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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24

Ihe great conch or strombus, has veritable
pod that it thrusts out, sticks into the
Eound, and by muscular effort jerks itself
png, making decided leap. The squids,
at are the brightest forms of mollusks, leap
ntirely clear of the water often several feet.
hey are the ink-bearers, and from their ink
ags comes the sepia used by artists, while
Aeir bone is the cuttle-fsh bone of commerce.
iny OF the cookies have method of flying
hough the water that is quite novel. They
generally beautifully colored, and have
rnG streaming tentaclcs, and suddenly, with
warming, they dart up from the bottom,
q by . violent opening and shutting of their
aves rush away with their long, reddish hair
'eaming after them presenting a very Curl
~ appearance. The shell known as the Lima
nns is particularly remarkable for these
ghts, and all the scallops are Jumpers and
apers. When placed in boat they have
IN knewn to leap out, and the ordinary seal
has been known to jump out of a pot when
Aced Upon stove. A description of the diff
rntmethods by which shells move would
svolume 49,.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
PROMINENT PEOPLE,

EX.SpEAkERJ. WARRGS kE'FER will de.
vote his attention to law ia Washington.
SENATOR DAWES, OF Ma'sachu'o is, has
been making his annual visit to the lnllh
agencies of the far West.
THIRTY years ago Gtncal Phil Sheridan
was a lieutenant and known as the e t song
nd.dance man on the Texas frontier
DURING the three years stay At Conslan'
tinoplc of Consul-Goncral Lew Wa lace he
only saw the American flag on two vessels
BIB. Conner is the riches; of the A|aHa na
cotton planters. He runs 10 plows ON ms
lands near Spring Hill, and hosts OF Ia ald'
pick 9, 200 bales of cotton every year
BEN: PERLEY PooRE, as helife-long lricnl
of Henry b. Anthony, received by WI IT. M
the late Senator the Charles Sumner silver
pitcher and cup and $1,000 in money, maRn%
Poore less poor than he was
JAMES PAYY, the novelist, says OF M
brothers and sisters of the pen; MY eHlhr''
| ence of men and women of letters, wnlcli ma
been continuous and extends over thirty
wears is that for kindness of heart they have
| no equals.
Tur late Mrs Caroline Il. Brown, OF Water
fori Me left $500 to be expended in the cree
| finn of n monument to her son, Charles T.,
Brown-the whole worlds "Artemus Wnrd'
The little grave is now marked by Il blt oi
moss covered slab
GENERAL. w. S HtNcocKs wife has com
| posed piece, arranged ior an orches,'', "
be dedicated TO Sir Moses MontetoFe, III IL .
brew philanthropst, Of Lon ION, III hoiior M Oh
his coming centennial birthday, when alsc
the entire Masonic fraternity, OF which Sll
Moses is an honored member, will take ap
| rronviata aetion commemorative OF the day
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
A BROKEN BANKS TRAGEDY.
President Runyon's Terrible SeIf-sought
Death.

The immense crowds that gathered around
the doors Of the National Bank of New Jer-
sey, at New Brunswick, on Monday were anx-
ious and excited enough, but when ten o'clock
passed with the doors still closed, and
iumor going around that President Mahlon
Runyon had committed suicide within the bank,
the excitement was intense.
When Mr.. Hill, cashier of the bank, was
found dead and was supposed to have COM
mittod suicide, ugly rumors about the bank
began to gain circulation. II was charged
that the banks funds had been lost in specu-
lations, and the bank was ruined.
President Runyon had been informed soon
after he arrived at the bank Monday morning
that his arrest would follow some time during
the day. When he received this news he
accepted IL as the inevitable and without
CHANGING muscle said it was what
he expected. Soon after he stepped
into O closet, room not larger than
4 by 9, with window on the north side. He
took off his coat having previously left his
waistcoat in the Directors room, owing TO the
sutriness OF the day. Then he deliberately
rolled ND his sleeves and took from his pocket
a small black-handled penknife and opened
one of the blades-a dull, hacked blade, an
inch and quarter in length-and with this
cut his throat and bled TO death.
The result of the whole affair is the National
Bank OF New Jersey IL closed, the president
and cashier are suicides, two directors pros
trated, and the city OF New Brunswick, which
entrusted its whole funds TO the bank Is bank
.,nt. The amount stolen from the fund II
-, 70 be nearly e3Q0,0QQ, "
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
A PLAGUE-STRICKEN CITY.
Narrowing Scenes In Naples Three
Hundred ncaths In One Day!

A Naples Qtaly) dispatch says; The condi-
ton Of affairs here is most narrowing. Scenes
Of misery and wretchedness OF the most pitia-
ble character occur on every side. King Hum
bert has been profoundly affected by the suf
fcrings he has witnessed. Hehas made first
donation to the relief fund.
King Humbert gave audience last evening
10 tho municipal authorities Orders have
been issued for the troops TO leave the Mad
dalena barracks and encamp outside. The
barracks will be converted into a cholera
hospital The royal rary is visiting the
poorer quarters Of the city today. There
was q riot yesterday among tho sellers ot
mineral waters because their traffic was re-
strictd. The epidemic continues TO make
great ravages.
During the last twenty'four hours there
have been over 600 fresh eases Of cholera and
nboHt 200 deaths in this city. The town pre-
sents a gloomy aspect. Images of saints
with acolytcs bearing tapers have been borne
at the head of professions OF women through
the prinrpnl streets who invoked the help Of
the Virgin.
King Humbcrt paid visit late in the day
TO the ConOcchia hospital An immense
crow attended upon the king, paying him
an ovation as he proceeded through the
streets. Boniires have been lighted through
out the city, and disinfectants are freely
used. King Humbert declined the use Of dis
infectants while making tour of the wards
in the hospital. The king was nc ,oml anied
by his brother the duke Of Ao'ta, Slgnor
Dcpretis, minister of the interior, and Signor
Mancini, minister OF foreign affairs
Tho burial of the victims of the cholera Is
| found to he very difficult, owing TO the unus
ual large number so suddenly needing inter
mcnt. A soldier who was suffering from
violent attack Of cholera was taken TO tn
hospital, and in his deirium threw himeel
from window, dying instantly upon TIN
! pavement.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
The Bad Boy of China.

Uns Of the bad little heathen boys who
lch small birds on the trees in the settlement
fined 81, with the alternative of seven
VI Imprisonment, in the Mixed Court this
pming. or course he never had dollar in
possession, and it was only mockery to
w him the option of a fine. Mr.. D. C. jan
last year, when he was Curator of the
nghai Museum, called the attention of the
nfipal Council to the wholesale destruction
mall birds by these small boys. 1t would
y appear that since the police have been
on these juvenile fowlers, the boys have
proved on their lined bamboos, not in any
70 make them any more effective in cap
''ng birds, but to elude detection by tho
"ce Instead of having simply bamboo of
m niteen to twenty feet, with birds-lime
vac end OF 1t, the boys have adopted the
Jung rod patent. A small piece Of bamboo,
7'e'ed with bird's-lime, is fitted into the hol-
"@ The long bamboo, and they Use this rod
Hsching the birds on branches of trees.
~ua policeman is seen-and they can keep
'nfp alookout for policemen as for birds
Y, withdraw the small piece of bamboo COW
~" WIN lime and throw it aside; and when
rhceman comes up the boys are only
nS with long piece of bamboo that
N, se' any more points about it than any
htl bamboo
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
NEWS SUMMARY,
Eastern and Middle States.

sMAfI.oN KUNYoN, the self slain president
oi the New Brunswick National bank, left n
note declaring that he had not robbed thr
institution. ''o' '''v
ruHIhER figures put the Republican plu
rallty In Maine at about 1900 The Stnta
sehqte Will stand thirty-one Republicans and
no Democrats. The house will have IN Ro'
pubicans and thirty four Democrats. A Re.
publican gain of seven.
THERE was an immense attendance at tbo
late Secretary Folger's funeral in Goneyo n
Y. President Arthur, Governor CleyelonJ
and staif, members Of the cabinet ami other
prominent government officials and distin-
gulshed friends Of the deceased were present
MUCH suffering has been caused in New
York by the torrid heat, and numerous cases
OF sInstroke and prOstration occurred. many
oi them resulting in death
Two more tragedies nearly resulted from
the double suicide Of President Runyon and
Sasiller lin, of the New Brunswick N. J.l
National bank. A daughterof the former at.
tempted to throw herself down Il well, and
the VIE OF the latter tried to shoot herself
with pistol; but 10th were frustrated by
relatives in their attempt TO kill themselves.
ANOTHER banking institution has gone TO
the wall, the State bank at Fort Edward. n,
", closing its doors. The cashier stated de.
positors would be paid in full
THE New Hampshire PrOhbitionists have
nominated Larliin d. Mason for governor, TO.
gcther with an electoral ticket.
TIE Massachusetts, Prohibition State con
yenliOn at Boston put full ticket in the field
headed by President julius II. Scclye, of Am
herst college, for governor
NEW HAMPSHIRE Democrats, at their State
convention In Concord, placed John NJ. Hill
FOR governor at the head Of their ticket, nom.
mated presidential electors and endorsed
Cleveland and Hendricks.
AT the Connecticut Greenback State con.
yCmtOn in Mcridcn, James l.. Curtis was
nominated for governor, together with Il full
ticket and presidential electors VIII are
pledged for Butler.
SITTING BULL, the renowned Indian chief,
accompanied by his niece and eight of IN,
principal chiefs of the Sioux Indians located
at the Standing Rock agency in Dakota, ur-
rived in New York Il few days since. They
have been brought East for purposes Of clll-
cation and exhibition, and after a tour
through the Atlantic States will 20 81 llu.
rope
A DISPATCH from Augusta, Ne, says that
the total vote of the State reaches ll2ltD,
and that the majority Of Robie for governor
over Redman Is 20,Glj
J, II, BARRY, n promising young Phila-
delphian, accidentally hung himself while
trying TO illustrate the method by which "lIill
Sykes the villain of Dickens "Oliycr Twist
became his own executioner in attempting TO
escape from the police.
DISSATISFIED with the action of the Ma
tional Democratic convention the Tammany
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

HERR RUBENsTEiN, as London Truth
makes note, has engaged to give twenty con
ccrs in America.
NINE. JANAUscHECR's new play, "My
Life,n Is said 10 bc an adaptation OF Schiller's
"Loye and Intrigue"
Miss MAUD BANKS, the daughter Of Cen
eral n. p. Banks, is not to 90 upon the stage.
Rumor had II contrariwise.
NINE CARLoTTA PATTI is to star at tie
head Of a concert company during the com
Ing season in the English provincial cities
and towns.
MAuDE STUART, who played the blind girl
in Young Mrs, Winthrop, has recovered her
sight, which was injured by fixed gazing TO
simulate blindness.
An American prodigy, Ernest Schelling,
agcdeght, has, by the helpof Ambrose Thomas,
entered the Paris Conseryatoire TO learn
pianoforte playing.
TnE Philharmonic society Of ondon has
offered prize of twenty guncas for the best
concert overture. Foreign artists are ad-
mttcd TO competition.
AUGUSTIN DAlY'S New York Comedy
| company made 80 favorable an impression in
| London, that all the papers call upon MIR.
| DAILY 10 return next seas N.
NIENNA has given $4,000 for the erection
of II monument to the memory Of Mozart
sum greater than the aggregate amount re
cclvcd by the composer for all his produc-
| tons.
THE company supporting Nine. Ristorl
gu ing her loIr of this country will not bc
from Eng and ms heretofore announced. hut
will he carefully selected from the best
American artists.
AMONG the new projects in view in New
York isthc baiding Of large theatre, wliicl
IL is the intention of Mcssls Mallory am
Palmer to render rs perfect In every respec
ns Il theatre can he.
BERLIN has produced novelty in TIN
shape Of II l.illiputian opera company. Til,
artists range from twenty two 10 thirty sever
years If age and from twenty three TO Thirty
two inches IN height
"IEEII-NAU,' the new American opera
written 10y Earl Marble and composed b,
Richard Siahl is already in rehearsal by III
Wilbur Opera Company by whom it will b
gwen at the Academy OF Music in Baltimor,
November 10.
MCKEE RANKIN has introduced womc
ushers nj his Third Avenue n. W theatr,
and, according to the local press, his innova
ton has TUNED out n success. They az
neatly uniformed, treat people politely an
take visitors TO their seats quickly and witt
Out any noise or fuss.
NILSSON says PATHS voice holds out r,
markahly well for woman of her az,
Patti only hopes that She may lc able 10 sin
ns well ns Nilsson wncn She Is as old. Gerstt
remembers the pleasure both these singer
gave her when SHE was n little girl
SPEAKING of the decadcncc of the taste
Shakespeare, Edwin Forrest said; "Whe
there shall com II time when an actor ca
look and act Antony and woman who ca
look and act cleopatra and the play got II
with the same care of detail and expense
the Black Crook il will run thousan
nights
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
InbOr md LnnueYiIx

Erficsson, the veteran inventor, was 81 years
old recently. He is in excellent health and
works, it il said, sixteen hours a day. proving
an exception to the general rule, like many
Others that are received without question, is
fallacy. Perhaps it might be fairly asserted
that busy men live longer than idle men; that
work is, after all, the true elixir Of life. MANY
noteworthy instances where longevity COIN
cides with remarkable mental activity will
easily occur to the reader. Was not Sophocles
more than 90, when, to prove that lie was not
in his dotage-as his heirs claimed, in order
to get his money-he wrote one Of his greatest
tragedies2 Did not Humboldt do more worl,
at forescore than many bright men do at forty2
Goethe, as every one knows, died with pen in
hand at the age of 50. Won Ranke, the fore
most of living historians, has just published
another volume of his Universal History; he
will be 50 years old next December. CARLYLE
and Emerson lost none of their ygor until
they reached threescore years and ten. And
to-day, who imagines that Oliver Wendell
HOMES, ALREADY ON the verge OF TO- is old?
Longfcllow did some of his best work shortly
before his death, at 75 and Whittier is now
two years older than that. The vast energies,
whose sum in many directions are known as
Victor Hugo, show no sign of decreptudc, al
though it is now more than oighty-two years
since Victor Hugo was born. Historians, it
may be remarked, have usually been long
lived. Voltaire died at 81. Therry and Mich
let at 76; Mignet and Guizot at 81. George
Bancroft is now 81, and George Ticknor lived
to be so. In public life We have had several
recent examples of great men whose power for
craftsmanship did not diminish through age
Gladstone is nearly 7j and Palmerston was
Prime Minister at the time of his death, two
days before he had completed 81 years. Ben
jsmn Franklin, in the last century, lived to
h. 81
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

FRoSTs have visited Connecticut every
month this year,
CHINA proposes TO adopt postal cards on
and after january !, lNNj.
Ircots the United States s., ,ij6, ,3S93l to
TAX" caro- Of the Indians this year.
THIS years crops in the United States arc
estimated 20 be worth $4,000 O,0W.
LEADvIIl.E has now popu' alton Of about
l2,OW, Il decrease OF 1900 within the last
year
4 PRAYER hospital for the performance Of
faith cures has been established in Erie,
Pcn.
THE year 1854, according 30 present prom
isc viii have distinction as III year of great
crops.
THERE are now about @25 0OO pensioners of
all classei, aud of thesa -, GOO are the sol
dierS thtm elves.
PETROLEUM has Teen found in Palelm, 50
pure that It can be burned in lamps without
iii,al refining.
SINCE 1850 the increase of deposits in the
State and savings banks of the country hns
been nearly 500, OOD
The Ohio penitcutiary has discarded the
STRIPED convict suits and the prisoners now
wear no distinctive clothing
TUE colorcd race in the United States is
estimated at i,t0D,0lO strong, and their prop
erty holdings exceed SlOj,W0,O0O ;
THE Navaios of New Mexico are said to he
very rich. These Indians own large drcvcs
of cattle and horses and about l,OJOOOj
sheep.
AMERICAN milk and cream have been sue,
ccssfully shipped from New York TO Iond, II
| by Steamers arriving in perfectly fresh and
| paatablc condition.
THG grant total Of appropriations for the
coming fiscal year is SlSG, lGG,liO That is, il
takes over $4,000 per day TO grease thI
| wheels of government.
IN Southern Mexico and Eucatan, thou.
sands of families, it is said, will have to bC
supported by the government, ON account OF
damages to crops from locustS and drought
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24

LORD DuFfERlN, ut pres'tt ir. ISL an
bassador at Constantin las hSh mp
pointed viccroy of india.
A FREIGHT train on the NJ xi MI ,eurl
railroad was wrecked near Calara o. Il = udt
of n washout. The engineer n,i hrcw"n,
both Americans and seven otiic: rcr-oAs
we're killed
FouR college students, all sidehts O. c,na..
da, while rowing on TIE Woland canal az
Niagara Falls, Oltaric, weri iun down " .
ferryboat and drowned. A ,oni aaio'i VIM VIM
rescued.
FULLY thousand arrests o ais;s'tc,s TX, x,
sons wers made IN Warsaw .lIr1y tnr 81, s,;'as
visit. Notwithstanding tMs; ~ n,sr
thousands Of copies Of tnrsa; s'r, ~ rih"iei
issued Ly the nh ~ we'e :"
throughout the city.
Az ,,oortaut gold discovery = ;aicpotMsu Ma,r =
,.as As inp h.n msds IN the Lit Rocky MON. Mous
nav, nsxv % m miles northeast OF Benton, Monsana,
sma s regular stampede FOR tho auriserVSSs = eSs
region rSd i going on frcp vEis~ P0inss u ~
I, Sufrounding coNAFy-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
The NInine Elections.

The citizens of Maine on Monday elected
Governor, four members of CONGRESS, thirty aircy
one state Senator's 15l State Represe,nta.lves,
and ful boards of officers in the whole sixteen
Counties The Gubernatorial vote in 1851
sU%I''Ii siood. pIaistcd Fusion, 7a7isi Davis Re-
publican, 1854; scattering, a5 total
iizSO2. The Presidential vote that year y,
stood Garfield, 7i,O59; Hancock, oo'lo, 100,
Weaver. 4,4O0; Neal Dow, 92; scattering, 10y;
total. iis, ,SOs. Showing Republican plurality NY
Of s'Sil; against a minority Of i69 @ in The the
Gu6crnatoriaI election in september. The me
vote at the last state election in lSS stSSd:
ESbe Rep1, p1o,onSash5rl Hasi; % i'ssi, vnton Gnde-
pendent D" Rep. J, $50; Eustis lProhiblton), ssii
sscatteriny. 1O2; total, l3s,47S. A Nepubhcan
plurality Of $500. n.,;,r.
At tho election Monday the hepuplicahiI1 am
swent The State. Gov. RIbies majority viii
mo,,nt up to about $4,000. All the Republican
congressman are elected. Reeds majority II
the First District will be about 600.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
CANNIBALISM AT SEA.
A Dying Hoy Killed and his Flesh
Enten by Shipvreckcd Men.

t.uteu Dy NuInNECthCu
A case Of frghtful suffering at sea has been
brought to light by the arrival at Falmouth,
England, of the German bark Montezuma
from Rangoon, having on board tho survivors
Of Tho wreck of tho yacht Mignonctte Tho
yacht which was Of only thirty three tons
burden, sailed from Southampton for
Australia on tho 18th OF May On the llth
of June, when near tho equator, in the In
dian ocean, she encountered storm which
sent her TO the bottom. Four of her COM
pany escaped in dingey. They were the
commander, Captain Dudley, two seamen
and boy named Parker All the pro
visions they were able TO throw into
the boat before the vessel sank con-
sisted of few tins of turnips They were
absolutely without water, They subslsted
for five dnys on the canned turnips, and on
the fifth day they caught small turtle.
They wcro terribly tortured by thirst BY
the twelfth day the turtle, including its skin,
had been consumed, and there was absolutely
nothing left TO cat in the little boat. The
boy, Parker, was the weakest OF
tho four sufferers. and 1t was
evident that he was slowly dying. The 9th
ers hungrily watched his symptoms Of disso
luton.
On tho twentieth day, after the entire party
had been without particle of food for eight
DAYS, the captain hastencd young Parker
death by opening n vein in his arm. The
three survivors eagerly drank of the
boys blood and cut his flesh from
his bones and ate it, uncooked, th'
Captain keeping possession of the body
and serving out to himself and the tive
sailors only such daily ratons as were neces
sary to preserve their lives They rrolonge'
their existence in this way until July ., whel
they were seen and rescued by the Monte
yuma During the twenty days that ha'
elapsed since the sinking of tho yacht, TN
dingcy had drifted $50 miles
The three survivors have been placed un
der arrest, and the death Of the boy will b
| investigated
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Washington.

j. H. SQulER, the so-caled Washington
banker and petroleum dealer, who paid ten
per cent. interest on deposits and failed two
months ago, has committed suicide by cut
ting his throat The result Of his operation,
had been the complete ruin OF number of
innocent and worthy families He had been
sued and was desperate,
THE report Of the board appointed some
time since for the consideration of II scheme
for the founding of nationa! war school for
naval officers has been submitted to I he sec.
retary of the navy, and the recommendation
made therein approved by him.
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The I'ennut CrOp.

with proioundest satisfaction we are cna.
bled to inform our readers that the American
pesnut crop this year promises to be enormous,
IN fact the largest ever rais;d, amounting at a
moderate estimate, to $500, 900 bushels, while,
4 the weather continues favorable, it may
mount to the unprecedented figure of i,00O,-
boo bushels gain Of thirty-three and one
bird per cent. upon the best yield of any pre-
5ious year in our industrial history. The
american peanut exerts ali important influ-
nce upon the American people, and the larger
BE crop the more potent, naturally, would bo
BE influence.
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Th, Oy.ter and the IL.

/ Scientific persons have tried in vain to as
|rertain why oysters are fit to eat only in
months that contain on 81" They have found
|,hst the oyster in May or in August does not
differ from the oyster in April or September
In any perceptible way. The oyster is all
Right and it is the public stomach which is
wrong Horse beef is perfectly wholesome,
huiwe do not eat it, not because there Is any
brcience that it is unfit to cat, but because vo
Eonot want it. Early in May the human
ktomach rises in revolt against oysters, and
Continues in that condition until September.
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Sergeant julius F'edcricks, OF the dree,s ieel
reIty, ia in Indianapolis, visiting MS protner,
/ W Frcdericks. In a. interview ne snes s
the particulars of the shooting Oh hen,y ~ au sen.
lhe orders of Lieut.. drceiy, SAYING oouts eno ovt
Wroinorj m"jr w and Long. They shot Henry IN the
ha'il two Lals taking effect and producing IN
pyvn' ,on, 5sstb I@J One gun was not loaded. They
.,a ,.a,,. co,nne,ed to this course because Henry
wosg ss os sV sro"g and active as ever and had he
SnI smsp "c ccd their purpose, could easily hay'
killed them,