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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21
ECONOMY y.
rom the Murfrccsboro Monitor.

From the Murfrcc,bOrO Monitor.
We often hear the question asked
" are the ,arnGrs OF this county more
economical since SO many Olstllem have
become members Of the order Of Pat
rons Of IIuSolndry = Ourpcrsonal OF
servatIon is limited, bnt 5 % tar as it cX-
tends we emphatlcalIy answer yes
There is a gradual trimming and cut
ting down expenses wherever posi-.
bile. They NOT only by cooperation,
secure economies in the purchase OF
their family supplies, agricultural i'm
p!ements, DC, but a great many have
adopted the plan, whcE they have not
the money to purchase what they want
to do without it," believing imaginary
wants are always more than rG;I ones.
This is an important feature in the Gv-
cry day concerns Of farm lite, and if
followed out closely will yield a good
result in the future. Economy on the
farm, embraces Il much larger and
wider field than that Of our mere per
sonal expenditures. 1t is Il wise, sys-
tcmallC habit of economy in regard to-
little things That often makes all the
difference between success and failure.
The farmers now seem to be conscious
Of the fact that no tools are or can be
cheap, if they loose Irom twenty to
Thirty per cent. OF their value by leav-
ing them out in the weather to :he
mercy Of the elements and the accumu
Iating rust. That no stock can he
raised chcaply and be sold at a hand
some prottif half OF them die from neg
iect and carelessness before they are
ready for market That corn and
wheat cannot be raised cheapIy if they
do not have an eye to the proper econo
my in tillagc; and no matter how
cheaply hay is raised, it will not re
main SO if half is wasted before it is
housed, or onc-third is tread under
foot in feeding to stock and so on
all the channels and depart
mcnts that make up the prosperity of
farm lille.
They are beginning to see and appre.
why We, as farmers, heretofore
not Oeen able to compete, in many
with our north western bretll.
who have never had their energies
and tact dcmoralized by slave labor.
We have little faith in these reforms
which are carried by reyointionists, the
of institutions swept away by
of blood, but the greatest faith
those that for their acceptance ap
peal to the deliberate Judgment and
common reason of mea, and whose OBJ
ect is not to break down old ~institu-
.iois merely for the sake of change,
,ut to better and build on them to
faults thai exist, and in correct.
ng add new energies in the right path
md fields Of usefulness, thereby benc.
lifting the whole human family.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

"Dum vivimus viyamus" is the
motto Of the Radical office holders.
and they SHOULD crowd a great deal OF
living into a very short space, as the
time when They will "live" as Office.
holders is drawing to a closely Mem.
phis Register.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

NOnOtice can be taken OF Anonymous COmmunica
lions, Whatever is intended for insertion IN
NhG Home journal, must BE- authenticutcubS
the name and address Of the wIiter-nol nee
good faith and responsibility,
All business letters for tins once should be adj
dressed tO"rhc Home journal, y Winchester
All communication for publication must be writ.
ten on one side Oilhr page, and with AL OtluI
matters connected with the editorial depart
mcnt -horldb be- addressed Editor OlIhc Home
journal, Winchester, Tenn.
We cannot, ns u rule. undertake to return articles
tiOumdsuItaDIClU publication,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

The National Grange adopted a res.
olution expressing the opinion THAT
no persons are entitled to membership
in a subordinate Grange unless they
are Practical, and act ally engaged in
agricultural pursuits" There are n
cool many Patrons whom such a line
wonli have excluded had it been rigid.
drawn from the outset. Il Lynch
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

The Legislature OF North Carolina
has passed an act which provides that
any person who manufactures, sells or
deals IN %spirituous liquors as a drink,
Of any name or kind, containing for
cign properties or ingredients poison
Gus 20 the system, shall be punished
with five years imprisonment in the
pe~nitentiary.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

Col y. W. Holman is To- deliver the
Annual Address at the examination
.xereics o. Fayetteville Female Acade.
ny.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

Warrants to the amount Of $l7S,-
330,45, were issued by the Comptroller
during the month Of April, in payment
Of the State expenses, loans, and in.
tcrcst on State debt.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

Only six county treasurers in Sou,l,
Carolina are in Jail for stealing at
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-21

The Radicals in Tennessee have a
hard nut TO crack. They must either
endorse or repudiatc the action Of the
late colorcd convention at Nashville.
lrthcy endorse it they may rely upon
the negro vote. But Brownlow does
not endorse it, and the said convention
passed Il resolution Of ccnsure upon
BIoTnIow for his opposition to the
Civil Rights Bill. What will the Rad
icaIs DIX They need not try to anal
climate with Johnson men, for tue
johnson men and Chcalham have bu-
ried the Ratchet, and we predict a tri
umph for Democracy beyond pre-
ccdcnt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
To Render Wood UninfiammabIe.

The method of rendering wood unin-
fiammable by saturating it with lungs
tate of soda has just been tested by a
series of experiments at the Davenport
dock yard in England. It has been
clearly shown that the prepared wood
is under all circumstances much less
readily inhammable than ordinary wood,
and that prepared timber steadfastly
resists mere flame, although it may
be made to burn when acted upon
continuously by great heat. The cost
Of preparation and the largely increased
weight of the prepared wood are dis
advantages. Before DR.. Jones, the
patentee, receives from the Admi-
rally the very large sum he asks for
the right to use the patent, further
trials will be ordered, which the Lords
of Admiralty will themselves witness.
Two small vessels will be roughly built,
one of prepared wood and the other
of unprepared, but otherwise exactly
alike. These will be filed with COM
bustibles and set on fire, and then a
correct idea will be formed as to how
far tungstate of soda may be made
practically useful in retarding the
burning of ships.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
An Old WhaIer.

The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
says train of old memories and as
sociations are revived on reading the
announcement that the bark President
sailed from this port on voyage to
Hudson's Bay. Here is serviceable
old vessel, with a history of years for
she sailed from Nantucket before the
war with England-in 1S11-for the
Pacific Ocean, being commanded on
his first voyage by Captain Solomon
Folger. She was one of the ships
detained by the Chilians, at the time
of Poinsett's expedition, and was one
of the few ships that escaped all the
British cruisers, and arrived home in
safety. Immediately after the pace of
1915, she was fitted again, in command
of Captain Jonathan Swain, and has
continued in the whaling business
through her whole career, having been
owned and fitted at Nantucket until
about 1866, when she was sold to New
Bedford Having made most of her
voyages in the milder ATTITUDES of the
Pacific and Indian Ocean, she is sent
now, in her old age, to buffet ice-felds
in the northern region. Captain Nath-
aniel Fitzgerald, still living, hale and
hearty, was one of the crew. of the
President when she sailed on her first
voyage in 1911.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
Explosion of Ice-Cream.

There was singular explosion of an
ice-cream mandatory in Reading,
Penn, one day last week, which the
Times thus describes CA large COP
per boiler was used to boil the cream
before it is frozen. The vessel had two
bottoms, the lower compartment of
which is the recepticle for the steam to
heat the contents. The entire arrange
ment is moved on an iron frame. One
of the employees, Mr.. Henry Myers, was
stirring the cream as usual, while the
steam was heating up the boiler. Dur
ing this stirring, the entire quantity of
cream, suddenly, with the velocity of
the wind, shot up into the air, the steal=l
rushed out and up with kissing noise,
the boiler tipped over, and the entire
premises, the sides of the rear build
ings. and the roofs of the same, were
covered with the snowy fluid. Mr..
Myers and a fellow-workman named
Joseph Ferrel were severely scalded.
Mr.. Clewell and family wereinthe store.
The accident caused great excitement,
being the result of carelessness IN allow
ing too heavy steam pressure. The
bottom was of heavy sheet copper, and
is almost torn out.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
Old Letters.
From the Journal of Henry Cockburn.

I have all my life had bad habit of
preserving letters and of keeping them
all arranged and docketed but seeing
the future use that is often made of
papers, especially by friendly biogra-
piers, who rarely hesitate to sacrifice
confidence and delicacy to the pro
motion of sale Or excitement, [ have
long resolved to send them all up the
chimney in the form Of smoke, and
yesterday the sentence was executed
I have kept Richardson's and Jaffery's
and some correspondence, I have had dur
ing important passages of our Scotch
progress; but the rest, amounting to
several thousands, can now, thank God,
enable no venality to publish sacred
secrets or to stain fair regulations by
plausabile mistakes. Yet old friends
cannot be parted and without pang.
The sight of even the outsides of letters
OF fifty years recalls part of the in
terest with which each was received in
it's day. And their humiliation makes
one start, as if one had suddenly reach
ed the age of final oblivion. Neverthe-
less, as packet after packet smothered
the fire with it's ashes and gradually
disappeared in. dim vapor, I reflected
that my correspondents were safe, and
[ was pleased.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
The Cost of Sunday Opera.

"
A first-class quartet, with an organist,
costs from Sc, 900 to $4,000.
It costs something to have fashion
able choir. An ordinary quartet costs
s., 500
A good tenor singer, soprano, or con-
tralto commands readily 81, 900. Some
sopranos are paid $4,000.
Warren, of st. Thomas Church,
stands at the head of choir leaders.
He has $4,000 a year salary, and a
house. sb
Grace Church pays it's musical con-
ductor Sc, 900 year. Out of this sum
he hires all the help he needs, and pays
himself.
One female singer in the city has
5000 for morning and afternoon SER
vice, and 81 900 extra for singing in the
evening in another church.
Trinity Church, though very econom-
ical, pays 100000 year for it's music.
1t has a boy choir of 80 members.
These are paid a salary, and receive a
complete musical education.
Many of our fashionable congrega-
tions are dispensing with the choirs al
together, and are calling in the aid of a
preceptor. But this style of music has
it's drawbacks.
The First Presbyterian Church of
this city has never had an organ or
instrument of music. The spirit of
Robert Lennox still abides. It was
considered a great innovation when a
quartet choir was introduced.
st. Bartholomew is just now the rage
among fashionable church-goers. It is
the newest and most elegant Episcopal
Church in the city. Its singing is a
speciality. Men crowd the aisles to hear
the music. When the sermon comes on
they leave in droves.
The elegant little church on Fifth
been famous for it's music. Run down
by Mr.. Ewers ritualism, New York
broker proposed to tone things up
by brilliant singing. The broker paid
in one year $4,000 for the music of
this church.
Plymouth Church has congregational
singing, led by full choir. Inside the
choir is paid quartet. The Trustees
set apart 81, 500 for music. To this is
added $500 more, bringing it up to S.
900. Fifteen hundred of this is paid to
Mr.. Zundel as organist. The balance
the leader uses at his discretion.
Many of our churches tire of the pres
ent mode Of conducting the services of
song in the house of the Lord. In
some cases singers hardly get the burnt
cork off their faces in season for the
morning worship. Italians and jew
esses who sing at the theatre until mid
night on Saturday, at heavy salary,
appear in the church to praise the
Lord.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
CoIored COachman's Idea of Civil
Rights.

Kurridge dis way-25 cents to any
part oh de city -
This was the theme of a sable hack
man at a recent public gathering.
"Only 25 cents to any part oh de city
Hab kurridge, sab % And thus he
accosted every passing gentleman.
Presently wel-dressed, gentleman
ly-appearing colored man came up,
when all of sudden the hackman ceas-
ed to call out the quarters, and turn
ed so as not to look the gentleman in
the face.
ST would like a carriage said the
gentleman.
No response.
q would like to ride to the Body
House," stepping nearer and speaking
louder.
ssSah 90
is this hack? p
Ono, sab it's private kurrid ge. !"
"Don't you carry passengers 90
Sometimes I does, sab, and some
times [ don't, sah;'' turning away
again.
Chow much to drive me to the Boo
dy?''
s' Three dollars, sah.''
But the gentleman got in, and SEEM
ed to display his face at the window as
much as possible as they drove along
the streets. Butimagine the drivers dis
gusted look when the gentleman helped
himself out and handed quarter for
his fare, and, with a smile, passed into
the hotel.
He was no other than Professor Lar
combe, of Washington, whose life had
been spent in teaching and in efforts
to elevate his race.-Toledo CONNER
ciaI. a% IE@Z
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
A FEW GOOD REASONS i.

IA Neto Iavention THOROUGHLY TESTED and
ured by Letters Patent
2.-Makes perfect LOCK STITCH, alike on both
sides, on all kinds of goods
S3.-Runs LIGHT, SMOOTH, NoIsELEss and Rap1n-
best combination Of qualities.
4.-DURABLE-Runsf for Years without Repair
5.-WW do all U0rieties Of Work and Fancy Stitch
ing in a superior manner
6.-Is Host Easily damaged by the operator
Length of stitch may be altered while runnir O.
and machine can be threaded without passing
thread through holes.
7.-Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, forming
the stitch nottaoH the of Cog Wheel Gears
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Has the Automatic
Drop Feed which insares uniform length Of stitch at
any speed. Has our new Thread Controller, which
allows easy movements of need1e-bar and 17.eUeuts
injury to thread.
S.-CoNsTRUCTIoN most careful and FINISHED 1T
is manufactured by the most skiUfM and erpe,i-
enced mechanics, at the celebrated Remington
ArmOry, lion, n. Y. New York Office,
No. e Madison square, Hxurtz's Build
ing0 BRANCH OFFICES: 2S5 state ST.,
Chicago, ILL.,; 27O superior ST., Cleveland,
o.; ISL Fourth ST., Cincinnati, o.; 4O6
Main It, Buffalo, N. Y; 1872 Washington
st, Boston, Mass; SO Chestnut st,
Philadelphia, Pa; 10 Sixth st., Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
DR.. r. V. PIERCE, of the World s

DIR. r. V. PIERCE, of the World s
Dlspensary Buffalo, N. Y, whose Family Med
icines have won golden opinions and achieved
worldwide reputation after patient study and
much experimenting, succeeded in perfecting
a Compound Extract of Smart-Weed. or Wa
ter-Pepper, that is destined to become as cele-
brated as his other medicines Itowes it's eff
cacy not entirely to the Smart-Weed, which,
however, is q sovereign remedial agent, but
largely to happy combination Of that herb
with Jamaica Ginger and other vegetable
agents. The combination is such as to make
it a. very pleasant remedy to take. Taken In
ternally, it cures Diarrhea, Dysentery Cor
Bloody Flux) Summer Complaint, Cholera,
Cholera MorDus Cholera Infantum, Collie,
Cramps and Pain in the Stomach, breaks up
Colds, Cramps, Febrle and Infammatory At
tacks, Rheumatism, and Neuralgia Applied
externally, it cures Sprains and Bruises, Frost
Bites, Chilblains, Fellons, Rheumatic Affections,
Scalds, Burns, Cuts. Neuralgia, Pain in the
Back, Soreness or Stiffness Of Joints, Stings
and Bites of Poisonous Insects and Reptiles,
Caked Breast. or. ''Ague in Breast" and En-
larged Glands in short, is an unexcelled Lini-
ment for Man and Beast. It is sold by drug
gists.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
HailStOnes the Size of Oranges.

One of themost extraordinaryph enon1-
ena ever witnessed in this country
took place on the Fourth of July in
Bergen county, New Jersey. About Is
P. NJ, in the village of Westwood, dur
ing the celebration of the day, sudden
darkness came over the village, and,
before the alarmed inhabitants could
seek shelter, q violent storm of hail
stones descended upon the heads of the
crowd. Hailstones two inches and a
half in diameter, and as hard and heavy
as cobblestones, came down in furious
shower. Hens and chickens were killed
III large numbers COWS and horses were
stunned. The frightened populace ran
IN every direction, seeking shelter in
sheds, beneath trees, and in every avail
able spot. Fortunately the majority
escaped without injury. A young lady
named Miss Bogart was, however,
struck on the hand by one of the hail
stones and her wrist and arm frightful-
~ lacerated. At the Ridgewood House,
IN the village, an enormous amount of
damage was done. Not single pane
of glass was left whole in the build
Ing, and, incredible as it may
e'PEO"I, uIS udIIStOIoS dCUudlIy
broke through the slate roof, as
! if they had been cannon balls. The
storm covered an area of about twenty
five miles, stretching from Spring Val
ley to Kinder Kaimack. The storm
prevailed at It's utmost at the Stations
Of Pascack and Ridgewood, which are
on the Hackensack branch of the Erie
railroad, and the depots were complete
ly riddled, as though battle had been
fought in the neighborhood. As late
as o'clock next morning hailstones
were picked up at the station, the size
of walnuts. Through the section of
count try where the storm ragged, most
perfect scene of desolation can be wit
messed. Every tree is stripped of it's
fruit, grain fields of rye and corn laid
low, and the hope Of hay this fall is ut
terly gone. The sensation created. in
the vicinity was, as might be imagined,
tremendous. In one sewing machine
factory, just above Ridgewood, over
1000 panes of glass were broken and
the slate roof damaged. The shower
continued for just thirty minutes, and
in this short space of time, damage to
the amount of many thousands of
dollars was done. The hailstones on an
average, were the size Of turkey eggs,
| and OF every conceivable shape, with
sharp corners and edges that cut like
knives. During the continuation of
the shower, the thunder and lightning
was incessant, and, with the screaming
Of men, women and children, and the
shrieks Of affrighted cattle, the scene
was one truly awful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
Plucky Girls.
From the Akron (O.) Beacon.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Decovey, of
West Exchange Street, being absent
from home, their two elder daughters,
Gertrude, Is, and Eva, IA years of age,
were left to keep the house and have
the care of three young children. On
Tuesday night last, or rather Wednes-
day morning about 1 o'clock, Gertrude,
sleeping in the chamber, was awakened
by a noise outside the house, and on
going to the window, discovered a man
working at the blinds of the bedroom
below, occupied by Eva and the young
est child On finding that he was
discovered, the man sprang from the
window and partially concealed him
self behind some objects few feet
distant from the house. Gertrude
several times called to him that, if he did
not want to get shot, he had better
"clear out" but he maintained his
position. Bythis time Eva had become
awakened, and, Selling 1oadedrevolver,
in the use CT which she had some
practice, rushed up stairs. Gertrude
again called upon the rascal to leave
if he didn't want to get shot, and, as
he did not stir, she pointed out his
whereabout to Eva, who held the
revolver in the direction indicated
and blazed away. The fellow fell for
ward upon his hands and knees, and
then raising himself apparently with
great difficulty, made off in an adjoining
field. After daylight, the girls made
reconnaissance Of the premises and
the adjoining field, and not only the
tracks of the wounded fugitive were
plainly traced, but one place was found
where he had evidently laid down and
rolled upon the grass as if in great
agony
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
THE NEW FRENCH ACADEMICIANS.
Caro-. Nezieres, Dumas.

From the New York Evening Post.
The French Academy has three new
members in Mesrs. Elme Marie Caro-,
Alfred Mezieres and Alexandra Dumas.
Only the latter of these is we'll known
here. The younger Dumas, as he is
generally called, has written plays which
have successfully made the tour of the
world. His earliest, and, it must be
said. his greatest, success was that ex-
traordinary romance {" La Dame aux
Camelias," in which the author took
for his heroine woman of the gay
world, and by his meretricious art
succeeded in winning for her the SYM
pathy of his myriads Of readers. Inhis
later works Dumas has shown desire
to grapple with the great social problem
of the day, and to assume species of
cynical philosophy. His standing as a
Sardon, Belot and one or two others.
His requirements, marked as they may
be, seem hardly such as to justify his
claim to a seat in the French academy,
and his nomination awakened some OPP
position. But the French placeas much
value on esprit and fancy as on scientif-
ic learning, and the honor extended to
Dumas most Of them will deem to be
fairly won.
Alfred Mezieres comes from Rehon
department of the Moselle). He is a
man of about forty-eight years of age,
and has been known as professor of
foreign literature at Nancy, and later at
the Sarbonne. He has published a va
riety of purely literary works, among
which are ''The Works and Critics of
Shakspear ''The Predecessors and
Contemporaries of Shakspear," and
"The Contemporaries and Successors
of Shakspear. We doubt whether
these interesting essays are known to
many, even to those who count them
selves Shakspeareans scholars; but to all
interested in the great dramatist, the
very titles of Mezieres have an appeti-
zing flavor
NJ Caro- is scarcely known here, but
he is a writer of more profundity and
scholarship that either of those just
named. His contributions to the Revue
DIES Deatr Mo,ades are marked by con-
siderable reach of thought, extensive
culture and serious purpose. His pub
lished works are a &C Life of Plus TX"
" The Philosophy of the Writings of
Goethe, . and GO The idea of God in Mod
ern Criticism. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-15
The FayOrite Child.

Which of five snowdrops would the moon
Think whitest, if the moon could see?
Which of five rosebuds flushed with June
Were reddest to the mother-tree?
Which of five birds, that play one tune
On their soft-shining Threats. may be
Chief singer? Who will answer me?
Would not the moon know, if around
One snowdrop any shadow lay?
Would not the rose-tree, if the ground
Should let one blossom droop day?
Does not the one bird take a sound
Into the cloud when caught away,
Finer than all the sounds that stay?
Oh. little, quiet boy of mine,
Whose yellow head lies languid here
Poor yellow head, its restless shine
Was calm and beautiful last year
Whose pretty hands intertwine
With paler hands unseen but near:
You are my favorite now, fear.