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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-08

UPTOWN OFFICE. BRoAD-sTREET
PHARMACY. bl9 EAST BROAD
STREET. ft.e..
MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1908 HULL
STREET.
TUESDAY......-FE FEBRUARY s, 1898.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
A TOMBSTONE PROBLEM.

A man who went away from
home some time ago to attend a
convention of church people
was struck with the beauty OF
little town in which the gathers
ing was held. He had plenty
of time, and while wandering
about walked into the village
cemetery. 1t was a beautiful
place, and the delegate walked
around among the graves. He
saw a monument, one Of the
largest in the cemetery, and
read with surprise the inscrip-
ton on it:
GA lawyer and an honest
man"
The delegate scratched his
head and looked at the monu-
ment again. He read the
inscription over and over
Then he walked all around the
monument and examined the
grave closely. Another man in
the cemetery approached and
asked him
"tIave you found the grave
of an old friend?"
"No," said the delegate. "but
| was wondering how they
came to bury those two fell
lows in one grave e.'-Tit. Bits.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
he NEEDED SAND.
PLACING HIS TALENTe.
The Shrewd Old Farmer Saw
Where His Son Properly
Belonged.

Father, I'm vanquished,'
sighed the young man in soft
raiment and long hair who had
just come from the city to the
old homestead. The world is
too much for ME. l wrote. My
poems and my stories were
rejected. l painted. There was
no market for my pictures. l
lectured ON scientific subjects.
The expenditure was always
more than were the receipts. |
hirted with fortune Oh the mar
ket. She Tilted Inc. tried
clerkship. My mind was not OH
my business, and | was discharg-
ed. l became an insurance agent.
Not policy could l place. In
sheer desperation l became
politician. failed and paid all
attendant expenses. l loathe the
the past. The future offers me
nothing"
"My poor, poor, boy" said the
fond mother as she wiped her
glasses. "You know the home is
always here"
"You bet it is" from the faith
er with square jaws and snap
ping blue eyes. "It's been here
all the time you've been spend
ing our hard earned money try
ing to do something easy that
you're not fitted for. 1 don't
want no healthy Young man that
weighs l8o pounds whining a.
round me, throwing up his hands
and saying there's nothing in
the world for him to do. I'll
show you different. Go up stairs
and set into that old blue jean
suit of yours, change that white
linen for hickory shirts, put on
them cowhide boots you lett in
the closet when you went out to
conquer America aud grease 'em.
Then 60 along with me. I'm
breaking up that ten acre field
of stump land, and III start you
on on honorable career that
you're liable to succeed in. No
coaxing now, mother. What this
young man needs is sand, and
I'll have him pumped full. Get
into your uniform, my son. -.
Detroit Free Pree.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
CONGRESSMAN WHITE
SPOKE,

Congressman Geo. H. White
spoke to the colored people of
Scotland neck Saturday. His
speech was mostly directed to
the necessity of all going to the
polls voting the straight repub>
lican ticket aud seeing that the
votes were counted as cast.
He argued to the eolored peo-
pie that their homes are sacred
to them and that they onght to
defeud their ballots as we'll as
their homes.
White spoke hopefully about
going back to Congress-in fact
as if he is sure he will be ret
turned. He said he favored fu-
sion with the Populists.
After White spoke Lee Per-
son, a colored politician OF
Edgecoinbe, followed. 1t was
said that Persons syeech was
rather bitter and that he coun.
seled the colored people to be
prepared for any emergency thai
| might arise and to be ready to
say, it necessary, that they have
but one time to die. His speech
was regaded as quite bitter ant
incendiary in its tendency.
But there was little enthusi
asm amongst the colored peo
D e, crowds of them remaining
on the streets while White an,
Person were speaking.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
SOUTHERN WOMEN,
AT CONFEDERATE ASSOCIATION
MEETING IN ATLANTA

And the women. These am
gels who once watched and
prayed for the Johnnie Rebs
who ministercd in the hospitals
and moved over the battlehe,ds
They and their daughters
were at Atlanta, TIE honored
guests of the city. The Ken
tueky girl, like some dashiug
Thoroughbred from the blues
grass uplands; the louisiana
belle, fair as all autumn even>
ing Or the starry eyed beauty
from the Mississippi; the
"yellow rose" Of Texas that
beats the belle of Tennessee;
the stately Virginian, queen like
in her looks and bearings as the
daughter Of a hundred earls; the
lovely Alabalnian; the Tennes
seean, sweet and fresh as the
pink laurels from her mountain
fastne.ses; the Carolina queen,
and the Florida siren, in whose
ears are ever the song of the sea
and whose eyes mirror the cloud
less blue Of the skies. The
whole South will break forth
into her joys. Her hands are
filled with roses and her eyes
with tears. And as she stands
with her beloved sons and
daughters about her far away on
the breeze comes the souId of
at Santiago, where the
glad light of the morning falls
like a benediction on one flag.
one country, and one cause
Louisville Times,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
BOSTIAN BRIDGE WRECK
RECALLED.
$500 Found of the Money the
Internal W1eckers Stole
From the Dead and

Dying Passengers.
The following interesting item
is taken from the Kinston Free
Press of the 3rd inst:
A out six years ago there
was a big railroad wreck On the
Western North Carolina Rail-
road near Statesville, at Bostian
bridge. 1t was thought that 1t
was wrecked by men.
About two years ago man
named Howard Of Lenoir coun>
ty, served his time in the Penl-
Tertiary and returned to this
county. While serving his SEM
tence in the penitentiary man
in there gave him a map show
ing where were stolen things
f1om this wreck. The case
was given to Messrs. Wooten
and Shaw, of Kinston, who
have been working on it ever
since then.
Mr.. Wooten received a letter
Yesterday from one of his agents
who was searching as the
map directed near the wrek, III
forming him that $500 has been
found, of the money the Internal
scouudrels stole from the dead
and dying passengers.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
BLAMES The TROOPS.
Commander of the Transport
Allegheny Says Those Who
Came in Her Were
Careless.

Captain Nickerson, of the
transport Allegheny, which ar
rived yesterday from Montauk
where she discharged i'll and
eonvalescent troops, resented
vigorously the criticisms that
had been made upon the con
dition CT the vessel, He declared
that when the men were taken
aboard at Santiago many were
suffering from malaria and gen>
eral debility, and that the sur>
geon in charge feared many
would not survive the trip. Thir
teen died and were buried at sea,
while another jumped overheard
and was lost.
"1he transport was washed,
swept and cleansed daily by the
ships crew. Captain Nickerson
said. "The troops did not make
the least effort to help them>
selves. nor did they try to keep
clean. l arranged to give the men
facilities for salt water baths, but
for three days no advantage
was taxed of the water that was
pumped aboard for their special
benefit, Many of the men opens
ed canded goods and threw the
tins under the hammocks, all
though all the refuse could have
been easily pitched overheard
through the port holes. They
seemed wholly Indifferent to
their comfort and cleanliness.
Il have heard the i'll ones on
the transport call for water, but
they got no one TO bring it to
them until my chief engineer,
disgusted at the laziness of their
able comrades, helped them with
all the water they needed. l
want to deny the statement that
the ship was without ice. We
had ice and used it freely and
now have six tons left within
the very compartment where the
men were qua1tered.
Il offered the ships stores for
the use of the sick and served
oatmeal in abundance and whis>
key when it was needed. The
men were so Wasteful of bread
and other foods that l had to
make vigoroug protests. The
Allegheny is open to inspection,
and no one can say that there is
or has been anything unwhole
some about her. Both the crew
and myself did everything poss-
lble to make the troops com fort>
able during the trip. Fine wealth
er was experienced throughout"
York Hearld, 5th.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
ANOTHER NEGRO
OUTRAGE.

The vile teachings of the Re,
cord, the negro newspaper pub
lished in Wilmington, are bear
iHg thir legitimate and natural
fruit. Listen to the story o!
burglary and attempted rape
perpetrated last week iii Greene
by a negro, his victim being
a respectable white lady The
Snow Hill Standard saw:
Last Tuesday night about
II o'clock John Best a negro
who lives on the place OF Mr..
J. K. Ham. about seven miles
from Snow Hill, entered the
home OF Mr. Jesse Ham and at
tempted that awful crime which
he'll pay for with his life. Mrs.
Ham was the victim. She was
aroused by by this devil in hui
man form before he accomplish
ed his purpose, and screamed
for her husband, who was in
an adjoining room. The negro
then attempted to escape. but
was recognized, warrant issued
and he is now in Jail. We have
heard some indignant theats,
and the hellish hend may meet
justice at the hands of All out
ragged people"
Remember that this is in
county in which a bladk fend
was convicted and hanged last
fall ior a like offence, and then
ask yourselves what is the val
lie of such punishment as an ex
ample and warning to the ne
gro when it is neutralized by
the lessons taught in the every
day practices of Republican
politicians? There is but one
party in North Carolina for the
white man who has any self 1e~
spect or any regard for the vir-
tue and horor Of the women
who should be dear to him.
That party is the White Mans
party-the Democrtic party.
Honest Populists, you cannot
follsw your leadears who have
sold out to the Republican
party and are expecting to deliver
your votes in November as the
OF their infamous
bargain. How can you longer
put off the hour of coming back
home ?-News & Observer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
1t Is Just as important

That you enrich and purify your blood
in the Fall as IN the Spring. At this
time, owing to decaying vegetation,
low water level, and other causes.
there are disease germs all about us,
and a weak and debiiitated system
quickly yields to attacks Of malaria,
fev>rs, etc. By purifying ana enrich
ing your blood with Hoods Sarsapar
lila you may build up your system to
resist these dangers, as we'll as coughs
come with colder weather. To be Or
the safe side, take Hoods Sarsaparilla
now, and always be sure it is Hood:
find not something else represented te
be Gust as good,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
Notice 4!

BY virtue of decree of the Superior
Court made in the cause of WIN. Bax-
ter ct al. VS.. Fl. G. Pinnix. shall on
Sept. 10th 1898, at IL NJ. offer for sale
at the Court House door in Elizabeth
City, the following lands known as the
Baxter Swamp, bounded by Pasquo-
tank River, Lambs Ferry Road, the
lands of NJ. J.. Davis and others CON-
tanning 500 acres more or less. Said
land is sold for division among the
heirs at law.
Terms one half cash balance in II
months. Title retained till purchase
money all paid.
G. w. WARD, Com.
Aug. 9. 1898.
AZ. II 4ti,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
PETTIT'S
North Carolina Lines
c. l.. PETIT, Manager.

Steamer NEWTON will leave Nol.
folk for Elizabeth City, CreSwell and
way landings on Wednesdays and Sat
urdavs at 4 p. M, Elizabeth City fo1
Crcswell on Thursdays and Mondays
at $50 q. NJ. Returning, will leave
Crcswcll for Norfolk on Tuesdays and
Fridays at a. M, and Elizabeth City
same day at 2:3o p. NJ, arriving in
Norfolk next day.
Steamer Harbinger will leave Nor
folk for Elizabeth City, Hertford an J
way landings, on Tuesdays and Fri
days at 4 p. M, Elizabeth City TO
Herford Wednesdays and Saturdays a.
$50 a. IL Returning, will leave Hert
fCrd for Norfolk Mondays, and THUS
days at a. III. and Elizabeth City same
day at 2:3o p. III, arriving in Norfolk
EGxt day.
W W. MOBRIsETT. AGENT.
Elizabeth City, Il. Q,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
OUR FLAG THE OLDEST.

1t is not generally known
that the Star Spangled Banner
of the United States is older than
any one of the present flags of
the great European powers. 1t
was adopted inI777 by the Con-
gress of the Thirteen Colonies
of North America, then at war
with the mother country. The
yellow and red Spanish flag
came out in 1885, the French
tricolor was adopted in 1894 :
the red English emblem with
the Union Jack in the upper
corner, dates from I8oz !; the
Sandman now the Italian flag
first f1uttered in IS48, the Austro
Hungarian flag was once of the
consequences of the compromise
of 1867 the present German
flag first appeared in 1871, and
the Russian tricolor is quite a
recent affair.
The only modification that the
American has undergone since
its origin consists in the addi
tion of new star every time q
new state is taken into the Union
The stars now NUN Der forty-hve
and, unfortunately for Spain, i
is more than likely that they
have not yet come to the end o
their multiplicat: t:on.-From tn,
Paris Figaro.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
Old ID o"ini Limo

The steamer Neuse leaves Elizabeth
City Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday
nj p. m, for Newbern connecting
with the A. & n. c. r r. for Goldsboro
Kinston, and Morehead City, and with
the w. N. & n. R. r. for Jacksonville.
Wilmington, N. c, etc. Returning
leave Newbern Monday, Wednesday
land, OCraCOkc and Oriental III both
directions
Tickets on sale at Elizabeth Cit,
Station to ali landings. Newberne
Kinston, Goldsboro, Morehead Git
and Wilmington, N. c.
Daily all rail service between Eliza
beth City and New York, Philadelphi;
Baltimore and Norfolk.
Through cars and as w rates and
quicker time than byal ether route.
Direct all goods to , shipped vie
Eastern Carolina Dispa as follows
From Norfolk by MORT & Southern
Railroad; Baltimore by w. & B. r.
r., President Street Stat Il; Philadel-
phia, Philadelphia R. R., Dock Street
station; New York, by Pennsylvania
r. R, Pier II North River, and Old
Dominion Line.
For further Information apply to NJ
IL Sn0wden, Agent, Elizabeth City, OF
10 the General Office of the Norfolk &
Southern R. R. Company, Norfolk, Va
NJ X KING, General Manager.
Fl. c. HUDGINS, c. F. & P. Agt
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
of Madrid

E, G, Blanks, of LewIsville, Texas.
writes that one box of DeWitt'S Witch
Hazel salve was worth 5000 to him.
1t cured his piles of ten years standing
He advises others to try it. 1t also
cures eczema, skin diseases and obsti-
nate sores. Griggs & son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
ral1nhIS 30 =. Ns,lEaa.

Especially valuable - women = Browns
Iron Bitters. BackacLe v;:nis!,es, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
comes to the pallid cheek when this Won
derful remedy is taken. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal. No home
should be without this famous remedy.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
THE FILIPINO AT CLOSE
RANGE.
A Race With a Streak of Yellow
in Its Composition.

! III AtS NOln poSlliOu.
The Filipino, somewhere
away back in his ancestry, ha:
the drop of black blood which
makes him cover and shrink
when bullet hits him, write:
a correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune from Cavite
1t is the display of what sport
ing men call the "streak o
yellow"
But SO long as he is a winner
and even for a longer time than
Is the case with most dark races
after he has begun to lose, the
Filipino will fight like demon
and he is so immeasurably The
superior of the Spaniard in fight
ing ability his "streak of yellow
lies SO mnch further below the
surface than the don's, that the
odds are in his favor, any way.
That he has made a good fight
goes without saying. The result
is his justification, and although
do not believe he would ever
have achieved anything without
the aid of Dewey's guns and the
more powerful American dollar,
lie has in the past, and would
have in the future had Spain S
claim been put eff, have given
the Castilians not little trouble
in the matter OF the collection
revenues.
The Filipino-he is just now
most enthusiastically in love
with the Americans. Out in the
country there is nothing too
good for the American. l have
lived with the native IN his hut,
and | have had the best the hut
contained put freely at my dis
position, the best to eat, the best
split bamboo floor, soft and
sprlngy, to sleep upon, even the
best of his weapons, the pride OF
his heart, his loved lnachete,
keen enough to shave with aud
heavy enough to cleave a mans
skull at a blow, offered to me as
free gift.
Aud yet there has always been,
i'll my mind, a lurking distrust
of my host. There is something
of glint-a suggestion of the
Malay drop in his mixed ances
try in the soft brown eye, re-
calling to mind those old stories
of dark men running amuck to
kill and kill and kill, until they
have themselves been shot IN
their tracks like dogs, as they
deserved.
| have recalled the fact that
no wise sea captain will ship
Manila man es one Of his crew,
and that native Filipinos have
been taken. as children, into
Spanish families and tenderly
reared, only at the last, to put
poison i'll the food of the entire
family, and TO make no excuse
tor the atrocious act other than
to say they had grown "hot in
the head
Whether such a people can
ever be trusted to govern theln>
selves, as the Filipinos clearly
expect the Americans to trust
them, is question for states
men but | would most respect
fully suggest to the statesmen
before attempting its solu ion,
that they come out here and take
a few practical Lessons in
ethnology.
To retain an abuQ1a head of hair
of natural color to a good old age.
the hygiene of the scalp must be OBJ
served Apply Halls Hair Reuewer
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16

Sick headache, Dilliousness, consti
patton and all liver and stomach trou-
bIes can be quickly cured by using
those famous little pills known as De
Wits Little Eary Risers. They are
pleasant to take and never gripe.
t1riggs s. Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
AN UNLUCKY RING.
1t Brought Afhicton to the Roy
al House OF Spain.


A Curious story comes all the
way from Madrid in explanas
tion of the misfortunes which
have afflicted the royal house of
Spain. 1t apears that at the
root of the mischief is a fatal
ring of quite medieval deadli>
ness. The late King Alphonso
XII gave it to his cousin Merce-
des when be was betrothed to
her, and she wore it during the
whole of her short married life.
On her death the King present.
ed it to his grandmother, the
Queen Christina. She died very
soon after, when it was passed
along to the Kings sister, the
Infanta del Pillar, who at once
began to S1cken and IN a few
days breathed her last.-Al-
phonzo then handed it to his
sister-in-law, Christina, the
youngest daughter of the Duke
of Montpensler, but in three
months she also died. His Mas
jesty now resolved to retain the
fateful jewel in, his own keeping,
but he, too, soon fell a victim to
its mysterious malignacy. By
order of the widow it was sus-
pended by a chain around the
neck of the statue of the Maid
Of Aim udena, the patron saint
of Madrid.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16

The editor of the Evans City, Pa,
Globe, wri,es. Zone Minute Cough
Cure is rightly named. 1t cured my
children after all other remedy failed"
1t cures cough, colds aud all throat
and lung troubles. Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16
A POOR CHANCE.
RIS WIFE WAS PECU-
LIAR
He Owned The Place But The
Old Woman Did The
Bossing On Ce--
tain Days.

Just at nightfall the colone
came along to pioneers dug
out orthe wide prairie, with the
pioneer himself setting by the
roadside with a pipe in his
mouth, and after the usual salu
tations the colonel asked if be
could be lodged for the night.
"Wall, that depends on my
wife, was the reply. Pm ful
takin' everybody who comes
along, but she's rayther pertick>
ler. Arr you a married mann
Il am" replied the traveller.
"That's bad, TO begin with.
We've got a gal twenty Vars,
old, and my wife is lookin' fur
somebody to come along and
marry her. Ar you the guv'ner
of the state or some other big
man?"
mo sir; l am only a umble
citizen"
Then your humbleness will
be bad fur You. The old woman
would be proud to hev a big
man stop with us, SO she could
crow about it, but she wouldn t
care to make a fuss over a
hum BILE man.
"Got some sort O. religion,
'spose?'
"No, 1 haven't replied the
colonel.
"Then that's more agin ye.
The old woman's got three
different kinds, and if you don t
belong to one of 'em she'll tell
you to walk on. Kin you play On
a mouth organ Or sing?'
"Irn afraid not"
That's too bad. The Old
woman does play On a mouth
organ, and she goes around
singin' from morning. till night.
I'd like to oblege you, stranger
but I know how peculiar the old
woman is. Hev you ever bin in
Yurup?'
81 never have" sighed the
colonel, as he remem bered that
it was four miles to the next
shanty.
"That's wuss and wuss,' said
the man as his face. expressed
real anxiety. "The old woman
is dead crazy about Yurup, and
she'd be sure to ask you lot of
questions. If you was purity
good liar, now, you might make
her think you had bin in Yurup."
IL don't think I'd like to
lie about it."
"Wa1l, jest as you please, but
| want you to see that I'm will
in to obleege you. What's yer
politics."
"I'm Republican,
"Woosh!' exclaimed the set
tler-''that settles you fur good
and all ! The old woman is a
Democrat from head to heel and
sorter runs this hull country. II
she knowed you was out here
shed be loadin' the shotgun.
Everything seems agin' you,
but thar's jest Que lettle chance
that you might squeeze in. Kin
you make up poetry?'
"Alas! no!' groaned the way>
farer.
Cant you make up a single
verse;
"Not even two lines" }"
Then your goose is cooked
and you had better BE- gittin'
along, The old woman is a poet
and even before you got
down TO the supper table she'd
be askin' you to make up verse
on Venus Or Mars, and if you
couldn't do it she'd give you the
skip, STR nger I'm a kind
hearted man and feel sorry fur
you, but you see how it is. Iown
this ranch and do most of the
bossin but there ar days when
I hev to lay hid in the grass be-
cause | hain't got to be president
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16

ST think DeWitt's Wttch Haze! saIve
is the finest preparation on the market
for piles" So writes John G. Dunn,
of Wheeling, w. Va. Try it and you
eczema and all skin diseases. Criggs
& son,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16

nice Sharpe length 1s teet,
breadth $ feet. Well rugged,
everything belongs to her that
is needful. Painted white on
the outside, hard>oil finish on
inside-Apply to
7. S. RODGERS.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16

Before going on tea-voyage or
into the country, be sure and put box
of Ayers Pills in your valise. You
may have occasion to thank us for this
hint. To relieve constipation, bill
lousness, and nausea, Ayers Pills are
the best IN the world. they are also
easy to take.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-16

Thousanos OF persons have been cur
ed of piles by using DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t heals promptly and
gives immediate relief Griggs & So y