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FOR the F. Il NJ. Household.
From Mcckien burg.

MAY l. new cos.er. have a little
corner in the H. ID. this week: | have
become interested in the Household
| thank Petite for her answer to the
Wilson osuty Youn Man. 1t is
too bad that SO many Young men
want wife merely to cook. and keep
touSe and SOME even want her before
they have house to Keep. | mean
one st their own | Will give "A Wo-
mans Answer" a place in my scrap
book.
In answer to "Mid's' question in re-
gard t. the reading matter OF young
ladies. | would say Of course il is dan
gerouS for Us to read two much light
literature but in my limited circle of
acquaintance. | can say with candor
that there are more young men who
read worthless books. than young ladies.
The cheap editions Of all the standard
writer's. now throw good reading within
tho reach Of all. and who that has read
Dickens. Scott, Geo. Elliot. ETC.. would
care to waste time on the idle stories OF
dime novels - LUCILLE.
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that she keep il u herself when sae
''rues the trade lbui a woman who
has =. kind. agulable. uTas.s { husband
has nobody buL herself - blame lt s4c
= not happy. Seltishuess aud cold
hearted oman hncss !. the rout oi
her discontcut. Int t'lleCt is no NOR.
essential - ,o0a Aalpjucss than oAtrsD- q
beauty. 81 -uat aealh. One ousl,r ct
good lcel-u- lnd good principles al irur
si,v,J.u and sound morality i sagth
,.ore A. "A .attar n real happiness than
Il. the brains that hase been packed in
guan skulls .Eam tic creation oi the
,orll uut. now |! madame would
Itui r mu D tune andsng out her hu>-
md .tue~ and irwin. "a make him
apIA ., She wastes on books and m
ileetual >oOrtN, imagine her own
.p.c ot content would be yastll aug
ruted.
~he has al 'Hst f, requisite tor hap
ness. and u = her own fault HAT She
- messed & aud grown away from
rr hu~ haua .u "s,~e wears al married
IT,. 1 sbt "ts. Ats>t t-gAte IA >prl
I. honest inquiry tn points "a differ
ace between them, | think sire = II he /
,nocked 10 fiud that / J. her heart and /
,pt Ais head lHat is t. blame. selfish /
,css, AID intellectual vanity. make the
N III hor pot u ointment II is not
.cr pleit.d superiority. hat moral in
trorHS. that j. the trouble; atf,i IL She
! so warped aud blinded Is sc1-e oucelt
lat sh, ALL uut see The blessings that
,od Ia, scattered ~ her path with a
hand she might at least have The
-u'tv 10 keep her mouth .lul about
TIE hiundcr >le thinks slc ha> made.
aud cover Il With the mantle oi silence.
/ wcr" the victim oi undeu.ablr
partial lnlelicltics no one would hold
rr excused tor giving tongue 70 them
lie strong common instinct oi humani-
), founded upon the laws of God and
autulc, condemns ali wives Who laul 10
.ender the LOYALTY oi silence 10 the man,
uwevcr unworthy, whom they have
sworn TO honor. Then. with what
opinion do they receive the plants aud
self bctrayals ct a wife whose oulN
grounds FOR unlapp.ncss he III her own
selfish vanity ''Nlieucc II golden,
and those married Who break il expose
themselves. aud Justly. tot contempt
md dlspraioc at all men. ~ lot ~ hie
meant to IL uumNcd icLy.iy, lut IA
,rcat deal oi the trouble i. ol our Own
and the material used is
our oHn folly or wickedness, tho we
Ion often call them by such ugly
names. SO take my proycrb IN good
part We whom il Tits. both the ono ST.
ent. and the tn loguacious, and If il
oosens or ties ole tongue well satisfied
Will be
koN QUIp SID QUfs.
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For the +. & M.-Household.
From Vance.
LAKEWOOD,

LAKEWOOD.
Dear friends. | have desire to enter
your pleasant Household. Is there
room for the stranger who, though not
heretofore a constant reader of the Far
mer and Mechanic, has, afar off. ap-
plauded the noble course of its brave
editor? Since he has so eallantly "laid
lance in rest for the defence of South
ern femdle talent. let us of the gentler
sex weave him a garland of laurel: con-
graduating ourselves meanwhile, thai
all chivalrous hearts are not dead. NJ
constitutional timidity ever leads me to
seek the sheltering protection of some
elderly friend when entering new cir
Gle Of acquaintances good Grandma
may | creep under your wing. and make
my first talk? / SHALL no doubt. find
many kindred spirits in this charming
Household; but l.. b. by her encom-
iums upon the n. Y. Society of Decora-
tive Art, has already wrought several
links in the chain, which may. in the
hidden future, bind us in close friend
ship.
Art is my grdnae passion. and having
been pupil. and graduate. of the School
of Decorative Art. i'll n Y, | retain
pleasant recollections of the kind la.
dies who were its originators and man.
ayers This lovely and useful avenue
to remunerative employment for oul
sex has already accomplished an incal.
culable amount of good-within my owI
knowledge-and the field is rapidly en-.
larging as it becomes more widely
known. " When we recall the uncoutl
attempts at ornamentation in by-gons
days. aud bring them into comparison
with the present style of decoration
with its soft lovely tints, its graceful
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we're not calculated To imbae her viii
tany extra soitncss OF disposition.
| fancy that some Of the modern Helen,
would have felt very much hike follow
! ing her example under like nFoyocatiou,
some twenty wears or less agone. An,
with the same power 10 inflict condigr
punishment light possibly e.uulizeo
lit,
Will somebody ask ''l oung Mid j
the Household j. furnishing any CUES
tionably discreet literature, or what 81
his well-intentioned mind TO. worku
about '.tiime novels - We have n
gotten 10 the romancing perfod OF OF
literary undertaking pet, and lhe M
truths that are At present euunciatc
surely cannot harm the most plas
mind. | am sure that JlSffcid's pC
pose is Ia elevate and enlighten. as he
well-eXpressed uStiticatlon Of Pop
from tie charge OF incprrectncss VOL
prove; aud IcJtdS. who IS deyoi,
solely 10 mental culture aud spiritll
Improvement, will never h. the on,
lead Youthful follower into the grrf :
nine oi novels aud trashy fiction. Nov
some OF the rest OF the com pany do rca,
anu tIltoN WI ~ vi il1 1l4tll, III Stil ift
most among them. but | will ventur.
10 assert that not one OF ue i given
the pefusal ot 1.-THE dime novel. or al
Others of the wildly sensational chara :
ter. y well-written novel of pure ton,
is none the less acceptable for a few "a
citing scenes and adventures: but thc~r
can ;,Ed must be ot widely dIfitr,l
order from those depicted III Nj
South sorth's lurid stories. and the soi
or literature that seems TO fit Tic cu
umns OF The New York Ledger - oN-
actly. We do heartily promise Ma
that he VIII never lind any such Wit
the limits OF the Household. no mat 81
how recklessly we may unch2 ii Il,
thoughts and peus hereafter. / ~,
that every one thought on this .u' Il,
a YOU do, though one new naul4 a.
member, and quite applaud your las
udious objection to the style OF litera-
ture alluded to. As specimen OF most
healthy and safe reading in the novel
line, founded too on the life of yert-
able hero, allow me to direct your at
tentiOn to that most charminglv written
story OF Blact ctmOre's Il una Doone. a
tale of Exmoor.' and | will like to Sc,
Your comments upon IL if you care t.
read, and then write us what YOU think
Of it. Dixie.
March 9th, 1888.
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. VOL. NI.-NO. II
-siE xo.s.E. Free 4 ra.s -A.-se q
TEST J: &c. Ts1r TAN--T ~ ~
y, Ea--a. Z ysa -e-. Ike 4.
seas Al .o-.s a.l ss. .Ae
ELECTION srws

Thv FirB.er aAi Ae1A.sa.c desirrs 20
Sc5sue weekly visitor to every inteli-
seut anl respectable Home in North
Carolina, and the Editor hopes it would
hnd favor with many thousands Of Fam
lhes, II they should read il for a few
weeks. 10 test the matter he offers TO
send the paper ONE MONTH to every
citizen OF North Carolina. who vii ca
a 81 has mana, aai arr ocaks, postage
tampsG the latter being les than cost
= the white paper, and the ros,agc.
while ihc cost oi the printing. mailing.
wrappers, and editor. profit are a free
Sli, to you. aud thank 70, tool
srJ-Al our present readers arc rcqucs-
ed TO do us the favor 10 make this known
among their neighbors. All monthly
subscribers will be enrolled on a sepa-
ate Book, aud stopped, after the 5oth
lay. And there will not be the least
'bhgatioD upon any one to enroll a.
egular subscriber. We wish 10 advcr-
10 the paper, aud IL sending your name
ou vii help uS
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\. l.. IT,. Dizic would do great
deal more for you than obey your call
Tor another letter 10 the Household. but
| am sure that you do not care for words
euly-and there Is really nothing else
handy To offer on. And notNithstand-
ing certain populs II belief that the
chief difficulty which u woman has to
encounter il lie is the inability To hold
her peace, have rather imtemH4,ne
dista>te sonnet mes for multiplying
words about nothing.
Words are little earth-sOwn seed.
of immortal fcuitage whose gathering is
most Ike to he but little" some wise
one says. and why increase the dubious
crop when little silence will thin it
out:
Rob Roy's Outlaw was precisely
the individual called for. and none other
VIII be recognized BY Dixie, for none
other viii fit the description. Speaking
Of Helen McGreCor." | wonder why
she should be looked upon with horror
by some as bein- so mfemin ne a crea.
ture because she slew the betrayer ol
her ilushand! The times in which she
lived aud her peculiar experience Of life
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Fer the F. & M. M.-uousehold.
From Johnston.

Detrop, thanks for your appeal to
N'importe to re-tnter and speak for
himself. for we Cor |, at least.) have
sadly missed his pleasant pen" The
question of whether he did or did not
take up arms during the war; is of
minor Importance compared with the
pleasure conferred by his s.produc-
TONS Besides, | am confident that,
if he did not, on account of incapability,
take any active part in the late strife.
he is that gallant and brave that he
would gladly LAY him down and die"
for Bonnie Annie Laurie So. MIN
porte, add my entreaties to those of
''Detrop' and beg you to return to the
''fold'' from which you have been so
sum narily driven 10y the eXacting in
quisitiveness of Annie Laurie
Now l, like Detrop, can not answer
her question in the affirmative. but not
withstanding. i intend to run the gaunt-
let of her criticisms and expect to escape
unhurt.
Gentle Judith, you want to know how
to raise turkeys. Now you did not ask
me, but | will tell you nevertheless
In the first plare, keep your young
brood IN ''closcd quarters until the
dew is dried from the grass also. be
particular in their food; feed them with
raw meal dough, with little ground
pepper mixed; continue this treatment
till they are large enough to care tor
themselves, and | am sure that you will
find quite a perceptible increase IN the
l.umbers raised.
Grandma, please do not retire from
the Household, for it is, if nothing more.
setting bad example, and we want no
desertIon now, for the Household is Just
beginning to improve, so much so that
l am looking forward to the near future
when we shall crowd these ungainly ad.
vertisements from our page. SO let no
ieSerfjon be our motto. but let every
member attend promptly, and bring a
new one at every meeting" if possible.
Now as | do not know how | may be
received | deem it best to be brief.
Ladies, am before you; judge me
as you think | deserve, and ''render
your verdict accordingly"
ANONYMOUS.
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9aaies Department.
Original Contributions By Southern Lady
Writers.

NoTE-Desiring to assist In taxing away the re-
prosgh from the South, that our section has little
literary ent, and that Ladies' rule neither
can, nor care to, the composing pen, we devote
one page of the f. a NJ. TO Original and Selected
articles from ladies We cannot at pres Mt offer
compensation; but shall be pleased to send pack
age of extra copies of any issue to any one wish
ing to present them friends 1t is best for each
contributor to write her address slip of paper
with the communication; but II she be too trnd
this can be omitted; the articles will be coufn-
ed to Literary, household, poetic, aud kindred,
topics, which viii lose OF their interest, even
though the editor should not know the author.
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Prof. w. H. NEAVE,

Fan be empioyed. occasionally, to teach bands
He Is the only thorough and xpeditious Band eech-
er in \ =; and has, in these respects, but few
equals lud superiors III ths United States, fact
well Known in the first professional circles OF all
the large cities. During the war, the only band
master in the whole south who commissioned as
such, aud exempted from conecriptIon by the Z. :.
: seer tarv of War, and solely because of his pre-
eminent abilities and energetic use of them among
tac many army bands He also, only, can and does
give first class concerts to aid bands in payiug for
his services.
He Writes Music to order. to fit, for band, or
chastra iauos, voice, etc Fills demands for first
q music at great fest Sais with ba nd composed
of artistic Amateurs, selected from many towns in
tn state, after the mann of his State band for
Yorktown His permanent address ls Salisbury,
! n. u. 'tt5s- as
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PHOTOGRAPHS!
HOME AGAIN!
Watson's New Gallery
OVER HELLER'S SHOE STORE, 81
FAYETTEVILLE ST.

Don't forget the place. II with very great
pleasure that | announce TO the citizens Of kAi-
eigh ard Worth Carolina that after An ahHenre of
several years IN other NtatTa working ia tAe inter
eel Of my rrofession, ! have Ttturnrd to Raleigh,
and permanently located one 81 the h~a. cgniie
Phutoe raphic alirries In the country, having iust
r. .crlNvd iul ct of Instruments made by }. u.
bal meyer. the celebrated Of ticiau OF London.
whose Instruments Acknowledged ~ be Tho best
in the world. Ny iiRht IL the beet that ls
conttruce ed gallery we'll located aud OF
eleg anty furnished with eye.y convenience and
comfort Al class of work in my line will be done
from the sms Hest 10 tn. lArgsrt portraits Uid Iio
ture- copied, enlarged, Sc Cali aud
whether you wish pictures not.
4 w. WATSON
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name OF "Washburne y CO. advertise
II, (and place Il with local Drugglsts)
have swindled nearly every Newspaper
IN North Carolina aud. of course. their
Medicine is Fraud. No Respectable
Druggist will hereafter offer il for sale
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For the r. & vi. M.-HCusehold.
We Shall Meet Again.

Oh take it back. that bitter word,
Slv not we meet on earth no more /;
It's cruel and can u 'er afford,
The peace sweet men'r 'ry held before !;
Oh. you too are dear, c ell a. |
Am dear to you, and this one thought
Looms O er my life with mourniul sigh.
As sum.ner breeze with fragrance
fraught.
| dream of you when the first beams
OF morn. gid the trees with gold,
And Oft in tancy's picture CLEANS
The smile that cruel fate withholds.
Al morn, at noon. as night so fair
With queenly train of glittering gems,
| gaze in rapture dreaming where,
Love crowns with prlnceless diadems.
You say YOU know what man can bear
OF bitter wrongs-but this | know
That woman's love cannot despair
While from the past fond memories
flow,
My love, my trust is my refrain
In tender loving trusttul care
And that at last we meet again,
Shall be my constant humble prayer.
Your smiles, your kisses, warm and
sweet.
Your tender loving thoughtful eyes
Your radiant face with love replete
Crown my life with bluest skies;
NV throbbing heart shall cherish still.
Each fond embrace, and loving tone
And mem'ry dwells with sweetest thrill
On every fond endearing word.
CLEORA.
Moore county, March %, 1883.
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"kOW WELL AND STRONG. :"

NAIpDiIn, WNOis
DR.. r V. Prince. Buffalo, y. y
Derr Sri wish TO state that my
laughter aged Is, was pronounced in
curable and was fas failing as tho doe
sors thought. with consumption. OBJ
,ainod a half dozen bottles OF your Col
Ten Medical Discovery for her, and she
1mmenced improving at once, and Is
now well ard strong.
Very truly yours.
REV. ISAAC \. AUGUsTIH
= Discovery soli bv druggists.
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SILENCE Is GOLDEN.

NV second letter SAYS. Your coniec-
turc as to Mrs. Blanks circums tances
couldn't have been a more literal trans
cript if you drawn your conclusions from
know ledge instead of deriving ther
from her writings. She married at
seventeen. and her hus band Is an honest
upr rht christian gentleman. a kind
smiable man. and a very successful far
mer, but intellectually lie is not his
wife's equal, and she has grown away
from him, strives and finds the content
she misses in married life in books and
intellectual society. She is very unhappy
and makes no secret Of it," But il is
very clearly her duty to make an invlo
late secret of it and with such unhap-
piness no honest soul will have one
atom Of sympathy. She got Just what
she took, what no doubt she insisted
upon having, since sensible parents
never allow a seventeen year old girl
to marry unless she insists upon it, and
havingHmade her own bargains, good
sense and good taste would suggests
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For the +. &. M.-Household
vincuium MatrImonii--' Speech
is Sllvern, but Silence is
Colden!'

Two letters give my text, letters whose
bufthen Is the antIthesis each ot the
other. one OF a woman womanly. the
other a woman unwomaniV, yet e ch IL
hut he vGlclng OF a case hv ar I 40 cntl-
mon; and because common, |, being
~hp,iy dlslnteTest. IN al. ucl q .estIous.
rise up ana enter protest. speech l.
silveru saith b. oi 2 Oroverb of We
ancieuts, that fits my first iettcr wherein
Wy lady trueheart ,ys: Jour words OF
praise were 50 sweet to Hc all th,
swce,cr because now days such words
are so rarely uttered. My husband is a
noble true-hearted gentleman. who doubt
le.s thinks his vile just the wife for him
but he receives my best efforts in perfec'
silence, he has no words ciher for q
agai st them. At first, this was te,ribl,
painful to me. | was too prou a woman to
complain, or even to refer to 1t. but many
bitter tear has his silence cot ne IN
secret. | needed to be reas>ured Now
Am learning more of his deep true heart
and try to be content 10 believe without
evidence, in his appreciation OF my
work Yet. even now, some times there
rises in my heart, A irora Leigh's cry of
womanly weakness. Il All still too young
too young to stand alone.
Why is it. brothers, that the husband
cannot keep the lovers tongue in his
head? Does the woman lose her charms
aud attractiveness by becoming a wife2
Is there nothing left that the husband
can prascl Tho love Tad nothing but
admiration to express was none of u
genuinei all just snare to lure the
bird into the net: If he really thought
any OF it let him sometimes tell his wife
what he would have said to his sweet
heart 1t will do her no harm, iudicious
praise never yet hurt anybody. True
love is humble minded, doubtful of itself
needing to be reassurred, and wo-
manly woman would give more for one
word of hearty praise from her husband
than to have all the world at her feet
Tnere comes N time in her life when
she is indifferent to his admira ton.
Dent let her take it for granted all the
time. Tell Ter when she pleases you
BY deed. or words or even looks. l
have seen a woman forty years wife,
blush as rosly and shyly as girl at a
compliment from her hus band who was
still her lover.
So Benedicts praise the COOL ri.c.
Like the good k!ss' in the children I.
play of ''>ister Phebe.'' 1t will do
YOU no harm. and she will be hap
pier and therefore better woman for
it; for happiness is great conservator
Of morality and virtue.
IF YOU doubt my wisdom: try my plan
for a yea, and day and Ill agree to ic,
/ you write me down a .raud il at the end
OF geo lays you can honestly say that
YOU nave fairly tried and fairly
IA led to make her and cons sequentls
Tvourself, brighter and happier, by Tx
'.spcecn that is silven.'
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WASHINGTON GAZETTE ITEMS
1t is Sam Corson, not Carrow. who
has been appointed Postmaster here.
w C. Madison will build brick
lore-Dr ST Nicholson has bought
out &. NJ Browns drug-st' re. and his
brother Blake viii conduct it.
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large. though probably the month will show
q slight falling of as compared with April.
The receipts OF produce have been quite Tree,
and trade in that direction has been large.
Freichts show degree OF frmness not looked
for two weeks ago. The owners OF tonnage
have raised their pretensions, and Il would
probably be difficult to secure iron ships ae
70s for orders for next seasons loading;
Wool is slow CT trade. and sales thus lar wili
not aggregate over 100, 900 pounds OF East
ern. The CT o.cest lots will command loc 10
1S@c.
a spokan Falls (W. IT, special says that
there was trouble there Yesterday between
Dave Drumheller and an Indian named Peel,
which eliminated in the lstter's being 81,
rested and thrown into Jail. About midnight
! last nj b. some unknown party poked shos'
gun through the bars Of the window OF the
I Jail and shot Peel. Six shots entered his
BODY, FIVE went into the hollow OF bis leg,
and four lodged in his arm. The wounded
man cannot live. There is great Indignation
| felt over the cowardly affair. No arrests
have yet been made.
| To-day detective Aul, of Colorado, brought
/ TO the police station forger named Wm'
/ NJ. Roberts, alias L. G. Montgomery. whom
/ he had arrested on requisition from tnt
! Governor of his State in Seattle, Thursday
Roberts il charged with having forged the
name of Lokian to q check on the Nstiona
| Bank of Pueblo, Colorado, for Sc. 600. Wher
arrested he admitted the transaction. anf
resiguedly submitted to the process Of law
OF the Sc 0OO all but 1880 was fould de
posted in the bank at Seattle to Montgom
| ery's credit. This was secured. While II
Seattle Roberts Tor Montgomery had carried
on riotous living, spending his ill.gotten gain
quite freely. The prisoner and his capto
viii leave tonight on the outgoing stsams
for tine &C, ne of his crime.
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ARIZONA.


TOMBSTONE, June 1st.-An Epitdph courier
from Oposura, Mexico, brings intelligence
that Indians appeared ia force near Nacori on
Thursday last, evidently driven out Of the
Sierra Madres by Crook. There were only
thirty Mexican troops at Nacori, and an at
tack was momentarily expected. The Indians
were killing cattle, and were nearly all afoot.
Unless Crook follows the Indians into the
settlements, which is not probable the cam
psipn is liable to end in failure, as the Mex
lean troops are not in sufficient force to sue
cessfully attack them. Old Juh has thus far
outwitted Crook, there having been no gen.
eral engagement up to Monday last. There
is considerable feeling aroused in Mexico
against what is called the agriana invasion,
aud the Mexican troops are not cooperating.
Colonel Bandsla has sent reinforcements to
Nacori. and taken oil precautions possible to
confne the Indians to the foothills. Crook
has broken up several Indian camps, but
thus far the savages have successfully eluded
him. However, he proposes to make sum-
mer campaign of il, and viii doubtless sac
coed in whipping them.