Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-11

! oped chest, and can hold his breath for
! three minutes without any apparent in
| convenience.
A week s work in the cotton mills OF
! England is Sc hours, in the mills of Mass
I aohusetts, 60 hours; in France, 72 hours
in Germany, from sc to Y hours; in the
WOODEN mills in Germany, rs hours; in
France, y hours; in Massachusetts,, 60
! hours; in Great Britain, Sc hours; in
Huddersfeld, and Densburg, ga TIE
| productive capacity of one operative in
the United States, Great Britain and
Germany, taking 100 as the unit, is: In
the United States, 100 in cotton, wool
and silk; in Great Britain, 81 in cotton
n in wool, 81 y in silk; in Germany i,
2715 in cotton, 90 in wool, 68 in silk.
A curious discovery has just been made
at Vimoutiers. France, by a peasant liv-
ing in the village of Cutesson. He was
digging IN his field when the ground sud-
denly gave way, and he fell into hole
ten feet in depth. The peasant had ac-
cidentally lighted upon a subterranean
chamber, the existence of which was not
even suspected by the country people.
On examination a number of human
bones partially petrified were found in an
adjoining vault constructed in the form
of circle The bones are of exception
ally large dimensions, and appear to
have belonged TO race of gigantic sta t.
ure and great breadth of frame. In
fact, the persons who have studied the
case on the spot are of the opinion that
the bodies must have been inferred in
this burial place at very remote period.
Those who have feared that the com
petition of wheat from India will pres
emily drive our American farmers out
of the European market may be in
measure treasured by a report just is
sued by the under secretary of state for
India The methods of threshing in use
in that country are of q nature that
leaves the wheat vastly inferior to our
own in cleanliness and value. Cattle
are employed to tread out the grain, and
the consequence, of course, is that when
the wheat comes to be shipped it con-
tains an indefinite amount of filth, which
detracts from its value at the shipping
point, and, remaining in the cargo dur
ing the voyage, saturates it with i'm
purities, so that the grain can never be
made pure and wholesome. Both the
government and the trade associations
have tried to remedy these matters, but
thus far with little success.
Professor f. A. March says: Of late
years the English language alone has
been much spoken of as likely to grow so
great. Hardly any philosophio lin
gust attempts to forecast the future
without some discussion of the destiny of
English; and De Candolle calculates that
within hundred years English will be
spoken by $50 900 900 of men, German
by 1874 900 1000 and French by So 900 600.
At present the population either speaking
the English language or under the de-
nomination of English-speaking peoples
number more than three hundred and
million, two hundred and
thousand, or fourth
the population of the globe. The
races occupy one
fourth of the dry land Of the earth, and
own nearly two-thirds of the tonnage
of ships. They live III all regions; they
handle all articles of trade; they
preach to all nations; they command
Of the world s gold and silver,
and distribute more than two thirds of
the Bibles and Testaments. More than
One-half of1the letters mailed and carried
by the postal service of the world are
mailed and read by the English
speaking population.