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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

There is no situation that cannot dis
cover lower depth. One of our eN-
changes comforts man in its commu-
nity who has lost both his legs with the
information that he will never be
troubled with corns.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

Guns fred in water are novelty.
Yet the new field magazine guns, sue
cessfully tested by General Hancock,
are enclosed in brass case filled with
water to keep the barrels cool as they
fire 500 cartridges minute.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

Sir Edward ]. Reed, the English en-
gineer, one of the first authorities in the
world on such questions, has written a
letter in which he expresses favorable
opinion of the Eads ship railway.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

Mirabeau's secretary told him one day
that it was impossible to do certain
thing which the great man had ordered
done. Impossible !" said Mirabeau,
with great vehemence; "never again
use that foolish word in my presence"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20
A Wealthy Convict.

The oldest and doubtless the richest
convict in the Ohio Penitentiary, is
Horace Brooks, aged ~ years, whose
long imprisonment is likely to be soon
terminated by large rose cancer which
has appeared on his forehead. He was
received at the Penitentiary Nov. 10,
1850, under life sentence for murder In
the second degree, and has, therefore,
been in prison 81 years. He owned
farm in the suburbs of Cleveland
through which railroad passed the
cars ran over and killed some of his
sheep, and to avenge this injury Brooks
INSTRUCTED the track, threw off train,
and killed five persons. He was in
dicted for murder by the Grand Jury
of Cuyahoga county, tried in the courts
of that county, and sentenced to the
Penitentiary for life. At the time of
his conviction he was wealthy man,
and the property he then owned has
become extremely valuable, having
since become part of the city of Cleve-
land.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

England bought nearly half ofall the
wheat and -four exported from the
United States last year.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

1t is said that General Kittrell wants
to be Lieutenant Governor of Nevada.
The General would occupy the chair
with dignity Free Press.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

STA prominent journalist of st. Joseph,
Missouri, has applied for divorce from
his wife, alleging in his complaint that
he "finds married life and journalism
incompatible and miserable"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

The Tombstone Nugget says there is
a terrible fatality among the school
children of Vulture City. Out Of a
school of sixty pupils nineteen have
died since August 1, and eight are sick
at the present time. The disease ap-
pears to be some affection Of the throat.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

1t is believed that the Guiteau case
will draw to a close this week.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

Only an Irishman has wit enough to
make virtue out of vice, and to tell a
disagreeable truth and at the same time
express kindly wish. "Pat, remember
you owe me shilling," said gentle
man to his servant. With grim smile
and eloquent, Pat replied, 81 will not
forget it, your honor, and may yonr
honor live in health till I pay you"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20
TwO-Cent Fool.

TWO-Cent Fool.
A Mr.. Jones, conceited snob was so
fond of fine clsther that he reveled in
them by day and dreamed of them by
night. One evening he visited lady
and removed his overcoat, ETC., in the
hall preparatory to entering the parlor.
Taking the overcoat and hanging it up,
he said, "Hang it here you fifty dollar
overcoat," pulling off his gloves and
putting them on the table, clay there
you five dollar gloves. Placing his hat
on the rack his cane in the corner, call
ing each by their respective values.
Then entering the parlor he was about
to sit down, when the lady pulled the
chair from under him, and as she left
the room, said: clay there, you two
cent fool !" He has not been around
since. 81.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-20

P. T. Barnum says, in letter to the
Hartford Co,uant, that he is "Ferfectly
confident that if our Legislature will try
for single year the limiting of liquor
licenses to one for each thousand inhab-
itants, the good result in one twelve
month will be SO Palpable that the ratio
of drinking places will never be in
creased in our Commonwealth
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

~ thor arlrtinfaa e - those are
merely j >usl tra.tioa u rte majority.
They are not the nc tenth - one
twentieth nart of Southern w,ananheod.
AMI for every illc Uuttefiis oi a south
,rn girl We vii. shov you Il any North
ern school or sum ner resort ll}f a ioL
IN OF the same class, All cteon., ex-
cepting that they are more III. more
trisla9u~. more taken ~ as.d derLltInn
aud fashion plates
Moreover, there i ! noticeable diff
ference IN the after life Of the tw1. The
Southern girl cuts a little flourish OF
vanity aud idlenes, for two or three sea
~ then marries generally r poor
man, and settles down into a quiet.
home Keeping wife AM mother. The
>ame class Of girls in Y~ankeeIom will
dirt and be talked about"-for five
or ten seasons then marry some rich
old colger whom she means To betray,
pr outliye, and finally cuts q figure IN a
i~lyorce suit, or perhaps IN the P,}ire
Gt-ette. Few Southern girls are
,trong-mindei enough for that
though not weakly III mental callbre'
either.
Weak creatures indeed! How
hen happens Il that a majority OF the
heroic names OF American womanhood
IRE Of Southern nativity Ask Beast
Butler. or any other Northern General
81 the late war, If he saw any signs of
weakness II Southern womau2 Search
New England for 4 second Mrs.
Myra Clark Games, who Is still a gen
lie, lairike roman after seventy years
OF lighting a world III arms
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

Bp special request We give place 10 4
complaint from Winston relative u the
closing Of the Geographic Office In that
town forcing all Geographic business
from " lnston aud Salem, to the Rail
road depot.
WINSTON, July ;, 1881.
To rs 1t seems that accessibility and
convenience should ever be associated
With the t~elegral h in order that the pub
lie may be encouraged To patronize it,
bnt when the telegraph company closes.
tor trivial causes, or bad management,
an office that earns tror1 81 To $50 net
per mouth, aud forces all this business
upon a Railroad company for transmits
Sou thereby Imposing upon the weary
operator, who is already ovcrworked by
railroad business, we think this simply
cruel; besides subjecting the entire
community, a population oil SIX thous-
and, ~ ~ tMt Il male or SO, TO g,t In the
office 10 transact its business. The
SAID company, or management, has lit
tie regard for the commercial enterprise
of our citizens. While it has been the
greatest delight of all our people to
patronize and help the telegraph enter
prise. If such management Is continued
we hope the government may take
charge Of telegraph lines, and see that
off :cs are placed as they should be, and
not monorolizel BY King Superinten-
tents, imposed By and of Railroad com
panies. We tcel satisfied if MIR. Nor
man Green, the gentlemanly President
Of the Western Iuion Company, knew
of the great Inconvenience our people
are subjected tn, a change would be
nude at once. tIrI/tN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14
al.

Col. Thos. VI. Holt and family are
at Catawba Springs.
Col. Wharton Green an0 family are
at Morehead. So are Wm. Grimes,
Esq. and family.
Rev. DR.. Bobbitt and Mr.. c. g.
Latta. with their families are at Hicko-
~.
Mr. ]. W. Forlis mas taken C ntrol
II the Greensboro Pntrtot under deed
~ trust.
-Rev. Dr.. Il. II Chapman and Ms.
Chapman are spending their vacation
IT Ashevlile.
Mrs. NJ. A. Switzerland, Of Scot
land Neck, is summerlng at Lemon.
Misses Lena and Mamie Smith, OF the
same place, are at Hickory.
Misses Smedes. and Norwood Of St.
Mny's School sailed for Germany, last
week to spend q year in a,t-study. VI.
JAS. Manning, also, wens across TIE
salt pond
Mi. J. B. Neai, one Of the lively
s%nirits of the famous first On. G. cav
~a,ry." made US a pleasant call to settle
SlD~cTlpIlUu, duA CIV viz
hlndscllsp. such d we always -alJoH
meeting and responding to-
Mai. Neal speaks highly of the pres
ent condition Of the Scotland Neck Sec
ton. which. a. is well known, embrace:
as much or more agricultural wealth
than any similar tract in the South.
Great'things are expected of he rail
road. which is progressing satisfactorily
1t will run near the ancient oak a
whose foot sleeps Lord Marin, the at
enturou Scot, who led his colony int
the Meek" after whom it took it
subsequent name. There was no>pro-
phetic eve in that far off time to forete!
the coming Of an Iron Horse t. beal
their farm products TO market; SO tn
tartaned khan, after seeing the Roanoke
which their bare-legged children wadeC
in summer, suddenly swollen by fresh
cts to i mighty torrent, miles IN breadth
sweeping away their fences, cattle
:. sheep, etc. ONE more pulled VI
stakes, and wandered Oh to the higher
hills of the upper Cape Fear to which
they gave the well known name 0
Cumberland. They were a sturdy lace.
and their descendants both in Halifax
Harnett and Cumberland. are like unit,
them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

CAUTION. There is no doubt that the
more lemonade one uses, at this season,
the better; because under the influence
Of the intense heat, nature becomes tor
pid, and only those persons whose hab-
its of life are active and stirring, can
safely rely upon the systems safety
valve, the liver, to do its work without
the assistance of medicine. The ACID
of the lemon, diluted i'll water, is pre-
cisely what Is needed. and the most
bilious person will secure relief in a few
DAYS by drinking a lemon, squeezed In
water, half hour before each meal. 1t
is better without sugar; for the latter
somewhat modifies the acid and be
sides the sugar of the present day is
apt to comprise a variety OF substances
not essential to good health.
But the chief object of this note is to
warn our readers against making the
lemonade in tin vessels; especially if al
lowed to stand for several hours. Lemon
acid is exceedingly strong, and speedily
attacks the lead of the soldering which
is rank poison. This writer last week
was made quite i'll for several days; so
much so that he could do little or no
business. Casting about for the cause,
he noticed the cheap, and roughly
soldered, tia dinner-can in which he
kept a supply Of lemonade making il
early in the day, aud drinking when
thirsty. The acid, acting on the can
through half IA dozen hours, tinge,l the
contents with poison; sufficient to pro-
duce sickness, if not actual danger.
The fact that 10 persons were killed.
aud 100 poisoned, by lemonade, at a
Missouri picnic, last week, will give
weight to this caution.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

Look OUT FOR THEM There is a
gang of s%coundrels who every year send
out from Atlanta, Ga, flaming adver-
tisements of some new article or seed.
which IS either an utter swindle, or
some common grain called by an high
sounding title The name of the ad-
vertlser changes each year so that the
'gulled' people may repeat the expert
ment.
Last year we received Il proposal to
print a long advertisement of ''Egyp-
tian corn" land half dozen other ar
t%lcles) payable in trade. Of course we
threw 1t III the waste basket. This
year came a new offer, under new
names, payable Ill cash, So a month |
This seemed fair enough, but we felt
sure the articles were humbugs, if not
actual swindies, therefore wrote ia reply
that if "A. &. Merton " or Mr. Gil
bert would send US a note from any
well known gentleman, manning sever
al that the business was a reliable one
we should consent to advertise for them
They responded with much 81. w of in.
dlSnatIon, and We pitched the whole
correspondence into the trash box
And now the Postotfice Department adj
v~ertlses them as swindlers. and will de
liver no nor letters to them. You can
see the advertisements in almost apy
paper, headed
Seeds that surprise The Far
mers Bonanza" tThey do surprise,
sure enough y
Elegant J~ewelry Cheap"
-.'Enlarge and develope the Form"
1T Is a sad proof of the amount of ig-
norance and stupidity and Cupidity, in
the land, that the astonishing offers by
these skunks should bring "a daily
w%heeibarrow lead of letters from men
SILLY enough to imagine that the At
ianta Jewelry Company will sell $40
worth of jewelry for $I.0O; or that &C.
*. Gilbert q Co" will sell 81. 90 worth
OF rare seeds for Is cents or that
Ponce De Leon can enlarge the male.
and female, form And it is hardly
worth while to expose n humbug for
the fools will right away send their
money to some other.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

Mr.. Rufus Y. McAden, President
Of the lst National Bank of Charlotte,
and an active Prohibitionist. is having q
disagreeable experience. After the re
cent election he was attacked by a sport
ing character, whom he would have
killed, but for the swapping Of his pis
tol.
And now the Charlotte OLscrrer re
ports that MIR j. NJ. Kendrick wasar
raigned for trial in three separate cass
for violation of peace and good order
toward Mr.. r. Y. McAden. who appear
ed as prosecutor. 1t was shown that
Mr.. kendrick had walked up and down
the street in front of Mr.. McAden's resi-
dence and within the hearing of that
gentleman himself, loudly abusing him
in the most olious terms. This wa,
continued with three Interruptions un-
til late in the night. after MIR. McAden
had retired to his dwelling, and he was
compelled finally to apply to the police
to arrest Mr. kendrick before he would
deslst. No defense was offered and Mr..
McAden arose t, make a statement
He said no vindictive feeling prompted
him to complain against Mr. Kendrick.
but SIMPLY a desire to ascertain whether
the law could protect a man in his rep
utatlon and character. He would not
indulge his feelings in this matter. and
he had not INDUCED them Had he
done SO he would have been arraiuned
here to-day for murder The most or
probrlous epithets had been coupled
with his name in the hearing of his wife
and children, the most trying circum-
stances under which any man could be
PLACED, and yet he had controlled him
self, determining to appeal to the law
for protection before taking it in his
W hands, aud he now appealed to the
mayor to suitably punish this outrage
lest disorder should be encouraged and
men tempted beyond endurance to take
the law IN their own hands in self-de
fence; The manner and delivery of the
speech created a momentary sensation in
the court rUon
The mayor fined Mr.. Kendrick $40
and cost IN each case. Defendant 40
pealed."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

4 FIsHING TALE MoRAL.-As al
the papers are drawing a moral
from the silly shot Of the sillier
shootist at Washington, We feel bound
TO draw one also. But ours. instead OF
being a moral morale shall be a morale
medical. 1t relates to that poor Doctor
been showing his services for years on
all prominent p~ersonages around Wash
ington in the hope of getting his name
cure, or at any rate the pulse holder at
a big death. Unfortunately last week
he got lazy, and the weather being
warm, and nobody dying, or doing any
thing else to interest a Doctor, he con
cluded to 20 a-fiShing. So he tackled
his rods, Spanish flies, assofoedita, veI-
miiuge, etc, and sailed forth into the
rural regions of Maryland, instructing
his office boy to report him to all callers
as-"absent on important practice"
He felt quite easy in leaving town be-
cause the White House was deserted,
and all the Cabinet officers were going
on a spree in various localities.
Alas for Bax. As he landed his first
fish a bigger fish Topped forever from
his fingers Garfield was shot, and
Baxter, NJ. d., oh where was he? He
was-'absent ID important practice T.
So DIR. Bliss and five others took charge
of the case, and their anne have been
advertised, free of cost, six times a day
to every civilized country on the globe.
And when Baxter came hurrying home,
four days later, his clustering demand
to take charge of the case, was met by a
cool expulsion from the White House.
He had lost the chance of his life!
Morale--lf you are fishing for fame,
let minnow's alone! Stay in your office
and let succors seek you.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14
The Famous Fence-Ridin9
Fight.

Ii Is sail if you put an owl on a post
aud walk sloYiJ around him h. viii fol-
!oN you With his eye until he twists hI,
neck oil. There are Il good many lies
floating a|tJlli nowadays, 50 .u
nre.in't believe this unless You want tt.
SUI one thing IS certain, the MAJ wrJ
attempts to watch the course OF >ou e
of our most "honored hEAbrA{~"
mark the word will get IA "poWrrla
bad crick in til neck" and will uot daI
out where they stand after all.
We have, however, taken some pa,u~
70 collect the nane> Of prominent peer
oonlses who afe publicly announced on
Il side or the other. A. DiIowo: Doult
ting cIergymen who b. solemn vow are
consecratcd to the support OF all move
nents looking u temperance and the
promotion OF morality
no RE EDAIINELD
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

n,i,ed and not parcelied out into .
collection OF sovereIgnites bounded >
C,,te lines. Were the boundaries 2.
/, dozen states blotted out. the clt'z y
shin and the sovereignty Of the Ameti
en- people wouli remain un'Hefss..
When aud hos these changes :" :
place is another matter. A ; .aet,
that had happened nchtch the foFeJath'TS
iii not count up0n--the crSstaiiAiti' =
Of States became a more perfect uh'h
than the, thought possible \ s"s
ereipn people had grown up "h.ie -
fore there we're sJrerciyn STATES
The Wilmington Star comments -
follows.
We ask every intelligent reader 70
scrntinize this statement. The iWaes
admits that Us the Government was
framed the States were 'soVefe,sh.
T.. nlea j. that the war changed inc
Government. Is that sol Is he he
nnLlic Of Washington and hls 'iius'rl-
IN, and patriotic compeeTs overthrow
and another one-a strong UoseIu-
ment-a centralized Governmeht-Sa
sovereign people," which 5 only an
other name for a Ma ION. III Euro
can narlapce-substituted? Such II
IL. aimission-such the argument o.
ne ablest Of all Republican papers.
Mr. Davis is right IN his argument
.,dmits the Times. Before The Wal tie
state, we're sovereign, quoth lhi'
.raat oruan. But now by the war
ali ! changed That i. TO say, "t
have 70 longer sovereign States. but i
generalization Of States, which !:
again only another name Tor > centfi
hzcd. strong Government. Rcad ose'
again and again what the Times sly
and the readers will see that all thf
Star claimed during the camp ( Q
: 1850. in the long series OF editorials 81
| the dangers that threatened the peopi'
; i, more than confirmed. We admire
The candor of the Times, If we dieae
its theory. The Charleston Aers q
Courier crlticizes briefly the posisiot
: Of the New York pape:s:
ssTh4 changes which bad been mad
looked to a limitation OF the powers Q
, the General Government, not 10 an.
cuitaiiment of the authority or III
States. TIE Constitution, the ont.
{ law, the only fact which the soutaeri
States knew and recognized, was u
same as regards secession III lsbl asl'
, 1877. The reviewer granted TINS. !
was upon some other authority thal
tho Constitution that the North relied
The partnership business had Decom
too extensive for one-sided dissolution
The North had made up its min tha
law or 10 law, the Uuion should no
he dissolved and Northern might va
!, tronger than Southern might
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

A FLoURIsHING BANK. -The Quar-
terly statement of the State National
Bank elsewhere printed makes a line
showing. Although not the first of the
City Banks ill amount of original CAPT
tai. it reports the largest amount OF
prlv.te deposits of any bank in Raleigh
bespeaking a large degree Of public
confidence. The business employs
eight Or ten clerks, and all are kept
busy.
We observe that the three National
Ranks report nearly one million dollars
Of private deposits subject TO check, :
much of which doubtless remains idle
from year to year. Yet the city needs
IA 5000, 900 factory: an $50. 900 street
Railway; another $50, 900 hotel; and
at least edoZen small factories Of S. toe
capital. And the total of them all
would amount to less than half the
money now lying idle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

Mr.. John Spelman's State Jom
nal, the recognized organ OF the Anti
Prohibition Association, sets down the
State administration as follows
For prohtbthOn: Gov. Jarvis. Super
in,endent of Public Schools Srarbor
ough, State Geologist Kerr, Com MS
sioner McGehee, Congressman K. B.
Vance, all the Judges OF the Superior
Court, Supt. H. A. Gudger, OF the D.
ID. & b. Institutions, Supt. w. j.
Hicks. of the ~Penitentiary. BY the
by, the attitude of these two gentlemen,
considering their official opportunity
for seeing the dreadful effect OF intern
perance, in the one case on parents, III
the other on the Children is n without
a certain significance. -ED. t. 4 NJ.
After giving these, the Stnte Jo"rnu'
proceed to call the roll Of other State
officers, asking them to announce their
position. 1t says In the entire roll
there is not an office hotter who has
publicly declared against Prohibttion.
1shA roll will be, called every week til
election day, and aOtU then De pOste,t up
for future reference.
This is a pretty plain hint, and the
names on the roll are as follows:-
.SENATOR RANSOM, SENATOR
VANCE, congressman Latham. Hubbs,
Shackleford, Dowd, Cox. Scales, Arm
field, Lieut. Governor Robinson, Secre
tary Saunders, Treasurer Worth, Audi
tor Roberts, Attorney General Kcnan,
State House Clerks, Supt. Grissom, OF
the Insane Asylum, judges of the Su-
preme Court. Solicitors of the Dis
tricts."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

An cxceIlen. IIousckrrrer, ant ".e
who is careful about many things, -
Do not iron a red taniccoth Ht 4.i
wash it carefully in warm ,uds mot bot
rinse well. and when ready 10 hang ."t
the line take great pains to f,nf ~ sd"
that it viii keep the proper shnpe. 10
viii remain its colour much Ious't
than if lroned.
Laurinbarg bnterptc: y inc mare,
belonging to Nj. j. l.. Curl,o and
valued at sl75, was Killed b! H4ul
ping, near Old Aundfed, last Thursday
night. -The Baptist CufcD IF tA,7
piece was dedicated Oh SanUay Ia-'.
Rev. DR.. PIltclard Off iafIng. assisted
by Rev. Mr. Jordon, OF Lumiteft"n,
DR.. Pritchard preached one 81 tt' finest
ermon to which it Wa cyrf oar
pleasure TO listen ~ negro man,
named BuIe, was found in the woods,
near Keyser, in Moore county, one day
last week, dead, With bullet hule IN
lis head. Suspicion srst,d on d negro
man with whose wife BuIe 10 SAID 10
have been crimirally intimate. On
Thursday this ncato was arrested, CAL
RED to Carthage and put IN jan y.
Il. This is u mistake Patterson, Tie
murderer. shot the husband oi las
blowing his brains w'IlIe
Buie was On hi. knees begging for Ller-
cy.-Ed. f. & VI.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

Some one has sent US the pamph.
let copy of Gov. Jarvis address a,
Randolph Macon College, published By
the College Society. Ashland. Va. The
sentiments are admirable, as printed.
Maj. Petty, of the well known
dry goods house of Yeargan, Petty &
Jones, has gore to Chatham to recruit,
after many months hard work. We
trust he may return greatly improved.
The Major was a gallant Southern SOL
dier, and received several wounds far
more dangerous than the one about
which so much fuss is made at Wash
ington. He carries a large lead ball
directly over the heart; and at times
suffers therefrom.