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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-18
An Armenian Bride.

Oliver Harper writes from Constantl-
nople of an Armenian bride as follows !;
"She was covered with most curious
veil made of long slips of gold tnsel,
which reached to her feet. Through
this You could not see, except the bot
tom of her dress. The Armenian wo-
men are generally very pretty, but per-
feet fools in manners and expression
so much SO that when one man wishes
to offend another he says " Pretty Ar
menian :" which really means 1901.
The women dress like Europeans IN
general. The women, after | had twice
made the circuit of the veil, lifted 1t IN
front and separated the long strings OF
tinsel. till | could see that the bride
was dressed in white silk, brocaded with
silver and pearls, and that around her
waists was wide belt containing Tor
tune in precious stones. Her cheeks
we're painted deep crimson, laid on IL
hclrt shape, and another heart was ar
tistically put on the chin, while the res
of the face was as white as the lnmln
ous cosmetic could bring it. The eye
brows met, and also stretched to tn
hair on each side her temples, an,
were as black 0s they could be painted
The inside of her fingers ends am
tingernails were stained deep crlm
son. Her hair, which was long an'
thick though coarse, was braided full o
little iineling coins. The outlines o
her form were, as usual, totally bidder
by the clumsy made clothes. admired
her to her hearts content and ever
went so far IA to take up fold OF he
dress to see if the pearls sown on So
lavishly were real ones, to the cvlden
pleasure of all present; Tor wha
wonld be the height OF ili-breedlni
among us is considered delicate fiatte
ry among these women. forgot u
look at her feet, and was about to g
and sit down, when she struck ont mrs
one and then the other, that | must Sc
that they were shod with velvet slip
pers. embroidered with pearls, and the
showed me her earrings, which wer
large solitai. G diamonds. She had o.
no brooch nor necklace, and one OF tn
women interpreted for me, and told m
the bridegroom was to give them ate
the ceremony
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-18
Ancient Pottery,

Mr.. Charles Newton, keeper of Greek
and Roman antiquities al the British
museum, recently visited Athens in or.
der to examine the objects exclvated by
DIR. Schliemann near the supposed site
of ancient Troy; and on April 80 he
read paper upon the subject at meet
ing of the society of antiquaries in Lon
don. He says that Schliemann's pot
terry is older and ruder than any dis
covered at Rhodes, Cyprus or ancient
Germany, and cannot be classed as Hell
lenic or even Gteco.Phenician. lu-
deed, all Settlements works of art are
both non. Hellenic and pre-Hellenic.
The same is true of the gold and silver
ornaments and vessels. They are all
ruder than the rudest specimens OF the
Hellenic period. Prof. Max Muller
said that his conclusions were like Mr.
Nevton's. In Homer Troians are diff
ferent from Greeks, but they are no
barbarous their armor is worth TAX
ing; their gold ornaments preferable
to the Greek. Schliemaun's relics er'
not Homeric. Their discoyerer make
a mistake in believing that the article
he he's dug mp are from the city am
times of Priam,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-18
Prohibition in Massachusetts,.

We mt length reached the hotel again,
and | proposed Il glass OF brandy ana
water. NV friend looked at me and
then at the landlord and then the
landlord looked at my frieni and then
at me. PcrpleXity overspread the conn-
tcnance of both. "Such thing MS a
drop of liquor is not to be had in this
place, ," said the landlord.
"Bought, you mean" retorted my
friend.
Bought, | mean,' was the answer
Then both eyed me Significantly.
Does anybody give il away ] IN
unired, greatly puzzled by the mystery
that appeared on both Of ther count"'
nanCeS.
"Not exactly. You see, the state
constablcs would be after me IN no
time. if | sold liquor" >" explained the
landlord. DO NOu want some very
badly?' IL. ,
T could not explain how badl y l
wanted it, and could only give vent to
my feelings in sigh.
Without word, the landlord d'SaP,,
pearel within the rccesscs OF a small
room behind the office desk, and pres
emily came forth with two empty tum-
blers in his hand. These he placed up,
on the desk.
"But where is the liquor ?" in
quired. ,.,,
"The law Gorbids me to sell 1t, he
said, land I dare not disohcy the law.
If YOU can find any here, you are vel
come to if, saying whiih be accident'y J
turned back the breast OF his coat
The neck of bottle peeped forth from
the inside pocket. He winked his eye al
me, and [ wlnked my eye at him; after
which | drew forth the bottle. lie
family struggled with me to prevent INC
daring robbery upon which was beht
but proved inexorable. :.
"My private bottle kept for medica
purposes, and not for sale, he moaneI
as he poured out the liquor for myseii
and the worthy chairman OF the parlsi
committee. "Have some water, gentle
man ?" he added with alacrlty. .,
We drank. and | replaced the bottl'
IN the repository whence | had taken 1t
Then nut dollar in his hands.
"Wbat is this for? 2" he asked. as n
deposited it in his waistcoat-pocket ant
gave me half-dollar in change.
"For bushel of oats, | answered
Keep them till | send for them.
"Ah, sir, said the landlord, with a
! air of yirtuous resignation, 1.-THE pre-
1 hibitory law has done world of goo
: in stopping the ssle OF liquors. It's
| severe loss on us, but it's good law
, - BOstoR GdzeHe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-18
The Jews as Merchants and Money
Lenders.

In one instance only have the Jews
consented to change their habits of life,
and in that we discover anew the marks
of their perpetual suffering. From ac-
tive and successful husbandmen and TIL
lers of the soil they have been trans
formed into merchants and money-lend-
ers. They seem to have wholly lost
that love for nature and that agricultu-
raj skill that made Palestine n land OF
plenty. In b ,bylon and Persia, under
a comparatively gentle rule, they were
rather farmers than traders. Even late
in the Roman period, and probably I'M
til near the sixth century, they We're
chiefly an agricultural people. The
| Talmud abounds in illusions to the cul-
tivation of fields and gardens, OF OIL,
wine. and wheat, fruit and flowers. Its
nice and varied rules of conduct relate
chiefly to the people of rural districts
rather than of cities When the great
schools of Babylon and Pumbeditha
were hourishing, and the vivid intellect
of the Israelitcs was expanding INTO a
literature of Commentators and proies-
sors. the race was marked by an intense
love for the Oriental lands they cultl-
waited. But when the universal perse-
cution fell upon them, when they were
huted from Babylona and Persia, and
began that remarkable series of wander
ings from city to city, and from realm
to realm, that has lasted for more
than thousand years, the manners o
the race changed. They became ma
ton of traders. Industry, thrift, arm
ing, and rare acuteness they never lost
but tney were never again to become
tiIlers of the soil. They were force,
to snatch opportunities of gain iron
the midst of their wanderings. They
became the most acute and untirlng o
traders. Their wares and their prolIH
+ were such as could be easily handled
and secured. They supplied the barbar
+ ous princes of Germany with the mos
costly drugs and spices OF the east
! They dealt in Jewels that they conl'
4 easily conceal or swallow, and in Orlel
: tai cloths that were of priceless value
: They we're the most active slave trad
: ers of the middle ages, and the churc
:. yanly heaped its maIedictions on III
jew who should dare to purchase chris
-, tian slaves. Their capital III none
. probably grew from age to age. Ihe
:. were the common moncy-lenders OF tn
y Early period. The Jews seem to nav
concentrated the wealth of the mlddl
ages among themselves; they lent the
m ,ney at an enormous interest, ana NJ
on'ampIe security; they accumulated IN
mense fortunes, which they were obIlge
a to hide from tueir prosecutors III an a
# pcct Of extreme poverty. But thG
- home was never again to be amid u
II soft landscapes of Babylonia and Pe
sia and crowded together in mlscr
" BILE Ghetto, living apart accursed an
= forsaken in the walled, fortified, and s
~ cure cities of western Europe, the
w counted their secret gains, and som
a ~ times displayed in thnir obscure dive
~ ings a suspicious and Oriental spIend!
~ Their daughters We're clad i'll the n
~, ro silks of Persia, and sbone with t
" gold and gems of the east
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-18
TWILIGHT DREAMS.

They come in the quiet twilight hour,
When the weary day l'd me,
And thc uu,ck light leaps from the glowing heaps
OF wood, ON the warm heartll-NtOhc.
when the houeehold sounds have died away,
And the rooms are silent all,
gave the clocks brief tex, aud the sudden CllCk
OF the Cmhcrs rs they fan,
rbcy come, tho,e dreams Of the twilight hour,
To me, with their noisclcss tread,
A fearful band, By the guiding hand
Of a grlyC-eyed spirit led.
There is no voice within the hall,
30 luutstep on tue ilour,
The childrrns laughter is hushed, there's
40 hand at the parlor door.
Like fingers tapping eagerly
Agninst the shattered frame,
Where the trailing rose its long branch throws,
Beat the great drops of raii.
Hnt NV heart hoeds not the rustling leaves
Nor the rain falls tltiul beat,
Now the winds low sigh, as 1t hurrleB ny
ON its pau, eless path and fleet.
For now in the duek they gather round
The visions Of the past,
Arising slow, in the dim red glow,
BY the burning pine brands cast,
NIy brow il Gained as with the touch
of an angels passing wing;
Tnry breathe no word, yet my soul il stirred
nv the messages they bring.
some in their grasp impalpabc,
Bear Edcn-cultured flowers,
mat surang in gloom, from the tear-bathed tomb
OF hopes lOng-buried hours.
Some from the fount Of memory,
Lasting and pure, and deep,
pln tbDlUl
Hath eaddcned their FIRST fresh sweep;
And some in their hands of shadow bear,
PROM. the shrine Of prayeriul Thought,
A fragrance blest, to the stricken breast,
with balm and healing fraught.
.ruc night wears on, the hearth burns low,
The dreams have passed away;
But heart and brow are strengthened now
For the toll of coming day.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-18
A Child's Plaything over One Thou
sand Years Old.

OF even greater interest are the house
hold articles. implements OF trade,
food, etc, which, like the spoils OF
Pompeii, restore for us the domestic
life of the people. Here, for instance,
are stools, cane.bottomed chairs and
vork.boxes, 1000 years old, yet no more
dilapidated than if they came out OF a
garret of the last century nets, knives,
n, edlcs and toilet ornaments ; glass
bottles and drinking cups, as clear as i
lust blown; esrthenware, glazed IL
blue and yellow patterns, the very coun
terpart OF old Majolica seeds, egg
and bread straw baskets aud child,
ball for playing paint boxes with col
ors and brushes, and boards for game
of drau9hts--in short, COLLECTION a. a.
most as varied and complete as 'rt y,
ashes of yesuvus preserved Ior 20 20 al t
The Grmco Roman life OF the year - S,te 70
our era. Bnt these Esyptla relicS s~r " ., a
Grr frnm . 600 to 5000 years before V"f Ta; e.a
hsonanNBayard o Taylor, IN ". L. T''
DuIle.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-18

The Saturday Review yearns for a
novel, NJ hero of which will ba left in
the seqdel to make his living by his wits
or hi muscles, instead of being inevi
tably well set up in the real estate bnsi'
upas
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-15
RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATION.

The Ueuss committee on Com
merce have completed the River
and Harbor bill. Owing to the
! financial condition of the Govern.
ment. the committee has concluded
not to report in favor of new
works, but confine their recommen-
daLions TO the preservation and
completion of those lready COM
menced. Among the largest items
of appropriation in the bill are the
following: Harbor of refuge, Chi
cago, $4,000; harbor of refuge.
Calumet, ILL.,, $4,000; Michigan
City, $4,000; Grand Haven, $50.
coo; St. Mary's Falls Canal, 5000
600; harbor of refuge. Lake Huron,
SIS, 900; Toledo, S75, 900; Cleve.
land, $4,000; Buffalo breakwater,
$40 600; harbor of refuge, Oswego,
SO, coo; Falls of st. Anthony, $780,
600; Upper Mississippi. $4,000 !;
Oes Moines rapids Canal, 100000:
Rock Island Rspids. $4,000; i'm
provement on the Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and Arkansas Rivers, $780,
coo; removing Red River raft, $780,
GOO; improving the mouth of the
Mississippi River, $4,000 Mobile
harbor, $4,000; White River,
above Jacksonport, $50, 600; Usage
River, S25,O00s Mississippi River,
between the mouth of the Ohio and
Missouri, 100000; Ohio River
$4,000; Upper Aonougahela,
$4,000; Tennessee River, above
Chattanooga, $4,000, aud below
Chattanooga, including muscle
shoals, $l00, 600; Fox and Yiseon-
sin Rivers, 100000; Duluth har-
Dor, $1,000. The bill authorizes
about forty surveys to be made,
fifteen of them In the South. The
entire amount ofithe appropriations
Is S4.500,O 600, or 81, 000, 600 less than
the amount of the bill5reported to
the House last year. q
The seven pulpIts of Augnsta,
=
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-15


y LITTLE STALE.-Occasional1y
the country is startled by propo-
sition 10 cut down the wages of
some functionary about Washing
ton. Then follows the sold, old
story" sit costs so much 10 live in
the Capital" We presume the
story is true, in part. But why
should rent and board be so much
higher in Washington than in other
large cities? We know that land
lords will attempt 10 make tram
sient customers pay more exorbi-
tant prices for rooms or dwellings
than they would regular ones. But
by a little management members
of congress and other Government
employees could check This thing
and secure hoard or reHt on reason
able terms.
| We suspect the chief difficulty
lies in the disposition of our public
men 10 live in extravagant style
They want 10 make fine show ant
} try 10 do so by living extravagant
. ly. And then the city is flooded
, by men and women who seek al
their living at the public crib
; Washington is oYerrun with bum
: mcrs. The quicker they are out o
the city and forced to make an hon
E est living the better it will be 70
Z the country. If those persons VIII
: have just made q protest agains
J.. the red Iclion OF their salaries hav
i no better excuse to offer than ex
b travagant cost Of living in Wash
It ington, we say cut them down b
" all means. This excuse is bot
@ stale and fiimsy.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-15

In the late address OF the South.
ern Methodist Bishops before the
zen eral conference of that church,
now assembled IN Louisville, q very
singular omission occurs. The
address refers 10 almost everytk thing
which would interest that body,
but fails to say one word
upon the subject of = union of the
two great bodies OF Methodism In
this country. We say the omis-
sion ia singular, because the
question Is agitated both in the
northern and southern bodies.
There are man ou both sides who
would be glad TO see reunion OF
these churches. Tho papers, religi-
ons and zecnlar, are discussing the
matt0f, and 1t Is generally believed
that soiaething will be done 10 es-
.ablIsh fraternal relations, Al least.
The general conference OF the NJ.
L. Church appointed q delegation
10 attend this conference and seek
friendly relations with 81. The
Bishops we allow, passed the matter
In silence so that the conference
should meet the question untram-
meIed. The conference will have to
meet and accept or reject the over
sures OF the northern delegation.
The Bishops did not forget, they
purposely omitted the matter, for
some reason. Let Rs hope that the
two leading Methodist churches Of
the land may cease 10 quarrel, and
dwell together In love.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-15
A srEAl DECIsI0X,

The following. taken from The
Louisville Reporter, vii, be OF IN
terest 10 farmers and cattle owners:
Wood owned l60 head OF cattle,
which he was having wintered at
some stack Of hay and in corral
on the prairie about one mile and 4
half from DaVis's farm. On the
18th of December they broke out Of
the corral and went over to DaYis's
place and got into his field. Davis
took them up, the same day, and
posted them as strays. and Wood
replevined them.
Wood and Davis both lived in
the same neighborhood, about four
miles apart, where the cattle had
been owned and kept for years.
The cattle at the time they were ia
ken up by Davis were being fed
and wintered in the same place
where they had been fed the pre-
vious wiLter, within a mile and q
half of Davis's residence and the
field where he took them up, and
it was admitted on the trial that the
field in which they were taken up
was not inclosed with a lawful
! fence. The question was, were
they, under the circumstances,
strayed or not?
The case was tried before Judge
Morton without jury, and he dc
cided that they were strays. wood
then took the case to Supreme
court, which has just decided it af-
firming Judge Morton's decision.
Blackstone defines stray to be
an animai that is lost, or no one
knows its owner. Kent and Bou.
vier give it the same definition
Webster defines il as "any domestic
animal that has left an enclosure
and wanders at large or is lost
To rove to wander" And the Su
, preme Court thinks that Webster
is better authority on what consti
, tutes = stray in Kansas than ihG
common law writers are.
, The court says that notwithstand
!. ing the whole testimony woul(
. seem TO indicate that il Davis die
not know absolutely whose cattle
they were when he took them III
q he had very strong and correc
t impression as to their ownership
Y yet this can make no difference
d "The plaintiff" says tie court in it
It opinions, "insists that only cattl
0 whose owner is unknown can b
= taken up under the stray law. W
are inclined to doubt this construC
ton and to think that the woF
stray is used in the statute in th
a sense of wandering, rowing, as de
y fined by Webster aud as ordinaril
? understood, and not in the sense @
. the old common law term, estray.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-15
Publication Notice.


STATE OF KANSAS. LYON COUNTY.
In the District Court of said county.
George w. Klrkendsll. plaintiff. VS.. Mar
gGret Rush, l.. w. Rush, A. u. How
ard, Elizabeth Howard and Lydia f.
Wilson, defendants
MARGARET RUSH. L. W. Rush and
WI Lydia T.. Wilson, three OF the de-
1enuants in the above entitled cause. are
hereby notified that they have been sued
in said court, and that the plaintiff has
filed his petition 10 said court, and that
unless the said Margaret and G. w. Rush
and Lydia +. Wilson answer said petition
on or before the 18th day of July, 1874. the
said petition will be taken as true, an d
Judgment rendered accordingly. The
object OF said suit is to correct mistake
in the description of the land described
IN Il mortgage executed to the plaintiff
by the said Margaret and =. W. Rush.
on the I'D day OF January, A. y. 1873, to
secure the payment of the sum Of five
hundred dollars, and interest thereon 1T
the rate of IL per cent. ner anpum, SO as
TO make said description read as follow
The west half of the southeast quarter of
| the northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter of section nine 90 and The east
haif Of the southwest gu trter Of the
northeast quarter of the northwest quar-
ter OF section nine (9) in township nine
teen l9) south OF range eleven 40 east
OF the sixth r. a., being ten rcres OF
| land in the county of Lyon, State of Kan
sas, forty feet in width off the south
slfe Of said tract, being reserved for u
| Strest, and also Judgment against tn.
said Margaret and P. W. Rush for the
| sum OF five hundred dollars and interest
thereon from the Sd day OF January, 1873,
at The rate of IL per cent, and twenty
five dollars attorney fees, and for iudg-
| ment orterin when said mistake Is COZ
rected) the said lands TO he sold, and tie
| proceeds of said sale to be applied TO The
| payment Of the plaintiffs claims, ana
such other relief as is equitable and just
ORkIN MILLER,
| 2OT4 Plaintiffs ATTY.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-15
PARASITES.

1t is said that all things living
have tn cir paras;tes-man, animals,
birds and plants are all afflicted
They are enemies which fasten mp
on the living body and by slow and
steady process draw away the life.
But organizations of all kinds are
cursed with the same things.
Every form OF government has to
support some creatures who give
nothing back. In our own country
the general, state and municipal
governments are all burdened with
these blood-suckers. They draw a
daily sustenance at the expense of
the body supporting them. They
tax the community for bread and
| give nothing in return.
Our cities are most terribly al
fiicted with these pests. Go into
any city and you will find q class
of persons denominated loungers,
who appear somewhat respectable,
but who live on the labor and bust.
nesS of others. They have no trade,
no business. They make nothing.
They live. How, 10 one knows
They eat, they drink, they smoke
and chew; and in many instances
wear good clothes. But they never
do any thing but prowl along the
streets and CAB on tho corners, in
the saloons, barber shops, Offices
SC. They are posted. They know
everything that has psssed; and
give particulars abeut everything
that is going TO occur sbout the
city. They know all the fancy
dogs by name, and can give clear
expose of every horse race that may
take place for miles around. They
know every body about the city,
and are quite familiar with all sorts
of "sports." They read but little,
think less, but are remarkably
knowing. They are better than a
city directory. They ar living en-
cyclOpedias.
Now We are too apt To conclude
that these are rather IA good kind
of good-for -nothing fellows and
let them go. They are apparently
harmless apd we carry them along
without complaining mnch. But
they have to live .some how. If
they are not supporting themselves
some one = suffering. They have
TO eat and wsaF. The butcher,
grocer arr clothler are bearing
their expenses. Aud just as far as
these men are supporting them they
are suffering liz their bnsiness.
These men lose their bills, and the
public has TO make up the amount.
Suppose, for instance, inst We have
in Enporia six persons who do
nothing foT livelihood. Two
hundred dollars would be a small
amount TO allow each idler for food
and raiment. Then we have twelve
hundred dollars swallowed and
worn out, for nothing. II il so
much money lost. Hayc we not
twice six, or more. who fail 10 5aCp
q living?
We believe that every able. bod
led man ard woman can 90 some
thing In the way of earning q lily
ing. We may not always find q
business congenial 10 our tastes and
feelings, but we are In dnty bound
to earn our bread. and II we can't
find one thing 60 do, the way is
open in some other direction. The
world does not owe US living I'M
less we cara IL, We should not ex-
pect to live unless we work. It's
G shame for any one, able to do, TO
draw = Lying from the body polit-