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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06
GEORGIA ELECTIONS.

"You see, boss, 1 was jest standin' on
der corner, kinder obseryin, when up
cum a white man. He axed me If was
'redished p In course | was. He says,
Who am you voting for?' Den he
went on to open up the questions of de
day to me- l was his man. He set
um up, boss, and, clar fore gracious,
il want long fore moder white man
axed me likewise consarnin' the situa-
shun. He treated also. links to my
self, dis is better den they do in Nit
chell county. Boss, dey keep on till dis
country niger gets so full he thinks he
was goat"
He was discharged with a caution to
beware of candidates, more especially
those for municipal honors.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

SHORTHAND writers are in gFeat de-
mand, and the most expert command
tine salaries in certain positions, but it is
mistake to suppose that mere prof.
ency in stenography is all thet IN rS-
quired. The shorthand writer must be
"A good penmsh, and he must be thor
oughly lip in spelling, punctuation and
grammar. A knowledge Of business
forms is also essential. Many business
men are satisfied with slow shorthand
writer's, as they got them at low salaries
Very ordinary stenographers command
Sl5 II week, competent stenographer
and typewriter can ge. from 800 to $50
Ter week, and few get $4,000 q year,
but high salaries are not paid for short
hand alone--the writer must have other
qualities which make him valuable man
to his employer In Boston $50 persons
earn their support by shorthand, while
in Chicago it is estimated that the num-
Der will reach 1,6Oo, The young man
who proposes 10 make money as steno-
grapher must make himself something
of lawyer, business man, and thor
ough master Of rapid composition and
legible writing
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06
GENERAL NEWS.


LEON county, Florida, land, near lake
jackson, IL worth 10 per ere.
NEARLY 300 students are enrolled at
the Athens, Tenn, University
During the past year over 3OC new
buildings were erected in Montgomery,
Alabama.
The total 7alto OF property in Ken
tucky owned by the colored people is
s3,3SO,4O9.
IT is stated that the life insurance bus.
ineSs was unusually profitable during
the yeat 1889.
A SHIPMENT OF twenty-five hundred
rabbits was made from Henry county,
Tenn, few days ago.
CNcINNATI is 10 have fourth bridgs
over The Ohio river, to be built this year
at cost Of 81, 25O,O0O.
THE shipments Of pine timber from
Alabama through the ports of Pensacola
and Mobile in 1882, were s32, 26S 1S7.
EtNcE January, 1883, the bodstead
factory at Loudon, Tennessee, has aver
aged 1000 bedsteads and $500 chairs
monthly.
FIFTEEN babies we're bofn in Robert
son county, KY, during the recent cold
weather, when the thermometer was at
itslowest point
"AuNf MiLLY," well known col
ored woman of South Nashville, was
married a day or two since. She is
about one hundred years old.
EDISON says that the incandescent
light is n success and in year y1u will
see II shining out of every wind5w from
the Brooklyn to the Harlem bridge.
RETURNS to the Georgia Department
Il Agricu ture shows the damage to win
ter oats by the recent freeze to be GO per
cent and TO wheat 80 per cent.
JAMES RICE, trainer FOR the Dwyer
Bros, in five years has won for that fl m
not far from $iOO 600, and nearly all Of
the amount with Kentucky horses.
AGENTS of New York firm are scour-
ing tho woods of Arkansas for black
walnut trees, for which 81 each is paid,
the logs being shipped to New Orleans
A Pulaski county, KY, man one day
last week killed 60 rabbits without the
aid of a gun or dog. He jerked them
out of the snow and killed them with a
stick.
ABOUT the 18th of February the
bronze statue of General Lee will he
shipped from New York to New Orleans
1t will adorn the apex of the monument
in Lee Place, formerly Trivoli Circle.
Or Mexico'sdebt of $ll7.OOO,0O0, En-
glishmen hold about sS5,0O0,0OO. The
rest is held in New York. The republic
annual reve ne is about S33, 600, 900,
mainly from the stamp tax and tariff
duties,
is stated as the opinion of noted
meteorological, that the railroads aud tel
egraph lines form net work of electric
conductors which tend to equalize the
climate Of our country, that of the north
becoming warmer and of the sDuth
colder.
FRoGs, snakes and turtles are the
principal enemies of the carp. 1t is said
that n medium sized snake wi eat 5000
young carp in a single summer. The
fish is very popular in Georgia, and in
almost every neighborhood carp pond'
may he found.
Mr.. DEpAU, the wealthy glass manu-
iacturer OF Indiana, predicts that gas
wells will revolutionize the manufacture
ing business of the country. He shows
the faith of his convictions in that he i,
developing well to obtain power for his
factory at New Albany.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06
THE HOTEL CLERK.

"Pa, who is that pretty man,"
"My child, that is the hotel clerk"
"Does he know he's pretty?'
"What a question OF course he
does"
"Then people don't have to tell himY
"neeidedly not.
"Whst makes him so pretty :"
"His pracss and his ornaments"
"What are his >qraces ?"
"Modesty and tru,!hfulness."
"How modest is he?"
"As government mule"
"Is he always truthful ?"
"Certes."
"What are his ornaments.
"virtue and Chatham street dia'
monds."
"Has he any other attracton2"
"He has frequently"
"What is IT,"
"Gall. "-HOtel Reporter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

came from twenty-tbree different col-
leges, and cp'y i2i passed and obtained
LICENSES to practice. Ending a long re-
port OF its work the board states: "There
IS no discipline and little training W rthy
Of the name most of our medical col.
lere. There Is no stauda d Of exahlia.
Iiohs" This Is n terrible indictment
from uhbiased men, hut the North Cafo.
lima board holds firmly to the opinion
that the examination Of the NJ. D. degree
should be done by bodies hot cdHnectSd
with tie srhoois.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06
A COlOred 0lllce-HOldcr.

II there is any one oilice-holder in the
government who has All easy time, says
a Washington letter writer, it is Register
Bruce. He il the colored man from
Mississippi who served six years in the
Senate and was then rewarded with this
place. 1t is really an important one, and
pays "a, 900 year, but Bruce leaves 1t all
with his deputy, white man, and only
comes round to draw his salary. lie Is
a big, mahogany-colored negro, with q
bland courtliness of manner which would
do credit toa cabinet minister. His GER
vices are in great demand at colored
gatherings, and he drifts round the coun.
try talking to his colored brethren. But
he won't have negro about his ONCE.
All his clerks are white, and ms private
clerk il white man. He banks AZ
Rioos'. In short, he has all the grace
of s6e town. His wife is white enough
70 mass muster at Saratoga, but their lit.
tle pickaninny is darker than either OF
;ts parents. They named it Roscoe
Conkling, for Conkling treated the COL
ored Senator with more politeness than
any other menDer, ANU ~ W. D..
him. This devotion began the day Bruce
entered the Senate. He had been here
a few days before, selected seat and
" cone m on 10 Philadelphia. The day Con-
eress met he returned. Aftel the chap
Iain,s prayer he entered the chamber
and stood embarrassed behind the tier
Of seats. Every one felt the situation.
4.
has never been excelled, he rose, stepped
back, bowed and said :-"Senator Bruce,
| am Mr.. Conkling. Allow me to escort
you to your OATH" 1t was over in q
minute, and then every Northern re
publican wondered why he had not seizet
the opportunity. But for the ittl'
dramatic actions no man in public lii
ever equalled the former Senator from
New York.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06
,rWO FATAL DEFECT.

Mrs. Jenkins Dear me, Matilda
Jane. it's no use trying to be aristocratic
any longer. I've done everything NOR
tai woman could since your par did 80
well in lumber, but the obstacles is too
great. give it up Matilda Jane
"Why. ms, l think we're getting along
splendid, I'm sure. We don't eat with
our knives any more, and we've got so
we dare speak to the butler at dinner.
The way you say james, you may go
sounds like queen talking. What is
the trouble now?' Mrs. Jenkins
"Well, was reading only little while
ago that the gort aud family feud we're
necessary aoj M.o.s 10 mist "rocv, and j
don't see any prospects oi ,urine
either"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06
NEAR ENOUGH.

A Michigan girl told her young man
that she would never marry him nntil
he was worth 100000. SO ne started
ont with a brave heart tomake IT. 81,
"How are you getting on, George =
she asked at the expiration OF couple
of months. .,
"Well." George said hopefully, III
have saved up $22." g.,
The girl dropped her eyelashes and
blushingly remarked, 81 reckon that's
near enough, George"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The clergymen of indianapolis have
formally recommended that funeral SCI
vices shall be performed on secular days
in private dwellings,a not in the houses
Of worship; that the frien1s shall take
leave of the dead in privates that the
remains shall not be exhibited to the
public, and that, with a view of reduc
ing he burden of expense, the services
shalt be on one day and the burial pri-
vately performed on the next. May the
clergymen Of Indianapolis live to attend
many funerals, and never go to their own.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

In the Rocky Mountain, the inhabi-
tants all wear snow shoes. These shoes
"re made Of polished wood and are from
iour to fourteen feet in length. They
are really in the nature of sleds, and en-
"oie the wearer to slide down hills and
mountains at q furious rate Of speed. On
ievei ground pole is carried to aid in
pushing the pedestrian along and It is
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

THE tyranny Of the Mormon system
Is simply indescribable. When the mis-.
sionaries make female converts abroad
they send the photographs to Utah.
At the Sunday services in the temple
these pictures are displayed from the
pulpit, and all good Mormons who need
fresh wives inspect these portraits, select
the woman they want and furnish mon
ey to pay their passage to Utah. When
the female converts arrive they arc fire.
quently dragged from the cars by the
brutal Mormons who have bargained for
them, placed in wagons and driven
away. The limitations into the church
and the marriage ceremonies at the en-
dowment house are re. resented as
being brutal and shocking in the ex-
treme. Mormon wives are compelled to
labor to support their husbands. Once
under Mormon rule it is difficult to es
cape. The government is tyrannical.
No one can build a house or plant tree
without a permission from the head of
the church. In the schools the children
are forced to study the Book of Nor
mon. The young people are trained up
in hosti ity to the national government,
and are educated in the belief that oaths
administered by courts and civ | authori-
ties are not binding. This makes Nor
mons abso utely useless as witnesses an1
jurors, and protects Mormonism from ex'
posure in the courts.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

The Black Flags, the peculiar reoplo
with whom tho Frerci ARE at war in An.
nam, have il strange history Over
twenty years ago Leir Yuen Fou fed
with n remnant of the Canton rebels to
AMMAN. where the little band cb,aintd
the protection Of the king. The B ack
Flags, as they were called, were allowed
to cultivate the wild country in the
mountains, and in the course of few
years they declared their Independence
and organized a government of their
own. People hocked to the Black Flags,
towns sprang up and their country pros
pered. The colony now numbers about
100000. Their army is formidable and
their natural defenses in the shape of
rocky mountain ranges and water bar.
riers make their position almost impreg-
nable.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

DURING the present session of congress
about one hundred peusion bills have
been introduced. All sorts of liberal
Propositions have been made. 1t is pro-
posed to pension the survivors and wild
ows Of the Seminole, Florida, Black
Hawk, Creek, Cherokee and Mexican
wars. Two of the bills go in for pen
sloning all survivors of the union army
at the rate of 81 per month until the age
Of 80, and IS per month after that age.
Another bill proposes to give all soldiers
and sailors who were confined in confed-
crate prisons during the war pension
OF " per month, and So per day for each
day Of imprisonment.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

The following shows the wealth Of the
United States on the lst of June, 1880.
the figures representing millions of dol
lars:
Farms..... ."..-.-...............l0 1877
Residence and business real estate, cap.
itaI employed in business, including
water power.."...., ................. 9SSl
Railroads and equipments............. $3.50
Telegraphs, shipping and canals....,,, 4l9
Live stock, whether ON or q farms,
farming tools and machinery. ........ 24OO
Household furniture, paintings, books,
clothing, jewelry, household supplies
OF food, fuel, etc................,........5 5000
Mines (incuding petroleum wells) and
quarries, together with one>hsli OF
the annual product reckoned as the
supply on hand d........................... 7sO
Three quarters of the annual product
of agriculture and manufactures and
of the annual import ton Of reign
goods, assumed to be the average
supply on hand. d...."........."......". 6,10t
Churches, school asylum', public build.
ing' of all kinds, and other re | es-
tate exempt from taxation ............... 2CO1
Specie ........ 6l2
Miscellaneous items, including tools of
mecpAhics ''''''.'''''"'..' .............." 6)O
l0tal.....-.....".. ........ .........,43 30
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

also oi service in ascending and decend.
ing hills. 1t is said that man accus.
toned to these snow shoes can travel
nifty miles across county in day Of ten
hours,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

The enormous value of the agricul-
tural interest is shown by the census
report, now in press, from which we
learn that the value of farms in The
United States is $40, 900; twice
as high us all the railroads and their
ECU pment, and ten per cent higher than
all other real estate property and the
capital employed in busines. The
churches, asylums, schools and public
buildings exempt from taxation are val
ued at 100000, little less than
one-twentieth of the valuation of al
property.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

IT is said that supper was announced
at the Vanderbilt ball in New YORK cl'y
by the cry: Twenty minutes Tor TO-
freshments ?"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

The act of Congress, passed at the
last session, establishing an inspection
OF teas, with the power to Q ndemn spu
rious or adulterated goods, is accom-
plishing substantial results. Hince the
passage of the act s55,2Sl packages have
been passed upon, representing 4O,OOO,-
OOpounds, and 1000 packages DR. 3e5,-
900 pounds, have beet condemned A
srSo decrease of importations also re-
suited from the act, and the quantity
eld back no doubt represen such
doubtful or spurious grades rs could not
be ventured under the official inspection.
The total irnporta ion in 1888 was e3,-
100000 pounds, in 1882, T4,O 0,OOO
pounds, in 1881, so,0OO,OOO pounds, and
n 1890, $1,000 600 pounds.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

FULLY to understand a grand and beau
tiful thought requires, perhaps, as much
time as to conceive 1t.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-06

The New York Star ,ecently publish
ed the following list of foreign land
holders in America, with the extent OF
their possessions:
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-01
MRS. suaRATTs ExEcuTIoNER.
An Interview With Him Yesterday at
the Morton.

G. Rath. Of Jackson. who was guest at
the Morton yesterday, and is mail agent
on the Michigan Central railroad, between
this city and Detroit, had some remarkable
experiences as q soldier during the war Of
the Rebellion. In a INSTRUMENTATION with
him last evening, MORNING TELEGRAM re-
potter learned part Of his history, which Is
worthy of passing note. AT the time of
the assassination Of President Lincoln, Mr..
Rath was serving on the staff of Gen. Hart
ranft. whose corps was doing service near
Appomattox, Va. Gen. Hancock, then IN
command of the department of Washington,
summoned Gen. Hartranft and staff to his
a a,sistance, and Mr.. Rath was detailed a.
Provost, at the time Mrs. Surratt,
Payne and the other eonspIrators
we're under sentence of death.
After the sentence of death had been pro-
nounced against them Mr.. Rath was ordered
by Gen. Hancock To erect four gibbets,
though it was unofficially intimated that but
three would probably be needed. All con-
cerned believed that Mrs Surratt was the
doubtful victim. and on that account MIR.
Rath said that he tied her moose with but
five turns, instead of the ominous regulation
seven. The time set for the execution was
between the hours of one and three p. M, on
the Friday named in the order, and none of
the officials concerned about the prison
doubted that respite would defer Mrs.
Surratt's execution. But shortly before the
fatal hour about III O'Clock a. M, the coun-
sci for the accused had Gen. Hancock ar
rested on warrant issued by justice of the
peace. hoping thus to complicate matters so
that the hour of death might be tided over
and their clients saved. In this, however,
they made fatal mistake, as a posse of
military released Gen. Hancock from the
hands of the civil authorities, but
not In time to allow him an OPP
portunity to use his influence with the war
department and President Johnson, in Mrs.
Surratt's behalf. Payne's confession that
Mrs. S. knew nothing of the conspiracy, if it
could have been used in time would have. it
was thought, been an Offset to the denial of
Mrs. S., that he had stopped at her house.
Had Gen. Hancock been left to use his in
huence, Paynes confession been made
in time, or even Mrs. Surratt's son been
captured with the rest of the conspirators,
Mr.. Rath believes Mrs. Surratt would have
never been hung. Her daughter Annie,
then girl of about sixteen, and for time
also a prisoner, was afterward respectfully
married TO a gentleman in Washington. Mr..
Rath also assisted in the first burial of j.
Wilkes Booth, under the altar of the prison
chapel His body, when the prison was torn
down, was dug up and sent to his mother In
Baltimore. Mr.. Rath was a member of the
been in the mail service for over fifteen
years.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-01

The parents or guardians Of the youna
man or young woman who viii. after the
summer vacation. enter upon q course Of
business instruction and drill, should obtain
al the advantages offered by the many ex-
cellent institutions that seek for their pat
ronage. One college offers this induce
ment, another that, and Jet there are posi-
bly, not over dozen colleges Ia the United
States that are entitled 10 the definition OF
the term awarded these schools by James A.
Garfield The particular commercial col
lege which 50 aroused the enthusiasm of the
martyr President ia behalf of these thorough
~ practical schools can not now be located;
and yet, after all, We can locate those that
come up 10 the high Garfield standard, for
they are few and well known.
Recently We visited the Grand Rapids.
Mich, Business College, founded and con-
Quoted by Prof. c. q. Swensberg, an old
friend of the Garfelds, and never before did
We SO fully realize the importance. power,
and scope of these institutions. Professor
Swensberg has sent from the college scores
OF young men and women who have gone
out 10 become officers for great corporations.
and his graduates are found occupying posi-
tons of trust IN almost every large town in
the section of country tributary TO the col
lege, and even IN far distant cities. Much
of this is no doubt due To the fact that the pro-
prietor of the schools also connected as stock
holder and director, or In official capacity with
many OF the largest enterprises In the West,
manufacturing and financial as well as edu-
cational. There Is no man in the West SO
able to aid our youth TO fit themselves for
and TO secure for them an entrance into ac-
tual and profitable business life as Profess
sor Swensberg Character is everything in
a school All attention should be given 10
this point by parents before sending sons
or daughters away To receive, perhaps, a
cheap gliding, falsely called business edu-
cation. We deem it pleasure and a duty
TO call attention 10 this school, and advise
our readers to send for the College Journal
and become fully acquainted with its special
features and advantages. - Inter Ocean,
July 3, 1884,
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-01
THE evANoELIsTa
Their Services In THIS City Ended
Last Evening.

The eyangelistie services Of Messrs. Whittle
night, and to-day they depart for Detroit. to
commence series of meetings In that city
tomorrow evening. These gentlemen began
their work on Wednesday evening, Nov. II,
and, with the exception of Saturday, have
held one or more meetings every day, inelad-
ing yesterday. As result of their efforts
nearly hundred persons, not members
of any church, manifested desire To conse-
crate themselves 10 Christ, while many luke
warm Christians renewed their obligations
10 His service. The services al the First
Baptist Church called out an audience which
and an immense audience was in attendance
last evening, the alsles ana galleries being
full and many standing during the entire
service. Mr. Whittle, in the evening, dis
cussed the text, Hebrews liz. 3, How shall
we escape if We neglect SO great saliva
tion," with great earnestness and power of
expression. At his conclusion dozen or
more, went forward To the altar. The song
by Mr. and Mrs. McGrannahan, II WILL"
the words and music of which were composed
by the former, were sung with strong effect.
The inspiration of its composition was the
occasion of meeting held by Messrs. Whit
tie and McGrannahan at Limerick, Ireland,
when one hundred men stood up and ans
wered, one by one, II will' TO an invitation
to follow Christs example. The larger
number of songs sung at these meetings are
Mr. McGrannahan' own composition.
The Rev. H. p. Welton will conduct the
services tomorrow evening in the same
church, and perhaps continue them through
the week This gentleman informed TEL
EGRAM reporter last evening that Messrs
Whittle and McGrannahan charge no ex-
penses, sell no books or photographs, and
utterly refuse to allow any committees to be
appointed to solicit penny by way of re-
muneration. If they receive any cOmpensa-
ton in worldly way it comes entirely
unsolicited on their part.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-01
Federal Plums.

The following are the salaries paid to Fed
eral officials in this city: Postmaster, 3d.
900; one clerk, S1,4O0: one clerk, 81, 200; two
clerks, $1,000; one clerk, $40; two clerks,
$500; four clerks, $3.50; one clerk, 5000; one
clerk S420; nine carriers, $3.50; four carriers,
5000; Collector Of Internal Revenue, $3.50;
one deputy, S1,700; one deputy, $1,4OO; one
clerk $500; one gauger, fees; District Attor-
ney, 500 and fees; one deputy, fees; q. s.
Marshal, $500 and fees: several deputies,
fees; Register in Bankruptcy, fees.