The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-22

walnut logs in Kansas, hauling them TO Perry
and shipping them TO Topeka, where they VIII
DO sawed and the lumber shipped east They are
paying S2t per thousand In the woods,
Last week at Orville, during II thunderstorm,
an electric globe known as ST. Emos hrel was
seen in the top of Il tree dancing about and was
visible for twenty minutes.
In Wasco county. Oregon, south Of Fifteen
Mile creek nearly half the growing crops have
been destroyed by grasshoppers But there is u
dun. blue gray ily that follows the grasshopper
and fights him These insects stay with
them. and. whom tho hopper flies, dart at 1t and
fasten under tho wings, greatly retarding Its
flight
Near Mexico mammoth tree was felled on
the farm OF Charles Cowan 1t measured nine
feet through near the ground, was ITO feet high,
the first limb growing outat height OF thirty
feet from tho base, and is thought to be at least
800 years old The wood was made up into 500
rails, so fence posts, besides ten cords OF fire.
wood. BY its fall twelve squirrels and one rae
coon were killed, This IL the largest tree that
ever grew In that section.
There are scattered throughout the city OF
New York II, 1862 manufacturing establishments,
with Il cash capital of si6i $50, employing
over 2l5. 700 hands, and turning out an annual
product worth itS2O9 2ia The field covered is
immense. There are nearly eighty different
varieties OF manufacture whose annual product
reaches into tho millions. At the head of the
list stands the manufacture OF clothing, The
annual product OF mems clothing amounts to
tbUtNOhJN, anu vi WOUlcH tlOtlllllp 10 slhV1U,.
$50. NEXT comes the eat-packing industry,
which gives an annual yield worth S29.291,597.
Tobacco gives annual product OF S22, Cos 0SO of
which amount los Is for cigars alone.
Next to tobacco comes the printing and publish
ing business, with capital of Sli7H929 and an
annual product of S2l ,696, 353 The lard refining
business turns out u product of IA, 75S,7l0 Tho
refining OF sugar and m0lasses yields 81 $780,.
sS3, Furniture Is turned out To the annual
amount of ty,6'5,779 and boots ana shoes are
worth NJ Ghn tpO Hats and Weld Al
ana millinery and lace goods S. l5S,0SO. The
product of machinery is given at Sg PIG 7l3; silk
and silk goods, tlSOo,26O; umbrellas and canes,
81, 1850, lii confectionery, Si,50l62 jewelry, S.
OOi l9S; musical instruments, S69l3,69l shirts
S,G0S,0l5. and ship. building only sl065.3ll.
A report just issued by the silk association of
America, summing up the statistics of the fiscal
year, shows bright prosperity in this depart
ment Of industrial activity, while comparison
with the census figures OF 1870 reveals rise
In the American silk industry which is as strik-
Ing SIS II is gratifying. The value of the goods
made In the American factories in the year end
cd June 80, 1882, was about s35,000000. In 1870
the value of all products OF silk establishments
In the United States was sl2,O0O,OOO. These fig.
ures show that the industry has trebed in ten
years The enlargement of productive capacity
seems TO have been oven greater. Since 1870 tho
factories have increased In number from Sc to
SSS Icons from see TO 500, hands employed
from 5000 TO 3l,SVe, and tho amount of wages
paid during the year from 81 900 GOV to So 600 600
Another noticeable feature OF the business Is
that several states which did not appear In tho
returns OF 1870 are now represented as having
factories These are Maine Rhode Island, Cali
fornia, Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri. But while
silk IL manufactured In fifteen states, the indus.
try Is rs yetpractically confined to New Jersey
where Its greatest development has taken
place. New York, Massachusetts and Ponnsyl-
wanna. II the rapid Strides of progress we IRE
making In this department shall be kept up how
long Will u DO I'LL the loomsof Lyons n0ed weave
no more silk for American
The American silk makers have tho satisfac.
ton of knowing too, that they have doubled tho
product of the very best year they have had be-
fore the panic OF 1873 and this Notwithstanding
tho gain In the importation of foreign silk goods
by foreign lk-makors since the year 1873 Is very
small, and that the importing OF many lines Of
goods IL now being rapidly cut down. and no
doubt some Of them will disappear from tho list
In the course of the next ton years, Mt least
There has lately been revival of interest In
SILK culture In some sections OF the country
Tho total productof the raw article In this cOun.
Try isvery small us the raising of II In the Uni
ted States has not reached even the stature of u
regular Industry, and hence II Is still In purely
elementary stage. Hence the materials which
American AilL goods are made are nearly all
imported. These materials are of two dist net
grades, one OF which Il known Us raw silk"
and the other rs spun silk" II the filaments
OF coeoons can be unwound In II continuous
throad OF fibre, II Is roeled and known IN raw
u,
and is called spun silk" The cheaper vario.
ties OF silk dress goods arc all made from this
latter material.
Much complaint has been made of late years
In regard 10 adulteraiod silks, and some OF the
leading American manufacturers continue to
send out instructions Ike tho following: "Pleaso
compare ihls silk with the best French goods by
ravsling ont u few OF tho threads from each.
Test their comparative smoohueSs and strength
by passing through and breaking over the fin
gers In heavily dyed silks the particles OF dyo
viii make the threads feel rough and lumpy TO
the touch Then, by wetting the lint from each
separately, the goods weighted by dye will DO
readily distinguished by tho dye coming out un.
der pressure. Another simple but effective test
Of purity IL TO burn u small quantity of the
threads. Pure silk will instantly crisp leaving
only pure charcoal Heavily dyed silk will
smoldcr, leaving yellow greasy ash"
The superiority of American silk goods Is now
acknowledged, and this is due in part 10 THEFT
high standard of production and to tho facilities
| Tor securing the best raw silk.