The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-18

TAKE pains to keep trashy books awav
from your children send them to school,
and resolutely keep them in doors of
nights.
AN editor stIers reward of five dol
lars for the best treatise on How to
make an out door lie attractive to the
mosquito"
THERE is no man who feels 30 cheap as
he who goes about asking what would be
good inscription for tombstone and
has his own name suggested
"CAN love die?' inquiries Mary Il,
Nealy in a recently published poem. 1t
can not, though it gets dreadfully ad.
journed occasionally. : Buffalo Express
WE want to know if our invitation to
the peace congress entities us to more
than five hundred pounds of baggage.
We never like TO start out on long
Journey without taking an extra pair of
shoes along.-[St Louis Journal.
WHIST proverb- =" For want of leading
q trump the trick was lost, and Ter want
of the trick the game was lost, and for
want of the game the rubber was lost
and for want of the rubber the temper
was lost, and for want Of the temper
the friend was lost
"YFs, mamma, took three Jumps of
sugar out OF the cupboard" says the
little girl, contritely. THAT was very
naughty indeed, but, as you have CON
iessed it, shall forgive you. Go and
sin no more" "Then give me the other
lump only took two"
WHAR was de sun dis mornin ?'
asks Rev. Mr.. Jasper, of Virginia,
d" Why, dat side o. my house. Whsr is
it now? Why, dis SIDE o my house;
darfur de sun must ha' got roun it, sn
it couldn't do dat standin still. Where.
fur, de sun moves, sab"
HE rushed upon her with rush,
Mn kissed her with kiss
He pushed her forward with push,
tie thought he'd miss the miss.
lie told her of the love he loved,
He blushed blushng blush
But stranger on the icene was seen,
| And the young man hushed n hush
Il Norrstown Herald.
"IF gentleman ON the stage is COOL
looking as we'll as single, says Manager
Stctson of Eoston, "the public take
much more interest in him. and 40 with
IL lady. know of an instance in this
city, not lon AGO, when lady receiving
S75 per week had her salary reduced TO
$50 bv manager because she got mar
ried, simply, as he said, because the
public would not take so much interest
, in her"
The other Sunday 4-year old asked
Ter mother for a present to carry to her
teacher, Her mamma thought she re-
f-rred to the missionary penny, and pro-
yided her accordingly But this did not
satisfy the little lady. She said, "N0,
the children all had presents, The
teacher called all their names, and they
all said present. and when she called
nv name | hadn't any present, and
couldn't say any thing; so to-day must
carry one"
THERE is clock vt Worsley, Lord
Ellesmere's seat in England, which, at
one o'clock, always strikes thirteen. The
reason il that one day the great English
canal maker OF the last century, the
Duke of Bridgewater, to whom the
estate belonged, found number Of
mechanics in his employ idling about
after one, when they ought to have
returned 10 their work Ipquiring the
meaning of this, he WAS told that they
had not heard the clock strike, it being
much more easy TO mist hearing the
single stroke than halt dozen or so. The
next day the clock struck thirteen, and
has done 40 ever since.