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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16
EDENTON, N. c.. FRIDAY, March 16, 1888.

his food which he holds close to his
mouth and with chop sticks two
small sticks about the size OF lead
pencils) which they hold between
their fingers eat the food from the
saucers at a very rapid rate. After
leaving the store we dismissed our
chair men as we preferred walking.
There are great msny fine build
ings in Hong Kong, chiefly govern
ment buildings. The police here are
sepoys and at night there is Que on
each wharf who takes the name OF
any one going off to his ship also the
number of the boatman who takes
him out, this is done to prevent the
Chinese numbering and rubbing
sailors. Before this precaution was
taken sailors going off I'd their ship
at night were very frequently mur-
dered and robbel for the few dollars
they might have. The Chinese are
a very treachereus race of people.
After walking around the city for
several hours we made our way to
the wharf. and entering sAnptn we
we're soon on board our ship heartily
disgustei with China aud the
Chinese.
TO BE CONTIN UED.
DON ARTURO:
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16

'Tis not the silken tresses
That round her forehead twine;
'Tis not the sparkling eyes
That underneath them shine;
'Tis not the classic features
So beautiful and quaint;
'Tis not the fairy form
That artists love to paint;
'Tis not the silken fabric
In which she is al rayed;
Nor all of fortunes charms.
That makes the ideal maid.
But tits the true and trusting heart,
One tender. warm and kind;
1t is those high and virtuous thoughts,
Linked with a noble mind.
It is the ever lingering soul
That scars aloft on high,
Rejecting back in mildest hues,
A heaven in her eye.
1t is that flame within her breast
o need it's name be said
Tis these, with modest deed combined
That makes the ideal maid.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16

INVENTION has. revolutionized the
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least among the wonders. of inventive
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that can be performed all. over the coun
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business, which will bring you in more
money right away, than anything else
in the world. Grand outfit free. Address
True & Co.. Augusta, Maine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16
AROUND THE WORLD.
A DAY IN HONG KONG.

Written for FISHERMAN & FARMER.
On the afternoon of November
5th, 1883, we left Nagasaki, Japan,
and as the sun like huge ball OF
fire disappeared behind the Western
hills we bid adue to the grand and
picturesque shores of Japan How
deeply we regre; ted leaving this
beautiful country and hospitable
people. Although our stay here had
been short it was very pleasant. We
had been treated with the greatest
courtesy by the people of Japan, and
it may not be amiss to ate here
that We always found the people Of
these foreign countries far more
courteous to strangers than those Of
our own nation. AS we entered the
China sea we encountered heavy
weather which prevented us from
visiting among China as we intended
The navigation of this coast is very
dangerous on account of sunken
rocks. On the evening of Nov. I2th
we sighted Lamock Rocks off the
starboard bow. Tht Sc are the rocks
upon which the u. S. S. Ashuelot
was wrecked about ten months pre-,
vious to this date; eleven lives were
lost. It is. said her loss was due to
drunken officers. AS a heavy sea
was running when we sighted these
rocks we concluded to give thema
wide berth. We sight d number
of small islands during the passage
and as we neared Hong Kong we
kept the China coast continually in
sight. The day before we entered
port we encountered hundreds Of
Chinese fishing junks; they resemble
the Japanese junks The Chimes
mode Of fishing is very curious, their
nets are made fast to the sides Of the
junks by ropes about ten feet long
the sails are then trimmed fore and
aft; they then drive broadside before
the wind for about an hour; the net
is then hauled in, the fish dumped in
the boat, the net is then set again
and the same ,maneuvres gone
through until they. have caught I
fish. Their way of fishing in
smooth water is rather peculiar.
After setting the seines they get in
sanpans and beat the water with long
bamboo poles and kick up terrible
racket by beating gongs to drive the
ish into the saines. The Chinese
nave eyes on the bows of al their
ooats. On one occasion we asked a
Chinee why they painted eyes on
heir boats; his reply was, "Splose
linn no hab got, no can makee see"
On the morning of November
4th, 1888, we entered Lyeman Pass,
narrow channel b tween two high
ocky cliffs; after a run of about ten
niles we entered large basin and
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16

The owners of the famous yacht
Thistle are reportei to- be building
two 9O-foot. centre boardsioop-y yachts.
At HendersOn's Yard on the Clyde.
designed by George Watson< with
Tie intention Of challenging Tor the
cup this year. .s<s
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16
COUNTEFEIrERS ARRESTED.

The police Of Norfolk have arrested
gang Of five italian countefeitcrs
in that city who are supposed TO
have been circulating spurious silver
dollars. For two weeks past the
city has been flooded with the conn
terfeiter silver dollars and the men
arrested have been identified as
having passed them-News and
Observer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16

soon came to anchor off Hong Kong,
China. The city is on large noun
famous island called Victoria Island.
1t is an English possession The
English have a Navy Yard and
Barrocks here at which is stationed
a garrison of soldiers. AS soon as
the ship came to anchor we We're
surrounded by Chinese sanpans, the
occupants were the mos miserable
looking objects We have ever seen.
The Chinese coolies is the dirtest
looking race of peope on earth.
They live and die in filth. Whole
families of them live in boats about
rs or 80 fe.'t long; there are about
three million living in this way.
Their food consists chiefly of fish and
rice. Abo 'rd of the boats they raise
their Chi drtn and compel them to
work as soon as they are able to
crawl; the male babys have large
air tight goard tied to ter waste to
prevent them from drowning should
they f.ll overheard, while the female
b bys h we mop otection at all should
they fall o erboard. The govern
ment has tug boat which makes
daily trips up the river to PICK up
the bodies Of drowned Cinnamon;
almost every morning when she
comes down string of bodies are
towing sstern. When a Chinaman
fal S owe board his friends make no
effort to save him they believe Joss,
their God" has called h m. The
Chinese worsh p hid Gus wooden
image called Joss, In every house
and on all Of their boa are one or
more of these lido s. Small houses
are erecte.i in d fferent par:s of their
cities called Joss h uses, and befor
a Gilman n will perform any labor
or eat a meal he will*burn outside of
his house lot of small site S called
oss sticks. these are supposed to
rive aw:y evil spirits. The Japa
nese are far superior rae. to the
Chinese in every particular A
Chinaman in Cnlna is a, miserable
looking object. We found English
Russian, French, German and Chin
ese Man Of Wars laying here. The
French Man Of War ''Tourville" was
aging some distance off the town;
she is one Of tn. finest ships we have
ever seen. She is ste ram of
about 5000 tons, painted white from
stem to st'rn, Hooking m re like a |
huge p easu e yacht than vessel of
war. We were notvery well pleased
with what we had seen of China. but
we concluded to go ash re and have
4 look through the city. Jumping
in a SAM an, in which was q. large
family .>we were soon as ore, where
we were m't by,a number of Chi csc
with Jinrickisbes. and Sedan, ch irs,
who informed us hat we could ride
for tie small sum of eight csIHs
(Chinese money! per. hout; ne
had tried the .Jinric~ishas in HJnsn
we concluded to try ,he.Sedna chair
here. So entering one:of these MOVE:
we we're soon jogging aohg
through the streets of Hong Kong
seated in chair susi ended on two
long bamboo poles and carried on
the. shoulders.sofastwo Cinnamon
Queens Road is the principal street
Of the city, which in some places is
so steep as to require steps The
present very dirty appear
ance. The Chinese quarter Of the
city avery dirty. AS we passed the
Chinese. stores the proprietors tried
to induce us to enter and perchase
their goods. Wishing to purchase a
few silk handkerchiefs we entered.
small dingy looking store where we
found several Cinnamon sitting
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16

nEED SEA WONDERS exist in thou
DLILl sands of forms, but are
surpassed by the marvels of invention.
Those who are in need of profitable work
that can be done while living at home
should at once send their address to
Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, and re-
ceive free, full information how either
sex, of all ages, can earn from SO to $50
Der day and upwards wherever they live.
You are started free. Capital not re-
0uired. Some have made over $50 in a
single day at this work. All succeed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-16
THE IDEAL MAID.

DAN. NC. L. T. ERRELL.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
Food of the Eskimes.

The walrus forms the principal food
of the Eskimo race wherever it is fouad,
and it is so generally distributed over
tho Arctic part of the North American
continent that itlundoub:edly makes!..up
the bulk of sustenance for the whole
race, with the various seals following
closely behind, and both these kinds of
meats amply supplemented by salmon,
cod, whale, muskoxen, reindeer and
polar bear, with an occasional tribe
here and there prepon dcrating in some
of these latter foods over the walrus and
seal The walrus will rot live wh.re it
is so cold that al the water chan nels
ere frozen over in the winter, rs he can
not cut a breathing hole through the
thick ice like the smaller hair seal.
which is found in about every part of
the Arctic that man has penetr ated, and
ct about all seasons of the year. The
greater amount of fatty tissue in the
animals of the sea makes them more &C.
ceptable as food to the Northcrner
whose system Graves such diet during
the rigorous winter Of that zone. -
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
Screws that Appear Like Dust.

The smallest screws in the world are
made In watch factory. There can be
no doubling that assertion on any score.
They are cut from steel wire bv ma
chine, bu: as the chips fall down from
the knife 1t looks as if the operation was
simply cutting up the wire for fun. One
thing Is certain, no screws can be seen,
and yet screw is made every third
operation. The fourth jewel wheel
screw is the next thing to being invisi-
bic, and to the naked eye it looks like
dust. With a glass, however, it is
seen to be small screw, with 260
threads to the inch. and with a very fine
glass the threads may be seen very
clearly. These little screws are four
one thousandths of an inch in diameter,
and the heads are double in size. It is
estimated that an ordinary lady's Thin
BILE would hold 100, 900 of these tiny lit
tie screws. About 1000, 900 of them
N'S AA~NS % put uO dttCm pI 10
ever made to count them. In deter
mining the number 100 of them are
placed on a very delicate balance. and
the number OF tho whole amount is de-
termined by the weight of this. All the
small parts OF the watch are counted in
this way, probably so out of the 100.
After being cut, the screws are hard
ened AMI put in frames, about 100 to the
frame, heads up. This is done very
rapidly, but entirely by sense of touch
instead of sight, so that blind man
could do just as well as the owner of the
sharpest eyes. The heads are then
polished in an automatic machine, 10,
900 at time. The plate on which they
are polished is covered with oil and a
grinding compound, and on this the
machine moves them rapidly by revers.
ing motion until they are fairly pol
ished. -IAnalyst.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
Modern and Ancient Inks

Tho great merit of OUT common writ
ing ink is the freedom with which it
flows from the pen, allowing OF rapid
writing and the manner in which it
bites into the paper so as not to be re.
moved by sponging. The great defect
Is il the want of durability. Such inks
partake Of the nature Of dyes. The
writing ink of the ancicnts on the con =
trary, Is characterized by great per-
nancncy, its basis was finely divided
charcoal mixed with some mucilaginous
or adhesive fluid. India ink is o. this
character; it IS formed of lampb.ack
ard animal glue, with the addition of
perfumes, not necessary. however, to
its use as al ink aud is made up into
cakes. 1t is used in China with brush,
both for writing and painting upon
Chinese paper, and it is used in this
country for making drawings in black
and white, the depths OF shade being
produced by diiutiou with water. -
Mail and Express.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
Method Of Fumigating Nail.

A fair percentage OF the mails coming
to the post office, remarks the New
York Sun, have borne considerable evil
dcace. externally, OF having pissed
through 4 ,ma>hinc or moving ma
chine. They look Us though some oac
with fork two inches broad and tL;ck-
ly set with tines had !erccicu'ly jaDbcd
each letter several times, the prolgs
piercing clear through the letter each
time. This Managing is sign that the
letters have been through yellow lever
quarautiac, the mangling being part
of the process Of tunigatiOn, its object
being to enable the tunes of the burn
ias sulphur or other material used to
reach every part Of the letter. Incl
dontaliy, it would 10 jg5t as well now
& lays to submit to homemade fumisa-
uon any letter r-ceiv II with tn F.oEi-
LA postmarl AID lc holes pu2cLaI i
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22

Say, Perkins, old boy, why don't we see you
at the club any morey Has your mother,lh n.
Jaw shut down on you?" NO, Brown; the iact
of the matter is my home II So happy now mat
there is no inducement for me TO leave it. nou
look incredulous, but it's positive fact lou
see nv wife used to suffer 80 much from func-
tional arrangements common To her sex, thal
her spiritsand her temper were greatly ar
fectei ft~as not her fault, of course, but IL
made home unpleasant all the SANG. But now
since she has begun TO take Dr. fierces ra-
yorite Prescription she has been so we'll and so
happy that we are having cur honeymoon all
over again."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
Ex->pcaker of the Assembly of the state
Of New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. !

STATE OF NEW YORK. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER
ALBANY. April lG, I'D
Ny family for tie last twelve yCars have been
using ALLCo"K's PoRUUS PLNsTEIs. and have
found them wonderfully cf'icacious in coughs.
colds. and la.u, in the side and back.
About ten years ago ! was thrown from n
wagon and badly bruised In three days these
plasters entirely removed the lain and sore
nos. Tvi-' ne. '&r" cured ne ofsevcye colds
w4a.4 thrr.i,..yd pulmonary trouble. They
a.-o c-.rd 10y sou o. rheumatism in he shout
to-, from VL.-L Lc Aad suffered two years.
JA.;ES ". ECs-GD,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22

Babylon must hav, had very
squablc climate sail Mr.. Brown to
his wife.
How do you meant she inquired.
"Why, you always hear Of thu ta!! OF
B1} y!on AMI never a word about It's
:pria,, VI water or summer"
Then h, dove ito the paper again
ard was sill.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
The Specyul Offer

OF THE YorrH's CoNPANIoN.of Boston, Mass
which we published last week. should De no.
ticed by our readers. a the opp rtunlty cones
CoMPANIoN who will send Sl.75 at once. can
have the paper free 10 January ], lsss. and FOR
a full y. ar from that date. This offer includes
four holiday numbers, for 1hanKS iiNlhy'
Illustrated Weekly Supplements, and the An
nual Premium List, with 5O illustrations
Really "a s2j1pIper for only sl.,o year.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22

OF good health is found in the regular move
ment Of the bowels and perfect action OF the
Liver These organs were intended by nature
TO remove from the system all impurities. III
you are constipated, you offer standing in
vitation" To a whole family of d iseases and n.
Irregularities which will surely be accepted,
and Won will have guests unwelcome and de-
termined All these unhappy conditions may
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Pleasant Purgative Pellets. Powerful for the
effectual regu alton of the bowels and Liver,
wonderful organism with which we are Gre
ated.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
THE SAILOR GIRL.
When the wild geese were flying
To ElanierS AWAY

When the wild geese were flying
To Flanders away,
Iclung TO my Desmond
Beseeching him TO stay;
But the stern trumpet sounded
The summons to sea,
And afar the ship bore him,
Mabouchal Machree!
And first he sent letters,
And then he sent none,
And three times into prison
dreamt he was thrown;
So | shore my long tresses,
And stained my face brown,
And went for a sailor
From Limerick town.
oh! the ropes cut my fingers;
But steadfaSt strove.
Till | reached the Low Country
In search of my love.
There heard how at Namur
His heart was so high
That they carried him captive,
Refusing to fly.
With that to King William
Himself was brought,
And his mercy for Desmond
With tears besought.
He considered my story,
Then smiling, says he,
"The young Irish rebel
For your sake is free"
Bring the scarlet before US.
Now, Desmond O'Hea,
Myself has decided
Your sentence to-day.
You must marry your sailor
With bell, book and ring,
And here is her dowry,"
Cried William, the King.
alfred Percirdl Grare,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22

Hamburg Figs should be kept in the nursery
where they are particularly useful in case OF
constipation or indigestion, as they are liked b,
children and are prompt and eiiicacious In &C
ton 2jcents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co.
NY.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
BABY Portraits.

on fine plate paper by patent photo process. sent
free 10 Mother of any Baby born within year.
Every Mother wants these pictures; send at once.
Give Baby's name and age.
WELLS, RICHARDSON l. CO., Props, Burlington, VI
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22

Why call q man a crank, when no one
can turn himi
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22

II is not considered proper for canons
NJ the church to get loaded. Mercury.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22
A Secret

Ma.Iy an actress who thinks herself a star
objects to hearing it spelt backwards.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-22

Use the surest remedy for catarrh = Ut
Sage's.
The Springdale news., 1888-11-16
CONDENSED TEUEGRAMS

SIDNEY CORNING EASTMAN, of Chicago, and George W. Bird, of Madison, Wis, were on the 18th, admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.
 THERE is a prospect of Hon. Warner Miller returning to the Senate in place of Senator Evarts, who will be appoints q to the supreme bench in place of Judge Blatchford, who will be retired.
 DR- 4. D. MARKLEY, postmaster al Hat borough, Montgomery County, Pa, au old- time Democrat, went to W ashington, on the l2tb, with his resignation i'll his pocket. which he left at the Post-Office Department, and then called upon the i President. He aspires 10 be the leader of his party in the matter of resigna- tIoGs.
 AMERICAN railway securities are fat on the London Stock Exchange, the cutting of the railway rates in the United States having surprised the market.
 IN the British House of Lords, on the 18th, the Oalhs bill passed is second reading.
 DETAILS of the late collision between the Cunard steamer Nantes and the Ger man bark Theodore Ruger, off the coast of Cornwall, show that twenty five Of the
 
 vessels occupants were drowned.
 TEE Woman's College of Baltimore, Md, was formally opened on the 13th Bishop H. ". Warren of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Denver, Col, and Prof. b. C. Gilman, president of Johns Hor kins University, made addresses. WITHIN few hours after opening the subscription books in Washington, on the 18th, $1,00) was subs cribed to the in- auguration fund.
 HE Comptroller of the Currency. on the 18th, authorized the First National Bank of Woodrlver, Neb., to begin busi- ness, with q capital of S50000.
 THE President, on the 18th, appointed Andrew G. Chapman collecter or inter- nal revenue for the district of Maryland which includes the District of Columbia
 CARDINAL MANNING and other English prelates sent an address to the Pope, on the 18th, protesting against the penal laws
 THE Americans, Jackson, Hendry and Woodcock. having decided on the 18th, to leave Wurtemburg, telegraphed their de- cision to the King, who replied, express ing his regret, and assuring them that he would always be their friend. IN the proceedings of the Parnell Con- mission, Presiding Justice Hauneu said the court had decided to admit all of the Times documents, even those which the papers solicitor had thought to be spu- rious in order to assist them in their search for the truth
 PROCEEDINGS to cancel the Canadian patents held by Prof. Edison. of New York. for his incandes cen electric light, were begun before the deputy commis- sioner Of patents at Ottawa, Ont, or the 18th.
The Springdale news., 1888-11-16
MISCELLANEOUS,

THOMAS H. WHITE was arrested at Deadwood, Dlk on the 9th, by a deputy United States marshal for perjury in his offici capacity while deputy Uni ed States mineral surveyor, and held in S510 bond White is a Cornishman, and the DoHg Times of September distinguishes him for breaking up a SIG, 001 00J deal of the Harney Peak Tin Mining and Manu- featuring Company by his cores pond- ence in the FiRaRcidl NeioS of London.
 THE foot ball game which was to have been played at the Polo Grounds in New York between the New York Athletic Club and the Orange Athletic Club, on the 10th, was forfeited to the former by the non- appearance of the Orange Club.
 A PARIS lFrance) reporter, after wit messing an experiment with the Lebel rifle writes to his paper that at distance of six hundred meters the weapon drove ball through five maunikiu soldiers, shattering the back of the fifth as com pletely as it had the first
 TIE London N0Hi39 Post quotes at length from the last annual report of the Unite States Commissioner of Agricult- ure. declaring 1t an admirable book. "
 TIE council of the I'm perial Federation League in Canada discussed means for prompting reciprocal commerce between the various colonies Of the empire. on the Sta.