The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-03

had been associated with her in the
said public scandals aforementioned.
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"Well, miss" said a knight of the
birch rod, ''can you decline a kiss p
Yes, SIR" said the girl, dropping q
perplexed courtesy, Il can; but | hate
to most p'aguily.'
John koop, a mIser of Houston,
Texas, died a few days ago of sta~vatjon,
leaving $4,000 IN real estate and
money. He hated women SO much tia,
he would not even rent his house To one
of them.
Bowling parties" is a new entertain
ment for ladies and gentlemen in Bos-
ton. They engage a bowling alley, IN
vite the matrons and spend IN evening
every week or fortnight IN the e1hiia
rating games of ten-pins.
A Michigan tailor recently eloped
with a young girl Of L., leaving behind
a wife and several children; and nov
his deserted wife has sued a local paper
For calling the ~elopement the work Ct a
'Michigander T%aiior's Goose"
Joe, my dear" said a fond wife to
her husband, who followed the pisca
tory profession, do brighten up a lit
tie you look SO sl~ovenly. Oh, what
an awful recollection it would DO for me
if you should get drowned looking So
A school girl saw a play performed at
San LUIS, Cal, in which the heroine
died by poison, alter suffering very
much from unrequited love. The girl
had an unhappy love affair OF her own,
and the peri rmance on the stage i'm
pressed her 50 deeply that she bought
arsenic on the way home and commit
ted suicide.
\ queer ease Of death from a too
strict observance OF discipline is report
ed from ST. Louis. Archibald Gibson,
second lieutenant, United States Caval-
ry, son OF Charles Gibson, a prominent
lawyer of that city, died at the residence
Of his father on Wednesday morning.
His death was caused by inflammation
of the brain, believed to be the result
of circumstances which occurred while
he was at West Point. One day while
on parade a spider got in 0 his ears.
By the rules he was not allowed to raise
his hand, and stood in the ranks more
than an hour. while the spider worked
its way into the ear. When dismissed
his ear was full of blood, and the insect
could not be removed for two days.
A remarkable case Of fasting is re
ported from Ipswich, England. The
wife of a gardener named Lockwso i
has not eaten "A pound Of solid food tol
the last year, aud for the last three
months has taken only a few drops OF
weak tea, less than a pint per month.
She is reduced to a skeleton, unable to
move her head or open her eyes or
mouth. She can moisten her lips with
the fingers Of her right hand, but other
wise is unable to move. She taints at
the least excitement and lies for hours
and days in a state of coma. In one
instance she laid SO for a fortnight.
When she desires to call attention she
signs deeply. When not insensible her
mental faculties are almos unimpaired.
Her physician says she suffers from
PRESSURE on the Train.
Professor Fort has presented the
question of premature intermenrsto tie
French Academy IN a paper 90 artificial
respiration. One fact he mentions is,
that he was enabled to restore to life a
child 3 years old by practising artificial
respiration on it some four hours, com
mencing three hours and a half after
apparent death. A similar case is re
ported by DR.. Fournol, of Billancourt,
who reanimatel a nearly-drowned per-
son after four hours of artificial respira-
ton. This person had been III the wa
ter ten minutes, aud the doctor arrived
one hour after asphyxia Professor
Fort advoc ates also the utility of artifi
cial respiration in order to eliminate the
poison from the lungs and gland.
Quite an adventure befel the steam
ers Passport ard Orldndo on Monday
night last. 1t will be remembered that
on that night there was a masquerade
ball at Smithville. At 2 O'Clock ia
the morning. when Capt. Ii. and a
friend, fatigued with the nights pleas
ure., started to go on board, they found
both boats missing. Capt. Harper and
his friend procured a pilots skif and
started u to hunt the missing steam
ers, and finally discovered them on the
shoals opposite Fort Fisher. The en-
gineer and fireman of the Passport were
in their berths asleep, and Captain
Williams and crew OF the Orlando
we're IN the same unconscious state,
when the boats were turned adritt.
When Capt Harper arrived in sight Of
the Steamers those on board Were in
the act of getting up steam, the jar OF
the boats when they struck upon the
shoals having awakened them. The
boats were gotten off the shoals
without much difficulty, ard steamed
back to Smithvilie The night was
intensely cold, and Capt. Harper and
his friend we're nearly frozen when they
got up with the missing steamers. 1t
seems that capt. Harper, as u OF the
managers, refused to allow certain OBJ
.jectionaole parties to participate IN the
ball, and suspicion rests upon them as
being the oncs who, in revenge for the
imagined slight. uuiasted the lines Of
the Passport and -et her adrift, carrying,
of course, the Orlando with her.-Nl.
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