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TIE, Mooo5s.
SAN FRASclsco, May I6.-The fol
lowing has been received here:
q LIZ, esl.1,rrl o,s TILE LAKE

SAN FRANclsco, May E6.-The fol
lowing has been received here:
CAssa, SovTu OF TULE LAKE,
Lava Blvd, May -, 1873.
The Modocs are now entrenchea IN
crater butte or mass Of lava, approx
! mating some little southeast Of this
camp, and distant from. fifteen to eight
cen miles .}.F~I
+ Captain Hashreuok is camped within
watching DISTANCE ef;the enemy, with
2lo men, where he awaits the arrival
I.of Colonel Moran, who yesterday nal.aorn7
ing started from. Capt. Jacks strong
| hold with 40 men, he took 8 south
easterly course. 10. 'iefa'
IT is intended that the two com
mands should be united under Colonel
Mason, and held the; indians at bay
until Morton's command is forwarded
and 4 scout is made around the south
ern boundary Of the lava beds by way
Of the TFieknor road Hila fan III FIR
AT last accounts the Indians were
fortifying their, present position with
the evident intention Of giving battle
Oh the first opportunity. tfs
II p. Colonel Mason signallcd
his knowledge of1the whereabouts OF
the Indians this afternoon by way OF
Captain Jacks old stronghold, and
that both himself and Hasbrouk were
ordered to obtain favorable positions
during the night and make the attack
on the enemy at 8 O'Clock tomorrow
| morning. ..,
This news is known only to few
in camp, and therefore has not created
an excitement 1870 771iltr- f., f.
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A MAN WHO HANGED HIMSELF b,

-~~~-O-~---
CAUSE HE CouLD NOT CATCH HIS Horse.
Adam Mag, an. eccentric German
baker, Of Matamoras, Pa, Oh Monday
afternoon went to catch his horse
The horse gave him an annoying chase.
Mag became very angry, and did not
bride his tongue. He obtained little
sympathy from his family. Soon after,
wards he went out, and was not seen
again. Toward evening two girls were
passing hin on Milford road, just be-
low there, when they discovered him
on his knees with his >arms around a
small cedar tree. Going up to him,
the girls saw that there was rope
around his neck This was fastened to
a small limb of the tree, and Mag was
dead. & ~ 20 ~ l.,l.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

= A Pennsylvania paper says go Every
village and borough in the State is pro-
jecting the erection of factories of var
ious kinds. WeneEer knew a period
in the history Of Pennsylvania when SO
much money was put into manufac-
( turing business as is being invested at
present. a 99ia4 e
sa 1fsthe same could be said about Vir
GINA towns, our future prosperity
would not be questioned. Every man
: who starts manufacturing enterprise
in'Vi-ginia, not Only benefits his neigh
bors, but his labor will contribute to
The prosperity Of the present and Of
future generations We have not a
great deal of capital in this community
but what we have could be made more
productive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

LAVA BED, May III A. M.-Ont
sentinel reports that he heard firing
in an easterly direction from the CAM
at an early hour this morning. He
inferred from this that Colonel Masor
has begun his work.
The body of Lieutenant Harris ar
rived at Yreka to-day. -,'.'T e.-~.5
FUNERAL OF A MoDoC vICriM.
BUFFALO, May .16.-The funeral Of
lieutenant Sherwood, one of the vic
Tins Of AIodoc treachry, was attended
this afternoon by an escort of United
States troops, with United States off
GERS as pail bearers and a largec oncours
Of citizens and officers Of New York
State volunteers. f5. .-ts,. 81 .
The body of Capt Albion Howe,
.. S. A, another Modoc victim, will
reach here tonight, and be buried with
military honors on Sunday next.
LAVA BEDS, May l1-9 A. M:-via
SAN FRAScIsco, May 12.-Despatches
from Lieutenant Bayless' camp state
that at sunrise yesterday the Modecs
came INTO camp and fired on the picket
guard. The command Of Captain
Iiasbrouck, after scouting all day, had
returned to Sorass lake for water, and
were making efforts to secure some. by
digging, but none could be found.
Donald Mckay was sent back to
/ lieutenant .Bayless' camp as an escort
Of Battery B, Of the Fourth Artillery.
G. and B, troops, Of the FIRST Cav: liy,
who left for the scene of the fight
the distance being seventeen miles
and which occupied all night. until
dawn of the next day.
Captain Jacks band rode within one
hundred yards of the camp, when they
all dismounted and charged on the
camp, firing into the herd and guard.
The first volley stanpeded the herd.
The herd left for the camp, and while
the men were getting under arms the
Modocs gave volley after volley, killing
tour soldiers and one Warm SprinS
Indian. "A rally was, made and a
charge was sounded.
This time Donald Mckay and some
of his men united and drove the Moaocs
into the timber, capturing twenty-one
ponies and three pack mules. One
Modoc was left on-the field, and nine
teen mules; packed ;5also sixadead bodies
Before the retreat the trail was covered
with gore. -~ ttt z"r& hf17Q 7eE
The wounded are being brought into
camp in wagons, and from there they
will be taken to headquarters. Two
soldiers reported MORALLY wounded.
Capt. Hasbrouk thinks the Modocs
have no ammunition, except what they
have remaining in their pouches, as
they lost their entire reserve of ammu-
milton in this fight. The cavalry are
in camp, all safe. Captain Jack has
but seven animals with him. He took
his position on the field in as lordly a
manner as if he had been brigadier
general. No squaws were seen during
the fight, nor by the scouts on the fol
lowing night.
1t appears strange how Captain Jack
got six boxes of central primed car
trldges he did not capture them from
our forces, and it is certain that he
could not have picked up that amount
after the battle Of January II. 1."'f w
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The Richmond correspondent Of the
Petersburg Index says: "a strong
effort from the Republican side is being
made to induce Underwood to resign,
and leading politician Of that party
recently wrote to " ashingten that if
the Republicans were to be expected
to carry the State in November, it
would be absolutely essential to the
success of their cause to have him off
the bench" -a .--f.s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

! The report Of the special House COM
mittee to investigate Indian affairs
which has just been printed, is said to
give an immense array of facts and fig
ures going to, show outrageous fraud,
systematically .practiced upon both the
Indians and the Government for many
years by those engaged in the Indian
service. .e 5l
This has been at the bottom Of all
our Indian troubles. 5.0
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

The St. Louis papers give very full
reports of the proceedings of the Cor
gressional Conference. Congressional
representations present from Virginia
were James B. Sener, John Amber
Smith, Alexander II. Davis, Thomas
Whitehead, John T. Harris, .5.e-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

Donaldson, the aeronaut, made an
ascension on Saturday evening, at
Reading, Pa, in a balloon made Of
brown paper and landed safely This
was the first regular paper balloon
ascension ever made in this country.
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NOTICE.

The settlement of the business of the hate
firm. ofW N. S. arthur SON has become
Il necessary by the death Of the; senior partner.
Notice is therefore given to Il persons indebt-
ed to said firm to make payment to the mr. der
signed partner without delay. /. Hte Bird u
authorized to settle up the fee bills due. to my
deceased Fa Their, aud all persons owing te {
will,make payment to him:
W. B. ARTHUR. ~,
l4e SIP .aof W.l;; Arthur \ Son ss
May I'D 1873 If
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: ------------------------- Z,
AD Y n3 TlSEMENIS

feNlE C0PARTNEkSiIP heIstofore o.igt.
i ing una the hrm name Of " jTF5t.T
a ShA AN ER is this day dissolved by mIls
tuai consent. Either member of tho srn !
s ~ TO 'isn the firm name in s3sssnla
. p'Lttes ipacptea ere. requested to IN Ike
prompt payment, as it is imnortan5 40 rias4
me business at qnce. Thanking oar lrie1Ji
shd the putiie generally for the vory libegli
patronage extended TO Us ia the pas. ne ri,st
respectfully ask a continuance ofx1. M. ~
oAr successors.
WILMER & SLAY3EAKER.
NJ or lCE-Faying PM chased fae entire
J. \ stock 81 goidsof Wilmer L. Siaymakrr.
" 's4laiheontihue business at the old sslaL.
D. =. WITNER q Cg.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

Mr. Alassie, of Amherst county, made
and sold IN one season, since the war,
$1,000 worth Of tobacco on land for.
which he paid one dollar per acre.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

BY virtue Of decree Of the Circuit yCguri
of Shenandoah county, entered on the End
day of April, 1873, in the chancery cause of
Alexander Bowman's admx. Complainant, We.
Jacob y. Glover, Defendant, tho under signed
co missiodeFs VIII offer 70 sale at pUb lie
auetien, IN front OF the court house, in Wood
stock, Va, on
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THIRD DISPATCH.

LAVA BED, May HI A. M.-One
sentinel reports that he heard firing
in an easterly direction from the camp
at an early hour this morning. He
inferred from this that Colonel Mason
has begun his work.
The body of Lieutenant Harris ar
rived at Yreka to-day .sisH Fi..--..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

TnE oHors sri he FChaqlo6tttsevillg
Chronicle says:-''We are sorry to-
hear from farmers in this county. that
the promise for wheat this year is, very
poor. In addition to winter killing,
the t crop has been greatly. damaged BY
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TUESDAY, JUNE l7th. SIS,

Z An undivided ia Il in ,eTest in five out lots,
known in the plan Of Woods tock as lots os
iD1 o,,,f
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-01
The Hired Gal.

There 10 one reason Why we should re-
gret to have the present troubles with do
nestle servants ended II is because wo-
men derive So much pleasure from discus
sing the subject Place two women to-
gether, and II makes no difference where
the conversation starts from, it will be
perfectly certain % work around to the
hired girl question before many minutes
have elapsed. We have seen an elderly
housekeePer. with experience in conduct
ing the talk in the right direction, break
into a discussion of Pythagoras and the
doctrine Of the transmigration Of souls,
and switch of the entire debate with such
expedition that an unsophisticated listener
would for some moments have an lndls-
tinct impression that the conversation re-
ferred to the insufhciency Of Pythagoras
as a washer and ironer, and TO the tendency
Of that heather philosopher to take two
Thursdays out Of every " eek. And when
n woman has an unusually villainous hired
girl who burns up the coal, wastes the
butter, mixes her hair in the biscuits and
stuffs her relations with sugar, it is inter
esting to observe how she glories in the
superiority Of her sufferings 10 those Of
her neighbors, and how, as she tells Of
them, she gloats over her misery and feels
GOOD abOnt it. A woman who has really
competent servant is always in a condition
% ablect wretchedness on such occasions
Ma Ideter.
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SCIENTIFIC AND MECHANICAL.

AT the recent meeting Of the British
Association, one of the ruled speculum plates
Of Professor Rutherford, Of this city, 2. 800
lines to the inch, was exhibited by Mr..
Norman Lockyer, who stated that in the
spectroscOpe it gave the same amount Of
dispersion as a train Of twenty or thirty
glass prisms. BY its aid, movements of
the suns atmosphere as slow as Eve milea
per second could be measured.
A VIRGINIA CIrY (Nevada) man Is sad
to have invented an ingenious plan of keep
ing his house clear Of insurance agents and
similar nuisances. On each side of the
path leading to his door, he has fixed sew
eral sections Of water-pipe filed with
small holes, and on the approach of sus-
Picious character, tap is turned, and in
stantly numerous Jets Of water en6lade
the path in all directions, and effectualIy
keep the invader at a safe distance.
A. VoGEL has found nearly all specimens
OF fresh milk either neutral or slightly
acid. In only two specimens, out Of thirty,
the alkaline action appears TO have been
due to traces Of free ammonia. He as
cribes the acid reaction of fresh milk To-
the presence Of free carbonic acid, since
htmus tincture, colored red by fresh milk.
regains its blue color on shaking or boil
ing. No mention is made of the condi-
tions Of food, etc, to which the cows were
subject.
The ATLANTIC CABLES. The ATTEMPT of
the Great Eastern steamer to lift and re-
pair the Atlantic ocean cable Of 1868. has
failed, owing to stormy weather. and the
aha hua -
work is postponed until next year. The
fault has been located at a point not far
eastward Of the banks Of vfoundland.
The cable was successfully gr grlppled and
lifted several times. A por- ion of the
original cable, that Of 1858, was brought
up during the graphing operation and
found to be in fair state of preservation.
THk Preece block system of electric rail
way signaling is worked on the principle
that the trains are to be kept certain un-
varying distance apart. No train can ad-
vance until the signal il given that the line
for the specific distance ahead is absolutely
clear
The passengers carried by the railways
Of Great Britain in 1872, reached the en-
ormous total Of 423, 0OO, 900 The total
number carried in 1850 was only 7s, ,S54,-
422. The increase is mainly owing to the
construction of underground and suburban
lines leading out Of the large cities
HoNoRs TO OPERATIVES AND FoREAgS
The Society Of Arts and Manufactures,
Vienna, has issued l34 silver medals, with
diplomas, to opera ives and foremen, re-
commended for the honor by employers
who were exhibitors at tho Exposition
The distribution is as follows
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A hempen rope, A, is tightly coiled
around 5he gutta percha portion of the
cable. This was. Of course, underneath
the iron wires which formed the outside of
the cable. In the middle Of the gutta
percha the copper wires are seen embedded
at b. In the middle of this gutta percha
there is a Jagged hole, exactly the size and
shape of that given in the drawing. A mi
mute observation of the interior Of the
wound will show that three Of the
wires at this point are snapped right
across, the broken ends being all thrust in
the same direction, namely, away from the
spectator as he examines the drawing. The
remaining four wires (there are seven at
the point b., however, remain intact. The
uninjured wires can be seen at the lower
side of the wound, the weapon which made
the hole having missed them.
The following information was received
from Colonel Glover, r. e.: THE cable
was laid on December IL, 1870, and its
tests were satisfactory. 1t worked well
until March l, 1871, or three months af-
terwards, when a serious fault had devel-
oped itself, which prevented working. A
weasel went out, found the fault, and re-
paired IL on the 7th Of June, 1871. The
fault was 222 miles from Singapore, and in
thirty fathoms water, the bottom being
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-01

Gleanings

YOU'VE wrote his might Thoughts" with
a skull and candle in it before him. His
own skull was luckily in the room, or very
little aid would have been yielded BY the
other.
FORTY THREE newspapers are now pub
lished III Constantinople. Sixteen Of them
are dailies, with a combined circulation Of
but 20, 600 There is also a Turkish ladies'
newspaper
THE Shah, after twelve days journey
from Reshi, arrived on Monday at the Roy
al Palace, at Kand, where he was met by
the Princes and Ministers who had remain
ed at Toheran during his Majesty's alb
sence. At an audience held subsequently,
the Shah stated that he had visited the
Pariaments and leading institutions OF
Europe with the special object Of introduc-
ing new and improved system Of Gov
emment in Persia He severely repri-
manded those Ministers who had signed the
petition for the dismissal Of tn Grand vi
zier His Majesty left Kand on Tuesday,
and was met at a distance Of four miles
from Teheran by all the foreign legations
His Majesty entered the capital in the af-
tcrnOon.
A CITIZEN Of Berks County, PenasylyA
MIA, who has recently returned FROM En-
rope, reports that the house in which C.ut-
tenberg was born, is now used as a saloon.
IN which large quantities Of beer are sold
THEODORE Hook was pres, ut At a din
ner in London when very severe and sat
urnine Scotch Presbyterian was abusing
Sunday newspapers. and concluded in 4
violent TRADE by saying, ~ am determin-
ed to set my face against them" $50 am
| ], said Hook. every Sunday morning "
| He was well known at that time to be the
editor Of the John Bull weekly journal
WHEN Dr. johnson had completed his
Dictionary, which had quite exhausted the
patience Of Mr.. Andrew Miller, his book
seller, the latter acknowledged the receipt
Of the last sheet in the following note
Andrew Millar sends his compliments e.
DIR. Samuel johnson with the money for
the last sheet Of the Dictionary, and thanks
God he has done with him.
AN advertisement in a daily paper wants
"a boy to open oysters about fifteen years
old "
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seen at B.
My theory is very simple, namely, that
the perpetrator was a big sawfish. The
cable lay at the bottom Of the sea, when
one day saw-fsh came by hunting for his
dinner. The sawish gets his food by wav-
ing his saw right and left, turning up the
mud or sand in order to dislodge the deli
cate bodied marine creatures on which he
subsists. His teeth will tell us he cannot
eat hard substances. When thus sn-
gagged in his submarine diggings, he sud
denly came across the telegraph cable His
beak getting entangled III it, he gave il an
extra blow and smash downwards, and
finally, getting enraged, hit it So hard T. at
one Of his teeth went between the outer
wires, through the hempen rope, and then
through the gutta percha, injuring the
wires. These various substances probably
then held the tooth somewhat tightly. The
fish then struggled and broke the tooth
short off, leaving bit Of it actually in the
cable among the wires. | am inclined to
Z think that the saw-6sh tooth is formlda
BILE weapon to stir up the mud in searching
his food, because the points Of the
teeth in their jaws, which are com
posed Of very hard bony substances, are
az sharp a. the tips Of wild boar's tusk,
which are kept finely pointed by constant
] friction. .-TslsOvaph Journal.
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Common Boasts.

"Do You work for Mr.. So-and-So '
"Oh. YES they could not nm their 'as-
mess without me.
"Have you purchased an interest in the
firm r.
'.No; but | own the entire 'shebang
when wish 70 use il.
How does that happen
MIR. So-and-So understands when he
has a valuable assistant, and | have car
ri-d some of the biggest schemes into that
office that were ever concocted.
'Did you work them up and bring money
INTO the business
''Oh, no; but ! suppose somebody elst
did At any rate, a smart man could
have done So | know my footing there,
can tell YOU. own that office, as l
said before. and make them all dance ."
my music.
Such and similar remarks are not uh-
common with men and women who have
a hard time to make money enough 20 exc
out living.
II they we're really such, Of 80 much
Importance, they would never be heard
making such injudicious remarks. The
man who employs them would instantly
discharge an empluye after hearing OF such
absurdities and other people, 70 whom
they are said, decide instantly that they
would not wish TO have any one around
them to be boasting and initiating them
selves when their backs were turned.
The sooner q man or woman, working
on salary learns that men in business
could get on without them, and do not
wish TO be talked of as the fifth wheel %
the cart, the nearer vii hey come 70 fact,
common sense, and success. Elm Orfot.
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INJURY TO SUBMARINE CABLES

When submarine cables were first pro
posed, much trouble was anticipated from
the boring Of marine animals, through
their external envelopes, and thus allow
ing the water to penetrate to the conduct
ing wires. Il was thought, also, that in
time, a cable would become covered with
adherent mollusks ard similar objects,
which would be likely to attract fishes and
other inhabitants Of the sea, the teeth of
which might produce serious mechanical
injuries Although such results have not
followed to 50 great an extent as was feared,
experience has shown that these apprehen-
sions were well-founded The cable be-
tween Florida and CuS4, for instance, is
thought to have received serious injury
from tur les mbbling at the sea weeds, etc,
incrusting it, and we now learn that on one
occasion the cable between Singapore and
Penang. in the China Sea, became defect
i've, and when taken up, was found to be
perforated by the teeth Of a saw-hsh, which
tore away the coverings, and laid bare the
conducting wire.
The accompanying illustration, which is
made the actual size of the injured portion
Of this cable, shows clearly the nature of
the injury, and demonstrates in a very
satisfactory manner, the truth Of the con
clusions arrived at, in the following COM
munication from Colonel Glover
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No. of Pntents
Mptplied for In

The aggregate number Of patents apph-
ed for in all of the countries above named
in 1872, except the United States, was
IA, ,072, thus showing that in this country
the number of patents annually applied
for exceeds, by 4, III, the combined num-
Der applied for in all other countries above
named. The reason for the surprising diff
ference in favor Of this country, in the in
ventive productions Of the world, we be-
ieve to be due to the superior theory
which prevails here concerning the object
and uses of patents. We grant patentsfor
the purpose Of encouraging the useful arts.
We regard the inventor as benefactor,
and place him under no restrictions in the
sale or working of his improvement. We
grant patents at SO low a price that the
masses, the poorer classes. among whom
the best inventors are found, may readily
obtain and hold them
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-01

AT various points on the river Thames,
between Woolwich and Firth, there are
visible at low water the remains of sub
merged forest, over which the river now
flows This fact has led geologists to con-
clude that the present outlet Of the Thames
to the North Sea is Of quite recent or
igin.
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VOLUME TX.
. Labor Omnia Vincit. "


A We journey thro' life's pathway,
As We tread its busy streets
A confirmation of this saying
Everywhere our senses greets
Ia the city. in the country,
On fhe land and by the sea
Everywhere the hand Of labor
Hath achieved a victory
surely =" lAbOr conquer all things
Naught is progress can arrest.
With resiStless steps II marches,
ludeterred IL rears its crest
Il hath leyeled hills and mountains.
IL hath titled the sterile plain.
IL hath made the barren dessert
Teen with the golden grain.
It has pierced the lonely forest.
Hewn itS towering mouarchs down.
Aud erected Ger their ruins
The city village town
View the ships upon u ocean.
And the precious freight thoy bear
Riches, wealth from every nation,
IL hath set il signet there
Then labor for ia present,
Prom life's pathway Gull its flower.
For our destiny j. written
by a wiser hand than our
Tbs past j. gone forever,
And the future Is unknown
Nov il All We have 10 cherish,
The pre- .eut ouly Is our own.