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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05
A CONNOISSEUR
OF CORN IN 1872
Thomas Ash. sent to Carolina in ttNa
Found Corn Among the Best Worl.
OF the Creator.

IThomaS Ash, a clerk on board
mejesty's ship Richmond. was s,rt
Carolina IN 1862 under royal instr
ton to inquire into the state OF afa
in the province. His ccu - -,
English settlers in Carolina beforr H.,
settlement Of Charleston IS Il u ~.
most valuable historical docuslen.
relating to that period.
The strong spirit like brandy" ~.
ferred to in the passage below MI II,
recognized as meaning orr WhiSh1r.
The "alembick' is nothing more Isl
less han a still.-Editor.l
But now their Gardens begin 20 l,
supplied with such European Plant.
and Herbs as are necessary for tt,
Kitchen, viz. Potatoes. Lettuce. Cot,-
WOrts ~tcahbageI. I'arSnip, Iurnli.
Carrot and Reddish: Their GalG -
also begin TO be beautiful and adotu-
ed with such Herbs and Iiou,r.
which TO the Smell OIL Eye are pies
ing and agreeable. viz. The Rose. Tu,iu.
CarnatiOn and Lilly. &c. Their Ire.
vision which grows in the Field E,
chiefly Indian Corn. which produce
a vast Increase, yearly, yielding Tua
plentiful Harvests, OF which til,
make wholesome Bread, ana goua
Bisket, which gives a strong, sound
| ana uOuIlS1liI1S itci, WIN MIX / hAi@
eaten 1t dreSS'd various ways. of
the Juice Of the Corn, when green. the
Spaniards with ChocOlct, aromat!z'd
with Spices, make q rare Drink. Of az
excellent D~elicacy. / ave seen the
English amongst the Caribles ruasj
the green Ear on the Goals, and eat II
with a great deal OF Pleasure: Tn.
Indians in Carolina parch the ripe
Corn, then pound it 10 q Powder, put
ting it in a Leathern Bag: When they
use it, they take q little quantity -
the POWder in the Palms Of Their
! Hands, mixing it with Water. and slr
it Off: with this they viii travel SCI
eral days. IN short, lis a Grain u
General Use TO Man and Beast. nanv
thousands Of both kinds IN the West
Indies having from it the greater part
Of their Subsistence The American
Physicians observe that it breeds good
Blood, and opens Oppella-
tons. AT Carolina they have l@tejv
invented q way Of makeing With L
! good sound Beer: but it's strong ana
heady: BY Maceration. when duly fer
mented, q strong Spirit liho Brandy
may be drawn off from It, by the help
Of an hon1as Ash
Carolina; or u Description of the
Present State OF that Countr, don
don, 1880, 1914.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05
ESTII~">
GAY NEW YORK is NOT GAY.
Iandon Saturday Review

Iondon Saturday Review
7 do not think there are anywhere
cayer people than the Americans.
Why then is New York so OppressiVely
sad? Because nothing in it means
happy laziness or invites it. Perhaps
il there were seats in the and
the minor parks were not SO lke
flower pots, and there were a few
cafe terraces in Fifth avenue, with
people drinking there-Without being
always at the moment Of saying the
life-poisoning phrase downtown
New York would look as cheerful as
its inhabitants are bright.
Now it is a fact that Paris has a
happy appearance Of it's own which It
owes to It's situation Us much as to
the work Of ages. and would remain
as inviting if all the PariSians were
suddenly replaced by as many China
men. Tbe river-the lee old famil-
lar seryiceable and yet elegant Seine,
| with its quays, bridges and trees
the skies you see over the Tuileries
and never seem to see anywhere else;
the houses on the the Quays, with the
POnt-Neuf II Notre Dame In the
background. which Turner painted In
full consciousness OF the JOY emanat-
ing from them; the numberless vistas
| which show you such objects as the
Louvre. NOtre Dame, the Pantheon
or at present the Sacre Occur on the
M~ontInartre hill, all these things have
the balance and detained beauty
which slacken the pace Of life and
tend at once to make it worth living.
What else do you ask Of a town?
! Never expect the stones 10 laugh.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05

BERNHARUT TIRED.

(~Frederick Wedmore's Memories. }
Amos the first time I saw SaraA
Bernhard Off the stage was III -
anteroom in the Theatre Francois. ]
mention the circumstances because
she said a thing that was
istic. She had come out tired from
rehearsal-"tired," but more tnau
tired" exhausted, enervee, e~xtcnu'c
what people now call dead ST.
was abusing her fate and her pro
fession in no measured terms, II
[ had a daughter declared Sarah
rather than that she should go upon
the stage, I'd take her out III tht
Place, there where the facres are, and
roll her head under the first Cali
Wheel"-and the "extenuated' ira,
gedian suited her action to her word
The stage, indeed, for anyone C'est
lie dernier des METERS" ! have II.
doubt that half an hour ufterWard
when Sarah had lunched and rested
the stage returned to its rositioa AS
to her mind, the greatest
arts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05

.ABSENT-MINDED GAUTIEK.

Thcophile Gautier composed much
Of his best work While riding on the
tops Of buses. and SO thoroughly did
his brain do its work in these strange
places that on coming home he would
sit down and write as steadily as If
the words We're being dictated to
him. His faculty OF concentration
was SO great that while composing
a noyel on g bus, his SubcOnscious
self was set free to listen to remarks
made to him. n to answer them
without disturbing the real current
Of his thoughts.
In his own house, too, he would
give even more remarkable demon
STATIONS OF this sOmnamhulism. In
the middle Of showing a guest the
pictures that lined his walls d dream
mess would come into his voice and
eyes,. and his words would come SLOW
er and slower. Then. with the dull,
heavy movement OF Il somnambulist,
he turned his back on his guest, and
nOiselessiy, just like a Somnambulist
again, went to the door and opened
and shut it behind him so quietly
that not even the cats asleep on the
armchairS were awakened.
Up the little wooden staircase went
the dull, heavy clump, clunp OF his
slippers, vanishing up above. Down
oSsC NtAO vADAtCl AtAAA k1Ao
what he should do. If he scented an
adventure he stood by as Captain
Cutie would say, in the salon waiting
for something to turn up. Otherwise
he would remain gaping In astonish-
ment.
After the lapse OF some minutes,
sometimes a great many minutes,
sometimes a great many minutes, the
Clump. clump, the dull, heav- clu1np
Of the soles OF his shippers was heard
at the top OF the staircase. 1t came
nearer, until it mingled with the
sound Of the opening door, and then
list, and stood in front OF his guest
whose establishment was heightened
when his host, with the most natura.
tone in the world, went on with the
sentence he had broken off shor,
when he went upstairs. He had no.
the least Notion OF having left his
guest. His expedition had been mad.
to a room on the second floor, Where
he sot down on the shelf OF a large
oak cupboard. What did he do VI
there? Nothing whatever. He sim
ply stared at the walls. He WASH
; conscious OF being there. But when
an hour later. he c!ambered or tn
top Of a bus. his brain already con
tanned some bits Of q chef d'puvre
They had aiken shape there while hi
guest down below was wondefin,
what he was doing.
Rarely, If ever, has a man had sucl
q gift for getting out Of himself. II
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05

would enlarge OF his magnificent gol-
den tea and breakfast service. Wnen
the most humdrum china lined ms
shelves. And though his servants
were all treated in the most talneris
wav Gautier would tell You hat he
never permitted them to utter a word
in his presence. that he only employed
negroes Il give my orders by signs.
II they understand my signs. we'll and
good. II they don't, [ kick them into
the Bosphorus." And there is no doubt
that he actually heard the wave
closing over the head of a black
slave. He actually mean. what. ne
said. The street outside was actually
for him the Bosphorus.-St. JanleSs
Gazette,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05

Our handicap is the distressing tact
that so many Of our students come 70
us from homes in which reading IS q
thing unknown. The main object OF
cur courses in English literature IS not
TO manufacture novelists, poets, OF
critics-an impossible task. It IS
simply to make more II better read
ers-intelligent, SYMPATHETIC, joyful
readers who like good literature and
know why they like it.
May | close this letter with a per
sona reference? \ couple of years
ago The Times printed a supposed
interview in which, l was represented
as saying that l was tired Of teach
ing boys to read | never said, or
felt. anything OF the kind. ON the
contrary, ! enjoy this plain and friend
~ work more than ever. And the
best reward OF thirteen years Of seTv-
ice as g. teacher in the English de-
partment is to hear q fellow say to
me, now and then, hat he has learn
ed to love reading, boil prose and
poetry, and that he has begun 10 col
lect a Ettle library OF his own fagorite
books.
Avalon. Princeton. n. r.. oct. p,
1912.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05
(London EreeWoman.)

tLOndOn ETetWOn1an.)
The and adness OF popu-
lar novels Is as touching as the ugli-
ness of a cherished rag don. What
overlooking tenderness must be In the
heart of the child who loves this
m~onstroSty, we think. And SO with
the people who read these novels
what t~irefess imaginations they must
have to perceive JOY in these bare
chronicles We superior persons are
too feeble to go searching for beauty
on our WI like that. We wait idly
till Thomas Hardy back from
witnessing fierce wars>between the
flesh and the spirit, and Conrad sails
home from the strangest and most
distant tropic. But the common mar
picks up some authors work. such
ss " and creates his own beauty.
He takes h puppet heroine, Grace
Smith, and paints her wooden cheeks
with the flush of his sensuous dreans.
he lights her eyes with the radiance
he has seen in unattainable women
IN pictures or at theaterS, till Grace
Smith is more fair than his first love.
In q sense he writes his own books.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05
THE CRUEL. CRUEL ANSWER

See, darIng!' and Mrs. Justawed
held up for her husbands gaze three
mirrors arranged SO as to give as
many reflections. Il can get q triple
view Of myself
"Hurnp!" gurgled her brute of o
man, struggling with his collar. "You
seem TO be quite popular with our
Self.'-JudgC
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
THIS GIRL RECOVERED
FROM CONSUMPTION

The m.kers OF Eckman's Alternative. which
Is doing SO much good for Consumptves
arc continually in receipt OF really wonder
full reports of oureH brought about solely
through the OF this medicine These
ports are always ut the command o: any one
gratitude have suggested that like sufferers
write direct and learn what II did for them.
Here Is specimen:
42l Second AVe., Aurora, III.
'Gentlemen: Pardon me for not writing
sooner. but wanted to see II would stay
cured I now truthfuily say am per
fectiy we'll. Never felt better in all my he
I wish to express my heartfelt thanks
never have any palm no cough, no night
years 1 have been ailing with lung trouble,
which grew worse as I grew older. At the
age of fourteen the doctor said it could
not be South. l would surely die OF
Consumption. Every winter I would be sure
to have either Bronchitis, Pleurisy or Pneu-
monia had Typhoid Pneumonia one time.
1 had catarrh OF the stomach and bowels
and had Hay Fever for the last few years:
but have not anything of the kind this year
ing history OF my case, from any one sut-
fering from lung trouble
81 remain with many thanks to YOU your
grateful friend"
(signed AffIdaviD ETA Pr.Arn
Three years later reports stiil we'll
EckmRn's Alternative Is effective In Bron-
chitis Asthma, Hay Fever, Throat and Lung
Troubles, and in upbuildIng the system
Docs not contain poisons opiates or habit
Drug Co. and other leading druggists Ask
for booklet OF cured cases and write to Eek
man Laboratory, Philadelphia Pa for ad-
dltionai evidence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
POLICE OFFICER
READY FOR DUEL
Negro at Whom He Shot Drew
Gun, but He'd Already
Emptied Cartridges.


John Robinson, alias John cru.np.
oolored. caused considerable excite
ment last night about s:15 o'clock I'm
East Main street, between twenty
third and Twenty fourth. when he at
tempted to kill Joseph Dickinson. also
co!ored, By shooting a. him five times.
He failed TO hit his would-be vic
tim
Attracted BY the shots, Patrolrnau
Duny hurried to the scene, and seeing
MIN, Robinson fled up Twenty-fourth
street. with his revolver drawn the
officer pursued him. Suddenly the
negro turned. still holding his smok :
Ing pistol. AZ he did so Duffy fired
anfiiotins flesh wound in his hand,
causing him TO drop the gun
no wa taken TO the First Police
station and charged with attempted
murder and carrying n concealed
weapon.
His wound, which WAS slight. was
treated by DR.. j. j. fiulcher. ambulance
hurgeon OF the City Hospital.
Al the time OF the shooting the
street was crowded with men. women
ahd children. and that one of the five
trying bullets did not strike some one
vas considered remarkable.
fobinson, 1t Was said, bought the
revolver yesterday, md ayowed his in
tention OF killing Dickinson, with
whom BIO had quarreled.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
RANDOLP MACON
FOOTBALL DATES
Nine Games on Schedule, Open.
ing With Georgetown on
September 28.
Especial to The Times-Dispateb. I,

Ashland. Va. April 13.-Nine games
nave been scheduled by Manager r
w. Tatem for the Randolph Macon
rootball team next fall. Last year only
eight games were played, but one
REQUIRED the team to be absent from
college two days. and tho faculty
would not allow extra time for the
ninth game. Next fall the longest trims
VII be TO Charlottesville with Tn.
University Of Virginia.
BIN or the nine games will be played
away from home The first will he
with Georgetown University in Wnsh
ington on September IS. On October
= the Yellow Jackets VIII Journey to
Gharlottesville and play Virginia, and
the following Saturday. October 10.
VIII play Richmond College i'm Rich.
mond, an exhibition game. Fredericks-
burg College Will be played on the
mono grounds on October 10.
Tho first championship game will
be with Hnmpden-Sidney on October
26 ut Broad street Park. Richmond.
The University College of Medicine
VIII play in Ashland November 9. The
second championship game is with
William and Mary at Williamsburg on
November 0, md tho 18th Of Noyem.
Der Is being held open.
The season will close with Richmond
Golle9a ON Nayemhar "a Mt Rinhmons
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

man until he can be removed from the
hospital to tho Chesterfield county Jail
Statement by Smith.
When seen at the hospital yesterday
hy the representative of The Times
Dispatch. Smith expressed surprise
when told OF Walkers death. stating
that he did not know that the latter
had even been hit He gave the fol-
lowing version OF the shooting:
On Wednesday night I received a
message from Joseph Walker 10 come
over to his place and get calf of
mine which he had taken UP and was
holding for damages done to his prop
erty. On Thursday night, between 8
ana o'clock. 1 went over to Walk
ers house and told him that had come
TO get tha calf and pay damages
walker demanded more money than the
calf was worth. l told him so and re-
fused to pay the amount he demanded
told him that would let Justice Mar
TN settle the case. Walker replied
with an oath that I would never get
the calf If 1 took the case to law, and
then began to curse me. Going into
MS house, he picked up his gun and
shot at me, the shot hitting ma in the
hand and in tho body. I drew my pis-
toll and fired back at him, and fearing
that Walker might shoot again. / ran
away.
Il did not know until notified by Tho
Times Dispatch that Walker had been
hit by my pistol shot. When 1 stopped
running heard Walker close his door.
Tho shooting was done In the dark"
Hody BADLY Deconposea,
The body when discovered Friday
morning, although only a few hours
had elapsed since the shooting, was
found to he badly deoomposed. Death
resulted from wound in the abdomen
made by pistol ball apparently of
thirty-eight calibre. Sinister, the
neighbor who discovered the body, was
dispatched to Petersburg for O. coffin.
and the body was inferred at o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The dead man had been living In tho
Beach neiGhborhood more than twenty
years, having moved there from Tan
rcssee. lie was more than six feet
tail and was regarded by his naighbors
generally as n vicious and quarrelsome
character His imbroglios with neigh
boring farmers, 1t is said, were fire.
quent. He served short sentence in
the Chesterfield county Jail about
twelve years ago for shooting and
wounding coIorad man employed by
him as cook. Tho total value OF his
small farm is said to be not more than
$500.
Clement d. Smith moved to the Beach
neighborhod above seven years ago
from Dinwiddie county. He owns a
small farm few hundred yards dis
tant from TIL, Walker property, and
seems to have made little progress. He
has Inquired frequently in law suits with
his neishhors. is reported to be OF a
quarrelsome disposition. but was mover
bafore indicted for felony.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
v. P.I. WINS BY
SCORE OF 6 TO 0
r, [speelal to Tho Tim Dispatch. ]

Biacksburg, Va. April i3.-V. +. I.
%on ite tonrth game this afternoon by
me visitors played well In the fteld.
iput were weak at bat Evans's pitch.
,,nG was tho feature OF the game, Civ
ing his opponents only three scat
Tered hits: The techs made two runs
In tho third Inning on two hita and
an error. and four runs In tho seventh
IN quick Ruccession. driving Blddlo
from the box. +. Legge's work ns
catcher and at bat WAS gilt-edgc.
summary: Hits-Off Evans g Off
Biddle, D. Erroru-V. p. /, /; Washing
ton College. 2. Ump!rc-C. p Miles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
south Richmond Bureau.
The Timrh-Dispatoh.
lG.9 Hull street,


Theirs is nothing 10 H." said supe-.n,en-
oent Thomas H. Smith. OF the Manchester
station OF the Richmond posI-oGice. when
seen last night about tho rcpor, OF his re-
'noTai IL IL true lie continued That
charges against ms personally have been
made, but no attack has beer made upon
me In my official capacity"
MI Smith has Just returned rom Wash
ins;on. where no held consultation with
tho departmental head IN regard 10 tho
charges. which are OF q Personal nature He
5. accused OF betting prize hsht. base
Dali games and games OF chance. Not a
single charge relative TO the mnn.gement
OF the post-onicc has bedn nled.
Tho Asnchehtcr statioh. o, which NJ.
smith has charge. came under charge o.,
The Richmond post-onice on July !! 1911
RIO. to that timn SIR. Smith was post
master o. Mancheetsr. Ills nrat appoint
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
HAD NARROW ESCAPE

Daniel Woinbrunn Almost Killed by Gas In
Kitchen.
Daniel Wefnbrunn. about nifty years ola
was round early yesterday morning in the
Kitchen OF his homo. SIS North Fifth Street
overcome By gas. Il at first thought
ne was dead, but no responded to treat
inent rendered by DR.. ]. J. Huicher ambu-
lance surgeon OF the City Hospital.
Weinorrnn arose about o'clock and wen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

to tho kitchen for tho purpose of lighting
the gas stove. He had been sons but a few
minutes, when his wife. who was on tho
floor above. heard him fall. sha hurried IN
the Kitchen. found tho place filled with sae
and her husband lying on the noor.
Screams from her brought several aeirh-
bors who removed weinbrunn to the puroh
for air. Investigation showed that one Of
the burners Of tho stove was open ana tho
gas escaping. -;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
Symptoms of Kidney Trouble.

Swamp Root is not recommended for
everything, but if you are Obliged to pass
your water frequently night and day,
smarting or irritation in passing, brick
dust or sediment in the urine, headache,
back:achc, lame back. dizziness, poor di-
gestion, slceplcssness, nervousness, heart
disturbance due to bad kidney trouble,
skin eruptions from bad blood, neuralgia,
rheumatism, lumbago, bloating, irrita-
bilty. wornout feelings lack Of ambition,
MAY be loss OF flesh, sallow complexion,
or Bright's disease may be stealing upon
you, which is the worst form OF kidney
trouble.
Swamp Root is Pleasant to Take.
ii you are already convinced that
Swamp Root is what you need, you can
purchase the regular hfty-cent and one
dollar size bottles at all drug stores
Sample Bottle Sent Free.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
PERMIT is REFUSED

American Salvation Army Can't Operate I'm
Streets Hereafter.
Mayor Richardson yesterday refused a
permit 10 the American salvation Army to
solicit aims and hold street services In
Rtchntond. and instructed Chief OF Police
Werner to enforce tho law
II is understood. that Adiutant ana AfrA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

Pecltham, in charge OF the CORDS here. In.
tend 10 mako test case.
Under tho city ordinance no Individual or
organisation may solicit aims for Charitable
or other purposes in Richmond, or hold
street meetings without q permit from the
Mayor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
Sample Bottle Sent Free.
EDITORIAL NOTICE

EDITORIAL NOTICETo
N
gcnunncs Of his OH is guara nteed 9p' INC
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
JoHSsoS-FLYNN FIGHT MAY
he PULLED OFF At LAS VEGAS

Chicago. April is-It was said to-
day that Las Vegas, n NJ. probably.
would DO the site OF the Jack Johnson
Jim Flynn prf1..- night July A. II was
enid that Johnson would train a. Al
hunuernuo aud Flynn at Las Negns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY
TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT

Nenk and unhealthy kidneys arc probn-
bly, responsible for more sickness and sur
ferlng than any other disease, therefore,
when through neglect or other causes,
Kidney trouble Is permitted 10 continue.
serious results sure to follow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

ders are the most common diseases that
prevail, they are almost the las. recognized
by patient or physicians, roko usually con-
fem themselves Nth doct0yimg the effects,
while the original disease constantly I'M
dermines the system.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
Prevalency of Kidney Disease.

Most people do not realize the alarm
ing. increase and remarkable prevalcncy
OF kidney disease. While kidney disof
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
A Trial VIII Convince Any One.

Trial VIII Convince Amy One.
The mild and immediate effect OF
Swamp Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its remarkable re-
suits in the most distressing cascs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

Your other organs may need attention
bt. your kidneys most, because they do
most and should have attention first.
III you feel that your Kidneys nrc the
cause Of your sickness or run down con-
dition. commence taking DIR. KIImer's
swamp Root. the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, because Us soon MS YOUR
kidneys begin TO improve they will helm
all the other organs to health
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

man until he can be removed from the
hospital to tho Chesterfield county jail.