The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-08-27
about San Francisco.

From BOw!es Our New West"
The population of San Francisco Is now
about one hantred and fifty Thousand, which
is nearly onc-third that Of the whole State.
Commerce and manufactures IRE tho gres%
interests of the town; and the growth OF
both is now very rapid. Already the third.
sstscaonS Sea c8afAercianq tiRse"6ls ,6e" k,asbht:
about forty ocean steamers 80 and come in
her watcrs-to China and Japan, Mexico,
Sandwich Islands, Oregon, British Colum.
bia, and Panams; and over three thousand
sailing vessels entered her hay in 1868. Most
of the latte. arc employed in the coast trade
for lumber, coal and grain; but the impor.
tation of merchandise from Europe and tho
Atlantic States, and the expectation of wheat
and wool in return, have employed largo
fleet of first class ships. The foreign i'm.
ports for 1863 were over fifteen millions of
dollars in value; the merchandise exports
for 1868 were of the value Of twenty -threo
millions; the exports of bullion (gold and
silvcr) aggregated thirty.six and half mil
lions, of which nearly seven millions went
direct to Asia; the United States Mint a.
San Francisco coined ever seventeen Millions
Of gold and silver In 1868; the duties on i'm.
ports were eight and half millions; and
the internal revenue paid by San Francisco
for the last year was four millions Of dollars.
Some other statistics of the business done
in San Francisco will be usefu! in further
illustration of itsimportance: There were six
thousand seven hundred sales Of real estate,
amounting in all to over twenty y.seven mil.
lions of dollars, and three thousand mort
cages were male representing eleven and q
half millions, while two thousand releases
Of mortgages were executed representing
over five millions of property; the average
price of flour during 1868 was &C. 80 bar.
rel. of wheat GAIA per hundred pounds.
These figures show the variety as well u
present extent of San Frsncisco's traffic;
but they arc only the faint beginnings Of its
future; and soon she will have no other II.
vals in commercial importance than London
and New York.
REc1rE WORTH OSE THousAND Dol.
LARs-Thc Ohio Oultisnsor says the fol.
lowing recipe is worth one thousand dollars
10 every housckceper: Take one pound Of
sal soda and half . pound Of unslacked lime
and put them in a gallon Of water, boil
twenty minutes, let It stand till cool, then
drain off and put in jug or jar; soak your
dirty clothes over night, or until they arc
wet through, then wiring them, and rub on
plenty Of soap and water, add one teacupful
of the washing Auld; boil half On hour or
more, rinse, and your clothes will look bet.
ter than by the old way Of washing twice
before boiling. This Is an invaluable recipe
and every poor tired woman should NY h
NEW BuILDIxo MArsRIAL.-A remark.
able discovery has just been made by man
at Grenoble, BY which II is calculated that
cemeteries and graveyards will become 81.
periluous, At the decease Of IN individual
the body Il plunged into liquid invented
by the man Of Grenoble, and In about hvs
years the individual Is turned into stone
The secret of the petrifaction is known only
to the discoverer. But he goes further. He
says that In thousand ycars' time, II pes.
sons will only preserve their relatives and
friends, they viii be able to build houss
with them, and thus live in reaidences eur.
rounded BY their ancestors. ..'--
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