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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-05-29
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REATTFX For Rough, Chapped and Oily
Skin, Blackheads and Skin Blem-
ishes, use CUTICURA Soap.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

A Boy OR GIRL.-All women. the
world over who expect to become moth
ers are curious as to the sex of the un-
born child ; and every old wife has a
bundle Of unfailing signs and omens
which determine the question out of
hand without leaving o for doubt.
In Sicily these signs are as follows
among others of dubious modesty which
it is as well to leave in ~obscurity: If
YOU suddenly ask an expectant mother /:
what is the matter with your hand ?
and she holds up or turns out the palm
of her right hand her child will be a boy.
Ii she holds up her left hand or turns
up the back of her, right, it win be a
girl. If she strews salt before the
threshold, the sex of the first person who
enters in at the door determines that of
the unborn-a man for a boy, a woman
for a girl. If she goes to draw water
from the we'll, and throws a few drops
over her shoulder without looking back,
the sex of the first person who passes
after the performance OF this ''sertile-
gion in, like manner determines the sex
the child. After the first child the line
in which the hair grows at the nape OF
the neck of the preceding is an unfall-
ing sign of that which is coming after,
lifts grows in a peak it presages a boy,
if straight a girl. This is also one OF
the infallible signs in India.-Temple
Bar. .t ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

r. & D. r. R.-Richmond, Va, Dec.
lO.-CoI. A. S. Buford was elected presi-
dent, and the board of directors was in
creased to twelve, as follows: George F.
Baker, c. S. Brice. w. P. Clyde. II. c.
Fahnestock, John III. Inman, John Nc
Anerney, J.. G. Moore, w. g. Oakman,
H. B. Plant. George l. Seney and George
S. Scott, ali ofNew York, and Joseph
Bryan. of Richmond. -.
The entire earni ngs of the several lines
were as follows: Richmond and Danville
and Piedmont Railroads, 81, 575, $40, 80;
Richmond, York River and Chesapeake
Railroad, $239. 1880; North Carolina
Railroad, $685. 25 81; Northwestern
North Carolina Railroad. $75. S2S "a; At
lanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway, ST.
042, 63I.O9 Total, 3d. 800. 3Sl.4s. Ex-
penses Of maintenance and operation:
Richmond and Danville ard Piedmont
Railroads, $~76l.74S.27; Richmond. York
River and Chesapeake Railroad. SUI
931, 81; North Carolina Railroad. $25,-
o57.5 Atlantis and Charlotte Air Line
Railway, s$703. 600. 81. Total, $2,2O2,-
540.87. Net earnin gs tor the year. 81.
597,S4O 81. Balance net revenue over
ali changes, 1886, 49, 80. Increase over
last yea . S23. S93.62.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

HEAVY LOSSES BY FIRE.-New York,
December 14.-The six story building
Nos. 278 and 280 Ninth avenue was de-
stroyed by fire to-day. The third. fourth
and fifth stories were used by Byron A.
Shotwell for storage of leaf tobacco. Loss
on the building. $40, 900. The five plat
forms of the fre-escape in front of the
building were filled with rubber-coated
hremen, whom the water tower kept in
a state of shiny wetness- A cascade Of
dark-brown water was soon rushing down
the two s~tairways, over the stoop, into
the street. The water got its color by
mingling with tobacco. Shotwell esti-
mates the damage on his tobacco at $I5,-
600. The New York State Decorative
Wood Company. on the second floor,
loses on machinery $4,000. Francis o.
French, In the sixth story, loses $25. 600.
Cincinnati, December 1.-THE BUSH
ness portion of Brookville, Ind. was al
most entirely destroyed By fire this morn
itg.
Buffalo, N. Y, December I4.-The
Barry Opera House and the Hotel Barry,
at Corning, were destroyed by fire at an
early hour this morning. The fire origi-
mated in the Opera House, and broke out
at midnight. The loss is estimated at
$40, 600.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

A NORTH CAROLINA PRESBYTERIAN S
BooK.-Among the definitely religions
books of the week is Footprints OF the
New Age" by &. f. Barrett, from the
Swedenborg Publishing Association,
Philadelphia. 1t claims to be a vertical
ton of Svedenborg's disclosures respect
ing the last general judgment. Those
disclosures, so-called, are that the last
Judgment spoken of in the New Testa-
ment is purely a spiritual affair; consist
ing in the application of spiritual truth
to all the organizations and conditions of
human life; that this last Judgment really
took place 10 1856 and that Swedenbore
was it all and has recorded his vision;
that this Judgment, disclosed by Sweden
borg, was the consummation Of the first
Christian age or Dispensation. Quite in
another vein is Rev. l.. G. Vass' little
book on "Amusements, and the Chris
tan Lite in the Primitive Church and
iu Our Day." published by the Presby-
terrain Board, of Philadelphia. 1t is =
very old theme, usually discussed by
preachers with considerable prejudice.
MIR. Vass to kes a decided anti-amusement
ground, and some of the wealthy Chris
tan ladies' Of ''our day. may care to
know that 1.-The wife of Caligula wore a
necklace worth two million dollars, and
that two or three estates were often sus-
pended from the ears of fashionable wo-
men, Of course the Church was OPP
posed to that sort Of thing, but still it
grows.-Philadelphia Times.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

...Sixty-odd houses are now under
construction 10 Reidsyille.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
Six Pistol Pops! And Zach Puts
Out a Life

Thomas Furquin, of WalwCrth, Gus
ter county. Nebraska, vas a youth OF
lively disposition, and his last act was
to make thing lively for his friends.
After killing five of them he kept up the
Joke by killing himself. Any of our
restless North Carolina friends might
find a lively location in that neigh
borhood. a telegram to the Herald
says:
The victims were John Finley, a
..fJsor. about sky years old; Mary
lev. lis daughter, aged sixteen; Fan
No Finley. Mary's sister, aged eighteen;
.Ighn Williams, a sutton for Mary's hand,
I'D Charles Watkins. Fannie Finley's
over.
On Wednesday night the two Finley
..r.s. in company with their lovers
Watkins and Williams,) attended a
dance. Young Furquin had asked one
O.. he girls to 20 with him, but she ie-
,...e I'd! on the score, it is believed, OF a
previous engagement. This seems to
have been the acme of his bitterness
over his u~nrequired love and to have
driven him into d murderouS frenzy. He
did not 20 10 the dance, but laid In wait
for the party, nursing his hatred and
planning. When the party drove upto
the gate OF the Finley homestead after
their night OF pleasure Furquin was
there with a doubIe-barrelled shotgun,
loaded with blue whistlers.' The partI
We're in a spring wagon, inst large
enough TO comfortably carry the four.
The Jealous man was hidden. Unseen
by his victims he leveled his gun aud
fired both barrels in quick succession at
them. The contents ot the gun literally
r.ddled the bodies of all four, killing
them almost instantly. Hearing the
shooting and the death screams OF his
daughters Mr.. Einleo rushed from the
house to his own death. The murderer
struck the old man a blow Over the head
with the butt of the gun, and repeated
the blow until his brains were beaten
out The murderer then completed his
Horrible work by blowing out his own
rains with a revolver. One report says
that the murderer burned the house after
committing the crime, while another
says that his body was found on the
river bank some distance from the
others, indicating that he had some idea
p- escaping, but changed his mind.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

DR. WOODROW BoUNCED.-Dr. Wood
row, the Perkins Professor of the Theo-
logical Seminary. whose teachings that
Adams paternal ancestor was a monkey
has caused such an excitement among
the PRESBYTERIAN synods, has been re-
moved from the college by the board of
directors. The board met in Columbia
Oh the 1lth. and passed a resolution ask
ing DR.. Woodrow to resign. which he re-
fused to do on the ground that it would
to some extent recognize the justice and
rightfulness of the Synods on which the
request was based" The board of di-
rectors then passed upon DIR. Woodrow's
case as follows:
'~Inasmuch as the Rev. DR.. James
Woodrow, Perkins Professor, has been
invited to appear before the board of
directors to show cause why he should
not be removed from his professorship;
and inasmuch as he has already had a full
hearing in person before three of the Syn
DDS ard through his friends and advo-
Gates before the fourth synod; and mas
much as these Synods have already con-
demned his views and teachings On the
subject of evolution, and inasmuch as, in
his reply to the. committee appointed to
wait pom him, DR.. Woodrow declares
his unwillingness to tender his resigna-
ton therefore;
Resolued, That he be. and hereby is, re-
moved FROM his professorship, according
to the authority given this board.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
crisrtnas Correspondence.

The little folks have very big eyes
+bese DAYS: the stores and shop-windows
be.nr crowded with pretty things which
old Kries Kingle might, could, or should,
ny don't-vou-visl-he would, bring
.4,ryn the chimney on Christmas night,
e., Inc place where they would do the
most good" and don't you forget it J"
some of the little folks are wise beyond
.rer generation. For, as they know
-rst all clever fellows like to read the
T5rasr anil Mechanic, they conclude
+bat old Santa Claus will do so also,
and %. they take this method to reach
his eve. with a small suggestion.
NO L.
DEAR SANTA CLAUS When this
van see please bring to me, some cakes
and candy. and anything that's handy,
and best Of all, Il carriage for my doll,
and remember | am (and also SAM,
,-,Ir little friend. MARION HELLER.
NO..
DEAR MISTER SANITY CLAWS We
IS al living in the big house at Oxefurd
where YOU come'd las year-you and
Mister Kunel Beasley, and fotch't us
eversomenny goodies, does you know
tr- u',.e: cause we Amt forgot you,
..f please don't YOU forget rs, cause
sd. snow its a hole year, an candy, it
don't las long, there's such a lot of lit
lie suckers as we is. Do please
rlease!-don't furgit you's Oxfurd
JOHNNY RUMP-UPs.
p. S.-Uncle JOB Osborne he don't
awrlt rs. ueither. Maybe you knows
hm. Mr.. sanity Cloth. 81 let's all du
rood To wonennuther. 'spechully Us pore
sinners. =. ;. again:-rhe little gurls
writ this, but we boys signed it, cause
our socks : bigges,
THU SOCK.
Dear Santa Claus" wrote
little VII III letters truly
Shocking, i Sc been a good
bo so please fill a heapen
up his stocking. l want
a drum to make pa sick
and drive my era
~. | want 4 Goggie L can
kick 30 he viii not get
lazy. | want II powder
yuu to shoot right at my
sister Annie and a big
trumpet | can loot just
awful loud at granny. L
want Il dreiiie biz false
face to scare in fits our ba-
by. | want a pony | can
race around the parlor,
maybe. | want a little
Ratchet. too. SO | can do
some chopping upon our
grand piano new when
mamma goes aahoppIng
Iw~antanicc hard rub
Der bali to smash all
into fin d RS the
great big mirror
In the hall an
lots an lots of
winders. AM
candy that will
III a e m c
sick SO
all night will
hold me an
make pa get the
doctor quick au' new
e. Try 10 scold me. An
Santa Clause, if pa saysI
am naughty it's a story.
JUS say if he whips me
III lie and 90 to king
dom glory.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

MONROE ENQUIRER ITEMS. A lbert
S~tarEes, COL, was committed to jail on
tuesday on a warrant sworn out BY Rosa
Hiatt, white, who charged him with an
attempt to commit a rape on her on last
Saturday night. Miss Hiatt lives alone
40 a little house on Bob Starnes' place
three miles from town. Her story is to
tue effect that on last Saturday night
9tarnes came to her house, and after be
ing rofused admittance effected an en-.
irancc through the floor; that he choked
he. -erereiv. but "a foiled OF his pur-
pose by her resistance and outcrles. -
Several weeks ago the wife of Ii. ii.
loss, colJred. ran away with one Jack
NiHI on, co!ored. Ross advertised the
RUB wa couple extensively by posters
AID Ia ;he papers, aud followed them
Luself into South Carolina, where be
s%oro out i warrant against simpson,
Charging him with the theft of q pistol.
Illus lie placed 10 the hands of a cOlored
cheer, who, after a thu ee days, tramp,
eame up nth and arrested the clipping
coup IN Unicn county, S. C., about 4O
As.es from Fl. Mills. Ross arrived IN
lo%n on Tuesday night with his prisoner
ann wife Simpson is now alternating IN
jan aud Ross has resumed his domestic
.e!ations with his wife ip Goose Creek
township.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

Id,
Mass, December 10.-Estelle Newman,
about thirty years Old. diedin Hfemont
in 1878, and after the fnnei o. services in
the little Methodist church, was
buried in the town eeuietery and forgot
ten. The sensation comes from the
diving testimony Of II. Worth Wright,
in Connecticut, who is said 10 have con-.
fessed to his brother that he, being a
students in tie Gltany Medical College,
was present at the funeral with other
student, lay 10 wait near the cemetery
till the burial was owe and the grave
ward was deserted, and then helped dis
inter the body and carry it in a sack to
the medical college. They at once went
to work on it in the dissecting room.
While on the table the body showed
signs of life and was resusciated by the
students. Finding the woman alive on
their hands, the authorities of the col
lege had her taken to an insane asylum
in Schoharie county, MY This is the
last that Wright is said 70 have known
of her whereabonts. The Newman
woman's grave viii probably be opened
| to see what the story amounts to.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
AYERS
Ague Cure
w. G. SIM MONS,
Mortgagee,

IS WARRANTED to cure all cases Of ma
larial disease, such as Fever and Ague, Inter
mittsnt or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever,
Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever. and Liver Com
plant. In case of failure, after due trial.
dealers are authorized, by our circular OF
July LIST, 1882, to refund the money.
Dr.. ]. c. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
fe. Sold by all Druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH
DEPARTMENT.

An opening for a school is offered
at Danbury, Stokes county. Address
Mr.. n. NJ. Pepper.
Wanted A position as governess
by an experienced teacher OF English
branches and music. references given.
Address, NJ. D., care of Furmer and
Mechanic.
We know of a young lady of prom
lnent family. who would like 10 Obtain a
situation as Art Teacher in a girls school
or high grade. She is a graduate of two
Art Institutes.
-Governess for two children. salary
$3.50 a year and boarding. Baptist pre-
ferred. Address Mrs. j. II. Hardy,
RoxobeL, Northampton county, y. c.
"A lady, recently from Philadelphia,
desires to teach in Raleigh "Moody's
new and perfect tailor system of dress
cutting aud fitting by square measure
ment. For terms, address D., care Of
Farmer and Mechanic.
"A young lady, who is qualified to
teach the usual English branches, de-
sires a situation in a school or family.
For further particulars, address. Miss
Nina H., care of Editor +. 81 NJ.
"A lady presbyterian prefered) who
can teach Music, and Art, in school OF
% pupils, may hear of a situation by
giving address and particulars to Rev.
w. 5. Lacy, Jonesboro, n. G..
"A young lady of Harnett county
desires a situation On and after January
lst., next, as teacher, or as governess.
Can give satisfactory references. Miss
HARNETT, care of F. 81 NJ, Raleigh,
N. &,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

IT HAS NO EkIEND.-The Spanish
treaty appears to have very few trends
1t receives the severest criticism all
around, and has very little to say IN its
own behalf. 1t is believed that the Sen
ate is overwhelmingly opposed to its
ratification, and it is understood that the
House Committee of Ways and Means is
almost unanimously adverse to it. This
fairly reflects the general tone of public
sentiment.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

a STEEP SENTENCE FOR CowIfID-
ING. Louisville, Ky, December 10
Lawyer Corneilsou, who cowhided
Judge Reid, OF The Supreme Court, caus-
luS The latter u commit suicide from
shame. Was to day sentenced to three
years "lEhlrlsonrnent IN the p~enitentiary.
by the court at Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

...Fsyetteyille Bar. through oil G.
w Broadfoot, Presented Sheriff Hardie
with an elegant gold headed cane. as a
mark of esteem and appreciation. Mr.:
Hardie has been Sheriff Of Cumberland
county for not less than eighteen years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
Mortgage Sale.

BY virtue Of a Deed of Mortgage. exe>
cuted by Littleton 7. Gee to William G..
Simmons, December 20, 1882, and re-
corded in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Wake county, N. c., Book II,
page 237. l shall sell for cash, at auction,
in the town of Wake Forest College, at
the r. X. Depot, at 1 O'Clock p. m. on
Saturday, January "a, 1885, 3 acres of
land lying within the town of Wake
Forest College, adjoining the land of
Mrs A. Rayborn and others.
W. G. SIM MONS,
Mortgage,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

....In Buncombe a Mr.. Jones
p!oushed up last week an old oven con-
tanning $3.50 in gold and $3.50 in silver
and some jewelry, says the Asheville
Adcance.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
Don't Be A Lobster

5. Children IL years old can wash
with them. Wide-awake children
can do q weeks washing in the morn
ing before going to school, or in the
evening after coming home from
school.
6. You can wash the finest kind
of goods OF ladies' apparel Of any de-
scription, in perfect safety and with
out injury to them.
Z. You can wash carpet quicker
and easier with the machine than
any other way.
8. The machines win pay for
themselves in a comparatively short
time; in saving of clothes, hard
work, and especially in the short
time required for doing a washing.
The Deveaux Washing Machines
are made strong and durable and
last for years, if properly taken care
Of, with but little, if any, expense.
They are wrrrantei one year with
no expense for repairs, and also to
give satisfaction. Any person pur-
chasing a Deveaux machine, after
giving it a fair trial from four to elk
weeks according to the directions,
which will be given, they a return
the same If they choose 90 to do,
and if paid for, the money will be
refunded.
The names of the following per-
sons, citizens Of Union county, are
given for reference 70 snbstantiate
the above statement, as they or their
families have and are using the De
veaux Steam Washing Machine:
IF Mallahan, F NJ Budde, John
H vasser, N J Wallace, H H Blair,
Geo r Freeman, Geo Reynick, J NJ
Talcott, 0 NJ Walters, Geo NJ Linch,
J H Ashley, Il G Ericsson, A r Rom
ne, c H Walworth, John Tucker,
Ed Gray, John Rash, Flannery
Bros, John Tracy, w H H Fate, T
Tollefson, Peter brown, David Stev-
ems, Ira H Smith, Richard Try, NJ L
Disbrow, Rev J v HINES, p Vail, A
Bovce, Col VIM Duncan, r G Comp
ton, Joseph Yerter, p Bernard, G
Gillian, A Strobel, and many others
too numerous TO mention.
Manufactured and sold Of NJ Hoff-
mans Hardware Shore, Elk Point,
Oak, by s. w. Hoffman.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06

HOLSTERS are not proper models
for intelligent human beings to copy
after or to go by. You cannot Con-
vince q lobster that a fish is better
than it is; no, not ever an oyster.
HOLSTERS don't propose to have any
new ideas OF improvements beat
into their pates, that we're unknown
TO their grandfather Holsters or grand
mother Holsters. A Holsters motto
is about like this:
Let The world move and PRO gross a. /. will;
iii ~ back and bs = lob rtcr. sti
Now as science, ingenuity and me-
chanical skill develops in this day
and age Of the world, people are BEN
Gifted thereby, if they viii avail
themselves Of the privilege.
Intelligent and wide awake peo-
pie will try new ways and improve
merts to facilitate and expedite their
daily routine Of business, occupa-
tions and work. Thus q wide-awake
farmer will try a new sulky pillow, a
new mower, or a new Tiger hay rake.
A wide-awakc lady and housekeep-
er will try q new sewing machine, a
new reservoir cook stove, and other
new inventions for household use;
especially when such inventions and
improvements are endorsed by the
public, and thus do away with the
old style and customs of living a
hundred years ago.
So in view Of the above facts, and
reaching the object aimed at, we
now introduce The Deveaux Patent
Rotary Steam Washing Machine,
which has been sold by us, and used
by citizens Of Union county, Oak.
and other localities, since the spring
Of 1879, and which has proved to be
the best washing machine yet rep
resented and sold, for the following
reasons:
l. It washes by steam and there
is no rubbing and wear and tear Of
clothes.
2. A large washing can be done
in from two to three hours, after a
little experiences in using them.
3. No boiling Of the clothes before
nor after washing is done, as steam
does the bleaching at the same time,
4. They require less soh water
and less wood or fuel for washing
than any other machine OF any 9th,
or way Of washing.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
Notice to Creditors.
Estate Ut Mrs. Bell Lewis, deceas,

Estate of Mrs. Bell Lewis, deceas-
ed.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, the administrator Of the
estate Of Mrs. Bell Lewis, deceased,
to the creditors Of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers within four
months after the first publication Of
this notios. 70 the said administer
tor, John r. Wood, At his residence
ia tho city Of Elk Point, inthe coun-
" 81 Union. Territory 81 Dakota.
Dstsd i E1k Point, D. r, Jan.
18th. 1854. JoHs R. WooD,
administrator 81 the estateo f Mrs.
jBell I,eWi. decreased.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06


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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
Proposals for Wood.

Proposals for Wood.
Sealed proposals win be received
at the county clerks Office up to
noon on Saturday the 9Th day Of
February next, for furnishing the
county with % cords Of rod elm
wood and Is cords Of ash or hack
berry wood. Must be al sound
body wood. To b delivered in the
court house square within 30 days
from date Of contract. The right Is
reserved 70 reject any o. III bids.
By order board ofcounty oommis-
sinners. A. q. RINosRUD,
COunty Clerk.
FAX Point, OAK. Jan. q, 1884.
Oyeroosts, yss, OvERCOAM =
bottom prices.