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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-01-01
WINCHESTER. TENNESSEE.

Jan. I. 1880
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-01-01
BUSINESS MEN I!
PLEASURESEEKERS and EAIGRANTS!
TO whate YER point you are going-North.
East, South or West-the
NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA,
ST, LOUIS RAILWAY

Is your best route. Business men ana
Plrasure-seekers. this route oilers 20"
good time, good connections. and good ac
commOdations. ROund-trip tickets can
be purchased ut principal ticket Offices Tor
all the prominent Springs and Summer
Resorts. both in Northwest and Southeast
This is your
Shortest, Best and Quickest Route
by which to reach Memphis, st. Louis
and cities OF the Northwest.
Emigrants wishing to 90 to the great
Southwest, You are offered bettes time
connections by this route than by any
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-20

Vidsvsassussa,ly rssdy y bsss-
paired.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21
Two FADLEs.-A cat caught sparrow

Two FABLES.-A cat caught,a sparrow
and was about to,devour it, but the spar
row said:
"No gentleman eats till he has first
washed his face"
The cat, struck with the remark, set the
sparrow down and began to wash his
face; on which the sparrow flew away.
This veXcd pussy extremely, and he said
"As long as live will eat first and
wash my face afterwards"
Which all cats do, even to this day.
Here is another cat and sparrow fable
Il wonder said Il sparrow, what the
eagles are about, that they don't fly away
with the cats Aud now think Of it, IL
civil question cannot give etfence.'
So the sparrow finished her breakfast,
went 10 the eagle, and said:
MAY it please your m9jes.y, see you
and your race fly away with the birds and
the lambs that d. 10 harm. But there is
not Il creature so malignant as Il cat; she
prowls about our nests. eats up our young,
and bites off our own heads. She feeds
so daintily that she must be herself good
eating She is Ii ighter TO carry than 4
lamb, and you would get Il famous grip
in her loose fur. Why do you not feed
upon Il cat?"
"Ah" said the eagle, there is sense
in your question. | had the worms to
hear this morning, asking me why | did
not breakfast upon sparrows. Do see a
morscl of worms skin in your beak, my
child?'
The sparrow cleaned his bill upon his
bosom and said:
a. should like to see the worm who
made that complaint"
Come forward, worm" the eagle said.
But when the worm appeared the spar
row snapped him up and ate him, after
which he went on with his argument
against the cats.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21
Scientific Miscellany.

The largest gas holder in the world
is now in process of construction for II
London gas compuny South Metro
politan. Its cubic capacity will be five
million feet.
A statistican in Vienna has ascertained
that of every one hundred persons who
miss their trains at the various railway
stations in that city twenty-nine are men
and seventy-one are women.
A Russian physician has called attention
to the fact that although consumption is
the chief cause of death at St Petersburg,
not single singer has died there OF the
disease during the last qnar;er of Il centu.
~.
The gas illuminated buoys on the Brit
ish coast to the introduction of which we
referred some time ago continue TO give
satisfaction. The entrance to the Suez
cana is shortly to be marked by buoys OF
this description.
Important corrections will have to he
made in maps of Siberia when Professor
Nordenskiold publishes tn. results OF his
coast, for that vessel sa lied over consider.
iDl6 NlSItnCcS Wueic l'ilI Is lHulCitctl Oh
existing charts,
The telegraphic cable which is now
being laid to connect England and the
Cape of Good Hope is covered with a
wrapping of brass over the gutta percha.
This unusual precaution has been taken
to preserve it from the attacks of the
numerous marine insects by which the
gutta percha is generally so much dam
aged.
The danger OF living in apartments
freshly painted with lead paint has usually
been attributed TO the poisonous action OF
the lead, but it now turns out that the
injurious effects so often experienced in
such cases are probably due to the turpen-
tine in the paint. The British Ncdical
journal says it is undoubtedly dangerous
to occupy Il room recently painted in which
tnrpentine has been employed, until it is
completely dried, though physicians are
not agreed rs to the true explanation of
the noxious influence of t vapor upon
the system.
A French astronomer. Mons. Delaney,
thinks he hls ascertaned that the planets
Jupiter and Saturn exert some influence
in increasing and decreasing the frequency
of earthquakes; that is to say, that earth
quakes are most numerous when these
planets occupy certain positions in the
sky, or, as he puts it, attain their mean
longitudes of two hundred and sixty five
degrees and one hundred and thirty-live
degrees. When in these positions, he
believes the planets pass through important
meteor streams. If his views are correct
earthquakes ought to he exceptionally
numerous in 1886.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21
The TaY Disaster.

The awful mystery which envelops the
event is one cause of its terrible fascna-
ton. All that is really known can be very
briefly said. The Sunday afternoon train
from Edinburgh to Dundee entered the
Tay bridge, two miles long, at the south
end at fourteen minutes past Z. The sig
mailman saw it, and IL friend Of his. who
was with him in the box, saw it also, as it
swept by. The signalman had no further
curiosity in the matter. His companion,
less familiar with railway phenomena,
gazed after the relreatng and doomed
train. lie saw the last Of it; saw the rear
lighs as they disappeared; saw Il shower
of sparks and then saw nothing. Other
people, on the other side, are reported rs
having observed the shower of sparks.
Nobody heard a sound from the train; no
crash, not single human Shrek
1t was bIowinga Il gale. So violent had
been the weather during the afternoon that
even ut the mouth of the Tay, where Il
southwest wind strengthened into a hur-
ricane. people had remarked upon its
unusual herceness. Ga such occasions,
somebody is sure TO turn up with proph
ecy after the event, and we hear to-day of
II night for train to be safe on the bridge.
Among the number Of those who are
porlentously wise after the event, there
are two whose testimony is noticeable
| The first. II pious citizen Of Dundee, has
contributed to the public press an elabo-
rate narrative of his experience. He told
his wife lie wondered if the train wonld
attempt to cross on such IL night. lie
watched the train us it moved on 10 the
bridge from the opposite end. He saw
Z" the comet-like burst of fiery sparks,
and 1.-The long visible trail of the streak oi
fire till quenrhed in the waters below"
| Captain SCOTS evidence deserves more
serious consideration. He commands her
majesty's training ship stationed II few
hundred yards below the bridge. lie was
watching the structure from the deck OF
his vessel, expecting, he says, every mo.
ment to see it give way, and never imag-
ining that IN attempt would be made to
take a train across. His position was such
that he could not see the train. But at a
quarter past ! he suddenly observed II
great gap in the bridge AS if the central
portion had collapsed. He heard no sound
Of falling ironwOrk nor any Cry of dis.
tress, but sea was running that no boat
could then have lived in, had he supposed
there was any reason for launching one.
! What had happened nobody knows
There are two theories. Accordin. t.
one the force of the wind had driven the
latter portion of the train from the rails
and it had smote against the framework ul
the bridge with force enough to wrench
some main uirler from It's connecting
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21

a DELIGHTFUL LEGEND.-There is n
beautiful legend connected with the site
on which the Temple of Solomon was
erected 1t is said to have been occupied
in common by two brothers, one of whom
the spot was field of wheat. On the
evening succeeding the harvest, the wheat
having been gathered in shocks. the elder
brother said to his wife:
"My younger brother is unable to bear
the burden and heat of the day. will
arise, take of my shocks, and place them
with his without his knowledge"
The younger brother being actuated by
the same benevolent motive, said to him
self:
my elder brother has family and |
have none. / will contribute TO their
support. will arise, take of my shocks
and place them with his without his
knowledge"
Judge of their establishment when on
the following morning they found tina,
their respective shocks were undiminished
This course of events transpired for sew.
eral nights when each resolved in his own
mind to stand guard, and if possible solve
the mystery. lney uld SO, ana on the
following night they met each other hall
way between their respective shocks with
their arms full.
Upon ground hallowed by such associa.
tions as this, was the Temple of Solomon
built-so spacious, so magnificent, the
wonder and admiration of the world
Alas! in these days how many would
sooner steal their brothers. whole stock
than add to it u single sheaf
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21

house with Nettic had taken her with
them. Whittier this family had gone
could not tell. They were n strange, wan
dering family, and had left for parts un-
known in the might. have travelled far
and wide, and have spent a goed-sized
fortune searching for my little one, but
fear | shall never see my little Mamie
again. Fortune has been kind to me;
am rich now, and I'd give my whole
fortune for my child if | could but find
her.
There were tears in his eyes as he ceas-
ed speaking, and we all felt sad, for we
were beginning to love the man of whom
papa had so often told us But Quiz W rs
very much excited. her cheeks were red,
her eyes full of tears while her breast
heaved with every breath as she leaned
forward with claSped hands.
Did you learn the name of the family
who took the chld?" asked papa after a
pause.
Yes; they were called Sam and Lue
Brown"
At this Quiz uttered a cry and sprang
forward.
Il know it now. I'm Mamie. I'm Ma
mie, I'm Mamie!' she exclaimed passion
ately, falling at Mr.. Wiburton's feet, and
sobbing rs hard rs she could.
"What does this mean?' flltered Mr..
Wilburton. Frederick, is MOI this your
child?"
In as few words as possible papa told
him the story of how Quiz came TO BE- Il
member of our family.
But have you nothing, my child. which
you brought with you from your old
home?" asked Mr.. Wiburton, trembling
between hope and fear.
Only this" sobbed Quiz, taking II
locket from her neck; 1.-THE sick woman
who called me Mamie gave it to me TO
keep always"
With trembling hands Mr. Wilburton
took the trinket and opened it, then press
ed it to his lips as he exclaimed: IT'S
Ncttie herself. her own face remember
the locket now."
We young people slipped out of the
room then, and when we returned Quiz
was leaning against Mr.. Wilburton's chair
with her hand in his, looking brighter
and happier than we had ever seen her
before.
1t was very hard for US to give her up
just when she had become the dearest
sister in all the world, but Mr.. Wilburton
did not take her far away. He bought
beautiful house not far from us over which
Quiz presided in her sweet, womanly way.
When she WAS eighteen Fred persuaded
her to become our sister law. and now
she is the mother of his baby Nettie, but
we still call her Quiz sometimes, and her
father agrees with us that the name is
quite appropriate, for she never seems
tired of asking questions about her mother
Nettic, whom she can hardly remember.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21
Rose Legends.

In the neghborhood of Jerusalem is {
Solomon's Rose Garden, and where, nc.
cording to II Mohammedan myth n com
pact was made between the wise man and
the genii of the morning land. which was
writ, not in blood, like the bond between
Faust and Mephistopheles, nor in gall
like our modern treaties, but with saffron
and rose-water upon the petals of white
roses. In Paris, in the sixteenth century
an edict was issued, requiring all Jews tc
wear n rose on their breast as n distin.
gushing mark. In the Catholic Tyrol at
the present day, betrothed swains are ex-
pected to carry rose during the period oil
their hetrothal rs II warning to young
maidcns of their engaged state. Roses
have played and still play an important
part in popular usages in other parts o
the world. In Germany young girls deck
their hair with white roses for their con
firmation, their entrance into the world
and when, at the end of life's career, the
aged grandmother departs to her eternal
rest, last gift, in the shape of a rose gar
land, is laid upon her bier. Julius CG ar
| it is recorded, was fan to hide his bald.
ness at the age of thirty with the produce
of The Roman rose gardens, us Anacreon
| hid the SHOWS of eighty under wreath o.
roses. At mid-lcnt the pope sends gold
en- rose to particular churches or crowned
heads whom he designs especially tc
honor. Martin Luther Wore a rose in his
girdle. In these instances the rose serves
as Il symbol of ecclesiastical wisdom
| A rose was figured on the headsman's aH
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21
THE OLD CLOCK.

.. the Old, old clock, of the household stock.
Was the brightest thing and the net ..r;
It's hands though old, had a touch of %.
Aud its chimes still rang the sweetes'.
Twas monitor. too, though its word were few
Yet they lived through nations altered:
And its voice, still strong, warned Old and young
When the voice of friendship faltersd.
" Tick tick" it said" quick quick to bel,
For ten I've given warning;
u, up, and 20 or else you know
fpu'll never rise soon in the morning"
fciendly voice was that old clock
As it stool iu the corner smiling,
And blessed the time with merry chime.
The winter hours be<uiling:
But cross old voice was that tiresome clock.
As It called at the daybreak boldly,
When the dawn looked gray on the misty way,
Aud the early air bl+w coldly;
Tick, tick" it said" quick out of bed
For five I've given warning:
You'll never have health, you'll never get wealth,
Unless you're up soon in the morning"
Still hourly the clock goes round and round
With tone that ceases never:
While tears are shed for the bright days fed,
And the old friends lost forever;
Its heart beats on, though hearts are gone
That warmer beat and younger:
Its hands still move. though hands we love
Are clasped on earth no longer.
Tick, tick" it said-to the churchyard bed.
The grave hath given warning:
Cp mp, and rise, and look to the skies,
Aud prepare for the heavenly morning
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21
IN THE LAST PEW

She sits. bent DER, with wrinkled face.
Poor and forlOrnly old; no grace
Smooths the sharp angles of her form,
Long buffeted by life's slow storm.
All else around is fine and fair.
The stained light falls golden glare.
In seeming mockery on her loose. gray hair
The preacher faultlessIy arrayei,
Tells how our hearts afar have siraye1,
And how all souls should be content
With those good blessings God has sent.
And one, of all that self poised thrOng.
HangSIu his words nor deems them long.
And humbiy thinks only her heart is wrong.
She meekly mumbles DER the hymn
Her eyes with age and tear-drops dim;
What can the gay world hold for her--
This worn and weary worsh per?
Now, rustling dlwn the aisles in pride.
They toss bright smiles on every side.
Nor does she know the hurts such fair looks hide,
And still she sits, with tear-wet face.
As 10th to leave that sacred place;
The organ, with quick thunders riven,
Liftsher sad, trembling soul to Heaven
She feels sense of blissful rest
Her bony hands across her breast
She clasps, and lowly sighs," God knoYe: h best -
One day, within some granier gate
Where kings and ministers must wait.
While she hopes humbly for low place
Far from the dear Lords shining face,
Above the chant OF heavenly choir
These words may sound with gracious fire;
well done good, faithful servant come mp higher
Good Words
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21

THE BAPTIST Cook Book. AN ad.
verlisement in a Philadelphia paper states
that ''the Baptist Cook Book is now
ready We give the intelligence for
what ii is worth. 1t does not interest us
greatly, for the reason that when we eat a
Baptist we don't want him cooked. We
know that this will seem little too saw
age for civilized man, but you may have
observed that somehow fricascsed Bap-
list loses that delicate flavor that he
has when he is taken as nature made
him.
The South Sea Islanders always stuff
their BaptiSts with onions and trim them
up with celery tops, making the gravy of
lard. This is good enough way of
cooking a Swedenborgian; and Il Shaker
is not bad fixed up in the same way,
although we like sliced carrot with boiled
Shaker. But give us a Baptist without
any such foolery. and with only few
pinches of salt 10 put on him for every
bite. The Baptist cook book is of no use
to us.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21

CUMosIrIEs OF LANGUAGE.-The Hin
dus are said to have no word for "friend. ~
rhe Italians have no equivalent for our
humility The Russian dictionary
gives II word the drfnition of which is,
mot to have enough buttons on our foot
mans waistcont;" II second means to
" kill over again. third, "to earn by
dancing" The German calls thimbe u
" finger mt,' which it certainly is, and :.
grasshopper II hay horse A glove
with them is n " hand shoe" showing that
they wore shoes before gloves. The
French strange to say. have no verb "to
stand" nor can II Frenchman speak of
kicking any one. The nearest approach
he, in his p,litencsS. makes to il, is to
threaten to give blow with his foot
The same thing, probably To the recipient
in either clse, but it seems to want the d-
rrclncss the energy Of our kick" The
terms "up stairs " and dowu stairs - arc
also unknown in French
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21

WHAT IS A CoLD?-It is startling to
discover, says the London Lancet, how
little we know about the commoner forms
of disease. For example, n " cold" what
is it? How is it produced and in what
does it consist? 1t is easy to say n cold is
a chill. A chill of what part of the organ
ism? We know by daily experience that
the body as 4 whole or any of its parts,
may be reduced to considerably lower
temperature than will suffice to give n
man q cold if the so-called chill be infict-
ed upon the surface suddenly. Is it, then,
the suddenness of reduction of tempera-
ture that caused the cold? 1t would be
strange if it were SO, because few Of the
most susceptible of mortals would take cold
from simply handling piece of cold
metal or accidental contact with ice. The
truth would seem to be that what we call
cold taking is the result of sufficient
impression of cold to reduce the vital en-
ergy of nerve centres presiding over the
functions in special organs. If this be the
fact, it is easy to see why nature has pro-
vided the stimulus of a strong fit of sneez-
ing to rouse the dormant centres and ena-
BILE them at once to resume work and avCu
evil consequences. This explains why the
worst effects of cold do not, as a rule,
follow upon "chill which excites much
sneezing. Shivering is less effective
convuson to restore the paralyzed nery-
Gus energy, but in lower degree it may
answer the same purpose. The shivering
that results from the effect of a poison on
the nervous centres is totally different
matter. We speak only of the quick
muscular agitation and teeth chattering
which occur whenever the body is exposed
to cold, and evils resulting do not ensue
1t follows from what we have said that the
natural indication to ward off the effects
of chill is to restore the vital energy Of
nerve centres, and there is no more potent
influence by which to attain this object
than strong and sustained effort of the
will. The man who resolves not to take
cold seldom does.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21

When she came to herself she was lying
on the damp ground with seat-cushion
under her head, and a number of gentle
men standing around her.
" Are they all killed9' asked Quiz, with
shuddcr.
No; thanks to you, my brave girl,
we ARE all saved answered a kind-faced
gentleman, who was bending over her;
. are you better now?'
Yes, thank you; but where's Fred?
Wasn't Fred on the train?
"Any body here by the name of Fred9'
asked the conductor, who stood near
Three or four Of them stepped forward,
among them our Fred. who no sooner
looktd at poor Quiz than he exclaimed:
Why, bless you, it's my sister! Dear
Quiz, how did you come here? and he
caught her up in his arms and kissed her
before them all.
Her story was soon told, and several OF
the gentlemen started off after the villains,
who were found in the very shed where
| Quiz had left them, and the rest assisted
the conductor to get the bridge in place,
| QUIZ was taken OIL board with Fred, and
wnen the briane had been fixed, and the
train moved down to the station, where 4
crowd of anxious citizens, who had re-
crived prem milton that something was
wrong, had gathered.
OF course papa was with the rest, and
when he heard what little heroine Quiz
had become, he kissed her very tenderly
and was very thankful that he had kept
and cared for the homeless little grl
whom the strange woman had thrust so
unceremoniously upon him.
But the strangest part of the story is vet
to come. Among the gentlemen who
came forward to thank Quiz and congrat-
ulate papa on having such brave little
daughter, was the Kind faced man who
had first spoken to Qniz when she found
herself lying on the ground after the
train had passed her. No sooner did he
speak than papa recognized him as his old
friend and schoomae, Arthur Wilburton.
whom he had not seen for nearly twenty
years. He invited him TO accompany him
to our home, and he did so.
We ut home were still sitting around
the fire, wondering anXiously why papa
and Fred did not come and feeling thank
ful that the storm had at last abated. when
we heard papa's night.key in the door
and in minute more they came into the
room, papa carrying Quiz, who was weak
and pale, while her clothing was disorder
ed and covered with mud. Fred and Mr..
Wiburton followed close behind him.
Nell uttered Il little scream as she saw
Quiz. and the rest of US stared in amaze
meEt, for we supposed Quiz was safe in
her own room, and we could not account
for her disordered appearance. Papa
soon told us the story, and then we all
cried and kissed her and called her our
own little heroine, and when mamma in
sisted upon putting her to bed, fearing the
exposure might make her i'll, we all
wanted to sit up and help take care of her.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21

ARKANSAS ETIQUETTE.-Last night two
men from Philadelphia engaged in Il quar-
rel at hotel in this city. After using all
kinds of epithets. one of the men thrust
his hand behind him as though about to
draw pistol and then took it away. The
quarrel terminated without damage to
either party An old man from south
Arkansas shook back his long hair and,
advancing to the man who had made the
hip pocket motion, remarked:
Both of you men are strangers here,
reckon?'
"YeS."
"Not acquainted with our rules of po.
lteness?'
Howe"
"Why, you put your hand behind you
just now"
Yes"
"You didn't pull a gun
81 haven t got Il gun
Now, young man, let me give you q
piece of advice. While you are in this
country don't put your hand behind you
unless you intend to shoot Don't even
run your hand into your pocket for a chaw
of tobacker. Don't spit. Don't wink for
if you do your partner, if he is an Arkan-
saw man, will Jolt you. You must learn
these rules of politeness. You may know
how to conduct yourself at church, but
you've got u good many rules of etiquette
to learn. Little Rock gazette.