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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
How Girls Should Consider
Proposals.

"My dear girl, when a man
asks you to become his wife you
ought to put some questions to
yourself,' writes Ruth Ashn,ore
to girls on THE Profession of
Marriage" in the April Ladles'
Home .1ouynaL "Satisfy your
self that you love this man we'll
enough, not only to be happy
with him, but, If need be, to
suffer with him. Decide for
yourself if this be the man of all
others in whom you will find
your ideals conpanl on, for COM
panionshlp means as much in
marriage as in friendship. Then,
you must think Of the future.
Ask yourself, too, whether this
man brings out i'll you all that
is best, whether he provokes
that which is little and mean in
you, or whether he piques you
into making light of that which
is good. Decide whether this
man is the one with whom you
would, without hesitancy, subs
init questions that trouble your
conscience. Then, too, you must
ask yourself wh at seems, perhaps
like a trivial question, whether
this man is one whose name you
will feel honored i'll bearing, not
because of any material wealth
ne may possess, but because of
his; being an honest gentleman.
Think out all these things, ask
yourself question upon question,
not onlA as to his fitness, but as
20 yours, and then, if you give
1im the loving answer that he
wishes. try to become thorouuhly
with him
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Heir to a Fortune in Aus
tria.

Mark NJ. Dintonfass, a white
barber living at Charlotte, N. c.,
has received notice from the
Austrian Consul at Philadelphia
that he is part heir to a fortune
of three hundred thousand flor
lns left him by his grandmother,
who recently died in the little
town of Torwad, Austria. A
letter from Austria states that
portion of the legacy will be
sent to him at once.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
WRGINIAVtcTORlOUS
Tar Heels were Defeated
by Old Dominion Boys.

The University of Virginia
baseball team defeated the Caro-
lima Varsity nine at Chapel
Hill, Saturday i'll beautiful
contest by Il score Of 7 too.
This was the first of the cham
plonshlp games with Virginia
The two teams will meet in
Charlottesville, Va, April Goth
and in case after that game each
team has won one game, the
third will be played in Danville
OH May Ist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
MURDER IN FIRST OEGKEE.
Charles Bobo Convicted for the
Killing of James Washington.
WILL HANG MAY 14TH.
The Murder Occurred at the New
Berne Fair.

The trial of Charles Bobo, at
New Berne, charged with the
murder OF James Washington,
both colored, resulted in a ver~
dict of guilty. The jury was
out all night, and after render
ing their verdict, Judge Ewart
sentenced Bobo to be hanged on
the I4th of May.
The parties were rival Jockeys
at the New Berne Fair, and the
trouble between the men arose
over the merits of their respec>
tive horses.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Wreath sent by Nc kiniey.

A beautiful floral wreath from
the White House Conservatives,
and a touching letter of condo
lence from President Mckinley,
were received this week by the
family of Brakeman William
Painter, who died at Pittsburg,
Pa, on Tuesday from injuries
received at the Union Depot,
Pittsburg, when the inaugural
train pulled in. Painter was
fatally injured through being
crushed against a post by the
crowd that was thronging Nc
Kinley's train.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
WORK Of F|RE-bUGS.
A 100000 Blaze in Ports
mouth.
FINE CHURCH BURNED
The Splendid Catholic
House of worship Des-
trOyed.

A series of lncendiary attempts
to burn the city of Portsmouth
Va, which have been made fo1
several nights for the past ten
days, eliminated early Sunday
morning in a destructive con-
aagration, which wiped out sew
eral blocks, entailing damage of
100000. 1t started in Whites
hurst Hall, a large two tory
building on Glasgow street.
The flames spread under the
influence Of stiff breeze with
remarkable rapidjty, and quickly
communicated with the build
ings adjacent to the hall. Every
thing i'll that block being burn-
ed, the flames crossed over to
London, into the block bound
ed by Queen, Green and Wash
ington streets, and also spread
On down Glasgow, across Green
street.
In less than twenty minutes
after the hall had been discov-
cred ablaze the sparks had been
carried across three blocks to
St. Paul's Catholic church, sacr>
ed edifce was soon wrapped in
flames.
The entire Portsmouth de-
partment was out fighting brave>
ly, but proved absolutely unable
to cope with the flames. The
Norfolk department was called
upon, and sent over the engine,
reel and truck, and two CONS
panies.
About the same time the
church caught another fire was
discovered in South Portsmouth.
The navy yard engine went to
the scene and succeeded in get
ting the flame under control att
ter several houses had been des-
troyed. 1t then came on up to
the church, where the widest
confusion prevailed. The fire
had crossed High street and one
by one destroyed the row of two
story buildings between Dinwid>
die and Washington streets, then
ate its way around on Dinwiddie
and destroyed St. Joseph's Hall.
The beautiful church was a
mass of ruins, with its great
roof fallen in, and the flames
eating its very heart out. The
other side of the street was
sheet of flames. The unprotec
ted condition of the city, and
the wholesale robbery of the
furniture and other valuable ar
ticles piled in the street, made it |
necessary to call out the city
of militia, consisting |
Of the Old Dominion Guards and !
he Rifles.
The fire burned for six hours
before it was under contro.. |
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02

MIGHTY FINE.

It's mighty fne-this weather-fol
many bending tree
In shaking down its blossoms in a
shower over me;
And know the girls are going where
the honeysuckles grow.
And the streams in music flowing. and
I'm far away from snow!
It's mighty fue-.his wcather-;f the
winds are rather free
AND rumple up the blossoms, still they
blow 'em over me!
And l see the daisies foaming in the
meadows where go,
AND m mighty fond of roaming when
I'm far away from snow!
F. L. Stanton.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Will Walk on Water.

Captain Robert Cook, of Am~
ericus, Ca, who is in Boston
Mass, has announced that he IS
making arrangements to walk
on the water of the Ohio river
from Pittsburg to Cincinnati.
Captain" Cook is only 2,
years old and weighs I2o pounds.
He will attempt to make the
journey in fifteen days On a
wager of 81 900. The total dis
ta1ce is between 45o and 500
miles.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
New Jersey raising cotton.

Josoph Vance, a farmer living
near Cape May, N. J., who last
year raised several samples of
rice and cotton which turned
out satisfactory will this season
enter more largely on the plan
by planting large amount of
ground in the two staples. OW-
ing to the nildness of the eli
mate due to the peculiar insular
position of Cape May, the south
ern products it is claimed will
prosper there.
A big New York firm, it is
said is paying for the expert
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02

Mrs. A. Tween, residing at
72o Henry ST., Alton, ILL.,, suffer
ed with sciatic rheumatism for
over eight months. She doctored
for it nearly the whole of this
time, using various remedies
recommended by friends, and
was treated by the physicians,
but received no relief. She then
used one and half bottles of
S Pain Balm, which
effected a complete cure. This
is published at her request, as
she wants others similarly aff1ict>
ed to know what cured her. The
Is and 50 cent sizes for sale by
w. w. Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
The Kind of Public Officers we
Are Getting.
(Statesville fandmark.)

One of the "new issue" magis.
trates of Chambersburg town.
ship gave gentleman a receipt
a few days ago, which read as
follows: "Recaved of--
Three Doll in full of all pay
ment from the Birth of Christ to
the death of the Devil"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02

Each successive advertisement
gains an impetus and influence
from the previous one.-P,uut>
ers' Ink.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Silk and Wool Dress Goods in Latest Effects
Wool Fabrics /:

The variety Of our Spring
and Summer Offering was
never before equaled in this
city.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Fifty Years Ago.

President Polk in the white House chair.
While in Lowell WAS Doctor Aver,
Both were busy for human veal
One to govern and one TO heal.
And, ms presidents power of will
Sometimes depends on a iiver-piIl.
Mr.. Polk took Ayers Pills trow
For his liver, so years ego.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Novelty Silks /:

In beautiful Patterns for Cos
tunes, Waists, &C..
These at remarkably low
prices!
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Ayers Cathartic Pills

were designed to supply a
model purgative to people who
had 50 long injured themselves
with gripping medicines. Being
carefully prepared and their in.
gradients adjusted to the exact
necessities Of tho bowels and
liver, their popularity was in.
stantaneous. That this popu.
larlty has been maintained is
well marked in tho medal
awarded these pills at tho
Worlds Fair 1893.
SO Years of Cures.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-02
Richmond, Xirginia.

Consignments of North Caro-
lima Herring solicited, and pro-
ceeds remitted in cash.
On account Of our intimate
acquain :ance, and frequent trans
action with the Grocery trade of
the West and South we are able
to handle N. G. Fish to the best
possible advantage, and we are
known everywhere as the largest
distributors in this marked.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

beaute etonnante. His Majesty spent
much of his time IN her salon, explaining
the niceties OF the Holy Alliance, on
which he had set his heart. Other ladies
la beaute celeste, Julie Vichy; la beaute
du diable, Countess Sauerma; la beau:e
du sentiment, Gabrielle Auersperg: la
beaute coquette, Caroline Szecheny-vain-
ly tried TO detach the Czar from the Ester
hazy. She had peculiar charms of her
own which were irresistible.
Americans are familiar with riches, but
they have never seen such display OF
them as Austrian and Hungarian mag
mates affect. Tae head of the house OF
Esterhazy has regiment of personal at
tendants, each of whom has his particular
duties and his special uniform. He has
places which EN- brace towns and villages,
in which he cannot indeed dispense JUS
tice and pronounce sentence OF death as
he did in the middle ages, but in which 1t
is exceedingly unwholesome to dispute
his will.
A Hungarian boyard married lady
who was favorlte at court. There
had been scandal about her relations
with the Emperor. After the wedding
ceremony. as she passed through a
corr dor of the palace, the Emperor met
her, exchanged few words and took his
leave. The husband, who was WATCHING
at distance. joined her, and with courtly
politeness escorted her to carriage and
left her, after giving a whispered direc-
ton 10 The coachman. She was conveyed
to one of the nobleman's castles in a dis
trict which he owned, and she never saw
her husband again, nor left the placs of
her confinement. 1t seems that the EN-.
peror himself was powsrless to belp her.
One curious point a bout the Hungarians
is their good looks. The Huns whom AL
tia. the scourge OF God, led throush
Scythia were hideous. short, squat, broad
faced, with leering eyes and mouth from
ear to ear. The Hungarian women. who
are their lineal descendants, are moro
beautiful than any women of any race AZ
the present day.
No one who has not been to Passau and
Linz and Pesth-Ofen knows how lovely q
yonng girl may be. The girls of Antas
IN France, are pretty, piquaut, seductive
there is good deal of beauty in Colifor
mis- and at Chicago. but to see the bao,,,,
where il Is JOY forever. a witch wbnss
charms faith melteth into blood on
must wander along the bank OF the Dan,
uoe On some such night in June ae thu
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Old Time Sweetness /. Gone.

The old-fashioned molasses is rapidly
disappearing as an article of commerce -
sald prominent grocer, ,eceording to tbe
Eas'port Sentinel ''and in its place have
come number of syrups, which are moro
costly and by no means as satisfactory
especially 10 the little ones, who delight.
as we did, when we were voupg. in hav-
Ing Iasses on their bread. Most of the
molasses goes into the distilleries. where
ltls made into rum, for whica, notwith-
standing the efforts of our femperance
workers, the demand is constantly on the
Increase, especially in the New England
o.ates and for the export trade. The reg
!, uiar oflnker OF rum will take no other
iquors III It's place ii he can help it. 1t
seeihs 10 reach the spot more directly than
any other dram. The darker brown
sugars nave also disappeared, and they
are not lkely 10 return, owing to the
lnethods OF boiling and the manufacture.
oranulated sugar is of the same com posi-
lioh, as lar as saccharine qualities are con-
cerned, as loaf, cut-loaf, Gu be and crushed.
ana differs from them only in That its
crystals do not cohere. This is because it
is constantly stirred during the process of
Capitalization. The lighter brown sugars
taste sweeter than the white, for the lea-
son that there is some molasses in them.
Housekeepers have difficulty IN these days
IN hnding coarse, dark sugars, which are.
arrays preferred for use in putting up
sweet pickles, making cake and similar
uses AS they cannot get brown sugar
any more, it may be well for them 10 re-
member that they can simulate brown
sugar by adding teaspoonful Of
molasses 10 each quarter of pound of the
! white granula,ed sugar. This combina-
ton does as well as all household recipes
that call for brown sugar as the article
itself, ard besides it saves tnam great
OF hunting for brown sugar, which, as
said before. has disappeared from ths
Market"
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flew off and rolled along the floor where
the fair English girls scramb b ed for the m.
But any girl who was pretty enough to
attract EsterhaZy's eye need not have
gone on hands and knees to forage for
diamonds.
He was brought up in the school OF
Metternich, whose principles in the mat
ter OF women were detailed by Baron
Hornmayer. He makes the Prince say ::
"At Dresden my diplomatic career began,
together with my career among women,
who have often delighted me, often bored
me 10 death and often driven me to de-
spair. The most incom prehensible thing
in the whole history OF the world is Kosci-
usko's cry, 'Finis Polonia,' for how any
one can get to the end with Polish
woman is to this day greater puzzle to me
than all the riddles of the Sphinx. Many
pretty little fools have really loved me,
although | am conscious OF never having
meant honestly with any of them, at least
what in their presum ption they would
have called honestly. What l have sui
fered, especially at Dresden. from queens,
electresses, grand-duchesses and duch-
esses would fill good-slzed novel for the
benefit of chronic invalids on their Sleep
less nights
Metternich married the granddaughter
OF the famous Chancellor Kaunitz. OF her
the cynic said: "The Prncessis destitute
of any attraction, but she has a great
share Of common-sense, and l don't by
any means disdain to consult her about
political chances when it is worth my
while to do so. When we came to
Dresden We. mutually agreel that we
should each go our own way without any
restraint whatever. Thus, OF all the chill
dren OF the Princess, Marie alone is
M ine."
When she died Meiternich astonish ed
every one by marrying Antonia Won Ley
KAN. the daughter of an opera dancer of
bad character. She died at the birth of
her first child, and the widower consoled
himself with Melanie Vichy, whose lack
OF savoir faire more than once led to
remonstrances by personages of high sta
tion. Metternich would only shrug his
shoulders at their complaints and reply,
II was not my wife's teacher of manners. -
AT the congress of Vienna, which was
said to be run by women, one of the most
fashionable and most influential was
Rosina Esierhazy. The Emperor Alex
anoer OF Russia, who fell in love with
every pretty woman he met, called her Ia
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

piece some new discovery or welding
physiological theory with all anatomical
truth. The brains OF lower animals, the
apes by preference. were the first expert
mented on and the deductions, applied to
the human species, have esta bllshed that
our brain is not, so to say, nervous
mass. but is made up of innumerable
microscopical ones, each living nerve,
all brain in itself, originating, influenc-
ing or controlling some thought. desire or
action, while others are absor bing cells in
which memory or experience is stored up
for future reference. We know now the
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Etiquette required each gentleman to nav
1 )r the dress and mask 4 his lady
In Holy Week 1t generally devoived on
an Esterhazy to conduct the procession
illustrating the passion. The wise men of
the EasI, Herod and PLATE, the Virgin
Mary and Joseph, the twelve Apostles.
Mary Magdalen. all mounted on asses and
led by Esterhazy, journeved TO the CAL
vary in the Prater, followed by a stream
OF men with false Boards some fiagelIat.
ing themselves. some CARRYING a placard
on which their sins were enumerated.
some bearing crosses. The scene was i'm
posing; but it is on record that it led to
much secular love-making, which was de-
pored by the clergy.
Now and then an Esterhazy established
such reputation for Wit that all the
bon mots of the day were fathered on him.
When Charles Alexander of Wurtem berg
died, after establishing a reputation for
protiigacy which Philippe Egalite might
have envied, some one observed to Ester
hazy that the Dukes apoplexy was a pub
lie disaster.
"Apoplexy?" retorted the Prince.
"Nonsensel l myself saw the devil seize
him in his claws ana carry him off
through an open window"
There are places where the story is be-
lieved to the present day.
Ihose were curious times. When he EN-
peror Francis died his wife, Maria Theresa.
was overwhelmed with grief He died at
lnnspruck, in the Tyrol, to which place
the court hac accompanied him TO witness
the marriage OF his second son. When
the body was laid out in state the Empress
entered the room from her private apart
ments. The members of the court were
ranged against the wall on the other side.
Alone, stunned by all, wrapped in long
black veil, and sobbing bitterly, stood the
beautiful Princess Auersperg, whose re-
atioEs with the dead Emperor had given
MS wife many jealous pang. Remem-
berfng how the courtiers had fawneG upon
her when her influence had been supposed d
to be worth courting, Maria Theresa. with
sneer on her face at the time. servers
stepped up 10 the Princess and took her
hand, saying: I'VE have indeed suffered
great woe, meine liebe.'
The day before his death the Emperor
had given her bond for 200. 900 forms.
Payne was refused by the imperial
treasurer. Maria Theresa ordered Ester.
hazy TO see that it was promptly paid.
Another Emperor-Joseph the Second
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The possessions of the Esterhazys were
fabulous. The head OF the house owned
twenty-nine seignories, twenty-one cas-
ties, sixty towns, 407 praidics, extend
ing over vast territory round Eisenstadt. t.
This was besides several domains in
Lower austria and the county of Edel-
stetten. IN Bavaria. 1t was no wond er
that the bellies of the day aspired to an al
LANCE with so pulssant family. Well
meaning but mpuIsiye Maria Theresa was
always finding wives for them, and some
times they wished she had let the busi-
ness alone. Count Francis Esterhazy was
special favorite OF hers. For him she
found wife in the person Of Princes
Starhemberg. who was as lovely as the
dawn, but who hell advanced views on
The, rights Of women. A few months
after the marriage she ran away with
Count Schulem berg and elected domi-
cile in Swiss chalet on the boraer of the
beautiful Lake Luzerne. The Austrian
Charge 'Affaires was shocked and caused
procee iings TO be instituted against the
gay Lothario. An obsequious Swiss court
condemned him to death for adultery.
But the injured husband intcrvened, say
ing that he could not be sufficiently CRATE
full to Schulemberg for having r.d him OF
a she-devil, and the culprit VAS pard once
forthwith.
The mania for etiquette and piety which
prevailed at Vienna under Maria Theresa
and Josepa the Second was exactly suited
to the Esterhazy temper. The Duke oi
Richelieu com plains bitterly that during
one Lent when he was Minister at Vienna
he spent 100 hours at church with the
Emperor; the Esterhasys did not mind
that, they rather enjoyed it. They were
spared the infiction of dining with his
Majesty; no one ever did that. The
EN- peror dined with his hat on in the
presence of his wife and her ladies oi
honor, and at some distance from the
table stood the foreign Embassadors also
with their hats on. They remained stand
ing till the Emperor had taken his first
draught OF wine, when they retired. The
Esterhazys and other mobiles remained in
an anteroom.
they fareo better at the ",averns" and
"siedge" parties. Each gentleman sent
10 tue master of ceremonies n card bear
ing the name of the lady of his choice,
and for that evening she belonged to h m.
She drove with him, danced with him.
supped with him; everybody was masked,
and naturally there was good deal OF fun,