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f For Tl(c NEWS t ! Tor publicity fir Subscribe to the 4 oubscnoc to the Tr Fisijetmati & Farmer fisfatttiati & farmer u Has The 11 o Contains latest and best news features up to date; of issue. -arrest GircUlatior 97- ELIZABETH CITY, N C, FRIDAY, MARCH 12 1897 ESTABLISHED 1886. ONE DOLLAR, per Year, in Advance. nd (ex. at rth- tle ITIrst ZDistrict. ave o a. part oik: -----4 f . and kith wan -by tego nier uro- Hate Ho beth relay F-'tinu oro, with ville, ning, sday P iro- "liy.a- xcept City enie, kl Cilv F.liza- Iphia, and putc. d via llOWh. ithc-rn 11. 11. iladcl- Strcet lvania U Old to M. ty, or blk it lk, V:... t. Bll, Flags and receive 2XV Sts. 3re.) N. CM :c4 0 Jla- 'tget kotion ent. ore v. oods ktten-j 0 10 j. per 4 ly g U' 'wholesale commission FlSli Dealers, - FULTON MARKKT, 'Nl ' :;twYork. Soecial Attention tiiven to ::!,.L::oL- NORTH CAHO- . SNA SUAD. Stencil--...I Stationery Fttmishcaon Vppliciition. ;VK lliUY NO AGENT. S.L.STORERCO ,.sl! ljaicr aud Shipper " kinds of f ali v; KiJLTON FISJ1 MARKET work harder for the inter the Southern fishermer t-st ot thm any I v i r .'if. house in uit un--"- ,:icil is noUin oo dei lot us k'.i ''', ,Vc U:ii;)!oy no Arjents V.i-l l'v 51 ' Commissions. J. f &: Wholesale Commission Merchants Fresh Fish, TE-BRfPINDGAME. BALTIMORE Pmnipt Returns, Quick Sales- r.EFERENCE Citix -us Nationl Bank. V. J lloor-er Co. i'nruishcd Fret '-VrUcils Established tyGl. SAML. M. L&WBEB & SOU vv.l -sale Commission Dealers in Roft Crabs Terrapin, Etc. 125 Light St. Baltimore, Md. .,iM' Prompt Returns TPvrT?F.NCES ..''uCi The .1. S. Johnson Co , Mtf 9 n jjaveapon rm t 0., Wholesale G:ocers and Com mission Merchants And Dealers in ISH, Richmond, Virginia Consignments of North Caro Una Herring solicited, and pro ceaU remitted in cash. On account of Tour intimate onfl frenuent trans- artion with the Grocery trade o 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. A. S. FOREMAN, Successor to J. R. Wynn & Co. "Wholesale Fish Commission Merchants, TSo. lloauoke Dock. Norfolk, Virginia. II eferenc Bank of Commerce; R. G. Dunn Mer cantile Agency; Adams and Southern Express Company, or any large busi ness firm in Norfolk. Katahdin in Maniac's Hands. AN INSANE FIREMAN TRIES TO BLOW UP UNCLE SAM'.S RAM - The United States rain, Kat ahdin is lying of! Tompkinsville, Staten Island, with one of her boilers leaking, as the result of an attack made upon them !y an insane fireman named John L. Brown. Brown, who lias b.-en in the service for five years, haxl risen to the rank of first class fireman. For some time past he had been acting in a slightly eccentric manner. Last W ednesday , how ever, the day before the rani was to sail for Virginia, one of (he expert machinists chanced in the boiler rcom, and was sur prised to see Brown kneeling before one of the six boilers and pounding away as it vigorously with a hammer and chisel. "What are you doing" the machinist inquired in surprise. i rying to mow u,, ram," was the reply. The machinist very promptly ,.rr a - . 1 1 A I ieii unon mown aim cuuwvu.ui to wrench from him his imple ments, but the insane man fought desperately. The sound of the struggle in th boiler room attracted the attention of members of the ship's crew aud of Chief Engineer Reeves. They ran into the room, and after some difficulty overpowered the fireman, who was snacklecl aud placed in a straight jacket. Honor The Dear Old Mother, Honor the dear oic: motneri ! A . 1 ii Timehas scattered the snowy flakes on her brow, plowed deep urrows on her cheek, but is she not sweet and beatiur.u now The lips aie thin and shrunken. but those are the lips which lave kissed many a hot tear from the childish checks, aud they are ihe sweetest lips in the world, The eye is dim, yet it glows with the soft radiance of holy love which can never fade. Ah, yes, she is a dear old mother. The sands of life are nearly run out but feeble as she is, she will go further and reach down lower for you than any other upon earth. You cannot walk into a midnight where she connot see you; you cannot enter a prison whose bars will keep her out; you cannot mount a scaffold too high for her to reach, that she may kiss and bless you in evid -ence of her deathless love. When the world shall despise aud for sake you, when it leaves you by the wayside to die unnoticed, the dear old mother will gather you in her feeble arms, and tell you of all your virtues until you almost forget that your soul is disfigured by vices. Love her tenderly and cheer her declining year;, with holy devotion. Sels ected. No Wine in White House. From indications no wine will be served at the White House during this Administration. At a dinner tendered by the Mc Kinleys to their kinsfolk no wine was served. In not having wine Mrs. McKiuley will only follow the practices of many years. The President is a consistent abstain er. During the recent campaign, although many noted statesmen were guests at the McKinley home and tested .the merits of the Major's cu sine, iiio wines were served. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher Dead. Mrs. Henry " Ward Beecher dkd at the home of; her sunsins law at Stamford, Conn., -on Mon day. - It is. oi should be, the highest aim of every merchant to please his customers; and that the wide awake diug firm of Meyers & Eshleman, Sterling, 111., is doing so, is proven by the. following, from Mr. Eshleman: "In my 16 years experience in the drug business I have never seen or sold or tried a medicine, that gave as good satisfaction as Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Sold by W. W. Griggs & Son. DONT HWCY LEL MOB OF SPANIARDS HOOT AND YELL AT OUR CONSULATE. General Leo was not at tjorne. Spanish Police Soon Disperse the Crowds. Dispatches from Havana indi cate an increased hostility to the United States on the part or the Spaniards. Last Saturday even ing a mob of volunteers gather ed about the residence of our Consul, General Lee, hooting and yelling for several "hours. General Lee was not at home, nor any member of his family. After a time oihcials were notifi ed, and police were sent who dispersed the mob. The cause of this renewed hostility is the firm course taken bv Gen. Lee in tQ Sanguilly Sylvester Scovel and Qther Americans in onq , f, ment in favor of sustaining him manifest in the United States Senate. The pardon of Sanguil ly has, it is said, greatly angered General Weyler. Published let ters Irom Scovel, who is still a prisoner, indicates that he is not in immediate danger. Outrages airaiust Americans are frequent, and interference bv our governs inent is by no means improba ble. you rn at a n d Jl lessen ger. Second Round. ANDRSW 1 TYSP-, P. E. Camden, Newland Feb. 20, 21. rasquotauk. Newbc-guu, " 27, 28. Elizabeth City, 28. 7- Hertford, March Chowan, Anderson " Perquimans, Betheuy " Currituck, Ebenezer Eden ton " dates, Zion, North Gates, Parkers, " outh Camden, Concord, Apr. i'lymouth Columbia, Wesley Chapel " Roper, Pleasant Grove, " Pantego, Bath, " ! Roanoke Island, 13. H. 17, iS. 21. 27, 2S. 2S, 29. 3 4 11. 10, 11, 14. 17, 18. 24, 25. 1, 2. 8, 9. 11, 12. 15, 16. Dare, Stumpy Point, Hatteras t Kinnekcet Kitty Hawk May Tramns and Trainmen Fight. An east-bound freight train on the Seaboard Air Line was boarded by negro tramps at Kilby station, near Suffolk, Va., about 12 o'clock Monday night, and being ordered off they show ed ngbt. One of them, named Walter Blackwell, drew a pistol and shot conductor Judkins, when a train hand, in order to save the conductor, fired at the tramp, the ball entering the ab domen, making a serious wound. The ball Irom the tramp's pistol passed through the arm of Capt. Judkins. The wounded negro was taken to Suffolk, where he received medical attention. All the others escaped except one named Many, who is in jail there. 5 A r -n r 1 -i m i Tin "j 2 -UiMiiiiiniui Out-door life and Scotfs Emulsion cf Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphit3 have cured thousands of cases of consump tion in the early stages. They cure old, advanced cases too? but not so many, nor so prompt- ly. When a case is so far ad- vanced that a cure .cannot fee made, even then SCOTT'S 1 EMULSION checks the rapid ity of the disease, relieves the pains in the chest, reduces ihe night sweats, and makes the g cough easier, m roee cases n comforts and prolongs life. Dcn't experiment with cures that destroy the digestion. Pin your faith to the one remedy which has been THE STAN dard for Over 20 Years. Book about it free for the asking. For sale by all druggets at 50c aad $J.O0. "SCOTT & BO Wis E, New York. FIRE UP Just start the mills to turnin Au' make 'em sing a song! Start nil the fires to imruin'; We've waited for 'em long! We're yeariiin' still we're yearuin' Tor right to ineud the wrong; To start the fires loburuiu' ; We've waited for 'em lou ! We've spent four years a learuin' That Wall street ruled the throng ; Now, start the mills to turnin' ; We've waited for 'em loni? ! Frank Stanton. THE PREACHER HEDGES. An Old Georgia Preacher vyas Confident Bryan would be Elected. I am told a story of an itiner ant Georgia preacher, who had one horse and a large family, was so confiudent of Bryan's elec tion that he said to one of the j members of his congregotion. ! "I doun't bet, an I ain't a-goiu J 'ter bet; but if anybody would jest make believe that they wag ered a hossagin that air creetur o' mine that Bryan wott be elected an' then keep their counsel ers boutit.it would be all right; with me, an' I'd jest consider between me an' him that my horse wuz stakes again his'n. "All right, brother," said the member, "we'll jest look at it in that light, an' if McKinley is elected I'll have two horses an' you none." Ft was a go, "but the following Sunday the congregation was amazed to see the preacher tramping to town, where he ar rivedjwayworn and mud-spattered, and mounting the platform straightway began preaching against the evils of betting. "Yes," he cried, "there are men in this here congregation so 'ost ter right an' jestice that they would bet again the one hoss of a poor man, take it from him and make him walk ter glory for the balance ot his days. If such a man is in the hearin' o' my voice today, let him trembl! He can't take that election hoss ter heaven with him. If he could ride it plum in the pearly gates the Angle Gabriel would holler ,Whoa!'a while the tremblin' wretch dismounted he would hear these words like the knell o' doom, "Whar did you get that boss?', After the sermon and the ben ediction some one took the par son by the arm and led him out in the grove, and handed him a bridle (and there wan a Trorse connected with it) au said: "Here's yer darned old boss! pray ter me on yer way home." Dlton Argus. To Take Kinks Out of Negroes' Hair. Robert E.Rhodes has invented a machine that will straighten the kinky hair so common in colored people. The machine has two parts : one a steel comb and the other a brass cylinder. There a.e between fifty aud six ty teeth to the comb, the ends of which are rounded carefully so that they-will not injure the scalp as they are pulled through the hair. The comb is fastened to the cylinder, which in turn i filled with a heated brass rod. The comb aud the cylinder act like a pair of shears. The comb gathers up a mass of kinky hair the hand presses the comb aud cylinder together, when lo ! be hind the progress of the machine is left not the twisted, knotted, kinky hair of the African negro, but plain, straight locks. 1 he colored belles of Atlanta are hastening to buy the machine, and the inventor is likely to make a fortune out of it. Signs of Spring. If you read these maxims and take some note of each small things, you may come to be a prophet and foretell the gladsome spring. WThen trees begin to blossom and the violets to bloom; when the bull frogs in the meadow warble boom-ah-booms ah-boom; when ducks are flying northward aud bright b.:"erflies are out, aud robins go house keeping in the broken water spout; when grashoppers are hopping and black bats come out at night, and venture in your bed room attracted by the light; when birds fly down the chim ney, and hens walk in the door, and .beetles hold conventions m the centre of the floor; when the mud is o'er your shoetops as you cross the new plowed land you may count on it as certain that sweet spring is near at hand. This Woman Preaches. ABLY CONDUCTS THE AFEAHiS OF A WESTERN CiiUnII. Kalamazoo, Mich., has a church presided over by a woni man castor, the Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, who has won the respect aud confidence of all who know her. M:s Crme was a reporter and afterward city editor of a Wisconsin paper before she became a minister. She is a native of Hudson, Wis., and is a graduate of Carthage College, 111.-- She eventually became assis tant pastor of a Unitarian Church at Sioux Falls, and from thence went to the Unitarian Society at Kalamazoo. Her ministry pros pering, a new church edifice had to be built to accommodate the couoreo-ation, and her success in reaching all classes has been C5 I pheuomeual. Mrs. Crane became a wife on the eve of the new year of 1897, au event that was a complete surprise to most of her congre gation. She was .Miss Bartlett, aud the young physician now her husband is a member of her church. The pair married them selves, as it were, they having planned and written the words by which their troth was plight ed. Each spoke in turn these original vows, which expressed the sense of the conventional marriage service, aud then the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones pro nounced them man and wife There was no wedding trip. Both continued their work with out a day's interruption. Mrs. Crane is tall and grace ful. Her features are good, but her face owes much of its charm to that elusive quality that never can be caught by the photo graphic art. Her eyes are a clear, blue-gray aud her hair light brown in color. In the pulpit or when presiding at mar riage, christening or funeral, she wears a half fitting robe of black corded silk, which gives her a certain distinctiveness from the other women present. Her hair is dressed in the prevailing fashion. McKinley's Cabinet. President McKinley has announced his Cabinet as fol lows: Secretary of State, John Sherman, of Ohio; Secretary of the Treasure Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois; Secretary of War, Gens eral Russell A. Alger, of Mich igan; Secretary of the Navy, J D. Long, of Massachusetts; Sec-. retary of the Interior, Joseph McKenua, of California; Posts master-General, James A. Gary, cf Maryland; Attorney-General, Cornelious Bliss, of New York; Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson, of Iowa. Beaufort county is to have a hanging on the 23d inst. The person who is to be hanged is a colored man, Hatton Perry by name. The crime for which he is to be hanged was au assault upon a young white woman, near the town of Washington. A pig with the head of an ele phant was born last week on the farm of John McConnell, in Ire dell county. The entire body and legs are those of a pig, but the head is that of an elephant. The snout or "trunk is as per fect as any that ever adorned the head of one of the greatest of all animals, while y the eyes and ears are in perfect accord with the remarkable elephantine resemblance. Now is the Time- To purify your blood with Hood's Sar saparilla. March, April, May are the trying months of the year. At this season your blood is loaded with, im purities which have "accumulated dur ing the winter.' nud these impurities must be immediately expelled. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the One Trne Blood Purifier. It is the medicine which has accompolished mauy thousands of re markable cure3 of all blood diseases. It is what the millions take in the spring to build up health and ward off sickness. Send one dollar to the Fish ERMAN & Farmer and become a subscriber. i DESERTERS BONES. RZLirJDZll OF DAYS PAST. LONG 'TWIXT LOVE AND DUTY- Deserts to Visit his Sweetheart but returns to pay the Penalty. Some bones were dug tip, last Saturday, by the men engaged in work on the emplacements for the batteries at Ft. Caswell. Dr. Eager, of the United States marine hospital service, exam ined the skeleton and found it to be that of a young white man. From the location where the bones were found, it is thought that they arc those of a Confed erate soldier who, after deserting three times from Fort Caswell then a Confederate fortress, was tried by court-martial and shot. This incident, though not iul- ly authenticated, forms one of the most romantic stories in the local legendary. As the tale runs there was among the garri son of Fort Caswell a young South Carolinian who, having learned of the serious illness ot his sweetheart, applied for leave of absence to return home. The exigencies of the service made it necessary to refuse this pers mission and the soldier deserted, but returned in a few days and threw himself on the mercy of the commanding officer. Through olficial leniency the punishment was a light one, but in a short time the young South Carolinian again deserted to visit the sick bed and again, inspired by patriotism, returned to duty. This time he was made a prisoner and warned that for any further breach of discipline he would receive the lull penalty of the offence death at tlie point of his comrades' muskets. While a prisoner in one ol the casements, another call reached him to visit his dying sweetheart whose friends sup posed, of course, that his pre vious absence from duty was with official leave. Then came a struggle between his duty as a soldier and his love of the dear one at home. The risk was a perilous one, but au opportunity offered and he took the chance. He reached his home across the State line, the chain and ball still attached to his ankles, but only in time to close his loved one's eyes in death. He then returned to Fort Cas- well and gave himself up, mak ing full confession and announ cing that he had returned to be be shot. The offence was so flagrant and had already had such a bad effect on the discip line of the p-arrison that the u full penalty was necessarily en forced and the young South Carolinian was led out and shot by a squad of his comrades. South port Leader. Money Located by a Dream. Miss Gertie Tressler, of Knox ville Iowa, had a dream that so impressed itself upon her mind that she followed the instructions the next day, and in the rear of the yard found buried under a tree a tin can coutaining $600. She says she had dreamed of the money before, but her visions were not clear enough to enable her to locate it. The family is at a loss to know how the money came in the yard, aud the only explanation the young woman will hazard on the subject is that it was placed there by an uncle now dead. Extra Session of congress President McKinley has issued a proclamation convening Con- gress in extra session Aionaay, March 15th. -I desire to attest to the merits of Chamberlain'sCough Remedy as one of the most valuable and efficient preparations on the mar ket. It broe an exceedingly dangerous cough for me in 24 hours, and in gratitude therefor, I desire to inform you that I will never be without it, and you should feel proud of the high es teem in which your Remedies are held by people in general. It is the one remedy among ten thousand. Success to it. O. R. Downey, Editor Democrat, AU bion, Ind, For sale by W. W. Griggs 8c Son. For The Public Schools. The Legislature has done one thing for which credit must be given. The act to encourage lo" cal taxation for public schools, which appropiiatcs $50,000 to be given to districts that levy a special school tax, is one of the wisest laws ever enasted in North Carolina. For this piece of legislation no particular political party can claim credit. It was carried practically unauimously in both houses, though the bill at one time came near being killed in the Senate. Its strongest champ ions in this body were Utley, of Wake, Populist; Grant, of Wayne Republican; and Justice, ot Ruth erford, Democrat. It gives en couragement to popular educa lion when all political parties unite upon a measure like this. Now that this bill has become a law, the people should know who proved themselves the friends of the common schools. For there were several days when its fate was doubtful in the Senate, and but for the utiring effective work of President Alderman aud President M elver, who came down from Chapel Hill and Greensboro, and staid till this bill was passed, andSup erinfendent Howell, and Profess or Holmes, this act to appropri ate 50,000 to the common schools, would have died in the Senate, and never been resurrect ed. Mr. Mebaue, State Superin tendent of schools, was in Washington city attending the inauguration, and the direction and management of thefight ws in the hands of the above named progressive educators. News & Observer. asy to Take asy to Operate Are features peculiar to Flood's Tills. Small In size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As 0110 man run Lni said: " You never know you have taken a pill till it is all over." 25c. C. I. Hood & Co., Proprietors, Lowell, Mass. Pills The only pills to toko with Hood's Sarsaparilla. ESTABLISHED 1886. The Most Reliable House in Norfolk. FEUERSTEIN & CO., WHOLESALES FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF KOANOKE DOCK. Norfolk, Va. Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. References by Permission: City National Bank; R. G. Dunn Mercantile Agency; Southern and Adams Express Co. We respectfully solicit a share of your patronage. Stencils furnished on application. E.M. WALKER & CO., Currituck C. tf., N. C. Shippers and Packers of all kind of H jATER r JiES ISH. BASS and PERGH A Specialty. ail Kind of GM. 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. Give us Your Orders. ESTABLISHED 1887- dPdeM IBw os Fish Commission Merchants. (Consignments Solicited, Kcforcncc: Bradstreet's or Dunn's Agency, City National Bank, Citizens National Bank, Nor folk, Va., or any shipper in the South. Norfolk, Va. Picking up Knowledge Is easy enough if you look for it in tho right place. This is the right placo to learn Just what to do for that dobilitating condition which Spring always brings. Do you want to bo curod of that languid feeling, got back your appetite, sloop soundly, and fool liko a now man? Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do it. It has dono it for thousands. It has been doing it for 50 years. Try it. Send for the "Cut ctook." 100 pages free. J. C. Ajrtr Co. I.owcll, Mam. mi m Several Houses and Lots in Eden ton. One residence on Church St. Six on Queen street. One on Court street. Two stoics on Broad street. Will sell either or all on easy terms. Apply to J. W. SPRUILL, Edcnton-, N C. Miles Jennings, b o 6 bb o "oo ob o ob e3I 1 x c h s ini t 1i Sanders Building, l'oindexter St. Miilaai MaineForgings A Specialty. WVuW line of Wheels and Wagons kept in stock. All work done promptly and in the most workmanlike inrinncr. Give Me Tiil Jan- 1st TO March ist ! I All broken lots of SHOES will be closed out at T t As we do not intend to carry over any Winter weight Shoes. DOYLE & SMALL, 302 Main St. NORFOLK, VA . Mention Fisherman & Farmer. S H Murrel, The Old Reliable Sail Maker, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, can be found at his old stand at the Short bridge, over James Spires store, Zimmerman 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. . O. Box 132, Elizabeth City, N. C. m mm