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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15
WHAT COTTON PACKING COSTS

w Hal CNlI1ON PACKING
The picking of the cotton is an ex-
pensive item The gathering of the
crop Of 1894 cost, it is estimated, about
$50, 600, 900. The pickers are usually ne
groes, who are paid SO much for each
100 pounds of cotton as it is taken from
the pods or bolls. Here in Georgia
pickers get about thirty-ive cents a
hundred but in other parts of the
South as high as so cents and upward
a hundred.
In Texas a crop of $500 bales aver
aged a cost for picking of 50 a bale.
am told there are faster pickers now
than in slave times. Then 100 pounds
a day was considered remarkable work.
Not long ago ten convicts of the Mis-
sissippi penitentiary, picked $4,000
pounds in five and a half days, an aver
age of 1888 pounds daily per man.
AS to the ordinary labor, it is hard
to get a negro to pick more than 100
pounds a day, and when he has done
that he wants to stop. Now and then
the pickers strike, but it is more often
on account of bad weather than a diff
ference about prices. The women and
children, as we'll as the men, go out
into the fields to pick, and for the time
the land is alive with black gangs NOV
ing through the white fields, who are
pulling out the cotton and putting 1t
into bags strapped on their shoulders.
When bag is full the cotton is empt
led into a large basket, from which it
is thrown into the wagons which are
to carry it to the gin. Not a pound Of
cotton can be sold before it is ginned
This process is necessary to get the
seed out of the cotton. The lint is
wrapped around the seed so tightly that
it would take days to separate by hand
what machinery will do in a few mo-
ments. Some large planters have gins
Of their own. Other gins are worked
on shares. Every locality has gins
near it, and within few miles of the
cotton field. | have visited a number
of these cotton gins. The lint is sawed
from the seed by circular saws, so grad
ed that the seeds will just pass through
them. Further on in the machine there
are brushes which pull the lint from
the saws, and which will roll it out in
a beautiful f1eecy sheet of what looks
like cotton batting, SO that it drops
on the floor in a mountain Of white.
1t is now ready to be squeezed by ma
chinery into great bales for the market
Each bale as it comes from the gin is
of about the size of a big dry goods
box. It is about four feet square and
about five feet in length. 1t is wrapped
with rough cloth, much like coffee
sacking, and is bound with bands of
hoop iron. Such a bale weighs from
$50 to 500 pounds, and is now worth
from $50 to $40 as it stands on the
scales Of the shipper.
Frank C. Carpenter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

performances should the operas be
given under the auspices of the uni
versity, and Interurban cars will be
run direct to the hall for the convent
ence of st. Paul people. With Mes
DANES Calve and lehman in the cast,
there can be little doubt that the Dam
rosch company will give the grandest
presentation Of German, French and
Italian operas ever known here They
have an agreement with Abbey, Schoe-
ffel & Grau by which Nine Calve will
be loaned for the Minneapolis concert
Calve will, Of course, sing Carmen, in
which she has no peer. In fact, a num-
Der Of French and Italian operas have
been added to the Damrosch repertoire
this season, including Aida" Les
Hugenots'' and I'll Trovatore." The
Wagnerian operas have also been re-
tanned, and three of the five perform
ances will be of German opera
Besides Nine. Lilli Lehman and
Emma Calve. the company contains
this season sevreal other prominent art
lists. Among the best known are Nine.
Mohr- Ravenstein, Mile. Gakski, Ernest
Kraus, Kalisch, Carl Somer, Fisher,
LANCE and several others Of last sea-
sons troup. -aa
The first DAM concert of the season
will be given at Harmonic hall this
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock, with a pro-
gramme on which Mr.. Danz has be-
slowed great care. 1t will be varied
programme including a vocal number
from the Apollo quartet and six or
chestral numbers. The most ambi-
tious number will be the Goldmark
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15
IN COTTON FIELDS.
But how is cotton raised?

But how is cotton raised?
Col. r. r. Murdoch, an Atlanta Dank-
er and cotton dealer, who has handled
cotton for more than generation,
tells me that it requires but little III
telligence, and that the average negro
can produce almost as good crop as
the most scientific white man. The
ground is ploughed and narrowed III
March, and the burrows thrown up SC
as to make rows of hills about three
or four feet apart. In April the cotton
seed, little black seeds about the size
CT a lemon seed, are drilled In. A few
days later the green sprouts COM:
through the soil. The rows are hilled
up as the plants grow, and the weeds
are kept down. The cotton plants are
Trimmed out from time to time, and
about the last of July the work Of cul-
tlvation is done By the middle Of
June the plants begin to blossom, and
fields look like great gardens Of Mar
shall Neil roses. AS the blossoms drop
off the bolls of cotton appear. They
grOW to about the size of a black wal
nut, when they crack open and the
beautiful white cotton shows out. The
crop is such that 1t will keep a long
time. 1t does not ripen all at once, and
dozen times during the season of gath
ering the cotton, which begins in the
far South and Texas in July, and which
lasts on until late in the fall. In Geor
gia and North and South Carolina
some is still being gathered at Christ
mas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

at regular intervals during the year
will personally examine each individual
pupil, advising as to their advance
ment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

j. Warren Andrews will give. the
third Of series of organ recitals Tues
day evening in Plymouth church, Min
neapolis. He will have the assistance
in his programme of Miss Eva M. AL
colt, ST. Paul, soprano; Edward t.
Modem and Arthur Wilson, organist.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

Rosenthal, the pianist, will make his
American debut this week, appearing
Tuesday with the Philharmonic So
ciety in Carnegie hall
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

Emil Straka has been considering an
invitation from a San Francisco or
chestra to become its leader, but the
offer was declined.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

The opera singers are returning to
the American side. Media, Eames and
the De Reszkes have all arrived in
New York, waiting for the populace TO
give them greeting
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

Gregororwitsch, the famous Russian
violinist, who is to appear at the Peo-
pies church, Dec. 4, with Nordica, will
arrive in America this week He was
Wieniawskis last pupil and perhaps
the best interpreter of the famous
rtaaaStrn,S 1srr.itinoS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

Louis Shaw, the brother of Miss Elsie
Shaw, of this city, is receiving fayora-
BILE mention in the New York papers
and is making decided hit with his
voice.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

symphony. Of which three movements
will be given. Two numbers never be-
fore heard in Danzs concerts will be
the overture Summer Nights Dream
and double number for the string
orchestra. The programme follows:
Overture Summer Nights Dream
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

The sixth annual concert of the Bap-
fist church, Of Hastings, Tuesday even
ing, under the direction Of Prof. G. G.
Titcomb, of st. Paul, was an unquali-
fed success. The programme was fur
nished by the Columbian quartette, of
St Paul, assisted by Mrs. J. A. Deter,
pianist. The quartette is composed Of
Mrs. S. V. Harris, soprano; Mrs. c. B.
Yale, contralto; H. E. George, tenor
and P. B. Churchill, basso.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
Al Fireman Killed.

A painful accident occurred on
the c. F. & Y. V. yard at Green's
boro, N. c., on Monday morning.
The shifting engine, backing
into the yard, struck an engine
standing on the track. Joseph
McChr;stian, the fireman, who
was underneath the engine, was
drug over the hot bed of Goals
and the lower half Of his body
burned to a crisp. The arms
were also badly burned, and
serious doubts are entertained as
to his recovery. The company
has employed physicians and
skilled nurses who are giving
the injured mar every attention.
The shifting engineer is proba-
bly, responsible for the accident,
as he had neglected to place a
lookout on the rear of his engine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
He Blew up His Rival.

The Coroner's jury at Lenolr,
N. c., this week, returned a ver>
dict that Walter Moore and
Dallas Bowman were killed by
an explosion of dynamite placed
under the floor and bed, and
from circumstantial evidence
charged Simon Gragg with the
crime. He was Immediately ar
rested, and he was hurried to
Jail for fear that he would be
lynched. Gragg and Bowman
had courted the same woman,
and Bowman had the best of it.
Gragg, to various persons, said
he would kill Bowman. The
bodies had been terribly mut1le
ated and thrown across the room
There is great indignation III the
community.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
Cruiser Maine Gone to Key West

The arnlored cruiser Maine,
which has been put i'll order at
the Norfolk navy yard, has sailed
for Key West. 1t was the in
tention of the Navy Department
to attach the ship at once to
Admiral Bunce's squadron at
Tompkinsville, but a change was
made necessary in this plan, ow-
irg to the necessity for the use
of a warship to take the North
Carolina militia to sea on their
annual cruise. So the Maine
has been sent to Florida coast to
take the place of the monitor
Amphitrite, which has been ly>
ing there for some time, to cut
off hlibustering parties, and the
Amphitrite will be used for the
militia drills, being better suited
than the Maine for this work, by
reason of her shallow draft.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
OF Course There are Doubling
Thonases, but it is Coming
lust the Same.
1t is almost here.


Not twenty-five years will
elapse before it will be accom-
plished and we shall watt our
selves through space by means
of some more or less complicated
pinions. When balloon voyages
to the North pole are seriously
contemplated by foolhardy cN-
plorers, and Prof. Langley's air
ship makes a flight of half mile,
we are approaching very rapidly
the solution of a problem that
has charmed the world ever since
Dadalus and Icarus tried to make
their way across the sea with
waxen wings, and getting too
near the sun, tumbled in. Aeriel
navigation is no longer dream,
a chimera, an idle fancy, it is a
scientific fact; imperfect, it is
true, but budding into perfec-
ton very rapidly. Its great pro-
moter and helpmate. of course,
III the end will be electricity, and
as inventions in that line pro-
gress SO the airship will come
nearer and nearer practical per-
fection.
One can hardly estimate the
magnitude OF the revolution
which will be wrought in mat
ters Of transportation, both of
men, and material, when this
new agent comes upon the scene.
Distance will be still further an
initiated and journeys across
land or sea, no matter how far,
regarded no more than a ride on
the street cars nowadays. The
airship, brought to state of per-
fection, will make it possible to
travel from New York to London
in couple of days, and we shall
be able to leave Washington on
Monday morning and be in San
Francisco by Tuesday night, or
perhaps even sooner.
OF course there are doubling
Thomases who will smile pity
ingly and incredulously at these
predictions; but they or their
kind did the same thing when
the telegraph was suggested, or
the telephone, or the phono-
graph. The marvel of to day is
the common place thing of to
morrow, and so it will be with
mans flying through the air
Washington Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
"All is not
Columbia
That TlitterS.'

Your pleasure and safety de-
pend OH knowing what is under
enamel and nickel, before you
buy a bicycle. No question
about Columbias. They are
365 days ahead of them all"
The only bicycle in the world
that has the crank shaft III one
solid piece. Cones and cases are
ground and polished to that high
touch of glassiness which gives
that glide-that easy glide found
only in the Columbia. If you
are able to pay for High grade
bicycle, why buy any but a
COLUMBIAN The Pope Manu-
featuring Co.. makers Of the
Colunbia's are the:largest bicycle
manufacturers III the world.
They also Ike the celebrated
HARTFORD bicycles, that will
rank next to the Columbia's.
Prices OH Hartford bicycles
have just been reduced from
$4,000 down to S65.oo. Ladies
wheels at $45 and $50. Sold for
cash or installment.
Bicycles now OIL exhibition.
Il. J. MITCHELL,
Agent for POPE MFG. Co.,
Hartford, Conn.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
An Experimental Collision.

Two locomotives weighing
forty tons each, and each draw
idg three loaded coal-cars and a
caboose, were run together at
Buckeye Park, in Colum bus,
Ohio, last Saturday. They were
stationed six thousand feet apart
and then sent at full speed to~
wards each other, all the men
jumping of after the opening OF
the throttles. This most res
markable performance was plan
ned in order to provide kineto-
scopic and eidoloscopic views of
a railroad collision.
The report says that "the only
thing to mar the success Of the
affair was the accident to T. c.
Peck, chief clerk in the passen-
ger office of the HockingVal1ey."
A piece of iron from the wrecks
age struck this gentleman on the
leg below the knee and broke
the bone. BY "the success OF
the affair" we suppose the pro-
moters meant the completeness
of the destruction. The engines
came together with deafening
crash. The cars telescoped, and
they and the locomotives were
demolished. The sight, we have
no doubt, was inspiring; and it
is presumable that the photo>
graphic views obtained We're
quite interesting. The specta>
tors must have been extremely
amused. The kinetossopic and
eidoloscop1c views, we suppose
will be perfected and exhibited
before delighted throngs at SO
much per exhibition, but those
who conceived the attraction
scheme are to be censured for
failing to secure the same repre>
sentation of the accident to the
unfortunate Mr.. Peck. A klnet-
oscopic photograph OF a flying
bolt breaking a mans leg would
be hardly less thrilling than a
like representation of two forty
ton engines dashing into each
other at full speed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12

MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED BUT
NO LIVES LOST.

News from Wyeth City, Ala,
the scene ofTuesday's cyclone IS
that there are indications that
the loss of life will not be as
great as at first reported. Wyeth
CITY is small manufacturing
town, and most Of its inhabl-
tants are engaged in the basket
factory. The cyclone struck the
town while the men were at
work, and this doubtless saved
many lives. AS early as 9
o'clock dark banks Of clouds
were seen to gather from all
quarters and all seemed to centre
where Browns Valley, Big
Spring Valley, and the Tennes>
see Valley unite. When the
fury of the cyclone finally burst
on the village, everything was
swept before it Trees were
whirled through the air, and the
cotton and corn were plucked
from the ground. One house
was left standing, while thirteen
others surrounding were denol-
ished. Parts of the houses and
their contents were scattered for
miles. Clothing, pillows and
bedquilts are lodged in the top
most branches of trees alongside
the mountain two miles away.
How many escaped with their
lives is a mystery to the hun.
dreds who have visited the
scene. But few ESCAPED without
bruises or broken bones. Very
near all the unfortunate people
have lost everything they had.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
THIS BICYCLIST IS A BIRD.
A BLUE EYED CROW RIDES ON
THE HANDLE BARS.

William McGee, Of Mapping
er's Fall. N. Y, met with most
extraordinary experience while
taking a bicycle ride in the post
road to Hyde Park. On his res
turn, just outside Of Hyde Park, a
crow flew down and clasped its
claws firmly about the handle
bars of the bicycle. McGee tried
to shake the creature off, but the
bird evidently had taken a fancy
to wheeling, for no amount of
persuasion and rough treatment
could get him from his perch.
After riding a mile or two, the
bird, enjoying the exhilaratiDg
experience, began to cav, and
kept it up so long that its cries
called about the head Of the
Wheelman a flock OF crows,
which for a moment sent terror
to his heart, he fearing they
would swoop down and do him
bodily harm. After following
him a couple of miles, they
circled about and flew away. Mr..
McGee stopped in Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y, and exhibited his
crow, which caused no little curl
osity. 1t has blue eyes, and is
as talie as any pet.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
HARD ON THE NEGRO.
ST. Louis Hotel Keepers Don't
Want Col,rad Guests.
MONEY NO OBJECT,
THEY WILL NOT HAVE THEM AS
GUESTS ANY PRICE.

What shall be done with the
colored delegates and alternates
to the National Republican Cons
vention is a question which is
puzzliug the mem bers Of the Ma
tionai committee who have ar
rived at St. Louis and the Bus:>
mes Mems League, which secur>
ed the convention to St. Louis as
we'll. Every hotel and boarding
house came out fiat footed and
declared that it would entertain
nonegro as guest or customer.
Money is no object. Threats OF
prosecution haye had no effect,
and from the present outlook 1t
would seem that unless tents are
secured the colored men will
have to go hungry and un-
housed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
To Build a Net and Twine Mill.

A special from Admission, Ala.
says: A deal has been made by
citizens of this town and the
American Net and Twine Co., Of
Boston. whereby Admission gets a
net and twine mill to cost $780,
900. Work is to commence in
sixty days and be completed in
SIX months. This location was
selected after a six weeks ;nspec-
ton of different parts of the
South. The mill will employ
3 50 to 400 hands.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
BICYCLE CRAZE IN CHURCH.
KANSAS CONGREG ALTON THAT
HAS \ MODERN ADAPTATION
OF OLD HYMN.

"Wcll, gentleman. said a
Young man who had been listen
ing and whose general makeup
proclaimed him quite advanced
and fresh, II wonder what you
would have thought if you had
been out in Kansas with me last
week. l was caught in a town
not far from Emporia over Sun
day, and had nothing to do but
follow the crowd, most Of which
rode bicycles. They landed in a
church. landed with them. |
saw the preacher go into the pull
pit and | knew from the hang OF
his trousers and their crumpled
appearance at the bottom that he
was a wheelman, and the man
whom | asked about it said my
conjecture was right. The ser~
mon was nothing out of the or
dinary, but the last song the con-
gregation worked off caught me,
and then | understood the eX>
preston | had heard wheel
crazv.' The first verse of the
old hymn was lined out by the
young preacher as follows:
Am rider for the cross,
\ scorchcr fora lamb?
"The next lines Of the second
verse almost made me fall Oft the
bench.
Must 1 be carried to the skies
On flowcrv beds of ease?
Not while I've got a wheel, old man,
I'll make the course with ease.
THE congregation fairly
whoopcd it up on that verse, and
after the preacher had announced
that that was collection day for
swelling the road fund between
Emporia and the church and the
hat was passed. Iplunked Ill a
gold two and-a-half piece. [
thought they deserved that much
from my house. | wrote my
wife right away to sell the horse
and buggy and put the proceeds
into a wheel. But she tele-
graphed back that she collldn t
get a bid on the horse, and | am
going on to trade off all l have
for a wheel. When it comes to
this that the bi -ycle business
must have its own hymns IN
church l give IN. "-Chlcago
Chronicle.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
INDIFFERENT TO HIS FATE.
A CONDEMNED NEGRO RAPISI
SELLS HIS BODY FOR S.

Frank MacRae, one of the ne
groes sentenced at Lulnberton,
N. c., to be hanged on the 10Th
of June, seems utterly indiffer
ent, and says he would commit
rape again if he were out. He
has sold his body to DR.. T. A.
Norment for S., and spent most
of the money. A committee of
physicians have examined as to
his sanity, but found no evi-
dence of unsoundness Of mind.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
Good Health

And a good appetite go hand in hand.
With the loss of appetite, the system
Notifications of good health are broken
down and the system is liable to at
tacks of disease. 1t is in such cases
that the medicinal powers of Hood s
Sarsaparilla are clearly shown. Thou
sands who have taken Hoods Sarsapa-
r1lla testify to its great merits as a
Store and sharpen the appetite and
promote a healthy action of the diges-
tive organs. Thus it is, not what we
say but what Hoods Sarsaparilla does
that tells the story and constitutes the
strongest recommendation that can be
urged tor any medicine. Why not take
Hoods Sarsaparilla now?
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
Perfect Wisdom

Would give US perfect health. Because
men and women are not perfectly wise,
they must take medicines to keep them
selves perfectly healthy. Pure, lich
blood is the basis of good health.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the One True
Blood Purifier. 1t gives good health
because it builds upon the true founda.
tion-pure blood.
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable
perfectly harmless, always reliable and
beneficial.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12
a Month Of Disaster.

The Chicago Trlbuue which is
much given to statistics, has
been figuring up the disastrous
occurrences during the month of
May attended by loss of human
life.
The Tribune gives the follow
ing: On the 3rd of May, IL
persons were killed by an explo-
sion in Cincinnati; On the 9Th,
I2o by a cyclone in Texas; on
the 18TH, 33 by cyclones in Ken
lucky and Kansas; on the 18th, ,
"A by cyclone in Nebraska; on
the 21st, 10 by a cyclone in
Oklahoma; on the 22nd, 5 by a
cyclone in Missouri; on the 24th
40 by a cyclone in Iowa; on the
2 18th, SO by cyclones i'll Michigan
and Oklahoma and 40 by a cloud
burst at McGergor, Iowa; and on
the goth, II by a storm at Cairo
and between IS and 100 by the
falling of a bridge at Victoria,
British Columbia.
1t will be observed that the
Tribune only made up its &C
count to the 27th of the month.
On that very day occurred the
terrible tornado, or series of tor
nadoes, that laid in ruins great
parts of the cities of St. Louis
and East St. Louis, and wide
areas of the surrounding coun-
try, causing the death of, per
haps 500 persons, the serious
wounding of many hundreds
more, aud the destruction OF
property to the extent of many
millions of dollars.
Truly the month of May, 1896,
has proved to be season Of dis
aster, and it will leave behind it
record of storms and physical
commissions that will make il
long remembered as period OF
continued calamity.-Raleigh
Press Visitor.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-06-12

There are now las conv1cts
in the penitentiary, and of these
about 100 are employed in brick
making. About 4 200, 900 bricks
are made annually, and they find
a ready sale.