The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-11-06

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AT The recent meeting OF the Socidl
Science Association in Bristol, Profess
sor Je1ons returned to the Bubject Of
tho exhaustion OF the coel-Aelds, and
very fully supported the viewR that haye
been repeatedly urged on that impaE-
tant topic. He showes that tho annual
rate Of increase Gf consumption, 40 far
from having been overrated in bis pre-.
vious calculation, was not actually In
excess of those calculations, aud that
the actual increase OF consumption Ia
at the rate OF 3T per cent per nnnSm,
not in sg!tknctical bat in geome.ricdl
progression. Tho total produce Of
1873 10 estimated at 1913, $50, 1870 tons,
according to the report of mines Thu
quantity consumed for domestic pur,
poses were estimated Rt one ton Dor
head per annum Of the whole popula-
tion, or between thirty md forty mil
lions OF tons. The total exports Of
coal are only from twelve 10 fourteen
millions OF tons per nnnuIu. Thus somo
eighty millions OF tons represent tho
motive aud manufacturing power Of
tho country, Tho waste IN consunip-
tion, whether for manufacturing or
domestic purposes, Is, no doubt, enor-
nous. II was lamented by the presi-
dent In his address, nnd admitted by
all tho speakers. The most cconomi.
cal compound engines only obigin cao=
eleventh part Of the tleoretic ysluo Of
coal, measured in foot-pounds. Al thu
shmc time, when we consider what is
the result Of the combustion, in round
number, of quarter OF million tons
Of conl per working day Throughout tho
year in tho production OF mechanical
power, We can form como faint idoa Of
tho service rendered by the stenmr
engine to the country,
"JuooEHNAUT," says the Pail Naii
Gazette, " aeoma to he in q bad way in
India, owing to the dilapidOtion Of his
pngoda ut Foorco. An immonso block
OF stone fell tho other day from the
central domO OF tho temple, II is for,
tunato thut no one was killed, for tho
stone, II is stated, Is ten feet long, Ave
broad, and four in depth, md belongs
to tho inner corpicc Of tho temple. The
damage Ia impercppiible TO tho eye, ow-
ing to the intouse darkness in tho inter.
Tor nf tho cdihcc, but tho fall Of tho
stone is serious matter for Juggernaut
for this reason: Thcro Is, IL secms, q
prophecy that when tho first slono IN
unfastoncd tho temple shall not stand,
The repairs, 1t Is estimated by tho
Drinks, will tHkV at least fourteen ycars
TO complete, and during all that timo
ro public worship or festival In Pooroo
Is allowable. IL is, however, not sur7
pris:ng that tho tomplo Is n litIlo out Of
repair, for it was built by Itajul
AuNngabhimn Down. OF Orissa, In tho
middle Of the twelfth century, before
tho days Of 'scampiug contracts, and
during tho last seven hundred years not
n trowcl has been laid upon II for thu
purpose OF repair. The domo ia .pQm,
posud Of immense blocks OF gtnno, not
kept together by cement or mortar OF
any kind, but mndo fast by Oh elaborate
process OF dovc.iailins, tho slabs 3bGiH2
arranged In horizontal lnyors narrowing
toward tho end, covered by "a huge
hcGd-piece carved and ornamenlod,"
TuE following IL the report Of g. i.
Smith, County Treberfcr, for the
month Of October: Amount OF money
in State inDd, $3r3ii.Gl; school fund.
S927.00; railroad fund, s5,037. .2ei
JGdge'B' Selnry fund, S034,T0; Troas.
prors' snlnry fund, 81 ,G56. 81; Genortl
fund, $G.36Q.66i total, els, ,3oS. 45.--
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