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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
Life i'm Germany,

With ON outlay which seems miserably
small to the American, Germans con-
trive to lead merry life. Fine music
and drama at cheap prices, the love Of
outdoor life and the multitude of holi-
days which allow him to crafty it, q
passionate fondness for singing, an
abundance of beer, cheap wines and ci-
CARS, will atone, in the German mind,
for great many other deficiencies. As
to books, there is no country where they
are cheaper or more abundant. Ten
thousand new titles are printed every
year. In Prussia, compulsory education
secures a good average culture. The
new empire is far ahead Of us, not
only in the organization of its army,
but in the organization of its civil SER
vice ard the conditions OF tenure of Of
fee. Its schools are in many respects
superior to ours. We have borrowed its
kindergartens and might borrow with
advantage some features of its university
life. We have adopted its postal-cards.
The money-order system is very con-
venient, the money being brought to
your door. And do we not owe an i'm
mense debt to German learning? AS to
music and art, We must stand with our
hats of. With all its sauerkraut, sausage
and beer, there is charm about
German home-life ihat cannot be ig-
nored. There is sweetness of affec-
ton in the fanny circle, q fidelity to
friends, stability Of character and a
homely righteousness which the most
obstinate prejudice can hardly resist.
1t is frank and innocent life, always
open to inspection.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
A Disturbed PRAYER.

The Rev. Mr.. Wingtop received a
visit from the Widow Pickles and her
four children. Il have come to stay a
month, Brother Wingtop, and you may
consider it a compliment, for never did
like Little Rock. You and my husband
were such fast friends that | can never
forget You. Were you not fast friends,
Brother Wiugtop?'
Madame, myself and your husband
were firm friends, but we were not fast.
A minister and his deacon should not be
fast" Mr.. Wingtop had hoped that his
remark would have a tendency to shorten
the widows visit into day, but when
she replied that he was a DEAR sly, good
man, the reverend gentlemen realized
that darkness brooded where the bright
light OF hope had burned.
At night, when the family had been
summoned into the sitting-room to hear
long prayer from the minister, the
widow managed to ''squash" three Of the
children. The other one, boy, ran
into the dining-room. 'Let him alone"
said the minister, lin good time the
Lord will catch him" but the same time
he thought that if the Lord ever did
catch the boy extraordinary time would
have to be made.
LET us pray" said the minister,
CHANGING slyly around to SEQ if the
widow had securely huddled her chill
drcn.
"Our Father" he began, eve thank
Thee for Thy"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
" Something Good in the Fellow"

An eminent public man who shall be
nnmoless--a man Of great intellectual
power, of real goodness of heart at bot
tom, but sadly broken and demoralized
by II long continued course of wrong
living and much wrong-doing-was
once told by boon companion how a
certain other public man had been abus-
ing him.
"Never mind" said our eminent
friend, whose soul was really above the
level Of petty scandal and malice. 1.-The
fellow is only dirty blackguard, and
| care not to know what he says of
me-"
"But, my dear sir, if he is allowed to
go on in that way he will ruin your char
acter; he will destroy your credit and,
perhaps, njTe your prospects in the
future"
"Tut, tut! My character-what
there is of it's too tough for such q
man to iniure it; my credit is phan-
tom, at best and as for my prospects
i'll the future, [ doubt if he can make
them more dubious than they now are"
"Well," persisted the friend, after a
little pause, chow do you like the idea
OF his making free with the name ofyour
wife? %
The man was aroused on the instant.
"He Does he dare p
eyes. He declares that your wife is
altogether too good for you"
"What? Does he say that ?"
Eyes, he has said it repeatedly"
"Well, well-there's something good
in the fellow after all. Bless him for the
truth he tells-for, my dear fellow, that
is true-as true as gospel"
The great man sat for many minutes,
with his head bowed down upon his
hand, and when he next looked up, his
face had grown wondrously soft and pa
thetic.
"Yes-he tolG the truth 1 think Ill
go home and have a chat with that
woman. Who know but that she may
help me?-Zounds I have not
thought of her. Bless the rascal for re-
Winding me Yes, sir He told the
truth there |"
And the worker for the nation--the
politician, work and weary--set forth to
find the one being of earth in whom,
when all else should have failed him, no
felt he could trust.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
Bismarck.

About thirty-fvo years ago, when the
German Chancellor was only plain Otto
Won Bismarck, Pomcranian Squire and
inspector Of dykes, he went out one day
snipe-shooting with friend, ON some
marshy land, into which his companion,
4 stout, heavy man, suddenly sank up to
his arm-pits. Vainly struggling to extri-
cate himself, the gentleman shouted for
help, and seeing Herr Bismarck approach
him very slowly and cautiously, appar-
entity still looking out for the rising of
some stray snipe, piteously appealed to
him to leave the COMPOUNDED snipe alone
and pull him out of the abominable
swamp into which he had sunk so deeply
that its slime was almost in his mouth
"My dear friend, replied Bismarck,
with the utmost calmness, you will GER
tainly never get out of that hole. No
body can possibly save you. 1t would,
however, pain me very much that you
should suffer unnecessarily by slowly
sitting III this vile swamp. III tell you
what my dear fellow, I'll save you the
agony Of sufiocation by putting charge
OF shot into your head. Thus will you
die at once more swiftly and more re-
Specially" care you mad?" shrieked
the other, struggling desperately to free
himself. 81 don't want either to be
drowned or shot; so help me out in the
name Of three dcvilsw Deliberately
leveling his towling-piece at his friends
head, Herr Bismarck rejoined, in a sor.
rowful tone: keep steady for mo-
ment; it will soon be over. Farewell,
dear friend! l will faithfully tell your
wife all about it" Stimulated to super
human effort by the eminent peril men
acing him, the unlucky sportsman con-
trived to wriggle out of the mud on all
tours, and, when he had recovered his
feet, broke out in q storm Of vehement
reproach. Herr Bismarck listened to
him with n sardonic smile, merely observ-
ing: Can't you see how right [ was,
after all? Every man for himselfr' and,
turning his back on his Infatuated COM
panion, coolly walked away in search OF
more game.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
Chief Lustice Marshal were membsrs.

Chief Justice Marshal were members.
The colporter of the Maury county
Tenn, Bible Society distributed TO fam
lilies in that county destitute of the
Word Of God six hundred Bibles and
Tcstaments (during the past year. is
probably the time). The Maury county
Bible Society is the Oldest in the State,
having been organized in 1918.
The second annual report Of the At.
lanta Board Of Health states that the
total number Of deaths was go, IN an
nual death rate of seventeen and eight
teuths for each thousand inhabitants. OF
the whole number, 23S were white and
39l colorcd. The death rate for the
whites is thirteen to each thousand, and
for the colorcd people twenty-thrcc and
eight-tenths.
The following excellent suggestion is
made of GOV. Jarvis, of North Carolina
"No court rcQuiringa jury or witnesses
either civil, criminal, inferior or sup rior,
should be held in the month Of June.
Our people are eminently an agricultural
people, and to take large number of
laborcrs out Of the ic d. for week, as
is now done in many of the counties in
-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
Cold Snaps,

" We're havin' some pretty wintrist
weather" said old Daddy Wotherspool
to Uncle Sammy Honniwcll, rs the two
gentlemen met near the City Hall
Right for'ard weather for the season.
"Jist so; jist 80, conceded Uncle
Sammy. Reminds me of the fall Of
1881. 1t commenced long the fore part
of November, and frozc stiff till March.
Good, smart weather, too. l remember
that it was so cold in Brooklyn that
November that bilin' water fro2e over q
hot fire"
Daddy Wotherspoon looked ut him
and braced himself. Eyes, yes," said
he, al mind it well. That's the fall the
milk frozo in the COWS. But the cold
season was i'll 1897. II commenced in
the middle of October and ran through
to April. All the oil froze in the lamps,
and we didn't have light until spring
set in.
Gay, ay," responded Uncle Sammy,
growing rigid. " It's Just like yesterday
to me. | walked 40 miles due east
from Sandy Hook, on the ice, and slid
back, owing to the convexity Of the
earth, you know. 1t was down hill
comm this way. But that wasn't rs
cold us the winter Of 1921. That season
commenced i'll September, and the mer-
curry didn't rise degree till May. Don't
you remember now we used to breathe
hard, let it freeze, cut hole in it,
and crawl i'll for shelter? You haven't
forgotten that ?"
Not !, said Daddy Wotherspoon,
after II short pause. THAT'S the win
Ter we used to give the horses melted
lead to drink, and keep q hot fire under
'em so it wouldn't harden till they got it
down. But that was nothin' to the spell
of 1917. We begun to feel it in the lat
ter part of August, and she doomed
stiddy till the Both OF June. | got
through the whole spell by living in an
ice-house. 1t was too cold to go out
doors, and | iist camped in an ice
house. You remember that season of
1917 That's the winter we wore I'M
dershirts of sand-papcr to keep up
friction"
"Well, l should say l did" retorted
Uncle Sammy. "What remember
1917? Deed / do. That was the spell
when it took steam grindstone four
days to light match. Ay, ayl But
do you know was uncomfortably warm
that winter ?"
"How SOP demanded Daddy Woth-
erspoon, breathing hard.
"Runnin' around yonr ice-house to
find out where you got in. II was an
awful spell, though. How long did it
last? From August till the Both of
June? | guess you're right. But You
mind the snap OF 1913, don't you? 1t
commenced ON the LIST of July, and went
around and Tapped over week. That
year the smoke froze in the chimneys
and we had to blast it out with dyna-
mite. | think that was the worst we
ever had. All the clocks froze up so we
didn't know the time for a year, and
when men used to set fire to their build
ms SOS to raise the rent. Yes, indeed.
L got $4,000 month for four burnin'
buildin's. There was heap of sufferin'
that winter, because We lived on alco-
hol and phosphorus, till the alcohol
froze, and then we eat the brimstoue
ends of matches and jumped around till
they caught fire. Say, you"
But Daddy Wotherspoon had fled.
The statistics were too much for him. -
Brooklvn Eagle.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
The Demon of SpeculatiOn,

The foul demon of speculation keeps
us all III turmoil society seethes and
bubbles over with the excitement due to
the constant race for riches; to the
struggling pursuit of more wealth. This
is common to all classes. Farmers and
country jewellers are tempted to send
their small savings to be swallowed up in
the whirlpool of speculations in the cit
les, and in the vain hope Of acquiring
riches that have never existed, and which
they can 10 more secure than they can
grasp shadow. The business man and
the man who possesses already snug
competence haste to throw their prop
erty away in the same foolish manner
to be swallowed up in the bottomless
nav o-6peculation. And so the wrecked
hopes and fortunes may be counted by
the thousands, and crime, ignominy and
Indebtedness are present everywhere.
In less degree the evils of everything,
too, prevail, and men and families mourn
for want OF that which they have I'M
wisely squandered and wasted in
way that brings no solid comfort to
them.
There is no happiness in living beyond
ones means. Those who have no debts,
who pay as they go and make this their
rule, are more careful and economical
than those who buy on credit whatever
they may desire or think they need.
Buying on credit is our national bane,
an evil which saps the foundations Of our
social comfort. 1t keeps a man in debt,
increases his expenses, makes his neces-
sites greater, and tempts him to risk his
property in vain efforts to extricate him
self from pecuniary difficulties. 1t is
quite easy to spend what we have not
but man always thinks twice before he
breaks upon small accumulation which
he already has, and will rather add to it
than trench uponit. Therefore the habit
Of saving, once created, is a safeguard
against careless spending and should be
eucouragedin everylegitimate andproper
way. There is an economy that is mean
and stingy but it is very easy to avoid
this fault without falling into the oppo-
site vice of extravaganza, and to hit the
happy mean of a sensible and whole
some economy. -R,raL NeaO Yorker.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02

She was jes' waitin' ter see how much
you'd give"
Nanky's bare legs scudded quickly
across the yard The bull took no notice
Of her. He was still stamping and below.
ing underthat window. Uncle Brimmer
md the doctor chung together, and only
4 kick now and then testified to the little
mans agony.
Suppose Uncle Brimmer should let
go?' | suggested in hollow whisper
"Oh, hush," cried Mabel. "The doc
tors blood would be on our heads.
cor the bulls horns"
1t was not far to the tobacco field and
in an incredibly short time brother Johp
came riding in followed by half a dozen
stout negroes. With some delightful
play that gave one quito on idea of n
Spanish bull fight, his lordship was cap.
tured, and our little doctor was assisted
to the house.
Gone was the glory OF DR.. Trattles
Jex. His coat was torn, his knees grimy,
his hands scratched, and he looked-yes
as if he had been crying.
"Can you ever forgive us?" said Mabel,
piteously. She lowered about himliio n
little mother. She made him drink two
glasses of wine; she mended his coat; she
asked him if he would not like to kiss the
baby. And finally wan smile shone in
the countenance of DR.. Jex. For me. !
felt my face purpIlng, and leaving him
to Mabel, | fled with brother John to the
moke-house, where we--roared.
Uncle Brimmer got well and went in
. see the doctor. He returned with
CIV cravat, cane, aud several smart ar
irles of attire, from which we inferred
hat in those trying moments when he
the suspended doctor, that lit
tie gentleman had offered many induce
ments for him to hold fast. When ques
toned he responded chiefly with cay
ernous and mysterious smile, only say
ing:
"Master DR.. Jex is gentleman;
starch in or starch out, he's de gentle
man straight"
And brother John, who is somewhat
acquainted with slang, said, with n great
laugh, "Well, old man, you had bully
chance to judge, so you must be right"
-Harper'S Weekly.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02
THEN AND NOW
BY OLIVER WENDELL HoLMns.

Dear ancient school boysl Nature taught to them
The simple lessons Of the star and flower,
Showed them strange sights; now on single STEM
Admire the marvels Of Creative Powerl-
Twin apples grew, one sweet the other sour.
How from the hilltop where our eyes behold
In even ranks the plumed and hammered maize
Range Its long columns, In the days OF old
The live Volcano shot Its angry blSze,-
Dead since the shadows OF NOah's wateTy days
How, when the lightning split the mighty rock,
The spreading fury Of the shaft was spent;
How the young scion Joined the alien stock,
And when and where the homeless BparrOws went
To pass the winter of their discomfort.
Scant wore the gIeamings in those years of dearth
No Cuvler yet had clothed the fossil bones
That slumbered, waiting for their second birth;
No Lyell read the legend Of the stones;
Science still pointed 10 her empty thrones.
Dreaming OF Orbs TO eyes OF earth unknown,
HersGhel look heavenward In the starlight pale;
Lost in those awful depths he trOd alone.
Laplace stood mute before the lifted veil;
While hOme-bred Humbolt trimmed his toy-ships
SAIL
No mortal feet those loftler heights had gained
Whence tho wide realms Of nature wo dcscry;
In vain their eyes our longing fathers strained
To sean with wondering gaze the sumlnis high
That far beneath their children's footsteps lie
Smile at their hrt small ventures as we may,
The schoO'-boy's copy shapes the scholars hand
Their grateful memory fills our hearts to-day;
Brave, hopeful, WISE this bower OF peace they
planned,
While wars dread plowshare Scared the suffering
land.
Child Of our clildrens children yet unborn
When on this yellow page you turn your eyea
Where the brief record OF this May-day morn
In phase antique and faded letters lies
How vague how pale our fitting ghosts will rise!
Yet in our veins the blood ran warm and red,
For US the fields were green, the skies were blue.
Though from our dust the spirit long has fed,
We lived, We loved, We tOiled. we dreamed like
you,
Smiled at our sires aud thought how much we
knew.
Oh might our spirits for one hour return,
When the next century rounds its hundreth ring,
All the strange secrets IL shall teach to learn,
To near the large truths its years shall bring
Its wiser sages talk its sweeter nlnstrels sing
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02

" MAMMA" said little chap, as his
mdulgent parent gave him a second
piece OF pumpkin pie, mamma, / guess
this is locomotive pie" "Why so?"
querled his puzzled parent. "Cause,
mamma, it goes so fast! And in two
n he passed his plate for third
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02

WHILE sunlighs IS the most favorable
for haymakins, it is well-kpown fact
that wild oats are best sown by moon.
light.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02

a NOTE from her fathers counsel, of.
,sfiDg to conduct her divorce suit free Of
SSnafge, was among the presents received
ny Philadelphia bride.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02

1t is not only arrogant, but it is profit.
gate, for man to disregard the worlds
eQlniQn Of himself. Cicero,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-02

close my eyes now and recall him, big,
shaplcss, indistinct in the semi darkness,
as he sat under the mulberry tree, sing
sing,
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-08-28
A Male Flirt.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Is excited by
the announcement that Edward b.
Gridley, who was married recently
to ~ ISIS Ora Walton, had been sued
for breach of promise of marriae Q
by Miss Vina Farley, daughter of q
retired physician. Gridley is son
of the late General Gridley, who
was we'll known in New York and
the East. Miss Farley wears q
delicate plain gold bracelet, per-
manentIy secured by diminutive
paddock. and claims that Gridley
turned the key with the remark
that 1t should not be unlocked I'M
til their wedding. Another girl
wears a similar bracelet, end still
another threatens a suit for breach
of promise. Miss Farley wants
$25, 900 damages.
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The following resolutions were
adopted by Walnut Creek Grange,
No. 1919, of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, on July 10th, 1881:
WHEREAS, In the adoption of
the new Constitution for the State
of California, all honest men who
voted for its adoption believed that
it offered q sure and speedy relief
for many Of the expressions under
which the productive and materi-
al interests of the State were labor
Ing, one Of the most aggravating of
which was the high rates of freights
and fares charged by the railroa d
companies of the State; and be-
lieving as they evidently did, that
no man in sufficient standing
and Influence to be elected to the
high and responsible position OF
Railroad Commissioned could be
found unreliable enough to evade
the one great object before him, nor
base enough to betray the solemn
trust committed to him by a too
eonfiding people, yet have found
their hopes In vain;
Therefore resolved, that while we
fully agree with st. Helena
Grange In awarding to Gen. Stone
man, one Of the Railroad Com mis-
sioners, the full need of praise due
to an honest upright and faithful
servant Of tho people in the dis.
charge Of an onerous trust, we at
the same time condemn In the
same unmeasursd terms the action
Of Commissioners Gone and Beer
etecher In refusing to join with
Gen. gfelsman In granting TO the
pesple> The relief = justly due, by
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removing from the productive and
mercantile interests of the State
on unjust and oppressive burden.
Resolved, That if the newspaper
reports be true, that Commissioners
Cone and Beerstecher have pur-
chased large tracts Of land from
the Railroad Companies or others
it is our opinion that Justice to
themselves AS we'll as to the people
demands that they show that the
means to make such purchase were
not corruptly obtained, and, fail
ing in this, 1t Is hoped that their
ill-gotten gains may produce the
same effect as did the thirty pieces
of silver on Judas.
Resolved, That we request each
subordinate Grange in this juris-
diction to express its opinion on
this subject.
Res0lVed, That the Secretary be
instructed to send copy of these
resolutions to each of the Railroad
Commissioners, and to the Rlral
Press and Patron for publication.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-08-28

There is at least one large city in
the Union which is not in the
hands OF political plunderers. 1t Is
Baltimore. Since 1878 her taxes
have been reduced from $1.90 to
S1.37 on each 500. Her new city
hall is a magnificent marble build
ing, covering almost an entire
square. The city appropriated
So, 5000, 900 for it's construction, and
when it was completed there was a
surplus of 100000, instead of a
debt. In October next the city will
Introduce u new water system at
an expense of some 81, 100000. 1t
would be we'll for other tax ridden,
differed cities to take q few
lessons in economy from Balti-
NJ ore. at