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JU ' 7 ' ,- 0 ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance. ELIZABETH CITY, N C, FRIDAY, JANURARY 29 1897 ESTABLISHED 1886 8- of jNe"wspaper t:be XDistrict I: i r r '4 4 a si I You Have Tried Others. TVw T17 Us. And if you don't get perfect satisfaction 1 '4- v-QTr n cent. you u.uia t. j-"-1 j Can we do more ? , n MITCHELL, Edenton, A. c, F T. HORTON, Elizabeth City, N- V., o-ftntp: sroods left With, them Will receive prompt atteil- a.- UiWlil 1 Monuments aid Tombstones. In writing give some limit as tn rrirt nnd state aire ot ue- ceased. Larjrest Stock in the South to select from. (Couper (Marble $$orks, (Established 184S.) 159 to 163 Hnnk St., Norfolk, Va. ESTABLISHED 1886. The Most Reliable House in Norfolk. FEUERSTEIN & CO., s WHOLESALES . FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF ROANOKE DOCK. Norfolk, Va. Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. References by Permission: City National Bank; R. G- Dunn Mercantile Agency; Southern aud Adams Express Co. We respectfully solicit a share ot your patronage. Stencils furnished on application. A. S. FOREMAN, Successor to J. R. Wynn & Co. Wholesale Fish Commissiou Merchants, TVo. Roanoke Dock. Norfolk, Virginia. liefVtreiice Bank of Commerce; R. G. Dunu Mer cantile Agency; Adams and Southern Express Company, or any large busi ness firm in Norfolk. ESTABLISHED 1887- mmm m COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Consignments Solicit d. Stencils Furnished. 15 Nivison St, Norfolky V a " . v of :2 eprrvcut 1;1 JnriliiTS, w - . s - .(;.! to farmt'rs dirv-t ! . i;.i.- iriiiZt'l .:t Lowest Wholesale . iri.-!. ter ton. i. Cotn and Pwnats. at SH3.50 k:tiif Oror. and ir'i.tnU-OB t 4.fiO i'.Lro l :o I'r-tiits - 15.00 .' t ly.h, Kainif,, Sulphate Putuu, B we in l. r? truj (iinU quantities, bind -ir. . ,. j-oiV F.I.L & CO. :;,-.-t trrs. ,:ui.iinor iHd. ' ' ' ' 1 - mi) UOMM AND GOES TO EVERY FIRE WITH A COMPANY. A tyember of Greensboro Co. Sie Has Eeea Ado; ted by the 1 I?. C. Fir. nuns Association. New York Journal. The awful forebodings of en- emier. o! t e v.t-w woman mar she v. oul 1 take to fighting fires has come true. Here is a fire woman. She is Miss Lillian Brown, of Greensboro, N. C. She has been officially adopt ed bv the North Carolina State Firemen's Association. Her favorite fathers, of which she, as a daughter, has over a thousand are in Greensboro, where she was first ado Died bv the Eale Hose Company, every man o whom is as proud of his adopted aaugnter as u sie wcic a. 4uccu I . . r- -.1 .1. i ever a tire occurs wunoui uie firemen's daughter being on the eene, and to see her, dressed in her red flannel fire clothes, hel meted, and with an ax in her d tintv hands, as she urjres the buys" on to conquer their blaz iu2 foe, is a sight to lemind one of the heroic acts of Joan of Arc On one occasion she actually drove the engine to the scene of the fire, handling the rushing steeds like a veteran drwer. Tin-re is a curious train of circumstances leading up 10 the adoption of Miss Brown by the fireboys. She was born in Fair field, N. C. Her first appear - Croensboro was about three and a half years ago. when she entered the Female College there. It so happened that she was assigned to play the leading role in the drama, "Ihe hire man's Heart," at the college students' annual performance. The play was produced at Bo gait Opera House, and was a tremendous success. As Hyacinth Bradley, the pet and "mascot' of the iiremen, at:,-.. Ur,..M 1i tori lKr on-ntiired iuiaa .ii-w, -r - every heart in the audience, ana ct:nii ti.rcf or" rhp fire bovs. Soon afier this, at the regular 1 monthly meeting of the Eagle Hose Company, Miss Brown was formally adopted as the firemen's daughter, and her name was placed upon the honorary roll of the company. The new hre girl gracefully accepted the honor thus conferr ed upon her, and pledged her self to advance the cause of fire men in general, and especially the interest of her new made fathers- the Eagles. Miss Brown carried off the honors with a modest bearing, and her tamespiead to different parts of the State. Town after town wanted to have her for its adopt e l daughter, and many meetings were called to consider the subi ject. All difficulties were final ly adjusted at the meeting of the State Firemen's Association, vhe.i by unanimous vjte the pet of the Greensboro boys was made a daughter of the State Association. Already the "daughter of the company" boasts two medals for her bravery at fires, and several resolutions have been passed by different bodies of cici.ens who owe to her plucky work the sav ing of many thousand dollars. Miss Brown takes the greatest interest in the department. She has a call in her house connects ed with the general signal sys tem. It is very rare that she is late at the scene of a blaze, for no matter at what hour her fire gong sound the alarm, Miss Brown dons her clothes and starts off to help her fathers. Many of them have reason to bless her for her kindly help, especially after some accident, for the little girl is ready to nurse the sick and 'injured, and is al- emerg- encies. Besides being so brave she is extremely pretty. Her eyes are dark and fawn-like, with round ed features and a mass of waving chestnut hair, which the little fire girl wears parted loosely in the middle and caught up at the back of her head by a p'ain black velvet band. A movement has now been started, which, if carried into effect, will see the brave and quaint young woman the adopt ed daughter of. the .National Firemen's Association. We have had most everything in the past few years since the new womanhood broke loose over America, from Mary Ellen Lease to women lawyers, barbers and even undertakers, but the eman cipation ieat of this brave and good young lady seems quite the most extraordinary of them all. The Miss Lillian Brown of the above article, was at ore time a resident of Elizabeth4City and will no doubt be remember ed by many of our readers. Ed.J ALLEN MAKES A TABLE. HE SAYS IT SHOWS M'KINLEY'S ELECTION CAME THROUGH FRAUD. Senator Allen, of Nebraska has prepared a table showing the vote cast in twenty-four States at the last election and compar mg the total vote of i8q2. Mr A. Allen says there was a fraudulen excess in the number of votes cast last November in the various States. He estimates that this fraudulent excess amaunted i: Michigan to 29,700 votes; India na, 39.7; Kentucky, 43,3oo rexas, 46,100; Iowa, 77,500 Pennsylvania, 94,000; Ohio, 94,- 500; Illinois, 137,000. Under the head "Successes of Mark Hauna," Mr. Allen groups the following: States, which, he alleges, were carried for the Re publican ticket by traud : Mary and, West Virginia, Ohio, Mich- gan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, owa, Winconsin, Minnesota, Oregon and California. He also alleges that fraud was resorted to by the Republicans n the effort to carry the States ; of Tennessee, Missouri and Tex as, and these States are put into a eroup l:eaded -"Failures of Mark Hauna." Most Wonderful City. The most wonderful city withs in the limits of the United States, and whicn has no existence whatever during the summer months, is Fish City. Mich. This municipal oddity is built 011 the ice of Saginaw bay reg ularly every winter and is occu pied by men and their families who are engaged in catching, cleaning and packing lake trout and white-fish for the market. Fish City is situated in the same cove nearly every winter and is built of rough pine boards. In the winter of 1893-94 it had a population of nearly 3,000 and in 1894-95 almost twice that num ber. re i ou Thin? Look about you! Sec for yourself! Who suffer most from sleeplessness, nervousness, nervous dyspepsia, neuralgia, despondency, general weak ness? "Who are on the edge of nervous prostration all tne time? Those who are thin, Opium, chloral, bromides, headache powders, only make matters worse. Iron and bit ters are only stimulants. To be cured, and cured for good, you need a fat-making food. You want new blood, rich blood; and a strong nerve tonic SCOTT'S EMULSION of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophos ohites is all this. It feeds the tissues, makes rich blood, and i strengthens the nerves. Book about it free for the asking. For sale by all druggists at 50c and $10)0. SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. ways prepared for such A THE END DF THE WORLD Widespread Terror Caused By Millennium Prophecies. Several prophets of the astrol ogicd order have announced the coming of the millennium durs ing the year 1897. Their prophe- cies are based upon unusual events in the planetary system, but to the lay mind these adroitly adduced reasons seem feeble causes for such a momentous up heaval. To present these rea sons is not the object of this ar ticle, but to describe the panics, caused in ruder aes of the world's historv. bv similar an nouueementsof the coming of aoomsaay. 1 1 In older times the dread caused t Ml l- i I oy a millennium propnei wab worldwise, affecting the rich and the educated as well as the poor and the ip-norant. Nowadays rhnn of the dnnmsd.iv terror is very limited, comprise ing the very ignorant, whose minds have been perverted by fantastic religious notions. This was demonstrated most .... . t1 , peculiarly in Atlanta, Ga., some f j three years ago, when a negro evangelist, ignorant but eloquent announced that the godly would be transported to heaven after a ceriain nour in uie auernoou oi L . A rj i u c a certain day. F or weeks before the date set for this phenomenon he went among the poorer ue- groes, exhorting them to prepare for the celestial fight. . 1 ,1 rL f tt j i r i r ii . iiu aureus ui iiis luiiuwcis were worked up to a state of tremendous enthusiasm and dis- played implicit iaith in the truth of the nronhecv. Thev A i went among their less godly reU auves iriv.iiii away mi ui iiicru & & .... household effects and clothing. The few who had accumulated savines eave these away, too. On the day the great event was ..I . i . ..I to occur they mounted to the P . , . . L. . . - lW13 lucli in ODeaience ro rne commaiiui 1 1 A . . 1 - of the exhorter, who had inform. ed them that the angels could see uiem more eabiiy auu i;- . f t - i 4.1. - :i a t uiem to neaven quicker.. Although the flight was not to take place until 2 o clock in the afternoon, all of them were! up on the roofs before daylight, f They waited there patiently in . Ct.i i-i- the heat of the boiling sun anx- ious, but confident. thought hf. could FLY. Two o'clock passed, but the angels came not. One of the negroes, who had become zied with excitement, made a eap into the air as the bells of a nearby church tolled out the lour. He expected to be wafted to heaven, but he fell into the i ii-i - ii i yard around his house and broke iisl.- Whe the ambulance I " i -i came toitake him to the hospital le tought the doctors, explain- in Tngiand alone during the en ng that the angels would come thusiasm of religious panic. and not find him. . . some ot them until midnight. Then they became sleepy and hungry and began to lose faith, First one then another climbed down and the exhorter disap-Uch peared. The next 1 4. j . i. day there was tremenuous excuemeiii amonor the kindred ot tne godly 1 ones. mi 1 , t At 1 1 ne latter wentaoout ae-i manning tne return 01 nousenoia i .1 . c 1 1 1 1 eifects, clothing and money. Most ot tne recipients reiuseo to return the treasures, and the civil courts were soon filled to overflowing with - litigation. Thus ended the prophesied flight to heaven. In 1524 an astronomer named Stoffer announced that a peculiar conjunction of the plane s would cause a second deluge, and though this was a distinct con tradiction of Biblical teaching the belief spread extensively through France, thousands of converts preparing for the floods. On all sides. Noah's example was followed; One Parisian sold all of his effects and real .. estate to purchase the timber . for an immense raft, which he stocked with provisions sufficient to last his family for six months. - .The inhabitants of little in land villages, fifty miles or more from any stream of water, band ed together and built great arks. None but a few hard headed people had money to purchase anything but vessels and the timber to build them. As a re suit scores of rich estates weie sold at ridiculously low prices. Everyone caught the fever and the commouest fool was hoarded like so much eold. When the appointed time for the deluge passed and the minds ot the people were rid of the frenzy, the country presented a curious spec tacle. Much of the wealth of many communities was tied up in great vessels which were ab. solutely useless, as they had been built long distances from navi gable waterways. People who - had been rich before were prav tically paupers. The poor were nnrvrpr thin pvpr while a I PW H"""-' v..".. - mntrnlled the landed wealth of tne nation. gloom of THE DARK AGES. The o-reatest fright took place in the year 1000, which had been marked lor centuries as tne ciate 1 . . t of the millenium. So strongly did the belief take hold of the nnnnlar mind that it assumed tiie coafidence of a certainty. At this period the gloom of the Dark Ages was at its deepest, and the state.ot the world tallied I 11 ' i 1 . 1 L 1 very wen wnn me exuecicu VCi- c , -- ri svmntntii;- fraud, violence, cruel- oooression. theft, were every- wiiere rampant. It was the reign of brute force in all its glory; might was the only sues . . ,. conscripted for marauding bands. he women and cllildren ylwe. the lives of slaves, Famine and pest were the order of the day; blood flowed freely as wate.r' Horrible epi- OPSSI 1 TliIlL. X 11 C lin-ii vviv. I demies, savoring ot canniDansm , .,;fto ,;fi, annparpri- nersons smitten Wltll iycailthropy tore the bodies from oraveyards. There was a truth in the legends of were wolf and vampire. Even the punishment of burning did not deter wretch human flesh , . .:ij To add to other terrors wild b t tl multiplied tha they came into the towns even in dayliehtand carried oft wo men and children. Everything I seemed to Drove uiai uie cuu ui , . L . , this dispensation was at hand, d mssioil mieht be only skin I A ueep but it was very powertui C'uirches were crowded with eager listeners and tne ciergy J 1. 1...r-f TllOOf. ... i reanp a tilli lidivcai. i uv. 1 . . , , tendance in church became :etA fi, fPW ot the build. in ffS were large enough to meet the demand. From that era dates many fine minster and cathedral; churches , -i . . r .1 4- J .ir.. aireaoy oeauuiui wac tuiuuuw u to make room for better; the rich L , ... . j ui' j;c ana powenui raicu nuuic ciaiiiv.v,o L,. i:uprJ,iiv endowed them. It seems souievhat incongruous that elaborate and exquisite . . . It'l l 1 114. cUurcnes siiouia nave Deen ouui, with such promise ot perma nence, iust at a time when the . ' pvnp,tpri. hnr their erectors evidently thought to make peace with heaven by so doing, and the work was a good one w"aLCVCl 1L GOLDEN TIME OF MONASTERIES. un u. Monasiench aiu uducu time; monastic foundations to fche number of I200 were raised Lands which had been unjustly taken where restored to their owners or made over to the church As the tenth century neare(j jts close the impression deepened; many persons sold all their goods and gave to the poor. and poor went on pi grim ages. The nerves ot ,urop were so highly strung that the rpatest excesses were oeroetrat A rrnm nf mVtv nsr-pti- 1 r 1 1 1 l Will l A. I t. A W W fc- www - m Kplf flacreiiation. neuance. A. ' -"" o were practiced with eagerness Persous died from sheer fright, when sudden shocks made them fancy their fears were realized; one thunder storm in Paris is said to have killed twentyseven people, purely by terror. All things considered, the pan ic of 1000 was probably of en during service to the world, as it served to rouse the people out of the savage state into which they had settled, and start them on.the pathways or civilization. Another panic occurred in 1654, when a great rare eclipse took place. Foretold by astron omers, ignorance augured the worst from so uncommon an event. Churches were again crowded with devout worshipers, trembling with apprehension of an event which they thought might carry off the earth's atmosphere, or poison its waters. The eclipse came, and earth sur vived it; then came the comet of 1679. which really approached very near to this planet in its swi't career. Many persons really thought it was to be the end, and the demand for Bibles became so great that a London bookseller found himself com" pelled to strike off two special editions. The comet passed, and with it the special demand for Bibles. Sh j Lived on Ocean Liners. Mrs Elijah Carson, who had crossed the ocean 250 times and had never missed a trip on the Lucania since the vessel was launched, died on Friday at An. amosa, Iowa, aged 74, For thirty years she has been traveling con tinually across the Atlantic, un til she had become intimately acquainted with all the promi nent people who are in the habit of visiting Europe. She was the wife of Elijah Carson, of Helfast, and the sister of William B. Newell, a millionaire, of Nash, ville, Tenn. The latter died in 1866, leaving her haif a million, which gave her ample means to follow her fancy for ocean sail ing. She had a special affection for Captain McKay and the of ficers of the Lucania, and is said to have left them substantial legacies. An Old Bale of cotton. W- C. Mills, of Floyd county, Georgia, brought a bale of cotton to Rome recently which had been lying under hisTather's gin house ever since the fall of 1872, John Mills grew the cotton on his plantation in Chattooga county during that year, and in the fall, after it was picked and ginned, the price went down, and the old man decided to hold it feeling confident that it would go up to 20 cents a pounds. In stead of that, the price continued to decline, and during all Jthese years it has lain there waiting the rise in value that never came. Last winter the old man died, and his sou took charge of his estate, and among the assest was the old bale of cotton, much weather beaten, with the bagging very badly frayed and ties rusted, but the lint as white as on the day that it was ginned. The son tried to sell it, and it was pur chased by Bass Bros. & Co., for 5.80 cents a pound, a fraction fnore than one-fourte the price for which the old man had held it so long. Be Courteous. Never economize politeness. To be courteous is a divine in unction. Courtesy should flavor every act of the most ordis nary day. Its practice would in vest life with beauty and sweet ness, would garland the rough place and soften the hard; and be soothing balm to the sensit ive, so often needlessly wounded. Prisoner Cremates Himself Anderson Brodie, colored, set fire to the lack-up at Enfield N. in which he was a prisoner, Monday night and succeeded in burningthe building and creinat ing himself in it. He was want ed in Edgecombe for shooting a man in that county some time ago. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learu that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh cure is the only positive cure known to the medical profession. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the s stem, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers hat they offer One Hundred Dollars or any case that it fails to cure. Send or list of testimonials. Address, F.J. CHENEY & CO., Sold by druggists, 75c Toledo, O. Hall's Family Pills are the best. This paper for $i.oo a year. fflPTOHEDjy CUBANS. SPANISH GUNBOAT TAKEN BY THE PATRIOTS. COMMANDER IS KILLED Tfa y Sink theCraf twith;a Hotch- kiss Gun. Havana advices receive - in Key West arc to the effect that the Spanish Guuboat, Cometa, has been captured and sunk by the insurgents. The Cometa was one of the most fpowerful of the smaller Spanish vessels in Cuban waters; has been cruising near Cardenas to prevent the landing of filibus tering expeditious. For some time she has been accustomed to anchor of Sierra Morra. The place where the gunboat anchor ed was favorable for an attack from the shore, and the insurs gents determined to capture her. Last Tuesday night they opened fire on the vessel with a twelve pound Hotchkissgun. The ves sel was struck several times and badly damaged- While the crew were in con fusion boats loaded with lnsur geants left the shore and the Cometa was boarded. A desper ate hand-to-haud fight took place on the deck of the gunboat, the Cubans using the machete with deadly effect. Finally afs ter the Spanish commander and half his men had been killed the remainder surrendered. The vessel was then sent to the bot torn. The Life Saving Service. The Civil Service Commis sion at Washington has issued a circular of regulatio ns governing admission to the grade of stiri man in the Life Saving Service. Applications for examination may be had of the keeper of any station or the Superintendent of any district. An applicant must be a citizen of the United States, not under 18 or over 45 years of age, not less than 5 feet 6 inches in height, not less than 132 nor more than 190 pounds in weight, must reside not more than five miles inland from the ocean, bay, or sound shore, or the shore of the great lakes (except ap pFcants lor the Louisville station at the Falls of the Ohio rives), and must be able to read and write the English language. He must have at least three years' experience as a surfman, sailor or boatman, and he must also furnish a certificate of his phy-. sical condition executed by a medical officer of the Marine Hospital Service. BABIES. You have no doubt looked down into the soft, dreamy eyes of baby brother or baby sister, and have wished you might know what strange things were passs ing in the little one's mind. Baby seems very sweet and cunning lying among its pillows gazing up at you in that curious,wonder ing way. But did you ever stop to ask yourself why badies, more often than older people, look so much a.ike Let me tell you why; it is be cau-e a baby's emotions have not yet been touched and played up on as have the emotions of older people. It has not learned to wish for the things it sees, and frown when its wishes are not at once gratified, nor grow cross and fretful when its likes and dislike are not humored, set up shrill, pitiful wails if neglected or forgotten for a moment. After awhile it learns to do all these, and many more, perhaps. Then you will notice that its face changes. If it is a good child with a lovable dispositon, its face will take on a sweet, winning ex pression, and everybody will ad mire it and call it beautiful. But it is peevish and ilKnatured its face will begin to wear a sour discontented look, and the child will not seem half so innocent or attractive as at first. ASK Ifc KCOTW) hm, victim of tent , U aMrcarUl ki paticat, how they rKorred Whk, oul pint u4 (ol appctiwj tiny UI Ml row by ukhif Simmo Th' Chept. rirttt and BMt Family w wvri 'undkw. PURELY VEGETABLE, ijver imcuet mot prevail. It will l lrr and liowrla. or bad 1AM, ,n the mouth ; ri ia iWlUck. Sul- f.tomrh j Low rf Arp.ni.; ItovilT-ZZl mjhuo kt, bwi oW; UeMUtyt CoZ tyc; dry Coujh. oftca miMakra far CoaBtHio. ca. k when vrry few Lui ik. 1.. .l- orKn in ifcUxljr. ., Kt-oerally ,h. Mat ,4 l'b a II . . . v ; ninuMiir ii. aiciibcna. .i . i t-i . . '"ur" ronaiiy. and know ,f'i' for PP. H.liouMi., and 1 hr4binf ache, it it ihe fet medicme the nrld ever aaw. W Kegulaior. and none rf ihera cave u. m ,k. JK.rary rei.ef ; ,he kegU!.v ,., ,,ly rvedf )m, c 1 ILBOHArN AMU MN(.( MAtOW.g, NAM'FAnVIIO ONLY J. II. ZJUUN CO., PhOi jelj.Ua, fa. S. H. Murrel, The Old Reliable Sail Maker, KLIXAItETIl ClTYt N. C, can be found at his old stand at the Short bridge, over James Spires store, Ximmerman Hall. (Canvas Furnished at Factory Prices. Awnings, Tents and Flags a Specialty. All orders by mail promptly attend ed to. Old Canvass bought and sold.J . O. Box 133, EHzabeth City, N. C. For Sale. Several Houses and Lots in Edenton. One residence on Church St. Six on Queen street. One 011 Court street. Two stores on Broad street. Will sell either or all on easy terms. Apply to J. W. SPRUILL, Edenton, N C. Miles J ennings, ooodoo. OOOOOOOO II O O O O 00 000 O J30 00 Sanders Building, Poindexler St. Mill and Mar ine Forcings A Specialty. All work done promptly and in the most workmanlike manner. GiVe Me a vu. Jan- 1st TO March ist ! All broken lots of SHOES will be closed out at As we do not intend to carry over any Winter weight Shoes. DOYLE & SMALL 302 Main St. NORFOLK, VA . Mention Fisherman & Farmcu ror imm-m-ma, CONST1PAT10V. 1 i-uiotr atta. k l IT Ilk lliii ur f - , of Sp. M)l'K STOMACH. llnbi i.uowtn h.hly trmd pcrtnni tt lo tSa T,TMrv S!-"0 Kna utna : Gun W ? Holt. Ptm. s. W. K. K. Co. ; Ke I R Frldar l-erry.Oa . C4. K. K. Spark,. Albany" J.'- ' m1, . ". OKU IU1 sum III IT
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