The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-27
TIMELY TOPICS.

THERE is grave danger that the
"materializers' will soon find their oc.
cupation gone. An English dramatic
company has made its appearance in
Philadelphia which performs without
any pretense of help from the spirits
tricks more wonderful and more start
ling than any that have ever been per-
formed ostensibly with such help.
Ghosts and gobins are produced which
float in the air and do all manner Of
things, finally melting before the very
eyes of the spectators and, in full glare
of gaslight, into airy nothingncsss,
THE forests of Europe are estimated as
being 500,000,00O acres in extent. In
North America l,460,0O0,00O acres are
covered with trees, of which area 9O0, ,00O,-
GOO are in British North America. In
South America alorestsoccupy 7OO,OOO,OOO
acres. The proportion of forest land TO
the whole area of Europe is computed at
twenty per cent; in America twcnty,onc.
Supposing, threlore, twenty per cent. to
he the proportion in Asia, Africa and
Australia, the grand total of the forests
of the world cover space of 1874 600
geographical miles
GREAT excitement was recently created
at the port of Lorenzo Marques, on the
west coast of Africa, by the arrival there
of the three masted American schooner
saddle f. Caller, of Salem. The Cape
Ann Advertiser says il was the first time
in that remote Portuguese settlement
that the star spanglcd banner had daz-
zled the eyes of those colonsts. The in
habitants greeted Uncle Sam most en-
thusiatically, and expressed their admi-
ration for the magnificent vessel that
graced their harbor. The European cit
liens, the governor and all the ariStocra-
cy of Lorenzo Marques visited the vessel
and were received on board with every
hospitality.
ton is settled, and complains that the
porte has relaxed into inactivity and left
his promises OF reform unfulfllcd, while
the M0hammedans have taken to their
old tricks OF massacreing the Christians,
and 1900 insurgents have entered the
districts of Travnik and Bihacs This
gives an uncomfortable look to affairs in
the east. But what troubles England
not little is the fact that Russia is
miffcd at the speeches made ON the royal
titles bill, Mr. Gladstone bIundered
into telling the truth when he said that
Russian advances in Asia must be re-
sisted. 1t was very undiplomatic, and
the czar doesn't like it. Sooner or later
the conflict will come in spite of diplo-
matte soporifcs.
ACCORDING to the Philadelphia Times
thieves and sharpcrs of every kind and
degree are thronging there in advance of
the visitors, and laying their plans for
the summer. One of the most infamous
enterprises brought to light is an agency
for the purpose of enticing respectable
young women from the country to dcns
of iniquity in that city Circulars are
being scattered through neighboring
towns and cities, addressed to girls whose
names have heen somehow obtained,
promising them pleasant situations about
the exposition buildings at large pay,
and advising them to leave their homes
secretly, lest their parents should object.
The orieinators of this dcvilish design
should be punished if possible. They
sign themselves Hayes. Arlington q
Brother, and have been using the post
Office in furtherance of their ncfarOus
designs.
SOME interesting statements have re-
Gently been made in regard to the v0ca-
tlons of women in the city of New York.
Of the nineteen hundred and sixty oc-
cupations there followed, women are en-
gagged in one hundred and sixty-cight
Two billiard saloons and fifty lagcr-beer
saloons are kept by women. There are
twenty female butchers one female
blacksmith and female druggist One
woman is stationer and bookseller, fif-
ty-two women are doctors and two are
undertakers. Two are at the head of
exchange offices, one engraves on wood,
three are pawn-brokers, nine (singular
enough) are talors and five keen livery
stables. There are many men who en-
gage in feminine occupations. One hun
dred and sixty-fve clearinghouse keep
erS are men; and so are twcnty-three
makers of cloaks and mantilas, sixty
eight drcssmakers, thirteen embroidcr-
era, nine hundred and twenty-five hair
dressers, three lace members, eighty-eight
hundred laundresses(D, seventy-One mil
liners, thirteen nurses and thirteen shirt
manufacturers.
ENGLISH VS.. ARAB HoRsEs.-In order
to prove the actual difference in speed
bottom and other points in controversy
between English and Arab horses, it is
SAID that the well known race horse
n