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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
Creatures That Tumble Upward.

1t is only reasonable to suppose
that the ability to sustain this enor
nous pressure can only DO acquired
by animals after generations of grad
ual migrations from shallow waters.
Those forms that are brought up by
the dredge from tho depths of the
ocean are usually killed and distorted
by the enormous and rapid dlmlnu-
ton of pressure in their journey to
the surface, and it is extremely prob
able that shallow water forms would
be similarly killed and crushed out of
shape were they suddenly plunged
into very deep water. The fish that
live ut these enormous depths are, i'll
consequence of the enormous pres
sure, liable to n curious form of acct
dent. If, in chasing their prey or for
any other reason, they rise to con
siderable distance above the floor of
the ocean, the gases of their swim
ming bladder become considerably cX-
banded and their specific gravity very
greatly reduced. Up to a certain limit
the muscles of their bodies can cOun-
teract the tendency to float upward
and enable the fish to regain its
proper sphere of life at the bottom !;
but beyond that limit the muscles are
not strong enough to drive the body
downward, and the fish, becoming
more and more distended as it goes,
is gradually killed on its long and in
voluntary journey to the surface of
the sea. The deep-sea fish, then, are
10 Il hot oil
mails i'll this world are subject to
namely, that of tumbling upward.
That such accidents do occasionally
occur is evidenced by the fact that
some fish, which are now known to be
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

at all seasons of the year. IN winter
there can be given them cabbages,
chopped onions, or turnlps, occasion
ally varying this diet with short late
dried hay. Poultry also relish corn
stalk leaves, if chopped fine. In the
early spring time, when the ground
first softens from the frost, grain and
other seeds should be thrown into the
pens, and unless they are kept in the
open, they should have a plentiful
supply of it daily. EOr young chick
ems, nothing is SO beneficial and SO
gateful as a run upon newly-grown
grass. Grass torn up by the roots IS
eaten by hens, it is true, but not with
that advantage or relish as when they
can pluck it standing. Some poultry
keepers sprout oats in boxes of earth
and allow their birds to eat off the soft
shoots. Rutabagas and carrots are
excellent winter feeds, and about the
cheapest to be obtained. It may be
that the fowls will not take to them in
a raw state; if SO, the roots may be
cooked, mashed, and mixed with bran
and meal. Next to plentiful supply
of green food, ventilation is the most
important item to be considered IN
keeping fowls healthy. More fowls
have persisted for the want OF perfect
ventilation than from any other cause.
One of the best and simplest plans to
let pure air into the poultry house is
to have hole in the floor about six
inches wide and several feet long, and
covered over with wire netting, which
is left open in summer and kept COW
cred mp in winter. With CORE
spending opening at the top, this will
admit the fresh air from the bottom,
and also allow all heavy gases to es-
cape. 1t is the most perfect system
that can be devised for admitting pure
air to poultry houses, and it is, at the
same time, the cheapest and most
easily arranged. Sunlight, pure air,
and green food make poultry profit
able, but lack of them brings disease
and consequent loss. American Agri-
culturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Trotters have too much energy for
farm work.
Horses differ in intelligence almost
as much as men do.
Drive the colt the first time with a
fast walking horse.
After choosing a place for the bee
stands do not change it.
A little drive every day aids the
development of young horses.
Don't neglect to replace the roll of
salt in each stall as soon as it is gone.
Italians produce larger number of
bees than blacks, and SO, indirectly,
more honey.
The French. stuff their fowls with
fresh butter before roasting them, and
haste them continually.
Fertilizers should be applied broad,
cast around the trees and not in imme.
date contact with them.
To leave the bees a reasonable supply
of honey for the winter is better than
attempting to feed them.
Mat ng for the best results in vigor
and fertility requires careful study
and practical observation.
The goose-raising English and Irish
counties are those with very thick
pastures with short grass.
Ducks should never be yarded with
other poultry, as they will pollute the
water and cause sickness.
If young pigs are allowed to run
with fattening hogs they will lay on
too much fat to grow we'll.
Feed and shelter the cows we'll this.
winter and you will be surprised at the
increased amount of butter.
The color of the shell is no indica-
ton of the quality of the egg, but
simply shows the breed of fowl.
Experience counts for good deal
in managing poultry. It is on the
little details that success depends.
Sell from the young stock, and do
not sacrifice fowls and turkeys which
have proved satisfactory, unless very
old.
Give the fowls all the skim milk
and buttermilk you Can spare. They
will return it to you in the form of
eggs.
Rolling or hilly land is the best stu
alton for the poultry house. Sandy
and gravelly soils are also to be pre-.
ferred.
The more familiar man becomes
with his orchard and other trees the
more quickly will he observe their
wants.
Cocks should not be kept in the pen
with the layers, as an egg producing
diet will fatten them and run them as
breeders.
The Dorking is the most popular
fowl in England. There are three
varieties colored, the silver gray
and the white.
The moth miller is much to be
dreaded enemy of the bees, but if the
stock is kept strong they will not
allow it to deposit its eggs on the
comb.
1t pays to keep the best stock of
bees, as well as other good stock on
the farm, and by careful selection
great Improvement is possible.
1t doesn't pay to keep a COW for the
chance of calf alone. Corn and grass
are milk producers. Butter and cheese
factories are the order of the day now
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
A Tigress SHARES a Dog.

During Captain Whites travels in
Cochin China tho then Viceroy gave
him q magnificent tigress five feet
long and three feet high.
On reaching Saigon, where he found
dogs dirt cheap, he used to give his
pet one of these animals every day
The dog was thrown alive into her
cage. She would play with it awhile
as a cat plays with a mouse, then her
eyes would begin to glisten and her
tail TO CULVER; she seized her prey by
the neck and IN q minute or two it
was all up with poor "bow-wow.
One day, however, a puppy, seem
ingly in no way different from the
common herd of puppies, instead of
tamely submitting to his fate, showed
fight. 1t snapped at the tigress's nose
and bit it till the blood came. The
tigress, far from resenting the attack,
seemed to treat it as a joke, and when
the spirited little dog grew tired of the
fun the tigress patted it as if it had
been a cub of her own. Then the two
lay down and had a comfortable nap.
Thenceforth they were the best of
friends, and to humor this queer
friendship Captain White had a small
hole cut in the tigress's cage, that the
puppy might go and come rs it
pleased. 1t often took trot abroad,
but it always returned to its dog de
vouring friend.
To test the extent of the tigress's
affection a strange dog was offered to
it one day at dinner time, and was
then hastily snatched from it's hungry
jaws and the puppy friend thrown
into the cage. But friendship tri-
umphed over the pangs of hunger
and not on this occasion only, but
whenever the Captains crew thought
fit to repeat the experiment. st.
Louis Republic.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
,RK has 1900 Socialists.

DENMARK mas II OOCIttlSISs
SILK is growing in twenty States.
THE rebel bands in Sicily comprises 5000
women.
The summary court-martial is meeting
with favor i'll my circles.
DUNN's REVIEW OF TRADE reports con.
.inued industrial improvement.
GOLD nugget weighing 1856 ounces has
been found near Leadville, Col.
FIVE towns have Deen annexed to Louis.
Vile. Ky. adding 10000 to the population.
GREAT BRITAIN is now talking of the peace
full disarmament of all Europe instead of a
war.
MAYOR ADlIR, of Marshall Texas. fur
nished a hotel breakfast for 100 hungry
men.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad will have an
exhibit at the Antwerp (Belgium) Exposi-
ton.
II is shown by statistics in New York as
evidence of hard times that marriages are
less frequent.
MAYOR SCH1EREN. of Brooklyn, is taking
trio trolley car system.
THE Prussian budget shows a deficit oil
Sit $50. 900, which is SO. 100, 600 larger than
the preceding years deficit.
The hop crop of Germany is less than half
its usual amount. The deficiency is estf
mated at 81 ,O0O, O0G pounds.
NEARLY all the Hebrew leaders of Europe
have united on a definite policy regarding
the colonization of Palestine.
CoLAwAsH Indians, of Washington. have
asked Government permission to burn ons
Of their medicine men at the stake.
THE Farmers Alliances Convention at Chi
cago wants all agricultural associations to
u1ite under the name OF the Farmers
Union.
THE present cotton crop still keeps up the
record of being the most deceptive yield as
10 probable size that the So1th has yet had
to deal with.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
The Young Orator Sqnelched.

Senator Voorhees, often entertains
his friends with "reminiscences of his
early law practice, says the Household,
when lie was struggling laboriously to
make a reputation and to get on in the
world. He was employed at one time
IN the defense of a murderer. It was
a desperate case. The evidence of the
crime was direct and positive. His
clients reputation was bad, and there
seemed to be no exteHuating circum-
stances. The young lawyers only
available resource was oratOry IN sum-
ming up the case. He threw himself
into his work with characteristic ardOr.
The Kentucky court room audience
was profoundly affected by his elo-
quence. The jury i'll the box were
overcome with emotion, and sew RAJ
members of the panel were vii in
their eyes suspiciously when the orato;
took his seat
The prosecuting attorney WAS an old
man, gruff in manner, and with shrill,
piping voice. He had listened to the
appeal of young Voorhees, without a
sign of sensibiIity. He had not, how
ever, overlooked the effect which had
been produced upon the susceptible
jury. He rose slowly from his seat
and took pinch of snuff with great
deliberation. He looked at the bench
and then glanced sharply in the direc-
ton of the jury. Then he remarked
with strong nasal twang:
Gentlemen of the jury, you might
as we'll understand from the very be-
ginning that l am not boring for
water!"
There was an instant's pause, and
then the audience was convulsed with
merriment. A single dry sentence from
the shrewd old prosecutor autficed to
Overwhelm with ridicule the eloquent
pleadlngs of his ambitious opponent,
who had no case, yet had nearly sue
ceeded by his eloquence and pathos in
securing the acquittal of the prisoner.
Then, taking a second pinch of snuff,
and paying no further attention to the
argument for the defense, the prose
cutor summed up the evidence in a
plain, business-like way, and compelled
the jury, by sheer force of reason and
common sense, to convict the muir
derer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
A Triumph OF Mechanical Ingenuity

A triumph of mechanical ingenuity,
unsurpassed in its line, is recorded at
the celebrated tin works, Swansea,
Wales. The iron from which the sheet
was rolled was worked in tinery with
charcoal and the usual blast afterward
taken to the hammer to be formed in
to regular fiat bottom, thence con
veyed to the balling furnace, and
when sufficiently heated taken up to
the rolls, heightened, and cut by
shears into proper lengths, piled up,
and transferred to the balling furnace
again. When heated it was passed
through the rolls, back again into the
balling furnace, and when duly
brought to the proper pitch taken to
the rolls and made into a thorough
good bar subsequently, at the tin
mills, it was rolled till 1t was supposed
to be thinner than twenty-three grains,
afterward passed through the cold rolls
to insure the necessary polish, the re.
suit being the thinnest sheet of iron
ever rolled that is, the sheet WAS ten
by five and one-half inches, or fifty
five inches in surface, of only twenty
grains weight, which, being brought to
the standard of eight by five and one
half inches, or fOrty-four surface
inches, Is but sixteen grains, or thirty
per cent. less than previous attempts,
at least 1900 being required to make
one inch in thickness. York
Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in 50c and 81 bottles, but it ia man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well Informed, you will not
accept any substitute u offered
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
HOW To FEED MEAL TO A COW.

The best way to feed meal to a COW
is to cut hay and wet it only as much
as to make the meal adhere to it, and
mix this with it, adding a small hand
full Of salt with each feed. The meal
is then more completely digested than
if it were given by itself, in which
case it is apt to pass on to the third
stomach and miss the rumination,
which is necessary to the perfect di-
gestion of a cows food. Five pounds
of cut hay and three quarts of corn
meal will make full single feed for
cow giving ten or twelve quarts of
milk day. 1t is not desirable to try
to feed COW for milk and fat both, as
the food is then apt to be diverted to
fat only, and the milk may decrease
in any but a specially gifted butter
or milk animal. Some COWS will shrink
in milk as soon as they are fed dry
meal or shorts, and turn the food to
flesh and fat. Such a COW is not profit
able in a dairy. The best milk and
butter COW is one that is not easily
fattened. but turns the food to these
mostdesired products, and keeps thin
as long as she is milking New York
Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
Signs of Eighteen Ninety-four

The old saying: "a green Christmas
makes a fat graveyard is often verified, and
it further says, that the year will bring forth
much sickness, wherein pains and aches,
rheumatic complaints, soreness of joints and
limbs will abound. In the olden times there
were few preventives for pain, few cures for
complaints. 1t is not so now. Even old
Santa Claus has learned thing or two. In
many Christmas stocking was found bot
tie of st. Jacobs Oil. tho best known, surest
remedy for all such troubles. All years have
their prOphesies, and no year is without its
record of surprising cures wrought by this
wonderful medicine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
HOTBED MAKING,

The work of selecting the place for
the hotbed and cOld-frames for start
ing early seeds should not be post
poned any longer. It takes some time
to make the beds and fill them with
the right soil. The farmer who does
not make use of frames for starting
his garden vegetables ought not be
classed among progressive farmers.
The seasons are too short for us to wait
until spring before sowing our seeds.
By the time the ground is ready for
sowing our garden plants are several
inches high, and by transplanting them
from the frames to the open ground
we save month or more. In this
way raising two good crops in one sea-
son on one piece of ground Is made
easy. The early plants are also the
ones that bring the most money, and
those raised In the frames always bring
in more returns to the farmer than the
ones sown in the open ground during
April and May. Many prefer the
plants grown in frames first to those
planted later in the field, as they have
stronger roots and stalks, making it
possible for them to resist dry weather.
The hotbeds should be constructed
right away, for there are some slow
terminating seeds that ought to be put
n the ground very early. 1t takes
time to gather and mix the right soil
for the beds, and there will be many
days when the ground will be frozen
too hard to dig any soil for the beds.
New York Independent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
SMALL FRUITS

Now 1t is time to apply manure to
blackberries, currants, raspberries and
other small fruits. It should be scat
tered broadcast at the roots of these
plants, which should run over cOnsid-
cradle territory. Autumn and winter
are the most favorable seasons for
spreading the manure, since the rains
and SHOWS of winter can distribute the
fertility through every portion of the
SOIL much more cheaply and effectively
than man can with the best of tools
for the purpose. With the so-called
hardy varieties of fruits winter pro-
lection, even in quite northern lati-
tudes, does not appear very general,
and yet, without doubt, this is the
true plan.
If cultivators could but see how
their crops are oftentimes diminished
by severe winters, even when plants
are not killed outright by the changes
CT temperature, protection would
more regularly be given. 1t is quite
simple thing to cover the roots of
plants several inches deep with leaves
or hay just after the ground has begun
to freeze, and thus prevent the alter
nate freezing and thawing which prove
SO injurious. In addition, raspberry
vines should be bent down and Gov
cred partially at least. Winter winds
harm the canes to considerable ex-
tent.
Opportunity is offered to establish
new plantations until the ground
freezes and puts an end to such opera
tions. In transplanting remove fully
onehalf the canes and set out we'll in
mellowed soil; cover with deep mulch
and protect the entire plants as we'll as
possible. If spring work will not be
too pressing the plant may be secured
now and "heeled i'm to be in readi-
ness for setting early next spring.
Really spring is better season for
transplanting than fall. -Prairie
Farmer
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
STUDENTS KILLED.
The Fatal End of a Sleigh Ride at
Fall River.

Hc dCdI Emu Oh a Sle1Sh fC1uc
Fall River.
sleighing party made up of twenty Eight
members of the sophomore class of the g.
NJ. c. Durfee High School,. Fail River, Mass
returned from a two hours ride. was run
down by train within half a mile of home
at the Brownell street grade crossing of
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, and three of them killed
The accident occurred at AS O'Clock
p. m. When the pole horses of the
sleigh reached the track tho Boston train
hove in sight around bend. 1t was rush
ing along at speed OF twenty-five miles
an hour. Timothy Connolly the cross
ing tender. saw the train simultaneously
with the driver. The latter jerked the rens
and succeeded III getting the horses and all
but two feet of the sleigh out of danger. The
sleigh was an old-fashioned affair, the seats
running lenSthwise, the rear end hav-
ing lumber-cart tailboard. Everett
B. Durfee, teacher in the
school and in charge of the
party, was sitting on a camp stool at the end
and on one side of him was Brooks Borden,
sixteen years old, son OF Colonel Spencer
Borden, and on the other Ray Thornton.
seventeen years old, son of Charles D. Thorn
ton. Orson Swift, the seventeen-year- old
son of NJ. NJ. B. Swift, was sitting in the lap
of Henry Hawkins.
When the party saw the rushing train the
members became terror-stricken. Borden
and Thornton jumped over the taIboard and
were struck by the locomotive. Swift was
preparing to jump when he, too, was struck.
Borden was hurled forty feet and was killed
instantly. Ray Thornton was dragged along
under the wheels 100 yards, his head and right
hand being severed from his body. Swift was
hurled twenty feet, and was breathing. but
unconscious, when picked up. He was taken
home in an ambulance, but died soon after
b. NJ I'M
Clark Chase. Jr.. when they saw the train,
and they escaped with slight bruises, the
train passing between them and the sleigh.
Had all of the party remained in the
sleigh they might have escaped with in
iuries more or less severe. The rear end OF
the sleigh was damaged only slightly. The
three boys killed were taYorites in the
school.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

It is estimated that Of the - ,OoO,
900 pounds of butter annually I'm.
ported into Great Britain, between
one-fourth aud unc-half - largely
adultcratcd with olcomargcrlnr. In
addition to this adultcrntcd butter
about 800, 600, 600 pounds of margar-
inc are openly imported, besides what
is made in GrCut Britain.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09
TO ESTIMATE HEIGHT.

To estimate the height colt will
grow to: Take colt at any time be-
tween six weeks and one year, put him
on level surface so that he will stand
naturally, then measure the distance
from the hair of the hoof to his knee
joint, and for every inch or fraction
thereof he measures he will be hands
high when matured. If he measures
fifteen inches, he will be fifteen hands
high; if 154 inches, be will be 49,
hands high, and SO on. New York
World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

In 1881 English ships brought to the
bone factories of England 10000 skel-
etons of Turkish and Russian soldiers
who had persisted in the Crimean War
They were to be utilized as tertiIizipg
material, after being ground to pow
der in the mills
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

true dcep-sea forms, were discovered
dead and floating ON the surface of the
ocean long before our modern lnvrstl-
cations were commenced Popular
Science Monthly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

Syrup

I simply state that. I am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in position to judge. l have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
have given it to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. J. H.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Mofat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. @
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

THE Spanish Government has instructed
General Martinez-Campos, the Commander
at Melilla, to demand from the Sultan OF
Morocco an indemnity of $5, 900, 900 and
assent to a neutral zone 500 metres broad
around the Spanish frontier at Melila, in
addition ia the demands already published.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

Brittle finger nails are n source Of
much trouble, and to avoid hrcakngo
they should be kept quite short, and
at night occasionally dipped III sweet
oil and wiped without washing.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-09

The Chinese Government has settled for
tie murder of the two Chinese missionaries
OF Sung Pu. Some of the Chinese are 20 be
put to death, others degraded, and an il
demnity of $40, 900 is to be paid to the fam
lies OF the missionaries.