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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
The Portable Cream cry.

Mr.. G. L. Ames of Lyons, Iowa,
writes this to the Farm and Fireside
that it may be defined as a water-tlght
box, with cover, holding deep cans, in
which milk is set as drawn from the cow
and the box filed with ice water or cold
well or spring water. That was the
original style of making portable cream
cries, and while 1t was a great improve
ment over the shallow pan setting, it
involved considerable labor and bother
in lifting in and out the heavy cans of
milk. So inventors improved this crude
creamery by fastening the cans in the
tank and providing faucets for drawing
off the milk and cream at the bottom OF
the can.
1t is found that if warm, fresh milk is
put in deep can set in cold water, the
milk being RAPIDLY cooled, the cream be-
ing much lighter will rise rapidly to the
top, so that in a few hours-from four to
eight-the cream is all up and can be
SKINNED and the can used for q fresh
setting. Practically, the skimming is
done in the morning and at night in time
for the next milking to be set.
The great advantage claimed for thfs
arrangement IS that instead of O lot OF
pans, crooks or pots to be washed,
scalded, summed and handled in various
ways, one to three or more tin cans are
used and not handled or summed Mt all,
as the milk never sours in the cfsamery
when cold water is used, consequently
there is no danger of particles of s5fiR
milk remaining in the cans to start fer
mentation in the next lot put in. Then
81 T,
house or to feed; the skimming is done
by simply opening faucet and letting
the milk run out, small glass window
in the can showing when the cream
reaches the faucet, when 1t is closed and
the oream-pail being set under the faucet
it is again opened and the cream runs
out. That is the whole process.
Another advantage lies in the fact that
the cream will always be of exactly the
same character. Then flies can never
get into the cream, indeed nothing else
bad, for the box stands tightly closed.
Ice is always best to use in the box for
keeping it cool, but cold water answers
q very good purpose where ice cannot be
conveniently had, but it will take longer
to raise the cream, and the creamery
should be large enough to hold two milk-
ings, so that the milk can remails in the
creamery twenty-four hours before it is
skinned. If the water at So deg. can
be conveyed to the creamery without
loss Of cold and allowed to run through
it all the time, then the cream will all be
raised in twelve hours, or between milk
ings.
Some Of the portable croameries that
are made in the cabinet style have the
space under the cans inclosed with double
walls, and this apartment can be used as
refrigerator to keep the cream in dur
ing hot weather. The temperature of
this refrigerator is about right to prop
erly rIpen the cream in summer, when
only two churninRs week are made. It
is also convenient place to keep butter
for home use, or while waiting to send it
to market.
The quantity Of cream as raised in
portable creamery exceeds that raised in
shallow pans from the same quantity of
milk. but It Is much thinner, and though
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
Geology and Pomolnrr.

Mr.. G. h. Ragsdale sustains our POSI-
tition relative to the great diversity in
fruit capabilities exhibited by the various
sections of Texas. He says all local pc
culiarities ought to be carefully studied
by the pomologist, particularly the Pc
culiarities of the soil, for we cannot at
all be sure that fruit which succeeds to
perfection few miles from us will give
even so much as Indifferent results in our
own soil. For instance, the Delaware
grape is slow grower on the
prairie. seven miles south of Gaines
vile, while seven miles southeast of
Gainesville, in the edge of the cross tim
bers, 1t grows rapidly. The yellow egg
plum is q shy bearer at the first named
locality while st the other iii quite pro-
lific.
According to Professor HIPS. olassif-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
HOUSE BUILDING.
The Belief that Architects Estimates
are Too Low Unfortunate for
the Owner.
Brief Description of Design for q Country
House of Moderate Cost by B. W.
shoppell, Architect.
Copyright by Author. !

Copyright by Author
The prevalent belief that architects
estimates are too low, fostered by those
whose interests such belief will serve,
is unfortunate for owners, because it
leads many of them into signing con-
tracts that are too high. There are &C.
casioual mistakes in estimating, and that
there are few architects who habitually
estimate too low is admitted, but to &C
cuse the entire profession is absurd as to
say that all physicians arc incompetent
and dishonest because there are
"quacks' found in their ranks.
The imitstors land they are few are
the "quacksn of the architectural pro-
fession. Never having originated de-
sign they are unacquainted with the
materials and labor required for con-
struction. Usually they abuse other
architects, especially those from whom
they have borrowed most literally and
they proclaim their Originality" with
great vehemence. If the intending
builder would avoid this class, he can
hardly make a mistake il consulting
architects anywhere.
Following will be found brief deserip-
ton of the design illustrating this
article:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
DAY OF REST.
Some Unfamiliar Reasons Why the Sabbath
Should be Observed.

Some Unfamiliar Reasons Why the Sabbath
Should be Observed.
UNFAMILIAR REASONS FOR THE REST DAY T..
For the Gazette
''What fools we mortals bel''
The above text came often to my mind
on a recent Sunday, as 1 walked through
the main street of certain city, and
saw that a majority of its tradesmen
were doing seven days work for six
days. profits. The text is not exactly
the words of Scripture, but it is the very
substance of the book of Proverbs, which
aims to show the utter stupidity of all
wrong doing.
Even John Stuart Mill admits that
Operatives are perfectly right in think
ing that if all worked on Sunday, seven
days. work would have to be given for
six days' wages. - All over the land
BARRIERS are closing their shops on Sun
day, because it is so evident that when
all BARRIERS in a city close on Sunday, all
will make as much in six days as they
used to make in seven. 1t is manifestly
SO in nearly all branches of trade. Even
a poor man, who has no refrigerator,
can keep his cigars over night. 1t is not
necessary to have new coat or hat
served on Sunday morning ''hot from
the griddle.''
More liquor can be sold by Sunday
opening than by weekday opening only.
The tobacconlst and confectioner also
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

gain-just so much as their open shops
may tempt children to embezZle their
missionary pennies. But other trades
men who open on the Sabbath are not
knsves but fools. They do two months
of Sunday work in q year for nothing.
That Americans, and Western Americans
at that, with all their reputation for
smartness, should so cheat themselves is
remarkable. Not only is this two
months work without gain-it is posi-
tive loss by wear, and tear of both the
merchandise and;the merchant.
AS the beggar carries on his breast the
sign, 'sI am btfnd,ss' so the man who
buys shoes stamps sugar or sgeetmests
OH the Sabbath puts on himself thsskign,
81 am ,seifsh and shiftlessss 90 dd the
tradesmsh who3allow themselves to be
thus imposed Upon should sing to each
other in solo and chorus, - "Fool, fool
fool.''
The man who lies or steals or kills or
commits adultery, gets some sort of
devilish pay for it; but those who swear
and those who work on the Sabbath
serve the devil for nothing and board
themselves.
A canvass Of the shops open on Sunday
in London showed that 50 per cent.
wished to close if their competitors would
also close.
Every trade should therefore petition
state and city governments to close them
up by the only "agreement" that will
last-one that has G policeman g club
behind it for the mean man who always
breaks such an agreement when there is
nothing but his own bankrupt honor be-
hind it.
5gRe liberty of rest for each demands law Of
~ rest for all.
81 WILBUR F. CRAFTS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
History of the Castor Beam.

This plant, now good deal interesting
Texas as an agricultural product of fine
promise, is supposed to be native Of
Asia, though it was introduced into
Europe and Africa egypt at very
early day. The ancients far back used
its seeds as a medicine, though they do
| not seem to have thought of them as an
oil-yielder. In ancient times the plant
went by different names, in different
| countries, but now all botanists through
| out the civilized world know it under the
scientific name of Ricinus conlmu1liS, q
! name given-it by Linn@us.
The earliest popular name of the cas-
tor bean, on the American continent,
was Palma Christi, perhaps. This name
seems to have been given it by the
Jesuits of Peru, who are the first people
to bring the plant into prominence on our
side of the sea. It has long been extern
slvely grown in Peru, where oil manu-
featured from the beans Is used for va
rious purposes. At a time not far back
in American history the city of Lima was
lighted With oil expressed from the palma
christi bean.-See Appleton's encyclo-
pedia.
AS stated by us in former article, an
castor bean into several species. This
has been the work of seedsmen who have
seized upon the variations of the plant
and advertised them as novelties. Of
course the novelties had to have high
sounding names, SO they catalogued q
red variety as RacinuS sGnguiRus, and O
very tall growing variety as Rictnas
barbonienSis, and so on. But botanists do
not recognize any of these names, for
they represent only vareties-not spe-
cies. There is but one castor bean known
to standard botany, and that is Ricinus
communis, just as there is but one Irish
potato-the Soldnum tu5eroSuna- and
doubtless palma christi is the earliest
common name by which it was known on
the American continent, just as potato
seems to have been the earliest common
name by which that plant was generally
known in this country. The small grow
ing or blue stalked palma chrIsti-the
kind from which castor oil Is manufact-
ured-represents the original species, no
doubt, the others being simply the result
Of freaks or sports the same as the SOUP
pernoug grape is q freak from the titus
uRlpina species of the vine.
Palma christi is the popular name by
which the castor oil plant is most gener-
ally known in the Southern statss, but
in the states of the North. as far up as It
grows, one is most apt to hear 1t called
either castor oil bean or mole weed. A
recent writer says in his section of Texas
only the red variety is known as palma
christi. OF course, he is correct. Texas
is large enough for getting in hosts OF
different local names on the same plant.
Tor our part we, in the course of much
botanical work II various sections of
Texas, have heard both the red and the
blue varieties generally called by the
common name of palma christI-"the
blue palma christie and "the red palma
christi. Z"
In Mexico, Southern California and
Southern Florida the ricInus becomes
perennial, and grows to large size,
comparatively. We have seen the bar
boniensis variety near thirty feet high in
Florida. It is very pretty little tree
there.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

cation of Texas strata, says Mr.. Rags
dale, the former of the two localities
referred to is in the Washlta limestone :,
while the. latter is IN the Arienta clays.
The Washlts formation Is surfaced by a
dark limy mari, while the Arieuta for
nation is surfaced by q tough, yellow
clay having in its composition more or
less of sand.
Now, upon this way of studying geol-
ogy and pomology together one might
often save himself great deal of trouble
and expense. For instance, if it is a
fact that the Delaware grape fajlsip one
of these formations and sucealds in the
other, near Gainesville, the obability
exists that the same kind of Ding may
be reasonably expected Of the same.for-
nations in other sections of the state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
Preston,s "Hed-ARe. -
L ER1r TO OLD MEXICO
frequently Made for One Dollar.

Frequently maze gor One Oottdrs
1t is surprising how little is known OF
our sister Republic by the residents of
the United States, although it is easily
reached by water. or rail. The large
percentage of Americans seem to satisfy
themselves with the thought that Mexico
is only a narrow strip attached 80 cur
country, and compare it with the 4ail oe
kite, instead of knoYiHg That it con-
tsins twenty-sevenslesge states and TO-
900, 900 peoples,
Those desiring to study different race
of psap1e enjoy picturesque scenery,
antiquity, entirely different customs,
md more novel sights than ever dreamed
of, should visit Mexico. Many lucky IN
vesrors in the LoteIis de la Benefcencia
Publics have been enabled to take this
delightful trip by sending 81 or upward
to Juan Piedad, Manager, Apartado 43,
Zacatecas, Mexico. Distributions on the
27th day of each month. Zacatecas is
the mining city Of the republic. and has
population of 20, 600. 1t is located be-
.tszeeR FL Paso and Mexico City. at an
slt1ssde OF 500 feet.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
Fine Fruit Region.

Mr.. E. H. Adams of Bonham, Tex;
writing to the Southern HORTICULTURE
Journal, says Fannin county grows moro
and finer apples than any other county in
the state. The exhibits at the state fair
proved this. But this does not argue
that Fannin has better fruit capabilities
than any other county. All along the
Red river belt are thousands of acres of
land of the same character as in FannIn.
But these lands are now lying Idle; that Is
the reason why they are not producing fine
fruit. All Northern Texas may be rec
oned as first-class for apples, aud at the
same time it may be counted on as good
for all other kinds of fruit grown in this
latitude,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

General dimensions-Width over all,
fifty feet; depth, including verandas,
forty five feet three inches. Heights OF
stories-Cellar, six feet six inches; first
story, nine feet six inches; second story,
eight feet six inches; ATTIC, eight feet.
Exterior NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stone;
first story, clapboards; second story,
gables and veranda roofs, shingles;
main roof, slate. Outside blinds to all
windows except those of the staircase,
attic and cellar.
Interior inish-Sand finish plaster.
Cellar ceiling plastered one heavy coat.
ash floor in frsbstory with an under
flooring of soft woodi hard pine floor in
attic; soft wood floors elsewhere. Soft
wood trim. Ash staircase. Panels I'M
der windows in parlorsrs ,di1i9g-room and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
a1ore county Boom Needed.

The Texas Livestock Journal says:
"one of the singular features Of the
Texas boom, SO far, is that 1t is prinei-
pally confined to city property. What
would do more permanent good would be
the settlement of the millions idle fertile
lands with thrifty tillers. The towns
already, in most cases, are ahead Of the
surrounding country, and will have to
take rest, sooner or later, till the
wealth. producing elements are further
advanced. A permanent Texas boom
can only be maintained by bringing in
wealth producers. -
Undoubtedly there is much of good
sense in the foregoing. There may be
something of mistake in the suppositlon
that the towns will eventually have to
take a rest to let the country catch up,
still there can be no doubt Of an existing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
~. Kitchen and bathroom wains-

library. Kitchen and bathroom wains-
coted. Interior woodwork finished in
hard oil. @
Colors: ClapboardsA bronze green;
trim blinds, sashes and ifain conductoTs
dark red; outside doors, dafA red with
bronze green panels; Esrahda floor,
dark olive drab; versnds ceiling, lilaci.
brickwork, Indian red; wsll shingles.
dipped and brush coated red; veranslk
roof shingles darker red.
Accommodations: The principal rooms
and their sizes, closets, etc., are shown
by plans. Cellar with concrete floor,
under whole house. Laundry under
kitchen. Attic plsstered and finished as
a large plsy-room; space for three or four
bedrooms instead, If preferred. Heater
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

shallow pans will raise all thS cream
when the conditions are just rIz6t, yet it
is impossible to always have them right,
whereas, the conditions can becontrolied:
to nicely in the creamery aEis me
user can be sure Of not only getting all
the cream from each milking, but OF
getting the same quality. -
If butter is not made at home am
cream is sold to q public creamery or to
private customers. the price can be axed
for certain grade of cream, aud ssfeia
always be furnished of JUST that exact
grade; it will not be thick and leathery
one time and thin the next7-the GUS
toner will know just what 10 expect :
and, If the creamery is managed gl5f !,
he wiz get just what he wants ever
time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

tubs may be placed IN kitchen. Founda-
tion may be planned for level grade.
Size of cellar may be reduced and con-
crete floor omitted. Extent of veranda
may be greatly reduced. Number OF
lreplaces and mantels may be reduced
or all omitted.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

Johnson-''It must cost you good deal for
housekeeping, Hawley. with your large family,
and yet you always seem 20 have some money to
spend. How 90 you manage itf'' Hawley-
want it. have six children. you know, and
each OF them has little bank. ''-[Light.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

''I am afraid you got cheated when you bought
.sthis place. You Il never get me to believe your
1fttat ned it.'' With what?'' my lawn
mter."-lDetroit Free Press.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

estimate is based on New York prices
for materials and labor.
Feasible modiecations-Height of
stories, colors, Sizes of rooms and kinds
of materials may be changed, Laundry
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

Patfonize home industry. Buy your
trIi5ks a Halssn's trunk factprgsseer-
lsAr - Sshtss ID Cs,eun stEs saies-
Foesn 1920 49, qfRctslfs
repair and exchange fflaks of ali Lids,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

pipes and registers in all roomss In
sides of the house equally pressntable.
Open freplsces and mantels in hall, par
Tor and dining room, and set r6pge in
kitchen, included in estimate.
Cost, $500, not including heater. The
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18

she-"Miss Rodney always looks well tot one
rather thin. ,,-Lkifn-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-11-21
NASAL INJECTOR free with
each bottle of Shiloh,s Catarrh Remedy.
Price so cents. Sold BY Root.
The Reading Room.

The ladies Of the w. c. I. U. are
making an effort to have a reading
room established in this city. Tie
purpose is to provide . place where
the men Of our city that have no place
to spend their leisure hours can find q
comfortable room and plenty Of read
ing matter.
THIS movement Of the ladies is com.
mendable, and should receive, not only
the most earnest we'll wishes Of our
community, but also the substantial
assistance OF every person in the cit y.
There is no denying the baleful in
auence that effect mans lives when
left to such entertainment, as they can
find, unless some move Of this kind is
inaugurated to counter act. The ga
loon, the club room, tho gambling
room with their debasing influences
are always open. Something also
must counterfeit or the results are ter.
rible.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-11-21
The New Baptist Church.

The Baptist Brethren Of Hot Springs
are preparing to erect q house Of wor.
ship for themselves that will be a cred.
it to them as a denomination and to
the city in general. The now plans
have just arrived, and work will be
commenced as soon as possible. The
building is to be a frame one. GIL feet
long by 4s feet wide. It is to be built
upon the fat, and will front north.
There will be an entrance at each
front corner, opening into a vestibule;
The lecture room will be between the
vestibules which opens into the audito-
rum, which will be 4s # by 4s feet
and have a seating capacity Of $50.
Back Of the pulpit at the south end Of
the building are placed the baptistry
and dressing rooms with entrances at
the back corncts. The building will
be surmounted by a spire 20 feet high.
The whole structure will be nicely
finished inside and ost and will w
one Of the most commodious buildings
in the western part of the state for the
purposes to which it is adapted. A
neat and tasty church building is al
ways an ornament to . city and the
Baptists are to be commended fer their
enterprise in putting up such a neat
structure.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-11-21

Sometime during Monday night. an
unknown party maliciously entered:
the barn Of the county attorney and
shaved one side of his fine buggy horse
The name and tail were clipped and
and disigured, S the horse is nearly
ruined. 1t was rather an unheard OF
thing to do, and the brain that
originated the idea must he Of / pc.
culiar makeup. As far as we have
heard the horse was not damaged, but
merely disfigurcd so that 1t. appear.
ance is a shame. 1t is a valuable
animal, and Mr.. Wilson loses the use
OF him for sometime to come.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-11-21

In another column our readers will
notice the lad" Of Mr.. A. s. Fielding,
who has located permanently among
us, and will carry on the business of
real estate and Insurance. agent. Mr..
Fielding comes well recommended
from his old home,n Nebraska. Where
for some years he had been prominent
ly engaged as agent Of the Chicago
and Northwestern railway at Norfolk.
His large acquaintance throughout
that state will be used in the interests
of Hot Springs. In few weeks be
goes on a visit to Lincoln aud Omaha
for the purpose of interesting the cap
italists Of those cities IN Hot Springs
property and will endeavor to induce
investors to examine the advantages
of Hot Springs, as a place for invest
ment. MIR. Feild,ng is an energetic,
pushing and thorough business man
and makes a irst-class citizen in eyery
respect. Any one having business in
his line will do well to call on him.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-11-21
$4,000 REWARD.

We will pay $4,000 reward for the
arrest and conviction Of any person OF
persons found guilty of altering or de.
facing brands, and for stealing or un.
lawfully killing any cattle or horses
belonging TO us, sufficient to constitute
grand larceny; and $4,000 reward for
the arrest and conviction of any person
or persons found guilty of stealing or
unlawfully killing any Of our cattle
not sufficient to constitute grand lar.
ceny. AxaLo-AxERlcAx CATTLE Co.,
by J.. j. Cairnes, Mgr.
KEYSTONE CATTLE Co..,
by Fl. A. GODDARD, Mgr.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-11-21
.rWHioM CONCERNED.

The following resolution was passed.
unanimously at a meeting Of the city
council Of the city Of Hot Springs,
South Dakota,on Friday, Now, A.. D.,
1880:
wxIs.As. =, p. Jennings and other owners
kahta addition. and blocks SO and Z, Of Mime.
Hot Springs, have petitioned the city council Of
said city to grade and otherwise improve said Min
nekshts. ayenue,it 10 hereby resolved, and declared
that the said Improvements a.eneceessry %
he done. and It is hereby ordered that the said
improvements b made after duV
vided By lsS1
l. Attest: J.. n. DfcR0yxH
tn: w d,,u ,,. Nssss.