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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS,

ARRANGEMENTS are making by which
nostmasters throuphout the country are to
receiye subscriptions for the pedestal of
Rartholdi's colossal statue of liberty en-.
Tightening the world, to be erected in New
York harbor
TLo u1; ;,,, horo hoo, ox
Inc experiments WHICH iia'e peGh Gal
rlei on nj the state agricultural coiieBe OF
Maine lor some years, TO test the relative
ing hogs, are still continued, the verdict thus
far being in favor of uncooked food.
Snkv;,lo ia the name of new town in
Kanaas rrhoro Erenobman of wesIth has
aaahi;.L" m.nsi wi s;1l,- -r,;S;na nolonv The most
to s,,esass 10 oro,S,;nt he strnr,s tho
uppo.e ndmot 81 b;s oolonv ha;ns known in Em.
poauu, lnua as K,ms,s 'o onnno,o and br;na;na Tho
hipboS. iipb "s NJ aret ari.e et ,r;cs ' '''
n'sm''' '"'''Ne' pi,'0
The result OF an attempt TO restore
the models in the patent Office, damaged by
the late fire, bids fair to realize more than
expectation. About five thousand models
have already been restored, and from press
ent indications the whole number capable
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
Once Happy, Always Happy.

Sidney Smith said. "Mankind is al
ways happier for having been happy; so
tina. if you make them happy now, you
can make them happy twenty years hence
by the memory OF 1t. A childhood passed
with a due mixture of rational indnl.
gences, under fond and wise parents,
diffuses over the whole of life feeling
of calm pleasure; and in extreme old age,
is the very lsst remembrance which time
can erase from the mind of man. No
enjoyment, however inconsiderable, is
confined TO the present moment. A man
is happier for lite from having once made
an agreeable tour, or lived any length OF
time with pleasant people, or enJoyea
any considerable interval OF innoeehds seId
pleasure. which contributes to renoeL o'u
men so inas,entive to the scenes oeao,s 's
them, and carries them back to world
that is past, and to scenes never to be
renewed AGAIN."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

John Sherman rules that, as he has
sold seventy million dollars worth of
bonds for gold, they must be paid in gold,
no matter what the bonds themselves say
they are payable in. The contract for
payment is specific contract, and is
plainly expressed on every bond. What
man buys his bonds with has nothing
in law, to do with what he agrees to res
ceive in payment. John Sherman did not
apply his present rule to the ive-twenty
bplds. They were made payable in
lawful money" and were bought
with greenbscks, lawful money" John
Shormans present rule would make them
payable in greenbacks, even though the
bonds said they should be payable in
coin, for the government sold them for
greenbacks. They must he paid in
money of the same kind of money for
which they were sold, says the secretary.
The following tabular statement of the
issue Of bonds sold for greenbacks, and
the gold value received tor them is in
pOint:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
Hatred of the Chinese.

A more hardwOrking, lnoilensive set OF
men can not be found on the coast than
the Cinnamon. Much of the complaint
made against them is properly charge
able to the non-executiOn of the laws.
That much of Chinatown is a foul blot
on the iair fame of this city can't be
questioned. The dense population the
uncleanliness OF the Chinese quarters
the crowded condition of many of the
apartments; the fact that plague and
pestilence is often raging in this quarter;
the fact that portions of the town are
positively unsate; that miles of thiev!ng,
robbiug men infes. this quarter; and the
baseness of women who prowl around at
night must be admitted. For all this
the government of the city is alone to
blame The execution OF the sanitary
laws, the putting in force OF the moral
statutes of the city would in week put
to an end the Objectionable features of
Chinatown. The city is not obliged to
have nuisance in its midst
unless it wishes to. A bone.boil.
ing nuisance or a glue factory in the
city hall or in the palace yard would be
abated in an hour. Treaty or no treaty,
Chinatown could be levelcd in a
day-the Chinese be compelled to OBJ
serve the sanitary laws. They could
be scattered in week and be obliged to
dwell in small communities in the hills
that surrounded the city, and be pun
ished il they were not decent. The
public hatred of the Chinese crops out
everywhere. The hoodlums are their
special foe. This class were represented
in earlier times under the sppellation Of
"hounds." They are an organized band
of mischief.makers, composed of the vsg-
abonds of all nations. They are between
seventeen and nineteen years OF age.
They rendezvous on the corners OF certain
streets. Their principal amusement is
attacking unprotected and quiet Chinese;
As an illustration saw an underslzed
Chinese boy staggering undera basket OF
clothes that he was taking home to tne
owner, For some fancied insult q hood
lum gave chase. One hundred men
Locked on. Il was clear that the boy
was N he oyerhauled. The Chinaman
dropped his basket, drew flexible raPieiI
ont Of his bosom, and made stand. All
the.s men 90 armed, and often shoot
wild The hoodlum fell back. Stagger.
inc a. moment he renewed the chase.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

will probably soon bring about the col,
lapse of this long, fierce effort after Gu
ban independence. Generals Jovellar
and Campos have an opportunity to be
generous in their treatment of the un.
fortunate island, and they should urge
the Madrid government TO offer to the
Cubans a government approaching au-
tonomy. But we do not believe Spain
will be generous or even observe any
conditions Of peace she may subscribe
to. The island has been plundered mer.
cilessly by successful Spanish officials,
and it is very likely that the fetters will
be forged stronger than ever. If so,
there will be another revolt which may
really exhaust the resources of the
Madrid government.-[ Courier Journal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
BOB TOOMBS.
As u SOidier..-The Character General
LonRsireet gives HIn,.--NO idea Of
SubOrdin nntiOO, but brave and
Daaliing ON the Field OF
Battle.

| DRahiHg ON the Field OF
Battle.
In conversation with General Long.
street concerning the Confederate gene
rails with whom he was associated, he
said Do you know General Robert
Toombs, of your State, was one of the
bravest and most dashing soldiers that |
ever saw on any field ?'
&C He was pretty hard to manage, was
he not ~
Yes, sir at first. He had literally
no idea of subordinaton. He was born
to rule, aud had been carrying out the
purpose of his birth pretty well up to
the time he entered the army. 1t was
hard for him to give up his lordlv habits
even then.
81 remember characteristic instance
in which General Toomhs figured. sent
out his brigade on picket duty once. OF
course, the discretion OF placing the
brigades was IL the hands OF the proper
officers. Toomfs had been out that day
dining with Mary lander named Dennis,
who had been one of his colleagues
during his congressional career. They
had good old wine for dinner, and
Toombs was riding home feeling like Il
lord.
Suddenly he ran against his brigade
on picket duty. He was very much
angered.
go Who put you here " he shouted
He was answered that it was the
orders from headquarters.
GO Well, by, my orders are that
you come back to camp. Pm not going
to have all the picket duty of the army
put on my brigade. Come alongl"
And, sure enough, he led them back
to their camp. AS soon as heard of it
|, of course, ordered him under arrest.
As was the custom, he was simply Or
dered to ride in the rear OF his brigade.
thought everything was going Off all
right, when suddenly an officer came to
me and told me that we should lave q
revolt in the army, il did not interfere
asked him what he meant, and he told
me that General Toombs was riding
along in the rear of his brigade and ex.
hortins the soldiers against the oppression
that had been practiccd toward them and
Hlln. MY lulofHldhI Saiu INC sOluleTS
were getting very reckless
81 ordered General Toombs back to
GordonsviIIe. kept him there day or
two, when, having received very hand.
some letter from him, ordered him to
the front again. lie came as fast as his
horse could carry him. When he reached
us, General Lee and myself were TO-
gether, consulting about the opening of
a battle, which was just then pending.
As General TOombs rode up and saluted,
| stated that / would take great pleasure
in sending a courier with orders restoring
him to his command. He spoke up rap
idly, and said that as a charge was
imminent, he would like to lead it, and
hoped that he might be the bearer of the
orders himself
81, of course, consented. In a few
moments Toombs's brigade. passed us,
hurrying to the charge, and Toombs
flying in the front like comet leading
them to the assault. He was as dashing
soldier as ever went on c battlefield,
and a hardy and impetuous fighter. -
Atlanta (Ga. Constitution.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
The Frigatc Bird.

see q small blue point in the heaven
Happy and serene region, which has
rested in peace above the hurricane In
that blue point, and at an elevation Of
10000 feet, royalty floats little bird
with enormous wings. A gull? No lis
wings are lack. An eagle? No; the
bird is too small. 1t is the little ocean
eagle, first and chief OF the winged race,
the daring navigator who never furls his
sails, the lord OF the tempest, the sc0rner
of all peril--thc man-of-war or frigate
bird. We have reached the eliminating
point of the series, commencing by the
wingless bird. Here we have bird,
which i. virtually nothing more than
wings; scarcely any body-bareIy as
large "a that of the domestic cock while
his prodigious pinious are fifteen feet in
span The great problem of flight is
solved and overpassed, for the power Of
flight seems useless. Such II bird, natu-
rally sustained by such support, need but
allow himself TO be borne along. The
storm bursts; he mounts to lofty nights.
where he finds tranquility. The poetic
metaphor, untrue when applied to an
other bird, is no exaggeration when ap-
piled to him; literally, he sleeps upon
the storm. When he chooses to soar his
way seriously, all distance vanishes he
break kiasts at the Senegal; he dimes in
America Michelet.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
FOREIGN lNTELLIGENCE.

A Pera correspondent writes that by
giving up hostilIties in Europe, the provinces
at the same time receiving q tribute from
them or saddIing them with portion of the
national debt and concentrating the Mussul.
men ia territory contiguous to Constanti-
nople and making the concentration required
by the territorial concessions. In Asia Minor
the Turks will create Il new Ottoman power
ten times stronger than when it was spread
over the vast, badly Organized and hostile
territory.
A new volcano has been discovered by
the officers of the United States flagship
Omaha, in Patagonia, aud the name OF the
ship Omaha is proposed for it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
a NURSERY DITTY.
ny Il, II. STODDARD.

~ W. We SIODDARD.
when the winds OF March were blowing,
And the low-hung heavens were snowins
As souls were coming ana going,
There came one day to Il poor woman's had
wee little thing with hairless head
II cried, and its father sighed In Its need
Here's one more mouth to feed, to ieciw
When the winds OF May were blowing,
And the apple blossoms were showing,
As birds were coming and going,
There lay ono day on his mothers breast
THIS dear little pet In dreamless rest;
II smiled, and its mother was proud indeed
Thank God, here's one more mouth to feed
When the winds OF December we're roaring,
And the swollen streams were imploring,
And the choir in the church were adoriDg
The Lord of storms and the Lord Of calms,
a poor woman wept and wrung her palms,
Too woe -bcgone to count bead
There was one less mouth to iced, to feed
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

Rough men, fifty in number, Joined in
the hue and cry. The Chinese dropped
his basket, darted into wash house,
while the crowd gathered up the clothes,
distributed them among the company
and went their way. The Chinese have
never been known to betray one of their
number in court or out of it, but will de-
fend the Chinese with their life.-- Bur
legh's San Francisco Letter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

A CURIOUS candle used in Alaska is a
fish eight inches long, almost transparent
and very fat, the fat being pure white
and very sweet. The Indians dry this
fish, then light it at the tail, and it burns
with clear, sparkling flame, which the
wind will not extinguish.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
HOT SPRINGS.
One Thousand People Homeless ana y"
Want.

Want.
About one hundred and fifty buildings
were DESTROYED by the Hot Springs con-
aaasration, nearly all of them being
business houses and residences. 1t is
estimated that one thousand people are
made homeless, and aid is asked for the
moor All the buildings are wooden
structures. The loss is estimated at
three hundred thousand dollars; insur-
snce, twenty-five thousand dollars. AL.
though the greater portion of the bust
ness portion of the town is destroyed,
comparatively few hotels were burned.
Only one first-class hotel, the Hot
Springs hsuss, was lost, and two or three
smaller ones There is still plenty OF
hotel accommodation for all visitors !;
the Arlington, Grand Central, Sumpter
Avenue and Waverly hotels, the largest
and best in the city, together with a
large number of bosrding-houses, still
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
Gold Value
Total. S36,150
81 2is,466,S2S

Here we have theaaamount of the rob-
berry committed by the coin act of March,
1862 in which Sherman aided and abet-
ted. 1t is 1926, 6,370.322 The interest
on the bonds was paid in gold, That is,
the purchaser of the bond for $40, $50, or
800 could draw about 10 per cent. inter
est in lawful money on 800, and his
bonds were exempt from taxation beside.
1t is high time for the people to say to
the bondholder that he shall now have
no more than is nominated in the bond.
Not drop Of blood" There shall be
no repetition OF such robbery Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

A DOCTOR in Brooklyn, who has made
study OF the subject, makes the rather
startling announcement that not one
person in three has legs OF equal length,
and it seems that as a general thing left
legs are the longer. This will no doubt
account for the difficulty that men some-
times have in getting home late in the
evening. The difference in the length of
the legs is stated to be quarter of an
inch. This is probably one of the rea-
sons that person describes a circle when
lost in the woods.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

THE New York chief of police AYERS
that guilty persons always weep and be.
tray great anxiety and mental distress,
while the innocent are indignant but
self.pOssessed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

KELLY, Of "motor" fame, after alb
sorbing about hundred thousand dol
lars from credulous people, and after
faring sumpuously, wearing diamonds
and drinking champagne for over three
years, has at last been declared bank
rupt. The Cleveland Herald remarks
that II Keely gets his deserts he will
furnish motive power for breaking stone
in penitentiary.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

A DETROIT man has opened penny
restaurant in very neatly furnished
room, where six hundred customers can
be fed daily. Bread and butter, one
cent coffee and tea, with milk and sugar,
one cent; soup of any kind, one cent ;
beef, veal or mutton stew, one cent !;
minced fish, one cent; mush and milk,
ditto, and so on to the end of the bill
The proprietor, for five cents, will give a
meal that would stagger any healthy ap-
petite, while, for seven cents, repast is
furnished that, in quantity, would utter
ly dismay the most ferocious eater.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.
LOckin' tho Harm.

jamie, where ha' ye been, my lad
There's talIow upon your sleeve,
An your face is jist as read as your beard,
verify do believe
was out 4 the barn a.lockln' up, air,
For to keep the thieves awa;
Yen mind M ye told mo not TO forget
Jlst week asane to-da'"'
jennie where ha 80 been, my LASS
Your tresBes are a awrec,
An the red on your cheeks Is very rcd,
An n sp rkle Is In your e'e"
"Thc win was BLOWN 30 dreary, sir,
That the candle-light was dim
An plense, air, only went alans
llst to hold 1t weel for him.
Wcel mony's the time I've lock't the barn,
An I've still a clean cjat-sleeve,
An Jennie held niyer light for me,
verify do believe.
There's somewhat comm, God bless ye both,
II know what Pm about
Take care that the dreayy win o. life
Blows niver your candle out"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

WHENEVER you want to cure man
of reckles3ness, place him near the pistol
pocket of mule and let him reckless.
lie will soon wish he was an angel.
AN old rail.spltter in Indiana put the
quietus upon young man who chatted
him upon his bald head, in these words:
" Young man, when my head gets as soft
as yours will raise hair to sell"
"MARRAGE," says George Eliot, lis
promotion" And this sort of promo
tion makes some young men 30 proud
aud stuck up that they won't do stroke
of work as long as their wives are able to
make shirts and take in washing to keep
them.
You can't have everything you want
10 this world. Life is like blanket
that ia too short; il you pull it up over
your shoulders you uncover your feet,
and if you cover your feet your shoulders
must be bare. However, some cheerful
people manage to draw their feet up Il
little and so pass pleasant night
"WHAT becomes Of good people when
they die % asked a Sunday y>school orator
who was addressing a crowded anniversary
assembly. "They 90 to heaven" was the
prompt reply of a number Of the children.
The correctness of this answer being
beyond controversy, the orator naturally
brought on his next, which was, "What
becomes of the brutes when they die ?"
There was momentary pause, which
was broken by loud-voiced youngster 4:
Make 'em into soap grease" The buzz
of enthusiastic mirth which followed
punctuated the speech with full stop.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21

IT is suggested in communication to
the New York Herald that subscrip-
tion be opened to a Ross fund" for the
aid of the family of Mr.. Christian Ross,
the father of the unfortunate Charlie.
1t is stated that Mr., Ross has expended
fortune in his efforts TO find his lost
child, and is now poor, compelled to earn
his living by acting as clerk or agent,
and the writer has no doubt that thous.
ands of persons would be happy to give
expression to their sympathy by the
contribution of sums from ten cents to
one d ollar toward this object.
The expectation of forest tree seed is
assuming dimensions in this country.
California sends $40, 900 worth per year.
The principal purchases are made for
Germany, Austria, England, and the
colonies in Australia and New Zealand
and at present the demand exceeds the
supply. The seeds of the Oregon pine,
known also as the yellow fir, are the
most in demand. The timber of that
tree is as good as the British oak for
ship building, and has been found sound
after eighteen years use for this purpose.
The South Sea colonies are planting the
California redwood tree extensively.
TREES generally when they are inter-
posed between dwellings and swampy
land have been known to exercise puri
flying influence upon the atmosphere, and
are consequently conducive to the health
of those occupying such trce-protected
dwellings. About thirty years ago
Gornkpore, in northwestern India, was
considered healthy place. A mango
grove was cut down, and the miasmatic
vapors from the neighboring wet land,
finding no obstruction, made the place
fatal one to Europeans. The grove was
again permitted to grow, and the salu-
brity of the station was restored. The
planting of belt OF babool trees at
Futtehpoor converted a pestiferous sta
tion into one where the death rate is
about the average.
SCIENTIFIC minds will be pleased to
learn that the New York Times scientist
has discovered that electricity produces
the nocturnal yowl of the honest house
cat. "The cat perched on back fence
perpendicularly to the axis of the earth,
and to the direction of the earth currents
Of electricity, howls because he-or she,
as the case may be-is undergoing acute
agony. Very possibly cats pass over
fences running from north to south quite
as frequently as they do over fences
running in the direction OF the equator,
but in the former cases they experience
no pain, and hence do not attract atten.
tion by their outcries. The moment,
however, that cat finds himself on an
east and west fence he is racked by inter.
nal pain; he tries to relieve his mind by
howls and profanity, and he thereby
excites the rage of his human audiences" 4"
TIE Cuban republic is in very bad
way. The patriot leaders have all been
compelled to surrender save General
Cespedes, General Maxine Gomez, Gen
eral Modesto Diaz and General Antonio
Macco, four of the fighting generals, who
are In the eastern department, and swear
they will die in the last ditch and con-
tinue guerrilla warfare. General Ces-
pedes Is now at the head of the Cuban
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Othe Qualified Electors oethe
State Of Louisiana.


vfficR or SECRETARY or SrArR,
STATE or LoszsfAFA,
New Orleans. July II, 1878.
In rursusnce of4frticle f47 OF the constitu.
Ton OF tile Assse, fehlicatiseiis hereby given
70 the voters Il this State of tAe proposed
amendments 10 the @pens,itdiion Of this state.
agreed to by two cards Of the meub~. elected
to each house Of the General Assembly. M IL
sese,en " 1873, and which are ,eouire to Be-
published, three months before the next gen
era election tor Representatives to the General
a sepniy, IN at Least one newspaper in every
paaish Of this State, in whish newspaper shat,
De i'ah ished. Said ameuame ts app ar more
'uliy ~ acts foe.7s apd ~ of the re War SEES
son Of ihe tsene-nl Assembly Of 1878, and in
set Nc. IL OF the extra session 81 the epersl
assembly oNlNTs, which pre officially published
for NJ Information of the voters, and which
WI be sitbaftted'totifep people AZ the next gen I
erai eltSt'en, 70 no held on s&s & ~ day of No
Vomber, tnez1 ISIS, in saeh iuaaasr and.
ora that he pecple n " vote ,Sr sor agaipst
each atnendhnent. separated, andsT.a ina ority
4 tn votes at said election shall ap ,roye and
fau y 81 or either Of said amendments. the
1aine sheh beco mart Of the constitutions.
WILL. A.SrRoN9,
Secretary of tate.
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&. D. Read, Esq, left 10 DAY to
visit his family in Leesburg, Cam
eron parish, on account of sickness.
He viii return as soon az their
health will permit.
We viii state, for the benefit of
those who have their business with
Mr. Read, that his temporary alb
senee viii in 30 wise Jeopardize
their interests.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-01

Geo. "a. Wells, Esq, one of tine
seven delegates from Caleasieu, has
5ust left to attend the State Con
Tention at Baton Rouge, taking
with him the prexies of the other
delegates.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-01

We haze inpo. tai,s and interest
ing comn5anscations from Lees
.sille, vernon parish, and Lees
9bnrg, Cameron parish. which are
zero wded ont of this issue by the
Constitutional Amendments. They
win appear next week.
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NOTTCE

DARTIES knowing themselves to be
l. indebted to Dr.. Wm, III. Kirkman,
for medical services, will please call al
my Office and settle their accounts,
either in cash or by note, or will place
Sheir accounts in the hands Of an attor-
ney. j. b. KIRKMAN.
August !, l87S-u