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FOR PUBLIGITYl Farm For The NEWS ! Advertise iu the Fisherman & Fattnt It Has The hardest Circulation. 4 Subscribe to the Tr Fistjetmau & Fattnev Contains latest and best news features ONE DOLLAR per Year, iu Advance. ELIZABETH CITY, N C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 1897 ESTABLISHED 1886. I ' ii of ITewspaper t.b.e District S- 5- Per & t, WHOLESALE COMMISSION A STRANGE STORY. The Rev. B. S. Taylor Has Visited Heaven. FISli Dealers, FULTON MARK. K'I NO t Samuel li. Miller, Clarence (V, Miller J Soecial Attention liiven to I UK SALE OF NORTH CARO LINA SHAD. Stencil, and .Stationery Furnished on Application. VK EMPLOY NO AGENT. S.L.STORER&CO TR7 Iff ii legale Dealers and Shippers of all kinds of RBtKSiEllFnSIE! o de r 1 FULTON FISH MARKET IVEW VOIM. Wc work harder for the inter est of the Southern fishermer than any house in the business If your Stencil is uotiu g od let us know, Z-& We Employ no Agents and Pay no Commissions. Wholesale Commission Merchants Fresh Fish, TERRIPIN AND GAME No. 224 Light Street Wharf. BALTIMORE Many people go to heaven after death, but too few is given that privilege before death. 1ST PW "York. That experience has, however, iauen to me 101 or me K.ev. i. Sheldon Taylor, a noted evange list, who has been holding meetings at the Central Friend Iv Inn. in Cincinnati. He stands r Inch in the clerev. and his life o V ' has been one of self-sacrifice and devotion to saving humanity He asserts that it is a fact that he ascended to the celestial king doni, passed through peariy gates and walked down streets of gold. He has told a Sunday World correspondent of his strange visit for the benefit of World readers: "I was appointed to the Pana ma Mission by Bishop William Tavlor in 1 88 1 ." he said. "While j preaching the gospel at Aspin wall, Panama, Gatun, Culebra, and other points along the Pans ama Canal, I pitched a large tabernacle for the purpose of conducting revival meetings. For six weeks I preached every night in the big tent. Many were awakened, converted and baptized. "Exhausted and worn out by overwork I had an attack of yellow fever and went down to the gates of death. For three days I lay in a comatose condk tion, entirely unconscious ofau thing that was going on in the world around me. Four doctors were called in, but the resources of medical science were in vain The missioneries and friends gathered around my dying bed, C3 ' and (as I afterwards learned, though not conscious of it at the time) received dying messages content to abide on earth and wait a little while for the joys of heaven, for I know that heaven is sure; I know it is a reality, lor I have been here.' "Then I awoke from my three days, deathly stupor and asked for Brother C one of the misss ionaries. I inquired where I had been and what the trouble was, and he told me I had been given up for dead; for three days there bad been no breath, no pulse.no sign of life. I was sent from there to my Nothern home to recuperate, and in a few weeks I was able to enter the pulpit again." Ag icultural Hints. DISMAL SWAflP CANAL. ONE OF THE OLDEST ARTIFICAL WATERWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. Planned by Washington. Is now Being Enlarged, Deepened and Restored for flodern Use. More hay and less grain makes the farm easier to handle. With good roads the farmer will have a better choice of mar kets. The cost of keeping a good animal is little more than a poor one. Save all the wood ashes. They The New York Times of Sun day prints under a Baltimore date line of February 20 a column article upon Dismal Swamp Ca nal improvements a delapidated condition, and has been practically moribund ever since. Some years after the war 1WWB"J8 New England capitalists con- Dosen't Need Money the canal was not inspired by any idea of naval strategy, but j 3 f . Press and Printer tells how an commerce, water transport- . i 1 UI110 newspaper remarked that and where the time of transit is it takes money to run a newspap- not the chief consideration freight naturally flows to the least expensive route. This principle lies at the foundation of rate wars between rival railway systems, and of late years there has been a marked revival of canal and river improvements to provide new highways of trade. Carrying freight iu large steel barges in tow of tugboats is the cheapest transportation known. It meets the require ment of maximum bulk at miu innm cost, and such proiects as the locks in the Columbia river. er, ana how a Colorado paper put to shame the claim that an editor needs money. The Colorado paper's closing paragraphs ran thusly: "Never give money to an "ed itor. Make him trade it out. He likes to swap. Then when you die, after having stood a- round for years and sneered at the editor and his little jim crow paper, be sure and have your wife send iu for three extra copies by one of vour weeping children. is tlie text, with proper credit given! "Capitalists of this city are engaged in an enterprise which it is exnected will have a marked effect upon transportation be-1 back with au unfavorable report t,.,oon Mnrti, til- Smith aild the scheme was abandoned ceived the idea of purchasing the canal property and building a railroad on the towpath. But the engineers sent out to make the preliminary survey came make a good fertilizer for small T1l vi.pm(1 mntemnlates a o-en-1 There has been talk in Congress C : 1 . 1 i , - 1 o I r i . 1 1 1 r eral enlargement of the Dismal 01 enlarging mis canai, ana 01 fruits or potatoes. Keep the manure hauled out during the winter, applying on the held where it 1 most needed. The more a milch cow will as similate in excess of what is re quired for maintenance the bet ter. Cleanliness is as essential as shelter and food. Stock will not eat wet fodder to an advan tage Swamp Canal, and the restora tion of that ancient waterway to something like its former im portance as a means of bringing freight from the Carolina rivers to Norfolk or into Chesapeake Bay. "The modern canal is no long er a contracted and shallow chan nel flanked by a towpath, on which draught animals pull TMlf nrinpin'il orlironf inro in using salt as a fertilizer is that ur.LS Ul it helps to make plant food in Prompt Returns, Quick Sales- for my friends at home. .t-xttt. "wane 111 Luis iter cjivii. unconscious condition, when my friends be lieved I was dead and orders had been given for a coffin and a grave to be dug. I had the expe rience I am about to relate. "It seemed to me that I was ascending a high, glorious, beauv tiful mountain. A wonderful glory, as of the rising sun, seem ed to flood the heavens on the other side of the mountain. I prayed that I might be raised high enough to see over the top. My desire was gratified, and as I ascended the mountain's highest peak, an innumerable multitude greeted my eyes. The people were clad in glorious garments and were praising God with a loud voice. To my surprise and wonder they all recognized me and gave me a wonderful welcome. With Com- outstretched hands and shining faces, and with a united shout FISH, they exclaimed: "Here comes that little (Richmond, Virginia, preacher from Aspinwall.' Citizens National Bank. W. J Hooner Co. Stencils Furnished Free. Established 1861. SAML. M. LAWDER & SON. Wnolesale Commission Dealers In Fresh Fish Soft Crabs Terrapin, Etc. 125 Light St. Baltimore, Md. ;uek Sales ! Prompt Returns REFERENCES Tin I. isNat'l. Hank, Duns Mercantile Afreuc Win. I. Hosier Co. I. Dukehart Co i :tie Nut'l. Batik. The J. 8. Johnson Co PavenpoH Joms&o., Wholesale Piocers and mission Merchants And Dealers in "1 J Consignments of North Caro lina Herring solicited, and pro ceeds remitted in cash . On account of 4our intimate acquamtance,and frequent trans action with the Grocery trade of the West and South we are able to handle N. C. Fish to the best possible advantage, and we are known everywhere as the largest distributors in this marked. the air available. No matter how good a peds igree an animal may have, indi vidual merit and good conditions are essential. With quite a number of farm products, low prices are caused not so much by overproduction as by poor quality With fattening hogs, allowing lood to remain within reach after the appetite is satisfied injures the digestion and decreases thrift Farmers' Union. - Died While Singing a Hymn. A. S. FOREMAN, Successor to J. R. Wyun & Co. Wholesale Fish Commission Merchants, No. H, Roanoke Dock. Norfolk, Virginia. f Reference Bank of Commerce; R. G. Dunn Mer cantile Agency; Adams and Southern Express Company, or any large busi ness firm in Norfolk. "I said: " 'Here I am safe and sound in heaven, praise the Lord !' "How was it they all seemed to know ineso well? I had reach ed my heavenly home; the trials of life were ever; its pain and suffering, sorrow and sighing were passed away forever. I was resting in a heavenly city, and I lost sight of earthly friends and earthly interests. The battle was fought, the victory won; eternal joy, peace and love were mine. "Then it was the voice of the Lord sounded sweetly and softly in my ears, asking: 'Are you willing to go back to earth and preach free and full salvation a few years longer ?' "The Lord gave me my choice to stay in heaven forever or to return to earth and labor a few years longer for the salvation of precious souls. It seemed to me that I was in a quandary for a little while as t which to do, but at length I replied: 'Yes, Lord, if it would please Thee and if it is Thy will, I will be With the words of the hymn "Nearer My God to Thee" on his lips, August Nebe, nine years old, died in his mother's arms on Sunday morning. The boy had never been ill. Heart disease is the cause given for death, but the Coroner's office will investi gate the case. The little fellow was in spirit on Sunday morning and sang hymns with his sisters while they were waiting until it was time to go to Sunday school. August was singing the grand old hymn, when suddenly he seemed to lose his breath. He ran to his father and threw him self into his arms, crying out as if something were choking him: "Papa, I can't get my breath I" Mr. Nebe saw the child's face turn blue. Fearing that a cons vulsion was imminent the father called his wife. "Hold him till I get a doctor!" he cried, and ran for the streets Before he reached it the boy was dead. "He just smiled at me," Mrs. Nebe said, "and sang 'Nearer, my God. Then his head fell back and I knew he was dead. It was only a minute after he complained that he could not breathe." The mother recalled that some times after boisterous play the child complained of a pain at the heart. New York Herald, 16th. Only One Standard You and wc may differ as to Ij money standards and out of our very differences good may come. But we Ton't differ as to the merits of one standard emulsion of cod-liver oil. SCOTT'S EMULSION has won and held its way for nearly 25 years in the world of medicine until to-day it is al most as much the standard in all cases of lung trouble and every condition of wasting whether in child or adult as quinine is in malarial fevers Differ on the money ques tion if you will, fcut when it comes to a question of health, perhaps of life and death, get the standard Your druggist cells Scott's Fmuldmu Two iixs, 50 eta. and $1.00 SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. ed tonnage. On the contrary, it is broad and deep, and of suffi cient capacity to tioat heavy barges towed by steam tugs, or to accommodate river steamers carrying botn passengers ana freight. To all intents and purs ooses the canal is an artificial A river, differing from the natural water course chiefly in being provided with locks to control current and maintain the prop er level. Consequently, in the rehabilitation of the Dismal Swamp Canal, the towpath will vanish, the width and depth will be greatly increased, and a pas sage for all shipping drawing less than ten feet of water will be provided between Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound. "The first steps in this enter prise were taken about three years ago, when the property was acquired junder foreclosure proceedings. About the same time the Lake Drummond Canal and Water Company, taking its name from the big lake in the middle of the Dismal Swamp, was organized to promote the enterprise. A syndicate, formed in 1895 by Alexander Brown & Sons, of Baltimore, bankers, composed of capitalists of Balti more, Philadelphia and Norfolk, took up 1,200,000 in construe, tion and equipment bonds to provide funds for the improve ment. By the terms of the cor poration charter, the company is empowered not only to con struct and maintain a ship canal, but to use or sell the water of Lake Drummond and the tribu tary creeks for any purpose. PLANNED BY WASHINGTON. "The Dismal Swamp Canal is one of the oldest artificial water ways in the United States Was planned by George Washington, and was chartered by the Legis lature of Virginia and North Carolina in 1787 1 10 years ago. The charter powers of the origi nal company are such as no Leg islature would now grant, the franchise and privileges being perpetual and irrevocable. Ten years was allowed for the con struction, but the time was twice extended, in 18 10 and 1816. The need of an inland route of com munication was seriously felt by the United States Government during the blockade of the South ern ports iu 18 14, and Congress appropriated $250,000 for the completion of the canal. "It was opened for traffic in 1824, and almost immediately be came a paying institution. From 1840 to the breaking out of the civil war it was the principal in land route for transportation bes tween the North and the- South. In 1856 it paid a dividend of 8 per cent, on a capitalization of $484,000. But at the beginning of the war transportation ceased, and after the capture of Roanoke Island in 1862 Gen. Henry A. Wise, who made his escape through the Dismal Swamp Ca nal, demolished three of its locks to head off pursuit. It was then seized by the government, par tially repaired, and used for trans port purposes. In 1865 the prop erty was returned to its owners in makine it a part of the inter coastal waterway from Boston to New Orleans. This ambitious scheme probably had its origin in the brain of John C. Calhoun, and that statesman was its chief advocate for many years. But the intercoastal canal is still an unaccomplished dream of naval officers and members of Congress who delight in extraordinary modes of spending the public j re venues. THE WORK OF CONSTRUCTION. In March. i8q6. the work of construction was placed in the hands of a Philadelphia firm of A. contractors. Operations were begun upon the locks and termi nals of the canal, and machinery placed upon the summit level with which to begin the excava tion. Preliminary construction in the way of diverting the chan nels of creeks near the northern terminal has been finished, and the lock at that point is well under way. By the terms of the contract, the work is to be completed and the canal made ready for traffic January 23d, 1898. The Dismal Swamp Canal starts at the head of navigation in Deep Creek, a tributary of A. the Elizabeth river, six miles south of Norfolk, Va. It runs thence in a southly direction twenty-two miles to Mills Creek, N. C. Then through a lock the line of the canal enters Turner's Cut, and four miles further down strikes deep water in Pasquo. tank river, eighteen miles above Elizabeth City. The old canal was thirty-two feet wide in the bottom and carried four feet minimum depth of water. It had five locks and navigation on that account was somewhat slow. Barges 100 feet long, 16 1-2 feet wide, and drawiner 3 feet of water, could pass through, but for years the tow path has been greatly out of order, and difficul ty was experienced in obtaining tugs to tow in such shallow water. The improvement now under way will result virtua.ly in cons structing a new canal, ihe prism is being enlarged to a width of 40 feet at the bottom and 60 feet at the surface, with a minimum water depth of 10 feet. Two enlarged and improved locks one at either end of the canal will take the place of the five locks of the old water way. Each of the new locks is to be 250 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 10 feet of water above the mitre sill. There will be three sets of steel gates worked by powerful machinery, and so arranged as to pass boats through quickly. Ten turnouts are also to be construct ed, each 20 feet at the bottom and 200 feet in length, and for a distance of 1,000 feet before reaching the locks the canal is to have a width of 80 feet in the bottom of the prism. By this means provision is bes ing made for both a speed often miles an hour and for the accom modation of many boats at once. It is estimated that barges towed by steam tugs will be able to make the passage from Elizabeth City to Norfolk in six hours. If anything like such speed can be developed, the new canal will become a powerful rival to the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal, and iuvite to the shorter inland route much of the coast trade from Savannah, Charleston and Jacksonville, which now takes the outside passage around Cape. BUSINESS DEMANDS IT. The present effort to restore thf pri1aro-pmf rtf th Mpiv Vnrt- canals, the improvement of the and when she reads the geneious Mississippi, the construction and touching not'ee about you, of new harbor channels, and the forewarn her to neglect to send restoration of the Dismal Swamp fifteen cents to the editor. It canal mark the-era of return to WOuld overwhelm him 1 MP iniAti f in1 - m 01 no t- tn 0H1 r. 1 c of transportation bv water. "Money is a corrupting thing. 5?ipam nnvicratinn i tn hP nmJTIie editor knows it, and what . ' fc - " I vided for 011 the new canal, he wants isyour heartfelt thanks which will be equipped with Then he can thank the printers inoaern appliances to promote and then u Ca 11 thank their the quick passage of boats, and m . . , . j A ,.c t 1 1 grocers. Take your job work to render the artifirtal chaniial & 3 J as nearly like the navigable to the jb office and l,,cn co,ne watercourses of Virginia and I and ask for half rates for churches North Carolina as circumstances will permit. The ten foot depth of water corresponds to that of the rivers and to many of the channels in Albemarle and Pam lico sounds. The width of the notices. "The Lord loves the cheeful giver. He'll take care of all the editors. Don't worry about the editor. He has a charter from canal will accommodate the larg- the state to act as a doormat for est vessels which sail in these the community. He'll tret the waters, ana tne turnouts, eacn two tn i 1 PC i f- 1 vrfrtfrl nr i 1 1 enable vessels to meet or pass ul' lul ouwulu without danger of collision. The omlce' aml lie about your pig- locks are to be of sufficient cap- eon-toed daughter's tacky weds acity for accompanying tug ding, and blow about your big When completed, the caual footed sons when thov vrot a U ASK Um rcow4 djrpjxic, bUioM SMuicnt, how cWrful iphtt m good appvthaj 0y Will tall you hy ukioc Simmons LlTM KtCVLATOB, Ths Ch pU Pw and nmt ymt i MedJdn la th World! I r DYSPEPSIA. CONST! PATIOX, T.uBdk attack,. SICK HEADACHK. Colic DrcnZ -op Spin,, sol-R STOMACH. W&SST mcIc prtKl of Mhcvit, w lay mttnl tutwuwit PURELY VEGETABLE, contiuiunr ,boM Sou.hrm KoommJ Hrtw Ucli ll wae iVovidcnre h j.UcJ la emmuics tkr iJver Pwun unt preraO. It will our ail Ur and I towel. Th SYMPTOMS Li Coo,r4alB ar, U.t or bad taM in th mouth; Tain m Back, Sid or Joint., oft.. mtMakcn for Rlumam j Sow Stomach! lm U Appatit.: lk,wla alitnumt ccure.nd U, j Hra.J.cl,.; 1. of M.-ocy. hh painful Mnunoo of bvinC (ailed to do tnowthina- J..!..'.U ' dooe: lability Low Kplrtta; a thick, yellow appaaranc oi tha Skia and lye.: a dry Coh. oft. mtkra fur CooMuaptioa Sometime bim ik . ... ' .T" iMaM. al others very few ? -but tK. 1 .... ,k- i . organ in toe body, t genendy the acat of tha die!Le lhe following hii:hlv-e.letned wnnu .L ytntiM i of SimioMljvn Kbgilato.: Gen.W. S. Ferrv.r.. : Cot K K. Spark.. Albany..' C. Mui! yon, W.SberlJ .U.bbto .t.a.i J. A. flu.... ltainhnd. t.a.; Key J YV Uurke, Macon. IU.; Vinj.l Pow,' Supt. Oa. S. W. R. k. ; Hn. 'Alexander if.S.epoeal. bfve 1?1 1 virtue. rnally, and kauw that for lvnerMa. il.li..uiwn. .n.l 'I kr..i,Ln. ii.- i ache, it i. the beat mctluine the world ever uw have tried forty other rrincdis hef.re Simm.m. f i Regulator, and none of them gave u. more than tern' porary relief ; the keKulaior not only relieved, but cured ua. tu. 1 rn.au ai-h and Miun.m, Macon, Ua. MANVPACTt'RKO ONLY ay J. U. ZEILJN CO., rhil44elv.Ua, Fav. S H Murrel, The Old Reliable Sail Maker, ELIZAIilini CITY, N. C, paper out somehow; and stand vou run for wife's 'second will establish a direel route for shipping between Hampton Roads and Albemarle sound, and will provide a quick passage to Norfolk, not only for the traffic of Eastern North Carolina, but presumably for that of the entire pet along- viianiic coasi Deiow ucracoice Inlet. VAST COASTWISE TRADE. While the canal itself is only twenty-two miles long, and while the distance from Norfolk to Elizabeth City is only about fifty miles, the proposed water way will be virtually au artificial strait between two inland seas. At the north end lies Chesapeake Bay, and at the south end is Albemarle sound, and below it Pamlico sound, into which emp ty rivers with more than 1,200 miles of navigable waters. In Eastern North Carolina are large fishing interests, immense lumber forests, and growing ag ricultural interests, for the dis tribution of which Newberne has become an important centre. The territory drained by the Chowan, the Pamlico, the Roans oke, and the Neuse rivers is poorly supplied with railroads, and must seek an outlet for its products by water transportation. There is a vast coastwise trade below Pamlico sound, which seeks transportation northward. It goes for the most part over the outside route, around Cape Hatteras one of the most peril ous passages for shipping in the world. For that reason freight must be carried in large ocean vessels, and at increased expen se to the shipper. But Ocra coke Inlet affords an entrance to Pamlico sound, and the condit ions of navigation below that point are not adverse to the use of barges towed by steam. There fore, the projectors of the enter prise expect that much of the trade from Wilmington, Bruns wick, Savannah and Charleston ".1 r 1 i a 1 1 will una 11s way irorinwara through the inland passage by way of the North Carolina sounds and the Dismal Swamp canal. About $1,252,000 was expend ed upon the old waterway prior to 1855, and $200,000 afterward. To build an entirely new work of the dimensions proposed would have cost at least $2,500, 000, but the contract for the en largement involves a cost not to exceed $600,000. It has been estimated that the revenues of the enlarged canal would amount to $175,000 annually. The pro jectors estimate that operating expenses need not exceed $25,000 each year, thus leaving them something like $1 50,000 net in come each twelve months. per week job, ana weep over your shriveled soul when it is released from Jyour grasping body, and smile at your giddy marriage. He'll The Lord alone knows how the editor will get through somehow." This paper for $1.00 a year. WE DO NOT WANT BOYS OR LOAFERS, to write, but men of ability. $o3 tofsuoiR-r mouth salary or commission. State and jfeneral tnmia gers. KAC1NK F1RB ENU1NK Co., ltaciue. Wis- ESTABLISHED 1886. 111 The Most Reliable House Norfolk. FEUERSTEIN & CO., , WHOLESALES FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF ROANOKE DOCK. Norfolk, Va. Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. References by Permission: City National Bank; R. O. Dunn Mercantile Ajrency; Southern and Adams Express Co. We respectfully solicit a share of your patronage. Stencils furnished on application. t can be found at his old stand at the Short bridge, over James Spires store. '1: .... Auuuiermau nan. Canvas Furnished at Factory Prices. Awnings, Tents and Flags a Specialty.! All orders by mail promptly attend ed to. Old Canvass bought and sold. O. Hox jv, Elizabeth City, N. C. FOE SilJUL 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 cither or all on easy terms. Apply to J. W. SPRUIM,, Edenton, N C. Miles Jennings, OOP 00000000 o c Send one dollar to the Fish erman & Farmer and become a subscriber. E.M. WALKER & CO., Currituck C. H., N. C. Shippers and Packers of all kind of IESH yATER JISH. BASS andPERGH A Specialty. ail Kind of GflME. All orders promptly attended to when accompanied with a part cash and balance C. O. D. These goods are all fresh and ship ped daily to all parts of the country. Giv e us Your Orders . ESTABLISHED 1887. GPdeM EBwos Fish Commission Merchants. (Consignments Solicited. - ---- j .- ' - - - i 4 U - Sanders Building, l'oiudexier St. Mill and Ma ine Forgings A Specialty. tFull line of Wheels and Wagons kept in stock. AU work done promptly and iu the must workmanlike manner. GiVe Me a Trial Jan. 1st TO March ist ! All broken lots of SHOES will be closed out at Rcfcrcnco: Bradstreet's or Dunn's Agency, City National Bank, Citizens National Bank, Nor folk, Va., or any shipper in the South. Norfolk, Va. GOT PRICES As we do not intend to carry over any Winter weight Shoes. DOYLE & SMALL, 302 Main St, NORFOLK, VA. Mention Fisherman & Farmsr.