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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Annual Report from the General
Land Officc--Sales and Receipts.

Commissioner Mcfarland, of the general
fand Office, has submitted to the secretary Of
the interior his report OF the operations OF
that Office for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1884, of which the following is anabstract:
The sales, entries and selections of public
dian lands Cos, 100 acres, making total OF
H,52l ,170 ucres--an increase over the year
1883 of S,l0l,l37 acres, and over the year
1882 of 13,222, ,0O3 acres.
The receipts from disposals of public lands
we're sll, ,s40,993, from sales OF Indian land,
so3s, 1877 total of sl2, 779, 1870, being an in
crease oyer the year 1888 Of $l,073, ,36i, ani
an increase over the year 1889 of i,302, 80,
to which is to be added s10,2'5 received for
certified copies Of records, making tho total
receipts for the year l2,7S0, iO5,
The report says that pending congressional
action upon forfeiture of certain railroad
grants II has been deemed proper to suspend
the issue of patents in all cases where this
question was involved in pending legislation.
In concluding his report the commissioner
says: "The time is near at hand when there
will be no public lands TO invite settlement on
afford citizens OF the country an opportunity
to secure cheap homes Meanwhile vast
stretches Of uncultivated lands are every
where observable, title TO which has been
acquired by cvasions of law. The Numerous
methods of disposal now existing and the lax
ity Of precautionary provisions against mis-.
appropriation are resulting in waste OF
the public domain, without the compen-
sation attendant upon small ownershps
for actual settlement The time
| has fully arrived when wastefuness should
cease, and that portion still remaining should
| bc economical for the use of actual settlers
only. An act reserving the public lands, OK
| cent mineral and timber reserves for entry
| under the homestead law, with amendments
| To prevent evasion of its wise restrictions,
would be measure meeting this end
The commissioner points out the necessity
for the immediate adoption of some meas
urc by which the natural forests may be
preserved at the head waters Of important
rivers and their tributaries, and in such
other situations where their preserva-
ton Is expedient for climatic effect and other
reasons OF utility. He says there is no good
reason why lands worth from S25 to 500 per
acre for timber should he sold for sl25 and
s.. 50 per acre, as mt present, and he favors
the withdrawal from sale or entry under ex-
istng laws of all the distinctly timber lands
of Tn, United States until an examination
md appraisement Of them can be made.
After examination permanent timber reserves
should he established where deemed desirable
and provision made for the sale at not less
than appraised value of the remainder
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
THE POPULAR vOrR.
The Elections for President since 1910,
With the Votes Given.

brief summary Of the votes in contests
since 1910 presents many interesting features,
especially to the politicians
1910.
Harrison, Wing, nineteen States. ....1, 1,T5,0T
Van Druen, Democrat, seven States. .1,l2S,702
Birney, lhberty. ................ I069
Wing majority over all, 1896.
1874.
Polk, Democrat, fifteen States. .1,337,243
Clay, Wing, eleven States. l,299,06S
Blrney, Liberty. y........,...,........ O3,30O
Opposition majority over Clay, u, l25.
ISiS.
Taylor, whig, fifteen States. ........1, 1850, ,1Ol
Cass, Democrat, fifteen States. .......1, ,220,54
Van Bruen, Free Soil. l................ 20l, 1869
Opposition majority, ,7O6.
1859.
Pierce, Democrat, twenty-seven States, l,6Ol, ,4H
Scott, whig, four States. es.............l, ,3S6,57S
Hale, Free Soil, l,..................... log, 140
Democratic majority over all, 5S,H7.
1856.
Buchanan, Democrat, nineteen States, 1885, 1859
Fremont, Republican, eleven States, 81, 84l 1854
Fillmore American, one State ....... S74 63i
Opposition majority, ST ,629
1860.
Lincoln, Republican, II States. .....1 1,S66,3
Breckenridge Democrat, II States. 8i5 76S
Douglas, Independent DEM, 2 States, ,315, l57
Bell Union, three States. 6SO,58l
Opposition majority, 035, 40.
1854.
Lincoln, Republican, 30 States. .."..2,2l6,0 ,067
Mcclellan, Democra', three States. !, sos, 725
Republican majority, 4O7,3i2
1868.
Grant, Republican, twenty-six States. 8, ,015,0l
Seymour, Democrat, eight States. :. q, 709, 613
Republican majority, 3O5,45S.
1879.
Grant, Republican, thirty-one States. .S,b97,0 ,070
Greeley, Democrat Fix States. ..2,sSl ,079
O'Conor, Democrat. rat...,............. 29,408
Black, temperance. cc................,. 5,60S
Republican majority 7SO,975.
1870.
Tilden, Democrat seventeen States. 2Si 1856
Hayes Republican twenty-one States..4 ,OS3,950
Cooper, Greenback. ack..,...........,.. S1,H0
Smith, Prohibition. ion................., 9,522
Tilden's majority over all, 250,67S.
1880.
Garfield, Republican, nineteen States.4 ,449,O6s
Hancock, Democrat, nineteen States .4,442,035
Weaver, Greenback. ck..........,.,.... 807,306
Opposition majority, 27O,2ss. o
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
Migratory Plants.

There are nine species Of hickory In the
United States and one in Mexico. The Me1i-
~ species has four-winged fruit and our
peeics, which is Its nearest geographical any,
developing wings, like its Mexican nelghoor'
ume plants have migrated the same as indi-
duAls and II Is no more uncommon TO see u
eeasn species Of plant growing on our
ooEsa than II il to see q Chinaman. This Is
ussrsssd BY the shortia in the mountains o'
srolina and our May apple. At other times
whole fora viii migrate, just as tho northern
Pants migrated southwark along our noun
an ranges during the glacial PERIOD iorcea
y the mass Of Ice, until they found cline
nilar to the one they left. Numerous spec''
y Pens Of European plants have taken roo' ~
f country that doubtless came through
lhsings Strait, their course being unmis'as
~ marked, although the cause OF their III,
Htion remains unknown. There are inViSi
plants, without stem, leaf or ROOF 0
NJ pen thing about them. yet they are plants
PsF y the OAK tree. Such plants are aliege
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.
How They Make Putty.

The process Of making putty ia very elm.
I. one. The principal Ingredients are raw
|uuseed oil and whiting. Marble dust Is mixed
|5ith the whiting, and as it is much cheaper it
REDUCES the cost of the putty. Parallins oils
AZ used to great extent instead of linseed,
ia u the former is the cheaper and inferior
10 Of the two the result is to make an inferior
|nticle To kDead it, it is put in chaser
b annular-shaped trough from the center of
Which rises vertical shait, from this shaft
iuo arms extend, on the ends of which are
1say iron wheels that rest in the trough.
When the shaft revolves the wheels chase each
pIher around the trough. Tho wholesale
rice 0. putty is about two cents per pound.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
Measurement OF Character.

The use OF measuring man in his entirety ia
to DO justified by exactly the same arguments
as those by which any special examinations
are justified, such as those in classics or na,h.
ematics namely, that every measurement
tests, in some particulars tho adequacy Of the
previous education, and contributes to show
the efficiency OF the man as human machine
at the time it was made. 1t is impossible TO
be sure Of the adequacy in every respect OF III.
rearing OF man, or CT his total erlc;trcv
unlsss he has been measured in character ond
physique, as well as in intellect. A wise man
desires this knowledge for his own use. AID
for the same reason that he takes stock from
time to time of his finances. 1t teaches him
his position among his fellows, and whether
he is getting on or falling back, and he shapes
his ambitions and conduct accordingly. 'Know
thysclf" is an ancient phrase of proverbal
philosophy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
Nothing too Good for the Children"
There has been and is much false sentiment

Nothing too Good for the Children"
There has been and is much false sentiment
brown away in this world, and in no one di-
fecton does this appear to be more strongly
y case than in the treatment Of children.
Perhaps, however, 1t is not so much in the
tluAl treatment Of children as 1t Is In the way
(which this subject Is treated In literature.
Ihere Is q certain class Of writers who are
lavr weary Of crying ont against tho ''shut
N parlor" which is considered too good for
~ children. Probably these writers are
s'nen, but probably they are not mothers, or
~ would not advocate the rights Of chill
9sn quite 80 strongly. The fact is, there is
l9ather common sense nor kindness in the
'dea that no room is too good for children. If
ycu yourself love to have every corner overrun
hwless children, you at least owe 1t to your
ulends and calling acquaintances to have one
Prom In which one is not in danger Of seating
nGself upon broken remnants Of food, running
|oslicate gloves by touching sticky latches and
loocr knobs, or running the risk Of asprained
ankle or broken neck by stepping unwarily
upenA marble or rolling spool. II one is un'
Wiling to do this much, II were better to hang
Iouts placard at once. 'This house Ia sacred
% children. Nobody else has any natural
Inghts Or privileges here"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22

It's fundamental truth in natural science
bat tile whole organized world is created with
n especial regard to the stomach Cuvier
nd the other comparative anatomsts have
demonstrated to evidence that membranous
IiSesting sack is the simplest primeval form
animal being, and that as organization pro.
presses in complcxity the stomach is ever the
bucleus around Which heads, hearts, legs,
Finss and tails are arranged, with an all but
Exclusive view to the especial interests of that
Art. While, therefore, stomach can do
|Nry well by itself, in independence Of all that
He are accustomed to consider as the animal,
|rosnimal can carry on the war for five min
|uis without a stomach. The stomach is in
truth the immediate cause Of all the endless
'nieties of animal form, and digestion the
0ns main end Of animal existence. Man him
nf, that perpetual object Of his own admira-
aon,is but more complicated zoophite, a
effected stomach, transcendental machine
b the assimilation and elaboration of nutri-
bus particles. TO cat, and to be eaten, is the
ommon lot Of all living beings; and II man be
ndeed the lord Of the creation, it is manifestly
mH In the right Of his omnivorous faculty.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22

to produce diphtheria, sphlenic fever, con.
sumption and Asiatic cholera. These plants
can be carried long distances by streams o,
water and a short distance by air. They are
found in large numbers in diseased persons,
but disappear rapidly as the diseased rerson
recovers. Persons living in districts wherc
the water Is impure should resort to
artesian wells or springs, and II these are not
handy boil the water or add a little lime Juice,
the acetic acid Of which destroys the plant and
renders it harmless as carrier or producer Of
dsease
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
CUBAN FILIBUSTERS.
Successful Landing Of the New York Expo
ditiOn at l.ns villas.

Advices from Havana confirm the successful
landing at Las Villas of The filibustering txpe-
dition which left New York q month
since In sailing vessel commanded by
Limbano Sanchez. The expedition num-
bered thirty Ave or forty, among whom were
fifteen chiefs, who, on account OF paiuci-
eyiled from Cuba and had escaped from
Spanish prisons. Twelve Of the immigrants
Who arrited at Boston some time since In the
brig screamer and several negroes were also
OF the party.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
BLOWN INTO ETERNITY.


A terrible EXPLOSION took place about noon
,rhrrsd.v Mt the works of the Hamilton Pow
der and Dualin Mills OF the Hamilton POWDER
Comnany. situated at CumminsviIle, Ont, nine
miles from Hamilton, by which four men were
killed and two others seriously, IL not fatally,
The mills we're totally demolished, and shocks
caused by the explosion were plainly lel'
within radius OF dozen miles or more, caus-
ing many to believe that there had been an
earthquake. The telegraph office at Cumm'ns-
vile is not in working order, and wheh me re-
port of the disaster reached Hamilton, WIN
the intelligence that half the people IN inc eu.
Joining Village had been killed by the expio-
sion tbe excitement was intense. 1t was late
in tbe afternoon bt fore the details OF the Gu
lamity were received. A.. Gan, o,o
Tbere we're three explosions, the first one
being but insignificant. 1t being dinner hour .,
there were only half dozen workmen IN 'hS
mill at the time, and as above stated, iour Vi
these we're killed and two badly injured. MUIR
raw leaves n wife and seven small chiIuien'
Tbbes leaves wife and two children; Mar
thows leaves a wife and five children. llea''c'
ington was single man. or
'The cause of the explosion is unknown, ai
,he man who were in the factory at the time II
took place being killed. 1t Is supposed now
ever, to have taken place in the glazing ao,or, r"o
TIE scene about the demolished factor.
after the explosion was sickening one; ooi,i'
residents of the village and mill hahus' WIN
we're away from the premises when .iic "a, on
nlosion occurred searched IN vain lor ai. SUN
time among the ruins for the bodies Oh imo,, han,
ss%rss's sssaps sRr ne nprs Sss them
found several hundred yards from the wreon
Other bodies subsequently, found nc snRs' spRps
almVs' aho;r n" boots remaining on them. One
sno no e' OF the bodies were terribly muiated
s,1 sMo we're U quite unrecognzabe at first 9eih
burned black S1oA All sns snS SSas' %sls proba noS
Spaa iegs HsH %aSore they reached the ground. -,
'eTb rbis Il the fourth time that the mills ma,
blown m M, but the former explosions .i,, were nj
9's ,ss of .Gsne s Ssys1 Scarcely s'S'1s ~
spec.aso'iI iost entire in the village Of Cummin
aHw s;I1s IiS ,he she shock was 30 great The loss wi
n&robably & amount to $4,000.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
NEWS SUMMARY
sn.fcrp nvrd middle Statss.

IiVE mar.sG mcu entered the house Of John
Shorgy, n rGensburg, Penn, bound and
gagged the inmates and carried OIL about
$1,000.
JOSEPH W. RosESTHAL, wholesale dealer
in clothing IN New York city, Roches or,
Albany anl Baltimore, has failed for over
$4,000.
GEORGE DoLIING, n miner at Honesdalc,
Penn, made pet Of n young rat that he
caught While playing with the rodent it
bit him III the forciingcr. In few days Dol.
ling died from the effects of the bite
A REPUBLICAN procession in New York
the other night was reviewed by President
Arthur and General Grant
ELECTION returns from al but eighteen
towns in Connecticut show that the Repub-
licnns control the boards Of registration in
seyenty-two, the Democrats in forty nine, and
twenty-threc are divided. The proposed con-
stitutional amendment providing for BIZ
onnial sessions of the legislature is carried by
large majority.
FIRE at South Bethlehem, Penn, destroyed
the Grand Opera house and adjoining proper
ty, causing an aggregate loss of about
Sl25,0JO.
THE new Peoples party of Maine met in
convention at Portland, adopted resolutions
endorsing Butler and West and nominated
presidential electors.
e,v,,,, T,,rrv hos ,vr;,,o, = ,ot,or
=, " ''s W. ii'V'' 80. 49,;
nh ~ i ,', W ,h In' Notil"ai Ni'm mn,r,crn,ic D com
'.ai'n,' III ,,.,,, ,,,.nso,to1 10 hin iost
Sent mber hv n sncrial committee aunointed
by that body. Mr.. Tiden thanks the COM
mitteo reviews the services of the Democrat
ic marty 10 the country, dcnounccs the Re.
publican party and declares that the Demo
cratic candidates for President and VICE
President ought TO be elected.
GENERAL. .JouS Il. MunRAy. while receiy-
ing n Blaine banner at Seneca Falls, n. Y,
was stricken with apopcxy and died the
next morning. General Murray was one of
the orignators of Decoration Day and led
the first procession that marched with mar.
| tial music to strew flowers upon the graves OF
| soldiers.
ATa secret conference of paper manufac.
turers in philndelphia it was determined tc
| advance the price of white paper. 1t /,
claimed this step is caused by the short sup
ply of rags nil over the country, owing to the
| government embargo on imported rags from
| Asia.
| p,c,,,, -, m, =, o,,,Iovo of Eoro
,o,'',L,, cir,,s Ill onnn;no y ,,ont;lotor in
rs & q, '"I, Wn,o,,',,,,, Jn ,nm,, had his bnnr
euEo az ,;, V,,',, t,,.ir', i a., % I"as,
h;sa,S ~ ay :" ssi,,,I ,, ,r tios,s and drogcc,
| I'll ~ ,La ,n'ro ,rho animals were ,inail,
beaten off with iron bars, after Clarks arm
and legs had been horribly crunched and nl
tilntcd'
Two Co,mors James casso.k and Ienr,
Boycr-whilc driving in wagon not far fron
Centralia, enn., were fired upon from til
bushes along the road, and both killed.
cponop U, and his siter A,i.e onl,
o,,;,Irnn nr m anod Yyidnw of Stamford VI
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
A sICILTAN CYCLONE.
Tweuty.ssven People Killed and Four
Hundred Injured at Catania.

Narrowing details OF the cyclone which pre-
vailed at Catania, in the Island Of Sicily, have
been received at Rome. Twenty-seven persons
were killed and 400 were injured. There is
great distress among the poor. Hundreds OF
houses were demolished In Borgo Fondo and
Isiorni quarters. AT Cibali and aquins, sub
urbs OF the city, many summer mansions "a are
in ruins. The damage will amount to 4ooo.
600 lire.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22

Missouri Republicans who are opposed to
the flisionists held a State convention mt
Macon and nominated full ticket, headed by
Adon Guitar for governor.
A NOTICE was issued from the headquarters
of the national Prohibition party at Chicago,
calling upon the people of the country to OBJ.
serve October 20 as a day of fasting and
prayer.
Iva collision between two trains near
Omaha, Neb., an engineer and fireman were
instantly killed, and another fireman had both
legs cut Off
AN indianapolis dispatch says that widow
correspondent about year ago, ana
the advertisement was answered by
colored barber Of Indianapolis,
who represented himself to be a
white doctor. Finally the parties
were married by telegraph, The widow
proceeded to Indianapolis, and deceived
by tho light-colored appearance of
her husband, lived with him some time,
setting him up in business, Recently she
learned he was neither white nor doctor,
and the trouble which followed led TO the
arrest Of both parties.
A HORRIBLE crime has been brought to
light at Troy. Ind, by the finding of the
headleSs body of n woman in n ,cistern on the
farm OF Peter Backer. The BODY was recoo-
nzed as that of Mrs StiIwell Hindershot +,
wi resided on farm fourteen miles back of
Troy. Her husband an two sons were ar
rested for the crime The elder son was taken
out of Jail by mob and hanged but not be-
fore he had confessed that he and his father
had murdered the mother because she woull
not sign away the farm, to which she had
| deed.
CHARLES w. BUTLER, one Of the most
noted criminals in Ohio, the son of a wealthy
physician in Columbus, was hanged in Go
iumbia City, Ind, for the murder Of Abble
Butler, his young wife, in Pierceton, Ind on
September 30, 1883 Butler escaped from the
| Jail in Columbia City and was at liberty Tor
some days. His trial occupied nearly q
month All that wealth and influence could
do was done to save him from the gallows.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
Tho Price Of Paper 60 be Advn"c

.oo,et conference OF paper manniacIuIerS
A secres y, ophi,adeinblN. on Oct. Sth. After
vas neaa rHnorts m Of the short supply Of rags all
over tie country, owing 70 ,rnn, ,no the East, il
embargo o" %Pqaca es tasa s%,ens to Oh be hold il
WAS S,a,oiand nn o.t l5 determined effort wi
ClevelS.d oG Groe W the price up an average OF
oe eutS ,t,ao nound. w The supply Of rags IN por.
Sv"Is Snd on the water will only keep the miS so'ns
o Dec. L -
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-22
Washington.

THE secretary of the treasury has received
n telegram from Captain Healy, command
ing the United States revenue steamer Cor
win. announcing his arrival at San Francisco
from the Arctic ocean with thirty wrecked
whalemen fifteen prisoners from the scho' mr.
Adele. and five destitute miners. The Corwln
reached within eight miles Of Point Barrow,
where navigation was dangerous and difficult
on account of ice, which, together with the
crowded condition of the vessel, made her 10
turn TO San Francisco almost imperative
A FEW days ago the japanese envoy ex-
traordnary and minister plenipotentiary to
the United States R. Kuki, arrived In Wash
inpton from San Francisco. He was accom-
panied by Nine. Kuki, Miss Kuki and his
secretary, KMeta-Ki.
TBE director of the mint estimates the
amount of gold and silver coin in the United
States ON October !, 1881, to have been
$Sl5 0Oo,OcO Of this amount s55S,0 ,0Ooo, 600
was in gold, S1s2,0Oo,0W in standard silver
and 5000, ,6OO in subsidiary silver, This Is
a gain from October ], 1883, Of sS5, ,0OO, ,O0J;
5000, 600 being gold coin and sas,Ooo,Ooo
silver
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-12-20
A NATTER OF INTEREST.

Very few Ut our people are aware
Of the fact that under Act 90 Of 1884
any person from Luuislana who Wa.
regularly enlisted in the military q,
naval service of the Confedesa,.
States during the late civil war, su,l
xbo during that time received sucll
injury ss 10 permsnently dIsqnxlif,
bim from the active ayOc.tiuns vi
life, is entitled TO enter l60 acres %!
land free vi cost. except charges for
obtaining land patents. Widows Vi
Confederate soldiers who are oow il
INDECENT circumstances are slsu en-
titled to the same right. The lsndA
subject to be thus dOnat. d are those
owned by the State which have nc.
1rued to the State by tax sales Or
other legal process. and the act Is to
sinain in force for eight years.
In addition to the favor sought to
d. confsred ON disabled G Jufsdsr.t.
soldiers or their widows, Kegiste,
Lubdell proposes 10 do them still
further kiudness by making DO charp.
tor obtaining their patents. TIT
following letter shows this generous
gsntlemau's proposition:
BAron RouoE. La. Nov. a 1884.
J. Ben kirkman. EsQ. Lake Charles, In:
Dear Sr-lours vi The 2Utb "a
nsnd- lhsuks for your kind xttsh
ton. Will he glad 10 receive any ill.,
formation regarding lands in youI
parish that will be of nse to be ne6
Charles nuder Act 81, 1884.
Please 6ud incluss.si Patent No
249, n. $. l.. for hf of NV Qr aud
- Ut Vt NV qr. rec. 80, Township I,
south range b east. 5. ". land dis.
tr'ct. containing I59 Is 100, with NY
congratulations Oh your being the
first Confederate soldier t. receive
he b-De6t If Act sc. 1854.
Alter CONSULTATION with Gov. Nc
Euery. have concluded not t. make
any charge to b~ise6ciaries under Acu
70. Trusting to che neg, General A.
'en,bly to snstain me in the premises
Please fiud enclosed petal note
for - Is loo. amount you sent. les
! 8 cents. registering fee &n hi. |. tte,
aud patent Very respectfully.
JANIS L LosrELI. Register.