The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
NUMBER Az.
Items Of Interest.

THIRTY-EIGHT thousand acres OF whea
we're harvested in Rice county, Mimi, thi,
season. 1t averaged twenty bushels to tn,
acre.
KELLEY's Island, Lake Erie, raised 22i
tons of Catawba and 30 tons of Concord
grapes this season, besides smaller amounts
of other varieties
The artificial butter made in New Yorl
Is becoming very popular, and the pro.
ducers have been so successful that they
announce quarterly dividenl to stock
holders
THE total amount of lumber run out oi
Cass river, in Michigan, this season, up tC
date, is about 80, 900, 600 feet out Of the
Au Ores, 10000, 600 out Of the Rife
boom, 60, 900, 900 and out Of the Saginaw
river, S75, ,465, ,767.
SITKA correspondent thus describes
Alaska scenery Take one big mountain.
covered with trees from the base nearly "a
the summit, with an undergrowth of
brush, briers and moss, almost impassable
multiply the one by ten thousand, and
you have Alaska. There is terrible
sameness. One singular feature Of this
mass Of forest is the absence Of birds |
have seen but one robin in Sitka"
THE chief banner Of the English pill
grims to Paray-le-Monial, in France, and
left by them at the shrine, is described IA
very rich and elaborate. Ii is in the four
teenth century style, worked in silk and
gold. 1t bears on the front a representa-
ton Of the Saviour with the Sacred Heart
surrounded by the heads Of four English
saints Edward, Thomas, Of CanteI bury.
Cuthbert ana Hugh, Of Lincoln. On the
back is representation Of the Virgin guild
ing child The banner cost f95.
DEATH has Just deprived Dahomey Of
the sovereign who reigned over her do
main for several years in style 50 savage
ly arbitrary as to meet the grave displeas
ure of even the African barbarians. To
mark their disapproval Of the monarch the
people Of Dahomey curtailed the horrible
funeral honors usually paid their sover-
eigns. Only twenty-four human beings
we're inundated on the grave Of the dead
king. instead Of the thousands Of men and
women usually murdered on such occa-
sions. There is at least room for the hope
that the horribly barbarous custom uf hu-
man sacrifices may receive a check even in
benighted Dahomey, from the unpopular
ty of the last and worst king Of the realm
Christian missionaries in that particularly
dark corner Of the earth cannot well do
better than now strive to obliterate hu-
man sacrifices, by teaching the new king
the utter inhumanity Of the mortuary bru-
talities Of his ancestors An utter abol-
ton Of funeral sacrifices Of men and wo-
ma pnf farI ~,
Dshomey.
One Of the most important Industries
of Pennsylvania is the leather manufac-
turing interest and, notwithstanding the
present financial depression, business has
never been more prosperous than at pres
ent Reports from Philadelphia state that
there is large and increasing demand in
all kinds Of leather Purchasers and or
ders are coming in FROM all parts of the
country, the East especially, and the fac
tors generally experience difficulty in keep
ing up to the demand made upon them.
Prices for all grades are reasonably low
this season, which may, to some extent,
account for the increased sales; but the
principal cause assigned for the greatly in
creased demand for leather is the opening
Of so many boot and shoe factories IN 9TH
er States. The following statistics Of the
trade in this State are Of general interest
There are 800 tanneries, 294 engines aud
1874 wster-powers. The bark used yearly
amounts to 322, 10 cords, costing S3 369.
5S1; the skins and sides tanned annually
are 993, 900 Of the former and LII. .52O
of the latter The capital employed rep
resents SIl 500. 900. the material used.
Sl3. 994, 600; the products am pUnt IN val
ne to sl9, S2s 3.0, ami the wages to Il. =
ga, 100 - PittsJyrg Coza Eaeryial