The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-25


him o., COZ Oao The names OF the purchasers ar,
| judiciously withheld,
AcornS fiom America are In demand In Eu-
rope, for the propagation OF oak forests A
/ sp clal agent for the forestry department re
Gently shipped 300 bushels az red-oak acorn,
aud 40 bushels OF pig'nuts 10 England aud Ger
many, whore they are 20 be planted next spring.
During the year 1852 the Butte district pro
ducei more copper than Utah. Arizona and New
Mexic '.anl the states ~ Colorado and Nebraska
comhinod, and, the product this wear In this dis
triet VIII be Increased "a, least 30 per cent over
IN = OF last year,
The fear Of nm egg famine has brought out
tho fact that we as nation, with an abiding
trust In the Integrity OF the hon and the dealer.
pay $3.50 0o0 annually for that sort OF fruit
In isSi thole were examined In the municipal
laboratory, Paris. aC0l samples Of wine, OF
I which 25l were found TO be good ggl passabe,
and .7jl bad. In the nrst Ave months Of 1882.
l,Sie samples were nnaly zcd, OF which J72 were
good, as passable and Sli bad, rs of the latter
being very iuj ifoua
Already In London there are COZ miles OF
vile uudergr 'ui a Within four miles OF the post.
Office, The telegraph wlles between Marsclllos
anu PatIs are being put underground at n cost
OF sS,0c0,0c0 The lines mentioned are claimed
world
A farmer In Madison county, Virginia, who
has gone Into the peanut business last spilg
planted ono.fourih OF ar acre, from which A.
aug eighty seven bushels, and after fatici
twenty hogs had twenty bushels left Thesc D.
sen, To mill and had gr0uad aud bolted, apu
says that the meal makes the most dciicluus
batter.cakcs he ever ale.
carload OF buffalo meat weighing ~ Oli
pound en- route IN Omaha, passed thrm n
Laramie tho other day 1t consisted OF haiIs,
launches and tongues, the choicest cuts OF
the game, and was shipped from Montana The
meat was fresh, frozen aud In prime condition.
vein of natural gas has been struck drll.
Ing 1T lllPs station. about twenty miles from
flihbrra, Ponnsylvania, where glass. works are
IN course of erection between s2O00,tO1 aud
$500 600 Will be invested In the plant, and the
parties interested are delighted alnce the gas
VIII render Thorn independent for fuel for melt.
Ing aud annenling purposes
Tho recent British parliamentary return re.
ports that the depreciation IN tho value OF the
crops an Ireland for the year 1852, In consequence
OF tho unfavonblc harvest aggregated Go lis,
lb1 MS compared with the favorable year Of 1851,
ana t2b5lG6i, compared with the average of
the proceeding ten years The bulk Of the loss
was on the potato crop which was e. 3l7 GS7 MS
compared with the year OF 1881, aud fl,27L i9l,
years.
II is reported that the manufacture of milk
sugar has boon begun by uowly.invented pro-
cesses nj nm Ohio cheese factory. Hitherto the
yloO. OJO worth of mllk-sugar used in this country
IN compromising medicines has been imported
from Europe. mainly Switzerland Germany and
France. his TO he hoped that tho new Industry
WIN prove successful aud applicable at lcas, TO
MI our cheese factories At present the element
OF milk N IN large measure wasted
me ohclal returns OF the consumption of to-
hacco IN France during tho last year show that
" amounted in money value To SCR 800 600 francs
Tue great bulk of this sum was represented by
ordinary smoking tobacco for which the gov
eihnlent whlch has monopoly Of the whole to-
hacco trade, received lGO,OO00Oo francs, After
this comes snnIiwhlch is represented by 023 zoo,
100 frames, then cigars, which show "a total of
900 franca, while 10 00O, t0l francs were OK
pended In cigarettes, and 100000 francs In
tobacco Tor chewing
philadelphia derives revenue from the tele
graph, telephone aud electric light companies
ior tho use OF overhead and underground wires
Each company, says tho Sanitary Engineer, makon
return annually OF the number vi poles, etc a.,
and payment OF 80 u year for each mile OF wire
uscu Tor telegraph or telephone purposes ana OF
eib per mile OF wire used for electric lighting IL
OF wire In the city.
Discussing the uroTo fot black walnu. nlrnl.
lure and tho consequent high price of black
walnut lumber tho New Orleans LumhoImau
shys, Fashions come and 20, nnd In most 70.
~ Gus. they nrO @ unreliable as the wind
blnck walnut was first used MS n uhoap substl.
! lule Tor mahogany. II soon became it, success.
nj rival II does not follow. however that II
WIN T. main no. Indeed II In very likely Thai
mahogany may soon occupy the place II long
l nled, and That II VIII not soon be displaced II
vs. also likely lhut woods OF light color viii bo-
come fashionable 10 the partial aud complete
| exclusion OF tbosO that IRE dark. Thcy chad
lheir day and, perhaps may have ii again
us likely that 0t no very distant period, Kim
provoments In 'stulllue' porous woods mhy.rc.
suit III mnsing much material valuable that /,
now Regarded ns eu, ltOly useless In tho arts