The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-02

grontor than the total Of all other nations
put together Last year not u single Aher-
can vessel passed the canal France came
next after England, with the hagnihoeW
total Of 100 ships-l-D OF the EhkllHh,
The shipments for the entire oil region 10
the pine lines show decline In January, rs
COMPARED with December In the former
monthth the daily average was 5G,6O5i bar
re,s. IN the latter, G3,jlSG barrels, COM
pared, however, with January, 1881, last
onth shows considerable increase.
The following number Of eggs have been
known t. have been taken from various
sized cod fish: From one weighing 10 to 20
pounds, 100000 eggs from n 5l'ponnd
fish, SO}9, O0i eggs; from a 3O-pouhd iish,
|37l5,CS7; from 27-pound fish, i,Go,CJO;
from one Of ~ pounds, 3,2D,joo, ana from
a 2l-pound fish, 2,732,23I
The peach crop, so far, seems 10 nave es-
capped general injury from cold. In Micni-
gan prospects are particularly favorable TO
a good crop. From New Jersey there are u
few reports Of injury, but from the Dela-
ware peninsula no harm has been reported so
far In western New York prospects are
also good. In the Hudson valley. there are
places where the buds are said to have been
injured but tie cases are scattering.
The Oal;dale Wheat Grower suggests q q.
following explanation of the curious : V
that all the telegraph poles between % =
dale and Stockton are honeycombed Dy
woodpeckers The sound produced by the
vibration of the wires very closely reseM-
bles the hum of bees IN hive. The wood
peckers are thus led to peck holes in the
posts on hopes Of reaching the coveted
prize.
issued circular to the tobacco planters OF
Virginia and North Carolina, urging the
Importance of the cultivation of Burley to-
bacco instead of Virginia leaf inp places where
the latter fails to prove remunerative. zen
thousand copies of the address are to be
printed and distributed through the states
named. The press of Virginia and North
Carolina are requested to give the matter
favorable consideration and wide clrcula-
| ton. u,.
Tie shipping of dressed beef from Win
nemucca to California continues unlter-
ruptedlv at the rate of three carloads
week. Each car contains on an average
about thirty-fve beeves. The bullocEs are
| in prime order when BIZ chered, and are
not feyerish and bruised by being trans
ported over $50 miles in crowded cars
American sewing silk has driven Eng
fish silk to the wall, which is said to con-
tain Is to 20 ounces of dye to every poiI h
American machine twist takes the buy 81
money. The making of spools is a :,
industry of the United States Birch woou
from the Maine forests is required by the
thousand cords. English manufacturers
come here for spools, An ingenious ma
chine makes the holes in the spool and
prints on the end at the rate of 100 per min
ute. Silk spool cabinets are given to 1irst
purchasers. H.,
to extend the coast telegraph system l,56O
miles along the coast line Of Lakes Ontario,
Erie. Huron, and Superior. 1t is expected
that after introducing the telegraph the sig
nal system will follow, and in short time
the whole lake fleet will adopt the inter-
national code OF signals. by this means
owners will be able to trace Their s'cSheis
lom point to point, and masters 'o1 Vessels
.a or assistance when in distress.
Il contract has been given to Sr. Guillermo
Andrado for fine line of steamers between
the ports of Gauymas and San Benito, on
the Pacific coast, touching at Agiabampo,
Topalobampo, Alfalfa, Mazatlan, San Il $,
Manzanillo, Alapulco, Puerto Angel d
Salina Cruz. The steamers will make tr :
every six weeks, subvenllon OF SZ,VJo
trip being given.
An exchange says: "The Irish and Scotch
potatoes imported into New York are not
as good as those grown here. In conse-
ouence of this New York potatoes sell for
Zoe per bushel more than is paid for the
potatoes imported from Belfast and Glas-
gov. Irish End Scotch potatoes can be
bought in New York at $3.50 pei, barrel,
They cost in Ireland and Scotland Toe per
barrel. Nice margin for profit that. One
81 steamship arrived from Glasgow on Satul-
day with LOO tons of potatoes. This is
equal TO 80, OC0 bushels. This is the largest
importation of potatoes known to the com
merce of this country
The commissioner of public works is 60
ing to have dam built on the east branch
of the Croton river, which will flood 800
80. aud ctnra al nut 00O OfO INM gallons of
water. The water rate of New York is l.25
per capita, which is good deal lower than
that of any other large city having similar
service. tits believed that it will be neces-
sary to have meters placed in dwelling
houses as well as places of business, and in
ia ct wherever water is used.
There is one city provided with pure
milk. and that is Frankfort-on-the-Main
The business is conducted by a concern
called the anstalt, established by the med
ical association and managed by commits
sion consisting of three physicians, one vet
Urinary surgeon and chemist. The cows
are carefully selected and properly fed and
housed in fact. pretty much as
the herds of the ''gilt-edge" dairymen are
and the milk is delivered within four hours
from the time it leaves the COW, in glass
bottles, sealed with wax.
The contest Of the native with the foreign
merchants for the control of the japanese
SILK market continues. The native direct
exports to agents IN England, France ana
America have very largely increased, and
matters begin to look very serious Tor the
foreigners, who are so boycotted by the ring
that their business is completely paralyzed.
They will have to look forward TO a time,
nor far distant If capital lasts, when the
Japanese, and the Chinese, too, will them
selves send the greater part of their exports
to fellow-countrymen or agents in other
lands. The rapidly-increasing knowledge
of English among the japanese IS helping
them immensely in these undertakings.
THE New York Journsl of Commerce
saws: stamp taxes are unpopular. But TO
this rule we can imagine an exception. A
stamp tax on oleomargarine, or sham but
Ter. would be a measure OF the greatest pop
ularity. Affixed by federal law TO every
package Of oleomargarine IL would put that
stuff on its merits under its own name
People who want it for table use or cook
ing could then buy it for 10 or ljc per
pound, instead of paying 30 or SOC for 1t an;
der the name Of butter. State legislation
seems powerless to reach this dangerous
fraud. A law operative against oleomarga-
rine manufacture in one state, Is inetlectiye
as against the producers Of the same article
imported from another state. IL IS practl-
cally impossible to procure concurrence Of
action on this subject among the legisla-
lures and governors OF all the states. Mean
while the great dairy interests Of the coun-
try-estimated at an annual value OF about
10000 O0O-suffer at home and abroad
FROM this dishonest competition"
Less than twenty years ago the great
bulk Of the carrying trade Of the miied
States was done BY sailing vessels. whereas,
AT the present time. above half Of u y done
hv Steamships. The exact number Oi
steamers and sailing vessels employed dur
ing the last fiscal year was as follows
Tons.
Steamers mainly iron ....-.. .....-..... ~ -.
sailing vessels mainly wood ...-....s- 6aH2 -
Freess Of steamer tonnage ....-.- .-..l, 81 50
last year was the first time that steam
tonnage exceeded that Of sailing vessels.
The tonnage Of the sailing vessels entered
f-urn FOREIGN ports for the past fiscal year