The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-06-24
FACTS AND FANCIES.

been reduced in price at San Francisco
from 800. which it was worth lew
months ago, to between $50 ana $40 a
share, and vet the mine is worth Just az
much as ever.
There are so many catastrophes oc'
curing lust now which furnish grounds
for appeals to the charitable, that all
truly good men are exchanging their
ready cash for United States securities
-Brookiyn ArgItS.
A party of ragged Cinnamon re-
turned to San Francisco the other day
from Nebraska where they had been
farming and mournfUlly and contiden,
tially told reporter: "Too mucheo
hoppee all around like hell.
When one looks around and secs
hundreds of doughheads getting rich
doing nothing while he is working IKE
slave for his daily bread, we tell you
what, it makes fellow feel as though
the butter of this world was spread by
n stcp'mother.
Tho London Builder suggests that
in order to prevent the wall of hospitals
from absorbing the miasma ot disease
and in time becoming saturated with
tne foulness, they ought to be lined
with thick glass, the edges OF the plate
being cemented. 49,,
An exchange declares that 1.-THE
chief purpose Of long dresses If to en-
able their wcarcrs to cheat IN playing
croduet." That may be the chief object
but we can't see how any woman OF
taste cuuld consider the conceaIlng OF Il
gigantic pair of feet secondary Object
Australia has big tree, too, and
il is gratified to think that there is not
time for an American yandal to 60 over,
chop it down, and take it to the centeh-
nial, 1t is ISO feet long-n announce,
ment which will shake the mIdrlil oi
hundreds with envy, hatred, malice ana
all unChartableness.
Nervous old lady-poIicemon p.2l,,
liceman there's s'raugc dog that viii
stick to me, and won't leave me, and
can { get rid Of him! CouIdn you taHo
him in charge or something? Polce
man (who doesn't like the iob)-(ery
sorry, ma'am, but we cant interfere
with any dog so long MS he's toIlerh
o'somehody
Prince Gonschakofr makes great
use Of the ladies'. He IS one OF tho
most polite men in Europe, and IN the
midst of abundant small chat he may
he gathering in great information. III
his own country he knows every 'h'nH
that goes on in every family OF mPor-
tance. No mean spies, no pohcem'n'
no vile paid agents impart the lnlorm"-
ton. II comes gently, dcllcatcIy
doubly distilled in letters itom Innu-
merable lady correspondents.
Young lady was standing on the
wharf, waving her handkerchief al
schooner lying in the stream. huoW
ANYBODY aboard?' queries her Compal'.
ion. as he came along. No, don't
but they're waving their hnndkerchiclH
Mt me, =" she replied. Hand (ha y Ker
Chool chiefsr ne exclaimed, dropping
ms basket and leaning ngninst w""d.
nile why, them the mems shItS mug
ont to dry" She waved INTO " ware
| house. ~
usc | love him, I've loved MN ior
years. and he loves me, and they may
part MS, and it may kill me but lii
never care for any body else, aud III
think of nothing in the world bn' MN,
morning, noon and night, until Ilo
Poor darling Now, take my nuV'CI'
Come and spend few weeks "ione "''n
me at Little Peddington, and l'"d
quiet life, you know, and lock a'ter , 'n9
geese and poultry, and all that, "h"
You'll soon forget him
He said hc had an original poem
for sale which he would part w'th
CHEAP, as times were hard and hH,
wanted money. The poem contained
twelve lines, and he would sell IT ~
seyenty-live cents II line. The editor
told him they weren't paying ont mHcl,
for poetry Just Mt present, pn' "SNc''
him to read it. He commenced III II
low. sad tone OF voice, us follows
Dearest father, thou hast left u7
And thy lo-s We deeply feel
And when he picked himself up ~ 'll' 'll
bottom of the stairs there was II
shadow on his brow.
They were standing at tno Rn.r, ,,.
The Young man spoke sadly and soDerIy
of hard times, high taxes, and OF gettlns
work nt the rolling mills Her be"h'l
ful ewes filed with toas that gIlstel'eu
like roarls in oceaus depths, M sue
anftllv answered: "John. let us get
married and trust in the Lord Tor tno
rest" "Aii right Mary" replied @ @tuo
young mau, bitterly "li you VIII p'J
your hats and dresses OF the hoIo' l
will stand the rest" A prolonged ST 81
lence followed, and we went on our
way. u, u c,rtis's
recollectiona, the grooming OF Washing
toms white horses was something sur
nris,ng. The night before the horses
wore expected to be ridden they were
covered entirely over with paste "
which whiting was the principal coilpo
pent part then the animals wei
swatbed in body clothes, and leit I
slaep on clean straw. In the morn'n
tbe composition had become harur wa
woll rubbed in. and curried and brushe'
which process gave to the COATS Doa'
t;ful. glossy and satinllke appearance
8 phe hoofs we're then blaCkcned ana 20
& ished, the mouths washed, teeth PIcke
= and cleaned, and the leopard SKIN h3a.
>. ipgs being properly adjusted, the "n''
- hcargers were led out for service
=, !. Mrs. Fawcett, in her new move
- :. trlls of a precOcious infant VIII" cove
~ nnoJ = marvellous originality IN cxteu
IL .p." p.o,aons urayer. When she said h'
re nra~nrs at her mothers knee, haSil
re haen fold that she was not to learn III
e. ,orm of PRAYER, hut to ask from h
heart for whatever she most desire
she prayed for ga red cloak wiz velv
d buttons, 'xactly like Amy Grey's. We
a is anover Mt ve shop" Then, when
d structed not to ask for material, nut Il
!. spiritual blessings, her interpretatlc
70 for spiritual blessing WAS that .hei
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