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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Tanning a Wild Partridge.

TO domesticate the partridge has ire
qncntly been attempted, but rarely ac.
compliShed. The egg have been placed
under the ordinary hen for incubation,
thinking by association with the nest
mates the little partridge chicks would
become domestic, but instinct would in
variably lead the young partridges to
their natural wild life. Last winter in
Bolton, Zeno Thomas, while at work in
the woods n short distance from his
house, frequently saw partridge, and
IN the goodness of his heart would scat.
Ter few grains of food for it. Last
spring, while at work clearing the
ground, he noticed a partridge that
seemed not to possess the natural wild
ness OF its species, and, after short
time, by feeding and kind attention
would permit itself to be handled MR.
Thomas at any time, by calling "Dick.
Dick can get the bird to appear, much
to the amusement of the neighbors. Mr..
Thomas one daytook the bird to his home.
hoping to induce him to remain with
domestic fowls, but as soon as liberated
"Dick" flew away to his haunts in the
woods; "Dick" resented this familiari-
W, and for several days would not per-
i ar Mr. Thomas to touch him.-Troy
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
A Tear for the IiumOrIst.

Come weep with us, dear reader, over
the grave Of American humur. 1t is
gone II is busted and dead, like i
cockroach ilattcncd in TIE family Bible.
Gather about us, weeping friends, while
We drive the cold cruel screw into the
collin lid Of busted American mirth.
Pour into the open grave your scaldln@
weep. America hasn't u humori-t to-
day that she can lay her jaws to. No
one can regret this any more than We
do, not because il hurts our trade any.
for it does not If We had man ON
this paper who claimed to be a humorist.
We would squat him into Il heterogeneous
mass and use him for paper weight
But we have two or three Journalistic
friends who had fooled us into the dclu-
sion that they were inclined to he face
tious, and without thipling about it
much we have laughed good deal over
their printed remarks. 1t will go hard
with such men to he laid aside that way
and stood up behind the door like m old
umbrella. They will he ont Of n job and
hard up for awhile until they can get
some wood to saw Such men MS Mark
Twain and Josh Billings are left in their
old age with only about $500, 600 apiece,
and Peck and Sweet and those mru 20.
gethcr with the DctrOH FCc i'ross man
and Bob Burdctto Oh, Eugene Field,
will probably have to tramp it over
the coun'.S All these men are
m..GG,ng money hand over fist and they
are making it ont Of four or five million
people who haven't the necessary mem
tai acumcn to drop to the never dying
truth that they are being mmhDozled
by half dozen men who don't know
joke from II blue pill.-BW Nyc.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
THE FARMERS WIFE.

BIrdllke, she's up ut day-dawn's blush,
In summer heats or winter SHOWS;
Her veins with healtbfu blood afiush,
Her breath of balm, her cheek rose;
In cyes--the kindliest eyes on earth
Are sparklcs OF homcly mirth;
Demurc, arch hImOr Is ambushed In
The clear curves OF her dlmplcd chin.
All Bullcless creature, hale ana good,
All! fOunt Of wholesome wOinnnhOod,
Far from the worlds unballOwcd strife,
Gods blessing on the Farmers Wlfcl
love 10 mark her matron charms
Her fearless steps through household ways
Her sunburnt hands and Duxom arms,
Her whist, unbound by tOrturnR stays;
Blithc n. n bee with busy care,
she's here, she's there, she's everywhere;
Long ere the clock has struck for noon
Home chords Of toll arc all IN tune,
And from each richly bounteOus hour
She drains It's use, ~ bees Hover.
hpnrt from PASSIONS pain and strfc,
Pence gently glrds the Farmers Wife.
Homcward dis daily labors donc)
The stalwart farmer slowly plOds,
From battling, between shade and sun,
With sulleD globc and stubborn s0ds
Her Welcome on his spirit bowed
IN sunshine flashing on q cloud
a u vanished II the brief eclipse!
IIark to the sound of welded lips,
And words Of tender warmth that start
From out the husbands grateful heart!
", wei ne KNOWS now vain MS IlIe,
Unswcctcncd by tho Farmers Wio
hut 10! the height Of pure delight
comes with the evenings stainless Joys,
When by tho hcnrthsiOnc spnccs bright
Blend the glad tones Of girls and boys;
Their voices rise IN Rlcoiul swcll.,
Their laughter rings lii'c elm bells,
TIL with n look 'twiIt smile aud frown
The mother lays her infant down,
And nj her firm, upliiicd hand,
There's silence mid the juyiul baud;
Ncr signal stills their harmless strife
Love crowns with law the Farmers Wlfcl
Yc danes In proud palatn halls
or mviSh wilcs ana JOwclcd dress,
On whom, pGrChnnCc no infant calls
dor barron Oft your lOyclincssj-
Turn hithcrward those lauguid eyes,
And for n moments space bc wise;
Your sister mid the country dow
IL three times nearer Heaven than you,
And where the Dlains of Eden stir,
Dream not that $50 shall stand by her,
Tho Ia your false bcwildcrng life,
Your folly scOrned the Farmers VITO.
Paul Ham hOH HdyHe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Tho TichbOrnO Case,

The main facts of tho story are that
Roger Tichborno was heir to q haronetcy
and estate yielding 500, 0OOa year. He
entered the army, remained three years,
and after visiting South America disap,
pcared, and is supposed to have been
lost Mt sea His mother, proud and in
sane, waSunwilling that the estate should
fall into the hand of the child of de.
tested daughter in-lnw, and accordingly
advertised IN Australia for the missing
heir. Arthur Orion, butcher and a
low adyenturcr, Immediately went to
ENGLAND, and, backed by spectators and
accomplices, claimed the estate. The
mother was IN easy dupe, and though
the claimant was wonderfully unlike
Roger Tichbourhe, tho swindle pro-
crossed famously. The trial of the case
occupied six years, and Orion was con-
victed of being perjurer and imposter.
The case occupied thirty-ono days in
opening, forty-seven in summing up, the
Chief Justice took eighteen days in de-
livering his charge, and the whole case
cost over 81 $50, 900. 1t is tho most cele.
brated lawsuit on record.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Tho First Casting OF Iron.

Cast iron WAS not in commercial use
before the year 100, when Abraham
Darby, an intelligent mechanic, who
had brought some Dutch wOrkmcn to
establish brass foundry at Bristol,
Eng, conceived the idea that iron m,~ht
be substituted for brass. This his work
men did not succeed in clccting, beng
probably too much prcjudiccd N favor
OF the metal with which they were best
acquainted. A Welsh shepherd boy
named John Thomas had, some little
time previous 10 this, been received by
Abraham Darby into his workshop IN
the recommendation of II distant rcle-
tive. While looking on during the cx.
pcrmcnts Of the Dutch workmcn, he
said to Abraham Darby that he saw
where they had missed it. lie bcprcd
to be allowed to try; so he and
Abraham Darby remained alone in the
workshop all night struggling with
the refractory metal and imperfect
mods. The hours passed ON and day
light appeared, but neither would leave
his task; and Just as morning dawncd
they succeeded in casting an iron pot
complete. The boy entered into an
agreement with Abraham Darby to
serve him and keep the scarct. lie was
cnticcd by the offer of double wages 10
leave his master, but he continued faith
full; and from 1909 to 1922 the family of
Thomas were confidential and much
valued agents TO the descendants of
Abraham Darby. For more than one
hundred years after the night in which
Thomas and his master succeeded in
making an iron casting in mold OF
iinc sand contained in frames and with
air-holes, tbs same process was prac-
ticcd and kept secret at Colebrook Dale
with plugged kcyholes and barred doors.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Why lie Trampcd.

"Why don't you 90 WcSt?' demand
ed the man, after telling II tramp that
he had no small change and could not
respond to his appeal for aid "I've
been ont there" "Why didn't YOU
stayP" "Cau'c lost my ALL" "What
all did You have?' stranger" said the
old man, rs he leaned back and wiped
his forehead, 81 went to Illinois with
5000 in cash went into the business
OF raising frogs for the market. There
was every show that would clear Sl0,-
600 the tlr,tyear, when climax knocked
me plumb center all in one night"
"What was itP' 81 had $4,000 frogs on
my farm, and every burned Jumper got
up and jumped over on another mans
land" "lhey did?" "Did for u fact,
and, rs hadn't branded u single one
OF them, couldn't identify my proper
ty. That's what broke me all up, and
I've come East To see about getting up
mnchinc TO scratch II hogs back
something that will permit the hog to
scratch himself. 1t you can spare me
ten cents to help me- He got it with
out further explanation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

The ancient custom Of sending pres
ent of fine cloth to certain high officers
OF State and gentlemen of her Majcsty's
household has lately been observed by a
committee of the Court of Aldermen of
London. The custom seems to have
originated in desire to encourage COM
pg tition in the manufacture of tine goods
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

Mno has not seen the fair, fresh young
BlrI transformed in Il few months into the
pale, ihaggard, dispirited woman The
sparkling eyes are dimmed, and the ring
ing laugh heard no more. TOO often the
causes are disorders of the system which
Dr. PIercce's "Favorite Prescription" would
remedy in a short time. Remember, that
inc, "Favorite Prescription" will unfaiI.
ingIy cure all 'femalc weaknesses" and
restore health and beauty by all druggists.
Send three stamps for Dir. Pierce's treatise
on on Diseases on Women COG pages) Address
WoRLD's MEDICAL AssocIArIoN, Buffalo,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

THERE is nothing in this world SO pun,
and undeliled as tho love of n lawyer CIR
his client. A recent case in this city
proves this. The lawyers won big
case for their client and got him pile
OF money, and, with generosity never
before heard Of, they have insisted upon
not keeping above half Of what they re.
covered, for their own use, and have
compelled their client to take the other
half Never again let it be said that it is
better to lose all than to go to law and re.
cover everything. Fall River Adpanoe
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

Willie, son of John Paddleford,
aged twelve, and another boy, were
drowned near the waterworks, in Taun.
ton, Mass, a few days since, while bath
ing. Mr.. Paddleford, who was working
near by, heard the cries for help, and
went to assist the boys, but they chung
to him so tenaciously that he was pulled
under the water and, being unable to
swim, he let them go to save himself,
and both drowned before his eyes,
Chicago Times.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

MERCHANTS, PEDOLgGs & AUcrIoNEERs
Write to l.. A. BALL 4 Co., 10 Marietta 81,
Atlanta ia, Tor catalogue OF prices oil cheap
Jewelry and Notions. Cash buyers, we want
YOU TO see the advantage.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

The following occurred in a San
! Fan'','" court Have you" asked
the Judge OF II rr'ontIy-convictcd man,
anything to oIler the court before the
sentence is passed." mo. your Wen.
or replied the prisoners .my iawyer
took my last rnnt'n
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

lryou feel dull, dlowsy debilitated have
frequent headache, mouth tastes bad, Door
appetite, tongue coated, you are SUFFERING
rom torpid liver, or biliousness." Noth'
ing VIII cure you SO speedily and nermo.
nTently as Dr. Pierce's Golden Mcdica,
Discovery" BY all druggists. ''''
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

The value of babies has been fixed
A child less than one year old is worth
VIA; between one and two years, SO;
two to three years, 1928; four years, 1871
five years, $35; six years, $40; seven
years, $50; eight years, $50; nine years,
$40; ten years, 800, eleven years, sl23
These are tho valuations made by a ba.
BY insurance company of Cincinnati.
The parents pay five cents per week for
the insurance of their child. The rates
for colored children are twice as much
owing to their two-fold ability for con-
tractin5 contagious disease, boston
Pow
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

THE St. Louis Giobe-Dcmocrat says
MIR. Charles Refs, No. 1911 Second Car
ondolet Avenue, this city, was cured by
st. Jacobs Oil after sixteen years suffer-
ing with rheumatism.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
They have an Astronomical Balloon

They have an Astronomical Balloon
Society in London. The members go
up in balloons to study the stars. The
first trip was success. The balloon
went for about two miles ripping along
the tops OF houses, knocking down
chimneys, and scattering the Astronom-
ical Society all over the west end OF
London. Many brilliant galaxies Of new
stars were discovered zuas SVtasas.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

A MAN who eloped with Wisconsin
wife left O note for the husband: 81
have looked your woman ; but yu AZ
welcum to my last weeks wages, which
I didn't draw; and I hoap that squares
things"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

Complaints are still heard in Butte
County, California, Of poisoning from
contact with olcander. 1t Is very dan.
gcrous, and though some consider it
pretty, still it should not be tolerated
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

An Indiana man gave his horse a
mint of whisky to send him along in the
race. The effect was so hilarious Una,
the animal tried to step over the grand
stand and in the effort broke two legs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
An exchange tells of a railroad bao.

gage-master who missed his train.
Probably, on account of struggle with
trunk that didn't break so easily rs
usual. Of course he would have felt
ashamed TO put trunk on whole. and So
took it out behind the station to finish
il. LOMeX Gh.c,l
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

"A certain new married editor come
ont with a fierce article against 'boss-
ism" and now he wonders what his es
teemed contemporaries are all Laughing
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Lar. 1. CRANKY Oswego County.

A barn in CRANKY, oswego County,
was struck by liz htnlng recently e,,oGt Inv hv
bolt being attracted, it is ihougn n ,,;,S
the large bronzed yane and morse Sc " elm
heavy iron rod, extending into an e elm ain
Gar Stan. The latter was comPi ig y
shattered, and driven through the sue sue 81 J.
the the building and into the earth, ana ,eal Is
,"J Portions of the vane we're
carried a long distance The fine new
i harm was saved by strong wind blowing
in The richt direction, but some lesser
huiIdings we're burned Not a particle
of rain fell for some time, before OF "i.oo
the buildings burned and at the same .
moment of the shock there was not d
particle of thunder or Lightning, or
dark cloud overhead. IN T. Tunes
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

THE Boston Globe brings this item ::
Chos. S. Strickland, Esq, this city, was
cured of rheumatism by st. Jacobs Oil.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Tint Terrible Diabetes.

GApspEY, ALA, March o. 1881.
II. II. WARSEG & Co.: Sirs-l tried every
medicine | could hear Of for Diabetes, nut
in vain. Your Safe Diabetes Cure gave me
perfect restoration Of health, ....
f'''' j. 4. LIVINGSTON.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

--Wilkie Collins is. in the opinion Of
the London Il'orid, an instance of y
modest genius who shuns the noisy
recognition OF the mob.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

dyspeptic or constipated, should address,
with two stamps for pamphlet, WoRLD's
DIsrENsARY MEDICAL Association, Buffalo.
N Y
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Boston Bar Examinations.

1t is now no easy task to bo admitted
to the Suffolk bar. The examinations,
conductcdby carefully select ID board,
whose names-Messrs. lloratio G. Par
kcr, George o. Shattuck, John G..
Dodge, Robert M. Morse, Jr., and II. ID.
Smlth-vouch at once for the thorough.
ness of their work, cover nearly all de.
partments of the law. Three years of
study are expected of all candidates, and
any student must he exceptionally gifted
and unusually diligent who can pass
this examination in less tme. Printed
papers are used and written answers are
required. The questions are chiefly
practical; they are all very searching
and arc sometimes too much for old
members of the bar themselves. A
student in II very busy Office recently
inquired of one of the partners in re-
gard to the meaning of the maxim de
ni6llorbus daD'niS, saying that i, had
appeared on recent examination pa
per, and that it could not be found in
"Broom." Nobody in the Office could
give satisfactory answer. Then II note
was dispatched to an old lawyer who had
formerly been on tho Examining Com
mittee OF the County, and his reply
was: "You have struck an old question
OF IS; he had some doubt about it
himself. | think it means so and So
boston advertiser.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

The sweet girl graduate now IL
nor' h'r time between the picnic o"I
the hammock, VIII le her mother r'", ,' 'hu
solo on the wash-board. ''0' Paysa
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

- -Hard-Money Cake: Gold part
Take two cups of sugar, Il scant cup of
butter, and work together TO II cream,
Then add the yelks OF eight eggs, four
cups OF flour and one tablespoonful of
corh'Starch; one cup of sour milk, with
a teasspoonIul OF soda in it, added the
last 'hlng' except the flavor. which may
be lemon and vanilla. Silver part
lake two cups of sugar and one of but
ter four cups OF flour and one table
spoonful OF starch, the whites of
eight eggs, one cup OF sour milk, tea.
spoonful of soda; flavor with almond or
peach Put ia the baking-pan alternate.
ly one spoonful OF gold aud one of sill.
yer. --Bosloa lrqnscripk
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

pu.x sod-liver oil, from selected livers, on
IN gas shore, by Csswell, Hazard Co., n. Y.
a.5'r,ely pure and sweet. Patients who have
..rtaben Il prefer il to all Others. Physiclans
ia sppsrior to all other oils.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13
Don't Dc I'm the House.

"Rough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice
reaches, bedbugs, flies, ants, moles, chipmunkS
gophers. loo.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

Those poor children in New YORK
who have been taken on inc lrcsll-h'r
eXrurs ons saw many sights new 10
them. Ore little girl followed the farm
or NJ he went out Tor vegetables ior ulh-
ucr, and came back excited to her COM
panions. CRYING: "lle dug the perta-
Ter, out Of the ground, and didn't pay a
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

HUMILrTY is to make right estimate of
ones self. 1t is no humility for man to
think less Of himself than he ought
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-13

CHArfED hands, face, pimples ind rough skin
cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made BY Cas-
well, Hazard \ Co., New York
National Republican., 1882-12-11
OPTION GAMBLING.
MIR. Morgan Makes am Adroit and Sinister
Attack on the Great National Industry.

Attack on tlc Great NHttOnal lnuustry'
Mr.. Morgans amendment to the bankruptcy
bill has an importance whichd demands further
explanation than the newspapers have given.
IL was adopted after discussion of its merits
on Friday, and after an explanation from Mr..
Morgan that the substance was taken from
the statutes of Massachusetts,, The full text
of the amendment reads
Or shall after the passage of this actsell agree
to sell for delivery at q future time any stocks,
bonds, or other securities or any grain, food, pro-
visions, provender, or cotton, sugar, salt, or to-
bacco without being at the time of making such
contract the owner or assignee or trustee OF the
property sold or agreed to be sold, or the ail-
thorzed agent of such owner, assignee, or trustee
This seems to be but q further enumeration
of acts, the doing of which shall constitute
cause for involuntry bankruptcy, but it points
particularly to the effect of gambling in " fu-
tures" in certain articles of prime necessity.
In explaining it the senator said that it had
come within his own experience that many
families in the United States have been abso-
lutely wrecked by men who go into these
speculations merely as man would 60 to
faro-table or to any other gaming table and
risk his Judgment against Il faro-dealer; that
il hinders the commerce of the country, ii de-
stroys prices, it causes vibrations in the mar
kets which are of excessive injury to the
planting and producing communities 1t is
one that the congress- of the United States
can not wrestle with, can not deal with,
except under its powers to enact q system of
bankruptcy. A man who is esteemed an hon
orable man and has credit, has property in
his possession, falls into the way of induging
in these vicious speculations He perhaps has
obtained credit from his neighbors and
friends, who rely upon his honor. 1t is not
considered an impeachment of a mans honor
that he should go into Wall street or else
where and engage in these speculations, and
yet they are in every essential and effect even
more vicious than gaming at the gaming-tables
of the country A man in this condition con
tracts debts borrows money from his
friends gets their indorsment upon
| his paper, and the first thing that
they know his fortune is swept from beneath
his feet by these gambling operations. Mr..
Morgan said that he had abstained from max
ing the amendment universal in its applica-
ton to all personal property, because, perhaps,
it might be too stringent in that regard, but
the great points of interest, the great points
where the welfare of the country is assailed
through this vicious system, are in our staple
productions of grain, of provender, of provi-
sions, of cotton, sugar, rice, and tohacco-those
commodities which are capable of being
handled in vast amounts, and which consti'
tute after all the basis of the great CONNER
cial prosperity of the land.
National Republican., 1882-12-11
PInns for snn Randall.

An old veteran of the third house said yes
terday that new combination had been
formed that would have strong influence
upon the speakership of the next house,
Said he "Sam Randall has fixed things in
way that mean business. While he will be a
candidate for the speakership, he will stand
ready, at the proper moment to transfer all
his strength to Blackburn, of Kentucky.
Blackburn can divide Carlsle's support in the
south to a considerable extent and to further
split up matters in that section. Represents
tive Hammond of Georgia, will be brought
forward as nm asprant for the speakers chair.
After ballot or two both Randall and Ham
mond will swing over to Blackburn, and it is
expected this will secure him enough votes to
give him the speakership, Randall will have
the Craftsmanship of tho appropriations COM
mittee, where he expects to make big record
on rotrenchment and reform, and Hammond
will be given an important committee. A
programme hus been mapped out by which 1t
| is expected largo array of Randall delegates
will be secured for the next national demo-
cratic convention, especially from southern
and southwestern states, and II everything
| turns out all right Randall will he sure of