The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-07
FACTS AND FANCIES.

What is the largest room in the
world? The room for improvement.
In Texas they hang a man when he
refuses to marry the girl whose hand no
has sought, and the poor devil is gen.
orally very glad to get off so lightly.
One by one the roses fade. II is now
boldly denied that men who wear long
hair are possessed of any more talent
than men who have it shipped close.
Bones of Robert Bruce were quoted
in Elingburgh at Il 10s apiece, which
is not much OF bonus considering'thn
length of time they've been accumulat-
ing interest.
-Abducting children ought to be en-
conraged. After awhile, when the crop
of small boys had become exhausted,
some Of the big boobies who fire off
pistols on Christmas might be taken.
The other day Bnghampton girl
offered to let countryman kiss her for
five cents. 81 gad," exclaimed the
bucolic youth, "thats darn cheap if q
fellow only had the money"
--"The child has since died " is the
laconic remark which Pennsylvania
paper nflixes to an account of twelve
year-old girl who had already mastered
logic, rhetoric, geology, botany and the
mysteries OF mental and moral science
They have new test for intoxica-
ton in Canada. When man can pro.
nouuce reciprocity" without tripping,
the police let him 90. In Maine the
test ia Erastus Richardson" and
"rassis risson" is deemed conclusive.
The New York World describes
hell as a place where everybody be-
longs to fire company. We suppose
that New York and Boston men monop-
oizs the positions OF foremen and
treasurera.
Two French savans have presented
to the French academy OF sciences tho
result OF their experiments upon q flame
produced by the mixture Of sulphur OF
carbon and bozide Of nitrogen. The
light produced by it is SO intense ss TO
quito eclipse the sun. By the hejp ot
it, photographers will be able To do
their work at any hour of the day or
night and in any condition OF the at
mosphere. -.
Next spring one hundred English
swells are coming for grand buffalo
hunt on the Plains. The hunt Is to be
organized on magnificent scale. Twen.
ty ecouts, headed by Buffalo Bill will
chaperon them, aud in addition to vas
retinue of servants, cooks, groums, and
vale e, they will be accompanied by
brass band, which will discourse sweet
music rs they gather about their camp.
fire TO partake OF tho evening meal of
canned uflalo meat,
-Tha Woman's Journal notices the
progress of the sex in England. 1T
saws: There is growing mp in England
large class of women who dc not mar
nv. but who apparently wish not to
marry. They deliberately devote item
selves to literature, to teaching, t" some
trade, generally an artistic one, ut any
rate to somo occupation that gives u
livelihood and tends to culture, and tllla
they choose for life. The marrying
instinct seems dead, or rather never to
have been born in them.
A story is told of two pretty Balti'
more girls, who were out rowing on the
Lake of Lnc4rne, and when The barge
of the King of Holland came along, m
stead ef trailing oars and respectfully
falling behind royalty, actually raced.
The king was evidently amused with
this exhibition of American lndepeu-
dence, and made sign to his oart men
to let the young ladies' 60 ahead; Com
ing to the quay second, he told his cox,
swain to moor the victors boat and
sal "He knew they were Americans.
-.Experiments made within the past
six mouths have developed the astonnd'
ing fact i,,. .tnral magic that tour mes,
sages g can be sent Over ,s,.,s s.nsie VIC =.
readily as two, and that thiough mes
sages and local ones can be sent with
out interfering with one another over
the same wire. While, for instance,
messages are being simultaneously ex-
changed between Boston and New York,
two more can be sent on the same wire
between Boston and Worcester two be-
tween Worcester and Springfield, and
two between Springfield and New
Haven or New York, making in oil
eight separate and distinct messages
crossing and recrossing on one wire at
tho same moment of time.--Ol an1
Netp.
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