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TIK.MAH XI ISOX »'AUR.
{ H* >: Ih» r» .i V l>. '. warn' ue wutll
J.-V woVtv.'il .i:»' rok in wealf,
Why. .• • o' mv *-lift* folk* es-i* sttM
T •' i!f a haii l»*t l'aoii;
f>". !•:. .•" um- '"i - . u*i«V r» an'
• i .y ' 'i* vlm j* fill dov n.
An* *»••• • ' oV mist's uv tor ;K—
--i »tor h»T kmitlj?* (Oat wa« f ai*
V./. .•! !i -v. i 1 !:«•.! [ i*-ll you, sir
Vo'.iM ;;3:r. L .i- ir !jm ifk«h* 'alk.
11 it Tl>'•' T . tin* Hk» VV.MI l>l
VVI \il fakes an '« tie Grc't Hor.so
SSVEKT POTATO CULTURE.
Thi , perhaps, it DO! a valuablo a
urn kct (rip many other garden crops,
but 1 oonsidir it one of the eti.-iest of
eultividtoa, nod no garden or farm is
.■ompli to without It. \ *undy soil i
gi ..or i!:y rrtooiniuciidod l'or llii* crop,
but t lav K-ja most successful on r»tii»
oi clayey-toil. The best v. suit* fallow
a heavy application of mauur?, yet the
finest crop I ever tfmji wis on a sod
turned under without any manure. j»
preparing the land, break it uot ever 4
inched deep. If the land could be (iot
mellow, itwoul l be hut nut to break
the land under the ridjjes, but it is uot
easy lo pulverize the soil without break-
ing all ol it. Tho laiul »li»ulJ be .-.til*- .
red every week ov at least often enough
to bring it IU into line condition by tho
time you want to plant, 'iiicu with a
small turning plow, throw two furrow
together so a* to make a small ridge a.
bout a foot high aud not over eighteen
inches broad. The ridges may be three
tcct apart and the plains two feet in the
ridge. (Jo clay soils, however, I think
it best to wake bills. Tiiy uwoet potato
•» a tiopiual phot, uecJing all the heat
itc n get, and a hitl will heat throug i
quicker than a ridge, tor tiie same res- j
son smnll ridges when used are best.
Many growers make iargc, high hills and
ridges, lot somo try small ri !gcs ami
hills and note the difference in yiolil imd
quality of tho crop. There is another
roMon why hi!!  grow !or;: r anil better
potatoes than ridges, that when th» po
tatoes grow ibey cra> It and expand ihe
hill more than Ihey can a ridge, giving
more room for growth.
The most saleablo potato is one that
issh.n t and thiok, and it is to produce
those Hial vo'i plow shallow and rar.ke
flat bill ridifes. a as ibo potatoes grow
th>*y will resell tho hnrcl soil and be
checked in their dawn.vavd growth nnd
will develop tln l iHs.i. Informing the
ri'itvs, '.lirow a lib. ral dressing of ashes
and Duu-h up with the hoe. Alter
.-mouthing the ridge with a l.ikc it is
ready to -'ot. This is done by iiiakiny
a Jiola with one hund, in whiob, as tho
baud is withdrawn, is placed "he plant
with t::o other, and then pa dtcl with
tho thutub nnd ot he;'i hands. In
picking up the plain, take it by two or
three new aaail leaves :md r.tt it d'-'ip
in: ii;.' ito cover up all ihe others. In
this thflto arc several objects. The largo
leavos bciug covered up, do not contir
nallv, by evaporation, weaken tb! life of
the plaut; if a frost, whieii seldom caui':.,
after setting, injures tlie top or out
worms "ut it off, new hoots are at once
started from tho base of the buried
leavos, so '.hat thp plant is uot loit. it
th" gronud i- naturally moist, no water
ing will he necessary, but if dry :'ivo half
r. pint to the plant, and when nor or bed
by the eurth draw fresh soil over it so
that the snrfaoonill not butce. As soon
as the vines oomnienee to grow, work
tlieui wuli plow and hoe, keeping tho
grouad clean and mellow. At loast
twioa thiough the season the vinos should
be 'ifted with a baud stiok so ilia" they
will not take root at the joints and Ihoro
set little potatoes whiob can novor ma
ture, but will injure tha umin setting.
Tho earlier ouo can jot sweet potatoes
iu the market Ihe more profitable they
will be. I always, as soon as large
enough to sell, take out one to throe to
each hill, taking groat care not to injuie
tbe vines or iciuaiuing roots. This 1
have found, by several years experience,
to be good for tho crop, besides got dou
blo the price 1 could to wait until dig
ging time. The crop should bo dug
when the grouud is dry, and let the po
tatoes dry before being stored. 'lhcy
tiy bsst .lug before the vinos are killed
|by lro.it —T. I>. l.airu, iu Southern
Cu/liOdtw,
NOR'lil OAI- 'l,h\A DEUOCRA
(IV
FtiATFOItM or VARTV AWOrTEH IN
*.
STATK COSVI.NTION AT HAI-
F.K'II, MAY, IMS.
coP'ljiru j'-ite the j e■ f
North Cmuiii... .in li' j coutii .e . en; .
mi nt ol peace, good govorniugit ... i
general pioi-per.'y nu.icr Peoiporatic
«.!*'■ • t.ati.iii . tliu tsiote v ;icn Iris
now beiu unbroken I".>r so saarij years
iij l t..e i i t it.d impartial eulor: ■: i or
f»f the law, r.pou the iftooasui •:.,•» -
i:y vf *"!1 louiuiou : .lied ' le.n, J
the prop isi iuadi; ii. i«>pular* lerv ,
upoi liiu improvement ate! : nterpiiao
mii'iiteated in ill parts of ti.eState. Wo
again ttlnilenge a t.eiiiparisoii bet wee'.,
thfl stai.i of things and tie outrages,
crimes and -.-Mean!: nhieli utU i.dud !»;•
pub'oeau ill .in •- .'J . . \:
pledge aursolvis to txort in t'.ie future
tie in the paai our beat efforts to pio
■ m.!e the i est Intel' stfl ol lt»* pO '|.i i of
all aootions of tho Suite. Atfirming om
aUlievoiK I to 1 lelnoe.'.. I i uii i| ..,  :
bertofore euuneiated in tho pi it forma of
the p.rty. II heioby
jiei.ilveil,'l li.it no go. ru- unt has
tl i _>.t tj burden it; ; ,le ..th tax. ■
beveiid il,e ftmi'imt roipiti'cd i. jl/ its
et.pcu.'.t and gradually extin
guish its public de. . md Ilia' I i
ovei tho ri .oiiues, hc'- eve.' : rved. e.-
eeeii l.'kr ulli jallt, t.. 3 »Oi>ltlu 1 o i' '.luc*
ed, 80 t'.s to avoid it surplus .'.I tlie tiea.i
utj. Ti .it my jy.-i aof -a-.-'. wLtch
noeasaituua tho paymool of a premium
by the goveiiuiient on . . '1 51,-
0 .1 ifita bontla, taken up with the mil
lions that wouid otherwise it'; ti'.lo .'t: its
vaults, and p;id to b .iitit... ■•'rs wl'j
p.ure.i.:" d ir. many in tineos, at less
than par, is undemocratic, o[ ,;iessive
and inmnitoas unl should r'funded.
The course of our Democratic Represen
tatives in (Joii"ioss, in tbeir ellovtii tv
givo relief to tie people f. jia burden
same internal roveniui and tariff taxa
tion, meets with tho approval of the
Democratic party of this State and we
respoctluily l'oeomuieud that is they tind
it impossible to give to the people all the
relief they demanded, they support any
ju»t and jfraclioal uieasure presented in
Congress that will afford a practical re
lief from such existing burden,
Uesc'.ved, That while the dnlatls ol
the mcth'jda by which the constitutional
r vcutt* tar If -hr.il 1 ? gradually treixibed
are sobjecti v.hiob tho re present itiv of
our our people at the national capital
niusl be trusted 10 adjust, we think the
cui toiu dutie® should be levied for the
production of public revenue, aud the
discriminations it) their adjustment
hould b*" such a will place :ho highest
rates 011 luxuries and tho lowest ou the
ncceasaries of life, distribute as iquil...
|as possible the unavoidable burdens of
taxation, mi'l'- .:uer lie greatest goou
on tho greatest nuuibar.
Kesoived That we, as heretofore, fa
vor, and will never cease lo demand, the
unconditional abolition of tho whole in.
tei'tial revenue system, as a war tax,nu!
to be justified iu tiaies of peace; as a
grievous burden to otr people and a
source of annoyance in its practical op
erations We call the attention of the
people of the fitate to the liypociitie ii
proioiisms of the Republican par i y in
ilu ir platfu'tus that i'loy .re in favor o'.
the aepeai of thu onerous system taxa
tion, enacted by their party, while the
Stptbllnns in > tifre are taxing tLe'.r
eneigics to obstruct all legisla.i r iu-
Euaurr.iia le ihc rep;- sentatives of the
Duniocratie party to tolitYo the people
of all or a part of this odious system.
Kesolvod, That the course of the
Democrati ■ pariv, in furtherance ufpoo
ular education, is i sufficient guarantee
that v.: favor the educatl in of tho peo
ple, and wo will promote and iinprovi
the present tiilucational ad"... utii.'.'fs o lar
asii can be doue without buid.uwtig the
people by excessive taxation.
Resolved, That to MEET an CM 'ins
evil, we will a*vept, for educational j.ur-
P'.:e,', from tbu Federal Government or
pro r iii share of tin surplus uiits trea
sury; i'revide 1, that it be disbursed j
through "'int' agents and tlio till i t '
the ili»tiibutii II be frc- from objection- 1
abl ■ t aturc ••
Resolved, That the I'aitcd State, bo
ittg e;ie government mid ours :t national
. party, v.c l-'U-ejuce ,'ie cfsnts of the
R' I'.'i'i'ri' to for'" .eetioo'l issues in
Couif o-.- . id idscv.ii e, .'.I t" promote
I diSreutHVi nii.l ill wiil .i: ti the pso- i
j pie of till ■ liienau sections ot'our com
mon country.
I Ut' "rlv«d, That il i» duo IO the peo
| pie of our eastern course , who havo HO
I cheerfully borne their share of our eoni-
I men bui'ii r. tiiat the present or some
I equally ellbctivc of county gov
: erumeut shall 1.0 maintained.
Kesoived, That the 1)> moera'ij party
' is opposed to any further extension of
| tho "No-feoec"' law, unless sue.li sxteu.
! sion shall havo first been authoriued by
majority of tho qualified voters within
the territory to be affected thereby.
Resolved, That the Democratic party
has ever been the party of tho working
mnn, and has never fostered monopolies,
nor nave "trusts" or "combinations" or
"pools'' ever crown up under law», en
acted by it. The contest iu this coun
try beiug between aggtegaud capital,
seeking to crush out all coiupetion, and
the individual laborer, the Hemoctatio
party is, as it has ever beeu, agaanst tho
monopolist and in favor cf a ju J t dis ri
t vti. • f -\pit*l, :md ■!.iiiind- 1 1' ' en
' . i ■ 1 *■ • 1 b. 'T e ;oa '•j
iupon n 11.
Resolved Tint is all taxation hears
most lu avily upon the laborer, it U tho 1
duty l the legislator, a- 1 direr' heie :i' 1
to the \vi. king man, to keep the expensi s \
of our pul iie instii 11 tious at the lowest |
limit consistent with wise mid efficient |
nianngeiiient. The Deinociatie party |
opfio.-es an) eoU'petition between free
and ".ivief'ah'", but it insists thai
convicts sl'all not remain idle a', the ex- |
pense > f honest labor.
Resolved, thai ours U ing an agrinnl- j
Inral tSft' 1 , it is our duly us well as our
j leasur# t . promote any and nil legi'l j- j
tioE that is best calcul i ted to advance j
the into: of larieulti j, and that in
si ,ni.» will movtefi ■ -tur.lly advanoe '
the iutcresi 0. imftbamtt, uumufMtur* j
era I.ud laborers.
'R :srlve I,'t hat ': e I)«;r.O'. racy t»i" j
Jfnrtli ilari Itun, eor l ally approve the !
udmioiatntioo of Hon. Alfred M. Scales (
r..- li.uiesl, patriotic and conservative. j
Rcfolvetl, I'hat the ability, wi. 'om, 1
h 'iiieay. pati iotisin, in 'epciil.!ie'", t'.-ilh
fttlii '-s to duly and mauiy courugo of
Pn i. Cleveland have won the adrni - '
..(• »n ol ".ii ; ■ 1 uien and tha inWruta
1 1 tl • - untrv deinaiid his re-nominanon
:iuu re-oleotii'D.
PitKtjll>K\ r CJ>IV KL AXI).
He has certainty bean fearless in tin. 1
discharge of his duty, as he sa.. it. Ccr- .
tatiily lie hie done brave things that |
would only b J.-no !iy a man eoUkvtoti
ol his own pui pose to do w'lat ho theiifh j
I. lie h-s not catered todemigog. 1
w.i >; b*. >V- -vu bui l'.'-.v Mgi- - (and tbs c
i[::it • rucvu .j lel Oeing ied by h4.nl.'. ■
. liqilis. hub t U| ell lie: Vulltl) d lie 1
bis own tbiiikini, v. rk. d out Uii own I
ooutMi 0! action and 1 ecu las own guide ;
in the matter ofim} eruut fippointiiicnts. i
Ilis adiiiiuistiatii.ti has boen free fiom j
oflicial or personal scandal has beeu i
honest and oli an. There hive been no
Siar Route robberies, no navy jobberies, j
no War llcpaitmont corruptions, no
profligate waste by tho United States!
Marshals, no Treasury combinations or
speculations, 110 corrupt operations in or
through tho Land Off.ee. No Atr.cri
can at home or abroad has had occasion
to duop hid eyes in shame because of
Mr. Cleveland's administration. Ou
'he auntrary, there lias been a icsoluto
effort to juouiafe honest govcrniflcut, to
Increase cffioiency, and to lc: seu rvpjiies.
Plnl. !-• ■ Hop
TIIE STORY OF THE RED ISAN -
DANA.
I The Thuruian bandana, the handker
chief which u likely to ligurc extensively
in the coming campaign, has its own 10-
i maiice. In 1824, when Thurican was
! eleven years old, there arrived in Chilli
] cothe all erratic but accomplished French
j emigrant B uii (iregorio, who subse
| quontl_ Scoame known as the "I'rofes
j PIT." Hi. had been intended for the
! Catholic priesthood, but. while in his
! studies for holy orders lie foil de?t>or
! atelv in love with a joung airl below him
in souitit Mnnttiug. Asaiast the entreat
• ii" of ins friends, ho abandoned all
| tie nigh tc of the pries'itood and finally
married the girl. He hid meant, and
under the the advice ot American agents
in I'.itis he concluded to invest in West
V'ir- aia land' Into the ill-fat id
iJlcnnerhsssott, who bought sn intcr^^t
in the Ohio liiver, he thought to \ tab
i lisli an Oriental paradisi in tho West.
! His young wife gave birth to a daughter
I i:id died. Taking the child the grief
j stiickcn fatter named it \ irginia, and
; came with it to found n l.oaie iu the now
j world. W IIOL lie found his lauds wen
i and unbroken wilderaess, his disap
i peintment knew uo bounds. lie wn»-
dered about the savage border l..ndi of
the West ndtil he rer.ahcd ChiUicothe,
wlwru he found employment as a touch
et of French.
Mr*. Tl.iinnan, Allen's mother, heard
i cf hisn and his ability, unit took e.ire of
' the caild in exchange for French lessons
i for her son. Tho grateful Parisian gave
I young Thuriuaii most assiduous attention
j hot ainoug other accomplishments taught
j htm the habit of taking snuff and tho
| Flench use jf "the handkerchief.'
At first Thurman could speak i.o
French and Virgiuia. Rut they soon
acquired a vocabulary of conimou
phrases, and became constant compan
ions and firm friends. Thurman's first
griof eauie when >1 Gregarie received
a favorabln offer to go Louisiana, then a
province of bpain. Much to the regret
of botn tho young pcoplo, ho acceptod
the invitation, and left Chillieothc for
"the Spanish territory." For awhile
Thunnan was disconsolate, and evon
gave up "snuff." But on coming to
Oonjirc«fi ofterwird he found the habit
! prevailing, with snuff" on the Congres
} sioiial free li-t, and so he fell into the
I habit again ashiiigton Ulnr.
OOOU MANNERS.
manners ore not uncommon ns
to-be of no weight in society, like good
spelling or good English. One may be
r»"-h an the Knllislthilds, one may bo
highly educated and not possess them
»r one may have them in a degree.
The Due do Moray's definition of a po
lite man was, '«Jns who listens with
interest to things he knows all about
win n thsy are told by ■» person who
'(now* n "hiT'g about thorn"; but this
is but one phase ol character. Oood
manner; are nior" .icrviucablo tlun u
pasaport, than a bank MSoant or a lm.,
age. Tlioy make friends foV us ; they
are more potent than eloquence and
senilis without them. They undoubt
edly wrinjfroa heart, and are
the dictate l of good humor. - Harpers
Basilar.
AN OIiKiINAL PEKFOIJMANCE ;
A Minister at JcfTcrsoiivlile, Ky.,
was lately called to preach a i'un-ral
sermon .it the gra\ e of one of his par
ishoner-, a certain Mrs. Waaeom. Dur-
i u.'f the virvioes tho husband of the de
ceased Blood near the grave and indulg
ed in I n.) lanioutatious over his less.
| The goo I niiuistor tried hard to comfoit
th.i bereaved r .dower, and was finally
I >ace t sjjfnl ill doing so, as Mr. Wancoiu
' dried his tears, and, a:tcr a whispered
! e luauitauoa with one of the female
! mourners present, brought her forward
j and asked his revereud friend to uiarry
I him to the lady. The minister prompt
| ly performed the ocrciuouy, and the now
i happy pan drove back hoii.e in the
i eumages they had hired for the fuuer
| r.l procession, the hearse alone being
left out « the cemetery. Mr. Was.
j com is 70 years old and lus beeu rnar
| ricd three times.—Philadelphia Times.
WHAT IT COSTS TO STOP A
TRAIN.
It is not generally known that loss
of power is involved in the slutting
and storing of an ordinary train of ears,
There is required about twice ss much
| power to stop a train as t> start one.
! 'lie loss of power depending upon the
' momentum. A train going at the rate of
sixty imlos an hour can, by means of the
I Westiughouso air-brake, be stopped
I within 120 yards from the first appli-
cation of tlio brake. Now enough
powci is lost to carry this same train
fifteen miles over a plane surface. First,
there is the momentum acquired bj the
train flying at this remarkable rate of
speed, taen the less of steam in applying
the brakes, acd lastly, but not least, the
extra amount ef co»l to compensate for
all these logses. liy computation it has
been ascertained that v«ty complete
stop ir. voUes a eost of sl.l7.—Kansas
' 'Hy Star.
THK DI'DE.
There now ii now in society an ani
mal called the dude. Ills origin is un
known, and his use in the world lias not
yet been found out. Vnu never can
toil his oeouj anon, for he is always a.
way from bis [rope.- pi ice, and you nev
er see him without a oi. garotte betweeu
his iips or a cane under his arm.
All know.* liiiu for ho advertisers
himself on every street in town. His
hat is placed at an angle of 15 degrees
ti; tile South and 15 degrees to West.
Wis hair is parted in tho middle and the
young sprouts ou Ins upper lip are
numbered and measured every day.
His t&iior puts no surplus in his pants
and bi» No 4 shoo boasts of holding a
foot of twice its »i*o. There is a small
portion of brain somewhere about his
bead, but i; has boon trained to believe
that the world would stop running if lie
should happen to die; and if he fall,
eu Uie sidewalk he is very eager to
kuow if China didn't have an earth
quake aoout the same time.
The ladios think he is "cute" and
wonder why so many call him "horrid."
They advise him to go on tno stage,
but his best friends mako application
for him at the lunatic asylum.
Dear reader, if ever you meet him
yuu need not fear any danger, tor a
slight puff of wind would carry tho
light-headed dude to tho other side of
the street.
Tie's full of years and honors, and
i.iio one leg's a trifle lame; but his name
I is Alb n Thursian, he'll got 'here all the
. saino."—Wilmington Shir.
NO. 50
PICKINGS
From llii! Wilmington o7«r.
Gov. Goidait will bolus own success
or in Georgia, it is said. liis adminis
tration lias been a great success.
Allen G.'Thurman smokes about tea
cigars a day.
Germany now lias a Grown IViooe,
William &c., aged six years.
The young Kniperor wept at tbo fu
i.ovul 1 V.rhuu* l»i is bettor than ho
seems.
I'"redcrii'k tbe Peaceful sleeps will*
bis f'.tiicrs. William tbe Kash lives to
vex tbe world.
lu the Third Georgia thorn is stilt »
deadlock. There bnve 278 ballots witb
same result—Norwood !i0; Gordon 12;
I Nieliwlls 8.
Hailroad building in tbe United
States is as easy as "falling off a log."
Up to last of May there bad been '2,300
miles constructed.
Mr. I'ulttzcr, proprietor of the New
York War id, is usarly blind, and hope
lessly so. tie has gone to Europe witb
but very little ehauee of being help
ed.
Durham, one of the most progressive
"cities iu tbo South, aud the most dri
ving, thriving of the North Carolina
"cities," is to have a big tobecco expo
sition aud railroad jutalec some time
in September next.
The Surplus in the Treasury is in
creasing at the rato of SIOO,OOO a year.
These figures represent tbe great runt
of money that is taken away yearly
from tbo people for which there is no
need. It is unconstitutional aud un
wise to do this. Freemen, what will
ynu do about it !
Lujk out fir the seventeen year la
custs. They are reported as playing
thcßiischicf i>) Illinois, Minnesota, In
diana H iseonsin, lowa Ac. They ap
peared in 1851 nod again in 1871.
There wore 1)77 pcrsous killed by
railways in Great liritian in 1887, and
7,747 injured. This is said lo be doab
le tbe number in the United States, al
though tbe latter have seven times as
much t Ail way. To have 24 peraons
i killed or injured every day in tbe yaar
is "pretty steep."
Mt Airy was in full blast yesterday
over the completion of the Cape Fe.»r
aad Yadkin Vallry llatlroa I. It ia a
big thing for that distant town, for now
it has an outlet to the sea. Its people,
and the people of that sectioh, can now
come to Wilmington and purchase tbeir
goods at low figures and thus increase
their trude. They can sbip their pro
ducts to the ouly important entrepot
!of the State aud thus reach the outside
•vorld. It ia an auspicious day for Wil
mington and the State. Let us all re
joico.
PUNGENT SNUFF.
The Washington Post defines its fu
ture political course with sufficient
clearness. It will stiuiply tell the truth.
We welcome the Putt to the ranks in
which the Herald inarches on.—Boston
Herultl.
Nurse (tc father of Triplets)— "Ah,
sorr, tliey tie perfect little gems ! "
"l ather (dubuiously)—"Yes, but give
inc snlitairos it) preferet.ee to clusters
every time."—New York Sun.
Judge (to small boy on witness
stand) —Little boy, Jo you kuow whero
you'll go to if you swear to wbat is Dot
true ? Small boy—Yes, sir ; I'll to tho
Legislature. That's what my pa did.
—Washington Critic.
Minister's Wife,—"l bin so glad that
you arc going to Kurope for the summer,
Jasper. I think it was so noble of tho
chinch 0 givn you this delightful trip,
of course 1 should like to go, too, but
that is out of the questiou." Minister
—."Oli, yes." Wife—"What is your
scriuou for to day Minister—"Tho
poor you have always with you."
Citizen to stranger): "What are
your polities, uiy friend !" Stranger ;
"I have uo polities this yaar. I'm
leader t,f a brass baud."— New York
Sun.
Little Alice, when asked why her
toos would coma out of her shoes so
soon, said : "Why, 'course I know.
It's hecanso toes wiggle and hselti
dou't."— Uahtjhoo-i.