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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

Ar THE marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Harris, at Mount Meridian. Yir-
ginia, the bride refused to say ssYes" to
the question whether she would obey
her husband, She said that she saw no
reason in such a promise, and he con-
cluded that no harm would be done by
omitting it, since he intended to ssmake
her mind anyhow. Two years elapsed,
and q few days ago the unsettled ques-
ton arose again. George ordered his
wife to fry chicken for dinner, and she
insisted on roasting IL. He brought in
'horsewhip and declared that he would
fog her until she obeysd She shot and
killed him.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18
Diflculties Of Census Taking.

When the census was taken at Cherry
Hill there was great fiuttering among
the population, and it is related that all
the ancient unmarried ladies, with the
exception of one. went to see their
aunts. The one that stuck it out ap-
peared to think that as she had known
the census enumcrator from boyhood.
there was no reason for flight
On the great day the census taker
rowed up in a scow and arranged his
victims along the bank. Everything went
off according to the act OF Congress.
until the maiden lady was reached. then
the trouble begau 10 accrue.
What is your name?' asked the
enunerator.
..Oh, YOU needn Try 10 fool me, Tnm
Fletcher. knew You when you failed
in the kindling wood business. and
swind.ei nv rather out OF ten dollars!'
replied the lady.
. Your name is Susan Pratt, isn't ite''
asked the discounted enumerator.
Then what did you ask me for?''
demanded the lady.
Unmarried. Miss Pratt?'
Il rejected YOU four times, Tim
Flet her, which shows that could have
married if I'd wanted tor
How old are you now, Miss Pratt?'
asked the enumerator. wiping his fore
head.
The same age that you was when
Jack Dodd's sister refused to elope with
you! You know how old you were then,
Tim Fletcherr'
..Any familyT asked the enumerator
with a sardonic effort to get even.
"Yes, have, Tim Fletcher. | have
your boy by your first wife. who tool
out of the poor-house when you started
of to get Government position! An.
more questions, Tim?"
Tim finished his report OF her from
memory, and pulled sadly down th'
river. And now Miss Pratt watches ths
weekly Tribune to see that she is cor
rectly represented when the returns arr
published in full.
.sIf | am not. she remarks to th'
postmaster, as she takes her paper ont
..rli write to the Government and let i
know how Tim Fletcher used to cut thu
hooks and eyes off his wife's dresses s.
size couldn't go out while he was gall
wanting around, drat himn' Broo6lyl
Eagiss
The extraordinary vitality Of ssUncl
Toms Cabin" is illustrated by the fac
that q single mail last week brought tn
publishers orders for 2, ,135 copies of tha
fbook.<-N, 7. GbrjstiqN onion.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18
The Probable Wheat Yield.

The only statistics which have yet
been given for the yield per acre of the
present crop are those Of Illinois, where
the official report places the yield at 1S1
bushels per acre, against 17-7 in 1880.
1t is, of course, not assumed that the
yield per acre in Illinois is to be ac-
cepted as the average for the United
States. But there are some reasons
why the yield per acre in Illinois may
be accepted q en- index to the average
yield s61 the United States. n preference
TO accepting the yield Of almost any
other one State as such an index: First
Illinois IL the largest wheas-raising
State in the Union, and in the three
years from 1879 to 1881 inclusive pro-
duced about twelve per cent. of all the
wheat raised in the United States
Second-nlinois lies nearly in the center
of the group of ten States comprising
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis
cOnsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri, which produced
in 1880 about three-fourths of the wheat
crop of the United States. Illinois may
therefore be presumed to represent the
average ofthe meteorological experience
and crop conditions of this group of
States. In 1880 the average yield per
acre in Illinois was 16-7 bushels, while
that of the United States was 1871
bushels per acre. Illinois was therefore
% per cent. above the general average
1t is an established fact that the average
yield of wheat per acre in different sec
tions of the United States con-
tinues at about the same rela-
tive difference, as. for instance,
the average in the Southern States is
always only about half as much per acre
as in the group of States above men,
toned while in the far Northwest the
yield is always greater per acre than in
| the ten States mentioned. There seems
no objection, therefore. to assuming that
certain States are always above and 9th
ers always below the general average OF
the United States Now, if we may as
sumo that the present yield of 49,
| bushels in Illinois is also about % per
cent. above the average, it would make
the average for the United States say
IA 4S-10O bushels per acre. or justabout
10 per cent, over 1880. which. upon an
area of 81, DOT. 600 acres, would be $685.
$40. 600 bushels, a result which differs
less than the half of one per cent from
without any such calculation as produces
the presenf figures
Some argument will of course be made
against assuming an, increased average
yield per acre of ten per cent. over the
crop of 1880. But twill be remember.
ed that there has been no year before
this when the crops of spring wheat and
winter wheat were both good-excep1
possibly 1879 when the average crop o1
wheat throughout the United States wa:
13 86-1OO bushels per acre, or only abou,
| four per cent. less than we have as
sumed as theaverage yield per acre fol
| the present crop to produce an aggre
! gate of $50, $40, 900 bushels on 81, 600,
600 acres.-Ns Y EUenino Post.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

A FRENCH. saEant has called in the aid
of .Darwin's stheoryo evolution to ex-
PLAIN the graceful gait Of the Parisian
ladies'. According to his reasoning the
streets of Paris were for q long time af-
ter the foundation Of the city in very
poor condition. as is indeed apparent
from its original name-Lutetia, or the
'tCity OF Mud. = The Partisan ladies, In
order not to soil their shoes, were forced
to walk on tip-toe, which IN due time re-
suited in high heels, and finally in that
charming gait which is the admiration
and envy Of all the women of the civil
lied world.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18
A Device that Held Good.

Over opposite the village OF Ellijay,
Ga, is o rich piece OF ground known all
over Georgia as "the forked field, be-
cause of the following incident: MANY
years ago it waa part of the estate OF .
wealthy citizer. who, when well on IN
wears, was stricken with disease which
council of physicians pronounced incur
able. As he lay at deaths door, law
yer was summoned to draw up his will.
His numerous sons and daughters
formed a sorrowful group around his
bed. The lawyer wrote down his be-
quests-this farm 10 John, that TO
Susan, the other to Peter, and so on
until he had provided for all his children.
Then his watch and other personal ef-
fects were disposed of, the voice OF the
dying man becoming weaker and less
audible every moment. ssYou have TOR
gotten one thing, Mr.. Alexander" said
the attorney in appropriately solemn
and sympathetic tones. sWhat is It!'
slowly whispered the old man. 'eYou
have not said what you wish done with
the forked field, said the attorney. A
light cleaned in the dying mans eyes,
ssOh! yes, said he slowly; and then with
new strength in his voice, exclaimed.
ssThat I'll keep for myself. " after which
he turned over ON his side and sank into
a refreshing sleep. In few weeks he
was q well man. and for years thereafter
| the forked field was cultivated under hia
supervision.-.SprinQIfeld (Mass) Re
publican.
An Austin teacher was calling the
| roll. Just as he called out "Boh
smith, Bob pushed open the door, on!
| of breath, and answered, Here. sir. y
/ D>l ST. vz<at 2rH
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

PRzsIDEHr BARRIos, Of Guatemala, re-
ceives . salary Of 8, 900 a month. He
has been in Office twelve years, and is
worth $8, 600, 600. The debt of his
country is 100000 and growing,
which would seem to indicate that he
does not allow any one else to take
much. rs t4tt
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

NEW use has been discovered for
potatoes. They can be converted into .
substance resembling celluloid by peel
ing them, and, after soaking in water,
impregnated with eight parts Of sulph-
uric acid, drying and pressing between
sheets of blotting paper. In France,
pipes are made Of this substance, scarce
" distinguishable from meerschaum. By
subjecting The mass 70 great pressure
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

RoBERT T. LINCOLN has shipped from
Springfield, Illinois, to Washington
sixty-two trunks belonging to his
mother, which were filed with dress
goods and trinkets purchased in Europe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

Tn Flathead Indians have agreed to
allow railroad to be built across their
reservation in Montana, upon the pay
ment Of $23, 900. The price asked was
q, 900, 600. isia''
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

AcrMc on the suggestion that letter
postage be reduced to two cents half
ounce, . Post cfice Department Official
has figured out that on that basis the
deficit of last year, one Of the most pros
porous in the history of the service.
would be $40. O00, 900. instead Of sur
plus Of 81, SOC, ,00O.. - - =
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

KINos and Princes are getting down
nowadays to the same prosaic, business
like ways Of thinking and doing as other
mortals. Oscar H., sovereign of Swe-
den and Norway, being about to under
take journey to the latter country, has
had his life insured in favor Of his fam.
lily for the sum Of 6, 200 crowns.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18
A Nobleman on q 6 Lark. .

An incident in the reckless career Of
the Marquis of Hastings is related by .
traveller who chanced to be staying in
the chief hotel at Sheffield, one evening,
when he and few companions resolved
on what they termed clark. ss The
frolic took the turn Of demolishing the
mirrors, chandeliers, pictures and furni-
ture of two large drawing-roon eff
ever I saw q madman, = says the narra-
tor, sit was the Marquis that night, as,
with the butt end of q heavy riding
whip, he franticaIly dashed out win
dows, ruined statuettes and vases, and
defaced bookcases and sideboards,
shrieking the while like an incarnate
demon. Then, when he had done, he
drew forth his check book, signed q
bank draft, and, with an oath. ordered
the manager to pay himself for the dam
age done, which, I have no doubt, the
manager did without emitting . singla
itam.ss
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

A CAIlHoRNIAN has invented sheep
counting machine. It counts up to
0,OOO, registers the number, then gives
. snap, jumps back, and begins count.
ing again. It never misses sheep, old
or young, fat or lean.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

Mrs LANorBY, according to the latest
rumor. will be accompanied to this
country by . band of male admirers,
something after the style of the lovesick
maidens in patience" An English
nobleman, it is said, will be the leader
Of tho party.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

/ Mr.. BuRNHAM. scientc Connect
cut farmer, recently sold one of his young
cows for $500. Thia animal, in 372
days, has given in milk ten times her
own weight-lO, 900 pounds and i .OOO
pounds of butter. a
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

A FRENcH artist has represented Time
- woman instead of . man. He az
gues that women have moro of it than
anybody else.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

Hon. JAMES G.. BLAINE has sent his
check for $50 toward the monument
proposed to be erected to the memory Of
the late Senator r. n. Hill, at Atlanta.
Ga. Though differing in politics, Messrs
Hill and Blaine were warm personal
friends. =. -
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

FIFTY young ladies from six counties
Of North Caroline, took part in breaking
ground for the Clinton and Point Cas-
ueR Railroad. near. Raleighs xesen4ly..
They piled their shoveln with great
vigor, and were applauded by 5000
spectators.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18
Shark VS.. Swordash.

Gen. Spinner, the hero who used to
signsthe Treasury notes, sends the fol-
lowing descriptive letter of fight
among sea monsters on the coast OF
Florida, on South Beach, below May
port: ssEarly yesterday morning, as I
went for my usual surf bath, accom-
panied by my daughter, Mrs. Schu-
macher, we Witnessed what has proba-
bly seldom been seen. The ocean was
unusually placid, but strange commo-
ton in the surf was noticed. On near
ing the shore it was seen that q fierce
battle was raging between two schools
of fishes, one of sharks and the other of
saw-fsh. It was high tide, and the
water was quite shallow, so that the
caudal and dorsal fins of both these
kinds of sea monsters were constantly
seen above the water. The onslaught
of each of the combatants, OF which
from sixteen to twenty were in view,
was fierce and terrific. A disabled saw
fish was stranded. I waded into him,
and with the edge of piece of floor
board gave him the coup de grace. He
measured nearly fifteen feet and carried
sword saw three and a half feet long,
with over fifty teeth on its outer margin.
It was found that one of the sharks had
bitten piece out of his side equal to q
foot square, through which his bowels
protruded.
IS At one time it looked as if another
pair of the combatants would be strand
ed, for in their struggle they came 80
near the shore that they touched bottom
all the time, but they finally managed
to join their companions in deep water,
and after fifteen minutes all the beliig-
erents disappeared, to the great relief OF
those who cared more for sea bathing
than for seeing the terrific fights OF sea
monsters My daughter viii carry the
saw of the captured fish to her home as
q memento and trophy of the great
| conflict, and for an addition TO her
cabinet of ocean curiosities. ."-F9orada
| Dispatch
American art seems to have been
accorded prominent place at the Paris
Salon this year, both by the critics and
/ the judges as well as by the public.
/ Eighty-six American artists we're repre-
sented. Mr.. Albert Wolff, the we'll
| known critic of the Figaro, declared
that the Americans held q front place in
the exhibition, and in French artistic
circles the high character of the Ameri.
can pictures has occasioned . good dea
Of comment. Several of the best por-
| traits in the Salon were by American
artists Chicago Journal.
"A Philadelpna crank, who wears
an exceedingly high hat. to prevent
the lightning from striking him. places
upon the roof of his house every day
large quantity of fruit for an imaginary
girl to eat. A small boy, who ha'
learned of the eccentric conduct OF ths
old gentleman. climbs to the roof daily
on Eghtn ng rod and does much q
confirm the old mans belief in ths
mythical female. a.-~P lphsa 5fHesfs
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

THE centenary Of Bolivar is to be eel
ebrated ON july ~. 1883, at Caracas,
YeoeEuela. hy the dediSation At > status
Of Washington.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

THs sealskin clothes worn by Engi-
neer Melville during his terrible expert
ences in the Arctic regions are objects OF
much interest at the Navy Department,
Washington. Among the relics is =
brli)lsnsly s&,lored foxskin cap beiong1ng
TO Lieut.. Berry, which was presented TO
him by an Esquimaux damsel. She con-
fscated his old cap becausei it was not
pretty, and gave him one she had made
herself in return. s
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18
And Now Toronto Has a Sea-serpent.


Yesterday morning was cool. and
perhaps this was the reason why some
of the workmen engaged at the targets
on the Garrison ranges say the serpent
they saw was not more than fifty feet
long and the size of mans body. The
story. as told by one of them. is in SUBJ
stance as follows: Between eight and
nine O'Clock. while placing the targets
in position on No. range, a boy rushed
up saying that there was queer thing
floating near the shore. Some of the
men were curious enough to leave their
work and hasten down to the shore.
There, sure enough. was large BLUSH
gray mass floating lazily near the shore.
1t had every appearance of 8eing asleep,
as its body yielded to every ripple. Part
was submerged, but the upper portion
OF the head foated just ADORE the water.
That part which was visiblewas covered
with short, stiff bristles in front. which
increased in length toward the sides,
and extended for distance of about
ten feet on each side. I te back. or at
least that portion of it which appeared
above the water, was lighter cOlored
than the head. A good view was had
of the monster for upward of three min.
utes. when. suddenly raising its head
out of the water, it gave a swish with
its tail and started directly south. in
the direction of one of the steamers. Its
head, as it raised it above the water, was
very much like that of an eel. with the
exception OF the long. trailing hair Oh
whiskers.H Its eyes We're small, and az
it dashed off one of the men said ht
thought he heard it give short, sharp
r 80. 4 Il -
ress out into the lake for about half I
mile, when, turning sharp around, il
dashed toward the Exhibition wharf
and again out into the lake, where they
soon lost sight ofsit. The men did no.
appear at all anxious to speak OF tht
matter. as they feared their vefacit,
would be questioned: As it is. theil
story is given for what it is worth, bu
surely the word of three men who saw
1t is worth that of thirty who did not set
Toronto Mail.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

"A. b. Chase, es Stockholm, St.
Lawrence County, N. r, was awakened
early in the morning by the barking et
his dog. He opened the door and the
dog bounded in, thus escaping two full
grown wolves which were outside.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18
Where the Ape, is H5 rsd.

The ancient Egyptians die 6t repre-
sent the apo as caricatufes man, but
idealized it and paid it religi b honors.
as they did to many other aimals. A
cynocephaIus wax kept and 4orshiped
in the temple at HernlopolI while 9
eercopithecus was honored Thebes
Mummies of apes have bee6 found in
both of the1e cities. The ape also has
It's place in the hierogly yphics IS he rep
resentative of the sound sse1 and is
called ein in Coptic. The 81 Anubis,
who, at the judgment of O. dead in
Amenti (or the land Of dead put the
heart Of the deceased in the al1nce of
justice in order to report f. zInlt ID
Thoth, is figured with the head of 8
cynosephalus. or dog-faced baboon.
Thoth himself generally appears asso-
ciated with the attribute of the cyno-
cephalus, the emblem of the dog g-star.
The temple of Queen Hatasu, at Der-el-
bahri, is adorned with Inscriptions re-
lating to grand expedition into the
balsam- bearing land of Punt; the Egyp-
tian Ophir, in which the offerings sent
by the King of that country are de-
scribed: The transports were loaded
to the fun with the wonderful products
of the land of P.m6a and the various
building-woods of the godly land, with
heaps of balsams IF incense, with green
incense-trees with ebony, with ivory.
adorned with. gold from the land OF
ANU. with liqnorice wood, cheft- wood,
with frankincense, holy balsams and
eye-paints, with cynocephaluses and
baboons and grey-hounds, and with
leopard-slins. Never was the like
brought to any King of Egypt since the
world has stood According to
Brugsch, the incense-trees stood On the
decks of the vessels, and the apes, LET
loose. gamboled in the rigging. to the
great delight of the sailors. ,sss
In the Indian Ramayana. where the
snimals are, praised as allies of Rama,
apes are depleted in groups, under the
direction of a King who obeys the mods
Of Rama. They are not, however, in
troduced as idealized apes, changed
men or incarnate demons. but as verita-
BILE apes with all their less pleasant Pc
ouliarities realistically portrayed. A
favorite figure of the poem is Hanuman,
the fool Of the serious drama, around
whom fabulous atmosphere has al
ready gathered. In him may be recog-
nized the Huffman of the Hindoos, the
Mandi of the Malabars, the sacred ape,
,Semno opithecus esaeltus. He is an Atlas,
who bears mountains on his shoulders.
A child of tho wind and the air, he
affords the most agreeable symbolism
of the simia1 character. Like a rash
child, he tried to go up to the sun, and
still carries remembrancer of his mis-
hal, in the defarmity of his lower jaw.
vi ieh r loaear than the ,lpper one.
With his foolhardy, conliE ways. he
cheered and comforted Rana's beloved
wife Sita. and helped deliver her from
the terrible Lanka, the city of the De-
mon-King Ravann, In gratitude fol
this, Rama crowned him and embraced
him in the sight of both hosts, of men
and of geds.-DT. Placzek, IN Popula,
Science Moaathlu.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-03
PASSENGER LISTS.

CARLIN, June 21.-Passed here to-day, to
arrive in Sacramento tomorrow D. S.
Vernon and wife, agent Robinson's circus !;
1. Sachs and wife, John Lloyd, New York {;
Mrs. Mary Fletcher, A. j. Lewis, o. K.
Jones, J. G. Logan, D. G. Scefeld and wife,
l.. d. Latimer, San Francisco Mrs. George
B. Thorne and daughter, New York Mrs.
Mary E. Pringle and child, Iowa; Captain
E. V. Andruss and family, U. S. A; Alfred
Rowe, Canton, China: Lieutenant I. Dix
Bolles and wife. U. S. N; Rev. VIM. Laurie,
Bellefont, Pa; j. S; Powell, .. S. A.; Fl.
Ruttman, China ; B. McCreary, Sscramento;
James Todd, London, England Mrs S. L.
Partridge and three children, VIM. Partridge,
E. Partridge, Salt Lake city; Miss L. Bou-
din, Canada; w. Anderson, Miss H. E
Erskine, Washington Territory; Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Devaroux. Boston NJ L. Pack,
VIM. G. Bartlett, Utah; H. Thompson,
Wood River VIM. G. Farrell, Utah; J. NJ.
Evans, San Jose Mrs. NJ J. Rice, Colorado;
J. A. Naismith, Laramie; lie emigrant pas
sengers, including "a males, to arrive in Sac
ramento June 4th.
NEwHALL, June 2d.-Passed here to-day
to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow Mrs.
fanny. Mrs. B. @. Quigley, Arizona; Hon.
John Wasou, S. S. Mulberry, Tucson A. G..
Manning, A. E. Pedro, Tom Hayne, A. S.
crest, a. u. Anderson, 1. walters, M. mur-
ply, Arizona; G. L. Wilson, Jr., F. Q.
Story and wife, J. fanny, W. S. Mirpheater
and wife, San Francisco; w. H Norway,
Santa Barbara; J. J. Valentine Oakland
S. Combs and wife. Mendocino. CAL; NJ.
Kellogg, Berkeley. CAL; J. billiard, Los
Angeles N. H. Tallman, Peoria, ILL.,; A.
Todd, Maricopa; G. E. Warder, Detroit,
Mich; Mrs. S. II. Slough, Chicago; Mrs.
Charles Lain, Stockton, Mrs. c. o. Southland
aud child, E. Vulture, Arizona; Mrs. 7. G.
Mayor and child, Oakland.
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The state Normal school.

SAN JOSE June 2d.-The Board OF Nor
NAL School Trustees met last Friday evening
and elected Professor Allen Principal of the
Normal School here, aud also Principal of the
branch school at Los Angeles, without extra
salary, and directed him to proceed to Los
Angeles as early as possible and arrange for
the opening of the school. The building will
be completed for occupancy before the LIST of
August. Professor c. J. Flatt was elected
Vice Princip.l of the branch school Miss
Emma l.. Hawks, prsceptress; j. w. Red
way, assistant; J. D. Campbell, jsniror.
The Board reelected the present Faculty of
the Normal School at San Jose, with the ex-
ception of Miss Murray, Miss Lucy NJ.
Washburn being elected in her place. 1t
was resolved that two classes be graduated
hereafter here-one in December and one in
lime