The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-11
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SUGAR cane cultivation has been developed
largely In northern umh recently, because lhe
syrups which have been brought ON inc cast
are often Inferior 10 the home product ,,
Last week 2 800 salmon eggs were shlppeu
from the McClOud, California, hshery 10 pHrues
In the east
Canada, after the first Of July, is to remove
postage on newspapers In that dominion una
the United States might 90 worse IMAM W a"oP'
IL custom of like nature.
In England ncctinc' Is II new herb SUBSTITUTE
for tea and coffee lust introduced. IL n Il INK,
ture Of aromatic herb. and spices, ma iiiinSvu
yields u beverage which, drunk WIN ihilN' 10
declared pain,nble
Good crops of strawberries can be grown on
the same land for several years In succession II
well manfred and cultivated, but experienced
cultivators say that les labor is required ana
better result ARE Obtained by preparing itesh
piece of land setting new plants, and cullval
ing them the c tire summer, than by producing
them from an old bed. ,
One planter near YnLoo. Mississippi says the
overflow, from The deposit OF lerullIlhg seui-
ment on his land, has been worm - an acre 70
him. The old darkey was right VINO shid me
Lord was manuring the land for thoso VINO
wouldn't do II for themse yes.
Travellers In the country about North Cape,
Norway. are apt 10 be amazed ~ See the natives
eking out the scanty fodder for their cat'le by
giving their cows ratiOns OF dried hsh. Accord
Ing to Captain Atwo d OF provncetIwn, Massa-
ohusetts, The Cape Cod cows used +, do better-or
worse--and feed heartily upon raw fish.
Coke.mat INK Is large industry III western
Pennsylvania. The soft, bitumlnous coal used
IL In the "Pttsburgh BASIN" southeast OF the
city OF that name, and IL found In vein from
eight 70 eleven feet thick. ut various depths up
" 800 feet and is from TO Ia miles Wide ana AZ
long. There 5000 ovens In operation, aud The
product last year was 276o.nG tons.
A wonderful discovery of native copper and
silver, II miles southwest OF Laramie city, has
Just boon made Tho vein runs directly ACROSS
the Old overland stage road. The ore runs from
o. To 100 per cent copper, with gold aud silver
In paying quantities. Parties are rushing 10 the
new discovery from all directions
The quality OF the milk is considerably inilu.
enced by the richness ~ the diet. diet of
watery grass will probably yield moderate
quantity oi poor milk; the addition Of oil'c'ko
will Increase both the yield and also 1t. rich
ness The alteration In the composition Of milk
by poor or liberal feeding l. Chiciy All alIcra
ton In the per centagc OF solid matter
Near Cloyerdale California, the Italian. Swiss
agricultural colony has ,30a 3 acres " land
THIS society has been In existence title moro
than year and It's report, which has Just neen
issued presents favorable account of the
work. The purpose " the organization " co.
operative farming. The capital IL made up of
100 shares, each share being valued NJ A ] hs
prohts OF the year were s3U0 being over IL per
cent OF the amount invested
The city of Bsltlm re has contracted for 10
Brush electric lights every night for five years
tract covers all ME long streets, though but =
small territory In bulk This will make BALI.
more the best lighted city In tho Union, and al.
most convert night into day.
Tho greatest single manufacturing interest In
New York, says the American rrolcCllonlsL IL
that OF clothing, There are $50 clothing facto.
ries, producing neatly 80 OO1 10 worth " goods
per year, Next IN number Of establishments
comes the cigar industry, with 75l factories And
an annual production u $50 ,0CC. There are
90 printing and publishing houses which M.
nually issue SlOOl0O worth VI literature. The
furniture manufacturers turn out yearly over
tl0OOO,O 900 worth Of goods
There are many small fur.bearing animals In
Siskiyou county, California, some NJ which are
quite valuable, especially the silver gray aud
other foxes, and martcn, the fur of the latter he.
lng equal 10 the Russian sable. Silver gray fox
furs are not MS valuable rs formerly. but btiug
very good prices Mink skins are worth but
very little now, but beaver, otter fisher and
other small animals hTs still bring about the
usual prices
The Interstate, OF Tcxatkana, says; We re.
ccived postal from MIR NJ. II. ChOatc, yesterday,
In which he speaks highly Of the crop
prospects between hctc and Paris, that
corn is knee'hlgh, He says Mr.. Bob Wood.
ward, living ten miles north NJ New
Boston, has 50 acres of. wheat from which hu
Will make 100 bushels he Is harvesting every
dag: Mr. Chonte repOtls that hcis getting along
nsely with his cattle, not having lost u single
head on the drive.
A writer In the Santa Rosa Republican saws
that kcl cy creek on the road io clear Lake, lis
hlled with black fish, chapaul, trout, perch, etc,
about foot In length They are running up-
stream. and the water 'oocd' with them going
over the RIFLES. hey are numbered by thou
kNnus-it would hardly be eNaggcratiun To say
millions looking back AFTER crossing we saw
!he white bellies of perhaps two dozen fish
turned up as their bodies noatcd away. KILLED
ny the horses and the wheels of the stage A
iittlo boy stood In the edge Of the creek and
Kicked enough out on the bank, directly, to az