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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-06-06
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
A Budget of Important Foreign
and Domestic Dispatches.
The Eleventh Census Report on
Public Indebtedness.

The Census Office made public the first
results Of the eleventh census in relation
10 State and local finance. 1t consists of
preliminary report by Mr.. Frederick Upton
on State indebtedness; also preliminary re-
port by Mr.. T. CampbellCopeland, in charge
of local finance on the Indebtedness of the
28O9 counties in the United States. The re
port shows that the principal OF the State
debts at the present time is $22S, 619 SIT. OF
this amount $164 954 206 is bonded debt and
$33, 725 $40 floating debt. This shows net
decrease i'll the total debt during the last ten
wears of S54 459 4S4 the bonded debt having
been decreased by $64. 0S3 249 and the floating
debt increased by 80, 623, 164. The changes
in the same debt by geographical divisions
have been as follows:
Eastern States total in 1890, $50, 9S4, 066;
decrease, since 1880, 81, 296, III
Middle States total III 1890 S33, 49S, 412: de-
crease since 1880, 81, 3S7, ASP.
Southern States total in 1890, 800, SIC, on;
decrease since 1880, S2S. 022 964.
Western States total in 1890, $47, 591, POI;
decrease since 1880, s., 1872, 92O.
Grand total in 1890, $22S 619, Sl7: decrease
since 1880, $54 459, asa.
The States have reduced their debts to this
extent, says the report, mainly by applying
to the redemption of their obligations the
revenues not needed for current expenses.
In a few cases, however, a reduction of the
demption of obligations at p discount, but
the amount of reduction through this process
cannot be ascertained until the statements of
outstanding debts in those States have been
compared with the cash receipts and expendi-
lures on account of the debt for the same
period and the differences noted.
The total bonded debt of the United States
is shown to have been 81, 100, 1913, 100 in 1880
and S719 IFS, $40 in 1890. The bonded debt
of the several States in 1880 was $3.50, OBJ, 456
and 1894 954, 206 at the present time, max
ing a total decrease of 81, 054, S97, 780.
As to county Indebtedness, the report
shows the bonded debt of the 2809 counties in
the United States and Territories to be $780,,
734, 959 as against S1O4, 493, 1872 in 1880. The
floating debt of these counties in 1880 was
SIC, 745, 331. The present floating debt of
these counties is s14. 958, 681, a decrease of
81, 786, $50. This shows an increase in the
total debt Of the counties of the United
States during the last ten years of s24, 454,-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-06-06
Nominated by the President.

The President sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
Edmund W. P. Smith, District of Column
bia, Secretary of Legation and Consul-Gen-
eral at Bogota; George H. Wallace, of Mis-
souri,, Consul-General at Melbourne.
United States Consuls-Aquilla ]. Daugh-
erty, OF Illinois, at Callao, Peru; Rounce
vile Wildman, Of Idaho at Singapore; Sam
China.
Rockwell j. Flint United States Marshal
for the Western District OF Wisconsin
Withdrawn-SamuelL L. Gracey to be Con-
sui at Cardiff.
South Dakota; Thomas P. Cheney, Pension
Agent at Concord, N. H; William R. Hoyt,
of Wisconsin, Commissioner in and for the
District of Alaska; George c. Ginty, United
States Marshal for the Western District of
WISCONSIN.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-06-06
Fighting Maniacs.

The lunatics in the great asylum for the
insane at Bicetre Paris, France, broke into
rebellion. A maniac named jolly burst the
bars of his cell and then released forty others,
who attacked and drove away the guards and
sacked the keepers dwelling. The maniacs
fought 'madly till the fire hose was turned on
them, upon which they got frightened and
covered together in corner. drenched and
trembling. and were thus captured
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-06-06
Earthquake in Armenia

The village of Repahie, in Armenia, has
been destroyed by an earthquake a num-
Der of mineral springs spouted from the crew
ices made in the earth by the shocks and the
flow of water was so great that the adjacent
fields were flooded. The earthquake was pre-
ceded by rumblings which caused the inhab-
itants 70 fee from the village, and they thus
escaped death from the falling houses. No
lives were lost whatever.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-06-06

Mrs. George Graham and Mrs Lucy Ber-
ger, of Urbana, Ind, were riding with their
children in buggy. The horse kicked over
the dashboard and struck Mrs. Graham's
son ON the head just back of the ear, crush
ing in the skull. In leaning over to grasp
the child Mrs. Berger brought her own in
FAINT in range with the horses hoofs. 1t was
struck between the eyes, and its forehead
was mashed in
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-06-06
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-06-06

PRESIDENT KRUGER, of the South African
Republic, rendered his resignation, but was
induced to remain in Office.
PRINCESS LOUISE. wife of Crown Prince
Frederick, of Denmark, has given birth to a
daughter.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-02-13
JONES' LUCK.
verdenal, the New York cores

Verdenal, the New York cores
pondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle, writes the annexed:
"Jones' luck ae usnal," remarked
q visiting Californian the other
afternoon to New Yorker. Being
asked to explain he SAID: ~ was
referring to John P. Jones. the
Senator from Nevada. He always
stumbIes upon fortune without half
irving. Jones has always stood in
with the BOYS, so when the boys
hear of anything good they are
willing to tell Jones of it. Last
Spring one of his old Trinity county
chums wrote him about big mine
that was being opened mp in Idaho.
He said it looked like another Com
stock world beater. Jones gets
letters OF that kind frequently.
Sometimes he looks them up and
sometimes he doesn't. This time
his instinct told him he ought to
lock INTO it, either in person or
vicariously. He decided upon the
latter, sent the letter to Brother
Sam. who was hidden to return to
the front, investigate and bond If
necessary. Brother Sam liked it SO
well that be took short bond at
$3.50 900. and while he was at 1T he
purchased q piece OF patented
ground adjoining for $50 900. 1t
was claimed to be an extension OF
the Zig mine.
Well, Jones wasn't very flush of
ready money about the time the
time the bond became due, so Jim
Fair sent him on a $3.50. 900 draft,
which arrived an hour before the
time when the boLd expired. Jones
offered tine draft, but the owners
claimed that the bond stipulated
esgold coin," and they wouldn't ac-
cert even draft that was as good |
as gold. So Jones lost his bond !
and mine. That wasn't Jones' luck,
but, wait a moment, when the sur
veyors began to run the lines on
the patented ground Jones had
bought they took in four fiiths of
the big bonanza. That was where
his luck came in Now, Jones Is
pretty good sort of a man, so he
called the bonanza owners together
and showed them the cold, pizen
facts, as old Gashwiler used to say,
and, rather than have long law
suit, offered them $3.50, 00ofor their
claim. They have it under con-
sideration now. Meanwhile they
have opened up seventy-foot vein
of Constock, with ore that goes
over 500 per ton. Think of it "
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-02-13
LIGHT CATTLE Losses. =

LIGHT CATTLE Losses. John
Sparks, OF Sparks & Tinnin, the
greatest OF ali the great cattle trims
on the Pacific Coast, arrived id Reno
yesterday morning from the range
country in Eastern Nevada and
Southern Idaho. He has ridden 400
miles in the saddle since the 1lth
of January, an. says there has been
two seasons when the losees were
greater then 70, the present season.
He does not think. the losses On all
their range country will amoInt to
ten per cent. The Chinook wind
left the hills high and dry and the
cattle had plenty to browse upon
and az = result there is no loss to
speak of. Sparks has been riding
from Elko into Southern Idaho, a,,d
is well p.eased that the great firm,
OF which he is the leading nembe~,
has escaped so luckily. He asserts,
bsyo n question, that he Neva6 q
ranges will not loose ten per cent,
on the average, and that N,vada is
the best range country, storms or
no storms, in the United States.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-02-13
Dakots knocked out it's Iotter

Dakotx knocked cut its lottery
schsme BY one vote. The scheme fell
through because people fought it
on the ground that lot OF outsiders
were interested and they didn't
want Louisiana in there. In this
State it was killed on the ground
that a lot OF meR in Virginia City
were sgoing to make il ALL" The
moral lessos herein inculcated in
very striking and means that if you
want to start a lottery you must
let nearly everybody you know IN
On the deal, including the preachers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-02-13
California burglar

A California burglar recently
stole Governor Waterman's Purse
He refrained irsm taking his good
name, becauss he probably didn't
consider such q trifie worth he
trouble.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
The nature of Orchids.

The orchids, conquerors of the light,
may well claim pardon for their triumph
over their humble companions of the
achieved They astonish us when we
first examine them, then charm us. Ma
ture has been liberal with them, and
they have everything. Their flowers
are full of that curious charm that cap
tivates. Their colors are harmoniously
toned and always bright and elegant.
Their odor is sweet and penetrating, but
does not cloy. Notwithstanding their
thin texture, which gives them a delicate
and frail air, they last longer than other
ornamental flowers Nothing, in fact,
seems to be wanting to them but q more
lively and abundant foliage, and that
can be supplied by mingling fern leaves
with them.
1t was long supposed that these won.
derful plants were extremely delicate
and capricious. This was mistake.
To their other virtues they join the rare
one of simplicity,
Nearly all the orchids cultivated in
greenhouses are natives of the inter
tropical zone, and it was supposed from
this fact that they required considerable
heat. But it has gradually been estab
lished that high temperature really
hinders their best development. A con.
siderable number of them in their native
state grow on high mountains, under
exposure to bracing atmosphere; and
they are now cultivated in moderately
warmed and freely ventilated green
houses. They are, therefore, relatively
hardy plants, well adapted to the deco
ration Of our rooms.-J. Dybowsbi in
Popular Science Monthly.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17

nrylegencl t9 ,aa .ro1u.' test t0r the
ayesi -hto OF railway men, Dr. III. E..Lcd-
iard,of Carlisle, surgeon to tuc railway
companies In the district, has devised an
instrument which be THINKS viii serve
ali purposes. i, consists OF holder,
with a revolving disk Of colored glass
purple mauvc, green, yellow (the
equivalent Of a white signal lamp,
blue and red, which, il will be seen.
include all the coiors used on railways.
The holder is held in front Of light,
and the surgeon examines the color
sight Of the candidate by revolving the
disk and bringing the separate colored
glasses in front of the oriH,e through
which tha flame shines-thus exactly
initiating the usual signal lamp. lie
suggests that the addition of a piece of
smoked glass would make the colors
much 'ha same as they would appear in
a fog. It is not convenient always to
test ON am actual line of railway; but a
test with this instrument, in which the
examiner can change the colors quickly,
would at least weed out those who are
positively color blind. - English Me-
cbauiC.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
Nutmegs as "a Medicine.

The medicinal qualities of nutmegs
are worthy of great deal of attention.
They are fragrant in odor, warm and
grateful to the taste, and possess decided
sedative, astringent and soporiiic proper
ties. In the following affections they
will be found highly serviceablc: Gas
tralgia meuralgia of the stomach), chol-
era morbus hatulent colo, dysentery,
cholera inGantum and infantile collie.
In all cases nutmegs may be prepared
for administration in the following man
ner:
Crate one or more nutmes5 into a fine
powder. For children, give one-sixth to
one-third of a tcaspoonful, according to
age, of this powder mixed with a small
quantity of milk For adults, from a
half to two tcaspoonfuls may be given
in the same way, according to the sever
ity Of the case. Every two hours is
generally the best time to administer
this remedy.
Insomnia (sleeplcssncssl is very often
etTectually relieved by one or two doses
of nutmeg. when much stronger agents
have signaliy failed New York Jour
nal.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
No place L,,ye Home.

To the Cape Colder, like the IceIander
and the Swiss, hi3 native province is the
best the sun shiLes on. So unique, en-
phatic and personal the cape and its
towns have become to those reared here,
that cape man finds nowhere else so
glorious as home, so full of such sweet
memories. The cape colors him all his
iife-the roots and tioers of him. He
may get beyond, but he never gets over
the cape.
Make him merchant at Manila or
Calcutta, a whaler at the north pole,
mate in Australian waters, a millionaire
on Fifth avenue, farmer in Minnesota,
and the cape sticks to him still. He
will feel in odd hours to his life's end
the creek tide on which he floated in
shore as Il boy, the hunger of the salt
marsh in haying time, the cold plash of
the sea spray at the harbor's mouth, the
cpring of the boat over the bar when he
came homo from fishing, with the wind
rising on shore out of the gray night
clouds seaward, the blast of the wet
northeaster in the September morning
when under the dripping branches he
picked up the windfall of golden and
crimson apples, the big faxed snow Of
the December night when he beaued his
first sweetheart home from singing
school; and he will see in dreams per-
haps the trailing arbutus among the gray
MOSES on the thin edge of spring snow
bank, the bubbling spring at the hill foot
near tidewater, the fat, crimson roses
under his mothers windows, with a
clump of Aarons rod or lilac for back
ground; the yellow dawn of an October
morning across his misty moors, and the
fog Of the chill pond among the pine
trees, and above all the blue sea with its
headland, on which go the white winged
ships to that great far off world which
the boy had heard of and the grown man
SHOWS SO well. New England Magazine
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17

The Paris correspondent of The Lon
don Daily News, telegrapAing recently,
said. "a curious attempt to shirls impris-
onment by substitution came before the
Paris assizcs lhisafternoon NJ Dubusc
landlord of a cafe, was sentenced the
other day 60 torty-eight hours imprison-
ment FOR having held concerts on his
premises without n license. In France a
defendant who is "a householder is not
taken from the court to prison, but is all
lowed a respite OF two or three weeks or
a month at his discretion At the end
of this period he receives d polite letter
from the prison governor requesting him
to call at his earliest convenience i'm or
der to serve out the sentence.
H. Dubusc during this respite found q
pauper, who had just been discharged
from Nau,erre, and induced him to go
TO prison for 20 francs. Boi che
this was the mans name-wenJ off to
the Petite Boquette, introduced himself
as Dubusc, which name he signed on the
visitors book, and was locked up in a
cell. His ragged appearance, however,
aroused suspicion, and detection speedily
followed Boislache was prosecuted for
forgery and NJ. Dubusc as his accomplice.
The jury, however, acquitted them both. "
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE FoR JANE
AIRY.

The article which is likely TO attract
most attention is the January number Of
the Mao Eaglaad Nagaziae is that on The
New England Meeting House and the
Wren Church." by Mr.. A. r. Willard.
Mr.. Willard shows it very interesting
manner how Sir Christopher Wren. who
was rebuilding the sixty or seventy Lon
don churches, after the great fire in 1866,
just as our New England fathers were get
ting able 10 build meeting. houses with
towers and steeples, set his stamp upon
our entire church architecture, in city
and country, almost from that time TO
this. The article is very richly illustrated
with pictures of Wren's stceples and of
our own old meeting-houses, and there
is much interesting gossip about The Old
South, Kings Chapel, Christ Church. and
the Old Church in Hngha,n. The other
illustrated articles are on Montreal in
Winter, and the Boston Musical Com
poscra. This latter article. bv Francis II.
jerks, the Musical editor of the Boston
Transcript, is in continuation of the series
OF musical articles which is being made
a prominent feature Of the Magazine. and
Which has already contained Mr.. Elson's
article on the Boston SYMPHONY Or
chcstra, aud Mr.. Dwights on the Han
del and lEadyn Society. The present
Yt tif.lt. j. ..
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
WHICH SHALL IT BET

Yes; It Is true have lovers three.
Do you wonder I'm in quandary?
For which to chose 1t Is hard to tell
When love them each and all SO well
The first bears In his handsome face
His passport TO a woman's grace.
His eyes are luminous gold gray mist,
His cheeks are roses the winds have kissed
And shimmerng CLEANS of sunlight thread
The wealth Of curls on his shapely head.
And when his love impassioned he tells,
My heart with love responsive swells.
To his fervent pleading cannot say
A cool. decisive unfaltering May
The second is dark, and grand, and grave;
Night shedows among his tresses wave.
In his great. deep eyes would seem to be
Visions more than mere mortals see
His simple II love you" is eloquent
OF wells of affection all uppent,
And she who is queen of his steadfast heart
Nay ba sure Of her reign until death shall
part
The tIrd ali, the story poets have told
or hair ike q crown OF FURNISHED gold;
OF eyes that rival the sapphire's hue.
And that dance like waves of the ocean blue;
OF the dimples that play at hide and seek
IN rounded chin and in either cheek:
While the mischief that turks in every glance
Makes havoc with hearts like Cupd's lance.
lie never has told Of his love for me-
But am as sure of ii as can be
Notwithstanding all this, it is often said
That | will doubtless be an "old maid"
And yet, perhaps, must own the taunt,
For these three lovers all call me aunt"
And the first is five, and the second is three
And the third is one year old, you see
Carrie f. Hall
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17

Pariaians have lately been entertained
by a remarkable artist, who displays
wonderful skill in her peculiar form Of
painting. With plates Of various colored
sand before her, she takes the sand in
her right hand and causes it to fall in
beautiful designs upon table bunch
Of grapes is pictured with violet sand, a
leaf with green sand the stalk with
brown sand. and relief and shadows by
other sands; when The work is brushed
away a bouquet Of roses and other objects
are represented with the same deXterity
and deIicacy. Philadelphia Ledger
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
Eheir Genealogies.

From The New YORK sun.
II was at the depot in Macon, Ga. A
colored man from the country stood look.
ing at the locomotive when The colored
fireman called out:
" Hey, yo' Niger what yo' lookin'
at"
" Who's uiegor;' demanded the other
''Yo' is"
$50 is yo."
" Look dar, nisger doan't take no
sass off'n shucks -
q" Yo' is shucks yo'self"
" Humph Do yo' know what my
fadder sold fur befo' de wah ?"
"No."
" Fo'teen hundred dollars in gold, sab,
and dey reckoned dat was 5000 under
price Who was yo' fadder, sah?'
" He was the gem'lan who bought yo'
fadder fur waitah, sab, an he allus
lowed he paid 81 900 mo- dan he was
worth"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
English Too Limited.

Editor Teturning a manuscript to an
aspiring genius from Jenkinses Corners)
Yes, perfectly agree with you that
you are a grammatical heavy weight, for
you have knocked grammar completely
out. would suggest that you give some
attention to the study of Chinook, as I
perceive that the resources of the Eng
lish language are utterly inadequate to
express your ideas. West Shore.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17
A Fine aIopper.

Mrs. Lucinda Jackson-Is yo' got any
work ob any kind yo'd like done, lady?
Mrs. Housekeeper-What kind of work
can you do?
Mrs. Jackson-Wen, l does moppin'
mostly, an kin do any kim OBJ it from
de plainest eb'ry day sort to de finest fix
up fo' Sunday kind. If yo' want any
real fine moppin' done, lady, 1 kin do
hit up neat an fine. Detroit Free Press.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-17

dent Harrison United States Marshal for
the Northern District of Florida some
time last spring, and how shamelessly he
has prostituted his Office is proved by the
following letter written by him on the
9Th of July last to pack the jury box of
the United States Courts for the trial of
political prosecutions
c. c. Kirk, Esq. DeLaad, Fla:
SIR (: You VIII at once confer with Mr.. Bielby
and make out a list of fifty or sixty names of
true and tried Republicans from your county reg
istration list for jurors in the United States
Court, and forward same to Hon. p Walter
Clerk of the United States Court. and it is neces-
sary TO have them at once, as you can see.
Please acknowledge this. lam yours truly,
JOHN II. MIzBLL
United states Marshal
Please get the names Of parties as near steam
boat and railroad stations as possible
Mr.. Kirk, to whom the letter was writ
ten and who produced ii in court, obeyed
its request and sent over fifty names Of
" tue and tried Republicans" to be sum
moned as jurors and he testified also
that the names he forwarded were on the
list of jurors in the order he had written
them. The United States Judge ruled
the letter out of the evidence because the
Clerk of the Court was not directly impli-
Gated in the criminal act, but the guilt of
the Marshal stands out in all its naked
villainy.
President Harrison will dismiss Mar
shal Mizell, Of course, and do it promptly.
The wrong $50 fragrant in its lawlessness
and its attempt to pollute the sanctuary
of justice, that the President can't refuse
to dismiss the criminal official without de-
grading the Chief Magistrate to the level
of the common jury-stuffer. Only by tho
pr0mutesl dismissal of Marshal Mizell can
the President hope to command respect
from any law-!oving citizen of any party.