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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23
THE LAVA BEDS.
STATEMENTS AND COUNTFp
STATEMENTS.
MODCCS ON SNOW MOUNTAIN
AT LAST ACCOUNTS.
SOME MORE THINKING, INTER-
SPERSED WITH A FEW
PROBABILITIES
ANOT Err FIGHT WITH THE
INDIANS.
THEY ARE DEFEATED AND
L Z n
TROOPS IN PURSUIT NOT YET
HEARD FROM

LAVA BEDS, May Lett stated
that Mason's ana HasbroucEs com
mands had formed a junction near
Captain Jacks last stronghold and
would, in all probability, hem the
Modocs in. The second dis, at(l
dated May 18th, contradict5 the for,
MGR, which states that junction had
not been made and furthermore that
the Modocs had escaped from their
stronghold by three routes. Both
commands are pursuing the Modocs.
Nothing has been heard from Don
old McKay's Warm Spring warriors.
1T later accounts the Modocs were
encamped OF Snow Mountain. two
miles south of Sorass Creek. Has
brouck started i'll that direction on the
10Th instant, and Mason's command
remained n the Lava Fed.
Mckay thinks that Boston Charley
was killed in the last fight. ii IS
thought that Mason will find the No
does this time. KingsbuIys command
has been sent to reinforce him.
SAN Francisco, May 2I-Night.
Gen. Davis reports a fight with the
Indians, on the 10th inst The Ind
ans were whipped and ran away.
Mounted troops are in pursuit, but
have not been heard from since the
14th inst.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23
For the journal.
To the Editors of the Wilmington


To the Editors Of the Wilmington
Journal
SIRs Accuracy Oh statement is at
all times desirable, even in 50 nppa
rently unimportant a matter as the
chronicling of BON mot; therefore
you Will permit me to correct the mis-
takes of the paragraph lately appearing
in your paper recording a very clever
.jeu d'esprit of Mr. Willis. The occa-
sion was a private dinner at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Gales, the chief guest
being General Robert Campbell of
South Caselina, then a member of Con-
gress, afterwards the United States
Consul General at Havana, which posi-
ton he also subsequently held at Lon
don. He died a number of years ago.
The lady who called forth the witty
repartee of the poet, was not Miss
Seaton, who was not present, but an
intimate friend of Mr.. Wills E7ho found
greater attraction in her brilliant coa-
versation than in that of the lady whom
he had led TO dinner. Observing this,
the hostess peneeied q playful CON-
mand they should each pay more att
tention to the guest to whom they had
been respectively assigned, to which
Mr.. Willis jotted down the instant re-
ply:
"Pray cease my dear Aunt, our actions to
Nor strain at my Nat, while You swallow
your Campbell
Washington City evening Star"
and Sunday Herald" please copy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23

Mr.. Bierstadt and others of the ORR
entail Typographical Corps, who left
New York, few weeks ago, to make
explorations and sketches in the Bible
lands, are actively engaged at the Pyr-
amids, Memphis and the Lower Nile.
The employees of the Brooklyn Gas
Company, who struck week ago, have
not been able to compromise the mat
ter with their employers, and are still
idle. The company is satisfied with
the new hands, and having an abundant
supply of gas, has decided to get along
without the strikers.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23

to predict what the decision of that
Court will be when it is remembered
that it's Chief Justice, Mr.. Mcclure, is
also the editor of an administration
organ in Arkansas in violent opposition
to Governor Baxter
Alas poor Arkansas. Comment is
unnecessary.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23

The Life Saving Society of New
York was organized in that city last
weeF, Professor Theodore w. Dwight
being elected President. Its object is
TO promote the rescue of Persons IL
peIii from drowning, from fire, and
from other accidents. It is to consist
of patrons, life and honorary members.
One who gives $500 becomes patron,
800 life member, and $40 annually
an honorary member.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23
A CIURs

We return thanks to a friend at
Bladenboro', Bladen county, for large
club of subscribers. We wish we had
hundreds of such friends.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23

fhe planet Vulcan, lying within the
orbit of Mercury, accomplishes it's
year in thirty-four days and some
hours. The Albany Journal saws that
everybody can be his own Methuselah
in Vulcan.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23
EUROPE.
DON CARLO ) IN NAVARRO.
HE WILL CONQUER OR DIE.
THE POPE IMPROVING,

THE POPE IMPROVING.
SECRET SOCIETIES
TO BE SUPPRESSED IN ROME.
THE RUSSIAN ARMS SUCCESS
Full IN KHIVA.
THE CZAR'S HUNGERING FOR
TURKEY.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-23

Washington City evening Star"
and Sunday Herald please copy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03

In the northwestern part Of Siberia
the inhabitants live chiefly upon sal
mon, which enter the streams in sum
mer to spawn; then the natives take i'm
mense quantities of the fish, dry them,
and lay by q supply for the next season.
About every third or fourth year, ON the
average-though with considerable ir-
regularity-salmon do not appear, and
the consequence is famine, which, fall
ing first upon the dog teams of the peo-
pie, disables the latter from drawing
supplies from other quarters To pre-
vent the terrible sufferings which have
arisen from this cause, the Russian gov
eminent established at Ko1yfna, d post
on the Arctic ocean. a sort of savings
bank, with a capital of one hundred
thousand dried fish, purchased from the
natives and stored away; then law was
enacted compelling every male inhabi-
tant of the settlement to pay into the
bank annually one-tenth of all the fish
he caught, and no excuse for failure
was admitted-this continuing as long
as the fish season remained good; but
when there was failure of the salmon,
and starvation impended, every deposit
tor was entitled to borrow enough foI
his regular supplies, on condition of re-
payment next year. At the latest adj
vices, this bank had carried the people
through two consecutive years of fam.
inc, and accumulated capital of three
hundred thousand dried fish, and was
still accommodating at the rate of twenty
thousand year. 1t was thus on the
road to wealth, besides proving such 9
fountain of benefcence to the people.
1t is the principle of Joseph's manage,
ment in Egypt, with all the modern i'm
provements required by the state of So
ciety in Siberia. :.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Feeding and Fattening AH1mals.

Thaer fixes thirteen pounds as the
quantity of hay per day which cow
requires for her maiptsenance in perfect
condition; and If III milk, he allowseas
many as twenty-five to twenty three
pounds, bat the ration must vary with
the weight of the animal. Mr.. Perrault,
another foreign writer, states twenty
seven pounds as the allowance for a
mich COW weighing about $50 pounds,
he having in his experience found that
an animal in milk required about six
and one-quarter pounds of hay for
every 220 pounds of living weight A
very large OK or COW, relatively to it's
weight, requires less food than an ami
NAL of smaller dimensions. And this
circumstance is grand argument with
those breedeE- who are in favor of very
large cattle hey say that if a large
OK consume pre- than a small one,
still the inc jef lives mption is by
no means in tt ealth-sudhe increase of
weight. The real : I ference is owing
to the quieter disposition of the animal,
the vessels going to support the flesh
or fat being larger, attained by the be-
fore mentioned crossing. so that some
breeds have, by such system, attained
the faculty of laying more upon their
backs, and others again more in the
adipose tissues within. 1t may be said
that for every one hundred pounds, neat
cattle require for plain keeping three
fourths of pound of meadow hay;
when laboring, two pounds; When in
milk three, growing rapidly, three and
one-half, which ought to be given with
great regularity, and about three times
day, constituting so many meals,
which, however, are well divided, the
whole quantity for each meal not being
placed before the animal at once. This
precaution is particularly necessary
when the allowance consists of green
fodder In fattening cattle, it is, per-
haps, of more Importance than in gen.
eral feeding, that the provender should
be distributed regularly; plenty of soft
litter and the greatest attention to
cleanliness add materially to fattening.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Healthy Hen-R0Osts.

If we would keep poultry in healthy
state during the winter, the hennery
must have its housekeeping as well as
the dwelling house Clean out the nest
boxes, and whitewash them inside and
out, ready for another spring; and when
fresh hay OF straw is put in, sprinkle a
handful of flour of sulphur into each.
Paint the roosts well with petroleum or
kerosene. Clean out all the earth IN
derneath the hen-roOsts, and sprinkle
fresh sand or loan over the whole floor
of the room. IF this is well attended
to every autumn, there will be no dan
ger of diseased, yermin-covered poultry,
but the whole stock will be in healthy
condition. Next see that there is good
supply of pure water every morning for
their use. There is recipe for keep
ing fowls healthy which has been sold
under the titles of Universal Poultry
Drops" and Poultry Keepers Friend, !"
and it's use has been found very benefi-
cial for all kinds of poultry. To half a
pound of sulphate of iron add one ounce
of diluted sulphrlric acid, and pour it
into two gallons of water; let it stand
fourteen days after bottling it, and then
put teaspoonful in every pint of water
every other day, and let the fowls drink
it freely. Chickens should have the
same amount twice week. The effect
of this stimulant is soon apparent; the
feathers of the birds will assume a rich,
glossy appearance, and the whole flock
will be in the best possible health and
spirits. If poultry are affected with the
dry roup, this remedy will prove cure,
and will ward it off from flocks that are
not tainted. With a little attention to
cleanliness, large focks of poultry can
be kept from disease, and either fatten-
ed for market, or so fed that they will
give bountiful supply of eggs. At
this season of the year it is well to let
the fowls have the run of the orchard
aud garden, and they will destroy guam
titles of worms, bugs, and other insects
A hundred fowls in quarter of an acre
will do good service to the horticulture
list and the gardener, and lay a large
number of eggs, which are always cash
article, and desirable in the kitchen and
on the table
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Charcoal for Sick Cattle.

The Country Gentleman gives the
following on the value of powdered
charcoal:
Nearly all animals become sick from
improper eating. In nine cases out of
ten the digestion is wreng. Char
coal is the efficient and rapid corrective.
lit will cure a majority of cases, ii pro-
perly administered. An example of its
use-the hired man came III with the in
teliigence that one of his finest COWS was
very sick, and q kind neighbor proposed
the usual drugs and poisons. The
owner being i'll, and unable to examine
the COW, concluded that the trouble
came from over-eating, and ordered a
teacup of pulverized charcoal given in
water. 1t was mixed, placed in junk
bottle, the head held upward, and the
water, with it's charcoal, poured down
ward. In five minutes an Improvement
was visible, and in few hours the ami
NAL was in the pasture, quietly eating
grass. Another instance of equal sue
cess occurred with Young heifer which
became badly bloated by eating green
apples after a hard wind The bloat
was SO bevere that thesides We're almost
as hard as barrel. The old remedy, sal
eratus, was tried for the purpose of
correcting the acidity; but the attempt
to put it down always caused coughing,
and it did little good. Half a teacup-
full of powdered charcoal was given. In
six hours all appearance of the bloat had
gone, and the heifef was well.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Daylight Fireworks.

The Japanese havefireworks made ex-
pressly to be let off by daylight A re-
cent festival in Japan, at which dis
play of these ingenious toys were
hibited, is thus described in the Yoko-
homa Herald -" The second day was
occupied with exhibitions of the in
genious daylight fireworks, of the man.
ufacture of which the japanese appear
to be the sole masters. AS usual, this
consisted mostly of bombs which, ex-
ploding high in the air, discharged some
times various colored jets of smoke and
sometimes closely-folded packages of
wire and paper, which unfolded them
selves into parachutes of great bulk and
symmetrical design. They were some
times fish, which swan leisurely through
the atmosphere to the grollnd or snakes
which writhed themselves away over the
tree-tops, or great birds, that lowered
kite-like and motionless for an incredi-
bly, long time Occasionally they took
the shape of cottages, temples, human
beings, magnified crests of daimios,
trees and fiowers-almost anything that
a lively imagination could suggest The
smoke figure were most amusing. One
of the most frequently attempted was
cuttle-fish. with body of thick,
fuliginous black, and arms of lighter
hues. OF course the illusion was very
brief, the wind not allowing the smoke
to remain undisturbed for more than a
few seconds but while it lasted it was
perfect"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
The Cultivation of Lucerne.

Our correspondent who asks for in
formation in regard to the cultivation of
orchard-grass for the purpose of soiling
cattle, should direct his attention to the
value of Lucerne for that purpose. We
have elsewhere incidentally alluded to
its great value by an eminent farmer of
Pennsylvania, and we cannot too strong
~ recommend it to the farmers of the
Middle and Southern States, many of
whom, through our instigation, have
experimental with it during the past
season, and others are already ordering
seed in anticipation of sowing it largely
next spring. It requires to be gotten
in well, and the ground very literally
MANFRED. These prerequisites being
secured, it viii afford to be cut several
times in a season, and it will not be
requisite to be resown for seven or eight
years. A top-dressing of superphos-
pilates OF bone earth CT ashes every
other year will keep it to a high stand
ard as food-producing plant for cattle.
About fifteen to sixteen pounds of seed
to the acre is required at the first set
ting, which varies in price from sixty to
seventy-five cents per pound, according
to circumstances. The Agricultural
Bureau at Washington has distributed
very widely the seed of the Lucerne,
and the Commissioner says that " the
most favorable accounts of success in
it's culture have been returned" Mr.
Howard, well-known writer at the
South, says that "as forage plant at
the South Lucerne is very superior to
others. 1t is used for three purposes:
First, for feedi,ag green, or soiling;
used in this way. It is best to cut the
Lucerne day in.sdvance, SO as to feed
it in a wilted state. It must never be
pastured. Lucerne hay is ex-
tremely nutritious, and is relished by
horses, cattle and sheep. It is preferred
by the domestic animals to any other
kind of; hay. The product of Lucerne
is enormous Five tons of excellent
hay may be cut from an acre. It is es-
timated that fodder, green and dry,
may beobtained from an acre of Lucerne
for the support of five horses during
the entire year. This included the
great bulk of green food during the
Spring, Summer and Autumn. -Balti-
,a7n9.p
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
HYarnfe of ChlnraI.

The drug that was to revolutionize
the modern medical system is fulfilling
its work in different way with alarm
ing rapidity. In 1869 hydrate of
chloral sold for $50 pound, so that
each "sleep" produced by it cost, at
wholesale prices 81. Now, German
chemical factory sells it for s. per
pound. Its use as a narcotic has attain
ed enormous proportions according to
official statistics. Within the last Is
months four dealers have sold in Eng
land 40 tons, enough to put Sc, 900, 600
people to sleep. The new drug is more
dangerous than the old, because the
system gradually becomes callous to
the effects of opium while every dose of
choral makes it more sensitive A dose
of $50 grains would be fatal; but, in
the establishments we have mentioned,
the ordinary allowance is stated at 100
grains
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Curing Hams.

Charles Jessop furnished the Mary
land Agricultural Society the following
recipe: Two and one-half pounds Of
saltpeter, drieds and finely powdered,
one-half bushel best Liverpool salt,
three pounds brown sugar, and one-half
gallon molasses. Mix all in vessel,
rub the meat we'll with the same, and
pack with skin down. The above is the
exact amount required for one thousand
pounds of pork. After being in salt
three to four weeks, take out, wash
clean the pieces, dry, and hang it up
for smoking. Three weeks is sufficient
to smoke them thoroughly-by fire
made of hickory wood. When smoked,
take down and bag, or pack away in
dry chaff or cut straw. Examine them
occasionally, and if found to be at all
damp, renew the packing with dry
material
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
An AHY for Cotton.

The cable informs us that the, itte
crop of India has been destroyed w q
cyclone In India ilte lree taken the
place of cototn as ah agricultural pro-
duct India exports yearly $50, 900, 900
worth OF ssssH In raw and manufac-
tured state. The importations of raw
and manufactured jute, by the United
States III 1872, amount to Sc, So $685.
For some strange reason jute has not be-
come to any extent one of the agricul-
tHral products. Much af, the land on
which cotton grows is suitable for inc
cultivation of jute. Tt is raised for
about one-eighth of the cost OF cotton.
and at present sells FOR one-quarter of
its,price-a profit OF 100 per cent. Its Weld
is larger than that OF cotton. There
is no possibility of its being cultivated
at the South in place of cotton, but
there is great feasibility of its being ac-
cepted by Southern planters as an ally
for that great staple, and am ally sup
plying i'll some respects what it lacks as
a great industry.
A writer in the Agricultural Report,
for 1872, very truly says that if the plan,
tiers of the cotton States divert 'sfrom
the cultivation of cotton force sufficient
tosproduce half a million of bales of iute
that crop will be nearly a clear ae-
QUESTION, and will save large outlay
for freight, bale-clotl and compression
OF cotton" He further adds that its
cultivation Twill save several millions of
dollars and send out Of the cotton States
every year to purchase gunny cloth, %
and that ''siute would supply the female
labor of the South, which retires from
fields, under the system of free labor. -
The " hands might be employed in
packing it when driven from the fields
by inclement weather. The South
could manufacture as well as grow the
article, and have it leave their hands
only in a manufactured state. sa
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
The Culture of Mushrooms.

Many persons regard the culture of
mushrooms as great mystery. But it
is not so. On the contrary, it is as sim
pie as raising a crop of corn, or cultiva-
ting grape vine, or bed of cabbages,
and can be done in out of the way
places, taking up little room and re-
quiring little attention Mushrooms,
too, can be raised in winter, when no
other crop can be, reguler supply had
for family use. Or, if conducted on a
large scale, with view for disposal in
in our city markets, there is nothing to
hinder, and a most profitable thing can
be made of the business All farmers
keep horses and cattle, and have plenty
of manure; and it may be mentioned
that the quantity used in forming mush-
room beds is not lost, for it can, when
new beds are made, be. returned to the
manure yard. 1t must be borne in
mind, too, that there is no necessity to
builda place to grow this vegetable. It
can be grown almost anywhere in an en-
closed place-even in the kitchen or sit
ting room; but the best out-of-the- way
places are a close horse stable, which is
regarded as the best of all; mild cellars,
enclosed out houses of almost every
kind where the soil in the beds can be
kept from freezing.
Now, for the mode of growing Take
a box, say ten or eleven inches in depth,
and as long and broad as the space will
admit of or may be desired; pack it
down with six inches of the horse drop
pings; on thisput three inches of dry
COW droppings, broken somewhat fine:
moisten this, (not wetting or deluging
it1 with a strong brine of inter or salt
petre water. In this COW manure plant
the spawn, which can be obtained at the
best horticultural stores, in the form
of brick, break in good sized pieces.
say as large as walnut, and set in tri-
angular shape, thus ~, and cover with
from an eight to quarter of inch
not more that the latter, of fine dry
soil. Glover the whole with old carpet
Or any heavy cloth, SO that the light is
excluded. Of course it
needs no sun, but just the contrary, as
perfect darkness is required. German
fO,Da TeLe0ru11h
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
German HOt-beds.

For forcing early melons, tomatoes,
etc, this prepared cloth is especially
adapted, as it can be tackled to boxes of
any size required, and cut to fit them.
Little, rough, square boxes of, the
proper size and height, covered with the
prepared cloth, can be placed over the
hills in which tomato, melon or other
seeds are planted, and the plants allow
ed to stand, without transplanting, I'M
til all danger of frost is over, when the
boxes may be taken off and packed
away carefully for another season:
Take white cotton cloth, of close
texture, stretch it, and nail it on frames
of any size you wish; mix two ounces
of lime-water, four ounces of linseed
oil, one ounce white of eggs separately,
two ounces of yolk of eggs; mix the
lime and oil with a very gentle heat,
beat the eggs separately, and mix with
the former Spread this mixture, with
a paint brush, over the cloth, allowing
each coat to dry before applying an
other, until they become waterproof
The following are some of the advan-
tages these shades possess over glass:
l. The cost being hardly one-fourth.
2. Repairs are easily and cheaply
made.
3. They are light; they do not require
watering; no matter how intense the
heat of the sun, the plants are never
struck down, or faded, or checked in
growth; neither do they grow up long,
sickly, and weakly, as they do under
glass, and still there is abundance of
light.
4 The heat entirely arising from
below, is equable and temperate, which
is great object. The vapor arising
from the manure and earth is condensed
by the cool air passing over the surface
of the shade, and hangs in drops upon
the inside, and therefore the plants do
not require SO frequent watering, If
the frames or stretchers are made large,
they should be intersected with cross
bars about foot square, to support
the cloth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-03
Dome site Happiness.

The great end of prudence is to give
cheerfulness to those hours which
splendor cannot gid, and accumulation
cannot exhilarate. Those soft intervals
of nnbended amusement, in which a
man shrinks TO his natural dimensions
and throws aside the ornaments and dis
guises which he feels in private TO be
useless membranes, and to lose all
effects when they become familiar To
be happy at home is the ultimate result
of all ambition, the end to which every
enterprise and labor tends, and of which
every desire prompts the execution. It
is, indeed at home, that every man
must be known by those who would
have a just estimate of his virtue or
felicity; for smiles and embroidery are
alike occasional, and the mind is often
dressed for show in painted honor and
fictitious benevolence