The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25

novadavS in bringing home fine frocks-
odd bonnets and gay wraps. You must.
fetch instead something that is part'"u-
larIv odd. 1t may be ugly in fact often
is-hut its regularity maNes it Il JOY
forever. One Girl l know put all her
money in a French poodle about tire"
inches long and two inches high. made
If topaz. while the curly part If h1l.
and especially the tip of his tail. was 81
clear white diamonds. But there wasn't
much originality in that. She JnNt went
into a iewelry store. picked up what 81"
wanted. and possibly paid her hill 1o>-
sihIv. If she had any sort of credit.
She didn't pay her bill. hut she sent
over 81 or SO at Il time until i was
settled.
| like the English system. 1t induces
YOU to buy Il most beautiful thin@ that
cost big sums of money and then eINoi
Won from two to five years to pay little
sections of money and in he meHnlime
buy something else to keep everything
whirling around. for what people T"1i!
want are absolutely odd things.
There is an Irish gentlemen WE'
condescendS to keep a cake and apple
stand near our corner. and last Sumurer
he WAS over to see the ovid mother"
He had been saving his money and no.
even blowing the froth off 4 glass OF
heer 50 that he might sail the ocean blue
second class and feel himself equal to
Victoria herself. He noticed that every
shop and every wagon had on II FUR
VeEor 10 lhe FIhce o waves ~
veyor to the queen uFNtHoI 70 ne. !.
Royal 1lghheSs the rihte>S VI N"IeS'
ana AFTER he h'u ioI" every pIuH oNol
there what Il great country tHi> was
where a man couiu own d I"IIIo'u tltIi
II ne cVuu nor SIX" liz own n'II'' -,
ne c~oncluueu 10 II'NHen uP 4 ~ ''A'
50 ne COT 4 SlSh-on. Il ot"ull"' 'H'' "
blue back&rouhd with Gold IelleFS upon
ii. and these letters read 1ufN"Eor 10
the General Iuhilc anu the "h"l'
NelGhrorhotd 80 enlsE@d 1t Ihal BUSINESS
has been great. 1t has an a~ddenaoln
winch reaGs' res i1eNeI> ana i1'cu-
Is he -'"I't> Il ~ = 'i-,
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@<@ 'N"f- M-'u ~ rr
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.TN S"'-' II. II ~
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Iaho' a'''l "1-'H we I'll" '"iN'
""t 2" Fef"rn L" fh@ S'~t.N' mrs. =
.. "nT "' fA"Nl ret N'o2NA"H t'"l.h-
.-t " -~td fa.nT ''."' "r. not 1-.""c IN
rag r@tt KIND d. l.''ie- :" they @,1"i
"nt"a HadIGnitle>. on Pun Your colle'-
fIFn N one of those rather large @l">>
i#-o,G tables. Wter" small ch'-drtn can
tao# with the1r fingers 2NG te#l WIN
their eyes. 1"u want 70 pick up some
thing queer. something INal h9p"oN "INe
has. Now. Mrs. Van RENSSELAER, tru@eI
possesses 4 something that has Il reaL
tang 10 It. It Is Il cradle III when was
rocked the great NAPOLEON and Whlch Sht
picked up in one Of those secondhand
stores III Paris. 1t : vouched for and
n filed every day with great masses
Of flowers. - that where once the rest
less brain was quiet. now there are the
perfume and beauty Of the blossoms
something that the emperor or Iht
French or the prisoner III II. Helena
never gave a thought To.
Then in the Jewels Won must have odd
Gueer rings that were made by hand anC
made in Sucb 4 WAY that each had 4 Spe
cial use. There is a queer silver ring
with an uncut emerald in it. that rest
i'll 4 weII-tilIed bric-a-hrac table an'
this is said to have been worn by one
Of \apoleon'S numerous loves and /,
have been brought 10y him from Egypt
I4oIh t4'A - & q 'I
of gold. each end terminating in such
way that there is a space left 50 tina
the flesh shows between. The one en-,
is an asp. the other 4 tiny lotus tlowe
carefully cnameled in white. That Wa
one of Caesar Borgia'S rings. and whe1
YOU were his enemy and he invited yor
to dine with him he knew how to pres
the back Of that little ring 50 that tn
asp'S tongue came out and there wa
q little scratch ON vour finger. Tomo1
row # grew black. and YOUR hand swell
ed. while YOUR friends talked abou
cboIora and nobody dared whisper "poi>
on" tbourh e~veryhody knew. There
another lannon's RING. It belonged to
GREAT eSplorer-a heavy band Of rol(
with u can1eo having the face of 4 beau
+;f,,I woman emf in II Rut the came
* like = lid and lifts ND. and under il
u yeretanle DoiS0n that. SofreDed hv
Iit+le heat Will kill TWO or three mcI
md this ono man took II rather thu
lido TO tho ouiIotipa in \ common car
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