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Fish einaaii Editor Lffl'W. "Tfo? Smallest Hair Throws a Shadow' SSSJ'rMSP Established 1886. EDENTON, N. CTFRIDAY, March -1671888 "No. 145. WOODARD HOUSE EDENTOH, H. C - J. Li. Rogerson, Prop. This old and established hotel still of fers first-class accommodations to the traveling public. Terms Reasonable. Sample room for traveling salesmen,and conveyances furnished when desired. FREE HACK AT ALL TRAINS & stkameks. First-class BAB attached. The best Imported and Domestic Liquors always on hand. 1vT7T?T) sea wonders exist in thou XJ JljLjjL sands of forms, but are surpassed by the marvels of invention. Those who are in need of profitable work that can be done while living at home should at once send their address to Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, and. re ceive free, full information how either eex, of all ages, can earn from S5 to $25 per day and upwards wherever they live. You are started free. Capital not re quired. Some have made over $50 in a single day at this work. All succeed. Back Again ! The undersigned having returned to Edenton and opened the same saloon on Main street as occupied last season, gives notica that they will keep a fresh sup plv of Norfolk Oysters on hand during the entire season, which will be seryed in any style desired Stewed, Fried, on Hall iSnell or by JVLeasure, in any quantity and at very low prices Thanking for pa6t favors and -soliciting further patronage, we ar Yours, etc., Caslcie Sr Chamberlain. E. W. Albangh & Son, Wholesale Commission Merchants FRESH FISH, Terrapin, Oysters, Game and No. 224 Light Si kket Wharf, Baltimore, Md. Consignments Solicited. Prompt Re turns, our motto. Reference Citizens National Bank. "Wholesale Grocers, Commission Merchants And Dealers in FISH, RiGHMOHD,' VA. . Consignments of North Carolina Her ring solicited, and proceeds remitted in jcash. . ' . On account of our intimate, acquain- a . r ' m. x. - i. r i.L lance, auq, iriMjueui irausacuuu wiiu io Orpcery trade of the west and southwe are able to handle. N. C. Fish to. the very best" possible advantage, and we are known exerywhere as .the largest dis tributors in this market. . TAYLOR & MAYO, Wholesale Commission Dealers In Igresh Boston, Mass. Sole proprietors of the Celebrated waquoit Oysters. We make a specialty of SHAD in their season. Prompt returns and best references given. Lixcl Oannod Ooods NO. 25 T. WHARF, THE IDEAL MAID. DAN. MC. L. T. ERRELL. Tis not the silken tresses That round her forehead twine; Tis not the sparkling eyes That underneath them shine; Tis not the classic features So beautiful and quaint; Tis not the fairy form That artists love to paint; Tis not the silken fabric In which she is ai rayed; Nor all of fortune's charms. That makes the ideal maid. But 'tis the true and trusting heart, One tender, warm and kind; It is those high and virtuous thoughts, Linked with a noble mind. . It is the ever lingering soul That soars aloft on high. Reflecting back in mildest hues, A heaven in her eye.....' . It is that flame within her breast O 1 need its name be said Tis these, with modest deed combined That makes the ideal maid. AROUND THE WORLD. A "DAY IN HONG KONG. VVritten for Fisherman fc Farmer. On. the-afternoon of November 5th, 1583, we left Nagasaki, Japan, and as the sun like a huge ball of fire disappeared behind the Western hills we bid adue to the grand and picturesque shores of Japan How deeply we regre ted leaving this beautiful country and hospitable people. Although our stay here had been short it was very pleasant. We hd been treated with the greatest courtesy by the people of Japan, and it may not be amiss to s ate here that we always found the people of these loreign countries tar more courteous to stransrers than those of our own nation. As we entered thr China cm we pnrnnntprpH hpavT weather which prevented us from visiting among China as we intended The navigation of this coast is ver dangerous on account of sunken rocks. On the evening of Nov.. 12th we sighted Lamock Rocks off the starboard bow. These are the rocks upon which the . U. S. S. Ashuelot was' wrecked about ten months pre . vious to tnis date: eleven lives were lost. It is satd her loss was due to drunken officers. As a heavy sea was running when we sighted these rocks we concluded to give theni"a wide berth. We sierht d a number of small islands during the passage and as we neared Hone Kone: we kept the China coast continually in 8ig-ht. The dav before we entered port we encountered hundreds of Chinese fishine iunks; thev resemble the Taoanese iunks The Chines- mode of fishing is very "curious, their nets are made fast to the sides of junks by ropes about ten feet Ion the sails are then trimmed fore and aft; they then drive broadside before the wind for about an hour; the net is then hauled in, the fish.dumped in the boat; the net is then set aeain and the 'same ? .manoeuvres e3ne through until they " have ' caught enough fish. Their way of fishing in smooth water is 'rather peculiar.' Afier setting the seines they get in sanoansand beat the water with long bamboo poles and kick up a terrible rarket bv beating ons to drive the fish into the svines.. The Chinese have eyes on the bows of a?l their boats, un one occasion we asKea a Chinee why they painted eyes on their boats; his reply was, ? "Splose him no hab got, no can makee see." On the morning of November 14th, 1SS3, we entered LyemanPass, a narrow channel . b tween two high rocky cliffs; after a run of about ten miles we entered a large basin and soon came to anchor off Hong Kong, China. The city is on a large moun tainous island called Victoria Island.; It is an English possession. The English have a Navy Yard and Barrocks here at which is stationed a garrison of S 'ldiers. As soon as the ship c me to anchor we wvre surrounded by Chinese sanpans, the occupants were the mos-, miserable looking objects we have ever seen. The Chinese coolies is the dirtiest looking race of peop e on earth. Th-y live and die in filth. Whole families of them live in boats about 25 or 30 fe t long; there are about three million living in this way. Their food consists chiefly of fish and rice. Aboard of the boats they raie their chidr- n and compel them to ivnrl- ;nnn oq thxr r ohi v - mm www w . W Lt V Kr cnwl; the ma'e babys have a large air tight zoard tied to t' eir waiste to prevent them from-drowning should they f :li overboard, while the female b bys h Are no p otection at all should they fall o erboard. The govern ment has a tug- boat which makes daiiy trips up the river to pic up the bodies of drowned Chinamen: almost every- morning when she comes down a string of bodies are towing astern. When a Chinaman fal's ove board his friends make no effort to save him they believe Joss, their ,,God,M has called h m. The Chinese worsh p a hid ous wooden image called Joss. . In evtry house and on all ot their boa's are one or m re of these idos. Small houses .... 1 are erecte 1 : in different parr of their cities called Joss':h uses, niid befur. a Chin m n will .-perform any labor or eat a meal he will-burn outside of his house a lot of.smail stic s called oss sticks, thee are supposed to rive aw y evil spirits. The Japa nese are a far . superior rac.to the Chinese in every particular. A Chinaman in Cina is a. miserable looking object. We found English. Russian, French, 'German and Chin ese Man of Wnrs layit.g here. The Frvnch Man of War "Tourville" was ayi ig some distance off the town; she is one of th finest ships we have ever seen. She is a ste 1 ram of about 5,000 tons,, painted white from st'm to stir,,' jlookingf m re like a huge p easu e yacht than a vessel of war. We were not very well pleased with what we had seen of ..China, but we concluded logo ash-re and have! look through the .city. - Jumping in a sanj an in which was a,, large Wve; were.'-soon as - ore. w.iere we were.m by;a number of Chi ese witn Jiurickisbas..apd Se,dan ch. JVs, who informed us 1 hat .We cOutd' rule, we concluded- to' try i heSedaa chair nere . ? entering pneoi tnese.nove: vehicles we were soon jogging a ofig mrouga tne streets .01 noog ivong seated in a chair susi ended on two ng bimhoo poles and, carried on the shoulder&.-of-two Chinamvn queens ivoau.is me principal street of the cit which spme places is I l . on . - . so steep as 10 require sieps. J.ne treeis present, a very dirty appear- kDC,?v The Chinese quarter of the city'ia,very dirty. As we passed the Chinese. stores the .proprietors tried to induce us to ' Vter. and perchase their goods. Wishing.to-purchase. a few silk handkerchiefs we entered.a small dingy looking store where we fouud several Chinamen sitting around a bowl of rice and fish. do not eat their ' food from with knife and fork as do, but each ( man has a small saucer filled with the 'or ' sraa" sum . ot - agM -cttf 7 oidT S I - . . ' j . - . . . S i-'r Htut-. niitou nar hruralf ani' ntiu can nn (y ( vninese money ; per . cour speoxat atuiity required, capital .not naa tnea ine iinricisnas .jn Q-itHin i . .": , t.t r K . fJPl I rttit uiiii return tr n n.no a will spnd ' his food which he holds close to his mouth and with chop -sticks (two 8ma!I stick about the size of lead pencils) which ther hold between I their fingers eat the food from the saucers at a very rapid rate. After leaving the store we dismissed our chair men as we pre fe red walking. There are a great many fine build ings in Hong Kong, chiefly govern ment buildings. The police here are sepoys and at niht there is oue on each wharf who takes the name of any one going off to his ship also the number of the boatman who takes m out- this is done to prevent the phineie murdering and robbing Before this precaution was xkea 8ail off their ship afc night were very frequently raur. aerea ana ronDei lor t'10 le.v aoiiars they might hve. Tue Cliuio-e are a very tre-chereus r.ice of pe-ple. After walking around the city for sereral hours we made our way to the wharf, and entering a saq; m We were soon on hoard our ship heartily disgusted with China auJ the Chinese. TO BE CONTINUED. D.)N Akturo. COUNTEFKI TERS ARRESTED. The police of Norfolk havo arrested j a gan4 of five. Italian counlefeitera j in that citr who - are suppsed lo j have been circulating spurious silver dollars. For two weeks past the city has been flooded witli the coun terfeiter silver dollars and the roep arrested have been identified as having passed Ihein. News and Observer. "" " The Owners ot tuo famous yacht Thistle are rennrr.ftif t.fi he hiulilintr --I----. r - . r- two DO-foot, cent re-bard'loop-yae;htf, .it Henderson's Yard on the Clydi lesi-ne l hy George Watson . vit.h I he intention of challenging lor the i cup this year. . PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY ! Save your fruit ! Save vour flow ers! Save every tiling that make home pleasant and : profitable by pur chasing a Patent Force Sj-rinkler and Noveltj' .PUMP.- - : ; The most perfect and effe tive hand apparatus ever invented for throwing 1 water. 1 ri e .f 1.50. ror. sa'e by S. P. Wixon, Sharp's Store, Eden on. Dort,t:.fQet.the Singer. INDENTION ha . revol utLoize'd the worjd-rfuriuicr the lastlf-eVuttiry. Not , least amoh;rthe wonders. of inventive f progress is-a method and system of work iiuiL v"4 we ienuruira airovir. inecuun- try 'without seperatinflf the woi kers rpm you f -tee something of rreat value and importance to yoii, that will start you iu business, which' wiU bring you in more money riht away, than anything else in the'world. Grand outfit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine. Glbthing. 7' The undersigned returns thanks for the liberal share of patronage receiTed and now has m ; A FINE LINE OF GOODS for the Spring and Summer of 1888. The best in the market; Call and examine them and give your orders. w: t. Merchant Tailor, Edenton. M. E. Elliott, PRODUCE Thev ruommercxai .gent, p!atsj KDHITTOIT. IT:C. Parties wishing ah agent in this section will do well to write hiin. jpish & Terrapin Trap " rtLCw.M.llNw Adapted 10 River and Long Shore Fishing in 4 to 10 feet water. A Great Catcher! Send for descriptive price list to J. S. -JOHNSON & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF A X . A xi a i A A.J a'iaJ a X a;U. k2x A X 151 South Street, Baltimore, Md. H.-M.R0GEKS&CO Cd?n mission rJlTcrch a 11 ts IN ALL KINDS OF Fresh. Fistt ' 11 Fulton Fih 31 kt-, and 0? Front Ht. 1 r i w-v r vx T- TT Special attention ail to tlie SHAD trade. SuncilR furnished. S. B. MILLER & COM t Wholesale Commission j ftt? Jt No. 7 Fllion. Fakket, New York. Samuel I. Miller. Clarence G. Miller. Sam'l. T. Wholesale Skidmore, Com missioi Fisli Dealer, 142 and 144 Beekinan St.. Opposite Fulton Market, wew. vorkV OURREY & TRESTER, Vholesale dealers in ' tt a r-i - 1 ( rtJbll Ct II CI OfctTG Jc 1SH, . J . &pUt$, (Same, produce &c Pier 10 jT. Delaware Ave. Philadelphia J.H.Edwards Dealer in . . Fresh, and Salt Fish, Sturgeon, etc. FRAMKUN, - VA. ALSO WHOLESALE MANUFACTUKEIt OT Mat trasses, Bedding, etc. Goods andprice3 guaranteed .tisfac torv. For refernc.- anly to Vaughan. & Co., bankers, Franklin, Va,
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