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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
Hog Cholera.

A correspondent of the Preirie Far
mer gives his experience with tho hog
cholera as follows:
About ten years ago the cholera
made its appearance in my neighbor-
hood, and it made sad havoc among
the swine. had about thirty head of
nice hogs that l expected to give up to
its ravages, If preventative could not
be found. / tried one experiment and
succeeded. Collect your cobs in a
pile and burn them until they are thor
oughly charred, then wet them out.
Sprinkle brine or salt on the Goals and
let your hogs eat all they want. Far
mers try it, and my word for it, your
hogs will do well. When fattening
give once in two weeks; stock hogs
once q month. When you want to
feed them cob coal, let them do with
out salt fol- a few days over their regu-
lar time, so that they will eat more free
ly of the coal. Last winter l neglected
giving my hogs cob coal. and the re-
suit was, in the spring they took the
cholera; ten of them had it bad. l
raked up the cobs in the lot and char
red them well, then salted the coal free
ly. They all ate of the coal but three
that were too far gone to get up. They
died; the rest got we'll. l Was surprised
the next morning to see in their dis
charges a large amount Of small white
worms. My belief is the worms are
what do the mischief.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
Advice Gratis.

Never ask Il relative for money, tor
he will not cease to regard you as
beneficiary long after the debt has been
honorably discharged.
Never ask advice Of one above you
in station, or you will be "patronized"
and be made to feel your inferiority.
Never attempt to conquer the pref
udice of a woman by urging good
reasons against her feeling; it is to
incur her hate to show her that she is
in the wrong.
Never criticise a persons dress or
looks, even to a friend; for the criti-
cism, even if kindly, always wounds.
Never pause in a good deed, for
pause implies doubt of its being
good, or fear of your own abilities to
accomplish what you intended.
Never seek to placate an enemy by
explanations. A third person may
make the explanations, itneeds be, but
your own words would fall on bosom
hardened against them.
One thing acquired with pain is bet
ter than hundred with ease.
Never betray doubt of your sweet.
hearts love, or goodness, or truth,
even though you entertain such o
doubt. To show your state Of mind to
her is to give her the vantage.
But if you are woman, and have
doubt Of your suitor's good faith and
virtue, don't be in haste to express it;
yet, DO not suppress it entirely, for to
do so is to seem Indifferent to both
qualities. When your doubts amount
to convictions, speak them fearlessly,
and compel an explanation, upon which
your future happiness may depend.
Never be rude to any person. True
politeness is native to all true to all
true gentlemen or gentle women. Rude
ness of act or word is an unfailing
sign Of an ill-bred person.
Ever speak the truth, even to child.
To jest by falsehood is as wicked ast to
lie in earnest. if the jest leaves an i'm
preston on the mind of being truth.
A liar is contemplate to all right.
minded persons. If conscience can be
awakened to consciousness of the un.
happy results of untruth, it is q good
sign.
From the maxims Of Talmud, We
have these sentences Of gold:
Betweea the wolf and the shepherd
the lamb has come to grief.
Silence is beautiful in a wise man.
but how much more in q fool.
He who lends money to the poor is
often better than he who gives them
aims.
Be prudent and be silent.
He who has learnt, and does not
teach, is like myrtle in the desert.
There is thrce-fold death in the
slanderer's tongue; it kills him who
ISLANDERS, him who is slandered, and
him who receives the SANDER.
Some peoples judgment is that Of
a blind man at window.
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m CORRESPONDENTS.

" rotice can be taken Of Anonymous Communlca
n tions. Whatever Is intended for insertion IN
4 the name and address Of the writer-not neo.
essariy for publication, but a. guarantee Tor
sssSi sood faith and responsibility.
4, business letters for this once should oe a.
4, Communications for publication must be writ
i ten on one side of the page, and with all otner
matters connected with the editorial depart.
ment, should be addressed: Editor OF xhe Home
journal, Winchester, Tenn.
"a Cannot as rule, undertake to return articles
not found suitable for publication.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
Catching the Sioux Indian Girls

Catching the Sioux Indian Girls.
Polygamy is practiced in the tribe,
but not extensively. A man may have
as many wives as he can keep, but he
must buy them. The universal price
ofa wife is pony, or for white man
an American horse. A squaw once
bought becomes the immediate proper
ty of the purchaser, but he must catch
her. Men have bought wives and
never been able to catch them most of
them, however, are quite willing to be
caught. An Indian, several years ago,
took fancy to an officers horse and
tried in every way to purchase him,
but the officer would not part with the
animal. Finally, the Indian offered
his sister, beautiful girl, in exchange
for the horse. Fearing he would steal
or MAIN the animal, and not willing to
offend him, the officer gave the Indian
the horse, but he declined to receive
the girl in return. The young lady,
however, was informed she was sold,
and so the matter stood. After wait.
ing for long time for her husband to
come and claim her, she one day, as he
rode by camp, put herself in his way,
when, seeing he took no notice of her,
naively asked:. "Why don't you catch
me?" The officer, who had never
seen her before, inquired what she
meant, when she roundly told him she
was his wife, and not at all pleased that
he had not come for her. He never
claimed her, but she was regarded by
her tribe as the white mans squaw, and
at last accounts was still single and
waiting for her husband. Some of the
Sioux are quite rich in horses, cattle
and furs, and educate their children.
I am told Spotted Tail has two Of his
daughters now at school in the North,
and that the Misses Spotted Tail are
very good looking and intelligent girls.
Generally the women are homely,
being compelled to labor hard, while
the men do little but hunt. fish, and
make war. Now and then, however,
a handsome Sioux girl is seen, but
almost invariably she has lice in her
head. Cracking lice is one Of the 90
cupations of the Sioux women. II q
woman's husband leaves her she does
not lose caste, but can marry again. A
man who leaves one wife generally
finds it difficult to get another. Ifa
girl is unfortunate, her lover must pay
one, two, or three horses, or her friends
will kill him.. In all cases Of rape the
penalty is death. z-e. lr
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
Plutonisn dream of "The Raven" VI
too, uttered:

too, uttered:
Their eyes have all the seeming
Ofa demon that Is dreaming,
And the lamp light DER him streaming
Throws his shadow on the floor.
Leaving this Golgotha Of grinning,
ghastly skulls, hideous skeletons and
the hecatombs Of the dead, we sought
other places, whose horrors were not
ofso unearthly character Beautiful
little chambers then came to view. A
ball room appeared with gorgeously
frescoed ceilings, brackets with burn.
ing points, like gas jets were set in the
walls, and the smooth rock floor was
very suggestive of dance, and was nam
ed Gayoso ball room. Laura's palace
next rises to the sight, and its glided
turrats and domes, gates and grand
panels, high walls and glittering win,
dows, are like the fanciful inventions
of a poetical dream. The gladstone
notes of a song here echoed and return
ed with many mellow intonations and
exquisite tones. The bridal chamber
has its beautiful bed of white rock, its
limitations Of grand and luxurious fur
niture, the bridal robes, wreath of
coronal flowers and toilet stand that
the imagination esily adapts to the uses
for which it is named. Some distance
further-Eternity-an immense cavern
Gus and unlathomable opening occurs.
The passage way is easy, but the ex-
plorers are more than eight miles from
the mouth, and the cavern still is
boundless.
Deep into that darkness peering.
Long we stood there, wondering fearing
Reluctantly the party returned to day
light, their curiosity unsated and the
mysteries of the great cavern remain
undiscovered. The chambers and side
rooms are more numerous than in any
other cave we know Of, and will doubt
less prove Of extraordinary interest
when explored. Their interminable
wonders will doubtless be as curious
as those of the main avenue.
About three miles from the entrance
a record is seen, which was ground with
stone into the rock floor, and reads,
"Lost' then follow the names of two
persons, but the letters are not now
distinguishable. What horrors they
must have undergone, and what was
their fate can only be conjectured
There is no feeling that the soul car
conceive that is SO horrible and af
frighting as that which overwhelms
one who stands in such a place, ane
thinks of the terror and horrors o
those who 60 wandering in the deel
chambers of the earth, their shouts
awakening only the echoes that mocl
them with their own appalling words
lost, lost! There are few hearts bu
that will beat faster, and few cheek!
that will not blanche, when they view
such memorandum, and think Of thu
fate that befel those who made terrible
record.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
Newspapers in Schools.

A movement il on foot in Philadel-
phia to introduce newspapers in the
reading exercises instead Of the usual
stereotyped readers. We knew a lady
in Tennessee who ten years ago,
adopted that plan, One day in the
week the scholars were required to
read, . portion Of the county paper,
aloud. and the more advanced students
we're obliged to write . composition
upon some theme furnished by the
newspsper. The result was that every
pupil gained . knowledge Of passing
events. --ass- ---
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
The Confederate Dead.

The Confederate Uc0O.
The following document, which ex'
plains itself, appeals to the sympathiea
of all:
To the Ladies Of the South:
The ladies of the Confederate Memo
rial Association, Of Lynchburg, Vir.
ginia, would respectfully call the atten.
ton of their sisters Of the Southern
States to the fact that several thousand
soldiers from the various States are
buried in the Cemetery Of that city, and
earnestly solicit their assistance in the
work they have undertaken Of erecting
suitable monument to their memory.
The Lynchburg Association has a.
ready enclosed the Cemetery, turfed
the graves, and is now collecting sum
to defray the expenses of . monument
The impoverished condition Of the peo'
pie Of Virginia prevents their caring
for the graves of the Confederate dead
who repose in her soil in the mannei
they desire. and they confidently ap.
peal to the women Of the South to con
tribute to their holy work.
Any donations may be sent to eithe,
Of the undersigned, officers Of the A.
sociation. MRs. H. F. BocoCx,
President.
MISS C..M WARWICK,
Secretary.
Memorial Association Of ofLynchburg
Virginia. ri. -.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
News and Other Paragraphs.
Chicken thieves are many and close
together At Norfolk, Va.

Chicken thieves are many and close
together at atNorfolk, Va.
A new propeller was launched at De-
troit. Michigan, on the 9th inst. ..
One thousand delinquent taxpayers
in Louisville, Kyentucky.
Smallpox is rapidly increasing in
some towns in Kentucky.
Sailing parties are the pleasure feat
ures of Newbern, N. G. .ur..
The health of Mr., Alexander Fl. Ste
phens is improving.
Minnesota will have no more quails
shot until 1875.
Lopez desires to annex Paraguay to
the United States.
A monument is to be erected at
Trieste to the memory of Macmillan.
Rockford, ILL.,, has just dedicated a
Catholic church which cost sixty-fve
thousand dollars.
There are no magistrates in Glouces.
ter county, Va.
Eighty.two miles more, and the Pa.
ci6c railroad will be completed.
Ssventy-five thousand dollars worth
Of conaagration in Chicago on the 9th
Wilmington, N. c., collected $946 in
fines last year.
A late census by British authorities
in Northeastern India shows popula-
ton Of 30,0O0,000.
There are four feet of whiskers at
tached to a man in Pittsburg.
Twenty thousand head Of stock
have been shipped north through
Nashville.
An interesting religious revival is
going on at Portsmouth. Va.
Spring overcoats are in active de
mand all over the country.
Wilmington, North Carolina, is glut
ted with visitors.
The yield of maple sugar will b.
small this year.
The ice is creating great havoc
among the bridges on the Mississippi
river.
The snow in New Hampshire ant
Vermont delays agricultural opera
tions.
The bite Of glapdercd horse vii
cause death.
A double.headed woman, talking
with both mouths is on exhibition
Atlanta.
A Lancaster man has contracted tt
begin and finish a three.story brio
house in thirty hours.
Two boys in Richmond were inter
rupted in q duel by q mother and
horsawhip.
Jackson, Miss, is making several 10
cal improvements.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

To KEEP CELLARs FROM FREIsrNo.-
Tack on each window o double thick.
ness Of Newspaper extending beyond
the sash ~ round. Shut the door
tight, and chink any cracks With paper.
This IL cheap, clean sad effective. We
have tried Il on thrss sidss, the papers
mot allowing the cellars to ct cold
enough to ffeess potatoes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

~ always sing to please myself,"
said q gentleman who was humming q
tune in company.
"Then you are not at all difficult to
please" said . lady who sat next to
him.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

my son." said an anxious father,
" what makes you use that nasty to-
bacco n
The boy, declining to consider the
question in the spirit in which it was
asked, replied, ITO get the juice"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

A true picture Of despair is pig
reaching through hole in the fence
after q cabbage that 10 only a few inch
es beyond his reach.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

Put two persons in the same bed
room, ono of whom has the toothache,
and the other il in love, and it will be
found that the person with the tooth
ache will go to sleep first
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

In. this world there Il nothing bat
plot and oountssplots, ninss and
oounfstmlnea. i'1stl q: fFi
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

MEN seldom think Of the great event
of death until the shadow falls across
their own path, hiding from their eyes
the tracss of the loved ones whose liv-
ing smiles were the sunlight of their
existence. Death is the great antago'
mist of life, and the cold thought Of
the grave is the skeleton Of all feasts
We do not want to 60 through the dark
valley although its passage may lead
to paradise; and, with Charles Lamb
We do not want to lie down in the mud
dy grave, even with kings and princes
for our lie ..lellows. But the fiat o1
nature is inexorable. There is no ap-
peal or relief from the great law which
dooms US to dust. We flourish and
fade like the leaves of the forest; and
the flower that blooms to-day has not
a Trailer hold upon life than the might
lest monarch that even shook the earth
with his footsteps. Generations o1
men appear and vanish as the grass
and the countless multitude that throng
the world to-day will tomorrow dis.
appear as the footsteps on the shore
In the beautiful drama Of Ion, the
instinct of immortality, SO eloquently
uttered by the death.devoted reck finds
deep response in every thoughtful
soul. When about to yield his young
existence as a sacrifice to fate, his be.
loved Blemanthe asks if they shall moi
meet again. to which he replies, 81
have asked that dreadful question ol
the hills that look eternal; Of the clear
streams that fow forever; ofthe stars
among whose fields of azure my raised
spirit hath walked in glory. All were
dumb. But while gaze upon thy liv.
ing face, l feel that there is something
IN the love mantles through it's beauty
that cannot wholly perish. We shall
meet again"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

Never he comes as . roaring lion.
No! he is always calm and bland, gi
Courteous, witty, and pleasantspoken
As the bravest gentleman In the land.
IT'S cheating game that we play together
Buth not 80 clever ~ men opine!
l know that his worship's dice are loaded
He does not know that I've loaded mine
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

A good sugssstion 10 Ike . csyins
baby q . eonesrt-it sught 10 b oar.
yisd 0uk 1851
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

II cost 1000 to bury . New York
gentleman who died rsosntly. ad
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

Heaven 10 merciful, and sends relief
in the greatest distress.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

When . brave man dies, be most have
foul play.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

Keep company with the good. and
you will be one Of them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29

Why 10 an infant like dlAaeaaf
Because il 10 '.dsas little thinG"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29
THE DEVIL AND I.

The devil! Yes I have often seen him,
I Changeful ever in form and face;
Once In the shape Of lump Of money,
Once like q maid in her youthful grace.
Once like lifelong hope accomplished,
Once in the shape Of . thought instill'd,
Once in the guise Of my hearts ambition,
Once like q promise ofjoy fulfilled.
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Rates Of Advertistssg.

advertisements inserted q Cv t*.+ n. n.
l9SSare Of ten lines (brevier size, as,,srt nssv
Sfion. and Is cents for eacn supso9uen'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-29


We passed on the route great many
evidences of sepulchre, where the bones
of Indians at numerous places. At this
point they seem to have been more reg
ularly arranged and carefully deposited
The jaw bones and long bones, espec
tally. are very spongy. They have
been subjected to the dissolving pro-
cess of nitric acid, that destroyed the
earthly portion of their structure aud
left the fibr0us, making the bones as
elastic as If they were India rubber.
Looking on the sightless skulls there
in thick darkness that was as hack as
the gloom Of which Poe wrote In his
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-09
A New Discovery.

Ihe New York Sun SAYS: Mr..
James A. Spurlock, of Versailles,
member of the bar of Missouri,
has made an important scientific
discovery of another kind. His
revelations are perhaps best set
forth in his own language, as fol-
lowss f.n'af
81 claim the honor Of discovering
the centrifugal powers of nature
that sustain and spread ont the
starry heavens, and cause them to
revolve around the sun and other
fixed planets or suns. I will pub.
lish book this coming Spring en-
titled "A Philosophy of Heaven,
Earth, and the Millennium in
which l will demonstrate in a
scientific way that the Heavens are
built by a master architect, and 80
set in working order that symme-
try, harmony, tirmness, and eter-
nifty are the results. That no ca
lamity or collision ever did or can
occur among the heavenly bodies.
Take any planet-this earth for in
stance-hundreds of millions OF
miles away from its present posi-
tion in its orbit, and it will instant
ly return. Gather the whole et
our solar system into a group, and
they will resume their present posi-.
tion. Bring, if possible, the whole
created heavens together, and
when released they will spread out
and stand and revolve in system.
attic order, as now. / will show
what causes the moon to 90 around
primary planets, and why COLI
sions cannot occur. l refer skep-
tics to the professors of The Smith.
sonian Institute. / made my dis
covery by reading the Bible in q
philosophical view, and I consider
it fully demonstrates Christ's di
viuity, and proves the resurrection
of the dead to every intelligent
thinker.
Mr.. Spurlock requests the edi
tors of the public Journals to cal
attention to his discovery, and We
have done it accordingly. He
says that he would not ask this ia,
vor if he had money. We reply
that this fact makes no difference
! to us. We had rather disseminate
such news without price than not
[Ch1 onicLe 6 Sentinel.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-09

Appleton's journal makes the
following charge against certain
New York tea houses: f..
Within a few years large num-
Der OF tea companies have sprung
up in this city, which claim to i'm.
port direct from China, to furnish
a superior article at reduced rates.
and which advertise largely all uv-
CT the country. One street is fair
ly lined for considerable dis.
tance with them. We are assured
by those claiming to know that
several Of these tea establishments
arc organized frauds upon the peo.
pie; that they use the leaves of tho
Camelia, which SO closely rese,n.
bic genuine tea that they are fire.
quently mistaken for them by bot
anists that they largely import
and palm of upon purchasers
Chinese "he tea )" that they use
the leaves of ash plum, and other
trees, and mingle them with good
tea {; and, furthermore, that they
redry and color genuine tea leaves
that have once been used, or have
been damaged by water, &c.
There Is one of these companies
which, we are told, does nothing
else but purchase damaged cargoes
or chests OF tea, and then dries It on
the roofs ofcertain buildings not
thousand miles from where we arc
now sitting. The drying process
having been completed, a small
quantity of o superior article is
added to the damaged in order to
give flavor and it is then done ND
in packages for distribution all ov-
er the country. Those who are
accustomed to patronize these tea
establishments would certainly do
we'll to analytic end test the quail
ity of the article which is dispens.
ed to them.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-09

The OLD WORLD EMBRACING THE
NEw.-Our correspondent on the
ground says that the scene of the
laying of "the last rail" on the
Pacific Railroad "was a grassy
valley on a mountain which di.
vides the north end Of tho Great
Salt Lake into two bays, far away
from all signs of civilization ex-
cept such as surround the two
railroad camps. A chosen party
oc skilled Chinese levelled the
ground and laid the last few ties,
and the last pair of rails were
placed and spiked to all but the
last tie," reserved for the final cer-
emony of the junction of two ends
of the mighty road. Here, then,
at the Great Salt Lake, the Dead
Sea of America, in the heart of
the Continent 0he City of the
Latter Day Saints being at the
other end of the Lake, here we
have, in the joint labors of Chi
nese and American workmen, Asia
and America hand in hand, or the
Old World embracing the New
a most interesting and suggestive
incident, ..
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-09

b A FRIEND TO THE CoNrrpHnAcY.
1t is not generally known that
Spain was a strong sympathizer
with the Lost Cause," and espe-
cially that she at one time ordered
steps to be taken for active hostili-
ties againct the North yet Mr..
Secretary Perry, of the American
Legation at Madrid, 30 states in
recent letter. He says: "The
desire OF Spain to divide this coun-
try was so great in 1863 taat the
government of that country order
ed hostilities to commence on our
Southern border" Perry init
mates that it was through his ac-
tive interposition and efforts that
countermanding orders were sub
sequen:ly scnt out.