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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

GENERAL YOUNG has presented in
Congress the petition of over 200 honor
ably discharged soldiers, asking for 100
acres Of Government land to each sol
der and sailor engaged in the late war
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

THE Canada House of Commons has
passed bill discriminating against
American oil in favOt of Canada. The
fire test on Canadian oil is l150. and
American 1909
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

For fear OF introducing the Phyl-
loxera, the government of the Cape Of
Good Hope have prohibited the impor-
tation of living plants and bulbs of all
kinds.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

KATE FIELD says George Eliot looks
like ii horse; that Dickens looked like
dog, and that George H. Lewes, the
ompanion of George Eliot, was the
ugliest and most brilliant of men.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

THE Lan~t remarks concerning the
efforts to find IN available substitute for
oil and gas lamps, that "it q an indis-
pensable qualification for the accepta-
bility of any new lighting. apparatus
that it should not unduly poison the A.
mosphsrs in which Il burma
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

EUGENE FAIRFAX WILLIAMSON, the
prosecutor of DR.. Dix, now at Sing Sing,
is employed in the stoye-molding de-
partment.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

The Boston Post relates that the De-
claration of Independence says Gall men
are created free and equal"-but it
don't.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

OUR population has been increased
ten and half million by emigration
from Germany during the past thirty
YelrS
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

The Governor of Louisiana has estab
lished quarantine against the ports of
Havana, Vera Cruz and Rio Jaue.ro.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

Tom SCOTT, who has been forced to
retire from the Presidency of the Penn
sylvania Railroad on account Of i'll
health, is worth, S. 000,0
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

THE King of Slams full name is said
to be Phrabat Somdetch Phra Paramen,
do Maha Chutahlongkorl Klow.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

JAY GOULD was once Pennsylvania
tanner. lie occasionally takes the hide
of a capitalist even now.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

Mr.. VENNOR is said to receive
liberal salary for his services in the
observatory at Montreal, Canada.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

A CHICKEN fancier says that he stuck
court-plaster over an egg found broken in
the nest, after the hen had been sitting
a week, and in due time it gave
chicken as sprightly as any OF the
brood.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

AN effort is being made 10 have the
death sentence of Chastine Cox COM
muted to Imprisonment for life.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

THE Hells Hollow (Nev) Reporter
invites Colonel Ingersoll to visit that
place and see if there isn't.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

A CABLE dispatch announces the mar
riage of Mrs. Marian Evans George
Elliott to Mr.. Cross.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27
The King of Siam.

The King OF Siam has already left his
native land on tour around the world.
Siam is kingdom of farther India,
lust south of and adjoining that of Bur
NAH. The rulers of these adjoining
Kingdoms are however, very different
men Both are mere youths, but here
all comparison ends. King Theebau,
who has been slaughtering his royal
relatives wholesale, is a despotic bar
barian. totally uneducated in the Eu-
ropcan sense of the word. The King of
siam has been carefully educated by a
European lady, Mrs. Leonowens. lie
succeeded his father in 1868, having
been chosen or elected from among the
seventy children who formed the family
of which he was member. He is
Buddhist, but his education has had the
effect of making him in reality a ration
aist. He speaks in half a dozen tongues,
and prefers English to his own. He isl
great reformer having liberated all po-
litical prisoners on coming to the throne,
and shortly after issued proclamation
declaring equal religious freedom within
his kingdom to all subjects, and permit
ting all to wear the European dress and
to stand erect in his presence. In 1871
he abolished slavery, thereby freeing
about eight millions of his people, and
remunerated the Shareholders by means
raised by general tax
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

THE cost of the Afghan war, it is re-
ported, will exceed the estimates of the
Government in India $4,000, 600.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-27

The ant is industrious; the bee is
skillful and useful to man; the flea has
been taught amusing tricks; spiders
have been made the pets and relieved the
tedium of solitary prisoners; but the i'll
fernal mosquito was never know to per
form mefitorious acts; all his energies
are devoted to making an unmitigated
nuisance of himself, and he has been
eminently successful.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-21
ABOUT APPLES.

The apple crop is very abundant all
over the country this season, as it is.apt
to be every second year, fhc non-pro-
ductive season being known by farmers
rs the ofi-year. The origin Of this very
widely grown fruit is unknown, though
it has been cultivated time out of mind.
As the apple is mentioned in the Bible,
it is presumed TO be a native of Pales-
tine, although at present at Canaan and
the surrounding region it is of no value.
1t is now imported into Egypt and Pal
estine from the neighborhood Of Da-
mascus. 1t was extensively raised by
the Romans, albeit the Roman apple is
thought by some to have been very diff
fcrent from the one described in the
Scriptures. Pliny says his countrymcn
were acquainted with % varieties
America produces more than 200 varie-
ties. The spplc is very hardy. 1t
grows on all soils free from excessive
moisture, except those Of a peaty or
very sandy character. The tree is noted
for longevity, often bearing fruit for
200 and $50 years--the finest kind of APP
pies coming from trees from so to 80
years old. The orchards of the Repub-
lie occupy about 100000 acres, and
their product is worth some SIG, O0O, 600
most Of the product being apples.
American apples are the best in the
world, and have great reputation
abroad, commanding large prices in
Europe. They are used for dessert, es-
pecially the Newtown Pippin, Baldwin,
Spitzenbcrg and Swaar, are prepared in
various forms for the table. are made
into jelly, cider, wine, brandy, are dried
and sold in quantities, and are. on the
whole, used in more ways than any 9TH
er fruit.-N Y. Times.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-21
mAsURne GRAM NJ fnI mar.

To find the number Of bushels in q
heap of grain, multiply the slant height
in feet and parts by itself; then the diff.
ference of these two products by the
perpendicular height, and deduct one
sixth from the remainder. If against
one side of the house, take one-half Of
that; If against two sides, or in cor
ner, take one-fourth. This rule will be
found correct, if the heap be thrown up
as high as it will stand, and the meas
ures accurately taken, which can be done
in this form better than any other. The
contents of box or bin of grain may
be obtained in bushels sufficiently accu-
rate, by multiplying the length, breadth
and height together, and taking one
fifth of the product.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-21
WINTER APPLES.

A winter apple generally reaches ma
turity in September, but the pulp does
not ripen and become mellow until sew
eral weeks later, and if carefully gath
cred and kept in cool, dark place, theiI
ripening process may be retarded fol
several months. After an apple be-
comes mellow it soon decays. To pre-
vent this change is the chief point to bt
aimed at in the arrangements for keep.
Ing winter apples. A first considers
ton is to gather the fruit before the
mellowing process begins, for if this
has once fairly set in, nothing short OF
actual freezing will arrest it. Fruit
carefully picked by hand may be kept
in a well ventilated cellar, carefully ex.
cluded from light and free from damp.
ness. The apples may be placed on
broad shelves, not more than three OF
four apples deep, or they may be care
fully packed in clean barrels, and head
ed, or securely covered. The tempera.
ture during the winter should be kept
near the freezing point. But the point
at which we fail most in keeping apples
is suffering them to remain in the or.
chard too long.-Indidnd Farmer.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-21

APPLE FRITTER.-Cut the apples into
rounds as thin as possible, cut out the
acres, pare away the skins, put them in
. dish, pour over them wineglsssful of
brandy, and sprinkle sugar and grated
lemon-rind over them let them lie in
this for an hour; half fill q good-sized
saucepan with clarified dripping; make
1t quite hot and when it is still and q
blue smoke rises from it, dip each slice
separately into the batter, take it out
in a teaspoon, and dip it with the better
that is in the spoon with it, into the
boiling fat; turn it over lightly with q
fork, and when the fritters are crisp and
lightly brown they are done enough.
Put on paper to free them from grease
sift white sugar on, and serve.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-21
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

TURKISH "PILLAU."-One cup Of bee
stock, one cup Of tomato juice strained
one cup Of rice; boil these together
twenty minutes, then add half a cup o.
butter and boil ten minutes it must b.
boiled in an inner kettle or stirred al
the time, rs it burns easily; the rice
must be whole when done, and il is t.
be eaten while very hot or it is moi
good.
FouRcHErrE.-Bits of nice salt pork
about onc-third of an inch thick, two OF
three inches square; bits Of calf's liver
che same size. Put these alternately on
askewer, beginning and ending with
pork; lay it in the oven across drip.
ping-pan, and roast as you wonld a bird
basting occasionally. When done slide
the pieces from the skewcr, and serve
on hot plate.
To KEEP TOMATOES WHoLE.-Fill q
large jar with ripe tomatoes, then add a
few whole cloves and little sugar; COW
er them well with one-half cold vinegar
and half water; place piece Of flannel
over Jar, well down in the vinegar
then tie down paper. In this way to-
matoes can be kept year. Should mill
dew collect on the flannel il will not hurt
them in the least.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pound
of fat pork, one quart of white onions,
two quarts Of potatoes, two cents worth
Of parsley, half dozen large tomatoes,
fifty clans: cut the pork in small pieces
and fry; chop the onions fine and fry !;
boil the potatoes; chop the CLAIMS mod
erately fine; put all the ingredients to-
gether and let simmer gently until the
tomatoes are cooked. The above guam
tity makes one gallon Of chowder.
STUFFED EGa PLANT.-Cut them in
half, lengthwise, and parboil them in
salted water scoop out most Of the in
side and pound this to paste in the
mortar, with a little fat bacon and some
mushrooms, previously chopped up, a
little onion, also chopped, pepper and
salt to taste, and little crumb Of bread
soaked in stock. Fill each half with
this mixture. lay them in q well-butter-
cred tin, and bake for about quarter
Of an hour.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-21
BARE PASTURES IN AUTUMN.

Why should meadows and pastures bt
brown and bare late in summer and
autumn? Lawns can be kept green
and grass plots for late soiling may be
made to yield good cutting in Octo.
Der, " brown October" as it has been
called. The reason is that we deal more
literally with our lawn and soiline
plots it is not that we do not cut them
close, for no grass land is cut closer
than well-kept Lawn. 1t is not tho
climate either which we have been SO
ready to blame for our brown and dry
fields, but something in our own man.
agement. The fact is, we do not give
our grass lands chance to do as best
they can. As we write we look out
upon a grass field which has been cut
the third time, but which has been top.
dressed after the first cutting; and an.
other beside it which has been pastured
since the first Of June. The former is
complete vcrdurc, and the ground is
thickly covered; the latter is a miscra.
bic exhibition of bare brown spots, in
tcrsperscd with masses of rag-wecd,
left uncaten by the cows: fair repre-
sentative of the majority OF
pastures. When we have learned that
it is possible to make more profit from
an acre Of grass than from an acre OF
any other crop, we shall do justice to it
and treat our meadows literally. just
now it is very important to consider
what this treatment shall be. A coarse,
fluffy growth should not be left on the
surface, which dies, but does not rot,
and is in the way Of the mower next
year but this cannot now be removed
by pasturing, which would only leave
it in patches, nor by moving, which
would be costly way Of getting rid Of
it. unless it is considered that the sd-
vantages would override the expense.
Perhaps to mDw over such a surface,
and leave the cuttings ON the groud as
a mulch and fertilizer, might be cheap
way Of disposing Of it. But the most
helpful thing to do, is to give fair
top-dressing of manure. fine and well
rotted, before the winter. This will be
well washed into the soil and nourish
the roots, so that an early and rapid
growth will be made in the spring. af-
ter q smoothing harrow has been run
over the surface to break up any Jumps
that remain. This early growth is the
greatest advantage, because the crop
being cut before the usual dry weather
occurs, a second growth begins imme-
diately, and is ready to cut very soon
after the usual first cutting would have |
been made under other circumstances. |
During the hot dry season, the soil is |
well shaded and protected, and the |
roots are uninjurcd, and when |
The second crop has been gathered a
third gets under way at once.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-21

Cellars where roots are stored need
to be kept cool, else the roots will shriv-
el or start into growth; in either case
their quaiity viii belu3ef6a. -..sS $50
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

JOHN w. FoRNEY, who is one of the
ablest and shrewdest Republicans in
the Keystone State, in writing to his
paper from New York city on the
nomination of Gen. GRANT and the
abuse heaped upon him by his own
party, thus speaks of SAMUEL j. TIL
DEN:
"Mr. Tilden, more than Gov. Sey-
mour, may ~felicitate himself upon
this unwonted spectacle at Chicago.
Until these assailants had Grant to
hunt down they had Tilden for a
choice moroccan. They reveled in
charges against him. He would not
pay his income tax; he was ready to
buy Electoral votes; he was a dealer
in cipher dispatches; he had been
charged by Horace Greeley with
blindness to the Tammany frauds in
1868. 1t is among my pleasant rec
objections that none of these charges
against MI. Tilden were ever re-echo-
ed in any speech OF writing of mine.
l had at least a most agreeable mem
DRY of the man in days gone by, and
in a foreign letter, six years ago, ]
spoke of him as an American citi
zen of high and honorable repute.
But it deserves also to be said for
MIR. Tilden that the assaults upon
him were treated with contempt by
his WI party and by himself with
Ia silence only excelled by Grants
unbroken disdain of the Republican
calumniators now in hot pursuit Of
his own fair fame"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
our Regular Correspondent
" 70 OJ
June I'd, 1880.

.H..r -"."H INV ~o -
Yesterday. the day before the bat
tie, there were symptoms of sanity
at Chicago among the Radical dele
gates. To day or tomorrow there
will be a relapse. A formal bolt is
not certain, but is likely, and an in
finite amount. of scratching and
apathy in November. The Radical
party, it seems to me, is doomed, and
the madness at Chicago is n ofthe
forerunners of dissolution. The in
terest felt here in the Convention is
greater than / have ever seen before.
1t is of purse especially great on the
Radical side of the population. In
Congress the few of that party who
remain on duty are 80 much occu-
pied in reading and writing tele-
grams and discussing Convention
probabilities that the work of legis-
laticn goes on qnite peaeeably. Dila-
tory motions are not made, sectional
questions are not raised, and one
might almost believe, from the i'm
proved morale of the House Of Rep
r~esentatives that the Radicals had
been permanently excluded from
that body. There will be no necess-
ity for postponing adjournment be-
yond the 10th of this month. All the
appropriation bills will be through
before that time, and aay other
measures thought necessary will be
passed. Some Congressman, how
ever, think the 18th or 18th Of the
month will be selected.
On the whole this session Bia not
go into history with extraordinary
credit. Important interests have
been ignored, retrenchment in public
expenditures forgotten, and person
alities thrown back and forth among
members, especially in the House
with a freedom quite unparalleled
But, 30 far as is apparent at thi:
time, no great jobs have been Snug
gled through, and that is something
to be proud of. Beginning with
March next we will see how much
better a Democratic Congress, will
a Democratic President, can do.
The Democratic party willsbegir
active business, of course, Is soon a:
the Radicals finish their turbulent
proceedings at Chicago. Extraordi
nary exertions will be made to ad
vocate the interests of particular per
sons. It is a very gatifying fact that
with perhaps one exception, all tn
men so far named for the nomination
are such as will comm and the full
vote of the party, and, in the event o
a distasteful selection at Chicago
will receive support from disguised
Radicals. 1t is the opinion ofeyery
one here that the party vas never il
better condition.
Secretary Sherman yesterday re
ported a reduction of nearly sixteel
millions in the public debt. Th
great increase in imports account
for a large portion of this reduction
This sixteen millions, added to tn
reported reductions for March ant
April, show that we owe forty-tw
millions less than on the last day G
February. DEM.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

The Cincinnati Enquirer has this
to say of the present attitude of the
Democratic party:
"The national democratic party
has no national quarrel. 1t is in a
condition of harmony. 1t is torn by
no wrangle as to candidates. The par
ty is devoted to the success of the
Cincinnati convention. This is not
all. The democratic part in this ma
tional election will go before the
country as the representative of
something in the present, and some
thing in the future, for it represents
the idea that has meant something
in the past. Not spoils, but civil
liberty; not plumber by the aid of
the governmental machine, but the
exaltation of the individual as
against the governmental machine
not plumber by the few, but the pow
er of the many. The democratic
party pleads for local government,
for purity, for public virtue, for econ
omy in public expenditures; and it
places man against centralism, ask.
ing the men of the county to sustain
it in this attitude of defense of man.
hood. This is the condition of the
two parties in respect of the nature
of their appeal to the country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
Notice to Contractors.
EATON. O.. June 8. Is.

NA1SN, W., ouiO y 1SOOs
NOTICE is hereby given that sealed
IN proposals will be received at the
Auditors office, up to II O'Clock NJ. of
Thursday, July 1st, 1880, for the grad
ing and g~raveling of the National, Get
tysburg and Oxford and Wyatt Road
Improy ement.
Bidders are required to bid by the
| section Of one-half mile each, Dr. for
the completion of the entire length of
each road separately. They are also
required to furnish bond with their
bids, giving as sureties residents of the
county. Specifications for the work
| will be on file in the Auditors Office on
and after June 10Th, 1880.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids, if thought unreasonable or I'M
safe. +. NJ. DAWSON,
Engineer.
The culverting on the above specified
roads will be let at the same time and
place and under the same conditions
and the specifications Tor said culvert-
ing will be filed with the specifications
for grading and graveling said road.
By order of the Board of County Com
missioners.
SAM'L OLDFATHER,
ju10-3 Auditor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
West Point.
St. Louis Times.

The Hayes administratio on has de-
clared war againstthe Military Acad-
envy at West Point on account of the
Whitaker affair. In the opinion of
the President and his counselors
Whitaker ought to have been vindi-
Gated out of hand, and the white ca
diets coveted en- masse. This would
have been the regular Republican
way of doing the thing. AS the
West Point authorities did not do it
in this way, it has been determined
that West Point must be humbled
and taught its political duty. In ac-
cordance with this determination it
is said that Gen. Schofield is to be
removed and Gen. John Pope ap-
pointed Commandant. This allows
that the administration is in earnest.
1t could not strike O more deadly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
CONVENTION.
"Anything to Beat Grant p
IT is Done I
Struck by Lightning !!
Twice in One Year!
Garfield the Winner
On the seth Ballot!
Arthur, Of New York,
Vice President !

The Republican Convention after
being in session at Chicago for six
days and balloting thtrty-si1 times
nominated Senator GARFIELD, as
their candidate for President. On
the first ballot Grant received 304;
Blaine, 2S4; Sherman, SO; Wash
burne, 80; Edmunds, "a; Window,
10; and thus it stood with. but little
change through the whole first days
work and until II o'clock on the Sec
ond day, when the States began to
break and go over to GARFIELD, who
got his first vote on the second bal
lot. It is about the weakest and
most unpopular nomination that
could have been made, and vas only
brought about through the spite and
bitterness that existed between the
GRANT HERMAN-BLAINE factions
Outside of his own State GARFIELD
has no strength and nothing to draw
or rally his party to his support, and
there is not the ghost of a chance
for election. 1t is a lucky stroke fol
the Democrats. It is better thar
Grant, Blaine or Sherman, or even
Edmunds. The cry of the Gran
men has already passed along the
line, anything to beat G~ARFlRIDl'
The Republican party is doomed t.
defeat! Mark that. 5'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10
APIainF act.
Sidney Democrat.

Let the nomination at the Cincin.
natl Convention be made in the same
spirit of moderation and federation
that has been carried on between the
different asplrants for Presidential
honors in the party, and any good
man, whoever he is, will be elected
1t win array a grand army of 1000
600 Democrats in line for republican
government, constitutional liberty
and administrative reforms, the alb
sence OF, State issues and local irita.
tions, and will incite all true Demo
Gratis to an activity that will result il
a glorious triumph of the party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

A Matchmaking circular has al
ready been issued by Edward Nc
Pherson, Secretary ofthe Republican
National Committee, to the 100000
office holders of the country, assess
ing them in sums of from SIS to
81, 200 each. The circular says:
"Under the circumstances in which
the country finds itself placed, the
committee believes that you will es-
TEEN it both a privilege and a pleas
ure to make to its fund a contri6u-
ton which it is hoped may not be
less than s.. The committee is
authorized to state that such volun,
tqry subscriptions from persons en-
ployed IN the service Of the United
States will not be objected to in any
official quarter.