The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-07
The following statement is, of the total
net receipts of cotton at all ports since
September /. 1877: 3D.

AT Coventry, VT, there is society Of
religionists who believe in miracles. One
of their number was seriously hurt by
n falling tree, and two of the brethren
came every day to pray with him. After
their prayers they command him to
"arise and walk" which he tries 10 do,
but thus far without success.
WHEN Martin Van Buren was told of
the marriage of his son, Smith Van
Buren,, he said; 81 thought he had
given that girl up. Well, he is ruined
She is very rich. Now, he'll give up his
profession of the law, where he had great
ability, and become really rich man
the least useful Of human things. Poor
Smith p' .,aN I.e q.
A SAN FRANCISCO letter says: AT
present prices of the Bonanza mines, Con-
solidated Virginia and California, are
paying about 8 per cent. per month.
Consolidated raid dividend last month
of 50 per share, and sold with dividend
off for $lS to $40; California, same div
idend, selling for S24. One cause being
the apprehension that they may give out
at any day, which is very true, as the
product mas been enormous, and must
necessarily be to enable the two mines to
pay over 81 100000 every month for four
years, to do which nearly 81, 100000 per
month must be taken out in gross"
A Mr.. DAVIS, of Medford, Mass, a
short time ago, while shaving, fell back
ward upon the floor, and was pronounced
dead. AS he had expressed fears that
he might be buried alive, the body was
kept several days in the house and care.
fully watched. The remains were finally
buried at Maiden. After the funeral
the widow and her daughter, who reside
in different houses, ON certain night
dreamed that the deceased was buried
alive and was trying to release himself
from the grave. They told their dreams
to each other, and finally caused the
grave to be opened. 10 the horror of
all, the corpse was found lying on its
side, and the top of the casket broken,
showing that the man had made strenu.
ous efforts to escape death bysuffocation.
"YoU see before you woman who
has been more prosecuted than any other
woman on earth. In this great moral
conflict which / have been waging for
iorty-two, no, forty-three years, l have
suffered everything. In my native city
of New Orleans my life was thrice as.
sailed. Once the deadly bullet just
grazed my hair-literally hair.breadth
escape-ha! ha! ha! Once big
Dutchman felled me to the ground with
a heavy cudgel. I was prostrated in
more sense than one-ha ha ha! l
was unable to speak for ten days. You
may guess ] must have been pretty badly
hurt when I didn't talk for ten days
ha ha ha! But l am not dead yet
No, sir; am living example of what
our sex can do if we have a chance.
Why, no man on earth could endure
what have suffered. There are plenty
of women who could endure it, but not
one man. And you see haven't gray
hair in my head yet, not one. | may
have some by the time am hundred
years, il you are alive to examine-ha
ha! ha!-[Myra Clarke Gaines, aged
seventy.
A LETTER to the Chicago Times de-
scribes that remarkable emancipation
picture: ut represents Lincoln seated
at one end of long table. Behind him
are Chase and Stanton, standing. At
his right sits Seward. Across the table
from Seward is Gideon Wells. At the
END of the table opposite Lincoln is
Bates, attorney general. Upon Bates
rightstand Montgomery Blair, and Smith,
secretary Of the interior. The background
of the picture is cold, dead, slaty blue.
The drawing Of the figures is rigid and
lacking in anatomical knowledge. The
draperies are painted as if they were
bits Of wood. Secretary Stewards coat
falls in straight piece from his collar,
without fold. This gives an intense
rlgidness to it that can only be likened To
achool-boy's drawing upon a slate.
There is a shallow tone throughout the
picture-not single dark shade, not
bright, warm light nothing to bring out
and strengthen the figures in group.
This intense, dead cold tone in the pic.
ture was made especially glaring from
the fact that this huge picture was hung
between two very bright bits of color in
the panels Of each side. The brigh.
scarlet in the picture of Washington and
light blue background in the picture Of
Lafayette took out the warmth there was
iu poor Carpenters picture. The whole
attitude and bearing of the group are
still and unnatural. tisjust about the
same arrangement that a country tin.
type man would have made If he were
given distinguished party Of gentlemen
to arrange for picture. The average