^0. G. Population of the U. States — Receipt of Deshler^s Salve. 199 



A writer in the " Newark Daily Adver- 

 tiser," under the head of" Statistics of Poli- 

 tical Economy" gives the following estimates 

 of tlie population of tlie United States and 

 the sources from which they obtain their 

 livelihood. It strikes us that the number here 

 set down as engaged in productive occupa- 

 tions is small ; but we let the writer speak 

 for himself. 



Tlie following table I have compiled, after 

 numerous and extensive inquiries, and from 

 a long course of observation and extensive { 

 persona] knowledge. Absolute certainty, or' 

 even a near approximation to the facts, are, 

 perhaps, unattainable, but it is hoped the 

 view here given will be found valuable, and 

 may lead to more important and more correct 

 investigations. 

 I estimate the whole population 



of the United Slates to be 16,000,000 



Between the ages of eighteen and 



fifty, and capable of labour, of 



the male population, 2,000,000 



Of the two millions, those who 

 labour at some productive oc- 

 cupation, agricultural or manu- 

 facturing, are 1,655,500 



Living on the income of offices, 

 rents, and use of property, in- 

 terest of money, and on many 

 pursuits, useful and honoura- 

 ble, but not productive, as will 

 be explained hereafter, 344,500 



Making, - - - 2,000,000 

 In making up the number of 344,500 who 

 live independent of any productive occupa- 

 tion, I estimate all officers of the general and 

 Btate governments ; all persons employed in 

 the army and navy ; all officers in banks, in- 

 surance and all other companies ; all physi- 

 cians, divines, and lawyers ; all teachers in 

 colleges, academies, and schools ; all persons 

 employed in navigation, or otherwise, as car- 

 riers or transporters of merchandise ; all mer- 

 chants and merchants' clerks ; all hotel and 

 boarding house keepers ; in fact, all however 

 useful and honourable their occupations may 

 be, unless their labour tends directly to pro- 

 duce something from the land, the mines, 

 forests, and fisheries, or to add extra value to 

 these rude products, by some process of man- 

 ufecturing. 



In this view of the subject I think it will 

 readily be conceded that I have not over-esti- 

 mated the number of the unproductive class 

 at 344,500 ; of these, 120,000 live by office or 

 income, without rent or interest money. 

 And 234,500 live on the income of rents 



and interest money ; and altogether they re- 

 ceive from the productive labourers a sum 

 about equal to $290,000,000 per annum. — 

 Southern planters are included in the num- 

 ber of those who receive rents for real estate. 

 120,000 who live on office or on occupations, 

 exclusive of interest or rents, at $500 each 

 on an average, comes to $60,000,000 



224,500 who annually, in inter- . 



est and rents, receive the sum 



of $229,710,000 



JMaking a sum total of 



$289,710,000 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Receipt for making DesUler's Salve. 



" Always have some balsam and salve on hand for 

 current use." 



Deshler's Salve has maintained a highly 

 deserved reputation in and about Philadel- 

 phia for more than half a century, and some 

 few of our old-fashioned housekeepers have 

 the original receipt, and occasionally make 

 the article and give it to their neghbours and 

 friends when occasions call for it. 



Having some years since come into posses- 

 sion of the receipt, and my wife having man- 

 ufactured the article from it, it proved to be 

 genuine, and has been very useful; I, there- 

 fore communicate it for the Cabinet, that our 

 farmers may have the benefit of a very val- 

 uable article at a very small expense ; it may 

 be beneficially applied to man or beast, under 

 circumstances requiring such a remedy. 



Receipt. — Take of mutton tallow, rosin 

 and beeswax, each one pound, flaxseed oil 

 two gills, thick turpentine (such as exudes 

 from pine trees or boards) four ounces. Melt 

 the rosin and beeswax together first, and stir 

 them well till thoroughly dissolved and in- 

 corporated : Then put in the other ingre- 

 dients 9.nd keep constantly sXwx'mg the whole 

 together over a slow fire till they are all 

 melted and well incorporated ; then remove it 

 from the fire and continue stirring the whole 

 mass till it is cold, otherwise the ingredients 

 will separate and spoil the article. It may 

 now be put by for use as it will keep for any 

 length of time. 



The proportions of the ingredients as above 

 stated, are such as to make the salve of a 

 proper consistence, which is of much import- 

 ance, any material deviation may cause it to 

 be too hard or too soft for beneficial use. 

 The old women say that when it is applied 

 with the intention of drawing, as it is termed, 

 it should be spread thick ; but when it is in- 

 tended to heal tlie wound and not to draio, it 

 should be spread thin. I give this informa- 

 tion for what it is worth, not pretending to 

 any special knowledge on the subject. R, 



