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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-08
Brains in Work.
eneralds

Blessed is the man whose labor is of
such kind that the work itself gives
employment to every part OF his nature.
There are many kinds of manual labor,
in the foundry, in the machine-shops,
in the laboratory, in the builders trade,
in those occupations by which tho ne
cesslties of life are supplied, which
furnish field for the exercise Of man 5
whole mind. The man at the loom, the
man Mt the palette, the man that molds
the vase, the man who in Il thosand ways
is producing objects of art and beauty
and use, may find scope for his thought
and feeling. If Iwere cabinet maker,
do you suppose | should think of moth
ing but the thing ! was working on? DO
you believe | could construct cradle,
and my heart not sing lullaby all the
time for the little ones that should bless
it, and whose eyes, looking out of it,
should be as stars shining up instead of
stars shining down, and should speak of
immortality as the heavens which de-
clare the glory Of God do not know how
to do it? Is it necessary that should
saw, or plane, or rub, and do nothing
but saw and plane and rub? Is there
no living power in mans work ? Is
there nothing in it to stir up his imagi.
nation? If [ built II mans house,
would the one question be how much
could earn for SO much work ? If put
my heart in my work, am I not bene.
factor? When man builds Il house,
if he pleases he can build it for the
good of those who are to dwell in it,
and leaves II blessing in it but if a
man, in building house, says to him
self, every time he drives n nail, How
can put poor one III instead of one
that costs more, y acting all the time
under the influence of the devil of sell
flshness in his work, ! do not marvel
that it is drudgery to him. / do not
| marvel that he finds no incitement in it.
But if man goes to work as if he were
called of God to do it if it is taste
and conscience, aud benevolence, thai
work in him, then his labor is all the
time school of blessing to him. There
is scope in the poorest mechanical EN-
ployments for far more manhood THAI
we are accustomed to put into our work
and one thing that | blame men for i
that they put so little of the better par
of themselves into mechanical employ
ments. You think, because man i
sitting in his study, and pursuing hi
professional avOcations, that he can ex
pand and open up his mind but ther
may be as many sordid men anon
scholars as in any other class. Yet it
possible in any sphere for man to pu
into his work the best part of himself
IL ". BGccher.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-08

Dancing in the East (as seen in the
Alme of Egypt and the Nautch girls Of
India) probably gives us better idea
of what the ancients practised than any
thing which we have in our cold North ;
it is chiefly given up to professional
dancers, who are often highly gifted
and highly educated. But with us pro-
fessional dancing has become insepara-
bly, connected with the opera stage, and
with but one subject, the tender pas
sion, and this in its conception and il
lustration is so vulgar and so vague,
that it would almost be true to say that
all who do not consider the ballet inde-
cent, believe it to be unmeaning-as it
often is.-S. Pduys Magazine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-08
THE EMERALDS.

One wintry afternoon in January,
away up in the bleak attic of a wretched
tenement house, pale sad eyed woman
sat sewing. The garment upon which
she was engaged was very rich dress.
The twilight closed in rapidly, with q
binding fall of snow, a bitter wailing
blast, that made the windows rattle in
their casemates. Still the pale faced
woman stitched on.
Mother" piped slender voice from
the cot beneath the window, "shall you
get the fine dress done? Oh my mother,
Tn so hungry, if I could only have
some tea and bit of sausage"
The mother worked on steadily for
few moments, paused only to brush
tear from her white cheek, then she
arose and shook out the glimmering
robe.
"Tis done at last" she said "now
mothers little girl can have her supper,
only be patient little longer Flora.
Ross, Ross, where are you my boy ~
A manly little fellow came out from
the little bed room beyond.
"The dress is done, Ross" said his
mother, "and you must run home with
it as fast as ever you can. Miss Gercia
will be out of patience, / know. Tell
her I couldn't finish it one moment
sooner, and ask her to give you the
money. We must have it to night.
And you can stop in at Mr.. Rays as you
come back and buy some coal, and we
must have some bread and tea, and n
mite of butter, and you must get saul
sage, Ross, for poor little Flora"
"Ill get 'em all mother" he said,
"and be back in no time. You shall
have big sausage, little sis, he added,
turning toward the cot.
The girl nodded her curly head, and
her great wistful eyes sparkled with
delight.
"And you shall have half of it, Ross, y
she piped, in her slender, bird voice.
Hadn't you better put on your thick
jacket, my boy? ?" continued his mother ;
"the wind cuts like knife"
"Pshaw, little mother; don't mind
the wind" And away he went down
the breaking stairs, and out in the storm.
Miss Gracia Fontenay was in perfect
furore of impatience and anger. Her
dear five hundred friends were assembl-
ed in the halls below, and the handsome
dress had not come home. What did
that beggar woman mean by disappoint-
ing her? At that moment there was q
ring at the door, and voice in the hall.
"Please tell Miss Gracia, my mother
could not finish it sooner she wants
the money to night" The servant took
the handsome dress and message.
! "I'll never give her another stitch Of
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-08
News of the Week.
DOWN NANY.

"A letter from Boston says by the opening
Of the Hossiac Tunnel, and the consolidation
Of the railroad interests, Boston hopes to share
in the Western trade, which il to undergo great
and rapid development. Boston expects to be-
come grain depot, through new railroads.
harbor and dock improvements and arrange
ments for rapid transportation of goods. Four
western connecting lines are projected, and
connection with Oswego is proposed to secure
the lake trade. Chicago will be brought with
In 02i miles of Boston, while it il LOIS miles
from New York Boston gets the sitting Of
the Western trade, but hopes soon to get the
bulk of it, and to make producers seek the
New England mart.
The public printer il working his force to
its utmost capacity in order to finish all docu-
ments ordered by Congress in time to have
them franked before the 3Oth of June, He
expects to have 100000 volumes ready by the
10th of that month, and will notify Congress-
men to that effect 30 that they can come and
distribute their quotas if they see fit.
The Commissioners to the Vienna Exposi-
ton have been suspended, and Legrand B,
Cannon, Theodore Roosevelt and Charles f.
spang, now in Vienna and Jackson S. Schultz
VIM. II. Aspinwall, Samuel Ward, VIM. r.
Blodgett and James Penwck will act until the
suspensions are removed, OR permanent COM
missioners appointed Scientific and honorary
commissioners do not come under the opera
ton of this suspension order.
Francis A. Stout of New York, has been
requested by the Department of State to take
charge, temporarily, until he leaves for Europe,
as one OF the honory commissioners to the
Vienna Exposition, of the office in New York
for the reception and forwarding of articles
for the exposition.
--Acannon weighing 1, $50 pounds has arrived
from Berlin as u present from the Emperor to
the Lutheran Church, of Titusville, Pennsyl-
vania. The cannon was captured at Sedan,
and will be cast into bell for the church.
The exodus of French Canadians from
Quebec and vicinity to the States is in excess
of former seasons
The Evening Post has q letter from New
Foundland, which states that there is a clause
in the charter OF the New YORK, New Found
land and London Telegraph Company which
has passed almost unnoticed 1t provides that
at the end of the first 20 years the government
Of New Foundland has the right of purchasing
the line at valuation. The first 20 years
terminates in 1875. The compa y recently
applied to the Government to have this clause
rescinded, and their possession to be thus con-
tinued for the next 80 years. but the Govern
ment, under the most eminent legal advice in
London, claiming that they have the right to
purchase the line at the cost Of the plant, with
out paying anything for good will or valuation
Of profits have refused The receipt of this
intelligence in London, caused the stock of the
compay to fall from 30 pounds to II pounds,
but after the panic abate somewhat, it rose
TO II pounds.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-08
JUSTINE, YOU LOVE ME NOT!
by JOHN o. sAXE.

by JOHN O. sAXE.
know, Justine, you speak me fair
As often as we meet;
And 'tis u luxury, | swear,
70 hear voice SO sweet;
And yet it does not please me quite,
The civil way you've got;
For me you're something too polite,
Justine, you love me not
know, Justine, you never scold
At aught that ! may do;
II am passionate, or cold,
'Tis all the same to you.
"a charming temper" say the men,
"To smooth a husbands lot:"
| wish 'twere ruflled now and then
Justine, you love me not!
know, Justine, you wear a smile
As beaming as the sun;
But who supposes all the while
II shines for only one?
Though azure skies are fair TO see,
A transient cloudy spot
Iu yours would promise more to me.
Justine, you love me not
know, Justine, you make my name
Your eulOgistic theme,
And say---if any chance to blame
You hold me in esteem.
Such words, for all their kindly scope,
Delight mo not jOt:
Just so you would have praised the Pops
Justine, you love me not!
| know, Justine--for ] have heard
What friendly voices tell
You do not blush to say the word,
"YOu like me passing well -
And thus the fatal sound hear
That seals my lonely jot;
There's nothing now to hope or fear
Justine, you love me not
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-08
THE NEWSBOY'S DEBT.

Extract from Poem by H. H. HUDSON.
"Sr, II You please, my brother Jim
Fhe one you give the bill, you know
lie couldn't bring the money, Sir,
''' ''''' "N'
"He didn't mean to keep the 'change;'
He got runned over, up the street;
One wheel went right across his back,
N''' o'"'' '0''
"They stopped the horses just in time,
And then they took him up for dead,
And all that day and yesterday
,,
"rhey TOOK MN TO the hoSptal-
One OF the newsDoys knew twas JIM
And Went 700, Decause, you sse,
He had that money III his mana,
Ana never saw II any more.
Indeed, he dldnt mean 10 steal
,.,,
~ ne was airaid that you lhlght thihh
lie meant 10 Keep u, any way
ms morning, wheh they prouBht MN 10
,..,...,
ne ihaue me ietcn nis Jacko. mere
- TORN ana uiftieu pretty pSu
ltS ohiy NJ 10 sell ior rays,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
TO BE CONTINUED.
Water from Great Depths.

An apparatus has been re.
Gently devised in Germany fol
obtaining specimens of water al
any desired depth Of the ocean
A strong, heavy vessel, entirely
closed and empty, has a valve
through which water may be
admitted, but which is only put
in motion by means of powerful
electromagnetic connected with
a wire which accompanies the
rope by means of which the ap-
paratus is lowered from the
ship. When the empty vessel.
which is in fact a plummet, has
reached the required depth, a
current Of electricity is sent
from the battery on shipboard
to the coils below the magne-
tism thus generated opens the
valves, and the vessel is filled
and ready to be- drawn up.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
Keeping Green Corn.

The following inexpensive
mode of preserving corn for
table use after its season has
passed, is suggested by an ex-
perimenter: Dip the ears into
boiling water and let them re-
main about two minutes take
them out, and when cool cut
the corn from the cob and dry
it, just as you would dry fruit,
and when dry put it away in
clean paper sacks. By this
means one may enjoy the lux
ury of green corn at any time.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
How to Keep Hams.

Every season more or less
hams are destroyed by insects,
or rendered too unpalatable to
be eaten by decent people. By
following this method the in
sects can be entirely kept at
distance, and it is very simple
and within the reach of almost
every farmer in the country.
After the meat has been well
cured by pickle and smoke,
take some clean ashes, free
from bits of coal, moisten them
with a little water, so that they
will form paste, or else just
wet the hams a little and rub
on the dry ashes. Rubbed in
thoroughly, they serve as a
capital insect protector, and the
hams can be hung up in the
smoke-house or wood-chamber
without any danger of molesta.
ton.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
General News.

l tH.
Stylish kid gloves are down
to fifty cents per pair in New
York.
Ashtabula, Ohio, is illumina-
ting itself with gas made from
crude petroleum
Instead Of goingt Cuba to
recruit, they are now recruiting
to 60 to Cuba.
OzoNIzED water is becoming
largely in request as a beverage
in Europe.
Portland, Me-, is proud Of a
citizen who has had five wives
and forty-two children.
The Minnesota Indians go a
hunting and ship their venison
home by railroad express,
A hundred years ago it took
only 1900 lamps to light Paris,
Now it requires nearly 10000
A Boston man was cursing
an editor the other day when
he fell dead. Several similar
instances have been lately re-
ported.
There is more carpeting
made in the Nineteenth ward
of Philadelphia than in all the
the looms OF the rest of the
United States and Great Brit
ain.
There is no doubt that Bos-
ton feels the hard times. The
drama fails to draw over
two-thirds of a house, and
those who go growl about the
price.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
An Important Enterprise.
lF:om the Atchison Champion,

lF:om the Atchison Champion.l
j. V. Coon, Esq, of Elyria,
Ohio, owns, near Blue Rapids,
about a thousand acres of land,
all underlaid with gypsum Of
the best quality. He thinks
fully a hundred thousand tons
of this article are uncovered,
and the quantity is absolutely
unlimited. Mr.. Coon's atten-
ton was some time ago attrac-
ted to these extensive beds of
gypsum, and he determined to
test their value. He took spec
linens of the article East, and
had it examined by the most
competent men. Among others
it was examined and tested by
the managers Of the Plaster of
Paris Works, at Sandusky, Ohio,
the most extensive in the Uni
ted States, and pronounced by
them superior to any ever be-
fore known in this country. 1t
is pronounced by competent
judges to be equal to the mate
rial of France, from which the
article takes it's name. Salts
fed upon this point Mr.. Coon
sent to Blue Rapids two Porta-
BILE crushing machines, with en-
gine and boiler, for manufac-
turing the plaster, and has CIV
en- the matter a thorough test.
The result has confirmed the
opinion of the experts and who
examined the material and JUS
tilted the expectations of Mr..
Coon. He has produced speci-
mems of plaster, the quality of
which has never been excelled
either in the country or Europe.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
Preserving Green Fodder.

A method otpreserving green
fodder, such as turnip tops,
beet tops, or other succulent
vegetables, has been in use for
many years in Europe, by
which this green fodder is kept
in good condition for six or
twelve months. A trench two
to four feet deep is dug in a
dry apot in the field, and the
tops Of the roots, carefully gath
cred when free from rain or
dew, are thrown into it. They
are very compactly pressed
down, and when the pit is filed
some straw is laid upon the
fodder and the earth is heaped
over the whole. In this man
ner this product, which is gen.
orally wasted in a great meas
ure, is utilized. On one occa-
A NI| f' ! IHaa . 'l.H .f4 III.
sion the writer saw one Of these
pits opened in the Springwhich
had been filed and covered up
the Fall previous. The fodder,
which was leaves Of sugar
beets, was as fresh to all ap-
pearance as when gathered,
and the COWS to which it was
fed ate it with avidity. Salt is
generally sprinkled upon the
fodder and aids in its preserva-
ton. r,.-
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

IT seems that Senator SrRAeuE
has provided well for his children,
If he has gone into bankruptcy.
Irrespective of the marriage portion
settled on Mrs. SrRAeuH, each child
has been invested with five hundred
thousand dollars. AS there are
two children this arrangement
leaves a million dollars in the fami-
ly, which would be considered
enough for some folks to struggle
along on.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

A PRIVATE letter from London
England, informs us that the emf,
nent DR.. H. T. HELMBoLD, of Buchu
notoriety, is in that city, and drunk
or crazy all the time. His family
is in Paris, and his wife has kicked
him out, having nothing more to dc
with him. He was in the lunatic
hospital at Paris for a time, but
broke out or escaped, and ran
twelve miles in his stocking feet to
get away. He succeeded, and is
now in the English metropolis sup,
ported by his relatives in Philadel
phia-a poor, played out wreck of q
very dishonest man as he proved.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
Broom Corn, !


The cultivation Of broom
corn has been checked in the
West by the cheapness of the
article, SO that farmers scarcely
obtain prices sufficient to pay
the expenses of raising it. The
late storms have also caused
serious injury to the compara-
lively limited crop raised this
year, resulting in an advance of
nearly one hundred per cent. on
the old stock on hand.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
Deep Sea Discoveries.

One of the discoveries made
by tie deep sea soundings of
the Challenger expedition,
which arrived recently at
Bermuda from the Azores, is a
mountain ridge which extends
from Greenland to the mouth
of tie Amazon on the coast of
South America, and includes
the whole volcanic region of
the Azores. This ridge is no
whore more than two miles be-
low The ocean level. Toward
the east it is divided between
Europe and Africa by an i'm
menAe valley from two and a
.half three ]; miles in depth:
Tie valley reaches north of the
equator as far as the fifty-sec-
ond degree Of latitude. If this
valley were not under water it
would present a view of whose
magnificence no conception can
be formed, for in the north it
extends to the gigantic noun
tains of the Cape Verde and
the Canary Islands, the latter
of which, with the peak of Ten
erife, would be $4,000 feet in
height. Madeira would COM
mand from a height of 10000
feet, a view of this valley and
another stretching toward the
Mediterranean. On the western
side of the ridge is a vast un-
dulating plain, which extends
at an average depth Of two and
three quarter miles to the
American coast. Bermuda,
which rises now only 200 feet
above the ocean level, is, in fact,
an isolated column $4,000 feet
high, which would overlook an
amphitheater of at least 500
miles in radius. Between the
west Indies and America, and
in the vicinities of the Azores,
the water is of uniform depth
and warmth. There was not
much animal life found in the
great depths. The blind crus-
-tacca appear to belong to the
Western hemisphere; in this
part these animals require many
eyes. A sea carmel was caught,
which, singular to relate, had
four eyes, two of which were in
the front knee-joints.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, December
1.-THE Arrest of John H. Whit.
ney, at Salt Lake City, and joe
Lawrence at New York, were made
upon complaint Of L. b. Ward, ol
Detroit. 1t is claimed that about a
year ago Whitney and Lawrence
induced Ward to invest 100000 in
stock Of the Eureka Silver Mine OF
Utah, and that the mile was @salt-
ed" for the purpose Of swindling
Ward. 1t is understood that near.
ly 100000 Of Eureka stock is own.
ed by other parties here, who also
have been victimized. ~.e
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

"FATHER, everybody's poor
now, amt they ?"
eyes, my son, there is a
panic"
"Well, last summer you said
that every poor man had to
work hard to pay our President
$25,OOO more a year; now,
why don't they tell him he
can't have it this winter because
the poor men want it to buy
bread for their children ?"
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

It is said, that a bar of iron
worth five dollars--it is worth,
when manufactured into horse
shoes, $40 90; table knives
ST 80; bottoms and buckles,
$4,O35; springs of watches
$25O,OOO.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

The problem of telegraphine
in the Chinese language, to
write which requires some So
900 different characters, has
been solved in this way: A few
thousands OF the characters
most used, are cut upon wooden
blocks and are at each telegraph
station. The China merchant
selects the blocks which aeY,
press the thoughts to be trans
mitted. The operator tele,
graphs only the numerals des-
ignation these blocks,which en-
able the receiving operator tC
select similar block at his end
of the line.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

he heard my prayers then |
shouted aloud our joy, for it did
not seem to me that | was
dead, and I felt that if Jesus
'heard my prayers then |
could have all the help | need
ed, and get to go to school, and
become a minister of the Cos
pei"
eyes, yes dear boy, Jesus
hears the prayers of all who
love him and pray in faith, and
He will give you all the need
you require in your endeavors
to be a good and useful man."
For along time, both remain
ed silent, as if engaged in
er in prayer and deep thought,
Iswhen-Mr. LeFenzoz Foused up
and came laundering into the
room, rubbing his half open
eyes.
"What time is it?"
"Twenty minutes after four"
said the wife.
ola me [ slep so sound that
| never woke up all this time,
and entirely forgot that the boy
had to be set up with, but then
[ am not such a baby about
small matters as my little wife"
said the warm hearted calcula-
ting Mr.. Lorenzo.
81 feel quite uneasy about
the result of Willies hurt, so I
did not feel like Sleep" said
Mrs. L.
Halo! Bill, wake up boy,
what about our going homer"
"Don't speak so loud hus-
band, Willie is not asleep and
you will rouse the whole
house."
"What if I do, its time they
were up any how, and about
getting ready for their days
work." said our L.
Willie, now took occasion to
tell his Uncle that he was much
better and thought he could be
taken home soon.
"SOO's," said the gruff man,
do you mean a week OF two
hence? You must go home
this morning, l don't propose
to pay a bill for keeping you
here for a week or two"
ooh! husband, we must not
be too hasty about his removal
you know" replied the wife.
81 will 60 at any time you
see proper to take me" said the
boy.
"The physician must be con-
suited" said Mrs. Lorenzo, "be-
fore | shall consent to his re-
moval."
"Then I'll go right off and
see what DR.. Hoy says, and 1
have no doubt but what he will
decide that fresh air will be
good for the lad" said Mr.. Lo-
renzo.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31
First Devons in America.


According to q correspond
ent, the first Devon cattle inn
ported to America were a bull
and six heifers presented to
Robert Patterson, of Baltimore,
by Mr.. Coke, atterward Earl of
Leicester, in 1917. In 1886
another Devon bull was inn
ported and thereafter frequent
ly. This was the origin of the
famous Patterson Herd, still in
existence.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-31

Doors are stiff, straitened
and confined, like Egyptian
mummies, which are bound
round with thousand of yards
of ribbon.