Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22

law tor his offense.
crab that climbs ooeoanut trees is
| the bIrgo latis, or robber crab, of the
| flaming island. It cracks the nuts with
its claws and wakes fat on the milky
| elixir found therein. fine specimen
has lately been added to the shell-fish
| collection in the state museum of Cali
fornia.
The effect of the destruction OF trees is
| now perceived forcibly by the farmers of
| Southern California, who find that their
| efforts TO Irrigate their lands are him
/ dered by the insufficiency of water in the
rivers. That insufficiency of water, the
San Francisco Call states, is caused by
the cutting down of the forests on the
mountains.
According to a French psychologist,
| the wing of an ordinary house fly makes
$50 strokes in one second; the wing of
the humble bee, 240; the wing of the
honey bee, 1870; the wing of the wasp,
I 10; the wing of the dragon fly, Is; the
wing of the sparrow, 10; the wing of the
wild duck, 8; the wing of the house
| pigeon, s; the wing of the osprey, 6.
The cigarette habit is increasing. The
! commissioner of internal revenue col
| lected taxes last year upon 2 ISL ,5l5 300,
| which is an increase of 29S, 7S9 1850 over
! the preceding year. The number taxed
| is a pretty good indication Of the con-
| sumption. The number of cigars taxed
| during the last fiscal year was 3 &c.,
! $50, $40, an increase of % ,65s, 800, show
| ing that the consumption of cigarettes
| is increasing more rapidly than that Of
| cigars.
A Ignite sugar refinery has been estab-
1aIr ~
strap the refuse of molasses. The
waste is mixed with water and clarified
by the addition OF pulyeriZed Ignite,
species of soft coal, and the result is an
| excellent grade of pure syrup from which
good sugar is made. Hitherto the black
strap has been used in making rum,
but the product has always been in ex-
| cess of the demand. The inventors claim
that the process will reYolutiOnize the
sugar industry.
The Usage tribe Of Indians is said to be
the richest nation in the world. The
tribe numbers 1901 men, women and
children. They have in the United
States treasury 81 1853 1914 of their own
money, drawing 8 per cent. interest.
But besides this they have ,470 600
acres of land, equal to just 1000 acres
apiece. This land would sell for $40 an
acre, or $40, 900 for each individual por-
ton This makes each Indian worth
SIS, III. This wealth is a curse to them
and the tribe is dying out.
careful estimate of the Chinese in
San Francisco places the number at 49,
900. The effect of this population upon
the prosperity of the city is thus stated
by local paper: "These 40 900 Chinese
earn at least one dollar day each, over
and above their board. That is $40 900
per day, or 81 400 ZOO for each month of
twenty-six days. That is over twelve
million dollars per year which is being
drained through various Chinese channels
from a city of 800 900 inhabitants. The
most of this money each year, directly
or indirectly, goes to China, never to re-
turn. -
The first great link in the chain of all
rail communication between America
and Europe, the little crossing of Behr-
ing straits ,swould, it is said, be no more
formidable than that of the English
channel. The engineer for the govern
ment of British Columbia says this road
could be built for less money per mile
than the Canadian Pacific cost The
first section of it would run through the
famous Kartenal valley, a superb agri-
cultural and cattle raising region. The
climate would cause no more trouble on
this line than on the Northern and Can
adam PacIfics
Chicago is to have another notable |
building. 1t will be thirteen stories high |
with an attic-190 feet in all. It will |
have frontage on Washington stEeet of
ninety-three feet, and on La Sale street |
of ISL. Sandstone, with terra GOTTA |
trimmings, is the material used. The |
floors are of hollow tile, and the floors |
and corridors will be paved with marble !
mosaic. The framework being entirely |
of steel, and the walls of stone and terra |
Gotta, the building viii be fire proof ~
Steam for heating purposes will be genS1
eFated55 TfsRhs of nine large boilergaa
IocatsSfin the basement. The cost WIZ
b9%S00 600.
Uncle Sam is rapidly becoming thasbig1I
'gest express company in the country Il
and .tlB United States now carries almost +
every article which does not exNeed Eeur I
pounds in weight, and whieHE does Mets I
contain liquids live amin alsspf anything4
infiamable, orafs not in the. nature of OBJ
scene literature. About everything one
can imagine, from old towels and dam
aged overShOes to gold watches and dia-
monds, is sent through the mails Pack
ages can be sent to foreign countries or
received from them, but the articles
which are prohibited in the United States
mails cannot be sent by parcels post.
Neither can gold, silver or precious
stones. at least, so the law says, but
they are sent just the same.
The arrangements of the census bureau
are on large scale, though only one
tenth of what they VIII be year hence.
One hundred typewriters are now at
work; next March 1000 clerks will be
kept busy; next June 40, 900 enumerators
will be securing the country. Fifty fe-
male typewriters will be clicking away
next week. The typewriter is to entirely
exclude pen copy, Mr.. Porter expecting
thereby to save upwards of $40, coo.
Over hundred thousand applications
for employment have already been re-
ceived, and the communications are an
swered as promptly as possible. Twenty
five topographers and ten stenographers
are at work, and $50, 900 envelopes are
used each month.
The United States treasury holds no
less than SIC 900 600 of unclaimed in
terest on bonds issued by the govern
ment and it has apparently been the