The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-02
CHOICEST LITERATURE.

Those disasters which break down
the spirit OF man, and PROSTATE him
in the dust, seem to call forth all the
energies OF the softer sex, and give
such intrepid elevation to their char
acter, that at times it approaches to
sublimity. Nothing can be more
touching than to behold a soft and
tender female, who had been all
weakness and dependence, and alive
to trivial roughness, while trcadiug
the prosperous path Of life, sudden
ly rising in mental force to bo the
comforter and supporter of her hus-
band under misfortune, and abiding
with unshrinking firmncss, the bit
terest blast Of adversely. As the
vine which has long twined it's grace
iul foliage about the oak, and been
lifted by it in sunshine, will, when
the hardy plant is rilted by the thun-
derbolt, cling round it with its ca
ressing tendrils, and bind up its
shattered boughs; so is it beautifully
ordered by Providence that woman
who is the mere dependent and or.
nament of man in his happier hours
should be his stay and solaco when
smitten with sudden calamity; wind
ing herself in the rugged recesses OF
his nature, tenderly supporting his
dropping head, and binding up the
broken heart.
MEN WANTED.
The world wants mcn-largc hearted, manly men;
Men VINO shall join its chorus, and proong
The psalm Of laCor and the psalm If love.
The tunes want scholars scholars who shall
shape
The doubtful dcstinics of dubious years.
AMI md the ark, that bears our country 8 rnod,
Safe on some peaceful Amrlt ut last
The age wants heroes heroes who shall dare
TO struggle in the solid ranks of Wuth
TO clutch the monster error by~lLo tn uat
TO bear opinion to a lofty seat;
- blot the era of oppression out
And lead All universal freedom III
And heaven wents souls fresh and CnpaCiOus
souls
To taste It's rapturcs and expand, like flowers
Beneath the glory of its CcHtra sun.
1t wants fresh souls not lean and sh;iycled ones,
II wants fresh souls, my brothcr--givc ii thine,
If thou indeed wilt be what scholars should:
If thou wilt be II hero and wilt strive
10 help thy fellow and cXalt thysclr,
Thy, fee at last, sh&rl stand on jaspe' floors;
Thy heart, at last, shall seem thousand hcarts--
Bach single heart WITH myra'd rapturcs filled
While tnOu shl : with princes and with liuus
Rich III the jewel OF It ransomci soul.
MAKE HOME PLEASANT.
0, yo fathers and mothers, who
have sons and daughters growing up
around you, do ye ever think of your
responsibility in this regard-your
responsibility for keeping alive the
homo sentiment in the hearts of your
children? Within the limit of your
means, remember that the obligation
rests upon you to make their home
the pleasantest place upon the roll
ing earth; to make the word "home'
to them the synonym for happiness.
| would not have you import the
vices of the outside world into your
homes for any purpose; but | would
have you 60 to the utmost verge of
what is moral to provide at home
those things which cntico young and
growing persons away from home.
And let mo assure you that you had
better spend your money i'll doing
this than ostentation and luxury;
and far, far better to spend it thus
than to amass a fortune for your
children to squander i'll the future.
And not only rs regards amusoments,
but also comfort and refinement
for children have y keen apprecia-
tion of these thing-this is much
the best policy. Don't senl your
boys to school with i'll fitting gar
ments collars all awry and chains
his neck, buttons missing, and shoes
down at the heel. Don't make a
warehouse or clothos-press of his
bedroom. Don't feed him on sour
bread, and tough meat, and burnt
coffee. Don't let noise, and dissen-
sion, and misrulc, SPOIL the hours
he spends at home. Don't do any
Of these things, if possibly you can
ugoidit; especially don't do them for
the purpose oflayIngupmoney for his
future use. The richest legacy you
canleaye him is "a life long, incXtin-
guishablo, and fragrant recollection
Of his home, when time and death .
haveSforever dissolved the onchant-
ment. Chicago Pulpit
FINE HOSPITALITY.
I lr.y You; oh! excellent wife, cum
bcr not yourself and me to get II Gu
riously rich dinner for this man and
woman that have aIightcd at our
cato, or bcd-chambor made ready
ut too great cost; these things, if
they are curious i'll them, they can
get for few slllings in village;
but rather let this stranger see, if he
will, in your looks, accents and be-
haviour, your heart and carnestnoss,
your thought and will, what be can
not buy at any price in any city;
what he may well travel twenty miles
md dine sparcly, and sleep hardly,
% behold. Let not the emphasis of
be in bed and board; but
ct truth, and love, ard honor, and
courtesy flow in all thy deeds. -
Emerson.
HOME CONVERSATION.
Children hunger porpotually for
lew ideas. They will learn with
pleasure from the lips Of their pa
rents what they deem it drudsery to
study in books; and oven if they lave
the misfortune to be deprived Of
II any educational advantages, then
grow up intelligent if they enjoy in
the privilege of listening !
daily to the conversation of intelli- ,
gent people, We sometimes see !
parents, who are the life OF every ,
which they enter, dull, ST. !