The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-25
FACTS AND FANCIES.

sonal insult to dun debtor by means
of postal cards, and the law affords
remedy.
An Oregon paper offers fifteen cents
bnshol for manuscript poems-if they
are on good paper and written on one
side of the sheet
One of the four infants who recent
ly came into the world at single birth
in Baltimore died on the 9Th inst. The
others are reported to be thriving.
--" Yes, she's got lovely ear" said
Milwaukee blade, in reply to q com
plimentary remark about lady friend,
"but you ought to see it when she lets
it out in Hy.time
When Brigham Young was in jail
the other day for contempt OF court,
there we're five of his wives weeping at
each window of that institution and
twelve at the door.
If ever man may be pardoned for
remarking (Which ?" it is when he has
lust read, from Harriet Prescott Spot
ford "There are some men born to
rule with naughty, careless sweetness
anu OUUeTb DOIl W NtiO ASi 'itNA' "'''
stern and dogged devotion.
The dishrag plant is one OF the
many products of the fertile sol! OF
Texas, and is used by the housewives
of that remote region for domestic pur-
poses. 1t grows to considerable size,
and its shape is that of the cucumber
When dry the outside covering Is re-
moved, and the heart, which has Ger.
tain properties of the sponge, IS used
as above mentioned.
How long will locomotive last
and be serviceablc? An engine on the
Reading road has been on duty since
1857, and has run in that time 40, I33
miles, or an average of nearly l7ooo
per year for twenty-eigbt years. Prob,
ably there is very little of the original
engine remaining, except the frame and
minor parts. Another engine, made IN
London, England, in 1888, is still dong
duty.
"A city chap visited the Shakers at
Lebanon some time since, and as he
was wandering through the village en-
oountered stout, hearty specimen OF
the sect, and thus accosted hlm
"Well, Broadbrim, are you much OF a
Shaker" "Nay," said the other, mot
oyermuch, but l can do little that
way." So he seized the astonished man
by the collar and nearly shook him out
of his boots.
ONE DEED OF Good
IL might do ono deed OF good,
One little deed before die,
| Or think one noble thought that should
Hereafter not forgotten lie,
| would not murmur, though | must
Be lost in deaths unnumbered dust.
The filmy wing that watts the seed
Upon the careless wind to earth,
or its short life has only need
To find the germ fit place for birth;
For one swift moment OF denght
IL whirls, then wthers out OF sight.
The English and American system
of publishing books are very different
in one particular. In England not one
hook in ten, if one in hundred Is
stereotyped. Here book printed dl-
rectly from the type is the exception.
This difference is brought apou1 py
three causes the younger country mas
not so much capital in type; the hlgher
| price of labor makes it more costly 10
reset if further editions are called ior'
The English publisher rarely permits,
new edition TO go out of his store witll-
out the most thorough revision, not
onIy for errors, but that the book may
he kent ia line with the advance schoi-
arship since its previous publication.
A gentleman owned farm in New
lpncr N the tnmllV.
Embarrassment compelled him TO SELL
and the farm was put up at auction.
He felt so bad about the sale that ne
could not attend it, but he sent ovei his
head servant. On his return the mas
ter said: "Well, John, was the farm
sold sol ?" eyes, sir" did it sell
well ?" cit went very low" VINO
bought it? ?" 81 did," You, John
where did you get yoar money
laid up my wages since L Worheo iot
you." "Well, John, I'll tell you What iiS
/ will do. As soon as you get the tisle
to your property I'll come and work 1or
YOU, and buy the farm back
The latest census returns snow
tho existence of more trades and pro,
fassions among women than one would
suppose possible. Beside women farm
ers. there are forty-fve female stock
breeders, five BARRIERS, twenty.iour
dentists. five hostlers, three profession
al hunters and trappers, five lawyers,
five hundred and twenty-five physl-
clans. ninety.seven clergy-women,
seven sections, ten canal women, one
bnndred and fifty.nine dray women,
one pilot, four gas stokers, thir1y,Inree rs
eunsmiths, seven gunpowder MAKERS
Sixteen shi riggers, with a large num-
ber of artisans, mechanics, inventors:
telegraph operators, and teachers OIL
navigation.
Striking in Wales.