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The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
HIS COURAGE FAILED.
re Was Brave Enough Until He
Faced Mary Ann, Then He
Wilted.

1t is the proud boast of Archie Bruce that
he is lineal descendant of the great Scot
tish hero, and, as becomes a man of his
blood, he prides himself on his courage For
several months there has been in his family
a servant who has completely terrorized
his wife, the latter being the victim and
not the commander of her nerves. There
was a terrible row between mistress and
maid last Saturday, and on Monday morn
ing Mrs. Bruce said to her husband:
Archie, | cannot stand Mary Jane any
longer. Won't you please discharge her be-
fore you go to business this morning? You
know how afraid of her ann
Certainly" replied Mr.. Bruce, with suave
courage, Certainly. The crossest creature
that ever cracked cup or cleaned kettle
cannot COW me-"
The valiant Archibald sometimes sur
prises himself and his friends by floating
along on a stream of ALTERATION. Procur-
ing his hat and coat, he descended to the
basement kitchen, and in stentorian tones
bravely addressed the servant:
MARY Jane ahem! l must hurry off now,
but, ahem!-Alrs. Bruce asked me to tell
you that she wants, ahem!-to speak to
you after have gone to the Office! San
Francisco News Letter.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
N1SIrinE WinIOXYa.

Choose a dull day, or at least a Gay
when the sun is not shining on the Win
dows to be washed. Dust the windows
at first thoroughly inside and outside
with a window brush-a paint brush
will do the work as well, but it viii take
more time. Wash the windows with
soft, clear, warm water, using a soft
flannel or cotton cloth, not linen one.
unless you wish to have the extra
trouble of wiping of the lint from it.
Wipe the glass with a soft cotton towel.
\ piece of Turkish toweling is excellent
for the purpose. Polish the windows
with large piece of chamois skin or
with old newspaper which has been
softened by crumping it with the hands.
N. Y. Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
VentiIatinG the House in Summer.

Admit sunlight at least part of the
day in as many of the rooms as is pos
sible, especially in the sitting-room,
dining-room and kitchen. Every room
should be aired daily and given the ben
eft of the sunlight, if not of the sun
shine directly. Should you close the
house or part of it during the day, do
not do it so completely as to shut out
the moving air, but invite it in through
the open windows at the bottom, and
after its mission of publication is ac-
complished give it free egress through
the windows at the top. The dust may
find its way in also, but better some
dust and some air than no dust and no
air Bear in mind that a cool room in
summer is not desirable nor healthy if
the GOODNESS has been purchased at the
expense of fresh air and sunshine. Do
rot fail to have every window Of every
living room lowered from the top, IL
only a few inches.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
state Turtles.

Turtles are very largely found along
the coast line of Burma, and the impe-
cunious government has found means
to make money out of it. The right to
collect turtles and eggs is sold by auc-
ton annually by the deputy commits
sioners within whose districts the
banks are situated. The revenue from
this source in the Irrawaddy division
alone was about $4,000 rupees. For
some time past decrease in the num-
Der of turtles and tortoises has been
noticed, and the government now pro-
poses that the islands on which the tor
toises lay should be completely pro-
tected from january 1 to May Is 1.-THE
laying and Matching season. once in
every five years, and that small es-
tablishment should be maintained for
this purpose.-Calcutta Amrita Bazaar
Patrika
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10

tunity for acquiring land or getting
into lucrative business of some kind
that is equal to any even offered in
this country. Some years ago the
people of the United States were ac-
customed to see Canada figure on the
maps as long narrow strip of land,
with scattered villages and towns
along the ST. Lawrence and great
lakes. 1t is hard, therefore, to realize
that rival nation, with territory
vastly larger than the whole United
States, has risen upon our northern
border and has set about making a
great future for itself, building fac
tories, leveling mountains, filling up
the valleys, bridging rivers, digging
new and charging old canals, con-
structing thousands of miles of rail-
ways to bind together its territories
and carry the fruit of the earth to
distant market and make easy of ac-
cess it's enormous resources of timber,
mines and agricultural lands.
Since the accession to power of a
vigorous, up-to-date, progressive gov
ernment, determined that the world
shall know what grand country Can
ada is and what unparalleled oppor-
tunities it offers, the ignorance that
heretofore existed regarding the coun-
try is rapidly diminishing.
The area of Canada, all told, is
1886, 1882 square miles. The mind can
scarcely comprehend the vastness of
this area. The distance through Can
ada from the Atlantic to the Pacific
is roundly 5000 miles. In Ontario and
Quebec, the older provinces of the Do
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10

exhibit. Three cabbages weighed to-
gether 126 pounds, solid, sound and fine
grained, as though they had weighed
but six pounds each. Prize potatoes
weighed ~ pounds each, while those
weighing three pounds were so plenti-
full that they attracted no attention.
Beets, carrots, turnips, etc, also grow
to an exceptionally large size; water
melons reach rs pounds and citron 25
pounds.
In Canada there is no state church.
Every denomination is left to worship
as it chooses. The government is fed
eral. The Dominion parliament. CORE
spending to the house of representa-
tives at Washington, has general su-
pervision and is elected by direct vote of
the people for term of five years. Each
province has legislature correspond
ing to the legislatures of the different
states in the American union. 1t deals
with matters that are purely provincial.
They are elected for four years. Mu
nicipal or purely local matters are man
aged by municipal councils elected an
nually. The franchise is so broad that
the voting power is practically con-
ferred upon almost every male person
over the age of q years.
In educational matters, Western Can
ada is up-to-date. The system is equal
TO any on the continent. Rural schools
are about three miles apart in the set
tied districts, and they are free. The
government makes an annual grant 30
each school, and all expenses, the sal
airy of the teachers included, are paid
out Of this grant and the proceeds Of
4 general tax on the land in the school
district, whether occupied or not. One
eighteenth part of the entire fertile
belt" from Pembina on the border
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10

few figures may not be out of place.
toba and another in the northwest ter
ritories.
In oats, in three years continuous
test at the Manitoba farm the average
yield, with IL different varieties sown,
was rs bushels 20 pounds to the acre;
at the experimental farm in the north
west territories the average was 65 bush
els 20 pounds per acre.
In two-rowed barley, with six vari-
cites, the average yield at the Manitoba
farm for three years was AZ bushels 81
pounds per acre; in the northwest ter
ritories' farm the average was Sc bush
els 26 pounds per acre.
In spring wheat 12 varieties, the
average yield in Manitoba was 35 bush
els 28 pounds per acre; in the territories,
II bushels Al pounds per acre.
In potatoes, the average yield from
II varieties during the three years was
343 bushels so pounds per acre in Man
itoba; in the territories, 800 bushels Is
pounds per acre.
These averages for three years cannot
be surpassed anywhere. Apropos of
roots and vegetables, it is admitted by
all who have any knowledge of the mat
ter that in the growth of these prod
ucts Western Canada has no competi-
tor In the middle of September ripe
tomatoes may be seen in great profu-
sion, while they have been known to
ripen as early as the first of July. A
gentleman from Ohio, visiting one of
the agricultural fairs, said he had never
seen anything in his state to equal the
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10

been about 80 bushels per acre, in one
or two years it fell to about IS bushels,
but even that production with present
prices will yield large profit, the cost
of raising an acre being placed by ex-
perts at from five to seven dollars per
acre.
Wheat, however, is not the only
cereal grown. The crops of oats, bar
ley and peas are phenomenal. Oats
were found by delegates visiting the
country to yield from 60 to 90 bushels
to the acre, while in some instances
they have been known to exceed 100
bushels. One delegate states; The
grain stood five feet six inches high,
the heads were more than IL inches
long and each chaff case is found TO
contain not one but three perfect ker-
nels of oats" What other country pro-
duces such oats?
The yield of barley is enormous and
the quality is so superior that 1t is
sought after by brewers everywhere at
several cents per bushel more than that
grown in other countries. Peas, too,
yield a splendid crop. They are en-
tirely free from bugs and grubs, and
being used for hog fattening they
give splendid results both in quality
of meat and in the weight gained by
the animals. To the fact that the hogs
are fed on peas instead of corn experts
attribute the entire absence from the
country of hog cholera, so familiar in
some of the western states 1t must
not be supposed that corn will not
grow in Western Canada. 1t does grow
there to a height of ten to twelve feet,
and is used for ensilage and occa-
sionally for fodder.
With regard to the yield of cereals a
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
FiIIing the Gan.

The bright boy of fiction is playing with
his Noah's ark.
''What are these two chips of wood?"
asks the bright boys father.
1t is necessary for the bright boy of fic-
ton to have a father, you know; there has
to be somebody to draw him out
"Them, replied the bright boy, without
hesitation, is the microbes!"
Of course, if we think minute, we per-
ceive that there must have been pair of mi
crobes on the ark.-Detroit Journal
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
Cheese Pudding,

Take equal parts OF grated cheese and
fine bread crumbs; pour on as much
boiling milk as this win absorb; add
two eggs to one pint of milk; stir over
the fire until the cheese is melted, and
then bake and serve Immediately 49,
Gcstcn Globe,
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
Fame

A Swiss recruit was asked the other
dav who William Tell was, and could
not say. Another, on being asked who
Bismarck was, replied, "a preacher .
and a third said he was emperor of
L'rarcp IN Y Post
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
4 FataI Mistake.

Sagebrush Sam-That there dude bar
tender over to Red Dog died kinder sud-
den, didn't he? What wuz the trouble? :?
Cactus Gabrielle sot out glass o
water with Dry-kiln Dawes whisky
\. y. Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
Slightly Mixed.

Mrs. Henpeck-The Episcopal funeral
service is so beautiful l want it read over
me when | die.
Mr.. Henpeck- Certainly! There's some
thing in it about "Here endeth the first
lesson" isn't there?-Kansas City Inde.
pendent
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
Tronhies of the Chase.

"What are those queer-ooking trophies
the Filipinos wear around their necks"
asked the raw recruit
they've made during the war;" replied the
Kansas olunteer.-Philadelp North
American.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10

dpIII zou, Io00.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen-I find Peru-na to be an
excellent remedy for the catarrhal af-
fections of spring and summer, and
those who suffer from depression from the
heat of the summer will find no remedy the
equal of Pe-ru-na.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
hudson w. Lyons.

No man is better known in the financial
world than Judson w Lyons. His name
on every piece of money of recent date,
makes his signature one of the most familiar
ones in the United States. Hon. Lyons
address is Augusta, Ga. He is member OF
the National Republican Committee, and IS
a prominent and influential politician. lie
is particular friend of President Mckinley.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10

Remember that cholera morbus, cholera
infantum, summer complaint, bilious collc,
diarrhoea and dysentery are each and ali
catarrh of the bowels Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections. Pe-ru-na
is an absolute specific for these ailments
which are so common in summer. DR.. Hart
man, in practice of over forty years lses never
lost single case of cholera infantum, dysen-
terv. W diarrhoea, or cholera morbus, and his
oniv remedy was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring
further particulars should send for free free
copy of Summer Catarrh." Address DR..
Hartman, Columbus, y.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-10
A CLEVER ESCAPE
HAVE 1 ever been victimized?
By George Smith.

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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27
WEEK At EDENT0H.

Mr.. J. II. Bell spent Monday
in Washington county.
Mr.. l.. F. Zeigler is out again
after an illness of several days.
Captain c. w. Martin has re-
moved his family to Plymouth
N. c.
Rev. w. F. Watson and lam-
lily have removed to Gastonia.
N. c.
Mr.. Cohoon, representing the
Raleigh Post, is in the city this
week.
Mr.. K. F. Tu tile has returne d
home from trip to the west
ern part of the state.
Mr.. D. w. Raper has pur
chased the store OF J. A. Wood
ard On Broad street and will en-
ter the grocery business.
A modern brick machine is
being put up on the Co<e farm
and as soon as completed will
begin making brick fer the cot
ton factory.
We are glad to see Mr.. Webs
ter Basnight at his place of bus
mess again, after being confined
to his room eight weeks with a
broken limb.
"captain Dick the thrilling
comedy Drama by Bertram &
Willard, was presented at Rea's
Opera House on Thursday night
by our home talent, under the
direction of the authors. The
play was we'll handled anc
greatly enjoyad by the large ait
dience present.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27
COiniOck.

Miss Lizzie Guard, of Powell:
Point, is the guest Of Mrs. J. 7
Guard.
Miss Pearl Hall left OH the
10Th, for Ryland Institute. She
is greatly missed by her friends
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Halstec
On Wednesday. Mr.. Halstec
was Oh here business collecting
es.
The M. E. Conference held
their meeting at Asbury M. E.
church Wednesday and was
largely attended.
Captain Townsend, of Denver
Col, is in this place for a few
days. He has made many
friends while here.
Mr.. w. H. Kinney and daugh
ter have returned home after a
long visit to relatives in Tenn.
accompanied by their cousin.
The carpenters have com
pleted the Baptist Church. The
work is beautifully done owing
to Elizabeth City's skilled work
men.
Mr.. John CARING and family,
of Berkeley, have moved out here
and are occupying the house be-
longing to I. P. Hall, On Canal
street.
Lieut.. Barker. of the sd U. S.
Infantry and Miss Matte Jones,
Of Baltimore, were entertained
Friday evening by Misses Sue.
and Minnie Hall,
Mr.. Ezekiel Gilman, is the
most remarkable man of his age.
He is 81 years old Tuesday and
he says without an ache OF pain.
His inhrmities are seeing and
hearing.
Rev Mr.. Henderson preached
a very able sermon Sunday at
the Disciple church. A BEATTY
full solo was rendered by Miss
Odell and was very much en-
joyed.
Cadet S. T. Ansell, of the U.
S. Military Academy, at West
Point, N. Y, will graduate this
month instead of next summer,
owing to the increase Of need of
the regular army, which require
many more officers. He will be
at home on the 10Th. of Februa
ry for short time, afterw; rds
leaving for Cuba.
Violet.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27
MaiiteO.

We are having beautiful
weather for January; it seems
more like April.
Mrs. A. V. Evans is yet very
i'll; but her attendants believe
her to be improving:
There seems to be a conta
gious disease among the horses,
several have died recently.
A.. G Sample has returned
from Hyde county, where he
has been to purchase corn.
Miss Eva Evans gave Choc
olate.Tea at her home, on Tues
day evening at eight o'clock.
Runlor says there are to be
fifteen new dwellings built IN
town, provided there is good
fishing made this spring.
A certain young man and
young lady o. our town have
changed the order of the general
rule; having been "tied' with a
rope instead of the ceremony,
Mr.. R. w. Smith and his lit
tie daughter Maud, have return
ed from Littleton Female Col
lege, where he went to visit his
daughter, Miss Mamie, who Is
at school there.
An old couple from Wanches@
came to the North end Of the
Island, Sunday, and were mar
RED. Wonder what line they
crossed in their elopement
Quite an age for Romance.
A little boy from Fast Lake
had a novel idea of hunting,
few days ago, using a pistol ane
shot himself instead of the bird
DR.. Gates was called to trea
him. +.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27

Mr.. J. NJ. White, OF Apex, N.
c., seems to us to have the best
SOLUTION of the school tax ques-
ton that we have seen, which in
a nutshell, is: Let the Constitu-
ton on the subject stand. Re-
store the old district system in
stead of the township districts.
Distribute the money as FORM
erly done, but empower each
district to make the full four
months term or longer, and
build and equip better school
houses and employ good teach>
ers at better prices. This re-
moves the objection to local tax
a:ion that the negro pays SO lit
tie and gets SO 1uuch.--.Concord
Standard.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27
How to Prevent Pneumonia.

You are perhaps aware that
pneumonia always results from
cold or from an attack of la
grippe. During the epidemic OF
la grippe a few years ago when
so many cases resulted in pneu>
monia, it was observed that the
attack was never followed by
that disease when Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy was used. 1t
counteracts any tendency OF a
cold or la grippe to result in
that dangerous disease. 1t is the
best remedy in the world for
bad colds aud la grippe Every
bottle warranted. For sale by
w. w. Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27
FROM MOYOCK.
Items Gathered During The
Week by Our Reporter.

Mr.. R. J. Poyner taken a trip
to Norfolk Saturday.
Mr.. Amos, of Richmond, Va,
was here on business.
Mrs. J. B. Cox went to Nor~
folk shopping Saturday.
Nj. G. J. Lufsey, of Norfolk
was ~ the village Tuesday.
The first fresh Herring of the
season was caught up here last
week.
This village was visited by a
hard wind and rain storm Tues
day night.
Our fishermen are at work
and Our market is being supplied
with fresh fish.
There will be quarterly meet
ing here at the NJ. E, Church
Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs J. J. Moss ST.. aud w.
P. Creekmore made a business
trip to Norfolk Tuesday.
Rev. II. NJ. Giles preached a
good sermon here at the NJ. E.
church Sunday to quite a large
audience.
Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Davis, of
Benefit, Va. spent Sunday with
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Davis in Moyock.
Miss Emelda Gregory and
Miss Mammie Bonny. of Norfolk,
who have been visiting friends
and relatives here returned home
Monday.
Mrs. Fannie Humphries, of
Norfolk who has been visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.
Sears at Tulls returned home
Saturday.
Died in Washington, D. c.,
jan. 10th 1899 of la grippe Mr..
Mcdonald D. Lindsey aged IS
years. Mr.. Lindsey was born
and raised IN Moyock and was
we'll known throughout this
section, he has been living in
Washington for a number of
years.
Mr.. Jesse Mercer, of Be,kley,
Va, the young white man who
accidently fell off and was run
over by the freight train one
morning recently between Moy>
ock and Northwest has had to
have his leg amputated we feel
very sorry for his misfortune
he is young man we'll liked by
all who know him.
A very pleasant birthday party
was given at the residence of
Mrs. Lizzie Poyner Friday night
that was very much enjoyed by
all present, refreshments were
served and games of various
kinds were played ur til a late
hour when all went home we'll
pleased with the entertainment.
Mr.. Thomas Holt an ex con
federate soldier here who was
wounder in the leg during the
Civil war and has been suffer-
er ever since, had his leg ann
putated Tuesday, Dr's Mann.
Tabb and Eason performed the
operation, last accounts he was
doing Well. G..
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27

The people Of North Carolina
have confidence in the ability
and honesty of the men whom
they have elected to make laws;
they should also have confidence
in their wisdom and not expect
too much of them. All men
are human and no. divine, and
the present Legislature will have
accomplished great work when
when it puts a check on the
wild and reckless tendency OF
things inaugurated by the fu>
sionists. 1t will be impossible
to adjust all laws exactly as
they should be i'll one short
term of the Legislature
Greensboro Telegram.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27

Several years ago the farmers
of Eastern North Carolina be-
came so incensed with labor
agents, who were causing many
of their hands to leave for the
cotton field. of Mississippi and
Arkansas, that they induced the
Legislature to impose license
tax upon such agents, that was
fixed at such high figure as to
be prohibitive. At the same
time one Of these agents Peg
Leg Williams" as he was called
was SO obnoxious to some Of
the farmers that it was not al
together safe for him to appear
among them. The recent race
troubles in the Eastern part Of
the State, however, have caused
a change of sentiment SO much
SO, indeed, that the license tax
on labor agents has been remov>
ed, and peg Leg Williams" is
doing a thriving business in
carrying North Carolina negroes
to Mississippi to operate in the
cotton fields of the later State.
About two hundred and fifty
negroes recently left one neigh
borhood for the Yazoo delta.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27

Say what you may about Mr..
Bryan, he has a magnetism for
the people that does not wane
because Of any side>tracking his
theories get. The two big au
diences which heard him in Col
orado last week bespeak his
staving power, and his youth
and brilliancy will doubtless
keep him a very popular Amer"
can for sometime to come.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27

The Norfolk Public Leage,
says there appears to be ling
ering suspicion that the Kelley
motor was fake. It does seem
that if the idea was a practical
one Mr.. Kelley would have
been glad to have honored nj
name aid imlnortalized als
genius by leaving the secret be
hind him when he died.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27
How'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward tor any case of Catarrh that can
uot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last IS years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
~ their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale DI.sgi is,
Toledo, o.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggist, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
ua!ly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Prize 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
One touch of love makes the
whole world soft,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-01-27
KR1ua hIa fn Nnm EN-.

Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place Of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
comes to the pallid cheek when this wens
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??, 1899-01-27

Cure Sick Headache, Bill
iousness, Sour Stomach,
and Constipation. Sold
everywhere, 25c. per box.
Prepared by c. Hood & Co, Lowell, Mass.