The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09

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pounds for example, at about the
depth of a foot below the surface OF
the earth. In ten or twelve hours,
If the weather be warm, the earth
will swell up and burst, and flames
will issue out, charging the aperture,
and scattering around a yellow
blackish dust" Any Tom Sawyer
who could manage to secrete forty or
fifty pounds Of this mixture in his
Aunt Polly's backyard, should find the
results we'll worth the trouble.
This one small volume also dis
poses Of the subject of botany. The
| pupil has discussed, in the same young
Rollo style with which he illumined
the science Of chemistry, plants be-
longing to the class ~diandria." Are
there not some Also inquiries the
teacher, that delight us with their
fragrance"
"Pupil-The common lilac, that
perfumes the air on summer evenings;
the elegant and odoriferouS jasmine;
the rosemary and age cultivated in
our gardens, but which grow spontan-
eOusly in warmer climates, are all
in the second class and display its
characteristics.
"Teacher-What are the uses Of the
teasel?
"Pupil-The heads of the teasel are
armed with sharp, slender bristles,
which are extensively used by cloth
ierS for raising the KNAPP on CLOTH
"Teacher-Name some of the use
} full plants Of the unbelliferous class.
"Pupil-The refreshing currant and
gcoseberry; the common flax, SO ele-
Int and useful; the creeping and
ornamental ivy; and the elder tree,
the wood Of which is used IN manu-
featuring musical instruments and the
berries made into wine, forming a use
| fl1 md yn nxv n oA nrn ,lco-
ful plants
"Teacher-What other remarkable
plants belong to his class?
"Pupil-To the fifth class belong
the potato, carried to Europe from
his country by Sir Walter Raleigh;
the tomato Or l%Ove-apple; the vine;
the capsicuro, or guinea-pepper; the
coffee-tree, and the tobacco plant"
! It is evident from these excerpts
that the author did not belong to that
energetic school Of writer's which
holds that good description consists
in the Vigor of ones verbs rather than
in the abundance and ferVor Of ones
adjectiveS.
a companion piece to this illulni-
mating textbook is
The
s Pantheon,
Representing
t The Fabulous Histories
G vi Tic I1CdtIlCl1 'Ou
and most
= IlluStriOus Heroes,
q In q Plain and Familiar Method
BY Way of Dialogue.
By Andrew Tooke, A. NJ.
y The Second American, from the Las
London Editions.
- The late of this edition is 1916
- but the preface is dated IT'S. Chap
ter One contains THE Approach t
the Pantheon-The Original of Idol
:: airy In the conversations between
&c pedagogue and disciple we n tn
former giving more information thai
n in our first textbook.
lie "Paloeophilus-What sort Of build
IS ing is that before us, Of SO unusual
l. figure? 1 think it is round unless til
IS distance deceives my sight.
INSTRUMENTATION are not deceived
Sc It is a place we'll deserving to b
visited in this, the queen Of cities. Ii
us go and visit it before we go to an
other place.
Observation-Disclosures is its name
"Mystagogus-The Fabulous Par
~ theon. That is, the Temple Of all tn
Gods, which the superstitious folly
p men have feigned either through
"a gross ignorance Of the true and on,
IS God or through a detestable conteml
Of HIM"
no Mystagogus does not limit himse
lg, 10 care lacts out often auuS ms ."
g: opinion.
"Paloeophilus-But how was N
ly nerva born?
"Mystagogus-I will tell you if yt
do not know, though it is ridiculous
Here follows the usual account
L." Minerals birth.
wv Textbooks have their day al
cease to be-" And the Stvle in tex
book manufacture changes with Il
ITS changing seasons. When one Of Sc
ng eral generations past comes to ligl
flOtsam cast ashore and saved
some fond collector Of the usele:
there is something pathetic in the We
IN amusement aroused by the superb
nuated information it SO trustine
in offers US. And yet an old text-bo,
is not entirely useless, for it is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a vivid one