The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-08
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
tooppcrnnE- Nnp0's from ihc COMMITS
stOnerN pOInr HcEiOus Niscct.

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PnlLApELrHIN May 2S, 1876, Speaking
~ lhH pric'rol rc'oiNdU nro dt the
boomerang. For more than lwcniy !c'ra
hnyc searched for this extraordinary wcup.
ON. In my different trips to the old world,
! sought II, but not hearing Oi II, nor seeing
il, concluded ii was myth, mud WINS used az
an illustration by politicians, Such m one
NHN hrhc n hUUitorNng ils Wc wnVld say
"hoitiug one OH Ills 'Wt i'I8'd2 i'ssQJ
Of this formidable weapon, that when iHrlrN
at an object by II native II moves along just
above the ground with great rapidity, and
after reaching It's objective point, leaps as il
V Wrrc into iuid mir, ana thus poised for the
rlomcut takes 4 rctrogrrSSivc movement in
M air liiic for thc point from which II wa'
east tli6s innkiig ii dS 0angcrolls to the
throwcr II inexperienced, Nv II heavily
CHARGED hlundrrhuss. II has been M great Il
puy2lc 10 the Swans and scientists rs Ia"
Calculating machine OF IMhhngC. -Four oi
THESE curlb'lS specimens Of savage genius are
to bt SleN IN IIh Department of Australia,
There are srvrntytwo hIGtE nnh Stab mcrl-
mems Of timber from sydney They aSocA.
hihit saddles, woods, twccds and shawlS,
none bi which Wil romnore with the Amcri.
can section, and conl srcin, TEE " feet thick,
arc shown as specimens from Hunter rIErl
district uyrlhcrh hoal fields Of New South
Wales. There axe 'lglt.dR cdllicricS. They
also exhibit preserved meats, cnidirs lis
cults, condiments ores Of ntimony and 9th
rr minerals.
NNpORS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
The Hon, UauicJ Morrcl thinks the dcS-
Ia,
hur hr ,yhrH s hhr " 'hh Observation-Disclosures
Gen. IawIcy had an ovation at 4 tcrtilg If
the bible sua.ctv, they rising and remaining
standing while the introduction was going
on. The EX-GOVERNOR is sound ON the sun.
day question, hence, the enthusiasm Of the
society Hon. j. T.. Barnard is emphatic in
his arguments for ia" pro Of the matter, aud
snt- ihu Anhf1 sl,nnId hc thrown open OH
SUNDAY in spite oi those whj fayUr the r"n,i
in which he is backed by the emphatic Dom
aldson.w who is a live, progressive commission.
rr from Idaho. Goldsmith Of Vermont, says
the majority Of the commissioners are in IA.
vur Of SUNDAY openings. The enthusiastic
commissioner FROM Maine is stirring thcpnoI
Of temperance, and stands aghast al the dis.
Sipation Of the times, and sees in each res
tlurant the spirit Of banquO. The boys will
have Swi lager and its useless to dcnyc
them. McCormick Of Arizona, is in favor of
passing two persons for dollar, rather than
The rrampna rule OF forcing each visitor to
present ilat a"ttiun fifty cents, Professor
oi Tennessee, wants a committee appointed
to consider the propricty Of reducing the ell
trance fee.
MSCELlNNEOrS- THE POLAR REGlONS.
In GLASS show east fourteen feet square,
are shown ON one side, the prSmallc com.
pass, transit ScNtant and other instruments
used by that intrepid navigator near the
rigid wildS Of Western tirrcnland draw.
ings and paintings of Arctic scenery and an
imal life, executed by himself, and the flag
of the Advance, the ship in which he made
his second voyage, ihu three Other tldce Of
the ease contain relies Of tuc expeditions ot
lIa,cs, Hall and bradford; the llag that
Wilkes took on his Antarctic expedition III
the shin pcnrurk, the same llHg hcluG taken
by Kane, Hayes and Hall, also, on their Are
tie voyages relies OF Sir John lrankIiiI'S
expedition, including portions OF his vessel
secured hy captain Hall in his second cSpc.
dition aud brought bnck hv him then, To.
gcthcr with relics of IurryS voynp"i the
Journals kept hy Hall in his PoIariS cypcdi-
ton, aud fac Smilc Of the slcdgc made Tor
captain Hall by " EsquimauS Joc.'
Brazil has $5OOO.OUO N diamonds to dis.
play, but the United States, requiring II per.
sounI bond in amount double the invoice
from the commissioners he declined, hence
we will not SOC the hriIiHntS. The BulIurk
printing press prints thirty.twO thousand
rorjrs per huur The Portuguese nav"
handsome building one story high within,
and two without. In the British section
there are ciuhtv.hvc exhibitors OF chemicals
and fourteen exhibitors Of watCheshnd chro-
nomctcrs. The latter timrpiccCs were in
vented hy John Arnold on" hundred years
AGO. The Groramn nf l'rriS Is about twenty
five feet eluurc, IS utpOFcN tU the weather.
and unless taken out Of the wet, will he nS
the " basclrss fabric oi vision" The navy
department Of the United States in the gov
crnmcnt building, is arranged under nine
heads; ordnance, torpcdOcS, equipment,
navigation, construction, pardS and docks,
medicines and surgery, provisions and cloth
ing, steam engineering and naval "hscrvato-
nv aud nrrt" rclns. Jrpon "-hih't7 twh
vases, six feet high and thirty inches in dl'
amctcr, price $1,000 gold small vases ten
inches hi.h, $50 in gold, white and blue chi
ma goods far below ihe English standard at
fabulous prices, so in gold Tor table worth
about ten or fifteen dollars. thought these
figures oi hounuG character but when
40, a .rit nr hurL,kin. coat vest and pants,
Trimmed win few valds of silver lace from
unIiro nrirr 81 600 in gold threw up the
,r,nr. Shades of the Astccs and of Monte
,,,unn vhrrrorI We. Thchiioutcric Of Japan
,%rir Incnurrcd ware, and straw goods are
,mncrinr and many articles are low enough,
hut in thr,r valuable articles they are in the
rln1ds. The prices they ask would mpovcr
,th In, tyroon did he become purchaser
In tLr Ewrtinu department $1,000 gold is
asked for silver, antique set, worth possibly
:, rcy hundred dollars; II few pieces of san
J.I wood 80 cold. If the Americans can
stand these extortilns, they are specimens
If endurance to he wondered at. Whit do
,hr reader, Of this letter think Of back.
amman hoard iulaid, 5000 gold? The Eeyp.
,i,ms have +, sacred crocodile with them Ia
noIIiotc their cxrcsscs. am happy to state
ln iy Ann, D. Onc watch factory American
'L,wstwn thouyand two hundred watchc,
r,.,,rrsrutiu,, six days Of ten hours each o
I,r emrlnyccs. \ tack factory exhibits tw,
,hnu.,nd varieties Of tacks. 4 working
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