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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
Sleeping Accommodations.

Cleanliness is the great essential. Our
life is passive during the hours of sleep,
but our breathing goes on constantly,
and the demand for pure air in sleeping
rooms is very important. There should
always be communication with the out
side air, and in warm weather, the
doors and windows may all be wide open.
If currents Of air can sweep through
the rooms in the day time Cor in the
night without cndangcring the s,cepcrs),
SO much the better. The bad air that
originates in sleeping rooms--the waste
substance that escapes from human
bodies, by the lungs and skin-sattes
and clings about the carpets, curtains,
bedding and clothing tainting them
with decompoSing, and it may be,
poisonous matter, unless constant
cleansing process is carried on by
plentiful airing, and the action OF light,
especially sunshine. The room should
contain as little drapery rs possible.
Rugs are better than carpets, and no
heavy curtains should be used The
bed should not be made mp after using,
until the bedding has been well aired,
and the more it can be exposed to
bright sunshine, and outdoor brcc2cs,
the better. The room should be kept
as free as possible from all odors.
The night clothing should bc well aired
during the day, and the day clothing be
placed at night where it will get aired
before it is again worn.
Sleeping rooms are often much
crowded. Ii would be well, could each,
when old enough, have Il private room
and clean bed apiece. \ great gain
in health would result from this arrange
mcnt In our present state oi poverty,
we can only insist that no more than
two ought to occupy the same bed 1t
is an outrage on infancy to wedge n
baby in between two grown-up people
Much injury is done to the health and
to the morals of children, by the
crowded sleeping arrangements in taml-
lies The practice is now becoming
quite common among careful people,
where there are several Young children,
for the parents TO divide the care OF the
little ones, the mothcrtaking the young
est in her bed, and the father attending
to the next to tho youngest, and TO 9th
crs if there is need. 1t seems a pity
that the man of the house should be
broken of his rest, but it is quite as bad
a thing to have the childrcn's mother
made sick and nervous from lack OF
sleep, and excess OF care. With at,en'
ton to the laws of health, especially III
regard to food and air, there need b'
little suffering from broken rest, a'
healthy children sleep soundly anC
quietly, and need little care, -Amcrtcm
| AgricUltuYis,.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
Understanding Mems Natures.

About mid afternoon yesterday a citi-
zen who pulls down the scales at 1876
pounds descended the first flight OF
stairs beyond the post-oi)ice in just the
same manner that n bag OF oats would
have chosen. and when he brought up
Mt the foot he was in no frame OF mind
to chip in anything for the heather in
Africa. The first citizen who arrived
on the spot knew what his duty rcQuired
of him on such an occasion, and he smll-
ingly remarked: ..
II don't believe you can improve on
the old waym
The second citizen passing was in n
hurry: but he knew that he must halt
and inquire:
Like that any better than coming
down the way the rest OF us do?'
The third citizen had business at the
nost.ollice. but he turned aside, cleared
his throat, and remarkcd'
Evidently fell down stairs! Curi-
ous how it sets the blood to circulating!
Some of you had better see il his nose is
broken good-byeP'
There was fourth spectator, anu he
slowly entered the doorway, bent over
the victim, and remarked:
"rd have given u dollar to see him
come down! He's one OF the sort who
bump every stair!' :, ~
The fifth man was about to add ms
mite when the victim rose up Ills
| elbows were skinned, his nose barkcd
his coat torn and his back sand-papereo
the whole length, but he was mar
who had travelled. He knew that ev
erybody in the crowd was hoping to Se'
him Jump up and down and shake M
fists. and paw the air, and to hear hin
declare that he would lick all the mel
who could be packed in ten-acrc lot
and therefore he brought u sweet smll
to his face, lifted his hat like a .peHeatc,
gentleman, and limped up stairs wit
the bland remark:
"Stubbed my toe asI came in the door
You know, and came near falling Ill
beap. ."-Detroh Free Press.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
Insect Life In Brazil.

MIR. Ernest Morris, the young traveller
and naturalist, who has just returned
from Brazil, repeats the general observa,,
ton of explorers that the exuberance OF
insect life is the principal obstacle to
the enjoyment of sojourn in that part
of the world. Cockroaches swarm IN
every house despite the inroads OF an
army of spiders which sally forth IRON
every chink to prey upon them, scorpions
are intrusive and dangerous; small req
insect called the "mecuim is an intoi,
erable annoyance; at certain a;"a aoafs snd "a
the day the air is black with mes ni anu
mosquitoes, and ants are uhiyefSai i
plaoie. To battle these lastnamed ioes
Of peace Mr.. Morris was Obliged TO
keen his entire collections on hanging
,beIves. the cords Of which were soaked
in the oil of copaiba. "The most de-
structive ant in Brazil" says MIR. Morris.
sis the sanba. 1t will strip trees OF
their foliage IN o single night, and IN
many places orange trees can not DC
crown for this reason. The tocandelra
;s n yery small ant, the bite OF which is
no;sonous and makes q painful sore. ]
wos once rendered unable to work for
,vaek from bite received from one o.
these ants. Some species travel in largI
bodies marching in straight line, ant
never turning to the right or left. If
house lies in the track OF one OF thes
! marching bodies, unless they are com
pletely exterminated they pass through
Nothing will be injured, buoevery crac
and Granny will be explored, and not
cockroach or spider will survive til
visitation. They are, therefore, r.
garded as friends, and their advent
welcomed. Go where you will in Brazl
you will meet ants. You live, sieel
md est with them--and cot them 700
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
PITII AND POINT.

1t costs man more to be misera-
bic than it does to make his family
happy.
The mother-in.iaw does not remem-
Der that she was once a daughter-in.law.
-SpaniSh PrOrerb.
Minnesota has just eXhumed the
skeleton Of q woman who must have
stood nine feet high and had foot as
long as II nail keg. Anybody missing
from Northern IndianaP--Delrob Free
Press.
The Rector TO Irish plastorer on
ladder pointing u walD: "That mortar
must have been very bad" Pat (with
GRIM "Faix, ye can't eXpict the likes o.
GOOD Roman cimint to stick to aProtest-
ant church, sorr!"-Pa3ich.
"A Journey around the world now
takes about ninety days, aud the cost
can be reduced to $500. And in going
round in that time and mt that expense
you can have about as much fun as you'd
get in sitting all night in rainstorm on
picket fence listening to a bulldog
bark at cat in barrel.-IOston Post.
They were courhng: "What makes
| the stars so dim to-nightP' she SAID,
softly. "Your eyes are so much bright
er," he whispered, pressing her hand.
They are married now. "I wonder how
many telegraph poles it would take to
reach the stars from hereP she said,
musinglv. "One, if il was long enough"
| he growled. "Why don'tyou talk COM
mon sense?"
An old peasant on the south shore
of Long Island was telling his visitor
how pleasant it was. "But," asked the
friend, slapping his face with his hand
kcrchicf, don't you have a great many
mosquitoes and sand.lliesP" "Ya-as,"
said the man, "but then we sorter like
them" "EIow can that bc?n "Wa-al.
YOU see, we feel so kinder good when
they 90 away."-N Y. Tribune.
The King of Bavaria has announced
that he will not read books printed in
quarto size. We shall remember this
when we issue our book--provided the
King promises to buy eight hundred
copies of u l,O00.edition. This would
leave only two hundred volumes on our
hands as dead stock, which would be
doing pretty well, considering the quail
ty of the book. .--N0rristOwn Herald.
Pat borrowed some money of a
friend, and was unable to pay it back
when he came for it, and the friend be-
came very angry, and said: "Now,
Pat, if you don't pay me that money by
| next Monday, shall give you thrash
ing" The next day, us Pat was stroll
ing along the street, he joslled a man,
who cried out, "Look out what you are
doing, or [ will knock you into the
middle of next week." abe jabers! an
| wish ye wud, sorr; for then | wud b'
over Mundy. IN. Y. SIN.
-ltis very cold day when a new
agony isn't forthcoming. 1t Is nov
quite the idea for young lady to sen,
miniature Japanese paraSol to kind
ly disposed gentleman friend. 1t is
! small matter, but fraught with this dee
significance "Summer is coming b
and by. viii you carry my sun um
brella by the shimmering, shining seaP
, The young gentleman immediately pre-
cecds to bank his cigar and beer nor
ey, that he may have enough on han
for shore dinner for wo.--New Hare
| RcGiStCr.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
Let the Strawberries Alone.

That donkey, by his winter brows,
inc of u vine which yield; superior
cranes the next season, originated the
art of pruning, is an old story. L STUN
bled by some such accident upon very
successful, simple way OF growing straw,
hor,ios An oyercrowded bed had
yielded such poor returns of small, dry,
inferior berries that hoed it up before
nil the fruit was off, intending to let
some current bushes have all the beneht
of the soil. Later in the season few
plants were found to have escaped, ana
they made such q handsome start win
the fall rains that where there was plen-
ty of room some were spared. Ihese
became very strong, and looked luxuri-
antlv yrcen and vigorous IN the spring
and % Yielded splendid fruit. This cul,
tnre was so nearly no culture at ALL ou.
a mere accidental permission TO a lew
plants to grow, that have conuen9oV. ms y.
INV practice into the mere dictum; "Lel
them alone" | find that this Nus inc
bill of requirements as to culture IL w. w.
have riyen the soil for them to grow III
food that is not charged with weeu @
seeds. and water enough while swcllihe
their fruit. Winter shelter is useiui' pu
is afforded by their leaves If the autumn !
growth has been as strong as it shonl'
he and it will be strong If they ar
properly let alone. This consists ,, si,, IN no %
only letting them alone ones sell o
avoiding bruising or trampling or cut cut
ting of roots, but also letting the weea
let them alone by keeping every ves1ig
of weed away, and making them .,n Il l'
each other alone, too, by Preveh''Tr, y,
the beginning of overcrowdlng. ..o,n l
prevent the white grub from n;l inte.,e''p aan !
Is not so easy. but something can
dom TO arrest his destoying WORK, toe
and thus "let alone" all around tney a,
safe for productive prosperity.-C9r' 4
! Y. Tribune, S.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

KATE CLAYTON, the actress, who is
summcring at Patchoguc, l.. L., was en-
joying sail in her boat, the Coquctte a
few days since, when the craft was upset
by squall. She was thrown into the
water, but rescued without injury, and
having passed through both fire and
water, may consider herself safe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

A MoRMoN elder Of Salt Lake has had
bis thirteen wives photographed, both
in group and separately. Thepicturcs
have been placed in an elegant album,
and under each womln is engrossod
quotation of sentimental poetry suggcs-
tive Of her best quality.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

Mrs ScovrLnE is still indignant. 1t
nggravates her to think that stranger
may realize money on the remains of her
brother while she is denied that privi-
lege and is in destitute condition.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

TIE New York SIN is receiving COM
munications giving remedies for snake
bites This is the heroic for ratllcsnake
bites:
stop the circulation above the bite; suck
It il your gums are all rght put three
dwrhmS Of guupOwdcr in 'hr wound and
set it of with q match. Sure cure An.
other remedy for hi'cs Is pounded raw
onions applied as pouticc.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

SMALL snakes have been discovered
in the proboscis of Aies They are about
ono.twelfth Of an inch in length, and
two.thonsandths of an inch in liamctc'.
II is suggested that the fly may carry
disease germs, and scientists are invest.
igating the question.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

The train-boy, says Progress, has
become q dandy He is dressed in a
neat uniform, and if you catch a glimpse
of him few moments before the train
starts you will see him carefully arrang'
ing his hair before one of the looking
ol9s. panels of the car. lie is still ad'
dicted TO prize packages, but he peddleI
them now with graceful dignity,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

SEVERAL ministers are preaching OF
the Egyptian war, and advancing the
theory that the Egyptians of these days
are being punished for the hard hearted
ness of Pharaoh to Gods chosen peo-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

THE action of the Senate in placing
the tobacco tax at twelve cents is very
unsatisfactory to the tobacco men az
Washington. What they wanted was
that Congress would leave the tax alone alone
at sixteen cents, or reduce it to eight
canta.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

Mr.. Gro. L. SENEY, the Brooklyn
philanthropist, has given another check
for S25, 900 to the Wesleyan Female Col
lege of Georgia, making his total gifts to
that institution SIZE, 600.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

"GESTnHMrN of the jury" said an
Ilish lawyer, cit will be for you to say
whether the defendant shall he allowed
TO come into court with unblushing foot
,cps, with cloak of hypocrisy in HI,
unuth, and draw three bullocks out Of
my clients pocket with impunity,"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

FROM information received at the Of
flee of the Ohio State Board OF Agricul-
ture. it seems that the apple crop is
going TO be nearly or quitea failure, how
ever unreasonable the statement may
sound
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

DETROIT Free Press fashion note;
"Crushed banana" is no longer n popu-
lar shade. The woman who crushed 1t
came down with such force that she
hasn't been out doors since that date.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

"CHRIsTIAN REED" the Southern
novelist, is Miss Frances @. Fisher. Her
father fell at the head of his regiment at
Bull Run, and is reported to have been
the first Confederate killed in the war.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

The public debt of Egypt is S5Oo E
100000, and the greater part OF it is
held in England. She also pays e15O,-
600 tribute to Turkey annually. That is
why the natives are making kick Tor
Reputation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

AT FREMONT, Ohio, the home OF Mrs.
Hayes, the great female temperance ad-
vocate, the Sunday closing law is ignored
by saloon-keepers
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

JUST before lie sseppel aboard the
steamer for Europe, Michael DaTAtt sa''
that imprisonment in England would be
better than the treatment he had receiv-
ed here from some of those whom he had
formerly counted rs his friends.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
In dealing with the Mormon question,

the Salt Lake 7ridHae says:
Polygamy is disgrace which is realized
in every Norman home. In every Norman
home the plural wives and their children
are looked upon as tainted That this is
true is made evident by the anxiety OF all
such women and children to pass them.
selves of as the first wives or the children
of first wives And it is further made evil
dent by the quarrels which constantly
occur in such families and by the cpithcis
which first wives and children bcstow upon
the others
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

GOVERNOR CORNELL is the champion
vetoer. He has refused to sign 1913 bills
passed by the New York Legislature.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

FRIENDS of the River and Harbor bill
hope to get it down to SlS,OOO,OOO but
even then they fear the Presidents veto.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

vENNoR, the weather man, is at Ferry
Beach, ON the Maine coast, and still his
predictions call for cool weather and
plenty of rain.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

IT Is stated that visitors to the Nam
moth Cave, in Kentucky, we're never so
scarce ss they are at the present season.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

A LETTER of Queen Anne at recent
sale in London sold for $3.50, One from
Queen Henrietta Maria to Cardinal
Mazaron went for $1O5. Another of
Henry H., Prince de Condo, sold for
e100
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

A Miss ALsATIA ALLEN, Of Montgom-
cry, Alabama, is "the most beautiful
young lady in the United States so
Oscar Wilde says. Don't forget the ad-
drnsg
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

MICHAEL DAvrrT, who sailed for Eu-
rope few days ago, collected about
100000 for the Land League during his
stay here.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

IT is stated that the American Presby-
terian missionaries stationed at Alexan-
dria during the bombardment, were moi
harmed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

THH Prince Of Wales individual in
debtedness is $1,000, 900.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
TOO Smart.

Some men, and boys also, are so
smart as to think they can dispense with
honesty. Such usually overreach them
elves as did the boy referred to here
A youngster was sent by his parent to
take q letter TO the postoflice and pay
tie postage on it. The 10y returned s'i
highly elated, and said, " Father ! ,;ss,a ssea
n lot Of men putting letters IN .,s'i9
nlace r and, when no one was looh'ns'
Slipped yours in for nothing.
who -; s,s9as opsa sas i ss'ss sassosa AZ
Splia y ,hs land We trust the w o VA Hassn
tho M best Of him some'in'''
keNsIertt
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

GENERAL NEWTON announces that he
will be ready in few days to blow up
another section OF He'll Gate.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

LONG SING, the Chinese survivor of
the Jeanette party, has opened
laundry and tea store in Washington.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

A CANADIAN widow, some two weeks
ago, married her daughters widower
eleven weeks after her husbands death.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

SUSAN B. ANTHONY is going to Texas
to lecture, and perhaps, grow up with
the country.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

THE completed report Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture on the condition Of
crops for July is encouraging.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

OLIVE LOGAN says Bernhardt's hus-
band is "highly kissable," and nobody
knows how she found it out.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

ANARCHY is spreading in Egypt, and
meantime Arab Pasha is marshaling his
forces and getting ready to fight.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

THE Fitz John Porter case will como
up in the Senate next December.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

JAMES REDpATH has purchased Mc.
Gees Weekly.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

A RUSSIAN colonel was exiled to 81.
IBERIA for being too lenient to Nihilists.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

The ruby, sapphire and topaz are
simply moiifcalions OF one substance,
alumina, which, as clay, forms great
ssAt Of the earth's surface,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-02

THE King OF Siam has determined to
establish legation at Washington.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-07-08
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Powdered borax is an excellent med
icine for catarrhal troubles or cold in the
head. 1t is to be inhaled.
"A field near Nashville, Tenn, was
plowed up recently, and potatoes as
large as mans fist, which had grown
during the mild winter, from the small
potatoes left in the ground last fall, were
turned up.
The British cattle raiser does not feed
,orn, only grass and roots, some ground
feed and oil-cake. The advantage of
this is that the beef is of juicy quality.
free from a hard, strong, disagreeable
fat.
When particle of dust or small
speck of any kind is lodged in the eve,
to remove it, take a grain of flaxseed
and insert it under the lid. 1t becomes
glutinous almost instantly, and draws
all dust or cause of annoyance to the
corner OF the eye, where it may easily
be removed.-Indianapolis Journal.
"A very easy way to poach eggs is to
get boiling water in your muffin tins and
set them on the hottest part of the stove;
break the eggs into a saucer, then drop
one in each tin; in two or three minutes
they will be done, and can be taken up
one at a time in good shape with the
help OF a small strainer; season with
butter, pepper and salt.-M Y Post.
Every package of poison kept in the
house should be plainly labelled, and
put where children cannot get at it. 1t
has been suggested that a package of
the proper antidote should be attached
to the poison, aud that few pins thrust
through the corks of bottles containing
poison, with points projecting. would
prevent their being mistaken for other
bottles in the night.-N Y. Examiner.
Professor Law says that ssthe great
majority of ringbones in young horses
come from the failure to shorten the
toes" To this may be added that ring
bone is apt to be formed if colts are al
lowed to stand on plank floor, or any,
where else where the footing is hard DUR
ing the first eighteen months of their
age. Whether in stable or yard dur
ing this period, let them have earth for
standing or walking free from stone or
gravel.
The one secret of handling bees
without trouble is this: A bee filled with
honey will not sting unless you crowd
her to it. There are two or three WAYS
to cause them to fill themselves with
honey-by blowing smoke in at the en-
trance, or down among the combs at the
top; by combining them to the hive and
rapping gently on the hive with stick
or light hammer, or by sprinkling the
bees and combs with warm diluted honey
or sugar sirup. A bee filledw honey
is much like man who has Just eaten a
good hearty meal-don't feel very much |
inclined to quarrel or fight. Chicago |
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-07-08
The I" Tradingo Rat.

An animal whose instinct teaches it to
give Quid pro quo should be capable of a
business education. The last candidate
we should select for such schooling is the
thievish rat; but now we learn that there
are rudiments of honesty and fair-deal-
ing in one species of even that animal.
A curious statement is made about the
trading rat, which is one of the unique
and interesting animals met with in the
Rocky Mountains. The miners of the
region declare that although these rats
enter houses, camps and mines and
take things that do not belong to them,
they never take an article without leav-
ing something in its place. They con-
duct trade, and hence their name.
They enter dwellings, at night and
steal anything they can find, carrying
away spoons, knives and forks, but in
variably leaving chip, stick or stone in
place Of each article taken away.
The miners look upon the uncanny
dealings of these precocious animals
with superstition almost amounting to
awe, and tell many wonderful stories Of
their fncsse, and the length to which
they carry their depredations, but the
predominant quality with which they in
vest them is the faculty of trading or ex-
changing alluded to