The Newtown bee., 1880-12-01
TIMELE TOPICS.

| olE fIenfy DeSSeueT HIS Gakcu Ouc uO less than IA patents. The freedom of ferred upon him. Before his steel pro cess was introduced into Sheffield the entire make of steel was 5l, ,000 tons q year; now it is $50, GOO tons.
 According to Liebig, tea and coffee have become necessaries of lite to whole nations, but especially essential to the poorer classes, supplying void not readily filled up by the limited supply of good m eats and wholesome food gen. | erally.
 The Baptist Weekly remarks with con- | siderable subtleJy that the brethren who have been able to attend political meet ings, gaze at torchlight processions and | do considerable shouting besides, cannot consistently plead the risks of night air as an excuse for absence from prayer meetings.
 In Russia, all the sons and daughters of princes inherit their title. They are, | consequently, as plentiful as sparTows. | It is said that there is village where every inhabitant is Prince or Princess | Gallitzen. The title of prince in Russia is about equivalent to that of esquire in | England.
 The old apprenticeship system has | been revived by manufacturer at | Springfield, Mass. The boys bind them selves for twelve years, and are to receive | from five cents an hour at the beginning | to twelve at the end. In addition two cents an hour will be placed to their credit, and paid on their discharge, thus | providing for each about $400 for start on his own account. The employer | stipulates for fifty-eight hours of work a week, and nine of study.
 | That eccentric person, George Francis Train, occasionally turns uu to public notice in New York by some original act. | The Central park commissioners re- ceived petition from him the other | day, asking for permission to put his feet on seats in the park. He stated that the | policemen had denied him that privilege, | and wished to know what law prevented | him from enjoying the liberty if he chose. The communication was placed on file.
 The Scientific American urges the | adoption Of the telephone on the battle | field as means Of conveying intorma- tion and transmitting orders rapidly | general in command to the fire | of the enemy, and thus imperiling not only his own life but possibly the ultimate result of the campaign. Oi | course special qualifications are neces. sary to render the telephone available for such use, but these are quite within the power of the inventor and meehani- clan.
 Many clergymen in the United States have lately received a circular from a London dealer in secon hand sermons. He offers sermons Autographed in a bold, round hand" so that those who happen to see them would suppose that they were manuscript, for twenty-five cents each, or $20 per 100. He has a line of cheaper sermons in print at ten cents apiece, warranted orthodox, and others a little more expensive, which have 'a pleas lntness, yet an awful solemnity about tEem."
 Miss Kate Field, who has spent much time abroad, says to a Boston reporter How easy it Is to write heavy leader, and how difficult it is, as all newspaper people know, to write brilliant, cpl grammatic paragraphs. This is the chief attraction of American newspapers, l English journals-their capacity for keen and witty paragraphs. It is not necessary to put people to sleep in order to impress them with the importance ol the subject. Tue London Tunes ire quently devotes column to what might be condensed into dozen lines.
 The past forty years have witnessed 9 | prodigious growth in American farm- ing. In 1640 the grain product was Gl5, ,000, GOO bushels; ten years later il 1, ,238, ,O00 GOO; ten years later yet to I,3S7, GOO, 900, and nine years later, or last year, to 2,43l ,000, ,0G0. These an nual cereal products have risen from 8 value of S4,000, GOO, ,000 in 1850 to one ol $lI ,O00, COG, GOO in 1870, and probably to one of $l5, ,000, ,000,00 or more in this past year, 1880, and the surplus, after paying wages and expenses, was over $2,O00, ,O0O, GOO in 1870, and perhaps 5000, ,000, ,O00 in 1880. MT. s. B. Rug. | gles has been collecting these statistics for the Chamber of Commerce in New | York, and they are noteworthy.
 There has recently died in New Orleans the last of Latltte's celebrated band of buccaneers, Jacinto Lo- brano, whose life extended over nearly loo years, and may be truly character ized as an eventful career. Lobranc was born in the city of Naples between the years l783 and l7s6. He became sailor and made several voyages be. tween Gibraltar and Havana. During 1914 he saw Napoleon at Elba. Lo- brano's first visit to New Orleans was made in 1909. He subsequently became connected with Lafitte, over whom he exercised considerable influence, being largely instrumental in persuading the privateer to side with the Americans against the British. The old veteran seems to have taken prominent part IT the battle of New Orleans. having beer presented by General Jackson with | handsome sword, which he cherished a! one of his most valuable possessions It's blade is of the finest temper, and 0 such rare steel that it will bend double without breaking. 1t is said that Lo brano participated in the Texan war tol independence, and among the trophie! of his exploits is lance which he cap tured from one of the followers of Sants Anna. MT. Lobrsno was at one tim' engaged in the slave trade and othe commercial enterprises. He flnall. settled in New Orleans. and has sine led a quiet and retired life.
 
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