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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

are crowded, and that many families
must live without very much mir to
breathe or space for the boys and girls
to play in. What would they say to
the boat-dweners of Japan? In that
crowded country hundreds Of families
spend their lives and bring up their
children upon the water, and know
nothing of the land, except as they
make an occasional visit to IL when
obliged TO purchase supplies or attend
to some unusual business.
in every bay along the coast are
found hundreds, IL not thousands, Of
small craft called ''junks." These
are small, hat-bottomed boats, and
are owned and inhabited by a man
and his family, just as houses are in
other parts of the world. Their bust
ness is the transportation Of goods
and merchandise of all kinds, and
their navigation is sort of family
affair. One traveller says:
81 have seen boat twenty feet
long most adroitly managed by three
children, all under seven years Of age
am told that, Notwithstanding their
aptness at swimming, many boatmen
get drowned, for no boat ever goes to
another's aid, nor will any boatman
save another from drowning, because,
as he says, it is all fate, and he who
interferes with fate will be severely
punished in som, way" s--
Among these wonderful aquatic
families children of three years old
will sometimes swim like little fish,
and il one is backward in learning, he
will be thrown overheard and teased
and tormented until he is obliged to
learn the art in self defense,
All! it is in reading and learning
about the people of other lands that we
find how much we have to love and be
thankful for in the broad, free life of
our own. But even here there are
children who would be the better for
such frequent baths, and perhaps you
would have great difficulty in per-
suading the little Japs that life in the
hot and crowded streets of our great
cities was to be preferred to that of
the juukmen on the rivers and harbors
of their own country. Detroit Free
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
The CzarIna.s Health.

From st. Petersburg come poor ac-
counts Of the health Of the Empress
Of Russia. Very little is said about It.
as the Tsar greatly objects to all ref
erences to the subject; but, as a mat
ter OF fact, there has been cause for
some anxiety about the empress for
some time past. She has never been
very robust. and the attack Of meas
les from which she suffered early in
the winter has left her painfully weak.
An English visitor. writing from Rus
sia. says: "The Tsaritza looks SO fra
gile that 1t seems scarcely possible
that she can be the mother of the two
exceedingly fat babies to whom she is
so passionately devoted"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
OUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER
Tho Clothes They Wore Were Not
Comfortable.

Comfortable.
London Truth: / dare say that our
great-grandfathers were delighted with
mothers. But for comfort one would
hardly select the eighteenth century
straight-laced corset. Above 1t was
corsage all lined with buckram and
whalebone. The hoop-expanded skirt
was garlanded with artificial flowers or
properly In It, When once the wearer
sat down, she liked to remain seated.
A bolt-upright position was obligatory.
The hair was expected to remain un-
disturbed for several days. Hence the
necessity, when one retired for the
night, to be propped up with pillows.
There was really no other way OF en-
joying a little comfort. The coverlets
and pillow cases were considered ad-
juncts to the bedgown, a most luxurious
object for the time. There were bath
coverlets of embroidered flannel, for
visitors might be received In the bath
room. Fashionable people, under all
circumstances, lived in glass house.
unless when at les petits chateaux. The
children were early trained to bear en-
nui and to behave like little stoics. l
really do not see the harm. Thus
trained, they died game" on the gull
lotine. The only woman who made
row was La Dubarry. She was a low
born person. The snuffbox belonged
properly to Fart de la femme. What
skill was lavished on 1t! One showed
ones ring in taking q. pinch OF snun.
The taste for scents was not much de-
veloped. How could 1t be when nosN
trils were filled with snuff? But can
imagine the snuffbox as being indis-
pensable. Snuff was the only deodor-
izer. Ladies' quite gave 1t up after the
revolution. 1t was on the wane before.
La Nouvelle Heloise did not take snun.
nor did Marie Antoinetta
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

"Haying" parties are now the pop
ular al fresco entertainment among
the children of the English gentry.
When the hay on the farms connected
with the estates is cut and dried, and
just before being Carried to the barn,
invitations are sent out to the children
of the neighborhood, who come at the
stated hour under the convoy of their
nurses, to play for awhile under the
fragrant cocks of hay, then ride on
the overhowing loads to the open barn.
A supper on the lawn crowns the
little fete.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
HoW's THAI

We offer One Hundred Dollsrs Reward for
any ca, Q Of Catarrh that cannot b, cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY 4 Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Che
ney ior the last 10 years. and believe IN per-
feetly honora BILE in all business Z. an actions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion m de by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Oh o.
WALDiN0, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh CuIe is iaken in ternally. ret
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
Iaces of the system. p ice, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
RECLAIMED HEALTH.
Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink
ham From Happy Women.
"L Owe You My Life."
Mrs. T.. WooLHIsER,

Mrs. Z. WooLHIsER,
Mills, Neb., writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM:-I owe my
life to your Vegetable Compound. The
doctors said l had consumption and
nothing could be done for me. My
menstruation had stopped and they
said my blood was turning to water. I
had several doctors. They all said
could not live. Ibegan the use of Lydin
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it helped me right away; menses
returned and have gained in weight.
1have better health than have had for
years. Itiswonderful what your Com.
pound has done for me-"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
Beauty IL BIood Decp.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy. liver and driving all i'm.
Danish pimples,. boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc, soc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
just a suggestiop.

A Frenchman applied to . local ON.
cial for a passport to visit Klatterwing.
schen. in Switzerland. The fellow, who
was not fellow Of any geographical
society, struggled in vain with the
spelling Of the places name. Then.
unwilling to confess this dificulty. he
blandly added: wouldn't you as lief
visit some other town?'-Judy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

Through all his passionate pIeadings
she sat absolutely unmoved. 1t was
the first instance ever noted where
woman sat thus who had secured pos
session OF a piazza rocker-Clncinnat
Enquirer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
~ Feel Like . New Person"
Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1000 Belle ST., Alton, IL, writes:

Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1000 Belle St., Alton, H., writes:
Before / began to take your vege.
table Compound was great sufferer
from womb trouble. Mcnses would ap.
pear two and three times in month,
causing me to be SO weak could not
stand. Icould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked SO badly my friends hardly
knew me.
II took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. My drug
gist gave me one OF your little books,
and after reading 1t decided to Try
Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. ! feel like q new person.
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors' medicine in the world. !
- nat praise y enough"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
The Game Of Dominoes.

Two persons paying dominoes ten
hours day, and making four moves
o minute, could continue lis, 900. 900
years without exhausting all the COM
binations Of the game, the total Of
which is 24e. 52e. oil. $40.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
National Fiass Growing Fewer.

OF thirty-five flags shown In a flags
of all nations supplement to a Lon.
don weekly in 1858, barely 40 years
ago. eleven have disappeared. among
them those of the East India Company.
Of the Ionian islands. Tuscany. Naples
and the States OF the Church. Of the
Russisn-American Company and OF
Sardinia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
Hoods pills cure indigestion, biliousnes


When riding wheel, making you wonder for
few minutes whetheror not YOU nre TO geta
fall and broken neckr Wouldn't you have
given small farm just then for some means
of driving off the beastY A few drops of am
monia shot from a Liquid Pistol would do IL
cffcctually and still not permanently iniurc
the animal Such pistols sent postpaid for
fifty cents in stamps by New York Union
Supply Co, l35 Leonard St. New York City.
Every bicyclist at times wishes he had one
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
No-To-Bac for Fifty Centa
tobacco habit cure. makes wea
] strong, blood pure 800. q. All druggist

A new sunbonnet, sort OF poke
headgear. has been designed and tried
on n thousand camels. Out of these
animals. which have marched all the
way from Assiout. only one animal
died from the effects of the sun, and
that was a camel which had lost its
hot
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
Dante In Chinese.

At recent lecture delivered in Nuhl.
hansen. Germany, n missionary named
Eichler read extracts from a Chinese
book of the eleventh century which
presents some striking points Of re-
semblance to Dantes Tnferno."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

When the snake sheds his skin,
which occurs frequently as often as
every four or five weeks the skin of the
eye comes off with the rest. Translu-
cent in most parts, the skin over the
snakes eye Is perfectly transparent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

Everybody knows that Dobbins' Electric
eoap is the best In the world. and for % years
II has sold at the highest price. Its price Il
now cents, same as common brown soap.
Bars full size and quality. Order Of grocer. ADJ
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

-
of 16i Sedg-
W lex street,
Chicago. He
Is an Austrian
by birth came
to America at
I he ag OF
I W en- ty and
soon became
an American
citi ze n. H.
was living In
Mil W au Ike @
when the call
for volu n =
[ ee RS came,
early In 1862,
n n d h .
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

Valuable discoveries of amber have
been made in British Columbia, which,
1t is claimed, will be able to supply the
pipemakers of the world with amber
for 100 years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

II is said that in some OF the farm
ing districts of China pigs are har-
messed to small wagons and made to
draw them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

According to oculists, poor window
glass is responsible for eye strain, on
account of the faulty refractlon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

Mr. l.. II. Pray. of North Conway,
N. H., has a United States note for the
sum of $50 which was issued' May 10.
1775. and the printing and signatures
are all legible.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

The carrier pigeon was in use by the
state Department of the Ottoman En-
pire as early as the fourteenth GEN.
tury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption Is
the only medicine for CouRhs..JfNNiE
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums. red uces inhamma-
ton, aliays pain, cures wind collie. x5c q bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
heroes a., IA.

from The Chicago Times Herald.
The feeling OF admiration for heroes OF
war seems to be innate in the human heart,
and is brought to the surface as the oppor-
tun ty aud object for such hero worship
presents itself,
Among those who proved their heroism
during our Civil War was A. Schiffeneder,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07
ps.r Tobacco Spit and Smoke Ye,r rifs Awsy

The silkworm is liable to over one
hundred diseases.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

A traveller can journey round the
world in 80 days.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

The Boat Dwellers Of Japan.
Young people who live in London
os New York may fancy that our cities
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
uetic. full OF life. nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac. the wonder-worher that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 5oc or q. Cure guaran'
tced Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. lOc or go
n @. G. @. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-07

Educate Your Bowels with Cascareta.
Candy Cnthnrtic, cure constipation forever
i0c. CSC. II G. G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30
II. G. COR BIN.
Adjutant General.
Sick and Tired.

We are growing sick aud tired
OF the charge that race prejudice
is at the bottom of the argument
in favor Of whithe supremacy.
1t is an insult aud injury to both
races, and any man or set OF
men who will make such a
charge are Unworthy the name
of men and offer Insult to the
Christian manhood and patriot
ism Of North Carolina. OR
colored people who are not
mum bered with political aspir
ants and who are leading quiet
orderly lives much prefer living
under decent white man S
government than a government
run cojointly by incompetent
negroes and corrupt and un-
worthy white men The colored
people as a whole desire to be
prosperous and happy. They
enjoy their religion and seem tc
appreciate greatly their educa'
tional advantages and they dc
rot wish to occupy position
for which they were never in
tended by the God of nature ane
of grace Anglo Saxon rue IT
North Carolina and else where
means peace, prosperity ane
happiness aud the intelligent
men of both races recognize thi:
fact.-Fair Bluff Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30
SECRETARY AT HIS DESK

Washington, September IS
Secretary Alger returned to his
desk to-day in the War Departs
ment. He received the bureau
chiefs. A statement from aim
is expected later in the day.
The Quartermaster's Departs
ment shifts the blame for not
supplying the hoops with proper
clothing, and says that it was
due to the lack of system in the
Adjutant Generals office. This
shifts the blame to the adminis~
trative branch, and an effort
will be made to bring out this
state of affairs before the enquiry
commission.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30
FOR CUBA.
A Brigade of Cavalry and
Two Brigades of
Infantry.

Washington, September H.
The partial organization of the
army of occupation of Cuba has
given out the following order:
With the approval of the Act
ing Secretary of War, the follow
ing organization of troops is am
nounced: A division to be cons
posed of one cavalry and two
infantry brigades, porarily
commanded by the senior
officers until a permanent divis
ION commander is assigned by
the President, as follows:
Cavalry Brigade-Seventh
and Eighth United States Cav
airy, com manded by Brigadier
General Carpenter, United
States Volunteers.
First Infantry Brigade-Fif-
teenth United States and Fourth
Volunteers, commanded by
Brigadier General Snyder, of the
Volunteers.
Second Infantry Brigade
First United States and Sixth
Volunteers, Brigadier General
Wilson, of the volunteers, com~
nanding.
Troops affected by this order,
other than the Fifteenth Infan
try and the cavalry, under
orders to proceed to Huntsville,
will not change stations until
further orders.
Brigade commanders will
acquaint thems> Ives with the
condition, equipment and effici-
ency of their commands.
The troops will be supplied
with suitable clothing and camp
garrison equipage, especially
con1cal tents, with be ard floors,
one to twelve men, shoes. cots,
medical supplies, ambulance,
tentage and other field hospital
equipment complete. in accord~
ance with existing orders, and
one-half allowance of wagon
transportation authorized by
general orders 81.
By command Major General
Miles.
H.C. CORBIN.
Adjutant General.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30
HOBSON'S
TRIUMPH.
He Succeeds in Raising
the Cruiser Maria Teresa.
THE CRISTOBAL COLON
NEXT.
The Constructor Expects to Go
to New York ON the Colon.
The Maria Teresa will
Come to Norfolk.

Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 26.-
Details just received of the float
ing of the Maria Teresa show
that, with the help Of dynamite
she was blown off the rocks into
deep water, on September 23rd
and proceeded under her own
steam some time afterward tC
Guantanamo, accompanied by
one Of the tugs of the Merritt
Wrecking Co., She will shortly
leave for New York.
Naval Constructor Hobson
says he can raise the Spanish
cruiser Christobal Colon with
the use of bags if given authority
to do so. Commodore Watson
thinks he cannot.
The Colon, it appears, was
not seriously damaged by shells
but her valve; were opened
which caus1d her to sink.
The other TWO Spanish cruls-
ers sunk in the battle of Santa
go, the Almirante Oquendo and
the Viscaya, are useless wrecks
of melted iron.
Hobson says he expects to &C
to New York on the Colon.
THE REPORT CONFIRMED
Washington, Sept. 26.-Ac
ting Secretary Allen received a
cablesram from Captain Good
rich of the Newark, the senior
officer of the station at Guanta
namo, confirming the press res
ports of the raising of the Span
ish flagship Maria Teresa last
Saturday. The work of wreck
ing this ship was directly i'll
charge of Constructor Hobson.
Now that the Teresa has been
raised, he has been instructed to
resume work On the Colon and
begin operations tow ard wreck>
ing the Mercedes, which lies
within the mouth of Santiago
Harbor, close to the Merrimac,
in smooth water, and we'll situa>
ted for successful wrecking.
The Teresa will be brought
north probably to Norfolk, as
she is in condition to undertake
the voyage.
The wreckers, WHO have sue
cessfully accomplished their
work, have earned a large sim
of money under the salvage laws
the ex ct sum of which will be
determined, probably by an ad
lnirralty court.
It is the present purpose oi
the Department to place tie
Teresa in commission as Un1>
ted States naval vessel, and toll
lowing the English custom, he'
name is likely 10 remain un
changed, to carry into the future
the glory Of the American vic
tory.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30
Eastern Carolina Dispatch
AN ID .........
OLD Donainion Lime

The steamer NeuSe leaves Elizabeth
City Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday
III s D. H., for Newbern connecting
with the A. & y. {. 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
and Friday. Stops at Roanoke Is
land, OCraCoke and Oriental III both
directions
Tickets on sale at Elizabeth Cit,
Station to all landings. Newberne
ninston, GOldSbOrO, Morehead Cit
aud Wilmington, N. {.
Daily all rail service between Eliza
beth City and New York, Philadelphi;
Baltimore and Norfolk.
Through cars and as rates and
quicker time than by al other route.
Direct all goods to , shipped vie
Eastern Carolina Dispa as follows
From Norfolk by Nort & Southern
Railroad; Baltimore by w. & B. 4.
K, President Street Stat Ii; Philadel-
phia, Philadelphia r. r., Dock Street
station; New York, by Pennsylvania
K. r, Pier Fl North River, and Old
dominion Line.
For further Information apply to NJ
H. Snowden, Agent, Elizabeth City, OF
to the General Office of the Norfolk X
Southern R. K. Company, Norfolk, Va
II X King, General Manager.
J. &. HUDGINS. c. +. & P. Agt
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30
Prize Money to Be Paid the
Navy.

At least SI,ooo,Ooo prize
money will be distributed among
American sailors as a result of
the war with Spain. More than
half of this sum will be paid in
accordance with the law pro,
viding for the payment of a
bounty for persons on board
vessels of war sunk in action.
The remainder will be turned
into the Treasury for di,tribu-
ton by the courts, which will
pass upon vessels of the enemy
captured by American men OF.
war.
Although not penny of prize
money has yet been turned into
the Treasury, Judge Advocate
General Lemly and his chief
clerk are engaged in considering
the various claims which have
been fled by officers and men
during and since the war and in
passing upon the various quest
ions which have arisen in cons
nection with such claims. From
the official report of Admiral
Montejo, commanding Spanish
feet sunk at Manila, there were
1875 persons on board the ships
under his command. The Span
ish feet was inferior in force to
the American squadron, and
Rear Admiral Dewey's men will
therefore, get only $Ioo for each
person.
It is estimated that the ag-
gregate amount due the Asiatlc
feet as a result of the destruct~
ion of the Spanish force amounts
to $I87,soo, which Congress
will be asked to appropriate
during the coming session. One
twentieth,of this sum belongs tc
Rear Admiral Dewey as COM
mander-in chief, and he will
therefore, be so,375 richer than
he was before the war.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30

We offer One hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not he cured by Halls Catar1h Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions aud financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o. WALDEN, KINNAN & MAR
WIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
HalPs Catarrh Cure is taken inter
pally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
| Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. pei
bottle. Sold by all Druggist.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-09-30
Notice /!

By virtue of decree of the Superior
Court made in the cause of WIN. Bax-
ter ct al. VS.. II. G. Pinnix. l shall On
Oct. 2eth 1898, at II m. 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 M. l.. 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 7,
months. Title retained till purchase
money all paid.
G. w. WARD. Com.
Sept. %, 1893.