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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26
Quite Among the Miners.

JELLIco, Tenn. April "a Every
thing in the Jelico district was all
serene today. All the MINES are still
at standstill a4d no ~trlI is being
dine. The minets are quiet and no
trouble is expected from them. The,
coat operators in Sthir district think
the trouble viii not last longer than.
two weeks al most,as the miners are
diyiaedin opinion, asto the Suspension
rhe miners all seem IN the 80 4
spirits and cay they are cure u win
the fight, as they are well fixed for q.
long siege. Some coal is being ship
ped from the stock the mines had on,
hand before the suspension.
Owing to the SUSPENSION Of the cuail
mines in the Jellico district the East
Tennessee, Virginin and Georgia and
the Louisville Nashville railway
have naturally agreed 20 reduce forces
at Jellico, which is a joint station.
Taking effect at 6oclock tonight botls
the day and night crews are discOn-
tinued until the mines resume busF
ness. There will also bearedp tl'sn
Of 80 per cent. in the expenses Of ptls
office crew. which will be i fepneiAHt
OF seven men. Altogether thtre II D
reduction of seventeen men Or more
in the railroad service at Jeilico
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26

men in the river district and the $500
in the railroad district laid down their
picks, and alter receiving their wages
quietly left the mines Dispatches
from the Clearhed district report that
the 10000 men there also struck and
that the mines are generally closed
la the Phillipsburg region east Of the
mountains all Of the mines are idle.
The suspension ia the Clarified re-
gion will enforce idleness upon 400
trainmen on the Buffalo, Rochester
d Pittsburg railroad In the Connells.
vile region the men are still at work
but the leaders expect to have almest
the entire region of $4,000 men out
tomorrow. The leaders say there is
no longer doubt as to the attitude of
the men regarding the national strike.
They are largely in favor of it and
nearly threefourths of them are ex.
pected to lay down their tools. Dur
ing the past week the local leaders
have been working secretly among the
employees of every plant organizing
them for the strike, and these leaders
report that they find no opposition to
the movement.
The strike promises to be the great
est ia the history OF the country, tt
will involve, if great % anticipated,
nearly 100000 men and will stop
work in mines that produced upward
.oi 100 100000 tons OF coal last year in
twelve states and territories. These
miners received $53,S09,627 IN wages
in 1890, according to the eleventh CEN
sus of the I nited States. In that year
l39, $50 miners produced 1885, 09
tons Of coal, valued at 500, $780, 500.
Should the strike be effective to the
fullest extent anticipated, the effect
upon the business Of the country VIII
be intellectually injurious as the strike
will enforce the suspension OF many
trades dependent upon the coal in
dustry AMI may seriously affect the
operation OF the railroads Of the coun-
try in the states where the miners will
60 ont. The Miners will strike for the
restoration of the interstate wage
agreement, which was abandoned dur
ing the summer, first voluntarily by a
small number of miners in the Pitts
burg district, and thus forced reduc-
ton in every competitive district in
the United States.
1t is admitted by both sides that the
success or failure of the whole strike
depends on the outcome of the move
ment in the Pittsburg district. The
average price OF mining prevailing in
the Pittsburg district for the last six
months has been So cents per ton and
Of all other districts in the country in
proportion Many operators in this
district declare that it is impossible to
pay the wages asked by the miners
and say they are satisfied to permit
the miners to remain idle. But this
does not represent the sentiment O.
all the operators, many Of whom &C
knowledge that the wages demanded
could be paid II all would keep faitf
and not seek an advantage.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26
Can't Accept Concessions.

COLUMBUS, O., April 21.--With the
successful inauguration Of the great
miners strike comes probably the
chief difficulty that will beset the
managers in carrying it to q success
iul close. President Mcbride received
today many requests from local as.
semblies to be released from the order
to strike, because the employing
operators had agreed to pay the wages
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26
The Ohio Coal Fields.

me ONO Coal Fields.
COLUMBUS, o., April % Reports
today AZ the national headquarters Of
the miners nnion are to heeflect that
in the block coal fields OF Indiana,
where the men have . contract, they
will work two days a week until May
l, when thev will join in the suspen-
sion. Maryland, where nothing was
expected, has joined in the suspension.
On the New and Kanawha rivers there
is every indication Of general sus-
pension.
1t is an open secret in Columbus
that the operators of this region are
IN sympathy with the suspension and
nope the miners will win. The ope-
fators here desire to pay the scale pro-
posed by the miners, but are prevent
ed by certain operators in the Pitts
burg district, who have been paying
low wages.
Seven hundred men are out at New
straitsville These miners are among
the most conservative and intelligent
in the country.
A special from Trimble to the Dis
pdtco says all OF the miners in the
Sunday Greek valley are out. There
are about 1900 of them.
General good feeling exists between
operators aud miners in the coal fields
of Ohio. The dark passages OF IA and
'S4 will not be repeated this year. AT
New Straitsville, for example. the
men, while earning scarcely any moa-
/ ey during the past year, are in a very
good way to stand siege, as the MA
joEi'y ofthem are owners OF their own
homes. Several handred railroad
men on coal roads centerirg here will
be thrown out of employment.
All the mines Of Jackson county
/ shut down at ii a. m yesterday and
1000 men have joined the great strike
The miners have worked so little in
the last year that many of them have
no surplus and must suffer il the strike
continues for any length of time.
small number want to break away
from the United Mine Workers unior
and wish to organize local union fol
the county. The majority will no
hear to this, however, and will sticl
with the mine workers. The opera
tors are not fearful about the result, Al
they have coal now stored, and wheI
this is consumed all districts will pay
the scale and work will be resumed
The operatorsin Ohio stand ready Il
pap the scale forthwith provided Pitts
4 burg will fall into line Heretofore
one or more big operators who hat
mines in Ohio and Pennsylvania play
ed one against the other When tn,
Ohio miners struck, these operator
worked their Pittsburg mines and vic,
versa. This year with the Pittsburl
miners working a harmony with tn
Ohio miners, tt latter feel that tn
suspension can y t be Of great dura
ton Public sympathy here is wit
the miners regardless OF the vocation
fos men, for the reason that the Obi
operators want to pay the scale whei
J operators elsewhere consent and be
cause Of the further fact that III
miners cannot do well at so cents, bu
can at 70, and consumers who nee
coal are willing to pay the price a
that rate for mining.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26
win Coal Creek Strikeg

KNOXVILLE, April 22.-Itis rumored
here tonight that the 1000 miners in
the Coal Creek district will go out in
side of week, They are said to have
agreed to hold of few days in order
to see if the strike was general before
obeying the national order.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26

outcome of the strike. Its generally
admitted, however that the miners
will succeed il they can hold out a
month No disorder has yet been re-
ported in this district.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26
AZ Helen rood. Tenn.

HELENwooD, April % AL the or
gained miners in The coal region
south Of Somerset, KY, numbering
about 600 men, quit yesterday at L
o'clock, in sympathy with the gene
raj movement.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-26
8, GOD Plttsburg Dist. MIners strIke

P1rrsBURG, April 22.-The great
coal strike, so far as this district is
concerned at least, appears to be sue
cess. At noon yesterday the 5000
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
PARSNIPS.

It is said that the Jersey and Guern-
sey COWS in their native islands are
fed largely with parsnips, and whether
such food for many generations has
been an important element in form
ing their leading characteristics or
not, it is very evident that such food
is very consistent with the develop
ment of the butter-making COW and
it might be we'll for such Of our dairy
men as grow root crops instead of
ensilage to give more attention to this
vegetable. Parsnips can be grown
with less trouble than carrots, from
the fact that the plant is larger when
it first comes up, and is more readily
seen and distinguished from weeds.
After the first wedding there is no
more particular work to be done than
with any other hoed crop that is well
tended. The soil should be deeply
plowed and enriched and fitted as we'll
as for parsnip bed in garden, and
this can be done on half acre i'll the
field where a team can be used as
cas- ly as small patch can be pre-
pared by hand. Naturally moist soil
is no objection if it can be made dry
enough to put the seed in early, and
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04

when it cannot, the seeds are some
times sown in the fail, when the soil
is in good condIti On, as the plants are
perfectly hardy. Get good seed, and
do not SOW too thickly. The great
drawback with beginners in growing
root crops is their fear ofthinning ont
enough. 1t is one of the hardest
things for them to learn. When a man
has made up his mind that he will do
this, it is better to SOW by machinery
and thin out than to attempt to get
the proper amount of seed in tho
right place by hand. On rich soil tho
rows should be thirty inches apart,
and the plants not less than three
inches apart in the row, and at these
distances we have had the tops form a
dense mass all over the ground. There
are two strong points in favor of pars-
nips They can be left in the ground
all winter without injury, and if dug
and put in the cellar, where they
wither, they do not lose their taste rs
turnips and beets do. They seem to
retain all the sugar when the water
evaporates. People who have only
grown a few in crowded bed in the
garden have little idea how large n
parsnip will grow or how large a crop
can be grown per acre. Three inches
in diameter at the top and Il foot long
should be the average size, with good
cultivation. They are 5ood for any
animal that will eat them, and can be
made to take the place of potatoes to
great extent on the family table. -
Mirror and Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
ROLLING MEADOW LAND.

Rolling the meadow, and some
times the pasture land, as soon as the
frost leaves the ground III the spring,
is often done by practical farmers.
The action of frost often throws many
stones to the surface, and when the
ground becomes settled these impedi
ments are thus left in a position to
cause serious injury to the cutting APP
paratus of the moving machine. Up
on land liable to heave by action of
frost the surface soil is left uneven,
many tufts of timothy are nearly
thrown out of the soil, and these the
roller presses down smooth, not only
insuring better and more healthy
growth, but leveling the field for the
more economical gathering of the
crop. Fall sown wheat and rye fields
are often benefited by rolling, which
should be done the same day that the
field is seeded to clover, or soon after,
as the action of the roller, in crush
ing Jumps and mellowing the surface,
makes good seed bed and covers a
large proportion of the clover seed
American Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
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.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a 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 SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
SHEEP AND NATURE.

Among the many curious things
learned at the Worlds Fair was the
fact that the American Merino sheep
was destined to be subdivided into
types. This suspicion had previously
existed with those who had closely
observed the tendency to vary from
what was once supposed to be an es-
tablished and necessary standard. In
the past these tendencies were ac-
counted for by careless breeding and
not always complimentary to the line
of blood and veracity of the breeders.
Here at the Fair, side by side, were
exhibited the same sheep in blood, but
widely different in size, form and
covering Nature had asserted her
prerogatives i'll spite of register as
sociations, and changed the type of
the books to suit the environments.
The fittings were complete; the pas
turage of the various regions repre-
sented were exactly reflected in the
size, vigor and fleece qualities of the
sheep. This was we'll illustrate /, and
some curious reflections were in the
minds of all students OF sheep and the
influences of their environments. The
only observations heard from critical
experts we're, "What difference!"
The lessons carried away to be pom
dered over at times of greater leisure
will be prolific of good later on. The
sheep raisers have been copying other
folks in breeding and attempting to
conform nature to types, instead of
studying natures independence of
theories, standards, and types, and
turning this to their own advantage.
It is along these lines that the Ameri-
can sheep breeder must study his own
best and possible interests. American
Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
TO GROW THE FINEST TOMATOES.


Select sandy loan with a southern
exposure. Put Oh we'll rotted stable
manure at the rate of ten to fifteen
loads per acre. Plow and harrow
well, SO that it may be thoroughly in
corporated with the soil, or in place
of this two or three shovelfuls Of rich
compost may be added to each hill.
Sow the seed and SOW only that pur-
chased from reliable dealers, or saved
from the finest, earliest specimens, in
the hot bed on the LIST of March
When tNo inches high transplant into
cold frames three or four inches apart.
Be sure to shade and water the plants
until we'll rooted. Transplant again
when four inches high eight inches
apart. This will make fine, stocky
plants, with strong roots. OF course,
protect the cold frames from frosts or
storms by covering when necessary,
but manage to give light and air as
soon as possible after the danger is
over.
By all means be careful not to set
the plants in the open air until oil
danger from late frost is over The
risk is too great and YOU gain nothing,
as the plants are growing faster. Ii
properly transplanted, the earth made
firm around the stalks, they will be
retarded very little. 1t is better if
possible to set just before rain, or.
if this cannot be done, late in the
afternoon, SO that they may have the
GOODNESS of the night to revive in, but
if strong plants are we'll set they will
wilt but little, and in q day or two
will look as thrifty as ever.
Set the plants four by four feet each
way, with the exception of the dwarf
champion, which will bear three by
three feet. Cultivate both ways with
a horse cultivator. Should an unex-
pected frost occur after settling in the
open ground the plants may be saved,
unless very badly frozen, by thor
ough sprinkling of cold water. We
once saved half an acre by this means
but it must be done before sunrise.
In the north, where frost comes early
in the fall, pull the vines before frost;
throw them in a large pile or piles
and cover with hay or straw. Green
tomatoes, matured enough, will ripen
and repay you for the trouble. New
England Homestead.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
Deserving Rural EngTanu.

That there is considerable guam
tity of land unoccupied or waiting for
occupants in some of counties is only
too we'll known. An estate in the
eastern counties, large portion of
which is unoccupied, has been abso-
lutely offered to responsible tenants
rent free for the first year, the owner
being willing to accept an extremely
low rent for subsequent years or to
take percentage of the returns.
In some of the southern counties
there are plenty of large farms vacant,
although these are i'll adapted for
most occupants. Farmers now prefer
land upon which they can keep large
dairy herd or breed few horses and
cattle of high quality. The farms in
question are practically sheep farms
and of little value for any other pur-
poses than the production of mutton
and barley.-Manchester Guardian.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
4 Real Lake of Fire.

The greatest natural wonder OF
Hawaii, If not in the entire world, is
Lake Dana, or Dana Lake, body of
molten lava ten miles III circumfcr-
enco. To the sightsecr the surface of
this wonderful lake appears rs if it
were sea of red hot water dashiug
against the cliffs which surround il on
all sides to a height averaging 100
feet. j. j. Williams, of Honolulu,
who probably knows more about tho
volcanic condition of the island than
any other living man, says that 'this
rushing, restless, hcayIng lake Of boil
ing fire never remains silent or calm
for single instant. st. Louis Re
public.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Lime is good for apple trees.
Plant diseases seldom start in GOOD
soils.
A quick growth is essential in grow
ing crisp, tender vegetables.
Trimming out we'll is the best remedy
for mildew with apple trees.
In growing onions it is the early
sown seed that gives the best results.
II bee colonies are short of stores
feed them until there is plenty of
bloom.
There is no advantage in setting
strawberry plants in ridges, except i'll
low, wet land.
While it may often be best to cult
vate an old orchard, such cultivation
should be shallow
Usually it is easier to plant fruit
trees than to give afterward the care
that is essential to success.
Taking all things into consideration
there is no other fruit 50 certain Of
giving a full crop annually as the
strawberry.
A weed Is plant out OF place, and
this is as much true in the garden or
orchard as anywhere else, and whether
the plant is a vegetable, weed or fruit
plant.
One advantage in setting out trees
or plants as soon as the condition of
che soil will admit, is that watering is
rarely necessary, and with some
things at least this is quite an item.
Two OF the largest leaks that occur
in the dairy are Occasioned by want of
sufficient bedding in the COW stable.
The first comes from loss of produc-
ton, as a good bed is absolutely
essential to the comfort and maximum
yield of any COW, and 10 COW Will do
her best, no matter what her other
surroundings, until she has a we'll
bedded, dry stall. The other loss ic
that Of the liquid manure.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
One of Jay GOuld's Virtues.

Jay Gould had his faults, but he
never forgot friend. He was once,
while a young man, taken sick in New
jersey town, and an old lady there
nursed him through the illness. He
never forgot it, Away inQuiriug after
his benefactress, and on every posi-
BILE occasion reminded her substan-
TALLY of her kindness. One time she
made up her mind to visit daughter
in distant place in the West, and set out
to save the money for the trip. a
few days before the day set she was
surprised to get an envelope contain
ing passes all the way there and back.
She never found out how Mr.. Gould
learned of her intended trip. New
Orleans Picayune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04

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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04

Let the mother become sick and helpless,
and the house is all in disorder. When both
father and mother are down, you may as
well close tho shutters. Order is brought
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Malin, of South Butte Mont, Feb. II. 1898,
found an easy way out Of her difficulties, as
she writes thus my husband and 1 took
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my arms were so lame could not raise them
to help myself. I sent at once for u bottle OF
st. Jacobs Oil, and before the bottle was
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husband became so lame he could not get
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the right moment, and how every household
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
FEED FOR A TEAM OF HORSES.

A pair of horses weighing 1900
pounds each will consume each day
twelve pounds of good oats and
twenty pounds of hay, but with six
teen pounds or four gallons of oats,
twelve pounds of hay will be sufficient.
This is for light work; for heavy work
one-fourth more of each food should
be added. By grinding the grain and
cutting the hay one-third less of each
will be equivalent to the whole food
New York Times.