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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
Needed In His Business.

"I've decided" said the dignified old
man, ''to let you have that young Brite-
ley after all if you are positive that yol
can't be happy without him."
ooh, father" the beautiful girl cried,
''you don't know how happy you have
made me! Now l can see the gates OF
paradise opening. Dear, dear, good
old papa! Let me kiss you for those
sweet words! Oh, l can hardly wait
to fly to him and tell him the glorious
news. He will be so glad! We shah
all be so happy now. 1t seems almost
like a lovely dream! l can hardly bt
lieve that l am awake! But, tell me.
what has made you change your mind
Yesterday when l tried to plead for
him you said you would never permit
us to see each other again. All, if You
had known how those words bruised
my heart! What has happened, father
to make you relent?'
He kissed her fondly and then. with
tears in his eyes, replied:
81 sat in a little game of poker where
he happened to have a hand last night,
and if we don't get that money back
IN the family some way my business
Is going to uffer."-Chicago Times
Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06

A niHPuIf Ia

A New England woman is the owner
Of hen which appears to choose her
surroundings with a discriminating
eye.
Soon after her present owner ac-
guired the hen she discovered the crea-
turc's fondness for stepping into the
house whenever she could effect an
entrance and laying an egg on the
down coverlet which ornamented tho
bed in the "best chamber"
One day the hen managed to get in
unobserved during a season of sweep
ing, and her presence was only dis
covered as she made her way hastily
out Of the side door, cacklirg with tri-
umph, some time later.
AS the best room cOverlet had been
out Of the way during the sweeping,
the mistress Of the house looked about
for the egg which she felt sure had
been laid somewhere. She found it.
after half an hours search, on the
plush mantel covering in the parlor,
where the hen must have sat in state
between a china shepherdess and a
glass vase.
Nothing on the mantelshelf had been
disturbed, although just how the hen
had managed the delicate business will
never be known.-Youth's Companion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
Hard to Get Ont,

An English woman who has tecs
travelling in Russia seems 10 have found
1t easier to get In than to get cut OF
the cZar's country. She sent her pass
port to the authorities before starting
In order to have ii vised and thcu
blithely made for the frontier
Arriving there, she was immediately
detained and taken before the powers
that not only be, but also do. al the
Russian frontier. Here she was in
formed that her passport did not per
NIT her to leave the country and that
she would be obliged to make herself
comfortable while the police found out
all she had done while in the country.
At first she was rather pleased at
the thought of how she would tell her
friends about it when she got home.
But when she found that she had =
pay not only for her room, her meals
service and all that sort of thing, bvt
also for long kilograms which the 81
thorities were exchanging in regard to
her case, her pleasure dWindlCd as rap
idly as her funds did.
She finally got off, however, but
without receiving any apology or anT
reimbursement.-New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
PLAYING POWER.
Just How Great Force Is Expended
on the Piano.

The amount Of power expended on
playing on a piano has recently been
figured out in way which, if not alto
gether accurate, is at least interesting
Commenting on the statement that 1t
really requires more force to sound q
note gently on this instrument than it
does to lift the lid Of a kettle, says Wo-
mans Life, it is easy to verify 1t, If
one takes a small handful of coins and
piles them on a key of q piano.
When a sufficient quantity is piled
on to make note sound, they may be
weighed, and the figures will be found
to be true. If the pianist is playing
fortissimo, a much greater force Is
needed. At times the force Of six
pounds is thrown upon single key to
produce a solitary effect.
With chords the force is generally
spread over the various notes sounded
simultaneously, though a greater out
put Of force is undoubtedly expended.
This is what gives pianists the Won
derful strength in their fingers that is
often commented on.
One Of Chopin's compositions has q
passage which takes two minutes and
five seconds to play. The total pres
sure brought to bear on this, it Is es-
timated, is equal to three full tons.
The average tonnage" of an hours
playing of Chopin's music varies from
IL to "a tons.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
A Good Place to Leave.

"The Indians of Mexico" says a cor
respondent of Forest and Stream
"know nothing Of the laws Of conta
gion They display an apathy toward
certain loathsome diseases which sur
priSeS a foreigner.
'In a recent hunting trip in the Sier
ra of Pueblo our party Of eight was
descending toward ZacapoaXtla. We
rode leisurely, for the trail was mar
row and henmed in by Indian huts
At the door of one Of these stood q
woman and little girl. We stopped
60 inquire the way, when the follow
ing conversation took place:
"'Good morning. sonora
"'A very good morning, at your or
deES, Senor.'
""This is the road to Eacapoaxua, IS
it not?'
"'You are quite right, senor.'
"'And is it very far?'
"'On the contrary, it is a very little
ways
"a thousand thanks for your kind
ness, sonora.
"'There is nothing for which to offe
them, SenOr.'
"Ts the little girl sick, senorar
She is q little sick, senor.'
"'What is the matter with herr
"'She has the smallpox, senor.'
'Ah, good day, senora""
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
He Answered 1t.

The following story is told Of how
Thomas 3. Reed was admitted to the
bar in California: Mr.. Reed was being
examined as to his qualifica tons foy
the law along with several companions
The question WAS the legal tender
act, in your opinion, constitutional"
was asked of the candidate sitting next
to Mr.. Reed. The young man hesitated,
as we'll he might, for even the justices
of the supreme court had spent many
weary days hearing arguments on that
particular question, and after once de-
Gliding that it was unconstitutional aft
erward reversed their decision. While
the young man hesitated, the judge
turned to Mr.. Reed, saying, What do
you think, Mr.. Reed-was the act con
stitutional?'
''It was" replied Mr.. Reed, without
moments hesitation.
VERY good" was the reply; you are
admitted to the bar. Any man who can
answer offhand question that is still
puzzling the supreme court of the Unit
ed States is certainly pre-eminently
qualified to practice law before this
court. t."-Washington Letter.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
The Mosquito of Russ Lapland.


1--WE lad to force our way through
der a burning pp and without .
breath Of wind to clear away the mos
qUitoes. They settled on Ssaxy particle
Of exposed flesh, and the th6eaSpds
who failed to find room there covered
our caps and backs till the color Of the
cloth was nearly hidden.
I've reached camp at II O'Clock a.
n. thoroughly done up, and even then
we could not sleep, our blood being so
feverish from the mosquito bites. My
neck and wrists were swollen up with
humps the size Of sparrows' eggs. Tn
fortunately, our mosquito nets had
been left in camp, as we had quite
enough collecting gear and guns to
carry, and expected to be home hours
earlier. Oil of lavender gives tempo
rary relief from persecution, but it's ef-
fects soon pass off.
"a mixture of half turpentine and
half olive oil is also useful In ordinary
cases, but when the enemy are brought
into good working order by a hot sun
and calm day nothing stops them ex.
cept a veil. This desire Of the mos.
quito for blood is a strange puzzle. Not
one In a million nor any Of his ances-
tors for generations In the arctic can
have tasted it, yet all rush for the first
human being or reindeer they meet.
have heard Of the Samoyeds being
driven mad by their bites. "-"Around
Novaya Zemlya,' by II. J. Pearson.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
SOTrHBOCND
STEAMBOAT SERVICE.

Steamers leave Edenton daily lex
Cept Sunday 100 p. III. for Plymouth,
GAINESVILLE, Williamson and Wind
so.
Leave Edenton Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday 100 p. III. for Chowan
River landings; and Monday and Fri
day for Scuppcrnong River.
Steamers leave Elizab beth City for
Roanoke Island, Oriental and New
Berne, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day 600 p. M: connect with \ & NC.
K. r and w. & w. X r. for Goldsboro
and Wilmington, &c.
For Coinjock and North River Land
ings Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
800 p. III.
For South Mills and landings on
Dismal Swamp route Monday, We'd
ncsday and Friday 600 a. III.
Steamers leave Belhaven daily lex
Ccpt Sunday for Washington, n, c.
For further information apply to NJ.
II. Snowden, Agent, Elizobeth City,
or to the General Office of the n & S.
X K. Co., Norfolk, Va.
NJ. X. KING, II. {. HUDGINS.l II
Gen. M 'g'r. Gen Ft.&Pass. Agt
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
JOAQUIN MILLER.
Explanation of Some Queer Ways ot
the Poet of the Sierras.

Explanation of Some Queer Ways o.
the Poet of the Sierrns.
Joaquin Miller, being a real poet, il
privileged to be unique if he pleases,
and he has always pleased to cultivate
as many harmless idiosyncrases as he
had time for, aside from dashing off a
gem of poetry now and then. He in
sists that there is method in most of
his madneSS-fOr instance, his long hair
and flowing beard hide ugly scars made
by red mans arrow long ago. He
has always been noted for handwriting
more illegible even than that of Hor-
ace Greeley. He started for the IIlon-
dixie with the first of 1897 in the capac
cisco newspaper and a number of east
ern periodicals.
This last detail seems to be partly
confirmed by a story that has reached
Don Francisco Moreno, the director of
the Plata museum, of the fresh foot
prints Of bearlike animal recently OBJ
served in the forests of southern Pata-
gonia whose feet were evidently web
bed.
ue L1OSt CullOuS part VI lllc SlOty Is
that which connects the jemisch with
the fossil remains of the grypOtherium
recently found and taken to England.
The Indians showed to Don Carlos
Ameghino what they said was a piece
of the skin Of the jemisch. In it were
imbcdded little ''Ossicles" similar to
those that occur on the hide of the fos-
sill grypOtherium. If the water tiger
carries horny armOr over its hide, no
wonder that he is invulnerable to the
attacks of the Indians.
Don Francisco Moreno declares that
the fossil hide he found is like that Of
the hide of the jemisch, according to
the stories of the natives. The ques-
ton remains. What is the jemisch? Is
it sloth, a bear, 4 water tiger or mere
ly an Indian bOgie beast, and did the
piece of skin shown to Don Carlos real
ly belong to monster of the glacial
epoch or to a modern animal? Here is
chance for a ZOolOgist to make some
interesting researches.-New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
Sham .AuffuufffeE.

A few years ago, in Soho, Londua,
there was factory for antique COP
pers which is probably still in opera.
ton. The legitimate business Of tie
place was the manufacture of steY-
pans and kettles, but when trade was
dull in that way any sort Of antiques
for which there happened TO be a de-
mand was produced instead.
An old incense burner, for example,
would be reproduced by the dozen by
hammering over a chuck. If orna-
mented with pierced work. the copies
would be coated with asphaltum,
through which the design would be
traced, when it would then be eaten
out in ali acid bath, saving the time
which would be required to cut out
the pattern with piercing saw. The
bath leaves thin edges, by which such
work may be detected.
The work would then be annealed
and would be permitted to oxidiZe and
scale. Picking with muriatic acid and
salt, to produce a good coating Of YER
digris, would complete the job. Some
times these antiques" would be pur-
posely broken and would be clumsily
manded with solder or with pure tin if
the piece was to pass for q very an
cient one. Chiseled metal was repro
duced by casting and "dubbing" over
with the hammer. then picking, an
healing and bending. In such ways
helmets, copper and brass castings for
antique furniture and the like " ere
made.-Art Amateur.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
PRESENCE OF MIND.
1t Saved "a Life and Trapped tho
Would He Assassin.

A writer on KlOndike customs and
dangers says in The Independent that
there is here, as everywhere, a class of
cX-crimiuals whom the lone vOyager
must guard against.
Last year, he says, the man who
went out with the first mail, after the
closing of the river, fell in with a trav.
eler, hungry and cold. stumbling along
the unbrOken trail. The messenger
took pity on him, shared his food with
him, made fire and warmed his half
frozen body.
All day they Travelled over the ice
and at night the messenger made the
man. lie down to sleep, while he watch
ed, to scare the wolves away and keep
the fire burning. 1t was long past mid
night when he woke the sleeper and
asked him to watch, so that he himself
might snatch nap before setting out
again on the long journey.
The messenger was sleeping sOundly
when he was startled by blow on the
head. He leaped up and was terrified
to find that his companion was stand
ing over him, striking at him with al
ak.
The messenger dropped to one sid
AID threw off his s!ea,tng robe and th
fur cap that had saved his life Thel
the would be murderer was plainly EN-
barrassed. To be sure, he had the ak
but it is not so easy to kill man wher
he Is looking. He hesitated, and in
that second the messenger conceived 6
brilliant thought.
"Ah, poor old chapw said he pathet
icaIy as one cOnciliates a snarling dog
"Cold and hunger have driven him era
zyr'
The man let the AK fall. He almost
smiled. 1t was so we'll to be out of a
nasty job! Yes; he would be crazy.
Appearing to forget the matter, he left
the ak where it had fallen and begar
TO rummage in the grub sack. This
dogs aWOke, and the two men break
tasted and started long before this
dawn. That day the messenger car
ried the Ak and insisted that the ms l.
man should walk in front.
At the next mounted police station
the man, much to his surprise, was
handed over to the officer in charge
Now his efforts to play "crazy" were q
sad failure. He was taken to Dawson
tried and sentenced to II years impris.
Onment.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
Accom- m Odated.

The manager Of the clothing depart
ment opened his envelope on pay day
and scOwled.
Look here, Miggs," he said to the
cashier, "this is the fourth time in sue
cession you have paid me with three
$50 bills, and Pm getting tired Of hus-
Ting around to get them changed.
Suppose you work your big bills off on
some other fellows for awhile, begadr
"Mr. Miggs," spake up a calm, un-
emotional, businesslike voice from
somebody who was sitting inside the
railing with n newspaper in his hand,
''for the next four weeks you viii
please save Mr.. Whackham eome an.
noyance by keeping one $40 bill per
week out of his envelope. Chicago
Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
A ROPE or WORMS.
The Curious Procession That Mar BE
Seen In Norway Forests.

In the deep pine forests of Norway
the woodcutters sometimes find q SER
pentine object nearly 80 feet long
crawling slowly over the ground. If
they did not know that 1t was made
up of millions of little worms, they
might be frightened by its peculiar
appearance. These worms, called the
sciara, gather during July and August
in large numbers preparatory to mi
grating In search Of food or for change
of condition. When setting out on
this journey, they stick themselves
together and form huge serpentlke
mass, oftz1 reaching a length Of be
between 70 and 50 feet and several
inches in thickness.
AS the sciara Is only on an ayera &c
about three thirty seconds of an inch
In iengsh and barely wider than n fine
needle, the number required to com
pose a line Of the size above men
toned Is enormous. Their pace Is
very slow, and upon meeting an ob-
stacle, such as stick or stone, they
will either &writhe over or around it.
sometimes breaking into two bodies
for this purpose.
N. Guerin- Meneville, celebrated
French naturalist, says that if the rear
portion OF this wonderful snakelike
procession be brought into contact
with the front part and sort Of circle
formed the insects will keep moving
round and round in that circle for
hours and hours without apparently
noticing that they are not getting on
in their Journey. If the procession
be broken in two, the portions will re-
unite in a short time.
The Norwegian peasants, when they
meet one Of these trains, will lay some
article of their clothing such as a belt
or handkerchief, on the ground in
front Of it. If the procession passes
over 1t, it is regarded as good sign:
but If it makes a way round, the re-
verse is belieyed.-Chicago Record.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
Two Big Necks.

"Once, when / was in New York
some years ago." said A. W. Whelpley.
II found myself one afternoon stand
ing before a counter in one Of that
city's largest dry goods houses select
ing some collars.
"a good many men sailed up while
I was there and ordered collars Of
various sizes, from 13 to 1S.
81 heard a full, rather hoarse yoi1s
ask for turn down, 20
II turned to note the man with the
thick neck and beheld Grover Cleve-
land beside me. l knew him by his
resemblance to the fellow OF the cigar
boxes.
81 had been given my change and 3
small packet Of wares by the auburn
haired goddess Of the counter, and with
one more glance 1T the generous pro-
portions Of the man of destiny / was
moving away when, strangely enough.
tie autocrat of the house of congress-
counter.
"There they stood, neither evidently
knowing the proximity of the other.
"And bless me if he didn't ask for
collars, second medium, welt band,
turned front, 21!'
Il wondered if he thought the store
provided a surveyor for such mon
strous measures, but the goddess was
equal to the occasion and handed out
the desired size. e."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
rne nIsse1 Dlsn.
A schoolmaster in q village school
had been in the habit of purchasing
pork from parents of his pupils on the
occasion of the killing of the pig. One
day small boy marched up to the
masters desk and inquired "if ne
would like bit Of pork, as they were
going to kill their pig"
The schoolmaster replied in the AZ
firnative. Several days having elaps-
Ell, and hearing nothing of the pork,
the master called the boy up TO him
and inquired the reason he had not
brought it.
"Oh, please. SIR" the boy replied,
"the 7:g got bctter."-San Francisco
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
Merely a Question of Spelling.

He was the engineer OF an ocean
liner and prided himself on his knowl
edge of electricity. On one of his brief
stays at home he accompanied his
wife to a party. The subject Of cleo
tricity coming up, he Indignantly COM
bated the idea that it was possible for
two people to produce an electrical cur
rent through the body of third by
simple physical contact. His wife and
q friend said they would prove 1t and,
leading him to a window, told him to
pull up his sleeves and place both
bands fat on. the glass. They then, on
either side. took a firm grip on his
wrists. At the end of few moments
his wife said:
Don't you feel pain, Willy?'
"Nov he replied and returned like
negative to a second and a third in
quiry.
At his third response most of the
company began to laugh, and 1t sud-
denly flashed into his mind that the
pronunciation Of pain and pane was
the same.-New York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
Horse Racing on the Stage.

In racing scenes the horses do run at
full speed. They run, however, not on
the fixed stage, but on what may be
called treadmills, which keep the hors rses
in front of the house for longer or
shorter periods, according as they are
moved quickly or slowly. A picket
fence, placed between the audience and
the course, not only makes the scene
more realistic; it also hides the mechan-
ism of the treadmills This fence has
contributed in another way to add to
the effect by being moved in opposition
to the direction of the horses and SO
lending to their apparent speed.
AS to the sounds made by the foot
falls of horses to be heard as though
passing outside an interior scene, they
are reproduced by the dried hOofs of
dead horses or wooden limitations
mounted on handles and hammered
against surfaces Of stone, gravel sod
or whatever the occasion may demand.
They are also more elabora tely manu-
factured by revolving a cylinder with
pins protruding from the surface
These pins are arranged, like the spurs
on a hand organ roller, to initiate trot-
ting, galloping or walking when struck
against other substances. If the sound
Of a carriage is to be added to the
trampling of horses, wheels are run OIL
sand.-Cassel1's Magazine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
LOVES OWN.

Where Love built his humble mesa
Tired and thankful did ! rest.
Swceter rest there could not be,
Though the black night covered me,
And Love whispered. "Art thou blestf-
And l answered, Love is best"
Where Love built his nest knew
Thorns beneath the rose leaves grew.
Sweeter roses could not be,
Though the keen thorns crept 10 rae.
And Love whispered, cart thou blcstf'
And answered, Love is best"
Where Love built his nest a blight
Blew from lands Of Death and Night
All that life had held Of sweet
Lay in ashes at Loves feet.
Yet 1-folded to his breast
Weeping, whispered, "Lovo is best"
So, with Love abiding still.
] am Loves, to do his will
So his lips on mine are laid,
So his hand my couch hath made.
Still he whispers, Art thou blest %
Still answer. "Love is best"
Atlanta Constitution.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06

II simply had to do it," said Mr.
Erastus- Pinkiy in an apologetic tone
II had to draw my razZer SOS TO Lol
up my character"
"Did he slander you behind youI
back?"
NO, sub; twas to my face. He axe,
me what business was in, an | says
'Raisin chickens Den he looked a
me solemn an says, You dOesn' mcar
sEra aisin :" Ynu means ..liftin -
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
(ESTABLISHED 1885.
1t Saved Hts Leg.

p. a. Dauforth, of La Grange.
Ga, suffered intensely for six
months with a frightful run
ming sore on his leg. but writes
that Bucklen's ArniCa Salve
wholly cured it in ten days
For Ulcers, Wounds, Burrs,
Boils, Pain or Piles it's the best
in the world. Cure guaranteed.
Only csc. Sold at Standar
Pharmacy.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
The Same Old Christmas.

A description two centuries ago of
the festivities of Christmas shows little
variation from present customs:
Families take it by turns to enter
tain their friends. They meet early, the
beef and pudding are noble, the mince
pies peculiar, the nuts half playthings
and half eatables, the oranges as cold
and acid as they ought to be, furnish
ing us with supertiuity which we can
afford to laugh at, the cakes indestruc-
tible, the wassail bowls generous, old
English, huge, demanding ladies, threat
ening overflow as they come in, solid
with roasted apples when set down,
Toward bedtime you hear of elder wine
and not seldom of punch. Girls, though
they be ladies, are kissed under the mis-
tletOe -
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-06
The Queens Visit to Ireland,

On the queens previous visit to Ire
land 40 years ago an old fisherman
was asked what he thought of her.
Too polite to tell the Englishman that
he was little disappointed in the per-
sonal appearance of the sovereign, he
replied, We like the sarving maids
we'll enough" meaning the maids Of
honor. two well known beauties.--Lon
Ion Outlook.