davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
THE LABOR WORLD.

The new President of France was once d
tanner.
In Great Britain the yearly loss in wages
through ill-health is S55 900. 900.
IT is denied in Pittsburg that there has been
a consolidation of the plate glass manufac-
turers.
REPORTS from Swansea state that the de-
preston in the Welsh tin plate industry is as
Stunning serious aspect.
CoLLIER1Es in Pennsylvania of the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre Company shut down, throw
ing 5000 men out of employment.
UNEMPLOYED persons in Buda-Pesth. Hun
gary, marched through the principal streets
and were dispersed after serious fight.
THE Russian Government has placed Or
derS in Berlin for 800 locomotives and other
railway material to the value of % 900. Oc0.
OUT of 1000 workers in the sulphur mines
Of Sicily who were examined for the army not
200 could pass muster. The occupation is
said to be the most unhealthful in Europe.
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER DowLING's re-
port shows that in New York organization
has as a general rule kept wages up. hours
down, and improved the workingman's con-
dition.
The London Society for the Cure of Inebriety
is making point of the fact that great deal
of drunkenness is traceable to men being
compelled to work under unhealthy con
ditions-
LACK of trained sailors for the navy is seri
ously felt in the United States. where only
two-thirds of crew has been obtained for
the swift cruiser Minneapolis, just placed in
commission.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
DYEING AND CoLoRING SHEEP PELrs.

A correspondent asks how to cleanse
and color sheep pelts for rugs. The
following directions for tanning and
cleansing are as good as any
and are also the least troublesome
way. Make strong lather with soft
soap and hot water, and let it stand
till cold. Wash the sheepskin in it,
carefully squeeze out all dirt from
the wool. Wash in cold water till all
the soap is out
Dissolve one pound each of salt and
alum in two gallons of hot water, put
the skin into tub and pour the liquid
over it. If not sufficient to cover, add
more hot water. Let soak for twelve
hours, then hang on a pole to drip.
When we'll drained, stretch carefully
on board to dry, and stretch several
times while drying. Before quite
dry, sprinkle on the flesh side one
ounce each of powdered alum and salt
peter, rubbing it in we'll. If the wool
is not firm on the skin, let the skin
remain a couple of days, then rub
again with alum. Fold the flesh sides
together and hang in the shade two or
three days, turning over each day till
quite dry. Scrape the flesh side well
with dull knife and rub we'll with
pumice or rotten stone to make the
skin soft. When used for mats or
rugs they do quite as we'll if little
hard, unless you want to sew the
skins together, when they should be
soft
Several skins may be sewed together
to make large rugs. Woodchuck
skunk, cat and calfskins may be tanned
by the same process as tor sheep pelts
For coloring use diamond dies. Sew
loop of strong cloth onto each corn
er of the pelt; prepare your dye in a
shallow vat or pan that has large
suface. have the dye hot and the wool
damp, let two persons stand opposite
each other, each holding two corners
of the pelt by the cloth loops, and dip
the wool side into the dye bath, NOV
ing gently till all parts are colored
alike. Rinse in the same manner,
this prevents coloring or injuring the
skins. Wool carriage mats are easily
re-dyed in the same manner as the
sheep pelts. When the wool is dry
card it until it is smooth and fluffy. -
New England Homestead.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
FirpDrOOt CeIIulOid.

Ordinary celluloid is very useful
material, but its manufacture is at
tended with considerable risk, and its
combustible character even units it
for some purposes. A so called fire.
proof celluloid is now being made by
a company of Exeter, England. 1t is
prepared from the spent fibres of pa
per mills, which are reduced to gel
atinous state by certain chemicals,
given an even substance in a centrifu-
gal pump, colored as desired with ami
line dyes and strained through flannel.
The product hardens after time,
when it can be cut into slices, or it
can be moulded while liquid. -Tren
ton IN. j. American.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
A Vagary of the Law.

A man in the city of Baltimore stole
cat. The owner of the cat procured
his arrest on a warrant for theft.
Then the mans lawyer arose and told
the court that his client had not
stolen a cat, because it was legally
impossible to steal cat, because only
property can be stolen, and cats in the
commonwealth of Maryland are not
property, but fera naturo-that is to
say, fieras, which are wild beasts, such
as tigers, lions and felis catus, livin
in the state of nature. The judge waa
struck dumb by this argument of the
mans lawyer, and referred the ques-
ton to the encouragement, a person
OF great learning, who in his youth
was a mighty hunter of wild cats,
which he pursued over peaks and
through chasms OF the Blue Ridge and
chased over back fences and through
vacant lots in his native village. The
formal decision of this eminent au-
thority has established that, under
Maryland law, you cannot steal cat
Which is another illustrative example
of the variation and conflict of the
local laws in this country.-LegaJ
Adviser.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
Peat as Fuel.

In Friesland and other parts of Hol-
land the "black turf" is made into fuel
for brick kilns, litter for stable, and
mould for mixing with sewage. Some
of it is exported to Bremen, brunswick
and Belgium, and it is stated that 2eO, :
600 tons of the fuel, worth $3.50, ooo,
are annually consumed throughout
the Netherlands. The Dutch canals
facilitate the transport of the peat,
and as the subsoil of the moors Is al
ways cultivated after the peat is lifted,
the barges that take away the peat
bring back manure for the ground. AT
Groningen, for instance, all the sew
erage of the city is applied to the re-
clamation of the surrounding turf
moors.
In Denmark, where there is no
great supply of peat, it is chiefly used
by the peasants as fuel, or as bedding
in the dairy farms. In Sweden, on
the contrary, there are boys extend
ing for hundreds of square miles, and
of late wears over 600, 900 acres Of the
moorland have been brought under
the pillow. The peat is prepared as
Iuel, duu ldTSelS COuSulHCt IL Ai"hAA =
iron, glass, or brick, either alone or
mixed with coal and tir-cones. Ia
southern Sweden there are factories
solely engaged in manufacturing peat
fuel for sale, as it's use is steadily in
creasine, and some 80, 900 tons year
are employed in metallurgical opera
tions.
In southern and central Sweden
there are some twenty factories for
preparing peat-litter and mold, each
factory turning out from Is, 600 10 3d.
900 bales year, fetching about fifty
cents apiece. The mould is used for
gardening in Sweden, while stufting
for mattresses or furniture, and sur
gical bandages are made from the
white moss of the moors. In France
The peat is moulded into "briquettes"
with tar and resin, leased into litter,
or woven into fabrics, which are used
in the army, in barracks and hospi-
tails, as blankets, mattresses, and sad
die cloths, or for stuffing cOfferdams
and certain parts of machinery. The
Nineteenth Century.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
TRAIN ROBBERY IN KANSAS.
Passengers Forced by Masked Men to Give
Up Their Valuables.

Passengers Forced by Masked Men to Give
Up Their Valuables.
The Western express on the Atchison,
Topeka and Sante Fe Road, train NJ. 1,
bound for Colorado and California,
was held up one mile west of Sylvia, Reno
County, Kan, at 11.25 o'clock p. m. by
four masked men. who signalled danger.
Two of the robbers covered the engi-
neer and fireman and two went to the ex-
press car. For some reason they failed to
effect an entrance and then went to the
coaches and made the passengers give up all
their valuebles. The train was held for an hour
and ten minues by the robbers, who then rode
South. Conductor McGrath ran the train back
toSylvia and gavethe alarm. and Sheriff Pat
ton was on the train with his posse in a few
minutes. The men were betieved to be mem
bers Of the Stafford BAL of desperadoes.
One OF the men who went through the train
is described as five feet nine inches tall. He
wore wide-rimmed gray hat. The other
man was tall and wore macintosh.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
FLASHED BY THE CABLE.
Late Dispatches About Occurrences
in Foreign Lands.
THE CHINESE PEACE ENJOYS.
Text of Their Credentials---Fan of Wei
Hai-wei Makes Deep Impression in
China---Many Portuguese Killed by
Rebellious Kahirs---Native Outbreak on
the West Coast of Africa.

The text of the credentials Of the Chinese
peace ENJOYS, whom Japan refused to treat
with on account of the insuficiency of their
powers. was as follows:
"By decree we appoint you our Plenipoten-
tiaries to meet and negotiate the matter with
the Plenipotentiaries appointed by Japan.
You will, however, telegraph to the Tsung-
Li-Yamen (Chinese foreign office for the pur-
pose of obtaining our commands, by which
you will abide. The members of your mis-
sion are placed under your control. You will
conduct your mission in faithful and dill
gent manner and fulfil the trust reposed in
you. Respect this. ="
A despatch to the London Times
from Pekin says the capture of Teng-
Chou (Wei-Hai-Wei) has made deeper
impression upon the Chinese than
the fall of Port Arthur. The reported
refusal of Japan to treat with the Chinese
ENJOYS confirms the belief expressed in Pekin
that the japanese are not willing to name
their terms of peace.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15

quite understand this with those who
do not know better; but that an ex-
pert, like an Indian buyer, should
hold to the popular fallacy is almost
beyond belief, seeing that we have
had innumerable instances, both in
the old country and here, to the con-
trary. 1t was recently that some four
or five races were won in one day up
on one of our local courses by chest
nuts, and l think the fact was men
toned by one of your contributors,
and they are equally good either in
saddle or harness. Yet there are
numbers who will condemn a chest
nut at once for his color only, be he
ever SO perfect in every other respect.
The objection to a gray one can IN
derstand from groom's point of
view, Sect Z that they are so difficult
to keep free from strains as age
whitens their coats, but for no lack of
good constitution or disposition.
"Some will tell you that q roam is
the hardest Of all horses, and yet /
venture to assert that q greater por-
ton of aged roans does not exist.
Others credit black horses with being
allied to Dragonfels himself for tenn
per and untrustworthiness. The only
objection to him is that he is very
rusty in his winter garb.
white legs are always q sign of
weakness, you are told by many. But
I think three to one would be fair bet
ting against the one white leg out of a
set of four, the others being black.
What about Odd Stockings and All
Fours? Surely if white legs were
sign of weakness, such horses should
break down at very early stage of
their career. Most judges prefer bays
with black points, and it would be
difficult to beat them for general ap-
pearance the year through, but l for
one should certainly deny to them
monopoly of sound constitutions,
tractability, intelligence. and all other
virtues. l am quite with Mr.. Basil
Gray IN his general remarks, but even
he errs the other way, as he credits
white legs with being indicative of
some peculiar virtue-or, as he says,
they always denote quality This l
very much doubt. That skillful break
ing and future wise education has most
to do with the character and useful
ness of horse, as well as man, ire
spective of his color, can, I think, he
accepted as settled fact. Renfrew
was splendid tempered horse until
leased to such an extent that he be-
came man eater. Many two'legged
brother has had his character spoiled
by those who should have helped to
make him better. That horses, like
men, have their temperaments goes
without saying. That an eye for the
beautiful leads fanciers to reject pie
bald, skewb bald, and horses with wall
eyes and big blazes for hacks or car
riage purposes is not to be wondered
ut. But that any should condemn
many of our really beautiful chestnuts
is an enigma.
"The objection purely to color is, I
think, much akin to the action of one
who crosses himself when passing in
the street a person with oblique
vision. BELLS London Messenger.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
SPRiNCER'S BILL KILLED.
No Further Hope for Financial Legislation
by This Congress.

No Further Hope for Financial Legislation
by This Congress.
President Cleveland's revised plan of cur
rency reform was rejected by the House of
Representatives by an overwhelming vote,
leaving the Administration at liberty to an
nounce a new sale of bonds.
1t was nearly noon when the House, in
Committee of the Whole took up the Springer
bill authorizing the sale OF $500 1000, 900 Of
gold bonds to maintain the gold reserve and
to retire the greenbacks. The pending ques-
ton was Mr.. BANDS appeal from the ruling
of Chairman Richardson that his substitute
was not in order. On vote by tellerS the
decision of the Chair was sustained-130 to
81
When it came to considering the substitutes
pending, the Speaker ordered a vote to be
taken first on that offered by Mr.. Reed, which
authorizes the issue of two-year three per
cent. certificates of Indebtedness to meet cur
rent deficiencies in the revenue and bonds to
cover the deficiency in the gold reserve.
The vote on Mr.. Reeds substitute resulted:
Yeas, 109; nays, 1877; present and not voting,
q This was nearly party vote. Messrs.
Cannon (Cal.). Grain CTexas). Davey GaD.
Pendleton (Texas) and Shell (S. c.. Demo-
Gratis, voted with the Republicans for the
substitute. The Populists voted with the
Democrats against it.
The vote then required on the engrossment
and third reading of the Springer bill
amended in the Committee of the Whole.
which, on a division, the House refused TO
order by the decisive vote of 81 ayes to 159
nays. The announcement of this vote was
received with applause by the opponents of
the bill, in the midst of which Mr.. Springer
was seen rather than heard demanding a
vote by yeas and nays. This was ordered.
and resulted: Yeas. 1876; nays, 1862: present
and not voting, 4.
Mr.. Springer. having changed his vote for
that purpose, moved to reconsider the vote,
and that motion, on motion of Mr.. Hatch
Dem, Mo- was laid on the table. yeas 1876,
nays 1913, which finally disposed of the MAJ
ter.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
A GREAT PIE APPLE.

We have recently mentioned the
Ben Davis as leading profitable or
chard fruit, both at the West and the
East. That veteran fruit grower of
Missouri, Judge Samuel Miller, says
of it, that, while not first rate in quail
ity, the vigor, productiveness and
early bearing of the tree render it safe
to plant extensively. Even in Eng
land it is reported to give satisfaction.
The fruit dried or evaporated is white
and good; it makes excellent cider
and is fine in apple butter. For pies
it is great favorite; a bakery in
Chicago, which turns out 10, 900 pies
daily, uses the Ben Davis exclusively.
Fruit of this tree grown on an up
land, on trees not overloaded, is quite
different from the product of over
loaded trees on bottom land.-Culti-
vator and Country Gentleman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
HONEY LOCUST FOR Ak HELvEs.

have made a discovery-new to
me, at least-that the timber of the
honey locust, Gleditschia trlacantha,
is as good, or nearly, as hickory for
ak helves and handles of all kinds,
writes E. s. Gilbert to the New York
Tribune. The sap wood of the yellow
locust is not much good. The honey
locust, like the hickory, has strong
timber clear to the bark, at least in
young trees. The honey locust is cas-
Ter to start from the seed than the
other. The nurseries sell the year
ling plants for almost nothing; it has
no borer that I know of; its tough
limbs are not torn off by the wind; it
seldom suckers, and is perhaps the
harder of the two. A butt I cut this
fall has annual layers half an inch
thick, and the wood is hard and heavy
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
A NEGLECTED BUT VALUABLE PEAR.

The Forelle pear is seldom seen, but
it has so many good qualities that it
merits much more general planting.
1t is called by the Germans, from
whom we have it, Forellen- brine, i. e..
Trout pear, because it is speckled like
the brook trout. The pear is below
medium in size, inclining to pyri-
form III shape. When fully ripe, it
is of yellow lemon color, with a deep
red cheek on the sunny side. marked
with bright crimson specks. The tree
is good grower and a regular bearer.
It is fine grained, buttery and melting
in quality. 1t ripens late in October
and with care may be kept until
Christmas. With our modern cold
storage facilities, there would not be
the slightest trouble in prolonging its
season until well along in January and
perhaps later. American Agriculture
ist
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
BOY KILLS HIS COMRADE.

William Perry, a Kentucky Youth, Muir
dered in the Presence of His Schoolm ates.
Near Latonia, KY, while at school, Richard
Perry murdered his cousin, William Perry.
Both were pupils and both aged seventeen.
Their parents live on adjoining farms and
there has been a family feud between their
fathers, who are brothers, for years While
the Ooys were quarreling at school over
the family difficulties, Richard knocked Will
lam senseless with baseball bat. William
died that night and Richard is in Jail at Gov
ington. Both families are wealthy.
All the school children who witnessed the
assault during play hour at noon testify that
it Was an exceptionally cold blooded murder.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
The Noon a Piece of the Earth.

When the earth was young, accord
ing to the testimony of our most noted
astronomers, it turned with such amsz-
ing rapidity that the day was only
about three hours long. The entire
globe was liquid then, and as it spun
around at that fearful rate of speed
the sun, causing ever-increasing tides
upon its surface, at last pulled it
asunder! The smaller portion be.
came the planet which we now call the
moon. The distance of this moon
srcm the earth has been gradually in
creasing ever since, and the time will
surely come when it will not look
larger than tenth-magnitude stag to
the people of the earth. Louis
Republic.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
The KaMr Rebellion.

Advices received at Cape Town, South
Africa, from Lourenzo Marquee are to the
effect that the rebellious kafl1rs entered the the
treacherous use ola flag of truce and the pass
port, which they had by some means obtained.
Once in the camp, they tiercely attacked the
sleeping Portuguese, who were unable to
get at their big guns. Lieutenant Antonio
rallied his men and kept fighting after his
body had been pierced by an assegai. indie
pendent reports are that from fifty to seventy
Of the Portuguese were killed and many
wounded. British and German men-of-war
are in readiness to protect the subjects of
their respective countries should such pro-
lection become necessary.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
imprisonment of Ar1nenians.

A despatch from Constantinople. report
ing recent trials of Armenans at Yoozgat,
Pashalic of Sivas, Asia Minor, says that many
of the prisoners were condemned without be-
ing permitted to give evidence il their own
behalf In one case prominent Armenian
was convicted although he proved that he
was in prison at the time his alleged
offence was committed. There were many
similar cases, the trials being complete
farce. Armenians are being swept into
prison by wholesale. tortured, and money
extorted from them to crafty private
spite. At Sivas twenty children were i'm
prsoned for two months, their offence
being the formation of society to raise SUBJ
scriptions for the assistance of poorer chill
dren. Many Armenians have been thrown
into prison for having in their possession
Bibles and other books that did not bear the
stamp of the censor
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
TWO BIG IRONCLADS SUNK,
The Chinese ENJOYS Fully Empowered
Treat With Japan For Peace.

A correspondent at Wei-Hai-Wei telegraphs
that the Chinese ironclads Chen-Yuen and
Ting-Yuen have been sunk. The Ting-Yuen
and Chen-Yuen were struck with torpedoes
in three fathoms of water.
They were sister ships and the most pow
erful ships belonging to an Asiatic power.
Each had a displacement of 743O tons and
GOO horse power. Both vessels We're engaged
in the great battle at the mouth of the Yalu
River early IN the war. when so many Chi
nese ships were sunk, but escaped with slight
injuries.
The Chinese peace ENJOYS have been fully
empowered to treat. and will remain in
Japan. Both countries are anxious to con-
clude the war, but Japan does not mean to
leave China a loophOle for backing out.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
Brothers Die Together.

Don Ernesto Marquee and his younger
brother. Don Enrique. Guatemalans, We're
shot and killed in little dining saloon off
from the rear of Mrs. John Fl. Meyers saloon
at the northeast corner of Lexington avenue
and Forty-eighth street. New YORK City, at
$50 p. m. 1t was supposed that one of them
shot the other and then shot himself
The brothers had been short of money since
their father, a wealthy Guatemalan planter,
left them, about two months ago.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
The Nicaragua CanaI.

The project. OF the Nicaragua Canal has
been debated in the U. S. Senate very vigor-
ously. One thing should be remembered
about that climate it is death to almost
every foreigner who goes there, and laborers
especially succumb. 1t is said that the Pam
anna Railroad cost lite for every tie. What
an idea of pains and aches is in this sentence.
1t Is mostly due to carelessness. Every Ia
borer provided with st. Jacobs Oil would be
armed against these troubles. Mems mus
Giles there are cramped with rheumatic pain
and they ache all over. That's just the con-
d1tion where this sovereign remedy can do
its best work. The fearful malady Is very
much like the break-bone fever In certain
parts of America.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
.JapaneSe Patriotism.

Lafcadio Hearn asked in different
classes of his japanese school for writ
ten answers to the question: "What
is your dearest wish?" Twenty per
cent. wished to gain glory by dying
for the Emperor. Others stated q
similar wish in less definite language.
Patriotism is, in Japan. devotion to
the ruler personally rather than the
country. Atlanta Constitution.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
THE COLOR OF HORSES,

". Fl. Hawkes. writes to the Aus
tralasian as follows on that vexed
question, the color of horses:
st is an old saying among horsey
men, "a good horse was never bad
color, and yet popular prejudice as
signs all sorts of good or evil traits of
character to particular colors. / can
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
Gold Finds in East Siberia.

The Siberian newspapers announce the
discovery of rich and extensive gold fields
along the upper reaches of the Rivers Beya,
Nena and Uibat, in the Province Of Yeniseisk,
East Siberia,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
Noted Desperate Killed by a Woman

DR.. j. E. Raeder, the notorious Kentucky
mountain desperate, who was recently
Pardoned for the attempted murder of John
Hursh, in Lexington, about eighteen months
ago, was shot and killed while in bed in
Widow Catherine McQuinn's home. four miles
from Jackson. Mrs. McQuinn gave herself
up to the Sheriff, saying she did the killing.