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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Lost his StaterOOIli.

On European steamer en- route to
this country not many days ago there
was n new y married couple who at
tracted attention from the rest of the
passengers. They seemed to be very
happy as was natural, Of course, but
there was cloud hanging over these
young lives. Whether some one told
the young man that brandy was good
for seasickncss, or whether he had only
temporarily abandoned the perniclous
fluid, could not be ascertained; but the
fact was that one evening the groom
was discovered on the upper deck, feel
ing along tho rail very carefully and in.
quiring in thick tone of voice if any
body had seen the door of his stateroom.
He fumbled along, vainly endeavoring
to open an imaginary door in the rail,
when some of the passengers found him
and offered TO assist him to bis room.
"F-f.forgotten number, gen'l'men,"
said he, "but III know when / see it,
anil ball right"
No one in the crowd knew the mum,
Der, bnt relying on his assurance that he
should know the door, they helped him
below and halted him before the door OF
room which he said was his. The
door was not locked, and so they opened
n and tnmbled him in. In Just two
seconds afterward he emerged about
halfway between the sill and the cell.
ing, and landed in the middle of the
passageway in a heap, while gruff
voice said: "What are You doing in my
room, you drunken villain ?"
Evidently he had mistaken the
locality. The assembled crowd then
piloted him to another door short
distance down the passage.
"No mistake this time; found him
sure" said the inebriate.
The door was locked, but after few
vigorous raps it was opened an inch or
two, and the unfortunate fellow precip-
itated himself against it and landed in
the middle of the floor. Instantly a
chorus Of shrill screams issued from the
room and on the instant an ancient
maiden lady dashed from the room and
landed plump against a fat old fellow of
the rescue party, who sat down very
suddenly with violence that shook the
vessel from keel to truck.
ooh, take him awayi take him
away i and amid q chorus of screams
the groom was hauled out of the state
room and the lady was persuaded to re-
turn
Well, to make long story short,
they put the paralyzed young man into
100 out of the 1852 staterooms of the
steamer, and he was fired out of every
one of them more Or less violently, ac-
cording to the temper of the inmate.
The 15lst stateroom seemed to belong
to him, and so the crowd, after standing
about and catching the murmur of mild
reproaches and enheaties, mingled with
disjointed explanations, withdrew to
laugh. Boston Globe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Advantages OF Rank Growth.

With rank growth we usually expect
a bountiful harvest. Also, it helps very
much to suppress weeds. Another adj
vantage is, rank growth seldom suffers
from drouth, severe and protractcd
enough to nearly ruin lighter crops
which did not shade the ground. Again,
rank growth has power to resist depre-
dations of insects. Colonel Curtis lately
noted that "the rankest growing pota-
toes received very little injury from the
bugs" ] was impressed by the same
fact this season daily seeing a neigh
boris crop on rich land, planted thick in
drills, and lien growing so rank as to
completely cover the ground while
standing or before they lodged down.
There came apparently about as many
bugs to these potatoes rs we wonld
have found ON the field even with one
fourth the amount of growing tops.
Nothing was done to kill the bugs, and
yet one could scarcely see any damage
they we're doing, and now, as the crop
is just matured, it does not look to be
any the worse for the bugs.
A leading horticulturist in town ma
nures his plum orchard heavily, and tills
thoroughly to obtain as rank and strong
n growth as possible, and this, he says,
will cause such an over-abundance OF
fruit to terminate that what the curculio
will destroy OF it only thins out the
crop to about what is proper for the
trees 20 bring to maturity, and following
e. is plan OF forcing rank growth, he
every year gets a large yield Of smooth
and perfect fruit from these trees.
Partly to secure shading Of the soil the
farmer uses double quantity Of seed to
the acre, for his sowed spring crops, so
that nearly all the growth at the first
start OF his oats barley and the like,
shall be of the grain desired in order
that it shall preoccupy the land instead
of its starting half grain and half
weeds, as would be the case by only
using one.half the amount Of seed.
Were it not for the desire in the above
case to thus occupy the ground at once,
less than half the seed would suffice, rs
that is all that finally survives to make
the crop. Rlnkness in any crop is
known to be SO favorable for subduing
foul growth, that farmers will often SOW
such fields to rank growing crops, such
as buckwheat or sowed-corn, for the
purpose of cleaning them of the foul
weeds or grasses they might be infested
with, and as rankness tends to mulching
and shading the soil, and as this in its
turn helps to add to its fertility, it is
worthy Of note that no very rank crop
seems to exhaust the soil it grows on,
but that any field after growing such
crop will give better promise for another
good crop to follow it than field would
from which only light or medium crop
had been taken. HENRY IVES.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Mosquitoes and Yellow Fever.

1t seems from the observations OF DR..
Finley, of Havana, reported in the can
nails Of the Royal Academy of Sciences"
of that city, that there are good reasons
for supposing that the mosquito is the
carrier of the contagion or virus OF vel.
low fever. He says that the female
alone stings aud sucks blood, the male
being harmless sort Of body that lives
on the juices of vegetables, those Of
sweet character principally. The female
stings, not because she likes blood par
ticularly, but because it furnishes an
amount of nourishment and heat that is
necessary in order that the eggs she is
about to deposit in the water may be-
come matured. Those that have salts.
fed themselves with blood lay eggs in
few days, while those which have pnr-
posely been kept so they could not reach
a supply of this rich food die without
depositing any. The blood OF person
with fever is especially in favor with this
insect, as it is several degrees higher
in temperature than that of healthy
person or animal. The larger variety of
mosquito is able to take enough blood Mt
one time to enable it to go on with its
egg laying duty, but the smaller ole,
are more vicious, and have to come back
for more blood several times, even ten
or twelve in number
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
The Ceur d'AIene Collapse.

A letter from Montana describes the
mines as they now are: Speaking Of
mines, before arriving at Livingstone
had the opportunity Of visiting the re-
nowned Ceur d'Alene mining District
from the Thompson Falls point OF entry,
and you may be sure the chance did not
slip by unheeded. From two days
experience among the gulches, ravines
and towns OF the once celebrated district
and an impartial examination OF the
claims Of greater renown, such as the
Widows Property, Webfoot, Toes, Wolf
and other mines, should judge 1t to be
very good place to keep away from.
Never in the history of mining excite
ments in the Nsthwest has there been
so flat collapse as now prevails in the
CGnr d'Alene min.on region. A great
rush was made in the winter ard early
spring, when the snow was on the
ground, and excited prospectors staked
of any number Of claims ON the pre-
sumption that they we're gold bearing
and would yield up their treasures when
the snow disappeared. While some Of
the mines were good and gave promise
Of great richness, the mass Of them
were found to DO worthless and OF no
value whatever, which caused an exodus
to be set in, or rather out, nearly equal
to the rush that populated it q few
months previous. l wandered from
Raven City to Butte, from Butte to
Murray, from Murray to Osborne and
from Osborne to Eagle. With the ex.
ception Of Murray, which contained
what little life there was still left in the
expiring C9ur d 'Alenes, everything bore
a deserted, woe-begone appearance, as il
some great calamity had fallen upon
the doomed region, sweeping away
every vestige Of humanity and leaving
nothing but the cabins and tumble-down
shanties to tell that the place had once
been inhabited.
On all sides could be seen playing
cards, in ones and twos and threes and
sometimes in whole packs, floating in
the creeks, hid among the rocks and in
the gulches or strewn up and down the
paths and roadways, whichever way you
turned. Look this way, and queen of
spades was mourlfally eying you; look
that way, and knave of diamonds was
diabolically smiling at yon; look the
other way, and king Of clubs was
threateningly warning you not to dread
on him." Thousands Of poker checks
were scattered literally among the dust
and mud and rocks, Us il the greatest
gambling establishment ON earth had
suddenly been overturned by an earth
quake or some other great upheaval of
the ground, and the red, white and blue
chips profusely distributed in showers
over the surrounding country. In its
palmiest days the Ceur d'Alenes must
have been great gambling as well as
mining district, if the evidences to be
met everywhere in the neighborhood OF
Pritchard Gulch are to be believed for
what they say.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Living Forty-SIx Days ON Grass and Dew

The ability Of human being to OK.
list for long period without natural
food has been again demonstrated in a
recent instance, which has been inveati-
gated with much interest by the Aus
trim doctors. A peasant woman lost
her way in Bohemian forest, and was
unable to return to her homo. She
wandered many miles and at length sank
down exhausted, and was unconscious
and unable to respond when her neigh.
bors went through the forest looking
and calling for Der. Parties Of villagers
continued TO search for her in vain. and
at the end Of a month all hope Of find.
ing her alive was abandoned. On the
forty-sixth day after she had been lost,
she was discovered by accident The
poor woman was still alive, but was ina
pitiable condition. She had subsisted
entirely by sucking dew from the leaves
and by eating grass. When found she
was surrounded by o number Of hall:
iamished foxes, evidently awaiting her
death, Is, x
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
CHARITY.
The rich man gave his dole, not III content
To find his heart still moved by human

The rich man gave his dole, not III content
To find his heart still moved by human
woe :
The poor man to his neiglsbor simply lent
The scant savings he could scarce forcgo.
The one passed on. and asked to know no
more
The others wife all night, with pity brave.
That neighbor's dying child was bending DER
And never deeming 1t was much she gave.
Oh God forgive us that we dare TO ask
solace Of costly gifts aud fruitess sighs
Scorn on the sigh that shnns the unwclcome
task,
The dole that lacks the sal! Of sacrifice
No gilded palm the crushing weight can lift
No soothing sigh the madlenng woe can
cure.
IT'S love that gives IT, wealth to every gift;
I'll would the poor man fare without the
poor.
The gp,glJI,s
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

CHEAP GoLD.-Rolled gold is made
by casting an ingot of brass, and while
this is still hot pouring upon it thin
layer of gold alloy. The ingot when
cold is forced between steel rollers until
a long, thin ribbon is produced, of which
the proportion OF gold and brass is the
same MS of the ingot. The percentage
of gold is reduced as low as two and
three per cent This rolled gold is used
in making cheap bracelets and witch
chains, and costs but little more than
brass. 1t wears from one to ten years.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

In the new Mason 4 Hamlin Upright Pi.
amos the strings are neld by screws and So
cured directly to the iron plate, each string
being held by q separate screw. In pianos
generally the strings are held by the friction
OF wrest-plns set in wood The results of the
Mason a Hamlin improvement are remarka.
BILE purity of tone Tesulting in part from the
easy method of toning the three strings he,
longing to each tone, exactly together)' with
much les liability of getting out Of tune or of
beng affected by climatic changes. This
Improvement has been pronounced the great
boston Journal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

THE digging Of irrigating canals Is be-
coming an important industry in Colo
RADIO, New Mexico and other parts Of
the West.
THERE are 10000 periodicals pub
lished in the United States, and the
country has an army Of 1880 schoo!
teachers.
THE builder Of the first iron steam
ship which made sea-voyage, Charles
Manley, has lately died in England, at
the age OF eighty.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

The woman who seeks relief from pain by
the free use Of alcoholic stimulants and mar
cotic drugs finds what she seeks only SO far as
sensibility is destroyed or temporarily suspen-
dcd. No cure was ever wrought by such means,
and the longer they are cmployel the moro
hopeless the case becomes. Leave choral,
morphia and belladonna alone, and use Mrs.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

1t gives US great pleasure to state that the
merchant who was reported being at the point
Of death from an attack Of pneumonia, ha.
entirely recovered by the use Of DR.. VIM.
Halls Balsam for the Lungs. Naturally he
eels grateful for the benefits derived from
Using this remedy, for the lungs and throat;
and in giving publicity to thi; statement we
are actuatel by motives Of public benefa ,tion,
trusting that others may be benefited in @
imilar manner.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

For five years was great sufferer from
Cstarrh. My nostrils were SO sensitive could
not bear the least bit OF dust; at times 80 BAD
the blood would run, and at night could
hardly breathe. After trying many things
without benefit used Elys Cream Balm. l
am living witness Of its efficacy. PETER
Bruce, Farmer, Ithaca, N. Y. Easy to use,
price so cents
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression ofspir-
its and general debility in their various FORMS
also as preventive against fever and ague and
other intcrmittent fovers, the "Ferro-Phosphor-
ated Elixir Of Calisaya," made by Caswell
Hazard 4 Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
gists is the best tonic and for patients recover
Ing from fever or other sickness 1t has no equal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29


IL the little darling is spending such sleepless
nights and slowly and pitifully wasting away
by the drainage upon its system from the eff
feet OF teethlng procure bottle of DIR. Big
gers Southern Remedy and find what many
other mothers have by its use-a complete cure
AZ 1t will IN all bowel affections in both young
and old. This, with bottle Of Taylor's Cher
okee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen. COM
bining the stimulating expectorant principle
OF the sweet gum with the demulcent healing
one OF the mullen, for the cure of Group,
whooping cough colds and consumption, pre-
sent little MEDICINE CHEST no household
should be without for the speedy relief Of sud
den and dangerous attacks of the lungs and
bowels. Ask your druggist for them. Manu-
featured by Walter A. Taylor, proprietor lay
lors Premium Cologne, Atlanta. Ga.
A DOlly-tickle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Little things may help man to rise-a
bent pin in All easy chat. for instance. DIR.
Pierce's pleasant Purgative Pellets" are
small things, pleasant to take, and they cure
sick headaches, relieve torpid liyor rs. and do
not harm any one. All druggists
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

The solvent properties Of crude oil are so
well established that it is unnecessary to quote
Examples. Carbolinc is made from crude oil
.evoid of smell, and is guaranteed to remove
cur and dandluiY.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

When Napoleon talked Of invading italy
one Of his officers said But, sire, remember
the Alps" To an ordinary man these would
have seemed simply insurInountable, but Ma
no Abs So the lannon's simpIon p s was nc
made. Disease like mountain, stands in
the way Of fame, fortune and honor to many
who by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry" might be healed and SO the mountain
would disappear. 1t is specific for all blood,
chronic lung and liver diseases, such Is con.
sumption (which isscrofula of the lungs), pim-
pies, blotches, eruptions, tumors, sweliings,
leyer.sores and kindred complaints.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

- Pile tumors cured in ten days.
rupture in four weeks Address Worlds Dis
pensaly Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
ROUGH ON ITCH"

Ask Bridget she can tell you what scrub
game is.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Astronomers and theatrical managers boil
discover new stars.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Firts are like fdjles-No good without the
beaux.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
The Hood Would Run,

In matters matrimonial, eastern girls seem
10 reouire n little coaching
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
LEE PRESRRYER.

Never hurt milkman's feelings by talking
10 him about the cream of Joke.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

II you are losing your grip on life, try "wells'
Health REVIEWER" Goes direct to weak spots
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
TROUGH ON TOOTHACHE.v

Water is musical, we presume, when thu
fountains rlay.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Showing the "queer" an eccentric
man.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
MOTHER,

Waiter girls may not be Spiritualists, but
most of them are table-tippers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

ApoAy-tckle Notwithstanding par
rot with straw.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Despi.s Not the Dny Of Small Thinxs,

A rich dress is not worth a straw ~ one who
has poor mind.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
PRETTY WOMEN

The man who buys chewing tobacco does
not always get quid pro quo.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
A QUICK Recovery.

We rate ability in men by what they finish,
not by what they attempt
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Trough on Itch" cures lllmors, eruptions,
ringworm, letter, salt rheunl, frosted feet,
nlnblains
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

II nobody loves you, be sure 1t is you own
fault.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache, Face
ache. Ask for "Rough on Toothache." Is
and 25c.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Ladies who would retain freshness and
.viyaoity. Don't fell 10 Wy wells Health b
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
There Shall be Ito Alps.

Apolly-tickle Notwithstanding par
rot with a straw.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

Iunny. amt got IL III my neart 10 hurt
dat little chap, and ef hurts his pa,
hurts him, and Of l hurts him, hurts
Phil. No, / can't do it, nohow. De
madness is all gone now, sure. Hi i!
wot's datp'
a little pool OF water had gathered
around his feet. He struck match,
lighted lantern he carried, and saw n
small stream of water oozing from hole
about the middle Of the levee. In less
than an hour that hole would be Gre
vase. Without moments hesitation,
Webster dashed of to the Eldred plan.
tation and was soon back with twenty
men,
They drove down piles, they shovelled
dirt, and Webster himself worked as II
his life depended upon saving his ene-
my's field. In two hours tho leak was
closed and the danger over,
"You've saved us. Webster" Sam
said, his voice faltering. "What no.
BILE fellow you are, and how you worked
/ must leave pa to thank you; can't
do t as l would like"
81 don't want no thanks" the man
said, roughly. 81 done IL fur You You
hear me! And I done more dan you
knows OBJ fur you-dis night"
When Mr.. Dorsey returned the next
morning and heard the events Of the
night, he exchanged a glance with his
wife.
"The boy saved us, Milly," he said
when they were alone. "There's no
doubt in my mind that Webster was Mt
that levee for the purpose OF cutting it,
but the goodness and innocent faith Of
our boy disarmed him. Love was
stronger than hate this tims, for which
/ am very grateful, - Youths Com.
pan1On.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05
TESTED By AsAIrsls.

When question arises to the relative merits Of two
or more articles intended for the uses. the most
rational 70 settle it is manifestly to submit them
to the inspection and Judgment Of unbiased experts
For the purpose of deciding such issue the propre
tors Of BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER took
stsl of which the following letter is sufficient expla
nation:
EAST l4TH ST. NEW YORK, May 10, 80.
SEABURT & JoH:soS-GentieInen: At your request
nave c3refIlliy exSnined samples of BtNSON'S tP
CINE POROUS PLaSlEhS. ana also of AIlccck's 20
contains the greater of essential medical
gTdlents valuable il remedy used fer external app
cation.
Equal quantities Of each kind of plaster were taken
for analysis and the methods OF examination employed
We're Identical As the lllt of examination
that BensonS Caicine Plaster contains active medicinal
constituents not present in Allcocks iasters In my
opinion Ii should therefore be preferred in all
where piasters are Indicated Yours, respectfuly.
j. p BATTERsiIAII, NJ d., PHI D..
Ana! teal and Consulting Chemist
The eminent chemist arrives at the same conclusion
as host Of Physicians druggists and Others only by
different route. He decides by chemical test they by
Observation and experience. And thus the claim that
Bensons Plster possesses vital points Of excellence
shared by no others is sustained every hand In ad
d1on to this great weight may properly be attributed
to the feet that Bansons Carcne Porous Pasers have
received tho highest awards all competitors at the
leading exhibitions at lone and abroad.
Purchasers cautioned against the numerous nita-
tons placed on the market by unseruprlous parties
When in doubt look for the word Capcine which is cut
in the center of the genuine
SEABURT & JOHNSON.
ta2 Pharmaceutical Chemists. New York.