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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
Astronomical Progress.

Mr.. Proctor, the astronomer, recently
expressed the opinion that Mars wa4
the only planet besides the earth old
enough to be inhabited. the others
be thinks, are still glowing with keat.
He also uttered the following opinions
The stars are rapidly ceasing TO be
regarded as objects of beauty simply,
and the time is approaching when intel.
ligent people will be ashamed to gsze
in indifferent admiration upon the ir.
mameut and acknowledge their ignor.
snce in field which the vast strides OF
modern science have made accessible to
all
Diapers discovery of oxygen in the
sun is the most important fact in pod.
ern astronomical research, because it
shows that the sun is in part composed
of elements like the earth's.
Saturn's rings will eventually sol g
themselves into moons, and the dark
places on the moon are not mountain,
or seas, but simply lndentations md
therefore less luminous. The black
spots visible upon the surface of the
sun are but holes through the surround.
ing envelope through which only the
parent mass can be seen.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
An OniOn.Biting Party.

At an onion party in Rockland the
other evening, wicked brunette played
high game for kisses. At party of
this description it is the custom for the
girls TO go into darkened room, when
one of the party bites rlouthful from
an onion. A young man is then ad.
mitted, and it is his proud privilege to
kiss the batch of girls until he is en-
abled by the taste to determine which
one of them bit the fragrant fruit. The
brunette aforementioned in this case
slipped the onion into her pocket in.
,tead Of biting it, and the spruce Boston
drummer who was summoned to test
and find. had kissed FIVE times around
the circle and was beginning again,
when a girl, whose jealous lover was
outside, discovered the the trick, and
sbe game was up.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
Tile Richest Man IN Italy.
PRri, Globel

Count Telfener is reputed to be the
richest man in Italy. Ho purchased one
Of King Victor EmamePs estates in
the cOUqtry, and he also Bought the late
kng's palace at Macao, and the royal
villa outside Porta SAHARA. The pur-
chase Of the Macao Palace was effected
before, and that OF the Royal Villa on
the Via SAHARA after the death of Vic.
tor emanuel. On occasion os The pur-
chase of the Macao Palace, Sgnor
IcIiCuer was created count.
Last year Count reliener married for
his econd wife, Ada, the sister-in-law
OF Mr. Mickey, the millionaire, who now
re.id.s in Pans, Part Of the wedding
festivities consisted in the exhibition Of
races between Count Tclfenel's horses,
oa course laid out in the Royal Villa,
which was thrown open for the day to
the public, and was honored by visits
from King Humbert and the notables of
Rome. The title OF the Royal Villa
WIS changed, in compliment to the
bride, to "Nilla hda.'
l.onOrs and riches seemed to pour in
upon count ieliener, and lie was elected
to represent FoliguO in the Chamber Of
Deputies; but he never took his seat, as
technical objections to his return were
raised On The ground that, as an
Austrian subject by birth, he was ineli-
glble 10 represent an Italian consiit-
uency. These objections might, of
course, have been overcome by letters
Of naturalization. The newspapers,
however announce that Count Telfenor
has resigned his seat for Foligno, and
intends TO fix his residence in Paris,
where he will open Il bauk.
By this transfer of dOmicils Rome
loses millionaire, and it may be ex.
pectci that the estates and palaces pur.
chased from tie royal family will be
offered for sale. The Telfener palace at
Macao is furnished with regal sump.
tonsness. The Villa Ada possesses very
extensive grounds, commanding most
magnificent views. The palace erected
by Victor Emanuel isnot finished in the
il terror but requires some thousands to
Tendtr il habitabe. Rumor said that
these properties, on which the late
King expended millions, were sold for a
comparative tritling SUI
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
. Ci0th that Runs q Year on One
Winding,
rtllsburg LeoIor.l

Flisbwg Leador.l
On Chatham street there lives an old,
hoary-headcd ran named Cloi' Pilquest,
who is the inventor of curious and
somcwhat wonderful piece OF mschsn.
ism in the shalc of a clock which faith.
fully ticks and tells the time Of an entire
year with only one winding,
A LtQisr man found the aged artisan
busily applying himself in his work
shop Yesterday afternoon, When the old
gentleman in broken English related q
short history of his life, of the curiosity
in question, and explained the pscul-
iarities Of the time-piece.
Il was born in 49, in place called
Broley, IN Sweden. learned my trade
with a workman Naned Person, and
during my apprenticeship, IN the year
1890, began making drawings for my
clock, and Of these made fully dozen
mp to the time when / began its con-
stuction, In 1876 | came to this c0un'
try aud settled down in pittsburg,
whore | have lived and toilcd ever
..ucG'
Here the old man took down we'll.
worn book, which proved TO he nothing
more nor less than Il diary, containing
tnr number Of hours and section of
hours Gna their exact position in the
day. which he lavishcd on the three.
bunor,d ,daud-SiXty-fivc day time-piece.
A,cr carefully examining the records,
the nero resumed: " On the 18th day
Of August, 1875, began building the
c,orS, aud devoted all my spare mo.
mcnts to its construction until uhe work
was completed on the 2Sth of December
lol1, and there it is running just as il
started on 28th of December of last
year,
Here the cid man removed an oval.
s1Sfco .'s.a case from the little object
ana 5sgs%ssed that the only advantages
it re-. - WAS simplicity and the
mcaily Sgonting ont the time of the
day through an entire year with but one
wiuding UP, and it accomplishes this
fest % this way; Arranged in semi.
niScle sc ght powerful springs, each
on heing wound up capable of keeping
thc Intervals in motion for precisely six
Tecks, These are encased in eight
a'a2en has' ), and through their center
gHns . shaft, at each end of which re-
solves wkrel, and there is a communi.
Gsrion between the wheel on the eight
nhal!s. When one of these springs have
become exhausted the apparatus is SO
constructed that the next nearest spring
,ntrusts its force to one Just weakened,
and so on for all the eight. A glance
through its work revealed that the con.
struction was strikingIy simple, The
ticking is hardly audible any where in
tne room, and the inventor Dragged
about the exacUness with which his
clock pointed out the hour of the day.
Considering his time and value of the
material used in making the apparatus,
he claim, that this marvellous piece of
m.chujsm has cost him, at the least
calculation. $632.35,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
Spring Cultivation OF Strawberries.

Mr.. L. P. Coe, the hortlculturist, in
his Scritner series on small fruits, writes
as follows Of mooted question in the
culture of strawberries:
] have now reached a point at which
differ from most horticultural writer's.
As a rule it is advised that there be no
spring cultivation of bearing plants. 1t
has been said, that merely pushing the
winter mulch aside sufficiently to let
the new growth come through is all
that is needlul. admit that The results
are often satisfactory under this method,
especially There has been deep, thorough
culture in the fall and If the mulch be-
ween and around the plantsis very abun-
tant. ~ the same time have 50 often
seen unsatisfactory results that take a
decided stand in favor of spring cultiva-
tion, if done properly and sufficiently
eGrly. think my reasons will commend
themselves to practical men. Even
where the soil has been left mellow by
cultivation, the beating rains and the
wight Of melting SHOWS pack the earth.
All loamy land settles and tends to
grow hard after the frost leaves it.
While the mulch checks this tendency,
it cannot wholly prevent it. AS a mat
ter of fact, the spaces between the rows
are seldom thoroughly loosened late in
the fall. The mulch too often is scat
tered over comparatively hard surface,
which by the following June has become
so solid rs to suffer disastrously from
drought in the blossoming and bearing
season. have seen we'll mulChed fields
with their plants faltering and willing,
unable to mature the crop because the
ground had become SO hard that an
ordinary shower could make but little
impression. Moreover, even if kept
moist by the mulch, land long shielded
from sun and air tends to become sour,
heavy, and devoid of that life which
gives vitality and yigor to the plant.
The winter mulch need not be laboriously
raked from the garden bed or field and
then carted back again. Begin on one
side Of plot and rake toward the other
until three or four rows and spaces bc.
tween them are bare; then fork the
spaces or run the cultivator-often the
subsoil plow--deeply through them, and
then Immediately, before the moist,
newly made surface dries, rake the
winter mulch back into its place as q
summer mulch. Then take another
strip and treat it in like manner, until
the generous impulse of spring air and
sunshine has been given to the soil of the
entire plantation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
Mr.. Ruskin on Dress.

Mr.. Ruskin finds himself at loss be-
fore no subject and talks with az much
dogmatic emphasis OF woman's dress as
of the abOmination of machinery aud
of the beauty Of earth and sky. His
ideas on wOman's duties in this life are
short and exact: "She is to please
people, to feed them in dainty ways, to
cIothe them, to keep them orderly, to
teach them" As for the pleasing, MIR.
Ruskin is convinced that tasteful dress
is necessary, and he cXpatiates upon
this conviction in way calculated to
"much delight the fair" He estcems
it the duty of woman to look as lovely
as possible. Now, mind" he says, "you
always dress charmingly; it is the first
duty of girl to be charming, and she
cannot be charming unless she is charm
ingIy dressed. Set an eXpample of
beautiful dress without extravaganza;
that is to say, without waste or unneces-
sary splendor."
He does not insist that the dress
should be costly on the contrary, he nd.
vises that it should be markedly simple
to put down the curse of luxury ANA
waste that is consuming England.
Nevertheless, the dress while simple,
must be becoming and pleasa! lily
varied; and what his 3emaIe reader
thinks it necessary to buy beyond this
for the good of trade, "buy" he com.
mards, "and Immediately burn"
He is not little judicious IN other
iajunctions. He especially hates Ioag
walking dresses and declares that sucu
dresses should never touch the ground
at all. lie scOrns cheap ready-made
clothing of any kind and condemns
sewing machines, and he urges that all
girls should learn dress making and de
vote part of every day to making as
pretty dresses as they can in good ma
terial for the poor people who have no
time or taste to make them well for
themselves.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26

The manuscripts OF Leonardo da
Vinci in the South Kensington Museum,
London, have recently been subjected
to renewed study. In one OF them oc-
ours the following fable:
"A man lying at the point of death
suddenly heard knock at his door, aud
asked one of his servants who it was
that had knocked. The servant looked,
and then informed him that it was a
person who called herself "a good
woman (INandoana bonna). Then the
dying man extended both his hands to
heaven in thanks to God, and bade them
admit the person at once that he might
be able to see a good woman before ne
died, for he had not seen one in the
whole course OF his life"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
Strange, Very Strange.

The following notice appeared few
days ago in the Cleveland Leader
Lawyers Bible Class-Meetings for
the study of the Bible by lawyers will
be held this week on Tuesday, Thurs
day, and Saturday, from IL: 80 p. M.
to | a. m. The first meeting will be
held in Justice Peck's office, No. 222
Superior street, and will be held by j.
E. Ingersoll, Esq. The THURSDAY meet.
ing, the place of holding will be an
nounced hereafter, will be led by
Henry G. White, Esq. Lawyers are re-
quested to bring their Bibles"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
INTERPRETATIONS. :
DY ELI oALL.

Although my early lie on me conferred
Rich sense OF sweet existence III land
Where ofttimes bloOmed bright flowers, where
every bird
Sang some blithe songs, where waved the potent
wand
or youths aspiring dream. yet now stand
with thankful eyes upraised to heaven, for
Gave left the vale. Round me repose the grand
Snow.crowned Serras, while scarce could sigh,
Because seek to pierce tho stormy pathless
sky.
There Ia q certain narrow path which leads
Down to lane unfrequented by teams.
xon hopping robins chlrp, chirp, quickly speeds
My memory to that dear place which seems,
In moonlit summer nights, tit home Of dreams,
Oh when in seasons of the long ago,
Reviviug in tho suns returning beams,
Earth ransomod beauty from her tomb Of SNOW
Beside that orchard path birdsouga ne'er conjured
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
GOOD-wIGHT,



Goodnight, the day ia dead,
The myriad stars break o'erheAd;
Ny love lies nleeping--c calmly sleeping
Tho brook and rill are weeping.
The birds have kissed and sung,
And tOnd farewell begun;
The day has died, goodnight;
Night breaks rapmrously bright
Goodnight, u fond farewell;
Farewell, goodnight, tareweui
aood-nightmy love,
Goodnight, the stars above
Are watching thee, farewell;
The moon is on the sea, y ball
OF silver In It's splondOr bright
Goodnight, my love, good'nism
Far away the stars In space
Light the splendor Of thy face;
And It catches the beam Of ligh&
And my love breathes good-R'shG
|, too, sen the stars pale above;
I, too, watch my life, my love;
The wind says to you good'nlghe,
And the sea, "My love, delight
Goodnight, goodnight,
All the grasses sleeping light,
Silyery radiance over all
The opal tops OF poplars tall;
Sleep, my love, till the morning break;
Sleep, my love, till the birds awaho;
Then goodnight, my love,
The sky breaks white above.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
EYERY-DAi SPICERIES.
HALf iarc--A muIaLro.

HALF farc--A muIatto.
THE amount Of money man leaVel
f. the kind of funeral ple his relatiTS
take the most interest in.
An Irish farrier once sent bill to =
gentleman with the following item.
" 10 curing your honor's horse that
died, g."
AIT must anchor in nature, "said q
fashionable belle when she slipped and
sat down in mud hole and stuck there.
.--StcijlamRs HuUH
TEE New York Express throws up its
hat and shouts "Ouray for the Indians"
Come, Young man, you ought to be lit
RE Mceker-Rockiaad Courier.
"GorSGw "This," said an auctioneer,
holding up well known volume, is a
book by poor and pious girl of poor
and Piou5 poems"
DIGBy, will you take some of thss
butter" "Ihank you, ma'am; l be-
long to the temperance society-can't
take anything strong" replied Digby.
GEANr made the greatest effort of his
I,s., t...... uy
nrotl,, " .,',j nn 10 srIolo ,orso1f bn.
pf,t,i,r,, L,ot,. ,,o va, > IIJ,oE9a T,,,J Ja
80 '''''' ''''' '''9 '
a CouErRY paper makes the follow.
ing 'of',c"oh f1r IL tsa poor muls
that won work both ways in yester.
l"V's issue, please read, It's q pOOA
rpip atcU
,.
= .' ,,,.11J |i'"cuIl W " Hiu i"uil WIN
''"' ,.I ,',.g 'l..,[ o'i' ,T'u J va" Du a;e
~ l,,.'., H.,'.l 'ip o,o'AeS anu ''Iss.
''M I"- w "o"" W S'oeP Ivy
E''' Tue '''''''
TMlah' It experience has shown,
E..,r, ,..g ~, .,,,rc..iy ,,ic T., Now IN tho gun
IMAM us To DO" out '0e gas
The betrayed dollar is one that tindA
itself not able % pass for more than
ninety cents after it has been stamped
I'm fod we IrusL."-NeW Orleans
Picayu0c,
tv,vlra American Girl ia IN marrv
nobeman Why is it that our girls
reiUse to s"nuoFt thelrown countrymen1
There Is q IaeE OF patriotism some
Wherc.-A&ta'H ConSidatt0a'
"THs is a hard cruelty hard world"
writes q cyuic. Yes, it is, it is; and OF
an lev morning one never knows how
soon he'll lose his footing and come
down On it,
rE,s Sine. me GIoSe 10 sC5SdIo saia Kate last eva
QaoDh Gcorsc: "My pet, If you'd JUS .les,s
With thee III suncr Kate'
"GET out OF this" shouted an irri.
tated merchant to mendacious clerk,
" this is the third lie have caught YOU
in since ten o'clock this morning." "Oh,
well, sald the new man. don be hard
on me- HIVe a leiIow time 10 learn ti~
rules OF Inc mousse
\ GREAT many boys and girls fall
desperately in love with each other,
and rave over disappointed hopes. be-
fore they are old enough to tell tho
difference between the heartache and
the collie. Very few such cases proye
fatal-SDbeDgiHe HeroM
r,....... -.
"A a DANbuEf man sent BOY WIN
lI ni'l Ior seven uo'larS, 10 oe collected.
me ne 10Y goo e tne money hi ana cam came , PACK. PACK
me man gave nun ten cents saying,
" Here's for your trouble" The boy
took the coin and asked, "Ain't you
going to give me something for my
honesty. Ddh6uY NelCs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26

The very latest style of female stock
ing is bound way up on the top side
with little bani of gold lace, and we
amt married either, and the late wet
spell had nothing to do with it. We saw
'en on real bona fde l-ine.-Ne,o
York Dispatch.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26

a CONTEMPORARY declares that gout
is a peculiarly aristrocratic malady. 1t
is one of those diseases that none but
the rich can afford to enjoy. A recent
medical report says that gout is largely
on the increase in America. This is
very gratifying. 1t shows that we are
becoming rich nation. Let gout and
wealth increase in the land.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
Skating.

A writer in Philadelphia paper
gives some advice in regard to this ex-
hiarating winter sport, and makes some
instructive allusions to foreign style and
achievements. He says: Fold the
arms and throw the body forward; and
since it is forced over on the Outsids
edge much more than with us, it fol.
lows that the leg which is not support
ing the body must be thrown out wide
in order to preserve the balance. The
English prefer the upright body, hands
close 10 the side, and the pendent leg
close to its fellow. In the "run" of the
Dutch peasant the body is quitein front
of the feet, the hands are freely worked,
and the knees depended on to a very
ugly extent But even an English fen
skater holds his body erect as at
dance, and moves it massively to and
fro, not obliquely. His work is there
fore done mainly by the hips, which is
the best and most elegant manner.
Neither does this position, when
acquired, interfere with speed in a
"run," for we have seen the skaters of
Lincolnshire make half-mile burts at
the rate of thirty miles an hour; and
with long runners" and a fair wind
behind them, seventy miles day was
not considered an extraordinary pace.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
SARAH BERNHARDT
Gives the New spanish Queen n Lesson In
thG Art of Kissing
lolive Logan's Paris Lctter.l

| What a spectacle we saw last night
on the Stage Of the Francais Hermani
is the chief FGuvre of the modern re-
pertoire OF the Francais, and last night,
believe me, Sara Bernhardt and hei
valiant coadjutors were on their mette.
During the first four acts La Bernhardt
has little opportunity to be more than a
| living piece of statuary. What poses
What abandonl Every attitude grace,
not poise Of finger that might not
satisfy the eye of Canova; yet no set
| grouping, ali ease. Thus for tho four
suppressed acts Sara moves, a thing Of
beauty and rcpose, the latter broken
only by the fire of that classic utter.
| ance:
"You are my lion, superb and gener-
ous. | love youW
But when the fifth act comes, you
must prepare to have your nerve shaken.
Great Heavens, is it possible that such
love as this can be only stage.feigningY 2
What must this actor Mounet Suly be
made of, if, when the curtain falls, he
can blandly say: "Good evening"" and
turn his back on this maddening
creature who has been maullng i'm,
with painting breast, and liquid eyes,
and half exhausted voice for nearly an
hour? 1t must certainly be said for
Sara Bernhardt that she has discovered
new departures in the art of kissing.
don't beleye the man lives W, .ose
back hair has been SO extensively. thor.
roghly and exbaustiyeiy kissed ~ Mon.
net &ally's has by Sara BrruLardt
From the very moment D upr Sol find,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26
The Story of Oliver twist.

The true story Of theorigin of "Oliver
Twist" is not generally known. 1t is
this: After the amazing success Of the
"Pickwicl Pauers,' Dickens was think
ing of following it up by story OF
London life, with which he was more
familiar than with English country ilie'
Just about that time he happened to
visit the studio Of George Crulksbank,
and was shown some drawing the latter
had made illustrating the career OF a
London thief. There was a sketch OF
Fagin's den, with the Artiul Dodger
and Master Charley Bates; pictures OF
Bill Skies and his dog, and Nancy
Skies, and l-stiy, Faein in the con.
demned cell. DicSen was much struck
by the power of these character sketches
and the result was that he changed the
whole plot OF "Oliver Twist" Instead
OF taking him through spiritless ad-
ventures in the country he introduced
him into the thieves den in London,
showed up rnstr lie of sin and shame,
but brought his hero through pure and
undetiled. Thus, it will be seen that
George Cruikshank, not Charles Dickens,
was the originator of the leading char.
acters that appear in "Oliyer Twist. y
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-26

OF all the poets who do not look like
poets, Robert Browning may be said to
look least like master of verse. He is
stout, comfortable, prosaic, and fine look
ing in figure and face: he looks, in
short, exactly like country squire Of
moderate fortune. Mr. Browning is a
sturdy believer ir the doctrine of work.
He goes every morning regularly to his
study and there writes till nOon-being
in this like Bulwer. He has no patience,
he has been heard TO say, with writers
who are Obliged to "wait for inspira.
tlon.n
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-04-03
Mrs. Sue sanders,

wife of Lafayette Sanders, and
daughter of Andrew Lyle, died at
her residence on the Southside,
March 20, 1880, aged 35 years.
Her husband, parents and friends
feel this bereavement keenly which
has come upon them so suddenly,
But her death as well as her life
was a beautiful illustration of the
power of true religion. We well
know that we cannot stay the tide
of natural sorrow which has come
into this once happy home, but
there is consolation in the thought
of reunion In a happier cline.
]. w. G.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-04-03

The following tabular view has
been prepared by request, to show
not only the Annual Rainfall, but
also its distribution through the
months of the year, as this latter
item is most interesting to farmers.
The individual monthly falls are
given, together with the monthly
means of the last ten years, the re-
suit of observations made by Prof.
Stewart to May 1876, and from
March 1877 by myself. There is a
break in the record of nine months,
between the close of Prof. Stewards
work. and the commencement of
my own. 1 have added, for COM
parisOn, the monthly means of the
previous ten years also, that is, from
1860 to 1859 inclusive.