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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
A Hawks Capture of Il Pigeon.

A hawk captured and killed q car
rier-pigeon in Druid Hill Park after a
protracted chase. The lightning like
movements of thepursuer and pursued
We're revelation to those who were
not versed in the flights of birds The
pigeon, as long as it kept in straight
line, beat the hawk flying, but on be-
coming ightened and confused it be-
gan zigzag course, and was then an
easy prey. Captain Cassell frightened
the hawk so that he got the pigeon,
but the pigeon was dead when it struck
the ground. Baltimore Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
IMPROVED PEACH ORCHARDS.

Every spring a large number Of
peach orchards are planted in differ
ent parts Of the country, and nearly
all are arranged in the old way of set
ting them in squares or in rows both
ways for horse culture, and training
them up to head five feet high OIL a
bare stem at that hight. AS many
farmers and orchardists are now car
rying out their plans for spring plant
ing, a few practical suggestions may
be of use.
The tendency of all peach tree
growth is in running up and out hori-
zontally into bare poles and arms,
which gradually reduce the value of
the trees and lessen the excellence of
the fruit. The duration of the trees
is lessened, and they perish much
sooner than under better treatment
First of all, the superiority of broad
cast cultivation should be appreciated,
as compared with only narrow strips
or circles of cultivated ground. The
roots of both young and old peach
trees extend from the foot of the
trees to distance of at least equal to
the height of the trees. This we have
proved by experiments, showing that
the trees, ten and twelve feet high,
send out roots thirteen feet in length
and are increased in growth by manure
placed at that distance. It is there
fore of little comparative Importance
whether the narrow spot at the base
of the tree receives manure or not.
There could be, therefore, but little
objection to the side branches extend
ing nearly to the ground.
There are several reasons for such
low headed trees. The annual prun-
ing or cutting back is more easily per-
formed, much of it being done while
the operator stands on the ground.
The thinning, which all heavy bearing
trees should receive, is more easily
done. The fruit may be more easily
gathered. There will be but little
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

Or. MARY PUTNAM jacob and other advo-
Gates of woman suffrage addressed the SUI
frage Committee of the Constitutional Con-
vention at Albany, n. 7.
The annual review OF the police took place
In New York City.
BUSINESS men held a meeting in Carnegie
Hall, New York City, TO denounce the in
come tax feature OF the Tariff bill. Nearly
1900 were present.
FIVE rapid firing guns were experimental
with by the Ordnance Department at the
Government Proving Grounds, at Sandy
Hook, n. J.
GENERAL NEAL Dow spoke at the opening
of the Temperance Congress at Prohibition
Park. Staten Island, n. Y.
THREE masked burglars broke. into farm
house near Bridgeton, N. j., bound and
gagged the Misses Jones, two old women
who occupied it, and by threatening to hang
them compelled them TO show where their
money was hidden. The burglars secured
about 500.
CAR works in Lacon1a, N H, worth $780,
900, were burned.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
SEED GRAIN.

Seed grain, whether barley, oats,
wheat or fax, should be selected with
great care. The Idaho Station advo-
Gates testing the grain before sowing.
This can be done by the farmer, it
says, and requires but a few days.
The seed may be sown in box of soil
and the box kept in warm exposure.
The soil must be kept moist.
Another and easier way is to float
piece of thick sheet cotton on water
The grain to be tested is placed on the
cotton AMI is covered with o similar
shoot. On removing the cover the
grain is exposed to view, and the
sprouted grain can be quickly
counted.
A good germinator or seed tester
can be made out of coal-oil can, a
block of wood and two pieces of cloth.
Cut one of the sides out of the can.
Place the block of wood within the
can, allowing it to rest on the bottom.
The block should be two inches thick,
about as wide as the can and three
fourths as long. Pour one to one and
one-half inches of water in the can.
OGTSGCu one VI Ju0 6uuS OI GuO ClOtu 10
dip in the water. The other piece of
cloth is used for cover and is put on
in the same way. The seeds to be
tested are put between the folds of
cloth. Capillary attraction keeps the
cloth damp. Keep clean and fresh
water in the germinator and set in
warm place.
To prevent smut use one pound of
''blue-stone' to four gallons of water.
Allow the grain to remain in contact
with the liquid for five minutes.
Never SOW seed that is foul with
seed of weeds and other grains. The
wild oats must be got out of the way
A great help in this direction is to de-
stroy as much of the wild oat seed as
possible. Every seed sown brings
forth nearly hundred more. New
York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
Enormous Growth Of an Industry.

Few persons realize the enormous
increase of our wool product, which
has resulted from proper breeding
and good management. In 1910 the
number of sheep in the United States
amounted to 10, 900, 900. and 13,000,-
600 pounds of wool were produced.
In 1892 our wool product was 244,
900, 900 pounds, while the number of
sheep had only increased to A, $685.
S65. The average weight of fleece had
risen from 10 pound in 1910 to 5.5
pound in 1891.
The efforts to improve the weight
and quality of the fleece have not
been confined 70 the United States.
In 1891 the number of sheep and
lambs in Great Britain was returned at
%, 1872, 55S, and in 1898 at 81, $50, 334.
The wool clip in 1890 was placed at
13S, 900, 900 pounds, and in 1892 at
153, 900, 600.
While wool is cheaper now than
ever before, it is also more largely
used, SO that the increased production
is not SO disproportioned as it would
at first appear. In 1860 the worlds
product of wool was 955, 600, 900
pounds, in 1880 it was l, 626, 900, 900
pounds, and in 1889 it was 1850, 000,-
600 pounds. Europe is decreasing its
wool production. North America in
creased from 100000 pounds in
1860 to 630,OOO,OOO pounds in 1889.
The largest increases were in Aus
tralia, from 100000 900 pounds in
1860 to 100000 900 in 1889; Rio
Plata from $4,000, 900 in 1860 to
$50, 000,00 in 1889. These statistics
are interesting, for they show what
competition American wool-growers
have to meet. New York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
Virtues of Salt.

Common salt is one of the most
valuable remedial agents the world
contains. Used as a tooth powder,
alone or with little prepared chalk,
it whitens the teeth and makes the
gums hard and rosy. It is good gar
gle for sore throat, and if taken in
time will benefit, if not cure diphthcr-
la. 1t will stop bleeding of the
mouth, and in warm water is u good
emetic and remedy against several
poisons. There is nothing better for
sore feet and hands than salt and
water, and for ordinary sore eyes,
though a painful operation. will often
effect complete cure. -Indionapolis
News.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
South and West.

REPORTS from the lower Kanawha Valley,
West Virginia, stated that there was brisk
fall of snow there, the thermometer falling
TO thirty-tive degrees. In Greenbrler County
corn, potatoes, ETC., were frozen.
ANDREW bright and 2. Landry were
killed at New Orleans, La, by falling from
the top of the Newcomb College dormitory,
and Arthur Stanley. who fell with them. was
fatally injured. The eornice on which the
men were working gave way. They fell
sixty feet.
FRANK BALLARD, colored, was lynched
near Homer, Tenn, for attempted assault
on white girl.
at Greenville, s. c., for the murder of his
father-in law.
JEFF CRAWFORD, colored, who murdered
W. P Blackburn white, of Bethesda Town
ship, s. c., and who was sentenced to be
hanged, has been lynched by mob. Hardy
Gill, colored, was taken from the Jail in
Lancaster. s. c., and Iynched. He assaulted
Ga, a mob entered the jail, bound and
gagged the jailer, took coored man
cused of assault tied him to a tree, and shot
him dead.
The riotous strikers held full sway at
Cannellsburg Ind. They tore up the
Evansville Terre Haute Railroad tracks,
ditched cars. ruined railroad property right
and left. They built rough fortiflcatioLJ,
and the news that the militia was coming
made them very ugly. They were five hun
dred strong.
FIFTEEN business houses and twenty resi-
dences in Ottumwa. Iowa, were destroyed by
fire. The worst result was the death Of
James seymour, a dwarf boy. the fatal in
jury by smoke of one man and the serious
injury of three others. The loss is estimated
at 1925 900. A spark from locomotive is
supposed to have started the blaze.
STRIKING coal miners burned bridges and
interfered with coal trains In West Virginia
and Ohio. Four miners were shot from am
bush at PoweIlton, ". Va, while returning
from work. At Farmersburg in skirmish
between the troops and the strikers four Of
the latter were killed.
STEELE Il WALKER, grocers, at st. Joseph,
Mo-, failed with liabilities of 800, 900 and
assets of about 81, 900, 900.
JEALOUS Joseph Lozenski killed his wife
and committed suicide in Toledo, Ohio. At
Kansas City, No, W. L. Marsh shot his wife
and daughter in courtroom and tried to
kill constable. Mrs. Marsh was fatally
hurt.
GREAT damage has been done by floods at
Portland, Oregon much of the business part
of the city was placed under water.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
GREAT WESTERN FLOODS,
LOSS OF LIFE AND MUCH DAM
AGE IN COLORADO.

A Cloudburst at Pueblo Fills the
Night With Horror-A Large Part
of the City Under Water - The
Railroads Cut OFF From the Town
Other Cities Suffer.
dispatch from Pueblo, Col, says: The
cloudburst which sent vast torrent OF water
down the valley and into this city, caused
many deaths and rendered Widespread de-
struction.
The work of rescue had just begun when
q recurrence OF the food caused suspen-
sion of the work, and it was feared that
many bodies which were washed away and
under debris would never be recovered. The
list of the dead and missing compiled short
lY before midnight was as follows:
Dead: Dave Rafferty,, steel worker Jo-
sephi Coppa, smelter; body reported seven
teen miles above town and another two miles
below; Hop Lee, Chinese laundryman,
drowned in the cellar OF his laundry.
Missing: J. Vandever, William Bush,
Harry Burch, Mrs. Williamson, Josie Hart,
an infant, and five others reported by differ
ent families.
Grave fears were expressed for twelve
families of squatters On an island down the
river. There was no means Of reaching these
people.
The catastrophe, similar to the Johnstown
horror of four years ago AMI remarkable
from having occurred on the same day ut
terly Frustrated the citizens and paralyzed
business. The property loss will be about
5000 900.
Both the Arkansas and Fountain Rivers
continued to rise rapidly, AMI rain fell in
torrents But for tight here and there the
city would have been in darkness.
The entire business district from the bluffs
to Fourth street was inundated, the water
standing upon the Union Depot platform TO
the depth of a foot Hundreds Of families
were rescued during the night. The electric
light stations, the gas works and telegraph
and telephone offices were rendered useless.
The leVee broke in "A dozen places. The
Arkansas River brought water from the
west Dry Creek from the northwest, and
the Fountain from the north. All went out
OF their banks during the night.
No trains could enter or leave the city in
any direction. Reports from the West in
dicated that the railroads had been very
and Cripple Creek road was badly washed
out.
At noon several people were known to
have been drowned. Traffic on the Pixies
Peak Railroad at NanitOu was entirely sus-
pended for the first time in its history, by
reason OF great damage to the rO1dbed. The
Rio Grande and Santa Fe railroads were Seri-
ousy crippled at many points by washouts,
rock slides and washed away bridges. TIE
damage throughout the State was very great
Three spans o. the bridge across the Ar
kansas River at Nepesta went out at O'Clock
a. m. and there were Indications that the
whole bridge would be destroyed. There
was n big washOut between Colorado Springs
and Colorado City, ami there was danger
that the shops and the depot in tho latter
city would be damaged greatly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
STRIKERS RAMPANT.
Labor Disturbances Break Forth at
Many Points.

Violence marked the continuance Of the
labor strikes in many sections Of the coun-
try. and a review of the situation for one
day showed that the struggle was growing
more serious as the contest between the
WOrkmen and capitalists progressed.
McKeespOrt, Penn, was in the hands of
wild mob of tubo-WOrk strikers. They drove
work non from their factories, burned tip
pies AMI otherprOperty, and held uniisputei
sway over the country round. They had
three cannon, and Tor time retained pos
session of the mills and other property of
their former employers.
desperate fight occurred between 4
sherifrs posse and coal strikers at the Little
Coal Mines, near Pekin, Ill. Two were killed
and half a dOzen wounded. One lead
body, several men on the verge of the
grave, n number of others in
iurod, $50, 900 worth Of property abso-
lutely destroyed and many homes made
desO!ate was the result of an attempt made
by the miners of the Peoria district to close
the mine operated by the Little Brothers in
Tazewel County, a mile or more back Of
Wesley City. Edward Blower. of Barton
vile, married, was shot in the side Of the
neck AMI killed instantly.
Governor Mckinley has sent 1909 troops to
Eastern OHIO, where strikers are stopping
railway traffic. The commanding general
believes that the men will lght at at least
one point.
y mob near Harmony, Ini., stoned a van
dalia freight train AMI instantly killed the
engineer in his cab
The presence of troops quietel the rioters
at Frostburg, NIL, but just before the SOL
ders arrived the house OF Il working miner
was blown up with dynamite.
A call for aid came from Round Pound in
the Cherokee Strip. Men were tearing up
railroad tracks and threatened to kill any
body who attempted to repair them.
A battle between the army of deputies and
gold miners near Cripple Creak, Col, was
averted ut the last moment. The men said
they were willing to surrender to the mill
tia, and the deputies concluded to await the
coming of the troops.
Neither the coal operators nor the miners
took kindly to the suggestion OF the National
Committee of the United Mine Workers that
each mining district settle the strike for it
self.
The importation of new men into the coke
region OF Pennsylvania increased and bid
fair to defeat the strikers.
Judge Emery Speer, who once made 4 de-
cision unfavorable to organized labor, re-
fus ID at Macon, Ga, to require engineers to
work thirteen hours at a stretch. saying the
policy of the law was to improve the con-
dition of the laborinS man wherever possible.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15

ground that may not be subjected to
horse cultivation, for the shade of the
foliage above will prevent much
growth of weeds closely around the
stem azd light and broad harrow
will stir nearly all the soil by passing
under.
Planters who wish to adopt the low
headed, compact training, should not
purchase trees more than a year old,
or which have heads already formed
several feet high; but procure one
year trees from the bud, or else those
which have already been trained with
in few inches of the ground. -Coun-
try Gentleman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
A FARMERS CRIME,
He Shoots Farm Hand, His Mother
in-Law and Kills Himself

Maxon Miller, farmer, who lived in
Cheshire, a'out six miles west of Canaan
daigua, N. Y, walked into his home and,
without saying word, deliberately fired
three shots at the hired man, E. G. Relish,
He then walked over to where his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Ward, was sitting and shot her
twice, both balls taking effect.
Miller then shot himself in the forehead
and died in a few minutes. His wife escaped
to some neighbors, where she in frantic
manner related the story of her husbands
crime. Every one in the neighborhooi
hurried to the scene, where they saw Mrs.
Ward lying in pool of blood but still alive,
and Miller lying dead in the back yard
Relish had escaped any serious injury, only
one shot having taken effect, and that one
in the left arm.
Relish says that Miller had been absent
from home for several months, and that the
family had 70 intimation of his being in the
neighborhood. The reason for committing
the deed is said to be jealousy,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Patience is needed in teaching the
calf to drink.
A good blooded colt may be made
no better than scrub by being half
starved.
After the growth is made the meat
hog or the lard hog is a matter of
feeding.
It is calculated that with every
12O0-pound steer there are 349 pounds
of waste.
In raising strawberries keep the
ground moist and mellow by frequent
cultivation.
The food of pigs must, to produce
good results, be largely heterogeneous
or muscle forming.
Give the chickens plenty of mother,
that is, do not give the care of too many
chickens to one hen.
Every farmer should remember that
pigs cannot digest properly sour milk
or sour feed of any kind.
Excitable horses can generally be
quieted by smoothing the head and
rubbing down over the eyes.
Much of the distemper which pre-
walls in spring months might be pre-
vented by little judicious care.
Milk in boiling always forms pc
culiar acid, so pinch of soda should
be added when beginning to cook.
Usually the hog with coarse,
straight hair will not fatten near SO
rapidly as the one with fine, soft hair.
Good breed is excellent in itself,
but to give good profits it should be
combined with good feed and good
care.
Make haste very slowly in driving
cows to and from pasture. A slow
walk and short road is the correct
thing.
Alfalfa will make hens lay almost as
we'll as will meat, and it can be fed to
them four or five times a day with
profit.
The early habits of the colt will
cling to it through life, hence the i'm
portance of teaching it from the be-
ginning to travel at brisk walk.
If from any reason it is necessary to
keep the pigs confined during the
summer see that arrangements are
made for supplying them with green
feed.
A fast horse that is sound and hand
some is worth good deal more money
than he would be without these quail
ties, and will command much reader
market.
When a horse is sold three things
are sold-feed, care and skill. The first
two every farmer furnishes, but skill
is never possessed by the Indifferent
breeder.
From this time on the ducks should
be penned at night in order to secure
the eggs, as, if we'll sheltered, they
will commence laying now at almost
any time.
Cracker dust is an excellent feed fol-
chickens. 1t should be used with equal
parts of cornmeal and cracked corn,
the whole being mixed with warm, but
not hot, water.
Horseshoeing is as much of a science
as any of the learned professions that
require not only adaptability, but
close study on the part of the success
full practitioner.
Large-combed fowls are the better
layers. Attempts at decreasing the
size of the comb have hitherto result
ed in a deterioration in the laying
power of the birds.
Recent experiments show that the
action of farm yard manure on strong
soils is not nearly SO valuable as ita
action on light soils. and that the
farmer may largely dispense with it.
Carrots are an excellent feed in con-
neetion with oats for horses, and e
ration of half carrots and half oats will
keep horses in better condition than
will the grain alone. It is surprising
that they are not more largely grown.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
LYNCHED IN COURT,
Disguised With the Proceedings
Against Two Murderers.

Ed. Hill and George F, Parker. murderers,
were taken from the Jail at Colfax, Wash,
and hanged from the balcony of the Court
House.
Hill killed Langford Summers at Garfield
nearly two years ago. and after a trial which
cost the county nearly $50, 900 he was found
guilty of assault ana sentencedto two years.
His case was pending on appeal.
Parker was being tried for the murder of
A. B. Cooper, at Pullman, last October. and
the jury sitting in his case watched the
lynching from a room in the Court House.
The mob aWoke Jailer Newcomber and
on plea that they had prisoner to look up,
got in the jail They took his keys, put ropes
around the necks OF the murderers led them
TO the second story of the Courthouse and,
without any parley, dropped them off the
balcony Parker's arm caught in the rope
anG was jerked almost from its socket. Hills
neck was broken.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
Unknown Dead in a Great CITY,

Albert II. White, keeper of the
morgue in New York City, testified in
a murder trial the other day that no.
600 bodies have passed through his
hands since he has been the keeper.
He added that he knew many cases
where mistakes had been made as to
identity of dead bodies, and cited the
case of woman who claimed body
as that of her husband and had the
body buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Scientific American.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
PLANT HKKTs AS COW FEED.

Sugar beets are worth more to feed
TO COWS for milk and butter than the
prices which the sugar-beet factories
offer for them for making sugar. So
it is not necessary that a farmer
should be located near beet-root
sugar factory in order to make beet
growing pay. If he has the right kind
of COWS he can make more money
feeding beets to them than he can sell
them for in any other way. The same
is true of most of the grain products
of the farm. Boston Cultivator.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
A DiminutiYe Breed of Cattle

The Dexter Kerry is a diminutive
breed of cattle, but they are very we'll
in their way, and not merely toys. A
COW standing thirtynine inches high
and owned by the Earl of Roseberry
gave sixteen quarts OF milk in one day,
which yielded fifteen per cent. Of
cream. For one month she gave fifteen
quarts of milk per day. For city and
village residents who wish to keep a
COW the Dexter Kerry has much to
commend it.-American Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
THE pEn11cnE OF THE BUTTER a1oBU1E.


The claim made in communication
from DR.. Hopkins, of Vermont, that
he was opposed to the alleged existence
of any pellicle on the butter globules
as long ago as 1860, is cheerfully
recognized. This opposition has long
been common among physicians and
psychologists, who know Of milk as a
simple emulsion, while those who
have favored it have been persons who
based belief on a very common mis-
take made by inexperienced micro
scopists, who ignored the effects of the
refrsction of light from glistening OBJ
jects, thus viewed, and in this way
imagined the supposed pellicle. DR..
Hoskins claims that when he made the
discovery there was no such thing in
1860, when he published the fact. But
hard work has been done since then to
change the prevalent popular belief to
the contrary.-New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-15
VIOLENCE AT M'KEESPORT,
The Workmen Driven Out by a Crowd
of 5000 Strikers.

The expected trouble at tho National Tube
Works, McKeesport, Penn. has occurred. A
crowd OF 5OoO strikers broke down the en-.
trance to the mill yard and drove the $40
workmen employed in the various de-
Partments out OF the plant. As
the men were driven out of the
works they were surrounded by another
crowd of strikers on the outside, beaten
with clubs and chase through the central
part OF the city. Several welders crossed the
Monongahela River, pursued by the strikers.
One OF the men was caught and severely
stabbed by his pursuers. His condition was
considered critical.