Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-15

wears. At this rate the next census Will
place Texas the fifth in the rank Of
States. instead Of the seventh, only New
York. Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois
surprising her. The assessments IN
Texas are less than half the value Of the
property, and the State owns bonds
valued at 500, 600. 600, belonging to.
schools, asylums, etc, which are not
assessed.
Dr.. il. M. Moore, ST., Of Rochester,
member of the State board Of health,
thinks that without doubt the cholera
will reach this country in the spring, i,
indeed, it does not arrive at some of the
Southern ports during the winter months,
and come up the Mississippi riyer. While
abroad DR.. Moore made the subject an
object Of inquiry. He found the city of
Bristol, England, as we'll as others,
drained and disinfected in the most
thorough manner. When they have an
epidemic Of cholera they not only flush
the sewers effectually but also disinfect all
the sewers at their mouths. In one cholera
season they used copperas, 4 very cheap
but valuable disinfectant, to the value
Of So, 900, for disinfecting the sewers.
They alsog1s disinfectants at different
points in the sewer. The result was that
Bristol, although . seaport, had no chol-
era that stayed.
It is curious fact that the thorough
bred Arab, from which, with some inter-
mixture Of what is supposed to be
poorer strain, the English thoroughbred
sprang, should be much inferior ia spirit
and stamina to the English horse, which
at its best has an existence Of about two
centuries. Carrying much heavier bur-
den, the English horse can, without any
sort Of effort, out gallop the more direct
descendant of his Eastern ancestor. On
Indian race courses the Arab has an
allowance of no less than three stone
against English bred horses. The Arab
very rarely wins q race, even with this
advantage. The courage. docility and
endurance of the Arab must be- recog-
nized with every praise. Omar Pasha,
bay horse belonging to the Turkish gem
eral of that name, is said to have gal
loped ninety miles, from Silistria to
Varna, without halt, carrying q mes
senger who brought news Of the Russian
repulse.
Oneeof the novelties of commerce is
the tannekaya bark which comes from
New Zealand, and is new agent in tan
ming. This discovery is very recent. In
1873 the whole export from New Zea-
land was fifteen tons, but last year it was
S75 tons. Of which twenty four tons came
to New York. 1t seems very strange to
bring tan.bark a distance Of Z, 900. miles,
but such is one Of the novelties of mod
ern commerce. The greater part Of the
export is taken to Grcnoble, France,
where it is used in dressing leather for
gloves. The price of this bark in its ma
tive country is $40 per ton, and the
freight is near as much more. Hence it
has been proposed to make the tree one
Of our own products, since the bark has
lat times been worth $3.50 ton. 1t con-
tains 1896 per cent of tanin, whereas
oak bark contains only 8.S5 and hemlock
s. The tannekaya tree isvery beautiful,
and as its timber is very useful, it has
every point of value. Being of the fir
species it is well adapted to the light
soil Of the South. and might do much to
enrich that part Of the Union. We have
imported SO many trees and plants that
this scheme has the encouragement of ex-
perience, but it would certainly be nov
city to recruit our forests from New
Zealand.
Such events in Central Africa as people
care to know about will probably be
chronicled in the newspapers the morn
ing after they occur before very great
while. When the proposed telegraph line
from the west coast to Stanley Pool is