The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-06-14


quantity produced in this country in
1880, New York is credited with S3.97
per cent.
The first official count of the popula-
tion in the United States showed 3,929,-
214. Without additions by emigration
this number would have increased to
about ii, 900, 900 in 1880. Inasmuch as
the census of the last-named period
showed a population of $4,000, 900, it
may be fairly assumed that three-fourths
of the increase has come from emigra-
ton.
According to Professor Young the
light of the sun is equal to $500, ,000,-
600, 000, 600, 600, 600, 900, 600 candles.
Papers that reproduce this item need
not read the proof by copy. It will
make no difference whether the number
of ciphers is half dozen more or less.
Nobody will ever find it out, and the
man who takes contract to supply the
candles to test the accuracy of Mr..
Young's statement will have his hands
full anyhow, especially if there should
be corner on tallow about that time.
Cincinnati is getting to be q literary
as we'll as an art center. Three valuable
foreign books, worth at least $4,000,
came to the custom-house at New York
recently, but were detained by the
authorities. The leaves of the books,
which are large and bulky, with an
cient bindings, had been carefully cut
through the middle Of the pages, leav-
ing good-sized square receptacle in
each volume. Into these holes were
compactly placed a considerable guam
tity of valuable diamonds and jewelry.
On the authority of Lieutenant Dan
nenhower, of the lost Jeanette expedi
ton, the gold production of the Sibe-
rian districts is far more important than
is generally supposed. The exiles, he
says, are the most intelligent men in
Siberia, and from them alone he learned
anything worth knowing, which state
ment bears out the opinions of shrewd
observers that Siberia is the store
house of Russian brains which it would
be Of vast benefit to the country to
have at work in its building up and
general civilization.
There are golden sands in the Geor
gia rivers with their beautiful Indian
names, and dredging boat is now en-
gagged in searching for the shining
treasure in the beds of these streams.
The ChestAtee is gold bearing stream,
and the boat lifts one hundred tons of
gravel and sand from its bottom in a
day. One ton of this gravel yielded
even dollars, but the average is only
fifty cents ton, which, however, is
considered paying business, as it
amounts to fifty dollars a day. The
landowners along the stream get ten
per cent as their share.
The street trade of New York is a
subject which has hitherto been over
looked by the statistician, probably be-
cause of the difficulty of obtaining re-
liable figures concerning it. But taken
in the aggregate, it forms a very impor.
tsnt item in its internal prosperity.
There are at least dozen wholesale
firms whose chief sources of profit are
derived from the stationery peddlers
and hucksters who occupy the pave
ments-6rms who sell goods manufac-
tured especially for this class of custom
ers. Fruits, flowers, confectionery,
photographs, cutlery, walking. canes
oysters, periodicals, notions, cheap
hosiery, cigars and various other arti-
cles contribute to make up the sum
total of street trade, amounting in the
aggregate to hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
Stanley, the explorer, was on the
Upper Congo, Southwest Africa, on the
16te :. January last, with his party of
1856 men, mostly zanzibarris. who, he
says, are obedient, docile, brave and
hard.Workino Thav ara also YoareootI.,