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The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-02-25
TESTIMONIALS:

TESTIMONIAL
For twenty-eight years that l have now
used Bechstein's Pianos. they have main
tanned their superiority. LIST"
"A noble inexhaustibIe and sympathetic
fulness OF tone, together with an exquisite
action, which admits of the utmost variety
of shade bears testimony to the fact that
the manufacture has attained the utmost
degree of perfection in the act of instru-
ment making. RUBINsTEIN."
E~FOr further particulars apply to
PROF. G. SAUvLET, Nuuanu Avenue, or to
H. HACKFELD 81 CO.,
Sole Agents for the Hawn. Isl.
10 1307-3m
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-02-25
BECHSTEIN PIANOS!
fs

HAVING BEEN APPOINTED SOLE
Ill Agents for the sale of @. BECHsTEIN's
celebrated Pianofortes, we beg to solicit
Grand.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

1t gets afloat in the country that there
is great deal Of improvement on the
list for certain cities this winter, and
tina; prospects for work in various lines
are better than ever before. The city
papers tell the tale Ga true one, proba-
b!y) ana & person reading them might
reasonably jump to the conclusion that
q man in the city, just ct this particular
time, would find himself running Il stiff
race to keep ont of the way OF anv kind
IF work that any person might be- able to
do. As result: the country boy wakes
gloomy. He is not making much of any,
thing in the country at this season of tho
year. while, were he in town, he might
be raking in his hundreds without half
trying. In not q few cases, SAYS the
Northwestern Agriculturst, it tells on
him till he resolves to quit country life
and go TO The city. He goes. He offers
himself at the first business house he
comes across, and. to his surprise, is
promptly snubbed. He tries something
eso-same result. He tries every thing
same result. Everything is fun.
The papers had not thought of
telling him that, while there was
plenty of business III promise for tho city
this winter, there were also plenty OF
city people trained il all the lines, wait
ing for sn opportunity to do it. There
are always more people out of work and
anxious for something TO do in the city.
than there is Tor ought 10 bel In the
country, and since they were. raised In
the city, and therefore know all about
city ways, and ure able TO give city ref
eTences (Which last the country boy is
seldom able TO do -, the strange country
boy has no kind OF showing in & COMPETE
ton with them.
II don't take him overly long to find
all this out for himself If ne happens 10
be a sensible boy. He stays few DAYS
getting decidedly more discouraged the
longer he stays, and finally, If he has
not fallen into the hands of city sharpero
who have involved him in some kind of
trouble, he turns back TO his old home
in the country wiser If not better
youn cster than he was on the dsy that
saw him quitting the farm.
We had a little peculiar experience
with one of these aspiring country
youths less than many moons ago. He
came TO Fort Worth and hunted US up.
His father, he said, TOOK THE GAZETTE,
and they all read the agricultural de-
partment the first thing. Our name, Us
appearing at the head of that depart
ment, had grown familiar to them, and
since they knew no person in the city, it
was unanimously agreed, when he had
decided Ia become great merchant,
that il would be best. on reaching town,
10 hunt sup aud get AS to put him on
the track Of some large aud responsible
wholesale dry goods store. He had set
his head gu figuring rs a salesman in
house of this character. So far he was
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
Irrigation for Strawberries.


while strawberries may do reasouapiy
min some localities without irrlsation'
INV rretty well understood that
-.,,rrar water supply is absolutely neceS-
Nv for getting out of the crop all there
Even in regions where irrigation
Considered at all necessary LOT
,-l5pary crops, they are arranging
sr,incially watering the strawberry
MIR. II. i. Weir, the noted hor-
....,rri.t. writes tina: he has been test
,a, .nntter thoroughly in ILLINOIS,
49," a. ,ro,,.r supply lad 10 be pumped from
I'll 11l feet Geep. 1t was thrown llto
- tgnkg, whore II was allowed 10 oe-
- If he warmth OF the air Deiore
GU. II was conveyed by pipes to the
',,.Vb-rry beds, and was applied oo'h
inning, il etween the rows and 10y
-,-ar.,.Q overhead. The results were
- tine heat where the water was al
II - flow between the rows, though
,-,s what might be termed excellent III
~,g.a He got very much larger
-r..f and a much longer season OF fruit
-,rn could have hoped for without lrrl-
-.,#gr. In one season when there seemed
= n. ns much rain as strawberrles
lid he dil not irrigate all his field.
a.. ...rttoa irrigated gave him by far
49,. s.arlsst yield, though all were on
'..f ....l,tIy alike, and i'll all respects,
,....,i.. OF the artiG,ili watering, were
,-.s,..i in precisely the same way.
60, Nirr nuw lives in California.
IT,, he SAYS, straw berries are irrigated
- 4aUinr the water in burrows between
ill.,. rows. the plants growing on slight
,.4,.s md The secret of their wonderful
odd Ioug-roulinued healthy productive
a.. their. Is that their foliage is seldom
.t.,r.f.t drWs, and these are gem
s-.,Iy dissinated in the morning before
,.. .nu gets strong, therefore, their
f.-epe is, ns rule, very healthy. In
,o., the tender, European strawber-
,... that are generally worthless East,
I'm -1!.lge dlSease, do finely there. lie
satisfied. that Strawberries ought TO
boz. irrigated anywhere, and he thinks 10y
f.r f,,. test method OF applying the water
I..,.5,.u il through the burrows. Under
rood sy.tcn Of irrigation the dryer the
r.ggtrr tnll other things being equal,
I'LL. nrt,pr Tor the strawberry. II seems
g. Ar plant peculiarly adapted 10 re-
ban. with but little rainfall. Give the
f..i. moisture and il has all it needs i'll
TINT Inc. Heavy summer rams on the
r.a.t. 80 10y !gr more harm than good.
5 #uf winch may be accepted n5 a vAlu-
g.n mint for Texas. IL does not csll
for t. very large quantity of water TO ir-
rftnla qu.te Il patch OF strawberries.
About many OF our arteSian wells there
l. water enough permitted 10 run 10
vl.., 90 amply irrigate half acre or
u..e gglch 10 the crop.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
Hop Culture for Texas

Our recent article on this subject seems
to have attracted no small degree OF at
tenton IN various quarters. The Balti-
more Manufacturers Record sides with
us, and states that through the past
eight years it has urged Southern cuiti-
vators to pay at least some attention to
the hop crop. The crop would undoubt-
eddy dc we'll in Texas. 1t has been quite
generally grOwu-nOt cuitiTatec-foT
domestic use in yeast making and for
q pain alleviator. and there are few old
fashioned homes in the Southern country
places anywhere that do not hGve nesT
them one or two roots that send up vines
and bear crop annually. Inquiries
made III many localities have failed to
find single instance in which The fruit
has been injured by mildew or in
sects, two serious troubles that frequently
destroys the crops OF the Northern hop
districts. It has also been shown that
Southern hops mature much earlier than
st the North, and in Texas they could be
sun and dir cured. thus saving the cost
OF the dry houses, and the expense of
the processes employed elsewhere. Then,
because of the cotton presses on almost
every plantation, there would be no need
of purchasing other baleing machines.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

have small patch OF Paspalum platycauli,
locally known in different regions carpet
grass and Louisiana grass. 1t Is succeeding
,nsgniicently on the ordinary sandy lands to be
met with in Ellis county friend 1t Apder-
son, Tex. sent me the seed two years ago
divided the seed with a neighbor. and though
mine did not succeed So well As his, wouldn't
at ali consider offer OF $50 for my start. pro
start with. II has shown itself to be the best
ali the-year grass have yet seen. PropagateS
itself, and is easily destroyed in case the land
should be wanted Tor some other crop. Several
times nave tried to get more seed with view
to extending NV acreage, but SO lar have mex
with failure in that direction. Any reader
counties. where the grass grows to considerable
extent, nigh; get a start through Them II also
grows rather plentifully about Leon Springs. IN
Bazaar county, Tex. One pint OF seed would
SOW a rod or more OF ground.
1 send yon by mail sample OF the grass. and
trust you will try it and report success later.
The test will show whether or not II can stand
the winter il the latitude of Fort Worth:
Ennis. Tex. c. IT. HOGAN.
The sample came to hand in good con-
dltion and was promptly gwen place in
which to grow. There can be no doubt
relative 10. its standing the winters at
Fort Worth. Us Il fiourishes all over the
Eastern gulf states as far north rs Ten
nessee. While not so nutritious grass
as some species we have in Texas, it may
certainly be classeu as really good
grass. Can stand more drouth and
more hard usage generally than any
other grass we know of-the more stock
eat it down and tramp over it the bet
ter it appears TO spread. 1t has taken
possession of all the old roads and most
OF the abandoned old fields in the coast
country of Alabama, and though not
growing so tail there as it would grow
on better lands. it affords very tine stock
nicking through winter and Summer.
Is not what could be termed q winter
grass, as L sharp frost cuts il down, but
within week after the killing it Is mp
again from the root high enough for
stock 60 get at it. The sod formed by it
is 80 compact that Bermuda grass is soon
forced to succumb where it gets fair
setting. On account of comparative low
growth it is not regarded rs suitable
for hay grass.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
Irrisatrnr From a Deep Valley.

Not long ago we stated in these
columns that in all probability the wa
tiers of the Trinity might be raised by
steam power and pro6tsblv employed in
irrigating adjacent high levels. We now
see by the Colorado Farmer that exactly
that kind of thing is being done in Col
orado to entire satisfaction. There is in
that state small stream called Cherry
creek, which has cut for itself mar
row valley more than 100 feet below the
common level. It's banks are a gravel
formation of such character that were 4
dam thrown across it TO check the on
ward flow, Gl! the water OF the creek
would ut once pass away through the
earth. But the people have taken it i'll
hands, dug down to the bed rock, built
low dam and, TO prevent the
escape of water above the dam,
have run line of cemented walls on
each side of the stream for distance OF
600 feet above the dam. Steam pumps,
capable of lifting 10, 900 200 gallons OF
water daily to the levels above, have
been put II at the dam aud set 1T work I,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

we'll pleased with the town he told US and
now the only thing troubling himwas how
he should manage 70 find some trusty per-
son who could be hired at reasonable
figures to ride back the horse which had
brought him from his fathers farm some
seventy miles in the country. He was,
probable about twenty Que years of age,
and had the appearance of being a
very good kind of Youngster SO far as
he knew how to be.
We frankly told him that in our op;n-
ion he was on 'wild goose chase, -
but he didn't at all seem TO think that
way about it, so We showed him the
Martin Brown Co. esta blishment. He
had heard of that house, and hence
when we pointed ont TO him others of
our wholesale dry goods houses, with a
few wholesale grocery houses thrown in +,
he didn' t appear to be much interested.
He left us with thanks for what he
called orr kindness, and we saw no more
of him until three days LATER. On that
day We were out along the public road
some miles from the city, where we met
moving slowly countryward an appar-
emily wavworn traveller. As he ap-
preached we recognized him as our young
rural friend and confident aspiraut to
mercantile honors of three days before.
He WAS taking his fathers horse home
himself, and his fathers horse was TAX
ing him home-to stay we were forced to
conclude, jud ging from how he look ed
and what he said. The city didn't need
him for anything, he told US, though he
had tried 10 find an opening IN almost
every branch of business represented in
Fort Worth. All parties TO whom he
had applied treated him kindly, but not
one had an opening that they seemed to
think him qualified to fiji. He could
have found work as q common laborer,
but be mad plenty OF that at home. He
reckoned the country still had some use
for him, and so he was on his way back
20 turn over 4 new leaf and make him
self more useful to the country than he
had ever done before. There was q girl
in the country who didn't want him to
come to town nohow, and he guessed
she'd he glad enough of his future; and
now, when he came to think of how very
sad she looked when he rode away, he
couldn t say that he was overly sorry
himself. ''Good bye! Cal! on us If
ever you come out our wayi'' and he
was gone.
And thus it usually turns ont, with the
exception that it don t always terminate
so fortunately as in the case of our
young ruralist, and with display of
so much good, hard, common sense.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

freeze. If gathered early, the potatoes.
beng still sappy from a growing condi-
ton. are not apt to keep so well as if
left to further ripeness.
Last week, while out in the country,
We saw q man unbsnkins his potatoes
and spreading them out in the sun. On
asking him after the why's and where
fores he told us he had discovered that
they were sweating in the bank, and he
feared they would all rot unless taken
out and dried. Folly. All potatoes
sweat in the bank. Let them sweat. 1t
is part of the regular programme.
They are never at their sweetest aud
best until they have gone through a
sweat
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
Improvement by Selection.

1t seems TO me that the present is good time
for suggesting to farmers that much may he
gained so far rs Relates to future crops through
careful selection OF seed, especially in the
case of cotton and At one cotton gin
Visited by ne IN my rounds over this region OF
country learned that 4 certain farmer had OBJ
tanned a 800 pound bale OF cotton from 1900
pounds of cotton in the seed, after paying the
gin toll. Others Tell short of bale from 1860
pounds OF seei cotton. | investigated and
learned that the farmer specially pointed out
had through some years carefully improved
his cotton BY going ever his fields and making
selection OF the be t specimens met with for
seed. He MADE choice OF the finest and longest
lint with the smallest seed. His cotton has OF
iaie sprung into such notoriety that there is a
constant run on him Tor cotton seed to be used
In planting by his neighDors.
Ones corn may be greatly improved on the
same pan-Po over the field before gathering
and select for seed the best specimens in all de-
sirable respects. G. L. HOGAN.
Ennis, Tex.
Our correspondent is undoubtedly cor
rect with reference TO this matter. About
all tha fine varieties in farm products
that we have nre result OF careful Sc
lection. Every farmer ought to select
the best of everything he grows in saving
his seed. We may buy improved varie-
ties that have been reached By selection
in other sections OF the country, yet we
may have local conditions tina: would
20 far towards insulting them for best
results in our own session. Improve
ment obtained By selection in the region
where the crops are to be grown is al
ways the most reliable. for then we know
it Is an improvement entirely adapted to
our own local requirements.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

and the work of extensive irrigation is
going on in apple-pie order. All parties
concerned are pleased and profited by
the arrangement.
Thousands upon thousands of acres of
the finest lands known 10 Texas might be
irrigated from the Trinity and the Brazos
without tina necessity of lifting the water
anything like as much as 100 feet. and
then there would exist 10 need whatever
of construct ing cemented walls TO pre-
vent loss from uuderfiow.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering such
question: es may be asked by 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 AMI postoGice address, in addi-
ton to any such signature as ''SubScriber.' or
"A. G. D.. - not for publication, but to enable
rs to communicate promptly with the inquirer.
Parties desiring answers by mail must inclose
lamp Tor return postage.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
On Mnking SAncr Nraut-

directions for putting mp cabbage as
.a~eF hfaut on plans adopted by certain
vans have already appeared in these
.+'.'.s. No doubt the plans work ed
vel, but il seems that while sauer
~ ''-u' goes of as about the same thing in
T., trs eaa, regardless of methods employed
We making, the fact still remains that
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
been successfully mined by the Russianh,
since 1928.


Some scientists have been experiment.
ing on the range of human hearing with
what they seem to consider interesting
results. In their experiment they found
that the ticking of q watch was distinctly
audible at a distance of ten feet on
line at right angles to the head. on
moving the watch Is deg. in front of the
line, the tick could be heard fourteen
feet away; at an anglia of 40 deg. only
six feet; and at 90 deg, only three feet.
Placed % deg. back of the line, the
watch could not be heard beyond six
feet. The total range of hearing was
about 95 deg, the direction of greatest
acuteness being 10 deg. in front OF the
imaginary line through the cara. De-
scendins from the horizontal, the hear
ing distance increased from ten feet to a
maximum of twelve feet at 81 deg. and
then decreased until reduced to three
feet at 80 deg. On carrying the watch
upward, the sound decreased steadily I'M
til at an angle OF 90 deg. it could be heard
only three feet away.
The planet Mars seems to be greatly
puzzllng astromers of the present age on
account of remarkable changes con-
stantly taking place on his surface. With
their powerful telescopes they located
what appeared to be narrow seas ranging
about over the planet. Later il was dis
covered that some of these seas were
crossed by straight lines, that their phil
osophy made out must be artificial
bridges constructed on an enormous
scale by great and highly civilized beings.
The land is also seen to be similarly
lined off, and these last they have
thought must be great canals. The ex-
treme regularity OF the lines, in both
cases, would appear to destroy all prob
ability OF their being natural products.
One school of astronomers advance the
idea that these lines are not real, but
optical Illusion. resulting i'll some way
from the refraction of light, but tbs
bridge and canal schools come at them
with the damaging fact that no such lines
appear to the observer OF other planets,
and that did the illusions appear in one
case they would certainly appear IN au-
other. And thus the mystery stands.
Great improvements are now being made
in telescopes, and with the immense in
struments that are iu process of construc- >
ton the mystery will perhaa6seeekyEs
solved. .szzusxSSS2
. nfdil subscriber Of te Weekly Gnzetts
"eStriit send the inproUed High arm Seici.Ig No
shine and paper one year for S2i- 20.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Rare Astronomical Phenomenon Electric
Lighting and Pla,inum-Raln From the
North neutrality-suspicious.
Lines on Mars.

We have a deeply interesting sstrono-
mical phenomenon on the bills for this
coming-in week. ON Monday evening,
18th, the moon will be in the very uu-
usual position of conjunction with TWO
important planets at the same time
Jupiter and Mars. The planets will be
not much more than one degree apart,
and at any point in the neighborhood of
some thousand miles east OF Fort Worth,
say at Atlanta, Ga. they will set not far
from one nour after the sun, with the
moon appearing immediately beneath
them and about equi- distant from each.
As viewed from Fort Worth the moon
Will appear little east of the planets st
the time of setting. Should we happen
TO have clear weather our admirers of
astronomical phenomena will be favored
with very pretty sight, and one the
like of which they are not often afforded
the opportunity of seeing. OF course
they will know that the planet on the
west side is Jupiter while that to the east
is Mars. There is nothing else in the way
of astronomical phenomena for this week
that could be regarded as worthy OF spe-
cial mention.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
remuneration of "a Nams

Several patrons here have been IN dispute
over the correct pronunciation of the name of
the agricultural editor of The Fort Worth GA
zETrE Some say j, is Steele and Others Stellee,
the accent being on the last syllable. while still
others have it Sicily, accented on the hrst LA
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

Bile. WI, you please set us right in your ques-
ton and answer column. A PATRON.
Dallas. Tex.
1t is pronounced Steil, the last "e' in
the name as spelled being silent, "a in
house. Rhymes with Tell.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
FOR MARRIED FOLKS.

NoCONA, Tex, April IS, 1890.
To the Gazette
DEAR SIRS-Received the Encyclopedias
all right. The book is All tlkk9dhsetAimed
for it. .Ioelss5sisAsSbaff %had have got
one Ten YeafSHg6, when l was first mar
rcd. ! would recommend them to and
young couple: they are brimful of good
advice and instruction. Please accept
my thanks. Youra. E. B. STUMP.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
Private Medical AiC

DOS Main St (opp. Postofice,. Dallas, Tex
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-06-05
A Sound Legal Opinion.

Z. cambridge Munday Esq, County Atty,
Clay Co., Tex. says: "Have used Electric Bitters
with most happy results My brother was very
low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but
was cured by timely use of this medicine. Am
satisfied Electric Bitters saved his life.
Mr.. D. |. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, KY, adds
like testimony, saying; He positively believes
he would have died, had it not been for Elec-
trio Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off, as well as
cure all Malarial Diseases, and for all Kidney,
Livers and Stomach Disorders stands UNEQUAL
led. Price SOC and 81. at o Thompson's
drug store
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-06-05
ODDS AND ENDS.
Five persons were instantly killed
by lightning at Hamburg last week.
The Verdict Unanimous.

: w. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, testifes.
81 can recommend Electric Bitters as the very
best remedy. Every bottle sold has given re-
lief in every case. One man took six bottles,
and was cured of rheumatism of 10 years
Standing Abraham Hare, Druggist, Belle
vile, Ohio, affirms: "The best selling medi-
cine / have ever handled in my twenty years
experience is Electric Bitters" Thousands of
others have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do
cure all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or
Blood. Only half dollar bottle at V. O..
Thompson's Drug Store.