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PART Z.
When was a small boy a certain hard
working, middle-aged man might have been
seen almost daily, during the winter season
drawing wood past my fathers house-as
also past the old District-School House.
where received the rudiments of nv edu-
cation. remember now, with perfect dis
tinctness, Just how he looked lie was
dark C mplexioned short and very thick
SET ineded. so shoIt were hsi leg=, and so
stout was his body. 1t was with the utmost
difficulty he could manage to Waddle along
the slippery road, SO as to keep pace with
/ his team.
Well, this man, rs | said, was wont.
winter after winter, TO draw wood all the
way from his farm in Hino sburgh, some
/ twelve miles away, to the village now
| the city of Burlington-still four miles
| further on. On arriving at ma rket he would
/ receive, perhaps, $500, or tlere-about, q
/ cord for his wood, and think, dare say, that
/ he had done pretty well at that. In this
slow and toilsome way this Industrious,
| Christian farmer, whose name we will call
/ Perry. succeeded in accumulating a hand
some property. so that, in his old age, he
was prepared to enjoy the comforts and ease
which a pecuniary competence alone can
secure. lie was member of the Methodist
Church. and was, by all who knew him,
highly esteemed as a citizen and as Chris
tan.
PART II.
Years had relied away. | had grown 10
be a man, a Freshman in college, like many
others depen dent upon their own resources.
| was casting = about in the Fall of lS-.for
an opportur ity to earn little money, during
my winter vacation, by teaching a country
Distrlet-sc hool. Circumstances led me to
HinesburF h, the home, it will be reeollected.
of the olc. man who, years before, in the
days of my boyhood. used TO draw wood 70
steadily past our old District School-house
on Dor ct street.
Nothing notable occurred in our quiet
neighblrhood during the session of this
term f school. 1t is true babe was born.
But what Of that Are not babes being
continually born in every community without
any special sensation being occasioned there
by The advent of one of these little strang-
ers, to be sure, is an event of amazing in
terest to one-the mother-to one household,
the home in the bosom of which it is born
But not far beyond the limits of the one
family to which the newcomer belongs will
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The LAST OF THE OLD COLLINS LINE OF STEAM
sHIPs The steamship Atlantic, the las of the
old Collins line of New York and Liverpool
steam packets, is sbont to disappear from the
list Of American ships, having been recently
taken to Long Island to be broken up for the old
iron and copper. 1t will be remembered that
the Arctic and Pacific we're both lost at sea, and
that the Baltic, after being altered into sailing
ship, was sold to go under foreign fsg. The
Adristic was also sold to a foreign house. The
names of these once, famous steamers recall, to
the memory the most glorious days Of American
shipping.-BOSiO Journal
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STRANGE SUBSTITUTE FOR IR0y Paper,
which formerly was only used for printing, writ
ing and other purposes consistent with its pulpy
material, is now employed for entirely op-
poste purposes, where strength and teuacity
are essential. The latest and most unlikely
use to which it has been turned is the manu-
facture Of railroad csr-wheels. An invention
has been made by which disks of paper, after
being subjected to heavy pressure, are rendered
strong and solid, and being itte1 with a steel
tire, hsve all the requisites for this important
purpose
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Rates of Interest.


Mr.. T. B. Elliot Of Washington read Dc
fore the American ASSOCIATION Gl science
carefully prepared paper on the rates OF m
tercst realized to Investors IN the Securities
Of the United States. Alter stating the lIln-
ciples upon when the calculations were
based, he proceeded to give the results oi ms
Investigations. In the carly part oi the pres
ent century the credit oi the tnltcd states
Government was comparatively low, It's
per cent and 3 Ter cent, securities beng
placed upon the market upon terms such as
to fix the rates realized TO investors IN Sener-
al at from 73-l0 TO $40 per cent. one OF
the loans however, being placed upon the
market IN the year 1872 at as llw realized
rate at Q per cent, while the ate rcalZad
on another loan was, in the year lol9, as
high as Clio yer cent. The difficulties Mt
teudant upon the war Of lNl2. bad an I'M
portGnt influence IN disturbing the cieii'
o! the Government and producing these c'm-
raratiyely high rates ot interest. In 1871,
the credit of the Cove umont was 50 far m-
proved that it was able 90 place ) yer cent
loan ON the market on terms, such as to indl-
cate the realized rate ot interest 90 De about
a (4.2) Ycr cent. In the years I0ll and
1853, the 5 yer cent. securities Of the Gov
elumcut sold IL the open market Iu New
y ork, az such premiums as % show he rate
of interest realized nearly identical with the
above - and 4.-t yer cent. Iac market
price cl the % Ter cent securities oi the tly-
crumeut in the same year, indicated still
lower rate Ut realized Interest," - and a -
ucr cent. respectively.
In 1859 the per cent. securities OF t.e
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"BEAN Town beverly, in Massachusetts,,
is known as - Bean Town" No yirtuous eiti-
zen Of that place thinks Of passing Sunday
morning without baked pork and beans for
breakfast Formerly, they went to the different
bakeries Saturday nights, each man with his
besn-pot Each pot was numbered with q cheek
As received, and the number given to the owner,
snd crowds would gather around the bakery
door Sunday morning, esch man calling his
number sud receiving his pot. But now they
have = pottery In the tUsc, and each house
holder has h-d his bean-pot made to order, with
his name or iu.tias baked into the sides, and the
plan works beautifully. The bakers charge six
cents flr baking beans, ard it IS no mean
source OF revenue.
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.-..- .r.-'v -a-r-ae1 90 the mom0ry Of John
1it uri. class ai ii d-lobu7y CoileSe. Died
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Pickens, s. C, has no bar-rOom.
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Tor the F,oe Press and Times.
Toll flc Beli. sexton.
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From the Wa
4 TEigl EDE.
In -Four Parts.

EY REV. j.. u. HOWARD.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20
Large Turkeys and Turkey Breeding.

A passion for extra size is one of
the weaknesses of the American
mind. In what other nation would
it be possible to associate men simply
on their avoirdupoise merit? Where
else should man be most highly
considered, because he could show
the most adirOsc matter laid upon
his bones! In the decisions given at
our Fairs, weight is not only an i'm
portant item, but the one thing need
ful. In a scale of one hundred points,
weight would be the equivalent of
fifty, in the minds Of most judges.
1t is the big swine, the big pumpkin,
and the largest fat OK that takes the
premium. Economy Of fattcning, or
the process Of production, is seldom
inquired after. The same bad taste
is likely to effect the decisions in our
poultry shows, unless the managers
insist upon more:whOlesOme stand
ard. A large, we'll developed bird,
of maximum size, is desirable. A
monster is not, for any conceivable
purpose, except to excite wonder and
draw the crowd. We raise poultry
chiefly for the table. What the pro-
ducGr wants in his stock is good
quality of flesh, early maturity, and
capacity to make the most flesh out
of given amount of food. A turkey,
weighing fifteen pounds is just as good
for the table as one weighing thirty;
and most housekcepers would prefer
them under twelve pounds. In most
markets the lighter weights would
bring the higher price. 1t is only in
the region of large hotels and board
ing.houscs that the very large birds
bring an extra price. For what OBJ
ject, then, do VIC want large breeding
birds, and how large do we want
them?
1t takes about thres years for tur.
key TO attain his LARGEST weight. If
at twelve months a gobbler reach
thirty pounds live weight, at two
years he would reach ihirty-fivc, and
at three years forty, OF q little more.
4ut it is rare to gc male bird
Move forty pounds, Md then it is
S Nnerally by some prscts of stufiing
g 1t destroys his stamilia. and often
tNs his life. This weight is ex-
e cen sometimes but abolA the time
D ondhinks be IS sure of aSprty-five
pouNer, the prodigy sicAps I'M and j
l dies. Y may be assumed, thy, that
forty Iunds is about the Nit to g
. ? safely cSicd, and from h. half ,1 ,t1aSwo. r
limit for e hens. With 6reSrs g
!. of this sizt and little un1cr'lc h
will get laic, strong chicks, o
!, will economy food, and matA Il,
. easier than th6Alspring OF commolA\
sized birds. n bird yields mOrql
quickly to treatlhpt than &c tulkcyIl
The influence of large-sized gobI
bier in flocl' is hmdiately visiblt
, in the increased lie Of the chicks
The introduction Y wild blood IN.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20
WINCHESTER, TENN, JULY 20, 1871.

person between the ages of thirty
and forty. The catacomb of Ncrcus
and Achilles has full length figure
of Christ not differing materially
from the above, and in the catacomb
of st. Agnes is representation of
Him of "the Resurrection and the
Life" In the latter the brow is high,
the face oval but not long, the lower
lip somewhat coarse, Il light NOUS
tachc, a small pointed beard and eyes
oblitcratcd, On the tomb of st.
Cecilia is n lifc-size bust of Christ,
showing II pear-shaped face, small
moustachc and no beard. In the
cemetery of Prntcxtati there is one
of the latest discovered frcscocs Of
our Lord, which represents him
teaching as a philosopher; the face is
of the usual style but has no divided
beard. The arch offs. Paolo-fuori-lc-
Muri at Rome, has II representation
in Mosaic of the four and twenty
elders offering their. crowns. In the
dome the Saviour appears i'll glory
with the founders ofthe church ador.
alton on either side. His right hand
is raised in bcncdiction, while the
left holds the sccptre. The figure is
clothed to the neck; the face is calm
and grave, the eyes large, luminous
and tender.
We might cnumeratc many other
delineations Of the divine countc-
nance, but enough have been mcntion-
ed to show a marked'rescmblancc in
the main characteristics manifested
in all, thereby proving that the like
ness recognized by Christcndom rests
on well established tradition. and
not Oh vague imagination,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20
Insect Traps.

Now that horticulture has come to
be largely a fight with insect dcpre-
dators, every method of getting the
best of the foe is eagerly scanned.
Some horticulturists are beginning
to find out that the easiest way TO
fight worms and insects is to trap the
parent millcrs, moths or bugs; as is
easily done by suspending in the
garden wide-mouthed bottles or jars,
half filled with thin molasses or
very sweet water. A writer in the
New York Observer says: | have
tested the eff oacy of the insect trap,
and have found it all that can be de-
sired for trapping the butterflies,
moths, millcrs and beetles of every
species ofinsects that intcst fruit trees
and vines, vegetables and flowers.
The worms on grape vines, worms
On tobacco, on tomatoes, and Irish
potatoes, all can readily be trapped
in this way. We trapped last season
scores of many species of depreda-
tors, in our city lot in Brooklyn.
Several gentlemen who reside In the
valley of the Hudson river have trap
ped more than n bushel each, con-
sisting of almost an endless variety
of moths, millers, beetles, bugs and
flies. Every fruit tree, every ever
green and deciduous tree, every ber-
ry bush and fruit bearing vine, and
every vegetable cultivated in the
garden is attacked by a specie Of
noxious insect which flourish only
where their appropriate species of
trees or fruit is cultivated; and
strange to say, every one Of these
foes spring from parent inscts in the
form of butterflies, moth millcrs,
bee ties or bugs, every species Of
which will hazard life for the sake of
getting a taste of the contents of the
bottle. Foreign papers state that it
was estimated that more than mil
lions Of insects were trapped in bot
ties containing very sweet water, in
certain section of country in France
last year. AS every butterfly or
moth produces very numerous
progeny, it will be seen at once that
it is in this form the insect ravagers
can be most successfully fought.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20
STILL LIFE.

No murmur from the outward world
Dsturbs the slumbrous summer air;
Soothed with the sweet visions of delight,
She sits, she dreams, my lady, there.
SO soft her breathing and SO low,
Life scarcely seems her pulse to thrill;
All mute and motionless IT'S life,
Yet life how still
Her iancy's form to shadow forth,
Her girlish scheme OF art to trace,
The pencil scarcely had essayed
When sleep came down upon her face,
BY thoughts own sweetness overpOwered,
She glidcd into pleasant dreams,
Joyous and bright, as yonder sun
Through easement CLEANS
Fair dreamer in that vision world
In which your spirit now Is free,
What glad ideal meets you there?
Or deign you bend TO such aS me?
Or draw your inspiration forth,
AS soon as your tablet there shall show,
From visions which the waking eye
Lacks power to know?
All well rs sunlight on the sea-,
Or respite from consuming strife,
re moments, maiden, Snatched, like these
From out the hurricane OF life.
Still life IL Is what'er your dreams,
What'cr the'thoughts your fancy fill
Enough of Joy It's thus to live
The life that's still.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20

hEMEDf FOR TIE BITE OF \ RAT.
TIE oNAKE.-Takc equal Quantities
ol hoarhound, and planlin, bruised
ana squeezed until you get a table
spoonful OF juice for man, or half
a pint for a horse; il man lot him
Mtnh lit beast, drench him with
II. IN severe eases the dose may be
repeated in twenty or thirty minutes
until the swelling and sickness begin
10 Sho'ldc but usually, one dose in
sufficient if taken in time. If tb.
fanS should penetrate Il vein, there !.
SAID to be no cure, because il con
teys the poison instantancous,,, ~
INC heart. But otherwise, this j. ;n ,o
allible. La one case wherc tLo na m
lent was so badly swollen rs IN ala.
us eyes and stilicn his limbs. Mrse
loses withas many appplicatio,s no ,n
N the wound, effected a cure W.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20

Every one has remarked the man.
ner in which birds Of prey float, as it
were, without any effort, and with
steady expanded wings, at great
heights in the atmosphere. This they
are enabled to do from the quantity
Of air contained in the air-cells Of their
bodies, which air being taken in at a
low level in the atmosphere, of course
rarefies and expands as the bird as
cends into higher regions. Their rap
idity OF descent must be accomplished
by the sudden expulsion of this air
aided by their muscular efforts. or
all birds, the condor mounts highest
into the atmosphere. Humboldt des.
cribes the flight of this bird i'm the
Andes to be at least 10000 feet above
the level of the sea. From the cave of
Antisana, elevated 12,95S feet above
the level of the Pacific ocean, he saw
this bird soaring at n perpendicular
height of G,S76 feet. 1t is q remarka-
BILE circumstance, says he, that this
bird, which for hours continues to 1y |
about in regions where the air is so
rarefied, all at once descends TO I'm.
ouSO Va ehc oco, uuu lnuS III u lew
passes through all the varie-
ties Of climate. At a height of ~. 200
feet, the air-cells Of the condor, which
are filled IN the lowest regions, must
be inflated in an extraordinary man
1er. Many years ago, UllOa express
'd his astonishment that the ytllture
n the Andes could fly at a height
where the mean pressure of the air is
'nly fourteen inches. 1t was then
from experiments made
Vith the air-pump, that no animal I
ouId i've In so rare q medium; but !
humboldt has seen the barometer on d
,hlmborazO fall to thirteen inches o
leven lines; and Guy Lussac respired
,r quarter of an hour in an atmos-
mere whose pressure was even less
nan this. At these heights man gen. |,
rally finds himself reduced to q pain n
II state Of debility, while the condor, il
u the contrary, appears to breathe d
eely. Ofall living beings, it appears d
,he the one that can rise ut will to 1,
distance from the earth's ii
are CARO- Occasionally small insects n
by ascendsyoluntarily even higher h,
The latest saty satyrents Ofair. "
not 10 u'ap'"' arge weddings ia
onts. e.,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20
GRAY'S ELEGY.


ysneath those rugged elm, that ycw.treos
shade, ..,,-
Where hcayes the turf In manya moulder-
Ing heap, ,,,
The rude forefathers Of the hamlet rieep.
Perhaps In this neglected spot IL laid
Some heart once pregnant with celestial
Hands that the rod ofempirc might have
or walked to ecstacy tho living Tyre.
Yet .yon these bones frora insult TO protect,
Some frail memorial still erected nigh,
With uncouth rhymes and shapeless scuipt-
ure decked,
tinplores the passing tribute of q sigh.
Their name, their years, spelt by the unlet-
tered muse,
The place OF fame and elegy supply:
And many a holy text around she streWs,
To teach the morulist to die.
FOR who to dumb iorgetfulness prey
This pleasing, anxious being e'or resigned,
Left tho warm precincts OF the cheerful day,
Nor cast one longing, lingering look be-
hindp
On some fond breast the parting soul relies,
Some pious drops the closinReye requires;
Even from tho tomb the voice OF nature
cries;
Even In our ashes live their wonteL fires.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20

crcascs the young. A larger proper
ton of eggs will hatch, ana a much
larger number of young will be like
to grow up. With a little painstakins
it Is quite easy to breed to any de-
sirdcd shade Of plumagc.-Amertcan
1griculturiSt.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20
Age OF Man.

Professor Farady adopts Flourins,
physiological theory that the natural
age Of man is one hundred years.
The duration Of life he believes to
be measured by the time of growth.
When once the bones and cpiphyscs
are united, the body grows no more,
aud it is at twenty years this union
is effected in man. In the camel, it
takes place at eight, in the horse at
iiyc; in the lion, at four; in the dog,
at two; in the rabbit ut one. The
natural Termination Of life is five re-
moves from these several points.
Man being twenty years in growing,
lives five times twenty years, that
is to say one hundred years; the
camel is eight years, in growing lives
five times eight years, that is to say
forty years, the horse is five years in
growing, and lives twenty-five years
and so with other animals. Tho
man who does not die of sickness,
lives, everywhere from eighty to a
hundred years. Providence has
given man a century of life, but he
does not attain it, because he inherits
disease, eats Wholesome food. gives
license to passions, and permits vcx-
alton to disturb his healthy cquipoisc,
he does not die, he kills himself. Tho
professor divides life into two equal
halves, growth and decline, and
these halves into infancy, youth,
virility, and age. Infancy extends
to the twentieth year; youth to the
tiftieth because it is during this Pc
riod that the tissues become firm
virility, from fifty to seventy five,
during which the organism remains
complete; and at seventy-iivc. old
age commences, to last longer or
shorter time as the diminution of re-
served force is hastened or retarded.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20

uau About tho time Of his death, the lats
inc mon, n,o; q; l.. rallandigham was gather.
ing material foran article for the ca.
m.y, on his "New Departure" In n
'e..eI t 10 the editor of the GAIA M,
da.eI % June 10th, few days before his
ueath, MIR. Vallandigham asked ,lelav
III preparing the article on account of
the absorption of his energies i'm The
murder trial in which he was engaged
but promised the article witbin Two
weeks on q month.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20

WUVEN DNV0'--AN IITBIIShs, a., Du,n,I ~,
to. has just patented an improvS So'' No. '''"' 7''
in weaving bags without any
seam. 1t does this by having >-,,,,,,r. o.,,,
sheds of warp, and the shuttle car N"7hN'' i'N"'
I,nu u,nfl, oil, ,,l,,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-20

favorke society waltz. '"'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-01-10
Could Not See IL.

"Doesticks" says he was coming down from
a town that is situated "a small few of dis
lance" up the Harlem railroad the other day,
was at irst annoyed, then amused, by the
writing antics of green-ookipg chap who
occupied the seat just 10 front of me- He OBJ
served closely every person that came in. scru-
tlnized their dress. manners, style and ccnver-
satlon, and seemed to solve all social problems
to his satisfaction, until at last he began TO
take strange and peculiar interest in those
that are set up at the approach of every station.
These are painted white, and bear. some of
them' the letter wv" others r" that the
engineer may whistle or ring" as the case
may be, tor the warning of the station-master. i"
My verdant genius looked with ever-increas-
ing curiosity at these mysterious posts. Town
after town was passed, station after station
shipped by at every one he heheld the nosts
with the cabalistic inscriptions; he could make
nothlng OF them. At last curiosity oyercame
his bashtulness, and he turned to me and asked
for an explanation Of the puzzing hieroglvnh-
les informed him, with all NV custonsrv
pollteness, that the letters were direct;ono -
the driver OF the engine; when he reached tbe
" post ne was to whistle, while, as he pass
ed the r. he was to ring.
The anxious inquirer turned away with q
muttered word Of thanks, but presently he
turned to me and said
Stranger L s'pose you re right; but blam-
ed if l can understand it. | know that wiring
spells ring, but how you can spell whistle
with an n beats all my district schooling
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-01-10
1SZ 4. IMMENSE 1S7 1.
BARGAINS FOR 80 DAYS.

We will commence, on Monday, January md
1871. to sell off our entire stock at Cost for
Cash. Great Bargains can now be had as we
are determined to reduce the stock on hand
Our assortment is full and complete in every de-
partment. We offer
1880 yards Dress Goods,
1873 Alpacas,
GAO g Plaid.
500 Empress,
$40 Irish Poplins, g
300 g Black Silks,
Is 225 Velveteens,
600 &c Flannels,
1900 Calcoes,
10 g Table Linen,
Go " Wine Cloth,
1,250 &c Bleached Muslins,
1900 " Pant Stuff,
100 SHAWLS
ALSO
1000 yards Carpets and OsI Cloths,
400 pairs Ladies Shoes,
$50 yards Sash Ribbons,
Sc sets Furs,
&c. &c. &C.
we mean what we say; our stock is too large
and 1t must be reduced to make room for our
Spring purchases.
ACF,ERMAN & co.
StauntOn. Va ian g I'm