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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19
THE NEXT FAIR.

The following remarks from the
Norfolk IIrgini0l1 suit our own lati
tude so well that we transfer them to
the JOURNAL.
Our Agricultural Fair is approach
ing, and we hope that there will be
noble exhibition of cattle and sheep,
so that the great concoursc of farmers
may see what can be done III this line.
We are afraid that some Of our people
do not fully understand the advantage
OF raising the best breeds, which,
though their original cost may be con-
siderable, will yet pay far better than
any other kind of stock
We trust that i'll future our people
will pay more attention to the produc-
ton of the finest kinds OF cattle and
sheep, as we'll as Of horses. If the
America, we cannot see why the same
success should not attend the breeding
of bulls and cows, which is more
profitable to the raisers of the same
ttllu lar nlDTc advantageous 10 TIE COM
munity We have observed that at
some of our Fairs the largest premiums
of all were devoted to the finest horses,
and that those allotted to the other
species of farm stock were far inferior
in value. We are of the opinion that
the reward for thoroughbred bull
siou'd be at least as great as that for
iii t.r ;. racer.
Fl. il y, we belie7e that it would
greatly rebound to the benefit of the
farming interest of Virginia and North
Carolina that certain sum should be
set apart to pay gentlemen to collect
facts as to the breeding of cattle, the
price of the bulls and COWS of the
best English breeds, the profits of rails
ing them, &c, &c, and also lecture
at each Fair on this subject, which
thoughit is SO important, has not receiv-
ed from our people a 1.-THE of the atten-
tion it deserves. A proper interest
can hardly be excited in any other
way save 10y the right sort of addresses
made by practical men at the great as
-semblages that take place at our Agri-
cultural Fairs.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19
GGiluiagtolr goluml,
WILMINGTON, N. G. /:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1878.

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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19

Sir Henry Holland, who is now
over eighty-five years of age, has start
ed from England on his annual tour of
two months. This time he gees to
Niini-Novgorod.
The German Government, it is
stated, following the example of other
foreign powers, will next year erect in
Washington, an elegant building for
the occupancy of its diplomatic repre-
sentatives.
Mrs. Knight, of Milwaukee, after
sixteen years of poverty and toll, has
discovered in secret drawer, in an
old secretary, q $4,000 life-policy,
left by her husband. Her children
are very kind to her now.
Columbus, Nevada, is n thriving
town. The population is estimated at
$50, of which $50 are professional
gamblers, so laboring men, working
at 81 per day. and so dead-brokes.
who live on what they can beg from
those who have money!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19
THE FEVER.
NORTHERN LOUISIANA ATTACK
ED BY THE FEVER.
LATEST FROM SHREVEPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS OF DIR.
ELISHA HARRISS IN RE
GARD TO THE FEVER.
NO ABATEMENT OF THE DIS
EASE YET.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, Sept. 17-Noon.
The fever IS reported to be in the
small towns of Northern Louisiana.
Ten men belonging to circus died
at Vernon, La, yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. I7-Noon.-A
private dispatch from Shreveport re-
ports the death of Rev. Father Oueme-
rois and the serious illness of Rev
Father Pierre.
There are now telegraph operators
in Shreveport
New YORK, Sept. 17-Night.
Elisha Harriss, registrar of the New
York Board of Health, and Secretary
of the American Public Health Asso-
citation, III Il letter enclosing 500 for
the Shreveport sufferers, urgently re-
quests the Howard Association of
Nlcksburg, Natchez ard New Orleans
to send and supervise Il requisite num-
Der of seasoned nurses, hospital SUD-
Plies and aid to provide for the sick
also, that with the municipal authorities
of Caddo Parish in which Shreveport
IS situated, that speedy measures, be
adopted for the quiet removal and
shelter OF an encampment if need be
of the unprotected who have not vet
fallen by the pestilence. He saws if
%ucy dlc 1eHloFtI beyond the first limo
of plains and hills that skirt the Red
river i'll that region entire security can
be obtained within q few miles from
the river that a flight to great dis
lance will not give the kind of security
that can be obtained at q small cost
and less than hours travel. If So. 900
and an effective organization of nurses
with a well devised plan for the NOV
ing of the unprotected were brought
INTO effective service III support, the
day of the panic and pestilence would
soon cease. The cotton brokers of
this city will telegraph their contribu-
tons by money order through the
Howard Association, of New Orleans.
The General Superintendent of the
Western Union Telegraph Comaany at
Louisville, telegraphed President Or
ton to-day, as follows The Howard
Association reports "a deaths at
III 81 hours, ending at 6
o clock, p. M, yesterday, and 900
since Sept. LIST. There appears to be
no abatement of the disease except
t ;om want of subjects. We have two
operators there now, and another will
leave here tonight. There is one at
Pensacola who has recently had the
fever and will go if necessary.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19

1t is understood that Mr.. A. +. Faw-
cett, the well known horse-owner, is
about to go to New York for the pur-
pose of purchasing back Dexter from
Mr.. Robert Bonner, to whom he sold
him some years ago. Mr.. Bonner
bought the famous gelding with the
intention of keeping him for his own
private use, but entered into an agree
ment with Mr.. Fawcett that he should
have him back whenever his time of
2:17I should be beaten. 1t is unnec-
essary to say that this has been done.
and now Mr.. Fawcette is anxious to
become possessed of what he once
owned the king of the trotting turf.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19

Thousands attest its virtues and from II omar
ers of the Globe come testimonials of wonder
full cures performed by SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19
Wrinkles are Unavoidable.

but the teeth may be rendered time-proOf, if
brushed daily witt SOZODONT, a preparation
as healthfnl as the dew; they will never decay
OF become discolored or infested with tartar
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19
New York Evening Post.

To one of their resolutions we espe-
cially call the attention of this city and
State. A sharp rivalry is now estab-
hshed at different points, from Norfolk
to Montreal, for the commerce which
New York has largely monopolized by
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19
From. the New York Times.

1t is possible that with the Erie
Canal able to carry two tons where it
now does one, all this hubbub about
about transportation would cease. We
want no more grain here from the
West than is wanted abroad, and we
should stop to inquire whether the en-
larged canal and the present railways,
compclled-as they can be-to decent
rates viii not bring al required for the
present. The West will soon find that
it is suicidal to contine itself to the
raising of cereals. 1t must diversity its
industry, and it will. There will then
be less grain to ship, and the cry for
transportation may become more mod
Cratp
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19

Besides their decisive successes, the
expedition met with the sad fate of
losing its ighly-meritorious COM
mander, Hall, who died III the Autumn
of the first year. In the second Sum-
mer on her return to latitude 80 de-
grees, 9 minutes north, the Polaris was
beset with ice, and drifted down to
latitude II degrees, 20 minutes north,
where the crew, during a severe gale,
were separated; ten white men and
nine Esquimaux drifting off on an ice
foe, and the remainder of the
the four Germans, DR.. Bessels,
Mauch, Schuman, and Sieman, )-being
on board the ship, which remained
back for q second winter near North
cumberland Island, in latitude II
degrees 20 minutes north. The nine
teen persons on the ice-fioe drifted
from Oct, 10, 1872, to April 80, 1878,
from latitude II degrees 20 minutes to
latitude 53 degrees minutes north,
near Newfoundland, where they were
picked up by the steamer Tigress.
The length OF the course of this ice
foe drift is not less than $50 nautical
miles, which equals the distance be-
tween Trieste and the North Cape, or
Stockholm and Aleppo, or Petersburg
and Malta, or Tilsit and Lisbon, or
Reykjavink and Venice. The ice-foe
drift of the Flansa party, Second Ger
man expedition.) from latitude II
degrees north to 81 degrees north,
lasted nearly the same length of time,
Give ard a-half months) from Oct, 10,
1869, to May 7, 1870, when they had
f1oated distance of 900 miles. All of
the nineteen persons OF Halls expadi-
ton remained alive and well, while the
eighteen Norwegian fishermen, who
had passed the winter in the ice ford
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-19

The New York papers of Saturday
are filled with details of the collapse of
the great balloon bubble. How the
bubble broke is thus told by a Tribune
reporter:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Wouldn,t Kueel to the POpe

Mr.. Flora White, we'll known in the
fashionable world forty years ago, was
one of the most beautiful, accomplish
ed, elegant, and attractive women of
day. She was the daughter of General
Adair, of Kentucky, and her first hus-
band was Joseph M. White, the second
delegate sent to Congress from the Ter
ritory of Florida. Highly educated,
full of genius, and with the manners
and bearing of queen, her society was
courted by the most elevated circles at
Washington, New Orleans, New York
and Boston. She was brilliant con-
versationalist, readJ and effective at re-
partee, and a sincere, warm-hearted
gentlewoman of the most gracious and
generous impulses. On one of her
visits to Rome she was presented to the
Pope.
"Kneel, my daughter" said he, as
she stood erect in her imperial grace
before him.
"All kneel to me except the daugh-
ters of sovereigns.
81 am a princess in my own right,
your Holiness" she replied.
elbow can that be when you are an
American born?"
"In my own country the people are
sovereign and l am a daughter of the
people?'
The Pope smiled a gracious assent,
rejoining, "Then receive an old man s
blessing"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Epidemic DeInsions in Europe.

There are plenty of stories of this
kind that | might relate to you. For
instance, in nunneries it ia not at all un-
common, from the secluded life, and
the attention being fixed upon one sub
ject, one particular set of ideas and
feelings-the want of n healthy vent, so
to speak, for the mental activity-that
some particular odd propensity has de-
velOped itself For instance, in one
nunnery abroad, many years ago, one
of the youngest nuns began to NEW like
a cat; and all the others, after a time,
did the same. In another nunnery one
began to bite, and the others were af
fected with the propensity to bite.
In one of these instances the mania
was spreading like wildfre through
Germany, extending from one nunnery
to another; and they were obliged to re-
sort to some such severe measures as !
have mentioned to drive it out. 1t was
set down in some instances to demonia-
cal possession, but the devil was very
easily exercised by some pretty strong
threat on the part of the medical man.
The celebrated physician Boerhaave
was called in to case of that kind in
an orphan asylum in Holland, and 1
think his remedy was n red-hot iron.
He heated the poker in the fire, and
said that the next girl who fell into one
of these fits should be burned in the
arm; this was quite sufficient to stop it.
In Scotland at one time there was a
great tendency to breaking out into fits
of this kind in the churches. This was
particularly the case in Shetland; and
very wise minister there told them that
the thing could not be permitted, and
that the next person who gave way in
this manner-as he was quite sure they
could control themselves if they pleased
should be taken out and ducked in a
pond near. There was no necessity Mt
all to put his threat into execution.
Here, you sec, the stronger motive is
submitted for the weaker one, and the
stronger motive is sufficient to induce
the individual to pnt check upon him
self. l have said that it usually hap
pens with the female sex, though some
times it occurs with young men who
have more or less of the same constitu-
tional tendency. What is necessary is
to induce a stronger motive, which will
call forth the power of self-control,
which had previously been abandoned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
A Story for the Children.

A friend of ours told us a story little
while ago, which interested us so much
that we want to tell it to all our little
friends. This gentleman owned fine
horse, which was very fond of him, and
would come from the pasture at the
sound of his voice, and follow him
about like q dog. Well, at one time
the horse became lame, and was com
PEELED to stay in his stable, and not be
used for many weeks, and it was during
this time that Mr.. G. became interested
to see how much the horse knew and
how kind his sympathies were.
An old cat had made her nest upon
the scaffold just above the horses mang-
er, and had laid there her little family
of five kittens, to bring them up under
good tuition, we suppose. She and the
horse got on nicely for some days. She
jumped down into his manger and went
off for food, and then came back and
leaped up to her kittens again. But
one morning she rolled off into the
manger, with her foot bleeding, and
badly hurt, so that she could scarcely
crawl: but she managed to leap away on
three feet and get her breakfast; but
when she came back she was entirely
unable to get up to her kittens, and
what do you think she did? She lay
down at the horses feet, and mewed
and looked up several times, till at last
pony, seeming to understand her wants,
reached down, took the cat in his teeth,
and tossed her up on the scaffold to her
kittens, who, we doubt not, were glad
enough to see her.
This, Mr. G. told us he saw repeated
morning after morning. Kit would roll
off into the manger, go and get her
breakfast, come back, and be tossed up
to her family by the kind horse, who
must have understood cat language and
been willing to listen to it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Early Rising.

If there be one thing in existence
more miserable than another, it most
unquestionably is the being compelled
to rise by candle light. If you ever
doubted the fact, you are painfully con-
vinced of your error on the morning of
your departure. You left strict orders
over night to be called at half-past four,
and you have done nothing all night
! but doze for five minutes at time, and
start up suddenly from a terrific dream
of large church clock with the small
hand running round, with astonishing
rapidity, to every figure on the dial
plate. At last, completely exhausted,
you fall gradually into a refreshing
sleep-your thoughts grow confused
the stage coaches, which have been ''go-
ing off, before your eyes all night,
become less and less distinct, until they
go off altogether one moment you are
driving with all the skill and smartness
of an experienced whip,-the next you
are exhibiting, la Ducrow, on the off
leader; anon you are closely muffied
up, inside, and have Just recognized IN
the person of the guard an old school
fellow, whose funeral. even in your
dream, you remember to have attended
eighteen years ago. At last you fall
into state of complete oblivion, from
which you are aroused, as if into a new
state of existence, by a singular illu-
sion. You are apprenticed to a trunk
maker how, or why, or when, or
wherefore, you don't take the trouble
to inquire but there you are, pasting
the lining in the lid of a portmanteau.
Confound that other apprentice in the
back shop, how he is hammering +
rap, rap, rap-what an industrious fell
low he must be you have heard him at
work for half an hour past, and he has
been hammering necessarily the whole
time. Rap, rap, rap, again-he's talk
ing now--what's that he said ? Five
o'clock You make a violent exertion,
and start up in bed. The vision is at
once dispelled the trunkmaker's shop
apprentice your shivering servant, who
has been vainly. endeavoring to wake
you for the last quarter of an hour, at
the imminent risk of breaking either
his own knuckles or the panels of the
door. You proceed to dress yourself
with all possible dispatchi The faring
light enough to show that the things
you WILL hT6 uOJ WHtI6 GIl6J OllSnJ W
be, and you undergo trifing delay in
consequence of having carefully packed
up one of your boots i'll your over
anxiety of the preceding night You
soon complete your toilet, however, for
you are not particular on such an occa-
sion, and you shaved yesterday evening;
so, mounting your Petersham great
coat and green travelling shawl, and
grasping your carpet-bag in your right
hand, you walk lightly down stairs, lest
you should awaken any of the family,
and after pausing in the common sit
ting-room for one moment, just to have |
a cup of coffee, (the said common sit
ting-roo looking remarkably comfort
able, with everything out of it's place,
and strewed with the crumbs of last |
nights supper,) you undo the chain and
bolts of the street door, and find your
self fairly in the stTeet.-DickenS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
An Awful Lonesome Man i'm California.

In the shanty which, in California; s
early days, did the duty as office for the
banking, postal and express business of
Wells, Fargo & Co., in Maryville, there
sat, one Saturday evening, a misan-
thropic and detected looking individual,
whose long and unkempt hair and beard,
cowhide boots and rough dress, bespoke
the miner. For over an hour he sat
there, the picture of despair, with not a
word or look for any one present.
Miners came, left their "dust," took
their coin in return, and exchanged
greeting with all present, save the mo
rose man, whose apathy, nothing, it
seemed, could disturb. Finally, there
entered young miner with beaming
face, who after completing his business
at the counter, turned to the agent in
charge and remarked that on the pre-
viOus Saturday he had some dealings
with the bank, and thought that some
mistake had been made in his account.
"Guess not" said the agent. Our
cash was all right, and reckon we keep
our books pretty straight
But upon thes request of the miner
that the account should be examined,
the account was looked at, and it was
found that through clerical error, the
miner had been paid just $50 too much.
"That's just what [ make it, - said
the latter, "and here's your money. /"
With this he threw down the gold, and
received the thanks of the agent.
While this conversation was in pro-
gress, the misanthropic miner had pre-
served his look of utter indifference !;
but, when he saw it actually returned,
his face frightened up, he rose slowly,
walked toward the honest miner with
slow and solemn step, and said:
Young man, don't You feel awful
lonesome in this country 2'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Photograplling the Eye and Ear.

That the interior of the human eye
has been photographed is well known
though the experiment is a somewhat
cruel one for living subject, still there
are victims who endure it. An instance
of this kind is given by DIR. Vogel-that
of very handsome young lady (whose
brother is a physician who patiently
takes extract of belIadonna until the
pupil has become sufficiently large; the
interior of the eye is then illuminated
with magnesium light and photograph
ed. In a similar manner has the ear
been photographed that is to say, the
tympanum only. A tube is inserted, in
which is a mirror, inclined at a certain
angle. The mirror throws light into
the interior of the ear, and is also pro-
vided with a central hole, through which
the illuminated tympanum can be in
spected. A system of lenses projects
an image on the sensitive plate, and the
picture is made in the ordinary manner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

The method of making all the parts
of a bridge to fit exactly, and securing
the ties by pins, is peculiarly American.
The plan sti followed in Europe is
that of using ivets, which makes the
erection of bridge take much more
time, and cost, consequently, much
more. A riveted lattice bridge one
hundred and sixty feet in span would
require ten or twelve days for its cree
ton, while one of the Ph9nixville
bridges of this size has been erected in
eight and a half hours. In consequence
of this method of working, American
iron bridges, despite the higher price of
our iron, can successfully compete in
Canada with bridges of English or Bel
gian construction. The American iron
bridges are lighter than those of other
nations, but their absolute strength is
as great, since the weight which is
saved is all dead weight, and not neces~
sary to the solidity of the structure.
The same difference is displayed here
that is seen in our carriages with their
slender wheels, compared with the lum-
bering, heavy wagons of European con-
struction-LippincOTs.