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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-11-29

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Wanted Bread-Not Politeness

A Southern negro got hard up
In Boston. Then he went from
house to house:
EFF you please, SUM-" he began,
when his ring at the front door
vas answered, cant you give a
po' cullud man work ter do, or
somepie ter eat?"
And the polite answer invari
ably was: mo, Mister-very
sorry, but have nothing for you. "
Every one who answered his
ring addressed hin as Mr." but
shut their doors and hearts
against him. Finally he rang
the bell at a brown stone front.
A gentleman appeared and the
old man began: "Boss, l is starv-
ing, can't you gimme some Wit
tels2"
"You black, kinky- headed ras
CALI exclaimed the gentleman
How dare you ring the bell at
my front DOOR Go round the
! back yard way to the kitchen,
ard the cook'll give you some
thing-you black"
But just there the old man fell
on his knees, exclaiming:
"Thank de Lawd, l foun' my
own white folks at las! Thank de
Lawd, | foun em--I foun' 'em!
Selected.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-11-29
SPECIAL NOTICE

II your name on our paper is
followed by a x mark it means
that your subscription Is due and
intended as a polite reminder OF
the fact. If there are two X
marks it means that you are due
for two years subscription.
1t takes money to run a news
paper One dollar is a small,
amount, but FIVE hundred or &
thousand one dollars make neal
sum aud make the mayor go.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-11-29
NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS.

We are unavoidably late this
week as our foreman has been
confined to his home by illness
He is not well yet. but hopes tc
resume his work the coming
week. We trust that this expla.
nation will be sufficient and tha-
all of our patrons will under
stand why we are late.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-11-29
d. J. Abraham.
SO PoIndexter Street,
ELIZABETH CITY, NC.
Our CIu1o12i1s G. Offers.

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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-11-29
TUFTS Liver Pills

The Progressive Farmer, I'M
der the able management of Mr..
Clarence Poe, is an excellent
paper and one which our farmer
friends cannot afford to do with
out. 1t is not a political paper
but deals altogether with farms
and farm life.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-11-29
- GtUe Hin az Inch,
He'll TAKE an Ell. :
ia zeFgy

In the Trinity-Wake Forest
Debate at Raleigh last night
Trinity won the silver cup. Our
people take great interest in the
college debates, which shows
that they are good thing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
Packing For Mnrinr

'If you will only pack things in
small boxes" says the woman who
knows how to move. you viii have
the men who move you in a compara-
lively beatific state Of mind: books.
for instance. Ii is strange. but every
woman who has books to move imme-
diately gets the biggest box she can
find for them. Books are heavy any
way. and big boxes are liable to break
with their weight. and 1t is almost i'm
possible to move them- They viii fit
just as well into small. square boxes
in which packages Of starch or oat-
meal have come, and they viii pack
into the moving van better. and the
uen can handle great numbers OF
them with little troubIe"-New York
Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11

piIenen wssnous = rlef TOE oFdefsy ~
ranermerf which We all VIII be assk.
ing presenrly with the aid OF this llstis
artItice. DO not understand. how.
ever. that we shall change the arrange
ment of cur locks in the least in re
specf Of the invisible net
Simply. il acts as snug little cur
tain across tine back OF the head. the
hair underneath being waved and
drawn high On the top
There seems to be small disposition
to Initiate the headdress Of Mrs. Lang
try. who once so controlled the fash
ion in hairdressing that the Iangtry
knot low IN the neck was the universal
coiffure for those who thought TO dress
at all Ia the mode. The pompadour
does not coincide with the Langtry
knot. and women's hats. gowns. al are
made with the chief idea-thst Of
sIenderness and height The high hair
dressing contributes not a little to this
impression
The pompsdour front now is parted
usually al one side and the hair ar
ranged loosely to fail over one temple
more than the other. Bangs" have
moi come back precisely. but you would
not have a woman's short hair hanging
straight around her face. would your
Indeed. you would prefer 1t the least
bit cuFied on an occasional iron And
that is just what women themselves
have chosen TO do. compromising with
the mode. which would introduce short
forehead curis again and ones disineli-
nation to bother once more with untidy
bangs" -Margery Dow in New York
Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11

THE wedding ring completes the cis-
Gle. typical as is the ring itself Of the
perpetuify of the compact" writes
Mrs. Burton Kingsland in The ladies'
Home Journal. Inside the ring-al-
ways a plain gold one-are engraved
the Initials OF bride and bridegroom
and the date of the marriage. Ii is
placed on the third finger Of the left
hand because OF the faacIfui conceit
that from that finger a nerve goes
straight TO the heart.
Some say that the word obey in
the marriage service is an anachronism
and holds only those who choose TO be
bound, but American women do not
often feel their chains. In some prov
inees Of Russia the brides fathsr gives
her a little cut with whip. which in
strument OF correction he then pre-
sents to the groom for future emer-
gencies-
'.,rbe kiss formerly given by the
young husband to his bride after the
words 1 pronounce you man and wife
for which so mafy rehearsals were
necessary-llas gone out OF fashion
'.It is a time bonored observance of
wedding etiquette that the br.s'e shall
not be sses - :sss bridegroom on the
fateful day until she appears coming
up the aisle 10 meet him; hence the Gus
tom of the bridegroom's waiting AZ the
altar. The bridal procession is for him
not a pageant for the guests"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11

Back hair nets are in again. though
not much on this side Of the water yet,
the fancy being so recent il has not
had time to thrive even among those
who lead In the adoption of new ideas.
Well dressed FrenchwomeD are re-
EpOnsible for the cachet- In WEAKNESS
OF the struggling locks which have
marked the epoch OF the pompadour
the Paris woman thinks nothing more
important now than an entirely tidy
cOiffure.
Finding it impossible TO produce the
desired effect. retaining her Marcel
waves. without further aid fsan the
little pin at the nape OF the nsck af-
forded. something else had TO be de-
yised. The invisible hair net was
thought e. A new friend from an old
one. And the special novelty in the
method of using is through its adjust
ment with Jeweled stud in place OF
the familiar invisible hairpin. whose
principal characteristic vas not so
much that OF doing its work unseen as
OF getting lost
OF course the hair net must be the
color OF hair over which II is worn.
and one must be careful not 10 tear II
with her sidecombs and ornamental
pins
Perhaps Mrs. John Jacob Astor is
the only American woman who has
been able to go through this frowsled
hair period with absolutely kempt
locks. The secret of her successful
coiTure Is her own and her maids.
Rui this beautiful woman has accom-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11

In order TO reach every secTion of
the city and thus make its work more
effective the alliance employment bu-
reau of the New York Association of
Working Girls Societies has taSen in
under a comprehensive title all tue wo-
mems organizations In the city not
having employment bureaus of their
own and henceforth will take care OF
all those applicants for work whom
the individual societies cannot place.
A reorganization Of the bureau has
just been effected. and among the so
ciefies now affiliated with il are the
College Settlements, the Friendly Aid
House. the Riverside association. Hart
ley House. the Nurses Settlement and
the Woman's Conference Of the Ethical
Culture Society.
The new bureau Is the only one OF
its kind ln Greater New York whose
first interest Is for the factory girl
While no working girl is excluded from
It's benefits except the servant girl and
she simply for the reason that there
are so many servant employment bu-
reaus scattered throughout the city.
the reorganized bureau is to be the
great permanent center for the 1900
or more women working in factories
in this city. The members of the New
York Association of Working Girls
Societies number between 1000 and
3.0Ou.-New York Letter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
Home Life of Naval women.

zone Of the hardest questions a M
val woman must decide Is where eX
actly her dnfy lies between her nus
oand am: Ter children. writes Anna
A Rogers out Of her own experience
In The Woman's Home Companion.
Poverty generally decides it in favor
Of the latter. leaving ker no choice but
TO stay with her family during the
three years of his cruise. AT such
times the wife remains In entire
eclipse save for the letters. many and
long, that strive to bridge the separa-
ton, and it is in these letters and the
cOmpaniOnship of her children that she
finds her chief consolation But should
there be that desirable thing. a source
of private income. the wife is apt to
hold different views. and she goes 10
the station where her husbands ship
comes TO a given port every six months
for the necessary preservative dock
Ing. WifehoOd is ascendant. and the
children are those of hotet. steamers
and railways; little poseurs. nervous.
overwrOught, 9nemic. prematurely
knowing as TO the world and its ways,
strangely ignorant as TO what is called
education. Then there is the third
type. the childless wife, who scamp
ers about merrily from port TO port and
who has consequent and sufficient ac-
cumuiation of experience TO make
envy epidemic among the departed
saints. This very homelessneSs leads
10 specialized faculty among women
OF the navy for making a hOu-e any
where and at an hours notice. A wife
viii arrive perhaps 4 day. perhaps two
es given port. She Immediately finds
a house or a room. wires the address
TO the husband. so that the message
will 20 of with the mail orderly ln the
first boat ashore after the ships ar
rival Then out of perhaps one trunk
will come forth marvellous interna-
tiOnal medley of little wall hanginss. a
mantei drapery. sash curtains. table
covers. a vase or two (for flowers al
ready bought on the way from the rail-
way station. some photographs. a few
books and the usual dainty toilet par
aphernalia of the modern woman
When al last the longed for step hesi-
tates outside her door and an expert
mental rap Is heard. IL is a freshly ar
rayed. radiant wife and hostess in her
cozy little home who cries. Gomez and
springs 10 the door"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11

The French workman is the creature
OF the street for the sense of the joy
OF life and the creature Of the bone
and the workshop for the sense Of the
hardship and sometimes OF the sorrow.
Fashioned as he is in this way. two
outside forces contend for the posses
sion of him. The question of ques-
tions is. "Will be take his guidance
from the recognized agencies within
the law or from the agencies Of re-
voltT' The state and also. as we have
seen. the church offer him all sorts of
F. bribes and bonuses TO consent to work
in their way. They recognize his trade
aud self help societies. They try 10
get him to the altar as devOtee and
to the urn rs n voter. Put be has
heard Of Utopias. and he longs 10 have
one more struggle for absolute perfec-
ton at short notice. though he may
have to lay down his life in the at
tempt
The key to modern French history Is
to be found here. Every political
movement has to be a compromise be-
tween the aspirations of the faubOurg
and the world rs 1t wags. The French
workman has been bred 10 the belief
In revolution as recognized agency
Of progress and by instinct an habit
he loathes second best. The old order
offers him the churches. the thrift and
benefit societies. cooperation. InSur-
ance against accidents. education. tech
nical and other-the old political ecou-
Omy. In a word. and the paternal state.
The new whispers socialism. the COM
mune. anarchy sometimes and with
these the barricade.- Richard Whiteing
In Century.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
He net Mr.. Gournr.

81 see you have Helen NJ. Cougar
registered here" said the new reporter
20 the clerk at the Palmer House. as
be scanned the pages of the register.
"WhO is Helen " Cougar? Why. she
is the great equal rights advocate. She
has tongue like
Like a thrashIng machineY Inter
posed the clerk.
"No. rather like a scythe. She can
cut 4 man into more small pieces than
any other woman in the country with
that tongue of hers. She is fine at dis
secting the masculine character from
the platform when she gets TO talking
about equal rights. don't believe
III talk to her. She might open up on
me, and don't propose TO be cut to
pieces for any woman's amusement.
II she ever gets after you. advise you
to climb n tree"
You are highly complimentary" In
terjected portly lady. who had been
engaging the attention of the key clerk,
unnoticed by the reporter.
Il beg pardon" stammered the re-
porter. actually blushing at this unex-
pected sally.
Il am Mrs. Cougar" said the lady.
with a queer twinkle in her eye, as
she took her KEY and left the counter
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
Mrs. Hay as n Leader.

Mrs. John Hay. wife of the distin.
guished and urbane secretary of state,
was leader of Washington society Il
years before her husband had accepted
a portfolio In this cabinet As the first
of the cabinet women she possesses
admirable qualifications for her posi-
ton
The wife of the secretary of state is
the arbiter of social life and functions
during her reign. As the successor of
Mrs. Hobart in this capacity she has
sponsored some radical movements re-
garding social and official prestige. She
desires to break down that cherished
belief of senatorial women that they
hold superior rank TO the women OF the
cabinet. She wishes TO establish the
manifest dignity of cabinet women ly
destroying the custom that they should
make the first call upon the contingent
Of women who represent the upper
house of the Legislature.
II Is her ambition TO impress upon
society the status OF the cabinet mem.
bers and their families as possible
heirs 10 the presidency and thus TO end
controversy with those not In the line
Of that succession.-SCccess.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
old and New.


A boy with. an old style wheel Is
much to be pitied. not because of the
wheel. but because boys are so cruel
in their criticisms. AS q matter of
fact a bicycle two or three years old. II
il has been well cared for. is just as
good as a 1900 wheel. But there are
little alterations and devices which
mark a difference. and boys are quick
TO notice them and. what is worse.
comment on them. A boy would not
think of saying. why, that's the same
horse you had In 1896" but be will
make similar remark about a bicycle.
II is a compound Of vanity and mean
ness that causes boy TO boast OF his
wheel and deride that OF another boy.
If a boy does not dispose of his old
wheel and buy new one. it is because
he cannot afford IL. and to tease any
one for such n reason is cowardly.
Just as much pleasure is TO be had
from the old wheel. and that is the
only point to be considered.-Br Brooklyn
EaC ie.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
Cod bless ye.
Kruger miss ye.


The new fashion in visiting cards
which several women In Washington
are already following was set by the
wife of a minister from one of the
South American countries. says the
Washington Post Ii serves to Illus
trate the simplicity and lack Of affecta
ton for which the diplomatist's wife
has already been noted. Her card
bears merely her name and her ad
dress. There is no prefix of Mrs" or
''SenOra" or "Madame"-nOthing but
the same name she signs TO her letters
II is engraved not in the Roman char
acters which have been somewhat
widely adopted since they came into
fashion FIVE Years ago. but in the old
fashioned script that conservative peo-
pie have always chung TO.
There have always been plenty OF
men who had no prefix or title on their
cards but until the South American
diplomatist's wife began II no one re
members ever 10 have seen a woman's
rarli without the prefix which tells
whether she be married or aot.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11

roI,sy and Dinab away down In
Dixie. who are wat to bind their
kinky plairs with gorgeous red and
yellow handkerchief. would be s'prised.
deed dey would. TO see. as ! saw the
other day. two stylish girls at smart
tea wearing bandannas. not on their
heads. but on their backs.
The essential novel waist for the
spring is the handkerchief blouse. The
handkerchiefs from which these waists
are made are really a rich. elegant.
fashionable edition OF the brilliantly
colored cotton affair which we have
known so long 10y the name Of ban
danna. | saw in the shops the other
day some exquisitely beautiful hand
kerchief squares which are destined
10 be made up In waists for spring
wear They are Of taffeta. peau lie
sole or foulard. soft. pliable and lus-
tr0us. most artistic in design and of
brilliant but harmOniOusly blended col
ors. There are dark. luminous blues.
browns. greens and violefs for every
day service and paler pastel tints for
evening wear II takes Iwo squares
for a plain waist and three for the
fancier ones. The handkerchiefs cost
from 81 to 81 each. but even the lat
ter are not expensive when one con-
siders that q waist made Of these
squares does not necessitate the pur-
chase Of any other trimming. The
rich parts In oriental colOrings and the
solid white or dark ceHters or borders
give sufficient opportunity for contrast
and frequently the edges Of the hand
kerchiefs are raveled. giving very
much the effect OF fringe.
The handkerchief squares are made
up in various ways. For the plain
waist two handkerchiefs are used
Three are necessary for the fancy
waist
One Of TIE latest adaptations Of the
handkerchief is for a bolerO to wear
over a waist of plated chiffon. either
black or white. The squares are also
used in combination with other mate
rial for round yokes. epaulets and cuffs
on waists. but the blouse made entirely
Of the handkerchiefs is the most novel.
characteristic and stylish Of the va
rious ways in which they are used
Philadelphia Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
weirhfnr The Rahr

The weighing OF infants. n part of
i.'e routine in clildren's hospitals and
Of the greatest value rs an Indicator Of
health or disease. is unfortunately not
80 common rs il should be in private
families. DIR. Graham. discussing pa
rer by DIR. Griffith AT the Philadelphia
I'ediatric society. says. The rule that
r child has double its birth weight at
The fifth month and triple at from the
iwrl:ih 10 ihp fourteenth month makes
very good and useful working rec
nrtl" !"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
MRs TInorHY L. wooDRuFF.

she abandoned her society engage
meDts and acted as hostess at these
functions. which were then In the ex-
perimental stage Of their development
She played her part with the most deli
cate tact when some OF the ward poll
licians who thronged her husbands
smoking room begged her permission
TO light cigars which the butler had
brought forward. She afterward as
sisted her husband TO entertain in Al
hany until nervous Illness forced her
TO give up for awhile. She Is now
again in good health.
Mrs. Woodruff was Miss Cora East
man Of Poughkeepsie before she was
married She is a daughter Of the
founder Of Eastman's college. 1t was
there that Mr. Woodruff met her p
years ago. She was al the time OF her
marriage only is years old She went
TO Brooklyn with her husband and
las lived there ever since. She for
merly went out in society considera-
bly,.
Mrs. Woodruff is a very pretty wo-
man. She has dark hair and eyes and
n graceful figure. She is about ) feet
tan and is neither stout nor slender.
She was educated in a private school
in Poughkeepsie. They have one son,
who is now studying In Yale.-New
York Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-04-11
Tho white womnn,s Burden.

shopping" said the lady physician.
leaning back in her easy chair. lis the
white woman's burden. II is the popu-
lar belief among men that a good. long
day Of haggling over samples and
wrestling with dressmakers is the SORT
Of thing that renders the sex have
the honor 10 represent truly happy.
But. as il happens. what men in gen
eraI and husbands in particular don't
know about women would ill books
for all the libraries Andrew Carnegie
can ever build
You may quote me as saying that
shopping is about the heaviest task
feminine mind and muscle are called
upon TO endure. Ii is the kind of re-
sponsibility that paves the way TO
nervous prostration. and the worst OF
il is shopping grows more conplicaI-
ed and exbausting duty every day.
"a half century ago If fashionable
member Of society devoted two hours
out Of every 10 10 her dress she was
enabled TO keep right up TO the stand
ard OF the mode. Today -four hours
viii hardly suffice for the mere pur-
chasing and trying on. and for every
one dress requisite 20 years ago five
are now essential for the keeping up Of
appearances. and while the demands 10
dress have grown greater the facilities
for securing the elaborate cOstuming
necessary are no; improved. We physi-
clans are able 10 realize this because
OF the curious and ominous human all
meDts that are the outgrowth of over
taxing the system AZ shopping.
For example. there Is hardly a week
goes by that am not called in to look
after a well defined case OF dreSsmak-
rr's Mysteries directly due TO great
laenial and muscular exhaustion over
a gown that the constituencies seam
stress fails TO send home In time for
the date and occasion for which il has
been planned. These attacks are in
yariably aggravated by the husband.
who jokes or jeers AT the very moment
when every soothing influence is Beed
ed for the sufferer. have known
distinctly serious cases Of nervous
prostration following too much fitting
and matching. succeeded by too fire.
quent disappointments.
Ten years ago the tailor made
spine as we call Il new for lack OF a
hetter name. and the milliner's squint'
were almost unknown 10 physicians
whereas at present we deal with such
Affections daily The first results from
the long hours spent standing before
mirror in 4 tailor's fitting room, caught
In a brier patch of pins while the prop
er line OF coat or skirt Is achieved
There is no royal road 10 a glove
fitting talfOr suit save by posing hours
at a time without fiinching. a species
Of endurance and slavery only the
modern woman has ever known and
the consequence OF which is hordes of
exGuisitely gowned women, pallid Of
cheek and haggard OF eye. hurrying
here for electric treatment and big
business for the masseuse.-Boston
! lobe.