The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-01

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ONE of the most dangerous practices
of the times is drinking from p vessel
used for public drinking in a hotel, rail-
road car or depot, --Dr. Nauy
The Oil City Derrick says We don't
care cent what becomes of the last man,
or the first one either. 1t is what ia to
become Of the intermediate fellows that
interests U.s.
AN advertisement in Pittsburg calling
far farm laborer received eight re-
sponses, an advertisement calling for a
book.keeper received one hundred and
thirteen.
"Dlp YOU ever notice how sensitive
are the c MS OF woman in church to the
crying Of some other woman baby; and
how deafer than post she is when her
own off,rring sets up lts piercing
squalls ~
THE chief Of all tie curses of this un-
happy age is the universal gable OF its
fools ard of the flockI that follow them,
rendering The quiet voices of the wise
men of all past time inaudible.--Rusk'1'.
ABOUT three months ago, a worthless
fellow named Kelly tattOOed nearly two
hundred persons in that part of the en-
lightened north known as Reading, Pa,
and thus communicated to them lOath-
some disease. The dangerous fool has
lust been arrested in Philadelphia.
Miss HELEN TAYLOR complains that
men make eating too much of pleasure.
Would the talented lady have us sit
down in sack. cloth to our hashes, shed
tear, over steaks and onions and howl
aloud Brother, we must die, " at re
sight of calfs bead p mn,
\ CHICAGO journalist in London says
of English journalism: " A very promi.
nent judicial investigation may not be
noticed at all fire in which ak people
were burned will be disposed of in five
lines, while bicycle race will be given 4
column An atrocious murder does we'll
if it gets six lines OF minion, while the
LAYING of the cornerstone Of new school
building is badly treated if it does OF
get q couple of columns OF BREWER y
WHEN Kemble was rehearsing the
romance sung by Richard, in the play OF
Richard Crur de Lion" Shaw, the
leader of the band, called out from the
orchestra "Mr, Kemble, my dear Mr.,
Kemble, you are numbering time"
Kemblc, calmly and coolly taking a
pinch of snuff, said My dear sir, it is
better for me to murder time at once
than to be constantly beating him as you
do"
He was up to see his girl on Sunday
night. He is nice young man, careful
in his ways, and with his best eyes wide
open to the main chance. In the course
OF his conversation he observed cheer.
fully" Times are looking better,
Amelia. was reading in the paper last
night that stocks are firmsr, and the
crops were never more abundant.
shouldn't be surprised if the old pros
perity came back to us this winter" " !
hope so,'' said she dreamily, " for Pm
getting about tired of crunching on rock.
candy The young man sqnirmed.-
Danbury he'cs.
How imbecile and silly seem all the
stale, hackneyed, worn-Out popular slang
savings of other days. There you 60
with your eye OUT" "What shock,
ing bad hat !" "How are you of
for soap?" "Flare up and join the
union!' How's your POOR feet:
What stupidity, affecting sharpness, be.
traysitselfin these obsolete impertinences.
In respect of fun, and point and clever
ness, what difference there is between
all those and the sparkling exclamation
with which the lively lower orders now
continually salute each other and their
superiors--Whoa, Emma! Punch.
ProLEMY, in his great work written
while Cesar was boy, calls Albion n
British island; and Pliny before the close
of the first century and little before
Ptolemy says that the island OF Great
Britain was formerly called Albion, the
. name of B,itain being common to all the
islands aboutit. The formerly" goes
back to earliest records, for Aristotle, born
. 3s4 wears b. c., mentions the islands
. Of Albion and Ierne. The name ispIo'
. baby of Gallo origin, the same as Albyn
n Tor Albin), the name Of Scottish High
. lands. It is the plural of alp, or air,
i signiiying rocky mountains, tue snol
e which looked toward France appearing
n like long row Of rocks -,
- A CORRESPONDENT with the Turkish
ssot writes; I'm speaking OF the anna
Z ment of the Arsari Ttiyk, | should men
y ION that most valuable addition has
- ,a,elv been made in the shape OF re
"a yolying she'll gun. 1t is the invention o
70 Frencbman, and in connection with the
h electric light, may be considered as th'
h very b, st defense yet brought out agains
4 torpedo boats. 1t throws a oDc-poun'
q sbell with pointed steel head capable @
piercing the plates of which the Tborny
o croft is Constructed, and has a rang
I of something like 3 900 yards. Brief
(: described, it is Gatling gun on larg
t scale, having five revolving rifed barre
4 instead of ten, the said barrels bein
n about 81 feet in length, and Il incht
g bore at the muzzle. The loading an
:, firing arrangements are similar t. tn
o Gatling, only, instead of cylindrics
o case being placed on top OF the breeci
le the cartridges are arranged in Nat case
'. of five, which are fixed in an incline
IN position at the side. The turn OF
at handle causes one Of the cartridges 10 81
W into the chamber wbenit is thrust - io'
'. ward into barrel and bred, ini a.
a. veapon Is fixed on pivot at t1s 10 ~.
n While a Gatling gun at each en-" =, .I.o
"' h,;doe and one on the forecasfie, ,;nu "
sirnys ready for giving warn, II mas
.ry Of Che enemys boat. ~h,e" a.!
y .,smpt 20 TO approach the IarK'sh h'g'
hin while at anchor SIS n.