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Year: 1873

WINTER FooD FOR Stock. crop OF hay
in the North has been poor, and the New iork
Cultlvator is urging farmers to provide for their
stock by calling in new resources for winter
food. Here the hay crop has been fine; but
nevertheless it is always good to look TO the
means Of wintering stock. The Cultivator re-
cOmulends straw with corn-meal, and gives ad-
vice about cutting grain with view to the pre-
scrvation Of the nutritye qualities Of the straw.
But as we have none to cut now, the advice
would be of no use here. With regard to cut
ting corn in order to preserve the stalks and
blades for cattle, we quote what the Cultvator
says:


"Corn-sta are probably of still more bene-
tit. Although they are hay with the grains, yet
they seem to contain more substance, or at least
more that is available, and are better rclished,
only, however, when cured the same as the
straw Cut when the corn is glazed, and put in
stocks, as with the grain. If the fall is favoIa-
Die one, long and dry, the stalks will be SO vel!
cured that it may be put in considerable bulk If
hot packed too close. Otherwise, If the season IS
rather moist it must be more distributed, or
1t will spoil. Some of our best diarymen feed
the whole stalk; others pass it through the cut
ter There seems to be but little difference.
There will be little left if fed in small quantl-
lies Of course 10 such Il case 1t would De uooe
oiener. The way is, as We have noted With
The greatest satisfaction, to divide feed. Give
half the feed some half an hour before the reg
ular time, aud then, when consumed, give the
rest. Thus there will be little or nothing to
breathe over. We presume this would apply
to straw or hay as we'll. Where there is root
crop or iodder-corn Of course SO much the
better.


Meadows having crop removed, and the
second started, if not plastered should have it
done at oDce--one bushel per acre. This
should iu nc way be neglected if the meadow is
otclover. second crop may thus be pushed for
cutting Farmers have it thus in their power,
Notwithstanding the. discouraging prospects OF
the hay crop, to carry their stock with little or
no increase of expense But if they do not
avail themselves of their opportunity it vii! be
an cxpensi i've if not almost impossible thing to
winter their stock"
Year: 1873

CURE FOR TooTHACHE.-An exchange
gives the following simple application fol
the toothache, on the principle, if no cure
no charge for advice:


"It any of our readers suffer from tooth
ache OF neuralgia affections arising from
teeth in any stage of decay, they may ex-
perience relief, instantaneous and perman
ent, by saturating small bit of clean cot.
ton or wool with strong solution of am
monia, and applying 1t Immediately to the
affected tooth. The pleasing contrast in-
simultaneously produced sometimes causes
a fit of laughter, although moment before
extreme suffering and anguished prevailed
| have used the remedy for over one year,
and have obtained sufficient proof TO war
rant publication
Year: 1873

New YEARS BALL-Ihe New Year s
Ball, to be given in honor Of the anniver-
sary of the opening of the Empire Hotel
by its present proprietor, is an event look
ed forward to with anticipation of great
pleasure by the public, and we expect to
see very large and brilliant assemblage
congregated here on that occasion. Am-
pie preparations are being made to provide
for the comfort and enjoyment all who may
attend, and all who know John v Scots
style of providing for his guests, are aware
that he always does it to Perfection
Come to the New Years ball, rain or shine
and enjoy yourself hugely.
Year: 1873

A. & E. Dobrowsky's establishment is
ablaze W III bright and glittering jewelry
Of all descriptions, and if you want watch
or clock that will keep good time, there is
the place where you can be accommodated,
and at low prices. IF you want gun or
pistol, or anything in the sporting hne, En-
nest is the very man you want to call upon.
And if you desire gun rifed, or anything
in the shape of brass and iron turned OF
drilled, he can do that too, on the machine
which he has recently purchased and put
up in his shop in the rear of the jewelry
store.
Year: 1873

THAT GUN.-Schneider thinks Bob's
Spencer gun will DO to "make-believe
hunt" with, but he don't 90 a cent on il
when it comes to real hunting. Says that
the morning after his escape he felt pretty
hungry, and kept his eye peeled for game
Near Clear Greek he spied a rabbit which
was accommodating enough to stop close to
him for several minutes, during which time
he vainly endcavored to shoot at it, but
did not understand enough about the
gun to succeed in firing it off. Finally he
gave up the idea of shooting the rabbit,
and proceeded little further on, and was
climbing over fence, when the gun went
off, and as he states, "scared him nearly to
DEATH"
Year: 1873

Brains are Just as much needed in the
composing room as in the "sanctum" of
the editor-very often more, as it falls to
the lot of the printer to correct all errors
of spelling, grammar and (alas how very
few understand it as they should) punctu-
alton. The writer is merely the steam at
ter all, and the compositor the subtle ma
chinery, without which the pen would be
next to useless.
Year: 1873

NEXT WEEK.-Tn accordance IS th form
or custom of this office. no paper Except a
sheet containing legal advertisments) will
be issued next week The number then
ommitted will be supplied at the end of the
volume, which will give the regular fifty
two numbers


The time intervening between this and
our next issue will be devoted to settling
up all outstanding accounts with our pat
roDs, and getting ready tor the work ofthe
year 1874. Of course our friends will be
ready to settle their little bills promptly.
Year: 1873

When the Jail was broken open Sunday,
Hunter Eagle and another prisoner came
out to take the air a little, but declined to
runaway when the weather was so bad
Captain Anderson took them over to Nc
Garry's saloon and treated them to cock.
tails, on account of their docility.
Year: 1873

A DANBURY NAN AND HIS WIFE HAVE


AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE FAMILY


STOVE AND PIPING-THE STOVE CONES


OFF VICTORIOUS.


Putting up stove is not so difficult in
itself. 1t is the pipe that raises four
fifths OF the mischief, and all the dust
You may take down a stove with all the
care in the world, and have your wife
put away the pipe in secure place, and
yet that pipe won't come together again
as it was before. You find this out
when you are standing on a chair with
your arms full Ofpipe and your mouth
full of SCOT. Your wife is standing on
the floor in position that enables her
to see you, the pipe, and the chair, and
here she gives utterance to these remarks
that are calculated to hasten a man into
the extremes of insanity. Her dress is
pinned over her waist, and her hands
rest on her hips. She has got one of
| your hats on her head, and your liueu
oeat on her back, and pair of your rub
bers on her feet. There is about five
cents worth of pot black on her nose,
and lot of -four on her chin, and alto
9ether she is spectacle that would in
spirc dead man with distrust And
while you are up there trying to circum-
vent the awful contrariness of the pipe,


and telling that you know some fool has


been mixing it, she stands safely on the
floor, and bombards YOU with such do
mestic notices as What's the use OF
swearing SOP You know no one has
touched that pipe you amt got any


more patience than child And then


she goes of, and re-appears with an


armiul of more pipe, and before you are


aware OF 1t, she has got that pipe SO hor-
! riblv mixed up that it does seem no two
pieces are alike.


/ You join the ends, and work them to


and fro, and to and fro again, and then
/ You take them apart and look at them.
Then you spread one out and Jam the


other together, and mount them once


more. BUTT is no go. You begin to


think the pieces are inspired with life.


and ache to kick them through the win


dow. But she doesn't lose her patience.
She goes around with that awfullv cN-


asperatlng rigging on, with length Of
! pipe under each arm, and a long handled
/ broom in her hand, and says she don't
see how it IS some people never have any
trouble putting up a stove. Then Won


miss the hammer. You don't see il an,
/ the mantle. and down on the sfovc ,mI


off TO the floor. Your wife wotrho.ynn
J and is finally thoughtful enouoh fn in,
quire what you are looking af,ar om1


on learning, pulls the article from Ln,.


pocket. Then YOU feel as if Won romII


90 out doors and swear y hola tweIy.
/ feet square through n block Of brrL


buildings, but she merely observr.
Why on earth dontvou sneak when Won


want ANYTHING. and not stare arni,nI
, like a dummy When that part of ,Lr


pipe which goes through the wall i nm


she keeps it up with her broom. whiIr
/ YOU are making the connection. and
starcs at it with an intensity that i, en-
/ tircly uncalled for. All the while vonr
position is becoming more and more in.


ieresting. The pipe don't 90 toonthnr Of
Year: 1873

How To CLEAN PANr.-Use but little
water at time; keep it warm and clean
~ changing often. A flannel cloth is bet
ter than cotton. Be careful OF soap. Put
but little soap or skim milk In the water !;
add soap to the cloth when needed. A
sharp piece Of soft wood is indispensable
for the corners; the point viii become like
paint brush. A saucer Of sifted ashes
used where paint is badly smoked or fy
specks are thick Is better than soap; wipe
last with clean wet towel, and don't spill :
drop OF water. Never put soap ON glass
unless it can be well rinsed, which can
never be the case with windows; wash off
the dirt in clean warm water and dry, then,
with paste Of whiting and water, and
with little cloth place little in the centre
Of each pane. With another cloth rinse
over the glass; next rub or with a dry
cloth till the window shines like crystal,
Year: 1873

The most popular proclamation Judging
from our Fort Smith exchanges that Coy
BAXTER could Issue at this time, would be one
designating the Van Barren Press az the pa
per for Publishing tho legal advertisements
Of this County In. The Patriot thinks we are
better deserving than Dell. and not much de-
serving at that Dell thinks We viii get 1t he
fore another year passes. The Herald Iade-
psadent and NOaficeilORiIR insist that we shal'
hare Il. aud are rather croWding the Governor
with our claims to It. with an occasional
punch in the ribs for not acting more prompt
w and paying his just dues We are afraid
Governor, our hungry friends will give You
no peace until you come mp to the scratch
Ike q man. And allow US to suggest while
your hand 10 in. that 1t would be well enough
TO include Franklin county, sour meat
there being no paper published there and we
being In better communication than any other
paper. But the mast just as well as most
popular, proclamation. Governor, would be
20 declare that in every County where there
Ha paper. tha. il shall be the Official organ
for publishiny all legal notices therein What
10 you say
Year: 1873

While the steamship Nevada was
about eighty miles off one of the minor
isles of Micronesia, on its way up from
Australia to this port, at about six O'Clock
in the morning, strange animal of a
dark figure was observed to light on the
highest peak of the forward mast. At
tracted by its peculiar appearance, the
officer of the deck, Mr.. Burnt, the second
mate, offered one of the sailors a small
bonus to secure it. The man clambered
up the mast with heavy cloth in his
hand, and, after slight struggle in which
he was severely bitten on the hand, it
was secured. Bringing it to the deck, on
examination the beast proved to be fine
specimen of species of the vampire
tribe. This animal closely resembles the
terrodactyl of the antediluvian ages. In
appearance it is like huge bat, on hasty
examination. 1t is in the head of the
animal, however, that the main distinc-
tion is found. That of the present one is
a perfect counterpart of the black and
tan terrier dog. Its teeth are over half
an inch in length, and are called in
constant requisition to discoun-
tenance all attempts at familiarity.
When flying the wings of this i'll
omened beast stretch, from tip to tip, at
least five times the diameter of the body.





1t is of deep jet black color, the body
being covered with heavy fur. 1t is
very savage, being constantly on the
alert to attack any person approaching it.
Whether this animal is full and perfect
vampire, whose feats of lulling man to
sleep with the waving fan motions of its
wing, while sucking in the victims very
heart blood, is yet a question, for, as yet,
it has not been examined by any scientific
man. Its appearance is, however


enough to suggest the truth of such a
horrible surmise. Be it as il may, the
little Micronasian island has always
borne weird and frightful reputation
among the native inhabitants of the ad-
joining ones. Strange stories of cannibal-
ism, tales of savage idolatrous practices,
poison valleys, ETC., are constantly con.
nected in their minds with its name, and
in the small matter of being possessed of
blood'imbibing vampires in addition to
all the other horrors, few of them would
think the matter extraordinary or the
least doubtful. San Francisco Alta.
Year: 1873

Among the illusions swept away by
modern science was the pleasant fancy
that the moon was habitable globe, like
the earth, its surface diversified with seas,
lakes, continents and islands, and varied
forms of vegetation. Theologians and
savans gravely discussed the probabilities
of its being inhabited by race of sentient
beings with forms and faculties like our
own, and even propounded schemes for
opening communication with them, in
case they existed. One of these was to
construct on the broad highlands of Asia
series of geometrical figures on a
scale so gigantic as to be visible from our
planetary neighbor, on the supposition
that the moon people would recognize the
object, and Immediately construct similar
figures in reply. Extravagant and alb.
surd as it may appear in the light Of mod
ern knowledge, the establishment of this
Terrestrial and Lunar Signal Service Bu-
reau was treated as a feasible scheme,
although practical difficulties, which SO
often keep men from making fools of
themselves, stood in the way of actual
experiment; but the discussion was kept
up at intervals, until it was discovered
that If there were people in the moon, they
must be able to live without breathing, or
eating, or drinking. Then it ceased


There can be no life without air. Beau
tlful to the eye of the distant observer,
the moon is sepulchral OTb-a
world of death and silence. No vegeta-
ton clothes its vast plains of stony
desolation, traversed by monstrous crew.
asses, broken by enormous peaks that
rise like gigantic tohbstones into space;
no lovely forms of cloud float in the
blackness of its sky. There daytime is only
night lighted by rayless sun. There is
no rosy dawn in the morning, no twilight
in the evening. The nights are pitch
dark. In daytime the solar beams are
lost against the jagged ridges, the sharp
points of the rocks, or the steep sides of
profound abysses, and the eye sees only
grotesques shapes relieved against fantas-
tic shadows black as ink, with none of
that pleasant graduation and diffusion of
light, none of the subtle blending of light
and shadow which make the charm of a
terrestrial landscape. A faint conception
of the horrors of lunar day may be
formed from an illustration representing
a landscape taken in the moon in the CEN
ter of the mountainous region OF Aristar-
chus. There is no color, nothing but
dead white and black. The rocks reflect
passively the light of the sun; the craters
and abysses remain wrapped in shade;
fantastic peaks rise like phantoms in their
glacial cemetery; the stars appear like
spots in the blackness of space. The
moon is dead world; she has no atmo.
sphere. =" Earth and Air, 4" By s. s. OonGnt,
in HarpeT's Monthly.
Year: 1873




f.H.r. l.
WHEN am dead and buried, then
There will be mourning among men.
hear one musing on my dust:
How hard he fou ght to win his,crust
And one He was too sensitive
In this cold wintered world to live."
e. Another, weeping "Ah, how few
SO gentle-hearted and 80 true "
VI met him only once, and yet
think never sha forget
The strange sad look In his young eyes,
One other says, and then with wise
And accommodating head-"No doubt
The hot heart burnt that frail frame OUT
rt
Good friends a discount on your Rriefl
A little present help were worth
More than q sorrow stricken earth
When am hut withered leaf.
An outstretched hand were better to me
Than your glib graveyard sympathy.
You need not pity and rhyme and paint me,
You need not weep for, and sigh for, and saint me
After you've starved me-driven me dead
Sayi do you hearf What want is bread


-Sc71bner's Monthly.
Year: 1873

The great seal OF the otate OF Virginia
was lost during the capture of Richmond
in 1865, and new one afterward adopt
ed, bearing, in place of the historic 81 Sic
semper tyrannis," the words Liberty
and Union" But q short time ago the
old seal was returned, and the question
arose as to which was the legal seal OF
the State. The matter was submitted
to the Legislature, which decided in
favor of the old seal.
Year: 1873

BY n very simple process, our Ameri-
can slate is now transformed into beau
tiful substitute for marble. The rough
blocks of slate are first planned down to
the required thickness, and the patterns
are then drawn upon the slabs, which
are cut into the proper shapes and pol
ished. The marbleizing is the peculiar
feature in the operation. The material
is prepared in vat, and the slab is lei
down upon the composition, which ad-
heres to the surface of the slate. The
slab is next baked in an oven for one
night, and then receives a coat of var.
nish, manufactured for this especial pur'
pose, and after six repetitions OF these
processes it is finally removed and pol
ished, the surface presenting beautiful
appearance. So firmly united to thu
slate is the coating that it cannot b
scaled or clipped off without taking thu
slaty particles with it.
Year: 1873

We return thanks to friend for a
fine club, embracing subscribers at
Harrell's Store, Herringsville, Taylor's
Bridge and Six Runs, all of those
offices being in Sampson county. Our
friend cheers us with the information
that this club will be largely added to.


The long continued popularity OF
the JOURNAL among the sterling people
of Sampson and Duplin, which its
present extensive and increasing lists
of subscribers in these counties indi-
cate is on the increase, IS one of the
most gratifying features connected
with its long and eventful history.
Year: 1873

promotion of that welfare which is
common to the whole people of the
whole country"


Il is, indeed, much to be hoped that
the Oranges will not permit them
selves to be captured by designing
men and used for purposes foreign to
those for which they have been insti-
tuted.


The constitution of the Oranges,
National, State and Subordinate, de-
clares, i'll express terms, that Gre
hgiols or political questions will not
be tolerated as subjects of discussion
in the work of the Order, and no po-
litical or religious uses for membership
shall be applied"


The gentlemen who are prominent
in Introducing the Order also make
the same declaration. If these decla-
rations, therefore, are to be believed,
there can be no objection to the Order
because of its being political organi-
zation.


That combination and concert of ac-
ton on the part of farmers, will in
many ways, practically and materially
advance their interests and promote
then welfare, cannot be denied. Prob
ably no calling in life has hitherto
availed itself so little Of the mighty
power underlying the principle of
cooperation as has that Of the
farmer. Certainly no interest has
been so much preyed upon by other
interests as the farming interest, orone
that has been SO much at their mercy,
mercy equalled only by that of the
wolf for the lamb. Separated and
scattered by the very nature and neces-
sites of their calling, the cultivators
of the soil, have as general rule,
ever made less profit from it's products
than any of the many classes of men
who handle them.


Incidental to the general advantages
that will accrue to the country from
an Improvement i'll the condition of the
farmers, there is one that we look forward
to with much hope, and that is closer
union between the people of the South
and the people of the Northwest
The interests of these two sections
are so similar, or rather, each section
seems SO fitted to supply the wants of
the other, that closer communion be-
tween the two can result only in COM
| mon good.


AT the present we see no machinery
SO well calculated to bring about that
closer communion between two sec
tlons of the country, each having need
II the other, and each being able to
supply the wants of the other, as the
Farmers Oranges or Patrons of Hus-
bandry, or one that promises to be so
free from entangling political questions
of the present and the past


Let the farmers, therefore, while
seeking to advance their own interests,
avoid injury to others let them also
steadily set their faces against the
prostitution Of their order to mere po-


lltlcal partizan purposes and all will
| be we'll. Let them do otherwise, and
| harm, and harm only, will come to
them and to the country at large.
Year: 1873

An old friend al Lumberton, renew
ing his subscription to the JOURNAL,
sends the name of another, with the
money. What an institution the
JOURNAL would be if all of our sub
scribers would "go and do likewise"
Year: 1873

This is from General Beauregard, a
Cause. To what base uses do we
come. And to-day in Southern circles
of social responsibility, and through
out the world where Caucasian blood
flows, the name of Ben. Butler should


be resounded in songs of praise. and


Judas Iscariot be considered a high


toned gentleman, before this unifier of


negro and white blood should be


treated with the courtesy that would


be meted out to the most ignorant
negro who tolls in our midst.


From the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. |
We do not believe that the cause of


the Louisiana whites can be benefited


by the adoption of such a programme.


Violent as is the disease it cannot be


arrested by SO desperate a remedy.


Indeed, is not the remedy almost as


dangerous as the disease which it


seeks TO cure? We do not wish to be


considered as ,inimical to the colored


race either in Louisiana, in Georgia,


or any where else, for we are not.
Under the law they are citizens, and


are entitled to exercise all the rights


and enjoy all the privileges of citizens.


Justice as we'll as sound policy de-


mands that they should receive the


same treatment accorded the whites.


But any attempt Mt this time to force


social equality upon the Southern peo-


pie IS sure to result disastrOuSly to


both races. In the nature of things
it is impossible for it to terminate in
any other manner We do not believe
the more intelligent colored men
desire it. We are certain the white


people do not, and even as great Il


man rs General Beanregard cannot


sugar-coat the pill enough to make it


palatable.


From the Memrhis Appeal


The means bywhich Beauregard pro-
poses to rescue the State are degrad-
ing, and honest men will revolt at the
shame and sacrifice proposed. We
cannot now see how our friends in
Louisiana can accept such seif-abase-
ment but while Tennessee was under
the rule of the Brownlow despotism,
her people would have conspired with
the devil himself in order to secure
peace and prosperity. With the lights
| before us, We must object to the price
which Beauregard proposes to give for
a change of government. Judging
the future by the past, he will find in
| the end that after aJasement and loss
of self-respect, lie has failed OF success
and learned, when it is too late, that


honesty is the best policy, and that
fidelity to principles IS the surest road
| to victory.