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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
Southern CONTAINERS vindi-
Gated.

Nine IN ten Of the NortheruerS who
come South and begin farmn. make a
. disastrous failure for the first year OF
two. Why: Answer: Because tLcy
begin with high di>dain for southern
methods, and with great idea Of ther
own superior wisdom. Looking with
contempt upon the simple Bull-Ton-
que" plOw. they buy monster piow
share which not only Kills their horses
to pull. under the hot sun. but also
throws up the red clay sub-soil, and
ruins the little fertility of our upland>
Result: they get no crop.
Now, deep plowing is very desirable,
and as fast a the fertile humus can be
deepened, the plow ought to be sunk
| deeper and deeper in order to lighten
up the soil, give it air, and open its
pores to receive fertilizers. But it can
not be all done AT once.
The point we make. rs we lave often
repeated in these columns. is that the
land must be gradually improved before
any attempt to handle it in Yankee
/ fashion. A great deal has been written
of late years about DR.. Nturdvants plan
for corn-culture, viz: b. deep blowing
to loosen up The roots. etc. Cleveland
Herald now says his theories were 'all
broken up" by the result Of experiments
at the New York Experimental sta
/ ton
"One of the experimental plats fcorn
there conspicuously illustrates the ad-
vantage OF shallow over deep cultiva-
ton. Half the length of the rows the
surface was only scraped deep enough
to destroy weeds, without destroying
the lateral roots of the corn. In the
other half three inches from the hills OF
corn. the cultivation was four inches
deep, or little deeper than the com
mon cultivator works. The shallow
cultivation showed splendid growth. fine
color and excellent promise OF an album
dant Weld while the deep cultivation
with all other conditions the same)
showed a feeble growth of sickly. yel-
low corn of not more than half the
weight of that on the part of shallow
cultivation. The natural conclusion.
therefore. is that great care should be
4 taken not to disturb the lateral roots.
which run a considerable distance from
the stalk. very near the surface.
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CURIOUS FEATURES OF HIGHLAN-
DIA.-We have often printed the facts
about the Thermal Belts, in Western
\. c.. which are free from frost but our
observations were confined to the els
montane regions. Professor J. W.
Chickerning. in letter before the Phil
osophical Society at Washington. re-
citing the observations of Mr.. Silas Nc
Dowell and others, sIid:-
1.-The valley OF the Little Tennessee
river. in Macon county. i about 1000
feet above tide. When tie thermome-
ter indicates a temperature OF about 26o
the frost extends about 300 feet IN certi-
cal height up the mountain Sides and
there ceases. appearing again four hun
dred feet higher. In the intervening
belt the most delicate plants remain un-
touched. and so sharp are the d,riding
lines that sometimes one holf of shrud
may be frost killed: :phile tie other is IN
affected Following tributary stream
upward from the valley one passes three
n. ountain barriers and enters in success
sion three valleys. the highest of which
is plateau-like, and three thousand nine
hundred feet in altitude. The vernal
zone appears in each valley rising as the
valleys rise. but somewhat less rapidly.
so that in the highest it is one hundred
feet above the plateau. In this frostless
zone the Isabella grape not merely has
ripened for twenty-six years. but is free
from mildew. blight and rust. In Polk
county a similar belt is said To skirt the
Tyron mountains, extending from 200
to 1900 feet above tide. This is un-
touched by frost until the latter part o.
December. usually free from snow
| while the mountains above and the val
| leys below are covered"
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For the F. Il. M.-Housshold.
One Of our Lady Friends Calls the
Roll of the Households.

Hope no change has taken place in our
Household since | have enjoyed one of
its M errv NJ eetings at Eugene
Hall. MO for there sits dear
Grandma just returned from Char
leston." Busy" as bee" with her
I'm. Broiderie, " and Dixie her pet
"Cham, leon on her shoulder, entertain
ing Tar Heel' Farmers Wife who
was a Country Girl and is good
Housewife" and ''Housekeeper'' oDe
who's never ''Detrop." And there is
Lucille" reading Maud Muller and
humming Do Rec "Mi La and can
ME Laurie" to our Petite" ''Invalid"
"Ulrica." And Daisy Dee'' dressed in
a Dolly Warden "P laying With
Her &c reat CO. at '.Topsy." and
locking like an "O.d Maid as she tries
to Comfort MARSHALL with Cape Fear
potato pone And Non Quid Sid
Quis'' with "Nerbum Sapientia" argu
ing ike Lawyer with IN. L. H. p"
concerning In Neritas," He-"N'im
porte. "Meid" ! discover the
we'll informed "Empsie' and Cecil
Afton'' whose "Anonymou>" poetical
'Hieroglyhic" show they belong
neither to the "Ignoramus' nor No
vice" And there still blooms in the
window the Rose g. Ranium." "Vio
lets and Sensitive Plant" while "Out
slider" tourishes the Jessie mine. Car
oliua Black berry, Sunfower" and An
gelna Evergreen, Anita" ke my eyes
from these they rest on the ID ear F.
amilia picture of Helen McGregor." :"
and bust of 'Phocion" guarded on
either side by "Justicia' and "Veritas,
while just above with out str C"hed
Heron" There May b Cvome /
have not seen. Like Kate Eydle" Gap
propriate ''Incognitia" they haye Aunt
Grace" to come oftener Best wishes to
ALL JUDITH.
Sept "a, 'S3.
Some numbers missed
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gadiss department.
For the D. 4 ousehOld.
To -. B."


\ ou ask what | We been doing.
Through the long summer days.
You'd like TO know if my footsteps
Have led Ger pleasant ways.
love the grand old ocean,
| love the mountain breeze; =
| love To walk the pearly strand
Or meath the towering trees.
Yet I've no story to tell YOU
OF a sojourn by the sea.
With the salt roads wildly tOs sing
Their spray SO glad and free.
Nor yet among the mountains
Have | sought place the while
Over our broad fair earthland.
The summer days have smiled.
The summer DAYS have ended,
The autumn DAYS have come,
But nv feet have never wandered
Away from love and home.
| have read your spicy letters.
Which oft have caused a smile,
They seem so bright and homelike.
SO innocent of guile.
1t seems as if knew you.
Though your faces are unseen.
And our homes perhaps are distant,
With many a mile between.
The skies have ne'er seemed brighter,
Nor the days more swiftly passed,
For I've launched upon Times river.
And my boat is sailing fast.
For life / thank the Giver.
And pray that day and night
He may help my weak endeavor
To guide my boat Alright.
And when my life is ended,
And my boat can sail no more,
MAY it be safely stranded.
Upon the eternal shore
''EMPSIE."
Durham, y. Z.
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r ction in First DIST Nov. -.

lie j, huel by nature fyr The
Bench aud Is one OF the soundeSt read
.aw "a ? the : ate, saw an exchange
referring 8 Nal John " Graham a
IL, Judgment a. the future viii DO
doubt demonstrate.
clayton Bad Is newsy hule sheet
this week Ittells Of two narrow escape.
Three ladies' were driving across the rall :,
read near Clayton, a. the tram whiriei
out OF cut. A large pile OF wood ot-
scured the view, and where three laiie,
are there IS az, d be some taking Any
way. the horse reared aud fell back upOu
the shafts. breaking them, iu-t il time ~
miss the Iron Trotter Mr. + b
Christman "a, i l. (hIi-ln.a', mil
vas cleaning tie circular 4.N, @hcu sud
i,uly the cac ne started AID the saw
whlriea ike lightning catcLiny his pau
falcons Fo, uate lie 10Th rsvc wa
else le would have been da, >. in piece
ID twiukiilg. 4 narrow MIS- s
little son Of Lake Banks, coIorcd a.c-
dentally killed himself near the new CLAY
ton bridge.
-Grate.uI for kind care and relici
Capt. l.. G. Robinson. Of Selma. ask
rs % pul H>h the following. aul a- tho
Mes,rs Goolet were formerly from \.
G. we com2ly
After consulting with several noted
physicians and SURGEONS. | submitted 10
a very dangerous operation which was
performed with much care ease and
skill by Drs Goelet and Henry l.
this should reach tho eve Of any of youi.
readers who need The al ot an cXpcri-
enccd and skilliul surgeon. / respectful
~ refer them To Dr. Goclrt. OF 242 West
54th st. New York Who am sure Viii
give them his undivided attention his
experience and skill, and watch them
with the care and tender solicltude that
a mother watches over her infant.
miss his gcacral smile and Winning
courteous manners. tie attentions and
luNuries / received in his palatial man
sion; though am happy in the thought
that through lis mstrumentality and
the BLESSINGS of cod am almost =
well man.
-T41enew managers Of the Richmond
and DanyflIn y 4 have is.ued > ,,.ii-
a. .ta,ino tbat j.. l;.;.1.,d ,.,,;,.I, ,a.
'''
declared last year was uhJuStiiahie ana
designed to 'Bull-up" the bonds Of the
comuanv. The net earnings for the
,.,,,..a,,.li,, co,t onl 1os9 -,
~,
~ 'llt''i I'''I'S' "eIe 100 ;
Icduclin4 ilNed oiiarges ~. lbS; leav-
mo balance 81 S'N.Ntb. mere was
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a WIDOW WITH NINE CHILDREN

May have as much trouble with them as
did the old woman who lived in shoe.
The children will all the time be getting
their noses bumped, their heads bruised,
their fingers cut, and their stomachs and
bowels disordered by unripe fruit. The
mother who is wise enough to keep a
bottle of PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER
saves her children much suffering, and
herself great deal Of trouble.
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L;gh ming ran Al rng the wire into
an Indiana rol' graph flee. The opera
tor thought that phenomenal man wa>
at work on ha>tv u e~>age Don t
send so condemned fast, Z" be protested
- At the Friends early meeting in
Plail field Ind. it was reported that the
ten Indian girls when the Commissioner
Of Indian Affairs sent to Trinity College
Ncrth Carolina. had proved detrimental
to the school. (The girls wore
breeches.
Rev. W. H. Myers. minister AT
Pottsville. PENNSYLVANIA, has run of
with another mans wife Mrs Ralph
Price i her name. and she leaves two
children behind The preacher has a
wife also and six children. and Is said To
be man of talents.
-. .EX-Gov. Colquitt. Of Georgia. Will
be ihe guest OF Maj. W. W. Vass during
fair ek-The annual meetings Of
the stockholders of the Raleigh & Gas
ton and Raleigh X Augusta railways
viii be held here tomorrow The
valuable prizes offered in the bicyle
races at the fair vii attract Ntraddlcrs
from all parts Of the state. Some
notably fine riding IS expected.
-. The nomination Of General Butler
a. the Grcenback candidate for Governor
of Massachusat attS Is an awkward circum-
stance; but we suppose a man in his pc
cular situation is bound to shake hands
with every political pole-cat that sidles
up to him. Philadelphia Recprd
Yes, Birds and Beast of feather will
rub together, but the pole cats in the
above case get the worst of it.
49,. .Tuberoses by the acre, violets BY
the half acre and roses in long rows
blooming as rrofusely as cotton, is a sight
that NAV be seen on the flower farm Of
Wackeudortf lust outside Atlanta
Touching the city demand for flowers. Nj
Wachendorff said ATLANTA buys more
flowers every year than the year before. A,
1.-THE city grows larger aud richer, green
houses multiply and cut flowers sell faster
add to my capacity every year, and vii
soon have my whole farm one huge flower
4 bed. 1t is notable that Mr.. Wachen
dorff imports MANY Of his hyacinths anc
geranums and and ships to Europe tube
rose bulbs packed IN dry sawdnst, Rose
bold the first place in popularity. aud tn
pink. sweetest and best of flowers, has few
but devoted adherents.
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FALLING FROM 4 balloon Al II.
Lon The crowd eEecrei and The
AND llay,d While The athlete went
enough series oi cNoluUous on thc
'ar. floating higher and higher Eua-
N 4 heavy gray cloud suspended over
The city hld hlm from view
4. tue air ship entered Ii aua ,..av-
yearcd tile crowd filed oh of tlc grounds.
when theN were recalled hs ,r.cs ot:
Hes coming I.uae laok - In
in space almost over the heads a. the
horiihed thousands thcy saw Tie balloon
,arceling from side T. side, aud appar-
"utly turning over The tnpczc bar
Aas empty. and the aetenuut couId not
BE- seen The g3,-h4g looked like an
umbrella covered with netting II tell
with terrible rapidity until within f."
hundred feet 81 the earth, when it, de-
scent became less prcclpltatt. 1t land
ed on a frame dwelling house ou Robin
son street, and tumhlcd into the back
yard Prot Warner droppc9 uut oi Tie
folds of the balloon and. ~tr lin.
against il fence. was stunned lur a mo-
ment, but. >p.n2lng To luo iCct, called
To a man who had rushed to hjS as -
tancc. to Int linn Oh tie back. He did
50, and then the acrouaut stumbled into
the house and fell down Medical AID
Was summoned, and an examination
male. Nothing but a few bruises mark
ed the damage on the outside bat he
had inhaled 50 much gas that lie was
insensible for some time Tonight he
was better, aud when your corre>pou-
dent called on him he was able TO tell
his terrible experience.
/ 4 had the balloon inflated under my
+ personal supervision. and considered
her all right When the men let 90 |
shot right up into the air hanging 10
the trapcze bar, making my usual rcyo-
! lutions. | went up very rapidly, aud IN
short time the exposition grounds were
I hidden by 4 heavy cloud. | continue
| to exercise, for il was quite chilly, until
\ | was about a mile and quarter above
\ the earth | paused to rest a minute,
/ when | heard a faint sound overhead,
and. looking up, saw a white smoke
\ pouring out Of the ga~ bag. ! knew
what was wrong IN an instant. and got
up into the basket as quickly a ! could,
and then climbed into the netting.
Inevcr thought about the safety valve,
but began to throw the sand bags at-
tached to the netting overheard q. rap
idly as posi- lc, to light II the tall
knew was coming. There was second
f of suspense and then began to shoot
downward like piece OF lead, While tie
+ balloon swayed terribly. ! hung on
with feet aud hands to tie netting. or
should have been thrown oil All Al
once the envelope collapsed or turned
over. and | was thrown right into the
center, the envelope forming para
chute | was nearly aulocatcd with th,
gae. and the balloon vas pitching aue
rolling terribly. | don't know how long
was in coming down. mind Of see
ing the city below, and then | felt q
shock and fell into somebody's yard
A man rushed up, and told him L
pound me on the back to get the gae
out of my lungs. ! was stunned by the
fall, but guess | am all right now"
Notwifh> tanding his terrible cXpcri'
cuce Prof Warner will make another
ascension III few days, if he is able.
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."Sonl stirring. earnest. and al

Soul stirring, earnest, and AT l'e
says Tarboro paper 1--WE forget yhih
speaking of Rev j y. IIufham w
like Doctor IIuffham because he : a true
man. He was arrested on the pulpit steps,
at a Cleveland County Baptist A~>e-
citation, by the same gang Of Kn klu<
Hunters who arrested hundeds OF our
best people.
They want the South to forgive the
villainies inflicted upon her by the Van
kee armies. yet nine Yankees in ten can-
not speak of Jefferson Davis, a poor old
man, living in strict retirement, (and
steadily advising peacel without frothing
at the mouth A statue to Mr. Davis
father-in-n Inv, Gen. Zaekar Taylor, was
set up in Kentucky the other day, and
every Northern paper we have seen, ex-
presses pleasure that the old arch-Rebel
did not dare to attend on the OCCASION =
tho invited,
At the New England Fair. Beast
Butler bought Buck ram as n present
to Gov. Jarvis. Also three dams. The
telegram says they were ''shpped to
Jarvis home, and Greensboro Old
North .State INDUCES half-a-column ioy-
full graduation at the promise of i'm
proved ram, dam. sheep. or mutton at
the arbOrough Hotel. which has been
the Home of his EXcclency for near
" twenty years. as the champion office
holder since the war
1t may be proper to add that the
sheep were Cotswold-a very good
breed. This effort to improve the
North Carolina mutton i far less OBJ
iect tonable than the Beasts other
scheme of importing ''iresh-cheeked'
young bucks to 'mtmgie the blond Of tie
Puritan ,ciH the Cacaiier.';
Burke county has another Hester
Prynne,' or 'liagar in the y ildernes>.
Alas for Human Nature Many good
woman has at times wished her mis-
shapen, or ill-begotten, or weakling child
might die rather than to live. Let them
that are clean of sin cast the first stone at
her Morganton .EounfGineer says =
Mrs j n Alexander, accused of killing
her child, was solemnly arraigned for
murder. She is Of very respectable APP
pearance, and seemed overpowered with
shame at the disgraceful charges prefer
ed against her She wore IA sun bonnet
IN the court room, which she kept pulled
down over her face Her trial has been
removed to Caldwell.
A letter from Leaksville, Rocking
ham county, to Durham Plant, tells g
| shock ing story of ingratitude and vilainy
"A family named Ellington adopted {
youth name Fuqua, > years Old, and hac
/ been father and mother to him, trustiu!
/ him ip everything, with the same low
and affection as one OF their own. Oh
Friday Mrs. Ellington, having some er
rand up town, left home, leaving il
charge of the boy her little girl, onl
three years Of age. On returning toward
the house, she heard the cries of her dan
ling baby. Fastening on, Oh, God
what sight met her eyes The bo
she had fed and befriended when wa
on the streets in the act of outraging h
child The little one suffered consider;
blv, but is better now, and the physicia
t thinks there is no serious injuries. tt
boy escaped
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No sensible man prefers wealth to
health Some few have both very many
haven't either. Well, you may have
first choice. v hicn will you take
Health. Very We'll, what's your all
ment? "a little Of everything - What S
the cause? Blood out of order. kid
news weak, Indigestion bad heart ac-
ton irreg gular. Yes. and every disease
can be traced to these same sources
\ lust take few bottles Of Brooon's LD,
/ B,tt.rs. it will remove the causes of dis
ease and restore you to robust hea tn
AK your druggist and use Brown 5 lrol
! B.tters.
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1.-THE best advice may come too
late" Said a sufferer from Kidney
troubles, when asked to try Kidney
Wort, "I'll try it, but it will be my last
DOSE, The man got well and is row
recon- om ending the remedy to all suffer
ers. In this case good advice came just
in time to save the man.
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-. .Ralei-h Visitor: Mr.. Charley
Crawford hae bought the mammoth hog
Columbus. OF Dr. BlackLall. and Will
drive him in harne>, on Friday during the
State Fair, and will afterwards use him
to his city delivery wagon. Columbus
will come monotrous nigh pulling the
scales at nine hundred and fifty pounds
and i not yet three years old.
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Raleigh Ncrs OLSeJrer Ia 1873
there were published 10 the State daily
papers, religious and 63 secular weekly
papers. OF the 9 daily papers, but 3
survive. OF the G3 weekly pal els but
. survive under their old names. Alto
gether out of 76 papers ~ have passed
away in the course of ten years. But on
he other hand new papers have been
stated. there being now II dailies and l05
secular weekly papers A rapid growth
has taken place In the past five years,
until now paper, are published in two
thirds Of all the counties IN the State.
But what is still more gratifying is the
tact that this increase in the number OF
papers ha, been accompanied by great
accession Of sub, criber- The number OF
newspaper subscribers in the State ha,
probably been doubled in the ten years
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-. Raleigh News- Obscrrer: Raleigh
has now car shops two wood working
establishments. a railway machine shops
and foundry, private machine shop
and foundry, boiler shop, a cotton gin
manuactory, a stocking manufactory. a
shuttle and wood uten>il factory. flour
ing mill, two -riet mills. &c. The shut
tie factory is a new enterprise. a. is also
the stocking factory. The last runs Il
machines and turns out twenty-tour
dozen pairs ol seamless stockings every
day. SO We have. all told. thirteen fac
tories and mills.
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PHENoI SopIQUE, for all fresh cuts or
wounds in either men or animals. as a
dressing, is excellent, while for sores Of
any Kind on horses its healing qualities
cannot be too highly recommended =
Pfesiytefon Journ0i.
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BECKWITE'S
An:i-Dyspeptic Pills

have ...--l thousands Of -uca zE.f"F-r~, s.a ~.lt
40 IL Azan. No rn.zi.ciu rser -asta.g4e4 ~
such uI!douhfsf tsEflfuHaE Try tLem.
DIR. X Z. Bond. Df HAIifsx, -. -4yr: y have
used Or. BesEA.'h.- Anti Dysp- tie fii.r .rtrf4-
sively my yr.st Tor ten year,, afId recon-
mend them atA Ienee ~ The attention ~ The
uubuc ! an acquainted wIth the cofhpos4tiDn-
tbey CONTAIN no mercury ln 4As foru4, catu-
uoul.ded upon strictly ; l-utIhc prln.1ple~ >
! The above j. only selection from many u tho
.nrre character What sufferer vii Tall - try
III Prepared By r. 4 BECKWITH, Ph4rrnEe1ist,
Petersburg, Va from the OTiglna! rectps II Dr.
John Beckwtth. Hoid by drnggistA generally.
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Prof, w. H. NEAVE,

Gan lie employed. occasionally, to teach bands.
IL Is the only thorough aud expeditions Band teach
ia y -; :sld has, IN these respects, but lew
equals and superIOrs in the United states, fact
we'll known III the first professional circles OF all
The. large cities. During the war, the only band
master in the whole SOuth-whO commissioned as
SUCH and exempted from CoUscrjption by the q. :
A. Secretary of War and solely because of his pre-
eminent abilities and energetic use OF them among
the many army bands He, also, only, and does
his services
He writes Music to order, to fit, for band, or
chsstra, pianos voice. etc Fills demands Tor hrst
class music great festivals wi, band composed
of artistic Amateurs selt cted from many towns III
the state, after the manner OF hs State band Tor
yorktown. His permanent address 10 Salisbury,
y. e.
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GIVING TIE BATTLE SHOUT


to all Christian ages IL am now ready
70 be effered up, ard he hour Of my de
parture Is at hand. | have fought the
5ood 6!ht. > You see the old nau's
hand clave to the sword.
On the second floor in the front room
my father Iay dying. 1t was Saturday
morning about O'Clock Just three
years that day my mother had left him
for the skies, aud he had been home sick
70 iom her society ever after. He was
eighty-thrce years of age. Ministers of
he Gospel came in to comfort him IN his
last hours. bnt he camtorted them. Oh
how wai lerfuliy The words sounded out
from hi> dying pillow II have been
Young an " am Oh, vet have | never
seen the ,isitc' us for>aken nor his seed
begging bread He va> lull of the
goodness Of God aud he mercy OF
Christ. -Trimoge.