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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28

things considered, but they would be
decidedly otherwise were they placed
on the site of the Appalachian chain.
1t calls for bigger thing than the Rock
les to be regarded as really big in this
section OF our common country. Texas
Is as much in the section of the Pacific as
10 California. But to get back to alfalfa:
While it might seem to an outsider
that We have alfalfa all to ourselves,
We don't. We could have as much OF it
as we wanted to have, but we don t have
as much of it as We ought to have-why?
Possibly it is too easy of attainment here
to deeply interest the people. A prophet
without honor in his own country, you
know. But in regions of country where
alfalfa don't do SO we'll as 1t does IN
Texas the people are going wild over it.
Before US is copy OF Home and Farm,
Louisville, KY, in which Mr.. Il. L.
johnson of Champaign. Ills, reports on
alfalfa as the grandest farm product
known. He has IN o small acreage to
the crop, upon which he made four cut
tings this season, and got immense yields
Of hay at each cutting. His location is
in 40 degrees north latitude and lonei-
tuds SO west. But while the region ia
little too cold for alfalfa, necessitating
sIkub plOtcCtiou VAIN U IL uiSt Va
straw, the crop suits him we'll enough
and amply pays for the required extra
trouble. Alfalfa has put him into con-
dition to want no red clover, or timothy.
or red-top in his N. At the conclusion of
his gushiugs he says: 'Any WELL
drained land capable OF growing corn or
wheat will do for alfalfa. The land
should be clear of trash, and should be
deeply plowed at the starting OF the
crop. Seeding in Champaign should
take place Just before corn planting
time, broadcast or in drills, and the
amount of seed per acre, twenty pounds
for the drill and twenty-five pounds for
broadcesting. For the first year weeds
must be kept in complete subsection; for
to the neglect of the first crop and suf-
fering the weeds to overgrow and
smother it is to be charged the many
failures with alfalfa.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
bow They Live in California.

Seeing the fruits, 1rish potatoes and so
on sent out from California every year
leads many who have never been there
to think of California as one vast and
uubroken garden spot. Not 80 by long
shot. Those products come exclusively
from the irrigated regions. Without ir-
rigation California would be able to ship
away no tgarden sass.' Mr.. Christo-
pher Queen, writing to the Chicago
Farmer, from Fish Rock, CAL, tells
how it is in the regions where irrigation
is not yet parcticed. He seys: "Our
rainy season last winter covered period
of SIX months, during which time the
roads were almost impossible; and now
we have had six months without drop
of rain. The grass is dried up. very
short, and the cattle are poor. 1t Is
threatening to rain now, and as soon as
the first shower comes, the parched,
brown hills will take on a coat of green TO
wear until next June or July. We have
no snow near the coast and the weather
between the rains Is delightful, pleas
anter, In fact, than during the summer,
when We have the nosthwestsrly trade
winds and an occasionally foggy day.
''Ths timber reaches very near the
coast here, and consists of redwood. red
fir, madrona, white oak (tan bark oak)
and several other varieties. Farming is
not carried on Systematically nor to any
great extent here. From ten to thirty
miles north of US, dairy ing and potato
raising are the leading industries, for
they have irrigation there, while at other
points with irrigation, vineyards and
orchards are the order of the day, but
here, where there is no irrigation, the
people live in this way: A man has 160
acres of a timber claim, with some clear
land. In the winter he makes cord
wood, redwood fence posts CT railroad
ties. Along about May, when the roads
become dry, he either hauls his own stuff
to the landing or hire 1t done. In June
and July he peels few cords of tan
bark, IL he has any to peel. In the
meantime he raises few acres of oats
for hay, few potatoes and perhaps some
vegetables. He generally has a small,
but poorly-kept orchard.''
From this it will be seen that the Call
fornian away from the irrigated regions
is about on a par with the turpentine
orchardist in the long-leaf pine regions
of the coast country east OF the MIssis-
sippI river. We can long ways beat all
that In Texas without irrigation-with
irrigation We could doubtless beat them
as badly in the very best they are able to
turn out frsm their artificial water sup
Dly
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
Irrigation in India.

The Chicago Prairie Farmer says the
importance of irrigation in the United
States is of yearly increasing magnitude.
People who few years ago never
thought of such thing are rapidly get
ting their eyes open to tue need of it to
enable us to keep pace with the rest of
the world. Irrigation is rapidly on the
increase IN near all civilized countries,
and unless We get fairly down to it here
We shall loon find ourselves left.
One never hears much about irrigation
in India, for India is a country Of heavy
rainfall. 1t takss lots of rain to mske
the great indian jungles, yet India irri-
gates. She has found that her rainfall,
while heavy. can be improved upon so
far as relates to a regular
water supply for crops. In
late statistical review published
by the Indian government 1t Is stated that
there are now II. 900 900 acres OF land
under irrigation in India. The gross
capital expenditure incurred by the
British government on these works
amounts to f32 200 900, yielding net
return of SO per cent on the outlay.
The total area irrigable 10 India when
the works under construction are com.
pleted will amount to Is, 900. 900 acres.
The average rate payable for water are
from % per acre for rice crops IN some
parts OF Bengal up to e. per acre for
sugar cane in Bombay. The average
rate is rather less than Is per acre.
These figures, however, says the
Queenslander, merge into -inslgnifcsnce
when the value OF the crops il taken into
eccount-a value which may be said to be
absolutely created BY the vorks-aud 10
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The fuckers Hill WeIl-Origin Of the Stsked
Plains-yalusbie Mineral in Texas.
Who Finds the Precious Metals.
The Ghost Dance, Etc.

The depth from the average level at
Fort Worth to the lowest water-bearing
stratum in our artesian area NAV be set
down ct about 1900 feet. The city we'll
being bored on fuckers Hill has passed
entirely beyond the artesian strata, and
is now in the oarboniferous formation.
The last large outflow was from the
lowest stratum of the water bearing
series, 80 there Is no kind of reason for
hoping that more water will be struck
within the two thousand feet proposed. In
talk had with Professor Robert Il. Hill
on the subject last week that gentleman
said our views were entirely correct In
the premises, but he considered it good
idea to continue the we'll to the depth
proposed, as 1t might develop something
OF value in the way of natural gas or oil.
Professor w. F. Cunmius aud DR..
Otto Lerch have together contributed to
the American Geologist an article in
which appears rather plausible explain
alton of the origin of the great Staked
Plains of Texas. In the early geological
ages an immense inland body of water
or lake had its location where the plains
now exist. By and by there was q
gradual rising up OF all the Western
coast of the continent, which lifted the
western side Of the lake until It allowed
the waters to flow out over the eastern
side towards the Gulf of Mexico, and
thus the lake was drained dry. The
general dip of the rock-strata towards
The southeast still tells of the western
uprising referred to.
-.
The So called ghost dance now agitat-
ing the Indians may be regarded rs
something entirely worthy of scientific
study. The story of q coming Messiah
has nothing to do with It beyond engage
ing first interest. There is evidently a
feeling connected with it which keeps up
the performance.
Such a condition with the human
family, or whatever It might be called,
seems to run in Cycles or periods, as
witness the Miller craze, and others of
similar character that have since ap-
peared. The savage is the best subject
to come entirely under Its influence, as
he wholly gives himself over to his feel
ings, without bringing any particular
reason to bear in the case.
This same thing, be 1t what il may,
has been showing an outcropping at va
rious points in this country through the
past year. Several outbreaks of some
thing like the Indian ghost dance have
had to be crushed down by force am onar
the negroes in Georgia aud the Caroliuas :
within the past few months. 1t would
not ar all surprise the writer OF these
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
Why Not Mako Chaesae

According to the American Dairymsn
the principal cheese producing sections
OF the United States are in New York,
Pennsylvanis, Ohio and Wisconsin.
The New York product is said to be the
finest that is shipped from this country
to Europe, and the only reason for why
1t ls finest lies in the fact the New York
people have reduced cheese making TO
more perfect science than have the pso-
pie OF other regions. Any state In the
Union, says the Dairyman, could make
just as good cheese as is made in New
York did the people study up the quail
ity and kind of cheese required. We
have ourself always entertained this
notion. 1t is not so much due to local
conditions that good cheese is made as
it is to an advanced learning on the
part of the people as to exactly how to
make it. In our opinion Texas could
make as fine cheese as is made in the
world if her people would only learn
how, and try to make it.
OF course there will be some persons
ready to take the position that our warm
climate is against US as q cheese country.
We don t think that way about it. The
finest cheese made In Europe is the pro-
duct of countries with climate Us. warm
or warmer than ours. Then Texas has
already made cheese with good success
she is now doing It. Those cheese max
ers find nothing against them in the cli-
mate. A few years ago it was thought
that pork packery could not be run in
Texas Oh account of the absence Of cold
weather IN winter. but that notion has
been forever up-tripped by practical de-
monstration. A region of country with
climate that admits of packing pork on a
large scale could certainly make cheese
on a large scale if there was disposition
Oh the part of the people to do it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
We Eatsa No E,eId Peas.

On several occasions have seen IN your COL
umns mention OF the Southern field pea. am
lately moved to Texas from Canada. where We
raise peas a field crop, and have been won
dering if your so-called Southern field pea is
the same pea we raise up there. viii you let
me know through The GAZETTE?
Collin County, Texas. R. L. WALSH.
Our Southern field pea il really not O
pea at all, but a bean. The term
''pea," universally applied to it by us,
is o misnomer. Your field pea (Pisum
sativa) ia known to us for common as the
English garden pea. We seldom Guilt
vate 1t as field crop for feeding pur-
poses, though we could do so with good
success, as small tests have shown. Our
Southern field pea is u Dolichos in bot
any,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
Violet or Pansy.

Will you please settle, through the columns Of
The GAZETTE, q controversy with reference TO
the inclosed flowers: also give botanical name?
say they are pansies. JOHN n. HARRIS.
Fort Worth, Tex.
The plant is q violet known TO botanists
as Viola odorata. An introduced species
native of Europe.
Many persons mix this species up with
the pansy, which Is also q violet of q
different species, and also an introduce
ton from Europe. There are two
species OF violet known BY the popular
name of pansy. In England thsy are
called pansy violets by some aud hearts
ease by others. The botanical name of
one species is Viola trIcolor, while that
OF the other is Viola cornuta. The last
named species is sometimes called horned
violet.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28

While in attendance at the late Alliance con-
vention, Ocala. Fla, 1 saw on exhibition a
largo something of the potato kind called Chi
neso yam. Do you know it by this name?
Would it succeed in Texas? o. n. ANDREWS.
Crockett, Texas.
1t was doubtless the Discorea batatas
of botauists. Would be apt to succeed
well on any of our Texas bottom lands.
The most serious objection to be urged
against It is the depth in the ground to
which 1t grows. 1t sends q single root
straight down to the depth OF two or
three feet, and hence is expensive to
harvest,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
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which may be of general information. Enquiries
Of personal character that require answer by
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us to communicate promptly with the inquirer
Parties desiring answers by mail must inciose
stamp for return postage.
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- Presfon,s "Red-Ike."
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-28
AGENTS WANTED.

Ey- For club -.ates or a ny further
information desired, write legibly to
the undersigned, clearly stating your
residence, with state, county, street
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ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.

JUSTICE HARLAN, of the Supreme
Court, is a student Of newspapers as
well as Of law, and his observations re !
garding them are worthy Of attention
In o lecture bsfore the students Of
the University Of Wisconsin recently,
he said:
"There are some men stung to the
quick by what they see in the news
papers who would favor a law that
would place the press of the country
under censorship. Much may Ce
said against the manner in which
newspapers are often conducted, but
l do not think that l over estimate
their value when l say that we de-
pend largely for our real protection
in this country upon the vigilance OF
the press. 1t is almost impossible, in
this country, rs long as the press is
not muzzled, for corruption to hold
sway for any great length of time.
There are those who think everything
is goingto pieces;the nation is getting
corrupt as all nations of the earth,
and they affect to think so because
they see many things in the news
papers. want, however, to express
the conviction that we are a good
deal better off than we were fifty
years ago. Not that I remember my
self, but judging from what / have
heard, we are not growing worse, we
are getting better. The standard of
public morality and virtue is higher
than it was twenty-five years ago.
Our public men, whatever may be
said to the contrary, in the Congress
of the United States are, in their
moral character, higher grade of
men than were there twenty-five
or fifty years ago. There are less
vices among them. Old men, who
remember what existed in Washing
ton thirty or forty years ago, all say
that. Now / believe that a vast deal
of this is due to the fact that the pub
lie press of this country is, every day
and every hour of our existence,
turning its light into the dark places
and ferreting out corruptions in their
birth, and bringing before the people
of this country that which they
ought to know, and therefore be-
lieve in this provision of the bill of
rights
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TWE P0sTOFFICE MATTER.

The surplus about which so much has
been said and written during the past
few years is now thug of 'h- pct
and still Roanoke has Tot q postotiice
building. squeduak aud ''ay'ack
both managed to get an apr t.riation
for public bnilding, but then YOU
know Republican Congressman re-
presents them aud during the present
session this makes great difference.
Sc we will have to peg aloug couple
of years longer with our present
crowded quarters and wait patiently
for the time to come when we can pay
Off old scores. When the next election
is held We will not forget the treatment
received at the hands ofthe Republican
majority in the postoffice matter.
Every dog has his day.
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The Richmond State says that Viz
GINA will gain two congressman by the
new census.
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OCEAN SHORE PARK HOTEL
@vIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA.


The Ocean Shore Park Hotel, Vir
ginia Beach, in Princess Anne county,
Virginia, at the ocean terminus Of the
Norfolk andVirginia Beach Railroad
offers to the public a long-felt want.
1t is an ocean shore resort within
the means of all. The hotel is new,
being its first season, with first class
table, large, airy rooms, and newly
furnished throughout
THE BATHINT. The surf bath
ing is unsurpassed by sny upon the
Atlantic coast. The absence OF any
undertow being q marked feature.
The temperature of the water is
warmer, and the bathing more pro-
longed than on the New Jersey, or
Long Island Coast.
HEALTH RESORT. AS a health
resort, it has been pronounced as com
pared with Atlantic City and Fort
ress Monroe, to have many superior
natural advantages, both winter and
summer.
ADJUSTMENTS. Surf a nd still
water bathing, Grabbing, Bowling,
Tennis, Horseback and Switch back
riding may be iridulged in Music
throughout the season. The Western
Union Telegraph Company has an
Office on the Beach.
TRANSPORTATION. There are
seven trains daily Except Sunday,
each way between Norfolk and Vir-
ginia Beach. Four trains each way
on Sunday. For all other informa-
ticn address
GEO. n. QUACKENBDS,
Ocean Shore Park Hotel,
je9 tt. Virginia Beach, Va.
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ALLY AND WEEKLY
no YOU ADVERTISE:

To discontinue an advertisement, y
says John Wanamaker, sis like taking
down your sign. Ifyou want to do
business you must let thel public know
it. I would as soon think of doing
business without clerks as without
Advertising
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FAMED For TWENTY YEARS
for integrity of its d rawlings, and
prompt payment Of Prizes.

Attested as follows:
"We do hereby certify that zoe SuperS
piSe the arrangement for GI the
monthzu and seins-Qnnetal JrGaoing-
of the Louisiana State Lottery Com
pGny. and SnperSon manage and con-
trol The drawings themselves, and that
The same are conducted sOith honesty,
fairness, and IN good faith toaoard all
parties, and aos authorize the company
to use this certificate, t0ith fac SimiteS
of our signatures attached, IN ats ad-
UertiSementS."
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cHENANDoAH VALLEY Ra1L

S. T. TYLER, Receiver.
Schedule in effect June, Q, 1890
ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
500 p. In. Daily-Memphis Express,
from Nagerstown and the
north. Through Pullman
sleeping cars from New
York and Philadelphia to
Chattanooga and Mem
phis via Harrisburg, Ha-
gerstown and Roanoke.
40 a. IN. Daily New Orleans ex-
press from New York,
Philadelphia and Balti
more, making connection
through to the south
Carries through Pullman
palace buffet sleeping car
from Philadelphia to New
Orleans without change
via Harrisburg, Hagers-
town, Roanoke, Cleve-
land, Calera, and l.. & N.
R. r.
LEAVE ROANOKE.
$40 a. M. Daily-Baltimore express
from all points south Tor
Washington, Baltimore,
ddTTiSDufS, Ailttoeil)iii1
and New York. Car
ries Pullman palace
buffet sleeping car from
Roanoke to Philadelphia
without change, via Ha-
gerstown and Harrisburg,
7,2O d. Ii. Daily-New York and
Philadelphia express,
from Memphis. Chat
tanooga and all
points south. For Phil
adelphia and New York.
Carries Pullman Palace
buffet sleeping cars
through to Philadelphia
and New York via Roam
oke, Hagerstown and
Harrisburg.
Ticket agents will furnish all infor
nation and through schedules upon
application to
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Is 1T hot enough for you? Slam.
Bang!!, Kerchunl;!m.. And the funerals
tomorrow.
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Commissioners.
Grand Monthly Drawing,

At the Academy of Music, New Or
leans, Tuesday, July 18th, 1890.
CAPITAL PRIZE, 100000
100000 TickeGs at $50 each; Halves
$40; Quarters, S.; Tenths, 81; Tween
tieths, 81.
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NORFOLK s. WESTERN RAIL
~ ROAD.
Schedule in effect May 18th, 1890.
WEST BOUND.
LEAVE ROANOKE.
1905 a m. Daily; arrive Bristol 400
pm. Stops at all sta
tons, connecting at Rad
ford with trains on New
River Branch; arIivingPo-
cahontas at 1886 p III.
5:45 o III. Daily, arrives Ra,lford go
p. m, connecting with
New River branch at 7:35
p. M, for Blueiield and
Pocahontas; arrives Poca-
hontas 1865 p. IN. Arrives
Bristol 11:20 p. M, con
Meeting with K. t., V. s.
&. r. R. for all points
south and west; has
Pullman Palace Sleeper,
Roanoke to Rome, via
Calera and Roanoke to
Memphis without change.
1855 IN. Daily, arrive Radford Obs
am, connecting with New
River Branch, leaving
Radford 1910 PIN, arrives
Bristol - 40 p ~, connects
with E. IT., V, & 6. r. R.
for all points south and
west; has Pullman Palace
Sleeper from Roanoke to
New Orleans without
change.
EAST BOUND.
LEAVE ROANOKE. s.s
5:25 N. Daily; for Lynchburg, Pc
tersburg, Richmond, Via
Petersburg and r. 81 p. R.
r. Norfolk and inter1ne-
date points; Copnectssat
Lynchburg with V. n. r.
r. forWashington and the
east, leaving Lynchburg
TAO a m daily. Arrives
Norfolk 200 p IN connect
ing with steamer lines to
Baltimore and New York.
7:2O D In. Daily; for Lynchburg and
intermediate stations.
1910 m. Daily; arrives Lynchburg
1859 N, connecting with
V. NJ. r. r. for ali points
North, arriving Washing
ton 7:05 p m; arrives Pc
tersburg 4:20 pm; arrives
Richmond, via r. s. ?: r.
R., sos p N; arrives Nor
folk 700 p N;
Cripple Creek Extension-Leaves
Pulaski SIS m. Daily except Sun
day, and 800 p IN. Daily, arrive IVAN
hoe 9:45 m and 4:30 p IN. Returning
leave Iyanhoe 1925 IN. Daily except
Sunday, and 5:25 p III. Daily, arrive
Pulaski 1855 IN and $50 p III.
All inquiries as to rates, routes, etc.,
w. B. BEvIbL,
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CHAs. G. EDDY, vice-president.
General Offices, Roanoke.
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70 gsoneinu g Until
January I, 1895.

Us mammoth drawings take place
,e!ul-innualiy, in June and Decem-
neri. snG its Grand Single Number
Drawings take place in each of the
other ten months Of the year,
and are all drawn in public at the
Academy OF Music, New Orleans, La.
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EDITOR COPELAND of the Danyille
Register is not only good fighter with
the pen, but is "some pumpkins" with
his fists. He criticised the work of a
census enumerator, and when the latter
wasn't satisfied, he knocked him out in
great shape. Now is the time to sub
scribe.
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address REGISTERED LETTERS CONTAINING CURRENCY
to New Orleans National Bank, New
Orleans, La.

Remember that the payment of
prizes is guara lteed by four Ma
tional Banks of New Orleans, and the
tickets are signed by the president of
an institution whose chartered rights
are recognized il. the highest court;
therefore, beware of all limitations or
anonymous schemes.
Remember thai the Supreme Court
of the United St,.tes has decided that
the Louisiana State Lottery Co., has
contract with tie State of Lou siana,
which does not expire until January
1st, 1895.
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or NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, D. G..

Byordinary letter containing money
order issued by all express com panies,
New York exchange, draft or postal