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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
OLD LOVERS.

Dim eyes peer out from golden case
mentS where
F1aunts frequently a strand Of silver
hair;
Bright shines the sun and sweet the
meadows spread,
And fair the sky tina smiles above
her head.
There, by the stream where bend the
willows low,
We started life-and twas not long
ago;
All, then the sun seemed harbored in
her eyes,
Amid their blue and tear-swept mys-
Her hands, like soft magnolia petals
Her breath like zephyrs half afraid to
stir;
Her lips with honey drops; the jon
quilts grace
Was in her form and love shone in
her face.
She cried and trembled as I told her
then
I wanted her for wife (my sweetD,
and when
II kissed her and she kissed me,
Heaven seemed
To lavish joys of paradise undreamed
Heaven. They say we near 1t, for we're
old;
Her soft, magnolia hand still wears
the gold
That pledged US through the paradise
begun
And knows no ending with the setting
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
WANTS WESTERN FARMERS TO
GO BACK INTO FILTHY.


1t is said there has been this year
q considerable rivival Of tobacco farm
ing, especially in Madison county;
seeds of the hurley tobacco, which
does We'll in this section, were distri-
buted free last winter. A man who
has kept in touch with the progress of
The crop scvs he expects soon to see
a tobacco warehouse doing business
In Asheville. a the Ask-ville Ga
zette-NeWs.
Here, as in most of the other towns
Of the bright tobacO belt Of west
ern and piedmont North Carolina the
hast of the tobacco warehouses and
small factories has faIIan into ruins
or been converted into other uses.
Once there were six or eight big sales
houses here, with a corresponding
number of factories houses; and q
crowd of buyers, clerks and 9aborers
who lived and moved and had their
being in tobacco. Those were the
days of the great crops and the big
"~breaks," when hundreds OF wagons
Gang. grooming with their loads, from
far and near; of the vast sales whe
many thousands of dollars would be
paid out to the farmers in a single
day. It put life into a town, did the
tobacco business in those halcyon
days.
From first to last a crop Of tobacco
usually required work covering a pc
riod of more than a year-preparing
the plant bed in February, preparing
the ground and setting the plants in
May, filling the crop, then going over
it weekly until nearly frost to prime
and top it, pick off thousands OF
worms and hundreds of thousands Of
suckers; then cutting and putting il
in the barn, curing it-nearly a weel
of careful watching, day and night
then, usually in the rainy spring days
'stripping" sorting and tying tn,
leaves up into bands; and finally
packing and hauling it to market. /
was all disagreeable work. most of i
back-breaking and nearly all of it ex
best crops, and SO thousands Of acre
OF woodland was cleared and the wa,
destroyed-this added to the sum to
tai of the cost of the crop.
But although tobacco enslaved tn
farmer, continually driving to hare
revolving labor, for a time the price
were such that with luck and reason
able intelligence a man could make
profit on the crop. It was little enoug
pay, for it was a revenue ~productio
rrcp and a man could lay by none
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
HENRY CLEWS ON COTTON.

Henry CleWS e. Co, are regarded
as the most conservative of New York
bankers who furnish report on cot
ton and stocks. Their weekly letter
touches upon general conditions and
is looked forward to by the business
world to furnish as accurate a state
ment of conditions as be obtained
from New York. The last letter was
on The Census Bureau Report" and
contains much information about cot
ton, past and present, and is as fol-
lows:
THE report Of the Census Bureau
published on Tuesday, showed hat S.
10000 bales were ginned to Oct. 18th
from the growth Of 1910, compared
with 5%,53O,967 for 1909. ~6.2a6,166 for
1903, and 4,4eO,25S for 1907. Seldom
in the history Of the cotton market
has there been seen such an abrupt
change of front from weakness to
strength as occurred on the publica-
ton Of this report. The trade a
been anticipating a ginning report APP
proximating 100000 bales. and a
great many futures had been sold on
the theory that these figures, If real
lied, would exert a continued bearish
influence on prices. The sensational
advance which followed the publica-
ton was due In a great measure to
hasty short covering, but to some ex-
tent it was helped along by buying of
the old bull clique.
by States, the number of bales
ginned this year and in 1905 and
1908 to the corresponding date were
as follows:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

n violet depth has Swallowed IN ~
eye, "oA
Inc roses IN her cheeks. per-
haps a sigh p0i-
= nlllo regret has wilted, but her
- "lInd and soul illumine her dear
TX sweet and green turn
brown and sere. oih
mango and decay, life. death snraoa
everywhere spieao
save N the souls where sacred1v 10
Inc echoes Of a lovers serenada
John A. Moroso. in Na%
Times. Ne" York
nhd that the great thing in th,s
world is not SO much where No 60,
as In what direction we are mo,;.~
olser Wendell Holmes. moving
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

Make yourself an honest nfa"' o.
then you may be sure that therc -
ono rascal less TN the world.@e3liS
In men this blunder still you i.i'a
All think their Iettle set mahhl'"-
-Hanna More
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

"These figures used as a basis Tor
estimating the total crop are apt to
carry one astray. Last year the GIN
ming up to Oct. 18th was 100000
bales larger than in 1907, yet the &C
tual crop was $4,000 bales less.
Again, in 1906. the ginning to oct
18th was only A,932,00O bales, n yet
the 1906 crop was more than $780,
OOc bales larger than in 1909. There
is but one conclusion therefore, and
hat is that the October GINNING re-
norts are of little value in estimating
the total yield, in support OF which
deduction the following table adds
striking testimony:
Ginned to Oct. 18th. Crop.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

There is no road too long TO tilf -
who deliberately and VIZ
out undue haste; there are no hoii1.
too distant to the man who pEeI'r,
himself for them with pataeiAce'
Bruyere.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered in
North Carolina so much good reading
for SO little money as we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 we will send the following for
one year:
h Weekly News and Observer, an
eight-page weekly, newspaper.
n COmmoner, an able weekly
journal. published by William Jcn"
nings Bryan.
page North Carolina home and fam
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these papers
one year.
Y. c. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

The State Regent, Mrs. John Van T4,-
drfngham, Of Charlotte, Viii Pre-
Standardization Exercises eff tho
Fort Dobbs Marker on Wcdue>dav
Aftcrnoon-1Ile Social PROGRAM
VIII Be a Pleasing Feature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
Bubble Busted"

The newspapers which have been IA
nous for years for their leaning to-
ward Democratic principles as well as
for their willingness to chase every
wild cat political scheme which APP
pears on the horizon, have hailed the
clash between the insurgents and reg
ulars in Congress as a battle of great
magnitude. The assumption that there
is a grave struggle going on tends, OF
coarse to magnify the prestige and in
tueucc of the insurgents in Congress
The wide publicity which mas peeh
given the matter has had tendency
to exagserate the support which the so
called insurgcnt members are receiving
from their constituents
The insurgents started their cam
nairn through dissatisfaction with the
organization of which they are a part
and found Democrats, near Demo-
Gratis and partyless Adventures ready
to help them prolong it. Some of
claim had axes to grind. That the ad-
| ministration did not perform that me-
! NAL service for them is due to a great
extent to President Taft and those who
have stood close to him during the last
month
The Democrats who were, of course.
willing to lend whatever aid they could
to anything calculated to destroy the
efficiency of the Republican organiza-
ton. overreached themselves at the
critical moment, and gave away their
hand. which was to make political
capital out of the whole affair. Thus
the Insurgents were shorn of two OF
their principal allies. the men who had
been patting them on the back foI
what they could get out of it and the
Democrats in search of political thun.
der.
With those two allies gone the insur.
gents find themselves face to face with
tie proposition of going into caucu:
with their brother Republican mem
bers of Congress. taking part in tina
caucus, and abiding by its decision, o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP,

Akron, o., now has ID rubber fac
tories. which employ nearly $4,000 peo-
pie. Their total capitalization amounts
to nearly $25O0O,O0o
During a recent examination in a
Philadelphia public school one of the
pupils said that an anesthetic was
person who does not believe in God.
In 1887 the wheat crop of California
was three times greater than that of
was seven times as large as Califor-
MAS.
Pittsburg is now rejoicing in a new
disease of its own. 1t is called pogo
nip. The symptoms are doubtless
about the same as those of that old
Pittsburg trouble steelitis
Over 80 per cent of the population
of the West Indies is dependent on fish
for sustenance, and nowhere is fish
found in greater variety or caught by
more primitive methods.
Ed Howe of the Atchson Globe is
getting pessmstic again. He says
that feed is so high and his COW is
getting so poor that he is almost
tempted to drive her to the railroad
track.
Now a lot of cities in Alabama are
reporting visits from mysterious
airships at night. They will probably
get over it. Worcester did as soon as
she got out Of the prohibition column.
Apples raised in Nova Scotia are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
Evidently Cleveland intends to take
that boycott talk seriously.
SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

A man can find plenty of ways to
waste time without dcvoting it to his
complexion.
1t is pretty safe to distrust the man
who claims to be working overtime as
a peacemaker.
No woman was ever fortunate
enough to get a switch that matched
her hair All Over her head
After you hear a few Mysteries ex-
planned. it is hard to understand why
there is so much curiosity.
Instead of efforts being made to re-
form the fools and educate them,
everything possible is done to encour-
age them.
In the West an automobile story Is
always started on every man who
makes more than 500 a month.
We heard a woman say today: 81
have my faults. but | am as good as
any woman who chews gum on the
street"
We always rather like a man who
has been to hell. and returned to give
notice to the other boys that it is a
good place to keep away from.-(At-
Gibson tkan) Globe)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

rapidly becoming world faroru
crop last faii amounted to about 7n
oV barrels and only sOrecentlv !, NJ,
barrels were shipped to South AZ
A good many people believe thai %
OF the surest signs Of the awaken,N "e
OF China is the demand for ed,,cas.s
there In one province the scbooI y.
tendance has increased 5000 per o.n.
in 10 years. eeht.
Mary had a little lamb sgh
That filled her mind with grief:
She knew she'd get better nrica
Had it been made Of beef.
Cleveland Plain Deala.
a bill is now before the Fron.,
Chamber of Deputies to give the COM
try a system of deposit accounts .,
post-offices, against which checks ~.
be drawn for transmission of monas
from one point to another. a.
A good many fortune tellers saw tho,
England is going to have hard lnoL
this year, basing their prophecies ON
the fact that Lady's. day comes ON
Good Friday, circumstance that Is
said to be most unfortunate and for.
rorizing by the takers.
One of the big Brazilian railroads
has just perfected a plan by which
it will send four of it's mechanics 70
the United States every six months
and put them at work in some of orr
big railroad shops so that they NAV
become familiar with American meth.
DDS.
The Chicago street car people are at
last trying to get some sort Of ven.
tilation into their cars. A plan now
being tried out calls for hole in the
side of the car near the floor, and
through this. fresh air is introduced
and passes over an electric heater 50
that it will heat the car and furnish
better air for breathing at the same
time
Toxic now has monthly review
which was established to promote and
explain the national spirit of Japan.
1t is the authoritative. being edited by
Col. Takahashi under the patronage
Of Admiral Ito. Gen. Terauchi and
Gen. Nogi, and it contains some not
able expositions of Japanese ethics.
Thus, the editor, declaring it to be
the object of the publication ITO lead
humanity to true happiness, pro-
claims that 1T is the duty of all men
to improve their condition of life by
forming good habits and acquiring re-
fined customs, and to carry out the
divine will with answering faith"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
Canada's Temperance Movement.

| 1t has been demonstrated very clear
ly that temperance reform is not re-
stricted by boundary lines or to any
particular nation. Elections have been
held recently in Ontario and the re-
suit thereof is highly gratifying to
those interested in the temperance
movement, as 200 bar rooms were
voted out of existence. This was ac-
complshed through the local option
system, the first step from no regu-
| lation to absolute prohibition.
Under the Canadian system a three
fifths majority is required to carry
the decision one way or the other.
This regularity has been found to do
much to preserve the stability of the
temperance movement. The liquor in
terests are always ready to conduct
a vigorous campaign where only a
small majority was had in the pre-
vious year to drive them out of bust
ness. This serves to keep the contest
alive year after year. The saloon
keepers are less likely to conduct
campaign where a three fifths major
ity has declared against them as there
seems less likelihood that they will
be able to overthrow that majority.
OF course the same thing applies to
the temperance folk, it being neces-
sary to show a majority of three
fifthS of the vote cast in order to close
the saloons, but it is constantly be-
coming easier to procure this major
ity.
The attempt to overthrow the tenn
perance vote was made in II in
stances this year and all but two were
unsuccessful, while in many localities,
where the local option was lost last
year it was carried this year by more
than a sufficient majority to wipe out
the saloon. AS is generally the case
the cities are the hardest places in
WulCu " JeSlIiCllOl VI eAN
traffic. Two cities, Peterboro. and
Brantford. returned majorities in IA
vor Of abolshing the saloon. but they
were not large enough to invoke the
local option law. The favorable re-
suit, however, has given the temper
ance workers new courage and next
year it is hoped to turn the cities in
to the local option column. Canada
has forged to the front rank IN tenn
perance reform very rapidly ana proih-
Uses to continue to hold her command
ing lead. Canadians recognize the evil
of the unrestricted traffic in intoxl-
eating liquors and declare it an enemy
to the wonderful progress they are
making in industrial and educational
lines
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh
Z That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from re-
putable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good YOU can
possibly derive from them. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine
It is taken internally and made in Tole-
do, Ohio. by F. j. Cheney & Co.. Testi-
monials free.
Take Halls Family Pills for eonstipa-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

Rockland Courier Gazette: Every
body knows Capt. William G. Butman
as mariner who is afraid of no ordi-
nary danger that the land or sea can
produce, but it is doubtful il many of
his friends know that he has quite a
smattering in the art of dentistry.
When he reached Matinicus few days
ago he found one of her well-known
citizens, John Martelock. suffering
from an aggravated case of toothache.
1t would be days before dentist could
reach the island. and when Mr.. Mar
telock learned that Capt. Butman
could extract teeth with reasonable
degree of comfort. both to himself and
patient, he marched into the pilot
house, and implored the mariner
services. Capt. Butman seized his
forceps. gave himself the signal of two
bells, and in few seconds Mr. Mar
telock found himself minus a large
jaw tooth and larger ache. 1t
would be difficult to convince him that
Capt. Butman is not a greater man
than Pres. Taft. Capt Butman once
extracted 10 teeth from the jaw Of a
patient at Hurricane in one sitting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

finding themselves with no party. with
no influence, with no allies, in fact
worse than useless to themselves or to
their constituents. Few care TO face
this proposition. Their constituents
did not send them to Congress for that
purpose. They know it and will not
debate the matter long.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

A bill is before the Massachusetts
legislature which proposes to so
deeper into the state ownership of
railroad stock The latest wrinkle is
a proposition to create a commission
with power to extend and improve the
system so that Boston may expand as
q terminal and port.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

Peace negotiations between Presi-
dent Madriz of Nicaragua and Gem
eral Estrada of the insurgents have
been broken Off because Madriz could
not bring himself to accept Estrada's
terms. 1t is UP to Estrada to bring
. few more arguments to bear and last
accounts he was doing that to the best
Of his ability.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
Unhealthy Stop.

Il see you have marked 'Nicarasua
on dc gatepost," Intercepted the ,an
tramp on the roadside. Does od'
mean dc farm is good place for
scraps?" 3d..
mo, pard." responded his up-to-o"'o
chum of the ties; dat means IL 10
good place to keep away fronL
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
The First in the Kitchen.

Servant-There is no coal. mum. an
the fire is goin' out"
MistreSs-Why. Norah, you snoula
have told me that before.
Servant couldn't tell you there
was no coal. mum. when there was
coal.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

The Esquimaux' opinion of white
men is sometimes as uncomplimentary
as the white mems opinion of them.
Vilhjamr Stefansson. who was the
ethnologist in company with the re-
cent glo-American Polar Expedition
writes in the February Harper's Mag
azine of his experiences in the Arctic
while living with Esquimau families,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

The agility with which the insur-
gents do the back hand spring into
their proper places in the party ranks.
indicates that their peep outside the
fold has shown it to be in a very bar
rem country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
The Th;rst for knowledge.

Pm afraid" said the worried look
ing woman, that my husband is hope
lessly Impractical.
He seems to take a great interest
in his home"
Yes. But he insists on buying
thermometers to see how cold each
room is instead of spending the money
for Washington Star
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

A San Francisco pedestrian is walk
ing toward Boston just as fast as he
can he says he. is doing it to beat
weston, but probably he puts it that
way because he doesn't want to hurt
San Francisco's feelings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

A man and woman who want a di-
vorce badly enough to undergo all the
publicity which has been given cases
like those of the GouIds. the Brokaws
and the Christy's, ought to have it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
Economical Lochinvar.

Lochinvar had swung the fair young
girl to his saddle and was squirting
the steed to it's utmost efforts.
why such mad speed?" inquired
the heroine. I'VE are well beyond pur-
suit
Il hired this horse at dollar an
hour" explained Lochinvar, swlnglnS
the whip once more.-Chicago Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
And the Earth Would Arrest Him

"Do you know. I'd rather like 10 i,''
on one of those aeroplanes myseI.
well, there's no law preVeh'"s
you"
Yes, there is; the law OF graVh"
Boston Transcript. To-.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

Wonder If the railroads are nd
VertisinH particularly luxurious ac
Communications on the trains which
pass through Texas for the purpose Of
overcoming the natural desire to
travel elsewhere?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

j. F. Piummer of South Paris visited
his mother at Sweden one day last week
and while there his mother literally
handed him lemon. This lemon grew
on tree in Mrs Plummer's kitchen.
now about six feet tall. 1t is a big
one, toe, weighing nineteen ounces. 1t
is twice as large as the ordinary lem
ons OF commerce, and larger than any
that arc ever seen in the markets.
Others nearly as large have grown on
the tree before
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

Paulhan Is devoting himself to the
circus stunts which the Wrights de-
clined. Evidently he hasn't trust to
FURNISH MIN with money enough to
make 1t unnecessary for him to risk
his neck
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

Smuggling Cinnamon may nav
heavily II the smuggier isn't caught
but the experiences of the smugglers
or the Great Lakes as well as of those
OF New England. indicate that il is an
extremely hazardous business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

George T. Wade of ROckland has in
vented a tally meter which registers
every load which passes over little
platform and rings gong to annuonce
that it has performed it's duty. Not
only does the gong notify the foreman
that the truck has passed over the de-
vice. but the regularity with which the
gong rings enables the foreman to
keep tabs on the industry of the crew
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
Saturday, January 20, 1910.
Boost Maiine!

Frank j. Gould will be obliged to go
farther than France to escape those
foolish letters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

Would-be social leaders have dis
covered that becoming suragette is
certain to be good for lot of news
paper comment and a picture or TWO.
Plenty Of them are willing to undergo
a little unpleasantness for such re-
ward
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22

Michigan workmen who are on
strike for some reason, have voted to
abstain from eating meat during the
period Of idleness. That ought not to
be hard to enforce