piece
Of ivory so fitted to the butte the stock
that the gun can be balanced in an up
right position in the Arabs tent. One,
MATCHBOX, made in the fourteenth
century, is the oldest gun in this coun-
try. It is discharged by lighted tow or
flax on the hammer, drawn to the vent
by hand.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
A Chinese Court.

At Shanghai, says the PAU Mall Gd-
zette, where we and some other European
nations and the United States have estab-
lishments, ma tives are dealt with by what
is called a s'mlxed court.'' It is so called
no doubt, because a European or Amer
ican consul or other resident sits with the
Chinese Judge; but in other respects it
has little pretention to its title, for its
course of procedure and its punishments
appear to be of Chinese barbarism, un-
mixed with any European sense of hu-
manity. Thus, prisoner who refuses to
divulge the names of his accomplices. is
orders to receive fifty blows on the face;
and if these administered apparently on
the spot fail to overcome bis contumacy
another fifty may be ordered. Beating
the ankles with hammers, and kneeling
on chains with feet braced up, are other
methods of persuasion which are en-
ployed by this mixed tribunal, graced as
it is by the countenance and sanction or
an officer of some great Christian power.
According to tabulated report, pre-.
pared by Mr.. E. Parry tor the supreme
court and "Consular Gazette" the pun
ishments consist of terrible toggings, or
else of the cangue, or heavy table, in
which the wearer's neck is inclosed, ,and
which prevents him from lying down or
feeding himself. That such practices
should go on from years end to years
end with the placid acquiescence of in
fuential European communities seems
hardly credible. 1t is to be hoped, at
all events, that they will not long sur
vive the publicity which Mr.. Parry has
given them. If the European assessor
IS to sit on the judgement seat, simply to
give the countenance OF civilization and
Christianity to the stupid and horrible
barbarities of the Chinese-to concur
with mandarin in administering blows
on the mouth or hammering the ankles
of prisoners who refuse to confess or to
"peach'- sooner he is removed from
so shameful post the better for himself
and the civilized power which he re-
presents "
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
What it Costs to be Funny.
Oliver Wendell Holmes informs us tn
ut Is q very serious thing
To he a funny man."

1T is very serious thing
To be funny man."
and most of those who have ever gained
reputation tor wit, or made the &C.
quaintancc of one of those prefer natur-
ally solemn and funeral-looking indi-
viduals whose lives are made miserable
by the consciousness that the public
looks to them for a diurnel dose of dis
guised physic in the shape of jokes, can
corroborate the genial Doctors state.
ment.
The responsibility entailed by repu-
tation for being a perennial fount of
spontaneous humor, is enough to make
man prematurely aged. He must con-
stantly MAINTAIN a high-water mark of
hilarity, and occasionally surpass him
self.
Not satisfied with his professional
efforts in this line, he is expected to
scatter jests around him in his daily
walk and conversation, to write neatly
turned epigrams for young ladies' al
buns, and to scintillate at social enter
tainments.
If he is invited out to dinner, it is a
tacit understanding that he shall pay for
the meal by his humor, and it behoves
him to 90 plentifully provided with a
stock Of extempore puns and conun-
drums, to be dispensed at appropriate
intervals. If he does not feel up to the
mark, his host will probably spur up his
Tagging energies with the remark that
he is unusually dull, or some other
pleasing reminder Of his breach of i'm
| piled contract.
A fearful warning against the social
perils of humorist's career is conveyed
in the anecdote of the gentleman who
habitually earned his dinners by his wit,
and on one occasion Of temporary absent
mindedncss was recalled to sense OF
his duties to society by the following
message, delivered in an audible tone
by the daughter of the hostess:
"Mamma's compliments to Mr.. --,
and she wishes to know when he is
going to be funnyv
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
An Example for Office Seekers.

The great number Of Wings who had
swarmed from Virginia to Washington at
the Inauguration Of Harrison, in search of
offices. and who had not been successful,
when Mr.. Tyler became President were
very importunate, ,ssays an article in the
atlantic. Prominent among them was
~Old Dade,'' as he was called by allwho
knew him, who was born, near stheSspot
made famous by the surrender of Corn
wallis, and who was an applicant for the
position of warden of the district peni-
tentiary. Before he received his appoint
ment, President Harrison died, and "Old
Dade" then began to importune his sue
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
. Women;s Headaches.

One of our English contemporaries hal
wisely been devoting some thought and
space to the common and very distressing
fact that great many English women
suffer from headache. The same trouble
prevails In America, and men, no matter
how selfish they may be, are deeply con-
cerned about it. for wife with lead
ache cannot be companionable, the best
of sweethearts with headache is sure
to be unreasonable, while lady who
has neither husband nor other special
cavalier to engross her atten ton can luln
the peace of mind of every one she meets
while she has headache Of perceptible
size. No amount of masculine grumbllng
is likely to change all this, but women
themselves might change itit they would
comprehend the cause of the malady and
then apply their nimble wits to the work
of prevention OF cure. The trouble is that
all Amer1can women who have headaches
live indoors, where the best air is never
good, and the worst is poison, and they
have none of the exercise which save men
from the popular feminnei malady. Were
strong man to eat breakfast at any or
binary American table and then sit down
to a k.table or machine, or even
move about briskly from one room to
another, he would have splitting head
ache before noon, and the chatter of his
innocent children would seem to be the
jargon of fends. The midday meal
would increase his wretchedness, and by
| dusk he would be stretched in misery
upon his bed, with one hand mopping
his forehead with ice water while the
| other would threaten with club or pistol
any one who dared to enter the room or
| make noise outside. There is no reason
why women should not suffer just as Sc
verely for similar transgresslons ofphysi-
cal law. True, indoor life IS compulsory
for large portion of every day, but spe-
cial physical exercise in a well-aired room
is within the reach of almost every woman,
and so is brisk walk in garments not
so tight as to prevent free respiration.
There is very little complaint of head
ache at summer resorts, where windows
are always open and games and excursions
continually tempt women who do not
value complexion more than health.
Girls who ride, row, sail and shoot seldom
have headaches; neither do those un-
fortunate enough to hoe potatoes or play
Maud Muller in hay fields. Let women
of all social grades remember that the
human machine must have reasonable
treatment and be kept at work or play
to keep it from rusting; then headaches
will be rare enough to be interesting
Neav York Herald.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
A Shetland Housewife.

We found Kirstie up to her eyes in
work and Importance. In the middle OF
the kitchen stood a long, tub-like ma
chine about yard high and foot and "a
half in diameter, narrowing at the top,
and Kirstie, laboring with a charn, staff,
was conjuring cream into butter. A
strong. g.red-cheeked country girl, Kirstie's 8
fag, was looking on and Kirstie would
allow her occasionally to take turn at
the staff, standing over hertto see that 1t
was properly done. This churn staff was
being vigorously worked up and. down.:
to a distinct 'rythm or measure,
without which K;rstie. would not have
believed in the butter that came.
AS she churned she shot forth her re-
marks to one or another, and we escaped
not her quick penetration and sharp wit
when she refused to believe that the seal
had been left behind to be stuffed. She
had Just been making batch. OF scones,
thirty OF forty of them, and while churn-
ing superintended the baking and turn
ing in the oven. Delicious they were,
though made of coarse meal of dull dun
color; meal that had probably been
ground in one of the little Shetland mills
dotted about the country. acknowl-
edged their merit when she offered me
one hot, smoking and vel! buttered, and
asked tor compliment upon the light
ness of her hand. Soon, too, the con
tents Of the churn diminished, condensed,
and the butter from which the milk had
presently to be pressed, came in answer
to the measured call of the churn staff =
that wordless song Of the dairy.-7he
Ao.n1e1
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
Necessity of Cleanliness.

AS rule, every boy and girl, every
young man and woman who will, can
have clean clothes, q clean body, clean
face, clean hands and feet, clean teeth,
and clean, sweet breath. Now, in your
own mind, contrast cleanliness with its
opposite. If we were only seeking to
please the eye, the former is worth all
the care necessary to secure it; we go
farther than this, however. No one can
be careless of his person. and unclean in
his habits, without producing or perpet-
uating like disorders in mind, and i'll all
he does. Our bodies are covered with
innumerable pores OF holes, SO small
that the naked eye cannot see them, and
through these there is, or should be, a
constant passage of ettete dead matter.
In warm weather we are made sensible
of the fact by the perspiration which
stands upon our faces and hands, or sat
urates our clothes. This effort of the
system to cleanse itself inside is con-
slant. whether we know it ornot. Sup
pose, now, that you neglect to keep youl
body clean outside; these little holes
are stopped, the dead matter whic]!
should come out is kept in, the blood
becomes impure, the brain wearies OF
gets lazy, we are lazy all over; then we
get slack and careless we do not like tc
study or think, even Of nice things, and
so we are injured all through if we dc
not keep the surface of the body clear.
OF course, while we are at work or play,
we get our clothes, face and hands
soiled, and sometimes our whole bodies
are covered with dust and perspiration
then what a luxury it is to bathe II
is not bad that we sometimes get dirt or
us while doing our duty, but it is bad te
be careless and let it remain there.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24
"AND THOU HAST, VOTED"

) Letter from Brooklyn young lady to a
Boston miss who exercised the right of gsuf.
rage:l
And thou hast voted! What didst thou wear
When thou didst vote? How was it trim
med!
What thine arrangement of thine hair?
Alas that fate should SO have limned
NV life in shadows dun aud black
That I can't be party hack!
And thou hast voted! Describe the hat
Thou worest. Indeed, it should be white
To mark the era by thy toll begat-
An era of acquittal from the blight
Which man, the tyrant, seeks to place
On all sweet, lovely woman's race.
And thou hast voted! Didst thou wear street
Or evening costume at the polls?
Did high-laced shoes begirt thy Boston feet,
Or buttoned boots with heavy sOles!
O glorious suffrage! Heavens gift
To lend down.trodden girls lift!
Didst thy dress trail, or was it short,
When thou didst put thy ballot in?
Didst cut it bias, or didst gore t?
Vast hauled we'll aft ana caught with pin
Alas that have all that thou hast,
And more, and yet cannot vote cast.
Have not dresses short and long?
Have not aspirations high?
Then why should so suffer wrong?
Why sat upon by men am /?
Why limit suffrage to pants, vest and coat!
Why should not silks and cotton vote?
Men call me angel, swear I'm blest,
Pure as maiden ballot box;
And yet I'm not correctly dressed
When would utter fenai'a6e v01,
The very paper have on to-day
Forbids my suffrage, now, alway! ----
And thou hast voted! Write to me, .l .
And tell me what the people said
When thou walkedst up. "a like to see
Just how thou lookedst from heel to head
For regard thee more than human
P. 81 hope you didn't vote for woman.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24

swas so sozaccpstomedsto stosit, th9tsshesaNOu
have missed it and not felt ltnatnia1 With
ont being wound up and set going for
the day By Nabby.
Que day latesin the winter, Nabbyl was
washing tor Mrs. Hosley.
$50 you've taken Josiah back again,
after all,' said Mrs. Hosley.
.sWell, yes, I have" !" said Nabby, Civ
ing last twist in the sheet she was
wringing out, ssJosiah mayn't be very
much to brag Of: but then, you see, he's
my own, and all I've got. We're getting
to be old folks, Josiah and me, and we
may as we'll put up with each other the
little while we've got to stay here.''
"How has he been doing since he came
back9'
"First rate. He's walked as straight
as string ever since. He'sa good pro-
WIDER, and now he's quit drinkin', and q
master hand for fxin' up things around
the house and MAXIM it comfortable. I
tell you what tits, Mrs. Hosley, we've got
to make 'lowances for folks in this world.
We can't have 'em always jest to our
mind. We've got to take 'em Jest as
they are, and make the best on't.''
."I'm glad to see you SO much happier
and better contented, Nabby."
"Well, used to fret and complain q
good deal because things hadn't turned
out as expected 'em to, but lately I've
thought good deal about it all, and
I've made up my mind that there's con-
siderable comfort for every one in this
world. after all. We maVn't git lest
what we want, but we git somethin'."
In this piece OF philosophy I believe
Nabby was about right.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24

Z a SHORT time ago the postal authors
ties at Vienna were startled by the re-
ceipt Of letter addressed to her Royal
and Imperial Highness Maria Theresa,
who died in 1880. The letter might
have been written by Rip Van Winkle,
and was 100 years too late. It was s, re-. t.
turned to the sender, marked s'dead.
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24

Two heads are better thas one if one is
a sleeps head" Nabby might have
been heard muttering out in the wood
house as she stopped painfully down,
picking up chips, by which oracular ut
terance I suspect she was thinking what
good supply Of kindlings Josia h
always kept on hand for her, and how
much more comfortable it was in the old
times coming home to house bright
with light and warmth, and Josiah's
welcome. ..-.
For Josiah cherished the most pro-
found admiration for Nabby-an admi-
ration not unmixed with awe. He thought
her most wonderful woman. She was
Just as beautiful to him now as in the
old counting days, before the brightness
and quickness of the black eyes had de-
generated into sharpness; before the
smiling mouth had acquired its hard,
firmly set expression, before there were
any wrinkles in the smooth forehead.
People had thought that Nabby had
done well in marrying Josiah Gould-a
pleasant, good-natured young fellow that
every one liked; a young mechanic, not
very rich, it is true; but with, a good
trade and with such a wife as Nabby,
there seemed Hothing to prevent his fig
ur1ng as tone of our first Citizens
Anybody can be somebody in this
country, if he is only determined. But
that was exactly the difficulty with Jo-
siah. He never was determined about
anything. He fell into the habit OF
drinking because he lacked sufficient
strength of will to avoid it. Then Nab
by's sharp words, and his own miserable
Bismarck tribune., 1880-12-24

AS~~>
and happiness, as he turned the griddle-
cakes, was something worth seeing
Nabby stepped briskly around getting
supper ready. 1t seemed so pleasant to
set the table for two again, to have some
one to appreciate her cooking. The
November. wind might howl its worst
now. Its hold on Nabby was gone. In
place of all the bitter sadness that hung
heavily around her heart, was a warm
feeling of happiness, OF comfort and
hope.
All the explanation they had was this.
Josiah drew from under his shabby coat
an exceedingly awkward and knobby
bundle. -.
1--WE brought some.hln' for you, Nab
BY" said he.
The 'somethin' ''Iundone, proved to be
a very handsome britannia teapot. The
teapot might have known that it was a
peace offering, with such preter-natural
brightness did it shine and glisten.
Something in Nabby's eyes shonc and
glistened, toe, although she winked hard
and scorned the weakness of pocket
handkerchief.'' ~
"Thank |you, Josiah" she said, it's a
regular beauty, and l shall set lots by it,
Which, so long as they understood
each other,was, perhaps, as well as if
Josiah had made a long worded speech
Of repentance and reformation, and
Nabby another of forgiveness. I wish I
could say that Nabbyg never scolded
Josiah again But I can't. However,
.sshe drew 1t mild,'; and there was q
general understanding between them
that was only sort OF exercise made
necessary by habit-a barking by no
involving means biting. And Josiah
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-11-02
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF JEFFER-
SON COUNTY,

In the interest of the county of Jefferson.
and her importance in the political forces ct
the State, l bog leave to call attention to the
fact that her relative strength is graduaNv
declining, while other counties in this CON.
grcssional district are stronger at every State
Convention. OF this We should have ne
Legitimate cause to complain, if our popula>
ton also was decreasing; but such is not the
truth; tho fact is that with an iacrcasiny
population, we are permitting our Demo.
cratic vote to diminish IN the aggregate. In
proof of this, l append the vote in Conven-
ton of this congressional district for the last
three quadrenuial elections-evcry hundred
Democratic votes, and every fraction of q
hundred over fifty, being entitled to one
representative vote in sonvention