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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
A Monster Lizard.

There is displayed in glass case in
Baltimore living specimen Of gllano
lizard, lately brought from the Nayassa
Islands in the brig Romance. This hand
some crawIcr is three feet in length, two
thirds of which is tail, with the head of a
crocodile, an enormous mouth, furnished
with two dangerous rows of sharp ser
rated teeth, two pouches or sacks at the
base Of the jay, a loose skin of dirty
brown color, and curious nodosity near
tlT dip Of its nose. 1t is oncof the largest
of the species ever seen, and, on accoun
of the size of the sacs and the nolosity,
is supposed to be forty or fifty years old
by people who are accustomed to them
in the guano islands. 1t stands its
change of quarters remarkably well, and
is lively enough, but its vicious temper
is exhibited in its wickod-looking eye
and its attempt to snap at hand or a
stick that is placed near it. Its appetite
is excellent, and it manages to get along
comfortably on crackers, cabbage, &c.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
The End Of tie World.

The following dismal picture Of the
end Of the world is by the noted French
scientist, Camille FIammariou:
The earth was born; she will die. She
will die either of old age, when her vital
elements shall have been used up, or
through tho extinction Of the sun, to
whose rays her life is suspended She
might also die by accident, through col
llslon with some celestial body meeting
her ON her route; but this end Of the
world is the most improbable Of all. She
may, we repeat, die natural death
through the slow absorption Of her vital
elements. In fact, it is probable that
the air aud water arc diminishing. The
ocean, like the atmosphere, appears to
have been formerly much more consider
able than it is in our day. The ferries
trial crust is penetrated by waters which
combine chemically with the rocks. 1t
is almost certain that the temperature Of
the interior of the globe reached that of
boiling water mt the depth Of about six
miles, and prevents the water from de-
sccnding any lower; but the absorption
will continue with the cooling Of the
globe. Tho oxygen, nitrogen and car.
bonic acid which compose our atmos-
phcre also appear to undergo absorp-
ton, but slower The thinker may for
see, through the mist of ages yet to come,
the epoch, yet aiar off, in which the
earth, deprived of the atmospheric,
aqueous vapor which protects her from
the glacial cold Of space by preserving
tLo solar rays around her, will become
chilled in the sleep of DEATH AS Henri
Nivarcl says: "From the summit of the
mountains winding sheet of snow will
descend upon the high platcuus and the
valleys, driving before it life and civil
cation, and masking forever the cities
and nations that it meets on its passage"
Life and human activity will press III
scnsibly toward the inter-tropicnl zone.
st. Petersburg, Berlin, London, Paris,
Vienna, Constantinople and Rome will
fall asleep i'll succession under their eter-
nal shroud. During very many ages
equatorial humanity will undertake Arctic
expeditions to find again under the ice
the place Of Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux and
Marseilles. The sea coasts will have
changed, and the geographical map of
the earth will have been transformed.
No one will live and breathe any more cx-
cept in the equatorial zone up to the day
when the last family, nearly dead with |
cold and hunger will sit on the shore Of |
the last sea, in the rays of the sun which |
will thereafter shine here below ON an |
ambulent tomb revolving aimlessly
around useless light and barren heat
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
Mexican Railroads,

Mexico was, until lately, considered an
unprogressive country, but the people
have been seized with a railroad fever,
which will probably become epidemic.
In September the Mexican Congress
met, and there will come before that
body two proposals to build network
of narrow-gauge railroads, one from
the City of Mexico to the Pacific Coast,
one from that city to the Atlantic Coast
and Rio Grande frontier. There are two
companies competing for the contracts.
Once an extensive system of railroads is
introduced into Mexico, she will become
a factor in agriculture and commerce
which will make her strong and united.
The only fear is that when the United
States are ready TO annex her, she will
be powerful enough to make a serious
kick against it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
Earning Her Own Living.

Two large cities full Of people are as
tonished Mt the statement that wealthy
and intelligent Brooklyn girl has left
her home and old associations with the
intention of earning her own living by
hard work. This establishment is so I'M
complimentary to the spirit OF young la
dies in general that the particular lady
in question may be regarded as a prac-
tical defender Of her sex. Why rich
lady, more than rich man, should de-
vote life to doing nothing is more than
any one can explain. Thousands OF ladies
already are deyoting their time and
means to worthy enterprises merely for
the sake OF having something definite to
do. and if one Of the sex chooses to
adopt downright hard work and to live on
the proceeds other industry, itisnobody's
business but her own. If more women
who need fear no wolf at the door were
to do likewise they would be the wiser
for it and the world be better. A great
deal of the unnecessary injustice and
suffering in the world comes of the
ignorance of the well-to-do classes
about the lives OF those who are socially
beneath them. The merchant, even he
Of wel-trained muscles, who spends an
hour or two in rolling barrels, or moving
heavy packages, learns exactly how it Is
that his men do not sometimes move as
lively rs he would like to have them do;
he may even learn Why the same men
sometimes slip around the corner and
invest a nDrt of their small earnings III
whisky. If the Brooklyn girl referred
to goes into shop, factory or domestic
service, and with her earnings makes
ends meet, she will never afterward
make unnecessary trouble when shop
ping she will not wonder why girls look
pale and dress badly; and she will be
unlikely to have trouble with servants
when she has a household Of her own to
manage. After she has tired Of her ex-
pertinent, and returns to the enjoyment
of her own or her fathers handbook,
her money will go twice as far as before,
and whatever it buys will be thorough
ly enjoyed. If, later, she marries, she
will not be likely to complain if her hua-
band does not earn as much rs she may
desire to spend, and she will not run the
slightest risk OF running the said husband
by extravaganza. Not even for the sake
OF learning 50 much, to devote mouths
sr years to common, steady labor; 30
the world has no immediate prospect of
being regeneratcd by woman's knowl-
edge Of how her sisters live. -NeW York
JTernId
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
BREyITIES.

PHILADELPHIA has 1851 grog shops.
THE enrolled militia of Massachusetts
numbers 245, 7G2.
CANON FARRAR is said to have sweet
and musical voice.
SENATOR BLAINE wears n nickel-plated
watch that cost $3.50.
APPLES were never before so plentiful,
Of such fine quality, and so cheap.
Ar recent dinner the Queen OF En-
gland plucked ripe peaches from potted
trees.
"SwEAR not at all, " not even when
putting up a deprayed and ungoverna-
bic stoyc-pipe.
Nun YEw Chung, a Chinaman who
weighs just 100 pounds, is coxswain Of
the Yale crew.
Miss EMILY FAITHFUL has postponed
her visit to the United States for the
present season.
JOIN T.. OwENs, the actor, has given
up the stage for mining speculation III
San Francisco.
BELL, the telephone man, has been
elected professor i'll Johns Hopkins Uni"
ycrsity, Baltimore.
The Lowell COtrier believes that the
lover who pressed his suit was a tailor
or clOthcs-cleaner.
THERE are in Georgia SO, 500 colored
men who own, by the tax receivers re-
turns for their respective counties, DOL
1919 acres Of land.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., has twenty-five
national banks with q capital Of 3d.
ll5,GOO, and 50, 25l ,2O3 surplus and UNI
divided profits.
"GHAsrLY Jolly" is given as the latest
addition to fashionable slang III England.
1t was probably created for use at u
mpther-in-law's funeral.
Mrs. JOHN G. GREEN has given $780,
GOO to the American Sunday-School
Union, to be used in developing higher
order Of Smday-school literature.
THERE are hundreds of entertaining
writer's who would be good historians II
they did not know SO many things that
have never happened.-NecO orleans
PicayUlc.
MARK TWAIN draws and paints little.
He drew the lumber to build n fence at
the back of his house, and the white.
washing on said fence is said to be one
| Of the finest sights in Hartford.
"IN what condition was the patriarch
Job at the end Of his life ?" asked II
Brooklyn Sunday-school teacher Of a
| quiet-Iooking boy ut the foot of the
class. dead, " calmly replied the boy.
A HORSE in Nevada, being sick with
collie, ended his suilerings by deliber-
atcly dnshing out his brains against the
stone wall Of the corral. 1t was in Ne
vada, also, that pet dog recently com.
mittcd suicide by drowning.
w. n. ARMSTRONG, lawyer Of New
York city, has been appointed Attorney
General in the new Cabinet Of King
kalakaua, of the Sandwich islands.
His father was one OF the first mission
aries to the islands, and he himself was
born there.
SUICIDES are ON the increase in France.
The number i'll 1870 was 4, l57 (; in 1872,
5,275 in 1874, 5,Gl7; in 1876, 5,S04 !;
| in 1877, 1922; and i'll 1878 to which
only statistics have been made UP
G,i24. A great number of cases, too,
are hushcd up and never appear.
A PRIZE was offered for the mother
who presented the greatest number Of
| her own children ut the Indiana State
fair. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Line were
each accompanied to the fair by nine,
but Mrs. Line gave birth to II tenth on
the grounds, and so took the prize.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

Tn the Austrian army the "caution
money" as the sum is called which the
candidate for matrimony is obliged to de-
post with the authorities, has heretofore
been set ut $1,000 horins, but a rnmor
prevails that the amount is to be doubled
Marriages have been so numerous IN the
service that the politicians think it adj
yisable to check them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
d" POPULAR" Music.

A young man saw an advertisement OF
the "ChicngO Miniature Piano Com.
pany, - where for dollar he could have
n new instrument ON which anyone could
play ut sight. lie sent his money and
received not piano, but the Instructions
how to make one. Take II flower bar
rel--any old one will do-put as many
cats into it as il will hold. Leave slit
in the side the whole length Of the barrel.
A pointed stick moved along in this slit
is sure to produce all the tones desired,
since most of the cats will answer to the
prodding. A child nplay it. " Yet he
sued to recover his money, because the
music was not popular
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
The Man Who Ran the Daily.

Enough is as good MS n feast for some
men. A man in Hartford, Conn. prob
ably relative of Mark -ycarncd
to run daily. Hisyearning was satisfied.
He run it three days, the last run being
into the ground. In its obituary he
says: "Our ambition to run a daily pa
per has been satisfied for the present.
We have had the experience.
If anybody on the Hill hears tonight
any particularly sonorous snoring, they
may know that it is an cx-editor Of de-
funct city daily putting i'll a square
nights sleep once more"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

DR.. @, +. Shoemaker, the well-known aural
surgeon of Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail
free Of charge valuable little book on deafness
and diseases of the ear, especially on running
ear and catarrh and their proper treatment
giving references and testimonials that will
satisfy the most skoptical. Address as above.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

MALAnrAL fevers can he prevented, also other
masmatic diseases, by occasionally using Dr.;
San ford's Ltper mrigordtor, the Oldest general
Family Medicine, which is recommended as q
cure for all diseases caused by disordered
Liver. Eighty-page book sent FREQ. Address
DR.. Sanford. lG2 Broadway, New York.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

IMPURE BLooD.--In morbid conditions OF the
blood are many diseases; such as salt rheuu,,
ringworms, boils, carbuncles, sores, ulcers and
pimplos. In this condition OF the blood try the
rEGETINE, and cure these affections As blood
purifier 1t has no equal. Its effects are won
uerful.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

IL 1860, the number Of lunatics in
England was 3S,O58. Now it is II, l0l,
IN increase of no less than 81 per cent,
During the same period the population
increased only about % per cent, n
third of the rate at which lunacy adj
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

DR.. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATHoLICoN will posi-.
lively cure Female Weakness, such @ Falling Of the
Uterus, Whites, Chronic Inflammation liberation Of
the Uterus, incidental Hemorrhage Flooding Painful
suppressed and Irregular Mensrnation &C. An old and
reliable remedy. send postal card for pamphlet with
treatment, cure, and certificates from physicians and
patients, to HowARTH BALLARD, Urici, New York.
sold BY all Drugeiss-tl.5Q per bottls.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

THAT slight cold may result disastrously il
not checked Immediately, which can DO effected
by Coussens' Honey of Tar, medicine which is
highly appreciated by all sufferers with coughs
and colds, bronchitis, hoarseness, etc. Price
Zoe. For sale by all druggists.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

WE reach for riches and we grasp milestone,
unless in health TO enjoy them. A Cough or
Cold quickly works our physical ruin unless we
nre careful. Use DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Price 20 cts,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

PRESENCE Of mind IS an advantage to
the man who has q, good mind If his
thoughts come crooked, a few absent.
minded spells might help him.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

GET Lyons Patent Heel stiffeners applied 10
those new boots before You run them over.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

ACCORDING to q Vicnneso statistical
journal, Austria is better provided with
public libraries than any other country
in Europe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17
ArO,IsIug its Headers,

An alarm of fire at midnight is n startling
thing, but not half 20 startling to many who
hear it as would be the sudden knowledge Of
their own dangerous physical condition. Thou
sands of thousands are hurrying to their graves
,ecause they are carelessly Indifferent to the
insidious inroads Of disease and the means Of
cure. II IL tho mission Of H. II. Warner Il Co.,
with their Safe Kidney and Liver Cure to
arouse men 10 sense of their danger and then
cure em.-Ne4nphis Appedl
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

CARDS are said TO have been invented
in France in 1891, to amuse Charles ".
during the intervals Of a melancholy lis.
order. PIquet and ALL the early games
arc French. II
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-17

This wonderful substance Is acknowlededby phy,cl,ns
throughout tho world to be the best remedy discovered
Tor the cure Of Wounds, Burns, Rheumatism, Skin Dc.
sa,ea Piles Catarrh Chiblains &C. In order that every
one NAV try it, 1t is put up in Is and 25 cent bottles b
household USE. Obtain 1t from your druggist, and yoa
will ind 1t superior TO anything you have ever used.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-06-10
A New Drink.

The following capital story is told by
the Utica Herald:
On South street, near Genessee, there
resides well known counselor who has
been quite sick for some time, but is
now improving. Last week he was made
still happier by an addition to his family
and still further by gaining an impor-
tant decision in his favor in the United
States Court. With all this happiness
and improving health he felt like enjoy
ing bottle of wine when friend called
to congratulate him. He requested a
fresh female servant to bring a bottle of
wine from the closet with ice and glasses,
and to bring the nippers SO as to cut the
wire. The servant had never opened a
bottle of wine, and as events proved did
not know a bottle from battery She
knew that wires ran into the closet con-
Meeting with some glass jars, and this
was sufficient. The counselor thought
that it took considerable time to procure
the wine, but he and his guest were well
repaid for their patience when the servant
entered the room bearing on tray a
large lump of ice, with one of the small
telephone battery jars, with wine glasses
and nippers! She said the only wire she
had been able to find in the closet was
connected with the battery jar, and she
had some trouble in cutting it with the
nippers, but guessed it was all right.
The invalid and guest obtained their
beverage after while, but not until
they had enjoyed a fit of laughter that
was as sparkling as the champagne.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-06-10
Rapid Firing.
from the New York Tribune. |

gun which can fire 5000 shots in
thirteen minutes was recently tested il
Washington. The Gardner is a machine
gun, like the Gatling 1t has two bar
rels made of steel, encased in brass.
This is an auxiliary to small arms, and is
simply gun which, by the ingenuity of
the designer, is calculated to do the work
of number of muskets, and do it more
rapidly and effectively. 1t cannot, proba-
bly,, shoot as accurately as amusket, but
if properly handled, must be fearfully
destructive, especially when directed
against line or an advancing column.
Its calibre is 45-100 of an inch, and the
same cartridges are used as in ordinary
rifle practice. The charge is seventy
grains of powder, and the ball weighs
405 grains. 1t is mounted on small
field carriage, and is light enough to be
carried by two men. The whole length
of the gun is only four feet. It can be
being only limited in this direction by the
rapidity with which it can be fed. If
steam should supply the motive power,
and it could be fed fast enough, there is
no telling how rapidly it could be fred
The firing is done by turning a crank in
the rear of the gun, and it is fed through
a tlat-shaped bob, into which the car
tridges is placed in blocks holding twen-
ty each, They fit down neatly into this
box, which holds about fifty cartridges,
and as fast as the crank is turned they
drop down into channel and are carried
forward for discharge and the empty
cartridges returned and dropped beneath,
Five thousand shots were fred in thir-
teen minutes, three men relieving each
other at the crank.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-06-10

can't write you about it, but come as soon as
you can."
And the next evening, a few minutes
after his return from his business, Mr..
Addison, passing through the hall,
answered the door-bell, which rang Just
then. A lady stood there when he
opened the door, and she asked for Mrs.
Iddings. The sound of the voice struck
some answering chord in his heart. but
the lady wore a vail, and it was growing
dusk, so that he could not distinguish
her features.
"Please step in here and 1 will call
her, he said, opening the door of the
parlor. She walked In. He stopped to
hight the gas AS it flashed out bright
ly the two looked into each others faces.
Marion! I" "Rurke 1 did not know I
was coming to your house, she faltered.
She looked graver than of old. but to his
eyes was still the same sweet Marion.
And did not know you were within
thousand miles of me-" he exclaimed;
but l meant to search for you SOON"
The two were forgetting the existence
OF Mrs. Iddings, but she, passing
through the hall, heard her friends
voice, and was much surprised to find
that MIR. Addison and she were old
acquaintance. She and Marion had
been friends for a year, but the latter
had never let her into the sad secret of
her life. She had remained unmarried
all these years, and had drifted to the
city where he was, but had not known of
his whereabouts or his wife's death.
Mrs. lddings was duly acquainted with
her story and was much pleased that
she had been the means of bringing to-
gether the long separated lovers. OF
course, in due time they were married.
And Burke was siezed with desire for
matchmaking, and introduced Frank
Peabody to Mrs. Iddings, bringing him
home to her one evening before she left.
And the upshot was that she agreed to
become Franks housekeeper for life.
And Burke is happy now, and thinks
that the breeze that blew the bit of lace
to him must have come straight from the
gates of heaven.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-06-10
rTopeka. Kan Daily Capital. !

1t is said to be unwholesome, in all
months that have not an r in their name,
to eat an oyster However, it is emf
nently proper and always seasonable to
use Hamburg Drops-the great Liver
and Blood Purifier Mr.. Jacob Hess.
Normanville, Kan, writes During the
last year | was scarcely able to walk
along. | suffered with serious derange-
ment Of the Liver and tried many differ
emf preparations without benefit. My
neighbor, Mr.. Adams, told me of Ham
burg drops. ! bought bottle and after
Its continued use l became better daily,
and regained my former health. shall
always speak good word for Hamburg
Drops.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-06-10
FOR CHIVALRY.
BY THOMAS 8. COLLIER.

He doomed his armor, grit his sword,
His steed was standing at the gate;
To-day he vowed unto the Lord
To-da1 his love must wait
And then With ravens plume anoat,
And keen lance shining bright and grim,
He stro,ie across the castles moat
While watching eyes grew dim.
The level plain ran far agay;
The river through the orchards flowed;
The hawthorn hedges blooming spray
Made sweet the winding road
But subtle beauty could not hold
His soul from struggles fierce and grand;
Unheeded was the wheat fields gold,
The sunlit meadow land
No. look nor smile nc backward cast:
The portal echoed with his tread;
And soon his charger g,lloped fast
Where boughs met overhead
II n up the slope of rounding bills
lie heard the wild dogs savage bark,
And rode among the windy chills
OF valleys, shadow-dark.
He saw the crimson banner wave
That marked the stronghold of his foes;
He barred his bright and ready glaive,
To meet their bitter blows
Then dashed against the serried spears
That barred the downward tending path,
Sending his loud, dehant cheers
Among their cries of wrath.
The sunlight faded in the vest
The stars shone out in trackless space
And cold the fallen night dews rest
On one white l.stess face.
A shiyeref lance, q depted shield,
The scattered fragments of plume,
We're all the battle-ground would yield
To lay upon his tomb
Above the castles moat, fond eyes
Watch through the mist of burning tears,
And only see the purple skies,
And silence Of sad years.
Who from the pleasant gladnesa strays,
He tempts the strife of veDgeful fates--
And VOWS are paid with many days,
And love forever waits.
Boston Transcript.