The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-31
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ONE swan will eat II gallon of fish spawn In
Prairie dogs will dig 200 feet for water.
Fish cannot live on grounds covered WIN
sawdust as 1t will get into their gills and Kill
them.
A number of wild turkeys have been placed
on the premises of the duke of Argyle at lnyer.
sary, Scotland
Colonel Pratt of the Palatka, FLORIDA. Herald,
says that alligator oil beats lard all hollow,
md that alligator steaks beat the frogs of
Paris.
During the present season 1886 boxes, con.
tanning 20, 1855 $40 oranges have been shipped
from Jacksonville. Florida
Wild ducks arc so numerous In the vicinity Of
sielson Station, Cal, that they are voted IN UNI
mitigated nuisance
There are over n million acres of land In Full.
ton county, Georgia, the county IN which Allan.
Ia Is situated valued at only eight ccins nm acre.
white catfish about nine inches long was
recently captured In n lake near FRANKLIN, Call
f0rnla, by Richard Billy
Al least 100 persons are said to be addicted to
Oplum-smOking In Salt Lake City
= Gus Williams has placed In his ponds, near
Charleston, the first shipment of German cap
made by the fish commissioner to Arizona.
The cost of barb.wire fences built In the Uni.
ted States In 1881 Is estimated at $40, 000. 600
The number of fish caught and received in
Pensacola last week were % $50.
The New York Ducking Club has paid nearly
$1,000 for several thousand acres of Maumcc
Bay swamp, In Ohio.
The United States Of America contains g. co.,
sN square miles or 30 CAS- 7d0 acres, of lands
suitable for the various av0cations of an indus
uous and progressive people.
The Judsonia Advance, 18th, says: They have
commenced putting up the building for the new
canning factory. 1t will be located on the river
bank, near the ferry landing.
Engineers estimate the cost of the proposed
Nicaragua inter.oceanic canal at So, 600 600 The
distance from ocean 10 ocean by the proposed
route IL ia miles.
A greater number Of woodcock have COM
menced nesting In Connecticut and New Jersey
than for many years past, and tho outlook for
capital sport Is very promising,
Larcdospecial OF the 2}d instant says. One
hundred thousand pounds of heavy machinery
has arrived here from Now York on the Inter
national railroad for Monterey II will 10
shipped on the Mexican National road for that
place.
The entire Gross Tete sugar district of Louisiana
IL about TO be submerged by the giving away of
hogs win be lost.
One day last week drove of fifty deer passed
through Natehez pursued by men, women and
children. Thousands Of these beautiful and
mails have crossed from tho Louisiana side
Mr. Purdey, the London gunmaker, Is said TO
own fishing rod worth $4,000 II Isl whipped
cano rod the winch Of which is of solid eighteen.
karat gold, and the butt end shoppers are tipped
with topaz and garnet,
For u space OF less than 100 miles In the river
Tweed there are not fewer than $40 salmon. casts,
The rent Of them has Of lato been about s65, OoO
annually, but this year II will fall considerably
below that sum Its rent has, at times, boon as
low us SIS, 100 year and as high rs 10000
There are 250.,G0 miles of barbcd wire fence
In existence, of which 60,90O miles were
erected IN 1851, The, largest en-.
the famous Maxwell grant IN New Mexico, on
which over two hundred miles of wiro fence are
In use, and seven hundred thousand acres arc
held In one inclosurc
ho Mas 10 Af lal ttal,,
show that the storc.keepers profit on dry goods,
boots and shoes, and many of tho standard
groceries, rarely exceed when the wholesale
and retail profits are added together, Is per
cent On the other hand, on teas, Spices and In
some instances on fresh meats and provisions
the gains run over % per cent
In the city of san Francisco there are $500
cigar makers, 7Slo clothing makers and $500
shoe operatives, all Chinese while of white
cigar makers there are i79, white cloth
ing makers, 1000, and white shoe operatives
100,
e The southern States are well represented in
St Louis vegetable and fruit markets atpresenL
Strawberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage,
new potatoes, etc, are coming daily, In limited
quantities, and selling Mt fancy prices, Straw
berries are coming from Mississippi daily,
and hnd ready sale at about s. so per gallon
"We have no travelling agents out for the rca.
son that We don't believe In them, and still we
sell goods in Mexico, and Oregon, How do
YOU manage to secure. such tar.oll trader In.
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business. tell you that 81, 900 spent In adver.
Using will bring In moro orders Than u si,OaO a
year agent would. l know what I'm talking
about and think the sooner business mon he.
gin 10 realize this nct the sooner they will profit
by h-llouisvillo Commercial interview with n
prominent leather house.
The Philadelphia Mining Journal says; soda,
which Is now imported at cost Of from 81 to
SIS, can be taken from the soda lakes OF Wyom.
ing and placed In the eastern markets at cost
not exceeding SIS per ton. Tho Wyoming soda
IN chemically purcr than tho imported, aud the
method and rate q supply Indicate practical
70 secure early access to these deposits. and
when these are perfected our import totals will
permanently lose an annual item OF from 50, o. :
900 to C,ooooo1' In kavada erys,slitcd
pond, except In tho case OF soda no one
knows how far Il Ia to the bottom Of tho pond.
Out near Ragtown thcre Is an incxhaustiblc sup.
ply Of pure soda extending down TO nm unknown
depth On the surface Of the ground are two OF
three feet Of sand, but below this lies the soda
looking like q solid mass OF Ice. II was this
soda that gave rise In the early days--whcn the
emigrants wore crossing thS ra ,nnr. ,hs
be found, under fow Inches OF sand, q solid
mas Office. The soda as dug up irom the plair
In aheetx from two ~ three Inches In thickness,
really does lock more Ike Ice hap does an,
Nh N. Frcwes Of New York. gave World re
porter some Information about tho innncns,
cave deposits Of bat guano In uvalde county
the recent railroad extensions. There are sew.
eral caves Inhabited by myriads OF bats OF differ
ont species. The entrance OF tho smaller OF the
two large caves Il about my feet In height and
Tko bats begin coming out OF this entrance every
snernoon About $40, and pour forth like thick
4. black cloud until after 10 o'clock AZ night
Thoy 70 10 some vast marshes, whore they OBJ
ins. xnSlyris made BY Dn uablrrhAw, Of this
clly. and also by Messrs Techcmacher and
/. 6mIth. allow that The depQslts contain over Il
q s.RcnA Sssdss bone RsS.g pns's
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