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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-21
A RATTLESNAKE'S VICTIM,
HORRIBLE Death of Man Bitten by a
Reptile in New jersey.

William z. Elliott, of Branchville, y. J..
died the other day from the effects of rat
tlesnake bite, which he received week be-
FORE FL lott was picking berries, when he
suddenly heard the warning rattle, and the
SNAKE, TOUR feet long, sprang at him from
beneath low, hanging bush. 1t sunk its
rangs again and again in his arm.
instead OF smoking the poison from the
wound at once, Elliott tarried to kill the rep
Tile. BY the time he got home his arm was
terribly lnt1amed and swollen. After lin
gering In great agony for week he died,
ough every known medical aid to save him
was administered
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-21
BOILED HIM ALIVE.
How the Shah of Persia Punished a
Thicving Tax Gatherer.

Advices from Teheran, Persia, bring a
queer report to the effect that the Shah,
having become much enraged against Alb
dullah Khan, the Governor of Mazender-
aun, condemned that ruler to the terrible
death Of being boiled alive. The charge
against the unfortunate Governor was
that he had embezzled taxes due
to the Shah's reasury The
truth, it is alleged, is that Abdullah had not
embezzled any more than he was in the
habit of doing, but that, owing to poor har-
vest and the poverty of the peasantry, he
did not keep TIE usual amount for the Shah.
The Shah, with view of striking terror
into other thieving governors, ordered that
Abdullah should be boiled alive, but grac-
iously declared also, that the water should
be boiling hot at the time of the fatal dip, so
as to finish him gu: ckly as possible.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-21
FATAL TORNADO,
Circus Tent Blown Down-Three
Killed and Fifty Injured.

tornado swept over Ashland, Wis, and
the town of Washburne, just across tbe bay
from there, doing an immense amount of
damage.
At Wasnburne the tent of Williams circus
was blown down, three people being killed
and about nifty injured, many OF them
fatally.
About one hundred houses were de-
mollshed at Washburne but the only casual
ties were those at the circus grounds.
In Ashland about fifty houses vera blown
down, many OF them the best business build
ings.
All OF the shipping in the As land harbor
suffered severely, much OF it being destroyed
altogether.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-21
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

ALASKA contains six volcanoes.
NEVADA has only IL, 900 voters.
SMALLPox is raging in Honduras.
THERE is a case of leprosy in Chicago.
DISASTROUS floods are reported in India.
VESUvIUs is again in state of eruption.
PILL-Bux lids circulate as money in Chilli
GRASSHoPPERS are damaging crops ID
Ohio
THE Alabama cotton is being damaged by
worms.
in twenty years.
BRITISH money is said to be Citing Bal
maceda in Chill
THE wheat crop of Oklahoms is pro
bounced a failure.
DROUGHT aud bugs have done great harm
to crops in Wisconsin.
THE settlement of Hebrews on unoccupiec
land In Italy is proposed.
The Farmers Alliance people OF Kansas
are TO hold camp meetings.
CUSTOMS receipts in July were SIS, 46S, l53
against S23, 953, $50 last year.
THE corn and cotton crops in Mississpp
have been damaged by floods.
FARM property in Kansas has doubled il
value since the wheat harvest
MACON (Gal dealers have been shipping
THE new Weather Bureau chief proposes
to appoint twenty local forcasters
MILLIONS of worms are destroying the
hemlock trees in Potter County, Penn.
CoLoRED men IN the South are flocking
into the Alliance fold by the thousands.
ARRIVALS from Newfoundland report
that actual starvation exists along the west
coast.
States for the year ending June 80 amounted
to $23, $50, 600.
MORMON missionaries in Southern Cali
fornia have made several notable CONVEX
sions in polygamy.
ACCORDING to latest reports the present
year will be the most prosperous ever known
to Kansas farmers.
BUT 322 miles of railroad have been built
since January l, a heavy decrease from the
figures of last year.
THE Health Commissioner at Milwaukee,
Wis, reports that the city was never so dirty
and never so healthy as at present.
THE fourth centennial of the discovery of
America is to be celebrated at Genoa, Italy,
the birthplace Of Columbus with many fes.
Invites.
A COLONY of 1O3 citizens of other States
are settled at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to
take advantage Of the easy divorce laws of
that State.
WITHIN the next two months it is expected
that the large crops will use up every avail
able freight car, thus causing a famine OF
cars, especially for the transportation OF
coal.
A COMPETENT authority has computed
that the present indications point to the
largest yield of cotton on record, one of the
factors in New Orleans placing it at 9,00o,-
O0O bales.
THE fifth effort to interest the colored peo-
pie of the South in scheme to colonies
Liberia is being made and an agent is trav-
cling in this country making speeches in re-
gard to it.
HE battle sword of General Sill, who fell
at Murfreesboro, has been returned to his
family in Chillicothe, Ohio. For twenty
eight years it was in the possession of a
Southern officer
The new constitution of the State OF
Mississippi, it is said, has cut down the col
pred vote of the State about ninety thou
sand, that number failing to register More
than three-fOurths of the colored people en-
tilted to vote have declined to or failed to
register.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-21

THE great number of Americans who at
tended the Bayreuth Wagner festival has
been the subject of much remark on the part
of the German press. 1t seems to be gener-
ally admitted that the financial success CT
the undertaking practically due to the
great American patronage.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-21

THE Duchy of Gotha is so prosperous that
a bill has been introduced suspending all
taxation for period of three months
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

Complaint is frequently made that
this is an age in which societies are
organized without limit 10 redress all
manner of real and fancied grievances
and push reforms of every sort. This is
characteristic of the age of awakened
conscience and keener stirring of phil
anthropic impulse. lt is not properly
a subject of complaint, but Of congratu-
laiOn
Few such organizations have arrested
more general attention and have enjoyed
so great promise in youth of a prolonged
and effective life as The American So
ciety for the Extension of University
Teaching. II Is n matter in which we
must all feel AN immediate interest. We
shall doubtless discover that all the good
that has been derived. and all thst i to
be engendered is found because the idea
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The last nail that will be driven in the
woman's Worlds Fair Building is to be
made of gold, silver and copper. 1t will
be driven by Mrs. Potter Palmer.
The Duke Of Norfolk has taken his deaf,
dumb and blind 12-year-old son tc the
shrine at Lourdes, France, hoping to Sc
cure a miraculous cure for the unfortun-
ate child.
James Parton, in letter to friend
written not long before the authors death,
said: mo man should enter the literary
life unless he has a fortune or can live
contentsdly on &, 900 a year. The best
way is to make a fortune first and write
afterward."
Miss Roxana Wentworth of Chicago,
who is reported to be engaged TO Mr..
Clarence Bowen of Brooklyn, son of Mr..
Henry G. Bowen, is the daughter of the
late Long John Wentworth of Chicago.
She inherited great wealth from her
mother and her father, but has never been
devotee of fashion.
1t has been decided by the Massachusetts,
Supreme Court that the expression "a
home" used in the will of one Timothy
A. Smith Of Westbore means shelter and
not suitable support, as claimed by those
who sought to be benefited by this clause.
The opinion was written by Justice
Knowlton.
tN-OOv. JOnO IL. farStOW OF ShelDurn,
VT, has been appointed a commissioner to
negotiate with the Navajo Indians for the
surrender OF part of their reservation in
New Mexico. Mr.. Barstow was governor
of Vermont from 1882 to 1884 and has held
many Offices of honor and trust.
The height Of fashion in Paris is to have
everything Russian, the glamour of the
French Russian understanding emphasiz-
ing the fad. Russian teas, with steaming
samovars, Muscovite tea-gowns for ladies
and jewels of every description of Russian
pattern. A favorite plaything for children
Is clockwork Russian sleigh, with horses
and fur-clad driver. II operates much like
the mechanical toys exhibited on the side
walk by venders in Fourteenth street.
Hogs are largely used to hunt for truffles
i'm France. As soon as the animal takes
the roots of the fungus into his mouth he
is dealt a sharp blow across the nose and
drops the truffie, when il is bagged by the
hunter. The beast then passes on to an
other spot, where, hidden few inches
below the surface Of the ground, are more
of the epicurean dainties. Recently dogs
have been trained to perform the duties
instructive to the pig
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
CIryrLAND,s NEXT MOVE.

On the eve of Cleveland's campaign
speech in Boston, the NEWS called atterl-
ton to the fact that Josiah Quincy spoke
of the Buzzard's Bay statesman as a
property owner and resident of Massa-
chusetts." The results of Tuesdays
election lend additional significance to
the phrase. To what extent the per-
sonal influence of Cleveland affected the
result in New York, it is not possible to
determine. The perfect organization of
Tammany and the money that was set
running like water did not need the
heavy platitudes of the fond father of
little Ruthie to assist them, and yet in
the minds of many people the outward
reconciliation between Hill and Cleve-
land and the spectacle of an ex-president
strolling the tigers head and entering
without visible trepidation the tigers
cage undoubtedly made the Tammany
campaign appear more respectable and
hindered wavering voters from throw
ing off their allegiance.
cratic victory has been assumed ON all
sides TO mean the nomination of Cleve-
land in 1892. Cleveland stock has taken
since Tuesday night most amazing
boom. But Cleveland in his heart of
hearts knows that he stands on slippery
ground. Tammany does not love him
because the country credits its triumph
TO him. Hill loves him less than he did
before. AS u New York candidate
Cleveland is practically an impossibility
and no one is better aware of that fact
than he.
What then can Cleveland do? What
has he doue? He has taken and may ere
long again take hand in the Massachu-
sett's ggme. Gray Gables may have a
very considerable political significance
next year. In no long time politics will
begin to be remarkably interesting.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
THE PULSE OF THE PRESS.

II precedent is followed in the distribu-
tion of chairmanshipS Of the next House
of Representatives the Southern Demo
Gratis will have larger number of them
than they have had in any Congress since
1880 a fair vote in the South would leave
half Of them at home.-New York Re-
corder.
Ohio's verdict unmistakably indicates q
Republican national victory on the issues
of protection to American industry and
sound currency next year.-New York
Press.
Mr.. Fsssett's friends have every reason
to he proud Of the plucl<v and aggressive
campaign which he has led. His canvass
has been open and honorable. Superior
organization and vast expen diture of
money on the part of the Democrats have
defeated him, but his defeat is no dis
credit He stands far higher with the
voters Of the Sate to-day than il he had
condescended TO use the methods by
which Mr.. Flower has succeeded.-New
York Press.
All il quiet along the political lines the
white flag is flying and the dead and
wounded are being carried from the field.
Boston News.
Mr.. Blaine needs no frmer hold upon
the voters Of New York than he has here
tofore and long enjoyed. But IL he did
the result OF yesterdays election would
give it to him.-New York Recorder.
We are not going TO fight Chile for Eng
lish advantage nor for any other purpose
President Harrison and Secretary Blaine
will do what IL right in the present con-
troversy, and the Chileans will in time
appreciate our true friendliness.-Spri
field Union.
The Farmers Alliance is gone up. This
Is the meaning OF the returns from Ne
braska and other Western States. The
honest farmers were not in it.-New York
Recorder.
The battle fought in Ohio yesterday was
the skirmish line Of 1899. IL has fought
the Presidential battle In advance and n
has gone as will go the Union when the
great issue is presented as IL was prt-
sented there. New York Recorder.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
DIR. BRIGGS VICTORY.

People of every denominational faith
will rejoice in the issue of the Briggs
trial. That the New York presbytery
should have dismissed the charges
against DR.. Briggs is striking testimony
to the clear Vision possessed by that
body that an ecclesiastical trial is some
thing which should be resorted TO only
in cases of the gravest emergency.
These are not days for wrangling about
fine points of difference in doctrines, but
rather for standing together upon agree
ment in the great essential that what
the world needs is united work in teach
ing the great gospel of Christian liv-
ing.
The prosecuting committee announce
their intention of appealing to the synod,
but that at least means postponement
for year, and many things may happen
meantime. The results of yesterday
are a matter for congratulation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
TO BROWNS DEFENSE.

From that far off seat of culture
which sits by the edge Of the fresh water
lake comes this characteristic criticism
of Brown University, voiced by the
Chicago Herald.
The citizens of Rhode Island-and es-
pecially the feminine citizens-appear TO
be distinctly displeased with the halfway
action of the corporation of Brown Uni
versity regarding the education of women.
Brown, which is one of the oldest and
most conservative of the New England
universities, decided lately to open its
entrance examinations TO young women
as candidates, not for degrees, but for
certificates of proficiency" to be deliy-
cred after the successful completion OF
the same course of study which In the case
of young men is rewarded with diplo-
ma. This action was in effect n partial
surrender 20 the growing sentiment in
favor of coeducation OF the sexes. IL was
compromise, and, as is usual with
of neither side. in all respect
TO the learned corporation of Brown
il is n cowardly bit of te emporizing thus to
recognize the righteousness Of the new
movement" and at the same time to fend
off its results. Age and tradition are ven
erable things, but herein. as often, we find
them bio cking the way of healthful pro-
gress Not for the first time in their his
tory the older universities of the East
must take lesson from the younger in
stitutions of the West. Northwestern,
Cornell, Michigan University and the
State universities of Wisconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota and Nebraska have long since
proved the practiCability of full and equal
coeducatlon OF the sexes.
The NEWS hasn't heard of any partic-
ular displeasure with Browns action on
the part of F.hode Island women. AS
the women of this state are at least or
dinarily sensible, they are likely to re-
member the old saw that half loaf is
better than no bread, and to possess
their souls in patience while waiting for
the further steps forward, which must
some day be made in this state in the
way of giving the higher education to
Mnmeu
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05

possesses life; in the character of the
men who conceived the plan the eager
ness and loyalty with which these men
have sought its accomplishment; and be-
cause the people wish to improve in
mental attainment. This effort for
higher education cannot be left alone to
educators and ministers. The attention
of every citizen should be actively en-
listed in cause than which none can
have more potent influence in fostering
and preserving Republican institutions.
That this system affords lines of study
which will best contribute to each indi-
vidual bent, is most encouraging and
satisfactory indication of its general
wisdom. That it deserves not only the
support of individuals of means, but Of
the community as whole is automatic
to those who do not wish to set period
to popular education just beyond the
three Rs,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
THE OFFICE BOYS OBSERVATIONS.

Say, they's got new biler down suller
what's Jim dandy, the pressman says,
an they can yank the matterickses out
lively. Geuess its matterickses. It's them
pulpy things what they fry on a griddle
an they comes out stiff an hard, with all
the holes what the type made stickin'
right into it. lisa queer business, maxim
newspapers, an i don't like it. II i
thought they cd get long 'thout me a
single day I'd go into the hullsail grocery
biz But a feller can't help feelin' Is II
'twould be kinder mean to go off an
leave folks in the lurch, no matter how
mean they's been. Paper looks mighty
prosper's, but if i was to go you wouldn't
hear no more orders from newsdealers for
more papers They'd quit sellin' mighty
soon 4 they wasn't no Office boy TO bring
the copy from the train an the hosscars
an the Pos Office. Sometime Il they
don't treat me better an pay me rs
much as the printers, Pll go on a strike
blame me If / don't An then you'll
see Roam toter on her seven hills as the
speechmakers say.
Myl How tickled the newsboys all was
to see Mr.. Black down stairs countin' out
papers. They say he's the awfullest
counter they ever was, an all the news
dealers was glad TO see i'm down there,
too, cause they said he could count the
papers so fas' they'll get em real early an
sell heaps more. They get printers an
reporters an things from the other papers,
best they is, they says, but you bet they
don't never try to get no new Office boy,
cause they got the smartest one in town,
# do say it. That's the reason they
won't never offer no prizes to the smartest
Office boy in Providence. They know
they'd have to give it TO me.
/ writ a pome yestdy on "How is the
nifty fallen, wot brings the proud head
lowp Oh, il went on that way long
time. an was real sweet an melancholy,
'cept where tried to get too many words
in one line, but the man with the shears
he said 'bituary notices was paid ads, an
only death notices was took tree. Now
what sort of "a fool thing was that to say
fer man what's runnin newspaper an
ort TO kno' sentimentle pome from a
death notice. / said 'twarn't no such a
thing, an he said no matter, they wasn't
no room for nawthen' but politics.
Nawthen' but politics | After my
'sperience with politics Tuesday night, l
hain't a goin' To monkey with 'em no
more till I'm bigger'n my ma.
Dibsy Meagin never sees me now, but
he asks me how Mckinley run out in
Pawtucket. Dibsy thinks he's growed
up cause he's got ticket to the perlice
ball THE OFFICE BOY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
WHAT MILLS SAID AT MELROSE.

~ stand for free raw material from
top 10 bottom, and am but one Of the
great army Of Democracy. That Is the
cardinal principle OF our faith. But
my friend, ex.Speaker Reed, spoke
here in Massachusetts the other day,
and he says, in favor of taxing all raw
material, that you cannot claim pro.
lection upon manufactured goods
without you accord the same thing to
the raw material. Well, as far rs pro-
lection is concerned, agree with him,
i DON'T WANT TO PROTECT ANY
BODY OR ANYTHING AGAINST COM.
PETITION. want to give you free
raw material from top to bottom, and
then want 10 tax for revenue the fin
ished product as IL goes into ultimate
consumption" Reported by the New
York Evening Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
COMMON PLEAS COURT AT KINGSTON
Liquor Dealers Do Not Care To Say Any
thing In Their Defence.

thing In Their Defence.
At the session of the Court of Common
Pleas in Washington cot ssy, yesterday,
in the case of T.. w. Cross against George
l.. Fuller, "A verdict was given for the de
fendant.
John Crogan, indicted for breaking and
entering the store of Benjamin Sweet at
North kingstown in the night time of
Aug 3 last, pleaded guilty TO the charge
OF larceny and not guilty rs to the break
ing and entering, and was sentenced to
one year in the State prison at hard labor
In the case of the indictment against
John f.. Tanner, charged with keeping a
liquor nuisance at Hopkinton, the defend
ant apparently did not wish TO interpose
any defence not choosing to employ
counsel or say anything in his defence.
Verdict, guilty; sentence, fine of 500 and
costs and thirty days in the Providence
County Jail
Indictment Of the State against Charles
n. Sweet for liquor nuisance at Hopkin-
ton. This defendant also seemed To be un-
concerned as 20 his fate, remaining silent
during his trial. Verdict guilty sentence,
fine OF 500 and costs of prosecution and
conviction and thirty DAYS Imprisonment
In the Providence County Jail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
WHEAT OR NO WHEAT.

Our free trade friends, who never tire
of asserting that agriculture is strangled
by the tariff and who in the next breath
assert that most of the increase in ex-
ports since the Mckinley law passed is
in cereals, may not be surprised to know
that, as usual, the facts are belying
their words. Here they are:
Under the reciprocity clause of the
Mckinley bill, locomotives and railroad
supplies in general are admitted free Of
duty. The Brazilians have always
preferred American made goods,
but heretofore the cheaper cost
of foreign made machinery has
made the sale of our machinery difficult.
Now, however, the Bureau of Ameri-
eau Republics state that since the reci-
procity treaty with Brazil 1913 loco
motives have been sold there by the
Baldwin company, and "a more are now
being shipped. During the four months
from April /, when the treaty became
operative, to Aug. 1, our machinery ex-
ports were valued at $S74, 104 as COM
pared with $2l4,S21 during the same
penod of 1890. In the same period Our
exports of carriages and cars increased
from $229,s91 to S34S,545. The exports
of hardware and tools increased from
S54, ,446 to Sss,205. The lumber and
wood manufactured products increased
from $106,67S to 320,776. The total in
crease in these four items is 81 ,05S, ia,
or about ia per cent.
Freetraders will please notice that
there was no wheat exported to Brazil.
But was there no wheat in these
lots of machinery. What did the men
who mined the coal live on? What did
the iron miners eat2 With what did
the men who shaped the machines feed
their families? What did all these
wage earners who raised the value
of the crude materials TO 81 1881 $3.50 live
on while they were doing this work?
The answer is easy. 1t was American
grown corn, rye and oats. II was the
products of the American farmer
that fed the American laborer
who made these American machines.
A large part of their wages was undoubt-
edly spent for American grown foods.
over 80 per cent. of them will probably
be spent for articles made or grown in
this country.
The iniquitous protective tariff has
made it possible for 80 per cent. of this
81 ,631 $50 to be paid to American wage
earners. The iniquitous protective tar
riff has enabled the American laborer to
pay 80 per cent Of this 81 ,63i $3.50 to the
,other American wage earners for their
products. In short, the iniquitous pro-
tective tariff has kept this si,63l $50
circulating at home instead of going
abroad To benefit foreign labor and
foreign capitalists.