The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-07

| Much OF the land, which but snort ume ago
| was regarded AS worthless peary, can scarcely
| be purchased now At any price
The Mexican Transatlantic 4 Continental
| steamship company, with capltal of sLO0O,O1
| Is building In England several large aud elo-
| CANT steamers, which viii commence plying be-
| tween European. American aud gulf ports early
IN 1851, Two vessels are now on the socks, This
Is III. first line Of really Mexican steamsrs.eyer
established.
The total contribution Of Lake Superior ore to
the iron trade the country a. the close OF last
year, produced by nfty.slN different corpora.
tons, has been lIAa fij tons, having market
value OF el3S, 592,97j The product Of leSs viii
bring the grand aggregate up 10 20 on 90 tons
These ores embrace wide range vt quality and
adaptation 10 II greet variety Of special as well
as general uses
The people of Kansas. under the forestry
laws Of that state. have planted $1,000 acres OF
trees Tho cottonwood /, the most abundant
aud IL grows the most rapidly, About COCO
acres have been planted IN black walnut. and
will make handsome return IN eight or nine
years,
singular fNct has been gsccrtauod by a
mutual insurance company that Ia ohio, which
| is the largest consumer OF lager beer aud malt
liquors, the deaths are annually over sixteen to
| 1860 inhabitants while in Ontario where
whisky is almost the sole liquor used there are
| six, and In Kentucky, Tennessee. Illinois and
| Indiana, where more whisky than beer is used
| they are eleven his does not prove the claim
! that beer Is the healthcSt beverage
salt lago0ns are met with In several places in
| Apache county, Arizona The principal lake or
| lagoon is near the line OF New Mexico About
| l,0OlO0O pounds are taken ont yearly from this
| lake, and With proper facilities IL could be madO
| to produce au almost unlimited supply. The
| salt is preCpitatcd 10 the bottom of the lake
wagons are driven into the shallow water and
| the glitcrlng crystals shuveled in, This is one
| of the most valuable salt springs on the CONT
ncnt, and besides supplying cattlc.raisers in
Apache and portions of lavApal, furnishes
large quantities for the working Of silver ores
The inCandesCcnt light has not Yet accom-
plished full victory over gas, In the district
| near city hall, New York. some 1900 lamps are
already in operation, ana orders for more await
ing execution but the lamps do not give perfect
satisfaction Accurate measurement shows that
tho Edison lamp gives II light OF sixteen candles
where formerly gas flame OF twenty. two candle
power was employed, OF course the power Of
the electric light can be increased, but IL will
cost more money than the sixteen candle lamp,
Aud here Is Just where the matter becomes com
plicOIcd. Not until everything is in perfect run
ming order vi i'll the Edison company make Il
charge to consumers, What the charge will be
Is not yet known.
An Ohio papcr says II may not be unintcrest
ing TO our readers to know that blue grass, so ia.
nous in Kentucky, was first raised in lndiaua,
AT II little Indian village called Miami Village
on White river in Hamilton county. In tho
year l5Sl, John and William Conner were stolen
by the Indians from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
and taken to this village. John here became
the chief man among the Indians, and through
him We learn that blue grass was native of
what is now Hamilton. In 1910 as General liHrr.
sons army was returning south, they took quan.
titles of IL u Ninconnes aud Kentucky, md from
there II spread. Judge Finch, of indianapolis
has often been heard to CorrObOrato this state.
mont, ana 1t may be accepted rs correct that
blue grass was first raised in what was then
known AK the northwestern territory now Iu.
diana,
In Europe method of preserving grapes is
nov very generally followed, The cluster is cut
with piece of the cane still attached. mud the
lower END OF the CNn0 Is Inserted in the neck of
bottle containing water Grapes thus treated
are kept III n perfect manner for long time
The European journals have figured raCks and
other devices for holding the bottles In such n
manner that they may sustain the weight of the
fruit, and also to allow the clusters to hang free
and much us they would upon the vine. We
arc not aware that this method has been tried
with or native grapes. These, even at the holt
days, when the price is the highest sell for TOO
little to make this method of keeping profitable
but Tor hons use. the experiment seems to be
worth trying.
California is well advanced in the business Of
boring int water The San francisco Cab SAYS
The success attending the sinking of artcsiau
VOLS mas been very great In California up 10 the
present. time, This has been the case in san
francisco, Ms well as in other portions of tho
state, but the profits arising from such enter
prizes have been more marked, perhaps, in the
SAN Joaquin valley, where in particular lOCali
lios, water was the prerequisite TO omen up pro
duSllNe farms, The value added To lands in
California by means of nrtcslan wells hasalready
entered into millions. hut il il rompnrniiycIy n
small affair In comparison 10 what il is soon dgs,
tiucd to become. scarcely A week transpirrs in
which wa do not publish accounts OF water being
secured by such means in portions of Inc static
where II is most needed. hut they hnyc becomc
of so common mn .occurrrnco that thoy have
almost ceased to attract attention
the practice of cutting sorghum when the seed
is IN tho dough is condemned by MIR. Collier
chemist Of the United States department of ngri
culture. lie claims that the cane cut Ave weeks
later gives better results, The anal isis made
for both shows a greater percen,ape OF sugar in
the late cutting The chemist saws, "Thore il
hardly one chance In hundred TINT sugar can he
produced from any variety of sorghum in nav.
Ing Qunutl,iCs III the CrOp ia worked m when tho