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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
DRINK OR FIGHT.


Going down the Mississippi, Ole Bull
met on the steamboat u party of half
savage men, colonsts from the far West.
While reading his newspaper he was no
costed by one of the men, who had been
sent as spokesman by his companions,
with the request that the fiddler would
take drink with them, offering him a
whisky flask at the same time.
81 thank you. said Ole Bull, "but
never drink whisky"
With n curse the fellow asked him il
he WINS tee-totaler,
ono, but whisky is like poison to me"
"If You can't drink, come and fight
then"
The mans comrades had gathered
round him meantime, and they all cried:
"If Won won't drink, you must fight.
You look darn strong; show us what you
are good for"
"a Norsrman can fght MS well MS any
body when his blood is up. but l cant
fight when my blood is cold, and why
should / p
"You look like strong fellow, ant
darn it, you shall fight"
Seeing no way Of escape, Ole Bul
quietly said: "Smcc you insist on testing
my strength, and there is no reason fol
fighting, / will tell you what l will do
Let any one of you take hold OF me II
any way he likes, and III wager that II
half minute he shall lie on his back n
my feet"
a big fellow was chosen, who stepped
forward and grasped the violiaist round
the waist, but was instantly thrown oven
his head by sudden wrench, ana lay
.senseless on the deck. Ole Bull now
felt himself in very uncoihlor.'' ',',
position, for he saw one OF ,he ii'il
comrades draw bowie knife, but WASH
lieyed when il was used only to open
flask. A good dose OF Its con,en''
nonred down his throat soon revived tho
Painting man, and his question
mHow the deuce was | thrown dow
hore >" was answered by shout OF
Iauohter from his companions IN wmcl
he himself joined. He sprang to M
feet and after vainly trying to persuade
Ole Bull to show him how he had throwi
him, he said: "a, xo,
flake this knife home with ti. y0 oa l;SyG Ut
, fight darn well; you are as quick Us hgh'
, ningp ~, .ooo Gallo,
later as having gone to nh editor to ca
: him to nm account for an adverse crit
,, cism on his playing, ready to fight fc
sor uthe strongest fiddler he had evt
seen, anyhow"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
How Seine Women Sleep.

GLOW do You sleep? asked the doc
tor Of my friend.
"Splcndidly," she replied; "nine or
ten hours without dream; but whenl
awake have dreadful headache"
"What is your bedroom like"
| Ind seen this prctticst of imaginable
nests, and l Clipped in with n descrip-
ton of it, Nothing could be wrong
about the ventilation, | declared, for the
windows were high and broad, and were
lett open over night, The bcdatcNd was
carved all over in solid rosewood; the
mattress was filled with ircshly-curled
hair and rested on springs; the liner
was Of the whitest and finest; the blank
cts were n gift from California, where
the soitcst and waImcst are made, The
recollection of the down pillows threw,
mo into rapiurous praise ot the uhdreSse''
siIl, Of which their coverings wcrc'madc,
and their elaborate embroidery.
"IIold on !" interrupted tho doctor;
"vou aro not writing fashionable letter
inst now. Have you ever seen Laura
asleep in this wonderfully beautiful
bcdY 80,
ayes. only yesterday morning,
"Whcrc was her noscg
M,et me see. Oh, yes; 1t was under
the blankets" ,,,r
II always sleep That way said laura
, ar cover my head Nhon [ get into bed,
and it stays so all night
"Probahly that causes all Your
trouble" said the doctor. "You manage
TO ventiate your room properly, aud
then manage 10 breathe vitioted air iol
eight or ten hours every night, Stop 1t
Sleep with your head uncovered for
week, and then let me know how yol
feel"
She followed his advice, and at the en-
of the week felt first-rate.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
The Grain Crops Of 1882.

By The latest figuring Of the Agricul-
tmol Bureau at Washington it il re-
ported the corn crop of 1882 is place.,
at l.G35, 900, 600 bushels, and the yield
of wheat at $40, 900, OO0 bushels. These
estimates may be accepted as probably
not fur from tho amounts which will be
shown by the official and final returns,
and the results are highly encouraging.
| Considering the fears which were freely
EXPRESSED for the corn crop In the cary
nort of last summer 10 appears from the
Agricultural Bureaus data to have Deen
cxceptionally good. Up to 1879 tne
maximum Weld of Indian corn III TINS
country (which occurred III that year,
was .b47. o01 900 bushels. Last years
crop by the above estimate, exceeds that
of is79 bv 100000 bushels, and falls
only about 2O7, 900, 600 under the crop oil
1880. 1t fully justihes the prediction
which the Herald made Us carly as
August . that the estimates then made
of the probable yield of the crop would
have "to be revised and enlarged. Inc
latest official estimate of that years
wheat crop places it at about 81, OO0, 0OO
bushels more than that of 1878, 60, O00, WV
more than that of 1879 and 10000, OOO
more than that of 1880. The past year
| will. therefore, be memorable in the
agricultural annals Of the country as one
Of fruitful seasons, filling not only our
own land but others with food ana gIa ss
ness. While the present winter 9e I.n
With some severe weather in the ,, N oon,.
west the recent conditions have ave Oe country S
paratively mild over !, the Cow 0 no nm,
generally, SO that there is = w n1w such
na sbut Of 1850 81 On which on pece ;n.
b hs "a. 20 the terrible cold Of ti,y ;o
uIentanal to mar the crop prospects o.
Inc nav year.--Neo York Herat@
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

Soon after tho Ulne's Legion was
established in its present quarters at
Washington a beggr called on profcs'
sioual business. To his amazement he
was ushered with elaborate bows and
gestures into luxurious room, where
On attache kindly asked how lie NIGH.
serve him. A collection was then taken
up for his benefit among the members
of the embassy, and he was invited to
refresh himself with lunch Of delicate
confections. As matter OF course his
singular experience was known to every
bcggar in town within twenty.four hours,
and the legation has been besieged ever
since by unprepossessing visitors.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
The Drinks OF all Nations.

Drinks of All Nations" was The sub
lectof President Cottcn's lecture before q
Boston temperance meeting. "Britons,
he said, "spend annually fliO, goo, 600
IN drink, an average Of $40 each. This
does not include the sum paid for i'm
ported French wines. / have learned
that America is now exporting largo
Quantities of whisky to England. If
so, God help England. In Russia she
common people drink enormous guam
titles of strong beer. The nobility con-
sumo great amount of brandy. The
Government has recently appointed a
commission to devise scheme Of nation
a reformation. But one dram shop is
be allowed in each village, and where
two villages are in close proximity ono
shop must do for both. At present
1900, 900 gallons of wine and brandy are
annually consumed in Russia. Holland
!eB drink gin and beer. Germans use
beer and wine as beverages. In 1873
Official reports show that there were
1880 breweries in the German speak
ing countries, turning out Si6,0OO,O0O
imperial gallons of beer. In Copen-
hagen the authorities have decided to
reduce the 1850 beer shops to eight. No
pretty barmaids are to be allowed to
serve liquor, and the drunken man must
DC carried home in cab at the expense
OF the last man who sold him beer. The
Turks are the only temperate race Of all
civilized nations. No good Mohamme'
Gen touches distilled or malt liquors"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

AMONG rome OF the disadvantages of
royalty is the lack of privacy accorded to
1t, and the royal personages are frequent
ly in the habit of securing this privacy,
when on a journey, by travelling incoy-
nito. The King ana Queen Of the Meth.
erlands are now passing through England
n this way, aud are said to b. enjoying
themselves like two children let out OF
school. Though it is perfectly well
known who they are, by convenient
fiction this knowledge is not utilized,
and even Qneen Victoria has given Mt
official recognition OF their visit to her
dOminions.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
Silyer.Gray Foxes.

A communication in the Rutland (Vt.)
Hcrald says: an recent issue notice
mn item referring to silvcrgry fox
that has lately been killed il this vicin-
ity. 1t is general belief that this fox
is distinct species from the red fox, but
this belief is wrong. The silvergray OF
black fox belongs to the ordinary red fox
family, and its color is simply n freak OF
nature, which, however, occurs more
frequently in wooded districts than IN
the settled portions Of the country. l
hive often been informed by Northern
trappcrs that where the dam or shc-fox
was silycr.gray or black her offspring
was invariably red in color, and | have
known but one instance where more
than one silver-gny fox has been found
among q litter of young foxes. One OF
them was presented to me by the trap
per who found it. sent this fox to a
relative of mine in Sheldon, where he
remained until two years of age and was
one of the most beautiful animals | ever
saw. He was afterward purchased by an
an agent of Lord lexington and if alive Is
now in that nobleman's park in Scotland
Where the ends of the majority of the
long hairs of this fox are tipped will
white it is called silver-gray, but if the
hairs arc tipped with black it is thor
known us u black fox. l once saw lo
of several dozen of these skins that were
of all shades from nearly white to le'
black. Mr.. e. W. Geer, Of Sheldon
some years ago killed very fine coloret
black fox, which was purchased hy
Hudson Bay agent. The more infcrio
grades of these colored foxes are know
as bastard, and the next grade above
cross foxes"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
Buried Alive In a Tunnel.

The Atlanta Constitution says:-An
old man named Stephen Shell, living in
Campbell County, became impressed with
the idea that rich deposit of gold ex-
listed on his place. So strongly did this
impression seize him that he became a
monomaniac on the subject. Lately,
as he was digging in search OF inc
precious stuff, and had delyed some
fifteen or twenty yards under hui, w1 &c n
large rock fell and effectually closed Us
passage. After vainly attempting to Dug
himself out of his precarious position,
his family, who had become anxious on on
account of h' prolonged absence, went
in search OF him, and, discovering ms
condition, ly great .exertion extrlcated
him. The rcident has had the effect Of
curing his llucination.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

ALEXANDER +. VnLERs, who died at
Philadelphia n few days ago, left this
odd will, which was drawn up in July
last: "My last will and Testament: |
leave my body to the University Of
Pennsylvania for dissecting purposes,
and wish to be cremated at the same in =.
stItution. In case | should have any
money or property at the time of my
death, leave the whole to the doctor at
tending me. In case l am crematcd,
wish my ashes to b, thrown away and
not given to or viewed by anybody that
had been acquainted with me-"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

81 assure you, gentlemen" said the
convict upon entering the prison, " that
the place has sought me, and not l the
place. My own affairs really demand all
my time and attention, and I may truly
ray that my selection to fill this position
was an entire surprise. Had consulted
my own interests, I should have per.
omptorily declined to serve, but, as
am in the hands of my friends, l see nc
other course than TO submit" And he
submitted, ..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

An undertaken in Philadelphia re-
Gently advertised for a full bearded man
Of middle age and of good address, and
explained that he wanted him to visit
families which death had entered to
take instructions regarding the funeral,
ETC., and that there is something about a
bearded man that inspires respect and
confidence.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
GENERAL NEWS.

Charlotte, N. c., pays four dollari
per thousand feet for its gas,
A Baltimore capitalist intends estab-
fishing a vegetable canning factory in
VicksbuIg.
One mile from Monroe, Ga, stands Q
log cabin that was once the home OF
Gov. Lumpkin.
A goose farm with 800 birds has been
established in Talladegs, county, Ala.
Three hundred dollars an acre was
paid for fifteen acres of land in VOlusia
county, Fla, the other day. I
A$l5,000 stock of goods is the prize
Of a shooting match at Meridian, Miss,
the chances being held at SlCO a shot.
The Board of Health of Cedar Keys,
Fla, has prohibited the sale of oysters
from now until the close of the warm
season.
There are said to be 1900 convicts in
the Texas penitentiary. Of this num-
Der three-fiiths are negroes and Mex
leans
Since the railroad has been completed
to Admission. efforts are being made to
develop the gold and copper mines Of
cieburne county, Ala.
An arrangement is on foot in Angus
ia, Ga, to have cooking taught in the
public schools. Much trouble is expert
encel with the domestic servants.
A new entcrprite, tie South Gcor-
gia Real Estate Guide" is now pub
lshed at Americas, Ga. 1t is published
by W. J. Dibb!e, who is trying 10 in
duce immigration.
Many of the Northern tourists on
their way home from Florida carry with
them pet alligators. At the Charleston
Hotel a waiter is detailed especially to
feed and water the aligators.
An English company have purchased
$4,000 acres iron lands in East Tenues.
see. They supply a capital of s., co.,
COO, and will erect furnaces at once,
giving employment to 900 men,
The past season in Jacksonville, Fla,
though rather short, has been the most
prosperous in the city's history. A
careful investigation shows that n, l67
tourists have visited the city during the
past winter.
Gen. Levi Lawlor, of Mobile, an d
others are forming company with
100000 capital, to establish at an early
day pig iron furnace of GO tons daily
capacity, at Alpine, on the Selma, Rome
& Dalton railroad.
Truck farmers of South Georgia are
said to be shipping cabbage and real
ling from five to seven cents pound
they make from SIS to $lC0 per acre.or
them. The iced were sown last sum
mer and the plants set out in tie fall
The killing OF sheep by dogs is distres
sinely on the increase throughout Ten
nCscc, where dogs aIe protected by law
and the bloodthir,ty sheep are permitted
to roam at pleasure. Tennessee will
presently be contesting with Gcorgia
for the prize mad.dog.
Albany, (Ga.) special: Several Tex
ans have been buying up cattle in tn
wire.grass region around here for severa
week, for shipment to Fort Worth, Tex
its said they have thus far procure
about 1000 head at an average o! 500
rer head. The rates of shipping will b
$50 per car load.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

A MISSISSIPPI man has discovered
that an excellent quality of sugar can
be made from sweet potatoes. If this
proves true n now use has been found
for one Of the best and most prolific of
American products.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

Tx greatest quantity Of stamps ever
sent from Washington at one time were
shipped on the 23l OF April by the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau. They were the
rebate tobacco stamps for use after May
l. They weighed fifteen tons, and rep
represented great many hundred
thousands of dollars in value.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

STATISTICS of crimo in soyen of the
largest cities Of the United States, and
based upon population, show that San
Francisco leads in the number of homi-
cidcs, followed in tho order of mention
by Cincinnati, Baltimore, New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

a MOVEMENT is on foot in New York
and elsewhere to raise fund for the
erection of monument over the grave
Of Charlotte Cashman, the actress, ut
Mount Auburn, Boston. Tho grave is
in n lot selea'ed and pGl f>r by Miss
Cushman only lew months before her
death,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

Col. ROCKWELL is engaged in the task
of editing and compiling the speeches
delivered 10y Gen. Garfield during the
last year or so of his life, Including his
utterances at the Chicago Convention,
his responses to the numerous delega,
tions that visited him Mt Mentor and
others delivered at the Williams College
Alumni meeting at Cincinnati, and on
other occasions after his Inauguration.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

Mrs. JULIA WIcKHAM LEIGH, who died
in New York City u few days ago, was
once a notable woman. She was the
widow of Benjamin Watkins Leigh, who
was United States Senator from wv
yinia from 1885 to 1871, and who died
in 1919. She was also the daughter OF
John Wickham, one of tho counsel for
tho defense in the trial of Aaron Burr
for high treason in 1901, and VINO loi
many years stood at the head Of the Vir'
| ginia bar.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

A WASHINGTON, ID. G., man named
King, has invented a suicide pellet.
They are the sia1 Of capsule, and are
favored to suit any taste. When swal.
lowed by the victim the moisture of the
stomach causes them to explode, and
the mail is blown 10 atoms.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

JAMES LICK left $50, 900 to establish
and maintain free baths in San Francis.
co. One Of the trustees, DR.. Stillmau,
now proposes 10 increase The fund by
popular subscription to $3.50, 900, and to
erect salt water baths large enough Tor
the accommodation of the whole city.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

JEFFERSON said. 81 would rather live
In country with newspapers and no
government, than in country with a
government and no newspapers. This
kindly criticism was probably the result
OF some rural newspaper saying that JEFF
ierson left the largest squash Of the sea-
son at the office, and that his daughter
was the finest waltzer at the Branch, and
mat he was such an honest politician
mat he ought to be tho candidate Of oil
the parties. PUCK.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

RAT Reading, Pa, disease similar to
the pink-cye among horses has broken
out among the people. 1t temporarily
destroys the eyc-sight, and tho trouble
lasts about ten days. No permanent in.
jury follows the attack.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

4 PrTsBUEaH clergyman thinks that
Shakespeare was a great man but over
rated. Ho contends that the principal
characters of "Macbeth" arctic he found
in the Book of Kings in the Bible, and
remarks that DR.. HalseY. in his lecture
on shakespeare" at Princeton College,.
stated that Shakspeare's regular prac
tico was to study tho Bible seven hours
n lay
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

IN every tobacco factory at Key West
there is a reader Cuhans can not
talk without gesticulation, and in Or
der to keep them from talking a per-
son is employed to read aloud to the
"hands" during working hours.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

A COMPANY is forming IN the State Of
Ohio. known as the "Time Telegraph
Company" the object of which is to put
in business and dwelling houses clocks
run and regulated by electricity. 1t is a
branch of company in New York. The
;dea il that a subscriber may have place d
in his house, for the sum of 50 per year.
clock that will need no winding or
ether attention. but will be connected
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

A STORY comes from Canton, China, of
a woman who, to punish female slave
who had stolen some food, cut n slice
from the girls thigh and made her cook
and eat it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

UNDER law making vaccination com
pulsory, there has been very little small
pox in Massachusetts. For this and
other reasons the Legislature does not
find it expedient to repeal the law.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

IT'S rather embarrassing for o shop
keeper to be obliged to bluff tax ASSES
sor on the valuation of his stock, and on
being burned out that night have TO noe
this same man as chairman Oh ah una''
writers committee on valuation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

A MURDERER, who was hanged by
mob at Jacksonville, ILL.,, some time
ago, turns out to have been son of
Quantrcll, the Missouri guerrilla.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

The green three cent stamp will have
been in use thirteen years, when thenow
rate goes into effect next October.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

WHEN q colored man gifts ter be so
WEI wei educated dat he doan' believe in de
Bible, he has lost his identity as q mig.
sef, but yet amt fitten ter be classed
~ioce white folks, --Arkansa,U Toueleys
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09

by wire with central office, from which
every pendulum in the grand system of
clocks will be made to swing with one
common impulse.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
TOPICS OF TIE DAY.

AT recent stenographic exhibition in
Pcris postal card was exhibited which
bore Al, 600 words.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-06

Sfr-A Sell-informed Democrat furnishes Us with
the following Democratic slate for 1883, which h'
says has been 'marked up" by TOwsonsown poll
ticians: For Sheriff, William c. Payne. 18th dis
trie,; Treasurer, Edward ". stiefel, LIST district,
or William Parks. sth district; States Attorney
Col. David q. MeIntosh or Charles T.. fenlall
9th district; County Commissioners, John II
Millender. 5ih district John 7. d. Parlett, iIth
district, and Samuel Gore, 9th district; Judges o
the Orphans Court, John y. Centrum, 18th dis
triet; Jesse Daily, 9th district; and Samuel
Brady, I'd district; State Senator, Andrew Banks
9Th district; House Of Delegates, John V. slade
9Th district; Nimrod GOsneli, ID district John
BOsiey, Of wm., sth district; Jacob N. Pearee
10th district; Henry Dsaring, 18th district. and
John L. swift, i2th district; County Surveyor
William II. shipley. 30 district.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-06

ES-The Jo"rnai Of week before last reported a
IRE which occurred at a house on the calverton
road, on Monday, Dec. 18th, and said that zen
gines Nos. !. ? and reported very promptly and
extinguished the fire before much damage was
done to the stock and building. No. engine,
which il located on Finh street. near Charles,
reached the ground in twenty minutes. distance
Of i've miles, but no; required for service the
ere being under control Of companies and a.
This is a jumble Of performance. speed and non
quirement that very much resembles a Christmas
yarn. and Eve miles Of it, too, in twenty n;nu,e'
- on 4 "soia fountain"
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-06

lEe-Thc Herald Newspaper. pshlshsd for some
ysAts past. at Laurel. Prince Georges county.
was sold ssssR;ly, Mr.. Herbert d. kellogg Os.
coming It's oWHsE. y was wha, 10 known in news.
par; Of il was printed either is Esv York or Bal.
timOrs, sad the other par, 10 Laurel. TIE pub
location ofHees u the Gre, par, aud the seeoGd
part being 80 FAR reuevrd from each other, made
y laborious % and Tery unprsGtable 10 run Il.
eO-efSrstive journalism results fresusntly a. did
Kate Fieits es-operative venture In Nev York
Il proves an unproatable ssil.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-06

for January isss. i' on our table. Il Is certainly
airsat to Psrnse iis wsll-illed psgss. The farm
and household departments are 80 complete and
interesting that comment from Us Is unnecessary.
The fron,!sPiecs Is occupied by steel engraved
portrait Of ex- Governor 0den Bowie. Then fol.
lows an interesting biographical sketch Of the ex-
Governor. which also includes very interesting
description Of his farming operations. racing
stables. &c. all tending to make 1t n number of
rare excellence. The subscription price Is enc
dollar year In advance. Col. W. ". W. Bowie IL
the associate editor. The publication Office l. ili
west Pratt street. Baltimore,