The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-14
NUMBER 9.
SAYINGS AND D0INGS.

serve,
THERE arc twenty mills in Montana
crushing gold quartz. The silver ore is
nearly all shipped to Europe, much OF
it going to Swansea, Wales.
To A RoTTrE.--
ms very ptrnnge that you and
Together cannot pull
For you are full when am dry,
And dry when am full.
Ar A revival in western town, ont Of
one hundred converts fully two-thirds
were males, which the women explain
by saving their own sex are mostly an
gels already.
IT IS astonishing how rapidly a young
mans emotion will change when lady
relieves her waist from his enclrcling
arms by inserting about one inch OF
hair-pin in 1t.
INSCRIPTION on Il tombstone in Co
lumbin, Tenn: " Escaped the bullets
of the enemy to be assNssinated by a
cowardly pup-a kind husband, an al
fectionate father
A CuINAMAN, on trial in California for
larceny, proved that he was not wlthlna
mile of the property when it was stolen.
He was let Off with one years imprsoh-
ment for contempt of court.
EypERruFNTs have recently been made
with dynamite a3 means OF clearing
land OF timber stumps. The explosive
compound is said to do tie work ell
fectnally and with little trouble.
Ir ONLY takes three hours and about
half a cord Of wood to put millionaire
into very small glass bottle. Inc
only difficulty to be apprehended Is the
inevitable increase of family jars.
Don MANUEL CoNcnN, who is said to
have assumed the command OF the
Spanish Republican, troops, IS nearly
eighty wears old. His brother, Don
Jose. who has been lately named COVER
nor Of CUba, is over sevcnty-tour.
CorNr1Ius G. LoGAN, minister plenl'
notr,,iory of the United States to Chill,
has consented to act as arbitrator IN the
question between Peru and Chill nrlR'
inc out of the liquidation OF the ac'
counts of the allied squadron during
the war with Spain.
"YoU never saw such a happy lot OF
people rs we hnd here yesterday, salo
landladv in Indiana to rewly arrly-
cd onest "there were thirteen couples
of them" "What ! Thirteen couples
inst married? ?" "Oh, no, sir; thirteen
couples just divorced. W
HApPINESS.- -
Trcro ,,i i. not in this wide world happier life
Than to sit by the atoye-pipo and tickle your
: wife; ,..,.,,r ,,ioo
, To ki4a her warm lipsin your moments OF gee
, And twitt the cat'- tail when ale Jumps OF
6 your knee
LAST wear was q bad year for cham
, pague. In 1878 thirty thousand doHel
less of the fashionable tipple were I'm
norted into the United States thar
, ,ercbed here in 1872. Now that the
crusaders have got to work it may be
that 1874 will show still larger dimlnu
ton of the trade.
FIRST nurrlAx. -"Wot was hup for
and wot ave | got? Well, hoord
= woman and took her watch, and I've &c,
$ two years and hogging. Second r1f
= fan.@"Ah, | flung a woman out o tn
$ ton Aoor window an I've only 60
t three months" First ruflian.-" All
n but then she was yer wife.
A BAPTIST clergyman relates as HI
c,rIv rxperience that he engaged t
preach for society for 500 year
- Upon settlement at the end Oh th
q wear he found that the committee ma
- nm item of 500 charged to him for u
! use of the pulpit to practice IN. vi
! of the deacons, however, by way,
svmnatbv for the pastor, presented HI
70 Il pair of boot'tops.
- NIrcu Of the most valuable land
~ Georgia was originally distributed
J. lottery, and many owners OF real eSIa
" have abstracts of tit e going back to lt
M terv tickets. The system is to be rev
,la ell The Legislature has authorized
q scheme for the sale of lands by lotter.
,h and an office is to be opened Ill August
- # is expected that the owners OF lare
re plantations will subscribe.
ry Az u,sroRrcA1 curiosity has JUS, bee
,e nIacoj in the Museum of the lnvallue'
i Poris.-namelv, the suit OF armor whlc
10 Charles VII. presented to Joan Oh Al'
ts and which the heroine went TO oepos
es nj St. Denis after having been wouhue
- nrder tho walls of Paris. 1t Is con con
Of nosed of steel plates, weighs ABOUT iiiI II
ne mounds, and in every respect feSeliiol'
ps tLn one in the Pierrefonds collectloi
II which the Mai,, of Orleans wore nj th
ir n,or,ent when she fell into the power
a. tba enemy in making sortie from Con
plegne. r tho ;rv.ntor c
,bo revolving turret battery, having ma
great experience i'll machinery Iol W.,
e ing heavy ordnance, is contemp.u.ln
i, the construction of the largest VeleSTot
er lens ever made. He proposes lei lei
er mora than twice the size of that recen
oil " made by Alvin Clark for the Was
m ington Observatory. Preparatory stel
e. to casting lens OF five feet IN dlamet
a. a, have been taken near Tarrytown' Mt
W York Ii his experiment proves as 5,
ai cessful "a he has reason to hope,
JUS Tymbv's efforts will place Amerlcan
w. tro,omical science far in advance oil u
VI OF other countries.
~ ~ A PLANTER in Virginia, being ores
40 for some special occasion, SAID TO u
,ra @ Rem. an old family servant, " u
.nS ,,S Pen how do l look % why,
inc looks splendid, marster, sple,na
ont ont why, you looks as bold as Il! y!
tent "What DO you know abont II
,er You never saw one" Why, y,ee
ona did, marster, rs often seed :. II u
often" "Where, Urcle Benz? "
down on Master Johnson's plantat,
no" tbey's got lion, and You seed
and too | know you has: why,
,be old goose, you, that is not a hon
ply. a jackass, and they have named
Mr.. Liop." "Wel, l don't carr, e,soSs sa,SSs'
nut Il 1On't care Tor uat-