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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
Second Life.

Men may inquire solemnly and with
many doubt whether any other world
than this awaits the human race but,
once admitting second life, the dark
cloud Of punishment must DO seen on
that remote horizon. There can be no
second life without memory of the
events OF this career. 1t is the chain Of
memory which makes n resurrection from
the dead possible. If person should
arise from the grave and have no con-
seriousness Of ever having lived before,
that would be no second life only in q
most trlfling and unjust sense. DIR. Ed
ward Bcccher once published quite 4
volume to show that man is now in his
second world, and Mt death will pass to
his third and last. But if we have most
utterly forgotten any such first life this
IS made olu first existence by the very
fact Of such forgetfulness. If we did all
i've once before in this planet or in some
other planet, that fact has been forgot
ten with an amazing uniformity and
thoroughncss. Memory makes this our
first life. A thousand volumes from all
the wise men Of all nations could not in.
tervene, with their learning and elo-
qucnce, and oppose the simple evidence
Of memory in this strange case. 1t is
your first world. Your memory can
pick up its twenty or thirty or forty its
sixty years, and can hold them all in or
grasp and say ! once lived ono Of those
summers and winters. We can all look
at that bunch Of faded flowers and say /
saw them when they were fresh and
beautiful. This recollection is, there
fore, that mental attribute which alone
will make possible a resurrection from
the dead. The only immortality that
can be thought Of is, therefore, one
which can look back upon this first ex-
periencs Of being. Unless friends shall
know each other, there will be no meet
ing Of friends, for take away the recogm-
ton and all else is empty. Thus the
future world awaits wholly upon mem
ory-the creator Of immortality.-PrQE
DQVid ,SlDtan.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

talkatiye and self-confdent girls: and
had lately been 10 Boston and called on
her at her suburban home.
Before he went he had bought tho
linden ring, but had neither courage 10
ask his mothers blessing on his pur-
pose, nor to offer the lady his hand
He had but one thought waking and
sleeping; and all hopes we're lost in the
one hope of bringing this merry and joy.
ial girl to their quiet home,
But now a barrier impcnetrable as Il
mountain Of rock had been thrown be-
tween them, by the innocent chatter Of
his friend
"Tcllmr, my son, how ru'hi, muua.
has gone botWpou Won and Billy But
ton. 3" asked tine mother sarca,tically
" Not far at all, mother; aud probably
a brilliant girl like Miss Leeds would not
took ut a quiot-a stupid fellow like
mc-likc yoW son, WAS the reply.
"HUah. You are too good for q girl
whom anyone would dare 10 ridiculc II
You have taken no step You cannot re-
trace, thank heaven for it. If You have,
get another home Of which Billy Button
onD 10" mistress. never can consent 10
nH I.g come her.
Young fellow made no reply.
lh0uu he iuwardly resolved not to let
his mother say who he should or should
not marry.
But this lady knew how to weld ear-
casm as mighty weapon She never
ceased to play on the name of "nlIy
Button, and to remind him that doIru
young mon were carrying about as tro-
phios Of boyl,h victory, the buttons. the
hair, nd-pr-sibiy-othor fuyors from
this Yankee divinity.
Perhaps Stanton himself began TO icar
that there might be an offensive element
in the character Of Sarah Leeds.
Perhaps he was ovcrpowercd by his
mothers strong will.
At any rate nc soon ceased to scOwl
when she laughed about Billy Button,
and the diamond ring was reserved for
some other finger than t,;c one for which
he had bought it,
Rcmcmbcr, girls, that Che folhcs Of
to-day will not always be forgotten in
the years to come. -- IouthS' COmpuu-
tOV
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

interviewing has reached its lowest
depth when we find newspaper reporters
| dancing attendance on cat's-ment man.
Yet this is what has happened in Amer
| lea, and We are compelled TO confess
that the reporter found the purveyor of
skewered victuals far moro interesting
| than most of the notabilitics who are
interviewed on tho public behalf. The
| particular "cat-man was indeed some
what of n hero-one of the self-made
mon of whom cities are so proud when
they die. 1t appears that when he be-
gan catering for pussy he went his
rounds himself, but he has now grown so
prosperous that four assistants carry his
baskets for him. HIS cat customers do
not heed tho change, for they remark
only the quality of the meat purveyed
and not the quality Of the puryeyor.
Left to themselves, the animals, though
having the run Of large warehouses,
would starve, for American rats and
mice will not remain in dry-goods stores,
which are lean livings, SO long as they
have choice of fatter incumbences; but,
mice or no mice, the cat IL IN institution,
and so the "cat-man drives thriving
trade. A wicked rival tried to ruin our
hero by hawking fish instead Of meat,
and pretending to pussy's owners that,
as fish contained much phosphorus, and
phosphorus made brains, no one could
expect TO have a really.smart cat that
was not fed upon fish. But the scat
man promptly checkmated his rival by
distributing n handful 10 the effect that
fish made cats NANCY, whereas meat
gave them sleek and glossy coats. As
proved in the sequel, the New Yorker,
prefer fat cats TO smart ones, and the
fish fellow had no chance against his an
tagonist. -London Telegraph.
THE daughter OF o Shrewsbury Eng |
farmer went to the pantry to get loaf |
of bread that had been baked eight days
before. As she carried it she was con
alarmed, as most young women
would be, to see first one mouse then
another leap from the loaf. On cutting
it open, a coy nest was found in the
center, and in the nest were fourteen
little mice.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
What Mamma Said.

The young woman who, with her lover
cnd little niece, sat in the shadow Of the
curtain while the company was in the
room adjoining, had good deal of pres
ence OF mind when the niece said very
loud, "Kiss me, too, Aunt Ethel" "You
should say kiss me t,Oice, or kiss me two
times, not two" said Aunt Ethel, calmly.
1t is to be hoped that the well-known
English "beauty lady" was equal to the
occasion, also, when an elderly and emf
nently respectable gentleman made an
afternoon call, and, as elderly gentlemen
often do, he took the child and kissed
her. "You must not do that, said the
child, struggling, 81 am a respectable
married womanN "What do you mean,
my dear?" asked the astonished visitor
ooh, that's what mamma always says
when the gentlemen kiss her!" replied
the artless infant.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
4 IIigh Old Judge.

Some very comical yarns are related
OF Eph. Clement, commonly called
"Yank, " Of Yanks Station, Lake Bigler,
well-known by all who ever visited the
lake, when he was Justice Of the Peace
OF that section few years ago. Among
his other characteristics, Yank is cele-
bratcd for his ability TO make noun
tain ont Of mole hill, and also for his
philosophical disregard for all the world
~ dcsirabilities when their acquisition
desires the display Of any amount of
energetic force.
One time he was trying case involv-
ing n considerable sum Of money, and,
while the most important witness was
being examined, Iank fell asleep and
began snoring like house utirc.
"iIello, Jedge," cried one of the inter-
ested parties, chow kin you decide this
case when you amt hearing none Of the
eyidence?'
Yauk was aroused by this indignant
out-burst, and replied:
That's all right; / knew all about the
darncd case afore it kim into this yer
court. I've made up my mind about the
merits long ago"
And in three minutes by the watch, he
was asleep again. But he was not per-
mitted to rest long before one Of his help
rushed into the room, which was on the
second floor Of rickety building, who
cried ont:
cold man! that goldarned old hog is
il the barn agin, eating up all the
barley"
"Jist adjourn the court until kind o
knock the stuilm' out o that ere hog, an
ct | ain { back in ten minutes, I'll give a
verdict for the plaintiff"
The court was accordingly adjourned
Upon another occasion a man who had
been drinking too much of bad quality
Of whisky, went into the willows to take
a nap, but the poor devil forgot to wake
up again. When the dead body was
found Yank was solicited to hold nm
inquest
"What? Is he dead?" asked Yank.
"Why, certainly he is dead, was the
rojoinder
OFF that's so, bury him What's the
use o holdin' quest on dead feller?"
remarked the erudito wcarcr Of the
ermine.
About the time his Judicial term was
drawing to close, a man named Smith
wanted to sue another who owed him
500, and he accordingly interviewed
Judge Yank
"Well, asked Yank, did you see
utl bNu a tulL ,yitb bin, nI,,t
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

A WATERBURY, Conn. officer the other
day called at a house and asked if the
family had any dogs to be registered.
"No, sir, was the prompt reply. He
thcreupon initiated dogs bark so effec-
lively that he started up three dogs that
were in the cellar, thus disclosing their
whereabouts.
NUMEROUS testimonials to the efficacy
of Coussens' Lightning Liniment are be-
fore us, but for the good service it did us
in curing gals on valuable thorough
bred, we hold it in greatful remembrance.
Formankind, itreadily cures rheumatism,
lame back, sprains, bruises, etc. Price,
SOC. for bottle of regular size, or Doc
for sample bottle. For sale by all drug
gists.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
An Incident Of the Blockade.

A correspondent of the Boston AdUer-
Hscr, discussing the subject of color
blindness, relates the following as coming
under his own experience when en-
ploycd in the blockade of the port OF
Wilmington, North Carolina, during the
war Of the rebellion: "lhe ships on
blockade duty got under way ut sunset,
and at dark moved TO their regular sta
TONS some going well in toward Fort
Caswcll and others further off, keeping
under low steam and in specified beat.
70 prevent as far as possible our own
ships from installing and firing into each
other, each supposiug the other block
AIDE runner, us did happen more than
once, my own ship getting three 4-pound
shells from one Of our own vessels, o
system Of challenging and answering sig
nnls by showing or flashing AIRED or white
light was established As we all knew
the station or beat of each ship, we could
usually tell with tolerable certainty what
vessel was sighted But, to prevent nc
cidcuts, 1T was the rulo for any ship
doubling to challenge by showing tho
challenging signal for that particular
night. limo answering light was shown,
or an incorrect ono, the challenger Ind a
right to fire. One night my own ship
was challenged. We were so near that
all hands on my vessel knew well what
ship made the challenge. We answered
by showing n red light for three or four
seconds. Again we were challenged and
L / = 1. 4
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

To nlkt new hair grow use CAROLINE. a
decd ,ri2cl extract Ut petroleum. This natu.
raj petroleum hair remover as recently i'm.
proved, is the only thing that will really pro.
duce new hair. It is delightful dressing.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

A FAITHFUL man is Dennis Colean
bridge-teudcr at Bridgeport, Ct.
the New York, New Haven and Hmf
Railroad Company. He has held
place for thirty years, has never T.
day, and has watched the bridge at
times, never sleeping more than an hon
aud half Mt Il time.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostr

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whether the result OF exhaustion, nervous pros
traton, overwork, or acute disease, particularly
II resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
He had inst taken his seat in the street

car, in fact had hardly got fairly down,
when lady entered. He Immediately
rose. Don't rise, sir; beg of you,
don'tr' she said. "Good Heavens,
am, he yelled, 81 must There's
pin three inches long set up on that
seatl' She made no further objection to
his rising. Boston Post
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
Ladies' Attention.

We want intelligent energetic lady agents TO
sell to WOMEN ONLY, an article Of real hygienio
merit. For particulars and liberal terms, ad-
dress WAGNER IL CO., Chicago, Ill.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

n YOUNG ana well-drcssed woman un.
mercifully humping her mother upon
the back excited mingled emotions of
indiGnations and pity in the minds of
the passcrs-by on II crowded thorough
fare yesterday A good hearted but in.
discreet phlIanthropist who ventured to
demonstrate at this brutal exhibition
was hidden to mind his own affairs, and
Mt last, after much gasping and cough
ing, the elder lady explained that She
had swallowed "a cadamon seed the
wrong way and her daughter was duti.
fully pounding her between the Shout
dcrs to the intent that choking might be
avoided. Surely, appearances are often
dGccitlul. HOStDH ,iO,yaaL.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

LIFE is like n glass of soda. It is
mostly froth, has very little sweet in it,
and soon grows stale and hat.-BOston
Transcript.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

"wHKs can You pay me'" asked the
polite dun. Dun no" replied the
truthful debtor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

A CITIZEN OF Plymouth, Ind., nrea
six shots at supposed burglar, and
then his wife called out: "Seo here,
Sam, if You don't stop shooting at me
vou'll have tho house full of neghbors.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

CASES of blood poisoning by wearing
cheap red and yellow stockings are re
ported.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29
Rough on Rats"

Ask Druggists for it. II clears out rats, mice,
reaches, bcd-buss, flies, vermin. insects. l5c.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

Is ancient Mexico it was the custom to
sacrifice human beings to the gods,
This was case where several wrongs
made rite.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

ALL weakly women are strengthened by the
use OF Lydia +. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-29

by Jingol" exclaimed the Judge, "ei
you'd couldn't do nothin' with him, how
in blazcs kin you expect me to do it?"
And such is tho style in which Yank
would deal out blind justice. Carson
ADpeaL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-11
Arrested for Embezzlement.

BosroS, Aug. l0.-Geo. II. Long and
Chas. r. Howard, President and Treas-
urpr OF the Alliance Insurance Company
OF Boston, we're arrested to-day and ad-
united 10 30 900 bail, each on the charge
OF embezzlement- The Alliance Com.
pany, after suspending operations two
years ago, reorganized and proceeded TO
reissue former risks and bid Tor new
business. Tuesday the Insurance Com
missioner applied for instructions to re-
strain the company from transacting
business on the ground OF insolvency.
The examination Of books by an expert
shows defect Of about Sl1 900 within
abont six months, hence arrest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-11
CITIES

Baltimore ia again the only city that
suffers in comparison, and the decrease
this week is not large but is significant,
because at all other cities different cur
rent of trade prevails, and we still LOOK
in vain ior any reason unless one be
found in the diversion OF traffic through
the war of rates. Another noticeable
Iact Is the extraordinary increase oil
lO7 | per cent. at Milwaukee. Kansas
CITY also takes place IN the front rank
with its increase OF 1913 per cent, and
this can hardly be due as largely TO the
wheat traffic as to the gain at Milwaukee.
New Orleans ranks next, notwlth-
standing the fact that the great COTTON
movement of the previous month mas
seemed likely 10 exhaust the supply:
In observing the comparison. 1t Is weli
to remember that the exchanges oil the
first week of August, 1880, were also un'
usually large, 80 thst the aggregate out
side OF New York this year Is not only
large in comparison with that week, Dull
with any other last year. Business
here is increasing in activity,
t the presence OF many buyers giving
merchants very hopeful impression as
to the fall trade. The unusually large
exchanges, show that some very heavy
orders have gone forward for foreign
goods, and sales By manufacturers have
been large and mere satisfactory than
those made at this time last year The
speculations in grain and provisions
have been very active, although 1t Is
believed q combination to advance
the prices has met with severe repulse.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-11
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.
The Land Bill

LONDON, August l0.-It is stated that
Gladstone will give dinner tonight TO
q number of the Irish members who
have supported the government in con-
nection with the Land Bill. One hun
dred Liberals have returned to town for
the purpose OF supporting the govern
ment in its resistance to the material
amendments OF the House of Lords to
the Land Bill, John Dillon will proba.
bly, come TO London TO participate In the
debate on Parnell's motion censuring
the Irish Executive in regard to the ad.
ministration OF the Coercion Act.
LONDON, August l0-The Commons
to-day rejected the amendment to the
Land bill OF the House Lords, providing
that the application TO the Land Court
might be refused or postponed on &C.
count of detr rioation Of the holding.
Labor Demonstration.
LONDON. August l0-A demonstra-
ton OF the industrial classes in favor OF
preservation of home industries and
protection Of national labor against up-
fair foreign competition, took place at
Exeter Hall last evening. Corthwick,
ttlC oeti piSbIuCu.
Delegates were present from the Work
mems Societies OF Bristol, Birmingham,
Liverpool, Leeds, Hull, Glasgow and
elsewhere. The chairman condemned
free trade, and said that France had
made the greatest advances during ths
last twenty years. America came next,
while England was poor third. He
advocated a duty OF shilling aud
quarter on all imported corn. Com.
mander Cameron, the African explorer
and author, in supporting the resolu.
tions for the imposition OF such rev.
enue duties as will enable the British
manufacturers and workmen to compete
on fair footing with foreigners IN the
British home markets, said that Presi-
dent Garfield had stated that protection
was necessary for America, and he
thought if that was 80 with young coun-
try and virgin soil, it was necessary for
England. Resolutions we're adopted
and forwarded to the government and
leaders OF the opposition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-11
VIRGINIA AREPUBLICANS
Two Conventions in Session at
Lynchburg.

LYScaBURe, August l0.-The Coali.
tienists and Straightout Republicans re-
fused TO meet together, and are now
holding separate mretings, with nearly
equal numbers. The Straightouts are
orderly and determined The Coali-
tionists are boist.rons and wrangling.
A ticket for State officers will be nomi-
mated by the Straighiouts. The other
wing viii endorse Mahone's ticket.
Both the conventions took recess until
4 O'Clock.
Upon reassembliLg the two conyen.
tions appointed committee to confer
and arrange basis OF compromise. The
Straightouts then adjourned until Z
O'Clock.
LYSCaBURG, Va, August I0.-Cochran,
chairman of the State Central Commit
tee, califd the Republican Convention
to ordefat 10 O'Clock In his address
be saidsl We meet here as Republicans
not as dDemocrats or Readiusters, to
nominehd ,icke
Wiiss colored, VI Norfolk, was
VI.
it was necessary that there should
be perfect unaRimiiy in the party.
There are. he said, but two Ma.
tional parties in this State, the Re-
publicans and Dr,nsurats; that the Re-
adiusters were ms'le % OF the dissatis-
fed mugs OF both parties and they have
brought sill he means TO bear
to defeat the Republicans in this
Convention, and the K 'publiCa1s OF Nir-
einia are in no condition to endorse a
reputation. When he reported the
meeting ready for business, the Con:
mittee on Credentials was moved.
J. T. Desendolf said the committee
from the other side, the Coalitionals,
wished to enter the convention, but as
they had not been provided with tickets
they could not, aud therefore moved
that the convention adjourn until three
that they might be conferred with AMI
ii possible unite them.
Arnold bitterly opposed any adjourn
ment, saying that the Straightouts had
appointed committee OF nine Of the
best Republicans OF this State to
confer with them, and they were
obliged to return to the caucus,
saving that they could find none to con
fer with. He was opposed to any coali-
ton with Captain Kidd. | was
in this city when there was
no reputation in this city. The motto
was: Owe no man; not to pay no man,
as Gen. Malone teaches. I'd rather
vote for John Daniels little finger
a thousand times than for the ballot box
suffers. He wanted some assurance
that the Coslitionists would act in good
faith. Dezendorf said he believed every
man here was an honest Republican,
and could not be bought out in two
hours. Lindsley replied that Peter j..
Carter came here Straightout and was
was bought in two hours. The Com
mittee on Credentials was appointed,
also committee to invite all delegates
to come to the hall. The mover
of the latter resolution said
he wanted to pay all We
morally owe, and We only morally owe
what we are able to pay.
Adjourned till 3 p NJ.
After the Convention reassembled
speeches were again in orker, and the
eneralimpressioniwas that the Straight
outs wsuld not nominate State ticket.