The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-03-27
GRAVE AND GAY.

league, the coalition, OF those who wish
to consume without producing, live
without working, occupy all public
places without becoming competent tc
fill them, and seize upon all honorf
without meriting them-that is aristoc'
racyl-[Gen. Foy.
A MINISTER making q pastoral call nj
a house where the children were kept
pretty quiet. on Sunday, was contiden,
TALLY informed by n of the little girls
that she would like to be II minister.
Why" said the gratifed but somewhat
puzzled shepherd. $50 could hollel
on Sunday" was tho reply.
In regard to disagreeablo and formid-
able things, prudence does not consist
in evasion or in flight, but in courage.
He who wishes to walk in the most
peaceful parts of life with any serenity
must screw himself up to resolution.
Let him front the object Of his worst
apprehension, and his stoutness will
commonly make his fear %groundlcss. -
Emerson.
In strict observance of tho will Of
Stephen Girard, no clergyman, known
to DO such, is allowed to visit the col
lege OF his endowment. A gentleman
Of u clerical cut ~ to appearance once
presented his pass to the %janitor. The
latter, taking him in from head to foot
at n glance, said: | cannot admit yon
sir; you are u clergyman. The devil l
nm, said the visitor. You can pass, was
the quiet reply.
THERE are faces which nature charges
with n meaning and pathos not belong
ing to the single human soul that tlut-
tiers beneath them, but speaking the
Joys and sorrows of forogone genera
tions-eyes that tell of deep love which
doubtless has been and III somewhere
but not paired with these eyes
perhaps paired with pale eyes that can
say nothing; just ~ u national language
may bo instinct with poetry unfelt by
the lips that use it.-LGeorge Eliot.
PATIENT Griselda, do not let your pm
tience-which is in right measure and
for right purposes n divine virtue-de-
generate into meanness of spirit, insip-
idity of mind, poverty OF resources and
acquiescence in what is not inevitable.
Life is short and its issues mighty, and
there are things which ought to be done
with pains-taking, md things that
ought to be done slightly, and things
that ought not to be done at all. She
is the wise woman and thethrifty house
keeper who accurately discriminates and
intelligently chooses the good part
which shall not be taken awnyfrom her.
-[Gail Hamilton.
Mr.. JOHN SMITH, of New York,
breaches the startling theory that the
names Of mankind are gradually lessen
ing in number and variety, and the peo-
pie becoming consolidated under n lin
tied number Of appellations. One-half
of the p~ropagating population-namely,
women-are perpetually losing their
names by marriage, while new names
are never created. Names also fro
quently become extinct by death.
Therefore the number OF distinctive
cognomens must continue to diminish
until all mankind is comprised in the
three great clans of Joneses, Smiths and
Browns, with q few scattering detach-
ments of Greens, Robinsons and Thorn
Sons.
"AuE there any Episcopalians in this
vicinity, madam? 2. asked q tall, thin
stranger of Mrs. Artemus, as she stood
In the open door in answer to his knock.
"Any which p "EpiSoopslians." "Epis-
copalians Wall, wo don't suactlx
know. Ny John-he's my son-he ses
somethin' out'n the oorn.held yestsr.
day. He didn't really know what Il
was, but I told him l. guessed IL was q
chipmonk. But now you speak ont,
Ill bet it was On Episkerpalium. And
my next neighbor, Farmer Hawkins,
he said he shot ut somethin' that SAM
day that John seen his strange critur
and Farmer Hawkins he thought it wa
some wild critur that had got out Of
some managery somewhere. Anyhow,
I think that's a Episkerpalium too. Be
they bigger'n a cbipmonk ?" '.You mis-
understood me madam" "Wall, you
needn't feel Uneasy. Ef there's any
Piskerpaliums in this hero neighbor..
hood, You can just make up your mind
that they'll git shot | We are to feel,
in q community to let things run ct
large wkicl secut destro5aHd devour
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