The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-14
FACES AND FANCIES.

| II appears that a huglng brow N not
so much the sign Of n great man as a
threatening breadth Of mouth.
THE best temperance lecture is good
salt mackcrcI, If the man that eats one
don't take water then he is Il hoplelcsS
case,
A VERY precise person, rcmarking up
on Shakspcarr's line The good men do
is oft Inferred with their bones care
fully observes tnat this iutcmcnt can
generally take place without crowding
the bones.
A TUprNrin Paris atterpassmg three
years in the Latin quarters, wrote to his
father ~ follows " | have made up my
mind to set to work, dear father; there"
tore should like to know whether it
was law or medicine that ! came to
study ?'
"NnrRE did thi, baby come from ~
asked little thrce-ycaroId girl Of the
nurse who was washing the squallng
little stranger "Why from heaven, of
course" replied the nurse. Well, ifit
screamed like that there ! don't wonder
they sent it OIL, was the stunning re-
jondcr.
WHOEVER has wound a clock for any
length Of time will readily comprehend
the situation described in the following
lines of an unknown bard
There was man who had a clock
Ills unur was Matthew MnHrs-
He wound It regular every night
FOR nearly twenty years
At last hi, precious Gmcpircc proved
An right-day clock 10 lp,
And 4 madirr man than llr hNirS
iou would not wish 10 see.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAINsays 81 ANA
living "helI gate charged with more
than twenty-Onc tons OF explosives, and
increasing tine dynamite every day--a
Grand mysterious force in nature, with
out any desire Of utilizing it, and yet it
can be touched oil any day by any little
three year-old Mary Ncwtonwho trundIcS
her hoop and Jumps her rope through
Madison park when chose to make tic
magnetic connection with the entire
universe
The editor Of the St Joseph (Mo)
Herald is about right in this: y girl
who goes to a sensible school carries Il
slate, arithmetic, spelling book; geog-
raphv and a lunch in Il paper. Tho
modern city girl goes along with a big
litter, hustle, striped hose, hump
backed carrying thirty.onc, different
books. three states, four copy books, bot
tie of ink, pockctiul Of pencils and pens,
.eyen dollars worth Of pinchback jew
cIrv, mouthful Of chewing gum, and
thirteen red strcmmers dangling after
her"
Ir was a Frenchman--thc famous Car.
limo who, coutcutcdiy laying his head
upon large stone jar for pillow, re
uiicd to one who inquired il it was not
rather hard mot at all, for ! have
stuffed it with hay It was IN Amer'-
can lecturer who soIemnIy said one ever
ing: Parents, you may have children;
or if not, your daughters may have
1t was German orator who, warming
with his subject, exclaimed: There IS
no man. woman or child in the house
who has arrived at the age of Nifty years
but what has felt the truth thunderng
through their MINDS ior centuries
GEORGE ELIOT, as everybody knows,
was the nam De plume Of Miss Evans,
who commenced her career ~ an author
in Blackwood's Magazine. During her
early life she made the acquaintance of a
heavy, critical philosopher, Mr.. Lewis, Il
writer in The Saturday Fortnightiy ke-
view, and other high.class periodicals,
They discovered a plaronic affection for
each other, and after Il time were mar
ried. Ever since this partnership, Mr..
Lewis has guided more or less, the pen
which wrote Adam Bedo," and his
thoughts were easily discernible IN Mid
dlrn1arch." On the eve of the PubIica-
tion Of that notable work he reviewed 1t
in The saturday Night and Fortnightly
anonymously, OF course, and Iro,
nounced it to he splendid effort OF
Genius In literary society he now pro
Claims himself the Joint author OF " Dan,
iel Dcronda." He wrote every ne ci
the CHAPTER which describes the discus
sion nj the club to which Mordecal IN
troduccd Daniel.-Nr York Times L'"-
Jo,, T,yysr