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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31
A Gold Vein on Most Farms.

Very many communities know the
excitement produced by the rumor, even,
that somebody in the vicinity has found
indications OF the presence of gold in
the soil. Untold millions have been
expended in searching for the precious
metal in localities where bit Of useless
iron pyrites (sulphide of iron) has been
mistaken for gold, which it resembles in
color. Our observation indicates that
there is, on at least four-iifths of the
farms of this country, an overlooked
golden vein, of much greater value than
any yellow metal likely to be found out
side of o few special geological forma-
tons.
The following experiment, tried on
any farm or garden, will explain what
we are aiming at. Take quart of far
quality yard manure, and pour upon Ia
pint OF water. After standing u week
or two, drain off half pint of the
liquid. Now prepare two corn hills, a
few feet apart, on any ground, even rich
prairie soil. For one hill, make hole
three or four inches deep, and pour into
it the half-pint of liquid, adding tribe
of fine earth, and plant the second hill
without this preparation. The result
will be, almost always, that in the first
hill the rootlets, and subsequent roots,
will grow down where the liquid has
soaked, much more quickly, grow
stronger, spread wider, and send out
far more numerous feeding tibers than
will be found in the second hill. The
Young corn plants (and the same with
other plants) will, like well fed young
animals, develop much earlier and take
far better advantage of the growing
season. In short, whatever the soil,
this hill will, on the average, ripen
earlier, produce more stalks, and twenty
to fifty per cent--often hundred per
cent-more sound kernels than the
other hill. And, by the way, there is in
the quart of fertilizer enough material
left for q similar effect upon three or
four other corn hills.
Now, visit the farm-yards of the coun-
try generally, and in nine-tenths OF them
there will be found, on one side or an
other, quarts, gallons, barrelfuls OF this
golden LIQUID teaching away and vast
ing.-often scores and hundreds of bar
rels of it during a year. Yet, at triiling
cost, perhaps only an earth bank on the
lower side Of the yard, all this wastage
NAV be saved and turned to account.
The streams, rich in stimulating plant
food, now lost from the yards OF the
four and one-third million farms OF our
country, may, with very little care and
trouble, be retained in the rotting or
ganic matter, and transferred to corn
Hills and to the roots of other crops;
: Real gold will be found in the increased g,
crops, and be obtained at lar less COS,
and labor than is expended by the great
mass of gold miners. Proper attention
to so simple matter on the farms O.
the country, taken together, would ad'
more dollars to the wealth Of the coun
try every year than is now dug out .,r ), {;
ali the gold mines between the Atlan'i
and Pacific. --Anaerican AorlcuIt"raS''
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31
The Water Supply.

Pure water for household use Is OF tho
should be had hat is pure, because
none other Is tit for domest cuse. Every
thing impure should be kept Mt u ds-
lance from the well, and it should 10 so
constructed that no sur AGO water can
get into il. Whore vel can be driven
II Is undoubtedly the bost, because
rothng can got into it W thout tier ng
through the grouni; it is considerably
cheaper, too, than dug well. In dig
gns well Peep very often make
m stake in not 90 ne deep enough. 1t
is ant TO be the case that soon as ven
oil water is reached, it is supposed TO DO
sufficient. even ii IL is small, ands> after
going down far enough to make little
reserve it is stoned up and the result
is that the next summer, perhaps, tho
we'll Is dry. This is very annoying. be-
sides being an expensive o.. / speak
from experience. BY not digging deep
enough the well fails occasionally, and
contemplate DIR wing one near b. so
as TO have, ho Q, a never. a,ling sup
ply. Water il needed N abundance OF
the farm buildings. and 1t should Q
provided somehow, either by springs,
well, cistern, or else brought from .
d;stan in pipe. Tho best timc h. d1g
n we'll is during severe drought; and
If good vein Is then reached. but littio
| fear need be entertained that tho sup
Div will fail. Cistcrns should not 20
Constructed under tho dwelling, but out
o, doors. When making u cstern be
sure and mako it large enough. I'm
doubleday there iswater enough falls on
the roo Cf farm bui dings in the course
of tho year to supply tho stock with
drinking water, as we'll as water for all
househ'ld purposes; and II it isproperly
filtered, it is n good deal moro whole
some than much water hat is used. IN.
II EnrnIer
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

Sn TArroN SYKES is another very
wealthy Engiishman who has become a
convert to the Church Of Rome. He
will build, OF his own expense, large
cathedral at Westminster, which will
ensemble in its architecture tue cathe'
drsl at Cologne. To Cardinal Mannins's
eloouence is attributed Sir Tatton's
conversion.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

The monument to be erected to the
memory of margaret" the we'll known
rsilanthrophical lady of New Orleans,
represents her seated on chair, with
her right arm resting on its back, and
her left thrown round an orphan child,
who looks up gratefully into her face.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

THE Hon. Samuel J. Randall is said
to approve enthusiastically of the sug-
gestion that the next Speaker OF the
House of Representatives be provided
with gavel fashioned after the model
of George Washington's memorable lit
tie Ratchet.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31
"De Properest Way"

(which am de properest way to sup,
press oneself; does yer say; we ea'ed
az de table, or, I'VE has done ate at de
table," asked one Austin darkey OF an
other, they being engaged in agram-
NAUTICAL discussion. AS they could not
AGREE, the question was referred to I'm
Gle Nose for his decision, which was;
ain dc case OBJ you two niggahs none
OBJ you am right"
6What am deproper way to say I'VE
Gated at de table, Uncle Mosep'
"De properest way for SIGH cattle as
you two am to say: 1--WE fec OF d.
troit. "-1eras Siftings.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

The Emperor William has written
the story of his own life in q private
diary which the world will read after
the Enperor's death. 1t has been kept
daily for fifty years. And there are
sketches in it by some Of tho best Ger
man artists.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

scribed as a man OF low stature and
powerful frame-spare, angular aud
weatherbeaten. He is man Of few
words, abrupt, but clear in speech, and
Of quick, impetuous gestures. Although
his fame rests upon minute material re-
search, he is q steadfast believer in
spiritualism, and takes no interest in
evolution theories or positivist doctrines.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

IMITATION diamonds are now so per-
feet that the real ones are at discount
No one Of wealth is suspected Of wear
ing any but the real stones. and many a
wealthy woman. it is claimed. takes
advantage OF this notion, and wears the
mock Jewels without fear Of detection or
loss nv theft,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

The death was recently announced
from London Of John Blockley, the
composer of many popular melodies, and
best known, perhaps, by his setting to
music Tennyson's poem, "The Brook
He was eighty.two years of age.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

IT is costing the Chicago Street Gable
Railway Company great deal of money
to construct its system. The total
expense thus far has been 50, 900, 900,
but travel is increased, the dangers are
passed, and the future of the plan is
encouraging in the extreme.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

An application was made in Com
mon Pleas Court at Pittsburgh, Pa, the
other day, which is the first instance OF
the kind that ever occurred in thi,
country. The application of a lady,
Mrs. 2. s. breckenridge, Of Allegheny
for naturalization papers. Mrs. Breck-
ridge has been In this country thirty one
wears, having arrived here when nnoss
Ace therefore, she needed bue 9ns |
paper, which was grsn5ea' - E.c W.
law, j. Erastus Mchelsy' s;,inc a
Messing for her. The lazy ,m y ! "itIse,,
Europe and desires % Deco"S a. 5snnrs
Of the United States Delo'0 n''
ture,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

OK the first Sunday in last December,
or the,eabouts, such an amount OF snow
fell in Madrid, Spain, that the like
thereof had not been known for twenty
wears. It is said the depth of the snow
in the Spanish Capitol, after single
DAYS storm, was more than eleven
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

"ANERIcANs are very foolish about
some things" said Nine. Jananschek
to New York reporter recently. "See,
they turn their backs upon scholars to
pay their respects to unhedged stu
Tents" She had Mrs. Langtry in her
minds eve at the time of the interview.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

q, "A traveller In France, whose con.
Hencc would not allow him to use
81 ung language, found that at the hotel
uese ne was staying the walters had
4 sen % accustomed TO hear Englishmen
~ mat they set him down as milk
4 Z snd neglected him accordingly He
srsO e'ore nit upon this expedient 10 So
VIZ : proper amount Of attention
IN usnever he gave an order he rolled
~ y. - sonorcus tones the words, "North'
Tossiand, Cumberland, Durham
- euoct was marvellous,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

1T IS not generally known that tue
prefix "Ah" to Chinaman's name is
equivalent to the title of "Mr.," and
thus Bret Harte's famous "Ah SIM"
becomes in plain English "Mr. SIM
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

HUNGARY is becoming quite silk
growing country. From statistics pub
lished short time ago it appears that in
1881 there were 1916 producers, who
turned out 1857 kilogrammes Of CO.
coons, which realized not less than A.
Sl6 forms. On the profits there has
been established. with State aid. a model
school, which promises to give we'll
directed impetus to the silk-raising in
dustry.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

"A number OF Chinese women have
formed league to destroy the practice
Of foot-binding. They pledge themselves
not to practice it, and will not permit
their sons to wed women whose feet
were ever bounA
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

In a column and a-half article recent
ly, tho London Times says that very
little is known Of dipbtheria beyond the
fact that it is a village disease rather
than one Of severed cities.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

ANOTHER reason for Kidding ourselves
Of the English sparrow is furnished by
an English physician, who says that the
bird may have smallpox and commune
cate the disease.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

FROM the deposits discovered in 1872,
on the Appomattox River at Bermuda,
Va, there are now taken 1000 tons an
nually, or about one.third of the fine
ochres used in the United States.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

EARLY marriages are becoming less
frequent in Ireland. Tho late census re.
turns show that of more than 1900, 600
OF manageable men on tho census right
over 10000 are either bachelors or wild.
oWers
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31
A Base Conspiracy Defeated.

A close guess was made in Hartford
saloon the other day. In one partition
Of a money.drawer was large number
of pennies. Among the frequenters Of
the place was man who was always
ready to make a bet. 1t occurred to
the proprietor of the place, who had
been taken in good many times by the
betting man, to lay for him. He took
friend into his confidence, and the
pair made up their minds to beat the
fellow with the contents of the money
drawer. So they counted the pennies
and found there were Just 625 of them.
Then they laid low for their opportu'
nifty.
That evening the betting man was on
hand, and in q manner not to excite
suspicion tho saloon-keeper said to his
friend: 81 wonder how many pennies
there are in this drawerp"
The betting chap pricked up his ears
and remarked: ''Let each OF us put ur
S5, and the one who comes nearest to
the number shall take the pot"
This was agreed to, and the saloon.
keeper marked 624, his friend 626, and
the fellow that was really ignorant O.
the number, and whom they expected tC
trap, by the merest chance put hi!
fingers at 625. The establishment of the
two sharpers was no greater than thu
wonder of the other at such remarkably
sharp guessing. After this the betting
man was boss Of the aloon.-Hartfort
(Conn.) Times.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

DIR. DEEMS, in his prayer at the New
York Church Of the Strangers, few
Sundays ago, asked the Almighty to
convert the choir.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

=, ~ vprst ssout kissing Q Pitsburg
taas Jon carry the marks Of coal
~ at yoar nose and other TEXTURES
/. I e roach the nearest punS.--Bpr'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

AT an auction sale OF old Government
medical supplies at st. Louis recently,
among other things one man bought
l7,308 pills for thirty cents.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

"A man in 1homaston, Me-, put an
owl in his cellar to kill the rats. Inc
next morning the man found the owl
dead and half-eaten. This was rough
On Tia oHL -.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

The mother Of President Garfield
spends several hours every day reading
the published works OF her illustrious
son.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

Russia has thirty-three schools in
which to educate men to operate rail-
WAYS. 4s4
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

GIN. NERANdos, Of Mexico, has made
q contract to take 10000 Italian families
to that country.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

A MASSACHUSETTS, soldier has just been
paid $40 by the Government for o toe
which he lost during the war.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

Gov. CULLoM, the victor in the Hi
nois Senatorial contest, is ffty-three
years Of age.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

ONE Chicago pawnshop has leaned
money on 1920 revolvers during the past
year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

A Posr Of the Grand Amy Of the Re.
public has been estsblis1 Ted in Honolulu.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

A GERMAN has invented safe, which,
in addition to the customary walls. and
doors of steel, has an attachment that,
on being touched, Immediately flares an
electric light on the scene, and at the
same time uncovers prepared plate on
which the burglars photograph is taken,
while an alarm is sounded. A pit opens
below, and the burglar is precipitated
through the floor. Would any guilty
man escapep
HE late Charles Gossage, OF Chicago,
was for many years one of the leading
dry goods merchants in that city. His
store was well known by the two big iron
lions that stood just outside the main en-
trance. These were lost, with the store
and stock, in the great fire, and We're
not replaced when the new store was
built, until one day an old lady walked
in and inquired "the way to Gossage's. "
She mad been hunting for the lions all
over the city, but i'll vain. Mr.. Gossage
at once ordered new ones to I've made
and set up in front of the new store.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

The Hon. Joseph Cilley, Of Noting
ham, N. e., the Oldest living OK. Senate
Of the United States celebrated the com
pletion OF his ninety-second year few
days ago, amid a large gathering o
relatives and friends. He was in capita
health and spirits, and though his sigh
was so dim that no could not recogniz,
all his friends faces, he quickly knew
them by their voices. Col. Cilley is s
veteran Of the war of 1912, and was Cap
tain Of company in the regiment unde,
Col. Miller that made that histrionit
charge at Lundy's Lane. In that fight
he was wounded in the thigh, aud lance
for life. He was elected to the United
States Senate from New Hampshire to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Levi Woodbury.. He is u grand-s son OF
Gen. James Cilley, OF revolutionary
fame. -->-----..--a----.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

THE wish often falls warm upon my
heart that I may learn nothing here
fiat I cannot continue in the other
world; that may do nothing here but
dseds that will bear fruit in heaven.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

W. W. AsroR has established an
American Club in Rome.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31

pAsrEua, the French scientist is de-
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CoRREs-
PONDENCE.
ITO be Continued.)
January 22nd, 1873

January 22nd, 1883. ~
As l predicted in my last-thc
Border Railway Bill which author
izcs the connection of this COLONY,
by rail, with the Victorian province,
passed through Parliament with fly
ing colors. Since the passing of the
measure those persons interested
have been using active measures to
cause the government to deviatc
from their intention of making this
line through Callington, and are
strenuously advocating the Strathal-
byn route. Although engineers show
that the proposed deviation would
save the colony about tivc-thousand
dollars in construction alone, yet
the cabinet seem to be incxorablc.
The wheat harvest which is now
being gathered in Is, on the whole,
very light. In the southeast, where
the soil is very wet, the crops are
exceptionally good.
Sir William Jervois, who has been
our Governor-in Chief for 5 years,
has been promoted to New Zealand.
His ESccllency was very popular
here: his simplicity Of manner. gem
tlemanly bearing, coupled with the
fact of his being civil engineer of
very high standing. won for him
golden opinions, and it is not sur
prising that thousands should have
assembled to cheer him OH his de-
parturc. During his term of adj
ministration here Sir William began
business OH the lower Murray by
purchasing and stocking sheep
run. This fact may cause him to
visit our shores occasionally, seeing
that he has an undoubtcd interest in
the progress of this province. His
last public act WINS to make a hand
some contribution to the funds OF
the Cathedral. o. B.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16
CURIOUS SCENE IN A CHURCH.

A curious and comlcal turn was
given to the service in the Yarra-
street Wesleyan Church, Melbourne,
OH Monday morning Feb. 12. The
Rev. Mr.. Bath gave sermon bear
ing on the disgraceful scenes at the
stranded ship Bcrengaria, and
dilatcd on drinking, gambling, and
all sins of the like kind, at the con-
clusion of which, and before he had
time to sit down, Mr.. Ducker the
we'll known auctioneer of this town,
and formerly Mayor for two years,
jumped up from the body of the
church, and commenced in long
speech to combat the views held by
the Rev. Mr. Bath, and said before
ministers lectured their congrega-
tions there should be more unanimity
among themselves, and it was their
own duty to put down gambling in
connection with their church, by
which he meant ratlling at bazaars.
The Rev. gentleman stood during
the time this homily was being eli
forced on his attention, and mcekly
replied on it's termination, "tllank
you Mr.. Ducker."- World.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16
OUR STREETS.

We have neither noticed nor heard
my complaints about the roads late
ly, SO the Supervisor must be happy.
This is partly due, however, to the
dry weather, which makes even our
softcst roads passable and all in fair
condition to travel over, except for
the dust. But great deal of it, we
think, is due to the comparison
which can be drawn between the
present condition of the lower end
Of Fort street and it's condition some
two or three months back. Now, it
is the plcasantest and easiest road in
the city to travel over in carriage,
and the good plank sidewalk makes
it as pleasant for pedestrians.
We are glad to see that this policy
Of making good sidewalks is being
continued. 1T has been matter Of
reproach to the reputation for civil
lization of this country that there
wasn't decent road or footpath in
it, but we think that all cause for
that reproach will be shortly taken
away.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16
THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
(CONT1NUED.)


We have no evidence of these
islands having any other origin than
volcanic one. Some writer's have
written about beds of conglomcratc
found here, but OH examination l
find that these arc mere re-casting
of the products of the volcanoes. 1t
is not an uncommon thing to find
volcanoes in the sea. Graham Island,
which appeared amongst, and after
wards disappeared from, the Lipari
Islands in the Mediterranean, was
the product of submarine volcano.
A shoal still marks the spot where it
once was.
1t is the common belief here that
the islands were formed in success
sion, beginning at the northwest
and coming down to the southeast.
| do not think so, as Hawaii is larger
than any of the others, and yet do
not find traces of any newer or older
classes of rocks on it than OIL any of
the others, or on any OF. the others
than it. They are all most probably
of the same age.
There are two types of volcanoes,
the Vcsuvian type and the Strom-
bolian type. The first fires out an
eruption like gun; in the second
the action is quiet, and resembles
so much water rising in the crater
and then reccding. Kilauca and
Mauna Loa belong to the latter type.
The lecturer then went OH to
speak of coral formations--the fringe
reef, the barrier reef, and the atol
or annular coral island. He showed
by n diagram how the formation OF
the ring-shaped atoll was accounted
for by the theory that it marked tht
presence of submerged island
The island gradually went down
and as it went down the coral ami
mails slowly built their structures
higher and higher, to keep thei
place near the surface of the waite
until finally nothing was left but tn
circular reef which marked th
former outline of the island. Gradu
ally the action of the winds ant
waves built up on this, sand, drift
4 &C., and birds deposited seeds, ant
a new island marked the place Of tA
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16
SHIPPING NOTES.

The Mecfoo brought 521 bags of
sugar and 5000 feet of lumber.
Should the Mokolii arrive to-mor-
row she will proceed to MoloLai
with another batch of lepers from
the Branch Hospital at Kakaako.
The steam whaling bark Mary and
Helen arrived yesterday from New
Bedford, by way of Kealakekua Bay,
with $50 barrels of oil.
THE Sucz will leave for San
Francisco on Saturday.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16

WE draw attention to an alteration
in a notice of lands on Kinau and
Lunalilo streets, for private sale by
Mr.. j. M. Monsarrat. The num-
bers of the lots are now inserted, as
a sale of other similar lots, at auc-
ton, is advertised for Saturday next,
and unless people are careful it may
cause confusion. Those advertised
by Mr.. Monsarrat are for private
sale only.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16

1t is strange thing that the
regulation for the pace of drays is
90 openly disregardcd. What is the
use of regulation which is not
enforced2 Day after day, drays may
be seen proceeding at a pace faster
than walk, and nobody seems to
;nforfnrn
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-16

A LOTTERY Of elegant musical
boxes, card-table, chess-table and
men, album of Hawaiian views, and
field and marine glass, is advertis-
ed by Mr.. J. f. NNiseman in another
column. They are well worthy Of
inspection.