The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24
FACTS AND FANCIES.


home is too feeble to get out of doors.
As you cannot avoid your own COM
pany, make it as good as possible,
You may now lawfully fish for trout
and get chased out Of the lot by the
mad farmer and his fierce bulldog.
PHILADELPHIA is the greatest Ameri-
can city in its line, Its line is bornng,
marrying and dying.
THERE is nothing equal to the bravery
Of a well dressed man, or the cowardice
of poorly-dressed one in the presence
of fair woman.
The Russian Emperor is getting tired
of standing it, any longer, and threat
ems to sit down on the Ottoman,- Gin
cj'naH E"q"ircr.
SH! Don't say n word about it; don't
speak, maybe it will get by without no.
ticing us or disturbing any one, Here
comes the Fourth Of July again.
Hdrkcyc.
ALI other signs may fail; but when
you see woman with straw hat on her
head, Il drop Of whitewash on her nose,
and an expression Of great executive
ability on her features, you may bet that
the season of ethereal midncss is at
hand.
A WOMAN reccntIy y entered store and
qat down in front of an iron safe to warm
her feet. After sitting some twenty or
thirty minutes, she remarked that she
never did like them kind OF stoves,
they don't throw out scarcely any heat,
those gas burners DON'T"
LITTLE four-ycar.old Lulu was very
much afraid in the dark, and for that
reason had great dread of bed time.
Complaining of this to friend one day,
she was told that If she would remember
always that darkness and light are
alike to God" she would no longer be
afraid. The next morning upon enter
ing the breakfast room, the little one eS.
Gained "Wcll, Mrs. -, was 'fraid
agin last nightw Why, how was that"
asked the lady, "did you not remember
what told you" "Oh, yes" replied
Lulu 81 'membcrcd 1t, but the 'fraid is
in me, and can't be got out of me, "
"SrPpOsE, says DR.. Siemcns, "water-
power to be employed to give motion to
a dynamo. electrical machine, very
powerful current is the result. This
may be carried to a great distance
through Il large metallic conductor, and
there he made to impart motion TO electro.
magnetic engines, to ignite the carbon
points of electric lamps, or to effect the
separation of metals from their ores A
copper rod Of three inches diameter
would be capable of transmitting 1000
horse power distance Of say thirty
miles, an amount sufficient to supply
2j0, 600 candle.powcr, which would be
sufficient to illuminate moderate sized
town. " Some of these days it will not
be surprising to find the above sugges-
tons carried into practical effect by in
ventors in places where the necessary
conditions are favorable.
TO BE perfectly natural is to be well
bred; and, contradictory as it may seem,
quite believe that natural manner may
be cultivated Just as well as an artificial
one. Affection and self.consciousness are
always displeasing, and, unfortunately,
they often prevent most estimable per
sons being appreciated, as from their
many good qualities they deserve to be.
II we look around us, and note who are
the most popular of our acquaintance,
we shall find that it is rarely the hand.
somcst, the ceverest, or most accomp-
lished, but invariably those who have the
happy talent OF being able to forget
themselves These might be endowed
with fairy wands, 50 manifold are their
powers of charming. They make the
silent talk, the grave merry, and those
weighed down with sorrow put away
their grief. Such are ever welcome. for
by their ready sympathy they can adapt
themselves to any society; and in the art
of entertaining others they are simply
perfection, for they make their friends
feel that they have really come out to
enjoy themselves, and not merely for the
sake of fulfilling an irksome social duty.