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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
HE STILL HAS
FAITH IN SILVER.
Mr.. SEWALL THINKS FOUR YEARS
OF PROSPERITY MIGHT
CHANGE THE ISSUE.

Arthur Sewall, of Maine, late
candidate for Vice-President on
the Democratic ticket, was in
New York City, enroute to
Florida on Saturday. Mr.. Sewall
does not appear at all cast down
by defeat and was in the best oi
health.
"Of course" said Mr.. Sewall,
Il was disappointed in the result
of the election. l believed we
would carry Two or three of the
central States which went against
US"
"What do you think will be
the result Of the election as re-
CARDS free silver9"
~ regard the election as a
practical victory tor the cause OF
free silver. l think the financial
plank of the next Democratic
National Convention will be
practically the same as that of
this year"
"What effect would four years
of-prosperity under Republican
administration have2"
"Should there be four years of
prosperity, lam declined to think
free silver would not be the issue,
because the improved condition
would seem to obviate the he,
cessity for change. However,
l do not expect that the country
will have any such good luck. "
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
(By the Governor.)

The observance of one day in
the year as an occasion of
"solemn and public thanksgiv-
ing to Almighty God for past
blessings and of supplication for
His continued kindness and care
over us as Nation and State"
is a beautiful and me-honored
custom of a Christian people
and should be perpetuated among
us and observed in a digni6ed
and religious manner.
The people of North Carolina
have much for which to be
thankful to the "Giver of every
good and perfect gift AL
though the past year has not
brought so great prosperity or
the land yielded so abundantly,
still our people have enjoyed a
proportionate measure of these
blessings and have escaped the
dire calanities which have be-
fallen some of our less favored
Commonwealths.
Therefore, in accordance with
the laws of this State, I, Elias
Carr, Governor Of the State OF
North Carolina, do hereby de-
slgnate and appoint Thursday,
the 10th day of November, 1896,
as day to be set apart by our
people for public Thanksgiving
to God for the many blessings
voughsafed to us. To this end
let Our people assemble in their
usual places of worship or around
their fresides and give thanks in
prayer and praise.
On that day let us remember
in our prayers and with substan>
tial offerings, the poor and needy
the widow and orphans, the
noble charitable institutions Of
the State and the disabled SOL
dier, who more than ever needs,
in his declining years, the strong
arm of the State and the assist
ance of her patriotic citizens to
protect him from want.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina to be affixed.
Done at the city of Raleigh, this
18th day of November, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand,
eight hundred and ninety-six,
and of the independence of the
United States Of America the
one hundredth and twenty-frst.
ELIAS CARR,
By the Governor.
S. F. TELFAIR, Private Secty.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
Admiration for Mr.. Bryan

On Saturday last w. J. Bryan
received the following from the
Free Silver Club of Hill City.
South Dakota:
"Hon. w. J. Bryan,
Lincoln, Neb.:
"Honored Strive. the lnem-
bers of the Hill City Silver Club,
herewith tender you our earnest
admiration for the patriotic de-
votion with which you served
our cause during the recent cam>
paign. We propose to remain
organized and shall as zealouslv
III the future, as we have i'll the
past, revere the principles you
advocate. The result Of the
campaign is but temporary de
feat and we firmly believe that
truth crushed to earth will rise
again.
This is but one of the many
similar letters received by Mr..
Bryan. whose correspondence
continues heavy.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
THE BEAUTY OF 4 SHIP.
MRS. STOVES FASCINATING De-
SCRIPTION OF a VESSEL
UNDER SAIL.

Mrs. Stowe, in "The Pearl OF
Orr's Island" gives this fascinat-
ing description of a ship under
sail: What is there belonging
to this workaday world of ours
that has such a fund of never
failing poetry and grace as a
slip9 A ship is beauty and a
mystery wherever we see it. Its
white wings touch the regions
of the unknown and the imagi-
native. They seem to us full of
the odors Of quaint, strange, for
eign shores, where life, we fond
ly dream, moves in brighter cur
rents than the muddy, tranquil
tides of every day. Who that
sees one bound outward, with
her white breasts swelling and
heaving, as if with a reaching
expectancy, does not feel his
own heart swell with d longing
impulse to go with her to the
far-off shore? Even at the dlngy,
crowded wharfs, amid the stir
and tumu1t Of great cities, the
coming in of ship is an event
that never can lose its interest.
But on these romantic shores of
Maine, where all is so wild and
still and the blue sea lies EN-
braced in the arms of dark, soils
tary forests, the sudden incoln>
ing of a ship from a distant voy>
age is a sort of romance. Who
that has stood by the blue waters
of Middle bay, engirdled as it is
by green slopes of farming land,
interchanged here and there
with heavy pillows of forest
trees or rocky, pine crowned
prom ontories, has not felt that
sense of seclusion and solitude
which is so delightful? And
then what a wonder! There
comes a ship from China, drift
ing in like white cloud, the
gallant creature! How the waters
hiss and foam before her. With
what a great, free, generous
splash she throws out her an
chors, as if she said a cheerful
We'll doner to some glorious
work accomplished! The very
life and spirit of strange, ro-
mantle lands come with her.
Suggestions of sandalwood and
spice breathe through the pine
woods. She is an oriental queen
with hands full Of mystical
All her garments smell of myrrh
and cassia, out of the ivory pal
aces, whereby they have made
her glad No wonder men have
loved ships like birds and that
there have been found brave.
rough hearts that in fatal wrecks
chose rather to go down with
their ocean love than to leave
her in the last throes Of her
death agony
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
SLEEPS STANDING UP.
Jake Afterward Takes His Rest
in the Day Time Under the
Trees.

Jake Rodgers says he is the
only man in the world who sleeps
standing up, says the San Franz
cisco Chronicle. And most likely
he is right about it, although
there are many men living who
claim to have done it under
compulsion during the war.
Jake also says that the reason he
is SO healthy is because he
sleeps the way he does.
The place where Jake has his
home is in Mendocino county,
near Los Robles.
1t is safe to say that Jake's
house is the only one of it's
kind in the world. 1t is built to
sleep standing up in, and it
would be ilnposs' bic for person
to sleep in it any other way un-
less one curled up like a bear.
1t is a queer-looking affair, hav>
ing the appearance of a chimney
with a roof OH it. But the
shanty keeps out the wet, and
that is all that is required.
There is only one door to the
house, and no windows.
s},hile the outside of the house
may look queer, the inside looks
queerer. There is only one piece
Of furniture, and that is what
Jake calls his bed. It looks
more like a coffin standing On
end, for it is a sort of box tilted
back only a few inches from the
perpendicular. The inside is
lined with straw, covered with
cloth.
THE way l sleep is the only
right way for anybody to sleep"
said Jake, land the sooner
people come to their senses and
do as | do the sooner disease
will be stamped out of the world.
The noblest animal of all is the
horse, and he sleeps standing up.
"You see, | was sick as boy,
way back in Massachusetts about
seventy years ago, and nothing |
did done me no sort of good.
There always was something the
matter, and as soon as | laid
down i'll my bed my head began
to ache. But do you know l
stood that for nigh onto halt a
century before got any sense
iuto me? And then was out in
California digging gold.
"One night my head ached SO
bad | couldn't stay i'll bed, and
had to stand against the wall to
get relief. Without knowing it
| tell asleep, and when l woke
up | felt like new man. made
up my mind to sleep that way
all the time, but had trouble to
find a place to do it. That is
the reason l moved out to this
place. It's over fifteen years
ago, and have never had a sign
of the old trouble and am coll
WINGED that sleeping i'll bed is
the cause of all the pain and dis
ease in the world. Sleep stands
ing up and you W II be a new
man in a short time.
The strange thing about Jake's
til ory is that he admits he does
not rest when he sleeps standing
up. He has to do that under the
trees the next day. He says
that has nothing to do with his
idea. though, for most people do
too much work, anyhow.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

Blood

When a horse IS poor IN flesh,
a new harness won't give him
strength. If a house is cold
new furniture won't warm 1t.
If your strength is easily ex-
hausted; work a burden;
nerves weak; digestion poor;
muscles soft; If you are pale
and worn oot, the troubls IS
with the blood. It is not so
much IMPURE blood as
POOR blood. Pills won't
make this blood rich; nor will
bitters, nor iron tonics, any
more than a new harness will
give strength to the horse, or
new furniture will make a
house warm. For poor blood
you want something that will
make rich blood.
SCOTT'S EMULSION Of
Cod-iver Oil with Hypophos-
phites is the best remedy in the
world for enriching the blood.
We have prepared book telling you
more about the subject. Sent Free.
For sale by al druggists at SOC. & $I.Oo.
SCOTT & BOVINE, New York.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

The Atlanta Constitution, re>
marking that President Cleve-
land on his retirement, will have
twice stepped aside tomake room
for a Republican successor, con-
cludes that "the doctrines by
which he hoped to build up the
Democratic Party are not par
ticularly agreeable to majority
of the American people"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

The demand for Ayers Hair Vigor
in such widely-separated regions as
South America, Spain, Australia, and
India has kept pace with the home
consumption, which goes to show that
these people know good thing when
they try it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

You may eat cheap food and not be
seriously hurt by it; but you cannot
take cheap medicines without positive
injury. If you use any substitute for
Ayers Sarsaparilla, you do so at the
peril of your health, perhaps of your
life. Insist on having Ayers, and no
other.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

When you find a person who has
tried Simmons Liver Regulator you
are sure to hear them say something in
it's favor. Mrs. G. T. Judy, Blue Grass,
H., recently wrote: Il cannot do
without Simmons Liver Regulator since
know the value of it as family med
icine." Aud DR.. w. P. Gibbs, of Beau
fort, s. g., says. 81 prescribe Sim
mons Liver Regulator and know it to
be first class liver Incidence
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
Wants S. 900 For a Lost Vote.

Thomas r. Hall has sued the
Sassafras River Steamboat Com
pany for $1,000 for causing him
to lose his vote On election day.
He says that on OctoL>r 70 he
bought a round-trip ticket from
Georgetown to Baltimore and
return, and, in coming On the
steamer, the wrong coupon was
taken by the purser. When he
wanted to go home to vote the
company refused to accept the
ticket for passage back. He did
not have means to pay his fare
and was obliged to remain in
Baltimore.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

Mr.. Whitney Reid gave a
dinner to Mr.. Hanna, and now il
is announced that he wants to be
Secretary of State.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
This paper for $I.oo a year.

The IS cent Winsor Ties at "The
Fair" are equal to any in town at rs
ceutS.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

Don't daily with rheumatism. Purify
your blood and cure it at once by tax
ing a course of Hoods Sarsaparilla. :
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

The Ladies Mackintoshes at "Thc
Fair" were bought at a big bargain and
you car get the benefit of it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
ASK the reeovsrs,

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ty.2epIies. bilious sua
fSror. victims Of fsvef
ard asue. the msrc1riAl
dliseAscd patient, how
,h-y recovered health.
cheerful spirits and good
appetite: thsy viii tel
You BY taking SIMMONS
LvKR REcULAroR.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20
You Have
Tried
Others


And if you don't get
perfect satisfaction
YOU dent pay a cent.
Can we do more
h. {. NITCHELL
EdpntOn, ". e.,
F. T. HORTON,
EHznbeth city, ". e.,
Are our agents; goods
lett with them will
receive prompt atten-
ton.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

~ nt~pesI. rarcst and Test Family
Medicine Ia the woridl
y ..v~rrrvIN. CONSTIPATION, Iaundics,
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20 ... ts, S'l& : uAACH. Heartburn. etc.
-s-' q, U.-,.y g. S-TrAEtsd not to contain
.. ,.rr, MtS,,EV ct any mineral substance.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

,vceElu Paper Published
In Eastern Carolina.
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-11-20

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03
Rubber Horseshoes.

From the Kansas City Star.
The latest novelty i'm the horse goods
line is a horseshoe or boot made entirely
Of rubber, and It is the invention Of the
Kansas City veterinary surgeon. Dr. Joseph
Hirsch. DR. H,rsch, who is one Of the
leading veterinaries of the west. has made
a speciality Of the horses foot, and his
study of the hoof has resulted In many
radical changes in the shoeing OF horses.
His observations have led to the intro
duction of many improvements that have
been adopted by Kansas City's expert far
riers, but the rubber shoe, which is sim
pliclty itself, promises to make him ia
nous the world over, and particularly
where asphalt pavement Is in use This
rubber shoe has many advantageous fea-
lures, and DR.. Hlrsch claims that II IL not
only specially adapted for the city horse
that slips and slides on the asphalt, but
that II has a beneficial effect on the gen
eral health of the horses heof and can be
used to advantage on the track, where the
firm footing that 1t gives will produce
greater speed with less strain on the
horse.
DR.. Hirsch has always held that every
nan that penetrates the horses hoof de-
fleets the halrlike tubes Of which 1t is com
posed, consequently the rubber shoe, with
fits the hoof like a glove, protects the
foot in such a natural manner that the
horn is preserved without the use Of sin
gle nail. 1t Is made Of pure rubber, and fits
over the entire hoof, being laced up in
front like a shoe on the human foot, and
the ground surface being heavily CORFU
gated, prevents absolutely any slipping or
sliding, even IL the pavement be coated
with ice or snow The toe Of the shoe is so
constructed that where the heaviest wear
comes ii can be readily replaced. The new
shoe is not yet on the market but arrange
ments have been made with an Akron
(Ohio) rubber firm to manufacture them,
and DR.. Hirsch viii leave for that point
shortly to personally super.ntend the
work.
DR.. Hirsch is satisfied that the shoe will
be a success and come into general use in
every large city where asphalt pavement
is used. Another advantage Of the rubber
shoe over the ordinary iron shoe is that
II may be taken off when the animal is
in the barn, giving the hoof every Oppor-
tunity for rest, cooling and natural ex-
pansion and as they can be put on or taken
off in less than two minutes, the opera
ton of shoeing works little inconvenience.
The shoe has been thoroughly tested, a
set of shoes worn by Mr.. c. f. Holiness
mare. for about month past
had been driven steadily every
day, and a reporter for 1.-The Star was
yesterday given a ride behind her at a
racing gait over several asphalt streets
The mare went a merry clip, and never
once slipped or made a misstep, and as the
inventor said, the speed could be produced
without any unnecessary Jar or jolt or any
apparent pounding or injury to the hoof.
Or. Hirsch Is also Of the opinion that
the shoe win reVolutionlze the shoeing
Of track horses both trotgEs and gallop-
ers, and predicts that the's1All eventually
supplant the iron or stee 3e, both for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03
RIDING ON A RAIL.
Wilbur Enjoys IL with Certain
qualifications.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
Easton G. Wilbur. the sensational bicycle
rider who pedals his bicycle on a single
rail OF a railroad track. made his trip from
Tiburton to Santa Rosa without accident.
He will return to his home tomorrow. He
rode the single rail behind a train all the
way and was the wonder OF the country
people. Mr.. Wilbur does not ride on Sat-
urday because he is a Seventh Day Adven-
fist.
In Oakland Wilbur Is known as the 'bl-
cycle freak" The other day he astonished
the native by riding down Broadway
standing on his head and pedaling his
wheel with his olnds Then he came IN
tho street riding his wheel backward He
was mounted In his seat with his face
toward the rear wheel and the handle
bars clutched from behind. Mr. Wilbur
round thdt he created so much excitement
that he tried new trick-that OF riding
ON his ear. Getting a good start down
broadway Wilbur clutched his handle bars
ana raising himself into the air. went spin
ming down the street with the side OF his
head resting on the saddle. In order to
perform this feat one has to be a perfect
balancer, and Wilbur possesses this quail
lty. Wtlburs sensational ride on a single
ran after a train over the narrOw-gaugo
trestle was the climax OF his reckiegsness
IL Is the talk OF tho bicyclers and Wilbur
is proud Of. his feat.
or course, a man takes chances In maxi
ing these rail trips" said Wilbur, IN dis
cussing his rides. I'm order to ride a
wheel as do one must have perfect con-
trol or the bicycle, and / can ride on Il in
more ways than any other man in the
country. l ride bicycle standing on my
heard or on my ear, pedal a backward
| hold myself in front OF the handle bars
and pedal backward, and In fact, ride in
/ every conceivable position, but this way
OF riding became rather stale to me- II
was not exciting enough, so / conceived
| the idea OF riding a rail. AT first / tried
to ride the rail straight without using a
/ companion wheel. This method stumped
| me, but hope to achieve success at 1t
some day. My method of riding a rail is
| "a simple one. / take a companion wheel
by my side and grasp the handle bars
| firmly In the center with my right hand
| This enables me to keep perfect balance
| with my left hand ! take hold OF the
single bar on my riding wheel. This bar
points directly toward my body. When
| once get on the rail l am all right be-
cause can keep my balance perfectly, OF
| course, | learned to ride a rail on the
ground before / took that trestle trip. I
wanted some exciting sport so / concluded
| TO follow the train over the trestle Ny
| light companion wheel ran along one OF
the beams which Is laid alongside the
| track. over the water / sped, looking at
| nothing but the rail ahead of me. You
| know you can't go sightseeing when you
| are riding on "a rail. During that long
| trip over the narrow gauge trestle / never
| made a slip, and kept up a pretty good
pace, too. 1t seems easy enough when you
| know how and have the courage to take
chances. Yes, sir, / can do almost any,
thing when mounted on a wheel"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03

the place OF production. A ''market-gar-
oeneT supplies a local trade purely does
not demand the use Of ships or railroads
The home gardener. or simply gardener
supplies only his own needs H. Is the
kitchen gardener, or amateur and rovai
tlller OF the soil, he is too Altogether
there are thousands Of these amateurs or
nome gardeners recruited from that con-
siderable body OF professional men made
Up OF preachers, lawyers. dOctors-men who
INC that happy diversion in a garden that
Sowper and Lord Bacon likewise found
lnere are very few intelligent cuIfiva ted
minds that DO not md genuine pleasure
IN garden-nOt merely TO look al il bur
70 make IT, make IL with their own hands
oitener than not.
Inere Is money in gardening and there
Is pleasure of the highest kind 10 he hal
from H. Ihe best gardeners to-day will
be found amongst the classes we have
JUST enumerated, and II goes 10 show that
gardening Is not to be set down as an oc-
cupation replete with drudgery and only
suited or adapted to clOd-hOppers and
those Injured TO manual labor from their
olrth up; No, SIT! You can engage in the
honorable occupation Of gardening. or can
II trucking" If you like. with the COM
Iorung reflection that IL is one that mas
invited the song OF poets and melted the
Drush OF painter tar Oftener than dis
course rom the pulpit or pleadings at the
bar. Manual labori Do you decry thatr
Are you disposed to continue it, Is there
less manual labor involved in pushing a
rAAAAeiA "a ttC tAAdAl III puSnlIg a nOfF Less
in tugging at an oar than in handling a
rake?
The intelligent mind that simply directs
IN farming or gardening knows less or
manual labor" than the artist or physl.
clan or the sportsman. 1t is a false con-
| struction that gives to physical effort
| Manual labor, of one kind a sense Of deg
| radiation that is not given to other kinds.
| This must all be done away with An
| labor is honorable All honest toll is COM
/ mendable, whether done for profit or for
| pleasure only. We mean to teach the
| young of the present day the truth of this
| Are we not remiss in doing il?
There is no more honorable work to en-
| ploy our time or our hands with than
to till the soil, whether we farm or
whether we garden. Let him who is able
| to do manual labor be thankful that he
| is able to do It.
There is happiness in labor, in homes:
| labor for purpose. that the idle will
! never know to enjoy.
There is dignity in labor that the fop
| can never feel
When we become a nation of steady.
| honest workers, we shall no longer Wit
ness such enforced idleness as now curses
| this country.
! We will have to do away with some of
| our labor-saving devices in all probability.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. AUGUST 3. 1896.

trouble Of harvesting But 10 when the
pods show signs OF turning yellow rne
vines are cut and thrown iu windows and
nut In small shocks the same evening ard
next day hauled 10 the barn and laid
where they can be turuei over once or
twice to prevent heating and threshed ouf
at the first opportunity beans will ba
found a very profitable crop 20 make. ard
there is this 10 be said iu It's favor. thar
they always leave the soil better than they
got 10. as being a keen nitrogen hunter
the roots left in the soil are so much mon.
toward a supply Of nitrogen for the sue
ceeding crop. and the succeeding crop.
and the successful farmer Of to-day has
got 10 look at these matters particularly
and grow crops in succession that VIII be
all the time lettering his soil. therefore
I would advise all who can 10 grow beans.
at least for one crop every now and then.