The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-29
HARDWARE AND METALS.

The Northwestern Lumberman contains
the following; Great forests OF the Pacific
hemlOck spruce (MOrton's) extend along
tine coast from California 10 Alaska. Ii is
one of the most beautiful and delicately-
ioliaSed OF evergreens, and very spiry, with
q broad ground base, They are even more
splry than the eastern Canadian. These
tall spruces, further north, are clad in
denser masses OF darker green verdure,
clothed from the base loo 10 80 feet up
ward, or more. The body is from two to
SIX feet, aud occasionally eight feet in di-
ameier. But along the coast territory
mentioned the tree is only from sixty to
seventy-iye feet in height, and rarely over
two feet through. The thickened lower
branches aid in temperng the cline in all
seasons, and the foliage, unlike redwoods
sad their ike, precipitates little moisture.
IL IS note0rthy how admirably this tree
rallies auNhickens in the top when broken
oil by the tempest-which often takes the
coLceit out OF its too ardent aspirations
natures testimony that IL bears train
ing to any reasonable extent, responsive
to the bidding of the master. It is one of
the best shelter trees known, wherever it
VIII flourish at all, whether for the orchard,
garden, yards, or tor game of all sorts. Con-
trary TO experience and observation relative
70 most other timbers, the old matured
heart-wood Is more pershable than the
young and sappy poles and branches where
they are exposed 10 the seasons, the latter
being less shaky and absorbing and RETAIN
ing moisture less readily. For this reason
The heart-wood is almost solely used for in
terror work, where it Is little subjected to
TO the cxtrt mes of outer temperature, as in
the case of ruderalters, where duly seasoned
WIN The bark on, they are sugularly last
ing and very elastic, with much of the snap
and spring of the yew and cedar combined
Win due degree OF strength. Only in the
coast forests of California, contiguous to
rivers or cold creek banks at the southern
llmlt OF It's growth, is the Pacific hemlOCli
spruce ever found much over two feet in
diameter and about sixty or eighty feet
nigh Up to extreme age il preserves
the perfect, symmetrical spife form, and is |
altogether less marred by unsghtly dead
hmDs Than its kindred OF the east. Tle |
same observation applies 10 Alaska. II tie |
tree were more exposed than in its Matte |
coast cline 1t might take on "A somewhat |
broader comic slyle. In the Young stde, |
say IRON ten to forty feet high or more the !
bark is relatively smooth and eien,
branches exactly level, thin, fan-like, long |
ana slender, with cherry brown dark
ro-DAYs QUOTATIONS.
Axes-Uollins' per dozen, 900; Gold Dbllar per |
dozen; 800 Diamond, Edge per dozh l00O
Double Bit 20 90
shoyels and spades-Rowland's, discount 80
pr cent Ames list steel goods, discount 40 and |
10 per cent
skillots and lids, be per pound; s,gar kettles
DC per pound.
scsles.-Fairbanks, discount q, pc, cent,
Howe, discount rs per cent.
TIN pate-l. G., lOEli, per box 800; | O., l4x
~, per box, 500; Terne, llx2O. per box, 200;
Iorne' 2Ox2S, per box, 1850.
Tlnware-pieced discount 80 per cent.
hmped, discount 10 per cent
soldef-No. l, iSo No, IL and Ia, 1850 per
pound.
No. duck horse colars--i % per doscn.
hames-lwo loop 400 per dozen, three loop
~, per dozen
Tacks-in boxes 100 papers, Q. 50 per boz.
trub hoes-per dozen, 900; railroad picks
per dozen, 9.NG,
Mattocks-per dozen, HOO
PLASTER PARIs--Por barrel. Sia0a 20.
Rubber Beltng-Dscouut5 so per cent
Nails. % rate
sheet iron-H b, Coz galyanised, discount Q
per cent
HEAVY HARDWARE.
shafts, finished, Sg poles, e1S. so. Single.
trees wagon, select 81 75 buggy, Is; express,
30. Wagon tongues, 1904 Hickory axles
O.Oo Holsters, 40 Coupling poles, u.s.
sspokcs, xxx, select 40; xxx, $50. Sawed
iellOes, Vi, ;'H ,, zoo. BOwden shoes. q 90.
Northwestern horse natls. No. &, 90: 2, $50: s
o "; Bar iron, &c ratio. Flow steel 70: spring
steel, Sc; cast steel lSC
Bu0alEs--Grade b and spring, top, sgUGal0e do
ouen, 6701A; do side springs, top, Sl0OGll85; do
Side bar, blWSlS0 do phaet0ns, sl25t0l50. A grade
side spring, slS00g90O do pfAotons, Bl5OO2O0
pump s9al huggies, Si76G25G platform springs
AlO@lSf three "riny Wagons ss0doIl6