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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
JOHN HENRY BONER
North Cardinals Beloved
Poet is Dead.
He Passed Away in Washington on tuesday
{ Nieht---His Life Reflects Honor
Upon the State.

John Henry Boner, North Carolina's S
te- city. The lews will carry sorrow to
all our people: for his life reelected great
honor upon the State. though in recent
years he has lived beyond it's bounds.
He has been sick for some time. Last
winter he spent several months in and
near Raleigh, and his friends hoped for
his permanent Improvement. but, while
he seemed to be benefited, his decline
has been continuous and the el,d was not
upeXrected.
He was a scholar, a critic, and an au-
thor The Century Dictionary and the
Standard Dictionary both boar the i'm
press of his hand, as he was on the edi-
tOrial staff of both those great works.
His poems often appeared in the Century
Ma gazine and his critical para graphs shed
lustre upon the pages Of the Literary
Digest, of which journal he was editor
when poor health compelled him to sur
render his journalistic service. His first
book of poems, :" Whispering Pines,' was
issued by the BrantenoS several years
ago. and contains poems full of promise
that was fulfilled by his later songs.
This is his only volume, though re-
Gently he put forth pamphlet containing
a few Of his recent lyrics. It is fortunate
that he left a manuscript containing all
the best work OF his life, picked and
chosen, with his rare critical acumen; and
it is earnestly hoped that the volume will
be published before the material is lost.
He was a member Of the Authors Club
and was highly esteemed by those of the
craft who had the privilege Of knowing
him: for his was indeed a lovable spirit
A warm. personal friend of Stedman and
other distinguished authors, he had ac-
cess to editorial rooms and to the inner
circles of literary people.
Just a personal word in closing: This
news fills me with a great sorrow. Our
acquaintance, while comparatively brief,
had ripened into sweet close friend
ship, and l shall feel very keenly his
loss. Shall give the reader a glimpse of
this friendship by quoting a sentence or
so from one of the last letters he wrote
me?
1T is bitter cold day, dark, stormy.
I wish you and l could spend night such
as this will be in some snug country
house, where we could sleep in the big
room" with rosy light from the ample
fireplace playing over the walls and CELL
ing. Wouldn't we talk! And occasionally
get up and replenish the fire
then let the roosters croW-and we cud-
die up and go to sleep!'
Silence is the only eloQuence in the loss
of such friend.
HENRY JEROME STOCKARD.
Raleigh, N c., March Z. 1903.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10

ring this still for ten years and I never
expected you to find IL" Huldah said the
distillery was the handiwork OF d man
who had been dead several years. She
was asked what became Of the whiskey
they made. She got up, took keg,
pulled II TO the door. put it in the river.
turned it loose, saying: You will find
that keg in q few minutes at a landing
place about four hundred yards down the
river, where It ia taken out" Hare
winked a Perkins and Huldah caught the
wink and said: Il see you have been
to the landing" The officers waited un-
til nearly daylight in the distillery, but
no one came and they left and brought
Huldah to jail So much for Huldah 5
blockade distfllery.'
AS they rode to Raleigh Huldah asked
the officers if they knew how Charley
escaped from the penitentiary, and then
she told this story:
You remember that Charley Pearce
soon after he was put in the penitentiary,
was made a trusty and was put to mind
ing the drove of COWS beyond the prison
walls at Raleigh. Charley was not being
punished much, but he pined for the
dark corner and his blockade still He
sent me word to come and see him and
to bring a citizens suit of clothes.
went and he told me what day to return,
and that he wanted me to put his
striped suit of clothes and mind the
COWS in them all day while he made
good his escape. | went back on the
day he said and he put on the suit
brought and / minded the cows all day
and about night I got into the bushe;
and made my way back home, where
found Charley when l got there
The officers told Huldah that If she
would help them arrest Charley Pearct
they would see that she was not pun
ished She refused and said she woulC
take her punishment for her part, bu
she would not betray her accomplices
She said further that she and Charll
would have been married som
time ago but they could not get the Ii
Cense, because Charley was in the woods
cVading arrest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
The Bar.

The saloon is sometimes called bar
that's true
A bar to heaven, a door to hell;
whoever named it, named il well.
bar to manliness and wealth:
door to want and broken health
A bar TO honest pride and fame.
A door to sin and grief and shame
bar to hope, bar to prayer,
A door TO darkness and despair.
bar to honored, useful life;
door to brawling, senseless strife
bar to all that's true and brave,
door to every drunkard's grave,
A bar to Joys that home imparts,
door to tears and aching hearts.
A bar to heaven a door to hell,
Whoever named it, named it Wen.
Author unknown
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10

recognition of his long and useful ser
vice.
solicitor, or District Attorney "a bet
Ter term), Daniels. is winning laurels for
nimsef. While painstaking he is ag-
greSsive; while firm he is considerate.
he Is now serving his second term an.
mas bright future before him. OF 70
Dust build, ambitious and tireless en-
ergy ~Inere is reason TO expect 10 hear
OF MIN in even 4 wider field of useful
ness.
c. J. RIVENBARK.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
Used in the Home of Nat. Macon.
nittleton News-Reporter) J

Mrs. B. NJ. Turnbull has loaned to the
Hall OF History, in Raleigh, one silver
laole, one brass candle stick, one silver
tea spoon, and two books with the auto
graph of Hon. Nathaniel Macon in them.
These article were among the articles in
use in the home of Mr.. Macon and are
very highly priced by Mrs. Turnbull.
Quite recently she refused
for the ladle. Mrs. Turnbull is a near
relative of Mr.. Macon
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
1t can Now Adjourn.
Greensboro Record.l

The Legislature, having passed an ac
enabling the County Commissioners OF
Guilford to sell the hitching lot, can nov
adjourn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10

Eva-How did Adam consider the wo-
man question.
Flotie-As a side issue, l guess.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-10
HIyLDAHS FIRST REMARK.

Mines looked at them in utter con-
sternation. and as soon as her power OF
speech returned, she said:
"Weu, WE'LL we'll! / have been run
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
,ANAVY BY IND BY.

Perhaps the United States hasn't the ambition to rule the wave that some countries seem to have, but she sees that she must have ships enough to rule such part of the wave as she takes notion to rule. So the plans to increase the navy find favor. The Naval Ap- propriation bill which has just passed the house and is now awaiting action in the senate is a liberal one. It provides for building no fewer than four armored ships. Three of these are to be first class battleships, carrying the heaviest armor and the most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class. These giant fighters are to have a displacement of about 16,0O0 tons each, to have the high est practicable speed and to cost, eX- elusive of armor and armament, not ex- ceeding $4,212,00O each. The total cost of each of these vessels will be between five and six million dollars. The other armored vessel carried in the bill will be first class cruiser of not more than 14,500 tons, with the heaviest armor and the most powerful armament of vessels of its class and of the highest practicable speed. The cost of this ves-
 sel, exclusive of armor and armament,
 will be not more than $4,659,OOO. There l is also provision made for two steel sail i ing ships and one wooden brig for train
 ing ships. The steel ships are to cost | $370, 900 each and the brig not over s50,-
 900. Thus about $25,O0O,00O will be ex- pended for augmenting the navy if this bill should pass the senate.
 l There are now under construction for
 the United States six armored cruisers,
 besides two already authorized by law
 and upon which work has not yet be- gun; there are also building nine pro- 1 tected cruisers-that is, warships with
 out armor but with protected decks; l two monitors, four torpedo-boat de-
 stroyers, and ten torpedo boats. There
 are thus forty-two vessels of various
 types now building or authorized. We
 shall have a real navy by and by, and
 we may need it. We made a good show
 ing in the Spanish war, but that was
 largely because the Spaniards made
 such a poor one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
. STRICTLY FIt ESH.

Eggs are eggs, and it. cannot be de- nied that there are some strictly fresh eggs. But the question is, how can anybody be sure of getting the strictly fresh except by keeping hens? Of course there are honest egg-sellers, but how is anybody to know that even the honest egg-seller is not deceived as to the freshness of his eggs? An interest ing attempt to keep the strictly fresh label where it belongs is being made by the Dairymen's association in the vicin- ity of the city of Kehl, Germany. The agents of this association go among the farmers each day and purchase eggs,
 the farmer guaranteeing that these have been laid within the previous twenty-four hours. In consequence of this guarantee the association pays the farmer three pfennigs. or about half cent, above the regular market price for each egg. The Dairymen's associa-
 tion then makes record of each pur-
 chase by giving the farmer registered number and numbering each egg in a corresponding manner. When con- sumer chances to find stale egg he re- turns it to the dealer, who in turn
 charges it to the association, which re- ports the matter to the farmer.
 This is not very complicated per
 formance, and it is reported as working well. Based as it is on the honesty of the honest farmer, and on the reluc- tance of all concerned to be defrauded, it ought to work well.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
GREAT, BUT NOT WHOLLY GOOD.

The other day in this city the Rev. Dr. Hutchins, agent of the Connecti- cut Bible Society surprised some folks by describing the conditions which pre- vail in some of the towns of our lovely and beloved State He told of the de- creased attendance in the churches, the dulled moral sense. the drunkenness and bestiality. He cited the cases of school teachers who receive from nine
 teen to twenty-one dollars a month for their services, of twenty or more people herded in one small tenement, of opium eating, imbecility and murder. Of course he told the truth and only part of it. His talk has made quite a stir. It appears that Connecticut is not the only State that has bad spots. Thus the Providence Journal says:
 Those who are familiar with social conditions in certain parts of Rhode Island have been led to think that nowhere else, in this part of the coun- try at least, can the atmosphere be so bad. The story of mental and moral degradation in some of our rural towns has been told so often that it need not be rehearsed at this time. The religious workers in the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
CooLIEs ARE WORSE THAN KAF-

COOLIES ARE WORSE THAN KAT
 FRS.
 At times one might be greatly in- clined to think it is pity the natives do not show some signs of dying out, like the red men Of North America, or the Maoris. X cynical colonist re- marked lately to the writer that as soon as the disappearance of the native would be 2n undoubted benefit in the opinion of South Africans. he could be wiped out by letting him at the drink. The native question may be very seri- ous, but there is surely some more hopeful method than this of dealing with it. It may be observed here in passing that many South Africans, in particular the Natalians, regard the Indian coolie immigrants as a greater menace to the white man than the Kaffirs, because the Indian or Arab has higher order of intelligence, belonging as he does to the Aryan or Semitic races. The Indians have become peo- pie tremendously in evidence in Natal as anyone knows who has ever lived in Durban or Maritzburg. They may be kept out. it is true. by legal measure; but of course, being British subjects for the most part, they will appeal to the imperial government. and this may lead to more trouble for South Africa Alfred A. MacCullah. in the Contem- porary Review.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
GfnInUHr.

Grandfather's old an rheumaticky some; Thick in his hearin' an failin' in sight; Cant chew no more of his bread than the
 crumb,
 But he's q hustler, is grampsr, all right. Up an a comn', an chipper an gay, If he cant do a days work he has found He can be useful in manys the way Fixin' an patchin' an putterin' round. If there's fence board that's anywhere
 down
 Gramper's on hand with a hatchet and
 nail; Drives the old mare in the blackboard to
 town,
 Soldiers the leak in the tin mlkin' pail; Cuts up the early pertaters fer seed; Sees that the straps in the harness is
 sound; Does fer the wlmmen folks al! that they
 need
 Fixin' an patchin an putterin round Grandfather's old, but there's lots he can
 do-
 Busiest man on the homestead, you bet! Done his days work. but he ain't noways
 through;
 Good for the chores O the eventide yet Rest times a-cOmin', though; soon he will
 sleep Soundly enough in the cemetery ground. But twill be lonesome We'll miss him a
 heap
 Fixin' an pstchin' an putterin rounds Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
PROGRESS.

Those who think that MT. Carnegie is beginning at the wrong end in his li- brary business will have to admit that he is making some progress. He has put many millions of dollars into more or less magnificent libraries. He now perceives that trained librarians are needed wherever there are libraries. So he gives to Western Reserve university a school for training librarians. So far, so good The libraries and the librari- ans will soon be in good working order The next thing that will be needed will be readers who will properly use the li- braries and the librarians. We await with interest the announcement of MT. Carnegie's plan for supplying them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
(IeVeIarldS
 RAE<aNG POWDER MAKES HOME BAKING EASY, AND HOME BAKED
 FOOD SUPERIOR TO THE BAKERS. csSes mun which CleveIands Baking Powder is usea will keep better" MARROW KIRKLAND.

small community give us occasional glimpses of their discouraging en- vironment, and more than one recent murder case has emphasized, in it's revOlting details, the intellectual and ethical callousness of large numbers of our native-born inhabitants" The Worcester Spy thus deposes: If any one thinks that Rev. Dr. Hutchins ex- aggerates, let him do little investi- gating for himself A book could be written on Darkest New England, which, though there were no attempt to stretch the facts, would cause in the minds of many who do not go outside the well beaten roads of travel sur prise and consternation. There are places where the ordinary codes of morality seem almost unknown, or at least ignored" And minister in St. Paul, Minnesota, says: Within the past month I have been in places places within 15O miles of St. Paul where fathers are marrying their sons to young women without the semblance of a ceremony; where people are buried without the presence of a minister
 without even the thought of a prayer"
 Doubtless much more testimony of this kind will be given, but this will do for a starter. Perhaps when the missionaries we send to heather coun- tries get them thoroughly civilized and Christianized those countries will re- ciprocate by sending missionaries to civilize and Christianize this country. We are great but not wholly good.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26

teachers. with the exception of Maria Garingales, who is always on time, have of late grown very slack in regard to their attendance. Norberto is an old offender and does not seem to improve. have done everything in my power to impress upon him some sense of his oe- ligation as a teacher, but during this month it is safe to say that he has been absent half the time" This is prOba- bly, somewhat extreme case. but t il- Illustrates the fact that before anything in the way of social feforrn can be ac- compHshed through the people them selves there must be bheathed into them the spirit of new life. They must be led to feel a sense of maral Ob- ligation in their public work. ."-Bernard Moses, Secretary Of Public Instruction in the Philippines.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
INETI5ARLf.

Little Willie-Pa, what's an altruist?
 His father = A man, my child, who carries his umbrella all day without using it. and then is glad 1t didn't Tain on account of the people who had no umbrellas with them.-Judge.
 You brute! When you married me you said you would gratify my slightest desire, and now you refuse to buy that cloak for mel"
 "Yes, dear, but I don't regard han kering for a sealskin cloak as slight desire. Baltimore News.
 "I wouldn't marry you, sir, if you were the last man on earth" said Miss Diehl.
 But as I am not the last man on earth, and cant expect to be. suppose you will accept me-" said CholIy Nervy with calm assurance.-Baltimore Her aid.
 Mrs. Smith-Did you ever notice what way MT. Slyder has of looking in an- other direction when lady is standing in the street car?
 Mrs. Black-I don't know that have, but l have noticed him do it in church when the contribution box came along. Boston Transcript.
 Do as I tell you," Tommy's mamma cried. It's about time you realized the futlity of struggling against the inevitable. Do you know what that means?"
 "Yes'm," replied Tommy. Tt means there's mouse O your washin' my hands an face, cause they'll only get dirty again. n."-Philadelphia Press.
 What was that noise, Katie?" shout ed the lady from her boudor
 "Oh, mum, it was only the baby crawling under the piano, and he hit himself, num-" replied the girl
 Dear little boy! Did he hurt him. self, Katie?'
 "No, mum; sure it was the soft pedal he hit, mum" ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26
SLACK FILIPINO TEACHERS.

IL may be stated that some means must be taken to inspire the Filipino teacher with a sense of duty with re- spect to the work to which he is called. A letter from an American teacher in Panay, referring to what happened to his school during the few days of en- forced absence by illness, illustrates what is meant in this connection. When returned on Wednesday morn ing,'' he writes. "only two of my six teachers were present and my attend ance had dropped from one hundred and forty when I left to twenty-five absence scarcely any work had been done. Thursday and Friday there was a big fiesta here and consequently it was impossible to hold school. This morning I attempted to collect the pu- pills and get started once more. I find my teachers are fully as badly demOr- alized as I expected they would be. Maria Garingales was the only one that came on time; Maria Girago came half an hour late and then wanted to get excused for the day. Francisco Girado came in an hour and a half late, and then only because sent for him. Nor berto Girado was at his home asleep and would not come at all, although I sent for him twice. He did not come to the school, but went to the cock fight instead, and as there is another cock fight tomorrow have no reason to eX- pect him at that time. All of my
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26

A Geneva correspondent of the Lon don Auto-Car says that Switzerland seems destined to become, par excel fence, the land of automobiles. In three years it is expected that every horse connected with the coaching and mail services will have disappeared. In the coming spring the first steps will be taken in bringing about this great change. There is probably no country in Europe where motor traction is more necessary from a. humane point of view, as the struggles of the horses up the passes are often painful to witness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26

In his Lenten pastoral this year Bish- op Bradley, of Manchester, exhorts the Roman Catholic laity of that, New Hampshire diocese to practice family prayer, morning and night, and to pray before and after every meal. There are found heads of families who habit uaIly fail to discharge the exalted and important office of high priest of their household" he says. "A deplorable re- suit of this neglect of his high privilege on the part of the father is that his children grow up without ever hearing under their own roof public express sion of Gods almighty power and lov- ing providence"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26

The inhabitants of the Andaman is- lands celebrated the recent Indian cor onation of King Edward with great en- thusiasm, and the aborigines, who are about the widest and least civilized in the world, did so in characteristic fash ion. Sir Richard Temple, the chief commissioner of the islands, delivered to them speech in their own dialect of which the following is a translation: t.This is the Great Chief Edwards as sembly. The Great Chief Edward is kind. The great chief is gracious. We will feast on turtle. We will feast on pork. We will feast on honey. Assem- bled we will dance. Stalking turtle hunting pigs, gathering honey, we will sing songs. Till midnight we will sing songs. Tonight we will not sleep. In the morning we will sleep.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26

The engineers digging the wonderful funnel that runs through the great Sim nlon mountain to connect Switzerland with Italy are experiencing great diffi- sculties because of the presence of boil ing water in the mountain. The water coYnes from the top of the mountain, and is heated almost to boiling point by the friction and pressure of it's percola- lion through the limestone beds of the mountain. Before the tunnel had been dug very far on the Italian side the heat became so intense that it was i'm possible to live in it. The mountain was piped, and soon 15,0O0 gallons of steanaing hot water was flowing out of the south end of the tunnel every min- ,1te of the day and night. The immense f1ow was harnessed and made to drive refrigerating plants and cold air blow CTS. To-day the temperature of the tunnel has been reduced from a height that would have roasted a man in a
 minute or two, and the atmosphere now has the pleasant warmth of a June day. The hot water also drives pneu uatic drills and boring machines, so that it helps to dig the tunnel as well. When completed the sinplon tunnel will be the biggest in the world--four- teen miles long, with a cost of nearly $1,ooO,0OO mile.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26

France gets much good United States money. During the past year Ameri- cans spent sSOO,C buying French auto mobiles. American women spend $5,- 0O0,000 annually buying French lingerie, dress goods, feathers, flowers and milli- nery. They are Paris best customers in this line. France is great leather country. Americans bought unmanu- factured and manufactured leather to the extent of $4,0G0,OO0 during the past year. Americans fondness for foi gras cost them $25OO0. Americans brought $2S,OO0 worth of human hair and $12S0O0 worth of French mushrooms. For jew elry and gems Americans spent $4,0OO,- 900, and a similar sum for perfumes. This does not include what they spent for wines.