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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
FOREIGN.

Gen. Primo do Rivera is appointed
captan-general of Madrid.
II is reported in Bo,lin That M order
will soon hc ia3ucl exrelmg from lIusnla al
foreign priests, monks and nuns.
A dispatch from Shanghai reports
that the difficulty between China and Japan in
regard to Formosa has been settled.
Victor Hugo las written letter de-
clining al invitation to the peace congress 1T
Geneva. lie says peace cannot be established
until another waI has boon tonight b"t"ath
France end Germany. He points 10 the aEia-
tsnce OF deep and undyng hatred between
the two countries, and declares that tho war
will be a duel between tho principles ot the
monarchy aud Tho republic,
Prussia proposed at brussels that 81 G
people of that country found III arms aHi not
regularly enrolled in the military force should
DO treated as criminals also That they should
10 similarly treated if they refuse to assist
the invaders when called upon. The congress
rejected the proposition. In 1913 the Prn7-
sian government called upon tho people to
. become "land storm" and rush upon Tie
invaders with any arms they could sel@e.
Then it was the other mans OK that was Bored.
A Havana lsttor says great indigna'
ton has been Expressed in political circles at
the idea Of the ces.on OF Puerto liics to
Ger'uanv. telegram has been received from
Madrid DENYING the correctness Of the rhnor.
Spain is moi willing o old one rod OF hor ter
ntory in tbs Vest Indies AMI SpaniaIds here
declare they will die first. Another Telegram
has been received from Madrid announcing
That the recruiting Of troops for tho army Ill
Cuba is rapidly going on, and thai the govern
ment understands i!he pressing needs OF rem
iorcements to1srry on the winter campaign.
Ciptain. General Concha has publisl ed
adecree in the Off ,ial gazette ordering out
Immediately for active service fvo por con..
of all tho volunteers enrolled on the island oil
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
SOUTH.

There are twenty companies of state
cavalry in Georgia.
The smallpox is reported to be rag
ing in Texas along the Rio Grande,
Gen. Jno. O. Breckenridge has re-
turned to Kentucky in somewhat improved
health.
The Arkansas democratic state con-
vention nominated Gov Baxter for recollection
by acclamation.
The health of Alexander II. Stephens
continues to improve. 1t is said that he will
accept his nomination for congress-.
Admiral Semmes is candidate for
congress in the Mobile (Ala.) district. His dis
abilities were removed by congress last winter
According to tho Richmond Wing,
Virginia has had tho most mfavorablo toason
for tobacco known in that state for many
years.
The reports that yellow fever pre-.
vailed at Now orleans and Gal"eston aro pos
itivoy cou'radioted by the hOalth officers of
those cities.
Uuitcl States Commissioner Frisbie
at New Orleans, has been sent before tho
United States court under bond Of 36, COO for
trial on charge Of cXLortion i'll Office.
Since the murder of Ivey, n mail
route agent on the Alabama and Chattanooga
railroad, several route agents in tho south
have shown considerable alarm and are ak.
ing leaves of absence from the post Office de-
partmcnt, and sOme decline to run any longer
on their routes.
The recent act Of the treasury depart
ment with regard to Tie establishment Of pe-
cau,ionary measures against the yellow fever
q various Iorts, il not intended to convey the
impression that the disease exists anywhere
along the Atlantic or Gulf coasts but for the
purpose of preventing its introduction by
ships.
The first experiment is now being
made to utilize Chinese labor on the rice plan
tations of Georgia. Some thirty of the celes-
tials have been at work since March last on
Barnwell's plantation, on the Altamaha, oppo-
site Daren. They appear well satisfied them
selves, and give their employer entire satiss
faction
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
McGrath says Tom Bowling is

McGrath says Tom Bowling is in
training and will soon be all right.
The 1st of November has been fixed
~ the time for running the first train through
the IIoosac tunnel
The post-cilice department is about to
substitute for the old mail locks now used up
on the street boxes OF the froe-delivcry eys-
TEN, new combinations, 50 that the key Of one
city cannot be used in another. Each key
will be numbered AMI the carrier receiving it
use.
Postmaster. General Jewell has Or
lcrcd cancelled the contract for penkniyos,
which have been usually issued to clerks about
New Year The custom obtained when quilts
were used for writing, and the knife was a
positive necessity, and bas been kept up since
the introduction of steel and gold pens to the
present time.
The officers in charge of the First
National bank, which failed year ago, OK
pect to declare another dividend shortly, prob
ably 90 per cont. in amount, which will mako
70 per cent. in ALL 1t is thought by some that
most OF the balance will be eventually made
good. The Jay Cooke & Co, failure is much
less promising Not a cent has yet been paid
to creditors.
Secretary Bristow has approved the
recommendations of Solicitor Wilson, in re-
gard to the secret service division of the treas
ury, and directs that steps be taken at once
for tho reorganization OF that branch Of the
service, and that all papers and evidence III
relation to tho secret service in tho hands of
the solicitor be irned over to tho attorney
general. Col. Whitley has rendered his resiB-
nation as chief Of that bureau. 1t has
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
day, and husbands had better look ont
a little in order that they may save
some trouble"
Iron Clad Nayics Of the World.

The most reliable information relative
to European armies has been for long
time found in the military papers of
Germany, especially in the Alilitarisho
Wochenblatt. The same thing happens
now with regard to navy affairs for, as
soon rs Germany concluded to possess
fleet, she began by sending all over
the world special officers entrusted with
tho duty of studying, and carefully re-
porting upon the real status of foreign
naval affairs. Even London papers are
compelled to pick mp their Information
on the subiecy from German papers.
The Borscnzeitung, of Berlin, says that
according to the last official reports the
total number Of iron clNds possessed by
the various naval powers of Europe, in
GLIDING those employed on coast service,
is 2ii. The total number of screw
ships, exclusive of coast steamers and
gunboats, is 49,. Belgium, Switzer-
Ian and Servia do not possess any navy
ut all, and Roumania has only few
gunboats on the Danube. Holland,
Sweden, Norway, and Portugal, though
they have fleets, have no iron clNds for
| WIZ ocINlCt. NIt'CN Has WV o'iIAI iI'AI
ella Is; Germany, 3; Denmark, 81 Spain,
7; Austria, II; Russia, Is; Turkey,
10; France, 2S; and England, IS.
There is no coast fleet of iron clGds i'll
Austria, Italy, Greece, or Portugal.
Holland, on the other hand, though sh"
has no iron clads for war service, has Is
iron clad vessels for coast service ; Ea-
Gland has %, and France 80. As re-
CARDS turet ships, Germany has 2;
Spain, Norway and Denmark, 3 each
Turkey, 5 Sweden 9 GncludinP, how
ever, 4 small gun boatsj; and Russia,
Is. OF screw ships England has l;2;
France, %; Russia, rs; Turkey, IT
Spain, 81 Holland, %; Italy, II
Germany aud Denmark each lG; Aus
tria, II; Portugal, 9; Sweden and Nor
way, ; each ; and Greece, .. Germany,
therefore, occupies the last place but
one as regards iron clads for war ser
VICE, the last place as to coast iron
clads, and the eighth place as regards
screw ships but in 1870 her Ftrcngth
in iron clads for war service will be IN
creased to 9, so that she will occupy tho
seventh place, between Spain and Aus
tria. The Borsenzeitung adds that the
naval power of q state is determined
not so much by the number of its ships,
as by the thickness of their iron plating,
the power OF their engines, and the
number aud quality Of their guns, and
that by next year six of the new Ger.
man iron clads viii be among tho most
powcriul ships in the world, in these
respects far surprising those OF Austria,
Italy and France. The number Of sail
ors, engineers, stokers, etc, employed
in the various navies of Europe ia as
follows: England, GS,2Gl Gncluding
- 600 Of tho naval reserve); Russia,
$4,000; France, 81, so Turkey, 2l,0Oo;
Spain, II 600; Germany, 1850; Aus
trio, II $50 Italy, Il, 300; Holland, g.
2GO; Denmark, $500; Norway, 5000; {;
and Portugal, $500.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
Upon the Occasion of His First Baby

1t was his first baby, and he sat down
to think about it, with copy of "De-
wees on Children spread out before
him.
Having refreshed himself with the
phenomena of Group, scarlet fever and
measles, he closed the volume and
sighed.
"Poor dev l." That was his judg-
m mt on himself. "Poor devil"
Then he wrapped his morning gown
about him, and went and rested his nose
against the window-pane.
1t was raining outside, and it didn't
seem to him 80 particularly sunshny
within.
"Hiye syrup" said he to himself,
"at 2J cents per ounce bottle; socks,
3l.20 q pair relays of paregoric, 10
cents n relay; linen, so cents per yard,
and God only knows how many yards
It's going TO take before I'm through
with it ; nurse, $50 month; doctor,
twico day, at s. II call.
Then be hear! n yell, and rushed up
stairs, expecting to find the baby dead.
The door was slammed in his face, and
ho meandcrod slowly back to the sit
ting room.
1t seemed gloomicr than ever.
"What did | do it for?" he mur-
INJURED, while the rain beat reproach-
tul rataplan on the window-pan
He thought he would 20 round to the
club, aud then he thought he wouldn't.
When man is for the first time a
father, instinct tells him to dodge his
old companions. 1t is better for him
to "tread the wine press alone.
Bat how to got away with the cease
less stir and rustic of females going i'll
and out doors and up and down stairs?
He was nervous, aud felt like man
sitting on the ragged edge of remorse.
Likewise he recalled the saying of
Isaiah, "In that day seven women shall
take hold of one man."
But it seemed to him as if seventy
women had taken possession of his
house, and penned one man up in one
corner Of it.
1t occurred to him TO sing hymn---
but thor the baby might bo asleep, and
his Instructions wero TO keep az quiet
~ possible And ptill tho rain fell, aud
tho dripping branches tossed to and flo
with every passing gust. Was there ov-
er such II droary day? Was ever tie
problem, "What shall | DO with my
srlf ?" 80 utterly uugoignbic?
nut it ia the duty Of a man Of genius
to rise superior TO circumstances
;,iI, ,,;pIp bnul hnforn tlp tpmppst
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
THE EXCURSION.

Again, as thread these rustic ways
Here In the heart Of the summer land,
am gently reminded of other days
by objects rising on either hand;
But mostly yOn bowery isle, mid->trclm,
whose thin cape splits the blue river apart,
Recalls quaint feast, like feast in a dream,
But dear alike tu my mind and heart.
There were only six of us; Ralph aud Nell,
And Curtis and Rose (city cousins the last),
And gray-cyed Florence, whose deep heart Well,
] was her lover and it, long since past:
But lDlllcr party never filled craft
Az we rounded that point by the cedar glade;
The s0urcst ascetc could not but have laughed
AT the III ihy romantic appearance we made.
Roses and jonquls on bright heads In crowns,
Wroaths OF them, too, from the Rmnwales loat,
BonRhs of fresh foliage IN wild icstOOns
From stem to stern of the painted boat;
But under them all on cheek and lip
R0scDuds more tempting aud laugh and song,
Hands spashing over, and oar-b AIDES a-dip,
And beauty and Bliss as We drllci along.
We reached the island How well ! recall
The pretty girls screams as we helped them to
How Il rse wet her feet and Fo's nmsy shawl
Like cloud yeilcd my arm as she gave mo her
hand!
Then the neat little lunch in the lcgended grot,
With the white cloth spread by the sprihg at its
mouth.
The jestS remember, the toass I've forgot,
And the wind pouring in from the clouds in the
south.
Then we made them a swing from grapevine
twist.
Read poems, told tales, with romp now and
then,
Played cruquet while had rubber of whist,
And talked with the echo tina hatmtS the glen.
Then in couples apart, AZ bctruthcd lovers should,
Wc.strayed, to repeat the old tale ever young.
How well remember the bench in the wood,
Between the two oaks, and who sat there 50 long.
Then, weary but blithc at the days dim close
We driftcd in peace in Tie starlight a-l0wn,
And sag with regret, as the si'klC-moon rose,
The fint-twinking lights of our trim little town;
For our hearts were so full and our souls wcro SO
biCEt,
We wished the fair stream were enchanted, that
We
Might glide down for aye on ita soft-hcaying breast
Ill lost in the glcan Of far fairy sea.
TmGcd with romance bow these things now appcar
For, just ON my way through the village to-day
passed the Old house where ior many a year
FAR florencu my rivals proud home has made
gay;
Aud Il upn and Nell are long married aud Rose
Passed away when poor Curtis was killed by tho
wars
And am alone, while tho calm river flows,
uuhccdiug and bright, through s blossominS
shores.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
The Wives Return.

The Paterson Guardian says "a
recent paragraph calling attention to
the fact that the summer widowers were
having tho jolliest times imaginable i'll
tho absence of their yoluble halves has
had most remarkable effect. Tho
wives come trotting home to see about
this thing. One gentleman who was
having an unusually good time, and
whose wife had gone away to stay till
the middle Of September, was wonder
fully astonished on going home at four
o'clock in the morning to find his wiie
sitting up waiting for him. She he gave gave
him a rousing reception, and m ne o ,0Gis Uids
world of dup may W wag win but i rh.1ss T. a9d"s
dra ia, II coming mi u homo Unexpectedly every !
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
A CnriOMS Birds Nest.

Tkar0 is n bird in New Guinea called
tho Alceapodius, which in the siao Of It's
crcs and ita manner oG matching them,
mast bo considered extraordinary 1t
ia not larger than one OF our ordinary
r1,yls, but it's crgs arc three inches long
hy Two aud half IN diameter. u does
not attempt to ait on them. A colony
ol birds lag their ciga together II n
lnrto monud, IN tine hottest part of the
year, ft0m September to March, and
leave them to bN Matched by the sun.
The mound is made OF sand, loose earth
aud sticks and leaves, which latter by
their decay incroaso the heat. The
mounds are wonderfully large, being
ten feet high and about sixty feet in
circumference at the base. The young
birds como out ut hole in the top.
The mother birds wait ON the trees
around till their chicks arc hatched,
aud then each leads on her own brood.
How each knows its own ~ myHtery.
The egps nro much rellshed by the M.
tiycs. hnt not at all by Europeans. a
native of Cape York vcntured ono day
into Il nest OF eggs, and while he was
exploring the hidden riches OF tho
large mound the upper part fell IN and
he was smothered. He was afterward
found in the very act Of digging-bu;ied
alive in birds nest.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
How the Grange Pays.

In the grange with which l am con-
ncctcl, during the past season there
wns nm actual saving, in ono quarter, OF
800 TO tho few farmers who purchased
indictments. Now take the 10000
oranges and we have total saving
II 81, 100000 to the farmers of the
United States in three months. But
You will say at once that this amount IL
not saved every quarter, nor by every
grange, nor do | say it ~. Neither
does it cost the amount I'D. l.. L. G."
has mentioned to run the oranges every
quarter. The cost of charters, seals,
regalia, etc., is never imposed on the
grange but once. This would require a
deduction from his figures of over a
million OF dollars, after the first quar-
ter.
We not only consider it paying IN
stitution to rs on account OF its Imam
cial benefits, but we, rs a class; have
begun TO consider the socisl Inhnence sanu
of tbe organization. We cannos a
that we are far behind the clly ~ haJ tbo
m social life, for We have nessl etbsr n and
onnortuuity OF minsling st tcs'pi s,isre
,si eaucastps Is. moi only proved itself TO %
= in%S soSs Tor our pockets, but also store
honse ! ms for our minds. -Cihc'n'd" 1'HieS'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17

Cuba, to serve until the first Of April, 1875.
This will bring out about $500 men. Exemp-
ton cannot be purchased with money, those
drafted being obliged to serve or provide sub
stitutes. The government of tho island has
asked from the banks a loan of $500, 900 in
gold and 100000 in paper money, which is to
be returned shortly. Tho loan asked by the
government from tho banks, $3.50 900 in bills
and 1870, 600 in gold, has been advanced by
the Spanish bank. Tho remaining 1850, OOO in
gold and the Fame amount in currency, hfs
been divided between five other banks.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
EAST.

At convention of western nail man.
ufacturers, held in Pittsburg last week, it wat
unanimously agreed to establish the card al
the factories at s3 35 for ten penny nails, net
sixty days, two per cent. OF for cash. if pal
within ten days. No further abatement or dis.
count will be allowed.
There is great exc tement in Green
Point, N. Y, in consequence of tho mysteri.
ous disappearance OF an infant daughter, only
three months old of Jacob Hagcr, a wealthy
German tobacconist. nurse who had been
dismissed from the service OF Hager, took the
child to ride on tho ferryboat, since which
nothing has been heard OF IL.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
MEAT-EATING PLANTS.
Some very Queer scientific Develop
ments,


At recent meeting Of the British
association, at Belfast, DR.. Hooker
submitted his views concerning "Some
Carnivorous Plants and their Habits,
a topic which he observed had recently
acquired new and special interest
from the researches of DR.. Darwin into
the phenomena that accompany the
placing Of albumnous substances on
tho leaves of diouml and other plants,
and which, in the opinion Of very emf
nent Psychologists, proved that, in the
case Of dionml at least, this plant di-
gcsts exactly the me substances in eX,
actly the same way Ns the human stom-
ach. With these researches Mr.. Dlr-
win was still actively engaged, and it
was with the view of aiding him thnt
the prrsi 'ent had, under Mr.. Darwin's
Instructions, examined some other car.
nivorous plants at Kew. After giving
the history OF the subject, and men
tioninG that the discovery made with
regard to these plants had long been
unnoticed, DR.. Hooker exhibited n spe-
cimen of dionwl, which spread its
leaves out, and when fly was captured
instantly closed upon it. Examination
showed that the fly was dissolved III the
digestive tiEid, exactly like ordinary
gastric fluid, belonging to the leaf.
When the fly was completely dissolved
the leaf spread ont again, ready once
more for its prey. A leaf of tho dio.
umI was tel with piece OF beef, upon
which it closed, and did not open again
until the beef was consumed. Cheese
disagreed horribly with the leaves, fin
ally killing them. The president cX-
hihited other cnrniyorons plants, ANA
eXpIaine the traps laid IN the leaves
and appcndagos whcro the plants caught
their victims and led themselves with
the animal food which como III their
way. Mineral substances had been
placed on leaf which had shut upon a
fly or ant, but 1t shove no slgu OF con.
'ractinG. Tho line halS on the lcNt
| closed gently over plcce OF wet chalk,
but soon re0pcned, leaving the chalk
free. Before Mr.. Darwlns studies
these phenomena were little npprecl-
ated. 1t was generalization, now al'
most household word, IhaC al lNilS
things had a common bond OF union III
substance which undorIics all the Dc
tails of structure. This was called pro-
toplasm. One Of the most distinctive
properties was its aptitude to contract,
and in any given organism the particles
of protoplasm were SO arranged that
they acted Us it were in concert. They
produced cumulative effects which were
WY manifest in the results. Soeh q
manifestation was found III the contrac'
lion OF muscle, and SUCH II manlt'ata-
tiou they possibly had also IN tho con
traction OF the leaf OF the dlonwl. All
students Of tho vegetable side of or
gaui2cd naturo were astonished to hear
from Dr.. Srudcrson that certain exper.
iments which he had made a the inati'
CATION OF Mr.. Darwin, proved to demon
str0ton that when leaf OF this plant
contracts tho effects produced are pro
ciaeiy similar To those which occur wher
muscle contracts. Not merely theI
were the phenomena 4 digestion III TIM
wonderful plant like those OF animals
bat tho phenomena OF contractll'ty
agreed with those oi ah'ma'H a'So'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-17
GaliIeO's Telescope.

In tho year 1909, GaiIeo relates, he
first heard from fricnd in Flanders
that an instrument had been invented
by which distant objects were brought
ncnr md the powers oT vision extended.
He resolved MT once to initiate and sur
PASS it. By his singular mechanical
dextcrity, his knowledge of optlc', and
his highly polished glasses, he was soon
able TO produce u telescope before which
the Dutch instrument sank into neglect,
and was forgotten. II was never mora
heard of; but thrill Of wonder passed
over Italy and Europe when 1t was
known that the famous Paduan profess
or had prepared m optic glass that en-
larGed the bounds of vision and endowed
mankind with new powers. The charm
of surpassing novelty covered the won.
dcrful invention with m unprecedented
renowl. The great and the learned
contended for the possession Of the new
instrument. Galileo carried his teIe'
scope to Venice, and from the tHllest
bell towers senators and mobiles saw
through the magic glass great srgosles
sailing far out at sea, and the distant
shores brought near and made visible.
All the value OF the new instrument
broke at once upon their minds; it
must change the principles of military
strategy, and diminish the perils OF nay
ieaton. Magistrates, senators and clti-
zcns covered the fortunate inventor with
applause. With discreet courtesy Cali
leo presented his telescope to tho Doge
at friendly audience. aud tho Veuc-
tinus pt once raised his salary b. thou.
sand Aorlug. Covered with hOnors and
he returned to Padua,
little conscious Of iho surprising DIS
roycries that yet awaited him in tho
ailont hcGycns, or Of the palnS nnd woes
be- wng destined To bear ia hls later
years from the horot;csl revelatiops ct
his too truthful and fatal telescope.