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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
Origin OF the MerinO Sheen.

As the ancient Greeks had no cotton
nor silk, and very little linen, and as
sleeps wool was the principle texture
from which their clothes were made,
they took peculiar care to cultivate with
especial care such breeds of sheep as
produced very fine wool. Such breeds
were those of the Greek city of Tarentum,
situated on the Tarentine Gulf In Or
der to improve the fine quality of the
wool still more, the sheep were covered
with clothes in cold weather, as it was
found by experience that exposure to
cold made the wool coarser. Thus cloth
ing these sheep from generation to gen.
Grafton resulted in very delicate breed
with exceedingly fine wool, according to
the law established by Darwin in regard
to selection and adoption to exterior con-
dtions.
This product of Greek industry was
transmitted by them to the Romans,
whose great agricultural author, Colun-
ella, states that his uncle in Spain crossed
the fine Tarentine sheep with rams i'm
ported from Africa, and obtained u
stronger breed, combining the wilderness
Of fleece Of the father with the fineness
Of the fleece of the mother, and having
obtained such results the race was per-
petuated. The absence of other fine
textures made these Spanish sheep SO
valuable that in the beginning of our era
they were sold in Rome for 81 900 in gold
ahead an enormous price for those times,
when money had much more value than
now
When the barbarians invaded Italy
these sheep were all exterminated, while
the greater portion of the Roman pos.
sessions were laid waste. But in the less
accessible mountains of Spain the Moors
preserved the breed, and it is to them
that modern Spain owes the merino
sheep, which are the direct descendants
Of this cross breed of the Greek and Al
rlcan ancestors referred to. 1t is val
liable inheritance, too, which that coun-
try owes to the combined Greek, Roman,
and Moorish civilization, and of which
our California wool-growers also earn the
advantages, by the prosperity of this
breed of sheep, which was there few
years ago.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
VOLUME XIX.
The Tower Of London.

The Tower of London is the most Gel
ebrated citadel Of England, and the only
fortress of the British capital. Its his
tory is, to great extent, the history of
the kingdom. Within its walls some of
the most noted political and religious
characters have been confined, tortured
and beheaded. The tower is in the east
ern extremity of the city, and consists
of towers, batteries, forts, ramparts, bar
racks and store-houses. 1t is surround
ed bya considerable moat, and covers an
area of twelve or thirteen acres. The
Oldest part is what is known as the
White Tower, which was built by Will
lam the Conqueror, and which has not
been changed inside, but has been re-
modelled externally. Some of the walls
are fourteen feet thick, which made it
practically impregnable in its day. The
notable places to be seen by the visitor
are The Traitors Gate, opposite to
which is the White Tower, and through
which the prisoners like Raleigh were
taken to their cells the Bloody Tower
is also nearly opposite, and there the
sons Of Edward w. were murdered at
the instigation of Richard ILL.,; Beau
champ Tower is also seen and remem-
bered as the place where Anne Boleyn
and the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey
were detained; the Bell Tower, where
the Governor resides; the galleries
known as the Horse Armory and Queen
Elizabeth's Armory; and the Jewell
room, where the crown Jewels, valued
at 81, 100000, are kept. The old ban
quoting hall and council chamber have
been made the store-house for arms,
and st. Johns Chapel has been trans
lated into an Office for the records and
archives. A moderate army is
usually disposed about the various parts
of the tower. The armories have ia
nous collections of arms of medieval
and modern times. The Tower is one
Of the sights of London, and all going
there may see, on the payment of a
small fee, the different parts Of the great
stronghold in the company of quantity
attired guide. On the walls of the cells
are yet to be seen Inscriptions made by
prisoners confined like Raleigh, within
the dreary place only to be released by
death.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Georgia has 1877 counties.

N'NN' b." h"7 Ao' No'hbi'N'
Rome, Ga, will have an ice factory
| next summer.
There are said to be 525 cancer cases ut
one place in Arkansas.
The number of patients in the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum of Virginia is $780,
One firm in jacksonville, Fla, expects
to make 100000 cigars per month.
North Carolina has sixty-fve cotton
factories and $50 tobacco factories.
Active operations have commenced at
the Alpha cotton factory, North Carolina.
A new post-oflicc is ordered to be cs-
tablishei seven miles west of Yorkvillc,
5. G.
In South Carolina there are 1925
members of the Methodist church, and
l39 local preachers.
Thousands of acres of government and
State lands are still awaiting settlers in
Sumter county, Fla.
Reported salaries of two preachers in
the North Georgia Conference are $40
and $3.50 for the year.
Georga's Commissioner of Agriculture
thinks the guano trade this year will
show an increase Of $4,000 tons
Twenty-seven beer saloons paid Bren-
ham, Texas, Sl2 for November The
bell punch is SAID to work the same in
other Texas towns.
Nearly four hundred white cmigrants
have passed through Vicksburg within
week, going to various parts of north LOU
isiana.
About fifty Confederates were buried
at Newport News during the war, and it
is said that the place of their rest will be
lost sight of unless cared for.
A beautiful mirage was recently seen
in Accomac county, Va. The island Of
Chinco,caguc, thirty miles away, appear
ed to be only quarter of mile distant.
Public lands in Dale county, Ala, are
entered rapidly, 900 or | 800 acres hay
ing been taken as hOmcstcads within a
single week, besides purchases at govern,
ernmcnt price,
The head of Spring river in Fulton
county, Ark, is said to be the largest
spring in the United States, if not in the
world. 1t makes at the beginning Il
river over one hundred yards in width.
The town council of Anderson, 5. c.,
has decided to give half the fines for car
rying concealed weapons gambling or
njuring public or private property to
persons informing.
1t is thought that the high price Of coal
in Atlanta is the result of a combination
between three local coal-deaIcrs, and W.
r. futile, the alleged head Of coal pool
in East Tennessee
The population of Mobile is said to
have decreased about 5000 within the
last decade, and the tax assessment for
Mobile county to have fallen from 800,
900, 600 to $l4,OOO,OO0 in less than ten
years.
1t is estimated that it will take five
hundred years to exhaust the coal in
White county, Va, at the rate Of 90 0 |
tons day. A company of Western Penn
syIvarians has bought $4,000 acrcsof these |
coal lands.
The first break in n long period of bus
ness prosperity in Georgia, is that of
WEIGH & Bacon, of Albany. Planters in
,cycral counties were dependent on the
firm for advances and supplies. The as
sets are said to he $270,O and the liza
DiIities $4,000.
A Methodist minister could not attend
he Conference at Shreveport, La, be-
'ause he had no money. During the
whole year his congregation had paid him
M 500, and he and his little son wcr-
obliged to pick cotton in order to &c
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
Some Curious Guns,

The museum of old guns and other
small arms at the armory in Springfield,
Mass, is probably the fullest and most
curious of any in this country, except
the one at Washington. First in the list
of old guns is o Wheelock rifle, wound
up like clock, made by Gottsfied Flem-
ing in 1920. On the lock-plate is bat
tie scene between Turks with bows and
arrows and Europeans with swords.
Another is q curious Albanian smooth
bore fint-lock, used even to-day by the
Turkish mountaineers and peasantry.
An old Arab fint-lock has a square piece
of ivory 80 fitted to the butt OF the stock
that the gun can be balanced in an up
righs position in the Arabs tent. One,
a Matchbox. made in the fourteenth
century, is the oldest gun in this coun-
try. It is discharged by lighted tow or
fax on the hammer, drawn to the vent
by hand.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
A Skipper.

TASTES good, doesn't it?" asked the
drug clerk, as the customer drank the
soda water favored with pineapple
syrup.
Eyes, very good"
The drug clerk laughed sardonically,
and said
"Of course. But then you don't know
what it is made Of.
What do you mean?"
The old mans out" he said, looking
cautiously around the store, land I'll
iety you into some of the secrets of the
businessif you won't give me away. The
oid man made that pineapple syrup out
Of old cheese that You could smell through
9alh1re-proof safe. Full Of shippers, too !
III tell you a curious thing about that
cheese. The old man cut off slice and
brought it up stairs here with him one
night: He laid it on the counter; next
morning it was gone. Come to look the
attle animals in it had showed it on to
ne iioor, wriggled it down the stairs and
put 1t back exactly in its old place in the
cheese. The old man said that was an
extraordinary illustration of the strength
VI the home instinct in the brute crea
49,: ~ think I'll be skipper myself" "
sad the customer, with white face, and
le skipped out Of the store to the nearest
oa-room.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
To Make Boys Happy.

Little boys are particularly delighted
with wooden balls and knitted reins. The
balls are made on large scale exactly
as are the little wooden tassels used for
hoods and baby socks. Take perfectly
round piece of stout pasteboard Just the
diameter yon want your ball to be. Cut
a good-sized circular hole in the center,
and with double zephyr of any color
thread (double) on worsted needle go
over and over the card evenly all around
until the hole is so filled with wool YOU
cannot force the needle through. Then
with sharp scissors clip the wool all
round the outer edge of the card, so that
the latter is exposed. Press the wool,
which has expanded when cut into ball,
away on one side so that You can slip
very stout but small Irvine around it
close to the card. Tie the Irvine ends
together as tightly and rs firmly as pos
sible ; then cut and pull away the card
completely, and You have very pretty
and elastic ball. Trim the ball with
sharp scissors till completely smooth
and even.
For the knitted reins take double
zephyr wool and II pair of ivory knitting
needles. Cast on twenty stitches, and
knit in plain knitting n stripe of ten
inches in length, always slipping the first
stitch OF every row cast off. To each
end OF this stripe is attached q circle for
the arms, which is made thus Take u
piece of cord, the kind used for hanging
pictures, and make circle the size of u
childs arm at the shoulder; sew the
ends firmly together, splicing the one n
little past the other; then cover the cord
with cotton, wool, or flannel, to make it
soft then cover lastly with u stripe of
knitting, casting on eight stitches and
knitting the length required, plain every
row sew it on overcast on the inner
side. Before attaching the stripe (of
twenty stitches broad, which was first
knitted) to the armholes there ought to
be sewn upon it, with some contrasting
color, name such MS Beauty, Fairy
etc, and to the under edge should be at
tached three or four little bells if the
knitting be of green or crimson. make
the letters in yellow with gilt bells.
When attaching this stripe for the
chest to the arm-holes do not let the
sewing be seen, but overcast on the in
ner side to the overcastings ON the arm,
holes. Cast on eight stitches and knit
III plain knitting n rein the length re-
quired, two and IL half yards being long
enough, AS it stretches with use. Attach
the ends to the armholes at the back.
sewing to the ovcrcasting. Then finish
by knitting stripe twenty stitches in
breadth and ten inches in length, the
ends Of which sew to the mm-holes at
the back ut the same place as the rein.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12

i.
A man whose corn was carried away
Before his eyes, and whose oats and hay
Were piled up into the landlords cart
Looked toward his castle with sorrowful heart.
You SEEM" said he, " so strong and grand,
Like giant you overlook the land;
Ana giant In stomach you sure must be,
That OF all my crop can leave none to me-
Qu6vh another" OF such weak words what end
Have you any hope that the devil will mend,
Or the wolf let kid escape his NAV,
Or landlord yield his rights at lawi
"Let US 20 over TO Rackrent Hall
BY two and threes-it may beiall,
As wisdom Is found In the multitude,
Enough OF US might do the cause some good"
At first they went by twos and threes
But Rackrents lord they could not please;
And next they went In number score
But the case was even the same as before.
BY 6ftles and hundreds they gathered then,
Resolute-patient, logged men
And the landlord owned that he thought there wa
Some slight defect in the present laws.
W.
Then barony spoks--a country woke
A nation struck at their feuda yoke
Twas found the Right could not be wthstood,
And-Wisdom was found in the multitude
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12

A farmer sat in his easy chair
Smoking his pipe Of clay,
While bis hale old wife, with busy care,
Was clearing the dinner away;
sweet little girl with fine blue eyes
On her grandfathers knee was catching dies.
1t gives us a great deal Of pleasure TO
say We cannot. In. the first place, no
man ever found an easy-chair on farm.
Secondly, no farmer ever left any dinner
for his hale old wife to clear away.
Thirdly, there never was child that
could catch fies-we used to Try it.
Chicago tribune.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12

THERE is not a corporation on the
.Ouna globe whose specific gravity is
seater than that Of the old ErNA LIFE
hartford. 1t is solid as Granite and
~9ue Is gold. "-Phik Weekly Item.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12

REPRESENTATIVE HoRAoB DAVIS, Of
San Francisco, who has lost his election,
is q nephew Of George Bancroft, and
the husband of Starr Kings only daugh.
ter
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12

MY case is Just here said q citizen
% lawyer: "The plaintiff will swear
ust mt him. I viii swear that l did
a9t; Now what can you lawyers make
u that If we go to trial ?" Give dol
@fs apiece 4" was the prompt reply.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12

"a GOOD farmer Is better than o poor
S Ssof' and a good horseshoer is better
MN Sia : Bishop who breaches sermon that
~'ooJ wants to hear. Robert COLLIER.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12

"WoMAN! Second only to the press
in the dissemination of the news" was o
toast offered at printers festival lately.
1t was meant for compliment.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
Cannot Recall the Rest,

A correspondent wants to know if We
can recall the rest of that beautiful
poem commencing
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-12
"UNION Is STRENGTH"

ny THOMAS DARCY u'aEE.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02
NARROW ESCAPE,

ct tell you, sab, dis partnership biz
ness am powerful resky," said the old
man as he nibbled green onion at the
Central Market. "Las' month I went
into partnership wild Caesar White in de
peanut bizness. He furnished de roast
er an 1 bought de peanuts, an we was
to whack up on profits. Dat Caesar am
bad man, an doan' you forgit it. I'll
hadn't been on de watch fur him I'd bin
cleaned out high-sky. What sort of a
game dye 'spose he tried to play on
meY
No one could guess, and, finishing the
rest of his onion, the old man contin-
ued:
"Well, sab, when We come to roas'
dem peanuts dat Caesar wanted me to be-
lieve dat de shrinkage offsot all my sheer
in de bizness, an he ordered me to get
away from dat rooster an go home"
can you went to law?"
"No, sab I got an inspirashun bout
dat time, an I poured de whole bushel
into barrel O water. In five minits
dem peanuts had -swelled all my capital
back an gin me 6-shillin' claim on de
rooster beside, an de way Caesar gin me
s. to dissolve partnership an git out
heat any boss race you cher saw DE
troit Free Press.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02
LUXURIOUS R4TH-ROOM

Among the things we sometimes read
about, but never really see, may be in
cluded the bathroom Of the Marquise
Annonast Visconh, who has given a de-
scription OF the interior of her 6You
hotel in the Rue de Jouv. Full plans
and details of the marvellous luxury of
the interior fittings of the bathroom
have been given. 1t is lit by handsome
stained glass windows, wainscoted with
lava from Vesuvius and hung with rare
old tapestry. The bath is made of solid
silver, the water is supplied by dol
phin; pressure on the one eye causes
the water to come out hot and on the
other cold, while the movement of the
tongue allows the bath to empty itself
in moment. The whole house is fitted
up in the same luxurious Manner
Paris correspondent.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02
THE JIM-JAMS.

A correspondent of the New York
Horld tells all about the sensation pro-
duced by the jim jams. This is the way
he tackles the subject "Delirium ire
mems Snakes! Jim-jams ! Yes, I've
had touches of them. You want to know
how it feels ? I'll tell you. You have
been drunk maybe week, maybe more.
At last liquor ceases to excite, brace up
or tranquillize. You drink half pint Of
brandy. 1t has no more effect than so
much water. Then you are close on the
horrors. Food won't help you; your
stomach rejects it. Now your punish
ment commences. You can't sleep. You
are weary. Oh, SO weary, but there is
no rest. You are tired of thinking, yet
the brain will think. You lie down, drop
into doze for moment and wake up
with shock, as if touched with an cleo
trio wire. You are covered with perspi-
ration. You get up and walk the room,
streets-walk, walk, and then fling your
self down, praying for few minutes
sleep. All this for days. with people
about you, and through nights. But no
Chinese torturer employed in keeping
some miserable criminal awake until he
dies was ever more full Of relentless Wig
lance than your abused nerves. breads
indescribable seize upon you. Your
hands have a sensation Of being of enor-
nous size. They do not look it. They
feel it. Your head in like manner feels
as if enormously pulled out. Then your
breath comes spasmodically; hot flashes
strike at the region of the heart; all the
blood seems to rush in that direction,
and you fight aimlessly for life and ex-
pect to fall dead. This is the commence
ment of the horrors. Now you are fixed
for seeing rats and snakes and vermin. I"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02

+
Lieut. Frank Milligan, of the United
States Navy, who has been on furlough,
visit ing home folks at Greeneville, is in the
city - A Ell
Dr. j. W. Thornburgh.: of New Market,
ca me down on yesterdays train.
Mr.. H. NJ NcKeldin, of Athens passed
down on yesterdays train, returning from
a visit to New Market
Capt J. F. Davis, of the branch peniten-
tiary, at Coal Greek, came in on yesterdays
X. g. o. train.
Miss Matte Hilton returned yesterday
from a visit to Mr.. Ragsdals's at Powells
Station.
Mr.. J. ID. Offutt, contractor on the h. d
o. Railroad extension, came in yesterday.
Mr. Ferdinand Roehl, of Kingston, who
has been visiting Hon. W. b. Staley, return
cd home yesterday.
Mrs Judge D. n. Young, of Clinton, ar
rived in the city yesterday.
AIR. D. f. Ross returned on Yesterdays
K & o. train from Clinton.
Mr. J. H. Hensley arrived yesterday
from an extended trip to North Carolina for
the we'll known wholesale grocery house of
Coffin & Mckinney.
Mr.. d. l.. Ross has returned from trip
South in the interest of tho hardware house
which he represents.
Mr. JAS S. Fitzgerald, of Fullens Sta
ton, was in the city yesterday, returning
from the Atlanta Exposition.
Mr. S. H. Anderson, an snterprising mer-
chant at Jonesboro, WAS in the city yester-
day.
Hon Alex Reeder returned yesterday
from a trip TO his farm near Strawberry
Plains.
Rev, DIR. H. H. Morrell rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, and wife, former
ly Mrs. Geo. H. Smith, of this city, arrived
home ON yesterday evenings train. They
were married last week at Uniontown, Pa.
Mr. John Gleason, who has had charge Of
the stone quarry for Major Robbins, at tho
Wolf Creek railroad bridge works, came
down Wednesday night with his family. He
! goes to-day to Careyvlle, to take charge of
! the works there. ....
| Mrs Lou. J. Scott and daughter, Miss
Louie, wife and daughter of Mr.. l. N.
Scott, the clever and oblising clerk at the
Lamar House, arrived yesterday evening
from Powder Springs, Ga.
! Mr. VIM. Lautz, an extensive marble
dealer, of Buffalo, N. Y, has been in the
city for few days, prospecting and e1amin-
| ing the marble in this vicinity. He seems
very favorably impressed as far as he has
| observed. ~ &c
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02
GEO. w. ALBGRS,
DRUGGIST AND PHARMACIST,
EAST SIDE MARKET SQUARE.

desire to call the attention of the
public to my complete assortment of
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumes, Paints,
Oils. &C., which are offered at low fig.
ures. l have on hand the largest assert.
ment Of Bulk Handkerchief Extracts
ever brought to this city, and sell them
at 40 cents per ounce. If you want
something nice in that line, you can
get just what you wish ana know what
you are getting, because you buy know
ingly.
Physicians Prescriptions always a
speciality with us, night or day.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02
Electric Light in Chattanooga

ABrush Electric Light Company has been
organized in Chattanooga, with a capital Of
$3.50, 900, with many Of the wealthisst citi-
zens interested. Capt. H. S. Chamberlain,
Mayor H. Clay Evans, Maj. W. s. Marshall,
Maj. S. A. Key and Maj. G. G. Conner are
charter members. Forty lights are to be
taken in the city, and % are already taken
Capt Chamberlain is now East to purchase
the machinery, which will cost $500.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02
A Religious Newsnaper.

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legal and sanitary questions, Biblical re-
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-02

Opinion Of DR.. VIM Stokes, Physician
Mt. Hope Retreat, Baltimore. ~
have great pleasure in adding my testimony
to the virtues of COlden's Liebig's Liquid
Extract Of Beef and Tonic InyigOra
tor as the very best preparation used, and
therefore confidently recommend it to the
medical profession" DISK for CoIden's.
Take no other. Of druggists generally.