The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21
FACTS AND FANCIES.

"A lerre Haute poet remarked, upon
hearing of man who had been drowned
in tank of sour mash, "Liie's golden
thread is snapped"
Migrants are not permitted TO warm
up in the Boston libraries. Boston
"brains" are easily disconnected by the
smell OF old clothes.
"A Baltimore beggar has retired on
a fortune OF 1926, 900, and when an aims
asker rings his door-bell the retired
beggar goes ont and makes the fellow
jump three feet high at the first kick.
The Beecher jury is composed of
two Episcopaliaus, one Methodist, one
Baptist, one Lutheran, two Roman
Catholics, three Presbyterians, and two
per. ons who are not members of any
church.
"A little four-year old created rip.
pie by remarking to the teacher Of her
Snnday.school class "Our dogs dead.
bet the angels were scared when they
saw him coming up the way. He's cross
to strangers"
The library of the British Museum
purchased no less than 3,4l5 manu-
scripts last year. Among them was
curious treatise in French on the holy
sacrament, composed in King Edward
". of England, in l549, and written in
his own hand.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Sterling, Illinois,
while under the influence OF intoxicating
liquors, attempted burglary and was
fatally shot. Mrs. Mitchell has since
compelled each of the three salo"n-
keepers, who sold him the liquors, to
pay her $500 damages.
There has been started at Mevagis-
sey, Cornwall, manufactory of Corn
ish sardines," the sardines being pill
chards preserved in oil, immense guam
titles of which have hitherto been used
as manure, or returned to the sea as OF
no use.
A second expedition to the interior
of Africa is announced as having been
undertaken by the Berlin African Ex-
ploration society. Her Won Homeyer,
well-kpown ornithologist, is to be the
leader, and will start from st. Paul de
Loanda.
Ia the German postal service an
order has Just been issued directing
that certain words derived from the
French, such as DOste rcStdnte, shall no
longer be officially used, and defining
what German words shall be the equiya.
lents OF these.
The latest chrome story comes
from down cas-, where n Sunday school
teacher said to one of her pupils
"Johnny, why don't you irvite your
friend Billy to come to Sabbath-sohool
with you?" Johnny looked up with-a
grin full of intention, and equally full
of tee h, and said ." know yer teacher.
You want to get Billy into the class SOS
you can get chrome for new
scholar"
-Lawes and Gilbert, after very dry
time, as soon as heavy rains commenced,
observed that no water ran from the
tile on mauured land, while on the I'M
manfred soil it ran constantly. This
clearly proved that the water was ab-
5orbed by capillary absorption on the
nanured land, while it passes directly
Trough to the drains in the nnmanured
oil, And this is the secret why ma
ure in soil enables it to stand
rought.
In st. Paul they tell the story of
Maggie Flynn. She loved and was
owed by a worthy young man, who
noped soon to make her his bride, but
SANDERS envenomed tongue poisoned
her reputation and caused her lover to
cancel their engagement. She, suffering
uniustlv from the cruel blow, lost her
reason, and would have been carried an
incurable patient to the insane asylum
had not the employers of her quondam
lover investigated the stories affecting
her character and ascertained their utter
groundessnesa. He was travelling, but
they ordered him home, told him the
good news, and sent him to claim Mag
pie before she should be sent to the
mad honse. She was with the sherif,
who was about to convey her to
her destinati Il, when the young man
came into her presence. at sight OF
him, the clouds that lowered on her IN
tellect broke away, and-bridal-vel's---
not straight jec4ets. are in order.