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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-22

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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-22

There is no better barometer
than fish. For six or ten hours
before a shift of weather, and
when everything looks clear and
bright. they will suddenly play
off into deep water, and the catch
will be diminished to almost
nothing. This is a never failing
omen of bad weather. AS soon
as the storm subsidies they play
back to the shores. They always
seek the deepest water in going
up streams, and when the wealth
er permits, they seek the shores
opposite where they happen to
Be. AS proof of this, the falling
off OF increase in the catch comes
to all at the same time and alike.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-22

The Kansas suffrage law does
not require the woman who reg
listers to give her exact age. All
it requires that she be FL. This
lets her down easy.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-22

A Pennsylvania Judge recent
1y sentenced a chicken thief to
ten years in the penitentiary for
stealing ten dollars worth of
chickens, and two bank men
who looted bank OUT of SII2,-
900 to one year. When the
chicken thief saw that, he Wept
because he had not robbed a
bank.--Ex.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-22
EDENTON. N. c., March 22nd 1895

More attention has been at
tracted to the South i'll the way
of immigration for the past six
months than during the past six
years.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-22

An exchange makes this sug-
gestion for business men: "1n
towns where a newspaper is
published every business man
ought to advertise in it, even if
it is only a card stating his name
and the business he is engaged
in. 1t helps sustain a paper
lets people at a distance know
that the town is business town.
The paper finds its way into
thousands Of places where hand
bills cannot reach. A card in the
paper is a travelling signboard
and can be seen by every reader.
Think Of these things and let
your light shine"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
A MARINE WONDER.


Mighty Barrier Reef Reared by the Toll
of Minute Insects.
One of the marine wonders of the
world is the great Barrier reef of Aus
tralia, says London Public Opinion. This
stupendous rampant of coral, stretching
in an almost unbroken line for 1850
miles along the northeastern coast of
Australia, presents features of interest
which are not to be equaled in any
other quarter of the globe Nowhere
is the action of the little marine insect,
which builds up with untiring industry
those mighty mountains with which
the tropical seas are studded, more APP
parent.
By simple process of secretion there
has been reared in the course of count
less centuries an adamantine wall
against which the pillows of the Pacific,
sweeping along in an uninterrupted
course of several thousand miles, dash
themselves in Intellectual fury In
closed within the range of its project
ing arms is calm inland sea, dotted
with a multitude of coral islets and
presenting at every turn objects of in
terst alike to the unlearned traveller
and the man of science.
Here may be witnessed the process
by which the wavy gelatinous mass
hardens into stone, then serves as a col
lecting ground for the flotsam and
jetsam of the ocean and ultimately de-
veloss into an island covered with a
luxuriant mass of tropical growth.
Here, again, may be seen in the serene
depths of placid pools extraordinary
forms of marine life, aglow with the
most brilliant colors and producing in
their infinite variety a bewildering
sense of the vastness of the life of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
NEW BORDEAUX MIXTURE.
Better Than the One Now Largely
Used In This Country.

Used In This Country.
At meeting of the National Agri-
cultural society of France an improved
Bordeaux mixture was suggested with
the object of removing certain objec-
tons to the one now so largely used in
this country. 1t has the advantage
over the ole mixture in being less in
furious to foliage, less liable to be
washed away by rains, and less liable
to choke the nozzle of the spraying
machine. The new formula is as fol-
lows: Quicklime, pounds ounces;
molasses, pounds 6 ounces; sulphate
of copper, pounds 6 ounces; water, %
gallons. The essential difference be-
tween the new andold formulas is the
presence of the molasses, which has a
greater influence than would at first be
expected. The method of mixing is to
add the molasses to thirteen gallons Of
water, then slack the lime and add
four and one-half gallons of water to
form milk of lime. Pour this slowly
into the sweetened water, stirring
briskly in order to mix intimately
Next, in a third (wooden) vessel dis
solve the bluestone and pour this into
the previous mixture, stirring well.
In this blending of materials chemical
changes are taking place. When the
milk of lime and sweetened solution
are intimately mixed together, then
saccharate of lime is formed. Next,
when to this is added the solution of
sulphate of copper, double decom-
position takes place; suphate of lime is
formed on the one hand and soluble
saccharate of copper on the other.
This saccharate of copper is only
formed in presence of an excess of lime,
and it's formation is indicated by the
mixture assuming beautiful greenish
tinge. Thus the mixture is rendered
alkaline, and the acid is neutralized
by the lime
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
FIG. 1.-sUGGEsrIoN FOR EXTERIOR.

space to enlarge the front chamber and
closets, it could be further cheapened,
but | realize the convenience of run
ming water, both cold and hot, in a
farmhouse. The house is supposed to
be set on a hill, with a little descent
toward the road and sleeper descent in
the rear, the house facing the north.
The basement under the kitchen is ex-
cavated in the side of the hill to a
depth sufficient to give the houSe at
least TWO feet between the ground and
sills, using earth from the cellar to
grade up around the kitchen, the base
ment wall to be painted and the floor
cemented, and with good drainage. :
Here is located the milk room, hav-
ing double partitions of lath and plas-
ter. Some might take exception to
this, but this cellar is kept thoroughly
clean and lined. The milk room is
fitted with the usual shelving and other
conveniences for milk and butter of
two to four cows 1t is lighted, as is
the rest of the basement, by double
glazed windows in the foundation,
hinged SO as to be opened. The ice
closet lies just outside of the milk room
door, and all within easy reach of the
stairs leading down from the kitchen.
As [ do not believe in keeping quanti-
ty of vegetables stored under dwell
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

under foot just before meal time; so
they wash outside. A pantry 6xS opens
off the kitchen, provided with closet
for barrels, shelving, hooks, etc, to ac-
commodate all the utensils usually
found in a well-ftted pantry. An OPEN
ing is provided between it and the din
ing-room for passing dishes. A closet is
provided off the kitchen for dishes, and
to the right of this door opening to
cellar stairs. The dining-room, 13x14,
located on the west side of the build
ing, is lighted by large double windows
kitchen closet. The hall. parlor and
kitchen open from this pleasant room.
No room is wasted iii the hall, though
it is pleasant, as the stairway is lighted
by the windows on the landing. The
parlor, large, pleasant room on the
east side, with bay window, is capa-
bic of accommodating ''husking bee. "
A veranda five feet wide runs almost
the entire length of the front. 1T
should be to 10 feet wide. The
second floor consists of a large, we'll
lighted hall and three chambers with
closets, besides bathroom. A register
in the kitchen ceiling, opening into the
bathroom by box tiue, will warm the
bathroom. and another register in this
flue could open into the kitchen cham
Der for use when desired. A register
In the hall, or in either of the other
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

or caulifower crops for some other
plant, the Geneva station recommends
that direct remedy be used in con-
junction with it. Carbolic acid in the
form of an emulsion is the most FEAST
BILE The proportions are, one pound
hard soap or one quart soft soap
dissolved in one gallon boiling water,
one pint crude carbolic acid; the
whole should be we'll churned to form
an emulsion, when thirty parts water
should be added to one of the mixture.
1t should be applied in solid stream.
When the maggots have worked their
way into the roots of the plant short
distance the only remedy is carbon
bisulphide. This must be applied
carefully below the roots, and not on
them, as the liquid will kill all the
roots with which it comes in contact.
The requisite proportion is one tea
spoonful to each plant.-N. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
Then Napoleon Bseam. . "per.on.x..-

When Napoleon B4came . "Personage."
Augereau, who had fondly hoped to
enter the directory, was made COM
ninnder, in Moreau.s place, of an army
whose campaigns were over. The pre-
ms ture death of Hoche about the same
tirae quenched the only military genius
IN france comparable to that of Bona
parte, and removed a political rival as
well. The army of the Alps was then
coIabined with that of Italy, and with
this simplifcation of the military ma
chihe he who until posse was made
wo1ld be virtually its mover could well
say e. his enemies: Il speak in the
name of $4,000 men. The time is past
when scoundrelly lawyers and mere
takers can guillotine soldiers" Ma
poleon, in his intimate conversations
with Nine. de Remusat, said that at this
time he became a parsonage in Eu-
rope. On one side, by my orders of the
day, | supported the revolutionary sys-
tenn; on the other, secretly dealt with
the emigrants, permitting them to
cherish some hope. 1t is easy to de-
ceive that party, for it always sets out
not from what actually is, but from
what it wishes there were. received
splendid offers in case 1 were willing
to follow the example of Gen. Monk
The pretender himself wrote me in his
hating, ford style. 1 conquered the
pope more completely by keeping away
from Rome than if 1 had burned his
capital. At last became influential
and strong. Prof. w. NJ. Sloane, in
Tz,5stnrv
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
Some Planetary Comparisons.

Sir John Herschel once compared the
relative size of Jupiter, the giant of the
planets, to Venus, whose brightness
cause some to consider it one of the
largest of the suns train, as an orange
to pea. OF late years Sir Robert Ball
has stated that the earth, as compared
with the sun, would be as the smallest
gnat to condor. Using the figure
1000 as basis Of calculation, we find
that the mass of Jupiter is represented
by the figures 800, $50, while that Of
Venus is but s85; the earth, 1000; Sat-
urn, 5000; Uranus, 1850; Neptune,
6,7S3; Mars, 11s, and Mercury, 65. All
the asteroids together are represented
by the figure 100, while +he suns mass,
on the same scale, is 81, 900, 600.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
Level Culture for Potatoes.

Almost everybody nov agrees that
level culture produces the largest and
best crops of potatoes But it is i'm
possible to have level culture unless
the seed potatoes are planted deep
enough for the tubers to form uudes
the soil. The constant tendency of the
tubers is to rise as they grow. This, if
the seed has been planted only one or
two inches deep, makes it necessary to
draw dirt around the hill, making a
mound which sheds the water on
either side. This also cuts the pota-
to roots in the middle of the row. 1t
requires dry and rich ground to make
successful deep planting and level cul-
ture possible. But soil without stag
nant water near the surface is always
necessary for the potato crop. If the
subsoil is filed with water through
winter and spring it is impossible to
grow good potato crops on such land
the following season by any method.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
CABBAGE-ROOT MAGGOT.
The Best Method of Fighting This
Troublesome Garden Pest.

troublesome Garden Pest.
Although called the cabbage-root
naggot, this insect will also feed on
the roots of cauliflower, borecole, Brus-
sells sprouts, radish, collard, broccoli,
rutabaga turpip, winter cress and
hedge mustard. Many remedies have
been recommended for this pest. The
only preventive that has proved eff
fectual on a large scale is the tarred
paper disc. These discs, which should
measure three inches in diameter, are
made of thin roofing felt, being cut by
special tool, the dotted lines in the
diagram showing the position of the
edge of the tool. The discs should be
placed about the plants at the time of
transplanting. By bending the card
slightly the slit will open sufficiently to
admit the stem of the plant to the
center, after which the card should be
spread out and the points formed by
the star-shaped cut should be pressed
snugly about the stem. 1t is essential
that the ground be smooth when the
cabbage plants are transplanted, and
the discs must be pressed close to
the ground, leaving no chance for the
flies to crawl under them.
AS preventive measure would only
cause the flies to abandon the cabbage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

The principal causes of impure milk
are: Impure AIR in the milking place,
bad food, foul water and filth; and as
they are all causes readily controlled,
they are inexcusable. The farmer who
exposes his cows to such conditions has
no right to complain of low prices and
lack of customers. On the contrary, he
should be fined for imperiling the pub
lie health by attempting to place on
the market a tainted article which is
liable to spread disease. If farmers
would only unite and bind themselves
to observe scrupulous cleanliness in all
the branches of milk production they
might readily double its consumption.
The ''cowy" odor and the black sedi
ment are the greatest hindrances Ia
the rapid development Of the industry.
Farmers Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
Immense Block of Coal.

The largest block of coal ever mined
in the United States west of the Rocky
mountains was taken from mine No. 2
at Clelum, Wash, in April, 1898. This
immense block of consolidated black
diamonds" was "a feet in length, 5 feet
8 inches wide, and feet inches high.
1t weighed $1,000 pounds, or almost %
tons Twenty men worked three weeks
in cutting around and removing this
gigantic block of fuel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

OF the thousands and thousands of North
ern families who contemplate locating in
the South this fall in the hope of improv-
ing their health and lettering their fuan-
cial status, the vital question is which point
in the South is the best to locate in. The
three important questions to farmer, as
far as location is concerned, are
/. Soil capable of growing all the cereals
he is accustomed to cultivating.
2. A healthy climate.
3. A point where ready market can be
found for everything he raises.
These requisites can be separately found
in any of the Southern States, but in the
great mineral belt of North Alabama they
are all found together.
1t was this belt that originally attracted
the eyes of the world to the South. 1t is
about fifty miles wide and two hundred
miles long, and reaches from the Northeast
corner of the State as far south as Tusca-
loosa. Within the mineral belt lie all the
coal, iron, limerick and other mines; all the
furnaces and most Of the manufactures of
the State, thus providing employment for
immense numbers of operators of all kinds,
which create market for every pound of
produce raised by the farmer within this
region at a high price, and practically at his
door. In fact the consumption, of the prod
ucts of the farm is so great within this min
eral belt that the farmers located therein
are unable to supply one-twentieth of the
demand, and this cannot be said of any
other point in the South.
The increase in the value of lands within
the mineral belt of North Alabama is more
certain than any other point in the South,
hence no mistake can be made in locating
there.
The land throughout the mineral region is
high and dry, though watered by many pure
and limpid streams. Its elevation is such
thatit enjoys the luxury of a pure atmos-
phere derived from its altitude, thus giving
to all this region the uniform climate of the
South with the benefit of the seasons.
Birmingham IS the center of this mineral
belt, with the beautiful city of Fort Payne
on the Alabama Great Southern r. R., al
the North and Tuscaloosa at the South.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

chambers, would also admit heat from
the rooms below. OF course such hot
air is not pure, and ventilation must be
provided. The rear porch, containing
the well, can be utilized as a storm
door IN winter, or it can be extended
to join shed beyond the ell if desired.
The well is walled up to floor of porch
and provided with pump, and drainage
for sink and bathroom is through an
underground pipe. This makes a good
fertilizer, or can be utilized for irriga-
tion.-George Wilson, in American Ag-
riculturist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
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 perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts Oh 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.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

ing house, there is no cellar under the
main part of the dwelling, but we par
tition off a room across the kitchen
basement for keeping few vegetables
for present use, the crop being stored
in the cellar under the barn. The
whole basement is we'll ventilated, with
an entrance from the outside through
double doors. The kitchen is located
on the east side of ell, being 13x14 feet,
well lighted and containing sink,
range, sideboard and tables. 1t is en-
tered through the washroom, from the
outside. The Mushroom has sink and
wood box, with hooks, ETC., for conven-
fence. l place this sink in the wash
room, as it is not always convenient to
have the man and boys of the house
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
CULM AS FURNACE FUEL,
Rapidly Brushed Into a Fire Chamber
with Red-Hot Walls.

Rapidly Brushed Into a Fire Chamber
with Red-Hot Walls.
Richard Schwartzkopf, Berlin in
ventor, has devised an apparatus for
the purpose of utilizing the culm of
coal mines exclusively for fuel.
The cut shows a transverse section Of
the new furnace. A funnel A re-
ceives the coal dust The funnel is
closed at the power end by a lid of
sheet-iron c, the opening of which is
regulated by a thumb screw B. The
arrangement D E is to regulate the
downward pressure of the fuel. Just
beneath the lower opening of the fun
mel is a rotating brush of steel wire
f, which carries in its center a ham
mer G, and with every rotation hits
the bolt II, thereby opening up D
enough to admit certain quantity of
coal dust. This coal dust is thrown by
the brush into the fire chamber K,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

whose walls Q are red hot. A door to
regulate the draft is adjusted at o.
In this furnace there is not even a
trace of smoke, and all fuel is used up.
The inventor claims also that the boil
ers are very much benefited by the use
of this fuel. So far, two sizes have
been constructed-one, with a brush
about eight inches wide, will use about
two hundred and fifty pounds of coal
in day, while the larger size, with a
brush of fifteen inches, will require
double the quantity of coal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
Astronomy Hard on Evesipbt.

The dangers of watching solar phe.
nonena, even with partial protection
of colored glasses, have been pointed
out by DIR. George Macl1ay, of Edin-
burgh. Calico lost his vision in this
manner; Sd Isaac Newton's retina was
permanently injured, and DIR. Mackay
has himself met with not less than sew
enteen cases of impaired sight as a re-
suit of viewing with the unprotected
eye the eclipses of 1890 and 1891.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18
BUILDING AND SCIENCE
PLAN FOR FARMHOUSE.
A WeII-Arranged and Comfortable Rural
Residence.

A Well-Arranged and Comfortable Rural
Residence.
My idea of a snug little farmhouse is
shown in the plans submitted here
with. The perspective s'-etch of ex-
terror is suggested in its 1ost complete
form. If built with purchased ma
terials and by paid mechanics, it would
cost 81 400 to 81 1000, but where farm
er saws his own logs and does Eouch of
the work himself, it could be built for
much less. If made only story and a
half, it could be put up by a thrifty
farmer mechanic at cash outlay of
only $500 to $780, By emitting the
bathroom and plumbing, using that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

"This box isn't the regular size, y
said the woman who had purchased
some Strawberries.
THAT box, ma'am," replied the
vender, impressively, lis an achieve
ment of craftsmanship"
What do you mean?"
cts a compromise measure. ~
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-18

1t matters not which, may subject you to
sea sickness on the "briny deep" Whether
you are a yachtsman, an ocean traveller, out
for day or two's fishing on the salt water,
or even an inland tourist in feeble health,
you ought to be provided with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, valuable remedy for
nausea, collie, biliousness, acidity of the
stomach, malaria, rheumatism, nervousness
and sick headache. Lay in an adequate
supply.