The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

A bookstore advertises, w now have
on hand the lives Of the Saints which will
be delivered for one dollar each" HUI
man life is very cheap these days.
Muncie, Indiana, has a sensation caused
by the mysterious murder Of William Pat
~terson, a prominent citizen. 1t is the same
old question, "Who struck Billy"
Rev. w. c.. Wilson, of Mocksville. is in
the public eye" for saying in a sermon
that if people were as afraid of the devil
as they are Of smallpox. the milleniun:
would not be far distant.
The county papers note that electric
belts, medical panaceas, and kindred
frauds are again on sale in the country.
Sometimes it looks like all the fools are
not dead yet.
IN Infatuated German appeared before
the mayor and complained, Mine daugh-
tiers request dat you do not let boys bathc
in the river next out house yet. It ISIS O
shameful" But your house is half a
mile from the river interposed the Of
fetal. Zach Himmel,' continued the
plaintiff, Il knows dot, but mine daugh-
ters dey hat got spy glasses already yet"
At the opera a few nights ago, right in
the most touching part OF a dramatic
! climax when cold chills chased each other
/ up and down the spinal columns of all YER
tebrate animals present, a coarse grained
galoot thought he saw something funny
! and opened his face and ~haw-hawed like
a jack-ass at sea. Such gorillas should still
be swinging by their tails and munchins
cocoanuts in the tropical forests of their
own people.
William r. Hearst's candidacy for the
presidential nomination is not very won.
derful in view of the fact that the last
Legislature of North Carolina voted for
three hundred and sixty-seven different
men for the United States Senate. How
ever, it is worthy of notice that such a
man as John Temple Graves. editor of the
Atlanta News, considers the matter seri.
ously. Hearst at least deserves credit for
working when he could have been q
parasite. Not all of us would do as he did
A reading Southern newspaper says THE
social evil prevails in every cousidera ble
community Throughout the world and #.
complete extrlpation is not practicable un
der the existing political conditions. A
good farmer In this State believes il in
advisable to dig all the grass from his cot.
ton or corn and always leaves a few
spr1gs to grow up and make more trouble
And there IS a woman who would laugh
in your face If you were to question The
necessity OF planting peas in the full O,
the moon. No they are not all dead vet.
Chauncey NJ. Depew says the only way te
succeed Is Ito dig, dig. Dig and J. p
Duke says the secret is in love for the
WORK These opinions are merely wha,
every one knows and they throw no ligbi
On the situation. Inquirers after knowl
edge as to the key to success, desire some.
thing easy They expect to unlock thu
DOOR walk In and lie down. Any child
knows success comes. to those who work
dihgentiy and pull themselves up the lad
uer round by round, but that antiquated
method Is too slow and irksome for the
twentieth century; we want to go up in
an elevator. -
In a first-class town there is entered q,
s~econd-class mail matter a third-ciass So
tcalled newspaper at a fourth-ciass posf