The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21


trial by jury.
The dissatisfaction felt with the report
of the Canadian fisheries commission is
so great and general that congress will
not confirm it. 1t will be attacked in
both houses as unjust, unreasonable anc
not based on facts AS the whole matter
has to be ratified by congress before it
can have any force, or before the award
can become due, it may be taken for set
tied that the result of the commissions
labors is as good as thrown away.
AS TO what men are considered NEST
manageable by the feminine sex, Jennie
June says; "A poet, if he is presentable,
stands perhaps first on the list, women
putting much higher pecuniary esti-
mate on poets than editors are apt to on
their productions. Editors are also in
demand, and literary men of any stripe
fetch pretty good price, some women
having sort OF reverence mixed with
their curiosity concerning the fourth
estate"
THERE is great satisfaction at the
settlement of the peace preliminaries.
The following are the conditions of the
protocol: First, The erection of Bulga-
ria into principality; second, A war
indemnity or territory in compensation
third, The independence of Roumania,
Servia and Montenegro, with an increase
of territory for each fourth, Reforms in
Bosnia and Herzegovina fifth, An ulte-
rior understanding between tho sultan
and czar regarding the Dardanelles
sixth, The evacuation of the Danubian
tortressas and Erzeroum.
A WASHINGTON special to the st.
Louis Globe Democrat says: Postmaster
Filley has forwarded to the postotiice
department recent accounts in ST. Louis
newspapers of the sale OF postage stamps
by others than postmasters at a discount
Mr.. Filley states that as an evil OF the
practice of allowing country postmasters
to sell STAMPS at discount, whereby
they are placed in circulation as money,
the revenue of the St. Louis Office is cut
down 100000 annually, half of which,
at least, owing to the large discount
given these country rostotfices, is a loss
to the government. Mr.. Hazen, third
assistant postmaster-general, stated to-
day that the government would lose this
year 81 900, 900 because of this growing
evil
The othcious Lindermsn is out with a
proposition to make new silver dollar
of 425 grains. This is only moditca-
tion of Christiancy's proposition to give
the dollar 435 grains. Both Of these
gentlemen know perfectly we'll that no
dollars of such intrinsic value could be
kept afoat a day as full money. They
would Immediately take trip to Europe
In 1873 the dollar of 4l2! grains was at
premium Of three per cent. over the
standard gold dollar; demonetization di'
mipished its price to eighty-6ve cents on
the dollar; a part of the loss has beer
recovered by the reduction OF the annua
supply of silver; and if the old silver
dollar of 412l grains were restored to the
legal currency, it would speedily rise
again to par with gold. All men who
want to add to the weight of the silvel
dollar are enemies of that coin, and wish
to Danish it from the country Graphic
COMMENTING on some interesting fact
from the st. Peter insane asylum, thu
ST. Paul Pioneer.Press says: 1t appear
that more than two and a half times a
many young men are stricken with in
sanity as women, but as soon as they ar
married the reverse is the case, for aite
that more than twice as many women a
men lose their reason. What can be tn
cause of this startling difference? ?-fo
the same proportion holds good in th
annual statements as we'll as the aggre
gate report Of all the years for which re
turns have been made. What is the a'
that governs this remarkable discovery
Certainly it would be of no use to induc
or compel young men to take dose
matrimony to save them from insanity
for in that case it would only increa:
the number of victims among the poe
wives. Or, if the women are 10 be save
from insanity by remaining single, jul
70 many more men will lose their reasol
This is terrible dilemma"
A PLEASANT place in which to stud
human nature is the New Jersey sta
prison. An account of the tanning pr
cess in that institution says: "The