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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08

dancers were few, and everybody looked
bored or discontinued. Mrs. Grey was
saying the last words to n party Of guests
who were about taking their departure.
"Such n pity it should have boon
failure" ho heard one Of them whisper
III tone of sympathy "And after all
the expense you have gone tot"
81 am sure, then, 1t must have been
the fault of my guests" returned Mrs.
Grey, for | did my part as well as
could. Why, Mr.. Turner, are you going
so soon? / wonder if you, too, found
my party Il stupid ono?"
She looked so harassed that Dick for
got the grudge he owed her. and would
gladly have declared her ball both bril-
liant and delightful but the words he
wished to say stuck in his thoat-he
absolutely could not give them utterance.
An awful impulse was upon him, and to
his own secret horror and dismay he
heard himself assuring her the painful!
truth that il was the most dismal affair
he had ever witnessed i'll his life. Then
overwhelmed with shame at his involun-
tary rudencss he turned away, and his
eyes fell upon the crimson roses still
blooming freshly over the doorway.
What an idiot he must have been!
There in plain English letters were tho
three words, "PaIacc Of Truth As he
looked ogI roaI the marie flute peaIed
forth SO loudly and with so shriIl II
triumph in its tone that Dick fairly
Jumped. and in the violence of his start
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
A Wonderful Blind Man.

A very remarkable blind man, named
John Mctcalf, native of Manchester,
was living Mt the beginning OF this cent
ury; and, strange to say, his occupation
was no other than that of guide, his
living being gained by his conducting
strangers through intricate routes dur
ing the night or when the roads were
covered with snow. Stranger still,
however, was the calling which he sub
soquently followed, and this we are told
was that of protector and surveyor
of highways in difficult and mountain.
Gus parts. With the aid solely OF
n staff which he carried, he was often to
be seen traversing roads, mounting hills,
and exploring valleys. 1t was under the
direction of Metcalf that many OF the
roads over the Peak, in Derbyshire, were
altered and he also designed and SUI
perintended the construction OF new
road in the same neighborhood, formed
with view to open communication
with the great London road without the
necessity of passing over the mountains.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
WHO WAS HlMchrNrls

A gentleman who saw the gray, forbid
lino castle Of BIuchcard rising above the
q otion OF Champtocc, France. tells who
Che fightGuI hero Of the nursery was:
Some reader may ask "Who was this
real historical Blnehcarl?7
I answer that in Brittany he was the
Sinur GILES de Rct2, Il great feudal lord,
who possessed vast estates and great
nowcr in this ncighborhood in the latter
Dart Of the fourteenth and beginning Of
the fifteenth centuries, and was, besides,
q marshal Of France.
Tbis castle was his stronghold, and he
mlcd it and the Loire country around
with a hand of iron and a sword of fire.
Gifted in youth with physical strength
and beauty. and an enormous fortune
Inc iopoirrd both by all sorts of in.
JuIarrcoa
When too late, with dcfled and
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
A Female CrusOe.

II De Foe had only known OF female
Crusoe living on an ocean Island, ne
might, perhaps, have wrought out story
sunerior to his Robinson Crusoe. Alex
onder Selkirk's brief life on Juan Fernan-
DEF was trivial, either in the hardships
endured or the difficulties conquered,
compared with that of native woman
on an island opposite Southern Cali
fornia.
The Catholic Fathers at South Barbara
were transporting the natives OF the Is
land st. Nicholas to the mainland.
Among them was mother who discov'
cred that her babe had been left behind,
She begged that the ship might be put
back, but the captain refused. She
leaped into the sea to swim ashore, but
as a storm prevailed, they all thought
she was drowned. =,
Eighteen years after a company LANDED
ON the island. They found traces OF life
and after long search discovered the wo
man, and took her with them. The poo
mother never found her babe, but haf
managed to live in comparative comfort
though very lonely. After her long Iii
chiefly in the open air, she could no
bear the confinement OF house, AM
soon sickeped and died.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
Mi On Ennl TrrmS.

"Did You know that the Simpkinses
and | weren't on good terms . said Col
oncl Scion, MS he dropped into the cdl-
torial chair of the Oil City Derrick, like
n bag Of bran out OF n wagon.
"No; what's the trOuble?'
dump if [ know zactly. Yer see,
the other night men my wife war invited
out TO a party at DecLin Todds an We
went. caz | knew that the Deckin didn't
scrimp ON eatabcs bit, an alters had
suthing in n jug down cellar. Well,
when we got there the house was mighty
nigh filled, an every one was talking
kind o loose like, an complimentlng
each other in various ways. Everything
slid along rs smoothly as chunk Of
butter ON hot knife till, long arter sup
per time, Mr.. Simpkin, SEE he to my
wife. SEE he, Mrs. Scion, yer looks
bout as nigh rs young as yer dld ten
years ago. an my wife. seq she, Yer n
ilattcrin' me, Mr.. Simpkin, COZ my wife
she knows what to say, she does. An L
wam't goin' to be outdone in pcrlitencss,
an seed Mrs. Simpkin t'other side OF
the room, and so sings out, Hi, Mrs.
Simpkin, land O Goshen, but that air
wig / saw yer buyin' t'othcr day makes
yer look as pert as sixteen-year-old
gal; when yer git yer false teeth we
won't know yer from yer darter. An
then [ smiled pleasantly like, but, sakes
alive! that air room was just as still as 6
hay-mow for about two minutes, an Mrs
Simpkin looked like she wanted to kicl
somebody, an my wife, SEE she, Solo
mon, Solomon jest as if I'd sot down OF
the baby or broke lookin glass. Thu
people didn't seem TO breathe easy for
long time, an bumby we KEN away, an
my wife SEE she, Solomon Scion, som'
men are made fools, an some men are
born fools An SEE l, Sally, that's 50;
but | do not know for the life o me who
she was thinking on, unless twas tina
nat'ral fool OF Todds."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
American Tobacco.

While I was Mt Ferrieres, in Italy, |
heard comical story from the wife Of an
American gentleman who resides i'll the
ncighborhood. 1t seems tobacco is a
Government monopoly; the raising OF
more than dozen plants by any one
person is strictly prohibited. The gar
dener engaged by my friend had rather
n liking for the plant, and embellished
several Of his ornamental ilower-beds
with it. So one day the lady was waited
upon by the Commissaire, who informed
her that, MS she had transgressed the
rules respecting the cultivation Of to-
bacco by non-authorized individuals, she
would have to pay n fine of some $50.
But, fortunately the Republican Dep
uty from the district was on terms OF
great intimacy with the family, and he
offered his services to get them out of the
scrape. He went, therefore, to call on
the local Magistrate, and represented to
him that the offending plants were of
American origin, and, consequently,
were of kind that were totally valueless
for any other purpose than that of orna-
mentation. The dignitary professed him
self as being quite satisfied with the cx-
PLANTATION, and, in view of the non
existence in commerce of any such an
article as American tobacco, my friend
got off scot free. Lucy Hooper.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
A Bonanza of Bears and Lions.

John Rowles left his sheep ranch, near
Keefers Mill, for days sport. He did
not get very far before he discovered
bear tracks, both large and small. This
discovery was followed up by his coming
upon number the 'yarmints" taking
things easy under spreading manzanita
tree. John stood his ground manfully,
and blazed away with his deadly REM
ington, and two of the full-grown bears
were killed outright. The third, although
badly wounded, went for his scalp, and
John had to retreat to the crotch OF o
tree close by. With admirable foresight
he froze to his gun, and as soon as the
beast came up to his roosting-place he
laid him out by splendid shot through
the eye. On coming down for his perch
JOIN, feasted his eyes with the sight OF
his victims, and while enjoying this
pleasure he heard some cubs crying for
their mother. In looking around the
brush he found two fine cubs, which he
secured and took home. While on his
way back he fell in with two California
lions, which he bagged, thus making a
perfect bonanza of game for one days
sport. Johnny feels bigger now than old
Grant, and will not soon forget his
splendid luck. Chico { Cdto Enterprise.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08

In Paris, children's parties are preten-
tious affairs. The decorations and toilets
are made as prominent features and as
elaborate as among older society followers:
At one of the children's balls was child
of eleven decked in thousands OF dollars
worth of diamonds, and toilet of lace
worth six hundred dollars, with a gossa-
mer fan mounted in turquoise and pearls.
Where all should be joy, life and light
in this youthful crowd, there are the
same rivalries, heart burnings and en-
vious feelings that embitter and spoil the
pleasure Of older hearts. =
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
A Story of O Screw.

A singular accident happened to a
family named Hollscher, residing on
Pearl street, near Market, u few days
ago. The father died about week ago,
and was buried at Lone Mountain. On
Saturday morning the mother visited
the cemetery to decorate the grave with
flowers. During her absence the chill
dren were at home under the care OF a
servant girl. A little boy years OF
age, in playing about the room, got hold
of a small brass screw which he pushed
into his nostril. The girl in alarm tried
to get it out, and in doing so pushed 1t
further in. Then she ran and called
some of the neighbors i'll, and they, IN
trying to get hold of it, pushed 1T out OF
sight. They continued their efforts I'M
til the screw-head was beyond reach.
The mother was sent for, and after a
night of alarm the child was taken to
Dir. Laine, who, after trying to Withdraw
the screw with surgical instruments, put
the little sufferer under the influence OF
anesthetics, and cut open the nose tc
prospect for the screw. He succeeded
in disfguring the child, probably Ion
life, but failed in the object OF his
search, and the child was taken home to
die, under the belief that the screw was
working up into the brain. 1t fingered
along for three days, suffering appar
emily only from the cutting OF its face
and nose, and on Tuesday morning
passed the screw without distress, ant
then it occurred to those interested tina
the screw, instead Of going up into the
brain, had merely followed the air pass
age from the nose to the roof OF the
mouth, and had there been swallowed
Castor oil effected what the sealpel o
the surgeon failed in, and the child II
now recovering. Francisco CAfo"
snIo
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08

THERE has been lately turned out at
Milan new kind Of bread made with
blood from raw flesh. 1t is said to be a
preventive of scurvy, and to do away,
among peasants, with all desire for alco-
holic drinks. The difficulty Of blood co,
agulation being overcome, the blood
bread will last for years. Twenty pei
cent. Of its ingredients consist in blood
and it is more nutritious than the ordl
nary. loaves Of one cent each.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08

BY LADY LINDSAY.

IT'S but u line, hurried scrawl,
And little seem the words TO say,
Yet hold me In reproachtul thiall
"You Quarrelcd with me yesterdays
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
Aye, "you'll be sad i" the words are few,
And yet they pierce my soul with pain;
Aye, you'll be sad, the words are true;
They haunt me with prophetic strain.
"To-mOrrOw yOu'll DO sad:''
We quarreled, and for what word,
A foolish speech that Jared the car,
And Thus in wrath our pulses stirr'dj
Thon camd her letter Dear, my dear,
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
Few words, half mirth, and half regret,
The last her hand should ever write
Sad words learned long ago, and yet
Fresh with new pain to ear and sight:
"To-mOrrOW you'll he sad ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
Powerful Ocean Steamships.

Twenty years ago the largest steamers
known Gin this, as in all such comparisons,
neglecting the Great Eastern, which was
prodigy of engineering skill did not
reach $50 feet in length, 40 feet IN
breadth, $500 tons in tonnage, or 1000
horsepower indicated. We have before
us at this moment list of 80 merchant
steamers sailing, in the year 1860, from
Southampton and other southern ports,
which the largest vessels then frequented,
and the list includes but 10 ships OF more
than 300 feet in length, none of which
reached the limits of size and power Just
given, and the whole of which belonged
to two companies, viz, the Royal Mail
and the Peninsular and Oriental. At
the present moment We have ailoat and
at work the White Star liners, some OF
them of 445 feet in length, As feet in
breadth, and nearly 5000 indicated
horsepower; the mman liners, compris-
ing such ships as the City of Berlin, 4SS
feet by 44B feet broad, and Of about the
same steam-power; the Orient, OF 4i5
feet by 46l feet, with engines developing
5000 horse power; the Arizona, of about
the same size, with still greater steam
power and speed; and many other
splendid vessels but little inferior to any
of the foregoing. And these grand
steamers-many Of which reach the quays
of New York with greater punctuaIlty
than railway trains reach the London
suburbs from Victoria and Charing-
and would reach our quays with equal
punctuality if they could avoid tie
abominable sands that bar the Mersey-
are the forerunners of still larger and
more powerful vessels now taking shape
upon the banks of the Clyde and else
where. Tho Cunard steel ship, the
Seryia, now building by Messrs. Thomp-
son, OF Glasgow, is 800 feet by so feet,
with over 10000 indicated horsepower,
and will, therefore, doubtless possess n
speed considerably in advance OF that OF
tho very fastest ship ut present ailoat III
the mercantile marine. The lnman
steamship City of Rome, building OF iron
at Barrow, will be still larger, having
length of SAG feet, breadth OF 50 feet, n
gross registered tonnage of 5000, and q
steam power nearly equal to that of tho
Servia. The Guion line is to be increased
by ships of almost equal size and power,
and the Allan line is building others
equal to the finest of the White Star
boats. Notwithstanding thenumber and
magnitude of the passenger steamers
now running between America and tins
country the traffic is so great that it has
only been possible to secure accommoda-
ton by arranging passage many weeks,
and even months, i'll advance, while the
rapidly increasing population and wealth
of the United States and of Canada make
it certain that the interchange of a%ricul-
tural produces and manufactured goods
between them and ourselves will go on
| increasing. -LOHdOn Times.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08

Two Iowa boys were amusing them
selves throwing a heavy ramrod . hgn
as they could. One Of them me. ~
death by the missile Descending van
the velocity Of bullet and penetrating
his head.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
What Vanderbilt Might DO with Hi
Money.

Some one has made very curious
calculation of what Mr.. Vanderbilt could
do with his money. William II. Van
derbilt's income from his Investments in
$51, 900, 900 4-per-cent. Government
bonds is represented at $4,000 daily,
which is $20S.25 per hour, $3.4 per
minute, or over 5 cents per second. AS
Stunning that he is paid by the second,
he cannot possibly spend his money, as
he could not select his purchases and lay
down the prices fast enough. He could
not throw it away; to pick up, cast, re-
cover, pick up and cast again would take
him two seconds, and, if he worked all
through the twenty-four hours without
rest. he could not dispose of one-half his
income. BY living economically, saving
up for four years, he could, placing his
scent pieces side by side, make a nickel
belt around the earth, OF by converting
his savings into 1-cent pieces and mount
ing them in pile, he would, in twenty
Years, erect q road to the moon and have
$500 to invest when he got there.
Should his amusement take charitable
twist, he could, out of years receipts,
donate to every man, woman and child
in the United States 20 cents and have
money left over. Other vast possibili-
ties occur to the glowing fancy of the
calculator. In one day he could go to
5000 different circusses, eat 10000
pints of peanuts, drink 5000 glasses of
lemonade, and have money left to get
his boots blacked. He can afford Il
have 100000 shirts washed in one day,
and on the day of his death his income
will buy ten tirst-class funerals. -Hhaca
,IOlIynUI
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-12-08
Sod Houses.

On the prairies, far from the woods,
where log cabins are impracticable, the
sod house is made as substitute. TO
build one, man goes on to the prairie
with his team and breaking pillow, and
firms n straight smooth sod some three or
roIr inches thick. This sod is very tough.
When sufficient has been turned over
the sod is cut into squares and laid up i'll
n wall rs though it were flatstones Door
frames and window frames are set i'll as
the wall rises. When the height of one
story is reached q small timber is set up
Mt each end, and ridgc-pole placed upon
them, and the sod wall built up or into
the gable. On this ridge there rest smaller
poles for rafters, and on these sod is laid
IN courses, the courses overlapping each
other like shingles, $50 many inches to
the weather" The only money outlay
is caused by windows and doors. Ii well
built, the house will stand for years.
Inside one may "sweeten to taste" In
the rudcr huts the walls are left uncov-
cred. In others some are covered with
cheap CLOTH some with building paper
and wall paper pasted over it, while some
are pastcred and made as comfortable rs
any room need to be. Once inside, you
would not know but you were in stone
or brick house. Then you will some
times find elegant furniture, the remains
of better days, sometimes piano and
the skill to play it; choice books, which
indicate literary tastes; the latest pa
pers and magazines, which show that the
inmates keep up with the times. Indeed,
it is surprising to know how many families
of refinement and cultured taste, being
unfortunate, make fresh start i'll life on
the vast plairies
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-10-30
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-10-30

Az ALMOST SERIors MISNKE.--A
merchant of high Standing in Montreal
lately abandoned the cares Of business
and bctook himself with his young and
lately married wife 10 fashionable
watering place OH the ST. Lawrence Riy.
er, where he took mp his quarters 10 q
first class hotel He had Just begun 20
enjoy the felicity ofconnubial happiness,
while in his wiies company letter in =
female hand, was brought TO hlm, which
being correctly addressed he opened az
once, somewhat curious e. know who
his lady correspondent could DC. The
curiosity of his better half was naturally
even greater than bis own and she wait.
ed with some interest while lie broke tho
seal. The letter was taken out aud The
gentleman stood agbast at tho opening
words: My dearest husband The lady
almost tainted on the spot, but being
rallied gave ample evidence Of the effect
produced upon her by this unwclcome
discovery. In vain, did the Distracted
husband assure her there was some mis-
take. She took up the envelope. II
was correctly addressed--eyen tho mi
tials, by no means uncommon ones,
were correct. Struggling against 'sns.
piciou, the woman found herself in
bad state indeed aud how matters could
be rjgbted was the, puzzle OF the .hns.
band. The letter, when read through
made matters infinitely worse for the
manner in which il dealt with family
affairs tended TO confirm suspicion r
The gentleman in such a dilemma
wrote 10 :he Chief OF Police of Montreal
enclosing the letter, which was dated
from Moutrea! aud explaining the seriE
Gus complications il had caused. BY
the aid Of detectives ihe woman was
found, and then iDterTogated with q
view TO prosecuting her for black mail,
for she had demanded money is ihe let
ter, her answers were straightforward.
She promptly acknowledged having
written asking money, adding that il
was DObodys business whether she'
wrote TO her husband or not. 'But tho
gentleman is not your husband. said The
offers. Indignant al this, she spoke
rapidly, in the course of her eIpiana-
tions, mentioning that the gentleman
she bad written to- was waiter at the
hotel. The letter was sent back 20 the
hotel, aud when further inquiries were
made as to whether there was any wait
er OF that name 10 the house, lie black
est eolored gentleman witha white
apron. stepped forward, and having re-,
cvived the epistel, wanted 10 know who
had the impertiuence 90 open another.
gentleman's letters. He bore exactly
the same name as the person whose trib-
ulations have just been rseouDtsd, but
being of less emircnce. bad been over
looked. Apologies were exchanged
and domestic happiness restored. = '''i'