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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-06
News Adrift
PICKED UP BY OUR REPORT
ERS WHO ARE ALWAYS
IN "THE SWIM"

Miss Annie Spence is confined
at her home with la grippe.
Miss Matte Relfe leaves to.
day for Mays Head to teach
school.
Miss Mary Grice leaves today
for Norfolk to visit Miss Bessie
Rhodes.
Miss Mae Weeks left Tuesday
to take charge of school al
Hatteras.
The steamer e. w. Petit is
undergoing repairs at Willey's
shipyard.
Mr.. J. c. Perry, of Norfolk,
is visiting friends and relatives
in the city.
Miss Helen Smith, of Manteo,
is visiting Mrs. M. Smith, on
First street.
Rapid selling means lots of
remnants. Don't forget the sale
at The Fair.
DR.. Judson Sawyer moved in
his new Office Friday on Poin>
dexter street.
Miss MolIie Frost, of Berkeley,
Va, IS visiting Mrs. S. S. Leary
on Broad street.
Mrs. Fannie Whedbee, of
Hartford, spent Thursday in
town shopping.
Mr.. D. R. Morgan has accepts
cd a position in the grocery store
Of A. F. Toxey & CO.
Mrs. Geo. Newly, of Hartford,
is visiting the family of DR.. Nc
Mul.an on Pennsylvania Ave.
Miss Leah Hill has accepted
a position in the millinery de-
partment of McCabe & Grice.
Mrs Louis Selig and child
zen returned home Friday, from
their visit to Norfolk and Rich
mond.
The Fair advertises a record
breaking remnant sale for
Thursday and Friday, April 18th
and 18th.
Mrs. Stevenson, of ShaWboro,
and her friend Mrs. 7. w.
Blunt spent Friday in town
shopping.
Miss Hettie Sawyer after
spending some time with her
friends, has returned to her home
at Manteo.
The city and county COM
missioners were in session Mon
day, and transacted some import
ant business.
Mr.. /. H. Scarborough and
family left Tuesday for Kinney
Keet, which place they will
make their future home.
Miss Lula Heath, after a very
pleasant visit to relatives and
friends in Snow Hill, Md, re-
turned home Thursday.
You know what a remnant
sale means at The Fair don't
you? 1t means saving of one
third or one half to you.
Mr.. w. J. Simmons of the
life saving station at Whales
Head, and his family are visit
ing Mrs. Margaret McCabe.
We are glad to see on our
streets again Mr.. J. L. Sawyer,
who has been confined to his
home by illness for several
weeks.
Mr.. Z. E. Burgess has passed
the State Board examination at
Richmond, and has secured a
position in a prominent drug
store at that place.
The American Minstrels, Mr..
Will Hollowell, manager, began
rehearsing this week, and will
give a performance at the Acad-
envy of Music at an early date.
Elizabeth City will soon have
a loan ard savings bank, the
stock for which is now being
subscribed. 1t will be opened as
soon the charter can be obtained.
Mr.. w. H. Grandy, a very
promising young lawyer, has
gone to Norfolk, where he will
reside in the future. He will
practice law in the Virginia and
North Carolina courts.
The Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union will hold their
meeting for the election of Off
GERS at the home OF Mrs. DR.. l..
S. Blades on Thursday, April
18th, at $3.50 p. m. A full at
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-06

"a word to the wise is SUI
fcient' and a word from the
wise should be sufficient. but
you ask, who are the wiser Those
who know. The oft repeated ex-
perience Of trust worthy persons
may be taken for knowledge
Mr.. w. M. Terry says Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy gives bet
ter satisfaction than any other
in the market. He has been III
the drug business at Elkton, KY,
for twelve years; has sold huns
dreds of bottles of this remedy
and nearly all other cough med
icines manufactured, which
SHOWS conclusively that Cham
berlain's is the most satisfactory
to the people, and is the best.
For sale by w. w. Griggs &
Son Druggists.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-06

For RENT-A very desirable
dwelling on Burgess street, one
door from Martin street, conven
lent and roomy. For terms
apply to Mrs. Ida V. Simpson
No. p Church street.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-06
NOTICE.

All parties indebted to me are
requested to settle their accounts
With DR.. c. P. Bogert, who is
authorized to receive same and
give receipt for amount paid.
d. NEWMAN.
Edenton, y. c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

the top story had tumbled down to the
basement, and that 1t was entirely I'M
safe. Firms were afraid to take offices
there, and rents fell short fully one-half
of what they were expected to be and
should have been.
Another old story that went the rounds
wasthat the OWings building caused
the old postoffice building across the
street to go to pieces. Soon after the
Owings building went up the walls Of the
postoffice began to crack, and the struc-
ture was fairly falling about the ears
of federal employees. 1t was claimed that
the foundations Of the skyscraper had
gone so deep down in the quicksand that
the shifting of the ground in the neigh
borhood had unsettled the foundations
of buildings around there. But, as l say,
even with the fall of the tank and the
stories that the building was unsafe, Mr..
Owings could have pulled out with $500 600
for his equity. He held on too long, got
into arrears $21, 600 in the payments of
his lease and lost the whole thing"
Mr.. Owings built two Chicago theaters,
the Princess and the Windsor, on the
North side. At one time he had as many
as forty or fifty lawsuits pending at once.
His lawyers then were Jackson & Ly-
man, and Mr.. Lyman said in speaking
of it:
"Owings was target for all sorts Of
people who wanted to make money out
of him. 1 recollect that out Of fourteen
lawsuits we settled for him at one time
twelve were in his favor, and by the other
two he only lost 500 or so. When Owings
had money none of his friends ever ap-
piled to him, it is said, without getting
help. He had a free hand, and nothing
was too good for his family and his
friends
In one item of his schedule in bank
ruptcy is the story of kindly act A
man who had worked for him was about
to be elected from his house because he
couldn't pay the rent. He had fallen
upon hard luck, and at once applied to
Owings, who assumed responsibility for
the rent and paid it for a considerable
time, or as long as he had the money
himself. One of the liabilities in his
schedule is for this money, which he
couldn't pay. -Owings is not at all crush
ed by the weight of 1864 ,917 worth of
debts. In the first place, he explains, this
sum does not represent actual borrowed
money. 1t represents the sum total of
his liabilities for rentals which he prom
tsed to pay on various leaseholds for
ninety-nine years. The leaseholds have
passed into other hands, but, If at any
time in ninety-nine years some Of these
new holders defaulted on payment Ow-
ings would be liable unless he is released
by the bankruptcy court.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
ENGINE FOR THE ARCTIC.
Largest Gas Engine Plant In the
World.

American builders of gas engines are
displaying the same characteristics that
have earned recognition and success in
other lines of manufacture, and they
have already invaded the foreign mar
ket, although the field in this country
cannot be said to be fully developed An
order for a thirty-horse- power engine
has been completed and shipped to thu
Norwegian Copper works, at Lygenfjors,
Island of Tromso, Norway, by a Kansas
City firm. This order was secured through
the London agent of this company, and
will be operated In a little corner of the
world of which little is known by the
great majority of the people.
This island is north of the northern
coast of Norway, and near the list par
allel, and almost as far north as The
most northern point of Alaska. Into this
remote place specially constructed gas
Oline engine, bearing the name of the
company, Kansas City, is to be operated
for running the blast pumps for the fur
naces of the Norwegian Copper works.
Work has been begun on the construc-
ton of the lola Portland Cement COM
panyS power plant in lola, Kan, and
the first consignment of two gas engines
has been erected. They will be utilized
in the construction work for operating
a rock-crushing machine, and for similar
purposes. This plant will be the largest
equipment of the kind in the world. 1t
will consist of twelve gas engines, ag-
gregating horsepower capacity, and
some idea of the size and character of
the equipment may be gained from the
fact that these machines viii weigh
], 100000 pounds. 1t will comprise six 80
horsepower engines, four $50 horse-pow-
er machines, and two smaller units. The
plant is to be located in the new natural
gas belt of Kansas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
FIRST FOLDING BED.
The Patent Was Taken Out by a
Westerner In 1857.

Washington Post.
mo invention of modern times so filled
the proverbial long-felt want as did the
folding bed. These are the words of
Robert g. Gill, the head of the model
rooms in the patent office-a genius who
carries in his head the most minute de-
tails of all the several hundred thousand
models that are intrusted to his care.
The particular model to which he re-
ferred was the crudest form of a collapse
BILE bedstead ever devised. But the crude
bed, cut in sections and hinged so that
it might fold into compact form, con-
tanned the germ of an idea, and to that
we owe the useful and handsome cabinet
folding bed of today.
The inventor of the folding bed was one
James A. Johnston, a Westerner, to
whom letters patent No. 1921 were
granted on May II, 1857
No provision was made in the bed for
the storing of the mattress, pillows and
bedclothes, as Is common in the folding
bed of today.
Also, unlike the modern CONTINUANCE.
which when folded resembles a bureau.
chiffonnier or other similar piece of fur
niture, the folding bed patented by john
ston made no pretense of looking like
anything other than Just what it was
A company manufactured the Johnston
patent, and it had quite a vogue in it's
day. Little by little improvements were
made on the bed, and within the past
score Of years the piece of furniture we
know today was evolved and there are
several hundreds of varieties of them
patented
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
THRIFT GAVE HIM AWAY.
TelItaIe Scraps of Paper Upon Which
Clergyman Wrote.
ew York Herald.

New YORK Herald
Habits of thrift are generally commend
able, but sometimes they give cause for
amusement without the person practicing
them being aware Of it. This was the
case recently with a well known clergy
man, whose church is one of the most
fourishing of its denomination in the city
This clergyman receives a salary Of
$4,000 year and has in addition COM
Portable income of his own. He is a lib
eral giver to many charities, lives in a
handsome brown stone house and appar-
emily has less reason for economy than
the average citizen, yet he has one habit
perhaps better, one idiosyncrasy-tha
might well be taken as an indication
of poverty by those who did not know
the clergyman. With Unborn Scotch thrift
the minister makes use of the blank side
of the letters he receives when they are
written ION one side only"
He was asked recently to prepare an
article for magazine. In due time the
manuscript reached the editor, each page
Of it written on the back of an oldietter
and it was only too evident that he had
paid no attention to whether or not the
letters were of a personal character. The
letters furnished rather curious COM
mentary on the sort of letters metro
politan clergyman receives. Among them
were:
A notice from an insurance company
that his policy had lapsed, owing to the
non-payment of $156 premium.
A note from the general passenger
agent of a railway refusing his request
that pass from New York to Chicago
be given to poor brother in the ministry.
An appeal from poor widow for money
to pay her rent and keep her from being
dispossessed.
A letter from broker who was one Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

NEW YORK, Feb. 3-Speculation in to-
was swayed by long ventures. encouraged
by the statement OF the st. Paul railroad
for the fourth week in January and q
disposition to take profits. Prices had
been early established, which indicated
handsome rise on securities purchased
earlier in the week. The tendency to
realize was very manifest after the pub
LEGATION of an exceptionally favorable
bank statement.
Although the downward movement as
sumed some force near the end, owing to
a violent break of 3as per cent in Sugar,
the earlier advances gained by the st.
Paul's showing and that of minor roads
was not entirely Cancelled. Interest was
revived to a marked extent In a number
of iron and steel issues, National Steel
moving up two points and receding frac-
tionally. Tennessee Coal fell into COM
paratfve dizziness and, although 1t cover
ed range of points, terminated I'M
changed. Some comment was excited by
rise of 5 points in General Electric,
was ascribed to gossip concerning the
trade war. Third Avenue occupied a less
conspicuous position in the market than
OF late. and moved In somewhat narrow
limits. A tendency to cover, seen in
some directions, coupled with free selling
In spots, caused very irregular close to
number of stocks dealt In almost eQualled
that OF yesterday.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Co., members of the New York Stock ex-
change, Pioneer Press building, who have
direct wires to Chicago and New York.
Closing prices are bid:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

Wheat prices are about the same at
the close of another weeks business as
they were on the previous Saturday.
This is somewhat of disappointment to
the bull element, as it had been expected
that there would be a marked improve
ment beginning with the advance that oc-
Cured during last week. Longs seem to
have confidence In the future of the
market, and are holding for profits rather
than come out whole or at slight loss.
On the whole, the wheat market Is In
good shape, and Improvement Is con-
fidently expected by dealers, who assert
that everything tends to show that wheat
prices must go higher before taking
downward shoot that will amount to any
thing like slump.
CORN is STRONGER.
Corn has finally begun to show strength
of the lasting sort. 1t Is asserted, and
the news of the week just closed bore
out the assertion, that there Is less corn
in the country than has been estimated,
and that as a natural sequence prices
must go higher.
Oats have shown some Improvement
the past week, and the demand has
gained so steadily as to encourage deal
ers in the belief that oats will share with
wheat and corn In the general strength
ening of prices that Is SO confidently
locked for.
STOCK BUOYANT.
Despite rather unfavorable symptoms
at the close of the previous week, stocks
are again buoyant, and prices higher and
tirmer. The features of the past week
were the boom in Steel and Wire, and
the advance in B. & O., due to the plans
for betterment of the road, and the as
Stunning of interest in the property by
the Pennsylvania. Money has been easy,
and there is a better feeling all round
Even the industrials show more strength
than they have for many weeks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
Francis p. ONings,
Dealer i'm Debts. 49,
Capital Of Ten Dollars
Ten Years Ago and
Now Owes Five Mill
ion Dollars. =:

ting up a fourteen-story office building,
and determined not to be outdone. Put
on another story he said
This time the architects refused to be
responsible for any such rash proposition.
They pointed out that the wind pressure,
and the quicksand foundation on which
downtown buildings rested precluded
any skyscrapers in Chicago. Finally MI.
Owings signed paper releasing the
architects from any responsibility In case
the building should be wrecked on account
of it's great height, and the work went
on. At that time it was a very hand
some building indeed and Auipped with
everything that was then lN.dern. The
offices were nearly all rented before the
structure was finished, and promised a
handsome income. At the top was the
ordinary large water tank, weighing
twenty tons and used in running eleva-
tors. 1t was set on unseasoned timbers,
through somebody's negligence, and one
night it crashed through the building,
wrecking the whole inside Of it. In money
the loss was considerable, and for long
time it ruined the reputation Of the build
ing. The story got out that Owings' sky
scraper had collapsed; that the middle of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
STOCK BUoYANT.
DULUTH.

DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 3.-The market
was little better than dead today. 1t open
ed &c off at 675sc and by noon had gradu-
ally regained the &c, going to CSC bid,
but there was no trade. 1t sold at 67Bc at
$3.50, at 67a4c at 1918. and closed at 673sc
May. Sales: No. 1 hard, cars, 67Ac; No.
1 northern, 1900 blu, &c; ears, 65Ac; 2
cars, $3.50 Wheat-No. hard, cash, 67asc;
to arrive, 67ssc; No. northern, cash, 65sc;
to arrive, 65Ac; May, 677sc; July, 6SAc;
No. northern, 63ssc; No. 8 spring. $3.50;
oats, 24@231bc; rye, 51c;. barley, 34937c;
fax, cash, $1.55; May, s1.5S; September.
bu: corn. 1866 bu; rye, 1863 blu; barley,
$3.50 bu; fax, 24S blu. Shipments-None.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
ELECTRICITY
Kills by It's Action Upon the Heart,
Lungs and Nerves.

New York Tribune.
Although with the increasing use of
electricity for power, lighting and chemi-
cal purposes the world sees increased pre-
caution against accident, there are &C.
casional exceptions to the general rule of
safety, and the question how powerful
electric current acts on a human being
is therefore a matter of vital interest.
DR.. r. H. Cunningham, who has given
this subject good deal of study within
the last five years, recounts in the Elec-
trical World experiments which he has
made on some of the lower animals. These
tests lead him to believe that the first
and immediate effect of powerful shock
is to interrupt the heart beat. Further
more, the electric current often checks
respiration. If the volume Is small and
the potential or electric pressure light,
this effect is only family observed But
stronger currents, especially If prolonged.
interrupt breathing more positively, and
thus lead to asphyxia. Commissions are
frequently an attendant symptom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Feb. s.-The re-
ceipts at the Union stock yards today
(estimated) were: Cattle, so; calves, 10;
hogs. 1850; sheep, 1875; cars, 81.
The official receipts Friday were: Cat
tie, go: calves, "a; hogs, III; sheep, 1858;
cars, 50.
The following table shows the roads
over which Fridays receipts came in and
the number of loads hauled by each:
Cattle Hops Shaen Mived
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
SIMMER &. THOMAS,
Live Stock Brokers.
Orders taken for ali kinds Of live stock and
time given 10 responsible parties Correspond.
ence solicited.
SOUTH ST. PAUL, SIOUX CITY,
Minnesota. Iowa.

good to prime light, s4.s5@475; stays and
boars, $2.5093.75; pigs, $3.75@4.15.
more than double the number In the cor
responding day year ago. Prices paid
were &c lower, with the close steady at
the decline. Bulk Of the good mixed and
$4.65Q4.70, with two or three prime punches
at $475. Representative sales:
Mixed and RutcherS-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT-New
York. Feb. 3..The weekly bank statement
serve. Increase 81 500, 800; loans, increase,
81 2i9, 800; specie, increase SIS, 002 600; legal
tenders. increase, s43S, 500; deposits, in
s9s S Ga% haS m s Ss m
NEW YORK MONEY-New York, Feb.
3.-Call loans, nominal; prime mercantile
steady with actual business in bankers
bills at s4.S71a@4.S7% for demand, and at
sa@4sS foG sixty UGyl days; posted rates s
Nss1a@4sAA; bar silver, 6o5sc; Mexican
dollars. 4714c; silver certificates 591a@6O1ac.
FOREIGN FINANCIAL-New York,
Feb. 3.-The Commercial Advertisers
markets here were very quiet up to noon
today, when report became current that
the Free Staters were secretly inquiring
for peace terms. This gave prices slight
flip. Americans showed the greatest APP
pearance of activity, following New
Yorks squirt, but there was little initia-
tive here. Paris bought Tintos sparingly.
Money was easier. Discounts were NOM
inally unchanged, but weak bills were
scarce
LONDON STOCK REvIEW-London,
Feb. 4.-The stock exchange last week
was brighter and stocks were rather more
in demand, although the buying was
chiefly on continental account. The tone
of all the markets was good and the gen
eral cOndlt1on is now so sensitive tnat the
market will probably respond Immediately
to any moderate buying. Prices were
firm all along the line, except in consols,
which touched 10O7s. Americans displayed
decided strength. This was mainly due to
Berlin purchases which yesterday carried
prices above parity. Among the increases
were Baltimore & Ohio, which rose from
21a to 8 points; Union Pacific, q; South
Rio Grande preferred, X; New York Cen
trail & Hudson River. u; Northern Pa
cific, Y; Pennsylvania, X. Others rose
from IL to q point. Money was steady
a week "a, and on three months bills, 31z.
BANE CLEARINGS.
st. Paul--$6oS,792
Minneapolis-$1,S 07, 6S3.
Chicago-$20, $50, 531.
New York-$l9S, 331 ,124.
ROSton-S22 S2G 93S
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
WHEAT HELD ITS own
LOOKED FOR TIME LIKE THE
BEGINNING OF LONG EXPECT
ED BETsTERMENT
MARKET HAS BEEN BULLIsH

Dealers Expect Better Prices and
Base Belief I'm Market Upon Con-
ditiOns That Cannot BE Concealed
Corn Has Again Assumed
Strength - Oats Firmer Stocks
Active and Higher.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

The receipts thus far in February, COM
pared with the same period in February,
1899, are as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

STOCKS WE'RE ACTIVE.
Prices sagged Toward the Close, but
Gains Were Not Wiped Out.
Prev.
Close. Day.
Bar silver, New York. ..........60b go
Call money, New York. Nominal 2@3k
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

A week Observation-Disclosures. IS
"A year ago.. oSVJ
Quotations: Fat sheep, $4@4.75; stock
sheep, 50. 25Q4; feeders. s340@4; fat lambs,
$5.50@6.25; stock and feeding lambs 81 so
Receipts light with good demand and
prices steady. One fat lamb sale was
made on contract at price considerably
below todays quotations. Representative
sales:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05
HOGS.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimateO ............1 $50
A week ago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .......1, OH
A year ago MISUNDERSTANDING. 745
Quotations.: Mixed and butchers, 1900
475; heavy packing and rough, s4.2504.40 40;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

The receipts thus far this year, COM
pared with the same period in 1899, are as
follows.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-05

Mich Cow EXchange-There was little
demand for cows. Prices continue steady
at the decline of the early part Of the
week. Representative sales:
No. Price.tNo. Price
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-09-20

Sunday, September 10, 1900, at the
residence Of the groom's brother, Allen
B. Searcy, on Beecher Flat, Mr.. Leonard
Il. searcy and Miss Lulu Ramsay we're
united In marriage. Judge George Angel
Of Mayville performing the ceremony,
The wedding was quiet one and passed
of as such events usually do, with many
smiles, a few tears, plenty Of good wishes
to tho happy couple and good dinner.
The only startling feature OF the day ID
aaid to have been the almost total col
lapse OF tho officiating magistrate while
performing the solemn ceremony. Judge
Angel Is known to be an expert carpen'
ter and joiner (of wood), but joining
hearts and hands he found to be differ
ent and more difficult undertaking. The
Judge did not faint, but our informant
tells us that there was short time thai
his many friends feared the worst.
The happy couple are numbered among
the bestknown and most highly respect
ed young people Of Gillian county
the groom being . progressive an'
successful wheat grower, while the brld'
Ia ono OF the most successful teachers
OF that soction. The GIoBE joins thei
many other friends III wishing them
long, happy and prosperous life,