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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
Storm Signals OF Married Life.

A marriage has other uses tlah those
OF perpe''latihg inc race. III TINS great
cltythere are thousands oil rciinrd, high
strung, intelligent, apPrecltfiVe, nut
lone, desolate souls, Tor whom 1t would
ho an earthly paradise 10 rest over so
httle IN the hliade oil really peaceful
household But such peace must he
genuine. 1t must not be any patched
up niinir any show ol affection between
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
A PRETTY German Custom.

There is beautiful custom among tho
Germans Of having chorals played from
the church towers at regular hours OF
the day. 1t is said they first derived
the idea from the Arabs, who at certain
hours Of the day and night are called to
prayers by the long wailing cry OF the
muezzins from the minTets OF the
MOSQUES. When first heard this music
in Stuttgart, coming as 1t appeared to
me from heaven, was puzzled to know
its object and the sources whence it
came. gazed above and around me,
but ] failed to detect its source. The
beautiful melody, softened by distance,
was floating in the air. It was like the
invisible heavenly choir that enraptured
st. Cecilia. A few days afterward, hap
pening to be in the same neighborhood,
and at the same hour of the day, / was
more fortunate in my discoveries. l
again heard the music from above, its
pealing notes coming to me from some
far distance like the strains OF a church
organ. Near me was the Stifts Kirche,
all old church built in 1908, which has
attached to it an immense octagon tower
rising up to a height of nearly 200
feet. Encircling this near the top IS
a balcony, on which l at last espied
the authors OF the strange music.
Several men with brass instruments
were perched on that giddy height play
ing sacred music. When they had fin
ished one piece they moved to another
position on the balcony and played dlf-
| fcrent tune. Four selections III all were
played, one toward each point OF the
compass. On making inquiries after
ward found that this playing from the
church tower had been i'll practice Tor
more than 100 years. A German lady,
once upon time" belonging to one
of the noble families, bequeathed sum
of money, the income OF which was ever
after to be devoted to paying the OK
pensos of this religious observance. The
clause ia her will stated that chorals or
selections of sacred music were to he
! PLAYED from this church tower twice a
| day punctually every morning at the
| rising of the sun, and also from half past
II to u Mt noon. The musicians for
| their services are paid marks 600 cents)
day each-a mark for the morning and
a mark for tho noon service-which, for
walking up and down that long fight of
steps, in addition to playing several
pieces OF church music, is a small enough
remuneration. Chorals are also played
from another of the church towers in
Stuttgart by brass band, and also from
church towers in Ludwigsburg, Rossen-
stein, Friederichshafen near Stuttgart,
and in others of the very old German
cities and towns. -Sprinajectd Rcpub-
| Licau
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
Native Dances.

The most graceful meke OF all Fijian
dances was one which represents the
breaking of the waves on q coral-reef, q
poetic idea, admirably rendered. Years
ago / remember the delight with which
we hailed an exquisite statuette In Sir
Noel Paton's studio, representing the
curlinr of a wave by beautiful female
figure, supposed to be floating thereon;
but I never dreamed that we should find
the same idea so perfectly carried out by
a race we have been won't to think OF
only as ruthless savages. The idea to be
conveyed is that OF the tide gradually
rising on the reef, till at length there
remains only little coral isle, round
which the angry breakers rage, hinging
their white foam on every side AT first
the dancers form in long lines and APP
proach silently, to represent the quiet
advance of the waves. After while the
lines break up into smaller companies,
which advance with outspread hands and
bodies bent forward, to represent the rip
ping wavelets, the tiniest waves being
represented by children. Quicker aud
quicker they come on, now ADVANCING,
now retreating, yet, like true waves,
steadily progressing, and gradually
closing on every side Of the imaginary
islet round which they play or battle,
after the manner of brokers', sprlng1n8
high in mid.air, and hinging their arms
high above their heads, to represent the
action of spray. As they leap and toss
their heads, the soft white mast, or
native cloth (Which for greater effect
they wear as turban, with long
streamers, and also wind round the
waist, whence it floats in long scarf-Eke
ends, trembles and hutters in the
breeze. The whole effect is most artistic,
and the orchestra do their part in
initiating the roar of the surf on the reef
"A sound which to them has never
ceasing lullaby from the hour of their
birth. At Home in FIT Gordon
CItnljnilq.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
Wanting A Divorce from His Son,

Ben Mullot, colored man who cult
Yates cotton and drinks whisky, came to
Little Rock, aud, finding the United
States Judge, said;
Use got q piece OBJ business for yer
ter transack."
"Woll,' replied the Judge, "pro-
coed.
"I'Be arter divorce
81 have very little to do with such
cases, but why do you wish to sever the
ties which bind you to companion
who, in all probability, is much too good
for your
"Cnse | can't get along wild him,
JcdGc.'
Chimp"
"Yas sab, him"
"You didn't marry man, did you?
"No, sab; | married ez likely cullud
'umnn ez yer cbber seed, an | don't want
no divorce frum her. 1 wants divorce
frum my son.
"From your son?'
"Yas; case dat boy is monstrous
sight of trouble, an spen's cherry nickel
he can git his hans on"
There is no such thing as divorce
from q son."
"Dr may not be in de law, but dar
is wild me- What's do law fur Of it ain t
ter perteck man? Any man can git a
divorce from his wife, but gittin' one
frum his son is one ob de fine pints.
Say, now, ledge, de law on de pint OBJ
technicality ken do enything. Can't
yer make dis technicality, ies ter
oblego de ole man what driv team dur
in de wah ?"
"You haven't enough sense to drive a
team. Go on away"
Else tried de law, an now I'll try de
gospel, an ef dat preacher down in de
bottoms can't fix up de papers fur me
I'll take de nature OBJ dc case inter my
twn hans an break dat boys naik. -
jjFYg Rack (fu-Ekr
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
CUTTING A MANS EYES OUT.
Biindnsss Removed by the Use of tn
knife.


A Chronicle reporter happened to be
present in the Frederick House yester-
day when very interesting operation
was performed by DR.. Rockman. The
patient was Antoine Garcia, from near
Eureka. About two years ago Garcia
lost the sight of his right eye and shortly
the sight Of the other began TO fail also.
He called on DR.. Rockman, then prac-
ticing in Eureka who found that he was
suffering from hard lenticular cataract
OF the right eye, and that the left eye
was also commencing to harden, but as
he still could see with 1t the doctors adj
vised him not to have it operated upon
until the sight was entirely gone, and
then 10 have both attended to at once.
About three months ago total blindness
resulted. Learning the other day that
DR.. Rockham had settled in Virginia,
Garcia and his son came on, arriving
here on Wednesday. Yesterday after
noon was the time fixed for the opera
ton, and Garcia, with a stolidity more
Dutch than Italian, laid himself on his
back on a lounge, as directed by the doc
tor. The surgeon stood behind his pa
tionts head and propped the eye-lids
apart with little instrument. This
done, the doctor took a narrow bladcd
knife and commencing n little below the
middle of the outer margin or the black
ring (or cOrnea), pushed the knife
through till it passed out at the opposite
margin, and then kept on cutting till it
r.ophnl thn ma Nphnn
cutting this through, the knife came out.
Tho lid was then allowed to close for
about five minutes, to allow the eye to
| fill up with water, az the doctor stated.
Then the lids were again opened, when
| tho doctor introduced n needle hook
through the gaping wound and scratched
across the eye to open the capsule, SC
that the hard lens which is enclosed in
the capsule might escape. He then
pressed the handle Of the knife upon
the upper part Of the eye, when out
came the lens through the pupil and
through the open wound, whence it fell
on the pale face of tho hard breathing
patient. The doctor worked rapidly for
n moment, closed the lids and kept them
SO for five minutes. Then the doctor
opened them, and Garcia in great ex.
element, cried doctor, ! see you u
Tho poor fellow seemed overwhelmed
with 10Y. Ten minutes later the same
operation was performed on the other
eye. After pntting cotton pads upon
both eyes and bandaging them, the pa
tent was put to bed with strict orders
to keep quiet.
All this was done without chloroform,
and how man without the aid Of a
pain-dcadcner can stand to have his eyes
cut to pieces is something in the way OF
nerve the reporter can admire but moi
understand.
As to the result DIR. Rockman said
that if suppuration does not set in Gar
ch will have the sight Of both eyes
though he may have to use conve'
glasses As the patient is a compare
lively young man, and of robust conRti
tuition, the doctor has no doubt that ii
will come through all right. - IUyini,
| (Ncr.) UrW1ictD
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
BE Wise and Happy.

II you will stop all your eStravhgant and
wrong notions in doctoring yourself and
families with expensive doctors or humbug
curc.a''s, that do harm always, aud use only
natures simple remedies for all your all
mentS-you viii he wise, well and happy,
and save great expense. The greatest rem.
cdy for this, the great, wise and good will
tell you, is Hop Bittcrs rely on it. See
another ,lumn. Press.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms OF general debility relieved by
taking MESsMAS = PErToSIzED BEEY Tone, the
only preparation OF beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. II contains blood-inak-
Ing, force-gonerating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics. il invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the resslt Of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration ov,rwork, or acute disease, particularly
il resrlting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard 4 Co., proprictors, New York.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
No GOOD Preaching.

No man can doa good job Of work, preach
a good sermon, Try law suit we'll, doctor 4
patient, or Niitc II good article when he leel'
miserable aud uull with sluggish brain aud
unsteady nerves, aud rome should make tn,
attempt in such II condition when it can be
So easily aud chcapy removed by Il little
Hop Bltters. See other column. Albany
Ti,npa
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
have brought their land TO that state Of

have brought their land to that state Of
productiveness by their judicious man
agement, that every acre yields as much,
II not more, than it did originally in a
state of nature. This is high farming.
Yet such a system is often sneered at
simply because the proprietor knew how
to save his money to defray expense OF
improvements. There is no need OF
land becoming impoverished, even when
it bears crop every year. Proper cul-
tivation with plenty of manure is the
key to high farming. 49, Indianapolis
Tribune.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

A NoRRIsTowN man who returned
from fishing excursion says he "didn't
catch anything" Does he remember
what happened to Auanias and Sap
phira?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

To A little girl whose mother is deaf ::
Auntie-" Why Edith just look at
your apron, it is all torn and dirty
what will mamma say?"
Niece" Oh, she won't know the diff
ference she is terribly deat."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

PHYSICAL exercise in some systematic
manner il q duty We owe not merely 10
our bodies, but to our whole nature. IL
vii yitaize the blood, quicken the en-.
erpies, give tirmness to the nerves, and
Law foundation upon which We may
build wholesome and successful life.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

"THEr can not all he," was the observation
Of one while reading the endless Testimonials
To "Dr. Lindsey's Blood Searcher" 1t is in
fnllihln
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

"WHAr will you do when nm dead ?"
asked n mother fondly of her little girl.
- Eat up all the sugar. was the reply.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
A Whole COMPANY Of EN-.

Edwin Forrest was standing near the
door Of theater in which he was then
playing, early in the evening, when a
man approached the gatekeeper and
said: ado you admit the profession"
"Yes, when We know Them" was the
reply; "who are you2" 1--WE got the
trained hog here, said the man. "Walk
right in, interpOsed Forrest; 1--WE got
q whole company of 'em inside"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

Andi hard 10 keep in good health, owing to the
constant change OF water, diet, and the Earring
Of the cars. All these things injure the kid
neys, while Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure u certain 10 eountsract them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

Ir nine tailors make a man, how
many dressmakers does it take to make
womsn2
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

The Dasna canal, for connecting the
Gauges and Agra canals, India, extends,
including branches, to 626 miles in
length, the distributory channels being
1898 miles over all, and the area to bo
irrigated covers up to the present l, 1872
$50 acres. This great work was COM
menced about forty years ago, and is
now nearly completed
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24
Fishing In LapInnd.

Tho water IL very clear Mt Hammer
fest, in Lapland; You may see every
thing that goes on among the fish. A
few feet down you may see the young cod
swapping at your hook, if you have one;
u little lower down the goldfish, and tho
huge plaice and the halibut on the white
sand at the bottom in other places the
sGriish, MS large as plate, and purple
and green sheliish of all sizes. The
place il taken in the following manner
In calm weather the fisherman takes n
strong, fine cord, to which he has Yas-
tened heavy spearhead, like whale
harpoon. This he holds ready ovor the
bow Of the boat, while another person
paddles it forward slowly. When the
fish is seen at the bottom the boat is
stopped aud the harpUon is suddenly
dropped upon him, and thus the fish is
caught. In two hours tho fishermen will
get boat-load. The halibut are caught
with hooks. They sometimes weigh five
hundred pounds, and if drawn up care
lrssly will overturn the boat. In many
Of the mountainous districts the rivers
swarm with trout, the habit Of which
is to conceal themselves beneath the
bowlder rocks III the bed of the stream,
vcnturing out only to feed at night.
Men, each with heavy hammer will
enter these waters, and strike one or two
blows on the stones, when the fish run
from their lurking place partly stunned,
and arc easily caught SEQ IHortd
"a SOLID mountain of fine red, brown
and White sandstone" is said to have
been discovered near Reagan, on the
Texas and Pacific Railroad.
We learn that Ellis ~ Co., PROJECTORS
Of Bailey Springs, are making prepare
tons to entertain an unusually large
number of visitors this summer. They are
receiving communications from all over
the south inquring rates and making CON
tracts for board. This isolly their due,
for not only are they most successful
hotel keel ers, but their place is in every
way worthy of patronage, 1t ia one OF
the coolest, shadiest, breezlest places in
the South; the locality and surround
ing4 are delightful the buildings are
roomy, airy, and conveniently arranged;
the accommodations, fare and attention
are first class, and Shoal Creek IL the
most romantic stream and the best fish
ing water you ever saw. Add to this
the unrivaIlcd power of the old Rock
Spring in the cure of dropsy, scroiula,
dyspepsia and diseases Of the blood, skin
and kidneys, and the sum of attractions
is irresistible. II you have ever been
there YOU know this is all true, If you
have not, try it ut once. iou Will
never regret it. Address Ellis Il Co.,
Bailey Springs, Ala.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

There are a number Of millionaires
among the Australasinn shcperds
Mn. J. g. Woop, farmer Of Switzer-
land County, lndann, says the best way
81 killing ilo common sheep sorrel III
meadows is 10 trent it literally with old
brine. H. says the rusty brine from
old pork barrels IL certain death to the
sorrel-a fact worth knowing. Fresh
salt brine il not 30 destructive 10 the
sOrrel.
Hon FARMISd. High farming il n
system of tilage and farm management
that il sells ustaining, n system that
takes nothing but the bare land, the do
nestle animals, the farm implements
and machinery, and cultivates the soil,
sustains the family and the animals,
pays the annual taxes, defrays the ex-
penses incident to the improvements
that must be made on tho farm, cancels
the annual interest on the money in
vested in the land, eventually pays for
the land, all from the products OF the
soil cultivated: and after one. two or
three decades Of years, leaves every acre
In far better state Of fertility than the
soil was at the beginning. This is high
farming. There are untold numbers OF
quiet, unobtrusive tillers OF the soil in
many of our States, who have COM
menced precisely IS We have indicated,
without one dollar Of cash capital, who
have hid no revenue whatever besides
the natural resources OF their cultivated
fields, and who have by hard work and
judicious management sustained THEN
families, paid for their lands, erected all
Of their buildings, paid for all their yalu-
able improvements, and ct the same time,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

"a SOLID mountain of fine red, brown
and White sandstone" is said to have
been discovered near Reagan, on the
Texas and Pacific Railroad.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09

every item of the seasons necessi-
ties. A strictly novel feature of the
present number is the system of
Ladies' unmade dresses: which is
intended to enable lady to secure
the most fashionable goods and pat
terms, without being subjected to the
charges of a New York dressmaker.
Under this system, the Ehricks' fur
nish the materials and patterns Of
the various costumes illustrated in
their journal, for a fixed price send
ing not only the dress goods. but the
lining. trimming, buttons, sewing
silk, and, in short. everything but
the needle and thread. The economy
of this system is evident. and it is
safe to predict for 1t an immense sue
cess. The Fashion Quarterly is pub
lished by Enrich Brothers, Eighth
Avenue, New York, at 80 cents
year, or Is cents a copy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09
Real Estate Transfers.

The following is list of real estate
transfers filed for record in the Office
of w. HI. Tower, Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett county, for the
week ending April 5:
I. J. Peddicord and H. Wheeler
Cninbs, trustees, ia Jacob l.. Hauser,
2lS acres Of land in Garrett county I;
81 500.
Thos. CoddingtOn, late Sheriff. to
Edmund Jamisoa. a piece Of land in
the town of Deer Park.
Edmund Jamison to Henrietta
Lashorn. a piece of land in the town
of Deer Park Z; $25.
Jacob Hauser and wife to William
Haun, 1861 acres of land; $1,000.
Patrick HI. Mason to James r.
Bishop. 4-5 acres of ground called
the Herring Lot; 500,
Jos. r. Andersen and wife to Hen.
ry Paugh, military lot Ne. 1875 /;
Beckwith A. Shrout and wife to
James E. B. Shreut. lot No. 49l; 500.
T. B. Philpet and wife to Joel T..
Ward. lot No. IL in subdivision of
lot No. 81 in Wilson's Addition to
Oakland; $75.
Rebecca A. Tyson and others to
Mary +. Goldsborough. a let of land
situated in the town Of Oakland |;
$500.
Geo. P. Thistle and others to Hen
ry Spiker. 13 acres of Land in Garrett
county $500.
Chas. j. Nine and wife to ThOs. B..
Arnold and John A. Arnold, part of
Elk Garden, containing 10 acres
$3.50.
Manor Mining, Manufacturing and
Improvement Company to School
Commissioners of Garrett county, 1
acre Of land ia Garrett cou nty; 81.
Jos. r. Anderson and wife to
School Commissioners of Garrett Co.,
! acre of land in Carrot: county; IS.
JOS. r. Andersen and wife to Elias
Merrill, 89f acres of land in Garrett
county /; $5l9.
J. r. Davidson and wife to w. Y.
Waltz. 115i acres Of land In Garrett
| county; $500.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09

Miss Louise Montague, a variety
actress, who has been recently playing
an engagement at a Philadelphia
theatre, has been awarded the prize
of $4,000 offered by Adam Fore
paugh, the veteran Snowman, for the
services of 1.-The handsomest lady in
the land" to persenate Lalla Roekh
in the gorgeous pageant which is to
form a conspicuous feature of his
street procession every day. Miss
Montague was selected out Ct some
three or four thousand applicants,
many of whom were very beautiful.
In making his choice Mr.. Fore.
paugh's representative was guided
largely by other considerations than
those of beauty alone. Besides
pretty face, they included a symmet-
rical and graceful figure. respecta-
bility and intelligence. Miss Mon
tague is native of New York city,
and q years of age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09
A Huge Concern.

The manufacturers of the Genuine
Singer Machine state these facts !:
That they er,ploy forty thousand
persons and eighty thousand horses.
Have their own steamboat and loce-
motive transporting machines and
material between New YORK and
their immense factory at Elizabeth,
N. j. The total estimate of Offices
throughout the world is over four
thousand five hundred. Their fac
tory covers an area of thirteen acres
of ground, and every square foot is
daily used, beside most Of the shops
are three and fsur stories. The box
ing and Grating shop alone cut over
one hundred thousand feet of lumber
per day for boxing and Grating ma
chimes. To drive the machinery in
this enormous affair six stationary
engines are required, which have the
combined strength of one thousand
horse power. -Four hundred men
are employed in the foundry, which
melts up sixty tons of iron every day
in the week. Just imagine two
acre field filled every day with cast
ings for sewing machines. The ne
ccssity for this great factory is the
constant demand for the Genuine
Singer machine, as the following will
show: In the year 1873 three-quar.
tiers of all the machines sold through.
out the world were Genuine Singers,
and the following year they increas'
ed their sales over one hundred and
thirty. eight thousand, and during
the year 1880 they sold over half a
million Genuine Singer Machines.
Still the demand is greater than the
supply. as subordinate Offices often
have to wait for machines. To those
who contemplate buying we would
say: Be on the safe side and buy
the Genuine Singer, and don't be
humbugged with some new kind of
machine that has lately come out,
and has no reputation or merit what.
ever. If you wish Genuine Singer
mo Bogus call on or address 1. w.
Slonaker, Oakland, Md, who is agent
for this world renowned Sewing
Machine.
N. B. Singer agents will adjust
the Singer Machine wherever they
find it, free of charge, regardless oil
the time it has been in use.