The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-08

That TO your DChIl my INV Nv W. 't'''''''
THE Chinese question is under discus
sion in Australia, with even more earnest'
ness than in California. The legislature
of Queensland has imposed Il tax ot nifty
dollars n head on each Chineuan enter
ing the colony. The money received 's
to bc returned to the payce it, at any
time within three years of the date oi
landing, he should ego away beyono
sea"
A LoNpoNER who is the happy pos,
SCISSOR of some meadows on the bonEs o'
the Thames, keeps there some c"WS.
One morning his dairy maid brought
him letter which she said was tied to
the tail of one OF the cows. On opening
il he found il contained three.penny
piece and the following pcnci'ed mem
orandum: "TO the owner OF TINS cow
Sir: For the last hour we have been
irving at various houses to purchase some
milk. Having been unsuccessful, we
took the liberty of extracting sona'
wafer bottle full from the bearer. Ilease
accept our thanks Tor the same"
TIE Paris universal exhibition build
inc for the exhibition of 1878 ia being
pushed rapidly toward comp letion by the
French government, and already mas
grand appearance. The great nan ID
completed up to the slring'ng ot the
iron.roof trusscs, and more than three
quarters of the iron and glass roofing over
the industrial galleries on the Champ de
Mars has been completed. In the center
of the building is wide open.alr avenue,
in which will be placed the tine.art gal
lcrics. IL was at first thought that there
would be no necessity for anneXeS, but
the idea has been given up and the
Champ dc Mars will be more crowded
with supplementary buildings than II
was in 1867. Half Of the space OF the
grand vestlbule will he used for, the
cxhihiton OF the presents received ny
the Prince OF Wales during his visit TO
India,
PRIVATE letters from India speak OF q
growing anxiety among European resi-
dents, who are strengthening the yolun-
tcers corps accordingly, The Calcutta
volunteers turn out seven hundred
strong, armed with Martini-lIcnry rifles,
and very shortly cavalry corps OF at
least one hundred aabers will take their
place beside the infantry. Al Cawnpore,
bombay and other places the samo slon-
tancous movement is observable, and NJ
is encouraged by the government Ihe
repeated revcrses sustained w inc NUS,
, slams have given rise to the very llloE'cal
deduction that the Asiatic is generally Il
match for the European. The ilindoos
: openlv acknowledge their sympathy with
tho Mohammcdians and assign aS q
, reason that it is natural that they should
take the side of an Oriental power ana
!. peoplc. In some parts, especially, along
the northwestern ironter the bearing
of the NiussulmaDs have become lnsoleht
and provocative. The Ameer OF CaDui
is credited with all sorts OF insane pro-
iects, and furiously rcsents the presence
of an English force at Quetta.
WHEN the late Louis Napoleon was q
candidate for the presidency of the French
republic in lSl8, he called upon victor
HUGO and gave expression to the follow
inr sentiments: al have come to have
a talk with YOU, and set matters straight
pcorlc calumnintc mc---look at me. DO
| strike you "a bring insane? People
supnosa mean TO recommencc Napoleon \
career over again! There are two mel'
whom man, swayei by great AMBITION
: might take as models Napoleon and
Washington. One il a man OF genius,
, the other man Of virtue. 1t would be
! absurd for man to say, ] shall be q
| genius but he can say honstly, | mean
: to be a man of virtue. II is not within
Il mans power to be a genius, but ne can
always ,Je An honest man. could only
0 initiate Napoleon in one thing.--a crime
) ] am not great mani shall not copy
Napoleon; but shall bo an honest man
: aud initiate Washington. NY name,
I the name of Borararte te-will be inscribed
= on two pages of the history of France.
y On the one it will be associated with
crime and glory-on the second with
probitv aud honor; ,,and the second will
perhaps, rank higher than the first
Why? Because, if NAPOLEON Is greater
: Washington is better. Between er'm
3 inal Nero and good citizen, l choose
s the good citizen. Such is my ambition.