, 1865-11-10
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1865.
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION.
0eccapss from Sales Of the Chlcaso
Daily Newspaper.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE Hn.xr

The scientific world was at one t,ne -,
vulsed With sgitating discussions of thr w.,
ous scientific theories proposed to account fo
thc '1act" fi'af vnse Of wafer with f,sl
sWimmingin It would weigh cxactly the sam,
rs The vase Of water without the fish. Man,
ingenious theories were e1pouuded aud en-
forced with an ardor that threatened to pir,
rise to contcnding sects and parties anonp
the learned sarans Of the day, At lensth i
quiet md unobtrusive .tB. Ftank1iu. printer ;,
rentured 10 suggest on public occasion when
number Of these declalmers were present,
TINT the experiment be tried-whca 10 n
Was found that the vase with The fish weighed
more thaa Inc vase without the fab by the
exact weight Of the fish, to an ounce.
Some Of our newspaper contemporaries of
dubuque, Milwaukee and ST. Louis, have
been thrown into similar discussion by n
letter from Mr.. rlstt Smith, grain shipper.
In which he proves, If his figures are correct
lhat Wheat can be shipped by water from
Duouque TO New York. ria St. Louis and
new Orleans, during the summer, for *; cents
tuahel, and during the winter, by Illinois
Central Railroad from Dubuque 10 CaIro. far
% cents bushcl, whereas 1t is now sh1ppad
ria Chicago at total expense Of Is cants a
0ushcl, which Is an excess over the roufe hv
New Orleans of . cents during summer, and
of1s cents during winter. Now a. there Is
nothing We need 80 much as cheap frriehta
such figures are very inviting, and Ncll calcu-
lated to raise the further inquiy-wby IL II
that the West must lose from Il to ;s9 cents
on every bu6hcl OF wheat It sends 10 msrksts
But unfortunately Platt Smith is not "posted,'
on GeightG. He SAVE:
The coal Of shipping buzhel O, wneat frozo-
Dpbuquc 10 Chicago Is .... TO-
E1c!atosage and chnRes In Chieaso, taT ..:. =
G eGn. ifom Gaieaso TO Buffalo. 1Se
Freight ffon DnGsjo 10 New -..-..- &c e
4"A.'-------. -...............,,.6ac
ihe only error In the above is that the
freight from Chicago to Buffalo Is ec tustead
OF 1bc, which reduces the total To 5sc frorn
Dnooque TO New York, ria Chicago. He fur
ther says:
The cost Of shipphs bushe, Of wheat FROM
Dubuque to 81. Louis w.
Freight. II Louis to New ofiesns 1ae 11e
sah Fesstors n md handling .: New Orleans s
aotA..-..--..-....-.- ...... ....... sac
'. The eas7ag BY ihas rents l. Sc = bu.hel.
The above Is ezrmcone, in that frelrbts
from st. Louis to New Orlesas rs quoted n
Inc ELs IOutg rnYhrk Nnu
Soc. mr. ha1r, ~ No,r ,ss oA4' t's''' ase
nornas for wo,e,,t cs.s.,. ao -, ~ eeo1s Per lU
1eo pound,, :. n s.nts 49,. "nen LOT onshel
ouoted bv NJ sn,,ss, 4 c.. " ~ eentA a.
York a. cro1.a ~ -, ~ .eEuIs 70 SeS
M. ane IN oa,.. .ns 4a'e re" orleans pa
1rnts. T1,t- rs;sss ~ ~ ousael instead OF
,ncnt f,om nnhnons - a W Pense OF sn1p-
Or1cons ~ * a.s,t. ~ -s.n 1olh p'a New
Chtc,r, a., .,sss. - - - aaSe % cents r1a
ent rnntc fn s,,r,.n.s ~ .-, - s"'s oseF 1ne pres
,f 4hn sf,,u,.,t ~ ~ ~" ~ "1u1ef,
instcad If hv w.ts- So ~ ~ .uno.s .en.sal
~ sdd,i;on 4n.rsta W. ~ DoouIoe " cairo-
inns ,o.,,r,.d ~. 49, 49, Nv auee' saln.y IN tae
5c1,vs ~ 49, st,s.1.',a a4p, lne oaneef OF
,l.r,. ~ 4'ppl, e1e Precas1ons
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~, ,,e.r ~ .s, .aa. 1nea' ana corn DO
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1cn,i.o ,nd NJ W. M rtas. e aa1 s ss'ean' ".ooot
,ccan nnssore MI ,sad e ~ auo .sks OF Inc
more ayaj]sblc th.n A. T;.s1ss,an, ~ I 'a1s Ionte
mi a1I Wat ,n.,, Ip 80 SILL, has LUIS
nj products .ael ,,,,,o,ss.ae H e@aa A.uto'
This cnnecs t,srn ~ az .' ~ 'auo
,earrst and ,arecs+ o.,. =" .ne
md capItal. The -,n,,a, ,,.. s.'nae