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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23
RANCHES N TIE WEST.
4 Big Demand for Them Before the Year
Closes Predicted.


before the close OF the year 1890 there will be
very brisk inquiryfor good ranches in tIke West.
aries who own large tracts of land so situateds
- 70 oe capable Of irrigation in the sufficient
area 10 produce the amount of hay required 10
S5o III through the winter months the nuns
-. % cattle that can fiud abundant pasturage in
Gunner Gunner can afford to ''hold on to same.
F -Sls viii be buyers in the near future. The
,,rrC-ns up OF large portion of the range coun-E
e. lenders the all-the-year- around Tustling Of
80. a matter OF doubt and adds much to tie
50: -St IN the future stock raising viii be to
p. s@1eHt forced to make winter provision.
~ -ttggeIIy managed there viii be rs much profit
80 s..s business under the coming methods as
-'EI me o.c Investments win be greater in pro-
E;ii'yu 70 The number of cattle, but the risks
ir,,' oe Ieoneed and the quality OF the herds
Up pioEea. Under the open range plan there
r. nLSually no winter growth in young cattle.
49, ,,IeI ne feeding system our Western hay viii
. &c Ae . constant growth and the three-year-
T 49, va Dc equal 10 the tours of the past and
Sam; hemember, then, that irrigable lands
bb,raCnea TO range are valuable and be not in a
Journal, - S---e N'OSA
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23
Dorset sheen

correspondent at Colorado Springs pro-
pounded the following questions about the Dor
SCI sheep: Has this breed of sheep been
Sr3SEEen! WIN the ewes drop lambs twice year?
81 "a me WOOL sell as well as other wool? Ares
c-s! hardy sheep? Would it be advisable 10
'oss mem on our grades? Can you refer us TO
UIeeoer!'' In reply TO these questions we will
i iS: sle breed has been fully proven. Tt has ex-
t lSseo ~ The south OF England for long time
-ss breed early, and often bear twins, and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23
Texas cattle For the Up country.

It was stated at a meeting in Garden City the
other day that hundred thousand Texas cattle
would cross the Arkansas river in Bent and
Prowers counties in Colorado as early as the
middle of May. These cattle will be on their
march to Montana, where they have already
been contracted for.
Now, by strict Interpretation of the law these
cattle, after being passed upon by the sanitary
Board of the state, can pass along through the
country unmolested. Nevertheless, when the
determined men who have suffered from these
drives in former years say they shall not pass,
it viii be difficult for them to pass. Fifty or
hundked Winchester rifles in the hands of bold,
determined frontiersmen will come very nearly
stopping any drive of cattle that may come
along.
Knowing what we do of the people on the
southern border of the state, and the situation
generally, we will suggest to the drovers in the
South to have discretion and make their con-
in Texas and drop them down in Montana with
unworn feet and sound hides By rail is the
humane and modern way of moving cattle.
We are confident that the cattle that will come
into Colorado to stay-and possibly 100. u0l or so.
will come by rail, and willspome quite early ,lS
the season, that they maEl7e the better prepaEaa
Ito buffet the storms of Ter FIRST Northern WIN
sber. Young cattle gzsfs Sur ranges will make
5pore growth iEsth shth of June than they
he July and August together.
Hcterinsss9 1r q assSs s sod 50 wholesale
bSa3. w. W4nia s. q Go
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23

may be bred twice year, as the ewes are ready
TO breed Immediately after yearning. April
lambs are ready for Christmas market. They
mature early and weigh 100 pounds, dead weight
pounds of nice combing wool. They are hardy,
quiet and docile. Both rams and ewes have
horns: Woodward &. Jacques, virgins Cor
TFiaId and Farm
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23
SPEcIAL NOTICES.
Bonds for Sale

Bonds for Sale
Sealed bids viii be receives p - o'clock
purchase of $40, 90a s1tttt OF Vernon city school
bonds. SaiaSheads Pan twenty years, with per
cent. ipts<est. payable semi-annually- For fur
tkeEHAfoffnation call on or address
st<zs r. S. KELLY, Mayors Vernon.
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed proposals for the erection OF 8 $500
two-story frame courthouse, in the town OK
Claude, Armstrong county, Texas, viii be gsss
ceived by the undersigned, at ofhess 3essaid
town, up to 10 O'Clock .. AAYtits9 1880, at
which time the commissioners cor win be in
regular session, and pass uppa the bids
Bids must be aceorapshled By plans and speci-
fcAuons, and she lazlsF must provide for court
room. grand 5rrefoom, petit juryroom, sheriff'S
Office setefktsotice, and such other Offices as the
bnsEIfisss win admit Of
ssEach bid must be accompanied by certified
check for 500, as forfeit to the county in case
the bidder fails to enter into contract within
twenty days after notice Of acceptance Of pro
poSal.
Bids will also be received at the same time for
freproof safe, large enough to contain all the
records OF the county.
all bids received.
This, the eth day Of April, A. D., 1890.
JOHN HoFFEa.
Clerk County Court. Armstrong COsafy,
Texas
PROPOSALS FOR FUEL-HeadquaFtsg De-
i partment OF the Missouri, Office offfhe Chief
Quartermaster, Fort Leavenworth, KSasAs, April
10, 1S90.-Sealed proposals IN trlpl1esfe, subject
to the usual conditions, viii be received at this
office and at the offices Of the QuartermssSaFs at
the following named posts, until II o'csNek,
noon. central standard time. May 1Iss, ls99 stsid
then opened, for furnishing and Nss4lsstng
wood, coal and charcoal, during the fiscal year
beginning July l, 1880, at FortssL eavenworth
and Riley. Kansas; Forts Gibsofk Reno, Sill
and supply, Indian Territory; FUTt Elliott,
Texas; Forts Crawford, Lewis. Log5rand Den
yer. Colorado; Fort Sheridan, Illfst4s; Little
Rock Barracks, Arkansas, ana Camp at Okla
homa City, I. 7. Proposals for.as Livery at other
points will be entertained Ba3srs must state
the places where they propos5e make deliv-
cries. The Government reseESe&fthe right to
reject any or all bids. eEfo G2eEgt for either
kind of supplies, or sue tPortteu oEseach as may
be considered for the be int crest esthe service.
and to waive such de:ese4es Are neesiR conflict
Giles Of domest e 1Roduction or manufacture
conditions of quizI7t5Esnd price Including in the
price OF foreign Exhibitions or manufactures the
duty thsEsen) Esinz equal. Blank proposals
and prinsecs cIrcE3nts giving full information
viii BE fr<n bed en- DUPLICATION to this office Or
to the saartaf nastef4of the posts named. IN
velopes emit Sning proposals should be marked
Prspos fotsFueI at - and addressed S51
eQRartermS tters. @. W. FOSTER, Quarter
mSstsr, Z. IA, Chief Quartermaster.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23
Deatb from Alcoholisrn, =

Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, April 21.-The
mutilated remains of the man found in
the Amos Jones pasture yesterday have
been identified as those of James n.
HanttOn. He was farmer living in the
neighborhood, was addicted to drink and
has been missing since April 2. The ver--
dict OF the coroner was deatk from al
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23

Complicated watcAIf1s aftiStic en-
craving aldtlSaln6Ed setting a speciality
Of RfasGde s Francisco, 900 Main street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23

Attacked
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23

EAFH4CE WORK-A positioRsine real estate or
* attorneys office, oras baeA9 eeper for some
mercantile houses * erience of twenty
years as ocokee,eF. Best OF references. Will
work telsis~ wages address, .'Ert," Brown
Eps5. Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23
Notice to Confrqctore.

Clerk County Court. Armstrong Cogaky,
Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-23
EoR sALE-s2xsssses $50 s. new "
e Battlss Of tRe Civil War, by the

on the tOrI nYtt4tlNNtkz- OSHFer. IN wise
county, B.. MoFxis,s sRs town lots and 1900 acres
surrounding h6Eie, Tex. T. P. S. E., railfSsd.
gradedtastdis point. Full roller Touring milH
under construction No doctors or graveyards
needed for last ten years. Best farm in the
state. One-haf cash, balance five years. Men
of brains invited to examine. B. Morris Rhome;
, 1890-11-06

paid the bills out of his own pocket.
His good luck got the best of hi
sense, and at the end Of three years
Gagan found the end of his purse
strings and the Herald suspended.
by that time the placers were
nearly exhausted and but II few
hundred people remained In the
town. The last issue of the Herald
came out on the morning of July 3,
1866. The column rules were turned
and the paper was heavily draped
In mourning. Under the announce
ment at the head of the editorial
column that that would be the last
issue of the Herald were the follow
ing scriptural quotations.:
'As for man, his days are as grass,
as flower of the field, 80 he flourish
eth.n
'For the wind passeth over 1t and
1t is gone, and the place thereof shall
know ii no more"
Two days later the remainder of
Meadow Lakes population, with
Gagan at their head, left the town,
aud when the Sacramento o valley was
reached the members of the party
separated and went to the various
mining camps. Gagan went to San
Francisco and got employment as n
printer. Ee worked ut his trade in
the various printing offices on the
coast until 1877 when he died at the
hospital at Sacramento penniless.
Remarkable stories are told of
Gagan's extravaganza while he was
in the mines. On one occasion, the
Fourth of July, he printed special
edition of the Herald and paved
every street in Meadow Lake with
them. No teams were allowed on
the streets that day.
The Herald plant was never re-
moved from Meadow Lake, and to-
day the press and engine, rist-eaten
and worthless, stand In the Herald
office just as they were left nearly
forty years ago.
, 1890-11-06
EDIsON's FIRST INVENTION.
Made When Hs Was Telegraph
Operator.

Operator.
Nothing Is too wonderful for Edi-
son to produce, said DR.. Gentry to /.
reporter for the New York World.
When | look back to twenty-five
years ago and put Tom Edison, as
then knew him, alongside of the
Thomas A. Edison of to-day, and
note what has taken place, | am
prepared almost for anything,
Twenty-Five years ago, as l sat by
Edison In New York telegraph
office, l little thought that there
slumbered within that man the
fires of "A genius that would one
day startle the world. There was
nothing wonderful about Edison.
a plain and unpretentious man, lac
came and went without troubling
anyone with his conversation. Per-
haps he spoke to me more than to
any other man in the place, because
we sat at adjoining tables.
zone day his wire gave out or
went wrong in some way. He was
working New Haven; | was operat-
ing Boston. He started to fix it,
and while thus engaged his mes
sage came back over my wire. L
called him: Tom, can you explain
this? He looked for moment,
and then remarked: why, that is
caused by induction; the two wires
are near each Other He went of
and shortly afterward came back
seemingly lost in thought. Yes,
that's what causes il, he repeated.
Il wonder If we could devise II plan
like that to make two circuits on
one wire so that two men could send
and two Others receive at the same
timer And he went back to his in
strument. Out of that little acct
dent he devised the duplex tele-
graph system. Then followed
the quadruplex, aud these have
saved the telegraph company mill
ions of dollars.
"Had Edison before that shown
any inventive genl1s?"
He had been working on a tele-
graph system, but he discovered
that the Wheatstone system-I
think that Is the uame-covered the
ground, so he gave il UP. You
know the rest. Edison's achieve
ments are now no secret.
"rhe steps leading up to the per-
fected phonograph, how Edison dis
covered that the sound waves of the
human voice might he so directed as
to trace an impression upon solid
substance, are just as wonderful.
Edison found 1t almost accidentally
while he was Xperimenting with n
different object in view. In manipu.
lating machine intended to- re-
peat Morse characters he found
that when the cylinder carrying the
indented paper was turned with
great swiftness IL gave of n hum
ming noise. That led to several
experiments such as fitting dia-
phragm to the machine, which
would receive the vibrations made
by the voice. The cylinder, when
rapidly revolved, caused repetl-
tion of the vibrations, just IA II
the machine itself was speaking.
That settled the matter, and Edison
found that the problem of register
Ing human speech, so that it could
be repeated by mechanical means as
often as might he desired, was
solved. Yes, Edison is "A peuius.u
, 1890-11-06
IN NEW YORK.
Nursery OF Some of Its InhabI,
tants.
New York Letter.

New \ ork Letter.
New York Is remarkable for its
inequalities-so shocking In this
land Of freedom and equaliuy-and
no contrast could be more striking
than that afforded by u panoramic
view of the Central Park quarter,
and then, Immediately afterward,
IA walk on Second or Third avenues,
on PARALLEL lines, or above or below
the park. In the latter quarter dirt
is prominently conspicuous, even
to the very entrances of the ill-kept
houses, entrances on which frowsy
viragoes are lolling with their un-
kenpt children at their knees. A
hundred thousand children obliged
to remain out of school in New
York city for lack of proper accom-
modation
One would suppose the number to
be 100000, judging from the vast
numbers of yelling and gambling
creatures one has to stumble over
during walk In these regions.
And what nests of humanity! In
some ordinary three-story houses
thirty or forty families seem to be
lodged-Jews, Roumanians, Scan
dinaviuns, negroes, Chinamen-all
dwelling together in curious con ira
dction of the profound dislike which
each nationality processes for the
other. Every tenth door there Is
I'm undertaken; this ghastly trade
seems to flourish, and In order that
no one may escape burial for lack of
knowledge of the facilities, the I'M
dertakers' signs are printed In three,
sometimes In four languages.
Next to the man of collins and
shrouds is u Hebrew butcher, who
Informs his countrymen In their nu-
tive tongue that only the proper sort
Of meat is sold un his premises. Or,
, 1890-11-06
DATA FOR THE ESTIMATE.
Diameter OF the sphere .......... .....
ElnNMlInn OF Ihn .nha IN nEnNn the
Two Points of Wow.
New York Tribune. |

Stranger-If man falls down an open
coal hole can he sue the owner of tho
premises for damages2
Lawyer-Certainiy, sir, certainly big
damages, and get them, too. Giye me
the particulars.
"Wcll, as my brother was passing
your house this morning, he fell
through coal hole and broke his leg"
HEN! Did he use the ordinary Wig
lance TO prevent such Hn accident
Did he look at his feet as he walkedY
Did he stop to examine the condition OF
the pavement before entering upon IT?
Answer me that, sir"
"Stopp Why, no"
"Ah, ha! | thought so, Guilty of
criminal negligence. He might have
iallen on one OF my own family under
that coal hole-might have killed us all,
SIR. AS II Ia shall sue him for dam
ages Tor mussing up my coal bin"
In distant ages, when the history OF
Thursday nights clambake has been for
gotten, some stroke OF accident may un-
cover great pile OF clam shells near the
exposition building. "Ah" tho scientist
will say, here is fresh proof of the fact
that the ocean once rolled upon the site
OF this mighty metropolis, where five
million people now dwell in happiness
and prosperity"
, 1890-11-06
A PLAGUE OF RATS.
New Zsalsnd's Strange visitation-A
R,m rkabs Lizard.

R,m rkabe Lizard.
1t Is "a strange fact in regard to
New Zealand that the country is al
most entirely lacking in indigenous
animals. The only mammals it
possessed before the arrival of Cap
tain Cook in 1853, says the author of
New Zealand After Fifty Years."
were the ktore, q little, dark brown
rat, and two very small bats. The
kiore Is now rare and very shy
animal, but there are times when il
makes Its appearance in vast num-
bers, coming nobody knows whence
and going nobody knows whittier.
Three or four years ago such a Wis
itation of rats occurred on the west
coast of one of the islands; count
less swarm of these little creatures
travelled along the shore for a dis
tance of 100 miles ,all going one way
and all moving AS fast as they
could. Many OF them died of hun
ger by the way, and they were all
exposed to the terrible attacks of a
rat larger and stronger ths.n them
selves.
AltcI I)hsslilt- III u CcitStitsS pro-
cession along the shore for many
months the rats vanished as sud-
denly as they had appeared, and to
this day no one has been able to
offer plausible theory in regard to
their migration.
Another New Zealand animal
which Is somewhat peculiar in its
habits Is the tuatara, lizard which
grows from six inches to foot in
length.
This creature Is the very embodi-
ment of a negative existence. 1t Is
usually found clinging motionless to
a rock, perfectly regardless of driv-
ing spray or binding sun. 1t wants
neither food nor drink, but Is per-
fectly content to be kept in glass
case for months, or even years, and
is very slightly affected by the want
of air.
1t makes no noise, and moves 30
seldom and so slowly that many
persons have watched those con-
fined in a glass case for long
period, and then left them under the
impression that the creatures were
only stuffed specimens atterall. Yet
the solemn blinking of the golden
eyes and the slow palpitation OF
their leathery sides bear slight wit
ness to their sluggish vitality.
, 1890-11-06
AT THE DorToM OF THE SEA.
How Continents woud Change Were
the Ocean to Dry Up.

the Ocean to Dry Up.
At the depth of about 3, 900 feet
waves are not felt. The temperature
il the same, varying only trille
from the Ice of the pole to the burn
ing sun of the equator. y mile down
the water has n pressure of over n
ton to the square inch. If II box
six feet wide were filed with sea
water and allowed to evaporate un-
der the sun, there would Toe two
inches of salt LETT on the bottom.
Taking the average depth of the
ocean to be three miles, there would
be layer of pure salt 230 feet thick
on the bed of the Atlantic. The
water Is colder at the bottom than
at the surface. In many bays OH
the coast of Norway the water often
freezes at the bottom before 1t does
above.
Waves are very deceptive. To
look at them in storm one would
think the water travelled. The
water stays In the same place, but
the motion goes on. Some times in
storms these waves are forty feet
high and travel fifty miles an hour,
more than twice rs fast as the
swittest steamship. The distance
from valley to valley Is generally
fifteen times the height hence "A
wave five feet high will extend over
seventy-tive feet of water. The force
of the sea dushing on Bell rock is
said to be seventeen tons for each
square yard,
Evaporation Is wonderful power
in drawing the water from the sea.
Every year layer of the entire sea,
fOurteet feet thick, Is taken up into
the clouds. The winds bear
their burden into the land and the
water comes down in the rain upon
the fields, to flow back at last
through rivers. The depth of the
sea presents an interesting problem.
Ii the Atlantic were lowered 6,5G4
feet the distance from shore to
shore would be half as great, or 800
miles. If lowered n little more than
three miles, say 1860 feet, there
would be n road of dry land from
Newfoundland to Ireland. This is
the plain on which the great At
luntic cables were laid. The Med
iterranean is comparatively shallow.
\ drying up Of 600 feet would leave
three different seas and Africa would
be Joined with Italy.
The British channel IL more like
n pond, which accounts for its
choppy waves. 1t has been found
difficult to get the correct sound
inSs of the Atlantic. A midship-
man OF the navy. overcame the
difficulty, and shot weighing
thirty pounds carries down the line.
y hoe is bored through the sinker,
through which rod OF iron is
passed moving easily back and
forth. In the end of the bar u cup
il dug out and the inside coated
with lard. The bar Is made fast to
the line and IA sling holds the shot
on. When the bar, which extends
below the ball, touches the earth,
the sling unhooks and the shot
slides off. The lard in the end of
the bar holds some of the sand, or
whatever may be at the bottom,
anda drop shuts over the cup to
keep the sand in. When the
ground is reached shock is felt, as
II an electric current had passed
through the line.
, 1890-11-06

,erbaps. between the undertaken
md the butcher there may be sanu'
wiched a little cafe, in which dark'
.l<inned men are playing Nv e"'uI nI
behind grimy window curtain NY
drinking coffee and brandy ou' VI
cups half an inch thick. ,,
II IL in these regions that iiourian
the factories which are. giving 80
much trouble to the newly appoint
ed women inspectors -- factories
which employ hundt eds OF young
girls, many of whom should he Ut
school. None of these industrial es-
tablishments are conducted on
grand scale; the capitalists ana the
wages which they give are humble
and the majority of the shops are
breeders of disease and in many
cases of vice.
The stories told by many young
girls, lust budding into womanhood,
of their treatment in these factories
and of the language 10 which they
have to listen, are quite npPalhhg.
The inspectors have this season
only begun to survey the Held Whlcn
has so long been II great nursery OF
ignorance and vice. Many oi the
factories are installed in dwelling
houses; sweating shops also abound;
the air is foul with the emanations
from the filthy streets, and every
corner without exception is occupied
10y rum shop, in front of which
day aud night little group of red
nosed loaiers is gathered. The re-
clamation of the residents of these
stews will be a hard job.
, 1890-11-06

RENT A SMALL PART OF THE COST.
The total of these known rentals,
e469,6l2, exceeds s., 100000 There
are, altogether, 3,57s "shootings"
and e56 "fishings." The above sum
represents only the rentals paid on
not quite one-fourth of the entire
4,234 shootings and fishings so that
a moderate estimate of the entire
sum paid annually in rentals alone
would probably not fall short
of 100000 This vast sum
is actually annually secured
by Scottish landlords exclusive
of all other rentals for grazing
and agriculture with their lands Sc
cure TO them. But it is by no means
the principal expenditure by titled
and gentlemen British sportsmen.
1t Is of common report here that
there other expenses equal or exceed
this first cost of possession. An
army of conveyancers are employed
making and renewing leases and In
modifying their term and condi-
tions. Nearly every shooting and
fishing has its factor OF agent who
mulcts the absent tenant with in
Vulnerable petty charges. Hunt
ing-lodges with the appointments
and accessorleo of palaces must be
kept in repair, occupied and In order.
for the chase or the
moor require large original invest
ment and constant renewal and ad-
dition.
The average annual cost Of the
support and care Of a pack Of twenty
five couples Of fox or deer hounds is
$1,000. A host Of gamekeepers are
, 1890-11-06

The year has been kind to Spokane.
Twelve months ago people shook their
heads gloomily when the town was men.
toned. To-day there is but one verdict.
"Ihe future of Spokane Falls has passed
beyond the realm of doubt. II viii be n
great city,"
, 1890-11-06

Two OR three tlighty sheets are down on
the REVIEW because, as they claim, 1t is
selfish and is trying to run them out of
the field. Now that is not stating the
case correctly. The REVIEW has been
here since Spokane was a small village.
It's the other fellows who are trying To
run the REVIEW out, and they are angry
and disappointed because It persists in n
determination to print the best news
paper and give the people the worth of
their money. That is all there is to
this cry of monopoly" Any fair
thinking man knows that.
, 1890-11-06

CHESTER Penn, Oct. 3o.-Thsro is a
well-detined case of ieprosy here Of
Swede named John Anderson. He
has been confined in separate build
ing Of the county almshouse.