The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-24
Odds and Ends of Interesting Inf0rml.
ton.

ACCORDING to n local letter publish
ed by the Odessa Messenger, it is
still uncertain whether Sebastopol is
to be restored as IL military harbor
or converted into II harbor of com
merce. Tho Commander in chief of
the fleet and ports OF tho Black Sen
had recently visited the place and
had made u careful inspection of the
town and lis environs. The railway
which is to connect Sebastopol with
tho Odessa-K iet1- Moscow line is be-
ing rapidly completed, the city be-
comes nor animated every day, and
the answer to the question, "NNhat is
to be done with Sebastopol?' is
a~nXiously expected. The general
opinion seems to be that Sebastopol
will be mado both II mill airy and II
commercial port, and that new forti-
licatlons and new docks will, at the
slmo time, be constructed.
IL THE days when man was every
thing and woman nothing, it was
correct enough to say "a person,
whatever his beliefs may DO, can do
so and So" But, as woman has
forced her way up, she has rebellcd
against the masculine possessive, and
demanded that VIC should use the
phrase "Whatever his or her be-
lies may be- That is not only
cumbrous, but unmolodius. We are
not, however, prepared to endorse
the remedy proposed by i'm eccentric
philologist. He says that II new
word should be formed, equivalent
to "his or her" and suggests "hizer'
rs the most suitable one. This by
brid is TO be declined "lIesh, hizer,
hlmer.' The circular which con-
tains this proposition closes withthe
words: "Snould this addition be ac-
ceptablo TO PERSONS speaking and
writing the English language, | will
subsequently propose II number Of
new words as analogous improve
ments." Fer the sake of preventing
any analogous Improvements We
trust that NIL persons speaking and
writing the English language will
hasten to signify how unacceptable
this addition to it -ChicGgO Ti1b-
me.
TnRHE ARE more solid inducements
for wearing the beard than the mere
improvements of IL mans personal
appearance, and the cultivation Of
such an aid TO the everyday diplom-
acy of life. The hair of the nous
tache not only absorbs lhe moisture
and miasma Of the fog, but it strains
the mir from dust and the SCOT ofOur
great, smoky cities. 1t acts also III
the most scientific manner, by tax
ing heat from the warm b. cath rs il
leaves tho CHEST, and supplying it to
the cold air taken in. Ii is not only
II %rcspirator, but with Il beard entire
we are supplied with IL comforter as
well, and these are never left ut home
like the umbrella and all such appli-
anccs when they aro wanted. Moilat
and Livingstone, the explorers, and
other travellers, say that Mt night no
wrapper can equal the beard re-
markablc fact is, too, that the beard,
like the hair OF the head, protects
against the heat of the sun-lt acts
ms the thatch does to the ice-house /;
but, moro than this, it becomes moist
with perspiration, and then, byevap-
oration, cools the skin. A man who
accepts this protection of nature,
may face the rudest storm and the
hardest winter. He may 60 from
the hottest room into the coolest air
without dread and we verify be-
lieve he might sleep in a morass
NTH impunity-at least, his chance
of escaping the terrible fever would
be better than his beardless COM
panions.-Amcricdn artisan.