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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

ances and after a thorough experience
/ with them have settled down to very
cheap hive that any one can make,
which for the farmer who desires to keep
only few bees and has but little time 10
| devote to them beats all other hives, we
think Make an ordinary board or box
hive about two and half feet in height.
When finished in the usual way with
cross-sticks ten inches from the bottom
and with small openings at the bottom
for the bees to pass through, saw the
hive square off eight inches from the top.
This gives you cap. Replace the cap
and in case of a new hive to be handled
toenail it slightly into position. This
completes the hive.
The bees will build the brood comb all
below the cap. When the cap or top
section is full of honey, question you
can settle by tapping it with hammer,
draw the toe-nails and then with thin
case-knife or mason's trowel passed
through where the hive was sawed of
cut the comb. The top or cap being now
separated from the lower section of the
hive, lift it off, invert it upon the ground
few feet away, place an empty cap
upon the hive, made exactly like the one
removed. and go about your business.
In few minutes the bees that were in
the removed cap will have left it and re-
turned to the hive. Your removal of
the top sectio n will not nj all have dis
turbed the brood comb below.
We have never found our bees working
we'll through holes in the top of the hive
TO movable caps placed above, but with
section arranged as directed the new
colony begins work at the top first.
11rPlacing on an empty section where
filled one has been removed no toe
mailing will be necessary-ths bess will
at once seal it securely in place.
We have nothing whatever against
patent hives-they are usually good, as
already intimated, where one has time
to give them correct management, but
in cases where this is otherwise they are
about the worst hives person could
bring into use. And some of them are
placed before the public with claims in
their favor that they cannot make good:
as being moth proof. for instance. We
are we'll satisfied that there is no moth
proof bee hive. Any kind of hive with q
strong colony of bees in it is moth proof,
but no hive is moth proof where the COL
ony is weak and unable to defend itself.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
Cultivation of Barley.

received last Sundays issue of the Fort
Worth GAZETTE containing an article in the ag-
ricultural department on barley culture in Texas
I am really glad that you proved yourself so
much interested in the matter, and that you
gave the question much thought. fully
agree with you to our geographical position
making it possible for us TO get to the front with
other localities where is mainly raised the bar
ley now in use. Do you send copy of THE GA
zETTE to the United States secretary of agricu.t-
ure at Washington If not, will you? l niue h
enjoy reading all the matter in your agricultural
department, ami feel sure that you will be en-
conraqed in vour good work BY ali who desire 70
see our great state march onward until it reaches
the highest pinnacle known to agriculture. We
are certa lnly an empire of our own. as you init
mate, having within our borders the means OF
feeding the world, should see fit to take ad-
vantage of them. w. l.. PIERCE.
Secretarv Gainesville Board OF Trade.
Thanks. Encouraging letters like the
above cause us to take our coat off for
the next work, if we happen to have it
on when we read them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
Encourage the Live Oak.

Texas Siftines seems to fully indorse
all we have been saying III these columns
with reference to the live oak as a tree
that ought to eset out in all the towns
of Northwestern Texas expecting some
day to be old towns, but the editor, who
was once a resident of our state, appears
to have an idea of the leading usefulness
of the live oak entirely different from
any idea we have sought TO advance in
our writings. Possibly this idea of his
was what caused him to pull up in the
Lone Star state and pitch his tent in re-
gions where the live oak never twineth.
he says in his remarks that ga good
tree for the frontier settlements is thu
live oak, sure enough. 1t Is firm tree
with tough, wide-spreading branches
and suggestively overhangiug limbs.
Trees of this type have much greater
moral effect in frontier country than
those who dwell in the busy haunts of
men can possibly imagine.
at is perhaps Q rough way of dispos-
ing OF criminals. but desperate diseases
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

demand similar remedies. 1t has been
noticed in frontier countries where the
live oak fiourisbes lawlessness is banished
almost as effectually as malaria is by the
eucalyptus. The lower limbs of the live
oak should be trimmed off so as to give
the fruit plenty of room to swing free.
"It is with frontier settlements pretty
much as il is with raising children. lu
the families where the mothers wear
slippers, one of which she can easily re-
move and promptly apply to the slippery
boys, they (the bOys) cannot help grow
ing up TO be useful citizens. On the
other band, IN families where slippers
are unknown and where buttoned or
laced shoes are worn instead, it being a
great deal of trouble to remove suoh
shoes, discipline is lax and the boys grow
up to flllegslatiye halls or penitentia-
ries. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
The Gentle Cow.

The gentleness of the COW depends
largely upon the good sense of the per-
sons having to do with her. She is q
creature of not overly wide range as TO
gentleness. Her gentle disposition lies
mainly in O regular routine of manage
ment, and so long as you follow up that
routine to the letter she is gentleness
itself. But once get out of that routine
introducing something she is not used to
and you speedily find her quite another
thing. The ungentle old COW is inva-
riably spoiled COW, and that spelling is
the result of abruptly running in upon
her something outside of what she I'M
derstsnds.
The cows gentleness is an educated
gentleness, and 1t calls for time and pa
thence to get her educated into it. You
must give her one lesson at a time and
work quietly upon that one lesson until
she understands it before entering upon
another. When she has got down ali
right to one thing begin by degrees to iu-
troduce the next. and have plenty of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

The Denver Field and Farm says
alfalfa Is justly entitled 10 rank among
the best bee plants known. OF course
there are many wild plants from which
bees can gather their stores, yet these
will not do to rely upon es they are not
regular enough in their supplies, but
alfalfa can be made to supply bee re-
quremeDts entirely through the honey
collecting season. 81 proper care a
comparatively small acreage to alfalfa
may be made TO keep up an abundant
supply throughout the spring, summer
and fall. This proper care consists in
cutting the alfalfa in small sections,
alternating two or three weeks apart, SO
that portion of the patch Will always be
in blossom. The honey yield from
alfalfa is OF the very finest quality, etc.
These statements of cur contemporary
apply to Texas about as well as they do
TO Colorado. Bees are understood to do
reasonL bly, well with US on the wild
growths, but doubtless they would do
much better on some tame plant, en-
tirely suited TO their needs, that would
keep up a constant supply of bee food.
If alfalfa is good for bees in Colorado 1t
would doubtless be equally as good for
them in Texas.
We have had somewhat extensive ex-
perience with bees III another state, and
while we made them very far success,
we are not much 'nRshed on the bee
business. For business conducted on a
lurge scale il is not the good thing It was
twenty years sgo-chemlstry has
knocked some main props from under It
by teaching the people how to make ar
tlficial honey apparently as good as any
the bees could make, and so much like it
that only a chemist would be able
TO point out the difference existing
between the bogus and the genuine.
The bogus can be made with profit at
about fou- cents per pound.
This thing, as will be surmlsed, has
about crowded genuine strained honey
out OF the market, but there 10 still
fair demand for nice honey in the comb,
enough to justify our people in keeping
bees for profit, provided they don't rush
into II on too large a scale.
Modern hee culture, with its hundreds
of patent hives and appliances, has not,
considered as a whole, bee of any very
great advantages to the bee business
when conducted on small scale. Many
OF these Jew things are good enough
things in their way, but they call for too
much attention and thought to render
them advantageous to the common
farmer who always has other fish 10 fry
We have used all of these new contriv-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

patience associated with the performance
and so on. But if you pitch in at the
start with first this thing aud then that,
before she understands what you are ex-
pecting of her you spoil the COW. leading
her apparently to feel that you are per-
scouting he., and then farewell to all
gentleness.
Il will not do TO trust the general gen.
tleness of the COW to the extent of doing
with her anything which may suggest
itself outside of the regular routine. IL
you govern your actions by any such
trust you ii find yourself sold out almost
every time. We have lately heard
story told of smart voungster up IN
Colorado, who put that kind Of thing to
practical test. The old COW on his
father place was one OF the gentlest
| creatures known. She was the children 9
pet-they could pull her ears, and SWING
on her horns, and climb on her BACK,
and, in short, do with her apparently
everything they wanted to do, and it was
all right with the COW. So. baslng his
calculations for results on these facts,
that smart youngster conceived the ioea
of gearing up the old COW into his fathers
best buggy aud driving her around as a
| horse-he thought the novel sight would
afford a world of amusement to the fam
lily, and to some visiting neighbors who
happened to be at the house. Quietly he
slipped out 70 the barnyard and got the
buggy and cow together. He got on the
harness, hitched up the buggy, got in
an gave the starting word. ''Presto,
changed" When the cow felt the hang
back of the buggy she gave one loud bel
low and went kicking and pluuging in
every direction. The light fence divid-
ing the barnyard from the garden was
broken down, and here and there went
the extraordinary spectacle, tramping
I'D the vegetables and tearing out the
bean poles. A low stone wall ran around
the garden, and over this went the COW
but not the buggy. There was start
ling crash, and then the COW was seen
making for the nearest timber at full
speed. while the youth, buggy and har-
ness remained in a promiscuous mix at
the stone wall. The story gives no fur
Their history with reference to the COW,
but says the buggy and harness was car
ried to the barn in baskets, while the
boy was carried to the house on
sire tcher.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
THE GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS SUNDAY. OCTOBER 20

lowing question or two through THE GAzETTEs
l have y colt two years old the lst of last June
(lSg0). He is large to his age. well formed ana
a natural pacer-very quick under the Saddle
and moves spisndidly. Was foaled in pasture.
June list, 1855, and about Christmas following
colt would not leave the pasture, ard SO had 10
be roped, thrown and haltered, and under the
halter led about 2JO miles over q rough road
The trip through took about FIVE days. When
he reached home the colt was just as ne is now;
that is. at times when playing IN the lot, should
deny becomes very lame. II. when hrst
mounted. he is allowed to strike off at Lively
gait, it frequently happens that before he has
gone 20 yards he gets quite lame. On one oc-
casion isme did he get that dismounted for
fear he should fall. Occasionally he goes for
l jump to the conclusion that he Is getting over
the trouble, but soon undeceived By find
ing the old lsmeness back. Several persons
have told me that he is "stihed" but none
propose remedy. The trouble is in mis- light
hind leg. Can you, from this imperfect desc Up
what l had better do for him, If anything?
Should ne be used at ali? OF urse 1 use him
very Little, but will discontinue all use If you
advise it. de has ,peen kept in lot since six
months old, and is now fully fifteen hand high.
Cameron, Tex. NJ 5. STAMP.
We could not think 1t regular
Hstif1s. - Whatever it is must be trace.
able to a sprain inflicted at the time OF
haltering when young colt. Will some
of our weli-informed horsemen who read
THE GAZETTE (and they are many have
the goodness to give us, for Mr.. Stamps
benefit, their opinion of the. case, with
suggestion of the best treatment?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
More on Barley Culture.

Having read in THE GAZETTE of the 10th in
slant, your article on barley culture for Texas,
it has occurred to me that account of some
practical experience with the crop might be of
Interest to your readers. In the summer of
1883 ! had field of fourteen acres good valley
land, broken ard we'll pulverized, About the
last OF September seeded it to barley, using
sixteen bushels on the fourteen acres The
seed was put in with grain drill, and was of
the common variety. 1t came up all right and
stood the winter splendidly. Harvested the
next spring and thrasned out forty nine bush
eles OF good grain to the acre. The berry was
In the spring OF 1885 sowed seventeen acres
of land to barley, finishing my work on the 18th
of February. Thirty-two bushels of seed was
put in with grain drill. An early dry spell
came on, cutting off my crop somewhat, yet it
thrashed out thirty eight and one-third bushels
to the acre-good grain.
which would doubtless do better in Texas THAI
others. II barley is to be CLOWN for the brewery
it should be sown early and not too thickly; say
il sown in fall one and half bushels to the
acre; if early in spring two and one-fourth
bushels. These quantities. will guard against
lodging and the grain will be large and
stuff dough state. and thrashed out early as
possible afterwards, to prevent the grain from
becoming disco ored or stained.
Barley is more Influenced by the seasons than
is wheat for it suffers materially from severe
drouth: that is, should a drouth happen to
come on early in the season. 1t should be
pulverizatfon. With everything entirely favor
able it would be almost sure to make as much
as 100 bushels to the acre IN Texas.
COmanche, Tex. J. II. McCRARY
This is certainly q very good showing
for barley culture IN Texas. 1t seems to
work well sown in either fail or spring,
but the fall crop appears to pan out best
judging from Mr.. McCreary's foregoing
statements.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
That Alvnrnao Fibre Plant.

I forward yo1 specimens OF stalk. leaf, ETC.,
from which my f6re sent you was taken. Pie ase
tell what plant it is, and whether or not you
consider it valuable. F. B. BAILLIo.
Editor Alvarado Bulletin.
Our readers will RENE N Der that week
or 40 ago Mr.. Baillio sent us a sample of
beautiful fibre taken from plant grow
ing abundantly in his neighborhood. The
fibre much resemblsd jute fibre, but was
not quite so strong. We were unable to
make out from the fibre what plant had
supplied it, but veutured the opinion
that il must be some species belonging to
the mallow family. To clear up the I'M
certainty Mr.. Baillio has now kindly sup
piled US with specimens and we find that
our frat surmises were correct. The
plant is q Sida, though the specimens,
having to be gathered little out of sea-
son, and therefore being immature, Sec
ond growth, leaves US little IN doubt as
to the species. 1t is probably Sida rnom-
bifolia. We know of no popular name
for the plant; is of wide range, aud
stands closely related, botanicaiiy, TO
the Indian maIlow, the hollyhock aud
the okra, all of which belong to the mai
low family. AS suggested IN our former
mention the bark fibre would doubtless
make fine ''stuffiug' for upholstery,
and an examination OF the entire stalk
now causes US to feel quite sure that
worked as q whole it would make a supe-
rior paper stock. Yes, Texas has every
thing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

Gen. +. Burd Grub has finally de-
cided to accept the Spanish mission, TO
which post he was recently appointed by
the president. He is busily engaged IN
arranging his private affairs in order TO
be ready TO sail at an early date. The
general will go unaccomUanied By mem
bers of his family. but will be joined
later on by his mother, Mrs. Euphemia
Grubb, and daughter, Miss Ellie Grub,
who will spend the winter with him in
Madrid.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
Pronounced Hepel.ss. yet sncea.

Commander Deunis W. MullIn Of tn
United States navy, who commanded tn
wership Nipslc while that vessel was 81
Samoa, was presented with gold
chronometer, chain and charm at AnaIo-
lis last Thursday. The gift was voted
him by the Maryland legislature, at is
last session, IN recognition OF his gallant
services during the hurricane at Apla
last year. The presentation was mRi9
by Governor jackson.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering such
questions as NAV be asked by subscribers,
wrich NAV be of general information. Inquiries
of personal character that require answer by
mail should always have stamps inclosed Please
give full name and postoffice address, in adci-
ton to any such signature as subscriber or
"A. G. D.. - not for publication, but to enable
Us to communicate promptly with the inquirer.
Parties desiring answers by mail mast Inc!ose
lamp for return postage.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

The young czarewitch of Russia, who,
II he does not die too soon, will in aus
season figure before the world as Nicho-
las II, is about to undertake voyage
around the world, for observation ana
general enlightenment. He proposes 10
take look at the United States. It -
to be hoped that the effect will be to I'D
eralize his mind, and that the people o.
Russia will reap the benefits thereof II
less tyranical conduct of the affairs o.
Russian czarism
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

against that clerk for so contributing,
then he, the superior officer, is liable TO
fine and Imprisonment. There is nothing
in the law to iuhiblt clerk from helping
his party by giving financial aid.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

Waldemar Aus der One, young arts
and brother of the well known pianist,
Miss Adele Aus der Ohe, has received lu'
first prize at the Royal Academy OF Ar''
Berlin. for his painting. PietS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26

the condition that the ruins are in at the
present day. 1t is calculated that not
third of the artistic treasures of Pompeii
have yet been brought to light, and that
at the present rate of exploration, by 10
means slow, some seventy years must
elapse before the whole of the buried city
is again revealed. Recent discoveries
include some fine mural paintings in a
building evidently designed as a bath
use. One picture represents Nile
scenery with dwarfs or pIgmies in COM
ba. with various animals; and another
shows dwarf trying to draw another
out of the water, but, being seized by q
crocodile, he Is himself the subject of
vain attempt at rescue by third pigmy.
a.
New Mexico has most remarkable
onyx quarry. II is in Grant county.
The stone forms a true assure vein fifty
feet wide and known to be more than
mile in length. 1t appears i'll various
beautiful shades of color. Huge blades
are now being taken out and shipped to
Chicago-where the quarrIes are Owned
for use in inside AMI outside decQsarfoI.
of houses. The material is Susceptible of
4 high polish, is very tough and Ga
thing unusual for onyx) can basseasily
carved to any shape or design desired.
Fine onyx has been found in Texas by
our geoogists, but its extent and char
acter has not been clearly made out as
yet.
Compressed air power, originally info
duced for distributing uniform tiFe tqa
clocks, seems TO be giving great ssksfa&
ton IN many in iustres of Pays, end
new usPs fOr il pOuSfantl& HSfuO
found. Elevators are now run bysft at d
saving, it is said, of 90 per cent. The
compressed air is supplied also for refrig-
Grating purposes. its expansion in prop
erly constructed cooling rooms causing
low zero.
A noted scientist writes that we labor
and labor, but there is just as much ne
cessity for recreation as for labor. We
cannot live without it-not even the
laboring man. Exercise is all well
enough. but il must be of character
that affords recreation; that is, it must
take us from the regular routine of labor
that we are following for livelihood, or,
tor profit. The mind as we'll as ,4fsSs
body wants a change-both need tf&ge q
into some new channel for a littH seq
son. Thus a change will rest t5f lyssS
even though that change should 1aStTve
as much exercise rs does the regular
routine of labor, ana it will rest and
strengthen the mind to be diverted.
We should lay our plans for recreation
as well as for work. There never was &c.
truer saving than that ''sll work and 10
play makes Jack Il dull boy.' q
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
whnt Ais the Colt!

Il not out Of you- line of work (mind don't
say duty, VIII you please answer ma tina fol-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Dangerous Sugar Adulterant-The Old Frog
Observation-Disclosures of POmpeil-Rich
ONYX Quarry-Give Uss Rest.

There is no particular astronomical
phenomena for this week visible to the
naked eve. On Tuesday evening the
2Sth, Venus reaches her greatest bril-
liancy for the season, after which she
will 20 into gradual decline. Jupiter IS
also declining in brlliancy, though he
still appears as very conspicuous and
brilliant planet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21

Tho plcfo,lrd stock will be entitled from Aug l. Ie"
u ,unI!aN" preferential dividend at the rat' OH per
payable out OF thr Net earnings p""''
INV layncn, holders Of the common storN
The preferred stock VIII Also haN" the i9ht I" payment
in full principal interest h'ior" any payment what
ever i made common stock Oh account Of h'ip'
rnc common stock viii be- entitled TO the rnfpns
earnings from Aug l. 1890. cumulative di,d'nd
AT IN, rat, prr cent. coch has been paid |"
the holders Of the preferred stock and VIII 'T "nH'"
assets after payment in full OF principal ana
interest been made Ia the holders OF the pc'"ifd
stock.
No snlnrie. Will br accepted bv the officers Of tho
corporation in nny yeav uuess per cen.is p"'d on inc
pr eicrrrd md per I. pnid the common stock
n,id n,. viii /" p,tAbl" .r..annually. August and
February III" general and ,pt,a! partners OF the hihi
81 \ir d Ira;nin g. viii ~'!brrib" Tor Ten 1h''snd
shar- III" capital st"h. PAWN: therefor SI,OOO.OOO
I'm cash and artcr Ia rs> than fNr Ihou-and
shares for ~" n">, ensuing.
and n mn, a. r>"cntiN" officers :" manage the cot.
l,atr arars. .t'h shan b. th" wish OF IN" so h.
holder.
Tho members the IIonrd Of Directors for the fret
year Of The Alfred benjamin Company Will BET
I.ninh Josrph..
Albert r. Hoe hstadter.
Eugene -. Brnia min,
In ,id IiOc,-tndtrr.
Jrsse Koscnthnl.
Sninnrl Ho.rnhnt.
All Of The presrnt general mud special pnrners Of he
firm Of Alfred benjamin 4 60.
Five thomsa nd shnrr. Of the capital stock 81 the
(ompan, IRE the pablo Of either the
prr crnt. preferred sfOck Of the ronnon stock ne
.mb.cr ibcr. dirintc in their nppiir aton' In
will the total allotment OF stock cNreed rive
thousand 'hnrrs.
nj on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21

1o,a. amount.