The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-22
SUNDRIEs.

Later English papers say tnaC al
though the birth of the last child of the
Princess of Wales was premature, the
health Of the Princess was but little
affected thereby.
The London Advertiser, writing of
London clubs, says: "The one great
comfort Of q club, as at present consti-
tuted, IS that no lady can cross the
Threshold
Lucretia Mott is said to be at work
endeavoring to brighten Quaker life
little. Gay carpets in the houses and
music in the schools form part of
her contemplated reforms.
The apprehensions that wheat in
the northern part of Wisconsin had
been winter-killed were unfounded,
and it is said the prospects for large
crop were never better.
The English Parliament has made
four additional bank.holidays, being
Easter-Monday, Whit Monday, the
tirst weekday in August and the day
after Christmas.
The SOD of Hegel the eel ebrated phi
losopher, is professor of history at the
University of Erlangen, but he is such
a dull lecturer that he hardly ever has
any hearers.
1t is reported that the Countess de
Montijo, Eugenie's mother, has been
treated very coolly at Madrid by the
Spanish aristocracy since the downfall
Of the Second Empire.
Chang, the paralyzed Siamese twin,
has so far recovered as to be able to
ride crutch about the house. His
brother hasn't left him q moment
since he was taken i'll.
The stockholders Of the principal
Cleveland skating rink have conclud-
ed that the day of rinks has passed
away, and think of converting their
costly building into an opera house.
The Charleston Is. C.) Courier very
suggestively heads an article upon the
anarchy which prevails in France rs
follows: "France in Search Of Mas
ter"
Dan Mace has given up the public
training of trotting horses and will
confine himselfexclusively to training
and driving Lady Thorn for her en-
gagements this season.
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil
will sail for Europe next month, and
spend year in travelling. Russia,
Turkey and Greece are among the
countries they intend to visit.
Troy's affection for Albany finds ex-
; preston in the Whig of the former
i. place, which speaks of Albany as a
"little one-horse place, made up of a
legislature and another cattle mar
ket."
A young lady at an examination in
grammar was asked why the noun
"bachelor" was singular. She replied
Immediately with much naivete: "Be-
cause it is very singular they don't get
, married"
An event of scholastic importance is
the publication of successful transla
ton into Greek, by Samuel Searpe, OF
7 the Egyptian inscription in hero
glyphics, known as the "Decree o
! Canopus."
An enthusiastic Englishman has of
1 fered Count Bismark two hundred
Y thousand thalers for his country seat a
Varzin, twice as much as it is worth
but Bismark has rejected the offer.
Almond trees flourish in California
and one near Santa Barbara yielded
$40 worth of nuts lest year. Thi
l spring o farmer has set out SO, 900 trees
, The olive crop will be large this sea
@ son.
7 'Tis a solace for the man who is nev
{ er happy unless he is winning or los
- ing, or making q wager, to recall tn
J.. witticism, ga man who don't bet is q
- - bad as the man that does, or at least
= he is no better."
q An old bachelor says that giVin
l.. the ballot to women would not amour
8 to anything practically, because the
/ would insist that they were too youn
) to vote until they got too old to tax
/ any interest in politics.
3 The Rev. Professor Summers is cal
: rying on an investigation of the eas
+ tern Himalayan dialects, and is dis
: covering testimonies of the connection
I, between them and Chinese which hav
: not before been detected.
T. Saratoga has no amusements a
Q present, and in lieu of it the people al
9 so to look at the olive Indian" tina
:. acts as sign for a cigar store. 1t i
4 an unhealthy sign, for it denotes grea
Y curiosity on the part of the Sarato
gians.
:, The master mechanic of the Pitts
. burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail
> road has 1904 men under his supervis
!, ion az the machine shops in For
! Wayne. This is said to be the larges
! number of skilled workmcn under on
. man in the United States.
, Victor Emanuel is building a villi
: in the environs of Palermo, where h.
q will henceforth reside q good deal O
+. his time, his physicians having tolt
him that a prolonged soiourn in Sicil,
would be beneficial to his health.
A oorrosnondopt in soutb Carolin,
,vrites that of a station where th,
r, train stopped "a young African gen
C gently jerked my coat-tail, saying
G Mister, did this here train bring airy