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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
Pawning Human Flesh.

According to q writer in tho Lagos
Times. human pawn system exists in
that colony. 1t appears that many
persons whose necessities compel them
to borrow money are in the habit Of
pawning their children or other relatives
10 the money-lenders Of the colony,
who, instead Of being paid interest in
the usual manner, are able to use these
unfortunate creatures as slaves until the
loan is refunded, which may net be for
a series of years. The inhabitant Of
Lagos who makes this statement says;
"The pawn receives not o fraction Of
payment for his toll Should he die be-
fore payment of the loan is made, or
sho>- d he desert his master, substitute
is to be provided. This wicked slavery
is practiced under the eye Of British
law, and sometimes by persons calling
themselves Christians. The same writel
states that there are British subjects re
siding in Lagos who serve on juries ant
perform all the duties Of citizenship
but who yet are among the largest own
ers of slaves in the neighboring terri
tories, and he says that "incidents hav
been known Of these resident Britisl
subjects converting their slaves them
selves, or through their agents, lpt
money 10 meet their liabilitiess"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
How to Select o Cow.

Hon. II. Lewis, Of New York, read a
paper before d convention OF dairymen
in Ontario, from which wc extract
Again, one breed Of cows will do well
on some land where some other breed
would be almost or quite worthless
Hence, / advice every dairyinan to select
shat particular COW or breed best suited
10 his lands, where sbe is to obtain her
food, and best adapted 10 that branch Of
dairy farming in which he is engaged.
II, for instance, your pasture lands
aro rough, or on steep side hills, select a
small, active COW, aud II butter making
is your blsinessihe jersey or Devon and
their grades from our native cows will
prove satisfactory. But il cheese
making is your business, or the pro-
duction Of milk for market, the Ayr
shire is the COW. While her milk Is we'll
adapted for cheese or for market, ID is
better than the average cows for butter.
Again, if your pasture lands are pro.
ductiye and moderately level, with but
ter.makipg your business, select the
Holderness or the Princess family Of
hort.horns, or their grades from our
native cows. But il cheese or milk only
be your object, the Holsteins will prove
satisfactory.
As the selection Of individual cows,
auited to our several farms and adapted
TO our various Wants, would he too much
Of M undertaking, and require so much
time aud care, it can he done best by
selections from our herds of native COWS,
aud the rso on these Of thoroughbred
bull Of that breed desired. In this way,
il the selections be carefully made, q
herd eau he built up in little while
founded on our native stock and at small
expense, far exceeding in value any Of
our ordinary herdS. 1t has been n
matter of surprise TO me that our intelli'
gent and progressive dairymen do moi
more generally adapt their cows
to their several wants by breeding
n sufficient number each year to make
good the anpnal loss from old age, acci
dent and discase. A COW reared on tn,
farm where she is 10 remain is alway,
more valuable to her owner than Q
strange GOV.
First, she is acclimated; second, she
is acquainted with the herd with which
| she mus. associate third, she Is fa-
miliar with the lands from which she
obtains her food, and can travel over il
with greater ease than a strange COW.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
Ont of Ills Ycnr.

While talking with James Milton
Sherrod, the other day, the letter-carrier
pulled out Of his pocket very hand
some agate, rounded and worn smooth
by constant use rs an ear ornament. 1t
had hole drilled through the top, and
by deer's sinew this hinket had for
merly been suspended from the ear Of
some Sioux brave. Tile work on the
stone showed the crude and patient
efforts of the untutored red man. On
being asked how he secured the agate,
Mr.. Sheirod, whiting of some black
tobacco with butcher knife, rubbed il
in the palm of his hand while, and
then, after putting it in his pipc ant
trying Intellectually for n long time tC
light it, said:
II got it up in the Black Hills in '76
A LOT of Sioux Indians ambuscaded me
one evening in the form of horseshoe
and ] had to cut my way through. ]
killed several of them aid the rest Iii
ont. When come to assess the dead,
found n big fellow wearing this here
agate and tied on with deer's sinner,
and / just yanked it out of his year.
There was another one in his other yeal
that | got, but lost it. 1t was the exact
fact similar of this here one. e."-Lna
mic boomerang.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
DIR. JOhnson's Partially for Tea.

In his review of Hanway's "Tea and
its Pernicious Consequences, DIR. John.
son proclaims himself as "a hardened
and shameless tea-drinker, who has for
many years diluted his meals with only
the infusion of this facinating plant,
whose kettle has scarcely time :" cool,
who with tea amuses the evening, with
tea solaces the midnight and with ten
welcomes the morning" Boswell says
that he supposes no one ever enjoyed
with moro relish the fragrant leaf than
johnson. The quantities he drank Of it
At ull hours were so great that his nerves
must have been uncommonly strong not
to bavc been extremely relaxed by such
nm Incorporate use Of it. 1t is related OF
him, but not by Roswell, that, while on
his Scotch tour, the Dowager Lady Mac
Leod, having repeatedly helped him un
til she had poured out sixteen cups
then asked him if small basin woul'
not be more agreeable and save hir
trcublc. "I wonder, madam" he an
swered roughly, "why all the ladie
should ask me such questions 1t Is
save themselves trouble, madam, an
not me-" On another occasion he said
"What delightful beverage must TIN
he that pleases all palates at time whe
they can take nothing else at breakfast
Croker mentions that the doctors teap'
held two quarts.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

The ARMY worm seems ubiquitous
We hear Of his ravages in New England,
New York and Maryland, as well as in
the West. The only successful way that
has been devised to stop their march is
that OF plowing furrow, say seven
inches deep, and continuously dragging
a log, four or five feet in length, back
and forth from daylight till dark every
day until the worms have disappeared.
By this process the ground in the fur.
row becomes thoroughly pulverized aud
the worms can not possibly cross II be-
sore the return of the log passing to and
no to crush them. As rule the worms
travel eastward.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
NUMBER Is.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The true bed.bug is ea;d to be found
in cliff swallows nests.
The number Of different uses for The
bamboo is estimated at 800.
The number of earthquakes in Japan
during the past 1900 years is 140.
AMERICAN beer for Germany is an i'm
portant addition to our export trade.
WEAsELs hunt in couples, and some-
times more than two work together.
In THE course Of five years, from 1779
TO 1874 Mesmer magnetized 5000 per-
sons
In SICILY the total quantity OF sulphur
annually melted is estimated ut 800, 900
tons.
The Australian exchange names with
Europeans, as proof of brotherly af-
fection.
SINCE 1866 the ratio OF suicides has
been greater in the kingdom Of Saxony
than any other part of Europe
A LARGE whale committed suicide by
hanging himself with the telegraphic
cable laid across the Persian Gulf.
An ENGLISH superstition is that il the
ear-lobe hang below the line Of the
month, It's possessor will be hanged.
A SWARM Of locusts observed near
Boulder City, Colorado, travelled sixty
six miles to eastern Kansas and Mis-
souii.
! FALCONS are the swiftest Of birds.
One sent from the Canaries to Spain re.
turned in six hours, the distance being
7S0 miles.
The following sentence OF only thirty
| four letters contains all the letters in the
alphabet: "John quickly extemporized
five tow bags"
A GENTLEMAN, having suffered se-
rere blow on the head, found on recovery
thnt he had lost his knowledge of Greek,
but had not suffered any other loss OF
memory.
TIGERS are said 10 be plentiful through
out Siberia, where they remain through
tho winter. They are said to be larger
than the Himalayan specimens, and to
have hair five inches in length.
ArTHE present time in Spain the correct
place of dating q letter should be from
"this your house !" one must never say
from " this ny house." as politeness
requires him to place it at the disposi-
ton of his correspondent.
In New York and Chicago, telegraph
wires are being put under ground, and
it is possible that the time is coming
when the underground method OF tele-
graphing will be in vogue all over the
country, as it is in Germany.
OSTRICH farming, is, next to wool and
diamonds, the most important industry
OF Southern Africa. II was not success
full until the eggs were Matched by a
patent incubator, the parent bird not
performing her duty well in confne.
| ment.
IT IS suggested that the derivation OF
London is from the Celtic Luan, the
moon, and dun, city on hill. That
it was i" the city of the moon" is all the
more probable from the tradition that
the site of st. Paul's was formerly that
of n temple of Diana.
The greatest food ever known on the
Mississippi was that of 1914, which
swept away the levees, overhowed tho
entire country, filed up the swamps and
remained at hgh-water mark for months.
II was due to the unscientifc construc-
tiDn of the levees.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
MFor Your Brothers Sake.n

A good story is told by the Providence
Journal Of a gentleman's mistake while
on the way to the Inauguration at WASH
ington, in March, 1881. Between New
York and Philadelphia he took q seat
beside portly gentleman, and conver-
.satioh began.
Politics we're mentioned, and the
Rhode Islander said he was Republi-
can, and thought last fall that it would
not be well for the country to have a
change, but that he had brother who
was Democrat.
Soon the train stopped at q station
and the Rhode Islander stepped to the
platform and met an acquaintance, who
after little space, remarked:
"Gen. Hancock is on this train, aro
as / am acquainted with him peEaeP
YOU would like an introduotions
OF course be would - ~
the car, and approeched 81
tleman juat left re o IS q
INTRODUCED 70 ~ {y>- ,.< s. ~1i'l
twinkle; n s;il = .ssss * band VIII yoa suF y0s
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
NapOlcon's Pirst AbdicatiOn.

France, in the latter part of 1918 and
the beginning of 1914, was in very un-
settled condition. Napoleon had carried
ON brilliant but weakening campaigns,
and even the dazzling glory of the great
commanders exploits i'll the face OF al|
Europe could not dispel the shadows
which had begun to gather about him at
the capital and throughout France. Nor
was the prospect beyond the realm any
more encouraging. Bernadotte, Grown
Prince of Sweden, and late companion
of the Emperor, was coming down from
the north with 100, 900 men and Murat,
King of Naples, Napoleons own brother
in law, had entered into secret treaty
with Austria for the expulsion of the
French in Italy. The gloom around Nm
poleon deepened, until the allies sue.
cceded in reaching the exterior defenses
of Paris, and the capital, which for so
many years had dictated law to all other
CAPITALS, was obliged to capitulate. and
the allies entered Paris amid the accla-
nations of tho people. The Senate
turned their back on Napoleon and de-
clarod that "by arbitrary acts and vlo-
lotions Of the constitution he had for
feited the throne, and absolved all
Frenchmen from their allegiance His
own generals insisted that he ought to
abdicate, and he signed the surrender o.
Ihis power. He was allowed the sover
eighty of the isle of Elba, with reve
enuo of 100000 francs (sl, 200, ,OOO)
Ten months later he was invited to re
turn to France by conspiracy OF oil
Republicans joined by Bonapartists. H'
escaped from Elba February 26, 1915
ond landed at Cannes March with az
escort composed of about 1,00c OF his
OId Guard. And 100 days after he had
resumed power his last not on the stage
Of Europe was played out, and the SEQ
ond and last aldicn'ion w'a s'gned.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

A REMARKABLE cnse Of lusus naturm Is
recorded in the local columns Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial of June %, as fol-
lows
A specimen OF that peculiar freak Of nature,
hermaphrodite-a human being of both
sexes-was taken to the Central Station last
night by Officers Gould and Altevofs. Tho
person is colored about 20 years OF age, and
without the sign of n beard. He or she claims
tho name OF Jack Smith, and tho occupation OF
cook at clearinghouse on George street bo-
tween Race and Elm. lie was dressed In male
attire, but a gentleman who happened into the
station says he has seen the same person in
womans clothes. He was locked up on gon-
eral charge.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
ONE SOFT MAY BAy.
ny ILDEGERTE.


Kissed by n fose, ono hoft May day,
A lily IN the garden blowing
Kissed by q rose, one soft May day,
A lily In the garden growing.
BE my bride, oh lily fair,
BE my bride. my pale white queen.
The lilly riHll5d iSith radiant air,
Smiling swecty and serene.
Kissed by a rose, one soft May day,
A lily crushed was dying
Kissed by rose, one soft May day,
a fragile fragment lying.
My bride is torpss, tho rose had said,
Aud the air was full Of Its breath,
Ny fair white queen ia lying dead,
And 1, the cause OF her death.
A red, red rose, one soft May day,
Wac p,issed from tho garden flowers;
Tn. daisy sighed for 'hs bright red ray,
So beautiful In the morhi1g hcurA
The flowers came where the red roso lay,
Dead and purple on the lily's breast,
And sad were the hearts, that soft May day
The red, red rose had gone to its rest
Wis.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

A RETURN issued by the German Post
master General shows the number of
postcards used in Europe in the year
1878 to have been 342, ,000,0 600. OF that
number Ill, ,455, 900 were posted in the
United Kingdom, 108, TAI, 900 in Ger
many, and 30,522,0OO in France.
In the United States during the
year 1879 246,000,0O0' cards were
dispatched by the postoffice, and ii
is estimated that during 1880 the figure
will rise to 3O0,0O0,0 200. The German
postal authorities estimate the number
of cards in use throughout the postal
union at about 700, 100000.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

GEORGE MITCHELL, an Ohio wife mur.
derer, declared that his condemnation 70
death was Just, and that he would not
have it changed if he could. He spent
the night before the day appointed Tor
the hanging in loud rejoicings that ne
was about to go to heaven but, when 2
reprieve came, he shouted blessed
be- God; didn't I always tell you that
tho Lord was on the side Of q Christian
man Z" N.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

IT IS THE opinion Of Philadelphia
editor that a family who don't know
enough to go to church at the proper
hour, without hearing the clang of bell,
wouldn't meet bank note unless the
cashier came and blew horn in front of
tba bo,1ca
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

LOUISIANA is considering whether it
would not be good policy to stop the lot
terry business in that State. Louisiana
and Kentucky are the only States in the
Union that tolerate lotteries within their
corporate limits.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
THE DETROIT Free Press pays its re-

THE DETROIT Free Press pays its re-
spects as follows;
A young Ohio woman has been sent to the
,unaiic asylum because she has ia manin for
work" We are little surprised that this
should be thought sign Of lunacy in ayoune
Ohio ,ooman. II would be perfectly justiiable
to shut up an Ohio man on that charge-upless
h. VA, vas working for an Office. In that respect
they are all mad there.
Ohio men still have one advantage
they can't be insulted BY any such such IN
usndoss, ------.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

EVERYBODY on the continent seems to
know that Don Cameron has recently
bcen suffering from q jumping tooth
ache-the matter going so far as even to
effect politics in Pennsylvania.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

The CYCLONE which spread death and
destruction in Iowa few days ago, is
described as at times resembling gl-
gantic arm reaching from the heavens !;
then it took the form OF a vast serpent.
and again resembled q funnel and an
hour-glass. It is notable that wherever
the storm-cloud struck belt OF timber
II was arrested and took long jump.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

Two MICHIGAN men got into boat
and pursued a bear. The bear climbed
into the boat and the men climbed out.
Had they not been rescued by a tug they
wouldn't have got home to tell this little
bear story at the family hearth.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

The Helena Independent mentions
that two cowboys were arrested at
Benton, M. T., and fined $40 each for
firing volley at the comet. II they
had killed man it would have been
all right. The line is drawn at killing
people out there.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

THERE are seventy-two men now in
Sing Sing prison who used to exercise
great political influence in their various
stations. Where else can politician
expect to bring up?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

A CONCERT at public cost is given on
Boston Common every Sunday afternoon
in summer. There was opposition by
the orthodox at first, but it has died
out
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

A CAT, carelessly shut up in room IN
Rouseviile. N. Y, while the family were
away for the summer holiday, was found
alive after thirty days. In the agonles
Of starvation it had torn down the cur
tains and mutilated the wall as high as
IL could reach.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

TIE only way to convince Southern
negro that farm ID not waiting for him
in Kansas, is to let him make the trip.
In two or three days he gets through
asking which road it is on.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

ENGLAND hangs murderers every time
when she catches them but they
don't seem to catch them very fast over
there.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

THE British police have at times ar
rested as the real Dublin assassins six
teen different men, none of whom were
within 200 miles of the city that day.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

Four hundred and forty-one pounds
Of tea has been raised on one acre of
ground in Georgia.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

SEWING thread is made from pine tim
Der in Sweden, and is coming into de-
mand for export.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

TIE French Senate has rejected the
American pork bill.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

THE losses caused by the late cyclone
in Iowa are variously estimated from
S2,576, 600 to s., 900, 900 in amount.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The CANADIAN government has begun
issuing 81 bills.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

AND now it appears that Billy Patter.
son was struck by lightning.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

IF CoNaREss adjourns before the mid
die Of July the country will be fortu-
nate.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

THE young people at Concord keep
the grave of Emerson covered with fresh
flowers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

A COLONY of 200 families OF negroes
is about to leave Mississippi to settle in
Mexico.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

A PINT Of whisky a day is Sitting
Bulls government ration.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

PREsDENTARTHUR has decided to sum.
mer at Long Branch.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

The Kentucky wheat crop is supposed
to reach near l3, 900, 600 bushels.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES is reported MS
hocing corn and enjoying himself
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

The crops in the Northwest promise
to be better than ever before.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

AN unusual amount of counterfeit coin
and currency is ahoat. Look out for it,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

FROM Hayti comes a contribution Of
S225 for the Garfield Memorial Hospital.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

NORTHERN corn contains most oil and
starch, and Southern corn most mineral
and albuminous matter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-05

The HABIT Of going to Europe costs
America not less than $l25, ,000,O 900 a
year.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-10-29
FEDERAL PATRONAGE.

The Eureka Leader calls at
tentiOn to the fact that the Reg
lister of the Eureka Land Office,
and an appointee of Senator
Jones, bestows all the patronage
of the Office upon a Democratic
newspaper published in Eureka.
There are a class of Republican
office holders whose positions
depend entirely upon appoint
Hents. They are never COM
PEELED to make a square fight
before the people, but slide into
place through somebody's in
fiuence. AS a rule they ignore
all State politics and look with
contempt. upon the regular
workers of the party, feeling all
the while that their positions
are secure as long as they can
keep on the good side of the
person in Washington who can
retain OR dispiace them at will.
They reason that the papers of
their own party will never dare
say anything against them and
slyly arrive at the idea that by
conciliating the opposition they
will ever be free from comment
in case they do not run their
offices exactly as the law directs.
Men of such. principles do not
deserve to hold office in any
capacity. If man is content to
live off party patronage, he
should also be willing to con-
tribute, by all honorable means,
to the support of newspapers
which are the opponents of
party principles.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-10-29
TINE oaMssY HOUSE

Is the headquarters for all the stage mes
leaving CARSON.
Transient Rates. s2 so and 81
Meals ......................50 cents ea,n