The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-12
TIMELY TUPICs.

The shipping Of nhe whole world did
not double n Afue whole seventeenth
century. Since that time 1t has in
creased ten-fold, and has doubled In the
last twenty. i've years- 1t now measures
10000 O00 tons. There has also been boz
sides the increase in tonnage, a great in
crease In speed In the Last 70 centuries.
Vessels average at least tuur times the
speed of that period, so that, with
ten-foid increase in tonnage, the total
maritime commerce may be called forty
times that of 1880.
Deep mining in Nevada has peculiar
dangers. Quite recently, while miner
was at work on the 1898 level of the
Yellow Jacket, n stream of hot water
his arm. On the 5000 hvel OF the
Belcher the heat h 30 great ~ to almost
blister the hands and faces of the work
men. One of them recently fell insensible
and died day or two after. In the
Julia mine miner was nearly dro wned
by sudden outburst of hot winter.
The director Of one Of the largest state
lunahc neylums In Germany maintained
at recent meeting Of physicisss that
AuOn Va WIG uOotAOuS luCiCtAtt Vi lhS1Au-
ity in Germany Is attributable 10 the
excessive amount of work imposed
upon the pupils in the national schools.
In order to ncquit himself in any way
creditably, a pupil Of average ability
must, 1t is calculated. In addition to at
tending punctually and working dill
gently during school hours, work at
home at least two hours daily when in
the lower Glasses, three hours when In
the middle, and four or five Lours when
in the upper classcs.
The Philadelphia enterprise of ahou-
sand one-horse coaches, Of light and
novel construction, to carry eight per-
sons each and to run 10 all pa11s Of the
city, is 10 DO speedily put N sperntion.
The fare Is to be Ave cents, OF six tick
cts tor quarter Of dollar. The rouHes
are SO arranged that, Tor ten 10 Afteen
cents, trip con by transfers he made to
almost any desired point, whfle q single
fare will secure a ride on any one of the
main hnes. lengthwise or croeswise Of
the city. The movements of the vehicles
will be arranged TO suit the kafic. The
street car companies anticipate serious
decrease In their business.
1t seems to be settled now MAT the
mammoth steamer Great Eastern is
going to New Orleans, the merchants of
that city guaranteeing her a cargo of
Mississippi vszasy products. The New
Orleans Democrat, of recent date, with
reference to the matter, says: We learn
that one single crttle owner on the line
of railway from New Orleans to Hous-
ton has offered to freight the ship him
self. Thin gentkemen's herds number
over 3O0, ~ head. and there are estates
equally large farther toward the Rio
Grnnde. The expectntiap is that the
noting British and Irish emigration to
Louisiana and Texas. There would
seem to be no question as to the fcasi-
bility of bringing the big ship through
the jettics at any state of the tide.
Syracuse, N. Y, has thirty-eight pro-
duciDg salt wells. varying in depth from
$50 to 43o feet, and in strength OF brine
from ten to twenty per cent. of salt
Over l,500, 600 gallons of salt water are
pumped daily. The daily production
per kettle from the steam process ranges
from 800 to $50 bushels, according tc
the strength of brine, and costs eight OF
nine cents bushel. The solar evapor.
alton costs, of course, little TOR labor
There are about $4,000 watts in use, with
the annual production of sixty bushels
per vat. The flow OF these salt springs
differs greatly. Some which gave early
promise have been known to cease flow.
ing in few weeks; other have changed
the saline quality of their stream to
something quite different and mostly OF
little or no commercial value. On the
other hand, there are springs now pro.
ducing abundantly which have been
flowing for thirty years or more.