The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-02
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HHaALD OFFloB,
FRIDAY EyKSIRs, October IL


FRIDAY EvKNIEa, Octopcf ~
The rain which com menced falling ias'
night and continued during to-day, o'uSe'
almost suspension Of business, ana the usu'
animation which characterizes Daiius "
Saturday was wanting In business Srcie'
stu our Wholesale dealers shipped hesYny
AID the iobbing trade generally was ac''Vo
Trade 10 our city during the past wee ever Ter
been unprecedentedly good, and c,9ory.
chants all agree that their sol,,,e ana Of the
been larger or business If;n no countries In the
It's said that lev ,oroh,s and
-,iflate Is iavofao'e "n"
mos. pfossefry tree nourlshss where
WIN is cultiynted, and puts forth iuAu'-
Gus foliage. The oggs of thesilk worm grown III
California sell from 81 30 to S5 90 per ounce
and the demand for them from Italy Is unlih'
tied. The lmportatlons to that country from
japan alone amounts to millions OF dollars
yearly. II Is business particularly
suited TO the tastes OF lauiesi
and we would like 70 see
some OF the enterprlsing women OF TexeS
engage In the culture OF the silk worm, VIII!
the assurance that Il would loon become one
of the most profitable ventures ever underth-
ken In the state. A Mr.. p. q. lioai, an
Italian, recently paid Mrs. little, of Caliior-
MIA, O. per ounce for lfty ounces ofeggs,Which
she cultivated at cost Of iefs than one dollar
per ounce.
In the United States and Canada there are
twenty-five match factories, turning out 3D.
900 gross 3 .GOO,0LG boxes-of matches every
day. ne average Is about 100 matches 10
box, tni tire daily consumption Ia therefore
$685. 70 100 boxes OF matches year, averaging
l3l bsO 300 matches.
A process has lately been discovered by
which the finest and most delicate Hour can be
made from the seed Of broom corn. IL isssld
that one half its weight can DO converted into
four leaving the other half valuable food
Tor stocl The average yield IL three hun
bred bushels. and as high as SO,OOOpounds have
been secured to the aero. 1t does NOS exhaust
the soil as Indian corn, from the fact that II
feeds from the deeper soil and assirnilatss ils
food from cruder state.
COTTON.
The receipts to-day were light, owing 10 tn
ineleu ency Of the weather. Prices woio very
firm aud buyers were anxious FROM pres
ont Indications prices will advance next week.
There Ia firmness noted In all the markets
which will no doubt cause un advance In
every quarter. We quote;
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middling II good ordinary 10. Receipts 500
shipments ,O66. sales ij9. Stock on hand
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