The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-28

| large nUmOef are SUN klleu, tuclT ShlIllt'
bodies being left upon the ground. Tn
state officers have however, caught severa
poachers above Patton, and are on the tract
of others.
| China is ahead on bridges, the largest II
| the world being her structure at Lagang
over an arm of the China Sea. 1t is iiv'
miles long, built entirely OF stone, has 3O
arches 20 feet high and roadway 20 fee
high The plrapet is u balustrade, ant
each OF the pillars, which are 40 feet apart
supports a PEDESTAL on which in placed {
lion, n feet long, made OF one block o
marble.
At Belfast vessel named the Fingal,
which is now, it is said, the largest sailing
vessel allGat, was recently launched She
| is intended for Calcutta trace. Her dimen
SiOns are as follows Length, Sd feet
breadth of beam, AZ feet and six inches, and
registered tonnage, 2,5lO tons. She viii be
capPble of carrying dead weight OF LOO
tons, aud is Classed 100 A at l.loyd's. She
| is constructed of steel.
The Holyoke MASS Envelope company,
which turned out its first goods about two
years ago, at the rate OF about 200, 000a day,
has now capacity of l0OJ,0O0 II day, and
is turning ont at present about c. 600 dai.
". The concern has work. & 'orce OF
about 200 hands, and produces goods of
about 100 different grades and 500 different
styles. Besides It's large trade in this cOun.
try, the company sends large amounts of
its products to Canada, Mexico, Australia
aud New South Wales.
Olive growing Is one Of the most interest
ing features of agriculture in California.
The state possesses some beautiful groves,
and one ranch-Owner-Elwood Cooper, OF
santa Barbara-'e said to have derived u
profit of ~, an acre from his plantation
Others, however, express doubts AS to
whether this species Of fruit culture can be
made generally and permanently protlta-
bic. One continual source of apprehension
must always be the scale worm, which
threatens most of CALIFORNIA; fruit trees.
the olive not excepted. California could
easily raise mn olive crop as large ms that of
Italy, which yearly sells for $50 Coz, 600.
The silkworm industry il quietly in
creasng. Many have been planting null
berry trees, but will not use more than u
lew sllk-wcrms for some years.
ms industry is often injured by writers
| stating that IL is very simple easy and
profitable. Persons take il up who have no
experience, make many grand mis-
takes for want of better knowledge of the
business the worms are not fed, are e1-
posed to cold and dews--they perish from
cold, hunger and disease, and then the ex.
perimenters say they have tried the silk.
worm enterprise and find it troublesome
humbug. To succeed with siIk-worms one
must have agood knowledge OF the bus
mess and then attend to It,.
The carp is not Carnivorous, neither does
II subsist entirely on aquatic vegetation
ANA Kitchen or brewers waste, bus fire.
quently devours worms and small insects
IA ha ufatA and L.. a
desirable assistant to man comfort by put
uhg IL into ponds OF stabnant water where
mosquitoes deposit their eggs. The fish
Will destroy myrads of mosquitoes when
the latter are "wrgglers." The crucian of
German carp is not Classcd with the game
llshes, neither does IL take the bait readily
but when hooked it dies game" and will
i've longer out of water than y horn pout.
Bread paste balls, sweetened with honey
and Favored with aprituous liquor, and
green peas, small boiled potatoes, and bits
OF lettuce, are principally used for bait.
The salmon season OF the Columbia river
beb N with the present month, and of the
result the Oregonian says:
tt'lndications as to the probable run are
very uncertain. Some 1900 boats are in
readiness to be placed in service, but there
Is scarcity of men to work them As to
| the price to be paid for fish, there IL nothing
definite to report. as IL will depend largely
on the run. OF last seasons pack there is
| between 10000 and 30 600 cases vet on the
on the river. All, however, are out OF first
| hands, The most liberal estimate of the
number OF cases already contracted for is
7oWO, which isa small amount rs compared
with tho sale of previous seasons. Prices
are well maintained, although some sold
| for future delivery were contracted for at
low rate. Probably the belief on the part
OF the Gamers that values will rule higher,
caused them to refuse offers ahead
The American Trade journal SAYS The
statistics OF trade between Mexico and the
| United States are the best evidence Of the
benefits that both countries are deriving
| from the increased facilities for commerce
afforded by railways, and particularly of
their stimulating effect ON the former
nation.
In the year 1850 we imported from Mexico
merchandise valued VI 81 SCI GtS, and ex.
ported in return $6,793,5SG. In the fiscal
year ending Jane 30, 1889, the imports FROM
Mexico were increased 10 SIS, l6l 500. while
our exports to that country reached the
handsome sum of $40 SO. Com.
pare this with the Brazilian trade
and IL will be seen how much more favor
able the Mexican trade is to this country,
In lSS2 We imported from Brazil $lS,SOl,
SlS, and exported there only $9l52. $50
These figures are OF especial interest TO ST
Louis, as one of the largest distributing
points in the United States for coffee, O
the imports from Brazil coffee represented \
very large proportion-viz., $40 525. 1871
while from Mexico 1t amounted only tc
81 Sl7,5Si.
This state OF affairs can and will be
altered very soon, II our merchants are
prompt to avail themselves of their oppor.
tunities, Coffee is being produced in Mexi.
CO IN large quantities every year, aud the
quality greatly improved. The valley OF
Cruapan, In the state of Michoacan, is
famed for its coffee; Colima also produce,
very choice qualities. There is an Immense
amount OF land in Mexico admirably
adapted for coffee raising, which will kr
uta'zed for that purpose rs soon as the
railroads afford the requisite facilities foi
transportation. Instead of paying to Brazil
Wv, 600, COO IN cash for the annual balance
OF trade against us, Mexico can raise ali IN,
product we now import from that country
and Will take in return an equal or large,
amount Of our manufactures and merchaN
disc, With good management st. loui.
can obtain from Mexico all the coffee re
CURED to supply her constantly increasin,
demands, and pay for il with goods con
Ssting largely of her own manufacture,
and products OF the Mississippi valley.