The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-24
Autumn Leaves.

An effective method of decorating n
wall Or panel with autumn leaves is to
cover the space to be ornamonted with
tulle, the meshes of which are rs large
rs possible, This a. u distance does not
hide the painting or the paper on the
wall, and it makes an excellent ground
work on which the leaves and ferns can
be pinned to form very ornamental de-
signs. Picture scraps are excellent for
decorative purposes. Small rooms, and
nurseries, especially, papered with them
and afterward vanished, afford great
entertainment cornices may he made
of them to run around all the wall paper,
with about two inches of gold roll he
tween each, and black bordering.
Wooden fire boards and Holland mats
may also be covered with them these
mats should be vanished. Com
mon garden flower-pots can be made or
namontal by giving them coat OF paint
and then painting on them landscapes,
flowers or figures. If you cannot pant,
the embossed picture scraps can he
pasted on and afte1ward vanished.
Bleached skeleton ferns may be laid on
photograph book covers, wooden trays,
aud blottiug books, and vanished.
They look especially well on black paint
ed wood if laid close together they re-
semble an inlaying of ivory. A plain
table with one drawer makes quite a
pretty writing table by staining it black,
and then laying the ferns on border
round the top and around the drawers
The ferns can also be applied to velvet
frames, when the whole should be COW
cred with wlite tulle of the finest and
most invisible description. An elegant
tireboard may be made in this way.
Whipped for Not kissing a Homely
Girl.
The district school of BarTyville, Sulli-
van county, n. Y, is taught by young
man named Reuben Frazier. George
Sink, aged II years, was one OF
his scholars. Sink is mischiev
Gus boy, nnd the other day he tripped
up girl about his own age as she was
passing out Of the schoo-room door.
lie said it was an accident, but the girl
went back and slapped his face. He
struck her, and the teacher called him
up and hogged him with stick. Then
he was ordered to beg the girls pardon
and shake hands with her. This the boy
did. The schoolmaster then said that
Sink, to make full amends, must kiss
the girl, but this he refused positively
to do. His refusal brought him another
whipping. Still he said he would not
kiss the girl. Then he was hogged for
the third time and sent home. Beliey-
ing that the teacher had no right to in
sist on their sons kissing any of the
girls that attended school with him, and
that he had plnished the boy uniustly,
the boys parents had the teacher ar
rested on charge of assault and battery.
Where Women We're Needed at the
Polls.
David Hopkins and Gustave Dettlotf
were candidates for School Trustee IN
District No. of New Lots, l.. l., at the
last election. Mr.. Hopkins is a farmer,
and was seeking reelection. Mr.. Dett-
loft is connected with an insurance COM
pauy in this city and is well-known
resident of the town. The friends of
Mr.. Hopkins, about en- hour before the
closing of the polls, perceived that there
was danger Of their candidates defeat.
A consultation was held, and it was de-
cided to utilize the new law giving wom-
en- the privilege of voting. Accordingly
several farm wagons were procured and
sent through the district to gather in
the farmers wives and daughters. The
wagons returned to the polls with 1O7
women, all of whom voted for MIR. Eop-
kins, thus saving him from defeat. 1t
was too late to use o counter-polson.-
New York World.
Learn to be Short.
Long visits, long stories, long exhorta
lions, long prayers, and long editorials
seldom profit those who have to do Will
them. Life is short. Time is short
Moments are precious. Learn to con
dense, abridge, and intensity. We cal
endure many an ache and i'll if it is sool
over, while even pleasures grow insipl'
and pain intolerable, if they are pro
tracted beyond the limits of reason ant
convenience. Learn to be short. Lol
off branches; stick to the main fact IL
your case. If you speak, tell your mes
sage, and hold your peace; boil dow
two words into one, and three into two
Always learn to be short
"LrsauIsr. "-Au reuoir is a contrac
ton Of the familiar phrase "over-thc
river" which is synonymous with so
long ta.ta see Won later and take car,