The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-10-25

thar lead mule pulls powerful fine"
"lIE who boasts that hi heart has re-
mained whole, coUfessf"1 80 that he has only
prosaic, out.Othc-way corner heart"
"HrMAN bainga, like the ground must
Le plowcd and narrowed beiore they are
in n receptive condition before it il any
good TO sow seed in Them
FIHsr speaker -"lhorc goes an Eng
ishman, can tell by the cut Of his iib'
Second $" Why, that fool thcre2 Ho,
no, HGS from New Work.
THE monster that has heeu Hopping
about in the Mississippi near It. Louis il
pronounced by the World TO be tue
Observation-Disclosures
GOODWIN SMITH says; 1t is the
fashion to accuse the Americans Of un.
limited voracity, but they seem really to
be about the only people who look at a
thing before they swallow It,"
"WHo will love my baby now were
the last words of Mira Sien Chin, wife Of
Kwang ri Chin, Chinese interpreter for
the Harvard studcnt. Here is a golden
opportunity for new song.
BRIGHAM NoUNG'- grave IL closely
guarded, and the phrenologist who wants
to know how big the prophet's hump Uf
amatiyeness was will have to wait long
time for the tough old skull
CoNFUCIUS, man who charged meth.
ing for preaching, used to say: "Coarsc
rice for food, water to drink, and y
bended arm for q piIlow-happlues- may
be enioyed even in these
a PAIR of boot-lasts have been made
ior Leonard Wilcox, of Rome, Y. v.
VINO IL seven feet high and weighs six
hundred pounds. The lasts are twenty.
two inches long and eighteen around the
instep.
ALL the other passions Condescend al
times to accept the ineXorable logic of
fact but jealousy looks facts straight in
the tase, ignores them utterly, and says
she knows a great deal better than they
can tell her.-H'ps.
"To some minds, education is like the
notion OF dress something which should
be literally trimmed, which should have
its rough edges bound, its basting threads
pulled, 30 as to give no hint-ot process,
and then worn and displayed to the best
advantage"
To a man weighing two hundred
pounds, hanging appears to be rather
pleasant. Mr.. Burns, of Missouri q
person of that weight was hanged four
times, and he says that he lost con.
sciOllsness every time aS soon a. his feet
left the floor that he felt no pain at any
| time"
I And - beside the silent sea
| wait the mufllCl oar
No halm from Him can CONS - m"
On ocean on shore.
! know not where his islands lit
Their irouded palms in air
only knUw cannot drift
RoyOnt His love and care.
-.lrh1ter,
"Ir is many things to its many dwell
era, this world is. 1t is Il home; it il q
workshop; il isa place of amusement, il
is school with trouble and pain for
teachers; for the deyout, it is church
to worship in; and for those who have
ewes to see, it is the wisdom, and the
glory, and the love Of God"
OF Chicken Charley, salt Lake thIei,
it Is said "lle will steal nothing hut
chickens. You Can trust him anywhere
or with anything but chickens. Ii he
comes into he society of chickens, he is
bound to steal them. He has served ont
several imprisonments tor this same
crime the last wear in the penitentlary;
| but he was no sooner Il free man than he
was induIging hi4 old passion"
-oSSET.
| "Ay thou art welcome heavens delicious breath
| When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf
Aud suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow
| brief
And the year smlI-s as 1t drsEs near Us death
| Wind of the sunny south on II delay
| IN the CAV woods, and IN the golden Ilr,
| Like to q good old age. rel. ased from clre,
| IourncyinI, in long serenity, away.
| In .uch bri.h', late quiet woud that
Might wear ont life like thee, mid h"~srs SD
| brooks
Aud lie rcryct the sunshine of kind lo.k',
| Aud music oI sirl ices nigh
| ,nl wheu my last sand twuklcs in the glass,
| Pass silently from men. 1s thou dnst IaBs.''
THE phenomenon OF phesphoresence At
sea has generally been supposed - he
caused by electricity. Sci ntist' n''' l.
sert that electricity has nOrhir - 'tp
with the matter. They claim thu 1t -
due to mic'ozoi which exis : Tar down IN
the sea depths. and rises at c1r'a'n Ies'or'
of the wear. There are different sScie,.
The principol one, according t" Pouche'.
i, the military noctiluca. Their sub
stance il Il diaphamous Jelly. In the
tropicol seas they are seen in perfection.
The whole broad surface of the sea is a
blaze of light. Tongues of liquid fire
dart hom before the PROV of the ship a.
| it plows along; and the wake of the ves-
sci seems like line. somewhat winter
and more beautiful than the normal con.
dition of the SEA before il was disturbed.
THE old Egyptian aud Assyrian had
the downward slope of the eve and no
calves on the legs. The same with the
Greeks and other old savages. The meu
had no calves Wherever we find the
downward slop. OF the eve and no cslve.
we find fanaticism and i.norance. Show
me man without calves and will show
you nincompoop. The cat has down
ward slope Of the eve, and the cat is
fanatic. In Massachusetts we have
statesman with downward slope of the
eve, or rather both eyes and he is
fanstic. | refer to General Butler. An
other thing Our forefathsr, had small
noses. Having small noses thev munched
their food yes, mum he'd it. Your great
grandfathers actually munched wnst
they ate. AZ they grew more civilized
they cut their meat, their JAWS gre"
smaller and they gradually ate u. Wy
f,isnis cut yolr mest small AMI YOU
viii have small jsws--Prof. Gu0n'"g.