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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15


If there is anything in the world that
u young man should be more grateful
for than another, it is the poverty
which neccssitates starting life under
very great disadvantages. Poverty is
one of the best tests of human quality
in existence. A triumph over it is
like graduating with honor from West
Point. 1t demonstrates stuff and
stamina. 1t is certificate of worthy
labor faithfully performed. A young
man who cannot stand this test is not
good for anything. He can never rise
above drudge or pauper. Ayoung
man who cannot feel his will harden as
the yoke ofpoverty presses upon him,
and his pluck risC with every difficulty
that poverty throws in his way, may as
well retire into some corner, and hide
himself. Poverty saves u thousand
times more than it ruins, for it only
ruins those whom wealth would have
ruined.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Wit.
THE man who "did the deed" h

The man who "did the deed" has
since recorded 1t,
The young man who "got the nit
ten" has returned it.
The man who faced death says
he didn't like the view.
The candidate who "took the stump
left it where he found it.
The man who comprised sea and
land" wants to sell his compasses.
The man who retailed SANDER F"
has gone into wholesale lying.
TIE gentleman who "madc mo
ton" has become quiet.
THE cocktail Of the barnyard is much
less dangerous than the cocktail of the
saloon,
The gentleman who moved to LAY
it on the table " accidentally knocked
it of.
THE speaker who brought down
the house" has been compelled to put
it up again.
The gentlemen who "fcll out" have
got in again, No injuries were sus-
tanned.
THE young lawyer who "madc his
mark has since learned to write his
name.
The man who "burned with indig.
nation has been put out. Damage
very slight.
TIE lawyer who made flaming
speech" had it suddenly quenched
about the time the jury returned theil
verdict.
TOMMY, who has just entered on &
course of Algebra, wants to know
whether the "sgns of the times" are
Radical signs.
IT is an encouraging fact that while
comparatively few Of our young mer
arc distinguished in the legal profes
sion, yet they are all competent tc
"practicc at the bar"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

NEITHER.-A Dutchman once met an
Irishman on lonely highway. As they
met each smiled, thinking they knew
the other. Pat, on seeing his mistake,
remarked, with look of disappoint-
ment:
"Faith, an l thought it was you,
an you thought it was me, an its nay
Their of us"
The Dutchman replied:
"Yaw, das is dhru; / am anundher
man, und you ish not yourself; we pc
both some oder podiesr'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Newspaper Decisions.

/, A postmaster is required to give
notice by letter (rcturning the paper
docs not answer the law when q sub
scribcr does not take bis paper from
the office, and state the reason that it
has MOI been taken, and a neglect to do
50 makes the postmaster responsible
for tho payment
2, \ person who takes q paper
regularly from the pOst-oitlco, whether
1 ';y"".". &c nt5 name or another, or
whether he hos subscribed or hot, is
roaporsj5Ic for the pay
.. fla person orders his paper dis
continued, he must pay all arrearages,
or the publishers may continue to send
il until payment is made, and collect
the whole amount whether it is taken
from The Office or not
J. II subscriber order his paper to
be stopped at Il certain time and the
publisher continues to send it, the sub
acribcr is bound to pay for it if he
takes it out Of the post-ollicc. The
law proceeds on the ground that a man
must pay for what he uses.
'I'l,.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

A Washington dispatch says a cor
respondence has been in progress for
some time between certain prominent
men in the British Provinces and
leading men in this country, relative to
the prospective annexation of those
provinces to the United States.
Enough has been developed to war
rant the belief among some members
of Congress that if the matter could be
reached in an official way. proposals
would eventually be made to the United
States, looking toward annexation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

The Secretary of State has received
copy of u recent decree of the Portu.
guese Government, which declares that
the obligations Of freedom reserved by
previous DEGREES, abolishing slavery in
the dominions of that kingdom, are to
term n lte entirely on and after the 10Th
of April, 1878.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
To-Day and Tomorrow.

day we gather bright and beautl-
full howcrs-to-morr they are faded
and dead.
To- day wealth of leaves shades MS
to morrow, scre and fallen, they
crumblc beneath our tread.
To-day the earth is covered with a
carpet Of grecn-to-morrow it is brown
with the withered grass.
To-day the vigorous stalk only bends
before the gale-to morrow, leailless
and saplcss, child may break the brit
tie stem.
To-day the ripening fruit and waver-
ing grain-to- morrow "the land is ia
king its rest after the toll"
To, day we hear sweet songsters OF
meadows and forest, the buzz and hum
ofsmyriad insccts---to- morrow breathe
soltly-all nature is hushed and silent.
To-day stately edillce, complete in
finish and surrounding, attracts the
passor by-to-morrow heap of ruins
marks III site.
To-day there are cattle upon q thous
and hills--to-morrow they are slaugh'
tered.
The fashion Of the world passed.
away. But let Christ dwell within us
and though we may pass away like the
faded leaf and sapless stalk, we shall
"arise to newness Of life"
"Wherc everlasting spring abides,
And never whitening lowers"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Chances Of Marriage Among
Maids.

The following curious statement is
made by DR.. Granville. 1t is drawn
from the registered cases Of 87G women
and is derived from their answers to
the age at which they were pectively
married. 1t is the first ever construct
ed TO exhibit women their chances of
marriage NJ various aaaa Hft .lc sis
.3males . Tivrc married at 10 years of
age, II at IA, l6 at 10, As at IS, is at
II, Sc at Is, 1l5 at 10, l19 at 90, Sc at
q, So at %, SO at 90, SO at 81, 26 at
%, q at 2G, % at 81, % at %, II at
20, 0 at 30, 7 at 81, at SO, at 33, 5
at 81, 9 at 35, 0 at SO, at 81, 0 at 80,
! at 80, 0 at 40. From this our fair
readers may form a pretty accurate
Judgment of the chances which they
have Of entering into the holy state of
matrimony, and enjoying the sweets
1--WE say nothing of the bitters, Of we'd
dcd love. 1t will be seen that for
them the chances Of marrying at 80
years is not one in q hundred and at 10
there is no chance at all. Twenty has
three times the advantage of swect six
teen. The reason the Doctor assigns
for the rush of marriages at nineteen
and twenty is that the girls at that time
fife begin to foar the frosty approach
Of old maidenhOod, and therefore rush
into the arms Of the first opportune
suitor that presents himself. AT tif-
teen and sixteen the little misses feel
thcmsel, es secure they are saucy, in
dependent, hayward, coquetish, and
hence lose many fine opportunities
which do not present themselves at 4
later age. The Doctor is of opinion
that if ayoung girl wishes to make
matrimonial hit in life she must do it
between the age Of fifteen and seven
teen. 1t Is at this age that the full tide
sets in on the affairs of woman.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

Is the weeks dispatches from Spain
there is not much Of special interest.
We present the salient points Prim
has asked the Cortcs to grant q con-
tngcut Of $4,000 men for the army for
1869. The Provisional Government
has requested that the late Prime
Minister Of Queen Isabella, Gonzales
Bravo, now living in France, be OK,
amincl BY tic French authorities in re-
gard TO plo. which has been dis
covered against the life of Admiral
ToPctr, IN which they have reason to
believe that Bravo was concerned.
Hostility to the CONSUMPTION law con
tinuca in tie Provinces, and more
troops have been dispatched to sup
press outbreaks. Troops are also
1oiug forward to the Pyrenees to pre-
vent parties Of Carlists from crossing
into Spain, Some serious charges have
been preferred against Minister Hale,
who was 50 anxious to be retained at
Madrid. lie is accused of bringing
into the country articles contraband of
war, under diplomatic privileges, and
ti," matter IL to be investigated, Mr..
IIaicls the most contemplate minister
ever seat from this country to a foreign
post.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

Commission Merchants, Atlanta, Ga,
April y, 1863.
Corn u bushel, O21aa85.
Wheat--White U bushel, 81 %.
Tennessee Red i S0al 95.
Rye nominal,
Oats v bushel SOC.
Flour-Superhnc u sack, 09 pound: "
A 50. Extra 4 50a5 90. Family 5OaG co.
Bacon-Shoulders Y pound l4I4c. Clear
sides 17MalSc. Hams l7al8c.
Meal, Y bushel 05c.
Hay, 81 85a1 05.
Larl--In barrels Ice. In lgkil,,
200.
Butter 35a371ac.
Eggs 2 dozen l5e.
Becswax, 35a38c.
Onions-nonc in market.
Field Peas--Red, p bushel IL, Whit.
20.
Virginia salt y sack 2 80.
Dry hides Y pound 25c.
Il shcetings y yard 1Gc.
q shifting p yard Ike.
Cotton yarns v bunch 2 90.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
" And he Passed to Shuncm."

The words Of my text, my hearers,
you will find in II Kings, chapter ",
verse s, "And he passed to Shun'em."
Take to heart the lesson our text
teaches, and when temptations try you,
and evils lie in wait to ensnare you,
"pass on to ShUn'em."
When you see men of wrath fighting
and breaking heads and sticks: and
hear them cursing and swearing-mind
the words Of the text, and "pass on to
Shun'em."
And oh my hearers--if You should
come into our little town and behold a
row Of nice little offices, with signs on
the doors Of each, and hear men talk
ing Of attachments without affections,
and representations without quiet--ah,
and seize--yours and never thciree~=
ali, and about oternally going to law
ah, it will be to your profit to mind the
words Of the prophet ab, and "pass
on to Shun'em."
And if you go round where the mcr-
chants arc-ah, and they rush out to
shake hands with you--ah, and are es-
pccally anxious to learn the condition
Of your wlfe's health--ah, and the chill
dren's and the worms and the crops
ali, and offer to sell you a little bill OF
goods q good deal lower than cost
ali, on account Of their love for you,
and for cash--ah--" pass on to Shun-
'nm
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

Lieut.. Governor Dunn, the negro of
fetal of Louisiana, was introduced on
tue Senate floor last week by Sumner,
and held quite a levee. Nearly all OF
the Republican Senator's loft their seats
and shook his hand. Fenton, Yates,
and Pratt, of Indiana, were particular
" obseqnious. The galleries enjoyed
the scene hugely.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

Al Augusta, Ga, on Saturday, Mrs.
Bridget Hubbard armed herself with q
double barrelled shot gun. and stood
guard for several hours in front OF
John Flynn's residence, threatening 10
shoot him on sipht. She was ar
rested and held to bail to keep The
peace.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

The Masonic Record for April is on
our table. This is one of the most
chaste monthlies in the United States,
although published no farther off than
at Nashville. The matter of this mum
Der, like that of all others, indicates
good taste and judgment of the editor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

SUPPosING there was no air or other
obstruction to retard the velocity of a
ball passing horizontally around the
earth, a speed of 4 miles to second
would carry the ball around the earth
in perpetual revolution.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
TnE Illinois LepisIature has passe,

The Illinois Legislature has passed
a law through one branch, providing
for the empaunelling of asjury to try Il
person charged with habitual drunken
ness. On the finding by the jury that
the person is an habitual drunkard. q
Guardian isuppointed, and his property
taken from his keeping
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

Iua debt statement for March
shows decrease Of two and a half
miilion3 IN the principal. 1t is said
that if the statement had been held
back until all the March receipts were
IN, tie reduction would have been
almost three millions more. Rcpubli-
can journals praise Secretary Bout
sell for making so favorable an ex-
hiiit, though they probably know that
Boutwol! is no more entitled to credit
in the premises than the man in the
noon.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Diamonds i'm Georgia.

The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has received information
N relation TO diamond discoveries in
Georgia. In n pit four by six feet, in
washing for gold three diamonds were
.ound, one OF which weighed ono and
,ln n,hcr Two karcts.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Notice

Many are getting the Union and
American, and do not know from what
source il comes. ". j. Slater Is III.
iug out the uncxpired terms Of lis old
snl .ibers with this paper
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
PUBLIC BOARDING HOUSE

Mrs. N. A. Carter notifies the pun To-.
she has rented the Sins TaNefh, ,sel.
and will receive transient. day auu ~ 2.
lar boarlers. on reasonable terms. ..fis
fitting up the establishment IN s"VT rri'.c
and asks liberal patronage Of .he
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

H. W. OWEN, senior editor Of the
Mi'lcdseyiIle Georgia. Recorder, died
about the first Of this month, The
junior editor, who is his son, says that
his father "%ao permitted to live t."
see tie Recorder, witch he established,
enter is htlicth year, and was, per
haps, at the thac Of his death, the
oldcst editor IN the State"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

TO cure a dog of sheep killing ID
him see the sheep he has killed; in Ii,
presence take off the pelt, lastcn !,
tightly around him, and make him
wear it from one to three days. w.
think you will never he troubled bvh
mcddling with sheep again
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

The members ofthe Winchester D.
batting Society are requested to meet =,
the Courthouse next Friday night.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Cincinnati Market.

Cincinnati Market.
CINCINSATL april T.
Flour dull and nominal.
Oats 65c-
Corn, Csc.
Wheat dull.
Whisky, 900.
Pork SSl 90.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

CUBAN ExILEs.-A large number q,
wealthy Cubans have arrived in Wash
ington from Havana, not dcemng +,
safe to remain on the island any lone,
or
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

TUESDAY, April II, 1860,
Gold without chance. Dealers here
were paying 1872, and holding ut 1873 (.
Tennessee bonds were quoted in Ncw
York yesterday at G5l4 for the old, an.
Gli% for the new.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
NUMERICAL
WINCHESTER MARKET.
Corrected weekly, by II. w. Ransom,


THURSDAY, April Is, 1859,
The following prices will be paid for Ii.
articles mentioned, delivered at store,
Cotton, per pound, 2Oag
Bacon, liaI5
flour, per cWts, $50
Meal, per bushel. "a
Pork, (frcsh) per pound, SBay
butter, 80
Eggs, per dozen, Ii
BecswaX, per pound, %
Ginseng, " " q
Dried Fruit, (apples,) per pound, !
(pcachcs, Is &l?G
Feathers, per pound, 55aal
Onions, per bushel,
Sweet Potatoes, per bushel, 2W
Peanuts, per bushel, 2l
Chickens, each, 2CaG
Beef (fresh,) per pound, 8I$a7g
(dricd,) iiali
Lard, per pound, y
Hides, (green,J per pound, lO
(dryD +" 2N
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Huntsville Market,

Louisville Market.
LOUISVILLE, AprI T.
Wheat 81 40a1 90.
Corn 65c.
Lard Isle.
Bacon II, 17alT3le.
Whisky Ole.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

Congress adjourned sine die on the
10th inst.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Nashville Markets.
Financial.

FROM the Union and American,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15
Atlanta Market.

Corrected weekly by III. 7. Cox 4 bro.
Commission Merchants, Atlanta, Ga,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-15

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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-22
Chinese Temples.

A correspondent Of the Boston Journal
gives the following graphic sketch OF the
Chinese temples in Canton:
1t would take me q long time to visit all
the idol temples, or '.joss houses, as they
are called. The word ',joss," is not Chi.
nese word, but corruption of the Latin
word Deus, first used by the Portuguese, the
Chinese would not understand us were we
to use the term. A look into one ofthese
temples will be sufficient for our curiosity
Every city in China has one or two which
is called the city temple, dedicated to the
god of the city, and these are more resorted
to than those of any other god.
Going up to the heart of the town, we
find the temple in one of the principal
streets There is such a crowd in front of
il that we can hardly get along not wor
shipers-bu here Mt the entrance are
gamblers. fortune-tellers, quack-doctors,
and hucksters of all sorts. Near by a man
is keeping up tremendous racket on blg
drum and calling upon the crowds to come
and see tiger and other curiosities that he
has on exhibition. On both sides Of the
wide passage are rooms containing. plaster
images, which tell the story of tR6 future
life, as the budhists understand it the tor
ments of the wicked. One man is being
ground up in a grist MILL The devils are
turning the stone These people belevein
the transmission of souls, that the wicked
wlllive in the future in the shape of oxen,
asses, monkeys, snakes and all sorts of ami
mails, and here is the representation of the
change: .. ...... ..
A boy is changing to dog ono man has
just begun to take on the head of an OK;
another hAs become an ass nothing. very
strange in that, you will say, .......
We see no women or girls taking the form
of donkeys or other shapes, for they believe
that women have no souls There isenough
about this temple to keep us staring by the
hour great gilt idols, fifteen feet high; !;
long crimson streamers hanging from the
roof; hundreds of small gilt images; the
goddess of flowers with her thirty muses.
room after room hung with banners and de-
vices; rooms where the story-tellers are sit
ting with listening crowds around them.
TheTeis is O woman worshiping before an
idol, throwing upon the ground two pieces
of wood, which are fiat on one side and
round on the other they are luck- bocks if
one fiat surface is the result of O throw, the
day will be lucky. She rises, touches
of o bundle Of frecrackers, and her wor-
ship is done. So many frecrackers are let
off throughout the city as acts of worship
that it is like 4th Of July all the time. !
We're there time we might have a long
talk about the temple of the five genii, also
the five storied pagodn, the temple of five
hundred gods; also, we might talk Of the
flower gardens where the shrubsare trained
in the form of goats, horses, dragons and a
great many other shapes. We might ram
ble through these narrow streets for o week,
and we should all the time come upon
something new and strange, which would
call forth our wonder, and, perhaps, make
US laugh outright ~ MI 9v How nv
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-22
No. 2S.

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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-22

THE OLDEST sChURcH ED1F1cE IN New
ENGLAND. The First Church in bingham,
Mass., was organized in 1886, under Rev.
Peter Hobart, from bingham, England,
who had been silenced by tho persecuting
authorities Of that day. In l645 a long
difficulty arose between the people and the
general court, the people insisting on their
right To, choose the captain of their train
band Mr.. Hobart sided with his parish
toner's, and had to pay heavy fine. But
the spirit Of independence never died out.
Mr. Hobart lived till 1878. His successor,
Rev. John Norton, died in 1716. The third
pastor, Rev. Ebenezer Gay, died in 1857,
aged ninety. The first Henry Ware wns
minister ten years, and his successor Mr..
Richardson, still lives, though superannu-
atod., Mr.. Lincoln, tho acting pastor, com
plotes the list.
Tho meeting house, built in 1851, has
been in use ever since, and has lately been
thoroughly repaired, with new floors, win
dows and pews. II is supposed to be the
Oldest house Of worship in the country and
will stand another hundred years II permit.
ted. IL is called nThe Old Ship ,1lfrom its
peculiar shape, the roof rising ON oil sides
to the centre, from which q high steeple
shoots up into the dir like n landmark.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-22

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will be convinced. Subscription price, 81
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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-22

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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-22

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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-22

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