The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-09-16
SAYINGS AND D0INGS.

nVeu were bHo bWO Vbhol "'N"'N W
Noah's ark-for they had but one pair
OF Aeas between them.
METEoRs OF great size are falling IN
Iowa. Prof. Gu tavus Heinrichs says
that they are mere shells OF other worlds,
and the interiors are coming along soop.
PRAIsINd the ugliness of the Saxon
uniform, Julian Hawthorne says: "That
army will be found most efficient whose
uniform is Least seductive to the female
mind"
The novelty in belts IL the gros grain
ribbon not more two inches wide, and
worn about the waist, to fasten in front
Of the left side in bow. with loops and
ends reaching nearly or quite to the
knee.
WHEN the leading New York papers
devote ten columns and map apiece to
college regatta, and only two columns
to college commencement, there is not
much inducement for boys to sit up
half the night puzaling their brains over
cube roots and things.
The chief jewel in the crown OF the
truly benevolent man is his sympathy
with the poor. We have heard of n
family in this city on the point of starry
alton, whose suflerings were brought to
the attention of a Christian philaLthro-
pist, and who promptly came among
them like n good angel and refreshed
their souls by the reading of copious
extracts from the book Of Job. -BrOOk-
lW ArguS.
JOHN PAUL fixed those Saratoga wait
crs. He put n new fifty cent scrip I'M
der goblet. It was magnihed until it
looked ike q S5 bill. The waiter was
the most active man in America. John
Paul never before enjoyed snch gor-
geous dinner. When he aros he coolly
put that scrip in his vest pocket, and in
fatherly way told the expectant waiter
nottosinE any more money which others
might give him in French pools.
That old English humbug which has
cursed this country so long the lntelli-
gent Jury, has at last attracted the at
tention of the magazines. Scrlbners
saws. "Thc simple truth is, that the
iury system is outlived and ought to be
outlawcd. 1t does not help the cause
of law and Justice, and ought to be
kicked ont of the way. 1t il oppressive
to the Juror, it is anomalous IN our Sys-
tenn of government, it makes the nncer-
taiuty of law still more uncertain, 1t ls
expensive, and it is utterly unnecessary
There is nothing sacred about 1t. 10
be tried by mans peers - not haI' 40
GOOD n thing as to be tried by a mans
intellectual aud moral superiors.
A NATIVE of Calcutta recently asked a
number of friends 10 n dinner party.
His guests accepted the nvitauoh' put
when ths day came they Tor some re"-
son hest known to themselves dld not
attend, nor did they send any apologies
| Ihereupon the host promptly sueu 1lIeh,
for tbo price of the food which he had
for the banquet, and winch,
through their want of courtesy, had
been wasted. The Moonsiil VINO heard
the case thought that the cause OF the
,ction was n good one, and gave the III,
suited host decree for the amount
claimed. The high court took more
rational. il less sentimental, view OF the
matter. The Moonsiir s decision was re-
yersed, the presiding Judge remark'ng
with grim humor that II the law iaiu
lown bv the lower court were correct
then "thc risk Of accepting lmVl'"VlonS
would be very serious indeed
Tur other daya Detroit husband went
ar nn a fsb;np excursion with a small
party of friends. Returning Mt m'dnigat
he pounded on the door and awoke MS
wife. As she let him into the hall she
saw that something allied HIM, ana she
cried ont:
"Why, Henry, your face is as red as
paint" ,., s..,;.o
"Guesser n't," he replied ieeling
along down the hall. ,,
"Aud believe you have been drink
ing" she added. ,,
Whazzer mean by 2hat?' he IN
1uire,l, trying to stand still.
"Oh Henry, your face would mover
look like that if YOU hadn't been drink
ng." ,, toors !,
,is ewes "Sposen big bass Jump upn
nit me in tn face an make 1t red--mi TO
,lame?' -,
And he sat down on the floor and cried
over her unjust suspicion.
DIR, NEWMAN believes in missionaries
20 he says, and that the moral elevation
Of tho pagan must come through tne
women, and by Christian women. ne
enumerated various things in which the
burdens of pagan women were SrievouS
to be borne, one of which was that they
arc of 40 little account as to be simply
numbered instead Of having names, ana
that they are only krown as such mans
wife, or daughtef, or mother, ETC.,
statement which, at the close OF his llq--
uid rhetoric, was followed by a most
significant incident. A list OF women
composing the missionary society was
read, and not woman was mentioned
by her own name, but hy that OF her
husband. 1t was Mrs. Bishop So.and-
so, Mrs. DIR. A., Mrs. Rev. b., Mrs.
John c., and so on.