The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23


81, and fourth nnger and ones n
~ cen me fourth and bttI, uns
limiting ] suppose ia aN uet t-
Than - hundred doilars Ht thar
time ths crowd Nas trtus nA.te
"Ie~ gentlemen sistut FL 81. 81.
world ~ ueft.tsf IHl tNtuh st
one tlln, that ld tasu aAi ihis rlsa
tholdlng up l1lr trt hau.f aHt ass.H
81" hills hut s ut.mt. .UE Easlr
Yer" ~n mtnA irs f%HrtuuAt being
than ! atn uut aN5 recalls uvs-t
money fu bus "a iltfl, .uraf anal ,sEes
| concluded 4 u"uit - ussr. D. k,.-
ing With The CHARACTER ot a rv1t ~ q,
factor. 10 eu through the Culutrs amt
give IL - Tu> needs brthrrn
u know that th.r, ~. some i~n
pie Who uvs mean enough acre ts
ofer II - thcu - tahe e.erH dsliaf
I've got and mos diNpt, VITA tl,.4t
needy friends, and ih.rs aGs ufhsy
who have such a nigh SENSE sf honor
ana manly lndep' udcnc., th,S wuul8
not accent d dollar fgatu 81. mithsut
a consideration Tn show AuN, gem
tlemeu. thar ! have. considered All
these matters ! ousr for sal, i s.'yrr.
butter knife. ,hpldlug up uueJ "th.
Ike Of which tiffany would nnf aslI
for nvc dollars. \nW What 80 ! pro.
post Why. gentlemen. II ans of
You viii pass az nfty cent you can
49, go y Tea HAA NM sHhHA
4 dollar bill IN change
Up Went the nifty cents and out.
went the knives ANA tbr one 1pliIr
bills until they wcre exhausted
Vow. gentlemen. voa be-
gin 10 see INTO my plan
Of giving. and I'm surc yuu
are ready 10 hurrah FOR iho Warll@
brnefactor Having given away my
last NV" dollar knife. uutf th.>,
six dollar ones. winch Tiffany Womb
not think az selling FOR t"n d"llar<. 80
Two dollars. aud Wtli gtN. thr puT-
chaser fou dollars ~ chang
The people Went wild AMI two d..
lar bills came from every point but
in n omc he said
Now. gentlemen. I've col a knife
that Tinauy never sold fnr twenty do
lars. WHOM tax, one 81 them III. uNe
dollars? he quick about il, gcutl.
men. Let the nvcs come and kct
your knives" And the nycs went %
as fast as he could pass out the knives
The reader Will note the fact that The
benefactor did not say he would give
ten dollars in change. but the dup.s
supposed that he would do go. a he
had given back double the amount TIA
the other cascs-a very natural 50
position. In a very fcw moments tho
last knife had been taken. AMI. du~-
say. the bcuefartor hold at least .
hundred five dollar bills in his hama.
He gave back no hadn't
promised to give any. but There stood
a hundred cXpeciauts waiting for
their ten dollars. 'Geutlemen said
he, "one more scene vii close tN,
performance. Let All those Who pafl
me five dollars for knivcs hold theta
up
Up the Knives went. about whIch
time the benefactoF touched htS
horse with the whip and went s%ailin2
down Wilmington street and arouuI
=. III. " rIA-astrI IaH4rL IfIlla &c.,.
dollar fcllp~s held ~ their knives
and gazed after him until ne turutal
the corner, the knives looking hke ~
many ~bayonets..
Or. Blacknall heard Of the annir
and speaking TO the ~boncfactor IN his
mild hammered way, he said.
NJ friend, they are raising a rack
ct about YOU round on grog alley"
Il amt help that" tho man wee
piled.
They'll have you IN the papers in
the morning, the doctor further re-
'That's all right nc said. III poo
pie who buy my knives are not IN III
habit of reading the papers. ] don't
suppose"
one fellowawho had a FIVE dollar
knife said 10 me NJ was going home
and hang the thing on tia" wall L.
renlind him that he vas a drafted fool
And | ppo he did IT,
While on his thought Won give
the reader AN Incident which / heard
Or. G1rt,r. then pastor IF the First
Baptist church. in ia. city. relate IN
a ermon ~ %ay or m Hlu@jrtti"H-
several years ago. liz Wa- mtniur
the point that while men desired to
be saved from theii sins. and secure
eternal life. they would not ,p"tr TO
Jesus. the great Physician. 10 b" heal
cd. in whic h~eonnection rs said. we
are always anxious IL get relief from
earthly suffering. tut ga u~ncOnctruui
about that healing which VIII Live
eternal life to the soul" m other
words men would do more. ana pay
more to live on in this world. han -
have eternal life, in the world 20 old
And this is the story h. told to prove
/ the proposition He said. "Some
years ago q Wild craze took possession
Of the Capitol Of the Russian Empire
An army officer who had spent many
! years in Asia. returned and hi!cd tue
city with many marvellous stOrics
of what he had heard seen and OK
4 p~erienced. IN MS travels. H., said that
he visited hat mysterious cunry cali
ed Thibet. in q large section OF which
he noticed the people never died. and
were never even sick. lie tried q
earn the secr.t n tbs immortal ilcaitt
ana youth. but. for a long tim thss
refused to tell him. But. At length
a bright young man. of four or i've
hundred years, oOE Il special intercz
in him becaus he came from tn.
Empire Of ne great Gar. AMI gav'
him the secret by which they slroy.
bacl. old age and baffled disease an,
death. The infaiiible remedy waA
life giving elixir. which was injectes
i.to the veins IF the people. IN
accommodating young man alxo ~
planned the process b. which the pre-
ious elixir was made. 50 hc got tn
whole secret. He went back To -
Petersburg. told his stor
and claimed that he possessed the SOC
ret Of eternal life. The people fiocIe
10 him not the common people 0nis
but princes. grand dukes. miilioQ4Il
and even the Ear went. The iii
ran Wild with excitement and he 1Oiite
rnnnaNt faGfGr than u MINI