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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22

IL only needs . very small gr.pe->kln
10 csn-e a larre-,find Of ! Slip twist ye
cup aud ye liz.
Hanlau's easy defeat of Ross, the
AS man who dared to mo. .nrc oars with
HIM, and Sullivaus es>y snoo king out
II SIaie. give 10 men of lri-h nan es
and irish blood the championship "t'
and and water, the world having not
their match. The less culture. the more
muscle, it would seem
A new ferry has been established
across Roanoke River. known a. W ood 5
Ferry. and a now road opened up by il
which puts tie upper end Of Bertie sew
eral miles rearcr the Railroad terminG-
at Scotland Neck Congress. will be
applied to leNt winter To establish a
daily mail route into BERTHE bv tlis
road
In Il recent editorial we spok. Of
the good which might be done bv wc.l-
thy citizens of the South ly subs scribin4
Tor copies OF good newspapers to e
sent to very poor families. as a means
Of awakening their intelligence and
stimulating them to higher aspirations
efforts. habits and customs in life Our
suggestion was not a selfish one.-hint-
ing to Get more readers for the Farmer
AMI .Nechdnic; hence we are delighted
TO see that generous gentleman OF
Hendersonville last week enclosed a
check for $50 to the editor of the Blue
Ridye Baptist to be expended in sending
that paper to poor families
Now some of our readers may say
that any family pretending to be too
poor to spend - for an whole years
reading ought not to have a paper.
There is the mistake. Rich people do
not need newspapers half so much as
poor people. Rich people educate their
families, supply them with books. allow
them to travel not to speak OF tie fact
that they have visitors and associates
who would keep them posted, even if
they never saw a newspaper.
But families which are not wealthy
need the newspaper for many reasons.
They cannot send their children to cost
" schools. nor to travel about to see the
world. Moreover, the continng nature
of their employment, day in. and day
out. week after woek.-naturally mar
rows their range of thought. and keep.
their mind so constantly fixed on every
day affairs that the delicate machinery
OF the brain rusts and wears out
Alas! there are thousands of homes,
-(what place to call home! y
mere log huts, chinked with mud, floor
ed with slabs. : rough wooden shutter
instead of windOw-glass, rude stools in
stead of chairs.-and not one line Of
printed matter IN the house, not eren a
Bibie. or Hymn-booA., And dozen
children growing up under such cl!cum-
stances!
we "OUid iiot d'N 'Cdtt tiic giving vi
newspapers to such Homes for Il per-
petual thing but if IA paper were sent
to one family for half year, and tlen
to another family, and then to another,
il would be sure to find some bright boy
or girl, some well-mcaning parent. TO
catch up its ideas. and influence. as
seed "sown upon good ground" "
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22
Taaies Department.
For the =. h. N.-h household.
Loves Answer.

a Reply 10 "Lore's OUesttonutg -
If You should pass from life. beloved,
And lie 50 white and still and cold,
The brightest sky would seem to die
And fade with all its tints OF gold.
The bird songs would never hold music.
The flowers would scentless be.
Were your hands closed, no longer
tossed
About in childish gles.
Nv life cOuid not flow evenly
Without either Joy or pain.
All thln"s for me would silent be.
| would sink To rise never again.
But Thou. O Christ. art the star
That ouideSt me thro' the night.
Making the way as clear as day.
And briI ging al length the light.
Nav Thou in mercy brin9 me
\ balm for all my pain.
Receiving nv Love III the Heaven above
And opening to me again.
NULLUS.
Aug. 18th, '83.
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VOL. XII.-NO -

s-1~I> order g. Introduce our PAPER
snai.. families and Business Houses an
over tlsc land that may never have seen
4 copy. cad t1so u l,lp anr t.srsrtsers.
we oti,r 20 furnish copies any issue u
The Fas4cr al ue-8aHte az The simple
cn>t of tie ger. tNo cents q COPY
provided ttat ;ls purchaser take
bundle o. >, 81 mere at time. Or, We
VII furnish and mad, postage paid, any
number ot copies N three cents copy.
l.! supplied Ni.h a l.st OF names We Val
wrap and address, and mail each copy
king any article, or advertisement
~ith blue pencil to attract the notice
of the recipient Of the paper. Wide
taakc business men know that Vroml-
acut ptopl, are 50 bombardcd with
ards. ,.u ular> catalogues, etc, that a.
soon a, tt,l ewes all upon one IN the
mail, IL j. apt To- hc tossed down uu-
opened. Eat "A well-printcd, handsome
new paper, like tl.e fUmer AMI Ne
etoatc Will be read by every man in the
store. OF min or office, and marked
article VII. attract every eve. Now the
cost OF loo copies OF this paper will not
equal the cost oi the same number of
clrcul T. Including printing, postage,
cone cent coeh), envelopes, and clerk
hire, cty., etc. We have the postollico
address of iully SIX thousand leading
the larger portion oi the more prominent
Business men, Manufacturers, Lawyers,
Doctors, ClcrGymcn, school Teachers,
Editors. ctc.-Iu each of the ninety-siN
counties Of tie state.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22

- Every color Of the Diamond Dye.
perfect. See the ssm pies Of the c, l.
ored cloth at the druggists. Unequalled
for brilliapcy
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22

A low condition Of health is common
with many who allow Themselves to wor
ry. Mental anguish causes bodily sut-
ferings. Anxiety and care has broken
down many constitutions A train of
disorders usually follow mental distress
Heart affections, nervousness, sleeples.-
uess, dyspepsia, liver complaint, kinney
troubles, etc. are among the list a
sure remedy for relieving all mental and
physical distress is Browns Iron Bitters.
1t at once strengthens every part of the
body making work pleasure and care
unknown.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22
For the F. 4 NJ. Household.
FORSYTH. GA, Aug Q, 'S3.

l. ORS III. IA. AlS- -. CD.
How many of YOU have reioiced At
my long silence? Is it prima tacio
evidence of conceit, that | do not be-
li,ye our editor has been occupy iug a
seat among the mirthful on this account
Seriously though, friends. many's the
time I've wanted to talk with YOU, but
rs Prince John" puts it. Il just
rouldu t." Our household Il mean my
o,r.O has been in the throes Of '.confu-
sion confounded" for weeks Finally.
in despair and self-disgust, | rushed off
to the sweetest little resting spot in
Georgia. -"Old Indian .Spriny." And
now. after nearly three weeks. ! am
home again with nerves a trite more
steady, and with brain considerably
cleaner of cob-webs. Which latter fact
is a matter worthy of rejoicing, yon may
all exclaim viva voce" without tear OF
my august anger!
While was away kind friend sent
me 1.-The Letters of Mrs. Carlyle" &c,
edited bv froude. No doubt many oi
vou have read the book, and those OF
YOU who have hid that pleasure will
nertectIy understand how ! cannot re.
sist the temptation to n sh into acla-
nations or friend says of my man
ner of speech. Long ago | formulated
tor myself this theory: man never
rises any higher than the woman he
| oycs.-and many wordy battle have
| I yan,d in the defense thereof Now
h,sc letters are an exact demonstra-
non of ny theory. Carlyle. ~thom his
| wife won d have been an intellectual
ant. | grant; but Jan intellectual giau'
merely CARLYLE 'r'h has e.te, was tbs
,ame liant mtde stronger BY the subtle
force of magnetism, and that incentive
moral insight into facts which is the dis
tinctiye trait of superior womahhood
| ITnconsciously. to himself, she stimu
lated him; and, in her quiet, thought
ful unselfishness she smoothed til,
maths which. with out her. he could no
have trodden.
In the face of these apparent fact
with what pain then do we read he
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22

WAKE COUNTY TANEs FOR lSs3.-
Outside Of Raleigh township. the State
tax. will amout to 7ls cents on the 500
and sl.l5 on the poll. while the taxes iii
this township exclusive Of city taxes,
will be Sl4 cents on the 500 valuation
and s2.45 on the poll. 1t being salts
factory to the railroad authorities. the
special taxes voted in Little River and
Marks Greek townships will not be
levied this year listtor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22
r obt. e. Lee.

ITO oblige some Of our lady friends
we reprint these oft-repcated stanzas,
which 90 the rounds of the press every
three or four yers.-ED. +. & NJ.
Mr.. Philip Stanhope Worsley. fellow
of Corpus Christi College. Oxford. sent
to General Lee, some years ago. an Old
English Homer with appropriate COM
pliments Heroes bring out bards.
Worsley's last verse gives a new turn
to the "Fortes pjtere." Ills address
and poem are appended.
No tribute Of sympathy and admira-
ton from one man to another could be
written in better taste or higher poetic
Inspiration. VIRGINIA.
To General II. r. Lee-the most
stainless of living commanders, and, ex
ccpt in fortune, the greatcst-ths
volume is presented with the writer 5
earnest sympathy and respectful admi-
ration
The grand old bard that never dies
Receive him III our English tongue.
send thee-but with weeping eyes
The story that he sung.
Thy Troy is fallen; thy dear land
Is irod beneath the spoilers heel;
I cannot trust my trembling hand
To write the things | feel.
All. realm of tombs But let her bear
This b.azon To tie end of time
No nation rose so white and fair.
Or fell SO pure OF crime.
The widows moan, the orphans : wall.
Come round thee; yet IN truth be
strong!
Eternal right-though all else fail.
Can never be mace wrong.
! An angel heart. an angels mouth
Not Homer s--could alone for me
| Hymn well the great confederate south
Virginia first; then Lee.
T. :. w.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22

Mr.. James w. Forbis. Of Greens boro,
having been elected Treasurer of Gull
ford county, has rendered his resigna-
ton to the Governor as a member of
the House of Representatives.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22

RAILROAD DoTS AT the Richmond
snd D4uvilc stock holders meeting. IN
Richmond, Sep T., Cen sam Thotn4s.
Pre~i lent IT The last rcmre- see ami ".
z. Il VIII become enc Of the K < ID.
Directors L is sail a southern man
viii Q added to tuc Beard. : eaLipy
Of the recent changes which CAPTURED the
Carolina Railroads, about twenty i>e 10
number. and made them feeders Tor
Richmond, until Baltimore captured
them, one Of the old crowd ,emark
ed:-''Thn Richmonders have then> elve.
only to blame They once held the
whole game in their hands. But when
the stock which had cost them mere
song ran NJ to 30 and even 30. they
couldn't stand the temptation. and sold
out. OF course they made enormou
Profits, = nearly ten times what thev PAID
The StewartS. who led this element. theu
took hold Of Gen Gordon's Georgia
Pacific -lirom Atlanta Westward and
will some DAY mlkea pile on that. Mean
time, the X 4 u. 81, ck fell from .. 20 ia
so. and a good manv of the smaller ho ID
erS, Gen Buford, Treas. w. Il. Tripq.
Sol Haas, and Others lost ike five hun
dred 1t is understood that Mai
Fink, of the + T. 6 va. r r.. will be
prominent in the new system. The Fink
brothers Albert, Henry and Rudolph
are all corrected in railroad interests.
They are Germans and engineers. and
their combined salaries exceed those
paid to any family in the United States.
These three brothers get about 800, OOO
year. Albert Fink has built some OF
the most important railroad lines in the
South. Henry Fink is with one of the
largest Southern systems Rudolph
Fink is building the main line of railroad d
into Mexico for the Boston men.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21
State Lands.

The following is a statement of
swamp lands owned by the State of
Florida, and what may accrue to the
State, and of the lands sold and
granted to corporations up to Jan. l,
1883, revised and corrected by Hugh
A. Corley
ACRES.
Balance of Swamp Lands on hand,
january /, 1883. 12754,s5l
Unsurveyed Swamp Lands, 1000 900
of (which the State gets one-half,
Total now owned and yet to accrue
to the State, 14754.S5l
DEDUCT SALES AND GRANTS AS FOLLOWS:
ACRES.
Grant to Pensacola and Atlantic
Railroad, 16O miles constructed 5000 900
Sales to Settlers 26,690
0Seechobee Drainage Lands, 1,7S1,O51
Florida Southern Railroad, 4O0mileS
100 miles built and in operation 4OOO,OOO
now constructing 100000
structing 1900 900
rious roads ISL 900
Total lands sold and granted l7,68S,71
Deduct lands now owned and yet ,,
to accrue as above 4,I5i,S6l
And there is now a deficit of 1884, 1861
Add to this the following railroads
that are chartered, and some of
which are in part constructed and
operating, and some in course OF con-
struction that get every alternate
section, and this deficit will be in
creased several million acres more:
Atlantic, Cult and West india
Transit ~ East Florida Railroad Com.
pany, Florida and Georgia, Green
Cove Springs and Melrose* Jackson
vile, St. Augustine and Halifax
Live Oak and Rowland Bluffs,
Monticello and Georgia, South Flori.
IA Railroad*s Seville and Halitax*
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

An English agriculturist announces
as the result of careful experiment
and observation, the conclusion that
where corn is drilled from east to
west the yield is much larger than
when drilled from north to south, as
in the former case the sun can shine
down the rows, whereas in the latter
case each row makes kind OF wall
which shades the next row. There is
so much common sense in this that
many will wonder why they did not
think OF it before.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21
Lime has been found successful as

Lime has been found successful as
a wood preserver. The method,
which is French, consists in plling
the planks in large tank, then COW
eriug them with quick lime and slak-
ing them with water. The timber
requires about a week to be thor
oughly impregnated with the lime"
water before II is taken out OF pickle
and slowly dried. The entrance OF
the mineral particles into the grain
also renders the wood harder and
denser than betore.-Souttern Latna-
herman.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

~ ~ y ? p y ~ = z7ff
; : remunerated; or can we grow CO.
coons and ship them TO foreign coun
tries and realize fair pay for our la>
Dor
must confess that while | would
be very happy tc feel sure OF an al
f;rmative reply to these questions,
that after keeping pretty close
watch on this subject for nearly sew
en- wears, I have not come TO iaV"r:
able conclusio would that our
country produced everything which
onr neopie need or are willing to pay
for and for the production OF which
we have suitable conditions. but IL
does not. In fact many things are
nroduced abroad on higher priced
land and in a less favorable climate,
and brought to us some thousands Of
miles. and sold at less price than
onr people are willing TO produce the
same article for. In all such cases
the low rate OF interest which capital
IS satisfied with, and the competition
among laborers which brings down
nrices so that silk reeler IN, Italy,
woman works for one and halt cent
ner hour. or less, are the favorable
conditions which more than oHse'
the untavorable oues, and give tne
control of such production to othel
lands. Silk production and possibly
silk reelipg are processes when seeu seen
to have been brought nearly TO per
lection, and / see no chance to cheap
en- production; in other Words u
produce more silk with the same la
bor and capital. Recently we haV
had very favorable reports 1ror
France as to the invention OF ne'
silk reeling apparatus which is expec'
ed TO rev0lutionize reeling, so muc
does it do away with the need ie
| human attention or supervision. In
NAV enable one person to accompLls
what has heretofore been done
six. but does any one suppose tn
that one will receive the total wag
heretofore accorded to the slxF IN
will certainly not be done ~
persons will be discharged, and ait
starving awhile they will try wh
tree competition, that boon OF son
political economist will do, and sol
Of the outs will be taken in at a low
wage rate, and the four will contln
to starve, or turn their attention
some other perhaps oyer-croWo
! industry. No, the invention OF nj
~ machines, though it may give u
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

OF miles of Usage orange hedges ex'
ist. It has been said that the silk
worm might be fed on the leaves of
the Usage, and thus escape the entire
expense of a special plantation OF
mulberry trees, and some have
thought that this advantage would
overcome some of our disadvantages.
But some of the experts in the cul-
ture proclaim loudly against the use
OF the Usage, and even Of the multi
caulis and white mulberries, but have
superior varieties for sale. Mr.. Gro.
zies declares that the high price which
he rates the Silkville, Kansas, pros
duct of '76 at, was due to having
been fed on some of these special"
varieties. Butto offset this we have
the declaration of Prot. Riley, who
seems to be an entirely disinterested
party. to the effect that he had "silk
reeled from a race of worms fed on
Usage leaves for eleven consecutive
years. 1t was OF the best quality
and tests made at the silk fair res
Gently held at Philadelphia, Pa,
showed that in some instances less
weight of cocoons spun by the Ma
ciura, Dosage orange,) fed worms was
required for pound of reeled silk
than of cocoons from mulberry fed
worms"
The following estimate is made by
Prof. Riley from figures furnished by
various parties in whom he has con-
fidence. The labor of two persons
for six weeks viii care for the pro-
duct of 4Soz. eggs and make 400 lbs.
OF green or, 1873 lbs. of dry cocoons.
Each days work produces one and
fye-eighths lbsS,ot dry cocoons. 1t
will be noticed that in Mr.. C,'s crop
fls n
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

cheaper silk, will not increase the
wages earned by the silk producer
in the Uuited States. Whatever in
crease of production without increase
of labor we may attain to by reason
of superior machines, may be attain>
ed to by other producers. To me it
seems certain that no one can earn
the ordinary wages obtained through.
out the agricultural regions by rais-
ing silk, unless that silk can be sold
at from Sc 10 81 per ID. The nearly
two and half millions Of pounds of
silk imported and used by our facto-
ries last year cost about $3.50 per ID.
($13,177 S9S) delivered at factory. If
we could have an import duty on
raw silk which would increase its
price $1.00 or $1,50 per ID, or if we
should discover silk worm which
would produce in this climate one
fifth more silk than it or others would
produce with same treatment in any
other climate, then | would see some
hope for silk culture under present
conditions The National Govern
ment has imposed tariffs of pro-
,ective character which enables eaDi.
,aIists 70 nroduce muslins at a rate
which defies foreign competition,
backed bv low .nricsd foreign labor.
No one sees anv GREAT GOOD result
inc from this to the producer of cot.
ton. In fact, agricultural production
has never been materially benefited
by any snch laws as have been passed
in the interest OF manutac turing la
Dor. The South now has q strong
voice in the national legislature, and
should look TO II that laws are passed
which shall develope her Agricultural
| possibilities, SIX and tea kslslpg &
hen /. ! ..;.; ! !. !.
~ l'0 cs.sl-s Y Y
ture, if the reeling i 70 oe oolle s,i = .
filatures Established az they 2ene' alA !
will be, away from Inc poihs y PlU -
duction, namely Il gives emp.os
ment for only short time eacn yesl
1t is true that at the North tnls sea
son which creates demand lot
= ! room or good rough hoase IL GU u
when the barns are about emptieo .
their contents and just previous =
. the storing OF the new crop Q, ua
: and grain, and hence where pdro
. = are possessed, very little capltal ~ WI "
Z be needed for building But IN ~ rlo'
!. ida we have very lew barlis' lnoug
y lumber is quite cheap.
\ One of the most prominent effort
y at silk culture OF late years in the Un
Il ted States. is that made at Silkvill
:, n near Williamsburg, Franklin count,
- - Kansas r. V. Boissiere, Frenc
y 70 oontIoman Of flarpe fortune, with ide;
81 = awnnna,bv with the laboring elias
~ - and With view to founding a lare
~ ~ onerative farm somewhat after II
= .,lons in nractical operation at Guis
ot a R'~n Rranca. a. here has large estate.
10 10 ,ho time 7 visited it, in the spring
a at ,5S @ the silk culture operations we
eo ,,naer ~; the CHARGE of L. S. Crozier.
~ a .roa assured bv the general superi
~ ~ tandent mr9 that MIR. G. had had lar
~ ~ exneriepce in several foreign lands
~ nrac,;cal silk culture on busine
~ ppaale mt as a mere experiment.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

The peach-borer is a wasp~like
insect. with transparent wings, and
a richly ornamented body, banded
and striped with gold, which deposits
it's eggs about the base of the trunk.
The eggs hatch out and the larvae
bore into the sap wood and cause an
exudation OF gummy matter which
annears in masses about the base OF
the tree. The larvae seem partly TO
live in this gummy substance ana
partly in the sap wood OF the tree
Sometimes three or four are found on
the same tree, occasionally glrdllng
and destroying it, but always lnduc"
ing more or less of diseased condl-
tion, and impairing its vigor. Altos
gether it is very Objectionable and
destructive insect. &y
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-21

or 4 production of two and two thirds
lbs. per days work. Dry cocoons
sold ia France. in '7s, at $l36 per
Ilb. 1873 lbs, at this rate, which was
considered very low, would amount
to $1SO,S8. Freight, commission,
SC, might be put down at S25 and
vet leave $l55SS, or more than Sl.eo
ner day for the labor needed to pro-
duce this amount. From this it
would appear that the farmers wife
and daughters might certainly real
iae 75c. to 81 per oay for their time
ispent in this branch of productive
life, after allowing for the labor OF
establishing a mulberry plantation,
and allowing fair margin for losses,
and this amount is about all they can
realize from their labor bestowed on
any other line of production.
Prof. R. makes the following esti-
mates: One pound of reeled silk res
quires 80 pounds OF dry cocoons for
, It's productlon. 1t requires the work
of an expert II days to reel one 10.
Of silk. In '7S, at time OF great de-
5 nression of prices of silk in France,
The best reeled silk sold for $3.50 per
lb AS this required $4.9S in value
! Of cocoons, we see that the silk reeler
added 10 it's value 1882, or $2.64 tor
y each davis work. Compare this with
1 the fact that iu Italy the tilatures are
run by the labor Of women who are
! paid only about one and half cents
ner hour. Rather large margin te
J, cover wear and tear on machinery, IN
C terest on capital invested, &c., DC.
do not write to discourage per
i sons from entering on this industry
i hut simply to call their attention t.
n the fact that the figures given us D.
If sundry experienced parties dlne
4 much. and therefore it is wise L
a move slowly, that the discourage
e ments engendered by the old tim
We mulucaulis lever may not berepeate'
re To those who think have prove
n NV position on this question TO
se nntenable. would say that IrG IF 2
n Riley's estimates are based on So''
n per bound tor reeled silk IN Franc ra
We While il is fact that about S5.oO P
Mound was all it cost our silk TACT
r;es last wear to import their raw IN
ire terial. o. -
ok E,o,;