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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04
The Most Perfect of All Singers.

The English tenor, Simon Reeves, in
his "reminiscences, writes 1.-The most
perfect singer | ever heard was Jenny
Lind; and this lady, as natural and frank
as she was kind hearted, was as particu-
lar about singing with propriety of de-
meanor as about singing absolutely in
tune and with the exact expression
required by the meaning of the words.
On one occasion she quietly asked vo-
calist who INDUCED in dreadful contor-
lions why she made such faces. I cannot
reach the notes without doing So was
the reply. Then, said Jenny Lind In
her gentlest manner, you should not sing
at ally"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04
SELECT SIFTINGS.

4 goose with several links of cola
chain in its craw was killed at San Iucss
Cal, recently.
During a thunder storm at Dennis,r
Texas, the wheel of sewing machi-.
was melted by a stroke of lightning.
1t is claimed that a new discovery F.,
tanning will revolutionize the lca,la-
business and make shoes five times as
durable as now.
A cloud burst in Nevada the ether d.v
dropped enough water on a region two
miles square 10 form lake OF ten @.-.,
in extent and ten feet deep.
A Frenchman who was born in 1o>4
is regularly at work in a mill at Ottawa.
Canada He is hale and hearty and
seems good for several more summers
In one of two stone sarcophagi found
at Rome in the Pratt iii Castillo. H..
skeleton of girl was found, along with
a wooden doll with jointed arms and
legs.
A tree at JameSburg, n. j., produces
three kinds of apples and one Kind Of
pears. The apples ripen at different
times and one crop follows auothc,
through the summer.
Professor Charles H. Gilbert, naturalist
of the United States Fish Commission.
claims to have discovered thirty-fve new
varieties of fish on the Pacific Coast
within seven months.
There is a woman in a west of England
town who makes good living by killing
cats. She advertises that if people who
are about to 60 away for the summer will
send their cats to her she will kill them
with chloroform.
The Valley of the Amazon is larger
than that of the Mississippi, the former
river draining 1880, 900 square miles,
and the latter 1,244, 500 square miles.
The Amazon drains, greater area than
any other river on the globe.
Every scrap of iron or wood within
reach upon the Eiffel Tower is covered
with names and dates. The interiors OF
the lifts are covered and the glass wind
protectors of the elevators and on the va
rious floors are being rapidly filled up.
1t is we'll known that practice in look
ing at distant objects improves the eye
sight. In the test for color blindness
among the engineers of the New jersey
Central road it was found that the oldest
man in the service had the best sight for
long distance purposes, and was better
able to distinguish the various shades and
colors
The story comes from Leighton, Mass,
that John Davis, while hunting the other
day, shot and killed a snake of the moe
casin variety that measured six feet five
inches in length and twenty-one inches
in circumference. 1t was such monster
that Mr. Davis concluded to skin and
stuff it. While performing the opera
ton he found Mexican gold coin Sc
creted among it's vitals that was issued in
1924.
The Florida sponge fishermen detect
the presence of sponges by means of
water glass, which is a simple contri-
vance, being a circular piece of glass in
serted in the bottom of a bucket. The
bucket is thrust into the water, and look
ing through the glass the sponge hunter
can clearly distinguish any object on the
bottom of the sea, even if the water be
rough. The sponges are gathered with Ia
pole from eighteen to forty feet long,
with a three pronged iron claw at the
end.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04

It is never the opinion of others that
displease lis, but the pertinacity they
display in obtruding them upon US.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04

My eyes were so blurred with tears
that could scarcely see the faded trem-
bling writing. Once more they fell
upon the yellowed page, where, under
meath, was written:
''My little Dorothy! She died this
morning. The sunshine of the new
year falls softly in upon her as she lies
asleep! dear; have read the gentle story
through, and so close the book"
The rain that had been falling wildly,
wept softly now. The branches of the
dead tree swept against the window, and
my tears fell on the tender story of a
young life, while the darkening shadows
filled the room-Frank Leslie's.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10
PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS.
Our Advancing Civilization and the OPP
portunity 1t Offers.

Our Advancing Civilization and the OPP
portunity 1t Offers.
When the historian comes to write
the history of the nineteenth century.
said Prof. David A. Wells at Harvard,
| am certain he will ascribe to tho
period embraced by tho present gener-
alton of living men, period unequaled
in the worlds history, transcending,
perhaps. any other in the development
of thought, period that finds its par
allel in that which succeeded the Cruz
sades, the discovery of gunpowder, the
emancipation of thought, and the
Reformation, the discovery of America,
and the invention of the stearl engine,
when the whole plane of humanity
rose to higher level, with this i'm
portant exception, that the elimination
of to-day is at the highest and the plane
of humanity is still rising. Under these
circumstances the college graduate of
to-day is launching his bark on a sea
of opportunity, with q tide, that if
taken at its flood, will lead to greater
fortune and success than ever before in
the annals o. the world.
OF the unsolved problems of the past
that have come down to us there is not
probably a single one which is not
looked at from an entirely different
standpoint from what it was forty years
ago, and which does not demand for its
discussion. looking to its solution, an
amount of acute intellect, coupled with
power of acute observation and de-
duction, far beyond any thing that has
heretofore been regarded as required.
And of the problems of the present and
the future none more serious and i'm
portant have ever commanded the at
tention of mankind than those which
are the outcome of our advancing civil
zation. These problems to many, even
conservative and most thoughtful
minds, seem to contain abundance of
menace, and the gathering of the bar
barians from within, in place of with
out as before, for general assault on
the organization of society and even
the permanency of civilization. Society,
therefore, has no greater need than to
supply its force of trained intellf cts
that shall stand ION the citadel and De
ready to meet boldly every event tIiat
time and circumstances may force upon
it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10
"BEYOND THE HILL"

Long. long ago, when life was sweet,
And days with love and hope replete,
lived where shade aud sunshine meet,
Beside rill.
used to gaze, with wondering eyes,
AWAY to where the hill-tops rise
Where, bending low, the purple skies
Caressed the hill
The blue rim Of the horizon,
The vauted skies at -est thereon,
And over all, the yellow sun
Poured mellow light.
My fancy, with strange unrest,
Went often to the far-off crest
or hills lowlying toward the west
With eager flight.
What strange new things beyond might hide {!
My world SO narrow-that how wide!
What was 1t, on the other side'
questioned still.
Till one sad day, my restless feet
Went out across the meadow-sweet-
Went gayly out, the world to greet,
Beyond the hill.
How long iourneyed-where 1 left
The blue hills which the distance cleft,
Or how, or when of hope bereft,
do not know.
The way led through weary night
And DER my spirits fell blight;
The path grew rough and chill and white
With frost and snow.
1t seemed the time was years and years,
The way, through leagues and leagues OF tears,
And l, beset with doubts and fears
And longings vain.
The world found was wide and cold,
And hard and selfish fame nor gold
Could comfort me; and grew old
Through grief and pain.
Butsometmes through my tears would rise
Strange visions Of those purple skies
And wooded hills and golden dyes
That knew no chill;
And comforting my wild despair
A low voice whispers: lover there
Is life and love, and rest from care
Beyond the HILL
Nellie w. McVey, in America.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10
A Substitute for Glass.

We read in our English exchanges
tended as a substitute for glass has
been satisfactorily adopted in some of
the public buildings of London. Il
possesses such degree of pliancy
that it may be bent backward and for
ward like leather and be subjected to
very considerable stensile strain with
'mpunity; it is also almost as transient
as glass and of a pleasing amber color,
varying in shade from a very light
golden to pale brown. The basis of
the material is web of fine iron wire
with warp and welt threads about one
twelfth inch apart, this being Enclosed
like a fly in amber in sheet of trans
lucent varnish of which the base in
linseed oil. There is no resin or gum
in the varnish, and once having be-
come dry it is capable of standing heat
and damp without undergoing any
change, neither hardening nor becom-
ing sticky. Briefly, the manufacture
is accomplished by dipping the sheets
edgewise into deep tanks of varnish
and then allowing the coating which
they thus receive to dry in warm
atmosphere. 1t requires somewhat
more than dozen of these dips to
bring the sheets to the required degree
of thickness, and when this has been
accomplished the material is stored fer
several weeks to thoroughly S,t.-
Science.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10
HE WANTED VENGEANCE.
A Noble Husband Who Didn't Prevent al
EiOpement.


EIopement.
had been riding in the same seat
with a very plain sort of man for the
last twenty miles, when a couple
boarded our car at a junction, and he
suddenly uttered cuss word as long
as my arm. | saw that he was excited
by their advent, and naturally inquired
if he knew them.
know 'em? Why, that woman is
my wife, he Kissed.
s'And who's the mau?"
its Teller she is clipping within
They haven't seen you yet, and they
are nicely caught. How long ago did
she leave?"
Three days. I'll have a terrible re-
venge."
care you armed?"
mo, I'm too dangerous when I'm
armed, and | left my revolver home. "
Then you'll swoop down on the
man and break him in two?'
Il orter. / suppose, but when begin
to swoop l don't know where to stop, l
might damage dozen others. My re-
venge must be swift and terrible, how
ever"
"How do you propose to do?"
81 dunno How would you do?"
II should 60 for the man without de-
lay"
Eyes, that is the proper way, sup
pose, but if get wild who's to hold me?
l once started in to lick man, broke
loose, and finally cleaned out whole
town meeting. l must take blood,
vengeance, however"
perhaps if you would show your
self the man would stink off, and the
wife return to your BOSOM" l sug-
gested.
II dunno, if he would it would be
all right. but suppose he tried to bluff
me? That would make fend of me
in moment, and / should probably
kill every body in this car. l must
have blood, however.
perhaps you could buy him off"
said, meaning it for stab.
Yes, l might, but l guess he'd want
more'n I've got"
well, do you propose to sit here
and let another man walk off with
your wife?'
NO! By the canopy of heaven, no!
demand his hearts blood! Let me
think. He's purity solid, isn't he?"
Yes"
would probably fight?"
81 think So
Don't look as if he would let 60 for
twelve dollars?"
"No."
"Well, l must plan for deep and
lasting vengeance. Let me collect my
thoughts
At that moment the woman turned
and saw him, and she at once arose
and came back to the seat. He looked
at her with open mouth, and she
pointed her finger at him and said:
Thomas Jefferson Baily, you open
your yawp on this kyar and I'll make
you wish you'd never been born! At
the next stop you git off, or my Teller
will make your heels break your neck!
I've gone and left you, and that's all
there is to it, and faint no use to
bother us. Mind, now, or you'll hear
from men'
And she went back to her seat, and
Thomas Jefferson rode nine miles with
out another word, and as stop was
reached he dropped off as humbly as
you please. He stood beside the open
window until the train moved, and
then whispered to me:
Il got off to collect my thoughts.
Look out for me when l turn loose for
vengeance!'-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10

Picked Cherries: Select large
ones that are perfect. Put one quart
of vinegar, three pounds of sugar, half
an ounce each of ground cloves and
cinnamon tied in a bag, into porcelain
kettle and let them come to boil. To
this add five pounds of cherries and
boil one minute. Pour into cans and
put the covers on.-Good Housekeep-
iDO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10

"A teacupful of cream i'm proves the
flavor of asparagus. peas, beans. etc.
II is also good addition to chicken
gravy. and, used with sugar, makes an
excellent dressing for buildings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-10
Curious Archaeological Discovery.

A curious discovery has just been
made at Vimoutiers, France, by peas
ant living in the village of Cutesson.
He was digging in his field when the
ground suddenly gave way, and he fell
into hole ten feet in depth. The
peasant had accidentally lighted upon
a subterraGsan chamber, the existence
frekvhieh was not even suspected by the
country people. On examination a
number of human bones partially pet
ri6ed were found in an adjoining vault
constructed in the form of circle. The
bones are of exceptionally large dimen-
sions and appear to have belonged
to a race OF gigantic stature and great
breadth of frame. In fact, the persons
who have studied the case on the spot
are of opinion that the bodies must
have been inferred in this burial place
at very remote period. Chicago
| Herald.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
TO CAPTURE LOWER CALIFORNIA.
Adventures Advance Scheme to Take
IL From the Mexican Government.


CuoAao. ILL.,, April l5.-A dispatch from
los Angeles, Cal, says There Is well
authenticated scheme on foot TO capture
Lower California. A reporter, yesterday,
found two gentlemen who had been asked TO
ioin in the undertaking. They are Grand
Army men, well known and reliable. At
their request their names are not given, but
II II becomes necessary their identity can be
established. One OF them occupies IN official
position in this city and the other is we'll
known capitalist. One said: Yes, sir; l
think there is q scheme TO capture the Lower
Peninsula, and II the plan is as well organ
lied aud has the powerful backing that the
members claim for IT, they will make con-
siderable trouble for Mexico. ! was asked
10 Join and was offered suitable rank and
nav. OF course ] would have nothing to do
with such n scheme and did not want TO
know too much about II.
The second party, when Intercepted, nd
milted having the same oiler made 10 him.
The scheme Is being worked through secret
order, which has large membership through
the South.
lie said: "Thcy are we'll organized and
number now over ! 100 III the Military De'
partmcnt. The Civil Department takes in
many prominent aud influential men.
refused to have anything 10 do with the
scheme but expect 10 hear from IL before
long"
ANY ono who has watched the progress Of
things ON the Peninsula during the last ycai
and who has known Of the existence OF thi'
Society can easily see that trouble is brew
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
Transfer. Of Real Estate.

John Monagan aud wife 10 Thomas Clark,
lots and o on the north end Of Lane ave
nue.. between Waldron and Brnklcy also,
lot a on Kehoe avenue, in the Mckcon 4
Cross subdivision; ~, 025
Sodgwiok q Nesbitt, i5xiIi feet ON Lal.osc
street; 1868
w. c. Polk To A. J. Copcwood, Emma
Copcwood and Flynn Copcwood, seventy
eight acres OF land In the Tenth Civil Dis.
tric,; Si.OVO.
james H. Barton and wife Co Laura Mum
ford. lot II on Rayburn avenue $500.
Min,cr Parker and wife To u. Fulber, SIX
$50 feet on Barbour avenue, In Latham a
Stewart subdivision. 500
J. l.. Marks aud wife to j. A. Wilson, 100
by lis feet, lot In Watkins subdivisi0n.tjO
4. II. Weaver and wife Ia L. u. Mcl'ar'
land, lla acres shelby county land, - ,36
II. +. Fleetwood and wife 10 Hughes &
Homer, half Interest IN Il lot in the town Of
DFuuswiuk siGi.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
1T SUITS HIM, ANYHOW.
sevon-stare Mogui Banks Tells Why His
order IN Good one.

"You did not got the correct facts In re-
gard to thc Seven Star Order" said ID. L. Il.
hanks TO an ArrEAL reporter Yesterday. 1T
l. not the mere local affair that YOU have
been informed. We have li.uO members In
Mississippi. Arkansas aud Tennessee, and
We have q large number oi stores scattered
throughout II u wrong Ia assume that We
have any law, rule OF provision that would
conflict with the ordinary rules Oi business
or interfere with the legitimate business ol
the white people. The order II benevolent
~ well A. commercial We bury the dead,
care for the sick, make bright the homes OF
members, and do ruud in various ways,
| Everybody knows me-. NV father cut the
/ hriars from the corner of Main aud Madison
STREETS where hank nov IT, and We arr all
/ well known. We don't bind our member
/ ship 90 purchase from M, and We could not
| do that here where our capital stock IL mol
over s2iO A good oplcri Ncs, Of course II
j. a good order u pays me y, so d year an,
think IL good. No, I don't clerk or worl
IN any IT the stores ! am supreme Gran,
Master aud have a general supervision ~ th'
order In three States and am kept busy
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
NEW TAX RULES.
Parties Owning Private Vehicles May
Walk Up and Eaulp Themaelven.

The numbers for private vehicles, hacks
and pleasure carriages authorized by the
new law are now ready, and the owners Of
this Kind OF property will he required 10
come forward and pay up. Tho terms are.
For a one horse, two-Wheol pleasure vehicle,
~ per annum, Tor a ono-horsc, fourwhccl
pleasure vehicle ~, ior q tNo.horsc pleasure
carrinRc, a..
The changes In the new law are quite
numerous, and a few points will be interest.
ing to the public. Ranks in the future viii
have to pay license Ia proportion 20 the
amount of their paid.up capital, at the rate
OF a ON the II, 900. Stock, notes aud money
brokers will Iay $50. loosc cotton buyer
who buy from other than regular fnctors
Siul. patent medicine men who have music
on the streets. sluo every three months
Plumbers license has been raised from ~
90 s2h. Picture cnlargcrs aud crayOn picture
makers. sl0 per annum, lghtningrud deal
err, other than regular licensed houses, ~
Per nnnum; chcwinrgum manufacturers
sth per annum; wagon manufacturers lstean
powcrA $50 per mnum, wagon manu-
lacturcrs (hand powcrA 80 per annum.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
CONSTITUTIONAL CATARRH

No single dlsoas, has cntallcd more suffering OF
ha,ionci the hryaklng up Of the constitution than
Calarfh. The scns Of smcll. oi taste. " sight, Of
hcarlnf the human Nuioc. tho mind Que or moro
aud sometimes all. yicld 10 ~ destructive In.
lucncc. Tho poison Il distributes throughout tho
system attacks every vital furcc. aud breaks up the
most robust Of constitutions Ignored. because but
little understood by most physicians impoionty
assaulted hy quacks aud Chaflathns those suffering
tfom Il have little hops 10 BE- relieved oi II this side
OF the grave Il l. time, then. that the popular
| treatment II this terrible disease By remedies
within tho reach II al passed into hands NJ once
/ competent Enthusiastically, The new aud hitherto
/ uniflcd method adopted by Dr. kauiorl la tho
/ prrpantlon of his RADICAL tuim has won tho
/ hearty approval oi thousands II q inttantaneou,
In Attending relief In Ill head colds tnccrng smut
| ding aud otstrurici hr,aihinE aud npidi remove,
/ the mot Oppressive symptoms, clearing the head
| twrcteuiug the breath. restoring the senses 81
/ smell tattc and hearing, and nrutfaiislng the con
| ftitutonai tendency ~ the disease toward the
/ unrs. liver aud Kidney
| sASr1un's RApic,t Cunr consists Of one bottle
/ oi the RADICAL CVHr one bon Of CAsAnnuAL soL
/ yrst. aud iarnovrn lSnAtEW price, ".
PUttfH nuuo 4 CHEMICAL ConronAuoS, DostoS
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
LOCAL NOTICES

MEMPHIS Steam Laundry. 22i Second ~.
BRISKLEY LUMBER Co.. l2I Jefferson ~.
DYE WonKs-L. Regcl q Co., 5S JEFF
ierson street; telephone l,030.
MEMPHIS Steam Carpet Cleaning and
Renovating Works, No. 800 Benle street.
telephone No. $780,
G. II. HoTcuRIss, skilled Matchmaker.
Difficult aud complicated watches ! espe-
cially solicit. No. 81 Madison street.
CUNSINouAN Wagon Works, corner
Monroe and DeSoto streets. The best ma
torial on hand; the most finished work
men employed.
PURR AMI white as tho flower whose
name II bears are tho biscuits raised by
Lily Baking Powder.
DEAS 4 Lilly CorFRE AND sPicE Ca
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
Low n.tc, 10 New YorI aud netarn.

The Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
commencing April 20, and until morning
train Of April %, will sell tickets TO New
York and return for S3l.i0. Tickets linn
tied returning until May 2. Nostibule
sleeper ON $50 pm. train leaving Mem
phis. connecting with Pennsylvania Rail-
road vcstibule train at Cincinnati; arriving
In New York at pm, second day out
from Memphis. For sleeping ear accom-
modations call AT 3l2 Main street
JNo. \. Scorr, I. \.
Gro. H. MCl.EAN, L. A..
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
THE COURTS.
Criminal Court.

Phil Johnson, charged with bringing stolen
property into the State, was given three
years in the penitentiary.
The trial Of Richard Summers, charged
with murder, was set for Mayo
I'll. Williams Esq, OF Mississippi, was
sworn in ms an attorney,
Judge DuBose ordered the County Jailcr
10 hold the person OF w. o. lledrick ON a
charge OF murder in the first degree until
further notified by the court Later this
order was rendered more specific by addi'
tional instructions commanding that the
prisoner be kept in the body Of the Jail.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16
pm JonNsoN.s REooRp.
A Cotton Stealing Case That Had 20
Como 20 Shelby for Punishment.


Como TO shelby for Punishment
The case II Phil Johnson, oolorcd, who
was sent TO the pcnitcntiary from the Grim.
inal Court yesterday. has many novel feat.
urcs. About year ago johnson stole some
cotton from planter In Arkansas named
Felix Lanior aud sold Il In Memphis 10
Mcssrs Brown & Co. lie was accused Of III,
theft, admitted his guilt and gave Mr. lanici
a check aud a trust deed ON his property {,
secure the payment Of tie money.
The Arkansas courts took the matter NJ
johnson wa, arrested and put IN jail. III
broke Jail and was shot while being ~
arrested. Later he gave bond and slo0,
trial. when the jury disagreed aud failed L
convict him. Departing 81 being able 4
secure his conviction la Arkansas, Mr. Ia
nier had him indicted, nj Judge Dulinsc'
suggestion, for bringing stolen property int
the State aud he Vas sent up for term q
three years.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-16

SPECIAL FEATURES
Nv terms Of contract the Company must deposit
the snm IL all prizes included In the scheme belofo
selling a single ticket and receive the following
oflrial psriuit;
CEKTiFfCATB I hereby certify that the Lon.
don hank of Mexico and South America has on
special deposit the necessary funds 70 guarntNc me
paymcnt Of all prizes drawn b. Tie Lotcrh oe IN
II RoDRiduEz RIVERA. In,eycnior.
Further the Company Il required u distribute
nnysiK pef cent Of the value Of all the tickets IA
prizes "a larger proportion than IL given oy any
other Lottery. -,
Tinaiiy the number Of tickets 4 limited 70 500
1900 leo than are sold by other Lotteries uang
ror mn psrticaiars adircSs q. Bassotti, Apar
do 40, city oi Mexico. Mexico