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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
Rainfall and Population.

The distribution of population relative
to mean annual rainfall indicates not
only the tendency of people 10 seek arabic
lands, but their condition as 10 general
healthfulness. The average annual rain
fall in this country is 29.6 inches, but
the variations range from zero 20 perhaps
ore hundred and twenty-five inches.
Gauging the distribution OF the popula-
ton IN accordance with the annual aver
age rainfall in different localities, some
interesting points are observable, not
only as to the number of inhabitants in
the areas calculated, but as to the density
of population. The greater proportion
Of the people OF the United States are
living in the regions in which the annual
rainfall is between thirty and fifty inches.
MIR. Gannett calculates that about three
fourths of the inhabitants of the country
are found under these conditions; and,
further, that as the rainfall increases or
diminishes, the population diminisNes
rapidly. The density of populatlou II
regions where the average rainfall is be-
tween thirty and forty inches is All per
square mile; in regions where it is from
forty to fifty inches annually, the density
is 50 per square mile; in regions where
the rainfall is from fifty to sixty inches
annually. the density is 25.1. and in the
arid regions of the West, where the rain
fall is less than twenty inches, being two
ttths of the entire area Of the country,
less than three per cent. of the popula-
ton finds its home. The population
has increased rapidly in the regions
having from thirty to forty inches aver
age rainfall.-Popular Science Monthly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
DONALD KEN NEEDY,
OfRoxbury,Mass.,Say

Strange cases cured by my Medical Discovery
come to me every day. Here is of Paralysis
Blindness-and the Grip. Now how does my NJ edi-
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less 1t takes hold Of the Hidden Poison that makes
all HumOr.
VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA, Sept 9TH, 1891.
Donald Kenfedy-Dedr Sir: | will
to you: About nine years ago l paralyzed in
my left side, and the best doctors relief
for two years and was advised to try your Dis
cOVery, which did its duty. and in few months
was restored health bout four years ago ! be-
came blind in my le: by spotted cataract.
Last March l was tax 18th La Grippe, and
confined to my bed for months. the end Of
that time as in the start then it struck that your
Discovery was the thing for me; so got bottle,
and before it was half gone was able to go to my
work in the mines. Now in regard to my eyes lost
my left eye, and about six months ago my right eye
became affected with black spots the sight as
did the left eye-perhaps some twenty Of them-but
since have been using your Discovery they all
left right but and, thank God the bright
light of heaven is once making it's appearance
In my left eye am wonderfully astOniShed at 1t,
and thank God and your Medical Discovery.
Yours truly, HANK WHITE.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
HORsEMAN's HINTS.

Judgment is necessary in making up a
ration for horse, as there is great diff
ference in requirements and powers of
assimilation. Those with large bones
and loose looking joints generally require
more food in proportion to their weight
than short, closely-knit, snng-looking
horses. The rations should be increased
or decreased as may be necessary to keep
the animal in good working condition.
When idle, the horse requires, and will
be satisfied with. much less food than
when there is large daily expenditure
of energy in work. If it can be seen that
increased exertion will be demanded, in
crease the food as regards quality, and
work moderately, as being the best
preparation for it. AS preparation for in
creased work it is common to keep the
animal in the stable several days and
stuff with as much food as it will eat,
as though strength and endurance could
be bottled up, and the stomach was a
kind of tender to the engine, from which
reserves of fuel, or condensed energy,
could be drawn during the trip. The
horse so treated is the one that does the
journey in most unsatisfactory manner,
or breaks down under the extra demand
on strength English Farm end Home.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
TO rREsERvE TENDER PLANTS.

Tea-roses aud other tender plants that
are known as half hardy will need some
protection during the winter. This may
be given by wrapping the plants in straw
and stalking them to prevent the cover
ing being blown away. The foot of the
straw covering should be covered with
earth for a few inches, and some air adj
mitted to the plants, or they may perish.
A good plan to winter over roses is to
drive some stakes around the plant and
fill the space thus inclosed with leaves,
laying little coarse manure on them to
prevent them being blown away. The
covering must be removed before the
warmth returns in the spring and the
young leaves begin to start, as otherwise
these will be killed when the covering is
removed and any frost occurs. -NeaO
York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

! Card or brush the cows2 Why not
both?
If you want a winter dairy next year
breed your COWS now.
If the hens combs freeze in winter
they quit la9A ng until they get we'll.
While all kinds of feathers are market
able, they sell better if kept separate.
1t is not good economy to feed the
laying hens mouldy grain of any kind.
The cause of white specks is the milk
being churned when it is either too
warm or too cold.
Properly managed, there is more
satisfaction in one good poultry breed
than in a big variety.
A really frst-class fowl is always
marketable a. good prices. 1t is the
poor grades that get to be drug.
Clover hay cut in small pieces and
scalded can be made to take the place
with poultry of vegetables in winter.
Some dairymen give their COWS two
ounces each of sweet spirits of nitre i'm
mediately after calving and claim that
this insures them immunity from milk
fever.
If the beets become frozen be careful
how you feed them if at all) or you may
pay very dearly for the experience in the
loss of milk if not of COW or two.
Beware!
Sonnet extract never fails to cure or
prevent scours in calves. When skim
milk is fed calves teaspoonful is sutf-
cient for ten calves getting each four
quarts of milk.
Are your parsnips frozen in solidf If
not dig some of them and bury in sand
or soil where they will not freeze. They
will sell we'll before the other fellow can
get his dug in the spring.
Cows don't like to drink very cold
water; if the water is drawn from a well
it should not be pumped until the COWS
are turned out to drink unless the
temperature of the air is higher than that
of the water.
Now that the COWS are in the barn
most of the time see that they have free
access to salt when turned out or else
give them a regular ration in the feed
box or manager. Some mix Win Cnelr
grain feed-we prefer to let eaca COW do
her own choosing as to the amount she
eats.
In summer, after the pigs have ceased
running with their dam, let her have
run on grass with a very little grain.
Don't fatten her up, but let the system
get rested preparatory to raising another
litter One litter per year is all she
should raise if you want to keep up
the vitality Of the stock.
The Southern Cultirator gives this
remedy for mango in horses: Wash the
affected part with soapy water, then
apply powdered bluestone diluted with
water. Repeat three or four times dur
ing the week. Tie scaIy skin viii! then
come off in fakes, leaving the part raw.
To induce the hair to grow, apply weak
sotu,io Of Gil bolic acid srd castor oil.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

Why continue the use Of remedies that only
relieve, when EIy's Cream Balm. pleasant OF
application and a sure cure for Catarrh and
cold in head, can be had.
1 had severe attack of catarrh and become
so deaf could not hear common conversa-
ton. Isuffered terribly from roaring in my
head. l procured a bottle of Ely's Gre am
Balm, and in three weeks could hear as we'll
ever, and now / say 10 al! who are
afflicted with the worst OF diseases. Catarrh,
take Eiy's Cream Balm and be cured. Il II
worth 5000 TO any man. woman or child suf-
fering from catArrh.-A. 4. Newman, Gray
ling, Mich.
Apply Balm into each nostriI. 1t ! Quickly
Absorbed. Gives Relief at once. Price a
cents at Druggists or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, IS Warren St. New York.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F: J. CHENEY q Co, Props, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
lions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood ard mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
I1affiicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomn-
SON. sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
An Electric PlOM.

Senator Henry Keller, OF Sank Centre,
Mimi, is at work upon an invention
which he is confident will revolutionize
agriculture. He proposes to attach an
electric motor, driven by a powerful
storage batterg, to a common breaking
plow. He says that he is confident Of
the success OF his idea, and that It will
run with such speed, and so cheaply, as
will enable all farmers to pillow their
lands by electricity.-t'toayuhe.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
sECoND-CRoP POTATOES.

The Western farmers are learning the
value Of second-crop potatoes for seed.
For long time the skilled truckers of
the East have been in the habit of grow
ing them, as the earliness and quality
thus secured are of considerable advan-
tage to them. May it not be that other
plants can be treated in the same way
wit excellent results.-American Agri-
:Nlturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

FIJI Of trou6Is
the ordinary pill. Trouble when
you take it, and trouble when you've
got it down. Plenty of unpleasant
ness, but mighty little good.
With DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets,
there's no trouble. They're mads
to prevent it. They're the origi-
nal little Liver Pills, tiny, sugar
coated, anti-bilious granules, purely
vegetable, perfectly harmless, the
smallest, easiest and best to take.
They cleanse and regulate the whole
system, in q natural and easy way
mildly and gently, but thoroughly
and effectively. One little Pellet
for q laxative three for a cathar-
tic. Sick Headache, Bilious Head
ache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bill
ious Attacks, and all arrangements
of the liver, stomach and bowels are
prevented, relieved and cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the value re-
ceived. Can you ask more?
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

The price asked of the Southeastern
Railway for a piece of land in Ber-
mondsey, England, sixteen feet deep,
comprising an area of 1000 feet, was at
the rate of $65, 900, 900 IN acre.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

OF preventing the grippe, colds, headaches,
and fevers is to use the liquid laxative rem
sdy, Syrup of Figs, whenever the system
needs gentle, yet effective cleansing To
De benefited one must get the true remed y
manufactured by the California Fig Sy rup
Co. only. For sale by al. druggists in SOC.
and 81 hotties
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

FITS stopped tree by DR.. kLINE'S GREAT
NERVE REsTORER. No fits after first days USE
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
tree. Dr.. Kline, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

For Indigestion. constipation, sick head
ache, weak stomach, disOrdered livtr-take
BeeCham's Pills. For sale by ali druggists.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22

"'BROWN's BRONCHIAL TROCHEs' are ex-
Cellent tor the relief OF HOarsness or Sore
Throat They are exceedingly elective
Christian World. London. Eng.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
Obstinate Blood E1umor.
HAD TERRIBLE ECZEMA Fl 5G Ssa E :e n1B;s

[ HAD IEKKlDLE EUZEWA inbe six montha ime-bo
swollen and ~ like dead fish The itching terrible and finally LOST
SIS. and terrible
gone Uacon,C
the be ue.-S.S
f0 erouble wthan
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This
CAnhnfuGt Ia
S a troubles Blood and Skin 1t
p
Send frOur Treatise a1ed AlanaJ
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-01-22
The Most Pleasant Way

ROTHERS. IS Warren St, New York.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-02
WHY THEY WANTED HER.

Not Because She Was Handsome
nor Because Her Pa Was Rich.
There was rejoicing in the McGilway
household, such rejoicing as is rarely
known save when a boy baby is born
Or papa's named a winner. Cook for
got to be cross and the parrot in the
front window sang sweet nothings un-
molested to the small boys on the
fenceo
Down in his Office Pa McGilway
winked his matrimonial eye. In my
lady's chamber was the busy hum of
chatter of the dressmaker with her
mouth full of pins.
In the train coming home from COL
lege was Abbie, the daughter of the
house, the pride of her father and the
Joy of her mothers heart. Dear,
clever Abbie, a baby yesterday it
seems to them, and yet to-day a WON
an grown, graduated from college and
coming home with honors heaped up
on her.
But not for long was darling Abbie
coming to make glad the hearts of her
parents and to cause the home of her
childhood to bloom like a sweet syrin-
ga bush with her presence.
In that long, cool parlor, where the
white lace curtains futtered in the
June breeze and great punches of
June roses ewaited to challenge the
coming girl to the test of rival sweet
ness, there sat that day in silence ten
young men. With hats in hand, all
save one were breathing sorrowful
maledlctions against the others for
being nearer the door than they.
Since early morn they hads sat there,
waiting the coming of her at whose
feet were to be laid the ten hearts and
ten fortunes here represented.
She was not so beautiful a girl, this
coming queen, nor yet was Pa McGil-
way SO rich q man. It was the fame
OF Abbie's graduating essay that had
served as a lure to the most eligible
men in town, explains the New York
Commercial Advertiser, "Howt to Keep
House on SO . week." Miss Abbie
McGilway.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-02
see the enormous boa returning to it's
cage with the insensible night watch

Q the enormous boa returning to it's
cage with the insensible night watch
man iii it's powerful folds.
If Martin had offered the least re-
sistance the constructor would have
crushed every bone in his body; but as
he tainted Immediately, it supposed
he was dead, and was conveying him
back to it's cage to preform the process
of deglutition at it's leisure; for it was
already surfeited by the dog which it
had swallowed. Upon being attacked
by the men, the boa an once dropped
it's prey, and Martin received medical
aid as promptly as possible, but re-
manned unconscious for upwards Of
twenty-four hours. .0-
The morning after the memorable
night, Martins employer was taking
a horseback ride at an early hour,
when he noticed that the front window
of the warehouse had been shattered
to atoms. So he %thereupon entered
the building with his private key, but
found no clue to Martin except the
revolver, with one barrel discharged,
lying on the floor, and the bowie
knife upon the ground outside. He
forthwith made Inquiries about the
neighborhood, and was informed of
the singular occurrence at the me
nagerie.
"What was the color of the mans
hair?" he asked with a view of identi-
flying him.
white as the driven snow," was
the reply.
"Then," said he, cit must have
been a different man, for Martins
hair was black as a COAL"
"Don't he too sur he isn't the same
man." observed the bystander; "for
such an adventure as that would turn
any mans hair white in five min
utes."
The proprietor of the warehouse
evidently thought the suggestion en-
titled to weight; for he straightway
repaired to the bedside of the wretch
ed man, and instantly recognized him
as the faithful Waterman, in spite OF
his snow-white hair.
Martin was ultimately restored to
health, and, strange to say, the order
OF nature is reversed in his case, and
as he grows older his hair is gradually
recovering it's pristine blackness, so
that by the time he is three-score and
ten his locks will be as dark as CHM
merriam darkness itself.-New York
World.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-02

A Cruel Challenge Accepted For
Ia the Sake Of Wife and Babies.
The other day a crowd of men and
boys gathered on q street corner in
Lewiston, Me-, says an exchange.
One man pulled a silver watch from
his pocket that was worth about $35.
From another pocket he fished up q
dozen matches.
.'.I'll give this watch" he. said, "to
whoever will hold q match in his
thumb and finger, blaze down, till it
burns up completely"
One fellow tried it and dropped the
match when it began to burn. Anoth-
er and still another did the same.
Then came one who was out Of work
and had q wife and little babies at
home. He took the match and held
it till it was charred between the
thumb and finger and the nails on the
thumb and finger were badly burned.
"Whydidy you do that foraWatch?,
asked some n
.Oh, / must have money, and q
burn is better than seeing ones little
children starve," he answered as hs
walked away with the watch.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-02
A VILLAGE POO BAH.
A Reporter Seeks Information In a
Sullivan County Settlement.

A Reporter Seeks Information In a
Sullivan County Settlement.
A reporter for the Sun seeking infor-
nation of a former resident, visited
Oakland Valley, Sullivan County, the
other day. While awaiting the Month
cello train at Port Servis the reporter
inquired of a group of loungers where
he would be most likely to obtain the
required information.
{, "When you get off the train" said
one man, "take the main road, and in
the first house to the right lives an old
fellow who can tell you all you want"
"Pd see the supervisor if I were
you," said another; che has held Of
flee nineteen years and knows every
body"
"Or the postmaster. In those little
villages the postmaster knows every
body's business" suggested a third.
"Take the little path down the hill
and you'll come to a sawmill. Ask
the boss" was the next suggestion,
and it was followed by this:
"There's only one storekeeper in the
village; ask him."
The last one was: 'Old Ben Case II
tell you all you want to know"
At the foot of the very steep hill
leading from.the railroad station the
reporter met a fine-looking, well-set-
up man in top boots, rough trousers,
a wooden undershirt, and a SLOUGH
hat, who in answer to an inquiry,
said he was Ben Case. He knew all
about the man the reporter was seek
ing, and gave the information freely.
AS there was no way of leaving the
village until the next train, five hours
later, the reporter determined to visit
the other persons to whom he had
been directed. He thanked Mr.. Case
and walked to~the sawmill and asked
to see the boss. The workmand direct
ed him to the general store near by.
There he met Mr.. Case again. In an
swer to an inquiry for the sawmill's
owner, or for the general storekeeper,
Mr.. Case replied: "They're me-"
As it was unlikely that he could give
O information as general store
keeper and mill owner than he had al
ready given, the reporter asked to be
directed to the supervisor, and again
the reply, "That's me-"
"You seem to be nearly everybody
here, Mr.. Case. Where shall 1 find the
postmaster He may know more
than you've told me-"
"Waal, I don't think So, but you
ask him if you like. Pm the post
master"
Unwilling to ask any more ques-
.tions, the reporter started for the
white house to the right of the road.
There two young women, busily en-
gagged in domestic duties, said their
father had gone to the store, but
would return in a few moments.
Would the visitor wait? The report
er waited and in about an hour the
Ubiquitous Mr.. Case arrived.
"Come, girls" he said, "I'm ready
for dinner. Lay a plate fort the strang.
er. He wants to see me bad"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-02
What Marriage Means In France.

What Marriage Means In France.
When q man arriesi in Franceh he be-
comes legally responsible not alone
for the support Of his wife, butfor sup
port Q fher parents, should they be-
come destitute. This law is older than
the divorce law, and there seems to
be some defect in the provision of
the latter. "a few weeks ago young
husband who had been divorced some
time previously received a demand
from his ex-mother-in.law for the
usual installrnent Of alimony which
he had allowed her. He naturally de-
INJURED, contending that, as he was
rid Of his wife, the law would surely
not continue to saddle his mother-in-
law upon him. But the Paris courts,
whore the mother-in-law carried the
case, told the young man that the
code was unmistakable, andhe would
have to continue TO support his ex-
Wife's mother. He then appealed TO
another court, which1ast week releas-
ed the Judgment Of tho lower court
From the Boston Herald.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-02
NEW Works. GUIDE
A Harvard Student Who Has Dis
covered a Profitable Business.

A Harvard Student Who Has Dis
covered a Profitable Business.
"Would you like to be shown over
the city, sir?"
The question was asked in one of
the most popular OF uptown cafes by
@ young man who wore clothing of
fashionable cut, and wore it as if used
to it, says the New York World. His
face was honest and intelligent, and
his manners, In spite of his abrupt
questions, were those of a gentleman.
II am q professional guide in New
York." he continued, handing the
writer an engraved card. II take Wis
itors to see anything there is to be
seen in this town. If man comes
here and wants to seethe good places
of interest, I take him, but by far the
greater part of my income is derived
from taking men to see the 'seamy'
side. I do not charge much. Five
dollars and whatever expenses a man
wants to incur pays the BILL"
"Where do you get your custom
ers?" was asked.
"When a stranger comes to town he
goesto a hotel. He has an evening or
day to spare and wants to enjoy life.
But he dosen't know where to go, and
as a general thing he asks the advice
of the hotel clerk. Then I am sent
for and off We go. Idon't drink. So
one OF us is bound to know where the
'other side Of the street is at any
time.
/ have saved visitors to this city q
good many dollars, and in many
cases have got them out of tight
places where they would have hadlots
OF trouble alone. When they go with
me they don't wind up in a police
couIt."
"But there is another side of the
business, isn't there?"
Yes, and q much pleasanter one. I
take patrons to the theaters, the park,
Coney island, the bignewspaper offices,
and the Metropolitan Museum of art.
Lots of people like to 60 there. The
big bridge seems to be the greatest
Mecca however. Some people want
to 60 to the cemeteries. The cathedral
is asked for very often.
How did / get into the business?
Well, it was laziness, I guess. I am a
graduate of Harvard, and I couldn't
bring myself to sit on a clerks chair
all day long. I can easily make $35 a
week, and gentleman are frequently
so delighted with their experience that
they give me SIS or $50 more than
the original price agreed upon. I
have made as much as $1l5 q week
that was during the centennial cele.
bration.n