Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-10-16
PICKINGS.

The display of machinery and models
mt the New Orleans exposition, which
opens in December, cannot fail to con-
mand widespread interest and attention
and that, too, in a part of the country
where these branches of industry need
most to be cultivated. The patent office
at Washington will add much to the at
tractiyeness of this display. Since the
patent office was established in 1885,
nearly three hundred thousand patents
have been issued. Many ingenious and
instructive models will be sent to New
Orleans. These will serve to illustrate
all the Industrial and scientific pursuits
of the American people. Beside the
patent models most of the machines Of
full size may be seen in operation in the
main building. One shoe factory IN
Massachusetts, turns out by patent ma
chinary, in twelve months, as many
pairs OF boots and shoes as thirty thous-
and shoemakers IN Paris make by hand
In year.
"The other day, says the Journal Of
Edsscation, on the steps of our office we
came upon bright young Chinaman,
WHOM we remembered as one of the won
derful boys selected by competitive ex-
animation, and sent TO America, where
he graduated among the foremost in the
high school OF one of our large New
England cities. Taken aback to see
him completely transformed in dress,
with cropped hair, we ventured the
question, "How IS this ?" "Oh," said
he. with q squirt of high spirit, sch Ina
was too slow after the Springfield high
school. Invent back and / found | was
an American boy, and have come back
here to live as an American Citizen"
A system Of education that changes a
young Chinaman, certain of official pro-
motion, to o booksellers clerk in Bos-
ton, in four years, may be defective in
various ways, but it certainly does the
business for which it was made by the
paople-triining hovS al gels for ~
tive citizenship iii the new republic"
Some figures made recently here re-
garding the debt of the United States
as compared with that of other nations,
has the tendency tomake one quite con-
tent with the billion and three-quar-
ters Of debt that the country is carry
ing, writes correspondent of the st.
Louis Post Dispatch. For instance, the
debt of Spain, with her 1900, 900 of
people, is just about the same as that of
the United States. Italy with her pop
ulation of $4,000 900, has debt of ST.
000,0O0. Great Britain, with o popula-
tion OF $1,000 900 of people has debt
of over $4,000, 900, 900. Unofficial esti-
mates OF the population of the United
States, obtained from census reports,
gives the population of this country
now about Sc, 600. 900. The debt is a.
bout one and quarters billions.
Dividing the population into this debt
1t gives an average debt per head a.
mong the entire population of $50.
Comparing this with the debt per capt.
to OF other countries the result is quite
gratifying. The debt of Belgium, for
instance,ls more than double per capita
than that of the United States, being $64
per head. That of Italy averages oyer
so per head. That of the Netherlands
In over 800 per head. That of France
over 800 per head. That OF Great
Britain $109 10 each citizen, that Of
Spain more than $3.50 per head. In
deed, the debts of all counties with Or
ganize6 governments whose debt state
ments are attainable average per head
81 or thirty-three per cent. more than
that of the United States. In the
countries which have large debts, like
Great Britain, Russia, Spain and Italy,
the revenue iS barely sufficient to COM
fortably meet the current expenses,
leaving little if anything, with which
TO pay.the debt, while we are paying
ours at the rate of over 800, 900 600 a
year. The annual interest charged in
this country is but about eighty cents
! per head, while in England and France
il is oyer o. per head.