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4 ' - ffi i-" .mmmm. " -1 .H cm. 1 1 INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. S ST If 1 r- m r NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, FEBRUARY 15, 1883. :VOE.V.. it -V ill r III I NEW BERNE AD . ; c . "1 1 ; :, C:":nPrc:i:c3cIt:n;0IeoinV COTTON SEED HUERiS - ' ... .'2 - 1 everything connected . with 'machinery. k ::j:-A for Prices and emiisjlflaii'dieiA t! :?.t no well-regulated familyT can afford A t 0' lacnineryjurmsnea at juanmacturer s NEW BERNE, N C.; s 'NEX-booir WiitTOK isxcuange. , , . c ITintn - tK.. ITl?i UEI. orther MERCURIAL Tnarenti-. but Are .... i.rp.6dr- .iX ci- tttlibu.; 1LAKISU t Trv thpm jj 4 be convinced of T A '.I Dru.-;i-u and Dealers keep 1 1 MIDDLE STRBET f; r .1 rM.:l Frr.rj unr - " B00Ts;sH6fis? (Nothing, Etc., Eta. Agent for the "DIAMSm'nla $1.00, - Lanndned A Fnll Line of G enUV t dTc?0)jflen,!Un derwear, Gents Linen, Celluloid and Paper Collirs and Cuffs, SIIIl mk n Vl ;.XaiJa3PLy 3BCti oycptyAofajiy . 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' I am prepared to ofter at the lowst pnees, feeling as anred tint my facilitiea enable me to ronipete with any similar, es tablishment in thia fity. -A call from yoo when you riit onr city in olk:tel. and, in the mean time, toot order will recerf prompt and careful attention. te Send 3 cent atamn for Fashion Sheet. eep4-d& wCra VEETISEMEN TS- 'I I V; fnfUl 'ii sua xitit s, Saw' Lliiis; S i. K? ' "'ii' ill i.3 iK-ji. -ti - . TlT.I AT. Tnar.!iun luit M rnm-1 THE5I THE 7" ' i " their merit. the: Aem. zocenta perb ox. tripp r nW . - NEVBERN, N.C., .1 ;. S -ii.tifili . Goods. flfihDns. Hats.n?iKllednora z dismounted, vr - .T.r.T - ' - 'Z "-t"t'.. ?ri $15. GOODS STORE. .tii .... ASA JONES, Street, opposite Baptist Church. the tr.vle t. mv elegant st-Kk nf v. rv superior stock ot FOET AND FLEET. How Porter Kmoeke4 Fort Fishor to Pieces And How Gen. Butler Re fused to Walk In A Partnership Job Not Half Finished. . - (Detroit Free Press.) I'.nio vua l:inrrli(l nt for his njmualioii, and ridiculed for the dis patches gent from tbe neioot secona Ball Ran, claiming to have anni hilated Jackson, wheniu reality his own coiiiiiiiMMlliad been thoroughly besiten:. but he' hid followers even l if he Ii.mI not recedenM. One of the mostl)omVasfc"dKilJitcliea for warded by Gen. Butler during his esireer wsw at th time-he wjw bot tled np near Ricb'moiid nnd in hourly d,H'r of 'lieing swallawed by the Cmit?idurate8, Thu navy, with the Lexeeption of Admiral Purter's wise, steered pretty chvar of nnieial ihhii b:isf, but tl Fort Eisher affair v-,u a -sort of, partnership hot'weeii Butler a iid Porter, nnd thi- in a mc:ure excused the naval officer. .- lt THE PLANS. ; Fort Wniier. was Mtuuted at the montjiof iJiittSltar-Iiiver, tul wax a sund fort, having, pitttiies, u l . - t ' I" A. :!fhr hittfef R-totcftther leces were Jul ili-thJU AAlHilnrtyuiiil nil v Hiipputxl who inimD-prooi.s, ;iimi m.i'le Mifo as" jM'issible from at- ruek i'tyjii& We, ;.H r In jjAeuibr, i864;' when the Federal ii-oncTad i nad reAched per fection andtheFederaljUrmies. had becnitte veteranBatler .and Porter put tlitiin heads together to capture kjf'ort iFisherl The' former then comiiiunded in North .Carolina, and the latter had ' anr-iron-clact '. neet inch iia. cever assembled-, before. he ilai - was ;Tery"1imple.' ' '-The iron-clad wn. ito knock tbe fort to ieices;4ismoalit thje gnns dembral-, ree the-garTisonv'Bnd Batler waa to and hold the place. ' f It RirSeemfeftso'pldTri and. simple that both, officers threw - oat . bints to friend that. JTncle , Sam would eceivejn Christmas present which would 2Tlatdeft; , bia" war-weary heart - ' 'l THB FOBT ;ATTACKED. It was-charged at the time Por ter undertook to trick Gen. Batler Jout.f his ' shawT-of 'the "elorv bv n " . i t -r-1 ' -wi -t. - - . t- reacuiBg" rvm x hiiw iu buvbucb ui tbe time agreed upon and at ' once beginning the work of knocking the baLweather .was what opset thepartnersbiivarraiigeinents. Be that as it Was r tfas pot, the , Ad miral reacned 'the Tiver about 'mid day of tbe $4th find at once began baminering away. The attacking fleet consisted of thirty-four vessels witb a reserre of eighteen. Every one pt JheJ thirty-foar, t iron-clads went into ctioii'as (he signal was run n A," can'd fdr two e boors over sixtv of the ?heavist cannon then known to the world hnrled aljd sht.Hi(tbe (Wer signal get,;-;V ., .'. J . IN POST P1SHEE.' Had Jilt Tort Keen Jbnilt of fhintr bufsand it "must have shot tar- any- snr- rendered in an -hoar. 4 Sand had been pounded at by Federal fleets before, and Witb 'such results that thejjomroander of Fisher felt per fectly safe. When tbe fight opened iie, frdered all the garrison, except ing 8uffleieHVfVworktfe.wi:of4 the best guns, "raw -tne""Domtproots. The orders to the - artillerists were to select their targets and- fire with coojuess. Whflethere was no hope that such a fleet could be dnven,off it was tossible that cooi and precise Ifiring might disable: some of the vessels. - After the first hour , when every iBeoond witnessea the arrival ot a Tnigmster shell and sand was being nung auoHuiD peneci snowers, me entire garrison took shelter in the fiomb-proois, leaving only fonr or livelmen on the look-oats. Most of th vessels were too far away to be injured bv the fire of the lort and it was needless to expose tbe gam son to danger r from tbe bursting 'shells'.' Tbm, wben the second hour begun, while not a man had tliA fort wa the fort was silent and tbe fleet fired away at the target of sand with the utmost enthusiasm. Porter was sadly fooled. He dis- patcn 10 wasningtou: "We silenced it -in. about an hour and a BaLC.T)ut there'were no troops i There to take possesion. I am merely ait now to keep np practice. The Torts are nearly demolished, and as Boon' as troops-oomft we "can take b6s8eeieii W We have some on fire! and blown some up, J and ' all that is wanted now is troops to go iuto them." . . The facts were that not one of the works had been injured beyond what a dozen men coaid repair in a hour. Nothing had teen brown up or burned, and 10,000 soldiers could rnot have assaulted with success. What Porter took for silence was Bimply the wisdom of the command ment in protecting his men. The Admiral had his little shot at But ler by saying: "I suppose Gen. Butler will be here in the morning." 1 That was a very placid "suppose" considering bis statement that he had knocked the fort to peices and had intimated that some one ought to have been on hand to take pos session. THE POWDEE-SHIP BURLESQUE. The bright genius who thought to open a great gap in Lee's lines at Petersburg by blowing a gieat pit for charging columns to pile iuto was matched by the man who be lieved that a powder-ship exploded in front of Fort Fisher would ex plode its magazines by concussion. No one seemed to have any com punctions of concience about blow ing a thousand Confederates high sky without having first demanded the surrender of the fort, but the powder-ship set out in advance of the fleet and under cover of night I was run in within a hundred yards of the works and exploded by an electrical apparatus governed by a clock. There was no official report ! of the amount of powder on board, Out the quantity has been given as 20,000 pounds. The plau was to have one grand explosion, and there were those who predicted that every tree within two miles of the spot would be thrown down by the shock. The crew of the powder-boat were taken off after all arrangements had been made, and no Federal was within ten miles of the spot when the ex. plosion occurred. ITS EFFECTS. The sentinels on the parapets of Fort Fisher saw a sudden burst of flame, heard three or four explo sions in rapid succession, felt a rush of air and a trembling of the ground, and that was an end of the powder-boat. Muskets stacked on the parade ground were not even shaken down, and not one iu ten of tho sleeping soldiers was awake ened. butler's aehival. On the night of the 24th Gen. Batler reached the spot with his traiisiorts, aud was given to un derstand that his troops would h ive no fighting to secure possession of the fort. When Butler came to look the gronnd over he bluntly asked Porter why he had not run into the river if the fort hull been silence V antl proposed that the movement be undertaken at once in order to secure a better landing place for his troops and to flank some of the detached works. To this .. proposition Porter objected, having a l'ear of torpedoes which were not there. THE LANDING. From daylight to noon of the 2otb the fleet itonnded away at the fort with might and main, and then Batler ran in and began throwing his troops ashore. From 11 to 12 the fort did not fire a gnu in reply, nor could a single soldier be seen by the best glasses. There was no question now bat what the fruit was ready to be plucked by Feder al bands. Tbe lauding was effected in good sbape.a skirmish line thrown out, and it was then that Butler personally made the discovery: "No material damage bad ; Ofeen done the fort by the attacks of the fleet." Following closely upon this was tbe discovery that so long as the fleet maintained its fire bis infantry could not approach the fort, and yet just as soon as that fire ceased tbe en tire . garrison sprang ., out M the bomb-proofs and were ready to re peal an assault. It was a regular Jack-in-the-box affair. When tbe fleet opened fire Jack went down oat of sight. When the fire ceased Jack popped op, musket in hand, and there were a thousand fighters with him. IN A FIX. ; While Butler was feeling bis way carefully towards tbe fort, be re ceived information that Confeder ate infantry, pushed foward for just such an occasion as this was close at hand and in numbers equal to his own. Men on tbe skirmish line had crept quite close to the lort and found it uninjured and seem inly impregnable to assault. Grant would have ordered an assault. But ler counted op the cost of life and decided to withdraw. Porter gave him a severe rap on the knuckles for this movement, and the action was criticised at the North, bat Batler was right. There were suf ficient men in Fisher to have beaten off an assault by 15,000 Federals. Over the open grour.d across which the assault mast have been made the fort could direct such a fire as to sweep it clear of every twig and weed and blade of grass. The Federals reconuoitered, discharged a few muskets, fell back to the landing place, and that ended Gen. Butler's work. THE PAEEOT GUNS. Some of the iron-clads were pro vided .with 100-pounder Parrot guns which had not yet been fired. During the many hours' bombard ment of the fort no less than six of these monster guns burst while be ing discharged and carried death aud destruction to all ground. Porter reported upwards of forty men killed by these explosions, aud no more Pa t rots were mounted in his fleet. SOME QUEEfi REPORTS. Two or three Federal histories contain Porter's tirst report and comment at large nion the inci dents mentioned. Porter reported the explosion of two different maga zines in the fort. Nothing of the kind recurred. He reported four guus dismounted, while only one was disabled. He reported a fierce conflagration, when the fire was simply the destruction of a part of a woodeu barrack. One Federal historian graphicaly describes a rush of horror-stricken men from the fort to the woods. Not a man left the works. Auother tells how the garrison went down upon its knees in terror. They went down into their bomb-proofs, iustead, and were safer than the men ou the fleet. The loss in Fisher during the two days7 bombardment was not as great as the Federal loss by the bursting of a single hundred pounder. ABOARD THE FLEET. Never did a fleet of armed vessels have a greater holiday in front ot a fort. When each craft had reached its station and opened fire the roar was something terrible, and fish jumped out of the water two miles away as if seeking relief from some disturbance beneath the sea. During tbe heat of the bombardment 150 shot and shell were hurled at the fort each minute for two big hours. THE COLORADO. The Colorado was struck six times and hulled three or four times, but had no loss of life to report. A Confederate shell, fired at one of her open ports, fell short about thirty feet aud exploded as it struck the water. A lull hogshead of wa ter was dashed iuto the port aud over the crew of the gun, cooling them oft m sliort order. The Col orado fired about 2,500 shot and shell during the two days, of which number 1,00 struck lair and square. The grosss weight of met al thrown by this one ship was not far from fitty tons. THE POWHAYTAN. During the first day's fight a singular circumstance occurred on board this ship. A solid shot car ried away her flag, and the very next shot from the steamer cut down the flag on the fort. Half an hour afterwards a shot from the same vessel cut down the flag fly ing from one of the detached works, During the two days the Powhat tan fired about 1,000 shot, aggrega ting eight tons of metal.- Although tbe Confederates fared occasional shots, a number of these paid their compliments to the steamer. She was struck six times, once a clear two feet below the water line, and again two feet above it, and both these shots went clean through her side and fell into the hold. There were some narrow escapes, but no one wounded. THE SUSQUEHANNA. The frigate Susquehanna fired seven tons of shot and shell and was not hit in return except in the rigging. All the shots aimed at her flew over the bull, aud she did not have a man wounded. One solid shot grazed the wheel-house an tore off an .ornament, and a piece of shell weighing sixteen pounds fell npou the deck and plowed a ragged furrow betwen two officers without injuring either. THE 3UiW IRONSIDES. TUm vesSol wasoiie of the most powerful of the fleet, and her fire alone would have kept the g of Fort Fisher dodging. She was srr:;i--k three or fot;r times without damage -to sie;ik of, and tired about f'.veiit;, t'T.s of metal mto the walls of the i'r.'A. During the second da's iiiciit a uuuer lost his cap from one of tie iorts, aud as he leaned over to look for it he was knocked into tho sea. He sWani to the gangers and was pulled aboard, and he was only well out of the water when a shark run Lis-.uose two feet above the surface in pur suit of his legs. THEJUNIATA This ship fired away about five tons of metal, and did not have so mnch as a rope cut by the enemy's tire. One solid shot struck the water a few feet away and wet nearly every man on deck and bounded clear of: the ship and struck another which was changing ber position. After the Juniata had obtained the rage her comman der watched the shot and reported that some of the big guns planted shell after shell in the same spot, being sighted with almost the pre cision of a rifle. . THE SHENANDOAH. The steamer Shenandoah fired away ten tons of metal and was hit three times without injury tF any one aboard. She ran in so close on the second day that' everything about tbe fort coidd be plainly dis cerned, and one of of her shot-dismounted a gun in one of the flank ing works. A solid shot from Fish er carried away a part of ber stern railing, and tbe splinters-aboard of a vessel 300 feet away. OTHER CRAFT. Each vessel of tbe fleet bad an assigned position and after reaching it worked ber guns to tbe best ad vantage, and while three or four were badly hit none were disabled. In the twelve or fourteen boars firing the thirty-foiir vessels threw an average of ten tons of shot each, making a total of 340 tons of iron hnrled at tbe works. In the spring of 1882 1 met a man in South Caro Una who told me that he gathered op around Fort Fisher and sold to jank dealers over 200 tons of pieces of shells. PORTER VS. BUTLER. When Porter foand that his rific fire had simply driven garrison to the bomb-proofs ter the and knocked the sand about without any great damage to the looks or strength of the fort, he got up a qnarrel with Butler to ease himself down . He asserted, and he secured the assertions of all his commanders to the effect that Butler could have rushed into the fort without losing a score of men. Butler wasn't the General to take such left-handed compliments in silence, aud he re plied and clearly proved that the terrific bombardment had not re duced the garrison by fire. Officers who were among the garrison on that December day were there with me in 1S82, and they pointed ont such advantages held by the garrison against an assaulting column that one could easily bolive that had Butler ordered tin assault his dead would have been corded up beyond the wet ditch a useless and shameful sacrifice. Weitzel was in direct command of the troops disembarked, and Weitzel was both an engineer and a fighter. A posi tion which he dared not attack could not have been taken by an other. M. Quad. Does the World Miss Any One. An exchange gives the following truthful and beautiful answer to the above question: Not long. The best and most useful of us will soon be forgot ten. Those who to-day are filling a large place in the world's regard will pass away from the re membrance of man iu a few years after the grave is covered over the remains. We are shedding tears above a new-made grave and wildly crying out in our greif that loss is irreparable; yet in a short time the tendrils of love have entwined around other supports and we no longer miss the one who is gone. So passes the world. But there are those to whom a loss is beyond re pair. There are men from whose memories no woman's smile can chase recollections of the sweet face that has given up all its beauty at death's icy touch. There are women whose plighted laith extends beyond the grave, and drives away as profane those who would entice them from a worship of their burried love. Such loyalty, however, is hidden away from the public gaze. The world sweeps on bedside and around them, and cares not to look upon unobtrudging greif. It curves a line and rears a tone over the dead aud hastens away to offer hom age to the living. A Common Cause. A livery man was sued for dam age at Nebraska City because the horse which he had hired out to a young couple for a drive ran away aud threw them out of the sleigh: but he proved by the plantiffs own testimony that a struggle for a kiss was the cause of the accident, and the jury acquited the blame horse of all Seeping Fa m Accounts. Southern Cultivator. Notwithstanding its' knowledged importance, says the Maxne Far mer, how many farmers there are who do no keep debt and credit with the farm. With the beginning oi rne new year is a good time to begin an accurate account of re ceipts and expenditures, if it has not already been begun. A book suitable for the purposes costs but little, and the tune required to make the proper entries is a very small matter compared with the benefits to be derived. The left hand page, may be nsed as the debtor column, where the farm is to be charged, with everything ex pended upon it, including dressing, labor of all kinds, whether man or animal; taxes, insurance and inter ests ou its cash value, etc. The right, hand page will.be the credit col urn, where the farm is to be given credit lor everything it produces, whether it be used on the far in or sold. When a page is filled the columns of figures should be carefully added and the amount carried to the top of the next col umn of t he same side. " This is i very simple method, of keeping lccoiuits, but it will -.answer evcrv purpose, and wdl show at; the end of the -year whether the farmer has nnidf or lost by his business. Ac counts with special' crops-can be kept in essentially the Hiiiiio way, if desired. Farmers should also keep a cash book. Every intelligeut man en gaged in trade., keeps a cash book, which is carefully balanced up every night, and the footings compared with the cash on hand, and aperson engaged, in retail trade would find it very difficult to get credit of the wholesale or jobbing honse if it were kumt-ttnrfrJio did not keep a cash account. Ou ono page put down everything sold and the amount received for it. On. the other put down all the expendi tures; then by adding np .the two columns, the difference should pre sent tbe cash on had.- If there is any disagreement, be sure there is some error in making the entries, or there is a "hole in the pocket-'' A farmer keeping a book of this kind knows his "lattitude and loug itude," as well as the captain of a ship, and is less likely to run on the shoals or go among the breakers, than bis more negligent neighbor. The habit of keeping accounts also affocts the farmer in- other direc tions, in rendering him more metho dical in all his farm operations. Sugar iu North C&rolina Mr.D. B. Smith, of Brown Sum mit., N. C, writes to Colman's Rural World as follows in regard to bis experience in sugar culture: I plant ed one acre of Northern sugar cane on May 10th, broke the land twice, cultivated the cane three times and laid it by wben 30 inches high. In a part of the laud which was very , thin I nsed guano. I planted in hills two feet apart, in rows three feet apart and put in two spoonsful j of guano, to the hilL Where the latter was used the cane ripened a week sooner and tested one degree higher than the other, and it seems to be just tbe thing to posh the little stuff out of the way of grass and weeds. This was my first attempt to make sugar. Detecateu according to Mr. Hedges' book, boiled 228 t and tested with the saechrometer when hot 39 B, and grannlated very free ly in 12 hoars. From my one acre made 100 gallons ot syrup and separated 100 iounds of very nice j sugar and have about loO pounds more to swing out. With one pound of Early Orange seed I made 57 gallons of syrup, and would have done much better but for damage done it by a louse about the last of July. All that Ij know of cane growing aud working up I have learned from the Mural 11 orld. Onr people cultivate tobac co, but my decided preference is for cane, and 1 shall largely increase my acreage next season. Pioneer Courtship. Court ing, or sparking, in the early days on Western Iteserve, in Ohio, was not a flirtation, but an affair of the heart, and was conducted iu the natural wav. Tho boys and girls who were predisposed to mat rimouy used to sit up together on Sunday nights, dressed in their Sunday cloth. They occupied usually a corner iu the only family room in the cabin, while the bed of the old folks occupied the opposite corner; with blankets suspended around it for curtains. During the earlier part of the eveuiug the oli and young folks engaged iu a com mon chit chat. About 8 o'clock the younger children climbed the lad der in the corner and went to bed in their bunks under the garret roof; and iu about an hour later father and mother retired to bd behind the bed-blanket curtains, leaving the "sparkers" Bitting at a respectful distance apart, before a capacious wood fireplace, and look ing thoughtfully iuto the cheerful flame, or perhaps into the future. The sparkers, however, soon broke the silence by stirring up the fire with a wooden shovel or poker, first one aud then the other; and, every time they resumed their seat 8, some how the chairs manifested unusual attractions for closer contiguity. If chilly, the speakers would sit closer to keep warm; if dark, to keep the bears off. Then came some whispering, with a ''hearty smack" which broke the cabin stillness and disturbed the gentle breathing behind the suspended blankets so as to produce a slighc parental barkiug cough. A Smart Attorney. At a recent examination of can didates for admission to the bar in one of the Eastern Shore courts a young lawyer showed himself de cidedly icvel-headed and eminently qualified for the practice of his pro ! fession. After propounding a num- ber of questions to the young aspi : rant tor legal honors, the Judge ! asked : ' "What will you first say when a client offers you your first case f" "Down with the dust, sir!" re plied the future advocate. He'll do, .Mr. Clerk!" said the judge. '"M.ike out his papers !" INTENSIVE FARMING. TheJotjbnax bas time again nrged upon tbe farmers of this sec tion to adopt tbe system of " in tensive " instead of pursuing tbe ruinous "extensive" system of farming. The sccarcity of labor, which is becoming more apparent every year; will eventualy force this system npon tbe farmers. It is generally conceded that it takes more labor to cultivate au acre of poor land than one made rich. The labor put ou an acre in manuring and preparing is done before plant ing, and if properly manured and prepared will require less work to cultivate it than one ioorly ma nured. How to make manure, how to use it, how to prepare land aud how to plant are the questions to be decided in adopting the ."inten sive" system. Upon this question we give below a good article from tho Southern Cultivator, in replj- to certain inquires: t. I wiah to plant one acre in cotton next year, and want to get your advice as to (he preparation of land and very best manure to make the greatest yield i 2. Do you think there can be more made by planting in hills or checks; if bo, what distance Y Do you think a long limb variety best suited to hill plant ing Do you know, the lurrMt violH produced in Georgia, per acre, since the wax r 8. Do yon think dirt from under old houses would be good material for mix ing with a compost like Furmana? 4. Please give your opinion of the best mode of planting and cultivating Irish potatoes. Don't you think it pays tut- uetic fco cover me ground between the rows after tbe first working with straw or leaves. A . A. C, McDonovgh, Ga.,Dec. 29th 1882. Answer. 1. Where medium yields of cotton are planted for, it is an open question whether very deep breaking of the soil is bene ficial. It enconrages rather too much growth of Weed, and is apt to retard the maturing of tbe crop. Bat where provision is made for a very large yield, there is no ques tion that deep breaking is desira ble. A large weed is in that case desirable; and the abundance of good food supplied insures ripen ing of the bolls. Break the land deep and by repeated ploughings and harrowings get it into tbe finest tilth, is tbe first considera tion. The next is to tret a larsre supply of vegetable matter mixed witb it. This should be pretty well rotted and may consist of wood. earth, fence corner scrapings, etc. a unnared two horse-wagon loads per acre will answer; doable that quantity will be better. This should be well mixed with the first fonr inches of soil next to the sur face. Prepare a compost of fifty bushels cotton seed, flftv bushels stable manure, five hundred pounds of acid phosphate, two hundred pounds of kahiit. This quantity to be applied to one acre in the man ner to be mentioned hereafter. 2. There is probably little dif ference in the yield, whether planted in checks or in drills, pro vided proper distance is given in eaco case. Checking; bas the ad vantage of saving much labor, and is always to be preferred, when the land is not too rolling, and one can secure a good stand. Many find much difficulty in getting good stands when planted in checks. When planted in checks four by four is not too much distance for highly manured cotton,and fonr and a half to five feet rows, with two feet distance in the drill, is not too much for drilled cotton. Short limbed varietes can be given a lit tle less distance; shading is not the only consideration; a short limbed plant needs room for its roots to spread in when searching food and moisture. The largest yield is that recorded in the Transactions of the Georgia State Agricultural So ciety, being a certified statement of yield on 1.1125 acres of 6,378 pounds, or 5.733 pounds to oue acre. At the time the report was made it was estimated that several hundred pounds still remained in field unpicked. Now to return to the manuring of your acre. If planted iu drills opeu a deep wide furrow aud put one-third of manure it it; then list on it very closely and put the rest I ot manure in the list furrows on each side and complete the bed. Do ! this in time lor one ram to inter- vene between planting of cotton. If planted in checks open deep, wide furrow iu one direction and put half manure in it; after listing on that cross plough and put other half of manure in that furrow, aud list ou it. Be sure to get manure well down in the soil. 3. Dirt from under old houses usually has some salpetre iu it, and this is good for manure. It would be a good thing to finish off tbe top a compost heap with. 4. A rather light soil with much humus in it suits the potato. A compost of ashes and wood mold kin bottom of a deep furrow upon which to plaut tbe potato and cot ton seed at rate of twenty-five bushels per acre scattered in the drill on tho sets, will make a good crop. One good working as soou as they are well up and theu mulching with leaves or straw when the ground is wet, and after all danger of frost is past, is excellent treatment aftarwards. If not mul ched sweep lightly, as cotton, after ever' rain till the plants bloom. Hand-weed and hoe afterwards if necessary. An Exambleto be Followed. An old lady who had purchased a new bonnet received it on Satur-1 day. Not longafter she was missed, ' alarmed about her and instituted a search. After looking the premi- es all over her daughter found her in the chamber sitting quietly with the new bonnet ou. The daughter! exclaimed: ; "Why, mother, what are you do ing here?" "Go along dowu," the old lady replied; ''I am only getting used to this thing so that I shall not be thinking about it all the time iu church to-morrow.'' New Bern AdyertUtmfmU. I)ETHICK"8 ATLANTIC GAnpEN ! The finest Lkioora and Clean, the elkmtd BEHONER ENGKL BEER. Boor lUaat, Sardines, Lobster, Umborcer and BrnwatUar Cheese constantly oa hand. Billiard an Taol Tatb-e. " The finest In the country. ' ' CAEOHBOLETTE -TAMIL' Something new the onlr one e ht'the olty. . etVt.;il OEVIL AMONG THE TA1L0K3 in the Dnffy Building on Middle SUt nrj A it I NEW IlKltNK N. -V. f The only first class saloon ba the elty. , d A w. X mo. , JQ1 Trent River Transportation Companji . From and nfler this date Use summers of this Company will tnn live following srhrd- Steamer Trent Z ' '. . !. HI-. . '!. 1. 1 For Jolly Old Fields ftfnrMtayaasMt Tma- days, sailing at EIGHT, A.Mtt)trnliiareai days and Fridays. Tooch t all bradlnw oa ' Nrase Hlver string aod eosatnaJu..i .11 t !',! For PollokirvUle Wednesdays' and Watt A days, salltns;. at SEVEN. XI M .ntut-nts leares Polloksvllle same days at TWO, P.Hj- A - Steamer L. IL -CutLetl Mondays aud Fridays for Treutou.'snilliig at SIX, A.M4 returning,' learrs ' Trenton on Tuesdays and Saturdays, sail lug at FjnHT, A.M. o freights forwmnlrd by this Steamer for Lauding below PoUoksvIll. , ' . , Wednesdays for Vanceboro, selling, at EIGHT, A. M, returning Thnrsttny.. ..J", am T tSr-firv ins i.rrmui Afrni, Frelghta received at aU times under ewrrr, and passenrtrr ar-ommodJitioDs Brat-class, '.. . -. fob4-dw ' - ' - ' - II J ii.nl. EASTER! SOUTH CAIOlBl ;7i MAHBLE1W0RKS NEW BEX.KE, Bf. C.v - MONUMENTS, TOMB8j And sU kinds Grave and Building work Id , ITALIANi AMERICAN f!An:LE Orders will receive prompt attention and satisfaction guaranteed. JOE K WILLIS, Proprietor, (Successor to George W.Clay pools ' Cor. OTLOAD CBATX1T 8ta. i maSO-lydw ' HTarw Bra, K-eC. COMMERCIAL di .inltjS U)Utti of Xecrtactry University ' " ' WliiBCM K. BMirK. IWl LKX 1U k. k tde4s Beeclveel ay Week Day Tear., , ,. r., ,, .,, Each Department has Its Special Teacher Students can gradnate at this Ooll-rs In about one-third of tbe time and expense than at any similar College In America. Nearly 0(0 eoeceasfnl graduates of the sbnre rkllre. together with the leading Eduflatosa-of Amer ica, attest tbe superiority of Its fourse nf Ktudy and Tralntawj, as being Thnmngh, Prac tical ana complete em imcing nova -mmpi na. Business Arithmetic, Commercial law, ! cnntlle Correspondence, Penmanship, we. Timb RiKiuntzDto complete the Full IrinkMiia Course from 3 to II months. rTAb OtT, In cluding Tuition, Books, Htatlonerv, and Board In a good private family, about . KindeaO of this College can attend the other Colleges of the ITnlvetnlty, under 1(1 Profeasors.foroiie year, free of chante. When two iirmore enter together, a reduction of M on each one's ol tlon will be ninile. Kor full narrlenlers ad dress, W. A. BiritTH, JaulS-d&w:im PrnMent. lexlngton, Ky. ALEX MILLER. WHOLESALE A RETAIL GROCEK. Constantly receiving a full liuo CJhoieo Cirocerien aud FARMERS' 8UPPLIE8, which we offer as low an any house in the city, and warrant all Rood hj itj- which we offer as low a any house -,.nd Call and examine onr stock and prices. Stables furnished fiec to all our country customers. Goods delivered free to any urt o the city. "' 12 W. D. A. II. HOLTON, DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic- WINES & LIQUORS, TOBACCO 8&CIGAR8. MIDDLE STREET. Oppoalto Ioe IX ouae NEW DBRHB, W. C aprlyda-w C. B. HART & CO. 01TE PSICZ CASH STORE. Npr,h.t corner xiddi. and so.n rroat .irwt. e h windier oi k. a j.n DlALKKR Iff CROCKERY ai. ' GLASSWARE, . . ,(TSI . BUHNERS, WICKS. CHIMNEYS, KEROSENE OIL Pratt's Astral Kon-ExpiOt.rs Cil, Machine and Train Oils. we st.- iin r-imrd to rnanulfiriiir Tin and Sheet-Iron War. 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