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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

In this country are only two establishments
at which cannon can be made. One Is at South
Boston, Massachusetts, and the other at West
Point New York. The Boston works, which
have lain idle for six years. are said to be fit to
compete with foreign foundries.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05
THE J0K Frs BUDGET.
WHAT WE FIND TO SMILE OVER IN
THE HUMOROUS PAPERS.
THE SONG.

A Tribune attache yesterday heard a
skilled vocalist sing "Wait Till the
Clouds Roll By" She rendered it:
"Wah tab the claw raw baw, Jawy,
Wah tab the claw raw baw;
Jawy, ma aw traw law wah,
Wah tab the claw raw baw.'
And then she smiled 30 sweetly and
broadly over the well-merited applause
that the corners of her mouth held 80
ciable on the back Of her neck.-Bis'
mdrck Tribune.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05
NOTHING BUT A CLUB WILL DO 1T.

A big clock hangs above the head Of
the ticket agent at the 125th street sta
ton Of the Third avenue elevated road
Aplacard on the pendulum says: "Yes,
sir am right"
A passenger gazed at it yesterday and
started to inquire "What is"
But the agent cut him short and
yelled:
"rhats there TO keep people from
asking il that's the right time. Ques-
tons used to average from 100 to 800 q
day. Now twice as many ask what the
placard's for, and the things worse than
ever. Keeps me talking nearly all day."
-MeiD York Sun
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05
Mrs. FARRAauT, the widow Of Admiral Farra-

MRS FARRAGUT, the widow Of Admiral Farra-
gut, receives in pension money $4,000 year.
There are 20 cases where the widows Of Gem
erals receive $50 month, and 20 widows Of
naval officers are 80 rewarded also. Some Of
the widows receive as high as 800 a month,
while others are given $50 only. The rate al
lowed by the general law is $50, and the 100
cases where pensioners are paid more are GOV.
cred by special legislation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

"No, HENRY" she said, with coun'
tenauce full of love and determination
beautifully blended, 81 cannot consent
to be your wife this month or even next
mouth. Perhaps 1 may in the gentle
spring time" "But why not sooner,
dearest ?" asked Henry, with face i n,s
of anxiety. "Well, since you pr ';,I III
for my reason, dear Henry are Wi win Be b.
you, The news s!s: ssis say Winter inter- and
want to snoy some q .. sss s S1s '' %aoh
s'e aarx The wedding viii not r' TAKE
n %e till April = Middleton" 1
scripk
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05
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 got more sense den he has Is neber
allowed ter lose sight O da fack.
De chile dat too soon shows signs O.
smartness doan turn out ter be de smart
est man. De fust cotton dat opens is
nchcr dc bes
Ehcn 'mong de animals 'pearances
mak,sa difference, fur eff de blackbird
had bright feathers in his wing we'd
think dat his song was much sweeter.
De gigglin' girl generally turns out ter
be de woman what doan laf much, an
lemme tell yer, marriage an q lot O
chillun will take de chuckle outen de mos
o EN-.
De fox is not only smart, but he is de
mos Particular o all de animals. He is
mighty playful, but he nebber get 80 fur
los in de persuit o his pleasure dat he
neglecks his business; an as soon as he
stops playin' he is so mighty cunnin' dat
yer would tink dat he nebber paid any
'tention ter frolick. De coon has also
gotso fun in him, but it is q sort O.
dull an oberfed kline o. sport, fur he
nebber plays till arter he eats an arter
he gets thro', wy he's dun eat so much
dat he doan feel much like caperin'
rom. Arkansas Traveller.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

The different kinds Of dye woods used in this
country are logwood and fustic, from the West
Indies lima, from the shores Of the Pacific,
and the bar and cam woods from Africa. The
woods mentioned, with the exception Of fustic,
which is yellow, are red, but Of various shades.
The sapponia wood, which is delicate pink,
comes from the East Indies. The costs Of the
woods in the rough are, according to the Provi-
dence Journal, as follows Logwood, from 800
to $25 ton the red woods, from $40 to $40
ton, and the cam wood about $50 ton. The
latter wood comes from the interior Of Africa,
costs considerable for transportation and is
becoming scarce. Cam wood is used mostly
by wooden manufacturers in making their dyes.
The wood is drawn to the markets in Africa by
slaves, and very frequently staples and chains
are fcrnd attached to the logs when they ar
rive IN this city, and poisonous insects Of that
cline are often found in the hollows Of the
wood, which are speedily killed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

BRADLAUoH, who has made himself famous
by refusing to take the oath as member of the
British Parliament, has been reelected.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

TEE great Phosphate industries OF South
carolina are looming up wonderfully. In cluae
phosphates the business in February last az
tanned unprecedented proportions, the ship.
ments exceeding $4,000 tons. The quantity OF
fertilizers manufactured in 1871 was 22,oo9
tons, which increased the next year to S7,75V
tons, and in 1878 to &c, 1888 The next year there
vasa slight falling off, and the previous figure
was not exceeded until 1879, when the product
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

An evil thought in the heart Of a man
who has heart is about ~ troublesome
as wasp in the ear.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

ACCORDING to the census Of 1880, the total
number Of persons of both sexes reported as
pursuing sainful vocations was 1885 ,O9o, dis
tdbuted among four great classes Of occupa-
tons, as follows:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05
AN EDUCATED GENTLEMAN.

"Dis is de fouf anavers'y O. my mar
rage" said an old negro.
"How many times is yer been mar
ried?" asked an acquaintance.
'Ei dis is de foui anavers'y, o co'se
Use been married TO times. Use heard
de white foxes say dat it doan do no
good ter edycNte de niger, an now
b'leves it. Heah yer is dun gone ter
school an got good education an doan
un'erstan' 'rithmetic yet Use ashamed
o yer, sab"
"Uncle Ben," replied the acquain-
lance, IT neber went ter school much
an l KANT talk zackly proper, but
blame Of | amt got mo- sense bout SIGH
matters dan yersef has. De annavers'y
O. marriage doan mean how often q
mans been married"
"What do il mean den ?"
"Why, it means how long. Ansvelsy
means year, an is tuck from de Laln.
Ann means married, an vers,y means
year, an da bof when put togeduer
means married year.
"Wall chile. yer must scuse me.
Fore de Lawd didn't know yer had so
much 'ligh'enment. When yer sets up
n school, dinged eff doan SEN my chill
lun ter yer, for Use larned mo- frum yer
in fifteen minits den cher knowed befo'.
ken stan mos anything, but when a
man draws out de En'lish an de Latin
on me, Use bleeged ter gin up den an
lar. Thanks yer fur de infimation. -
| drkansaiD Traveller.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

PROFESSIONAL ventriloquist recently ad-
mitted to reporter that ventriloquism was
nothing but humbug. 1t is generally thought
that the ventriloquist throws his voice in order
to make it appear to come from different drec-
tons. This is all an illusion. The only thing
requisite is to deceive the ear. 1t is well
known that the organ is singularly inaccurate
in determining the direction from which
sound proceeds. The ventriloquist takes adj
vantage Of this and by little juggerly pro-
duces the illusion. He gives to his voice such
intonations as convey to the audience the i'm
preston Of sounds heard from some particular
point at a greater distance. He directs at the
same time the attention Of his hearers to the
point from which the sound is to come, and
thus controls their imagination.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

MIR. 8. r. CocKRIL, senior vice-president OF
the Cotton Planters association, has made q
number Of interesting suggestions to Director
General Burke, Of the New Orleans exposition.
Mr.. Cockrill wants premium Of 800 bales OF
cotton offered for a cotton picker with iron
fingers, so constructed that human fingers can
be dispensed with. Under the new system, OF
the 5000, 900 negroes in thesouth, one half will
60 to work in the cotton mills and the other
half will plant, clear lands and SOW grass.
This progressive cotton man concludes by say
ing that the basis of great south is "a cotton
bank in the cotton belt cotton mills amid cot
ton fields cotton planters motto The cotton
picker opens the way for the mills" The
cranky part of Mr.. Cockrill's letters is his sug-
ton that half of the negro population should
becmrloyed in the cotton mills. This is not
likely to come to pass for some time.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05

THE late William Cullen Bryant made strong
plea score of years ago for the preservation
Of our forests. The poet called the attention
Of his readers and of the government to the
atal results which follow the stripping OF a
country of its forests. In all woodlands nature
has provided for retaining the moisture OF
rains. The earth under the trees is covered
with thick carpeting Of fallen leaves, which
prevent the water from passing Immediately
into the streams and hurrying to the sea. Part
OF the moisture thus confined makes its way
slowly into the veins Of the earth, rises in
springs aud runs off in rivulets part is gradu'
ally drawn up by the rootets Of the trees, and
given of to the air from the leaves to form the
upors which are afterwards condensed into
showers. Thus forests undoubtedly protect Q
country against drouth. and keep Its streams
constantly flowing and its well constantly full
out down the trees and the moisture OF the
showers passes rapidly off from the surface and
nastens TO lakes and ocean.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10
Mining Laws I'm a NutsheIi.

A locator of mining claim, in
marking his claim on the ground SO
that its boundaries can be readily
traced, is not held to absolute exact.
ness in running the lines or in fixing
the corner or other posts. The differ.
ence of few feet or few points be.
tween the monuments fixed by an
actual survey for n patent and those
fixed at the time of location is imma.
terial, and does not affect the validity
of the original location. The location
of vein or lode made upon the sur
face where the vein or lode finds It's
apex will not be defeated by the secret
underground workings and possession
by parties having no possession of or
right to the surface embracing it. The
possession of vein recognized by the
mining laws, and to which protection
is given, is possession by one who
holds the surface where the vein
makes its apex. The location Of a
mining claim is sufficiently definite
when the accessible boundaries thereof
are plainly marked on the ground by
stakes and natural Objects and mac
cessiblc, described by courses and dis
tances sufficient TO point out to any
honestly endeavoring to ascertain
where such boundaries are. The right
of occupants of mining grounds on
the public domain will be upheld
when the appropriation thereof has
been made by means which substan.
TALLY comply with the law, and which
in view of the surrounding circum-
stances, convey notice to those who
have a right to know that the particu-
lar mining ground is subject to the
dominion and control of some private
persons.-Er.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10
Ventilation OF bedrooms.

Says the Herald Of Health. The ne.
cessity for ventilating the bedroom
may he made very plain by simple
experiment. Weigh yourself befora
going to bed, and then again in the
morning after rising, and you will
find that you have lost from one to
more pounds in weight. This loss is
partly in water, but it is also partly in
the carbon of our food--the butter,
starch and corn we ate on the preced-
ing day. These substances have been
burned up and their product carbon
lied, j. e., with some animal matter
has escaped into the air of the bed
room. Now, il q single ounce of cot
ton were TO be burned in a bedroom
it would fill the air with smoke so an
to make respiration uncomfortable,
and if this were repeated every hour
during the night, even then it would
not pollute the atmosphere more than
the breath of a single individual dur
ing the same time. If two persons
sleep in a room they pollute the air
twice as much as when only one
sleeps in it. About 5000 gallons Of
fresh air should be admitted hourly
for each person sleeping in a bed
room, in order to maintain proper
degree of purity. 1t is not enough to
keep the windows open during the
day time; they must also be kept
open during the night, or other meth
DDS equally efficient employed
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10

HAWTHORNE, May 7, 1884,
Ed. BULLETIN IL see by the last
issue of your paper that Colonel A. G..
May is a candidate for the office of
" perintendent of Public Schools"
AS that is n county and not Il State
office, | would like to inquire whether
he intends to run for it in Bodie, Mono
County, CAL, against terrible odds, or
in this county? As it is question of
great importance to the parents and
guardians of children in Esmeralda
County, it is no more than right that
he should enlighten us upon the sub.
ject. A CITIZEN OF HAWTHORNE.
AS Colonel May is citizen of
Esmeralda County he will probably
not care for an office in California.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10
why We should Eat Honey.
Thousands and tens OF thousand

Thousands and tens OF thousands OF
children are dying around us, who,
because their ever.developing nature
demands sweetness, crave and eagerly
demolish the adulterated "candiesn
aud "syrups' of modern times III
these could be fed On honey Instead,
they would develop and grow up Into
healthy men and women. Children
would rather eat bread and honey
than bread and butter. One pound Of
honey will reach as far as two pounds
of butter, and has, besides, the advan.
tage of being far more healthy and
pleasant.tastng and always remains
good, while butter soon becomes ran
cid aud often produces cramp in the
stomach, quotations, sourness, vom.
ting and diarrhna. Pure honey
should always be freely used in every
family. Honey eaten upon wheat
bread is very beneficial to health. The
use of honey instead = Lgar in almost
every kind of cooking is as pleasant
for the palate as it is healthy for the
stomach. In preparing blackberry
raspberry, strawberry or other fruit
shortcake it is infinitely superior. II
is common expression that honey is
a luxury, having nothing to do with
the life.giving principle. This is an
error. Honey is food in one of Its
most concreted forms. True, it does
not add so much to the growth Of
muscles as does beefsteak, but it does
impart other properties no less neces
sary to health and vigorous physica
and intellectual action. 1t gives
warmth to the system, arouses nervous
energy, and gives vigor to all the vita
functions. To the laborer it gives
strength; to the business man, menta
force. Its effects are not like ordinary
stimulants, such as spirits, ETC., bu
produce healthy action, the results
of which are pleasing and permanent
q sweet disposition and bright intel
lect-Er.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10
ooRyvILIE cRopprNos..

Mrs. John jolly has gone to Califor-
MIA for health visit.
Everything in the Mount Cory mine
is working smoothly, as usual.
II. d. Fletcher and F. A. Angel are
spoken of as Democratic candidates
for Sheriff
The snow is still so deep at the Big
Indian that it is impossible to get in
on horseback.
Hi. Morley has suspended operations
On the Josephine tunnel and removed
TO Mill Creek.
The Pioneer store is the head. quar-.
tiers of crowd of debaters who put in
their time discussing religion.
Coryville mourns another abscond
ing debtor. A good mountain town
can always supply plenty of this class
Tim Murphy's family arrived Oh
Tuesday. Tim has faith in Coryville
and intends to hang up here for tn,
| future.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10

The following items are taken from
the Homer Mining linden of last Satur-
day;
Grouse are becoming plentiful in
the canyons hereabouts.
Mono Lake teams are now bringing
in supplies of potatoes, eggs, etc.
The first wheeled vehicle of the sea.
son came in on Monday last, from the
Warm Spring ranch on Mono Lake
The annual election for Mining Re
corder of Jordan District will be held
at Mono Station (Callihan's) on Tues
day, the Goth instant.
Mrs. Rosenthal and her daughter
Katie came ont to Joresburrow (Vir-
ginia Creek Hydraulic Works. on
Monday last to reopen their boarding
house.
We have taken the responsibility of
christening the new village springing
up about the Virginia Creek Hydraulic
Monoyille of 1.-THE good old days of
49," down in Jordan or Keith district
We have named it Jonesburrow, in
honor of D. E. Jones, the enterprisng
and energetic gentleman who pros.
pected and opened up this new source
of wealth. The ortbography is slightly
different from that of the one hundred
and one Jonesboroughs of the older
States; but is better and more appro-
prlate-for Jones does burrow quite
extensively into the rich gravel beds
Whereabouts every Summer. More
over. Mr.. Jones burrowed there lin
the Old Mono diggings) a quarter of a
century ago.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10

Captain Eads gives out that the sur
yey for his projected Tehauntepec ship
railway iscomplcted The enterprise,
he represents, will he in the hands Of
a wealthy English syndicate. which
will push il toa successful conclusion.
Tht length of the roa.l Acill be 100
miles. and /, is estimated will cost
from $50, 100000 to $75 100000. Cap.
tain Eads says there is no doubt of his
being able to raise the money. and
that he will have the road operating
within five years. This outlot Z Is
doubtless pleasant to Captain =. .is,
but TO Americans generally it gives
rise to the reflection that both the
railway aud the Panama ship canal
will be under foreign control, while
our government, which has an imme-
date and vital interest in both tho
railway and canal, is a looker.on with
out voice rs to how either shall be
managed. 1t appears as If, one Of
these days, there would be revival
and earnest discussion of the Nenroe
doctrine.-SaR Francisco Cal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10

LuNING LOCALS.


Five men are at work on the Stone
Cabin property.
A force will be put on the Infant
mine on the fifteenth, If not sooner.
Pagan and Macky are taking out
ore at Arlington Springs, in the East
ern portion of Santa Re.
The Hidden Treasure is still extract
ting ore and will soon make ship.
ment. There are now ten men at
work in the mine.
Dennis Murphy this week brought
in from Garfield some of the richest
ore ever struck in that district and
reports fine ledge.
Kennedy Brothers have begun work
in earnest on their mine in ellis
Mountain. They have laid a track in
the tunnel and are now running cars
instead of wheelbarrows,
Some time during last Monday
night the New Boston mill took fire
and burned to the ground. 1t was
first discovered by Copper John, who
saw the smoke from a distance. Ii
has been idle for some time, and there
being no Waterman, it is suspected
that some person set it on fire for spite
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10

Can | say word about Sergeant
Masong The sight of his vulgar phix
in the papers and on the hand bills
fills me with an emotion that must out.
Are we to confound all our standards
of manlness, of de7ency, and Of honcrS
Here is IA " broken" soldier, who, waiv-
ing all questions of discipline, did one
of the most cowardly things soldier
could do-turned and fired upon, with
intent to murder, an unarmed and
helpless creature penned within the
walls of a Jail, and whose life was
already clearly a forfeit to the law.
No one felt more keenly for President
Garfield than l did, but the fact is
that this fellow Mason has been run
as kind of side show, If such an
expression can be used, taking off from
the sympathy that ought to have gone
entirely to the murdured President,
dividing and distracting public atten-
ton and stealing a share of 1t by his
attempted crime. Now, with the
aroma of the penitentiary, which he
richly deserved, hanging about HIS
garments, he is paraded under the mil
itary title he disgraced, at ten cents q
peep, as n hero" God save the mark y
1t is even said that his wife and inao-
cent little child, for whom sufficient
money was raised to save them from
all want, are to be dragged into the in
famous exhibition. Are there no men
with manlincss enough to prevent
such an outrage, or will not an enligbt-
ened press hiss 1t DOWN. Washington
Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10
Yosemite Fever.

Says the WALKER LAKE BULLETIN
of last Saturday: 1.-THE Yosemite
season is approaching, and several
Yosemite clubs are organizing. As
fast as full membership is obtained
rehearsals begin. The trip must be
made on horse or mule back, and the
ladies are training for the mule-train
performance by sitting on the backs
of chairs placed in rows on the floor to
represent the tandem of Yosemite ex.
peditions. The trip from Hawthorne
need not be costly, and as it is the most
convenient railroad approach to the
wonderland, a number of tourists will
probably pass this way during the
season." And Mr.. BULLETIN, while
you are at it, you might advise your
lady friends who contemplate trip to
Yosemite on horseback to prepare
bloomer suits of dark or blue flannel
or other wooden stuff, get good Spanish
saddles, and ride-a. straddle. They
will find this mode far more comforta
BILE, and much less dangerous and less
fatiguine. All the ladies in Yosemite
dress and ride thus when they ascend
the walls of the great chasm by the
steep and narrow trails.-Homer Inder
The Inder is competent and sincere
adviser and the ladies will act wisely
in adopting the suggestion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10
The Venture Mine.

III. II. Beck and L. j. Flint, two of
the principal owners in the Venture
mine, in Douglas County, were out to
the mine few days ago, and the day
they got there the miners had just cut
the ledge in the lower tunnel for
which they have been running for the
past eight months. When they left,
the ledge had been cut into about four
feet solid quartz. The quartz is of
the ribbon variety and is unquestion-
ably rich. The owners are greatly
elated at their prospect, and certainly
they have cause for rejoicing. Cars
from the tunnel will land the ore at
the mill, and as they have an abun.
dance of wood and water they can
work the ore very cheaply.a They
have been very plucky and deserve
success.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-10
Strawberries and Crea IN.

AS will be seen by an advertisement
under New Today" Lake View
Lodge No. II, A. o. U. W., will, on
next Friday evening, give strawberry
ard Ice cream festival and social dance
at Urquhart Hall. The names OF the
various committees will be found in
the advertisement. They are actively
working for the interest of the enter
tainment, and expect to make grand
success of it. This being the first
strawberry festival of the season, their
expectations will no doubt be realized.
The Workmen have "a reputation for
doing things in fifst-class shape, and
particular pains will be taken to make
this the social event of the year. An
impression seems to have prevailed in
the minds of many that the floor OF
Urquhart Hall was unsafe for dancing
In the opinion of those best qualified
to judge, the fears are groundless. Al
any rate, the partition put in for the
convenience of the Justices Court
makes assurance doubly sure.