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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
Wastes on the Farm

Millions of dollars worth Of mate
rial are wasted annually ON the farms
of this country, is 4 statement made
by some authority. In the aggregate
L suppose there is an enormous amount
Of waste in every industry, and farm
ing is no exception to the rule There
are farmers to-day who avoid waste
on their farms fully rs much as the
WIdeaWakc manufacturer Or producer
in other lines. On the other hand
there are plenty who fail to realize
that they are wasting good material
although the process is going on daily
under their very noses. Everything
is waste that is not put to its best
and highest use. Thus cornstalkS
burned III the field is q distinct waste
if there is any possible way to convert
them into food for cattle. Sometimes
it is a decided waste simply because
the farmer is too stupid to see that his
best plan is to raise more cattle to eat
the stalks, and less corn. Again it
ay be a great waste to attempt to
raise only one farm crop when the IN
ceTtainties of selling the produce at Il
fair profit are great, especially if there
are other crops which could be raised
satisfactorily.
Sometimes one of the greatest wastes
on the farm comes from the failure to
spend money for needed improve
mentS. The soil that is not in fit con-
dition for raising q certain crop to the
highest perfection is actually wasted
when sOWn with seed which it cannot
possibly do the best by. The waste
comes in at such times because Of lack
unwilling to spend the extra amount
O. money. Now, We can waste soil
and crops. We can also waste time
l-lchinery and labor All of these are
important factors and they must be
studied separately and individually.
The successful merchant studies the
market, labor, cost of production and
the wear and tear OF machinery and
waste of capital. SO the farmer must.
to avoid leaks and wastes, look to it
that the highest efficiency is obtained
from every dollar of capital he has in
vested. Progressive farmers of today
are doing this, and they are rapidly
becoming the best business men in the
country. The man who can take a
run down farm and build it up and
make n good living from it through
good farming is a shrewd business
man not to be overlooked in this age
OF strenuous living.lW. E. Edwards,
in American Cultivat6f.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
NJ uch in a Name.


The Postoftice Department is having
trouble over a little postoffice in Bar
tholomew County, Indiana, which was
established some years ago under the
name of Springer. A month later it
was changed to Cushman, and three
months afterward back to Springer.
In 1893 it was called Grammer, but in
1897 the old name of Springer was
given it. 1t next appeared as Gram
mer, but Springer followed.
A postmaster was appointed who re-
fused to qualify as postmaster of
Springer, but insisted on being post
master of Grammer. The department
chose his successor, Miss Mollie Berg
man, and changed the name back to
Springer. Miss Bergman has fol-
lowed the tactics of her predecessor
and insists on qualifying as the post
master of Grammer or not at all. The
difficulty may be solved by closing the
Office entirely. - Washington Core
spondence Baltimore Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
LOVES RUMMkCE SALE.

Promises broken and shattered,
Tokens in sad disarray,
Letters all crumpled and scattered,
Flrtations faded, passe:
Relics of summertime pay,
Roses all wilted and stale,
Idols shOrn down to the Gay
This Is Loves Rummage Sale!
Hearts that are twisted and batteres,
Fans that were thick in the fray,
Slippers that giided and battered,
Gloves to forgetfulncss prey;
Bachelors sunk in decay,
Elderly maids that bewail.
Vanity, pride and display.
This Is Loves Rummage Sale!
Meaningless words that have fatterel,
TrInklets and rings thrown away,
Vows that are shop-wOrn and tattercd,
Courtships that lasted a day
Cab bills one never can pay.
Weddings that did not prevail.
jealousy. scOrn and dismay-
ms Is Loves ki!mn2gc Sale!
L'ENyOI
Princess, hast turned up your way
The heart that YOUR glance did irnpalc
Buy it, t IS cheap enough! Aye,
1his is Loves RuT.nage Sale!
Harold MacGrath. in Puck.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
Pressure of Corn In Silos.

A much heavier pressure is CZerted
Upon the upright walls of the silo than
uDon the floor. At q recent meeting
Of the Royal Agricultural Society CT
England. Francis Fox showed that in
4 round or square silo ten feet in di-
ameter. holding 24O tons the pressure
upon the walls amounted to 200 tons,
while upon the floor it was only forty
tons. His explanation was that the
material forms itself into arches. the
ends of which press downward on the
walls with an obliquc, not horizontal
pressure.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
One Southern Class ga" Col gs. 70.
Wcuen

The latest report of the II. s. Gem
missioner of Education drops from
Division A" one Of the fourteen Cd
leges for women heretofore SO ranked
The Randolph-Macon IVoman's Col
lege at Lynchburg, Va, is the only
college Of this class south of the Poto
mac
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES coCoot
! FARM TOPICS
A Combination Food For Horses.

One of the best combination foods
for horses is green oats-that is, oats
cut when the grain is in the milky
stage and cured like hay. The straw
Is then very nutritious. rs the food
= arrested in the stalk while on its
way to I'LL out the grain. When cut
with a fodder cutter horses relish the
mess more than they Go any othc-
coarse foods
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, You will never get well until yonr
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature.
cure you without grpe or pain produce
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
CARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put ~
in metal boxes, every tablet has G. c. c.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
Heware of Oinfments for Catarrl
THAI GOnfHin Iiercurx

He"are OF OinTment Tor CatnrrI
That Contain Va ercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering a through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicans, rs the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can 20 ssibly derive from them
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. j..
Cheney o., Toledo, O.. contains no mer
curry, and is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure to get the genuine. 1t is taken internal
ly, and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
EJ Sold by Druggists price, 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills the best.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

West Virginia increased forty per
cent. in population between 1870 and
1880, twenty-three per cent. between
1880 and 1890, and twenty-five per cent.
between 1890 and 1900, but it is, outside
CT Wheeling, lacking in large cities, hav-
ing no other city of as much as $4,000
population.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

Muggins-"H aulem, the drayman,
seems a very humane man" Buggins-
Humane. Why, since his horses have
taken to wearing bonnets he has &C
tually fitted up all their stalls with
loOkingglasses."
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
A Ely Brush For Critic.

In the summer it is Just as ncccssar.,
to provide cattle with place in t.
pasture field where they may brush
off the flies as it is to furnish shade.
food or drink. The device in the illus1
tration shows q good arrangement for
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise FREQ
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

Thirty minutes ia all the time required to
dye with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES Sold by
all druggists
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

In Portugal electric lights are attached
to the collars of hunting dogs to scare
foxes and badgers from their holes the
dogs enter.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
CURRENT NOTES.

A pet dog belonging to a millionaire
in Newport went astray, but the ponce
DEPARTMENT to a man turned out ana
soon restored the missing canine to its
distressed owner. The kidest police
force in the world is that of Newport.
An Alabama newspaper, the LuverIe
Journal. has the following: The thir-
tenth amendment freed the negro. the
fourteenth made him citizen ana the
fifteenth amendment made him voter.
What the Alabama Convention VIII
make of him the Lord only knows.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

Wolves, the most energetic travellers
among the lower animals, are compare
lively short lived.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

Some women entertain for the pleas
hre 1t gives them OF not sending inyi-
cations to some other women,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

The longest pipe line in the United
States is to be built from Wyoming to
Salt Lake City.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

A Munich journal calls attention to
the surprising fact that Germany eX-
ports fewer barrels of beer than she
imports from Austria, England and
other foreign countries. In bottlel
beers, however, Germany leads, and
altogether her exports Of beer last
wear were worth 2225O, 900 marks and
her imports 10500,000.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

man may own a watch that is a good
timekeeper, and yet he may not have u
good time.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

Only nineteen of the seventy Berlin
tram lines are now worked by horse trac'
ton.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
Best For the ROwcis.

With the aid of a microphone you can
hear fly walk
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

No matter how bad music may be it
never comes out at the small end of the
horn.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

It's easier to put up with the prodigal sol
than to put up for him. SO. 80
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalliblc
medicine for coughs and colds. IN. w. SAMUEL
Ocean Grove, n. J., Feb. II, 1900.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
ton allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle
An ostrich which was lately dissected in
London had in its stomach a small prayer
book.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

There are 100 Indians in Arizona own
ing farms.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29
! The UnWelCome Guest
by Pierce Il. BARNARD.

IS:
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-08-29

HEN Jim BusDy returned
from the West to his ma
tive town OF Canaan, he
The Globe-republican., 1901-03-21
Stir up that consoles

letter from YOU Stir up that consoles
tory inkhorn-
The Inkhorn Gods Mercy.
The other angels spoken of in my
text We're destroying angels. and each
had what the Bible calls a slaughter
weap on''in his hand 1t was a lance
or a battleax or sword God hasten
the time when the last lance shall be
shivered and the last battleax duiled
and the last sword sheathed never
again to leave the scabbard and the
angel of the text, who. Matthew Henry
says, was the Lord Jesus Christ, shall.
from the full inkhorn of his mercy.
give a saving call to all nations. That
day may be far off. but it is helpful to
think OF its coming As DR. Raleigh
declared that when 30 miles at sea off
the coast of New England the cattle
on board the ship. well himself.
scented the clover on the New Eng
land hills. SO we. amid all the tossing
waves of the worlds controversies in
hale the redolence of the white lilies
of universal peace Is it not time that
the boosted invention of new and more
explosive and more widely devastating
weapons of death be stopped forever.
and the gospel have q chance and the
| question be not asked. How many shots
/ can be fired in minute2 but. How
many souls may be ransomed in day?
| The world needs less powder and
more grace, fewer fortrcsSeS and more
/
| more power to save Oh. I am sick of
| the war cries and the extinguished eye
| sight and the splintered bones and the
| grave trenches and the widowhood and
| orphanage and childlessness which sob
and groan and die in the wake OF the
| armies on both sides of the sea, Oh.
for less of the slaughter weapon and
more of the evangelizing inkhorn. Oh
for the stopping of the science of as
sassination. that crime of crimes, that
woe of woes, that horror of horrors.
that hell of hells-war. which this mo-
ment stands rocking with blood and
washing itself in tears and blasphem-
ing the heavens and pushing off the
edge of this life men who have as
much right to live you and 1 have
and blasting homes in which there
| dwellS much loneliness in our
owni Would that the merciful angel
of my text take the last weapon Of
war and fling it off and fling it dowr
with such force that it shall clang OF
the lowest round of the perditior
where the first keen edge of human
l strife was sharpened, War, In tn,
name of Almighty God and of all thu
l homesteads it has destroyed and i
5 now destroying, | hate it, l denounc
e it. l curse It'll
The Globe-republican., 1901-03-21
TESTED WITH SALT.
How Apache Chief Selected Warriors
a Hard Campaign.

for Hard Campaign
In the early days of Union Pacific
raiIroading, Victoria, Mana and the
present Geronimo. the three chiefs OF
the Arizona Apaches. with 100 OF the
best bucks, came through to Green
River, Wyo. They had heard of the
heap wagon and no boss and had
come to stop the train. They made
lasso of rawhide and fifty men on each
side held on to the rope as the freight
came down the Wasatch divide. The
engine driver saw. when several
miles away, what the Indians were up
to, so he whist1ed ttoff brakes" and
opening his throttle let her loose. The
cowcatcher struck the rope and hurled
the Indians in all directions, literally
tearing them to pieces headless, arm
less and legless. The three chiefs went
south to their cactus plants much
crestfallen- Before they selected these
men the old Chief Victoria had them
all eat a piece of rock salt about as big
as pecan run swiftly about 100
yards, sit down a rock or log and
cross their legs. Then he watched the
vibration of the feet which were cross
ed The feet which vibrated the
longest strokes he declined to accept
for severe duty or dangerous trip,
or for one that was at all hazardous.
But he accepted the feet which vibrat-
ed short, distinct and regular strokes.
Now, what did that old chief know
about pulsatiOn of the arteria1 system
| or of heart action, and, indeed, about
salt in the system? I have lived near
to Indian reservations and have had
| occasion often to survey over then
| lands for railroads and other objects
and since this salt controversy have
wondered where old Victoria got his
| idea Is not the child of the sage
| brush plains better posted than his
paleface brother?-New York Herald
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THE LEARNED ASTRONOMERS.

Knew q learned astronomer
~ no all things earthly spurned,
ana wandered through this pleasant land
with countenance upturned-
from early youth his habits
10 hold aloof from men.
He thought this old worlds happenings
But little worth his ken
He saw no wonders in the trees
Or IN the waving grass
lie never thought it worth his while
To woo pretty lass
And not a whit this good man cared
For roteutate pope
To him the greatest man he
Who made the telescope
But sun ana moon arose and set
Precisely when he said;
lie knew whence each comet came
And where each comet fed;
And for his plan to wipe the spots
From off the glorious sun.
Among the brethren of his ik
He much renown had won
This good soul died and went on high.
But much to his concern
He found the knowledge CLEANED while
here
Left nothing more to learn
With telescope, from Ger a cloud.
He now peers down to earth.
And finds out strange and wondrous
things
About his place of birth
The Baltimore Sun
The Globe-republican., 1901-03-21
Mrs. COmstOCk's Campaign.
BY d. a. CHAUNCEY.

Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub COD
When Chester Comstock announced
himself a candidate for congress
every body said his wife was back of it.
Comstock had never been suspected of
political ambitions-or any other sort
except to live up to his ideals of a Gull
tured gentleman He was born of a
wealthy family, educated in the uni
versities of two continents, and pos
sessed tastes which permitted him to
enjoy to the utmost the good things
of the world. He had a positive aver
sion for business in any form and no
desire whatever to increase the estate
which he had inherited. He lived a
life of luxury. was widely known and
universally liked.
If he lacked in ambition his wife did
not After their marriage and the
Joining of their fortunes she had as
sumner position of social leadership
AS the years slipped by she became
restless Then came winter at
Washington and she had returned
home filled with a longing to return
there as the wife of a congressman
or other official that would give her
established standing. All the arts OF
a dominant nature had been brought
into play to instilI into her husbands
mind the fire of political ambition
Finally out of sheer good nature he
told her he would acquiesce to her de-
sires if it could be managed so that he
of politics.
III it will add materially to your
happiness for me to be congressman
or a Senator or President or what nos,
said he L am willing and 1 will try to
attend to the duties that may fall to
me in such manner as not to reflect
discredit on my name But positively
1 know nothing about politics. If you
wish to go into this sort of thing
the figuring must come from youl
head
She secured an alliance at once with
Maurice Fox. the man reputed to be
the sharpest politician in the county
Mrs. Comstock was perfectly frank
with Fox, told him her ambition and
that money was no object and that she
wanted to secure his assistance She
was somewhat surprised to learn tina
Fox would not accept cash.
"Al the money I would touch in
campaign would be the actual ex
penses. I am very much inclined t.
help you, however, for reasons of m.
own. I see how your HUSBAND
might be q very strong candidate To
gether with other men 1 have beel
somewhat successful in politics il
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saving of my sou1z Dc you esteem my
honor so lightly as to believe that
would allow my name to be furnished
as you and your disreputable asso-
cfates have sought to tarnish It? Do
you believe that would have retained
an Office secured by such means. or
permitted you to crafty a foolish van
ity by such a sacrif1ce2 Had your
plan succeeded it would have been Inn
possible to have longer lived with
YOU My name will not go before the
convention tomorrow I will never
touch the dirty pool of politics again
If Fox ever enters my house again L
will cane him Weldon's pension will
be doubled Good morning" And he
strobe heavily out of the room
The member who answers to the roll
call from the thirty-ninth district can
turn a jack four times handwriting
while looking you square1y in the eye
and drink a dozen @thighba11s'' at a
sitting Mr.. and Mrs Comstoek remain
at home.
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sIocnrn.s Sprnx.

England, it seems. has something to
learn from America, even in the matter
of boat building Capt. Joshua Slo-
cum, author of Sailing Alone Around
the World, has just received a letter
from a stranger, bearing an East In
dian stamp, and postmarked Berbera
tAfrica), London, and New York, in
which his correspondent expresses
desire to possess a boat built on the
lines of the famous sloop Spray. Il
have an island in the Indian ocean,
the Engfishman writes, "Separted by
some 40 miles from the main group at
which steamers call. Its produce has
to be ferried twice month to the
steamer station Often. in the mon
soonS, the seas high. and n stout
boat is necessary, well one that
can sail we'll to windward. and do
something in light airs. A boat like
the Spray would just do, and would
also be great pleasure, for there are
numbers of neighbOring islands one
would like to visit. and sometimes a
run to Bombay. Cey1on or Nom
basa, or Maritius. would be possible -
Needless to say, the gallant captain
lost no time in forwarding the Sprays
specifications. in answer to this fat
tering request.
The Globe-republican., 1901-03-21

The million left by Sam Lewis, the
notorious London usurer, and the
benefactions that have come to light
since his death continue to be a nine
days wonder among his acquaint-
ances in London. Beginning his ca
reer as money lender comparatively
late and very humbly, he made money
with marvellous rapidity. One reason
for this was that he never lost any, or
hardly ever, even at the gaming
tables, where he was delighted to take
his turn. To the poor people who
constantly applied to him for loans
he always replied that poor person
could not afford to borrow. An artist
not long ago paid visit to the fnan-
cier and told his story over the cigar
and glass of wine which Sam Lewis
had always at hand. The artists re-
quest was a modest oDe-he wanted
only $50. Il could not afford to lend
it to you said the prince OF Insurers,
.sbut I don't mind asking your ac-
t ceptance of it''-and he handed the
astonished applicant $50 note
| This story which the narrator
/ vouches for, seems to belle the asser-
| ton lately made that in Sam Lewis
! case only 1.-The dead hand has parted
with possessions on which the living
hand opened never.
The Globe-republican., 1901-03-21

At the last meeting of the Berlin
Polytechnic society an engineer named
LeiSner explained new kind of phon-
ograph for service at sea. writes
Berlin correspondent BY coupling to-
gether membranes. between each of
which a microphone is fixed he has
succeeded in strengthening the tone
emitted by all sound that any noise can
be heard for a distance of three sea
miles. 1t is suggested that by means
of this invention a commander at sea
will be able to issue his orders to all
the ships in his fleet and that in the
same manner ships will be able to
communicate with each other in the
densest fog OF course, it would be
equally useful on land and rai1yva =
accidents, it is thought. may be also
greatly diminished, as warnings could
be given at long distances apart.
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RussIa.s MANY waterways.

No other country is prodigally
endowed with navigab1e rivers
Russia. The rivers of Russia have
their sources within a comparatively
few miles of each other, all Of the
great streams rising within the area
Of the broad plateau of the north, SO
that it was no difficult feat to con-
meet the headwaters of the numerous
rivers. The construction of less than
400 miles of actual canals, made 1t
possible to travel by barge from Arch
angel on the Arctic, to Astrakan on
the Caspian a distance of more than
8 900 miles, from st. Petersburg to the
foot of the Ura1s, and from the Baltic
to the Black Sea by three distinct
routes, to say nothing of MOSCOW and
numerous other inland cities which
We're brought into direct water COM
munieation with all parts of the en-
pire=Engineering Magazine.