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ASEBICAS WHZAT. Vila Marvelous Increase of the Wbeat Crop--Flatter In j Prospects Ur the Pu- , America Bound to Beoome tho inary of Europe. (From the Philadelphia North American.] Notwithafcandinff all that has been and O&n b*s said against the production of raw materials in the United States, and es­ pecially breadatuffs, the increase of the interest seems to be resistless and mar- Telous. In 1770 the wheat crop was but 851,000 bushels, and in 1873 it had reached upward of 300,000,000--a cen­ tury of amazing progress. From 1830 to 1840 the exports of wheat and flour averaged $25,000,000 a year, and in 1873 they had reached $130,000,000. In every port of the Republic the culture of crop is well understood and increasing, and there is no country in the world where the cultivation of it is so generally diffused and so steadily progressive. If we added to this the immense corn crop we shall have such au aggregate as no two nations, however great can equal. That we have really gained the perma­ nent ascendency in the breadstuff's mar­ kets of the world, does not admit of ques­ tion. In the British markets our domi­ nation is complete and well established, and the dependence of England upon Russia for food appears to be ended, the gloom and discouragement in the Rus- wheat regions being general. Our prodigious crops of wheat wbuld never have been raised had we depended solely upon the foreign demand for com­ pensation. But the main reliance of our farmers has always been upon the home market and its rapid increase. Domes­ tic industrial pursuits have made such progress as to give unlimited confidence to tlio wheat and corn farmers, and jus­ tified an unlimited spread of the area of tillage. Northern farming has indeed been one of the main props of the na­ tion, and has done wonders in stimulat­ ing the whole forward movement. Al­ though a great deal has been said to dis­ suade the increase of wheat and corn farming as being unnecessary and un­ profitable, it may be doubted whether, after all, any other pursuit has been so free from loss and attended by such a steady improvement in the condition of tliq prosecutors. New England and the Middle States, although fully capable of raiding their own food products, do not do so, having their capital and enterprise mostly embarked in other lines of busi­ ness. Formerly the South was in the same condition, but since the war the case is different, so that large grain crops are raised in that section, and there is a decided prospect of the South be­ coming a Heavy exporter of breadstuff's. The idea that has been industriously spread abroad that the limit of wheat cultivation has been attained at the West is a total mistake. Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Wiscousin, Nebraska and Kansas are all capable of a very great increase, and the receipts of grain and flour from these regions increase at Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, St. Louis and Cincinnati. If we take these States alone and inquire into the facts, we shall find that they are capable of trebling their product of wheat within a reasonably short space of time, and thftt the railroad and navigation facilities are • constantly overcoming more and* more the cost and difficulties of transit, while at the South the capacity for wheat culture is far beyond all present devel­ opment. The Pacific grain region has unex­ pectedly become remarkably productive, and defied all attempts of the north­ western cities to regulate the prices and supplies, and the trade has become so reliable and profitable there that it has become a permanent and great interest. While we have been talking of the North­ west becoming too distant from the European markets to ndmit of profitable grain culture for export, the Pacific trafle steps in as a competitor, shipping grain around Cape Horn 18,000 miles to Europe, and making money at it. In view of this no one can reasonably doubt that the increasing surplus crops in the Mississippi valley may be transported by the river to New Orleans, and thence shipped to Eu/ope by sea. It is no exaggeration to say that America is becoming the granary of Europe, and that we have it in our power to remain so and to oust all com­ petition. That of Russia, which was the most . formidable, is already broken. Spain, Portugal, Holland, Belgium and Italy ought to take large quantities from us, and will do so through English op­ erators until we supply them direct. Too Mnch Noise for the Size. After a most ridiculous and extrava­ gant plea by a young lawyer in a trivial case, an older lawyer, who had a way of saying quaint things, remarked, m open­ ing the opposing side of the case, that this young friend's elaborate plea re­ minded him of the experience of a neigh­ bor of his who was once engaged in breaking a colt, and the story he told of it was in substance like this : The colt breaker made his young * a self son hide in the bush, while he hinn»]f was to mount the animal and put him at his top speed to the hiding place and then the boy was to rush suddenly out and shout "Bool" the idea being to prove how well the colt would stand the scare. Everything was done according to pro­ gramme, but the result was altogether too much of a scare for the colt, who kioked up his heels and put down his head and the old man was thrown over it fax- into the road on his head. Clearing the dust from his loosened teeth he made for the boy with the switch he had cut to drive the colt, and with rage began to dress the astonished young man down, shouting, '* What did you do that for i What did you do that for?" "But, father," said the oryingboy, "you told me to holler ' boo!' * Yes," said the old man, "but, dang it, it was altogether too big a ' boo' for so small a colt." Railway Accidents in Germany. The statistical office of the German laaflway lines has published the returns of the accidents which happened during the year 1875 on all the German railways except the Bavarian lines. There were 755 runnings off the rails and collisions of trains outside, and 1,376 runnings off the rails and collisions inside the stations, and 1,250 accidents of divers natures by which the regular servioe was interrupt­ ed. These accidents have caused the loss of the lives of 509 persons; 1,545 persons were hurt. The proportion of accidents to the number of passenger trains was 1 to 5,394, and to that of 1 to 1,290. STATE TAXES* The Growth of Taxatlbn During Fifteen Tears--A Startling Reaord. The New York Financial Bulletin gives, from every State government, official returns showing the taxation, debt and assessed valuation of taxable property of the respective States at the latest dates, and from like sources corre­ sponding figures for 1860, and from these facts we quote as follows: From 1860 to 1875, inclusive, the pop­ ulation of the States increased from 31,200,000 to 44,100,000, or 41.19 per cent. The assessed valuation of taxable property has risen from $12,547,900,000 to 818,380,900,000, or at the rate of 46.48 per cent., or only 5.29 per cent, in excess of the ratio of "gain in population; so that those who have maintained that valuation and not population is the true standard with which to compare taxation do not gain much by preferring that standard. Taxes for purely State ex- pen ditules have grown from $27,200,000 to $70,400,000, or at the rate of 158.44 per cent.; and State debts have risen from $266,800,000 to $367,100,000, an increase of 37.99 per cent. It should be explained in reference to debts that the figures for 1875, so far as respects South­ ern States which have repudiated, in­ clude only the debt now recognized by the governments, and that Mississippi is charged in 1860 with the large debt which that State has repudiated. To re­ capitulate: Per cent. The population has increased. 41.19 The valuation on has increased 46.48 The taxes have increased 168.44 The debts have increased 37.9 Taxes have increased in nearly four fold the ratio of growth in population or valuation of taxable property. The States generally have yielded to the extravagant tendencies of the times and contributed an ample quota, along with the National Government and the counties and cities, toward enormously aggravating the pub­ lic burdens. It is gratifying to find, however, that the increase in the State debts falls below the rate of growth in population. The ratio of increase in taxation and debt varies widely. Western and South­ ern and Southwestern States make by far the most favorable exhibit. In the Western States the percentage of in­ crease in taxation is 103.79, with an in­ crease of 163.84 per cent, in population; while the debts of that group of States show a reduction of 31.61 per cent. In the southern and southwestern division, there is an increase of 103.40 per cent, in taxes, with a decrease of 51.99 per cent, in the valuation (mainly owing to the emancipation of slaves), and an in­ crease of 27.92 per cent, in population, Measured relatively with population and valuation, the Southern and Southwest­ ern States make a much less favorable showing than the West; but compare favorably with other sections. Their debts have been very largely augmented, the ratio being 83.08 per cent.; this per­ centage is likely to be materially dimin­ ished in some of the States to repudia- tory "scaling™ of bonded obligations. By far the worst showing occurs in the N ew England group of States. The State taxes of that section have risen from $1,646,002 in 1860 to $10,456,377 in 1875, and the debt from $8,645,853 to $46,476,898; the ratio of increase in the taxes being 535.26 per cent., and in the debt 437.56 per cent. Yet the increase of population in that section has been only 20,19 per cent., and the augmenta­ tion in valuation but 100.76 per cent. This is an astounding exhibit. It ap­ pears utterly inexplicable on any otner supposition than that New England, more than any other section of the Union, has yielded to the political ex­ travagances of the times. We are aware that New England contracted considera­ ble State debts for war purposes ; and this may in some measure account for the enormous increase of 437.56 per cent, in State debts; but this can only in small part account for the still larger increase of 535.26 in the State taxes. The Middle States increased their State taxation from $6,647,875 in 1860 to $19,165,804 in 1875, or at the rate of 188.29 per .cont.; while the valuation shows an increase of only 82.76 per cent., and the population a (run oi out 31.45 per cent. The t eots of this sec­ tion have been reduced 2.69 per cent., New York and Pennsylvania having to­ gether paid off $18,300,000 of indebted­ ness. Here we have an increase of taxa­ tion out of all proportion to valuation or population, being in a double proportion to the former, and six-fold compared with the latter. ^ To be Razed* Paris destroys her landmarks as well as Boston. According to a chronicler in the Oaulois the house in which Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday is to be demolished to make way for the Boulevard St. Germain. The room where the assassination took place now forms part of an apartment occupied by Dr. Gaul tier, and it appears that the preceding tenant several times received a call from Mile. Albertine Marat, who used to visit the spot where her brother was stabbed. She died in 1842 in ^ex­ treme poverty. Another person used to visit tne house, M. Pallett, who died quite recently, and who was the last per­ son who spoke to Marat before Charlotte Corday was admitted. He brought a bill, and the terrible member of the con­ vention, who was in his bath, asked him to open a bit of the window. As Palet was leaving the house he met Charlotte Corday, who was trying to persuade, and who finished by persuading Simonne Evrard to allow her to see Marat. The Centennial. If the Centennial exhibition costs $7,500,000, the amount claimed to com­ plete it, in order simply to reaUze this sum it will be necessary for 15,000,000 people to visit it at once, at the price of admission, fifty cents; and as the time is confined to 158 days (from May 10 to November 10, deducting Sundays, on which it will be closed), it will require the daily attendance of over 94,000 peo­ ple. From these figures the resident citizen may form some idea of the crowd and bustle in our city during the six months succeeding the 10th of May.-- Philadelphia Ledger. Proverbs of the Billings Family. Don't swap with yer relashuns unless ye ken afford to give them the big end of the trade. Marry young, and if circumstances fequire it, often. Don't take yer tobacker-box out in kompany. If you kant git gud cloths and edika- shon too, git the cloths. Say how are ye ? to everybody. Kultivate modesty, but mind and keep a good stock of impidence on hand. Be charitable. The seat pieces was made on purpose. Don't take anybody else's advice but your own. If a man flatlerg yu, yu kan kalkilate he is a rogue, or ynre a fule. Keep both ize <p>en ; don't see more'n half you notis. Don't lnortifi the flesh too much ; 'twant the sores on Lazzarus that sent him tew heaven. If you itch for fame, go inter a grave­ yard and scratch yourself against a tome- stun. Beggars don't have tu advertize fo runawa dogs. " 'Tis a long lane that never turns," and 'tis a good mill that alwase dus. Young man, be more anxious about the pedigree yur going to leave, than you are about the wun sumbody is going to leave yu. * Nature is nature; yu kant alter the krook of a dog's tail much and preserve the length of it, tew. I wud sa tu all the young men "go in," and tu all the ola fellers, "kum out." About as sore a way tu git rich as enny I no of is to git inter det for a hundred thousand dollars, and then go to work and pay oph the debt. Filosophers tell us that the world re­ volves on its axes, and Josh Billings tells us that full haf the folks on the arth think tha are the axes. N. B.--These ere proverbs hev stood for more'n a hundred years, and hain't gin out yet. It were better for a Chinaman that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the midst of the sea than that he should fall iuto the hands of a Nevada police magistrate. Ah See,, who was found guilty of selling whisky to the Piutes, was sentenced in the Police court, at Winnemucca, to pay a fine of $500--the full extent of tho law. Not having the necessary amount o^ trade dollars in his possession, he was' sent to jail for the space of 250 days. TUB A9KJGRIGAN INSURANCE CO. OF CHICAGO. The American of Chicago hM been maoh slandered of late. Let us see why. Has it ever failed to meet itn obligations--to pay every loss maturing against it ? No; that is not •tainted by its bitterest enemies. Ate its officers Ca dtoiiiiholdorti uisreiiabie business mm, or of inferior moral standard? The mention of their names disproves that. No one ban dared to impugn such men as Hon. H. N. Hibbard, Hon. J. M, Bailey. Hon. W. H. Bradley, H. Z. Culver, L. L. Munn, Win. EL Ovmgton, Nicholas Kransz, M. A. Hoyne, B. B. Currier, D. A. Knowlton, Jr., and Chaa. L. Currier. Tet these are the men to whom the American's Interests are in­ trusted., Does it lack enterprise or stability ? Its cash income of #817,000, and the t40,- 000,000 of insurance written last year, and its $905,000 cash assets, together with Its $2,000,000 of installment notes, are ' sufficient denials of that. What then is the matter? Success! Merit! These are what draw the enemies1 lire. Perhaps the reader of this has reoeived or had shown him by some rival agent one of the numerous circu­ lars which are being so industriously dis­ tributed over the country. If so, let him probe the motive of the source from whence it came. The insurance commissioners of four different States have just done this, and after a searching official examination of the American's plan of business, its assets and liabilities, all came to the same conclu­ sion. In closing his published report, the Hon. W. D. Hill, Superintendent of Insur­ ance for Ohio, says: "It is my opinion that "the American Insurance Company of "Chicago is ss safe and sound financially "aa other insurance companies pos­ sessed of the same amount of cap- "ital and assets." The same results were reached by Col.. 0, P Ellerbe, Attorney, and Hon. A. Harvey, the eminent Actuary, both of whom represented the State of Missouri in its official examination of the American's standing. Also by ex-Auditor Cattell for Iowa, and Mr. Kellogg, Actuary of tho Illinois Department. These men declared what they knew, for they went to the Com­ pany's office and saw for themselves. Are but the results found by them, after days of parsonal examination, ti ostworthv, and to be accepted; instead of misrepre­ sentations indulged in by business rivals for mercenary and selfish purposes ? The American does business only in eight of the Western States, and insures no business prop­ erty whatever, confining its risks to dctached dwellings, school-houses and churches ; yet there are only six companies in the United States whose business equals the American's, and these write heavy lines in large cities throughout the Union. Of course their agents tight the American. It's their bread and butter to do so. The American is getting the cream of the non-hazardous business. It will take no other. It knows how to get it, too; for in 1871 its cash income was only $238,872, while ia 1675 it reached the splendid proportions of f 817,424. It shapes its business to the needs of its members in writing five years' policies and collecting in cash only one year's premi­ ums taking installment notes payable in one, two, three and four years lor the balance. In conclusion, the American is old in years, pros­ perous in business, strong in reputation and money, and what ia better than all, prudently and honestly managed oy experienced, suc­ cessful business men with unsullied reputations for integrity and moral worth. PimpiiES on the face, rough skin, chapped hands, saltrheum and all cutaneous affections cured, the skin made soft and smooth, by the use of Juniper Tar Soap. That made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New Yark, is the only kind that can be relied on, as there are many imitations, from oommon tar, which are worthless. Chicago Ledghb--Best story paper going. See advertisement. on. SITHEXCK'S STANDARD reme- DIES.--Tbe standard remedies for all diseases of tb* lunfrs are Sciienck'b Pulmonic Sybup, Schehck's Ska Weed Tonic, and Schence's Mivmi h-i? Pills. and, if taken befor* tbt longs ars dsstroysd. a speedy care is effected. To these throe medicines Dr. J. II. Sofaenclc. of Phila­ delphia, owes his unrivalled sncaess in tbe treatment of polmonary diseases The Pulmonic Syrtip Hpens tha morbid matter in tbe lungs: nature throws it off by an easy expectoration, for when the phlegm or matter is ripe a alight cough will throw it off, the patient has rest and lungs begin to heal. To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this, Sehenek's Mandrake Pills and Sehenek's Sea Weed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the siomaoh and llrer. Sehenok*" Mandrake Pills act on the lirer, removing all obetn* ttons. relax the gall bladder, tb* bile starts frssly, as : the liver is soon relieved. Sehenek's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimnl&nt as alterative; the alkali of which it is composed mixes wfi ' the food and prevents souring. It assists the digastii i i by toning up the stomach to a healthy condition, soth | ( the food and thv Pulmonic Syrup will make good bloo i; then tb« lungs heal, and the p.itient *1U surely if care is taken to prevent iresfl o itd. get netl All who wish to consult Dr Sciienck, either personally or by letter, can do so at In* principal office, corner of Sixth and Abch Sts., Philadelphia. every Monday. , Scheuck's medicines are sold hy all druggists through­ out the country. delphia, Pa., have promised to send any of our readers gratis (on receipt of fifteen cents to pay postage) a sample of Dob­ bins* Electric Boap to try. Send at once. 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It presents honest vouchers in testimo nials from honest, well-known citizens, whose signatures are a sufficient guarantee of their earnestness in the mat­ ter. Taking into consideration the vast quantity of med­ icine brought conspicuously before the public through tbe flaming advertisement!! in the newspaper columns, with no proof of merit or genuine vouchers of what it has done, we should be pardoned for niiinlteating a small de­ gree of pride in presenting tbe following testimonial from Rev. J. 8. DICKERSON. D. D., the popular and ever genial pastor of the South Baptist Church, Boston: THE TIRED BODY 8UES FOR 8LEEP. H. R Stevenb, Esq. : BOSTON, March 16. 1874. Dear Sir -It is as much from a sense of duty as of grat­ itude that I write to say that your VEGETINE--even If it is a patent medicine--has been of groat help to me when nothing else seemed to avail which I could safely use. Eit her excessive mental work or unusual oare brings upon me a nervous exhaustion that desperately needs sleep, but as desperately defies It. Night after night tbe poor, tired body bubb for Bleep nnt-i! th« defrn is wel­ comed back, and we liegin our work tired oat with an almost fruitless chase alter rest. Now I have found that a little VEGETINE taken just before I retire gives me sweet and immediate sleep, and without any of the evil effects of tbe usual narcotics. I think two things would tend to make brain-workers sleep. 1st. A little less work. 2d. A little more VEGKT1NH*. This prescription has helped me. N«w, I have a particular horror of " patent medicines," but I have a greater horror of being afraid to tell the straight-out truth. The V£GKTIN£ has helped me,snd I own it np. Yours, etc., J. 8. DICKERSON. VALUABLE EVIDENCE. The following unsolicited test imonial from Rev. O. T. WALKER. 1>. D., formerly pastor of Bowdoin Square Church, find at present settled in Providence, R. 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