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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03
What to Mix With Your Cotton
Seed.

The promptness and gentlemanliness
with which the Messrs. Wilcox, Gibbs,
& Co., of Charleston pay for S lbscrip-
ton and advertising leads us to feel cor
daily disposed towards them, and it is
nleasant to know that can say a good
- NI Inelr wares, ten years on the
markell without being suspected of
mere putting" They have made
large sales this year, as usual. From a
recent letter we extract as follows:
Cotton is a plant of slow growth,
subject to many changes of tempera-
ture, and liable to seasons of excessive
rains and p~rotracted droughts. making
it necessary, in the selection of a fertili-
Ger that great care should be taken to
obtain such an one as will supply its
wants through all its vicissitudes. If
the Fertilizer is toe soluble, it may be
washed away and entirely lost by the
rains or, if the seasons are favorable,
will be taken up more rapidly than
needed, leading to a luxuriant weed
with little or 10 fruit, and from prema-
ture exhaustion cause rust and other
diseases. If not readily assimilable it
will not give sufficient growth, and du-
ring a dry season will have no apprecia-
bic effect on plant or fruit. The prin
cipal elements of food for cotton are
Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia and Potash.
All of these must be supplied to make
continued good crops, and keep up the
fertility of the soil; and they must all
be furnished in such form as to meet
the want or the wants of plant in its va
rious stages of growth. If one alone is
used, an excess of the other two is drawn
from the soil, lessening it's capacity for
production, and, it long continued, max
ing it almost barren. If two are sup
piled, it is at the expense of the third,
and the effect is almost as bad. There
IS no middle course; the three must be
supplied to make good and profitable
crops, and prevent the land from being
exhausted. They are just as necessary
as bread, meat and water are to man.
Man can live on bread and water; SO,
car probably, one or two crops be made
with Acid Phosphate or Kainit, bat as
it will be found, in the one case, that no
strength is given. SO, in the other, the
life of the land is exhausted These
are facts we'll established by the practI
Cal experience of intelligent farmers, as
we'll as by the experiments of eminent
scientists and it is our aim, in the
manufacture ofour Manipulated Guano.
to furnish a fertilizer which will supply
all the needed elements.
The Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'S Super
phosphate combines Soluble Phosphoric
Acid and Potash and needs the addi-
ton of Ammonia only t o constitute it a
complete fertilizer, and when planters
have sufficient cotton seed they can save
the cost Of the Ammonia by using the
Superph osphate and cotton seed togeth-
err.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

SOME OLD ALAMANCE PRESBYTERIANS.
-"Cross Roads church is in Alamance
county, two miles west Of the Orange
county line, at the crossing Of the two
great Roads leading from M~ebanesville
to Y~ancyville, and from Hillsboro to
High Rock. The church is built OIL a
high sandy ridge in a beautiful oak
grove, and is about five miles north OF
the railroad, between Mebanesville and
Hillsboro. 1t Is surrounded by a mum
Der Of other Presbyterian churches
On the east are Emo and Fairfield
churches, OF the South, Stony Greek
and on the northeast, GrIers or H,co.
1t is a wide region. al the congreya-
ton is scattered over about a hundred
square miles of territory, embracing Sc
yeral churches Of other denominations
within its bounds. The congregation
was originally composed Of settlers
from Pennsylvania and Maryland, who
were of Scotch and Irish extraction.
with a slight intermixture of English
and Welsh. The leading family
names were Mebane, Murray, Morrow.
Moore, Bingham, Lynch, Bird, Barn
hill, (nOw called Barnwell,) Faucettc.
Ray, Pickett, Pickard. Hamilton, For.
est, Anderson, Ector, Eccles, Vincent.
McAuley, Mitchell, Walker and White
Nearly all these names are we'll repre-.
sented still in the church rolls. The
population is composed chiefly of,thrif-
ty farmers. and the principal industry
is the raising of fine tobacco."-M:.
Rumple IN Presbyterian.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

THE POWER OF The PRESS. In no
way is the power of the press more
surely shown than in the universal
knowledge that has in less than a year,
been difused throughout fifty million:
of people of the wonderful curative
properties of that splendid remedy
| Kidney-Wort. And the people from
the Atlantic to the Pacific have shown
their intelligence and their knowledge
of what is in the papers. by already
making Kidnev-Wort their household
remedy for all diseases of the kidneys,
and liver. HpruM.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

PERFECTLY AMAZED in tie San
Francisco Ecening Bulletin, we observe
that Mr.. Rosenthul, Of the we'll known
printing 6rm, Rosenth4i Il Rocsch, 53S
California street. that city, sail to one
Of their reporters: I'VE all know OF
St. jacobs Oil. and ale perfectly anna
zed at the s~uddenness of the relief II
affords. If YOU know of any one who
is suffering with rheumatism. bruiSe or
s~prains, tell them to use St. JacobsOil.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03
A Story for WIdo-AWake Young
Farmers.

tell you what
The farmers lot
In cd I mes wasn't funny:
His daily toll
Was in the soil
In quest OF ready money.
And if he did not keep his eve peel
ed on a parallel with his pillow. spade
and hoe, and all Of them a~bundantly
busy in the dirt, the chances were that
his finances got crooked and took a
tumble, because in agriculture fortune
don't often happen to favor the lazy
fellow.
AT early dawn
With weary yawn
He rued the night was over,
Then hied away
To exc the day,
Mid fields OF grain and clio. er.
OF course, while striding in the fur
row, he felt grout, and grumbled at the
hum drum and woeful bondage OF his
life, but never looked a nose length in
to the practical problems OF the pillow
just grubbed away. and growled
away. and wondered how many more
kinds it would take to make a final
wreck of his poor old spine.
The good wife. too,
Went sadly through
A world of care and trou BILE;
Nc time for rest
But work her best
To make tn fortune double.
1t was all work, and no play, and
Jack . very dull boy. Crops to be
raised, money to be scrimped, squeezed
and sto wed away in the stocking, and
the eye of the mind kept bent to a low
" squirt down into the same old rut
very far below the progressive mark of
the nineteenth century.
But now apace 4,
Another race
Of farming wlghts is coming;
With level brains
They take the reins
And modern tunes are cumming
The Spirit of Progress has mustered its
forces and marched into the world, with
a %"thinking- cap" on its practical head
and is roofing around among the old
fossils for room to plant new IDEAS. 1t
has found out that mems minds nee !
c%ultivating as we'll as their farms; that
the tug, toll and grinding worry Of the
old bondage need toning down into
better methods, and that labor is very
far from being rightly rounded out,
when the lions share of its recOmpense
Sits slyly down into the wrong pocket.
The middle man
should sweat and tan
Just like his honest neighbor,
For those who hold
The shining gold
Must be the men who labor,
When right prevails permanently be-
tween man and man, and the scales Of
justice are in exact eguipoise between
work and wealth, this grave old world
will skip along gaily in its orbit, witt
a bland glow of mellow sunshine in
every nook and Granny Of its animated
crust.-Grunqe Bull tin.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03
from Apdreu's american Queen.
CLEOPATRA
OR II
Queen of Sheba's Beauty
MAS MI SKIN DEEP.

Al DOl 00uU O66r
The renowned Queen OF Sheba, with
all her royal pomp, magnificent apparel,
and brilliant r%etinue, would never have
appeared within the presence OF the
grandest of the monarchs of the past,
had she not also possessed that which
is the browning glory Of the female per
son-a skin unchallenged for its Orlen-
tai softness and its almost transcenden-
tai purity. Cleopatra, holding en-
perors at bay, and ruling empires BY
her word, had quickly lost her charm
aud power by one attack OF blotches, Or
of pimples, or of horrid tan and freck-
les.
WOMAN RULES THE WORLD
By her beauty, not less than by her pu-
rity Of character, loneliness OF dlsposl-
ton and ~unselfsh devotion. Indeed, IN
the estimation ofperhaps too many men
beauty in a body takes precedence over
every other consideration. Beauty thus
forms an important part OF III 5
working capital" without which too
many, (if not bankrupts in what relates
TO influence within the circle where they
novel, are powerless for great good.
Hence We see not only the proprIety but
the duty of every lady preserving with
x~ealous care that which to her Is essen
tial to success, and influence, aud use
fitness in life. And, since beauty Is
but skin Deep" the utmost care and
vigilance are required to guard 1t against
the many ills that flesh IS heSf -
Among the great and annoying enemies
of beauty,
OF EITHER SEX
n we'll as Of comfort, happiness and
health, are those pestiferous and horrid
skin diseases letters, humOrS, eczema,
sdsalt rheum), rough and scaly eruptions,
ulcers, pimples, and all diseases of the
hair and scalp. For the cure OF all
these, DIR. G. w. Benson, of Baltimore,
after years of patient study and investl
CATION devoted to diseases of the skin,
at last brought forth his celebrated
SKIN CURE, which has already by it,
marvellous cures, established itself al
the great remedy for all diseases of the
skin, whatever be their names or char
scter. Its success has been immense and
unparalleled. All druggists have 1t
1t is elegantly put up, two bottles IL
one package. Internal and externa
treatment. Price, $l.0O.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

BIG CROPS IN H SO-CALLED LAND
OF TAR PITCH n TURPENTINE."-
Currituck county, last year, produced
800 600 bushels of corn. The best land.
In that county yield from eighteen to
twenty barrels to the acre, The same
county sells $500, 900 worth of wild fowls
annually.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03
PRAISES IT.

Sick headache, nervous headache,
neuralgia, nervousness, paralysis, dys-
pepsia, sleeplessness and brain diseases,
positively cured by DIR. e. W. Benson's
Celery and Chamomile Pills. They
contain no opium, quinlne,, or other
harmful drug. Sold by all druggists.
Price, scots per box, 81 for two, 81 30
for six, postage free.-Dr: G. W. Ben
son. Baltimore, Md. G.. n. CRIrTEs-
TON. New York. is Wholesale Agent for
DR.. G.. w. Benson's remedies.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03
F. ETARLE
Positive Cure

fer all those Painful Complaints and W saknessss
SO common to our best female population
1t will cure entirely the worst form OF Female
COMPLAINTS, sl ovarian troubles, Inflammation
and liberation, Falling and DISBURSEMENTS, and
the consequent Spinal Weakness, and IL particu-
larly adapted to the Change OF Life
1t will dissolve aud expel tumors from Inc
uterus in an early stage of development. Ths
tendency to caucerous hulnors there Is checked
very speedily by its use. q,
1t removes faiutuess, hatulency, destroys All
craving for stilL uIauts, aud relieves weakness OF
.ns stomach. 1t cures Bloating, Hsadar hes,
Nervous Prostratiou, General Debility, Slespless-
usss, Depression and Indigestion.
That feeling of bearing down, causing pain,
weight and backashe,i e always peru anently cursd
by its use.
1t will 1T all times and under all circumstances
at in harmony with the laws that govern the fe-
male system.
For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex
this compound is unsurpassed
Lydia Z. Piukham's Vegetable onlpound IL
prepared at 23S and 235 Western venue, Lynn,
Mass. Price 81. Six bottles s Sen by mall
in the form Of pills, also in the I srm OF lozenges,
on receipt Of price, 81 per box foE either. Mrs..
Piukham freely answers all letters OF inquiry.
Send for pamphlet. Address as above. Mention
this paper.
10 family should be without Lydia = Pink
hams Liver Pills. They cure constipation, biz
lioususss, and ~torpidity Of the liver Is cents
Per box.
BS-Sold by all Druggists. "a
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

MINERALS. The bullion assays at the
Charlotte United States mint amounted
to s., 553.49 for March.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

The wife OF ex-senator Dorsey. OF
star mail route notorlety, is a beautiful
woman with gentle manners, and 10
spoken Of as a charming converscr.
She was much admired when si,e first
went to Washington, and the subse-
quent changes in her husbands fortune
nave not altered her friendships.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03
TI INVALUABLE DOMESTIC REHrpYf
RHENOL SODIOUF

hrs1nsen: aAA01 BROTHERS 4 WHITE. Philadelphia
p an invaluable remedy in DISEASES and IN
3QR1E Of and POULTRY; destroying
c and other VERMIN. Applied by washing the
Nwls. their rOOsts and nests with a solution OF the
Strength Of one part Phenol Sodique to about fifteen
q twenty parts water. A solution of the same
9&eeo&h Is also recommended given internally, for
To GapeS and other DISEASES OF CHICKENS.
Jor all kinds of HURTS, CALLS, and other DIS
4A6E OF ANIMALS. such as Ulcers, Eruptions,
QhSek, QlsneT, Nch. Mango, Cattle Typhus, Foot Rot,
md Foot aad Mouth Diseases, Scratches, etc.
~ sis ~ peusssrs AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE DEALERS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

Alsothe following, which have been used some,
put We warrant them safe and i'll gosd order:
No. y, 10 HIP. Loo. Boiler, aud Eng sentre crank
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

Three buildings were burnt at Eliza.
beth City insured.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

u, 10 = Rsturh TubuIar Boiler AID Engine.
Light Friction Saw Mill, 20 foot car
riSge, screw head blocks and as incl
DisstOn Saw, $275.
Heavy Friction, Saw Mill, % foot
carriage screw head block. ard 81 inch
Disston Saw, 1915.
Ratchet Feed, $50 extra.
Our Jet Pump will raise water out of
. well so feet deep.
Write for circular, giving dimensions
and prices.
Ne~ Engin~s and Boilers If any size
made TO order.
TAPPEY & STEEL.
Jan lS-tf. Petersburg Va.
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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-11-16
Chlldren's Eyes.

DIR. Mittendorf, of New York, recent
Iy sald that myopia, or shortsightedness
has been called disease of civilization,
and, unless prompt measures were taken
to counteract the injurious influences
which led to the development ofthe dis
ease. it must more and more be regard
ed as disease OF civilized hfe. The
cause of the disease, he explained, were
debility of the sclerotic, hereditary pre-
disposition, long continued fse OF the
eyes on small objects aud az nancrease of
1nterocular pressure by interference with
the circulation of the interior of the eye.
The disease was incurable, but could
be successfully arrested by the applica-
ton of proper glasses. The most dang
erous period of myopla to set IN was
from the ages of to 15 years, and an
examination of the pupils attending
schools of New York led to the follow
ing discoveries; Out of 203 scholars
attending the Thirteenth street gram
mar school only 6 were nearsighted. At
grammer school No. So c9S children
were examined, of whom 81 per cent
were suffering from myopia. This IN
cluded 425 American children, among
whom there were 81 cases OF myopla,
and 273 Germans, of whom 26 were
suffering from myopia. At grammar
school No. So, of $50 Americans 10 per
cent. were myopic, and of 266 Germans
TIA per cent. were afflicted with disease.
AT Columbia College 201 students were
examined, and OF these 80, or 30 per
cent, were found to be nearsighted,
the percentage being greater III the
academ1cal department than In the
school of mines. Further investigation,
with veiw- to testing the hereditary
nature of the disease, showed that, OF
45 Jews, 90 per cent. came from myoplo
families; of 80 German myopics, ~, or
as per cent, came from myopic families,
and of 100 American children, only 49,,
or 81 per cent, had myopia in their
families. In all Gases it was found my
opia increased with the length of school
life. Very serious complications arose
in this disease by neglecting the use of
glasses, and frequently total blindness
resulted from this neglect. He advo-
Gated, as o means of relieving the dis
ease, rest and application of suitable
glasses, which, in many instances,
should be tinted blue, in order to avoid
irritation from bright lights The popu-
lar prejudice of the poorer classes led to
very mischievous results, and often to
hopeless blindness.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-11-16
A. Large Private Library.

The owler of one of the largest pr1-
yate libraries III tne country died re-
Gently at his home IN Albany, n. Y.
His name was Royal Woodward. and
he was not an author, a professional
man or a rich connoisseur, but pedler
of sewing silk For many years he had
invested the greater part of his earn
lngs, which were considerable, in books,
and lis supposed to have left, says the
Troy 1maSs, "more than 10000 vol
umes. His tastes ran in the direction
of theology, genealogies and town his
tories. His library was never arranged,
but was slowed from garret to cellar, III
parlor and woodshed. He also owned
large collections of engravings and auto,
graphs. Mr.. Woodward was an hon
orary member of number of antigua.
rian and literary societies in this coun'
try and Europe"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-11-16
Monks and MIN stlfRs.

A variety il given to the little streets
Immediately adjoining the college and the
abbey by the frequent appearance of
couple of monks, accompanied by dozen
or more splendid specimens or the ut.
Bernard mastif. The race or this fine
dog liz kept vigorous and pure, though all
throughout the canton notice a number
of these animals which evidently have
strains OF other blood. In fact, excepting
from the monastery itself, the Valaisians
say you cannot procure thoroughbred
dog, and not always even there, Their
peculiar training for the assistance OF way.
farers begins, Of course, only on the noun
taIns, and 1t was from the monastery on
the St. Bernard that the Prince OF Wales
obtained, when passing there, the fine can
inc specimens which are the ornaments OF
his kingly kennel at Sandringham.
These dogs are fed three times n day
with vegetable and animal food. The
Christian dog here, contrary 10 some
''dogs OF Christians" elsewhere, observes
the monastic regime, and is limited, ON
fast days and days OF abstinence, i'm bis
food. Next to l. 1ndon joint stock CON-
panies, | never saw canine creatures with
80 much ''Imited liability" There are
about two hundred dogs held here Ia
training orders for the final lessons In hu-
manitarian seeking and finding on 81.
Bernard's bleak top.
These dogs have most attractive names,
and respond TO them as intelllgently az a
corporal's guard on roll call. A sort OF
of stud-book is kept, which. for its detail
and accuracy, would draw tears OF envy
from the racing authorities at Newmarket,
and which / look over with an interest i'm
dog pedigree that would amaze and amuse
Darwin In HeraId's College. The first
family Of dogs here are proud of their
lineage as il they belonged 10 the blue
blood OF all dogdom. chronicled In the
''Bow-wow Peerage" or the canine Who's
Who
One old family traces its origin to the
dog days of the celebrated Bishop Leon,
who was hurled from his palace windows
In the fourteenth century by a spendthrIft
nephew, who was the roue cur OF this can
ton.
| may mention. on the subject or theee
dogs and their sense of smell, that it is
keencr than IN dogs Of the smaller ann
more domestic type. Ii il by the smell
that they are guided In their chief works.
Ii has been said that pet dogs, lap dogs,
and dogs undogged, IL may use the term,
by silly fondlIng and female nursing, are
less strong in their sense OF smell than the
natural dog pure and simple. A dog de-
prIved OF smelling powers ceases TO be a
dog. Schif, in Lis treatise on dogs and
their faculties, says the dog with lossI of
smell loses its faculty of faIthfulnesa to-
ward its master, whom it recognizes and
loves simply on account of his individual
perfume He caused some other dogs to
be deolfactorizec, and forever after they
forget their cunning, and knew no master,
be he ever % kind. The olefactory nerve
in the Mount st. Bernard mastif Ii par
tcularly large, literally containing slnuses
tor increasing the olfactory surface, and
you do not discover 1t 50 developed IN
small dogs.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-11-16

Ihear the clarons OF the day:
Nights mighty veil is upward drawn,
And with Its golden fringes play
The Jewelry fingers OF the dawn.
The curling vapors one by one
Are shot with oralescent CLEANS,
And now the almost risen sun
Darts up a thousand crimson streams.
From heaven TO earth the splenlor steals,
Down giided vanes to windowed towers,
The conscious bells break out in peals,
God what wondrous world Is ours!
The 1ery colors slowly fade,
In sapphire depth they pass away;
The sun begins his grand parade;
From pole TO pole It's perfect day.
Earth's children feel their mother warm;
From drowsy beds they wake and start,
And forth, through streets and alleys swarm
In myriads 10 the noisy mart.
Ohappy toll o blessed fatel
To no one thought too close confined,
That, with each motion, drops date,
And shifts the pictures of the mind,
/ envy you your changing strife,
Your weary hours, your evening rest,
When ali the little cares of life
Are lulled to slumber In the breast.
For my poor soul, that still will noat
Near one idea Of stern device,
Drifts on, like the Laplander's boat,
Close moored beside its berg of Ice.