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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10
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A Natural Soap Mine.

The natural soap mines of Owens Lake,
Cal, are thus accounted for by one of the
company now working them. He says
that the waters of the lake contain a
strong solution of borax and soda. In
these waters there breeds grub that be-
comes fly. The flies die in the water
and drift ashore, covering the ground to
the depth of a foot or more. The oily
substance of the flies blends with the
borax and soda, and the result is a layer
of pure soap. These strata repeated from
year to year form the soap mines, where
large forces of men are now employed.
This soap miner is quoted in San Fran
cisco paper as follows: "There is another
queer thing about the waters of these
lakes. You shoot duck there and fail
to get it, and in a little while, when it
drifts ashore, you find that its fat breast
and sides have changed to elegant toilet
soap, and you can chip it off and use it,
and it is just as nice as any refined
SOAP
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10
AN ADVENTURE IN MEXICO.
BY FRANK H. CONVERSE.

Twelve thousand dollars was big sum
to carry on ones person in such lawless
country as Mexico, at the time of which
I speak-when they were running the
first railway through from Pas del Norte
to the capital.
For then the country was overrun with
desperadoes of every description, of
which horse thieves and desperate adj
venturers of all kinds were only the milder
types. The diligencia was ''held up"
about once a month, and quite frequently
the driver was in collision with the road
agents, or ''banditti, as they called them.
1t was this latter fact, in part, which
led me to make my journey from Orvieto
to Pachuca then the temporary terminus
of the railway-on horseback, though a
desire to see something of this most
romantic part of the beautiful country
had some influence upon my decision.
l was then the paymaster for this
division, and was conveying the amount
of which told you to the general super
intendent at the terminus, with instruc-
tions to get it there as soon as possible
a strike having been threatened among
the Mexican laborers. And so, mounted
on a tough little horse of the mustang
breed, l set out with my money in a
small valise strapped to the saddle
and hidden from view by an old fash
toned cloak it was my fancy to wear
while travelling.
Well, if you have ever been in Mexico,
you can readily understand how delight
full a horseback journey must be at the
pleasantest time of the year through some
of the most charming scenery in the
world.
The road wound through fertile valleys
and between lofty mountain ridges, past
coffee and sugar plantations and beautiful
haciendas belonging to the Weather
residents. Here and there were pictur-
esque villages nestled at the base of the
lofty hills, while far away against the
clear blue sky were the twin peaks of
Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl, covered
with perpetual snow.
Nothing of special interest happened
till the third day, when reached the lit
tie hamlet Of Tampasca, some thirty miles
from Pachuca, my destination. My horse
was beginning to flag bit, and, DESTROYS
of giving him a rest, resolved to lay bv
for the rest of the day, if I could find
proper accommodations, and finish nv
journey upon the morrow
But wretched pulqueria, or drinking
house of the lowest order, was the only
stopping place l could find. And the
sinister appearance of the half dozen
brigandish looking vacqueros and cabal-
leros lounging about the entrance de-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10
Dancing at Efghty-Five.

The island of Nantucket is off the track
Of the modern world. The people ano lneII
customs are very unlike those In any other
mart of the world-the ''otf-island part, as
the Nantucketers are wont 70 call 1t
Old-fashioned customs and naoIts preFs1;
They know but little about the new-tangleo
manners and methods of modern social NE.
They follow the beaten paths OF a century
ago, live simple, thrifty, laSorlous hves' &nu
furnish little business Tor the doctors:
They thrive financially and physically.
A visitor at an evening gathering on the
island, not long since, tells how one lazy,
aged ninety -one. presided at the piano, ana
another. aged eighty-five. dan Ell ana
you may take my word FOR Il. aoos bne
visitor, that the dancing was sure-eno0gn
dancing, if one might judge from the laoy
snapping eyes, nervous speech and decisive
character"
Locality and climate would ceem to have
comparatively little effect on health and
longevity if people lived simply, as nature
dictates, and when ailing built up with
natures simple remedies, like W arners Log
Cabin Sarsaparilla instead of pulling down
the system by using poisonous mineral drugs
People who hasten to the physician every
any of the minor evidences Of natures sure
revolt against dfsobediencs of her laws, will
not be found dancing at eighty-hve. The
mineral poisons of the apothecary lead to
early physical decay.
The long lived, rugged Nantucketers' who
enjoy life's pleasures when octogenarians,
illustrate what the 'off-island " portion of
the world may experience if they live by
natures law and use old fashioned log-cabln
remedies of roots and herbs for the ordinary
ills that flesh is heir to.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10
SERGEANT JASPER.


SHIPS of England roll at anchor, stately SHIPS
from DER the sea,
Rode at anchor in the sunshine, two by two
and three by three.
From Fort MoulGrie came an answer to the
summons they had sent;
'tNo surrender; we await you for the battle
well content"
Old Fort Moultrie, dark and gloomy, with
its ramparts long and low,
Over which the patriot banner tapped de-
fance to the foe
Admiral Sir Peter Barker looked toward tie
fort and laughed;
eve can break down their defenses with the
weakest Of our craft.
What care for wooden breastworks of pal
metto, or of pine?
Bid the ships prepare for action; let the
Bristol lead the line
And from MONDAY until sunset smoke Of
battle sought the sky;
From the land and from the water groans
and curses rose on high;
While in Charleston, stricken Charleston,
queenly town beside the sea,
and mothers bent the knee
Mid the fiercest of the conflict, crash of shot
and shrek of shell,
Suddenly the flagstaff parted and Fort Mouit-
ries banner fell.
Who will raise the fallen banner? In the
trenches there it lies
And the man who ventures thither for his
daring surely dies.
Sergeant Jasper, child of glory, whom the
world will not forget,
Caught the ramner of his cannon, sprang
upon the parapet;
Raised the soiled and ragged banner, mid the
tumult and the strife,
With as careful touch and tender as it were
a thing Of life;
Lashed it to the cannon hammer, proudly
sought his post again;
While above him and around him flew the
shower of iron rain;
From that staff the flag of Jasper fioated till
the fight was done;
Till the gallant Carolinians had the battle
bravely won.
Then his comrades gathered round him,
caught their hero by the hand
1--WE will follow at your bidding, we will
give you chief command!
In the name of God and justice, where the
flags of battle wave,
Who SO worthy to be leader as the bravest
of the brave?
Said the hero of the fight:
'Can [ read? or can I write?
Give the leadership to me?
One who knows not A from G.?
My good friends, it shall not be,
AS am keep my stand
Till these English leave the land"
And the man who served so well
When the flagstaff snapped and fell,
In the glorious days of yore
Died Sergeant nothing more.
---John E. Tyler IN atlanta Constitution.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

Liver Oil on account Of its unpleasant taste.
This difficulty has been overcome in SCOTS
EMULSION of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos
phites. It being as palatable as milk, and the
most valuable remedy known for the treat
ment of Consumption, Scrofula and Bron-
chitis, General Debility, Wasting Diseases of
Children, Chronic Coughs and Colds, has
caused physicians in all parts Of the world TO
use it. Physicians report our little patients
take it with pleasure. Try Scott's Emulsion
and be convinced.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10
The Excitement Not Over.

The rush on the druggists still continues and
daily scores of people call for a bottle of
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for
the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis
and Consumption: Kemp's Balsam, the stan
dard family remedy is sold on guarantee and
never fails to give entire satisfaction. Price
SOC and ST.. Trial size free.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

To the Editor-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which / warrant to cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its viz
tues that will send free q sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
II. 6. ROOT. M. c.. 1S3 Pearl ST.. New York.
Best. easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. SOC.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

Viscount Claudeboye, eldest son of
Lord Dufferin, is earning reputation in
India as mighty tiger slayer. On re-
cent expedition he shot six of the terrible
beasts in two days.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

For SPRAISs. BRUISES, BACKACBE.
PAIN i'm the CHEST SIDES. Hk. an
ACHE, TOOTHACHE, or any ether En-
TERNAL PAIN, few application act
like magic, causing the PAIN TO IN
STANTLY STOP.
For CONCESSIONS EXPERIMENTATION
SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS, coin
i'm the CHEST, HHEUMATISM, NEU-
RALGIA, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA. PAINS
in the Small Of the Back, etc, mere e1.
tended, longer continued and repeated
applications are necessary 70 effect a
cure.
All INTERNAL PAINS lin the Bowe I,
or Stomach hi, CRAMPS, SPASMS, SOUR
IT o N A III, MAJ A, TIN G,
HEARTBURN, Ola RR HEA, collie
FLATULENCY, PAINTING SPELLS ar.
relieved instantly and QUICKLY
CURED by taking internally dirert.
ed. Sold by Druggists. Price, soc.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

The Trinity Church property, New
York, has an assessed valuation of So
$50, 900. This property is exempt from
taxes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

The Italian Government has ordered
from the Krupps 100 heavy guns.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

PHILADELPHIA banking institutions have
calls for money all over the United States.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-10

The most cen
tain and SAT-.
Pain REMEDY
I'm the WOrIs
tn at instantly
steps the most
Icr N c Eating
Pa ms. 1t 1,
truly the Er-at
CONQUERoR
OF PAIN, ana
has dsne NOR.
good than anv
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
To Cover an Umbrella.

There is a method in the madness of
umbrella makers charges for covering
an old umbrella frame. The maker NAV
discourse wisely on the value of we'll
and perfectly made frame. which may be
covered again and again." but when
that frame is offered for covering it is
soon found that it costs as much as the
umbrella did originally, and the worn-out
economist soon finds she must buy q new
One and throw aside for ''sake of the
trade" the cherished frame and handsome
stick. 1t is so easy a matter to cover an
umbrella that many ladies now doit with
umbrella to find the width ofsilk required,
a twentv-six umbrella requiring goods
that width, twenty-fOur inch goods
twentv-fOur inches, and so on. Measure
the circumference of the parasOl and al
low few inches over half the length of
material the circumference measures.
Now remove the cover carefully. 1t is
we'll at first to take off only one gore.
Use this for a pattern, and cut the re-
quired number of cores from it, Hem
them and sew them up in bag seam
with machine with a very elastic chain
stitch. A machine which makes firm
stitch however suitable for other work,
is not good for this purpose. Any chain
stitch machine will do The cover must
be fastened on the wrong side at the top;
then drawn down and sewn place. Ex-
anime an old parasol or umbrella to see
how to do this, and you may enjoy anew
umbrella at a small cost. Cut across the
goods, using the selvidges alternately
Selected.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
thought otherwise?" Dear readers, we
are looking at them through new pair
of glasses!
For THE HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
Chilli Sauce.

We think Chill sauce is very much bet
ter than catsup and is much less trouble
to make, as it does not have to be strained
| make it from an old recipe used years
ago Take twelve large tomatoes, peel
them by scalding in hot water; chop
them fine with three green peppers and
three small onions. Then add three cup
fuls of vinegar, two-third cupful of sugar,
two ,tablespoonfuls of salt, one table
spoonful Of cinnamon. A halftablespOOn-
full Of celery seed is very great addition.
Boil all together for two hours. Wemake
very nice Indian pudding this way:
Stir in one tablespoonful of corn meal
into pint of boiling milk, when cool add
another pint of cold milk three eggs, one
teaspoOnful of -four half cupful of sugar.
half cupful of moIasses, one teaspOOnfnl
of cinnamon, a trife Of ginger and alittle
butter. Most people make a baked In
clan pudding too thick with meal. 1t
should be quite thin and Juicy.
MARY E. G.
Orlando, Orange County. Florida
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Mistakes.

1t is a mistake to labor when you are
not in a fit condition to do so. To think
the more a person eats, the healthier and
stronger he will become. To go to bed
late at night and rise at daybreak, and
imagine that every hour taken from sleep
is an hour gained To imagine that if
some work or exercise is good, violent or
prolonged exercise is better. Toconclude
that the smallest room in the house is
large enough to sleep in. To eat as ifyOu
had only minute to finish the meal in,
or to eat without an appetite, or cOntin-
he after it has been satisfied, merely to
sa tisfv the taste. To believe that chill
dren can do as much work as grown peO-
pie, and that the more hours they study
the more they learn. To imagine that
whatever remedy causes one to feel better
las alcoholic stimulants) is good for the
system, without regard to the after ef-
fects. To take off proper clothing out Of
season because you have become heated.
To sleep exposed to direct draft in any
season. To think any nostrum or patent
medicine is specific for all the diseases
flesh is heir to.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Hints for Cake Making.

The oftener -four is sifted for sponge
cake the lighter the cake will be.
To test cake in the oven never insert a
broom splinter, but draw it gently tor-
ward and put the ear close TO the loaf; if
it be not done there will be little sput-
tering sound When it is thoroughly
baked there will be no sound.
Biscuit and gingerbread require aquick
oven; -four bread a slower one. Fruit
cake requires more and slower baking
than plain cake Cookies want a quick
oven and close attention or they will
burn. For brown bread hot oven at
first and slow and steady fire after it is
heated through. Apple pies should be
baked slowly. Cake should not be dis
turbed while baking, or it will fall Keep
the oven door shut and an even fire.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Useful, if True.

Some one has made the discovery, or
rather makes the assertion, that fly al
ways walks upward. Put fly on a win
dow, and up he goes toward the top; he
can't be made to walk downward So an
inventor has made a screen divided in
half. The upper part laps over the lower,
with an inch space between. Well, as
soon as the fly lights on the screen he
proceeds to travel upwards, ard thus
walks straight out doors. By this means
lit is claimed) q room can be quickly
cleared of flies.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11

sary, and that the world would get on
quite as well without it. 1t is like the OF
toman cover she once saw a lady work
The lady was all bent up, and was put
ting her eyes out counting stitches. II
don't get any time for reading," she said,
plaintively, as she picked up some beads
on needle; ''you must have great deal
of leisure" And yet she had spent more
time embroidering ridiculous dog on a
piece Of cloth than would have suff1ced to
read twenty good books.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Origin of Bride Cakes.

1t is said that the custom of having
bride-cakes at marriages among Chris
tians derives it's origin from heJews. At
the marriage ceremony of the elatter, they
were in the habit OF scattering corn on
and about the bride and bridegroom, re-
peating at the same time the Scriptural
phrase in Hebrew, Increase and multi
ply."
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Paint! Paint!

The Averill Paint is the best. Ready for use.
Guaranteed to outWear all others. Write to Seely
Bros, 80 Burling Slip. N. Y for beautiful sample
card. References: John Clark. Jacksonville Gus
tave Stark, Fernandina: J Dodd. Sanford ]. M.
Bourland, Pine Level; E. F. Gates, Manatee; w.
L. Door, Federal Point; J. O. Neal, Warrington.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11

Hark to the sound of humanity's walls!
Millions of people with aches and with ails.
Headaches ard humors a merciless flood,
Weakness of lungs and disorders of blood
Yet theres helper that certainly saves.
Thousands of people from premature graves.
The remedy is Dr. Pierce's Golden Ned
ical Discovery. 1t cures coughs, relieves
asthma, checks bronchitis, purifies the
blood, heals sores, eruptions and insight
lv pimples and is without rival for all
the ills that spring from a disordered
liver. All druggists.
Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but
use DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy OF drug
gists.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Washing the Dishes.


some, never-ending, prosy work of dish
washing Don't we remember to this
day, with what aversion we looked upon
those great piles of dirty dishes stacked
up in the great sink in the farm house?
There was a sort ofatriumphant "wheth-
er or no." defiant look about them as
much as to say: "You've got to do it,
for we can't be used again until vou doW
Then in our most exasperating tones our
thoughts would find words: "I DO wish
these dishes would wash themselvesp -
the emphasis was all on the "Do." Three
times a day, the very same dishes must
be carefully washed in hot sOap-s1ds, the
glasses first, then the silver, then the
cups and saucers. all wiped dry on aclean
dish towel, and put in their proper places
on the pantry shelves. Then came the
plates and other dishes in the same wav.
and not to exceed the disagreeahleness of
those ugly culinary utensils was the reg
ular securing of the knives" supposed
to be F'just the work for the children"
The modern silver knives for daily use
had not reached our family then. We
are ashamed to remember the mountain
we made of such work.
We felt Jealous of all other labor saving
machines. both indoors and out. The
farmer had his reaper and mower and
cOrn-sheller; the housewife her washing
machine, wringer and butter worker.
Even the house dog was compelled to
help in the churning by some curious
labor saving contrivance, but no one
ever thought of any machine to help us
afflicted girls with our interminahle dish
washing! We felt grieved, injured, in
fact quite out Of sorts about it.
Then as we grow older we read about
the Dignity of Labor, and about an in
telligent purpose Transforming the duties
of human life into positive enjoyment.
But we were not to be Modified by any
such delusive, chimerical ideas of anv
positive enjoyment while those piles of
dirty dishes clamOred to he washed for
the hundredth time No dim realistic
vision of peace, sweet restful peace to us,
while any dish WASHING in this world
remained for us to do Philosophy in the
matter was at fearful discount.
That was years ago. How the passing
years alter the color of our doings AS
far as we can see we have never vet been
able to find any bit tOfsentimentOr or poetry
in dish-washing. Tt has been prose, dull
prose of the hOmeliest sort. But for all
that we have succeeded in finding some
positive pleasure in it, not because phil
osophers tell us that honest labor, how
ever distasteful, may become enoblng by
persistent and faithful performance of
it, but because after along gcessatiOnfr from
such duties, when the home was broken
up, the household goods scatt tered. and
other pursuits claimed our attention, to
come back to the old home, and take mp
these homely emplovments, was truly a
positive delight. Even the black pans
and pots and kettles were invested with
a new and pleasurable interest. AS we
washed them carefully and hung them
in their respective places, and glanced at
the bright rows of tin ware and t eprettv
dishes, deftly and neatly arranged on the
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Useless w ork.

lady essayist is convinced, says aeon
the work performed by women is sunneces-
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
BY MRS. j. H. FARR.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
To whom all correspondence for this Depart
ment should be addressed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19

applies his eyes. He sees two figures
standing near each other on the oppo-
site side Of the wall. One of the mon
is the party who has just passed
through the gate. The other-there is
no mistake is the rascally butler at By
water Park.
Bolton instantly recognizes the slim,
black-robed figure of Scarth, and al
hts dormant distrust is at once aro Used.
He feels certain Scarth is plotting mis-
chief, and as il to dispel even the
shadow of doubt from his mind, the
first low words which fall upon his ears
reveal the purpose of the two plotters
before him.
"Yes," the butler is saying, "ihe
plate arrived just now. 1t is worth a
fortune, and must be- bsgged tonight
or not at all. Madam has had it brought
down from the bank for the party. To-
morrow it will 60 back again. So to-
night is the time"
About what hour2 ." asks his confed-
crate. y
@The party Is to break up at one
o'clock. At two the guests will all he
gone, and by three the household will