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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22
Where Wolf Hunting Pays.

The wolf-farming industry around
Galena, H., received big impetus at the
last meeting of the County Board, which
placed bounty of ten dollars on old
wolves and five dollars on whelps. AS a
result the county has spent $500 for
woii scalps in the last two months. One
individual brought the scalps of twenty
eight wolves to the County Clerk in one
day. and received $3.50 bounty. The
big bounty makes wolf hunting SO profit
able that it is alleged that nimrods of
contiguous counties drive the wolves
over the border and rourd them up in
10 Davies, where they kill them for the
nty-ChicagO Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22
German
Syrup"

JUDGE J. B. HILL, Of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men of rank
and education thus use and recon-
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
1t is above suspicion. Il have used
your German Syrup" he says, "for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. l can recommend it for
them as a frst-class medicine. p
Take no substitute. g
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22
N!.
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they have superseded Me1cury, and have become the
Pill of Modern Science Elegantly coated and with
out taste there is no difficulty in allowing RAD.
WAYS PILLS; mild and gentle or thorough in
their operations, according to the DOSE they are the
favorites Of the present time
They cure all disorders of the Stomach Liver
Bowels, kidneys Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loss of
Appetite, Headache, COsttveness, Indigestion, Dys-
pepsia, Biliousness, Fever Inflammation OF the Bow
els Piles and all the arrangements of the Intern
viscera. IS cents a box-sold by druggists DIR
RAILWAY s. CO., 80 Warren Street, n. Y. City.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
stitutiOnal disease, requires a constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system, thereby de-
strOying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The prOprietOrs have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, 0.
gB- Sold by Druggists. 15c.
There are about 2, 300, 900 members of
the Methodist Episcopal church and 49,
O00 nipictarc
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22
A SICK LIVER

In the cause of most of the depressing, pain.
full and unpleasant sensations and suffer-
ings with w hich we are AFFLICTED; and tn ESQ
sufferings will continue long a the Liv.
er Is allowed to remain in this sick or slug
Rish condition.
To stimulate the Liver and OF h err diges-
tive organs to normal condition and
healthy activity, there Is no better medi-
cine than
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22

An English and Eastern syndicate will
invest S3,OOO,O 900 in the purchase and
operation of the New Orleans cotton
presses.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
SAVED BY A SHOT.
A Boys Life Preserved by Q Well Direct
 RxI Iat

Boys Life Preserved by We'll Directed
 Bullet.
 A boy of sixteen was leading bull along country road in Massachusetts, when the animal, usually peaceful, seemed to be seized with sudden fury, and made lunge at him. The stick which was fastened to ring in the animals nose snapped short in the boy's grasp, and he fell almost under the feet of the bull. He had presence of mind enough, says a writer in Golden Days, to realize that his only chance for safety lay in keeping so close to the head of the animal that he could not be tossed, so he managed to get three fingers of his left hand into the ring in the bulls nose, while with his right he grasped one of the horns. Meanwhile the farmer who owned the bull had got a rife from the house and loaded it. ''Fire!" cried the boy. "I can't hold out much longer" The bull, as if astonished at the audacity of his vic tim, had for a moment stopped. His forehead was presented to the farmer, but the boys head was within few inches of the spot which the bullet must strike. "If 1 fire," the farmer cried, ''the ball may fatten on the bone and kill you on the rebound" Fire anyway, and quick!" cried the boy, as the bull showed signs of moving. The farmer raised his rifle and fired, and the shot was So true that the bull dropped in his tracks without a strug- gle, and the boys life was saved
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
WAVES WITHOUT WIND.
Immense Upheavals of tho Ocean froI
 Mysterious Causes.z

Immense Upheavals of tho Ocean from
 Mysterious Causes.S
 Occasionally there appears a great wave sweeping across the calm surface of the ocean in the fairest weather, and when no wind is blowing. There are few perils of the sea, says the Philadel- phia Times, more to be dreaded than such wave. Fortunately they are very rare, yet more than once ship has encountered one. Only a short time ago the Etruria was met by wave of this kind, which rolled upon her like wall of water, and breaking against her sides, swept the deck with irresisti- ble force, killing ono sailor and serious ly injuring others.
 A smaller and less staunch vessel might have been overwhelmed and sent to the bottom by the blow.
 The cause of these singular waves is believed to be some disturbance of Q volcanic nature at the bottom of the sea. Volcanoes exist in the ocean as well as on land; in fact, nearly all the volcanoes known are on or near the seacoast. It is easy to see that an up- heaval at the sea bottom may start pillow at the surface of the water when we remember that huge waves have been sent clear across the Pacific ocean to San Francisco by volcanic shakings of the earth on the borders of Asia.
 The world under water is not only three times as extensive as that which is covered only with air, but it possesses many of the same great natural phe- nomena on scale that is perhaps pro- portionately vast, but of whose ex- istence we are made aware only by such indications as the volcanic ocean waves that ships occasionally ercoun- for
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
AN EXAMPLE OF CONTENT.
An Artist Who Takes Pride in Nothing
 But His Work.

An Artist Who Takes Pride in Nothing
 But His Work.
 Perhaps the most conscientious work manship in the world is still to be found in Japan, although the foreign demand for merely showy articles has proved somewhat corrupting, even to true art ists. Yet, says the Youths Compan- ion, there are still men who are proud to spend infinite pains on a piece of work for which they will be, according to our ideas of good wages, inadequate ly paid.
 The following instance is given of modest self-estimate, in the case of a man who is one of the most skillful and original artifcers in the world, and whose works are everywhere admired.
 This ivory carver sat in his little room, open to his little garden, chisel- ing upon magnificent tusk, from which was just emerging very graceful fe- male figure. The ivory he held between his knees, and the tools were spread out at his side.
 "How long will this take you?" was asked.
 About four months, 5 he replied.
 "And what is the proportion between the value of the material and the value of the labor in such work as this when completed?"
 ''I paid one hundred and forty dollars for this piece of ivory" said he, ''and four months work at fifty dollars month is two hundred dollars
 And this man was estimating his work at less than forty American dol lars a monthi His was the true artists temperament, for he was willing to ac- cept only what would supply him with the necessarics of life, depending for his actual reward on the joy of seeking to do perfect work.
 'Are you not very sorry, sometimes" was asked, ito part with one of these works that have been companions and part of your life for so long?"
 He looked up for minute at great white lily holding above him in the garden, and then gently shook his head.
 ''No," he said, ''I expect the next to be more beautiful still"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
A FELINE SHOOK.
Cat-Craft Qelusions of the Old-Time Ce-
 lestials.

Cat-Craft QeIusions of the Old-T1me Ce-
 lestials.
 One of the strangeSt SuperStitions in all history was that which prevailed in China about thirteen hundred years ago. It was believed that the spirit of a cat possessed the power of conjuring away property from one person to another, and inflicted, through incanta- tions, bodily harm, writes D. MacGow- an in the Detroit News. The popular belief was intensified and spread like an epidemic until every disastrous af- fair that took place was ascribed to cat spirit agency set in motion by some mischievous enemy. Accusations were lodged against suspected persons, and the slightest evidence suf6cing for con- viction-the malicious were encouraged to trump up charges against the inno- cent, until the country became pam demonium. No one was safe, from the imperial family down to the humblest clodhopper. Even magnate of the reigning house, who enjoyed the titular distinction of prince or king of Szec- buan, was executed for nefariously em- ploying the agency of cat spirits. In this manner several thousand were i'm molated before the delusion was dis pelled. Happily the period appears to have been of brief duration; incentives such as kept up the witch mania for centuries were wanting in China.
 Coming down to our own times we find a cat-craft delusion prevailed over a great portion of Cheklang. In the summer and autumn of 1s47 frightful wraiths appeared throughout the de- partments of Hangchow, Shaohsing, Ningpo and .Taichow. They were de- mons and three-legged cats. On the approach of night fetid odor was per ceptible in the air when dwellings were entered by something by which people were bewitched, causing alarm every where. On detecting the eff1uvium in the air, householders commenced gong beating, and the spirits, frightened by the sonorous noise, quickly retreated. This lasted for several months, when the wierd phenomenon ceased.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
UTILITY OF RATS.
They Figure in the Commerce of Various
 Lands.

They Figure in the Commerce of Various
 Lands.
 It has often been said that the glove makers of Paris make use in their trade of the skins of rats which are denied Certainly, says the Washing ton Star, the material would not be strong enough to successfully counter felt the kid unless it were for the thumb part only, which is generally of a thin ner and different kind of leather from the rest.
 A thrifty Welshman at one time ex- hibited himself publicly in England at- tired in q ocs-ume composed from top to toe of ratsains. which he had spent three years and a half in collecting. The dress Wa made entirely by himself. It consisted of hat, neckerchief, coat, waistcoat, trousers, tippet, gaiters and shoes. The number of rats required to complete the fiit was five hundred and seventy. Most curious of the garments was the tippet, composed entirely of rats tails.
 The negro slaves of Jamalca used to regard them as dainty, their masters not providing them with any other meat. Their method of cooking the toothsome rodents was to impale each one on long wooden skewer, after cleaning the animal and cutting off the tail, turning it briskly around over a fire until the hair was all burned off. Then it was scraped until free from fur, and finally the end of the skewer was stuck into the ground, inclined toward the fire, until it was toasted dry and crisp, tbus being made ready for the meal
 Rats may commonly be seen for sale in the markets of any Chinese town, split and pressed under a heavy weight so as to look somewhat like dried fish. In this shape the pigtailed Oriental buys them, soaks them in water and then boils, roasts or fries them.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
THE REAL TEST.
Going Up in a Balloon Is Easier Than
 Coming Down.

Going Up in A Balloon Is Easier Than
 Coming Down.
 A new view of the aeronant's skill is that given in "A Winter Cruise in Sum- mer Seas" An Irish balloonist once said to the author of the book: "We speak of the number of mans asccnts, as if that gave the measure of his skill. It would be more to the point, think, to speak of his descents, for those are the real tests"
 'I thought one involved the other" was the reply.
 "Then, sir, you thought wrong! The balloon makes the ascent for you, but you must arrange the descent andmake it for yourself. If you leave it to the balloon all the happy chances in life may not save you"
 But what can happen? At leastyou will come down somewhere!"
 ''As a matter of fact" was the re- ioinder, ''I knew a man who made two ascents and only one descent. When he was four miles high the balloon was struck by lightning and it and all its contents were swept into space. For all I know they are at this day revolv- ing in impalpable dust round the earth"
 Such statement is worth consider ing before taking very extended aerial journeys. Most of us would object to becoming star-dust, and few are suffi- ciently brilliant.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
HOW NOT TO INVEST MONEY.
Seven Rules That All Women Will Do
 We'll to Observe.

Seven Rules That All Women Will Do
 We'll to Observe.
 The advice that an English lawyer has given his countrywomen in regard to investments is we'll worthy of adop- tion by American maids and matrons. It is brief and to the point, and there are only seven of the rules:
 Never buy anything not fully paid up.
 Do not apply to an advertising broker (members of the stock exchange are not allowed to advertise). There are honorable outside brokers no doubt, but you have no protection from them should they be the reverse.
 Be content with four or at most four and one-half per cent; beyond that you get more risk than is wise.
 Avoid mines and foreign investments. Buy registered stock, preferring stock to scrip, because if scrip is lost your money is gone; but by giving an in- demnity you can recover registered stock, even if the certificate is lost or burned.
 Never venture on house property without consulting a solicitor.
 Never lend money (unless under very exceptional circumstances) at any price.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
HE WAS A GENTLEMAN.
"old Hickory" Turned His Hack whe
 Davy Crockett Drank

"old Hickory" Turned His Hack When Davy Crockett Drank
 Davy Crockett used to say that Gen. Jackson was the politest man he had ever met. It was while Jackson was president that Crockett paid his re- spects at the white house, says the Gin cinnati Times-Star. "The president was glad to see me and we talked a long time," said Crockett, ''and finally the general asked me if wouldn't like to have a drink, saying that he had a fine brand that was the 'rale old stuff,' and of course could not refuse the president. So he went and brought it out, and he didn't tell me to pour out one.
 ''He didn't bring out any glass at all; but in genuine, good, old true Texas style he handed me the demijohn and then turned his back, and I swung it upon my arm and began to pull at it. Such liquor had never tasted, and couldn't let go for long time, but the president never turned around until 1 said Bob, and tell you that is what call real, true, genuine politeness, and that is why I say that old Gen. Jackson was the politest man I ever l.navvp
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
Waleas First ,JuIen.

The prince of Wales drank his first mint julep when he was in the United States at the Exchange hotel. Rich mond. It was concocted, says the N. Y. Witness, after the most approved Virginia method and given to the prince in large cut-glass hagon. ''We will close the door and leave your royal highness to enjoy this Virginia's best, '" was the polite remark when the mint julep was brought in. When the door was opened an hour later the prince was alone and the great cut-glass fiagon was empty. Ever since that time the room has been known as the prince of Wales room. It was occupied afterward by the marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise, Don Carlos, count of Paris and other notables. The fiagon was lost in reconstruction days.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
Thunder in varlous Regions.

Java is said to be the region of the globe where it thunders oftenest, hay ing thunderstorms ninety-seven days in the year. After it are Sumatra, with eighty-six days; Hindustan, with fifty six; Borneo, with ffty-four; the gold coast, with fifty-two; and Rio de Jan eiro, with fifty-one. In Europe, Italy occupies the first place, with thirty eight days of thunder, while France and southern Russia have sixteen days, Great Britain and Switzerland seven days, and Norway only four days Thunder is rare at Cairo, being heard only three days in the year, and is ex- tremely rare in northern Turkestan and the polar regions. The northern limit of the region of thunderstorms passes by Cape Ogle, Iceland, Nova Zembla. and the coast of the Siberian sea-
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
A TELEeRA?AIc HEROINE.
German Soldiers Outwitted by a FrencI
 

German Soldiers Outwitted by a French Girl
 In the Franco-German war of 1870 the Uhlans in par, icular played havoc with the French wires. On arriving at a village, says Chambers Journal, they would ride up to the telegraph office, cut out the connections and carry off the apparatus, or else employ it to de- ceive the enemy. They were outwit- ted, however, on one occasion, and by a woman. Mile. Juliette Dodu, girl of eighteen, was director of the tele- graph station at Lithiviers, where she lived with her mother when the PruS- sians entered the town. They took possession of the station, and, turning out the two women, confined them to their dwelling on higher floor. It hap pened that the wire from the office in running to the pole on the roof passed by the door of the girls room, and she conceived the idea of tapping the Prus- sian messages. She had contrived to keep a telegraph instrument, and by means of derivation from the wire was able to carry out her purpose. Inn portant telegrams of the enemy were thus obtained and secretly communi- cated to the sub-prefect of the town, who conveyed them across the Prussian lines to the French commander.
 Mile. Dodu and her mother were both arrested, and proofs of their guilt were soon discovered. They were brought before a court martial and speedily condemned to death, but the sentence had to be confirmed by the commander of the Corps q armee, Prince Frederick Charles, who, having spoken with Mile. Dodu on several occasions, desired her to be produced. He inquired her motive in committing so grave a breach of what are called the 'laws of war" The girl replied: ''Je suis Franca;se" q am a French woman). The prince con- irned the sentence, but, happily. be- fore it was executed the news of the armistice arrived and saved her life. In 1878 this telegraphic heroine was in charge of the post office at Montreull, near Vincennes, and on the 18th of Au- gust she was decorc ted with the Legion of Honor by Marshal McMahop, presi- dent of the republic.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
ACCIDENT DATA.
Interesting Facts Concerning Different In-
 dustries.

Interesting Facts Concerning Different In-
 dustries.
 Some instructive data are derived from a report recently published in Germany. In 1880, 5,200 workmen were killed in accidents, and 5,592 seriously injured. These losses do not vary much from one year to another. The industries furnishing most accidents are as fol- lows, in descending order: Mines, rail ways, quarries, subterranean works, buildings, breweries. All industries are arranged in 64 corporations, and it is estimated that more than 4,50O, ,O0O of work people are insured. Wounds and fractures are the most usual forms of injury, and the duration of treatment tends to increase every year, by virtue of a law which makes an allowance when incapacity for work exceeds three weeks (this was based on the observa- tion that fractures generally healed in three wceks). Since this law was in- troduced, the treatment of fracture has taken longer. There are always more accidents in winter than in summer, and on Mondays and Saturdays than on other days. There are twice as many accidents from 9 a. m. to noon, and from 3 to 0p. m., than from 6 to a. m., and from noon to 8 p. m. Better light in summer and fatigue toward the end of each half day of six hours, are SUD- posed to explain some of these varia- ffnrc
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
ONE OF NATURES cANTEENs.
Water Confined in a stone for Thousands
 of Years.

of Tears.
 A very remarkable curiosity occupies little shelf at the geological survey. It is lump of chalcedony as big as child's fist, white and translucent. It is but thin shell, and, when held to the light, is seen to be nearly filled with water, which flows about as the object is turned this way and that. What makes it interesting is that the water has undoubtedly been inclosed and dramatically sealed in this natural receptacle for thousands and thousands of years. Probably it was there long before Moses was born, and yet not drop of it has evaporated. Originally there was cavity in the rock, formed by a volcanic bubble. Water percolated into it, bringing in solution silex, which was deposited on the walls of the little hollow in coating of chalcedony. At length it would have been filled up solid with beautiful crystals, forming one of those 'geodes," as they are called, which are natures treasury caskets, found concealed in rocky for nations where least expected and re- vealing wonders of brilliant color. Agates are made in the same fashion. However, in this instance the small channel by which the water flowed in and out became closed up in some way, and so the process stopped. After the lapse of no one can tell how many centuries, the stony mass containing the chalcedony chamber with its liquid contents was broken open and it fell out, being loose.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-11-24
THE coNwcrIoN OF WITCHES.
Juries Appointed to Investigate Their
 Cases.

Juries Appointed to Investigate Their
 Cases.
 A jury of the sex accused was ap- pointed to examine the body for marks. It often happened, says the New Eng land Magazine, that some excrescence of flesh common to old people, or one ex- plainable by natural causes, was found. One such was found on the body of Goody Nurse and reported to the court, all but one of the jury agreeing to the report Rebecca Preston and Mary Tarbell knew that this mark was from natural causes. The prisoner stated to the court that the dissenting woman of the jury of examination was one of the most ancient, skillful and prudent, and further declared: ''I there rendered sufficient known reason of the moving cause thereof" She asked for the ap- pointment of another jury to inquire into the case and examine the marks found on her person. The jury of trials returned verdict of not guilty. There upon all the accusers in the court ''cried out" with renewed vigor and were taken in the most violent fits, rolling and tumbling about, creating a scene of the widest confusion. The judges told the jurymen that they had not careful ly considered one expression of the pris- oner, namely: That when one Hobbs, a confessing witch, was brought in as evidence against her, she said: What, do you bring her? She is one of us.' The jury retired for further eonsulta- tion. Even then they could not agree upon a verdict of guilty. They returned to the courtroom and desired that the accused explain the remark. She made DO response and the jury returned verdict of guilty.