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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

We publish on our eighth page a lengthy
article describing the system of the noted
specialist, DIR. r. V. Pierce, OF Buffalo, N. Y.
in which he sets forth with considerable force
and clearncss his reasons for devoting his
whole time and attention to q single depart
ment of medicine-the treatment of lingering
chronic diseases. The same article also taxes
up the subjects Of diagnosis, methods Of con
sultatiOn and treatment, etc., and will be
found to contain many valuable hints to the
invalid. DIR. Pierce is the author Of a work
which has already attained a large %circula,
tion-"The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser" containing some nine hundred
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pages, and devoted to
medicine in all its branches, a work well cal.
culated for the guidance and instruction OF
the people at large, and which may be had
for $3.50 postpaid by addressing the author.
DR.. Pierce has now been before the general
public long enough to enable the formation
Of a careful estimate of the efficiency of his
treatment and his medicines, and the yer.
dict, We are glad to know, has been univer.
sally favorably to both.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
The Trade Winds.

The earth turns on its axis from west
to east, and with it rotatos daily the enor-
nous envelope of the atmosphere. The
velocity of rotation at the equator is
something over one thousand miles an
hour at thirty degrees distance it is
about one hundred and fifty miles IN
hour less. In higher attitudes it is still
less and at the poles nothing.
Therefore, whenever the air moves
north or south on the surfaceof the earth,
it will carry with it less or greater veloc-
ity of rotation than the places it passes
over, and will turn it into an easterly
or westerly wind, according as it up.
proachesor recedcs from the equator. In
the region Of the suns greatest heat, the
air, raretied and lightened, is continually
rising, and cooler currents come in on
both sides to take the place of the as
cending volume. Asthese t~rade-currcnts
come from a distance of about thirty de-
grees from the equator, they have, at
starting, an eastward velocity many
miles an hour less than the qualities
they will eventually reach. Con
s%equently they will appear to lag be-
hind in all the course Of their progress to
the equator-that is, they will have
a westerly motion united with their
north and south movements. These are
the great trade winds, blowing constantly
from the northeast on this side and the
southeast on the other side of the equa-
tor
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

There exists in many minds 4 wrong
theory as to the object Of spiritual cul-
ture. II IL thought necessary by many
to make some provision for the life of the
sOdl, but that ought not to interfere
with the interests Of temporal life. 1t is
supposed to be wise economy to make
lust enough provision for the future life,
either now or before the great transit, to
make it sure. And there il danger that
many new converts will eventually rest
upon the dclusion that religion is a
necessary thing to have against the cX-
i%gencies of future life. But it is not the
object of spiritual culture simply to save
the soul or to avoid penalty. 1t is the
true object of spiritual culture to build
up character along the line of the highest
faculties OF human nature, TO build up
sainthood.
1t should be the aim of the new o n
vert placing himself amid the ordinances
and worship of the church, not simply
to seek n place of safety and quiet enjoy
mcnt, but, by earnest e%ndcavor, to build
up spiritual character. The work has
lust begun. The simple act Of matri.
culation does not impart all the knowl'
edge of the collegiate course. The new
convert is II disciple in Christ's school
There are many doctrines which he does
not understand, and many phases OF
christian experience to which he is a
stranger, and if he has no humility to
begin with the alphabet, he can never
attain unto the stature of Christ.
There is a surprising beauty of chris.
tian character, of which many professors
of religion know nothing. They know
nothing of that sweetness of disposition
which can only be attained by long dis
ciple and after many failures. They
know nothing of religion, as Jonathan
Edwards defines it, namely, "a love of
divine things for the beauty and sweet
ness of their moral excellence" Who
can portray the graccs of sainth0od /!
They shine in the face OF our King, but
we see the beauty afar off. The train of
virtues passes by and we catch the sweet
sound of their going and see a glimpse of
the brightness, but how few of US join
their company. The Apostle Paul, after
having given the dark catalogue Of the
works Of the flesh, says, "but the frui:
of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suf-
fering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meek
ness, temperance"
That is the object of the christian ace.
Religion dwells mainly with the DISPOSE
tions; it aims to build up "beauty and
sweetness" That is n life. work, and can
not he accomplished by the passivity OF
ono who simply feels comfortable, and
hopes to escape the fire and gain the
reward.
The young convert by this lifelong
| culture comes into heaven with faculties
| suited to that sphere OF being. Heaven
is not merely an asylum for beings who
have failed upon the earth; it is the
home of souls brought by training into a
state of "beauty and sweetness" In
dying we go to our own company and to
onr avn place,-ReU A. H. H1NOrdu.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
Captain Lays Submarine Torpedo.

Capt. Lays Internal machine, which is
now being experimental with at Wash
%ington, ii it does half that is promised for
it, will practically make an end of naval
warfare, for no armor nor guns would
avail against it, and it would destroyany
vessel that could be set aflOat before a
single shot could be fired. 1t consists OF
n small submarine, ciGnr.sharcd craft,
propelled by chemical engines, and
steered by a telegraphic apparatus COM
municating with the shore or small feet
crafts from the machine is launched.
1t carries a barrel and a half of dynamite
enough when exploded under the larg-
est iron.clad to blow her to atoms, and
the dynamite also is exploded by cleo
trical current transmitted through a
wire connecting with the shore or vessel
from which the machine is launched
All that is needed to sink the most for
midable navy afoat is a fleet tug or two
equipped with, say, a dozen of these ma.
chimes, which could be launched be ore
the tug got within range of the vessel to
be destroyed, and propelling themselves
under water with almostincredible speed
could be steered by the telegraphic
apparatus directly underline hostile ships
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
The Gloomy Tobacco Prospect.

Our inquiries among the tobacco plan
tcrs Yesterday seems to strengthen the
belief that there wilt not be one third Of
a crop planted in II state this season.
We now have reports from s"vcnty-twO
farms lying in the first tobacco districts
of the state. Upon these sevcnty.twO
farms one thousand six hundred and
eighty-one acres were set apart in the
spring for tobacco. OF these only one
hundred and six have been planted.
| With continued good season from this
| time until the first OF July there is a bare
possibility, according to the aggregated
reports, that three hundred and eighty
five additional will be set out. The
| chances are always against securing n
| stand after the fifteenth of June. This
year it will be especially difficult owing
to the smalIneSs Of the plants and their
! exceeding tenderness. The roots, too,
are small. most of the plant beds on
which tho farmers rely having been
sown in April. Add to all this the
d%eprcdations of the grasshoppers which
have appeared in places like a dcvouring
army-they have never been worse.
The tobacco which has been set out is
being rapidly thinncd by these dcstruc-
tive pests. One planter informs us that
it required three thousand plants to re-
plant a piece of land upon which four
thousand were set, showing that of those
which were set three-fourths were de.
stroycd. Many Others report the de-
| structi0n from this source Mt One.half.
To sum up the results from the figures
which we have collected:
OF the crop intended to he planted
only one siXtccnth, or one hudred and
six acres of one thousand six hundred
and eighty one have been set out.
It all should live and escape d~cstruc-
ton from grasshoppcrS and bugs that it
il profitable to plant up to the first of
July, there will he only a little over one.
| f0ruth ola crop planted, or four hundred
| anil ninety one and n half acres of the
one thousand six hundred and cighty.onc
set apart for tobacco.
In one region in Montgomery county
famous for growing tobacco, which con
tains over one hundred square miles, a
highly intelligent planter and dealer es-
]tiEatrs that there cannot be more than
rnc.cighth of n crop raised under any
circumstances.
We have been at some pains to collect
these figures and believe them to be as
nearly correct AZ any facts upon which
we rely in commercial or speculative
transactions.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
CURRENT OPINION.

KENTUCKY will give the nominee Of
the st, Louis convention n big vote.
The democracy will pan out well this
centennial ar.-OUensb0r0 Mied.
THE public of the present day are n
great deal more interested in tho doingS
and misdoings Of Mr.. Chambers predo-
ccsa0r, Mr.. Columbus Dclano, and his
hangcrs.on, than they are with those OF
Thompson or any other Of the Office
holders Of the ante. bellum days.-PhH-
adelphia Telegraph,
THEY have caught Bristow at last,
lie ran away from II shell ut Fort Donel-
son, instead of calmly cEsping it TO his
bosom and going to glory, AZ Mr., Blaine,
or Mr.. Morton, or Mr.. Conkling would
have done. 1t il the usual custom, we
understand, for soldiers to gather about
A live she'll and watch the development
of it, Interior Phladclphia Item.
THE only ring that stuGs ballot'boxeS
which is still in existence il the rePubIi-
can RINK in Philadelphia Tho democracy
NAV carry Pennsylvania, and they VIII
certainly bend every effort to do 20, bGt
they will have against them all the ma
chincry Of Il ring that is "a corrupt ~ II
il venerable. The Keystone state fol
the coming campaign tor II party, ~
well M the other, il the great state .
New York. Albany argus,
THE unhappy editor Of the DanyiII'
(Va) News paroxysmaIIy exclaims
I nt,l al unt tram md maria pFDs1 raj
mongrcIizod, degraded, debascd. Tn
progeny Of African cannibals swarmini
IN the legislatures Of ten noble states
filling the sheriHaltics, magistrates an
clcrkships gIittcring in the toggery q
Lieutenant governors and secretaries G
state %Nrinning in the ermine of suprem
Judges and picking their fangs in tn
chairs Of United States congressman an
senators. Honor, prestige, character
frccdom-whcre are theyY"
THE fact that there are republican
who believe that there is Il pOssibilit
' that Blaine suppressed parts Of the lei
T ters which he read to the house on MOI
day, is not a very lattcring evidence {
esteem for him rs an honorable maj
, The New York Times Washington di
Patcl' IN referring 10 tne rcau,ns VI o w
letlar'' snow" WhH' SusP,c'P"I , INV" "a not Gco
f eHc,'en III inc ~" I Lnn !
/ VhaI In nole 81 nlS s'I'e c hto. 1 =" an =
pers0n. He always stated that he ha
, teau IhcHl 70 40 n'a 49, 40 i uo,, Wv, mo'
o Two IrIcnu' tno 'Is' ni5". '. H. oon
, III ms Po'ScsSi'i' nc 7"'u " ~ t"'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
How ParIsiennes Dress.

".John Paul" is astOnished and dis
gusted hat the French men dress 80
stability and tastelessly. But he sees
quite the other thing in the women &:
Compelled by the prejudices of society
to wear some clothes, the Parisienne
considers the lillies-the roses-on her
cheeks '(if there he none there, remedies
the omission, delicately, not obtrusively)
and adopts the style of dress which is
most becoming to the figure that God
has given her, the color most becoming
to the complexion which-she generally
regulates for herself. Not for the world
could you persuade the French woman
overmuch given to embonpointintoa pin.
back which should bring the drawback of
her figure too prominently forward. As
for following any fashion implicitly, this
she will not do. That folly is left for the
fair of my native land, who, so far as
can see, enjoy a monopoly of it. For
the Englishwoman follows nothing, but
dresses herself by accident with some
reference to the price of consols and the
state of the dry goods market,) putting
on the first thing that comes handy, and
stopping around in it with supreme self
satisfaction.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
American Officers in Asia.

Gen. Sherman has just received a very
interesting letter from Gen. Emory. Up
ton, who, with Gen. Forsyth, the militia
ry secretary of Lisut,-Gen. Sheridan, are
now travelling on leave "%beyond the
snas." The letter is dated at Tiflis, Asia,
the headquarters Of the Russian Domln,
ions in the east. This is a powerful
stronghold in the Caucasus mountains,
midway between the Black and Caspian
seas. Here the two American officers
dined with the grand duke Michael, the
viceroy, at his palace. The grand duke,
the grand duchess, and their daughter,
all desired to be remembered to Gen.
Sherman, who had partaken of their nos
FATALITIES on his tour, and sent several
messages to him. Gen. Upton gives an
interesting description of his voyage,
from Bombay via the Persian gull, md
his 8 ay at Teherau, the capital OF Persia
lie and Gen. Forsyth remained at Iehe-
ran for ten days by the express request
of the shah. The shah gave them q mag
u%iticent entertainment at his palace, and
invited them to u review of his army.
The evolutions were performed in four
ranks, similar to 'Upton's tactics. Gen.
Upton says the maneuvers reminded him
very much of one of our old-faslloned
militia musters.
The shah asked them n great many
questions about the institutions OF the
United States, its manufactures, agricul,
tural resources, machinery, etc, and
showed an acquaintance with our affairs
which surprised them. He evinced the
most interest in asking about American
arms, of which he said he had heard a
great deal from military men during his
visit to Europe, lie said he would like
to have some Gatlin guns and brecch,
loading rifles for his army, and asked
| Gen. Upton to write to some OF the prln.
| ciple American arms manufacturers and
get them to send him price lists. The
shah also expressed a great desire to open
diplomatic relations with the United
| States, and asked the officers to write to
their government his request that an
envoy should be sent to his capital
Baltimore Sun.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

s%issippi river at tho National cemetery,
by means of n breakwater at Yazoo, by
cleaning and deepening the bayou, and
by the cutting of a canal from the south
crn end Of the lake to the Mississippi
The effect Of the plan proposed will be to
keep open II channel in the Mississippi
from the National cemetery along the
river border of the whole city and
should thi, be practicable, the Dangerous
influences OF the cutoff will not only BIZ
avoided, but we should be brought int
closer and more direct communication
with the rich and populous Yazoo basin
upon which V~icksburg mainly relies FOL
her support"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
~, ssaEpARDace. agg VIBRATOR.

THE ENORMOUS WAsTAGE Of grain, 80 fneriiaois
piLh other STILES of Threshers, can BIO SAVED by this,
Improved Machine, sufficient, on. every job, 10 more hal.
pay all expenses Of t~hrcshing.
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN ard
Ike seeds arc threshed, separated, cleaned and save
% easily and perfectly as Wheat, Oats, Ryc or Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for grain ana
seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness.
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875, these were aubstsr-,
TALLY the ONLY MACHINES hatcould run with profit
or economy, doing fast, thorough and perfect vorSr
| pken others utterly failed.
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wasting comTiscs.
tons, such % ENDLESS Aprons" "HIaddles," "BeaterS,'
"Plckers,n etc., are entirely dispensed trahi less than
| one-half tho usual Gears, Belts, Boxes, and Journals;
castor managed; more durable; light running no cost
ly repairs; no dust; NJ" ntterings" TO clean up NOT
| troubled by adverse winds, rain or storms.
FARMERS and GRAIN RAIsERs who are Hoael
n the large saving made by 1t will not employ lElee
L. and wastefni machines, but VIII insist on this
itM adThresher doing their work.
gnyrp ives made for q, 8, 10 and - Horse
FoUh - O speciality OF SEpARAToRs, designed
fowers rno.r, sly YoR STEAM POWER.
anu Two Tln' sTYLEs OF 2,RsB POWERS, VIZ; our I'm,
.-aa,msS sTrinio Gear" ant our spur speed ("ooa'
prove, v,a, 10th "Mounted "en four wheels.
~ INTERESTED in THREE hing or q Strain ~. Rs saa
avis IN our nearest Dealer, or wI'e u ~ " - ST.
IA SSircular isent freo), giving IL II po'''u'ai' VI ''|o'
''' Ticho,s, Shepard Do Co.,
RATTLE GREEK, MICH
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
SIIEAyES.


All day tho roppcr, on the hill
Have plirl their task with sturdy Will
nat nov tho field Is void and stiili
Amt, wandering llIlhor, I have found
Ihc headed spears In shea Gr we'll bound,
And Stacked In many a golden mound
And white cool evening tuaNoly grows,
And O'rr the sunset dying fUsr
The hf,i great white star lhfohs ana gloNh'
And from the clcm cast, rel n glare.
The ascendant harvest moan nDhlA lMT
Through dreamy dccps N purple All,
And In among tho 'lNHted shoaycs
A tender light ~ glamour wcaycs,
A lovely light that lures, decciyCs-
Then ,wayrl by faucy'A dear command,
Amid tho past seem Ia stand,
In hallpwrl Bclhlchcm's hRfyCSt-lanll
And through tho dim field, vaFuo-dcHcrlr1,
A h0mcwAfi bot NJ shadows glide,
And slcklrs CLEAN on every size,
Shaduvsof mau nnl msid ! trace,
with shapes NJ strength and shapes u grace
Yet yllr but on u single lace"
A candid hruw, slll smroth with youth
A Tranquil smile a mlon 81 truth
Tho patient, allr,ryrl CLEANER I'uth'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
Results OF the Yicksburg Cut.OE.

The cutoff at Vicksburg has greatly
alarmed the citizens. The Vickshurg
Herald admits that the river il gone, and
that the only hope for a current past the
city is in changing the channel of the
Yazoo river, so as to bring it through
Chickasaw bayou, and thence by canal in
front of the city TO the Mississippi. The
Herald thinks this can be accomplished
alta cost of about 5000, 600, and adds:
"The main volume of the Yazoe could
be diverted through the bayou, thence
into Fish lake, and finally into the Mis-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29
MANUFACTURER ALL KINDS or TABLE CUTI
For tho Next Half Year.

WILHoFT's ToNIol-A SAFE, SURE
Avn ScIENTIFIC CURg!-The unprecedented
snie If his world.renowned medicine proves
;nnoHtestably that no remedy has superseded
he nae Of this reliable Tonic. No. spleen has
t bes, found so hard as not to yield to its
s 0err influence, and no liver so hyper;
,uonh lad as not to give up its long.retained
t bil|ous secretions, and no Chill or Fever ha,
vat reiused to fall into line. G.. X. flNLAf
& CO., Proprietors, New Orleans.
ron SALE ny ALI DRUGGISTS.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

and exploded by an electric park to de-
stroy them. Should the machine prove
enual to this when it gets into use,
as shortly it would among all nations,
naval battles would no more be thought
Of than battles in balloons Chicago
IriLnnc.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

If Johnson's AnOdyne Linimcnt is
half as valuable as people say it is, no family
should be without it. Certainly no person,
be he lawyer, doctor, minister, or Of any other
profession, should Start on a journey without
il. No sailor, fisherman, or woodsman should
be without it. In fact, 1t is needed wherever
there is an ache, sPrain, cut, bruise, cough or
cold.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

Chapped hands, face, pimplea, ring,
worm, saltrheum, and other c utaneous afec.
tons cured and rough skin made soft and
smoth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. BE care.
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard
& Co, New York, as there are many imita-
tons made with common tir, all of which
are worthless.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

FARMERS and Horse Men are con-
~tinually inquiring what we know oil the ntll'
ity of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders
and in reply, we would say, through inc
columns OF this paper, that we have heefa
from hundreds who have used them WIN
gratifying results; that is also our experience
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

Of good from its application. The crop
that receives the most benefit from the
use Of GYPSUM Is our common red clover
I'm rcprated instances IL has been known
To increase the crop to the extent OF a
ton pcr acre. The i%ayOrite method Of
applying IL il to row IL broadcast over
the leaves whom the plants are one or
two inches high in the spring, A nun
drcd pounds to tho acre IL sufficient II
should be sOwn on a calm day when the
leaves Of the clover are wet.-Ch'cdyo
Times,
Melon CuIturc.
The main part il the after culture
Thi. IL where W many fail with melons
am speaking Of watcrmelons, OF course
/ begin ~ouItiyating ~ soon AZ the plants
show the third leaf, by breaking and re,
moving any crust that may have formed
ON the hills, az well Ms To take all the
hard crust from around the plants with
the fingers ~ deep rs the plants vii bear
/ then dig up the hill deeply ana prop
fresh earth around the plants. DO lhi'
m often IN every ten days, and ollencf II
il rains and packs the ground. Pl0"
dccp between the rows once n week, and
Az close to the yinOs ~ you can. Con
,iuue this culture until the vines are
beginning to run. Then give them {
deep, closc blowing th0n don PERM
the land TO be stirred any more, but TAX
a hoe and level the ground around ever!
hin for a short distance ahead Of tn
vine. and ~ soOn ~ tho vines cover INA
space repeat the process, until the whoI'
patch il level. ! think this leyclInI
process il the most important N maxi
good melons, especially during adry sea
son. Year before last, when IL was n
dry that but few raised their reed, ha'
plenty Of melons that would weigh from
twenty to thirty pounds and just a
good Az melon could be. The fOrcgOln
il my plan. Who has a better one -
Cor. RuroL Worid.
Hpcciniiso Farming.
Farming, itself the mother OF ever
Othcr"mploymcntand vocation, has ncyC
been specialized or sub divided "a
should be in order to be a successful {
paying employment.
This is An age Of research and disco
cry new sciences are %springing int
existence old ones are being divided
{. g., every important organ in the 1T
man body has y class Of physicians d,
voted solely TO its diseases no, also, {
law, etc. Farming should not be benin
in this onward march Of progress.
"That which il evcrybody's busine.
is nobody's business" and the mar wh
il II Jack at all trades" never unde
stands or can successfully engage in an
one. Just 10 the farmer who depends
little on every kind Of grain, stock, an
other farm product, and not on any on
in particular, will como out at tho en-
Of the year with \ very shallow purse.
The sections Of Il country in whic
the farmers are the wealthy and ind,
pendent class are invariably the section
devoted to some particular branch {
farming which has been found to be tn
one particularly adapted to that ~localit.
Farmers should raise a variety
grain, stock, fruit and vegetables, in o
der that their tables may be supplied :
the tables Of the soycrcigns of the 50
should be, but they should depend q
one or two things TOR the bulk OF the
income,
Some farmers sccing others makir
money out Of some particular crop
kind Of stock, forthwith rush Who'll
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-29

II you have any form of ague, no mat
ter how obstinate, or how much other medi-
line YOU have taken to no purpose, Shallen.
berger's Pills will cure you. Price one dollar.