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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

We want it distinctly understood
tina, it is not our intention to put any
thing in our columns which would
linge the check Of even the most las
lidious, and insist that We have not
violated this rule, the ideas OF certain
ones to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Remember, that to the vulgar every
thing is vulgar
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

The time is fast approaching When
we must bid temporary adieu to the
large number of young ladies' who, for
the past school session, have made
their home The closing
exercises Of Mary Sharp College will
commence nLXt week, and the occasion
" i'll be an unusually interesting one.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

The exercises OF Carrick Academy
will close in few days. The Princi
pals OF this school deserve credit for
the successful manner in which they
have conducted it, and our citizens
should see to it that they do mol have
50 many Disadvantages to work under
hereafter Such teachers as Professors
Clark d Bledsoe are not to he picked
up every dar-in fact, they have but
few s;tDeriOrs
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Any person having French Die.
lionary. FasquelIs's French Course,
III Gustave Chouque's French DIA-
logne; Or copy of relemacus' French
Poems, ny Fenelon, Bnd wishing to
dispose of the same. can find pu-
chaser by applying to Professor A.
Jourlan.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

We are requested 10 state that there
Will be Basket Meeting at Harrls
Chapel, near Hugh Blackwood $, next
Sunday. The funeral OF the late wife
Of Mr.. p 1. Curle, (Iermerly Susan D.
Marshall, and Of her alner, Mr.. Jo-
siah Ma, shall. will lie preached. Ser
vices by Revs. Jas. A. Hadgins and
Bur,Un Brandon.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Miss -, one o, tue sweetest hn
other day, besullful boquet. for
which she will please accept our
thanks. The taste displayed in select.
ing and arranging the flowers is adj
mirahle-iD fact, We never saw one
more beautiful and sweet scented.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Ifyou want Reapers, Now
ers, or Threshers, call on w.
w. Garner & Go. They are
offering bargains in good ma
chimes, all of which are war
ranted. They have, also, a lot
OF Steel Hay Rakes, cheap.
nnavl7-lw
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

TO the Young man whose smile is
''chli like and bland" We would say
that the article IN last weeks journal
did not refer to him. We never had
the pleasure of hearing him sing, hut
will net our old hat that with little
training he would make "slngst"
right. He has u sweet way OF "yell
ing sometimes, anyway. We would
advise him nol 10 practice so much on
Comm thro' tn RE-"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

We barely have time To invite your
attention to the column advertisement
OF Mrssrs. Lenehan & Boyle in this
issue. Joe Lrnehan is one of the most
popular merchants in Unr county, and
when he says he will sell you good
goods, and cheap goods, you can bet
your bottom dollar that lie will do it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Business generally Is very dull in
our town. The farmers are sticking
close to their work, for they have
enough before them to stimulate every
energy. A good crops expected. and
the consequences will he plenty OF mon
ey in the country and renewed pros
Derity.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

An excited Young cuss called on US
at our o!Iice, tie other day, and want.
dto know il II certain article in last
weeks issue was intended for him.
We replied: "Ql capt. lille facit.' Hr
said the apology was sufficient anI
went on his say rejoicing.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Clean up and whitewush your prem
lse. now. Examination exercises will
soon b. on hand, in consequence vi
iyhrh our Lnwn will he crowded with
strangers. Let US present as good an
appearance rs possible.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Some of the prisoners in our county
Jail tried to bulldoze the jailer into Il
chance for an escape last week, but
their plan Didn't work. Jailer Arledse
didn't do exactly as they expected him
m In
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Several nice young men have adopt
ed the standing collar, AMI it IS aim 'st
Impossible t. view the rear elevation
Of said collar without thinking of the
business revival that would take place
il our merchants could utilize the
white sxpanse Tor advertising pur
poses.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Since 80 many Uf our clllzrns have
donnud new clothes, you frequently
hear such language AS this on our
street,: II never see yon WORKING
where the ID did sou get those
cluihes ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

N, marriages to report, hut if there
is anything IN Signs, we will have some
20 report belong We have seen some
.hln!, that looked rather suspicious
''around aud about lately. Don't iur
get the ,:inlrr \ fee
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

The "prcss" OF advertisements forced
us to leave ont some county CORES
pondcnre this. Refrain will nndcr
stand. We also had to omit portion
OF our Decllrrl letter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

We have I" beg the indulgence OF
our regular advertisers for two weeks
The show advertisement forced US TO
leave out several columns. We will
make up" for the loss in the future.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

One Of our farmers told US last week
that scotia was Il certain cure for hog
cholera. Give table. spoonful every
morning. mixed with dough, until a
cure is effected.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

The rage for p'c-nlcs does not seem
to become an epidemic this year as ON
former vcruaI occasions, Only one in
this immediate vicinity 80 far.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

There is AL increasing demand for
greenbacks at this office. Nav IL the
time for those in, ebled to cali up and
"see the Captain"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Away with this gal, anlzel aristocla
cy, and don't slight your fellow-man
because he wears common clothes. r"
member, "all thar glitlers is not gold"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Alter all the scare, we learn that
there will be Il sufficient quantity of
peaches raised in our county to sup
pl, the home demand.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

1t is astonishing 10 see how the dogs
have increased in these parts since thu
Legislature freed them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Las, Saturday WAS the dulest Satur-
day for business this year, So one Of
our good merchants told us. He don't
advertise. though.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

y SAVE MONEY by buying
salt before the prices increase, from
Emhre,, Bro. l. ca. They have an ex
ira large stock on hand.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

A good many people won't adm,
that honesty is the best policy, because
they have never tried IT,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Stick u mushroom on the end OF n
knitting needle, aud you have the
latest style Of parasol,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

One farmer in Green county held on
70 his wheat until the recent rise and
made 81, 500 by the operation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

County Court next Monday, aud the
horse. jockeys will he IN their glory
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

Flies were in demand the latter part
OF lusl week. The weather was dccl'
dcdly "winterish,"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

A few struggling white suits have
made their appearance on our streets
lately,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

T ere is but little slcknrss IN our
town NJ tIis ime.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

The hoys are having a jolly tim"
swimming in the creek, at Cedar Bluff
They seem determined to keep cool"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31

People are now revealing in garden
sass. Everybody has had peas, beans
potatoes, &c except We local.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-01
Municipal FOOlishness.

Many things done in the name of econ
omy prove both foolish and criminal ex-
travagance. Itappears that Fernandina,
Florida, has always been remarkably
healthy city until it was recently visited
with the yellow fever scourge. The i'm
mediate causes of this fatal epidemic
were traced to the uncleanly condition
of certain sections of the city. The
municipal authorities, finding the
treasury impoverished this year, conclud-
ed to economic % so drainage and
proper sanitary regulations were neg
lected. The result is that out of a
population of two or three thousand
persons, something like thousand have
had the fever, and many still are i'll. 1t
is true that the disease proved to be a
mild type, and perhaps not more than
sixty deaths have occurred. But such
a number, in so small city, is fear
full loss, and those who remain are suf
fering greatly in many ways. The com
plete suspension of business has cut off
all opportunities of employment among
the laboring classes, and the citizens
generally, having exhausted their own
resources, have become dependent upon
outside relief. Appeals for help have
been met by generous public; and as
cold weather will soon check the spread
of the fever, it is hoped that the stricken
city will speedily rally from the raw
ages of this dreadful plague.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-01
A Poem in the Dorset Dialect.

As wer readen ov a stwone
In Grenley churchyard all alwone,
A little maid ran up wi pride
To zee me there, an push'd ABIDE
\ bunch o. bennets that did hide
a verse her father, she Zaid,
Put up above her mothers head,
To tell how much he loved her.
The verse wer short, but very good,
stood an Iarn'd en- where 1 stood:
" Mid God, dear Meary, gle me greace
To Wind, like thee, better pleace,
Where L wOonce mwore mid see thy feace,
An bring thy children up to know
His word, that they mid come an show
Thy soul how much 1 lov'd thee.''
Where's father, them" 1 zaid, my chile"
Dead, too" she answered VII a smile;
&" An an brother Jim do bide
At Betty Whites, o. t'other eide
o. road" Mid He, my chile,' cried,
"Thats father to the fatherless,
Become thy father now, an bless,
AM keep, an lead, and love thee"
Though she've a-lost, 1 thought, so much,
Still He don't let the thought OF touch
Her litsome heart by day an night;
An zoo, if we could teake it right,
Do show He'll meake his burdens light
To weaker souls, an that His smile
Is sweet upon n harmless chile,
When they be dead that Iov'd it.
-WilliGna Barnes.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-01
The Medicinal Famine During
the Blockade.

Mrs. NJ. P Handy writes in the Phil
adelphia Times:
The greatest privation suffered by the
Confederates was from lack of medi-
cines. The Government at Washington
made them contraband of war. Quinine
and morphine were worth double, nay
treble, their weight in gold, and when
Stonewall Jackson's arm was ampu-
tated, the fact that he had the aid of
chloroform to sustain him under the
operation was telegraphed as news
throughout the Confederacy-news to
be received with thankfulness by the
waiting heart of the people. Federal
prisoners cursed the Confederate sur
geons who refused them morphia and
chloroform in their agonies; but Con-
federates and Federals suffered alike;
nothing was scarcer or more precious
than such drugs, and not few Southern
hospitals had little of the one and none
of the other in their stores. An attempt
was made to cultivate opium, and to
that end the seed of the red and
white poppy were distributed
through the country by the Gov
eminent at Richmond. The plan was
to prick the gum capsules of the plant,
and collect the gum which exuded from
the wounds thus made; but the project
met with no success farther north than
Southern Alabama and Mississippi, and
even there was only partially successful.
I believe that some sort of decoction
made from the green seed stepped in
brandy was used as a lotion in cases OF
acute neuralgia, but L am not sure.
Corn, wheat and other grains were so
precious as breadstuffs that their dis
tillation into intoxicating liquors was
forbidden both by the Confederate
Congress and by the various State
Legislatures. So that fruit brandies,
rum made from the juice of the Chinese
sugar-cane and grape wines were the
only lawful strong drinks of the coun-
try. These paid heavy taxes, but they
also brought high prices, and large
quantities of them were manufactured
Victims of neuralgia were forced to
drink and forget their misery when hot
poultices failed to bring relief, since
opium was to be had only at fancy prices.
Bromine was unattainable, and all anO-
dynes so wholly out of reach that few
people ever even sighed for them. The
medical department sent botanizing par
ties prospecting through the country in
search of roots and herbs which might
be of medical value, and appealed tc
the people of the Confederacy to collect
and prepare such simples as slippery
elm, sarsaparilla, blackberry root, gin
seng, etc. Herb teas were used in the hos
pitfalls by surgeons who for years had rid
iculed them as old wives remedies, bu
who now turned to them in necessity
for lack of more efficient medicines
Southern women trod on bare floors
cutting the carpets which had covered
them into blankets for sick soldiers
Linen sheets and undertaking wer
torn into bandages, and private store
were freely used for the sick and dying
Once, during the seven days. fgh
around Richmond, public worship wa
suspended on Sunday and the.member
of the churches worked all day long il
their lecture-rooms making sand-bag
for the Notifications and rolling ban
dages and scraping lint for the wounded
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-01
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

MIRACLEs.-4 eggs, cups of sugar,
Z cup of butter, ] teaspoonful of ginger,
stirred thick with flour. Roll out, cut
very thin andfry in hot lard.
LIGHT DUMPLINGs.-Take as much
light dough as will make aloaf of bread,
work into it J pound of raisins. Tie
loosely in a cloth and boil Ii hours.
CITRON CAKE eggs, 3 cupfuls SUI
gar, 1 cupful butter, 3 cupfuls flour, !
cupful milk, 1 spoonful baking-powder
put into the flour; then cut the citron
in small pieces and stir into the cakes;
flavor with nutmeg and a little grated
lemon-rind.
To SERVE COLD HAM.-Cut the slices
across the grain, very thin, and lay in
uniform order on the platter. Or, put
on whole on the table before the carver.
In the latter case the skin should be re-
moved and whole cloves stuck in in fan
cy forms, and pinches of black pepper
also fancifully put on. Serve with
mashed potatoes, poached eggs and
grated horseradish.
SAGO SOUP pounds of beef in 4
quarts of water boil till tender and take
out the meat; add to the broth 1 teacup
of sage; boil gently for l hour; beat
well the yelks of 2 eggs with cup of
cream; put into the soup-tureen; pour
the soup over it, stirring gently. If
cream is not to be had, stir in good
lump of butter with the milk and eggs.
APPLE IsLANDs.-Stew as dry as pos
sible apples enough to make quart
after being strained through sieve; add
cup and a half of sugar, flavor with
lemon. Beat the whites of eggs to a
stiff froth, and just before eating stir
slowly into the apple. Serve from a
! glass dish, using as sauce a nice boiled
custard made of the yelks of 6 eggs,
sweetened and favored to the taste.
PORK AND APPLE PIE.-Cut fat pick
led pork in very thin slices. Line a
deep dish with rich paste; put in lay
er of pared and sliced tart apples, then
a layer of the thin slices of pork; sea-
son with butter, little cinnamon and
sugar; then layer of apples, pork and
seasoning, and SO on until the dish is
! full. Pour over this a cup of white
wine and and cover with paste. Bake
slowly till done, or about an hour.
CRULLERs.-6 eggs, l cofee-cup SUI
gar, 6 tablespoonfuls softened butter,
of new milk; 2 tablespoonful cream
tartar, 1 tablespoonful ginger, a little
nutmeg and cinnamon, making about
an even teaspoonful of the two COM
bined, and only just flour enough to
roll out easily, 1 tablespoonful of soda
dissolved in two tablespoonful of cold
milk Sift the cream-tartar with the
flour, to mix it thoroughly, beat all to 6
cream, add soda last thing before the
flour, and fry in hot lard.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-01
Arctic Cold.

When snow becomes hard as rock, its
surface takes a granular consistence like
sugar. When it lies with its massive
wreaths frozen in the form of pillows
our steps resound, as we walk over them,
with the sound of drum. The ice is so
hard that it emits aringing sound wood
becomes wonderfully hard, splits, and is
as difficult to cut as bone; butter be-
comes like stone; meat must be split,
and mercury may be fired as bullet
from a gun. If cold thus acts on things
without life, how much more. must it in
fuence living organisms and the power
of mans will Cold lowers the beat of
the pulse, weakens the bodily sensa-
tions, diminishes the capacity of move
ment and of enduring great fatigue.
Of all the senses, taste and smell most
lose their force and pungency, the
mucous membrane being in a constant
state of congestion and excessive
secretion. After a time a decrease
of muscular power is also percepti-
BILE. If one is exposed suddenly to
an excessive degree of cold, involun-
tarily one shuts the mouth and breathes
through the nose; the cold air seems at
first to pinch and pierce the organs of
respiration. The eyelids freeze even in
calm weather; and to prevent their clos
ing, we have constantly to clear them
from ice, and the beard alone is less
frozen than other parts of the body, be-
cause the breath as it issues from the
mouth falls down as snow. Snow-spec-
tacles are dimmed by the moisture of
the eyes, and when the thermometer
falls 81 degrees CO. below zero they are
as opaque as frost-covered windows.
The cold, however, is most painfully
felt in the soles of the feet when there
is cessation of exercise. Nervous
weakness, torpor, and drowsiness fol-
low, which explains the connection
which is usually found between resting
and freezing. The most important
point, in fact, for sledge party, which
has such exertions to make at a very
low temperature, is to stand still as lit
tie as possible. The excessive cold
which is felt in the soles of the feet dur
ing the MONDAY rest is the main reason
why afternoon marches make such de-
mand on the moral power. Great cold
also alters the character of the excre-
tons, thickens the blood, and increases
the need of nourishment from the in
creased expenditure of carbon. And
while perspiration ceases entirely the Sc
cretion of the mucous membranes of the !
nose and the eyes is permanently in
creased, and the urine assumes almost a |
deep red color. At first the bowels are
much confined, a state which, after con-
tinuing for five and sometimes eight
days passes into diarrhea. The bleach
ing of the beard under these influences
is curious fact.-2he Lands Within
The Arctic Circle.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-01
Rebuilding London.

London presents the appearance of a
city in the course of being rebuilt. In
all directions houses are being torn down
for the purpose of widening existing
streets, or making new ones, or creating
squares, or clearing sites for new blocks
of shops, hotels or private residences.
The buildings now in course of erection
are invariably of the most snowy and at
the same time substantial orders of ar
chitecture The road-beds are exceed
ingly firm and the surface smooth and
hard. The pavements are wide, strong
and well laid. The gas-lighting is lib
eral and occasionally tasteful, particu-
1arly on the north bank of the Thames
from Westminster TO Blackfriars Bridge,
along the new embankment, which is a
parterre of flowers and shrubs by day,
and fairy-like illumination by night.
But all this is modified, and the aspect
of the city, to certain extent, disfigur-
ed, like blotches on fair face, by ex-
cavations, heaps of rubbish, and the
vast piles of earth, lime, stone, brick,
timber and iron, everywhere blocking
the streets. There appears literally no
end to the rebuilding and reconstruction
of the metropolis. One set of improve
ments is no sooner finished than another
is begun. In ten years London will
probably be more beautiful in every
quarter than Paris. Already many for
eigners consider London, on the whole,
preferable to the butterfly metropolis of
France, but when the vast changes now
progressing are partly accomplished,
London will be without a rival for taste
and elegance as residence, as it al
ready is peerless for wealth, influence
and population. In the meantime, the
stream of tourists, travellers, pleasure
seekers, business men, invalids and 9TH
ers visiting the metropolis, seems to be
forever increasing. Never was any
thing seen like it. Wonderful as the
day is, the morrow is equally crowded
with marvels. London is a succession
of surprises, and they never cease.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-01
The Boy "DecIaimer.''

The declaiming of select pieces is a
school exercise to which some boys do
not take kindly. They are not to the
manner born, and, having no inclination
to become orators, are indisposed to
seek the aid of art.
At the village academy which, when
a boy, the late Mr.. Seward attended, the
pupils were obliged to declaim."
Among those who were neither by ma
ture or inclination fitted to shine as de-
Chalmers, was a farmers son, named
Charles Jackson. He was about four
teen years old, but large enough for
eighteen, dull and awkward. After sew
eral attempts, he managed, by the
teachers promptings, to lift his eyes
from the floor and roll his head from
right to left; but his arms hung by his
side, and his feet were as though fixed
to the floor
The teacher insisted that the boy
should gesticulate with his arms, and oc-
casionally change the position of his
feet. Charles said he didn't know how
to gesticulate, nor when to shift his po-
sition. Thereupon, the teacher himself
took the stand, and went through the
motions of lifting one arm, then the 9TH
er, shifting the feet first to one side and
then to the other.
Charles, thus instru cted, began to
speak his little piece. He had not the
faintest idea that the gesture should il
lustrate or enforce the sentiment. His
notion was that gesture meant a sort of
regular movement of hands and feet.
Turning his head to the right. and ex-
tending his right foot, he lifted his right
arm, as stiff as poker, and suddenly
dropped it. Turning his head to the
left, he extended his left foot and raised
his left arm. Thus saving the air, with
the precision and regularity of a clock
pendulum, he drawled out the address
of Romulus to the Romans:
If all the strength of cities Saving with right
army,
with left arm),
Or the depth of their bitches Saving with right
army,
We should have great reason to be in fear
Saving with left arn),
For that which we have now buit'' Saving
with right ARM.
Charles became discouraged, and his
name is not enrolled among the names
of American orators. Youths CozppG7a-
inn