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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-05-26
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For the Journal.
MOTHxR PRAYERS.

0! you who do not know, what mothers know,
o you who have not felt what they do feel,
Gan ncver estimate the prayers that 60
SeizinR the Heavens n such hours as these,
With the sweet. dimpled form upon our knees.
Dear God. who 50 diIst love Th ne only Son,
Compassionate our love. Parent Divine,
Behold, with tender grace this tie,
Which brings near to hoe
Partnta! love, eternal, like t. Thine.
Compositions our love! B. hold
Thy Son exalted 10 Thy great iight hand
Hero Lord, is mine, exalt him, too;
Exalt, Lord, exalt, and mako to stand,
High oer the sleeps o; evil. Father command,
Control, uplift him from the ways
or our poor nature Set him within Thy vie
Let good @ ar-triumph evil, is meet,
And in Thy day, my Lori, give h)n0red room,
That he may be ex tlted t. Thy feet.
ARsCOTc
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LAND FOR SALE!

BY VIRTUE OF JUDGMENT AND I E
cree made by the Superior Court of New Han
over county on the % b day of April, 1871 the
under signed will sell at FuDlic Auction at Point
OGswelI, in sAiG county. on SATURDAY the Sd
day of June next. Tract OF Lard lying in said
county and belonging to the Estate OF John
Fred Moore deceased. and known as
"BLAOK SWAMP"
and adjoining the lands of o. P. Moore. j. +;
Moore and others, and containit about 25O
ACRES.
Terms of ssle-1O per cent cash balance IN
two equal installments. payable in and 6
months respectively. -
OWEN FENNELL,
Commissioner.
may IL W4t~
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NJ. CRONLY, AuCtiOneer.
BY CRONLY & MORRIS.
Administrators Sale.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF New HANOVER.

"A
COUNTY New HANOVER. {
SUPERIOR COURT.
dam Empie, Administrator of James 8. Green,
James G.. Green aud Others, heirs at Law OF
James T. Green.
Petition for sale Of Real Estate.
By virtue OF an ordsr mads the above en-
titled cause the unhersigned as the AdmlnIstra-
tor of ths late Jams 3. Green Will, on IN ms
DAY the 18th dss of May next, At IL o'ciocS
N at the OOurt House IN wilmington, eel DF
pnbIic Auct;ou Al the lands which belonged to
the late James 8. Green st the tire nf his death
living East of the late Eastern boundary of the
city OF vii Dington, extending eastTArdly be-
vOnd Mil Greek, including this three parcels II
land convened TO said James S. Green bv b. d.
wallace aad VIM A. Rourk, Executors of Sam-
ua Becry by dss d dated the 25th day of April
1853 AMI also the lands conveyed by Miles Cos
of September 1853, which sai Ian is are par
tier! arly described 10 the petition flied ia the
Hupe fior court of New Hanover Coun'v by the
md 4reigrel az the A1nDi st &tOr of said James
T. CIR sen, under which the order for the sale of
the Same is made.
Said lands will be sold on a credt of six au6
twelve months and the purchaser will be
auired to enter into bonds with coed and -ufi
cient security for the payment Of the purchase
money.
Administrator.
aDri! 9w7wch
RS The Sale of tbs above Property is post
poned until THURSDAY, JUNE /, 1871.
may 10 15-2t
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1Gqusrs. Of 10 lines or less, for each and every
insertion. 81.
Special Notices will be charged - 90 per square
for each and every insertion.
All Obituaries and private publications of every
character are charged % Advertisements.
Gr No advsrtiseSnsnt rejecting upon private
character can, under ANY cERoU,xs&AHoKa. be
1dmitt@d
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-05-26

A Frenc Gilman who had purchased o
country seat was complaining of the want
of birds in his garden. ''Set some traps,
said an old officer. and they'll come. I
was once in Africa, and there was not sup
posed to be woman in two hundred
miles. I hung pair OF earrings and 3
bracelet on a trse One night and the next
morning I found two women under the
branches"
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S!XTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS
AWARDED
In Workmanship

They are une IN allied. using one but the very
best SEASONED MATERIAL the large capital
emIloved in our business enabling Us to keep
continually an immense stock OF lu nber, SC, on
han
aS- All our Square Pianos have our New Inn
proved Gverstruug Scale and the ARratfo Treble.
~ We would call special attention to our late
improvements iu Grand Pianos and Square
Grands, patented August ID, 1896. which brlp g
the Piano nearer perfection than has yet been
attained.
Every Piano fully warranted fDr five carr. We
have made arrangements tor the Sole W .olesale
Agency for the most celebrated Paror Organs
and Melodeons, whlch wa offer. wholesale ana
Retail, at low est factory prices.
VIM KNABE & co,
Baltimore, MI
may19 l5-"Zt
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III Ell.

In Edg' combe county, very sudd dsnly, Fri
day the II h instant. or disease of the heart Mr..
KENNETH THIGPEN, aged 50 years.
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State Of North Carolina,

SUPERIOR COURT.
Edwin Reid and Janey Reid, by their Guardian
Edwin A. Keith,
rS.
James II. Brown snd wife Josephine. ct oL
The defendants in this case, viz: George L.
g. Curtiss an l wife RebeccA, James Brown
and wife JosephiLe aud Napoleon Reid
summoned to appear before the Clerk Of the Su-
porlor Court at his Office il the Court HOuee in
The city of Wilmington, the 12sh day OF JuL g.
A. d. 1871, to answer the complaint CT the p ain
tif5. II the defendants Fail 10 appear at that
ume the plaintiffs will apply for the relief Ge-
manded in the comp amt, together with the
costs of this aciOn-
~ Given under my hand and seal
SEAL. this the 24th day of April. 1871.
O MANN,
Clerk SuIerior Court.
A. FMPIE ATTY.
april u II -6wch
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J. d. PEARSALL

HAVING QUALIFIED AS INSPECTOR OF
Naval Stores, &c respec fully offers his ser
vices to his friends and the public generally.
ooy1o 15-wtf
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500 tOS25OPSs Srrs H9a p@S RSass:1ssad $sss. psid
weekly to Agents everywhere. selling our Patent
harer Mould While Wire Clothes Lams. Eusl-
ness permanent. For full particulars. address
GIRARD WIRE MILLS, Philadelphia. Pa:
,nov 10 I5-wlmch
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Lawyer Henderson Gets Enough In Short
Order-ue EhrIekS that he is mot u
Fighting Man-Grent Victory Tor Pryor
ia One HOund-scenes In the New Court
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mar 3
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Es The Sale of tbs above Property is post
poned until THURSDAY, JUNE /, 1871.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29
The New York Police.

The first decided effort made to
abolish the night watch and establish o
Police Department in New York, so q
local paper tells us, occurred in the year
1874 when Mayor Harper came into
office. The movement was successfully
carried out which selected the London
system us it then existed as their model,
even adopting the style of uniform. The
consequence was that citizens received
the force with positive disfavor, and the
" M. P.'s," as they We're called from
wearing those letters embroidered on
their coat-collars, were constantly reviled
and even maltreated by the people So
great was the aversion manifested for
the new police that they were unable to
preserve the peace. When the old
Bowery. Theatre was destroyed by fire in
1915, the force on the ground was threat
ened by the mob, and were only saved
from maltreatment by the opportune
appearance of Judge Matsell and his
Marshals who were permitted by the
people to assume control and preserve
order. This event led to the disband-
ment of the force, and the old Leather
heads" as they were called until the pres
ent force was organized few years
after, again rejoiced in their undisputed
control of the streets at night. The
Department, as at present constituted,
consists of a superintendent, 3 inspec-
tors, a drill inspector, 81 captains in
charge of precincts, 131 sergeants, G6
rOundsmen, 1925 patrolmen, and %
doormcn, an aggregate of 2,236. There
are also large number of clerks en-
ployed in the Central Office. The force
is divided into thilty-two precincts, four
court squads, head-quarter detective
squad, and sanitary company. Seven
teen patrolmen are on detailed service
III banks, hotels, stores and theatres,
whose services are paid for by those
deriving benefit therefrom.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29
NV Love t!

Bring me lily crown! My love is fair
No bloom less pure upon her brow must rest.
Irvine wreaths OF May and apple for her hair;
Pluck roses red to rest on her white breast.
Pelt her with golden cowslips when she sweeps
Through meadows daisy-starred, for at her
The bluobell hangs its gentle head and wceps.
My love is sweet
Come to me, Spring, my love the days arc long;
Mourning is over since white winters death (:
The morning-carol and the cven-song
OF lark and nightingale, the honoyed breath
OF myriad flowers, the soft scent Of hay
Tossed in the meadows, and the sky's truo
blue,
Tell me that Spring has come, and point the
way,
Ny love, to you'll
Kiss me with kisses sweoter than the hay
Or mik-whte lilies in the valley grown.
Your touch il tender, and your mouth is May;
Your voice dream-music, and your heart mino
own.
Woo me to sleep with woodland melodies,
With breczes signing through leaf wilderness:
My heart is sick, and hungers for your eyes
And your carcss!
Tell me, my Spring, my love, how long twill
last
Say will your smile all sunshine melt with
May!
Life is so sorrowful when love is past;
And love when warmest whispers its decay.
Nothing is swecter than the kiss yOu blow,
No sound more welcome than your fairy feet;
And, as you wander, tears OF tender snow
Surround you sweet!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29

The operation Of cornering," as the
term is, is played by brokers in the fol-
lowing manner: -Four, five, six, or ten
las the case may be) brokers enter into
nm arrangement with each other to buy
and get control Of the entire stock of
some company. They commence by
depressing the stockas much as possible.
10 do this, they must all appear to be
sellers, and cry down the price, repre-
sentins it to be worth less and themselves
heartily sick of everything pertaining
to it. While they are publicly selling
lots of one or two hundred shares, their
agents or tools are buying I'LL they can
get hold of. As soon as they can buy
all the-cash stock they find in this way,
they turn suddenly around and begin to
buy on time. Parties not in the secret,
of course, are willing to sell on thirty,
sixty or ninety days-even though they
do not possess the stock-thinking that
before the expiration of that time they
would be able to buy at q less price than
they sell it at. In this way thousands
of shares are sold to be delivered at u
future day, to the very men who own
every share of the stock that has ever
been issued. When the time arrives for
delivery the sellers discover that there
is no stock to be had but of the men to
whom they has sold it. Of course they
must pay whatever the owners choose to
demand If the game is well played,
the cornerers will make as much in sell
ing as they did in buying them. Should
every one of the party prove true to his
comrades, they will soon manage to get
rid of the whole stock to outsiders at a
high price. 1t will be readily seen that
this is u very dangerous game unless
well played; for should any of the par
ties interested "let fly" without letting
the others know it, the game is up, and
although he may make fortune, it will
be at the sacrifice of all the others.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29
Massachusetts Farms and Farmers.

According to the last census returns,
the cash value of the farms in Massachu-
sets was SIG, 100000, with more than
$4,000, 0OJ worth of farming implements
and machinery. The chief of the Labor
Bureau for that State reports that more
attention is each year being paid to
manufacturers and less to farming inte-
rests. The general complaint seems to
be that farmers have to pay high wages
for all the help they employ, much
higher, in fact, than the prices received
for their crops warrant. The result is,
that money invested in farming does not
pay as well as it would in some manufac-
turing industry. The head Of the Labor
Bureau, in discussing this question, says
that the price of labor cannot come down
and the result will be change of invest
ment, The concluding portion of the
report of this official takes a somewhat
discouraging view OF things, more so, the
Springfield Republican thinks, than the
circumstances warrant. The report says /:
" The methods of agriculture are yet
crude, though growing year by year
more and more into accordance with the
demands of the age. Neither capital
will invest, nor intelligent labor work. at
a business that yields so grudging a pit
lance. Small farms, like small workshops
must yield to larger enterprise, Aggre-
gate capital will therefore call for con-
graduated labor, and as the wages of a
people cannot be permanently reduced,
machinery must and will be introduced
to cheaper products, and make farm
labor, as it has all otker, more expon-
sive; for in farming, as i'll every other
productive enterprise, cheap labor is
dearest, and dear labor cheapest. We
have said that the foreign laborer is
getting possession of our badly located
or sterile farms. This is doubtless true;
and if the former owners migrate west
ward, or bring their skill to the better
lands nearer the markets OF cities, MAX
ing such change of culture and crops as
the change OF market demands, it will be
better for all concerned"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29
The Population of london in 1871.

The following has been issued from
the General Register Office in London
Up to the present date the population
OF London has, since the year 1861,
been estimated for all purposes Ten
years have elasped since the last enumer-
alton, and during those years the me-
tropolis has seen many changes. That
it was still increasing was evident, but
no space remained open for new houses
in the central parishes, merchants,
traders, and professional men had left
their mansions in the Cities of London
and Westminster to reside beyond the
boundaries, and many dwellings, had
been demolished to make room for rail
ways and public works. The births
have exceeded the deaths year by year,
but the increase of London has for gen
erations been kept up by immigration
from the English counties, from Wales,
from Scotland, from Ireland, and from
foreign parts. Had that tide of immi-
grafton been retarded, or had it rolled
on i'll an increasing flood?
The population in the year 1861 was
2,SO3, $3.50 what was the increase? We
have no longer to rely on estimate. The
superintendent registers and registrars
have by great zeal now furnished the
actual numbers Of people enumerated in
the metropolis on April 3, and, although
the returns have yet to be revised at the
central office, it is thought right to
publish their first results in order to
show how Tar they agree with the esti-
mates on which the rates of mortality
are calculated.
Population of London estimated in
the weekly tables for middle of year
1871, 3,25S,46 Population enumerat-
ed as living at midnight on Sunday, I'd
Of April, 3,251,8 04 Calculated for that
Sunday night,sShe estimate by the same
method is 3, ,631, which differs only
4,173 from the enumerated population.
The population of 3,250,000 lives on
both sides Of the extending
along its bank from Woslwich up to
Hammersmith, and across its stream
from Norwood to Hampstead-over 122
square miles an area rather greater
than a square of II miles to the side.
On an average there are 1860 persons to
a square mile, and, as only certain
number of people live on a given area,
it become evident that the usual hypo-
thesis of increase in geometrical pro-
gression would no longer apply to the
growth of London, and in consequence
the series was calculated in 1865 which
has since been used in weekly tables
and of which the number cited above is
one. The closeness of the estimate is
another example Of the consistency of the
laws which rule human life and determine
English progress.
The increase of the population in the
ten years 1S61-7l was 447Sl5. Not
many cities in the world have a popuIa-
ton equal to this increase of the me-
tropolis OF the British Empire in ten
years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29

The London Duly Ners says An
example of the action of the Detective
patrol is given by the Paddington Super
intendent. One evening, Detective
Urben and Police Constable Smith saw
two respectably-dressed women lettering
in Westbourne Grove. They were soon
joined by a grey-haired gentleman, who
carried great coat on his arm. In a
few minutes he left them and returned
wearing the coat. The three sauntered
along until they came to a considerable
group of ladies who were around the
window of print shop. The police
went into an opposite shop and watched.
Presently the man came out Of the
group and stood where he could COM
mand view Of the street. After awhile
one of the women joined him and hand
ed him something, which he put in an
inner pocket of the great coat she then
returned to her female companion, and
the two placed themselves one on each
side Of lady who was looking in at q
print shop window. In few moments,
one Of them came out to the man, and
again handed him something, very much
like purse, which he put in his pocket
The policeman followed the lady, ascer-
tanned that her purse was gone, and
then, with the detective, arrested the
women and their companion. Two pur-
ses were found upon them, they were
all three proved to be old offenders, and
they were sent off for seven years penal
servitude. Such occurrences as these
are happening frequently
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29

ALKALr IN WATER AND LAND. n.
Sloan, of Sedgwick, Kansas, asked the
Farmers Club if there was any cheap
and practicable method of removing
alkali from water impregnated with it.
Nobody knew of any simple way of doing
it. Mr.. Dewey, Of the Pacific Rural
PreSs-who was present as a visitor
said that the California farmers found
that planting sugar beets in alkaline soils
improved them, and made them fit for
grain, Mr.. Whitney said this was easily
explained from the property of the soda
salts to circulate through the cellular
tissues OF plants without assimilation, to
which allusion had been made in the dis
oussion about applying salt to land. He
believed it was not considered safe to
feed roots grown in alkali land to cattle,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29

DOES IT PAY TO BE SICK ?-The Medi-
cal and Surgical Reporter estimates the
cost, to the people Of the United States,
of medical services and medicines, at
100000, 900, and adds S25, OO0,O 900 for
the quack medicines swallowed. Let
the people, " it says, " study these figures
awhile, and then reflect that probably
one-half, or certainlya large fraction, OF
this expense, is incurred by deliberate
infraction of the laws of health that, il
they tippled less, smoked less, overworked
less, were less fast and less self-indul-
gent, they would save some thirty OF
forty millions year"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29

A letter from Archangelsk, in the Rus
sian Exchange Gazette announces the
gradual extinction of the race of the
Samoiedes, who have been reduced from
a numerous people to an insignificant
tribe of seven thousand persons. This
is asclibed by the correspondent to the
Samoiedes having come in contact with
superior racss formerly they were pro-
prietors of large herds of reindeer, while
now they have to work for the Russians,
who supply them with brandy and other
Injuries, which demoralize and impover-
ish them. Notwithstanding this, adds
the correspondent, the Samojedes are
not without abilities ; some of them
have proved excellent men of business,
and therei is now aSamoiede ship captain
on the White Sea who knows how to
read and write, and speakes the Russian,
Danish, German, English, and French
languages. The Samojedes have nc
national songs sr traditions, and if, as is
all but certain, the race should die out,
it would leave nothing behind it to re-
call its existence.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-06-29

1t is not generally known, says the
Lancaster Penn Intelligence, how easy
a matter it is to explore the bottom of a
well, cisteln, or pond of water by the
use OF common mirror When the sun
is shining brightly hold a mirror so that
the reflected rays of light will fall into
the water. A bright spot will be seen at
the bottom, so light as to show the
smallest object plainly. BY this means
we have examined the bottoms Of wells
fifty feet deep, when half-full or more of
water. The smallest straw or other OBJ
jects can be perfectly seen from the sur
face. In the same way one can examine
the bottom of the ponds and rivers, if
the waters be somewhat agitated by
winds or rapid motion. If q well or els
tern be under cover, CT shaded by a
building so that the sunlight will not
fall near the opening, it is only neces-
sary to employ two mirrors, using one to
reflect the light to the opening, and an
other to reflect it down into the water
Light may be thrown fifty or hundred
yards to the precise spot desirable, and
then downward. We have used the mirror
with success, to reflect the light around
the house to shaded well, and also to
carry it from south window through
Two rooms and then into cistern under
the north side of the house. Half u
dozen reflections of light may be made,
though each mirror diminishes the bril-
liancy Of the light. Let any one not
familiar with the method, try the expert
ment 1t will perhaps reveal mass of
sediment at the bottom of the well that
has been little thought Of, but which
may have been frightful source Of dis
ease by It's decay in the water.