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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24
A SinrIlInr lnSC.

The following extraordinary story
comes TO us from Cambridge, England:
4 railway porter, about thirty years of
aye, was recently seized with bronchitis,
and was supposed to have expired in the
throes of that dreadful ailmcnt, which
slays every year its thousands of little
children and OF aged people, simply be-
cause extreme youth is equally with ex-
treme are too feeble to clear the bronchial
tubes by vigorous and sustained effort
of coughing. The railway porter sup
posed to have departed this lite was duly
laid out and placed in coffin. As his
assumed dissolution had been sudden,
the coroner was consulted on the pro.
pricty of holding an inquest. Some un-
certainty in this regard appears to have
reigncd in the mind of the medical man
who had been calledin, but. at any rate, the
railway porter lay in his coffin two days,
at the expiration of which he quietly
got out of it, and, to the inexpressible
amazement and alarm of those present in
the chamber Of death sat himself down
in chair. 1t is stated that, in order to
alleviate the severity of the spasms of
bronchitis, the patient mother had adj
ministered to him sleeping draught,
which had produced a deep end lengthy
stup0r. but the effects of which had stop.
ped short Just on this side of the grave.
Commenting on this curious case. the
London Telegraph remarks that there
are advantages in keeping corpse above
ground for four or five days, or even for
whole week, after death. Among all
the Latin races, intermcnt within four
and twenty hours is the inyariable and
vigorously enforced rule of police; and
had this poor railway porter been a
Frenchman, an Italian, or a Spaniard,
he would have been duly screwed down
and carried away, insensible, but still
alive, to the cemetery. Into any consd-
Grafton of the waking up of the supposed
dead man, the mind, appalled,, shrinks
from entering. Who that has visited
the Musee Wirth at Brussels has not
turned away shuddering from that in
elIably CHASTITY picture of the living hand
and arm, corrugated with the supreme
agony of effort. protruding from the half.
raised lid of a coffin too hastily nailed
down? There is no corpse within that
bic, but living creature vainly striving
to burst his cerements. Cases of prema-
ture interment are. there is every reason
to believe, lamentably prevalent on the
continent especially when cholera or
other epidemics are raging. The most
serious objection to the English system
lies in the fact that it is only the corPses
of paupers which are conveyed to ,Ia"% mor'
tuaries,, and that the supply Of dead
houses, even for paupers, IS su ihsui'lI.em. Iia.
/ The remains of the resPectaoie 1 c.'sses s
are coilined among the living, anu arc
penni;ted to remain there 'or "ays
together, poisoning the atmosphere and
IoIrifying the survivors.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24
Nlil's0f Mi'sOf
Population Rail'rd rclc'h National Debt

ltprobably is not generallyapprecated,
says the Chicago Age, that the United States,
with population less than that of Germany,
has more miles of railways than all seven Of
these great powers combined, our mileage
being nearly eighty thousand, against
scventy,six thousand six und ed and
twenty.
The extraordinary measures which
Great Britain is taking in the matter of get.
ting her vessels OF war in readiness for i'm
mediate service are not Of Il character to
l'eve that their country is drifting into Il
war in which it will need to put forth all its
energies to escape defeat, If England is to
be drawn into the war, she is not making
any too great haste in her preparations.
The condition of affairs is greatly changed
since the Crimcan war. Russia is much
more powerful than she then was; while
England will have to fight the battle single
handed which she fought in conjunction
with France twenty years ago
"A cable dispatch conveys the intelli-
gence of the death OF Henry Sawyer, for
twentythree years U. s. consul of Pari.
maribo, colony of Surinan, South America.
The immediate cause of his death was injury
received few days before at the hands of
sailor of whom, in his official capacity, Saw.
yer had been called upon to take cognizance.
The sailor struck him n violent blow and
otherwise maltreated him, inllicting such
internal injuries as to result in his death,
At the time Semmes was in command of the
privatcer Sumter he put in at Surinam for
coal and supplies. Sawyer quietly bought
up all the coal in the city, so that the rebel
commander was unable to get a lump. A
planter offered to furnish Semmes with a
quantity which he had on his sea-shore es.
tate, whercupon Sawyer hired all the scows,
punts and boats in the harbor, 20 that
Scmmes was obliged to use his own boats to
coal up with. In consequence of which
Senimes was detained in the harbor for up.
ward of week, whereas he intended to re.
main only It few hours. In the meantime
Sawyer dispatched message to the United
States steamer then lying at Cayenne, but
cowardice or treachery OF the commander
allowed the Sumter to escape to the sea
again, and the commander was subsequently
cashiered for his conduct.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24
FOREIG N.

General Trujilo is now the popular
candidate for next president of Colombia.
There will probably be no organized oppo.
sition.
The king of Holland has generously
offered to send 1000 tulips to the Paris
exhibition of 1878. He has also promised to
have them taken care Of at his own expense
The khedive of Egypt is about to visit
France. He will leave Cairo on the ff
teenth OF May, and, after II short stay in
Constantnople, will proceed to Vichy-for
the benefit of his health, it is said.
The archbishop of Quito was poisoned
on Good Friday, while at mass, by means of
s'rychnine introduced into the wine used in
TIE ceremony. There was great excitement
and indignation at the sacrilece. The per.
ret-atoIs have no, been discovered
The war in Colombia virtually is
ended. On the sixth instant the conserv-
alive forces were defeated at Manizales by
General Julian Trujillo, and the whole
state OF Anti qua capitulated On the six.
teenth instant, near Lilo Hacha, battle was
fought between the forces Of General Ponce,
liberal, and General Fareas, conservative,
in which Ponce is reported victorious.
In connection with a recent boat scci.
dent at Ryton, on the Tyne, in England, Ey
which three lives were lost it is reported
that the boatman's dog. retriever, seized a
woman and attempted to swim ashore with
he, but The current was too strong, and the
drowning woman with the dog holding fast
to her, drifted quarter of mile down the
river, where the animal, by an extraordinary
exertion, brought her ashore at Ryton VIII
lows. 1t was then found that he was dead
On March IL the hamlet of Carol, in
The canton of MasSat, Switzerland, was
covered by an avalanche Of snow, which
broke loose from the heights Of the Pare'
mountains. Ii vas five in the morning, and
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24
Wanted to Share the Blessing.

A little bright-eyed three year.old was
seated in his high chair at the dinner
table. Mamma had arranged the little
uneasy, while for a moment his spright-
illness and fun had made him the observed
of the whole family. She had placed
him snugly at the table, pinned on his
bib, and succeeded in getting the little
mischievous han Is quiet and making him
hush. when his father proceeded to ask
the blessing. While this was in progress
our little chubby made a discovery. it
was, that all the plates were in enc PIE
at papa's place" and. as it seemed 70
him, were put there to get the Deneh.
waiting for the "Amen," be hell out
his own plate in both hands, saying,
"Please, papa. pray on my plate, too.
Christian at JJ0rk.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24
HE HAS COME OVER JORDAN.
ny THE REV. MIR. HAMMOND.

~ '''H N's'' "h' 'H""'N''
The Master has come over Jordan"
said Hannah the mother, one day;
" He Is healing the people who throng Him
With u touch Of His finger, they s,y,
And NOW shall carry the children,
Little Rachael and Samuel and John;
shall cary the baby Esther,
For the Lord to look upon'
The father looked at her kindly.
hut he shook his head and smiled;
" Now who but doating mother
Would think Of thing so Wild?
" n the children were tortured by demons,
Or dying Of fever, 'twere well
Or had they the tanl Of the lcpcr,
Like many in Israel"
- Nay, do not hinder me, Nathan
feet such a burden Of care;
II carry II to the Master,
Perhaps shall leave it there,
g II he lays his hand on the children,
Thy heart will he lighter know;
Fora blessing for ever and ever
Will follow them as they co.
So over the hills TO Jordan,
Along by the vine-r0ws green,
with Esther asleep on her bosom,
And ltachcl, her brothers between.
'Mous the people who hung on His teaching,
Or waited His touch or His word,
Through the row of proud pharisecs, listening,
She pressed to the feet OF the Lord,
y NOw. why shoudst thou hinder the Master"
said Potter with children like these?
SceS not how from morning i'll evening
He tracheh and hcalcth disease?"
The Christ said " Forbid not the children;
Permit them To come unto me,
And He took in His arms little Esther
And Rachel He sat IN His knee.
And the heavy heart Of the mother
Was lifted all carths cares above;
And He laid His hand on the brother
And llcst them with tendcrcst love.
And He said TO the babes in Mis- bosom,
"Of such |, the Kingdom Qf Heaven"
And strength for all dutys trials
That hour to her spirit was given.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24

some one passing over No, the money
won't be found. All! me-" and the old
man lay back in his chair like one i'll.
For an instant my heart rcproached
me, anil was almost ready to confess
my trick, for my grandfather looked the
picture OF despair,
"I'll 90 and saddle n horse and ride
back. | suppose you must have lost il
when the horse was being freed from the
harness. 'ris only three miles back and
the moon is now up. 1t won't take me
long to ride it,"
81 think I'll go with YOU" replied the
old man.
"Don't think oft" replied "Trlst
me, grandfather; if ! can't mend a clock
or turn a somcrsault, you will acknowl,
edge ! was always good hunter, I'll
bet you anything you dare that I'll re.
cover every dollar of your money"
"Do you think so?' he asked, grasping
me by the hand. " You must not mind
what | said to you, my boy, about being
good for nothing. You are my grandson,
and my boy heir too. All have will
be yours some day"
" There's one thing YOU won't agree to
let me have,' | replied.
He waved his hand.
al know what YOU are going to say
he answered. "Well, your grandmother
has been talking to me on the subject.
Go, along, boy, bring me back the four
thousand dollars and I'll allow you to
marry Salhc Miller
| made a spring for the door and was
hurrying to the stable, when the old
gentleman followed me.
Remember my conditions the four
thousand dollars | lost. Find that for
me, and you can marry Sallie Miller,
and I'll provide for you. But il you
fail to bring me the money, say nay.
and perhaps fora good while to come"
flew along that road as fast as good
horse flesh could carry me, but ielt like
guilty wretch, as knelt down by the
stone, and passed my hand beneath it.
\ gIcam Of happiness crossed my heart
as held the package in my hand.
My first impulse was to hurry home as
fast as mad hithcr, But rejecting that
my speedy return might throw suspi-
cion on the affair, allowed the horse to
walk nearly the whole distance.
Grandmother met me at the door. She
said my grandfather had been counting
the minutes since left. He was still in
the sitting room.
| held the package up, and grand.
mother kissed me.
:" You are good boy" she said, "and
Ill see that your grandfather does the
right thing by Salic Millcr'
" Here you arc, SIR | shouted, COM
ing into the old mans presence, and
placing the package in his hands.
"Thank heaven" he dcvoutly ex-
claimed. ~ had given it up, my boy.
Did you have much OF a search? Where
did You discover it"
Just where | said you lost it.. On
the spot where we broke the shaft"
Grandfather examined the package
and found it all right. Then he Rugged
me, and pulled my ear saying:
" Now, you scamp, YOU can marry Sal
lie Miller. Bring her home here, for she
no doubt requires a good deal of instruc'
tion in housekeeping, and your grand
mother will make her fit to keep your
house from running to waste"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24

" LET me see," says the nurse of a
sick man, "the doctor said one teaspoon
tul every ten minutes; that makes six
every hour, say twenty-five during the
night. ] shall give seventy.two spoon
fuls right away, and have chance toget
little sleep myself
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24

the twenty inhabitants were still in bed.
OF these six escaped, and the corpses Of nine
were subsequently obtained. Those of the
rest had not been dug up at last accounts
The following figures pertaining to the
nations especially concerned in the present
European war are of interest:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24

Readers, these things happened many
years ago. Al the landmarks about the
farm have long since passed away; but
there is still II large, fiat stone by the
roadside, as one rides out from the town
of Randolph, and | never gaze upon it
without recolecting how intimately my
destiny and that old rock are connected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

The eyes of Colonel Crockett sparklcd
as he caught sight of the brute, and CROP.
ping his turkeys. he started on IL full run
after the bear, his dogs barking and run.
ming ut his side. The bear, apparently
deemed it best TO retreat before such an
overwhelming force, and made off on Il
numbering, awkward trot. Reaching Il
thickrt, he scrambled in out of sight before
the hunter could approach nigh enough TO
give him shot; but, never hesitating.
Crockett followed in bis wake" and soon
deserted him climbing large tree. Steal
ing cautiously forward until within seven
ty-tive yards, he gave him shot. The
bear showed that he was struck bya stalt
ard a growl, but he did not tall from his
position.
Reloadng his gun, Crockett crept still
nearer, and making his ann more sure, he
sent his second bullet into the vtaIs of the
monster, which came tumbliny TO the
ground, catching one of the dogs in his
dearh hug. Not willing to lose one Of his
b ules in this manner, the hunter dropped
his rifle, and, armed with his knife and
tomnhawk, rushed forward with The intcn-
tiou of ending matters most speedily.
Before the hunter had reached him, the
bear caught sight Of him, and dropping
the dog, advanced to meet his human IN
tagonist; but Crockett dill no, see the ne.
cessity of submitting to one OF his trcmen-
dous embraces just then, so he made Il
rapid retreat for his gun.
Securing this he hastily rammed a
charge home, ard sent u third bullet into
his body, upon which he rolled over and
died. Crockett Immediately started home
for means of Transporting the carcass
thilher. -Four horses were necessary to do
this, and it was found that his weight was
more than 1000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

DR.. Holland in the January ScrtJncr
speaking of the Chinese in California, SAYS
with point and force:
In the East, the prejudice against our
heather brother John in California seems
Il little unreasonable, and We want more
light. We have been in the habit of wei.
coming all other nationalities. We are
strangely insensiive to the importation OF
thousands Of criminals and scamps and
scalawags from Europe, and we cannot
yet feel sure that the importation of the
Cinnamon is not u better thing, on the
whole. He certainly is industrious, lie
minds his own business, and, SO far as we
have seen him here, he does an honest
days work, which is more than can be
said of good many Christian laborers
whom we have around us. OF one thing,
ut lenst, we are sure. No people can hold
a large body Of men in contempt, and re-
gard them with hatred, and treat them like
beasts, without demoralzing themselves.
That thing has been tried, and tried in this
country, too. The Californians cannot af-
ford to have the Chinaman with them, un.
less they can treat him like a man, To
hold fellow-mnn in fixed contempt, to
spit upon HIM unrebuked, simply because
he is Of another race. or is supposed in
the competitions of life, to Interfere with
ones prosperity, is simply 10 lapse from
Christianity into barbarism,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17
ABOUT TuunBs.-Mnn womb not b

ABOUT THUNBS.-Man would not be
what lie is with ut the thumb. Thi> fact
h S been so impressed upon us from our
schOOl-d Tvs that we are not likely to for
get IT,. Wi hout the thumb for lever we
would be unab e to hold anything tightly,
and most of the inventions Of our era
would be useless, not to speak of the en,r-
nous general power that would be lost.
Let lis accept the Iact of having ihumts,
then and BE- thankfl and rejoice over our
Darwnian lrien Is, the apes We did not
know, however. till we saw it in print re-
Gently, that the lhumb represented inlelI-
gence and affection. Born idiots frequent.
ly come into the world without thumbs.
Infants until they arrive at IN age when
intellect dawns, constantly keep their fin.
gers folded above their thumbs, but they
soon know better, and us the mind devel-
ops, recognize the dignity and usefulness
of the despised digit. AT the approach of
death the thumbs of the dying, us if i'm
PEELED by some vague fear, seek refuge
under the fingers, and when thus found
are an almost certain announcement of the
end. So, in leaving the world, it seems
that our hands, in their last desire for
movement, assume, with our growing un-
consciousness, the sane suggestive posi-
lion in which the hands of the newborn
babe, with faculties all dormant, first shape
themselves.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17
THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD.
BY HENRY W LoNGFELLuw

BY HENRY W LoNGFELLOw
Warm and still is the summer night
AS here by the rivers brink wander;
White over head are the stars, and white
The gllmmerng lamps on the hillside yonder.
Silent are all the sounds of day;
Nothing hear but the chirp Of crickets.
A nd the cry of the herOns winging their way
Oer the poets house In the Emwood thickets.
Call to him, hcrOns as slowly you pass
To yOurrOOsts in the hanr oil the eXiled thrushes
Sing hlm the sOIg of the green mOrHsS.
And the tides that water the reeds and rushcs.
Sing him the mystical song of the hern,
And the secret that ball rs our utmost seeking;
For only sound OF lament we discern.
And cannot interpret tho words OH are speaking
Sing of the air, and the wild delight
or wings that upllt and wings that uphold you,
The joy OF heedOm, the rapture OI flight
Through the DRIFT of tho floating mists that en-
fold you;
OF the landscape lying 20 far below,
with lis towns and AVER, and desert places;
AMI the spIendOr0l light above, aud the glow
Oi the lmitlCss blue, ethereal spaces.
Ask him If songs Of the TronbalOurs,
Or OF Minneslngels IN old hlack-leller,
Sound IN his ears more sweet than YOURS,
And if yours are not swecter and wilder and bet
ter.
Sing to him, say to him, here at his gate,
Where The b0ughs ofthe stately elms are meeting
Some one hath fingered 10 mediate,
And send him unseen this iiicndly greeting;
That many another hath done The same
Though not by Il sound WAS The silence broken;
The sulcst pic 'ge n tealhless name
Is the silent homage Of thoughts unspOken.
January atlantic.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

TIE CLIMATE OF NORWAY 1t appears
TO be general belief in this country that
Norway is II sort Of Attic mountain re-
gion, where winter reigns supreme during
the greater part of the year. Hardly II day
passes without offering me half II dozen
opportunities for dispelling this illusion.
When in the months of January and Feb
ruary | struggled up the hill on top of
which live, in the face of hear,f frccz-
ing norh-eastcr which forces my breath
down my throat and fringcs my beard and
cyclnsheS with tiny iciclcs, | am tolerable
sure to meet some talkalivc neighbCr who
stops to congratulate me on the weather.
adding, with II sober matlrr-of (hctne>s
which secretly very irritating, that it
must make me feel very much al home"
| repeat, however, with outward cOmpos
ure, for the thousandth time, my little les
son about the Gulf Stream, which my
neighbor receives with lncredulouS stare,
rcmurking in n tone of rcmonSlrnnce
But it, so very far north, yor know
The fact is Norway is blessed with every
| possible variety or climate except the
trophical. The norlhernmo>t part, which
Is situated wl!hln lhe Alllc gree mas ooa a
mean II, annual IeIhcrhlure OF ABOUT 20
between the siXty-frst and siXty-serond
parallels. including the Sogne ford and
LISTER u rises 10 10 d do'' owing 10 tne IN
iluence ol 'Ile Uuil olre"'l, wil'eh al'h"u2l
IL has neeh very much rGVlIeu OF l'le' CON
lhues 10 SEM % us warm u o[e"lh 10 ,, over 'he
country. inc winter III 'ne lhio"Ie 'Jorn
regions IS ol al eE'E' Eehi'l temper anu
lhrr'dlo'o rs 'ne assertion may sound 'n'
mean temperature Oh the coldtsI DAY is
Ihefe sone"nAI n ABOVE lIlo ir%ezh@ po'ni'
IN lhcl' 'he creator Wl'eh Norway was
Phlhne'l' anlc'l"'G" some ol tne most re-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

Tobacco-chew'ng is not attacked because
considered unhealthy, but because it is II
filthy and unrelincd habit, and should be
discontinued 10y gentleman. Smoking is
Il far more pleasing manner OF using the
weed. and is tolerated if not liked by every
one. Our young ladies' can do more to,
ward arresti & The progress of tobacco,
chewing among young men OF their nc.
quaintance Than any possible measure thai
could be taken by IL newspaper or anti
tobacco society. A kind word or an ap
peal from them would have more effect
than the law Of the commonwealth had to
prevent smoking, when, not many yeas
ago, the use of II cigar or pipe in public
was punishable offence. Harsh means
seldom achieve their purpose, when that
purpose is to suppress thas which is con.
sidered II personal right. even though that
right is only the right to practice bnd
habit. Smoking is more general to-day in
countries where years ago tne govern.
ment took severe measures TO stop it. In
Italy and throughout the Roman Catholic
world, the Pops Urban VIII. and limo
cent XL., Illuminated against it the thun-
ders of the church. Even the priests and
sultans Of Turkey declared smoking sin
and crime, SULTAN Amuret w. decreeng
its punishment by death. In Russia, in
the seventeenth century, the noses OF
smokers were cut oil,
King James L., Of England, issued a
counterblaste to tobacco" in which he
described its use as "a custom loathsome
to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful
tn the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and
in the bltck sinking thereof, nearest re-
sembling the horrible stySian smoking of
the pit that is bolt)mless.n
We appeal again to the young ladies
10 discountonance the bad habit SO in
vogue among the young men of the day.
The kind word of II sister to her brother
the more etfeclual word of young lady
to her friends, can do more to arrest the
progress OF "our national bld habit - tn IN
The united counterbastes of all the
newspapers in the universe, or the appeals
Of all the anti-tobacco chewing people in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

Few persons are probably aware Of the
extent TO which an export trade in fresh
beef has grown up between this country
and Europe. Over 5000 quarters of
American fresh beef now reach Liverpool
every week, and are at once sent all ever
England. Birmingham alone receives
800 quarters. The laborng classes buy it
chiefly, ON the ground of its cheapness,
the price being three or four pence below
English beef. The rapidity with which it
is sold is astonishing, and there seems no
limit to the amount that will be taken.
The trade is evidently destined to indefinite
increase. The cattle which furnish Il. :
beef are slaughtered just before the steam-
ers start, and the beef is thus only week
upon the water, and arrives in the best
condition.