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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
CREMATION.

Southern Asia, the original home Of crema-
ton, is also the region where it is celebrated
with the greatest pomp and splendor. In Siam.
when any famous man is cremated. magnif-
Gently decorated building il erected specially
FOR the occasion, and vast sums are expended
in making the whole spectacle as gorgeous as
possible. The ceremonies observed at the Gre
nation Of the late Regent of Siam may serve as
aiair specimen of those customary on such
OCCASIONS. Immediately upon his death, in
March, 1883, his remains were inclosed in q
vast urn Of costly material, several yards in
height, which was placed in large Dom open
ng upon the courtyard of his palace, which
stands on a creek flowing into the river that
trayerses the capital. Bands of native priests,
relieving each other in turn. kept repeating
prayers night and day in the death chamber,
around which were displayed all tho orders and
decorations worn by the dead man in his life
time. Twelve months after his death the urn
aud its contents were carried in state to kind
Of temple created for the purpose, where tho
cremation was performed in the presence ol
thousands of spectators, including the kint
himself and his entire court
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
TIE MINIMUM LOCOMOTIVE.

Following are some points about the httie
locomotive built ut Oil City, Pa, the smallest
Engine in the world, being but eight inches
hng and weighing hut a pound and hah'
Three wears, counting ten hours as u days
hbor, have been devoted to its construction.
here are ss5 screws in the engine. The steam
mage is but onc-quartcr OF an inch in dame
tr; the pump throws but one drop of water
Uery stroke; the headlight is only one-half
an inch in width, seven-eights OF an inch high
md three-eighss of an inch long. The space
in the lamp is so small that it was almost i'm
possible to get enough oxygen in it to support
he combustion. The fire is kindled by using
gill of alcohol, which runs the engine for
hsf an hour. The stroke of the cylinder is
one inch; bore, Sic; the throttle lever ID but
ive-eighths of an inch long, arranged with
thumb-latch and click; the iire-box is seven
dghths of an inch wide and one inch long; the
moke-stack one and one-fourth inches hlgh
and fye-sixtecnths of an inch in diameter; the
seam-dome is nne-sixtcenths OF an inch IN d.
metcr; the driying-whecls are one and one
half inches in diameter; the front truck-wheels
hi an inch, and those of the tender arc OF IN"
nme size. The tender il but three anu 'hrce'
ourths inches long, two and one-eighth ihchc'
vide and two inches high. The metals used II
in construction are brass, solid silver, gold an'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

In which your money Is concealed, without re-
moving the wealth, and even if you hide your
money in pig pen, as did An Iows man, It
taketh unto itself wings, and is Hsd before you
can count it again. Even the latest money
safe proved unsafe. A Chicago merchant put
eighty-fve dollars into an old shoe, one eve
ming last week, and when he came down to
business next morning, the shoe WAS missing,
and 80, Of course was the money. The perspi-
ration stood out on the merchants forehead in
beads as big as goose cggs. lie called his clerk
and asked him II he had seen an old shoe that
was laying in certain place the night before.
He had, for the shoe belonged to him, and he
had disposed Of it that morning to rag picker
" order to get it out OF the way. This infor-
.ation parayzed the merchant and the clerk
10, when he learned that his old shoe was the
sarngS oank of the firm. The clerk expected
to be arrested on charge of defalcation, and
speculating with depositor's money, and
thought soon OF lighting out and registering
at some firstclass hotel, in order to evads the
detectives, and thus escape punishment But
sober second thought induced him to hunt for
the rag picker, whom he found, with the old
shoe in his sack. Grasping the old shoe with
a firm hold, that defed escape, he jammed his
fist down into the toe, found the money, and
left the surprised ragman on u dead run for
the store where he proved his innocence OF tho
charge of fraud, defalcation and speculating
with depositor's money. The rasman, after
kicking himself for several blocks, is now buy
ing up all the old shoes he can, and disSectine
them. An old shoe is no safer than any othel
institution for savings bank.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
Ministers IN Maine.

u'he Lewiston journal says: Recently
Mr. Granville Hubbard, accompanied
I Ln ohont dozen other generous heart
ed men of Fayeite, came to the parsoh,,
nee with two horses and asaw, ana sawed
about ten cords of nice hard wood,
which they, with others, had cut, hauled
and given to tho munster; and later = III, 4,
teen Others split and pnt large part oi
if under cover. This is the third time
in three years that Mr.. Dawson has beer
no,tor of the church that they have
done the same. During this time ne hn'
kept no COW, has purchased no butter e
hau had never-iailing supply oil all d,
family wished to use, besides hogsneasv
of milk that have been given to MIN
this kind and generous people,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
TuEDyNAMITE EXPLOSIONS.
The Excitement They Caused Throughout
Great Britain.

Tho cxc;,ement caused by the explosion oi
dynamite in Scotland Yard. London. sih'enso,
and many alarming rumors prevail. Inc Poi''o
have bccn actively engaged since the cxpHN.on
in searching for the persons VINO colii,nl''oy,
the outrag,s. The fear that more dlSaH'cIo W,
the same sort are to speedily follow IN ~ i%.at %
TINT n large force Of police las Deeh u.'"i.i .i,,ni
to guard NIL the public buildings ana piin,ip",
roiIwnv utotinus while number of deleotNes
have been plac, d on duty in the vicinity v,
each of the Cabinet Minister'S houses anu
couple are at the disposal OF each Nii''io''' "
guard him to and from his rIAdc'.oc. ,,
Great pressure is being brought 10 D.. D. nun M snr Um
tbo Goyernmont to offer n reward oi Io,uo Nv
.no o ,a,,,,,ro 81 ,hc pcrsous who caused the eX-
plOsiOns and II, ,5OO lor iiioi'''""''
lead To their arrest. , ,,,;,rod
Among these are tiva women. All the w"u','o"
are in the no .pita Five, including uic i''i'''
man, are in precarious conditioh. u,o
The cxulosion was most Destructive ." VIZ
wcst side of 81. Jam, SIS Square. lhe wihaowt
in the Duke Of G cyclands house ana III ti'
War Office in Pail Mall were shattered.
/ At ST. Jamcs's Theatre the explosion sounoe'
like two claps of thunder The auuiehco meI'
sciz, d with alarm which came he", renui,ii't
in panic Several ladies tainted ana mei M,
started to their feet ready to stah'pcoc' AN
audience was finally quieled. 4,
The explosions created great han1o s 9,, III Wv Wv
Junior Carlton Club House. The club wil' le
main closed several days. The dynamite wa
carried down the iron steps leading 10 th
lIcbcn and cellars. II was placed IN Tie ce
lar under the pathway, with lighted iuse a.
tscbed' t "'' Tn The upward force of the explosio
broke a large hole in the pavement al, an
wrecked the basement apartments ot the ciu'
Col Majendie, the government inspector
tIa EXPLOSION 70 be largely composed Of an atl'
nowIcr. recently imported and probably su
Illus from an old stock which had LAID Tor
long time in America
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
PuHE SEEKERS.

A country editor urges his brethren TO
obounce the pull-scekers." This would be q
,tep in the right direction, and the next move.
mcnt would DO to give all the 'honorables" and
'colonels" long and peaceful rest. gentle
man is sufficiently honored by the oldfashioned
title of 'Mr." The pufiery and snobbery com
planned of is by no means confined to the coun-
try press; many city dalies bear their full
,hare of the blame. If all the distinguished
military heroes, all the rare and radiant bellies
Of the beautiful and accomplished" type, all
the "ablc and eloquent orators, and ''bril-
liant" statesmen and patriots who crowd the
columns Of the country newspapers could be
gathered into one company, they would form
an asscmblage so distinguished as to throw all
the famous soldiers, sagcs and beauties of the
worlds history into oblivion. But the evil al
hded to is too ridiculous for serious discussion
1t is not part of journalism, but merely one
Of bemshes
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
PUFF YOUR OLD WEED!

Awoman who attempted to get off Michi-
rau avenue car and ran against a man smoking
cigar on the platform gave him withering
look and said;
osir! doesn't that sign read: NO smoking?'"
DYesum, but doesn't tho one inside read;
,p,y YOUR fare on entering the carp"
LANDS but never thought OF it," she
rasped. 'IIere-put this nickel in for me and
20 on putting your old weed ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
EOUS.

Harvey d. Parker. the proprietor OF inc
Parker House, Boston, aud onn ot III. ptS'
known business men ul that city is deaa' ho
was born III Maine in 1870.
General Samuel Graham, who, at the
breaking out Of the war, raised tlo run 'cbF
ment of New York artillery, IL dead
BY the laundering of the schooncr ammo
Jordon of the Georgia coaS', tour i'Ves No'u
lost. Three Of the crew were rescued from "
rat.
A convict in the Eastern Pcnltcntlary NJ
Ihilodclphia murdered Keeper
The FROST OF FRIDAY night caused grea,
d,,,aye To fruit aud vegetables throughout
New York State and New England.
The derautng cashier of the fhst Natioh-
nj Bank at Monmouth, H., was arrested
President Riddles (or the Penn Bank)
forncr broker IN o,l WAS arrested III 'ersey
| CITY md returned to TittN'mig
| THE trouble bc,wc II the iron mannlac'ur-
| onh ,ho Amalpamatcd Association has Dceh
settled for Il year.
| Prince Bismarck opposes the pardoning OF
Krazewski recently convicted NJ Leips'o VI
treason. .-.,
"A farmer was shot dead and TWO person.
wounded in the county Cork by mooniiShtcrs
A se,ious electoral riot occurred in Claus
onberp Austria, Monday. The rioters IN
dnlyed in many acts of violence, including
stone stone throwing. Sixty persons were injured
Twelve villages have been destroyed ah' M
ooo nersons killed by an earthquake ON tn
m Island Of Klshm in the Persian Gulf, Inc el
% tire population Of the island is but 1000. :,
The boiler on the drodge Norwalk' lying !.
the Harlem River, exploded, killihB oho '""
and seriously injuring another ,.,
"A ticket agent who shot himself IN A'i"n'
on Saturday was $4,000 short. ~,
The convict who murdered keeper III sa S
Fastern pententiary OF Pennsylvania OH oa
| urday is now shamming insanity.
!. BY the sinking Of q steamer in the ma, ~
d waters of North Carolina three lives were io'
h AT the Cleveland Rolling Mills two IN, nv
|. ,ost their lives in torrent OF molten ne'
from one Of the furnaces.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
4 FRIEND TO FELINES.

A gentleman of Detroit, says the
Free Press, who is fond of using old
sayings and speaking in metaphors,
went to look ut house that was Tor
rent; he was accompanied by the Ger
man landlord.
"Nice house." said the would-be ten
ant" pleasant location, but the rooms
are too small. / couldn't swing a cat
here u
"Vot vas that?' inquired the land
lord.
"Rooms are not big enough to swing
a cat in"
"Vot for you wants to swing der cat ?"
"Why, / might want to, and it l
should, there is not room enough, said
the American, laughing.
81 likes not der cat ter swing mine
house in," said the landlord, and went
home.
The next day the gentleman who
wanted to rent received note:
"MINE FREN: rents my house py
family mitout cats. fAooD SMlrD.
THEN HE KISSED HER.
Johnnie" said Second street girl
to her bashfnl company, as they occu-
pied remote ends of the sofa the Other
night. 81 see by the Derrick that a
laiy in New Jersey, 1Oi years old,
boasts of having been kissed by Wash
ington." ;,
| "Yes," said johnnie. 81 saw it, too"
! "Suppose you were to become great
man like Washington"
"Well," said Johnnie.
"And I were to live to be 1O4 years
old"
"Well?' said Johnnie.
81 couldn't say Of you what the old
lady said of Washington, could ~
Then he kissed her.-OH city Der
rick.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
FATAL. CLOuD HURSTS.
A Scriou. Loss OF life IN California ana
Colorado.

A cloud bnrst near Visalia, California, with
such fury az to sweep away the house of ieter
Stewart aud all its inmates, consisting ol NM
self, wife, mother, two children, ana IL" Myis-
NOR n sheen hrrdcr. The bodies were fright
fuIly mangica, their clothing being torn into
shrcds. ,..
A cattle roundup camp on Frcnchmeh
Or, ,k. ucar the Nebraska and Colorado line,
was destroyed by a flood laSt Thursday and
eleven cowboys, belonging III Colorado and
Nebraska, were drowned. The flood was
caused by cloud burst, which occurred at a
point near the head of the Cheyenne lnd'ah
trail canyon. The water came with such force
that it swept away cvcrythingin path Men,
horses wagons, camping outfits, all were car
ricd down the stream
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

rwrNry.ONE INFANTS DEAD.
Only rwT Miss sy,nentho :. Niv'son'

=, ,,,o yard of the Nvson Home, in Ham
,an IN ,,,e vi y T. the bodies of twenty-one, chit
mom hron have been discovered in ,ude pine Inaes'
alSn Se home was started BY Mis- sy%snsns weps s,n S
Nivison m in January last Circulars ,%e Merl Same
out %od Seo,e N language of pety and philanthropy
cUsIs Snce then % babies have been re re-
;,,nd E,a'I and Of that number only two are awe,
SSS% %ntSinr was known Of this until two or ht6e ,sS
Ssy ago. When Err /, H SS% srssy seSsas made S S aS
state ,;on noaio and discovered that the children
inveS,,s"ii,d r,srsiyod no medical attention and had
O'T% Dr. Hunt laid the before the ,pS PTG"eTn TSo
Of Plea, ,SS and saran an n2%''ds dd s' Sm nSa
Iv, I,ct and improper treatment. Mia. Niv;son
NSsnE tn SSce against her for violation 1i
o.,,v sno Iu'tS the children of wealthy women
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
VermOnt's Noted Sheep.

In no part of the world are merino
sheep bred to such wonderful perfection
as in Vermont, and in no part OF Yer
mont have such excellent results been
obtained as in Addison county, of which
Middlebury is the shire town. Men
come all the way from Australia at.
tractcd by the fame of these sheep ana
buv them at prices which run up into
thousands of dollars for II single animal.
Thc Vermont Merino Sheep breeders
Association is believed to he the largest
live stock organization in the world. 1t
has n membership of 1900 from twenty
one different States, and IL increasing
at the rate of 200 year.
Tho Vermont mcrinos are in demand
in Mexico, the Western and Middle
States, and market IL expected Tor
them in South America and Australia.
Not that ahcse countries do not have
merinos of their own. In Austraia
there are nocks of between one and two
nillion head each, and particular mormon
] IN that country have sold for SIT, ,OO'
| npeco. Yet Vermont leads even Aus
tralia in quality, and Australians hav
beoun to buy their breeding sheep frol
thc Green Mountain State. Last ytt
T. ID. Barton, OF Woltham, sold fort
head for the sum Of $4,000. -,
Men from among the Vermont shee
owners have Travelled through SPAN H.,
see if they could find better meria%s, ,%s, p' ~
have returned with the report 1lih, IL IL
LITTER sheep than their own co"lu y
found ,% and that If yGa%G"l mer"os .'""r Th" aoct
t IN tt'e ,s gs t%o farmers are not large. Som
kopc Rape % zoo, T but many have not more thai
h"nI h",f lint INIT number. In this way they or
nnabled a,ai led to give every sheep proper a, at
t"n tention aud to see ihNt each one has tn =;
necessary care. The sheep enjoy Il, N
fully; they have the hest the land n.1nn amor, "u
in the way of feed the year around, nh
their winter houses arc models Oh w"rm'
mud comfort.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
DROWNING CASUALTY.
General I,rbrock mud EN-Privntr secretary
I.uckcy Two oi the victims.

A dispatch received at the treasury prpart,,
mcnt tuyS that General .. H. haoc"cN anu
IcI n. Iuckcy. together with II gentleman
ram,a suier have been drowned oil the Flor
ina cnnst. Both BalcocN and lmckry were
President GIant'S private secretaries General
pabcock has (cen for some time hHn,hn,us'
nSp, c,'r Of the fifth district, AID Mr. inrkry r y
Who was It, one time Secretary OF mc me- wii,, ny,r,
"%y "i Ttnh was Nj, ASSISTANT AT the Nhl''
House. The body Of General iobcocN was re
.,V.r,l
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
AN ARIsrocRATIo FAMILY.

"Young Mr.. Smythe comes from
fine family, does he not?
ooh, my, yes; one Of the most aristo,
cratic and exclusive in all New York.
SIS the family OF Dutch or English
anc sstry, do you know ??
"I don't know anything about then
ancestry. All know is that old man
Smythe made over million dollars dur
ing the war in government contracts. -
Phita. Evening CdU.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
,,pp AMONG THE MoRMoNs

"My dear" said Mormon wife to hei
husband, 81 should think that you
would be ashamed of yourself nrnS n,rnS
with lint Miss 6. rs you did in 'hur0"
to-day" a. In rcpled in as.
'Flrting with her z ne no hean ,, engaged
! tonishneni, "why we have ,,,,rs pbs' 'I It's nil
for more than three months
over town. ,,,aon - said his
,,a ;mdif,erently. "Ii you are engaged
W Win her / suppose it is all right. Wnen
does iH rs tho happy event occurY.'.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

At Quebec, Emo was brought ,sris tI,Pip Of bobeas
Court of Queens Bench p,oM, on WI" Of counsel
corpus After heating gcisinn Sis"''ord ordering that
the Court rendered dec',lon ed,ately o, after.
the accused be liberated. ilne aarned on Emo and
ward aho,ne, Urdorod into the custody Of the High
&c onStsbIe wts Of quebec pending further proceed
! lnga.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

Roberto Paolo considers that the glaciers OF
,be Alps were developed during period OF a
lower mean summer temperature than that Of
,be present, and that they are retreating not
40 much, however, by cosmic or teluric cause,
:, through meteorological changes depending
p,rtly On the prolonged action OF man on
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
A SAFE PLACE.

First Cinclnnatian-."What q fearful
riot that was. lost several dear friends
in it," h,rt
Second Observation-Disclosures you h"r'
yourself ?" rh,le standing
- nv own doorstep, but only slightly.
"Oh not at all. / was in safe place
while the riotiug was going on.
"Whcre were you
,In mil
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
uow TO CATCH FISH.

"Bov. how much do you want for
that string of fish," asked nm amateur
fisherman on his way home from days
sport.
The hoy named his price.
Gan right, there's your money. NOW
INST throw me the fish" and he dexter
ously caught them. =,
"Talk about catching fish" no SAID
as he pursued his way
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
THE J0KER'S BUDGET.
WHAT WE FIND TO SMILE OVER IN
THE HUMOROUS PAPERS.

A NAUTICAL DISCOURSE
Little Jqck-"What did pa mean by
saying that he was captain OF this
ship?"
Ma-"Oh, that is only his way OF
saying that he is the head Of the house:
"If pa is captain then what are you Z
"Well, suppose 1 am the pilot"
"Oh, yes, and then ] must be the
compass" Al,
"rhe compassP Why the compass p
"Why, the captain and pilot are al,
ways boxing the compass, you know.
-Phiia. call.
A YOUNG Alexandria miss
Was asked by her beau for kiss,
Dcmurcly contented
She ewectly asscntcd,
And their lips looked exactly like this.
%
But her pa interrupted the bliss, -.
And said: "Who's this young icller, BisF'
And without more ado
The young fellow flew,
And his eyes looked exactly like this
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
A KINDLY SPIRIT.

"Never'll speak to him again, never T.
said the man in the tweed suit as he shut
his teeth together.
"Oh, come now, he's your best
friend" replied the one with the white
plug hat.
"He can't be. He had party at his
house and never invited me-"
"That p.oves his friendship beyond
question. He had. invited no less than
twelve of your creditors and he realized
what your portion would be-"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.

The Senate passod the House bill fixing the
rate of postage on mail matter of the second
class. when sent by persons other than the
publisher or news agent. This bill, as 1t came
from the House, fixed one cent us the rate of
postage on newspapers weighing three ounces
or less. Mr.. Marcy explained that the Senate
committee on posioilces and post roads had
found that some of the large
newspapers weighed little over
three ounces and had there
fore extended the newspaper limit OF weiig,ht
for onc-ccnt postage To iuur ounces. .lhe
I'LL pnsscd the Senate with this amendment
.... bills were passed providing for the col
lection " statistics of marriage ana divorce'
for the repression of the opium trnliic; 10 es-
tablish II forest reservation ON the hean
waters of the Missouri river and Clarkt
Forks of the Columbia river
hill was introduced providing Tor oier
inr a reward Of 100000 to any person VINO
| shall discover the trtlc cause or germ OF yel-
| low fever &C.. Bills were passed granting an
| annual leave Of absence with pay to letter
| carriers; granting n pension to the WIDOW OF
| General ,Iudson Fitzpatrick; To reSulnt" the
pnymenU of bills of exchange.
rEousr.
| NJ. Rucl,ncr introduced II bill to amend th'
Nn,,nunl hnnl,ing laws. Mr.. Hutchins in
tro.lurcni hiIl amending the act anthorlalhi
Inc coinage of the standard silver dollar; :,
Tine legislative appropriation bill was amend
Thr Hons, pissed the bill TO prevent the un
lawful nr,r,panry Of the public lands, ltprc
Lri,s IN, mrluSnrr of amy public land whel
tho rrYsrn or corporation making the inclos
mr., has No claim or color of title to the laho
"nd makes it lawful for any person 10 te,
,nvn or drmnsh any such mcios'lre wheh
;nciutl,,S ,rurr tnau lUh acres
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

lrentleman who has been to Mexico and
tnows all about what sort Of people live there,
uvs that it was the greatest misfortune that
ihe recent cyclone in that country was not at
,ended by any mentonable loss OF life.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

Now THERE abideth these things when n,
NOW .n in"' am do better than any os'
every eve, 'Tnh Pohe a fire, put on his own nat, ,.
eise. rono ',,snaner tell story--aiter
another man has commence" enc rbicooo
s"omine railway timetable - '"'o0''
Sun. .---
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18
AN ODD BANK.

nthings keep on in this country, the on'y
Se y way to keep money will be to spend H'
'nm are failing, they are selling of old stoves
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

TIM men who write circus ,,, bills will .iS be
glad to learn that the leW new vnIusSssionU. %ns
tionary @ will be thirty-Seven Volumes 'ons'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-18

nes are built with