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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25
The Money.0rder System.

The Superintendent Of the Money
Order Division Of the Post Oilice Depart
mcnt sent ont on Saturday an order that
hereafter, when money-Ordcr has re.
maincd sixty days in post-oilicc with
ont payment being demanded, the post
master shall send private notice 10 tho
payee, il his address is known, inform
ing him Of the fact and giving the name
and address of the rcmittcr The payee
is requested by the circular to present
the corresponding order for payment,
II it is in his possession; or il il has not
been received, TO obtain II, il practical
Bile. from the rcnittor, and, in the event
Of its loss in transit or otherwise, toSug-
gcSt TO the rcmitter that he make appli-
cation for duplicate.
This circular is new departure in the
policy Of the Money Order Divis on, and
is one that ought TO have been made
years ago. Had it been adopted on the
start, there would not now be in the
Treasury TO the credit Of the money
order system the great sum Of over
million and a quarter OF dollars. the ac-
Nl'llVl VI lll'llfN -'lNlilN remaining llll-
paid. Not dollar Of this fund belongs
TO the Government. Ii belongs TO pco.
pie who paid for orders, which, largely
through the defects OF the postal Sys-
TEN, did not reach the persons to whom
they were sent. II may safely BE- said
that ninc-tcnths of this sum cOHld have
been made 10 reach the plyccS, or could
have been returned to the rcmittcrs, had
not policy of conccalmcnt been adopt
ell. Instead Of seeking earnestly either
to pay the money 10 the payccS or re-
turn il 10 the rcmttcrS, rule was
adopted forbidding n postmaster, under
penalty Of dismissal, TO furnish the very
information now ordered TO be given by
the new circular
If the department is content with the
present step, il will fail - do all that IL
should do to stop such wrongful dctcn-
tion OF the peoples money. 1t is evil
dent that the payec OF an unpaid order
may be out of reach after sixty day :.
and so may never receive his notice.
In such a ease, after the lapse OF another
thirty days, the rcmittcr should be no
titled that the money he has deposited
remains unpaid. As of course the
payer has the first claim to payment, it
would he necessary to provide that
some set timc-pcrhaps six months all
dtional should clapsc before u repay
mcnt was made to the rcmittcr
Nor should the effort to be honest stop
here Every means should he taken Ivy
publication of lists and otherwise faith
fully to diSbursc the fund now on hand
before passing a law 10 cover it into the
Treasury. In every other respect the
money order system is model of pre-
cison and effectiveness, and even in the
matter of this lapscd order fund it is
probably less at fault than any other sys-
TEN in the world and the step it has
now taken is one in advance Of most
other systems. But nothing can be said
in favor of covering such II fund into
the Treasury until every means ha,
been exhausted to find the real owner,
CT it, Washington Cor. n. \. ErcniHS
Post.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25
CuItivating the Black Walnut.

The attention of the public is being
called to the increasing demand and
decreasing supply of that valuable tim
Der, black walnut, and farmers in local
tiles where this growth is Indigenous to
the soil are being urged to plant and
cultivate it.
Mr.. W. II. Ragan, Secretary of the
Indiana Horticultural Society, in paper
read before the annual convention, gave,
among other arguments,in favor of black
walnut, the following: "lt is a worthy
variety for artificial groves and timber
belts; it is comparatively free from the
attacks of deprodating insects; it grows
rapidly and bears nuts at an early age,
and it stands without-a peer for furniture
and interior decorations.
Regarding the planting and culture
of the black walnut, Mr.. Ragan said:
"Prepare your ground by breaking and
narrowing in the fall. Furrow it off
each way as you would for corn, except
that the rows should be about seven feet
apart. Take the nuts fresh from the
trees, it is not necessary that they should
be hulled, placing two nuts in each
crossing. This is to insure getting
good stand. The nuts should be covered
very shallow, just enough earth to hide
them. In the spring the land should be
furrowed off midway between the rows
of nuts, and the spaces planted with
corn or potatoes. Cultivate as you
would corn crop, by cross blowing,
being careful to give the young trees q
fair chance and good clean culture.
The second spring thin out your plants
to one tree to the hill. If there arc
spaces entirely missing they may be
filled by transplanting from the hills
containing duplicates. The second and
perhaps the third year it will pay to
cultivate corn between the rows, after
which the trees should be regularly cul-
tivated until they fully occupy the ground
so as to keep down by their shade all
weeds and grass.
"The period at which cultivation may
be discontinued can not be definitely
stated, as much will depend on the char
acter of the seasons and quality of the
soil. OF course seven feet each way will
be too close for permanent trees, but as
they will protect each other when small
and make much better growth it is
preferable to have them closely planted.
when they begin to crowd, the alternate
tree in each row may be removed. The
trees thus removed will be of sufficient
size to be useful in various ways on the
farm. A second thinning will in few
years be necessary, taking the alternate
tree the other way. Your permanent
trees will now stand fourteen feet apart
each way, a sufficient distance for
number Of years, though not for large
trees, but the trimmings will always pay
a large per cent. on the value OF tht
ground occupied. IN Y. World
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25
A Growing Youth.

A phenomenon is expected this week
at the Hotel Dicu here. His name is
Jean Conrroist. and he is the son of a
farmer in the department of the llau'c'
Saonc, The poor young fellow took to
growing last spring twelve month, and
since has shot up so fast that he al
ready measures two meters, forty-onc
c"nlimctcrs, that is to say he ovcrtops
The Chinese giant Cham, and he is but
seventeen years of age. Until May,
1881, there was nothing very cxtraor'
binary in his height. He measured at
that time one meter ninety-six cent?
meters, but as he had apparently ceased
growing, and his health was cool, hl'
parents were in no way uneasy abol'
him. Toward the end of May, however,
he gained in week three ccntmetcrs,
then five, and so on, until he reached
his present respectable number OF
inches. What is remar kable is, that
within the last four months it is only his
legs that have grown. his body remain
iny stationary in size His health has
become bad, his legs are so weak and
thin that he can scarcely walk, he
coughs incessantly, and his back is bent
like that OF an old man. He has al
ready been examined once by the doc
tors, whose opinion was that his life
could not be prolonged more than q
few months. lie Is to be brought here
by his parents to see what the magnate'
OF the medical profession can do io
him, and whether any means can be de
vised for checking the growth that may
without any figure of speech, be said t,
DO killing him by inches. Ports Cor
GlnSoon Herald
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

from which the air has been exhausted
several Ingredients, that being dissolved
by electricity fill the vacuum with n
prcservatlve gas. The body Of young
child in the first stages Of decomposition
has already been preserved nearly two
months without change, decay being ar.
rested and the odor Of decomposition
destroyed. He also claim It as a pre-.
scrvative of meat, his experiments so far
having been successful. Tho gas is not
injurious TO food nor to water.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

NEARLY nine years have elapsed since,
on October 81, 1873, the Spragues, OF
Rhode Island, failed. They had assets
valued al $50, 600, 900, while their liabll-
tiles we're s6,OOO,OOO less than tn
amount The estate was put IN the
hands Of an assignee, and it was hoped
that in two or three years all CLAIMS
would be settled or greatly reduced, but
one legal complication after another has
followed. The many suits which have
been passed upon by the courts have not
been adjusted with much consistency
and to-day the property is in more OF q
tangle than ever.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

An absurd story going the rounds OF
The continent is that Arab surrendered
because he was suffering from pains in
The stomach. He is said to have tele-
sraphed to Sir Garnet Wolseley: "As
you have good doctors, will join you
shortly. Prefer captivity with the Eng-
hsh to cholera in Egypt"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

A "Constant Reader" asks the
MEANING of the word "Jehad," which
treouently appears in the Egyptian war
d;snatohes. That so much ignorance
Shonld be abroad in the land is deplora-
hle A Jehad signifies a.-that is, 1t
means mes Well, a Jehad is what we
% have declared against newspaper bores'
Now you know what 1t meanS'-e0''S'
fo,Dn Herald.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

The Aprt"an Cui,irntcr says that
above all things else it is necessary that
there be general understanding that
large crops are always proportionately
more profitable than small crops; that
within certain limits gwen amount OF
products can be grown more cheaply on
five acres than on ten. When this fact
isproperly appreciated the popular craze
to secure more land will be abated, and
h tier culture.of fewer acres will take
the place of the present system of half
tlla.e over large acres.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

When the conductor tore off the
coupon from the ticket Of lady passen-
ger on Connecticut railroad the other
day she threw the remainder out of the
window, and subsequently explained
that she had seen him tear the ticket
up and thought the piece was Of no ac-
count,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

Hon. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, ex-
Premier of the Dominion, has been pre-
sented with an address and q purse
containing $500 by his old constituents
oi the County of Lambton, Ontario.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

The Rothschilds are virtual owners Of
one'fifth of the fertile lands in the Delta
OF the Nile. Their share in Egyptian
bonds is popularity estimated at Gl2, ,0O0,-
wv. An envious anti-Semite calculates
!hat the income of Baron Wilhelm
hothschild is about eos per hour, or
olne shillings per minute.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

ONE of Arabi's tents at Tcl.cl-Kchir
was lined with crimson damas& silk :;
the other was embroidered with forget
me-nots, pomegranatcs and other fruits,
In manner which would put some fine
art needlework associations to the blush
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

A MISSISSIPPI gentleman has offered
two prizes for the State Fair-a box of
kid gloves for the handsomest unmar-
rled lady and gallon of whisky to the
man who writes the best essay on tenn.
pcrancc.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

lr IS related that when n Young man,
IN General Robert Toombs' presence,
objected to Milton's paradise Lost, ="
that 1t was obscure Toombs said with
pity; Milton was blind he couldn't
see to write for focls."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

Tie colossal statue of horl Baacons.
field which is to he set up i'll Parliament
Square, London, this winter, will repre-.
sent the deceased statesman at that
period Of his career when he returned
triumphant from the Congress of Berlin.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

Mrs. AMANDA SMITH, who was once
slave in Delaware, and who is we'll
known in many churches in this coun-
try, has reached Monroyia, Liberia, af.
yer three years of successful cvangclstic
work In Great Britain and the East
Indies.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25
A WEALTHY bachelor of Oregon,

A wealthy bachelor of Oregon,
whose death lately occurred in the East
while on a visit, has given the most
valuable farm in the cove to a school
for young ladies, The buildings for
the school will be erected soon. This
farm contains thirty-four thousand
prune and plum trees, and the proceeds
from the sale of fruit are some ten
thousand dollars year.-Ch'ca5o
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

MILK is said to be growing in favor in
england as substitute for beer, and
the Northwestern Railway Company has
oeen buying large herd of cows, 500 in
one purchase, proposing hcnccforth to
supply milk to thirsty travellers, who
nave no recourse except beer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

SENATOR HALE, of Maine, is in such
poor health that he will be unable to
take any further active part in this falls
political contests.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

Miss MARY Hill has been admitted TO
the Connecticut bar by the Supreme
Court of that State, aud is tho first of
her sex to gain that distinction.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

THE Rev. Charles II. Spurgcon las OF
late been suffering severely from the
govt He is about to leave London for
Mentone.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

Miss la FORGE, who was betrothci to
Licatenant Chipp, of the Joannettc, has
died insane with grief at his unhappy
fate.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

The Lord Chancellor Of England re-
ceives u salary equal to that of tho
President Of the United States.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

SENATOR PENDLEToN's new house on
Sixteenth street, Washington, has mas
sivo gilded sunlowers at the top of the
lightning. rods.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

BRAZIL has ratified treaty with
China permitting Chinese emigration.
The Chinese are needed for coffee plan
tatiOns.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

TnE story that President Arthur's son
is engaged to the daughter Of Congress.
man Crowley is officially denied.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

GOVERNOR CEIrrENDEN, of Missouri,
denies the story that he introduced
Frank james to Mrs. Crittenden as his
"irieRd."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

AN Erie, Pennsylvania, physician and
chemist, DR.. Lovett, is credited with
discovering a process of embalming
which consists Of placing in coffin
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

A writer in Ys.utta. FL Paso CCun.
ty, Ten. ans tha lace was set co
as early as l14o, and hat the eds 10
the hnrch property in the place are -
years old.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

The registration in New York City for
the first day this year exceeds that on
first day last year, by about 20, 900.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

THE Duke of Athole plants overy year
from 6OO,OOO to 1,000,O0O trees. He is
said to be the most extensive tree.plantcr
In the world.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

LIEUT.. DASENHowER has accepted
about twenty invitations to deliver his
Arctic lecture.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-25

Seven tenths of the entire wheat
crop of the United States is grown in
the States of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan. Minnesota. Iowa, California
and Wisconsin.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10

/ to arrest all persons acting in viola.
/ tien Of any of the ordinances and bring
them before the mayor, and fer such ser.
vices ne snail be entitled to The same fees ~
eonstables in similar cases.
SEC 20. Be it further enacted, That the
said mayor when acting as justice of the peace
shall be entitled to such fees as are provided
b. law for justices of the peace in this State
and shall receive no further compensation
SEC. IL. Be II further en4eted, That should
vacancy occur in any of the elective Offices
Of said town BY death, resignation or other
wise, such yacancy shall be Fl led for the un-
expired term by appointment by the Governor
SEC. u Be It further enacted, That il shall
be the duty Of the mayor and aldermen of said
Town 10 keep full and accurate account of
all moneys received and paid ont; said ac-
count TO be kept IN a separate book which shall
be open to the inspection OF asy citizen of said
town at any and all times; said book shall
show the names of the person from whom
moneys have been received, the date of receipt
thereof aud on what account il was paid in
it shall also show what moneys have been paid
out, on what account and to whom as we'll as
the date thereof; provided, that no money shall
be paid oat OF the treasury Of said town, ex-
cept it first be allowed by the mayor and
aldermen at a regular meeting thereof and
then only upon warrant upon the treasurer
signed by the mayor.
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, That the
mayor and marshal each be required to enter
into bond in the penalty Of FIVE hundred /
each, conditioned for the faithful discharge OF
dollars thsir duties before entering upon the /
duties Of their respective Offices.
SEC IA Be il further enacted. That this set /
take effect from and after It's passage
APPROVED February l6, lSS2.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10
Your IeIIOW-cItIzan,
o. r. SINGLETON.
Hon. II. H. Woods Card to the People
of the Fifth Congressional Dis trict.

The blatant oatcries Of Col. 0. r. Single
ton over the cruelty of the Legislature in
omitting to consult his interests and further
his aspirations in the matter of the late
Congressional app0rtionment seeming to
partake more Of the obstreperous than the
sincerely earnest, | have not hitherto deemed
it proper to give them more than a cursory
and an amused attention. His scurrill0us
attacks in his former letters, published and
unpublished, on the Democratic Legislature
Of the State that had 50 long honJred him.
were only calculated 10 ALLEVIATE from him
the sturdy constituency of the faithful rep
reSentatiyes he sought to Ralign. These
chosen epresentatives-the Senator's and
members of the House who supported the
Appoftionment in Committee and in the
Senate and House-were neither tricksters
nor jugglers, nor parties to disgraCsful
gerrymander, nor were they the ignorant,
unsuspeeting and plant tools of corrupt
aspirants Such scandalous charges, so far
as directed against myself l passed with
c0ntemptuous silence.
Now, however, since Col Singleton points
me out, not by name, but as the one not a
member of the committee who moved the
passage of the bill, and called the previous
question, aud that, too, horrible to tell, at a
hfStae SSssIOuJ any iaikbSI sliebCe oh my
part may be misconstructed. Sure as l am
in the confidence and esteem OF my neigh
bors and friends who knew me, and sure az
I am of the judgment of intelligent, high
minded men on such calumnions charges as
Col. Singleton insinuates, and truly reluct-
ant as am to appear before the public as a
participant in wretched personal alterca-
tions, the persistent, attacks, eovertly made,
by insinuation cniehy, compel ms to crave
pelthe groundiess aud malignant insinua-
tiona thrust at me.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10
Byram Correspondence.
BYRAM, Mss, MAY Sth. 1882.

BIRAM, MISS, MAY Sth, 1857.
EDITORS CLARION: a kind lady friend,
upon reading my first letter to you, remark
ed that ifshe Couldn't write a more sensi-
bic article than that, she'd shave her head
and go and be a baby again" and in very
truth the aforementioned communication
did present rather bobtailed appearance
but in my extreme charitabeness, laid all
the bIameable omissions to an Edi-
tors natural propensity for curtaiIing, for
that lady is very fond of hinging cold water
(and hot water too, sometimes) upon many
of my aspirations and ambitions Pearl
River isnow surging along, exactly even
with its banks and will, in the next twenty
four hours, doubtless flood the low lands on
either side-and verify the anglers face is a
study; and the festive cat fish iumpeth and
Is glad. Byram notwithstanding lis repu-
tation, is surely growing wiser and better
Rev. Mr.. Galloway, the Methodist Minister
upon this circuit is a young man of
decided ability and eloquence, and
coupled with an unfaltering devotion
to his his calling and a most deter
mined resolution, he has brought light
out darkness and has placed the Methodist
church at this place upon a more exalted
and permanent plane than it has occupied
for years before. The Sabbath School, I'M
der the watchful guidance of that accom-
plished christian lady, Mrs. F. G. TYnes, is
in most lourishing condition, and is on
the high road to its old time prestige, with
full complement of officers, teachers, etc
and Numbers about forty scholars. / am
heartily glad to be able to say that the very
charitable remark some one made in regard
to the school durings its incipiency, that ''it
would never be worth two bits has not
been yerifed-besde the value of a Sunday
School, can never be computed by dollars
and cents; from the archives of eternity
alone, can a correct estimate be obtained
Cotton planting is progressing rapidly
the mosq uitoes and drummers are plentiful,
while the half-drowned refugees from the
swamp country are more so. Our old
friend w. B. Sorsby proposes soon to es-
tabllsh an extensive cattle rancho in \. ". |
Texas he has IN view several thousand acres
of prairie land in Texas-also one COW (in
Mississippi as his isnucleus, said COW one OF
our old timers affirms, he saw drink water
out OF the Pearl. at Byram when that
stream was small enough to step across.
She must be little old now, notwithstand-
ing wish my friend abundant success in
his new calling
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10
Enoch Arden-He Behaves in This
Instance in Very Unpoetic Way,
and Receives no Sympathy.

Judge Houston yesterday announced
judgment in favor of the defendant in the
case of Leon Senac VS.. Theresa Rivera Mr.
Senac sued the defendant for divorce. The
case is very romantic one. A number of
years sgo he left his young wife and two
children and Went abroad. He correspond
ed regularly for three years, when suddenly
his wife ceased to hear from him, aud final
ly she was informed of his death. She put
on mourning and grieved for her lost hus-
band several years, when she married John
u Cioutman. About two years ago her
first husband appeared on the scene, and
finding his wife married to another he en-
tered suit for a divorce on the ground of
adultery. His former wife objected, be-
cause, ifshe had done wrong, it was not inten-
tional, and he was to blame for it. She did
not OBJECT to aseparation, as married life
had lost its charm for her on account of the
peculiar circumstances of which she was the
victim. but wished to have her honor Findi-
Gated and also to be allowed to retain Gus
tody Of the children. Judge Houston took
the lady's view Of the case and ruled that
she had committed none OF those offences
which, under the Iawsof Louisiana, would
entitle Mr.. Senac to . divorce from her
New Orleans Picayune.