The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
TIMELY TOPICS.

There are $4,000 dentists in the United
St4:es, who annually extract 10000, ,OOt
teeth, manufacture and insert 5000, ,OO(
artificial teeth, and hide away in tht
cavities of carious teeth three tons o.
pure gold, to say nothing about the tons
of mercurys tin, silver and other metals
employed in "fillings."
Mr.. Cole, in his work on the horses
foot, says that the average driving-horse
at its normal gate, will raise his foot al
least fifty times minute, or 5000 tines
an hour, and all four feet at this rate co..
600 times a day of five hours work.
Now if the horse is earring n shoe oi
two ounces unnecessary weight, he will,
in this days travel. waste power and
force enough to move weight of 7,50C
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 rs 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
year. just published by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, shows that ninety
persons exercising trades and professions
in Great Britain enjoy incomes exceed
ing $3.50, 900; that S94 of them enjoy in.
comes of between S5O,O00 and $3.50, 900 /;
that 1870 enjoy incomes of between
1926, 900 and $50, 900; $50 incomes of be-
tween S20.0cO and S25.OOO; 1924 in
comes of between $4,000 and 100000;
12.403 incomes OF between $4,000 and
$4,000, and 1,4e7 incomes of between
"a, 500 and $4,000.
A strong feeling of animosity is grow
ing up between Russia and Germany,
and there are politicians and journalists
on beth siGes who make no secret OF
their wish for 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 labor 'ug 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
strengthened and enlarged,
and can now accommodate large army.
A considerable part of the indemnity
made by France has been ex-
pended upon these Notifications and in
them with enormous stores of
provisions and ammunition.
No fewer than lA persons were killed
and 3.O32 manned or injured in the
streets of London during the last year,
and q total of 3.570 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 3O.6s7, of which 26,-
B92 were sent to the Dogs Home, 1878
restored to owners and III "other wise
disposed of" s7l cabs and l04 stage
carriages new and improved" were
put on the streets. and no less than S9l,-
1876 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
have considerably in
A total of SO, 746 arrests were
made, 42,806 of which were for drunk
snness and disorderly conduct. The
number of indictable offences against
property was l4,409, of which 759 were
in houses which were left
without keepers; and, as a further COM
nentary on the carelessness of house.
holders, it is said that II, ll6 doors and
J. 766 windows were found by the police
either open or insecureiy fastened at
night. A little more than fifty-five
niles of streets have been added to the
London area, the number of new houses
being l7.l27, while 6,552 more were in
course of erection.