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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06

The dietary of the South American
gaucho Cowboy is simple, SO his
cooking is elementary in its charac-
ter. As rule, he eats only once in
the day, toward sunset; when, jour
neys or toll being ended, supper, con-
sisting of a thin piece of meat, is
roasted upon q spit of iron or wood
stuck slantingly over a quick fire. If
this should be in winter, all sit around
on the skeletons of horses heads, and
with their long knives or fscons (falch-
ions) cut Jumps from the haunch.
This, being held in the left hand by
one end, is seized with the teeth at the
other, and tempting ti+-bit is skill
fully cut off. The hard, dry meat, de-
ficient in fatty constituents, is washed
down by copious draughts of mate,
made from the favorite yerba.
The hut, dimly lighted by lamp IN
which bullock's tallow is burned, bears
some resemblance to a stable. from
the brides, saddles, spurs, bolas, and
lassos which decorate the roughly
daubed walls. If the Gaucho happens
to be family man, fat, black-eyed,
good-natured, nearly naked children
indulge in antics during the meal,
while the poultry wink drowsily from
their perches. No wayfarer is turned
from the door, for the hand and heart
of the child of the pampas is ever
open to the stranger, and the arrival
of such is made a convenient excuse
for bringing out the cana, a coarse
spirit, which has perhaps been provo
cative of more evil than anything else
which he can call his own. Water
melons are sparingiy partaken of in
their season, but these are almost the
only vegetables the wild horseman
cares for.-Temple Bar.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

GLADSTONE says he will remain in Parlia-
ment.
A CAST of Kossuth's face was taken and his
body embalmed.
KING HuMBERT, of Italy, Is going to econ
omize by selling some palaces.
NJ. lola, # is said, regards Count To'stoi
rs the greatest modern genius
DR. MARY WALKER has applied to be ap-
pointed Postmaster at Oswego, n. Y.
TIE oldest peer In England is Earl Grey,
who is almost ninety-two years Of age.
THE divorce of ex-King Milan and ex-
Queen Natalie, of Servia, has been an
nulled.
Two Oriental rulers will visit Europe this
year-the Khedive of Egypt and the Shah OF
Persia.
LORD RosEBERY, the British Premier, de-
clares that he Is for Home Rule for Ireland
now, and for Scotland also when she wants
It,
PROFESSOR HENRY DRIsLER will complete.
In June next, his flftieth year OF on1c1al con-
nection with Columbia College, New York
City.
TIE Rev. Thomas Spurgeon has been elect
ed pastor of the metropolitan Tabernacle, OF
London, founded by his distinguished
father.
IT is said that General o. o. Howard, who
is to be retired this year, goes out OF the
army poorer than when he entered the
service.
THE family of the late Samuel J. Randall is
living at South Bethlehem. Penn. young Sam
Randall having attended the Lehigh Uni
versity
THE late J. G. Wilmerdin9, of San Francis
co, left $500, 900 to found a school of indus.
trial art in connection with the University OF
California.
PADEREwsK1's new opera has been played
over to some of the leading London critics:
who declare that greater than Mascagn1
has come to town.
The President drinks his breakfast coffee
from cup that Is worth 800. The china
set of which it is part was made TO order
for the White House at cost of $4,000.
THE visiting card of the German Emperor
is four times as large as an ordinary card for
gentlemen, and on it is engraved "Wilhelm.
Deutscher Kaiser und KONG Won Preussen. J"
JOHN FrsKE. the vell-known literary man,
cultvates plants as a recreation during his
intervals OF study. He has a small conser-
vatory with a number of choice plants at
tached to his home in Cambridge, Mass.
JAY COOKE, the f1nancier, is spending the
evenings of his life at Ogontz. his suburban
home, near Philadelphia. He Is seventy
three years old and in excellent health. He
spends his summers on Gibralter Island. In
Lake Erie, which he owns.
ALTHOUGH francesca Crispi, Italy's Prime
Minister, is never described as an old man,
he is in his seventy-fifth year. He looks
hardly sixty, for his hardships in the ranks
of the revolutionists and In exilenever caused
him day of dangerous illness.
SENATOR BLANCHARD, Justice Whites sue
oessor, is a great marksman- He can toss a
coin In the air and bore it with a bullet from
a pistol two times out Of three. Only one
man ever challenged Mr.. Blanchard to q duel,
and he withdrew the challenge as soon as he
learned of his opponents reputation as a
shot.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
The Sand.in.Sugar Fiction.

Nearly everybody entertains the
opinion that dishonest merchant
will mix sand with his sugar for the
purpose of gain. This is indeed a
popular error, for sugar is but rarely
adulterated, from the fact that unless
scientifically done, and then only with
a certain kind of clay, the fraud would
come to light without the consumer
Applying any test. If sand is mixed
with sugar it would be discovered by
the sugar eater, or the sand would be
found as a deposit at the bottom of
the coffee cup, or it would betray it
self by the grit in the cake. Home
land Farm.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06

United States Senator Alfred Holt Colquitt,
of Georgia. died at his residence In Wash
ington at 7.30 o'clock a few mornings ago.
Around the bedside when he passed away
were Senator Gordon and his daughter hrs.
Jones Senator Colquitt's Private Secretary,
his nephew, Mr.. Bum his son, Mrs. Col
quit, three unmarried daughters and his
married daughter Mrs. Marshall, of Chica-
go. AS the end approached, the Senator'S
breathing became very heavy, but he re-
iapsed into inconsistencies and suffered no
pain. The flag over the Senate Chamber was
raised to half mast when the Senate con-
vened and the sombre embems of mourning
were once more conspicuous in the Senate.
The desk and chair OF the late Senator were
draped in black. The House adjourned out
of respect to his memory.
Alfred Holt Colquitt, of Atlanta, was born
In Walton County, Georgia, the son of the
Rev. Walter T. Colqutt, an eminent minis
ter in his day, April 20, 1924. He was grad
uated from Princeton College in the class Of
1874 and admitted to the Bar in 1845. Dur
ing the Mexican War he served as staff
officer, with the rank of Major. He was a
member of the Georgia Legislature in 1859
and was elected TO the House of Representa-
tives In the Thirty-third Congress. He was
a member of the secession convention of
the State OF Georgia, and later entered the
Confederate service and was commissioned
as Major-General. He was elected Governor
of Georgia in 1876 and was reelected in 1880.
He was elected TO the United States Senate
for the term commencing March 4, 1888, and
was reelected in 1888. His term of service
would have expired March 8, 1895. Senator
Colquitt was stricken with paralysis in July,
1892, and since that time had been unable to
walk without assistance. He has been able,
however, to continued a large degree his at
tendance on his Senate duties, being wheeled
in and out of the Senate chamber In an in
valid chair. Senator Colquitt leaves u
widow, one son, Walter T. Colquitt, and four
daughters, Mrs. Marshall, wife of Captain
Marshall, of the United States Army, Misses
Laura. Hattie and Dorothy Colquitt
The funeral ceremonies Of the late Senator
were conducted in tho Senate Chamber at
ga. N. on the day after his death. The in
vited officials of thamGovernment we're In
their seats-the menu ers of the Cabinet, tho
Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court, many members of the
Diplomatic Corps, the Speaker and members
of the House of Representatives. Theladies
of the family of the dead Senator sat near
the coffin, which was placed on a bier in
front of the clerks desk.
The services were conducted by the Senate
chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Milburn, assisted by the
chaplain OF the House of Representatives
Rev. Mr.. Bagby
The body of the late Senator was escorted
from the Capitol to the Pennsylvania Station
by squad of Capitol police, followed by the
Congressional Committee selected to accom-
pany the remains to Georgia. The home of
Mr.. COlquitt was at Atlanta, but he was
buried in Macon.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
Blood Drinkers.

The Zoothermic Institute in Rome
is "cure" place, where people go to
drink fresh blood for the cure of govt,
rheumatism and the great prostration
and anemia caused by the malarial
fevars of the Tontine Marshes. The
blood TO be imbibed is first rapidly
freed from fibrine, by a carefully
aseptic method, the animals from
which it is derived having previously
undergone inspection by veterinary
surgeon. Some patients battle either
a part or the whole of the body in the
warm blood, and the italian doctors
think with great benefit, in spite Of
which, it seems a barbaric survival.
The poor are treated gratis, but the
highest fee is equivalent to fifty cents
of our money. York Indepen-
dent
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
A Meat.Eating Nation.

The recent dinner of the Vegetarian
Society in this city has attracted con-
siderable attention. A gentleman
from Germany who has recently made
a tour of observation in this country,
commenting on this vegetarian move
ment, said it was just what the United
States needed. He added, "Ameri-
cans eat too much meat. I have OBJ
served that fact wherever I have gone.
You have meat for breakfast, for
luncheon and dinner. In Germany
our breakfast is a cup of coffee and a
boiled egg or two. Then come our
midday dinner in courses, a simple
supper and a snack before we go to
bed" My German friend was COM
PEELED to admit, however, that he was
not as frugal in his diet as he pre-
tended to be, for he said that the Ger
man people always felt free to take q
sandwich and cup of coffee or a glass
of beer between their meals and as
rule managed to eat at least five or six
times day. Englishmen are great
meat eaters. Perhaps we inherit our
appetite and our taste from them.
New York Mail and Express.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
MSMss2aE @oTEs1.
.pE'sS GS[D|p]IE;[N
Great Britain has 1s6 lady doctors.

Great Britain has 1876 lady doctors.
The old fashioned corn color is one
of the new shades.
Blouses and shirt waists will be
very important feature of summer out
fits.
The italian Queen has the reputa-
ton of being the best dressed woman
IN Europe.
New embroideries have looped
edges of color, with sprays of vari
colored flowers.
The diadem of the Russian Empress
Anna contains 1886 large diamonds
and ruby valued at $500, 900.
A girl is considered of manageable
age at twelve in Switzerland, Spain,
Greece, Hungary and Portugal.
Thirty women are registered in the
Yale post graduate department, an in
crease of seven over last year.
Headaches with women are princi-
pally due to physical weakness, and
show that their nerves need strength
ening.
Susan B. Anthony calls Senator
PETER, of Kansas, the most sincere
champion Of womans rights in the
United States Senate.
Corded materials Of all kinds will
be worn, not so much in the heavy
bengalines as in silks with a distinct
and closely woven cord.
MORE crcpes in all the new shades
are shown. Two shades of flame,
called vandyke, will be much used
during the coming season.
During her recent sojourn in Ma
deira the Empress of Austria used to
walk fifteen miles daily, her ladyin-
waiting ana secretary accompanying
her.
The Duchess of Coburg has a mag
nificent girdle which is said to be of
incalculabls value 1t is of square
emeralds, set III gold with a cross at
the end.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is having
her boudoir in the newly remodeled
Fifth avenue home, New York City,
fitted up IN pink as to color and much
silver and satin wood.
1t is the custom of many peeresses
OF. England to wear limitations of their
costly family jewels, the originals
being kept under lock and key in
London safe deposit vaults.
The most changeable period of fem
mime fashion was i'll France between
the outbreak of the Revolution and
the Restoration in 1915. During this
time 289 different styles are recorded.
The ''gentlemanly girl" is shaking
off the French fripperies by which she
has been more or less submerged for
the last year or SO, and now proposes
to come very much to the fore this
spring.
Hoop skirts, which came into vogue
in the year 1880, weighed between
thirty and forty pounds, but it was
the ''fashion" and they were lugged
about by the bellies of the period de-
spite the discomfort.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
STAY FOR PRENDERGAST.
The Murderer of Mayor Harrison Gets
Relief From Court.

Prendergast, the murderer of Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago, whose execution was
fixed for Good Friday has been reprieved.
Judge Chetlain, of the Criminal Court.
granted a stay of execution in his case until
April 6, in order that an examination as TO
his sanity may be made.
The stay was granted while jury was be-
Ing empanelled to decide upon his mental
condition. Before the stay was granted It
was considered race for a life. 1.-THE iilrv
could be empanelled, testimony introduced
and verdict of insanity reached before IL
O'Clock on the day of execution, Prendergast
would be saved if a verdict that he was
sane were reached or If the proceedings were
still in progress at IL o'clock, Prendergast
would have been hanged
Lieutenant-Governor Gill refused at 10
o'clock to grant a reprieve after Federal
judges had declined to interfere. Meanwhile
an insanity trial was demanded, under the
statutes, and after much discussion proceed
ed late in the evening. Finally near mid
night stay was granted as noted.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder.
1t is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.
Layers of Petrifaction in the West.

North Colorado and parts of Wyom'
ing and Montana are genuine mines Of
petrifsctions. There are petrifactions
of every kind, including many varie-
ties of wood, ferns and plants, fish,
toads, snaiis, frogs, serpents, shell fish
and objects which cannot he classified.
The deposits often occur in layers ~
though SOM. great natural couvulsion
had destroyed the animal life of a
whole district Mt once. The scientists
make very few and tolorably weak Mt
tempts to explain the singular phcnom-
enon, and the fact is evident that
they know no moro about the matter
than do the men who pick out the best
specimens and sell them TO tourists
Chicago Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
GOVERNOR WAITE WINS,
His Appointees to Denver Offices Au-
thOrized to Assume Their Duties.

The rebuke of Governor Waite, of Colo
RADIO. by the Supreme Court was not equalled
in severity by the decision of Judge Glynn in
the District Court upon tho proceedings for
contempt instituted by Police Commissioners
Martin and Orr under the writ of Injunction
issued by Judge Graham against Mayor Van
Horn and the new members. Mullins and
Barnes. By this decision the Injunction suit
Is dissolved upon the ground that it was il
legally based, and the contempt suit was dis
missed.
The Court censured Martin AMI Orr for
arm1ng men and placing dynamite in the
City Hall to defend the hall from capture by
the Governor after they had applied TO the
courts for an adjudication of their claims.
Judge Glypn asserted that Mullins and
Barnes were de facto 9nd de jure entitled to
the Office, and that Martin and Orr had no
color of title to the offices. The Governor is
upheld at every point. This is a great vic
tory for Governor Waite and his party.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
OuISG HARNESS,

Unbuck1e every strap and wash care
fully with water, CASTLE soap and
sponge or cloth. Allow to dry for five
or ten minutes. Then oil, rubbing
every part of the harness, except the
patent leather, with cloth well soaked
in neatsfoot oil, or pour out two or
three quarts of oil into pan and draw
each piece through it, slowly bending
and rubbing the strap. The buckle
holes should have a little extra oil,
also the bellybands, breeching and the
straps that buckle to the bits. To give
the leather a new look, add to one pint
of oil large teaspoonful of lamp
black and an ounce or two of bees
wax.-New York Observer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
WILD BEASTS IN ARKANSAS,
Driven From Their LARS by Flood
and killing Stock.

High water has driven hundreds of deer.
panthers, bears and other game from their
swampy haunts in Arkansas to the uplands.
and losses of cattle and hogs of farmers to
an alarming extent have been the conse-
quence. In the Saline bottoms, south of
Little Rock, the animals devoured not only
stock, but several desperate attempts have
been made on the lives on people living in
the vicinity.
Protective organizations have been formed
IN the bottoms and nightly raids are neces-
sary,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
THE STABLE,

Often there is little consideration
given to the location and building of
the stable. Apparently the thought is
that any out of the way place that is
most convenient will do we'll enough
as site for the horse barn Such is
far from true, as the most useful ami
NAL to man is very susceptible to IN
hygienic surroundings, and affected
very unfavorably by dampness, foul
atmosphere and filth in general. The
horse is a native of the dry, lofty
tablelands of Central Asia. Hence the
strongest of reasons why his stable
should be situated little above the
surrounding territory on an eminence
that will give a drainage slope of at
least foot or two. On no account
set horse barn in hollow or deep
valley. It will be just about impossi-
BILE to keep dry under such circum-
stances.
The stable should have a high
stud, the lower story being nine or ten
feet in height. This will give a good
air space for the animals to breathe in.
A central shaft or ventilator should
run from the ceiling out through the
loft, terminating two or three feet
above the roof. This will let off hot,
fetid air in summer. In winter of
course it must be kept closed a large
part of the time. This matter of ven
tilstion is little thought of by farm
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
GOOD AND BAD COWS.

The difference allowed in the worth
OF good COW IN comparison to poor
one is generally less than the figures
will show. One-half pound of butter
per day for 800 days at twenty-five
cents per pound amounts to $33. AL
lowing one half of this for extra food
on account of greater digestion still
leaves S16 so, which in eight years,
about the average time animals are
kept for dairy purposes, amounts to
1892. New York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
SHARPENING A CAST IRON P1ow POINT

SHARPENING CAST IRON Pillow POINT.
Many farmers are not aware that
when cast iron pillow point has be-
come very dull, or even thrown aside
as worthless, its usefulness can be pro-
longed, for the blowing of one or two
more acres in common soil. Remove
the point from the pillow, and if there
is no stone as large as mans head,
drive an iron wedge partly into log,
or post, or even use an ak, or other
piece of iron, the object being to OBJ
tain a solid surface to strike against.
Take the point, bottom up in the left
hand, resting it upon the stone, or iron
near the point, then with hammer
strike a quick, angling downward
blow, just chipping off the point.
These blows will not break the iron at
right angles, but chip it off, sometimes
in pieces the size ola quarter of dol
lar. Extend this chipping process all
along the cutting surface underneath
the mold board. Practice on M old
point, as it requires considerable skill
to properly strike even such an mani
mate thing as pillow point. Chip the
points before they are too badly worn.
American Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
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 a perfect lax
alive; efectually 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 well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
The Mary washington Monument.

The Fredericksburg (Va.) City Council has
invited President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleve-
land, Vice-President Stevenson, Chief Justice
Fuller, the members of the Cabinet, Governor
O'Ferrall and their ladies to attend tho dedi-
cation of the Mary Washington monument
to take place in that city May 10. A COM
Rittse of twelve citizeus has been appointed
to act in conjunction with tho Mayor and
City Council.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
wA1D1NG. K1NxAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06

018 Bus. = Lbs. Oats From One Bus. Seed.
This remarkable, almost unheard-of, yield
was reported to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
la Crosse. Wis, by Frank Winter, of Mon
tana, who planted one bushel OF Great North
ern Oats, carefully titled and irrigated same,
and believes that in 1894 he can grow from one
bushel of Great Northern Oats three hundred
bushels. It's wonderful oat. If YOU WILL
CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT with Sc postage to
the above firm you will receive sample package
of above oats and their mammoth farm seed
catalogue.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06

The New England Historical Society
is tho proud posscssor of pipe used
by General Jackson when he WAS
President.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06
THE MARKETS.
Late Wholesale Prices of Country
Produce Quoted in New York.
IILK AND CREAM.

The market showed strength and activity
during the whole of the past week. Supplies
were moderate and demand good. The aver
ago price for platform surplus at tue milk re-
eeiving stations was II. Al per can OF 40 quarts
Exchange price, 2$ic. pr quart.
Recnipts OF The week fluid
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-04-06

A STRONG Keeling IN favor OF a revolution
against the five Presidents of the Central
American republics exists in those countries,
the object being to secure one republic.