The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24
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Xi.cinla irpl iTP Il ur ot peanuts, OF vhich
thoia!srs CCCc O' tnshe's this ar Peanuts,
90 cnils d 30 ,ht o d ID miI!OiL were iLtfoGuceu
from AliCG a. d a.. own L. NOlih Chfolns
as fCund ltat. iu Tennessee as RCober; Guu
sn Georgia, Alabama AID Mississippi as PIN
ders - -, ,s,,,o,, sra,
smo. . ihe fiat days ceipiS at Tie general
nostoflce ~ Lon don on me inauguration OF the
new uagtois uust The box containing tn III
was very sis hi one, .! q becoming itscturt9
inlgrsit the cOn'rI Is escaped, and traveised
the establishment III seGcD OF u promising
The directors OF the Cryst,l alate n; London
have completed arrangements Tor no. ing an
inteTnsl exhibition Of ais manufactures,
science and industry, during 1851 1tis intend.
I'd thai the exhibition shall open on the "a OF
Anil and close ut tn end OF October 1851. -.
Beer n d song seems To go well together II
we are 10 Judge by the s-le of the beverage dur.
ing the recent sseugerfest at Buffalo The
musical festival lasted one week. curing wnleh
the consumption of lager exceeded that OF inc
corresponding week OF last year by ',l5O BAL.
rels This is equivalent to au excess OF 6o'c3O
gallons or ,O56 $50 glasses over the ordinary
consumption. The expenditure for beer was
$40 s2j more than usual. Besides this an i'm
mense quantity o. wine, alcoholic liquors and
mineral waters was disI osed Of II is estimated
that If proded by the festival TO the OK
In, G. et X sponge fisheries have been very
much dey,l ed within the 'ast two years
and ut tn present tim there are az boa's, lo5
of which al. provided with diving bells. en-
p!oyed in ihis business. These boats, which
earfy from fiy, To- seven men, nearly ali belong
TO the ports Of Hydro, EGins. thanidi. Her.
moina, and Trickery e hshlng season
eom,nenoes in April and ends in August. the
boats ,yhich are provided with diving bells
going as far to sea as IrniS and Tdpoli while
the oIhers do OF 0 beyond he coast Of Greece
and LTtte The value of the snonges taken
during the past ca or Is pu. at $1,000, nearly
n lf of viii is reaited to the hydra hon's,
while thoe fl, IN Feiua took neary $4,000
worth Of the rymaiuder.
The rppori OF Edward Mcfhefso". cx-clerk Of
the house o. Ienre entGtives for the ifs al year
ended June 30, 1855, FURNISHES some ihlefesuns
figures During the month of July, lSS2 1T re.
oili1ed 40 d, zen towels aud IS pounds 81 toilet
goaD O keep clean the hands and faces Of the
members Foriy.five thousand pound, OF ice
were consumed curing The same period one
hundred aud tSeniy buckets Of paste, NJ 81 per
bucket were purchased for use IN me iololn5
room III the monlh
groun preparation of the kernels OF olive Der
ries If a sample Of he suspected mixture Is
scattered u on u mixture of equal volumes OF
ssmrface while The ground olive kernel sinks
The Moniteur des Fills et Tiksns calls atten
ton to description of vege table wool called
kapoc. II comes from Java, ana speclWen u
on view at the Amsterdam exhibition. IL ar
riyes at Amsterdam in IT leathery covering,
being itself e,,velo cd in the seeds. 1t is then
freer from both, md is caIded so as 10 make q
very ii, hit mattress wool worth abou. 3 3-4d pei
round One of the house. engaged In this
opeIaiion had made trials in spinning and dye
mo tbis material, hut tn flaments are said tc
be like strings, and their Industrial application
consequently is a matter OF M certainty
A firm whose works are located at Philadel
mia. hnye now seven flint and three green
running nine lint and Jour green glass fur