The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-11-14
ALL SORTS.


too severe mental effort in the study OF
how to live without work"
You may talk about the lean and
hungry Cassius," but did you ever take
a side view of the man who has run
store ten years without Advertising
SHE saw morning mosquito on the
cream-white paper of the bedroom, and
crushed him then and there, But she
didn't know he was loaded.-Stdmt0rd
AdcIrate
MEN may come and men may go, but
we want to see the man who will come
to town in two-horse wagon, and not
20 to crossing to stop his team
Br00IrWe Democrat,
An old hat that once belonged to Ma
poleon |, was recently sold for thirty
five dollars, which is a good price, Ger
tainly, when we consider that both the
Nap. and crown are gone.
EprroRs like brevity, but man who
was recently hung in Indiana suited
them too well. lie made no remarks
about heaven, but nodded at the preacher
and said "Tll see you later and the
trap fell.
Noman can know all things, but there
are lots of men who think they do,
They are the fellows who give an editor
so much valuable information As to how
to run n newspaper-into the ground
KcunebnWh Star.
A CHICAGO publisher has issued q
. l. .,,;,1,J &C IInu, Ia Ranpmn plun1p'
The old way, you remember, was to TALL
out of third-story window and come
down plump. The new method is less
dangerous, but not so certain.
The forest leaves are turning, and
the chestnut worms are squirming, ~
the peanut man stands churning them
upon fiery bed; and books will soon
be laden, by every city maiden, with
leaves which nature made on purpose to
be red Wheeling Leadcr.
He was something of a cynic, and
when he visited the grave of his rich,
but henpeckcd friend, few weeks
after the burial, and found there Il he
roic-sized female figure in marble As
monument, he cried out: Poor, poor
fellow AS though it was not enough in
life, here he is held down by n woman
in deathw
You need not be afraid of giving too
much. An old darkey said; IT any oh
YOU know oh any church wat died oh
libcrality, jes tell me whar it is, an !
will take pilgrimage to it, an by de
light oh de pale moon | will crawl upon
its moss-covered roof ar write upon dc
topmost Single, Blessed am de dead
who die in de Lord "
A CLEVER Tuscaroran was tried at
, Elko, Nevada, for cattle stealing. The
| Jury acquitted him without leaving the
= box, and upon his return home friend
inquired a. to the result of the trial /:
6 No cause of action" said the party,
" merely killed the OK in self-defense,
5 and ate him for spite, and, of course, !
| was acquitted by the intelligent jury"
IT not unfrequently happens, in this
world of mistakes and thoughtlessness,
that man, even the best of men, may
once or twice during a long or otherwise
faultless life, kiss his hired girl by mis-
take for his wife. But no man, of ages
past or of to-day, was ever known to
kiss his wife under the erroneous I'M
preston that she was the hired girl
Bw,Rgton Hpwkcye.
"INK can be preserved from mold by
putting Glove in the bottle" When
Mrs. Spriggins, wife of Spriggins, of the
.uorning 1mdkencr, read the above, she
cried eXcitedly: "There! now | know
what Mr.. 5. always carries cloves in his
vest pocket forw And the good old I'M
suspccting soul looked rs pleased as it
she had Just heard of a new way of put
ting up backberries.
A PRAYER-MEETTNG was in progress
in the church in Mount Vernon, Ind,
and political procession, mistaklng
tho lighted edfce for the hall in which
mass-meetng was to be held, marched
in with banners flying, to the music
of Il full band, and gave three cheers Tor
its candidate. The clergyman invited
the politicians to remain " for their
souls sake" but they declined.
EDISON says it is periodical rather
than continuous noise that wears upon
! the brain. Correct! We can stand the
splash of waves, the jingle of cars, the
hum of voices, and the sounds of rural
life, but, oh deliver lis from the young
man who plays the flute and the we'll
meaning but unhappy female across the
way who wants to be "a merry, merry
zinpra. "-Nc,c York Commercial Adrer
: tiser.
: ANY shortcomings in this paper are
: to be charged to our liver. Our liver has
r come down on us like MEDITERRANEAN:
t 1t hes whooped it up to us ike one OF
t the bows out of sight of the police In
j. the silent watches of the night we arise
, and wrestle with it, and cannot prevail.
/ some patent medicine advertiser says,
e "Liyer is king" He is mighty right.
!, Ourliver is four kings and an ace.-Stu-
a ,rater Lumberman.
WE are glad the circus season is about
: over. For some time past we have en-
loved reading exchanges which had the
, delinouent tax list on the first page, the
proceedings of the board of SUI ervisors
on the second and third, and circus adj
yertisement on the fourth, but it's get
ting to be little monotonous, and we
are pleased now to find on the fourth
page notice of a new liver pill, a sale
of blooded stock, and thanks for peck
of apples.-Hackeye.
ONE of the American millionaires who
are doing the Paris Exhibition wantt d
some champagne with his dinner, but,
, ha;pg unahle In sneak French, had t.