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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

AT Cabanca, Sicily, tho most colossal Grim.
inal trial OF modern times is now in progress
Three hundred prisoners arc on trial charged
with being members of the Malta secret society,
an order supposed to combine brgandsge with
snarchism. About /, 500 witnesses have been
summoned for the prosecution. The defend
ants, many Of them, are wealthy and inHuen-
tial, and they have engaged 1l2 lawyers to de.
fond them. The government finds that it has
no public buildings sufficiently large for the
trial, and the Benedictine church has been
selected as the temporary courthouse
A PRACTICAL joker may not DO n crank, rrs>
he is fully as dangerous and just as much Of a
nuisance. He is always shooting people with
unloadcd pistols, and frightening women into
fits by playing ghost, and in short the, is no
end to his dlotic freaks. Some idea OF the
extent of the practical joke business may be
formed when it is stated that New York cigar
house keeps several hands constantly busy
making nnocentlooking cigars with their into
riors charged with gunpowdcr, 30 arranged as
to cause all explosion after the smoker has en-
joyed two or three puffs. These cigars are
ordered from Maine to rexas from South Car.
oina to California. O'Donovan Rossa's boas
that he had sent to England lot OF explosive
cigars to blow up Gladstone and his cabinet
may not be an idle one. There is no telling
what damage might result from box Of cigar.
all charged with dynamite.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07
THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS.
bynOp,is OF the Till Establishing q
Uniform System of bankruptcy.

Tlo LII ostnhIi. b;ng N u,ir Town, e,eto,, ~
-. .,,o
pahNUpo throughout the country passei
the init States Senate by thirty-two yeas
losNenteen uays.
m. I'm =, ..,. 49,. A.. .-,
ms WI "s pms Coi'S'i' US ono several
distri courts OF thu United stat Is and Of the
Territories and the surname court of tho his.
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NV VI N'''''''', 'o"' 70 W '"""i'P'S' ru.
we plrp SEES Oh VA lhrupocy 'he courts snail
We always o.en
On the nm III ation Of anv ror,v Interested
A.. 80
.he u, UT Ju'E may .eru any question OF
l'w involved to tn Unit states clrcn
court. The dccl,i o the re ITO TT sha !
not TIC rev cwcd 10y The supreme co1rt, OK opt
~ ona 'cr'iii ate OF disagreement between
the twl ere 1t II u eS.
The bill authorizes the circuit court in eaci
judicial district TO appoint commissioners
who shall have the poHc.S Of the master in
chan cry; also supervisor In bankrupt y
for each in icial circuit to examine into the
admin stration of bankruptcy pro ceilings In
his circuit. Every arty etitionirg for
bankrupt Sh1I pay so, and every trustee
shall ply one rcr cent o the gross amount
rca cd IRON the assets, nni every debtor
m king compo ition shall ray one-haf OF
one PER csnt on Il amount OF 81 h compo-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC


JOHN T. RAYMOND will net NIL summer.
Manitoba is his July objective point
Rosa FRANCE has been engaged by Law
renee Barrett as soubrcttc Tor next season.
SCALcHI sang fifty times this season for
Abbey, oftener than any other song-bird OF
his company.
BARnYMoRE's play, Nadicada, will he scnt
on the road next season with II strong emo
tional actress as star.
Mrs. CHARLES DENIsoN, u society lady OF
Baltimore, will net at the Madison Square
theatre, New York, next season.
MILE VANZAYDv, tho American prima
donna, has signed with Manager Mayer to
sing in opera comiquc in London.
GouNoD hns completed now work, an
oratorio, which is entitled "Mors ct vita,
and is sequel to the Redemption"
The forest scene in MAY Bios ON" per
| form ID ut the Madison Square theatre, Now
| York, has number of artificial birds fiyina
and singing, all operated by wires in thu
hands OF one man.
| MINNIE PALMER was presented to thu
Prince and Princess of Wales durn tho per
formlnce Of "My Swo thcar" at the kooya
| Strand theatre, London. March u. MIS-
| Palmer sails fof New York August II.
| ALL sara Bernhard dsmnnds for an Ameli
lean four next season Is s., 200 for herself Tor
each performance; also, all hsr expenses from
Paris aud bnck, AMI hotol and travelling OK
I penses while here, In addition to The sAlarlr;
Of the company. Tho manager to pay ~
other expenses for theatre, Advertising etc
AMERICAN opera singers arc Just now en-
;oying marked subccss IN Lurops: In nd.
diiion TO the triumphs Of Mile Ne'ncr AZ
Paris in the rol. of Lucia an older iaVorlte'
Mile Albani, hos boon adding IRON leaves 10
ber crown OF laurols III Germany In tho
Troyata she has won golden opinions recently
at Antwerp and Holland lies hcx' lii hcf pain
of victory.
FANNY Horror, n onco tccLratel actress,
won her first applause in so ncwhas singr'
lar manner. During her performance IN
particular scene his was loudly hiss.d, WHOM,
aivancing n tho footlight., sho nsied'
(which do you disliko-my playing or my
person y "The playing Il playing was tho
answer from all parts Of tho house. wen,
she returned, chat consoles mo: fol. Playin;
nav be bett.re1, bat my person cannot
oiterw The audience were so struck with tic
ingenuity of this retort that they immediately
annlaudei as loud as they hal the momci,
beforo condemned hor, and from u at night
she improved in her acting, and soon becpn'
A fayoritc with tho public.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07
A PATHETIC JOURNAL.
Inst words Of Dr. Amber, OF tho
Jeanette Expedition.

The journal OF Dr. Amber, surgeon Of the
Jeanette expedition, was introduced in evil
dence during Lieutenant Dancnhowcrs eH'
animal on before the House committee of in
0ury at WASHINGTON. The doctors journal
was found ON his body when the frozen
corpses OF Commander ong and his com
anons were re ,ovcred by tho search eXpedi
ton The last entries in the diary are ~
follows:
SUNDAY, 9Th October, 1SSl.-Ye to-day
without food, except the alcohol. The cap
tain spoke of giving the mHn option to-day
of making their way as best they could: that
he coull not keep up. Ibis o CURED IN the
morning, when he had made two miles that
we had TO rctrace. | told him il he gave "
| took command. and that no one should
leave him MS long MS wnS alive. then SIG
pe;fed that we end two men ahead to try
and make the settlement and that we make
the hest of our way with the rest OF oGl
party. This was done Ninderman and
Nor0s are ahead. tod give them aid and
we are getting along. The captain gave me
the option Of going ahead myself, but
thought my duty require me TO be with MIN
and the main body Tor the PRESENT Lee is
about broken WI Alexn has shot three
rrCus, by 10 is aid and wo will have some
tn NJ t. eat
WEDNESDAY, OCtob II, lSSl.-We have
been without food sine, Su ,day except one
ounce Of alt Ohio, one dram OF give rine yes
trday and to day. We have made no FRO.
| rress siac, Monday up to 3 o'clock. Wind
and snow against ~ We have been lying in
hollow in the liver bank.
Octo1er Is, lSSl.-Aiexr died last night Of
exhaustion from hunger and exposure;
THURSDAY, October 20, 1881.
Edward Amber, Esq, Markham Postof
a,a Eau,,,,ar ('n,tpfu Na
MY DEAR BROTHER: wrote these few
| fines, in thu faint hope that by Gods merci
full pro idencs they may reach YOU all a,
| bom,. | have myself nov very lit hone oil
surviving We hive en- without food fol
nearly two wees, with the exception OF fouI
| p,arnegans among eleven us, were grow
| ing weaker, and Tor more than week have
had no TODD We can barely manage to gel
wood enough now t. keep warm, and in day
or two that will be passel. write to yot
| all-my mother, sister, brother Cary and hi
| wife and iamily-..to assure you o.. the dceI
| love now and have always borns you. Il
| IL had been Gods will for me to have seei
you all again, ! hal hoped ia once more
| Nv mother knows how my heart has beef
bound to hers since my earliest years. Coz
bless her on earth and prolony her life il
peace and comfort. May His blessing res
upon you ALL As for myself, l am resigned
and bow my head in Submission TO the Divn
will. My love to my sister end Brother Cary
Gods blessing on them and You. To all m,
friends and relations a iong farewell. lie
the Towards know | thought of them to TN
last, and LET Mrs Pes ram also know that sh
| and her nieces were continually in m
thought. God in His infinite mercy gran
that these lines may reach you. write Their
in full faith and confidence in the help Of on
Lord Jesus Christ, Your loving brother,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

MUSHROOM, Mich, justly claims pre-erni-
nence as the tcatest lumber producing city in
the world. The total product Of Muskegon
during 1888 was CSC, O79, 254 feet, exceeding the
product Of the Saginaw valley by several hun
dred millions. She produced during the same
period ls9, s5i, $50 laths, and cut ,4ol shin
sles. One-fourth Of the vessel traffic of Lake
Michigan is transacted at Muskegon, and over
5000 vessels were cleared from the port last
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

AFTER all, Mr.. Matthew Arnold is a very sen.
eible man. His criticisms Of America we're not
all against US. He declares that our Indies are
charming. The young ladies he found very
engaging. While many of the gentlemen have
the tore OF feeling and speech of English gen.
tlemen, he considers our ladies better informed
and more attractive in conversation than their
English sisters. Mr. Arnold says that America
holds the future. Refinement will come after
this commercial century, and with enormous
wealth, culture and leisure, grand and bene-
6eient civilization will be sure to come.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07
CURRENT COMMENTS.

Ar Ceur d'Alene, says traveller who re-
GENTLY arrived at Denver, everything is very
dear. II costs twenty-five cents to get paper
by mail, and fifty cents for letter. Nothing
Is considered less than a quarter. Shaving is
quarter, hair cutting fifty cents, and any kind
Of meal costs 81, and eggs fifty cents extra
You can't get place to sleep for less than 81,
eyen though you bunk on the floor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

The mania for investing in cattle ranches
still RACES among our English and Scotch cous-
ins, and as heretofore, it is peculiarly affected
by the notabilities. The latest joint stock en-
terpriso Of this nature presents string of
titled names; the capital stock is fixed at So
10000; and the vendors or promoters agree
not to receive any dividends on their shares in
the first three years, unless the common stock
earns per cent. Enteipriscsof this class have
practically superseded our railroads and, in
decd, all other American devices to secure the
aid Of English capital in developing the hal.
cyon West.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07
Foreign.

QUEEN VICTORIA is again grandmother,
her daughter-in-law, the Duchess OF Edin'
burch, having been delivered OF daughter
A STEAMER containing $50 refugees from
Sbendy, bound for Berher, Egypt ran
aground on n sandbank and was soon sur
rounded by swarms of rebels, VINO hasSacrea
everybody on board.
ApvIcEs state that Kassala, Egypt, is sur
rounded by 5000 rebels, who iire mo 'he
town nir htly. Osman Dgna, with 2WO OF
the Fnlse Prophets followers, is reported to
he again threatening Suakin, AMI II he al
tacks that town numerous neutrals Will JON
him against the hated Egyptians.
MEN, women and children to tho number
of . COO were mastered by III Mahdis Arabs
when they captured the town OF Shendy.
INTERVIEWS are published with leaders OF
tie Irish actions in Paris Patrick Casey
advo ,ates the dynamite war, James Stevens
PROPOSES an armed revolution, John u cary
iavors open rebellion against England, and
Father Hogan, OF the Catholic College of st.
Sulpce. condemns the use Of force and thinks
that homo rule will be the panacea for Ire
lands grievances.
WHILE performance was going on at the
| Sdali Gil, us in Bucharest, the roof OF mo
| structure fell in upon the spectators. The
nghtS were ehtlnrulSneu ny tnc tTun", INV.
| terrible panic cnsued, which was increased
| by an outbreak Of fire Five dead bodies
and 100 wounded were carried from the spot,
and many people were reported missing,
| HUGO SCHENK and Karl Schlossarck, who
murdered twenty servant girls, were hanged
in Vienna. Robbery was the incentive to the
murders, the victims being in every case in
duced by Schenk, under promise of marriage,
to accompany him with their savings to some
lonely spot, where they were quietly put out
of the way.
WIDESPREAD CONSERVATION, several fatal
ties, and great damage to property have re
sui ed from severe earthquake shock in the
eastern counties of England. In do. eli
towns people rushed from their houses in ter
ror as buildings, steepes, towers aud chin
ncys were sent crashing to the ground; thu
earth trcmb'ei perceptibly for mics around
and in one town. olchestcr-sevcral street,
were rendered dangerous to traffic, SO BADLY
had the buildings been shattered. Tit
shock was distinctly felt in London.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

0uR sister republic Of Mexico is running too
rapida schedule. She has embarked in an
ambitious scheme for establishing lines of
steamers TO European ports on the subsidy
plan, and concessions have been made to an
other company with view to establishing
Pacific service. At a time when the Mexican
treasury is empty, and the government is NOV
Ing heaven and earth to borrow few millions
abroad to enable it to keep out Of bankruptcy
and meet its subventions to the new lines of
railway, it is folly to recklessly pledge its credit
for the promotion OF visionary speculative
projects. Without more economy our neigh
Dor will he compelled to make an assignment
and in that event Uncle Sam will be the as
signee. =
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

begged to die in that way. The religious
frenzy Of these people is simply insanity. The
Catholics OF New Mexico are endeavoring to
stamp out the Penitents, but they are not
meeting with much success. 1t is supposed the
sect originated in Spain, and was driven Out
at the time Of the revolution
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

THE horrible performances OF the fanatical
sect known as the Ponitents, when they cele-
brated Holy Week in New Mexico, battles de-
scription That such cruel solf-tortures should
DO permitted in civilized country seems
incredible. On Easter Sunday the Penitents
initiated neophyte, boy eighteen years old.
The boy was first rammed into pair OF TIN
pantaIoons sharp punch was then used 10
pcriorate tho tin like crater, driving the
tin into the flesh at each blow. After this the
victim was stripped to the wais', dressed in a
pair Of cotton drawers and marched through
tho streets. He WAC fogged all the way oya
Italwart Penitent until the blood ran down his
back. Dut this ia nothing. short time ago
tho pcnitents Of Rio Arriba county tied one Oh
their number with his own consent to DOCK
Of iron and threw him into the river where ne
vas drowned amid shouts Of frenzied deisn'
from his friends and relatives. In Taos county
IN 1880 Penitont was cruciaed because nc
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

On. PAUL Vos SEDGEwIrz, in recent article,
takes the position that tho mind, like the mus
Giles and otner physical organs, is strengthened
by exercise, and that there is no culture within
the reach Of the human intellect sufficiently
extreme to overthrow the reason. That there
are physical and mental degenerations he adj
mts, but he is not willing TO attribute them to
the excess of mental culture. On the contrary
he believes they arc caused by physical agen-
cies, such as alcohol, the various forms Of mar
cotic drugs, and possibly tobacco, tea and cof-
fec. These things are now within the reach of
all classes, and they arc moro extensively used
than ever before. This fact would seem to
bear out the doctors view that the increase in
mental diseases is due to physical rather than
to purely intellectual causes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

A WRITER says: "For stimulanr 70
every faculty, give me o strong ENEMY ;.s,r
rather than a weak friend" AS s:,I
liant for ones runninr powers oei'"
Boston Post,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

! THE secretary Of state, in n communication
ton of wheat and other cereals, says that the
United States should he drawn upon during
the present. year for 1000, 900 bushels Of
wheat against lgs,000,O00 bushels from all
other wheat growing countries, and that II
appears that the United States, instead Of
being control'e by, should be able 10 control
foreign markets.
THE ", rk o! laying stone on the Washing
tn monument has been resumed and will he
pushed to a completion during the coming
sen on.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has appointed Robert
ID. Graham, of North Carol ma, secretary OF
the civil 'erNice commission, vice William S.
Koulhac resigned.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

IT is said that John L, Sullivan is very
iond Of going 10 pound parties
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07
Women Sea Captains.

Mrs. Mary A. Miller is not the first
woman who has served successfully as
mistress of ship. Mrs. Capt Patten
of Bath, Me-, who while her husband
was living i'll in his berth navigated his
ship around Cape Horn and up to San
Francisco, although his timid first officer
wanted to stop at Valparaiso for assist
ance; OF Mrs. Capt. Abbie Clifford, OF
the brig Abbie Clifford, who after her
husband had been washed overheard
brought the vessel safe into New York
Harbor from below the equator; Of Mrs.
Capt. Reed, of the Oakland, oil Bruns-
wick, Me-, who was practical nay'ga.
tor of celebrity, and of Miss Jenet
Thoms. who often used to navigate her
fathers ship, who is now teaching q
school of navigation in Now York city
and who was in part the author OF
MThoms's Nsvigator,"a book OF author
| itv among mariners. These cases are
| aIi Of recent date. To them the Lcaven.
worth (Kan.) Times adds the case OF
Mrs. Capt. John Oliver Norton, OF Ed
oortown. Mass. Her husband COM
handed whaling vessel, and she ire
ouently went with him into the Arctc
waters. On one of these expeditions all
the boats were out, leaving on board the
captain and just enough of the crew to
manage the vessel. A whale was noticed
off to the starboard, and the captain
and men were puzzled how to
get it, II was the woman who solved
the problem and settled the fate Of his
whaleship. Going to the wheel she pre-
vailed upon her husband to leave the
ship in her charge, with two disabled
men, while he and his men went after
the whale. He did so. The woman
managed the ship all day until nightfall,
when the boats returned, that in COM
mand of her husband having captured
the biggest whale ever seen IN those .ks
waters. When the ship put IN home w
New Bedford owners made tne "o
commander" handsome Prescn~
Avn, was received into hospital Nh, N
, a a. MA az ether dsy with q yard OF rope
h rsr,1 of from his mouth Traction upos
nm scord revealed section OF c'o'nes
inc .ns measuring eight feet he nso Dess
Iine m1 IN an attempt tsuicide, and
sa9 tried to conceal his design by swai.
lowing L the cord. He lived through "
! al.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

We may say what wo please about literary
style. but it must be admitted that women are
far ahead when it comes to letter writing. The
letters OF such famous women az Mmc. do Sc
vigne, Nine. Recomier, Nine. Roland, Lady
Mary Wortley Montague, Miss Russell and 9th
era are unrivalcd and unapproached by any
existing efforts Of male pens. Women Of or
binary intellectual capacity write charming
letters, witty, jannty, dashed with the individ-
uslism OF the writer, and characterized by tho
vivacity, piquancy tact, grace and personally
common to tho gcntlcr sex. Fortunately logic
has no place in letter writing, and woman
may DO as fresh, natural and gossipy as she
peases. OF late years it has been remarked
that the women who succeed in journalism are
generally correspondents. The letter will al
wsps be an important feature in terature and
In journalism II ia conversation on paper,
and allows full play for egotism and arrogance.
There sro no rules Of composition to hamper
ono. There is simply an expression OF facts
and opinions in tho most natural way.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07

liz we denudc our hills and slopes Of the for
ests which form their natural protection, in
less than fifty years we may expect to zee half
Of the south Atlantic states reduced to sterile
area. The rain will wash the soil from the
hilltops first, and then from the slopes. The
naked rocks now covered with loan and clay
will he laid bare, and will reflect the rays of
the sun and increase the summer heat; storms
will blow unobstructed over the country, and
every changs of the wind will cause an abrupt
change in the temperature. The rainfall will
be diminished and become irregular. Periodi-
cal freshets will carry away the best part of the
soil, even from the valleys These unavoidable
results of tho further devastation Of timber
are pointed out by all writers OF forestry, and
history is full Of warning examples
Huntsville gazette., 1884-08-16
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMSs

TWENTY-FIVE deaths occurred in Havana
the past week from yellow fever.
A MOST atrocious double murder was
committed in Larrant County, Texas, a
few days ago. r. A. Lindsey, aged thirty
three, without the slightest provocation,
entered the bed room of his stepfather, and
without warning shot and kill ed him. His
stepsister interferred when the murderer
turned and shot her through the brain,
killing her instantly. At last accounts he
had not been captured.
THE organization established by the Nor
mon Elders in Hickman County, Tenn,
about three years ago, was broken upIast
Sunday, by the killing of the elders by a
band of masked men. A dispatch gives the
following particulars of the affair: 'sThe
three elders were holding meeting at Con-
doris farm, Cane creek, Lewis county, Sun
day morning, when twelve masked men on
horseback rode up to the house and order
dered young man named Hudson and
young Condor to surrender. They showed
fight, and one of the masked men knocked
Condor down, breaking his skull. Hudson
fired at one of the masked men, who fell
dead. The masked men then shot and kill
Ell two of the Mormon elders. The third
elder ran toward the woods, from which
firing was soon heard. The elder has not
been seen since, and it is supposed that he
also must have been killed. 1t has since
been ascertained that the masked men, be-
fore going to Condor's house, stopped at
the house of man named Garrett, near,
Condor's house, found one Mormon elder
there, and left two masked men in charge
of this elder. Shooting was heard there
shortly afterward, and that elder has not
been seen since. When firing commenced
at Condor's house one of the elders hid be-
hind Mrs. Condor, and in shooting at him
Mrs. Condor was wounded"
THREE men were killed, and numbelt
seriously injured, by the falling of WALL
of burning building, at Catlettsburg, KY,
on the 18th.
REV Fl. Nj. COLLISION, pastor of the Full
ton Avenue Presbyterian Church, Chicago,
shot and killed his wife on the 18th, and
then committed suicide. Church troubles
had dethroned his reason.
W. BURT and Jasper Heller, farmers,
living near Mountain City, Miun., QUARREL
ed on the 18th about cattle, when Burt shot
and killed Heller. The murderer escaped.
JUDGMENTS aggregatin ,S60, 900 have been
entered against Robert n. Kennedy, of the
Pennsylvania Bank, on. of the parties
charged with completely in the Pennsyl-
vania Bank frauds.
LINCOLN, NEB., is excit d over the publ
tion of story, TO the effect that youns
enry, a resident of Lii coin, was killed
and eaten by the Greeley party. His
friends will push investigation.