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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-18

THEY have recently had the seventh
annual cat show in the Crystal Palace,
London. The highest priced cat was val
ued by its owner at 10000, but itdidn't
get the first prize, "Tommy Dodd," aged
nine years, valued at $500 was the win
ncr. There were over five hundred cats
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-18

KEROSENE and powdered lime, whit
m, Of wood ashes, will scour TINS VIII
the least labor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-18

COFFEE drinkers will please remember
that the crop reports do not hold out any
comforting assurances. A falling off has
been reported all around. OF old Java
there is considerable falling off. Rio
shows still more marked diminution,
though there is some coffee of the pre-
vious crop left over. The islands near
Java show decrease of about fifty per
cent. in production.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-18

THE public debt was reduced about
four millions during the month OF De-
inhrr.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-18

FITzRoY, believed to have been chief
in the organization of the whiskey ring
ut st. Louis, went into court Tuesday,
and, to the dsmay Of his counsel, pleaded
guilty to all the counts in the Indictment
against himself. Thorpe, a late store
keeper, also threw himself on the mercy
of the court. This action is considered
at st. Louis as the most significant cpl
sodc in the downfall of the once formid-
able underground organization.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-18

PEOPLE who write letters will find in
struction in the facts shown in the report
of the dead letter Office last year. Some
3,6l0,797 letters went astray, mainly
through carclessness in directing. There
was taken out of these letters the aston
ishingly large sum of $3,5OO,OOO. All OF
this was returned to its owners with the
exception of $4O0, 200, which remains as
profit to the Post-otlicc Department.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-18

IT is a significant fact that the grain
trade of New York has fallen off this year
1S,772,5l9 bushels as compared with last
year, while the delivery at Baltimore is
greater than last last. Philadelphia also
shows a gain. When our southern rail
way system is made what it ought to be,
Charleston, Port Royal and Savannah will
export more grain, flour and meat than
any other Atlantic cities.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

ETH AVENUE, 2O6, OPPOSITE MADISON SQUARE
- Elegant Rooms handsomely furnished, second story,
fionting Fifth and Broadway; also third story 'front.'
with or without private table. s PERRY.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05
Unfurnished.

A MODERN MEDIUM FOUR STORY BROWN STONE
n House; mirrors. &C Thirteth street. near Fourth
avenue; perfect order; rent ~ 200 s. y GOODALE A
CO, No West Twenty third street ,h Hotel.
THREE STORY HIGH sTooP HOUSE. IN PRIME
IN order, No 2l5 West Twenty fifth rent 81 900
\ B. GOODALE Co, No. West Twenty-third street.
Finh Avenue Hotel
A HANDSOME FOUR STORY MURRAY HILL
n brown 'front.' Mante Mirrors &c immediate pos.
session rent low. Apply premises i42 East Thirty
seventh street.
A THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE, II ROOMS IN
"A good order. Wes Eighteenth street, near Eighth
avenas Rspt 81 0o ,. H LkAYcRAFT To2 Eighth Az.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

A VERY SUPERIOR NEW FOUR STORY BROWN
stone Murray Hill below Thirty ninth street; eabne
rim: cost IS 600; will take $4,000; possession.
T. j. DUNkIN 554 Third avenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

MEDICAL.


A NINE. RESTELL MIDWIFE, SINCE 1870 No
a. East Fifty second street. first door from Fifth avenue
NINE. MAXWELL, ia EAST TENTH STREET
N. gives medical advice to ladies and children gratis.
A DIR AND NINE GRINDLE CURE ALL COM
IL. paints 70 years practice l42 West Fortyeghth ST.
A DIR AND NINE. VAN Observation-Disclosures
n. No 1874 East 18th st. between Sd and Lexington avs
A DNICE FREE-DR. AND NINE BOTr CAN BE CON-
n suited conhdentiay No ~ West Thirteenth street.
CONSULT DIR. OR NINE. WEST-ALL COMPLAINTS
" cured advice free - Blocker street. near Broadway
TEANNIE WATERMAN DANF0RTH, TRANCE AND
magnetic physician, 100 West Fty-aixth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

+ COOKE, AUCTIONEER, SELLS MONDAY, SEP
81 TENDER g, at 10Y the story frame building ground
Feed at the Mott Haven dock
of the Moisania Steamboat Company Southern Boulevard
with the entire Stock GRAIN Feed and Hay; excellent
Horse Truck Harness. Scales Desk Fixtures, DC. DC
will sold in LOTS the sale of the building offers splendid
open business first class locality Sale
Or shine.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

comprising rosewood and walnut parlor Suits Bedsteads
Bureaus, Lounges Beds Bedding &C. will be sold wthous
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

TOAWNBKUkERSI SALES.
i BY FIELD General Auctoneer, salesroom 80 Bowery
Monday September g. by order Henry McAeenan Eighth
avenue, 600 lots Clothing
Tuesday September Z, by order A Goodman, 81 Centre
street 600 lots Diamonds and Jewelry.
Wednesday, September g. by order F. Nelson, Delaney
street, 600 lots Clothing
Thursday September g. by order D. De Long East Broad
way, 900 lots Clothing
Friday September 10 by order Hugh Freel Rose street,
GOO lots Climbing.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

TTOYT BRADLEY. AUCTIONEERS, 49, 100
IL Church street, will sell on Monday September g. at
Boots, Shoes and Brogans By order
of Eastern manufacturers Also Retail Stock at
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05
RoARnERs WANTEn.

I LARGE FRONT ROOM. WITH GOOD BOARD, TO
LEI 70 two gentlemen; terms - 40 each per week 100
Vest Nineteenth street, near Sixth avenue
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

f7 WEST THIRTY EIGHTH STREET BETWEEN
fth and sixth avenues-fo let newly and elegantly
furnished Floors with private table only; families making
arrangements Tor the will find uneNceptOnabe ac
house and location unsurpassed references
exchanged.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

+ SCULL, AUCTIONEER, WILL SELL MONDAY, AT
l.. Broome street. 10Y o'clock large assortment OF
c. c. and W. G. Ware in lots for pedlers spectators and
jobbers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

MORTGAGE SALE-J COOKE, AUCTI0NEER-
M Tuesday September at 101 A. NJ, at 1854 East S7th
street entire Stock Contents Tools Of the Horseshoeing Es
tablshment horseshoes FORCES Anvls, Yses Bel
lows Hammers &C. for three 6res stock of Iron Coal sale
positive in lots suit long lease Of premises low
JAMES Y. WHITE, Attorney Tor Mortgage
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

q NARICK PLACE. BETWEEN BLEECKER AND
Houston streets-Gentlemen find comfortable fur
nshed Rooms at moderate prices also Rooms for
light housekeeping
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
Pictures as StOry-TeiGe7s.

In a village i'm India recently it became
necessary in the course of some engineer
ing Opei atiOns to transport an enormous
mass of metal, weighing several hundred
tons, from one part of the town to another.
Ordinary means were out of the question::
and as the engineers found themselves I'M
able to devise any process, they did the
next best thing. and wrote to other engi-
neers in England who were constantly SUI
pervising such work. The latter. instead
of writing out nice large pages of fools
cap, beautifully embellished with Greek
letter formulas and red ink, quietly
waited until the next big piece of metal
which they had to transport offered ia
vOrable opportunity. Then they pre-
pared a camera, and photographed every
step of the operation, together with all
tools and appurtenances, and forward
ed the!prints from the negatives to India.
These the engineers i'm the far-Off country
followed, and with little difficulty accom-
plished their task. Another instance is
that of bridge, also to be constructed in
India but not yet completed. This work
involves the placing of very heavy
weights and certain difficulties incident
to the rapid changes of the level of the
water to be crossed. At the present time
just such another bridge is in process of
erection i'm London, and the assistance of
photography is again called in. As the
London bridge grows toward completion,
photographs are constantly made; and
so when the Indian engineers begin their
work, they will be in possession Of set
of guides of invaluable assistance to them.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
n GrdsshODDer StOTay.

One of the most credible stories is to
the effect that, few weeks ago, woman
dug up painful of dirt i'm which to plant
some flower-seed. She put the pan I'm
der the stove and went out to see a
neighbor. Upon her return, after an
hours absence she found seven thousand
bushels of grasshoppers generated by the
heat, literally eating her out of house and
home. They first attacked the green
shades on the windows, and then green
Irish servant girl, asleep in one of the
rooms, was the next victim, and not a
vestige of her was left. The stove and
stovepipe followed, and then the house
was torn down so they could get at the
chimney. Boards, joist, beams, plaster
ing, clothing, nails. hinges, door knobs,
plate, tinware, everything, in fact, the
house contained, was eaten up, and when
she arrived within mile of the place,
she saw two large grasshoppers sitting
up on end and playing mumble-peg with
with a carving knife for which should
have the cellar. The way matters leak
ed out was i'm a suit brought against the
insurance company, which refused to
pay the policy on the ground that the
building was not destroyed by fire; but
the court rendered a verdict for the
plaintiff, as she had proven that the
grasshoppers were generated by the fire
in the stOve.-St. Louis Globe.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
The SZNVe and his E3lepay.

A slave in one of the West India Islands
was noticed by his master, very carefully
watching over poor old broken-down
negro, who had been purchased with a
lot some days before. He shared his bed
with him; fed him at his own table; car
ried him into the sunshine when cold, and
into the shade when hot. His tenderness
led his master to suppose the old man was
some relative, and he inquired if he were
his father.
"NO, massa, twas the answer.
perhaps your uncle, or some other
relation?'
!" No massa, no relation not even
friend?"
.Why then, do you treat him so kind
ly?"
"He my enemy, massa," replied the
slave. He sold me to the slave dealer.
My Bible tells me, when my enemy
hunger, feed him; when he thirst, give
him drink"
The Fourth of July must have been a
dull day in New York and vicinity. In
the metropolis itself there were only
twenty-one cases of deadly assault, and
OF those but ten have terminated fatally.
Brooklyn furnishes beggarly score of
nine, mostly cases of manning, though
there are two in which the victims are
believed to beyond cure.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
James @. Blaine.

Several years ago a slab sided, awk-
ward printer boy, from Maine, found his
way to Washington i'm search of an
/" easy place." Tom Ewing was then Sec
rotary of the Interior. He was uncle of
our gawky place-hunter. To him the
yOungster naturally applied for assist
ance in getting the desired situation.
This was the encouraging answer he got
from Ewing: 81 will not get you place
in any of the departments. Moreover, if
you find place and 60 to work l will
use my influence to have you dismissed.
l want you to get out of Washington.
L am not going to have you made into a
limp and helpless nOnenity, if can help
it. Go anywhere else; go to the devil, if
you like, you shan't stay in Washing
tom" This inspiring counsel drove the
printer youth back to Maine again.
Had Ewing found him the desired place,
he would to-day be tying tape around
bundled documents, or sticking official
stamps Oh somebody else's letters, i'm
one of the departments, an inert human
routine machine. But the uncle's> sem
sible brusaueiiess was the nephew's sal
Walton. The name of that discouraged
applicant was James G. Blaine.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
JEFF. Davis and his EvI Fortunes.

A correspondence of the Waterman
and Reflector draws very melancholy
picture of jeff Davis present life and the
ill-fOrtune thathas logged him ever since
his downfall began. He came out of
the great struggle, says the writer, with
money enough to enable him to live com
fortably for his remaining days, but an
evil genius seems to have pursued him;
every investment was failure. He sought
employ ment and was made president of
a life insurance company; it endured his
administration for a year or two, and then
gave up the ghost. He bought stocks, but
always to sell at less than cost. And now
he is, or very soon will be. dependent upon
the charity of the people, many of whom
have an aversion for him. He would
rather work than lay himself under obliga-
tons even to his best friends, but he is
over 20 years old, and nobody cares to
give employment man whom bad luck
persistently follows. Indeed, he has but
few friends-nOne among the loyal people
and the friends of the "lost cause "
charge all their failures to his mismanage-
ment; so he lives with his wife, and quite
numerous family, in very quiet way,
avoiding publicity. He declined to deliver
the Decoration Day address at Memphis,
saying that he was directly interested and
that he might say something that he
would afterward be sorry for. His pun
ishment is indeed severer than if he had
been made martyr to the g lost cause e"
on the scaffOld.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
n NOUelty in SaGrveVi7sty.

The delicate chemical balance has been
added to the list of surveyors instru-
ments. By the aid of this instrument the
number of acres in an irregularly shaped
surface may be accurately computed.
The method by which this is applied is
simple enough. The plan of the
desired territory, having been first meas
ured and reduced by scale to paper, is
is then cut out and carefully weighed. A
pOrtiOnspf the same paper-that is, paper
of the same weight and thickness
then cut to size that will represent one
acre, and its weightrecOrded. By dividing
the weight of the paper that represents.
in outline, the whole section surveyed,
by the weight of that which represents
one acre. the quOtient represents the
of acres and fractions of an acre
in the whole. This way of measureing
surface gives less trouble, less calculation,
and less liability to error than any other
easy method.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
Odd Industries.

One Ofthe myriad singular industries
pursued by the ingenious Parisians is
that of fattening snails for the market.
That the demand for this article of diet is
large IS proved by the fact that great
number OF persons find profitable en-
ployment in furnishing an adequate sup
ply. Most small breeders who carry on
their business outside " the barriers y
OF Paris fatten the mOlluses in tanks, but
some prefer to keep the creatures i'm the
open air. The preserve in which snails are
fed is divided into eight or ten separate in
closures, each Ofwhich is surrounded by
line OF sawdust four inches broad, and
freshly laid each morning. This simple
hedge is an efiectual barrier to the pass
age of any Helix tempted to indulge
vagabond prOpensities and stray beyond
the boundaries of its allotted precincts.
Each daily consignment of snails is de-
posted in one of the parks or Enclosures,
and left to fast for As hours. After this
they are removed to another park, where
they are provided with an abundance of
food, consisting of cabbages, lettuce, en-
dives, thyme, and vine leaves. Purified
by their prolonged fast, the snails eat
with vsracity, and in eight OF ten DAYS
ARE fat enough to satisfy the eye and taste
of a Partisan epicure. The tax upon fat
ted snails is very small, but it is estimated
that, were the levy to be raised to one
quarter of that set upon oysters, and so
snails to be counted worth one dozen BIZ
valves, the revenue annually arising from
their consumption i'm Paris would
amount to 100000 francs.
1t is stated that diet of snails reduces
a mans flesh until he becomes a mere
skeleton. The edible snail of the Gold
Coast has shell three inches long by
two inches deep. From this he pro-
trudes pair of tentacles four inches in
length. These tentacles are the choice
part OF the animal. and are served whole
III that saVory compound called snail
soup.
Shrimp-fishing is also an extensive in
dustry in France, and is mostly pursued
by women, The shrimps are plentiful
on sandy shores, and the fishers wade
knee-deep into the sea, pushing before
them net in the form of a wide-monthed
bag sewed around hoop and fastened
to the end Of apOle by means of across
piece. A bag tied around the waist re-
ceives the animals as they are caught.
In winter the shrimp retires to deeper
water, and there captured in nets drawn
by boats. These nets are now made of
galvanized wire, which resists the action
OF the water and is a great improve
ment on Irvine. Shrimps are sometimes
left by the retiring tide in sandy pools,
and when alarmed will bury themselves
in the sand by deXterOus movement
of their fan like tail. In feeding, they
grasp their prey by the short, rake-like
appendages between the claws, and so OH
to the mouth. The choice between
shrimps and snailS as food is mere mat
ter of taste, Many persons who partake
of the one reject the other with lOath-
ing, but there seems, in fact, no reason
why both are not as clearly and whole
some as the oyster.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
N02y.

Now!-A grain of sand on boundless
plain. A tiny ripple Oh measureless
ocean. Over that ocean we are sailing;
but the only part OF it we possess is that
on which our vessel at this moment floats.
From the stern we look backwards and
watch the ships wake in the waters; but
how short distance it reaches, and how
soon every trace disappears. We see also
some landmarks farther Off, and then the
horizon closes the view; but beyond, that
ocean still rolls far, far away. Memory
cOntemplates the few years of our indi-
vidual life; history SHOWS us dim outline
of mountains; science tells us that still
farther back, out of sight, stretches the
vast sea; reason assures us that, like space,
it hath no boundaries; but all that we pos
sess is represented in this small word
Now! The past, for action, is ours no
longer. The future may never become
present; it is not ours until it does. The
only part of time we can use is this very
mOment-nOw!
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
Goodness of Gen. Lee.

The following anecdote is told by that
gallant and genial gentleman, Col. Kane.
On his way ON one occasion to visit Gen.
Lee, country gentlemen informed Col.
Kane that he had just sent fine sheep
to Gen. Lee. This was good news to
Col. Kane, who having been living long
time on bacon, was considerable refresh
ed by the prospect of dinner of fine
mutton. When the dinner came of
there was nothing but piece of bacon
and greens. corn bread, and some milk.
After while Col. Kane jocularly re-
marked to Gen. Lee that Mr.. - had
told him he had sent him sheep lately.
f" YES" replied Gen. Lee, sit was very
kind of him, and l am very much
obliged to him, indeed, and l sent it to
the hospital" Col. Kane afterwards
laughingly expressed the opinion to Gen.
Lee that the piece of bacon on the table
must be the same old piece that he dined
off when he was there before. Here is
an illustration of humanity, self-denial,
and Spartan simplicity.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17
Be Courteous.

1t costs no money. 1t involves no loss
of independence. 1t promotes the com
fort OF your fellOw-men. 1t is doing to
others as you would be done by. 1t is a
form of that brotherly kindness which
we owe to every one. It.prOmotes ones
sweetness of temper, and, if it demands
an effort, adds to ones moral strength.
Especially, be courteous if you are in a
position which is exasperating to the
temper. Giving away to evaporation will
do no good. On the other hand, if you
have point to carry, courtesy will help
carry it. There can be no diplomacy with
out courtesy, and diplomacy divides with
hard fighting the control of the world.
And last, though not least. there is
closer connection between being courte-
Gus and being civilized than most OF us
imagine.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17

"I'll bet / DON'T he retorted, as he
packed up his brushes. Do you know
what l carry in my pocket?"
No."
g Well, that's full of snuff. that pockc'
is, and I'd like to see a purieeeeman try
to arrest mel
I" My boy, I'd
"Oh gimme the scrip. They are lookin,
for the body of feller who fell into the
river last night, and want to be there
whom hos pulled out, SOS to see if he's
got his eyes open or shet
What Shall be done with my heather?
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-17

Al " The rQses in our path upspringing
"a We're Vf-d OF thorns TO x0ad MS by the way;
- QWeetest music on our senses ringing
0lyQ|nO discorstant Earring in its play;
- ~ lie d0ated like q peaceful river,
q U64TIng ue on waveless breast away,
<X1ud our hearts turn in love 10 the Great Givel
Drawing us higher heaven from day to day
oh, when the clouds above us loom the denses''
Folding their sivery lining from our s,sn anses.
Wnen Desms upon our numb, bewl!derr:sJh
No harbinger Of mornings welcome ~, ~ fondly
When friends, the dearly loved any
trusted. .;,o hli0bt
Turn coldly from us, and a T ,inn ieat6some
Coils round "ur heart-strngs
Cruel ~ pudi death and denser than the night
e.se no q, her frien.l hath lett us
Wnen dsversS mofher, hath forsaken quite,
Even lane re furn to Him who kept ms,
Cnastes"i ar * and devious ways unto the right,
- st.e dear Faith err Friend, forever near US,
rs s;tes the yanqushed sufferer in the fight;
Kinds up the bleeding wounds, benigniy cneers
To struggle onward, upward to the light.
NOT ,tting ,s i. that we should be floated =.
Too placidly adown LIES shining stream,
Our arms upon our bosOms idly folded
Our senses lulled in some bewlldered dream.
Purer are fer griel's baptihmal fountain,
Although its waters all too bitter seem,
And tho the cruel rockstour feet are woundtng
eThro' the deep waters shall We come mp clean: