The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-11

lit has been said of Millet's "An-
gelus'' that it is the only picture in which
sound has been painted.
1.-THE car of a balloon gave way at
Lille, France, and twenty persons were
precipitated a distance of 40 feet, three
being killed, and the balance badly in
jured.
...Kernersville News: News was
received here last Wednesday that Pc
ter NJ. Tuttle, a worthy of citizen of
Germanton in this county, had com
mitted suicide by lying on the track and
allowing the train to run over him.
1.-The Republicans of Warren coun-
ty have nominated j. II. Montgomery
for the Senate II. &. Ward, for Repre-
sentative, and T. NJ. Thornton for Reg
lister of Deeds. They are all colored
men.
...Pennsylvania undertakcrs are
wisely taking lessons in cremation. One
hundred and fifty Of them watched the
incarceration ola corpse at Washington,
Pa, on Decoration day.
....Charles Reade's last novel, finish
ed two months before his death, will be
published July. He said to his godson:
''This will be my lastnovel. Put at the
end The curtain drops.
....A friend asks of the Furmer and
Mechan,c: Can you tell me of factory
anywhere in North Carolina that manu-
features carpets? Is there one in Gas
tonia or Kings Mountain ?" The Kings
Mountain carpet factory, operated by two
Germans, makes the finest quality of in
grain carpeting. Their goods are in
great demand, and they will advertise
bye and bye Charlotte Observer.
....Riddle, President of the defunct
Penn Bank, of Pittsburg, Pa. lost over
$4,000, 900 in oil he represented all the
mythical firms whose checks were
cashed by the bank.-Ferdinand
Gen. Grant and John ID. Fish in the
firm of Grant & Ward was the same as
his own.
....Last week, when about to break
up for the holidays, NJ. Surgeon dis
missed his young men with a caution
Don't get to counting. That is not good
for students. Come back, as some one
puts it, with your hearts and manner
u~ncracked. Walk in the fields Ike Isaac
by all means. and mediate, but don't
lift up your eyes for Rebecca. She will
come soon enough
1.-THE real troubles of life are few;
the imaginary sorrows are many. Most
persons habitually forecast difficulty,
and imagine evils that are at least in
the future, if they exist at all. When
the time arrives when the sorrow was
expected it had vanished. Many have
speculated on the reason for this. WHY
should SO universal an evil exist: Does
it grow out of apprehensions resulting
from our lack of prescience a. to the
future, or Is 1t the outcome of disturbed
physical conditions: Dyspepsia or an
inactive liver will fill the mind with
gloomy ideals. Do all such impressions
come from d~isordered health? No
doubt ignorance, superstition and IL
health. or lack of mental balance, have
much to do with such things. Appre-
hension and fear are apt to attend what
we do not understand.
In the old, superstitious times. a
strange sound, a gloomy dav. an eclipse
and many other things. caused appre-
A'Si LlIClC dIG blOEe /
who. if they happen to find the number ,
at table to be thirteen. are alarmed.
Dreams are thought by some to have
intlmations of trouble. A dream Of
struggling with snakes means that a Sc
cret foe will assail. And so along a
catalogue of superstitions. We have
learned. however. that eclipses are gov
erned by natural laws. and that unlucky
numbers or days. and that dreams. rare.
ly amount to anything, and are not suo-
causes of special results. Much
that was regarded with superstitious awe
now looked upon as an exploded
And thus much of what we
call trouble is even yet the result of old
superstitions not entirely banished, even
rom intelligent minds. But these are
being gradually dispelled. The light of
is rapidly penetrating what was
thought to be mysterious a few years
lgo, and it is relieving much.that was
he cause Of trouble and perplexity. !,