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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28

THE Opposition papers in Brazil condemn
the recent decree establishing three banks In
the Northern Provinces. They say the car
rying out of the decree Is likely to cause
great confusion
THE league which was formed in Portugal
for the avowed purpose of assaulting the
British Minister has been abandoned. The
anti-English feeling is subsiding.
THE French Cabinet has resigned as a re
suit OF the rejection by the Senate Of the
request OF Premier Tirard for vote Of con-
fidence.
OWING to incessant rains the river at
Brisbane Australia overiowed its banks
and inundated the town. The damage is es-
timated at 81, 500, 900.
THE French gunboat Emerande has bonn
barded Abomey-Kilavy a coast village of
Dahomey East Africa. The Dahomans were
panic-stricken by the attack.
TWENTY THOUSAND engineers in the north
eastern part of England went on strike for
a reduction of the hours Of labor.
A FARMHOUSE at Bourg Louis, Quebec,
was burned and two children persisted IN the
flames.
WHITELAw REID. American Minister to
France has sailed from Havre for New York.
Two HUNDRED THOUSAND miners went out
on strike in England for higher wages
A REVOLT against the Amer of Afghanis-
tan was Quelled, and several Of the rebels
were beheaded.
COUNT SzAPARY has been chosen Prime
Minister and Minister of the Interior of Hun
gary.
A MEETING was held in Town Hall at st.
Henri, Quebec, for the purpose OF, organizing
post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
THE Berlin Labor Conference began its
sessions.
A FREIGHT train ran into the river at Ell
berfeld, Germany, and several of the train
hands were killed.
A NEW French Cabinet has been formed
with NJ. De Frevcinet as Premier.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28

THE grip is raging in Teheran, Persia,
causing seventy deaths daily. Several of
the Shah's household are among the suf-
ferers.
The French Government has determined
to occupy the Dahonian Province at Why
dab ON the African slave coast.
AN epidemic resembling influenza is
spreading in India.
THE Presidential campaign in Peru has
resulted in some bloody collisions between
thefactions, and one massacre by Indians
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HOWARD CRAUFURD
ELPHINSTONE was washed from a steamer in
the South Atlantic Ocean and drowned.
TEN Creten refugees have been sentenced
to fifteen years imprisonment at Retimo.
Crete The news has caused a sensation in
Athens Greece.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28
South and West.


THE Larned State Bank, of Larned, Kan,
has suspended payment. The assets are ST.
900, and the liabilities S33, 600.
FRANK MILLER was instantly killed and
Alfred Westergren had his skull crushed by
the fall of derrick at Ortonville, South
Dakota.
THE Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Railroad has been bought by the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy.
DAVID MCGREw, pastor of the colored
Baptist Church at Armstrong, No; Andrew
Begman, and Will Jackson all colored, were
run over by the Union Pacific train and
killed.
SIX prisoners have escaped from the county
Jail at Eau Claire, Wis. They were all burg
lars.
THE trial in San Francisco of Mrs Sarah
Althea Terry for resisting the United States
Marshal has concluded. The jury failed to
agree on verdict.
THE lower Mississippi has overlooked its
banks in many places, causing much dam
age.
JUDGE ANDREW J. DAVIS, Montanas rich
est citizen. has just died, leaving an estate
valued from ST, 600, 900 to so, 600, 600.
A MYSTERIOUS malady, believed to be
spotted fever, is prevailing in Jefferson
County, Tenn. The contagion has broken
out in Carson College. Four deaths have
occurred.
VERNON HAY and George Pollard, two
runaway pupils from the Illinois State Insti-
tuition for Deaf MuteS, were run over by
train at Jacksonville, Ill. Hay was killed
and Pollard severely hurt.
HENRY NURRE a farmer of Clinton
County, Iowa, was found murdered In bis
house and his wife seriously wounded. The
murderer is not known.
SPECIAL PENSION EXAMINER REIGART'S
friends at Maysville, KY, gave him banquet
clio n no o~U IF a.
cession to Office. Upon taking his first
mouthful of food he was seized with violent
coughing and was strangled to death by
piece of meat which had lodged in his wind
pipe.
THE L. Bane1le Company's woodenware
factory at Petoskey, Mich, has been burned.
Loss, 500, 600.
THE machine shops of the Hooking Valley
Railroad were burned at Columbus, Ohio,
with loss of $150.000
ANDREW A HOLT, a noted smuggler and
pirate on Puget Sound, was fatally shot on
his sloop near Seattle, Wash, while resisting
arrest.
FRANK NJ. LEGGETT and William L.
Crockett were instantly killed and Arch
IRE fatally hurt by the falling of a cage in
a coal mine at Alma, Kan.
Two men were instantly killed by land
slide near Charleston, ". Va.
Bob" RAINEs a white man, was hanged
at Somerville. Ala, for the murder of his
brother, the Rev. George Raines, pastor of
Baptist church.
THE Victoria sealing fleet has resumed its
poaching operations in the North Pacific.
A FIRE starting from an overturned stove
in B. 7. Tawkins's dry goods store at Kirk
vile, Mo, destroyed that building, the First
National Bank building and several other
business structures The totalloss is $500 900.
GABRIEL, Mission Indian, who $50
years old, has died at the Monterey County
Poorhouse, Cal.
THE Utah Legislature passed a memorial
to Congress censuring the Governor for veto
ing election bills, and asking Congress to
enact the vetoed measures.
A TRAIN struck the team of Henry Boes,
at Holland, Mich. killing Boes instantly and
fatally injuring his wife.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28
A TUSSLE WITH SIX WOMEN
They Boldly Attack 4 Sheriff With
Hot Irons

The Sheriff of Kershaw County, sc. with
a deputy went to Lynch's Creek to eject q
white family by the name Of Steen, consisting
of four men and six women. They were founI
strongly entrenched, and the Sheriff r.
the sight of this strong force scared away thu
male Steens. but the six women boldly
awaited the attack with pots Of boiling water
and hot irons The posse dashed IN. how
ever, overturned the water before tho women
could use it and proceeded % put The be.ls-
erents out. The women threw Intensive
on the floor and fought like wildcats, AMI u
was not until they were exhausted that the
deputies were able TO gain possession AM
nail up the house. The women say theT VII
go back, and it is feared that il the Sh"rln
has 70 arrest them there will be blOodshed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28
FIVE SAILORS DROWNED.
They Succumb After a Despcr ate
Struggle for Life.

The steamer Defiance arrived at Norfolk
Va, from Baltimore, and Captain Burgess
reported that on passing York Spit Light
house that morning he saw schooner ashore
and sunk on the spit near the northwest
buoy. About the same time s
yawl boat was seen containing five
men leaving the sunken schooner and pulling
for the lighthouse. The wind was blowing
with terrific force, and the boat ap-
preached the lighthouse it was thrown
against the iron piles and swan.Ded and all
five men were thrown overheard
The men grasped the iron rods Of the pile,
in a desperate struggle for life. but The
waves dashed over them with such fury that
they were soon overpowered and lost thet-
hold, and were drowned. 1t Is SUPPOSE the
schooner was an oyster vessel and wa, try-
ing ~ run into East River.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28
FRANCO-DAHOMAN WAR,
King GlegIe Retires to Lama With
His Female Warriors.

It has been officially announced in Paris
that the King of Dahomey, the West African
Chief with whom France is now at war,
accompanied by his female warriors, had re-
tired to Lama, after remaining at Godomey
four days and not daring to attack the French
posts The rest OF his army remained at
Godomey, where it was erecting fortified
lions. During the the campaign 1000 Daho
mans, including female general were killed
It was stated that the French captives taker
by the Dahomans were safe at Whydah.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28

THE German Government will shortly
notify the other powers that she has taken
the islands of Manda and Palta, off the east
coast Of Africa, under her protection.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
Famed for 20 Years

For integrity of lis Drawings, and
Prompt Payment of Prizes,
Al',-i'' 49, Fuiluws:
w DO hereby cerriiy bat W. sut.tyls. tbs ar.
rangements for oil the Monthly and seIni.Annua
Drswihgs ~ the Louisiana state Lottery Company,
aud In person nrEnas' aui %contro! the drawings
themselves, and that tie same ar, conducted with
honesty fairness, and In good faith toward All mar.
ties, and We authorize the Company to USE This
certificate, with iac-similies Of our signatures AT.
ia, he'd In lis advertisements"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
Publishers Woes.

We have often heard Of the wall Of
the authors. Here is tie wall of the
publishers: \ more capraciouS. ty.
mnnical and utterly spoiled set Of
people never existed than the book
buying public. The mercst tri!lc gives
it oilensc. \ price Il few cents too
high, "A ~ of the wrong color, too
thick or too thin paper, too small or
too large a style Of type, publication a
few days too late. two volumes instead
Of one or one instead Of tSo-any one
of these happenings is quite sufficient
TO kill a book and leave its unfortu-
nate maker with nothing but so many
pounds Of paper stock and old metal
To turn into cash. Not one book i'm
twenty calls for a third thousand, for
the book buy ing public will not buy
old books.
Every season the makers are besieg.
ed by this vast array Of unlaid spirits,
apparently doomed 10 walk the earth
and cry: Give US new books with
out deigning even To intimate what
sort or kind Of books il wants. II may
possibly-that is, there is "A slight pos
sibility that it may-take a fancy TO
some Of the few new ones; but, as for
the old, il does not want them at any
price. The result is that these book.
makers go OF from year TO year piling
up their store Of paper stock and old
metal. After all, why should these
bookmakers expect 10 be freed from
the operation Of fixed principles which
control other makers, such as coat.
makers, hatmakers, shoemakers, etc.
What are booksi Simply manufac.
tured products, which in all civilized
nations have a certain vogue and then
pass ''out OF fashion" = American
Bookmaker.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
Worm. That Eat steel Rails.

For the last two years the German
government has leen making inqui-
rles into the life, history and ravages
Of one of the mot remarkable worms
known to exist. This wonderful crea.
ture, whose glHtronouS appetite is only
satisfied after Il feed on common steel,
was first broug II into general notice
by an article il The Cologne Gazette in
June, lss1.
For some me preceding the publ.
cation of tho accoUnt mentioned the
greatest con, ernat,On existed among
the engineers employed on the rail.
way at Hagen 10y accidents which al.
ways occurred At the same place, PROV
ing that some terrible defect m~ustexist
either in tle material or the construc-
ton of thu rails.
The government became Interested
and sent a commission 10 the spot for
the purpose Of maintaining a constant
watch al the place where the accidents
-one OF them attended with loss Of
life-had occurred. Ii was not. how
ever, until six months had elapsed that
the suriuce Of the rails appeared To he
corroaed, rs if by acid, TO the extent
of over luO yards.
The rail was taken up and broken,
whereupon it wasfound To he literally
honeycOmDel By a thin, threadiike,
gray worm. The worm is said to be
two cen;imctcrs in length and Of about
the bigness of a common knitting
needle. Its OF a light gray color. aud
on the head it carries two little sacs or
glands, filed with a most powerful
corrosive secretion. which is elected
every ten minutes when the little de-
mon is lying undisturbed. This liquid
when squirted upon iron renders il
soft and spongv and of the color Of
dust, when it is easily and grceGily
devoured by the little insect. There
is no eXaggeration, says the official
report, lin the assertion that this crea-
ture is one of the most voracious, forit
has devoured thirty-six Kilograms of
rails in a fortnight. Chicago Tri-
bune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
4 l.rnmnl nny EAse.

We were comfortably seated around
the hearth at Porter Lake. in Pike
county, Pa. and the spirit of story
telling was strong upon us. because the
fishing had been unusually good and
the supper bounlcous. The flash and
sparkle of wit filled the upper air Of
the room rs with 4 fine aurora, and a
halo of calm bliss cGcirclcd the brow
of each entranccd listener. But first
the drug and then the antI1otc. The
benevolent colonel drew us down gen
tly from the giddy heights with "A story
Oft coarse pleboian, locally known as
catfish. Thus ran his tale: "A man
and his dog went fishing in the Mis-
sissippi.
"ln "A short time the man felt a
mighty pull ON the line. and lac knew
that a catfish had taken hold. The
giant came along peacefully enough.
until he happened 10 change his mind,
and then he decided 10 double on his
course and take the man along. The
faithful dog, seeing his masters dan.
ger, rushed 10 the rescue bravely
enough. The willy catfish, when lie
found the dog pursuing, turned upon
him and terrified the dog, who incon-
tinently turned tail and swan vigor-
ously toward the dry land, the catfish
holly following. Presently the dog
gained the land and ran hastily, the
catfish madly surging after him. The
dog, sorely pressed and fearing a pain
full death, in his extremity climbed q
tree, the catfish still pursuing"
Hold ON, hold on!' we cried in q
chorus; dogs cannot climb trees"
Cant climb a treei'' responded the
colonel. But the catfish was close
upon him, and this dog had TO climb
Forest and Stream.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
lIamished.

New England farmers are proverbial
for their liking for pie. 1t is a staple
article Of food with most Of them
they wouldn't know how to keep
house without it," And indeed il is
hard to get along without anything TO
which we have all our lives been ac-
customed An old lady went from
New Hampshire TO visit city relations
OF whose table pie never appeared.
Her visit had been understood 10 be
for a month, but at the end of two
weeks she announced her intention Of
returning home on the following day.
why, a%untie," said her niece, in a
tone of great surprise, I'VE thought
you had come 10 spend at least a
month, and | can't think of letting
you go so soon"
Il think | must, Matte" replied the
old lady, firmly.
But we haven't taken you TO half
the places we want TO see, nor done
half we want to do for your pleasure.
Surely you're not tired of US so soon."
'Oh, no, no" protested theold lady,
tive enjoyed myself very much,
dear; you have all been so kind and
thoughtful. cant thank you enough
for il all"
Then stay longer, auntie. Why
should you 20 SO sooni"
With the frankness and simplicity
Of many aged persons, the old lady
said:
We'll, Matte, if / must tell you, !
will. | simply can't stay where folks
never have pie, and l don't want any
extra trouble taken 10 make II on my
account, so Id better go home where
we have it common"
She did not go home for some weeks,
and pie appeared upon the table at
every meal as long as she remained
Youths Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
Regulation OF Temperature.

Another most useful system con.
trolls the automatic regulation Of tenn
perature. How much discomfort and
indisposition would be saved in many
a household if the temperature were
constantly maintained IN every apart
menta at the desired point, both in sum
mel and winter, independent Of ir.
Irregularities Of the season. So far as
this concerns u winters this is quite
within practicable limits, while in
summer the temperature u always
be moderated, il not actually kept uni
form, by utilizing the controlling pow
er of electricity.
Thus in winter time, whether a
house be warmed by water, hot air or
steam, il is only necessary to place in
each Don an automatic thermometer
which makes a contact as soon as tho
temperature reaches the desired point,
and 10 arrange that the contact so
made shall electro-magnetically cut
of the supply Of heat from that cham
Der. The subsequent cooling Of the
room below the limiting temperature
causes the thermometer 10 break the
circuit and readmit the heat, and il is
only necessary to keep an abundant
supply IN reserve in order TO obtain q
practically equable temperature. Such
a thermometer, generally called a
thermostat, is made by riveting side
by side two strips Of different mate.
rials-generally brass and rubber
which expand differently at the same
degree OF heat. "A. L. Kennedy in
Scribner's.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
Green House and Window Plants.

The plants are now all indoors, and,
whether in green house or window,
take care that the insects do not get a
foothold early in the season. II the
plants were not properly cleaned be-
fore, make a job of it as soon AS may
he, in smoking with tobacco for the
whole, then giving each individual
plant its needed separate treatment.
Smooth leaved plants, like ivy, should
have a weekly washing with soap and
water, applied with q soft cloth. Fol
low this with water only.
Forced plants-Keep up a success
sion Of bulbs in flower by bringing
the pots from the cellar; also, hardy
plants put in for this purpose.
Annusls-If desired q good show
may be made by q few pots Of favor
ties VI this kind. Sow some pots now,
and others a month Later. -American
Agriculturist.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
THE THlMsLE'S HISTORY.
81 Hiidegard Wa the Fist to Record II,
Existence.

~ hildeEard Was TIE liEat IL Record Its
Existence.
Like the origin of many useful in
vcRtions, which is lost in The darkness
of past ages, the history OF The tEimble
is shroudud ia uncertainty. The first
record Of it is found in the Twelfth
century. 1t is very brief. mentioning
only lis name. NJ that time lived St
~llildcgard. a woman highly regarded,
not only for her pic,y, lut also her
extraordinary learning. One of her
writiugscontains IA combination Of 500
words. translated into a strange. un-
known language, which today is re-
gardcd as the first attempt ever made
10 establish ''tle language Of the
world" or "A universal language.
Among these words is found the word
''vingcrhuth' uhimblcJ, called cir
iskanz' in this peculiar translation.
This group of words mentions many
articles of daily use, ST that it is proper
Ia infer that the tlimbls was well
known To the Twelfth century.
The ladies of that age, upon whose
tombstoncs the image of a pair of scis-
sors was engraved, must have been
exceedingly industrious. This custom
was prevalent mostly in England. and
to this emblem Of womanly diligence
should have been added the thimble in
order To transmit 10 posterity its earli-
est shape. However. ii is reasonable
to presume that il was the SAINT as
that of Tie bronze c,st ,himblc, which
is preserved in the museum of Darn.
stadt. This tllimblc was found in ISIS,
during excavations made along the
highway 10 the castle of Tanncnbcrg.
This castle had been destroyed in 1899
by reason of the G~epredations Of the
Knights of ~Taunenbc?g, aud, as il was
never rebuilt. il is evident that the
thimblt of those days was not unlike
in form To the tlimblc of modern
times.
The city of Nuremberg. with lis clev-
er artisans, Was the principal manu-
featuring place Of the lhimblc, Its
manufacturers, called 'iingerhue-
ter" Uhimblc maliersJ, are men
toned for the first time in lace, with
ont, however, forming a guild Of their
own at that time. In 1894 they APP
pear in history as an incorporated
trade, which in 1857 received lis de,
gree.
In a book written In l56S we find
the illustration of a thimblc shop by
Jost Amman. the most fertile German
artist oG the sccond half "f the Sin
tenth century. He developed great
renown in illustrating all kinds of
works of various contents.
While a number of the free cities Of
Germany enjoyed a democraiic gov
ernment. Nuremberg was under an
aristocratic regime, which allowed the
trades no independence whatever, bu,
restricted them in the smallest details.
Joerg Endtner. for instance, a thin,
bic maker Of those days, constructed
a turning wheel To aid him in the
making Of tiimbl,S. This he was by
penalty prohibited 10 use, because il
Vas of advantage to him. and to the
disadvantage al the other makers
81, Louis Post Dispatrh.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
Steel and Iron Boilers.

In 1887 / made about 125 steel and
about 1875 iron boilers; in 1858 about
go steel and rs iron, and this year,
out Of nearly 300 boilers, ] will only
turn out 2 Of iron. OF 1872 boiler plate
mills in this country, but two are
making templates exclusively. II the
steel boilers cost more, ! suppose the
demand for them would increase less
rapidly, but the price Of steel and iron
plate is SO nearly equal, and the steel
boilers are so far superior in every
way that il may be said that iron boil
ers are out Of date. Iron plates lack
what boiler makers call homogeniety
that is to say, evenness Of tensile
strength or equality In The. matter Of
expansion and contraction. That
quality Is what makes the steel boiler
valuable, and the lack Of il makes the
iron one unreliable. The wrought
iron boiler must go. Manufactures In
81. Louis Globe Democrat
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
THE OLD AINe FENCE.


Do you remember tn old line fence
D.vllln'ti farms ov Jones an Dcnre,
Stlkrl ami rid red and ten RAILS high,
That nuthll' could leap " hat couldn't ~,
Joe ElnrG a. Lncous only can.
sung hyLps H. caurch-gnod sort o. man.
While JJscA. hc didn't core about
9Th mcstia's-was good enough without"
Well. Jones. he bought a briudle steer,
An KEEP I'm, too. fur moron a year,
He had an rgly, cg1Impied horn
An hanser'd after Bence's corn,
That steer want slow in larnin' tricks,
So when III fence got out O Tx
He'd throw IL with thu horn o bis.
An mostly fore III sun was ria
Tn deacon's wrath run high an hot
Until, poor man, he quite fursot
His rather pious 'Vums" an VOWS"
An rally SWurr at Jones' COW
One day tn Steer was in III corn,
An Bcuce. he broke tho critters horn:
i rck'n he di!nt L.eIut dew IT,
He found the stun. was rad, an' threw IT,
Then JONES, Ec fhCt at Simpsons hog,
He said, bit El4rl ~ deacuu's dog,
Then Bene' Vlt Iilrn CIT fur rats
An killed G,a JOacs' hens an cats
one day they faT,ht with rake an hoe.
Benee LauLd At JOurs an Jones rskel Joe
They clIWil an tore each others shirt
But otherwise they wait much hurt
Their quarTs.s went frum lad 10 WIS
Tn deacon learned % swear an Gus
An 50 fur a0ra nor thirty years
Joe Bence an Jones were by "a ears.
The fencey Wei. wen III llrals wus sold
They tore Il down, II got So old
Where's J Mes an Beuchs They're cold an sti
In yender graveyard on the Lut
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25

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ethe undersigned BANKS aud Bankers will pay
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-25
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