The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-03
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

THERE is female student at Woos'
ter, OHIO, who can jump over broom
handle held five feet from the ground,
and the faculty warrant equal educa-
tional progress to all newcomers.
THEY that deny q God destroy mans
nobility, for certainly man is OF kin to
the beasts by his body and, if he Is
not kin to God by his spirit, he is
base and ignoble creature. -B0con.
The little mind that loves itself will
write and think with the vulgar but
the great mind will be bravely eccen-
trio, and scorn the beaten road. from
universal bcnevolence. Goldsmith.
SPEAKING of engag ments, there is n
lovely little blonde, aged ten, at Sara
toga, who wears a diamond solitaire on
her engagement finger, and is actually
betrothed to a young man of Nineteen
"HAvE you got little Indian there?"
said the engineer, as we passed young
souaw with papoose, standing at a
depot on the Pacific railroad. NO,
said she y; "hRlf Injun, half Injureer !!
A FIRST IMPRESSION
Irccolcct nurse called Ann,
Who carried me about the grass,
And one ino day fine young man
Came NJ and kissed the pretty lass
She did not make the least objection.
Thinks |, "Ahl
When can talk I'll tell mamma, ~
And that's my earliest recollection
THE expression of nervous woman's
face, upon getting into dentists chair,
is something that no man can initiate
until he gets letter from his mother
in-law, sharply inquiring ii that spare
room is ready.
THERE are forty-two catacombs IN
and around Rome, with galleries five
hundred and seventy eight miles long,
and it is estimated that from four to
seven millions of bodies have found
a sepulture there.
THERE is one recent decision OF the
treasury department. in which thank,
ful public, or the adult portion OF 1t at
least, will readily acquiesce. 1t Is that
children's whistles, tin horns, ETC., are
mot musical Instruments ~
The latest thing in legerdema'n is
"the magic rope trick, which was sue
cessfully performed at Riyerhead, Long
Island, the other night. 1t consisted IN
leaving the audience gaping at each
other in the hall, while the performers
slid down u rope from the back window,
and left town.
THERE is time in the going to sleep
of weary men when noise, continued
for fifteen minutes, deprlves the would
be sleeper of IN entire nights resi-;
With sagacity which is OF the devil
himself, the dog in the next yaaa hts
upon that particular time to 90 ltS
barking, and only its thick-heade
owner can rest.
THERE is still trouble as to the sort
of statue that shall be placed on the
Vendoue column in Paris. some want
the Imperial Napoleon, Others prefer
the Little Corporal, others would ike
the Goddess of Liberty. One OF the pi-,
puant suggestions is that n magnificent
politicll weathercock would be both
ornamental and useful.
Nor long since, at the meeting OF a
club in New York, a Jelly was EXHIBIT 'd
on the table, and alongside OF 1t al oi, =,
well-worn leather boot. The spectacle
of the boot was mystery until II was
explaincd by one of the members that
from the fellow of the boot the Jelly
had been made by some chemical pro-
cess. Jelly for the table made OUT OF
old boots !
FAsr1oN at the French seaside rigor-
ousIy requires First, beach dr ss;
second. breakfast dress; third, a
morning dress; fourth, an evening
dress and as lady cannot wear tho
same dress every morning and evening,
there must be several OF each sort, ex-
cent the beach dress. AT least thirty
for months stay, and not more than
three in trunk.
TIE Titusville Herald wants to know
els there anything in the world more
irving to the soul of II man than to hno
that his quarterly gas bill exceeds the
highest figures his prolific imaginatloI
had whispered ?" Yes, there 49, IL Il
to have your wife come nome from tht
country and find til t bill, and snli ou,
a remark to the effect that "yon SAID
that you went 10 bed early while she
was away"
THE following testimony to the virtue
of n pntent manure was received by lts
owner "Dear Sir-The land -compos-
ING my farm has hitherto been 50 poor
that a Scotsman could not get a living
off it, and so stony that we had TO silce
our potatoes and plant them edgeways !;
but hearing of your manure, put some
on a ter.acre field surrounded by rail-
fence. and in the morning found that
the rock had entirely disappeared, a
neat stone wall had encircled the held,
ard the rails were split into tire-wood
and piled up Systematically IN my oack
yard" -,
CoamA's comet has scarcely dlsap,,
naored before another erratic celestial
visitor dawns upon the world. M. DO
reIli Mt Marseilles, has discovered new
comet. Its position is reported IN rlght
ascension. I5h 25m, and its polar dis
tonce 10 deg. 1t can be seen IN our
latitude. and it is described as "moder-
ately bright, and having movement
toward the northwest. Borelli Is very
industrious astronomer, and, like his
colleague, Coggia, has made, hereto
fore, some important astronomical dis.
coveries. Whether his present comet
will rival Coggia's is yet to be demon
strated.
BoucrcAuLr says American theatre
are infinitely superior to those OF Lon
don or Paris. They are better con
structed, better ventilated, and muci
more cheerful in their inner surround
ines. Besides" he said to New
York reporter, "your audiences You
, to treat actors better than ;,t p" either in
are quick to see good .p p0lu'd and YOU are
3 the acting or in the play, a." ,Se man
Who has pleased you win s, en.I ahout n
anplause. There Is no uoups 49, =;