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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

dred children were offered on his Satanic
Majesty's altar, and the Marshal and
Prelati were sent 10 the stake. jacques
CTur has always been claimed By the
alchemists as an adept but though he
pretended to have the philosopher
stone the contemporary courts estab-
lished the fact that he ama,sed his i'm.
mense fortune by theft and forgery.
Later came Cornelius Agrippa, whose
gold, however, was only good for twen-
ty-fOur hours: Paracelsus. 1.-THE zenith
and rising sun Of all the alchcmsts;"
Denis Iacfaire, who on Easter SUNDAY.
1850, Transmitted quicksilver into gold;
DR.. Dee, Of the famous crystal, and Ed.
ward Kelly: Seton the Cosmopoiie.
whom the Elector Of SaXony threw into
q dungeon, TO be kept there till he could
ransom himself by making a cool mill
ion; Scndiyogius, who married Seton's
widow and got with her the red philo-
sophie powder with one grain of which
be could make 1000 riy-dollars worth
Of gold from quicksilver: the whole
school Of the R0sirIucians, winding up
with the mystic Eluid and the incom-
prehen,ible Jacob Bohmen. Borri. the
!!postor, BY whom Christina Of Sweden
fondiy hoped 10 obtain the secret Of
tran.mutation: Jean Delisle. who in
1906 took to gold.making in public aud
died in the BastiIle after humbugging
the Bishop Of >encs; Albert Aluys, who
took in the Duke Of Richelieu; that de-
lightiM humbu., the Count OF Saint
German; anil .naliy hi, friend and sue
ce,sgr. Ca,lio,trD. " /. WJrd.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
A Cunning r. al.

Now and then a pretty lively swindler
is produced over in this country, though
the people here affect to believe that the
only frauds in the world are pracliced
By Americans. The other day man
known as Malcolm Fairfax was brough,
up at Bow street on charges Of forgery
and confidence operations covering .
long term Of years. He had enjoyed
about as brilliant a career as you often
hear spoken Of. lie had travelled in the
best society for decade, and had stood
very high, partly by reason of his fine
breeding and bright qualities, and partly
on account Of his supposed wealth. lie
was understood 10 be a retired Indian
merchant, and everybody seemed to like
him. When arrested he was living in
Alexandria, Egypt, where the English
colony regarded Malcolm Fairfax as one
Of its most particular ornaments. Only
8 month or so before his downfall he
actually had the audacity 10 sit as pres
ident Of "court Of honor appointed
10 inquire into certain performances by
well-known military officer. His sig.
nature is affixed to the document Of that
body finding the officer innocent of the
charge brought against him.
At Gibraltar he committed forgery,
and it brought him to grief, for detec-
tives were set after him at once, and
they hunted him down. He was having
q dispute with the British consul at
Alexandria, when the latter said to him
"The detective is waiting for you with
warrant on that Gibraltar charge"
Malcolm never changed color or gave a
sign of discontinue, but smiling, said
"Ah! then | don't need trouble you
further" With that he quietly stepped
aside, drew razor out of his pocket,
and slashed himself across the throat.
He bled fearfully, but was fixed up by
the surgeons and brought to England,
where he pleaded guilty to the charges
preferred against him, and was sen.
fenced to five years penal servitude
Somehow, you can't help sympathizing
with a bright rascal like this, when he's
finally brought to bay. You know per.
fectly well that he deserves all he get,
by way Of punishment, but when you
reflect that he has succeeded all his life
in wrestling a luxurious living from the
smartest classes Of people in the world
you can't help adniring his talents
London Cor. ChiaHgo NswS.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
Some Peculiar Frogs and TOads.

Ono has sometimes heard of people
who have lived on their relations, after
eating their own family out OF house and
home, and the ocellated bladder frog is
some such terrible performer, for he
scruples not when hungry TO feed on
other frogs. Cystignothw oceilatm is
the title he assumes in the scientific
world, for so eminent tragedian ought
to have no common name. In this re-
spect, as we'll as in his cannibal propen-
sity, he is like his present neighbor,
Ceratophrw ornata, who, though called
ornata, is as ugly as himself. Both
these toad.shaped strangers hail from
Buenos Ayres, and are as dangerous to
handle as the pike that frightened Mr..
Briggs, which in one point they resem-
bic, for they bark as well as bite. Other
tragic scenes are acted in the adjacent
corner, where twice week at nightfall
the giant toad regales himself by feast
ing on white mice. His chum, the PAN
Uterine toad, is also present at the BAN
quet; and though he comes from North
west Africa, the manner of his feeding
is like to that of his Brazilian friend.
That toad should catch q mouse may
seem as strange as that chameleons
should capture blue bottle fly; but
certainly these foreign toads are skillful
in the fatal sport. Like chameleons,
they dart their Shiny tongues upon their
prey and pounce on it like panthers, il
not like common cats. But though
feline in their appetites, these toads are
moro particular than ordinary pussies,
for although they feed at nightfall they
will not touch mouse unless il hap
pens 10 be white. Al the Year Round.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

Much has been written and many DIFF
iercnt plan. proposed 3, 10 the best and
most economical plan Of hiring necc,-
sary help about the farm. The old say
ing. If you want a job half done, send
if well done, 60 Yourself j. very appli-
cable at the farm, but, alas for human
endurance. there are times when on nm
ordinary farm no one man can begin TO
keep up with the work 10 be- done, and
the farmer i Obliged 70 looS 10 some
one else. On many Of the larger farms
only two, and many times three or four,
hands are kept busy all the year around,
and especially is his the case whore
much stock is kept. and where il is The
rule to feed all that j. raised on the
farm and sell the product, in condensed
forms. Where this Is the case hiring
by the year is best, a. by that means
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

the nearest'tree, behind which he took
shelter. The rest Of the savages imi-
tated their leader, leaping behind adj
iacent trees: and while with wondering
ewes they stared at Kenton. he pro-
ceeded leisurly TO unbind his own an
kles
This done, he waved his arms towards
the sun "a II giving thanks or invoking
further aid. and then went 70 powder
horn, dropped by one OF the Indians,
and Withdrawing the stopple, placed II
AS he wanted Il, fixed his sun-glass so
that the focus would enter the horn,
and .tepping toward the indians, ges-
ticula,ed fercely At them Instantly
there wa y vivid fash and a roar, the
pOwGer-horn disappeared, ana the
frightened ,ayages fed a, II the Great
Spirit" had suddenly come 10 destroy
them.
Al this, Kenton considered himself
master Of the field, and, in le., time
than it take. 70 tell ii, iiung upon the
ire whatever the Indian, had left te-
hind them, seized his own property
that they had taken from him. gun and
garments, and made haste from tho
scene.
A few year, later, when peace had
been restored between American, and
English, and the Indians were on pa
ciGrteims with the Hunters Of Ken
tucky." Ken,on had the pleasure Of
meeting at a "pow-wow' with some Of
the warriors who had composed the
party 50 signaliy worstei by 'nn-
gla... Thcy knew him at once, and
showed an ungOycrnabc fear r, he came
forward to shake hands. During the
POW wow he often detected Them
gazing at him with iur'iyc glances, and
a. he still had the lens, he mi-chieyOus.
Is ,eizcd the first opportunity 10 call
down fire from the sun to light his pipe
again, accompanying it with strange
gestures
Afterward he learned that they be-
lievcd him in league with the Great
Spirit. and able, If he wished, 10 sum
mon the sun 10 battle for him. hide
AWdIe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
Americans as Frog Eaters.

The people of New York are great
frog eaters. They consume more OF
them than DO the people of Paris At
present the regular supply is about 800
pounds per day. But frogs are scarce
and dear at the present When they be-
come plenty there will BE- demand OF
ton otfrogs meat daily. The best article
come. from Canada in the Ontario dis
trict The general method OF catching
them Is with hook and line, using bit
OF red flannel u dangle before the ewes
of the victim and attract his attention,
when the hook is slipped under his chin
and he J., ,natched up. After being
caught they are killed and skinned and
pac ked intub. holding about iitty pounds
each. lee /, put around them. Nothing
but the hind les and part OF the side
and back are sent 70 the market. The
fore quarters have Little or no meat up
on them. Thr hind feet are not cni OF.
At this season u the year frogs retail at
sixty cent, per pound. ~ the season
advances and frog become more p.euti-
full the price declines 10 thirty-iiye cents
a pound. This demand for frogs has
all been developed within ten or twelve
years. Artificial propagation in the
vicinity Of New York has failed, it IS
said. because Of difficulty in getting ,ut-
iicient cheap food on Which TO feed the
tadpOlcs and young frog. The con-
sumption OF frogs in Boston i, also
greatly on the increase. The New York
Truth learns that the large, dealer in
Boston sells about 10000 frogs per
year at an average Of sixty cents per
dozen. In the busy season he employs
twelve to fifteen men. who go through
Ma,.achusetts and even into Maine and
New Hampshire, catching frogs. which
are shipped alive in boye, prepared for
the purpose. Prairie Farmer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

From Macon Telegraph and Mes'en-
ger; DR.. A. G. Hobbs, Professor of Eye,
Ear and Throat Diseases, in the South
ern Medical College, of Atlanta, has very
recently and successfully performed the
most difficult operation in opthalmic
surgery in removing the left eye with
a tumor of Judge Isaac 5. Clements, ed.
itor of the Cumming Clarion, DR..
Hobbs rapidly increasing practice from
al portions Of Georgia and adjoining
States is the highest evidence Of his skill
in his profession.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
Parasites Of the Fly.

4 micro,copical discovery. which may
prove highly important in sanitary
point Of view. has been made by Thorn
as Taylor, NJ. d., microscopic OF the
Department Of Agriculture. About q
year ago, while di>.ccting out the pro-
boscis of common house ily, DR.. Taylor
discovered minute ,nake-likc animals
moving quickly from the proboscis
Continuing his experiments from time
to time since then, he found that house
ilie' are very frequently inhabited by
these animals, He has found them gem
orally in the proboScis Of the fly, al
though sometimes they are found in the
abdomen, and he thinks that since flies
are carriers of these minute snakc-like
animals, they may in like manner be
conyeycrS OF contagious germs, much
smaller bodies. These animals meas
urc about eight onc-hundredths to one
tenth OF an inch in length, and about
two onc-thousandths OF an inch in d.
ameter They are classed- under the
Nematoidg, genus Anguillula. They
are much larger than trichinr or So
called vinegar cells. Mr. Taylor has
found as many as seven of these ami
mails in the proboscis of one fly, and
three more in the abdomen, ten in all.
Sometimes none are discovered some
times one only, but frequently four are
seen. Their presence is usually indi-
Gated by rolling movement in the an
terion portion OF the proboscis. When
this is observed, il drop of water be
placed upon it, the animals will readily
leave the proboscis and take to the
water. They are frequently observed
passing in and out OF the prohoscis, to
and from the water, as if the proboscis
was their natural home. A power Of
twenty-five diameters is sufficient to OBJ
serve their general movements, but for
examinations Of their structure from 2j0
to 500 diamcters 10 necessary They
are perceptible to the naked eye in GER
tain light. Mr.. Taylor proposes tomake
the experiment of feeding flies on tri-
chinosed meat to test the possibility of
lrichinT or the eggs of trichinm being
taken up by flies - Scientific .inlertcan.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
The Poison OF Tobacco Smoke.

4 series Of experiments has been re-
Gently conducted by Herr kissing. OF
Bremen. with the view OF ascertaining
the properties OF nicotine and otherpoi-
souOus substances in the smoke Of ci-
CARS He specifies a strongly poison
Gus constituents carbOnic oxide. ,ulphu-
retted hydrogen, pruS'ic acid, picoline
bases and nicotine. The first three.
however. in such small proportions, and
their volatility is so great that their
share in the action Of tobacco smoke on
the system may be neglected. The pic
oline bases, too, are present in compar-
atiyely small quantity, 50 that the poi
sonous character Of the smoke may be
almo,teNcm>iyely attributed TO the large
proportion Of nicotine present.
Only a small part Of the nicotine in a
cigar j. destroyed by the process OF
smoking. and relatively large portion
passes of with the smoke. The proper
ton OF nicotine in the smoke depends,
OF course. essentially on the kind Of to-
bacco: but the relative amount OF nico-
tine which passes from cigar into
smoke depends chiefly on how far the
cigar has been smoked, as the nicotine
contents Of the msmoked part of a ci-
gar j., in inverse ratio 10 the size OF
this part, i. G., more nicotine the short
er the part. Evidently, in burning
cigar, the slowly advancing zone OF
glow drives before it the distillable mat
tiers, 50 that in the yet unburnt portion
a constant accumulation OF these takes
place. 1t would appear that in the case
OF cigars that are poor in nicotine, more
ofthi, substance relatively passes into
smoke than in the case OF cigars with
much nicotine; also that nicotine, not.
witnstanding its high boiling point, has
remarkable volatility. -L0Rd0a Tunes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
.1 shou,d like to know something

about this Egyptian question dad, .
said young New Haven midget at yea
last evening. What are they firing az
Alexandra for-because it is the great
"Yes. nv child. suppose So" ANA
who is Arab Bey and Deryi,ch fasha
and Ismail - They arc all foreign
err. nv son. You can have no possible,
interest in them. Eat your supper and
keen quiet" This is the way some
narent. have of Withholding informa'
tionthey haven got from their children
-N,r HlrtH Rcglster.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

You've men or middle.aged ones, suffer.
ing from nervous debility and kindred
weaknesses should send three stamps for
Part Y OF Worlds Dispensary Dime Series
Of books. Address WoRLDs nisPEYsARY
MEDIcAL ASSOCIATION, BufIalo, \. y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

An incident of the recent Scioto
disaster on the Ohio, is told by West
ern paper. 1t appears that young
fellow on board, just previous to the
disaster, was Boosting to his girl. to
whom he was engaged to be married,
and who accompanied him on the ex-
cursion on the fatal Fourth, that he
could swim ashore and carry her easily.
but when the collision came he DESERT
ed her and took care OF himself. Sho
was also saved. and when he came 70
congratulate ser upon being stni Give,
che refused to speak 70 hin and hande.
bAek The saxassnsal tias, ''
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
JONEsBoRo. GA, Jnlv %. Il

JoSEsBoRo, GAp July IS, 1882.
MESS. MCBRIDE & Co.-Gents: | have
been using the Cherry Fruit Evaporator
bought of you and after giving it thorough
test, find that the Number Trio will dry ten
bushels of green peaches per day OF twelve
hours. 1t dries the peaches nice and bright
and tcM not burn the fruit.
Very Respectfully, W. W. WARD.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

Sara Bernhard gives her son an
allowance Of 800 a month, since ne Is
"too proud" to live under the same ROOF
with NJ. Damala
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

ABoY's composition on girls. "Girls
are the only folks that have their own
way every time. Girls is of several
thousand kinds, and sometimes one plrl
can be like several thousand girls if She
wants anything This is all | know
about girls, and father says the less l
know about them the better of l am"
Lady Visitor" Your boy looks
very bad, Mrs. Jones; what's The mat
ter" Mrs. Jones-"Ycs, ma am, he
be very bad; an what's more, the doc
tors has made him worse. I'm sure we
poor people need 10 pray with al our
hears From al false doctr;n, good
Lord deliver US never SOW It's mean.
Ing siWs N.-M Z. HsreId
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
Get The Original.

Dr. Pierce's pellets original Git.
tie Liver Pills (sugar-coated)-cure sick
and bilious headache, sour stomach, and
bilious attacks. BY druggists
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
-nougn on natA-

Women are hereafter TO be admit
ted to the University of Mississippi IN
all its departments.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

"A young and pretty Polish Jewess
emigrant was made insane from fright
occasioned by riding over shaky rail.
road bridge between New York and
Philadelphia.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
MCBRIDE Il Co.

Atlanta, Ga, wholesale crockery and glass
ware, will uphold their well established rep.
utation by selling reliable goods and giving
to merchants as low prices as can be had in
any market. General agents in the United
States for Lambeth's Fly Fan. Owners of
the Gate City Stone Filter
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
A Total Felipe

of all other medicines by DR.. R. " Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" is approach
ing. Unrivalled in bilious disorders, i'm.
pure blood, and consumption, which is
scrofulous disease Of the lungs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

Pun eod.li,sr oil, from selected livns, on
thu ,e. shore, BY C,swell. Hazard Co., n. I.
Absolutely pure and sweet. Patient, who have
once taken Il prefer ii to AL otherL PhyheIani
declare IA superior 10 al othe. oLi.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
warner. Safe Kidney and Liver Cure

We ate 1908. 1873 worth Of peanuts
last wear. and still they say we are re-
fined and cultivated people.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

The city of Alexandria, Egypt, had
three daily newspapers when the bonn
barimcnt began, but not one single re.
porter STAYED after the second shot.
They don't draw salaries over there for
writing ANYTHING worse than RUNAWAY.
.-DslTOa Iree Pros.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
Mr.. Amos W. tten1orc the ;rvento,

OF the shoe-pe !g!ng machine, and OF inv
proyemerts IN the BICYCLE. dod in cjsm.
bridge, Mass, recently, aged six,S s1ea
yssFt, ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

How INDEPENDENT Of money peace
of conscience is, and how much happi.
ness can be condensed in the humblest
homo.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

"A majority OF the newspapers OF
Mississippi indolSe tho action of the
Trustees of the State University in open
ing its doors to the woman OF the State.
ST JOHiS Gl0Le
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

WHEN an aged millionaire marries q
young angel he generally finds her wings
transferred to his fortune. Philadel.
Shid .NelDs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

CHAPPEp bands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap maze
by Casvell, Hazard L Co., View ork.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
z. ElNKMAM'S

j. q Positive Cure
for all those PaIrfiii Conplaints and Wenkneus
socommon Ia ur best female population
II will cure ta;;r " the worst form o. Female Com
plants. all ovar troubles, Inflammation ard rl'tr
ton, Falling g. DISBURSEMENTS, and the con'eQus'i
Spinal wca'r Sc and is particularly ADAPTED tc The
Clhnge o.
!. will :. ,yc cnf o,pcl tum0re from the rtersh
an ,eily stag oi development. The tendency tocaT
c.rous humofsilcrci checked speedily itsus-
It removes fairtncss fa;ulency destroys all cravn1
for stmulauts md relieves weakness Of the stont.
- .lras BloGt'r:. Headaches. Nervous frosiT n
a,a-' Debility s.yeg!essucEs, Depression anu nd
That feeling o';.--.1- down, causing ra'n, VeisR
and harLncho ig.,-..- permanently cured lyiuus
It will at alltlir "a .ndcr all circumstances
harmony With C4o'1v that govern the f'r''efyfsn
For the cur"of ,.it Complaints Il eiiltr seItI
Compound IS 49,. ,.
LYDIA I. pfNs Ms YEGET NBLE con-
POUNDS riopsroi at IS All -sj Weston Avsngs,
Lynn, Mas Price e. Six bou.rlfor s.. 5entlymn
in the form OF pills also int the form 4 lofneeso'
receipt OF Price 81 per box fgr either Me l1nkhr
freyarswers all Letters cf inquiry. Send Tor paDTs
let, Address ps above Mention ihi5 Idpcr.
No family should n without LYpitf P'NtHNe
LIVER Pills They euro constipation, bl onsu's
and torridity u TIE li7er. Is con;sp'r box.
~ Soli. by all DruGgi - IA
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

The Enquirer Of Cincinnati says !:
Hon. P. I. Barnum strongly indorses
st. Jacobs Oil for pain. His combina.
ton and artists all use it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

Clears ont rats, mice, reaches, MES, ann
bedbugs, tkunks, chipmunks, gophers. loo
Drugg uts
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23

JUDGE W. T. FILnEY, Of Pittsfeld,
this State, was cured of severe rheuma-
tism by st. Jacobs Oil. - Springfield
(N0SS.) Republican.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-06-08
4 New Danger.

An alarming account j. given hy
San Francisco journal oi the prevalence
of lcpruEy. Ouc physician alone make.
the declaration tia. he knows ucrsonal.
N lGi l"pcrz and their whereabouts In
San Francisco. The horrible disense. too.
IL spreading. sud many white persons
as well a. Chinese are infected with u.
One instance is given ot white man
who contracted the disease from having
his clothes washed by a Chinese lsundry
man. IN another case respectable
citizen found himself suffering from
some disease for which he could not az.
count, even after h.s physician had
diagnosed a.. lie w8s suffering from
leprosy, communicated to him Ly lep.
rous coolic. Now his three daurhtcrs.
who were beautiful. healthy girls, have
developed leprous symptoms, and are
lppers as surely ss their father 4 ply.
sician who has studied the disease SAYS
that it is dangerous 10 assume that II
can only be contracted by sctual contact.
The very atmosphere IN which a leper
moves IL contaminated. IL can bo
caught by using chair or room which
has been occupied by one afflicted with
tho disease, or by using a drinking yes.
sci or anything that has been touched
by q leper The street cars are a vro.
lifc source Of the contaeion. Lepers
are employed in the cheap cigar and
cigarette shops. and scores OF instances
OF the disease are known TO have arisen
from smoking the articles made by thor
plague stricken fingers, California is
in imminent danger Of becoming as no.
torious for ils lcprosy as the Sandwich
Islands, and now that hundreds Of Chi.
nese are leaving the Pacific Coast and
coming to the Esstern cities the alarm
ing fact Is apparent that they must car.
~ this horrible plague with them.
To increase the apprehension il is stated
that the health authorities Of San Fran.
cisco are afraid TO meddle with the lep.
ers, and instead Of hunting them out
and sending them back 10 China, or
combining them in = pest house, they are
permitted 10 roam 1T will, and are, in.
deed. encouraged not TO leave the city.
The horrors Of the disease and the i'm
minent danger Of its spread throughout
the length and breadth Of the country
are we'll calculated to excite alarm.