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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
CANCELLED-STAMP CRAZE.
A Postoffice Demoralized by a Collecting
'Chain,'' and Prohibition Asked.

The friends Of Edna Kane and Mcttie Cor
man. of Kaneville, H., who instituted a
''chain'' Of letters seeking cancelled postage
stamps. for the benefit Of the latter, a cripple,
have at last driven the PostOffice Depart
ment into making an investigation.
The scheme has caused great annoyance to
the Department., aggravated by new
''chain" inaugurated at Ell Paso. Texas in
mock sympathy for the Postmaster, whose
office has been flooded with mail as result.
The number Of cancelled stamps found in
the room of the beneficiary OF the system is
estimated at 5000 900 and the report says
farmers boys supplied with sacks have car
rel of many of the letters.
An inspector reports that the scheme has
caused complete decentralization at the Ell PasO
P0siufTice and that an Immediate remedy is
demanded. H3 recommends IA prohibitory
order.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
EXPLOSION OF NATURAL GAS,
"A Business Block in Anderson, Ind.
Blown Up and Scattered Over Town.

The most destructive natural gas e1plo-
sion in the history of the Indiana gas belt
occurred at Anderson, Ind, a few mornings
ago. A seventy-fve thousand dollar busi-
ness block ON the Court House square was
blown over all the central parts of the CITY.
In the building were the When clothing
stores, Prather's shoe store, Hadley's drug
store. and large number of business offices
and halls on the upper floor.
Fire followed the explosion, which was like
an earthquake, and the remains of the debris
began burning f1ercely. The entire fire de-
partment was called out and prevented the
fire from reaching the new Court House.
Attorney Ballard and County Commission
er Metcalf lived in rooms above the When
store, and it was feared they perished
The loss on the building and contents is
total, and will reach S400, 900. The fronts of
all business houses in the neighborhood of
the explosion were demolished, paved streets
ripped open and telephone cables torn down.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
HOW SIS GREW TO BE SPAS.
John II. Folks Discovery a Good Lesson
for the Imurovident.

There is a fine object lesson to the improvi-
dent in story told to Surrogate Fitzgerald,
% New York City, showing how So pat in a
savings bank grew to $249. Jacob Lowzard-
er Ciicd July 20. 1913, leaving a wife and
widow married John H. Folk and in her turn
died.
In overhauing her belongings Mr.. Folk,
the widowe-, came upon bank book made
out in the name of Mrs Folks first husband.
It showed a credit for q deposit of So made
March 20, 1920. in the Bleecker Street Savings
Bank. Mr.. Folk corcu led that the SIS would
feel just as good to him as it did in the vaults
of the bank. He investigated, and to his
amazement he found that interest had ac
cumulatad until the - hal grown to $243.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
ORANGES FOR FLORIDA.
Heavy Orders From Hotel Keepers Sent
to Southern California.

"ThiS is IL literal ILLUSTRATION Of sanding
Goals to Newcastle, - said Manager Collins.
Of the San Antonio Fruit Exchange, OF PU-
mona, Cal, referring to the first Of IA acrlc.s Df
carloads Of California oranges that have
been started for st. Augustine Fla. The r.
cent freeze in Florida caused u scarcity ~
oranges there and tn" hotel-kc"rer- and
others, who have thousands Of tourists from
the North to entertain, must have fruit for
their guests. s. II. Knowles. Of the Ponce d"
Leon Hotel, has telegraphod that not box
OF decent oranges can bo had In Florida and
has ordered the weekly shipment from Po-
mona Valley to be sent TO him until further
orders. Similar orders for Southern Cnlitpr-
mia oranges from other hDtcl-keepcrz and
winter-resOr managers at Jacksonville.
Roland and Lake North have come TO on
tarO, Riverside and Rcdands during the last
week. These shipments will continue until
about April Is, when the Sortherners usually
leave for their homes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
TEN THOUSAND ON STRIKE,
Miners in the Pittsburg District Go Gu
En- MasSe

En- Masse.
Ten thousand railroad miners in the Pitts
burg District struck for an advance of four
teen cents per ton, or sixty-nine cents, the
Columbus agreement. A secret circular was
sent out ordering the strike. The operators
and miners held separate secret sessions
The action was unexpected, and bore out
the threat of the district officials that tho
operators would not have twenty-four hours
notice In which to prepare for the suspen-
sion. Ten thousand men were affected.
When the convention adjourned every dele
gate having telegraphic communication with
his constituency opeyed instructions, and
wired home that the strike was on.
1t was stated that not another ounce of
coal would be mined in the communities SO
notified until the sixty-nine cent rate was
recognized. The sentiment was for the abro-
gated scale price, and no compromise. The
plan was laid in convention to notify or con-
fer with the association of operators, but the
demand for an Immediate strike was so
strong that it was ordered, and all other mat
ters pertaining to it were lost sight of.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

General YamaSata, whose military skill
had earned for him the title Of the Japan
ese Moltke" before this war with China be
gan, planned the brilliant campaign in
Korea, although he did not join the First
Army until Ping Yang had fallen. After that
he led the japanese into Manchuria and re-
mained with the army until he was called
home some weeks ago.
He was or had been IL: and il was given
out that the Emperor wanted to let him re-
cuperate and to consult with MIN regarding
the war. But it was whispered that Count
Oyama's Jealousy was really at the bottom OF
Yamagata's return. Oyama, 1t was said,
wanted the glory OF capturing Port Arthur,
threw down the Portfolio Of War, took com
mand Of the Second Army ana headed
Yamagata off
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Our Protest to France.

Mr.. Eustis, the United Sta = Ambassador
to France. presented at Paris an energetic pro
test against the order prohibiting imports OF
American beef He affirmed that not a single
case of disease al been 1ted either when
the cattle were embarked or landed in France
The United States think the prohibition IS a
purely protective measure and the question
of disease was raised because it alone would
Justify the prohibition.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
The President Goes Duck Hunting.

President Cleveland, accompanied by DR..
O'Reilly and others, started from Washing
ton on his trip down the Potomac after
ducks, on the lighthouse tender Violet. The
Violet is to make her regular tour Of inspec-
ton in the lighthouse district, including the
sounds of North Carolina. The President
was accompanied by DR.. O,Reilly. his physi-
clan; Commander George De F. Wilde Naval
Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, and Com
mander Benjamin P. Lamberton, Inspector
ofthe Washington lighthouse district. Toe trip
was planned to last for week or ten days.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
ACTORS IN A WRECK.
Mother and Daughter IfilleI and Mem
bers of Roland Reeds Troupe Injured.

Mother and Daughter Eiille and Mem
bers of Roland Reeds Troupe Injured.
At Scotland, Ga, tho Florida vestlbulc
train going south was wrecked by q tam
pered switch. Tha train consisted Of three
Pullmans mail and express car. One Of tie
coaches was occupied by the Roland Reed
Company and the other had a full compile
ment Of passengers.
Mrs. C. W. SubOrs, Of Pickens. Miss. with
ticket to Ocala, Fla, and her fve-year-old
daughter, were killed. The injured were:
Roland Reed, badly injured, leg and back
Miss Mary Meyers. New York; James Doug.
lass, Brooklyn; Miss Isadore Rush New
York; Julian Reed, Philadelphia; w. H.
Berian, New York. All are of the Roland
Reed Company.
Mr.. Reed distinguished himself, at great
risk, by rescuing three Of the women from
the upturned car.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Fatal Election Riots in Brazil.

Advices from Rio de JaneirO are to the
effect that serious election riots have oc-
CURED in the State of Pernambuco. Senior
Jose Marie, manager of the journal La Pro
vincia, was killed. The commander OF a
regiment at San Pablo attempted to foment Il
rising in favor of ex-President Peixoto. but
the plot failed. The Govern lent has issued
orders for til5 arrest of the l1 iders, and they
will be severely punished
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

Burglars Get $4,000 by Roasting a Man
and Wife Over the Flames

Burglars Get $1,000 by Roasting a Man
and Wife Over the Flames.
News of robbery, accompanied by flend-
Ssh torture, inflicted on Mr.. and Mrs. John
schonbrich, residents of the little town of
All, west of Toledo, Ohio, has been received.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 in cash was taken
by the ROBBERS. Schonbrich was suspected
of having large amount of money hidden
in his house.
The place was entered by four masked
men. A demand was made on the old man
for his money, and upon his refusal to tell
the hiding place the robbers roasted his legs
over the flames
When the agony became unbearable he
told where $1,000 was concealed. His wife
was subjected to the same cruel treatment.
and she finally told her torturers where
$4,000 to $4,000 could be found in barrel Of
Salted meat
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

Louis Foot, an Enghshman, representing
4 British syndicate. has been swndled out
Of about $50 900, by two American mining
prOspectors, who salted non-pay ying mine
in the district west OF Zacatecas. Mexico. and
sold it TO the Englishman for 800. 900
Onc-half Of the amount was paid down in
cash and the Americans immedi ately LETT the
country
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

A special from Tavares. Fla. says that the
Rev. DR.. Joseph B. Cottreli. of RussellviIle
ky.. was standing on a half suuken barg"
on the shore of Lake Dora when he was
seized with an attack of vertigo. to which
be had been subject H. fell into the lake
and was drowned
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Coal Operators Yield to the Strikers.

Several coal operators in the Pittsburg dis
trict, engaged in supplying the local mar
ket, granted the sxty-nine rate de-
manded by their striking miners. President
Cairns, of the Miners Association. in sum
ming up the situation stated that 5000
men We're actually on strike; over 1000 were
receiving the price demanded, and about
1000 were working at the old figures.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
USE OF THE KNoUT ABOLISHED.
An Imperial Russian Decree in Behalf of
Convicted Peasants.

despatch from st. Petersburg says that
an imperial decree has been issued abolish
ing the use of the knout for offen5es com
Glitted by the peasantry, who have been
completely at the mercy Of the local judges.
Statistics, it is said, were submitted to the
Car, showing that during the last ten years
5000 persons died as the result of being
whipped with knouts, and that the greater
number of them were only guilty of having
stolen produce from farmers.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Fifty New War Vessels.

The increase Of the British naval budget is
iue to the size Of the shipbuiding pro
gramme for the financial year. This pro
gramn1e calls for four first class four second
class and two third class cruisers, twenty
torpedo boats and twenty torpedo destroyerF
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

The United States Treasury statement Of
circulation for February shows "A decrcaso
for the month Of 539.122. .958. reducing th"
aggregate circulation Of all kinds OF money
to Il .574 .J3i, ,557. decrease for the year end
ing March of 4i16, 900 900. The circulation
per capita. based on SO. .33l 900 Of population
has been reduced 10 S22. 60.
inIAigratio2 Decreased Forty Per Cent.
Commissioner Stump has prepared statis
tics showing that during the past seven
months immigration to this country has dc
creased forty per cent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Bills That Failed,

FTfty-si1 acts of Congress that reached the
President failed to receive his signature be-
fore adjournment, and are, therefore, Of no
effect. About 100 bills failed to become laws
because they did not reach the President in
time.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Spain's Demand on Us,

Captain-General Calleja has demanded the
recall of the American Consul-General at
Havana, Cuba. At Cabinet council at
Madrid it was agreed to support the demand.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Revenue Cutters Precious Salvage.

One United States revenue cutter, the
Crawford, has given good account Of itself
and proved its public usefulness It was
cruising in Chesapeake Bay during The re-
cent blizzard aad it helped to save thirteen
vessels and 139 lives.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
CEORCiA'S NEW SENATOR

Major Bacon Has Long Been Prominent In
State and Local Politics.
Major Augustus o. Bacon, who was, elected
to represent Georgia in the Unitedt States
Senate for the long term beginning March
4, 1895, is, like his colleague, in favor of free
silver coinage on the basis, of sixteen to one,
and this fact has impaired more than ordi-
nary Interest to his election. He had been
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
immigration Decreased Forty Per Cen
Naval Cadets Plucked.

Seventeen cadets ri the United Stlte3 Naya.
Academy, Annapolis. Md, hay, sent thei.
designations to tho Secretary 81 tn" Navy.
this action being prompted hy notice r.
ceiyed by them from the superintendent ~
the academy stating that they were dehci"as
in their studies at the semi-annual cXrmtD-
tion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
School Notes.

Cases of suicide are by no means rare
among German scnoolchildren.
The public schools of Carthage No. are
to be supplied with telephones.
Three thousand Boston children of school
age can't get into the overcrowded schools.
II sparsely settled New Hampshire dis
tricts the experiment is to be tried Of hiring
carriages to collect children from long dis
tances to a centrally placed school.
Six little Indians attending Drury College
at Springfield. Mo-. will have to stop school
on account of the failure of the Choctaw
Council to appropriate sufficient money to
pay their expenses.
The Rev. Frank Spauldins. principal of
the Jarvis Half Military Academy of Cole
be tried for beating two boys with a knotted
rope until they fell in faint.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

A TERRIBLE volcanic upheaval is devastat-
ing the New Hobrides. Hall the fertile island
Of Ambrein is covered with ashes, and its 5000
inhabitants have nearly all disappeared. The
crater of the sea of lava is three miles in cir
cumference, with walls rising from 800 to 100
feet above the floor.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
JAPAN'S MOLTkE.

General Yamagata, the Great Strategist
Has Been Appointed Minister of War.
The Central News correspondent in Toxic
says that Marshal Yamagata, who left the
front on account Of illness. has been appoint
ed Minister Of War.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
THE MARKETS
Late Wholesale Prices of Country Pre-
ducc Quoted In New York.

During the past week the platform sur plus
sold at an average of about II 30 per can Of
40 quarts. The exchange price remains at
21sc. per quart, net to the shipper.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

THE Coroner's office, New York City, shows
that since January l thirty-nine men and
seven women have committed suicide For
the same period during 1894 forty-three sui
cides were reported, three of which were
women. 1t is an average of one suicide a
}a1,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

Mrs. Chatty Green celebrated her 103d
birthday not long ago in an old Iady's home
in Boston. She was born slave.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

The LongfelIow Crashed Into a Bridge
During a Fog at Cincinnati, and Sew
eral of the Passengers and Crew Were
Drowned--Fatal Railroad Accident to
Nestibuled Palace Cars at Scotland Ga.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-08-08
"LOOK AT THAI BEAUTIFUL JUDAS TREE"

ut is nothing-nOthing," he declared,
but that cursed insomnia"
April came. The winter wheat was
green. Cottonwoods bourgeOned. Mea-
dow larkS lifted. And the Judas tree
rippled all ver with tiny green leaves.
Then there were prisoned buds. and 10.
a brilliant flame of purple blossoms.
Waring had watched feverishly the
glorious revivificatiOn.
You admire that tree very much"
Dane said to him one day.
ut is a beastly thing to have at Il
mans door he answered. 81 shall
have it cut down."
She looked at him in amaZement.
you are ILL.," she said Solicitously. You
have not been like your old self lately.
You need Il change. We nus go away
"Where?' he questioned.
so. there must be many other places
where we would be just as safe from
She did not conclude the sentence.
He laughed harshly. This damna-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-08-08

its low ceilings and steep. crooked stair
way, was inside like "a palace in a
book" They explained that tn" ear
pets were like moss and that in looking
at the pictures you thought you We're
seeing "reci places an people" As for
books there We're thousands Of books.
they said. They told, TOO, Of a lovely
little lady who wore 4 SOFT, trailing,
beautiful gown: whose eyes were
brown and gentle; who had glittcrinG
rings on her little milk-white hands:
who spoke to them in kindly fashion.
but told them nothing Of her friends
or of her people; Il woman who was to
them at one an enigma and 4 divinity.
Music stole up at night from that mys-
terious hollow-music so gay. so vib-
rant. SO sweet. belated farmers jogging
homeward paused to listen with very
sincere pleasure and very righteous
doubt as to "them strange folks"
Finally, the curiosity that had never
been satisfied waned, while it did not
cease
1t was an exquisite May evening
when the little lady drove out to her
new home, between IIubbell and Gil
lead. She was profoundly impressed.
The daring descent. the lonely house.
the rockiness and solitude seemed to
attract her.
So" she cried. pointing to a tree.
the boughs of which trailed their clus-
tiers of intensely glowing purple bios
sons over the door, look at that beau
tiful Judas tree!'
He started slightly.
What did you call it,
"The Judas tree. 1t grows wild in
Nebraska. In May it is a mass of fra
grant flowers. The tradition goes that
it was on such a tree as that Judas
hanged himself. l wonder you
heard that"
He laughed grimly. "The treacher-
Gus apostle had an eye for the pictur-
eSQue!' he commented.
Summer passed. The purple bios
SONS were gone. Fall came-winter.
The tree ratified it's skeleton arms owe
the portal Of the stone house. Waring
often woke In the night and heard the
branches cracking in the wind. He
tried to shut out the sound. He could
not. Finally he ceased to try. When
he awoke he was listening and with
his heart beating hard. A change came
over him. His boyish face took on a
drawn, aged look. He lost his glad.
confident spirits. His companion no
ticed it. The farm people discussed it.
When spoken to about it he laughed
nervously.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-08-08
A Dust Storm in Nebraska.

A sweet, breezy May morning. so
crisp and cool as to be autumnal in sug-
gestion. A sky intensely blue, with
just the fugitive sail of a cloud showing
once in a while on its sapphirine eX-
panse. A wind blows up, a wind that
Is warm-caressingly SO. Soon it stings.
The eyelids tingle. One goes indoors,
c~ontemplates the weather from a COM
paratiye point Of vantage. But 1t Is
necessary to keep the windows shut,
else the dust. that is like pumice stone,
would choke, suffocate one. AS 1t Is it
blows in through closed shutters and
secured windows. 1t furs the carpet.
1t dims the velOurs of the best chairs.
1t ridges the woodwork of the furni-
ture. 1t makes gritty to touch the cup
you drink from. the paper you write
on. the page of the book you read. 1t
grimes the baby's white gown. Every
where it lies, on chair and bookcase,
on shelf and stair, on window ledge
and picture frame, thick and soft as
pale brown velvet.
AS the sun goes up it grows hot
hotter. The wind from Kansas, blow
ing up ~scorchingly, is a fierce fever Of
kisses-kisses that, like Il cOurtesan's,
burn, blight. and d~isenchant.
The sky has darkened. Is it going to
rain-by any blessed mlschance? No,
the darkness is that of dust. Dust in
little, long, wave-like currents on the
country roads; dust rising in whirls,
the spirals of which are shaped like
waterspouts; dust which surge up with
a sullen roar; which hangs n thick, dun
pail between earth and heaven; which
makes darkness at ; o'clock in May;
which Sits in on your pillow all night
long TO the tune of Il vagIant and ac-
cursed wind; which dries your throat,
gritS between your teeth. and cOlors
your dreams: which lies upon your gar
ments in the morning and shows on
your haggard face. You rise, battle,
dress. You are deceived by an abrupt,
a sudden. Il delightful hull, which lasts
perhaps two or three hours. But be-
fore noon it begins all over again.
Repetition. Revenge! Resignation!
the clock seems to tick.
The first is inevitable. The second
is impossible. The third-they say st.
Lawrence suggested a turn on the grid
iron during his martyrdom. Those who
endure the torture of Il summer in ;e
small Western town. where Il Sprinkling
cart is an unknown institution. never
make Il similar demand. For the heat
is e~nveloping, and they are roasted in
the most prompt. uniform and impair.
tial manner ina Einable.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-08-08

Dul we ulu l AZ
To get at their secret at all unfairly.
Bert Harte.
HERE are a good many forlorn
and dreary farms in Nebraska,
but perhaps that boasting the
most forlOrn anu dreary dwelling place
of all is one that lies between Hubbell
and Gilead. The country Whereabouts
presents for the greater part an APP
pearance Of prosperity. 1t is rolling,
brown-bluffed; in it's creeks oaks, wal
nut trees and wild plum bushes jOstle.
1t is q place Of illimitable vistas, mar
velous skies, Quivering c~ottOnwoods-
q place deSert-like in its loneliness, but
not without a certain sullen pictur-
esqueness.
The farm referred to is a stony half
section Of land lying we'll off the road,
with a house built out Of rocks quar-
ried from the. hillside, huddled down
in the draw. What could have induced
any one to put a house there is a mys-
terry which might be worth the solving.
for the draw Is not an ordinary one,
long or OblOng in shape. 1t Is circular
and is walled around by drab cliffs or
hills. 1t is quite concealed from any
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-08-08
Fitting Out in Europe.

''lf | were going to be married in
September md to have $1,000 to spend
on Ey wedding clothes | would spend
$500 of II III passage money and eX-
QelSeH. have 4 month III Europe ran
sacking the shops and bring back more
tinery for the other 500 than could
have been got in this country for Tie
whole sum-" remarked the woman OF
experience after the pretty girl had
announced that a fashionable wedding
was to be the end of her Strivinys to
be 4 new woman, with the working
capital Of the old one.