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Day
12
Month
October
Year
1877
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Public Domain
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Trriï finest erop of raisins evór produced in California is proinised this fall. WlTHIN ten yoars tdoacoo culturo hád beeomo a most iruporfeiut industry in Penrjsylvania, ïinciiH iro ovei 800 Chinóse laundries in Now York city, giving employment to about 4,000 persons. The total mimber of coal miues in Engknd and Wales is 2,688, withan aimual rental of .L3,393,096. It is estimated tliat tlie wheat erop of Obio this season will bo worth $120 - 000,000, uid hay $20,000,000. Tuk amouut of tas paid on men servants in Eugland in 1876-7 shows that thoir mimber has been reduced by 42,000 - a proof of liard times. Oveii 1,000,000 gallons of petroleum cil are daily exported trom New Xoxk. j The aggregate exports this yèiir are 121,000,000, agaiast 84,000,000 gallons last year. The ootton manufactures of the world. nm a total of (5,00(1. 000 eottnii spindles, and spin 2,G7(,000,)00 pounds of cotton annually. Of the spindles, 35,000,000, or more than onc-half, aro operated in England. The world's annual produetion of sugar agffregfttes i,150,000 tons of enne sugar, 1,320,000 tons of beet-root sngax, 150,000 tons of date sugar, 20,000 tons of maple sugar and 20,000 tons of sorghum sugar. Califorxia's wool growtli is becoming one of her greatest industries, the export last year having been over 50,000,000 pounds, worth $8,000,000. There are several wool-groweis -nho owri froia ! 30,000 to 40,000 sheep each. During the year 1876 the sugar exportatiou froni this country amounted to over 73,000,000 pounds, on which the drawback under the law of 1875 was $2,G09,87C. The migare thus sent ubrcad wero mostlyof the higher grades. The State of Iowa is estimatiug itn tliis year's erop of hogs at 1,500,000 hcad.. This will not only flll the mouths of the people of that prosperous Commonwealth, but, with the vast amount of grain raised, will flll cvery pocket. It is estimated that 20,000 oil wells have thus far been dug in Pennsylvania nnd West Virgirjia, at an aggregate cost of $192,000,000. They have yielded about 88.000,000 barrels of oil, valued at the wells at $300,000,000, or $400,000,000 at the seaboard. In addition to the home production, opium is imporfced into China to the annual value of over $40,000,000, pïincipally from British India. More "than $1,000,000 worth is aunually imported into California for tlie use of the Chinese iu that State. A Potisií asgociation of Ohicago hos purehased an extensivo tract of land in Arkansas for the purpose of there eatablishing a colony of theix countrymen, Fifty Polish families from the viciuity of Chicago have already settled there, and two hundred more are expected. A new agreoment betweon the Jliners' Union of California and the mhio superintendents próvidos tlnit none bul members of tbc union shall be employcd underground, and for that eoncession the union will relieve tlie companios df expense for the medical treatmont of inj ured minors. , FT" Tí A " Thb b.ullion product of tlie Pacific cojst raiiiès for the p;isl eight mouths, ac'cording to tlie tally kopt by the Snn Francisco BuM.tiu, has been as f ollows : January, 15 mines $3,109,(X]0 1 ■ ' ;irvi w v'-j'fc--t 2,936,600 Mardi. V.l min. - 3,iWS,O0u April, I-.i mij .V a.'.i'li',u:n May, 21 miñes 4,105,000 Jnne, SI minea 4,121.800 Jnly, 24 niines 3,954,9QU August, 2!) minea 4,377,100 Total Í30,2r,l,;ioo TiiEitK are some 7Q0 carpet-making establishmcnts in the United Statcp which, in prosperous times, furnisli eïnploymentto betwoen 150,000 il 200,000 operativcf - meni wómen ana cEildren. Tliirteiyi juilüon dolUiw is invested in the imsiiloss, vliieh includos buildings oii.l jirwliincn-, 4,700.000 is oxpondod yciirly i'or wüges. The annual proiluotion is valued at botwecn 22,000,000 and $24,000,000. Philadelphia nj)ii sciiis three-l'ourtlis of the business, and the othor i'ourth is diviilod up in dillci'eiit manufacturing citicB of New Kngland, the two ïnost jiroaoinontly conuected vith carpc-t óiaiiui'actai'ing boinw Ilnrtfinl, Cl. , :ni(i IVrwrll, Mass. Celestial Enjoyincnt. Aftcr the labor of the day is over the weary Chinaman in San Francisco betakes himself to the club-room, theater or opiutn-deu for an evening's enjoyment. The club-roojus wn Wied uightly. The, Chiuiiinaü is an invetérate gambler. With him it % ojio of the noOfSKrlirs of lifo. He will stint bis stomach to save n few Ci uts I" gwitü'y his insaiiablc desire to vin or loso. He does not seem to oare wh&t tbc game is. It is said that in ïaany places iu China itis uo ünusnal sight to soi rieh morchanfs carrying large bectles and grasshoppera in the large sleeves of thoir coate. A certaiu mark is placed on eacli insect. A saneer is produced, and two of the beetlea are placed in it to figlit a battle. Tho i-i-spectivo owikuh make tbeir ftvjb, auditie battle goes cu luifil ou or the other of th iusüets is lulled. Tlie bame thing is done witli tamo quails, which are brod and trainrd in tlie ame manner as game-coeks. Since tho eliectiial raids m.i'le by the polioe npou the g:une of tantán, ' and jtilp severo pcaaaliics imposed upou all wlio are arrosted i'or playing it, that game bas boon generally abaudoned. Tho gamo which is now tiniversally played is "dominóes." J,ove uid Astroiiomy. " By Júpiter ! these are lovely nights. Nothing Jilars the scronityof tl: exclaimed youug Jones the other night as he Saturn the porch 'neatb tho silvery ra.ys of the crescent moon, with his arm around the waiet t Yoims. Uut -vlion tho old woraaai oi)ened the window above tliem, and turnea a pitcher of water out on their devoted heads, thoy thonght tlioy had encoucitercd Neptune. iSlio simply remaa'küd to tJiom as they started Í for tl lo gato: "Hem, come back ! You cnn't comef over my danghter in that milky way." .limos 'ro((,rtcd: "Uraiins off, and Hl bc hanged if I como back 'ill 1 get ready,'" and liis girl took his arm and he started off with a speed like the messenger Mërcnry, wlio is said to have wings on his lieols, and uilcnt;o roighod pnoe more, The old woman sava she will jiLinef din'cront next time. -Ñapa I!' iiater. Two tníants were killed by fci atamped and rulled on bj a ehoi woman in a negro camp-rneptUüT át I Cftfitev, Ga.

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