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The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
SENATOR VANCE'S SPEECH.

(Roanoke Patron-Organ of the Grange.)
We think that the speech of Senator
Vance, a portion of which was in the
CHRONICLE of the 10th, ought to satisfy
our Alliance brethren as to his position
on the Sub-Treasury bill, and that he is
not guilty Of the charge Of being op
posed to the State Democratic platform,
in regard to the abolition Of the National
bank system.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
The Scheme of Two Boys to Make a
Fortune.
lBy United Press. |

NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Henry Cassin
and Oscar Matthews, hall boys at the
Hotel Vendome arrested last night on
the charge of.stealing the tin box contain
ing $17 900, belonging to book makers
Carlin u Sand, were to day remanded
at Jefferson Market court. One of the
boys has confessed to Inspector Byrnes.
Most of the money has been recovered.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
Political Nominations.
TBy United Press. !

COLUMBIA, s. O., Sept. 19.-James F.
Ensor, of this city, has been nominated
Tor Congress by the Republicans of the
Fourth district of South Carolina.
DENVER COL, Sept. 19.-The Republi-
T. y State Convention this morning nom
p <@fed John l. Routt for Governor.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
A Buyer for the Whole Concern.
[Oxford Public Ledger ]

[Oxford Public Ledger.l
Gradually the great American To
bacco Company is getting everything in
systematic working shape. One of the
pointment of buyer for the whole con-
cern. Hereafter one man will do all the
leaf buying for all five of the combined
factories. That man is Duke and he
lives in Durham.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
Financial Ruin and Suicide.

By Cable to STATE CHRoNICLE.)
BERLIN, Sept. 19.-Count Schleinitz,
who had recently become financially
ruined through his propensity for gamb-
ling, committed suicide to-day by shoot
ing himself with revolver.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
Attempted Assassination by Striking
Coal Miners.
by United Press. ]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 19.-An
attempt was made last evening to assas-
sinate DR.. X. D. Davis, Superintendent
E;na Coal Company's mines, at White
side, fourteen miles west of here. He
was shot in the right shoulder, the bal
let penetrating the lung. The shooting
is supposed to have resulted from pro-
tracted strike among the miners.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
The Knights Have ssStruck'' Them
selves out nf plOyment.
IBy United Press.l

New YORK, Sept. 19th.-There was a
rush of Knights of Labor strikers to the
Grand Central depot this morning, the
executive Board of D. A. 246, having
formerly declared the strike off last night
General Superintendent VOORHEES, told
him that the road was we'll manned at
present, and that all he could do for
them was to take their names as appll-
cants for work and refer them to the
Division Superintendent.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
WinstOn,s Baseball Fever.

Especial to STATE CHRONICLE.
WINSTON, N. c., Sept. 10. Winston
won from Roanoke by hard batting to-
day. The score stood IA to Z. The last
game of the series will be played to-
morrow
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
w. H. & r. 8. TUCKER & co.
High Grade Pottery.

Hungarian. Moorish, Royal Worcester,
Dresden, &C., comprising greatest va
riety of novel shapes and a wide range
in prices.
w. n. & r. S. TUCKER & Go.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20

SARANAC LAKE, Ky, Sept. lex
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland
left yesterday for New York.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20

CREssoN, Pa, Sept. 19.-The Presi-
dent this morning approved the anti-lot-
terry and river and harbor bills.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Nan at Jessup, Ga, Shoots HsE Wife and a
Nan Whom He Discovered iHsHeKsg$
ROOm-BOth Dead.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 21.-A dispatch
from Jessup, Ga. gives an account of o
frightful double tragedy there early this
morning. 1t appears that ]. NJ. Mccall,
county surveyor of Ware county came to
Jessup from Brunswick about 10 CLOCK
last night and stopped at the LittlefieId
house. He retired to his room, and
after staying in bed two hours went down
stairs in his night clothes and asked
for MIR. Littleield, but could not
find him. He then went to
Mrs. Littlefield's room and knocked.
She admitted him. Mr.. Littlefield was
on the front porch watching him, and
finding them in a compromising situation
he rushed through the window into the
room and shot his wife just over the left
eye, killing her instantly. He then shot
Mccall four times. One ball struck him
in the lip just under the nose, one in the
right side, one in the left shoulder and
one in the small of his back. Mccall
ran into an adjoining room and fell.
Medical aid was summoned, but he died
at 2:20 q. m. Mccall was about fifty
years old, with large family, having
grown children, and the family stands
very high in the estimation of the COM
munity. Littlefield is about the same
age. His wife was about forty-five
years old. They came from Massachu-
sets and have been living in Jessup
twenty years. a
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29

would give us an orange region large
enough to be of great Importance, es-
pecially when taking into account the
superior character of its soils, compared
TO that In which all the oranges of this
country are now grown. II we can de-
velop this territory as frst-class for
orange culture 1t will enable us to play
the wild with the markets as at present
existing. all oranges grown within the
United States are the result of expensive
irrigation or heavy fertilizing, This
orange region of Texas would call for
nothing of that kind, hence it must be
seen that we could easily beat down all
competition.
Already the ordinary oranges have
been quite successfully grown in certain
sections of Texas Some years age we
saw growing on the plantation of Judge
Jones, at Highland, near Galveston, as
fine oranges of the old types as any man
need desire to look at. The only ex-
isting trouble with the old kind lies
in the possible danger of an occasional
freeze-Out by some unnatural blizzard
that might chance to drop down upon
as. Thirty or forty years might not
bring one of them, but the possibility of
such visitation at any
time holds us afraid to risk too
much on the old oranges.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
Texas Ponies,

The general raid of these, says the
New York World, has been something
decidedly remarkable. They have in
vaded every section of the country. Their
low price, hardness and endurance have
placed them in active competition with
the mule on Southern plantations and
made them especially popular with the
freedmen tenants. They have also scat
tered through the Northern and Eastern
states, where they are found in consider
able numbers, and they are plentiful in
the Rocky mountain regions. Fear is
entertained in Mississippi as elsewhere
that the influx of mustang horses wifi
prove DISADVANTAGE: 1t is recognized,
while they have inherited wonderful
staying as well as going qualities, and
are active aud efficient for their size,
that still they are scrubs. There is some
improvement in Texas, though the larger
part of the Texas ponies on the market
are from the old original Spanish stock
unadulterated.
For our own part we can t see how the
introduction of our ponies can ever prove
of disadvantage to any state, for they
are everything we hold them to be, and
are well worth the money we ask for
them,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
On Driving a Horse.

The st. Louis Christian Advocate en-
dorses the suggestion of humane writer
that the practice of thrashing the patient
OK to increase his speed, or whacking
HIM across the nose when he is desired to
stop, are certainly not the character
istics of good teamster, any more than
the habit of yanking, twitching aud
whipping the horse is the indication OF q
good driver. The succeeding comment
sets Sorth that there is nothing more I'M
reasonable or wasteful than this style, of
managing horses. Good sense requires
that horse be started, urged forward =,
and stopped by the voice, and that resort
should never be had to the whip unless
absolutely necessary. a horse then
knows what is required of him, and the
annoying and dangerous habit of sud-
denly starting and jumping is avoided.
A great majority OF the spavins, sprains
and ring bones, not to speak of the
heaves and numerous other horse all
ments, are caused by rough and thought
less driving. No reasonable person will
doubt this for one moment.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29

The Prairie Farmer, Chicago, says
the plant known as Japan cloYer lies
pedeza striata), is gaining popularity in
the South-at least in Tennessee, Mis-
sisslppi, L louisiana and Texas-as a very
vigorous growing and excellent forage
plant, roofing out dog fennel and other
nuisances, and continuing in good graz
ing condition until killed by frosts, and
stock of all kinds are said to be fond of
it, and grow fat on it
1t has loug been our opinion that
Japan clover has been a good deal
overrated. That it contains the proper
elements for q good stock food must be
so, for the chemists tell US it does, but
on account of the hard and wire like
character of its stems stock hesitate to
eat it so long as they can get anything
else. And when it comes to roofing out
dog fennel and other noxious growths
Japan clover is not there. 1t is won
derful growth to spread over a country
and II will stay where 1t has no very
strong growth TO contend against. A
few years ago it took fine run in the
pine regions of the gulf states east of the
Mississippi river, but now 1t is rapidly
disappearing from those regions,
having been crowded out by car
pet or Louisiana grass (Paspalum platy-
aule).
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
Scientific Earning.

There seems to be no little misconcep-
tion with reference to what this term
means, and on that account "sci entifo
farming, - so called, and as understood =,
is not one of the most popular things i'm
aginable with the farming masses. But
there is nothing wrong about scientific
farming, as such, though it must be ad-
United that men do sometimes run Ger
tain specialties they call science entirely
into the ground, as we say, SO far as re-
lates TO farming.
An article on this subject by Mr., W.
W. Durham Of Austin appearing in
late issue of Farm and Ranch, has
amused us no little. Mr.. Durham says
Welborn s and Coles letters are excel
lent, but there is lots of "every day.
farmers who don't know half the science
that either of them does, but who can
make as good crops. He is satisfied that
to make good cotton yield does not re-
quire near as much scientific knowledge
as these gentlemen put in 1t, but rather
lot OF good work at the right time.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
German Millet.

This is one of the best crops we can
raise for the production of hay. In
Texas it ought to have been sown before
this time, in order to give it the advan-
tsges of the better growing season of
spring, still it viii come very we'll
If sown as late as July. 1t is
a crop that stands dronth very
well. and 1t is a very quick crop to ar
rive at maturity. A wheat field, after
the wheat has been removed, may be
made 10 bring fine crop of millet in the
same season. Speaking of German
millet the Indiana Farmer says if prop
erlY cared for it makes an excellent feed
for both horses and cattle, aud makes a
good substitute for the ordinary hay
rations. The ground should be well pull
verified and the seed put in at the rate
OF one bushel to the acre. It should be
worked INTO the soil By light narrowing.
The hay is cut when the crop is IN bloom
If allowed to 20 TO seed it becomes of
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
THE WEEKLY WORTH, TEXAS THURSDAY

coupled with good season. ''Let We'll
born and the rest of them,'' he adds
"preach good old bone labor, as we call
it down here, to the boys, without
which no good crop of cotton was ever
| raised. -
Mr.. Durham then &C es on to tell how
he raised, by the application of pure
bone labor alone, thirty eight bales of
cotton, each weighing 800 pounds on
forty-four measured acres of ground,
and says he expects to do fully as well
again this year. He II do 1t no doubt,
but not without an application of science.
The possibility exists that Mr.. Durham
would deny the charge were we TO ao-
cuse him of being O scientific farmer,
but he is, all the same-Rs much q
scientist in that direction as any of
them. No man can raise that much
cotton on the acreage named without
being scientific farmer. For after all
what is science but knowledge? (see
Webster). Mr.. Durham knows how to
prepare his land for cotton-that is
science. He knows how to put in and
cultivate the crop, and how to take
care of it when the cotton is made
that is science also. The only difference
between Mr.. Durham and Messrs. We'll
born and Cole lies in the fact that they
run their science out on different roads
than those Travelled by him. Let them
go. but don I punch all science in the
short ribs simply because they happen to
do it.
There is no kind of danger that farmer
will get too muon science, provided it is
of such character that he can make it
useful in his calling. If he can { do that
kind of thing with it his best plan is to
let 1t severely alone; for he has no time
to throw away on any mere plaything.
Get all the science (kuowIedge) that you
can make a good practical use of, no
matter whence the source, and use it.
That is scientific farming. Science that
one could not use i'll his calling would not |
constitute him any more scientific |
farmer than if he had never heard OF it. |
He might be more scientist because of |
his requirements, but not more scien-
tifc farmer.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
Most Beautiful and Artistic.

Neither the front nor the back is hinged. Both
screw on with long thread, making the watch
absolutely dustproof and waterproof which il
could not be il it were hinged
With each watch there goes guarantee by the
Manhattan Watch Company to keep it in order
for one year, free of all charge, and guarantee
from the makers OF the case, Joseph Fahys &
Co.. for fifteen years.
The face of this watch is precisely the same "a
that of the gold watch and the movement is pre-
cisely the same. The difference between the
two watches is only in the case. The latter is OF
oxidfzed silver, acid eaten very neat and quaint
The movement is the quick train, with straight
line lever escapement, with a direct acting
hand-set that permits accurate setting, andwiif
not allow the hands to move out of position
while setting. In the sweep second movement
ment train, insuring perfect motion, while the
dial train and hands are run by friction pinion
from a side center This gives all the adyan-
tages in time keeping qualities Of the most deli
cately adjusted and expensive movement
Each watch is put up in a neat box, padded to
carry it safely through the mails. In the box
are directions for setting the hands and regula-
ting the watch, with the name of the person az
the factory VINO tested and packed it. If on re-
ceipt OF the watch it does not regulate or keen
time, or is found out of order in any way: IL il
to be returned to the Manhattan Watch Com
pany, No. 234 Broadway, and it will either be
put in perfect condition or a new one sent FREE
OF ALL CHARGE. This guarantee is good for one
year, during which the Company agrees to
keep the watch in perfect running order
free of all charge. All repairs from accidents
the possessor of a Manhattan horse timer stop
watch is able to return it to the COMPANY for
repairs at any time, knowing that the cost will
never be more than q trife.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
CATCH THE THIEVES.
Professional Burglars Do Up the Section
House Men and Bridge Gang at Bremond.
WALNUT SPRINGS Trx Nav ~ 1901

Professional Burglars Do Up the Section
House Men and Bridge Gang at Bremond.
WALNUT SPRINGS, Tex, May %, 1890.
To the Gazette.
On the night of the 21st May. 1890, at
Bremond, the south terminus of my run
on the Houston and Texas Central rail-
road, professional burglars done the
town Of Bremond, robbing the section
house men, bridge gang and others to
the amount of $500, by taking olothing
from under their heads and leaving
clothes on the prairie after searching for
valuables. They entered my room where
1 was sleeping 1T the Conley hotel, tax
ing my clothes of my bed and carrying
them about forty yards from the hotel,
and ri1ed my pockets, stealing tickets.
pocketbook, pocketknIfe, watch and
chain, and q hfty-cent piece Spanish
coin of date 17SG-lO4 years old. De-
ssription of watch: Was B. w. Raw
sfond, Elgin mandatory, open face.
5Sith locomotive engraved on back;
have number at home. One man, q Mr..
Owens, man of large family. and an
old man, vas robbed of S43, all of his
months earnings, not leaving him a
leanstespay his debts. 1 think hanging a
jnsfreward for such burglars. A man
was seen running down the track dressed
in gray clothes with black Derby hat
on, whom believe to be the thief.
will pay reward OF $40 for the watch
and SO for thief, and l think others will
also pay a reward. J. W. FOSTER,
Conductor Houston and Texas Central.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
That Watermelon Sugar.

OF late We have seen IN various
Texas papers an article credited to some
publication called ''National Wealth of
California, - the which is telling of a
new and wonderful sugar industry de-
veloping on the Pacific slope. The sugar
Is manufactured from yatermelons.
The article represents that 1.-THE melons
are gathered and slashed open with big
knife, and wooden scoup empties the
pulp into a vessel where the Juice is ex-
pressed. This is boiled rudelv and crys-
talized like maple sugar in the Atlantic
states. The sugar sells at remunerative
prices, Is light colored and sweet. Red
pulp melons give darker sugar, white
pulp Is therefore preferred. - The usual
comment is that we have IN this state
much land suited to the growth
of watermelons, that might be turned
to good account in the production of
melon sugar.
We refer to this matter simply for the
purpose of exploding o humbug. There
is no such thing as crystalzed melon
sugar, ard never will be, for the reason
that the sweet properties in the water
melon is glucose. 1t could not be crys-
talized or granuIated any more than
could the juice of the grape. A hard
and sweetish substance might be made
by cooperating the Juice of melons,
little like so-called ''grape
sugar, but no chemist on earth could
possibly crystalize it.
"A somewhat passable syrup may be
made from watermelons, though it is
much inferior TO sorghum syrup. Forty
years ago, before the Introduction of
sorghum, the peOpls of some of the upper
states often made what they called
watermelon molasses.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
wEEyIL IN CORN.
A Question Which Once Solved VIII Save NIL
ions of Dollars to Texas.
RprruAM Try Nav n 1871

Editor Gazette.
When admiring the artistic arrange
ments and combinations for attractive
presentation of the cereals of Texas in the
wonderful Spring Palace, the practical
idea occurred to me that this was the or
ganization through which might be solved
the question, how to prevent or kill
weevll in corn.
II you will discuss this question so as
to solve it successfully, you will not only
save millions of dollars to Texas, but you
will also be benefactor to the people
living in that portion of Texas south of
Fort Worth. Here the weevil is great
pest and grows worse as you approach
the coast, where Texas corn cannot be
long kept in cribs or warehouses, for the
weeyil eats it up. Respectfully, etc.,
GUY M BRYAN
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
DRIFT Horses In Demnnd

The Iowa Homestead tells US thai
horse buyers of the North are now scour-
ing the whole country for grade draft
horses. paying really good prices for
all they can get. 1t has been the same
way through several years past, and will
The draft horse is the horse most in de-
mand, and therefore the horse that
ought to be raised by the farmer.
The Homestead writer further states
that amid the almost universal de-
preston in farm products, the one
that has stood firm has been that
of horses; not all kinds of
horses, however, but the class which the
horse raising public demands. The plug
horse has been dull sale, and the asser-
ton is ventured that he will never be in,
better demand. ASK any of the Eastern
buyers who may be found at this season
of the year in any state of the North.
and they will promptly report demand
for draft horses far above the supply.
They eau scarcely obtain horses of five
years old and upward, and, not finding
these, will take them at four, three or
two years. The horse that is wanted is
either horse that can travel, or a horse
that can pull, or coach horse that has
good action, good size and style, and
well matched. There will be no hesita-r
ton in saying that the horse that is1Slr6.S,
fitable to the farmer is the draft. The,
farmer has already for farm use tHeS
mares which, when mated properly ai
produce them. He has profitable work
for the dam, and, excepting the service,
the price of the colt is nearly all profit.
In many localities the cost of keeping a
colt from weaving time till he is sold is
less than the keep of steer from wean-
ing time till he goes to the butcher.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
BACK FROM soUTHs AFRICA.
The Party OF Scientists Who weris0asto Vie,
the SUMS Eclipse in December.

1ne farty OF scientists Who WenB0HSte View
the SUMS Eclipse in December.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, May %. - The United
States war ship Pensacola reached port
this morning. The Pensacola left here
October last, having on board Professor
Todd and his party of scientists, who
went to San Paul de Losndo, South At
RIGA, to observe the total eclipse of the
sun in December. The weather was not
sufficiently clear for satisfactory obser-
Vations of the eclipse, although various
parties of observers were sent to the
most advantageous points in that local.
ity, and the ship herself steamed out
some distance from port to take
a series of shots at the sun. After Ieav-
ing San Paul de Loando, q run down to
Cape Town was made for coal and pro-
visions, and then its homeward voyage
begun.
The return was made by way of the
Islands of St. Helena and Barbados.
Although the Pensacola is a good sailor
IN fair winds, her steaming powers are
not much to boast of, so her somewhat
long voyage is easily accounted for. The
Pensacola will probably be made a tenn
porary flagship on a European station. 1t
Is thought Rear Admiral Harmony will
be put In command of the station.