The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-07-28
TIMELY TOPICS.

There are growing on the estate of the
late William Cullen Bryant, at Roslyn,
Long Island, some walnut trees of ex-
ira ordinary proportions. They are said
to be the largest in the country and,
what is more remarkable, they grew
from seed in 1913. Some of the trees
measure twenty-five feet around, three
feet above the ground. One tree, at the
height of thirteen feet from the ground,
divides into several branches, which
spread out into large head, covering
$50 feet in diameter.
Since the close of the war the contri-
buttons to the conscience fund " of
the United States treasury from un-
known persons have aggregated some
5000 600. Once 8 900 was received in
one day, and several times the receipts
have been $5, 600 for q single day.
Sometimes the person sending the
money confesses he has smuggled or de-
frauded the internal revenue, but
usually all that is said is that the in
closed amount belongs to the govern
ment. Assistant Secretary Upton
evinces his faith in the power of re.
pentance by declaring that he would
in lieu of salary.
The master of a schooner plying off
the Texas coast has sailed through an
immense field OF green turtles. 1t was
estimated that the water covered by
these turtles formed an area of eight
miles in width and ten miles in length
They were of all sizes. not one being
seen in natural position. The water
was literally covered with them. Dur
ing the passage among the turtles, Span
ish mackeral were leaping high in the
air in every direction, as il determined
to escape from the sea, giving evidence
that either the water underneath was in
a dreadful commotion, or sea monsters
had come down upon them from some
strange sea.
"Iced air sounds delightfully."- re-
freshing when all humanity is painting
with the fervid heat of summer. This
term has been applied to the novel and
elaborate system of ventilation which
has been lately introduced into New
York theater. By means of two i'm
mense fanwheels in the cellar the air in
the theater is changed completely in
FIVE or six minutes. This supply of air
is drawn from above the building, and
is purified by passing through "dust-
catcher " made of cheese-cloth. 1t is
then cooled by passing over a huge
vault filled with ice, and distributed by
a complicated process to all parts of the
house. The impure and heated air is
removed by various ingenious devices.
1t is believed that no more effective
method of cooling large buildings has
ever been put into practical use.
The report of the Philadelphia board
of health for 1879 contains some in
teresting statistics. The number of
births registered during the year was
I6,499, an increase over the previous
year OF 1853. The number of male births
was 9,735, an increase of eighty-nine;
the female births number 8,764,
an increase of sixty-seven. The
number of marriages registered dur
ing the year was 5,224, a decrease from
the previous year of 1923. The num-
Der of marriages in which both persons
were natives of the United States was
3,474, and the number in which both
were of foreign birth was TAT; those in
which the nativities of both persons
were unknown was 1876. Of the men
married 1859 were natives of the United
States, and 1918 of foreign birth, and OF
the women 4,057 were natives of the
United States. OF the whole number
OF persons married, the natives of the
United States were 7,746. Thirty-two
men were married under the age OF
twenty, while the number of women
under the same age was 936; the
number of men married between
twenty-five and thirty years was
l,6ll; the women between these
ages numbered a40; four men married
between seventy and eighty years, and
two between eighty and ninety; one
woman over eighty years married. |
The ceremony of the Methodist church |
was employed in the marriages of more
than that of any other denomination,
the number being l,4l3. The number |
of deaths of adults was 8,777, an increase |
over the previous year of 4l9; the NOR |
tality of children was 6,696, a decrease
OF 6S9. Abscess caused the death of 50 |
persons; cancer, 1854; cerebro-spinal |
meningitis, go; consumption OF the |
lungs 2,4Sl; cholera intantum, 8O4;
cholera morbus, 81; diphtheria, S2I;
scarlet fever, 1886; whooping- g-cough, IO3;
hydrophobia, 3; inflammation of the |
lungs, l,O03; old age, 1872; smallpox,
=; suicide, 81; sunstroke, 3; tumor, As;
poisoning, s.