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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-30
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
Civil Service Commission
Tne Law Places al SECTIONS
on an Equality as TO its
Benefits.

ASIINGToN. ID. c., July 20, 81.
~yrh of vour readers as have patient
r, accompanied me as far as | have Civ
., the results OF researches in the mat
..r Of the Meckleuburg manuscripts,
NAV now be pleased to learn something
o. the practical working Of the civil SER
wee system
The object of the law Is that those
subordinate positions which are Included
IN the classified civil service shall no
LONGER be filed by the favorltes oil the
uartv which NAV for the time be IN po"
or. but shall be open To competition re-
rardless OF the politics OF the applicants
therefor. To accomplish tins. rules II
regulations have been made, under
which competitive examinations are
held. When this feature were revealed
il WAS pre- liCted hv some that the result
would he TO Civ these positions, almost
exclusively, TO persons who was fresh
from the schools. but the First Annual
Report of the Civil Service Commission
shows that the ptrties who have earned
them have averaged above 81 years Of
ayc The examinations are intended 20
be cminently practical, and to test the
capacity of the candidate to learn to dis
charge the duties OF the service which
he seeks. Where experts are required
special examinations are provided.
The Commission has no appoint
ing power, and ann recommend one
application above another, but places
upon It's register the name of each eligible
party with the exact standing to which
upon he examination previously held,
he has been found to be entitled.
From this regis er Of eligibles certiica-
tons for appointment are made from time
TO time, upon the request, in the depart
meutal service, of the respective heads of
the departments announcing the vacan-
c;cS thercfrom TO be filled.
The government, ignoring politics in
these instances, claims the best services
to be obtained under the system, and the
Commission answers each request by for
warding the four highest names upon its
eligible register, without regard to prior
ity in the time at which their examina-
tions were held, due regard being had to
the appOrtionmelt Of appointments
among the States aud Territories required
by law. r. ID. GRAHAM.
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WHO SHOT DOUGLAS ?-CAsH'S De
PoT, ;. c., July 22.-Mr. Editor In
your issue of yesterday some one, over
the signature of Leo writing from
Cheraw, charges me with having made
threats against Pawley Douglas, the in
human and ungrateful wretch who be-
trayed my son and aided in having him
shot to death BY the thugs and henchmen
of the Ring. The statement Of Lee"
SO far as it refers TO me, Is a willful and
malicious falsehood. | have made no
threats against any one, since the murder
of my sou. So far from it. | have APP
pealed to influential men in this county
to use their influence to prevent any act
0 liberalization until the charges against me
have been settled in court. So far as |
am informed. the universal belief in this
part of the country fixes the shooting of
Douglas upon those who mui lered my
son. They had an elephant on hand
who, for a paltry sum-, would have sold
them as he had sod his friend and bene-
factor. They supposed there would be
no difficulty in fixing suspicion on some
one else but, so far, they have made a
complete failure. | dislike very much
to appear before the public, aud my
friends all urge me to be silent and
now beg you and your realers las this
NAV be my last communication to believe
nothing you see in a newspaper about
me-. b. C. Cash IN Columbia Regis
ter.
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....Oxford 7Orchhght: A colored man
working on the farm of Mr.. Ben Hob
good near Oxford last week, while hill
ing up tobacco, dug up "A magnificent
gold watch and chain that ha apparently
been buried for many years. The watch
was not seriously damaged. --M Mr..
Mr.. Parrish in the Flat River section
last week, was arrested whilst passing
through Oxford Thursday last. But
owing, to an apprehension of some defect
in the papers o. lrrest, was released az ala
we learn.
....Clinton fuaa,stiun: Mr.. John
Moore, of Clinton, has a stalk of corn
that measures y il ches around, ten feet
high and has FIVE shoots upon il
Talking about big "co,lards." if Mr..
David II. Williams, Of i.ockfl>h town
ship, has not got them then we are no
judge. She has one in her garden that
measures eight feet across the top. one
leaf of which is eight feet in circumfer-
ence. -Rev. j. n. S~tallings and
family left this week for Townsville.
Mr. Stallings, assisted by his accomplish
ed daughters, in conjunction with Prof,
Rheinhart, and a corps Of able teachers,
will take charge of Townsville Female
College. --The aggregate weight OF
four gentlemen who weighed in Clinton
last Saturday evening is l.O05 pounds.
The local was of the number, uct had tc
borrow a good deal of his average. --
Mr.. G.. NJ. Hobbs, Of Halls township,
SAYS that he has the finest field Of corr
in the county. The field contains Il
acres, and the corn will average 10 fe,l
high and is large 10 proportion Crops
generally are Pretty fine in this section.
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For the Farmer and Mechanic
RINGWOOD- n c.. July %.


Crop prospects are fine-corn was
never better. Cotton small, though the
present beautiful rains and warm wealth.
er may cause it to catch up. Wheat
crops turned out first rate. and flour
mills are on double duty. Vegetable
gardens are excellent. | dlned with our
friend, Rev. A. G.. Wilcox, last week,
and vegetables ofali kinds. chicken. and
cake, were temptingly served by his cX-
cellent lady. Mr.. w. has fine crops of
corn and Gotten. and a beautiful resi-
dnnce, delightfully."- situated amid flowers
and evergreens. Long may he prosper.
Politics is beginning to get ivy.
believe it best to keep cool. If the po-
ltical press would calmly discuss the
situation and not lie and bedaub char
acter il would be best for all concerned,
~. e.. L. NJ.
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STILL WATCHING foR IlTN--A
correspondent OF the Cincinnati Eagutrr
haS paid q visit TO Christian X. Ross. AZ
his home in Germantown. and revived
the painful history Of the abduction Of
Charlie Ross AMI the fathers endless
search. After rct-ear>ing the 'amilar
vents OF the great crime Mr.. Ross
AID: Il have examined personally INTO
over zoo cases OF BOYS supposed - b.
my son since his Rsapp.anuce; have
travelled 'housarA of miles in pursuit
OF him, and sptCbver sG0.osu IN trying
to trace him in ~. In the iirs; two
years alone ovN 800 children. scat
tered from Maine t. san Francisco. aud
even in England. scotland. Cuba. Nova
Scotia and Canada. were supposed to be
my child from the resemblance to his
pictures. or the mystery surrounding
them. | have often thought of the cx-
traordlnary number, if girls Toe include ed.
Of children about whose existence and
surroundings there i something suspi-
cions. The most pitiiul ease | know Of
was that Of little Henry Lachmuller,
OF It. Louis. who was stolen from his
fathers garden by two tramps who had
a oma with them aud wanted a child
to be-. Mr.. I.achmuller offered large
rewards, and employed every available
means 10 recover his child, travelling all
over Europe and several times IN this
country. advertising hi loss. but a
vain. Well. one day | received a letter
from Chester, Ill. describing the tramp>
who had been brutal in Their treatment
Of a child supposed to be Charlie. and
to disguise him had thrown acids iuto
his face, badly ~dIstiguring him, dyed his
hair and SCARED his poor little body.
My Brother James went on at once. and
saw that it was not our lost lamb; but
the publicity given the case by the pa
pers reached Mr.. Lachmuler and on
the bare %supposition OF its being his
son he came on and found, indeed, that
it was his Oh ID"
DO you believe your sol. is living
now"
Il do not know what to believe II
more than you do; but until | know he
is dead his mother and | shall watch
for his coming" concluded Mr.. Ross,
with emotion.
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1.-THE summit Of irony has been at
tained by Guiteau's sister Mrs Scovi.le
nov Knows as Mrs. Howe, who has
sent her late husband a quantity of her
unused wedding cards 10 view Ut his APP
proachIng marriage.
....Silas Hudson, James Padgett and
Arthur Page, young men of good tami-
!ies, are under arrest at Lynchburg, Va,
Tor placing logs on the track of the Rich
mond and Allegheny Railroad to wreck
tram on the 18th inst.
Juan C. Bacha, of Las Vegas. N.
NJ, representing himself as q millionaire
cattle dealer, has been in Cincinnati a few
daysa On Friday he was enticed into a
hack to visit the Latonia race track and
See some of the fine stock. 1t was re-
ported at a late hour the same night that
he bfad been drugged, beaten and robbed
Of nAouey and checks valued at $4,000.
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In a Parsee Cemetery.

The Parsee cemetery Away stands
upon a hill, and consists OF Towers Of
Silence" as they are significantly called.
The place WAS as plain as a Quaker
''m~eeting-housc, disfgured by no idols
or taw1y decorations. A little fire was
burning in one place. for SCALED fire.
worship, earth worship aud water-wor-
ship are distinctive features ofthe XJroas-
trian religion.
In what sense" | inquired, do you
worship the sun, earth and water"
Only as the external manifestations
of God" returned my companion. Our
faith is a pure desire, and we worship
the one only true God. We simply en-
ploy the sun tor fire., water and earth
the greatest works of the Almighty-to
symbolic him TO our finite minds. We
do not worship the emblens per Sc"
We now approached the towers, and
surveyed them from a distance. They
are immense circular structures, upon the
tops of which were perched kites, adju
tants, crows and other scavenger birds OF
immense proportions and hide Jus aspect.
La each tower there are three rows OF
inches extending around the invisible
root, the outer tor men. the middle for
women, aud the interior for children.
The corpses all point towarl the center
where there is a well. Between these
circles are paths for the body bearers.
The body is stripped Of all the ~jewelry
and wrapped simply in a winding sheet.
When the bearers take it inside of the
door to the tower, this sheet is removed
and destroyed. Naked we came into
this world, and naked we ought to leave
it." say the Parsees.
The moment Il e body is left exposed
the door Is locked, and dOwn swoop the
expectant birds. In less tina, an hour at
the utmost every shred of flesh has dis.
appeared from the bones! This seems
%inhuman, but there is no offensive spec
tacle in connection with the whole cere-
mony. The funeral C rtege withdraws
from the cemetery before the body is com-
mitted to the tower. The birds do their
work so quickly and 81 well that no faint
of the atmosphere is possible. The
grounds are beautifully laid out, and it is
actually a pleasant place After all, il Is
only a pass between having birds do the
thing expeditiously, or having worms do
1T after the body has attained a most
offensive condition. A few days under
tits tropical sun in this peculiar climate
~sutiices to decompose the bones, which
are swept as dust down the well previous
ly referred to, in the center Of the tower.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-30

List OF letters remaining unclaimed
in the Raleigh Postotfice, Wake county,
\. G., Satur lay, July &c. 1884:
Arnold, J o; Allen, w Il; Austin,
Miss Sarah
Bryant. Marshall; Brown, George;
Brown, Mrs Hattie; Bailey, O.; Bar
ham, Miss Ella; Burns, Delfas; Brown,
Miss Eugenia A.
Crouch, J $; Collins, Miss Florence;
Christmas. Miss T.; Cooley, j Nj; Car
ter. Mrs J NJ.
Dunn. j j; Dunston. Mr. Jas; Dozler,
Miss Fannie; Dowd, DR. { +; Daniel,
Geo. Davis. Miss NJ w.
Erley, Miss Alice V.
Fuller, ID w.
Garden, Alex; Garrett, Mrs Mollie.
Harrison. Mrs; Hill, Miss Anna;
Holmes. Mrs Mile; Hinton, Miss Can
dace.
Jones. Norah; Jones, y I; Jones, E
n; Jones, Ernest; Jordan. S G; John
son, Lee; Jordan, Miss Betsy; Jen-
n'ngs, w l..
Latham, II l..
Mugee, Mrs Sallie p; Martin, Cole
man; Markham, Miss Louisa; Moses, NJ
L; Martin, Miss Helen.
Norwood, Miss Bette.
Plummer, Eliza; Powell. Miss Salliei
Postal, Miss l. A, Powell. Jane; Phil
lips. II T; Prescott, Mrs Cornelia.
Royster, Frances; Rogers, Miss Mol
lie; Rogers, James i; Richardson, Mrs
Marcy; Richardson, III NJ; Riggsbee,
JnoN: Rand, Mrs + N.
Smith, Curtis; Stebbins, e S; Smead,
Miss Florence; Stanford, J d.
Thompson. Horace, Towens, ID:
Thompson, NJ.
Utley, J NJ.
Williams, Susie; Williamson, James;
Wiley, J L; Willy, Jno S; Warren, Miss
Helen; William Raw and Jane Jones.
Young, Miss Julia.
Persons calling for any of the above
letters will please say Advertised
JOHN NICHOLS, Z. NJ.
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of the 5000 persons who we

....Of the 5000 persons who were
present 1t the performance of Barnum's
circus in Cortland. N. Y, when the tent
was struck by a cyclone, not single
one was fatally injured. This was GER
tainiy a most remarkable and fortunate
escape. 1t appears that the tent was
totally wrecked. Heavy timber was
thrown about, the canvas was torn in
threads, the animals were frightened and
became beyond control, while the great
est confusion prevailed among the spec
tators. A circus which was performing
at Richtield Springs met with a similar
accident. Here the fashionable So
iourners had to make their exits from
the canvas in a very undignified man
ner. and to find their way home in the
midst of terrible hail and rain storm.
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Shakespcare's Tomb

The recent discovery Of a letter thruS
ing light upon the verse, cut Oh Shake
spcare's tombstone l. not Important save
a. a seventeenth century ackaowlc igment
that Shakespeare was great and va,
neither Bacon mr. myth. This letter
was found III the Boiiei4n Library. and
was written by Wuli .m III all. a Q1eeu'>
College mn, who tock hI> T. A degree
in l65i, TO Eiwari Tnsate-. also u
Queens College, aud 4 weli-knowu
Anglo-Saxon scholar. The reference TO
Shakespeare Is a. follows:
"Dear Nai{y-I very grepii!y Gun
brace this occasion Of acql1lnring YOU
with something which | found at STRAIT
tord-upon-Avon. That plIce | came un
to on Thursday night aud the next dag
ven 10 visit the ashe, Of the great
Shakespear which I've inter- ia that
church. The verses which. in his life
time, he ordered to be cut upon IN tomb
stone, for his monument have Others, arc
these which follow
Reader, for je-us's sake forbesr
To dig the dust inclosed here;
Blessed be Re that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that IN ives my bOne-
The little Tearing these verses contain
would be a very strong argument OF the
want of ii in the author, did not they
carry something in them which stands 10
need Of comment. There is in this church
a place which theT call the bone house, a
repository for all bones they dig up. which
are so many that they would load a great
number of wagons. The poet, being viii
ling TO preserve his bones unmoved, lay
a curse upon him that moves them, and
having to i } with clarks and sections, for
the most part a very ignorant sort of peo-
pie, he descends To the mean st of their
capacitys, ard disrobes himself of that
art which none Of his cotemporaries wore
in greater perfection. Mr. has the de-
sign mist Of its effect, for lest they should
net only draw this curse upon themselves
but also entail it upon their posterity
they have laid him full seventeen foot
deep-dcep enough to secure him Aud
so much for Stratford, within a mile Of
which Sir Robinson lives but it was so
late before | knew. that | had not time
to make him a visit"
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BATHING IL SALT LAKE.-lnth the water
n' SAT- LAX A bather can lie on the sur
face Of the V ,ter without any erertiou
Whatever. or By pasTng a iywel under his
knees aud holding the Nv, euds he can
remain 10 any depth of water kneeling,
with the head and shoulders out OF water.
or BY shifting it under the sole Of the
feet he can II on the water. The one
exertiOn, IN fact, Is To keep one balance,
none whatever Is required to keep afi Dat.
The only danger, therefore. arises from
choking by accidentally swallowing some
OF the water, tor the strength % the
brire Is so intense that the muscles OF
the throat are cDnvulsed. ani .traugula-
ton eDsue- All the same, | have myself
dived several times into Salt Lake. and
have survived -UI1per's Hpgr=jae.
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CYCLONE AT EpENToN ! HEAVY
LOSSES .-VorfoK., Va, JUly 70 "A
terrible cyclone passed owe Edenton, N.
c., at ) O'Clock this afternoon. blowing
down the hardware house Of Ii. Dickson
4 Co., and unroofng the stores Of j. I'll.
Wood, Mitchell & Elliott and Hooper &
Co., and Barnes Hotel. A warehouse,
the colored Episcopal Church. the market
house. and several wharves we're destroy
ed. One child was killed and several
persons injured by falling timbcrs.
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DEATHs.-In Jonesboro, Mr.. John
Stewart. -In Monroe, Mr.. John u.
Stewart, one of the leading merchants of
the town.-In Carthage. at the resi-
dence of Capt. Jas. d McIver, Miss
Maggie Kelly, a young lady whose friends
we're many - Raleigh, on We'd
nesday last, of typhoid fever, MIR. Rufus
Horton, long connected with the r. X u.
II. II and held in esteem by numerous
friends. His funeral was from First Bap-
list church on Thursday evening .-
la Raleigh, Bessie, infant daughter OF
Mr. }. W. Kennedy.-At her
residence in Raleigh, Mrs. Martha Hood.
IN Mexia, Texas, July 9, Mrs.
Emily Telfair Ere man, wife of the late
DIR D Frsem, 10, and daughter of d. f.
Telfair, NJ d.. deceased, all formerly OF
Washington n. C.-In Hillsboro,
July -, Anna Thorne, infant daughter
of Col. and Mrs. Waller Clarke, aged Ii
mouths. -In St. Mathews Township
Mr. Riddick Llssiter. aged ~.
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J. W. D. HoRNER's
Classical, Mathematical, and
Commercial School.
HENDERSON. VANCE Co, y. G.

The Fall Session begins Oh the 18th
Of July, Ioo1. The school l. accessible,
its location, healthlul, the erns, rea
souabIe and the accommodations eI
%cellept. The teachers are tried AID TX
perienced. In the management Of thf
school no pains are spared to make i
answer the wishes Of it's patrons. Foi
catalogue and particulars address the
Principals.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-10
THE TOWNSEND OUTRAGE.
The Excitement Increasing as the News
BecoDses Kn%wP.

OYSTER BAY, n. j., JANUARY 9.-The ex-
element oter the attempted murder and
robbery Of Janea G. T6wnaehd and vile
Monday night becomes more intense as
the news spreads through the surrounding
villages, and early this morning, notgith-
standing the storm and almost impassabls
condition. OF the roads, wagons ana sleighs
were nonr,ne into .vwn. The condition
OF the victims was less favorable. Town
send is still unconscious, while his wife is
occasionally conscious Another arrest
was made last night. William Appleford,
a white man living in Pine Hollow, col
oreq Settlement near tie village. lie was
sesn tie day oi the outrage wearing a pair
OF oyeralls similar TO those found with
blood stains on them near the Townsend
house, and was also drunk in the neigh.
borhood in company with strange cross
eyed man, who lett the village yesterday
| morning, and whoso description was tele-
| rest ordered. Appleiotd denies any
| knowledge OF the affair, except what he
| has heard. People generally express sur
| prise at the arrest OF Simon Raphalyca, q
/ colored man, because OF his general good
| character for the iorty years he has resided
| here. The fact, however, that Mrs. Town.
send has been remarkable clear-headed
woman, aud her repeated statement that
Simon Raphalyea did it is taken as being
the truth. 1t is stated by an official that
just after the Maybee tragedy, Mrs. Town.
send, referring to the attack upon old
Maybee and his inability to identity his
assailant by reason OF blindness, said that
ii anyone should attack her, her first
thought would be to fix the face OF her as
sailant in her mind. \ gold watch was
taken from Townsend's pocket, and all the
money in the house is gone. The differ
ent rooms appear to have been thorough
ly ransacked. Bertha Raphalyea, wife o.
the colored prisoner, says her husband
did not leave the house after coming
home at ) O'Clock pm. Monday until HI
was arrested yesterday morning. Shi
also confirms her husbands Statement
that he has not had overalls for three year
mast
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-10
THE BELLEvILLE HORROR.
Two More bodies FOund-RepOrt Of ths
Surviving Sisters.

. ST. Louis, January 9.-The latest adj
vices from Belleville say that two more
bodies were found today, neither of
which was identified. \ report was made
by the surviving Sisters, which is accepted
by the coroner as authentic and official, to
the following effect: There were sixty
three persons in the convent at the
time; of these twenty-six were Sisters,
twenty-five of whom were saved
and four lost thirty-two boarding
pupils, ten saved and twenty-five lost; /;
five candidates, all saved. Total, thirty
seven saved, twenty-six lost. 1t IS claimed
that all of the lost have been found. but
several little heaps of charred bones still
remain unidentified and it is more than
likely it never will be known who they
represent. Two daughters OF Samuel
Scaling, Agnes and Mary, children OF
a prominent livestock dealer OF this city,
have not been identified, and there seems
to be no hope of recovering them. Search
will be resumed tomorrow, however, and
one more and the last remaining
heap OF debris be thoroughly ex-
amined. Only identified bodies viii be
buried tomorrow, the others will be held
until next Monday. The unclaimed
bodies We're taken 10 st. Peters church
tonight, where they will lie in state dur
ing the night in charge Of the night watch.
Large numbers OF persons visited the
church and viewed the remains. Bishop
Baltes. OF Alton, will conduct the funeral
services tomorrow, and many priests OF
the diocese are expected to be present.
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JACKSON, Miss.
Gov. LOwry's Biennial Message Tran
mlfted 10 the Legislature.


Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, January Both houses of
the Legislative having completed their
organization, the usual committees were
appoinl..SSu 10 inform the Governor that
they were ready to receive any commune
cation from him. Soon thereafter the
Governor transmitted to both houses his
biennial message. fhe message is very
long, but able, progressive and exhaust
i've. The Goveriior recommends; among
o.her things. that this f'ubiic printing be
let to the lowest bidder, instead of through
the official State printers, also that the dis
trict attorneys receive fixed salaries, and
generally opposes the system of fees
and perquisites of officials. In
the Senate Mr.. Sykes offered con-
current resolution instructing our Sen.
ators and teduestihs. our Representa-
tives in Congress to endeavor to secure the
passage of a law to regulate interstate
commerce and the charges for fare and
freight by railroad corporations, which
was referred to the Committee on Rail-
roads, when appointed. Nothing else was
done by either house, except the adoption
of rules and other details preparatory for
complete organization and for work. The
personnel of the two houses is good.
Cornelius Ryan, who was shot yesterday
by Han5berry, died this morning. Hans
berry has been released on bail.