The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-20
GEO. j. HEATING.
Kansas city, Special Partner.
against SIS as 4os for The same period in 1882

against SIS, d6 i5s for The same period IN lsS
and SIC, 2S7, 53G for that Of 1881.
The future OF The south is more promising an,
| ilaterlng for the increase and building up oil I
| large and prosperous manufacturing lnteres
| than her wsrmest niends could to-day conceive
| II is Il section OF country unsurpassed ior cll
mate, possessing the best advantages Tor pur
| chasing stock that could be desired, Inhabited
| by courteous, generous people, Offering ample
| room and greeting with open hearts. hurely al
vantages 80 numerous aud inviting. must, III The
4 next few years, call the practical manufacturer
| to her rich cotton districts.
! For the further promotion OF the cultivation
, OF the silk-worm, the Federal government OF
Mexic, will establish IN Uruapan, MichOacan, q
sllk-worm nursery under the care OF hrlsbl
Msrcado The sum OF 81 GOO viii be appr0pri'
sted Tor acquiring the land and fitting up the
nursery An annual appropriation Of 81 90 fol
the period of two years viii be made for current
expenses The government st'pulstes Tor the
to al product Of silk and for certain amount OF
sllk.worm eggs for distribution III the uiItreht
states Of the republic,
A party Of Philadelphia recently made aprnc-
teal test OF rat flesh rs an article oil ulet lhelo
dents had been caught aud Gagged while young,
aud fed carefully upon grain aud green food. AT
the meal In qCest they had been carefully PIE.
pared, and were served with an appeuzlns
sauce In company with other viands. he flesh
after cooking, was fOuLd 10 be quite light III
color much more so than either the RABBIT or the
squirrel, and possessing Il delfCacy oil llnVOr en-.
tirely unknown to either of the last mentioned
animals, The experience proved entirely sue
cesstul and diet Of rats, prepared underproper
conditions. was voted to be both practicable ana
economical,
The first spinning frame made In this coun
try, which has been temporarily intrusted to
Brown university for safe keeping Will soon be
sent 10 the patent Office at Washington, sam
ue Slater, the Inventor, introduced 1t into the
Old spinnng-mill NJ Pawtucket about the year
1850. II WAS first started In Il clothieFs shop of
that town, together with two other machines of
some what similar pattern. In year ana half
II Is said that they overstocked the market as
several thousand pounds of yarn had accumll-
lated In that time, despite tho manufacturers
efforts to dispose of II. The machine is still In
excellent order, considering It's great age.
Within two years. more than II hundred mil
lions OF northern capital has been invested in
the southern states and that is now forming u
very lasting chain, specially adapted to binding
together the hearts of men, by binding In one
seemingly diversified interests. Anew south
a manufacturing kingd0m--will be the result,
and what Is grown here will be placed upon
the market as manufactured fabric, and every
profit connected herewith will bo retained
at home. The next five years will show
greater addition to the wealth OF the south than
has any previous twenty, and the best outcome
will be wealth OF harmony. which inevitably
accomp MES union Of interests.
The record OF the year 1882 shows n total of
2Si steamships and largo river steamboats, which
met with disaster. Only few OF these were
lloated and repaired again The aggregate ton
mage was s!0. Cos tons Ofthese the British yes.
sells numbered l92. wlth'a total of 366l6 tons;
American, 16, and 1892 IONS; Austrian, 2 and
3O62t tons; Belgian 3. and A. H tons; Chiau, wv
tons; Danish, g. sob tons; Dutch, 6, 9,22S tons;
French, It, l2,Sf tons; German, H. IA ,j5 tons;
Italian, l. Si3 tons; Russian O. 3. 9S6 tons Span
ish. II, 1857 tons; Swedish, 2, 302 tons; Greek,
], ], $50 tons unknown nationality 8, OF this
list al were stranded, - were sunk by collision,
were destroyed by explosion, 81 foundered
capsi2ed, were burned, were sunk by ice
were abandoned In sinking condition, and %
are missing. The total number of lives lost was
200l
Philadelphia has a cooperative store with n
present capital OF SiG.6b0 and real estate worth
$1,000 pays an annual dividend to Its share
holders OF per cent and returns quarterly 10
its customers fromi TO . per cent ON their pur-
chases, The manager says that the whole Sc
crsl OF success i'll co-oporution Il Ia start ON \
small scale and extend the business slowly To
this rule he attributes the success of the ven
ture. II was begun eight years ago by several
men who worked IN II factory. and thought 1t
would be a 60 ID idea 10 cheaper provisions by
buying In lots aud then dividing. They formed
a members residence. Next they hired a small
store aud from that the business has grown TO
annual sales asgrcgating S95O,0JU.
In South Australia In lSS 81 there were 1887
acres OF vines, producing dO0Ojo gallons of wine;
In New South Wales there were AJAX acres of
Vines. producing 5si $50 gallons, aud In Victoria
there Were 1884 acres, producing b7i li3 gallons.
Recent reports state that the production will
soon be doubled
The product Of the Lake Superior mines and
furnaces, together with the value In the market,
| also tables showing the aggregate product aud
| output OF each of the mines In each and every
year since 1895, are given by the Marquette
MINING journal An analysis Of the figures
show that of the total output In 1852, the Mar.
| quetle range contributed l,Sl15gi gross tons,
and the Monominec range l,l2,7lg tons The
total product In 1851 was 2,gl3,3li gross tons of
ore; plg'lron, 1895! tons, aud of ore aud pig,
3elG2id tons, the value of which is ;2L937, lt6.
since 1858 the output OF ore has been 70, 5Sj 757
tons plgiron, 9l6 2lS TONS ore and pig, 81 81 y7u
tons Valupd Ut RlGI sra SQh