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FOR PUBLICITY Advertise in the fisherman & Fanner Fop TIjc NEWS! Subscribe to the Fisljetman $. Fatmcr Coutaius latcnnu.l test news features up to l:Uc of issue. -It Has The- ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance. ELIZABETH CITY, N C, FRIDAY, APRIL 30 1897 Established 1886 of tlxe First District. 'Farmer Lieadin YOU TAKE NO RISKS when buying shoes of us. SPRING STYLESh NOW IN. Lrulics Oxford Ties, laced and) button in the New Colors now used Nobbv styles for Men aud Boys in Red, Chocolate and Tan DOYLE fc SAALL, ;2 Main St. NORFOLK, VA. Mcu;iofi Fisherman & Farmer. A S. FOREMAN, Successor to J. R. Wynn & Co. lolesale Fish Commission Merchants, W TNo. , Roanoke Dock. iNTorfolk, Virginia. -"W.. ....... V, UofHrent'O Hank of Commerce; R. G. Dunn Mer cantile Agency; Adams and Southern ipirss Companv, or any large busi m ss firm in Norfolk. Monuments agd Tombstones .-m DESIGNS SENT FftEp;.jw In writing rie some limit as to price and state age ceased. of de- -LARGEST STOCK- Conner Marble Works, (Established iS.jS.) iV) to 163 ISauk St., Norfolk, Va. 1 MAY BULLETIN. 1 IE The weather man if pinned g down to facts would probably r suggest that the season is now all j right for Negligee Shirts, modest g neckwear and Spring Pantaloons. H That is our opinion too. We baok g up our belief by showing the new- est ideas at right prices. - r Men's Negligee Shirts May 5 g Special new 1897 designs pret- g E ty patterns and handsomely made rr shirts to sell them rapidly we 3 price at 50 cents each. Men's iE white body colored bosom strik- g ingly handsome designs worn g with white collars the newest 75 3 cents- .mat B Men's Spring Pantaloons the 3 g proper styles of materials hand- g somely tailored in the 1897 cut 3 and style good value at higher g prices May price $2.00. Better 3 H at $3-00 and up, but each paii at value. H Men's May Neckwear in the 3 new and pretty bold colorings in g plaids and stripes in club ties in 3 p tecks and scarfs, in four-in-hands, g g the new ideas. A pretty fashion- 3 B. able club tie at 25 cents, better at 45 cents- 3 g Our store is full of right ideas 2 for gentlemen at careful prices. I THE FAIR. I iiiauiiuuiuuiiuiiiiiiiiuuiiaiiittiiuiuiuiiiiiiiiiaiii ASK the recovered dyspeptics, bilious ftuf- 'erers, victims of fever and ague, the mercurial diseased patient, how tlwy recovered health, cheerful spirits and good appetite; they will tell you by taking Simmons Liver Regulator. The Cheapest, 1'urest and IV t Family Medicine In the World! For I)Y5 I5i sion I his untivaled remedy i warranted not to contain a single particle of Mekcvkt, or any mineral substance. PURELY VEGETABLE containing those Southern Roots and Herbs which a r Liver Diseases most prevail. It will enra M an -wise r-roviaenco lias ulaced in countries where uiseaseg caused iy Derangement of th.9 Liver and Ilowels. The SYMPTOMS of liver Complaint are a bittet or bad taste in the mouth ; Pain in the Back, Sides or "J -.uars, often mistaken-f.r Rheumatism; Soar momscn costive and painful sensation of having failed to do something which aught to have been dome; Debility: Low spirits; a thick, yellow appearance of the Skin and r-yes ; aary tougn, olten mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the disease, at others very few ; but the Liver, the largest organ in the body, is generally the seat of the disease, and if not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretch. cuness ana ltKAiti will ensue. The following highly-esteemed persons attest to the virtues 01 Simmons l.ivtK Kei.i lator : C-en.w. S, Holt, Pres. Ga. S. W. K. K. Co. : Rev. I. R. Felder. Perry, Ga.; Col. E. K. Sparks, Albany, Ga.; C. Master. son, tsq.,nenn UiDDCo.,t.a.; J. A. riutts, Hainbridge, Ga.; Rev. J. W. Burke. Macon, Ga.; Virgil Powers, Supt. Ga. S. W. R. R. ; Ii(Jn. Alexander H.Stephens. We have tsted its virtue? personally, and know that for Dyspepsia, B.liousness and Throbbing Head. ache, it is the best medicine the w orld ever saw. We have tried forty other remedies before Simmons Liver Regulator, and none of them gave us more than tem porary relief ; the Regulator nut only relieved, but cured us." Ed. Telegkai-h ano Messenger, Macon, Ga. MANUFACTURED OSi BY J. II. ZI5IL.IN & CO., PhiU uelphia, Pa. S.L.STORER&CO Vhoiesale Dealers and Shippers of all kinds of f SiX" i r-7 v V r If T tYi 1 1 I5 FULTON FISH MARKET NEW O I2 Iv. We work harder for the inter est of the Southern fishermen than any house in the -business. If your Stencil is not in good o dei let us know, 23fVe Employ no Agents aud Pay no Commissions. S. B. MILLER &C0., WHOLESALE COMMISSIO M NO. FULTON MARKKT, 1 New York. Samuel B. Miller, ) Clarence G, Miller J Special Attention Given to THE SALE OF NORTH CARO LINA 3IIAD. Stencils and Stationery Furnished on Application WE EMPLOY NO AGENT. For DYSPEPSIA. COXSTI PATIO V. T,mir. ilious attacks, SICK HF.AIMCHF, Colic, Depres tm of Spirits. SOUK STOMACH. Heartburn, etc. PLEA FOR GOOD TIMES. Business Talk for Business Men WHO ARK MAKING THE WORST OF THE PRESENT,. SITUATION. Recently Press ami Printer published an article by Barn hart Bros. & Spiudler that is wcrth repeating. Here it is: "Hard Times? Come again no more.' ;Wc all r.in jt it, we all hope it, but do we know what hard times are? We sing it while we eat beef stake at twenty cents pound, oysters at filty cents a dozen, and three kinds of bread at the same meal; we shout it while we smoke cigars, two for a quarter; we think it while we stretch our legs on comfortable Brussels carpet, before a blazing grate, with well groomed boys and expensively clad girls around us; we shout it to our neighbors across our smooth lawns, or through our plate grass windows; we groan it as we read our morn ;g ana evening papers, oui pienuiui magazines anu our 1 . r 1 1 costly libraries; we dream of it on our solt and springy beds, while our coal-fed furnace keeps the whole house warm; we maunder about it in our well- equipped offices, shout it through our telephones, ring the changes on it as we send telegrams aud take expensive summer outings. We meet in our political, social, iterary and business conventions and ring the changes on it while we are spending fortunes with railroads, hotels, restaurants and places of amusement. And yet, in these days we do not know what hard tunes are; we think we do, but we do not. The writer knows of a time within his remembrance and le is no patriarch when, in one of the richest parts of one of the most favored states of the Union, the whole town of some two thousand inhabitants possessed altogether no: over $300 in money all exchange was by barter; there was no cash pay ment because there was nc thing to pay with. Among the Pest and richest families (and there were many who thought them selves well to do) beef steak was a once-a-week visitor: round beef was a luxury; oysters were an uuhead-of dainty; corn bread was he usual, wheat the rare food; he cheapest pipe tobacco the issipatiou; cold bed-rooms, scanty wood fires, woolsey and calico were in the house; 6x8 window panes wrere helped out by hats, old papers and rags; a weekly paper was an extrav a-ance, and served several fami lies. Ten books made a good, fair library; beds were slatted or corded; rag carpets wrere occas ional, ingrain scarce, and Brus sels a tradition; the sole vacation was a ride to the annual picnic in the one-horse shay; nobody had time, money or heart for conventions or amusements. We men worked from 5 a. m., to 7 p. m. (the aristocrats shortened! the time by two hours (and the women worked at all hours. W And vet it is doubtful if there was in those times such a uni-. versal spirit ot unrest and dis content, such a concert of growl ing, as to-da.y. Is it fair? Can we afford to waste time in bewailing hard times, when times are easy on us, and treat us far better than we deserve? A manager once said with a chuckle: "The mails have been good to our house to-day; the first brought an order in every letter, and the last one brought a remittance in every letter." We all know (mayhap we are) persons who would have said: "Alas, we have fallen on evil times; the first mail brought no trade." Let us put aside these ugly tempers of ours; look toward the suu; smile at the shadow; all sunshine makes the desert; "it's a pretty world, sehor;" enjoy its beauties, let us borrow no trou ble, shed light on our neigh bors; quit us like men, and'times will seem (as they are) good. Took an Electric Light to Bed. A Lynchburg drummer nearly caused a serious conflagration at one of the leading hotels at Lex ington, Va., the other night. The weather was cold, and he took an incandescent light, which had along connection to it, in his room, wrapped a bed sheet around it and placed it in the foot of the bed to keep his feet warm. He was awakened some hours afterward by smoke and roasted feet. The light had set fire to his bed. which was in a full blaze, and was extinguished after much diffi culty. The globe to the light had become soft aud plastic from the intense heat, and assumed an almost flat shape; it is now ex hibited by the hotel man, who was much excited by the almost serious accident. The drummer said he had often done so before, but had never had a like ex perience. How to Kill a Nev,i;iier. The following receipt is ofTer el by a Western paper: Just let the supscription go. It's only a dollar or two the publisher don't need it. If he asks for it, get as mad as you can and stop the paper you never read it anyhow. Then go and borrow you a neighbor's. When the reporter corner. al ways be busy, Make him feel asJ if he were intruding. When the advertising and job man comes tell him you don't need to advertise everybody knows you; tnat you will try to get along without any printed stat ionary it is too expensive; that you must economize. Never drop in to see the edi tor miles you want a free coins piiinentary notice or a lengthy obituary for a beloved relative. Never recommend the paper to anybody. When you do speak of it say "yes, we have a little sheet, but it don't amount to much." Keep it up a year or two and you will have a dead newspaper, a dead set of merch ants, and a dead town. 1 - LETTER AND HER ANSWER. "Would you be kind enough to return my photograph? she wrote. "I gave it to you 111 a moment of girlish folly, and I have since had occasion to re gret that I was so thoughtless in such matters." Of course, she pictured that photograph framed and hung up in his room and was inclined to think that he would part with it with deep regret. Just why she wanted it returned, is im material. Of course he had offended her in some way. but it is unnecessary to inquire how. The reply to her note came the following day. "I regret," it read, "that I am unable at this late day to pick out your photograph. However, I send you my entire collection, numbering a little over 600, and would request that you return all except your own by express at my expense." Chicago Post. No. 117. White Enamelod Sloe 1 Bed, Bolid brass trimmings. Wo have them 64 in. wide, 43 in. wide, 42 in. wide aijd 36 in. wide. AH Sizes are 73 in. long. Special Price (any size) (orders promptly filled.) unkind things about us. Their cus srywhere local dealers are saying tomers are tired of paying them double prices; our immense (tree) money saving catalogue is enlightening tho masses. Drop a postal now for com- Blete catalogue of Furniture, Mattings, arpets. Oil Cloths, Baby Carriages, Refrigerators. Stoves, Fancy Lamps. Bedding, Springs, etc. Tho catalogue costs you nothing and we pay aU post age. Get double value for your dollar by dealing with the manufac turers. JULIUS HINES & SON, BALTIMORE, MP. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE I At Newport News Morning. x ucoJay TWO PIERS, A TUG AND THREE VESSELS BURNED. Valuable property and Other Merchandise Destroyed, Newport News, Va., was visit ed Tuesday morning by a terri ble conflagaration, the fire break ing out at pier 5 of the Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad Com pany about 4 o'clock. Before the flames were gotten under control piers ; aud 6 crowded with valuable merchan dize had gone up in smoke. The Chesapeake and Ohio Rail road tug Wouderer, aud the half loaded German bark J. B. Bis choff were burned to the water's edge, and the Norweigian steam ship Solveig and the British steamship Clintoria were badly gutted by the flames. The Clin toria had just completed loadiug a valuable cargo, which is com pletely destroyed. Several oth er steamers, which had steam up, were able to get out of harm's way. It is not positively known that any lives were lost but three sailors from the Bischoff are reported to have been drowned in attempting to es cape. The crew of the tug Wander er had a narrow escape from a horrible death. Their tug was on fire before they were awaken ed by the alarm, they being tied up to the pier. The tug immediately tried to make its escape and ran around to the south side of pier 6. Captain Forrest, of the tug, was com, pelled lo runthe bow of the tug against the pier in order to aK low the crew to escape. E. R. Diggs.a deck-hand; John Diggs, second mate, and a colored man man on the tug were terribly burned. Two of the Wanderer's crew jumped overboard aud swam ashore. The Bischoff, Solveig a n d Cliutonia also took fire. Cap tain Jrite, of the Bischoff, wras terribly burned in in effecting his escape. The Captain of the Salveig wras also injured. Sev eral of the sailors were slightly burned. In the meantime the flames were making their way toward the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail, road Company's grain elevator. Notwithstanding the efforts put forth, the flames spread to the conveyors leading from pier 5 toward the elevator and were burning fiercely. Finally an en gine succeeded in jerking the supporters from under the con veyors and they came- to the ground with a crash, none too soon to save the elevator. The loss is estimated at be tween $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 partly covered by insurance. The sailing craft Bischoff is said to have been uninsured. Every possible effort to combat the flames was put forth-. The origin of the fire is clothed in obscurity, but a well-defined ru mor credits it to spontaneous combusfiou. M a n y people, however, believe it to have been the work of an incendiary. Later reports give the total number injured as eight men. The fools are not all dead. One of them borrowed a news paper the other day, and dis covered an advertisement head ed: "How to Make Pants Last." He sent filty cents for instruct ions and in due time received the following: "Make the coat and vest first." At last accounts the simpleton was trying to re cover his money by legal process. Press and Printer. s I NEWEST IK MONEY SWEATING. Centre siiiiully extracted from Twenty-Dollar Gold Pieces. One of the most puzzled men in town is a Montgomery street restaurant keeper who rccentlv took in a $20 gold piece which filled all the ordinary require mentsol genuineness so far as a superficial test could reveal the true facts. But a few days ago I a. banker stepped into his place and saw the $20 piece which the restaurant mau had received only a short time before. The banker had a queer look in his eyes as lie took the coin aud rap ped in sharply with his knife, and the restaurant keeper had a stranger expression as lie saw his supposed $20 piece break into two pieces. "How is this" he demanded. The banker answered: "It is tne same old game. I had one of these pieces myself, aud since that I have tested gold pieces of the $20 denomination very care, fully. If that had been genuine my test would not have broken it." Then the restaurant keeper aud the banker carefully exam ined it together. The outside of the gold piece was all right seemingly, when the dissevered parts were placed together. The milling seemed to be up to the standard. The weight was cor rect. But the inside of the piece was half filled with a composit ion which was not the customary gold and alloy. Still closer ex amination - revealed that the gold had been sacved through with exquisite care and skill just into was made to take the place inside of the milling. Then the milling had been removed and Ironi tne interior of the piece some of the gold had been ex tracted and the baser compose of the more precious metal. Then, with equal deftness and skill the milling had been replaced and soldered in some way, and the trick was done San Francisco Call. A practical woman recently said that she read the advertise ments in the newspapers as close as anything else. "And long ago," she said, "I quit buying of those who do not advertise. It always seems to me th-t the merchant who advertises invites me to trade with him, while the one who does not advertise im presses me with the idea that he doesn't care enough for my trade to ask for it. Then too, I know the merchants who advertices has fresher goods, for the reason that he sells more." Ex. Lady Shopper I want to get something suitable lor a boy of ten years. Salesman Slipper counter down the second aisle; turn to your right. Boston Transcript. Scott s j Emulsion is made up of the most essential elements tnat go to nourish the body. "Where the appetite is varying: or lacking-, it in creases it, and where digrestion is weak, it aids it to perform its function in a more vigorous way. It enriches the blood, makes healthy flesh and cures chronic ccugbs and colds by making it possible izr the bedy to resist dis: ase. , Our friends tell us "IT Works Wonders" but we never like to over-state the merits of our remedy even when it has been tested and tried for over twenty-five years. If you will ask for it, we will send you a book telling you more about the subject than we can put in a few words. Go to your druggist for Scott's Emul sion. Two sizes, 50 cts. and $1.00. SCOTT & BOWXE, New York. II NORFOLK BANK FAILURE. The Well Known Banking Firm of Burruss, Son &,Co., Closes itc Doors. LIABILITIES $340,000. One of the Best Known In stitutions of the sort in The South---Assets Stated to be $400, 000 Avoidable On Tuesday last the people of Norfolk were startled by the announcement that the well known banking firm, Burrus, Son Co., of that city, had made au assignment, transtering all properties to Judge Theodore S. Garnett, Assignee. The Virginian says, "it was learned in a interview with Cap tain Burruss that the assignment was due to the extreme dull times and the pressing demands for money, the withdrawals from July ist last up to Tuesday amounting to $175,000. This together with the fact that the bank has been compelled to car ry a very large amount of paper realizing thereon only interest. put his business in such a condi tion that Captain Burruss deemed it his duty to his depositors and to himself to make an asscrnment that all parties might be better protected than by any endeavor to continue the business,' which gave no promise of improvement under the present condition of atiairs. Of Captain Burruss had offers of assistance from banks and bank ers both at home and abroad. notably an offer of $60,000 from a Richmond bank, all of which he declined, because he could not see 111 the present conditions that temporary assistance would avail under the circumstances. The liabilities of N. Burruss. doing business both as Burruss Son ec Co, and as an individual are about $340,000. To secure this amount the assets believed to be available will realize about about $400,000, while the nom inal assets may reach a very much larger sum. The assets consist largely of real estate, the maj ority of which is of a very im proved character. Captain Burruss, in his assign, ment, has surrendered all of his property of every kind, and Mrs Burruss surrenders her dowery. Judge Theodore S. Garnett, the assignee, has taken charge of the business of the firm and will proceed to carry out the instruct ions of the trust, which are to wind up the bank's affairs The house was founded in 1864 by C. Burruss aud Will iam T. Harrison as Burruss, Harrison & Co. Later 011 Mr. Harrison retired from the firm, and its name was changed to that of Burruss Sou & Co., the mem bers being C. Burruss and N. Burruss. After the death of Mr. C. Burruss, Captain N. Burruss continued the business under the old name, and later on the late George Newton entered the firm the name remaining the same. After the death of Mr. Newton Captain N. Burruss became the sole proprietor, continuing the business under the old name of Burruss Sou Si Co. FORTY PERSONS KILLED. By Hailstones Weighod Three Pounds. San Luis Potosi, Mkx., April 2S The Rio Verde Valley in this State has been visited by a terrific hail storm, which not only ruined the growing crop? but caused great loss of life. Re ports have been received here of the killing of 41 persons by hailstones. Some of the hail stones weighed over three pounds. To Cure Contlatlon I orxvrr. TnUe f w-arets Ciudy Cathartic l;c orlSc. H f. C. C. fail to cure, tlru'i;ibtJ refund niotcf. Fifty Years Aro. Who could imagine that thi hould h The dace where, ii eighteen ninety-three That white world-wonder ot arch aud deme Should vh.lJow the nation, polychrome . . . llcrc at the Kalr wa the prirc couf r red On Aycr'a rlll, hy the-wortd pti fef red Chicago-like, they n record show, Siace they lUriJ 50 year ago. Ayer's Cathartic Pills have, from tho timo of their preparation, boen a continuous success with tho public. And that means that Ayer'a Pills accomplish what is promised for them; they euro where others fail. It was nttinn, therefore, that tho world-wido popularity of theso pills should bo recognized by tho World'H Fair mednl of 1093 a fact which emphasizes tho record: 50 Years of Cures. DAVENPORT, MORRIS & CO., Wholesale Giocers and Com mission Merchants And Dealers in nr r r-i - r-r - Richmond, Virginia. Consignments of North Caro lina Herring solicited, and pro ceeds remitted in cash. On account of our intimate acquaiutanee.and frequent trans action with the grocery trade of the West and South we are able to handle N. C. 1-ish to the lust possible advantage, aud we aie known everywhere as the largest distributor?- ::i this market. E. W. ALBAUGH & SONS, VVhoIesalfConiiiiiHtdon Merch.-uitH . ft. r,i.r r,j r j r-r r, j r r j rr TERR I PIN AND GAME. .No. I Uxlit Slivcl W l.iii f, BALTIMORE Prompt Returns, Quick Salcs- ItKFEIttiXCft Citir:nrt National Hunk. W. J Hooner & Co. Stencils Furnished I;ree. EnUbliBliel 1 SO 1 . SAML. M. LAWDER & SON. VVnoIcHah "on mission U aW n in Fresh Fish Soft Crabs Terrapin, Ktc. 125 Light St. Baltimore, Md. Quick Sales ! Prompt Kctuinn KEFKKENCKS riu.lcrh Nat'l. JJunk, luim M -ream lie A k 110 Win. J. lloopcr V t o. .1. I)nk liarf .V o. Ctizeni Nat l. Hank. The J. M. Johnston Co ESTABLISHED 1880. The Most Reliable Mouse in Norfolk. FEUEHSTEIX&G"-. WIIOl.IXALKs- - FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF UOANOKE DOCK. TSTcrfollT, TTcl- Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. References by 1'crmissiou: City National jauk; R. U. Duun Mercantile Agency; Southcru aud A'lams Kxprcss Co. We respectfully solicit a share ot your patronage. Stencils furnished on application. ESTABLISHED 1887- Odell Bros., Commission Merchants. (Consignments Solicited. lJl"ioiit: Bradstrcet'sor Dunn's Agency, City National Bank, Citizens Bank, Norfolk, Va., or any shipper in the South. Norfolk, Va.