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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26

quantity and quality. In fact, 1 have
never seen a Kansas farmer SO well
fixed that good piece of rye pasture
wasn't a genuine bonanza to him.
There has never been a season in all
the central West when something OF
that sort was more of comfort to its
possessor than it will likely be within
the next nine months. Hence would
say to every farmer who reads this,
do not fail to SOW, and SOW early lin
fact Just as soon as the ground can be
put in proper condition), a gocdly
area of rye for pasture. Don't sow II
for grain, but for pasturage; make
the most of it for grazing, and i
eventually it also yields some grain
worth harvesting, we'll and good. II
you can't secure the seed readily, SOW
wheat just as you would rye; if it is
not plump, high grade article, that
will cut but small figure If sound.
If of small or shrunken berry l would
not SOW less than five pecks to the
acre; if plump bushel and hall
would be none too much ; at all events.
use plenty. and don't be afraid O.
having too many acres. haven't
discovered anything that was better
regulator for the pigs, the colts, the
calves, the COWS or the old blind mare
than good bite of green rye or wheat
1t is excellent in years of greatest
abundance; in years when other feed
is scarce or poor, it is simply indis
pensable-really benefaction. Sow
it with a drill or broadcast as you
think best, but do a good job, as il
You desired success and meant to de
serve it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
SLAUGHTER IN THE STORM.
A Cargo of 233 Cattle and 1877 Sheep
Killed.

Cattlemen who reached New York on the
National Line steamer Greece, from London,
brought news that the Europe, another ship
of the same line encountered a terrific storm
during her last run to London, and lost
nearly half of the live stock she carried.
Owing to an accident to her steering gear
the Europe rolled helplessy in the trough
of the sea for twelve hours, and n pitiable
slaughter of her sheep and cattle resulted.
The Europe sailed from New York with a
miscellaneous cargo, in addition to which
she carried 584 cattle and 500 sheep. She
ran into terrific northwesterly gale, and
before night her rudder chain parted, and it
was impossible to keep her head to the wind.
She fell off and rolled heavily, shipping seas
continually, until the cattle pens on the
main and spar decks were flooded. The
bedding was washed from beneath the feet
Of the cattle, and the flooring became so
slippery that they could not stand.
Dead cattle lay about all over the ship an
hour later, while from the pens which had
stood the strain an incessant believing told
that the slaughter continued. A sheep pen
onthe port side gave wa, too, and many Of
the animals were crushed 20 death. In some
instances plunging bullocks where thrown
into the sheep pens, and struggled there
until they died. The crew was
small, and even though the wind
abated in the morning heavy sea was still
running, and it was not until four III the af-
ternoon that the steering gear was repaired
and the steamer got under way.
Then the sailors proceeded to clean the
decks. They threw overheard 233 cattle and
1877 sheep. Others were subsequently killed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
Artificial Granite,

The manufacturer of artificial gran
tie is now carried on at California
establishment by what is asserted TO
be simple and effective method, and
with satisfactory results. 1t consists
of first tamping a layer of the body
forming material in mold, one inner
vertical wall of which is formed by a
vertically movable slide; after this
the process is continued by removing
the slide and tamping layer of the
facing material in the space made by
the lower end of the slide, then re-
placing the latter with its lower end
resting on the tamped facing layer,
tamping now the second body-form-
ing layer, and again removing the
slide and tamping the second facing
layer. The formation of the body and
facing material is continued in this
manner by successive steps, until the
face block of the desired thickness is
an accomplished fact. In this
way there is produced a material
of cheap substances and a facing
of better quality, showing any kind OF
finish desired, the two being united
while in plastic condition into a
homogeneous mass.-New York Tele-
gram
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
EGds continue to be scarce.

Edds continue to be scarce.
THERE are 81 900 brewers in the world.
CHICAGO is said to have POT millionaires.
THE rice crop Is short, though of good
quality.
THE drought In Eastern Connecticut is
unbroken.
The business of the summer resorts was
unusually good this season.
RECENT scattered washouts on the Texas
and Tacif1c aggregate ten miles.
IN the football game with Audover, Gray,
the Harvard full back, had one OF his legs
broken.
KRUPP, the great iron founder, OF Essen
Germany, is to supply Italy with 10000, 0Gc
nickel coins.
THERE have been 100 miles of new main
track laid bv elghty-three lines in thrty-one
States and Territories.
THE debt Of the American Boarl OF
Foreign Missions inaroased within n year
from sss,3l8 70 s116, 237.
IT IS reported that the whale catch this
season has been very small. indeed, and that
bone will be exceedingly high.
THE National Farmers Congress in West
Virginia declared for free silver and against
protection for wool and cotton.
GILBERT PRICE, seventeen years old, stole
six horses in a night In Michigan while run
ulnG away from reform school.
SUPERINTENDENT BYRyEs told the Grand
Jury that New York's police force should be
increased at once by at least 1000.
"bABE" HAWKINS. the notorious Indiana
desperate, is to run rs an in1epen lent
candidate for Sheriff at Shelbyville.
A CHICAGO man was fined IS apiece fol
killing six robins the other day, and another
was fined SO apiece for killing two.
baltimore wants to make loan Of e.
900, 900 to purchase parks, enlarge its water
supply and build new court house.
GREAT BRITAIN will launch seven new bat
tie-ships within the present fiscal year. They
are to be built after the Majestic type.
ENGLAND, France, Germany ami Russia
are said to have agreed to guar1 the treaty
ports and protect missionaries in China.
THOUGH cholera seems to hold its own in
Europe, it is believed that the season is too
far advanced to let 1t reach America this
year.
BRADsrREET's reports a continued increase
in the prosperity of the country. which is
somewhat delayed by the price Of farm
products.
THE steamer City of Lowell broke the
Sound record by running from New York to
New London, Conn, in five hours and thir-
ty-fOur minutes.
CASADAs debt has been increased by $10.-
100000 during the year, and Minister Of FL
nance Foster has sailed for England to bOr-
row more money.
LEADING German sugar dealers think that
4 customs war between Germany and the
United States may be caused by the sugar
schedule of the new Tariff bill.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
collie IN HORSES.

Irregular feeding in The matter of
hours, long lasts and too great guam
tity given at long intervals are fire.
quent causes of collie, says the New
York World. Irregular work is not
without its influence "a twenty mile
journey once week is likely to be
productive of more mischief than the
same distance every day. A horse put
to hard work at intervals cannot be
kept in condition. Horses ought to
be fed late at night and early in the
morning; they should have at least
two hours to consume and digest the
morning feed before being taken out
to work, and if not returned to the
stable when the next feed is due,
should be provided with nose bags.
Changes of food should be intro
duced gradually. Horses may be fed
with impunity on what will make them
seriously i'll if care is not taken to
make the change gradually. Thus,
green food, when it first comes in,
and is young and succulent, often
causes gripes, because fed too largely
to the exclusion of the accustomed
dry material. If small quantity is
cut with the hay chaf to begin with,
the horse is less greedy about it when
a larger quantity is allowed, and the
digestive organs as gradually become
accustomed to the change. Attention
to the prevention of collie is much bet
ter than the possession of recipe for
its cure, for some day the recipe misses
fire, and death wins the match. Apart
from this, an attack successfully dealt
with still means loss of service for
some time--very often at a busy
period.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
FURNISHING A COWARD.
An Ohio National Guardsman Who
EVaded Service

The penalty of cowardice is being visited
at Columbus upon Private Dearth, mem
Der OF Company G, Fourteenth Regiment,
Ohio National Guard, in peculiar manner.
WheL the regiment was ordered by Cover
nor Mckinley into active service in Belmont
County to quell the riotous miners in Jun3
last, Dearth hastily left the city and success
fully eluded the commanding officers.
There was apparently no excuse for the
mans absence except fear of performing
active service. He Was summoned to APP
pear before court-martial and stood trial
for desertion. The court found Dearth
guilty, and he was dishonorably discharged
from the service and sentenced TO fifteen
days Imprisonment.
Inc authorities, not wishing to send the
man to jail, erected a pen six by nine feet
In the centre of the armory building, and
Dearth is now serving his time under the
eye of guard. He is not allowed to leave
the little coop even for exercise, and his
presence in the improvised prison serves as
warning to others who regard lightly their
obligations rs soldiers whep entering the
service of the State.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION.
Twenty-seven Boilers Blow Up In
Pennsylvania CoIliery.

Twenty-seven Boilers Blow Up In
Pennsylvania Colliery.
Twenty-seven of nest of thirty-six boil.
ers OF the Henry Clay Colliery, Shamokin.
Penn, exploded about 7.30 a. M. complete
~ destroying the boiler house, killing five
men, seriously iniuring two and slightly in
juring four.
The dead are, William Boyle, fireman
Thomas Car, fireman J. J. Dediam, water
boss; William Elslick, fireman; William
Mclaughlin laborer
At the time of the accident there were, as
far as known, seven men around the boiler
house. Nobody seems to be able to give a
correct statement as to the cause of the ex-
p!osion.
Without a moments warning the last boil.
er on the west side of the nest went up, and
it was followed by the others in rapid sue
cession. The wOrkmen We're knocked in
every direction, and what had been but a few
minutes before a strong corrugated iron
building, disappeared as if by magic, and
all that renamed was a tumbling mass of
bricks and ttmbers besides numerous pieces
OF twisted pipe and battered boiler iron.
The colliery is operated by the Phila.
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com.
pany and is the best equipped plant of that
company in the region. The pecuniary loss
is $780, 900. Sixteen hundred men and BOYS
are thrown out of employment.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
FOUR WOMEN PERISH.
Catholic Sisters and Patients Burned
to Death In Houston, Texas.

The worst fire in the history of Houston,
Texas, broke out at 2. 40 a. M, and before it
was placed under control at 4. 80 o'clock, not
only had a large amount of property been
destroyed, but two Sisters of ST. Joseph were
burned to death. Two infrmary patients
also persisted, and third sister was danger
ously injured.
The fire originated in the SIN Jacinto Ho-
tel, or rather boar ling house, at Franklin
and San Jacinto streets, from which the blaz3
spread rapidly to adjoining small buildings
of St. Joseph's infirmary on Franklin street,
destroying also large two-story frame an
mex and then the new four-story brick III IA.
building.
The destruction of these buildings was ac-
companIed by loss of life. Sisters DoIeraI
and Jane were burned beyond all possibility
Of recognition, while Sister Clothilie was
fearfully burned about the face. neck, arms
and breast, her recovery being in doubt.
Two patients were also missing, but there was
not the slightest doubt that these also per.
iShed,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
A National "Clothiug Dep sr!zncat.'
/ saw within my trouDl2t head
\ heap of thoughts appear.

The Tael: who fought tho establish
ment OF the Department OF Agricul-
tire few Yeas nzo OH the ground
that it was UaneceGsarY. Will perhaps
be surprised to laAra that one hun
dred yeats ago there was "Clothiny
Department. and th.t Congress IS
sued regulations Tor clothiur gen
eral, State clothicr, re2imcntal
clothier, and so on. \ department
of clothing" would excite dcrlsiv2
laughter nov. There was n good deal
of inquiry ccd report on tne subject
of clothing for Inc continental ARMY.
and at one time General ioratio Gates
reported taat the cost OF clothing each
man was S23. Washington Star.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
HOWARD'S REPORT,
Annual Resume OF the Department OF
the East.

The annua! report made by Gonaral
Howard to the Adiutant- General. under dare
Of August 81. has Just been made public at
tho War Department. 1t shows that
very peaceful conditions existed through
out the Depart ment OF the Eass
during the past year, although tna
DAbs insurrection extended slightly
INTO Indiana, and that only one regiment
General Howards command, the Ninth In
tantry, which was sent to Chicago, had any
active duty. The National Guard OF all the
States east OF the Mississippi, the General
says, is we'll organized, but there will always
be need for National troops.
Regarding he regulations governing post
exchanges General Howard says II be-
lieEe the increase OF cases OF courts
martial is largely due to these exchanges.
| form this opinion from the cases that
nave come before me, and believe the drink
ing habit is increased by the ENCOURAGEMENT
given them. AS I myself am regarded rs
Extreme, the words OF the department in
Npector are at least suggestive From the
amount Of beer consumed in them Ohe ex
chanSes) 1t is to be feared that we shall have
many rheumatic and equity soldiers in the
course OF time, providing the restriction On
length OF service is taken off,"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
GREAT NAVAL LAND DRILL,
Men From Seven Ships Form a Storm
ing Brigade at Mare Island.

OAAA N'SN VII SiI1pS Il OEnl a SIOEEu-
Ing Brigade at Mare Island.
The greatest naval AMI Innl drill ever
held at Mare Island, California, and the
greatest except two or three in the history
OF the service, took place a few mornings
ago. The object was to practice men in the
"StOrmtng drill' in brigade. an | the present
opportunity was seized on by Admiral
Beardslee as being exceptional, seven ships
in com mission being in port al one time.
The brigade formed under the comnan
Of Captain Thomas, o. the B enu,n ;tOr. TIE
men marched to the drill grounds an took
position about a mile from hill supp )se
TO be held by the enemy. Tae artillery took
place on tho tanks, AMI the iufan-rv
charged the hill. The MARINES lei tn, a.
tack as the firing party, the so.on I blttaIton
OF sailors supporting them AMI Ga thir
holding in reserve.
AS the leading battalion captured a posi-
ZION the reserves came up, AMI the hill was
held until the occupants were suppose TO
be dislodged, when they fell back lighting,
the artillery covering the ratrelt until tbs
original position was resumed.
The exercises occupied an hour, when the
brigade was put through a muSIet drill
stacking arms, etc. Consi lering the inry-
perience of the men in sucl large eyoIu-
tlonS, the work was we'll done.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
A REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
Survival of a Woman Who Leaned
From > 1OO-Foot Bluff.

Mrs. Rollie Rather, well-known lady of
chattanooga, Tenn, daughter of Captain 1.
Z. Wells, prominent citizen, while suffer-
ing from temporary mental alteration,
jumped from bluff near the residence into
the river. distance of 100 feet Fortunate
~ rattsman was near by and went to her
rescue before she was drowned, and carried
her out. When recovered the unfortunate
lady was unconscious. bur strange to say,
mat she soon recovered her reason and Is
now resting easy, and will probably recover,
Notwithstanding her frichtful leap.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
CREAM THAT WILL. NOT MAKE BUTTER.

1t is often the case that the cream
of the milk of COW due to ca]ve in
two or three months will not make
butter, but foams in the churn and
rapidly becomes very sour. The milk
of a COW undergoes a change about
this time. and some cows are SO af-
fected that the cream will not yield
any butter. Every COW should be
dried of, if the milk does not stop
naturally, two months befors the calf
is due. At any rate, good butter can
not be made from the milk so near
calving. This condition of the milk,
of course, is at once evident in a sin
gle COW, but doubtless there are COWS
in herds in the same condition, but
are not detected. 1t shows how need
full it is that strict watch should be
kept on each of the COWS in herd
New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
CONFESSED TO MURDERS.
George Van Taylor Cuts His Throat
in Jail.

Stricken by remorse for having killed his
chum, Gus Genesmere, George Van Taylor
committed suicide in the village jail, Cheboy-
gan, Mich, where he was held on the charge
of murder, by cutting his throat.
He left letter in which he confessed
that he and an accomplish, whose name he
did not give, muir Tered Genesmere and al
20 that he had committet twelve other mur-
ders. He robbed Genesmere OF 1911 AMI
told where the money was hidden. Van Tay
lor was but twenty-five years old.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
Revival of Archery.

There seems 10 be a revival in Eng
land of archery, the contrast between
the hurried movements and unbecom-
ing glow of the feminine lawn tennis
player on one side and the graceful
and stately calm of the fair archer on
the other being altogether to the ad-
vantage of the latter. It is a graceful
diversion, and one at which Queen
Victoria excelled thirty or forty years
ago, when archery was one of her ia
vo1ite pastimes. To this day she holds
the Office of dean of the most ancient
guild of archers in the United King
dom, and, like the Emperor of Austria
and the Gear of Russia, has a body
guard of archers. 1t constitutes part
and parcel of the Scottish portion OF
Her Majesty's household, and only ap-
pears at state functions at which the
Queen may be present north of the
Tweed. Its Captain General, who oc
casionally wears the green and gold
uniform of the corps, is the Marquis
of Lothian. York Advertiser.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
A Priyate'S Invention,

To private, Joseph Kahn, OF one OF
the artillery companies stationed at
Fort McHenry, the department. is in
debted for the design of new imple-
ment which may prove serviceable in
campaigning. 1t is a combination Of
shovel and pick AK, not more than q
foot in length, which may be carried
at the belt, and used in digging in
trenchments. By its use the soldiers
might, if hard pressed, hurriedly dig
up earthworks or intrenchments for
their own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
BABY FIRST; STATE SECOND.
Chief Justice BleckIey, of Georgia
Has Enough to Do at Home.

Logan E. Bleckley. the octogenarian Chief
Justice of Georgia, resigned his office be-
cause the people at the recent election re-
jected the measure to Increase tho number
Of Supreme Court Justices.
Judge Bleckley married Miss Chile Her
ring, an heress, of New York City, and a
boy baby was born to him couple of months
ago.
The Judge says he is as vigorous as ever,
but does not propose TO wear himself out by
overWOrking himself for the benefit OF any
one but the baby.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
FIGHT IT OUT"
We Refuse to Interfere Between China
and Japan.

The United States has been invited by the
quadruple aIltance-Great Britain, France
Germany and Russia-to join it In a friendly
Intervention in the war between China
and Japan. The invitation is couched In
the choicest of diplomatic language. The
horrors of the war are depicted in eloquent
terms. The wisdom of stopping it is set
forth in very fetching manner, and the
benefits TO mankind and to commerce to be
obtained from restoration of peace are
clearly described.
The invitation Las been declined. Tho
declination is based on the time-honored
policy OF this Government to avoid any
ehtangling alliances with foreign powers.
Acknowledgements is made of the truth
OF what the invitation has to say about
the desirability of the restoration OF
peace, etc. But in the polite language of
diplomacy it is pointed out that this coun-
try has so far thriven very we'll attending to
Its business, and that so long as it continues
TO prosper by that policy it will not depart
from it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
A MOUNTAINEER LYNCHED,
He Killed a Kentucky Sheriff at the
Fair Grounds.

Oscar Morton, the young mountain des-
perado who murdered Sheriff William Sims,
Office County, at the Beattyville (Ky.) fair
grounds, was taken out OF the BeattyvilIe
Jail by a mob of nearly two hundred
men and hanged from bridge that
spans Muddy Creek at Beattyvile.
He killed a man in Breathitt County sew
eral months ago, and while trying to get
into the fair grounds at Beattyville without
ticket was demonstrated with by Sheriff
Sims. He drew q revolver from each pocket
and began shooting. He hit the Sheriff
three times, one bullet going through the
heart
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-26
FEEDING APPLES TO COWS.

There has long been q practical
opinion among farmers that while
sweet apples might be fed to COWS
with satisfactory results, sour apples
were very injurious for them; but
this opinion has been founded upon
very slight actual knowledge of the
real feeding value of apples. At the
Vermont station apple pomace, en-
silaged, and used supplementary to
and in part as O substitute for corn
ensilage, was found to be relished by
COWS, and the results of four tests
found it to be about equivalent in
feeding value to corn ensilage. At the
Massachusetts station DIR. Goessmann
found apples to contain about eighty
per cent. of moisture, the apples hav-
ing been gathered October 9th. The
farther advanced apples are towards
maturity the more sugar is found in
them, and their value depends largely
upon the amount of dry matter which
they contain. Laboratory tests show
that the feeding value ofapples is some
what higher than that of an equal
weight of turnips. Apple pomace it
said to be equal to sugar beets, it be-
ing a somewhat singular chemical fact
that the pomace is richer in nitrogen
Gus matter than the apple from which
it has been produced, and the feed
ing value of pomace is assumed to
be, pound for pound. One-third high
er than that of the whole apple. Still
apples are deficient in nitrogen, and
ought on this account to be literally
supplemented for dairy COWS with
wheat shorts, bran, oil cakes, clover
and good hay. To obtain the best re-
suits from feeding them to COWS, the
early sort should be fed by itself,
sour ones in less quantity than sweet
ones, fed when fully ripe, after the
nights milking. The quantity should
not exceed four to six quarts to feed.
American Agriculturist.