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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Department of State.


CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION.
To All to Whom These Presents May
Come-Greeting:
Whereas, It appears to my salts
faction, by duly authenticated record
of the proceedings for the voluntary
dissolution thereof by the unanimous
consent of all the stockholders, de-
posted in my office, that the Ma
tional Turpentine Company, a cor
poration of this State, whose prin-
cipal office is situated at No. 512
Tucker Bldg, in the City of Raleigh.
County of Wake, State of North Caro-
lima, John w. Thompson being the
agent therein n in charge thereof.
upon whom process may be servedl J.
has complied with the requirements
of Chapter Fl, ReVisaI of 1905. en-
titled Corporations" preliminary to
the issuing of this Certificate of Dis
solution:
Grimes, Secretary of the state Of
Carolina, do hereby certify that tho
said corporation did, on the ~ dav of
November, 1909, file in my office a
duly executed and attested consent
in writing to the dissolution of said
corporation, executed by all the
Stockholders thereof, which said con-
sent and the record of the proceed
ings aforesaid are now on file in nv
said office as provided by Iaw.
In Testimony Whereof, I nave hereto
set my hand n affixed my official
seal, at Raleigh, this 10 day Of
November, A. D. 1909.
j. BRYAN GRIMES,
tSea1l Secretary Of State.
Weekly-4t.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
THE OLD-TIME FIDDLER.
The Passing of An Old Time Char
acter-MemOrieS Awakened.

The old time fiddle and the old time
fiddler have about passed away. They
have abOut played their little piece,
and passed it on to the piano and the
g~raphophone. But every now and then
you find one of them. the old time
fiddler with his old time fiddle, who
| plays in the old time way, and after
hearing him, you are apt to feel a
slight Juggling at the heart and a
vague, half regretful longing for the
good old days" You are at least
almost sure to think of Steal part
ners,'' and listen a minute or SO for
some one TIC call the figures: Cen
tlemen to de CENTER; back, four hands
round; swing 70 partners
That is the way it worked on me
the second day after Christmas when
an old timer dropped in and begun
tuning up. He was an old himer all
over, and his cOmrade was an old
timer. It wasn't a violin, under
stand. No highfalutin name for it.
It avs a fiddle. And he was no vio-
linist, but q fiddled. No dress suit,
or Jim sWinger" performer, but a
plain, homespun jeans fiddler. His
coat was a high collared. impressed
see-more. His face was scared over
with dirt that had got in the chapped
places. His mustache tips might east
ly have been wrapped around his ears
an dtied. His hands were rusty, but
they could draw the bow and make
that fiddle talk.
See! He is getting ready for a tune.
He is drawing the bow across the
rosin. He is humping the strings,
and holding an ear down close to
them. Thump, thunp. Now they
are about right. There goes the bow
under the strings across the body to
get the fine rosin and the last touch.
All! She is in tune. and there he is
off with that dear old melody, Old
Mollie Hare" and how it stirs the
soul! How like years ago. Hi, old
fiddler, in spite Of our rusticity, you
have got an idea of music. He is
patting and the old fiddle is talking,
'Oid Mollie Hare" There's the end
of it. Give us another. What is it to
Gal in Baltimo.'' The old fiddler is
getting worked up. His foot is keep
ing time, his body is swaying with
the rhythm, and, there, he is singing,
L Got a Gal in Baltimo; Oh Lordy; I
Got a Gal in Baltimo. etc" How an
cient, but how good and old timey and
new it sounds. It is Christmas. Come
on all you dear memories. It is
Christmas times and the old fiddle is
dler is playing, II Got a Gal IN Bal
But. crack. What's that, A string
broke, What Does that end it?
Why, we haven't got started. We are
all Just beginning to feel good. Too
bad. Yes, that's all. There are no
more strings in the store. The old
time fiddle is out of commission. Well,
anyway, old fiddle and old fiddler,
bless you. You AVE not lived in
vain. D. 3. T.
Cameron.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04

\1oIltiIlICu TIOIl rage EOuILceI.j
assistant has a Jap or so as a servant.
At present it takes, according to the
stage Of the water, from tW~enty-fOur
hours to two days to go from Kiukiang
to Nanchang. When the road is fin
ished he journey can be made in less
than three hours.
In Southern China.
A number of important railway pro-
JectS are under way in southern China
The chief of these just now is the short
line from HougkOng to Canton. This
is the Canton-koWloon road. 1t will
be less than a hundred miles long and
through villages all the way. Canton
contains two mill ms or more. Hong
kong is one Of TIE chief ports of the
world, and the road will soon need
double tracks to carry the traffic. The
trunk line from Canton to Picking viii
be an enormous feeder for this little
line, and several other DAD already
projected will all contribute to it.
more railways will be continually quilt
from Canton north and south, and it
is bound to be one of the worlds chief
railroad centers.
The same is true Of Yunnan. to-
ward which the French are construct
ing a oad from Tongking, and to
which the urmes railways will prob
ably come. The roads are to be eX-
tended from Yunnan north to the
4angtse, passing through the town of
Chunking, which is about two thou
sand miles up the river, and other
roads will be built to open UP the
enormous mineral deposits of hat ter
ritory.
In addition to all this are the Ger
mar railways, which have been con-
structed from Kiaochau bay westward
through the German hinterland Of
Shantung. These already comprise
about 274 miles of track, and when
completed they will probably be three
times as long. They will cost, all told,
over $4,000, 900. The lines already
built are doing we'll. the stock yielding
4 IL per cent dividends. The con-
cessions include the right to all min
eral deposits lying within ten miles
on each side Of track.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
The Amendment.
weekly ~Telegraph.)

(Weekly Telegraph.)
Disguised Customer bought a
current bun here yesterday and l
found a fly in it. I want you to eX-
change the bun for another.
Confectioner-Can't do that, sir;
but if you'll bring me back the fly
I'll give you a current for it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
OF Course.
(ROStOn

(Boston Transcript
ElSie-So Madge married that old
millionaire. I suppose there was a
good deal of throwing at the we'd
ding.
Ethel-Oh yes, rice, old shoes, and
inSinuatiOnS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
~AA~ot

Is the ghost that haunts every honr OF
child's life. GOWAN'S PREPARAilON
Dives instant relief and comfort. Just rub
Il on-don't weaken the stomach WITH
drugs. Keep it in the home. St.U. oos
Csc. All druggists
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
A Record

Jack-Once more, Molly will you
marry me?
Village Belle-FOr the 18th time
this hour. I'll tell you. I Will not.
BLACKWELL, Is knots an hour amt
bad sailin' for q little craft like you.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
100

Men prize a thing ungained Tor
than it is.-ShaEespeare.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
n NEW RAILWAYS

CONTINUED From Page Fourteen.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01

mainder in the pan beside the meat.
Some cooks cover the extra stuffing
with buttered paper while it is cooking
and baste it at intervals.
OF course this is only another way
of carrying out that meat flavor extern
sion idea.
Th" departments Investigators find
stewed shin of beef very fine dish.
dunn sized onion. one whole Glove and
Il small bay leaf, one spring of parsley,
nalf Il tablespoonful of flour, one small
slice of carrot, half tablespoonful of
salt, half teaspoonful of pepper. two
quarts of boiling water and one and Il
half tablrspoonfuls of butter or savory
drippings. All the ingredients are put
into stew pan and brought to Il boil.
Then the pan is set where the liquid
will just simmer for six hours. With
the butter flour and the soup from the
bone brown sause Is made. and tn
this Is added the meat and the marrow.
The cook book tells now tn make
tough meat tender by pounding it or
soaking it i'm vinegar. how to accentu-
ate the flavor Of tasteless meats. how to
make good milk gravy for salt pork,
mock venison out of plain beef and a
kitchen bouquet.
The cook book will be furnished free
to all who apply to the department.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01

All True.-Farmer John McCullum
says he never told a lie. The other
day i'm the company of friends he un-
reeled yarn that put to shame any
ever heard by them. This is it,
Il once had a calf that had its
leg broken. | cut a willow sprig and
bound it up. About three years ago
that calf disappeared. and ! never
heard anything from it until the 9TH
er day, when | happened upon will
low tree that looked familiar, and.
looking up. saw COW at the eX-
treme end.
What do you suppose? That
twig that | tied to the calf's leg had
taken root and grown, and that calf,
suspended at the end of the tree. is
today a full-grOwn COW"
McCullum'S friends advised him to
keep ii there. for the day was COM
ing when aerial milk stations would
be i'm demand 10y aviatOrs.-Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01

quently thrown away in private houses,
seasoning make attractive dishes and
give most acceptable variety to the
menu"
The government lays down Il recipe
for marrow bones"
Bones are cut in convenient
lengths" say the experts, THE ends
covered with a little piece Of dough
over which a fioured cloth is tied and
cooked in boiling water for two hours.
After removing the cloth and dough
the bones are placed upright on toast
and served. Prepared as above the
bones may also be baked in deep
dish"
One way to ecOnOmiZe on your meat
bill is to extend the meats flavor"
over a certain number of other sub
stances that are not meat. For in
stance, serve the meat with dumplinSs,
pie cruSts or on toast and biscuits.
Your meat taste is satisfied i'm this
way, while really you have eaten only
little of it. Borders of rice. hominy
and mashed potatoes on meat dishes
also are good for carrying out this de-
lusion.
by serving some preparation Of
flour, rice, hominy or other food rich
in starch with the meat" says the cook
book, I'VE get a dish which in itself
approaches nearer to the balanced ra
ton than meat alone in which the
meat flavor is extended through large
amount Of material"
A page or SO of the report is de-
voted to dumplings and farina balls.
The very best dumping is made
from two cups Of -four, four teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two-thirds of a
cup of milk, half a teaspoOnful of salt
and two teaspoonfuls of butter. You
mix and sift the dry ingredients. work
in the butter with the tips Of the fin
gers, add milk gradually, roll out to n
thickness of one-half inch and cut with
a biscuit cutter.
The cook book gives q long list of
meat pies that can be used to sup
plant beefsteaks, chops and prime rib
roasts. Meat turnovers, Turkish pilafs,
pork and beans, bacon and COW peas,
Mexican beef and a haricOt Of mutton
are some of the dishes that experts
find can be set on the table at small
cost and at the same time give salts
factory nourisnment
The cook book tells how to make use
of the leftover corned beef hash: "A
slice of toast is sometimes used under
the hash. This suggests way OF util
izing a small amount Of corn beef hash
which would otherwise be insufficient
for a meal"
The department recommends that
wives be generous with their stuifing:
OF course you can not put stuffing into
pieces of meat that have no place for
it, but it is well If possible to cut a
pocket in tine meat and put the stuffing
in anyhow.
1T is often WELL" the experts add,
ito prepare more stuffing than can be
put into the meat and to cook the re-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01
Wisdom of a Husband

Speaking OF the fads and foibles
of the sweetsome sex the other day,
Judge John G. Horner of Mount Hol-
ly related a little incident which
shows that at least one poor old mar
ried man is wise to the ways Of wifey.
Some time ago. the judge said. a
friend of his who lived i'm suburban
town was asked by his wife to get her
a ready-made shirtwaist while he was
in this city, and instead of raising a
through the door of the crystal closet
and knocking down the stovepipe, he
meekly replied that he would be hap
py to Oblige.
partment store, and after locating
the counter where female toggery Is
sold and waiting for his turn at bat
he gently remarked to the saleslady
that he would like to have shirt
waist for his wife.
Here are some very pretty ones,
said the saleslady, hauling out ninety
eight or less. What color do you
prefer?"
1T doesn't make any difference"
replied the husband.
Il believe she would like this one,"
returned the saleslady What size
do you want?"
1T doesn't make any difference"
was the surprising answer of the pur-
chaser.
Doesn't made any difference!"
exclaimed the wondering saleslady.
II should think that it would make
whole lot of difference!"
"Oh, no, it doesn't" insisted the
wise hubby mo matter what color
got her, or what size 1 got her, I
would have to come back tomorrow
and have it exchanged anyhow
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01
THE FIRST SNOWFALL.

The snow had begun in the cleaning
And buSily all the night
Had been heaping field and highway
With q silence deep and white.
Every pine and fir and hemlOck
Wore ermine too dear for an earl,
And the poorest twig on the elm-trce
Was ridFed inch-deep with pearl
From sheds new rooted with Carrara
Came Chanticleers mutfied crow.
The stiff rails were softened to swan =
down,
And still fiuttered down the snow.
l stood and watched by the window
The noiSeleSS work of the sky,
And the sudden fiurries of snow-birds
Like brown leaves whirling by.
I thought of q mound in sweet Auburn
Where little headStOne stood:
How the flakes We're folding II gently.
AS did robins the babes in the wood
Up spoke our own little Mabel,
Saying, Father, who makes IT
snOw?"
And told of the good All-father
VINO cares for us here below.
Again | looked at the snowfall,
And thought of the leaden sky
That arched DER our first great sorrow,
When that mound was heaped so
high.
l remembered the gradual patience
That fell from that cloud like snow.
Flake by flake, healing and hiding
The scar of our deep-plunged Woe
And again to the child whispered,
THE snow that huSheth all,
Darling, the merciful Father
Alone can make it fall.
her:
And she. kissing back, could not
know
That my kiss was given to her sister,
Folded close under deepening snow.
James Russell Lowell.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01
CAROLINA.

The despot treads thy sacred sands,
Thy pines give shelter to his bands,
Thy sons stand by with idle hands,
CarOinai
He breathes at ease thy airs of balm,
He scorns the lances of thy palm;
oh. who shall break thy craven calm,
Carolina!
Thy ancient fame is growing dim,
A spot is on thy garments rim;
Give to the winds thy battle hymn,
Carolina!
Call on thy children of the hill
Wake swamp and river, coast and rill,
Rouse all thy strength and all thy
skill,
Carolina!
Cite wealth and science, trade and art,
Touch with thy fire the cautious mart,
And pour thee through the peoples
heart,
Carolina.
Till even the coward spurns his fears,
And all thy fields and fens and meres
Shall briStle like thy palm with spears,
Carolina,
Hold up the glories of thy dead;
Say how thy elder children bled,
And point to Eutaw's battlefield,
Carolina.
Tell now the patriots soul was tried,
And what his dauntlesS breast defied;
How Rutledge ruled and Laurens died,
Carolina,
Cry! till thy summons. heard at last,
Shall fall like Marion's bugle-blast
Re-echoed from the haunted Past,
Carolina!
l hear a murmur as Of waves
That grope their way through sunless
caves,
Like bodies struggling in their graves,
Carolina!
And now it deepens; slow and grand
1t swellS, as, rolling to the land,
An ocean broke upon thy strand,
Carolina!
Shout! let it reach the startled Huns!
And roar with all thy festal guns!
1t is the answer of thy sons,
Carolina.
They will not wait to hear thee call;
From Sachem's Head to Sumter's wall
ReSoundS the voice of hut and hall,
Carolina.
No. thou hast not a stain, they say,
Or none save what the battle-day
Shall wash in seas of blood away,
Carolina!
Thy skirts indeed the foe may part.
Thy robe be pierced with sword and
dart,
They shall not touch thy noble heart,
Carolina!
Ere thou shalt own the tyrant's thrall
Ten times ten thousand men must fall;
Thy corpse may harkcn to his call,
Carolina,
When, by thy bier, in mournful throngs
The women chant thy mortal wrongs
Twill be their own funereal songs,
Carolina!
From thy dead breast by ruttians trOd
All shall be safe beneath thy sod,
Carolina,
Girt with such wills TO do and bear
Assured in right, and mailed in prayer
Thou wilt not bow thee to despair,
CarOlllla!
Throw thy bold banner to the breeze.
Front with thy ranks the threatening
seas
Like thine own proud armOral trees
Carolina,
Fling down thy gauntlet to the Huns
And roar the challenge from thy guns:
Then leave the future to thy sons,
Carolina,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01
Mi5eellaneuus Radins,
UNCLE SANS COOK BOOK.
Tells Some Secrets That Everybody
Should Have

The secretary of aSriculture'S cook
book is out. In it Uncle Jimmy Wilson,
through his experts, tells the country
how to make the poor cuts of meats
taste as good as the best, and also
now to get just about rs much nour-
ishmcnt from them.
The experts who prepared the book
are c. p. Langworthy, Phi. D., and Caro-
line l.. Hunt, A. b. They have found
that the cheaper cuts of beef, such as
the brisket, the chuck rib, the flank
and the neck, are just about as rich in
the substances which build up and re-
pair the important tissues of the body
as are the porterhouse and sirloin
there is 19 per cent of protein, as COM
pared with 2l.9 in a porterhouse steak.
Also in regard to the flavor of meats,
the departments cook book says there
is a general misapprehensiOn of the
facts. Most persons believe that the
expensive meats are the best favored,
while in reality cuts on the side Of the
beef often taste better than the higher
priced cuts.
Owing to the difficulty Of mastca-
tion," says the book, this fact fire.
quently is not detected"
The secretary's experts find that
there is a good deal of unnecessary
waste in the average home in treating
the fats that come on hisn priced cuts
of meat. The lOins and ribs of beef,
for instance, contain from 90 to 25 per
cent of fat. Instead of being thrown
out into the garbage can, this, accord
ing to Secretary Wilson's cook book,
ought to be utilized.
IF butter is the fat used in making
crusts for meat pies and in preparing
the cheaper cuts" says the official
cook book, there is little economy in
volved. The fats from other meat
should be saved, as they may be used
in place of butter in such cases as well
as in preparing many other foods. The
fat from sausage or from the soup
Kettle or from pot roast, which Is
savory because 1t has been cooked with
vegetables, is peculiarly acceptable"
The department gives minute in
structions as to the best process for
trying out and clarifying fat and for
making the drippings savory.
Uncle Jimmy Wilson's experts are
strong on gravy. They think no chance
should be overlooked to utilize the gra-
Wy. They also recommend greater use
Of bones. Almost any bones can be
used for soup, they say, and especial
ly the rib bones, If they have a little
meat left on them, can be grilled or
roasted into palatable dishes.
In this connection it may be not
ed" says the book, that many of the
dishes popular in good hotels are made
of portions of meats such as are fire.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-01

have yet none, as l trust, of that
other spirit which would drag angels
down. When | shall be found, sir, in
my place here in the senate, or else
where. TO sneer at public merit be-
cause it happens to spring up beyond
the little limits of my own state or
neighborhOOd: when l refuse, for any
such cause, or for any cause, the nom
age due to American talent, to elevated
patriotism, to sincere devotion to lib
erty and the country: or, if | see an
uncommon endowment of Heaven. if l
see extraordinary capacity and virtue
in any son of the south, and if, moved
by local prejudice or gangrened by
state jealousy. l get up here to abate
the tthe Of q hair from his just char
acter and just fame, may my tongue
! cleave to the roof of my mouth!
Sir, let me recur to pleasing recol-
lectiOns; let me indulge in refreshing
remembrance of the past: let me re-
mind you that, in early times, no states
cherished greater harmony. both of
principle and feeling, than Massachu-
setts and South Carolina. Would to
God that harmony might again return!
Shoulder to shoulder they went through
the Revolutions; hand in hand they
stood round the administration of
Washington, and felt his own great
arm lean on them for support unkind
feeling, If 1t exist, alienation and dis
trust, are the growth, unnatural to such
soils, Of false principles since sown.
They are weeds, the seeds of which
that same great arm never scattered.
Mr.. President, | shall enter on no en-
comium upon Massachusetts; she needs
none. There she Is: behold her, and
judge for yourselves. There is her
history; the world knows it by heart.
The past, at least. is secure. There is
Boston, and Concord, and Lexington,
and Bunker Hill: and there they will
remain forever. The bones of her
sons, falling in the great struggle for
Independence, now lie mingled with the
soil of every state from New England
to Georgia: and there they will lie
forever And, sir, where American
Liberty raised it's first voice. and
where it's youth was nurtured and suS-
tanned, there 1t still lives. in the
strength of its manhood and full of its
original spirit If discord and disunicn
shall wound it: if party strife and blind
ambition shall hawk at and tear it; If
folly and madness, If uneaSiness under
salutary and necessary restraint shall
succeed in separating it from that I'm
ion by which alone it's existence is made
sure: it will stand in the end, by the
side of that cradle in which its infancy
was rocked it will stretch forth it's
arm, with whatever Of vigor it may
still retain, over the friends who gath
er round it: and it will fall at last, if
fall it must. amidst the proudest mon
uments of its own glory, and on the
very spot of it's Origin.-Daniel Web
Ster