Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-01-02
TIMELY TOPICS.

AAMLul lOH Nns
The aggregate steam power In use In
the world is at present 3, 800 600 horse
power employed in stationary engines,
and 10000, 0W horsepower in locomO-
tive engines. The force Is maintained
without the consumption of animal
food. except by miners. who dig the
Goals. and the force maintained in their
muscles is TO the force generated by the
product Of their labor about one to
1850. This steam power is equal to the
working force of $1,000, 900 horses, and
one horse CONSUMES three times as much
food rs one man. The steam power,
therefore, is equal TO the saving OF 49,
100000 human beings.
The taking of the next United States
census will begin June |, 1880. On
that day about 1000 enumerators will
commence their labors-thoSe in the
cities being required TO complete their
work in two weeks, while others will be
allowed the whole month of June. Per-
sons alive on the first OF June, but dying
before the enumeration reaches them,
will be counted in the census; births
subsequent to the first OF June will not
be counted, Special agents will be en-
ployed to collect statistics relating to
education, mining, manufacturing, agri-
cultural and various other departments
of trade and industry.
The islands at the western end of Lake
Erie and the neighboring shores of
Sandusky bay are largely devoted to
the production of grapes and wine. The
Sandusky Registers annual report, Just
published, for 1879, shows that there are
in this district 1000 acres planted with
vines, the yield for the year being in
round numbers 100000 pounds OF
grapes. The wine houses report p pro-
duction of J, 526, 400 gallons. The Req
lister estimates that not more than l,0OO,-
600 gallons o' pure juice has gone with
the 10000 gallons of wine. Some OF
the dealers, it says, make no secret OF
the, fact that they use spirits, sugar and
water largely, and claim that this doc
tored stuff is more acceptable to their
customers than pure wine.
The taxing district of Memphis is ours.
ed with large number of decayed and
broken wooden payements. The Aua-
lat,che of that city, in speaking of the
effect Of these pavements on the heath
of residents, says: Until the era OF
wooden pavements Memphis was 8
healthy city. The enormous filth &C.
emulation of years in the vaults has
however, become the greatest disease.
breeding factor. While the vaults are
going through the process of extinguish.
ment, the wooden pavements, the next
nuisance in rank, must not be forgotten
The wooden pavement is doomed tC
destruction. Another summers sur
will never shine down on that mass Of
death dealing, rotten wood There
must be no ifsn or "buts." Better tC
be without any pavements than longer
to tolerate it. 1t was pardonable mis-
take to construct wooden pavement ir
this southern climate, and now, like
doctors mistakes, it should be put GU
of sight rs soon as possible.
The Danes are beginning to mantle St
uneasiness as to the fate which awaits
their country. They anticipate beins
sliced up at no distant date for the i'm
mediate benefit of Prussia and Sweden
AS Denmark can no longer defend lht
communications between Jutland anC
the islands by the superiority Of htl
fleet, as was the case during the former
wars with Germany, it has been decided
on principle not to defend Jutland ant
the island of Fuhen, but to concentrate
the whole defense of the country or the
island of Sealand, where the greater
part of the resources of the nation ar,
centered. The population of Copenhagen
are said to be profoundly impressed witt
the conviction that at the first giver
opportunity Prussia intends to occupy
Denmark, keeping as her share of tn
spoil the peninsula of Jutland and til,
island of Fuhnen, while Sealand and tn,
surrounding islands are to revert tt
Sweden. This would be tantamount tC
the final division of Denmark, begun il
1915 by uniting Norway to Sweden. ant
followed up in 1864 by the occupation
of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein anc
Lauenberg by Prussia. ......, .