The Newtown bee., 1879-03-25
TIMELY TOPICS.

The transmission of Chinese treasure is unique process thus described in the Foochow (Ohina) Herald "Bul- lion is conveyed to Pekin in sheaths,' which are nothing more than rounded logs about three feet in length and cir conference. Each log contains 5000 tis. or $5,000, and is split into two parts, which are hollowed out for the silver. Of course these halves fit most accurately together and cannot possibly be tempered with. The chink is pasted around with a fine strong paper, and this is carefully stamped. The logs are then bound with iron clamps and are ready for the toughest usage."
 It was long ago shown by statistics that in general married people have less mortality than the unmarried, but M. Jansens, of Brussels, in following up the same matter, has reached some other conclusions, which are rather sur prising. He states from his experience that while married people commit less crimes and are less prone to suicide than the unmarried, widowers kill them selves much more than married men, and that, while men with children are of more reputable life than those without l them, widows with children, on the | contrary, are more likely to be wicked than widows without them.
 The deepest mine in the world now Io &o Eo k1o AIo1hor% 1oaI and silver mine in Australia, which is 3,280 feet deep. The next is the Viviers coal mine in Belgium, 2,847 feet. It wss sunk to the depth of 3,586 feet, but no coal having been found, the working is at the former level. The deepest coal mines in England are the Dunkirk col fiery in Lancashire, 2,824 feet, and the Rosebridge, in the same country, 2, 458. The deepest mine in the United States is the Yellow Jacket, of the Comstock lode. It is now 2,500 feet below the surface at the mouth of the main shaft, and 2, 933 feet below the Gould & Curry croppings. The Savage stands second on the list, and the Imperial the third, both being nearly as deep as the Yellow Jacket.
 Marriage brokers are quite important business men in Genoa. They have pocketbooks filled with the names of the marriageablegi girls of the different classes, with notes of their figures, personal at fractions, fortunes, etc. These brokers go about endeavoring to arrange connec- tions, and when they succeed they get.a commission of two or three per cent. on | the portion. Marriage at Genoa is quite | matter of calculation, generally set tied by the parents or relations, who often draw up the contract before the | parties have seen one another; and it is only when everything is arranged, and a few days previous to the ceremony, that the future husband is introduced to his intended partner for life. Should he | find fault with her manners or appear ance, he may break off the match on condition of defraying the brokers and any other expenses incurred.
 Owing to the recent revelations of the
 condition of Alaska, in the report of the special treasury agent who last year
 visited that part of the public domain,
 there is some talk of establishing ter
 ritorial government there. There is
 now no semblance of civil or military
 government there, and both Indians and
 whites are unruly and vicious. The
 country, embracing between five and
 six hundred thousand square miles, is
 full of forests of enormous growth,
 rivers of great length, coal, iron, copper
 and gold, while the fisheries are superior
 tothose of Canada. Men will go almost
 anywhere to get gold, and although il
 exists in large quantities in Alaska the
 rush has not yet commenced for that
 region. It has been suggested that the
 proper disposition to make of this terri
 tory is to establish penal colony there
 for the whole United States, under mill
 tary control.
 The danger of spring weather is de
 scribed by an exchange, which says
 with great deal of truth, that the frs
 sunshine of spring is deceitful, and tht
 draughts of air pernicious. One needl
 to be as carefully swathed in flame during the spring thaw as under thu , permeating influence of an autumn
 freeze. Changes of temperature are in , sidious as they are sudden at this sea . son, and it behooves people with lung
 susceptible to atmospheric alternatiol
 to be most careful indoors and out; t wear garments appropriate for all sea [ sons, never trusting to chance. A heed
 less person may throw upon overtaxe , shoulders burden grievous to be born l by inattention to things which only
 perpetual consciousness of facts coul 8 teach them. I know an estimable lad who, after three years of constant car on the part of friends, terminated he [ frail life by willful determination t i. take sleigh ride of a few blocks. He a lungs, despite the muff1ing in rich ful < could not resist the influx of strong ail a congestion ensued, and the home wa t broken.
 2 Harlem, N. Y., has mysterious rt
 cluse in Jacob Monroe, man of sixty r who lives, locked up with his wife. i i. his house on the corner of 124th stree # High, double fences shut out curior e eyes from seeing the ample ground
 about the house, and never are tl barred shutters opened to admit g rs
 of sunshine to the mansion itself. Thel
 are no servants in the house, and tl 7, IonIv r,arsons who have entered are tl