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

A story from Astoria says that James
Anderson, keeper of the Fort Candy
lighthouse came to town. He brought
with him, carefully wrapped, a small
piece of dirty stick and an insignifi-
cant branch of seaweed, but both the
stick and seaweed were thickly pow
dered with pure gold.
The weed, or '1rish moss blanc
mango" as all the old settlers of Clat-
sop know it, grows between the kelp
and the rocks in the vicinity of Fort
Candy, and is q common article of
food. After being bIeached and mixed
with boiling water it makes blanc
mango indistinguishable from the real
corn starch.
Mr. Anderson picked a quantity of
it last spring and bleached it through
out the summer in shallow wooden
boxes The ether day, when cutting
the boxes up for kindling wood, he
noticed that they contained large num-
bers of scattered grains of gold, and
on some of the pieces of seaweed he
also found traces of the precious metal
Tracing the course of this strange dis
covery to its source, it appears that I'D
the spring, when the swell around the
lighthouse is not very strong, the black
sand that abounds in that locality had
been washed over the kelp continV-
ously, leaving these geld deposits be-
hind on the scawecd.
Mr. Anderson says that he has found
gold mine, but under the present
conditions it is absolutely impossible
to abstract the gold from the black
sand, as no reducing apparatus has yet
been discovered that will do it. 1t has
been known that there is gold in all
sand on the lower Columbia, but up to
the present, though trials have been
repeatedly made, no known process is
keen enough to sever the metal.-Ore-
gOn Statesman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Strain the milk before the cream be
gins to rise.
Medium sized hogs now bring the
largest prices.
The milk is largely affected by the
physical condition of the COW.
It requires about twenty-five pounds
of milk to make pound of butter.
There is a scarcity of beet sugar
seed in Europe owing to the drought.
The number of sheep killed by dogs
every year is said to exceed 700, 900.
To make dairying a success, a dairy
man must be a worker and business
man.
Experienced butter makers say that
too much washing spells the flavor of
butter.
The great food crops of the world
are wheat, corn, oats, rye, rice and
potatoes.
There is a good market for trotters
now, but only at prices consistent with
the facts in the case.
Colts in training, if we'll cared for,
grow better and keep in better health
than when running at large.
1t is established that horse whose
individuality is strong enough to
create family type will also fix the
color with great uniformity.
First class fancy animals, suitable
for driving and carriage horses, sound
and well broken, are reported as
scarce and bring good prices.
Prices running well into the thou
sauds are no longer given for road
horses unless the speed and other quail
ties are of an exceptional character.
Many trotting horses, owing either
to natural defects of temperament, to
bad training or to imperfect prepare
ton, are exceedingly difficult to con-
troll.
The winter is the time to build the
intended silo, as it can be done with
less interference in other work. Have
the silo ready and complete for crop
of corn next season. A silo soon pays
for itself
Sloppy food is not advisable as
continued diet for pigs. Give change
occasionally. The hogs are very par
tiaI to whole corn, fed dry, and will
eat it from the trough, either shelled
or on the cob.
Currant and gooseberry cuttings
should be about five or six inches long,
and planted two-thirds their length in
open ground. They will root more
quickly if cut week or two before
using and packed in damp moss. 1t
is well to keep them partially shaded.
The Sharpless strawberry has been
tested over large part of the coun-
try and does we'll in almost every To-
cality, but in spite of its excellent
record it sometimes fails. The Jessie
is fine berry when it succeeds, but it
should be tested we'll before planting
extensively.
Turnips are easily kept by pitting,
if not put in too thick. Make the pits
long and abont three and q half feet
high. Cover with straw and about
six inches of earth Ventilators should
be placed about every ten feet. The
pit is best made in sheltered place,
where the snow will not be blown off.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
Physiological Effect of Music.

The results of numerous expert
ments made with scientific care by a
Russian physician, to determine what,
if any, are the physiological effects
produced by music, are thus summar-
lied: An influence on the circulation
of blood is noticed, the pressure some
times rising and sometimes falling,
though the action of musical tones and
pipes, both on animals and men, ex-
presses itself, for the most part, by in
creased frequency OF the beats of the
heart; the variations in the circuIa.
ton consequent upon musical sounds
coincide with changes in the breath
ing, though they may also be observed
quite independently OF it; the vsria-
tions in the bloo1 pressure are de-
pendent on the pitch and loudness OF
the sound and on tone color: in these
variations of the blood pressure, also,
the peculiaritles OF the individuals.
whether men or lower animals, ere
plainly apparent, and even Nationality,
III the case of man, is claimed L. ex-
hibit some effect. New York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
NOTES ON WHEAT.

From field experiments carried on
at the Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, Purdue University, Indiana, re-
ported in Bulletin Is, extending over
ten years, it appears that none of the
varieties of wheat tried have any ten
dency to deteriorate or run out, pro-
vided proper care is exercised. No
wheat proved to be ''rust-proof," but
early wheats were generally less in
jured by rust than later kinds Eight
pecks of seed per acre gave the best
returns at the station, the average
yield for nine years being 30.35 bushels
per acre. The best results came from
sowings made not later than Septem-
Der 20. The value of crop rotation in
maintaining yields of grain has been
strongly emphasized, for n compari-
son of rotating crops with constant
grain cropping for seven years showed
an average gain of ST bushels per
acre in favor of the former. Another
important result obtained was that
wheat may be harvested at any time
from the dough stage to the dead-ripe
condition, without appreciably affect
ing the weight or yield of the grain.
A comparison of the forms of nitrogen
as fertilizers for wheat indicated that
sulphate of ammonia is better than
nitrate of soda or dried blood
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
Legal Recipe for Treating a Burglar.

The story of great man and very
learned Judge is related by an earwit-
ness to the following effect: Justice
Willes was asked. eff / look into my
drawing-room and see burglar pack
ing up the clock, and he cannot see
me, what ought to do?"
He replied, as nearly as may be:
''Mv advice to you, which l give as n
man, as a lawyer and as an English
judge is rs follows: In the supposed
circumstances, that is what you have
a right to do, and l am by no means
sure that it is not your duty to do 1t.
Take double-barreled gun, carefully
load both barrels, and then, without
attracting the burglars attention, aim
steadily at his heart and shoot him
dead. "-Saturday Review.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
REQUISITES FOR A HORSE STABLE.

A horse stable should have thorough
drainage first, then a solid, non-ab-
sorbent floor; next, the stalls should
be roomy, and the feeding troughs
should be made SO that food cannot be
wasted. The best floor is one made of
cement concrete, of one part of cement,
two of sand, and five of coarse gravel,
laid three inches thick, and when we'll
dried and hard, saturated with hot gas
tar This makes the floor water and
vermin proof, and very durable, with
sufficient elasticity to prevent injury
to the feet of the animals. The stalls
should be six feet wide, the floor slop-
ing one inch to shallow gutter in the
rear, from which the liquid mass may
flow away into drain. The feeding
trough should have q deep grain box,
if grain is fed, or if cut feed is used,
the whole trough may be the full
length of the width of the stall. A few
bars fastened across the top of the
feed box will be useful to prevent the
horse from throwing out the feed, as
some will do. If long hay is fed, this
should be given in a rack above the
feed trough, but on account of the
great waste in feeding long hay and
whole grain, the hay should be cut
and the grain, finely ground, be mixed
with it. This avoids the loss by waste,
which is often one-half of the food.
1t is desirable to have a drain from
the stable to a manure pit at a dis
lance, where the liquid may be alb
sOrbed by the coarse litter. The
width of horse stable should be not
less than twelve feet, to afford space to
move about in easily. The loose
boxes, made nine feet sqnare, are the
most desirable for safety and con-
venience, and these may open into a
passage five feet wide. A feeding pas
sage should be made in front of the
stalls.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

James's, conducted brief private service at
Mr. ChiIds's late home. Long before noon
the streets near the church were thronged
with persons eager to gain admission. Inc
auditorium has a seating capacity OF ABOUT
one thousand, and the greater portion OF the
space was reserved for the family, the imme-
date friends, 800 employees of the Public
Ledger and the various delegations.
The services were conducted by Bishop
Potter Bishop Scarborough, of New Jersey
Bishop OH ". Whitaker, of Pennsylvania ;
the Rev. DR.. Blanchard, and the Rev. DR..
William b. Bodine, rector Of the Church OF
tho Saviour The funeral procession was
met at the church entrance 10y the Bishops
and clergy and I supplied choir. The pail
bearers who followed the bier were j. Pier
pont Morgan. John B. Mclean. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Chauncey NJ. Depew, General
Horace Porter. Judge Edward Patterson,
Colonel Frederick D. Grant. the Hon. John
General Felix Agnus, Charles B. Mayer,
L. p. Wilbur, DR.. James Mac
Alister, Frank Thomson, Judge Henry
Green, Judge Craig Riddle, Frederick Fra
ley, Henry \. Paul, John Lowber Welsh,
Ferdinand J. DreeT, George c. Thomas,
William NJ. Singsrly, L. Clarke Davis, Rich
ard C. Dale, Clement A. Griscom, William
Y. Mexican, Eugene Delano, Isaac H. Clio.
thier. Charles Z. Warburton, Joseph NJ. Will
son, Richard II. Cadwalader. Joseph G.. Ro-
sengarten. the Hon. John Russell Young,
Colonel NJ. Richard Muckle and Colonel
William Wayne.
The eulogy was delivered by Bishop Pot
ter. Bishop Whitaker closed the church SER
vices by offering pathetic prayer and pro-
nOuncing the benedictiOn. The cOrtege then
proceeded to Woodland Cemetery. where in
terment was made in the Drexel mausoieum.
The Irief services at the grave were con-
Quoted by Bishops Potter and Whitaker and
he RtdncbnFI lntoFm6nt was
announced TO be private, but over 1000 per
sons went 10 the cemetery.
The interment of Mr.. Cbilds's remains be-
side the body of his most intimate friend,
Anthony J. Drexel, was a fitting finale to the
lives of both men. Mrs. Childs has not de-
cided, however that this shall be the final
resting place for her husband.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
CARROT CRUZ,

An English gardener reports that he
effectually destroyed the carrot grub,
after it had become SO abundant as to
cause the tops of carrots to wilt, by
watering them with liquid made by
putting bushel of lime and bushel
of SCOT into 100 gallons of water. This
was we'll stirred up and allowed to
stand over night, then the next morn
ing the clear water was used freely in
the common rose nozzled waterproof.
New York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
Grass and Glover seed.

The largest grower of Grass and Glover Seed
IN the world is Salzer. La Crosse, Wis. Over
so hardy varieties with lowest prices!
Special low freight to New York Pa and the
East.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT with
lac postage to the John a. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will receive eleven packages
grass and clover sorts and his mammoth farm
seed catalogue: full of good things for the far
mer the gardener ard the citizen A
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
QUEEN ISABELLA,
Her Statue Unveiled at California!
Winter Fair.

Miss Harriet Hosmer's statue of Queen
Isabella was unveiled in the Fine Arts build
ing in the Mid winter Exposition, San Fran
cisco. Cal, with interesting exercises, which
were under the direction of the Women's
Congress Auxiliary. A number of addresses
were made by members of the Auxiliary
and Miss Hosmer read letter from Pope
Leo XIII, conplimenting her on her work.
The unwilling attracted many visitors, and
the statue was much admired.
large crowd found its way through the
turnstiles Of the Exposition during the sven
ing. being drawn by the announcement that
the grounds and buildings would be spe-
cially Illuminated. The grand court was a
blaze OF light, and the ILLUMINATION was,
without doubt, the grandest spectacle ever
seen on the coast.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Some writer very aptly likens the nerves to
electric wires, and the general working of
their system to that Of electric cars. A man
who "slps his trolley like Mr.. jeremiah
Eney, 1912 w. Lombard ST., Baltimore, Md,
will need something better than even a gal
vanic battery to set him all right Mr.. Eney
found that something in the following way.
81 suffered" he says, ga long time with
neuralgia il the head gave st. Jacobs Oil
"A fair trial and am entirely cured" In this
way the great remedy acts as mOtorman to
restore broken wires, and set the system to
perfect notion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

32D DAY.-The entire session was devoted
TO the discussion of the bond question. an l
an adj ournment was finally taken without
any action on the resolution.
SD DAY.-Mr. Villas defended Secretary
Carlisle's purpose to use the money received
from the sale of bonds for current expenses.
The Wilson bill was received from the
House and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
341H DAY-Mr Hale introduced a resolu-
ton calling for tariff hearings before the
Finance Committee. --Messrs. Chandler
and Frye spoke against the repeal of the
Federal Election laws.
18th DAY.-Messrs. Hawley. Frye, Daniels
and Harris took part in the debate on the
Federal Election Laws Repeal bill ; the vote
on the measure was postponed. Tile
Finance Committee decided to give no tariff
hearings.
18th DAY.-The bill repeating the Fed
eral Election laws was passed by vote of 80
to %.
The House.
41sT DAY.-Debate On the Tariff bill was
closed by Messrs. Reed. Crisp and Wilson.
and the bill was passed by vote of 204 to
140.
minority resolutions concerning Hawaii was
begun by Messrs. McCreary and Hit.
ADD DAY.-The debate on the Hawaiian
resolution was continued by Messrs. Raynor
Money, Hit, Blair and Draper.
AID DAY.-The debate on the Hawaiian
resolution was continued. Messrs. Boutelle,
Johnson. Van yoorhis, Oates and Wheeler
being among the speakers.
44TH DAY.-Debate on the McCreary
Hawaiian resolution was finished the Blair
amendment and the Hit substitute were
voted down. but no vote could be obtained
on the resolution itself because of the lack Of
quorum.
45TH DAY.--Mr McCreary's Hawaiian reso-
lutions, approving President Cleveland's
policy, were passed by a vote of 1T to IS.
-Anti-silver men flibustered successfully
against the Bland bill and the House ordered
the arrest o. absentees Mr. Hatch intro
duced his new bill to regulate and tax deal
ing in options and futures.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

George W Childs, proprietor of the Pub
lie Ledger, died at one minute after 8
o'clock, a. m, at the southeast corner of
Twenty-second and Walnut streets, Phila-
delphia, Penn. from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis sustained by him on January 18.
There were present at his bedside George
c. Thomas and James ". Paul. of the firm
of Drexel & Co., Mr.. and Mrs. John Drexel
Miss Peterson. niece of Mrs. Childs, and
Stanley, companion to Mrs. Childs, and Col
onel Edward De V. Morrell. The Drexels
own one-half of the Ledger property. In
future the Ledger will be managed by A. J.
Drexeps youngest son, George W. Childs
Drexel
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

In England the blind form .O8 per
cent. of the population, in Scotland
OF per cent, and in Ireland II per
cent. or, in England and Wales one
person in every 1886 is blind, in Scot
land one in every 1439 and in Ireland
one in SS1
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
ABSOLUTELY PURE
wellington's Charger Was a Chestnut.

The celebrated charger ridden by
the Duke of Wellington Mt Waterloo
was chestnut, but 1t figured in Sir
Edwin Landseer's picture rs a gray.
The reason for the inconEruity has
lust been disclosed. 1t seems that
Lady Charles Wellesley, who Mt ono
time owned the picture, had strong
feminine fancy for gray horses, md
EMPLOYED IN artist to change the chest
nut to her favorite gray And this IL
why the popular cngravinEs OF tho
horse and ducal rider display gray
steed. New York Recorder.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
OCEANS OF SEEDS.

Every Congressman Gets Thousands
More Bags Than Ever Before.
More than hundred temporary employees
are now at work in the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington engaged in the distribu-
ton of seeds to various parts OF the country.
There were about 8, 000, 900 small paper bags
of seeds to be distributed this season, and
two-thirds of this amount has already been
disposed of. An average OF 100 two-bushe,
bags is sent out daily, and at this rate it Ia
expected that the work will continue for two
months, though it is not usually completed
before July l. Each Congressman il receiv-
ing 5000 more paper bags of seeds this year
than at any previous year,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
The WaAe raj.

The funeral of George W. Childs, which
was held In Philadelphia, was attended by
thousands Of persons representing all classes
and conditions of life. Previous to the ser
vices in st. James's Protestant Episcopal
Church. which began at o'clock, Bishop
Henry c. Potter, OF New York. and the Rev.
Dr.. joseph II. Blanchard, rector of ST.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
An Important Difference.

To make it apparent to thousands, who think
themselves ill, that they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is TO bring comfort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
800 Reward. 800,

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
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stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catecrh being q con:
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Send for list of testimonials. Address
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Next to the Bible, Moody and San
keys Hymns have hal larger clrcu-
lation than any other work IN twcuty-
five wears.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Illinois leads the States in the pro
duction of hay per acre, the figures
being one and ouc-half tons.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Down to the Norman conquest the
Britons had Giving money ard ''deed
money" the former being slaves and
cattle, the latter metal
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

Police Magistrate Clark, of Boise
Idaho, fines street "mashers" S4S 1
piece.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
Electric Wires,

England has won eighty-two per
cent. of the wars she has engaged IN.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16

AS A SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE REMEDY for
Throat Affections, "BrOtr7l'S Bronchial T1OChGs'
stand first in public favor. They are absolutely
unrivalled for the alienation of all Throat If
ritations caused by Colds or use of the voice.
Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup will cure
that cough surprisingly quick. % cents.
Beecham's Pills with a drink of water morn
ings. BeeCham's-nO others. % cents a box.
If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-16
~ Sold by Druggists, 15C.
A beautiful souvenir spoon
AS A SIMPLE YET EFEEcrIvE REMEDY

Will be sent with every bottle of Dr. H0rsie'j
Certain Group Cure. Ordered by mail, post
paid. 80 cts. Address, HOxsie, Buffalo, Y. Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20

Jones, Mrs c L Jones and servant, n
Hancock, Miss NJ Johnson, Mrs NJ Barrie,
Rev DIT w Fl Carter, Miss NJ + z Phillips,
Mrs " r Phillips, Mrs W Baldwin and
infant, NJ Ptzil, A b Richardson, Charles
Curtis and wife, Miss n Curtis MissC Cur
It's, Miss + Code, Miss + Young, Phebe
Hopkins, colored, Miss r Grant, cOlored,
Miss c Maxwell, cOlored, Mrs J Reynolds,
colored, James Mosier, NJ Frierstein,
G T Belding, w o Oldham, Mrs J Squiar,
Miss l. Wilbur, Mrs r L Wilbur, Rev n
Hawley, Mrs W Day and infant, nurse
and servant, Miss A V Jones' Miss + Hud-
son, Miss W Wheeler, S r Hudson and
wife, A Haden, II S Kirkland, H II Pea
cock and wife, d d Fitzgerald, Mrs L
Wing d = Smith, A B Tibbetts, c. W Jones
and wife, A Ossinsky, 5 A Peterson, A 7
Peterson, S Hasten, William Hasten, o III
Gardner, n Wilbur, J T Dean, = j Hutch
ms, and nineteen steerage
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20

at the Counting House of Messrs. speirs,
Macleod & Co, where attendance
will be given at all times for the immedi-
ate and speedy discharge Of the duties of
said office.
"All persons concerned are requested TO
take notice and govern themselves ac-
cordingly. Ben Fishbourn,
Collector of the Port Of Savannah.
Savannah, May 18th, 1883"
Collector Beckwith is having the notice
framed, and it will hang on he walls Of
his of1ce--a reminder of one of his early
predecessors.
In his letter Mr. Renicl1 says the rec
Ords show that Flshbourn applied TO Pres
ident Washington when the new govern
ment was formed to be continued in office.
Washington's nomination for the place
whether it was Fishboun or not is not
knOwn-was not confirmed, and his ex-
cel1ency gave the Senate a sharp rebuke.
In those days Savannah did not boast of
the handsome granite customs building,
which is now one OF the city's proudest
structures, and the customs service did
not comprise the force that is now re-
quired to handle the figures and the detail
work of that branch of the government
service in one of the most important
cities of the coast The work was done
in small quarters and by a few men, prob
ably one or two being the maximum
number employed.