The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-04-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

CHINESE cotton is yellow, and hence
the peculiar color Of the fabric called
nankeen.
In New MEXICO the Inhabitants sup.
plement their dinners with plateiul OF
honey ants for desserts.
A WIND Of twenty-five miles an hour,
or what sailors would call stiff breeze,
travels 80. CT feet per second.
The artifcially-fatted ortolan becomes
such ball Of fat that, strung on wick,
it is said to make very good lamp.
Two hundred beetles, ont of 800
species known to inhabit Madeira, are 80
far deficient in wings that they cannot
fly.
In AFRICA vegetable butter is made
from tho fruit Of the shea tree, and is OF
a richer taste than any made from cows
milk.
The waste ashes of wood fires are
leached for potash, and the waste of lin
seed-oil manufacture used as food for
cattle.
RESEARCHES among the rock forma-
lions of Western America show that it
is to the New World We must look for
perfectpedigree Of the horse.
The Oldest map Of tho heavens is in
the National Library Mt Paris. IT was
made by the Chinese about the year 600
b. G., and contains ! AGO stars.
TO GIVE lightess to what would be IN
insupportable weight, the cranial bones
of the enormous head Of the elephant
contain numerous air.cells.
THoUGH the multiplication table was
in use by the Arabians and Italians at
nm early age, no notice was taken of 1t
during the Middle Ages in the rest OF
Europe.
THERE is on record the case Of lady,
subject TO nervous headaches, who always
finds next morning patches Of her hair
white, as if powdered. In few days it
regains its natural dark color.
SOME one explains the custom Of plac-
ing plumes and cockades of hats always
on the left side, by the fact that large
plume has was the fashion in Charles
III. Is time, for-instance-would impede
the free use OF the sword.
Ir IS found that the clothes fitted to
new recruits in the English army soon
become too small across the chest and
too tight around the neck, owing to the
increased development given by gym
nastic aud military exercises.
Ir IS said that the name alligator arose
from the expression OF Spanish sailor
on board an English ship, who, seeing
m alligator in one Of the tropical rivers
Of America, said, CHATS q iag1rtO,"
that being the Spanish word for lizard.
The demand for good carpet designs
far exceeds the supply, and American
manufacturers are sending to Europe,
particularly England and France, for
hundreds of thousands Of dollars worth
J Of designs yearly. If the same quality
| Of designs could be made in this country
the manufacturers would gladly patronize
home talent. One carpet firm alone pays
| 100000 per year for its designing de.
partmcut, and of this sum several thou
| sands Of dollars go to foreign markets.
"JEYNrE,my sweetheart, I am going to
| give you n diamond ring to show my
love for you, and cause your proud
father to relent, said he and he pressed
her hand with fond ardor. She gazed
lovingly, tcnderly into his eyes and q
word OF delight went from her own lus.
trous orbs and she said: "Oh, do ;
you are such darling, and I am sure
father will consent" and she leaned
over his shoulders. "But, sweety, do
You know what have got to do in order
to accomplish such job? must give
up cards, ard smoking, and chewing,
and gum, and cocktails, and it will be
mighty hard" And she Struggled up
little closer and whispered: son,
Charles, you-you are so good" And
there they sat, and sat until the wee
small hours had been creeping on some
time. And so they sat there every night
until she got the ring, and then she
| Tilted him.