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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
A BcdOuin Story by Lamartinc.

In the tribe of Neggeden there was a
horse whose fame was spread far and near,
and Bedouin,of another tribe, by name
Daher, desired extremely to possess it.
Having olIcreG in vain for it his camels
and his whole wealth, he hit at length
upon the following device, by which he
hoped to gain the object of his desire.
lie resolved to stain his face with the
Juice of an herb to clothc himself in rags,
to tie his legs and neck together so as to
appear as Il lame bcggar Thus equip
ped, he went to wait for Nabcr the
owner of the horse, whom he knew was
to pass that way. When nc saw Naber
approaching on his beautiful steed, he
cried out in weak voice: " am a
poor stranger; for three days | have been
unable to move from this spot to speak
for food. | am dying; help me and
heaven will reward YOU The Bedouin
kindly offered to take him upon his
horse and carry him home, but the
rogue replied: :" cannot rise +; have
no strength left" Naber, touched with
pity, dismounted, led his horse to the
spot, and with great difficulty, set the
seeming beggar on its back. But nC
sooner did Dahcr feel himself in tn
saddle than he set spurs to the horse an'
gallopcd oil, calling out as he did 50
1T is |, Dahcr. | have got the hor
and am off with him." Nahcr calle'
after him to stop and listen. Certain o
not being pursued, he turned and halte'
at short distance from Naber, who wa
armed with a spear. Since heaven ha
willed it, | wish you joy Of it; but d'
coniurc YOU to never tell any one nov
YOU obtained it. And why not!
said Dahcr. Because said the nohl
Arab, " another might be really i'll, an'
men would fear to help him. You woul,
bo the cause of many refusing to PEI
form an act of charity for fear of bein
, duped as / have been. Struck wit
, shame ut these words, then springir
. from the horse, he returned it to
owner, embracing him. Naber MAJ
him accompany him to his tent, whe
they spent few days together and b
, came fast friends for life.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
Opium in China.

The London Times has the following:
.. 1t appears from the consular reports
that the habit of opium smoking Is ON
the increase in China. 1t is estimated
that the consumers constitute about
third of the population. The drug II
eaten as well as smoked. The British
consul at Nechwang says that he has
been in the company of a Manchusports
man who took nothing during the day
but Il pill or two of his own homemade
opirlm. Mr.. Medhurst, consul ut Shang-
hal states that along the coast as far
north Us the Yangtsc, Bengal opium is
exclusively made use of, and the general
taste is foI Patna, but in some parts Be
mares is the fayorite. West and north OF
this line is belt in which Malwa is con
sumed, and west and north Of this belt
native opium is mainly used, the foreign
drug being esteemed a luxury, and only
purchased by the opulcnt or by connsis
scurs. The Chinese consider that Benga
opium, which is prepared with create
care, has strong narcotic properties, bu
is free from many objections attaching t.
other sorts, and no native opium is a
present grown in districts consuming tn
Bengal drug, the inferiority of the natiy
being too great to admit of its cultiva
tion. Malwa opium is of stronger flavor
is more pungent, stimulating and merry
and is said to be irritating to the merry
Gus system, and to have q tendency L
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

A special from Vienna says the secre-
retary of state, Of the United States, has trans
mitted to every European government cir
cular, askingan expression Of views regarding
American Intervention in Cuba, in order to
obtain the data to be used in the preparation
of President Grants supplementary message
to congress. All of the governments have
replied satisfactorily. England is ready to
endorse intervention at the present moment,
and the other governments express willing
ness to support intervention, but hesitate to
take the initiative.
Allentown, Pa, has thirty cigar fac
tories, which turn monthly product OF
100000 cigars. Next to Detroit-omitting
New York-she is the largest manufacturer
of cigars in the United States-that is, stands
third on the list.
On and after January |, 1876, the
Anglo-American telegraph tariff for political
and general news dispatches, other than
commercial dispatches to the press, unabre'
waited and not in cypher, will be one shilling
twenty-five cents gold)per word.
Postmaster Tilley, of st. Louis, has
addressed Postmaster.General Jewell, sug-
gesting change in the present postal law
relating to publishers matter, to the effect
that newspapers and periodicals be made
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

induce IN unhealthy condition of the
skin A. We approach the outer limits
Of the Malwa consuming district we
find the cultivation Of the native drug
increasing from year 10 year. But 1t is
said To be- coarscr and more fiery than
the Indian; the flavor is inferior, and II
produces troublesome CruptlOnS OF the
skin, and is constantly adultcratcd with
scaweed, oil, etc. Bengal opium is
mainly in flavor in the more relaxing
districts of the south; in the colder
north, inhabited by rudcr and more
robust race, the more repugnant Malwa
is the fayoritc Much of the Indian
opium, which finds its way into the
north Of China is made use Of to
strengthen and correct the flavor of
the native drug, and enable it to com
pete successfully with the former in a
state of purity, The supply of native
opium has not up to this time kept pace
with the demand, and the extension OF
the cultivation OF the drug has been
stimulated by the high price offered.
Mr. McdhurSt considers that if the import
Of Indian opium is to continue, there
must be reduction in its cost to enable
it to compete on more equal terms with
it's Chinese rival Any serious decrease
in the supply of Bengal opium would
probably have the effect of introducing
the cultivation of Chinese opium into
the coast provinces, where hitherto the
growth Of the poppy has been confined
within the narrowcst limits. There Is
among influential Chinese a strong party
who, acknowledging that the opium is
admit that experience has
proved it necessary, aud urge the gov
to make source Of revenue out
of what it is unable entirely to restrain;
and there is another party opposed to all
imports, and who would raise the Ickin
taxes and throw such obstacle, in the
way OF internal carriage of the foreign
drug that the import Of it may become
improbable, the growth of the native
product be- encouraged, and the wealth
retained ut home which now goes to
enrich the foreigner. The Chinese are
not likely for some years to come 20 ap-
prcciate the ialsity Of this reasoning; to
persons ignorant of the first principles
Of political economy it seems irrcirag-
lblC."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
Diphthcria in the Thumbs.

Among the various freaks of that ter
rihlc disease, diphthcria, which has made
such ravages among the children IN tins
city within the past few months is one
lately developed in the case of n little
daughter of Mr., James Scull, of West
Side avenue, The child is about five
years of age, and was taken sick with
diphthcria about five weeks ago a day
or two previous to the attack She had
broken the skin ON the back of both her
thumbs, Dr. w. Pyle. the attending
physician, found the child had all the
symptoms Of diphthcria, with tine cX-
ception of the formation of Il mcmbran
in the throat. But this membrane wa
formed ON tine back Of each thumb, owe
the places where the skin had been
abradcd. The doctor, becoming inter
cstcd in this strange freak of the disease,
removed the diseased membranes from
the thumbs, when others Immediately
succeeded in the same places Hc then
examined the membrane as it appeared
on the child's thumbs, under the micro
scrope and found it to be in every par
ticular like that which, in this disease,
usually forms in the throat or in some of
the air-passages. He took membrane
from the throat of another little daughter
cf Mr.. SculI who was then sick and has
since died with diphthcria, and, com
pairing it with that taken from her sis
tcr's thumb, found them precisely alike.
The little girl who had been the subject
of this singular development, as the dis
ease advanced from one stage to another,
still continued to show symptoms OF
diphthcria, having paralysis of the soft
palate anC lower CXtremties, beng una
bic TO either move or speak for several
days. She at length began to grow con
yalcsccnt, however, and is now near y re-
covered, being again able to walk about
and talk the same rs before her sickness,
while the sores ON the back of her thumbs
are entirely healed up. Dr. Pyle is OF
the opinion that the course taken by the
disease in this case is strong argument
in favor Of the opinion which many
medical men hold that diphthcria is not
wholly, if it is indeed chiefly, disease
of the throat and organs of rcspiration.-
,Hrssy City (N J) journal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

IL the Sanitarian for January we find
some interesting statistics with reference
to the public health in cities. The sta
tstics of mortality per 900 inhabitants,
annually, from all causes and certain
special causes, are as follows; The re-
ports for the month of November, 1875,
for Memphis, population $4,000, shows
the death rate to have been 2l.33 per
1000 inhabitants. Nashville, with Il
population rated at $4,000 death rate
30Sl; Knoxville, population ll,OOO,
death rate 2lSl; Cincinnati, population
262,396, death rate 1859; New York,
population l,06OOOO, death rate 22.76;
Brooklyn, population 100000, death rate
25.64; Boston, population $4,000, death
rate 25.I5; New Orleans population
100000, death rate 26,0l; Washington,
population 100000, death rate 22.33;
Newark, New jersey, population 1885,
600. death rate 2504; Charleston, popu-
lation Sc, $40, death rate 2l.S4 Mobile,
population 10000, death rate 2l.G0.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
NUMBER A.
SOBERED.

Wnsscr marrcr wi imp Jakcyr
Wasser marrcr wi you-snyY
TIN genn'lo--g --gcn-tle-munlY
Lyin' round In this here way, 49,,
Gc' upl Kick you llolls Columbia
Gone to sleep by guck-.gosh
'Sh my babe, lie still'n summer,
Gc' up Postum game wlIhk-""Sh
Tas' asleep N ho' eyes OPEN
Dors'n take nobody In,
Whn' yOu stnTn' al, ole irller
Come now, Jake, IT'S io0-ic Tim,
JAKE, did'n 20 IN hurt you,
Did I'll io'giyc yon though;
But don't allow no ccr
Call me lm-that you Know
Ge up, Iakcyi rye to'guy you
AnImos'ty-whN' y call sleeps
don't hold no grudgr nix gin YOU
ANS fo'giycn,- -scusc these wccps
Say don't be u dgm-luul, Jak"y
lcmme get you out the mud
We'll, 4 you gou bcstill about -
Woss all tins that's wet you-hIood
Iakcy don you hear me2 Wake up
Guess we hCrr' be- gettin' home
MORN likely little lommy's
Wulrhin' ont TO see you come
Rcamnl bon give up this way
Member Jake you've got vic
She'll Ne tired waitn' fur you--,
Whwc'd get this bloody knife
Flood Blood Blood My hands are bloody
llrwcnt down what made him iall'
Strady, let me think minute!
What's the meaning of II all'
Slouy ewes, what makes you stare so'
Ghnstly face with crimson stain -
This b., death! My God ltsmwdcr!
Curses un this crazy brain
-Pcsg Aikrrighh
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

CUrE FOR FREcKLEs.-lf the exact
couse of freckles was known, a remeCy
lor them might be found. 4 chemist u
Mora, IN, observing the bleaching effect OF
mercnrial preparations, Inferred that the
growth Of local parasital fungus WIS
the cause of the discoloration of the skin,
which extended and ripcned its spores n
the warmer season. Knowing that sui
pho-carbolate of zinc Is deadly enemy
to all parasitic vegetation (itselt not ie-
ing otherwise Injurious he applied t!.is
salt for the purpose Of removing the
rreckles. The compound consists OF TWO
parts of sulpho-carboate of zinc, twenty
five parts Of distilled glyeerine, twenty.
five parts of rose water, and hve part. OF
scented alcohol, and is to be applied
twice daily for from half an hour to IN
bonr then washed off with cold water.
Protection against the sun by yelling
and other means is recommended, and,
in addition, for persons of pale complex
ion, some mild preparation Of iron.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

TIE khedive of Egypt is offering an
other lot sof Suez canal shares to the
highest bidder. Ferdinand De Lesseps
is trying to buy the stock for a company
of French capitalists, but as England
has got her hand in that pie, she will
doubtless outbid the Frenchmen. She
is dete rmined to control the canal
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

GENERAL CoLQUITT, of Georgia, in a
recent address, said, "To remove stumps
from a field, all that is necessary is to
have one or more shect-iron chimneys,
some four or five feet high. Set fire to
the stump and place the chimney over
it, so as to give the requisite amount of
draft at the bottom. 1t will draw like a
stove. The stump will soon be con-
sumed. With several such chimneys of
different sizes, the removal of stumps
may be accomplished at merely nominal
labor and expense.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
FOREIGN.

That the French are determined to
have every available man under arms is
shown by Gen. Cissey's last order requiring
the registration, for military purposes, OF all
81, 1871. Defaulters will incur fine varying
in amount from 10 to 200 francs, besides im-
prisonment from 10 days to months.
Great Britain has now five iron.clads
under construction; the Inflexible, to carry
four guns of the heaviest calibcr; the Shan
non, a ninegun screw ship; the Nelson and
Northampton, double screw ships of twelve
guns each, and the Temeraire, an eight-gun
ship.
The khedive of Egypt, judging from
the dispatches, is finding his Abyssinian
campaign a more difficult piece OF business
than he anticipated. A detachment OF his
army has been massacred by the troops Of
King Johannes, including some American
officers. Notwithstanding recent English
interference with his operations, Ismail will
now 90 into an expensive war with Abys-
sinia, which will result in the annexation Of
that country with Egypt. There are difficult
ties in the way, because the Egyptian gov
ernment is not very well supplied with funds,
and the khedive has not yet succeeded in
entirely subjugating Darfur. The Abyssinian
difficulty commenced by an lncursion OF
those people in Egypt, which was readily
made pretext of war by the khedive. Kill
lup Pasha was then sent south, and has met
with success, but the present disaster must
lead to the concentration of the Egyptian
troops on the frontier. England, having in a
measure taken the khedive under her pro
lection, may yet have to assist her new ward
as she did Turkey twenty years ago.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

SEVERAL fine logs of magnolia are to
be shipped from Florida to a New York
house for the purpose of engraving.
When thoroughly dried they are said to
be very slightly, if at all, inferior to
lockwood. Florida can furnish an in
exhaustible supply of the mate rial
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

The act Of imagination is ever at
tended by pure delight. 1t infuses a
certain volatility and intoxication into
all nature. 1t has flute which sets the
atoms of our frame in a dance. Our in
determinate size is a delicious secret
which it reveals to us.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

A MADRID dispatch speaks of prepa-
rations for the coast defense of Cuba,
when the Carlist insurrection is sup
pressed" AS it. looks now, it will be Il
long time before those heavy guns are
placed in position on the Cuban shore
Don Carlos, having just been left large
fortune by the death of his uncle, will
be able to hold his provinces indefinitely.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
TIM ELY TOPICS.

LETTERS are distributed fiity-six times
daily in Paris through pneumatic tubes,
from and to the central Office and its
succursals; time of transmission, three
minutes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

EXTREMES meet, and in this doctrine
is whole library of explanation of sing
nlar things. Physically extremes are
always meeting. Westward the course
of empire takes its way" our fathers
came from the east and our songs 60 to
the west, but if we should wish to see
our fathers we should only have to go
tar enough to the westward, while if we
chose to travel long enough towards the
east we should come across our sons
again. In the ring also extremes are
always meeting, and the ring is one of
the symbols of eternity.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

out. 1T may be before we are many
weeks older" "The state Of affairs" he
added, sis really so serious that it is inn
possible for man in my position to dwell
too. strongly upon it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

THE discovery of a boiling lake in the
island of Dominica has excited much
scientific interest, and Investigations of
the phenomenon are to be made by geol-
ogists. 1t appears that company ex-
ploring the steep and forest'covered
mountains behind the town of Rosseau
came upon this boiling lake, about $500
feet above the sea level, and two miles
in circumference. On the wind clearing
away for moment the clouds of sui
phurous steam with which the lake was
covered, mound of water was seen ten
feet higher than the general level of the
surface, caused by ebullition. The mar
gin of the lake consists of beds of sui
phur, and its overhowing found exit by
waterfall of great height.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

The opinion prevails, not only on the
continent but in England, that general
European war is imminent. The Duke
of Cambridge, head of the British army,
in speech he made a few days ago said
that not only was it mistake to suppose
that the danger of war with China was
over; not only were England's relations
with Burmah still critical; not only was
England now involved in difficulty in
the Malay settlement, but the condition
of affairs on the continent made it prob
able that a general war would break
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

Mr.. PLIMsOLL has secured Immortality
already, whether he ever has a monu-
ment ornot. A short yellow band, painted
amidships, about six inches below that
which has always been regarded as the
ships water-line, which is being put upon
British vessels by order of the Board of
Admiralty, is called by the sailors "Plim-
soils mark" 1t will make a considerable
difference in the amount of cargo which
it will be lawful for the ship to carry.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

They have got John Chinaman in
Australia and don't know what to do
with him. John is standing conun-
drum with the Francisco dignitaries.
They have tried cheating, mobbing,
shooting, and various other innocent
little expcdients, with about as much
effect as pop-guns have upon an army of
locusts. Nobody hassuggested an appli-
cation ofslindness. 1t would be a novel
cxpedient, to be sure, but it might pay
to try the effect of a powerful dose.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

Or the several States of the Union in
respect to annual wealth, according to
the census of 1870, Illinois is ahead in
horses and swine; Missouri in mules and
asses; New York in mich' cows; Texas
in working oxen and other cattle, and
Ohio in sheep. New York is far ahead
of any State in dairy products, furnishing
one-ffth of the butter of the country,
nearly half the cheese and more than
half the milk sold. The value of all live
stock in New York is greater in the ag-
gregate than in any other State.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
EAST.

The city treasurer of Buffalo, Bork by
name, has proved a deiaulter to the tune Of
about quarter million dollars. He has gone
where the woOdbinc twincth.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
cites several instances showing the great
shrinkage of rents in that city. \ store on
Grand street, near Broadway, which has
heretofore rented for $4,000 per year, has
been rented for $4,000 for the first year, be-
ginning May /, $4,000 per annum for each Of
the two years following; another store, in the
same neighborhood, which was formerly
leased at $4,000 per annum, has been taken
for the coming year at $4,000; and $4,000 is
the best offer that can be gotten for another
store which in more prosperous times rented
for $4,000. In rents for ordinary property
there are indications Of decline compared
with last year, but in no case so marked as in
the eases above named.
The city of New York contains ,Oi6,-
O37 inhabitants, and Kings county, includin
Brooklyn, 5092lG. The voters in New York
and Rroo5lyn are as follows:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13

Thus there are over MY thOUslhU HOTe
foreign voters in New York than there are
native born, among these latter must be
many who are the sons Of foreigners. In
the last ten years the number of naturalized
foreign voters has about doubled, while that
of native born has only increased from 5l,-
500 to S9,907.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-06-17
New Advertisements.
Corporation Notice.

THE public property and Improvements
of this Corporation, such as Street
Lamps. Posts, &c, have been damaged and
destroyed of late to such extent that it be-
comes the duty OF every citizen to inform
the authorities of each and every offence.
Parents and guardians are responsible for
the acts of their children under age and it
becomes their duty to prevent such DANA
ges. Unauthorized persons having public
property in their possession, such as Hooks,
Ladders, Working Tools, &c, will forward
them at once to the Bailitf.
June II j. JANDORF. Mayor,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-06-17
Public Sale.

THE undersigned will sell at public auc-
ton at his place of business in Pompey
Smash, on SATURDAY, JULY 1sT, 1876,
forenoon, the following articles, for CASH,
to wit:
A lot of Carpenter and Blacksmith
Tools right and left Screw Plates,
cutting from l inch to lie of an
inch; one Turning Lathe for iron
and wood, and other articles too nu-
merous to mention.
FREDERICK MILLER,
July 11-3t Pompey Smash.
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ALLAN LINEI
STEAM BETWEEN

Ii "A L. Il MO hS II ~ LII v EIt FOOL
Calling at
HALIFAX and QUEENSTOWN
Each way.
The splendid Screw Steamers of the above
Line will run as follows:
FROM FROM
Liverpool. Baltimore.
CASPIAN, May 30, June 10, a m
Nova ScoTIAN, June 10, July sea- m
HIBERNIAN, June 81, July 10, a m
CASPIAN, July II, Aug. 2,9a m
And henceforth every fortnight, taking pas
sengers and freight to and from Liverpool
Steerage Passage to or from Liverpool,
Glasgow, Queenstown, Dublin, or Belfast,
S2S, Currency. Very best accommodations
for Storage and Intermediate Passengers
An experienced surgeon is attached to each
vessel. intermediate and Storage steward
esses carried by each steamer for the pur-
pose OF attending to the wants of the fe-
males and children. Fer further particu-
lars, or passage tickets to and from Great
Britain, apply to
A. SCHUMACHER & CO., Baltimore;
in Frostburg to J. JANDORF,
June 17-y Main Street.
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Our friend, Howard Hitchins, in
vites US to be present at the Twenty
Eighth Commencement of Williams
port pa Dickinson Seminary, to be
held next Thursday. We congratu-
late him upon his membership of the
graduating class.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-06-17

A POLE FOR THE FoURTH.-The
people of Bowery street have secured
pole on which they will place the
Star Spangled Banner as a part of
their respect for the one hundredth
national anniversary. 1t is smooth
shaft, "a feet long, was obtained near
Pocahontas, Pa, and will be erected
near Mr.. VIM. H. Evans store.