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Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-04
MRS. Z. W. GLIB.
We will be grateful to any of cur friends
,rBo will contribute matter to this column
# yood short extracts for home life, indus
Try and amusement,

Tt is often the case, especially in rented
houses, that The wood work is 50 inferior,
and inpressively ugly, that no matter how
tasteful the furnishing may be the effect of
The whole interior is inartistie. When
this is the case, dispense with all the doors
YOU can, putting draperies in their place.
If possible arrange the window draperies to
cover the window castings. Now paint
the remaining doors, and all the castings
black, paint heavily, and when dry, var
nisb with coach varnish. Get No. |, gilt
halt round moulding at the picture store
and outline the panels Of the doors. The
effect is rich and artistic. The whole in
terror will be changed, and the expense
not great. The base boards may be al
oVedt remain as they are if they in any,
way harmonize with the shades in the car
4 pet itnot, paint black, but do not put on
gilt moulding, as gilt should never be put
around the lower part Of any room.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-04

off with soft paper or cotton cloth.
Do not allow the servant to daub it all
over the surrounding wood work and leave
it there.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-04

!. HoasekeePers who have richly carved
odd = tables with marble tops, can transfer
'A'n into modern articles Of furniture by
putting away the marble tops and having
square eornered, highly polished wooden
'n 55 put on in place Of the old fashioned
|"Id ugly marble, ct for nothing but a
.o A narrow, bright plush scarf,
' auo one pretty little vase or a picture on a
,,'',I easel, and the whole will be cheerful,
modern and attractive.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-04

u
fp,, ~" 5, pongee makes lovely doylies for
rosb,n "''' Il possesses the merit Of
gpp ,t'4g 81 as we'll as linen, and is more ele-
Colon, bo;i you wish to embroider them in
Ipipr, o oo,I your silks in alum water before
root e,5 an '' !: separately, this will pre-
pra,i, .'a .ha5,j in the wash. Such dainty
pr1p,,r should never be sent out with the
napyc5en;".',J1 n'ng' Laundressey use 50
be9v ,nsnl'' Preparations now to forward orv I'd
proo or,I 81, and save labor, that few fabrics
NUIe Ihe process.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-04

Eia water t. nss with whiting. Mix
y" viii Il , make thin paste; cover the
: and leave it until dry; rub rub
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-04

.p II clean s old furniture use equal parts of
N Is" ,, = 'ulpentine and sweet oil. Try
1 !, r1 ',',' and you will never forget to use
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14

FIGURES SHOWING AN UTTER LACK OF
SECURITY IN THEIR USE. w Washington,
Dec. 81. The report of the Superinten-
dent of the Money Order Division of the
Post office Department contains some in
teresting figures, which show the utter
lack of security in using the postal notes.
During.the. fiscal year the public confd-
ingly purchased upwards of $1,000, 600
worth of this paper, and at the end Of the
year the department held 1857, 900 to the
credit of the postal note fund, which had
not been claimed by its lawful owners
During the same period upwards of $22, :
900, 900 IN money orders were sent
through the mails OF this amount
about $500, 900 was repaid to the senders
and at the end of the year $3.50. 900 re-
mained unclaimed 1t will be seen that
although the value of money orders is
sued was three times as great as the val
ue Of postal notes sold, the amount of
the latter unpaid at the end of the year
exceeded the former Dy $4,000. or course
a considerable prop ortion of these funds
may have been paid to the payee during
the thirty day. succeeding the close of
the year Judging from statistics Of the
money order service and of the Dead Let
ter office, however, it is more than likely
that the postal note delusion will add to
the money order funds piled up in New
Y York by at least $75, 900 for the fiscal
year of 1885. This money order fund
now amounts to nearly million and a
half. Its existence shows one week spot
in the business methods of the money
order Office.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
A Blast for Durham.
To the Chronicle /:

To the Chronicle
L wish to reply to your New York
correspondent in your issue of December
Both.
Without expansion [ would say that
Durham can give the New England
girls work both profitable and pleasant.
For mon tbs our cigarette factories have
advertised for employees. And their
employees make from SIS to els per week,
according to their skill | am person
ally acquainted with some of the girls
who WORK in our factories and know
them to be reputable and have the re-
respect of our people. There is no
objection to the avocation and the
work is not excessively laborious.
For the need of hands the grea
house of w. Duke, Sons & Co.,
have established a branch factory in
New York where they employ three
hundred girls at this point. Everybody
the world over knows Of the Blackwell
Durham Tobacco Company which kept
a standing advertisement in the Chronicle
for one hundred girls during the fall.
Let the fair New Englander write to
either of these entirely reliable and re-
sponsible houses. They will not only
teach her the business but will pay her
way to Durham and she can bring col
ony of her friends with her. For their
encourage mentI will add that re-
putable lawyer told me three years
ago that there were three hundred and
fifty mar riageable young men here at
that time. Our population has nearly
doubled since
As to your correspondents ''rlch
fund" Our countys taxable valuation
in 1881 was 90, 479, 900; 1882, %, COS, 900;
1883, s3,13l, 900; 1884, $4,I49,OOO. We
grow apace. Our future was never
more reassuring. But we are n des-
perate straits for houses-dwelline
houses and business houses. To-day
merchant paid $1,000 for an old stock
of goods merely to secure the store room
which if given up went to another party
Daily persons come and 60 unable te
find a house. Col. Blackwell owns over
one hundred houses that pay him twenty
per cent on his investment.
Our cotton mills and woolen mills
and fertilizer factory are forced to ust
their capital to build houses for theil
hands.
There is a wide field for successful
venture ia Durham. In banking, il
real estate, in waterworks, in gas-works
in leaf tobacco, in cotton, in milling
&c.
Every dollar here is doing the worl
of half dozen. Come and see.
EUGENE MORE HEAD.
Decem Der 81. 1884.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
VALUABLE
FARMING LAND FOR SALE
l offer for sale eight hundred and two
acres of the farm on which | now
live. lying on Neuse RIVER.

| offer for sale eight hundred and two
acres of the farm on which now
live, lying on Neuse RIVER,
Marks Creek Township,
Wake Co., 8 miles East of Raleigh
The land propose TO sell has been
divided into three convenient lots To
suit purchasers; but if desired | viii sell
the whole.
There are on the lano a good dwelling
house containing six good rooms, new
gin -house, stables, barns and tenant.
houses.
The land is well adapted to Corn, Cot
ton, Oats and heat is now in good
condition; has fifty acres OF good low
grounds on it, and is in every respect
one of the most valuable plantations in
the couu For this | refer to r. b.
Tucker, IN. r. Poole, David Lewis
and A. M. Powell, Esqs.
The terms Of sale will be made very
easy-five years being given if desired
payment in such case TO be made in
equal yearly instalments. with interest.
If no sale be effected before the 1st
day Of January next, | viii rent the
land for the ensuing year, on good
terms.
The title to the land is perfect
Apply to me at my house on the
premises, or by letter addressed to me
at Raleigh.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14

Fine Fishing at rsx-Payov's Ex
1-f peuSe

Washington, December %, 1884 -
Lieutenant Wood at the time he prefer
1ed charges against Major Ferguson al
so filed a request that he be relieved
from the command OF the fish commits
sion steamer Fishhawk aud from duty
unde the officer against whom he made
the accusation. No uotice was taken
of Lieutenant Woods request, and to-
day he personally waited upon Secre-
tary Chandler and urged that he might
be detached. Secretary Chandler grant
ed the request, and the order has been
issued Lieutenant Wood will be as
signed to other duty Lieutenant Wood
stated to-day that he had not read the
answer of Major Ferguson to the char
ges made by him. but that lift was any
thing like the published synopsis of 1t,
he would have no difficulty in disproving
what Major Ferguson says. He said
further, 'In his. answer, Major Fergu-
son refers to what record there is of the
public duties performed at his direction,
but he entirely ignores the private ones
he ordered and the private schemes he
carried out. He makes no mention of
the little island in the Susquehanna,
near Havre-deGrace which belongs to
him, cut which has been fitted up at pub
lie expense ostensibly for fish Matching
purpose. 1t is private shooting sta
tom upon the best ducking grounds in
the country, pure and simple, and used
for that purpose, with cottage hand.
son1ely fitted up for the use of Major
Ferguson and his guests. When Major
Ferguson bought that island it was
nothing but little marshy spot He
gave the use of it tree to the fish COM
mission. The improvements were to
belong to the government, of course bnt
the government can't remove them with
out removing the island. 1t has been
built up at public expense with oyster
shells and soil and crib work all around,
un til it is much larger. and the land
good and firm. / should say fifty or
sixty thousand dollars had been expend-
ed on it. No fish Matching has ever
been done there, except a very little
that might have been carried on on
board fish commission vessel. l
charge that this is simple a private
ducking station. My predecessor. Lieu
tenant Low, was detached simply be-
cause he wouldn't obey Major Fergu-
sons orders to have everything in readi-
ness for him and some private guests to
go ducking -decoys out, beds made,
provisions on hand; sc. The party ar
rived, but nothing was in readiness ex-
cept Ferguson private quarters. Lows
answer that he was not a servant for a
ducking station, caused his detachment
for incOmpetency."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
A Valuable Book.

At the suggestion Of Mrs. Mary Bayard
Clarke there has just been purchased for
the State Library copy of Cones Key
to North american Birds" a book which
contains a concise account Of every bird
at present known North Of the Mexican
and United States boundaries, inclusive
of Greenland. The study of ornithology
and the art of taxidermy have lately be-
come the fashion, and as there are so
many catch penny manuals" protesting
to teach everything pertaining to the
skinniDg. stutfing and mounting of birds,
which in reality teach nothing, it is a
good thing for our amateur artists to
have SO valuable and reliable reference
book placed where they can at any time
have access to it, as the price Of the vol
ume puts it beyond the reach of most Of
them De Elliott Cones, the author is a
naturalist of world wide fame, and gives
here the experience of twenty years work
in the field. Beginning with the outfit
uCCuCu, outfCC dS " tuc Kan
and dog, he covers the whole ground,
telling the best way to do all that is Dec-
essary to collect, classify and preserve
ornithological specimens. All the dit.
6culties in the way of the beginner are
met, aud much disappointment and ex-
pcnec may b- saved by thor oughly mas
terins this part o the book. The second
part is devoted to general ornlthology
and contains outline of structure aud class.
ifcation of hides which in the last part
may be found systematic synopsis o.
the fossil birds of North America. Thi,
edition is up to date, having recently
been published by Estes & Lauriate, O
Boston, Mass.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
CHANCE FOR SPBCULATORSl

Having made arrangements to locate
| in another State. | wall eel at Public
| Auction on the premises. the following
property
Place. mile west Of SELMA i'm
| Johnston county, miles north uf SMITH
FIELD, miles from the surveyed liua
| of the Wilson Fayetteville shortcut
whici IL certain to be built. IL ~ thus
almost in sight Of three railroads aud
immediately on the y G.. X r.; the
main artery of the State. Schools,
churches, Stores, and 80, ioty, all neat
TRACT Several tracts Of Land, tho
largest containing about 1900 acres,
| about open and "old field, adapted
TO cotton, Tobacco (did iiaely this year
corn, wheat, oats, and tho rearing Of
stock 1916 acres of the tract IL River
Low-Rrounds." cleared and suited to
grasses. Is naturally Good Cattle
Range.
BUILDISGs.-M residence rooms,
painted and plastersd, with other
houses in the yard good water II
frame tenant houses 12 good shelters
for stock one Of the best barns In the
county, II stalls for mules, and II for
cattle, with wagon shed 2JICO, Van
binkle gin. Bose Press engine etc.
ALSO Orchard of 10 acres.3 years
old, containing apples peaches. plurns.
pears, raspberries. strhw berrics etc.
ALSO farming implements, about 300
bbls rn; 90 bales OF cotton, 800 bur.
| oats and what ] barn tobacco 3 Op0
bus cotton seed; 900 los. CHOICE
HAY in bales produced on farm; sever.
| al stacks Of fodder, mule ponies, beef
cattle, heifers. Ayrshire calves, hogs,
sheep, e'c.. etc.
TERMS ;-Reaspnable. Vii divide the
place, or sell ia bulk Having extraor.
dinary Inducements elsew here, ! wish
10 sell. Visit or write me.
DATE OF SALE Thursday, Janua.
~ %, 1885, beginning at 10 a IN. Land
sold at IL m. Private bids invited In
luiry will show that this IL your chance.
JOHN A KITCHENER,
N.trua g.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
G. 7. STRONACH,

WHOLESALE GROCER, No. IA, Mar
tin St
RETAIL GROCERY, No. O. Market
Place, and No. 10 Martin st.
? buy every article in the grocery line BY
! the car load, and thus derive . very
great advantage.
MACKERAL.-1,0 900 kits and bbls
| fresh from Gloucester fisheries. N {.
Mulets daily received.
30 600 lbs Ham.
Chicago G. r. and other meats daily
received.
Lard in Tierces, bbls, &c. down to
three ID. packages.
Fresh cheese daily received.
Hams by the tierce or single ham.
| The purest stick and assorted candies
in boxes, bbls and packages
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14

ABOUT WOMEN.-Mrs. Milicent Gar
rett Fawcett. the widow of Postmaster
General Fawcett, has been made presi-
dent Of Girton College, Oxford.
fit was really necessary to have a
female candidate for President of the
United States, we cannot help thinking
that Maud S. would have made better
run than Hon. Belva Lockwood.
An exchange ys:-Those who laugh
at the idea of woman's competing with
man in the professions will be astonish-
ed to know that Western physician
writes pathetically to a newspaper COM
planning of the conduct Of female doc
tor who has taken away all his patients
and left him on the brink of starvation y
Miss Muller, the lady who refused to
pay Queens taxes, and got elected on
the London School Board, is giving
crowded weekly receptions at her resi-
dence in Cadogan square, London. at
which Lady Haberton, of 1.-The divided
skirt and many other notable women
attend in what is termed "the rational
evening Dress
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14

original position should be disturbed "a
little as possible. The surfaces. "hch
has been well burned, should not be
turned deep under the surface aud the
unburned soil beneath brought up TO
take its place This would be to distroy
or greatly decrease the beneficial effects
of burning. The excellence of the bed
will depend greatly upon the degree OF,
pulverization attained. All roots. CRU g,
stumps and stones must be carefully re-.
moved. When the bed has been put in
good condition, marks should be made
four feet apart across the bed and open
ed with grub hoe to the depth Of two
or three inches. These will serve both
to regulate the sowing of the seed and
for the drainage of the bed. Trenches
should also be dug on the npper end
and ON two sides of the bed. so as to
carry off floods of water that would
otherwise sweep over the bed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
conterfeItIng a Valuable Article.

The publisher of the Madison County
Record writes from Huntsville, Ark. as
to the effect of Browns Iron Bitters on
his wife DR.. Daugherty says, MY
wife has been using the Bitters for some
months the effect in her case is remark.
able - He also writes that owing to
couuterfeits and limitations. it was diff
cult to get the genuine article. That
difficulty has now been remedied imita-
tors have been exposed and put to
flight. There as elsewhere Browns
Iron Bitters can be had of all the re-
specta Die druggists at dollar bottle
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr.. LELAND has recoumendci
AYEs's skksArARILLA in many similar
eases. and Le has never yet heard Of Its fasl-
ure 10 effect q radical euro.
sen,e years seo one of Mr. IELAyn's farm
laborers bruised lis leg. Owing 90 the had
state OF Lis blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb. Hor-
rihic itching of the skin, with burning and
darling pains through the lump, made life
almost intoleYable. The leg became enor-
mously enlarged. ani running ulcers formed.
discharging great quantities Of extremely
otfensire matter. No treatment WAS of any
avail until the nan. by Mr.. LELAspsNirec-
ton, was supplied with AYERS SAEsArA-
niLLA, which allayed the pain and irritation.
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb 10 uso.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
A GREAT MANS EXAMPLE The hi.


torian notes an Interesting incident in the
career of England's great jurist, Sir
Matthew Hale, chief Justice Of Great
Britain during the Protectorate. A gen.
tleman Oh one occasion presented him
with a sugar loaf When the Lord Chief
Justice learned shortly after that the
gentleman was party to suit in court
which he was called upon to decide, he
sternly reprimanded him, returned the
gift and ordered removal of the cause.
A sugar loaf is an article of trifling value,
a few pence at most, but Sir Matthew
Hale scorned to receive even so small a
favor from one who must be benefited
or injured to some extent by his own
official action. He could have taken it
with perfect honesty, but, even in so in
significant matter, justly preferred to
put himself in a position in which no
shadow of suspicion could fall ON him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
-.Why what are YOU putting tha,

Nv ny. What are you putting that
on my feet for asked man with a
heavy cold. why, to draw The cold
cut Of your head - answered the con-
siderate nurse. The deuce you say.
would rather have it stay where it is
than be drawn the whole length Of my
body" at any rate there IS a m ore
pleasant method than that. 60 and gel
me bottle Of DR.. Bull's Cough Syrup
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
The baby on the floor,

The baby on the floor,
With tiny hands closed Ger her pearly
toes,
Watches the fire blaze as it comes and
goes,
And wonders more and more
Whence comes the red light on her snowy
feet,
And strives to catch it in her fingers
sweet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
A GOOD PLACE TO LOCATE.

offer for sale a hnc farm u - scr-s. IN Chat
IA II county, ia % the neaithiest s1ctions II
Stat. About 100 acre, In cultivation, balance
ell tlTubered with white oak, ost Oak. aud IiIc2c
ry. The land will grow Glmost anything sni will
make hne tobacco.
gr-Inclnded with the Farrn are good waeat
rnIn, mili, and saw mil, afprinR st'aly
business FOR the rlght mao. The IaIll al. timber
could be M sde pay for the land. A. my Photo
graphic Gallery cOunnss me Ia KaleiEH sIll sell
reasonable.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
7. NORMAN JONES & Co.,
Capital
Tobacco Warehouse,
RALEIGH y. {

We have opened our large Warehouse
and offer the farmers great in
duccmcnts 10 bring their
Tobacco to rs
They may be assured that they will
he paid the highest prices. and receive
satisfaction from accommodating clerks.
There is ample accommodation for~a-
CONS and horses, a Wei OF water on the
lot. Cur house is the IA gc,' and tcst
lighted in the city Wcnrc determined 10
make the Raleigh Mark second 90 none
N the state. Nth Tho h,lp of oar home
huyc who have large ordor- TO till We
are sure OF success
When the farmers and those who
are interested IN tobacco come TO Raleigh
we hope they viii come to the CAPITAL
WAREHOUSE as il Is The place for
the highest prices
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
WARREN LELAND,
Largest Hotel ENTERPRISES

OF America, says tha, while passenger frosa
New York GA board . ship rolrs around Cars
iioTn, in tie early days Of emigration - Cal.
nornia, he learned that ono Of tho officers -
the vessel hal cured himself. during the voy-
age. Of an Obstinate dlscase by the use OF
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14

80. Russell Hancock. a son ofGeneral
w. S. Hancock, died suddenly at Clarks-
vile, Miss, December 31st.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
Ayers Sarsaparilla

for rheumatism, With entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that In
his belief, there IS no medicine In the world
equal 10 it for tie cure OF Liver Disorders,
Gout. the effects OF high living. Salt
Rheum, Sores, Eruptions. and all tho
various forms of blood diseases.
We have MIR. LELASD's permission TO invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative powers of
AYERS SARsApARfLLA To sec him person
ally eithor at his mammoth Ocean Hotel
Long Branch, or at the popular Leland IIote
Broadway, 9th and 2sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELASD's extensive knowledge Of tho
good done by this unequalied orndicator Of
blood poisons enables him TO give inqp'rers
much valuable information.
PREPARED By
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
Oats, Oats, Oats,
SEED OATS, SEED OATS.

Dwight's soda speciality.
100, 900 cigars kept constantly in stock
and at the lowest prices.
232 boxes chewing tobacco on hand to-
day.
Bagginp, ., IL. tic ID by the roll.
Ties by the bundle or loose ! ackages.
Nails by the keg
Shot by the bag
Hay by the bale.
Oats 10 any quantity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
CHEAPEST, BEST, AND EASIEST 10 HANDLE.
Three Formulas, Cotton, Corn. and General Crops

wel-known North Carolina
corn. by the of HOME FERTILIZER.
pounded himself,
ieS3M Henry Downing, Leas Mills c.
to hear the frat complaint from those to whom sold ito the contrary they
under
undW ERSON
ANYTHING WANT
Drug line We North Carolina Facilities
i
pnVKiN nhQMEU m liberty