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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
IRELAND has 107.774 paupers.
NEW YORK has 1928 policemen.

4hELAND Ldo 4ot.f16 puupCLSs
NEW YORK has 1928 policemen.
LONDON has population of 5, $4,000.
PARIS has sixty-nine Anarchists in Gus
tody.
MEXICO is arranging to receive 200, 900
Chinese.
BRAZIL will erect q monument to President
James Monroe
EIGHrY-THREE MILLION bushels of wheat
are now In the United States.
SEVERAL members of the new French Cab
met are avoWedly hostile to England.
A SMALL yellow drought worm is destroy
ing the corn shoots around Webster City,
Iowa.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
profits for 1893 were $179, 497. 10 less than in
1892
THERE are over $50, 900 bicycles ridden in
this country every day during the summer
months.
MONEY in Europe Is very cheap, and tho
Bank of Englands holdings are larger than
ever before.
JAMES MURRAY, a convict in the prison at
Chester, Ill, com mitted suicide by eating q
bar of I've soap.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs have voted to make
the order universal. Heretofore it has been
confined to America.
THE gold stock OF the United States June
L, dccOrulnG 10 inc Ol0claI treasury eStl-
mate, was 1906, 900, 900.
WHEAT is about sixteen cents lower at
Chicago than it was a year ago, and about
seven cents lover at New York.
IT is estirI, led that the late washouts In
Pennsylvania caused loss to the railroads
in that State amounting to 81, 100000.
IT seems that in the city of Washington
there are 1000 coiored children OF a suitable
age for whom there are no school accommo-
Gations.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, England, has ac-
cepted the challenge of Yale for an athletic
contest in July, providing a representative
team can be formed.
A RA1NMAKER employed by a railway CON-
pany is said to have precipitated a copious
downpour over a part of Southern Nebraska
and Northern Kansas.
SUEz CANAL stockholders voted, 1899 to
487. to pension the De Lesseps family, and by
about the same ma ority reelected two of
the Counts sons directors.
SUCH is the glut of asparagus this season
in New York City that On some days 1t sells
as low as seyenty-f1ve and eighty cents q
dozen punches TO Gamers
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
Roll Your Umbrella.

eff half the citizens of the world, !"
said young woman who works on
umbrella covers, ''only knew such n
simple thing as how to roll up an
umbrella, most of the umbrellas
brought to dealers to be mended would
never have needed repairs.
1.-The right way to roll your UNI
brella is to take hold of the ends of
the ribs and the stick with the same
hand and hold them tightly enough
to prevent their being twisted while
the covering is being twirled around
with the other hand. Then your UNI
brella will be as nicely closed AS
when you bought it, and the only
wear and tear will be on the cloth.
cit is twisting the ribs out of shape
around the stick and fastening them
there that spoils most of the UNI
brellas. Never hold the umbrella by
the handle alone when you roll it up
and you will find it will last longer
and cost less for repairs. "-Phlla-
delphia Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
FOOD THAT DRIES THE MILK.

A good cow will not be hurt in her
milking by any of the ordinary foods
in use, if given in moderation. But
there are COWS that will rather turn
their food into fat than into milk, and
such COWS may be dried by overfeed-
ing such strong food as cornmeal or
other grain. Bran will not be apt to
dry a COW under any circumstances,
and thus it is a safer food than meal
for such COWS as are too apt to fatten
when well fed. Every owner of COWS
should carefully test each one to dis
cover her character in this direction,
for it is very true that large proper
ton of COWS do not pay for their feed
ing, and OF course such COWS are not
profitable. More COWS of this inferior
kind for milk and butter will be found
among the shorthorns and other breeds
commonly fed for beef, than among
the special dairy breeds, as the Ayr
shire. the Jersey and the Holstein. -
New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

CONGRESSMAN DANIELS of New York, was
cObbler for ten years.
The Emperor of Germany Is exceedingly
partial to horseback riding.
PRINCE ALBERT, the Emperor of Germany s
third son, is to become sailor.
Ex-PREsIDENT HARR1soN's cottage at Cape
May, n. j.. is advertised for sale.
A STATUE of Marshal de MacMahon. thirty
feet high, is to be erected at Autun, France.
PATRICK WALSH, the new Senator from
Georgia, Is the busiest letter writer in that
body.
KING OSCAR. OF Sweden, was in his young
Europe.
SECRETARY HoKE SMITH delivered the
commencement address at the University of
North Carolina.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. P. HA1NEs, of the
Cunard Line has crossed the ocean 600 times
and has never lost a life.
CAPTAIN NATHAN PETERS, the oldest Free
Mason in the United States. died few days
ago at Amesbury, Mass, aged eighty-one
years.
J. L. MoLLoY, the song writer, is an Eng
fish barrister, who divides his time between
his profession and music, which he con-
siders recreation.
R. J. GATLING, of Hartford, (Conn.) the
inventor of the gun of that name, is seventy
four years of age, with snow white hair and
a clean shaver face.
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL, now Lord Russell,
is said to be the prospective successor of
Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of Eng
land. The salary is $4,000.
BELvA LOCKWOOD, the woman lawyer of
Washington. is sixty-three years old. She
began teaching school at the age Of fourteen
and was married four years later.
GENERAL PLEAsoNToN, who, many years
ago. was widely known as ''Blue Glass
Pleasooton, has lived very quietly for the
last sixteen years at a Washington hotel.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN has scrap books
covering the history of the United States for
the past thtrty-eight years. He has been
keeping his letters since he was fifteen, and
everything of val1e has been save1.
RUDOLPH HERTzoG, the "a. T. Stewart Of
Berlin" died in Carlsbad a few days ago,
seventy-nine years old. His store was known
far and wide in Germany, and made him one of
the wealthiest men Of the capital. although
he had begun with almost nothing.
ONLY three of the former United States
Senators from Massachusetts are now living
Robert c. Winthrop, who served in 1850
81 George c. Boutwell,, who served from
1878 TO 1877 ; and Henry L. Dawes whose
term of service extended from 1875 to 1898.
ALBERT GR1MALD1. Prince of Monaco, got
s., 900 as his last years share Of tho
plohts oi the notorious gambtng establish
ment in his domtnions, not to speak of his
dividends on the gambling company's stock,
which, Notwithstanding it was ''bad year."
exceeded forty per cent.
PRINCE BISMARCK, according to the book
recently published by Hans Blum, "The Cor
man Empire at the Time OF Bismarck" Is
not wealthy man in the American sense
The mortgage on bis estates requires him
to pay about $4,000 every year. The
income from his FREDERICKSBURG property he's
been much as $50, 900 a year, but it has
averaged only about half that sum. His en-
tire income is not far from 100000.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
THE REPORT OF THE AGRI-
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

The Drouth in Many Parts of the
Country Has Affected the Grow
ing Grain-The Wheat Estimates
The Peach Crop Said to BE %
Commercial Failure.
The report OF June OF the Agricultural
Oanartment makes the acreage OF winter
wheat sown. compared with that which was
harvested last year, 80 Per cent, being de-
crease OF Que point. There is an increase OF
acreage as compared with 1898 in only ten
States. the principal part OF which was made
in Kansas and Illinois The percentages OF
winter wheat acreage ofthe principal states
are Ohio, 93: Michigan. SIS; Indiana. II
Illinois, 1872: Kansas, 126, ami California,
103. The percentage OF spring wheat area
for the whole country is S7.S per cent. be-
ing reduction from last years average OF
1915 points. The percentages OF spring wheat
area of the principal States are: Minnesota
ST Nebraska, 81 South Dlkota, IS North
Dakota. 80.
The average percentage OF acreage for
both snring and winter wheat for the whole
country is 95. 3, making total area In round
numbers of 80, 600, 900 acres. The condition
of winter wheat has improved since last re-
port little less than two points, peinS 90 90 :
Der cent against STA on May /. Tho
percentages of the principal States are
as follows Ohio, sc Michigan, SO Indiana,
90; Illinois. "a Missouri, 50; Kansas, 81
California, 50. The con tition OF spring
wheat presents an average for the entire
country OF 80 per cent, and for the principal
spring wheat States as follows: Wisconsin,
90 Minnesota, 90; Iowa, 80; Nebraska, Al ,
South Dakota, 10; North Dakota, "a WASH
ington, 80 Oregon, IS.
The preliminary report places the acreage
of oats at nearly one point less than last
year. The general average for the Whole
country is 991. The returns show the con
dition to be 81 against $50 last June. The
preliminary returns OF acreage make the
breadth devoted to barley 9S.5 per cent. OF
that OF last year. The average condition,
June l. was 82.2, against $50 on the
same date last year, and 92.1 in 1892 Inc
acreage in rye is 95.3 per cent. of that OF
last year Average condition, June l, 93 z.
A very decided increase in the acreage OF
rice is shown by June returns. The breadth
seeded in 1894 is but 1874 per cent. of last
V ar's acreage. The average condition ls
81.
The peach crop, commercially considered,
is practically a failure The condition Of APP
pies is rather better than that of peaches.
Conditions are high in Northern districts,
but relate principally to blooms. No fruit
is expecte ed in the Piedmont and Ohio Val
lev districts. and little in the Missouri belt.
Prospects are brighter in the mountain ami
Pacific States The area of clover decreased
3.8 per cent. below that ofiast year. Condi-
tion reported at 878 The general average
of spring pasture is 90, against 97.7 last
month.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

One rooster to every ten hens is
about right.
A horse that is small eater does
not generally amount to much.
Duck eggs, when Matching, require
less moisture than do the eggs of
hens.
The value of breed is based upon
the earning power of its representa-
tives.
One great advantage of artificial
Matching is the freedom of vermin on
chicks.
Hard-shelled eggs produce the most
vigorous chicks. Those from soft
shells are apt to be weakly.
If strong chicks are desired, see to
it that the eggs are from healthy stock
that has not been overfed.
Who can name a farm crop that has
been less affected by the constant
downward tendency IN prices than the
potato?
Resolve now, if you have not before,
to spray your fruit trees next season.
Spraying is the salvation of the fruit
grower.
Calls are quickly healed by apply
ing tannin, keeping saddle on collar
away from the gall, meantime by the
use of pads.
The pig is now one of the most val
liable allies of the dairyman. and will
probably remain SO for an indefinite
time to come.
Horses whose shoulders and backs
are often washed in strong brine are
seldom troubled with sores when ploW-
ing and planting.
There is more profit in raising
geese than chickens, and it is surpris-
ing that progressive farmers do not go
in for them more.
Indications go to show that many
farmers are going to raise onions this
year who have never before grown
them to any extent.
Breeders will increase their chances
of obtaining early speed by breeding
their mares to stations who have
shown early speed themselves and
have produced early speed.
A flock of sheep at this season will
keep down the weeds and grass on O
small plot, and will also distribute
their droppings evenly over the field.
Sheep are considered renovators of
worn out land.
Colts are generally fed too much
hay and not enough other things.
They should be given more bran, oats,
roots, oil cake, linseed meal, ensilage,
clover hay and pasture in field of
green wheat or rye.
No manure is necessary around
young trees the first year. They will
have more and better roots the second
year, and will then make faster
growth, while manure that is applied
the first year will lessen the induce
ment to increase the root capacity.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
The Language of Ants.

It has long been believed that ants
have means of communicating with
each other, and Lubbock and Landois
gathered from their researches on the
subject that the insects do so by means
of sounds, too high i'll pitch to affect
the human ear. Janet, French nat
uralist has recently shown that certain
ants make stimulating noises analog-
GUS to those of crickets, produced prob
ably by the rubbing together of some
of the many rugose or rough surfaces
to be found on their bodies. These
noises, too slight to be heard when
made by only one insect, may be de-
tected by imprisoning lot of ants be-
tween two pieces of glass in a space
surrounded by ring of putty. On
holding this to the ear, one may hear,
by listening attentively, q gentle muir
muir lkened by NJ. Janet to that made
by liquid boiling slightly in closed
vessel, varied now and then by dis
tinct stimulating sounds. These
sounds are heard only when the ants
are disturbed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
NO BANK FAILURES.
Comptroller Eckels Talks of the
Money and Business Situation.

Comptroller Eckels Talks of the
Money and Business Situation.
James H. Eckels, Comptroller of the Cur
fency, in response to inquiries as to the
present condition of finances, said: 'The
condition of the banks of the country pre-
sents striking contrast to that which ex-
passed without failure occurring. Now o
under conditions that are wholly specific and
their doors since October. The money
starvation which was everywhere met with
has not only disappeared, but every bank is
glutted with idle money, which under pres
ent conditions cannot be employed.
"The increase in deposit of money has
been notably greater in the large cities than
In the smaller places. In looking over the
reports from the banks, 1t Is noticeable that
In the South and West the reserve is quite as
high as in the East and that all are beyon
a point ever before known. It must be evil
dent to every one that the present standstill
in business cannot continue long when the
tariff question is settled. OF very necessity
there must be business revival and it will
be rapid and substantial.
sit is a great source of cOn9ratulation
that the apprehension that was upon the
people when the Sherman law was operative
does not now affect them since its repeal
and though the gold reserve is at point far
lower, no one is alarmed and no one fears a
return Of the conditions of June ami July
last"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
SrITAN NF MOROCCO.


| few days ago, while journeying between
| Marakesh and Rabat. Everything is quiet
| for the moment, but the latest ad-
| vices say that an uprising is ex-
| pected throughout the country as re-
| suit Of the death OF the sultan. NO details
| as to the cause OF death can be procured, but
| many sensational rumOrs are in circulation,
| and it is openly limited that the Sultan was
murdered. One report says that the Sultan
| died suddenly at Tadia, between Morocco
and Casa Blanca, and that his son. Abdul
| Aziz, was shortly afterward proclaimed Sui
| tan bv the army and by the Ministers who
| ACCOMPANIED the late Sultan on his
| tourney. The latest dispatches from Moroc-
| co say that Muley Hassan died OF malignant
! fever His successor, Mulai Abdul, is six
teen wears old. He is the son OF the old Sui
| fans fayorite wife, a Circassian woman.
| The old Sultan's famous one-eyed son, the
first born of his numerous children, Is al
| ready regarded as a pretender, and 1t is
| feared that he will take advantage of the
first opportunity to incite the people to rise
| in his behalf.
| Muley Hassan the late Sultan of Morocco,
| was born In 1881. and succeeded to the throne
| September 25, 1873. His sudden death is
Iikely to aggravate the friction that has long
| existed between the barbaric nation and Eu-
| ropean powers. The latest entanglement
was that in which Spain became involved
with Muley Hassan's subjects, the Riff tribes.
| This resulted in an expedition and sharp
| fighting, and finally Muley agreed to punish
| the Riffians and pay an indemnity. He hadn t
| paid this at the time of his sudden taking off,
The power of the Sultan OF Morocco was Of
an indefinite character among the distant
| tribesmen, and the result had been numer-
Gus disputes with foreign powers. In 1886
he refused to continue the European com
mercial treaties. The policy of the country
adopted on this occasion was generally OBJ
served by other nations. In 1889 Muley sent
Il special mission to European nations, That
year he issued a proclamation, forbiddin8
assaults on Christians. Muley Hassan
was a handsome man of the Orien-
tai type His court was noted for
its spIendor and luxury. Aside from
the romantic interest OF his nation, his
country had additional interest from the
anxiety OF European nations to take part
in its ACKNOWLEDGMENT when the times were
rinn therefor.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
Flowers Affect the Singers Throat.

In one of the Partisan journals long
discussion has been going on with re-
gard to the effect, injurious or other
wise, that flowers have upon a singers
throat. The consensus of opinion
among the opera singers seems to be
that certain flowers, notably tuberoses
and mimosa, are particularly danger
GUS.
Nine. Christine Nilsson, in her let
ter on this subject, mentions the case
of 8 celebrated woman singer with
whom she was appearing IN concert
some years ago. AS they stood in the
wings waiting for the first number on
the programme to be announced, a
friend sent huge wreath to the singer,
which was made of tuberoses. The
singer buried her nose in the flowers
for moment, and three minutes later
when she went upon the stage to sing
she found that she could not raise a
note. The vocal chord had been tenn
porarily paralyzed. A doctor was
called, the flowers were thrown out of
a window and the singer, after her
throat had been treated, was able to
sing later in the evening. Mile. EN-
ma Calve in this article also upholds
Nine. Missions opinion.
"The only flowers that ever admit
into my living apartments, writes
Calve, ARE roses and viOlets. The
tuberose is my particular adherence,
not alone because it suggests death,
bat on account of its injurious effect
on the voice. Upon entering room
where lilies are l always have an ir-
resistible desire to throw the windows
open. They always irritate my throat.
In my mind there is no doubt about
all flowers being injurious to the
throat except roses. Personally l can
also exempt the violet, but other sing
ers have told me that it had an in
furious effect upc, their vocal chords ="
New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
DEATH IN CLOUDBURSTS,
Whole Village in British Columbia
Swept Away.

Swept Away.
The village OF Kaslo, In British Columbia,
was swept almost entirely away by cloud
burst and windstorm. The wharf and stores
were carried into the lake AMI several per-
sons are missing There was great land
slide In the vicinity Of Ashcroft. A trait of
100 acres was carried into the river.
Stories of death and devastation from the
upper river come in to Vancouver. An eve
witness says: "We passed herds of half
starved cattle tied on RATS. Then two
houses tied with strips to swaying RATS
glided swiftly by, the families being at the
doors. Next a large scowload of putrid
carcasses of animals swirled by. That lot OF
cattle had starved to death. "
The Pitt meadow prairies were fifty feet
deep in water. A more serious interruption
to railway traffic than previously reported is
due to cloudburst in the vicinity OF
Lytton. The burst swept the railroad
for nine miles, from the sawmil flats
to Lyttop, where the approaches to
tAe Government Suspension Bridge, on
the old Cariboo road, were carried away.
The waters also swept away the iron bridge
at Ashcroft and the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road bridge near Spencer station. The water
tore down the mountain gorge with incredt-
BILE velocity and sent tho river leapins over
its banks.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
Your MAnnnNed SiCn.v

"Wkat," asks an exchange, SIS your
annoyed sign'?" Most people have It
seems, some characteristic gesture t.
express that the limit of liberation is
approaching. The Prince OF Wales
when annoyed winks his left eve
rapidly, the Emperor of Austria puts
out his cheeks, the Gar lays his hand
fiat on the top of his head, Mr.. Glad
stone turns swiftly on his heels, Ms If
executing a vote face, and the Sultan
of Turkey grasps his throat tightly
with his hand New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
THE PLATE WINS.
Value of the Harvey Process Proved
at Indian Head

Without notice. Captain Sampson, Chief OF
the Naval Ordnance Bureau, slipped quietly
ont of Washington to the Indian Head prov
ing ground, and fired two shots from the
tweve-inch rife at the seventeen-inch Beth
lehem armor plate, against the testing OF
which. under standard con 1itiOns, the com
pany had vainly protested.
The result was the complete triumph OF
the plate, and the demonstration of the
value and practicaoility OF the Harvey pro-
cess applied to plates of this thickness.
battle ship Massachusetts. 1t measured
eight by twelve feet, and weighed thirty
tons
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-22
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

Path DAY.-The agricultural schedule of
the Tariff bill was discussed. -Mr Hoar
spoke In favor Of the Government re-
lfnuuIshing its claim against the SANFORD es-
tate.
125rH DAY-The Hoar resolution as TO re-
Hnauishing the Government claims against
the Stanford estate was. after discussion,
laid on the table-yeas, "a nays. 10. - The
Tariff bill was then taken up. Eight para
graphs of the agricultural schedule were
disposed OF.
l26TR DAY.-The conference report on the
bill authorizing the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey Railroad Company to construct a
bridge across the Delaware River was agreed
to-The Senate passed bill dividing rail-
way postal clerks into seven classes,
with salaries ranging from $500 to
SIS0C Mr.. Walsh introduced a
bill TO establish in Washington per-
manent exposition Of the products and re-
sources of tine several States and Territories.
Mr.. Hoar introduced bill to release
the Stanford estate from the Governments
claim.-The Senate disposed OF the agrt-
cultural schedule Of the Tariff bill.
127TH DAY.-Three schedules, filling eight
cen pages of the Tariff bill and relating TO
spirits and wines. cotton manufactures anu
fax. hemp and iute, were disposed Of The
fve-mjnute rule was in operation. The
cotton schedule, covering ten pages, was
disposed of In thirty minutes
128TH DAY.-Little progress was made on
the Tariff bill. the day being chiefly occupied
VITA five-minute speeches.
18TH DAY.-Mr. Sherman and several
others made attacks on the wool schedule OF
the Tariff bill.
The House.
Hath DAY-The day was devoted to con-
stderation of the Indian Appropriation bill,
the discussion being over the rider to re-
move the supply warehouse from New York
to Chicago. No action was taken
145TH DAY.-The Indian Appropriation
bill was considered in Committee of the
Whole.
146rH DAY.-The House spent three hours
In consideration of the Indian Appropriation
bill under the flve-minute rule, and passed
over seven pages in that time.
Hath DAY.-The day was devoted to the
consideration of District OF Columbia busi-
ness.
14STH DAY.-The Indian Appropriation
bill was further considered. The Indian
Commission was practically legslated out of
office by a refusal to make an appropriation
for it.
149rH DAY.-The House spent the day in
discussing the Indian Appropriation bill.