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The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-17

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the queen of the harvest fields. Ruth,
the grandmother of David. Ruth. the
ancestrcss of Jesus Christ The story
Of her virtues and her life sacrifice the
most beautiful PASTORAL ever written.
Here Is Nashti, defying the bacchana
Of 1000 drunken lords, and Esther will
ing Ia throw her life away that she
may deliver her people. And here is
Dorcas. the sunlight of eternal fame,
gliding her philanthropic needle. and
the woman with perfume in a box made
from the hills Of Alabastron, pouring
the holy chrism on the head of Christ.
the aroma lingering all down the corri-
dor Of the centuries. Here is lydia.
the merchantess of Tyrian purple. i'm
m~crtalized for her Christian behavior.
Here is the widow with two mites
more famous than the Pcabcdys and
the Lcuoxes of all ages while mere
comes in slow of gait and with careful
attendants and with especial honor and
high favor, leaning on the arm of in
spiration, one who is the JOY and pride
of any home 5 rarely fortunate as 10
have one, An old Christian grandmother.
Grandmother Lois Who has more
w~orshipcrs to-day than any being tina,
ever lived N earth cxcep: Jesus
Christi Mary. For wha; purpose did
Chris. perform his first miracle upon
earth? To relieve the embarrassment,
of a womanly housekeepcr at the fall
ing short of . beverage. Why did
Christ break up the silence Of the tomb
and tear of the shroud and rip up the
rocks. Il was 10 stop the bereavement
Of the two Bethany sisters For whose
comfort was Christ most anxious in the
hour of dying excruciation? For q
woman. an old woman, . wrinkle.
faced woman, n woman who in other
/ DAYS had held him in her arms, his frs:
| friend. his last friend as IL Is very ap,
TO he, his mother. All the pa;hos q.
the ages compressed into one utter.
ance. behold thy mother" Does the
Bible an;agonize woman
II the Bible Is s. antagonists u
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
GOLD, SILVER AND COAL.

this day send you by mail three mineral
specimens-one of gold, one of silver and
one of coa.. AL the specimens came from
shafts sunk in the town of Graham, Tex.
The coal was struck last Saturday evening
late. There seems to be an abundance of it.
The gold and silver specimens were reached
in different shafts at the depth of from
thirty to forty feet, and both ores seem TO
exist in large quantities. Assays for both
the gold and the silver ores have been made
and the showing is very favorable.
r. C.. McPHALL-
Graham, Tex, October IL
We have carefully examined the minerals
sent, and must pronounce upon them as
fully conforming to the statement made by
Mr.. McPhalL. Of course we can of our
own knowledge say nothing with reference
to the richness of either the gold or the sill
yer ores in the absence of regular assay.
Young county, of which Graham is the
county seat, must lie about on the line be-
tween the carbonlferous and the permain
formations. Both formations are probably
represented in the county, though our geol-
ogists have, as yet, made no special mention
Of the fact If the carbonifcrous local meas
ures)comes into Young-which we do not
doubt-then the finding of coal at Graham
need not be matter Of surorlsc, but the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
MUST PRODUCE SOMETHING.

We have long commended that a region of
country, to become really prosperous, must
produce something; that is, it must add
its proportion to the general products of
the world. If it has rich mines it can add
the results of working those mines to the
worlds goods if it has fine timber it may
contribute its lumber and get along all well
enough for time if it has neither of these,
but has fertile and generous soil, it may
put In its agricultural products, but if it has
neither mines, timber or fertile soil, it is a
failure, so far as relates to permanent pros
perity. Some kind of specializing sensation
may boom it for brief period, but no such
boom can last permanently. The swing
sent up, no matter with how much force,
must come back and eventually stop on the
dead center, unless there is some kind of
local force to keep it going. Farm and
Ranch of Dallas appears to accept this idea
of ours, as witness the following paragraph
taken from the latest issue of that publica-
ton:
Some enterprising men buy cattle and
hogs, and corn and hay, and by combining
these factors make good profit. Why
cannot the farmer raise the cattle and the
hogs and the corn and the hay, and SO
forth, and make both the producers and
manufacturers profitsl Feeding is as
much the farmers business as producing
feed. Under the most favorable condit ons
there is but little profit in marketing raw
material.
Just so; and Farm and Ranch might have
added that there is comparatively little
profit in marketing material worked into
other shapes than raw, provided the raw
material worked must be shipped to the
worker from other and often distant re-
gions. If we can produce the raw mate
rial right where it is to be worked we get
on it the profits that the distant producer
must get from u.s. We then get the profits
on it resulting from working it out of the
raw state-two profits instead of one. Un-
less we can do this we can never success
fully compete with the distant region where
the same working out of the raw state is
going on constantly, that we are doing
with the surplus of those regions sold to
US at q profit there, and shipped to US at
heavy additional expenses.
We can raise the cattle, and the hogs.
and the corn and the hay, with more clear
profit than the same things can be raised
in other regions, and when we neglect to
do it we are simply throwing the lions
share of our profits away 1t may be all
well enough to work up raw material, but,
at the same time, it is certainly much bet
ter for US to also produce the raw material
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
j. =. STEELE, EDITOR.

| from to-day, without the direct addition Of
| fertilizers, as they were on the day when
| they first turned over from the plow.
1t is highly probable that there will be
found among such of our people as fail to
make farming pay not few who Will con-
tend that this article founded upon Mr..
Stevens paper is too highly colored. For
| our own part we cannot see it that way.
Everything claimed by Mr.. Stevens as
possibility in Texas agriculture can be
| done and is being done every year. 1t is
never right in exhibiting country's pos
sibiiities, to dwell upon what is being done
By every one; the correct way is to show
what has been done, and is being done reg
ularly, by correct efforts II man desires
to loaf his life out and make nothing off his
loafing he can find as good G field for his
business in Texas as he could find any
where else, but the man who desires to
make money on correct principles can
easily enough do el erything that Mr.. Ste
vens has laid down in his paper.
II calls for push, nowadays, to make
money at anything. The days when money
listed; we must now hustle for what we get,
and if we are disposed to hustle no otherre-
gion in North America promises such re-
wards to the agriculturist for his hustling
as does Texas
All the points culled from this article of
Mr.. Stevens are facts. They are of inter-
est to the people of less favored regions
than this, as enabling them to make their
own comparisons. For instance, what can
you make on forty-iye acres, as a tenant,i in
the region where you live, by working 40
days in the year? Compare the answer
with what Mr.. Stevens correctly tells you
that you can make here and then govern
yourself accordingly. If you find the
showing in favor of the region where you
are already living, stay there is our advice
if, not, then take into consideration that
we have plenty of room for you in Texas.
We have no disadvantages to point out to
you; not even the disadvantages of isolation
so prevalent in most new countries, for
Texas, while as new a country as there is
in the world, so far as relates to cheap
lands, virgin soils and all that sort of thing,
is now crossed by railroads in every direc-
ton, and is rapidly becoming literally check
cred by them.
If there is anything off in this showing of
Mr.. Stevens, it is OF against US, for twenty
two and one-half bales of cotton is certainly
less than ought to be made on thirty acres
of our best land under correct culture
There are plenty Of farmers in Texas who
regularly make one bale of cotton to the
ably more.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29

river, must fall into line. Some of them
are already regarded as the best agricul-
tural states of the American confederation
under the old system of natural water sup
ply, as the state of Texas, for instance, but
the influence of irrigation renders it abso-
lutely necessary for them to reach beyond
the old style. If they neglect to do this in
the adoption of irrigation the irrigating
states further west will take rank above
them as the great agricultural states, and
they will sink far below the high position
they now occupy on the agricultural scale.
1t is hard matter to draw the majority
of a people into any new movement of spe-
c:al and permanent Importance. Large and
heavy bodies move slowly, you know, but
they invariably get there in the end, for
their onward progress is irresistible. Peo-
pie will jump into something OF lighter
character with a regular rush oftentimeS.
They will move as in a revolution, perhaps,
and it usually happens that by the time
they are fairly in, the. thing will explode
and 90 to the winds. But the heavy body
moves regularly on, picking up support
here and there, by slow degrees, until it
finally has everything its own way, and is
solid enough to continue forever. This last
well represents irrigation in Texas. 1t
must come, and it will come eventually, and
when here it will be here to stay.
1t seems strange that there should be a
thinking man in all Texas who cannot see
at a glance the great need of irrigation.
Granted that the state is the best agricul-
tural state OF the Union. No other state
has so much rich agricultural lands, and
taken all in all, no other state has finer
climate; yet it must be admitted, in the face
of all this, that there are states west of US
that are more productive than Texas, and
are capable of producing greater diver
sity of crops. Why is this? If we have
the finest soil in the world and as fine eli
mate as there is in the world how is it that
we are forced to draw upon those states for
many of the common neceSsarieS of life, due
to the simple reason that Texas cannot raise
them at the time when needed A correct
answer to this ought to settle the question
as to what Texas needs in her agriculture
to place her in the very top notch. ''Those
more productive states irrigate," is the
correct answer. They keep profitable
crops growing through every season, while
we do all our farming in about three months
of the year.
Texas is certainly great agricultural
state, as things now are, but before she can
eight it ont on that line'' to the full eX-
tent of her capabilities she must arrange to
make sit take all summer
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
BEETLE ON THE ROSES.

Enclosed lind specimens of beetle that
is eating my roses; also find rosebuds that
they have operated upon. They do not get
into the buds, but they perfOrate the bios
SONS The specimens sent are lively little
fellows, and hence may get away. If they
do l have some more that l could spare you.
Fort Worth, Tex. j. c. MARTIN.
Beetle, about one-third of an inch in
length and one-tenth of an inch in width
across the wing-covers. Color, dirty green
ish yellow, marked on the wing covers with
twelve conspicuous black spots running in
four rows the long way of the insect. Head
black.
1t is the notorious ''twelve-spOtted squash
beetle,'' named by etolnologists Diabrotica
12-punctata. Why it was ever called
squash beetle is more than we could eX-
plain, for it will feed upon about every
thing in the plant line that it comes across,
and appears to be equally as well satisfied
with one species as another. 1t is an insect
of wide range, appearing, probably, in
every state in the Union. In some regions
it gives the strawberry raiser great deal
of trouble; but really there is no call for
particularizing, for it gives one trouble on
any character of plant he may be cultivat-
ing, where it happens to put in pretty
fair representation.
Being a leaf or flower eater-one could de-
stroy it with any of the arsenical
insecticides by spraying his plants with
them. DR.. A. Oemler, author of TRUCK
farming at the South" says it may be
driven from plants by liberal sprinkling
of freshly-slacked lime or SCOT, while the
dew is on; in the case of roses we would
treat them to q light sprinkling of
pyrethrum powders. Our druggists call it
Persian insect powders. It is compare
lively inexpensive, and thrown on with one
of the little atomizers to be had at the
drug store, quarters worth would save an
acre of roses, while it would do no kind
of injury to the plants or to any one hand
ling or even eating the flowers. The
smallest particle of it coming in contact
with a beetle would at once cook his goose
for him. The powders should be applied
early in the morning while the buds and
flowers are damp.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29

finding of gold and silver there is certainly
something rather surprising in the face of
whaI we now understand with reference to
the formations. Neither gold or silver are
orss Of either the carboniferous or the per-
main. The only ores mentioned by our geo.
iogis;5 as appearing in the permain of
Texas are copper and iron. (See Professor
Cunulins' papers as appearing in the first
annual report of the Texas geological sur
vey, page ~. TIE Oily ore found in the
carbobiferoa5 Of Texas is iron. (See Pro-
fessor RaiPa S. Starts paper appearing in
the same report as mentioned above, page
2i5)
The ores sent are evidently drift ores,
for there is certainly no uphesval of the
regular gold bearing rocks in Young county.
This notion of ours is well sustained by the
fact that the specimens are imhedded in
peculiar kind Of conglomerate composed
largely of white quartz pebbles. Professor
Cummins speaks of having seen these con-
glomerates in the pernain, but mentions no
ores in association with them. They are
made up of rock fragments carried away
from their native beds in other regions by
the drifting agencies that worked in the
past geological ages, and with those pebbles
came the gold and silver, of course.
This drift theory is nothing discouraging
to the people of Young county, for some
very rich gold deposits of the world are
drift deposits; indeed this theory is more
encouraging than any other that could be
advanced, for unless there is drift-gold in
that region it would be folly to suppose that
there was any gold at all.
The label attached to the coal specimen
sent, marks it as having been taken from a
bed eighteen feet beneath the surface. 1t
is soft, light and breaks to clear and pol
ished appearance. Evidently it is refer
rable to seam No. l, as classed off by our
biologists, and if so it is, according to Pro-
fessor Dumblc, a coal well adapted to fuel
purposes. Some of it makes a fine coke,
he says. The same coal seam crops out III
Erath, Palo Pinto and Wise counties, and
at some points in these counties it is being
mined to considerable extent. The rail
roads are using it for fuel, and it appears
to be giving them satisfaction generally.
-TDumble.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
A NAUGHTY DEyIL,s-uORsE

In THE GAZETTE of October l see oues-
ton answered with reference to an insect
called ''the devils riding horse" You
claim that it is harmless. Well, the kind
you have at Fort Worth may be harmless,
but we have a species here that is not
harmless, as l can testify, for have had it
throw poison in my face more than once,
and it is not pleasant. / think that very
much of it in ones eye would certainly in
jure the eye if it did not put it out, but do
believe it would put the eye out. If you
would like to make the acquaintance of our
Florida devils riding-horse l will endeavor
to send you one. In the event you desire
one, please let me know of your desire
through The GAZETTE. F. B. PITT.
Fort Ogden, Fla.
We hesitate. You do not say your devils
ridlng-horse is an insect, nor do you en-
tighten US concerning the odor of the poison
thrown, therefore we have our suspicious.
Is it bad to kill young chickensl If so,
please don't send one to US for the present.
We don't need any devils riding horse of
that kind in our business Just now.
Our devils riding horse, the one to which
our article referred, is an insect. Its scien-
tific name is Mantis carolina. 1t is as
harmless as an oyster Your devils riding
horse may be quite another thing. We have
long age learned that it will not do
to depend upon local names for
the Identification of species. You folks
over there are rather heavy On local names,
anyway, for YOU call a land turtle gopher,
hence these suspicious. But if your devils
riding-horse is really an insect upon your
honor, that is, if your devils riding-horse
is not quadruped and chicken eater,
We'll take one at venture pair of them,
if you have them to spare--snd Will be very
much obliged. But remember the condi-
lions, please
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering
such questions as may be asked by our sub
scribers, which may be of general information.
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if against the will OF the writer. but TO admit OF
direct communication should such q thing be
deemed necessary. Address as directed at head
OF this page
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made to the WEEKLY GAZETTE for year. another
= subscription to the WEEKLY GAZETTE for one year.
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! to whom he wishes the WEEKLY GAZETTE sent out
8 side the state. This offer applies only in cases
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one years subscription to the WEEKLY GAZETTE
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
A WILD TEXAS STEER.
1t Tears Through the Streets of Allegheny.
Boy Fatally Hurt.

PITTsBURG. Pa. Oct ga wild Texas
steer escaped from HE stocsyards to-day
and for time created a panic on the
streets Of Allegheny. The maddened ami
mai traversed the prominent thoroughfares
compelling pedestrians to fee for their lives
Five persons We're gored by the steer, ons of
them a small. oOy being fatally hurt. A
party Of citizens with srand revolvers
finally ran the steer doyKa and shot it dead
about nooE when streets were crowded,
and causNi great Excitement.
Water. onSa her genuine"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
BONDS OUTSTANDING.
Amount of the States Debt-The Holders
of the Bonds-The Total S4,23s,s3O.
Treasurer Wortham's Statement
Special to the Gazette.
0ALLAS

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Oct. 24--Treasurer Wor-
than has prepared the following statement
of bonds outstanding against the state and
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

tains and never come back. After be was
gone a strange man came after me, and
mamma cried like everything, but told me
to 90 with him; and he took me 70 Trini-
dad and put me on the train, and gave the
conductor a ticket and the conductor gave
me plenty 70 eat all the way"
The conductors only know that the boy
was billed through in their care, but as
soon as a telegram could reach Stockton
word was received that Mrs Adams there
was the boys aunt, and was expecting him.
She got him by the next boat, and ss she
is discreet woman in the way Of answer
ing questions, the public is left to won
der what sort OF folks those were IN Denver
who sent such an infant slons on such
trip.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06
Parlnr RraYerv.

"Yes," said Tommy. 81 should admire
to be soldier, to carry gun and sword
and lead my men through Businesses in the
mountains where the enemy lie concealed
two to our one, and we would die like he
roes with our boots on"
Tommy" said his mother, 'go into the
woodshed and bring me an armful Of
kindling"
will you hold the light, mamma"
what do you want of light'" inquired
his mother.
"Tm a-a-f-r-a-i-d. Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

The jury in the case of Williford against
the City of Wichita, in the common pleas
court, has been out since Saturday and
has not yet arrived at verdict. The case
involves IS, 900 damages which the plaintiff
claims to have sustained through the
negligence of the city in allowing certain
posts to stand in one of the streets and
which he ran into with his buggy last
year. receiving as he alleges damages to
that aTtaDf
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06
A NIGHT IN LONDON.

The train through the night Of the town
Through blackness broken In twain
BY the sudden finger of streets
Lights-red. yellow and brown
From curtain and window pane,
The flashing eyes of the streets.
Night, and the rush Of the train,
A cloud of smoke through the town,
Soaring the life of the streets;
And the leap of the heart again,
Out into the night, and down
The dazzling vista of streetsI
Arthur Symens in Academy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

The regular monthly mothers meeting
Will be held at their rooms opposite the
postoffice this CTuesday) afternoon at 2:50
Every lady interested is requested to be
present. Mrs. Carpenter will have charge
of the meeting. All superintendents of
departments come prepared to give full
report of the first quarters work
CARRIE FEGTLY, Sec'y.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06
Imagination and Death,

The case of the youth who died of imag-
mary hydrophobia shows what a part the
mind plays in disease. 1t recalls the story
of the criminal who was told that the
former occupant of the bed in which he
slept had died from smallpox The Grim
inal also died-not from smallpox, but
fright.-NeW York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

Mr.. Alexander of the Alexander Lumber
company has moved his family from
Arkansas City and will make Wichita his
home and headquarters for the future.
They are now comfortably located in the
house recently vacated by Mr.. Lynch on
North Topeka avenue.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

Rev. Edward Beecher's adopted daugh-
ter received at her baptism the name of
Voice Adams. She was one Of family
of fifteen children, whom her father, a
great-grandson of John Quincy Adams,
supported by lecturing on The Voice Of
Nature"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

Frank Henderson, the deputy sheriff
rom Sumner county, is here, having taken
in the show at the great Southern Kansas
fair. He says that this one took the bun.
He kept his eyes on the speed ring most of
the time, but at times wandered down to
view the fine cattle and animals on exhi-
hitinr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

General Murray Myers and staff, DR.. ].
P Allen and wife, DIR. c. c. Furley, Rev.
J. D. Caldwell, NJ. Parrott, John Bell and
about fifty others will leave at $40 a. M
Wednesday on the Frisco for Ellsworth, to
attend the reunion. They will be absent
two or three DAYS.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

H. c. Hodges & Co. is the name of a
new firm, Office 32S Sedgwick block, who
have entered into the grain trade. They
will buy or handle on commission from
any station in the country. They are pre-
pared to furnish quotations, and will bid
or buy. Write them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-06

Mrs. C. NJ. Jones leaves this morning
over the Rock Island for Kansas City,
where she will attend the fair this week.
From there Mrs. Jones goes to visit friends
in Chicago and Michigan, to be absent
seven weeks.