The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-06-30
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ARRANGED By HELEN M. MASON.

ARhANUEO B1 HELEN M. Isl
The American Journal of Educa
ton has compiled some very %interes
ting and useful information from
which We make the following ex
tract, arranged by Helen NJ. Mason:
The Southern States supply most o:
the cotton used in the whole world.
New Bedford, Mass. is the most i'm
portant whaling port in the world.
New York is the first city in the
Union in commercial Importance. and
the third in the whole world.
The brands Of flour produced in St.
Louis rank the highest in the markets
of the world.
Bait more is one of the largest mar
kets in the world for tobacco, -four and
oysters.
New Orleans is the greatest cotton
market in the world.
Chicago is the greatest grain market
in the world. exports more lumber than
any other city, and takes 1.-THE lead in
the packing Of beef and pork.
The silver mines in Nevada and Ari-
IONA are the most valuable of any in
the world.
The quicksilver mines of New Alma
den, CAL, are the richest in the world
The Bay of Fundy has the highest
tides in the world.
Illinois produces more o than any
other State in the Union.
Illinois produces more oats and wheat
than any other State in the Union.
New York produces more salt, pota
toes and hay than any other State in
the Union.
Mississippi produces more cotton
than any other State in the Union,
Kentucky produces more hemp and
tobacco than any other State in the
Union.
South Carolina produces more rice
than any other State in the Union.
Missouri raises more mules than any
other State in the Union.
The mines of iron and coal in Penn
sylvania are more productive than
those of any other State.
Pennsylvania is the first State in the
amount of iron manufactures.
Tho amount of naval stores produced
in North Carolina 10 more than double
the yield of all the other States combin
Cd.
Nearly all the sugar !made from the
sugar-cane in the United States, is pro
duced in Louisiana.
About half of all the lead used in the
United States comes from Illinois. Wis
consin, iowa and Missouri.
In wealth. population, manufactures
and commercial Importance New York.
holds the first rank in the Union. and is
therefore called the Empire State.
The commerce of Massachusetts is
second only to that of New York.
Ohio is second only to Pennsylvania
in the value of coal and iron mined,
and is the leading manufacturing State,
west of the Alleghanies. |,
Illinois ranks next to Ohio in the Va
lue of it's manufactures.
New York and Pennsylvania produce I
more hay. potatoes, butter and cheese
than any other States in the Union.
They are also the leading States ic
manufactures.
In 1870, Missouri was the fifth,State
in the Union in the value of it's manu- :
features, and they have since greatly .
increased, reaching about $500. OOO, 900 =
IN 1876.
The best salt in the country is found
in Arizona, near Callville. Salt is
found in largest quantities in New York y
st. Louis is the largest city in the y
Valley. and sixth 10 the >,
States. =
New York is the principal CONNER II
cial city in the Union. Chicago is the !;
second. Boston ranks second in the h
amount of foreign commerce. o.
Rochester has the most extensive 81
Hour mills, and Syracuse the greatest Al