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President w. NJ. Wadley, of the ieor-
gia Central R. r. dropped dead in the
streets of New York. Senator
John B. Gordon is in Europe trying to
sell three millions of the bonds Of the
Georgia Pacific r. r., which is the toe
of the r. 4 Danville Syndicate system.
1t has been built nearly to Admission. Ala,
or 100 miles Westward from Atlanta.
Chatham Argus, edited by man
who was an "Unionist," when 1t was at
the ropes risk, and a Radical when it
was dangerous says:-''We believe that
the ninety mine out of every hundred Re-
publicans of the county of Chatham, are
in favor of repeating the internal reve-
nue. laws. Give Us high tariff, or any
thing except war or psstilence in place
Of the Raleigh Revenue Ring"
Maj General Warren, who command
ed the most noted corps Of the Yankee
army, if we except Hancocks corps, died
last week ''of broken heart" Like
Fitz-J Ohm Porter he has been trying for
l6 years to secure a reversal of the hasty
sentence by which he was cashiered and
dismissed from the service for negligence
in the very last battle of the war in Vir-
einia-the fight at Five Forks" That
battle brought disgrace to both armies
Tor large part of Pickett's Division,
composed of ''conscripts' from every
State Of the South. skedaddled almost
without firing shot. Warren was dis
liked by the little upstart, Phil Sheridan,
who, OF course, became a power after
Appomattox. and is said to have helped
egg on Grant to wrong Warren. We
were captured by Warrens men, and
taken to his headquarters, and kept for
eight days and nights on hard tack" and
water, with hands and feet tied with
ropes, as Capt. j. b. Lindsey, of Arson,
will recollect, ct,-consequently have no rea-
son to feel prejudiced in Warren's favor /;
but all the same we believe that a
great wrong was done both Warren and
Porter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

OF Eerne, Switzerland. ordained in 1851,
that smoking of tobacco should receive
the same punishment as adultery. But
all that opposition was of no avail To-
bacco remained victor. Thereupon the
governments commenced to tax it. The
Republic Of Venice 6rst did this in 1857
1t decrecd the sale aud manufacture of
tobacco to be a monopoly OF che State.
leased the same and derived a net income
of 46, 900 ducats from it during the first
FIVE years. This example was At once
followed by the papal government at
Rome, and in a short time by the govern
ments Of all the other States Of Italy. In
France, Colbert, the prime minister,
made similar arrangement in 1874, and
the government of France derived from
the sale aud manufacture of tobacco =
revenue OF FIVE hundred thousand livres
in that year, which rose to 20. .o0O.OoO
livres during the year 1887. In England
also . tobacco monopoly of the State was
established, but it lasted only about
twenty years, when it was abolished, Civ
ing way to tax on tobacco In all eivI-
IiZsd countries OF Europe tobacco MAS
heavily taxed ia the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. The tobacco plant
is now extensively raised in Europe, too,
and manufactured there into snuh, smO-
king, and chewing tobacco, all Of which
are taxed 40 luxuries. As to the pro
duction OF tebscco, the Gortcnlaubc
says: The annual amount OF it raised at
present is, in the United States, 3, 1000,
00e hundred weights; Cuba, 6lO. 600 !;
Brazil, 10000; India, $50, 900; Austria
100000, and Germany, 1000, 900. OF
the several states of the latter country,
Prussia produces, 10 round numbers,
280, 900 nsndred weights; Baden, 2A2,-
600; Bavaria, 156, 900; Alsac Lorrain ne,
loo, 900. and Hessia, 81, 900 The tobac,
CO raised on the whole earth amounts to
about Is, 600, 900 hundred weights annu
ally. The present annual consumption
Of tobacco per head of the total popuia
ton is in Russia l poued; France and
England, each also | pound; Italy, Il
pounds; Cuba, Q Is pounds; United
States and Germany, each pounds; !;
Belgium, As pounds, and Ho land, 8
3-5 pounds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

Ex- -CoNFEDERATEs.- Il Virginia paper
claims that Wyatt who was killed at Big
Bethel was Vireinian, though in N.
G. Regt. Gen. A. r. Lawton, Of Sa-
vannah, the blundering agent of the
Grangsr's Direct Trade Union in 1875,
mas made speech at the National Bar
tawyersl Association in New York. -
Gen. Thos. L. Rosscr, tie stout cavalry
man of the Valley, has sued the Canada
Pacific K. r. tor $4,000 damages, be-
cause they accused him last year of steal
ing the route plans which he had pre-
viously engineered for the company. He
was acquitted of the charge and now
brings suit for damages. We wrote
zap, " inthrop;' the types said Wins
low, lie very error we had noted IN
Virgin.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

CHLoRoToRMING DURING SLEEf. .-1he
possibility OF chloformIpg erson 10
sleep, without waking him, having been
disputed in q recent murder trial, DIR. j.
V. Quimby, Of Jersey City, was led to
test the question sxperinentally. The
results were presented in a paper before
the section Of Medical jurisprudence At
the meeting Of the Medical American
Association, a few days ago. DR.. Quinn
by made arrangements with gentleman
to enter his room when he was asleep
and apply ch.oroform to him. This be
did with entire success, transferring the
person from natural to artificial sleep
without arousing. He used about three
drachms of Squibb's chloroform, and &C.
eupied about seven min utes in the Oper-
atieI
The second case was boy of l3, who
had refused to take ether for minor
operation. Dr. Quimby advised the
mother to give the boy a light supper
and put him to bed. She did 80, and Dr.
Ouimby calling when the boy was asleep,
administered the choioform and perform
Cd the operation without awakening the
boy. The :hird case WAS boy OF lO
years, suffering from an abcess, and the
same course Was pursued with equal sue
cess.
Two important differences may be
drawn from these cases. DIR. Qulmoy
said, miror surgical operations may be
done with perfect safety and much more
pleasantly than in the Ordinsry vay and
dedly, . person somewhat skilled
in the use OF chloroform may enter
sleeping apartment and I'D mi mister chic
reform with evil intentions while per
son j. asleep. Hence this use OF this
drug in the hands Of a criminal may be-
come an effective instrument in the ac-
complishnent OF his nefarious designs. -
Nedtcdi AdUdnce.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23
CONSUMPTION.

Iupe Diseases cured By an enh-ely new
method. and the eeu.e OF the disease Graduated
= sxpectorants anodyues or nsnsssens nsoi-
eines are Given dur1nA the sreatnens. Patients are
reouir,d to remain With me enly from to weeks
The dinoulty Of breathing ana c'ush VIII dissppea
in from to II days. Chili', fever ana nlSA'
.veAts will soon cease under the trsatmen'' ana
tn. .eneral he slth Ill be gradually restored
y.r.,ul. Rheurn natism and ali tinds 0; Skin Dis
eases are simulariy trea.sd.
For particulars address:
On. r. vANPILL, LHnbsrten, n. G.
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From Emipsnt DIR. G.. c.. Clark, Os

From Eminent DR.. G. c. Clark, Os
wepo. n. Y. 'Colden's Liehig's Liquid
Extract Of Beef and Tonic Invigorator
is by far the best of all the preparations
Of the kind food and tonic) that ! have
ever used. To the sufferer from chronic
disea,ss, or the convalsscent, it is inyal
uable, being both nourishing and siren
gthening," (Tdke no otI.er). Of drug
glsts. :.
Glenn's Sulphur soap puri6es the skin
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 80
cts. Pixies Toothache Drops cures In
one minute.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

ALWAYS IN FRONT.-The Philadelphia
Neus tells Of ballet girl Of that city
who went to the sea-shors the other
day, and at the fashionable hour for
bathing, when all the young ladies
in the place were disporting them
selves in the water, she took 4 plunge
in the ocean. When she came out
she was noticed to bow pleasantly to
forty or fifty well-dressed males, who
were promenading on the beach apaar-
emily lost in contemplation Of the inf
nifty Of waves in .he distance She afte-
ward exclaimed: Il do not know the
names Of any of these gentlemen, u
their faces are so familiar that they ser m
ike old acquaintances. At the theatre
they aIwav. OCCUPY the from, seats -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

q -.-rrA, ~. Feh. 10, 1881.
W., l.c,.n u.ilr, !, ,..ts = ~ yc-t 80 sIlI -
.,,ya,. rIVt.y illItncci . X Est,'' ~ ..NA' ~
to 20 10 ied "ltl''> -. O. SPErRY.
r,.,.,-.,-ro,.o. 9 G.. I,b- q. ie5i
- l.. ..,,ti'-is "a, i !; keep In,ie
Nearly rv = i''-' > - Di: l. MORTON
In TIC lCafc. : l, C,.-.,.- .-.-.
> -, = ~ I - a. t, b. g 1891
rb.yc tsoI, lIT-:I y, II. 'il; a,,1 ~ tn *
from ~ :, - so r.rar,l itv Pre- nee In ny
HSn,,,e;io,d r, 9 4 tt,.;s .'cItc ne. " - 9 Co,rul
,i-I:T,J-s- -c-,- i -.k.ST; E.:G.
h1d tcern roycr, DAY. tftcFiS tde in, MIN
darrlion 1cc..il VI I'm snd found alrost i:l' tnt
tricd Jour IA:c' hii'LEh '' III J. Nooc!E-
reiof .,,-o~,.arrr Sr .IOSpoN, l.ECi:
nr of t,gcnttihTTceef = Tefyrbrsa rra dVrcn i5
have gwen }t ~ i a never knew it to fail to give
terry and choicra, ald ho'e r CLAKIDGE
relief. edx. Its price brings n
lsE EnnnDr;etnrs. q. - Providence, X. 1.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

Mr. i DIVER Gra,, member Of Parl.
amen. and proprietvl "i Fteennu's Jvur
nal. has been sentenced to three months
Imprisonment and dne OF $500 for con
tempt of court at Dublin, Ireland; the
sentence caused . great sensation in the
city.-Gen. Welscly, the British com-
mander, has issued proclamation to the
people Of Egypt; he says the sole object
Of the British is to restore the authority
Of the Khedive. --Ths yellow fever
at Matamoras is reported to be decreas-
ing.-Jshn Fl. Evins was nominated
for Congressman by the Democrats Of
the Fourth Is. c. District. .-Jaues H
Ramsey has been appointed postmaster
at Salisbury, N. CA meeting of
Bonapartists at Paris was attended by 4
600 persons; resolutions we're passed ia
voring the placing OF Prince Victor Nap
olson on the throne.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23
"HO Me FE r L l l. Il + Il ;. ;"


ana
'0o" FAYRr LIE BAN
h Spring $780,
ousedt
Fall our
the fall wheat
Spring On our
Fertilizer has brought US as good results
in
that our
merchant ORDER
'''' BOYKIN, GARNER s. CO.:
BALTIMORE, ND.
mention
write to any business man. or visit any
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

Congressman Houck of Tennessee; is
unnopular because il !. as reported that
hs VA, intoxicated At meeting In Mary
vile, where he was to speak.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

At This season, various diseases 81 the
through lack of knowledge OF SAFE a
PAIN KILLER is surc cure lor
60 CHOLERA Morbus, etc, and is PEI.
Read the following os,
B.rspRIDGE. y. y, Mnrch :, iod, ,Joyi
pvppy DAVIS PaIS KILLER netr ..or,,1cb
s.saaf re,e| for craLnp and pain mt ~ t,'c pnnIT
NrcHoIvrLtE =. l., cb 2, .,5i .
81 ,te.iiciflc lslsl.E q i.r 90 1LaTt3 -
rbai-r, ni,-t,,s and crrnIgs II ts.s y G ,irna
go :. - -,-rs .n i IL il s're cure tirr IN H.
,.,r-eo,;. Iowa ;Icrch - Isl
,,.,,..J our P,Is KILLER u rt' tt3 =. -
cz.Ilpr conc anu l. J. CALDWELL
c.-rsvuIr G.. Feo. - 1851
r,,.,+x wears nave l.scd yor -, n = lsoyrel
,iiS TJ1,-- uEri il many tIlico 81 ,afe
n I-.5 ~. 80 n I,ocY. ~otiId ~ ~
s.co Mr.. jan. q lssl
u.., PERRY DAVIS IAlS hiLi-kHx = - tot .her
rH'o y. a. 80 ..~e and yettdbte. ~ Au
ahould allow IL - be OUT OF '4o H I EAYEa
-,,v can safely be W,tnGr, d,,o
49, a. zach OF all. For sale py o. cns
PERRY DAVIS q oo1
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CHEAPEST CiSLES Ss,S ~ rs TfEb
.r.s.i.r.- se., y.-.as.. Ne. I-....s1. 1 AGt4s vsAW
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23
SILVER CREEK. n Y, Feb. 6, 1880

GRNTs.-I have hern very low. and
have tried everything. to no advantage
| heard your Hop Bit,ers recommended
10y 80 many, | concluded 10 give ,hc;u :
trial. | did, and no" am around, and
constantly improving. and am r"ar!s as
strong as ever. ". Fl. WHEELLK
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

TROUGH ON RATS"
lear out rats, mice, roaches, flies. ants. bed
bugs, skunks, chipmunks, Rophers. l5c. Druggists
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GEO. E. NIsSEN & co.
sALkA, N C.,
vlGON MANUFACTURERS

U,4l. only the beat of nstst - We have the
a-ce.g d l.rsest ~Ason ORR, :, the state. Es-
e wa.on Gear. ine name q ~. :':,ee. r Refer to
s.... 20. e." Nnte for pfiee''
- 40 Are using our Wagons
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23
Summer Complaints.

Of heb tnu
IS season. sofe and remedy.
KILLER is a for l)arrhua A5''
is
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23

No r.u.iy cen dusI al 1 r.
~~A .e PEIsRY DAVIS a. SON. Ifop
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-16
A Cautious Bridegroom.

'-Say, Judge" said a middle-aged
Comstocker this morning, taking JUS
tice Hires aside and speaking in low
and confidential tone, .'whatdoes itcost
to get divorce?''
''What's the matter? In trouble with
old woman?' asked his Honor, favoring
his questioner with sympathetic and
knowing grin.
''Well, not exactly. You SEE
Somebody been climbing over the
fence of your matrimonial corral?"
chuckled the Court, winking.
mo nothin' of the Sort" testify re-
piled the citizen. The fact is I'm
comm round here to get you to marry
me this afternoon, and / want to be
posted on the whole layout from begin
ming to end. / never go it blind on
anything, and l don't know how the
double racket may pan cut"
The Court figured for moment and
said an average divorce was within the
means Of all but the poorest, and the
bridegroom heaved a sigh of relief and
asked his Honor out to drink. 80 Virginia
CITY Chronicle.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-16
Her Lost Father.

A Pennsylvania paper relates this
heart-rending incident Of the Midlothian
Mine horror last winter. After the
mouth Of the burning mine had been
kept open as longsas possible, Supt.
Dodds mounted coal car. and address
ing the wailing throng Of women and
children around him, said, '.My poor
friends, it grieves me to have to state
to you that for the present our search
for the bodies of those you knew and
loved will have to be abandoned. You
know what fire in coal mine means,
and it may take months of watching to
subdue it. We will close the pit now
The speakers voice quivered with
emotion. When he finished, a beauti-
full little girl Of fourteen years, Annie
Crowder, the only daughter Of one Of the
victims, uttered q piercing scream and
rushed to the mouth of the pit, crying,
20, do not leave my dear papa to burn
down there. Let me get into the cage
and 90 down after him. Let me save
him.
The strong arms of the miners held
her back as the fragile thing tried to
make her way to the cage, and more
than one blackened face was made
blacker as the hand went up to wipe
away the tears. Men sobbed aloud,
and turned away to conceal their emo
ton. The little girl. finding her pro.
gress barred. swooned at the mouth Of
the pit.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-16
Woman and Pockets,

Nature never intended woman to be
a creature with pockets. That woman
was not meant for pockets is sufficient
ly evidenced by one fact alone. When
she is on the street, though her outer
cloak may have several pockets and her
dress at least one, she invariably carries
her purse in her hand. I: would not be
safe to intrust woman with any more
pockets than she now possesses. If she
had more she might be tempted into bad
habit, such as carrying about with her.
to places of amusement, ETC., number
of articles in addition to those with
which she now burdens herself and her
escort. If she had a multitude of peck
cts she would be perambulating fan
cy store. AS it is she cannot even man
age the pockets now allowed her. 1t is
her habit to hang up her dress without
emptying its one pocket, and to mourn
until that special dress is again worn
the loss Of the contents of that pocket.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-16
How The Italians Embalm.

The principal Italian embalmers keep
their special processes a secret, although
the chief steps are welt known. The
process of embalming is stated to con-
sist Of five steps. First, cold water is
injected through the whole circulatory
system until it issues quite clear. This
may take as long as five hours. Alco-
hol is then injected for the purpose of
abstracting all the water from the body.
This is followed up by the injection of
ether, to dissolve out the fatty matter.
This injection is carried on for several
hours-in thin subjects for two, in very
fat ones for even as long as ten hours.
After this a strong solution of tannin is
slowly injected, and full time is allowed
for its soaking into all the tissues; this
takes from two to five hours. Lastly,
the body is exposed for from two to five
hours to a current Of warm air, which is
previously dried by passing it over heat
ed chloride of calcium. The body can
then be preserved for any length Of time
without undergoing change, and il as.
hard as stone. London Lancet.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-16
a Nautical Explanation.

In dancing saloon one night sail
or was asked BY messmate to explain
to him in few words and as quick as
possible the third figure Of a quadrille.
His description was as follows: 'You
first of all heave ahead" said he, sand
pass your adversary's yardarms; then
in q jify regain your berth on the other
tack in the same kind of order; slip
along sharp and take your station with
your partner in line; back and fill, and
then fall on your heel, and bring up
with your craft. She then maneuvers
ahead off alongside Of you; then make
sail in company with her until nearly
astern Of the other line; make stern
board; cast her of to shift for herself;
regain your place out of the melee in
the best manner you can, and let 20
your anchor - Chambers Journal.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-16
How Woolen-Mill Machinery Wears Out

How Woolen-Aill Machinery Wears Out.
Much new wooden machinery is re-
quired each year to replenish that which
has been actually worn out. Excellent
authorities establish the average life Of
the entire mechanical equipment of q
woolen-mill as being twenty years, and
as there are about 5000 sets Of machin-
cry in use in the United States at the
present time, it follows that an average
of $50 sets become worn out and has to
be replaced each year. Four hundred
and fifty sets Of machinery means 1900
to 1000 cards, about as many self-oper-
ating spinning mules, 10000 to $4,000
looms, and other machinery in proper
ton. A 200-spindle mule costs $3.50,
and one with 800 spindles costs $500.
TO replace the mules alone, therefore,
which are annually worn out in the
United States necessitates q disburse-
ment of over 81, 100000 per annum
among the machinery manufacturers,
and to replace the cards and looms re-
quired for the same purpose costs q
much larger sum.-Boston Commercial
Bt<lLeki7a
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-16
The Bat Caves Of Texas.

A correspondent describing the lime
stone caves, or caverns, of Texas, says
of them: These bat caves have long been
known to bear and turkey hunters
They abound in several counties Of that
State. They are not very comfortable
places to 90 into, as one IS continually
haunted BY the fear Of rattlesnakes. She
bears with cubs, and the danger of un-
known abysses. Besides, the great
hordes of bats fitting around your light.
hitting you in the face and becoming
entangled in your hair, is an uncomfort-
able feature, producing sort Of ''creep-
ing' feeling in fellow. Then there is
the ever-present danger of your light
becoming extinguished, leaving you in
darkness blacker than pitch, from which
you might never emerge. However
ardent an explorer he may be who ven
lures into one Of these things, and how
ever interested with what he sees, he is
continually wishing that he were we'll
out of it. They are regular witch holes.
If there be witches in the world, there
you will find them, I should think. I
explored one in Bandera or Medina,
several hundred yards, as I judged, un.
til I came to a fine creek rushing and
roaring through it. Beyond the creek
I could see another opening, leading, no
doubt. to still deeper and darker depths,
but had got enough 81 it, and refused
to venture further. In this one I en-
countered the bat guano Immediately on
entering, and it continued great dis
lance. could not Judge how thick the
deposit was, but it was certainly many
feet. There could not have been less
than several thousand tons Of it, and it
was accomplishing with great rapidity.
The substance cast down by these
bats is exceedingly rich in nitrate of
potash. Fof the manufacture of that
salt no other substance in the world can
compare with it. l saw any quantity
of it in the Bandera or Medina cave,
which, by the way, by some natural
chemical process. had been converted
where it lay into pure saltpetcr. appar-
ently.s It would evidently make very
strong fertilizer. besides furnishing gum
powder, ETC., but whether tho raw stuff
is worth 500 q ton or not cannot say.
II it is worth anything like that figure
I should say Texas bat cave is better
than gold mine. On the whole, it looks
like new industry was about to be
added to us in Texas, namely, that Of
bat ranching. The bat ranch man
would be at no expense for feeding or
herding his cattle. He would be at no
expense whatever except for gathering
his guano and shipping it to marriott
He should gather his guano only Ia the
night when the cattle arc away feeding.
Should he disturb them too often in the
day time, they might shift their quarters,
thus cutting of his daily supply 81
guanO.
The Confederates worked some q
these caves for saltpeter during tho VA.