The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-01
FACTS AID FANCIES,

guand tell some people that was mean
| fellow and no gentleman "Na, ma,
sir" was the candid answer, "you'll no
catch me at the likco' that, | have kept
my thoughts to myscl'."
TmE Pope Is rather reserved and aus,
| tcrc in his dCmcannr You can't put
your feet ON the top of his desk and ask
him for a chew, and talk over baseball
and the presidential prospects with him,
and feel aS easy and comfortable ~ you
do with some persons,
"Lilr, the Srcd.ti4c Of our being,
Switcr than the shuttle dies;
But the good or evil flowing
From our conduct never dies.
All who live are daily sowing
Seeds in distant fields to fail
And the harvest from them trowing
lIcmlMi gNhcr uNO @.
Gather, when the light has faded
When lifc's nccting scenes are DER.
In some cline by sorrow shNdod
Or where sorrows known no more
From the memory unluiling
OF our actions, great or small,
Perfect bliss, or weeping, wlllng,
| IrTLd"jpg GH,r W.'
THERE are few who do not remember
the childish wonder they once felt at
hearing the resonance produced hy pIaC-
ing a sea she'll to the ear an effect which
| fancy has likcncd to "thc roarOt the sea"
This is caused 10y the hollow form Of the
she'll and its polished surface, enabling
it to receive and return the hcatings Of
all sounds that chance to be trembling
in the air
Is order to act intclipcntly against
the cotton worm, southern planters are
advised by Professor A.. Il. Grotc TO act
in concert. He further recommends
that, whatever agent is employed to de,
slrov the worm he used against the first
brood that appears in the locality, 50 as
to prevent its spreading farther. 1t IL
highly desirable that the lilc-hlstory and
habits Of such insect pests should he
thoroughly studied, with II view to tacir
determination.
FRIGHTENED BIRDS.
" Hush hushw said the little brown thrush,
| To her mate ON the nest in the cldcr.buShi
"Kcrp slill! don't open your bill
| There's a boy coming hrd-ncStln" over the
hill.
! LET % your wings out, 50
! That not an Cgw or the nest shall show
| Chccl chcc, it seems to me
| l'm rs frightened as ever bird can be
Then still, with quiycrng bill.
They watched the boy out Of sight Ger the
hill
Al, then IN the branches again,
Their glad song rang over vale and glen.
ont oh if that boy could know
How glad they were when they saw him 90,
Say, say, do You think next day
lie could possibly steal those eggs away?
BoSroN turned out strongly at the
centennial inaugural. The heavy swell
Bostonian was one immense plaid suit
and high hat; the solid Mudoons of
Quincy Adams pedigree were all lrock
coat, high collars and black ncckcloth,
and the Baron-Strcct matron was lmpoS-
ing in furbcIowS and triIIS. And they
said to each other "carnt, sharnt,'
arnt," "you know" and "don't you
know" all day long.-N J. MH
A ROWAN tomb was recently opened
at York, England, and incloscd in II stone
coffin was found the body OF a young
rirl, admirably preserved by the use Of
rvpsum and furnished with what has
been considered a modern dcvice--a
chignon. This rested upon a pyramid ot
pods, pIait, and coils, and, although
many hundred years old, is a good spcci-
men of the present fashion.
4 BOOK AGENT who has retired from
active labor, upon the hard-carncd nc.
cumulation of 4 life ol industrious cheek,
saws that the great secret Of his success
was, when he went to n house where the
female head of the family presented her
self, he always opened by saying, " beg
YOUR pardon, Miss, but it was your
mother wanted to see" That always
used to get 'cm. They not only sub
scribcd for my books themselves, but
told me where | could find more Gus
toners.
Dir. GRIFFITH, of Wyoming, Kent
county, Delaware, has discovered that
ruli weed is n safe ;tntidutc for obesity.
No care need BE- exercised rs to the
amount of tea the patient drinks. lie
tried it on himself, taking no other drinks,
and in few weeks his own corpulence
had greatly diminished. He tried it on
three stuutcr neighbors, who within two
or three months, lost from twelve t"
thirty pounds. DR.. Griffith says that
great care should he used in collecting
the weed.