The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-10-05
MATTERS IN GENERAL.
odds and Ends of Interesting sniOr-
NATION.

Lake County, California, is said tt
be an almost unknown county, but Is
now coming into notice as ono OF inc
most beautiful in the State, and also
for n resort for invalds, known as
Harbin's Hot Springs. In addition
to hot sulphur baths, nine "mud
baths" are noticed as among the at
fractions of the place. The surround
ing mountains rise l,OO0 feet above
the hotel, and the views to be had
constitute a grand, extended piano.
rama.
The preyenters of cruelty to ami
mails in Georgia and the lovers of ma
tive music are lifting u voice for the
mocking-bird. The young of these
birds are invariably taken from the
nest as soon as found, and sent to the
North or to Europe, where they sell
at high prices, and as every brood
thus disposed of is withdrawn from
production sensible diminution in
the number of these glorious war
blcrs is noted. The Legislature is
called on for some preventive meas
ure.
The often quoted phrase " Consis-
tcncy's a jewell" the origin Of which
has so puzzled literary critics, appear
ed originally in Murtagh's Collection
of Ancient English and Scotch Bal
lads. IN the ballad Of "Jolly RObyn
Roughhcad" are the following lines :
"Tush tush My lassie such thought,
Tcsigne;
Comparisons are cruel.
Fine pictures suit In frames as Inc,
ConSistency's a Jewell.
For thee and me coarse clothes are hest ;
Rude folks in homely raiment drcSt,
Wife Joan and goodman Robyn.'
Dogs remarkable for sagacity exist
in regions where alligators abound.
For instance, when one Of them
wishes to cross river where the ell
ligators are, hc goes up the stream Q
good way and barks witt I'll hi.
might; the alligators 90 there and
wait for him getting in 10 swim
across. The dog knows what he II
about when lie secs from the nGmhc
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There is y good story .ulH ~ coa
Iucciou with the pcrpctua, injunction
reraAtly ordered by tl2 HNWcJu,
| Coai, Of Rhode i.lpG, restraining
Xrnul0rs and trustee, u}1yr the Y.
| g.. John NirEcrsoW, deceased, .o'e '
Ig~rincotoWn, from di'rbin% O.
conveying any portion ot tine estate
The executors when tho injonctio!
was asked for, had paid out all th'
legacios and distributing shares, cX
cep1 to the two lcgatccs or doyisoC
who prayed the Court to intervene
The effect of thcpCrpc'ual Injunction
therefore, Is only to dcbar these plain
tih3 from getting their share of th
estate. They have locked ihematlFe
''''
According to 81 calculation mad
| by the Philadelphia Lc''Je', at lcas
10000 citizens Of tie United SHtc
leaves home every year to visit En-
rope. Estimating the expenses ofcacI
individual during his tour at S3,OW
the total expenditure of these tray
clcrs will amount to l20,00O,00O. o.
the other hand, the immigrants whit
arrive in the United States ever.
year, ii is estimated bring with then
at least S2O,W0,OOO. Dcducting thi
latter sum, it will be seen that u
least SlOO,O0O,WO is taken out o
the United States every year tt
be expended in European travel
The IaU MaN Gazcttc does no
think this q fair way of putting thu
case, as the Ledger does not lake into
account the fact that besides tn,
money brought into the United States
by immigrants, every released Fcniai
is supplied with at least $25 out o