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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-31
A WOman's Ideal Man.

Nothing surprises men more than
the odd Ignorance of women con
cerning them; and half the unhap
piness in married life, at least IN
England, springs from that igno-
rance. They caunot be made to
understand the difference between
mans nature and requirements and
their own and they condemn all
that they cannot understand. in
those few rational homes where
mems sports and gatherings, undis.
turbed by the presence Of potticoats,
are not made occasions for suspicion
or lemonstrance, the stock OF love
and happiness with which married
life began is more like the widows
cruise than elsewhere but mlor-
tunately for both husbands and
wives, these homes are rare; while
those are common where game of
billiards in the evening is occasion
for tears or poutng, and deadly Of
fence is taken at club-dinncrs or n
week $ shooting. The consequence
of which is deceit or dissension; and
sometimes both.
The woman's ideal man has none
of these errahc tendencies. His
business done, he comes home with
the docility of II weIl-bred pointer
sent to heel, and finds energy enough
after his hard days work for yaric-
ty Of petits soins which make him
moro precious in her eyes than all
the tact, the temper, the Judgment,
the uprightness, he has manifested
in his dealings with the outside world
And the domesticity which she
claims from her husband she de-
mands from her son. Latch-keya
are her abOmination; and the "gas
left burning is Ms u beacon-hght on
the way Of destruction. She has the
profoundest suspicion Of aIl the men
whom her boy calls his friends. She
never knows into what mischief they
may lead him; but she is sure it is
mischief, if they keep him away from
his home III the evening. She would
prescribe the same social restraints
and moral regimen for her son as
for her daughter; and she thinks the
energies OF masculine nature require
no wider field and no looser rein.
But though she likes those time
and tender men whom she can tie
up close to her apron strings, and
lovingly imprison in the narrow do
main Of home she succumbs without
struggle to the square-i iawci brute
OF the Rochester type-tho man who
dominates her by the mere force of
superior strength ; and she is not
too severe on Don Juan, if only she
can ilatter herself that she is sthebest
loved and the last. That these are
the men most liked by women isl
shown both by their own novels, and
by daily observation and it seems
to us that, among the many subjects
of extended study of late proposed
for women, a better acquaintance
with mems minds, IL higher regard
for the nobler kind Of mau, and the
ability to accept love us only one Of
many qualitie', and not always the
strongest praiseworthy of his lmpuI- |
ca L, e al.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-31
Good Manners.

If good manners are not to die
out amongst us, reverence must be
restored. The old man must be
honored, and the weak must be con-
sidered. the illus'riOus must be de
ferred to, and most OF all, women
must be respected. Women have
the matter in their own hands. TLey
can compel men to be well manner
ed, and men who know how to be-
have with politeness toward women
will end by behaving with polltencss
toward each other. llauteur al
ways implies want OF consideration
for others, and is therefore no part
of politeuess, save when indeed an
impertinence has TO b. quietly but
effectively resented. II we were ask
ed to name the word which EN-
bodies female politsness we should
name "graciousness." Women
should be gracious; gracious is their
happy medium between coldne5s
and familiarity; as sell respect Is
that of men between arrogance anC
downright rudeness. Probably
there can be no true politenes
where there is no humility, either
real or well assumed. II self
making age we cannot be surprise,
at meeting with so much selt-asser
ton and so much aggressiveness
We can but wait for the time wheI
the process will be complete, ans
the individual will be well-bred
enough once more to recognize his
own significance.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-31
YnE GNLDEN TNNGN.

Once upon Il time here lived Il
very rich King, whose namo WAS
Miias. and no had little daughter,
named Marygold This King was
fonder Of gold than anything else in
the world, but lie loved nearly as well
his little daughter, who was d merry,
loveable child. But the more he
loved his child the more he desired
wealth, for he thought foolish man,
that the best thing he could leave
this dear child was the biggest heap
Of yellow shining coin that had ever
been heapod together since the world
was made. so ho gave all his
thoughts and all his time to this one
purpose. If he gazod at the gold
tinted clouds of sunset, he wished
they were real gold, and could be
squeezed into his strong box. If he
stirred the fire, and the sparks flew
cracking up the chimney, he wished
some fairy would turn them into
g lden coin for him, and in fact his
whole thoughts ran upon gold, gold,
gold, till he almost ceased to care for
anything elso.
In his earlier days before this in
sane desire for riches seized him,
King Midas had been fond of flowers,
and had planted garden in which
grew the largest, sweetest and most
beautiful roses III any mortal ever
saw, but now, if he ever looked at
them, it was to calculate how much
they would be worth were all The
r.scs turned TO gold.
At last Midas got so unreasonable
in his passion for money, that he
spent nearly all his time in u dark,
strong, room in the vaults Of the
palace, where lie kept his money ;
here, after locking the door, he would
take out his bags Of coin and count
them over, or siIt the gold dust
through his fingers, or toss NJ the
bars of gold and catch them IL they
cime down, and he never was 50
happy rs when thus employed.
One day, as King Midas was III
his treasure room, he saw shadow
fall upon the heaps of gold, and
looking up, what should he behold
but the figure Of a stranger standing
in the bright and narrow sunbeam
that fell from the iron-barred
window. 1t was young man, with
cheerful and ruddy face. As King
Midas knew hc had carefully locked
the door, ho of course concluded at
once that some fairy had visited him.
The stranger gazed about the room,
and when his lustrous smile had
glistened upon all the golden objects
there, he turned to Midas
"You are a wealthy man, frienC
Midas" he observed 81 doub
whether any other four walls on eartl
contain so much gold as you have
contrived to pile up in this room
81 have done pretty well, pretty
well, answered Midas. in a discon
ented tone; "but after all it is bu
{ trihe, when you consider that |
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-31

dimple in her chin for the power OF
changing this whole earth into one
solid lump Of gold,
"You are wiser than you were,
King Midas. You now see that the
commonest things, such as lie within
eyerybodys grasp, are more valua-
bic than the riches for which so
many mortals sigh and struggle,
Tell me now, do you sincerely wish
to rid yourself of this Golden
Touch ?'
"It is hateful to me-" replied
Midas.
"Go then and plunge into the
river that glides past the bottom of
your garden. Take, likewise, n vase
of the same water, and sprinkle
it over any object that you may de-
sire to change back again from gold
to its former substance If you do
this in earnest sincerity, it may pos.
sibly repair the mischief you have
done with your aVarlct.
King Midas bowed low, and when
he raised his head the mstrous
stranger had disappeared.
You will easily believe that Midas
lost no time in snatching up a great
earthern pitcher that became gold
as he touched it, and Fastening to
the river side, everything he touched
turned yellow and became gold. On
reaching the rivers brink he plunged
in headlong, without waiting so
much as to pull off his shoes.
"Poofl poof poof !" snorted Mi
das, as his head emerged out of the
water. "Well, this is really re-
freshing bath, and [ think it must
have quite washed away the Golden
Touch. And now for filing my
pitcher.
As he dipped the pitcher into the
water it gladiened lis heart to see it
change from gold into The same hon
Kinn NI;Ioy hostonnJ L,cL 10 tho
noIaro onI Won need bordlv Le toIJ
tho fret tb;ng h. did WAS tn snr nl,Ia
II by hnndfnjs ovsr tbo GOLDEN G~"ro
Of littIo WaryooId
M eonner ia i fall ON hor than
Won wonlJ bove lanaIol ~ 500 bow,
yLo rnSy coinr co,ne hock f., tLo doo,.
ch;lj,s cbn,k and how she be%on 70
snooga @ onJ anrttor nnI how, oston
;shed sLe wos ~ fnJ hnrs@lr Jrin-
min,, GrI rot "t' omI hor fn,bor ot;Il thrnnr,
i,,', m1 >, "T ,oro ,vator @ M how
" c % Prny Jn NOT dnor fotborn cr;od
sho sea how Won Eoyo wet NV n;ce
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-31
Rest

Dr. Hall says the best medicine in
the world, more Efficient in the cure
of disease, than all the potencies oi
the mate,i medicd, are warmth, rest,
cleanliness and pure air. Some
persons make it Il virtue to brave
disease, 8" to keep up" as long as they
can move u foot or crook u finger
and it sometime succeeds; but in
others the powcrs of life arc thereby
so completely exhausted that the
system has lost all ability to recu-
perate, and slow and typhoid fever
sets in, and carries the patient to Il
premature grave. Whenever walk.
ing or work is 40 effort, a warm bed
and cool room arc the first indis
pensable steps to u sure and speedy
recovery. Instinct leads all beasts
and birds to quietude and rest the
very moment disease or wounds as
slil the system.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-31
TUO lYS TO LOVE,
by SUSAN CoOLEDGE'
From ScriDncr's Monthly for October

Fro,n Scribncr's Monthly for October.
He saws ne loves me well ana
Believe IL; in my hands to make
or mar, his life lies utterly;
Nor can the strong plea deny
Which claims my love for his love
sake.
lie says there Is no face so fair
As mine; when draw near, his eyes
Light up; each ripple of my hair
lie loves the very cloak | wear
lie touches lightly whore 1t lies.
And roses, roses all The way
Upon my path fall, Strowed by him;
His tenderness by night, by day,
Keeps constant watch, and heaps alwaN
Ny cup of pleasure TO the brim.
The other women in their spite
Count me the happieSt woman born,
IT, be so worshipped; delight
To ilannt his homage in the Sight
or all, and pay them scorn for sccrn.
! love him-or think do;
Sure, one must love what is 50 sweet;
He Is so tender and so true,
So eloquent to Plead and sue,
SO strong, though kneeing at my feet
Yet had visions once OF yorC,
GirliSh imagnIngs of zost,
A possible thrill-but why run DER
These fancies, idle dreams, no more;
will forget them this Is best,
SO let him take-the pasti past;
The future with its golden key
Into his outstretched hands cast;
shall love him-perhaps-a last
As now love his love for me,
III.
Not as all other women may,
Love l my love; he is so great,
So beautiful, dare essay
No EcarneSS but in silence lay
My heart upon his patn-and wait,
Poor heart, its beatingS are so low
He does not heed them passing by,
Save rs one heeds where vioetS grow
A fragrance, caring not to know
" mere llIt Ntllti puIplt buuH may llt'
sometimes think that it is dead
1t lies 50 still bend and lean
Like mother over cradlG-head,
Listening if still faint breathS are shed
Like signs that parted lips between.
And then with vivid pulse and thrill
IL quickens into sudden bliss
At sound of step nor voice, nor Will
Be huShed, although, regardless still
lie knows not, cares not it is his
| would not lift ii If | could,
The little flame though faint and dim
ASglow-worm spark in lonely wood
Shining where no man calls it good,
May some day light the path lorhim:
May guido his way, or soon or late,
Through binding mist and falling rain,
And 50 content watch and wait;
Let others share his happy fate,
only ask to share his pain,
But if some day, whcn'pasSing slow,
My dear love should his steps arrest,
Should SPY The poor heart, bending low,
Should raise it, sean il. yeit?--so,
Why-God alone can tell the rest.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-31

DAIRY PRoDUCrs VERSUS BEEF FOR
FooD.-Mr. y. A. WILLARD, in his
address before the annual meeting
of the Vermont Dairymen's Asso.
citation, argued in favor of the supe-
rior economy of cheese and milk for
food, as compared with beef. A
gocd COW in twelve years would pro.
duce 4,5O0 pounds of cheese, while
three good steers, four years old
would not usually give more than
one thousand pounds OF beef each
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
The Chicago Newspaper Union =
Prosperous Institution ioo,ir
correspondrnt wr1teg "a &

A correspondent writes as follow!
from Chicago "a Y, ma -
AT the time Of the great fire which
swept over Chicago one year ago. and
reduced the fair proportions of the
Western metropolis to mass of rub
nish and ashes, the CHICAGO NEWSPAPER
Union were preparing to move into
Inelr new building, on. the South Side.
1hey had just fitted up, at large ex.
pense, an elegant and commodious Office
IN marble palace fronting the old
custom House, on Monroe street, and
another week would have found them
located there ) and, of course, all their
machinery, presses and material, con
shutting one of the most perfect print
ing establishments IN the Western
country, would have been DESTROYED by
mat terrible storm of fame which
swept INTERESTINGLY and unpityingly
over the doomed city.
Fortunately the building which they
occupied in the West Division, and
which they were about to exchange tor
more commedious quarters on the South
Side, was beyond the reach of the FIRE
hend. 1t was the only printing Office
OF any magnitude that escaped the al
most universal wreck and ruin. OF
course the concern was not of sufficient
capacity to undertake the herculean
task of printing all the numerous daily
papers in the city, But it certainly did
all that possibly could be done under
the circumstances in lending helping
hand to Its stricken contemporaries. Its
proprietors generously threw its doors
open and lent the use of its presses to
four of the large dailies. The first paper
ian edition of the Evening POST printed
after the fire, was issued from the office
OF the NEWSPAPER UNION on Monday
afternoon, the 10th of October, 1872.
while the flames were even yet raging,
and before the extent of the awful ca.
lamity had become generally known;
and for several weeks thereafter the
numerous presses of the establishment
were taxed to their fullest capacity,
running night and day, in printing the
large editions of the Daily Eveniaq Post,
Daily Republican (now Inter OCEAN,, Daily
Staats- Zsitsng and Daily Union, besides
serving their own patrons as usual.
Immediately after the smoke of the
great conhagration had cleared away
the proprietors of the UNION gave or
ders for the reconstruction of their new
building, into which, as before men
toned, they were on the eve of remov-
ing at the time of its destruction. Mean
while they have continued to occupy
their old quarters in the West Division
until within a few days past, although
soreiy cramped for room. On the ami
versary OF the destruction of Chicago
they moved into their new structure. at
ia East Monroe street, where they are
now located. The Office Of the CHICAGO
NEWSPAPER UNION, as now arranged, is
model establishment. We have been
and seen, and know whereof we speak,
and we feel sure we do not exaggerate
one jot or title when we assert that it
is one of the most perfectly fitted up
and best arranged printing Offices of the
kind in the country.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
Curious Wills.

Chambers Journal gives some strange
facts and figures appertaining to will
making In 1914, Lady Francis Will
son, daughter of the Earl of Aylesbnry,
was informed by Archdeacon Potts, that
a parishioner of his, named Wright,
then lying dead at poor lodging in
Pimlico, had lett her valuable estate
IN Hampshire. The fair legatee ridi-
culed the idea, as she knew no such in
dividual. However, she went to PIN
leo, and recognized her defunct friend
as constant frequenter Of the opera,
who had annoyed her by continually
staring at her there. One would natur-
ally suppose that the friendless man
had fallen in love with the lady, or
been attracted, perhaps, by her resem-
blance to some lost love of his youth.
There may have been some tender feel
ing in the case; but then, how can we
account for his leaving $4,000 to the
Speaker Of the House of Commons, and
81 900 to the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, all CT whom were ignorant of
his existence. The worthy Archdeacon
would have secuted the notion of the
man being insane, for had he not proved
himself in his right mind by leaving
him $1,000, t'as mark of appreciation
OF sermon he had heard him preach. .
In 1772, Monmouthshire squire left
929 900 to laboring man to whom he
would not speak while living. A Mr..
Furstone left $1,000 to the first man
bearing his surname who should marry
q female FurStoOe This uas ono NOV,
for lone man to provide himself with
heirs, but we prefer the practice of
honest George Watts, of Stoke Bishop,
who, having no kinsman or kinswoman
to whom he could bequeath his sundry
cottages Of which he had by industry
and self-denial made himself proprie-
tor, left each Of his humble tenants the
cottage in which he lived. a~A ezoi
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24

the kindness and important service be
received from Sir Bartle Frere and the
Bombay Government before starting or
his expedition, and says that he has
written to express his thankfulness, but
his letters to and from the coast have
all been destroyed, apparently because
he was considered a spy on the slave
trade, whose correspondence would do
no good to the traffic. = THE search for
the sources Of the Nile they know to be
a sham, and l was prevented from either
getting supplies Of goods or sending in
formation coastwise. This letter, how
ever, goes by Henry N. Stanley, the
travelling correspondent of the New
York Herald, sent at an expense Of over
$1,000 to obtain accurate information
and afford assistance in my isolation. y
The Doctor then describes at some
length his geographical discoveries in
terms similar to those OF his letters in
the Herald, and concludes as follows !:
o" have been much longer than in.
tended-six years instead OF two-but
have lost two whole years in time, been
burdened by 1900 miles of useless
tIaH1p, duu NOW IOuCn waste OF money
i cannot say-all through the matter of
supplies and. men being intrusted to
our Bantam Indian fellow subjects, and
they intrusted thewhole thing to slaves,
who lay and feasted on my stores for
sixteen months, and then sold off all
for slaves and ivory. The slave trade in
all this region, and especially in Man
yema, is carried on almost exclusively
with arms, ammunition and goods adj
vanced to Arab agents by Banians.
Their slaves needed no more than a
hint, and all came and solemnly swore
that they were told not to follow, bat
force me back. They forced me back
500 miles, and again had to come 300
to seize goods here sent by another lot
of slaves, and my agent at Zanzibar be.
lieves all they tell him. 1t was stated
in the House of Lords, on the authority
he receives, that all my wants had been
while l virtually got only
what 1 myself sent to Ujiji in 1866.
But l am all right and ready by Mr..
help, and will be of as soon as
fifty men come from the coast.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24
+" Give it a Name. / Bee. ,,


A name to be really name ought to
belong to one possessor. There is no
sense, IN his sharing it with dozens OF
other people. But parents seldom look
at things in this light. They do not
consider the value of their offspring of
definite title, which shall nominally
distinguish them from the rest of man
kind, but give them names which please
their parental fancies or inclination,
without regard to the future needs of
the little creatures. Thus is continually
increased that dreadful crop of Johns,
Williams and Marys which threaten to
oyerwhelm and render useless the no.
menclature of civilization. We speak adj
visedly. we do not nowadays ma
terlally increase our stock of surnanles.
They must remain at about the present
level while their possessors increase witt,
the increase of the census. What, then,
can we do but vary our Christian names.
These are left entirely to our choice and
judgment, and there is no reason why
they should not be made to those who
must wear them all their lives. And a
good name-without any reference to
reputatlon-is SO very valuable indeed,
that every man and woman is entitled
to one. The law takes care that ships
and streets and towns shall have dis.
tinctiye titles, and there are even rules
IN force toprevent confusion of names
among ace-horses and fancy cattle.
But the poor babies are left to the whims
and fancies of their parents, who from,
vanity or hope of gain, from the desire
to please some friend or relative, or from
admiration OF some noted person, give
their children names already owned
Christian names. surnames, and all-by
numbers OF other people in their own
family and elsewhere. The practice of
using family name as the given name
Is an excellent one, if said family name
is applied judiciously; but this business
of naming children ''for" or 1safter''
other members of a family ought to be
stopped by law. 1t is often compIi.
ment to the older owner of the name.
but it is an imposition upon the child,
who has right to a name all It's own.
Handsome or not, let it be distinctive.
We would rather be called Brompton
Stolumite Higgs than G. w. Mont.
morenci. If there were any other male
Montmorencis, it is ten to one some of
them would be G. ". too. We know a
leading journalist in neighboring city
who was suspected of being concerned
in cheating wool-merchants, and was,
at the same time, avoided by a large
portion Of his relations because of an
improper and secret marriage, when all
the time it was another man of his name
who cheated in wool, and still another
who had sought the secret altar. One
Of the most accomplished writers of the
day is often credited with the most
trash because several other
persons who write for the papers have
exactly the same name.