INTERES 1 ING ATTRACTIONS.
Some of the Thing Seen On the W r
Path at the Jamestown KipvNlttoa.
By the aid of the thousands of
electric lights and the powerful
search light at the upper end of the
War Path, the buildings on either
side are brought out in bold relief.
Among these ia one in which in
shown the battle between the Moui
tor and Meirimac. The na?j at
Norfolk had been destioyed. Among
the vessels raised by the Confeder
ates was the Herri mac. The vessel
was over-hauled, clad iu iron, and
made formidable. Ou the th of
March 1862 she proceeded to Fort
ress Mouroe, and began to put Feder
al gun bouts out of commission.
During the night following the ?ih
there came into the huroor from
New York a strange looking craft.
This was the Monitor, planned and
built by Capt. John Ericsou. The
morning of the 8th opens, and the
battle begins. The tiling is some
thing fearful, but the Merrimuc is
out-classed aud tinully steams away
to Norfolk. Ike whole movement
ia very vivid and seemingly real.
This is well worth what it costs to
see it.
RATTLE OF GETTYSBl'KG.
Here is auather spectacle. That
stone wall to which Pickett aud his
dauntless followers charged is there.
Yonder the hills rise beyond the
rolling battle-tield, white dense
clouds of smoke hang in weird fes
toons at this point, while seeming to
assume the form of sillows at auoth-
er. Dying men and frenzied horses
are seen ou eveiy side. Perhaps in
this famous battle the South reached
its highest point and the North us
lowest.
As one looks at the awful carnage,
the intervening years are forgotten,
and ihe fearful days of 1803 pass in
thunderous review, freighted with
all the horrors of war.
V. E. Swain.
THE GRADED SCHOOL.
Fall Term Hegan Monday Total I'.n
rellment fr'or Asheboro, flit Pupils.
The fall term of the Asheboro
Gaded School bean Monday morn
ig n. The school for the first time
occupied the handsome building
just completed, and which has
served to inspire both teachers and
pupils with greater zeal as well as
to. stimulate pride and interest
Among the patrons. At 9 o'clock
the pupils assembled in the large
Auditorium on the second iloor
where the opening exercises were
held.
A number of friends and patrous
of the school gathered to witness
the opening, and occupied seats on
the rostrum.
The exercises begun with the
singing of "America," followed by
devotional exercises and prayer by
Rev. N. It. Kichardson.
Short addresses were made bv
Supt. J. J. Scarboro; Col. McAlis
ter, Chairman of the Board of
Trustees; Col. W. P. Wood, lie v.
W. E. Swain and otheis.
At the close of the addresses the
children returned to their rooms to
be enrolled, assigned books, lessons,
etc.
The opening was encouraging to
all, and it was shown that this year
gives promise of the most successful
years work yet. During the session
the patrons present visited the class
rooms which are models. Every
thing possible has been done for
the comfort and convenience of those
attending the school. The rooms
are large and airy; the desks are
not crowded except in the fourth
and fifth grades and it is learned
that the congested condition
here will be relieved by the election
of a new teacher to divide these
grades.
The enrollment Monday at the
white school was 303 and at the
colored ViG. This number will be
greatly increased as the term pro
gresses. Mantes! a Van Who ( otilil k-'llnj; Kirt.
The late Senator Vance enjoyed
telling jokes on himself. When he
was practicing law he occasionally at
tended Union county courts. On one
visit just as he arrived at the hotel
at Monroe and was iu his room
blushing off the dust an old litigant
entered and placing ;i bill of money
on the table told Vance he wanted to
employ him in a case that would be
called soon after court opened, lie
went on to explain that he had a
lawyer but did not like hi in. Who is
he and what is the matter?" asked
Vance. "Mr. Ashe" suid the client,
"but he don't manage my case to
suit me" "Well now," said Vance,
"Mr. Ashe is one of the best lawyers
in the state and a perfect gentleman
besides, and if he qan't suit you I
cannot." "0 I know all that" replied
the client; but that is the trouble,
he is too much of a jjentk man: I
want you a man what can get
down and sling dirt." Marshville
Borne.
CARSON APPLE.
Ht Record Rendera It Worthy of Ex
perimental Planting.
The original tree of the Carson apple
was obtained from an apple seedling
urn-aery in Ohio, owned by a family
named Carson. Its excellent record for
productiveness, beauty and quality In
northern Ohio for half a century ren
ders It worthy of experimental plant
ing throughout the lake region and the
New England states, both for the home
orchard and as a commercial variety.
In commending this variety William
A. Taylor, bureau of plant industry,
gives the following description:
Form oblate, sometime slightly con
leal: size large; surface smooth, with
occasional russet knobs and patches;
CARSON APPLS-L
color pale yellow, washed, splashed
and narrowly striped with bright crim
son; dots rather large, conspicuous and
protruding: cavity medium, regular,
deep, russeted; stem of medium length
and rather slender; basin very large,
deep, abrupt, furrowed and sometimes
russeted; calyx segments converging;
eye lage, closed: skin thin, tough;
flesh yellowish, with satiny luster when
fresh cut: texture Uno, tender. Juicy;
core small, broad, oval, clasping, near-
CAltSON APPLE II.
ly closed; seeds few, plump, medium,
brown; flavor subacid, pleasant; quali
ty very good. Season Noven. Iter to
March in northern Ohio. Tree vigorous
and upright iu habit, very productive.
Fertilizing Strawberries.
In rejilyinc to un Inquiry ns to tlie
use in' cci-tiMi fertilizer.-! fur strawber
ry plant- Dr. 11. J. Wheeler of Khode
I.-tl-i in 1 b:i: t.e f ! towing iu Now Lug
land li'nie'euii: .
N', ilt. tii.! tii" a; p'.U-allna of in'.iriilto '
of p'it:is!i t!ii wiiiler v.-.iv.l.l l.e lielpful '
to stntu U'iTy 1 T;i lit niitiiiier seusou '
Unless Uirre is 11 s'lMicici; -ct-ply of'
poiasli alit aily iu tint woii. At nii events, 1
if tlie p.iuisli is 1: it n;.p'.i, (i tti.s v.-iiiicr .
it should li - ;it!ie,! i;.iite c:u:y ia I lie
spring. II is g 'liei-.-.lly receiiili:e:i,!ei 1
lu Euro;!.1 to apply these salts the au- I
tumu picviuus t the ii:iie v.-rica cr- j
tain crop are to lie frowu, I :t ia tinD i
country this is soliloin done. 110 tlniiUt !
011 account of our h-avy rains nin! tiu i
i'ear 'if pjssible lo.-.'. In I'.e (a.-.e of
pot.tsh it i3 upt to lie lcld ipilie se.-ure- '
ly l y tiie soil uiil.'-t it 1 e of a very !
sau-ly or g.-uveily ch 'ract -r.
So far as concerns lime, if much of If 1
!s nsi It Is tlouhtl'.il if it will be l:tlp
ful. In Home cases very small amount!!
have lic'ii use, I to mlvtintauo-for ia
Ktance, not more than from half u toil
to a ton per acre hut it must be work
ed iuto the soil rather than applied to
tlie surface.
If phosplmte is to lie npplied to the
em-face, it should by all means be the
acid phosphate and not the pulverized
phosphate rock known as "floats." It
floats are to be used for strawberries,
they should by all means be worked
Into the 60II most thoroughly before
the plants are set In fact, the same
advice is pood In the ease of bone.
It will doubtless be wise to apply
both muriate of potash and acid phos
phate In the early spring. I should
apply a small amount of nitrogen In
addition, either in nitrate of soda or in
dried Mood, and observe whether or
not it pave y iml or poor results. Xo
one can predict beforehand without a
full k-.towlcili. of the soil.
Continuous Grain Growing.
Id rotiition experiments which have
been in progress on Hie university
farm of Indiana for eighteen years the
continuous grain .'rowing pint In 1000
gave nn nverngp of 2Ui bushels per
acre ns conipare.l with bushels per
acre for rotations with clover. A ro
tation of eorii, oats, wheat and clover
pave an average return for the three1
last whe-it crops of 21.1 bushels per
acre, while a rotation of corn and
wheat gave but !'.! bushels.
Keeping Catalpa Seed.
Seeds of catalpa, locust, mulberry
and osage orange should be sown In
Vie spring about corn planting time.
Catalpa seed may be kept over win
ter in the pods or In bulk and needs no
treatment by soaking or scalding be
fore sowing. The young plants make
a satisfactory growt,h If they stand at
an average distance of an Inch apart
In the row and will grow very well In
rich soil If still closer. Ohio Experi
ment Station,
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FERTILIZER EXPERIENCE.
A Comparison of Methods In Growing
Strawberry Crops.
The value of fertilizers in growing
the strawberry crop Is recognized by
the best growers. A good illustration
of this effect and of the necessity for
applying the proper kinds of fertilizers
was given this year lu the Texas crop,
lays a writer In Earni and Raucb.
The kind of berry desired Is one with
good size, color aud flavor and suf
ficiently firm tj stand shipment. To
produce this kind of a berry It baa
been found that a complete fertilizer
ts accessary aud that it is particularly
essential to have a good percentage of
potash. This element Is the one which
gives the high color, rich flavor and
firm shipping quality.
Cottonseed Meal.
The truth of this was proved in the
south Texas crop this season. At one
important strawberry center the grow
ers fertilized their tielils very heavily
with cottonseed meal aud very little
else besides. Iu other words, they put
on a heavy application of nitrogen and
very little potash and phosphoric acid.
It is well known that nitrogen alone
produces a large growth of vine with
a soft berry of poor shipping quality.
This Is Just the effect observed on this
particular crop. Many of the berries
would not stand up long enough to
reach the market. They were soft and
soon went to pieces, causing much loss
to the shippers.
Good Berries For Shipping.
Just a few miles away is another
locality where a large crop of straw
berries is grown annually. This place
did not suffer seriously from soft ber
ries, and why? The soil is similar and
the climate is the same. It was be
cause the growers used their complete
fertilizer with the nitrogen to make' a
good growth of vine aud thea along
early in the winter they applied a few
hundred pounds of potash and phos
phate. What do these elements do? They
push the plant into fruiting and make
a large crop of berries of fine color
and flavor with excellent shipping
quality. There is no trouble from
the fruit going to pieces on the way
to market. It has all the firmness
necessary to stand shlpmeu.t.
A WIRE FENCE.
Convenient Means of Tightening Up
Slaok Wire.
In building a wire fence a great
many people use small stays between
the posts. 1 find tli.-se stays are very
handy wheu It comes to tightening up
slack wire, says a writer in Iowa
Homestead. My plan Is to take a
strong stick, make a loop In the wire
aud twist it around the upright stake
until the wire is as taut as desirable.
The end of the stick then is either
stapletl or wired to the wire in the
fence. Any time after that that the
TO TIGHTEN THE WIItE.
wire becomes loose the stick may be
given n not her twUt around the stay,
and your wire Is tightened with but
little trouble. With a stay every now
and then lu u fence the wires may be
kept taut with very little trouble If
this plan is put into practice.
Birdi and Boll worm.
There arc published few records of
birds feeding upon boll worms, yet
there is every reason to bellev that
bollworni larvae and adults are de
stroyed by many species. Domestic
fowls are undoubtedly valuable In re
ducing the number of bollworma on
cotton located near houses and barns.
Several Instances have come under
the writer's observation In which cot
ton adjacent to barns where chickens,
turkeys and guineas were kept was
practically free from boll-worms, while
at some distance out In the fields the
Injury was quite severe. C. R. Jones.
Celery Plants.
Celery plants should be set out as
soon as they are large enough to han
dle. If they are very small, It will
pay to transplant them once or twice
Into a bed before setting out In the
rows. Get the land ready for the crop
by preparing finely and making It rich.
Celery is a gross feeder and too much
runimiv and complete fertilizer can
scarew'y be used iu the rows. The
plants slioul'l be set out finally the end
of this mouth or In August. They
make tlielr growth In the cool fall
months.
The Most Profitable Horse.
The most profitable horse to have on
the farm Is the good brood mare. She
will raise a colt each year, and it will
sell for n snug sum in the fall, re
marks Americnu Agriculturist. 'With
a little extra care the mare will do
as much work as any horse. This Is
the kind that the average farmer
wants and is the kind he should get
for bis own benefit. Hae at least
one good brood mare on the farm;
raise your own horses and some to sell.
A Man' Time.
It Is little else than foolish to pump
water, shell corn and do other things
of this sort by hand when a mechanical
means la possible, reniarkfc a writer
In Iowa Ilomestead. If a man consid
ers his time worth much, It won't take
long to save enough time as well as en
ergy to pay for a windmill or have tbt
corn shelled.
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