The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-14
GRAVE AND GAY.
Pleasures OF Memory.

It's raptures anew DER our pulses may roll,
When thoughts of the morrow fall cold on the
soul.- wills Gdylord Cdrk
To HAVE fish at supper-Just drop
them line.
A wELL-DREssED dog wears collar,
and pants in the summer.
WHEN does a man have to keep his
word? When no one will take it.
WITHOUT calmness it is utterly i'm
possible to show forth consistent action.
Mrs. PARrINGToN, descanting on art,
called Michael Angelo one of the old
mastifs.
What is the difference between fixed
stars and shooting stars The one are
suns, the other darters.
LET the philosophers say what they
will, happiness is the elixer OF life, that
makes us young in heart if not in per-
son.
DIR. HOLMES, being asked by a young
physician what sign to put on his door,
replied The smallest feyers gratefully
received.
WHEN noble life has prepared old
age at is not the decline that it recalls,
but the first days of Immortality
Modamc dc Macl
The man who seeks one thing in life,
and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be done;
But he who seeks all things wherever he goes,
only rcaps from the hopes which around nm he
sows,
harvest of barren regrets O,ccn Mcreiih;
A KIND expression of countenance can
make the most homely pleasing; an
honest heart and friendly acts make
the dullest lovable.
LET us make our account with the
actual rather than seek excuses for self
indulgence, in pensive preference OF
something that might have been. Nor
iCV.
How the poor child is worried on
whom but little spark of vanity is dis
covered, and yet what a poor miserable
creature is the man who has no vanity.
GOcHe.
THoUGHTs come into our minds by
avenues which we never left open, and
thoughts go out Of our mind through
avenues which we never voluntarily
opcned.-EmersOn.
HOWEVER deeply the violet may be
hidden, its perfume betrays it, and leads
to its discovery. 1t is the same with
woman, those only are neglected who
arc not worth the trouble of seeking,
4 CERTAIN periwig maker had for
sign picture of Absalom hanging from
| the branches of tree by the hair OF his
head, and underneath the following
couplet:
If Absalom hadn't worn his own hair,
He'd never been found hanging there
TIE great make us feel, first of all,
the Indifference of circumstances. They
call into activity the higher perceptions
and subdue the low habits of comfort
and luxury; but the higher perceptions
find their objects everywhere; only the
low habits need places and banquets.--
Emerson.
A GREAT many people seem to miss
their vocation because their bodies do
not happen to fit their souls. This is
one of the advantages of middle age;
people have got used to their bodies
and to their faults; they know how to
use them, to spare them, and they do
not expect too much. - Mss ThackGTN.
| AM not going to undervalue the
charm of wisdom, nor the majestic Joy
which comes from loving principles OF
right but if I could only have one OF
them, give me the joy of the affections;
my delight in others, theirs in me. the
Joy of delighting rather than the delight
of enjoying. Theodore Parker.
PUNCH has q pathetic picture of
Young married couple ON calling trip.
As they wait at the door where they
have rung the bell, Augustus is thus
cautioned Augustus, love, let me beg
of you! Do not give way to any insane
demonstrations of delight before the
servant if she says they're not at home.
Vo1rAIRE rated literature as it ought
to be rated, as below action; not be-
cause written speech is less OF a force
but because the speculation and criticism
of literature makes less demand than
the conduct of great affairs ON quail
ties that are rare in combination, on
temper, foresight. strength of intelli-
gence and strength OF character.
ley.
Ir SEEMS to me that Just because We
are intended, as long as we live, to be
in state of intense moral effort, we are
not intended to be in intense physical
or intellectual effort. Our full ener-
gies are to be given to the souls work,
to the great fight with the dragon, the
taking the kingdom OF heaven by force
, But the body's work and the heads
= work are to be done quietly, and com
: paratively without ffort.--Ruskin.
i In FAITH, averything depends upor
IS the fact of believing what is believed
p is perfectly indifferent. Faith is pro-
e found sense of security for the present
le and future, and the assurance springs
ia from confidence in an immense, ali-pow-
,.--uAabla Rain0 The firm