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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
Knights of the Garter.

Prince William, of Prussia, has re-
ceivcd the highest honor which it is in
the power of the queen of confer on a
foreign prince-an honor too, which is
sometimes coveted in vain by reigninG
sovereigns. Guizot mentions how glad
Louis Philippe was to receive the garter,
which he only did upon his visit to
England in 1853, when he had already
been fourteen years upon the throne Of
July. lie is said to have expressed the
feeling that now at length he could no
longer be called mere kingof the bari
cades, but was formally received into the
brotherhood OF monarchs upon equal
terms. Napoleon III. was equally pleased
when, in lS55--less than four years after
the coup u ctdt--he was invested with
the blue ribbon by her majesty in person.
On the other hand, we find Lord Pal
merston Gin Lord Dalling's lifc) writing
to his brother, Sir William Temple, and
telling him that "Rernadotte has been
flying kite for the Carter" adding
that his Swedise ma jesty was not to get
it. At the present moment decided
majority of the kings are entitled to
wear this highly priced decoration but
the kings of Spain and Sweden are as yet
left out in the cold. The only foreign
princes, not actually rcigning soyereigns,
who are Knights Of the Garter, are the
crown prince Of Germany and his son,
prince Louis, of Hesse, and prince
Christian, of Schlcswick. IIolstcin. Three
out of these are heirs to crowns. The
Duke of Cumberland has worn a crown,
and is, moreover, lineal descendant of
George H., and by n statute passed ON
the Nth of January, 1908, the order is
to consist of the sovereign and twenty
five knights companions, together with
such lineal descendants OF king George
II. as may he elected, always excepting
the prince of Wales, who is a constituent
part OF the original institution. Special
statutes are passed for the admission OF
foreign sovercigns or princes as extra
knights PaN Mil Gd2etr.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
Ean0uct SlightCd.

Philadelphia Times: The editors aud
reporters of the Brooklyn Argus were
treated to the funeral baked meats the
other day at such short ncticc that they
had no appetite. Mr.. Demas Barnes,
the proprietor of the Argus, who is quite
as well known as "S. Il. lS60N," has
spent about 5000, 900 on the paper, and
being weary of acting ag sole commits
sioner of the sinking fund, sold out to
the Union, which, thanks to liberal city
patronage, has begun to pay. He gave
gave the staff no notice, but invited
them over to lunch IN Saturday after
noon, and asked his managing editor to
take the chair. Mr.. Maverick did so re-
luctantly, saying that the staff could not
feel that they had been fairly used IN
having no notice OF change that must
affect them 80 seriously. Mr.. Barnes
without resnonding. called the waiter to
bring on the wine, but while the cnam,
psgne was yet sparkling, the editors and
repor,ers arose from their seats pleading
other engagements, and went out, leav.
inc Mr. BaTnes at the table with a dozen
rla.ses sparkling before him, and proba'
5iv wondering st people being such fools
n, TO refuse glass of wine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

In the house on the I'd, on motion Of
Mr.. Eden the rules were suspended and the
bill for the payment of claims, passed upon
by the commissioners of southern claims,
passed, 1t appropriates $l74,00O for that
purpose. The house then took a recess IN
til eight o'clock this evening. Evening ses
son.--Mr Field from the select committee
on privileges, reported bill to provide an
eilectual remedy for wrongful intrusion into
the office Of president and vice.president
Mr.. Cox moved to suspend the rules and
pass bill removing all polltica, disabilities
imposed or remaining on persons under the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution
Agreed to 1lS to 81.
In the house on the 3rd, Mr.. Singleton,
from the committee on appropriations, re-
ported back to the senate Il bill fixing the
signal service with certain amendments
Passed. Mr. Eden, from the committee on
war claims, reported back senate bill extend
ing for two years the act establishing the
oard Of commissioners OF claims; which was
passed. The conference report on the naval
appropriation bill were non.concurred in,
and the conference committee, Atkins,
Wells and Foster, was appointed. The house
then took recess. Last day--The last day
of the forty.fourth congress hegun at noon.
The conference report on the postolce ap,
preparation bill has been agreed to. On the
postal car facilitiesa new conference has been
ordered. The franking privilege is restored
for all public documents published by order
Of congress. AT the evening session, the con
ference report on the postoilice appropria
| ton bill was agreed to, the senate having re
ccdcd from the steamship subsidies, and The
| house compromised on the appropriation .
| $02j0,00O for mail service, instead of $500,
600, as provided by the senate. Mr.. Eli
moved to suspend the rules and pass bill
| 1902, 600 for repairing the levee Of the Mis-
sissippi river and reclamins the alluvia
| lands of Delta, the money to be expended
under the directions of the chief of engineer
Of the army. Defeated, yeas u, nays Is. TIT
| senate amendments to the southern claim
appropriation bill have been ConCurred in
Holman reported the conference on legisla
tive or appropriation bill had been unable
to agree on the presidents salary, and moved
further conference. Mr. Clymer, OF conierees
moved that the house recsde. Agreed to
the yeas and nays bcing refused, and tht
presidents salary remains at fifty thousanC
dollars, and the legislative appropriation
bill passed. Adjourned.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22

In the year 1860, Just after the break
in. nm of the confederate armies, young
.nidier a member ot Joe Shelby's com.
mand. accompanied by his father, arrived
in Corsicana. The old gcntlaman had
with him a large sum of money in gold.
After providing literally for his boy, who
was then on his way 10 Mexico, the old
gentleman, whose name was Bentlv Irving
sadly and sorrowfully journeyed back 10
his home in Cha,l ston county, Missouri.
The son remained abroad until a short
time since, when, upon receipt Of letter
and his fathers last will and testament,
together with the announcement OF his
death, he returned to the hsme OF his
father. II seems that the old gentleman
had enclosed briei description of thespot
on Richland creek where he had taken the
precaution to hide his treasure for the
benefit OF his absent boy. After mourn
full visit to the desolated homestead IN
Missouri, the young man came on heis
and soan found the trcisure--aro rot oi gWa
--amounting to nearly $1,000, e!aeiliyn ,iiyse.
the .pot described in bic father "
i,1ns'- - GllH ION Nffi.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
MISCELLANEOlrS.

EudoIpbe, the blliardst, has gone
into the hands Of receiver with single
pair Of studs, worth fifty cents, as his whole
assets.
The sale of prize packages will likely
be prohibited by the Michigan legislature
under a penalty of five hundred dollars fine
or years imprisonment.
The diamonds Of the French crown
which belong to the nation, will be. among
the objects exhibited at the Paris exposi.
ton in iSiS,
Tho new sultan of Turkey is the hus.
band Of Que wife who is said to he Belgian,
very pretty aud very clever,
The prince of Wales has determined to
visit Austria and New Zealand, but the date
of the projected tour has not yet been de
aided.
The grand duke Alexis and Constan
tine will visit New York with the Russian
feet toward the close Of March Their see,
ond visit will partske more of an official
character than the one just ended,
The new family at the white house
will consist of governor Hayes, his wife and
three chiIdren-Webb G., nineteen year, old
FANNIE eight, and Scott Russell six, OF the
two older sons one is at the Cambridge law
school and the other is junior in Cambridge
university.
Bartholdi, the sculptor, telegraph'
from Paris that he has completed all his plas
for co,t> for the statute OF "Libcrty Enlight
.rin., the World" lie will Immediately be
..iu TO mould the remaining portions. lie rS
pss,s 10 hav5 IL. ,talao f0gPleia aBl ttaI'
! ,al .l,pMoHI within ypar
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
An Indian Duel.

Omaha Herald A citizen of Sioux
City, who has spent much time among
the agencies OF the up-river Indians,
says it is amusing, as well as touching, to
hear an Indian sing his death song.
Our informant was at Standing Rock
a few months since, and one day he OBJ
served an unusual stir among the In.
dians. Soon two bucks came forth from
different lodges, each with gun in his
hand. They walked out some distance
from the rest of the Indians and took
posts, distant from each other about fifty
yards. At u given signal they fired.
Both fell, wounded, one fatally. They
were Immediately surrounded by friends,
who made no particular effort to bind up
their wounds, but simply stood around
talking among themselves and gesticulat.
ing, while the wounded Indians, as soor
as they fell, began their death song
There was little music in it. 1t was 4
deep-dcwn unnatural tone of voice
kept up for half minute or so at time
when it would cease, and the sufferer
would in the interim make a confession
of all the evil deeds they had ever done
They would tell of the massacres il
which they had engaged how man!
scalps they had lifted from the heads .
white people; the number Of ponies they
had stolen, together with all sorts of i'm
portant and unimportant evil doings in
their lifetime. This accomplised, they
were ready to give up the ghost.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
ENIL EEGN.

The duke dAumalc is the owner of
Rcmbrandts Resurrection of Lazarus" for
which the ear offered, about fifteen years
ago, $4,000,
Tho two hottest days ever known in
Australia were the 18th and 10Th of January,
when the thermometer registered los degrees
in the shade in Melbourne
Tho English society for the prevention
OF cruelty to animals obtained during the
year 1876 2,G9S convictions, This does not
include convictions obtained by the police.
NJ. Hcrold's bill for REFRESHING duelmg
in France, makes it a misdemeanor punish
able by period Of imprisonment ranging
from II month to year, and fine ranging
from twenty to two hundred dollars. When
II wound is inflicted the penalty will be i'm.
prisonmcnt for from three months to three
years, and u fine Of from forty to four hun.
dred dollars. If the wounds result fatally,
the minimum period Of Imprisonment will
be one year and the maximum five years,
and the amounts of the fines from two hun.
dred to two thousand dollars. Any provo.
cation to a duel, or an insult having that OBJ
iect in view, will render the person guilty of
it liable to from six daysto three months i'm.
prisonment, and Il fine of from twenty to two
hundred dollars; and the same punishment
is applicable to those who make any accu-
sation in public charging Il man with having
refused a challenge or failed To propose a
duel. The seconds fare nearly as bad as the
principals.
The Times dispatch from Vienna says
that it seems n formula for an answer to the
Russian circular has been found and that it
is one on which all the powers can agree so
that their answers will he identical in essence
ii not in form, and far from containing any
thing that might induce Russia TO consider
the harmony which existed at the confer>
cnce at an end, and thus inducing her to
take an Independent course The answer is
to be in the form Of European recognition
of all efforts and sacrifices made by Russia
for christians in Turkey, II these efforts
have not quite the desired effect the powers
seem willing to take their share OF the i'll
success Of the conference, SO there is no rca>
son for Russia to consider her dignity more
compromised than that Of the rest of Eu-
rope. It will hc pointed out that, despite
the failure Of the conference, the efforts
have not been frnitlcSs. There is peace
with Scrvia, and it may lie hoped with Mon
| tcncgr0 also. The Porte has recognized the
necessity oI the reform advocated by the
powers, aud has been aroused from its torpor
and lcthGrgy. The lions share Of these sue.
| ccsscs is TO he ava rded to Russia in the an~
swer of the powers, 50 that Russia will be
able to point to the recognition Of her sues
ccsNes by all Europe to obviAc domestic
| pressure How far the satisfaction, coupled rs
| it will he with the refusal TO take any further
steps, will 20 to make Russia withdraw seems
very doubtful hut it is to be hoped that il
will serve AS thread for those further nego-
tiations with which the present tour Of gen.
eral Ignateil may be connected.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
Historic Junk.

The oldest pieces Of iron wrought from
now known are probably the sickle blade
found by Belzoni under the base of a
sphinx in karnac, near Thebes; the
blade Found Col. Vyse imbedded in by
the masonry Of the great pyramid; the
portion Of tie crosscut saw exhumed al
Slmrod by Mr., Dayard-all of which
are now in the British museum. \
wrought bar of Damascus steel was pre-.
sen,ed by King Porus to Alexander the
great, and the razor steel of China for
many centuries has surpassed all Eu.
ropean steel for temper and durability OF
edge. The IIindoos appear to have MAGE
wrought iron directly from the ore, WIN, s,
out passing it through the furnace, from c,l n
finn time immemorial; and elaborat,eiy
1i6e Wrought masses Of iron are .'ill 3 found h in
India which iste from IN" early cen
,nr,fp a tha chyisflan f'7'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
FACTS AND FANCiES.


The banquet DER the ballroom charm
Awhile seemed gone the lights had laded
Fair Anna took my P'olleied arm
AMT In the hall we pfomcnadcd,
But while-her hand within my own
We whispered words Ol sOitesl meaning,
! felt her shudler, heard her goan,
And found her gently gainst me leaning
what dearest, thus thy bosom strs"
asked " Alas, doth Love soit malad'-
y" Then she pressed my hand in horY, ,,
And murmurcd, con, that lobster salai ~
ATHENS, Greece, with $4,000 people
has fifty periodicals.
THE English marine has lost two thou
sand ships by disaster in the last year,
and America is only a few behind that
figure. The sea is merely grave covered
by water.
A CLERGYMAN at Mantowoc, Wiscon'
sin, rushed a'iemalc outof church, ,becau'e
she criticised his sermon. \ Jury crit.
cised him to the tune Of ten dollars.
CALlroRNA panthcrs now crawl into
hollow logs to escape the pursuit ot
California girls, Where can California
men &C?
ENGLISH journals complain that the
tone of American journals is not rs high
as it should be. Let us all commence
tomorrow to say nothing and he more
like English newspapcrs,-F'rcc Press.
PrNCH, apropos of the late wet
weather in London, offers the following
sentiment; "Thc empire on which the
sun never sct--and (of latc) very seldom
raises !"
THE Austrian army is gradually to
exchange its well known white uniform
for blue. Half Of the infantry will rc'
cciyc blue tuuicS this year, and the rest
of The troops will receive thcm in lH1S.
The poet who wanted to be granger
and wrote "beneath the tall tOmato-trce
I'd swing the glittcring hoe" was not 50
badly informed as he seemed. Mr.. Scott
of Los Angeles, CAL, has a tomato'ylne
twenty-five feet high.
IT has been discovered by eastern men
that it costs one hundred and twenty
five dolarsp per week to take care of trot-
ting horse during the season. The horse
may go at 2;2o, but the money goes at
2:l9.
A FOREIGN critic says that no rival is
so serious as the Sympathetic, vain mar
ried woman who has petted and f'attered
/ the bachelor and is bristlinr with anx'
iety to do the same kind office for the
benedict.
II could have my way cried the
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
TGtE East.

The Central Park menaseric costs
New York about ~ 900 a month,
Mr., Cornelius j. Vanderbilt, the priR-
cipal figure in the group that proposes to
contest the old commodore's will, Is COM
monty known in the family as "Ioung Cor.
neel." The sun says that young Cornecl
was in early youth sore given to reyel and
ungodly see; he roamed much about the
country, took hand in politics, and went in
for the chances generally, "li he is not, a
chip of the old block, he knows a great deal
about chips: in fact is said 10 be very fond
Of themn
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22
Draining Il Lake.

The Florida Agriculturist, says lake
Okecchobec is about iorty-ive r1iIeS long
and twenty-five miles wide. This does
not include the marsh lands surrounding
it, which must be of still larger dimen-
sonS. The wafer of the lake is very
shallow, seldom over seven feet and in
very few places ten feet deep, and in
most parts boats cannot approach with
in two or three mile, of the shore on aC.
count of the shallOwncss. No fish live
in the lake not even an alligator can be
iound-as the water is stagnant and very
offensive to the smell. There is nothing
to prevent the draining Of this lake into
the Caloosahatchie river. A canal about
eight miles long will accomplish it, the
river having a sufficient fall to allow OF
it's being done. At present the outlet
from the lake to the river is closed up
by saw-grass and lily-pads, throwing the
waters Of the lake, in the rainy season
into the Everglades. What a grand
speculation there could b. made by
draining the lake and cutting the Ian,
into lorty-acre farms? For several year,
it would give the most splendid rice
crops ever seen, and then comes in sugar
cane, which would almost rattoon for
ever. We have never heard of any
country possessing such grand belt o
cane land that could be 20 easily turne,
to advantage.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22

AN old lady received a letter, and sup.
posing it to be from one of her absent
sons, she called on a person to read it to
her. He accordingly began TO read:
"Dear mother" then making stop to
see what followed, as the writing was
rather bad, the old lady exclaimed
"0h, that's my poor IpTry' He always
,.Nllelt.l.N
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22

lighting Of one hundred thousand furnace fires
and the hunmning Of million spndlcs in the
valley, that without the canal will never be
seen or heard Uf
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-22

" What, dearest, thus thy bosom Stirs"'
asked, Alas, doth Love soi malad'-
y" Then she pressed my hand in horg,
And murmurcd, "Oh, that lobster snlal "
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28
A Model Village.

The Springfield Republican says that
the village Of Peckville, eight miles up
the Lackawanna from Scranton, is the
only one within the broad Common
wealth Of Pennsylvania, where intoxica-
ting drinks of any kind and character
are rigidly excluded. 1t has always been
so since the village took its name from
its founder, Samuel Peck. Pure water
from the mountain will assuage the vii
lage thirst, and supply the domestic
wants of people enjoying degree Of
thrift and health, belonging to no min
ing town in the valley. This is emphati-
cally manufacturing town, supporting
itself by its local industries, by its mills,
shops and various wooden factories, run
by careful business parties. It's hygienic
character is far above the average town.
While it supports two ministers and
churches, high school, an excellent
temperance hotel and two lodges, doctors
armed with lancets, pills and powders, gain
no permanent foothold here. Within
the last four years, four different Escu-
lapians have hung ont their shingles am
bitiously, and removed them after time
fully satisfied that this healthy COM
munity would not be sick for their
special profit. There should be physi-
clan residing there, but the experience
of the hast four years shows that one
could not be supported by the practice
of the place.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28
The Future Stock Field.

The Black Hills Pioneer says: Tho
subjugation of the Sioux Indians opens
up to occupancy the finest stock
ranges of the continent, and the
enterprising stock raisers of the
country are already moving toward
utilizing them. Montana, the now
settled portion Of it, is admitted to be
the best stock Tango at present occu-
pied, and the ranchmen there all agree
that the unsettled portions of the east
ern part of the territory, that is, the
main Yellowstone valley, the Rosebud,
Big Horn and Clark's Fork valleys, are
altogether superior as grazing ranges, to
the Madison and Gallatin valleys, in
which thousands of head of cattle are
being subsisted. Many Montana ranch
men have moved over and located ranches
on the Yellowstone, and some on the
Rosebud and Clark's Fork. These ad-
vancing settlements to the eastward are
rapidly moving this way, and will short.
ly reach the advance settlements to the
westward from the Black Hills. We
believe that by this time next year it
will be possible to set out on horseback
from Deadwood City and travel to the
Yellowstone river, stopping at rancho
every night. The greater portion of
the intervening country is pastoral in
character, with here and there some fine
agricultural districts. 1t will in q
very few years be thickly settled and be
covered with all the embellishments of
civilization,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28

A remarkable piece of work near
Yuma, Arizona, on the Southern Pacific
Railroad is known as "The Loop" and
many persons come long distances to see
it. In laying out the line, the engineers
foundgr difficulty in reaching the sum-
NIT without exceeding the grade to which
they had been restricted. They leveled
here and there, and found they could only
accomplish it by winding long distance
around and making several bends in the
track. Colonel Grey found way out Of
the trouble by making the road form a
loop or circle upon itself, the first at
tempt of the kind in railway engineering.
The road passes at certain point into
short tunnel, and bends gently to the
left, it goes on and on, till at length, as
you look from the rear platform of the
train, you find youself directly above
the tunnel, and discover that the track
has made loop around the mountain as
perfect as the one you form around your
finger with bit of thread. The desired
elevation has been gained, and the train
is headed in tile same direction rs WHEN
it emerged from the tunnel, and almost
exactly above the former position.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28
A Cure for Sfammeriny.

A Canada journal contains letter from
a correspondent who processes to have
been stammerer from childhood almost
to manhood, and who wishes to give other
sufferers the benefit of the treatment by
which he was cured. He says: Go into a
room where you will be quiet and alone,
get some book that will interest you, but
not excite You, and set down and read two
hours, aloud, to yourself, keeping your
teeth together. Do the same thing every
two OF three days, or once week, if very
tiresome, always taking care to read
slowly and distinctly, moving the lips.
but not the teeth. Then, when convers-
ing with others, try to speak as slowly
and distinctly as possible, and make up
your mind that you will not stammer. I
tried this remedy, and read for two hours
aloud, with my teeth together. The first
result was to make my tongue and jaws
ache-that is while I was reading; and
the next to make me feel as if something
had loosened my talking apparatus, for
I could speak with less difficulty imme-
diately. The change was so great that
every one who knew me remarked it.
repeated the remedy every five or six
days for month, and then at logger in
tervals, until cured.