, 1882-10-20
CLIPPINGS.

To ~. {. Beatty, Ot blIlhIla' HIS b''I.
granted Il [, :. patent for complntd
sulky, plow, harrow, scedor' and ToIieF'
The hay consumed upon the Northern
Pacific during tie past Summer cost ih9 iI3
company SSJ per ton Oats are tc'alIt''
at the front at present by private par
ties at St per hundred t"io"
The schooner Emily Stephens, built on
the Columbia river three years ago, anu
which, in 1880, engaged in the Straits oI
Fuca halibut fishery, was capSizeu on
the coast Of California last week. AS lar
as known to the contrary, all on poard
were lost
A Consular report from Sweden, IS
sued by the foreign office, gives de-
scription of a new explosive called Sc,
Lartine. which, it is said, has competed
most favorably with dynamite. Seoar,,
tine appears to be an explosive oaseu
upon nitro glycerine, but safer to handle
than the ordinary dynamite, while more
uowerful in effect and cheaper to pur-
chase.
The Umatilla Indians are becoming
more self-relant every year. Inns year
they will have l2,0OO acres OF land under
cultivation They have flour and saw
mill, thresher, reapers, headers, etc.
Last season there we're over 7O,OOO feet
oflumber most of il dressed, run through,
for the boarding school, which will be
under the charge OF the order OF Bene-
dict brothers and sisters.
According to Edwin Alden & Bros
American Newspaper Catalogue, just Is
sued, there are l2,l5S newspapers pub
lisbed in the United States and the
Canadas. Total in the United States,
ll,522; Canadas, 636. Published as
follows: Dailies, 1,152; tri-weekies, oO;
semi-weeklies, 150; weeklies, 9,OIS, bl-
weeklies, %; semi-monthlles, 2OZ; month
lies, 1890; bi-monthlies, II.
Fremont, in 1S42, reported, as one OF
the results of his scientific exploration,
that much of what is now Nebraska, was
vast arid desert, impregnated with salts
and alkalies, and too seldom visited with
rain to render farming profitable; and to-
day in the same Platte valley, the land
produces sixty bushels of corn and twen-
ty bushels of wheat to the acre and cattle
farming pays from thirty to fifty per cent
ON the amount invested.
The Congressional Tariff Commission
recently addressed to Gov. Newell, OF
this territory, letter regretting their in,
ability to visit the Pacific coast and
Washington Territory, on account OF the
limited time at their disposal, but request
all commercial and industrial organiza-
tions in this region, and citizens gener-
ally, to forward to the Commission at
Washington statements and arguments
in regard to the financial interests of this
locality, bearing on the revision OF the
tariff.
The business OF the Canadian Post
Office Saving Bank for the past year
was larger than that of the previous year
by 25,933 deposits and the aggregate sum
S2,260,947. The bank was established
in 1881, with 81 branch offices. There
are now 30S. The losses in the business
have been only $65l7 in fourteen years.
In 1881 the cost of maintaining the bust
ness, including interest allowed deposi-
tors and expenses Of management, was
but four and one third per cent OF the
balance in the hands OF the Government,
n Official documents show that the total
population of the country born within
the United States is 43,475, $40, of which
6,632,540 are colored and 36,842, ,29l are
white. The foreign born population
numbers 6,679,943, Of which ireland sent
us 1,S54,57l, England 662676, the Ger
man Empire 1,966,742, France l06,971,
Sweden 194,337, Russia 25,722, Poland
1857, Norway S1,729, British America
7l7,OS4, Austria, 3S,663, China 104541,
Japan 401, Mexico 68,399, Switzerland
SS,62l, Holland 5S,090, Africa 2.204,
Australia 1906, Turkey 1905, Spain
5,l21, at sea under foreign flags 4,068,
Greece 776, South American 1856, and
other nations smaller numbers.
The convenient loop-holes for evading
the law, left by Congress in many of its
acts, is well exemplitied in the law impos-
ing head tax on immigrants coming to
this country. The Treasury Department
has decided that the head money tax ap-
plies only to immigrants intending to
take up permanent residence in this coun-
hyt ohu hob W Pcloolo SOiuiuk hS FlSl-
tors, We are OF the opinion that here
after the Irish, the German, the Russian
Jew; and the riffraff of Europe Will visit
our shores as tourists and scientists and
seekers after knowledge, and not as i'm
migrants seeking a home in the New
World. We suspect that the number
OF immigrants will be greatly reduced
and the number Of visitors correspond
ingly increased Washington Reporter.
The Stillaguamish river, emptying into
the sound at Stanwood, a few miles
south of the Skagit river. is aboutnin
miles long and when clear of obstruc
tions is navigable Tor light steamers a
distance of thirty or forty miles. and as
far more by canoe at fair staQe OF water
There are of course some portuges and
rapids above steamboat navigation but
taking it altogether il is quite an impor.
tant stream, and for the most part
courses through a very desirable and
productive country, capable OF sustaining
large population. There are already
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