. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . law. Be well satisfied before you give acredit that those to whom you give it,are safe men to be trusted. Sell your goods at a small advance, andnever misrepresent them, for, those whoMyou once deceive will be aware of youthe second time. Deal uprightly with all men, and theywill repose confidence in you, and soonbecome your permanent customers. Beware of him who is an do not usually want an office whenthey have anything to do. A mans af-fairs are rather low when he seeks officefor support. Trust no stranger.


. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . law. Be well satisfied before you give acredit that those to whom you give it,are safe men to be trusted. Sell your goods at a small advance, andnever misrepresent them, for, those whoMyou once deceive will be aware of youthe second time. Deal uprightly with all men, and theywill repose confidence in you, and soonbecome your permanent customers. Beware of him who is an do not usually want an office whenthey have anything to do. A mans af-fairs are rather low when he seeks officefor support. Trust no stranger. Your goods are bet-ter than,doubtful charges. What is char-acter worth, if you make it cheap bycrediting everybody. Agrte beforehand with every manabout to do a job, and, if large, put itinto writing. If any decline this, quit, orbe cheated. Though you want a job everso much, make all sure at the onset, andin a case at all doubtful, make sure of aguarantee. Be not afraid to ask it; thebest test of responsibility; for, if offencebe taken, you have escaped a T. W. BLAKE, RALEIGH, N. C. , Fine Watches and Jewelry, No. 135 Fayetteville Street. Repairing Solicited and Work Neatly S^ALS MADE TO ORDER. The Farmer and Mechanic •CHEAPEST FARM PAPER PUBLISHED-WEEKLY- simple Copy. 50C. 8 YeSP 8 Pages. Published EveryTuesday. THE LARGEST AND BEST AGRICULTURAL PAPER IN THE STATE. Address JSrjSJTS AND OBSEBTEB CO., Raleigh, N. C TURNERS NORTH CAROLINA ALMANAC. 63 Origin of the Names of tlie Days. The week was unknown to the ancientsof classic ages, till it was graduallyadopted, along with Christianity, underthe later emperors. The arrangement ofthe heavenly bodies, according to theirdistances from the earth, is in the fol-lowing order: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, theSun, Venus, Mercury, the Moon; and itwas a principle of the ancient astrologythat these planets presided in successionover the hours of the day, and fromwhich the Latin designations given todays of the week have be


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