The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-02-05
VrAIFS AND WHIMS.

nlre lnhn WIN an 2uger OF Qrlll 10
bore one for YOU.
QUICKER than pounds of powder will
rive an ordinary rock, you can blast
great reputation with one ounce of
scandal.
Do not intersperse your language with
foreign words and high-sounding terms.
II shows aflectation, and will draw ridi-
cule upon yon.
IT is said that pie is disappearing
from American restaurants; but, thank
heaven, there is resource left in the
printing Office.
The individual who wrote, go, Soli-
tude, where are thy charms" was a
business man who didn't ADVERTISE
Cincinnati SGt,0Hav Nigbt.
A MAN has no more right to say an
uncivll thing than to act one; no more
right to say a rude thing to another
than to knock him down.
igis said that the Bureau of Engrav-
ipg has not single ten dollar bill in its
reserve stock. Singular coincidence.
Neither have we R0ckIand Courier.
WHEN the bee stung the Professor Of
entomology, he remarked, "Well, | like
Entomology, but can't say that ad.
mire these end-to theological Jokes -
$ten50Wyc HpG'd
SOME persons are capable Of making
great sacrifices, but few are capable OF
concealing how much the effort has cost
them; ana it is this concealmept that
constitutes their value.
The powers of the mind, when they
are unbound and expanded by the
sunshine of felicity, more frequently
luxuriate into follies than blossom into
goodness.
DO not carry on a conversation with
another in company about matttrs
which the general company knoNs
nothing Of. 1t is almost as impolite ~
to whisper.
THE New Orleans Picoygne notes that
among the most curious things to be
seen in the city is an ulster with Gig
arctic, standing in front of theatres on
matinee days.
A woMAN's newspaper has been
started in Paris. 1t is called Woman,
and is designed to promote the interests
of working women, particularly in
the direction of moral and physical
culture.
The reason why we object to woman
suffrage is because they would vote in
discriminatory. They would Join
neither party; all they would want Is
plenty of candidates.
The katydid does all her singing with
her LEGS. Now if the young man who
sits behind you at the concert and huns
the tenor softly, were CONF elled TO do
all his singing by rubbing the soles of
his ieet together, how happy you would
be. And he? Oh, he would sing about
as we'll as he does now, and the musical
world wouldn't miss him at all.
ACCORDING to West End, London,
gossip, the lihels in Iopn Talk on Mrs.
Langtry and Mrs. CORVALLIS West, for
which Mr.. Rosenbergh is undergoing
imprisonment, are the work of rival
beauty, who found herself eclipsed by
their superior charms. Her fathers
name appears in the baronets list, and
money and influence were succe. stully
interposed to prevent exposure.
MAX STRAKosCH says thss mis- pre-.
miere altiste is 1.-The greatest living
dramatic prima donna," and that she
las had !" the entire sway of the dra.
matte repertoire in Europe for the last
five years." whatever that may mean,
and that "she is now in the zenith of
| her power, and unites with the most
magnificent voice the talent of superb
actress"
The earliest records of the worlds
history bear testimony TO instances OF
the successful practice Of medicine by
women. Between the eleventh and
thirteenth centuries several women ac-
quired widespread renown as teachers
in the great school Of SalernO. In tho
succeeding centuries many female ply
sicjans held professional chairs in the
universities Of Italy, especially that Of
Bologna.
JUST as everybody was settling down
to enjoy themselves at party the other
evening, Master Jimmie appeared in the
room with, "Ain't you folks hungry2
Guess you haven't been saving up your
appetitcs for two days as and moth"
| Inc DrOau anu generous uanu VI LIE
mother suddenly stopped his converse
ton trap, and he had to save his aprs.
tite until morning, when it was satisfied
with broken bits of Jelly cake left over.
PRINCE NAPOLEON, the Gaulois
says, waited on the Empress Eugene
during her short stay in Paris. On
learning of her arrival, he sent to ask
at what hour he could be received, to
which the Empress replied: Gimme
diatelyp On being introduced he
kissed her Maiesty's hand. The con.
versation turned solely on the painful
bereavement of the Empress. Tho
Prince had no time to bring his son with
him, and expressed his regrets. The
Empress replied: "If Ireturn through
France, ! shall see your sons with
pleasurep' The interview was marked
by extreme cordiality but the Empress,
after the departure Of the Prince, was
greatly affected by the rscollections 70
vived, and was in prayer before the
portrait of her son when the Princess
Mathilde arrived, The Princess re-