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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

A CALIFORNIA paper urges capitalists
to start a marmalade factory to dis
pose of oranges that are too small for
the market. 1t thinks the bitter
Scotch article might bc improved for
American palates by using more of the
only for tlavoring purposes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Entered ut the Post Office at Ed
rnton rs second Class matter.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

THE most curious city in the world
is situated on Saginaw bay, an arm Of
Lake Huron. 1t is without a name,
has a population of about five hun
dyed and consists OF modern huts on
wheels to the number Of one hundred
and fifty, which, when the fishing sea-
son arrives, are rolled on the ice in the
iJaV.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Mrs Nancy Cofield is delight
ing her daughter Mrs. d. w. Ra-
per, of Edenton, with a visit.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Don't waste time, money, and health,
trying every new medicine you may
see advertised in the papers. If the
cause of your trouble is in the blood,
liver, stomach, or kidneys, take Ayers
Sarsapari1la at once, and be sure of a
cure. Take no other.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

The music at the Baptist church last
Sunday is spoken ofas being exception
ally good. Rev. J. E. White preached
two very fine sermons. At night every
seat in the church was filled.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Mr.. B. L. Evans has been
spending few days at Manteo,
but returned Tuesday,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Mrs. Dode Dali, who has been
spending a few days with the
family Of Mr.. J. NJ. Forehand,
returned home Tuesday.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Mrs. Rebecca Hudglns, OF VIII
low Branch, who has been visit
ing her daughter Mrs. L. W.
Evans, returned home Saturday.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

The person who will send us FIVE new
subscribers (SI.oo cach) gets large
and handsome Oil Painting in Gilt
Frame worth s.. 5o) and the FISHER
MAN s. FARMER free.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26

Since the treaty was made our trade
has increased FROM si2. 1863, 500 to S2s,
604,0 94. That is, reciprocity has near
ly doubled our dealings with Cuba, and
of this great advantage we VIII be de-
prived If the senate sugar schedule
goes through.
IL is said that the German ambassador
to the United States has filed formal
notification that the enforcement of
the discriminating duty of one-tenth
of a cent pound on German sugar
will be followed by retaliatory meas
ures practically excluding American
agricultural products. This would de-
prive us of trade worth many mil
lions, simply to carry out the demo-
cratic bargain with the sugar trust.
That Germany is slow to believe us
capable Of such folly is shown by re-
cent statement in the National Zeit-
ung. 1t says:
1T may be taken for granted that Germany
viii not submit TO any infringement. either
open or masked, OF the most favored nation
clause Americas imports into Germany are
so important that she viii not desire a tariff
war with u.s.
1t is apparent from these facts that
the democratic error is not to be
measured by the increased cost to the
American consumer of sugar. The
democratic cry has been that the mar
kets of the world must be opened to
our products. Reciprocity accom-
plishes just that, but democratic tariff
tinkering is robbing us of the benefits
gained through sbillful diplomacy and
wise iudgIuent.-Troy Times
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
PoPuLIsTs AS REFoRMERs.
HELPING TO Break Down Protection for the
Farmer.

Helping to Break Down Protection for the
Farmer.
The populist senators have consented
to the wholesale slaughter of the west
ern sheep industry. They have voted
uniformly for the breaking down Of
all protection to the farm and to the
factory located within the radius of the
western market. Their purpose seems
to have been a well-defued one, notably
to destroy every form of protection
that reaches within the great western
domain. and yet they voted constantly
with their southern allies to- put iron
ore and coal for the south on the pro-
tected list. They voted to put woolens
on the protected list at higher rate
of duty than even the most ultra-pro-
tectionist asked for. Cuffs and collar 8
for the democratic city of New York
also received their Jealous support.
Sugar, something the common people
all need, caught all but Mr.. PETER in
its sweetly-baited trap
The friends of agriculture, who had
long hoped that out of the populist
movement might come some reform
that would advance these farm inter-
ests, declare that such hope is now
blasted forever so far as the movement
Under its present leadership is con
cerned. The peoples party has out
lived it's opportunity. If the repub-
lican party cannot be returned to
power, then it is a dark day for the
farmers whose interests have been hui
inflated and destroyed by the cotton
and rice raisers of the south.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
THE DEATH OF SITTING BULL.
lie Was TAINTED Into Resisting Capture
by His Son.

Did yOu ever know just how Sitting
Bull was killed?" asked Lieut. Baker.
of the Twelfth infantry, United States
army, of one of the correspondents
whom he met the other day down at
the coal mines.
Il do not think" he continued. "the
details were ever printed. ! never
saw them. and was there
tell it, as nearly as il can be re-
called. as the correspo ndent told IT,
Sitting Bull was a: his shack with
his sons, near Standing Rock agency.
when he was sent for To come into the
agency. The Indian police were com
misSioned To bring him in. and when
an Indian policeman gets that order,
and finds his man. he brings him, dead
or alive. unless the man gets the first
drop. Sitting Bull was disposed to
obey the summons. but one of his sons,
as naughty an Indian as ever lived,
tainted the old man for his weakness.
tie called him a squaw, and that cpl
tibet To an Indian brave is the cap
sheaf IF all that Is derisive. The old
man weakened under the boys tsun {,
and the Indian police did the rest.
Sitting Bull was all that his admirers
claimed for him. When he fell the
hoy who had tainted him crawled I'M
der the bunk where the old man had
slept He was there when Shavehead,
an Indian from the agency, came in.
lie heard the story. lie liked old Sit
ting Bull. and when he was told that
the 10Y I d tainted his father. and
was the cause of his death. Shavehead
said the boy deserved death. and he
was dragged out from under the bed
and killed These details. Lieut.
Baker says he never saw in print
chicago Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
JOKES IN GERMANY.
Their Treatment Nv the Editor of Fa-
nous Hun orous Paper.

IT
nous Hun oroHs Paper.
Il often happens that jokes are sent
which have alread been published in
Fliegende Blaetter, or which. indeed.
may have originated in the Office.
The wUrx of revision. therefore. re-
quires constant and careful study of
the files, thouga N spite of this many a
''shOp-worn" ite;f. must needs be found
pictured as a now. Al old German
joke may be cited as a good common
tary on all jokes: To a man twlrling
his thumb his companion Remarked:
DO you always do that?" No" il
the answer. and the whirl is reversed;
sometimes | d. this" And many a
joke is simply reversed. revised. or re-
juvenated until the father thereof
would hardly know his offspring
A curious circumstance that could be
noticed only in such an office. but is
there not infrequently remarked, is
the travelling capacity of a joke. A
joke may come first from Berlin: after
a few days il Is sent in from Dresden.
in the course of two Or three weeks
a month. perhaps-it comes from some
quiet village on The Rhine; and some
have even been known to go around
the world in an incredibly short period.
After each batch of jokes have beer
carefully read by several me n. and the
old ones. the pOOr ones and those ruled
out because they treat of politics or re
ligion, have been east aside. the fairly
20 jokes that remain are sent &c
Julius Schneider TO be finally passed
upon Some of these must be re-
written. some must b. thrown away.
some must be illuSt ated. and some
may stand alone upon their merits:
and this final Judgment requires the
discretion and indefatigable industry
which the editor of FIiegende Blaetter
50 fully possesses. century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
Novels Burned at a stake.

The Salvation army held novel
burning night" at Dunedin recently.
which attracted a large audience to the
fortress. In the center of the ring on
a bier were placed the yellow backs"
of all kinds, ranging from "Bluecap
the Bushranger" to s7lae of Besant's
works. The proceedings were under
the leadership of Captain" Chapple
and Lieutenant" Mathers. The former
declared that if persons gave their
time, money and admiration to novels
they were idolators quite as much as
the heathen who worshipped his ugly
elephant. Works like Bunyan's Pill
grim's Progress and Uncle Toms
Cabin written for purpose, We're ex-
eepted: but the average religious novel
was denounced in scathing terms. and
was declared to be to all intents and
purposes a yellow back without the
covers. with dash of religion tackled
on to gull professors Of religion. After
some singing and addresses some three
hundred books and perio ideals were de-
stroy ed.-otago New Zealand1 Wit
ness
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
Family Resemblance.

Experts in handwriting ay that all
the people of single genera ION write
alike. and it is well known that most
French handwriting has a strong fam
lily likeness to the eyes of others than
Fren chmen. Nearly all Cinnamon of
the wash-house class look alike to SUI
perficial observers, and persons unac-
custOmed to colored persons find diff
Guilty in distinguishing one from an
other. 1t needs. however, a COM
pariSon of two or three family photo
graph albums of twenty or thirty
years ago to convince men and women
of to-day that there are striking SUI
perfieial likenesses running through
Americans of a given generation.
All these old albums show curious
resemblances, chiefly, perhaps, of dress
and face, but sufficiently striking for
one family album at first glance TO BE-
taken for another. As page after page
of each is turned over. there is the
same succession of men. women ard
children in full figure. sitting, stand
ing, posed in groups of two or three,
with hats. without hats. draped in
shawls. and manifestly dressed in their
best for the occasion. The photogra-
pliers of those days chose, for reasons OF
their own. to make full-length pictures
and. as the were usually small, COS.
tune counted for a great deal and
helped intensity the general likeness
lunning the whole generation.-N. Y.
Sum.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
NORTH RIVER BLuESToNE.
The Variance in the sizes of the Slab
Ouarrieds

nudrrttu
In working the quarries there is
great difference in the thickness of the
slabs taken out. The formation exists
in perpendicular blocks of different
surface dimensions which are formed of
Hat plates piled up like cardboard. The
top of worthless stone and earth is first
removed by blasting with powde after
which wedges are driven in the natural
seams which separate the plates, lift
ing them up, after which they are
hoisted out with derriclxs. In working
a block the slabs may run to several
thichnesses, varying from two to ten
inches. The thin slabs are then cut up
into what is known as Corporation
four and five foot flag and smaller sizes,
while the heavier blocks are preserved
intact for such huge platforms as we
see reaching from building to curb line
on the sidewalks of New York. Many
of the blocks worked are so small in
surface area that they are unfit for flag
ging, and are consequently worked up
in coping, pillar caps, window and door
sills and lintels, building and bridge
stone for tramways. Other blocks are
lOuHU SNltdDlt IOT cufD anu gutter
alone, while some quarries furnish slabs
so small and thin that they are used
only for floor thing; or for the facing of
brick walls. Again, some of the slabs,
or more properly platforms, taken from
the quarries are from twenty to thirty
feet square, ten inches thick, and weigh
over twenty tons. Owing TO the diff
Guilty in handling and the danger of
brealage during transportation, these
platforms are seldom taken to tide
water but are broken up at the quarries
into more convenient sizes for ham
ding. Sometimes, however, monoliths
of tremendous size and weight have
been transported to the docks at Will
bur, one being twenty by twenty-four
feet in surface area, nine inches thick,
without flaw, and weighing several
hundred-weight over twenty tons. 1t
was quarried at the Sawkill in the
town of Kingston, and is said to be the
largest stone ever brought to tide-wa-
ter. 1t took eight horses to haul this
monster to the docks over stone
tramway, and it is alleged that the
side of a tollgate had to be taken down
TO allow the stone TO pass through
Henry b. Ingram, in Popular Science
Monthly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
ROBBERY OF THE PEOPLE.
The Democracy Places the Producer Under
Tribute to Trusts.

The Democracy Places the Producer Under
Tribute to Trusts.
OF the wheat raised in this country
last year 324,035, 365 bushels were re-
tanned for domestic consumption. At
sixty cents a bushel the cost to the
consumers was S194, 420. s19..
During the last year the consump-
tion of sugar in this country amounted
to 8, 7s3. s22, 900 pounds. At an average
of five cents pound this sugar cost
the consumers $3.50, 191, 100.
In other words, the people of the
United States paid but S., 229, 719 more
in 1898 for wheat than fer sugar. IT
cost them almost as much for sugar as
for bread. Sugar is, therefore, one of
the most important articles of diet
among the American people, and the
democrats propose to make it possible
for a monopolistic trust to control the
entire supply and advance prices at
its will.
The American people are sure to be
called upon to contribute at least one
hundred million dollars a year, and
perhaps more, 70 this rapacious trust
This is democratic reform, straight and
unadulterated.- Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
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, 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
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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
MoNkEYlne WITH NATURE.
There is Such a Thing as Being Too In.
genious.

An agent from the city was trying to
sell the grocer new, self-winding clock.
There was a small storage battery con-
nected with it. and twas intended that
the battery should be kept in operation
Nv means of small windmill placed
on the roof of the house. The agent
had about persuaded the grocer to buy,
when the man with the ginger beard,
who hao been watching the transaction
with the deep Interest that comes so
natural to man with plenty of spare
time on his hands, Clipped in.
Sometimes it pays to monkey with
Nature and let her have the jon of
doin' all your work while you air loafin'
around the county courthouse, ten
miles away. and sometimes it don't, :"
said he. Il know Teller out in Kan
sas at had one of them windmill con-
traptioiis that was the ruin of him.
There never was one of these clocks
sold in Kansas" said the agent, with
wrath.
This here wasn't a clock" said tie
ma with the ginger beard, Fan defy
any man i'm the crowd to prove that
said anything about clock. jist said
a windmill contraptlon. This here was
pump. You see, this here Teller was
IA sort of market gard 'ner, an, as it is
dry in Kansas, as fur as the weather is
concerned, he lowed to rig up a pump
Arrangement that would eater his gar
den. So he fixed up a win pump, but
that wasn't enough.
'IIe next goes TO work ard makes a
kind of swivel arrangement that would
keep the hose irovin' bach and forth
and up and around till the patch was
sprinllled. Did all the work itself, you
see. That left him free to go down to
the grocery and talk about Mrs. Lease
all he wanted tor all he da'st To, at
least. Well, he goes away one mornin'
happy as clam, and comes back at
night to find his garden all ruint. Now,
what d'you suppose had done it?"
Hogs got in?" ventured the clock
agent.
'IIawgs? You make me sick. Hawgs,
nothin'. One of them playful breezes
that Kansas sometimes gifts up had
come along and had worked that there
windmill pump so blamed fast that the
water was made bilin' hot by the fric-
ton, and his whole patch of truck had
been scalded to DEATH"
THAT was pretty tough" said the
agent.
"Oh! i don't know" said the man
with the ginger beard. ''As soon as he
got broke he went into politics, and
how he is gettin' good Twin at the
expense of the state. Eff 1t hadn't a
been for that accident he might be still
having to work for a Twin. Indian
apolis journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
PITH AND Po,NT.


The poorest kind of a trade to
bring a boy up to is a horse trade. =
Young Mems Era.
Those who would enjoyment gain
must find it in the purpose they pur-
sue.-Mrs. hale.
Cunning has eject from the credu-
lity Of others. 1t requires no extraor-
ainary talents to lie and deeeive.-7John-
son.
The league race is a very queer
thing. when we consider that number
of the clubs that are in it are not in it.
Puck. ~
Another dress. 1t takes a good deal
of money TO keep You in clothes, Nary"
Am not your wife?" You are-my
dear wife. ~. Y. Press.
Acme Reached. -Higgs-'sFiggs is
prospecting. isn't hep" Hatch-''oh,
yes. He's got now to where he can
sass his butcher. Judge.
-Balleteuse-''1 will give you place
in my heart NJ. lie Baron" The Baron
Thank You, but I'm not fond of a
crowd. journal Amusant.
Commercial Traveller popping the
question)-ol Fraulein Anna, may
Cffer on my heart?-extra quality
dur understandable !''-Cnsere &C.
81 ischaft.
is Ethel going to the scashore
this SUMMER mo. What's the use?
Nobody would believe she has been
away. She doesn't freclSle or tan a
bit Washington Star.
~ always thought fifty was an
even mum, err said Willie, hopelessly
puzzled, but here's an item in the pa
per which says the book has Fifty odd
na@es.' ] can't understand IT."
Landlord when poor fellow
without money asks for nights lodg-
ing | invariably take him in" Me
Caustick-'.Then you treat him like a
regular guest. "-Raymond's Monthly.
-"Confound that fellow Bilkem; he's
up to some erookedness | know.
wish there was some way for me to
find him out" ''TIumph! Go around
TO his Office with a bill. buffalo
Courier.
A sure Thing. -''Clara says she
has had a proposal of marriage from
tACAA WI ipdSltAs 10 YOU btlitNc III
is truth?" ''Oh. | guess he means bust
ness. He has offered her a position as
typewriter. Judge.
Nom ommittal.- Woman Suffragist
Are you. sir. in favor of women vot-
ing?" Mr. Mammalian you should
not ask me such question and expect
an answer when You know ! am un-
armed. Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Grumper (reading description
of a June wedding)-''I don't see why
they should call the groom's attendant
the best MANI" Grumper "Humph,
That's easy Cause he has sense
enough to stay single, of course. -
Buffalo Courier.
Not Solid Gold.-Strawber-"You
look as though you had sat up late last
night" Singerly-''1 did And one of
the fairest flowers of womanhood
promised to be mine" Strawber-''I
see. And so those rings under your
eyes are engagement rings. World.
Mrs. Wickwire Wasn't il Slsalx-
speare who said that the apparel oft
proclaims the man. or something of
the sort?" Mr.. Wiclxwire-''I don't re-
member, but probably you are right.
suppose they had clothes loud enough
TO make proclamations in his day the
same as now. Indianapolis Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
ELEGANCE OF SPEECH.
High-Flown Terms Affected by Ambitious
Young Girls.


Young Girls.
Young girls who are ambitious to APP
pear cultured. and to excel in elegance
of speech, are often in danger of losing
just the quality they would gain by
avoiding many of the simple express
sions in everyday use.
Most of our familiar forms of speech
are proved good by long and constant
use. and are so entirely unaffected and
direct that any evidently intentional
avoidance of them seems stilted and in
had taste. The girl who. for instance,
scorns to employ SO common an express
sion as ''go to bed" and always an
hounce herself as discreetly retiring"
has not only sacrificed somewhat
of directness and accuracy, but
has also failed TO attain the
good form for which she has
striven. As matter of truth. one IRE
tires" when she leaves the family circle
and goes to her own room. She may
spend the entire night there and not
$50 TO bed" She who ''retires" at bed
time, as matter of course, rises" in
the morning. She could not by any
chance do anything so utterly common
place as get up"
She purchases" the articles people
ordinarily buys" and condescends to
reside" in the street or town where
her more unpretending neighbors are
pleased cOntentedly to live"
Her morning stroll, no matter what
Its aim or destination. is a ''constitu-
tional:" her afternoon nap, ''siesta. "
She, happy maiden. is never by any
chance iii or sick, though frequent
" confesssdly ''indisposed."
This young woman of ambitious if
somewhat "toploftical" diction man
ages by CAREFUL circumlocution to
achieve what no doubt seems to her a
grace of language, but she is at her
best when she gets pen in her hand.
Sometimes haste or enthusiasm may
betray her tongue by a shortcut into
simple directness of expression-but
her pen, never.
The rose that She holds in her hand,
and that she has hastily spoken of as
smelling sweet" would be described
upon her written page as shedding
gracious perfume" ''distilling fra
GRANGE, or perhaps it would even form
the theme for an elaborate and diffuse
rhetorical figure, as unlike the rose in
simple unpretending sweetness and
beauty as the writer's style is unlike
the elegant perfection for which she is
striving .-Harper's Young People.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-26
MULTUm IN PARvo.

LET the end try the man.-Shakes-
peare.
POVERTY is the sixth sense.-German
Proverb.
LIGHT is the task where many share
the toil-Homer.
PRAISE undeserved is satire in dis
guise.-Broadhurst.
Ill company will make this earth a
hell-Omar Khayyam.
THOSE who would make us feel must
feel themselves
BENEvoLENcE is allied to few vices;
selfishness to fewer virtues.-Home.
l HAVE freproof perennial enjoy.
ments, called employments.-Richter.
KNOW of nothing sublime which is
not some modification of power
Burke.
TIE little Shakespeare in the maid
ems heart makes Romeo of plowboy
on his cart-Emerson.