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BREMEN LINE.
North German IlOvdl
Over Baltimore.

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for where Gplcsninaer befss tHsr tiifrtp
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Bremen LINEN.
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cunser til Sem BORT . $50. 90
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Decorah-posten., 1882-05-31

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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19
oRA1y AND nRnADsrUTTs.

In Chicago wheat had a downward ten.
d.nrv. Februarys opening ut l-i., and
cIf-iur az 2~l. thrce-quhriefs Oi a cent
uuder Yesterday. Corn also was weak.
1pafiing nd ~ and falling down % Gl., hall
cent decline since the day before.
Tie Mark Lame Express, DO iis review oi
lie week SAYS. Young Whcnfs are looking
streadiuglv well. ln most provincial
markets sound. dry samples &C grain Oh
vlusei j.. Uer quarter, and in some ll-
stances p. Damp sorts are difficult Oh sell
psfs are uuehnneed. Foreign u1eadstuiis
f.Iozad easier. Tee general pOgifi0n b. UNI
doubtodiy favorable to buyer. The Lon
don market the latter part ~ TIE week Wa-
rather more liDerally slWte1 with hgur.
OF % 40 sacks and ~ hafrl ~ h9nl : ri
dav fve-sirths wercf E-sIr fiie I ulied states
Trrde was quiet and steady. Maize main
trius its frmuess on account 81 scarcity on
s-.4f Zine foreign harlevs are higher and
orinfiur s1rfs unchanged. Oats on Friday
o.. IN cheaper. There were ten fresh
Wheat rrrr1es of c1asf. besides SIX ca-r1es
remaining from the previous week Nlne
srIes are reported. and I've c1rroes with
d-~v-n sales nf English wheat during The
veat. sfH11 quarters 81 49, 81 pr guar
frr errin-f POI quarters 81 = a. 90 T'er
quarter during the ourres llonding EeeE lasi
ii Wisconsin the seas1n NJ o. this
tir-e brs f.ean favorable 81 winter wheat.
= Io-re acreage 81 which has been s1rrr pr
-. .rrffrn. The eEcessiFe vet N---tlief
la r-0rel r-eafiy bsuefcial % ne crop
- --.-h fr-r-rfIe uarfhar or nnrr SAT
,-5siF rri-iIf L. effected Ard from d. 90
49, Minneapolis has -eoelrel -aln -
fr-isls uife1f ttis year lnl rrlrili -l-
80 o. fralsis rf d irf1 -tflHn irrr =
sI---r rats -fIfrrrHeIr- irrf- rraf f-r o..
= - -. .,-.is--. - = --.I- ~ ia
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

not fortunately secured and used the fom
odg nov known W. Warmers SAFE kidney
and Liver Cure" .
UAnd ihstnnsed you n manufacture lll'
mo, II caused me ~ investigate i, J
vent 10 the principal cities WIN
Dr. Craig, the dlscoyefcr, and saw the
physiclnns prescribing and using " aud
snw that Dr Craig was unable with his bl.
ciitcs, ~ supply the medicine 10 tlous.
nnds who wantcd H. ! therefore deter
mined, M duty owed humanity and the
suffering 10 bring u within their reach and
now IL Is known In every part OF America
Is sold In every drug store and has become
household necessity"
The reporter left Mr. Warner much i'm
pressed with the carncstncss and sincerity
of his statements, and next paid visit to
Dr. s. A. baltimore nj his residence on
Prince street. Dr. baltimore, although
busily engaged uron some matters connect
ed with the State Board of Health, OF which
he is one of the analysts, COurteously an,
swered the questions that were propounded
! him.
"Did you make q chemical analysis of the
case Of Mr.. II. II. Warner some three years
ago. Doctor
Yes, sir
"What did the analysis show you?"
"The presence of Hlbumen and tube casts
in great abundance.
"And what did the symptoms indicated"
"a serious disease OF the Kidneys"
"Did YOU think Mr. Warner could re-
cover?"
mo, sir, did not think it possible 1t
was seldom, indeed that 50 pronounced q
case had, up to that time, ever been cured. F"
"Doy you know anything about the remedy
which cured him?" q,
"Yes | have chemically analysed it and
upon critical examination, find it entirely
free from any poisonous or deleterious
substances"
We publish the foregoing statements in
view ofthe commotion which the publicity
of DR.. Henon's article has caused and to
meet the protestations which have been
made. The standing of Dl. Henion, Mr..
Warner and DR.. baltimore in the commu-
nifty is beyond question and the statements
they make cannot for amoment be doubt
ed They concusively show that Bright's
disease of the kitlneysis one of the most
deceptive and dangerous OF all diseases,
that it is exceedingly common, alarmingly
increasing and that it can be cured.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19
COTTON

Tur Houston Post SAYS: Probably the
largest salc-in mercantile phrascology-oi
"a single table Of cotton ever made IN the
United States was effected yesterday bN
Wri. ID. Cleveland viz. j,l2j bales. amount
in,.to s1DOJO. This cotton came 90 him
I'M The REGULAR course Of business ~ THE
MAST te,, or twelve days. OF winch portion
was held during the closing holidays to tide
over a dull market in the interests 81 his
friends. Notwithstanding the reported
sbort crau. Mr.. Clcyeland's receipts, thus
ar have exceeded the same time last wear,
when thc seasons rcceiuts reached 'luN
bales. Tile largest single salgmade hy him
last year wls 500 bales. Inc iiu.lA,'
rur.lasrr Of the 5.i2j bales was Mayor a.
Futtklv. a heavy buyer on both h1ue and
foreign accounts.
Tur latest mail advices from Bombay .n-
7fc4te that the India crop a. "a whole VIII
be- LARGER than last year. In some districts
the c-up Is a little earlier than Usual ana
from al reports sltislnctory, ana win eNel
.-lfr4rfIv favorable weather there a. every
f-1sf,ect n a fine yield 81 good quality al
r1un1. The exports from III India o. Eu-
r.r,e in Isl down % December >, were
I 10 go hafna rrnin-f Z1ilHu bales m
- and "a UlJ in 1s-g. There viii Vruha-
lie be a suuuiv from India this year Of
I ..75 90 haies. which VIII be an increase o.
nearly I've per cent. ,---,.--
n has been reported that the Lgypiian
r-1p would not Be as large a. lasi year
when the shipments from AleEln1ria i1r
a.. year ending September J. ISL. were
~ - hale. r-nin-f ga. 80 tie preceding
,-e-- huf since September J. ISL. The snip
rrerlfz INTO December = were lfal4ll talesi
--rirsf Isl - bales during tire correspond
ne time in lssI. % that wnltertf may nt
nc final outcurue ~ the EgyTtian crop TIE
srirlr from thar source nns jus ~ petn
thirteen rier GERS. more tnln ISL -I-
srrrrrrrs ~ Tire Firsrcie- tr-ruri,le Z
. .4s-i.-5r- fflr receipts I'm irterinr rl1rEeis
- --est arnorrtei % 6i.i-l ueles. neaii'si
- - f.-Iss u the ueek erilinE lit-efni't-
:. ~. 80 hsles ID fhe wllk eil-l-i- 49,
fer - and Isl Is balss b ths va enos1
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

lGtNt -.................. !, II ,F4i ,huu
The American figures include some TO-
600 oycrseers, clerks, mechanics, watchmen,
etc. Dcducting these, to place the csti-
mates on an equality with those Of Europe,
the Department finds that the English
operative runs about 50 spindles, the Amer
lean Gll, the French n, the German -, the
Russian 10. Thus far it would seem that
the English operative is more efficient than
the American. This, however, is not true,
as the following important facts will show ::
Every American spindle consumes annu-
ally GG pounds of raw cotton, while every
British spindle consumes only - pounds.
Every American operative, therefore, works
up about rs much raw material rs two E~it-
ish operatives, turns out Sl.JO worth OF
goods to tire British operatives 81 worth;
and even in piece goods, where the superior
quality and weight of the American goods
are so marked, the American operative
turns out . yards to the British operative ;
p, Moreover, the average price of British
and American cOttOns exported during the
wear 1880 as given in the customs Valua-
lions OF England ana the tnued states, was
as follows: PCicc goods, plain-Brtish, 5.52
cents''pcry American SIS cents. Prints
British, 7.GS cents; American .S3 cents. This
establishes the greater efficiency oil the
American operative. The difference IN
wages is somewhat against the American
manufacturer in comparison with the Eng
fish. but this is only TO the greater benefit
of the American operative. a comparison
of wages of English and American oper-
atives shows as follows: In Lancashire and
i'm Massachusetts. per week: Spinners-
English. $40 TO $40; American, 500 to
5000. Weavers-English, S3.oi 10
1891; American, Si.s2 to. $50.
Average wages in Massachusetts Of all EN-
ploves: men, $3.50; women, S5.62; male
children, SSH: female children, S3.Us. In
Lancashire: men, s.; women, $40 to S4.3O.
Hours Of labor In Lancashire, % pee week.
i'm Massachusetts,, 60. Thus il Is seen that,
although English labor is somewhat
cheaper than American, the greater ell
cheney Of the American operatives and Their
lonr,.r hours of work cQuaize the whole
question of labor, while the American
operative g. better paid than tine English.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

during inc past StbSbll WV o'lA NiAiii
spawn has been so prolific in the Shrews-
bury river, New Jersey, that the bottom of
the river could hot hold it. The conse.
quence is an immense growth of small
clans, varying from haitian inch to an inch
ins ngth, lying so close to the surface that
they have been washed ashore in immense
quantities, and lie along the beach between
nigh and low water mark in ouch quantities
as To threaten disease; as they rapidly de-
compose. Thousands Of bushels have been
carted of the shore by farmers iertilizing
purposes.
10 have a potato retain all its good quail
ties il should be aug on dry day, ana at
once stored in dark cellar. IL Is mistake
10 suppose that potato is improved, or
will keep better by drying in the open air.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19
Lock Box go DALLAS. TEXAS.
J. A. DUNCAN, Manager.
GEO. W. PH1FER, Secretary.

REFRR TOR. T. Burke, county judge; Alex.
Harwood. county clerk; Robt seay, county at
torney; Ben Jones, sherih-all OF Dallas county
Texas Dr. CrOwdus, mayor OF the city OF Dali
as.and J. G. Arnold, marshal city of Dallas,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

1t is estimated that the number Of yards
of cloth made every year in the primitive
way with hand loomss exceed that Of
machine-made goods. The hand-woven
cottons of China, for example, amount to
over 1000, 0O0,0 900 yards a year.
The latest trustworthy statistics of cot
ton manufactures obtained by the State
Department show that the principal coun-
tries employ over one and half million
operatives as follows:
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

The Western markets are now very bare
Of tobacco, and the stocks at the principal
ports of the world have also decreased al
most 10000 hogsheads in comparison with
last wear. To these items a reduced yield
of last year has to be taken into considera-
ton. and steadily increasing consump.
ton, particularly noticeable in this coun-
try. sales of seed leaf for two years COM
,1rp ag tpllOWs
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19
TILE nA n9a WEEKLY IEmALD TlUnsDAY. 1ANuAhYl0 1882

per rent rftnioflln tie shipments NJ lssI
The total whcH crop n Mihnesotn W.
estimntod M i0W0U0bu n isg drnln
cant fiOi tlnt more Than Onethifd NJ This
entire product was marketed IN Mlnnonp0.
lis. though a. feed the hungry hoppcrs NJ
The MILLS other territory contiguous ~ Min.
ncsotn WIS drawn upon when II had 10 offer
wheat 0i the right quality. Dakota and
Nebraska aud Northern Iowa were invaded,
but the purchases IN these localities were
limited on the last crop, hut have been
larger IN, Dakota than during previous
ycars The home consumption Of whcnt
by the Minneapolis mills Is, according to
the figures as follows:
Bushels
Total wheat received. ..,,.......lG on 09I
Total wheat shipped Observation-Disclosures. Il 500
a=
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19
Protective And DETECTIVE
This Association is formed for the purpose
of rendering
HORSE STEALING
Almost Impossible.
This Association issues a certificate for every
animal branded and registered

Agents IN every county IN Tcvae, and several
agents I'm Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian
Territory. whose special business VIII he to
look after stock registered with this Associa-
ton Address all communications TO
PROTECTIVE AND DETECTIVE ASSOClA-
TION OF TEXAS.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

iierembtf W.. The stocks we're it9.G0 bales
uu tuuuIfy q against iOGhG hdltl ON Jc.
rrmhrr TO- This Ii0wf The lft decrease
since ihr crop hrPtn ~ muye. bat with n
reduction m 5000 hdcH TN interior si0ol
the port receipts Show darrrusr FROM thc
preceding week amounting iuii,lW bales
Tho receipts from plantations last wonk
$40 hmps IN tho week ended
December 20, 2lOWs bnlcs Toe tho
week ended December ". and 2Gj, w bales
I'm the week ended December II. The port
receipts last week were therefore % t.,
0alc- les than In the week ended bD.ym
her r.. and the receipts from plantations
were l2OsJ7 bales less than In that week
The latter comparison shows -hrlnkngC
averaging Mt Initial points Of the movement
1000 bales per week, though the average
decrease Is luttcily rising rapidly. The re-
ccipts ut the ports ia the first three days oi
the current week amount to 1000 bales
against 1859 bales in the corresponding
DAYS last week
/ In Il season in which no impediment in
weather or otherwise has occurred to hinder
the delivery Of the crop, with better
| transportation facilities than ever before
possessed, and in which the crop has been
under unusual money pressure, this
| positive and steady shrinkage must be re-
/ gardcd as significant, and, il sustained, will
speedily give full credit to extreme short
crop estimates.
| Like all drouh-stricken crops, the cotton
crop of 1881 was ripencd early and gathered
! quickly, and under the conditions referred
| TO has been delivered rapidly. Last year
the stormy weather in the South divided
the picking season into two nearly equal
divisions on December 20, utterly stopping
field work for a month in midwinter, the
work in the second period not being fin
ished until April. This year the crop was
gathered by December /.
These differences have produced striking
peculiarities in the two crop movements.
The Financial Chronicle shows thar
up to January /, 3,67l ,l47 bales of
this crop had been marketed, against
3, S55, S62 bales in the corresponding
period of last year, and that 1902, l47 bales
of the crop had come in sight TO that date
against 4,lS0,S62 in the corresponding pc
rod OF last year. The latter statistics are
partially estimates.
The weight of bales in the first four
months Of the current crop averages Az. 81
pounds gross, against 1858 pounds for the
crop last.in the corresponding period
This shortage of Hip pounds per bale,
amounts on the portion of the crop deliv-
cred, as shown in the Chronicles estimate
above, to about 100000 bales
Statistics gathered by the Department of
State, and soon to be distributed, make the
cotton product of the several cottOn-grOwing
countries to exceed three and a halfbillion
pounds a year. OF this amount there is
lurlllsneu by tlle.=-zz-I ---..-- $3.50.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19


Francisco were 3. lG6377 lbs, valued at
81. 100000. The difference between receipts
and pxports arises from the consumption OF
local mills and the wool on hand awaiting
shipment. The stock on hand IS estimated
AT Is 600 600 lbs. The total wool produc-
ton of California from 1871 to loOl, IN
elusive, was sos, ga, l2i lbs.
The increasing use of cold storage for per
isbable food stufis, which are apt TO be
scarce at certain seasons, IS one OF the clar-
orteristics of the time. Last summer when
fresh eggs were plentiful and cheap, gem
tlcman in Chenango county, n. - stored
I'm n mammoth cooler some five thousand
barrels of eggs. Now they sell in tins city
ms "fresb.l aidn eggs, at a large proht.
Portage Lake Mining Gazette: There IS
no doubt but that Lake Superior oilers the
most profitable and extensive field Tor Sc
curing fresh fish in the United states. lhe
Ground has never been properly worked ,but
more attention is being paid 10 this busi-
moss. and. the chances are that in few years
70 will be one of the most important
branches of industry in this region.
Tile brazilian government has made con-
-frufnruts Of coffee 90 Montreal - show the
4 difference other products with the poorer
Qualities which middle-mcu claim as 81 Bra
TIr insncctor of Prince Edward Island
/ fisheries REPORTS falling Of in the catch oi
macEerCl. cod and herring an increase lh
] he lobster cat %. and no results worth IT,
I r1-firg from the salmon fishery. The can
] nina of mackerel has become great indus
] .-v however. DDS gl3 cans having been put
] ,--. llsf year rs arainst $50 The year be-
/ r-a OlIobsters 81 80 So cans were put mp
"a. verr ae agaiust 3.jjl $50 last year.
Ills would be q very satisfactory exhibit
vr-a il i.ut that the mackcrel catch dc
/ creased. and that experts believe the lob-
/ Scr fishery 10 be IN imminent danger oi
destruction.
the number 81 beans in q jar, the prize be-
I inv s25 over cost. The exact count proved
nj e aG ga. The winner guessed Iitll-
/ Tie uert 20 him came ruess OF y, ~ lie
I 0ue-ses ranged al tie way from lf1J 20 o.
Al statement of the cirar-makinc bushes
al CoiIvafer shows that last year LID. y ?
---r-s were made there. There are ~
men employed in the bushes, and the.r
-..,--oiI amounted % sos OIL
ne esffrunfed number Of car loads ~
zone fIr the Central Capital buildlnrl Or
for.rl-.- /. 1000. and of these 80 ear
I'D - into the foundation Ihf Two
s---1-.ii,g n Prof SNOW. Of nj state
r-1iva-sitv. there we're y 30 miles wind
ir Eansrs last month
Trr,ata's new unfsr works VII rnisn
! E0'gg gallons of water every tWeni -i9nf
$50 81 so-fryr and Domestic w3ol ~
I ~ NJ N1--nn aud riIiiadeiphia sii0r
] 1 7a--r-ze III sni0gn pounds cglnra-l
-. f--- --rr- sale Chicago aul lef ~
! Is---s si--rs 81 81. New Orleans i'n,,-nc' ~
~ r+fIs KINGDOM ~ hurteruterf b.
rsrIl-r. r,,I...l1--..fs. 11t1 = ~ = - - a.
! Ne s.aie q Nsssscbuseits b. 30 s8nsrs
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

The figures show that the United States
produce nearly four 1itths of the cotton
crop of the world, and we know that the
yield is steadily and rapidly increasing. Its
chief rival, though long way behind, is as
notably declining. In 1875 the area under
cotton in India was II 100000 acres; in 1878
it was only 100000. The yield to the acre
in this country is nearly four times that in
India.
According to an English authority, Null
hall c'Progress of the World" London:
1880, tie value of cotton manufactures
made by machinery is annually as fol-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-19

"a Oiiirial exam lllllnu ~ lut M.ilNt
the Etafe Treasury d California
show the funds on hand On
De-ernber 81. ISL. 10 be- as f0ll0ws.
cod coin. eef0s1r silver coin. 81 ~. -.
legal tender. sll -ZZ875- warrants. 2i5 90 -
T0tal. sgd ~ 8. ibis b. an excess 0f -
r-rrfs oil the amount shurn hy THE Comp
fro1er-s books ~ b. in THE Treasury.
Tbe surn 81 go g00nl0 De- due tie city a
Vew York in back taxes. and % D. 81 Imfted
@l,rf $40 90 nl0 cannot BE- collected. Tax
r~,Ilerfiu1 seems % lInvI become one 90 the
lo~f arts IN Gotham
\ 10 coinage of the Cars1n Mint last
.crff was ns f1llOEE Lar.es. s-iJn-
-eaeles, 81 - STANDARD silver dnilars,
oua-ferly Interest On The rrtendei
fnfie Februfry ]. j. only f.Yn o.
frrf -. -. ll0 q year ago
v.rr a derrHrsE 1n fhe value 0I lr1-
Trrf0r for the year i-.I over i--lr|
- ard nr increase IN Tie Fa-ne q.
- al a 80 -.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-20

animals, his playmates, and his toys
occupy his attention and awaken his
interest. His mind is fully alive to
every object his eyes behold. Observe,
now, the natural process of learning,
and from this learn the natural method
OF instruction. First the object. then
ITS name, and finally its nature and
uses. The child never deals in alb
stractlons, nor troubles himself about
the unnecessary elements of which
that object is composed. He cares
nothing for the etymology of the name,
nor the sounds which, combined. rive
1t expression. He knows it at SIGHT.
and can speak it without hesitation.
Its utility he now discovers, and values
it only as he can turn it to some prac-
teal account.
Now transfer this child to the school
room, and common sense teaches that
the object and word method Of instruc-
ton must be continued in distinction
from the alphabetic. The word meth
cd begins with the words found in the
book, and the child learns to read cor
rectly and fuently a hundred pages in
" Webb's First Reader" before he is
expected to know the name or sound
of single letter. But something
more is here contemplated than learn
ing words-frst, the pictures and then
the object, if it is at hand, and then
the name, with its meaning and use.
The thing before the sign is the rule
IN teaching by this method, even with
familiar objects. Particles and con-
nectiyes, and other words not represent
ed by objects, should be learned with
this meaning, so as to be recognized at
sight. Words descriptive of color and
actions should be illustrated by exam
pies. When spelling comes to be
taught with reading, and the alphabet
to be learned, it should be by the analy-
sis of the words found in the reading
lesson, instead of the old method of
learning the A B C's and spelling
columns of unmeaning words from the
spelling book. By this method the
child knows the word at sight. AS he
knows the object which it represents,
ne can speak it without hesitation or
drawing; he knows the meaning of
every word in the lesson. and is able
to read as he would talk he avoids the
use and vexation of unmeaning SYM
bols, which serve only to create disgust
and contempt for both books Sand
school. And as the child's education
advances the same method Of instruc-
ton should be carried into all depart
ment of study. Defining and explain
ing should, as far as possible, be done
by the use of objects, and should be
extensively practiced in spelling and
reading and in every other department
of the school.