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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

THE advance sale of seats for Madame
PATHS season in Chicago exceeded 500, 900.
MARIE VAN ZANDT, the American singer,
will receive $500 for each of twelve perform
ances at Barcelona and Lisbon.
SAMUEL BRADSHAW, one of the oldest
American actors, died recently at st. John
land, l.. |. He was ninety-six years old.
AS many as 23S female candidates applied
Tor admission to the piano classes of the Paris
Conservative at the recent examinations
W. G. WILLS'S version Of ''Clarissa Har-
lowe will soon be produced at Coventry,
England, with Isabel Bateman as the heroine.
STORIES of Christine Missions hopeless i'll
health have been current of late, but they
are vigorously denied by her nephew, Mr..
Bjorksten.
A BERLIN publisher announces as one of
the items III forthcoming sale Of autographs
the Ms; of piano piece by Wagner, entitled
"PQlOnia"
The new opera Of Gilbert and Sullivan has
been withdrawn after four weeks rehearsal
The authors themselves became convinced
that it wouldn't do.
NINE. MODJESKA takes a cold bath in the
morning and a hot one before going to bed
one to make her bright, the other to make
her sleep, and both for health.
ADELAIDE DETCHON, the young American
actress, has been presented with a gold
medal set with diamonds by the faculty and
students of Glasgow University.
Mrs. JAMES S. NICKERsON. the wife of an
eX-ASslstant United States District AttCr-
ney, of Philadelphia, is the latest applicant
lar stage hOnors from the ranks of society.
THE revival of The Silver King" proved
popular at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. New
ork. A feature Of this performance was
the really admirable acting of little Olive
Romans.
HE Nice-President and Mrs. Morton. ac-
companied by Secretary and Mrs. Blaine,
occupied box at the opening of Richard
Mantteld's season at the new National
Theatre in Washington.
IHE copy of Beethoven's cantata in cele-
bratlOn of the congress of Vienna which he
presented to King Frederick William Ii of
Prussia, has just been placed in the Beet
hOven Museum, at Bonn
Miss KATE CHARD is the heroine of the
hour fv9I IN London. During a performance OF
The New Corsican Brothers," the flies
caught fire and she prevented panic by
calmly going on with her song.
NEW Italian opera. the "Vassal of Szi-
gem by A Smaraglia, was recently pro-
uuced IN Vienna. The music is said to evince
real theatrical talent on the composers
part: There are not few "reminiscences of
Verdi, Boito and Wagner.
AUGUSTUS HARRIS. a weII-known London
manager, is said to be considering a PROPOSE
tlon to transfer the Christmas pantOmime at
her MaJesty's Theatre to this country bodily
scenes principals, chorus supers and all
Inc total number of persons employed in the
representation is 400
A VERY painful scene was witnessed the
other night at the performance of a play
called The Hypochondriac" at the
Deutsches Volkstheater, Vienna. The actor
who played the title part went mad in the
1rst act, and, after various futile efforts had
been to conceal his true condition from the
audience, the curtain was lowered and the
play abruptly ended.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20

The EifTel tower will remain unvisited on
the Champ de Mars at Paris, this winter. In
the spring it will be reopened to visitors. N.
Eiffel has chamber at the top. into which
he can retreat when he wishes to be alone and
work hard
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20

Christmas is joyous season. If you
don't believe it, ask the man with boil
on the back of his neck, his house rent
two months overdue, the butcher and
the grocer waiting for him around the
corner, and seventeen children to buy
presents for.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20
His Christmas Tree.

<'What did you have on your Chistmas
tree, Softly?" inquired NILSSON.
''Myself. [ had to climb tree to get
out of the reach of my creditors"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20
him on.

If it was hard pulling before, what was
it now? Poor Tommy made very slow
progress, stopping every short while to
gather breath and strength, while the
snow came down heavier, and the wind
blew wilder than ever. His fathers cot
tage was the nearest place, and that was
a mile away. Still he trudoed on, often
coming to his knees; but as often he rose,
borne up, like Horatius, Shy the brave
heart within"
Suddenly Tommy made an appalling
discovery that chilled him a hundred
times more than the bitter wind. He,
was off the road.
He dared not leave his burden to try
and find the track; but he turned, as he
thought, directly back with his load,
hoping to come upon the road again.
Poor boy. He did not know that the
road, as he turned, was just behind him,
and that he was leaving it at every heavy,
tired step he took.
He was nearly done out now. His i'll
clad feet and bare hands were bitingly
cold, and the snow had worked under
his trousers uD to his knees. Almost
every second moment he stumbled, and
once his burden slid off the sled and he
had terrible work getting the unconscious
man OF again.
He became very sleepy, too. He tried
hard to keep up, but flesh and blood
were beaten, and he sank down COM
pletelv exhausted. He lay beside Rob-
ms, his parcel of little purchases clasped
under one arm and his head resting upon
his sleeve.
Was that shout? But he was too?
tired and sleepy to raise his head.
How snug he felt! And how sleepy!I
Surely int &5s : Shout: verv faint,
but repeated, sounding louder and
nearer. One voice, two, three-a dozen
of them! He need have no care now!
Wouldn't little Laura laugh and clap her
tiny hands when she saw him; and the.
sled.
But what had come over the sled2 It.
seemed to have wings and to be travel
ing through the air like the famous
wooden horse in the fairy tale, above the
snow, and he upon it. Yet all the time
the voices continued beside him, that
sounded to his dreamy brain like the
hum of bees.
Suddenly the air grew wonderfully
bright and warm, and Tommy opened
his eyes to lind himself-at home!
* - *
When Tommy's father and party of
men, with lanterns that looked like so
many winter tirefies glimmering here and
there over the vast field of white, came
to where Tommy lay they placed the lad
upon the sled, and, covering him with q
warm coon coat, shouldered Tommy,
sled and coon coat, and carried the boy
home that way.
Robins was saved, TOO, though his life
was despaired of for a short time; and in
respect for the brave little lad who en-
dured so much to save drunkard's life,
he swore never to touch liquor again, an
oath he has not since broken.
That was ten years ago; little Laura
was six years Old then. And if you know,
your addition and add six and ten to-
gether you will get what is considered a
very delightful age when a pretty girl is
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20

was marked upon the
back in big, skeleton letters of chalk,
$3.50; and to his imagination they
seemed to grin at him mockingly.
The price was Interchangeable; Mr.. Sharpe,
the storekeeper, had assured him that :;
and Tommy had only fifty cents. \
dollar more was needed. Tommy had
worked the sum out upon his slate a
hundred times, and the result was in
variably the same-one dollar, one
dollar! 1t seemed a vast, unattainable
fortune to Tommy Dodd just now.
1t was Christmas Eve, and Tommy's
mother was putting little Laura to bed
The sun had set two hours ago in an ON
inous, gloomy sky Of angry gray, that
BODIED storm; and even now a few flakes
quite tale to Tommy Dodd, who watched
them and the sky very closely.
''Do you think Sanity Claus will bring
the sled, Tommx?" said Laura from her
cot. ''You said he would, you know,
and mamma says he won't come this
year" And the little girl sighed s.nX-
iously.
"Hc'll come all right, sissy, never fear, -
returned Tommy quite confidently, though
he wondered at his own temerity. But
when Laura, satisfied, went to sleep his
mother said:
81 wish you wouldn't put foolish ideas
and hopes into your sisters head, Tom.
You know your father has only money
enough to buy food he's gone to town
for. And then Laura will be unhappy
all day"
Tommy said nothing; but a little later,
under preteXt Of meeting his father in
the lane, he left the cottage, and five
minutes afterward he was tramping OF
the high road to the town, three miles
off, with his treasured half-dollar deep
and safe in his trousers pocket.
81 don't see why | can't strike lob o.
Swo, like Billy Rance did last Christm
unused Tommy, as he neared the town.
:'EAt any rae, I'm goin' to try"
He passed Skinnums, the grocer's
with its windows brilliantly lighted, dis
playing wreathes of evergreens, with red
berries peeping brightly here and there,
and he stopped for a moment to gaze at
the wealth of raisins and peel and oranges,
and a hundred other delicious things.
Looking into the shop he saw his father,
bent, tired looking man, at the counter
making his scant purchases.
cit won't do for him t. see me-" said
FTommy to himself, as he slid off into the
darkness, "cos, if he does, it'll mean car
iryin' home them parcels, an then t Ill
.be up with the sled"
! Presently he came opposite to Sankey's,
THE saloonist's. There was iovial crowd
inside the gorgeously lighted place, with
THE hundred and more glasses and bottles
Escintillating and sparkling in perfectly
fbewildering manner. Bursts of merry
laughter came every moment to the i'll
iclad little boy as he stood irresolute and
ponderirg outside.
Il don't see why it wouldn't work, =
fsoliloquized young Tommy Dodd, as he
!ETithdrew his face from the big window.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20

of the wind as it dashed the snow in his
face answered his unspoken and anxious
inquiry.
lone, two, three, heave" said Tom
my, as he dragged the heavy form of the
man upon little Laura's Christmas pres
emit One more big effort, and he had
him on.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20
!SAAsS~------=-
concerned.

Anyway, that's what young Robins
thinks, who is going to marry Laura-no
longer ''little," but a tall, beautiful, mod
est young lady-this Christmas Eve
Detroit Free Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-23
coon AND EVIL.
How TO Strengthen the Former and Neu
tralizs the Latter.

How TO Strengthen the Former snd Neu-
tralise tho Latter.
In every character there is both good
and evil. AS rule, the evil is easier
seen than the good ;but the good is bet
ter worth seeing. II, indeed, the evil
90 psedominates that the character is ut
terly unworthy OF confidence or of
companionship, it is a simple matter to
turn away from it, or to counsel others
to do SO. But If the character is to be
tolerated at all, then 1t is both wiser
and nobler to recognize the good in
tnat character, and to give no promin-
ence to the evil which is there This
recognition of the good in character
is an incentive to well-doing on the part
OF the one thus generously considered.
and it tends to the developing Of the OBJ
servers nobler nature, while the giving
ofprominenceto OF to the bad side Of another's
nature and conduct tends to lower both
the observer and the observed. Intact,
he who is quick to perceive anothers
better side, is means of good to him
self and to another, while he who is
quick to point out the evil in another,
injuries both himself and the one he
critioises. IS s Timsa
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-23
eELIeIous AND EDUcATIoNAL

--Commissioner White, Of Massar
chusetts, reports finding factories where
twenty per cent Of the children could !
not read In any language. This ia the
banner State Of the Union In respect TO
compulsory education.
Counterfeit coin can never succeed
in spelling the character OF gold, It
only compels one to ring every piece
on the counter. So pretense and sham
never iniure religion. but only make
men more watchful. christian Stqnd-
ard.
"A Christian movement among tne
Jews Of Siberia is reported, the leader
being Polish Jew. Jacob SheiAmann.
Exiled to Siberia twenty years ago be-
cause Of avowal Of belief in Christian
ity. he there began to proclaim the
Gospel.
The president Of Michigan Uniyer-
sity remarks, in his annual report, that
"a larger proportion Of women than OF
men are taking by choice the full class
ical course, for the practical reason
that there is demand for their SER
vices in teaching Greek In preparatory
schools.
Where there is zeal and devoted
ness, and enthusiasm, and love, such
qualities have marvellous power IN
driving away the WEAKNESS which
comes from an idle and listless
attitude towards our work. "Let us
not be weary in well-doing. n-Church
Sunday-School Magazine.
"A season of public prayer is, to
many persons, very pleasant, as 1t Is
also strengthening and fraught with
that which stimulates them to better
service. But If the results are to be
permanent, they must be secured by
prayer at home, and in such other pri-
vate ways as are becoming and con-
venient
Columbia College has decided tc
add an electrical course to its curricu'
lum. 1t is to be a postgraduate
course Of one, two or three years, a
the option OF the student, thus allow
ing those who have completed the rud4
mentary studies in electricity and mag
netlsm in the School of Mines, and als'
outsiders who wish to do so, to continu'
their studies.
1T is in Sophocles that we strike th'
modern spirit of the ancient classics
, 1t is strange, yet true, that stu
dents will stumble on through tn
Greek authors during four, five or sil
years, cropping about for something
tangible, and coming finally to Sopho
cles or Euripides at the very end Q
their course will, in month"; hay
. their eyes opened to the fact that tn
Greeks were really men of flesh an
: blood, with passions good and bad. wit
1 aspirations high and noble, with sin
and follies, as men are to-day. 1t is
9 proof of the old saying that when on
}. has finished his college course he
9 ready to go to school, University {
Vermont) Cynic.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-23
WIT AND WISDOM.

knowledge of our duties Is the
most useful part of philosophy.
When the fool-killer comes around
we all send him next door. Puck.
1t is all right to have crank notions
If man can turn them to good advan-
tage.-N. o. Picayune.
Every duty which is hidden to wait
returns with seven fresh duties at its
back. Charles Kingsley.
Ceremonies are different in every
country; but true politeness is every
where the same.-Goldsmith.
Who is freeP The man who mas
ters his own self. Who is powerfulF
He who can control his passions.
Some people make a dollars worth
of trouble in accomplishing five cents
worth of good. -Atchison Globe.
All these inconvenience are incl
dent to love-reproaches, jealousies,
ouarrels, reconcilements, war and then
peace.
"A weak mind is like micro
scope which magnifes trifling things,
but can not receive great ones. s.-Ches-
terfeld.
-"Mookery never degrades the just, .
says a philosopher; but 1t often makes
the just awfully mad.-Sommerville
Journal
The hill has not yet lifted its face
to Heaven that perseverance will not
gain the summit of at last Charles
Dickens.
"A loving heart carries with it,
under every parallel of latitude. the
warmth and light of the tropics. :
Whittier.
Nothing is more pitiful than life
spent In thinking of nothing but self
YES, even in thinking of nothing bu
ones soul.
Goodness of heart is mans besf
treasure. his highest honor, and mobiles
acquisition. 1t is the ray of his divin
ity which signifies humanity.
A wise man shall overrule his stars
and have a greater influence upon hi
own content than all the constellation
and planets of the armament. --Jerem.
Taylor
Disagreement in matters Of princi
ple when conscience is alive, separate
brethren. Disagreement in what
mere expediency should never separate
Christian Instructor.
Truth Is said to be as precious q
a diamond; but it has value that n
diamond can have-the power Of Ger
tinually unfolding into new and highe
forms. We can not compute its wort
and lock it up like a precious stons
we may rather regard It as the see
that contains within itself the promis
Of continuous harvests for the evar-iE
sreasing needs Of future generation
Frugally should we preserve it, lihei
ally should we dispense It, prizing
for what It has been and Is. but sti
more for what It Is capable eE pr
d,inine IN. 7. Ledger
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-23

Now, let our people. with one aecordl
20 TO work to live at home, work moref
spsnd less, and give no laborer a homs
who does not put in the whole year on
the farm. and not be found around
town every Saturday, and after bis
crop is laid by. all the week, and II We
will adhere TO this for five years | am
sure that our change in circumstances
will SO astonish them that they will
hardly be- able to find a man with .
mortgage over his land, and every
man will have his own meat and bread
at home. Until we do make such
change have no hope Of seeing any
prosperity to our land, and fear It will
get worse.
Let our farmers all read and prac-
tice the teachings given in some OF
our good agricultural journals, and
give up the prejudice they entertain
for book-farmers, and teach their sons
at home that brains are as necessary
for. farmer as for a lawyer or doctor,
and / feel confident that such as follow
this course will soon be SO rewar led
that others, seeing the effect, will fol-
low their example.
The field for improvement is wide
very wide, and it remains only for
the down-trodden and oppressed
farmers of our land to make ono
grand rally, in order to bring order
out of confusion, and restore this fair
land to its once prosperous condition.
Win they make that rallyP They
alone can make it, and on their heals
be the consequences either for veal OF
woe. A few short years, and all of us
are lost, If we continue to follow the
present pernicious system. A change
can not make it worse for US. Try Il
and see. If we mean to be free, W.
must make proper use of the mean'
which have been put in our hands
s'The gods help those who help them
selves" Let this be our motto, and
have no doubt success will crown oul
efforts, w. NJ. Bonner, in Southerr
Farmer.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-23
eAnY.s FAX.


Tn very little baby,
Little fAce and hands and fest
And my mamma says she neVoR
Saw q baby haff DO sweet
II is nice 10 hear them talking
In that way. but / can sse-
Oh, o lot Of little babies
That look and laugh like me.
When / look out OF the windo
There's baby in the glass,l
And he waves his hand as do
To the people as they passi
When put out hands 70 touch him
And to pat him on the cheek,
He will look and act as do,
But he'll never. never speak
There's baby In the mirror,
There's baby in the spoon,
And there's one In front Of mamma
When we play little tune
These arc very funny babies;
Where go they always come,
But never hear them talking,
SO guess they're deaf and dumb,
20. @. Hooper, n Columbus News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-23

ACCORDING to the last report Of the
Board Of En- Migration there has been ;
considerable decrease Of late II the
number of immigrants During the slx
months ended March i 2l.522 fewer
immigrants arrived at Castle Garden
9han during the corresponding months
Of the preceding year This falling %
Is due to various causes Tho report
attributes it to The stringent rules aa.
tablIshed By the board 70 prevent pau-
ner immigrants from landing hers.
N.nV oE this undesirable el have
bsen returned % EMops s. 1allsalaK
Maaone during shu paaH e
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-06-15

A Brussels lace merchant had received from
a Belgian, residing in Paris, an order for a
large quantity of Malines lace. The goods
were carefully packed in lead coffin, which
was dispatched to the Paris address as con-
tanning corpse, says Paris exchange.
The Paris merchant had to wait so long for
the arrival of the body" that he at length
complained to the manager Of the Northern
railway, who informed him that the coffin
had been detained at the frontier owing to
the noncompliance with certain prescribed
formalities relating to the transmission of
corpses. Our merchant at once took train TO
Quieverain, dressed in solemn black and with
a mourning band round his hat and wearing
an expression of profoun sadness.
But in spite of his emphatic protest against
such an act of desecrati the officials insisted
on opening the coffin, when the truth came
to light and the ingenious smuggler was taken
into custody.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-06-15

treaty Of peace. In 1858 he became briga-
der general and was placed in command OF
the department Of Oregon. On July 8, 1859,
he took possession Of the island Of San Juan,
near Vancouver, which was claimed by the
English government. A dispute with Great
Britain was the result and Gen. Harvey was
recalled and placed In command Of the de-
partment Of the west.
In April, 1851, while he was on his way
kom st. Louis to Washington, he was ar
rested by the Confederates at Harpers Ferry
and taken to Richmond. His old associates
there urged him to join the southern cause,
but he declined. They released him and he
proceeded to Washington Returning to st.
Louis he made terms with the Confederate
general Sterling Price, which were unauthor-
led and was relieved OF his command. He
was never given another, and in August, 1853,
was placed on the retired list and brevetted
major general ''for long and faithful ser
vice"
Gen. Harney's first wife brought him an
immense fortune She died in 1854. Some
three years ago he married his housekeeper.
AS the general was then an octogenarian, his
marriage was strenuously opposed by his
children, and they attempted 10 have it set
aside and guardian appointed for him. In
this they failed, but the property was then
divided.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-06-15
The Climate of Washington Territory As
Taken from Signal Service Reports.

Taken from Signal Service Reports.
WASHINGTON. April 3.-Last July the
Senate passed resolutions directing the
transmission of reports prepared under the
direction of the chief signal officer uron
the climate and climate conditions Of Ore.
gon and Washington Territory. These re-
ports, together with illustrative charts and
letter from Gen. Greedy, have just been
published, and, in view Of the emigration to
the far Northwest, will be found TO DO of
general interest. The rainfall on the Paci
fio coast is the heaviest In the United States,
ranging from 20 to ITO inches annually, but
this enormous fall covers only per cent Of
the area Of Oregon and Washington Terri.
tory. On the other hand the area where
less than 10 inches fall is less than fiveper
cent of the whole. Wheat can be grown in
nine.tenths of these two States without
irrigation. Owing to equable rainfall, agri
cultural operations sre more fruitful with
the small rainfall than in some sections Of
other States with considerable larger PREF
cipitation. Remarkably equable tempera-
ture conditions also obtain, the entire range
Of mean annual temperature over this terri.
tory being but 50 degrees from 452 at Fl.
Colville, in Northeastern Washington Terri
tory, to b4 degrees at Ashland, Ore. In 800
miles of latitude along the coast the range of
temperature In the summer time is only 81
degrees-from 56 at Port Angeles, Wash, to
598 at Fl. Stevens, Ore. During the winter
months the mean temperature of more than
half of these States is above the freezing
point, and on the coast ranges between Az
and As degrees. Gen. Greedy says:
"To summarize, Oregon and Washington
Territory are favored with q climate of UNI
usual mildness and equability. While the
immdeiate coast ranges have very heavy
rainfalls, yet such rain occurs during the
winter months of December to February
and in all cases the wet season gives place
gradually to the dry season, during July and
August. While the prepondersting amount
of rain falls during the winter, yet the spring
early summer, and late fall are marked by
moderate rains at not infrequent entervals
These climate conditions favor to marked
extent the growth of most cereals, and Other
important staples - Minneapolis Tribune
Apr. 4, 1889.