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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

DEATHS.-In Rutherford county.
Mrs. Mary Harris. wife of Shakespeare
Harris, Esq. Of Poplar Tent. daughter
of the late DR.. Ladson A. Mills, and
neice of DIR. Columbus Mills. She was
an only daughter, affectionate. true
hearted, N of the best types of South
ern women.-In Newbern, April 20.
Mrs. Mary Speight Shepherd, aged ct.
relict of Hon. Chas. b. shepherd
In Franklin. Mrs. DIR. w. w. Greer.
III Wayne. Mrs. Amanda Smith.
Also Mr.. John Grant.-In Wilson.
Charles O'Neill. an ex-Confederate
soldier, of whose gallantry several pa
pers speak IN high crms.-At En-
field, April II Mrs. Caroline Bullock.
aged 47.-In Warren, an infant child
of NJ. J.. Hawkins.-In Pitt, infant
child of Capt. l.. w. Vick.-In Tar
boro, infant child of Bro. J. G. Charles
of the SONtherner.
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The Better haIf.

The world moves, aud so does human
thought. 1t is curious how Womanhood
advances in Importance as the man adj
vances in manhood. Among barbsrous
nations. such a. The Indians, Africans,
and Malavs. the female is n slave, n
mere drudge. who does all the work,
and walks with a load on her back,
while her master rides 81 his ease. In
half-civilized nations Ike the Turks, Per-
slams. Chinese. the woman ! q coiicu-
bine well fed and clothed. bat kept shut
VI in harems. In more modern nations,
such as the French, Spanish. Portuguese.
MeNicau.-the woman Is much courtcd
and battered but not much respected. As
ac:rl she is shut UP in co~nycnts,a and * a
wife she is well watched. But II free
America. where manhood reaches is
highest type. though perhaps not the
most refined, the woman arises Ia the
plane OF Intelligent, .e'i-respcctlng and
often self-supporting w~omanhood. Thus
far she can safely 20 without detrinent
to herself or the world. For although
il may be true that woman's Chief
charm is her delicacy and gentleness and
tenderness. we feel assured that the hui
man race of the e generation Will
not be worse of a little accession 81 self
reliance and individuality among the
mothers OF to-day.
The census of 1850 shows that 2.54-.-
Isl woman are o supporting them
selves by working for wage in this coun-
try.-an increase OF 50 per cent during
the past ten years.
One Of our lady friends remarked the
other night that if her daughters were
willing she would give each OF them a
thorough education in some practical
profession. We could not go that far
youth, ought 10 adopt a profession with
out having "A special taste and fitness,
Tor it. Besides we do not care to see
Southern girls Too independent. THY
might Rebcit Wadcshoro HtcNiYcacrr
mentioned last week a lusty wife there
abouts who larrupped her husband when
he attempted to larrup her. and got
him down, and sat on his back and
crowed like n rooster. and finally GUS
ted him from the house with such vim
that she dislocated the shoulder blade
of him!
But one thing is certain, many men
do not realize how much their omar
kind do for them. No mar should talk
of .'supporting' a wife. If he does not
think she will earn her victuals and
clothes, he oughtn't to marry. Many
a man takes IA wife because she is repu-
ted a good housekeeper, and will be
cheaper than to hire "A cook, washer
etc.
Some bright woman has estimated
that every barrel Of flour, every bushel
of potatoes, every yard of woven cloth,
every piece of furniture or chinaware.
etc, requires as much attention after il
comes into the house as it received be-
fore. and therefore women do half the
manual work of the world. When we
consider how many women are nov en-
ployed in manufacturing these articles,
it may be they do more than half.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

GENERAL BROKERAGE EsTABLIsH-
MENT.-Having made arrangements to
keep on hand a complete assortment of
samples in the Grocery Line, also Crock
cry, Stamped Tinware, Stoneware.
Glassware and Lamp Goods, &c.
My friends and the Public generally
are respectfully invited to call at my
store and examine samples and prices
of my goods before making their orders
they will not regret it. Flour a special
ity. JOB OSBORN, BROKER,
Prairie Building, Wilmington st.
Raleigh, n. e.
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Prof. r. P. Pell, of Chapel Hill, i,
travelling for a Book firm.

travelling LOT q DUN him.
Mai. John w. Moore and family
have returned to Hartford to reside.
"A miss is as good as a mile + And
a good deal better when she wants to be.
The Railroad War" in Wake coun-
ty is said to have inflated the floating
currency, so to speak.
Rev. Samuel Caldwell Alexander has
gone by inv itation to preach for churches
at Rusk, Texas. One by one, they go!
Many local items and the weekly
receipts crowded out. In a newspaper
office the latest news takes first place.
Miss Sallie Carter is visiting friends
at Washington, n. c. Miss Lille Car
mer is with her grandparents there also.
Miss Florence Tucker returned
from New York.-Mrs. r. G.. Treze-
want (nee Mamie Cain) is very Ill, at
Columbia. S. C.-Louisburg Times
says:-"Miss Bette Hawkins has re-
turned home from an extended visit to
Raleigh and Henderson. We learn that
there will be a number of visitors to
Louisburg during the summer-most OF
them young ladies. '-Goldsboro
Bulletin says: "The vote at the festival
the other night declaring Miss Mary
Hill the handsomest lady in the hall IS
the second honor of the kind the young
lady has received. The ladies of the
Memorial Association realized at their
recent series of festivals nearly three
hundred and fifty dollars, and the work
of erecting the monument will be COM
menced at once ."-Down at AvOca,
ut the State Fisheries, are two beautiful
new sailboats, the MRS. Dolly Worth,
and the Miss Anne SnoU. Somebody
down that way knows whats pretty
Miss Annie Blackwell. of Raleigh, was
first bridesmaid at the big wedding of
Miss Jennie w. Simmons aud MIR. ID.
w. Carter, in Hyde county.-Mrs-
Mary Bayard Clarke is visiting Mrs.
Col. F. A. Olds.-A letter from Tyr
rell county to the Economist says =
THE family of DR.. A. Monterio, in
Guiding Mrs. Walter Norman and infant,
arrived at Columbia on the 1Ith inst
Mr.. Joel B. Brickhouse, b married
Gov. Jarvis sister several years ago and
moved to Kansas, has sold his property
in that State, and will soon make his
home in Tyrrell."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25
opub1iSbaI in tIo Stata I'd,

-Republished in the State Educa-
tional Journal, we find an address by
County School Superintendent Joseph
Bradfield, of Stokes county, in which he
draws a comparison between Massachu-
sets and North Carolina. Amid a vast
deal Of eulogium Of the former State. he
remarks -
"In 1879 she expended for the in
~.'struction of her children nineteen
Time as much per capita as North
Carolina did for hers the rate being
'in Massachusetts sl5.22 and in North
Carolina 70 cents. Mark the CON
''trast. 1t is extraordinary but YOU
will find a still more extraordinary
contrast when you come to compare
The results. II you shouJd strife from
"fhe history Of m'oderH ciciiizdtion tie
"nameS and achievements ofMe ~jnrentorS
"dnd discOrercrS rho hare gr0lrn up I'M
d the int"euce Of pubiic schools an
"HasSachuSetfS. there would be little
LETT worth reading and. what is more,
there would be few people in America
ito read it. | see a good deal of calico
before me to-day. aud nearly all the
women in the world are clothed in it !:
but not a yard of it would have existed
had it not been for Eli Whitney. a
Massachusetts boy. who invented the
cotton GIN
Leaving aside the question whether
Whitney did, or did not, invent the
c~otton-gin (there is strong testimony
against his claim of originating it > we
must dissent to this theory that c~iviliZa-
ton began and ended under the shadow
OF Plymouth Rock.
County superintendent Joseph Brad
field. however, can scold as well as
praise. Hear this now
North Carolina can boast Of MT one
gredf f~nrentOr or discoUerer. The poll
tician has been her idol-thc Jugger-
naut who has crushed beneath the
wheels Of the chariot III which her peo-
pie have drawn him. the thousands of
her precious children. who. with proper
opportunities, might have done as much
Tor Their race rs the eons of Massacbu-
sets. ASIDE from the glorious record
OF her Statesmen and warriors of the
Revolutionary period. Who were thu first
to dcclalr their l~nderendcnce Of Great
Brltain. md who were 50 careful to pro-
vlde IN Their first constitution for pOpu-
lar education. and 10 exclude the enc
mes q! the public schools from the
privileges OF citizenship. her history
might he blottrI out with little detr;-
ment 70 mankind. Il j. a ~lli,tn-r If
degrading partisan struggles in who
the ~contending factions have sought 70
propitiate the ignorant and the vicious.
by parsimony to education and liberali-
Y to crime. To-day, she is giving her
school children - cents a wear. and her
politicians a4.Q0 a day. God save the
State. Down with the imitators of
Iierod and the allies Of Satan, The
time has come for a change
Perhaps Professor Bradfeld ~forgets
Richard Calling who invented the
eating gum and Gabriel Rains who
lnyente! the torpedo system.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

The picture in another column
gives tood view Of the Harrison &
Gulley Cu~ltivator, but you can see the
real article, and it is capital one. at
the store Of Mes>rs- William41n & Up
church. IL is a North Carolina. ipyen
ton patented last week, ard is bound TO
become popular. We 81 all have further
TO say about the firm next week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

"HARD NUTs!'-Miss Annie Mutt.
the sister of the girl at Unlontown, Pa,
who made a practice of sitting in young
mems laps, ard caused the murder of
her own father, met. the fellow, Dukes,
on the street, and chased him, throwing
stones at him. He quietly went to his
room in the hotel. There is apparently
a revulsion of feeling at Uniontown -
A female lawyer out west has dis
tinguished herself by ''~sassing" the
Judge, and then throwing a glass of wa
ter in his face.
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THE
INSTRUCTORS.
j. II. HoRNER. j. &. Usr,4
j. NJ. lloKNER.
With such assistant instructors a..
exigeucles of The school NAV r.se.r

The chief work of the school ir don. o.. ..
uior Principal aud his two sons. The ,-...
tAut work II given 10 assistant iuAtru.t fH. a..
selected with special reference L. their ....
fitness for the duties assigned them au4 s....
Der of students viii not b., u,r,ar,I l.f..
capacity OF the Principals TO taE" I,Fsaaa.
OF all the classes IN the lending Irar.arz a
and to supervise all the work OF ftr seE.4.
The school has bccu uuu q its tseeaat a.s..
ment for moro than thirty years, aaa
sense, II Is, We believe, tho oldest scUu.
south.
As several Of the Cadets will leave tar I. .
there will be room ncNt Session FOR aH.uf. Bel.
new students.
For catalogue apply TO the Prlroipnls,
j. u. y J. =. II,LNL
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

CHEAPEST FASHION MAGAZINE in
the world. l20 large pages, 4 pages new
music. 1000 ~engravinys each issue. 80
cents per Year single copies. Is cents.
STRAwBRIDGE Il CLoTHIER, 9Th &
Market SITS, Philadelphia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

| had severe attacks of gravel and
Kidney trouble: wa~ unab'c to get a medi-
cine OF doctor to cure me until used
Hop BittcrS. and fhev cured me in a
short time. 4 DlsTINGCIsHED LAWYER
OF WAYNE Co y. Y.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

D6rMake your old thing look like
new by nsing the Diamond Dyes, and
you will be happy. Any Of the fashion.
able colors for 10 cents.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

John j. Jenniig,, a reportea on tho
81. L5us Dispatch, went into a
lion cage in that city on the llth inst.
against the remonstrance of the keener
and Vas badly used up by the lions,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

One Of the drawbacks of married life
i sick ness OF the itt!e ones For a
Cough or CoId yop .anG9t tad a letter
remedy han DR.. Balls Cough Syrup.
Nearly all physicians prescribe il ana no
family should be without il.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25
j. & W. D. HORNET
CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL. hs0 CON
AERCihl SCHOOL,
Henderson,, VANCE CO >,

The Spring Session opens the
day in January next. The teach.
tried and exl erienced the t.rul-
able and the accommodations
class; the discipline j. good ati
Cours@ of study thorough.
For circular giving particular ai
the principals.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

No Republican ever doubted our
Democracy, and no Democrat has Lad
reasonable ground to challenge it. Two
years ago certain persons,-(of the
'toady" class, always to be found
around a Governor seeking to win his
smiles, and the crumbs of official favor.
by assailing those whom he disliLes. y
stopped their subscriptions to the Far
mer and Mechanic on the pretence that
it was opposing the Democratic party.
We replied TO them that much as we
need money. and much as We desire to
extend the circulation of our paper in
order to increase its usefulness for
North Carolina and the South.-we
should rather lose every dollar and every
subscriber.-than to become a mere
puiter for the party Understandings
our eyes. and gulping down whatever
was put in our mouth by selfish
schemers. We added that we would he
found defending true Democracy lon"
after they had deserted to Radicalism, in
search of office. just so it turned out.
and many of them are now Coalition
ed against us!
We repeat, distinctly, that the Obser-
intimation, that we are sassailing"
the Democratic Party, is, to use a mild
phrase, entirely groundless. The Far
and Mechanic has never contained
q line ~antagonistic to Democratic Prin-
ciples, or the Democratic Party. True
IL Patriotic rather than
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IN THE HANDS OF DESTINY

1T is a singular fact that a greater
variety of timber is TO be found in Wake
county than in any other in the state.
In point of value, the long leaf pine
m first. covering at least one-third
Of the area of the county. and EXTENDING
from the Johnston to the Chatham line
and from Harnett to within three miles
OF Raleigh. Short leaf pine is the pre-
valling growth in nearly every other
part OF the county. Every known va
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25

The Observer asks if Representative
Shotwell did not vote for the Mansion
Bill when he was in the Legislature. We
answer, No! The record SO shows. 1t is
true that to oblige some of our friends,
in and out of Raleigh. we made no
opposition to it. The Bill was intro
duced by Capt. R. James Powell. and
it named as commissioners Mai. En-
glehard, DIR. Worth, Col. Kenan and
Capt. Alex. B. Andrews, all of them
gentlemen for whom We have high re-
gard. Furthermore the Law was amen.
ded by our friend, Maj. f. L. Vaughan,
to declare that the total cost Of the
"el ection and f~uishiny'' of the man
zion. outhouses, fencing, etc, ready
for occupation by the Governor" shall
in no case exceed the sun for which the
old Palace and the city lots NAV sell
III more thnn 5000 1t was generally
understood that a neat, and comfortable
residence would be erected, such as a pri.
vate citizen with a S., 900 income, might
occupy. The residences of Chief Justice
Smith, VIM. Grimes Esq, DR.. Hoeg.
Senator Merrimon. Judge Fowle, and
others Of our most prominent citizens did
cost $40 600, for the simple building.
Mark you, we have never specially OBJ
ieoted to a respectable residence for the
Governor /; though many of the newer
States do not have one. Referring To
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ISGfS MOUNTAIN HIGH school.
KINGS MOUNTAIN. E.n

Ecxtsezsion opens 4th fgutsr In hrH =.
IL thoroughly preparatory VITO % -Ia# 1t
Depar imeut, NuTnIer Of -~tHaeutr .s-t
Average cost Of board an u f.HL for .t
a q two rlft- Of uEltJrIL-, $50. ~s-s
4Dkue to ~. J r. aEI...
Aug. Z-tf. Hrss
Daily globe., 1883-06-06
GERMANY

BERLIN, June 5.-Oficial information
has been received from Gastien that the
Emperor William will arrive there in the
latter part of July, will remain three weeks
and Will receive visit from the Emperor
Francis Joseph Of Austria.
BERLIN, June 5.-One hundred and
forty-three soldiers stationed at Posen
we're accidentally poisoned. The condition
of the men is dangerous.
The North German Gazette denies that
Bismarck consulted the judicial authori-
ties in relation to the dissolution of the
federal treaty with a view to abolishing the
reichstag.
BERLIN, June 5.-A bill modifying the
May laws has been prepared. 1t is some
what extended, but the provisions are in
substance that the saying of mass and dis
pensing of the sacraments are to be al
lowed in consideration of the recognition
of the modified rule in regard to the duty
of giving notice Of church appointments to
the government. 1t abolishe5 the obliga-
tion to give notice to the government of
changes in unidentified curacies or of ap-
pointments by incumbents of representa-.
tives, unless the appointees are to fulfil the
functions of Wears. The Jurisdiction of
the ecclesiastical court is abolished, ex-
cept as regards the duty of giving notice
to 1t of the appointment of teachers in
semlnaries, and as to questions of disci
pllne and clerical rights. The appoint
ment can only be objected to on the
grounds of affecting the position of the in
cumbent as citizen. Appeal is allowed
to the minister of worship.
Daily globe., 1883-06-06
NEW TORK.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

lODeCldl 1eleSrdIi 10 IIle UlODe,
New YORK, June 5.-Considering the
dullness during the early part of the day,
stocks were very well held, the opening
prices showing gains over last evening.
Jersey Central continued the favorite, and
was quoted at 85 shortly after business
commenced. The Omahas did not stand
up as we'll as st. Paul. The notice of the
issue of additional stock in their case
caused quite weakness, and the common
dropped to 45 with sales of preferred at
104. The market became quite sluggish
during tbs middle OF the day, In the last
hour prices improved, and there was some
very confident buying particularly of st.
Paul and Union Pacific The
coalers bee anne quite active, as did
Louisville and Nashville. Stocks seem to
advance more easily than they decline, and
the prospects for better prices seem to in
prove. The earnings of the several roads
for the fourth week in May are as follows:
The Missouri Pacific system increased
100000; Northern Pacific $4,000; Omaha
$4,000; Louisville 81 Nashville $4,000:
Manitoba on the other hand decreased
$4,000, and the stock ruled weak in ccnse-
quence. The weakness yesterday was
brought about by the at first mysterious
shipping away of St. Paul stock, afterward
explained by the announcement that the
stockholders in the st. Paul company
voted to issue $3,O0O.OO0 of new stock.
The entire amount was taken
hr - r.
good authority that the company owed
President Mitchell considerable amount
of money, and that this stock was accepted
IN payment of his claim. Some thought
the selling of st. Paul was occasioned by
what was called a Keene- -Woershoff attack,
intended to promote the covering of shorts
or possibly to secure long stock. A rumor
has been current to the effect that Mr..
Keene, having been successful in a contest
with the Standard Oil people in petroleum,
proposed to endeavor to beat that corpora
ton in st. Paul OF which Mr.. Rockefeller.
at least, is supposed to be long. Then
came the news that the Omaha company
has decided to water its stock. and very
soon formal notice to that effect was read
in the Exchange. The inotice stated the
Omaha company would issue at its con-
venience after thirty days from date ad-
ditional stock at the rate of $4,000 per
mile OF the preferred and $4,000 per mile
of coamon for the construction of fifty
miles of new road, forty miles on the
Superior branch and ten miles on the Bay
field line, both IN Wisconsin. The amount
of preferred stock would be 5,Ol3 shares,
common 1864 shares. Bonds on these
branches were listed few months ago.
Daily globe., 1883-06-06
THE OLD WORLD.
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, June 5.-Geo. Smythe, ARRESTED
at Birmingham yesterday, after avowins
he was an American Fenian, and whil
practicing with revolver in yard at {
tavern, was taken to court this morning
1t transplred that Smythe had been drink
ing heavily, and when he made the state
ment when arrested was under the influence
of liquor. A fine for inebriety was i'm
| posed by the court.
LONDON, June 5.-Lord Dufferin, British
ambassador at Constantinople, has beer
decorated with the grand cross of the order
| of the Bath.
LONDON, June 5.-The summer meeting
at Ascot Heath opened to-day and con
| tinues four days. The race for the gold
vase, value 200 sovereigns, given by hel
majesty, was won by j. Johnstone's Border
Minstrel, R. n nsr's Pagroscope second
Lord Rosberry's Bonny Jean, third. Si1
starters.
The race for the Prince of Wales stakes
for three -year-olds was won by Lord Fal.
mouths Galliard, who ran third in the
race for the Derby, Duke of HamiIton's
| Ossian, second; Lord BradfJrd's Laoccono
third.
The race for the Ascot stakes handicap
was won by R. Jardine's Ihmail, LORD
Caldon's Witchcraft second, Sir T. John
ston's Thebois third. Seven ran.
dispatch to the Standard from
Sierra Leone states that King Koffee Kal.
kali, author of the late war in Ashantee
has been forcibly restored to the throne
British envoy has been sent to Comassie
to endeavor to arrange a peaceable under
standing of the difficulties.
LONDON, June 5.-The bill to prevent
corrupt practices at elections passed Its
second reading in thescommons last even
ing.
LONDON, June Sin the recent debate
IN the commons Sir William Harcourt
home secretary, implied that Lord Rose
berry, in the capacity of under secretary
for the home department, was specially
charged with Scotch interests, merely as a
temporary plan intended to propitiate
Scotch members. This statement of the
home secretary has offended Lord Rose
berry, who, on entering the house of lords
to-day, took a seat apart from his col
leagues, evidently threatened to resign,
and it is asserted has already written
Gladstone, acquainting him of his inten-
tions. 1t is still hoped the matter will be
settled.
DUBLIN, June 5.-Edward Harrington
editor of the Kerry Sentinel, and the print
er of that paper have each been sentenced
to six months'im prisonment on account of
the publication in the Office of the Sentinel
of placard inviting persons who wished
to. join the Invinoibles to attend meeting.
They will appeal from their sentences.
Two compositors on the paper, pleaded
guilty to assisting in the publication of
the placard and each was sentenced to two
months imprisonment.