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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
LIFE OF JOEL LANE.
Pioneer and Potriot of Wake CtnOy.

Pioneer and Potriot of Wake Ctnoy.
Mr.. Marshall De Lancey Haywood, Of
Raleigh, who has written several valuable
and interesting historical! pamphlets, has
just published a biographical sketch of
Joel Lane, pioneer and patriot of Wake
county, including notes about the Lane
family and the colonial and revolutionary
history Of Wake county. 1t is from the
presses Of Afford, Bynum and Christie
piers, Raleigh, N. c., and the Topographic
cal work is excellent. 1t is for sale by
Alfred Williams and Company, Raleigh,
n. C. Price % cents.
We give below an extended extract
from Mr.. H~aywood's most interesting
sketch of the founder of Raleigh. emitting
the portions which relate to family his
tory and are not Of general Interest,":
tMany years before Wake county was
formed, Joel Lane had settled at the
point which afterwards became its coun-
ty-Seat, and was later the capital of the
State. His place of residence was called
Bloomsbury, and was then within the ter
ritcry Of Johnston county. Land was
taken from Orange and Cumberland, as
we'll as Johnston, for the formation or
Wake, and Mr.. Lane was one of the COM
m~issionerS who laid out it's boundaries.
The new county was established by the
colonial assembly in December, ITO, with
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01

s~lanting root and q small wing or the
sCutn side. IS the house Is it stands.
Bat it seldom fails 90 attract Alteration.
Its q%uaintness OF architecture speaks %
a generation nov passed into history
OF Tryon. marching with his army against
the Regulators. OF Burke. SpaiEht. Lenoir.
and their compatriots in the Revolutionary
assembly which met beneath It's roof -
the Hintons. Hunters aaI Jones. ot
early Wake
a kind OF old Hobgoblln Hall.
Now somewhat fallen 10 decay.
With Weathsr-stalns upon the vail.
and stairvays worn and crazy doors.
And creaking and uneven floors.
And chimnsys huge. and tiled and tall
4 region az repGse il seems.
\ place OF sumter and OF dreams
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
NATHANIEL

Richard Henry Stoddard, the dean of
American letters, has consented to write
his "reminiscences, and they began in this
weeks issue of the Saturday Evening
Pest with a striking and interesting ar
ticle on Hawthorne. He describes him as
follows:
Outdoors l saw for the first time the
kind Of man that Hawthorne was. More
than handsome. more than flne-loOking,
there was distinction in his face and
f0rm-the distinction of manly beauty
ia the one and manly strength in the
Nearly ST. feet in height he did
not appear tall, his shoulders were so
broad, his limbs so shapely and we'll pro-
portioned. His head was large, harmon
iCuS in it's outlines and noble in it's bear
ing: there was an air of granduer about
it, the certainty of reserved power in its
rerose. And his ~eyes-those large, deep
set, dark, luminous eyes that saw such
visions and read such secrets-I will not
try to describe them here. And happily
for me l do not need to, since our COM
mon friend, Mr.. Fields, accomplished that
battling task in his Illuminating recollec-
tiCns Of Hawthorne a few years after his
death. 81 remember to have heard in the
literary circles OF London Mr.. Fields
SIoIC, lllCl ~ DQIl liz, liz CulllOI ldi
appeared there with so fine a face as
Hawthorne. Old Mrs. Basil Montagu told
me, many years ago, that she sat next
to Burns at dinner, when he appeared in
society, in the first flush of his fame, af-
ter the Edinburgh edition of his poems
had been published. She said among other
things, that although the company con-
sisted of some of the best-bred mer of
England, Burns seemed to her the most
perfect gentleman among them. She
noticed particularly his gentle grace and
deferential manner toward women, and
| was interested to hear Mrs. Mantagu's
brilliant daughter, when speaking OF
HaWthorne's advent in English society.
describe him in almost the same terms as
l had heard her mother, years before, de
scribe the Scotch poet. | happened to
be in LOndCn with Hawthorne during the
consular residence in England, and was
always greatly delighted at the rustic OF
admiration his personal appearance excit-
ed when he entered the room. His bear
ing was mCdestly grand and his voice
touched the ear like 4 melody
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
JOHN G..
A BOOK L NEXT.

The public has ben astonished twice in
recent months by the failure of two lead
ing publishing houses-Harper Brothers
and d. Appleton & Co. Their failure was
4 matter of widespread regret because
they had been pioneers in the great art of
book-publishing. News now comes from
New York that it is probable that Col.
Ct. II. b. Harvey, who is the financial head
OF the new financial firm of Harper & Bro.
will also become the head of the revivi-
fed Appleton Company.
1t is also said that this is but the first
step toward the formation of a gigantic
bOoh-publishing trust. and that within
few months all the large concerns will
be combined under one management.
There is to be a union of houses which
Will decrease the cost Of production and
do away altogether with competition in
the reproduction of foreign successes.
1t is now regarded as certain that such
q trust will be formed. 1t could prac-
tically control the market, as it would
be in q position to dictate terms to all
news companies and the retail firms
which nave standing, not only in this
city, but also in the smaller towns of the
United States.
Prices are to be advanced, cheap edi-
lions, except those which have already
been exploited, are to be frovned upon
and as far as possible all competition is
to be done away with.
There is a large quantity Of Wall Street
money locked up in these two big com
panieS, both Of which hold valuable rights
and do not have to sell below a profit
able figure. They can also largely hold
all new literary talent in bondage. The
promoters expect to be able to dictate tho
CfLn IF ,.nXa1ti1c tn tIn ,rI~n 81 ~
be willing to make a bitter fight against
al those Who try to fight the organiza-
ton by pushing their works on their
own account. They will be able effectual-
ly to stop the circulation of such works
as they object 10, or which are not of the
kind they desire.
There IS to be a general division O.
Profits Of the successful books recently
published, and the trust Will also be in {
position to dictate terms to the new au.
thors who have works to sell.
Royalties are to be cut to the loves
notch. Manuscripts will, of course. b.
read by the various censors OF the trust
and those accepted Will be appOrtiOneC
out to appear with the imprints of tn,
houses which Will best serve to advertise
the publications.,
A few OF the big plants now in exist
dnce VIII De Gtlllzed TO turn out all Thu
books it is thought desirable to print
This will result in a great saving o
money to publishers, and the concentra
ton of labor in all departments will ais,
make big profits possible. No large edi
tons Of new books Will be put out. Their,
Will be no filing of shelves with un
salable books, and the work of turnin,
out literary product will be prosecute,
upon the most approved modern trus
business methods.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
TYRRELL COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
h" Collud Gemmeu" is Obeying Orders and
Staying Away Fun Mcetin'
Special to News ana OhserverD

Especial TO News ana Observer
Columbia, y. G.. April 2S.-Thc Tyrrell
county Republican convention assembled
in the Court House here Thursday for
the purpose of c~lecting delegates To the
State. Congressional and Senatorial con-
vCntiCns.
The convention" was SO small that il
felt lost in the small court room. SO it
sought smaller quarters. in a dark cor
ner up stairs, where it held a dark and
secret session, because its deeds were evil
The total attendance was some fifteen or
twenty.
The "cullud' contingent oheyed orders
and stayed away.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
WHITTIER'S BELIEF IN BARBARA
FRIETCHIE.

Sixty of the most prominent citizens of
Frederick, Md, have been at Washing
ton as a delegation before the Senate and
House Committee on war claims to en-
deayor to secure compensation for prop
erty lost during the war. By question:
ing the committee it has been ascertain
ed that the true story in regard to Bar
ed by Whittier in his famous m
fact which led Senator Depew to say
that it was worth $500, 900 to have the
question definitely settled. The public has
known Mr.. DepeW as a capital after-din-
ner speaker and "a prince Of good fell
lows" but was not aware he valued
poetry SO highly. If the Senator cares to
enact the role of Macaenas, New York
poets will do their best to supply a Horace
and a Virgil.
1t has often been denied that there
was any such scenes in Frederick at
Whittier immortalized, but the testimony
of those sixty citizen is in harmony with
Whittier wrote a letter to his friend, Miss
Emily w. Price, Of Philadelphia, which
showed that he was convinced of the
truth of the incident which he celebrated
in the poem. Here is an extract from his
letter:
Dear Friend: / first heard of Barbara
Freitchie by a letter from Mrs. South
worth of Washington, the authoress),
calling my attention to the incident, and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
Republicans Meet at Roxboro
Especial to News and 0bserver.)

Especial to News and Observer)
R~oNboro. y. c., April 2~S.-ltepubli-
can convention convened here today
in the office Of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue twelve by ten feet
in size. The convention was presided
over by Bass Sattertield. now deputy
collector. The convention was com
posed Of revenue officers and some
~eNpectantS who are now on the stool
Of beggary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
AGASSIZ TIE MASr -.
wv. J. StiIlman in The Nay Atlantic.

CIV. j. StlIlman IN The Way Atl2ntlf)
Agassiz was, of all our company, the ac-
kEowledged master, loved by all. even to
the unIettered Woousnen Tho ran 10 ricnt
his service, says w. J. Stillman in the May
Atlantic He was the lo"gest in person
atty and in universality CT knowledge o.
atl The men | have ever known. No 0ll
who did not know him personally can con-
ceiVe the hold he had on everybody Who
came into relations with him. His last
knowledge of scientific facts. and his ready
command OF them for all educational rlr-
poses, his enthusiasm for science and the
diffusion Of it, even his fascinating way o.
lmuaTJing i to others, had ever less t"
do with his popularity than the r2gut-
tlsn of his presence, and the sympathetic
taeulty which enabled him to find at once
plane On which he should meet who
ever he had to deal with. Of his scien-
'ttc position | INC speak, though I
can see that his was the most powerful
o. the scientific influences of tina epoch
Ia America.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
Jury Disagree in Divorce Case.
(By the Associated Press.)

Pittsburg, April %. jury in the
somewhat famous divorce case of James
King Clarke, son of the late Charles j.
Clarke. millionaire and philanthTopist.
against Esther Bartlett Clarke, of Wash
u. O., disagreed after being out
a hours, and at noon was discharged.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
HOLMES AND LOWELL.

". j. Stillman in the AMY Atlantic.)
...mes and Lowell were the antitheses
'He New England intellect, and this
in their personality than in their
.'He, avs w. J.. Stillman in the May
.Hilo- II Lowell could have acquired
.""es respect for his work, he would
left a larger image in the American
H.'lat but he never gave car to the
i|.Iilon of what he wrote, for his mind
'"med with material that tho time to
.04 and review neyer came. Holmes,
a true artist, loved the labor limae:
WAS satisfied, it seemed to me, to do
work OF one lifetime. and then rest,
Lowell looked forward to a success
.. NJ Iltetimes, all full of work, and one
.a hardly conceive hin as ever resting
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
EMERsON's PREEMINENCE.

nv. j. Stillman in the May Atlantic.)
The last sight I had Of Emerson, says
g. i Stillman in the May Atlantic, was
."n. on his voyage to Egypt, he came to
n me at my home in London, aged and
u.Eiog the decay of age, but as alert and
~'"TrCgatiVe as ever with his insatiate
'"Ilgctual activity. And looking back
| t." days "-hon we questioned together.
"m The distance Of years, he rises above
F.. his contemporaries as Mont Blanc
..e above the intervening peaks when
% from afar, not the largest in mass.
Ioitiest in climb, soaring higher, if
' occupying the space Of some Of his
.muanions. even in our little assemblies.
.N. ana at the other meeting-place
Hfe I saw him occasionally. the Satur-
Club, his attention to what others
a saying was far more notable than
deposition to enter into discussions.
." and then he flashed out with q COM
.H" which lit up the subject as an
.".'#ic spark might, but in general he
1865 unconsciously. l remember that
. day when, at the club. we were dis
ing the nature Of genius. some one
rHad TO Emerson and asked him for a
.uition Of the thing, and be instantly
lied, The faculty Of generalizing
$40 a single example," and nobody at
table could give so good and concise
..jtiun.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01

,reCIure's Magazine for May, Prof.
. Worcester, of the Philippine Com
-eion has give an account OF General
and his last campaigns as Profes-
Worcester came to know them IN the
rise of his intimate ASSOCIATION Win
in the Philippines. The artlcIe
= ne illustrated with a series Oh por-
.-- If Lawton and other pictures.
Nav Atlantic opens with a thought
.or Nations and the Decalogue, by
d. SedgWick, Jr., who scuSS the
Of national morality II exposes
-.akness and folly of the traditional
...1e of conducting international rela-
and believes tina the time is coming
All nations will be consolidated into
and national distinctions will merge
.4a Grand cosmopolitan brotherhood.
leading article on Some Pictur-
Sides of the Exposition" is both
and illustrated by the artist
10 p5exottO. He "a spent a lumber
-.rths in Paris recently, and these
....s give an artists impressions OF
..rr picturesque group OF buildings
viii be soon crowded with visitors
4. ali portions of the world. Mr.,
..ttu's skill as a craftsman, shown in
cromwell and the Revolutionary Sc
in this magazine, has enabled him
the best possible pictorial pres
...un of the great French EXPOSE
..n University Magazine, under the
aaacment q VIM. Bernard, editor in
.s ana Alfred II. Berkeley, business
mayer is worthy Of the University
! this is highest praise. Before the
r il was published regularly and the
..rs are today the best mines OF North
..l.ua history. 1t is to be hoped that
faculty. trustees and alumni Of the
t..rsity will cooperate with the two
..tl.~ III making the magazine more
.n a. college publication. 1t ought to
.. North Carolina what the New Eng
"a. Magazine is to New England, a real
l.. historical and literary magazine
un.rIy managed and regularly published.
.a somewhat unusual combination OF
.ulence thai the members of the firm
Doubleday, Page & Co, bring to their
-lueas has provoked friendly out incOr-
g. mention SO often that the following
rect statement is made for the infor-
ton of their friends of the press: Mr..
y. Doubleday spent sixteen years with
Z, Massrs, Scribner; Mr.. Walter II.
ge was editor of "The Forum" from
o till 1895. when he became literary ad-
r to Houghton, Miffin & Co, and sub
uently editor of The Atlantic Month
" MIR. II. w. Lanier and Mr.. Ever
were also in the service of the Messrs.
timer in various capacities, both in
magazine and book departments; Mr.
E.. Thompson was for wears with Messrs,
G.. Mcclure & Co.; Mr.. James MacAr-
,r. the agent of the firm resident in
aG0n. was editor of THE BOOkman'
its beginning and literary adviser
Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. This grouI
men, every n of whom is an active
j working part of the business, brings
& Their successful experience, editorial
aue.aI and commercial. From the time
back manuscript comes into the office
. # reaches the bookseller, it is in The
IDS Of a member of the firm. The wOrl
very department is done in constant
operation: and no member of the firm
without successful practice of the dut!
at he performs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01

ar caring TO stop work. LoWell'S was a
generous, widely sympathizing nature,
from which radiated love of humanity,
and the broadest and most catholic help
fulness for every one who asked for his
help, with a special fund for his friends;
Holmes drew a line around him, within
whicn be shCne like a winter sun, and
outside of which his care did not extend.
The one was best in what he lid, the other
in what he was. Holmes always seemed
to me cynical to the general world;
Lowell to have embodied the antique SEN
timent. Il am a man, and holding moth
ing human as Indifferent to me" Both
were adOred by those around them, and
the alteration kindled Holmes to a warm
er reflection to the adorers; Lowell felt
il as the earth feels sunshine, which sinks
into the fertile soil. and bears its fruit
in a richer harvest.
THE BIBLE IS THE KEYSTONE Or
ENGLISH STYLE.
g. II. Gardiner in the May Atlantic.)
In all study of English literature, il
there be any one axiom which every one
has accepted without question, says j. II.
Gardiner in the May Atlantic, it is that
the ultimate standard Of English prose
style is set by the King James version OF
the Bible. Fer examples Of limpid, cor
vincing narrative VIC go to Genesis. to the
story Ct Ruth, to the quiet earnestneSs
of the Gospels; for the mingled argument
and explanation and eXhortation in which
lies the highest power to the other side
Ct literature, we go to the prophets, and
still more to the Epistles Of the New Tes
| lament: and for the glow of vehemence
and feeling which burns away the limits
between poetry and prose-, and makes
prose style at it's highest pitch able to
stand beside the stirring vibrations OF
verse. we go to the Psalms or the book
Of Job or the prophecies of lsiah, or to
the triumphant declaration Of immortal
ity in the Epistle to the Corinthians. If
one were to figure the whole range of
English prose style in the form of an
arch, enc would put the style of the Bible
as it's keystone; and one would pat it there
not only because it is the highest point
and elimination of prose writing, but also
because it binds the whole structure. On
the one side would be the writing Whicn
tends more and more to the colloquial
which, beginning with suca iiDished and
! exquisite talk as Dryden CrystalliZel in
his writings. runs off into the slack and
haSty style Of journalism; on thc CtLer
side. such more splendidly and arlf. lily
colCred prose as Sir Thomas browne CT
the ponderous weight oil Or. Johnson, de-
generating in the hands % lesser men mt
preciosity or pedantry. And with such
explanations we fold out hands in the
comfortable telling that here, ct any rate.
is one question of literature settled fer
good: the STANDARD Of In%iisn prose style
is the standard of the authorized version
CT the Bible: that style IS 50 clear and Sc
noble that there is nothing more to be
accounted for.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-01
THE YW0RlD

enclosing an extract from a paper detail
ing it as it stands in the poem.
About the same time | had a letter from
Dorothea Dix confirming it. | thought
the testimony ample.
1t has been denied since, but it is admit
ted by all that Barbara was a brave, out
spoken, loyal woman; that she had a In
ion flag in her possession and that she
drove the rebel soldiers from the side
walk. l think she deserved all l said OF
her even if | was mistaken on some OF
the details.
I am thy friend JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Danvers, Mass, March 10, 1887.
The original of this letter is now in
the possession of Mrs. J. Bayard Backus
Of New York city, a sister of the late
Miss Price.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13

work, 70 looks as II the petition may as
we'll be put In a vault and kept there,
so far as its effect one way or the other
goes.
One construction that is given OF the
first sectioo OF the statute, above quot
ed. IL that the petition VAS never In
tended by the Legislature To be present
ed but once, and that after the law was
once putin operation In any city, through
such petition, the law would be perpet-
ually operative, and there would be no
need OF getting up q petition again.
This sounds plausible, and az any rate
the thing IL worth thrsshinR ont with
all thoroughness, 30 there will be no
more balky county icges and county
In future.
But the petition is In existence. and
come court might osll for 1t. So It
should be carefully kept But the court
is compelled to appoint registrar, and
In absence OF such appointment the
present registrar is empowered to act.
Let's give 10 a test
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13
"Land OfThe Sky"

In Western North Carolina, be-
tween the Blue Ridge on the east and
the A lleghauies on the west, In the
beautiful valley of the French Broad
two thousand feet above the sea, lies
Asheville, beautiful, picturesque aud
world famed as one of the most pleas.
ant resorts in America 1t is q land of
bright skies and incom parable climate,
whose praises have been sung by poets
and whose beauties of stream, valley
and mountain height have furnished
bjeot and Inspiration for the painters
brush. This is truly the Land of the
Sky" and there is perhaps, no more
beautiful region an the continent to
attract pleasure tourists or health
seekers. Convenient schedules and
verylow rates TO Asheville via South
ern Railway.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13

No individual officer of the law or
OF the state, county, or municipality is
to be held alone responsible for malad-
ministration of the lave. The people
elect them. The people are RESPONSE
BILE. Every man who voted for the
present county administration aud
every mau who failed to vote against
Is is responsible for the failure of the
court to provide registration.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13

THE talk about Porto Rico on the
part of democrats shows how far
they are reduced in their search after
Issues. The fifteen percent duty which
they object to so tearfully is only
effective In any event until the fret
Of next May, and the Porto Riosns
have the power at any time to end the
operation OF the law in this respect II
the native legislature will provide re-
venues for carrying on the island gov
ernment. Even now every cent Of net
revenue collected both In this country
and In Porto Rico Is turned back into
the treasury for the exclusive use
OF the island, and In addition TO this
every cent of duty collected In both
countries since November 1898 has
been returned to the island treasury,
amounting to s.. $50. 600. Moreover,
In addition to all this, the United
States government has already spent
In the island for relief. educational,
aud rosd building purposes, over 81 500
DOC, out of the national treasury. The
military force lie nominal, and no part
Of it's expense is saddled on the island.
II the Bryanites can find
my comfort In denouncing tho bene-
icent government of Porto Rico
,nder the present administration they
ire welcome to 1t. They need COM
ort.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13
August Flowers.

ut is . surprising fact" says Prof
Houton, that In my travels in all
parts of the world, for to the last ten
year, l have net more people having
used Green's August Flowers than any
other remedy for dyspepsia, derauRed
liver and stomach, and for constipa-
ton. find for tourist and statesmen,
or for persons filing Office positions,
where headaches and general bad feel
ings from irregular habits exist, tn at
Green's August Flowers is q grand
remedy. II does not injure the system
by frequent use, and IL excellent for
sour stomach and indigestion. -
Sample bottles free at any drug store.
Sold by dealers Sin all civilized coun-
triee.