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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Mrs. Sarah G.. M. Bird, the mother OF
Mrs. Turner, wife of Congressman s. s.
Turner, died in Woodstock Monday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Mr.. Hanna says that the thousands
of workingmen in the factories of this
country don't care cent for free sill
yer, and only want better times. One
would imagine Mr.. Hanna to be talk
ing through his hat; certainly every
one in factory. farm. or shop wants
better times. People are for free
silver, or the single gold standard, as
they believe the one or the other will
bring better times. Mr.. Hanna is
careful to make no statements about
the farmers, who are about two-thirds
of the voters. Possibly they do care
for free silver. 1t would seem as Il
they did from the recent action of the
agricultural States in selecting dele
gates to the Democratic National
Fredericksburg Star.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Gov. MacCorkle, of w. Va, has an
nounced himself as candidate for Vice.
President on the democratic ticket, and
says he will be in The fight to win and
will remain until the contest is settled.
He claims to have assurances of very
considerable support outside his State,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph LIE Fills, OF Fernandino
Fla, are visiting Mrs. LIE Filss father, Mr..
G. Morton of this city.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

DISTRIBUTION OF CONVENTION
TICKETS.-The executive committee
of the National Democratic committee
has arranged for the following distri-
button of convention tickets
Each delegate and alternate to be
admitted, each delegate to have five
additional tickets, each member of the
National committee to have fifty
tickets, 1000 tickets to be given to the
press outside of the working members,
500 to the Grand Army and 1900 to
the people of Chicago.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08
City BONDS Burned.
Odd Fellow Officers.

On Tuesday of last week, City Bonds to the
amount of 100000, for which bonds at lower
rates of interest were issued, were burned.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Charles e. Bosserman was tried for attempt
ed rape on Mrs. Annie A. Argenbright at
Middlebrook Wednesday before Justice of the
Peace William Taliaferro, who sent the prison
er On to the Grand Jury. The prisoner was
bailed in the sum of $1,000, it being furnished
by his father. From the evidence it was
learned that Bosserman met Mrs. Argenbright
in blackberry patch and made indecent
proposals, which she violently rejected. He
then took violent hold of her, bat she broke
away and left him, though the prisoner states
that he left her.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Clemency has been denied by the
President to Henry H. Farmer, OF Vir-
ginia, convicted of violating the postal
laws and sentenced in May, 1896, to two
years in the Kings county penitentiary,
BROOKLYN, n. Y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Always in season, Hopkins Steamed HON
my (Hulled Corn). Elegant lunch in Milk
OF. can 10c. june A-4ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Our Streets which have been torn up by thu
laying of the electric Erailway, are being
smoothed and repaired, but the plan adopted
for repairing them, can never put them in al
good order as the average country road 1t is
pity that SO much money is spent in such
an unscientific way. The mixing of clay
with broken stone is as deleterious to a road
as the mixing of poison with food to On ami
NAL. Why does not -Four Council adopt 6
formula that will give US durable and smooth
Streets2
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

Miss Natalie johnson left last week for Fl.
Assinniboine, Mont, where she will spend
some time with her brother Lieut.. Carter B.
Johnson, who is stationed there.
An advertisement for repairs to the Post
Office in this city, appears in another column
which our workmen will do well to examine
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

All kinds of programs for parties
balls, and other entertainments print
ed at this office.
Beautiful visiting cards.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

The engineers of the G. & w. railway are
very busy west of Bridgewater. They have
been exploring all the defiles of Messy Creek
and it is believed by some that the road will
be built up that stream by Mt. Scion. The
magnificent water power of that Creek and
the rich farming country along its banks,
may draw it that way instead of up North
River. The distance is practically the same
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-07-08

On last Wednesday morning Mr.. W. A
Bowles took formal charge of the Institution
for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in this city,
the term of the former Superintendent hay
ing expired on that day. The property was
received from Capt. I. S. Doyle by R. S.
Turk, one of the members of the Executive
Committee, who had been appointed for that
purpose. All of Capt Doyle's accounts were
properly balanced and found correct. The
next session will begin on September 2, 1896.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
Trials Of . Country Editor.

Whatever may be the truth or
the falsity of the stories that are
told Of the scarcity OF funds in a
country editors pocket or the
scarcity Of food in his stomach
the stories are all told, and Meth
er the progress of education Or
the growth and development of
the press seem to have any eff ct
upon the crop. One of the latest
comes from Kentucky. where the
mountain editor, at lest. rarely
develops into a CrUsus or an
Apicius, and this one is corScrn>
ing a mountain editor. i sub
scriber had remem bc-cei liirn
very kindly, aid d1v 81 tvo
later q visitor called at hi: n;ilce.
Can I sec the editoro' lie ia
quircd Of the grilny little "devil"
on the high stool.
No, sir replied the yo,:t'1 CHI
the stool, Hes sick
"Nhat's the matter with iliin?"
Dun no" said the boy. One
Of oar subscribers gave him a
bag Of flour and busllel o: per
tatars t'othcr day, an | reck on
he's toundered."
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
Here and There.

Over Ooo.Ooo cattle are slaught-
cred yearly for the manufacture
of beef extracts.
The manufacture Of razOrs by
machinery has become an inns
portant industry i'll Germany.
Carriage drivers in France re-
ceive S4.S2 a week; i'll England,
S5.15; i'll Germany, So .2I; and in
Italy, $500.
A Southern California railway
has now eighteen locomotives in
regular service burning oil, and
the results are quite satisfactory.
The venom OF snakes will de-
stroy vegetable life, but not with
out incubation. It has been
proved, in fact, that seeds will
gerininate in the poison.
Cray hairs at All carly age are
hereditary in certain families.
1t is a result, as a rule. of men
with dark hair marrying women
Will! dark hair through several
generations.
"To knock the spots out of
anything" is ali allusio;l to the
traditional skill Of Western cow
boys and famous rifle shots, who
would shoot the spots Of card
held between the fingers Of a
friend.
The statue Of Lord Byron,
which has just been unveiled by
King George, at Athens, repre-
sents the poet advancing with
outstretchcd arms to meet Greece,
who lo13 IS out to him a laurel
crown.
Er:nca Bismarck received
about 2I&,oo postal cards from
as many admirers congratulating
him On his Sotll birthday. These
cards had total weight Of $40
pounds, and piled up i'll one COL
ulnn would have reached a
height OF $50 feet.
Forty thousand acres of virgin
forest in northern Idaho will
soon be turned over to the axe
men of a big lumber syndicate
1t is expected this area will yield
more than 100000 feet of
white and yellow pine, red and
white iir. cedar and tamarrack.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

The Raleigh Meas G. Observer,
of a recent date, mentions with
great satisfaction the fact that a
North Carolina young lady
Miss Virginia Ragsdale, of
GAINESVILLE, Guilford county-has
lust been awarded the European
Fellowship by Bryn Mawr Col
lege, for the year 1867. That
paper says:
This Fellowship gives five
hundred dollars to the holder to
pay the expenses Of one years
study in some University Oh the
continent of Europe, the same to
be selected by the young woman,
subject to the approval of the
Bryn MaWr Faculty. No greater
academic honor than this can be
won by woman Of America; and
when it is understood from how
large a circle are the young Wo-
men who compete for this honor,
the people of Our State will feel
just pride III the fact that this
year such distinction has come to
a North Carolina girl. Miss
Ragsdale was the first girl to OBJ
tain at Guilford College the grad
uate scholarship which Bryu
Mawr confers every year upon a
lady graduate at Guilford, the
selection being made upon the
ground Of scholarship. She has
now, at the close of three years of
successful work, reached the
highest honor III the power of
the Faculty of Bryn Mawr to
confer upon her, and will spend
q year in Europe, under the most
famous instructors. The Presi-
dent Of Bryn MaWr, in aunounc-
ing the honor OH the morning Of
the 18th, said that there were 50
many strong girls i'll the class
this year that the mark of dis
tinction was all the greater; that
they had fellows from Boston,
Berlin and New York, and now
they were glad to have the South
represented by North Carolina
OirI
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
Rog'o Essay on Hens.

On the subject of hens a boy
writes: Hens is curious animals.
They don't have no nose, nor no
teeth, nor no ears. They swal.
low their vittles whole and chew
it up il: their crops inside of EN-.
The outside Of hens is generally
put inter pillars and inter feath-
er busters. The inside of hen
is sometimes filled with marbles
and shirt buttons and such. A
hen is very much smaller than a
good many other animals, but
they'll dig up more cabbage
plants than anything that ain t
a hen. Hens is very useful to
lay eggs for plum buildings.
Skinney Bates eat so much pud,
ding once that it sent him into
the collery. Hens has got wings
and can fly when they get scarf.
| cut Uncle Williams hens head
off with a Ratchet and it scarf
her to death Hens sometimes
make very fine spring chickens.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
The Power Of The Voice
Over Horses.

Horses are very sensitive to
the human voice. 4 loud, harsh
or angry voice will raise their
pulse five to ten beats per mln>
ute, while q kind and soothing
tone quiets aid assures them as
nothing else can. 4 kind and
sensible driver has much greater
power by his voice, over his
horse, than foolish drivers have
by their gagbits, whips, twisters,
and other tortures, all of which
are vain substitutes for intelll>
gent kindness.
Horses know instantly by their
masters voice his feeling to-
wards them. A yelling: driver
soon reduces his team to either
chronic indifference or perpetual
nervousness. Nothing is more
idiotic among all the many phas-
es of reason less abuse, which
ignorant and foolish men inaict
Oh this most noble and faithful
friend. Whipping. jerking the
bit and yelling will quickly con
fuse any horse, and would cons
fuse any man so treated, and
every driver who does it should
be discharged, and all owner
guilty Of such conduct deserves
condign punishment.
Horses love to be talked to by
their drivers, and they under.
stand more than is supposed pos
sible. Low voiced drivers have
much the best influence over
them. | have seen hors-s obey
a whispered order and refuse at
tention to one yelled at them.
Few drivers depend enough OF
their voice, which will be usee
far more and the whip and bit:
far less, as intelligence increase:
among horsemen-and they Learn
that kindness is the indispensa
bic requisite to good horse1nan
silip.-Ha17y Be8s0U.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
How'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of CatarIh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO, Props,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known I
i. Cheney for the last IS years, and be
licve him perfectly honorable il al
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
WEST s. Ti&UAx, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, O.
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
rally, acting directly upon the blood
a:d mucous surfaces of the system
Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Drug
rests. Testimonials free.
HALLS family pills are the best.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
Unless it is Dead at The Root.

There's never garden from bleinish so
free
That all ofits trees will bear fruit;
Yet the gardener never despairs OF
tree
Unless it is dead at the root.
With his knife he discovers the old
witliered limbs,
\ And cares for the tree they pollutc;
1T will yet bear me blossoms, he sings
as he trims,
"Unless it is dead at the root"
life,
But may blossom again and bear fruit;
Itnecds but the toach of the gardener s
knife
Unless it is dead at the root.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

The Baltimore HvaLdsays that
ninety-two new cotton mills and
400 other manufacturing plants
have been established III the
Southern States during the first
quarter of 1896, and il is q record
Of progress which cannot be re-
nccted upon without a sense of
amazement, representing, as it
does, the actual growth in 1nan-
ufacturc i'll three months.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
The Time for BUILDING

Up the system is at this season. The
cold weather has made unusual drains
upon the vital forces. The blood has
b3couic impoverished and impure, and
al the functions of the body suffer in
consequence. Hoods Sarsaparilla is
tie great builder, because it is the One
True Blood Purifier and nerve tonic.
Hoods Pills become the favorite ca
thartiC with all who use them. All
druggists. 25c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

According to the Charleston
News and Courier the Gotten
mills Of South Carolina now
manufacture about four fifths of
the States cotton crop.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

Senator Chandler, OF New
Hampshire, seems to be more
dangerous man to his friends
than to his enemies, thinks the
Philadelphia Record.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
DEADLY SHOTS FIRED BY
THE SUN.
IN ONE INSTANCE AN INNOCENT
MAN WAS SENTENCED TO BE
HANGED.

III d RECENT pdpel appeared al
account of a strange accident i'll
which a man was killed by the
discharge Of 4 gun while lying
asleep on lounge il his room,
the weapon being discharged by |
reflected rays of the sun falling
upon the cartridge chamber off
the hrearln.
Since the publication Of the
story corr spondent from York
Pa writes concerning the acci~
dent and refers to a similar case,
in which, through the efforts ola
clever Cincinnati lawyer named
G. c. Wallis. the person accused
Of murder and sentenced to be
hanged was set ..at liberty, the
circumstantial evide nee on
which he was convicted being
entirely exploded by witnessed
demonstrated as to how the ac-
cldeit really occurred.
The York correspondent re-
ferred to volume IS of The
Criminal Law Magazine, page
Oo7, On which 4 full account of
the case appears. The case was
that of the State of Tennessee
against Avery, tried in Henry
county, that state, and is one of
the most remarkable IN the his
tory of criminal Jurisprudence.
In June, 1887, Charles Ensley,
the cousin OF a man of the name
of Avery, was killed in his room
while lying On lounge, about
3 O'Clock in the afternoon. The
weapon which caused the death
was a small rifle, sending 81
caliber ball through Ensley's
brain. No one was il the house
at the time but Ensley. An
empty rife was found lying Oh a
rack on wall of the room i'll
which the killing occurred, and
the bullet fitted the tube.
Avery was arrested for the
crime, as he was the only living
close relative to Ensley, and by
his death prohtted to the amount
OF about 100000. Avery was
tried, pleaded not guilty, but
was convicted of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be
hanged. He appealed to the ST.
prelne court and engaged Mr..
Wallis to defend him. The
supreme court rcmanded the case
back to the circuit court Oh tech
nical errors. Two lnistrials were
| brought about, and then came
the strangest part Of the story.
The brilliant Wallis struck the
keynote 70 the mystery. In Aug.
1901. he had the rife loaded and
hung on the wall. A white
sheet with the form Of man
marked On it was placed in exact
ly the position occupied b. En-
sley when lying asleep, and a
heavy cut glass pitcher of water
like the one found ill the room
was placed Oh The shelf above.
The temperature was 90 degrees
i'll the shade, one of the hottest
days of the year.
The pitcher acted as a Sum
glass, and the hot rays of the
sun shining through the water
were retracted directly on the
cartridge chamber Of the rifle.
Eight witnesses were in the
room, and a few minutes after :
o'clock a puff and a report oc-
cur, ed, and the ball struck the
outlined form back of the ear in
the exact location where E1nsley
was shot, and the theory OF cir
cumstantial evidence went to
pieces The incident, being wit
messed and sworn to, readily ex-
planned itself to the jury.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

IF the Republicans should
nominate Mckinley and Reed it
would be a kangaroo ticket Of
the most pronounced type, thinks
the Galveston News.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

The population of the world
averages 100 women to every 100
men. Eight -ninths Of the sudden
deaths are those of males.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

The trolley car and bicycle
have been hard upon the horse,
as according to statistics the
yal;ie of American horses has
within the past three years de-
preciated 1000, 900.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

The Hendersonville Times,
Republican, says of Marion But
Ter, after having done all it could
to put him i'll the Senate, that
"lis actions Of late stamp him as
a man that cannot be trusted,
and in politics more knave than
fool "
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
NOTICE..

Having qualified as admini'trato
upon the estate OF Charles Blair, &C
ceased, l hereby give notice to all per
sons having claims against said dcce-
dent to present them to III whiting OIL
year from this date.
j. \. PRUDEN, Adulr.
March goth
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

Tie latest results of pharmaceutical
science and the best modern appliances
are availed OF ill compromising Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Hence, though ha1fa-
century i'll exis'anCe as medicine, it is
fully abreast of the age i'll all that goes
TO make it the standard lood-purifier.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
FOrSale.
March goth

A fine lot South cast corner of King
and Oa&2rm strcets--wcll adapted to
any good business MISUNDERSTANDING
large water front. Said lot is about
Ito feet wide and rs feet deep; can be
II. Parish or III her absence TO hey
agent, Mr.. L. F. Ziegler.
Edcnton, y. {.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

A Kansas court has ruled that
ga man who calls upon woman
regularly and takes her to enter
tainnents occasionally is legally
engaged to marry her"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
keep ping S'locn.

The following true story
"only the name was not Smith
is told in the Pittsbu1g Dis
patch.
II hear that Smith has just sold
out his saloon," said one Of a |
couple Of middle aged men, who
sat slipping their beer and, eating
a bit of cheese in a Smithheld
saloon.
| yes responded the other,
rather slowly.
"tVhat was the reason? /
thought he was just coming
money there"
The other nibbed cracker
abstractedly for moment and
then said. ITS rather a funny
story. Smith, you know, lives
Oil Mount Washington, right
near me, where he has an excel
lent wife, a nice home, and three
as pretty children as ever played
outdoors. All boys, you know,
the oldest not over nine, and all
about the same size. Smith is a
pretty respectable sort Of a citi
zen-never drinks or CANDLES,
and thinks the world of his
family.
"Wcll, he went home one af-
ternoon last week nd found his
wife out shopping or something
of that sort. He went through
+ the house into the back yard, and
, there under the apple tree were
the little fellows playing. They
had a bench and some bottles
and tunblers, and were playing
keep saloon. He noticed that
they were drinking something
:, out Of pail, and that they acted
tipsy. The youngest, who was
] behind the bar, had a towel tied
around his waist and:was setting
: the drinks up pretty free. Smith
S walked over and looked into the
|, pail. 1t was beer, and two of
4 the boys were 50 drunk that they
staggered. A neighbours boy,
two years older, lay asleep be-
t hind the tree.
i My God! boys, you must not
drink that he said, as he lifted
the six-year-old from behind the
{ bench.
It "'We'splayin s'loon, papa, an
d [ was a-sellin' it Just like you,
: said the little fellow. Smith
# poured out the beer, carried the
= drunken boy home and then took
his own boys home and put them
: to bed. When his wife came
back, she found him crying like
a child. lie came down town
p that night, and sold out his bus
> mess, and says he will never sell
L or drink another drop of liquor.
a His wife told mine about it, and
= she broke down crying while she
# told it
The chief Of police at Lincoln,
Il NcD., says that during the EN-
: torCcrlert Of the CI!rtcW law for
t the first month in that city there
has been falling off in crimes
@ and arrests Of seventy-fve per
y cent. over former months.
- After May Ist, the new law
= suppressing the sole Of liquor to
minors or students will go Tito
. effect in Virginia. The term
= students comprises those at any
q institution Of learning i'll the
! State including public schools,
v whether over twenty one Or not.
Baron Licbig is quoted by
:; Archdeacon Farrar as saying,
that if one drank $50 gallons Of
, best BaVari2n beer lie would get
. no more nutrinent than from a
, five pound loaf.
: Mrs. Stonewall Jackson (wife
i Of the famous Confederate Gen
a eral, who was Baptist minister
and all earnest Christian) is a
member of the white ribbon
S baud III tie town i'll which she
lives. Charlotte, n. C.
+ Convention Of the ". c. 7. q.
, will meet ii St. Louis next fall.
a~-5'@ ~-.,s@H Ssa-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
w. C. T. u.
BY A MEMBER.

'For the cause that lacks assistance
And the wrong that needs resistance. "
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10

We, invite an inspection of the
job work TUNED out at the FISH
ERMAN & FARMER office. If it
pays to advertise at all it pays to
have the work done i'll Il manner
that is artistic and attractive. We
use the latest style of type and
the best material, and trial order
will convince you that we strive
to please.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
t.,YRD'G FINE:
Optical Instruments
For Examining
The Eye:

He may be consulted at any
time between Q a. III. and : HI.
p. III. and 6 p. n, i'll his otilcc
over l.. L. MoOres Dry Goods
Store, Edenton, n. c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-10
Sales Agents Wanted 70

MACE TO MEASURE AND READY kADE LLOFH
ING BY SAMPLE.
Very lowest prices fpr best Icth;ng.
Liberal commissions are PAID. l1ner-
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StorekccperS can supply themselves
without carrying stock, Send three
references.
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
PHILADELPHIA