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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1888-10-13

II existe uue nation qui conserve son iden-
tite depuis plus de mile ans, don't lee famil.
les principales reclament une suite d'ancstres
si Tongue qn'elle est presqus mytholegique,
ct don't les quatre- vingt- -dix mile habitants
vivent sous un code de quarante .trois arti.
cles settlement, 9ui torment toute leur juris.
prudence. Son historic ne fait mention Que
de deux voleurs le crime est presqus incon.
nu, ct on ny volt jamais d'armSes ou des
hommes de- police. Les sept. t.dixiemes de- Ia
classe instruite parlent, Esent at Scrivent Ia
langue latine tournament, ct presque tous
sout fauliliers avec fanglais. Ce peupls pro-
tend etre le plus libre eur Ia terre eu faisant
CO quil Lei plait, pourvu quill n'intsrvienne
dams les ahaires des autres. lie ne fsrment
jamsis leurs portes c]sf, mont pas d'h6tsl,
ct dounent dams leurs n,aisons toute rhospi-
talite desirable anx visiteurs. Ils se glori-
6ent do posseder dams leurs veines le sang le
plus pnr ct le plns brave qui coule parmi le
genre humain aujourd'hui; ct rSclament les
plus riches traditions dss nations modernes.
lie vivent dams un lien on rannes fournit
Quarants. On jours de -t<nebres completes ct
On msms nombre de Charts perpStuelIe. Get.
to notion VT sur notre planStre ct habite lille
d'Islands.
Un Islandaia instruit, Ludwig Won Dolcke,
qui . voyage On Europe, Q en- une entrevue
svec un reporter dn Pail Mall Gazette, de
Londres. II q, entr'autres chooses, dit:
"Ou 70 mdpreud gsnsralsment sur pIslan-
de, st celia est dd, j. suppose, AZ nom
tromptsur dIslsnde (Iceloxd, en- angiais.)
Lille, dune super6cis d'environ 1000 miles
carr6s, est verte ct fertile dams % partie me.
ridionals du mois Do mai au mois d'octobre,
alors que les rennes ct lee moutons paissent
On ibert<. En- hiver h neiee est abondante.
Ls pays est sous ls protectorat du Dane
mark, mails q emit u. II va neuf provin.
css don't chacuns choisit douss des plus an.
ciens OF dss plus sagss Dc rss habitants pour
remplir des fooct;Ous quelqus pen sembla.
bles eslle dune legislature dStat AMERICAN.
II y aussi uns assemblse rationale, sembla-
bic 4 In chambre des representants, ct un
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1888-10-13
CVEILLETTEG.

j .B<b< s'habille.
| -Qu'est-ce que tn fails IA. bebe, dit Ia honne
Tu ne vols pas que tn NETS tes has penvenY
| -Cest parce quill . nm trou de rautre c6t6.
Lettre dun gcndre I'M de ses amis:
| h ftte de belie-maman.
"Je to senis bicn reconnassant de venir faire..
IN treisisme ~
| A table d'h3te
Deux danes yarlent dun directcur de cercle qui
Went de se rrtirer sprsx fortune faite.
-Fsite la mutt? demande un des convives Cest
| CONNIE moi!
] ...CGtait un vidaneeur!
-Monxieur dit un profeseur de chimie, COM
prussique dams une suhstancef
IN suf6t den respircr; 81 on ;cmbs mort du
siqus.
Entire m6decins:
En- bien ct lee a6airesf
All mon cher, je suis sur les dents jc ne sak
o0 dcnner de ID tete; jai des mas 'es IL place de
PEtotle ct 10 barriere du Tr6ne.
-Oui. je sails que vos maladcs sont aux derniercs
extrtmitis.
Mauvais menase:
A table, en- sc servant, Trublot trouve un chevep
dams son p0tage.
II entire dams une anreuse coltr.
Pour le calmer:
-Trublot suggsre doucement N femme, je vss.
sure quill cot de h cuisinitre.
L'<tk au restaurant
Un We'll acadkmicien, en- train dc mangcr un a.
let aux pommes. se trouve incomiuOdG par une
0deur Qui c0ntnriait fort son nerf olfactif.
-C3aryon s'tcrie-t-il, quelle est cette odeurs
-Ce s0nt ssns d0ute les crevettes. Files sOnt -
f1iches. Files ne font que darriveT de u mer
-Psr jupiter! EIas sont venues pied alon!
Dams une agence matrimouiale:
-M0nsieur, nous avOns article de premier
ehoix vns veuve de trente ana sans enfants, svec
deux millions...
-Est-elle jolief
-Pas precisemenf.... mails ellie est poithnaire.
En- etes-v0us certainr
-Monseur. notre maison vous le Gxnntit.
e., IN joarnaliste qui n'est jamais parveuu 4
Scnse dans Nm journal oa Ion paie, est 1 toute
eytremit<.
Uu de ~ amis 70 le voir
mort
e II a)nute tristement
.-Encbte IN qai ne me sera ~ payf!...
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1888-10-13
LES QUATRE sAIsONs.

lie printcmps ramsne l'amour:
TosA njeunit dams II nature:
Eo.sesu, ID heur ct In ver,lure
En- ch9Qr c(lsbrcnt son rctour.
Pourquoi son rsgnc cst.il si courtf
L'ete desseche II nature,
Et Iorsque Ia rccolte est mdre.
Lautomne veut avoir son tour.
L'hiver spporte en6n - bise,
lie richie au bal danse ct devise,
lie pauvre meurt sur les glacous!
Fl tous les ans. dams &C has monde,
Tant que b terre sera ronde.
Passer0ut les quatre saisous.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23

will show his early Edenton training.
The reception given by DR.. War
ren-Bey and Miss " arren. on the
22d February, was very brilliant and
largely attended. The rooms were
beautifully decorated withi overs and
plants, the antechamber being trans
formed into = veritable bower
of verdure. A deputation OF mu-
sicians from the orchestra OF the
Opera Comique performed selections
from the popular operas in side
room, the music adding greatly to
the pleasure of the occ aston. Re-
freshments were served all the after.
noon in the drawing room, the table
being decorated with white flowers
hyacinths and tulips. Miss Warren
was assisted in receiving by Miss
Hooper, Miss Raymond and her young
sister, and Miss Innis Warren. She
wore Princesse cut dress in white
satin figured with small trefoils in
emerald green velvet, and having O
vest and skirt front in dark green
velvet. Miss Hooper had . polonaisa
in wide stripes of scarlet watered
silk and Sicilienne. loopsd over a
skirt in cc7.lI lace. lined with scarlet
silk. Miss Rsymond's toilette was
! in pink Sicilienne and Grape, trimed
with pin K satin ribbons"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
to a Below
W
article will speedy sale mean exactly "hatl
andbe mean al
This will hold good only till the 1st Of April.

Men s and boys Overcoats at half price.
Mems suit. from $500 and upward.
Men g Pants from S1.00 up.
Boys knee pants 4-13 years, from SOC.
Red flannel suit (shirt and drawers)
S1.00, all wool.
Heavy mems Undershirts, only Csc.
Heavy ladies Vests, only 80 cents.
Heavy brown cottons from cents up.
Heavy bleaching from cents up.
Shawls all wool ouly $3.50 worth $500.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
THE SUPREME COURT

THE name of our townsman, VIM.
D. Pruden, Esq, is meeting with
most favorable mention in connection
with the nomination of Supreme
Court Judges to be made at our
State Convention.
In basing our conclusions upon
the estimates which his brother law
yers place upon his ability and his
fitness for the high position, we feel
that we stand on solid ground in
venturing the opinion, that no one in
Eastern Carolina can be found who
would more gracefully adorn the
highest judicial bench of this State
than would he.
His large practice at the Bar, his
steady and studious life, the stainless
character which claims for him the
esteem of all who know him, added
to his untiring industry and ceaseless
devotion to his professional duties,
convince US that his name upon the
State ticket could not fail to give it
greater strength.
In every campaign, in the thickest
of the fight, he is always at the post
of duty and leaves nothing undone
which fair play will allow, to secure
the success of his party's candidates.
If called to seat upon the bench
of our State Court of last resort his
professional brethren and friends
claim. that Mr.. Pruden would carry
with him a mind we'll stored with
information and would by his ability
in that capacity win additional honors
which would not be less weighty
than is his present enviable position
as leader at the Bar.
There is widespread feeling in
this section that aside from reward
for party service, his splendid fitness
for the position of itself gives our
people right to ask his nomination
at the hands of his party.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
GOOD COUNTY ROADS.

UNDER this head our worthy
contemporary the Norfolk Virginian,
appreciative Of all the diversified
interest of the people in its State,
contains the following editorial article
which is as applicable and appropri-
ate here, as everywhere in our South.
ern States. Read it, ye men Of
political ASPIRATIONS and future legis-
lators, and act upon the suggestions
therein contained:
1t has long been q fault Of Southern
people to Overestimate their relation
to or interest in Federal politics. and
Of course underestimate their local
concerns. This has been conspicu.
ously illustrated by their failure to
properly estimate the value of good
county roads. They not only directly
increase the value of the land through
which they pass, in the lessening of
the cost of placing it's produce upon
the market. but indirectly they serve
as a stimulous to greater neatness in
the arrangement and management OF
farms and buildings, and to the use
Of better methods in agriculture.
The implanted house and the un-
kempt lawn. the trash Uttered barn.
yard. and the brush-grown fence rows,
that were in entire har mony with the
meadering dirt" road with its ruts.
stamps, stones and mudholes, look
strangely out of place when this
primitive highway has been replaced
by the turnpike, with it's straight,
smooth roadway; and the facilities
which this road offers for getting out
a. all times to see what ones neigh
bors and the world at large are doing.
and for bringing these neighbor past
ones own fields, soon breed discon-
tent with solvenly methods Of man.
agement and culture which was
undrsamed of before, and the result
is that the greater neatness of the
farm. and it's greater productiveness
under better management add more
to its value than even the better
market facilities which the new road
affords.
The foregoing is no mere theory.
The writer has watched the transition
of large extent Of country from a
region Of clay roads, muddy most of
the year. and almost impossible in
the Spring, to one Of hard, gravel
roads, upon which full load may be
drawn any day in the year, and the
result is just that described. We
urge our people, not only in compar-
atively far off country districts, but
nearer home, TO study Of these
plain truths.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23

JUDGE BOND, in delivering the
opinion of the Court upon motion
for a new trial in the case of United
States VS. Geo. M. Balm, was lengthy
and exhaustive. The motion being
refused, Mr.. Balm was sentenced to
the Albany penetentiary for FIVE
wears. The Norfolk Virginian of
the 18th, says:
The sentence and opinion Of the
Court were received quietly by the
accused, and he sat through the
trying ordeal without any outside
signs of emotion. He seemed deeply
touched. however, when conducted to
the marshaps Office, followed by the
gentlemen who had accompanied him
in court, and his counsel, Judge w.
w. Crump and Mr.. Richard Wake.
Mr.. Balm wac carried to Portsmouth
yesterday afternoon by United States
Marshal Scott. and is stopping at the
Ocean House, where be will remain
in charge OF Deputy United States
Narshals S. w. Watkins and L.
Hooper, both Of Farmville. Va. until
carried to the penitentiary at Albany
ON Tuesday next.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
THE OF HOLDING COURTS-FIRS,
JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

SPRING-Judge Montgomery.
FALL-Judge McRae.
Beaufort-February 18th, May 29th,
November Goth.
Currituck-MarcL 9Th, Sept. Sd.
Camden-March 18th, Sept. 10th.
Pasquotank-March 18th, June 18th,
Sept. 18th. Dec. 10th.
Perquimans-Ma1c CHI Goth, Sept. Gath.
Chowan-April I'd. Oct. 1st.
Gates-April 9th, Oct. 9Th.
Hertford-Arpil 10Th. June 18th, Oct.
10th.
Washington-April2 3d, Oct. 22nd.
Tyrrel-April 30th, Oct Goth.
Dare-Msy 9TH, Nov. 9Th.
Hyde-Aay 10Th. Nov 18th.
famlico-May 21st, Nov 10Th.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23

and helping to elect them after their
nomination. is speaking generally
with reference to the gubernatorlal
nomination. We append hereto a
few extracts from that steady old
sheet, the Wilmington Review, and
which we think finds endorsement in
the sentiment of this section from
what we have been able to hear upon
the subject. Speaking editorially the
journal named says:
eve believe that an aggressive
campaign is necessary to our success,
and if man can be found in North
Carolina better fitted than 1t. Gov
| Stedman to conduct it. we do not
know him. He is . frank, open and
generous man, whose liberality il
known Of all people in this section
and whose disinterested kindness
through long series of years to the
poor and humble has eRdeared hin
to that class by ties of the strenges
nature.
His private character is without
stain. and the public is invited TO 8
criticism Of his entire life, both
political and personal. In the two
great requi sites for leadership in the
approaching conflict be has few equals
in our State-we mean the capacity
for organization and for that style ot
public speaking calculated to arouse
the masses of the people.
II
An honest and unbiased scrutiny
OF the availability of all the names
mentioned, or likely to be mentioned,
has confirmed US in our opinion that
the standard bearer of the Democratic
party in North Carolina in 1888
should be our distinguished towns
man, 1t. Governor Charles II
! Stedman."
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND
SUICIDE.

WARRENToN, Mo-, March l9.-Late
Saturday night, Green Humphreys,
living six miles from here, became
involved in quarrel with his wife
while she was dressing, and, in a
response to q request to leave the
room. he fired three shots at her,
inflicting fatal wounds. While under
arrest in his home yesterday he COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the presencs of the wounded wife.
Humphreys was = prominent and
wealthy citizen.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
AN EDENTON BOY.
Economist

DR.. Edward Warren-Bey, Of Paris,
is undoubtedly now the most distin-
guised native Of Edenton. His lot
has been mostly cast in foreign lands
and he has won distinction in three
continents. The subjoined extract
from Galignani's Paris Messenger
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
Mai. CHS. M. STE.DM.4N

AS THE time approaches for the
selection Of the Democratic leader in
the coming contest, our people and
the State generally are showing a
degree of interest in it in keeping
with the importance Of the matter.
The press of the State, that pow
erful factor in making candidates,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
.EDENTON, MARCH %.

The forthcoming report of the
State Auditor will show that the
assessed value of real and personal
property in the State in 1887 aggre-
gated $z1o,o35,453, against S2oz,893,
500, for the year 1886, showing an
increase of $z,I4I,o23.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-23
A. Il. MITCHELL. Editor and Manag err
Price ST.. so Per Year

Delivered at doors of city subscribers, as
soon as from press, by carriers, without extra
charge.
No name entered without payment. and no
paper sent after the ex pration of time paid for.
The Editor disclaims all responsibility for the
views or statements OF correspondents--and re-
serves the right at all times TO revise or reject
any article he may think proper
Best Advertising Medium in the District.
Rates very mOderate--Special Rates on Long
Contracts.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-03
Pistressful Reports from Cuba.

The latest intelligence from Cuba
seems to show that beautiful is
land to be in most deplorablo con-
dition. The people are impover-
ished, commerce has sadly declin-
ed and the country is filled with
brigands who rob friend and foe
alike. Martial law has been de-
clared and the sutferings Of the
people are aggravated by the op-
pressions and exaetions which mil
itary rule always inhicts.
Nature has fitted Cuba to be a
paradise; man has converted it in
to a pandemonium. In fertility of
soil, virgin forests and other natu-
raj resources its possibilities for
development are extraordinary.
Situated in a southern sea, its
mountains lifting their SUBMITS fan
above the reach of malaria, assist
to make climate at once delight
full and salubrious. All the physi-
cal conditions exist there for the
establishment of one Of the most
prosperous states in the world; bat
for nearly four centuries its wealth
has constantly been carried beyond
seas to enrich strangers. Cuba il
all that time has been merely tn,
camping place ola foreign soldiery
and Of alien tax collectors.
Cuba belongs naturally to th
United States and do ubtless its &C
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-03

QUESTION could have long ago been
amicably and successfully accom-
pIisbed but for The opposition man
Tested by the American people
themselves. lest Cuba should have
come into the Union as a slave
State. Since there can no longer
be slave States, this objection does
not now exist; but with the general
apathy on the subject it is not like
~ that any interest will soon be
taken in the matter. To the mean
time the island Is drifting into rev
olution and the Spanish govern
ment might be induced 10 sell IL TO
the highest bidder 10 get rid of an
Improbable possession. Should a
well organized insurrection break
out there the people in their des-
peration might throw themselves
in the arms Of an aggressive and
ambitious power like Germany and
invite a protectorate, a scheme
which has already been limited
with more or less seriousness. Gu
/ ba seems to be the ireland of tn,
/ New World and must work out it'
own salvution.-Pieayune.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-03
Manure In the Hill.

As TO applying manure IN the
hill, this method, according to
Southern Cultiyator, is not so safe
a rule. 1t is better that the ma
nure used on all crops should be
thoroughly mixed with the soil
rather than in tho hill, especially
if in quantity or in Jumps, for it
soon dries out when the rains stop,
then il Injuries rather than benefits
the crop. And besides, some ma
nures are too strong for young
plants. They do not need so much
nourishment asthe start; but when
they have attained considerable
size, md have sent out rootlets all
through the soil, then plant food is
demanded in abundance, and if it
has been thoroughly incorporated
with the soil it will be found and
taken up.-Rx.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-03
BLAINE.s GREAT FoE.
lPhiladolphia Times I

Philadelphia Times.
Roscoe Conkling was the impla-
cable foe Of James 6. Blaine. They
we're rival leaders 10 the House
quarter ofa century ago, and 10
one Of their parliamentary dis
putes tbey both lost their tempers
aud gave the largest latitude TO
their inveciiye. Since then Blaine
and Conkling have ever met as
strangers; they did not even speak
or nod as they passed by, and in
later debates in the Senate, neither
ever alluded to the other beyond
saying. 1T has been stated on this
floor" ETC., instead Of referring to
the honorable senator from
Maine" or the honorable senator
from New York" as is the custo-
mary senatorial courtesy.
Conkling's last direct allusion to
Blaine in public speech was in his
memorable Grafton nominating
General Grant in the Chicago Con
ycntion of 1850, when he rang cut
singing sentence against the
popular candidate that sent mp a
confused chorus Of Kisses and
cheers from ten thousand people
for many minutes. His last act in
the Blaine drama was the reyolu
ton Of his county, Oneida, where
/ Cleveland received 30 majority
over Blaine, and where Garfield
had received 1916 over Hancock
four years before. When it is re
membered that Cleyeland's MAORI
ty in the State was only !, 100, anC
that the change in Conkling'i
county alone was 1876, the Conk
ling death-blow to the PlumeC
Knight will be appreciated.
The death Of Mr.. Conkling re
moves from the political erena tn,
most dreaded of all BlaIne's man,
political foes, and it is evident tina
Blaine's friends regard the dealt
of Conkling as removing on Of tn,
most dangerous obstacles I,
Blaine's success. Conkling feare,
no man; bowed to no man; was
suppliant to no man. He wa
alike a stranger to Intimidation
and to commercial politics, an
Blaine was without the attribute
necessary to enlist Conkliug in hi
, support; but Conkling is dead, an
the hopes Of the friends of Blaiu
have fresh revival over the fires
grave of his inveterate politics
enemy.
That the friends Of Blaine wi
be inspired 10 increased energ
and hope in their cause by th
death OF Conkling, there are III
mistakable indications on ever
side; aud it is more than probabl
that the earnest efforts for Blain
exhibited during the last fe'
weeks will be more earnest an
more general heDeeforth than j
the past. 1t is not impossible no
that the death of ConAing ma
determined the trembling balanC
in favor of Blaine's denomination
and thus shape the great nationi
contest of 1888.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-03
GAMBLING
Branding Dealing ia Futures a. q
Crime.

The rich, gilded gambler who
deals in futures with thousands for
his stakes is TO be placed on the
same footing with the negro crap
shooter.
There is now pending before
Congress a bill 20 prohibit and
punish the dealing in futures on
agricultural products. OF course.
il Is being fought. OF course, its
opponents arc declaring it uncoR-
stiiutional, for there is scarcely q
wrong from plural wives to protec-
ton that the constitution has not
been used TO bolster up. Ofcourse
this bill may be defeated this ses-
sion and its passage postponed for
some time, but pass it will. Dis
severed even from the moral guilt
that elings like a consuming lepro-
sy to this gambling, dealing in fu-
lures is ono Of the most portentious
evils fthe age.
Dealing in futures make the pri-
oes that farmers get for their crops
not dependent on the natural laws
Of supply and demand, but on the
arbitrary caprices Of a set Of I'M
scrupulous swindlers and scoundels
whose interests are Numerically
opposed to those Of the farmer.
These ncn collecting and banding
together in those bandit dens,
known as grain and cotton exchan-
ges, combine to force the price OF
grain and cotton far down below
their value and then they buy up
all such produce that the necessity
Of the farmer, always driven to des-
perate straits by monstrous sys-
tenn Of taxation, is compelled to
put on the market, no matter how
low prices may be.
So the first point against these
spectators is that they cheat the
farmers.
Now, when they have bought in
this produce at the lowest possible
prices, they proceed to store il
away and hold it. This soon eau.
SEES scarcity OF such produce in
the market and the price Of grain
comes rising higher and higher
and then when it has reached it,
highest point they proceeded tC
sell. Now every dollar that grair
on account of the artificial scarcity
rises above its real value, is dol
lar robbed from the buying clas
Of this country.
Every man that buys a loaf 0
bread in this whole country is thu.
taxed and robbed by these legaliz
ed bandits.
No matter how poor, how insig
nifcant, person may be he has t
contribute of his earnings to tn
Golfers Of these spectators.
There is some honor and kind
ness OF heart among ordinary high
way robbers. They take onl,
from the rich, who are in meas
ure able to bear it. The poor tray
eler can 60 singing, careless-heart
eddy, along the highway, and n,
bandit from hidden cove woul,
swoop down upon him. Povert,
and squallor appeal with overmas
tering pathos TO the ordinary thief
But with these men, the widow
even, who with tear-wet needle ant
thread can scarcely feed her OF
phan children, is compelled 10 Civ
mp part of her earnings to satisf
their wolfsh greed. Then the sec
ond point against this future deal
ing is that it robs right and lef
regardless ofrank, station and con
dition.
Congressman Euloe, of Jackson
Tennessee, is the chiefchampion 0
the bill and argues for it on behal
of the farmer but as shown in tn
above article he might argue for
in behalf of the -Meridia
Democrat.