The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-06-20

An EPSON salts mine has been discov~
cred about twelve miles from Chattanooga,
Tenn. The deposit is two feet thick, and
easy of access Ii is pure, and only requires
crushing to make 1t marketable.
Two daughters of William NJ. Tweed
have Just been defeated in Il suit against the
Knickerbocker Life Insurance company to
compel the issue to them of life policy OF
$4,000 taken out by Tweed. A clause in the
original policy prevented the insurer going
to sea without leave.
According to the Shoe and Leather
Reporter, nearly all the patent and enameled
leather made in this country, amounting to
$3,5000y0 year, is manufactured in New
ark, n. j., and it compares so favorably with
that made in England and France that it is
exported to those countries.
A fire and explosion in Colgate 4
Co.'s soap factory, Jersey City, demolished
the buildings, causing loss OF i've hundred
thousand dollars, and throwing three humid
red men out OF employment. 1t is now
definitely ascertained that the loss on the
stock machinery and buildings amounts TO
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
the total insurance upon the factory, four
hundred and seventy.hve thousand dollars
A simple method of postal delivery is
said to prevail in Spanish provincial town.
Those who expect letters come to the post
office and form queue. The postmaster
then hands all the letters he has received
in basket, to the first conner, who looks
through them leisurely, takes his own, il
any, and passes the basket to the person
Immediately behind him, and this goes on
until the basket is emptied or the queue ex.
hausted.
A Boise City dispatch says Five men,
scouting up in Furman valley, found all the
settlers gathered at the Robin, on rancho and
fortified. The valley was raded by Indians,
who took away all the stock. On Sunday
the settlers saw Indians, numbering about
| 200, driving about 600 horses, aud making
all speed up the valley toward the upper
waters of the Owyhee river, in the vicinity
Of Battle mountain. Col Bernard, with 90
cavalry, Was in pursuit.
There will be opened in Paris on July
10, an institution known az the Tisserand
Home. 1t was founded by rich real estate
owner OF Montrouge for the accommodation
OF thirty old men born at that place, and his
| legacy was augmented by his widow. In
England institutions for old men prove SO
| little satisfactory for those for whom they
are designed that at Greenwich hospital
they have done away with indoor pensioners,
and give them an allowance for food instead.
A serious attempt Is about to be made
in London to introduce horsefesh as au ar.
ticle of food. 1t will be remembered that in
| 1868 a grand banquet WAS held at the Lang
ham hotel, at which the chief dishes at1east
of every course consisted OF hOrselesh
dressed in q variety Of ways The dinner
! was pronounced to be Il success. The board
| of works having sanctioned the establish.
ment of slaughter houses for horses Intended
for human food, hippophagy may be expect
ed to have fair trial in England.
A short general summary OF the vital
statistics OF France for 1876 is published.
The births amounted to 9G6, $50, exclusive Of
those stillbOrn, and the deaths to S24, ,0H so
that the increase OF population was 1872 sos
persons. The stillbOrn numbered 4I,6SO,
and the marriages 29l 366. These figures
show that while France with population OF
$4,000 900, that is, half rs much again as
that of England "a O0O-had an
increase of population amounting to 1872, :
000 the increase in the latter country reached
205 900, half as much again as France.sWhile
in England there is one birth TO 2S inhab-
itants, in France there is not quite one birth
to SO.
King Humbert, of Italy, is profuse in
his gifts. In general his present is watch,
gold or silver, according to the rank OF the
recipient, with the crown anj stem upon the
back of it, and a chain with locket at
tached. On the anniversary OF his birthday
he called all the cOrGzzieri who had assisted
in guarding the body Of Victor Emmanuel
into the hall of the Swiss, and when they
were ranged in order the little Prince of
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