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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-21
HARDWARE AND METALS.

The steel rail mills throughout the North,
most of them, ARE stlll fairly busy. None of
them have very many orders ON hand. Very
few new railroad lines are being built, but n
great many are being completed. When
those now under way are completed, there
will bc u good deal less to do, and possibly u
further decline i'm prices. There are those
who predict that steel rails will be selling at
$50 within six months. and from the present
appearance of things II does not seem so very
Improbable.
Kxrs-Colins, II dozen, 900; Gold Dollar,
I. dozen, 500; Diamond Edge, q dozen, 1905
Double Bit, 1900.
sKiLLErs ASD LrDs-ilsc 4 II; sugar lsct-
ties, i3lc e n.
scALEs-Iiowc, standard, discount % z
TIN PLArr-I. G. I0vIi, r box, 500; I. c.
iix2O, T, box, 500; Tounc llN2i, i box, 7JO;
Tcrnc, 2ON2S, T box, lf.jJ.
TINwARE-picccd, discount 80 = cent;
S"iDN', Vo' !, l5r.'N NJ = nndir. isc ?, M
Duck IloR-E CoLLAHs- SO. /, - r dozen.
HAMEs-rwo loop, 400 & dozen; three loop,
'TAcEs~in boxes. no raaers, $50 r box.
GRuB HoEs-f z dozen, -; railroad picks,
& dozen, so.
RunRrH BELrNG-piscount 80 q cent and
NAILs-1.2j, rate.
SIIoVELs AND Spades ,owland's, dis
count 20 r cent; Amcs' list, steel goods, dis
count ~ amt lu r cent
HEAVY MISUNDERSTANDING, finished, 300
polc,, l&.5l; singctrccs, wagons, select, l.I5;
1000; hickory nNlcs 1900; holsters, i.75; coup
ling poles, 40; spokes. xxx, select, 10;
xxx, 80; sawed fcloes, "a, l.I5; ., 200;
No. q, 600: 7, 6.2J; s, 800: bar iron, &c rate;
pillow steel, 7c; spring steel, Sc; cast steel, lsc
BrGGiEs-Grade IL. and spring top, 10000
10000: do. open, 70.Opd.sO.0O; do. side spring
top, lO0O0nl5jO0: do. side bar, l0o01dl30.00
do. phmtons, l25.0oldl50.00; grade a. side
spring, liO.O1d20.Oo; do. phmions, l5O.0G
5000; bump seat buggics, 175.0od2i0.00; plat
form springs, llO0gi2o.D; three spring wag-
ons, eO.O0dll5.O1.
WIRE-Smooth wire No. o, Sc; Nos. 10 and
&c. jnpanncd, barbed wire. &c; galvan-
zcd barbcd, &c
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

Mems kip brogans, 0Jbl.25 boys kip bro
gans, SO6ol.O0: mems =. calf brogans, lON9l. 10;
boys L. calf brogans, OJ9l %; mems Kip
2-bucklc plows, l.09bl3j; boys kip 2-buckle
plows, sJitl.25; mems buff balls, congress and
button, l7Jr2.75; mems calf balls, congress
and button, 2.JOlebi.50: mems kip boots, H.OoD
1900; mems T.. calf boots, 2i00ti500; mems
calf boots, 25.OOdb6O.00; boys kip boots, l5.0oG
1900; boys p. calf boots, l6.5O092i.00; boys
calf boots, 22.J0@T.O 20; womcn's ~ kip polkas
5lgSlac; Misses, ~ kip polkas, 6G9Ioc
kip poltas, all sizes, 5J165c womcn's calf peg
and IS polish, l0o0pl.35; Misses calf peg and
IS polish, 90Dl.l0; womcn's bun sewed pol
ish, gsdbl %; women's calf sewcd polish, l.iO
bls7is; womcn's grain sewed and polish, 10
0pl25; womcns kid sewcd, o0gl.75; women's
goat sewed polish, l5G9l.75; women's grain
button, l.00g3.0O: womcn's goat scwcd button
l,7Jd225
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-21

2-ycar-oid steers, lC.n; do. hclfcts, lsn.
Cows from Ia Z years old lcommunl 9nn9
N,OO \ common COW ana cidt hea-oul'
Young Toxins bulls, .nUUd2hul, GRADED siuck
ellis much higher, while Texans raised south
or cust ui the territory given ARE rated
lower than above quotations,
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Palo Pinto County, Texas.

SIP. RowE& co.'s Daily Stage, Omnibus
and Hack Line 10 and from Mineral Wells
and Milistp, connecting closely with al
trains We have only frst-class outfits, strive
10 please and guarantee satisfaction.
Livery and Feed Stable In connection. Good
attention given 10 transient stock. Special
country
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oN'cItNNor


The Dallas exchange has posted most un
usual depressing quotations nom CONNER
cial contcrs, aud " seems hs 10 me bears nr'
having "a war dance over the carcass of ~,
dcfiincf "hull" whether lac II only sleeping
or waiting until his hdVsarics arr totally
intoxicated with JOY, tim" run develop Only
hut the wise ones VIII say that thcN think
they can now see him weeping through III
closed lids and soon the fur VIII tiy when he
rises In his majesty aud gives them such n
toss that the story of the dog IN the house
thai Jack built viii hardly h. u parallel
There Is evidently no money East To carry
contracts, AMI with the present crop out look
for cotton through the infiucncgs 9i our dnllN
rains, we must think the "bull" day II very
GRAiN ANp BHEApsTUFfs.
4 bOlling-down of the crop reports Tor tie
section ~ country to which Kansas city Il
the commercial metropolis amounts To about
this: Wheat, oats ana rye are looking nnc
and promise AN extraordinary good yield.
Rye IL heading out IN good style, win long,
wcl-llcd heads, and "A good, strong growth
OF straw. Corn has not come up quite rs wei
n the average of years; the stand Is much
better than had been hoped for from the
great cry that was raised about poor seed.
Grass il making n heavy growth, aud pastur-
age and hay viii he plenty this season.
The D,.D,uD people In the United states, ~
five bushels of wheat per head. viii require
2p.U1,t1 bushels for home consunstion.
With u crop of D0W0,Wn bushels, a. csti-
mated, aud doducting OnnUJ for seeding,
would stll leave n surplus Of2D0,U 1900 bushels
for export.
wHEAT-Choicc, 81; medium grades, oOc;
Nicaragua, jsd5jc.
RYT-Nominnl at coz; northern, So.
BAELEY-iWnibc.
CoES-Shcllcd and sacked, '1GG0c.
OATs-C Choice, :Ud,,2c, sacked.
FLoUR-patcnt. 800 early breakfast Si0;
cream soda, si.1yd3lj; pure cream, s3.2l;
Todd Mills: Patent, $3.50; Union, sj.lj Prai-
rio Flower, 81: star, choice, S2.lj.
BRAS-At mills, SOC In store, 81.
CoRNMEAi~-Finc bottled per 100 pounds,
$3.50.
HoMisY ANp GRIrs-Sj per barrel
FERD-ChOppcd corn per 100 pounds, Hl.9;
chopped corn and oats per lDJ pounds, sl.iO;
corn bran per 100 pounds, i0c
GRAHAM FLoUH-Pcr 100 pounds 81.
HAY-Dark. sGdS; bright, $40; from store,
prairie, baled dark s.; bright, 81; bright, free
on board ear. sll; dark s..
MILLrr SEEp-6jc; German millet,g0c.
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THE BUSINESS WORLD.
COW MEiiCiAI..

DALLAS, June 9.-Fcwcr mercantile mil-
tlrps and tnoru mercantile successes occur at
Dallas, relatively, thnn NJ amy other city ~
the United states For the proof Of the ruth
Of the above statement 81" the books
az the Dun aud Rrndstroct's agencies.
II more people get of the ears and on he cars
at any other point than ~ Dallas, that fact
docs not do away with this one; Dallas mas
bot'cr hotels, restaurants and boarding houses
than any other Texas city. Any traveller
will vouch for the latter statement. Tie NE
Of tho Institutions named Is travel ANA the
fact IL that a greater number OF transient
people are registered Hi Dallas ON any given
day Ia the week than nj amy other Texas
pOiut.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-21

oosn amrn Ecy and
Musical Merchandise fO-wr for caa
nlTlc
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-21

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy a positive
cure for catarrh, diphtheria and canker
mouth. Sold by j. NJ. Hou2e.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-21

For lighting country and city residences,
factories, etc, with q brilliant and cheap gas
light, equal 10 the best coal gas, nj half the
cost. Is simple, durable and not liable TO get
out Of order. Sold under full guarantee and
is the cheapest In the world. Over 5000 I'm
practical use. Send for Illustrated pamphlet
and price list to J. j. PAoUETTF,
Patentee and Manufacturer, No. 40 Char
tres street, New Orleans La.
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MARKETS by TELEGRAPH.
COTTON STATEMENT.

COTTON STATEMENT.
GALVESTON, June 2O-Thc following IL the
daily comparative cotton statement:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-04
EDUCATIONAL.
Some Facts and Figures from the Report
of the Bureau of Education.

Some Facts and Figures from the Report
of the Bureau of Education.
A volume just issued by the Secretary of
the Interior contains some interesting facts
and figures furnished by the Bureau of
Education The length of the school term
varies greatly. ranging from 1919 days in
Maryland to sixty-two days in North Caro-
lima. The term is more than five months
in three of the six New England States, in
five of the six middle Atlantic States, in
three Of the nine Northern Central States,
in one of the two Pacifc-slope States,
and in the District of Columbia and
Idaho Territory, and it is above three
months in all the States of the sections
named. On the other hand the school
term is less than three monthe in all the
South Atlantic, in two of the four Gulf
States, in one Of the six Southern Central
States, and does not equal four months
in any State of the two last-naned sections.
The report shows an increase of Abs
teachers over last year. The proportion Of
female teachers is greater than that of the
last report. Even in the frontier States the
proportion of women teaching is rapidly in
creasing. There is also an upward move
ment in teachers salaries. The summary
shows an income Of 1914 1927 1888 and an ex-
penditure of $91 ,15S, 039, against $SS. 142, =
0SS income and $S5, Ill, 442 expenditure for
the previous year.
Illinois shows an increase of 80, 345 in
youth of school age; of 1904 in enroll
ment in public schools; of 1896 in all
public schools: of 26,267 in average daily
attendance. There was also an increase Of
30 in high schools, and of So in the num-
Der of school buildings erected during the
year. There was decrease of zoos in at
tendance in ungraded schools, of % in pub
lie schoolhouses, and of go in 1880 and
1881. Institutes were attended by 395
more teachers, while 8 more counties held
such institutes. The compensation of
County superintendent was slowly in
creasing, yet much was left to be desired,
as the poor pay secured only an inferior
class of work. Income for public schools
increased 1912, 430, and expenditures
S2Ol Oh
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-12-04
THE NAVY.
Admiral Porter Recommendations.

AOmfrai y
Admiral Porter. in his annual report,
says that comparison of expenditures in
foreign navies with our own will go far to
put stop to the cry that wasteful .extrava-
gance has been shown in the administration
of its financial affairs, and will show the
necessity of our doing something toward
building a navy if we want to keep pace
with the spirit of the age and hold our
selves ready to maintain the respect of for
eign nations. Admiral Porter submits
what he thinks the Government ought to
do in the next two years:
/. Complete the unfinished monitors and
arm them with heavy rifed guns, making
them rams as far as the models will per-
nit
2. Appropriate money for all vessels that
were proposed to Congress last winter.
3. Build as q commencement four OF the
heaviest monitors, of great endurance and
speed, each to carry four six-inch rifles in
turrets.
A. Build twenty torpedo boats not less
than'100 tons each, with speed of twenty
Knots.
8. One cruising ironclad of not less than
1000 tons.
6. Have all our ships over 1850 tons
supplied with torpedo boats. fitted with
noiseless condensing engines, so they can
not be heard when approaching the enemy.
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INTERNAL TAXATION.
A Policy of Reduction In the Future Indi-
Gated.

Policy of Reduction I'm the Future Indi-
Gated.
Washington dispatch to Chicago Daily News.l
There is every reason to believe that in
his coming message President ArthVr will
repeat the recommendation he made two
years ago in favor of the repeal of all taxes
on manufactured tobacco, cigars cigarettes,
and snuff. Secretary McCulloch has fire.
quently declared himself to be in favor of
wiping out all these tobacco taxes, and it is
confidently expected here that he will join
the President in urging Congress to take
this step. The total receipts from the in
ternal-revenue taxes on tobacco, cigars,
snuff, and cigarettes amounted to little
over 500, 900, 600 during the fiscal year 1884.
The movement in Congress last session
in favor of the repeating Of the tobacco
taxes was very formidable. Two or three
attempts were made in the House toward
the end of the session to take up what was
known as the fruit brandy bill, the object
being to attach thereto an amendment WHIP
ing out the tobacco taxes The repealers
were surprisingly strong in numbers, and
the support which they will receive from the
President and Secretary of the Treasury this
winter will doubtless greatly encourage them.
There is an impression In the Treasury
Department that Secretary McCulloch will
recommend q reduction of the whisky tax
to 60 or 80 cents gallon.
The prospect is that four movements
against the surplus revenue will be made
this winter. One is in the shape of
the pension bill which passed the
Senate last winter and is now on the Speak
er's table. This bill, if passed by the
House, would absorb about S25 900, COO an
nually. Another is the Blair educational
bill, which was passed by the Senate last
winter and is now in the House. This
would swallow an average Of so, 900, 600 a
year for eight years. A third is the
tobacco tax repeal scheme, which pro-
poses to wipe out over $26.000000.
A fourth is the proposed Spanish treaty,
which will be presented to the
Senate for ratification. If ratified by the
Senate and carried into operation by an act
Of Congress, this treaty would do away with
over $50. 900, 600 of revenue. All of these
movements will have numerous supporters,
and there are in prospect several sharp
parliamentary battles. The interesting ques-
ton is: will the surplus revenue be re-
duced by reduction of taxation or by an
increase of expenditures" 1t is regarded
as wellnigh certain that a majority of the
revenue-reformer in both branches of Con-
gress will prefer to maintain the status quo
rather than consent to repeal of the to-
bacco taxes. They are opposed to getting
rid of these taxes in advance of q reduction
of customs duties.
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FAR INTO the BILLIONS.
Commissioner Loring Reviews Farm Pro-
duction and Pleads for the
Forests.

In the report Of the Commissioner Of
Agriculture it is shown that the value Of
meats has increased from $500, 900, 900 to
$500 900 900; corn, from $500, 680, 1878 to
500, 81S, 304; wheat, from 1924, 635, 545 to
$436, 90S, 463; hay. from 1852, GIL ,168 to
$400, sos, 1888; dairy products, from $780,
$50, 600 to $685., 500 600; cotton, from $2l1,-
SIG, 625 to $271, CSC, 121, and other products
in proportion, more than doubling the ag
gregate value and increasing 1t from ST.
600, zoo, 900 to So, 900, 600, 900 in round
numbers. With good prices the current
production of the agriculture of the United
States can be little short of 81, 600, 900, 900,
and the values are those of the home mar
kets, and not Of Eastern commercial cities
or ports of expectation. The Commissioner
says:
The wheat area is so much beyond the re-
quirements of consumption I'm this and other
countries as to depress the price TO point un-
precedented in recent years. favoring at certain
points the use Of wheat in feeding for pork pro-
duction. The cause Of this superahundance Is
two-fold First, the extensive settlement in the
Northwestern praries and the dry plains or the
Pacific coast; and second. the extraordinary
period of comparative failure Of European wheat
for several consecutive years. The progress OF
settlement must be less rapid hereafter; and
already has been followed by comparative
plenty. These facts of products and prices point
to the sharp necessity Of adapting the produce
ton to the consumption. TO supply the food
products . DIV imported. to give remunerative
employment to agricultural labor, and food in
variety and cheapness to consumers.
The Commissioner says that the destruc-
ton of forests is alarming, but he finds
cause for qualification in the extensive
planting of young trees in the Western
States. He says that the destruction of
forests for lumber is greater than the legit-
innate demand and has resulted in burden
ing the market. Further discussing the sub
ject, the Commissioner says:
The great pine forests Of the Northwest are
now depleted to such an extent that Southern
pine is brought into competition with IL in the
Chicago market, and a perceptible fnroad has
been made upon those vast forests which cover
so large proportion Of the Gulf States. The
same reckless and wasteful methods of lumber
ing are pursued there which have rapidly
consumed the Northern and Wcstern forests.
This condition of things makes IL more impera-
tive every year TO endeavor TO preserve the for
ests which form part of the public domain,
and to so guard and control them by law as to
make them OF the greatest and most lasting
benefit to the country.
The bureau is now investigating the cult
ure of silk, in accordance with the act of
Congress which made an appropriation of
$4,000 for that purpose.
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Lesson i'm Self-ControI.

One day, when l was a very little
girl, was watching my mother make
strawberry preserves. L can see the
great kettle of boiling liquid now, clear
as rubies. Beside the stove stood a
large milk-pan containing some squash
for company" pies, with plenty of
milk and eggs in it. "Now, Bridget"
said my mother, at last, in satisfied
tone, 1T is done; take the kettle off. "
This was accomplished, and then, with
almost incredible stupidity the "help,"
actually emptied the strawberries into
the squash! My mother turned her
head just too late. She was quick and
impulsive, but there escaped from her
mouth only despiring, ooh, Bridget |"
Then as she saw the girls instantly re-
gretful face, she uttered no angry re-
proaches, no useless lamentations. No
doubt when my tired mother, who was
not strong Il lost her at 15), went up
stairs to rest, she felt disheartened, and
thought that her preserves and squash,
her time and labor, had all been vast
ed; but, probably, she never did for me
a more valuable mornings work than
when she gave me that unconscious
lesson in sweet self-control. -Mothers
an Council.
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The Internal Revenue.

Deputy Commissioner Rogers, who has
had more experience with internal revenue
legislation than any other man in Washing
ton, gives his views of the probable action
of Congress as follows: 1T looks to me as
though the present system of collecting in
ternal revenue taxes would be done away
with. Congress will probably pass law
collecting taxes on spirits by stamps. The
office of revenue agent will be abolished,
and the prosecution of small violators Of
law in the South will be abandoned. IN
some sections where moonshiners abound
we dare not send officers to make raids, be-
cause word has already been passed around
TO kill them. / think that Congress will
abolish the tax on beer and reduce the tax
on spirits from 80 cents, as it is at present,
to 60 cents per gallon"
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KILLING AN ALLIGATOR.
The Adventure of a Pennsylvania Young
Lady in an Arkansas Swamp.


Little Rock telegram TO Chicago Timesl
The monster alligator which has inhab-
tied the swamps near fuckers Lake, Jeffer-
son County, is no more. For many years
it ruled supreme for O radius of several
miles around its marshy home. The COM
munity avoided the swampy lair, and terror
and dismay overcame those that were COM
PEELED to venture near. 1t remained for
Miss Dottie l.. Steck, of Bellwood,
Pa, to remove. this incumbrance,
which she did with dexterity that would
cause the ordinary female heart to shudder.
The young lady, who is visiting relatives in
that county, whose residence is near the
lake, upon hearing the alligator story, de-
termined to capture the thing. Being ac-
customed to adventures at her home in the
Alleghenies, she laughed at the idea of
serious results, and, in company with two
young ladies and several gentlemen, set out
to accomplish her purpose. The party soon
struck the trail and tracked the alligator to
his den. A hole in the sandy bank indicated
the locotion, and few minutes digging re-
vealed. the object of the search, and the
ominous growls and furious lashings that
arose from the spot informed the Adventures
that the king of reptiles was within. The
egress from the den to the lake having been
securely stopped up, the ennged beast
found its avenue of escape cut off, and
rushed up and down its bed uttering wicked
growls, furiously lashing the mud and
scattering the water in all directions.
Pieces of timber and fence-rails were
pushed into its mouth, only to be crushed
and snapped off by its ponderous jaws. A
rope and chain, made into a lasso, was
thrown oter the brute's head. Then he was
suddenly jerked to the bank. The appear
ance of the monster in the midst of the
venturesome party created panic, and all
save the heroine beat hasty retreat, selecting
the further side Of an oak as place of safety
With gun in hand, the young lady stood
within q few feet of the now thoroughly
ennged beast which was growing, strug-
Cling, and slashing its tail on the ground IN
a frightful manner, and when the oppor-
tunity presented itself she fired both barrels
in rapid succession. The aim did its work
The alligator gave tremendous lurches and
roars, and expired. Both shots had en-
tered one of the few penetratable places, at
the base of the jaw. 1t measured frac-
ton over ten feet in length. The hide was
removed and is in the possession Of Miss
Steck.