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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

STREET. begging has been suppressed
In Philadelphia, and other cities will
probably emulate her example. The
farmer has no redress. In the greatness
OF his heart he is expected to endure
the ills of life and quietly grit his teeth
10 himself
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

By vote of thirty-four to five, the
Gcorgia Senate has passed an anti-Mor.
mon bill which makes it felony for any
person, by pcrsuasion' or otherwise, to
attempt to nislpad or influence others in
Tue crime of bigamy OF polygamy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

Mr.. HOLLOWAY, the English maker of
oils, is reported to have given upward
Of So, $50, 600 for philauthropic purposes
during the last five or six years. No
body has intimatcd that it was con-
science money.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
Prehistoric Man.

In Yucatan some discoveries have been
made OF very interesting character,
mainly by DR.. lie Plongeon, the agent
of the American Archaeological Institute,
who has eXcayated the ruins OF Mayapan,
once the capital of Myras, a powerful
tribe among the aboriginal inhabitants.
The later history OF that important town
is well known for, less than century
before the arrival of the Spanish invaders
the King of the tribe had been murdered
by his mobiles, his followers dispersed
and the royal city destroyed, so that the
objects brought to light by DR.. LIE
Plongeon's eXertionS find their place I'M
mediately as historical documents.
Among other things, portrait sculptures
of The unfortunate King have been dis
covered, which are at once recognized as
similar in face and figure to bas.reIicfs
of Chichen Itza the metropolis Of Yucca
tan, where the Lords Paramount held
their G. rurt, and where the King OF
Myras is represented rs doing a sort OF
homage TO the Suzerain. The coincidence
seems to point to period Of special
HruSIlC utNclopLltliI uiiOuBii'uo ''i''o
region, when pictorial or sculptured rep
reservations OF the affairs Of daily life
had become somewhat habitual. Further
proofs of enlightenment are found III
Astronomical instruments, such IFS stone
dials of accurate workmanship, which
were found still standing ON II smooth
platform, covered only with few inches
Of vegetable mold Various OF servations
were made in regard to the religious en-
bIems discovered, but beyond strong
resemblance Of some OF them to these
of Eastern Asia, no extraordinary de-
velopmcnts are made. DR.. lie PlonGcon's
accounts show remarkable and inter St
ing continuity Of language, family names,
and even of habits, between the ancient
inhabitants of Yucatan and their modern
descendants. 1t has been well said that
all archaeological discovery originates III
the endeavor to investigate IaIitions,
which survive after brick and stone have
crumblcd to dust and it is very probable
that further acquaintance with the
friendly and civilized and natives ma.
furnish clues to discoveries OF great I'm
portance - NCW York star.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

AT THE recent Scientific Congress at
Cincinnati learned savant read paper
ION mesal cusp of deciduous mandicu-
lar canine Of the domestic cat, Felis
domesiica." That is to say, it was the
cat, which was under consideration.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

AMONG other effects of the drouth,
milk and butter have rapidly increased
in price. There is no pasture worth
speaking of, and in almost all localities
it has been difficult to find enough water
for stock.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

The Pope's newspaper, recently de-
flnct, although it cost mint of money
to conduct it, never attained a circula-
ton of 1000 copies, and Rome is pretty
sure now that papal organs won't pay.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

WITH the temperature at 100 degrees
10 the shade, coal advanced four cents
hushel at Cincinnati, and is now quoted
Of seventeen cents. This is owing to
the low condition of the river.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

THE Chicago TibunC declares that
gambling has been made IL legal insti-
tuition in that city, and that the only
city on the continent bearing a parallel
is New Orleans. Chicago has bad
reputation, that's fact
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

THE Londoners call Whitelaw Reid,
editor of the New York Tribune, who is
sojourning there with his bride, "the
long, lank, lissom hollyhock." That's
right. Give it to him.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

JOHN HAScoCK's chair, the one In
Which he sat -hen he signed his name
to the Declaration of Independence,
now stands in st. Paul's Church, at Nor
'olk, Virginia. 1t was built for big
man, which John was, by all measure
ments
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

An EFFORT Is being made in 1tais 10
have all Senators, as in America, elected
by the people. Half of the Spanish
Senator's are elected in this way, but the
remaining half are still elected for life
BY the King.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

JENNIE JUNH says sorrowfully that the
female tourists abroad seem to have
changed thor natures and to have lost
some of their finest elements. Jennie
should particularize.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

THE severe drouth has injured many
trees, as shown by the premature decay
and falling Of the leaves. Roots near
the surface have been literally parched.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

On. TANNER is reported to have fallen
down stairs, at Amsterdam, and killed
himself but as far as we oan see, no.
body believes it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

BROMIDE OF SODIUM is DR.. Boards
specific for sea-sickness and the Hatter-
ing encomiums he bestows upon it will
make the drug singularly attractive to
others than those about to engage in a
wrestle with Father Neptune. When
he declares that if thirty to sixty grains
are taken three times day for three
days they produce an uconquerable
drowsiness and imperviousuess to out
side influences, he furnishes prescrip-
ton of which many harassed and anx-
ious debtor will promptly avail himself.
When he has a note coming due which
he cannot pay, or expect dun, he will
promptly dose himself with bromide Of
sodium and drowsly submit to the
inevitable,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

BosroN CoLgsrT, who shot Wilkes
Booth, has applied for a pension for gen
eral disability, due to exposure in the
army,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

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onv mora Fnolisb Than his wifc onl
lotcr whom calm his story Of fine traveller
Who had stonnnd M his house WINS r..
cn;voI with IithrIiof and d,ri.ion Poor
frirn1Iess md q STRANGER thiuos looked
very dark against nm,
sentnnrol to he hanond
Eov Mr. Marshall rocto, of :
Tohn's Chnr,h Rronlloln a yillocc
soma two hnnfhod milo. distant from
Haywood, was in his study, one Scptem-
Der morning, in the year 1873. He was
suffering from an attack Of influenza
which he had taken the night before
while OH visit to n sick parishoncr
Consequently, complying with his wiie's
request that he should do no studying or
writing, Mr.. Marshall was la2ily
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

An ARrEsIAN well at Yankton, Dakota,
i6Ofeet deep, flows $50 gallons of water
Der minute, through six-inch pipe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

Or TuIRrY-rwo circuses now in this
country, every one of them is the largest.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

EX-SENATOR A. g. THURMAN is enjoy
hg Switzerland.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

NEVADA is willing to become q Terri
,ory again. Finances are in bad shape.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

yEysoR didn't prophesy tho drouth.
Mark that down.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

TIE general elections in Germany are
s,ad for the end Of October.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
TOPICS q THE DAY.

CHICAGO desires to enlarge her bound
aries
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
Peace TO His Ashes.

Not long since Gus De Smith took n
stroll through the Austin graveyard.
When he came out of the graveyard he
looked very serious.
Gilhooly meeting him asked him what
was the matter.
Nothing, only was thinking that
the Austin husband must Light all the
fires in the mornings.
"What makes You think SOP
"Well. | see no many of them are
burned to death. ! noticed on three OF
four tombstones Peace % his ashes. ,"
-Tcros Sitting
II you meet an acquaintance while
Won are walking with 'r'eho' uo n''
introduce them,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

THE fly that walks on the oleomar-
garine is not the butterfly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16
Theatrical Pet Names.

The lady in the high-waisted, broad
girdled frock of plain black stuff, who
is playing with little Dorothy on the
white bearskin rug In the drawing-room
is no other than Coralie, the Money
spinner, Galatea, or Susan, Madge Rob-
ertson, Mrs. Kendall, or Mrs Margaret
Grimston, as it pleases her. Mrs. Ken
1al, in playing with her children, is
enjoying almost the only real relaxation
she obtains between the duties of an
English mother and the still more oner-
BUS career of m actress. Dorothy, in
her white frock and blue sack, is year
ling baby, the baby en- tire, not the
"baby dowager, as Mrs. Grimston calls
the next in juniority. Her three elder
ctildrenreceived, besides such pet names
as Daisy, extra cognomina referring to
the grand theatrical success of the year
in which they were born. Perhaps this
fancy for theatrical pet names is only
part of the devotion of husband and
wife to their art and to each other. Mr..
Grimston, who is the youngest looking
man in the world, except Mr.. Hare and
Lord Rosebery, has been twenty years
on the stage, and completely engrossed
by it from the first day he entered upon
his career and Madge Robertson was,
to quote her brother, poor Tom Robert
sons favofite remark, Born i'll the
theater, and fed on properties. Hence
keen attachment to the stage and that
pride of profession with which it is i'm
possible not to sympathize. There were
formerly families nearly all the members
of which were connected with the
theater, but comparatively few of these
remain. Mr. Robertson, the father of
Tom and Madge, was, although practic-
ing law himself, intimately allied with
the stage All his family acted, and he
married an actress, a German lady, who
presented him with twenty-five children,
of whom Mrs. Grimston is the youngest.
Her earliest recollection is of the stage
to wit, her appearance as one OF Mrs.
Hallers children i'll 1.-THE Stranger"
when her pride in the possession of a
brand new pair of boots at one moment
seriously comprised the lugubrious per-
Torrance. London World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16

A beautiful wrestler with chewing gum
and mathematics ut Vassar College sent
to the President a loaf OF bread Of her
own baking. When il reached the
White House and was unpacked from
the dainty tissue paper which surrounded
it, the physician in attendance did not
know what it was, and sent it to the
Smithsonian Institute for examination
and analysis. There the 10 rned profess
sor clawed over whole library of geo
logical works, not one Of which threw
any light upon the wonderf specimen.
The School of Science at Paris was ca
bled, and for two days rablegrams flew
thick and fast from one side of the great
dampness to the other, and il was .about
decided that the specimen was rock
heretofore unknown togeological science.
when the delayed letter arrived from the
fair baker announcing the forwarding of
the adamantine delicacy. 1t was sawed
into pieces, which are now used in the
various Governmental departments as
unique paper weights. Detroit Free
Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16
How Quartz IL Formed.

We have been handed a piece of rock
that bore remarkable Resemblance to
quartz that had been partially decom-
posed and its solid parts stained by the
oxidization of minerals. 1t was taken
from between the tubes of all old boiler
that was being repaired at Lakenan's
foundry. The boiler has been in use for
some years at quartz mines in this dis
trict, and the rock was the result of the
accretions or precipitation of the steam
that permeated or escaped from the
tubes, and III the course OF years hard
ened into stone some three inches in
thickness. To all appearances it was a
quartz formation, and would be so pro-
nounced by any miner of experience.
The process by which the stone was
formed would be strong proof of the
theory that quartz veins are of aqueous
formation, and that the forces may be
still actively at work i'll Natures labora-
tory creating the assures and filing
them with the deposits of distinctive
mineral character that come from the
waters and the so-called country-rock. I"
Grass Valley (Cdk) 7Idinas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16
John Bright at Home.

Mr.. John Bright, at home, lives with
his now motherless family in quiet I'M
ostentation, as becomes Quaker His
library is notable feature in his modest
home close by the mill, 1900 volumes of
which were bought for him at cost of
E5,O48 by his admirers after the Corn
Law League had fulfilled its mission.
He regularly attends the Friends meet
ing-house, and in quiet, unobtrusive
sort of way is very charitable. 1t was
once said that his hard and rigid notions
of political economy caused him to be
ON bad terms with his work people, but
the lie was given to this in 1867, pre-
sented in an address of affection to him.
At that time he was able to say TO them,
"From 1909 to 1867 is at least fifty
seven years." the time the firm had had
the miiD, land venture to affirm that
with one single exception, and that not
of long duration, there has beep during
that period uninterrupted harmony and
confidence between my family and those
who have assisted Us and been employed
in it." How few employers in this age
of strikes can say "A much. In this
quiet and modest way the grand old
statesman lives, the delight of his famil.
and the darling Of the nation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16
How a Woman Does 1t.


Some crusty old curmudgeon thus tells
how a woman goes to work to mail a let
ter. 1t is libel on tho sex. Some of
thegirls will make it red hot for him if
he is discovered.
Any day when you have time You can
see how she does it by dropping into the
post-office. She arrives there with a
letter in her hand. 1t is sheet of note
in white envelope. She halts in front
of the stamp window, opens her mouth
to ask for stamp, but suddenly darts
away to see if she has made any errors
in the names or dates 1t takes her five
minutes to make sure of this, and then
she balances the letter on her finger, and
the awful query arises in her mind !:
Perhaps it is an overweight" She
steps to the window and asks the clerk
If he has a three-cent stamp, fearing he
hasn't. She looks over every compart-
ment Ill her porte-monnaie before she
finds the change to pay for it. The
fun commences as she gets the stamp.
She fddles around to one side, removes
her gloves, closely inspects the stamp
and hesitates whether to click it" or
wet her finger. She finally concludes it
would not be nice to show her tongue
and vets her finger and passes it over
the envelope. Sheis 80 long picking up
the stamp that the moisture is absorbed
and the stamp slides off the envelope.
She tries it twice more with like success.
and getting desperate she gives the
stamp click" and it sticks. Then
comes the sealing of the letter. She vets
her finger again, but the envelope flies
open, and after three minutes delay, she
has TO pass her tongue along the streak
of dried mucilage. She holds the letter
long time to make sure that the en-
velope is all right, and finally appears at
the window and asks:
"Three cents is enough, is it?'
Eyes, ma'am."
"This will go out to-day ?"
"Certainly."
Twill it go to Chicago without the
name of the county on?"
"Just the same"
"What time will il reach there p
"TO-morrow morning"
She signs, turns the letter over and
over, and finally asks:
"Shall drop it into one of those
places there ?"
4" Yes ma'am."
She walks up in front of the six orifices,
closely scans each one of them, finally
makes choice and drops-n she
doesn't. She stops TO see where il will
fail pressing her face against the window
uniil she flatt1ns her nose out of shape.
and she doesn't drop it where she in
tended to- She, however, releases it Mt
last looks down to make sure that it did
not 90 on the floor. and turns away with
sigh of regret that she didn't take one
mme look at the superscription. Bur
Hnqton ~. ~ Enterprises.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16
Anna Dickinson's Thrilling Adventure.

In the early part of Miss Anna Dick
inson's career she met IA lady in travelling
who proved very congenial and invited
her TO visit her at an elegant residence
Oh the suburbs of large city. The
invitation was accepted and Miss Dick
inson, being much fatigued on the even
ing OF her arrival, retired early. She
soon heard the clashing of chains, seem
ingy i'll the room with her. st first
she thought she must be nervous and
tried to sleep, but -" tired natures sweet
restorer" was wooed in vain. Soon the
noise was heard again and suddenly she
felt the presence of a human being very
near her-even on the bed where she lay
and also felt an icy-cold chain pressed
against her. Springing from the bed
she ran screaming from the hall, whore
she was met by the lady whose guest
she was and fell fainting at her feet.
The intruder was the insane husband of
Miss Dickinson's hostess, who had es-
capped from his room and keeper, and
the chains were light chains about his
hands, which were used To keep him
from injuriug himself Miss Dickinson
had not been informed that such 81 per-
son existed, yet had been assigned a
room in the same portion of the house
he occupied. atlantic city Cor. ot
the Washington Republican.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16
1t Was the Girl Who Was Stupid.

"Why who has been smashing yon
furniture ?" the reporter asked in
amazement, as he entered the sitting
room of Mr. Brenton Wards house, IL
Monroe street, Brooklyn, and noticed
that handsome, highly polished rose.
wood writing table, for which he knew
Mr.. Ward had paid $50 few days pre-
viously was wrecked and ruined. The
back part of the drawer was wrenched
out, and splin.ers of wood were on the
floor. A hammer, chisel, and saw on
the. carpet seemed to indicate that the
mischief was Of recent occurrence, and
bag of gold coin was on the sofa.
Mr. Ward looking foolishly at his wife,
and Mrs. Ward deiectedly surveyed her
husband AZ he stood Ill his SHIRT sleeves
before her.
Well, | suppose / may as well tell
the story" Mr.. Ward said, as he slowly
resumed his coat, and wiped the honest
beads from his brow iTith his handker-
chief. 'I did it, with Mary's assistance,
ten minutes ago. You see, never was
Vanderbilt III point of wealth, and
when my poor old uncle died the other
day and left me $4,000 it somewhat do
moralized me. 1 changed it all into
gold--the gold you see on the sofa-and
placed it in the table drawer. / looked
at it pretty often, you may be sure, and
about half an hour before you came III
L went to the drawer and tried to open
it. The key would not turn, and after
/ had blown into it until the whistle it
gavo could be heard Mt the other end of
the block, and i was black in the face.
both Mary and L came to the conclusion
that some one had been tampering with
the lock.
MARY nearly tainted at the prospect
Of the gold having been stolen, and sug-
gested that information of the matter be
sent to the police at once. / thought,
however, that we had better first break
into the drawer and satisfy ourselves
that the money was really gone. We
borrowed a chisel, saw and hammer
from the old gentleman next door and /
set to work with will. The result You
see. The table was utterly destroyed in
five minutes, but it was great relief to
find the gold all right We had broken
in at the back, and there is nothing the
matter with the lock. The girl, after
moving the table out from the wall TO
dust behind it, had put it back wrong
side first but both sides are made ex-
actly alike, the only difference being
that what looks like keyhole in
the back is false, and, of course, / could
not turn the key in it. 1t was all owing
to the greenhorn girls stupidity, you
SEQ - Mem York Sun
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16

Amos Dow j. an eccentric character
living near Seabrook, n. H. Some
twenty years ago he went into Il
barber's shop and was shaved Will
"a razor which the owner said cost
$l5. Whether he thought the
story too big. or the price too much, il
is certain that razor has ne1er touched
his face since. But his most singular
freak is in regard to women. He built
house and placed over the door sign
which read as follows: Notice, Adj
mittance to Gents, but no Ladies'" and
no woman has ever crossed the threshold
of his door. He lives alone, does all his
own work, and appears happy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16

was not allowed regular entry until a
consultation had taken place between
the Commissioners of Customs and the
Lords of Council, on account of the sew
eral acts of Parliament yet IN force
against the rebels in America. She is
loaded with 4S7 butts of whale oil, is
American built, manned wholly by An
erican seamen, wears the rebel colors,
and belongs to the island of Nantucket
in Massachusetts. This is the first yes
sci to display the thirteen rebellious
stripes in any British port. The vessel
is at Horleysdown, little below the
Tower, and is intended Immediately to
return To New England"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-16
New Remedy for Badness.

In cases OF confirmed badness the new
remedy proposed is to remove the scalp,
bit by bit, and substitute. by skin-grait.
ing pieces of healthy scalp, taken from
the heads of young persons. The success
which has heretofore attended operations
of this nature in cases of scalp wounds
gives a promising outlook for this new
mode of curing badness and perhaps
the day is not far distant when the shin
ing pates of our venerable fathers will
bloom with the flowing locks Of youth.