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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-09-26

one of my officers TO call Anderson, and
again sccreted myself.
"llalloaW
"All right came from within The
house, and pretty soon Anderson ap.
peared.
"Mr. Anderson, I believe said the
officer.
"Yes, sir; won't you come in ?"
"No, hardly got the time. I've conc
to this neighborhood in search of Major
Griddlewood. Are you acquainted with
him"
"Oh, yes, should say I am, for he and
my daughter are to be married soon.
I'll show her to You. Here, Soph," and
the girl came out. "IIere is gentle
man who is looking for your intended
husband"
Good evening, sir. Looking for the
major, eh? How I wish / could sec
him."
"Here ] am" said, emerging from
my hiding place and confronting my
"intended" and her father. Anderson
actually fell on the ground and hi'
daugli ter uttered n shrek that made the
woods ring. They were soon made
prisoners and taken to the boat. Mex
day the distillery was easily found ans
destroyed. The collins were found t,
be lined with tin, and although ominoul
looking casks, were not bad as vessel
of shipment.
The prisoners we're tried and punshc
to the full extent Of the law, and eve
since then, the Dripping Spring neigh
borhood has been one of the most ol
derly and law abiding communities ii
| the State.
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Too Fast.

About The most amusing young man
,t Saratoga is said to be the one whose
iastes have run ahead of the money al
lowance which his father accords him.
He could drive one horse without ex-
travagencc, but his desires extend to q
pair; one good room would lodge him
comfortably, but hc likes to lounge in
two; and SO he goes, making himself
miserable when he might be happy.
Why does this bring him misery? Be
cause he could pay his bills il he didn'i
make fool Of himself; but as it is, credi
tors hound him at every turn. He came
with his hair cut very short, so the
story goes, and bleached from its natural
red to o light blonde. This had been
done for improvement, and 20 y w ~
r,dely unjust for familiar acqunntsnce
70 cry out TO him, "Itisnt any dsguae e
old chap. They'll know you " p'D
uta," ~ i''
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OUT of 700 specimens of French per.
ilmery examined ut the Paris Chemical
Laboratory, 2O7 were condemned M in.
furious to health. OF 3,30l specimens
OF wine submitted to analysis, only 357
were pronounced good.
A New YORK lumher dealer recently
imported, from the Pyrenes mountains,
walnut log which is twelve feet long
and nine feet in diane or and weighs %.
600 pounds II is estimated to be worth
$4,000 as it lies, and when il is sawed
into veneeringit will yield sixty-six thou
sand feet which will be worth 5000.
THERE are custom-houses which pay
and others that do not. To the later
class belong the following, tnbulated
from n recent official report for the fiscal
year ending June 30: Atlanta, Ga, col
lections, s2l; expenditures, 81, ,O6S; ST..
Augustine, Fla, collections, Sl33; en-
penditurcs, 1929; York, Nc, collcc-
tions, sd; expenditures, 1912.
THE largest cattle rancho in the world
is said TO be that of Charles Goodnight,
at the head Of Red River, Texas. He
began buying land four years ago, secll-
ring 27O,000 acres at thirty five cents IN
acre. In the meantime the price has
advanced from 81 to u per acre, but he
is still buying and controls 700, 900 acres.
To enclose his landed possessions 25C
miles of fence is required, On the
range he has 10000 cattle.
THE official statement of the cotton
crop of the UnitedStates for the year en-
ding August 81, 1883, issued by the na-
tional cotton exchange, shows q total
crop of G,9i9, 756 bales, including re-
ccipts at the shipping ports 5,OO9,Gl2;
and shipments by rail routes overland to
northern spinncrs ctfrom producers,
GAL sol. The report shows that the
southern mills consumed 3l3,373 bales.
The increase in the total crop, compared
with the previous year, was ,i93, 70S.
Tho talings OF the United States spin.
ners for the year were 2,07309G bales,
IN increase of 103, ,56l.
A TABULATED statement of the receipts
and expenses of the average cost Of col
Letting one dollar of revenue in Rll Of the
custom districts of the United States fol
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1888, has
been prepared at the treasary depart
ment. From this statement it appears
that S216, 7S0, 500 were collected at cos
of 20, 127. The cost of collecting on,
dollar ranges in the different districts
from one cent to eight mills in New
York, to fifty and eighty-four cents il
Atlanta, the average cost in all of til,
districts being two cents, nine mills ant
n fraction. In twenty-nine out Of th'
one hundred and thirty districts the cos
of collecting one dollar was more than {
dollar, and in thirty of them it was les
than ten cents. -.-. -....-..-.-
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A Typical Mexican City.

A letter from chihuahua, Mexico, says:
l arrived few days ago, and am nowin
the engineering department of the Mexi-
can Central Railroad, draughting, at
$3.50 n month in American money, equal
to Sl72.50 in Mexican silver and SlS6.3O
in Mexican paper. We are to receive
our pay in Mexican silver dollars, so you
may think of me, about the middle Of
July, going for my pay with n whcelbar-
row. 1t is hard for us to keep money
because everything is high and they ask
more than they expect to rcc,i"-; and
also because one has a feeling that money
is worthless and will bear squandering,
Exchange for American money is from
II to 2 per cent. 1t pays to get Mexican
dollars in the States at seventy-live cents
and bring them back home, where they
are worth -eighty-ive cents. | have Just
paid five dollars in Mexican paper fW
poor washbowl and pitcher of earthon.
ware, and eighteen dollars for single
wool mattress. Board is thirty dollars
per month and very poor. Rooms are
very hard to find. Everything is paid
for in Mexican paper unless otherwise
stated.
There is no place to spend mn evening
except sitting on the plaza. The band
plays twice week and everybody comes
out. The city is well governed and
quiet. It is very warm daytimcs, but
cool nights. All criminals arrested, cx-
cept those executed, are put to wor.
cleaning the streets under an armed
guard. The dirt is gathered into small
piles and o man with wooden choppine
tray and o piece Of board, gathers it and
carries it off in tip cart drawn by amule
The country about the city is desolate
and barren in the extreme, and very lit
tie is raised except vegetables and fruit
The city was built from the proceed'
of silver mine near here, but as the
mine has been closed for years, / do no
see what supports the inhabitants now
Boston capital is opening the mine again
The railroad is expected to be finished
to the City of Mexico in little over
year, a distance of eight hundred or |
thousand miles. The Mexican post,,
system is poor. The mail is dumpe,
INTO a box and everybody helps himself
An opera has been in progress here am
was supposed to be fine, but it was no
equal to variety show in the States.
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400 EARNEST feature Of tho Santa
\, celebration was to have been sham
battle. intended to represent the cap
tmre Of an Indian pueblo by the Span
l,rtls. The Indians climbed TO the 'oP
of % one of the buildings, brandishing their
bows and arrows, and emitted shrill, ear-
piercing o shrieks. The bold Spaniards
] ponsed There was hitch. The orig.
laoi nlan was for the cavaliers to pretend
10 ,,I, assault the pueblo, and the Indians
we're to let fly shower OF plunt arrows
into the ground at their feet. But it 90
.'rrcd @ to the knights that arrows might
70 astray, and they declined TO take the
Nsk.
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A Way They Have In Russia.

The S. Petersburg Herald relatea
that recently in . south Russian viliags
. peasant was accused Of them 1ne
,nIprit kept out of the way, but sens an
advocate to plead his ,csuse before tho
local judicial magnate. The lawyer EN-
ployed all his eloquence 10 convince the
Judge that his client was innocent, but
his clever appeal had no effect upon the
Magistrate. who knew tho accused, and
had probably condemned him before he
heard the details Of the case. He gave
the sentence-fve and twenty blown
with rod. The village Solomon was
informed that the criminal could not be
found.
Never mind" he observed, "Justice
must have its course. As the criminal
is not in our hands, We decree that his
advocate shall receive the fogging. The
man who has the face to defend such {
rascal deserves to be punished. 49,.
The luckless lawyer in vain protested
against the illegality, sbsurdity and
utter injustice Of the notoricup sentenee
The loss Of his time and ~ -
contended, would bo asile -.
nunishment But the 80 eM {! ..,.,s.
Eolonnon was inexorsbles sno -
-. .ct,,.lly seised, bound snd xeose
~ ~ .-sntv.i,ve strokes - ~ reprseen'
~ ~" ~ ne absent criminal
h0tsvO - - np->---~--------
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

THE New York Times is endeavoring
to boycott the nickel three cent piece,
which is so easily mistaken for the silver
dime. 1t came into existence with three
cent postage, and many people believe
that i should be retired with the sam
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ABAp wAY.-A Boston rascal got q
LIVING for a while by hanging around the
POST Office, pretending to be 2 clerk
and inducing silly people to give MN rne
money MOI they wanted to send IN IN REGISTERED , q
iO,tars % He told them that "nnder anew
rule they would get no rece'p
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70 pRorEssop HUXLEY holds that an acre
of GOOD fishing ground will yield more
food in o week than an acre Of the best
land will produce in year. Huxley
evidently never tried catching fish him
self II he had he would know that one
fish fish to each square mile of water is about
the average nowadays. N
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J, nv, !, vhale thinks itself : big hsh. and
ana = c.nnct makss good dive vsthopt
coming Up 70 bl0vse0p'M
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he came TO me near diving"

he came to me near dying"
"1ts the well, then," said |.
"They used to cali it the best we'll in
the country" said the doctor.
at has a nasty taste now,' said
"Ill beg water from my neighbor until
I've cleaned it out"
And that day began. We got
better slowly, aud | tried to hire two
farm laborers TO help me with my well.
Not one would come. | was almost
tired of living as | did and feeling like
a maniac and one day went to the
well, and sat there, wondering whether
it might not be best to give up and go
somewhere as a farm laborer when |
felt what seemed to be al icy hand on
my head, and looking up saw my two
ghosts, side by side. They were hor-
rible enough, can tell you, and they
looked at me and pointed into the
well and then | heard two voices cry
ing
"Get us out Get us out Get us
out and bury us The water is cold,
and our wounds are deep. Get us
ont !"
And then the truth came to me,
goodness knows how. was just able
to crawl over to my neighbors house,
and said to him
"Mr Jarvis, will you send one of
your men to the authorities and have
the police sent up to my place ? There's
something in my well that ought not
to be there
Well, they came, and | was right.
They took out of that well two bodies
rolled up in sheet lead. BY bits of
jewelry, and things of that sort, they
found out that they were the bodies of
the young wife Of the old proprietor
and the young man who used to run
after her The old man had killed
them both, but he must have had help
to bury them in their leaden coflins.
And now people began to remember
how two plumbers, who had good
deal of this sheet lead in their shop,
grew suddenly well off, and went from
the place about the time tie old man
sold the estate, and they believed that
he had paid them for helping him TO
dispose of the bodies.
They were buried in the graveyard
and Jane and / never saw the ghosts
again. The farm land and summer
visitors brought me the price l had
agreed upon for the place, and I've
been prosperous man ever since.
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BIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BIOOMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY PA
OuriOsities Of the Census Tables.

The Harrisburg Patriot thinks tha,
the census report is no better than il
should be, but it nevertheless furnishes
some valuable information and affords
curious subjects for reflection. 1t has
been very expensive and exceedingly
dilatory, but coming along as it has in
lnstallments the better opportunity has
been given to study il in detail. A
writer in the Washington Post has
been giving attention to the compare
tive figures 1t presents, and he has been
enabled to draw some surprising as
well as interesting deductions from the
analysis.
The net production of the country,
according TO this investigator, was at
the time the enumeration occurred, ST..
422,2s7,39S. OF this vast sum an
equal division, without regard to cap
ital, would make $l4S head or about
$40 to each family. The total num-
Der of persons classified as having oc-
cupatlons aggregates l7,505,090 This
embraces all ages and sexes and in
cludes traders, bankers, the professions,
artizans and laborers of all kinds. OF
this number 4,225,945 are farmers, 81
323,S76 farm laborers, 2,73s,S05 man
ufactuling employees and 100000 are
employed in mines, quarries, factories
and petroleum development. They
represent 6,S00,O0 families, 100000
of the population and earn $3,39l,7lO,
672
In trade and transportation enter
rrises there are employed 100000
persons. Under this classification is
included merchants and bankers and it
is credited total production of $780,,
100000. Another class is made to
represent domestic servants of whom
there are 1,076,655 and laborers not
otherwise classified of whom there are
1859, ,229,' the combined proceeds of |
whose effort is estimated at $500, 900.
900. There are 227,000 teachers |
whose total earnings at S400 each ag-
gregate 800, 100000, and 100000 me-
chanics whose skilled labor at an aver
age of $500 to each, reaches a total
of S300,000,OO0 These four classes
represent 100000 families, and H..
900, souls. Thus. in the various
enumerated all except
l 100000 families and 100000 of
the population are accounted for and
the products except the net profits of
all classes of labor and enterprise
which is grouped in the difference be
tween the figures given and the grand
total amounting to $5,600,000,O00,
which is an average gain Of 3.65 per
cent. year.
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Iron Men in Council.

The iron manufacturers of the West
have quietly prepared great surprise
for their employees and the public in
general. Heretofore, when the time
drew near for the annual adjustment
of wages in the mills, the manufacture
ers quietly awaited the demands of the
workmen, then held a meeting and de-
cided whether to accept or reject them.
This year the manufacturers have re-
peatedly within the past two months
declared that instead of wages being
adjusted, as usual, they would have to
be subjected to complete readjust
ment, and that on basis lower than
has been paid since the close of the
great strike. They also determined to
take the initiative instead of awaiting
the result of the deliberations of the
workmen. In pursuance of this policy
three or four we'll known representa-
tives of the iron trade have visited the
headquarters of the Western Iron As
sociation in Pittsburg two or three
times week during the past month,
but their work has been done in secret.
On Thursday, April 5th, the names Of
iron manufacturers doing business in
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Wheeling, Gov.
ington, Chicago, St. Louis and other
Western cities appeared on the hotel
registers. At about 10 o'clock these
men entered the rooms of the Western
Iron Association, and the doors were
closed to outsiders. They were not
opened until Il p. m. An annual
meeting of the Western Iron Associa-
tion was held, but its business did not
consume much time. When it was
finished meeting of the association
organized during the great strike last
year was held. The business consid
cred was the wages to be paid next
year. The men who had been meeting
so mysteriously at the rooms of the as
sociatlon presented revision of the
scales of the present year, and this was
discussed, and, after some minor
changes, adopted as the basis on which
the manufacturers will stand. The
exact figures of the manufacturers
scale could not be ascertained, but it
was learned without doubt that it pro-
poses reduction in wages from 10 to
20 per cent The reduction takes in
the whole lis! of mill workmeu, pud-
dlers as well as finishers coming in for
their share. 1t is made necessary, the
manufacturers say, by the condition of
trade and the reduction of the tariff,
and will not be diverted from.
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Advice to a Boy.

Get away from the crowd little
while every day, my dear boy. Stand
one side and let the world run bv
while you get acquainted with your
self and see what kind of fellow
you are. Ask yourself hard questions
about yourself. Ascertain from orig
inal sources if you are really the man
ner of man people say you are find
out if you are always honest; if you
always tell the square perfect truth in
business deals; if your life is as good
and upright at eleven o'clock a: night
as it is at noon; if you are as good a
temperance man on a fishing excursion
as you are at Sunday-school picnic ;
if you are as good boy when yon go
to Chicago as you are at home if, in
short, you really are the sort of young
man your father hopes you are, your
mother says you are, and your sweet
heart believes you are. Get on init
mate terms with yourself, my boy, and
believe me, every time you come out
from one of these private interviews
you be will be stronger, better, purer
man. Don't forget this, Telemachus,
and it will do you good,-Ha,okeye,
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CROPS WITH SPECIAL FERrlLlzERs.-
Writing to the N. Ii. Mirror and Ear
mer, Nj. S. Dean says: ''In 1881 had a
piece of run out intervale land that did
not pay for moving. After had used
my manure all up, l thought l would
try some guano So l measured off three
acres and plowed it and put my Randall
harrow on it and cut the sods up fine.
Then | sowed on twelve bushels of oats
and narrowed them in. Then | sowed
on 1000 pounds Of guano and stocked it
down. The oats came up in due time,
and grew to be a good crop of straw,
and filled well and stood up we'll till
ripe. When came to thresh them
they yielded me so bushels to the acre,
and last season / got very good crop
of hay. / do not know how it will hold
out, but think it paid me.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-13

To CLEAN A SILK DREss.-Take six
tablespoonfuls of the best soft soap, or
four tablespoonfuls of yellow bar soap
scraped into thin shavings with sharp
knife, and dissolve it in just enough
boiling water to melt it, four table
spoonfuls of honey, half pint of alco-
hol and half a pint of hot water. Beat
all to a froth and spread the breadths
of the dress, one at a time, upon a
sheet, and with a sponge dipped into
the mixture rub 1t over the silk, taking
care to mark the soiled places before it
is all wetted, so they can have an extra
rubbing Dip each breadth into cold
water.as soon as it is cleansed, sousing
it up and down in the water, so as to
take out all the soapsuds, but do not
wiring it out or crese it in the hands.
Shake and snap the silk to clear it
from the water, and hang it out doors
till it is partly dry, then roll it into a
towel or sheet. Proceed in this way
till all parts of the dress are cleansed
and partly dried, and iron them on the
wrong side of the silk, or over a news
paper, till perfectly dry.
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ABOUT GARDEN SEEDs.-An Ohio
farmer says one cause of complaint
made by purchaser of garden seeds is
due to their own great ignorance in
planting and caring for the seeds.
Lima beans are planted with early
peas, the peas come up but the beans
are chilled and don't, but the scotsman
gets the blame charged to him just the
same. Sometimes the soil is not in
proper condition some times il crusts
after a rain, and the tender shoots can
not force their way through lit some
times the soil is not trmed and the
germ died from want of moisture.
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NO The Sad anA
N7IsJ WorthIe,

80 Are never initiated
or coUnterfeded.
This is especially true of a
family medicine, and it is posi-
tive proof chat the remedy initiated
l5 OF the highest valuc.
AS soon as it had been tested
and proyed by the whole worIl
that hop Bittcra was the purest,
besy and most valuable family
medicine on earth, many imita-
lions sprung up and began to teal
the notices in which the press and
people OF the country had express
cd the merits of II. b., and in
every way trying to induce suffer-
ing lnvalids to use their stuff in
stead, expecting to make money
on the credit and good name of
II. b.
Many others etarted nostrums
put up III similar style TO III. b.,
with variOusly cunningly devised
names in which the word i" Hop"
or" Hops" were used in Il way to
induce people to believe they were
the same as HOP Bitters. All
such pretended remedies or cures,
no matter what their style or name
is, and especially those with the
word "Hop" or " Hops" in their
name or in any way connected
with them or their name, are imi.
tations or counterfeits.
Beware of them. Touch none
Of hem, but: Use nothing but
genuine HOP Bitters, with bunch
nr cluster Of green Hops on the
white label. Trust nothing else.
Druggists and dealers are warned
against dealing in limitations or
countorfcits. 10Y
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A HINT FOR ONION GRowERs.-lt is
said that the very small onions used
for pickles are raised in England and
imported BY the owners of our picking
establishments. The plan followed by
English market-gardens is to SOW
onion seed very thickly on a bed of
poor soil. where the plants do not grow
thrifty, but produce very small bulbs,
many ct them no larger than a hazel
mt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-13

The MlsTLEToE,-The cultivation of
this singular parasitic shrub for orna-
mental purposes is recommended in for
eign papers, and young trees with mis-
tletoe growing on them are offered for
sale in English nurseries. 1t is gener-
ally found on branches of apple trees,
but is not very particular in this respect,
and takes its habtation also on differ
ent other trees. 1t may be raised from
seed placed in the crevices of the bark
of young, healthy branches; or it may
be propagated by graftingi in which
case a portion of the bark of the tree
from which it is taken has to be cut
with the piece, and firmly secured to
the new position.-American Garden.
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In a crowded railway car. First
trayeller-"l say, do open that window,
or I'll suffocate." Second traveller
"Dont you open that window, or it'll
give me an attack of pneumonia First
traveller-"That makes no difference.
If you have pneumonia you won't have
it for a week; whereas, if | am suffocat-
ed, III be suffocated now. Open that
window"
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KEEP SuEEP.-Some one truthfully
says that sheep yield secure annual
income A flock of sheep, like the
more popular form of securities, yields
a semi-annual return to the fortunate
holder. During the spring months he
clips his ileecy coupons, A few months
later another handsome return is made
in the lamb crop, either turned into
cash or into stock.