The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-08-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

RGFLE-sHooTNd is the mania of tht
day, and the interstate rife match,
which is being arranged for October,
will doubtless be attended by repre-
sentative rihemen from all parts Of the
country. The match will take place al
the historic Creedmoor, and bull eyes,
subjects OF friendly competition be.
tween north, south, east and west.
IT is a melancholy sign of the univer-
salty with which Americans aeem to be
forsaking farm work, that, even in o
period when tho dullness Of manufac-
lures and trade leaves thousands unem-
ployed, the farmers find it hard to get
sufficient help. The complaint is gen
eral in all parts of the country that
sufficient help cannot be obtained to
handle the crops with.
The stockholders of the Augusta
cotton factory have resolved upon the
issuance OF bonds to the extent of
100000. AS this concern has hitherto
been believed to be tho most successful
cotton manufacturing establishment in
the south, the fact that it is compelled
to borrow money on 80 large scale
looks rather discouraging for the imme-
diate future of that industry.
The difficulty of recovering anj thing
from Boss Tweed and his associates may
be seen from the fact that, OF the 151
vouchers on which warrants were issued,
III OF them have been stolen, and the
plaintiff is required to produce the
stolen vouchers and bills attached and
specify which portion of them is fraud
ulent. AS tue bills cannot be repro
duced, the dilemma is apparent. The
plunderers seem to be safe.
SENATOR NoRwooD, of Georgia, in
his recent address at Emory College,
made some interesting points. Among
them were these: "While emancipa-
tion diminished our wealth, it increased
our political power. Negroes vote for
men and not measures, and their 800, 900
votes will be added to ours. The negro
is gravitating toward us. The people
of the north will soon rise and demand
surrender Of the elective franchise or
colonization.
L. II. ELLIOTT, q well known writer
on agriculture, has been collecting Ger
tain data in regard to fruit culture, and
gives the total market value of the crop
of the entire country at $l7,OOO,OOO.
Now York leads all the states in amount
with $70O0,OOO. California's figures
are largest in proportion to population,
being So, OO0, 200, this sum probably in
Guiding the yield from vineyards. The
total sum for the New England states
is put at 100000.
AT last the cotton states are learning |
wisdom. The experiment OF diversified
cropping, which the more prudent have
for years been urging, has this season ,
been tried with most encouraging re- \
sults. 1t is fact that the gulf states il
have grown a surplus of cereals, if the s
estimates of the papers of those states
can be trusted. Not only is there an ',
unprecedented wheat crop, but cotton h
culture has been prosecuted with new C
diligence and method, resulting in an
unusual yield to the acre. Thus instead I
of mortgaging the growing cotton crop :
for food to eat, the planter can this year i
supply his table mainly from his own :
acres, while he stores his prime staple q
and awaits the top of the market. This c
is the beginning of independence for Il
the south-first diversified agriculture, n
then manufactures. p
THE success OF the Cornell crew in
the Saratoga regatta has revived the
controversy as to the effect of high Il
physical culture on mental training, IL ID
and this has drawn out President White, n
OF Cornell, who bears strong testimony 8,
in regard to the scholarship of the boat W
ing men. He says "The register has is
furnished to me the official state Ia
ment of the standing of the mem. =
bers of the university crew which 4
has won the race, and 1 am glad Il
to say that it represents admirable h
scholarship in the various departments, q
md I feel warranted in making the j
statement that were you to choose out -, ~
by lot an equal number of students b,
from the university, the chances are IL
Two to one that you would not take in al
II many men who have been as faithful ST
md diligent in their intellectual pur-
suits at the university"
THE Panama Star mourns over the -
act that the Pacific Mail Steamship si,
company and the Panama Railroad
have raised freight to such an Of
,xorbitant rate thst the banana-pro- &C
lucers on the Isthmus will come to en-
grief, not being able to ship their fruit Oh
o New York, except at considerable
oss. When shipments can be made ~ ~
$4,000 per month in American silver co
s paid to producers. The law is there. II
ore keenly felt, and the selfshness of &C
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