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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
Rarfering for Furs.

The system of trading at all the
nosts of the Hudson Bay Company 10
entirely one Cf barter. The standard
nf value throughout all the territories
of the company is still as Tor cen
turtles past-the skin of the beaver, by
which the price of ali other turs Is
regulated. ANY service rendered by
the Indian Is paid fof in skins, the
beaver skin being the unit of compu-
tation. To explain this system, let IL
be assumed that four beavers are
equivalent in value to silver fox
skin. two martens to beaver, twenty
muskrats to marten, and so on. AN
Indian wishing to purchase blanket
or gun from the company would give
say three silver foxes or twenty beaver
skins, or 900 musktats, or other turs,
according to their proper relative po-
sitions of worth in the tariff.
For a very evident reason the trap
ner price paid for furs is not fixed IN
strict accordance with their intrinsic
value; if this were SO all the valuable
ur-besr;pg animals would soon become
extinct, rs no Indian would bother to
trap a cheap fur while a high-pticed
one Remained nncaught. He may pos
sibly have to pay five silver fox skins
for blankets worth about Sl5, the
value OF the Sims paid representing
5000, still he can if he chooses buy the
same article by paying for it iii musk
rat, yellow fox, of other fltfs Of in
ferior worth. Chicago Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
FATTENING POULTRY,

No operation connected with the
poultry yard requires greater atten-
ton and experience than fattening
fowls in coops. Oatmeal and barley
meal alternately, mixed with milk,
and occasionally with little drip
ping, is a good food. The feeding
troughs, which must be kept constant
~ secured, should be placed before
The birds at regular intervals, and
when they have eaten sufficient it is
better to remove them, placing little
gravel within the reach of the coop to
assist digestion. Oats and rice are far
anterior to oatmeal in their fesh-f form
ing properties. Keeping the birds
without food for some hours after they
ARE put up frequently induces them to
take it more readily afterward, but
sufficient attention is rarely bestowed
Eon the various details of preparation
and supplying the food; hence, the
complaints of the fowls deteriorating
! in the fattening pen are far from un-
common. Access to water should be
allowed at all times.
Fattening must be completed in ten
days, for after that period they begin
ito lose weight. The best age for table
birds is when they are from four to six
months old.
The coop should be three feet high,
two feet wide and four feet long. This
Twill admit from six to eight birds,
according to their size. The bottom
land front should be of bars, three
inches apart. A board outside the bars
jim front, six inches wide, will serve as
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
WHAT ONE HERD DISCLOsEs

very recently there was published
In an article on the care of dairy COWS
statistics which fully prove that a man
feeding at random, and keeping COWS
that have never been tested, is working
absolutely in the dark, and if he sue
'ceeds 1t IS merel y through accident.
Facts very startling to the thinking
man were disclosed Out of this herd
of sixty cattle, some Holstein, some
Jersey, some grades, and some com,
mon cattle OF unknown ancestry, the
COW returning the greatest amount of
butter according to food eaten was
the common native. Undoubtedly
prior to the test the presumption was
all against this COW. This shows that
breed does not always tell, and is con-
sollng to the farmer who is not able
to stock up entirely with thorough
bred or even grades. The second
native COW beat all of the Jerseys, SO
that even the rich farmer cannot
afford to rely entirely upon blood.
AN average of twenty seven pounds of
food was consumed for one pound of
fat, ranging from seventeen to forty
seven pounds. The larger COWS con-
sumed a smaller amount of food in
proportion to their weight than the
smaller ones. The best yield of milk
gave the best yield of butter
The entire test shows us what an in
dividuality there is in COWS, and that
breed and color and good marks and
appearances in general must not allow
us to lose sight of the paying qualities
of one and the losing qualities of an
other. Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
GENEVA, Switzerland, has watch scho

GENEVA, Switzerland, has watch school.
HELENA, Montana, has Chinese hucksters
CIGARMAKERs have had 142 strikes since
1891
The United Typothetae favors compulsory
arbitration.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, has 60, 900 idle dia-
mond workers.
ORGANIZATION has raised wages $500 900 a
year i'll Boston.
The International Boot and Shoeworkers'
Union has 1900 members.
CINCINNATI is furnishing work for the un-
employed IN the city parks.
SToNECUTTERs have made WASHINGTON. D.
e.. their general headquarters.
New ZEALAND furnishes work and free
railroad passes to the unemployed.
RAILROAD companies, it is said, Are pre-
pairing to annihilate unions throughout the
country.
CHICAGO unions ask that one of the Worlds
Fair buildings shall be preserved as a home
for labor.
WITH machinery 100 men do the work for
merly requiring 500 in manufacturing boots
and shoes.
The Bishops and Members of Parliament
met in London to discuss the problem of the
unemployed
OINEYvILLE (R ~ textile workers hava
han their wages reduced thirty-eight nor
cent. since September /.
TWENTY-FIVE window glass factories are
now in operation. and the Iooked-for his,
building season next year indicates nusy
mills.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
GIVE TIE COLTS GOOD STALLS.

Have box stalls for the colts by all
means, but do not make them cells of
solitary confinement. Put in good
windows to admit the sun. If
opening into the paddock, have an
extra door two-thirds size, SO he can
stand and put his head out and enjoy
the air, and see and familiarize him
self with what is going on. If open
ing into the barn, have the door in
h&lves; on the under half put a slat
work that he can look through, hav-
ing it 50 the upper half can be shut
tight, in cold weather or at night.
[ had young stallion last winter
that could not see what was going on
from his stall. He was kind and of
good disposition, but when I went to
take him out would grab q halter and
Chew it and nip at one who came near.
] had two extra hinges put on the
door, and sawed it in two at the
middle, making two half doors. From
the lower half l built slat work top
that he could see through. It changed
him at once, and now have a quiet and
pleasant colt to handle.
Do not have two half doors by any
means it is dangerous If the upper
half gets unfastened the colt will
reach through, and is likely to have it
-s%ing SO as to catch his neck, aad in
struggling to get free get hung. Chill
dren are often round to open the
lower half to see the colt and not
fasten it again. He stoops down to
get out, and when part way through
straightens up and is caught by the
upper door in the small of the back
and is ruined for life.-New England
Homestead.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

tifully decorated inside. which is intended 70
be brilliantly illuminated ut night. LIDS
building is to contain the ofb ces OF the eA
position management the department u
publicity and promotion, the foreign depart
ment, assembIy-rooms for foreign comInis'
sioners. press headqua1 ers, the postoInce'
bank and information bureau, and VIII un'
doubtedly be the center of general interest III
the exposition.
One of the first special concessions Lnade
was to the Chinese Six Companies oil San
Francisco, who are already building struco
.ure of their own. a purely oriental affair loO
leet long by ninety in width, with center
y 11rt yard eighty by forty feet set out WIN
rare Chinese plants. In one end OF tne
building is Chinese theatre On either Slde
Of the court yard are open booths 1or tno
manufacture of Chinese productions.
REPLICA OF THE EANKIN PAGoDA.
The browning exterior feature OF TINS
building will be a Chinese pagoda seventy
five feet high. fashioned after the celebrated
tower at Nankin. The roof will be OF tiles,
with Enthusiastically twisted carved figures OF
the tabled dragon projecting from the angles
and with fiuttering dragon flags OF blue, req
and yellow.
Another concession that has been grantee
is for a reproduction here of the Pratef OF
Vienna in space OF y, 900 square feet adj
Joining the central court of the exposition.
Entrance to the grounds viii be through
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
Power.

The recent record breaking perfor-
mances of ocean-going steamships
have been done on American coal from
Pocahontas, Va.
1t would take 100, O3O rowers, work
ing at their oars in eight-hour shifts,
to develop rs much power as the steam
ship Lucania's engines.
The first electric railroad for coal
carrying purposes has just been COM
pleted from Buck Mountain to Eek
ley, Penn.
The initial installation of the Nj
agara electric power arrangements
provides for Is, 600 horse power. More
can be obtained almost beyond limit.
The Tivoli waterfall, which provides
light and power for transmission to
the Rome of the dead Caesars, fur
nishes as yet only 26OO horse power
New York Recorder.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
Bengal Peasant Proverbs.

The wisdom of the Bengal peasant
cultivators finds expression IN proverbs,
Of which collection has been mado
hv n Babu in the Agricultural Depart
ment of that province. His apprecra-
ton of the outwardly revered Brahmjn
Setrays itself incidentally in tha
maxim. Grain and inundatloh dIsar-
pear when south winds blow, like tln
Bfahmin rs soon a. he has received us
fee.
Other Bengal rural sphorisms ar:
"Have the land which receives tho
washings of the village, and the bullock
which walks fast, and marry the grrl
whose mother is good. ale who
works III the field himself with tho
lsborers gets the full profit; he who,
being unable to work himself, super
vises the workings of the lahorcrs, gets
half the profit: he who orders tho
laborers from his house does not get
enough to eat. London News
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

massive gateway, beyond which VIII De
various bits of architecture Of Il pleasing and
striking character. All Of these are now IN
course of construction. There is a concert
hall seventv-fiye feet square, theatre OF
Moorish design sixty by ninety feet, Louvre
restaurant and score Of ornamental booths,
in which AustrO- Hungarian wares are to be
manufactured and displayed.
Here also will be the Czarda- Hungarian,
where Hungarian life will be represented
with gypsy girls in characteristic costumes.
The Mattresses in the concert hall Will be III
the Swiss National costume.
OTHER DIvERTING FEATURES.
A little way from the Vienna Prater work
Is being pushed forward on the concession TO
oriental Nations. which is to cmhody many
of the features OF Midway plaisance. There
will be ii Turkish theatre, Cairo street and
a cafe chantant, where National dances of
all Nations will be presented. A Japanese
garden is to be another feature of the
exposition.
The Government of Hawaii has two acres,
where the progress in the Hawaiian Islands
and other islands Of the southern seas will
be eXemplined in contrast with native life.
The central feature of the exposition
grounds will be an electric light tower 30
feet high, with an elevator running to the
height of 22O feet. The base of the tower
will Occury a space fifty feet square, and the
first gallery. eighty feet from the ground,
will have u seating capacity of 200. There
will be three other galleries above this, the
tOpmOst within six feet Of the pinnacle. In
it will be Il powerful Search-light.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
THE STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE.

This insect may be driven from the
plants it infests, which are of the
melon or gourd tribe, by busting them
with flne wood ashes or plaster in which
llttle carbonlc acid has been stirred
so as to give 1t distinct odor. To-
6acco stems, that may be procured of
the c!garmakers or dealers, spread I'M
der the plants, or rags dipped in kero-
S 81, Will also drive away these pests.
Inc cabbage worms may also be kept
away from cabbage and caulifower by
scattering flour on the leaves; bran is
SAID to be effective, but hand picking
IS the safest and most certain remedy.
10 90 this easily take pair of spring
nlppers, which may be used more con
,Tten1ently than the fingers. New York
Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

The scale of the Finishars' T1niop ,ooo-I
ING TO AmalGamated men, allows n cnt in
wages ranging from twenty to twenty-five
"A: "a FREIGHT train passed Bakersfield. Cal.
Win WI Zoo unemployed workingmen on hoard
IneS were looking for work. and proceeded
H'S'' ana many intend to goto New Orleans.
ALL the Germans working in the French
IL districts, including those employed
-, tie i"ct0rles at Schirmack, have been dis
Schirmeck hFln5 fl
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
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 a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
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
neys, 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??, 1893-12-01
THE MANUFACTURERS AND LIBERAL. ARTS pr,r-x,

me design is conspicuousiv Fcvntian
Hi,llIhNes arc placed at the base Of n .-ras.
Iprr"ce mounted on high pedestaIs. hptwepn
1 wn',h Pedrstals are broad steps forty feet in
i is,E'n ana eight in number leading to the
w''' o. the entrance to the front vnstibuIa
IGis veStibul" Is sixty feet in Ianotb tbi-,l.
Iour ieet wide and forty-eight feet TO the haso
, y, Tue tEramld' which is the cBownlng fea
."'e Oh the entrance to the LuiIdin,- m
r'"'uS Ter paintings, the statuarv court an
49, ,1.ierE Tor water co!orS are rectangular
III :orhl ami perfectly lighted. The stair
WalnScotlnC and frieZeS show tho I,, 80.
."aNtS and birds and the sacred ibis Tba
Inns ,'. uh''r n" gallery are united hy n Sc
,''> 81 drap"d openings The second sfor,, is
gallery, tn" rdIl of which forms the fn;sI1
OF the grand interior court. 4ini'n
the ApNINIsTRkTIoN BUILDING.
thor, MI; 10 the structures detailed above
VIII 'e an Administration BuiIdin,-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
Hints For the Vain.

"Here is something that you have
heard before, doubtless" said stroll
er, "but am reminded of it again as
I look in the showcases of the photog-
raphers along the public thorough
fares--that it is even more important
to wear fresh apparel when one is
photographed than it is to wear clothes
of the colors that take best, for the
camera reproduces with uncompro-
missing fidelity every crease or fold
that betokens age or wear. New
York Sun
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

wat hLhE mas been sold 100 acres ofthe old
,T,I the old observatory on Black Nonnt
l hne ueeds show that Daniel Webster mr..
T plI part OF the property in 1874 The
oostoh woman who has bought the lanJ
II on account of its historical associ-
'''0le' "u'eh she wishes to see preserved.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
LEAVES FOR THE GREFSHo1-sE

Leaves from the forest when rotted
make most excellent material to mix
WIN soil to be used for greenhouse
pants, but whether it will be profita-
pla or not to gather the leaves for
s1ch purposes dependsvery much upon
.he circumstances. The cost of labor
In In gathering the leaves, the distance
'ney are to be hauled, and other items
OF expense should be taken into con-
sloerat1on in order to get at the actual
cost OF the material when it is ready
Tor use.-New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

Oriental in outline. representing, -
Lon OF Central Indian ana Sian1os, col, i olna-
f itra, Tins building, designed by en P'S-
-L"'' consists OF a large central e,,na dse
t tb2oe a 10y dome, with four navijiona
lnT angles The principal feature ni tb al
seat 'l IL, IS the richly ornamented doma 195
"0e' IL neisht by fifty fect in diameter haaT 20
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
August
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism.
but did me no good. l could not
speak aloud. Everything that took
into the Stomrch distressed me.
could not sleep. l had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through q
neighbor I got one Of your books.
I procured a bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah 7 Cox. Defiance, O. -
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
A BIG MIDWINTER FAIR.
BUuDINGs NOW GOING UP IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
Great Diversity in Architectural
Styles Expected to Produce
Novel Effect-The Main Buildings
Described 49, Special Features OF
the Fair-OrientaI Exhibits.

The five main buildings OF the California
Mdwinter international Exposition nave
been planned, accepted and contracted for,
and building operations are now under way.
They are to be erected in Garden Gate Park,
san Francisco. They will be gro"ncd around
a paralIelOgram. in the center OF vi there
will be an electric tower go feet in height
and number OF artistcalIy Ornamented
fountains. The largest building is that de-
signed for manufactures and liberal arts. A.
page Brown. of San Francisco, is the archi
tect. It's dimensions are 462 by 237 feet.
covering 1O1 784 square feet of ground. This
building is Moorish in design, with the pic
turesque effects to which that style OF archi-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
CLEAN PIGsTIEs AND CLEAN PIGS.

Flgstles should be cleaned and
scrubbed at least once a week, writes
correspondent. Give the pigs a
good scrubbing with scrubbrush or
an Old broom, and plenty of clean
water every day if convenient. Pigs
enjoy good cold bath and appreci-
aVe a good scrubbing and clean pen,
with something for nest on which to
he. give them oat straw for bed.
~ smells sweeter in the pen than hay.
never give pigs buckwheat straw it
gives them the buckwheat itch. Clean
mess among the pigs produces
healthyTporkers.- New York Tribune
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

piI.l ht largest fish caught in the Columbia
r',ner so far this season was a sturgeon
rei tsbu;rlng eleven feet five inches long and
Epan minS 20 D. pounds. which was landed at
h Ptoh, Wash, a week Oh so ago. The
,itsI alone weighed 156 pounds, and the fab
} 'eiueo 4Z| pounds OF edible meat.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
$4,000 IDLE MEN,
All Astonishing State of Affairs Re-
ported in PhiIadeIpbin

III HIIdutIpn1N.
a taoieof figures compiled from the official
reports of the State Factory Insnectors show
t"a' Vi ooo textile establishments in Phila
deIphIa, Penn, but eighteen per cent. are in
operation.
= i me 9Cl mills employ 90. 900 men. and onlv
toi,I,o ~ tllssSe are now working. The same
ti',n Suo" that while in August last seventy
Hne per cent. of the total worzmen were
tnle: there are twenty per cent. without
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

a stand for the food and water trodghs.
The coop should be in well-venti-
lated clubhouse, and if kept dark be-
tween the times of feeding, all the bet
ter.-Poultry Book for the Many.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
Site OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO. l,

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that ho Is the
senior partner of the firm of F. !. CHEHEY e.
CO., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each aud every case of Cttarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December A. ID. 1856.
,, A. w. GLEASON,
! sEALt
t-~) NOt1ru P,tblfc
Halls Catarrh Cure istaken internally and act =
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send IOr test monials, free.
+. J. CHENEY q Co., Toledo. o.
~" Sold by Druggists, &c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

lecture readily lends itself. A gallery, aver
aging thirty-fivc feet in width, extends
around the interior, from which visitors may
survey the exhibits. Broad avenues traverse
the main floor longitudinally, crossed by one
Of equal width at right angles in the center
There is an additional floor under the DOME
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
DIR. Hoxsic's Certain Group Cure

FOR BROSCHIAL, ASTHMATIC AND PULMONA
RY COMPLAINTS, "BrOIUh'S bronchial IrOChc>'
hove remarkable curative properties. SOlt
I'm, in I,trP
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

HatCh's Universal Cough Syrup will cure
that cough surprisingly quick. p cents.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

Removes inflammation from throat and lungs
No remedy SO good for colds. 80 cts. A. +.
HOXSie, Buffalo, ~ Y, MFR
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
GUATEMALAN SERFS FREED.
Proclamation by President Barrios
Which Emancipates Labor.

President Harrios, of Guatemala, has pub
lished decree. which is in effect procla-
nation of emancipation of the Iaboring
classes from slavery. 1t has been the Gus.
tom of the Government. through its military
agents. to take forcible possession of the
persons of the lower classes at any and all
times, sending them TO work where they
pleased. 1t often happened that the volun-
tary laborers OF Il small planter would be
taken away and sent to Il more powerful
rival. Henry c. Stewart, Consul General at
Guatemala, reports that the Presidents de-
cree is to 60 into effect March Is. 1894.
STATISTICS just issued by the Geographical
Survey show that the total coal output OF the
United States during last year was 49, OJ0,-
900 tons. valued at the mines at S207 sec, 3S1.
More than half, or $4,000, 900 IONS, was mined
in Pennsylvania.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

BeeChams Pills are better than mineral wa
ters BCecham's-nO others. p cents a box.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
THE LABOR WORLD.

We have 200 taiIOrs' unions.
PORTUGAL has labor exchanges.
GERMANY has 238, 900 union men.
NEW York has 800 600 workingwomen.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
HOME OF THE MECHANIC ARTS.

The second largest building is the Mechan-
ical-Arts Building. designed by Edward R.
Swain It's sIH" is iG0 10y }24 feet. In the
center are two large tanks. with fountains in
each, the power for operating which origin
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

koF ron Mink Otter CO., .--
1urs, FnS MARKET prices for all Kinds Of r 10y
Davies a 90 % stamp tor price lists CIV
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01

, -. '.l!ti"h 10 tn" structures detailed aboya
'nere VIII be an Administration Bmiidin'.