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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

Two of the most celebrated artists the
world has ever known dwelt in the sam
city. One delighted in delineating beauty
IN all ito eraeeS Of tint, form, and motion.
His portraits wetC Instinct With the charm Of
physical vigor, The graceful, hslf,'oluptu.
ous outline Ct form and feature harmoni2cd
with delicately blended tints. On his can.
va, the homeliest faces hnd mn almost ire.
si.tible charm, The other found pleasure
only in depicting weird and gloomy subjects.
Above all, did he excel in painting the por'
traits Of the dying. The agonizing death.
throe, the ghas!ly face and form, -ere all
depicted with marvellous fidelity. There
existed between these artists the most in
tense dislike. At length this dislike culmin.
ated. The beauty-lovins artist had been
engaged In painting the portrait Of q seauti'
full woman. Connoisseurs pronounced IL the
most wonderful piece Of art that had ever
been produced. His brother artist was jeal.
Gus of his fame and sought revenge. BY
brlbing the keeper Of the studio he
gained access to the picture each night,
At first he was content to only deadcn
| tho briliiaRcy of the complexion and
eyes, cflaeg the bloom from cheek and lip
and paint a shadow on either cheek. Later
his strokes grew holder and freer, and one
morning the artist awOke to find the entire
outline OF the pc rtralt changed. lie c0ulC
scarcely recognize in The emaciated form
and haggard countenance the glowing con
ccptiOn he had embodied. The pallid face
and eXpressionle9s eyes he had attributed t.
q luck Of genuineness in hia materials; bu'
when the outlines were changed he sus
pec.ed the cause and Indignantly dismissed
the keeoer. What the reycbgeful artiSI
mmred by a few rapid strokes Of his skiIlfu
brush was only restored by years Of patient
industry, Reader, need We name the artists
49, Health, who paihts the Aowcrsan ana GRASSY
carpet" no less than the human io!m divine
Disease, the dreaded artist who regel,
among the ruins both Of nature and human
ity,-and Carelessness, the keeper to whom
Health often ~intrusts his portraits. And il
it not the beauty of woman, tie most ad
mired Of all the works which alorn the
studio Of Health, that Disease ~0ftenest seeks
to mar? The slightest stroke Of his brusl
upon the delicate organization leaves an i'm
print that requires much skill and patienc,
to efiuce. Restoration must be prompt
Careleasness must be dismissed. Let suffer
ing women heed the wOrning ere Disease
has lnnrrtd their chief beHuty-Health-be
yond reparation. DR.. PierGc's FavOrite Pre-
scuption has been used by thousands 0
these sufferers, and they are unanimous il
their praise Of its excellence. If you woul,
DO transformed from the pallid, nervous in
valid into a hsppy, vigorous woman, try il
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

COTTAGE Pv3DING.-Thrce pints of
milk; four to six eggs; sugar to taste;
two thick slices o! bread crumbled very
fine. Any kind Of fruit may be added,
and it is good without. Flavor to taste
and bake halt an hour in a moderate
oven. When baked, beat the whites OF
three eggs to a stiff lroth, with a little
sugar, and cover the top in large spoon
tuls, and sprinkle with pink sugar sand
heat till a light brown. Very delicate
and handsome.
BLACK DYE FOR WooL.-Extract OF
logwood, one hundred and twelve ounces:
blue vitriol II ounce; cOppcras one
ounce to each pound OF goods, add the
blue vitriol and the coppcras to suli.
cient water to cover the goods; and boil
the cloth or yarn hall an hour; then add
the extract Of logwood, and boil one
hour more, with frequent airing. Then
put in n strong solution Of salt, made
boiling hot, and let il remain fifteen
minutes; then rinse thoroughly in clear
water, The copperas alone will set log
wood dive.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08
tInbility of Express Companies.

An important decision was recently
Il lde BY the supreme court q New
York, in a cause brought befVte il. ne
circumstances we're a. follows: A LADY
received what she supposed was a receipt
from the New York transfer company,
Tor a trtnk which was 10 be taken from
the New Haven depot to Brooklyr' IN
stead Of it being a receipt was a contract
by which the company was not to pe
held liable, in case of loss for more than
one hundred dollars. The trunk was
lost, and the contents were worth more
than the sum named. A suit was
brottgbt to recover the value of th%etrunF,
the company refusing to pay over one
hundred dollars; and the court helH,
| that while 4 common carrier may make
contract limiting his liability, yet as th'
lady asked for a receipt, and had the
right to decline any contract and compe.
the company to take the property undeI
the commmonlaw responsibility OF {
common carrier, she was not bound by
the phraseology appearing on the receipt
az she had not perceived it. The DE
cision was for the plaintiff.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08
Social Life and legislation,

Amongthe practical difficulties of the
day there is none greater than that of
steering between the danger Of over-leg-
~islation on the one hand, and the pc.
dantry of no legislation on the other. 1t
conironts us in every department of So
cial life. There are men who call upon
us to prescribe for the whole world in
what kind of honses they shall live,
what they shall eat, what they shall
learn, andy and by it will come to be
added, IS OF yore-wherewitbal they
shall be clothed. People spend too much
on their dress, they are negligent of the
opportunities of education, they drink
too much, they eat food that is injurious.
they are carelesss Of ventilation, and
what is the Legislature good for if il can.
not correct anl, at least, try to suppress
these evils?-LoHI0n TINES.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

A remarkable discovery has been made
in Egypt by Signor Glacomo Russi, the
Austrian consular agent at Alexandria.
He has found n new cotton plant which
is 40 wonderfully prolific that it may
prove Il dangerous enemy to the Amer
lean cotton raising interests. Signor Rus
ii has Just published an interesting re
port of his discovery. lie says that
about two years ag) he accidentally
came across the new plant On the prop
erty of II Copt in the Manutia district,
who collected the seed ard sold it to his
neighbors at twelve'old the price obtain
able for the ordinary kind. The plant
has q long stem, and, being without
branches much space is saved. 1t bears
an average of fifty pods on each bush,
while the usual yield of the plant is
about thirty. 1t yields from 39j to go
pounds per feddan, thus doubling the
crop. A smaller quantity OF seed il
needed but the great drawback in Egypt
is that it requires much more water,
which necessitates the alternating of the
crops with grain and vegetables. In the
sea islands of the Atlantic coast or along
the lower Mississippi it would prove
wonderfully prolific. The Herald's cor
respondent at Alexandria thinks that
the discovery will create a revolution in
the cotton growing interest Of Egypt
London 'pcciaj To the ~ y. Hrad.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08
THE WARDER'S DAUGHTER.

Marion Hyde was n cripple, but for all
that she was beautiful. Her father was
q wardcr in a prison. Among the prison
crS was one ut the registering of whose
name at his entrance Marion had been
present, and something in his youthful
though srIilcn face attracted her pltitul
glance He had stolen repeatedly from
his bcnclactor, and finally had admitted
into the house in the nighttime a gang
OF burglars, who had secured considera-
bic boot and made of with it in safety,
gave one, after severely pounding the
proprietor OF the house. This one who
was not able 10 escape betrayed the COM
plicity Of the young mar in the affair.
He was tried, convicted and sentenced.
There was no redceming feature appa-
%reutly to the story. but somehow that
face haunted the girls gentle thoughts.
Perhaps it was because she had Il young
brother who WAS a wild lad, wandering
just in disgrace, no one knew WHITTIER,
and all the more tenderly loved by
Marion because Of his sad ways.
One day ~ she leaned on the window
sill looking with Il wistful sadness into
the yard ut the prisoners. n of them
IOoktd up, and, changed as he was in
every wan, thin feature, she knew again
the black sullen eyes that yet were some
how like an angry, obstinate child's.
Her glance followed him as though
fascinated, aud as he passed from sight
she s ghed softly aud went in to look at
the PRISON recOrG for TIE poor lads name.
1t was Aymer Preston.
The next she knew of him he was in
the sick ward.
For Il few weeks she saw him there,
but he gloomy eyes never soitcncd. only
uazed strligh; before them from their
hollow sockets, or hid themselves obsti-
na,ely behind the wasted lids,
He never SPOKE, he scarcely ate; and
the prison physician told Marion that he
was dying of sheer hamilton.
at is my opinion he's trying to starve
himself t. DEATH" he sid.
Marion drew near the sick lad.
She bent over him and spoke with
gentle firmncss.
But she might As we'll have talked 20
the wall, for all sign he gave of having
heard.
Marion left the ward with a shocked
AMI anxious ACE.
"Let me know il there is any change,
or YOU think OF anything that ! can do"
she then said to the doctor.
But at dusk the doctor was called
away by serious illness in his own family,
and near midnight the assistant, going
his rounds, found Aymer Preston dead
N bed.
cts either make believe or heart
break, DR.. putney said, sharply, when
word was brought him, aud he ordered
that Preson's body should be kept
wrapped in blankets and not removed
till he saw il.
Tn orier WIS obeyed, but when three
days Jaw no change in the form, DR..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

In answer to various questions by let
ter oats should be fed dry, unless verv
dusty, when they may be slightly
damped. Should a horse be out Of
condition, a good plan is to scald the
oats. Corn is best fed on the cob, and in
summer should be soaked twenty.rour
hours in fresh water with a little salt.
changing the water every time; this
somewhat extracts the fusel oil and pre-.
vents heating in the system. Hay NAV
be kept constantly in the reach of an idle
horse, but not so with one who has much
labor-give him a little morning and
noon, say four pounds, and ten to TWEEN
ty pounds at night. Salt should be given
pure, and not mixed. Cut feed io eco
nomical, but is only adapted to slow
work horses. No wood ashes is needed.
The leather backed currycomb is prefer.
able; use the currycomb to loosen dan
then dust with Il good hali.won
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

The popularity OF Messrs. James S. Kirk &
Co.'S soaps, manufactured in Chicago, is
shown by the unprecedented sale which Their
goods have reached during the year 1876. Thi,
by far is the largest soap manufacturing con.
Germ in the United States, producing and sell,
ing in all parts OF this country, from the Red
River OF the North TO New Orleans, and from
Portland, Me, to San Francisco, 25,000,OO0
pounds annually. No so called greases enter
into these soaps On'ypure refined tallow and
vegetable oils are used, containing no adul.
teration Fairand square weights always re-
This ID why then soaps are SO popular
with all good and economical houseEeepers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

broom, or horses tail made for such pdr-
poses, and use the brush. Above all,
eiys q cleah, airy, SUNNY place, 20 ar
ranged that the eye is relieved from the
immediate rays of the sun. On no &C.
count place a window Of any kind in
front D. the tse-Snywhere else, best
ION behind. An occasional bran mash,
and in winter n mess of carrots and other
roots is of paramount good.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

MORE than fifty years have elaspcd
stree Johnson's Anodyne Liniment was first
invented, during which time hundreds of
thousands hive been benefited by it's use.
Probably no article ever became so univer.
sally popular with all classes as Johnson's
AnOdyne Liniment.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08
T. METHOD ,bo, 49,

\ NEW METHOD that cures Coughs
Colds, Bronchitis and Consumption. Dr. j.
II Mcbean's Cough and Lung Healing Clio.
bules. Az they dissolve in your mouth, q
heuing gas Is generated and inhaled, per
cure Throat and Lung diseases. Trial Boxes
bv mail, 20 cents. DIR. J. II. McLean, 3I4
Oh smut ST., ~. Louis.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

PILLS that contain anthony, quinine
and calomcl, should be nvcrtcd, as severe
gripping pains would be their only result.
The safest, S%urest, and hest pills are Par.
sons Purgative or Anti.BiliOus Pills.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

VEGETABLE Pulmonary Balsam, the great
New England cure for coughs, colds and con.
sumption. Cutler, Bros. & Co.. Boston, only
genuine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08
A Thing Of Beauty is a Joy for Ever.
Three Beautiful Premiums to Every
Patron of this Paper.

Tho London Publishing Co. have just issued q
large, magnificent, and superb series Of colsr chro-
matte WORKS of art embracing three handsome and
exquisite mottOesen tod God II ess Our Home,
= u" lord IN any Shepherd, and Pra'sr the
iiSrl. These notices are in old English ype, bean.
tiiuiiy .euibeilish'd with vines md roses running
tnlonyh the ehtic work; in the center If the FIRST
letter lisa mother teaching nor two children to
rtneat a prayer. while TO her right are two larger
children, with %heintifnl flowing rohts, ,nrIng
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motto ~ q ID autlul Landscape Scene. Telressnting
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

uAys sold Hatcl'f Tn yersal cosgh syrup i'I
Olsnt feur years. by uing It in my sun inmayIs
,"aEri"r article Of its kind. having by fnr the hest
.niS ot any. ia bottles were freely gwen away
and tki led to itR rHpid ntrodaction'
~" a ~ JOHNSON, clayton, JEFF Co, N,,I.,
ax-Msmber Of New YORK Legislature.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08

So he passed down my ccttage-g0rlcn,
Nv the pa h that led 10 the sea;
lin he came 10 the turn Ia tuc little road
where tine birch NuI lahurnum tree
Lean over aud arch the wy;
there | saw him a mOIuoYt stay,
And turn once more 10 me,
As sept at the cottage door,
aud lifIpd his hands ~ bics ing
Then ! saw his face no more,
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
The Privilege Law.

We have been requested to publish
the following act, for the information
of those who nav be interested, which
was approved March 9th, 1877:
"Be it enacted, etc: That article
1924 Of Revised Civil Code Of the
State of Louisiana. be, and is hereby
amended and re-enacted so as TO read
as follows, tO-wit: No privilege shall
have effect against third persons, un-
less recorded il ,1ese sanner. required
by law in the parisv where the prop
erty TO he affected is situated. II
shall confer no preference on the cred
itor who holds it, over creditors who
have acquired mortgage. unless the
act or other evidence Of the debt is
recorded within serea days from the
date of the act or obligation of III
dehtedueSs. When the registry is
required TO be made in the parish
where the act was passed or the in
debledneSs originated and within .ff-
teen days, if registry is required To be
made in any other parish of this State.
1t shall, however, have effect against
all parties from the date of registry"
The article $3.50 alluded to re-
quired contracts to be recorded on the
day entered into. while this amend
ment seems to allow seven days ia
which to have the record made, if II
means anything, though it is . kind
of inigma. From the word when"
to the last word registry" the arti-
Gle has no meaning whatever; nor can
any individual make anything of it
but few words iumbled together in
a mass Of unmeaning congloneralion
Either the party who copied and
handed il to us left something out or
the man who wrote it did not know
how to express bis thoughts by letter
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
A Sugar House Burned.

At this season, when planter has
large crop before him TO take of. no
sadder disaster could happen to hin
than the destruction of lis sugar
house. Such was the disastrous mis-
fortune that happened to Col. II. +.
Rivers, on his Arcadia plantation on
Thursday evening of this week, be-
tween the hours of and O'Clock L.
NJ While everything was in full
blast. kettles boiling, mill rolling, and
everything working in good order, the
c'nnectlng hue between the boilers
and chimney, made of iron, became
overhcated, and being very close to
tarred root, the latter immediately
took lire, and Notwithstanding every
exeriion was made, the sugar house
with its contents were entirely dcs-
uoyed.
We understand there was some 40
nogsheadS Of sugar already polted in
the building. besides the coplers were
fuli OF new sugar made this week.
This is sad blow to the prospects of
the Arcadia plantation for this year.
Tor there is no sugar house near
enough to aid in taking off to any ad-
vantage tie large crop that was in
We have been unable to
learn whether eith'r the sugar or the
building was covered by Insurance.
Iberrilie South.
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
Sherif's Sale.

{. II. Morri~ons admir-, State of Lon>iane
No92l. ~ Parish of RirhI,,d
l.. :. Lantlers Parish Cmrr.
Ey virtue Of a writ OF f. "a issued from
the Honl Parish Court. IN and for the Parish
OF R'chland, State of Leu ,iana. in the above
entitled aud numbered suit and To- me directed.
have sezr'l and viii Her far safe al the
doc of the court house in the town of Ray
viils, on Sa,nrda.,
The Oh doy Of Januory, 1878,
at public auction, 10 the last aud highest bid
der, the following described property. to vii 4:
The South West quarter OF North East
quarter of Section Two Township SIXTEEN
North. Rance Six East. containing Forty
acres more or les. with ALI the buildings and
Improvements thereon.
Terms of saie-Ca,h, with the benefit of
apprai,emcnt.
J. A. LlDDELL, Sherih
Sheriffs Office. Eayvil!e, La.
December I>t,lS17-0t.
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Sherif's Sale.

G~yn& Dyer, Estate Of Louisiana.
No 5ll. W. Parish of Richand.
f. 5. Landers. }IIrh Di,lric: Court.
BY virtue of writ of~Sezure and sale
issued from the Hnnl lliiNDistrici Cour,. in
anI for lie parish of RL,hl,nd, Stale of Lon.
l'I.'na, in the above entlilcd and numbered
,uIl and to me directed, have seized aud
will offer for sale AT the door Of the court
house in the town OF RayviIe, on Saturday.
The 5th day of January, 1878,
M public auction, 10 the last and highest bid.
der. the following described proper Y, 10 wit:
The South West quarter of tide Smih Ea,,
quarter OF Section (2) Two and the North
East quarter Of the North East quarter of
section az eleven. Township O6) Sixteen
North, Range 90 Six East, aud Hue Norri,
West quarter of the North East quarter Of
SrcIion q y eleven. Township UG) Sixteen.
Range % Six Eat, OF Iands -lua,ed IN the
parish OF RichlauI, Louisiana and ali the
buildings and nnprrremenI- thereon
Terms of saie-Casl viii tue benef; Of
aPpraIsemen,.
J. A. LIDDELL, Sheriff.
Sherifls Office, RayviIe, La,
December lst, lS11-et
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
A Bachelor.

Did you ever notice how a bachelor
pau>es and looks scared whenever. ia
the course Of his walks, be happens
to encounter bahy-carriage contain
ing twins? Well. if you should fol-
low that man, you would see him step
of with unusually lively pace, hum
ming swee,ly. "Ain't glad Pm out
Of the wilderness" And a few min.
utes later, if you had the faculty of
looking through brick wall, you
would see him sitting on his trunk
in scantiIv furnished room in the top
of four-story building energeiically
sewing on shirt -hx.tpps with a darn
iug-needIe. with sxShe slightest pro-
family, and with LOOK of calm and
quiet content that an angel would like
to borrow if be was going 10 have
hi picture taken.
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
PartiSaniSm vs.. Patriotism.

There never has been a time in the
history of the United States when
men were not more or less Influenced
by theil political feelings aud prciu.
dices in their votes a, the polls and
in Legislative halls; but we do hot be.
lieve that United States Senators OF
ante-bellum days suffered these feel.
ings TO so far influence them as 10
cause them to sacritice every princi-
pie OF patriotism and justice upon
the altar of par,isanism as they do
now; to bring dishonor and disgrace
upon the once most honorable title
that could he conferred upon an
American, 10 order to save a vote for
the party; to even descend so low as
to refuse to eApell a member convicted
of the grossest and most palpable cor
ruption and actual theft, because bv
so doing the party would lose vote
in the Senate.
The time never was, before the
war, when the United States Senate
would have presumed to set aside
the vote of n State Legislature and
Ignore even the existence Of legal
State government. and accept the GER
tlficate Of a pretender who bad ceased
to Claim the Office of Governor. in or.
der 10 deprive a Senator of bis seat,
,Scaause be differed with a majority of
the is;fp,ators In his political views, as
on PrivWy of the Senate Committee
. 10 the case >>aod ELECTIONS decided
:; Of this State. a:agfrs VS.. Kellogg.
in the se a"Ne so, ded majority of one
already uo ~" vo,e on they have not
TO the na'I vide when j! co~es
the frauuu'e cot, seating Kellogg.
the deciding re te President casting
favor oI u. .; -" very naturally, in
s na".S OF Ally 4 disgrace to the
should .;n' l,' an ef,cas Senator, which
,,on wi'&Ao G1I will, in connec-
ePu:o the Hay yes fraud. damn the
Kan rsr'y forever rs il should
f'arty gnil,y of such outrageous
I'D disgraceful colIuc,
We do not As"las much because
of our political feeling III The aatt,r,
hut because of our diJfpprosai of such
ucrs, no matter by wtiha, they are CON-
mitled; and we would befound as ready
to coudemn ii in our own party az any.
where else; 10 fact, we would refuse
to support any party that would be
guilty of such gross fraud-for it is a
well known fact that Spotford is the
rigbtful Senator of this Stale and that
Kellogg has not shadow of caim TO
the seat. aud the giving of it to him
is virtual refusal to recognize the
de jure aud de facto government Of
this State.
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01
Good Readings if Wrong.

From the Sunday School Times. I
We once beard colored preacher
in North Carolina refer to the words
Of the Messiah, "Lo, come" with
the comment, Hear dat brcddren,
low come; not high | come. De
Lord Jesus comes 10 de poor and de
lowly." There was truth, if not f.
ness. 10 that comment. And now the
home missionary reports a Wisconsin
Sunday school teacher Sas giving TO
her class this explanation Of the poor
widows two mites cast into the Lords
treasury "Now, girls, | want you to
understand this You see, she was
poor woman. ia&s me think bow
into the night Betore the fireplace.
And there is 10 doubt in nv mind.
girls, bur this good woman knit those
miIts herself to sell a, the store the
next day for >Ua.c,bing Ia eat : but
she cas-; the pair of new mili>-ali
that che had-intO the treasury from
love 10 her dear Lori"
Richland beacon., 1877-12-01

Appearances indicate that we are
likely to start out next year wrh our
subscription list reduced to about $50
names-in fact, that is about all the
subscribers the paper ever bad al
though its books have been burtheneG
with about 300 dead-beads frOG, the
beginning We are tired Of buying
paper, type and ink for the benefit of
such readers. and are going to reef
our sails and reduce our Expenses By
stopping such foolisbness