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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-02-01
rNrHNru r@E TNnM OF FIVE MONTHS:

Board can be had with the President at SD
per month, exclusive OF washing; Sl3 inciu-
,iyc OF everything.
The best families in Winchester and vicinity
| will open their houses to boar!crs Gu favorable
terms.
THIS School Is NO IIoUsE OF RfFoIM..
Those with permanent bad habits need not
enter, for the welfare of TIE school and safety
OF Others will require their removal.
ONLY WORKING STUDENTS WANTED
Those who 90 to school to spend money, TO
keep bad company, to be thought respectable,
de-, had better 20 to some fashionable College,
Tor they willnot be happy here. This School
isno refuge from care and labor. The stu
dent wins success only by patient industry and
bard study, Students willing to expend all
thcircnorgics in the great work OF education
will find congcnial spirits in the Normal.
For Catalogue, or any desired information,
address X. 4. CLARK,
JULIE Secretary Faculty.
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AT CCST!-RE REMOVAL!

Before moving to our new store No. 70
Church street, Berry Block, we will sell our
large stock OF Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas and
Travelling Bags, at greatly reduced prices for
cash. I. Il. WINSTEAD & CO.,
No. : \. Cherry ST., OPP. Maxwell House,
dcc2l Nashville, Tom
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DECIIERD, TENN.
FAYETTEVILLE TRAINS.

D.aS~ G.. L. Banks, Dechcrd, Tenn, is
authorized to receive and receipt for
subscriptions or advertisements for the
Home journal.
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Respectfully,
GAHe'H'EIEs & HsHsO.
The INIf!'as.ss.t! Normal,
WINCHESTER, TENN.

Thi- Institution, for LADIES and GEN
|TLEMEN, begins it. third Scholastic Year
with q Foculy OF seven teachers, august
30t;l, 1881.
ADNANTAGES:-Location for health I'M
surpassed, and easy OF access from all parts Of
the STATE.
Young earnest and able teachers in every
department.
Classical, Scientific andIrrcgular courses Ct
instruction.
Special advantages In Music, Vocal and
ln-,rumcntal,O Pcnmanship, Bookkeeping,
and Modern Languages.
Cheaper board and tuition combined with
upcriorschOol-rOom advantages.
AIMS;-rhorough and Symmetrical Gull
turc Of Body, Mind and Heart; the watchword
being, \ True Manhood and True Woman
hood.
God places brothers and sisters in the same
family, and by placing boys and girls in the
same school, the boys are gentler and the girls
stronger, while the morals and manners Of both
are puror and better.
The instruction is given by teachers who
have warm hearts to welcome and willing
hands to help, and is thorough, careful and
complete
The complaints often urged that teachers
in Colleges are slaves to routine, that they
blindiy follow presidents, and Fever originate
ur aiopt .hCd. can not be made against
Winchester Normal. She has fresh Young
,:,c, docs not roll in the old ru,s but is guided
hy large and liberal ideas, while possessed Of
,orac oil will to carry them out.
The Scholastic Year comprises two terms,
each OF five months.
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NEW S'Ii)RL' !

have just opened, in the building on cor
ncr 81 the Square, next door TO Mr.. Samuel
smiths store, family grocery store and
butchcr-,hCp
propofc to keep full line Of family gro
c,riss, and will scli them at low price, for
cafh or good barter.
! will always have on hand the hes, Of
irc.h meats, butchcrod inthc nicCst style.
Vegetables q al kind. the bet that the
Nashville market afford, will bca specially.
viii also keep on hand, al,orn,Xt Thus-
day, a ,tockoi
Fresh Oysters and Fish.
! will keep delivery wagon, and parties
in town making purchaso. from me will have
their goods delivered at their houses, free u
cdGrgr
My wagon, containing nice fresh meats a
all kind, will 90 10 all the honsc- in town
early every morning.
respectfully solicit a fair patronage from
the citizens Of Winchester and yrrouud'a.
country, promising to do the lair thing by all
Respectfully,
LEE T.. AVERG.
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For County Re g.Stcr.

We are authorized to announce 7. b
Tucker candidate Tor Register oi Franklin
couuty, ot tic next ATsust clccticn
We are authorized to announce \, Il. Mar.
tina candidate for Register OF Franklin couu-
~ at the ensling August election.
We are authorized to announce Slant. Den
son candidate ior Registered Franklin coun.
tv at the ensuing August election.
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gEANEAN & HUNT,
A ttorncys at Law
Winchester, Tenn.

Practice in the Courts of Franklin and adj
joing counties, and in the Supreme Court a
Nashville. Prompt attention given to al
business entrusted to them. mayo, 80
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Almost Drowned.

Last Saturday morning Mr.. James
NJ Gilbert started from Winchester
with hrs wagon and two horses to get Il
load Of wood. lie vas trying to cross
Boiling Fork ut the Cam Finch ford,
one mile from town, when one Of his
horses, which he was riding, became un-
ruly and scared on account Of the high
and swift water, and turned down stream
into the strong current. The wagon
and team, and Mr. Gilbert, were washed
down stream about two hundred wards,
the wagon meanwhile having turned
over. Mr.. Gilbert attempted to get to
shore, but his foot was cntanglcd in the
reins. lie sank twice, and was uncon-
scious when Mcssrs. Sam Oakley and
4. NJ. Shradcr, with the aid of negro
man, rescued him. Two minutes later
and life would have been extinct. Mr..
"''',r' l. - years "'"' T. " STUDENT ~
the Normal, and worthy man. lie
weighs over 22O pounds, and it was no
easy matter to rescue him. lie was
cared for ot once and is now lo;uc well
80 WV '''~'''' VI -, ".' ''''"'' W.
~, ;, rm - ~ ,
danger now is pneumonia. The wagon
.......... ..,l
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WANTED!

400 cords Of 4-ioot wood a, the Wooltn
Mills. Will pay cash price for il in goods.
JANIS NJ, GRIFFIN.
Sept. 9th, 1880.
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Rcpro-cmt,d By
VIM J. SLATER.

Policies issued at once on all ordinary
risks.
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ls5'' The largest ard best onions in
town at \. {. pIpmlcy's.
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talltSt SIN enablC Is Inc 1anclcSt
Johnnie Hutchins is the politest; John
Martin is the laughingest, and "Gum'
Forbes is the funniest.
We have adopted this column again
with the hope that it will be apprccia
ted by our many readers. While We
were running the chit-chat department
Il year or two since, we were often tolC
that our style was distasteful to n major
ity of our readers, hence its discontin
uance.
Winchester still stands at the head o
the list in the way Of handsome ladies
But We do not always judge beauty by
the face. A lady's beauty should b'
| Judged by her manners. In the eyes o.
all sensible people "Pretty is as pretty
does" God deliver us from that cas.
Of women who turn up their noses wheI
brought in contact with man or one o
their own sex who earn their living b,
honest toll. We know it is not popular
to talk thus, but We adhere to 1t al
the same.
A large majority Of the young men o
the present day think they were cut gu
for clerks, and would prefer clerl;ng il
store at $40 per month and boaro
and clo;hc themselves, rather than wor
ut manual labor for 81 or $3.50 pc
day. That's what's the matter with tn
rising generation. Why, there ar
young men right here in Wincheste
who would almost freeze before the
would go to the wood-pile and cut fiji
of wood especially if the wood-pile va
in II public place.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
Gossip About Salt.

Nothing that We eat is more valuable
than salt, nor could anything except
bread be more missed. Animals, in fact,
viii travel distances and brave great dam
gers to obtain it. On the coast of Sic IRA
Leone brothers will sell their sisters,
husbands their wives, and parents their
children for salt. IN the distance OF
AGRA, or the gold coast of AfGica, hand
full Of salt is the most valuable thing OF
earth, after gold, and will purchase a
slave or two. Salt with the Bambers is
such luxury that to say of man, 'sHe
flavors his food with SALT" is to imply
that he is rich. No stronger mark Of
affection can be shown in Muscovy than
the sending Of salt from the tables OF
the rich to their poor friends. Splitting
salt was held to be an unlucky omen by
the Romans, and the superstition has
descended to ourselves. Leonardo de
Finci availed himself of this tradition in
his famous picture Of the Lords Sup
per" to indicate Judas Iscariot by the
salt-cellar knocked over accidentally by
his arm. When we say of lazy fellow
that he does not earn his salt" we un-
consciously allu6e to an ancient custom
among the Romans. Among them q
man was said to be in possession of a
"salary" who had his ''salarium.' his
allowance of salt wherewith to save the
food by which he lived. This salary
comes from salt-and in this view of the
word how many there are who do not
learn their salt"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
JOhnny'S Voice.

How pleasant it is to gaze on the in
nocent amusement Of happy childhood
There is little Johnny playing beside
the newly-painted fence. He draws his
';ainty finger over the moist surface,
making beautiful arabesques and un.
decipherable hieroglyphics that would
set an antiquary into Mysteries of joy.
Johnny's new suit is made picturesque
by its borrowings from the fence, and
lis face and hands are effectually dis
gu;sed in the pigment. Happy, careless,
innocent childhood And here comes
Johnny's mother. How eagerly che
SEXES her darling How closely she
hugs him in her fond embrace Now
she has disappeared with her darling
within doors. What are those sounds
that issue thence? It is Johnny's voice.
is he laughing merrily over the remem-
brance of his recent Snort? Possibly ;
but it does not sound like laughter.
Again we say, happy, happy childhood
Boston Transcript.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
Father of Chaldean History.

Berosus was Chaldean priest who
lived in the time of Alexander the Great
and his immediate SUCCESSORS. He trans
lated the history of his native country,
Chaldea or Babylonia, into the Greek
language, and dedicated the work to
Antiochus, one of the Greek Kings Of
Syria. He professed to have derived the
materials for his history from the archives
OF the temple. We know of his work
principally through the fragments of
Polyhistor and Apollodorus, two writers
of The first century before the Christian
era, who are quoted by Eusebius and
Lyncellus. Thedhistory embraced the
myths and traditions of the early ages, a
description of Babylonia, and chrome
logical list of its Kings down to Cyrus.
His earliest historics' date is placed by
Rawlinson about 24a8 B. G., and he
speaks of 1872 Kings who reigned be-
tween that time and 538 B. G. The
historical chronology of Berosus is to a
degree confirmed by the inscriptions
which have been discovered in Babylonia
and Assyria, and, as far as they touch
upon each other, by the Hebrew rec
ords. It is generally accepted as toler-
ably authentic by scholars.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
The Hrillers of Oil Wells.

The men who drill oil wells become
wonderfully expert at their work or
perhaps it would be more accurate to
say that only those who are very expert
Can get work. A correspondent who
has watched the process thus describes
q drillers skill: "He has spent wears
learning his trade, and learns something
new with each well he drills. He knows
the stratification of the earth more mi
nutely than any geological books teach,
and he can tell how near the bit is to
the oil-bearing sand by the little par
ticles that cling to it when he takes it
out, or by the few grains of gravel
washed out OF the bailings. With his
hand upon the cable he marks its quiz
ering as delicately as a physician with
his finger on patients pulse, and by
the faint variation of the tremor under
stands what the bit is doing, sometimes
almost half mile down the narrow hole.
The style of different driilers varies as
does the handwriting of different men.
or as the touch of players upon the
piano. They know each others pecul-
iarities, and an experienced driller can
frequently tell who is in derrick with
out seeing him if he is allowed to Watch
the work awhile, or, what is more i'm
portant in these days of mysteries, if he
knows the driller he can guess the depth
Of the we'll within 100 feet if he gets his
eyes on the outside machinery for a
short time"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
SEEKERS AFTER b GALTH.

Unfortunates who are seeking to renew
their health, are many. So often have
they bsen deceived by the advertisements
of worthless compounds, that many are
discouraged, and refuse to believe nything
they read in the papers. Therefore, the
best advertisement of really good medi-
cine is the reputation it has gained in the
places where it is being sold. No other
remedy ever discovered has grown so rap
idly in pablo favor as that true medicinal
tonic called Browns Iron Bitters. In To-
caIities where its extraordinary merits
have become fully known and realized by
those who have been in ili-health, the sale
is unprecedented. One druggist in one
city reports the sale Of 23S bottles in one
week. Il is, indeed, wonderful, health
giving, life-saving preparation. 1t is
soothing and refreshing in its effect, and
strengthens every part of the body, and
creates healthy appetite and a healthy
digestion, even when the system is almost
destroyed by the many hurtful cath
artics, now so commonly used. Reader,
beware! duty demands that you try Browns
Iron Bitters, if your health is poor from
any cause Observation-Disclosures.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17

Soon after Sir Henry Rivers took or
ders he was told by friend that he
would undoubtedly become bishop.
sIndeea!'' said Sir Henry, 'swhy SOP
because rivers invariably go, to the
seas.
Lightning struck o Nevada man the
other day, while he was swearing. 1,
would, however, take mighty smart
stroke Of lightning to hit Nevada man
when he is not swearidg.
A minister reproved some boys fol
swimming on Sunday, and was told by
one of the urchins that he had always
been taught that Sunday was the Sab
bath day.
The London Truth says that in some
of the smaller western cities of Americ
there are more telephones than there
are at present in England. Now we
know why the call it merry England.
A Cambridge, Mass, man arrived in
a frontier village lately, just as gang
of cowboys had "taken the town." Hi.
first exclamation was Have you folks
a college here already?"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
How Weapons First Came to Be EN-.
plOyed.

The idea of employing weapons for
assault or defense was logical result of
the first contest that took place between
man and man. In these contests the
strongest man, with his native weapons
his ists-was unconsciously the father
of all arms and all armed strength, for
his weaker antagonist would early seek
to restore the balance of power between
them by the use OF some sort of weapon.
The shorter-armed man heightened his
striking power by the use of stick, and
found, after time, the help its leverage
and weight afforded him. The first case
IL which the chance-selected heavy
ended staff or club showed that weight
or hardness had its value, was a first
step toward furnishing it with q strong
head. Hence. the blow of the fist was
the forerunner of the crushing weapon
In the same way the pointed stick be-
came the lance or dagger; and the thrown
shaft, helped, as knowledge increased,
by the bow or "throwing stick" was
the precursor of the dart and arrow.
The character of the first weapons was
largely determined by the nature of the
material from which they were derived,
and their shape partly from this and
partly by copying the forms of the
weapons possessed by the animals the
primeval men slew. Hence arises the
general similarity in character and
shape of the earliest tools from all
parts of the world. Popular Science
Monthly.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
Standing Treat.
CORNER OF THIRD a.

j. No American custom causes more gen.
erai sssrp-ise and amusement among
travelling foreigners than that which is
known in our saloons as "treating -
consisting in the entertainment Of two
or more with refreshment, for which one
volunteers to pay. It is pure American
ism all over the republic it is as con-
mon as in Europe it is unknown. There
Is probably no minute of a day in the
year when two or three hundred citizens
Of any large city are not guzzling some
thing stronger than water at somebody
else's expense.
The casual meeting of two men who
have never exchanged word together is
signal for both to instantly exclaim
"Come, let's have something !'' and for
both TO dive down into the nearest sub.
terranean cavity below the sidewalk.
The enc who spoke first always insists
upon ''paying the shot the word
shot" being metaphorical reference
to the deadly character of the contents
usually taken into the stomach. II two
friends meet, the regular thing to say
first is, ''Let's drink to old times and
the resident must invariably "treat - the
stranger.
Il there is anything more absurd than
the habit. we are unable to put our iii !.
ger upon it. Men do not always g trea:: =
each other to Car tickets because they
happen to meet on the same seat. We
never saw man take out his pocket
book on encountering a new acquains-
ance and say: "Ah, George. el'ghte,i
to see you Do take few stamps! lis
my treatw Do men have a mania for
paying each others bills? And is
drinking together more "social" than
eating together or sleeping together?
A traveller may go all over the con-
tinent of Europe, of Asia, and of Africa,
without seeing any man except Yam
kee offer to s' treat, " and the F'renchmen
are quite social enough, but when they
turn into cafe to sip their wine or
branded coffee together, each man paws
for his own. When two Germans long
separated meet. they will be very likely
to embrace aud then turn into an ada
cent beer cellar, sit down and drink and
eat pretzels and chat, but when they
part again each man settles his score
Independently. So in Italy. The
Italians are probably merry and gener-
GUS, but each nan pays for his own
wine. macaroni and cigars. They
would as soon think Of transferring each
other their washerwoman's bills.
The preposterous fashion of "treat-
ing" is responsible for the terrible
drunkenness in America. There would
be little need of temperance societies
and little work for Good Templars if
this pernicious and insidious habit was
abolished. It is, taken all in all, the
most ridiculous, the most unreasonable
and the most pestilent custom that ever
laid its tyrannical hand on civilization.
-Exchange.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
Strange but Common Facts.

That an occasional meal away from
ones own house, and at another's table,
relishes better than any at home.
That people should ask to be deliv-
cred from "sudden DEATH" and never
pray to be spared a lingering die-by-
inches exit.
That when men cease to believe in
the Divine, or think they do, they begin
to bow down before something human
or inhuman.
That man will travel for miles, ago.
nizing at every step from bit of gravel
or a sharp and obtrusive peg in his
shoe, before he will stop and take il
out.
That man never knows what weak,
tickle and uncertain master he has in
himself until he is at perfect liberty to
govern his own life and do Just as he
pleases.
That when o poet or q philosopher
dies dozen men and women try to
kitetail themselves to his name and write
themselves into fame by telling all they
know about him.
That so many people forget the wea-
Their experienced last year, and declare
they never saw such q summer as this
before" No, never. What, never
No, never.
That histories written fifty years ago
assert how the people of that time were
living sat the apex of knowledge and
enlightenment" which remark is some
times repeated to-day.
That, when philosopher or scientist
puts forth some new idea, all the wool
gathering, the guesses, and his maun.
behring's, afterward written by him about,
around and concerning that idea or
truth, or semi-truth, as the case may be,
are often, by his admirers. regarded as
most important and sacred words.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
Wonders Of a Drop of Water.

Says Prof. Rymer Jones "Take any
drop OF water from the stagnant pools
around us, from the rivers, from oul
lakes, or from the vast ocean itself. and
place it under the microscope. You will
find therein countless living beings NOV
ing in all directions with considerable
swiftness, apparently gifted with sagaci.
ty, for they readily elude each other in
the active dance they keep up. Increase
the power Of your glasses and you will
soon perceive, inhabiting the same drop,
other animals, compared to which the
others were elephantine in their dimen-
ons, equally vivacious, and equally
ted. Exhaust the art of the optician,
strain your eyes to the utmost, until the
aching sense refuses to perceive the lit
tie quivering movement that indicates
the presence of life, and you will find
that you have not exhausted nature in
the descending SCALE" Says another
authority: eff drop of water in which
animal or vegetable matter is decaying
be placed upon the object-holder Of a
microscope of adequate magnifying
power, say 200 diameters, it will be
found to swarm with living beings in
active and incessant motion. They vary
IN size from 1-100 of an inch, when they
are just within the limit of unass;sted
vision. to minuteness which it tasks
the power Of the glass to detect. These
are infusoria they abound in every
ditch, pond, lake or river, are equally
numerous in salt as in fresh water, have
been found in thermal springs of high
temperature, and in the melted SHOWS
of the Alps and the Andes; in short, wher-
ever water and decaying vegetable or ami
NAL matter exist, these infusorial animals
will be found in vast numbers. There
is no doubt that they are often drawn
up into the atmosphere in watery vapor
and borne to and fro by the winds.
Many forms are not deprived of life by
complete desiccation, and may there
fore be mingled with the dust, and in
this condition carried about by the
winds to resume their active vitality SO
soon as they chance to fall into water.
The suddenness with which they appear
in water, even distilled water, when ex-
posed to the air, furnished the advocates
OF spontaneous generation with one Of
their strongest arguments"