The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04
Mr.. w. b. Ingram, OF Cox & |

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1t is appalling to learn that the
most careful estimates show that from
loo to 1900 railroad employees are
killed ia this country annually, and from
5000 to 10, 900 more or less seriously ID
jured.
Daniel Perry, a colored cotton chop
per ON Can't. b. +. Williamson's piaa-
tation, was overcome by the heat on
Friday. and fell il the field. He was
carried to the shade, and al effort made
to restore him, but death ensued in a very
few minutes.
Rev. DR.. G.. ID. Bernheim, recently
of the Charlotte At Home and AbrOdd,
has accepted a call to the Lutheran
church in P~hilipsburg, y. j., and re-
moved thither with his wite.-Rev
Il. NJ. Jones, Of Greensboro Female
College, spent 4 day or two last week
in Raleigh with his son, Mr.. Garland
Jones.
A good reputation for a school Is
better than rubies! Rubies are not
bankable. The fame of Peace Institute
gains every session. Parents are learning
that the Messrs. Burwell have the lacl
tiles, and the capacity, and the mcihodsl
What more could you ask Experience ,
Just sol And they have the expert
encel The State is dotted with homes
containing admirable IN who enter
ed upon the stage of life from off the
platform of Peace.
If a body had lots of money, he,
she, or it, could buy lots ofdry goods at
low prices nowadays; for nearly every
merchant in Raleigh is selling about
cost, at cost, below cost. half cost
and thank We, too! But when a man
has no wife to pick them out. and no
money to pay for them if he had a wife,
he don't care if corsets sell for a
nickel a yard. o if women's stockings
are so 1'low' that the toes touch the
ground a swinging from the clothes
line.
The Methodist Lawn party, at the
residence of Probate Judge Upchurch,
was largely attended. Friday night.
Miss Carrie Pell, Miss Carrie Murray,
Miss Emile Smedes, Miss Annie Black
well, Miss +. McVea, Miss Ellie Fen
tress, Miss BERTHE McDufiie lwho is Wis
iting Miss Matte Fuller, Miss Ava
Gattis, Miss Parker, and others. contri-
buted to the entertainment by musical
selections.
The old saying-''If the mountain
will not come to Mahomet. then Ma
homet must go to the mountain.'-is
being put into practice by a New York
druggist. He advertises to bring the
ocean to those who cannot 90 to the
ocean. He has collected a large lot of
sea salt, and skillfully assures you that
by filling a tub with water you can have
all the medicinal virtues of .'old SALT
right behind your back door!
The card of Prof. w. S. Barnes, in
another column, sets forth in a concise
and distinct manner the advantages of
fered by his excellent school at Kittrel, a
location which as you know has made a
reputation for health and accessibility.
The large hotel at that point is crowded
with guests from the North at almost
every season of the year although there
Is no town. nor other attractions and dis
slpatlons save pure air, pure water, and
country pleasures. The expenses of
Prof. Barnes Institute seem very reason
able.
bingham School catalogue is re-
ceIyed. There were 25S pupils in at
tendance in 1882, l4O from North Caro-
lima. and lis attracted from other States
by the steadily increasing fame of the
School. The new buildings are much
better than those burned a year ago,
and are lighted with gas. The best
gymnasium in the South has been erect
ed and is equipped with the best appa-
ratus. A tirst-class bath house is near
ly ready. We are glad to see a North
Carolina enterprise so progressive and
so successful. See adv.
For the honor of human nature we re-
Joice always to note acts of heroism even
far distant from our own land. and with
out personal interest. Last Thursday
night, in the British Channel, of Port
land. two steamers of the New Zealand
line crashed into each other, and the
Wartarrd sank in two minutes. Twen-
ty-tiye lives We're lost. Sixteen were
saved. One OF them was Il lady pas
senger. She had sunk once or twice.
when n of the common sailors stIuy-
Cling near her, unbuekled the life-belt
from around hi, own waist. and fasten-
ed 1T upon hers. Thus sustained she
kept afloat until the r~escuinu boats pick
her up. Noble Tar lie must have
been a ''Tar-hecl ~
His name Was Smith, MOI an I'm
common name,-Jo Smith and he was
a sooty, s~moke-gIimed Locomotive engi-
neer. Three miles from Chariestcn, S.
&. the section master had changed the
Switch, and forgot to lock it. As the
train dashed out upon the side-track, and
ran for IS yards, the engineer could have
saved his life by jumping. But he had
$50 passengers and to save Their lives he
chung to the Reverse bar, and the air.
brakes. When found. his body was cut
completely in twain: but not one of the
men, women, and children in the coaches
was hurt! The brakeman, whose name
was Paul Washington, escaped: the