The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-04
Cherries and Scotch.
These Are the Latest Fads of French Fashions--StyIish to
Be Stingy Nowadays.

Nowadays.
Spain with a note collect" they would
quarrel 50 about the distance betWeen
the Philippines and the White House
that Spain would surrender everything
in sight and the Queen Regent would
retire rs rapidly as possible.
There were people who thought that
many messenger boys would enlist, but
/ never thought Of such Il thing. 1t IS
much easier to sit on somebody's door
step. allowing Il bouquet Of flowers to
fade away in the sunlight, while three
messengers discuss the war, speak ia
miIiarly of the President rs Bill call
Mr.. Mark Hanna IA fat dude, and
them there fool Saniards-a dinky lot
they ever was to go where they would
have to work" Work and the messen-
ger boy are not compatible. | have of
ten wondered what becomes of them
after they pass the age when they cease
| to be boys. They don't work. Nobody
supports them. The average meSsen-
ger boy claims to be poor but honest.
As we have no men in our establish
mpnt. | have never cOntradlcted HIM.
He refers to his mudder,' but his ia
Their is lively and, with Il certain frlyol-
ity. is referred to as de gnvernur" on
de GENT Sometimes he doestn't care
to be considered as a person or poverty,
but he will give a casual look at your
belongings, turn up the nose that IS al
ready turned up. and give You to under
stand that he thinks a room half full
of books is mighty poor and that il you
| should get acquainted with his sister she
would do you Il real nice God Bless Our
Home" in colored worsteds. and "she
is a girl as YOU would be proud Of You
don't deny this, out you feel that this
brilliant youth needs Il little touch in the
direction of high art: hence away with
the messenger. He will not be in a
hurry to 'git'-his verbiage is peculiar
YOU can bet your last ducat on that. Hur-
~ and he are not friendly.
GOING on THE STAGE.
This is the time of year wnen the
young lady who has been arranging an
affair for the Sunday School festival.
where she speaks a piece, N to New
York. and. with a bravery surpassed by
no one. declares that she means to live
a life of gilt edged vice and go upon the
sta &c. She connects champagne dlnners,
high-heeled slippers, belts with the Amer
lean flag on them. and hats over-wfSshted
| with white plumeS with the stage. She
tells that any work near or about it is
her achievement. One aspirant for the
stage wrote to me one day-tnermOmeter
104-that she wanted me to lend her
$4,000 so that she could achieve the de-
sire of her heart. She might be called
Il modest girl. She said that she was
handsome and convinced that she was
the coming actress. She added that she
didn't think II nnlItn To mako RI
sons, but that Mary Anderson was never
as ~virtuous. Julia Marlowe nothing like
as pretty. Mrs. Brown Potter could not
compare with her when it came to howl
ing emotion, and, i'll addition to this
list of virtues. she had a newspaper
pull She said she could control the
press. [ wish she could teach me hOw.
She evidently could make that $4,000
go an awful long way, for she is absO-
lutely economical. inasmuch as she never
uses anything but small is and doesn't
even dot them. She might just as we'll
ask me for 81. O0O, 900 as $4,000. Where
does she come from? She wears Il ring
on her forefinger and carries her gloves,
and after getting my address and forcing
herself into the place / call home she
said that she didn't think much of my
style of dressing. and it wasn't check
If there is any gentleman who would like
to forward $4,000 to this young woman,
he is at liberty to do it, and if Il man
were really wealthy it would be worth
his while. for he would get fully $4,000
worth of fun out of it. Her people be
long to an aristocratic family; at least,
she told me so. No doubt it's true.
BACK COUNTY ARISTOCRACY.
After having met some of the aristo-
Gratis that exist in the beautiful country
side. and who consider musk a more de
Sirable perfume than violet, | am pre-
pared for most anything. y country arts
tocrat can make you more conscious of
your own smallness than the Queen En-
press herself. Her may be
faulty, her style of derss lacking in taste,
her hair arranged with an eye to the
least trouble, and her general air one of
semi-dignity, and when she asks if you
will take her to board with YOU she
makes you understand that YOU have
got to take what you can get. he happy in
paying for it, and realize that she and
all her family came over to this country
with the first white people. and have al
ways lived with the very first ever since.
What | wonder at is how dreadful old
they all must be, and yet-well, perhaps
AhN ' III - WIN 'ih VI bNlI
age. and i'll that way grow younger as
the simple city boarder becomes the vic
tim.
l have often been called the creature
of circumstances, but not until lately
was l told that | was Il naughty, stuck
up person, who didn't ever belong to a
ladies' club, and what can you think of
n lady who doesn't belong to a club?
Why, the lady who does my washing,
and who is as black as the ace of
spades, is a Daughter of Rebecca. while
there can be only written a mysterious
letter after the signature of Bah.
p. 81 seldom write a 2. s., but the
lady who lOnged to become an actress
was the chambermaid who did" my
room, and did it with a vengeance.
She will make a good Lady Macbeth.
FATE OF A RAPE FIEND.