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A MONSTER JACK.
Graphic Account of His Capture in a
! North Carolina Stream. .
Near Murphy, in Cherokee
Co., 'N. C, and the Tennl line;
is a yery deep hole in the Hia
wassee river which the Indians
named "Claunoosa," meaning
the big hole.' The Indians
thought this hole had no pottom,
and that it contained a mam-
moth
turtle which would eat
up, and they never would
them
o a swimming in that hole.
ne beautiful day in May Col.
Davidson, of 4-sheville, conclud
ed to; go a fishing in ffClau
noosaj " He went to a branch
and caught a very large club
minnow, walked to the j lower
part of "Claunoosa" an waded
in near where the big hole went
off in to a shoal. He threw his
minnojw away off into deep
water! and stood lazily watch
"ing it bob his cork up and down
in its frantic efforts to
j escape.
After a while he chanced to look
down at his feet, which were
naked, and around which; min
nows were playing. Ab'otit two
yards I from his feet he saw
something that made his ? heart
jump right up into his throat.
He beheld two enormous ieys
and these eyes were looking,
right at his toes, with a hungry
look, making him think j that
the owner of the eyesj might
perhaps want to (Jevourj said
toes, which looked, no doubt
very tempting to an omnivorous
jack-salmon. The mbment.the
enormous fish caught the; Col
onel's eye it turned like ja great
ship, apparently without mov
ing a fin, and sailed off toward
deep water. The Colonel com
menced reeling in his ,line,
which pulled his minnow in the
direction to meet the departing
muscalbnge. Presently the CoL
felt anjeleciric thrill rUnjfrom
the hair on his head to his big
toes down in the watdr. i His
muscaipnge, or piKe-percn, as
he calls him, started for the un
fathomable debths of 4piau
noosa"! with the velocity of a
schooner. The Colonel became
alarmed and put his rightj-thumb
on his large new silk line as it
paid out from the reel . Iii doing
this he burnt his thumb, for the
line kept "going. He ran along
the edge of the hole until he
was pulled into the water tip to
his neck, when he rescjrtled to
heroic treatment ; he gave him a
butt ! The pole, a long, splen
did bamboo, curved gracefully
until .it I formed a rainbojWJ and
then a halt moon 1 his checked
the terrible impetus of thjEit first
mighty; rush of the jack, who
rushed hither and thither like
a mad; bull. Occasionally he
would come near enougli to be
seeii, and . it was a sigh't. -He
was over four feet long land as
beautiful as a rainbow. After
resorting to the tactics, j the
science of which he had learned
from his prognathean ancestors
and by innumerable contests
with the hair lines and bone
hooks of Indians of many de
cades past, he began tcj sulk.
The Col. was afraid to let, him
rest long, so he threw rocks at
him, and pulled at him, jbut to
ino purpose for some time but at'
last he i started down stream,
jand pulled the Col. aftei him.
tumbling over boulders, J and
sweating at every pore jabove
the water line. Finding lie was
getting into shallow water the
fish started. up the stream again
jfor the deep hole, the Col.j fol
lowing reluctantly, puffing !and
blowing like a narrow auge
jengine. It looked like a steam
tug pulling a schooner. Over
the shoals 1 they go. and into
anoiner noie, me uoi. jumping
from rock to rock and swimming1
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ouuasiunuiiy. un iney gq until
another shoal is reached, mrhen
the great fish turned around
and started down. Reacljihg a
tieep swim, ueiuw a, nuge rocK
that lifted its head above ! the
surface, the fish settled himself
down for another sulk.r The
swiii cuiryiiL wasnea nis
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line
against the rock, and it became
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nircnea.: nere was a aiiemma I
If the fish quit sulking and tart
down, and make a pull against
the solid surface of the frock,
with the aid of the current, the
jine could not possibly stand
the strain. The onlv way in
vhich the line could be loosened
Was by the Col. crossing the
rapid current aoove. This was
a hazardous undertaking! jbut
what cares an old sportsman
for danger when such a arand
prize is in danger of escape?
Me made a longiump, and land
ed on a big round vrock; on ! the
other side of which the water
rushed with a grand sweep.
Across this dangerous current
he had to'make a- ten-fbo.t jump,
which he succeeded 'in dbincr.
but his feet slipped and he fell
sprawling on the rock, his arms
embracing it as he felhi S He-
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held on thus for a minute, and I
after muci struggling he got on
it, and if as soon in j wadinS
water. Tp his infinite relief
the fish had not moved; but he
soon had fhim stirring again,
and down (he started. He made
for the bottomless hole, but the
Col. gave him the butt and soon
had the satisfaction of knowing
that he was surrendering. He
sailed around and around, and
finally thej j Col. led him into a
shallow place ! and ran I in and
caught him by the gills, and
dragged him upon the ! beach.
The Coll contemplated the
noble fish' as he lay there a
moment, ;then he gave j a yell
that might have startled the
nighboring town. The Col. put
a big stick in the gills of the
fish, and threw the latter across
his back, the tail dragging the
ground. The Col. had an old
broad-cloth! coat and the fish
slimed it all over and mired it,
but what ) cared he for that?
His wife scolded him, but he
cared neither for the coat or
scold or occasion. The jack
weighed twenty-seven pounds.
There is said to be one of this
species in! a pond in France
known to
be 400 years old.
Asheville correspondence
Nash
XJlle Amerjean.
GAS IN BROOKLYN.
The Work of a Syndicate in That City
f-Extendirig Itsr Power to Other'
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A special dispatch to The Sun
last night from Brooklyn, N. Y.,
says : "The stockholders of
the Citizens'! Gaslight Company
of- Brooklyn tod-iy decided to
increase the j capital stock from
bO,uou shares, at a par value of
$20 each,- to 75,000 shares at the
same par value. A syndicate
headed by j Charles G. Frank
ly n, which i now controls the
Citizens' Gaslight Company,
controls 30,100 shares: All it
needed was 10,000-shares more
By heroic exertions and by per
sonal appeals to thostockholders
they managed to have the in
crease-voted. All the gas made
in Brooklyn is manufactured-by
the Eulton Municipal Company j
which is owned ibv the Standard
Uil magnates. The Fulton, m
order to avoid rate wars, parcels
out. the city in three districts
and sells thb gas thus made to
other companies. It is, of
course, at a rate much less per
thousand than the afflicted
householder has to pay. and of
sumcient pront tor the Standard
Uil people to peddle their pro
duct to the f middle men," so to
speak. Any company that re
fused to come in under the plan
was attacked jm the usual Stand
ard Oil fashion and.crushed if
possible. The contract of the
Citizens' Company with the
Fulton Municipal expires in a
month.
"The syndicate has an option
on the Meese j system of making:
water gas tor .Brooklyn, under
which they may obtain the right
to use it ior $500,uuo, or will be
allowed to use the eras bv bav-
mg a royalty ot 12 cents for
every thousand feet supplied.
Whether they will undertake; to
adopt it and
figrht the Standard
Oil people is
as yet an undecid-
ed question.
i The directors of
the Standard Oil Company will
meet tomorrow i. atternoon tn
discuss this matter. How they
may be toreshad-j
remark which one
of them made this morn in a-
'If Francklyn thinks he said,
'that we are goin to I lose the
profit on bdtween 170,000,000
and 190,000,000 feet of gas which
we have been supplying the
Citizens' Company with each
year, ana tnat we are going to
submit quietly, he is much misJJ
taken. ? . .
"One of the strong arguments
for cheaper gas in Brooklyn has
been the existence of the pres
ent system, by which one com
pany has been able to make all
the gaa and sell it to the other
companies at such low prices
that it did not pay them to man
ufacture themselves. But the
consumers never got any benefit
by reduction1 until rate wars
pulled down the figures for the
brief period t
lat such changes
usually last.
lhere is talk of a
syndicate taking in the princi-
Ipal cities of the country.''
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Dipping hsh m scalding water
will cause the scales to come off
very easny, out 11 tne nsn are
to be salted down ; they must on
no account be scalded.1 You
may pour over them vinega
with the same result. Salt fish
will soak fresh much quicker in
sour muK man in water.
-jCjo not ?eUy, bot; snd ji jouy uV
scrlplioh to the;ChTampion Paper of th
SoUtfi, The Tlmei-DepiocrWt. ot Kew
Orleans-Dally and' Weekly. It Aoa
tne largest circulation.
FOR. THE FARMER.
Springtime Hint3J
Lettuce will grow in the open
air at this season if sheltered by
a fence on the north and the
plot faces the south.
Cut out all the old wood from
currants and gooseberries and
put a good shovelful of manure
around the roots Of each bush.
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Cut back 'the rose bushes.
The roses are j borne on the new
wood. Give plenty of manure,
and make the soil around the
bushes rich.
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; Success in gardening depends
on the seeds It ! is a waste of
time and labor to use inferior
seedJ Be cautioust and procure
seed ! from the most reliable
sources only.
bow the hrst crop of peas
early if you want! them before
the i medium varieties come! in.
Thej dwarfs are ,the (
The! standard runners,
require sticking, are the highest
flavored.
A sandy soil becomes warm
sooner than a heavy soil. While
the seeds may grerminate and
appear earlier on a sandy soil,
yet I there should j not be too
much haste in planting for fear
of late frosts.
Stiff clay soils are benefitted
by the application of lime and
potash every yeari Such land
should be turned over late in
the fall or early in the spring,
so as to allow the frost to pul
verize it. Thorough drainage
is also beneficial.
I Dr. Collier,! of the New York
Experiment Station, is author
ity for the statement that a sav
ing of one cent a dav upon the
dairy cows of New York is over
$6,000,000 a year,
the importance of
This shows
economy in
feeding. The waste on jfarrns
is the heaviest loss in agricul
ture.
In
a series
of
experiments
conducted by Professor Collier
he found that If or every jdollar
expended in food tljere was left
in the solid arid liquid manure
73 cents, which is jjust as val
uable to the farmer as the orig
inal food procured, as it can be
converted into saleable pre ducts
the next year.
j. Some varieties of peaches will
npt thrive on sandy soil, (while
others do not thri ye well on
heavy soil. The early varieties
do not seem to be as reliable as
the later kinds. One of the
hardiest and best varieties is
Stump the World, (which has
feen tested in New Jersey with
satisfactory results.
Weeds will come up sooner
than the crop! The damage
from weeds is done earlv in the
season, as they crowd out the
young plants and appropriate
the plant food. (Much labor can
be saved by working the plowed
land over with a cultivator and
harrow before planting if the
weeds have made a start.
Millet is an important ' crop,
and should be grown morp ex
tensively. As sqon as the warm
days come on lis the time for
seeding. The ground may be
plowed early m the ! season and
well manured, as millet thrives
best on rich soili It grows verv
rapidly, and yields a large ciop
of hav in a short time.
The rapid growth of an. ani
mal when it is young will be an
advantage to it later on m life.
The greatest proportionate gain
with animals is during the first
year. ! If the 1 young stock is
kept in thrifty, Igro wing condi-S
tion the first two
years the
greater proportion of work re
quired to secure a j profit
will
have been performed
Various tests
show thai the
cost of the production of j milk
differs greatly
in cows, some
cows producing. milk at ai, cost
of one-third thayproduced from
others. The nfportance of us
ing only the best cows is plainly
shown by the differences in the
cost, j The yield of
not always give! the
of the animal. The
of determining i the
milk (does
true value
onlv mode
profit! is to
keep a record of the receipts
and expenses of each cow. j
Whenever a fertilizer is ap
plied the benefit? therefrom ex
tend into the second, andj per
haps, ! third and fourth years.
There -are always some portions
of ithe fertilizer that are insolu
ble, but which become available
after; the t lapse - of i a vear or
more. ,As certain plants re
quire particular plant foods, the
second, crop - may? be more bene
fitted by the fertilizer thaii the
first j much depending on the
composition of the fertilizer.
a. d. iTBiraOsf.
CHAS. XEILSON.
NEILS0N BROS.
'i -1 v - - -Family
Groceries,
PINE STREET.!
The best of Family Groceries,Canned Goods,
etc.i etc., constantly kept. Fresh Country
Produce anpiGood Butter specialties. Give us
a call.
Selling strictly for cash, we can sell cheap.
i W. 0. WOLFE.
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nm:i and harble mmmn
New lot of designs just received. Large lot
of Tables and Slabs, very low fcr cash. You
will save money by calling on me before pur
chasing.
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Square.
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Reduction for 1890.
Carolina Banner,
A DO
iLAR WEEKLY.
Published evpry Friday at Tarboro, N. C.
One year in advance $1.00, on time $1.25
Sixmos.; M" .50, i" .65
jGood papei", large circulation, splendid
advertising medium. Try it once and
you will hot be without it. Sample copy I
free. ; HEJSKY T. KIJNU, Editor.
ASHEY
ile CARRIAGE
AND -
MACHINE SHOP,
J. H. WOODY, Proprietor.
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21-25 WILLOW ST., j ASHEVILLE.
duplicate any parts of Machinery. Carriasres.
i macDine snops complete. uan repair or
Bugjries, Road ancTFarflfc Wagons made or re
paired. All work guaranteed. Horse-shoeing
by expert workmen. No quwbk business done.
Give me a call, i I nov7-ly
vJbhri G. Lihcfsey 5t Sons,
6o North Main Street, Asheville, N. C.
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are offering, remains of Summer Goods at a
great reduction and are receiving from day
fco day new and seasonable stock ito meet the
fall and winter trade. ! M
! In addition to! staple goods, ich all must
have, we are putting in a fresh lot of fashiona
ble Dry Goods, a full line of Boots ! and Shoes,
for men, women and children. Our stock is all
fresh and of the newest for fall and winter
trade. ' j :
We manufacture tinvware, do all kinds of
job work, and sheet-iron Jwork. Roofing and
guttering a specialty.
We propose making prices as low as any
legitimate-man can do. Thanking 1 the public
for past patronage, and soliciting a continuane
of the same, we are
Very Respectfully,
! JOHN 6. LINDSEY & SONS.
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AOMNE SHOP.
NO. 8 BUTTRICK STREET.
MANUFACTtJTtES AND REPAIRS
Saw Grist andlCane Mills. Engines, Shaft
ings, Pulleys and all kinds of Machinery for
the Farm or Factory. Farmers and Machinists
would do well to call on or addrss me before
buying elsewhere. In connection with the
Foundry I have fitted up a most exellent Grist
Mill with a capacity of 150 bushels per daj.
Bolted and unbolted meal kept on hand and
ior saie.
Ji B. COLE, Prop.
HOLD ON!
Here I
Am Again.
With the best stock of Dry ! Goods
Notions, Dress Goods, Ginsrhams, Do
mestics, Jeans, Flannels. Blankets, Shoes,
Jioots, fiats, many of them bought for
Less Thari Cost Of Making.
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Agent for some of the largest factories
in the South, hnd can sell home-made
jeans all wool jfilled, for less than you
can get them at any store in the State.
Graham's homq-made shoes, all styles, as
low as can bje bought m the State.
Every pair guaranteed. i I i
A great many goods were bought at
auction, late inj season, and hence can be
sold lower than anv other house in the
State can offer them. M
Call and see. Prices made in the
store. I
ASHEYILL
S DRY GOOD CO.,
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HOWELL, Manager.
NoJ 17 NortbJ
Main Street.
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PATER H THE WORLD."
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ioeui mUHurgy,! Th fullaet mining new.
The beat coal, mUl, and mlnla stock market
4 yMr for tne XT. k.t Canada, kh Mexico. '
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