, 1882-10-06
CLIIP.INGS.

annual production Is valued aV S-oooV'-
600.
The market for American cereals is
widening. The government of Morocco
bas decided, in view If the present high
nrice of breadstutis i'll that Kingdom, to
reduce the import duties FIFTY per cent
In New York city, the dealers in fresh
frnits and vegetables have organized INTO
n ncoopcrate"eXchange, making the thirty
seventh trade organization connected aS
branches of the n. \. Mercantile Tx
change
Dresden is the chief seat of the manu-
fac.nre of cigarettes in Germany 1t Is
estimated that about 1OO,OOO.OUO cigar
cites are made there every year, more
than half of which are sent to foreign
countries.
New Zealand is looming up as wool
producing country. The number of New
Zealand sheep in 1888 was ,523,OOO; in
1879 there were l3,07OOO0. The value
Of the wool in 1853 was Sl,25O,OOO, and
in 1850 the value was over Sl5,OO,UOo.
The total production ofsugarin Louis.
lana last year was 1884 $50 lbs, and
HDfI,lUf EullDuS vi lHbltN0to' i'O
amount of cane land was 96,O32 acres -
2il9 less than the previous year. This
wear the acreage is three times as great
as it was last.
The appropriation for life-saving sta
tions is not as large by S2OOOO as was
asked for by the chief of the life-saving
service. Authority to pay surfmen $50
month has el to the expectation that all
employees of this class will receive that
amount. In order to do this, it was nece-
sary to postpone the opening of some of
the stations till the middle of September.
In addition to eleomargarine "bull but
ter made out of soap fat palmed off on
the unsuspicious housekeeper for genu-
inc fresh roll" alligator fat is another
food tend that is on the market as genu
inc hogs lard with which it is mixed.
The enterprise is said to have started in
Florida, and is so profitable that the bus
mess is likely to soon extend from the
Carolnas To Panama, Bull butter is
horrible to think Of; alligator fat in our
doughnuts ts-any thing but that.
While at Portland, few days ago, Mr..
Powci of the 4uuH called at the office at
the Corps of Engineers, in company with
CAPTAIN Stretch of SnohOmish, and ascer.
tanned that the Government would at an
early day proceed with the construction
OF the snag-boat and that the work under
taken would be the removal of the jam
in the Skagit River The snag-boat will
cost about $4,000, leaving about 5000
with which to commence operations. 1t
is hoped that regular appropriations will
hereafter be made to keep this snag boat
constantly employed in the improvement
Of the rivers Of the Sound.-Mdh
In the United States Circuit Court in
Massachusetts, Judge Lowell has given
an important decision concerning the
filling of holes in silver coin with base
metal, and attempting pass punched coin
with holes thus filled The former prac-
tce is held by the court to be an act Of
counterfeiting, and the latter is made
subject to the penalty provided for the
crime Of passing, or attempting to pass,
counterfeit money. These practices have
hitherto been by many persons regarded
as trivial offences TO all such, Judge
Lowelrs decision should, through wide
publication, be a timely warning.
The old packet ship "Great Western
was burned to the waters edge recently
at San Francisco. She was built over
forty years ago, and was one of the yes
sells Of the Black Ball packet line, plying
between New York and Liverpool She
was 1850 tons register, and crowds have
gathered around her at those two ports
as she was considered big thing She
was twenty-nine years in the packet line,
and made ll6 trips without losing a
member Of her crew, a sail or spar. She
is said to have carried 30,0O passenger
in the aggregate from Europe TO Amcri-
ca; 1860 births and 200 marriages have
occurred on board of her. Nine years
ago she was sent to the Pacific Coast and
went into the coastinC trade, and her
good luck followed her until the morn
ing OF June Goth. She was beached and
burned for the old iron.
NOVEL STEAMSHIP has been invented
by Mr.. Robert Fryer, of New York, which
Ism affect marine voiocipede on three
wheels, the hull not being intended to
touch the water. The vessel floats on
three spheres, made OF sheet steel, one
forward and two astern, and each of these
htted with tlanges, which surround near
~ the whole of the circumference and
act as paddles. No rudder is reeded
Declusi the spheres are so arranged that
they can be worked backward or forward
and independently of each other, and in
this way the vessel can be made to turn
completely round in its own water. 1t is
clamed for this remarkable construction
That increased accommodation, greater
safety and higher speed are furnished
than can be obtained on the best steam.
ers now in use and the voyage from New
York to Liverpool will be reduced to five
days.-COurt Journal.
The new electric locomotive and rail.
road patented by Edison is attracting
considerable attention in the East. and
II 1T realizes half the anticipations of its
projectors, will create revolution in