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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

NOVEMBER l2TH-Is a date that To-
bacco farmers carry pasted in taeir hats.
Why? Because that is the day wheu the
CAPITAL Warehouse will throw open It's
doors, ami show you a first class estab-
lishment, with acres of clean, white
floors, and plenty oi flight, and every con-
v~enieHce and he biggest assortmonr Of
ijnc 'oacao -. ever saw. The Proprie-
tor of the CAPITAL has had assurance a
a grand turnout Of buyers from D .hala:
Henderson, Oxford, DauyIlie. New Tor..
and other Ee.z cbothoods, and sao-e men
knaw how 10 taNe in the weed. Thcv
learned TO Grab a root" ia war times
The Proprietor If the CAprTAr, NJ =.
Norman Jones, Is enc 81 the hr- a-l
nos, g tseme,l yoaat business u1aa afrho
city iorue..8 50. Se,,y i Jones. He Fl.
a brother OF Nj. Arm .cad Jones. ami
Senator Vim. W. Jones, of Henderson
county. Raised in Granville, the home OF
high priced tobacco, and acquainted With
Warehouse methods, he ell make . sue
cess of the Capital and yen will find it a
capital place to take your crop,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

Adam T.,anaro2 ,t.
museum manager, WI, maruca tai- week
c. Mss ,laimau, 81 Philadelphia The
groon's age l. u al the bTiac %.
T,,.,,r l.
I,t r.. ,. H2ise3 az
a. go nnn - ~ l"tehd'afy
49, - K an-1 Ire al N
,nDIliio-ttn5, ~ o ags.i0 GGn @'''' o""lets u
'osS ti'' CIV
In passing the Granville exhibit NO
were struck gitl the ren4a-Eaa8a .5,nt -
Of d butter baby. 1t vas D...e hy M
Louis +. Am. The "a. l.aSby' No.
th,pg j. ou-.a a SHOW n. -
rairiv has ..:5ct 8t.rt IT, Z"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22


thare vii h ioss q votes in f@FahA'.7'
Robson, Rowan. AID 9-AeT COUNTIES
-Rl.l= 81 last a.-h. lad a251,
Sic could hold and keep -obes TIE
streets were a Jam. 81. Jordan, Al
Briggs, II Iarea p entertain se'an ms
il lis cottage. LAST night lnmsE -t
under h, ras. and 20 ta5h b1c-Sa
with lin II safe to say the ely has
aTcn.y Thousand I2palat.oA to-day
Tile Exposition Authorities EaFe
decided to extend Che Exhibit to >atur-
day evening November ii, instead Z
closing on the 18Th. There IS genera
t~ee.iu. that this display, winch may 0e
tie last Gifts magnitude .nyears. si.o4.e
be continued until the Whole STATE las
seen i,
Mr.. JOIN W Atwater Of Chatham
thinks GeE' tx viii me out 81 thar
COUNT with nearly a thousand majority
though there Is les ister in politics
generally than ever before. Mr Ava
ter Is q good judge aud has done a Efeat
Jea. q work ior tbs party II VAfl2H'
campaigns
"'i "+'' III
Pile came 4 yesterday. ana We're 81
crowded that seats Tor ladies were hardly
10 be obtained; while the aisles We're
crowded with >tandees. I'll : a tiae
that tries mems solcs.' And women's
worse. Nearly every preltyg sl YOU see
on the side walk has "a dainty Limp, sug-
gestirt Of tight shoes, or waltzir, or
the p-tter-patter Of the promenade.
c,f pe,na.+ IT y,nnr praeiden+
- tta Jorisyfro ryrosftion vrho r,st
s,.,-r ,.-tsI VII r,ror,,a :, lie
=. 81. .,r r.l est :, tbo -. fuo
Court House with the EX-Ch.ef Justice
Of the Supreme Court, Hurgis. who.
when Col. Young called him a liar.
entered a demurrer in the shape OF two
biz law books. which he pitched at
Youug's head. The Colonel replied
with a fist al capitandum and
His Homer - the Woolsack responded
by u~uIlrtr tbe Cofaarl's hair.
~. "l7tG'H Ian. II ."'s, ''""' II
!" 80 r. ~, -
~ = ~ =. ~
-t0'' " ",0~' -"'' tt NV
'"o N'" va 9''Ip'" i'"'9 ""''i 81
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

RALEIGH DAy."-The attendance
at the Exposition grounds yesterday ran
above ten thousand, Of whom about
half were from Raleigh. That is, fully
half the white population Of the city
went out. The sch OILS alone furnished
nearly one thousand.
Eloquent speeches by Col. Fuller.
Capt. Robert I. Gray, and others
drew roars OF applause. y very hand
some watch suitably Inscribed, was
presented to President Primrose by
Mr.. Walter IL. Page in behalf the
persons who had contributed TO its pur-
chase. 1t was a tasty and appropriate
present; but many of us would preferred
Il different testimonial, or one to which
poor men as well a rich could add their
mite. 1t would have enhanced the
compliment if the mass OF cur people
had joined III the contribution.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

....A hundred horsemen escorted
Gen. Scales from Col. Bynum's to
Greenville. and made the ~welkinriug
with their shouts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

- @Treasurer Bowden of Duplin county
fsre1sntly feb short in his accounts be-
tween four and Ave Thousand dollars
the second instance of the kind in that
county within a few years. His sureties
promptly made good the loss but they
were unable to ascertain what went with
the money. On being urged to confide
the secret, Mr.. Bowden said he could
regain the money at a certain date, but
would not ten wherelit went, to save
his life. He however reimbursed his
endOrsers, we understand.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

n ~. Reinhart,
j Re. SJaiiIngS
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
How They Do 1t In Spain.

Have you any objection to my tax
ing light from your cigar?" asked q
gentleman of his chance companion on
the rear end of a horse-car the other
day.
mot the slightest" was the reply.
rs the gentloman addressed passed the
required light
81 know that some persons say that
it Injuries cigar to light from it."
said the first speaker, ''Dut il it Is care
fully done l don't think there is any
harm done"
at is really the proper way to light
u cigar" said the other. 1T is only
in this part of tho world that any such
idea us you speak of prevails. Here. if
you ask man for light. tho ichances
arc ten to one that he will pull out a
| handful of birthstone matches Ind offer
| you one, but it is never done anywhere
else. In Spain they make quite for
NAL matter of asking for light The
gentleman who wishes the accommoda-
| ton approaches the smoker, removes
his hat, and says: Will you favor me
with light from your cigar?' or words
| to that effect. The gentleman address,
cd also removes his hat, then carefully
brushes the ashcs from his cigar and
presents it with bow. The other man
accepts it with an equally elaborate
obeisance, lights, returns the weed, and
both bow ag.lin, wish each other good
day and depart. 1t it is often done sc
hero, of course. but generally the
height of pofteness is for the man who
| is asked for light to strike match
| on his boot or some other convenient
part of his clothing and offer it to the
other with the birthstone burning away
furiously. If such n thing should be
done in Spain it would be almost cor
tain to result in II duel. "-B0stOn Globe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
A Needle On Its Travels.

Ton years ago a woman residing in
Harlem, while walking across the
floor in her stocking feet stepped upon
u needle, which entered her right foot
between the instep and the joint of the
largo toe. Several doctors tried TO ex-
tract the needle, but it seemed to have
disappeared. The foot and leg swelled
to a great size, and the woman was
confined TO her bed for upward of
three months. Then one evening her
daughter rushed up from the grocery
store beneath and said that there were
burglars in the house. The mother
jumped out of bed, and the burglar
had just time to get his heels out OF
| the back window before she had got
down the stairs and was after him.
When tho doctor called that day. his
patient was about attending to her
| work as she had done before she mot
with the mishap. '"That run down the
stairs has curcd me, do believe" she
/ said TO the doctor, and the latter after
that time was n patient less.
II was but short time afterward,
however, that in lacing her shoe II
sharp pain was found Mt the instcp.
! This lasted for several weeks, and then
! tuGtC WIS u oNhoAset"h AiA Wv
calf of the leg, which n few months
later was transferred to the thigh. AT
the end of year there was no further
ANNOYANCE, and the needle was soon
forgotten, and did not assert itself
again for nine years. A couple OF
weeks ago the woman felt sharp pain
at the point of what the doctors call
| the ensiform cartilage. which is located
/ Just at the lower termination of the
breastbone. Hospital surgeons said
| there was a foreign substance there,
and when the needle incident of ten
wears before was recalled and related
10 them they advised an operation.
The advice was rejected. but on Satur-
day last the pain became so bad that a
physician in East One Hundred and
| Eleventh street WAS summoned. just
above and to the right of the umbilicus
he found something that evidently did
not belong there. He made q half-inch
deop incision about an inch iii length.
inserted a>pair OF nippers, and drew
out-cye foremost-a needle moro than
an inch long. 1t had We ased its way
down some three inches from where
the pain was first experienced.
When removed, the needle was al
smooth and as sharp as the day it wa.
turned out from the factory, but wa,
colored dark blue. somewhat mot
tied. The doctor has carried it in hi.
pocket book since Saturday. but al
though It has been carefully wrapped
up it has rusted very much sinoe IL wa
| extracted.
A number of stories of the travels o
needle through the human system
have been published, but it is said tha
probably not more than half dozcl
are authentic. 1t would not necessar
lily cause death if the needle passe,
through veins, the lungs, or oven th'
heart in it's erratic peregrination
through the body.-NetO YORK. Herald
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
A Selfish Skye.

''Nell' is q funny little dog. Her
intelligence is remarkable. A nod of
the head indicates that she may 60 out,
and her Joy is beyond bounds, Stand
ing up on her hind logs. then scamper-
ing across the room and into tho hall
way, she seems to be full of life. Her
eyes fairly glisten with delight. But
when the head is shaken at her, sad
look comes over poor Nell. She fairly
droops, and goes to herself in meek
humility. Nell is fond of boiled chick
en-; she will leave the tenderest cut of
a porter-house steak for a chicken bone
and over her dainty food she shows q
selfshness almost human. Carrying
her bit of chicken under tho desk she
will place it carefully out of ordinary
reach, and watch it as q miser watches
his gold. Twenty times in tho after
noon she goes and smells in dainty
way her coveted morsel, but takes no
bite at it, If q strange dog comes in
outside of the desk. she watches him
with pointed earsS erect as she peers
through the pickett gate. Rut when 8
dog of any kind of'size steps one foot
inside tho gate she flies TO her hidden
store and devours it instantly. Every
act of this little Skye. every motion,
and the eagerness she manifcsts to eat
up every scrap of the chicken in the
presence of the strange dog, tells of a
deep-seated selfishness. She would not
share one bit of that chicken with an
other dog if she knew he was starving.
Yet Nell has many good qualities, and
her intelligence is wonderful. -Hart-
ford C0urGiat
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
PIlESl PILELII PILES!ll

A sure cure for Blind, Bleeding.
Itching, and liberated Piles, has been
discovered by DR.. William, ian Indian
remedy )called DIR. WILLIAMS INDIAN
OINTMENT. A single box las cured
the worst chronic cases of twenty-ii five
years. standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this won-
derful soothing medicine. Lotions ami
Instruments do more harm than good
WIIIiam's ointment alsOrhA the tu-
mors, allays the intense Itching, Upar-
ticularly ut night after getting warm
in bed,) acts rs Il poultice, gives In
stant and painless relief, and is pre-
pared only for Piles, Itching of the
private parts, and for nothing else.
For sale 10y II. Waterman, aud mail
ed Oh receipt of price, $l.0O.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
English Bulls.

OF bulls, in the sense of blunders
pure and simple, l have heard as good
specimens in England rs l have ever
heard in Ireland. Take, for instance,
the three following:
An English Peer, when speaking
some years ago in the House of Lords
on the necessity OF passing some Coer-
cion bill for Ireland, and reproaching
the government of that day for their
delaying to do so, observed that this
delay might be very convenient for the
Ministers, but that it was not quite so
convenient for those Irish landlords
who were meanwhile being frequently
murdered.
An English clergyman, pleading
earnestly with his parishioncrs for the
construction of a cemetery for their
parish, asked them to consider 1.-The
deplorable condition of so, 600 Christian
Englishmen living without Christian
burial +"
Another English clergyman, waxing
sarcastic in the pulpit over the enorm-
tiles OF the age, exclaimed: "And these
things, my brethren, are done in tho
so-called nineteenth century,"
Here are three prize bulls, and all of
them of pure English breed-not n drop
of 'lIirish' blood in one of them
L0nttuJs Spectator
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
Boston Culture.


The peculiar culture of the Hub has
has often been commented upon, but it
has seldom received my better illustra-
tion than is given in tho following anec-
dote of an incident which occurred
many years ago between would-be
passenger to Boston and the clerk OF
one of the sound steamers:
''Capting, what is the fare to Bos-
tingp"
''in the cabling, with the woming?"
'.Ycs, Capting."
"Eleving shilling"
"Oh, Heaving; can't you make it
seving?"
In several of his works Thackeray
portrays his aristocratic characters
speaking without sounding the final 9
in words ending in ing. but it has been
left to the Bostonese to tack this letter
onto every word ending in on. in. aip.
etc. In England the. common or un.
educated people pronounce the ing
with & intonation, as thinkink for
tti1tking; and the Bostonese will find
to their horror that their Anglomania
errs on the plebeian rather than the
aristocratic side.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
Appearances arc Deceitful

A very tall girl. wearing a Mother
Hubbard. stopped on platform scales
ut Coney island, and informed tho pro.
prietor that she wished to be- weighed
lie placed 200-pound weight on tho
hook. and the suddenness with whicf,
it came down frightened him. Then he
tried l50-pound weight with the same
result.
Strange" he muttered, with n
perplexed look at the girl. Something
must be wrong with the scales.'' "a
Finally. after repeated attempts, he
informed her in dubious tone ofgoice.
that sho weighed just exactly eighty
nine pounds.
''Thank you." she said, handing him
tho nickel. ii seem to be gaining" and
she tripped away.
Then the amazed scaleman looked
after her and reniarked:
Some young fellow will get terribly
fooled by that Mother Hubbard dress. i
-Neso York San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
live Fly Catcher.
'Of what earthly use is a toadP"
naturalist was asked

''Of what earthly use is a toad?" q
naturalist was asked.
''It is very useful animal about the
house. There isn't better fly catcher.
trained toad once and kept it in nv
room. Its place was on the window
bench. and my diversion was to SEQ it
catch fles. If ritlemen could aim as it
does with its tongue, they would be in
vincible. Its aim is as unerring as its
glance. Its tongue is made so that it
can shoot it out nearly two inches. 1t
is so sharp that it spears fly as upon
the point of q needle, and it is done as
quick as man can wink. 1t requires
very great attention to see the opera
ton"
GLOW do they 1.-Two in the winterr
''roads crawl into crack in the
earth or bury themselves in the mud.
There are numerous stories about the
time they can live without food or air.
Mr.. Buckland's experiments showed
that they could live two years, so that
we must conclude that the legend of
the discovery in the bowels of the earth
of toads that possibly lived before Noah
modicum of air in their hiding places.
ID lO tIuSbN tIlN Va
live geological toad. 1oads are found
in stones. but they are merely housed
up in solid coat of sun-baked clay.
which on the exterior seems rs hard US
stone, but which. in all probability,
contains tissure invisible to the naked
eye. through which it gets air and
drink.
"The toad is sometimes found con-
cealed in knot of tree. where it has
been encased in bark; but here, too. it
is not wholly locked up from air. 1t
has the power of contracting its body,
and swelling it to twice its natural size.
1t certainly can live in greater state
of torpidity than almost any other ami
NAL, and. being born a tadpole, it is Ii
able to be carried by the water to very
extraordinary places"
''Does it have anylcry?"
''Yes; curiously enough, it has a cry
that sounds like an infant screaming
under u pillow. Its utterance is
stragely human, but it comes forth only
when it is injured or frightened. -Neao
York Sam
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07

''Tye story about Dean Richmond
said railroad man to u Gt06e-Denlo-
crdt reporter the other day, that l
know is true, because | was there. l
have never seen it in print. but think
il is as good one as was ever told on
tho old man. 1t happened up in New
York Inlet me see-'56, believe.
Dean Richmond had an office in Buffalo
then, in n little seven-by-nine building,
that he held sole possession of. Well,
one day while the old man was scrib-
bling away-you know he wrote hand
in comparison with which Horace
Greeley's writing was like print fell
low that had lot of shingles piled up
at station fifty or sixty miles down
the Central walked in. Dean looked
up and asked:
What dye wantP'
1--we got some shingles down here
want to sell you.
"'Well; You 90 back home and when
l want 'em IN send for EN- and the
old man commenced scribbling again.
'About three months afterward the
shingle man wanted to go to Albany
for something or other, and wrote to
Richmond asking for pass. In day
, or two he got a letter about eight words
long, written on plain note paper and
signed Dean Richmond There was
! not n man in the town that could make
out any of it except the signature. but
the shinglo speculator supposed it was
Deans way of making out pass, so
he took the train for Albany and pre-
sented it to the conductor, who glanced
| at it. said sAll right and handed il
back to him. Well, sir, he travelled for
weeks on that piece Of paper, until one
day he landed in Buffalo again. Pass
ing Riehmond's office he thought he
would drop in q moment and thank
the old man for his courtesy. He said
Mr.. Richmond, | am very much
obliged to you for that pass.
"'What pass?' was the gruff re-
sponse.
"'Why, that pass You sent me {
month or two ago.
81 didn't send you no pass.
"'Yes, you did; here it is. said the
shingle man. producing the paper.
"Old Dean took it, studied over it {
minute, got purple in the face, an.
shouted in voice trembling will
anger: Why. you -- fool. you
that amt no pass And then, shaking
it in his visitors face, he pointed at i
and added, with yell: That says
"Why in HI don't you send then
shingles? Dean Richmond" Dye un
derstand that, you - - idiot?'
'.The shingle man beat u hasty retrea
and it took the old man week to coo
down. .''-Sk Louis Globe Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
The Engagement Still On.

You have heard of papa's trouble at
the bank, George dear?" she asked
from beneath tho lapel OF his coat.
Your papa's trouble at the bankr'
exclaimed George, turning white. Ser
tainlv not! What is itp''
''Why. he is $4,000. 900 behind in his
accounts and an investigation is to be
had"
''In that case," replied George, cold
ly, struggling TO release himself, ''our
engagement must"
"And mamma got dispatch from
him to-day from Canada" interrupted
the girl, holding him down by main
strength. He reached there only this
morning, and is willing to settle mat
ters ut 3 cents on the dollar"
"Oh'' said George, returning her
head to his shoulder and stroking her
ringlets fondly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07

A pretty Boston schoolma'am and q
youth of mien sedate. Were parting in
tho evening beside the garden gate;
His hand and heart he'd offered her in
a grave and sober way, And she, with
quiet dignity, had named tho happy
day; He fingered at the gate with her,
and said in accents lows ''There is a
little favor | would ask before | go; A
favor never asked before; sweet maid
en-, it is this-A lovers privilege. that
is ala sweet betrothal kiss" I'll
you'll wait the maiden whispered,
with her color rising high. Till re-
move my spectaclos. I'll willingly COM
ly."-SOpierViI Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07

The professors of the University of
Jena, who have been investigating the
effect Of tobacco upon tho human sys-
tenn. report that moderate quantities of
the weed may be used without iniuri-
GUS effects. They say that in the Ger
man army soldiers in active service are
very properly furnished with smoking
tobacco. because smoking enables them
TO endure severer fatigue upon smaller
nutrition and with greater nlacrty and
confidence than would otherwise be
the case.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
nox. For sale by q. p. Reed, Ravenna
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07

A Guadalajara, Mexico paper COM
plains that it is not practicable TO es-
tablish the telephone in that city, be.
cause society is so scandalously low
and lcwd that there is not telephone
apparatus where in answer to serious
question words are not wired which
are disgraceful and obscene,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07

David thought he was doing big
thing when he slew the giant Goliah
with sling. That's nothing. The
modern sling, of American gin, has
killed its thousands.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-07
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.

Town and ConntrV Property for sale or ex.
change.
We buy or sell. according to the demand.
j. n. DuSSEL.
offer for sale the following desirable prop
crty:
A FINE RESIDENCE - Brick House--on
kast side of North Chestnut sfreet,ncx TO Re
publican" printing office. Price. $500.
AFtNE Residence on East side of south
Chestnut street. Price, 81 401,
FARM OF 1BO ACRES, In south part OF
Aurora township. Favorably located. Price,
S. 800.
HOUSE and TWO LOTS near diamond
Glass Factory. Price. 81 .000
A NUMBER OF BUILDING LOTS In very
favorable locality, in this place. Price, from
$3.50 to $3.50,
A FINE RESIDENCE on Lincoln Avenue
Price, 5 bt0.
FARM of 32 acres in Edinburg. Price. $500.
FARM of 40 acres in Austinburg. Ashtabula
county. Price, $500
a FARM of 1Oi acres. in Edinburg. Price
$4,000.
u. Fl. DUSSEL.