The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-04
TIMELY TOPICS.

DeCOWe pTeacncTS DuJ inulgHhhVis Nv
MES the assertion that "minsters' sons
are the worst in the parish" Oneprod-
igal," he says, from the pastors own
fold makes more talk than nincty-and-
nine apostates from the rest of the
church"
Ir is highly probable that the widow
of Alexander r. Stewart will be annoyed
and prosecuted beyond measure by beg
gars of various degrees, even now that
Judge Hilton is employed to assist her
in dsbursing it. If she had retained the
whole she could not during her life, give
away more than the mercst fraction Of
the interest of her vast fortune. If she
knew on whom to bestow it, and occu-
pied all her time in making small dona-
tions, she could not give it all away
during her lifetime. Supposing her to be
worth 5O,000,0O0, and to disbursc only
the interest, she could get rid of 10000
day, or 81 600 every working hour In
other words, she could perpctualIy give
away SIG minute for ten hours Of every
working day and never touch the prin.
cipal! If resolved to transfer To others
the entire fortune, it would take her a
year if she counted out So. 80 a second.
The Disraeli ministerin Great Britain
must be considered a success in its abil-
ity to find avenues for the expenditure
of money. 1t does not propose to
adopt the " cheese-paring policy" of
Gladstone, by means of which cxpendi-
lures were so curtailed that reduction
in taxation was possible. Disraei wants
upwards of E7S,OOO,O0O for the current
fiscal year, an amount larger by several
million pounds sterling than was eX-
pended in any one year when Glad.
stone was at the helm of state. With the
present sources of revenue there would
be deficiency of nearly GS0O,O00, and
this the chancellor of the exchcquerpro
poses to make up and have a surplus of
E365,OOO by an increase of penny a
pound in the income tax. This tax is
made great source of revenue in En-
gland whenever an unusual sum of mon
ey isnccdcd. A tax of a penny pound,
though only little over two-ffths of
one per cent. will produce, according to
the chancellor of the exchcqucr, about
G1,OOO,OO0 per annum. This shows
what immense wealth is concentrated in
the united kingdom in the hands of
the men who have incomes subject to
taxation.
ACCORDING toa contemporary, GU
rious case has been decided in the court
of justice at Munich. 1t has always
been the custom to deck the two towers
of the cathedral with flags upon occa-
sions of public festivity, and until re-
Gently this practice had never given rise
to any misunderstanding. Since the
unifcation of Germany the Archbishop
of Munich has always hoisted the yellow
and white flag with the keys of st. Pc
ter upon the towers on saints days,
while upon political holidays the munic-
ipality has displayed from the two tow
ers the black, red, and yellow flag, sur
mounted by the imperial eagle. Upon
the last anniversary of the battle of
Sedan, these emblems of the new empire
hoated proudly in the breeze" but the
chapter of the cathedral protested against
their exhibition, basing their objections
upon statutes which date from the clev-
enth century. They instituted proceed
ings against the municipal council, and
the trial lasted several days. The judge
at last decided that while the body of the
cathedral is the exclusive property of
the judges, the towers belong to the city,
which consequently may deck them as
it pleases
The San Francisco News Letter de-
scribcs the newest discovery in natural
history, being an insect which has been
christened without consulting the
scientist-Or as the News Letter calls
them, the "bug sharps"-a "man bug"
The description is as follows; "The
creature has body of dark green
color, notified with yellow or orange col
Ored spots. This is about five inches
long by two and a half broad, of beetle
shape, and terminating at the head in a
pair of red and very vicious looking eyes
and two horny mandibles of like color
and decidedly snappish appearance.
1t has no appearance of wings. Its most
peculiar feature, however, is single pair
OF spidery legs attached to the lower end
OF its body. These are about twelve or
fourteen inches in length and singularly
resemble those of a man in regard to the
number of joints and the fact that it
stands bolt upright on them. The crea-
ture stands some foot and half high,
walks with long, crane-like stride, and
is like nothing so much as an immense
June bug on stills. Its only known food
is mice, and these, when introduced into
the large bird-cage that confines it, it
seizes with a sudden dash of its foot or
claw and dispatches voraciously." 1t
was found on the island of Iwiwau, some
sixty miles south of Steinberger's do
main.