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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11

ceed IS, 900, 900. Commissioners are 10
be appointed by the president to exam
inc the work, and the payments are to
be made on their report, and when they
report that channel OF 2S feet has
been permanently established, an ad-
ditonNl six millions of dollars Is to he
paid at yearly intervals.
Secretary Richardson has given no.
ticc that principal and incrued interest
of the bonds below designated, known
as $50 bonds, will be paid at the treas
ury of the United States, in the city OF
Washington, on and after the 3d Of Sep
tember, 1874, and that the interest on
said bonds will cease on that day
Coupon bonds, known us third series,
act of Feb. 25 1862, dated May /, 1862,
as follows Coupon bonds, $50. No.
LOCI to No. 12,lO0, both inclusive
800, No. "a, ,00l to 81, 400, both inclu-
sive $500, No. 17GO1 to No. $4,000,
both inclusive; 81 200, No. 41,OOl to
No. lG, 100, both inclusive. Total, 81
500,0
Registered bonds $50, No. l,4ll to
No. $50, both inclusive; 800, No.
10, SCI to 10,GS0, both inclusive ; $500,
No. G,30l to No. $500, both inclusive {;
81 900, No. 25,G5l to No. 2G, 100, both
inclusive $1,000, No. S,1Ol to $500,
both inclusive $4,000, No. lO,32l to
lO.459, both inclusive. Total, $500, 600.
Grand total, G6,000,00O
United States securities, forwarded
for redemption, should be addressed to
the loan division of the secretary's Of
fee, and all registered bonds should be
assigned to the secretary OF the treas
ury, for redcmption'
The house committee on reformation
in the civil service have adopted a reso-
luton that they do not recommend any
further appropriations, to carry on or
experiment in the so called civil service
reform, in the manner in which it has
beeii carried on.
The senate committee on commerce.
has decided to recommend the insertion
of an item in the river and harbor ap-
preparation bill of $500 for the re-
movGl o. Cbctruct"ns from tie fhatta-
hoochee and Flint rivers in Georgia.
The reciprocy treaty with Canada has
been submitted by the president to the
senate. Its main features are the frt {
interchange of mineral and manufactured
products, the freedom Of the Canadian
canals and the st. Lawrence, Lake Mich,
igan being opened to Canadians, and a
JOINT commission to regulate the St.
Clair flats.
The committee on elections, by vote
of 6 to 5, have agreed not to refer the
resolution of Haaelton, rcc'ting that
Cannon had proved to be u polygamist
aud had married one of his wives since
the paoaage OF the ontirolygamy law of
/ 1862, and, therefore, should be expelled.
The committee also voted down rcsO-
luton postponing all action in the case,
but it is generally believed that further
consideration of the question will be
postponed until next session.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11
Kicking Cows.

A lew years ago | had considerable
experience with kicking cows. and by
far the best remedy out OF quite num-
her that have tried was the strap or
surcingle drawn tightly around the COW
lust in front of the hips and close to
the bag. Tighten it mp till she does not
attempt to kick. never knew 1t to
fail. You can gradually loosen it until
it will he sufficient simply to lay it on
her back. But be cautious and do not
loosen or leave it off until she makes
no effort to kick with it tight or not.
Kick she cannot with the strap tight.
| The first COW | tried it on was the worst
| ever saw. With both hind legs tea tea
together she would kick backward I'm I'M
a horse and then, in addition, one s,and sU
leg was tied up: and she wo,,ld hnth hind hind
mon the other and kick win oosa 'ada 10
laSs hpon as s soon as an attempt was made iSsO
miib ro I her till she tumbled down own; .;rsd irsd
mnmld m Get up and kick again nn',i ili, ,ifeu GU
wo''i" sa the milk was generally lett on
uu, ,ha stable floor, and it was decided 10
dry M her up and beef her as soon as pos
sible, though an extra cow.-Country
| Gentleman
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CHECKMATED.


crimson the heart Of the sea coal fire,
Bessie and in the ruddy glow,
Her mother reads, and the cid grandsirc
Dreams Of his youth IN the "long ago.
quiet aud warmth and love in the room,
Now or never my suit TO press;
Where hyaCnths shed their sweet perfume
We play two games one loyc--One chess.
Queen Of the red and queen Of my heart
when will you wear my golden ring?
Flushing her cheeks the roses start,
Slyly she muimurs, " Check to your king
My paws advance press ON and die;
The bishops battle in lines oblique;
nv brave knights fa'l but can't tell why
My heart grows strong M my game grows weak
Darling, answer me, lift your eyes
Your mother sleeps and the time approves,
speak, sweet mouth, with glad surprise;
You'll be mated, sir, in Three more moves"
Then let this be one-and her dimpled hand
Looks all the fairer for plain gold ringi
In vain rally my scattered band
As again she checks my poor lost king.
Nearer her dark brown curls to mine,
The chcssmeu seem in dark eclipse,
Check - shall die and make no sign?
And steal kiss from her ripe red lips,
Mate !" aud her Joyous eyes proclaim
Who wins in love and who in chess;
And the pride Of my life IL the golden gamc
That was lost when / won my golden Bess.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11
A Rich Old Gentleman Frightens the
Treasury officials.

The house committee on banking and
currency have been for some time Sc
cretly investigating the source from
which the large amount OF tractlonai
currency, which was first issued ana
known as "postal currency, has been
mt in circulation. The committee were
apprised very early i'll the session,
through the treasury officials, that
large amount of this currency OF the
first issue, unquestionably genuine ana
unite fresh and new, was in cIrculatioh'
and was being constantly presented ior
redemption. The secret service depart
ment Of the government has been at
work ON the case for long time IN CON
nccliou with the committee, and 1t is
now fully established that the entire
amount had be, put in circulation by
a very eccentric and wealthy old gen.
tIeman, who, when then this first issue
of the fractional currency was maue'
deposited large quantity OF it in his
safe and never had paid it out until
very recently. The secretary at nrsI M
Thought of issuing IA circular warning
the public against taking it. 1t was
afterward thought the original plates
had been stolen.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11

1t appears that Spain has deter,
mined TO make the United States feel
that the encouragement of Cuban insur-
gents is costly business. There are to
be heavier taxes on Cuban exports, and
we as consumers of the products OF
Cuba, are expected to pay the increase,
Perhaps we may as we'll go to raising
tobacco and sugar for ourselves.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11

sec his ghost tonight for h'ty cents
The man, with one huge card in front
and one behind, was to parade the prin-
cipal streets for eight hours, and to re-
ceive for this service one dollar and a
half. Could young Mr.. Sparks, toler.
ably we'll known in the city, do it? He
could and would and with many joke
by the facetious manager, he was pla-
carded and with seven others started for
the street. Three of the men threw off
the cards before they had made their
way through the ieeripg crowd at the
entrance. The others, shamefaced and
angry, stood at last upon the street, and
received their orders. Charley COM
menced his days work, feeling q little
queer but firm in his resolve to go
through with it. He first received the
attention OF the bootblacks and news.
boys. These enterprising individuals
followed him with increasing interest
Their comments were calculated tc
rouse resentful feelings.
"Golly, he's a swell ghost in reduced
circumstances. say, Johnny, you'd
better black boots than do that"
Charley thought so himself. The1
gentlemen stopped to read and wonder
-" What dolt man is when he allow
himself to be used in that way. A fel
low must have good deal Of brass t.
do that"
But the worst trial came in front O
biower's dry goods and millinery store
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11

An Ottumwa, Iowa, paper says :;
During the wind storm the other day
Richard Warden, Of the Courier, lost
his hat, which went whirling into space
or rather into Il mud hole. Richard,
however, was equal to the occasion.
He simply crossed his ears over his
head and bid defiance to the storm.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11
MR.. SPARKS AND HIS GHOST.

"No, sir. You must come down
neg. You can't get work because You are
looking for something genteel. There
is plenty of work, but you are afraid of
it. There are hundreds of young men
like you, crying out in bitterness that
there is nothing to do, when there is
much to do. When n mans family is
starving, he cannot afford to be gentcel
or fastidious. He ought to be willing
to do anything. If I were a man, |
would find something to do, and would
do it. If you don't find something to
do, / will. am sick and tired of this
miserable complaining and m )ping."
So declaimed Miss Jane Ann Sparks,
aged forty, to her nephew, Charles Sum
ner Sparks, aged twenty. Miss Sparks
was not hard nor an unjust woman.
She prided herself on her discrimina-
ton in dealing out sympathy and kind
words, and she had made many sucri-
fees for other people. She was now in
charge of the family of deceased
brother, who left an invalid wife and
several children. Miss Sparks had de-
voted two of the best years Of her life
to this family as a pure love offering,
and they knew that she had managed
we'll. But Miss Sparks was desperate
now. The winter was upon them, and
Charley had been out of work for weeks,
and the younger boys were idling and
shivering about the streets, looking in
vain for something to do. There was
no fuel in the house, and there were no
provisions. Charles had been we'll to
do, and had had for some years a good
place and an easy time. His aunt knew
that he had tried earnestly to secure
employment, and that he was miserable
because he could not. She knew that
he had done everything about the house
that it was possible for him to 90 that
the house had never been in such good
repair the yard and sidewalks never
80 clean the fence and gate in such
good order. But what did this amount
to, with only bread and potatoes for
breakfast, and nothing in the house for
dinner SO her words wore tinged with
reprOach. She was vexed, too, because
Charley had not jumped at an offer
male in the morning paper (Which she
Wanted eight GOOD looking. well.
dressed vonnp men for snecial duty.
Good wages Will be paid and strict per-
formance of duty demanded Apply at
Oncro Honse block Room @"
Miss Sharks was yexed because Char
lev would NOT Soc rare nromise in this
Offer and becousc he had said in his
IiCO1al Iiucpncolota
'A"iilai' u,oooi,'oI"'o ""J
HumDUB NO use 10 apply Inere.
There will be three hundred men elem
Orinp for the place "
~ ,,5ox tbo ;,A,oroo or bis oun4,e
,,t;ne,;,,o, 80, ,nor5a H., ro;J Lo ,ra,,IJ ,o and
he would take the place II IL was TO hang
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NUMBER l3.
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Permanent rest is not expected on
the road, but Mt the end OF the Journey.
A Georgia girl has been the cause
of three duels and ten fights, and she's
n cross eyed girl Mt that.
The man who cares for nobody, and
for whom nobody cares, has nothing to
live for that will pay for keeping of
soul and body together.
A. forty voors of noe n man looks
hocL over h;s lifo and wonders what he
did it for, and then turns wistfully to.
ward the future, and keeps on doing it.
NToLel- Yes that Young man is
yorv fond If lis ING, " Mater" Mabel,
who ever told you such nonsense ?"
Mabel 81 had it from his own lips?"
A German in New York being asked
how much sourkrout he had put up for
winter nse renlied "Ts not got much.
Tjtuo n,or. 40 ton barrels-sbust for
sickness"
morhor of thc NTississippi legis-
,ot,ra hoe hoor consrrrd for carving n
hrin, ~ i,is noclyot 70 hit another mem
bar with Inf he saws he is not able to
Inv n shotgun.
Whocvrr has zone through much
,r Ifn mnst remember that he has
thrawn nwnv = Great deal of useless un-
oas;noss 'sH mm9n wGot was much worse in
ommrnhnns;on thun reality.
v;,,,,,,oi,, r,iJow q froil fender
gowar who wos under the doctors care,
STOLE n bag Of wheat and carried it half
n n,lr AZ the aped Weller remarked,
Won can't trust "widders."
"1I,,hor" soid Ike Partington.
"did vnu know that the iron horse has
bnt ore ear - cone ear Merciful
gracioms m child what do You mean -
0'Why the engineer, of course I"
w., T ,,,,r,os of thc inundated re-
ny ne .'b m,tb NJ NTiss;ss;"ni are showing n
8iol7 oI 'n' ''',',?''f |',it fwrorll entirely as
HlsloSa'i"n S,no w IUnnh I,sts amd the chSsty
',an6f,nit '"n6 ~ ~ tons ara much embarrassed.
man. who fell into vat of boil
in.h ,,'"" anI nn, ont alive. saws that it
lne '"it ",'' w. nnnnlaosont sensation after
M"' c,, tov ''',,,,a,it W" Ent he Thought what
Viie !'lIt LIZ, ,"''r, ',nonr .hnncd dougbnut he
mI5n 5n'!
"o''',' ",""'' ..,..,,. ,,,o,r;oi q vonnc
--Nn Low" reit,ng 'aH , for iate train last
l"uy WIN" Th,,,s T"lr,S No Sr~at m shakes. A cou-
week, l''m' mI,r.v ~ onI S'I roisn large fam,
pie might marry yhiTa nn" w";tiHg r"';H for train
NY OF eh'i"trn mn TnI;or" T,,1io denots
III some o. '''' '"' ";I W;soo,s;r man
" teii YOU s"I Ia, ,rtor hnryinr
to neiShp9r nTN. ,,,'o way tn , not into he'd
ms wllc' m"om omJ nnt herring Lucinda
ana ''y ,'l",' ,,'1 ',,, ,nr ar hnnr and half it
!a%lng Gtor',o III" ,noI lCi "s a" if ia moved into
INST made me lee, 10 " "''
strange county o, ,. b., Won sint tit hap
49," Veil. ard vat TO yoMa a,aaanr6's S,,sn v5' NV" Do
pen t" me at ,n, M"'@m" Hm", l"s' ms for Won 70 Of
oder day laly ooo1 a,1naTIy t'I ~ obboi}o.
de yoH yleHers' i '"io,oke "Go GS''""@ :" @0h, What
chscd yor nEr it,, n'9''Sv Nrd was it in the
[mn, DIR, HGTm,.% I1nr,.s ." ""' ""'
Nh"inper u '''''',' ,.... nrrLords
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Peppers Ghost Tonight.


Take a good look at him, d then go and
sec his ghost tonight for fifty cents.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11

The good mans life, like the moul-
tain top, looks beautiful because It h'
near to heaven.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29
SPEAKS AGAIN.

Edward S. Morris, who is very extensively en-
gagged in the coffee business, in Liberia, writes
to US again on the subject, as follows:
PHnADELPHiA. August 10, 1874.
EDITOR HERALD-DEAR Sm:-Please do not
forget to send me from one to five or ten bushels
of your wild coffee. In Liberia observed that
when the outside pulp was gree's in color the
kernel, or coffee, was nearly white, and soft,
like the seed in apples. Thus showing that cof-
fee should not be taken from the tree when in q
green state. 1 also found that when the outside
pulp was red in color, the kernel, coffee, was
nearly green, and hard so that the true process
of all coffee culture is tc allow the entire coffee
berry to remain on the tree until it gets red ripe,
then pick and spread out to dry. By so doing,
the coffee kernel not only becomes hard and OF a
greenshgolden color, but is far richer in flavor,
and heavier in weight, having soaked in its own
odor and medicinal oii-cafeine.
Your California trees, grated on strong native
stocks, from Liberia (Which can obtain), will'
in my opinion, produce in California the real
coffee bearing tree, and perhaps better article
With view of substituting coffee for rum
and claiming the devil, I propose to leave
nothing undone. Hence I sing: Plant coffee
wherever it will grow. improve its culture; q
heavenly blessing will most assuredly rest upon
the effort. EDWARD S. Morris.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29

SEEDLEss WArERMELoN.-Th The editor, Of the
Agicuturist says the first watermelon he ever
"hooked' was seedless and his uncomfortable
thirst for agricultural knowledge, induced him to
inquire of the man next morning how he man
aged to raise melons without seeds. The smart
Ing answer he received proved quite unsatisfac-
tory. He has since learned that it is only neces-
sary to bury a foot or so OF the vine, and the
melons outside Of that point will have no seeds.
How we regret that this discovery had not been
made twenty years ago, that we might have been
raised in an era of seedless watermelons. The
slips and falls of those who held the rod of cor
rection over us would have been far more sell
dom, and the list of seedlings, say nothing about
other touching chastenings now marked against
US in the great black book, would have been much
shorter
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29

SUDDEN DEATH.-Capt. John Bristow, an ola
gentlemen and for some time resident OF fia-
Ger county, was found dead, in his cabin, al
Roseville, between the hours of four and tve
O'Clock P. M, last Tuesday. The Coroner was
sent for, who summoned a jury and held an in
quest over the body. There could be but little
regarding the particulars of his death ascertained
1t seems he had been complaining for several
days, but was seen by boy, sitting in front OF
his cabin, about ten minutes before he was found
dead. The verdict of the jury was, that he
died with CONGESTION of the lungs. Cap. John
Brstow was well known in the lower part of the
county, and had quite a number of intimate
friends residing in Auburn. He was much re-
spected by those who knew him, for his honesty
industry and intelligence. He was q native Of
Kentucky, and had passed his I'D birthday;
and what is more notable, he was an uncle of
Benjamin H. Brstow, of Kentucky, now Secre-
tary of the United States Treasury.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29

New PAssTIME.-A number of grass widowers
and bachelors, of this town, says the Austin
Reuile have formed bean association, and
weekly festivals are held at the residences of the
various members. The last festival was held at
the house of gentleman whose better-half is
absent in California, John Dennis officiating
AT the conclusion of the festival the tea-kettle
laid on the bed in the best bedroom, the pot in
which the beans were cooked lay on its side on
the parlor carpet, the knives, forks and spoons
were distributed among the spittoons in the sit
ting-room, the babys crib was covered with
dirty tin plates, and the sewing machine was
disfgured with chunks of dough, splashes of
bean soup and the skins of Chile pepper. Since
the organization of the Society there has been
an effort to elect a dish-washer, but each gentle
man nominated has declined the honor, on the
plea of other and more important business.
The organization is known as the Free and In
dependent -widowers' Bean-eating League.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29


FLowN.-A mstronal lady, from an adjoining
town, sat for her photograph in the art gallery of
Smith & Friend, one day last week. She was
very exact in placing all her lneaments so they
would take to advantage as it was intended for
an Alliance whom she had not seen fo~ years.
Though the artists produced perfect likeness,
she disowned it. She endeavored to convince
the workmen Of their mistake by showing them
picture taken some thirty years since. Why,
she said, just look at the difference. 1t is un-
necessary to add that the artists limited that the
subject had changed; or in ether words, ' the
rosy tint in her cheeks had flown A parallel
case occurred in San Francisco in Bradley &
Rulofson's gallery: lone of the young ladies
OF the city, the other day, had her picture taken.
When the artist showed her the proof and
asked her how she liked it, she placidly remarked
that he put too darn much mouth on it. to suit
her
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29
SHERIDAN ITEMS.

| Under date of August Gath, our friend Syen-
lite, sends us the following interesting items
Ever since the railroad was built, Sheridan sta
ton has been nuisance to freight trains, on
account of the grade, this village being on 9
high divide. Long trains, after having stopped,
frequently had to go back and take another
start, to get over the ridge, and, on the other
hand they took their departure from us with as
much unseemy haste as if we had a smallpox
hospital here. For the last three months the
! company have had 80 or 40 Johns here (at one
time about 10Y, and the grade has been cut down
several feet across the ridge. The depot has
been moved and re-ftted, and is now an affair
worthy of the road. For years Sheridan was
thought of 50 little Importance by the company
that the people were compelled to build and own
their own depot.
On account of the shorS crop, both the Sheri-
dan and Bear River Mills will be obliged to buy
wheat in Chico this Fall. Both of them are
now running full time. l. N. Brock lately witt
drew from partnership in the mill, but it is un-
derstood he has not yet sold his interest. Since
the Sheridan store came into the hands of W.
Neustadt, it is managed on more liberal princi-
Piles than it was under the old Arm, and is doing
a fair and increasing business.
Since the great turkey plague swept over the
plains, year ago, Sheridan has been deprived
of an important source of revenue. There is
not, now, one turkey, where, two years ago,
there were fifty. When you take away the
turkeys, there are many square miles, between
this village and the foothills, where the atmos
phere is worth more than the soil, not only for
romantic and sanitary purposes, but, had al
most said, for nutritive purposes. With the tur-
keys, and little live stock, nearly every quarter
Esection would yield family living.
sHhe people and the Free Press, Of Wheatland
have lately been saying some sensible things on
the subject of leyeeing. The Yuba county men
displayed more energy in this matter. from the
beginning, than our eide, and by keeping up
their levees better, threw the river over on us,
and our men lost their ranches. Since that they
have rested on their oars and now Bear river,
having swallowed down in its Unsuitable NAV,
all the good land on this side, is turning its at
tention to Yuba county. The river gets worse
every year. The farmers usually get corduroy
road across by the 1st or 18th of June; but this
year they did not get across till about the 18th
of August. While the people of Yuba talk
about it, and about it, the first thing they know
they will be up to their ears in soft mud and
water
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29

FADING SUMMER.--It has been beautifully said
by some poetical genius and now is good time
to repeat the saying that Summer is slowly
gathering her dustsprnkled robes of livery for
departure; while soft as dream Of beauty, gid-
ing; Autumn enters through golden mist; with
dewy fingers she tints to a crimson, or blue the
grape clusters, and sweetly transmits the perfume
of declining flowers to the branch burdened
jewels of Hesper. Zen while gentle, waiting
breeze kisses the arid EARTH and Summer like a
child being whispered to, is luled to sleep, to
sweetly rest while Autumn, Winter and Spring
each, in turn, their vigils keep
The Placer herald., 1874-08-29

LEFT FOR THE EAsT.--Dr. A. S. Dubois, an
old resident and physician, of Auburn, and for
several years past county physician of Placer
county, after bidding his friends farewell took
the train, last Monday, for San Francisco, calcu-
lating to take the steamer there for New YoriS.
The doctor will be gone several months and it is
his intention, after visiting his old home and
friends, in the East, to spend some time in visit
ing noted medical institutions, with view of
gaining all additional information possible re-
garding his profession. We wish him pleasant
and profitable trip, and safe return to his
family, friends, and pleasant home, in Auburn.
The young and skillful physician, DR.. S. A..
Deuel. formerly of Grass Valley, will attend to
Dr. Dubois practice during his absence.