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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
The Chameleon Spider.

cit has always been a hobby OF
mine" said 7. L. Grimshaw, OF
Raleigh, N. c., ''to collect strange
bugs and insects during my travels,
and think have succeeded in get
ting together a pretty choice collee-
ton. OF the whole assortment think
the chameleon spider, which l got last
summer on the coast of Africa, is the
most valuable. The capture OF this
insect was highly interesting to ma
One afternoon, while traplping along
a dusty road, noticed In the bushes
which grew along the side what ap-
peared to be singula looking white
flower, with blue centre. Stopping
to examine it found, to my astonish-
ment, that 1t was not flower at all,
but spiders web, and that the sup
posed light blue heart of the flower
was the spider itself, lying in wait for
its prey. The notified brown legs of
the spider were extended III such a
way as to resemble the divisions be-
tween the petals of flower.
1.-THE web itself, very delicately
woven into rosette pattern, was
white, and the threads that suspended
it from the bushes were SO fine as to
be almost invisible. The whole thing
had the appearance of being suspend
ed in the air upon stem concealed
beneath. Upon knocking the spider
from bis perch into the white gauze
net which L carried, my surprise was
greatly increased by seeing my cap
tive instantly turn in color from blue
to white. shook the net, and again
the spider changed color, this time its
body becoming a dull greenish brown.
AS often as | would shake the net just
so often would the spider change its
color, and kept it up until it had as
sumed about every hue of the rain
bow. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
MISTAKES IN TREE SPRAYING.

Men often apply the same remedy
to oil sorts of diseases, and frequently
with disasterous results Thus the
superintendent of q California orchard
a capable and energetic man, but
not "book farmer" his trees
infested with red spiders. Knowing
that spray of salt, sulphur and lime
was good for some things, he believed
it good for all, and with his trees in
full leaf and tender foliage, he gave
them a thorough spraying with the
lime wash, with what result it is diff
cult to tell at this writing, but prob
ably he will kill the spiders, and not
improbably the trees also.
Much judgment should be used in
the application of all washes in the
orchard. The leaves are the lungs of
the tree, the breathing apparatus, and
whatever destroys them Injuries the
tree. Lime-the chief ingredient in
the lime, sulphur, and salt wash-of
course possesses highly caustic prop
critics. It Is this that gives it its eff
fective qualities, and it should be used
on deciduous trees only in the winter
when they are dormant. It then
reaches every part of the tree and
scalds the young scale insects, pre-
venting their growth and spread.
But when the trees are in leaf it can
not reach the pests so effectualiy,
while it will do very serious injury to
the trees.
The orchardist owes it to himself to
acquire at least some rudimentarv
knowledge of entomology in order to
cope successfully with his insect en-
emies, and at the same time not dam
age his trees or injure his insect friends.
His insect foes may be roughly divid-
ed into two classes, those that eat with
their jaws and those that suck with
bill. In dealing with the first class,
among which are caterpillars, slugs
and beetles, arsenical Preparations
Paris green and London purple--are
the most effective remedies. In fight
ing the suckers these are useless, for
the reason that this class of pests do
not eat from the surface but draw the
sap of the plant or tree from beneath
the surface where the surface does not
penetrate, and in dealing with them
another class of remedies must be
used. It is here that the lime, sui
phur and salt spray comes into good
use in the winter, when there is no
danger of burning the leaves or young
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
HELD UP A TRAIN.
Bold Robbers Get Away With Small
Sum M NInnnu

BOld Robbers Get Away With Small
Sum of Money.
The Southern Pacific eastbound express
was held up two miles east of Maricopa,
Arizona, by three men, two of whom were
masked.
They boarded the train as 1t was leaving
Maricopa, capturing the head brakeman He
was compelled to turn on the air brakes and
stop the train. The engineer and the head
brakeman. with pistols at their heads were
compelled to go back to the express car and
induce the messenger 20 open the G Dor.
One OF the bandits was then put in the
car, and he searched for valuables while the
others guarded each side of the train, The
train men were then marched away a short
distance and liberated, the robbers mounting
their horses and striking southwark. The
amount taken is not known, but it is sup
posed 10 be small.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
WATERING PLANTS,

A question l have been asked hun
dreds of times by lady customers, says
J. S. Taplin in American Gardening,
is, GLOW often shall [ water this
plant?" There is but one answer,
whenever it is dry" But by dry I
don't mean dust-dry and so baked
that the soil is cracking away from the
sides of the pot, but when the soil be-
gins to feel dry to the touch or when
on smartlY tapping the side of the
pot with the knuckles it rings from
the blow. BY taking a dry plant and
sounding it, and afterwards q wet one
you will at once appreciate the differ
encc in sound. Even when the plant
is wet on the surface, if dry in the
ball, the sound will betray the fact.
Many plants in pots which are stood
in jardiuieres get yellow and sick from
no apparent cause. An examination
has always shown the soil sour from
excess Of water at the roots, caused
by the water that had soaked through
the pot after watering and had been
left standing in the jardiniere, thus
preventing 8ration, and souring the
soil. The pot should always be lifted
out for watering and put back when
it has done soaking.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
FEDERAL PENSIONS.
How the Expenditure for the Past
Year Was Divided.

The report of the Third Auditor OF the
Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1894, shows the total disbursements at pen
sion agencies to have been S137, 636, 1871.
The amounts paid to pensioners under the
general laws were az follows, cents omitted ::
Tnvaltds, s58, 682, 119; widows, 513, 412, O21 ;
minors, $1,010,204; dependent relatives,
50, 681 1861. The amounts paid under the
act of June 81. 1890, were as follows :
Invalids, S43, 1856, 091; widows, 90, 1856, 1892
minors 5697,OO4 dependent relatives,
91,709,829; helpless children $SO65
To pensioners Of the War of1312 Survivors.
S5312; widows, S645,297. Under the Mexi
can War act, Survivors, 81, 1885, 7O7 widows.
5000, 345. Indian wars claims 1917, 1888 to
survivors, 1856. 652 to widows. Army nurses
received S65, 682; about $3.50, 900 was paid
to pension examining surgeons and the bal
ance was for expenses of pension agencies
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
LAST DAYS AT PASTURE.

It is difficult to maintain in vigcr-
ous growth a pasture turf. Close
cropping in the dry, hot weather has
something to do with this, as also has
The cropping which many pastures get
late in the fall, which does not allow
them opportunity to cover the roots
with an aftermath that would protect
these roots from the cold and sudden
changes of winter. But it is evident
that no small part of this difficulty III
maintaining a good turf on pasture
lands arises from the ill-treatment
many pastures receive from the too
early turning of stock abroad upon
them in spring before the ground
becomes well Standardization Agri-
culturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
HOW MUCH CLOVER TO AN ACRE.

Three bushels of clover seed per
acre may be considered an excellent
yield, and as the seed is always OBJ
aimed from the second growth of the
plants most farmers think the seed
crop is almost clear gain or profit.
Why the second growth OF clover in
summer yields most seed is question
aot settled Some think it due to the
presence of the common humble bee,
an insect supposed to aid in fertilizing
The flowers, but it may be to a less
rank growth of the plants or the cool
nights in the latter part of summer
New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
Ii HUNG CHANG REPLACED.
ACommittee of High Officials Named
to Conduct the War.

A dispatch from Shanghai, China, states
that ViceroyLi Hung Chang has received
important dispatches by pony express from
Pekin. His enemies sedulously encourage
the Dowager Empress in the belief that the
defeats OF the Chinese forces were due to
his Incompetence and corruption.
An imperial decree has been issued appoint
ing Prince Kung, the Emperor's uncle, the
President of the Tsung-li-Yamen and the
President of the Admiralty as special COM
mlttee to conduct the war operations.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
The Fortified Forests OF Arizona.

In one of the meetings of the Amer.
lean Forestry Association held in
Brooklyn lately Dr. Horace G. HOvey,
of Newburyport, Mass, showed by
specimens and by views the petrified
forests of Arizona This great tract
of aSatized wood, Mt least 5000 acres
extent, is near the stxtiLn, of COrrizo
and Adamannas on the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad, in Arizona, and re
sembles an immense logging camp
with huge trunks thrown about. The
largest are ten feet in diameter, many
of them severed AS evenly as though cut
up by a cross-cut saw, and the sections
vary from disks like cartwheels to logs
thirty and more feet long. Many of
the petrified logs have been broken
into glittcrinG fragments by action of
The weather and by Indians and tour
lists, and at every football the traveller
steps upon mosaic or carnelian,
agate, jasper, topaz, oGEX and anne
thyst. A pctritied trunk $50 feet long
spans a canon, and Is known as the
Agate Bridge. The name Chalcedony
Park has been given to the tract. Curl
obity hunters, LDahuihcturefS anu spec
ulators are rapidly destroying its
beauties, and recently company pro-
ceeded to pulverize the chips and logs,
the powder to he used in place Of en-
cry. Car loads OF the petrifed wood
are being shipped away for this use,
and DR.. Hovey advocates the saving
and protection OF these dead forests
in Il public reservation by the Gov
eminent. Scientific American.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
4 Russian ANNOYANCE,

THE most annoying thing in
Russia" says a recently returned
traveller, els the press-censorship.
You pick up a magazine or a news
paper in the reading room, and in the
midst of an interesting article you
will find few lines, a column or
whole page, BACKED out with mark
ing-brush BY no chance can you
read anything which the press-censor
thinks unfavorable to Russian poll
cies. Detroit Free Press.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
ENsILAGE FOR HORSES.

Sweet ensilage has been fed to horses
Without any i'll results, but if it is sour,
~ faulty curing, it is not safe food
or these animals. A small ration only
Ihould be given, and when it is fed, it
desirable to feed whole grain in
itead of ground feed. There is dan
yer of fermentation of the food in the
Itomach when meal is given with the
.nsilage. If fed at the beginning,
With caution, horses will get used to
it, after which it may be used as the
.egular food.-New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

NEWSY GLEANINGS.

TRoLLEYs so IN 500 American towns.
VAssAR COLLEGE is crowded this year.
JAPAN has started Red Cross Society,"
A CHINESE theatrical company is making a
tour OF France.
THERE were 2143 disInterments in Phila-
delphta last year.
FLORIDA will pat $500, 900 pineapples on
the market this year.
THE wheat crop of Kansas this year Is es-
ttmated Mt over 10, 900, 900 bushels.
New Panama Canal shares to the amount
of sc, 900, 00C were issued in Paris.
R1oH goll discoveries In the Yukon River
region, Alaska, have been reported.
THE bankrupt Chtckasaw treasury will!
compel the closing of the native schools.
BEADsTREEr's reports continued improve
mGnt in business in all sections Of the coun-
try.
The State Of Minnesota has su3d a lumber
company FOR the value of $500, 900 feet OF
logs.
The first crop OF raIsins In California this
season will be about one-dalf of that Of last
year.
GOVERNOR CRoUNsE, Of Nebraska, Will en-
deavor to provide relief for the drought
stricken districts.
IT is claimed that Adventures are destroy.
ing all the animals In Alaska by the tndis-
crlminGte use Of poison.
UNDER the name OF the Old Guard q new
political society has been formed In ireland
by old Fentans IN Invincibles.
ACCORDING to the latest information Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission there are
176, 461.07 miles Of railroad In the United
States.
TEAS will go up, it Is said. The high
grade of teas from China will likely rule
high If the war between China and japan
continues.
The town of Defiance, Ohio, is to have
what is known as "street fair" Twenty
thousand people will assemble In the streets
and the various exhibits of fowl, pumpkins,
horses and cattle will DO along the curb.
stone.
THE waning season of 1894 now challenges
comparison with previous years, and from
reports Of hotel men from various parts OF
the country it would seem that the summer
resort business Of 1891 has been better than
that Of 1898.
ACCORDING to a report. the Department of
Agricultural distributed :, 704 ,9i3 packages Of
seeds during the fiscal year en- ling June 30,
1898, at a total cost OF $50. 900. The seeds
distributed comprised 337 varieties. The
total weight of the seeds was about 275 TONS
The largest and most important Offering
OF silks at auction ever made took place in
New York City, few days ago. There were
cataloged about $500 pieces of domestic and
foreign goods. The total number of pieces
sold amounted to nearly 5000 with value of
$500, 900.
The War Department has issued an order
concentrating the army and doing away with
several posts This action WAS taken in view
of the necessity Of larger forces within reach
OF prominent places in the East, as instanced
in Chicago and previously in Pittsburg and
elsewhere
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

The reader of this paper viii be pleased TO
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has heCa aole to cure in all it s
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Cat8rTh being a cOnstitu-
tonal disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally,
acting directly On the blood AMI mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
tent strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
payers, that they offer One Hundred Do lars
for any case that it f. Is to cure. Send for list
OF test ;monials. Address
F. J. CHENEY Sc Co. Toledo, o.
ES-Sold by Druggists .5C
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

The most adventurous journey ever
made by a woman has just been COM
pleted by Mrs. Littledale, who, with
her husband, started from CONSTANT
nople and crossed Asia, coming out at
Shanghai.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
THE ANTWERP EXHIBITION.
King Leopold Distributes the Awards
The United States Get122.

The King of Belgium went to Antwerp to
preside over the ceremony Of the distrlbu-
ton of awards at the exhibition. After a
speech by the Minister OF Public Works, II.
de Bruyn, who stated that the exhibition
had proved vast success, the commissaries
general of the exhibition stated that the
number of awards obtained By each country
were as follows:
France stands at the head of the list with
2733 awards, including 159 grand prizes, 267
diplomas of honor and seventy-seven gold
medals. The United States receives 122
awards; Honduras, two; Germany, FOG ;
Great Britain, 1858 Belgium, 247O, including
10 grand prizes China, eight awards |;
Japan, TWENTY-FIVE, and number to the
Congo Free State.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

growth, and severe remedy can be
safely used. For summer use, how
ever, resin solutions and kerosene
emulsion, which can be used without
endangering the trees, are the proper
remedies. Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

A red sunset fortells dry weather
because it indicates that the air to-
ward the west, from which direction
rains may generally be expected, con-
tains little moisture.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to render it
promptly, but one should remember to use even
the most perfect remedies only when needed.
Tie best and most simple and gentle remedy is
the syrup of Figs manufactured by the Cali
forna Fig Syrup Co.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

Golden Medical DIS
covery, even after the disease has pro-
gressed so far as to induce repeated bleed
ings from the lungs, severe lingering cough
berCular matter), great loss of flesh and ex-
IRENE emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to US as cured by Golden Med
ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal diseasel You need not take
our word for it. They have, in nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whatever in mis-
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over this
fatal ma1ady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene-
fit, or had only seemed to benefit little for
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo-
phosphites had also been faithfully tried
in vain.
The photographs of large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 100
pages which will be mailed to you, on
receipt of address and six cents in
stamps. You can then write to those who
have been cured and profit by their e1-
perience.
Address for Book, WORLDS DIsPENSARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

PATRICK O'LEARY, the husband of Mrs
OLeary, whose COW kicked over the lamp
IN 1871, and made Chicago famous for the
largest hre on record, died suddenly, aged
seventy-ope.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

J. l.. Powell, of Goshen, Ind, who
has just died Mt the age of ninety
three, has been u Justice of the Peace
continuously for the past fifty years.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

lightning travels III Il zigzag course
because it passes through different
strata of the air, and being resisted in
its passage turns from side to side to
lind the easiest path.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

Missouri has 52S, 900 families; I'LL
nois, 778,O15; Kansas, 297, 359; Iowa,
38S,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

Governor ALTGELD presented to the Illi-
nos State Board of Equalization figures
sasing tnat tne Pullman Company escaped
or about one-third of its assets.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
BURIED BY A CAVE-IN,
Two Laborers Meet Horrible Death
in a sewer.

Three men were buried by the cave-in
at Rochester, N. Y, of a sewer lead
ing from the State Hospital through Good
man street. John Kick was rescued
after he had been three hours under the
earth. Ferdinand Ritz, foyty-four years OF
age, ard Charles Rowland, thirty wears of
age, were killed. Their bodies, under four
teen feet Of earth, were recovered. The ac-
cident was caused by removing blanks used
as braces before it was safe to do so.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
Highest of al in Leavenng Powe-Laest S. Report

There are said to be only four sur
vivors of Napoleon's Grand Army, tho
oldest of them being Jean Sabaticr.
who was born April Is, 1892. The
others are also more than 100 years
old.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

Karl's Glover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and ClearnesS to the complex
Fn and cures constipation. > cts. 81 Ct-.,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

DOUGLAS LUCE. the oldest person in Cham.
paiGn County, Ohio, died suddenly, agei
nlnety-nlne Years. He was born in Virginia,
and came to Urbana when a boy. He vas
Assistant CommisSary in Hulrs Army and
mad known many Indian chiefs, among them
1he famous TecUmseh.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

lfafflictcd with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Tharur-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at pc ror luiI'r
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

Mrs. Winsiow'S Soothing Syrup for children
tcething, sottens the gums, reduces intlamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. Pc. bottle
Don't Neglect a Cough. Take some Hale's
Honey of uOrehOund and Tar inStdnter
Pixies TOOthaChe Drops Cure in one minute.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

Is as cheap as il is sure. One hundred doses
for 80 cts. Cures the family colds for whole
year. No nau~ea.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12

DIR. Kilmer's SWAMP ROOT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory BinChamton. n. Y.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
THE MARKETS.
Late Wholesale Prices Of Country
Produce Quoted in New York.

40 MILK AND CREAM.
The market was fairly active tho past
week, the increased receipts of fluid milk
not affecting trade to any extent. The aver
age price received for the surplus at the
platforms was 9162 per can of 40 quarts.
The Exchange price still remains at 34c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
&1OO Reward. 500.

The wheat product of Texas this y
estimated to be 5000, 900 bushels.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
TAKE STEPS

hundreds of liv-
ing witnesses to
the fact that, in
all it's early,
stages, consunp-'
ton is a durable
dis a Sc. N OF
every case, but a
large perceHtGG
cases, and we be
fully 90 per Gem
cured by DR.. Pie
Golden Medical
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-26
8 HOr.iC.Nc:rc Ccat,i Sn-,l

The postal card & often very handy.
An English member Of parliament has
made suggestion to the effect that the
postal laws should permit the transmits
sion through the mails OF any card what
ever of tho regulation size bearing IN
adhesive lie Mt stamp. We are disposed
to back up this suggestion. ltsadopsion
would savo money 20 the postoffice de-
pGrtmcnt ard would be very convenient
at times to people who do not happen to
have postal cards at hand when needed.
1t would often be especially convenient
to people III the rural districts. We
do not know that it would he against
any law TO mail an ordinary white card
bearing !-cent stamp. We recently
heard Of n case il which 9 card Of this
kind, thus stamped, was mailed and de.
livered il this city. II the sender acted
urlawfu.ly. he has never heard Of il
New York Sun.