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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
SKINNING INTO THE WRONG SHOW

hlNNlNG INTO TIE RONG SHOW
There IS a Gospel-tent at tie corner O
Michigan avenue and Fourth slleet. anG
OF a Sunday evening there is d consider
able passing In and out on the part OF
pedestrians. Last Sunday evening a box
OF II, who Dad just left the tent. en-
countered a stranger, who stopped him
and inquired:
say, bub, what sort of a performance
IS going on in therc?'
Purity good thing" was the reply
I'D kinder like to see the fat woman
and the living skeleton and the Alb,no
children cnce more, but I'm pur,y near
strapped. Is there any way KIN work
in?' 'A
Us boys crawl under the canvass"
Anybody around to knock you Stif?'
Never saw anybody. LII show YOU
where to 90 UNDER
by hockey, I'll try it. It's no use 70
lhro" away a quarter when you kin beat
a side show
Inc boy took him around behind tbe
TEN and saw him safe under. and then
crossed the street and sat down He
waited just exactly three minutes and
ihch the stranger came out Of tho tont
D. the door. He looked IN and dow
me street. Glossy canned every younos.
~ ABOUT him, and finally said to a boot
black: ooet-
'Bub, I'm looking for a youth abon,
heads taller than you-pcaked nose
brown straw hat-hair cut short, 7
"ant to see him so awful bad for aLo,,
a minute that III give you half = dollar
II you can find hlm around h.raIn -
troH Free Press. ne
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.

The farm formerly owned by Rev. A.
Wilson, ID. d, and afterwards by DIR. A.
Wilson, NJ. D., a most beautiful and de-
sirable situation. Land well adapted to
grain and grass. Large and convenient
house, D stories, ten rooms, with all
necessary out-buildings and excellent
we'll of water. Fine orchard and vines
ward. Situated near the Haw River Il
mills from Swepson's factory, 6 miles
from Mebanesville, ) from Graham, aud
adjoining the Alamance Stock Farm of
Robert Scott. 300 in tract. More than
one third valuable timbered land.
Also in connection or separately 8
wheat corn and circular saw mill com
blred. with mill tract containing 90
acres of land, OF which there is none
more fertile in North Carolina.
Terms will be known upon application
to II. A BASON,
Melville. Alamance Co., N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
ONE EXPERIENCE En

uNk EXPERIENCE From M>Sv !,
ana oeth SICK and miserable 81 -
snu ,ad caused my husband 81 'ons
.ioupie and expense, no onr "iur'l
NOV what allied me, that 7 wss 70
p,e'eiy dlsheartened and d]iscopr,n com
tn.s frame of mind [ got a bo,,,a In
f.ars and used them unknown mop
,am'ly; soon began to mo 20 my
cameo so fast that nv husl,and Il
ny thought it strange AMI ana fam
they said. I'm what had helped me
made moth eney prosper, for they have
Mother. "no us happy.'-rhe
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
4 NOTED BUT UNTITLED

Tho above Is good likeness Of Mrs.
ham, OF Lynn, Mass, who above all othar 49, nh
may be truthfuliy called the Dear Friend ~ V@d
as some of her correspondents. low = "oI
l. zealousiy devoted to her work, which ia ~. Sc
OF q Ifestudy, and Is obliged to keen :,
assistants, to help her answer the large COR "' A1
which daily pours in upon her, each beario... ~"a'
burden OF suffering, or joy at Release ,r1.
Vegetable Compound Is a medicine for r." 1a
evil purposes. l have personally inv. ~ -
am satisfied OF the truth of this. "A
On account Of its proven merits n
and prescribes! by the best phys.ciaDs IN - +
One says: 1t works Ike q charm and '
pain. 1t Will cure entirely the worst f.-r,
of the uterus, Leucorrhua, irregular sn3
Menstruatton,i all Ovarian Troubles. Ineanrn.. '~~,
liberation, Floodings, all Displacement, sr-. 1
seQuent spinal weakness, and il especisuy -
the Change of Life"
1t permeates every portion Of the svsfar ,.
now Life and vigor. 1t removes ~faintn.s, =.
destroys all craving for stimuiants. and reIe,.,-
ness Of the stomach. 1t cures BIoating III.
Nervous Prostration, General Debility s,s.rl-.'
Depression and Indigestion. That feeling -
down, causing pain, weight ami blackjack ,
permanently cured by its use. It Will at all +t~.
under all circumstances, act in harmony within.
that governs the female system.
1tcosts only 81. per bottle or six for g. and s..+-
druggists Any advice required as To- special eag.
the names Of many who have been restored ,.
health by the use Of the Vegetable Com,on,+
obtained by addressing Mrs L, with stuun .r
at her home In Lynn, Mass.
For Kidney Complaint of either sex this conpg.a.
unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show
Mrs. Pinkham's Liver Pills. saws ON. Writ
the best in the tcorld for the cure Of Con.rr..
Biliousness and Torpidity of the liver. Her.
Purifier works wonders in ito Op.a5o7 r ~
to equal the Compound in its popularity.
All must respect her as an Angel Of Mercy who's.
ambition IS to do good to othera
Philadelphia, Pa. 2) Mn
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

NAlew days ago Edward Finnessov &c
ueoway, Mass, observed a flock If VI
hoverlng above one of their nnmhor
nahlnS a great noise. The bird wasnn
sHe ground apparently disabled hnt ~ ~
:IGse[ observation it was dls,ove,e cd :.
II mao been securely caught br ,na'
hiud turtle. The reptile refuse - h rase
10 the struggle. was broken
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
BUY NOW AND PAY WHEh CO
TON COMES I'M,

thousands of musical families tlra'-.
outthe South are intending TO ple
ramos and Organs in the fall. "
COTTON comes in. Why wait. B.
once, and enliven the long, hot 7gua@
.n9nths with music. aad make d.
Harvest Home still more joyful u
uilnl finds us with a tremrll
STOCK OF instruments at Savannah
our NINE BRANCH HOUSES, 4ta-
countless Agencies, and with Is nal
more Go arrive before October 15t,"l--
We are under contract TO take. "
cannoG carry this immense stock a..
tall. Lie must be sold. 1t viii be. IA
puyers Will want many Iustru~a-H
installment buyers will take more. 81
who at this time OF the vpar CD
liot conveniently meet our In-ta.ns
PAYMENTS, will gladly come IN -a-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
'e Dental Depot
Knoxville, Tenn.

Western North Carolina now has don.
ole daily trains to Knoxville, Tenn. Den.
lists can order Material, and get in > fam
hours and get them as low as thew can INV
from any Depot. We solicit a trial ord:
very Respectfully,
W. n. CARSON & Bro.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

MONROE ITEMs.-From the Enquaer.
Prof. W. j. Scroggs will take charge of a
school at Smlthviile.Jas. L. helms.
wagon maker. was found dead in bed
a few miles from Monroe store II
Moses Moore at Whites store. burned
July 7th.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

young man or woman who nns,
soisake society because of mort;feiaa
lieohies, tan, letter, pimples and itci;noo
eaoriatlons OF the face, should usr snne
OF Dr. Benson's Skin Cure. # cleann.e
the scalp and is good for the toilet
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

C0l. Noah Orr, the Ohio giant, who
was buried at Marysville on honda -
CURED a cotfi u s feet long. q feet w;do
. : feet high. His brother. CO..
Orr' who survives him, is 6 feet i61
inches in height. oo' ioz
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
MIDSUMMER SPECIAL Offer
Sxo CASH DOWN on PlAhV
30 CASH DOWN Q Al. ORCN'

ana tie balance November Isl WI
nihii Vt Ole G Mt OF IN ,rssl. j"
bottom cash Ia IS. \. interest," a.a
s'hce III prlce. Ii u lance cas-
pt'd In the fan, 'onger time vii b.
Ell, with a ~r.asaaabl,. ir,.re sc of pr
Al instruments Of every ..'ai' IT,
price included in this S he.
musical fire lis OF il. v
dialogues, Price Lis $. q
iuil Particulars This sale
ger ist, 1882. Ear y plrcua>-
oaSn prices AID easy terms. Adlf''
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
Tokay Vineyard Mines

Either Dry" or Sweet" "Rat
)r ~ hite." Several varieties Of cad.
Purity and KEEPING guqitl< q.ur.-
iced. Pronounced by such hieA sa,to-
ty as DE-. Sayre, ON. Y, aud Ur Gard
ner of the I S Army, as well as Others
he very best native wines they ever
frank. No refuse Of the Foreign va.
press, or vile authorizations that have ue.
n e a wine press No catering t.rl.
European palate" so-callei, at a-
figures. Also several thouSanl el.s
# pure wine vinegar. Send for n4
list, and cultivate health ami sobriaya
veil as home industriee.
A. MCBUIE, w. J. GREEN.
ping Agent. Prm.-.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

tie salt in it. win d III
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

in,aild wives and mothers quickly res
soisu TO health by nseing Browns IRON
A true tonic. hon
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
SKIN my MEN.

Welis' Health Renewer'' restor,s ,sa,.
'isor' cures Dyspepsia, Impotence. Al Dma ana
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

South Bend, Ind, dug. 1.-Two
freight trains collided on the Lake Shore
Railroad, just west ofthis city, this morn
ing. Cars to the number of sixty were
piled up OF the engines. and taking fire
were burned up. The engineers were
buried under the debris, but were rescued
lust before the flames reached them.
There were some tramps on the train.
and four of them insist that seven of
their comrades are in the burning mass
The loss is estimated at $3.50, 600.
Salem Press: Squirrels are reported
being very abundant TIL. ear.--We
learn that the suit of Miss Margaret Mil.
Ter against the estate of l. G.. Lash has
been compromised by allowing s.. 1000
and a lot Of furniture.-North Caro-
Ina Midland Railroad Directors will
meet IN Winston on the oath Of August.
was a very severe hail storm
IN the neighborhood of Bolejack's mill
IN Stokes county, on last Friday after
neoa. Considerable damage was done
10 tobacco by the hailstones -We
learn that COW belonging to w. J. Kew
OF Surrt county, shed both of her horns
last week n the same way that a deer
does. The horEs come of ,eayins two
small Stumrs having the appearances of !
new set OF horns coming.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

A HALF DOLLAR Tur,L. NJ
King, editor Of the Fail Rfy.r =, '
SIN, thus discourses upon .ha 1N'
St. Jacobs Oh: Suffering ,irb .'
tic pains | vas Diiymn~ rs II.
read Of ST. jacobs oil and ..;
rocs fur a half dollar fria1. "r@
,ottle and before it Ms half 5.
screw wlepch pains had gou, ,. .e
,ltd me no longer o4
To Sc 'ur tin.-Use wA,ting m.
with kerosene. ee-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
SOME CAROLINA M1LLIONAIRES

Maj Grady who writes the above IS
topping at Maj. Gen. Blacknall's hotel.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

Ifyou are sick Hop Bitters will surely
aid Nature in making you we'll when all
else fails.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-30
Inttertes.
10th
POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING OF TIL
In the City of Louisville. on

FRIDAY, JUNE 80. 1852.
These drawings occur monthly Sundays
excepted) under provisions of an Act OF the
General Assembly of Kentucky
The United States Circuit Court on March 81
rendered the following decisions:
lsT-THAT THE COMMONWEALTH DIS
rRIBUTION COMPANY is LEGAL.
2D-ITS DRAWINGS ARE FAIR
N. B.-This company has now on hand
large reserve fund. Read carefully the liss Of
prizes for the
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-30
Cremation in Europe.
Pail Mall Gazette


The cremation of Garibaldi, which is
to be carried out in accordance with his
| last will and testament, will tend to re-
vive public interest in a controversy of
which little has been heard for some
| time. At present the practice is not
popular; for the most of us it is not even
| possible. Even at Milan the number of
cremations does not exceed one hundred
per annum. The report Of M. Georges
Martin on ''The Proposition Cadet, f"
submitted to the Municipal Council
of Paris, contains the latest and
most trustworthy information on the
subject of cremation. NJ. Martin
| agrees with M. Cadet that cremation in
a short time will be regarded as the only
possible solution of problem which in
great cities is ever increasing in urgency /;
but he contents himself with proposing
that for the present cremation should be
rendered optional. The crematoly, how
ever, is as yet but in an early stage of
development. Under the stimulus of
competition it is probable much nearer
approach to perfection may be made
than has yet been attained. The regen
erative furnace of M. S'emens at Dres-
den only cost $3.50, and is one of the best
vet invented Combustion is effected by
heated air, and the process is very rapid.
The Brunetti crematOry is complicated
and slow: 1t takes four hours to con-
sumo body, and necessitates a con-
sumption of a hundred weight of wood.
The most CHASTITY of all the apparatus
of cremation Is the Kuborn, which is
devised for use on the field of battle In
this dreadful machine as many as twelve
bodies can be burned at one time, the
operation lasting from an hour to an
hour and a half. A dozen Kuborns,
working day and night, could dispose of
2 500 corpses in twenty four hours.
Thirty years ago it was proposed to dis
pose of bodies by passing them into gas
retorts, and since then many inventors
have sought to use gas as the agent for
reducing them to their elements. The
apparatus of NM Pollica and Clericetti,
in which many crematiOns have taken
place. is one of those in which gas is
used, much on the principle of the
ordinary gas oven. The process is
complete in an hour and a half, and
the charge is 20f. On an altogether
different principle is the crematory of
Prof. PaolO GOrini, of Lodi He pro-
fesses to be able completely to destroy a
human body in twenty minutes, at
cost of eight francs by immersing it in
chemical solution heated to high tenn
perature. The composition of this sOlu-
tion he keeps a strict secret, but chronic
acid is believed to be one of the chief
ingI edients. The best known crematory
in Europe is that erected by M. Keller
in the cemetery of Milan. In this
monumental crematory" two bodies
can be consumed at a time without pro-
ducing any odor The process, which is
completed in an hour, can be watched
through small glazed openings, and at
the close the survivors can carry home
with them four or five litreso of fine ashes
weighing about sixty ounces. The cost
varies from 15f. to 25f.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-30
Savannah. Honda & Western Rv
sUPERMrENDENT's oTTIo

SAVANNAH, June z. 1872.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, June 4, 1882.
" Passenger Trains on this road viii run
as follows:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-30

the circumstances of the "Goonee" or
"Kunchenee.
The orthodox Indian music is one Of
the strangest systems extant, with six
"mastar movements" each having five
''wives" or raginess, every one of these
producing eight melodiOus offspring,
thus making two hundred and forty le.
Ultimate songs. These are all pesronified
as deities in such works as the "Ratna-
mala," and belong to religious days and
rites; and a Sanskrit version of ''God
Save the Queen" would be as strange
among them as a Dervish in cathedral.
The Hindoos, however, have. no doubt,
other and popular songs; and many a
beautiful air might indeed be CLEANED by
a Western musician from the dhoor-
peeds of the Rajboots, the ghuzuls and
rektahs of the Moguls, the dadras and
nuktas, the tuppas and teranas and pal
mas of the Bengalis. The major part Of
these, also, are heard from the lips OF
some singer or dancer, who drones out
the long weird melody to the rising and
falling accompaniment Of the drum-skln
and the brass wires, and who would be
wonderfully puzzled to keep to the regu-
lar and severe measure of an Occidental
anthem. 1t is characteristic of this
Eastern habit of getting dancing and
singing done for hire. instead of joining
| in as Westerns do, that harmony is al
most unknown among Indian musicians.
The monotone of their songs is support
| ed by simple Instrumentation, which
furnishes a kind of accompaniment,
and by its excellent time produces
good effect; but ''part-singlng" is not
understood.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-30
POINTS ABOUT POKER.
"Reminiscences of the Game by One
OF John MOrrIssey,s Friends,
Netc York Sun.


One of John Morrissey's most intimate
friends characterized the Newburg
game as the most extraordinary game of
poker ever played in this country. 1--WE
hear of fortunes lost in a night in Euro
pean gambling houses" he said, "but
nobody has ever heard until now of
$780, 600 being won on a single hand at
poker The loser in that game was
skinned, of course, but if he hadn't been
a fool he wouldn't have lost so much.
He knew that neither of the two men
with whom he was playing was good for
$4,000. But when they bet their hands
up TO $3.50, 600 he bet his money against
them, knowing that if he won he
would not get his money. 1t
seems incredible that he should
not have known that he was being
skinned. And it's wonder to me that
he paid what he lost. / don't believe
there is another man in the country who
would have paid it. You have often
heard of this or that man winning or
losing $40, 600 t.. $50, 900 at poker at a
single sitting. The evidence on which
those stories are based is usually hear
say. l once played in game in which
the ante was 500. But such games are
seldom, if ever, played in these days.
Money isn't so plenty as it used to be.
Nowadays game in which four or five
thousand dollars is won or lost is cen.
sidered a very heavy game When
sporting men play together now they
almost always play what might be called
the table game. Each player buys as
many chips as he wishes and plays for
no more money than they represent
Each man is in this game given show
for his money, and no one player can
make an opponent lay down his hand
by betting more than he can cover.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-30
The Sale of Lnmisiana

Lieut.. Col. Jung, of the French army,
has just published the first two volumes
of new work entitled "Lucien Bona.
parte and His Memoirs" One of the
most interesting features of Lucien's
memoirs are reports of conversations in
which the interlocutors are almost inva-
riably Napoleon, Joseph and Lucien Bo-
naparte. Lucien denies that Napoleon
was communicative; as Consul, he
says, he talked a great deal and very
well. AT times, according to Lucien'
account, the brothers appear to have had
regular quarrels, and Joseph, as
the elder of the three, did not
measure his words. There is one
scene, aprOpOs of the sale of
Louisiana to the United States,
which is highly comic. The cession of
Louisiana to France by Spain had been
one of the triumphs of Luciens diplO-
matte career as Ambassador at Madrid.
One day, in 1902, Joseph rushes to Lu-
cien's house and tells him that Napoleon
intends to sell Louisiana to the Americans
on his own responsibility, without con-
sulting the Chambers, the object of the
sale being to obtain money for carrying
on war. And here, in parenthesis, let
us cite a sentence of Lucien, who saws,
apropOs of this incident, in another
place: 81 wish it to be clearly under
stood by my readers that / am not
of the number of those who be.
lieved, and who persist in believing,
that my brother Napoleon made war
against his own wi at any epoch what.
ever. On this point l knew too well his
innermost thoughts, particularly at the
time of which am speaking" How
ever, Joseph and Lucien determined to
demonstrate with their brother, and to
try to prevent this coup detGt The
next morning they called upon him. The
First Consul had Just entered his bath,
the water of which was clouded with an
abundance of eau de cologne The con-
versation began with talk about poetry,
about Napoleon's early literary efforts,
about Corsica, about Paoli, about
the Concordat. Neither Joseph
nor Lucien dared to breach
the subject of Louisiana. At
last Napoleon began the topic himself,
still reclining in his bath. The discus
sion grew hot Meantime the valet came
in to aid his master in his additions. In
the heat of angry debate with Joseph.
Napoleon half issued brusquely from
the bath, slipped back agar and splashed
the water all over the room and all over
Joseph. The valet, terrified by this
Olympian perturbation, tainted. Joseph
went home to change his clothes. and
Louisiana was sold to the Americans for
eighteen million of francs, which ena-
bled Napoleon to prepare that series of
wild and useless campaigns which ended
in Waterloo.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-30
Egyptian and HindOO Musician.
London telegraph.

The Egyptian sings at his work, be it
at the water-wheel. maize-hoeing, low
ing, or donkey driving. He is always
droning out some chant, not without
the grace of melody, though it is better
generally not to be aware of the exact
meaning of his lay. Like the Persian,
the Syrian, and the Arab, he thinks
highly of the art of song. The Shoara
Of the Nile arc popular and well paid
musicians; and even the Almeh OF
Awalim-the girls who dance and sing
are so called as being learned wo.
men, But the Hindoo is not of him
self singer. He likes to squat on the
ground and hear the mautch women 90
through their prolonged performance to
the gourd drum and the star. Indian
regiments do not. sing choruses like our
own, nor do Indian crowds take up the
refrain of song and repeat it voeifer-
ously as an Engligh crowd will do at the
theatre or in public place. They shout
a few words sometimes like "Jeyl Jeyp'
and MOhammedan mob at such festi.
val as the MOhurrum viii raise vast
elamOr with religious outcries. The
airs which HindoOs know and appre-
eiate are soft wailing, winding minors,
full of intervals, ornaments, and half
notes, very different in style from the
sort OF Gregorian chant which is our ma
nonal anthem. Many of these, like the
Egyptian songs, have no tune at all. but
Only rhythm, dependent on the text,
"hlOn ITSELF varies with the temper Of