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FISH AND GAME.

THE merchants of this city are we'll supplied
with fish from the Gulf and also from surrounding
lakes and streams There is a limited demand
for fish from some of the towns on the railroads.
but the sales are generally confined to local
trade. Game is out of season and oysSrs have
disappeared from the market.
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
FIsH-Red, she eph cad and trout 10kc;. New
rleans red snapper, 15c; Spanish mackerel, 26f
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Liys sroCR


RECEIPTS Of cattle at The sioch. yards are i'm
pfovlnR both In numbers and In condition,
While the arrivals are not fully up 10 the de-
mand, thorc Il better feeling displayed among
buyers with settled conviction That prices VIII
he fully maintained DURING the summer, The
shipments continue, but dealers often are COM
pellcd TO walt two or ID rec days 10 secure enough
To make II profitable TO send north. IL has been
predicted by those who are exporting 70 NJ
but as yet, there Is no evidence OF such result,
and good cattle bring about the usual ngures III
all northern markets, Mutton sheep are coming
in quite freely and those IN 'ne pens snow Tr a
a few weeks ago. Spring lambs are not
plentiful and command high prices,
Veal calves are scarce and are barely sulilcient
TO supply the local takings OF the CITY, Hogs afe
fully up to all the requirements Of butchers, ana
the demand continues light, Horses, PONIES
and mules are eagerly taken at good figures;
Our quotations indicate the ruling prices for all
kinds of stock:
TODAY QUOTATIONS.
BEEF CATI E-Corn-fed 3@3h cents.
BARREN Cows-Fat 3G3h cents.
SHIPPIN j-3A@4 cents.
STcCK-Per head, Sl5@S2O
MICH Cows-With calves, s25@si0
SPRlNGERs-Per head, Sl09s30.
HoGs-Corn-fe fed, 5@5K cents; timber fat, 39f
saiEp. Mutton, s4@sh cents; stock per head
HoRsEs-Extra fine, per span, s3OO@s50O: fanoy
harness, $500 500; livery harness. s75@sl75;
farm, S50@Sl25; ponies Sl5@s30
MULEs-Extra heavy Sl25GS2OO; Medium 5000
Thoroughbred Jersey cattle are being sent 10
Montana.
Cattle in Grant county, n. NJ, are very thin
There is great scarcity of grass there.
The on look for the future meat supply IN IN
nois, as shown by reports forwarded TO- the state
department of agriculture, is not favorable
one. As compared with last spring, there is q
reduced number of farm animals on hand, and
an inferior condition of live stock is generally re
ported; this result being due to the high prices
of hay and grain consequent on the partial fail
ure of crops last season and the cold and back
ward spring.
The drive of cattle from Texas this year, says
| the Kansas City Indicator. promises to eNceec
| last YEARLY about 1000 head, The drive pro
per will be principally ones and twos, and Of
| these about one-half have been already con
| tracted for, and two-fifths of the remainder &C
to northern ranches, lesying about s5 900 to 100,
900 young cattle for sale. In addition to the
drive of stock cattle there will be from 70, COO t
| 100 600 beeves driven from northern Texas tht
Pan Handle, southern Kansas ana Indian Terri
tory, to Caldwell Hunnewell, and Kansas CITY
| for market.
The total number of cars of live stock received
by the different lines of railroad centering IL
4
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Points to Remember

That Acker's Blood Elixir is speoifi,
remedy for neuralgia, rheumatism, malari
Gus and other fevers, scrofulous tendencies
and all forms of blood-poisoning. 1t puri
fies the system, rouses and develops thu
nervous energies, enriches the blood. pro
m tes appetite, dispels languor, and re-
torres the body TO robust health. Sold b,
w. H. Patterson & Co., the Peachston'
Liniment men.
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r~--r !. . rirnsr $780, f--f - r-1re-ars
80 cr1re-rlt go r ~ 49, - .--=--
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TINE DALLAS WEEKLY HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1889.


yofh since May 1 liho beginning Of the trade
veafl o0npafo ne fDlewsi
pkgs pounds,
Far week ending May 0...... hBlS l,iGl,Ml
sa,n" ,Seek issi ............. 1850 2g7a0Gg
9l l,',, ill., H., al year iSg5G6 7167Ggi
'",'g gentieman wiring ftom Cohocs, New York,
In n friend i'm this city, says. "llafmOny mills,
o,nninving nyer 4 600 hands are idle on account
~ .'ASn ar n" nncrntyra naninst n pro.
W w ssaednc,t0n Of i, per cent These mills
nm investment of nearly tii COO O0J
arp irniv IN remain closed until September
wv 'N'' W
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BUILDING MATERIAL.

THERE is again an activity In building i'm.
provements in the city and an active demand is
manifested for al kinds Of building material
The lumber yards are called upon to furnish
more dimension timbers than at any time since
last fall for local purposes, while the wagon
trade is brisk, and the 2equests from surround
ing towns and country has never been better
Prices remain firm at former quotations Stocks
are large and well selected. The orders for
paints, oils. lime, cement hair, laths, and other
kindred articles, come in freely from all direc-
tons, and the shipments westward indicate
rapid development of the country along the
lines of the new railroads completed last year.
Our quotations evidence the low prices prevail
ing In this city.
BMcK-At the kilns TO SO kim run.
sToER-At the Dallas quArries, Sc per cnbio
foot II for foundatioG i6 for wall and Is for
dressed front
eet over a feet IN length q &c. Matched and
dressed flooring and finishing, q Is; y ceiling
O. = ceiling, 81 So =, yellow pine
siding e. white pine ceiling. q rs 6rst
common. white pine siding first common. 81 50
ash and walnut flooring, 900 per thousand;
poplar. dressed both sides, s55; rough walnut
sl25 70 $50 Common doors q 80 TO 50; sash. 81 rs
PosTs-Cedsr. sl2 So Boise d'arc, SIS
LATHs-s3 SOFA per thousand.
sHINGLEs--Yelloa. pine, s. 80 to 25 white
pine, O. 50 70 $ 90 Cypress No. ]. IS; NO 2
cfsEsT : RosendAie. g. u; Louisville o 50
Portland, S6 so
DBAIN PIPE-3 inch, 1fe per fooc inch. Xc
indh. S71fc; inch, <0c; . inch, SOC.
PLASTER PAEis-Per barrel t4a4 So
HAfR-Per pound 7kc.
CEnEST FLUTs-s inch, s7{c; inch SOC eincA
ceiling joint 81 inch cap, Soc finch eilins
ioint 81 IS II inch cap do, g.
NIxED PAIsTs-Rcadg FOR use and all colork.
q sol - per gal All the tested aud fssndaro
males arc on sale By Dallas dee era
WHfrE LgAD-strctly pure, "a -
LfNH-foOpercd Aus n, - per barrel brlk
2 - 3sns6n ear lO.F. e0c; per barrel q ~
Daliar. II icts, Do uer Oushel 80
LfrEEsa oII,-RaE. 69c boiled 10
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COTTON.

THE cotton markets generally indicate n
stronger feeling. In Liverpool there was an
advance of sixteenth, and in New York there
was also better outlook, and there was a
slight rise in the market. All other markets in
the country were either firm or steady. In
This city there were no arrivals and the
market u very quiet, prices being merely nomi-
,al nur auotafiOug arp rpDpatpd
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To the Fdltor Of The Herald;
Dkflhs, TEx lune ls-. ~ .ls,lia,, tso
raiueiesr opinions IN The Cd UNITS Of your ralua-
ne p.rer and therefore feel great delicacy In
cniering o e lists and sutlsnsins my reiDafEs 70
$1,000 IN perhaus Just eTiticism. ] cannot but
fs-i Howeref A. an active Dnsincss man OF Cur
rapiflT rroging city. fhsf the time hss come IN
fhe hIf0ry a or cOt1sn usde when INN alnis
and t4isive STEPS n1ust BE taken, not only 10
fr1d m and Increase CIR trade and rtafeir- but
elro hcId On q what should naturally come 70
or rnariet As AL business men EnOr, VINO
fhink a. ali ths state - Ienas - det Log % y.
r1r~rsa1rs reso1Yras viii such raVillfy that Il
A. lfHcIhto keeT ID with the lnarlh q rIIogrtssi
ana Il = hard ~ one o. reflize bow Ereet A.
unr buncine uniess he ean colnpsre fhe pres
emf detslOr1aent q this FnsGt state VIII that
uilich etisisi tvs Tss-s ego Ife chat,ges -
- 60 80. n - Fsis5'r5,s The I,r5sI,ef-
- 90 rafiOn. the cci1-re--t u a clfT. - DE
frrinrag 81 An fudlFiiunfcEn never fiand SUI F.
hi must eithsr pi2s., q fs.f'sr. p
--fI-r l.fre tIIfisd fhe-lsairts IN the o1ren Of
.ri--e 7Ttis j. 20 arn0ri-n uhich EkJrIli b.
sfnlrpsd uron ne r-..it q 49, et,.,, 81
-. ,-..-If r-e~iaps a l1ure flru-rbT si-ualei
-Fr~ DrTns. ~ De ND a-Feloii1euf q
49, crrfrs- ~ erT r-1cil.-l 1an ri - ~
$3.50 81 isofiDg efgr re tesutiirl fertile
= 80 -.~-1uunf ttn lc.llfT. AT nIaf
-. 49,. -. 49, ~ 81 nan hrt d1ne fcr ul-flr
- c,ir hrTs rs NJ nuae-ois MIR
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ATTENTION Is called TO a communication in the
cotton column Of io-day's Herald, written by
one Of our most enteTpiising aud intelligent cot
ton men. IL afoids reflection for the merchant
aad the banker as well as for all our business
Dallas eau be made one Of the greatest inland
cotton centres in the country, II worthy the
highest consideration. The HERALDs columns
are always open for the discussion Of whatever
wiz advsnce the business interests OF Dallas
and Il will take occasion soon > present the
faces which must be obvious 10 ALL that cotton
merchants and planters on the growing crows
wOdld not only realize large returns on such in
vestments. but would add more 10 the trade and
commerce Of Dallas than any other business en-
tnrnrlae that can now be named
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reported hardening and before the close OF the
day advanced sixteenth; middlings, 6ll-l6,
orleans sI-s. The receipts were 1880, Of
which l3 400 were American. The sales were
1900, OF which 9. 500 were American and 200
for expectation.
The ma kat In New York opened guiet and
unchanged, but during the day advanced a six
teenth, closing steady; middings, u BIG. Sales,
Kew Orleans opened firm and the market
closed in the same tone; middlings, II Sales,
al00 --,,,,,-
Galveston closed quiet middlings, II IS re-
oeipts ia Sales 2f7 bales.
The ST Lotns mRrket closed steady, mid
sfiinCs ~ Receipts, 30t shipments, 153.
stock on hand. lf.9f4 bales.
The oonsolidated net receipts were 91l2
aoaiust ID 305 the corresponding day last year
Tic exports were 20 Great Britain, lf.53s CONT
nent lbs France and channel poris none
corresponding dag last year an excess OF Gl7s
ales.
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No branch of business IN this city has grown
moro rapidly 10 the last year than that oi drugs.
Dealers have shown n cOmnendablo enefgy III
pushing their trade Into every portion Of the
state, aud to-day there II hot another WHOLESALE
lug point In Texas that orn boast OF ~ large
shipments IN Ills line NJ Dallas, one prime
reason for this ilateflng result IL the low prices
ut which sales are effected here, and dealers arc
nj all tlm0s willing 10 duplicate any Dills mace
In any other city III the west without consider.
Ing ffeights. The quotations below are revised
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Totals ...............s So 2Zj, 10 t'iI
.iyfng in detail receipts from internal revenue
Tor the ten months ending Apll 80 last com, ON,
pared with the corresponding months so Oh i in
favor of the len months of the current year Oh
over 81 eco coo in receipts from distilled spills 6
i2lS3tOJ from lermented liquors, nearly stUVU,5
from tobacco, and Sl215.U.O from p"iihe anu
hoDkprs'
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The receipts and exports Of butter Mt New
York since May 1 the beginning OF The trade
a,n nntnnu.p ng follows
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THE general business of the city to-day has
been better than for some time past and the
shipments of goods in all directions have ex-
ceeded those of any other day for weeks pas
A larger number of county merchants were in
attendance than have beel witnessed here since
early in the year when spling business was at
its best. The retail trade was very fair and an
ctiyity was noticeable in all CONNER cal circles.
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ON 'CHANGF,
THE following named gentlemen were re-
corded as visitors at the Grain and Produce
to-day: Colonel X. II Lindsey presi
dent of the cotton exchange Shreyepoft A NJ.
Rixcey, of New Orleans; Major w. d. Schofeld,
shreveport; Chanes w. Guild, Kansas City; j.
NJ Salmonds, Dallas county.
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IT y UIIIVIhIOOU IIIlI NHII DOHTI VIII Dc tsIHDs
lisLcl on change, DGhlAlinB 1lll Tie nISt "a
next month, and Ell transactions will be for de-
liveries here in Dallas. This will lent interest
boys"
x great number OF farmers in the country sur.
rounding are making arrangements with mem
bers 10 sell their grain on the Exchange. IL will
not be long until all the grain business of the
city and country viii be transacted there, and
merchants and dealers living I'm surrounding
towns and cities are already beginning 10 apply
for membership.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-13
Boots VS.. the GuilIOtine.

During the French Revolution, feu.
illetoniste named Schlaberndorf, who
possessed considerable ability as O
writer. by heartily e5pousing the cause
OF the Girondists in all that emanated
from his pen, rendered himself obnox-
ious to Robespierre, and at the dictation
OF that fierce leader was incarcerated.
When the death-cart, one morning,
came to the prison for it's load of those
who were that day to be mercilessly
butchered, Schlaberndorf's name was on
the list OF the victims. The iailer in
formed him that such was the case, and
he dressed himself for his last ride very
nonchalantly and-he was extremely fas-
tidious as to his personal Appearance
with great care. His boots, however,
he could not find. Here, there, every
where, assisted by the iailer, he looked
for them to no avail.
:" I am quite willing to be executed ,
said he to the jailer, after their fruit
less search, "but really I should be
ashamed to go to the guillotine without
my boots. Nor do wish to detain this
excursion party" smiling grimly.
"Will it make any difference if my ex-
ecution is deferred till tomorrow? By
that time shall probably succeed in
finding my boots"
az don't know that it will matter
particularly when you are quill otined, "
replied the functionary. "Suppose we
call it tomorrow, then ?"
GAN right" and the jailer allowed
Schlaberndorf to remain, not nwill-
ingly, as, owing to his universal good
humor, he was especially liked by jailer
and prisoners.
The following morning, when the cart
drew up before the prison door for it's
"batch" of victims, Schlaberndorf-
dressed cap-a-pie-stood waiting the
summons Of the jailer to take his place
therein. But his name was not called
that morning nor the next nor the
fourth, nor, indeed, ever again. For, of
course, it was believed he had perished
on the original morning.
Till the sway of Robespierre ended he
remained in prison; then he regained his
liberty as did the rest of those, once
prisoners, whose heads had not fallen
beneath the blood-stained ax.-Komh's
Companion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-13
Cultiyating the Cork Oak.

In the "cork tree,'' that species of
oak whose elastic bark is of so much
practical value in the manufacture of
the familiar shoppers to the millions OF
bottles and jars in which it is becoming
more and more the custom to preserve
all kinds OF eatables and drinkables,
many of our colonies might find a
profitable object of agriculture. The
oork harvest in Spain, which, with
France, Portugal and Italy, is the princi-
pal source whence we derive our supplies,
is becoming every year more scanty,
owing to the greed of growers who have
injured the stock of trees by stripping
them of their bark too frequently. The
tree which produces the most valuable
cork does not come to maturity for a
quarter of century, and can only be
barked to advantage every eight or ten
years; but the temptation to make
rapid profits has been too great to with
stand, ard the result has been the in .
jury or ruin OF many plantations. Some
of the quick-growing varieties produce
an inferior, porous kind of corks, but
the lest are tho slowest of growth.
England alone imp )rts some 10000
tons of cork per annum, and the guam
tity is yearly mcreasing, notwithstand-
ing the introduction of many substi-
tutes for corks, such as plugs OF wood,
whose fibers have been specially soft
ened for the purpose, india rubber and
other contrivances. The French gov.
ernment, seeing the desirability of
securing as large share OF this trade
rs possible, have for several years
past given special encouragement
TO the formation of plantations of
the cork oak in Algeria, ana the same
thing will, no doubt, be done in Tunis
but the tree will grow equally we'll in
India, Central America, the West In.
dies, many parts of Africa and Austria.
liza, and in the South Sea islands, and
planters in our possessions there might
lay the foundation of profitable in
dustry by introducing some of these
trees and starting their systematic cul
tivation. The tree, besides being 9
most valuable oneand easily cultivated
is of magnificent growth, and would
form an ornament in any landscape.-
Colonies and India.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-13

zing the isthmus, and Caliguls sent an
officer to explore the route, but went nc
further. Nero made serious endeavor
to perform the work, which endeavor is
thus described: Having raised hymn.
Lucian tells us, to Amphitrite and Po-
seiden, and sung brief song to Nell
certe and Leucothea, he thrice struck
the ground with golden spade, and set
his army to work at the trench, while q
corps of convicts tackled the rocky
ridge. After twelve days work, how.
ever, Nero left Greece to quell an insur-
rection, and the cutting was abandoned.
The lines of the trench in the low land
still remain, the ditch being 1870 feet
wide, and there are cuttings in the lime
stone at different levels, all of which,
with the twenty-six wells sunk TO
try the rock and the large cistern
to furnish water for the workmen, have
been utilized by the French engineers
According to Dio Cassius, when Nero
turned the first sod blood gushed from
the earth and dismal groanings were
heard; and Pausanius records that all
the presumptuous engineers and con-
tractors had been slain by the gods. 1t
is likely enough that the Corinthian
priests worked on the fears of
the superstitious to prevent the
construction of canal which
would make the stay of visitors
briefer and their offerings smaller in
amount but the people were always
convinced of the importance of such a
work, and indeed built a diolces or
polished way across the isthmus, on
which ships were drawn from one har-
bor to another. As, according to Paus-
anius, the Isthmian sanctuary was stu
ated at or very near the shortest line
across the isthmus, it is not unlikely
that in the work of cutting the canal
important Greco-Roman archaeological
discoveries may be made.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-13
The Fall of the Rain

The summer rain, the gentle summer raini
Oer the meadows, DER the grasses Of the
plain,
Falleth everywhere.
pours mid the chestnuts of the lane,
Ver the hemlocks, the pine trees and the
beech,
And the orchards of the apple and the peach.
Its soft, refreshing nectar it distills
oer the pastures, o'er the hollows of the hills,
The trickliog, shrunken current of the brook
thread of silver gushing in its nook
With rushing flood it fills.
All the soft descending rainfall of the spring
Now it makes the forest melodies to ring.
Now the birds with sudden rapture sing,
While the swelling buds and blooms
Their verdant wreaths, their rosy garlands
throw
Ger the trees, till the woodlands are aglow
With blossoms red as wine, white as snow,
Delicious with perfumes.
The crystal autumn rain, how it pours
Thro' the foliage, o'er the grassy, forest floors
Like torrent it descends.
1t is color'd with the glories of the year
With scarlet leaves and yellow leaflets sere,
And when with the rivulet it blends,
All its crystal impid purity is lost
Where in woods the currents turbulent are tost
The winter rain, winter rain, how it sweeps
How it sweeps DER the billowy, snowy heaps
How it freezes as 1t falls in the blast,
Till shield adamantine hard is cast
Round the trees, like a FURNISHED coat of mail,
Iron hard, form'd of ice-sleet and the hail
Then bright jewels are form'd on each stem,
Creamy pearls, and the pure-diamond gem,
The topaz, the ruby crimson-bright,
That twinkle and flash in the rosy light.
Isaac Mcclellan,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-13
Finishing Canal Begun $500 Years
Ago.

Speaking of the Corinth canal. which
has just been commenced, O London
paper says: Perhaps the most interest
ing feature of the work is to be found
in the fact that General Turr is follow
ing, without the variation of q foot, the
route laid cut by the engineers for Nero
1900 years ago. Nero was not the ear
lest worker. however. Perlander is
said to have projected such canal 2. 500
years ago. and three centuries after.
ward Demetrius Poliocetes revived the
scheme, but was dissuaded by the rep
reservations Of his engineers that, as
the sea in the Gulf OF Corinth was
higher than in the Saronic gulf, the
water would run through the canal and
drown out R gina and the other islands
On the east. Ceasar had . plan for oanali.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-13
An Editors Fright,


A Paris editor was much bothered by
one of his staff who was constantly in
debt. At last to the gentleman's horror
he one night caught sight of the folio W.
ing paragraph in type for the next morn
ing paper: "The creditors of M. K
are hereby informed that he has
decided upon paying his debts, and
that they may, therefore, present
themselves at the caisse of this
journal tomorrow at 2. They will
form o line along the Rue Ros-
sini, Rue Chanchant, Rue Lafayette and
Boulevard Hausseman. A picquet of
sergeant-de-ville will keep order. The
Marseilles will not be allowed" Aghast
at this he went to see the chief. He
had gone from the city, leaving express
orders that the paragraph should go
into next mornings paper. It was only
until the moment Of going to press that
that sub-editor discovered that he had
been made the victim of practical joke
which was intended rs lesson.