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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-27
HOW OLD THE EARTH is.

Counted by Millions, Not Thousands, es
Years.
Tho Greek schools, above z, 1000 years
ago, treated the world as Of indefinite
antiquity, and they speak Of traditions
10, 900 or IA, 900 years before their time
as facts not questionable from their an
tiquity. auckland, from geological con-
illusions, says II is millions Of years
since the world was created, and the
only question is how many million
years. Different views have been enter
tanned rs 10 the earth's formation, one
view being that il has cooled down
from fluid TO solid mass. Sir Will
liam Thompson has investigated the
question OF the cooling of the earth and
looks upon the increase of temperature
from the surface downward as proof of
the constant loss Of heat from the globe,
the heat radiating into space without
sensibly elevating the temperature of
the upper crust through which it passes
The continuance Of such loss of heat
involves belief in the occurrence Of q
period at which the earth was q fluid
mass, and Sir William has fixed that
period at not less than 200, 900, 900 nor
more than 400, 900, 900 years ago, the
probability being that 100, 900, 900 of
years is the limit Of geological history,
and that prior to that time the earth's
surface was unfit for the maintenance
of animal or vegetable life. Our knowl-
edge is not sufficient to FIX the period
when the earth became habitable or
when 1t shall cease. to be so. The or
ganic world does not furnish any guide
to the solution Of the problem, and there
fore 1t is only speculative question so
far. Hugh Miller says: "As certainly
as the sun is the center of our sys-
tenn must our earth have revolved
around it for millions of years. . .
The earth is of an antiquity incalcula-
bly, vast. The Q, 900 years of hu-
man history form but portion Of the
geological day which is passing over
us. They do not extend into the yester-
day of Cur globe, far less touch the myr-
lads Of ages spread out beyond"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-27

Nicely furnished rooms at the
Popular House, 154 Fort street,
from $l.00 per week up. y
King Bros. have just received
new lot of tissue paper, window
poles, sash rods, artists materials,
picture frames, etc. y
Mechanics Home, corner Hotel
and Nuuanu streets, lodging by
day, week or month. Terms: rs
and 80 cents per night. 81, and
Sl.25 per week.
February G, an engineer of long
experience writes the Pacific
Hardware Co., as follows 81
received your circulars concern
ing Vacuum Oil and as l have
used them since, having the power
of selecting my own oil, | can
only echo the facts which they ex-
press" y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-27
Real Estate Transactions.

Subscribers are furnished with from five
to six lists per week, giving an accurate
record OF all deeds, mortgages, leases, re-
leases, powers OF attorney ETC., etc., which
are placed on record. Also a list of all
district court judgments.
Suhscriptlon Price. $500 per Month.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-27
For Rent.
l--warehouse on Esplanade.

l--Warchouse on Esplanade.
2--Rented.
ga Furnished Cottage in good location
for two or three months.
A. A Beautiful Summer Residence at the
Peninsula, Pearl City, completely furnished
five rooms and servants quarters Win rent
cheap to desirable tenant. The lot is over
an acre In size and well laid out, and com
mands beautiful view OF the harbor,
5-Store Room, 60Xis, SIS per month,
driveway into 1t. Berctanla street, rear Of
City Feed Store.
6-Piece ground 80 feet front, on Bereta-
mia street, next TO City Feed Store. win
erect good store on ground and lease years
at $50 per month.
7-Rented.
Scented.
g-Furnlshed Cottage for couple at Wal.
kiki, servants quarters, stables, etc. $25 per
month, long lease.
l0--Rented.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
BUILDING UP CHARACTER,

We ale sent into this world to
build up characters which will
be blessed and useful in the
future for which we are being
trained. Thele is a niche which
only one can fill, a crown which
ONLY one can wear, music which
only we can waken, service
which only we can render. God
knows what these are, and he is
giving us opportunities to pre-
pare for them. Life is our
school house. Its rooms may be
bare, but they are filtered with
opportunities of becoming fit for
our great inheritance. Knitting
needles are cheap and common
enough, but on them may be
wrought the fairest designs in
the richest woods. So the incl
dents of daily life may be COM
monplace in the extreme, but on
them as the material foundation
we may build the unseen, ever
lasting fabric of a noble ano
beautiful character.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
SKINNER IS IN DISFAVOR.
Butler Will Run Moye Against
Him For Congress.
News & Observer

Will Butler and Skinner bury
the 'hatchet2 No. But Butler
will bury Skinner if he can, un>
less reports are false, and State
Senator Moye, of Greenville' is
the tool he will use for the in
terment.
A delegate from the State All
lance is the authority tor the
statement that Butler and Moye
have formed an alliance where
by Moye is to oe candidate for
Congress in the first district and
have the support of Butler and
the majority Populists generally
Further, some of Senator
Buffers closest and best friend:
are swearing they are done with
Skinner and all other minority
Populists. They say if Skinner
comes into their convention:
and tries to participate in th'
proceedings they will eithe
have him put out or 60 Oh
themselves.
If these decisions are adhere'
to they will add much to tn
gravity of the situation i'll tn
next campaign.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
i Salesman's Harrow
Escape.

The Norfolk Pilot says: In a
recent trip in North Carolina
Mr.. Benjamin Meitzer, a popu-
lar salesman for Mr.. /. " DAVIS,
the cigar and tobacco dealer hao
a narrow escape from drowning.
It was III Gates county last Tues
dav week, and Mr.. Mcitzer was
caught in one of the deep and
narrow valleys by what appeared
to be a cloud burst, that swamped
his carriage and put him under
water, from which he was res>
cued with difficulty and IN a
badly soaked condition. The
horse and carriage were gotten
out with much labor, and 1t was
several hours before the trip
could be resumed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
TORTURED WITH FINE.
Masked Robbers Burn the Arms
And Feet of Aged Men.
UNABLE TO FIND MONEY.
One of the Unfortunates Was A
Helpless Paralytic, Whose
Body was covered with
BliSterS.

A most horrible crime was
committed few nights ago in
Munster township, Cambria
county, Pennsylvania.
Four masked burglars gained
an entrance to the house Of John
and Philip Dever, and, failing
to find any money, proceeded to
torture the inmates.
John and Philip Dever, who
are aged IS and 81 respectively,
were bound hand and foot, while
a nephew who was visiting them
was fastened securely and gag
ged. Philip Dever is helpless
paralytic. The masked men
tortured him first, blistering his
feet with hrebrands, and when
he still protested that there was
no money in the house they
turned their attention to John.
The leader burned great spots
under the latter's arms and on
his feet and limbs.
The nephew finally slipped
his bounds, but was discovered
and knocked senseless by blow
from a revolver. Utterly failing
to secure any money, the men
finally left. leaving their victims
securely bound. The nephew
succeeded in getting loose at
last, but the robbers had fled
leaving no trace. Several match
es and a small sum of money
was all the booty secured by the
burglars.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
Dodger VS.. Newspaper.

Few business nlen realize how
many people read the newspa-
per in which their ADVERTISE
1nent appears. They sometimes
print 5 900 dodgers, and although
it costs them more money than
the same amount of space in a
newspaper, they imagine it to be
cheaper. In the first place they
do not consider how many copies
of a paper there are that 60 into
the homes of people they desire
to reach. The dodgers are prin-
ted and placed into the hands OF
small boys whose desire is to get
!. rid of them and draw their pay
for distributing them. They
will pass down the street and
! poke one under the arm of each
i person they meet, no matter II
i that individual already has hall
a dozen of them. The boys pass
On and the man throws the dod
ger down and that is the las
seen OF it. The streets are soor
covered with them and they are
tra,npled into the dirt unread
A newspaper is taken :nto th'
home. Every member of th'
family reads 1t and then it il
loaned all over the neighborhooe
to people who are either too poo
| or stingy to take a paper.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
They Got Him Good.

The maddest editor in the
State resides in Durham. The
Sun of that place says One ev-
ening last week he attended a
a social given at a private resi-
dence, and during the evening
the ladies organized a hugging
bee, the proceeds to 60 to the
church. Prices were graded ac-
cording to the person to be hug
eed. For instance, for hugging
young, inexperienced girl you
had to give up ten cents +; mar
ried women brought fifteen cent:
and widows quarter. Ole
maids came in bunch for three
cents. Well, our friend wa
blind folded, and giving up ff
teen cents said he would take
married woman. After he ha'
hugged fifteen cents worth tn
bandage was removed from hi
ewes, and 10! and behold, he wa
hugging his own wife. The
he wanted his fifteen cents back
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
WIDOWS PREFERRED.
They Frequently Make Better
Wives The Second Time.

"There are many characters
tics of widows" says an observ-
ant writer of the masculine pes
suasion recently, (which make
them really preferable as wives.
They are not so exacting for one
thing. Their first plunge, if it
has taught them anything, has
taught them to be forbearlng.
Besides they are not so detest-
ably romantic. If they drop
their gloves in the street, they
pick them up without amy fuss,
and do not wait for you to bend
your knees to them and a very
strong point-they know what
men are and don't have to learn
their lessons with sad tears and
sighs. They are not SO prone
to be extravagant either an
other excellent feature in their
mature caps. In short, if you
marry, don't pass over the Wild
ows as if they were just the alloy
of humanity"
There is a great deal of COM
mon sense in this. Even i'll
wooing a widow man is sure
to be saved much trouble. The
dear lady can meet him half way
without any sacrifice of modesty.
This, to tumble minded bach
elor, is much. She is, moreover,
nearly sure to be quicker of in
telligence than the average un
married girl.
Again, marriage often changes
a young woman i'll the most
alarming manner. The pretty,
blush;ng girl Of one year is Of
ten hardly recognizable in the
assuming, naughty young mats
ron of year later. She doesn't
show half SO attrac, lively as a
full blown flower as she did in
the bud. The number of men
who have thus welded only to
be disillusioncd! You can tell
some of them by the wrinkles
in their foreheads within a year
or two after their marriage or
by the otherwise inexplicable
habit OF taciturnity that they ac-
quire.
One may form a tolerable ide a
of widows merits in some re-
spects by her demeanor early in
her Widowhood. Tact is the su
premely useful quality in the
average widow. Iu the long
run it is better than beauty i'll {
wife better even than money
BY it a woman may guide he1
husband toward happiness while
ministering to the Harmless:
pride in him which makes him
think he is doing it himself
Philadelphia Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

This a <vfulI Crime was ~OnlnhtI<>o
In Elizabeth City Monday
Night
kImBLE LAMB. COLORED. is 5hE
MURDERER.
IIe TxinsDe,nps Morse. Col.- by
Stabbino Him Ia tho 'EhI'Oat
With n Knife.

After receiving the best of med
ical attention he died Wednesday
morning at 6 o'clock.
Lamb, on seeing the bloody
deed he had committed, inme-
diately departed for parts un>
known, and is still at large. A
warrant has been issued for his
arrest aud the authorities are
making every effort to catch
him. If caught pasquotank
county will probably be the
scene of a hanging.
Lamb is about IS years of age
dark color and thick lips, is
about s feet high, small scar on
neck. hair short and kinky
When last seen he was We airing
his working clothes-dark grey
smutty pants. light smutty coat
woolen shirt laced in front, cap
Wednesday morning All in
quest was held over the body ol
Morse, and following verdict
rendered:
1--WE the undersigned jury o.
inquest over the body of Demp
sy Morse do agree, after care
full examination. that he came
to his death by wound in the
neck made by a knife in tht
hands of one Kim BILE Lamb"
Signed: J. T. Balance, Coro
ner: Chas. A. Banks, Chas. Nc
Donald, w. c. Simons, Jarvi
Seeley, w. II. Keaton, Davi'
Simpson.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
, Leasing New@paPer Of TIA
CHOWAN BAPTIST FEMALE
INSTITUTE.

The Board of Trustees oil the
Chowau Baptist Female lnstl-
tute desires to give notice to the
general public that the next an
nual session Of this school will
begin on "Wednesday. the Sth
day of September next. in charge
of Hon. ]. c. Scarborough, Pres
ident, aided by Rev. c. w. Scar
borough and competent and
we'll selected faculty. President
Scarborough is we'll known
throughout the entire State as
one of the foremost educators OF
the age, having had large expe>
rieHce as a'teacher, and also hav
ing served the State for twelve
years as Superintendent of Pubs
lie instruction. 1t is the pur>
pose of the board to make all
necessary repairs to the build
ings before the opening of the
coming session, and in every
way possible provide for the com
fort and welfare of the pupils.
The denomination to whom the
Institution belongs has cause for
congratulation that a man noted
for such broad culture, sterling
worth, and noble impulses OF
head and heart, has been se>
cured to take charge of this time
honored school. President Scar
borough is too we'll known by
the Baptist denomination, hav-
ing been elected President of the
State Convention, chosen chair
man of the State Board of Mis-
sions, and called upon to fill
other important positions, to re-
quire any introduction to ou1
people. Under his manage,
ment, the Board of Trustees con,
fdently believe the school car
furnish advantages for young la
dies equal to any in the State
And anxiously desiring that il
shall in every way maintain it
past prestige and meet the hope'
and expectations of its founders
who proved themselves ready Il
make noble sacrifices for its Sc
cure establishment and perma
nant success. We cali upon tn
denomination and all friends o
Education to rally to its support
and, if possible. make this 1nsti
tuition more potent for the &C
complishment of good in tn
coming years than i'll its usetu
and honored past.
R. T. THOMAS,
G. w. MITCHELL, Chm IN.
Sec'y.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

Monday night a horrible crime
was committed in Elizabeth City.
Kimble Lamb, a negro fireman
on the yard engine Of the Nor
folk & Southern Railroad, killed
a colored boy IS years of age
named Dempsey Morse, by stab
bing him in the throat with a
knife.
The FISHERMAN & FARMER
has secured the following facts
concerning the killing:
1t seems that about 9 o'clock
Monday night Morse was sitting
on Walnut street, i'll the First
Ward, talking with several of
his friends. Lamb was seen
passing on the other side OF the
street, and, on seeing Morse, lie
made some remark about him.
Whereupon Morse ordered Lamb
to stop using his name. Some
words followed and they met III
the street. Morse struck Lamb.
Lamb had a stick and Morse
took it from him. Hot words
continued TO pass between them
when Morse struck Lamb the
second time. They were then
interrupted by the bystanders
and Morse started to leave Lamb.
lust as lie turned towalk OF
Lamb pulled a knife from his
pocket and stabbed Morse IN the
throat-severing an artery and
causing the loss of much blood
He was too weak to walk home
and had to be carried by friends
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
Two Old Time Love Letters.

In All old book, dated 1920,
there is the following curious
love epistle 1t affords an ad-
mirable play upon words:
"MADAM Most worthy OF
admiration After consideration
and much meditation on the
great reputation you possess in
the nation. l have a strong incli,
nation to become your relation.
On your appreciation of the dec
laration, l shall make prepara-
ton to remove by situation to a
more convenient station to pro-
fess my admiration; and if such
oblation is worthy of observa,
ton and can obtain consideration
it will be an aggrandization be.
yond all calculation of the JOY
and exultation of yours,
SANS DISSEMINATION. .
This is the still more curiou:
answer :
"S1R:-I perused your ora
ton with much deliberation a
the great infatuation of YOU
imagination to show such vener
alton on so slight a foundation
But, after examination and mucf
serious contemplation, | sup
posed your animation was th'
fruit of recreation, or had sprung
from ostentation to display you
education by an odd enumera
ton. or rather multiplication, o
words of the same termination
though of great variation il
each respective Specification
Now, without disputation, you
laborious application is so tedi
Gus an occupation deserves com
mendation and thinking imita
ton a sufficient qualification,
am without hesitation, yours,
MARY MODERATION.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
USE OF THE LEMON.

Iuice of the lemon is one OF
the best and safest drinks tor
any person, whether i'll health
or not. 1t is suitable for all
stomach diseases, liver com-
plant, inflammation of the bowels
and fevers.
Lemon is used in intermittent
fevcrs. 1t will alleviate and f.
nally cure coughs and colds and
heal diseased lung if taken hot.
Its uses are manifold, aud the
more we employ it internally
the better we shall find our
selves. Lemon juice is anti
febdile, etc. A doctor Ill Rome
is trying it eNperimentally IN
malarial fever with great sue
cess, aud thinks it will III time
supercede quinine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
CONVICTS ESCAPE.

Five negro convicts, guarded
by a negro, escaped from the
penitentiary Thursday night, by
cutting through the bars of a
window in the hospital wing,
letting themselves down by a
thirty foot chain and then get
ting over the stockade by means
of a ladder. They are John Hal
liburton, life prisoner John
Johnson, ten years; John Rich
ardson, one year Rufus Gibson.
seven years. Halliburton and
Johnson were recaptured in
Durham county by two young
white men and returned to the
penitentiary.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

If you wish to purify your blood you
should take a medicine which cures
blood diseases. The record Of cures
by Hoods Sarsapaxilla proves that thi.
is the best medicine for the blood ever
produced. Hoods Sarsaparilla cure:
the most stubborn cases and it is the
medicine for you to take if your blood
is impure.
HOOPS PILLS are the best after din
ner pill; assist digestion, cure head
ache. IS cents
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
SCOTS
Emulsion

of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo-
phosphites, will make poor blood
rich. 1t is a food for over-taxed
and weak digestion, so prepared
that it can easily be taken in
summer when Cod-liver OH or
even ordinary foods might repel'
SCOTT & BOVINE, y New Yoel
fos sale at soc and s.. 90 by all druggssta
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

This is the day of anti-this, aud anti
that, but what people need most nova
days is, the anti-bilious incidence >in'
nous Liver Regulator, the King q
Liver Medicines, and Better than PMS.
II have used no other anti-billous rem
cdy for six years ard know from cA-
perience that for ladies of constipat-
cd habit nothing equals it.'-l'aura
V. Craig, Ellenbury, Fla.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

In a factory at Atlanta, Ga,
the proprietors attempted to
work white and colored women
together. There was big
strike and the proprietors came
to terms and discharged all the
colored women. The matter
Twas quickly and easily settled
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
Poor Blood

is starved blood. 1t shows itself
in pale cheeks, white lips, weak
digestion, no appetite, exhaus-
ton, lack of nerve force, soft
muscles, and, chief of all, weak
muscles. Your doctor calls it
Anaemia. He will tell you that
the weakening weather Of sum-
mer often brings it on.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re
newer has restored gray hair to Its
original color and prevented badness
in thousands Of cases. 1t will do SO to
you.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

1t is always gratifying to res
ceive testimonials for Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diar>
rhoea Remedy, and when the
endorsement is from physician
it is especially so. There is no
more satisfactory or effective
remedy than Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy" writes DR.. r. f.
Robey, physician and pharma-
cist, of Olney, Mo; and as he
has used the Remedy in his own
family and sold it in his drug
store for six years he should
certainly know. For sale b,
w. w. Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc, q. All druggists
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
Reelected.

The Warrenton Record says ::
1t affords us pleasure to announce
that our townsman, Capt. N. l..
Shaw was reelected, unanimous
", Grand Dictator of the Order
of Knights of Honor for N. c.
bv the convention now i'll ses~
sion and his salary has been in
creased. This is a deserved
compliment to a deserving oth
Ger and gentleman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

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, as presidents power OF will
Sometimes depends On Q Hver-pili,
Nj Polk took Ayers Pills trev
For his liver. 70 years ego.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
A NEW
4ARRIAGE FHCToRY.

A carriage factory and repair
shop has been opened at the
park, or fair grounds, near
Elizabeth City.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

That tired feeling is due to impover
ished blood. Enrich the blood witt
Hoods Sarsaparilla and be strong anc
vigorous.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20

l have been engaged Tor more
than 20 years, in building
Carriages, Buggies & Vehicles,
of every description, and am
now ready to give special atten~
ton to the manufacture, repairs
ing, and painting of carriages,
wagons, carts, and all kinds of
heavy and light wagons.
All work promptly attended
to and at reasonable prices.
+. +. RUCH.
W-Old furniture repaired
vanished, &c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
Ayers Cathartic Pill

were designed to supply a
model purgative to people who
had 80 long injured themselves
with gripping medicines Being
carefully prepared and their in.
Rredients adjusted to the exact
necessities Of the bowels and
liver. their popularity was In
stantaneous. That this popu'
larity has been maintained is
well marked in the m ed a.
awarded these pills ct the
Worlds Fair 1893.
50 Years of Cures.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
ASK the recoyere,
The Cheapest, Iurest and Best Family
Medicine in the World!

For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice,
Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Collie, Depres-
sion Of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heartburn, etc.
This unryalcd remedy warranted not TO contain
single particle of MERCURY any mineral substance