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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS.

During the last week there has been a good
supply, OF poultry offered In the market and
prices have declined little, Eggs are coming
~ Muve demand and prices have advanced
Parties here are buying to ship to northern cities
Bntler sells readily butat u decllae under form,
or quotations
To.pAY's QUOTATIONS.,
CnicKrss-Wo quote at 81 % per doior; tur.
keys, 50eef5c.
Eeos-i5c per dozen
BurrRR-Northeru, ?5sScc Texas, l5e2oc
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
COOPEntAGH,

TnEnx Ia steady demand hero for coopcruge
and cooperage stock of all kinds, and orders
from me country are frequent but not generally
very heavy.
ro.pAYs QUOTATIONS..
Molasses barrels, o. 30 half barrels, q ~ kepa
75c; sugar barrels, S. half barrels a. hoop poles
per l,UQC, Sl2
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
WAGON WOOD WORK

DALLAS supplies nearly all north Tcras with
wagon wood work. aud the sAles In this line are
steady and continuous Prices are "a follows
ro-pArs QUOTATIONS..
sct, a. Xxx. q rs
siwsp FSi.Loss-,x 70 AZ, q 70 mar %,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
HARDWARE.

Tgsnn has been gres, improvement, IN tho
hardware trade OF this city during the prv emf
season. aud orders are coming IN from ali al.
Tecu p yery nicely Already Dsllas
the hest mafhets for hsrivsrr in
tho country. Our merchants nave tho mosi
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
SCRAP IRON,

scrAr iFos is In demand berS The following
are the prices paid for all kinds Of scrap metals
ro-pArs QUOTATIONS..
Cast n per hundred. s,ovA rs csu,s vroush,
g 70 u per hundred bras. y 70 90 per hun.
aIS NY coppet ylv 70 II 70 per hundred; siiic and
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..

IO-DhfS QUOTATIONS..
Acld, sulphuric, per lb ...............,,..6
Acid, ctric, per lb. ......................... rs
Acid, OXNlic, per Observation-Disclosures. 25
aVlu hIlaIlc, powdered, per lb.....,....,. ~
Ammonia carb., per Id. .....................3 81
Alum, per h.. .....,.....,..,,.,..., s
ArTowroot per lb.".:. ,.........-....... 40
Balsam, copaiba, per Observation-Disclosures. 20
Borax, refined. per Observation-Disclosures. IL
Chomel, AM, per Id. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 70
Castor oil, per gal ................. 81 % to so
Cassia buds, per lb...,. so
Cream tartar pure, per ID. .,,...... .,....... 81
Corrosive sublimate, per ID. ...,............. rs
Chloroiorm, per 10. ........................1 ~
Extract logwood, bulk, per lb.......,...,.... ~
Glycerine bulk, per ID ,.....,........,. so to GO
Gum arabic. select, per lb..,...,....... ..... so
Gum assalntida, per ID. .....................25
Gum camphor, per ID. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Gum opium, per Id. ........................t s. 25
Iodine per ID. .........,..,.............. 3 rs
Leaves, buchu short per lb, ................ 25
Leaves, SIENNA, Alex, per lib. ................ 25
Morphia, sulph., per OF ............... 81 to 4 rs
on bergamot per h.. ......... SO " To 81 30
Oh lemon, per lb.. .;...............,....... 800
W! peppermint per Id, Observation-Disclosures. S25
OIL wintergreen, per lb.,.......,..........3 so
OIL olive, Malaga. per gal. ................. so
Potass bromide, per lb.............. ....,.... 80
Potass, iodide, per Id. ....... ......,.... 81 so
Quinia, sulph., per os.............e2 % to 80
Sulph. quinidia, per oz..........--......sl 70
Sulph. cinchonidia per oz..,.........l 10 to 10
Seeds, canary, per Id ....:......,..,... 10 to II
soap, cusuie, moteu, per lb,..,........ 10 TO II
soap, CASTLE, white, per lb............ Is to l5k
spirits, nitro, sweet per 10. ........,.......5 so
Stryehnia, crystals. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 81 so
Tapioca, per ID, 10
WAX. white. per III, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. =. 60
The New York Commercial Bulletin notes the
following changes In the prices for staple dlugs:
The market AS whole seems very quiet, even
me small Jobbing purchases running exceed.
lngly light As usual under such circumstances
buyers have more or less advantage. and, except
for goods that may be In light supply, prices are
rather weak. Castor.oil In cases Is now down to
IL cents, but the manufacturers 1t may be re-.
marked, are Offering only moderate quantities
aud give the impression that the decline il
merely temporary. Oil In barrels Is not offered
oorrespondingly cheap The decline IL attrbut.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
LIQUORS.

SINCE 1t is understood that congress will not
probably reduce the tax on whisky, trade has
been better and shipment have been large A
number of country dealers were in the ci and
orders came in freely. Prices are very firm and
steady
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
BUILDING MATERIAL

soNr Rccd sales Of paints, white lead and oils
have been made " the western portions Of me
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
Crime in Ireland.
Growth of Crime Since 1876, but the Maximum
Believed to Have Been Reached.

Growth of Crime Since 1876 but the Maximum
Believed to Have Been Reached.
The statistics of crime in Ireland, as
prepared by DR.. Hancock, says the New
York Times, show that there has been
very great increase since 1876 in the
number of murders and attempts at
murder In that year, measured by the
extent of population, serious otfenses
stood III per 10000. The percentage
continued to grow until in 1881 it had
reached 1872 per 10000. AS if antici-
peaing the consequences of the agitation
which has swept over the island under
the guidance of the Land League, the
list Of murders attempts to murder, and
attacks upon property began to be for
midable even before the plan of the
league had passed through the prelimi-
nary stage of incubating process. In
1881, when DR.. Hancock had completed
his work, a crisis had been reached, and
the comparison in proportion to the pop
ulation then showed forty murders in
Ireland to twelve in England. There
were 267 attempts to murder as COM
pared with lat in England. DR.. Han
cock has been remarkable for the care
and freedom from bias with which he
has for many years dealt with statistics
of crime, and there is good reason to
believe that his estimates have been pre-
pared from the degrees of criminality in
the two countries. 1t is a significant
fact, however, and one which will sur
prise a great many persons, that in the
number of outrages on dumb animals
Ireland, during the time mentioned,
makes more favorable showing than
England Some of the English papers
have been conspicuously fair in putting
this on record, considering the persis-
tence with which they had endeavored
to prove that Ireland, in this respect,
stood at the head of the catalogue.
There is another feature of DR.. Han
cocks report which also deserves spe-
cial mention. 1t takes account of the
crimes against morality. In spite of the
incentives which might be expected
frol.l the nature Of the struggle goin :
on in the country. it appears that in
proportion to the population of Ireland
and England, the former had 118 crimes
against morality and the latter 1856. The
natural deduction, therefore, is that
with the thorough operation of the land
act, in the matter of crime Ireland will
take rank among the most favored por-
tiOnS of the world,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
Cattle Raising in Montana.

To assert that Montana is the best
grazing country in the world, is merely
to report the deliberate verdict of hun
dreds of practical Stock-raiser5 who of
late have visited this region and made it
the subject of cautious investigation.
For some time to come the eastern half
of the territory is liable to stand fore
most among the beef and wool produc-
ing sections of America. 1t is now
known that Montana cattle make better
beef than the average stock of other
beef-producing territories and states,
and this is largely due to the nutritious
quality of the native perennial grasses.
Unlike cultivated grasses. these pro-
life wild products have firm solid stocks,
and their heads are full of seeds, 4 COM
bination whose merits are aptly de-
scribed in the assertion that ''to pasture
an animal on bunch grass is like giving
him plenty of good hay with regular
and liberal feeds of grain" Before the
pears above the soil, covering the face
ure. At this time of year, however, its
freshness has nearly all gone. The pc
riod of moisture has passed. and the
plains present yellow and withered
appearance for the rest of the year. The
fact is that the grass has been converted,
on the stock, into hay, upon which the
sheep and cattle pasture and fatten
throughout the coolest winters. Sheep
require greater care than cattle, but if
successfully handled the profits are con-
siderably larger. The average increase
of the herd is about twenty-five per cent.
The production is the measure of the
profit in sheep raising, as the sale of the
wool, which is always in eager demand,
defrays the whole expense of maintain
ing the herd, and sometimes exceeds it
to the extent of one dollar or one dollar
and a quarter per head.
1t is evident that Montana stock rails
ing rests upon solid basis rs a legiti-
mate field of enterprise widely separated
from the character of wildcat specula-
ton in which many capitalists regard it.
1t should be stated that western cattle
raisers are no longer the uncouth, half
civilized beings that they were ten years
ago. A majority of them are men OF
education and enterprise from the other
states, who have come out here and in
vested their capital in cattle and sheep
raising. With a few exceptions, those
who have paid attention to their busi-
ness either have realized large profits or
are in sure way to do so. Such men,
of course, do not pass their whole time
upon the ranches, but live chiefly in
towns. Here, in Billings, a number OF
them are taking up their residence.
have met many of these cattle kings and
l have found them all, without eXcep-
ton, well-informed, generous, enthusi
astic, hospitable men. Many of them
have planned great improvements fol
Billings, notably the case in regard tc
the construction of stock yards.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30

A cranberry bed, when the pickers
are afield, is q pretty sight Picking
begins usually about the middle of Sep
tember and lasts until the close of Oc-
tober, the fields being flooded ut night
toward the close of the season, to guard
against frost. The drought has hasten
ed the season by q week this year.
Cranberry picking is made the holiday
of the wear Whole families come and
''camp out" or live in rude houses on
the grounds through the season. Some
drive to the bed each morning i'll their
own eonvevances, returning home at
night. The picking is done methodi-
cally each worker having his or her ap-
pointed section. One cent and half
per quart is paid for picking. The
presence in field of $50 persons of
both sexes, most of them young. cannot
but be productive or much mirth and
jollity. Laughter and good-natured
raillery abound, and friendly contests
as to expertness in picking are common.
In these contests it is generally the case
that the awkward lad is left far behind
by the deft fingers of the maiden. How
ever, cranberry picking is not all in the
sunshine. His. cramped position is apt
to render the workman uncomfortable,
and STOPPING over the wet bogs of a
frosty morning is not pastime. -BOS-
ton Traveller.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
A Kentucky Mastodon.

A number of negroes, at work on the
extension of the Kentucky Central,
about two miles from Paris, KY, the
other day, came upon the skeleton of
some immense animal about ten feet
under ground, in soil of steatitic ma
ture. The ankle was first discovered,
which measured seven inches in diam
eter. The knee through the socket was
twelve inches in diameter. From the
ankle to the top of the shoulder blade
it being three feet two inches wide
was fourteen feet seven inches. The
head was of large proportions, measur-
ing five feet in length. The jaw was
twelve inches thick, and the teeth are
preserved in good condition. The back
bone was then followed up, and forty
feet from the head were the bones of the
tail. The hindquarters were exceeding
ly large, measuring in height twenty
three feet eight inches. The hipbone
was ten and quarter inches thick
The teeth were from Two to three pounds
each.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30

"You talk about your shooting said
member of the National Guard to a
friend "Well, I've seen some of the
best practice l ever witnessed right in
our armory."
Nonsense" said his friend, ''if you
want to catch on to real tall shooting,
just toddle out West. There are lots of
men out there who could whip the Eng
lish and American teams put togeth-
er''
'.But not at long distant shooting"
said the guardsman.
Long or short distance" said the
friend. "Why, I've seen some of those
scouts out there cut twig in two at
five hundred feet, and with rickety
old rifle at that
That's nothing" said the guards
man. 1--WE have men in our regiment
who can split hair on the edge of
knife at hundred feet You can't get
ahead of our shooting"
''Oh, that is simply child's play to
those fellows out West, said his friend.
''They drive pins into planks at two
hundred feet almost before they can
hold the rifle"
''We have q man in our company"
said the guardsman, ''who can put
ball through hole exactly its diameter
without grazing the edges, and one hun
dred feet with open sights. How is that
for lively shooting?'
''That will do very fairly, said the
friend, ''but out in Colorado they think
nothing of little flyer like that. Why,
some of those fellows will stand with
their backs to the mark, shoot over
their shoulders, and drive a ball upon
the point of q cambria needle at three
hundred feet.''
THAT reminds me of little shooting
done by member of our company q
few days ago." said the guardsman.
"a new rifle had been sent up to the
armory, and Jones made up his mind
to give it severe trial. He is the crack
shot of our company. Well, what do
you suppose he took for mark?'
Give it up said his friend.
"Well, he just set up peach at the
end of the long range said the guards
man.
''Oh, anyone could hit peach"
"Oh, that was easy enough, but he
proposed to shave the fuzz off one side
of the fruit Without
"Stop."
"Well?''
"The West is worsted."
! 81 thought / could outlie him"
unused the guardsman as he started for
his armory-BroobLyn Eagle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
He Promised

81 don't like to beg" said man en-
tering the Office of the most peculiar
lawyer in Arkansaw, '.but [ am actual
ly in need" The lawyer did not look
up. al am a painter by trade" The
lawyer arose and closed the door,
''Painter. did you say?'
:'Yes, sir, am regarded as one of the
finest sign painters in the country"
81 am glad to meet you. For years |
have been trying to get hold of one of
you fellows. and now my long cherished
desire is realized. A sign painter. You
are the buck that puts a period between
mans christian and surnames."
''No, [ don't do that. l know how to
punctuate.'
''Yes and when you paint Smiths
dry goods store, in forming the posses
sive you make a little half size and
put two dots under it,
mo, I'll swear I don't"
'Yes, you do. And when you paint
sign you always leave your name in
larger letters than the name You are
employed to paint" and the lawyer
reached behind q desk and took out a
club.
Il hope to drop dead if I do" plead
ed the painter. backing toward the
door.
Eyes and you always put oysters in
the possessive case. l saw you once
when you painted Oysters Parlor. Now
sir, I've got you," and the lawyer seized
the unfortunate artist.
For Gods sake let me 60, I'll never
do it again"
Won't put oysters in the possessive
case?"
''No, hope to die if I do"
won't put dwarfed S with two dots
under it?''
''No, swear I won't.''
''Well, you may go this time, but
look out sir look sharp. ."--ArkansaaO
IrdUeller.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
Some of the Surprising Things Learned
nv CORRESPONDENTS Abroad.

Americans abroad wear white cravats
in the morning SO that they may be re-
garded as clergymen.
In Venice it was a great satisfaction
to find out the exact tint of genuine
Titan red hair. 1t is a sort of illumin-
ated molasses candy color.
At Ostend, with health, and ability
to spend five dollars day, a man may
live as luxuriously as any prince in
Europe, and much more happily.
These American travellers are always
smoking, and it is wonderful how pa
tientlv the ladies bear it; some of the
ladies adapt themselves to it by smok-
ing themselves.
A correspondent in Paris observed
the streets placarded with Lecoq's
opera lie Jour ct la Mutt and lie
wonders why should day be masculine
and night feminine.
Prisoners led over the bridge could
see the light on the water, then they
would think that they would never be
free again and then they naturally
sighed Then they called it the Bridge
of Sighs.
The American tourist in the Old
World misses the delicacies of his ma
tive land-terrapins, canvas-backs, soft
shell crabs, or even dainty hard shells;
and if he finds turtle it is too expensive,
while oysters are both poor and expen-
SiVe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
AsKean Rannrt-

A French journalist recently wrote a
rather unfavorable criticism of the per-
torrance of an actress. The latter felt
deeply wounded, and longed for a
chance to get squares with him. One
evening at the Varieties, where she was
in company with fast and stupid
youngsgentleman of the aristocracy.she
spied the journalist in question. She
had package for him which she re-
quested her friend to deliver in person.
The dandy arose, and taking the pack
age from the lady's hand walked over
to the newspaper man and presented it
to him, saying, Mile. Daverger, who
admires your talent as a journalist, has
requested me to present you with this
as souvenir from her." The critic
took the package and quietly opened it
before the curious eyes of about twenty
persons who had heard the dandy's lit
tie speech. 1t contaiend about dozen
goose-quills. Smiles and surprised
laughter were in order; but the scribe
was equal to the occasion. "Ah, my
dear SIR" said he to the dandy, ''please
give my best thanks to the lady for these
pretty feathers. | was aware of the fact
that She plucked her admirers, but l
really didn't think that she did so on
nv account"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30

The person who has pair of chick
ems > carve has not the easiest Job ev-
er was. If any of those he must serve
commit the. gross breach of etiquette by
replying, in answer to the usual ques-
ton, that they do not care what parts
they have, that they have ''no choice"
is sure to send exactly the portion most
disliked. 1t is long standing and prop
er rule that persons at table should tell
the carver when asked what portion of
meat he is carving they desire. Those
who fail in this respect do so ignorantly
and under the impression that they are
making matters smooth for the carver,
when on the contrary they are confus-
ing him. But it is with chickens that
the fun of the poor carver is at its hight.
Everybody wants breast, and the mod
ern chicken is put up with the very
slimmest allowance of that. Let there
be reform here. 1t is we'll under
stood that it is perfectly allowable for
the carver to retain the tidbits of what
he carves for himself by way of reward
for his hard work. For instance, the
kidney of the lamb belongs to him.
There is another reason why this is so,
or should be so. The carver cannot al
lot to those he helps the few choice
morsels without showing an undue par
tiality. But the rights of the carver are
not often vouchsafed him. In his de-
spair he helps so bountifully that there
is little left for himself. When it is
practicable all carving should be done at
a side table by n servant-PrOgresS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
Don't Bite That Way.

AS the old man came crutching along
yesterday morning he was hailed by a
group in front of a Woodward avenue
grocery, and when he had halted one of
them said:
''Uncle Billy, they say you were one
of the pioneers of Michigan
Eyes, sir came to this State over
sixty years ago"
And you must have seen wild
times?''
"Wild enough, tell you. Nothing
but wildness here then"
''It is said that you killed thirteen In
dians during your first five years in the
Territory"
"Well, it was about that number, but
l don't care to brag over the fact.
Might have been dozen more or a few
less, but l guess thirteen is good
enough figure"
And you were once chased by
wolves?"
81 was. A pack of thirty or forty of
the varmints chased me over a mile,
and | came near being meat for them"
"Were you bitten?''
"Bless you, yes! 1 was bitten seven
times on the right leg and five on the
left.'
That's what I've been told, and I've
been wanting to see you for week or
two. | want to see how the scar of q
VOLTS bite looks, and if you will show
me one of the bites on either of your
legs will buy you $50 plug hat.'
The old man turned red in the face
and swallowed lump of something,
and then raising his crutch on high he
waved it around and shouted out:
go on with you, you gang of noodle
heads! Do you suppose that 1 stopped
and sat down on log and gave them
wolves a chance to make scars which
would hang on for tifty-6ve years?
Take your plug hats to Halifax, and
don't you dare to stop me on the street
nr'-Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30

The man has cut away the frog be-
cause he thinks that the animal will be
injured if the frog touches the gro md.
He has then cut deep groove at the
base of the frog. This is to give 'well
opened heel" as he is pleased to call it.
He has scooped away the sole to ''give
it spring" He has scored deep notch
in the toe for the purpose of receiving
the ''clip'' of the shoe. This is evident
ly q conservative relic of the time when
nails were not used, and the shoe at
tached by three pointed clips hammered
over the edge, one in front and one on
either side. Then he has improved the
whole of the outer surface of the hoof
AS the Creator has furnished this part
of the hoof with thin, hard, polished
plate forming sort of varnish which is
impervious to wet, the farrier, as a mat
ter of course, rasps it all away up to the
crown. And rs the Creator has placed
round the crown fringe of hair which
acts as thatch to the line of junction
and throws off the rain upon the water
proof varnish he cuts this away with his
scissors. Lastly, the Creator having
given to the horny hoof a mottling Of
soft, and partially translucent, brown,
gray-blue, yellow, black, and white,
never exactly the same in two hoofs,
much less in two horses, the farrier
takes blacking-pot and brush. polishes
up the hoofs until they look like patent
leather boots, all four exactly alike, and
then contemplates his work with salts
faction. In his own words, he has turn
out finished job of it. Goods Words.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30
Sir Garnet Wolseley in America.

When Gen.-then Lieut. Col.-Si
Garnet Wolseley visited the United
States during the rebellion, just twenty
years ago, he impressed a correspond
ent who met him in Richmond, Va, as
a robust young man of % or so, five
feet nine inches high, with a well pro-
portioned frame. and look of ruddy
health, a quick, alert step, clear, open,
handsome face, quiet, easy manners,
and peculiarly incisive, clear-cut style
Of conversation. Everything about him
indicated energy, alertness. decision
and force Of character.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-30

A New York clergyman, while in
Boston, visited a colored church. ''How
are you prospering?' he asked the SEX
ton. things amt SO good as dey was.
b>ss," was the reply. 1--WE got a new
minister. an he amt so good as de old
One." whats the matter with him?"
''Well, boss, he's kind of illiterate-
comes from New York, you know"