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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07
Tn ID commonly thought that the freez.

IT is commonly thought that the freez'
ing of water eliminates its impurities.
Under some circumstances this is 50, but
anybody can see for himself that the
grosser impurities are often captured or
enclosed in the ice, and so also are i'm
perceptible impurities Of water which
NAV be counted on as its really unhealthy
properties.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

States Senator from West Virginia, will
be one Of the youngest men in the SEN
ate, being only thirty.hve. His early
life was spent on a farm, and he won his
education in fierce struggle with diff.
culties and obstacles that would have
proved too much for most men to over
come.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

THE invalid wife of Wendell Phillips
keeps her husband confined to the old
house, their new home, on Common
street, Boston, and his withdrawal from
the lecture field and public occasions is
not due 10 any falling of his own powers
or lessening OF his interests.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

A BOY of eight years died in Eng
land, poisoned by the action Of sub
stance used in dyeing stockings. Sl
John Humphreys testified that several
striking proofs had come under .his no
tice of the danger of wearing many OF the
Owed stockings offered for sale.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

ACCORDING to the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, the appointment of women rs
school superintendent in Illinois has
been notably successful. They bring o
painstaking care and thoroughness to
their work not always shown by their
their masculine colleagues.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

PRINCE CHARLES, Of Prussia, who has
just died at the age Of eighty three,
owes his untimely death to the Excess
sive use of tobacco. For the past sixty
years he has smoked couple dozen OF
strong Havana cigars daily.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

Suicide by children is becoming
frequent, o fact that is remarkable no
less than distressing. The latest was
the ten-year-old Nebr aska lad, whose
mind seems to have been injured by the
reading Of blood-and-thunder novels.
Too little care is given to the literature
the children are reading. Chicago AZ
ker. Ocean
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

Mrs. MARIA APPhEDY, who died re-
Gently OF Morristown, N. j., aged 1o5,
left behind her unexpected wealth.
Nearly every article of clothing belong
inc TO her was found to contain rolls oil
bank bills. and q pair of shoes in her
bureau we're filed with coin. Nearly
M. 600 was found.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

IT appears from the thirty-fourth
annual report of the Aston Library that
during the year the sum Of $1s,2OO.35
has been expended. The fund for main
tepance was S43l, 800, and the endow-
roent fund 81 ,345, sie.4S; 5,725 volumes
nave been added during the year. There
were 81 $3.50 readers. The income was
soa s2s5l. and the expenses SIG, 1872.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

"A Georgia paper says that New
York handled 100000 bales OF real
cotton last year, but sold 32, 700, 600
bales on Cultures, and wonders that
New Workers should call this ''doing
business" Tho Georgia man should
know that all OF it was not. strictly
speaking, doing business. Some OF
i was doing lambs fly for slaughter
--CnsCaqo HeT,Vd
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

IT is said that Mrs. Da Ponte, Of New
Orleans, has gone to Washington for the
purpose of selling to the United State
the original parchment lraft Of the Con
federate States Constitution for $50, 900.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

The Empress Of Austria is 80 hostile
to female doctors that no graduate is
allowed to practice in that country. Sha
prefers male quack to female physi
clan
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

10 perfume note paper, get a Few
ouires of blotting paper and sprinkle tn"
sheets with the perfume desired; then
put them under q weight until they
become dry. When dry put note paper;
envelopes, ETC., between the sheets, ano
place them under weight for a lew
hours when removed they will be found
perfumed. The plotting sheets may ~
utilized again, and can be made to retain
their perfnme for long time by keeping
them free from exposure to ali. Chicago
Nm
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

CHARLES FL. BELL, of Exeter, N. Fl.
the President of the Webster Society,
wants to raise S1OO,OO0 to found a Web.
ster free library in Boston.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

ITALIANS are the most Jealous theater
goers of Europe. The French and Ger
mans come next in the list, while the
people Of Great Britain are the sixth.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

. "A New York tailor says that when
70 desires to get rid OF A poor paying
customer ho.misfts him q. badly that
y laughed ut. Then he gets mad
80 patronizes some other tailor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

POPULAR feeling in France is reported
to be an alarmed demand for leaders Of
ability.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

AN Iowa town of 1900 inhabitants is
endeavoring to maintain twelve church.
organizations.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

A CONTEST of fat people for prize to
the weightiest, is the latest New York
sensation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

HENRY BERdH is about to Witt several
Western cities as the guest of societi
for the prevention of cruelty to animals
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

A FIRE balloon has been made In
which the lower part is constructed OF
asbestos cloth, while the upper part is
covered with fire-proof solution. A
spirit lamp is used to supply the hot air
for initiating it, and, being iirc'proof,
there is no risk, as with ordinary hot air
balloons. The system is said to be
specially valuable for war balloons, as q
supply Of split can be easily carried
where it would be dif1icult to take the
appliances for preparing gas.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

The expression "white as snow Is
not strictly accurate, for the e is such Q
thing as red snow. Aristotle, Ia his
writings, mentioned the phenomenon,
but could not explain it. NJ. Sossure, .
French scientist, observed red snow on
the Alps, and upon examining It with :
microscope discovered that the snow
owed its red hue to o minute pient
Protococc,ls Nivaiss, which cons,sss q
single cell. Red snow has pee se' 9' 5sssSs
ts,rs' tan thousand feot above ~. .;,-
Ss Incts Iike snow thai has ben ~
s i .iv with frssh blood. IN Z. -
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The last alleged discovery is that
there are horned men in Africa.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

The ice-gorge at Niagara recently was
fifty feet in height and two miles long.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

put the prices up to the highest figures
ever attained, and this in time resulted
in an overproduction since, which is
now having its effect.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

Friendship is the only thing in the
world concerning the usefulness II which
III mankind ere Ieed.-CiSero.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

A FRENCH scientist, explaining why
fish eaten in Holland are superior to
those eaten in France, says that the
Dutch fishermen kill their fish as soon
as taken from the water by making n
slight longitudinal incision under the
tail with very sharp instrument. The
French fishermen, on the contrary,
allow their fish to die slowly, and this
slow death eoitens the TISSUES and ren-
ders them moro liable to undergo
change.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

CoNenEssMAN KsNsA, who will sue,
osed the Hon. Henry @. Davis " United
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

THOSE who are under the impression
that the standard of comfort in France is
high will be surprised to learn that
5000, 900, in round numbers, out of the
5000, 900 Of dwellings it contains have
only four openings and less-an open
ing being an outside door or window.
There are 25O,0OC dwellings in that
country that are registered as having
only one opening, and nearly 1000, 600
that have only two-a door and win
dow. The number of houses that have
six openings and above are 100000 or
very little more than n third OF the
whole number.
TIE improved hives which have taken
the place of the old cumbrous ones, that
we're 30 awkward in handling, and failed
to yield an equal supply of honey, when
compared to these remodeled ones make
the care of bookkeeping much easier and
pleasanter. The small sections of honey
make the article much more salable than
formerly, though they require careful
handling. Altogether, with due care
and proper management of this beauti'
full and interesting branch of domestic
industry, the apiary should be found
upon q dozen farms where it is nov
found only upon one.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07

rbe London Medic A 'v : y, s '',a
~ from chlorofpra Is SO sr's. ' s'''s
q, n,SsEs.joisn Is justihed ~ admin Y ras
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-30
THE POOR MARRIED NAN.
From the Detroit Free Press.

Eropa me Detroit Free Press.
n. boarded the st. Car hlVer DoaI yesteI-
az morning o wl Het seated as S' When be bcgaa:
bgly se ssrSn. I'll bet $50 you forgot to hook that
.dsbsd door," -, a
isst as expectedjust exactly Wen get nome 81, 70
md The house essne "a , Dst light IL p'
tough wOdu not vet started when one of the boys
M Pr on some gymnastics with chair fell 10 the
ssk aud set aP arms or I'm sinner p shouted the
,,hsr told you he'd 90 lt II we let MN come aons'
nl ~ ., he's a cripple for life J"
ala now SoSeyer discovered that the youngster had
E,nsa nothing more than skinned nose, and
s~s was restored aud continued until the WIG SUD
Is sss discovered that she had lost her watch.
dehHt soSrse-of course growled the husband There
~ si25 of my hard earnings l knew you'd nave IL
E Nan before you hal gone rod"
y pat nerhaps left It on the bureau"
aSe win be lugsed on before night Just te same
Sc t6s Internal excursion What ais that wOman's
ssT tc,srs IL II hasn't got the whoopiug cough"
nj soIrseof COURSE and not one of our children ever
Nd You'll have business ON your hands i0r inc next
NV half hour passed peacefully enough Then
ssShcdy observed that whose gaze was liked ON
us;.Tect nothing e.se - exclaimed tae disconsolate
,.iend - but maybe he will listen TO reason"
Going over the stranger he laid had ON his shout
A. and nrusquely inquired
|, ST. dc you mean 10 jamp into the lake ~
eYes, SIR" was tie reply as tle nan looked up;
aust so-exactly-I suspected as much. Your utter
s,s q you go over aud kick up all The Do0Oery you
a. lsuppose."
Ayes, slr.' -,
s.pc ras wife will faint away and every young'un
hegl Ike IDjun Al give you dollar TO 20 over On
\ MAI"
MIR; not for 81. 600"
slseu you any feelings for man who has had steam,
- "a iisn and rivers aud lakes aud flats pounded
/ 1aaH for three monthsf
fxtee, sir"
sknd won't 50 bride youi"
~HNoIL"
.fstn 90 ahead with your Grafton and death yelll
ss Al the fuss you WIFI Splattef around IN the wafer
rLar as YOU possibly ean aud fix your eyes on my
n, sben you 10 down Tor The last time! never had
~ ler Kind oi luck, and I'm gong down u the saloon
q 81 drunk pre- ga ratOry 6'ler eIp.oslonl Good
= afeier: rerVes rlc AZ, don't colnplaln.'
SIsn ne Was neIpeI at the Hats ne was weak
htsS knees ana nmb-r ia his spirit Gathering has
fe,t Around him he counted:
s>cetu e,ght, niue. eZsn, twelve. Why bless my
-. I OILY had five s4-1ceB wbcl we lett Detroit an
60 RI soi ira JUS M luck -jnss ri spccted! Los
MO- xsoorng ss-suiceo-ten shildren-wicop
fa,<xrx me- iag me J"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-30
DULL CHIClGO MARkEE
WHEAT AND CORN SLIGHTLY LOwER-PoRK AND
LARD MAINTAIN TiEIR PRICE.

LARD MAINTAIN TGEIB PRICE.
ley TELEGRAPH TO THE rG,BcNEl
Chicago, Aug. 29.-Ihere was another dull
time on Change to-day. rbc crowds $1,000 around haf
the time idle and the prices moved about witHin limits
80 narrow that IL WAS hard Observe any movement at
all TIC ran e wheat within half cent, aud Ia
corn within Just as small fraction The highest aud
lowest prices Of pork durn the day not ID cents
apart aud the extreme cures OF larl aud RIBS were
nearer together. The brokers' locd about. and
commission men looked detected. The private
wires were taxing hafnoliay, ana even
the quotations were moving along inc
apes at only half the ordinary speed. dispatch cane
from Newly tue forenoon saying that the visible
.uunIv of wheat would show 5000 busne decrease
GAIT a prominent railroad Iaan, when the New-Hork
dispatch was repeated hm said that Whatever hghes
the statiscians might give, he would prophey that ny
October l there wOuli be l0.OOO.OOO bushels OF
wheat winch nobody would want at present prices
Ilndblom bought wheat to-day than anybody
eise But his purchasers altogether did not
o,oouot 10 100000 bushels. Then Bende.
Idndbom, Walker. and Dwight, aud some Others
who are set down acting for the Kents yn-
d,cate were buying and the word was given that sid
gcnt and his friends were again work, Towering
their average" process they have been going through
for some months now, ever since wheat was selling
at III II.
Wheat at night was l4Gas Of cent lower than last
night; corn lsa4 OF ccnt lower; I'VE q cent
lower; while pork, lard aud ribs were
n. they closed twenty-fOur hours ago.
Oats on tae other hand, u OF cent higher for
August option AT night OctOoer wheat cioscd at
II 01a,: October at 49Ac. Tie receipts Of grain
couruae very large. Oh corr there were over 100000
bushels Of wheat 10000 bushels, and about quarter
~ a milton bushels OF oats; III all, over million
husbels of grain On the OtEernand, tle shipments were
s,nall-Dot above 100000 bushels OF oil kinds
TEe porE packers % be not litue disturb hy
the tgal lack OF elasticity In the market.
Ell day, thing unusual Tor h m. VS.
In Constant consultation witn his own men. although
tney en- no figure market. Everybody familiar
With Tie speculative methods IL Of tue opinion that
there must September boom III prices OF hog
nroducts but IL In apparent now wac wall engineer
h IL will need good engineer, one win Ois OF money
ana nerve and skill. Ihe Chicago pOrk-packers sell
Their nroduct bef re they make II largely, aud they sell
r. in Srptember when prices advanced Oy mIupu-
,ainnl stou are depressed 10 cause decline In
the price hogs just before the winter packing
beeins this programme ID 10 DO iooweu tns year IL
will need 10 be begun soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-30

Bullion valued OF SOS. 900 vas received In ihs
city Yesterday from tue mines.
Father a. Smct supcrntenden's report for week
ending August u shows: Ore extracted from FIRST
level 100 ions: second level 700 tons mira leNel'
535 tons. Ofs med. 2.02J tons. Golden Gale
south header Is III 20 feet.
The superintendent OF the Ray Copper Company
reports 10 the New-YOTk oilicr from Riverside, Ar
iona. August 20 During Last week ~ Ray mine
VINE No ran into n heavy seam Of native copper,
being the richest ore We haVc yet sirGcS. lave
sunk on same some hrcc feet. Ike north drlii Is
sui IN same ch iTacter OF rs last week. These
are the only two points am working on. because
windlaSs cannot do than handle the orc as last
As We gel IL from thebc Two places. Have Uceh
pushing tunnel with all the force ! could systemat
caliy work on same Haya also graded iron mouth
of tunnel to dump ana nxed Tor ore dump.
NInze No. now dow "a feet; south dflit III os
feet: north drift &c ..st. Tunnel cedned out and
reiIinberel 80 feet about % feet TO winZe NO i
through tunnel expect 10 be through tunne! the
early part of next week"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-30
Yesterday. 10. iav.
CLOSING PRICES OF PHILI DELPHiA ST0c6&
RsaaclcL hL IoIi Il OAgls -. ~ YfLrs.
WEDNESDAY. Aug. 20-P. ".

WEDNESDAY. Aug. 29-P N.
The stock market to-day was active, with wide
and frequent fluctuations. The recorded transac-
lions amount 20 Assoc shares; out the sales Of
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (lO4.S0O
sharesl furnished one-quarter of the total number
Of shares. Seven other STOCKS contributed 1s4.7OO
shares 10 the total. Oregon aud IranacOntinental,
30. 300 shares; Lake Shore 30 100; Northern
Pacific. 29,9O0; Central and Hudson, 2i200;
Union Pacific, % 500; Louisville and Nashville,
23 200 and ST. Paul, 22,400 shares. The carly
business which generally was at advancing figures,
was reflection of the efforts of one or two oil the
Leading bears" TO establish higher basis for
RIM ored sales of stocks, and of the general DISPOSE
lion of bolrd-rooIn traders to believe in a
material rally Ill prices. The late transac-
tions. which were at declining figures,
were only demonstration that the
early prices had been made without backing which
Was competent to hold them. The stocks already
named IA the active shares of the day--exccplIng
Union Pacific, which. after rise OF per cent to
s9ls closed only y lower than yesterday, and St.
PAM which after an advance of u to 102. finally at
1OO7s was only IS lower than last evening-are the
! stocks which show the greatest declines; these
rance from % to per cent. The large dealings in
delaware, Lackawauna and Western stock
amounted TO oue-ffth of tho capital stock. From
| 12Ols the price rose to 1904. and the recorded
sales between those figures we're fab
ulous; but it ended at 1854 and not
| parilcularIy strong at the price Philadelphia and
Reading rose from 90 TO 81 and ended at 49i2, and
Central Of New-Jersey advanced from sOi2 to 81
and after a decline to 1854 closed weak at 70
Lake Shore opened up q at 101. and that was its
highest price for the day; but its fluctuations OF
per cent were frequent before it again sold below
100. and then between 99le and 007s it had small
spasms and final closing at 09Ss. Central and
Hudson sold high as 1854 against 1lo last even
ing. which made an opportunity to make sales
seller go DAYS AZ high as 1142; later transactions
were at 114a0114as regular and at 112i2 seller go
days. The days dealings, taken as whole, fail 10
reveal any change IN the general situation at the
Stock Exchange. Tue stock loan market this
morning was crowded with stocks, showing that
the liquidation of the short" interest has been
large. The market closed weak.
The business in Government bonds was confined
TO moderate sales of the As at steady figures. The
bids for the IS were is lower. Annexed are tue
closing quotations:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-30

prrruo Aug 9-Caitle-Receipts today ESQ head
ota tor week thus 5000; for same tune lasC weoS
n throu n 1873 cars market steady ana larry
artiye urices higher all offerings sod sales Med
um Choice steers At - oSso W. texas steers - w
s1SbS;p-Receipts to-day ls00 total for the week thus
co. .Oo ior the time last week $4,000 head,
ansi,ed through demand active anu market strOn
Win prices somewhat higher SSes common % GOO ~
a. % hoce TO Fancy 81 40G5 49, Western Lambs, Good,
to-day $500 head total Tor
ma neat time last wees 10000 head Consigned
h,ouxh 80 cars dull and easier Tor al good grades
,ost;ood 10 Choice Workers, - 60Ss5 50. Good Medium
So 300 g.; COOL Heavy TO-
Fast LIBERTY. Penn, Aug 20.-Recepts OF Cattle las
head shlpn none; market unusually aetve Prime 500
ST %. ,o o-x HAD. .ht,Do,,s mana ,narkat slov,.
FSn. Of sheep 500 head; shipments market firm
and active.
is 4 900 shipments 1900; market steady ana un.
nsnged Prices = Packing - 5OGs4 50, Packing ana
Shpeing 81 9O6Sj 20; Light 80 2OSso 10 skips - sO0
- 20; Receipt, $500 shipments 2,7Ooi market slow,
Saee Shipping steers 50 5000 80, Common to Medium
Receipts 800 shipments 200; market strong and
ssles-lnerior ~ FAiI ~ 5ssS o. Good 81 20,
Choice 81 40 M o-,,. ,....,. eoo .S,..,.,,.
6ho head market active firm and generally higher ExIos
S "a NJ 5 Heavy shipping So 20 esb lo Light do -
"a 25 Common and Mixed Lots Of Butchers stun IS 9O
~Sts,SVReceipts l40o head shipments 700 market
strong and higher Good common 10 Modium - fo1so oo
Good 10 81 oice IS % 20 20. go !.
Togs1Rscspts head shipments 100; market dull and
unsteady Light S. 81. Mixed Packing "a oosSe ~
Butchers So 2OGSo ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-30
af RsLIc.RO0M AT GIRARD COLLEGE
from The PaaadeIphta Record.

su1 from The Philadelphia Record
srs,, "a! part OF the college seems to interest
~ ~ ,se Most T. said OF tho !odRe-koepers at
seer su r. yesterday, repeating question pat by a
Id fancy that the Ioilc.Ioom attracts as
~ a. as a-y other feature OF the MstituuOn,
Nm Is,p a'pie that conduct about tno bdiidln g
IN ns 49, IA taat apartment than anywhere else"
N; a ~. ~ question - fire large OEe, III tie upper
4Ss -" ua.h college building. aud IN comron wi tn
<krrs ~ We structure 10 paved with marble IL
- frssas~l5 iett So are, aud three OF It's sides
ek1l sS..vn With nigh irOD-work railing,
1>Qseh@1ssn ~ stored the miscellaneous collection
@pqSe, ~ bOods, ornam5nls, mercaD tile accounts
&Sx ~ 1871 llst 0nee be0L ged to the great phan-
W de,s rounded the college. Here may be seen
@@s "A wagon loads OF extremely dilapidated fnr-
n. 80 oat AID useless that the whole o IL
9tsats .eserc9i value. would not bring enough at
So.t ~ isr nsuiing it away The chairs aud sofas
-. A1,.s aeuea OF covering. aud the peculiar mar
S>ik a.. stepped dinipgtaDle upon which GiIard
SNl-es ans meals served has suffered greatly from
x1<us,, ~ Encounters, whose vandalism Is shown
kf 80 nssing bite Of inlaid stone that have peen
AZ ID fVr ths that the iron railing
.;2ehi N. ~, sse Inc most Prominent obsct in tue
~ IL ,s-''ashened zig In which Girard once rode
sis.e A. velDg the setsane vehicle from winch
IA ls,rs ~ tlrown upon one occasion.
|Ex eas-Ironted case at the back OF the room
el<a IN, sn.n upon shelf, the clothing worn
k t,s. ~ " In as remarkable state OF disre pair
~ Hsx nm. outside for tie old gentleman was
- ,1;tass dude 10 Ills time. One coat Is pointed
- La rst ala eteady duty for upward OF fifteen
<Haey ssS .nst speaks we'll fer Girard's PEI sonaI
~ u lh,s esesin Tor fashion The OLD gentieuans
eeslvi must, however, have been CON.
Nka W Ms tailor. On the walls hang