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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21
RECIPES.

Crumb Pudding-One quart o. sweet
milk, one pint Of bread crumbs, three
quarters of cup of sugar, yOlks Of four
eggs, butter size of an egg, flavor with
lemon; bake in a slow oven and when
done spread over a layer of jelly, whip
the whites of the eggs to a froth, and one
cup Of powdered sugar; pour over the
Jelly and bake light brown. Serve cold.
Cream of Tomato Soup-Cook one
quart can of tomatoes for half an hour
with minced onion and some sprigs of
parsley. Rub through a strainer fine
enough to keep back the seeds. Set the
saucepan over the fire with tablespoon
full of butter; stir in heaping tablesOonful
of sifted -four, and when smooth add
slowly the liquid of tomatoes and a scant
half teaspoonful of baking soda. Measure
the soda with very light hand. When
the foaming stops, add quart of boiling
milk. Season to taste with salt and pep
per, and pour at once into the tureen.
Serve thin wafer crackers with it.
Almond Sponge Cake-Take six eggs,
their weight in graduated sugar, half
their weight in -four, one lemon, juice and
grated rind one cup of finely chopped al
monds. Beat the eggs separately. Add
the sugar to the thoroughly whipped
yelks. Crate the lemon rind and strain
the lemon juice into this. Now put in
half the flour and half the whites, which
should be beaten to stiff froth, then the
balance of -four, into which the cup Of
almonds should be stirred. To prepare
the almonds take them from shells, put
into dish and pour. boiling water over
them till they can be slipped from the
skins. Let stand till cold and then cut
them very fine with sharp knife. Lastly
add the remainder of whites of eggs and
beat hard for a few minutes. Have
ready two narrow long pans thoroughly
creased with sweet lard and heated. Bake
twenty-fy minutes in moderate oven.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21

A Circular to Medical Men Concern
ing Vital Statistics.

Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of the
Eleventh Census has issued the following
circular to the medical profession:
THE various medic L associations and the
medical profession viii be glad to learn that
DR.. John S. Billings, -:rrgeon Z. S. Army,
has consented to take .large of the report on
the mortality of vital statistics of the United
States as returned by the eleventh census.
''As the United States has no system of
REGISTRATION of vital statistics such as is relied
upon by other civilized nations for the pur-
pose OF aScertalning the actual movement Of
population our census affords the only OPP
portunity Of obtaining near an approximate
estimate Of the birth and death rates of much
the larger part Of the country. which is en-
tirely unprovided with any satisfactory sys-
tenn of State and municipal registration.
In view of this, the Census Office viii issue
to the medical profession throughout the
country 'Physician's Registers for the pur-
pose Of obtaining more accurate returns of
deaths than it is possible for the enumeratOrs
to make. 1t is earnestly hoped that Physi-
clans in every part of the country will Co
operate with the Census Office in this import
ant work. The record should be kept from
June /, 1889, to May 81, 1890. Nearly 26, 900
of these registration books were filled up and
returned to the Office in 1880, and nearly all
of them used for statistical purposes. 1t is
hoped that double this number will be OBJ
tanned for the eleventh census.
''PhysiCians not receiving registers can OBJ
tain them by sending their names and adj
dresses to the Census Office, and with the
registers, an official envelope which requires
no stamp will be provided for their return to
Washington.
IF all medical and surgical practitioners
throughout the country will lend their aid,
the mortality and vital statistics Of the elev-
enth census will be more comprehensive and
complete than they have ever been. Every
physician should take a personal pride in
having this report as full and accurate as it
is possible to make it.
ut is hereby promised that all information
obtained through this source shall be held
strictly confidential"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21
MURDERED WITH AN AXE,
Insane Lucien Freeman Kill His
Mother and His Keeper.

Lucien Freeman, thirty years old, killed
his mother, Mrs. Orville Freeman, aged sixty
seven, and John Morgan in the farmhouse in
which Mrs. Freeman and her son lived, about
a quarter of mile from the village of Meri-
den, n. Fl. Lucien managed the farm
He was at times insane, and although
he was not considered dangerous
person, he was watched closely. A brother
STAYED with him on Friday and Saturday
nig hts and then engaged John Morgan of
Meriden to go to the farm and take care of
Lucien.
Early in the morning Lucien entered Nor
gan's room and struck him two blows with
an axe. Morgan was killed by the first blow.
Mrs. Freeman was partially dressed and had
left her room to go to the kitchen, when she
was overtaken by her son who struck her on
the head with the axe.
Lucien appeared at the house of Orville
Eaton, two miles away, about 5: 80 A. NJ, and
told what he had done. The Sheriff was
notified and arrested Lucien. He showed the
Sheriff where he had left the axe in the pas
ture near the house, and it was found there
covered with blood,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
LAST USE OF LEMONS.

eff you ever use lemons" remarked
one housewife to lady friend, land
have portion of one left over, be sure
you do not throw IT away"
Il am never without them in the.house,
as l always use them for ffavoring; but of
what use are piecesf'
Just this. The next TINA you think
you have done with a lemon, just dip it
in salt and rub your copper kettle or
stewpan with it. You will be surprised
to find what brilliant surface you will
obtain if you rub the article instantly
with dry, soft cloth. You can polish
all brass work by the same means, every
stain disappearing Us if by magic. A
moldy lemon put into dirty saucepan
half full of water and boiled for half an
hour cleanses the utensil amazingly and
removes any odor, such as fish or onions.
Try it and see if am not right. '-N>.c
York Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21
OUR MINERAL WEALTH.
The Chief Products of the United
States During 1888.

The annual report of Chief Day, of the
Division of Mining Statistics for the year
1855, which will soon be issued, contains in
teresting statistics in relation to the mineral
products of the United States. The gold
product was valued at $50, IT'S, 0O0 and the
silver at s43, 900, 900. The values of other min
erals dug out of the soil in the year We're:
Iron, s28, 944, 900; copper, $33, 633, 954; lead,
SO, $50 600: zinc 81 90, 600. The coal'produc-
ton was 142, OBJ, $50 tons, valued at S204 221,
900 at the mines The total value Of miner
ais of all kinds was 1891, 65S, 931.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21
AMERICAN AssOCIAT1ON RECORD.
NJ. FERRY INSULTED.
A Wild Scene in the French Cham
Der of Deputies.

An exciting scene occurred in the Chamber
of Deputies at Paris when Ferry rose to speak
on the Education budget. The members Of
the Right rose as one man, and shouted
Ferry remained standing in his place cooly
waiting for an opportunity to be heard, but
his enemies kept up the cry: THE blood of
the Tonquin dead choke you!' while insults
Of the cOarsest nature were hurled at him
fast and thick
somewhat from sheer exhaustion, Paul de Cas-
sagnac, the famous duelist rose, and, with
contemptuous nod in the direction Of the ex-
Premier, said: Let us submit to this infic-
ton. Let us listen to this bourgeois, this Ven
dean deputy" Then facing the President,
who was all the time shouting 'Order!
Orderm he said: 1--WE swallow our disgust,
Mr. President. Let him talk" Ferry then
proceeded with his speech.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21

the soles of which are of metal. Then the
condemned mans feet will Oe fastened to a
metal foot-rest to which other wires will be
attached, While these arrangements are be
ing made the electrician will, by the aid Of
ingenious contrivance concealed in the
chair, learn the maximum resistance of the
prisoner and SO be able to tell just how many
volts strong the current must be to destroy
him.
Previous to being led into the death
chamber the prisoner win be allowed what
ISOLATION and farewell. When placed in the
chair only the officers and physicians allowed
by law will be present. The dynamo and
apparatus will be concealed in adjoining
room There will be loophole through the
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21

Westinghouse dynamo with an alternac-
ing Current will be used. The victim will be
seated on raised platform in reclining
chair to the back of which he will be fastened
by straps around his body. A rubber cap
that will cover all of his head but the face
will then be slipped on the condemned man.
In the centre of this cap at the base Of the
brain, is metal cone, perforated, to which
the electric wire will be fastened. While at
tendants are fixing on this cap and attaching
the wire, others will remove the prisoners
shoes and socks replacing them with sandals,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21

THE fastest days run on record on a trans
atlantic vovaoeE515 rnilas-was made by TIE
City of Paris on a recent trip over
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21

wall, so that the engineer can view the pro-
gress Of the proceedings and be able at the
proper moment to turn on the death-dealing
current should there, through nervousness or
other cause, be any mistake in signaling. At
the last moment a black cloth will be laid
over the condemned mans face, and an in
slant later will follow the signal for the
current to be turned on. tits estimated that
these arrangements will occupy at least
five minutes tiIne-long enough for the
prisoner to experience the agonies of a hun
bred deaths. When the current is turned on
death is expected to follow instantaneously
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-21
DEATH BY ELECTRICITY.
The Method to be Used in Furnishing
Murderers in New York.

Electrical Engineer Harold P. Brown, OF
New York, is experimenting the electrical
apparatus to be used in the execution of the
convicted murderer, who will be the first
man to die under the new law in New York
providing that hereafter in the State the
death penalty shall be administered by cleo
tricity instead Of by hanging.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
A BOYS Rcatliuy.

On early reading largely depends
tho boys taste in after life. If no cnn
be induced 10 take good books Mt tho
start, ho is seldom likely to have any
dangerous leaning toward poor cncs
thereafter. Whether it DO truc or not
that virtue wins followers by its inner
cnt qualities it is certain Tint II knowl-
edge of good literature mnkoa tho
taste of poor reading HAT. stale aud I'M
profitable on tho mental palate. 1t il
hardly TOO much to say that any parent
may cultivate tasto for good Iitcra-
ture III his child if no il only willing to
take tho trouble. 1t il sometimes lard
work, perhaps, but ii can certainly be
dono.
How to combine tho two onds, That
OF having tho lad road whatever will
interest him, and having him read wlnt
will begct i'll him tasto for desirable
books, III question which will have to
DO answered differently i'll cnch in
dividual case. There il n point whcro
the two considerations como together.
but in every case tho personal equation
comes i'll, and no general rulo cnn bo
LAID down TO covcr all. In our dav.
however, the field of Juvenile litornturo
is 30 well filled that thcro is tho widest
latitude for choice, and this in itself
goes far toward simplifying tho prob
'cm,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

II is not often that ii wolf spider is
found in Illinois, and il is not surprising,
therefore, that Mr.. X. NJ. Tr,nx, of Nor
gan Park, WAS considerably startled the
other morning while trimming his lawn
TO ran across one of these ill-savorcd in
sccts. lie quickly recovered from his
surprise. however, and soon had the crca-
turc safely imprisoned in It bottle The
spider belonged 10 the Mygalc flmly,
and is digniiicd with the Latin name ~
cosa Fatfcra, or wolf spider. The spcci-
mca in question measures one and one
half-inchcs i'll length, and its body is
coTercd with sliel-likc substance. Its
sting is deadly poison. IL is Il native of
northern Europe, although branches Of
the Mygalc family are found in the warm
CT climates Of America. Nine. Merriam is
authority for the statement that the
American Mygalc attncks and kills small
birds, even going SO far ns TO drag hum
ming birds out of their nests and devour
them. The wolf spider is the most fcro-
cious Of the Mygalcs, which, according
to N. Wnickcnaer, arc divided into thir-
ty-siX species.
The question is: How did the spider
get to Morgan Parkl MrTruax's theory
is that it WAS i'll some way brought over
by Il gang of Italians who recently ar
rived i'll this country and are now ut wor!;
III Morgan Park. - CIicoy0 TriLune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Fruit as a Medicine.

Fresh, ripe, perfect, raw fruit is safe
and healthful ut all seasons of the year.
Under proper restrictions as to quantity,
such fruits as named will cure diarrhtca,
aid in removing collie, cold, fever, OF
any other disease whose treatment re-
quires the bowels TO be kept freely open;
for this effect fresh ripe fruit is acknowl-
edged to have tho requisite properties; but
to be used advantagcously in health and
disease, the following rules are impera-
tive: Fruit should be eaten ripe, raw,
fresh and perfect. It should be eaten in
moderation. 1t should be eaten no later
than 4 o'clock i'll the afternoon. No
water or fluid OF any description should
be swallowed within an hour after catin.
fruit. To have its full beneficial effect,
nothing else should be eaten ut the time
fruit is taken. 1t is to the neglect of
these obscrvances that erroneous impress
sions prevail in many families, and to an
extent too, i'll some instances, that the
most luscious peach or apple, or bunch
of grapes is regarded rs that much en-
bodied cholera and death. -Jouyaal of
Health.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
philosophy or tho Street.

Bright follows generally havo to 60
the plodders for q raiso in salary.
Tho greatest triumph of invention ia
whom rogue persuades evon himself
that ho is honest.
Tho beauty OF being in tho opposi-
zion is that fellow can choose his
own fighting ground.
Tho man who is not mcthodicnl never
attains permanent success, although
ho may flourish for season.
People who intrudo their personal
aty on tho public arc the first to forl
shnpe.
A pig in puddle is not ma orna.
mental rs swan i'll polluoid stream,
but he is ten times rs useful when Lies
dtful fever closes on the two.
Tho whitest eggs hatch suit tho
blacklist crows.
1t is easy to DO just where thcro is
no injustice.
Whom mon "smilo" too often their
wives arc apt to frown.
Lifc is conundrum that sooner or
ister all must give up.
Comfort is good thing, but too
much of it will kill man.
The world may DO stngo. but wa
can't all DO stago managers.
1t Is raro man who il US bold in tho
presence of his enemy rs when away
Gom him.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Dcsolate Siberia.

No ono can thoroughly understand,
says the author of From Pokin to Cal
ais, /" the meaning Of the word "monot-
ony" who has not visited Siberia and
Travelled hour after hour, day after day,
week after week along its dark, pine
girt roads. Along the whole of the post
road from lrkoutsk distances are marked
by wooden posts, painted black and
white. placed at every verst, while at
every post station u large board indicates
the distance from the chief towns. My
heart sank whenever | looked at these
and SAW the word Petersburg with tho
appalling number OF naughts under it,
The few vcrsts from station TO station
were bad enough, but when II came 10
the six thousand-cdd separating us from
Petersburg one almost gave up all hope
of ever seeing Europe again. have
never, even i'll the depths of Bornean
forest, felt so utterly lonely and cut of
from the rest Of the civilized world MS
when crossing Siberia. Everything after
the first week became mechanical. Drink.
ing tea ut the stations, going to sleep at
Il moments notice, if there were no
horses, Harvesting them at once if there
were, and returning to the depths of our
gloomy vehicle, there to lie hour after
hour, day after day, with nothing to look
at but the black road and eternal pine for
csts, nothing to think of save fair, civilized
Europe, SO far away, but to which one
felt, with n kind of gloomy satisfaction,
every jingle Of the collar bells was bring
ing us nearer Even the scenery does
not atone for all these drawbacks. The
Siberian forests are not grand, but the
trees have II dwnriish look produced by
the immense plains. Not II bird, not II
sound, is heard in these vast soltudes,
and when the horses stop and the bells
are silent, the stiffness becomes almost
oppressive.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Habits OF " Sunset" Cox.

Mr.. CoX's successful book, "Thrcc
Decades of Federal Legislation" is II vol
umc OF 72G pages, and il gives history
D. the country from the time of the or
ganiza.ion of the Republican party until
now. Some of the graphic pen pictures
Of scenes were written after hours Of
study i'll the Congressional Library, where
he had saturated his mind and revived
his memory by reading all that was
printed upon the subject about which he
was TO write. a great part of the worl,
was, however, dictated. and Mr.. Cox
used a stenographcr ~ much, perhaps, MS
any man i'll Washington. While he lived
ill Washington his library and workshop
was i'll his house, aud he had some curl
GUS habits of work. He had one dcsl,
devoted entirely to matters relating to
Congress, and he did nothing but Con
grcssional work at this desk. lie said
once that getting anything through Con-
Gress was like fighting the wind, and,
apropos Of this, he had great bronze
plaque of Don QuiXotc fighting the
windmills hung above his desk The
desk itself was ii relic Of Congress, and il
was taken years ago from the room in
which John Quincy Adams died.
While Mr.. Cox was working upon this
book he used curious little whirligig
bookcase to keep its various parts in or
der. He wrote much of it on big Hat
library table, and many Of the finer pas
sages he thought out while lying on Il
low couch on the other side Of this lie
worked hard during his last days in
Washington, and he found time to visit.
lecture and make arter-dinncr speeches ut
the same time. lie would rise early, and
at O'Clock would be in his workshop an
swcring letters. After breakfast he
would again be Mt work, and his labors
would often extend late into the night
Neio |o,k World
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

4 student at one OF the medical
colleges, i'll talking OF his past life, said
81 used to teach school, and some of
those taught were tcrrors. remember
at one school there were IL number OF.
halfgrown boys who seemed to be in
spfrcd by the evil one. They carried
railroad spikes, stones, billics and other
Instruments with which 10 iltimidate the
teacher, and incidentally learned that
one Of them carried revolver for me.
One day noticed him committing some
small infraction OF the rules aud called
him forward. AS lie came toward me |
perceived that lie wore Il tight wooden
jackct. When lac had got rs far as |
thought necessary, ] halted lin and step
ping up to him, told him to unbutton his
frock. He declined to do it, whcrupon
grabbed him by the throat, telling him
if he made a single move 1 would drop
him to the floor. | then unbuttoncd his
jacket, took his revolver from him, and
gave him the worst whipping that ever
boy got in that district before or since.
After that the school was paragon in
the whole country. The lesson was n
most salutary one and never forgotten"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Ciyi!ized Cherokee Indians.

The general notions of tine people Oh
"the States about the Cherokee Nation,
says II Tahlcquali correspondent, arc
either very vague or decidedly erroneous
When you think of the Cherokee Indian
do not draw n mental picture of swar.hy
savage with fcrocious countcnance, wear.
ing blanket and moccasin and arrayctl
in feathers and beads, but think Of him
as man enjoying the benefits of high
state of civilization. / find myself in
the midst Of churches and school houses
and amid people who have their own So
cial, literary and musical societies and
all ether evidences of - cultivated, if not
refined, race. The primitive Cherokee is
no more. 1t is only occasionally that
you meet with the "full blood" Even
the half-brccds are largely in the minori-
ity. The Chorolices really constitute n
nation OF white men claiming an Indian
origin. In very many instances there are
Inc prominent checl; bones, dark com.
pleXion and straight black hair to sup
port the claim, while in many other cases
there can hardly he detected single
lineamcnt of the primitive Cherokee.
There arc several young ladies enjoying
their rights as Chcrokccs who have light
hair and blue cyes-an indication sure. :,
that they arc very far removed from al
Indian ancestry. l have yet, however,
to see blond among the men.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Memorial Cards.

The business Of selling memorial cards
TO the families of deceased persons for
distribution among friends has grown
into proportions OF considerable magni-
tude. One such family in this city las
already received n sample card from five
different firms bearing the name, age and
date of death of deceased, with two
stanzas of commonplace poetry. Three
of the cards have the same stanzas. The
price ranges from fifteen to twenty-five
cents. The firms are furnished death no.
tees clipped from newspapers, and after
printing and mailing the cards, expect
either to receive an order for cards or the
return of the sample by mail Columbus
(Ohio) Dispatch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

Owing to the wide publicity given til,
Cronin case, says the Chicago Ueyuii, the
bailiifs sent out with the special venircs
lave had TO resort to all sorts of schemes
to divert the suspicious and get the names
OF the business men whom they are
anxious TO summon. For instance, the
other day one of the willy bailiiIs entered
the big wholesale dry goods establishment
of Carson, piric, Scott IL Co, after cligi-
BILE jurors, and near the door he ran across
one of the general statesmen. "What is
your name, sirl" lie asked. The sales
man told him. "And your initials9'
This information was forthcoming. The
inquirer wrote the name on Il card. els
that right!'' lie asked as he held it up.
eyes, said the general salesman.
''Thcn," said the bailiif triumphantly,
Il want you rs II juror in the Cronin
ease" The salesman grinncd. "Where
do you live!" asked the baililT as he was
filling out the warrant. sin Aurora,
ILL.," responded the salesman as his grin
broadcncd The baiiif wilted Another
salesman who had been standing near by
and having great fun over the converse
ton began To laugh heartily. The baillf
turned TO him suddenly and asked:
whats your name, sire" Before lie
thought he gave the answer desired. II
know You live in Chicago, said the bailiif
as he filled out another summons. "and
you'll do to take this mans place" And
so the laughing man was caught.