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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21

vanoed that would promote the health /,
comfort and happiness named, but moth
ing stands higher among these than an
abundant supply of pure Water-the
elixir of life. If really purs; the agent of
death IL impure.
Mr.. Giluer then goes on TO state that
he located on the Hblack lands' of Ala
bama in 1869, Glands almost precisely the
same as our black waxy prairie In Tex
as and having understood IN advance
that the region was ga little malarlous'
at certain seasons of the year, he con-
suited his physician as TO what he had
best do to be saved. The physician gave
him q simple prescription: Extract of
rye or corn, to be taken three times
day. Commence taking In early summer
and continue till frost kills the gourd
vines.
Mr.. Gilmer went to the nearest dealer
in that kind of medicine and got his big
jug filled. He followed directions faith
fully, if not more SO, for the medicine,
when touched up with little sugar, was
not bad to take, and it seemed to make
fellow feel better every time he had TAX
en- 1t, but il failed to prove a panacea for
malsrla-Mr. Gilmer got the 'chills'
before frost got the gourd vines.
1t went on about the same way every
year, until finally Mr.. Gilmer got to
thinking that there must be som ething
better as malaria preventive than
"corn juice.' The water on his farm
was bad, and the "corn iuice' didn't
make it any better. Finally he reasoned
that since "corn juice would not
purify the water, perhaps 1t would be
best to look after q water supply already
pure. So upon this notion he proceeded
to bore an artesian well. 1t was a sue
cess, and that was the end of 'chills'
with him, even when he had discontinued
TO use his physician IS popular prescription
for malaria.
Many artesiau wells soon followed in
the black lands of Alabama, and in
every case where they were properly
made they put an end to malaria. Some
farmers allowed them to flow out into an
open cistern, through troughs, to bring
the water convenient to the house, and
i'll such cases the exemption was not so
complete. The water in those cisterns
seemed as pure and rice as could be,
but Mr.. Gilmer warns oil persons against
deluding themselves with the idea that
because water Is clear it is invariably
pure. There was usually surface siep-
dSo IlllO tue CISltLus " IL
otherwise.
To his unhealthy neighbors owning ar
tesan wells Mr.. Gilmer said: 'There
must be something wrong in the water
you are drinking. - "Not at all was
the reply-'come and see.' And they
showed him their large open cisterns
filled with water as clear as crystal. So |
1t went on for some years-but the truth |
came out at last. There were two fam |
lilies in his neighborhood who were sick |
every season, and these finally consented |
to let him experiment with their artesiau |
wells. His first step was to do away |
with their cisterns. A good iron casing |
was put well down into the rotten lime
stone, and the water for house use was
taken directly from this. There was no
more sickness; indeed, the extraordinary |
healthfuleess of both farms became pro-
verbal.
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Mr.. Dick Ma lor of Scottsville, Tex. :,
seems to have at sometime given 1t to the
public that music in the air would pre-
vent a kicking cow from exhibiting her
peculiarities while the milking process
was under way. And thereupon Puella,
Jr., a lady correspondent of the Mar
shall Gazette, undertakes to show up
how Dick makes the thing work, as fol-
lows:
emusic hath charms to soothe the saw
age breast 1t also has the power to
soothe restless COW. MIR. Dick Naylor
read in some agricultural paper some
time ago, that a kicking COW could be
easily MIXED if the mixer would sing to
her, in low sweet tone, while the lac
teal fluid was being extracted. The
other morning, while he was milking old
Muley, the mild eyed old bovine sud-
denly, and without previous notice,
kicked the milk cup out of his hand and
deluged him in quart or more of milk.
The sudden and unexpected incident ex-
Rsperated Mr.. Naylor no little; and his
first impulse was TO chastise Mrs.
Muley with the calf rope; but he
suddenly bethought of the vocal
music remedy he had read about. So,
gently approaching the old COW, he
opened up his calliope with "The Lone
Starry Hours.'' Muley elevated her
ears atteptively and allowed the milking
process to 90 on without further molesta-
ton. After finishing the two stanzas of
"Lone Starry Hours the musical
mixer turned on that sweet, plaintive
air, "When Twilight Dews are Falling
Fast The COW evidently enjoyed this
song also, and indeed, who would not
enjoy the soft strains of such a pretty
song floating out upon the mild air at
o clock in the morning? She stood like a
statue, her head poised in the most at
tentive attitude. But this song, like the
first, being short and sweet, came to an
end before the milking did. In fact
old Muley seemed to be trying to see how
much milk she could give. She prob
ably felt penitent for her misbehavior
and was endeavoring to make amends
for her rudedess. Presently the melod1-
Gus mixers voice found vent for the
dulcet strains of the "Girl Left Behind
Me- BY this time old Muley was in an
ecstacy of delight, ana her body swayed
gently from side to side; but she made
no sign of kicking, while the milk pail
made better showing for Muley than
ever before.
Imagine half dozen men, with voices
like fling saw, performing this must
cal feat at as many COW lots of aSssSssk
every morning lust ~
7rst "streak % day. is beginning 20
outline itself in the distant east!
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The KRtydid.

II it is not intruding upon your time will you
please tell me something OF the little excres-
cence5 upon the twig send in box by this same
mail? The jessamine, from which take the
twig, seems perfectly healthy, and the specimen
sent is the only twig affected. Do you think 1t
will injure the plant if more ONES? The in
sects, whatever they are, appeared on this
twig ali in Que night-there were no indications
ing led me to think it might possibly be the
eggs of some insect Mrs. e. c. WAGNER.
Baird, Callahan county, Tex.
The twig has glued upon it two rows
of chestnut colored eggs, each fat, per-
fectly oval in outline and about one
eighth of an inch in length, But for the
color they would remind one somewhat
of little cantilope seeds. The two rows
occupy the same side of the twig, and
extend along II about three inches.
They strangely lap on each other at the
edges of contact, and the eggs oompOs-
ing them are arranged TO break joints on
the principle of putting down bricks in
pavement.
You need give yourself no uneaslness
so far as regards any i'll that might be-
fall your shrubbery from what you have
discovered. The beautiful specimen sent
us is katydid S nest, and if you had not
disturbed it few weeks later you would
have found a family of katydids among
your shrubs making lively the evening
twilight hours by arguing the old, old
question as to what Katy did and what
Katy didn't.
The katydId is not classed as an injuri-
GUS insect-it never appears in numbers
large to do any particular
harm TO vegetation. The scientific name
of the species under consideration is
Phylloptera oblongifolia.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
A National Disgrace.

Certainly one of the most absurd
things that civilized nationwas ever con-
cerned in has been held up to public gaze
and to ridicule at the hands of all intel
hgent people in the recent appropriation
by congress of 5000 TO be used by the
United States department of agriculture
In blasting the "sky" for water. The
bill vas introduced by Senator Farwell
on be plea that loud thunder causes
rain and that heavy cannonading on the
earth's surface has been supposed TO
lead 10 the same results. The expert
ments are to be made with balloons. A
balloon is TO be sent up carrying heavy
charge OF dynamite 10 which is attached
fuse that will set the dynamite of at a
certain height. The conclusion, it is
held, will burst something in the air
1--WE are not told what. and cause the
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
A sclentist on pnre u..o-

Mr.. NJ. s. Gilmer of Alabama writes
to that excellent publication, the ALL
ance Journal, Montgomery. that every
thinking farmer should demand of his
agricultural paper an exposition not only
of the most approved methods of plan.
and stock growth, but also that the said
paper pay particular attention to gather
ing for him such information as will tend
to promotion of the health, comfort
and happiness of everything upon the
farm. There are many things to be ad-
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
Tho Texas NighthaHk.

b In run by railroad from Galveston to Hous-
ton two months ago l saw large numbers of
night hawks or bullbats that appeared much
smaller than the bullbat of Alabama. Were they
the same, o. is there q different bullbat in
Texas. ]. r. SHINES
Birmingham, Ala.
Texas has the same night hawk as ap-
pears in Alabama, (the chordeiles vir-
ginianus Of ornithologists } and she also
has one peculiarly her own, (chordeiles
texensis,) never seen east of the Missis-
sippi river. This last is doubtless the spe-
cies you saw. 1t is considerably smaller
than the first named night hawk, and
more active on the wing, though other
wise it is, in general characteristics,
about the same.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
a Cook Book Free.

To every subscriber of the Weekly GA
zETTE who sends US 81 20 in cash We Will
send the Weekly GAZETTE one year and
the Household Cook Book, 3i5 pages :,
bound in cloth. In ordering paper
please mention this offer. Send 81 .25
and address THE GAZETTE.
Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
Enrt North Conrenf

The Fort Worth convent school will re-
open September LIST, when a large at
tendance is expected. This school is
uHauestionably. as well equipped and
adapted for young ladies as any that can
be found any where in the country and
it is to be hoped full attendance will be
on hand September LIST to encourage the
Sisters who are in charge.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers,
which may 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 addi-
ton to any such signature as Subscriber. I" or
"a. G. d." not for publication, but to enable
US to communicate promptly with the inquirer.
Parties desiring answers by mail must fnclose
stamp for return postage.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
Cactus for Name,

Imail you a small cactus that grows on our
high levels, which some say Is the genuine tree
cactus OF the staked plains dwarfed by unfayor-
able conditions. Is that your opinion of it?
What is its scientific name? A LADY.
Palo Pinto county, Tex.
The specimen sent has every appear
ance of being the Stsked Plains cactus
you refer to, though We have no means
of making ourselt entirely sure. II it
be the same then its botanical name is
Cerus giganteus.
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WANTED ---FEMALE AGENTS,

Wanted-Ladies TO canvass in their
own towns and counties. Nice employ
meut. Liberal commissions. Recon-
mendations required. Address N. L.
W.. care Gazette, Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21

The original Webster Unabridged Diction-
dry and the Weekly Gazette for one year,
only 81 90. Dictionary shipped, prepaid,
to cypress Office nearest the subscriber.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21

renheit, and should be warm enough to
raise the temperature of the milk TO
above &C degrees.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
j. P. STEELE, EDITOR.
BAD Water and Fever..

intended
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21

All articles in the stationery line used by the
several departments of the state governme Mt,
Probable amount required under contract, 5000.
Stationery to be promptly delivered TO the re-
spective departments ordering the same, in
such quantities and at such times as may be
designated. No charges allowed for delivering
goods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
Farm and Stock Notes.

The way to win battle is to plan your
campaign. The way to have good garden is
to think the matter over and lay your plans
during the winter.
The men who make the most money
from farming are not the ones who work
the hardest or the most hours, but those who
manage with the greatest wisdom.
Many farmers in Butler county, Nebraska,
are feeding their potatoes TO their hogs, be.
lieving that 1T will pay better than hauling
them to town at prices from 10 TO 10 cents a
bushel.
The color of milk does not indicate its
quality any mora than the. color of the
shell indicates the quality of the egg. Sc
says Prof. Alvord.
There is no reason why a good COW should
rot be kept In as clean condition as a good
horse, even by the application of the curry
comb and brush.
Inherent defects should be avoided. The
poultry fanclers have had a crooked breast
bone or wry tail on a sire transmitted ia
all the chicks. Aim to avoid deformiUies
or enfeebled constitutions in birds or ami
mails
1t is said of corn that it is one Of the best
foods for fattening hogs, but is starvation
diet to pigs. The reason Is that while corn
contains the elements that produce fat it is
deficient In mineral matter and other Gle.
ments essential to growth.
Feed chopped scrap beef to the hens il
you wish them to lay. When eggs are as
high as at present it will pay to buy meat
for the hens. the cheaper portions will an
answer, but it should be lean. Liver and
| fresh blood are excellent egg producing
foods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06

so"n with the wheat and clover early the
following spring. A fine growth of grass
Is thus provided, Immediately following the
harvesting Of the wheat. If two or three
years. or more. is desired for meadow and
pasture. the meadow should occupy the first
year, or until the grass has become well
established and the soil hardened for the
ADMISSION of domestic animals in pasture.
Ihe second or third year in grass will give a
good crop for corn at the beginning of the
next course in the rotation.
There are several variations which NAV
De introduced as circumstances require.
Potatoes may occupy portion of the corn
heid, or part of the land, instead of oats,
Tue year atterward. If dug early In autumn,
they may be followed with winter rye.
sown as soon as the potatoes are dug, and if
the grown has been kept in good condition
and clear OF weeds, the only cultivation to
Precede the sowing of the rye will be the
use OF a disk harrow. The rye crop may
nave four uses-early spring pasturage, cut
Ting for early soiling, ripening for grain,
or turning under for green manuring.
The rye may take the place of winter
wheat, and Is the best crop for seeding with
grass, being the last grain in the course If
sown after potatoes, it fills a vacancy by
| growing through the rest Of the autumn
and on in spring until cut for soiling or for
ripening grain, as the owner may desire.
In sowing timothy with winter wheat, it
sometimes happens that on very rich
ground, and followed the next spring wi til
much rainy weather, the timothy will make
a rank growth and ripen seed by the time
the wheat is harvested, and, at the same
time, lessen the crop of wheat. This may
be prevented by sowing the timothy seed
two or three weeks later than the sowing of
| the winter grain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06

woods, where they have free range and a
variety of food, yet we feed coal freely,
especially charcoal We burn charcoal
ourselves. 1t is a very easy matter TO keep
quantity on hand. Make good fire. a I'D
after it burns freely smother 1t with sC,ds
and little water poured over it, and a
large pile Of good coal can be had. Uss it
freely. The approach of cholera can usually
be noticed by the appearance of large red
spots gradually turning into running sores
back of the ears. Remove such animals
from the rest, give small quantities OF laxa-
tive food, and feed coal freely to the sick.
as well as to the healthy animals. Those
having the disease badly cannot be cured,
and had better be at once killed and burnt.
A real cholera-sick hog cannot be sold for
meat without detection in the open market,
as the appearance of the animal is against
it, and none would risk buying such meat.
If sold at all, it would be by stealth, and then
made up into sausage. Pigs should have a
wood range, and access to pure water, and
cholera would be rare. Filth, impure
water, and exposure to in tense heat during
the summer will usually inoculate the
animals with the disease germs which will
cause the disease to manifest itself in the
early fall. Had the large sums of money
spent by our government for a number of
years in trying to eradicate this disease
been used in enforcing health laws for the
proper feeding and caring for these animals,
some good might have been accomplished.
As 1t is. we have hundreds of expensive
agricultural books published, with queer
microscopic drawings, which bewilder the
reader and confuse his ideas-and do little, if
any. good Filth, heat. impure food, and
crowding together in numbers, will bring on
disease in almost any animal, and only the
most rigid inspection of all meats and Sc
we're penalties will be of any USE
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06

FRENCH WFtAFPER FLANNELS-
Extra fine quality, all wool, in new
and fancy shades and colorings, at
25c., 35c., 45c., 60c., and Csc per
yard, reduced from 35c, 45c., Soc,
65c., and 75c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
Raise Your Own Cows.

half dozen good cows are worth q dozen
poor ones, says the AHscI lean AgricuLt1tr-
list. 1t takes as much food and care to keep
poor cow as it does a good one, and while
the former barely returns enough at most
to pay her way" the latter returns a COM
Portable profit to her owner. Those farmers
who are looking around for really good
cows know how difficult it is to buy one,
when found, at p,ice they can afford to
pay. Yet they frequently keep locking
around" for several years, when they might
IN the same time, have raised several choice
cows themselves. OF course it takes time
to raise a good-sized herd of profitable
COWS, but this expenditure of time is only
in lieu of the money expenditure absolutely
necessary TO purchase desirable animal.
As farmer usually can spare the time bet
ter than the cash, it is easy to see what
IS the best course to pursue. There are but
lew farmers who do not now have at least
one, two, or three cows fairly good, which
can be used as a start in Improvement.
Do not use scrub bull merely because
your nelghbor happens to have him and
for a good, pure-bred one. Save all the
heifer calves and carefully raise them.
When they are about three years old, and
less than four years from the time the i'm
proyement is started, you will have fine
young cows. Other calves will also be COM
ing on from them as well as from the
original COWS, and in five or six years there
will be quite herd, the common, unproft-
able COWS having been worked off to the
butcher. Many a farmer wishes he had
commenced five or SIX years age. He does
not think that he will likely say the same
thing five or six years hence, yet does not
commerce now. Good, pure-bred bulls
have now become so well distributed, that
the use of one can usually be secured without
much difficulty, while a good bull calf can
be had from such stock, eligible to entry,
for comparatively low price. Enough
can, as rule, be counted on from neighbor-
ing farmers herds to pay for his keep.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
Popular Scianca.

1t is claimed that paint made with tur-
pentine is a better protector for iron work
than when it is mixed with faxseed oil.
Experiments at Leipsic show that skin
grated from a white to a colored person
becomes gradually black, and that black
skin grated upon white person in time
becomes white.
A Birmingham, England, man has in
vented metal that can hardly be distin-
guished from gold. 1t is like the precious
me al in all its best points, can be ham
mered and drawn equally we'll, and presents
pound, and gains its gold color from the ac-
tion of chemical The inventor has
placed samples of his discovery on the mar
ket, and expects to begin its manufacture
soon. 1t can be made for 60 cents pound,
and may be used extensively in the manu-
facture OF cheap jewelry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
An Interesting Beginning,

1890 has been made memorable by the
New Years day dinner at the De Soto, and
of equal Importance is the next great event,
HOGAN'S BARGAIN FEAST this week.
Every day of lingering fall or early spring,
cali it as you please, in the midst of what
should be winter. makes us desperate, and
our only satisfaction is to whack down the
prices and make the goods move. Tempted
you cannot be by better and fuller stock
than ours. Everything is new, bright,
fresh from the maker. Wesay it earnestly.
Don't miss our establishment this week. IT
IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT OFTEN
MET WITH. Let your eyes follow the
array. Remember, everything in winter
goods is cut in price from Is to 40 per cont
and this amount you save by coming
this week to the right place-Southeast
corner Broughton and Barnard streets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
Crop Rotation.

In rotation commonly adopted in north
ern and eastern states-and which may
serve as basis for other rotations, and be
modified with locality and circumstance
corn is planted on inverted sod, enriched by
spreading barn manure upon it the previous
autumn and winter, says the New York
Tribune. The rains and melting SHOWS dis
solve the soluble portions and carry them
down into the soil, thus effecting more
perfect diffusion or intermixture than could
be effected mechanically by spring applica-
ton, and giving decidedly larger crops. A
fine, mellow bed of soil is easily prepared
for planting the corn by using the disk or
the smoothing harrow on the inverted soil.
The latter half of autumn will be required
Tor harvesting and husking the corn and
for removing the stalks. The corn is fol-
lowed by spring wheat, oats, peas, or any
spring grain which may be sown early.
After removal of the spring grain, the land
Is thoroughly prepared for winter wheatbY
cultivation and pulverizing, and by add
aon of any manuring which may be advis-
'oie. Timothy, or other hardy grass, Is