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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DErIANDED.

general banking business is done by
the human system, because the blood de
posts III its vaults whatever wealth we may
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up against "a rainy day" as a reserve fund
we're in condition of healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufficient capital to
draw upon i'll the hour of our greatest need
There is danger in getting thin, because it s
sign OF letting down i'll health. To gain
i'll blood is nearly always TO gain In zth0If-
some flesh. The odds arc i'll favor of the
germs of consumption, grip. or pneumonia,
If otr liver be inactive and our blood i'm
pure, or if our flesh be reduced 6sI0zO a
HediHp Standard What is required is an
increase i'll our germ fighting, strength. DR.
Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery erriches
the blood and makes it wholesome stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength A medicine which
will rid the blood of its poisons cleanse and
1nvlgOTate the great organs OF the body,
vitalize the system. thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of it, is surely a remedy of great value But
when we make a positive statement that oS
per cent. of all cases of consumption can. if
taken i'll the early stages of the disease. be
CURED with the " DiSCoverv," it seems like
a bold assertion. All DR.. Pierce asks is that
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to the Worlds Dispensarv Med
ical Association, Buffalo, n. Y. You can get
a free book with tie names. addresses and
photographs of a large number of those
cured ofthroat. bronchial and lung diseases,
as we'll as OF skin and sCrOfulOus affections
by the " Golden Medical Discovery" They
also publish book of 100 pages, being
medical treatise OH consumption bronchitis,
asthma, catarrlI, which will be mailed on
receipt of address and six cents i'll stamps.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
FLESH OF CATTLE,

A very careful and elaborate inquiry
into the composition of the flesh of
cattle has been made by the Missouri
Station. The particulars are given in
Bulletin No. "a, which should be in
the hands of every one interested in
the question of stock-raising.
The results of the inquiry led to the
following conclusions: That, in the
quantity of fat produced in the feed
ing of cattle, breed exerts an influence,
and, looking at the question from a
commercial standpoint. that Short
horns and their grades are superior
and more profitable than other breeds
of cattle; that, in point of palatability,
or rather juiciness of flesh, Angus
and Shorthorns are ahead of Grades
and Herefords, and these again ahead
of Scrubs; that Shorthorns stand first
in the power of beef production with
Angus, Grades, Scrubs and Herefords:
following in the order given.
York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
GREAT NAVAL DISPLAY.
The United States to BE Represented al
the Opening of the KieI Canal.

the Opening of the KieI Canal.
The number of warships expected to be
present at the opening of the great Kiel
Canal in Germany this spring will far sur
pass any gathering in recent years, not ex-
cepting that of our naval review. when there
were about forty vessels in New York Har-
Dor. Great Britain. France and Russia will
send large fleets while Italy. Spain and other
smaller continental powers will be represen-
ted by some of their latest crack warships-
The United States will have the flagship San
Francisco and Marblehead. and probably one
of the two triple screw cruisers and the New
York.
Secretary Herbert has notified the Ameri-
can Minister at Berlin to inform the officials
that two ships. and perhaps four will be at
Kiel. in accordance with the Emperor's re-
quest. The opportunity of showing off the
Columbia and Minneapolis. which are with
out equal in their class. and TO compare the
New York with the Blake. an armored cruiser
Of nearly the same displacement. 1t is be-
iieved may be taken advantage of by Secre-
tary Herbert, vino has been anxious for some
time to let foreign naveS witness the latest
successes which have crowned the building
Of the new navy. 1t is admitted that no ship
is comparable to the New York of her ton
mage and class, while there are but two
triple-Screw cruisers in the world except
those belonging to the United States. Both
the Observation-Disclosures AMI the French ship
have failed to make the record of the Column
bia. and in this branch of naval advance
ment the United States so far has outstripped
foreigners.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
HOODS
Sarsa pariiIIa
The Biggest Goose.

I heard the other day al amusing
tale of of a certain well-known Eng
lish nobleman, who had imported two
emus with the hope of breeding from
them, and on leaving his estate for
town left also strict injunctions that
the greatest care should be taken OF
the lady emu, if she produced the de-
sired egg or eggs. The egg arrived
in due course, but, as artists have
found before now, the lady declined to
"sit." The steward, however, how
ever, was an ingenious man, and
thought of substitute. but his pow
ers of composition were by no means
on a par with his inventiveness, and
he announced the interesting event to
his master IN the following terms:
"The emu has laid an egg, but we
were in a great difficulty, as she would
not sit on it. / did what 1 thought
was best, and in your Lordship's alb
sence have placed the egg under the
biggest goose on the estate. Pail
Mall Gazette.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Large Requests for Public Uses.

Within q week two wills have been
probatod in this city, containing large
legacies to our local benevolent and
other public institutions. Few realize
how vast is the sum yearly bequeathed
or given to charitable uses in this
country in the course of q year. Dur
ing the last year the enormous sum Of
$l9,9G7, 11G was given by well-to- do
people and others to churches, col
leges, museums, art galleries, libraries
and other educational and helpful in
situations. The Chicago Tribune has
diligently kept the record from year
to year: which it felicitously calls it's
"white record" In 1898 these free
gifts to the public reached still more
colossal fgures-$33, 319,866. No
sums less than $1,000 appear IN the
Tribune's list. There are many pub
lie requests made in all parts of the
country of less amounts than $10O0.--
Philadelphia Ledger.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
THE HOUSE ADJOURNS.
Its Closing Scenes Were Devoid of Any
Sensational Features.

In the House, the closing scenes were de
void of any sensational features. When the
House reassembled at II o'clock Senate
clerk announced the appointment of the
Monetary Conference members on the part OF
the Senate and also the resolution providing
for adjournment. The resolution was agreed
to.
Speaker Crisp announced Messr5. Catch
fngs, Outwaite and Reed as a committee to
inform the President that the House was
ready to adjourn, and also Messrs. Rusk,
Meredith and Coffin, as the Committee on
Accounts to serve during the recess. He also
announced the following committee to partici.
pate in the dedication Of Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military parks: Messrs.
Hatch, Culberson, Reed, Savers, Talbot,
Sickles, Wilson, Mallory, Boutele, Alexan-
der, Henderson, Hooker, Tarsney, Hender-
son, Bingham, Draper, kieSer. Harrison,
English, Marshall, Van Voorhis and Lapham.
Mr.. Catchings, with Mr. Cultivate and
Mr.. Reed, appeared in the main aisle at this
point and reported that they had seen the
President, who directed the committee to in
form the House that he had no further COM
munications to make.
Speaker Crisp resigned the chair to Mr..
Hatch, who recognized Mr.. Cannon. Mr..
Cannon made neat speech, complimenting
Speaker Crisp on his fairness and courtesy.
Replying for the Democratic majority and
for Mr.. Crisp, Mr.. Wilson said that the ma
jority was duly sensitive OF the honorable
and courteous action Of the gentleman from
Illinois.
Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas, spoke for the
Populists, expressing their appreciation OF
Mr.. Crisp's fairness and kindliness.
Replying to these. Mr.. Crisp made an elo-
quent speech. He expressed his feelings not
only regarding the resolutions. but in
spect to the courtesy and consideration with
which he had been treated. The Speaker, on
concluding, announced the appointment of
Messrs. Culberson, Hit and himself (under
the resolution adopted the night before) as
members of the Monetary Commission.
The hands of the clock then pointed to
twelve. 81 now declare the third session of
the Fifty-third Congress-" said the Speaker,
"adjourned without day."
Amid cheers and cat-cails from the gal
leries. a rush was made for the doors. The
newspaper correspondents sang the doxology,
praise God from whom all blessings flow"
The spectators paused to listen and applaud.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

The Chenab Irrigation Canal in the
Northwest Provinces, India, is sal d
to be the widest canal in the world.
1t is 10 feet broad and will be in
creased to 200 feet broad when fin
ished. The head works are at Kanki,
where shutter dam about one and all
eighth miles long extends across the
river. When finished the main chan
mel of the canal will be 451 miles
long, while the principal branch
channels will have an aggregate
length of 200O miles, and the village
branches will be about 1900 miles
long. Already $50, 900 acres are sup
piled with irrigating water, and the
completed work is expected to bring
IN revenue of about sixty five lakhs
Of rupees per annum. New York AID.
yertiser.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
SCAB IN FOWLS.

The disease in poultry which ap-
pears in the form of thick scabs on
the legs is due to the presence of
mites, which burrow under the skin,
this being in the form OF the coarse
scales by which the legs of birds are
covered. If one of the scales is lifted,
a mass of pulverulent matter will be
found under it, among which there
will be seen numerous minute mites
crawling. The irritation thus caused
produces a discharge of serum, which
coagulates and forms glutinous mat
ter under the scales, and in this the
mites live and breed. The disease be-
longs to the same class of parasitic
complaints as itch, mango, and the
sheep scab. The Same remedies will
therefore be useful. These are to APP
ply some wash that will kill the in
sects, and thus relieve the birds from
their tormentors. The most effective
remedy has been found in a mixture
of kerosene and soap dissolved in
water, or of kerosene and any kind of
oil. These are we'll brushed into the
skin and under the scales, which may
first be well soaked in hot water to
loosen the gathered matter under
them and permit the easy diffusion of
the oil. To keep the perches we'll
soaked with kerosene and any kind of
grease will then prevent q return of
the disease. AS these minute insects
gather and breed in dust, and most of
all in the collected manure of the
fowls, it is q great relief to observe
thorough cleanliness in tho poultry
house. New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
BACTERIA OF THE EARN.

In these days when some phase of
bacteriology enters into almost every
action of man, it is time for the farmer
to consider its relation to his work,
writes G. D. Reed. For his first field
of study he might we'll turn to his
COW barn, where he will not only find
the greatest abundance of material,
but where few thoughtful precat.
tions will be we'll repaid. Under the
nearly perfect conditions of the new
experimental barn at the Iowa Ex-
pertinent Station it has been found
that in five minutes time an average
of 4454 germs will fall upon surface
equal to that of the milk in an ordin-
airy sized milk pail, if it were set a
few feet behind the COWS. Directly
under the cows the number would be
much increased, owing to dislodgment
during milking. Observations in the
open air outside the barn revealed
only about one-fourth as many.
Among these barn germs are in
cluded the beneficial Tactic acid pro-
ducing species, SO necessary to ripen-
ing of cream, as we'll as the dele
terious producers of some of the most
nauseating taints and putrefactions.
Infection from these latter is in pro-
portion to the cleanliness of the barn,
the COWS, the mixer. the mixers
clothes, ventilation, etc. Neither
feeding with coarse folders nor clean
ing the stable should be done during
milking or nearer than An hour or SO
before milking time. for myriads of
germs may thus be set in motion, and
the milk pail being usually near the
floor will get its share. Horses should
never be kept in the same section of
the barn with COWS, for horse manure
is very favorable medium for the
growth of putrefactive species. The
presence of horses only multiplies the
d1sagreeable odors SO readily absorbed
by the milk during it's short stay in
the barn.
AS it comes from the udder of a
healthy COW milk contains no germs,
and if properly handled may produce
the finest of butter: but if subjected
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Spring
WI edicine

81 was all broken down in baa,.,
SO weak anil nervous / wa, ha, H.
able to be up. I-hal severe p,Ins'
my side, and headache. I wouIl o,.aa
have to stop when going up.stair. ~
account of palpitation OF tn, bo,r,
1 had no appetite and a dIstres,s | foor,
ing in my stomach. Iresolvelt, trr
Hoods Sarsaparilla. took two b,i
ties and have not hlla spell o, ,,.
headache for foIr months, fe1 will
work all day AMI eat ho.rt,i,. ".
friends remark how we'll | AN 10 kin!
l think all nervous, run dowa pa,n2.
ought to take it, especially urr,In,
mothers" Mas. S. AsIwoRru Eaton q
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than al. other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro,
nounced it local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incura BILE.
Science has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufectured by f. J. Cheney 81 Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure Oh the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 1Ddrops TO
q teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonial Is
free. Address
F. J. CHENEY 6 Co., Toledo, O.
e Sold BY Druggists, 15c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
FIGHTING THE INCOME TAX.
Distinguished Counsel in Battle Array In
the Supreme Court.

Distinguished Counsel in Battle Array in
the Supreme Court.
Preliminary arrangements for the argu-
ment in the income tax cases were made in
the Supreme Court of the United States in
the presence ofsuch an array of distinguished
counsel as Is seldom seen in the court There
are three eases. Proceedings were opened
upon the coming in of the court with re-
quest from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT that the
three cases be consolidated It was arranged
that five hours should be given to each side
with the statement by Chief Justice Fuller
that further time would be given If found
necessary later. He also remarked that the
court would not expect to hear more than
three attorneys on each side.
In the Moore case ex-senator George F
Edmunds and Samuel Shelabarger and j.
NJ. Wilson appear for Moore, and the Attor~
ney-General, Assistant ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Whitney and the Solctor-G General for the
Government. Pollock and Hyde are repre-
sented by Clearance A. Seward. w. D. Gutb-
RE, Charles Steele. Joseph H. Choate
Charles Southmayd and B. H. Bristow.
while II. B. Turner appears for the Farm
ers' Loan and Trust Company. and James c.
Carter and William c. Gulliner for the Con
tinental Company.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
CONGRESS IS ADJOURNED.
The Closing Scenes Of the Fifty
Third Session.
THE ENDING WAS UNEXCITlNG.
With BETTING Sole1nnity the Senate Com
pletes It's Work, but the House Dies
Amid Merriment and the Interchange
of Comp1irne nts---An the Appropria-
ton Bills Passed---Monetary Delegates.

After an exciting three days continuous
session the Fifty-third Congress passed out
Of existence at noon. The usual formalities
were observed
In the Senate at $50, the last of the ap-
preparation bills (the Deficiency was re-
ceived with the Speakers signature to it,
and it Immediately received the signature of
the vice-President and was returned to the
House
The Vice-President announced his sigma
tire of the anti-Lottery bill and the bill
amending the copyright law so as to limit the
Liability Of publishers.
At 1925 q resolution was offered by Mr..
Voorhees, for the appointment OF committee
of two Senators to join ike committee on
the part of the House to wait upon the
President and inform him that the two
Houses. having completed the business Of
the present session, werc ready to adjourn
unless the President had some other com
munication to make to them.
The resolution was agreed to, and Senators
voorhees, and Sherman were appointed such
committee.
At few minutes before II the committee
appointed to wait on the President reported
that they had performed their mission, and
that the President congratulated Congress
at the conclusion OF its labors." At this an
nouncement Senators and an immense audi
ence in the galleries INDUCED in loud
laughter and applause.
Then, at noon, the Vice-President made
his parting speech, in which he said that the
magnitude Of the questions determined by
the Senate and the ability with which those
questions had been discussed had been sur
passed in only few preceding Congresses;
and that this hour marked the close of long
and honorable terms of service of Senators
who would be borne in grateful remembrance
by their associates who remained.
He expressed his thanks to the officers Of
the Senate for the fidelity with which they
had discharged thor important duties, and
to Senators for their assistance and courtesy
to the presiding officer. and said that the
great debates and important legislation of
the Fifty-third Congress now passed into the
domain Of history
He then let the gavel fall and declared the
Senate adjourned without day.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15

Is so important that you should be sure
to get THE BEST. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla has proven its unequalled merit by
its thousands of remarkable cures, and
the fact that it has a larger sale than
any other sarsaparilla or blood puri-
fer shows the great confidence the
people have in it. In fact it IS the
Spring Medicine. It cures all blood
diseases, builds up the nerves and
gives such strength to the whole system
that, as one lady puts it, at seemed to
make me anew"
If you decide to take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla for your Spring Medicine 90
not buy any substitute. Be sure to get
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE GOLDFISH
The Massachusetts House Superintends
the Transfer.

The Massachusetts House Superintends
the Transfer.
AT twilight, in Boston, the ancient Goldfish,
that emblem of Massachusetts, old-time in
dustry. was lowered from its place in the old
Chamber of the House of Representatives,
where it has been suspended for more than
one hundred years, wrapped up in the Stars
and Stripes and carried to it's future place of
abode in the Chamber of the new House of
Representatives.
-Four stalwart messengers in blue uniforms
bore the fish, wrapped in the American flag
to its new home. The Sergeant-at-Arms led
the procession and fifteen members of the
House, especially appointed COR the service
were the escort.
Representatives Galivan and Roberts de-
lvered speeches to the House, giving the
history of the Goldfish. and they were fol-
lowed by Representatives Irwin and Gauss
who made appropriate remarks, and offered
the necessary orders and resolutions which
will insure the safety of the fish for another
century.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Zinc Production.

An official statement of the United States
geological survey shows that during the cal
endar year 1894 the total product of zinc
(spelter) was rs, 32s short tons, decrease of
1904 tons from the previous year. due to in
dustrial depression. Kansas shows an in
crease of 2773 tons, while oil other States
show decreases
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Home, Sweet Home.

"Home, Sweet Home" Payne's
song, was originally number in the
opera "Clari, the Maid of Milan" a
production brought out in 1928. The
opera was a failure, and nothing is
now known of it save the one song,
which became instantly popular.
Over 100, 900 copies were sold in the
first year of its publication, and the
sale in one form or another has been
constant ever since the first appear
ance of this beautiful theme. The
melody is a Sicilian folk-song, and
was adapted to the words by Payne
himself. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
UNCLE SAM AND SPAIN
Inquiry as to Our Attitude on the Cuban
1nsurrectiOn.

Inquiry as to Our Attitude on the Cuban
Instruction.
Deputy LENA questioned the Spanish Gov
eminent in the Congress at Madrid as to the
attitude of the United States toward Spain in
the matter Of the Cuban insurrection
Senior AbaZuza, Minister of Colonies.
replied that he had conferred with United
States Minister Taylor only as to
the penalties recently inflicted up
on Americans in Cuba. The general
relations between the two countries were
cordial, as was proved by the manner in
which the Nueva Espagna was received at
Tampa. The commander of the gunboat had
reported to the local officials, who had
shown the greatest good will to the Span
iards.
In the Senate, Premier Sagasta was asked
whether or not the United States had offered
to help quell the revolt in Cuba. He an
sWered that the report to this effect was I'M
true, adding that Spain needed no assistance
in subduing the insurgents.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
DIAMOND DISCOVERIES IN ALASKA
Rush of Gem Hunters Has Set In for tn.
Locality,

diamonds OF splendid brilliancy have been
found in the lava beds On the sides CT Norri
Edgecocabe, Lea- Sitka, Alaska Two
months age p-ospectoz brought some lava
ashes to sitka, which was afterwards sent to
a San Francisco expert, who returned word
that an investigation should be made a. the
earliest opportunity, as the presence of dia-
monds was indicated. Since then bright
stones have been brought in from Mount
Edgecombe which Alaska papers announce
to be diamonds, and rush Of hunters has
set In for the locality,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
GEESE ARE PROFITABLE.

Geese are considered quite profit
able to keep in the country by those
who give them proper care. They do
better by themselves than if kept
with either ducks or chickens. Three
geese to each gander is necessary to
insure fertility of the eggs laid, but
during the Matching period it is better
to keep the males away by themselves
and avoid quarreling. They are great
fowls to roam about, and do better in
the fields and meadows near stream
of running water.-New York hide
pendent
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-15
Suicide of a Bank Cashier.

Henry F. Wing. Cashier of the Grafton
(Mass. Savings Bank, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a pistol in his barn.
Wing was seventy years of age had been
had also served as Town Treasurer Owing
to difficulty i'll the settlement of several es-
tates OF which he was executor. there were
several suits, aggregating more than 1900,
600, pending against him