The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-20

....Dr. j.. Il. Irwin, in the North
Carolina Medical JourHai recommends
chewing cinnamon bark as an lulos
immediate cure for toothache. and much
more agreeable to use than creosotc,
carbolic acid, etc. The bark must be OF
good quality.
....Princess Mathilde i a very affeC-
~tionate creature. When NJ. de Lesser
delivered his recen' speech at the recer-
ton in the French Academy the overioyed
Princess said: My dear Lesseps, |
cant help 1t, | must kiss You" DO
briefly replied de Lesseps. Ard she did.
...Pittsburg, Pa, May l2.-Six
weeks ago a daughter of Mr.. Langdon,
of New Castle. Pa, who was a student at
the Pittsburg Female College, ran away
with and married w. &. Pershing son Of
Rev DR. j. r. Pershing, President Of
the college. A few DAYS ago her husband
deserted her and went West. This after
noon Mrs. Pershipg shot herself, and will
probably die during the night.
...According to the statistics ON
piled by the New York Telegram the
number Of murders i'll 1881 (3,377 is
" tiioh Nv ~ e. -'''N ''
l,494.) This is an average of nine
murders a day. or siXty-three every
week: whereas there have been only
two executions and four lynchings a
week; so that of the sixty-three muir
derers each week sixtv-one have escaped
legal punishment and tiity-seven capital
punishment altogether.
The statistics of the different states
IA - ,;n, 20 aat ,n1t,AI Ill. l,,It
upon the subject of the crime and its
punishment. Based upon the number
of murders to the number OF inhabitants
in each State. Nevada leads the whole
sisterhood in the horrible competition,
There were in Nevada five murders in a
population of only 6 1000. Next comes
Oregon, then Nebraska and Colorado,
followed by West Virginia and Florida
well up the front Texas, Kentucky and
a little behind them are Arkansas. Kan
sa>. Minnesota and Georgia. Michigan.
Delaware, Maryland, Alabama. Louis
lana. Ohio and Connecticut contend for
nearly the same rank, in the order
named.
The States with the lowest murder
record are Illinois, which leads the
Union. followed closely by New York
and Massachusetts. Next come Maine,
North Carolina, New Hampshire, Indi-
ana and California whose record is about
the same.
:. In 1879 the assessed value Of prop
erty 10 Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Ala bama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, and Arkansas was 81, $4,000, 90 :.
The assessed value this year was $685.
900, 900, an increase IN five year Of Soil
000, 900. This increase is not attributed
to inflated value, but to accumulated
wealth.
Property is not assessed higher now, IL
proportion to its value, than it was IL
1879. A States have grown richer TIC
rate Of taxation has decreased. In thi-
and some other Of the Southern State
the State rate Of taxation Is remarkably
low.
It is only within the last three or foul
years that the growth Of the South in
wealth has attracted the after ton Of The
capitalists at the North TO any great ex
tent, and even DOW, outside Of a very
small circle, the advantages the South
offers to investors are not known.
In n Of the states named above
money commands from eight to ter
per cent, with excellent security. Tht
great majority OF Northern people sht
have money u loan are not realiziu,
more than four per cent for it They
would gladly send their money South /
they could be convinced that il could :,
safely invested To satisfy themselvct
on this point they have only to invest
: gate for themselves
The money Of the North made til,
Western States what they are.
La 1878 the insurance companies G
| Connecticut alone had $50. 600. 900 in
vested in the West. Almost all ofthi
! money was placed on farms and secure,
by first mortgages. What was don,
for the West by the capitalists an,
moneyed institutions of Connecticut
, Massachusetts and other Northern
States can now be done for the South
5 The security in the South is lust as goo,
5 as it ever was in the West. and South
ern andsa are capable o fbeing made Jus
as profitable.
t During the present winter the North
/ ern people will get a better idea OF tn
: South and her resources than they eve
had before.