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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

RiNGw GOD ITEMs.-A letter from
DR.. Geo. +. Mathews, toe late for lat
weeks paper, mentions that the Metho.
DIST Protestant congregation are erect
ing a church. DR.. Hall has located
10 town to practice his profession. -
[. Y. Avent, Esq, Of Nash, who last
year made 50 bales on 90 acres. with
three horses, will do equally As well
this year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

DEATHS.-Alnost ere the the merry
peals Of the wedding march had
CEASED TO echo in Christ church on
Thursday last, the toliing bell an
nouced the funeral cortege Of Mrs
John III. Bryan. age 80. one Of the
most estimable matrons Of the ancient
regime At Raleigh III Wake county.
July l6. Chas, r Strickl md. "A student
of Wake Forest college.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

toy. Jarvis has issued an address
requesting the people Of ob>erve Aug.
., as au n Iilday III honor of Gov. Dick
.a'~ell whose monument will then be
l~naugurated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

The Agricultural Department las
decided t. withdraw its European
Agency fr Immigration. and allow
things to drift for awhile. We hear
that the gu 'stion of funds is very pustl-
ing. The Department IS now In it,
fifth year, aud has lal he use CT bout
500, UUO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21
Prominent Personages.

Ex-Governor Elisha Baxter, of Ar
KANSAS. a brother of L. 5. Judge john
Baxter, of Tennessee, both natlvee OF
Rutherford county, North Carolina
and uncles Of the late Capt. Plato Dun
ham. was thrown from a buggy last
week, and is believed to be fatally IN
iured. Alex Stephens Is writing
another book. We presume 1t Is un-
lawful to Sill but what a pity he can t
be married off TO some strong minded
Plymouth Rockeress who would keep
him tied TO the bed post and well
spanked, when noisy -Mrs. Lang
try. the Jersey Lily" Is to cone IL
America in October. If the e%ngravlngs
of her are "a fair picture, she will ind
scores Of prettier women IN any Ameri
can village.-King Kalakua Is ~ralsihp
a commotion in London. The liquor OF
the civilized Il too strong for his untu
tored brain. He expresses great de-
light at the appearance Of the court la
dies in low uecked dinner dresses
Just like my women, IN the shebanH
at home, he remarks, good
enough 10 eat T" The ladies pronounce
him delightful though a little on
color. - DIR. p. ;. Henson, the
Philadelphia divine whose pulpit Dr.
Pritchard is filing for the hay-ievel
season, has had a loud call to a loud
chsrch in Chicago, but isn't going to
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

In the TUNES, of Philadelphia, We
observe: Mr.. John McGrath. i-'
Christian street, was cured ~ -
cobs Oil Of rheumatism,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21
A CONTRAST.

Per CONTRA, look at Davidson College,
an old Institution, supported by the
PresbyI erians of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia. 1t has a fine
faculty a superb location, excellent
buildings, apparatus etc, a large money
endowment, and a very complete equip
ment in all respects. Yet with all OF
these advantages, it has we understand
but about GO paying students, or about
los including clergymen's sons, scholar
ships, and beneticiaries. Whereas the
rolls of Bingham school, a prt0ate Pres
byterian Academy, last ear number
24O pupils Why the difference ? Sim
ply this, that Bingham is aU energeti:,
advertising and working teacher: while
Davidson, with all its merits, is slow,
close, and pokey. 1t ventured a few
years ago to put a little advertisement
In some of the State papers But not
until it had contracted with a Yankee
Agency which forced our papers 10 give
$500 worth of advertising for 81. so. As
may be imagined this did not ben
eft the college a thousand fold!
We make these remarks without pref
udice for or against either institution,
and without having exchanged a word
with any one connected with either.
Our object is to show to Principals and
Boards of Trustees that if they cling to
old fogy methods and allow their schools
to run in the rut of Ante Bellum days
they may expect to be left in the shade
by more vile awake and progressive in
situations.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

MARRIED. DR.. Roger \. om'h.
johnson, aud Miss Bette NooIa.L
Black Creek, June 2gtlI, is Rev. y W
Journey.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

The other serial to which We r~rtrrr...
Is noteworthy, chiefly because of its ST..
y situations, though written with SOFA.
power, and quite pulled for its re .ru-u..
tations Of English society life, and I.
Illustrations BY Du Maurier, the .,
Drated artist OF Putch.
To show the ab,urdity OF Il G ...
though 10 intention of benz lIuu.
was 10 the author mind) one Of thr
leading characters Is an English ar...
officer Of very ancient lineage, but 3,
dnced fortunes. VINO is guided and
d~omincered over by an illcgitimatc e..
The latter wishes his father TO marry d
beautiful young heIre,s who has pur-
chased the old family estate Bat t.at
DcStancy has firted with SO many 49,.
men that he has lost interest IN them.
10 arouse his interest In the bcluttI.
Paula, the young scapegrace bore- All
eye hole III the rear Of the bulld.u.
where she goes daily in bathing dres. 10
practice gymnastics for exercise ~
the ridiculous picture Ola Royal Artillery
oitIcer, a Scion of a nob.e llue, 4tauIsu-
IN the ram, with his many e,e glue.
to a gimlet hole, secretly watching j.
young girl climbing ropes, whirlmr ou
parallel bars, and turning upset, on
the carpet, is g~ravely set iorth, wlth the
OF inspiring IN the weather beat
heart OF the arIIstocrat,e son of N4r-
a tcrvd dclermin tiplto get po--,-....
OF Paula aud her pocket book, .H d.
takes All summer to do 1t -
There are other scenes quite a. h..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

Thanks to Winston Lea Ter for
kind business notice.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21
Literary.

Two novelette> which ar. s
make a sensation are uoW r.
serial, in Harper Weekh, ....
u The best l. called \
Wretch, oy VIM BIa
Mcleod 1T Dare. and och
stories The caaru y. t
the naturainc>, o. 1t. tn
tlnLal y neets with ca,ut -
human nature which saa..~
WIN that's - / know H..
that cap bt> ~ I've >.g.
IL various circles.
The plot makes a youu- a...
fa.l To love with u bclutIt.. ...
sho though born t. ~">ses,r.
ei 70 grow ~ free FROM la.
uluu linz boAtI>, aui shs4..
u ia hionabIe young Ialyb.as.
The lover pays hts A.. ..e--
ct, hot aud sailor ia>Gluu H..
>uit ct startling the youuE XII.
>taut aud d>toHi>hcl sr..s
very idea Of brcumlu- x..
,~c4rcely out OF short irc,-- ..a.
her.
An interval of three year ,..
81
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wildly both lovely, hat a..
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

Mrs. Gen. Bryan Grimes, and her
sons bright little men, fully awake to
the foul wrong done to their father and
themselves by a gang of assassins) have
come to Raleigh to reside, for the sum
mer, with their kinspeople
In this connection we will note that
the long series of outrages in Beaufort
and Pitt counties are reported to have
had a very distressing effect, not only in
dividing the communities, and arraying
classes, but also in individual conse-
quences. Mrs. Laughinghouse, for
one, is said to be greatly shattered and
nerviied by the trials her family has
undergone. MIR. Dickerson, or Dixon,
who dared to testify at Parker's trial,
notwithstanding many threats and
warnings, was almost ruined. He re-
turned from the court, to find his dwell
ling burned to ashes, with all Of his fur
nlture, food, etc., the family narrowly
escaping In their night clothes The
same fends who sought to burn UP the
sleeping womon and children, no doubt
were the ones who tore down his feaces.
and turned a drove of cattle upon his
young crop. 1t is said that old man
Paramour met Dickerson on his return
from court, and remarked menacingly
that they 'tcere too close neigh6ors for
henthF' Dickerson moved upon the
Grimes plantation.
1t may be that we fail to comprehend
the merits of the case but one thing
seems plain, lin view of the acauittal of
Parker. and the escape of Paramount,
namely that any one in that region hay-
ing reason to suspect trouble, ought to
have sense enough to use his W pistol
first.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21

Mr.. Ben B. Lewis and Mr.. Crime.
COwper Will star for IA tour on horseback
through Western Carolina tomorrow
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

The SIXTH CoMEr-Iutelllgence re-
ceived at the Warner Observatory, Ro-
chester, n. Y, from Bristol, England,
states that Prot. w. F. DeDniDg discov-
cred brigh; new comet ON the 4th in
stant. 1t is located in the constellation
of Leo, right ascension 9 hours % min
utes, declination North l6 degrees, dai-
ly motion 80 minutes East. This is the
sixth comet which has been seen since
May lst, FIVE being new discoveries, all
but two OF which were first observed by
Americans, and it is certainly high
compliment TO the industry and skill Of
American astronomers that they have
shown so fine a record. The total a.
mount which Mr.. II. II. Warner has
given in comet prizes during the past
year is 81 300 which shows that the in
terest taken in astronomical affairs In
this country is greatly increasing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

TIE FUNERAL EXPENSES No esti-
mate has as yet been made of the ex-
pense incurred by the Presidents sick
ness. 1t is thought that the grand to-
tai will foot up to very large amount.
The various items will be collected and
presented TO Congress, and an appro'
priation will be made covering the en-
tire amount. The bill of the Pennsyl
vania railroad company will be a large
item. 1t is stated that the cost of lay
ing the track to Elberon was $4,000,
while on two occasions special trains
" ere furnished and the entire line
cleared The next item will be the
doctors fees. The amount is variously
estimated. DR.. Bliss fee is stated to
be about S25,000, while Drs. Hamilton
and Agnew will charge Sl5,O00 each.
DR.. Reybhrn will also receive a large
fee. The other two doctors (Drs.
Barns and Woodward) were during
their attendance upon the President, in
the employ of the government. Wheth-
er they will receive any extra compen-
sation will depend upon Congress-
Wash. Republic.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

Every day yon can see large num-
Der Of young ladies prOmensding onr
streets, and pios-testbs Of them are
walking along NJ II they are looking for
pins. What looks worse than to see q
young lady SO stooped that she would
be taken for an old woman Of seventy
Study the Hindoo practice, snd cure
yourself at once. The girls Of that
country are graceful and exquisiiely
formed. From their earliest childhood
they are accustomed to carry burdens
on their beads. The water Tor family
use is always brought by the girls ia
eartben jars; carefully poised in this
way. The exercise IL said 10 susugth.
en- the muscles OF the back, While The
chest is thrown forward. No crooked
backs are seen in Hipjoostsn. Try il,
girls, and you will find that 10 the coarse
Of few yesrs 700 will feel great deal
better, aud your forms will be greatly
improved.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

WANTED-2,0 900 pounds of dry Gen.
w sang root and pure beeswax.
BAKER & McMURRAN.
THE Free and Easy, the best razor ever
L used. Try one, Other fine cutlery.
BAKER & MCMURRAN.
GINGER Tonic, Horsford's Acid Phos-
u phate, DIR. Thomas May Apple Bit
tiers, Hop Bitters, OXYGEN Aqua and other
popular tonics.
BAKER & McMURKAN.
SPICES-Allspiee, Cloves, Ginger, Mace,
y white and black Mustard, Celery seed,
white, black and long peppers, cinnamon,
coriander, &c. Pure and cheap.
BAKER & MCMURRAN.
ZINE toilet soaps and perfumery.
i Combs, brushes and tooth washes. Po-
mades and hair dyes.
BAKER & McMURRAN.
Sept.17 CIV
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

WoNDER.-When young man is
clerk in store and dresses like prince,
smoking "foin cigars" drinking "noics
French Brandy" attending theatres,
balls, and the like, ! wonder if be does
all upon the avails Of his clerkshipi
When young lady sits in the parlor
with lily white fingers; covered with
rings, l wonder if her mother don't
wash the dishes aud do the work OF the
kitchen.
When a deacon of the church sells
strong butter. recommending 4 as excel
lent and sweet, wonder il he don't re-
ly upon the merits of Christ for Saliva
tion.
When a man goes three times per
day to a tavern to get dram, | wonder
if he will not by and by 60 four times.
When young lady laces her waist
third smaller than nature made il l
wonder if her "pretty figure" will not
shorten her life some dozen years Or
more, besides making herself miserable
v bile she does live.
When young man is dependent up
on his daily toll for bis income, and
marries lady who dses not know how
10 make loaf of bread or mend gar
ment, | wonder IL he is not lacking
somewhere, say towards the top for 10.
stance.
When a man receives a periodical or
newspaper weekly, and takes great de-
light 10 reading it, bat neglecis TO pay
for il; ] wonder if he has a soul or gig
?ard.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

FAMOUS Dan RICE-Dan Rice, who
was the best known Snowman in the
country twenty-five years ago. has ex-
perienced strange vicissitudes during
the last ten years and has varied his
professional career with occasional ex-
periments in the line of religious exhor-
tation and temperance crusadipg. Yes
terdsy the Court OF Erie courty granted
his wife divorce on the ground of de-
sertion and thus terminated what was
in IFS earlier days avery romantic union.
In lS45 the Snowman was exhibiting
in Girard. Erie county, and his attention
was attracted by a remarkably beautiful
child in her nurses arms. He asked
her name, and, on subsequently, fixing
bis residence in Girard, be kept up q
lively interest ir the girl, who was the
daughter of leading citizen, deacon
in the Presbyterian Church and presi-
dent of the local bank. AT tha: time
Dan rolled in wealth and spent his mon
ey lsvishly. hot only in the erection of
a magnificent house, but in adorning
the town. He was married TO au estl-
mable woman, who had been On the
stage, and about fifteen years after bis
arrival in Girard she sued for and OBJ
tanned divorce. Shortly afterwarw Dan
carried of his youthful inamorata, much
against the wishes Of the paternal dea-
con, who disiuherited bis daughter, but
when Dan failed in 1878 was reconciled
and took them to his house. The show
mans extensive property was sacrificed
piecemesl in Improbable ventures, and
his life grew irregular. His professions
OF temperance and religion were looked
upon as advertising schemes and his
wife grew cold aud finally declined to
see him. 1t is said he refused to op.
pose the divorce. Rice began his career
as jockey boy for Henry Clay on his
Lexington farm, and at one time was
considered worth half million, owning
among other property an opera house
in New Orleans.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

Mr. ii. G. Tinsley, senior editor Of
the Staunton Vihdicator, met with
quite severe accident on Saturday
evening last, He was riding near The
track of the CbesApeske and Ohio
Railroad, when su engine coming sud
ienly through cut frightened bis
horse, which. backing into a ditch,
threw BIN and fell upon him, disIocat-
ing his LETT hip.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

Pass THIS ARousD.-An exchange
says: ave know tf no meaner man
than one who will take newspaper for
three, six or nine months, and then,
without paying a cent for ii, insist on
stopping the paper, and when furnished
with his bill, not paying the smallest at
teatioo 10 IL. Sucb man 10 mean enough
to rob the poor box at the church if be
got the chance. Does not such one
not know that publishers have to pay
for paper, ink and labor, ard can 10
more furnish their publications for moth
ing than the grocer or dry-goo1s men
can afford 10 sell their merchandise for
nothingi No man is obliged TO sub
scribe. for newspaper; but when man
takes il regularly for several months he
ought 10 common honesty to pay for i.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-29

" T. HODGES has just received car
VI. load of Salt which will be sold at
wholesale or retail, at bottom prices.
HIGHEST cash prices paid for Grain,
IL HAY, &C., by G.. y. HODGES.
/ IFFERENT leading brands of Fertili-
~ zers. Quality and price guaranteed, for
sale by G.. L. HODGES.
IMOTHY Seed at HODGES ware
] house.
IF you want to save money and get
L good article, now is the time 10 buy
your Coal for winter use. Leave your or
ders at either store or warehouse, and they
will be promptly filled.
CT. HODGES.
20 to G. T. HODGES and get the best as
u well as cheapest Coal for threshing
and 5iacksmithing purposes.
Aug.6 If
The Republican journal., 1881-11-17
Blackburn and Lockjaw

1t has long been the fashion to accuse
women Of great talking abilities, but some
men have gift of CAB that puts any fem
inine rival to the blush. When the Vel
low Fever Commission was sitting at
Wizards hotel, Blackburn, of Kentucky,
was an enthusiastic worker. A man from
Maine walked through the long corridor
one afternoon to the dining room. Mr..
Blackburn was holding fo1 tn to an in
terested group. The Maine man ate his
dinner and came out. Still Mr.. Black
burn talked. He read the newspapers,
smoked, started down the street and back,
and entered the long parlor. Still the
coterie listened. The stranger joined
them. Mr.. Black burn was telling how
great was his fear Of yellow fever, and
how nervous he felt about exposing him
self to its influence. Finally the Maine
man slowly drawled forth: ''Mister, ex-
cuse me for speaking, but | should't
think you'd feel afraid Of the fever. |
should suspect the only thing you'd have
a horror Of would be the lockjaw."
The Republican journal., 1881-11-17

Gray hair may ba made to take on its youthful
color and beauty by the use of Halls Vegetable
Slclllan Hair Renewer, the best preparation for the
hair known to the science OF medicine and chem
istry.
A Boston woman is proud of finger nails two
inches long Her husband amt.
There is never mist IKE where HEALEY's EG-
ErABLE Ionic PILLS are used for long standing
Female Weaknesses They always help, and cure
if taken as directed
The concern that always makes money the
mint
Cited by the Washington (Ind) Gazette is the
fact that the colts in that locality have sort of
lameness in the joints. j. L. Myers cured his by
amounting it with St Jacobs Oil
"All love is blind" and it's well known that
lovers never seem to need any light.
Old Mr. Brown, seventy years old, says he could
not live with any degree Of comfort if it was not
for ELIXIR OF LIFE RooT' He has suffered for
the past ten years with Kidney Troubles, but now
feels like new man
The child never sees the necessity of strict ODE
dience until it becomes apparent.
We are strongly disposed to regard that person
as the best physician who does most to alleviate
human suffering. Judged from this standard,
Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham, 233 W Western Ave, Lynn,
Mass Is entitled to the front rank for her Vege-
table Compound is daily working wonderful cures
in female diseases. Send for circular to the
above address 2w46
1t was a hair cutter who was the first to hang
out his sbinge.
The Republican journal., 1881-11-17
Literature.

ETHE CENTURY AND ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINES
On the fourth page of this issue of the Journal will
be found the publishers announcements of these
popular magazines for the coming ycar The Cen
tury is the new name of the favorite ScribneI's
Monthly, now enlarged and improved, and which
offers brilliant attractions for the current and sue
ceeding volumes The illustrations which grace
the pages of The Century are truly works Of art
and are conceded by the critics of the Old World
as well as of the New, to excel anything of the
kind ever attempted. Indeed, this country can
CLAIM for The Century without fear of dispute,
that it is the best magazine in the world. The
yertisement elsewhere gives the terms upon which
subscribers to The Century can obtain portrait of
the late DR.. Holland.
To name the contributors to ST. Nicholas would
be to enumerate nearly all of the best known
writers of the day, including the foremost poets,
novelsts and essayists, The illustrations are in
keeping with the literary contents, and the maga-
zine as whole has its charms for older people,
while 1t educates, instructs and amuses the young
The London Spectator says of St Nicholas "It is
the best of all childrens magazines )" aud the
London pailY News says: 1--WE wish we could
point out its equal in our own periodical litera
ture.' The coming Christmas number of St.
Nicholas will be one of special beauty and interest
LTTELLs LIVING AGE The numbers of The
Living Age for October %, and November s. CON
tain, Worry, Nineteenth Century; The Future of
Islam, Fortnightly; The Letters of Goethes
Mother Life in Medieval Venice and the conclu.
sion of Mary Schonewald Study in Prophecy,
Fraser Carlo Goldon Blackwood Inaugural Ad
dress at the Jubilee Meeting of the British Associa
ton, by Sir John Lubbock, Nature; Ny Troubles
IN Russia, Chambers Journal Silk Growing in
Burma, st James Gazette Verses by Scott, Ath-
eneum; ELECTRICITY in the Therapeutics of tne
Ancients, Medical Press and Circular with an in
stalment of The Freres," the conclusion of 'In
Trust and the usual amount of poetry. Litten q
Co, publishers, Boston