Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-04

Russia receive no education at all. In
sixty governments there is only one
school for secondary instruction TO every
is 900 boys and % 600 girls. Only 69 per
cent. of the boys of any age to attend
public high school can be ACCOMMODATED.
For girls the number of such schools is
even more insignificant. The school
master cannot be said to be abroad in
Russia yet.
Under the decision Of the supreme
court of Ohio debtor in that state on
the eve of failure can no longer show ia
vOrtism TO his relatives and special
friends or fraudulently protect himself
under cover of their preferences. All
creditors must be treated alike. 1t
ought TO be so IN every state.
correspondent of the Stockman and
Farmer gives the following gloomy ac-
count of Texas cattle in the st. Louis
market: Receipts of Texas calves
have been excessive the past two weeks,
and all the markets of the country are
glutted, with fair prospects that some of
them will not pay freight and charges
when sold. There was string of Texas
calves on the market to-day, averaging
about two hundred pounds, which could
have been bought at 81 per head, but the
buyer did not want them at that price.
There are enough Texas calves in sight
at the various markets to supply the
country for the next two or three weeks,
even should no more come forward in the
meantime. -
The relative toughness of woods is cal
culated by the hickory, which is the
toughest, estimating that at 100, we get
for Dignut hickory Sc; white oak, 81;
white ash, II; dogwood, "A; scrub oak,
10; white hazel, ~; apple tree, 20; red
oak, 90; white beech, Go; black walnut,
65; black birch, 62; yellow and black
oak, go; hard maple, Sc; white elm, 58;
red cedar, SO; cherry, 80; yellow pine,
So; chestnut, 81; yellow poplar, 81;
butternut and white birch, 43, and white
pine, So. According to this formula,
woods possessing a degree of hardness
equal to only about 40 per cent. or less
than that of hickory should not be classed
as hard woods. Such woods are, how
ever, limited in quantity and are not of
sufficient Importance to justify classifi-
cation, and the trade will continue to
construe hard wood to mean everything
except white pine.
The Fort Worth Union stock yards are
not entirely completed, but they are SO
far advanced that they are now open for
the feeding of transient stock. By Sep
TENDER the building will all be COM
plete aud then the business of the yards
will commence in earnest. Sales of cat
tie, sheep, hogs and horses will from
that time be in order, and from that
time home market will be established
here for Texas live stock of all kinds.
The yards are the most extensive in the
Southern country, and are provided with
~ or hp
fort of man and beast. The exchange
building is nearly complete, and it
embraces a hotel, bank, and
has ample accommodations for
100 guests. The company operating these
yards is one of the most reliable in the
country, and with the proper encourage
ment from the cattlemen, who have
pledged their support, the yards will be
just what has been needed in Texas for
years
The suggestion of s'Live Stock for a
fat cattle show in Fort Worth, in order
to create an interest in the improvement
of stock in the state, which appeared in
yesterdays GAZETTE, meets with general
approval among cattle men here,
and it is to be hoped that
the suggestion will be acted
upon, there being no doubts that the re-
suit of such show would prove more
beneficial than any other movement just
now. Friendly rivalry always stimu-
lates the proper kind of ambition, and
in q case like this would cause each stock
raiser i'll the country to attempt to have
on exhibition the best 81 AIDED and the
best conditioned stock. The re-
suit of such endeavor is plain to
be seen, and the longer the
rivalry is kept up the more extended
would be the beneficial results. By all
means let steps at once be taken to have
the fat stock show. Those gentlemen
who are bleeding blooded stock should
take a particular interest in this matter
for the reason that the benefits accruIng
to them would be gseater than to any
others.