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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
POREIGN.

1t appears from a compilation recently
made by an Edinburgh journal that one.sev.
enth of the land in the United Kingdom, eI-
Guiding that contained in the metropolis, is
held by five hundred and fity.four peers,snd
the aggregate OF the land so possessed is one.
twelfth OF that in the kingdom. One peer
has estates in each OF the great divisions ef
England, Ireland and Scotland, and more
than one.fourth have estates in two OF the
three divisions Nearly all those peers in.
cluded in the five hundred and f(ty-four
have respectable incomes, ana several have
upwards OF 81 l,00c,CN.
The Paris exhibition may not be held
after all. Paris tradesmen are by'no means
as anxious as they might be to have it take
place, for the reason that'those not already
well established and advertised, would have
to do the latter at great cost. One well
known firm on the Rue de Ia Paix, considers
that they lost $4,000 francs at the exhibition
in 1867. They sent several valuable and
beautiful specimens Of their work, which,
not being sold, had afterward to be remade,
audthe expense consequent thereon involved
the above loss.
The dispatches indicate that Russia ia
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

curacy which bestow exclusively upon
the poor Then you have a patrimony,
sir 2 said the bishop, Now, my lord.
You speak in riddles rejoned his lord.
ship; how do you contrivc TO live in
this manner?' My lord, | have con.
vent OF young damSels here, who do not
let me want anything How you
have convent? | did not know there
was one in this ncighborhood. This is
AL very strange, very unaccountable
Mr. Curte, You arc jocular, my lord.
But come, sir, entreat that you would
solve the enigma would fain sec the
convent So you shall, my lord, after
dinner and promise that your lordship
will be satisfied with my conduct Ac.
cordingly, when dinner was over, the
curats conducted the prelate TO large
inclosure, entirely occupied by bee.
hives, and pointing to the latter, OBJ
served, This, my lord, is the convent
which gave us dinner; it brings me in
about eighteen hundred livrcs a year,
upon which Z! live ve,y comfortably, and
with which | cOntrivc to entertain my
guests genteelly,' The surprise and
satisfaction Of the bishop may be i'm.
agined.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
EAST.

1t is said that the managers OF the
Forrest Home for actors, in Philadelphia,
have received but one application for ad-
mission this from an elderly lady in Maine.
Only sixty miles from the city of New
York farmers are feeding their fruit to their
live stock, there being no profit on it when
shipped to the metropolis.
Messrs. Tiffany & Co., of New York,
have removed from the main building at the
centennial exhibition almost their entire ex-
hibit of precious stone ornaments. They
comprzc a diamond necklace, pair OF soli-
taire earrings, peacock's feather contain
ing the celebrated Brunswick" straw.col.
ored diamond and over six hundred fine
white diamonds OF smaller size, and many
others, all Of which were valued at Sl47,sOO
They were removed it is said, on account OF
the obstruction in the passage ways in the
vicinity Of the exhibit by visitors Spurious to
gaze on so much value in so small space.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
Dull Boys.

Don't be discouraged. SLOW growth
is often sure growth. Some minds are
like Norwegian pines. They are slow in
growth, but they are striking their roots
deep. Some of the greatest men have
been dull boys. Dryden and Swift were
dull as boys. So was Goldsmith. So
was Gibbon. So was Sir Walter Scott.
Napoleon at school had so much diff
Guilty in learning his Latin that the
master said it would need gimlet to get
word into his head. Douglas ,Ierrold
was so backward in his boyhood that at
nine he was scarcely able to read.
Isaac Barrow, one OF the greatest
divines the Church Of England has ever
produced, was 50 impenetrably stupid in
his early years that his father more than
once said that if God took away any of
his children, he hoped it would be Isaac,
as he feared he would never he fit for
any thing in the world. Yet that boy
was tn, genius Of the family
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
The Bishop and the Bees.

We find the following good story in q
foreign journal: "a French bishop,
being about to make his annual vista
tiuu, sent word to certain rurate, whose
ecclesiastical benefce was EXTREMITY
trihing, that he meant to dine with him,
at the same time requesting that he
would not put himself to any eNtraordi.
nary expense. The curate promised to
attend to the bishops suggestion; but
he did not keep his word, for he provided
a most sumptuOus entertainment. His
lordship was much surprised, and could
not help censuriug the conduct of the Gu.
rate, observing that it was highly ridicu.
lous in a man whose circumstances were
so narrow, to launch out in such expense,
nay, almost to dissipate his annual in
come in single day. DO not be unea-
sy on that score, my lord, replied the
curate, for can assure YOU that what
You now see is not the prudence OF my
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
BE Social.

Men who isolate themselves from
society, and have no near and dear
family ties, are the most uncomfortable
of human beings. Byron says "happi,
ness was born of twins" but the phrase,
though pretty and poetic, does not 50
far enough. We are gregarious, and not
intended ts march through life either
single or double file. The man who cares
for nobody, and for whom nobody cares,
has nothing to live for that will pay for
the keeping of soul and body together.
You must have heap of embcrs to have
a glowing fire. Scatter them apart,
and they will become dim and cold. SO
to have a brisk, vigorous life, YOU must
have group of lives, to keep each other
warm, as it were, or afford each mutual
encouragement and confidence and sup
port, Ifyou wish to live the life OF Il
man and not Of fungus, he social, be
brotherly, be charitable, be sympathetic,
and labor earnestly for the good of your
kind.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
Telling one of the Mammoth Trees.

Bayard Taylor, in his interesting work
entitled Home and Abroad" thus de-
scribcs the telling of one Of the largest
specimens of the Sierra Nevada
"After a steady labor Of six weeks the
thing was done, but the tree stood un.
moved; so straight and symmetrical was
its growth, so immense was its weight,
and so broad its base, that it seemed un-
conscious of its own inhabitation, toss.
Ing ITS outer branches derisively against
the mountain wind that strovc to over
throwit. A neighboring pine of giant
size was then selected and felledin such a
way as to fall with full force against it,.
The top shook a little, but the shaft
stood as before; finally the spoilers sue
ceeded in driving their wedge into the
cut. Gradually, and with great labor,
one side of the tree was lifted the
mighty mass poised for moment, and
then, with a great rushing sigh in all its
boughs, thundered down. The forest
was ground to dust beneath it, and for
mile around the earth shook with the
cOncussi)n.'
The mere telling OF it cost, at Caliior-
MIA prices for wages, the sum of $3.50.
The smooth top of the stump of the tree
which Mr.. Taylor saw fall is floor nine.
ty feet round.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
Testing the Sense of Touch.
Bcrn,tcIn's Five Senses Of Man.

For this experiment two persons are
required, one of whom tests the sense OF
touch of the other, For this purpose a
pair OF cOmpasses is taken, whose points,
somewhat blunted, are placed at a Ger.
tain distance from each other on a part
of the skin OF the other person. The lat.
ter must then say, with closed eyes,
whether he feels the contact of two sep.
aratc points, or whether both seem to be
merged into one. The result of this cx.
pertinent upon the less sensitive parts OF
the skin is very surprising, If the points
are placed on the forearm in the direction
of its length at the distance Of l,5S inch
the sensation is double one, but 30 soon
as the distance is reduced to LIS inch
the contact is felt as single point, and
the person experimental on feels consid-
cradle surprised on opening hiseycs when
he sees that two points have been
touched instead of one. The lip Of the
tongue is found to be the most sensitive,
the two points being cxtinguished when
only 1884 of an inch apart. lfthe points
of the compass be placed on the cheek
near the ear, 80 that both can be clearly
distinguished, and then brought slowly
over the skin to the lips, "A sensation is
experienced as though the points were
being separated from each other. The
skin of the back has the dullest sense of
touch, since when the points are at n
distance of 2,36 they are still perceived
as a single touch. 1t is quite astonish-
ing how greatly he distance between the
two points must be increased on the back
before we are clearly conscious Of a
double impression. Weber explains
these facts by assuming that the termi-
nal limits OF a nerve fibre are much
smaller than sensory circles, 80 that the
latter always contain great number OF
isolated nerve fbres. If two terminal
limits are excited, and if certain num-
Der of isolated iibres llncxcited lie be-
tween them, the impression is only a
single one. A curions illusion of touch
is seen when the first and second fingers
and a pea is picked up between them in
this unnatural poison, The impression
is particularly strong that the hand
is holding two peas, and tine illusion
is especially powerful when the pea is
rolled back and forth between the fin ,crs
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
The Centennial Award a Humbug.

When the centennial exhibition started
we heard great deal about the patent
American system OF awards for excellence
to bc adopted at Philadelphia. This
system was the product of the inventive
brains of the officers Of the centennial
commission, headed by director general
Goshorn, assisted by that eminent stats.
tician, Gen. i. A. Walker
This system has now been tried, with
results not altogether satisfactory to the
exhibitors or the public indeed with
results absolutely disgraceiul. The
chief popularity Of the system is that the
awards are not made by the Judges ap-
pointed to examine and discriminate be-
tween the articles exhibited, but 10y II
few Of the officers of the commission
themselves. Another popularity is that
there is no grading in the awards, no first
or second prizes. no honorable mention
no different sorts of medals; but all are
on par. The consequence has bcon
that the Judges seeing there was no use
in doing it, have exercised little nice
discrimination. They had no encourage
mcnt to weigh carefully and accurately
the comparative merits of the different
exhibits. Therefore the awards were
scattered right and left with a confusion
that turned the whole business into n
laughing stock. The exhibitors fail to
prize their medals and no incentive to
improvement has been offered. They are
all in lump together
Another thing: the centennial COM
missiOners were not bound to give the
awards AS recommended by the Judges.
They did AS they pleased about it. II
they didn't wish to give man medal,
he didn't get it; if they did, he got it,
If they wished to give an exhibitor three
medals, two of them on his own report
as Judge, they did it. even in spite OF
protest
The exhibition, therefore, in its awards,
has done nothing to stimulate COMPETE
tion and encourage excellence. The
whole thing has been made perfectly
ridiculous at Philadelphia,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

A WIDOW in Poughkeepsie has OBJ
tained damages, under the civil damage
law, from liquor seller at whose bar
her husband became drunk five times
lust before dying of congestion of the
brain. The jury gave her $500 instead
Of the $4,000 she sued for, as he was a
rather poor specimen of husband. The
civil damage law is theoretically per-
feet law, and ought to be enforced a
good deal oftener than it is. Temper.
ance rocieties, instead Of wasting their
breath in singing and exhorting, could
do much practical good by finding cases
in which families have been ruined by
liquor dealers and then "going' for
damages.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
A LESSON IN TRUSTING.

My friend went over the sea one day
My thoughts were iull 0i the sadltst tales
u sudden storms In the little hay,
Ol roaring tnmpcsts and rushing gales
] could not look at the smiling sea
But thought of an cnemy's fair false face,
ANA all the summer II seemed 10 mo
cruel thing, and devoid Of grace,
But prayed TO the God Of the sea and land
To Keep my friend from its hurtiul might,
To care for the little sailor Oand,
Nor cnce forget II by day or night,
loi feared TO trust him thought my love
Was more than his and slrove aud prayed
with strong Wild words to God above,
And all the time was sore afraid,
lie was not angry, He bore with me-
10 patient is he in tenderness;
lie kept my friend on the far % sea
lie showed us both how the lord could bless,
And think when zoe the faces sad
those who are anxious add full OF rare,
II they trusted the Lord he would make them ga
For ne loves TO answer his Childrens prayer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

LlEUTENANT-CoLoEEL JoBN New.
Ton, who has had charge of the He'll
Gate improvements, is a native of Vir'
ginia, and was graduated at West Point
in lSi2. He was second in his class, en-
tered the engineer corps and was assistant
engineer in the construction of Fort
Warren in 1916. He constructed the
defense Of Washington, and took an ac.
tive part in the battles of South Noun.
tain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gcttys-
burg, seigo of Atlanta, etc.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
Cause of the Yellow Fever in Savannah,

savannah News.
DR.. White thinks that the present cpl
demlc is different in very many essentials
from yellow fever, AS that fever has here
totore come under his medical observa-
tion. That it is mixed largely with the
type of maIarial fever, and assimilates
to what was known years ago in Charles
ton as the neck fever He is satisfied
that the ordinary treatment for the vel
low fever cannot be pursued with effect
IN the fever now ravaging our city, and
that the good result following the qui-
nine treatment pursed generally by the
profession indicates that malaria enters
largely into the diagnosis of the disease.
The doctor, alluding to the sanitary con-
dition Of Savannah, said that he found the
city properremarkably clean, nothing ap.
parently presenting itself to account for
the toxic poison by which the city was
enyeloped. That the source of this poi
son wasnot found in the Springfield plan
tation, on the western part of the city,
but that from an examination of Biblo's
canal he was satisfied that that was the
reservoir of the poison which had deyas-
tated our city. II was in very foul
condition-thc numerous bars formed by
the action Of tide and water created SO
many reservoirs, as it were, for the poi
son; heextreme hot weatherexpericnced
in July and August had acted as a gen.
orator, and the east winds had scattered
the poison to every part Of the city. Dr.
White thinks it would be suicidal policy
to disturb one spadeful OF earth at the
present time, and was very emphatic in
the condemnation of any measure which
looked for relief from the influence of
the toxic poison by attempting to clean
out the canal. He is satisfied that it
would result most disastrous!v.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
Indian Sweating Treatment.
Letter TO Detroit Free P.es'.

While coming down the Rosebud,
through the deserted Sioux villages,
noticed the remains of great many
sweat or medicine tepccs, or lodges,
which shows that the Sioux must have
had great many wounded in the Rose
bud and Little Horn battles. Their
treatment for sickness or wounds con
sists almost entirely in the sweating
process, very much like our modern
Turkish baths. The sweating treatment
is performed by placing the patent-no
matter what the disease may be--under
small wickerwork frame, covered al
most air-tight with skins. Hot stones
taken from fire near at hand are then
passed into the patient, ,Iwho places them
in small hole in the ground in the
centre Of the sweat-house, or tepce. A
pail of water is then passed in and poured
on the almost red hot stones. From
this an almost suffocating hot steam
arises, which soon produces pro!use
perspiration. The patient is then taken
out and plunged in the cold running
stream near at hand, or in winter rolled
in snow bank, tho patient all the time
being in nude condition. This treat.
mcnt is, of course, as a rule fatal in
SMALLPOX or levers. 1t may be termed
heroic
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

TRuEhappincss is of retired nature
and an enemy to pomp and noise; it
arises, in the first place, from the enjoy.
ment OF ones self, and in the next, from
the conversation and friendship of few
select companions. False happiness
loves to be in a crowd, and To draw the
eye of the world upon her. She does not
receive any satisfaction from the applause
which ihe gives herself, but from the ad.
miration which she raises in Others.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

A curious feature of she health of the
city is found in the fact that, although
the colored population is within thou
sand or two OF the white, only one hun
dred and fiity-four negroes have died
during September, or little over one.
9TH Of the whole number Of deaths,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

Mr.. EzEKIELs colossal statue OF Re
ligious liberty" is nearly finish, and
will soon be shipped from Rome to the
United States. 1t was ordered by the
Jewish order of B'nai Birth for present
alton to our government as a centennial
offering in commemOration of American
tolerance. Its principal figure is fe-
male nearly eleven feet in height, repre-
senting America, clothed in simple and
classic costume, and bearing upon her
breast shield with the stars and stripes
in relief. Her left hand rests upon
bundle Of tightly bound rods, suggestive
Of the union of the states, the scrolls of
the constitution, and a wreath of laurel.
The right arm is extended forward in
forbidding gesture, as if commanding no
approach from aught that would in
fringe upon the liberty of her people.
On the right, and partially sheltered by
America, stands nude boy, symbolic
ing faith, with his head and one hand
lifted appeslingly to heaven, while the
other sustains vessel in which is shown
the undying fame of religion. On the
other side, and at the feet Of the central
figure, is an eagle with talons buried in
the neck of a monster serpent, Intoler-
ance, whose body is coiled partially
around the bundle of rods, and extends to
the rear Of the group, finally protruding
from beneath the flowing garment of
America. italian journals speak of it in
terms Of the highest praise.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

NATuRALIsTs of the Meteorological
society Of Scotland noticed last year that
hcrrings In fresh water rose to the sur
face only when the temperature had fal-
len below twelve degrees Reaumur,
Fishermen now, when they do not find
the fish near the surface, drop their ther-
mometers until they fall to the required
point, and lower their nets in accord
ancc with great success.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
The Mortality Of Savannah During
September.

During the month of September the
number of deaths in Savannah from all
causes was seven hundred and thirty
five. OF these five hundred and thirty.
eight were caused by yellow fever. The
number of deaths caused each day by
the infection was as follows:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

THERE are about seventy-fve religious
newspapers in this country, having a
united circulation of some 100000. The
Catholic papers have more than one.third
of this, the Irish World and Boston
Pilot printing as many as any four other
religious weeklies There are four OBJ
servers, six Christian Advocates, four
Presbyterians, three Churchman's, two
Registers, two Watchmans, and one Tele-
scope. The Hebrew papers are rs a
year and have a total circulation OF
$4,000; the other papers range from
SO. 50 10 81.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26

THE American tour bids fair before
long TO be as fashionable with Europeans
as the European tour with Americans.
Hotel-kccpers no longer look with speech
less awe at an aristocratc autograph on
their register, but call bell boy to take
his lordship's valise up to eighty-three
with the same magnificent indifference as
if he were Mr.. Smith of Mr.. Jones' Dur
ing this centennial year earls are in fair
supply, and continental counts and bar
ons are too common for notice.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
To What Base Uses.

The practice Of using the portrait Of
the papa of his country to embellish all
manner of business signs has very de.
cided tendency to lower that great and
good man in the estimation of the rising
generation. A prominent music dealer
Of this city, who lives on Columbia street
purchased very fine steel engraving o.
&. W. and hung it in his parlor, and
when the youngest hope of the family
came home from school he was told that
they had new picture. The boys eyes
frightened with anticipation and pleas
ure, but when they led him To see the
treasure his face was clouded with dis
appointment and disgust. "lIol' he
exclaimed mindful of the pictorial sign
Of the establishment which furnished the
table with its fleshy viands. "Hoh! old
meat market picture" The moral is
obvious
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
TIMELY TOPICS.

The manufacture of iron in the west
lis rapidly increasing in amount, In
Chicago alone there are two of the ten
Bessemer steel works in the United
States, and these made $4,000 tons Of
the 29l 900 tons Of the Bessemer-steel
rails manufactured in this country last
year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-26
THE UTES.
General Uprising Feared In the
hOuthwest.

General Uprising Feared In the
Southwest.
A special from IaveAworth TO the ST..
Louis Globe.DemOcrat says reports re-.
cciyed there indicate that there are fears
of a gelpral uprising among the Ute In
dians in Colorado, as the warriors of that
tribe have been for some time in q Goubt.
iul attitude, and some fear of an out.
break has been felt in New Mexico. The
Indians Of that section have made scv.
eral warIike demonstrations and have
collided with the United States troops
more than once. From information re-
celyed from New Mexico, ii is extremely
probable that the Indians will indulge
in general insurrection as soon az %.
porlunity offers, as they are without
DOUBT one OF the most trcachcrous tribes
ON the continent. Sheriff Richard Coles,
OF LaPlatte county, telegraphs from
parrott City to Gov, Routt, asking for
assistance, saying that the ties
number fully two thousand and are
about to make raid. Col. Hatch, com.
manding the New Mexico district, also
tclegraphs to Gov. Routt from Santa Fc,
saying that if he 80 authorized him he
would issue arms'to the citizens, as the
inhabitants of Lapatte, Las Animasand
Farrott City were afraid of an immediate
outbreak. Coy, Routt tclegraphcd Gen.
iope at Fort Lcavenworth, informing
him of the state of affairs, and asking
him to authorize Col. Hatch to issue
arms to the citizens, but received reply
to the effect that only the president could
authorize him to do so, Gen. Pope stated,
however, that Col. Hatch had enough
troops at forts Union, Wingate and Gar.
land to suppress the outbreak should
any occur. This is the way the matter
stands at present.