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MAN WITH A RECORD.


Mr.. Ben. F. Wilson, of New Haven,
is now (Feb. 4, 1SS0,) 80 years of age.
He has been magistrate twelve years
in Nelson County. He fines every
man 81 for each time he uses profane
oath, and has receipts for payment of
same.
He never used profane oath.
He never tasted drop of liquor.
He never smoked cigar or tobacco,
or chewed in his life.
He never saw horse-race for
money.
He never was at theater.
He never knew one card from an
other, though he is known from here
to New Orleans.
He has been member of the Meth
odist Church for sixty years-class.
leader and steward for fifty-nine years.
He has been going to Sunday-school
for sixty-four years.
He has travelled through eleven
States of the Union.
He is ready to say with Paul: L
have fought a good fight; have kept
the faith henceforth there is laid up
for me crown of life which the Lord
the Righteous Judge, shall give me-"
-[New Haven (Ky.l Letter to the
Courier-J ournal.
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of tone, is known as the State-house
bell. This was at one time, among
the largest of the rocks. 1t has been
broken of, however, but still has pre-
served its strong, full tone. The gen.
eral sound produced by striking the
smaller stones resembles that of q
blacksmith's anvil, some have little
clearer ring than others, and no two
sounding just alike. In passing from
one to another of the large rocks one
is reminded of the tapping of car
wheels by the train inspectors. Thous-
ands of people visit this phenomenon
every summer. The rocks themselves
bear evidence of this, the edges being
battered off by hammer strokes, and
the sides of many having names cut
upon them. Some, parties who were
unwilling to take the time or trouble
to chisel their names upon the rocks,
have resorted to paint, ond considera-
BILE daubing, has been done in various
colors. The advertising fiend has not
failed to put in his appearance, and we
are made aware Of the merits of pat
ent medicines, Of the place to buy car
pets and the like on every hand. We
have not heard any satisfactory ex-
planation of the cause of the ringing
or bell-like sound of these rocks.
Some say it is owing to there beinga
~ Thic hnUnUor
can have nothing to do with 1t, as
when the rocks are removed they still
have the same sound. One large and
sonorous boulder was taken to the
Centennial and attracted agreat deal
os attention there. Another was sent
to England q year or two ago. There
is probably metallic substance in
this group Of boulders to which the
ringing sound may be attributed. We
have not heard, however, of any geo.
logical analysis being made. Half
mile east of the Ringing Rocks and in
the same range of hills, there is an
other group of bouldersithat are much
visited. Here lofty pile of rocks
surmounts q cavity of considerable
depth, the whole being known as the
/" Stone House" Near by the stone
house is a huge boulder, some fifteen
or twenty feet high, which from Its
peculiar contour is called the Hay
stack" Besides their acoustic quail
ties there is another singular circum-
stance about the Ringing Rocks which
visitors rarely fail to notice. Many Of
them have very STANCE marks or in
dentations. At some points these re-
semble the track of. horses hoof.
Others are like the track of wagon.
Some of the larger indentations are
said to resemble an elephants foot,
aud fdc-stmiles of the human foot are
claimed to be found among the small
ler ones. ri-.r fa.sia-
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ing or anything of the sort. There is
no such impression as that of burning
made upon the eye. The sheet, satu-
ated with alum, retains its original
! position over the crib and conceals
the entire form until nothing but the
bones are left; and when the eye first
rest upon the remains after they are
left in the rosy light of the cylinder it
sees nothing but these bones crumb-
ling away into dust under the my site
touch of an INVISIBLE agent whose on
ly appearance to the eye is like the
tremor of the Northern Lights in the
sky, or, more exactly. the radiation of
heat from the earth beneath the sum-
mer's sun. ~ 3
You have laid a white-robed form
within the rosy cylinder, and have
turned away to think with gratitude
that all is well. You have let your
Imagination dwell lovingly upon the
pleasing sentiments that whatever
may be left besides the calcined bones,
most pure and clean, has gone to
mingle with the upper air and dwell
with sunshine, birds and flowers. The
darkness and the dampness of the
earth have been escaped, and SO have
the perils of grave-snatching, the in
decencies of possible edissectlng-room
and the nameless horrors of putrefac-
ton. You have pleasant memories to
cherish of the 1ast sad hour,' which
instead of sbreathless darkness and
the marrow house and the dreadful
thud of falling earth upon the coffin
presents to the mind lovely bed of
rosy light, and q peaceful form clad
in virgin purity resting within its soft
embrace. If lily had been laid upon
a bed of pinks or roses in the summer
and you had seen it's fragrance and its
beauty all exhale amid the simmer
ing beams of radiated heat beneath
the mystic touch of some invisible and
gentle agency, you would have had
not dissimilar experience. And this
is neither painful to the eye, nor dis
tressing to the sensibilities, nor un-
grateful to the memory. 1t may be-
come in time more popular than any
method that has yet been known"
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.5rf F,I-t C.. l.. BELDEN,
DHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON.-OMee In
Empire Building; Residence on King
ueet first door south of Main.
tsvenna. May -. 1876. 404-y%
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THE sOKO.


What was the Soko2 Was it man
or ape2 The tribes of Central Africa,
all along the Livingstone River, from
Nyangwe to the cataracts, declared
the Sake to be a monkey, and as such
hunted it and ate it. They hunted and
ate men, too, it is true; but then they
distinguished the one from the other,
and never mistook men for monkeys.
Mr.. II. M. Stanley, however, brought
home the skulls of two Sokos,' which
had been eaten by the affable Chief
with whom he foregathered one day,
and Prof. Huxley at once pronounced
them to be human. Was Africa in q
conspiracy to play off q practical joke
upon the great explorer, or is Eu-
ropean science wrong in its differen-
tiation of man and ape? The gorilla
has long ago been degraded to its pro-
per rank, and the mum of Sind
turned out to be no nearer man than q
bear. But Central America has now
come forward with the S0sumeta, and
so far as descriptions go at present,
this animal-or person-would appear
to come as near ourselves as the Soko
for the better natives of its forests,
whom we call men and women, call
the Susumeta human. A European,
one Mr.. Auguste, of Cay, AYERS that
he saw one killed, and has never been
able to shake OF the idea that homi-
eide was committed, adding that the
animal was as much man as himself.
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A school-teacher who has dead
head ticket on a railway speaks Ma
sonicaIly of himself as passed master
We can only allow the fellow craft.
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not have suficed to have killed the
man, native methods of cure complete
the work, and put an end to his life.

man, native methods of cure complete
the work, and put an end to his life.
A correspondent, in calling atten-
ton to the danger, sends us an exam
pie very much to the point that came
under his own notice. A strong young
Mussulman, an energetic and vigor-
GUS man, was turning over some rub
bish when a speckled snake, about two
feet long, bit him above the ankle. No
one else saw the creature. He himself
did not implored his friends to look
after his children, and rolled over on
the floor. In q few moments the
whole neighborhood had gathered to-
gether, determined not to let him per-
ish without an attempt at rescue. A
dozen chickens we're at once procured
and the remedy was put into vigorous
operation. 1t is, by the way, one of
the commonest native specifics. Then
some jungle men passing by were
practical men, and at once sucked the
wound. They sucked and chewed the
man in half a dozen other places be-
sides, but this might have been design
ed to act on his faith and cheer him
up, and by this time he needed cheer
ing. Next some local savants sug-
gested that the poison should be got
out of the mans stomach, and good
handful of salt was given him, with
an immediate result. After this q de-
coction of zeem leaves was admins
tered, both internally and externally,
plenty of it being rubbed on the crown
of his head. Some other decoction
was smeared under the roof of his
tongue. Two men well versed in
cutting some twigs from tree of
very great potency in such case, be-
labored the man for an hour or two
over the head and face, muttering
charms the while.
ALI this was, we are told, only the
beginning of sorrows. For four or
five hours the wretched man was pill
ed with drugs, and decoctions, and
charms, every new conner putting
some fresh abomination down his
throat. At the end of that time he
was quite sensible, and not symptom
of snake poison had shown itself.
There was no pain in the bitten part,
nor any swelling, as far as could be as
certained, considering how the place
had been plastered, and blistered, and
bandaged. Two Or three hours later,
however, some fresh dose, prescribed
by new arrival, gave the coup de
grace. The man succumbed, became
insenslble, and soon died. There was
Government dispensary in the neigh
borhood, with an apothecary in charge
but no one ever dreamt of consulting
him until it was too late. La this case
there was not particle of evidence
to show that the snake was poisonous,
and in all probability the man was
simply cured to death. The victim
was unfortunately popular man and
much respected, and had he had few
er friends he might have been permit
ted to recover. If the blame of half
the snake-bite cases in the Govern
ment returns is laid to the snake &C.
count, the reptile has probably had It's
due, and after all the annual returns
give one death only in each 10000 of
the population.
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2, - A. BELDING, M. D.,
vpysicfan and Surgeon. Office over Belding
Armstrong; Drug Store, north side of
public square. Ravenna. Ohio. 571
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Don't judge man by his clothes.
Can you tell what, the circus is goiug
to be by looking at the Italian sunset
pictures on the fence2s Do you value
a turkey for it's plumage2 And ISM
the ekin of mink the most and in
deed the only valuable part of him !?
There are men, fair to look upon, who
wander up and down the country and
sit in the coolest places. on the hotel
piazzas, who are arrayed in fine linen
and cardinal socks, who have to hold
their hands over their scarf-pin when
they want to see the moonlight, who.
unassisted and unprompted, do not
posress the discretion to come in when
it rains, and don't know enough to
punch hole in the snow with an
umbrella--new, soft snow at that,
without any crust on it. Now and
then, son, before you are old as Me-
thuselah, you will meet man who
wears hat worth twice as much as
the head it covers. On the other
hand, don't fall into the error of be-
lieying that all the Intelligence in the
world goes about in shreds and patch
es. We know tramp dressed in more
rags than you could rake out of the
family rag bag, and more dirt and hair
on him than would suffice to protect a
horse who would step up to the front
door and demand three different kinds
of cake, half a pie, and vanilla ice
cream, and then steal every movable
thing in the yard, kill a dog, choke up
the pump with sand, tramp on the
pansy bed, and girdle the cherrytrees,
because he couldn't carry them away.
Good clothes or bad, son, are never an
infallible index to man that is in
them. -" s-'a -f -.st ;'--~..'-',
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Gases are driven off or absorbed, and,
being carried down into the fire from
the incinerator and led back and forth
twenty five feet through its flames,
are utterly consumed. Even the smoke
of the FIRE is consumed, and nothing
can be seen issuing from the chimney
bnt the quiver of the heat. The pro-
cess might be called without offense
the spiritualization of the body, the
eitherializlng or sublimation of it's ma
terial parts.
"When the incinere:or has been
raised to white hest it is ready for
the reception of the remains. AS the
covers is removed from it's mouth, the
in.rushing air cools it from white to
red heat, and the whole inner sur
face is filled with beautiful rosy
light, which is fascinating to the eye.
1t looks like the blush of dawn upon
the sky, or like the exquisite tints
which sometimes flicker along the Au-
rora Borealis. There is nothing re-
pulsive about it, and nothing, as has
been said, to suggest the idea of fire
except the intense heat. ,.-t
| "The body decently clad for burial.
and tenderly laid in the crib provided
for the purpose is wholly covered
with q clean white sheet which has
been dipped in solution of alum. The
effect of this is entirely to prevent
|smoke or fumes or fame. which would
otherwise arise from putting anything
inflammable into the midst of such
heat. But under it's protection even
the extraordinary heat of the incinera-
tor does not produce upon the body
the appearance of scorching or smok-
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A STORY OF A COTTON GIN.

Some man will yet make reputation
in writing the romance of the cotton
gin. We all know how poor Yam
kee tutor came to teach the children of
Gen. Nathaniel Greene, in Georgia,
riding from Connecticut in sulky,
and seeing the difficulty attending the
handling Of cotton, then produced In
small quantity, put his wits to work
and evolved the rude hint of the gin
now in use. ., .,.,..........l sf4.,l
heard story the other day from
Mr.. John M. Guerrard, of Savannah,
who think got 1t from Mr.. Nightin-
gale, the son-in law of Gen. Greene.
The story runs that one day, at din
ner given by Gen. Greene, some curi-
osity was expressed to zee the inven-
ton of young Whitney, which was
then being operated in little house
near by. After dinner the company
went out to the house, and Whitney
was exhibiting his seed machine, when
it was discovered that he had to stop it
every few minutes in order to clear
the cotton away from the cylinder.
Mrs. Nightingale, observing the an
noyance that this caused, and the en-
barrassment of the young inventor,
with the quick wit of q woman, took
her silver comb from her hair, and
pressing it's teeth gently against the
cylinder, cleared the lint away as it
turned. To this gentle act of courtesy
the world is indebted for one of the
most valuable ideas connected with
the gin. s.T Esg 4
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Non Resident Notice.

George +. Poe ct al vs. J. \. Silvcrtooth Ct al
1t appearing to the satisfaction OF the Clerk
and Master, from the affidavit Of complain
ants in their bill in above cause, that the de-
PENDANT A. J. Simpson, is nonresident
OF the State of Tennessee, 30 that the ordinary
process Of law cannot be served upon him.
1t is therefore ordered that publication be
made for four successive weeks in the Home
Journal, published in Winchester, Tenn, re-
quring said nonresident def, ndant TO appear
and make defense to said bill, on or before the
fourth Monday OF January next, before the
Chancery Court at Winchester, franklin
county, Tenn. or the same will be taken ior
confessed and set for hearing cx-parte as to
him.
Witness my hand, at office in Wincht ster
Tenn, this July Goth, 1880.
4. Ii. FINCH, G. & NJ.
july29-4w
Davis d Martin Solicitors.
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Kill, Burn and Outrage.
From The Paducah tKy.J News.

From the Paducah tky.) News.
While the Louisville Commercial is
publishing 50 much blood and thunder
about the South, and abusing her peo-
pie for imaginary ku-kluXing, murder,
&c, will it please publish for the benefit
Of its Republican readers the following
lines from the Fon du lac Chronicle, IL
dyed in the wool Republican paper of
Wisconsin
Every Republican in Wisconsin
should 90 armed to the. polls on next
election day. The grain stacks, houses,
and barns of all active Democrats
should be burned their children killed,
and their wives outraged, and that they
may understand the Republican party is
bound to rule and the one they should
vote for, or keep their carcasses away
from the polls"
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NONRESIDENT Notice.
Gilbert rhildress vs. Belle Simmons ct al.
Injunction Bill

Ii appearing to the satisfaction OF the
Clerk and Master, from the affidavit OF com.
plainant in his bill in above causa, that
the defendant, Jerry ARMSTRONG is nol.rrs
dcnt OF the State Of Tennessee, so tina, the or
dinnry proc ssof law cannot be served upon
him
1t /, therefore ordered that publication be
made for Iulr consecutive weeks in the Home
JournaI published in Winchester Tenn, It
UIiriNg said nonresident defendant to ap.
pear and make defense to said bill, on or lie
fore tn" ith Monday in January next, before
the Cianc ~ Court at Winchester Franklin
county Tenn, or the same will be taken for
and set for hearing ex-partc as to
him.
Witness my hand, at office in Winchester,
Tenn, this August 18th, 1880
7. II. FINCH, C. 4 NJ.
argl9-4w
W. ). Coover, Solicitor for Compartments.
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property and their labor The states
men Of that day never dared to increase
taxation TO meet that interest account.
They tried abolishing officers and cut
ting down salaries, and this was done
under the advice Of the dead Chief JUS
tce Of Tennessee, as the chairman OF II
special committee for that purpose.
y Il Andrew johnson was not far
wrong when he said, among his last pub
lie utterances to large audience of his
frllow-ciriMns in an adjoining county,
that there were not $500 900 OF the out
standing bonds of the State that had
been constitutionalIy and legally issued
and sold
1t will be seen that Mr.. Wilson said
nothing specially about the sl25, 600 in
bonds issued to the Union Bank in 1888
or about the S2l4, 900 in bonds issued to
the Bank Of Tennessee in 1888; but we
may say Of them as he said Of the bonds
issued for stock in turnpikes and rail
roads, that the people were never told
dat their property and labor would be
taxed to pay these bonds. On the con-
trary, it was supposed that the interest
and principal Of bonds issued for the
stock Of the State in banks, turnpikes
and railroads would be paid out Of the
profits Of the State upon its investments.
f But these unconstitutional speculatlons
proved to be a failure, as they generally
= DO, and the holders of these bonds have
, no valid claim against the people.
G. We come, in the next place, to the
= consideration Of the Capitol, Hermitage
=. and Agricultural Bureau bouds, Anc
= now, what course should we pursue ii
+ relation to them?
G Governor Marks, in his first message
n to the Legislature, said that Of all the
j. property purchased with the proceeds o
J. State bonds, the State Of Tennessee ha
It nothing but the Capitol and Hermitage
If But it appears that the Tennessee Stat
# Agricultural Bureau was incorporate
Is in 1854; in 1896 thirty thousand dol
"a lars in State bonds were issued to pun
le chase the Fair Grounds near the city q
" Nashville for the use Of the Bureau, an
y in 1870 the LEGISLATURE directed the Sc
= crptary Of State, Comptroller and Treas
al urcr to sell this thirty-five acres OF Ian
" at public sale to the highest bidder, and
j. after pavipn the debts Of the bureau
y. turp Il he remainder over to the Trustee
in Of the Tennessee School for the Blind
-. to he onulied in procuring a site for
nr school or erecting improvements thereon
nr We agree. therefore, with Hon. job
~. IT, SAVAGE ia saving, There cannot b
Il In,rch ,,rnno If tin nnorIr nav in fuIl tn
n. CanitoI Ucrmitagr and Agriculture
ms b,,rcau bonds; not because they are st
~ called hnrd. / mt hrcausc we have tn
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For Representative.

We are authorized to announce Hon. John
r. Bcaslcy a candidate for reelection to the
office Of Representative OF Franklin county in
the lower house OF the General Assembly OF
the State of Tennessee. Election Tuesday,
Nov. I'd.
We are authorized to announce IL. u.
Hampton candidate to represent Franklin
county in the lower house OF the next General
Assembly OF Tennessee. Election Tuesday,
Nov. ID
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Tavel, Eastman & Howell vs.. Fl. n.
Caldwell

Tavel, Eastman & Howell vs.. Fl. n.
Caldwell.
BY virtue OF decree of the Chanccry Court
OF franklin county, Tennessee, pronounced
at its June Term, 1880, il the above cause,
will, on
Monday, September 9Th, 1880,
at the Courthouse door in Winchester, Tenn,
sell to the highest bidder, for CASH, the tract
OF land described in the pleadings, situated
on the waters of Crow Creek in said county,
beginning at stake in the northeast corner
of Mrs. Annie Caldwell's 2500-acre tract run
ming north AN poles to stake, thence west
S9l9 poles to stake, thence south All poles
to a stake in the northwest corner OF said An
ME CaldwelPs tract, thence east S945 poles to
the bcsinning-containing, by estimation,
25O0 acres, being one-half Of 50O0-acre entry
and grant No. 1887.
Sale will be made in enforcement of the
mortgage lien Of complainants, and to satisfy
lebt and costs.
This August I'd, 1880.
7. II. FINCH,C. 4 NJ.
aug6-tds 81
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French Language.

Prof a. Jourdan is prepared to give French
lessons to a few more pupils. His classes ART
making fine progress. References: Governor
Marks and lady DR.. Mnrrell and lady, J. L.
Baugh and lady, W. J. Slater and lady, NJ.
=. Petty and lady, b. s. Henderson and lady,
DR.. C.. p. Baird and lady, Messrs. Embrey and
sons, and Misses Maggie March, Ida Lefeber
and Melissa Merritt
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All kinds Of the best of Jeans, Lin
seys, shawls, Blankets, &C., of the best
material, constantly on hand at the
Winchester Wooden Mills, and will be
sold cheap for cash, or exchanged for
wool.
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Cute Way Of Stating a Truth.
From the Middlcburg Register.
" III Succeed III avs aS'N

1t is Il vital principle to our system
that neither fraud nor force must be al
lowed to subvert the rights of the peo-
pie. When fraud, violence or incom-
petence controls, the noblcst constitu-
tons and wisest laws are useless. - [W.
5. Hancock.
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About two million young men viii
east their first vote in the November
election, and it is thought that fully
three-fpurths Of them will be cast for
Hancock and English.
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Gen. Robert Toombs is credited with
having said the Gcorgions in AleXnn-
der II. Stephens district will keep him
in Congress as long as he lives, and
when he dies they'll run his executor.
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A wealthy capitalist has erected at
Chattanooga, Tenn, extensive works
for the Manufacture Of mineral paints
from the native Southern ores. The
manufactory has a capacity Of from five
to seven tons per day.