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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

court. 1t would be difficult to tell what
they did cost the government, while the
defendants are said to have paid out far
more than the amount of their ill COTTON
gains. The South Georgia court at Ss-
vannah is cheap affair compared to that
in Atlanta. Its total expenses footed up
only $29,8l7, for the last fiscal year. An
examination of the different cases tried,
in each court during the period under
consideration vii. show the reason OF
this great disparity. In the Northern
district there were II cases for violation
OF the internal revenue laws. OF these
there were twenty-one in which a verdict
for the government was obtained; one
where verdict for the defendant was
given, and forty-nine which were dis
missed or continued. There we're not
half a dozen criminal cases triel in the
Northern district court, besides these
revenue cases. In the Southern district
there was only one revenue case, three
postoflice cases and two or three other
criminal cases. So the precious internal
revenue system, with it's hordes Of raiders
and other employees, is responsible for
the enormous drain the Atlanta court
makes on the treasury. For the same
reason the Arkansas and South Carolina
courts are such heavy loads. The total
expenses Of the department of justice so
far as footed up for the past fiscal year
amounted to -, ,929, 1857, but when all the
items are in, 100000 will hardly cover
the cost.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
Castor OIL for Shoe Leather.

There is one simple article which will
render any decently-made boot thor
oughly impervious. II is nothing more
nor less than cold-drawn castor oil,
"pure and simple" II is best applied
before moderate fire. The boots to be
dressed should be quite clean and dry,
and special care should be given to the
welt and the tongues and their stitching
to the upper feathers. l generally begin,
by pouring the oil from the bottle all
round the welt, so that the angle be-
tween the sole and upper leather is quite
filed with oil, and then proceed all over
the boot, including the edges OF the
soles, rubbing it in with the hand.
When one is done, have turn at the
other, and 30 alternately till you have
got in about tablespoonful and half
to each boot The tongues, being thin.
ner leather, should be quite saturated.
Subsequent dressings will not require so
much oil. have never found anything
to touch this as waterproof dressing;
the gelntinous oil seems to eiicctually
stop every pore in the leather. There is
another advantage for those who are
natty in such matters: The boots will
soon take good Common blacking)
polish--so much 80 that n man may il
he likes waterproof his ordinary walk
ing boots for bad weather without spoil
ing their appearance. With common
walking boot OF ordinary thickness, ap-
ply the oil over the sole. Shooting, /
wear boots so treated, over thick woolen
socks, from eight to twelve hours a day,
or more, without feeling the slightest in
convenience in any way; but they have
the chilly feeling inseparable from al
boots that are oiled in that way.-Lo~-
don Field,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
THERMOMETER TALK.

"See here, Mr.. Druggist, did you not
say that the thermometer you sold me
for S2. so was good onep"
Certainly, it was one Of the best 1
ever had"
"Then you keep mighty poor stock,
that's ALL"
"Why, what is the matterP"
"Matter enough. Neighbor Brown
got twenty-five cent one in the city
the other day, and this morning, when
was blowing about how cold ii was,
and told him what my new thermom-
eter registered, he laughed at me-"
"Well?"
"Then got mad and we compared
them, and hope to freeze il his ther-
mometer was not ten degrees lower than
mine. Now, you've got to take It back
and give me one that will beat his on
cold mornings or yon lose my trade;
a'y' hesr2' - Phiiadeiphia CdH.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
Some Annoyances OF Russian Life.

No one is allowed to enter Russia
without passport duly vised, or to
leave the country without o stamped
permission to do so But these pass
ports are easily obtained, and can be duly
vised in London and elsewhere without
personal application. They contain
simply the name, without any descrip-
tion Of the travellers; they are collected
and submitted to the authorities by the
Captain of the ship on entering the
country, and by the hotel-keeper when
permission to leave is required, and,
while causing great annoyance and
some expense to the ordinary traveller,
they seem of little use for detective
purposes. They hotel-keepers at st.
Petersburg are obliged, under heavy
penalties, to report to the police twice
o day the names Of all travellers who
enter or leave their hotels. Each
householder in the city is compelled by
the government to have "Dvornick"
to watch his premises. These Dvor-
hicks are men of the peasant class, who
sit day and night wrapped in their
sheepskins at the entrance of the
houses, their office being apparently
that of half watchma-, half spy. An
order was issued short time ago that
no one should walk the streets of ST.
Petersburg without passport, but the
absurdity and annoyance OF the pro-
ceedings were such as to compel the
withdrawal of the order. Newspaper
editors are only allowed to give, on GER
tain subjects, such views as are per-
mitted by the Government and on some
questions are forbidden to write at all
Foreign newspapers are stopped at the
postoflice, often held back altogether,
and when delivered at all have any OBJ
jectionable parts or paragraphs stamped
out and made illegible. The Times
frequently appears with paragraphs or
portions of the columns blocked out in
this manner A gentleman received his
newspaper short time ago with the
whole Of it cut away with the exception
of the advertisements. 1t would take
too long to enumerate the many petty
and other annoyances which official
zeal imposes on the ordinary life Of the
Russian people, and which have to be
accepted without public remonstrance
or riticism.-FOrtniahtlu ReuieaD.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
GENERAL NEWS.

EX-SENATOR YULEE, Of Florida, is
worth $S,OOO,OOO.
THE artesian well at Americus, Geor-
gia, had to be abandoned after boring
900 feet
CHATTANOOGA TIMES: About thirty
emigrants returned from Texas last night
and went South to their former homes.
ABOUT sixty workmen are employed on
the army and navy hospital at Hot
Springs, Ark, which is being pushed
toward completion.
THE United States Government has
purchased from the Maverick estate at
San Antonio the land, $1,000 acres, upon
which Fort Clark is situated, for $780, 900.
SAVANNAH News II is said that emf
grants coming from Europe to Georgia
are told upon their arrival at Castle Gar
den that they will be sold into slavery in
the south.
The colored people of Montgomery
Alabama, met and passed resolutions of
thanks to the railroad commission,
which granted equal accommodations on
the railroads of the State.
Two farmers in Laurens county, Geor-
gia, sold to one firm $1,000 worth of
wool. The sheep from which tho wool
was shorn ran out in the woods and were
not dollars expense to the owners.
The superstitious res dents and the
negroes Of North Texas are 30 agitated
over the red lights in the west that re-
vivals have sprung up all over that part
of the state, and the churches are so
crowded that there is not standing-room.
The Fort Worth Continental Beef
Company will begin slaughtering on the
18th of January, and will kill 600 cattle
and 300 sheep every twenty-four hours.
1t is feared that there will be some diff
Guilty in supplying its demand for these
animals.
AN old citizen of Dale county, Ala,
was fined $50, including costs, at the late
session of the United States court in
Montgomery for cutting wood off of gov
ernment land He had no money with
which to pay the fine, but rather than
n ortgage his land he concluded to serve
out the fine in jail.
A bill has been passed appropriating
$1,000 for South Cardinals State exhibit
at the New Orleans exposition. The cot,
ton centennial feature of the Exposition
is especially interesting to South Caro-
lima and Charleston, because the eight
bags of cotton constituting the first ship
ment from America were grown near the
capital, and exported from Charleston.
The city of Charleston will probably have
q separate exhibit of her own.
KEY WEST DEMOCRAT The fishermen
in the channel have of ate been troubled
by sharks to such an extent as TO render
it dangerous to sail far from the land.
They have, however, found o panacea
for all their troubles in this respect-it
is the root of the dogwood, which causes
almost instantaneous death. Whenever
o shark is discovered, small fish ID
killed, this bark inclosed and thrown
overheard, and in few minutes the car.
cass of the shark floats to the surface.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

THE possibilities of cotton seed and its
products, there is every reason to believe
go far beyond anything that is yet done
with them. At the recent annual con.
vention of the National Cotton Planters
association at Vicksburg much attention
was excited by Professor Myers's address
on that subject He considers the seed,
with proper treatment and in connection
with the use of its products as fuel, food
and fertilizer, to be rs valuable as the
lint itself. So valuable that the professor
sees In it a means that will contribute
vastly to the independence of the South
ern planters who can derive profit from
them indexed by cotton and seed mills
ginneries and other interests. An inter.
esting portion Of the address spoke OF
what the grower can get from the seed
at his own home, and Professor Myers
exhibited oil from crude to orefned, white
toilet soaps and common washing soaps,
made by himself, and said thatif wanted,
lard and butter could be got from the
oil. He also mentioned the fact that, in
arecent suit at Chicago, testimony was
gwen that 120 barrels of cotton eed oil
md twenty hogshead Of tallow had pro-
duced q "first-class leaf lard"
WINDOW dressing, as an art, was intro
duced in this country only eight years
ago. A fine display of stock in store
window may be tastefully arranged, and
yet not be artistic. During the Christ
mas holidays several stores in Boston,
New York and Philadelphia, produced
remarkable effects by the elaborate
dressing Of their windows. In the latter
city Chestnut street window repre-
aented Spnta Claus coming out OF the
chimney in enc room in which boy Lies
asleep in bed. He passes through the
open door, looks at the Christmas tree in
the other room. and finally disappears In
the open fireplace. The moving figure
OF Santa Claus, o result produced by
machinery, the life-like youngster in bed
the frightened look Of the cat under thu
oed, the dim light in theroom and Christ
aas tree, all make the spectator forge
me stock in the window. This is tn
eject OF artistic dressing. Any other al
Z 1angement, however skillful, would max
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

REPORTS from the sugar parishes Of
Louisiana announce that the cane crop
Of 1888 is much larger than expected,
owing to the ripeness of tn" cane. The
crop Of molasses will be sh 1rt the warm
weather has ended to make it fermen.
decreasing its value. Great yields are
reported on some plantatiGns, the most
notable being that of Belle Alliance, on
which 2,5OO,OOO pounds of sugar we're
made and 700 hogsheads of open-kettle
sugar. Other plantations report pro-
ductoD Of sugar and moasses exceeding
any crop since 1860.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

W. W. CoRCoRAN heads the list of tax
payers in Washington, and pays on
nearly million; next comes John B.
Alley, formerly representative from
Massachusetts,, but now resident, who
pays on half that amount, as does George
W. Riggs, the banker, General Butler is
taxed $4,000. Senator Sherman on
$4,000. Mr.. Phelps on $780, 900, and
Governor Morgan's estate on $125, 900.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

the stock more prominent than anything
else. Several of the scenes represented
in the large show windows Of onr great
cities during the holidays cost as much
as $4,000. This style of window dressing
originated in Paris.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

THE winnings Of Hanlan, the oarsman,
during the last five years amount to s7O.-
900. OF this sum he has managed to
save 10000, of which $50, 900 is invested
in q hotel on Toronto island. BE has
wife end two children.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
BEFORE AND AFTER.

Stranger-"Hello How d do, ole
pard? How's is Nibbs this morn"
Observation-Disclosures me, sir, but I
do not remember you.'
Stranger-"Oh, stuff, stuff Don
you remember last week what jolly
time we had among the boys, and how
you set 'em up in all the saloons in our
division, and how we promenaded arm.
n-arm all day, and how me and Bill and
Mike showed you the way homep"
0hiceholder--"Ah, indeed Well,
you may be right; but that was before
election day. 1 don't recall you now.
Good day p
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
:;DITORIAG NOTES,

GENERAL ROGER A PRYOR says it
would be unprofessional in a lawyer to
divulge what his counsel fees were, but
he states that his fees in the O'Donnell
case wers considerably less than $l5, 900.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

A vouNo MAN, violently in love Win :
orettv a ,ovs ssamstress, being asked what
I,,s;Ssss prs;,y '' he was In, sighed deeply and
said: ~ am developing . sew'ns
chine attachment.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
Mns PoNsoNpY DE ToMKYNs (pointinp

Mrs. PoNsoNBY DE ToMKYNs Cpointing
to her books): ''They are not many,
Lord Adolphus, but they are all friends
dear old friends" Noble Poet (taking
down volume of his own poems and
inding the leaves uncut: "Ah ! hum
Pm glad to find that you don't cut all
your old friends, Mrs. de Tomkyns +
MRS. P. do T, is at O loss for once.)
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
THE J0KER'S BUDGET.
WHAT WE FIND IN THE HUMOROUS
PAPERS TO sNIILK OVER.
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER GASES.

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER GASES.
"How long have you been marriedS"
asked the clerk at the hotel desk, M the
elderly bridegroom registered.
1.-TWO weeks" replied the happy man.
"Frontl" cried the clerk, "show the
gentleman to parlor b. Fifteen dollars
day. SIR"
"Third wife" calmly said the guest.
ooh. excuse me. Front, show the
gentleman to S24, back. Take the ele-
vator. -Four dollars week. sir"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

IT is not generally known that amber
is found in this country. 1t is found in
considerable deposits at Gay Head,
Martha's Vineyard, and Of Camden, New
Jersey. In the place some years ago
several barrels were taken from the green
sand, but burned by mistake or through
the ignorance of the finders. The beat
class OF amber goes to Constantinople to
be worked into mouthpieces; the lowei
grade is made into beads. New York
dealers pay $l.5O pound for very small
pieces, and from $50 to SlO0 a pound
when the pieces are very large. Amber
has many colors, but green is the most
valued by smokers. Yellow brings the
best price. Large pieces are rare and
costly. In the British museum there il
apiece weighing eighteen pounds, for
which 81 900 was paid, and s5,OOe was
refused for thirteen pound lump found
in Prussia. The mines along the Baltic
coast yield yearly about 3OO 900 pounds,
and the mining industry has been vigor.
ously pushed for many centuries.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

CARE you the boss Of this establish
ment?" said customer, entering pa
per rulers office. "Well, no, replied
the man addressed, coming forward,
with his coat off and his sleeves rolled
up to the elbows: "I'm not the boss
exactly, but I'm the ruler Of the place. {"
The customer left the Job,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
LOOKING THRoueH.-The Amer

LOOKING THROUGH. american,
of Waterbury, Conn, tells Of a horse
that is left unhitched in shed while
its owner spends some time in saloon
every evening. If its owner stays longer
than usual, the horse backs out of the
buggy, and, going to the saloon, mounts
the steps and looks in through the glass
until its master comes out and drives
away.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09

The question of who is the Oldest
postmaster in the service has been dis.
cussed very frequently of late, and sew
era postmasters claim the honor. An
examination of the records of the post
Office department was made to-day, at
the request of one of the cont stants for
the honor, and it was found thai Mr.
Henry Beardsley, of North Lansing, New
York, is the senior postmaster. He has
held his office since June, 1928, having
served all OF that time under his original
commission. The bondsmen that he gave
nave been dead for nearly forty years.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
MARAUDING REDSKINS.
The Trail Followed in Mexico-It
Leads to the Mountains.
The Murders at the Petty Camp More
Foul than at FIRST Reported.
Special to the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Ten, Nov. 2l.-The
following additional particulars re-
gardlng the recent Indian massacre
have just been received at military
headquarters here. The affair was
even more horrible than at first re-
ported.
MARIToN, TEN, Nov. 20, 1884
To the Acknowledgement of the de-
partment of Texas, San Antonio:
A courier came in at O'Clock this
evening from Lieut.. Eggleston at the
camp ON the Rio Grande, near San
Vincente, distant one hundred miles.
He reported having followed q plain
Indian trail from Petty's camp to that
point, and the citizens with him have
followed short distance into Mexico.
The trail leads towards the Las Penas
mountains in Coahuila, about one hum
bred and fifty miles distant.
I'VE reached Petty's camp on the
18th and found him killed by three
shots. The children's heads were split
open aud the wife had been outraged
and killed. The Indians raided the
catilemen's ranches and ran off TWEEN
ty-fiYe horses
Lieut.. Eggleston requests permits
sion to cross into Mexico and that the
Mexican troops may be requested
TO act in concert. He states tnat by
these means the Indians can undoubt-
edly be destroyed. He thinks that the
trail can be followed for the next five
DAYS. Otherwise he sage that he
thfnks there is no more need Of scout
ing here at present. He also reports
the country very rough and almost inn
passable.
MCFARLAND, Commanding.
A reply to the foregoing, dated the
Olaf, was made from department head
quarters as follows:
1.-THE commanding general cannot
grant permission for our troops 70 cross
into Next o, as the arrangements for
the reciprocal crossing of troops mas
been terminated. The general, how
ever. directs that the nearest Mexican
authorities be notified As TO the direc-
ton OF the trail aud directed 70 canse
the pursuit Of the indians.
Lieut. EgGleston will remain as
long rs his supplies will permit at his
caup on the Rio Grande 70 avail
developments aud ii necessary 10 pur-
sue on the Texas side Of the river aoy
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
Ten Per Cenl. R.ductIons.

PIITsBURG. PA, Nov. 2i.--fhe pro-
prietors OF McRess' flint and glass
works have notified their pressers,
gatherefs and knihher that their wages
will be reduced ten per cent. Deem
Der 1st. The workmen will meet In u
few days 10 consider the advisabillty
Of accepting the reduction.
The employees OF Robinson, Rec a
Co . foundry have also been notified
0f ten per cent reduction in their
wages 10 take fleet next Mond y.
The bolt, blacksmith aud m chine
shops az Oliver Bros a n illipa'
Tenth street mill shat dow n lat
night on account Of slack order and
oyer-pEoduetion.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
Ell PAsO.
Minister Romero on His Way Home
Celestial Embassadors.

Special to the Gazette.
Ell PAso, TEX, Nov. 2l.-The Mex
lean minister Romero arrived to-day
from Washington en- route to the City
of Mexico.
-Four Chinese ambassadors from the
Celestial empire arrived and departed
for the City OF Mexico. They
20 TO arrange for Chinese imni-
grafton into that country and
to secure the enactment OF a naturall-
cation law whereby they may become
Mexican citizens.
Two hundred cadets from the City Of
Mexico will arrive here Sunday morn
ing en- route to the New Orleans ex.
position
Rev J. w. Tay, rector of the Epis-
copal church, died this morning.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
AT FACTORY PRICES.

tuned repaired
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
Train Robbers in New Mexico
Thwarted and Arrested.
A Negro Man Murdered and Another
Robbed Of $3.50.
woULD-BE TRAIN RoBBERs CAR.
TURED.

woULD.BE TRAIN ROBBERs CAR.
TURED.
special to the Gazette.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ, Nov. d.
West Brulon OF the cattle firm ofReed
& Bruton, arrived In the city to-day.
His ranch Is In 5ocorro county. In an
interview with your reporter he sta ed
that he, assisted by Detective Harry
Franklin, captured White, Collins,
Pointer and Kirkendall, the men
who tried 10 rob the train on
the Santa Fe road last week Bill
Allen, also one OF the robbers, is being
pursued and will probably be- captured
tonight. White, who is a negro from
Texas, told OF the gang when arrested
All the boys are cowboys from Texas
and reported from good families.
They are being tried before Judge Bell
ut Socorro, and the chances are against
their cleAri ng themselves.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
ArLo .rEH n rag TRINITY.

CoRsrcASA, TEX, Nov. q The
body Of q negro man was found in
Trinity river yesterday with a bullet
hole through the forehead. Some
Kaufman newspapers Of recent date
we're found on his person. No one
was found able 10 identify the re maine.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22

Indians that may be discovered In the
vicinity. ADJUTAET-GENERAL ~
The arrangements for the reciprocal
crossing Of the troops of the two re-.
nublics terminated August Is, 1854
Gen. Skilley has urgently requested
that the authorities at Washington
take measures for the restoration Of the
arrangements.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
a coLonEp MAN nonnEp.

FpttIaI 70 Ut NHsVtNUs
JEFFERSON, Tex, Nov 2l.-David
Beatty. colored, returning from 81.
Louis on visit TO his father here. was
on his arrival last night met by two
men who relieved him Of the sum Of
gQh0
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22
AUSTIN.
Twenty Nine Members Of the Old
Legislature Returned schol-
astic Reports.


special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Nov. 2l.-Returns
from about one.half the counties in the
state show that twenty-nlne members
az the preceding legislature are re-
turned to the Nineleenth. A large
number are known 10 be pronounced
in their antagonism 10 the lease law.
The fifteenth volumeI OF the court
OF appeals has just been received by
the secretary Of state.
In the district court to-day the trial
commenced OF Jno. 4. Barlow OF Big
Springs for perjury In swearing TO an
account Rs an attached witness, in the
Wampler land fraud case.
Only thirty-aeven out Of fifty-twO
towns and cities in the state have sent
In scholastic reports. These show
schools maintained: White, l5S; col
ored So.
Average term. psf 1920 days.
SehOol-houses: Frame, 81; brick, Il;
stone, 10; log. 4.
Aggregate local taxileyisd by ciu 3,
S152, 326.
-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-22

That the insEalm ut plan by which
lessing 10 salAried men Is evidenced
Il . many comfortably furnshed
homes and smiling faces In the city.