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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

The President m~iscalculates. The
country does not propose to be dra-
gooncd int" q wal with Spain in the
interest OF the Cuban insurgents. who
have not shown themselves worthy Of
The worlds sympathy or aid. A for.
eign war would be relied on to distract
public attention from the sins of Presi.
"ent Grants administration and float
hi'n INT" the White House in 1877 On a
"iHze OF glory. 1t won't do. The
country IS not anxious for any moreI
var at present. = Memphis Avalanche.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

d.. II. j. Glenn, OF Jacinto, Colus.
county, California, has raised and har
vested THIS year, on his own rancLc
100000 bushels o! wheat. This i,
equal to $4,000 tons, and will loao
eighteen LOCO ton ships, aud all OF
this lie has in his own warehouses,
ready for shipment when the water OF
the Sacramento river rises sufficiently
The doctors freishts, to put his wheat
in San Francisco, will amount to $50,
600. In the plowiny season he luns
ninety gang plows, and in harvest any
number OF heaters. lie tilresI.e5 hi,
wheat by steam power, using some half
n dozen steam thrcsIlcrs. He has
about 200 miles OF good hoard fence
on his farm. But his farming opera.
lions are not confined to wheat gov
alone. He markets about 500,
700 worth Of stock each year DIR
is a practical Turner and man
!ges all his business himself. He can
mend a trace just as well rs lie can pei
Le highest price Tor his grain.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

An effort will be made during the
present session OF Congress to trans
form those rotten b~orsnghs. Colorado
and New Mexico, into States. C,Ior,.
90, according to its last census, had in
1917 a population Of less than fart,
thousand, while the State ofNew YnrL
had nearly four million, four hunJr.s
thousand. Thus it is proposed To .;y,.
every man in Colorado as much nnwa,
in the United States Senate "a nm.
huhdfcd and ten men in New York
Tue other Slaies Of the Onion will lac
deprived VI their just influence in a
similar manner. New Mexico had i,
1870 4 population sB1ess than ninety.
40 thousand. but although larger than
Is far inferior in the cbarac- |
frri''ics which make intelligent and
VOTERS. II i, largely composed
v Iexicans, half breeds, aud semi civ /
yea elements generally. But the adj
Of these Territories .lJ addj, ;.
Vi more Or1an,nIs to The ) ,Aale. la
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

Col James l. Gaines, who is a can
djlatc Tor Comptroller, entered the
Confederate army as a private, and
came ont,,or the struggle as a Colonel,
with but one arm. lie is n polished
gentleman, Of thorough business hao-
ia, and well qualified. Should he he
elected the State will have an honest,
faithful aud efficient officer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24


The Pari, correspondent Of the
Hartford Courant says that lhc laws in
that city almost compel honesty in
many branches Of business where
iraui is not readily detected by the
casual purchaser. a jewcIcr who sells
plated or washed articles, even though
lac may also sell gold and silver goods
Of the standard quality, is obliged to
place the word imitation where it can
hc plainly seen by customers. "lr a
grocer says the correspondent, lis
detected in selling aduItcratcd articles,
lo is heavily iiaed his name and
place Of business is published at his TX
pcnsc it the official journal, and he is
competed to expose in his store for II
specified time Il placard, stating that
he has been fined for selling aIuiterated
goods. But few are willing to run
such risks, 40 detection is sure death
To u further prosecution of business. "
Why cant we have such laws IN
Ten eagee! Let our legislators an
sWer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24
Democratic Congressional Conn
n%iittcc, 9th District.

JANIS N, AvuTT. of Rutherford
luBr, l.. FRtERsUS, OF Bedford,
W. j, SIirrER, Of Franklin
j, II. BuRN, M, OF Lincoln.
J. II, LAWS, Of Marshall.
7. i. NIL-UN. Of Coffee.
j. J." RICE,
CaHhmm b~'2. kr. .StHe Com.
", T.. ElhtS. $c,ujapg.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

In our next issue will be found Sn
article from the pen Of -, Il b. in
which he will present additional cvi
dence el the unconstitutionality Of the
public debt Of the State Of Tennessee.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24
AND SALE STABLE
Winchester, Tenn.
New and Elegant Top and No Top
Buggies, and first-class Harness
and Saddle Horses.

Horses boarded by the year, month and
faithful TrOomsmen.
Hacks run night and day from Winches-
ter to Dechcr,l. Passengers called for in
any part of town. and baggage checked.
az spring Wagons and BugSies for
sale.
ELLIS DAYS.
<%r1-tf
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

Il js said that more wheat has been
own the past Fall in Tennessee by
"ncthirl, thno WAS sown lyst year, and
i. all look, well and promising.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24
NORMAL SCHOOL.

Not satisfied to wait UNTIL the heavy
debt which now burtIcns our people Is
pad, or largely reduced, til, friends of
a Normal School," a. | see from tue
paper, will make an effort 20 have a
Law passed ty the next Legislature, and
10y virtue thereof establish such a
school or college. If successful, the
State will have to cXpond II large
amount of money in the erection o!
bindings, aud ne further taxed with
the support Of The President aud all Of
the professors aud employees for all
time to come.
/, such Il school necc,sary2 | think
not. We have \ number Of excellent
colleges and schools in this State,
where those who desire to become
teachers can be thoroughly educated,
and there can, therefore, be no nccrssi
" for taking the money sI the people
for any such purpose. II any Of the
New England States have such schools,
it is no reason why Tennessee should
have one. The establishment OF tins
college would create some good. fat,
poyi"g positions, hut the people, pressed
AS lllcy are, cannot afford to bc taxed
just at this time, nor for years to come,
tor any such purpose.
There will be much written and id
within the EeXt two months in refer
cncc TO the Normal School" and
many interested parties will hc~icge the
Legislature, and urge its establishment
upon the members; but they should
firmly, promptly, AID without hc,ita
lion, refuse TO len theil Influence OF
vote i'll aid of any such sclcue,
lCUNoMY.
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THE GREAT

The travelling public, business men
families. and emisrants. remember, on
trains run from Chattanooga. through tn
heart OF tennessee. to the Mississippi riy-
or, ,cifhont change, making
Double Daily Connections,
and delivering passengers in Memphis,
Little Rock, st. Louis. I,eras, and the
many thriving cities OF the Great West, at
the
Lowest Possible Rates,
IN quicker time. more pleasantly. and with
less omnibiIs and river transferring than
any other ronte.
ID Through tickets. maps. time. &c,
m ~ be had OIL application to Jos. Garter
Declierd. or to
w. l.. DANLEY.
Gen. Pass. K Ticket Ag't.
jury 1871. Nashville, Tenn
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24
normal school, Common Schools,
and Every Other Sort
of SchOulS.
Editor Home Journpl

Editor Home Journpl:
During the time Of Radical or Re.
publican tule in Tennessee, up to the
'IcCtiuu Of ,iov. Bro Nn, the Dcmo
Gratis complained Of the large amount
Of money expended for ordinary cx
pensco in administering the State gov.
ernmcut. aud yet | do mt see that they
nave been reduced. Is II one Of the
m"Hshres put IN operation by The Radi
Gals, and bitterly opposed by the Dem
%ocrals, was The Common School Law
especially that provision which pro
YlIcd Tor the nppninlmcnt Of S0pcr
wtrnie"t u PuL!ic instruction., We
the Democrats, then said that such
~ office was Unnecessary; that the
Office WAS created for the holder,
Eaton that it was a useless expen-
irtlrc Of money, and should ho re-
pcnI,d. The law was repealed aud
Office abolished,
Upon rrgainjuG power by the De.
mocTacy it was found, sOon after, 10y
many writer, for the newspapers, as
well as by Il regiment Of private talk
crs, that there was not enough places
for oil who wanted Il fat office, and
forthwith a new plan Of public c,.rCa
lion was proposed and adopted. Tuat
system Is the II now in force. Under
il Il S0pcriHhHleat Formerly con.
demncd,) is prJyidCd for, with "A large
salary, and from whose services ncither
The chl(irea a the people Of the STATE
dcII'e the slightest advantage, The
money appropriated for Common
Schools can he expended Just AZ well
without the services Of such an officer
Is with him, Then the present law is
woise than the old Radical law, be.
cause 1t brought into existence many
additional officers in the shape OF
Comfy S"PGi~tchRsnks, whose services
can and shoaM be dispensed with,
These County SuperInt"ndents AN,
at best, give but little attention 10 each
school IN their respective counties
and ! &n sure that three commission
could be selected in each civil dis
trjc>, (who would act without pay,) Of
equal qualification with their present
Superintendent, and who, beng direct
~ Interested in having good teachers,
would take more interest on the sub
jet than be does
Do not understand from what | have
said that | an opposed to as;ateIn Of
instruction, Or ana not; but !
'm opposed to collecting money from
people Ny taxation to pay the oala
ri"s VI these unnecessary officers. Tue
should bc amended, and these oil
ccs abolished. The people are too
heavily taxed. Our policy should be
to reduce taxation, and Que o. The best
Modcs Of accomplishing this purpose
IS to abolish every unnecessary Office
and create NO new ones.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

Jerry Blacks idea of Democratic
duty is to put the amendments through
a gradual curse Of extinction"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24

--.nH
cal ~Incapacity. lmpelimcnts to Mar'' md
etc; also. CONSUMPTION. ErILEPsi sm
FRS. induced by srlf-indulgeice Oh "A"
al extravaganza; Piles. &c. ,n,v
GS"Price. in Il sealed envelope UNI
six cents. ii
The celebrated author. in this nnm,
rabie Essay clearly demonstrate, lt| ,hs
thirty years successful practice lna, NAV
alarming consequences OF s~eif-apuse n
be radically cured without the uanSi
use of internal medicine or the appl'sa a"J.
OF the knife: pointing ont "a mo,te -, br
mt once SIMPLE. certain. anu riitc'i' ,sr
means Of which every sufferer. no n'im.
what his condition may be. NAV cnre '"'
self cheaply. privately. and rdIegsg. 1. cf
This Lecture should be In the han";
every youth and every man IL tie an
Sent under seal IN plain enyelorr.'v I.
address. postpaid. on receipt I'll ~ ifIs-
o. two post stamps. Also. DIE: St VI Tor
BEES REMEDY For PILES. Send w.
circular. Address the PIhlisIiers,
CHAS. J. e. KILN 1pssG,
I27 Bowrry, New York, 70. BoA f
mly.-ly
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-24
MANHOOD;
How Lost, and How Restored

just published. a new en Nv.
OF DIR. CuLvERwELL's CELkI
DRAFTED ESSAY on thc rr"
cure without medicine SPhk'
MATORRHpA or seminal "eAS
mes Involuntary seminal hos't'
MnnTul and Inlsl-
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15

COUNTRY MERCHANTS
] specially invite TO examine the stock, feeling
confident that in quality and price that l ear
give complete satisfaction.
WIN. GEPPART.
Gallipolis, o., MAY 80, 1879,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
/ Couldn't.

"Mother," said a little boy, evil
lie played truant to-day, and wished
me to go, but | couldn't"
"Couldn't, my son! Why not?"
"Because,"h said. winding an arm
about her neck, "Lthought it would
make you so sorry. That's why /
couldn't"
1t would be world of happy moth
ers if all boys apd girls were as care
full not to make their mothers sorry.
"Oh, how sorry it makes a mothers
heart when a maynard boy goes into
paths of sin. How it grieves her
soul to note in his breath the scent
of the deadly cup; to see the loose
card drop from his pocket; to feel that
evil companions are fast drawing
him away from mother, home and
Heaven" All! how many hearts there
are which car take up the sad Ia
ment:
We see them go out each night,
Through a binding mist of tears,
And we cannot sleep, but lie and weep
In a torturing maze of fears.
Oh! the dread rum shop Turing,
Calling dear boys in;
The souls that were white as morning
light,
1t blackens with vice and SIM"
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always render satisfaction.
Nos: Cures. Cents.
/. Fevers, Congestion, determinations, =. IS
2. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Collie. . IS
8. Crying-COlic, or Teething of Infants, +. IS
4. D~iarrhaa, of Children or Adults, . rs
5. Dysentery, Gripping, Bilious Collie, rs
6. ChOlerR-MOrbus, Vomiting, . rs
!. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, rs
s. Neuralgia, Toothache, Faeeache, . IS
9. Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo, . IS
10. Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach, . IS
IL. Suppressed, or Painful Periods, =. Is
II. Whites, too Profuse Periods, =. IS
Is. Group. Cough, Difficult Breathing, . . IS
II. Snlt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions, IS
Is. Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains, IS
l6. Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, Agues, so
IL. Piles, blind or bleeding, g.. . so
Is. Ophthalmy, and Sore or Weak Eyes, . so
l9. Catarrh, acute or chronic, Influenza, =. 50
20. yVhoOpin g-Cough, violent coughs, . so
81. Asthma, oppressed Breathing, . . 50
%. Ear Disc harges, impaired hearing, . so
%. ScrOfula, enlarged glands, Swellings, . 50
"a. General Debility, Physical Weakness, . 50
IS. DrOpsy and scanty Secretions, . =. d. . so
%. S~ea-Sickness, sickness from riding, . so
q. Kidney-Disease, Gravel, . SO
%. Nervous Debility, Seminal Weakness
or involuntary discharges, 100
%. Sore Mouth, CHnker, so
80. Urinary Weakness, wetting the bed, so
81. Painful Periods, with Spasms, . so
50. EpiIepsey, spasms. St. Vitus' Dance, 100
81. D~iphtheria, liberated sore throat, . . so
IS. Chronic COngestiOns and Eruptions, 50
Vlals, 90 cents, Except 70, SZ and oSI, : SlOO
FAMILY CASES.
Case Moroccol with above 35 large walls and
Manual of directions, $40 90
Case Moroceo) of 90 large walls and Book, 90
Single Boxes and Walls as above.
A These remedies are sent by the
case or single o to any part OF the
country, free of charge, on receipt of
price. Address
Humphreys
Office and Depot, No. 562 BROADWAY, NEW YoRK.
For Sale by all Druggists.
For Sale by
JOS. DROUILLARD, Jr.,
Druggist, Gallipolis, Ohio.
May s, 1S73-1Y
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Oct. %, 1S73-eom1y
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DRY GOODS.
Notions,
r Q Q E RTE s.
BOOTS, SHOES,

FLATS, GAPS, &C.
N offering this stock of Goods to the
L public we mean business. and shall
conform to the necessities of the times.
make small profits the motto, and try to
give every purchaser, whether he brings
trade or cash, the worth of his n
L Lo.ne and see us, and get good goods Sc
prices going.
Country Produce always taken in ex-
change for Goods and the highest nr;ces
allowed. CHAS MxEK
Oct, 2, 1873,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15

@rA st. Louis lover gave up s
match with a $50, 600 heiress because
she objected to smoking. So states
an exchange. Another adds:
E.The maid, as by the papers doth appear,
Whom fifty thousand dollars made SC
dear,
To test Lothario's passion simply said,
'Forego the weed before we go to wed;
Fol smoke take flame; I'll be that flames
bright tanner;
lie have your Anna give up your Ha-
Vana.'
But he, when thus she brought him to
the scratch,
Lithis cigar and threw away his match. ),
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15

HA Titusville paper says: ga
man called at one of our shoe stores
yesterday and vainly essayed to-get
on either numbers II, II or Is shoes.
The store keeper then suggested that
he should put on o thinner pair Of
stockings and try on the box"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
For SaIe--A vaIua-
Bile Farm!

GITUATE in Huntington township,
- Gallia county, Ohio, adjoining the
town of Vinton, on the Gallipolis, Nc
Arthur and Columbus r. R., $50 acres;
one of the best stock farms in the county,
underlaid with a 3-fOot vein of No. l
stonecoal, thought by judges similar to
the Jackson coal. Said land will be Of
fered on reasonable terms, until the 25th
day of December, if not sold sooner.
This is the chance for a good bargain.
Fol- further particulars call on the sub
scriber in Cheshire, Ohio.
Nov. @, 1873.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
AnecdOte of Burns.

Burns was challenged by one An
drew Horner, to have each
In a given time, a piece of poetry, to
be submitted to judges, who were to
award the palm of superiority to the
n deserving it. Horner, Boosting,
said that he was born in l749. and
that he would make that event the
theme. He then eXtemporized the
following line
In seventeen hundred and forty-nine-
Here he was nonplussed until the
time had expired Burns was then
called on, when he gave the follow
ing, on the theme taken by his rival:
In seventeen hundred and forty-nine.
The dell got stuff to make a swine,
And threw it in the corner,
Shortly after, he changed his plan,
And made it something like a man,
And called it Andrew Horner.
1t is needless to say that the palm
was awarded to Burns.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15

%The act of shop keeping is
carried to a high degree of perfec
ton in Charleston, Missouri. When q
lady rides up. to a store in that place
three clerks seize the bride, two take
the horse by the tail and yank him
close to the stile- block. Two more
clerks spread a roll of Brussels car
pet scross the sidewalk, while the
merchant in white kid gloves. white
vest, and forked-tail Goa escorts the
lady to a luxurious divan, where she
sits at ease and makes her purchases.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
miscellaneous.


A rooted sorrow-an aching tooth
A noted soliloquy-2 B or ORB,
is the ?.
An imaginary quantity-A Iadyf
age.
Where is parts unknown" asks a
correspondent of the Dsnbury NewS.
To which, Bailey answers, very truth
fully, where they don't advertise.
Hawaii celebrated the thirtieth an
niversary of its independence on the
18th of November.
Jones, being told that he looked
seedy, and asked what business ne
was in, replied. "The hard year bust
ness-look at my wardrobe"
Says the Atchison AlO6e: "While
the soldiers we're digging up the dead
at old Fort Kearney, last week, one
cofin was taken up that was literally
filed with snakes. Some wag re
marked that it was plain enough
what that fellow died Of"
Pixies Peak is seen quite distinctly
from Las Animas, a distance of $50
miles
The "uttermost part of the human
family-the mouth.
Delightful "Patrons of Husband
ry"--female match-mskers.
The reintroduction of ruffs, now so
popular in this country. is due to a
wen on the neck of an English lady
of quality.
If you can arouse curiosity by an
advertisement, it is a great point
gained. The fair sex don't hold all
the curiosity in the world.
The Burlington (Iowa) Daily speaks
of a couple resolving themselves
into q committee of two, with power
to increase the number"
If hard work bends the body,
swells the JOINTS, and blisters the
hands, it yet gives EXPERIENCES and
power to the muscles, such as gentil
ity may seek in vain to exhibit.
Prof. Reynolds has found that by
means of q strong discharge of cleo
tricity he could burst a tube which
could stand a discharge of one inch
of powder retained by wire slugs
three-quarters of an inch long.
According to the character or ex-
tent of your business, set aside a
liberal percentage for your adver-
tislng Keep yourself increasingly
before the public, and it matters not
what business of utility you may be
engaged in. for if intelligently and
industriously pursued, a fortune will
be the result.
The Spectator says: eve suspect
most wives understand their hus-
bands, and mostfathers their children
very well indeed, and that the pop
ular phrase about the blindness of
parents is merely a popular phrase
The blindness of parents about grown
up children is, it is true, frequently
very marked; but that is the effect of
long habit, which would blind them
equally to the merits and defects of
anybody else. Most parents, we sus
pect, see through their children clear
Iy enough, their failures being only
apparent failures, because they see
and admire or dislike qualities invis
ible to the outer world"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
~ THE MILD POWER %


HAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST
IL ample experience, an entire success. Simple,
Prompt, Efficient and Reliable. They are the only
medicines perfectly adapted to popular use-so
SIMPLE that mistakes cannot be made in using
so efficient as to be always reliable. They have
the highest commendation from all, and will
always render satisfaction.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
May 30, 1879
Manhood: How Lost, How Re-
stored.

lust published, a new edition of DIR.
- CulverWeII's Celebrated Es-
say on the radical cure without medi-
cine) of SPERMATORRHGA or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses,
lMPoTENCY, Mental and Physical Inca
pacity, Impediments to Marriage, etc.
also, CONSUMPTION, EPILEPSY and FRS,
induced by self-indulgence or sexual ex-
travagance.
W-Price in a sealed envelope only six
cents.
The celebrated author, in this admira-
bic essay, clearly demonstrates from a
thirty years successful practice, that the
alarming consequences of s~elf-abuse
may be radically cured without the dan
gerOus use of internal medicine or the
application of the knife; pointing out a
mode of cure at once simple, certain.
and effectual, by means of which every
sufferer, 10 matter what his condition
may be, may cure himself cheaply, pri-
vately and radically.
II This lecture should be i'm the
hands of every youth and every man in
the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope.
to any address, postpaid on receipt of
six cents, or two post stamps.
Address the Publishers,
CHAS. J. C. KLINE & CO.,
l27 Bowery, New York, Post-Ofice
Box, 1856.
july "a. 1S73.-ly,
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-07-25

The Sacramento Record brings ns the dis.
NAL tidings that Martin Farquar Upper is
coming to 'labor in the United States
What great sin the United States have COM
mtted that Mr., Upper should be inflicted 'e on
them, we cannot imagine. The oceans of dri, !
vel which he has poured out upon England, and
English literature contain not ont. atom OF
sense, but being British production it is per-
hans right that Britops should suffer for having
Drodtced him. and we had hoped he would re-
main there until the weak echoes Of bic maud.
lin rhymes had ceased to offend the,lOyers Of
genuine, poetry; which will be when he cease:
to write. .Tupper is a,poetical philosophical
and literary fraud. t't''+''