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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
WaShinotou

- MIR. MILTON II. NORTHRUP, editor of the
Syracuse Courier, has been nominated bv
the PRESIDENT as postmaster at Syracuse,
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has sent to the
House an estimate of S. 900 to defray the ex-
penseS OF observations of the total eclipse of
the sun, visible on the Pacific coast on June
1 next
GEORGE w. MORSE, of Washington. D. G..
the inventor of the breech-loading system of
firearms, is dead.
IHE Senate has passed by vote of a to
10 the OIL granting pension to ex-soldiers
ana sailors who are incapacitated for the
performance of manual labor, and providing
Tor pensions to dependent relatives OF de,
ceased soldiers and sailors The two Demo-
cratic Senators from West Virginia and the
two Democratic Senators from Indiana.
with the two Democratic Senators from New
Jersey, voted with the Republicans. as did
also Pugh, of Alabama WalthalI, of Mis-
s1sslppl, and Brown, of Georgia.
The President and Mrs Cleveland gave q
Gunner to ex-senator Francis Herman of New
York - '0"
HE ladies and gentlemen of the English
German, Russian, Austrian, Danish and
Italian legations at Washington are in deem
mourning for the late Emperor of Germany.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
Foreign.

FRANCE has relinquished all claims to the
new Hebrides and the transport Dives has
peen ordered to take away the French troops
SIR JOHN Ross has succeeded Lord Alex
amer russell as commander of the British
forces IN North America, with headquarters
at Halifax
FIFTY persons were killed by the explosion
OF the river steamer Rafael Reyes, at Carta-
gena in the West Indies
THE British bark Lanowa was wrecked
near weymouth, England, and thirteen of
the crew drowned.
IHE British bark Tasmania collided in the
EnghSh channel with the ship Corinthe and
twenty eight lives were lost
FIVE of the Buxton ENG Life Boat crew
were drowned while attem pting to rescue the
passengers of the stranded steamer Isle of
"lght. Twelve passengers were saved but
quite number persisted.
The American warship Enterprise has ar
rived at Tangier, Morocco. and demanded
the immediate release of the imprisoned
Moor who is under American protection.
SatlSfactlon has demanded alSoIfrom the Moor
lsh Government for the illegal arrest.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have
Just celebrated their silver wedding The
Queen and all the participants were dressed
IN deep mourning in memory of the dead
German Emperor.
THE Government of Denmark has prornuI
gated an order fOrbidding the use or import-
alton of American bacon, steam lard and
other pork products.
GENERAL ANTONIO FLORES has been elected
President of Ecuador
EMPEROR FREDERICK. of Germany has
proclamation eulogizing his |
father, the founder of the Empire and /
to follow his footsteps and make |
Germany the centre Of peace.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
100000 DROWNED.
Official Report of the Yellow River
Disaster in China

The steamship City of Sydney has arrived
at San Francisco from Hong Kong and Yoke
hama bringing advices that the Imperial
Commissioner who was appointed to invest
igate the loss of life in the Yellow River in
undations has sent an official report to the
Emperor of China that the total number of
persons drowned is over 100 600 and the
number destitute is 100000, apart from
those who have been driven into other
districts.
GIDEON HILL, a Greene County Ohio
farmer, claims 5000 acres of the finest farm
ing lands in Madison and Fayette counties.
that State, under land patent granted by
j ohm Quincy Adams when President
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-10-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICA
e.. TON.
Land Once at EiTeka, Nevada.
SgBtgI.lCT Is lSSR.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
1N the following named Settler has filed no
tice of his intention to make incl proof in sup
port of his claim, and TINT said proof will be
made before the District Court of Nevada at
Elko, ElEo county, on Monday, Oct. %, 1888
viz: Homestead Entry No. 2l4, John Pna;an
for the N Il of S W Il Sec. So, n 4 Of S Z i.
Sec. 81, TIP. % y, r Ga E. Mount Diablo HIeri-
dian. -.
He names the following WITNESSES TO prove
his continuous residence upon, ana culiiva-
ton of, said land, viz:
Dawley, OF Elko county, Nevada
II Taber, g
a w Hesson,
II Z Atwcll, :"
u. II. HALL,
Register.
Ordered that the above notice be published
for period OF thirty days in the DAILY INDIE
PENDENT.
.. II. HALL, Register.
Dated, Elko, Sept 10, 1853.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-10-01

County Committees in the several counties
will please make the necessary arrangements
for the meetings.
J. w. ADAMS,
Chairman Democratic State NCcntral Commit
tee.
P. j. dunno, Secretary.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
whites ON the Congo.

The engineer on the Congo who has
been writing his experiences III Black
woods Magazine assures his readers that
with ordinary good care white men can
live there at least as conveniently and in
as good health as in Jamaica, and he ex-
presses the opinion that when they have
more home comforts they may enjoy lie
with as much ease and safety as row in
India. The white men on the Congo
within the past two years have become
convinced that the great morts hty during
the early years of Stanley's enterprise
was largely due to the privations and
hardships that his followers had to Under
go. 1t is a noteworthy fact that at Bona,
on the lower Congo, which Stanley years
ago described as pest hole, the sanitary
condition has been SO far improved that
it is now the seat of government Of the
Congo state. Among the thirty or forty
traders and agents of the Congo state who
are living at Bona, not death has thus
far been reported this year.-New York
Sum-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Laura Evans, a little Kentucky girl,
has suddenly become violently insane at
the age of @.
Sir Morell Mackenzie ought soon to be
the richest practitioner in the world. He
treated eighty-four sufferers from the
throat in one day recently.
Mrs. Taylor, of Galena, spoke dis
paragingly of Grocer SCOTS salt Goldfish.
He said they were not like boards, and
offered to let her hit him on the head
with one for twenty-five cents. She
planlzed down the money and slapped
him with the fish. breaking q Jaw and
tearing off part OF one OF his ears.
| Adelina Patti never takes any out of
| door exercise. She is very much afraid
Of cold air, and when she goes out for a
drive in winter swathes herself in furs,
ties up her head ard even puts cotton in
her ears. She never speaks in the night
air, and when she runs from the stage
door TO her carriage her mouth is covered
| by the scarf that goes over her head.
Nine Patti has kept her voice in good
condition by this treatment, but it would
not do for every one.
Mrs. Hendricks, the widow of the late
| vice president, is said to be a thorough
woman Of business. She is now in Cali
| fornia, where she is gone to look after
| her interests in certain mines, on which
her husband spent $100 900. There are
! 900 acres IN the Hendricks tract, and
she proposes to make careful examina-
ton Of it to see whether it is good fruit
growing soil, Mrs. Hendricks has been
president of the Indiana state prison re-
formatory for fourteen years, and she
only returns from California for the sake
Of attending meeting of the board.
The savage king of the Matabele, in
South Africa, has probably ile,er heard
| of the game laws OF civilized nations,
but it has occurred to him that some
thing should be done to save the ele-
plants from utter extermination, and he
has set about the task. He has issued an
order that white men be no longer per-
mitted to hunt the elephant in his large
territory. He says the Dutch and Eng
lish hunters have left very FEW elephants
alive, and that he will not permit the
noble animals to be hunted again until
they are largely increased in number.
The ivory trade south of the Zambesi is
no songeg profitable, because so few ele-
plants fall in the way of the hunters.
No part of Africa is now rich in ivory
except the unlimited regions of the
Congo basin.
Two young women by the name of
Draper carry on a successful farm at
Auburndale, Mass, about eighteen miles
from Boston. Two or three years ago
they were teaching school, which occu-
patton they gave up to see what they
could do as farmers. They owned their
place, SO they began 60 carry out their
plans as soon as decided upon. They
began by raising chickens, and their eggs
are famous the country round. To prove
that they are fresh, each egg is stamped
with the date of its birth, and for this
guarantee their customers are willing to
pay double the market price. Every
thing they raise is of the best, and is
made to appear to the best advantage.
To attain success they are obliged tc
work hard, and it is not unusual fol
them to begin their days work at
O'Clock in the morning.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
A Journalists Note Boo,

In regard to subjects, / have found it
a very wholesome and inexpensive plan
to carry little note book around in my
pocket. You will find this very worthy
device. Set apart pocket sacredly to i,s
use, and always have it there. If yoi
wake up at quarter of o, and have to
be at Jne Office at 8, and must needs
economize on your dressing time. just let
your suspenders and collar buttons go,
but be sure to have the book. Don't
leave your room without it.
Into this book put every odd, whim-
sical or suggestive thing that you run
across, whether you see it, hear it, read
it, or whether it comes popping into your
head without apparent cause or reason.
You'll soon find that you have subjects
enough to last the whole family for six
months, Then all you have to do, when
you feel the divine affiatus creeping down
your spine, and hear the inviting murmur
of the muse, is to seize your book, run
your finger down its pages till you find a
theme to suit your mood-humorous, re-
igious, philosophical or Walt Whit
maniacal, as the case may be, and then,
putting your best foot forward, follow it
up with equally good feet till the thing is
done. You will find, by adopting this
plan and putting in your odd moments,
and an evening or two, you can average
one or two pieces of rather $3.50 verse
every week.-John p. Lyons in The
Writer
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02

Switzerland has G60, 900 mich cows,
all of native breed, and divided into two
sharply defined races. the brown and the
spotted. The former color varies from
deep fawn to mouse gray, the latter
shade being held in the most esteem.
The brown race is short horned and con-
sidered rs tho original type. 1t CORE
spends to the remains found on the sites
of the Roman cities of the Third century
of our era. The skulls of this race, fur
thermore, are identical with those found
in the Swiss lake dwellings, The spotted
race, peculiar to Berne and Fribourg, is
believed to be of Scandinavian origin.
From the milking point of view there is
not very much difference between either
race. The average daily yield is about
two gallons, or tWeive gallons per 112
Pounds of live weight. The percentage
Of butter to the milk varies from 3-4 TO
ga per cent.-Chioago Times,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
A Banking Trial.

It's the hardest thing in all legal prac-
tice to convict a banking criminal.
While the jury may be convinced that
he's rascal and deserves conviction,
there are so many ways in which every
questionable banking transaction may be
made to look business like Chat the attor-
neys of the swindling defendant can
easily make it appear to a conscientious
jury that there is at least a reasonable
doubt in the case, and the prisoner goes
free. 1t is difficult, too, to make jury
understand the points in banking case.
The clearing house is the greatest puz-
zler of all.
In one banking trial had put st.
Louis banker on the stand to explain the
clearing house system to the jury, and
although he did it in what might have
appeared to bankers most lucid man.
ner, you never saw twelve men worse
muddled than these jurymen were when
he finished. That trial, by the way,
was one of those in which the criminal
escaped, After hard work, convicted
the man on five counts. but the supreme
court saved him by deciding that the law
he had violated did not apply to private
banks Bank Attorney in Globe-Demo-
GRAFT
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
India; or the last hours o

of India; or the last hours of
Elizabeth Hervey, having ex-
changed her bright New England
home for life at Bombay amid
stolid heathenisnl, that she might
illumine it, saying in heI last moments:
eff this is the dark valley, it has not
dark spot in it; all is hght, ishti" or
the exit of Mrs. Lennox, falling under
sudden disease at Ssayrna, breathing out
her soul with the last words 'sOh, how
happyp' or the departureof HRS. Sarah
D. Comstock, spending her life for the
salvation of Burmah, Eiving up her
children that they rnightscome home to
America to be educated, xand saying as
she kissed them good-b% never to see
them again: "Oh, Jesu8 do this for
Thee!" or the going of ten thou
sand good women, who in less
resounding spheres have lived not for
themselves, but for God and the allevia-
ton of human suffering. That was
brilliant scene when, in 1885, in the cam
paign for the capture of Ronda, Queen
Elizabeth of Castillo ON horseback, side
by side with King Ferdinand, rode out
to review the troops. AS she in bright
armor rode along the hneS Oh the Spanish
host, and waved her jewdled hand to the
warriors, and ever and anon uttered
words of cheer to theSworn veterans
| who, far away from their homes, were
risking their lives for the kingdom, it
was a spectacle fhat llumines his
! tory But more gioiic< will be the
| scene when that consssfated Christian
woman crowned in heaven shall
review the souls that on earth she clothed,
and fed, and medicined, and evange-
lized, and then introduced into the ranks
celestial. AS on the white horse of vic
tory, side by side with the king, this
queen unto God forever shall ride past
the lines of those in whose salvation she
bore part, the scene will surpass any
thing ever witnessed on earth in the life
of Joan of Arc, or Penelope, or Semira-
mis-, or Aspasia, or Marianne, or Mar
garet of Anjou. Ride on, Victor!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
CLIPPINGS FROM THE EXCHANGES

Interesting Items on All Sorts OF Sub
jects-Bits of Good Reading.
Six of the London theatres have been
Condemned by the fire department
France is about to issue nickel silver
coinage to the amount of $14, ,000,0
An octopus with tentacles three feet
long has been captured on the beach at
Galveston.
Currency green" is a new shade, the
tint of freshly printed S. bills, and can
only be worn by the whitest skinned
blondes who also have color.
Thirty thousand forged tickets were
scattered abroad for the jubilee cere-
monies at the Vatican. The genuine
tickets had to be printed over again.
Two Americans who have been travel
ing for three months through Europe on
tricycle., say their joint expenses are
only S6.25 day, sightseeing expenses
included,
A spotted dog that follows the delivery
wagon of carpet store in Philadelphia
wears an oilcloth cover on which is
printed an advertisement of his owner s
| wares.
A new French device for applying per-
fume is a pencil, which is rubbed on the
article to be scented. Violet, heliotrope,
opoponax and all the fashionable odors
are now sold in this form ins Paris.
The most profitable piece of fruit land
for its size in the United States is said to
be the Speer & CHM grove, near Sanford,
Fla. 1t comprises four and half acres,
and this years yield of lines sold for
$4,000.
In one of the st. Louis cemeteries is a
headstone reared by an appreciative hus-
band over the grave of his wife. 1t bears
this comprehensive inscription; 81 did
not have to rob my employers to keep
you in extravaganza.
A submarine steam tramway Is to be
constructed In Normandy. 1t will run
along the sands between the watering
places of Qeauville, Villers, Cabourg and
Houlgate during the bathing season. The
rails will be pulled up for the winter.
At the meeting of the New Jersey
State Teachers association, resolutions
were adopted asking the legislature to
pass bills to prohibit the display of show
bills advertising crime and immortality,
and also the sale of cigarettes to school
boys.
There are fully fifty centenarians
known to be living in New England at
the present time. OF this number eleven
live in Connecticut, four in Rhode Island,
ten in Massachusetts,, sixteen in Maine,
five in New Hampshire and five in Ver-
mont. The oldest of all is Giles Benson,
Of Castleton, VT, 115 years of age.
The glory of the Indian has passed, in
the far west. Recently q number of
school boys, attending the Central school
at Ogden. pelted two Indians, who were
passing. with snowballs. The Indians
gave chase and captured one little boy,
but on his saying that he had not thrown
any snowballs they let hinl go. The In
iians made a complaint, Lut got no satis-
faction
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02

Trying to Probate His Own VIII.
A man of mournful mien, a shadow of
tear in his eye and an ylnmistakable
German accent in his speech, entered the
office of the register of wills recently,
and going to the desk of Deputy Register
Shields offered will for probate. 1t is
customary to accompany each testament
with petition containing the name Of
the deeedent, time and place of demise,
and the names of the executors nominated
in the instrument.
In the absence of the petition, Mr..
Shields inquired:
'.What is the name of the deceased2"
Deceased" exclaimed the man;
"why, I'm the deceased-dot's my will
want to enter it before die to make it
sure
The fact of a man offering his own will
for admission seemed ludicrous, but. it is
said, in some portions of Germany and
France it is the custom to place the "last
will and testament" in the hands of the
register as soon as it is drafted, as mat
ter of safety. This was the first case of
the kind that has come before the notice
of Mr. Shields since he has been in office,
and created no little astonishment to him.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
For Sick Cats and Dors.

Although not generally known, Gin
cinnati boasts an institution known as the
Hospital for Sick Cats and Dogs. A
gentleman with an ingenious turn of
mind conceived the idea of starting such
an institution, He does aot stop at those
animals that are III, however, for well
and healthy ones are cared for while their
mistresses are absent from the city. Up
to date he has in two squares alone
eleven ladies who pay 81 per week each
for the care Of their pets, and the busi-
ness is rapidly increasing. g.-Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette. '
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
Running O Big Postoffice.

When the government desires to in.
struct new postmaster of an important
city in the art of running a postoffice
properly, it sends him to Broeklyn to see
how Joe Hendricks is running his Office
over there. He is breaking away all the
barriers and reducing his business to a
new science. His latest action is the es-
tablishment of money order, postal order
and registered letter offices here and
there about town, where full branch
office is not required but postal agency
is great convenience. These now offices
are found in drug stores and such places,
where there is already telegraph office,
and the operator or clerk can easily reg
ister letters or write out orders, the car
riers collecting the mail matter from
such stations on their regular rounds
New York Sun,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
A HohenzolIern Statute.

According to its family statutes, no
member of the house of Hohenzollern is
to undergo an operation dangerous TO
life, save on the battlefield or under like
urgent circumstances, without the for
mai consent of the king of Prussia for
the time being and his ministry of state,
This is the reason of the state council
which was held at Berlin to consider the
case of the crown prince, at which the
prince regent of Brunswick and the
grand duke of Baden were present, Count
Stolberg- -Wernigerode, minister of the
household, presiding. The Emperor
William and Prince Bismarck have, of
course, requested the crown prince to act
as he pleases. York Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02

"What kind of people were the In
dians in those days2" was asked.
"The best people ever saw was the
prompt reply. "They never knew any
wrong except what the whites taught.
them. They naturally taught eaeh other
all'the evil they knew. They were hon
est as the day and faithful unto death
when they had professed friendship fer
you. | have known Indians who pro-
fessed friendship for me to kill other
Indians who wanted to do me harm.
Brother would kill brother. No book
ever written or anything else ever pub
lisAed has done justice to the Indian char
acter. The vice and deviltry Of the
whites have made them what they are. -
Omaha Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02

At one Of the city colleges last week,
whilo class was busy anatomizing The
body of q colored pauper, visitor made
himself obnoxious by his inqgisitivencss.
To get even with him one of The students
cut off an ear and smreptitiously placed
10 IN the visitors pocket. A few min
utes later the bell signaled the close Of
the evenings work, and as the victim Of
the joke pat his hand in his pocket for
his gloves he grasped, instead, the cold,
clammy ear Of tho subject he had been
watching. With a look of horror he
flung it ON the dssectng table and broke
for the door amid the laughter Of the
class. indianapolis journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
Reforms in the Peerage.

Earl Dunraven proposes to reform the
British house of lords by creating life in
stead of hereditary peers, and making
the legislative body elective by the peer
age for period of nine years, third of
the number retiring triennially. He
would have the chamber of peers consist
of only 100 or $50 members, and the un-
elected peers who might he eligible would
be relegated to the house of commons.
The scheme is not likely to receive any
important support. Frank Leslie's.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
\ NYonderfnI Cranevinc.

Mr.. A. L. Tiff has upon his place in
Key West, Fla, wonderful grapevine
covering great trellis. This vine bears
four crops every year. The grapes grow
in exceedingly compact clusters, many of
them weighing as much us eight pounds.
and the vine is literally loaded with
bunchcs. It is native of the West
India islands, probably Of jamaica. AS
an illustration of the dense nature Of
the punches, the grapes grow SO thick
upon them that the center grapes fre-
quently cannot reach the sunlight to ma
ture. The outside grapes can be picked
off as needed, and the mass of grapes be-
meath the outside layer left to ripen.--
Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
The Mania Suaar Man,

The ssmapie sugar man" is character
welcomed in the offices of many down
town business men. With his market
basket of five cent cakes Of sugar on his
arm he travels from office 10 office tick
ling the sweet tooth of many weary
clerk and employer. His sales aggre-
gate $50 to $50 daily in the busy season.
He orders sugar from Vermont by the
ton and car load.-New York Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
Eve Shade for Night Worn.

A good thing for those who write much
is an eye shade. The one / use is made
like a cap visor of light pasteboard
covered with black silk. Strings are at
tached to the points for tying around the
head. Do not use rubber, unless you
want headache This is better than a
lamp shade for night work.-"B. II.
A. "'in The Writer.