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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-02-14
LOCAL ITEMS

Mr.. J. NJ Hill spent a few
days in Norfolk this week.
Koeller is up to-date on all Pho
tographlc work.
Miss Jessie Eason, of South
Mills, was in the city Tuesday
shopping.
Miss Mary Purefoy of Wake
Fores', is the guest of Mrs l. M
MeekIus.
Notice the Is cent display Of
silverWare IN Selig window.
Miss Lizzie Skinner, Of Eden
ton, is visiting relatives and
friends i'll the city.
Silver Cream for silverware
Prices 10 aud 3 cents. Louis
Sel1g, agent.
Mr.. Jake Salomonsky, of Nor
folk, was the guest Of MIR. Louis
Selig Saturday.
Mr. Samuel futile, Of Win
fall, has accepted a position as
clerk for 2 w. Melck.
Mrs. Robert Wh'tehurst is
quite III with pneumonia at her
home On Blu. CESS street.
Miss Ciarine Perry, who has
been on a visit to relatives and
friends in Norfolk has returned.
Nr. Otis }ranble has return
ed from Plymouth, where he
spent several days Oh business
Mr.. Geo 4. Davis, one Of
Wecksville's en:e:pr1sing citl~
zenS, paid Us pleas nt cali yes
terday.
Miss Foy Allen, of Scotland
Neck. is the guest of her sister
Mrs. l. NJ Me1kins on upper
Ndlu St!GIl.
Mr.. w. Boettcher, Of Snow
Hill. Md spent a few DAYS this
week with his father in law, Wy.
H. W. Heath.
Zoeller has one OF the finest
Photograph Galleries south OF
New York. Cor. Main aud Poin>
dexter streets.
Miss Leah Hill, Of Elizabcth
City. Is III the CITY visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Kafer.-New Bern
Evening News.
Mr.. w. J. Wood|ev has begun
the erection OF a hundred-toot
ADDITION to his handsome store
on Poindexter street.
The remains of Mr.. Thoras
Davis, who died in Norfolk
were brought here last Thurs
day for interment.
The Dismal Swamp canal is |
again open and the Thos. New
ton has resumed her regular
trips. We understand that anoth |
CT passenger and freight steamer
IS to be put OF the canal from !
here to Norfolk. Is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

works away as a SERIOUS artist" with
al very conversational one, and her
brother. the new K ng of England, has
way of dropping in for an hour on these
occasions to enjoy what he calls a chat
with the most entertaining woman he
has ever met"
AfteT-dinner speakers are a legitimate
subject of study. They are a peculiar
race, gifted in certain special ways and
lacking in others. In Ainslee's Magazine
George Barry Mallon discusses this par
ticular type of mankind. One of his sub
jects for dissection is Mark Twain. Mr..
Mallon says
Mark Twain said sadly not long ago:
THE funniest thing in the world is the
truth. Tell the plain truth and the people
will always laugh at it.. II 1 get up at
dinner and refer to. a man as an insincere
galoot-I mean man who is present at
the dinner-he as well as every one else
will laugh.
when Mark Twain returned to New
York last fall after his long stay abroad 1t
was particularly appropriate that his first
formal welcome home should come as 1t
did, from the Lotos Club, and on that oc-
cason joy was unconhned. Mr.. Clemens
told some truths that evening which
proved the correctness of his theory, In
fact, most of the humor OF the after-din-
ner speeches which he has made this win
ter has been in his presentation of truths.
Mr.. Clemens speaks with a slow, playful
draw, and occasionally his eyes almost
close. When laughter interrupts him he
opens his eyes, mods and, looking along
the line of faces opposite him, he some-
times smiles in enjoyment of the Joke
with them.
"Mr. Clemens. in speaking at his first
dinner of the things that had happened
since he had been away, said refectively.
" The Daughters Of the Royal Crown
there is an American ideal for you! God
knows what specialized form OF insanity
II represents. 1t isn't softenlng of the
brain; you can't soften a thing that does
not exist. There are no eligibes but the
American descendants of Charles II. How
the fancy product of that old harem holds
up"
LAS he concluded this reference his man.
ner was almost savage Mr.. Clemens is a
prudent man, though he says he knows
nothing OF business, and he does not
squander much of his high-grade market
able humor on his after-dinner speeches.
He very evidently makes no preparation
for them, and he talks about whatever the
occasion may suggest"
Here Is something says the New York
Tribune, that a woman who knows saws
IL a sure diagnosis OF the status OF the
cook. II you have good cook. you may
be more or less sure that she will look
too frequently upon the wine when il Is
red II Is an unfortunate fact. but n the
cook Is less than o forty-dollnr cook as
little annoyance as possible may De OK
pected from this weakness. Possibly n
viii never make itself manifest enough 10
be- known above stairs. But n the cook
has risen higher ~ the social scale OF
cooks than fQ, then look our A cook
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03
indian Ideas of the Future.
from die Dallas Neus

From the Dallas News.
charles Gibson, the Indian poet ana
writer has the following to say of the
Indian and his idea Of Christmas:
The Indian knows nothing of Chris
child having been born on Dec o. or
any other month, to save the so-cald
sinner. He knows no sin; he says that
he came here without his own consent
ana II he does any SHINING In the body
ne sees no reason why his soul should
suffer for the sins of the body and X
his soul is sent to hell for his sins, al
right, let 1t go TO hell and suffer, as he
VIII Know nothing about the matter nor
the suffering of the soul He says there
Is no fear of hell In his makeup as he
IS nothing but an Indian until death re-
moves him, and then he is At for moth
Ing but worm food As to the happy
hunting ground, he knows nothing Of IL
This happy hunting ground has been got
ten up by the pale-face. The Indian says
he doesn't go to hell or heaven Just as
soon as he dies; claims that the life thar
was in his carcass enters on another Ire
by being bird, cat, dog, wolf, or inosI
any animal that has life. They are very
careful about abusing little animals az
cruelty as is pictured by the white man
The old buck always CAUTIONS the MUS
bucks about being cruel to any animal of
bird that is not to be eaten. The IN
dian believes there are certain animals
and birds that are for food, and certain
animals and birds that are not for 1000
The little ones of the Indians are always
careful Of hurting a cat. dog, or anything
else wantonly, as they are told that aile'
their death they are liable TO be oos'
cat bird, or something OF the kino'
full-blood Indian never Kills or crippes
anything he doesn't eat. The Indian
his native heath Is not as savage as ~
Is pictured. They were a little saVt.o W.
on the white man IN early days, Dut' ~ y.
other men, when the conqueroTs 100 :.
upon his neck. he has surrendered ~,
In a great wLile you will find an il'', ~
who hates q white man. because 'hs 20
dian has been mistreated by inc ~.
man. on his native heath he mas ~ "a
ligion: he says that no was DOL pl.,,s
upon the earth by any one mar ne "A
out OF the bowels Of the e1rih-o
what he terms the navel Of the ea'''
---e-er-s----- -..tes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

them are 10 middle life some are elderly
Last Summer ! saw man of middle
age start his game. He was a rather
shabby specimen, frayed at the trouser
bottoms run down al heel and shiny in
the elbows. But he was on very good
terms with himself. Walking in front
of me was a good-looking girl, quite slim
and unsophis ticated-looking. Her dress
indicated that she was from some small
inland place where the modes of Paris
do not go direct. She was simplicity
itself. Everything about her invited pro-
lection. The man l have alluded to come
from the opposite direction. He took
measure of the girl with a glance. He
turned on his heel and passed her, look
ing into her face. Then he dropped back
again, looking a her as she passed. He
quickened his pace and passed her again,
having in the meantime arranged his
shabby attire by pulling down his shirt
cuffs and twisting his mustache. Now
he evidently thought he was an all-con-
quering Don Juan He again passed the
girl, who paid not the slightest attention,
though ne smiled, or, rather, leeredi into
her face. Surely. he Will give it up,
said to myself. Not he. He tried again
and again on the same tack.
by this time my interest had changed
into angry disgust. Ny arm fairly ached
to smash him over the head with my
walking stick. That however, would have
been assault and battery, and should
have had to stand trial for a felony. So
I concluded to risk committing a misde-
meauor. As the scoundrel advanced again.
put out my stick and tipped his straw
hat from behind so that II fell over his
face and TO the sidewalk. Goodness, how
quickly he collapsed He went ali 10
pieces. and ran across the street as
though Old Nick were after him. l fancy
it was many weeks before he resumed his
MASKING procliyities."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03


George washington's love affairs, says
the Chicago Times-Herald, began at
yer yearly age. and he was, 10 the day
of his death, fond of the girls" The
first sweetheart was one Mary Bland,
with whom he fell in love when he was
only IA years of age This is ascertainel
from an entry in one of his diaries, whare
he refers to her as his 'lowand beautV."
Having tired of M1ry, he wrote to a frienl
that he had decided to bury his chaste
and troublesome passion" which, having
DONE he soon found himself enamored of
Lucy Cary, a sister-in-law of Col Fair
fax. His affection for this young lady
lasted for some years. being only inter-
rupted now and again by his natural Vir-
ginia passion OF making love to every
pretty girl whom he met.
In 1852 his first serious love affair was
shattered. Having fallen in love with
certain Miss Betsy Fauntleroy, he deter
mined to ask her to become his wife, hui
the fates had destined him to marry an
other, for she rejected his proposals. He
afterward came back to her, but found
that she had not changed her mind on
that score
His next heartache was caused by girl
in New York after he had become
colonel She was the heiress, Mary Phil
lipse. His business called him away from
her, but having finished this he returned
10 New YORK ana proposed to her but
was here, as before, disappointed by her
refusal.
In l7js. at Waynes Ferry. while travel
ing 10 Williamsburg with dispatches, he
met his future wife. Mrs. Martha Dand-
ridge Custls. the widow Of Daniel Park
Gusts. We learn from history that she
was young, pretty. intelligent aud rich.
lie had been with her all of an after
noon and was TO ride away to his home
the next morning on his way ne stop
ped at her home, and then and there told
Of his love and asked her TO become his
mate FOR life
This time, contrary TO his previous pro-
posals, he was accepted
At her coronation the late Queen Vic-
toria gave evidence OF remarkable rour-
age ana sef-control for 80 young a wo-
man. The ceremonial ring was a size 20,
small and Her Majesty pointed the fact
out TO the Archbishop or Canterbury.
who however, told her that she must
wear ~ whether ~ fitted or not and she.
therefore forced n over her 'SnI sgle. lu
o few moments the finger began 90 swell
snd pain her aHcruciatingly and. as SHE
afterWHrd faidi a Required an her self
posHeHfion 90 prevent hcr from screaming.
a. last u unfortunately turned black and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

Justice Brown OF the unitea 80
Supreme Court invariably Wsh' n,- -
distance from his home 10 me i,.s51
and ~ always accompanies ~
collie dog his particular Pot
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

The young Grand Duke of Saxe-Wei-
mar, who is now in his oath year. is the
best royal match in Europe.
The Grand Duke has immense wealth
and great position, without any of the
responsibilities and anxieties which
throne usually involves He has Inherit
ed very large and very valuable estates
in various parts Of Northern Germany,
in Austria and in Holland, besides a for
tune of at least 100,000000 Of francs He
is at present the next heir to the throne
of The Netherlands, his grandmother, the
late Grand Duchess Sophia, having been
the aunt of Queen Wilhelmna.
Since the marriage of the Duke OF Man
chester and also that of the Duke of
Westminster to Miss CORVALLIS West.
the number of unmarried dukes in Eng
land, interesting to matchmaking man.
mas is exceedingly small. It, in fact,
dwindles down to two-the Duke of St.
Adams, who has arrived at an age when
men are apt to be wary, and the Duke
Of RoXburghe. who has recently returned
10 South Africa, and who is reported TO
be engaged to Miss Pauline Aston There
are. of course, other noblemen who are
bachelors, but a bachelor duke is GER
tainly rara avis just now.
Earl Bauehamp has long been regarded
he has stated that 1t Is his intention TO
remain unwed, as he will not give his
alleged family curse a chance to assert
itself, there being well-authenica ca
tradition that the eldest son of Earl
Bauchamp never succeeds to the title.
The Princess Louise, says Leslle's
Weekly. is the one daughter Of the late
Queen Of England who seems to possess
real genius. She Is. too. the only one
of her late Majesty's daughters who Is
credited with having really mastered the
art OF good dressing. She looks her best
In evening dress having inherited the
dainty neck and well-rounded shoulders
that We're her mothers beauty long ago.
She has. too. the long, straight nose so
characteristic OF the royal family ana
though % years Of age Is a. slim and
graceful as when she was q girl
The Princess Louise was busuy eugap-
cd. up TO a week before Her Majesty
death, finishing the statue Of the Queen
that she iH presenting 10 Manchester ca
thcdral, ana which D. said 10 De quite the
finest of her achievements.
She works principally al Kensugton
Palace where she has her studio, and
theirs. Ia biG Holland pluaforo, shs
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

sus love for a while, she arrived at q
unique solution of it by having a tele-
phone installed in the sick room, so that
she could converse with the little inva-
lid at any hour of the day or night
Whenever Dorothy was fretful and in
sisted on having her mother, the tele-
phone was put in use and the mothers
voice and CHEEKY words would often
soothe the little one to sleep. Only a mod
crn mother could have put in use such
a device, but it seems a pity that any
public necessity should ever be strong
enough to separate a mother from a sick
child.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03


OF course there's nothing in a name,
yet all women are anxious to have ap-
propriate If not picturesque names for
themselves and to bestow them on their
daughters. Yet some of the most noted
women Of the United States have not
been especially favored in this respect.
Among the wives of our Presidents Mary
occurs but once-Mary Todd Lincoln
and there have been two Abigails-Abigail
Powers Fillmore and Abigail Smith
Adams.
Washington and Jefferson both had
wives named Martha-Martha cambridge
Custis and Martha Wayles Shelton, both
handsome and attractive widows. With
the exception of the wives of Monroe and
Johnson-whose wives were both named
Eliza-there appear no more duplicate
names in the presidential wife list. Mon
roe married Eliza McCardle, who taught
her husband to write and cipher, he al
ready knowing how to read.
Madison married a DoIly-Dolly Todd
and the name itself savors of brightness
and home love. She also was widow and
one of the most remarkable women who
ever presided over the White House. Two
very stately names dignified the presiden-
tial mansion in the days of Tyler and of
Garfield-Letitia Christian Tyler and Lu-
cretia Rudolph GARFIELD.
Grants wife was named Julia-Julia
Dent. Mrs. Hayes bore the rather pie
beian name of Lucy-Lucy Webb. Zach
airy Taylors wife was Margaret. Mrs.
John Quincy Adams bore the stately
names of Louisa Catherine.
Not many Bible names appear in the
list-the New Testament supplying those
of Mary and Martha, aforementioned, and
the Old Testament adding Hanna,
Rachel and Sarah-Hannah Hoes Van
Buren,, Rachel Done!son Richards Jack
son and Sarah Childress Polk.
Pierce's wife bore the good old-fashion-
ed name of Jane-Jane Appleton Pierce.
William Henry Harrison married an
Anne-Anne Symmes. and the later Har-
rison a Carolina-Caroline Scott The wife
of Arthur had the unusual and not pretty
name of Neutrality-suspicious. Stone. Mrs.
Cleveland was Frances Folsom and Mrs.
Mckinley was Ida Saxton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

Even a year or two ago, says the New
York Tribune, a girl who had not been
asked for the cotillon at a ball either went
home or, what was still more stupid,
would go upstairs and wait in the dress
ing-room until her carriage arrived. But
the young century maiden has too much
self-respect and independence to do either.
She prefers a congenial partner, and is
frankly pleased IL she has one, but if not,
she does not allow il to interfere with her
enjoyment She can dance stag" as we'll
as her brother, and does il, too without
any nonsensical seif-consciousness. This
is a very decided step in the right direc-
ton, and may have more effect on society
than would at first seem possible II is
the narrow, almost imperceptible entering
of the wedge that may break eventually
the cast iron structure of conventionality
that surrounds a woman in n ballroom,
and which has proven such a detriment
to her enjoyment. That such Independent
action was necessary is obvious. Sixty or
more charming debutantes made their
bow to society last December. With the
attractive young women aheady in the
field, and the large contingent of Young
men who would he their natural compan-
ions at. colleges, Il is easy to see that
there would not be enough partners to go
round, even il the young men who We're
present did their duty. which Is by no
means the case. Sull, IL required a certain
courage to take the initiative, and il is
greatly TO the credit of a well known belle
that she led the way for the more timid
and less popular companions, so that now
a girl practically has no feeling Of false
shame IL she is left without partner
LET us get up stag supper tabler'
said popular girl at a recent dance, "and
show the men we can get on without
them"-this in spirit of retaliation, for
that men are not doing their duty at all
well this winter Is the complaint of many
a hostess. Nevertheless. che idea succeed
ed, and the excluded masculine element
laughed and applauded. and liked the
young women all the better for their in
dependence IL Is women. not men. who
should be the autocrats OF ballroom.
and Il Is TO be hoped that conditions will
arrange themselves so as to make this
possible.
Mrs Yates. wife OF the Governor Of
ONO. is 60 grcat society woman,and when
her fayorite daughter was taken 90 with
scarlet fever she WAS forced TO make a
very trying decision-eithcr 20 give up
many public functions az which her prcs-
cuce was almost necessity or 10 abau-
don hog daughter entirely 10 the care OF
trained nurses
AttcT studying tho problem VI duty ycr.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

who Is rated at over $40 may be expected
to smash things. If one chances TO make
a morning call at the house of a friend
and discovers the servants crowded up
stairs frightened and trembling, while
from below come the sounds of ironware
skating across the kitchen and pottery
crashing against the wall, and between
times the voice of the masculine head Of
the house gently expostulating or com
handing in would-be stern tones, then 1t
may be known that that household has
reached the dignity of a fifty-dollar or
sixty-dollar cook.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

Exclusive, indeed says the New York
Tribune, is Miss Van Amsterdam, who.
together with the claims of long descent
based upon a noble Dutch pedigree. is
connected by numerous marriages during
the past century TO the most socially
prominent English representatives of CO.
lonial aristocracy. She is so exclusive
that she labors under the amusing but
harmless delusion that it is she that has
snubbed the new people, as she calls
the present social magnates, and not the
latter, who have ignored her very exist
ence, for she only receives, with state
iy hospitality, in her old-fashioned brown
stone front, the few members of the "old
families" who keep up their tradition and
make her house the mecca of their pill
grimages.
Poor old thing, she really believes she
is in society," exclaimed an up to-date
young woman who had been taken to call
on her mothers old friend, Miss Van
Amsterdam. Fancy thinking that family
counts for anything nowadays! And IL
she and all the other old fossils are so
sure of their own position, why cannot
they leave Mrs Tiptop and Mrs. Midas
alone, who, l am sure, never give
thought to them? But their one topic
of conversation seems to be to run down
the people whom, they say, they do not
wish to know"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

became numb on her way back TO Buck
ingham Palace she never spoke a word
until she alighted and saw her little ter
rier ia the entrance vesubule. Thank
God, 1t is all over, she exclaimed.
There's Dash"-straightway hurried 10
her chamber 10 get the offending ring off,
which was no easy matter. only few
months ago Her Majesty, in turning over
a jewel box, found this very ring and re-
peated the anecdOte to Lady Jane Church
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-03

Mrs. Eleanor Linter, says London Tit
Bits, divorced five husbands and married
the sixth at Providence, X. l., on Dec. 30.
1896, within brief space of ten years. At
her last marriage four of the divorced
husbands were present, and the fifth, who
sent a handsome present, would, but for
a severe illness, have been also in at
tendance.
1t is recorded that i'm 1878, Thomas Wat
son, a native of Brant Broughton, Lin
colnshire. buried his eighth wife; while
in the person of James Gay, who died
at Bordeaux on April %, 1T72, we have
vefitable Bluebeard, for in long life
of 1O1 years, he had espoused no fewer
than sixteen wives.
In September, 1894, DR.. Mary Spencer,
of Bourbon, U. S. A, was married at
Meath, Wales, to her eleventh husband,
the most singular feature in the case be-
ing the ladys age, which was only A.
Her first marriage took place when she
was but Is.
few months since, in America, a Mr..
Drew was married TO Miss Muir. Both
were elderly people, the bridegroom be-
ing 81, while the lady of his choice had
passed the allotted span of three score
and ten: they had each had considera-
BILE experience in matrimony, the pres
ent occasion being the husbands ninth
and the wife's twelfth appearance at the
altar as principals,
Last year there died at Budapest at the
age of SO, a man named Czuczor He had
been married fourteen times, and it is
said that his death was accelerated by
the rejection of his suit at the hands
of a widow whom he was DESTROYS OF
making his fifteenth wife.
In the autumn OF 1889, one Pierre Du
pont died at Brussels. Though he had
had but twelve wives he had been mar
ried thirteen times. When quite a youth
he had espoused a certain Marie Baetens,
who, however, proved tickle and eloped
with a cousin. Young Pierre regarded his
loss with philosophic resignation and pro.
ceeded to make other ventures in matri-
mony, until at the age of 76, he had buried
eleven wives. A year later he met a very
nice old lady, whom he courted and won,
to find a few weeks after the knot was
indissolubly tied, that he had re-mar-
ried in the person of Nine. Dobbleacre,
his first love, Marie Baetens.
Senior Ray Castillo, a Mexican lady,
lost between the years 1880 and 1895. no
fewer than seven husbands, all of whom,
strange to state, met with violent deaths.
The first was killed in a carriage acct
dent, the second was poisoned, the third
persisted in a mine explosion, the fourth
committed suicide, the fifth succumbed
to fall while hunting, the sixth was
killed by a fall from a scaffold and the
seventh was drowned.
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