The Red Cloud chief., 1880-04-08

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EsoL.xpp paid ei2, sos. ooofor foreign
eggs in 1873.
RxrokTs from Cuba coincide that fbc
sugar crop il sbou, 10 per ceni. smaller
than Last year.
THE importation Of Almonds . this
country l. ON the decline, owing 70 the
successful culture II the nut In Cal
ifornia-
LARGE quantities Of lemons from
Southern California are now making
their appearance In the Philadelphia
market.
Or all the products Of the soil none
are 80 prolific in seeds n weeds; Co.
COO seeds have been counted on one
mullein stalk.
THIxTY-EIGnr silver mining com
psnies have been organized in Maine,
and are sinking shafts in Oxford, An
droscoggin, and Pcaobscot Counties.
JANIS woop, Of westchester County,
n. u, raised 5000 bushels of turnips
the past season on four acres Of land,
or At the rate Of so bushels per acre.
OREGON farmers propose 70 test the
p~ractieability oi raising the sugar beet
in that State. A premium has been
offered Of 500 for the best acre. and
$50 for the second best.
The average life of a paper-wheel I'M
der trucks Of locomotive engines
ranges from 800, 900 10 1.64i,s $50 miles,
and under dining and palace cars from
1884, COO to s7s,SS6 miles.
ANY Of the cereals may be cut at the
roots when the kernel Is in the milk,
and the seed viii ripen just the same,
showing that at that time all the ele-
menis for p~erfecting the grain are In the
plant
IT is said that corn in the rich bot
toms along the principal streams Of New
Mexico, if well cultivated, may be made
TO Weld over 50 bushels per acre; wheat
on the uplands often yields over 5Obush-
els 10 the acre.
AT the Boston "a show there were
nearly three hundred eats on exhibition,
classified as short-haired, long-haired,
curiosities, weight and size, Maltese,
Manx, OF t~aiiless, tortoise shell, tabby,
brindle tiger, and cats Of unusual spe-
cies. The highest priced were valued
al from $500 TO $1,000.
THE engineer Of a steam ~fre-engine
in New Haven has invented an attach
ment for his engine-house alarm-clock
which, at appointed hours, opens feed
bins and lets the regular amount Of food
all prepared into the horses managers.
The principle can be applied TO the
feeding of barn stock.
A VALUABLE patented invention
known as Hanson's button machine has
been got up at Bar Mills, Me-, said 10
be a most ingenious device for saving
labor. II can manufacture from 500 to
1900 shapes a day Mt Sl5, which by
hand carving would cost $500. A
company IN Portland has been formed
for working it, with . capital of
$50 00.
On the 18th of June last the total
population of Bosnia and Herzegovina
amounted to 1,l42, III persons. of whom
599, 062 were males and 5i3, l2l females.
OF the total, 1,l42, LINEN, women
and children-442, 500 are Mohammed-
ans, 49, ,022 belong to the Greek
Church, eOS. $50 are Roman Catholics,
S,426 are Jews, and 2i9 belong to other
religious persuasions.
The total population Of Greece is
1,679,000 souls, against 1,451, 600 in
1870. The increase per annum has ae-
cordingly been 1.69 per cent. From
1860 to 1870 the annual increase was 1
per cent. The official report hence
draws the conclusion that national
prosperity is augmenting, but it is very
probable that the later censu was
thorough than its predecessor.
THAT agriculture is the basis Of all
prosperity is generally conceded, and
current statistics give emphasis to the
fact. Thus, while the estimated yield
of the American gold and silver mines
during the q years from lSi9 to 1875
was Sl,617, 100000, the value of leading
agricultural products Of the single year
1877 was 81 1874 ,000, 900 in round num-
bers. In other words, the farmer in a
single year extracted nearly as much
wealth from the soil as the miner OBJ
tanned in 81 years of mining activity.
ACCORDING to the last statistics pub
lished by the French Minister Of Agri-
culture and Commerce, the population
of the Republic is S7,0O0,OOO, of whom
/ 1000, 600 live IN cities ard the remain
der in the country. There are in France
PIG, 600 individuals who have no special
profession, 1880 beggars and tramps,
1851 900 professional men, 1885,, 200
persons engaged in navigation and COM
merce, 9.214,U QUO tradesmen and work
men, 2,15l 900 ~bondholders, and 49,
96S, 600 persons engaged in agricultural
pursuits. OF the latter, l0,OUU,0OO are
landowners, about 5000, 900 tenants,
while 100000 are market gardeners,
viticulturists and the like.
SILK-CULTURE is q much more wide
" diffused industry than most people
suppose, and yet in all the continent of
America, on which are some of the
greatest silk wearing population of the
world, it is entirely neglected. In 1876
the number of pounds of raw silk raised
in America-probably in Mexico, Bra
I'll and California-was but 1900. The
| Chinese Empire, in the same year, fur
nished more than 90 600 pounds,
India nearly l2, eco 900, Italy about ~
500, 600, Japan about 5.0OO,U0O France
4.O00,o Oo, and Asia Minor, Turkey, Per-
STA, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Greece,
and Morocco, together, and in lessen
ing qualities, according to the order in
which they are named, raised over f.
500, 900 pounds. OF the total produe-
ton of the world, amounting to nearly
Sc, 200, 600 pounds, America contributed
but 10000 pounds.
Safety Of Nihilists in the Great Cities
Of Russia.