Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-15


A premium Of $50, o0ohas been offered
BY the Mexican government to any one
who will establish in that country paper
mill at cost of $50, 900. The govern
ment viii also concede the right to all
cactus plants on the State lands.
The population Of Montana Is set down
ct 81, 600, the number Of cattle at 800,
900 and the tax valuation is 500, 900, 900.
This IS an excellent showing for the fu
ture, as none Of the territorial resources,
embracing mineral. farming and grazing
lands, are even in the iniatory stages OF
Development.
A dairy in full operation was one Of
the most interesting Of the exhibits at
the recent London Health Exhibition.
Cows were MIXED III the presence Of
the spectators the milk put In centri-
fugal slimmers, and in twenty minutes
time the butter was ready to spread upon
bread and be eaten.
Now is the time to buy good Italian
titles. "A circular just issued states
thqt the little of prince can be bought
for $25, 900; that Of duke for SO, 900;
that Of count for $4,000; and that Of
baron for $4,000. A special discount
will be made to Americans who may
wish to purchase whole set for family
use.
According to the reports Of the corn
crop to the department of agriculture,
Nebraska, which but q few years since
was known as the great American desert,
now shows the greatest yield per acre,
being 1875; the next highest, the New
England States, being but thirty three,
while the average yield Of the whole
country is twenty-six bushels per acre.
IA dealer in furs says the common house
cat is one of the most valuable of fur
bearing animals, and that many thou-
sands Of them find their way to the fur
riers. He says that in the year 1882 over
million catskins were used in making
garments of fur, the black, white, NAL
tese and tortoise shell being most in de-
mand. They are largely used for max
ing Innings, and over half million pole
cats were used in this country in the
same year, most of which were obtained
IN Ohio and New York.
In the past thirty years the average Of
mans life has improved FIVE per cent.
from ri. 8 to 1879 years; and of Woman's
hfe eight per cent, from 41.9 to 49,.
OF every thousand males born at the
present day forty four more will attain
the age Of thirtyrfye than used to be the
case previous to 1871, and every thou
sand persons born since 1870 will live
2,7OO years longer than before. This is
due to civilization, and especially to I'M
proved sanitary methods, which is add
ing to the average Of human life at the
rate Of nearly ten years in every century.
"A London temperance lecturer has
evolved some curious figures in regard to
the money expended for intoxicating
liquor. He estimated the annual average
thus spent in the last ten years at $780,
DOC, 900. This gives an expenditure of
$50, 000, 900 every month, Of s. 900, 900.
every week, and Of $25 every second,
night and day. There are 8, sos, $50 let
tiers III the Bible, and if 1905 was placed
on every letter this would represent the.
annual expenditure. The grain consumed
by the brewers and distillers is sufficient
to provide four loayes Of bread per week
to every family in the United Kingdom.
Clay Belmont Clarke, infant son Of
Fred W. and Mabel A. Clarke, Of San
Francisco, exists under the happy and
unusual good fortune d icing the grand
son of seven women, or as the entertain
ing communication tersely puts it, the
infant has seven grandmothers This,