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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
THE LABOR WORLD.

THE working men Of Belgium are shout
ing for universal suffrage.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND people are en-
ployed in the Chicago cattle yards
LONDON theatres employ regularly about
twelve thousand people every day In the
Week..
ABOUT one hundred iron mines are at pres
ent in operation IN the Lake superior ais
tricts.
CHICAGO printers are alarmed at the pros
pect Of a gigantic influx OF members OF the
craft into that city.
LOUISE MICHEL. the French anarchist,
has been engaged TO address worklngmen's
conferences in Chicago.
AN agitation is on foot to establish an
eight hour working day for the building
trades in Pittsburg, Penn.
IN England there are 5000, 900 spindles
still at work on full time. 80, COZ on short
time and Il, 800, eco are stopped.
MN. GARLAND succeeded William Weiche
as President of the Amalgamated Assocla
ton of Iron and Steel Workers.
THE Annual Convention of the Potters'
National Trade Assembly, Knights of Labor,
will be held next January, in Trenton, y. j.
THIRTY per cent. of the engineers and
workmen in the steel, iron, tin plate and
shipbutlding Industries OF Great Britain are
out OF work
The maximum number Of men employed
at the London docks in one day is 1890,
but those regularly competing for the work
number over %, 600
The labor organizations of Leipzig, Ger
many, have established a legal bureau,
where the members of the affiliated unions
may get legal advice free of charge.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN PowDERLY,
in his annual address to the Knights of La
Dor Convention at St. Louis, No. favored
the exclusion Of foreigners of a certain class
for period of ten years.
A NEW YORK conductor proposes that
railroad employees subscribe 81 per month
each to fund to be invested in railroad
stocks with tho view OF giving the men
voice in the management.
CHIEF ARTHUR says that during the
twenty-eight years of its association life, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers mas
distributed So, 900, 900 to the widows and
families of deceased members.
THE latest trades-union development in
London is the formation of domestic SER
wants union. Seven hundred servants have
already joined, and the number of possible
members in London is estimated at 240, 900.
THERE is being formed at ST. Louis an in
ternational organization of railway en-
ployes which will admit any railroad en-
ploye from the trackmen up, and which pro-
poses to absorb all the present railway
brotherhoOds.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
THE CIsTERN RESOURCE.

"How much will your cistern hold?"
asked friend, relates HOLSTER Sage.
ooh, half dozen hogsheads or more.
unfailing supply of water which Is never
contaminated by soil.leachings! Cheap
enough if the cistern be we'll made and
lasts for twenty years, reasonable time
frequently exceeded. How many farms
are considered almost worthless because
poorly watered, and if one or more
cisterns were put in--the work can be
done by any farmer-drouths would be
tided over and no trouble made. l have
now in mind place where the only
source of supply is we'll which fails on
the first provocation. It is offered low.
Another place near it, and also poorly
watered, has a spacious cistern under a
barn, kept full by its roof, and although
the farmhouse has been burned, the
place is still held at over 500 per acre.
A lane leads from the pasture to the
farmyard, where trough IS kept full
constantly by use of pump. The
thirsty herd comes up for food and
shelter. In the West, even III many
cities, clstern water gives the sole sup
ply. The clearly HORSEPOWER pumps
dry his supply reservoir and has it
cleaned thoroughly before the autumn or
April rains begin. AS soon as this is
done the cistern is allowed to fill, closed
tightly and kept so for the year. Fresh,
copious water of spring lasts until the
earth is sprinkled, the fall dust laid and
all the leaves blown away, when, if the
supply be short, the great distillery of
the heavens is again allowed to pour in
a sufficiency.-NewY York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

THE English wheat harvest is small.
OHIO's natural gas fields are failing.
FRANCE has population of 38,218, 903.
CHOLERA still exists in Lyons, France.
ST. LOUIS is to have S. 600, 900 union de-
pot.
A BIG corn crop has been assured in
Mexico.
GERMANY will use American postal cars
on its railways.
ILLINOIS bankers want the three days of
grace abolished.
THE population of Japan is Al, 900, 900, an
increase of 100000.
THE lung prevailing distress in Mexico is
-ap1dly disappearing.
THE wheat crop in Europe is better than
in 1891 and worse than in 1890.
DR.. KOCH says Chicago need have no fear
of catching the cholera from Germany's ex-
hibitS.
PENSION c. oMMIssIoNER RAUM says the
immediate deficiency in his bureau Is SO, =
100000.
a BULL fight has just been held at Madrid
for the pleasure of the Queens Of Portugal
and Spain.
TEE force Of Deputy Sheriffs at Home
stead. Penn, has been reduced from sixty
to thirty-six.
TRAFFIC was almost entirely suspended in
the streets OF London for three days on &C.
count Of the fog.
The total number Of Chinese who entered
Canada and paid the poll tax of $50 each
during the fiscal year eading June 30 was
1915.
SYLVESTER L. STOCXBRIDGE, a Washing
ton lawyer, has received $32, O0) a COM
promise for permanent injuries in railroad
wreck.
CHOLERA is again increasing in st. Peters
burg, Russia, owing to the warm weather.
Numerous cases OF influenza are also re-
Porte...
Mrs. JESSIE MORRIS RUSSELL has just
died at her home IN Bay Ridge, Long Island,
n. Y, aged 1G6 years. She was born in
England in 1886.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
AN ELECTRIC INCUBATION.

A novelty in the Matching of eggs has
appeared in the shape Of an electric in
cubator. The special feature of this
machine is that the heat of the egg
drawer is automatically regulated to the
fiftieth part of degree Fahrenheit. 1t
consists of tank incubator, heated by
radiation from the bottom of a water
tank, which is constructed on the multi
tubular system. When the egg drawer
reaches the temperature Of 1O4 degrees
Fahrenheit an electric thermostat con-
meets dry battery with an electro-mag-
net which actuates a damper, allowing
the heat to escape through the open air
instead of passing through the tiues of
the water tank. This entirely automat-
ic device is said to effect a saving of
thirty per cent. in the fuel used for heat
ing.-Boston Transcript.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Hens will not lay when shivering with
| cold.
Do not change all the old hens for
young pullets.
Dispose Of any old hens you do not
wish to winter.
The size of the sheep should be gagged
to suit the pastures.
Cornmeal and bran with milk is a
good feed for ducks.
The manure from the pig is valuable
in proportion to the food consumed.
Use nothing but pure bred males, no
matter how your focks may be made up.
Fruits and flowers have been rightly
called ''chIldren Of the light woven from
sunny air."
Bear in mind that the sooner the hens
pass the moulting season the sooner they
begin laying.
Do not risk too many focks together.
Small flocks carefully tended will give
| the best results.
You cannot afford to buy all your
homo supplies, no matter how big crops
you grow to sell.
No one can afford to buy manure I'M
til ne has first made use OF every pound
produced at home.
A small herd of cattle we'll fed will
pay better tn an a large one that just
pulls through"
Young hens and the early pullets will
bring more money now than ss sold
ROSTERS next spring.
During the winter it is quite an item
to arrange so that the fowls can have as
much sunlight as possible.
What is a good sheep1 1t all depends
on what the sheep is wanted for aud the
man who takes care OF it.
Stick to the breed that you have done
we'll with. Improve and build it uD
rather than let i: fall back.
When a sheepman finds occasion for
grumbling 1t would be well to quit the
business and try something else.
Give the young pigs plenty Of succu-
lent food. A slop made Of bran and
potatoes makes an excellent food.
No mercy should be shown to the dog
that rushes out and barks at a passing
team. He should be shot at sight.
Using ewes that have borne twin
lambs, raising young ewes from twins
and using rams that were twins, have
given good results in Increasing the pro-
ficiency of the fockA.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
PLANTS FOR WINTER.

The fall is the time for preparing
those plants that are chosen to brighten
the home with LEAKAGE and bloom during
the winter. The first point to be con-
sidered is the choice Of the plants.
Young breathing plants are always to be
preferred rather than those that are ex-
hausted with poisoning during the
summer 1t seems almost heartless to
leave tall, thrifty plants to the mercy of
the frosts, but not only their prolonged
poisoning has weakened them, but
their rapid growth under summer suns
has rendered them less hardy. Feeble
plants should never be taken into the
window garden unless 1t be to save some
faTorite species.
Examine the earth carefully and see
that it is free from insects a1d gruos.is
is q good plan to put panfuls OF loamy
garden earth and leaf mold mixed into
the oven, and bake it half an hour.
This will kill all insects, and whe
the earth is cool is is ready to use. Cut
off all water-soaked roots, and then press
the earth firmly around the plants, using
always the common red earthen pots
with separate saucers for each pot.
Keep repotted plants in shady place
for a week or so, until the roots are well
settled in their new homes. Do not let
these plants bloom for a month or two,
but pinch of all buds, that the strength
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
NAVAL ENLISTMENTS,
Annual Report Of the Chief of the
Bureau of Navigation.

Commodore Ramsay, Chief of the Bureau
of Navigation, Navy Department. says in
his annual report that during the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1892, 1915 men and $50 ap-
prentices were enlisted or re-enlisted in the
navy, and 1901 men and 1850 boys, candi-
dates for enlistment on board of the receiv-
ing ships, were rejected because of physical
dlsqualifications. During the same time
$3.50 men and 325 apprentices were dis
charged, and 91S men and 332 apprentices
deserted, most of them at home ports. Com
modore Ramsay recommends that the nee
essary action be taken to effect systematic
reorganization Of the entire personnel OF the
navy. The report estimates that $279, 4S3
will be necessary for the maintenance of the
Naval Academy during the year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
ARMY STATISTICS,
The Total Strength, Officers and
Men, is 10000.

According to custom, the Adjutant-Gen-
eral of the Army submits two annual re-
ports; one to the Secretary of War and one
to the Communicates of the Army,
as in his dual capacity he is the head of one
, OF the staff departments of the army, which
is responsible to the Secretary, and also, in
his purely military character, he is subor-
dlnate to tae Commanding-Gener
l. According to the reports the total strength
OF officers aud men in the army is at pres
ent26 900. The number of enlisted men au-
thorized by law is -, 00O or the e. geo Of
hcers and men, there are in the cavalry
COPS, in artillery 1922 and in the infantry
- 1877. The rest OF the force is unattached
to reg ments, or is employed as guards at
military prisons and West Point.
Fand as scouts, clerks and mes
sengers. This force is distributed through
out the country at various posts. armories
and arsenals as the exigencies of the mill
tary servlce demand, the Department of the
East, under Major-General Howard, with
headquarters on Governors Island. New
York, having the largest number 4S7S Off
GERS and men.
Inc Adjutant-Ieneralr remarks that it is
gratifying to note that the number OF deser-
q TONS from the army is steadily decreasing
IN l6SS-'89 the number of assertions was
E544; in 18909l it was 1903, and in 1922
loo2, or a fraction over five per cent. OF the
total enlisted strength.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
APPLE BUTTER FOR MARKET.

Why do not farmers who have large
amounts of apples that do not pay for
drawing long distances to market try the
plan of turning some Of the surplus into
apple butter2 1t requires considerable
labor, as it is a branch Of manufacture;
but the farmer who has invested labor
in this way is surer to get pay for it
than he is for most of his work on the
farm. As far as possible the farmer
should put the product of his farm in
the for,n where it will bring him most
money, and if he thereby turns his farm
at some seasons into factory he may be
none the less prosPerous.-New York
Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.


Several People Killed or Wounded
and Much Damage Done at Eedbud-
At $50 O'Clock i'll the morning a tornado
struck Redbud, III. II first demolished the
Catholic church and school AMI the residence
OF Herman Drage. The German Lutheran
church was next leveled to the ground.
After destroying several barns and carry.
ing away fences it next attacked the two
story stone residence OF Peter Kendall and
crumbled it TO fragments. Mrs Kendall
was severely injured.
A large double brick house occupied by
D. D. Perry as dwelling, office, and com
posing room OF the Redoud Democrat, was
destroyed. The family were buried in the
ruins, but managed TO extricate themselves
without serious injury. Peterson's agricul-
tural warehouse was blown down, and four
teen other residences were destroyed.
The eleven-year son Of Mrs. Jacob
Koch was killed instantly and lis mother
fatally injured. Others seriously in
jured are:
Mrs. Peter Harden, Mrs. Louis Boyer,
Julius Holm, Mr.. Reilmau, Alden Starr,
Miss Emma Crow, Mrs. John Manderfeldt,
Mr.. and Mrs D. D. Perry Many of the
people were left without clothing and shell
terlesS, and the cold rain made their situa
ton the more deplorable. The property
lost was estimated at S1O0 900.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02

OF the plant may be concentrated in the
roots, IN order 10 produce a new, vigor-
Gus growth of branches.
In choosing the windows for plants
during the winter those with ay-colored
blossoms need all the sunlight they can
have, and for them south window is
the best. 4 southeast window ia the
next most desirable, then a western
window, while a north light is worst OF
all.
There are a few plants, like pansies,
primu!as and corneiias, that like the shade
and thrive in northern light, and north
ern window Is useful TO place blooming
plants in from time TO time, thus pro-
longing the short life OF the sprays Of
flowers.
The best success in indoor plant growth
comes from uniform temperature of
fifty TO sixty degrees at night and from
sixty to seveDty-fve degrees during the
day. A higher temperature is only needed
by semi-tropical flowers.
Plants not only need a cooler tempera-
ture in the night, but also darkness, and
| it is neglect of this fact that is one of
the causes of the lanky growth of house
plants. Shield plants with newspapers
in the evening if the gas in the room IS
| lighted. The paper will keep both heat
and light from the plants.
Another cause Of spindling growth is
lack of air. Plants shut up in the house
get sensitive, and are liable to suffer if
there is sudden fall in temperature,
but if they are given plenty of fresh air
daily, unless the day Is very Indictment,
| the plants will thrive and be sturdy.
Do not open a window directly on
plants in winter weather, but rather let
the fresh air filter in more gradually
| through a distant door or window.
Plants in windows should be turned
once or twice a week. A fine form,
which is half the beauty Of plant, can
| not be attained without this. Plants
should also be shielded from the dust
which arises in sweeping and dustinX
rooms.
A newspaper is suitable to prevent tbs
settling OF dust over them, but this care
is not enough. Each plant must tc
washed thoroughly and frequently to
keep its pores uncloggcd, for plants
breathe through them. They cannot
grow if their means of inhaling carbon
and exhaling oxygen is taken from them.
Showering plants over tub or sink is
good way to remove dust but hold the
plant sidewise, so both sides of the
leaves will be reached by the water.
Large plants which cannot be easily
moved should have their leaves washed
gently with sponge on both Sides
| Boston Globe.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
NAVAL EQUIPMENT.
Report of Captain Dewey, the Chief
OF the Bureau.

The annual report of Captain George
Dewey, chief of the Bureau of Equipment.
Navy Department, shows that it cost $4O5,-
675 to maintain the cruising vessels of the
navy during the last fiscal year. More than
half of that sum was expended for 81, OF
tons of coal consumed. Then IS, $50 tons of
ing the total expenditure on account of coal
$3.50, Ash
He estimates that 1000, 600 will be re-
quired for the equipment OF vessels during
the next fiscal, besides 1888, 625 necessary for
the completion OF the equipment OF new YES
sells authorized by Congress and SIS. $50 for
eQuipping an armored cruiser.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
THE MARKETS.
Late Wholesale Prices of Country
Produce Quoted in New York.

BEANS AND PEAS
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02
TEST FOR WHOLESOME MILK.

A good way to tell when to use new
milk from t : COW is 70 bring a sample
TO boil d If it curdles then do not
use it, but if 1t remains limpid it is all
right. This test should be used always
before sending milk to the factory,
though perhaps it is not so important
when the milk is peddled on a route,
though this colostrum tends TO save the
milk in warm weather.-American Dairy
man.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02

THE first woman elected to the Office of
Justice of the Peace in Wyoming is Mrs.
Ann Scally, of Fort Kinnet Precinct, John
son County. Although her name was first
mentioned as a candidate about 10 a. N. on
Election Day, she made phenomenal race,
defeating her Republican Opponent, Pha-
gan. the Postmaster four TO one.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-02

The new Manniicher rifle, used by Aus
ula. fires 120 rounds minute and is sighted
at ZOO yards. 1t is of smaller bore than
previous Mannlchers. The bullets have in
creased velocity. the weight OF the cart
= 70 the minimum. Though it pours out a
TalIstorm of bullets it does not become too
aot to handle,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-08
CONCERNING DYNAMITE.
Millions of Dollars Invested In Its Man
ufacture in the United States.

Millions of Dollars Invested In It's Man
ufacture I'm the United States.
Very few people have a correct idea
OF what dynamite Is, Of what it is made
and the uses 10 which it is put. To the
French belongs the honor of its discoy-
cry and its practical use.
NitrogIycerin is the force of all high
explosives. Dynamite-is the name most
usually given 10 these explosives, though
other names are sometimes used.
Dynamite is simply nitroglycerin
mixed with various ingredients. Nitro
glycerin is made by mixing sulphuric.
and nitric acid with sweet glycerin,
the same that is used by the ladies TO
prevent chapped hands. Mixing the
acids and glycerin is where the great
danger lies in the making of nitro
glycerin. The mixing tank, or agita-
tor, as IL is called by dynamite makers,
Is a large steel tank, filed inside with
many coils of lead pipe, through which,
while the mixing is in progress, a con-
slant flow Of ice water is maintained.
This flow of ice water is used to keep
the temperature Of the mix below
IS degs., as above that point it
would explode, and n hole in the
ground would mark where the factory
had been. The nitroglycerin is stored
in large earthenware tanks, which are
usually sunk in the ground 10 guard
against blows or severe conclusion.
The other ingredients for making
dynamite are, nitrate of soda (which is
found only in Chilli, carbonate of mag
nesia and wood pulp.
Dynamite isput in paper shells usually
"a inches in diameter and 4 inches in
length, and weighs about one half pound
to each shell or cartridge. 1t has largely
taken tho place of black powder for
blasting, as it is many hundreds of times
stronger, and consequently more eco
nomical. II is used chiefly in mining all
kinds of sores, coal and rock, and sub
marine blasting and railroad building.
Without its aid many railroads, espe-
cially those crossing the Rocky noun
tains, could not have been constructed:
without it Hell Gate, in New York har-
Dor, could not have been destroyed, and
without it the miner, at prices now paid
for mining ores, could not earn his
bread.
Dynalnlte Will not eNploue from any
ordinary fall or jar. II win burn with
out explosion. and freezes at 42 degs., 10
dogs. above ordinary freezing point.
The bomb is made of metal or glass and
filed with pure nitroglycerin arranged
SO as 10 explode by severe contact with
any hard object. These bombs are of
conrse never made by reputable dyna-
mite factory.
Five or six millions of dollars are in
vested in the manufacture of dynamite
in the United States, and its use is con-
stantly on the increase. The fumes of
nitroglycerin produce intense headache,
which can be cured by taking very
small dose of it internally.-Det Free
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-08

~ Coaghing Leads 20 Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam win stop the cough at
once. Ask your friends about It.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-08
Own : Eans--HsG Paying s'at,

The Granite State ProVid6nt association
Of ~ H., which has organized and is now
represented by Local Board of on, vton
citizens In thts city, with large number
of shares sold, offers you the privilege,
OF OSqning the House you ta0so reside IN,
or property as 0GluG6le, for the monthly
rent You are now paying.
Any person who can save dollar or
more month, may, by securing shares
In this Association enter into the posses
sicn Of his Os0n Home.
Property viii be purchased In any To-
eality In the City or County, wherever
the value may be sufficiently assured.
Wenbers need no large amount OF money
to Obtain the advantage of the system OF
repi purchase adopted by this association
bnt any person can obtain loan by sub
acrlbing to share of the same.
Shares win purchase property ats go Cog
Any further information will be gladly
given by II. G. ELLIOTT, Secretary OF the
local Board of the Association for this
Hty-wLo is authorized to solicit for
Dame
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-08
IieantifnI MURRAY HilI.

The beautiful Murray Hill building
lots are becoming very attractive and
popular. The new cottages erected
there are among the finest in the city.
Mr.. Melvin's engineer and force OF
men are now engaged in extending
the streets and putting them in
thorough order, and sales of lots will
no doubt rapidly increase. Persons
desiring lots should select them al
once. The price will never be lower
No better time 10 buy than now.