The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-30

| dition. Character will draw after it
condition. Circumstances obey princi'
pies.
Mr. HEATING, of California, thus
wrote to a widow; "Me thinks some
times when | lay awake in the morning
and think Of thee, fancy see the can
opy Of heaven open and a bright vista
appear from it, and loI | see thee, my
angelic girl She weighs one hundred
and ninety pounds and has sued him for
breach of promise.
CRADLE sONG.
sleep, my baby, beside the fire,
Sleep, child sleep;
Winds are walling higher and higher
Waves are rising higher and higher,
sleep child, sleep;
While thy father, out on the sea,
Tolls all night for thee and me.
Sleep, my baby, content and blrst,
Sleep, child, sleep;
Whether the heart in thy mothers breast
| he light or hcayy--SO best 50 best
Sleep, child, sleep!
| While thy father, out on the sea
( Tolls all night for thee and me.
hrs. Wiocl.
FEW persons are aware that ycritablr
| Egyptian mummics are ground up into
paint. But in this country and in
| Europe mummics are used for this pur-
posc-thc asphaltum with which they
are imprcgnntcd being OF quality SUI
pcrior to that which can elsewhere be oh.
tanned, producing peculiar brOwniSh
tint when made to paint, which is priced
by distinguished artists both of this and
of other Countries Washington Ga:c'ic.
81 AN willing to risk my reputation
"a public man" wrote Edward lIinc
to the Liverpool Mercury, "if the worst
case of smallpox can not be cured in
three days simply by the Use of cream
tartar. One ounce of cream OF tartar
dissolved in Il pint of water, drank at
intervals, when cold, is a certain never
failing remedy. 1t has cured thousands,
never leaves a mark, never causes blind
ness, and avoids tedious lingering
THE Fulton Times puts this graphic
head on the description of wedding
The climax Of loye-heartS and souls
so near like one that you can't slip a
paper between them" A year hence
when the male heart comes home dcmor-
allied from torchIight procession, and
his breath toned down with cloves, the
Cstrangcmcnt will become so great in a
little while that you may drive four loads
of hay abreast between 'em.-Norrjsto"n
HyuH.
PROFESSOR CLELAND, of Galway, has
issued new work entitled A dictiona-
ry for the dissection of the human
body Such work supplies long-telt
want and must have large sale. There
is nothing more provoking and disCour-
aging than to undertake to carve Il hu-
man body, and being unable to strike
the joints he compelled to twist leg off
in Il most painfully unscentilic manner.
The book will be handy to have in the
uSc.--NO1&toWH H,ruH.
ONLY A wEEK AGO.
Only week ago the warmth and glow
OF sweetest summer time;
Only u week ago the bad and blow
" some fair trOpic cline,
only week ago aud now the glow
Oi icryid heat has urhed
To- wintry Sn w, and sharp winds blow
Where uOpC splrndors burned,
Only week ago-Ah, very low
My cherished buds are lying;
So low, 50 low, do not know
II they are dead or i ing.
So low 81 low, drcnched all with mrc and snow,
Their beauty tmrchcd with earth;
So low, so low-Ouly God breath eau blow
Them back 10 iresher birth.
THE earl Of Albemarle describes the
queen Of England when bright, pretty
rirl, seven years old, as she day after day
watercd the plants under the palace
window, where he watched her: cit
was amusing to see how impartially she
divided the contents OF the watering pot
between the flowers and her own little
feet. Her simple but becoming dress
contrasted lavorably with the gorgeous
apparel now worn by the little damsels
Of the rising gencration-a large straw
hat and suit of white cotton a colorcd
6chu was the only ornament she wore"
SEVERAL French exhibitors show truf-
nes, and lest the American visitor should
be in doubt as to what they are, it is eX
plaincd that trutllc is a species Of
mushroom or fungus, which grows be-
meath the surface of tae ground, and
gives no indication above ground. 1t il
used in soups and the preparation OF
several dishes. They are found not by
diving rods but by hogs, whose keen
scent and muscular snOut find and un-
earth the csculcnt morscls. The trutflc
hunter goes out with his trained hog and
pocket full of aCOrns and the beast
roots the ground for the truiile. As
soon as it appears in sight the ylgliant
hunter raps the hog on the snout and Sc
cures the prize, rewarding the dlsap-
pointed beast by an acorn.-Ph''ddflph''
Ledgcr.
THE other forenoon a man who has oc.
cupied seat in congress held state
office. being presiding officer at dozens
of conventions, and il looked upon as a
man of deep thought and wide ex-
perience, was passing down the street
when he saw silver half dollar on the
sidewalk. He bent down TO pick it up,
and the coin travelled into the open door
OF shoe.shop while the boy who held
the string cried out: Sold again and
got the tin--ncxt ~ The great states
man and deep thinker acted precisely as
common laborcr would have acted.
lie grew red in the face. looked around
to see who had witnessed the incident,
and as he hurried on muttered strange
words and sputtered ont sentences Tith
three points after them.-DttrOH Free
Pres