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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
THE CENSUS.
HAW ~

Washingt ton, September 1S-The
population of the city of Montgomery.
Ala, as officially announced to-day. i
for 1900, 30,346, as against 21,SS3 for
1890. These figures show for the city as
a whole an increase in population OF
1853, or 1857 per cent. from 1890 to 1900.
The populat alton in 1880 was IS. 713, show
ing an increase of 5110, or 1898 per cent.
from 1880 to 1890.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
NEW CABLE LINE OPENED.

Washington. Septemb Der 18.-The War
Department has been notified that the
Great Northern Gable Company an
nounces the opening of the Chez Foo
Taku-Port-Arthur cable and connec-
lions with Wei-Hai-Wei. This gives
kvO lines to China.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
THE REPORT ERRONEOUS.

telegram from the Evening Journal. of
Beaumont. Tex, addressed to the AS
ISOLATED Press, says that the reported
destruction Of High island with great
loss of life is erroneous. The Journal
says no one was injured there and no
loss of property was sustained
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
CHINESE ACTIVELY DRILLING.

Horg-Korg, September 1S.-It is re-
ported in the West river district that
Chinese troops are visible in every
town and that they aye actively drill
ing. a Chinese gUnbOat is again patrol
ling the river. and it is evident tina
some action is contemplated. The
Sandriper, which has been patrolling
the Delta. has proceeded to Canton.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
COUNT WALDERSEE IN CHINA.

HOng-K Kong. September 1S.-The Ger
man steamer Sachsen, having on board
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee
oommanderin-chief Of the international
forces in China. and his staff has ar
rived here. The Field Marshal landed
and was received by guard of honor
OF British troops. He made the usual
official calls. Count Won Waldersee will
this evening proceed to Shanghai, and
from there to Taku on board the Ger
man cruiser Hertha
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
TRINITY COLLEGE

Offers undergraduate and grad>
uate courses. Large number OF
electives. Eight scientific la0or>
atories, equipped with modern
and advanced apparatus. Large
additions to library. Complete
gymnasium. Expenses low. Fif>
ty scholarships to be awarded.
$50, 900 spent in improvements
the past year. Send for catalogue.
PRESIDENT KILGO.
Durham, N. c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
MR., BRYAN's TOUR.
DENSE Crowd LISTEN TO HIM
FORT SCOTT, KAN.

The Republican Idea of the Working
man-The Partially for Trusts
The Increase i'm the Army--The
Colonial Policy of the Government
aud the Race Questionable Demo
cratic Standard Bearer Outlines
the Suiu Treaty Showing How IL
ToIcrates and Recognizes slavery.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20

at the most convenient country village, it is
possible that you may get seeds Of fine stock and
termination, but-has your experience shown
that it is likely?
Do you buy seeds from general merchandise stores
because you believe that they have the best or is it
because you forget to order them from seedsnen
in time, find letter writing too much trouble?
Nobody buys seeds at second or third hand except
as result of forgetfulness or indifference, and if
you have been getting yours that way it is time
you making change
It's folly to risk your crops in that fashion
We will sell you Thoroughbred Turnip Seeds"1
at fifty per ID. and deliver them free at your
post or express Office.
E TAFT: SONS, 78 Commercial Place
overs and Merchants. Norfolk, Va
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
PRESIDENT NTKTNLEY STARTS
FOR WASHINGTON.

Canton, O.. September 1S.-President
Mckinley started fer Washington at
1:25 p. M. Via the Pennsylvania rail
road. Secretary COrtelyOu accompanied
him. Matters connected with the Chi
nese situation called the President to
the capital q this time. but it is said
there is nothing Cf great moment in
that situation to demand attention.
merely an accumulation of routine
matters which can be better disposed
of there than here.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
L IittletOn Female COueoe


Warren
officers
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
Va.unpic toN.LI,i.I,.

Especially valuable 70 women is Browns
Iron Bitters. Backache vanisues, 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 tax II. For sch :, children
or ovPr'-~-'-~1 --.--- :. o--.- e. i..uc
shoui ,..E,.. o...v.
6roWns' iron Diners is s1.- .., ..I 4a.tlers.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20
In effect Sept. 4th 1900.
TRAIN SERVICE.

TRAIN SERVICE.
NORTHBOUND
l"v. Elk. City dolly lex. Sum 2:45, pm
Ar, Norfolk, :" AS, .. III
Lv- Eliz. City, Tue. Thur. Sat 9:35, am
Ar. Norfolk d" - " 100. n III
SOCTHBOU<D
Lv. Eliz. City daily tex. Sun)II 30 am
Ar. Edenton I2:4o, p II
Ar. BeIhaven 500, pm
Lv. Eliz. City Tue Thu &Sat. 5:55, PA
80 Trains stop at all Intermediate
stations
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20

Mexico City, Mex. September 1s.-A
bill has been Intro ,uced in the Mexi
can Congress prov ing for an appro.
priation of $4,000 for the Galveston
sufferers.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20

MEXICO'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE
FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-20

GEORGE TAFT. & SONS,
Seed Growers and Merchants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26
ID 90 1FIs4I5D
79lllg)5I5} =
PREVENTION OF MOTHS.
The Use of BisuIphide of Carbon Il
Earnestly Advocated by WASH
ington Medical Man.

Every season somebody gets out
new form of encouragement to the en-
terprising and voracious clothes moth.
Sometimes it is Z scientific or pseudo
scientific preventive; sometimes it is a
patent remedy upon which the insect
fairly thriyes and multiplies. The lat
est method is the invention of DR.. Al
K. Fisher, of Washington, who. doesn't
wish to patent or sell it, but altruistic-
ally disseminates through the de-
partment of agriculture the result of
his attempts to preserve clothing from
the insect promoter of the tailoring in
dustry. The department doesn't Off
cially vouch for the effectiveness of the
method, but considers it worthy of a
place in one of its recent pamphlets
The preventive has the merit of sim
plicity and cheapness. 1t presupposes
the possession of wooden chest in
which to pack the clothing. In the
cover of the chest DR.. Fisher bores a
large auger hole and fastens a sponge
below it. Through the hole he pours
few drops of bisulphide of carbon, and
the sponge absorbs it. Then he corks
up the hole tightly. The fumes of the
carbon are disseminated through the
chest, and when the designing moth ar
rives with a view of depositing eggs
there-eggs which would eventually
hatch into small but active worms,
with ambitions to eat unsymmetrical
holes in the most prominent portions
of the expensive clothes around the
place-the odor assails it's nostrils and
it fits on to more healthful locality
The inventor of this scheme says that
since he has employed it not a single
moth has invaded his clothing.-N. Y.
Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26

fore his trial he was warned by the
major to prepare for death. There
were union women and children with
in two or three miles of US who could
have testified for the prisoner, but they
were not permitted to. His court-mar-
tial was rushed through and he was
hung as spy.
As I said, the enemy sent down de-
tachment of regular troops now and
then to feed US. There would be a sharp
skirmish, perhaps, with half a dozen
killed or wounded, and that would be
the end of it. On one occasion, after
one of these attacks, the major led two
companies of US in pursuit of the re-
treating force. Not being aware of the
pursuit, the so men comprising the
force sent against us, had halted after
an hours march and most of them
were bathing in river when we came
up.
We had them at our mercy and could
have shot every man down Our orders
were to kill. The major rode up and
down and ordered and storned and
cursed, but not one of us would fire
upon the unarmed, helpless men. With
arms in their hands and opposing US it
would have been war; coming upon
them as we did it would have been muir
der. Most of them swan to the other
bank and escaped, and the few we did
capture had to be treated as prisoners
of war. In revenge, the major put
every company officer under arrest
and smirched our good name as far as
he possibly could.
There were few guerrillas in our
neighborhood-me who shot a forager
or run off a horse now and then. AS a
matter of feet these men were out
1awed by both sides and preyed on both
alike. At any rate, the few scattered
families in the mountain coves had no
influence over them, but were contin-
uaIly harassed and robbed.
One day it occurred to the major
that the way to get rid of the guerrillas
was to get rid of the inhabitants, and
we were ordered out to clear the coun-
try. Eleven families were driven out
and their cabins burned and crops de-
stroyed.
In the last cabin we found a confed-
crate soldier. He was a young man
under 90 years of age, who had been
wounded in battle and given fur1ough
to come home. As he was regularly en-
listed and IN confederate uniform he
was no moro or no less than prisoner
of war. but the major bounced upon
him with the ardor of hungry vu1ture.
He was charged with being spy, and
drum-head court-martiaI sent him to
his death within "a hours. There was
disgust among the officers and indigna-
ton among the men, but the major was
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26
CoLoRING EASTER EGGS.
To Give Them Tints That VIII Be
Smooth and Even Is Not Very
Hard Task.

"Easter-egg time' is not so very far
away now, and the question of coloring
them will soon come up again.
A variety of fancy eggs can be made
from one package of dyes. Purchase
package containing four co1ors, red,
blue, yellow and violet being pleasing
colors. Theday before the coIoring is to
be done dissolve each color separately
and put into bottles. The next day Sc
lect perfectly fresh eggs and wash
them clean. If obtainab1e, use some
very small eggs. Put a few of the eggs
into kettle of cold water and let them
boil ten or fifteen minutes; long boil
ing renders eggs more digestible. Only
a few should be cooked at time, as
they must be dipped into the dye while
hot, so as to dry the coloring immedi-
etely, or they will not be nice.
Pour the dyes into an old bowl or
some deep dish. To produce a variety
of colors from the four kinds of dye
proceed as follows: Dip one-half of an
egg into one color and the other half
into another. Paste a half-inch strip
of paper around white-shelled egg;
dip one end of the egg as far as the
paper extends in the red dye, and then
the other end in the blue dye. When
the paper is removed you will have
pretty red, white and blue egg. You
can produce from two to three differ
ent shades from one color. For in
stance dip an egg into the yellow dye
to produce yellow, then add little wa
ter to the dye to produce light orange,
add little more water to produce lem
on, and proceed in the same way with
the other colors. Roll the eggs over in
the dye two or three times until they
are evenly colored. = Cincinnati En-
nI1irPr
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26

and ''the new niger" as the later gen
Grafton is styled. He still groveIs in
the superstitions of his remote ances-
tors and firmly believes in witches and
witchcraft.
which they are well supplied, have not
removed these delusions from his
cloud brain, imported from Africa and
the West Indies. The Intelligent"
voter and citizen, who determines the
rights of others and CONSTITUTES the law
to his own dark way of thinking, still
believes that the placing of a frog
under the doorstep of an enemy will
cause the death of that person when
he has crossed the threshold. He goes
to the polls to exercise his rights in
our scheme of government, carrying
in his pocket the left hind foot of a
rabbit killed in a graveyard at mid
night at full moon. This not only
brings to him good luck generally, but
protects him from personal danger.
AS an evidence of their little faith
in themselves they prefer, as rule,
to be tried by white juries. Their SUI
perstitions are so numerous that the
white people give very little attention
to them, and on the more importanS
cases the negro is generally Excused"
from jury service. There are not
many people in this age of learning
who would feel safe in being tried by
a Jury of peers composed of ne
groes who believe in the rabbit-foot
and frog theories, and who frequently
hold close communion with GHOSTS"
The razor is the darky's favorite
weapon-it is a greater talisman than
the rabbits foot, and more effective.
All carry razors, both men and wom-
en-, and to all places-the polls, the
jury box, the dance and the church.
Three-fourths of the crimes commit
ted in any southern community, on an
average, are due to negroes, while
they contribute little or nothing to-
wards the expenses of local govern
ment. Their natural ignorance is the
principal cause of so many ''misunder
standings" Another is the frequent
use of very bad whisky.
The Saturday night dance is fruit
full source of disturbances. On these
nights ''razors are in the air. but the
festivities are not marred by the
carving of few, unless it is to the
death, when the function suddenly
comes to a period. They do not obey
the usual injunction: ''Lebe yer raz-
zer at de do" regarding it as a mere
form. Neither is it etiquette to
search one for weapons-that would
bring on an engagement. The same
habit prevails at weddings. It is not
always that disturbances occur, but
when they do the ''razzer' cuts an
important figure. The courts seem
to be powerless to stop the practice
of carrying such weapons. From the
fact that all negroes carry them,
there are few informers among them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26

new world by the Spaniards, and from
this island and Cuba it spread to the
gulf states. The negroes brought
from the African coast, from whence
they were kidnapped, their barbarisms
and superstitions and their inca
pacity for self-government. There
they lived "a tribes, warred upon each
other, and the more powerful sold
their neighbors into bondage. For
centuries the experiment of self-gov-
eminent was tried in Africa, and that
country has steadily deteriorated in
population, morals and in tribal gov
ernments.
The experiment of self-government.
OF rather negro government, was tried
in the late rebellious states of the
south after the conclusion of the civil
war. True, they had corrupt white
men for leaders, and every state was
plundered. But the negroes were in
the majority, and the white carpet
baggers'' would have been powerless
had the negroes not been easy to cor
rupt. Will it not be the same in
Porto Rico and in the Philippines?
While the negroes of the south had
been born and reared in slavery they
knew what freedom was by comparing
their burdensome lives to those OF
their masters who lived in ease upon
their labor. Yet, when the opportu-
nifty came, the negro did not appre-
.ciate it, andwent in for plumber. After
.35 years of freedom he is scarcely more
Qualified for self-governmentt than when
liberated at the close of the war. By
nature he is Indifferent to govern
ment, and cares not who governs, so
long as he is undisturbed in his happy
go-lucky" manner of living. While the
slave generation was not expected to
make much progress in education, or
In ideas of self-government, much was
expected of the newer generation, es-
pecially by the theorists who be-
Iieved that the negro was capable of
self-government. Though the negroes
have had the advantage of public
schools for more than a third of a
century, the advance of the generation
born in the south since the war has
been very slow. There are a few ex-
sceptional cases where a negro has
risen above the average mass of his
people, but in most of these cases the
white blood predominated, and to this
fact his rise is mainly attributable. 1t
is the same in Porto Rico, in Cuba and
the Philippines. The south may be
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26
Royal women as Colonies.

The present German emperor insti-
tuted the custom of appointing for
eign royal women colonies of Ger
man regiments. He named his grand
mother, Queen Victoria, colonel of the
First Prussian dragon guards, and
since then a large number of SOW
ereign women have been similarly
honored. The young queen of the
Netherlands was delighted when he
gave her a regiment, and when dep
utation of officers from the regiment
called on her at The Hague she enter
tanned them right royalty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26
A WARTIME GHOST.
The Mysterious End of BLOOD
Thirsty Confederate
Qmcer.

There were four companies Of Us
holding a gap in the mountains of
East Tennessee under command of
Maj. Bell. Now and then our out
posts had a brush with the enemy or
were fired upon by bushwhackers,
but there were long intervals of Sc
curiSy.
We were well away from war and
its alarms and horrors, and the rank
and file were glad of the rest. So, too,
were the officers, except the major.
At rare intervals in the army during
the civil war you found soldier who
delighted in killing. He was man
who would have committed murder at
home, but for his fear of the law. He
enlisted that he might satisfy his
cravings for bloodshed and fear no
punishment. Such a man was always
an outlaw in his own company and
had neither chum nor terminate. It
is a soldiers duty to kill, but in war
killing may sometimes mean murder.
The major would have been out
lawed as a private soldier. He was
man who thirsted for blood. 1t did
not take US long to find him out, and
we hated him as man, a soldier and
an officer. There came into our camp
one day a half-witted young man, the
son of a mountaineer living three or
four miles away. His only object was
to satisfy his curiosity, but the major
wanted victim. He had the boy ar
rested as a spy, and after a drum-head
court-martial there was hanging.
When the mother and sister of the
dead came down to cry out against
the monstrous injustice, they were
imprisoned for week and then es-
corted out OF camp. A union man
who had been in hiding for weeks in
cave in the mountains came down to
offer his services. We had him at one
of the outposts for three hours be-
fore taking him into camp, and his
honest face and frank speech satisfied
us that he was what he claimed to be.
AS soon as he reached camp, however,
he was arrested as a spy, and even be-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26

is capable lecturer and writer, and her
pen has never been idle. Mrs. Gait, on
the other hand, has, it is alleged, spent
more of her time reading poetry and
raising flowers than in helping her sis
tiers. Mrs. Blake is native of North
Carolina. In 1855 she married Frank
G. Umsted, who left her a widow with
two children dependent on her. For
ten years she earned her own living and
educated her children with the money
she made out of her literary work. In
1866 she married Grenfin Blake, of New
York, and since then has resided in
that city The threatened secession
from the old association and the organ
ization of an opposition society with
Mrs. Blake as it's president finds favor
among many of the most progressive
of the suffragists in New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26
Carrots and CompIexron.

A woman of 20, who does not look 40,
has in few weeks won herself an enor-
nous following among the women of
New York and of some of the adjoining
towns. She carries the secret of per-
petual youth with her, and as it lies
largely in question of hygienic living,
she has not yet antagonized the doc
tors, says Harper's Bazaar. She recon-
mends, among other things, the drink
ing of a goodly supply of water daily,
and the eating of a grated carrot be-
fore breakfast. The effect of the car
rots may not be visible at once, but in
a few weeks one viii notice a certain
captivating gloss on the hair and
clearness in the eyes and complexion
altogether new. She is absolutely with
out embarrassment in her criticism of
her pupils, no matter how large the au-
dioncR
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26

Those who do, however, give such IN
formation become subjects for carv-
ing by the aggrieved ones, and the
rabbits foot is of no protection.
The marriage and divorce system,
or rather the lack of the latter, is a
strange custom in negro life. They
initiate white people in their mar
riages, even as to style. but their ''Gli-
vorce" system is an improvement
upon the Oklahoma quick and easy
style. While they are willing to pay
two dollars for license, they rarely
sue for divorce. Not that they care
so much for the publicity as the ex-
pense. They just quit-and that ends
it. In very short time both find
other affinities. Prosecution seldom
follows these informal divorces and
common law marriages. They are
so numerous that the people do not
care to burden the local governments
with the expense. The minister's fee
is usually one dollar, seldom more,
Notwithstanding his placarded hint:
"De Lawd Lubs de Cheerful Giber."
Strictly construed, it means that the
minister wants raise from the usual
fee.
While the negro has made little or
no progress in education and in gov
ernmental affairs, he is getting along"
in other directions. He is mastering
the mysteries of that great and popu-
lar game ''poker." Some of them are
adopts in the art of holding out" big
cards and good hands" The methods
adopted by the darky adept are primi-
tive, but perhaps as effective as hold
ing cards up the sleeve, or secreting
them in the patent vest" device used
by white gamblers. In n ''gemmen's
game,'' it is in bad form for darky to
remove his shoes from his feet. This
is considered as prima facie evidence
of an intent to ''skin'' his friend.
The darby also keeps pace with his
white brother in the cigarette habit,
and he begins about as early as the
other youth, but it is not believed that
he lives as long under it.
The negro progresses in our voices,
but does not seem capable of advancing
intellectually. Before he can do so, his
superstitions must be removed. How
long this will require may be estimat-
ed from his slow progress during the
past 35 years. The same reasoning
may apply to our Porto Rican neigh
bors, who aIe asking for self-govern-
ment. J. NJ SCANLAND.
There are 124,2s4 Coolie laborers in
Hawaii.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-26

taken as an illustration of the incapa-
bility of these islands for self-govern-
ment. The negroes of the south have
not demonstrated their fitness for self
government. They are little better ed
-ucated than were their slave parents
The children of this second generation
show the same Indifference to educa-
ton. and so may other generations,
perhaps. 1t is thus demonstrated that
the intellect of the plantation negro is
not capable of being enlightened to the
intellectual standpoint of average cit
zzenship, or that he is interested in the
science of government. My observa-
tiops, recently, in Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia
failed to denote any material progress
of the darky from his former condi-
tion. This applies to the former slave