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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Turnips are one of the best-paying
crops.
Cold storage for fruit is strongly rec
commended.
Manure and cultivation should go
hand in hand.
The cherry does we'll with grass
about it's roots.
More tomatoes are used than any
other vegetable.
Thinning the fruit improves both
quantity and quality.
Cut hay, with ground feed, is most
economical for horses.
Do not manure the roots of Young
trees when setting them.
The loss of bees will be 1essened by
keeping them in darkness.
For late tomato crop, SOW the seed
about the beginning of June.
Cabbages may be fed to COWS at
night, after milking, without Aavoring
the milk
If the bee-keeper's supply of honey
is small, he will find it better to sell it
Black bees are not considered SO
liable to the ''nameless bee disease"
as the Italians.
If only the best fruits are grown
there will be little danger of OVERRIDING
the frNit business.
A safe rule to follow is to cultivate
all newly planted fruit trees the same
as crop of corn or potatoes.
Sealed covers are not to be recon-
Elended, particularly in a severe win
ter, with bees in the open air.
A succession of sweet corn NAV be
secured for the season by planting
different varieties the same day.
The italian is the most prolific and
best all-round bee. With its long
tongue it is able to go right to the
bottom of the flowers, as the black bee
cannot.
The successful sheepman, be he
breeder, feeder, dealer, or wool grower,
owes his success to the fact that he
keeps in closest touch with the buying
and selling markets. He keeps an eye
on sheep commercially.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
FxDloitS of a Fakir.

In a short time the fair had scli.i-
eiently recov from his trance 10
stand IN, and when the shcik pointed
to the brGzier, he thrust his hand
into It, seized some % the live Goals,
blew them until they emitted sparks,
bit of pieces OF them, as one would
bite all apple, and eagerly ate them up.
He then went 10 large pr;ckly cactus,
which was standing on the platform,
plucked a leaf armed with strong
spines, bit Of = piece, and swallowed
it. With equal avidity lie crunched
and consumed thin sheets of. glass.
Fragments Of the cactus and the glass
were handed to the spectators, who ex-
amined them and convinced them
selves that they were really tie sub
stances they were represented 20 be.
Al attendant brought IN a shovel, the
iron pert OF which was red hot, So that
q bit Of paper thr ,~n uEon it flashed
wooden handle CT the shovel with the
right hand, placed his lett On the glow--
ing iron plate, which he also licked
with apparent 1e!sh, and then stood
npon it with his bare feet until it be
came black This last exploit
filed the air with faint odor Of
burned horn. A sword, SO sharp that
1t cut a piece of paper in two when
drawn across the edge, was handed to
the fakir, who thrust it With all his
force against his throat, his breast and
his sides. The sword was then held in
horizontal position about three feet
from the ground with the edge up
ward, by the servant who took hold
Of the point, which vas wrapped IL
several folds Of cloth for the protec-
ton of his hand, and by another
'Aissaui, who held it by the hit. The
fakir placed his hands on the shoulders
of the two men and, leaping UP bare
foot Oh the edge OF the sword, stood
there for some seconds. He then
stripped and, resting his naked alb
domen on the edge Of the sword,
balanced himself in the cir without
touching the floor with his feet, the
sheik meanwhile pressing down upon
the fakir's back with the whole weight
of his body. - Popular Science
Monthly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
MILK AS MEDICINE.

In the long, trying days of summer,
men who work as hard as the average
dairyman does will be weary with the
strain that they undergo. Mind and
body will be tired, and night finds
them nervous and out of temper. When
this condition is reached, there is moth
ing so useful to work cure as a glass
of milk. 1t should be heated to about
ninety-nine degrees and slipped a little
at time, and nothing in the way of
food taken with it other than very
small piece Of bread and butter and
eaten slowly. Such treatment will
more quickly restore 81 man with nerves
unstrung and temper ready to explode
to a normal, mental and physical con-
dition, than anything else that is
known. It will work with women
equally we'll, and as it is always in the
house daily trial Of it according to
directions will result in Improvement
of nervous troubles that are often,
when left to grow, the fore runners of
protracted illness. Physicians in the
search for remedies for diseases that
drugs cannot cure have taken up milk
and are surprised at the results 1t
has brought health where their knowl
edge had decreed death must occur.
A western exchange tells Us of a case
of woman, where the physician had
pronounced her incurable, getting well
and staying SO on a few ounces of
cream used daily with the addition of
some sponge cake. Sip warm milk
when you feel out of sorts. 1t will re-
lieve your nerves and fortify your
stomach, aud the world will look
brighter to you after you have taken
it.-American Dairyman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
Mystery of q Maidstone Explained.

Here Is something that will interest
you, said a physician, a he placed a
lump Of slaty-.ooking stone in the
hands of a scribe "A patient OF mine
gave me that this morning with as
grand an air as II she were giving me
a silver dinner service No doubt she
thought it had as great value. It's
6 maidstone. You've read accounts of
them. Put them on dog bite and
they will suck 1T AMI give of green
froth and ell that sort OF rubbish.
There's no such thing as maidstone in
the world. Touch the stone to your
tongue. Notice anything? Sticks,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
ORANGE BOXES FOR HEN NESTS.

Orange boxes make good nests and
can be bought for small sum, or got
for nothing oftenti1nes from a trult
dealer. If you have a well-planned
poultry house it would be neater and
more convenient to have q row Of NOV
able nesting compartments each hooded
together SO that they may be quickly
separated and cleaned when necessary.
Earth, under layer of hay or straw,
is considered a good material for q
nest of sitter; the moisture from the
earth is distributed in moderation over
the eggs, making them hatch more
easily at the proper time. New York
independent. ~z'srz zzz-s7ss
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
i BLOOD POISON
A SPECIALITY. |

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guarantee e. cure-and our has-ic Cypheuc is the only
thing that VII cure permanently. Positive proof sent
sealed. FREQ CoOB REMEDY Co., Chica 20 IL.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16

doesn't It? That Is tecaus<, It j anhv-
drous. 1t has gone through slight
chemical change and has lost a part Of
the water that vas IN It's original COM
poisson, So that II readily ubsorbs
moisture. II will stick 10 2 cut or
bite or anything else that IS wet, and
that Is all there Is TO II. But it's a
harmless sort of superstition, and If it
makes any poor fellow comfortable.
for goodness sake let him believe it..
New York Mercury.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16
FEEDING YOUNG CALVES.

It should not be forgotten that milk
has much solid substance, and does not
supply all the water young calf needs.
may often suffer from thirst while
being fed wholly on milk. A drink of
water should, therefor be given to
the young calves daily, especially dur
ing the very hot weather.-American
Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16

TT costs more to make Royal Baking Powder
than any other, because its ingredients
are more highly refined and expensive. But
the Royal is correspondingly purer and
higher in leavening strength, and of greater
money value to the consumer. The difference
in cost of Royal over the best of the others
does not equal the difference in leavening
strength, nor make good the inferior work
of the cheaper powders, nor remove the
impurities which such powders leave in
the food. --~,s~~a.vze7<~~. -
= Where the finest food is required the
Royal Baking Powder only can be used.
Where the question Of health is considered,
no baking powder but Royal can be used
with safety. All others are shown by official
analyses to contain lime, ammonia or alum.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16

Senior Carulla, Of Madrid, Spain,
has published an edition of the Bible
in verse.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16

Miss s. E, Fuller, OF New York. is
the frst woman to receive Govern
meEt contract for engraving.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-16

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The herald., 1893-11-24

yells of desperation winch ralriy rroze
the blood of the other passengers in the
sleeper, he kicked in the door and found
the floor burned away, his wife and
everything in the honse .cremated, and
he himself landed in the cellar with a:
heavy thud. The blow awoke him. and
picking himself mp he found himself by
the side of the railroad track. Glancing
about him, expecting to see the tram
wreck and the other passengers killed,
he saw in the starlight his train vanish
ing in the distance. He had actually
kicked out the double window of his
berth with his bare feet and thrown him
self feet first through the window to
the ground while the train was run
ming 25 miles an hour, and was unhurt,
save three cuts on his left leg, caused by
the broken glass.
The passengers notified the conductor,
and when the train was backed they
found the man walking to meet it. He
was clad only in his nightclothes. 1t
was almost impossible to believe his
story, but his condition, and the deserted
berth containing his clothes, and the
broken window confirmed it.--Moline
Qlls.) Cor. st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
The herald., 1893-11-24
These operations, he says, result

PAM. These operations, he says, result
in reducing large proportion of the
coal to sizes too small for commercial
purposes, the percentage of waste from
this source averaging as high as 90 per
cent of the coal hoisted from the col
lieries, this, however, having been some
what diminished in recent years by the
utilization of the smaller sizes of coal.
He thinks that this process-rescuing
coal from the waste heaps-is destined
to go much farther in the more general
use of coal in fine particles. He believes
that it may not be going too far to as
sumo that improved methods of mining
and of preparing coal may insure the
use as fuel of one-half the coal now re-
naming, so that itmay be reckoned that
there are still not far from 5000, 600, 900
tons of anthracite available before the
beds will be wholly exhausted. The
present annual consumption of anthra-
cite is about 100000 tons, and this
consumption has for some years been in
creasing at the rate of per cent per an
num.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1893-11-24

GEAR, brave voice OF tho prisoner within.
while we, standing ON tho outside and IN
sight of the internal sorcerer's incanta-
tions, scarcely dare to look at each other,
so great is our dismay and surprise.
".And the phantom said,' cries the
Spaniard furiously:
And the phantom said, coming out from the
tomb,
'In order that he may know me in truth,
l will 60 to my friend proud, smiling and sweet,
AS in tic days of our first carly youth
"And again, ceasing his song, he puts
his terrible question:
"'What do You see now?'
1.-THE phantom advancing-he raises
the veil-it is Francis-Francis Viatal-
he approaches the table-he writes-he
has written his name
But before he can say more the Span
lard resumes, his voice wild and howling
And the phantom said to this mocking man,
Come thou at once and give to me
Thy hand TO my hand, thy heart to my heart.
And thy lips where | can kiss thee"
Are you afraid now? Are you afraid
now?' he repeats, almost with frenzy.
A shuddering cry, dying away in moan,
is the students only answer.
I warned him., said the Spaniard
harshly; 4 warned him how it would be.
You see, messieurs,' turning to address
us, that have gained the wager. But
let him keep the money. am content
with the lesson given him. He will be
wiser in future" And with grave in
clination he walked away, leaving us
thunderstruck at the door of the pavilion,
behind which the sound of means still
continued.
''At last we opened it to find the stu
dent writhing upon the floor, paper
signed with the name of Francis Viatal
on the table beside him. 1t was at least
an hour before he had recovered suffi-
ciently to be about again. Then, furious
with rage at the treatment he had re-
ceived from the sorcerer, heinsisted upon
having him brought before him.
"But the merchant was not to be
found, either in or out of the inn.
But will find him. cried the stu
dent, 'and l will kill him on the spot for
the impious performance in which he has
made me assist"
"And soon after, learning from the
stable boy that the merchant had sad
died his horse himself and departed some
time ago, he followed him, still swearing
instant vengeance.
1--WE never saw HMM fact, we never
saw either of them again"
"And yet, Uncle Bayle," said Dor
othy breathlessly, ''you can say there are
no such things as ghosts or goblins"-
''More positively than ever" he re-
piled. Neither the Spanish merchant
nor the Toulouse student were ever seen
again, as l tell you. No more were the
80 beautiful quadruples which and the
other guests of the inn had put together
to make up the sum of the Spaniard's
wager. The two rascals had carried
them off between them, after playing be-
fore us comedy which we were simple
tons enough to believe, but which l
found very dear at the time, when had
considerably less money to spare than at
present. From the French.
The herald., 1893-11-24
1T LOOKS LIKE A SCHEME,
The Midwinter Fair to BE Used to Circum-
vent the Chinese Exclusion Acts.

vent the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
The Chinese village that is to be con-
structed and maintained at the Midwin-
ter fair may prove Of interest to visitors
from abroad. but the Chinese who are
back of the enterprise did not originate
it for that purpose, but in order to get
another opportunity to add several hun
dred coolies to the present population of
this country.
The Chinese believe that the resolu-
ton passed by congress granting to the
Midwinter fair the same privileges that
had been granted to the Columbian ex-
position-namely. the entry of foreign
goods free and permitting to enter the
country the laborers, artists and others
of foreign nations connected with the
exhibits of those nations-will offer them
an opportunity to land some more Of
their countrymen.
They have placed the matter in the
hands of their attorneys, and from the
expressions of certain prominent Chi
nese it appears that they have received
advice that comedies with their wishes
in the matter.
Like all the schemes that the Six Com
panies go into, it will be for making
money, and the plan they will pursue in
this instance became public at the Gus
tom house yesterday.
Already the scheme has been put in
operation, and negotiations have been
opened with coolies in China who desire
to become residents Of the United States
Little Pete, on behalf of the Six Com
panies and other Chinese interested, is i'll
charge of the affair and will see that it
is made financial success.
Little Pete is. the go between in all
cases where money is used for the illegal
landing of Chinese, and he is considered
one of the shrewdest "fxers" doing bust
ness at the custom house. He has been
given instructions to arrange for the i'm
portation of another gang of supposed
actors, and for several weeks he has
been in correspondence with those who
are to assist him in China.
Letters have been forwarded to China
announcing that all who desire to come
to the United States and avoid the trou-
BILE that the exclusion acts present can
do SO by becoming members of the Chi
nese village that is to be imported for
the Midwinter fair
Under the resolution passed by con-
gress, if it will apply in this case, the
number that will be permitted to land in
order to participate in the fair is not
limited, and how many will be desig-
mated by Little Pete and his associates
has not been made known. 1t Is expect
ed, however, that fully 800 will avail
themselves of The excellent opportunity
that will be presented, and for that priv
ilege each one must pay $500. San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The herald., 1893-11-24
A City of Roof Gardens.

The majority Of the houses in Buenos
Ayres have but one story, whose fat
roof serves all the purposes of Yankee
lawns and door yards. While the patios
are frequently utilized as dining and sit
ting rooms, it is the universal custom to
promenade in the cool Of the day on the
housetops, to sit there at morning and
evening enjoying the refreshing breezes,
extensive views and varied panorama in
the street below. The children find
their favorite playground on the roof.
There the nurses bring their infant
charges, the seamstress her sewing and
the maid her mistress bedraggled finery
to put in order again. The clothes are
dried and aired and ironed atop, and
during the cheated term" Of this dew
less latitude thousands bring up their
beds and sleep with starry sky for q
counterpane:-Phila Record.
The herald., 1893-11-24
ACurious VIII Contest.

A curious will contest, according to
Paris papers, is about to be tried in the
Seine courts. Five years ago Russian
princess died, leaving large fortune.
There was great surprise among her rel
atives when the Testament was opened.
BY one of it's clauses she left 5000, 900
francs to the person who would remain
Q year in the chapel to be erected above
her grave in the Pere la Chaise. The
body of the princess, according to the
legendary report, lies in a crystal coffin
in wonderful state of preservation. No
one Of her relatives has been able to re-
main longer than two or three days in
the chapel. What will become of the
5000, 900 francs is the question.
The herald., 1893-11-24
Too Sweeping.

After his return from his first lectur-
ing tour in this country, the late Mat
thew Arnold visited old Mrs. Proctor,
the widow of the poet, Barry Corn
WALL" and mother Of Adelaide Proctor.
Mrs. Proctor, who was then 80 years
old, in giving Mr.. Arnold cup of tea
asked him:
''And what did they say about you in
American"
"Well," replied the literary autocrat.
"they said Twas conceited, and they add
ed that my clothes did not fit me-"
"Well, now" retorted the old lady.
at think they were mistaken about the
clothes. New York Mail and Express.
The herald., 1893-11-24
The Comet Has a Short Tail.

Professor Brooks of the Smith observ-
atory has obtained his third observa-
ton of the new comet first discovered
by him short time ago. Its position at
discovery was: Right ascension, 12 hours
81 minutes; declination north, 10 de-
grees 65 minutes. At the third observa-
ton its position was found to be: Right
ascension, 12 hours 25 minutes; declina-
ton north, IA degrees SO minutes, which
shows the rate and direction of motion
since discovery. AS seen through the
telescope the comet appears quite bright
and has short tail. This is Professor
Brooks nineteenth comet discovery.
Geneva IN. W Dispatch.
The herald., 1893-11-24

if the gentlemen understood the habits
of goblins. Perhaps they've told YOU
turning to him scornfnlly, how much
they dislike to he wet and muddyr
1.-The Spaniard gave him terrible
look
"'You speak tco lightly, Young man,
said he, far too lightly of things you
know nothing about
land you would have me believe that
ghosts exist?
Perhaps, said the other, if you are
brave enough to look and see. Here's
purse he continued, rising and ap-
preaching the table, containing 30 gold
en- quadruples. l wager them all that
In an hours time l call before you the
face of any one of your friends, even if
he has been dead dozen years, whom
you may name to me. Moreover, when
you have recognized him, he shall ap-
proach, embrace and salute you with
kiss. Do you agreeT And as he asked
the question the manner of the man was
so impressive and stern that we invol-
unfairly trembled. My neighbor only
remained unmoved.
"'And you can do all that? he cried.
YES answered the Spaniard and
willingly part with my 80 quadruples
beside, if do not, provided you will lose
similar amount if hold to my promise
and force you to believe The offer was
at once accepted.
''To guard against trickery and decep-
tion, we decided to use a little pavilion
situated in the outer garden, perfectly
isolated and bare of everything but a
chair and table. After assuring our
selves that there were no other issues
than door and window, the student
entered and, we left him to his fate, not,
however, without placing beside him all
the necessary writing materials and ex-
tinguishing the lights.
when everything was ready and we
had arranged ourselves in circle around
the door, the Spaniard, who had waited
in absolute silence till all was done, be-
gan to sing in low, sweet voice, a verse,
as near as | can remember, running
thus:
With cracking noise the coffin bursts
In Jne tOmp, deep, dark ana profound,
And the phantom white places his foot
On the soil of the cold, damp groundl
"Then, elevating his voice, he called
to the student shut up within the pavil-
ion:
"'You have told me-, said he, that you
desire to have visit from the spirit of
your friend, Francis Vialat, drowned
three years ago while crossing the ferry
of Pensagnoles. Now, what do you
see?
az see nothing replied the student;
but stay! white light begins to lift
itself yonder by the window, formless,
shifting and like floating cloud
'After a moments silence the Span
lard begins to sing again, his voice deeper
and gloomier than before:
"And the phantom white. whom the rushing
rains
Had faded to tint so fair,
Wiped with his shroud and his skeleton hand
The drops from his face and hair
"'What do you see now,' he cries,
you who wish to sound the mysteries Of
the tomb; what do you see nowY
80 Nothing replies the voice of the stu
dent, calm and cool as ever.
"'And you are not afraid" cries the
Spaniard, his manner more scornful and
insulting still.
"I am not afraid, comes back the