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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27
Electric Humor.

One of the Columbia guards on the
Wooded Island, whose business it was
to drive intruders off the flower beds
and keep them from eating dinner on
the grass, tells of woman who &C
costed him about noon with this in
terrogatory
"Can you tell me where to get an
electric lunchl"
The guard at once surmised that she
meant an electric launch, and began
to explain to her that these launches
ran on the lagoons and were propelled
by electricity; but she declared she had
read all about them, and knew a gon-
dola when she saw one. What she
wanted to find was the place where
they cooked things by electricity and
gave them away, and she believed il
was in the electrical building. The
guard finally directed her to the gallery
of the Electricity Building. There was
exhibited in the Electricity Building
an "electrocution chair" for executing
criminals by electricity, similar to
those used in New York. In some way
or other the impression got out among
the country people that this was Gen
eral Washington 8 chair" and a mar
who had an exhibit in this building
states that scarcely day passed thai
several countrymen did not sit down
in it SO that they could go home snd
say they had sat in "Wsshington'i
chair. From "Undercurrents of Hu
NOR from the Fair" in Demorestl
Family Magazine January.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

81 wish you happy New Year."
said DR.. Pellet to Cawyer.
''Then don't send in your last quar-
ter's bill till the 1st of FEBRUARY, doc
tor, replied Cawker.-Judge.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

Hood 3 Sarsaparilla, the king of medi-
cines, conquers scrofula, catarrh rheu-
matism and all other blood diseases.
Hoods and only Hoods.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

The people OF Great Britain are de-
pendent on imported supplies Of food
for over one third Of the year.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

All, glorious r, solution
Would you know how not to break itg
Oh. friends and fellow citizans,
The way is not to make it.
Detroit Free Press.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair highest medal and di-
ploms.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair highest award.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

Ayers Sarsaparilla braces up the
system; purifies and invigorates. In
valids need it.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

Football ornaments are now in sea-
son,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27
MRS. GRAySON'S CRUSADE. \
BY MRS. o. W, SCOTT.

H1Edg Z Wish you wouldn't, Mis-
HH%I@ Grayson, l really wish you
wouldn't 1t won't look well for you
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27
"A Gentleman

Who formerly resided in Connecticut, but
who now resides in Honolulu, writes: "For
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

"A true incident in Maine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
Stock Exchange Lingo.

On the Stock Exchange "bear" is
a person interested in having stocks
go down in price-he bears them
down. A "bull" wants stock to go up
To "corner" stock or 81 commodity
is to get control of all of it, and SO
put the price up to persons who wish
to buy. A person who has contracted
to deliver stock at a certain price is
"cornered' or ''caught in corner
when other persons get control of that
stock. When person has plenty of
stock on hand, he is 'long" on it,
when he has little, he is ''short," and
"sells short" when he sells stocks
which he doesn't possess, intend
ing to buy it, and so fulfill his con
tract; man who sells short is "bull'
always. When you buy ION mar
gin" you give your broker one-tenth
of the face value of the stock you want
him to buy, and he "carries" it for
you if the price Of the stock goes up,
you make money; if it goes down You
lose. If it goes down more than 'ten
points" you lose the money you have
put up as "margin," and, unless you
put up more "margin, you lose all
claim on the stock, even though the
price should advance again immedia-
tely. In England they call buying
con margin" buying con cover. -
New York Dispatch.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; etiectuaily cleansing the system,
dispeiling colds, headaches and fcvcrs
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but It is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well Informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
THE LABOR WORLD.

COLORADO miners are organizing.
France reports 800 strikes this year.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. has $50 dressmakers.
NEW YoRK's glove district has 5000 idle.
COLORADO is deporting its unemployed.
BRITISH GUIANA wants 5000 Cinnamon.
New YORK bookbinders run two free EN-.
ployment bureaus
The International Machinists gained 5000
members last year.
OMAHA, Neb. prohibits elevator conductors
under eighteen years of age.
NASHVILLE CTenn.l unions have scheme
tC care for the sick and unemployed.
A NEW YORK house painter was fined by the
union for failing to report an accident.
ST. PAUL (Minn.) engineers held an open
meeting, at which lecture on boiler cleaners
was delivered.
BALTIMORE, Md, will prosecute work on
sewers throughout the winter in order to
furnish work.
ITALIANS and looms have been shipped
from Italy to st. Paula, Brazil, where silk
and cotton factory has been established
FEATHER-woRKERs stay only about four
years in the business. This is strange, seeing
that the averages wages are 81. so a week. OF
this the feather girls spend 81 in board and
81. 25 in clothing.
A DENVER (Col. city contractor has been
ordered to work his men only eight hours
daily in order to make room for more hands
These sewer workers have been paid from
$1.50to 1925 day.
THE vote of the New Haven Conn Board
of Education, giving the work of building
the Manual Training School to union con.
tractors and organized workingmen exclu-
sively, has been declared illegal.
IT is now estimated hat no less than 15O,.
300 artisans are walking the streets of Chica-
golooking for employment. That many OF
these will suffer for the actual necessities OF
life this winter seems a certainty.
A REPORT on the Homestead strike, by the
Commissioners of Labor in PENNSYLVANIA,
says that that affair cost the employees about
81, $50, 000 The expense to the State for
transportation and maintaining the troops
was S440, 256.31.
JOSHUA BARsTow, the only living printer
who every worked at case with Horace Gree
ley, is eighty-f1ve, but still picks up type at
night in a Norwich Conn. office. Though
he doesn't look sixty, he talks like it, and
is one of the jolliest old fellow in town.
IN boot and shoe factories girls commence
at fourteen and remain about seven and one
half years at the trade. There are a vast
numbers of occupations under this heading
from the beader, who gets IS a week to the
vamper, with 80. Placing the average at
$3.50, the expense for living is 1915, and
clothing S1.3 a week.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
THE HIGHEST AWARD.
Royal Baking Powder has all the
Honors-In Strength and Value 20
per cent. above its Nearest Com
netitOr,

Royal Baking Powder has all the
Honors-In Strength and Value 20
per cent. above its Nearest Com
petitor.
The ROYAL Baking Powder has the
enviahIe record of having received the
highest award for articles of its class
greatest strength, purest 1ngre-
dients, most perfectly combin ed
wherever exhibited in competition with
others. In the exhibitions of former
years, at the Centennial, at Paris,
Vienna and at the various State and
Industrial fairs, where it has been ex-
hibited, Judges have invariably award
ed the Royal Baking Powder the high
est honOrs.
At the recent Worlds Fair the ex-
animation for the baking powder
awards were directed by the chief
chemist of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. The chief chem
lists official report of the tests of the
baking powders, which was made for
the specific purpose of ascertalnlng
which was the best, shows the leaven-
ing strength of the Royal to be 100
cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce
of powder. OF the cream of tartar
baking powders exhibited, the next
highest in strength tested contained
but 1873 cubic inches of leavening gas.
The other powders gave an average of
Ill. The Royal, therefore. was found
of twenty per cent. greater leavenlng
strength than its nearest competitor,
and fortv-four per cent. above the
average of all the other tests. Its
superiority in other respects, however,
in the quality of the food it makes as
to fneness, delicacy and wholesome
ness, could not be measured by fig
ures.
1t is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women of the coun-
try for SO many years, that have
caused the sales of the Royal Baking
Powder, as shown by statistics, to ex-
ceed the sale of all other baking pow
ders combined.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
NEWsY GLEANINGs.

FoRE1ey demand for our hay is light.
TENNESSEE pig-iron is advancing in price.
INFLUENZA is raging throughout Prussia.
Ar Craig, Col, placer dirt is yielding 80
yard.
cries.
FALL RIVER, Mass. has a cooperative
bank.
THE total mileage of railways now open to
traffic in Japan is III.
RUssIA's annual CONSUMPTION has added
252, 292 men to the army.
ST LOUIS MO- grocers print a blacklist
Of 1000 delinquent debtors.
PRICES OF rubber have been increased ow-
ing to the trouble in Brazil.
The block coal output of Indians has been
cornered by a Chicago company.
The University of Virginia has seventeen
representatives in the Fifty-second Congress.
The Cabinets of France, Italy, Spain, Por-
tugal and ServIa are all out of order at
once.
LAST wear there were 1fty-seven marriages
in Boston. Mass, of girls seventeen years
old or less
The eight foreign Nations best represented
at the Worlds Fair sold so, 900, 900 worth of
goods in this country.
GEORGE SHORTER, color.d. d:e. from the
effects of quart OF gin, swallowed on q bet,
in Washington, d. c.
BUSINESS East, West and South has re-
vived. and the prospects are considered
bright all over the country.
Mrs MARY CROsBY poor seamstress, liv-
ing at Springfield. H., has won suit which
entities her to land in North Carolina worth
$4,000
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
COLLISION IN A FOG.
Many Persons Killed and Injured by
Railway Wreck in Italy.

An express train bound from Milan. Italy,
10 Venice collided with a freight train at
midnight at Limitro station in fog Two
passenger coaches We're com pleteIy shat
tered. The wreck took fire from the over
turned engines.
Thirteen persons were killed and twenty
two were seriously injured. The wounded
We're taken to Milan and placed in hospitals
All the employees of Limitro station and
numerous citizens fastened to the scene of
the disaster TO lend assistance in rescuinc
the blurred.
kilograms were sent to Milan and other
places asking for assistance. and train ar
rived in short time from Milan with doc
tors % care for the in ured and company of
soldiers to aid in rRscuing.
In the meantime the rescu:ng party had
cut away the burning woodwork with ayes,
and creams Of water were poured upon the
w-eckage. under which a number of passeu-
gers were inextricably jamned.
Somo of the victims met with horrible
deatba, being crematcG Before the eyes of
the spectators, who were s'owerleSs to help
tom owing to the impossibllity of removing
the heavy masses Of woodT ork with which
they were surrounded. Other unfortunates
were only extricated to die in the arms OF
their rcscuers.
All the Injured men were suffering from
burns, and most had broken limbs In some
cases immediate amputation was necessary.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Report of Secretary Smith, of the
Interior Department.

Report of Secretary Smith, of the
Interior Department.
Secretary of the Interior Smith in his
! annual report says that during the year nine
additional forest reservations have been
created, making total of fifteen, and en-
tracing an estimated area of 1903, 440
| acres. Legislation providing for wise and
comprehensive forestry system is recon-
mended.
The Secretary says that hardship incurred
by applicants at the opening ofthe Cherokee
Strip was an unavoidable result when so
lar re a crowd far in excess of the land to be
obtained. was preparing to rush madly upon
it No care of the department could have
r. I5ned the intense heat or prevented
t.S sitting dust The scarcity of water
was due to drought. which had dried up
many of the usual sources of water supply,
and Wften over twenty thousand persons gath
cred in the neighborhood Of single booth it
was impossible to place all the booths at To-
cations suited for entry, and also to find u
sufficient water supply. 1t is believed that,
aside from these hardships, the plan adopted
was carried out to successful conclusion,
and that it prevented to a large extent the
wrongful occupancy of land by people who
were not entitled to settle thereon, which
marked the first opening of Oklahoma.
referring to the Cherokee Indian allot-
ments the Secretary says that he sought I'M
the Indians from seeking to select town
sites Ter speculative purposes. In order to
defeat the plans of the Indian spectators he
approved the alotments made, but fixed
town sites in such way as to thwart their
schemes.
The payment of Indian depreciation claims
will absorb many millions of dollars, and
the policy of subjecting the Treasury to this
strain is questioned
The recent troubles in the Choctaw Nation
are referred TO at length and the Secretary
urges the prompt passage of the bill now
pending before Congress extending the
jurisdiction of the United States Courts in
the Indian Territory to include the
right OF removal of all cases where local pre-
iIdice Is shown, without regard to citizen
ship
The Secretary calls attention to the stop
page OF payment Of illegal pensions in Nor
folk, Va New Mexico and Iowa, and esti-
mates the amount saved TO be nearly equal
to the salaries of the entire force of special
examiners. although the work has been in
progress but six months. The Secretary ex,
plains and defends the policy of suspending
certain persons.
The Secretary says Il now feel all conf
dence that every effort is being conscien-
tlously made to bring the census to a close.
and to render il as useful as possible when
hnlSheG. 1t Is estimated that an additional
appropriation of $500. 600 will be necessary
to continue the work after February 1st.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Trad. S4SKEy, the evangelist, is f1fty-throe.
Rosa BoNHEUR, the animal painter, was
born at Bordeaux, France. and is now seven
ty-One.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT is said to have
given 81 900, 900 to religious work in the last
two years.
EVEN in partnerships the record has given
way under NJ. Tricoupis, who has become
Prime Minister of Greece for the fifth time
THOMAS P. EGAN, of Cincinnati, who is tc
go to Antwerp in May as United States
commissioner began his career On a salary
of 81 week.
OUR ex-Minister to England Edward J.
Phelps takes his recreation when at leisure
from his exacting professional and college
duties by driving favorito span of chestnut
horses.
Ex-PREsIDENT HARRIsoN's favorite tune is
"The Soldiers March," from Gounod's
Faust" He cannot discriminate, as a rule,
the tune instantly.
The second medalist of the Royal Geo
graphical Society this year on. Selous, the
African explorer, being the first) was Wood
land RockhilI. an American diploInatist, who
had made himself famous by his explora-
tons in western China and northeastern
Thibet
A woMANLY trait of Queen Victoria of Eng
land is her intense love for little children-a
love which she shares with every other mem
Der of her family. She delights in having
the small creatures about her, and nothing
SO quickly brings tears to her eyes as a
pathetic story about a child.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

There is profit in keeping COWS, for
one of average tactical productiveness
yields about 1850 quarts of milk Il
year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
How'a This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
Ohio.
WALDING, KrsxAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo Ohio.
Ha'l Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the bloc | and mucous
faces OF the system. Price, 75c. per bottle Sold
by all Druggists. TestimOnials free.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
August
Flower

For two years l suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by a
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that 1 would have to
cease eating solid food. On the rec
concentration Of a friend 1 procured
bottle of August Flower. Itseem-
ed to do me good at once. Igained
strength and flesh rapidly. 1 feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me"
Jas. E. Dederick. Saugerties, N.Y.9
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

USE BROwN'S BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs for
Coughs, Colds and all other Throat Troubles
=" Pre-eminently the best. '-Rer. Henry Ward
BeechsT
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

The New York City banks now hold de-
posts OF S475, 200, 000-more than one-third
the ehtire sum OF money, gold, silver and
paper, In circulation in the United States.
The surplus reserve, idle capital for which
there Is no present use in business. amounts
to an unprecedented sun also-about S71,-
900 900.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

A wonderful stomach Observation-Disclosures
Pills. Beecham's no others. 3 cents q box
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

DR.. HOxsie's Certain Group Cure
Saves the expense of a physician in severest
cases of Group, bronchitis and congestive colds.
a. 7. HoXse, Buffalo. \. Y. Mfr
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

Hatchs Universal Cough Syrup costs no
more than others and benefits more.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

JACOB KLEvINz, a Williamsburg On. W
boy, who was believed to be drowned two
years ago, and on whose life an insurance
policy was paid, has come homa-
ABOUT $4,000, 900 tons of coal have accu.
mulated at Pittsburg, Penn, owing to low
water. This is the largest quantity evat
gathered at one point.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15
THE MESSAGE
President Cleveland Discusses
Public Affairs,
TARIFF REFORM" URGED.
Hawaiian Matters Reserved
For a SDoCiaI Message.

ChincscEcgi~tration Law lhe' hl'e"
ut,,cs and Brazil Effects Of the
SILVER Purchase Rcp""l-Afalrs
At Home and Abroad Work OF
the Various Bureaus SUMMARIZED
Public EconomyAdvocatcd Nd
,,inistr;,tiou's Pension Policy
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

= ne report of the Secretary of tho Now.
,9, r,.a.uS history Of tho operations ~ bis
lTHt#F'tnent during the pest wear ana a nlS
'''I1S i most gratifying condition Of tbo IN
ror,- , =, our navy. He presents satisfar-
10y account Of the progress which hoy Son,-
r, ,','9 III 'he construction of vessels on3
uaNGS Il number of recommnn5otia lS' anu
Pro,,r .,ls 4lIon Is especially invited.
''SrI'sS IN the construction Of nov, ,,o,,,
FL, No, oeen as rapid rs was anticinatoj
,,,,o nave 3e1n delays in the comnIa+io,, u:
~ ''reo vessels, but for the most no - - ".
n,..,,, ;eth Such as are constantly oncn-ri:y,
gatH IN countries having the iar,est o u.Ilng
III naval shlp-huiding Themost saIio,I-
,tHS' however, have besn in tba 49, ,Ous
-, uioFed Shlps. The trouble has hae, ut,?n
Tba 3;a tractors to deliver armor as acrnaI
Inc difficulties seem now hnTo , as asT t
ersI , III. overcome, and armor is being dali.
s,,I. WIN satisfactory promptness &
bniI7 ne experience acquired nv sbin
hoIior.a5 ana designers and material mon - =
.,olI - ,ndt the dates when vessels will rs
oIin Pleteo can now be estimated with 49,. We
Dle accuracy. Great guns, rand fro
supplied "ie pelhg promptly
oh While I am distinctly in favor Of .on.,
Itursun the policy we have inonalS
l''e1 u building up thorough and ef3rien+
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

foSroFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Thereport of the Postmaster Genaro1 ,o,
'@' ,k g detailed statement of the operations
81 the Postofttce Department during the Ioot
tScal year and much interesting in fo-no.G "9t
i}o'ch'nS this important branch of the nnhl
me business Of the mails indicates with
.s r &c certainty the condition of the bus-
i'..Se y, '9e country. and depression in f1nan-
t'ai affairs inevitably and quickly roJII1'n-
J me PoStai revenues. Therefore n laroor
I - 1i'ah'S ihan usualbetween the postofie 40
,g',TplS and expenditures is the exnantni
@ .r unavold3hle result Of the dtstress sf9,
tbc ttz Wtlch has prevailed Throughout
tu' country during much Ofthetime cnTaro1
"H me 3e postmaster Generals report.
-, , n,,SIIS 70 commend as especially worthy
- prompt attention the suggestion " of ny
h& N'm mas General relating to more sensi.
"'t ana tusInoss-liko organizafion an
letter distribution Of resnnnsih iiGn ana an
department. III his
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

Inc continued Intelligent execution of the
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

The Secretary of War reports that the
strength OF the army on the 3Oth day of Sen
trmoer last was 25. rs enlisted men and OH
officers i anu - 4
Neither Indian outbreaks nor domestic VIC
i 1lIt9 nave called the army into service dur
ing the year. and the only active n,iIitor,,
duty required of it has been in the Denart,
ment OF Texas, where violations of the neI,-
trailty laws of the United States and Naxino
We're promptly and affacionIly dealt Win nv
cue the lfo0Ps' ehclting the warm approval Of
countries VI "olh
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-15

Hoods Pills cure sick headache bilIousness
and all liver Ills 25 cents per box