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An Awful story.

There was once little girl who
had a great way of saying lawful
to everything. She lived in an
awful house, ii. an awful street, III
an awful village, which was al aw-
fnl distance from every other place.
She went TO an awful s-bOol,
where she went to an awful teach
er, who gave her awful lessons out
os awful books. Every day she
was so awful hungry that she ate
an awful amount of food, SO that
she looked awful healthy.
Her hat was awful small, and her
feet were awful large. she vent
to an awful church, and her min
lister was an awful preacher.
When she book au awful walk she
climbed awful hills, and when she
got awful tired sine SAL down under
an awful tree to rest herself. In
summer she found The weather aw-
fnl not, and in winter awful cold.
When it didn't rain there was an
awful drought, and when the aw-
ful drought was over there was an
awful rala 50 that this awful girl
was always in an awful state, and
aud if She don't get over saying
lawful" about every thing. am
afraid she will, by and by, become
al awful bore.
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The Little Folks Column.
Discoveries i'm the Moon.

There WIS an old woman I
Who lived in the moor;
She made a rice pudding,
But cut 1t too soon.
When she found 'twasn't done
She gave it a throw:
1t came to our planet
And are called it SNOW"
When her little boy saw
Whist his mother had done,
He scowled and made faces
Which clouded the sun.
He'd lost his dear pudding,
And to wish was in vain:
His tears fell in torrents,
But re call them rain"
/; The Man in the Moon,
Had gone of to town,
Heard his little boy crying,
Which caused him to frOwn,
He gave him nice sweetmeats,
And told him to dine
o, then there was smiling!
We call ii "moonshine.'
Vide 1wdke.
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always plant sunhowers about
your drains and kitchen windows.
They will thrive where scarce any
other vegetable will live. You
never knew a case of fever or any
kind of malaria in n house that
has sunhowers growing about It,
An old, gray-beaded physician once
made the above remark to Young
honsekeeper, and she has always
remembered it and practiced it,
too; moreover, she has the most
unbounGed faith III the virtue of
sunfowers. They seem 10 absorb
all obnoxious vapors and keep the
atmosphere pure, They are not
Very attractive with their wood
green leaves ard gaudy flowers,
but if they will preserve health
and drive of disease they are worth
eultivating. The seed are desira-
BILE food for hens and they are
fond of them as a change of diet.
1t viii not cost much to plant u few
seeds and try their efficacy. The
old proverb that IAN ounce Of pre-
ventive Is better than pound of
cure"-can be safely applied to sun
flowers. Tits worth trying.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
The Epicene or Third Sex.


A few years ago there was discussion
ahoaL regarding the epicene or third
sex, but there never was such another
case known as that of the Chevalier
d Eon, whose gender was a matter Of
doubt during his long life of eighty-two
years, and the question never was settled
until medical examination was made
of his body after death. In his early
life he wore male costume, and was an
advocate in Paris. When he was under
thirty Louis XIV sent him on secret
mission to st. Petersburg. Having no
beard and an efieminate face and man
ner, he adopted feminine garb, and with
wOman's tact and cunning ingratiated
himself in the favor of the Czarint
Elizabeth, achieved his political object,
and returned to France to announce his
success. He revisited Russia soon after
in masculine attire, palmed himself off
on Elizabeth AS the brother of her former
favorite, became subject of court scan
dial on account of his relations with the
empress, and once more prOspered in
his negotiations. He went back to his
native land, served in the army and in
several diplomatic missions, degener-
ated into mere adventurer, and yet en-
joycd q pension from the king. He
lived in London for a while, and during
that period heavy wagers were laid upon
his sex. A law suit was brought before
Chief Justice Mansfield to decide one of
these bets, and the decision was in favor
of the plaintiff, who introduced wit
nesses to prove that ID Eon was a woman.
These all swore to the Frenchman's
femininity as fact within their per-
sonal knowledge, and their testimony
could not be successfully impeached
Years afterward he returned to Yer
sailles, and Louis XVI, who had sue
ceeded to the throne, in freak ordered
him to exchange the Dragons uniform
for petticoats. Once more he slipped
over to London, and while there the
French revolution broke out and he was
declared exiled. He supported himself
by selling his library, teaching sword
exercise, and picking up hand-to-
mouth living. As he approached old
age he iournied back to France and pc
titioned the national assembly, under
the name of Madame Dion, for leave
to re-enter the army, which was refused
Again he retraced his steps to England,
where he died in petticoats, retaining
them to the end. After his death H.
lustrious surgeons made an examination
of the body and decided that Dion was
a man. A stranger career history
hardly records.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
\ word Of warning TO CounterieIicrs.

The widespread fame of Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters causes necessity on our part to
remind, from time to time, whom it may
concern, of the fact that initiating said ar
tcle is II punishable oIiense, and we now give
this word of caution, that we will most as
suredly have all those persons engaged in
re.tilling our secondhand bottles, selling by
the gallon or barrel or in any manner what
soever palming of on the public a spurious
article purporting to be our preparation,
punished to the full extent of the law. PEN
atty for counterfeitiug or dealing in coun.
terfeit trade mark goods, as set forth in law
recently passed by Congress; " Fine not ex-
ceeding 81 600, or Imprisonment not more
than two years, or both such fine and I'M
prisOnment." We never fail to convict.
NOTICETO DEALERS AND PURCHASERS
Hostetter's Bitters are never, under OHy cir.
cun,StanCes, SOid IN buIk, BUT ALWAYS IN BOT.
TIES, with finely engraved U. $. Internal
Revenue Especial proprietary Stamp GOV.
ering the cork of each bottle, fastened to
both sides OF the neck Of same. All Bitters
purporting to be Hostetter's without this
stamp, are counterfeit,
HOSTETTER & SMITH.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
Russian Ladies' Fight u Duel-A
LudicrOus End.

A good deal has lately been heard of
the progress of female emancipation in
Russia, but it il somewhat of novelty
to find the Russian ladies figuring
in the character of duelsts, rs was
the case not long since with two bellies
of Petigorsk, a well-known fashionable
resort on the northern slope of the
Caucasus. A dispute arose between the
rival beauties, springing out of the aLten-
tons paid to each in turn by hand
some young cavalry officer quartered in
the neighborhood. The quarrel ran so
high that one of the Amazons at length
dispatched her maid to the other with
formal challenge, which was instantly
accepted. The belligerents met without
seconds in a lonely place outside the
town, each armed with II brace of loaded
pistols. Before, however, they had even
taken up their respective positions, the
trembling of the one lady's hand caused
her pistol to explode prematurely, send
ing bullet through the dress of the
other, who shrieked and fell down in a
swoon. The assailant, frightened out
of her wits, flung away her weapon and
rushed to raise the supposed corpse; but
her ungrateful atagonist, recovering
her senses as suddenly as she had lost
them, clutched her by the hair with one
hand, while boxing her ears with the
other in the most energetic style. The
firing having now ceased, the battle
proceeded hand to hand. Locks Of hair,
ribbons and shreds of clothing flew in
every direction, and but for the timely
advent of three or four policemen the
ARRAY might have ended like the some
what similar combat of the Kilkenny
cats. The military Lothario's only re-
mark on hearing the story was: It's
lucky they took to clawing each other,
Instead of me-"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
d" dashboard /" Hale.
/ milwaukee Sun.

We see by the Jefferson County papers
that Washboard" Hale died in the
poor-housc recently. He was a charac-
ter. For thirty years he had lived in
that vicinity on a dashboard, as may
be said. lie made few washbOards,
and he would take one under his arm
and go to u farm house and allow the
wife to Use it. If she bought it, all right,
and if not it was all the same. He
would have dozen washboards scat.
tered around, and he was always the
guest of the house, got his meals, moved
his washboard to another locality, and
ate and drank on the board. lie always
managed to arrive at a house about meal
time, and as he had all the news to tell
he was welcome. If a housewife had
wood to split, COW to milk, or the man
had steers to break, hogs to kill, or Il
wagon to grease, old Hale was ready to
help. Nj times when the good house
wife had not much in the house for din
ner the arrival of dashboard Hale
would cause a cloud to rest upon her
brow, but n cheerful word from him
would soon dispel it, and we do not be-
lieve he ever went hungry day in his
life. He was tramp, always on the
move, in summer with his coat over his
arm and in winter bundled up and al
ways on the march. However hard up
he might he, he could manage to get
zinc enough for dashboard, and any
friendly carpenter would allow him to
do the woodwork in his shop, and his
stock being complete, he was on the
road. In all his thirty years travel
about Jefferson County no one ever
heard him use an unkind word, and he
never injured a soul. Children would
chat him until he got an opportunity to
be of assistance to them, after which
they wee his friends. He would make
a kite for them or draw them miles on a
sled for the asking. He was a great
character, and will be- missed
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10

fore was black, without a single gray
hair in II (as he was only thirty years
old), was now almost as white HI snow.
Whether il turned from horror at his
condition, or the deathly heat Of his
subterranean bed, or both, do not pre-
tend To say. ] simply give the facts,
not AZ | heard, but AZ saw them, and
he still lives To verify that this is no ro-
nance, but one Of my experiences In h
war whose first gun heard fired, and
the last gun Of which sounded the re-
QUEEN of the lost cause when ! was at
my post on duty.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
A Wicked Old CONDEMNATION He
sang Bass and Basely Took
In the Boys.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.J

In the BOYS.
lBonon Commercial Bulletin,J
Nice old gentleman he was; Dig
white waistcOat, lOw-Cut shoes, bald
head and silver-bowed spectacles lie
led in the singing on Sunday evening in
the hotel parlor and sung that old.
fashioned bass in Coronation" and
"Chinan In that sOnOrous up.and-d0wn
style accompanying the big fiddle; and,
wIthal, had the bland, benevolent look
Of n good old up.country deacon.
He was "lookinground the house" next
night, and stepped in where some Of the
boys were playing cards-something
where they we're talking Of calls"
and "raises F." and seeing" The boys
looked little disconnected, but the old
man didn't say anything until the hand
was played out, and one of the party,
under the pretense of having an engage
mcnt, winked 10 the others and said he
must go, intending TO break up till the
old man had gone away, and then re-
sumo the game. But he had scarce
turned his back when the aged visitor
remarked:
al wonder he didn't raise ye with
the hand he held"
ado you understand the game|
asked one Of the party, taking 4 cigar
from his mouth.
oval, a leetle; I've seen 'em playin'
on it, an sometimes th0rt that I'd like
to take n hand jes' for fun"
"Just so" said another; "suppo5e
you try game or two with u.s."
oval, / don't mind jes' for the fun
er the thing" So the old man sat down,
and with good deal Of instruction
managed to get through with the game,
and won on the penny ante. "Thar,"
said he, " if that Teller that's gone had
been spunky and put in five dollars he'd
got it instead Of these eight cents,
wouldn't hep
"Why, certainly" said one of the
young men, certainly; it's your deal,
uncle; now, why don't you so in for a
50 anteW
oval, said the old fellow, throwing
round the cards, 81 donO but | will,
but ! hain't got nothing but a $40 bill
,bot drou, outon ihn hank IN come
T Gcrc with -" '' WV ~
"' Z" Val urc,o - y,id tbe other gather.
ina nm and "Iancin~ ot his cards "Pu
,' "s "P , n"o and vo can inf Il in the
sG y ,ior "v NV whcn Won win il II Won
IiL o y '''> WYNN ''' "
M %sho, IN ION - said fine old man
ot dnn't ,h;rt II ;,wud hc gambollin' nj
al os th,,,. ,ho co.o -" "
~ g \ Mo- '"" az ali y said ,he other winkinc
,o hi; ." com nv ""'' Wv '
W n w thnn I dana careef yo ver
,b;. I.re otber iftv-bu s'nosc vou'll
th h Pm doi, on II to skear veYbut
S ", 'io,a,,ination,, torn,I moor and
H. I;, o "v, i, ;os wbat tbev are
ba1nLor;n, ortern '
moh M cnver v,ur Gftv unclc we
- - ~ ~ 80 49,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10

The most notable achievement in
synthetic chemistry since 1868 has just
been made at Munich, Germany. For
the past twenty years several chemists
there have been studying the consti-
tuition of indigo, and at a late session
of the German Chemical Society the
chain Of reactions leading to the artificial
formation of indigo was disclosed. The
discovery ranks with that by which ar
tifcial madden was substituted in the
arts for the natural product, hitherto
the only instance of the kind in the, his
tory Of chemistry. Asyet the opera
tions involved in it are too numerous
and too costly to allow of their practical
application in the arts, yet there is reason
to expect that cheaper methods will be
devised, As was the case with artificial
madden products, and that before many
years new and important industry
will be developed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10

g WANT IN find out who is the mas
Ter Of thi. house." said the man with a
book under his arm to the vinegary-
looking woman with pointed nose and
= very small top-knot who opened the
uni ioi him. Well, stranger" she
saia with arms akimbo, "you Just walk
around into the hack yard, and ask a
n,tie spindle-shanked deacon you'll
ma there hxin' up the grape -arbof and
hell tell you II don't boss this ranch
he don't know who does. Now what do
you want with meT
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10

WIHoFT's Tonic is not a panacea-is
not cure for everything, but is catholi.
con for malarious diseases, and day by DAY
adds fresh laurels to its crown OF glorious
success. Engorged Livers and Spleens
a'Ong the shady banks Of our lak es and
rivers, are restored to their healthy and
normal secretions. Health and vigor follow
its use, and Calls have taken their depart.
ure from every household where Wilhoft's
Anti.Periodic is kept and taken. Don't fail
to tryit. WHEELOCK, FINLAY & Co., Pro-
prietors, New Orleans.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
gIRyes's Title.

However varied may be the opinions con.
corning the validity of Hayes's title to the
Presidency, there is not Il question in the
minds OF either Democrats or Republicans
upon one important point, VIZ. the unques-
tonable right of Dr. Pierce's Family Medi.
cines to the title Of the Standard Remedies
OF the age. Listen to the voice of the SOW.
ereign people:
NEW ORLEANS, June 10, 1878.
DR.. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dem Sr-four pleasant Purgativc Pei.
lets seem to he particularly adapted to the
wants of the people in this warm c innate,
where bilious affections are particularly
prevalent. regard them as the best cathar.
tic have ever tried.
Yours truly, JOHN G. HENDERSON.
BosroN, Mass, May II, 1873,
Dr. vi PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y
Dedr Mr-YOur Golden Medical Discovery
has cured my boy OF Fever Sore Of two
years standing. Please accept our graft.
tude. Yours truly, HENRY WHITING.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10

DURING Mr.. Moody's last services in
Boston he was one day seen walking by
the new and magnificent Trinity Church.
He paused moment, and put his hand
upon the door-knOb AS If to enter. The
rector, Rev. Phillip Brooks, CHANGING
to see this, and knowing Mr.. Moody,
went up to him and politely offered to
show him the interior. They entered.
After walking slowly up the aisle, and
noting the various beauties of the edi-
flee, they came to the magnificent
chancel, the largest and finest in the
United St,tes. After various questions
and answers in reference to its arrange
ment and adaptation to public worship,
Mr.. Brooks said, "Mr Moody. do you
keen the run of your converts" "SOme
Of tIem-those that are specially worthy
of remembrance. WhyT "Do you
remember a bright young man of the
name of Simpson Certainly"
"Well, ! think you had better look
after him little; he is getting into
bad ways-drinks too much, and is
noticeable for his enormous 4elf-con-
seriousness" cob, that's nothing" re.
piled Mr.. Moody; "Ihsi don't trouble
me; Mafs Boston"-H0p,r's Maga=jns
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10

FoR upwards Of thirty years Mrs. WIN
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used Tor
children with never.iailing success. IL cor.
reefs acidity Of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrhea, whether arising from tcethlng
or other causes. An old and well-tried
remedy. % cents bottle.