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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
RECIPE FOR PICKLING BEEF,

There are various recipes for pick
ling beef, but the following is a favor
tie one among our Northern farmers
TO each gallon of water add one and
one-half pounds OF salt, one-half
pound of sugar, and one-half ounce Of
saltpetre. In this ratio you can in
crease the pickle to eDy Quantity de-
sired. Put the pickle in kettle and
boil until oil foreias matter rises to
the surface and is skinned off. Then
throw into o tub or clean cask to cool,
and when cold pour it over the beef,
which, of course, must have been pre-
viously closely packed in the barrels.
The meat must be well covered with
pickle and kept down with weight.
The meat should not be packed down
for at least two days after killing, and
during this time 1t is well to sprinkle
with about equal parts Of salt and
saltpetre, which will remove the sur
face blood and leave the meat fresh
and clean. Store the meat in as cool
place as you hsve-the cooler the
better in your clim&te.-New York
Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Massage for Black Eyes.

Those who make business OF OBJ
literating evidence of fistic encoun-
tiers in the shape of black eyes oy
painting the damaged optics no longer
enjoy monopoly of such business
This was told by a pugilistlc &C
auaintance whose experience entities
him to be regarded as al authority on
the subject.
Massage treatment of the region
affected" he said twill beat paint and
raw beefsteak all hollow. But it should
be applied Immediately after the III
Jury is received in order to prove
thoroughly efficacious. 1t does not
require an expert to do it. All that
is necessary is to move the fingers
rapidly and firmly over the bruised
sur face, and to keep it up until the
last vestige of discoloration has dis
appeared. The explanation ls easy.
Where the blow has been received the
blood becomes congested. 1t is the
clots of blood showing through the
transparent skin that produces the
black effect The pressure OF the
fingers gradually loosens the clotte0
blood, which passes off into the gen
eral current of circulation, and fresh
and properly colored blood takes Its
place"
However, as a rule, the professional
"pug" does not bother himself about
accelerating the disappearance OF a
black eve. 1t is a sign which pro-
claims the fact that its proprietor has
recently filled an engagement, and AS
such he is an object of envy to his
less fortunate brethren. 1t IS the
man about town, whose overlndulgence
occasionally causes him to forget that
discretion is the better part OF vnlor,
who is apt to profit most by the
knowledge that massage, promptly APP
piled, will remove the signs of mourn
ing from an eye that has been IN Vlo-
lent contact with some other fellow S
fist, and thus obviate the necessity OF
inventing story to account for IT,
which, however ingenious, Will be
sneered at by sceptical and incredulous
acuuaintunces, rome of whom may
have s'been there themselves. New
York Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT A SUICIDE.
First Secretary of the Legation Shoots
Himself in Washington City.

First Secretary of the Legation Shoots
Himself in Washington City.
NJ. P. BogdanoH, First Secretary of the
Russian Legation, killed himself at 1915
O'Clock a. m. by shooting himself in the head
ut his boarding house in the fashionable part
of Washington City. He had been sick fer two
or three weeks, and his suicide Is supposed
to be attributable to the suffering he had IN
dergOne.
NJ. Bogdanof was between thirty and
thirty-tve years of age and unmar-
ried. He was First Secretary of the Russian
Legation. and was highly esteemed among
the members of the Diplomatic Corps. He
had been suffering for several weeks with
severe pains in his lower limbs, the result,
probably, of a heavy cold, which had de-
veloped into grip. 1t is thought that he had
become respondent over his illness which
did not seem to be leaving him. and that in q
moment of despair he killed himself.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Even in winter the horse is better
for outdoor exercise.
Teach horse what you wish him to
do and he will always do it.
Water the horse in the morning be-
fore giving him his breakfast.
Timothy hay is poor stuff for COW
feed. Glover hay is the thing.
Because prices are low is no re eson
for starving or neglecting horses.
Breed moro size and more quality
into the carriage and coach morse.
Where your ewes are insufficiently
sheltered from cold, breed them so
that they will lamb in April or May.
Mix your animals rations scientifi-
cally aud weigh them carefully. Moth
ing is more important in mixing foods
for live stock than to mix them by
weight.
Iu some counties in Iowa half the
wheat crop will this year be fed to
stock. In the northwestern States the
whir of the steel wheat crusher is
heard in the land.
fairs quarantine them to themselves
a while after bringing them home. It
is easy to catch contagious diseases
among your live stock at fairs.
Keep the breeding ewes in good con-
dition. Many ewes are lost by hay
ing them start into winter in poor
condition. Such ewes, when they
themselves do not die, produce dead
or weakly lambs.
Black fowls have the reputation of
being uniformly better layers than
white breeds. The black Leghorn by
some is considered superior to white !;
the same may be said of the Minorca,
Langshan, Java, Cochin, Plymouth
Rock and Spanish breeds.
The manner in which horse stands
still is one of the best indications of
soundness. If he stands with his legs
straight and we'll under the body there
is not much the matter with them. If
he favors a limb or straddles before or
behind, examine him carefully.
When you buy new hogs, sheep or
cattle, turn them into pen or yard
by themselves until you ascertain
whether they have not some infectious
disease. This precautiOn is especially
necessary now when European Gov
ernments pretend that we have swine
plague and pleuro-pneumonia among
our live stock.
To break up and scatter the manure
and to loosen up the spots where there
is no grass, they plant and harrow
the pastures at the Ohio State Uni
versity, according to the Agricultural
Student. For this purpose they use
four fence rails nailed together side
by side and tied behind light
smoothing harrow.
Wheat is good food for laying
hens; it contains protein fats and car
bohydrates, and is considered prefer
able to corn for daily feed 1t is i'm
portant to bear in mind that it is the
nutrients in foods that are valuable,
There is great deal to learn of what
certain foo Is contain, and the results
derived from feeding.
If horse balks, do not whip him,
but let him stop and think it over.
After little reflection and few
losses of the head he will often start
of his yolition. Talk to him kindly,
pet him, loosen u strap Or buckle,
and he may forget his obstinate spell.
An apple or bunch of grass from the
roadside may win him.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
FATAL NINE EXPLOSION.
Five Men Instantly Killed and Six others
Terribly Injured in Pennsylvania.

Five Men Instantly Killed and Six Others
Terribly Injured in Pennsylvania.
By an explosion of mine gas in the West
Bear Ridge Colliery of the Reading Coal and
Iron Company at Mahanoy Plane, Penn, six
miners were killed and five were burned,
four of them probably fatally. The dead are:
Thomas Durkin, of Girardville, Joseph
GLIDE, of Crescent Hill; Peter Greenback, OF
St. Clair; Peter Kline, Of Ashland; Anthony
Myers, of Ashland; Benjamin READER, Of
MahanOy Plane.
All but Myers were probably instantly
killed, and 1t was some time before their
bodies were recovered from the workings.
Myers was takeI out alive and died while
being carried to The hospital. The injured
are:
Edward Davis, of Girardville; William
Minnich and William Golf, of Ashland; John
Lamey and William Davis, of Mahanoy
Plane. 1t was feared that the first four OF
these injured men were fatally burned, but
William Davis was only slightly hurt.
The cause of the explosion was supposed
to be that a naked lamp ignited large body
of gas that had been let loose from blast
that was made in the gangway. The ex-
plosion set fire to the timber5 of what is
called the monkey airway," cutting off the
escape of the five men killed in the mine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
FARMERS COMMON ENEMY.
State and Federal Aid Asked to Kill t
To-, Iii

State and Federal Aid Asked to Kill the
Russian Thistle.
The Interstate Russian Thistle Conference,
called by the Governor of Minnesota to devise
ways and means for the suppression Of that
weed, met at the Capitol, st. Paul. Resolu-
tons were adopted setting forth that the Rus
sian thistle has extended from the Dakotas to
California on the West; to New York on the
East and from the thirty-fourth parallel on
the South to the fiftieth parallel on the North,
rendering valueless for purposes of agricul-
ture extensive areas. and that the conditions
prevailing in some of the States afflicted are
such that the National Government must rem
der direct assistance to the people in cOnnec-
ton with their State governments by apprO-
priation of public moneys, if decisive battle
Is to be begun against the common enemy
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
DISEASES OF THE FORE LEGS.

The feet and legs Of horses are ut
tracing more attention among breed
ers than formerly, as all breeds have
good and bad feet and legs. A scien-
tiiic writer in Europe says: THAT
there are more diseases of the fore
than of the hind legs Of the horse is
only what would be expected from his
conformation, his mode OF progression
and the nature of his work. The fore
legs and feet are the first to suffer in
jury, for they are the most severely
taxed both at ease and at work"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
CARE OF GRISDSTONEs.

L. cold weather the grindstone
should always be under shelter. 1t is
more or less absorptive of water, and
when water freezes, as it must in
winter, it will soon chip off pieces and
make the stone run unevenly. A
grindstone of good quality, will, with
care, last many years, and it is pleas
IRE to use it. One exposed always
to the weather is nuisance to any
one obliged to use it.-Boston Guilt
vatOr.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
PROTECTING TREES.

Discovered the colts barking trees
in the pasture one day. Had roll of
fine mesh wire chicken fence on hand,
which I cut up and put around each
tree. It did the business, and it will
stay there. By the way, why can't
we have fine screen wire galvanized
for permanent guards for fruit trees !?
Would it not overcome the destructive
work of the apple tree horer by pre-
venting the insect from depositinq its
eggs in the trunk of the tree, as well
as afford protection from rabbits and
mice. -American Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
FlCCAT FILCHED FOR YEARS.
His Huge DefaIcation Caused the Bank OF
Lexington, Va, to Collapse.

His Huge DefaIcation Caused the Bank OF
Lexington, Va, to Collapse.
The defalcation of Cashier G. NJ. Figgat,
which has practically put out Of existence the
Bank of Lexington, Va, and the only fnan-
cial agent of the entire community and county
people, has fallen with telling effect. Over
twenty thousand people are victims Of this
financial collapse.
The liabilities of the bank are s19s, 400 ~.
The assets are s133. 2O2.3 80. This leaves q
shortage of sos 200. 10, not including the
capital stock valued at $4,000. 1t is said
that Figgat used up the $50, 900 and $685.
20O.1O of depositors' funds, leaving a cash
balance of s6673.12 to meet the cash de-
posts of 900 It is given out that the
period of defaication covers twenty-three
years.
The Virginia Military Institute had nearly
$4,000 deposited in the bank. A large
amount of the County Treasurer's funds was
also In the bank.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
1Uh;h p,,r;fas Vtalizes and Enriches the Blood

At this season everyone should take a sooo
sr-ine medicine. Your blood must be pur1-
fled or YOU will be neglecting your health.
There is cry from Nature for help, ana uh-
less there is prompt and satisfactory response
Won will be liable to serious illness.
This demand can only be met by the puri-
flying, enriching and
B.ood-Vital;zirg
elements to be found in Hoods Sarsaparilla.
NV mother-in-law, Mrs Elizabeth Wolfe
at the age Of 70 years, was attacked Win
violent form OF salt rheum; it spread all over
her body. ard her hands and limbs were
dreadful TO look at At the same time, my
little daughter Clara, who was just one year
old, was attacked by similar disease, IKE
scrofula- 1t al peared in
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Drowned Under the Ice.

Lillian McMullen, aged fifteen, employed
at the stock farm at North Haven, near Sag
Harbor, Long Island. N. Y, was drowned in
an air hole in the ice at South Ferry. The
girl was walking on the ice with Two
children, daughters of the superinten-
dent of the pond. She slipped when near
the air hole and fell into the water
The two children fastened TO her assistance,
and they, too, fell through. Lillian, instead
OF trying to get out herself. bravely grasped
the rough edges Of the ice and held on until
the children climbed to her shoulders and
thence on the ice. Then she sank to her
death
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Killed by Her HatDin.

Carrie Pelsgrove, pretty girl Of seven
teen, residing near New Castle, Ey., went
skating with her sweetheart and party of
Some of the youngsters began a race. and
Miss Pelsgrove becoming entangled in the
crowd, fell, driving hatpin into her brain.
The pin broke of, leaving part of ii in her
skull. The girl died before she could be
taken home
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
PATENT COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
Citizens of Connecticut Lead the List in
Number of Patents Granted.

Commissioner of Patents John S. Seymour
submitted to Congress his report of the work
of his bureau for the year 1894. He says that
during the year there were 90, 803 patents
granted and 1900 trade marks registered. and
II, 920 patents expired.
The total expenditures were 81, 100 ,o47.
The receipts over expenditures were SS7 .592.
and the total balance to the credit OF the
Patent Office in the Treasury of the United
States amounts to a 1862 1876. IL proportion
to population. more patents were issued to
citizens of Connecticut than to those of any
other State.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Starving in kIahoma.

An appeal for aid has been issued by set
tiers in the Cherokee Strip Hundreds of
families are absolutely starving, eating
prairie dogs and horses. The suffering is
unparalleled. Cattle have been dying in
droves, as a result of the unprecedented
''northers" which have visited Indian and
Oklahoma Territories and Texas within the
past few weeks.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Biood-Vitel;zirg
Hoods 5 6n1 Hood S

The chief rabbi of New Zealand says
that of the 2OS cancer cases treated in
the Wellington Hospital during the
last eight years not one was Hebrew.
He attributes the immunity of He
brews to the regulations regarding the
slaughter of cattle.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

Cobalt nitrate is found by DIR. 10
hann Antnl, chemist of Hungary, to
be an antidote to prussic acid and
cyanide poisoning. First he tried the
cobalt on animals, and then, presum
ably at different times, on forty living
persons who had been accidentally
poisoned by prussic acid, and in all
cases the results are reported to have
been satisfactory. -Scientific Ameri.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
CaDtain and Two Men Lost

Captain Thomas Mclean. of the British
bark Valona, left his vessel III a small boat
for Darien, Ga. He was accompanied by two
OF the crew. Captain Patterson. of the tug
Mallonce, reports finding the b at bottom up
near Sutherlands Bluff. There is no longer
any doubt as to The party's being lost.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
The POpulist.

Why shouldn't there be a third party? It
is true they disturb the smooth running OF
the regular organizations and sometimes
overturn elections, but what is popular Is
founded on merit: AS for instance, among
all the remedies used for sprains and bruises,
ST. Jacobs Oil is the most popular because it
is known 70 be the best; hence it is the Pop
ulist in medicine. The moro because il
cures so promptly and surely. There is nc
Gripping from spraIn where this old remedy
is used. 1t imIart5 new life and strength
and the pain vanishes. Truly it is q Popu.
list
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
KILLED BY COLD.
| Eighty Deaths in London Alone Attributed
| to the Severe Weather.

Eighty Deaths ia london Alone Attributed
to the Severe Weather.
Cold is named by the Coroners as the cause
Of eighty deaths in London alone in about
one hundred inquests held within four days
and great many more are reported from the
provinces. Similar conditions OF weather,
with many fatalities, are reported in central
Europe. Snow has tied up the State railway
in Hungary and the drifts resist even dyna-
mite. Baden and Wurtembcrg are separated
by snow, from Mannheim to Cologne the
Rhine is solid ice. and birds are dying by
thousands for want OF water. The cold III
Germany was less, but the snow was increas-
ing.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

The echoes Of the blizzard of February 6,
land are just now being heard from the
far outlying districts in Missouri. From
Buford Mountains, eight miles southwest of
1rondale, Mo-, comes news of woodchopper
named John c. Warner. his wife and three
children found frozen to death.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
THOUSANDS STARVING IN CHICAGO.
Fully One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Persons in Need of Immediate Assistance.

According to a report made by the Out
door Relief Committee of the County
Board there are 10000 persons in
Chicago vino require immediate assist
ance to avoid starvation; 10000 per-
sons have already been supported
at their homes at public expense. Many are
said to be industrious persons who have been
out of employment until their credit and re-
sources are exhausted. Many more are in
danger of being evicted from their homes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Large Sores

Large SoreS
under each side of her neck; had tho attend
ance of the family physician and other .-
tors for long time, but seemed to cr '
worse. read of many people cured Of SIR f.
ula by Hoods Sa-saparilla. As soon rs WV
gave Hoods Sarsaparilla to Clara, she l".-.u
to get better, and before the first houl" ....
gone. the sores entirely healed up and Ill ,
has never been any sign OF the disease 81. R.
She is
Healthy Robust Child.
Her grandmother took Hoods SarsaNariua
ut the same time and the salt rheum decree
ed in its violence and perfect cur" was -..u
effected. 1t took about thre" months FIR n.-
cure. and she ascribcs her good health taI
strength at her advanced az" to houI~ $40
saparilla- 1t has certainly been Go! -'ul'n
my family. Mrs. SOPHIA WOLFE, Za!cs.A, O4.9
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
ARSON FOR FlREMENs PRACTICE
Az Entire Company Discharged for Con
plicity in Incendiarisln.

The entire Fire Department of Ypsilanti,
Mich, is in commotiOn over the confession
of ex-Fireman Charles NJ. Walker, who has
sworn that he, Captain Graham and Archie
Harrison, now somewhere in Ohio, set fire
to many buildings during 1892 and 1898. He
says that Captain Graham was the chief
conspirator and that he supplied the kero-
sene oil to start the fires.
Their motive was to rid the town of old
buildings, to give the members of No. 2 COM
pany opportunity to be at the fire first and
to get some needed practice. The firemen
were then paid 50 much per fire. He further
Bwears that the company was notified when
the fires were to occur All the members OF
No. 2 have been discharged and Graham and
Walker are both under arrest.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

greatly shortened. 1t also promotes tire
Secretion of an abundance of nourishmeut
for the child.
Mrs DORA a. GUTHRIE, of Oakley, Ozr,ton Co,
Tsmn., writes " When I began taking DR..
PierCe's Favorite Prescription. was not able to
stand OH my feet without suffering almost death.
Now I do all my homework, washing. cooking.
sewing and everything for my family of eight. l
am stouter now than I have been in six years.
Your Favorite Prescription is the best to take
before confinement, or at least it proved SO with
me. I never suffered 50 little with any of my
children as did with MY last"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
A Smallpox Serum ,

Experiments with a smallpox serum are
beng conducted by Health Commissioner
Honan at the Quarantine Hospital, St
Louis, No.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Most UNIQUE Strike on Record

All the cigarmakers in Marti City Fla,
went out on strike because Teacher C. W
Washburn refused to admit colored children
t. the free schools,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
How,a This z

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY &, Co, Props. Toledo, Q.
We, tho undersigned, have known ). Che
new for the last Is years, and believe him pee.
fectIy honorable in all business transactions
and financially abba to carry ouo any oolisa-
WEST & TRuAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDISG, K1ExAv & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo OHIO.
Halls Cafatrh Cure is t;tkon internally, act
Ing directly upon the hloo aai mucous sur,
faces OF the system: Price, zoe; per bottle. Sold
By all Druggist Tessi IL )nialS free.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

The Sheriff of Cook County, Chica-
go, Illinois, gets twenty-five cents a
day for feeding each prisoner under
his charge, and he is said to make
$4,000 year out Of it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

dispatch from Montevideo says that ad-
vices received there from the Brazilian from
tier are TO the effect that the Brazilian revo-
lutlcnists are active, and are massing well
armed and we'll mounted bodies of men i'll
the State of Rio Grande DO Sui. The revo-
1utionists are under the command of Admiral
de Cana, who took such prominent Part
An the naval operations before Rio de Jan
Giro.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

The hoopskirt WAS in full feather IN
1896. 1t was then made of iron and
sometimes weighed thirty pounds.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Twenty-Five Persons Frozen to Deaf n |.

There is yet no abatement Of the cold
weather throughout Austria Twenty-Five
persons have been frozen to death in Galicia
and several cases of death from exposure to
the cold are reported from other regions
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

The production OF precious metals
in the United States from 1853 to
1888 amounted to 1856 tons of gold
and 20. 300 tons of silver.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
PROFITABLE SWINE RAISING.

Select the breed best suited to your
fancy and surroundings, then breed
pure. Avoid inbreeding, for no fam.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

DR.. Kilmer's SwAMP ROOT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory BinShamton, n. Y.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
MOTHERS

and those soon to be-
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should know that DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription robs
childbirth of its tor
lures, terrors and
dangers TO both
mother and child, by
aiding nature in pre-
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for parturition.
Thereby labor :"
and the period of
confin G m ent are