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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-05-06
FACTS AND FIGURES.

THE new hotel at San Francisco is put
together with 10, 900 barrels of mortar.
IT will require seven years of steady
work to construct the tunnel between
England and France.
THE California gold production for the
first quarter of this year is $7,70O, 600 less
than for the same period last year.
SETH GREEN, up to date, has distrib-
uted 4O0, 900 salmon frey in American
lakes and rivers, large proportion of
them in Western waters.
BLEAK, but thrifty: The deposits in
The various savings banks of Nova Scotia
at the end of last year amounted to ST.
$50, 97003.
THE 80 miles of new insulated tele-
graph line along the Hudson River Rail-
road has 1920 poles, and 90, 400 insu-
latofs for the seven wires.
POSTAGE STAMPS and envelopes were
sold at the Boston Postoffice during the
past three months of the present year to
the value OF over quarter of million
| of dollars; and that is not doing as well
| as for the same time lastyear
THE latest returns of the traffic on the
Suez Canal are highly favorable and in
dictate that very brilliant future is in
store for the enterprise The traffic for
1874 was ,0S2 vessels, with tonnage of
,439. 900 tons
THE New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad has ] 200 miles of steel
rails. $50 locomotives, 600 passenger,
mail, baggage and express cars, and
1900 freight cars. The road passes
through twenty five counties and seventy
cities and incorporated villages, which
| contain four-fifths of the taxable prop.
| erty of the entire State.
ACCORDING to the last census in En-
gland and Wales the females of the popu-
lation outnumber the males by half a
million; but above the age of twenty
five the males exceed the females in
number. While there were 10000 wild
| overs there were $4,000 widows. Above
the age of ninety females number two
to every male.
PARIS has within it's walls 63,S63
houses, of which 1874 are in process of
| construction and / .947 uninhabited The
| official figures show that the entire popu-
lation numbers 1851 1872. These inbab-
itants live in 81 ,622 houses, of which 694
are public establishments, which give an
average Of thirty persons to each house,
or thirty-two if we take into calculation
the floating population, which is daily
| estimated at l35, 900 persons.
IT is estimated that of the 12 600, 600
women in America, at least 100000
wear calico dresses. 1t is not an un-
reasonable superstition that the spirit of
economy has, during the past year, in
| duced them to forego one dress apiece,
or an average of eleven yards each, max.
ing, IN all, loss to the trade of 121 ,OOO,-
600 yards. This is nearly the entire
| product of all the Massachusetts mills
for year. From the above it will be
seen how easy, from slight inducement
or necessity for economy, an overbur.
dened market may be produced in the
article of cotton goods.-Pacifc Rural
| p1exs
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occasional top-dressing. With the same
management we have no doubt it viii
produce good crops of hay, but we don't
know how long. Here is no expense of
reseeding, no smoothing down and clear
ing OF stones. Always smooth, hand
some surface for the machine and horse
rake to run over. In these days of high
prices for labor farmers should top
dress more, for by so doing their mead
ows can be kept up by labor performed
at seasons when blowing and hoeing or
sowing are not crowding them. Any
thing that will decay or can be pulver-
lied will answer for top-dressing, and
every farmer should have a repository
for the farm, such as soap-suds, wash of
the house and barn. when with addition
OF turf, muck, etc, he can easily make
material which, spread on his meadow,
will not only make it look very green
but greatly increase his hay crop and at
the same time, by removing rubbish and
slop from his door, contribute largely to
the health of his family.
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Blessings or Sunlight.

| TEERE are few blessings which we en-
| JOY here upon this earth-that is, ma
terlal blessiugs-but come to us through
| the agency of sunlight. Throup hout
| your whole existence you will fad. BY
! following the same reasoning, that youl
most trifiing act, your most thoughtless
| movement has derived its origin from
the sun. A blow with the fist, a breath,
sigh, can be exactly estimated in ravs
OF sunshine. Whether you trife or
whether you work, TO make such an eff
fort, you have been obliged to expend SO
| much strength, and that strengt h had al
| ready been stored in you by the sun.
through the agency of a series of trans.
formations.
Your clothingis all borrowed from the
sun. He has spun every thread of your
linen, and fed every fiber of your cloth
and flannel. He either bleaches it snowy
white or dies it purple and scarlet with
indigo or madden He furnishes leather
for useful service, and furs and feathers
for finery and parade. He gives YOU
bedding; whether you repose in luxury
between cider down and wool, or stretch
your weary limbs On straw, chat. Indian
corn-husks, sea-weed oron even naked
plank. as is the lot OF not a few, it in the
sun who gives both one and the other.
And what do we receive from regions in
the immediate neighborhood of either
pole where the sun is not? We receive
Just nothing. We cannot even get to
them. The absence of the sun bars our
progress with an impenetrable zone of
ice and snow.
In like manner your butter and cheese
are merely solid forms of sunshine alb
sorbed By The pastures of Holland or
tambr.dgeshire. Your sugar is only
crSstailized sunshine from Jamaica. Your
yea, qulnine, coffee and spice are en-
documents of solar influences shed on the
surIace OF China, Peru and the Indian
al ipelago. IL is the suns action which |
sends you to sleep in opium. poisons Won
IN strychnine and cures in decoctions of |
tonic herbs: You taste the sun in YOUR
sauces, eat him in your meats, and drink |
MIN even IN Your simplest beverage.
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for the boys to ride, but we girls grew
up with neither cows nor the money
which represented them in our own pos.
session. A hint on this subject is as
good as a sermon. venture to say thai
the father who runs his family on the
true cooperation principle from the
time the wee things toddle after him e
the barn until they are ready TO fly the
parent nest will never have reason tc
complain that they won't stay on the
farm until they are forced to COLOMBO
Cor. Pacific Rural Press.
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water. Without the sun no blood could
flow in your veins; your whole corporal
vitality, your very bodily life is the re-
suit of the overlooking of his bounty.
Nor is that all we owe to our great cen
trail luminary. The physical forces with
which we are scquainted-heat light,
electricity, magnetism, chemical affinity
and Notwithstanding each others form
and actidn-believed in all probability
to be one in their common birth and
| origin, are direct emanations from the
sun. But how grand and beautiful is
the theory that all material blessings
here below come to Us entirely and alone
from the sum- Its simplicity and unity
are consistent with the attributes of the
! Maker.-Jour7sal Of Chemistry.
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goods. Tobacco was chiefly exported in
the leaf, and the number of pounds was
3I8, 037 .S04, and the value $60, 399, Isl.
Over 100, 900 600 pounds of leaf tobacco
went to Germany and about 81, OOO, GOO to
Great Britain. We received for distilled
spirits 81, 164,6i and for beer, ale and
porter, s39, 1902 During the same period
we paid foreigners for malt liquors over
81. 500, 900. For 7,435, 064 pounds of
starch we received S420, 800. The living
animals exported yielded $3.50, 1888.
They were: Hogs, 1851, valued at
81, 625, s37: horned cattle, So, OCT, valued
at 81 ,150,s57; sheep, 124,24S, valued at
$f59, 1856; horses, 1,432, valued at $780,
304; mules, 1852, valued at $174, 1925; all
other cattle exported, together with
fowls, were valued at sac, 531.
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In the BOurse.

A lady correspondent of the Hartford
Times writes of the Bourse: 1t is a
Grecian temple on the outside, and in
side is large hall with galleries over
looking it, where the Paris brokers meet
for their daily operations. Strangers are
admitted only to the galleries, whether
for the convenience of the brokers be-
low, or desire not to have them tram
pied to death, | do not know. The scene
below when the stock operations are in
full tide is something fearful The mo-
ment you enter the building, before the
inner doors are opened, you hear a roar
OF voices like dozen menageries let
loose, and when you reach the gallery
and LOOK down you see such a sight as
suggests only Pandemomium. A wild
crowd OF men-a regular Paris mob, one
might think, if they were not so well
dressed-are shouting and gesticulating
and elbowing each other. Two men.
catching each others eyes, begin to yell
and menace each other, apparently, un-
til, Just as you suppose they are about to
close in deadly combat, out come their
notebooks, an entry is made, and in an
other moment they are each fighting
somebody else. No one voice can be
distinguished in the roar. You watch a
man who grows red in the face and ap-
pears to be shouting tremendously, but
there is no augmentation of the
steady roar, and his voice makes
no impression upon you. Sometimes a
man stands up in pair or stool and de-
lles the crowd, waving slips of paper in
his hand; then there is a wild rush
toward him; men elbow and push and
trample each other, hats fall off, dozens
OF hands are waving to attract atten-
ton, and apparently that rash man is
about to be made an example of-but in
another moment notebooks are out.
everybody jots down something which
seems to relieve his feelings immensely,
and there is temporary lull in that cor
ner. But there are dozen other such
groups IN full yell, so that there is no
cessation in the general hubbub. Be
coming interested in the fate of one man
or another apparently about to fall vic
tim to his bloodthirsty fellow brokers |
would occasionally stand still to watch
the struggle. In moment a policeman
In attendance in the gallery would touch
my arm and say: Keep walking if YOU
please" And so we marched slowly up
and down the gallery all the while, be
cause French ladies used to sit in the
galleries and gamble i'll stocks by signs
and looks and fits OF their fans until il
was forbidden that any lady should stay
IN the gallery unless she walked about ali
the time. j wonder how many of those
men had clear idea of what had han
pened when it was all over. Really, il
must be more bewildering than shopping
In foreign tongue.
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STILL THE CRY is for the Wilson shuttle
sewing machine. And why? Because it is
the most perfect and desirable sewing ma
chine for family use and manufacturing yet
invented, and is the cheapest. The constant
demand for this valuable machine has made
it almost impossible for the manufacturers
to supply the demand. Machines will be de-
livered at any railroad station in this county,
free of transportation charges, if ordered
through the company's branch house at 1917
State street, Chicago. They send an elegant
catalogue and chrome circular free on appli-
cation. This company want a few more
good agents
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DR.. WILHoFT's ANTI PERIODIC OR FEvEI
AND AGUE ToNIC!-Wilhoft's Tonic has estab
llshed itself as the real infallible Chill cure
II is universally admitted to be the only re
liable and harmless Chill medicine now in use
Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands of Ger
uficates of the very best people from all part.
OF the country. 1t cures malarious disease.
OF every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valley to the raging fevers of the
torrid zone. Try it! 1t has never been known
to fail. WHEELocK, FiNLAY Sc Co, Propri
etors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
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A PETITION is before the Massachusetts
Legislature praying for formal repeal
of the sentence of punishment pro.
nounced against Roger Williams by the
General Court of Massachusetts Bay in
the year 1885. The ground of the petit
ton is "that Roger Williams was ban
ished because of lis advocacy of the
separation of church and State; that that
principle has since been recognized as
correct, and has since been CT great
benefit to the United States, and, there
fore, that Roger Williams, its first advo-
cate, ought to be set right" Roger will
be compelled to admit that posterity is
disposed to do the "square thing"
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"HoRsE-MEs," and others who pretend
to know, say that the following directions
had better be observed in using Sheridan's
Cdrat'y Condition Poacders: Give horse a
tablespoonful every night for a week; the
same every other night for four or six nights;
the same for a mich COW and twice as much
for an OK The addition of little fine salt
will be an advantage
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-05-06

WHOEVER buys Mason g. Hamlin
Cabinet Organ may be sure he has got
the best instrument of the class in the
world, and this at the lowest price at
which it can be afforded by the makers
having greatest facilities for manufac-
turp
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WE have heard recently of several severe
cases of spinal disease cured by Johnson
.dnodyne Ltntmenf; one case of a man FORTY
five years old who had not done DAVIS
work for four years. The back should first
be washed, then rubbed with a coarse towel.
apply the Liniment cold, and rub in well
with the hand.
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For picking or table use Prussing's White
Wine Vinegar is unrivaled. Try it.
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QUITE Enthusiastically says thai
birch-rods make the best babyzjumpers.
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BURNETT's COCAINE is the best and cheap
est hair dressing in the world.
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10 bUUII PcIUtVIIUIt.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood when

ever you find its impurities bursting through
the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores;
cleanse it when you find it INSTRUCTED and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is
foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep
the blood pure, and the health Of the system
will follow.
II. II. MCDONALD e. Co.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts, San Francisco California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists nd Dealers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-12-28
Ne,o Process of Making Flour.

The last issue OF Harper's Weekly has
very interesting article on the early
history of Minnesota, and the rapid
development of various branches OF
industries. Jn speaking of its manuiac'
turing interest it says: "Ex'Goy. c. {.
Washburn has built, and IS now Operat-
ing the largest Flouring MIL on the
continent, and the fourth in capacity in
the world. The machinery and stones
are the best that could be found IN
France. The art of flour making has
been reduced to something near periec'
ton in this mill. The Minnesota wheat
is said TO be the best in the world. "Ihe
new process the use OF what is known
as the "Middlings Purifier" has reyolq'
tionized the manufacture of flour. The
machinery by which this result is
accomplished is very ingenious. 1t was
originally introduced from France, but
has since been largely improved upon
Within the last year Gov. Washburn has
introduced into his new mill machinery
costing $50, 900, such as no other mill on
the continent has. thus giving him an
advantage over other mills. The result
has been the production of machinery so
delicate as TO extract all OF the better
qualities of the wheat kernel without
impairing the vitality, thus producing
the whitest and best -four the wheat is ca.
pable OF yielding. This process consists
in removing the bran from the wheat by
subjecting 1t to grinding, the dust and
bran being reeled out, leaving mass of
rounding coarse kernels OF wheat or
simnel, which in this form can be SUBJ
iected to a blast of air which carries
away the dust and impurities OF exterior
.Soatiugs. The simnel thus purified and
ground again produces this excellent
flour, and which yields from forty TO
fifty lbs. more bread TO the barrel. and
which has come to be the delight OF the
housekeeper, because of its absolute
purity and snowy whiteness. By the
old process, the flour being made by only
one grinding. the dust and impurities
were ground up and intermingled with
the Aour, reducing its color, richness
and rising qualities. Messrs. j. A.
Christian and brother, two scientific and
experienced millers as we'll as business
men are conected with and have charge
of the mill. The full capacity of this is
some 2500 barrels per day or over seven
hundred and fifty thousand barrels per
year.
We learn the flour is being largely
introduced into this State, and that
it veries all that is claimed for it,
viz, the best -four that is made on the
continent. May success attend our
distinguished Maine boys enterprise.
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not now afford. Aud now after selling
their most available sources OF income
ana spending their money, the natural
course OF events brings a crisis, and
necessity eompels them TO 60 back TO the
Old ways OF economy and this condition
seems all the harder for the contrast
They have little to bring them in money,
and they see but little around them; so
they Judge melcy to be scarce all over
the country, and ask for more green.
backs.
Now the truth is there is money enough
IN the country. We DO not want any
more. We had better Lave less than
more. II We will stop to consider a mo-
ment we sbal, see that all the money that
we had when times were good is still in
the country. 1t has only changed hands
During the war everyone had money.
The enormous amount paid 10 our millions
Of soldiers, sailors and other Government
employees and contractors was circulated
all over the country; but now it has
found its way into the great fnrncial cen
tres, whore there is surplus Of money
at the present time, and when the people
OF the country produce anything to sell
they will draw it out again. Everything
IN our money centres indicates q plethora
Of money. With good security one may
obtain money in almost unlimited quanti-
ties a. lower rates Of interest than for
many years past. When savings banks
are anxious 10 pay their depositors be-
cause money accumu!ates,on their hands.
and when State of Maine six per cent.
bonds sell at five and six per cent. pro
MUM, we may feel certain that money
is very plenty for the demands Of busnes.
The whole present business OF the country
does not plobably employ one halt OF the
available capital. Then what DO you
want of more? Woull a new issue OF
currency oil the machinery of the country
and set i: in motion? No, it would sim.
ply give he spectators q new lease ol
power to play upon The necessities OF
others and depreSs our national credit.
We, the people, to day are poor. or at
least. we feel so. y few years ago money
was plenty and times were good Now
ii we have neglected ,he golden oppor
tunity. il We. when money came easy,
have let It slip through our liGgers into
the pockets OF those who had greater
iuarcial foresish, and cleverness than
we, it is not for Us now to fold our hands
and cry 10 the Government FOR more
money, but to devise some honorable way
out OF our difficulties by depending upon
our own resources. BUCRFIELD.
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For the OXFORD DEMOCRAT.
-NelC York Letter.
NEw YORK, Dec. 1l,lS7


Dear Democrat:
Once again sit down to give you
some little scraps of information and
gossip about New York. The chief
excitement Just now is the escape oi
Tweed. Many are the conjectures as 10
how he managed TO escape, where he is
at present, and why he escaped. As to
hOw he was enabled to escape, Of course
no one makes any definite statement,
but the opinion seems to be very general
that he could get away only by colusion
with the mon who had him in charge.
The public very generally believes tl at
these men were paid. and paid roundly
for being conveniently blind just a. the
proper moment. There are many opin-
ions as to where he is. Some think he
is still in the city, some that he took
passage on one OF The foreign steamers
sailing that day, and some that he has
gone to Canada. But the greater part
seem to think that he escaped in fast
sailing ocean yacht, bought and fitted up
especially for this purpose. He is gone,
that is sure enough, and now many
people question why he went, averring
that he had good chance to win in the
suits now pending in the courts, and
that in a few months he might have
walked the streets free man. That
may be. l do not profess to know
concerning the merits or demerits Of
those suits, but do think he was a
shrewd old sinner, and If he had believed
he was going to be soon freed by law he
wouldn't have freed himself by taking
"leg bail" That he will be caught,
nobody believes. He has got clear away
and that ends it.
Christmas is approaching, as ans one
can readily see. merely By glance in
the store windows as he walks up
Broadway. The toy shops are making
a grand display of goods, and the more
pretentious establishments are getting
ready for the holiday trade. These
grand places, Stewards, Lord & Taylor's.
McCreery's, Macy's and host of others
make grand display of beautiful things,
both useful aud ornamental. Many
places are tastefully decorated, and all
are crowded with purchasers from morn
ing ill night. To describe the innumer.
able pretty things, both cheap and
costly. is a task for which my pen is
wholly inadequate.
There is nothing ereept the near
approach of the holidays to remind us
that it is winter. We have had no snow
except few flakes which whitened the
ground little one morning, and very
few cold days. The weather is such as
might be expected in the earlier part of