The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-06

writes: "a well known iron man expressed tht
general sentiment of the manufacturers to-day
When he said: i have spoken TO nearly all o
the iron merchants ana none OF them have any
orders on their books. We had orders fol
supplying IA lrOads, hut about fOui
weeks before the mills shut down
they were cOuntcImanded. II is true We
have no stock on hand, and we have no orders
whatever. We don't want to start mp now. All
we want Is this question settled. When this
will be accomplished cannot say, but ifyou
come when cold weather sets in you may find Va
where you see us now, sitting in our office wait
ing for orders to start our mill ~"
ltisa curious thing that the introduction Of the
hop into England Ia relatively recent date 1t
was not until the reign OF Henry VIII. that IL
was brought from Flanders and for long time
there was violent opposition in It's introduction
and use in making English beer, 1t was suppOs-
cd that it would iujure lho taste of the beverage,
aud the brewers even went so far as to pctitun,thc
kind ana parliament TO forbid the making of
beer ont OF THE wicked weeu, that would spoil
the taste Of the drink and cndanger the people"
However beer drinkers themselves settled the
question In favor Of the wicked weed, and
beer without hops would not be very popular
at the present day. The hop plant can
be utilized for other things besides the making
ul beer While II is growing III summer the
young stems, or blues, are regularly cut, To- pre-.
vent The plant being weighed down by toOVleat
luxuriance of iOlMge,and these are dried for
feeding cattle, and make most excellent ana
hucVultut luuuCE lhcn, Wlicu me ripC cones
are cut IN at harvest time the stalks are used
for litter or muuure, aud in some countries the
old stems are manufactured into arse kind
of cloth 50 that even temperance lecturer
could find some good Ia this wicked weed
An exchange says: The French arc said to
consume per head -four times the American
eight times aud the German twelve times as
much coffee rs the English. There was OF one
time firm belief among the Engishmen that
such thing rs good cup of coffee was not TO
be had In any pant of the lobe except Paris.
And this belief Is rcligiOusly cherished BY many
10 the present day. But OF luie years there were
some more substantial grounds TO account for
the unpopularity Of coffee The analysts had
set to work, aud their revelations were not
calculated 10 remove the national preiu-
dice. 1t was found that coffee so.culled,
was most composite beverage, combining
malt acorns, cabbage stalks, and dandcllOn
ne BRUSH government was appealed to for re-
dress, aud although 1t seems ~ have previously
connived at il not positively assisted the NAL
practices OF the t'ade, 1t prohibited the sale even
OF chic0ry mixed with coffee. But in 1853 we
ind the government allowing of this mixture
being sold, provided It were so labeled Ten
years later n treasury order was issued remoy.
ing the former restriction, aud SO allowing any
mixture of any ingredients to be sold rs coffee
In the February of this year 81 purchases were
made of samples of coffee In London shops
OF these samples only two proved on ANALYSIS TO
genuine coffee ana the average of the remain.
ing N samples showed that what the British
public buys AS coffee is iaade up of beans, malt.
roasted grain, dried carrots ncorns, saw dust
and cabbage. stalks