if -. - FOR PUBLICITY Advertise in the Fisherman & Farmer It Has The For TcNEWS! Subscribe to the Ashman & Farmer Contains latest and best news features Q up to date of Usuc. I fa ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance. ELIZABETH CITY, N C, FRIDAY, MAY 14 1897 Established 1886 a asssasasasaaaaw. m V 1 1 r of District jSTerspa-per r i. 12. .cxj:lvti3IV Sail Maker AwiringsTentsad Itegs Old Sails Bought and Sold. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. Cor. Water and Matthew Sts. (O 'er W. J. Woodley's Store.) O. II OX 132. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Correspondence Solicited. s 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 I at Factory Prices. Awnings, Tents and Flags a Specialty. All orders by mail promptly attend ed to. Old Canvass bought and sold. . O. or Elizabeth City, N. C. Monuments arjd Tombstones ,-wI)lvSIUN.SSENT FKEE.j'i-v- In writing give some limit as to price and state age of de ceased. -LARGEST STOCK- in the South to Select from. Gouper (Marble fflorks, (Established 4-) i v; to 163 Hank St., Norfolk, Va. II III BUT It is a feature of our store that what is new and stylish is shown by us at once, as quickly as produced. It's a feature we study we live up to it keep in touch with leading trade and fash ion centers buying the goods at such prices for cash that we are enabled to offer superb values at all times in all lines. It's a feature that helps to make our store the favorite shopping place. Mailer A successful part of our store with extra good values in every pair just from the factory in the latest color crazes the newest toes - all sizes. Fine vesting top laced shoes, the latest colorings, newest toes a handsome, dressy shoe, a splendid value May price $2.50. Finest grade Oxfords a perfect fitting, dressy, comfortable shoe May Specials. Oxfords as love as 65 cents. Shoes as low as 75 cents. May Dress Goods Specials: New and jaunty effects, and pretty colorings, in all the most popular weaves. A showing of Black Goods as well that makes your shopping a pleasure at our store. A haudsome Jaccjuard, black French wool neat designs May specials at jS cts. All wool Serges, wool novelty weaves and plains, black and coJors-r-May specials 2 5cts. Elegant novelties in the finer grade of materials, but each a pronounced value. Early MAY Specials: Ladies leather belts, in the new fancy shades, 15 cents. Ladies New Patent fast black Hose, full fashioned, 2-thread fabric, per pair 10 cts. Black Lisle Hose, stainless black, .elegant quality, 2$c. Ladies Ecru or white swiss ribbed vests, full finished, each 5 cents. Ladies lace finished vests, V Neck, 15 cents. 7 cents for Embroid-. eries that are the handsomest ever sold for the money. If it is all right in every way, its at our store. It's 3SsiiSy ITdDir "STara If you use the New-Idea Patterns. They chase away the little vexations, and are really so per fect in every way that they are always associated in your mind with perfectly-fitting garments. Always 10 cents each. Why pay more? Water Street, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. ASK the recovered dyspeptics, bilioas suf- i ferrrs, victims of fever 'and ague, the mercurial diseased patient, bow ihejr recovered health, 1 cheerful spirits and good (appeti-e; they will tell 'you by taking Simmons Ltvek Kegi-lato. The Cheapest, l'urest and Beat Family Medicine In the World 1 For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, Bilious attacks. SICK HEADACHE, Colic, Depres sion of Spirits, SOUK SI OMACH, Heartburn, etc. This unrivaled remedy is warranted cot to contain a single particle of Mkkccky, or any mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE, containing those SouttiTn Roots and Herbs which at) li nise Providence has placed in countries where liver Diseases most prevail. It will cor all IUeaaea caused by Derangement of tba Utir and Ilowels. The SYMPTOMS of Liver Comolaint an a bitte or bad taste in the mouth ; Pain in the Jack, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism ; Sour htomach ; Loss of Appetite ; Bowels alternately costive and lax ; Headache ; Loss of Memory, with a paintui sensation ol having tailed to do something which aught to have been done: Debility; Low Hplrits; a thick, yellow appearance of the Skin and eyes; a ury though, olteu mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many f 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. eaness and ItbAIH will ensue.- The following hifclily-cMceii:ei persons attest to the virtues ot Simhons I.ivi.k Kr;ijlator : Oen.W. S, Holt, Pres. (Ja. S. W. K. K. Co. : Kev. I. R. Felder. Perry, (ja.; Col. E. K. Sparks, Albany, lia.; C. Master, son, Kst., Sheriff UiM ('...( in.; J. A. liutts. Bain bridge, ia.; kev. J. W. l'.uike, Maum, Ga.; Virgil Powers. .iuii. vja. .-5. w. r.. rv . ; ii.n. iexanuer 11. stepaens. We have I .-sled its virtue'' personally, and know that for Dyspepsia, jSliousucss and Throbbing Head, ache, a is the best ineiiiciHe the world 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 not only relieved, but cured US." ED. TULECKAHH AND MESSENGER, MACON, Ga. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY J. H. ZE1IJN & CO.. PhiU adphia. Pa. S.L.STORER &CO Wholesale Dealers and Shippers ot all kinds of IO FULTON FISH MARKET NEW YORK. 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 rter let us know, WWe Employ no Airents and Pay no Commissions. S. H. MILL Hll &.C0., WHOLES A I, K L'l )MM ISSIO 4 NO. 7 FULTON MARKK'I. New York. Samuel B. Miller, ) Clarence G, Miller J Sroecial Attention Oiven to THE SALE OF NORTH CARO LINA SHAD. Stencils and Stationery Furnished on Application WE EMPLOY NO AGENT. JImId 13P iBt WW THE AIRSHIP WOT A MYTH. It Rises From the Tennessee Ex hibition and Disappears. At Nashville, Tenn , thous ands of people, speechless with amazement, stood and stared May 6th at the strange looking airship upon which the latest, greatest and least boastful of all the army of air navigators soared up from the Centennial Expos sition grounds, and, rising high er and higher as the wondering multitude watched him, vanish ed out of sight and left them all dumbfounded. The man who sailed away into the blue is Prof. Arthur Barnard. He is physical instructor of Nashville Young Men's Christian Association, and, besides having a masterly faculty for mechan ical inventions, is as muscular as a lion and as plucky as a bull terrier. There have been increditable tales told about Nashville and 1.1 . 1 me surrounding country tor months concerning the flyin powers of Professor Barnard's machine. Nobody believed them fully. He had wrought in se cret at the thing and experw mented in lonely spots far from any human habitation. But great as was the doubt of his ability to make the thing fly with him not a soul doubted that he had the sand to try it. The announcement that he would make the ascent, brought a multitude of people to the ex position grounds from all over the surrounding country. The officers were there in full force and all the invited dignataries ciimoea witn tnem into a spe cially constructed stand to watch the flight of the modern Da edalus. The machine was placed in an lnclosure which served to keep out the curious crowd that tried to examine it, and with meddlesome hands to "make its wheels go round." In the throng were half a dozen rival inventors from Baltimore. Philadelphia, Chicago and other cities who have models of flying machines of their own filed in the Patent Office at Washington, and who scoffed at Barnard's quaint declaration that his ma chine would go when and where and how he wanted it to and come back the same way. The ship is made of aluminum and is built on telescope lines. The prow, sharp as a needle, has a steel cap, six eiant fans, like mighty wings, swing at the sides of the monster. Their frames are of steel and the webs of filmy oiled silk. On each side are three broad flanged motors, and far astern two similiar but much larger ones. From stem to stern un derneath the fabric, stretches a steel-ribbed keel. It is with this that the ship is baeanced as it journeys through the air. The airship rose to an altitude of 500 feet and started off in a westerly direction at a rate of about fifteen miles an hour, passing over West Nashville, three miles away, in twelve mitiiites. To show that he had the machine under control the professor not only propelled it against the wind, but reversed his course after getting 500 feet in the air, and turned completes ly around. The Exposition Company made a contract with Professor Barnard for the construction of the airship some months ago. Professor Barnard promised to sail against the wind in rising, and he did so. It was his inten tion to turn back and land at the Exhibition grounds at night, but he broke one blade of the propeller after going twelve miles from the city and was compelled to land at that point. The airship was brought back in a wagon, me frotessor is thoroughly satisfied that he can control it in action. It will be continued in use at tlie expo sition. Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers is the best, handiest, safest, surest, cleanest, most economical and satis factory d5re ever invented. It is the gentlemen's favorite. ATTEMPTED MURDER. A Young Girl Poisons a Family Near Wiaton, N. C. A little colored girl, living near Union, Hertford county, with the family of Mr. William Horton, attempted to murder the family with poison a few days ago by putting Rough on Rats in the food. Three of the family were affected and came near dying, but Dr. -Taylor, of Win ton, was sent for and now th-y are recovering. ''The girl was arrested and taken to Winton for trial. She gave her reason for attempting the vile act "that she was tired of livinir with the family. ,: She was bound over until court. Confederate Ram Albemarle. Admiral Geo. Brown, Com mandant of our Navy Yard, has received a letter with instruct ions from the Navy Department introducing Mr. Win. C. Knocke, for the purpose of affording all possible facilities to the artist to enable him to complete a large historical painting repre senting the destruction ot the famous Confederate iron clad "Albemarle." The cort martial room, one of the most spacious apartments in the Navy Yard with electric lights and steam heat well suit' ed for studio purposes, has been placed at the artist's disposal. A number of picked men of the Franklin-" have been selected to pose in the various positions and will be drilled to attain the facial expressions aud attitudes to represent the exacting scene on the Albemarle's upper deck at the moment of Lieutenant Cushing's attack Considering the longtime Mr..' o - - o - 1 Knocke has spent collecting the necessary information from the various and elaborate prepara tory work, the general progress and final outcome of this great undertaking will be looked for ward to with interest. There is no question when the size of the picture is taking in to consideration and the number of portraits introduced and the favorite nature of the undertak ing but the work will create a marked sensation thoughtout the country. The picture will be 10-15 feet 1 " la in size and contain aDout 40 figures, thirty upon the Alaber- marle and ten upon the launch with fine portraits of dishing and Commanders Warley.of the Albermarle. The picture will be completed here where Mr, Kuocke will have all of the ad vantages and facilities necessary iu the study of. naval accessor ries. Norfolk Pilot. A company with a paid-up capital of $10,000 has been or ganized at High Point for the manufacture of tables. 50 lbs. of Coal A day would keep your rooms warm in winter. But that small stove will burn only twenty-five. Hence, discomfort and misery. A certain amount of fat, burned daily, would keep your body warm and healthy. But your digestion is had, and you don't get it from ordinary fat food. Hence you are chilly, you catch cold easHyryou have coughs and stivers ; While pneumonia, bronchitis, or con sumption finds you with no re sistive power. Do this. Burn better fuel. Use scorrs emulsion of Cod-liver Oil. Appetite and digestive power will revive? and soon a warm coating of good flesh will protect the vital organs against the cold and the body against disease Two sixes, 50 ctu and $UX Book free ior thc asking. SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. MAKING HUMAN EYES. FIVE HUNDliED GLASS OP TICS EACH WEEK. A Curious and Profitable Bus iness. TM there are many curious in dustries in the big city, and one that ranks preeminent in the peculiar line is a glass eye fact ory. It may seem strange that there should be a sufficient de mand for glass eyes to support such a factory, especially as it employs a number of skilled workmen all the year round. But when one learns some of the secrets of the trade all cause for wonder vanishes. The prime reason for its ex- istence is that a glass eye does not last more than a year, and very olten not more than six montns. ut course tuis necesss itates the purchase of new eyes every little while by afflicted people, and the number of people who use these eyes is surprising ly large, judged by the yearly production of the tactory. Five hundred eyes are turned out weekly, or about twenty-six thousand in the year. Not all of these are sold, but this percents age is very small. The unsold ones are stock eves that is. they are used in the sale depart ment of the factory, or are sent toJdealers throughout the country as sample. The prices of glass eyes vary considerably. An ordinary ready made eye costs $5, while a made- to-order eye, with the pupil and corner carefully colored, costs anywhere from $10 to 530, and occasionally as much as $50; but this latter price is a rare one. Poor people can only afford the ready-made eye, and a large number of these are always kept in stock of different shades of blue, gray and brown. Gray eyes are the most com 111011; then come blue, and then brown. Black eyes are a myth, and the factory has never had a call to make one. Ophthalmic hospitals are the largest con sumers of the false eye. These buy in quantities, and naturally get the product at reduced rates. A CABINET OF EYES. The most startling feature of the factory is the cabinet in which the stock eyes are kept. They are placed in large trays, sectioned off into tiny squares, each square containing an eye. Blue eyes of many shapes and shades are in one tray; browu eyes of all kinds in another; and gray eyes of many varieties in a third. When a purchaser comes in he or she is fitted with an eye from one of these trays, and if the buyer is content with the readysmade article, a duplicate is furnished from the stock. If the madeto-order article is want ed; the sample is sent up to the work-rooms with instructions covering the minor changes or improvements that can be made. All of the regular customers have sample eyes in the factory. This enables them to send from a distance for a duplicate, and a new eye, perfectly fitting and of the correct color, is shipped to them. The reason that the eye wears out is that the action of the tear which is acid affects the enamel, roughing the edges aud surface and causing an? irritation of the eyelids. . There has never been a time in the history of the world that artificial eyes did not exist- The ancient Egyptians, four or five thousand years ago, wore false eyes of gold and silver, and later of copper and ivory. It is on re cord that two patriotic Lutetians, when their country was in finan cial distress, generously present ed their golden eyes to the pub lic treasury. During the middle ages por celain superseded metal in the makine ot artificial eyes, and a tsar century ago the glass eye arrived Now enamel is considered to be the best material for the work. aud it is used to the exclusion of all others. The nroeess of uiakintr the eyes is easily described but the j 1 work calls for much delicate and painstaking labor on the part of J seven or eight skilled workmen. porinerjv o:ie man made an ar tificial eye from the crude to thej finished stato. but now the work is divided into a number of spec- ialties, each man performing only a fraction of the whole task. In its initial stage the eye is a long, slender stick of enamel made of perfectly transparent and fesible 'flint glass. This is placed in a crucible and exposed to great heat. The elobe maker laces the enamel over a blow- . , , . . pipe supplied witn wina. wnicn is pumped by engine power into a large cylinder and stored under water pressure. Under the careful manipula- tion of the workmen the enamel tube is. formed into an oblong globe, just the size and shape of the human eye. Next it oasses into the colors lug room. Apiece ot colored enamel is nlaced on the summit of the elobe, and this is gently , a , heated 111 a small flame and con unuousiy rotateu. vxrauuany ima takes the form of the iris, and then a spot of darked enamel is oriri f rrnt fii rMin,l r r Then this is covered by a thick layer 01 crystal 10 iorm me corner ier- At this stage the eye is de- teach eri from the b owmne and m . m m cooled aud theu sent to the cut J tintr room, from which it emer- ges shaped into a small hollow " oval with irregular edges, the cutting is a difficult process, as ... ... .. .. . . a hair's breadth deviation in size I n. . 0 n mof.,:ai j;flc,, 1 viu iiiaivv. v ai.iv. ivi ai uiuv a v. uvv. : t.. at-:, v..jA "-""" """' er. To Cure Cunitlpittluii Kwrovtir. TitUe C.i.scuiets CuuU.v Cathartic. 10oorS5o. It C O. C. fail 10 cure, druggists refund money. BIG FIRE IN WILSON. RriororA and Fleminor's Six-Store tt c J I VoraniMicARHrn Last Saturday night Wilson, waa v.3i uy u,fi the immense tobacco prize house of Briggs & Fleming, six stories high, was burned. The build- ing cost 15,000, and was full of tobacco valued at 570,000, partly covered by insurance. Cause of fire unknown. It started in the 6th story and gained headway so rapiaiy mar me nre company was ueipiess. The colored npiscopal cuurcn . ...1 was also ourneo. 1 lie une stain 1 Tf a" a glass windows, a present irom Northern Episcopalians, were saved. Dun't Tubaera Spit and Sm.K Vuar Mte Aaj. To quit tobacco easily and forever e map netic. full or life nerve ana ij.'.r. Uke .no-1 a Dac. the wonder-worker that make .i ak rut n strong, aii drut'Bistg, 5oc or i. cure fuarun-1 Sterling Eemedy Co. Chicago or New York, Hon Matt, Ransom deliveres the annual address at Wake T?rAf ortl1or pfimmcnrpmpnt I rtc vpar F M. MrConnell 1 1 preaches the baccalaurate sermon " j - 1 There are 40 graduates: the fr nnmher in the historv I of the college. I No. 11T. Whit Koaaeled Steel Bed. olid braae trimming. We have them 64 In. wide, 48 in. wide, 42 In. wide and 8S in. wide. All size are ?s to. kxnff. Special Frio (any stoe) iYwAaiM nmmtttlsr flllftd.l Srerywner local dealers are sarin unkind thing about na. Their eua tomers are tired of paring- tam double prices; our immense (free) noney aTlnr catalogue la enlightening the mamr. Drop a postal now for eow plet catalogueof Furniture. Mattings, Carpet. Oil Cloths, Baby Carriage. Refrigerator, Stores, Fancy La Bap. Bedding. Spring, sto. The cattUo.ru coat you nothing and we jmj all post age. Get doubl yalu, for your dollar by dealing with the maaulao- " JULIUS HIKES S SON, DALTItaOPBe MP. BODY TO BE BORE While a Wedding March is Be ing Played. A YONNG WOMAN'S RE QUEST Who Committed Suicide in New York a Few Days Ago. .1 sa ".never mind who I am Ot why this is done. It will hardly erer be found out. I hope not. Signed. Titania. Thw note, writteu ou a teles graph blank, was found the 10th nst. on the body of a young wo- ma" taken from the park reser- voir, ott 96th street, New York, It was undoubtedly a case of suicide, but it is clad in mystery and the woman used every pre- L,t; 1 :j w wu' iucuuiy. Frm one of the letters ad- dressed to the officials iu charge UI UIC rresn rono crematory, f it T- 1 - 1 r " would appear that the motive Ior her deed was unrequited love- 1 e body was that of a woman aoout 30 years old, five feet six inches in height, of fine propor- 1 u"3 d ui siriKing oeauiy, set on by magnificent blck hair' some 01 ner underclothing Lj thc $t Gf "Chleisinger & Mayer, Chicago," Upon it. Not another scrap of writing was found on her that would disclose ner menucy. jiesiaes me note 1 r, . . . ; 1 . coroner, asking that her body be cremated; $50, she said would be aa a - n v a v w m .... louna m ner leit siloe.lt not it would surely arrive in due time :. " " . . II n mntiMf wntt n nf i nnnH i n the shoCf but there was ft t script to the letter which read as follows: ..t a. -. n :ii t- j 1 ruau mi wm ue uonc nj?ur. I m sorry I cannot delay this 1 , . - - matter. Money not received; will be sent to coroner." Another letter is to the Fresh Pond Crematory authorities in wnicn me wrier expressed a wish to be cremated and begged that Mendelsohn's wedding march be olaved before the bodv I A J 4 was incinerated. The dispo- eUinn f ; .,;A-A " "1V- "-"v 1'"'" I for in a mvtcr ntic factum A win papci was cnciuseu, witn 1 J7i." should Dresent the other fra- ment. The papers were turned over to Coroner Hoeber and the wo- wan s oooy was sent to the morgue. MAY COTTON REPORT. North Carolina Acreage Already Planted 74; Contemplated Acreage. 108. - Washington, D. C. May 10 The cotton report for the month of May, as consolidated by the statistician 01 me uepartment ot Agriculture, relates to the C s . ; s progress OI CUtlOU pianilHg and the contemplated acreacrc Tl, a.v-A ft,,. "-Al,-Ul vl 1""" oreadtu already piantea c on tue first day Of May was St. 9 against 87.9 per cent last year. This figure is several points below tfie amount usually planted at this date, nc caumaics ior inc several wL - ii i. r it. 1 kJwl" ai" iw- v cti., vii-..-.r xr: !: J1' r,u,4'Vi rviaoajna, oy, North Carolina, 74; South Caro- ljna' 5! i Mississippi, OM, iUUIStaUd, OU, ICAtO, OO, Arkansas, 85; Tenncssees, 57! Missouri, 45. The returns of correspondents in relation to contemplated acreage as compared with the acreage last year, which are simply indicative oi correspond ents' views as to intentions of planters in respect of area to be planted, are summarized as fol lows: General acreage, 105.4 per cent of last year's breadth, apportion ed to States as follows: North Carolina, 108; South Carolina, 103; Georgia, 103; Florida, iox; Alabama, 104; Mississippi, 102; Louisana, 102; Texas, 109; Arks ansas, 103; Tennessee, 105. In the northern part of the cotton belt planting has been greatly retarded by the late sea son and heavy rains. This is less the case toward the Gulf, while in Texas planting is farther ad vanced this year than usual. After... Taking a course of Ayer's Pills the system is set in good working order and a man begins to feel that Hfc worth Jiving. He wo has become the gradual prey ot constipation, docs not realire the friction under which he labors, until the burden la lifted from him. Then hi mountains sink into mole, I 1 mils, bis morose ness gives place to iollitv. he la a hannv man aain jf ufe docs not seem worth living to you, you may take a very different view of it after taking Aver's Cathartic Pills. UHvJCUCV 1. JUUCVCvl . S U., , . Wholesal.e .Gl ocers and Com mission Merchants And Dealers in wifwf Richmond, Virginia. Consignments of North Caro-. lina Herrinfr solicited, and nrn ceeds remitted in cash. I In nrrnunt nf mtr mtnnot.. - acquaintance.and frequent trans-. vuc K'y wi I Via ufact o A cn..U ... -1. 1 LQ hand,e N c 1?Jsh q possible advantage, and we aie known everywhere as the largest . .. , aisirtDuiors in tins market. E. W. ALBAUGH & SONS Wholesale Commission Merchants. WWMfSR WaiSf etfJfsfHA A hSii rpunnrnixf a xt r- r . A ArViriiN LJ J 11 Cj . BALTIMORE Prompt Returns. Quick Sales- REFERENCE Citizens National Rank. W. J IlooDer ft Co. Stencils Furnished Free. Established 1861. e SAML M. LAVDER & SON. Waolesale Commission Dealers In Fro oh Fish. e Soft Crabs Terrapin, Etc. 125 Ligh t St. Baltimore, Md. Quick Sales t Prompt Returns REFERENCES TraderaNat'l. Bank, Duns Mereantll A sens Ctlscfu Nat'l. Bai ner JanlC Thc J. 8. Johnaoa Co j. isuaenari kx. ESTABLISHED 1886. The Most Reliable House in Norfolk. FEUERSTEIN&Go., a WHOLESALE FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF ROANOKE DOCK. TSTorfollr, 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 ot your patronage. Stencils furnished on application. DR. C. P. BOGERT. Surgeon and Mechanical ECU DBIITIST Edenton, N. C. Patients visited when requested. PATENTS 2 Bead for Sa-FaffO Oak with 7S efcealeai Mn.MaU miMl hat tA lavvaUoa Waatd. SeatrUK. r. oirruicu cov MB V Streiet, X. W, WaahMffteas, D. a