The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-09
TRADE ITEMS.

CN The islands OF FIJI The entcrnH.iIg yGutee
Is had az work manufacturing co?rH. A few
years ego Germans held q mouuuU y OF the IN
dusiIy, itiS a product OF tnr cgloa; mus or IA
Of the tropics, and brings $50 per TN ~ wanna.
sea leland cotton Is also grown on tue samoan
group, hut the iudoltut natives arc Tho only Ia.
bcfers and tic production Is hmit.d.
An Indianapolis wagon manufacturer ot on,
1000 wagons to Laredo IN anticipation oil the
raiihcati N Of the reciproc " tr atty, and now
he is moving his loo0s b ok 10 Sau Aoiouio,
The stationery trade Is looking ~ heavily In
ligat goods. valentines Of MI sIrts are ia de-
mand. The Oscar Wilde Nv and sundower
style obtains greatly, Prices vary from tlJb
1 cent.
Olive oils OF Luccs, Calci and Butt, superb.
cies of Italy, hold up IN prices being nimeut-
DRY Lower grades have dropptd below 100
francs per quintal, oSiug to increasing Comreti.
don Of seed oils. Government q Italy Is active
in enmity 10 cotton seed oil, as that article Is
the prime factor In destruying va ue OF the
olive. 5 nee arrest.of importer cottoa seed oil
in 1882 Italian manufacturers nave imported
heavily OF raw seed, and now q duty IS proposed
on the reed.
SIuer klnut Of Alsaco is tho very beat. owing
TO superiority oftho cabbage OF that land The
United states Imports the fragrant kfbut CHIEFLY
from Alsace.
A disease called by the French ia plbrlno'
Is playing havoc with silk worms IN China II
is consumption, and attacks the worm or the
inoomp etc cocoon alike. Tho disease IL des-
cribed MS both contagious and her ditiry. NJ.
Brunat saws It involves all the disiric.s supply.
ing exports and threatens TO destroy the pro-
ductlo1.
A The close OF 1882 there we're In the United
States G87 c0mplgt.d blast furnaces, and at the
same time there were y furnaces IN conr'o OF
erection. During 1855 there were - rev fur
nAcss compietod-iOcokc, . charcoal, uui ! an.
fhIacitc, aud " furnaces were ether bu nd
or nhnndruCd-2 charcoal, 4 anthracite aud ]
bitumiuous. Al the close OF 1858 We had CSi
compiettd furnaces in The country. and the in
formation which we have received SHOWS thai
at that me there were IN conise, OF erection II
5urnaces-l coke, y chhTclal una ! ahthIacte'
SOM of which are included above IN the iur'
naces under Const uctlon Nc the close
of 1892. statistics OF the STOCKS o DO
nestle pig, iron on hard ana uq-
sold in the hands Of menu %GCtnrers or their
agents on the 1t Of %January, 1884, have also
peen fully reported 20 NJ. These ttal ste. wo
givein comparison win corresponding ,lats-
t'os Tor other recent periods, ON th- lst ~ Jan
uary, 1858. The stocks OF uusold pig iron amount
ed 10 429,6 si net IONS; ON the LIST OF July follow
Eng 20 592.020 net tons; on the lst Of November
iol owing to iSi $50 net touk; IN the LIST OF Janu-
ary, 1884, u 81 $500 net tons. Tnere was an H.
crease OF 1G.,3 26 tO1s from Jsnunry l. 1883 10
July j. u decrease of lOI,5sl tons from July l. TO
November ! and Hn increase OF 1901 tons from
November l TO January J, 1881
II vas reserved for - cameo-cuiter employed
in one Of New lork's greatest iewcl-houseS 70
trausforrs he ugly huger-nail into u thing Of
bcauty consequently n JOY forever. Io has
been 10 oyerIun with orders that the firm hiss
given hi - q private room O9eoi society pets
Is at present undergoing recon.
struction. on the thumb mai OF his
right hand Is the raised portrait Of his lady
fair his index finger is decorit ed with the face
OF a noted actress, aud the middle nail is fast
approaching the likeness OF n wide
known opeTa queen. The young swell intends
Co perSevere In the wors begun until he car
show n picture gallery OF his dnger.ends. The
chair he o~ccuplas has been spoken for a long
WAYS ahead snd the happy Inventor has OPEN
cd a short cut to fortune and fame
New Zealand Is IN advance 81 oil the other
colonies in the production OF wheat and IN The
Yield per acre, The yield OF the whoat harvest
FOR 1882 In Australasia was rs folio New
Zcalaud, 1870 SOL bushels; Victoria ,41i
busholt: NeG south Walc-. 4,9iA39i 1.s;
Queenslard, ii5 75l bushels, South ! In
T.356ii7 bushels. Yves, Australia, $40 9"o -ish-
els and Taymania, 9iG, $50 hu' nele.