The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-08-22

VOLUME. XVII.
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SOME of our best lawyers make prac
tice of never defending case before
certain justices, because they know the
decision would be for the plaintiff il
they piled up indisputable evidence on
the other side. They merely cross.
examine the witnesses 80 as to lay the
foundation for their defense in higher
court on an appeal, and then allow
judgment to be rendered .-[Cleveland
Herald.
A YOUNG and comely white girl of
sixteen was publicly whipped at Eliza.
beth City, Va, by big negro constable,
for stealing pair of shoes. A crowd of
loaiers assembled to see the girl stripped
to her waist and the twenty-five stripes
laid on. The law authorizing such
punishment went into effect only on the
1st of July, and will be repealed at the
next session of the legislature.
ACCORDING to DR.. Treves, exact or
scientific study has tendency to deaden
and sterilize the poetic faculty. Dealing
constantly with stern facts and well-defn-
ed mental processes, renders all organic
zation in the nervous centers more per-
feet, promoting distinctness of ideas, a
more exact method of thought, and that
general structural condition which is un-
favorable for the display fthose mental
qualities which the poet must possess,
A MAN drinks beer or gin, not so much
from anv particular craving for them,
but because he is thirsty, aud likes a
slight advance on plain water. More
over, he is fond of showing his munifi-
cence by treating friend. Give him
the opportunityto buy aerated water
and syrup, and coffee, and in many cases
beer and gin would be given up, The
facility of instantaneous purchase is the
great attraction of pot-houses.- Lons
don Truth. Z
WHEN we consider how big state
Texas really is, we will cease to wonder
at the action of the late democratic
state convention. Think OF 1900 dele,
gates being called to order by one pre-
siding officer, and the roll being called
seven times in one day by the same clerk.
1t is not strange that they were turbu-
lent and noisy, and took days and days
to do their business, because it is on the
principle that great bodies move slowly.
Texas is six times greater than the state
Of New York, and considerably larger
than than the republic of France, which
contains a population nearly as large as
that Of the United States. Two hum
dred such states as Rhode Island could
81 be carved out of Texas, and then there
would be scraps enough left to make an.
other New England. Chicago Tribune.
# ONIONS, says Hassilquist, can never
be sufficiently recommended. They
possess more nourishment than, perhaps,
any other vegetable. 1t is a well-known
fact that Highlander with few raw
onions in his pocket and crust of bread
or a Bit cake; can work or travel to ar
almost incredible extent, for two or three
days together, without any other food
Whoever has tasted onions in Egyp
must allow that none can be had betteI
in any part of the world. Here they arr
sweet in other countries they ar,
iiauseous and strong, whereas in tn,
north and other parts they are hard o
digestion. Hence they can not in any
place be eaten with more satisfaction O
less prejudice than in Egypt. They ca
them roasted, also made into soup
which think one OF the best dishes
ever ate.
QUEEN MERCEDES estate was easily set
tied, According to Spanish law her lands
jewels and dover should have been re
turned to her father, and the King ha'
ordered inventories to be taken, whel
the Duke de Montpensier inteIfered ant
insisted that the King should retain hi
2 wife's property. Alfonso refused to cor
sent to this, as it would be an act of in
justice toward the dukes children an
their heirs, but the Comte de Paris al
the infanta Christine counseled him +
accept. The King thus comes into POI
session Of the palace and estate Of Cai
tilleia, near Seville, of the Queens wor
dertul jewels, and OF her marriage POI
tionof S5,0O0,00o The dividends upo
theetocks Of which the dover is CON
poso4 shad not been collected, nor ha
the Queens allowance from the SPANS
treasury been drawn at the time of he
death. These sums are to be distribute
among the poor OF Madrid.
SPEAKING Of the hot weather just e1
, perienced east of the Rocky mountain
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