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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

warfare =
The men sullenly obeved. aud IN ten
minutes they stood dIsalmcd. aud ready
- march 10 the classic precincts OF the
Libby Their l~cutt received tie usual
orders 20 shoot any man who tried TO
make his escape and tho two Ii charge
OF Capt Lester were ,ayageiy ordered
to shoot him the instant he made sus-
plclous movement.
THIS san9unary Injunction was solely
Tor the benefit OF Lester, SO that when
he tailed To put N an appearance at the
IIbby his men would believe he had
been Killed by his guard. and 50 report
ii to their friends
on started the prisoners and their
escort with orders 10 halt until daylight
at the first Confederate post that lhev
reached. | rode on with Lester. who was
to be sent To Richmond hy another route,
and halt way to the city. | 9ismis ed
the guard with Instructions To hint dark
ly. or lie out right II lie preferred, oil the
bloody period that had been put to Les
ter's attempt to escape
We reached the city without adven-
lures, and proceeded straghtway to the
war office where Lester took the oath OF
allegiance to the Confederate States,
and was then sworn into the service
These prelimlnaries dispatched, he dom
ed the livery of HelP' as poor Ham
mond used to call the Yankee uniform
and rehabilitated himself in Confederate
grey.
That night there was quiet wedding
III private parlor at the Spottswood
hotel, aud | think without exception
Lester was the handsomcst bridegroom |
ever saw When had signed the mar
rlage certificate, and congratulated them
upon their union my connection with
their fortunes was ended. Lester was
never called upon to serve in the field,
but | believe he proved very useful
officer in some branch OF the war de-
partmcnt.
He was finally transferred to Charles
ton, and while there contracted fever
which ended his life His widow went
into the hospital, and after the war took
refuge from the world and the flesh in
convent in Canada
BE she alive or be she dead" this
deponent testilicth not, but the story as
here told is literally true. as any of the
survivors OF IIame's band Of scouts Will
testify.
The above story was told me by one
OF Hame's scouts, and is repeated as
nearly in his own words as is possible
when substituting writing for speaking
REBECCA CAMERON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13
Raleigh as a Tobacco
MARKET.
COODkEW FoRTHE TOBACCO
GROWERS

From the way iu which the planters,
having gray soils, Ia the region trsiiuR
at Raj cA. arc Getting tobacco seed
from Ma gpr Ragfaud. there ia every rea-
son 70 believe that Raleigh, before
many years. viii. rank with the first
tobacco markrts IN tins country.
But it is every way deslrable that they
-h5ula start nut right for they can
newer make any headw # they content
Hem-s.ves with the production of to-
aaee0 Of low grade. The World is too
fUu Of w-eradc tobacco now. FINE
QUALITY Is What buyc.s viii have. To
assure you getting tGir fine quality. we
l-.- ALrAu..-L - nanll. the iamnus
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

JUpGE Brooks KILLS HIMSELF
Pittsburgh, Tex, May County Judge
Brooks Of Camp county was convicted OF
bribery to day and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. lie asked the Sheriff
to take him to his law office, that he
might write letter before going to Jail.
The request was granted, and while he
and the Sheriff were III the office, after
the letter had been written, Brooks drew
a pistol from his table drawer and shot
himself dead The letter was addressed
to his friends, and declared his innocence
of the crime
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13
Right PeaFt.'

II was right peart till the rheumatic
sol in, said suffering old man who
lived near the swamp. Fact is, wherever
you live you cant't be right peart' if
you are victim of this troublesome dis
ease. Captain c. W. Hotscnpiller,
Springfield, O., says, II found great re
ief from inhammatory rheumatism by
using Browns Iron Bittcrs" Thousands
Of other people have found similar rehet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

BREED IhNrsuNN~ FNsI UrfNFtY.-
.na have Two Breeding ?crs, Of these,
the most Beautiful ani lI.ciul fowls,
from which / VIII scll cgp- i.r hatehlng
Ialu, the season of 1855,
- rtR SETTING or - FGds,
Nnl / warrant every egg to hatch "A
.u Aen # the hen sets well
Dr / Will sell after june lst. chicks 3
months old at : each OF six months old at
s.: or one year old at - ,0 20 81. These
d., py lowest prices for eggs packed ia
baskets TO 70 safe any distance. Also for
chicks ~ fowls boxed aud delivered at
tNIrs.- flee. STANDARD weight Of hens
$ los, cocks 10 lbs.
Satisfaction guaranteed IN every sale,
or the moue5 refunded send postal for
illustrated circular giving complete his
tory and description Of rh- f.wt
4 II. " EAInERS,
BIO East iIlfgctt 81, ..aleieh y Z.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

holly SPRING ke coun o.
Co
foundh
andn A. Council Holly Springs P A Norris W ms
N1att Enns,N
GElsS N. e., 10TH
fully o
[tr,lv I.T.B
of
satisfactory use
TsulF
fertile
used had
tht Carolina
NJ. A.
RAE N.C.O DC
of
olan
fully matured JOS l'RoO'il"N
AND CAN'T FOR TOBACCO.
DURHA NC, No 81.
un tn l>uteE wiD
it
CR)J e.
FCouty N Dee
ralongsd
eth Largest
JOHN
Smelling, Raleigh; Winston
Goldsboro; C. Powell Wake foest
Henderson; W Fnknton; r. j. Akin
I. Egeon loIurg MclVers
&
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Many ladies' admire gray hair-on some
other person But few care to try its et-
feet on their own charms. Nor need
they, since Ayers Hair Vigor prevents
the hair from turning gray, and restore,
gray hair to its original color. 1t cleanses
the scalp, prevents the formation Of dand
ruff, and wonderfully stimulates the
growth Of the hair,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

r. a. Mckenney, Of Petersburg, Va.
father OF Mrs VIII r. Burwell, brother
OF Prof John B. BurwelD died, May 9TH.
His family was well known IN Petersburg
A correspondent of the Davidson
Dispatch wants to know the difference
between milch COW ana milk COW -
Ashboro Courier.
Can't you 'U' it? The "k" is van XIX.
In New England, you never hear of milch
cows They usually say 'waail, old wah-
man you chop the wood, ,ehtie / 90 40 II /
to pat tie k-c-o II S. That is how the
''k' got into the mil k
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

This article is the first fertilizer ever spe
cIllly prepared for tobacco. and Is the
outcome Of nineteen years continuous
iuvestie CATION and experiment. 1t stands
without any rival 10 the production Of
tine tobacco.
Major Kagland las just completed
the revision Of his famou. essay on to-
baccO. i number IF copies Of which we
expect shortly, when we will supply il
10 customers free Of charge on applica-
tiou We keep the ANCHOR BRAND To-
EEtcto FERTILIZER in both 100 pound
and 200 pound sacks. as may be desired.
/ Please let us have your orders in ear
/ Is, in order that we may arrange our
/ shipments properly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

:. The King of Siam is not yet SO
years of age, and has 26S children. Shell
by aurora.
They sett eggs early in that country.
Folks who get married at 10 ought to be
ready to die at 80.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13
Ayers Sarsaparilla

has hal In his case | thiLk lis blood mUst
AAye contained the huuaT f.r Il icas. Ten
wears but il Iii net show. exec i.t il tbs rrn
u a scsafalatis sore uu the wrist UuNl attat
uEc years s.a. Prom few sf#ts uh.eh Af.-
Itatei a u.tt time. a sfttaA.t sltrAi 80 .
L cover us entire t1ly ! essr. N.a ue w4s
terrihls AMI hetci and an C. : izcg of pity. when
lie began sHg Your r~,liclue. $es. lAete srs
few men Il las s.,e uho eng y as ss-ad hcafJh
a. he las. c1uI c.p>.lN r.tas. tf.y lar.aus
~ nauli TESTIFY u tl.c facts lI hl- tas,
Yours truly, ". n. PHILLIrs"
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BARGAINS
GREAT BAEG AIMS IN
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
R. b. P Petty's.

bav, au hand a large aud select STOCK
= HauAeg-. AeW Markets. Iaiic, prc,-
99at,. lug uaus ~i.k>, SatJus. Ny.ycts.
ls-hmtrs., Satin BoftrrS Alhorluo
I 10th. Rraeaic. PLAID and Pam Dress
Goods tasimcrcs. Jeans, KcpcIlaut,.
.,sd and WI mtc Flannel. ladies aud
Won juder Nr,ts, Mons Canton rlau-
mel hrawars also Shoes aud Hats that |
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ltooktl at this teti
ed Handtand
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SOLE AGENTS FOR
.AIC RIGHT w AC ON
Farmers Warehouse

On Tuesday Jauuary 6. We begin ouI
series Of Regular Breaks. ON
TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS
THURSDAYS and FRIDAYS of each
week
Ezy Remember these are our Regular
SalesDays.
We sell ALLGRADE~ ot Tobacco.
and aim TO make them bring the top o.
the market Cons igumcnts solicited.
and vii! be carefully handled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13
THE DURHAM BULL
FER TILIZER, :.
Cotton : Tobacco

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AK o
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

Time rolls.its ceaseleas course, the race
Of yore,
Who told our marveling boyhood Le-
gends store
Of their strange ventures happe'd by
land or sea.
How are they blotted from the things
that be -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

1T DOES BULLY FOR COTTON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13
SEED FREE

tobacco seed for free distribution to our
friends.
Empty hogsheads loaned free Of char2f
10 our customers who wish 10 make
shipments 20 US, by rail; they paying
freight
Make Trial shipment. We viii do
the best we can for you.
MOORE & PROCTOR.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02

rest upon the cause Tor wnIcn the young
men were going forth to battle. and
His hands might protect them. When
he had finished, Jackson faced his men,
and in quick, sharp tones gave the Or
der: Forward, marchr And obey
ing his command, with him at their
head, they marched away. On reach
ing the top of a hill overlooking the
town they halted, and jackson, turn
ing, waved his hat to the people be-
low. Another movement and they
were gone. Never again did the peo-
pie of Lexington see Jackson until he
was brought back and laid to rest in
the old burying-ground.
"In the days that followed saw
jackson often-for the last time just
after the battle of Manassas, early in
September of 1862. Twas then serving
in the 11th Virginia cavalry, of Stuart's
division, my command being encamp-
ed in Prince William county, Virginia.
was sick at that time, but having
been refused a furlough by Gen. Stu
art, preferred remaining in camp to
the hospital. At last friend of mine
went to Gen. Jackson, who readily
granted me leave of absence. and /
went to my home in Western Virginia.
My next tidings of Jackson were that
he was dead
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02
KEEP IT PURE.
The Life is the BIood-Prevent Dis
ease-Surgery the Last ResOrt-A
Telling Letter.

Here il fact for you to think over, viz: Medical
science proyes that diseases, matter how great
variety they seem to have, proceed from c0mparat-
vely few causes. 1t is for this reason that some
single medicines relieve or cure so wide range of
complaints-some of them appearing almost directly
opposite in their natures. When medical pre-
marathon acts at once upon the digestive and urinary
organs and also purfes the blood, the list of diff
entities subject to it's control is astonishing. But,
while many things said to possess this power,
those which actually do exert it are very rare.
1t is conceded that DR KENNEDY 3 FAVORlTE
REMEDY of Rondout, N Y :, is the most effective
preparation now in for all diseases arising from
foul or impure state of the circulation. Hence 1t
ia more than likely that if the writer of the following
letter had habitually taken "FAVORITE REMEDY
fen wears ago. he would never have suffered from
PrrTsFIELD, MASS, March %, 1884.
DR.. D. Kennedy, ROndOut, ". T.:
DEAR SIR About six years ago | was Obliged
To resort to external treatment for the removal of
csncerous growth on my lip. On my return home,
Ibecame sensible that my blood needed q thorough
cleansing My whole system, too, required toning
nm While casting about for the best medicine to do
this. your "Favorite Remedy" was so highly COM
mended in my hearing that resolved to try 1t 1
did So and the result surprised me, 1t was effected
SO quickly and completely. soon got over the de-
nression produced by the operation, and since the
EFayorite Remedy" which have continued to take
in small doses, has kept me in such health and
strength as never had before, nor expected to have.
II ia the best blood purifier in the world. am sure
of that. yours, ~,
24Adams Street. ~ 49,,
bic. ~ ~
Address DR.. David Kennedy, Rondout, n. \ :.
But, il you have not done so, adopt "FaVorite
Remedy as a household friend
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02
The New Cabinet.

LONDON, June 23.-The following
an authentic list of the new cabinet:
Prime Minister and Secretary for For
eign Affairs-The Marquis of Salisbury
First Lord of the Treasury-Sir Stat
ford Northcote.
Chancellor of the Exchequer-Sir
Michael e. Hicks Beach.
Lord High Chancellor-Sir Hardinge
Clifford.
Lord President of the Council-Vis-
count Cranbrook.
Lord of the Privy Seal-The Earl OF
Harrowby.
Secretary for the Home Department
Sir Richard Asheton-Cross.
Secretary for the Colonial Department
Col. Frederick Stanley.
Secretary for War-Rt. Hon. William
Henry Smith.
Secretary of State for India-Lord
Randolph Churchill.
First Lord of the Admiralty-Lord
George Hamilton.
President of Local Government
Board-The Duke of Richmond and
Gordon.
Vice-President of the Council-Hon
Edward Stanhope.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland-Earl OF
Carnarvon.
Lord Chancellor of Ireland-Rt. Hon
Edward Gibson.
The minor offices have not yet beer
filled.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02
Chickens and Pills.

DR.. Jones, who practices in suburb
of this city has an elaborate machine
for making pills. The DOCTORS prac-
tice is quite extensive, and when he
puts the machine in operation the re-
suit is enough to scare a nervous pa
tient into convalescence or fits. Not
long ago DR.. Jones made several quarts
of pills and waited for bright day to dry
them. As soon as he had good look at
the sun he spread the pills carefully on
the roof of convenient outbuilding,
and drove off to see his patients. About
half an hour after the DOCTORS buggy
had disappeared Mrs. Jones heard an
unusually vociferous squawk from the
boss rooster of the backyard, but she
had not curiosity enough to investi-
gate the cause, being confident that no
colored brother would invade the
chicken reservation on such bright
day. If she had looked she would
have seen the rooster perched on the
roof of the outbuilding eating pills as
though he was laying up for seven lean
years of famine.
Attracted by the ROSTERS summons
to the banquet, and his evident enjoy
ment thereof, one or two hens flew up
to the top of the shed and proceeded to
devour the pills. They cackled and
clucked a little after satisfying their
appettes, and more hens came. Then
more hens cackled. Then there were
still more hens and less pills. The in
creased volume of the cackling in
dulged in by the hen convention finally
attracted Mrs. Jones' attention again,
and she went forth to learn the cause.
She didn't learn it just then, for the
entire cause was concealed within the
hens. Not pill was to be seen. Two
or three hens lay on the ground writh-
ing from the effects of blue mass. The
boss rooster sat grimly in fence cor
ner laboring under a dose of podo-
phyllin: Two or three gay young pull
lets had been so highly benefited that
they were fighting out the disputed
title to pill that one of them had
swallowed. Other fowls staggered
about in dazed sort of fashion, won
dering what was the matter with them.
Two hundred and thirty-seven pills
were found in the craw of one of the
chickens which was killed for dinner
that day. Nobody could explain how
they got there tiH the doctor came
home. He examined the shed roof and
the pills taken from the slain chickens
craw and said one or two little words.
The family dined that day on eggs
bought at the grocery store.-Er1e
(Pa.) Cor. Philadelphia zvnses.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02
Woman's Province.
THE DUTIES oR THE oESTLER SIX
HOW BEST FULFuLED.

THE DUTIES oR THE GESTLER SEX
HOW BEST FULFILLED.
What great task is assigned to wo-
man. Its dignity can not be elevated. 1t is
not her province to make laws, to lead
armies, nor to be at the head of great en-
terprises, but to her is given the power to
form those by whom the laws are made,
to teach the leaders Of mighty armies and
the governors of vast empires. She is
required to guard against having the
slightest taint of bodily infirmity touch
the frail creature whose moral, intellect
ual and physical being is derived from
her. She must instil correct principles,
inculcate right doctrines, and breathe into
the soul of her offspring those pure senti-
ments which in time to come will be a
part of themselves, and bless generations
yet unborn. Yes, to woman is given the
blessed privilege of aiding the sufferer in
all the various stages of his existence. She
smiles serenely at the christening, and
weeps at the burial, while she soothes the
bereaved heart. This is her province and
duty. Yet how can she fulfill her mission
unless possessed of a strong and healthy
body5 The preparation of DIR. S. B.
Hartman, and known as PERUNA, is just
: the thing for persons suffering from ma
. jority of the complaints incident to this
: climate. 1t is invaluable to women, and
Mrs. J. w. Reynolds, of New Lisbon,
Columbiana county, Ohio, is a noted ex-
ample of what the medicine can do. She
says she has suffered for years with con-
gestion of the lungs, catarrh in the head,
and was troubled with bad cough. She
had tried a number of physicians, but
they all failed to cure her. She was in
duced to try PERUNA, and Immediately
marked change took place. After using
one bottle her cough ceased and in a short
time her other ailments were cured. She
is now completely restored to health, and
gives all the credit to PERUNA. Mr.. ].
w. Reynolds, her husband, was a con-
frmed invalid. He could not sleep we'll,
neither could he work. He used PERUNA,
and as result, was completely restored
to his former vigor and strength. He
says he now feels like new man.
Mr.. Bernhardt Seubs, st. Clair, st.
Clair county, Mich, says: "I have thor
oughly tried your PERUNA in the various
diseases to which parents and large fam
lily Of children are ever liable, and find
it every case to be just the thing needed.
No family can honestly be without it."
Nancy Feterman, Cookport, Indiana
County, Pa, says: Gentlemen: Your
valuable PERUNA is the best medicine I
ever used"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02
When Advertising is Wanted.

There's nothing on earth so mysteri-
ously funny as newspaper advertise
ment. The prime, first, last, and all
the time object of an advertisement is
to draw custom. 1t is not, was not
and never will be designed for any
other human purpose. So the mer-
chant waits till the busy season and his
store is so full of customers that he
can't get his hat off, and then he rushes
to the newspapers and puts in his ad-
vertisement. When the dull season
gets along, and there is no trade, and
he wants to sell goods so bad he can't
pay his rent, he takes out his advertise
ment. That is, some of them do, but
occasionally a level-headed merchant
puts in a bigger one and scoops all the
business, while his neighbors are max
ing mortgages to pay the gas bill.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything in
the store if you planted a cannon be-
hind the door, and that's the time the
advertisement is sent in on its holy
mission. 1t makes light work for the
advertisement, for chalk sign on the
sidewalk could do all that was needed
and have half holiday six days in the
week, but who wants to favor an ad-
vertisementP They are built to do hard
work, and should be sent out in the
dull days when customer has to be
knocked down with hard facts and
kicked insensible with bankrupt reduc-
tions and prices before he will spend a
cent. That's the aim and end of an
advertisement, and if you ever open a
store, don't try to get them to come
when they are already sticking out of
the windows, but give them your ad-
vertisement right between the eyes in
the dull season, and you will wax rich
aud own fast horse, and perhaps be
able to smoke a good cigar once or
twice week. Write this down where
you'll fall over it every day. The time
to draw business is when you want
business, and not when you have more
business than you can attend to already.
bridgeport (C.) Post
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02
Civilization and Eyesight.

Foreigners who visit us, says the
Philadelphia Neo0S, are struck by the
number of short-sighted persons they
see. Mgr. Capel has recently ex-
pressed his opinion on the subject, and
attributes the decay of the eyesight to
small type in the universally read
newspapers and to the lack of atten-
ton paid to proper light and proper
arrangement for light in our public
schools.
Doubtless much short-sightedness is
due to these causes, but more is due to
the habits of civilization, to the in
crease in reading, and especially in
reading by artificial light. Dr. Brude-
nell Carter, an eminent English oculist,
has just read paper on this subject
before the Society of Arts, at whose
meeting the anecdote was told that
clear-sighted Englishman in Zululand,
by the assistance of powerful binocu-
lar glass, made out two distant objects
on the horizon. One was larger speck
than the other, and he guessed that
this was mounted man, whose COM
panion was walking. The Zulus with
him looked in the direction indi-
Gated, and at once informed him who
the gentleman was, and that he was
accompanied by his wife on foot.
This story may seemed forced, but
no artist, naturalist, or other person
who is practiced in the art of vision
for art it is, and we call such persons
trained observers will fail to attest
to its truth in greater or less degree,
according to his experience. DR.. Car
ter says that 25 per cent of the children
examined by him in London school
had defective eyes. In Germany the
proportion has been shown to be about
the same.
In antiquity short-sightedness was
scarcely known. M. Francisque Sar-
cey, the scholarly dramatic critic of
the Paris Temps, compares the enor-
nous theaters of Greece and Rome,
which held 10000 spectators, none of
whose auditors had opera-glasses or
spectacles, yet could see everything
with ease, with our little theaters,
holding one-tenth as many, in which
that part of the audience in the back
rows is obliged to have opera-glasses if
sight of the stage is desired.
Nearly all of the observers of our de-
fective eyes agree that they are caused
by excessive reading and by artificial
light. But there is more behind these.
1t is known that any muscle of the
body can be developed by training. 1t
is so with the eye, as any landsman
who has tlattered himself on his far,
clear sight can testify when he has
gone to sea and been mortified to learn
how much farther off and clearer the
commonest sailor, who is practiced in
sweeping the horizon, can detect and
describe objects. Yet we doubt if one
reader in thousand has ever tested
his own eyes or those of his children
for any defect, let alone any purpose of
training them. This is very serious
neglect. In our colleges the other
muscles of the body are carefully
studied and exercised. Who ever
heard of club or group of persons
devoted to training their eyes! The
result is that we modern dwellers in
cities 60 through life half blind and
growing more so, when little atten-
tion would not only strengthen a most
important ''sense," as well as reveal
beauties in nature that we literally
Know not of.