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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
Stocking VII Deeflculty.'

A story is told Of Scotch newspaper
editor which is almost pathetic in its
wide application to professional merry
men. This editor was also the proprietor
of a very well-known Scotch journal, and
he was doubly interested i'll the success
of his venture. But he knew that there
was one defect in the print, fatal defect
in Scottish newspaper. The BawbCe
was too solemn, too earnest, not suiii-
ciently skittish to suit gay, unthinking
people. The worthy editor looked
around him, and at last discovered that
he wanted in the person of funny sub
editor. He then boasted himself in the
society of his friends, saying:
81 have found in my new sub-editor a
young man just overfowing in natural
wit and humor. Now this is grand
thing for the paper, because, for my part,
l confess that l jock wi deefcuity. =
Saturday Review.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
THE MYSTERY OF THE HUMAN
HEART.
BY OWEN MEREDITH.

Midnight pa t! Not round Of aught
Through the silent house but the wind al MI
prayers
sat by the dying fire and thought
OF the dear, dead woman upstairs
night Of tears; for the gusty rain
Had cease but the caves were dripping yet;
And the moo looked forth, as though in pain,
With her face all white and wet
Nobody with mo my watch to keep,
But the friend of my bosom, the man love;
And grief has sent him fast asleep
In the chamber up above.
Nobody else, in the country-placc
All round, that knew OF my loss beside,
gut the good young priest with the Raphat-ia2e
Who cOnfcsst id her when she died
That GOOD Young priest is Of gentle nerve,
And my grief had mov4d him beyond control
For his lips grew white as could observe,
When spccded her parting soul
| sat h, the dreary hearth alone;
| thought of the lcasant days OF yore;
| said "Thc staff Of my life Is gcne
The woman love is no more
"On her cold, dead bosom my portrait lies,
Which next TO heart she used to wear,
Haunting 1t DER with her tender eyes
When my face was pot there,
]
And pearls which Peri might have tepti
For each ruby there my heart harh blcd-
For each pearl my eyes have wept"
And said "Thc thing is precious TO me;
They will bury her soon In the churchyard cay
II lies on her heart, and lost must be
II do not take 1t away"
lighted my lamp at the dying flame .
And crept up the stairs that cracked Tor irght
Till into the Chambpr of death ! came
Where she lay in all her white.
As ] stretched my hand held my breath;
turned as drew the curtain apart
dared not look on the face OF death,
knew where TO find her heart.
I thought at first as my touch fell there,
II had warmed hat heart to life with love,
For the thing touched was warm, | swear,
And could feel II move
Twas the hand Of q man, that was moving slow
O'er the heart Of the dead-frO the Other side;
And at once the sweat broke over my hroT
"WhO is robbing the corpse?' cried.
Opposite me- by the taper's light
The friend Of my BOSOM the man loved
Stood over the corpse, and all rs white
And neither OF us moved
I" hat do you here, my friend?' The man
Looked first at me, and then at the dead.
"Thprc is portrait here" he began;
"Therc is. 1t is mine" said.
Said the fiend of my bosom Yours, no doubt,
The portrait was, till month ago
When this suffering angel took that out,
And placed mine here know
"Ths woman, she loved me well" said I.
"a IN nth ago." said my friend to me
"And in your throat, groaned, "you lie!"
He answered. I" Let us see"
Enough" returned " let the dead decide;
And whoever the portrait prove,
His shall II be when the cause IL tried
Where d. ath is arAn.el by Love"
We found the portrait there, in Its place;
We opanrd il in the tapeI's shine;
The gems all unchanged; the face
Was-neither his nor mine.
" One nail drives out another, at least
The face Of the portrait there" cried,
I" Is your friends, the Riphae-faced young priest,
Who confessed her when She died"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
England,s Sunday.

am deeply sensible of the many ma
tional sins Of my own country. We
have abundant cause for humiliation.
The strifes and divisions of Christians
the quantity Of semi. .Romanism and
skepticism tolerated in our own ranks
the bitterness and mscrupuousness
OF political fnctions-the commercial
frauds among the middle classes.-the
gambling and the luxury of the upper ten
thousand-the drunkenness of the lower
half million-all these sins, am well
aware, cry against us to heaven. But
still, after ALL in a fallen world like
this, things must be measured by com
parison. 1t would be ungrateful if we
did not thank God for what we have.
Where in the world will you find 80
much preaching of real gospel-so
much circulation of the Bible and sound
religious literature-so much money
and labor bestowed on efforts to do good
so much care for life and property
so much thought for the sick and the
poor and the atilicted--so much liberty,
and yet so much obedience to law
so much outward morality-so much
family purity-where, I ask any one
looking at the map of the globe, where
will you find 50 much as in our own
country? No doubt there are plenty
of abuses and defects among us. |
neither deny, extenuate nor paliate
them. But at any rate we have moth
ing to compare with the Nihilism of
Russia, the Socialism of Germany, the
restless, revolutionary spirit and Com
munism of France, the brigandage and
assassination of Italy, or the lazy, ig-
norant superstition and Sunday bull
fights of Spain.
And why is it? How is it that hui
man nature in our little island is under
so much restraint, and develops a less
amount of corruption than human ma
ture in other lands ? | answer boldly
that one great cause of the difference
is our English Sunday. Look at Sun
day in London, with its 100000 Of in
habtants. See how the immense ma
jority of shops through miles and miles
and miles of streets are shut up and
business suspended. See how postoiiice,
and banks, and exchanges, and law
courts, and theaters, and museums and
picture galleries are all closed. See
what hundreds Of churches and chapels
and Sunday-schools are opened, and
what myriads of people attend them in
spite of the attractions Of river and rail.
and then turn to any great continental
metropolis--to Paris, Madrid, Naples,
Vienna Berlin-and mark how Sunday
is observed in them. Mark the extent
to which Gods holy day is given up to
military reviews, to races, to bull-fgst
to theater-going, to dancing, to con
certs, to pleaslre-seeking of every sort.
to everything, in short, excepting God,
Mark all these things, and learn one
grand reason why the standard of re-
ligion is SO much higher i'll our own
country, with all its sins, than it is else
where, There is an inseparable con-
ncction between the observance of the
Lords day and the prosperity of true
religion. Voltaire was quite right when
he said that he could never succeed in
destroying Christianity unless he de-
stroyed Sunday. 1t is the English Sun
day which makes England what it is
LOndOn letter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
PASSING SMILES.
THE man who was stage-struck had the

THE man who was stage-struck had the
driver arrested.
WHEN n man is climbing the ladder Of
fame he likes rounds of applause.
A PLACE for everything, and every
thing in its place-the baby's mouth.
Is the Salt Lake Cityl flats appears
this sign: "Ring the top bell for the
oldest wife.
THE woman who marries does well,
but the woman who does not marry does
bcttcrnine times ont of ten.
Two Bridgeport children playing with
Il cat, pulled it so violently by the legs as
to kill it. 1t must have been a very cheap
cat.
A DERBY farmer sat down on piece Of
hot iron in blacksmith shop, and on
rising broke hole in the ceiling.
JUY NclCS.
"WnY is Hymen always represented as
hearing a torch?" asks the Boston Post.
That easy enough. Its a hint as to who
shall build the fires.
Is concluding an article on the last
corn crop an Alabama editor remarked:
1--WE have ON exhibition in our sanctum
a magnificent pair of ears.
A FAMILY of young ladies' who reside
III this city so often entertain their COM
pany on the front stoop that they have
gained the title Of the step-sisters.
IT is said there are now 200, 900 Chris
tans in China. If they are real Chris
tians, China compares favorably with
this country. orleans Picayune.
A PROMINENT writer of rhetoric says:
"A neM word learned and correctly used
is an requirement to be proud of. " The
usufmct of his biaplasm lies i'll the differ
cntiation thereof.
An Ichthyophagous Club has been
started in New York. 1t is calculated to
ruin the reputation Of any husband who
goes home late at night and tries to tell
where he has been.
A CoMpoUNpER says food and medicine
are most perfectly combined in his cele-
hratcd bitters. They will lack the ele-
ments Of popularity, however, if they do
not contain II drink.
The brilliant Sophie Arnold, when she
heard of certain diplomatist that had
been eaten by the wolves, exclaimed,
Poor brutcs! Hunger must indeed be q
terrible thing!"
The number Of one-armed young men
seen driving out with young ladies' these
summer evenings is truly appalling. An
old soldierat our elbow says that one arm
is invariably lost during an engage
ment
Ar camp meeting, lately, venerable
sister began the hymn: my soul be on
thy guard; ten thousand foes arise. She
began too high. "Icn thousand she
screrchcd and stopped. Start her at
five thousand!'' cried IL converted stock
broker present.
A TRAVELLER was badly hurt in a rail
road accidcnt-tw ribs broken and other
injuries. He went to the Office to COM
plain. What" cried the Office clerk,
''you want to make row about SO small
Il matter? Not month ago twelve of
our passengers were killed, and we didn't
even hear II word OF complaint from any
of them.
A SMALL boy Of Bath, Me-, had just
gone to bed, when he began to dream
about cows. Some slight noise woke
him up and he said, Mamma | saw
some cows" "Where?' she asked. "Up
there, said he pointing to the ceiling
| His mother remarked that that was O
queer place to see cows, and the little
fellow got slightly angry and said,
"Wcll, | guess they could be angel COWS,
couldn't they?"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
The Art of Not Hearing.

The art of not hearing should be
taught i'll every wcll-regrlatcd family.
1t is fully as important to domestic hap
piness as cultivated ear, for which so
much money and time are expended.
There are so many things which 1t IS
painful to hear-very many which, II
heard, will disturb the temper, corrupt
simplicity and modesty, detract from
contcntment and happincss-that every
one should be educated to take i'll or
shut out sounds, according to their
pleasure.
If man falls into violent passion
and calls us all manner of names, ut the
first word we should shut our ears and
hear no more. If i'll our quiet voyage
of life we find ourselves caught i'll one
of those domestic whirlwinds Of scold
ing, we should shut our ears as sailor
would unfurl his sails, and, making all
tight, scud before the gale. If hot
and restless man begins to inflame our
feelings, we should consider what mis-
chief these fiery sparks may do in our
magazine below, where our temper Is
kept, and instantly close the door.
II, as has been remarked, all the petty
things said of one by needless or i'll
natured oilers were to be brought home
to him, he would become mere walk
ing n-cushion, stuck full of sharp re-
marks. If we would be happy, when
among good men we should open our
ears, when among bad men shut them.
1t is not worth while to hear what our
neighbors say about our children, or
what our rivals say about our busi-
ness, our dress or our affairs.
This art of not hearing, though un-
taught in the school, is by no means un-
practiced in society. We have noticed
that well-bred woman never hears a
vulgar or impertinent remark. A kind
of discreet deafness saves one from many
insults, from much blame, from not
little connivance in dishonorable con-
versation. - United Presbyterian.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
Hale and Andre.

The name of Nathan Hale-unfortu-
nately too little familiar to the present
generation-revives the memory Of
noble net of self.forgetfulness. That it
made its impression in the days of the
Revolution, wherever the circumstances
became known, we are assured by some
thing besides tradition; and since that
time it has never failed to touch the
heart or excite the admiration of writer's
who have had occasion to repeat the
story. Jared Sparks, the historian, after
describing, in his Life and Treason OF
Arnold" the unhappy business and fate
of Andre, recalls the youth in the Ameri-
can camp who met similar death be-
fore him, and pays n grateful tribute to
his character. Where" he asks, in
closing, sis thA memento of the virtues,
the patriotic sacrifice and the early fate
Of Hale? 1t is not inscribed in marble;
it is hardly recorded in books, Let it
be the more deeply cherished in the
hearts of his countrymen. Nor less APP
preclative is the earlier remembrance Of
President Timothy Dwight, who refers
to him as the "bright and generous "
Hale, and i'll the common epic of that
period thus describes his tastes and quail.
tiles:
With gcnus' living fame his bosom glowed,
And science charmed him TO her sweet abode;
In wortl's fair path his feet adycnturcd far,
The pride Of peace, the rising grace of war;
In duty firm, in danger calm Az even,
TO friends unchangng, and sincere to heaven
Although Hale suffered in the year
l776, and from the centennial stand
point it may appear somewhat late to
bring him to mind, it is to be noted that
the recollection of his fate was very
strikingly revived four years after, or
just century ago, by the capture and
execution of Maj. Andre in connection
with the Arnold infamy. Should that
event, which in 1850 profoundly inter-
csted both Englishmen and Americans,
lead to any expressions IF sympathy
during the present year, or suggest
historical review or anniversary of
the episode, the incident of l776 must
necessarily be coupled with it. The
fortune of the British officer was
in many aspects affecting, hut it
did not stand alone. Hardly
Iuu ne bctu CupluIcu btlolt
the nenrly-forgotten execution of Hale,
as spy, was recalled to American oili-
GERS, and Andre himself remembered it.
If their cases differed in certain points,
and it was possible for Andre to enter II
plausible justification of his movements,
where Hale had none whatever to plead,
the two victims, on the other hand,
bore this resemblance to each other,
that both were young officers. believes
by their companloNs IN arms, favorted
with their respective commanders, cdu
Gated, brave, and each anxious to be of
essential service, the one to his sovcr-
cign, the other to his cause.
From 1880 their names have thus been
closely associated. Their fate was hard
but inevitable, and justified by the
necessary rigor of military law; and for
each and both there always have been,
on either side of the water, many deep
sympathics felt ---Hcmy p. JOimsOn, IN
HarDer'S Maaazme.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
A Buddhist Fable.

Bodhisat was n tradesman who went
from village to village to dispose of his
wares. One day when at the house of a
carpenter, whose head was bald like a
copper porringer, musquito alighted
thereon; and the carpenter called to his
son, who was near, to drive it away. The
son taking sharp ak for this purpose,
aimed blow at the insect, but split his
fathers head in two and killed him. On
seeing what he had done, Bodhisat said
that an enemy was better than a foolish
relative or friend.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29
The Burglar Wasn't There.

Too much presence of mind is a rare
surplus in man or woman. 1t may make
as queer mistakes as excitement itself:
A Southern lady, while preparing to
retire for the night, thought she saw the
eye of a full-length portrait of Wash
ington wink. She had heard OF burg
lars hiding behind pictures, but she did
not scream and faint. She took off her
diamonds, and opening drawer as if to
put them in it, took out a revolver and
quickly discharged six shots into the
head Of the portrait and the servants
rushed in and found there was no burg
lar there, and the $1,000 picture was
spoiled for nothing. Presence Of mind
and coolness don't want to be accompa-
MED by too much imagination.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29

To REMOVE iron mold, rub the spot
with little oxalic acid, or salts Of lemon
and warm water. Let it remain few
minutes, and rinse well in clear water.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29

The exasperated owner of n corner
store in Augusta, Me-, has put up sign
reading: Wanted, the ten LATEST men
in town-to loaf ON this corner"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29

ONLY one-tenth of the human body is
solid matter. A dead body weighing
100 pounds was dried in an oven until all
moisture was expelled, and its weight
was reduced to twelve pounds. Egyptian
mummies' bodies are thoroughly dr1ed.
They usually weigh about seven PounoA
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29

The skin contains more than 1000, 900
openings, which are the outlets for an
equal number Of sweat glands,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29

EACH perspiratory duct is one-fourth
of an inch in length, which will make
the aggregate length Of the whole about
nine miles.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-29

THr pupil of the eye has to be laahsd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-08
General Trade.

Fresh arrivals last evening and this
forenoon caused a considerable guam.
tity of feed corn to offer. Liberal lots
and no scarcity Of any commodity is
noted. Prices exhibit but little
change since last report.
. FL0UR-Market steady, round lots
selling at IS TO 6 for family and choice
grades; low classes are heavy at SO so 20
"a per Dbl; patents S7@7 25; small orders
DC higher; stock ample.
C0RNMEAL-Sales from first hands
$3.50 per Dbl; in a small way, $3.50.
C0RN-Oferings free, with holders
asking Soc per bushel; carloads and small
orders 58@54e.
OATS-Quiet at 42@4Sc in lots, and "A
M45c in a small way.
BRAN-Weak at SIG so per ton for
wheat and 95c per cwt; corn bran 50 per
ton.
HAY-Market weak at SIS to Is per
ton As in quality; in a small way, 81 to
l 10 per cwt. T9
P0TATOES-A few wagon loads of
new are coming daily. Sales per barrel
measure 81; in a small way 50 so to 8 per
Dbl; market unsettled.
0NIONS-Unchanged at 50 75@4 %
per Dbl; cabbage scarce .. SO per crate.
FRUITS-Green apples SOP so per
Dbl; strawberries 2.25@2 so per 24.auart
Gratis plums 81 per bushel raspberries
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-08
A TOFquOise Mine.

For the first time in two hundred
years the old Turquoise mine in Chal-
chuti mountain, New Mexico, has
been Tsroiened. In 1850 the work
was suspended GA the mine, the cause
being the caving in of the shaft, and
the subsequent death ofsome one hun
bred Indians who were hard at work
below. An attempt vas made
by the Spanish to force the indians to
begin again and reopen the shaft,
which led to a rebellion, and probably
was one of the causes which forced
the Indians to an uprising, and the
subsequent exclusion of their rulers
from the GonRtry. The extent to
which these mines hayd been worked
may be conjectured by the vast
amount of debris lying around the
old shaft, covering no less than fifteen
acres of ground. This mine is the
only torquise mine on the continent,
and, as, the gem has always a market
value, it viii ere long be one of the
recognized sources of wealth Of New
Mexico.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-08

81 5 per 2s-pint crate; oranges S5@7 per
box; lemons S4@5 per box.
POULTRY-Chickens in better sup
ply small young slow at 81 5002 per doz:
well grown do S2@3 go old stock 81 50@
4 the latter for extra hens; ducks 81 25@
2 % per dozen; geese 81 so per dozen
turkeys Ito 10 per dozen and in little de-
mand.
EGGs-Market easier at 1917 to 1sc
per dozen.
BUTTER-CommEa country y to 15c
per ID; extra prairie lSc; western table Is
10 &c; creamery "a to 26ci butterine IA to
Ice.
PROVISI0NS--Jobbers' prices are as
follow: Bacon shoulders, 4%c clear ribs
SIG clear sides 81 IS; bulk meats 41lc for
shoulders, 6Ac for clear ribs and &c for
clear sides, all loose and &c higher for
packed; sugar cured hams, 9A@l0Ac; mess
pork $ll per Dbl; lard TIC for ties; nc for
half bbls and kegs, TIC for 2O-pound
pals and 82sc for l0-pound pals.
LIVE ST0CK-Cattle of good butcher
qualities range from 81 to 4Ac, with a
good demand; poorer qualities from IL to
2Hc; sheep, 81 rs to 81 Is; lambs, ST 25
to 50 25i hogs slow at So to "a Is per h
gross.
Embellishments, 4O@45c per n.
unwashed, 2O@2Sc; unwashed and bury
from 10 to 60c per cwt less.
= SUGAR-Yellow clarified, 9@9Nc per
biofwhites, 9X@9Ac crushed, granulated
and pulverized, l0h@l0Ac; cut loaf, lie;
open kettle yellow, 8@9c.
OOFFEE-Fair to choice 14X to 18c
according to quality.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., Is; No. g.,
Ice dry salt do, 15c; green, No. 2, 12Xc:
do sailed, 1000; market unsettled; tallow,
6@5Xc; beeswax. 20c.
lock, 28@32c; harness, 36@38c; skir.ing,
Sb@S7ci French calf $4,000 per dozen;
domestic calf, $20@S0 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per ID $4,000.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 70 per caror draw
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 30@l 60 for
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pourd.
BAGGING-A srket quiet; on orders.
flax, &c per yard; jute, 10X@l1c; ties.
81 75@S per bundlei Irvine, l2c per
pound
RICE-The price of rice in first hands
at Charleston, S. c., is 6@6%e for fair.
.6H@6K for good, 65s@6A for prime, ia
u for choice, and TX for fancy. Dan
Talmadge & Sons circular of June 2 says:
Our market opens for June with brisk
demand, especially for the higher grades,
of which qualities this point is almost the
sole source of supply. We would call at
t%entiOn to the fact that last season, same
date, with about an equal stock ahead,
prices advanced in June, and during the
month of July following ruled for good,
6%@7; prime to choice. 7H@7K.