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Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
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Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Smuggling Hair.

As the passengers of the steamer Hermann were leaving that vessel for the shore in Jersey City, the female in spector saw one lady who looked very tired and care worn. She had made several abortive efforts to rest herself by sitting down, but she had halted half way and stood straight once more The female inspector then went to the fatigued beauty and asked her to dis robe. She pouted and refused, and wanted to know whether this was free country or not, whether 8 woman was to be outraged in this fashion. But the inspector was infexible and pitiless, and the undressing commenced. The lady's underdress was covered with smuggled hair. The hair was of many tints, golden hair, black hair as raven s wing, sparkling auburn, carrotty hair and brown hair, the value of the snug gled goods being about $2,OOO. When relieved of her booty she said: "You are welcome to it, madame. I was only bringing it over for human hair dealer in Broadway-I don'tlose cent" The duty on human hair is fo,ty per cent 0dV0lorem1.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
A College of Music.

MT. Samuel Wood has endowed col lege of music to be erected in Central Park, New York. MT. Wood, native of Long Island, late resident of Brook lyn, has taken up his residence in New York. He is about eighty years old, and his estate is valued at from $4, GOO, ,OOO to $6, ,000, 900. He is the surviving brother of family of four who composed the old firm of grocers, Wood Brothers, at 192 Front street, where they did busi- ness for nearly fifty years: Not one of the brothers ever mal ried, and they covenanted that the surviving brother or brothers should inherit the property of any deceased brother until the last brother should inherit the whole, and that it should be finally devised, after properly providing for the most distant relatives, to some public use that should benefit their country.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Bread Vs. Meat.

Experiments made abroad to test the effect of an exclusive bread diet prove that bread diet alone is very expen- sive, as large quantity must be given to supply the daily waste of the feshy tissues. On the other hand, the addi- tion of a small quantity of meat reduces the cost of support and keeps up the strength of the body. The attempt was made to ascertain which of the several kinds of bread in ordinary use was ab- sorbed in the greatest amount in it's passage through the alimentary canal. It was found that wheat bread was ab- sorbed in the greatest amount, then leavened rye bread, then rye bread raised by chemical processes, and lastly, the "pumpernickel," or German black bread. The great nutritious value at tributed to bran is denied by the experi- menter.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

duently taken from the sheriff by mob and hanged to tree. .. Accounts from Tifis represent the Russian losses in the recent rising at Rhokand as being heavy. Part of the garrison at Khokand were massacred. The rubber shoe factory at Maiden, Mass, was entirely destroyed by fire, involving loss of $500, 900, on which there was an insurance of s156, 900. Over eight hundred operatives were thrown out of employment.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Playing Hanging.

Divers youngsters in Knoxville (Tenn.) organized court, appointed a sheriff, 8 criminal, clergyman, and a lot of reporters. Then they proceeded to ''play hanging" This harmless amusement came near to tragedy. The criminal upon being turned off was to " holler " when he had had enough of it. His ability to "holler" being seri- ously interfered with by the rope, in an- other moment he would have been an angel. Help, however, came in the shape of a man, and he was rescued. He will not play hanging any more.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

Premature loss of hair, which is so common nowadays, may be entirely prevented by the use of Burnett's OocOaine. It has been nsed in thousands of cases where the hair was coming out in handfuls, and has never failed to arrest it's decay, and to promote healthy and vigorous growth. It is st the same time unrivaled as & dressing for the hair. single application will render it soft and glossy fol several days.-Cons.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring worm, saltrheum, and other cutaneous affec tions cured, and rough skin made soft ant smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be care full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard d Co.,, New York, ss there are many limitations made with common tar, all of which are worth less.-. Com.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

Winter is now fairly upon us, and the teams are hastening to the lumber woods ill various parts of the country. Our advice tc every man who goes to the woods, be he cap- tain, cook, teamster or any other man, IS to take along good stock of Johnson's Anody1ae Liminaeat and Parsons Purgatiue Pills. Many months of labor Gin the aggregate) may be saved by this precaution.-C Com.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

DR. WIsTAR's BA1sAM OF WILD CHERRY may be well called ''wonder of medical science" It cures coughs and colds iasstaater ! It soothes the irritated parts it heals the h. hammation and oven consumption itself yields to it's magic influence. Fifty cents and one dollar bottle, large bottles much the cheaper.-Cona.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

Bad enough to look and feel bad your self ; but no excuse for having your horse look and feel badly, when for 8 small sum you can buy Sheridans Caoal,y Condition Poao- ders, which given in grain two or three times 8 week, will'make him look and feel weI.- -GOan
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

We trustthe time will come when every one will use Dobbins' Electric Soap made by Cragin & Co.,. Phila.). Its sale is daily increasing, as is always the case with articles of merit. Try it.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
What I Know About Vegetine,
SOUTH ROSrON. May Q. 1a7n.

SOUTH BOSTON, May g, 1870 H. R. STEVENS:
 Dedr Sir-I have had considerable experience with the VEGETINE. For Dyspepsia, General Debility and impure blood, the VEGETINE is superior to anything which have ever used. l commenced taking VEGETINE about the middle of last winter and after using few bottles entirely cured of dyspepsia and my blood in good condition at the present time It will afford pleasure to give any further particulars relative to what know about this good medicine one who will call or address at my residence, 3S8
 MONROE PARKER,
 3S8 Atae as Street.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

Vegetine, instead of being puffed-up medicine, has worked it's way up tS it's present astonishing success by actual merit in curing all diseases of the blood, of whatever nature
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
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DYSPEPSIA.
FEEL MYSELF A NEW MAN
A Source of Great Anxiety,

My daughter has received great benefit from the of VEGETINE. Her declining health was of great anxiety to all of her friends few bottles of the VICE. TINE restored her health, strength and appetite.
 N. H. TILDEN,
 Ins. and Real Estate Agt., 49 sears Building BOSTON, Mass June 5, 1872.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Ground Plaster
On hand and for sale at the

Red Mills, Cornwall Bridge.
 MANNERS who have become discouraged in E the use of plaster, on account of the inferior uality' soldin the Honsatonic Valley for tho past at last succeeded in obtaining the genuine artclcs 42n D. W. MANVEL.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

HALE'S
 HONEY OF HoREHoUND AND TAR
 FOR THE CURE OF CoUaus, COLDS, INFLUENZA, HoARsES NESS, DIFFICULT BREATHING, AND ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE THROAT, BRONCHIAL TUBES, AND LUNGS,
 LEADING TO CONSUMPTION.
 This infallible remedy is composed of the HONEY of the plant iTorchound, in chemicalunionw with TAg-BALM, extract cd from the LIFE PRINCIPLE of the forest tree ARIES BALsAMEA. or Balm of Gilead.
 The Honey of Horehound sooTHEs AND scATTERs all irritations and inflam- nations, and the Tar-Balm CLEANsEs AND HEALS the throat and air-passages leading to the lungs FIVE additional ingredients keep the organs cool, moist, and in healthful action. Let no pre- judice keep you from trying this great medicine of a fam 's doctor, who hss saved thousands O. yes by 1t in his 'arge private practice.
 N. B.-The Tar Balm has no RAD TASTE or smell. PRICES, 50 GENTS AND $1 PER DoTTLR.l
 Great saving to buy large size. Sold by all Druggists. "Pike's TOothache E-opsso ----e Nh minute.
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No 4o. a

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS. w pIeAee say that yOu saw the adverttSe& m@nt I'm rftfm paper.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Come on, Book Agents !

TINSURPASsED Chance for Agents, Men and u Women, on c The COntribuIOr.o 64 columns, Religious and Secular s s Lessons; reports of Rev A magnificent premium The marvel of all is the price, only $1.1O year All classes old and young, are charmed with It. No work like it for agents Never saw anything take like 1t" another, No trouble to sell
 For Agents Terms paper reports, etc, address with
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10
Curing Skins.

A method of curing skins without re- moving the hair is given by correspon- dent in the F0aciers' Journal: Takesoft water about ten gallons, one-half bushel wheat bran, seven pounds of salt, two and a half pounds. of sulphuric acid. Dissolve all together, and put the skins in the solution, and allow them to re. main twelve hours :; take them out and clean them well, and again immerse twelve hours more, or longer if neces. sary. The skins may then be taken out, we'll washed and dried. They can be beaten soft, if desired.
Connecticut western news., 1875-12-10

8 fine of $10,000. .Le Nord the Russian organ, says that the purchase by England of the Suez canal stock will not affect the peace Of Europe. It is stated that, with view to preventing Austrian intervention, Mon tenegro has proposed to Servia an offensive and defensive alliance in favor of Herzegovina, and if the offer is accepted both countries will take joint action in April. .... The roofs of the Chauncey and Grand Tunnel mines, in the Wyoming valley, Pa., caved in, entailing loss of over $10O, ,O0O, besides throwing an im- mense nun4ber of miners out of work at critical season of the year. The miners, one hundred and twenty-five in number, escaped only two hours previous to the disaster and it was owing to the watchfulness of one of the proprietors that they were not all crushed.
 The Isthmus canal commissioners appointed by the President, have reported in favor of the Panama and Nicaragua route as the most practicable. The estimated cost is $66 ,OOO.- 000.. .....A duel was fought pear Baltimore between R. W. Baylor, of Norfolk, Va, and Col, James F. Reagan, as the result of quar- rel in Philadelphia. Baylor received & shot in the left side. ... The United States supreme court has sustained the position of the Union Pacific railroad company by affirming the de- cision of the court of claims namely, that the company has the right to retain one-half of it's earnings on account of transportation for the government. There will be no sales of treasury gold ordered for the month of De- cember, the currency balance being large enough to obviate the need of any such sales
 ..... After January first the rate of letter postage to Japan via San Francisco will be twelve cents instead of fifteen cents. A stiff gale prevailed in all parts of the country, and shipping disasters are reported from all along the coast as well as from the lakes.
 Charles Atkinson, colored man of Franklin, La, outraged little white girl but was caught and lodged in jail. He was subse-
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SOME REMARKS ON CENTRAL
FACTORIES.
III.

In preceding articles we have treated
Of the mutual standing of the Factories
and the planters, which subject we shall
wind 10 to-day with some brief remarks
on the price to be paid for the canes.
The planter could not be expected to sell
his canes to the factory, unless he would
nro6t bv it. Will he then profit by ii?
The answer is: yes, both directly and
indirectly, and we may now cast a glance
at the facts relative thereto.
How much money, we may ask first,
does a planter make out OF 100 lbs. OF
canesP when lbs. are spoken OF here
Danish lbs. are always meant). In order
to arrive at a definite result, welghlngs
were made last year by Mr.. Walt, and
there are some few cases also tor this year,
Int the results of these weighings can
hardly be taken as standards. as last
years canes were very bad and this years
are extremely good, giving extraordinary
Weld. and cut too in the very best part
Of the season. Every planter. therefore
who ia more anxious to arrive at the
truth than to produce specious argument
for or. against factories, should not de-
pend upon these few weighings, but ne
ought every week to ascertain exactly
what quantity Of caues it takes to make
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Total 25 cts.

I0tal 20 cts.
Even by making E lbs. of sugar from 100
lbs. of canes, he could only make % cts.
He is consequently doing better with the
Central Factories than he could by work
ing up his canes himself.
We have seen that the capital invested
is expected to make some 80 do interest,
but it must not be forgotten that the Re-
serve Fund has to be made up out Of this
part of the profit, and that not more than
1O0o is paid to the shareholders before
this fund is paid up.
Above we ~endeavoured to shew that the
division Of profit might be expected to
have a value of 3 Cts, which, putting the
price of Muscovado at 4 Cts, will be equal
to Z lb. Of sugar, making the payment tor
100 lbs. of canes equal to- 81 lbs. Of sugar.
But of course, this is a mere chance ; it may
be less, it may be more but this chance
is so firmly believed in by those willing to
invest their capital in the enterprise, that
they would be willing to buy the chance
from the grower for ] Id. Of sugar, that ia
to say, would be willing, if any one should
prefer. that. to pay him 6 lbs. of sugar as
a fixed price, instead of 81 lbs. and the
chance of making Z lbs. or more by shar-
ing.-Doing this is simply following the
old maxim If you will take some Of my
risk, you may have some of my profit, but if
you want me.to take all the ri8k, / must
of course have that risk paid.
Starting now from 6 lbs. of sugsr as the
price which any cane grower, who pre-
fers to be on the safe side and run no
risk. can reach, we firmly believe that
very few planters ever reach that figure,
ever obtain 6 lbs. net Of sugar from
100 lbs. of canes, aud we are quite GER
tain that no one can make more, at least
not for a long run of years. But if we
are ell agreed on this point-as we are
inclined to think, from what we have
learned from influential planters, oil will
agree about-what can planters then do
better than to enter the factories at once3
And how much is it not worth to get rid
of the boiling house, to have so many
hands moro to turn into the fields, to get
the crops off early and securely, to be
able to make tw1 large crops in succession,
to get assistance in the cultivation IN the
shape Of steam-pIoughing, manuring etc.
to have the megass returned to the land
either for the purpose OF trashlng Oh or
making manure, and all other indirect
advantages Of the Factory system
We would most earnestly direct the
attention of planters to the necessity of
giving this question that thorough exami-
nation which it SO eminently deserves, and
not by unfounded resistance, loose the
chance which will now be offered to them.
We are sure that the price of 81 lbs. OF
sugar, plus half the profit after 140lO of
the capital invested, will directly pay
more to the planter than he can now net
and we are even more sure that the 10
direct profits are so valuable that they will
verv soon raise this island so much in the
scale as to merit the name which it hard
" deserves now-" the Pearl of the An-
TILES"
The capitalist, some might think. will
make too much profit. Those Who think
so ought to take shares, and If they have
no capital to invest, try to raise Is Dy
such means as the Credit Association.
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a clarlner OF liquor. daVlngs as he OF
course has, in his books, the number of
CHARTERS made for a series of years, and
knowing what quantity Of sugar, rum and
molasses has been made from each clari-
fer, he can form a pretty correct idea of
the real value of his canes.
1t may be of interest in this connection
to show, by way of example, how small
w~eighings may lead to mistakes. A gen.
tleman lately told us that, from 1886 lbs.
of canes he got 20 gallons ~ofliquor. TAX
ing the lbs. to be Danish, the gallon Juice
at 100 will weigh 8 Ii lbs. Il gal. water
weighs 7.58 lbs.), 90 gallons therefore
about 1863 lbs. which on 33G lbs. of
canes will give about so DO ofjuice. IF
the weight were English, the result would
be about SO Oh which is probably c%orrect).
This is about the yield which Mr., WuIf,
in his report, gives Gs the average, and is
no doubt correct. The gentleman who
made this experiment, and whom we take
to be really in earnest about the whole
question, further said that every gallon Of
liquor gave him one Id. of sugar, which
being 20 lbs. on 336 lbs. of cane would be
nearly 6 lbs. of sugar pr. 100 lbs. Of canes,
besidesI rum and moIasses. Had he ex-
amined his books, we have no doubt, how
ever, but that he would have found
that he has not reached the yield
Of l ID. of sugar per gallon of juice.
At least, we have been informed by sever
al gentlemen that, 3 CHARTERS, being about
1900 gallons, will make about 1900 lbs.
of sugar, that is, only aboat. 'tlo ID. Of SUI
gar pr. gallon. If this be taken as the
average yield (Mr. Wulff states the yield
of 100 lbs. juice, being about ID gal
Ions, to be about 9 lbs, which is only
I lbs. sugar per GALLON the 90 gallons
will give l8 lbs. of sugar, which on 336
lbs. of canes gives ST lbs. of sugar per
100 lbs. of canes. This much only to
prove that you must look very carefully
into the question if you really wish to
arrive at q correct conclusion.
But let us for q moment take it for
granted that 6 lbs. of sugar per 100 lbs.
of canes may be reached in good years,
it cannot admit of doubt that, the higher
the yield Of sugar, the less is the yield
of rum and molasses. If we extract but
D loS' Oh sugar, we eau lalrIy say IndO Inc
value of rum and molasses is about ! Of
the value Of these 5 lbs. of sugar, but if
we take 6 lbs. Of sugar, the value OF the
secondary products will not reach a higher
figure than about + of the value Of these
6 lbs. of sugar. Taking this as correct
we find that 100 lbs. of canes will yield
6 lbs. of sugar at 4 cts -...-24 cts.
Rum & molasses worth. - 8
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acknowledgements

VI ANLEDNING af Hans Majestet Kon-
A gems hole F6dseIsdag modtager Hans
H0ivelbaarenhed Vicegouverneuren Gems
civile og milltaira Embedsm@nd SAINT an
DIRE Indya8nere / Gouvernementshuset Tors
dagen den 8de d.. M. II. 2 Eftermiddag.
Presidentskabs Secretariatet, st. Croix
den ste April 1875.
S. w. Van BRAKLE.
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CO U.s.
The expenses of making one ID. of SUI
gar, including repairs, renewals of machi-
merry, etc., is stated to be us cts. Bullet
us suppose them only to be / ct. pr.
Id in order to be on the safe side. From
our 80 cts. pr. 100 lbs. of canes we shall
then have to deduct + cts which will
leave us ri cts. as the net profit on 100
lbs. OF canes.
How much, now, will the factories give
for the same quantity of canesY 81 lbs.
Of sugar and half of the profit after 14oIo
of the capital invested The 81 lbs. Of
sugar will be worth % cts, that is,
less than the planter can make himself.
How much may, however, the division of
profit be worth To answer this question
is, of course, difficult, but we NAV try to
come as near as possible to a definite
answer 1t will be understood that the
capital which will enter into the Cen
trail Factory will only do so on condition
of a chance of makinga good business of
it, and that the capitalists must have a
very firm beliefin being able to make it
profitable. In fact, the leading men, hav-
ing the experience of a beet root factory
of their own, have a firm conviction
that they will be able to. make a
profit of 10 cts. per 100 lbs. of
canes. Let US now assume this to be
correct, and let US further suppose that
the whole island joins the factories, our
average crop would be very near 400 mil
lion lbs. of canes,-at least it would soon
come up to that. 10 cts. profit on 100 lbs.
Of canes would then make $4OO, 900.
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In order to work this quantity a capital
Of s1,5OO,OoO will he required, which is
to give interest as follows:
$3.50, 900 (mortgage) at 500 IS 5000
100000 stocks) at IA Oh .."1O5, 900
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N @ I | G E..

pN celebration Of the birthday Of His Ma
"A iesty the King. His Excellency the
Vicegovernor will receive the civil and
military officers and other Inhabitants OF
the Island at Government-house on Thurs
day, 9Th inst, 2 o'clock p. M.
The Presidency's Secretary's Office, St.
Croix 5th April 1875.
S. W. A BRAKLE.
, 1875-04-07
Total 5 10000

AOtdI > IOU,UUU
Deducting this amount from the whole
profit, $4,000 there will be left $685. 900,
which has to be divided into two parts.
The one half, l25, 900, will go to the stock
holders, who, having already received
140Io interest, will have this figure ~iucreas-
ed with some 16 DO more, making their
profit 80 % in all, while the other half
($I25, 00O) will be divided pro rata among
cane growers, giving 3lho for every 100 lbs.
of canes. The planter will therefore receive
for every 100 lbs. of canes
81 lbs. of sugar at 4 cts ....22 cts
Part of proft..-...........3