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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Eastern snd Middle States

FoRTY-oYE trade organizations marched
In procession to Union Square, New York city,
and held an openair meeting III favor of an
eight-hour law.
Two men were instantly killcl and several
seriously in;urd by an explosion OF fro.
damp in coal min hear Elizabeth, Penn.
THE unitel States and Brazil Steamship
companys steamship Reliance, running b..
tive N New York and Rio d. JancrO, Brazil.
was wrecked while on her homeward trip
from the latter place. She WAS valuel
at $4,000, and her cargo contained among
other things 1000 bag Of coffee. All on
board, including Thomas A. Osborne, United
States minister TO Brazil, were saved.
JOIN G. PERRY, recently appointed chief
justice Of the supr me court Of Wyoming
Territory died suddenly o, apop,cxy while
walking with his daughter in brooklyn, ~
Y. He was born in Sullivan county, \. Y,
In 1882, was q lawyer by profession had long
resided IN brooklyn, and hal served in the
Now York senate and assembly.
AT the Pennsylvania Republican State
convention, held in Harrishu g. Gnlu,ha a.
Grow Jrcilcd. General Osborne, Of Luerne,
was nominated for Congressman at large, six
delegates 1T large tO the national convention
nj Chicago were clc ted, three electors at
large wers chosen, and platform was
adopted which declares that James q. Blaine
and Robert T. Lincoln are the choice of the
Republicans o. Pennsylvania for President
and NicG-l resident rrsle lively. and that tho
delegates Mt large he instructed TO vote for
them 50 long ms their names shall be before
the convention.
MAJOR EUGENE II. WEIRMAS, private
secretary to President Johnson during his
presidential term, dropped dead OF heart
Il a.l, A., ,t.I ntsV
Of loaded pistol and several farewell letters
in his pockets disclosed that he was about
tO commit suicide when death from natural
causes interviewed.
THE Delaware Republican S'ate convention
| in Dover ee ted delega es at large t. the
chi ago ,tional ,onvcntion and asSed r,so-
| luton, ial oring Blaine rs the Tartys candi'
Cat for Pr sident, but leaving the delegation
uninStructd.
UNRESTRICTED delegates to tho Chicago
nat oGnl convention were Gle ted mt the New
Jer cy Republican State COW ntionin Tlen-
ton.
A DESPERATE fight lasting two hours took
! Place b tween til r,y or forty llungar ans and
| Poles Isl in steel works ut Braddock,
| Penn. l'ilols and I'm yes were drawn, and
when The ii Int wa finally gucllcd 10y an or
| anizcd b.dy al citizens il was iould ina,
three men hal been dangerously wounded
and number Of others slightly hut
MEMORIAL services in honor Of the lac
Wendell Phillips were held in Roston, and at
tractel n notable audic GO, including thu
governor and aft, mayor and city Council
uprem court and other judg s, etc. Gcorg'
V il lam Curtis delivered the III mortal ora
tin.
THEODORE HOFFMAN, twentythree year
old. was hange at White Plains, n. V, fo
the muir Ter of n Hell rev peddler named
Marks with IN AK, the IN tive of Tie Grim
being rubley.
JULIA MITCHELL, n colored woman OF Brook
Ign, n. Y, died few days ago at the age
los years,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

OCCASIONALLY we find in America vigorous
oldlncn, who continue to be up and doing,
and obstinately refuse to lag supeyilnous, Two
such men live in Washington. They are Geo.
Bancroft, the historian, and W. W. Corcoron,
the banker. Few men ever carried the sor-
rows of eighty-iye winters on their heads as
cherrily and briskly as Mr.. Bancroft. The old
gentleman not only continues his literary work
but looks after his gardening, rides on horse
back every day, and goes into society. lie is
the only private citizen in Washington who
enjoys the privilege Of the floor Of the senate,
ana ho is the only gentleman President Arthur
will accept q dinner invitation from, outside
Of the official circle OF cabinet officers foreign
ministers and senators. Mr.. Corcoran il equal.
ly wonderful. lie is cighty-six, and is hale and
handsome, managing his estate Of dozen
millions with perfect case, and still finding
time to devote TO the noble charities which he
has 50 literally supported for many yeas.
These two old men enjoy mental and physical
health and the possession Of all their faculties
because they have lived lives of simplicity,
virtue and industry. The lives Of such men
teach us many useful lessons.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
WHAT TIE BOYS ARE DOING.

A rOLo club has been organized ut
Portland, Me.
A GREAT bicycle meet will take place
at Hamilton, Ohio.
A TALLY-no club has been organized
at Toronto, Canada.
THE st. Louis Gun Club talks OF hold
ing bench show in April.
The bicyclists are rigidly excluded
from the streets of Vienna.
E.A. ROGERS skated miles at Lon.
don, Ontario, in Is minutes.
HrGHAM rode 2S6 miles on bicycle in
twenty.six hours in San Francisco.
J. X. SIMPSON cleared 10 feet 81
inches in a standing Jump at Boston.
A MATCH is talked of between Mervine
Thompson and Stoddard, of Syracuse.
! THE Y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium at Bos'
| ton has 800 gymnasts exercising in 1t.
ONE manufacturer made 1,3l5,OOO
base balls last year and over 100, 600 bats
The Milwaukee Baseball Club has
purchased grounds at a cost OF Sl1 600.
THE English University boat race will
be roved this year at 8 n. M, on April
9th.
Victory at New London next June is
now confidently looked forward to at
Yale.
JOSEPH A. BYRNEs cleared 100 feet
in nine straight jumps at Cobar, Aus
tralia.
THERE seems to be revival Of Shakes
penrean interest on the Continent o
Europe.
DAILY, the Cleveland pitcher, vii
pitch for the Chicago Union Club for
salary of $1,000.
MILLER and Victor wrestled in Sgd
nay, for $1,000. At the end of tn
match Miller was victor.
ELLA Doc trotted mile on the ice n
Ticonderoga in 2:14. Bonner offere'
$1,000 for her. Declined.
The American Fish Culture Associa
ton will hold its annual meeting i
Washington May 10, IA and 10.
WILLIAM SEXTON, the billiardist, ha
issued challenge to George F. Slosso
to play three match games for 81 100.
TIE National Trotting Assoclatio
began fourteen years ago with 70 men
bers. To-day il has PIT turimen on il
rolls.
HANnAN promises to get all the Amer
: can champion oarsmen in string on Il
Hudson when he comes back from Au
tralia snd beat them,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
The Linic.kiln Club.

"Judge Cadaver will please step dis
way said Brother Gardner, as he mo-
toned to Samuel Shin to raise the alley
window and let out the odor Of burning
bootleg.
The Judge came forward with pres
sure of $50 pounds to the square inch,
and the President continued:
Judge Cadaver, n society ut Defiance,
O., known MS DE Aggregation Of Phil
osophy an Science has requested me
to send EN- down some member oh dis
club who kin dcliber lccktur full OF
interest an instruckshun. j has selected
You. Hcah am eight dollars in cash an
n railroad pass, an you will leave hear
tomorrow AFTERNOON
The Judge looked SO meltingly sweet
that everybody began To grin.
81 now dcslnh to spoke n few remarks
to you, said the President, MS he laiC
aside his spcctaclcs. "You are gwint
among strangers. You will meet with
back-lcgs and bondholders an all oddci
classes of men.
"Doan' talk too much wild your moaf.
"Don't try to make anybody believe
dat You am millyunaire.
"Doan' stop to bet on de string game
or three-card monte.
"Doan' purtend you know what you
doap' know an nebber heard of.
"Doan' stop to argy religun wild in
fdels nor pollyticks wild a young man
who can't wote,
"If anybody calls You 'Kernur you
needn't stop to explain his mistake, but
at the same time doan' hire anyone tc
call you 'Perfessor.'
"lf YOU lose your money by playir
policy while you am gone, come HON
| by de highway an say muffin to nobod.
ii You am knocked down an robbed yo
kin telegraph us an count on receivi
bout TO dollars in cash. OATS q
Judge, an you kin now resume y
roost. "-Detroit Free Press.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
LEAP YEAR NOrHa.

The first loop of u marriage knot is a
beau knot.
Girls, this is the year for you. When
you give a young man slippers, give
him fits.
From the combinations OF leap year
and n cold winter most every girl has
chaps on her hands.
Happiness. A curtained, warmed
room; little, little light; ono chair;
two lovers; night, and disabled clock.
"Don't give me away" is very COM
mon expression, yet you won't find one
girl in hundred who is bold enough to
say that to her pap.
A woman says that very few men
have the slightest idea how to hold a
baby. No, not until it gets to be about
sixteen or seventeen years old.
Benjamin Franklin said, "He who
takes wife takes care" We think that
Benjamin was slightly mistaken, and
that he who takes wife is more likely
to lose hair.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
EGGS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
They Come to Ms From nj, Parts Of Europe,
Even Turkcy-IIow they are Kept,

This importing Of eggs from abroad,
says a New York city importer, began
about four years ago, i'll small lots, and
has been growing ever since. The eggs
are shipped chiefly from Copenhagen
and Hamburg, which are great egg cen.
tres. That is to say, eggs collected
from nearly all parts of Europe are sent
there, and thence are distributed to the
London and other markets. The eggs
are produced largely in Italy, Austria,
Denmark, and Turkey. They are
packed in straw, in cases containing 30,
60, or 100 dozen. Some OF them have
been cured for winter keeping, like our
domestic eggs. by being kept in lime
water, which fills mp the pores of the
shell and renders it possible to keep the
eggs in good condition for months after
their removal from the water Most OF
the imported eggs are frcsh-laid, how
ever, and, after voyage OF two or three
weeks, will keep for month or six
weeks longer. Some of the lots are
graded accoAling to size, as is the GUS
tom in certain parts of Europe--the inn
ported eggs, on the average, being a
little smaller than the domestic. They
are sold here at from one cent to three
cents per dozen less than the markei
price Of domestic eggs, according to size
and quality. II is necessary to examine
them here, OF course, but the work VI
inspection is much less than might be
supposed. As n rule it is not necessary
to hold an egg opposite the flame Of a
candle in order to see the condition OF
its contents, which an expert can detect
, by ordinary handling and inspection MS
quickly as n money.changer can jndge
+ 10y the weight and feeling of q COR
whether il il true or false. or the for
eign eggs received in this market,
great number are consumed III n. Y. cit,
and neighborhood, while others are sen
to points in New England. .
"In the last year, say from March l
1883, to March !, 1884, have handled
about 5000 cases of imported eggs, OF
an average of fifty or sixty dozen to thu
case. suppose that i'll all some IL, OOC
or II. 600 cases were received here dur
ing that period. The late shipments hav'
been especially heavy. because the win
ter has been mild in England, and Lon
don has consequently been a poor mar
ket for imported eggs. Many which
would otherwise have gone to Londol
have therefore naturally been sent t.
New York, whore the price of fresh.lai'
domestic eggs reached nearly fifty cont
per dozen during January. The pric
would have gone higher but for thes
importations, which have had the effec
of making eggs cheaper throughout til
country. What affects the egg markt
in New York Affects il in all parts of I'll
United States. Ordinary freight rate
for eggs from most of the Wcstel
States to New York are higher than Il
, Gcights from Europe"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

A GOLD coin loses weight in consequence OF
the wear and tear to which it is subjected by
active circulation. The treasury experts esti'
mate that a $40 piece should continue current
fifty years, an eagle thirty-fve years, and 50
and $3.50 pieces each fifteen years. 1t may
not be generally known that this natural abra-
sion has been provided for by law. The statute
says that gold coins which have become re-
duced in weight by natural abrasion not more
than one half one per centum below sandard
weight, aftera circulation of twenty years, and
aproportionate rate for u less period, shall be
received at their nominal value at the treasury
and its offices. 1t lis believed that somo plan
should be adopted S,r the redemption OF I'M
current coins. A short time ago the leading
bankers Of the count pctitioned the secretary
OF the treasury in reference to the matter, and
suggested standard Of value for mutllated
silver coins, but no action was takop, and " II
not likely that anything will be done for soln'
time TO come.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

THE United States despatch boat Dolphin,
just launched ut Chester, Pennsylvania, is re.
garded an the ayant courier Of our new navy.
The Dolphin will not only be seryiceable AZ
dispatch boat, but will be in every way avai!a.
bic as a blockaier or n commerce destroyer,
and her value in this respect may be iustra-
ted by the fact that a few years ago when there
was prospect Of European war the Russians
purchased just such a steamer at price far
above its commercial value. The Dolphin il
256 feet long with beam of 80 feet. She is
rugged as three masted schooner, is well
armorcd and carries revolving cannon and
gatling guns. Her speed is fifteen knots.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
MlscegcnatiOn In Ohio.

The cnse Of Robert Bailey, colorcd, on
trial for marrying q white girl, contrary.
to the Inv Of 1910, which imposes o iine o.
500 and three months imprlson,mne,nt
for a q white person marrying red IN
negro blood or eice re,s sr S @hs by the
Toledo, Ohio. A demurrer n,, ,r~
defence that the law , was %' Amend.
lionti w unu oyerruled Bailey was icnnd
s mdn,, and given the full penalty o. , inc
e s, The only other case under ms
i ,a" WINS tried in Cleveland ana uis-
missed '"% the judge holding the law ulS
constitutional,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

THE medico.legal society OF New York dis
cusscd the alleged poisonous properties Of
canned fruit the other day. In one. ease of
canned fruit poisoning it was found that the
lid Of the can had been soldered on with muri-
attic amalgam, and it WAS supposed that some
of the acid dropped into the can. Aphyscian
who read paper on the subject before the
society recommended the examination of the
cap to every can. If two holes are found
punched in it the can should be thrown away.
Every can that docs not show the golden line
resin around the edge of the solder OF the cap
should he rejected. II there is any rust around
the cap on the inside of the can, it shows that
the fruit has fern nted. A can without the
manufacturers name should be rejected. II
the bottom Of the can rattles when it is turned
up the contents are uusound.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

TIE claim made by the Germans that beer is
both food and drink is not easy to sustain. As
Vienna beer is light and contains little do1-
trinc and sugar. it is evident that it could not
sustain life. The darker, heavier beer, brewed
in Austria and Bohemia, is nourishing, but
gallon contains only as much nutrimcnt as may
be fonnd in seventeen ounces of bread. Eng
lsh beer is beady aud Supplying. 1t may not
have moro acohol in it than the German beer.
but it has considerable aldchydc. While beer
slargcly used in many countries, the brewers
Of England are the only ones who have ever
ranked highly in the social scale. Many Of
them have been pious, sober people, of except
iOnal education and refinement.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

many doctors In the United States the ratio
is one doctor to every $50 persons. In Eng.
land tho ratio is ito /, 800; in France, one to
',SOo, and in Germany one to every 1000.
Now, this is ont of all due proportion. The
'rouble is that men arc allowed to get through
the colleges too easily. With a higher stand
ard Of medical education, and with the right
to investigate and cancel college diplomas
lodged in an Independent board Of examiners
there would be fewer and doubtless better phy.
Sicians turned loose upon the world every
year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

MORE than half of large number Of physi-
clans, questioned by the British medical asso-
citation concerning the contagious nature OF
consumption, replied in terms well calculated
toexcite grave apprehensions. In 1872 reported
cases of consumption believed to have been
communicated between husband and wife, tits
distinctly stated that there existed no family
prcdispositon or tendency to consumption in
the parties who caught the infection. Many
other cases are citedof communication between
persons entirely unrelated. In many instances
there was strong proof going to show that
healthy persons contracted the fatal malady
from invalids in their families. Tho chances
are stronglyin favor of the idea that consump-
ton is infectious; that the germs of the
"bacilli" are conveyed to healthy persons in
the breath Of consumptives.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

CocoANUT culture is to be one Of the indus
tries Of south Florida. A New Jersey capitalist
has started a plantation in Dade county, and
has planted 100000 seed cocoanuts imported
from South America. In Blk years the trees
will begin to yield returns, and it is estimat,
that in ten years the grove will pay ten per
cent on a valuation of s2,OOO,OOO. A full grown
rec will mature about sixty nuts annually. The
tree is very beautiful, and the experiment will
be watched with interest.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

MANY American physicians are in favor OF
empowering state board Of examiners, inde-
pendent Of mere college degrees, to confer tho
authority to practice. An eminent physician
VINO advocates the change, makes the point
that the medical profession is poor, very poor
Doctors who talk of incomes OF s2O, 900 to e2o,-
700 year simply talk for effect. A pr9c'-
TONER does very well il he collects one-thlrd OF
shst he books, Undoubtedly there are loo
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

LONDON newspapers are calling upon
America to put stop TO the dynamite war.
II is asserted that there is coalition Of French
German, Irish and English dynamiters.
A BAND OF forty-two Cuban insurgents was
attacked by Spanish troops and thirty-eight
of them killed
EDWARD NJ. Smith, United States consn
at Mannheim, Germany died few days since
Of apoplexy while on q railroad train in
England. He was born in Rochester, n. V,
in 1851, and had served rs mayor of That city.
GENERAL AQuERo's insurgent force in
Cuba has been increased to 400 men.
HENRY J. BYRON, the English dramatist,
is dead
THE French troops In Tonquin attacked
the villages before Hong-hoa, and that town
was thereupon fired and evacuated by tho
Chinese.
Eouth and West
CHARLrs n. FrNLAYsoN seventeen years
old convicted OF his grandmother's murder,
hanged himself in tho Portland Ore jail.
a REMARKABLE case Of insomnia is report
ed from Wheeling w. Va, where Joseph
salisbury, n ship carpenter sixty years Of
nge, has not slept an hour at time nor moro
than ten hours in all, since January |.
works every day ut his trade
EIGHT prisoners at Gainesville, Ark, as.
snu,tcd the jaller, probably fatally injuiing
him, and escaped. The citizens met the ~
Gaping prisoners, and after desperate fight
succccd cd in killing one and wounding ard
'cchpturins three Others.
NINE buildings, forming the principal
business houses OF Ia ma, Washington Ter
ritory, have been completely destroyed by
fire, resulting in All estimated aggregate loss
Of SI7i,O 0.
THE commissary neral Of the army bns
re civ, dispat h rom Captain Whitehead
at New rlcans saying that he had shipped
10000 ratiOns TO the rNCcntly flooded rgion.
| He says matters are loOkln more favorable
and promising
FIFTY maSkel men went to Jacks II, KY,
at night, took Henry Kilburn white and ben
ttrong cjlorcd from the Jail mn hanged
them. he two men were imprisoned on tho
charge OF murlcr.
CHARLES GIBBS, n negro employed by a
farmer named Moore, in Burle'1n county
| Texas, murdered his employers wife with Al
NIX and fed. He was captured 10y crowd
tied 10 stake and burned TO d a;h.
AT the third annual banqu Of the
1roquois club, Of Chicago, an orsanizat oI
/ a..
Pcnd!eton and others made addresses nm,
letters were read from Samuel j. Tide
and Senator Bayard.
NINE thous md railroad employees iron
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota AM
Dakota attended, the funeral Of As istan
General Superintendent Atkins. of the ~
Paul road. i'm Milwaukee. Special train
from all parts of the State mentioned wcr
run to Milwaukee.
THE Alabama anil South Carolina Replll
II, ans have held State conventions for Ill
purpoSc of Gle ting DELEGATES TO the Chicag
national convention Both delegations nr
understood TO bc solid iUr Arthur as fir
thOi e Tor President
ATtleW,st Nir.,inia Democratic State 90,
ycntion. held in Charleston. delegates Ia III
national convention at Chicago were electe,
n resolution, proposed Nv United stat,
Senator kcnna, was adoptcd declaring tht
Samuel J. Tilaen was the cJnvcntion's chOi'
fer President, and the dclega o. were II
| ~ I1Ip n a Il
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

Orr in the Indian Territory the Choctavs
continue TO administer justice in their own
way. When an Indian immits theft he is
given thirty-nine lashcs on the bare back. II
1t il his second offence he is given ninety-nine
laShcs, and should it be his third offence they
stand him up and shoot lin like dog. The
fellow who is 70 unlucky az to he condemned
10 be- Shot for stealing is permitted to select
his eXccuiioncr, and he generally chooses his
nearest and best friend. The victim is strip.
ped to the waist aud black spot is made on
his breast over his heart. The exccutioner
stands OF six or eight PAGES with navy re-
y,lycr aud sends bullet crushing through the
thci's heart. The victim is never bound or
blindfodcd. lie standsup braycly, without a
sign of linching and in fact rather seems to
like It. An Indian who is sentenced 10 die in
this way knows that ifhe exhibits the slightest
sign of fear or makes his cscalc he will ever
afterwards he regarded as n coward, and in
his eyes this is more d cadiul doom than
death itself. This being the case no attempt ia
ever made to escape. No Jail is needed to con.
fine victim. Ilc is allowed the freedom Of
the territory until the day Of his death when
he always turns mp at the appointed hour and
place and takes his little lcadcn pill with as
much uncomccrn as You would dose Of salts
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30

Ii Central Africa, instead Of tea coffee and
whiskey, the natives use stimulant called
loa. This kola is nut with kernel about
two inches in length. When the kernel is
perfectly dry it is chewed as if it were tobacco.
Itsustains the system under great hardships,
and even supplies the place Of food. Kola sells
atwrious prices. from TWEEN y cents a pound
tot dollar for single nut. The Africans
believe that this stmulant is almost cure-all
aud we may expect to see the patent medicine
men introduced in various shapes into Europe
and America.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

De wise man an de fool doan quarrel,
but two fools or two wise men KANT get
along so well.
De man what marries oman case
she's 90 more sense den he has is nebcr
allowed ter lose sight O. dat fack.
De chile dat too soon shows signs O
smartness doan turn out ter be do
smartost man. De fust cotton dat opens
is never de bes'.
De gigglin' girl ginerally turns ont ter
be de woman what doan laugh much,
an lemme tell yer, marriage an lot o
chillun will take de chuckle outen do
mos O. 'em.-ArkanSaW Traveller.