The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-24
SAYINGS AND DO NGS.

endured, if we would love.
INSTEAD OF regrettipg that VIC are
sometimes deceived, we snuld rather
lament that we are undeceiVed.
NARRow-M1SDED and ignorant per-
Son talk about people and not things;
hence gossip, the hane Of our age.
THERE are very few men in this world
who can find n sealed bottle floating in
the ocean and read the message, with
out having first smolled the bottle.
The foreign resident population OF
Paris is made mp as follows 1000
Americans, 1000 Euglishmen $1,000
Germans, 32, coo Belgians, and 1900
Swiss.
They believe in fashion in Torcka,
and when Mr.. Williams wouldn't put
on n mourning band for the death Of
his wife they dragged him through a
creek and shaved his head.
GES. CULcuLA, the new Carlist briga-
dier, exchanged the whip of Il coach
man for the sword Of n soldier, while
Lieut.. Gen. SabaiIs came from the gal-
loys. On the 4th Of July, 1850, ho was
sentenced for life for robbery.
WHEN a paper says that there has
never been n family fight in the town Of
Clio, Iowa, it little knows of the way
womcn have Of choking their husbands
with the left hand to drown the noise Of
their scrrams as the rolling pin falls.
DAKOTA is the white mans pronnnci-
alton Of Imh.kO-ta, the name by winch
the Sioux call Themselves. The mean
ing Of LaI.ko.ta is "thc cut-throat, y
and in the sign language they indicate
Themselves by drawing the hand across
the throat.
HrnE are some proverbs which Al
phonse Kar says are Russian: If you
are It muahroom Jet them put you IL
the basket. Debts are not noisy, but
they keep one awake. One il not loved
bccauso he is handsome, but handsome
because he is loved. Make friends with
II bear, but keep hold Of your hatchet
Love is not ripencd in II day, nor
many, nor even in IL human lifetime. 1t
is the oneness Of aoul with soul in ap-
probation and perfect trust. 70 be
blessed, it must rest in that faith in
the divine which undcrlius every other
emotion. 10 be true, it must be ctcr-
nal.
The a]ncients bad but one word for
manners and morals. II might be well
if the same were the case for us-yet
with this essential difference, that,
wbilo they degraded morals to the level
Of manners, II higher culture would
tend MS to raise manners to the level OF
morals.
Hay CAKES, composed Of hay and
straw, very hHely cut, we'll mixed with
crushed oats or rye and mOlbtcucd with q
solution Of rape seed or l'nsccd OIL
cake, and tlcn formed INTO tablets
under pressure, have been for some time
employed in France as a convenient and
portable food for horses.
Tur revelations Of the chanhermnids
at the watcriug-placcs, about this time,
arc exceedingly interesting. They shy
that the soap, matchcH and towels that
have been taken away by mistake, the
past season, in astonishing, mHd that the
powder nnA pant rags found behind the
bureaus, and the pieces of pink sallcerS
discovered in The wash-staud cup
boards, are too numerous TO mention.
ELISHA GRAY, of Chicago, has invent
ed u tulngraphic instrument and coil by
which the musical scale may be tc'e
praphcd Ike y verbal message. A writ
or who has seen the apparatus in opera
ton says that he heard the music o
various wcIl-kuown airs played on
small mclodcon or piano keyboard
transmitted through an unbroken cir
emit Of l,40O miles, and Reproduced o
n violin attached to the receiving end c
the wire.
ONE Of the latest innovations of fash
ion at Saratoga is the wearing Of rlbhp
upon most all toilets. The new shad
of gamct or Turkish red ia much u8e'
for them, Ms also n deep mauye blue
vcrging on II purple. IL ~ strictly e
yc1lc to wear a bow Of ribbon upon th
top Of each sleeve, one at the base {
the ruff ut the back OF the neck, Will
n ribbon Of tho fnlno color, ahout tw
inches wide, il passed around the was
in place of II fash and hangs in lon
loops and ends at the left side. Wit
black and white costumes the cIteCb
pretty.
One Of the snddcat things about IL
small boy OF the present day Is the III
certainty which seems to attend him
he bounds along through life. Hc
can't always tell what ho is going
any. At II S%unday.schooI service he
II t long ago an amiable clergyman, @
dcavoring to illustrate the necessity
the christian profession in order right
to enjoy the bcnofactions Of provldon'
spoke IA follows "For instance,
want to introduce water into my hou'
| have it pumped. The pipes and IL
Gets ARE in good order, but | get no '
ter. Now, why do | get no water
The reason, he wished the young p
pie to see, was that he had made
communication with tho main IN
street. But tho boys were too init
on plumbing and water rates. INC
why do / get no water p 81 know
Hhrieked q little one; "you don't pay