The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-13
ODDS AND ENDS.

A HURRICANE moves eighty miles an
hour.
COACHES were first used in England in
1869.
THE average human life is thirty-ono
years.
THE first steamboat piled the Hudson
in 1907.
MICHIGAN has 10000 Knights Of
Labor.
MODERN needles first came into use
in 1914.
The hotel business in New York is
overdone.
THERE are 1913 Incorporated clubs in
New York.
QUEEN VICTORIA has nineteen grand
daughters.
THE first newspaper was published in
England in 1888.
The first newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1862.
The first use Of locomotive in this
country was in 1929.
NEWPORT is gay again, and the trades
people are happy.
A EEcEsr two days holiday III Vienna
produced ten suicides.
JAPAN has only 10000 paupers in
population Of 30,00O,00O
IRELAND pays eight millions per an
nun in taxes to England.
Mr. BLAINE has six children-three
sons and three daughters.
WiSpow-GLAss blowers have received
an advance Of 10 per cent.
ABOUT fourthousand comets have been
seen since the records began.
The first printing press in the United
States was introduced i'll l72J.
RHODE ISLAND sends the only Quaker
in Congress, Jonathan Chace.
joliet, ILL.,, now demands 81, 600 cash
down for all saloon licenses.
Sr. LOUIS wants to get its lettersfrom
Mexico in less than three weeks.
SoMEg's PoNT, on the West Jersey
Railroad, ships 40, coo CLANS daily.
MEASURE 209 feet on each side and yon
have a square acre within an inch.
USTIL 1776 cotton spinning was per
formed by the hand spinning wheel.
GLASS windows We're first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
TnE first complete sewing machine was
patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in 1916.
The Typographical Union of Cincin
nat, is discussing the Eight-Hour law
The first steam engine on this cont
ncnt was brought from England in l7j3
ALBERT DUREE gave the world {
prophecy of future wood engraving il
1927.
PHILADELPHIA policemen carry neat
black walnut canes--a present from the
Mayor.
Ir costs the 100000 of people in
England about GSSO,O0O, 900 per annum
to live.
TIE first knives were used in England
and the first wheeled carriage in France
in 1853.
OSE Of the best cattle ranches in the
West is owned by a grandson OF Edward
Everett.
A VRdISIA cat is reported to be rear.
ing two young foxes along with her
litter of kittens.
Inc Irish Land League, which is in
session at Dublin, has received 81 900
from America.
BARTHoLDI's mother was his model
for his statue of Liberty that is to adorn
New York harbor.
THIS years wheat crop bids fair to
reach 100000 900 bushels, 100, 600, 90 0
in excess Of last years.
TIE home industrial schools in New
York have sheltered 80, 900 children and
found country homes for 5000.
A sHoAL Of Goldfish one mile long and
containing 100, 100000 fish will eat
$40, 600, 900 herring in one week.
TnE Medicdi Summary recommends
the external use of buttermilk to ladies
who are exposed to tan or frcckles.
TUE Emperor Of Germany is 81; the
King of the Netherlands, CT; the King
Of Denmark, &C; Queen Victoria, 60.
GENERAL SHERMAN says he never
voted but once in his life, and then he
voted wrong; so he will not try it again.
The Royal Agricultural Society has
decided that the English climate renders
the profitable cultivation of tobacco i'm.
possible.
THAcKERAY characterizes snob rs
one who exhibits "mean admir-; ton OF