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Ave years. The expansibility 81 our
market il evidenced from tho fact that
while in 1873 but sos Of tho Edward Har.
vesters were ,nanufac tured here, in 1874
there were made 1880 Of those reapers.
lpresent : comparison With the statistics
taken from the United States census q ].
1870, which, though not full, win give .
close approximation to tho. truth. . As in
that census, include railroad shops and
newspaper Offices under the head Of man.
featuring establishments, and the work.
men employed therein Is persons EN-.
ployed in manufacturing: e..
Number establishments s~:.s 3i6s WI IS
No. Of persons employed 1856 -; se6
Capital invested :eoo, 9oo u, zoa,1i9
Value Of nstslRsi used. .sso.oS ,.r siSe ga
Value OF products. ,068 600 <:: !, 6l2378
- %. WHEAT. {, ~ z5ai<s:s 4 -
In the amount of this staple and aver.
age per acre, Minnesota leads: all the
States, except California, and in the cer-.
tai'aty of the crop has no equal: The
largest crop was that of 1873, which az
gregated q ;969,Oo5 Bushels. For the last
IS years the highest yield Per acre was
22.07 bushels in 1866, the lowest 1923
bushels in 1871 the average for that
period being 7.22 bushels per acre. Sew.
eral whole townships have averaged 25,
30, and even 40 bushels per acre, n,imer-
Gus single fields exceeding even the high
est of these yields. :,
The largest crop of oats raised in the
State was in 1873, being 13, 084,7 64 BUSH
els, IN average of 34.25 bushels per acre,
which has been the average maintained
fer the past SIX years, an average sur.
passed by no Staten the Union.
CORN.
The corn crop of 1873 was 7,l82,37O,
being q few thousand bushels in excess OF
any previous crop. The average per
acre for the past six years was 33.43
bushels, the lowest being 30.73 bushels,
the highest 1888. The high average and
marked uniformity of yield refutes the
assertion that Minnesota is too far north
for the profitable cultivation of corn.
Ohio, the queen Of the corn States, aver.
aged for twenty years 1896 per acre,
which is only l.68 bushels above the aver
age of Minnesota for the past nine wears.
AVERAGE OF CROPS.
For the past six years barley has aver
aged 26.l3 bushels per acre, rye 17.7l
bushels, buckwheat 1915, and potatoes
for the last three years 108.l3 bushels.
MANUFACTURERS.
The annual value of products of manu-
features in Minnesota rose from 1888, l72
in 1850, to 1901 LAT in 1870. Taking
this city as test, and those values have
doubled since 1870.
Population of the State has increased
from 6,077 in 1850, to 100000 in 1874.
Within the same time the population Of
the city has changed from $40 to over
10000.
Railroads in 1852 aggregated but 10
miles, now 1850 miles, larger number in
proportion to the population than any
other State Of equal age.
PUBLIC LANDS
Fully one-half, (25,850,38O acres) of the
State is yet open to homestead and pre-.
emption entries.
Respectfully submitted,
H. T. JOINS, Secretary.
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The TraAs 90 ss. raall, a. he ire re-
,z,s,..,s Aoosiens q Ninssesea.
b The following extracts from the annual
report for 1875, of Capt. b. +. Johns, Sec.
rotary Of the st. Paul Chamber 81 Com.
MERGE. will b found of general interest !:
-. H:jSs y NJ POPULATION. I. ia
As tho State will take census of its
population in tho month Of June. when
our numbers can bedefnitely ascertained.
| will not elaborate this division of nv
report. The school census taken in 1871.
showed that there were $50 more school
able children than in; 1873. Those
children are ! in 200 Of tho whole popu.
iatlon, 50 multiplying these two factors We
nave 2,042. During last year West St.
Paul was annexed to this city. Its On.
tire population Was carefully ascertained
at the time Of. taking its school, census,
and found to be l,478, the two: giving to
st. Paul an addition Of 1890 souls. Au-
gust the 18th il about the average date of
tho school census. i, The population of
this city August Is, 1879, Was shown to
be 60, N0.. The above data would lead to
the conclusion that the approaching June
census ce 1on vi AZ L. our population g from
} A thetax this year il butt, Taper cent?
We compare favorably with other towns
Is il manifest from tho following table,
which becomes moro significant when we
remember the new cities are under
greater relative expense than older cities:
RAILROADS OF ST. PAUL.
During our busiest season upwards of
20 different trains, passenger and freight,
arrive at and depart from St. Paul daily.
No other city in the world of CORES
ponding size has so complete and rami-
fled railroad system. The different roads
terminating here aggregate nearly 5000
miles, Of which 1880 are within the linn
it's of the State. To this should be added
the 500 miles of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, Of which this city is, for the
greater portion of the year, practically
the eastern terminus.
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A Few Words to Feeble and Delicate
Women,


By r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, N. Y.
Knowing that you are subject to very great
amount OF suffering, that delicacy on your
part has strong tendency to prolong, and the
longer it is neglected the more you have to en-
dure and the more difficult Of cure your case be-
comes, l, as physician, who is daily consult
ed BY scores Of your sex, desire to say to YOU
that l am constantly meeting with those who
have been treated Tor their ailments for months
without being benefited in the least, until they
have become perfectly discouraged and have
almost made up their minds never to take an
other dose Of medicine, nor to be tortured by
any further treatment. They had rather die
and have their suferings ended than to live
and suffer as they have: They say they are
by treatment. Ofanythihg more disoouraging
We certainly cannot conceive, and were there
no successful mode Of treating such difficult
ties than that the principles Of which teach the
reducing and depicting of the vital forces of
the system, when the indications dictate a
treatment directly the reverse Of the one adopt
ed for them, their cases would be deplorable
indeed. But lady euderers, there is { better
you; one more in harmony with the laws and
requirements of your system. A harsh irritat-
ing caustic treatment and strong medicines will
never cure you. If you should use rational
means, such ~ common sense should dictate
to every intelligent lady, take such medicines
a. embody the very best invigorating tonios
and nervines, compounded with special refer
ence to your delicate system. Such = happy
combination you will find in my Favorite Pre-
scr;ption which has received the loudest praise
from thousands of your sex. Those languid,
tiresome sensations causing You to feel scarcely
able to be on your feet or Ascend = flight of
stairs, that continual drain that is sapping
from your systems all your former elasticity,
and driving tue bloom from yonr cheeks that
renders You irritable and fretfal, may all be
overcome and subdued BY persevering use of
that marvellous remedy. irregularities and
systems are relieved BY this mild and safe
means, while periodical pains, the existence
otwhtch is . sure indication of serious dis
ease that should net BE neglected, readily yield
70 It, snd # It's use Is Kept up for reasonable
is permanently removed. Further light on
these subj.cts may b: Obtained from my PAM
phlst On di.e..e. peculiar 70 your sex, sent on
tqQ i seld By dFuegtRts, 4 : I'LL - s
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II 10 very Lfght Draft.

Saint Joe, MIMI, July "a, 1874
st. Paul Harvester Works II pur.
chased an Edward Harvester of John Rol.
Ter Of st. Cloud, and have tested it two
days in green oats, and find it cuts and
elevates the grain perfectly. and is easy
work for light pair Of horses.
D. GALEMA.
HARVEST ONLY COST $500.
Mendoza, MIMI, Aug. 81. "a.
st. Paul Harvester Works:-The FL
ward Harvester purchased of you has
given the most perfect satisfaction the
past harvest. We averaged 10 acr4s a
day with two men to bind and bow nine
years old to drive; and we cut and bound
l6 acres of heavy wheat in IL hours and
a half, on a wager and measured the
ground. I had about 80 acres Of grain.
and my whole harvest has only cost me
$500. consider the Edward the best
harvesting machine in the market, and
cheerfully recommend it to all who in
tend buying machine for next harvest.
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE ROBINSON.
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GRAIN RAISERS REFUSE to submit
to the wastetul and imperfect work Of other
Threshers, when posted on the cast superiori-
ty Of this one, tor saving grain, saving time,
and doing fast, thorough and economicalwork
TBHESHERMEN FIND IT highly advan.
tageous to run . machine that has no t'Beaters,"
"Pickers," or "Apron," that handles Damp
Grain, onx Straw, Headings, Flax, Timothy,
Millett, and all such difficult grain and seeds,
with ENTIRE EASE AND EFFEC-
TlVENESS. Cleans to perfection; saves the
farmer his thresh bill by extra saving of grain;
makes no Litteriugs; requires Less
THAN ONE.HALF the usual Belts, Boxes.
Journals, and Clears easier managed less re-
pairs; one that grain raisers prefer to employ
and wait for, oven at advanced prices,
while other machines are tout ofjobs.''
Four sizas made with 6, 8, 10 and IL
horse Mounted" Power. also 3 special.
ty Of Separators ''alone," expressly tor
STEAM POWER, and to-match other
Rorse Powers.
If interested in grain raising, CT threshing,
write for illustrated Circulars (sent .Cree) with
tull particulars Of sizes, styles, prices, terms.
etc: l{;*'ss r! 81 g.frsk !
eCreek. MiChi9an
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A bad little boy, upon being promised
five cents by his mother if he would take
a dose Of castor oil, obtained the money,
and then told the parent that she might
castor oil in the street. He will make
humorous newspaper paragraphist one of
these days.
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A lady was around the detroit post
office speaking with tho bootblacks and
newsboys, and urging them to attend
Sunday school. A few said they would
attend, others gave reasons why they
couldn't, and one young red head was
silent: ''Wouldn't you like to come to
Sunday school, my boy = kindly inquir'
ed the lady: "Noam." why wouldn' t
you!' "Oh, co., "Cause what! !"
'"Why, suppose the fire bells should ring
and the preacher wouldn't let me Quit"
he exclaimed.
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= E,lsN7F'--- = 2 - 2. ~ 81
POETRY.
BY ". L. LoN0FELLoW

Come, old friend, sit down and listen
From the pitcher placed between US,
How the waters laugh and glisten
In the head Of old Silenus.
Old Silenus, bloated, drunken,
Led by his inebri1te satyrs:
On his breast his head 10 sunken,
Vaca1Hly he leeTs and chatters.
Round about him fair Bacchantes,
hearing cymbals, flutes and thyrses.
Wild from Marian groves. or Zante's
vineyards, sing delirious verses.
Thus he won, through all the nations,
Bloodless victories, and the farmer
Bore, a. trophies and oblations,
Wines for banners, plows for armor.
Judged by no DER Jealous rigor,
Much this mystic throng expresses;
Baochus was the type Of vigor,
And Silenus Of excuses.
These are ancient eth mic revels
Now the satyrs Changed to devils,
Ffighten mOrtals wme- o'ertaken.
Now to rivulets from the mountains
Point the rods of fortune tellers;
Youth perpetual dwells in fountains,
Not in TASKS and casks and cellars.
Claudius, though he sang of fagons,
And huge tankards filed with Rhenish,
From that fery blood OF dragons
Never would his own replenish.
Even Redi, Though he chaunted
Bacchus in the Tuscan valleys,
Never drank the wine he vaunted
In his dithynmbic sallies.
Then with water fill the pitcher,
Wreathed about with classic fables;
Meier Talernian threw richer
Light upon Lucullus's tables.
Come, old friend, 81. down and listen;
As it passes there between us,
How it's wavelets laugh and glisten
In the head Of old Silenus.
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if you are. ever going to make one. If
you have any evidence, hurl it ct me.
Silence. -
"Darius Worthington Jones, !" resumed
the court. after waiting for An answer,
"you are chalked for sixty days. You
won't set out any onions this spring you
won't be around when the first circus
strikes Detroit. May.day will find you
making chairs, and June berries will have
ripened and vanished before We gaze upon
your face again."
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A gentleman was endeavoring to enjoy
an evening i'll the company Of young
lady upon whom he called, but found q
serious obstacle in the person of q stern
father, who 1T length very plainly intima-
ted that the hour for retiring had arrived.
II think you are correct, my dear sir, -
returned the unabashed young man. ave
have been waiting for you to 30 to bed for
over an hour"
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True love is no respector of law. When
Constable Damon, Of Cabot, VT, went
down into Mr.. Ainsworth's cellar to at.
tach some potatoes, Mrs. Ainsworth
suddenly closed the trap.door and sat
down on it, until he promised to go away
without attaching anything. As he came
up from his prison she sealed the agree
ment by hitting him in three or four
places with the fire shovel.
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ed tho boy. '*Well, = said Mr.. Baily
kindly, you're Welcome to : lift Is far
IS your way and mine is the same.
Whezs did you say yoa were goinge"
ander. wondering If his father had gone
crazy With grief on his fight. and didn't
own only son! The boys heart beat
like = trip. hammer another thought
struck him-had sea sickness, and gen.
eral disgust with sailors SO changed him
in twenty-four hours, that his parent did
not recognize himl He dared not ven.
ture any remarks, but sat by his father
size the remainder Of the way, in . very
unsettled state of mind, as we'll IS stom-
ach, making two wholesome resolutions
first, to be contented boy hereafter ;
second, to read no more novels in the hay.
NOW.
On their arrival home, Mr.. Baily said,
'tIt's late, and the moon is not up; unless
your friends live near BY, you had better
stay with me tonight. I've IN. empty
bed about right for I boy of your size. -
''1f you please" humbly answered John
Alexander, nearly choked with lgrief aud
shame; still hoping against hope that his
mother and the baby would know him.
"Just hold my team. said Mr.. Baily,
"while l run in with these parcels: Be
careful, old Gray is apt to bite stran.
gers" :.
"As if didn't know all of old Gray's
tricks, said John Alexander to himself,
Is he laid his cheek against her neck-it
seemed SO good to be near something
familiar. Old Gray whinnied and rubbed
him with Ter nose.
"Humph :" said the boy, ''she's got
sense; she knows NO.
MIR. Baily gave his wife some private
instructions, and j. A. found himself 4
stranger at his mothers table. He
couldn't eat much, and when Mr.. Baily
offered to show him the way up to bed,
adding, "You h1ven't told us your name
yet,' the poor fellow could not bear any
more, but burst out-"My name is John
Alexander Baily. I'm your own boy,
and l ran away cause thought I want
ed to be 4 sailor, but l don't; victuals
'grees with me better'n farming. Baby
knows me, don't you see her! snatch.
ing his little sister from the cradle. Mrs.
Baily could't keep up the pretense any
longer there was 4 general deluge, and
the baby wasn't tho only one who cried.
John Alexander went to bed a sadder
and more contented boy. Next morning
he unpacked his second best butternut
trousers, and never made another moon
light fitting.
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Decrease in 1874
&93,O67

The above exhibit of our wholesale
business is full of significance and encour-
agement. 1874 was a year of prevailing
hard times; nearly every individual re.
sorted to unusual economy; grasshoppers
visited some Of. the newer portions Of the
State, which with \ few local droughts,
reduced our great staple crop (wheat)
from q, o6o, 095 bushels in 1873 to 81 $780,.
600 bushels in 1874; grain ruled so low
that well-to.do farmers withheld it from
market; yet, Notwithstanding all these
drawbacks, our jobbing sales decreased
but $93,057: Considering the large fall
ing offin prices, averaging At leact 20 per
cent, it will be seen at glance, that
though our wholesale merchants received
less money for their wares than in 1873,
yet they sold more goods in 1874 than in
any previous year. These facts clearly
prove that st. Paul is the natural lob.
bling center of the Northwest, and also
that our tributary country is steadily en-.
larging and developing.
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alive army orders sent tho t lend fa1
away, and he entrested Key with his
farewell breath to look after his sweet.
heart, and to see that she wanted moth.
ing during his involuntary absence.
Key obeyed his friend beyond the let
ter; for more delicate attentions were
never before received by any woman,
and, as he succeeded in intercepting let.
ters between the lovers, he soon added
the mission of comforter to his other du.
ties. By adroitness and address, he
made each believe the other faithless, and
when the seeds of distrust were most
thoroughly sown, and tho feeling of pique
and resentment crushed the first throbs
OF sorrow and agony, he pressed his suit.
and Won an unloving and Indifferent bride
to his arms. His efforts to kindle one
spark of interest or enthusiasm in the
breast Of his wife proving unsuccessful,
in fit of rage and disappointment he told
her that he had sown discord between
herself and her only lover, that he had
destroyed their mutual correspondence,
and she had been fool enough to believe
oil that had been told her. From the
time of this disclosure, the beautiful wo-
man grew whittier and more lily-like, un-
til one day she folded her slender hands
and closed her tired eyes, and awoke in
that heaven where the weary are 1T rest.
After the death of his wife, Key seem.
ed to embark on career Of utter reck.
lessness, pursuing women with only de-
sire for their ultimate ruin. The melting
dark eyes and prettily nodded figure Of
the petite Mrs. Sickles caught the rest.
less eyes Of the ibertine, and he resolved
on her destruction; he met her constant.
"; if she was walking, he joined her; if
she rode, he would stop tho carriage and
seat himself by her side, with the conf.
dent effrontery Of a man who knows his
company Is agreeable to ladies. Mrs.
Slckles was young. beautiful and not I'M
moved by the destinations of the man
who constantly sought her company, and
made her believe that she alone embodied
oil the exce]1encies and projections Of her
sex. She did not for one instant con-
template any thing but an innocent term.
nation to this very open Irritation. But
people, the ever wide awake "people. -
with more eyes than Cerebus, began to
put their heads together, and whisperings
not loud but deep Commenced to aeitate
the air.
Gen. Sickles lived in the old Colfax
house on the south side Of Lafayette
square and across the Park--which was
then hardly more than grass.plat, with
lew varieties Of trees and shrubs here
and there-stood large, double, red
brick house, used for 1 gentleman's club,
and afterwards occupied by Secretary
Seward Key had his room ct the club,
and from it, doors it was his usual Gus.
tom to stroll over to the Sickleses for 4
morning call, which MAS sometimes pro.
lopsed until afteF lunch. At ono Of thess
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THE WHEAT TRADE.

Though our imports o. 1874 wei E
slightly less than III 1873. vet we tan1;ed
% per cent. more of the crop raised in
1874 than that of 1873, showing that our
comprehensive railroad system has un-
changeably fixed this rs wheat ex-
change.
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BANKS.

Our banking facilities are furnished by
nine banks, four Of which are national
banks. The banking capital i. upwards
of two and a quarter millions of dollars,
being double that of Milwaukee, with
its nearly $1,000 inhabitants. Below is
a summary of business for 1874:
Average daily deposits go. 82.672. al
Average daily loans and discounts :. 3,I2I ,679
Amount of exchange sold. 90. go. 80. 22,67s, 142
A BIRE' 8 EYE VIEW OF THE COMMERCE OF ST.
PAUL.
The railroad tonnage received in St.
Paul in 1874 amounted to 290,974 tons,
tonnage forwarded to l80,65O tons, q
total Of 480,6A tons, being 3,l61 tons in
excess Of 1873.
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THE FLOUR TRADE.

Received. Shipped.
Flour in 49,, bbls. ...... 1925 l@.447
Taken in connection with the fact of
the reduced crop Of wheat Of 1874, the
TACT that our receipts of -four for that
year exceeded those of 1873, indicates
that larger proportion Of our grain is
being manufactured than in previous
years, and is an additional reason why =
huge steam -four mill should be reared in
CONJUNCTION with the new Elevator.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
Received. Shippe
Lumber in 1874, feet. 1855, sa2 N,64i,7
Lumber in 1879, feet. 1881 sos 16,ss6,s
MANUFACTURES.
While NO are justly anxious to add to
our manufacturing Importance. We should
bear in mind that we have made rapid
strides in that directioa during the Ia.
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A New Verslon Of the Sad Old Seory
Of tho Koy.Sickles TRAGEDY.

A New versien Of the Sad Old Story
of tho Kcy-Sickles Tragedy.
Washington Correspondence Chicago Tri-
bune
While out for walk, few days ago,
small, unpretentious brick house in the
north part Of the city, and within sight
Of many fashionable residences, was
pointed out to me by my companion as
the rendezvous which Barton Key en-.
gagged for his MEETINGS with the beautiful
and unfortunate Mrs. Sickles. The
house is only two stories high, with gal
lery running the entire side Of the house.
Windows front the street,as the entrance
is beneath the porch on the side. 81 can
tell you everything about that tragic
affair, said my friend, ''because Barton
Key was cousin Of ours, and Mrs.
Sick]es an intimate friend and neighbor.
Barton Key-slthough = relative-never
crossed the threshold of our house, as my
father and brother knew too much Of his
private career to care to introduce him
into their home circle. He was son of
Key who wrote tho "Star Spangled Ban.
ner, and was handsome fellow, tall and
finely formed, with rich, dark skin, and
unfathomable depths to his lustrous
black eyes,
An incident in his early life is key.
note to every after occurrence. He had
an intimate friend in the army, now liv.
ing land who will recognize the sad truth.
fulness Of this tale,) who was engaged to
a most beautiful girl, thepride and idol of
her fancee, and the general admiration
Of all who knew her. To her personal
loneliness she added thousand nameless
charms, which captured the ever-roving
fancy of Barton Key, and added him to
her list Of lovers, although he was subtle
enough to know his affection was doomed
to receive no return, and that his bosom
friend was the successful sutton. Imper-
alive army orders sent tho lend far
away, and he entrested Key with his
farewell breath to look after his sweet.
heart, and to see that she wanted moth
ing during his involuntary absence.
Key obeyed his friend beyond the let
ter; for more delicate attentions we're