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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
A CONFESSION.

Do you remember, little wife.
How years ago we two together
Saw naught but love illunline life
In sunny days or winter weather.
Do you recall in younger years
To part day was bitter pain7
Loves light was hid in clouds of tears
Till meeting cleared the sky again.
Do you remember how we two
Would stare into each others eyes,
Till all the earth grew heavenly blue
And speech was lost in happy sighs'
Do you another thing recall,
That used to happen often then:
How, simply, passing in the hall,
We'd stop to smile and kiss againa
Do you remember how I sat
And, reading, held your hand in mine,
Caressing it with gentle pat
One pat for every blessed line?
Do you recall how at the play
Through hours of agony we tarried'
The lovers griefs brought us dismay;
Oh, we rejoiced when they were married
And then walked homeward arm in arm,
Beneath the crescent moonlet new,
That smiled on us with silent charm;
So glad that we were married too.
All me, It was years and years ago
When all this happened that L sing,
And many a time the winter snow
Has slipped from olive slopes of spring.
And now-oh. nonsense! let US tell;
A fig for laugh of maids or men!
You'll hide your bushes? I'll not. Well
We're ten times worse than we were then.
W. j. Henderson, in the Century.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
Hens Eating Eggs

In answer to question, remarks the
Prairie Farmer, we can simply reiterate
what we have stated many times hereto
fore. a hen that becomes addicted to
eating eggs cannot easily be broken If
she is not killed as soon as she is found
eating eggs, she will soon teach others
TO do the same. The taste is acquired
generally by finding broken eggs in the
nest, or elsewhere. Then the fowl begins
to break the shells to get at the meat.
Thin-shelled eggs are easily broken.
The remedy for thin shelled eggs is to
keep the fowls supplied with plenty of
lime in some form. Ground oyster-shells
are excellent for this.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
Winter Dairyino.

The chief advantages of winter over
summer dairying, says a writer in the
Country Gentleman, consist in having
the greater part Of the seasons make of
butter to sell when the price is highest
in having less trouble to make and mar
ket a good article in cool weather; in
making the milking season considerably
longer. and the quantity for the season
considerably greater; and in being able
to raise better calves. because they will
be so much older and larger than spring
calves to eat grass in the summer, and
endure the rigors of the ensuing winter.
The disadvantage is IN having to feed
more meal and bran to make good win
ter butter and to keep up full flow of
milk till grass comes, when the meal can
be taken away without the yield falling
off, though if it be continued the flow
will increase. Feeding literally with
meal and bran makes winter butter cost
more than grass butter, but the higher
prices of the winter market more than
pay the additional expense for feed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02

unavailable, and as IL can be made to i'm
part more TO the soil than it takes from
it there is no risk in growing it under
any conditions. Even the seed is cheap,
while the cultivation necessary is very
little as compared with other crops As
a profitable grain crop it is behind oats,
wheat, barley and corn. but the straw is
more valuable than that of any other
crop, for which it is sometimes grown
alone.
Leaving out the value as a grain crop
entirely it still ranks high in more ways
than one The fact that it can be sold
in the fall aud made. TO produce late
supply of green food after other grasses
cease growing should prompt farmers
to devote space TO rye every season, but
its usefulness extends further. The Sc
we're cold of the nardestwinters will not in
jure it, and early in the spring, long before
grass begins to grow, rye appears In Its
green condition to afford a supply Of sue
culent heritage to the stock at a time
when it is most needed 1t allows the
stock the privilege of eating off the
early growth, and when the glass ap
pears, and the grass is no longer re-
quired, it will grow out again and make
a crop Of grain. 1t can then, in early
spring, if preferred by the farmer, be
ploughed under instead of being allowed
to seed, and it will provide an excellent
manure for the corn crop.
In one respect rye is a cheap crop
because it requires no land for its growth,
to certain extent. That is, if the seed
is sown in the fall on land intended foi
corn in the spring, and the rye turned
in before planting corn. the rye simply
holds the land that would otherwise be
unoccupied during the winter. 1t is
also excellent on land intended for pota-
toes, and as it assists in keeping down
weeds it saves much labor in that re-
spect.
AS rye can be pa tured at nearly all
stages of growth and can be turned I'M
der as a green manurial agent at any
time, the farmer who fails to sow it viii
deprive himself and his stock of a most
valuable plant, and as it can be seeded
down at any time at this season the land
for that purpose should be prepared with
out delay. OF course it thrives best on
rich land, but even the poorest sol,
should be sowed to rye rather than tc
leave it unoccupied. -Net0 York AeraLd
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
Origin of the Coach-W Whip Pennant.

Many people have wondered what is
the significance of the long pennant car
ried at the main truck of all vessels-of-
war in commission. When the Dutch
Admiral Van Tromp hoisted broom at
the top of the mast of his vessel to in
dictate his intention to sweep the English
from the sea, the English admiral hoisted
a horse-whip, indicating his intention to
chastise the Dutchman. Hence the
coach-whip pennant was adopted as the
distinctive insignia of a war vessel in
commission for service.-Ne1o York
Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
Plant More Rive.

Rye is a crop that can be made to
render more service to the farmer and
dairyman than any other, yet it is more
frequently overlooked and discarded
than it should be. 1t is plant that not
only endures the cold of winter and the
heat of summer, but it will grow on the
richest soil or the poorest sandy land
In some sections it is really the clover of
sandy soils, for without its aid and the
advantages of green manuring would be
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
Farm and Garden Notes.

Plant cucumbers for late pickles.
Near the close of journey let the
horse walk.
Bran will pay the milk seller, but oats
the butter maker.
Never wash horse with cold water
when he is heated.
Use land in which some cultivated
crop grew last year.
The cropping process diminishes the
supply of plant foods.
The humble cow pc. does not receive
the attention it merits.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
swine-Breedinc for Size.

The fances of men do so vary that II
is not pc sible at any given period to say
in what shape or in what condition
given commodity may be most saable.
The time was when cream cheese would
not sell to consumers, if under one year
old or approaching that age. Now, rich
cream, fresh from the hands of the maker
is esteemed luxury. 1t is not long since
the center OF the berry was thought best
for producing superior -four. Now, that
which is obtained from close proximity
to the hull, or bran, is counted best OF
all.
1t is within the memory of many that
the large breed of swine, notably the
Poland Chinas and Chester Whites, got
their ''sGnd- off" to quite degree through
possessing large size. The same was true
of the beef breeds of cattle, notably
short horns. We remember we'll when
it was counted a serious defect in a short
horn beast not to be largc-extra large
symmetry not being considered Of first
Importance, as now. As to swine, the
ancients bred for size, and history tells
us that great weights and extraordinary
thickness of meat were bred for and at
tanned.
Prior to the great depreciation that &C.
Cured to livestock growing and general
up to the sixteenth century-great
weights were attained to- Narro tells OF
a cut of swine meat that was sent by
peasant to Nolumnius, a Senator, that
measured 'foot and three fingers in
thickness" Another Roman historian
mentions Lusitanian hog, whose meat.
when cut up, measured one foot and
three inches In thickness.
We have accounts of great weights,
approaching the period when the i'm
provements In farm stock took place. A
specimen of the old Berkshire breed is
stated to have attained the weight of
1880 pounds In 1714 hog was killed,
having areported we ght of II 100 pounds,
with length of close to ten feet. and q
height of four feet and five inches. The
writer, when u boy, was in Cincinnati,
Ohio, at the time of the exhibition of o
spotted hog, brought to the city from
Butler County, Ohio, whose weight was
said to be 1928 pounds. A small fiat
boat was built, on which this hog was
tloated down the river to New Orleans,
being exhibited on the way. This was
about 1899. This hog was doubtless OF
the Poland China sort
Size, other things being equal, was,
not many years since, to quite degree
the thing that governed the price in our
leading markets. But it is different now
at any rate, it is to quite degree.
Yet, should the exactions of the market
change, calling again for very large
hogs. swine are So readily nodded, and
breed 80 rapidly, that the caprices of the
markets can be met to an extent not at
tainaple by any other class of live stock
AS is well known to breeders, there are,
in pretty much every litter, pigs that
are shaped for greater growth than
others in the same litter, and nothing is
more certain than that by selecting
these, breeding of like kind, not akin,
upon them, large size would be promptly
secured. Fdrnler.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-02
The Question of Sheep Washing.

English authorities are divided as to
the advantages of sheep.washing. Most
OF the wool received there from France,
La Plata and South Australia comes I'M
washed, and packed in its natural grease
In the latter countries the wool is of
more Importance than the meat, and it
may be reasonably assumed that grow
ers know and follow the best plan of
dealing with the tieeces. Where sheep
are kept on grass lands there is no press
ing necessity for washing, but where
they are fed on tillage lands, say the
English farmers, it is almost absolutely
essential to remove the soil and dirt. The
washing of sheep always carries away
from the skin Of the animal a natural
oily soap called STUNT, which is very
soluble in water, with the result that the
wool becomes harsh and dry and re-
duced in value for many manufacturing
purposes. Unwashed wool should be a
double advantage to the grower, as it
ought to fetch a larger price, and the
cost of washing would be saved. In
cases where sheep must be washed, it is
advisable to perform the operation in a
pond or tub, rather than in a running
stream, as the STUNT does not flow away,
but is taken up or at least portion Of
it-by the fleece of the animal as it
energies from the water-Americun Cul-
ti0at0r.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-06
FINANCIAL.
Few Yasx. BaLrfsosv. AVID s1cF
nosD srocK gxcHAa8E&
Grain. Provisions. Cotton. robsesA TAR
pen.ine. aosin. Ter ana
Peanut Markets
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NV YOsx, Juno s.--The stock market -
again very dull today, though there sss moss
animation shOEn than during the est Two Jaw
aud tho general fst developed more fes,uss.
The market WAS vssksr. however. and we gam
OF yesterday were generally lost - Paul vas
the centre ~ sctlon. and u MAS not ohiy ecuse
bat decidedly vsaa Throughout Ire opcninx o.
the books tomorrow for subscriptions 20 he
New Reading lesa made constfefaois Jas =.
Vie street. The market opened generally s'rens
81 advances extesding % y per cont, aud TURNER
fractional gains rere made early, bat INC an-
vance was checked a. the nGSt bsf hour n
dropping tendency quickly appeared. whsca ia
81 Paul developed into decided weakness. 500
before neon It's price had been depressed over
psr cent Common stock rave war 70 preferred
after n5os. however. sni iis los ranged up %
over per cent BY O'Clock, when ths Iouest
prices IN most % The fiat we're reached beuer
tone then appeared. bus rec0ycries we're very
slight, and the macket closed dull and barely
stssdy NJ fractional ineses for the daJ. Puhman
Was an exception 70 tho general list Advancing
IL over its last evenings price. Almoes syery-
thing on the hat Is loser this eyaning, uougn
the Losses are for fractional amounts only, er.
cspt IN - Paul. which lost ~. ava preferred
81 per cent sales aggregated 10000 shares
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-06
yyEAT VIRGINIA.
The Charleston shooting Case-uany
Rewards offered.
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch.

Especial telegram 10 tho Dispatch
CHARLESTON, w. VA, June Sc. II.
Claiborne. who shot aud instantly killed
Nelson Lee, a cOlOred waiter at the Hotel
Ruftner, Sunday morning. had his preimi-
nary examination to-day before Justice
Gates. He was sent back to jail to await the
action of the grand jury. The question OF
admitting him to bail is under consideration
By Judge Guthrie or the Circuit Court.
Governor Wilson has offered reward OF
$500 for the apprehension Of Frank Phil
lips, and a reward OF 800 each for Bud Me-
Coy, Jasper Mccoy, Lark Mccoy, James
Mccoy. Samuel Mccoy Gon Of Samuel
McCoy) Samuel Mccoy (son OF Ran.
dali McCoy). Samuel King, David
Strat,on, John Norman, william Saun-
ders, Joseph +. Smith. John b.
Dotson. George Mccoy, Joseph Hurley, An
drew King, I'd. Stewart. Curtis Smith, Dl-
yid Smith, John ates, Johu Stewards. John
England, Rass. MAYNARD, Samuel MilleT,
james Jones. Lord Hardin, Minis Stewards,
and James Stewards. who were indicted 1t
the recent term Of Logan County Circuit
Court for the murder Of James Vance during
the Hatfield Mccoy troubles.
The Governor has also offered n reward Of
5000 for the capture OF Ballard z. Sulphin,
who stand. indicted at the Boone Circuit
Couft FOR the murder OF Jerry Gore few
WleKs AGO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-06

Dawson, Oi South Carolina, SIS committee TO
conduct Mr. W bite 10 the platform. Having
taken the chair, the new presiding officer
was greeted with smother round Of applause
and cheers. MIR. White then addressed the
convention.
Mr.. WHITES SPEECH.
Although MFR. White had requested, by
way Of preface, that during the delivery OF
his speech the convention should preserve
silence, be was frequently interrupted by
applause, and once or twice was compelled
to stop ull the applause had died away. He
spoke with distinctness aud could be heard
all over the hall. When be mentioned the
name Of President Cleveland the convention
arose to its feet, and with waving hats and
fluttering handkerchiefs cheeTed for several
seconds. The mention OF tariff reform was
also cheereJ, and at the close Of his address
the speaker was generously aDplsuded. Gu
riOuslv enough, the references IN his speech
10 Tilden failed 10 arouse any marked oDthu-
siasn. and none OF the New York delega.
ton applauded the mention Of that once in
spring name.
At the conclusion OF Whites speech Gov
ernor Green, OF New Jersey, offered reSolu-
ton adopting the rules Of the preceding
convention Is the rules OF the present con.
venlion, subject 10 the following mOdihca-
ton:
That in voting for candidates for President
and Nice.P President no State shall be allowed
e. change IT'S vote until the roll-cal OF States
has been made and every State has cast its
vote.
The resolution was adopted after the point
OF order raised by Scheewalter, OF Missouri
that II was noe in order until the report had
been made 10y the Committee on Credentials
bad been oycrrulod by the Chair.R
Theu Thomss II. Patterson, OF Missouri.
rose and craving the indulgence Of the con-
Venti N II behalf OF the State OF Colorado,
presented TO the convention a gavel mann.
factu cd VI Colorado silver. richly cased aud
hnrni ned. il was, be said, modest offer
Ing fl IN a younger member OF the Federal
union . that party witch had restored silver
20 that high plane from which it had been
degrad q by the congressional conspiracy ~
1873 and which bad ever since remained its
constant champion. LIE. the announcement
nc made throughout the civilized world
through the Slyery tone Of the savel OF the
second aud unanimous nomination OF the
peoples choice for President, Grover Cleve.
land loud applause.]
CHARM Whie, IN accepting the gayel,
pleasantly remarked 'ha' a. far as the gavcl
would do ihr col vention would have to
be ru,rd u '".r. TAD )lauSe.1
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-06
RICHMOND TOBACCO xARxEr.

JusE ), 1874
Good suncured sales continue. with prices
from SO 10 Sl55O for good % very good leaf
Our homs manufacturers sre paying closer At
tsution to these public salo' while private saici
to-day are on tie usual retail order, with i"s
packages sold here aud ucro % various Sorts
Though there Is not enough OF ona hind 10 quote
correctly from such sslos. once trading has
been small The life u The rsle u auction saies.
Whoa buyers In upland markets and other
shippers eau accept mo issus on auction sales
aud let buyers here zee that they don't contend
for tho last cent No shall sec tho cum OF our
trade largely increased. Enough upland
tobacco should be sold every dag 10
make as least established quotations. When
such toha1cos arc. however, held back for
fixed or inyoicoi prices alrays tho manufac-
turer and buyer becomes Suspicious and goes
elsewhere. We neither wish to taxa tho buyers
or sellers side PER -, but wo wish 20 Get AZ a
basis Of fourishing sales Tor the benefit Of al,
and will to this ems combat errors on both sides
aud laud that WHOA Is practical and recom-
mendablo. some OF the old modes Ne cannot
yet discard with impuuily, as much Gs Se need
modern methods 10 other things. Western tele-
grams and letters stil report booming mar
kst, dry. cool weather. greatly reduced stocks, .
small area planted, and higher prices TITS week.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-06

hands Of Providence, prayed for the con-
tnuance Of those bouuties, and called down
the divine blessing upon the President and
all those IN authority.
The Char then stated That, acting under
authority conferred upon him by the Ma
tiOnal Democratic Committee, lie would pre-
sent to the convention the names Of the per.
sons selected by the committee TO preside
over and officer the temporary organization
OF the convention.
As the secretary read the name Of :. NJ.
White, OF California. as temporary chair
man, the convention greeted 1t with cheers,
as IT also greeted the name OF +. o. Prince,
OF Massachusetts,, as secretary.
The reading " the list OF officers having
been concluded, the choice Of the committee
was ratified by unanimous vote OF tue con-
VeniIOn.
The Char appointed A. p. German, OF
Mary land, Z. 5. Brice, OF OHIO, and f. w.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-06

would move that the Dakots delegation be
excluded from any participation In the con-
yeutlon's proceedings until the report OF inc
Credentiai. Committee was made and acted
upon. This proposition was adopted with
out opposition.
The Chair then announced that each OF the
three committees Just constituted would
meet NJ . O'Clock Committee on Creden-
tials and the Committee on Permanent Or
ganization In the convention hall. and the
Committee on Resolutions IN the grand par
Tor Of the Southern hotel.
MIR. Roswell p. Flower, OF New York, rose
10 offer a resolution and was received WITH
applause. HIS resolution was TO the effect
that when the convention takes recess to-
day IL be TO meet nj noon tomorrow.
Mr. Abbott, OF New Jersey, offered an
amendment fixing the hour at 10 O'Clock. lie
wanted. he said, to see the Democratic ticket
nominated tomorrow and not on the third
| day.
The amendment was accepted by Mr..
Flower, aud the resolution as amended
agreed 10.
The convention then, on motion OF Mr..
Flower, at 2 O'Clock took recess until 10
O'Clock Tomorrow.
STUBBORN "BucEEYE" DELEGATE.
notwithstanding the fact that the Ohio
delegation received the Indiana men last
night with open arms, but with the cold con-
ISOLATION that Thurman must and would re-
ceiye the foriy.six votes OF the Buckeye
state as unit. Il Was anybody's fight this
morning. The delegation vent into prolong-
ed session during the afternoon and passed
resolution after resolution OF endorsement,
still there were members who would not
fall in line. Robert Blee held back long
time, and 1t required the adoption OF the
unit rule TO lead him from his opposition.
No sooner had this rule been adopted thln
John Brady was on his feet. He SAID:
Gentlemen NAV adopt any RUE
that you like, but i came from Cincinnati TO
oppose the nomination OF Thurman. lou
NAV throw me out OF this caucus or Intimate
that nv presence is not desired aud / will
STAY out, But nevertheless / Will 20 TO the
convention and take my seat as delegate,
and when the State is called l will vote
against Thurman"
This determination caused confusion and
there were dire threats, but 10 no purpose.
Finally resolution was adopted releasing
Brady from the binding unit rule, and he
will oct independently.
In conversation be was more cautious,
but still strong opposition showed ITSELF IN
his remarks. al VIII do my lighting 10 tue
convention, but when cannot win there,
will 90 home rs / have done many times be-
fore, and during the campaign will work
and Eight just as hard for the Democracy rs
ever before" John Brady Is one OF the
staunchest adherents Of the Payne Mclean
faction.
WATTERsoE CHOSEN CHAIRMAN OF THE REso-
LOTIONS COMMITTEE.
The Committee on Resolutions met in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-06
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