The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-01
TIMELY TOPICS.


There are $4,000 dentists in the United
States, who annually extract 2O,0O0,000
teeth, manufacture and insert 1900, 900
artificial teeth, and hide away in the
cavities of carious teeth three tons of
pure gold, to say nothing about the tons
of mercury, tin, silver and other metals
employed in filings" !"
Mr.. Cole, in his work on the horses
foot, says that the average driving-horse,
at its normal gate, viii raise his foot at
least fifty times minute, or 5000 times
an hour, and all four feet at this rate co.
0o0 times a day of five hours work
Now if the horse is earring shoe of
two OUNCES unnecessary weight, he will,
in this days travel, waste power and
force enough to move a weight of 1900
pounds. And yet some trotters are
made to carry shoe of more than three
pounds weight, at a speed under three
minutes, when shoe weighing half
that is regarded as sufficiently heavy for
driving and road horses generally.
The incomes derived from trades and
professions in Great Britain are stated to
be somewhat larger than in the United
States. The schedule for the last fiscal
of the Exchequer, shows that ninety
persons exercising trades and professions
in Great Britain enjoy incomes exceed
ing $3.50, 000 that 994 of them enjoy in
comes of between $4,000 and $3.50, 900;
that 1870 enjoy incomes of between
S25, 900 and $50, 900; $50 incomes of be-
tween $4,000 and $25, 600; 1924 in
comes of between $4,000 and 500, 900;
IL, ,403 incomes of between $4,000 and
$4,000, and 1887 incomes of between
81, 500 and $4,000.
A strong feeling of animosity is grow
ing up between Russia and Germany,
and there are politicians and journalists
on both sides who make no secret OF
their wish for a trial of strength between
the two countries. Germany is certain
ly taking precautions that seem to pro-
vide for the worst. Ten thousand work
men are laboring on the Notifications of
the fortress of Thorn, which is called
the Strasbourg of Germany's eastern bor-
der. The fortress of Posen has also been
immensely strengthened and enlarged,
and can now accommodate large army.
A considerable part of the indemnify
payments made by France has been ex-
pended upon these Notifications and in
furnishing them with enormous stores of
provisions and ammunition.
No fewer than l24 persons were killed
and 3,032 manned or injured in the
streets of London during the last year,
and q total of $3.50 persons, who were
suffering from accidents or other causes,
were taken by the police to the hospitals.
The number of dog seizures is remarka-
bile, the total being so, ,6S7, of which &c.
500 were sent to the Dogs Home, 1878
restored to owners and III other wise
disposed of" 81 cabs and lO4 stage
carriages "new and improved" were
put on the streets, and no less than $9l,-
495 worth of property left in cabs or
omnibusses was deposited at police
headquarters. Ofthis sum $66, 200 were
claimed, and restored, and the remainder,
our authority says, returned to the
drivers or conductors. Chine and
drunkenness have considerably in
creased. A total of SO, TAG arrests were
made, az, ,806 of which were for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct. The
number of indictable offences against
property was l4,4O9, of which 759 were
committed in houses which were left
without keepers; and, as a further COM
mentary on the carelessness of house
holders, it is said that II, ll6 doors and
o. 766 windows were found by the police
either open or insecurely fastened at
night. A little more than fifty-five
miles of streets have been added to the
London area, the number of new houses
being II, 1877, while 6,552 more were in
course of erection.