Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-05

-Outof 9.62z. 922s registered letters
and packages. carried last year by the
Post-ofhce Department 726 were lost. Z
Great Britain has $4,000 registered
chemists and druggists and 20, 900 reg
istered medical practitioners. Patent
medicine tax realized in 1880, $500. 600.
Farmers in the United States have
Sl2, 40. 253,36 of capital invested in
their business. This sum includes farms,
implements, live stock. fertilizers and
fences. = Chicago Journal .sfe
The Minneapolis Tribune says that
goats are the best land-cleaners known.
IL mentions that herd OF 1000 entire
ly cleared piece of brush land. consist
ing of 800 acres, in three years Socom-
plete was the work that not vestige of
underground was left. 80
Nebraska was the first State that
made legal holiday forthe purpose OF
planting trees. Since the work of tree
planting began there a grand total Of
6S,OO0.O00 trees, according to trust
worthy statistics, ha, been set out, and
these are now shading 100, 900 acres of
her prairie soil, TO the great benefit of
agriculture and the enrichment of the
State.
The colony of New South Males,
Australia, has shown remarkable enter
Prise in inducing immigration at the
public expense. During the last ten
years no less sum than S2, 1877, 736 has
been paid ont of the colony revenues for
this purpose, and 20. 632 immigrants
have been secured as the result of the
outlay. This is at the rate of $50 a
head IN Y Sun.
-Brick-making along the Hudson
River is one of the big industries OF the
State. There are about 100 yards,
varying in capacity from %, 900 to 14O,-
600 bricks per day. The daily move is
about 5000. 900, or for the season of six
months 1902, 900, 900. Counting a
brick eight inches in length. this pro-
duction would lay walk six bricks
wide around the earth. For labor these
yards pay nearly $1,000. 600 in the
course OF the season. wages ranging
from Sl.25 for small boys to $3.50 per
day for best men.-M y. II, raid.
Little drops of water and little
grains OF san1 do not amount TO much
individually. but when collected into an
ocean. or as the component parts of the
beauteous land. their importance is &C.
knowledged. Five years ago q capital
of $4,000 was invested in the industry
of bringing sand into Nsw.York City.
At the present time S2,000,O00 arc
thus employed. and the daily receipt:
by boats average 400 tons The
greater portion of this great quantity i:
supposedto be used in making railway
''sand" witches, though no account i.
given of the amount of cement EN-
ployed to effect the proper consistency
The matrimonial chances of a young
lady in life have been determined par
tally by an old maid i'm Philadelphia
Having kept the record OF 1000 of hel
acquaintance who have been led to the
altar. she finds that the chances be
tween the ages of II and 40 are as fol
lows: There are 32 chances ut the age:
OF IL and 10, 104 chances at Is and Il
2l9 nc. IL and 10. $50 ut 20 and 81, 165
ut - and %, GO - "a and %, 60 at q
and q, 80 at % and %, 1S at 80 and 81,
II ut ~ and 80. 8 at 81 and 81, mt 81
and 81, and ut 80 and 80. It will
therefore be seen that from l8 TO % i.
the golden food tide of matrimony, and
that it is at these ages that the most
chances are taken.in the great lottery
IhiiadeiphtG Record.