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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
THE NECTARISE.

You have said good deal through TIE
GAZETTE, and said IL well, about peach
culture for Texas, but as yet l have seen
nothing from YOU with reference to the
nectarine. l have a nectarine tree on My
place which seems to grow as well as tree
could grow, but it does not fruit heavily
This season it bore a rather fair crop of
fruit. but the fruit was hot overly good on
account OF being more or less wormy.
There would seem to be q possibility that
am not managing 1t exactly right in some
particular, therefore l would Ike to have
you tell US something about nectarine cul-
ture for Texas. l am subscriber TO THE
GAZETTE, and consider the agricultural de-
partmert worth a dozen subscriptions an
nually to any reading farmer. Texas has
had nothing like it before. RuRALIsT.
Hood County, Tex.
The nectariEe is simply variety, or more
correctly. perhaps, an off-shoot from the
peach proper, aud therefore it calls for the
same culture and treatment as the peach.
In his standard work on peach culture Mr..
j. A. Fulton says, page Il: There are
reckoned but two varieties of the peach
the peach proper with downy fruit, and the
nectarine with smooth fruit There is
abundant evidence that the latter is mere
accidental production Of the former. The
general characteristics are identical, while
the difference is but slight. and consists
principally in the presence or absence of
pubescenee on the skin
''The nectarine, both in tree and fruit, is
not SO vigorous, hardy or durable as the
peach; it is more easily affected by disease
anG the attacks of insects; sheds its fruit
more easily. and oftener fails to produce
crop."
This is about all tina. could be said rela.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
TIE HEST SHEEPEoRIS.

Mr.. Stephen Powers, man well known
in Live stock literature, writes to the
American Sheep Breeder that the English
sheep are naturally best adapted TO the
damp climate and juicy turnips 1aud the
sha6e-caHed hay of England: the Merino TO
thehot dry climate and sun-dried hay of
America.
No ope disputes the remarkable precocity
of the English breeds. A Hampshlredown
lamb, on its native grass near Salisbury,
has increased. eight-tenths of pound daily
for good many days together. But the
breeding OF early market lambs is an excep-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
THE LANTANA.

I see that one of your correspondents asks
where lantana plants can be obtained. l
would state that they can now be had al
most anywhere in Fort Worth. On seeing
your earlier article in The GAZETTE on this
beautiful Towering shrub, | sent to q
| nursery and bought small rooted plant. 1t
has grown magniticently and given the most
unbounded satisfaction. ! find that many
acquaintance in our city have pursued the
same course as myself. and that the
lantana has suddenly sprung into con-
siderable prominence with US. All who
needed your suggestions in the matter are
highly pleased, ana seem to feel that they
owe The GAZETTE real debt of gratitude.
On account of The GAZETTE the lantana is
here, and here to stay undoubtedly. We
have nothing prettier, and apparently moth
ing more at home.
From my one plant obtained at the nurs-
cry now have ten new plants, all grown
from cuttings. Never was anything more
easy than to propagate the lantana by cut
tings. l take from my original plant
8 branch about six inches long, with a
bunch of flowers on the end of it, and set it
in common flower pot, keeping the soil
wet 1t never wits but sends out roots at
once aud goes right on growing. In two or
three weeks it may be safely transferred to
the open grounds, where it will grow with
amazing rapidity.
What are we to do with the plant through
winter2 Must we take it up and store it
away in some greenhouse or cellar like we
do the banana
LADY LOVER OF FLOWERS.
Fort Worth, Texas.
The first severe frost will kill your Ian
tanas down to the ground, but it is not ct
all probable that the roots would be injured
by any freeze of our winters. To make
sure, however, we would recommend
so soon as the tops are touched by frost
that you cut them away and spade five or
six inches Of earth over the hill. This will
make safe protection. In spring, when
time for frost has passed, you can rake of
the earth spaded over the hill. The plants
will come up promptly and make you a
much larger bunch next year than you had
this year. If you like you can dig down
and divide the roots in spring, thus multi
plying your plants to almost any extent de-
sired.
The lantana grows readily from cuttings
on the plan pointed out by you. and there
is still another way Of propagating it from
cuttings, which is entirely sure, and may
be resorted to, provided you desire to have
large numbers Of plants next year for your
self or neighbors. Just before frost nips
the tops Of your plants cut them, trim
away the small branches, tie the main
stalks in small bundles and bury Their in
the ground below the frost line. When you
take them up next spring you will find buds
just ready to burst out from every joint.
Cut these joints in twos and ret thcnl in the
ground, ole set Of buds below ia. 81. .ace
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
THE JrJUBE IN TEXAS.

I send you by mail few dates that
| ripened on my place this year. They are
| rather fine, rs you Will see, though not
| quite so firm and sugary as the dates grown
| in Cuba. This is probably due to the fact
\ that the tree is very young. Last year it
| bore but two dates. but this year there has
| been quite crop for Il tree only four years
| old-forty or fifty, perhaps.
| 1t is not generally supposed that we could
| grow the date in Texas, but the evidence
| supposition is badly founded. Please give
| US through The GAZETTE, for the benefit Of
| Aexas, an article on date culture. x.
Waco, Tex.
Your fruit is not the date, by any means,
but the jujube, though in general appear
ance it much resembles the date. The date
grows on i palm, while the juiube grows
on 4 deciduous tree known to botanists as
Rhamnus zizyphus. In some localities one
hears of it as the date plum"
The iujube, q native of the Old World,
would succeed to perfection all over Texas,
though it is seldom met with in this state.
AS an ornamental tree it is very attractive,
growing to the height of twenty-five or
thirty feet, and having small, glossy green
leaves thickly set in clusters at the ends of
peculiarly crooked branchlets The fruit is
sweet and pleasant to the taste, but unfor-
tunately there is not much of it, on account
Of the loose and open arrangement of the
pulp lying between the skin and seed. In
times past it was extensively employed in
making the celebrated iujube paste of the
candy shops, but nowadays that article on
the market is usually a mere Imitation of
the original, formed of gelatine, gum arabic
and sugar. The less cost of making the
imitation iujube paste has pretty well driven
the genuine article Off the market, espe-
cially in this country.
A very large and fine juiube tree may be
seen on the grounds of Mr.. ]. C. Scott,
southwest corner of East Belknap and Pc
can streets, Fort Worth.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
SOMETHING GOOD TO SELL

While many remedies for hard times
among farmers are being suggested, Mr.
John l.. Shaver follows the fashion and
throws one before the public through Farm
and Preside. He says his remedy may DO
safely relied upon for bringing relief 1t
consists in always having something to
sell, and having this something, whatever
it may De, of such quality as to readily
mand fair price. 1t Is fact worthy of Sc
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.
ON SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
IN COTTON.
Its Grrster Frequency OF Late-The Prob
able CauSe-N1 Charged Against the
Packer-Keform or Huin-Te!e
phone Lire from boston to
London, Etc.

The Sclegtic american quotes the Brit'sE
board of trade is representing that ther.
have been IL fires on cot;or-laden shil,
crossing the Atlantic from this country dur.
ing the last ten years. The cause Of tn
fires, as most frequently assigned. i spoa-
taneouS combustion, ard this has led =.
careful investigation with view 10 tindir
out why cotton is more iiaole 10 sp1nta.e.
Gus combustion than other freights H.
would seem 10 be matter OF mach speech.
Importance, but as yet the scientific invc,-
tigators have been able to arrive AZ no ds.i-
mite conclusion. -
The nearest approach 10 trGstworih.
hypothesis seems 10 have been mite l.
Mr.. Edward Atkinson. the weu-kuow }
writer on economic subjects. He attribute,
the spontaneous combustion mainly 10 COT
ton seed OF in the packed cotton. Mr.. A.
knson states that if cotton seed oil is ey-
traeted where the cotton IS ginned. o. y
locks may get into the bale Where such
impreguatei fibcrs of cotton are in the cen
ter OF the bale no DANCER may cnsUc, bur
the contrary IS true when il is on the cuJ
or side, and these portions become broken
so that air may enter the interstices amour
the tibers, making the right combination ot
fiber, oil and oxygen, causing rapid oSida-
ton, which is known as spontaneous con-
bus,iou. Fires have occurred in risks III
der his supervision which could be directly
traced to this cause
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering
such questions as may be asked by our SUBJ
scrfbers, which may be Of general information.
Inquiries of personal character that require an
swer by mail should always have stamp in
closed. Please give full name and postofice
address in addition to any such signature as
Subscriber" or "A. G. D. not for publication,
il against the will OF the writer, but to admit OF
direct communication should such thing be
deemed necessary. Address as directed at head
off
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
Alyarado. Tex.

-hiN val oNOs iSS.
we can think of no grass that would
make you a permanent meadow on deep
sandy and hilly, piece of land. Few meadow
grasses would be apt to do well on such land
in your region. Bermuda grass might come
nearer ''sticl1ing'' than any other good
grass, but it would grow too low to be
worth much as a hay crop.
On your rich bottom land johnson grass
would give you better results as hay
grass than any grass you could employ.
perhaps, and it makes very good meadow
grass, but, as you doubtless understand, it
is rather bad grass to spread to other
fields. If kept well cut, before the seeds
are ripe, or well pastured down, it does not
spread with very great rapidity, provided
there is no wash over the land directly from
the meadow to the other fields.
Bermuda grass would make a fine sum-
mer pasture on such situations, but we
could never recommend it as 4 meadow
grass. 1t makes very fair hay, but does not
yield enough to be profitable.
We know of no other grass to recommend,
as the usual Northern hay grasses would
not be apt TO succeed in your section.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11

Another scientific writer supports Nj
Atkinson and states that 10 other oil III tha
cotton would be near SO apt to produce spo:.-
taneous combustion rs cotton seed oil aud
that cotton seed oil is more liable To get
into the bale than most persons would be
likely to suppose. One of the most common
ways of getting it into the lint perhaps, Is
through its use as lubricator about the
gin. One can find rather strong supper,
for this theory in the fact that such fires
are far more frequent nowadays than they
were in years back, before cotton seed oil
was known, or had come into general use
1t is one of our cheapest oils, and since IL
works very well as iubricator for machiu-
cry, there IS left no reason for wonderful
that it should be extensively employed
about gins. In substantiation of his theory
that cotton seed oil on cotton may produce
spontaneous combustion Mr.. Atkinson says
Locks Of cotton saturated with cotton see;l
oil have been sent to me from factOriei
which, when put into our special apparatus
for oxidation or for acration, have been set
on fire spontaneously"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
PERMANENT MEADOW.

I wish to make a permanent meadow on a
deep sandy and billy piece Of land. Can you
recommend any suitable grass for my
meadow other than Bermuda or johnson
grass l want some kind of grass that will
not spread over the field. l also have rich
bottom lands that would like to put to
grass for meadow and pasture. Please
recommend some variety of grass for that.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11

If these theories are accepted, and the
seem TO carry more plausibIility than any
other just now, the course for the cotton
ginner IS quite plain. He must strict;
taboo the use of cotton seed oil about his
gin, and his gin and his oil mill must be
well apart from each other. If careless
ness on our part is really the cause of very
many of the cotton fires, an end to it must
be speedily reached through greater care,
else serious consequences viii be the result.
The price paid for cotton is already low
enough, in all conscience, but if the point
becomes fully settled that cotton is an un-
safe and dangerous cargo 10 carry, the
freights and insurance VIII run up on it 10
such an extent as 10 materially tell TO our
injury on the selling figures. OF course the
raiser must pay all costs direc.ly or indi-
rectly. Already the English parliament
has gone so far as to consider the question
of prohibiting steamships which take pas
sengers from carrying cotton. If such 4
law were enacted, profitable line of bust
ness would be made unavailable for these
vessels, whereas, If the cause of the numer-
Gus fires is really due to careless handling
of the cotton in this country, of which there
seems to be very little doubt, the remedy
should be promptly applied here, so that
this menace of fires in cotton cargoes NAV
be removed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
j. p. STEELE, EDITOR.


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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11


The Medical Record announces that Dr.
Diioud is making an interesting success
with borax as remedy for epilepsy. He
has tested the remedy in twenty-five cases,
curing one and materially relieving all save
six. The duration Of the treatment varied
from one to seven months, and he was able
without inconvenience to carry the dose up
TO ninety grains day. This was only pos
sible if a beginning was made with small
doses, which were gradually increased;
and when the dose exceeded sixty grains
daily, he found it advisable TO add some
glycerine to the water and syrup in which
the drug was usually administered. The
patients to whom DR.. Dijoud administered
borax had been treated unsuccessfulIy with
the bromides. -.
A process for hardening plaster OF paris
so that it may be used for flooring, as wood
and tiles are at present is being extensively
employed in France. About six parts OF
good quality plaster are intimately mixed
with one part Of freshly slaked lime finely
sifted. The mixture is then laid down rs
quickly as possible, care being taken that
the trowel is not used on it for too long
time. The floor should then be allowed 70
become very dry, and afterward be thor
oughly saturated with sulphate of iron or
zinc, the iron giving the strongest surface.
With sulphate Of zinc the floor remains
white, but when iron is used it becomes
the color of rust. If linsesd oil, boiled with
litharge. oe appiied.to the surface. It be.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22
p1other ami chlla nre Doing won.

Mrs. Brown was sick. Tier friends
said she would never get we'll. whats
the troublo?" ooh. some kind OF ie-
male weakness. The doctors have
given up her case as hopeless. She
may live for some time they say, but
as for 4 cure that is quite out of tho
question:
81 don't believe it," said woman,
who heard the sad news. ~ don't be-
lieve she's any worse Off than l was five
years ago from the same trouble, and l
don't look very much like n dead
woman, do II" She certainly did not
with her red, plump checks, brighteyes,
and $50 pounds OF good healthy bone,
blood and flesh. "I'm going to see her
and tell her how she can get WELL" She
did SO. She advised Mrs. Brown to
take DR.. Pierce's Favoritc Prescription.
Mrs. Brown took the advice, also the
medicine, which cures all kinds Of deli
cate diseases so common among women,
and-gotwell. That was two years ago.
Last month she presented Mr.. Brown
with a 10-pound son, and mother and
child are doing we'll"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22

Physicians make no more fatal mis-
take than when they inform patients
that nervous heart troubles come from
the stomach and are OF little conse-
quence. DR.. Franklin Miles, the noted
Indiana specialist, has proven the CON
,trary in his new book on "Heart Dis
ease, which may be had free at the
Logan Drug Co.'S, who guarantee and
recommend Dr.. Miles unequaled New
Heart Cure, which-kas the largest sale
OF any heart remedy in the world. It
cures nervous and organic heart disease,
short breath, huttering, pain or tender.
ness in the side. arm or shoulder, irreg-
ular pulse, limiting, smothering, dropsy,
etc. His Restorative Ncrvine cures
headache, fits, etc. rrlIsaw-2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22
POOR OPINION OF HIsIsELr.


Thought Ills Girl Was n Fool to Marry
Him With Her Wealth.
He had q girl on his arm and was
hunting the license Office" says the
Detroit Free Press.
When hefound it and had drawn up
alongside the clerks desk he chuckled
a bit and remarked, nodding his head
towards the young lady. "See this GAL
mister; she's jest the biggest fool in ten
States, she is" zfl
"Slie doesn't, look it." responded the
gallant clerk; with bow.
1. "P'raps not: but she is, mister"
Z The girl gave him tender little shake
and told him to hush up. nj
Listen at her." he said to the clerk,
with q chuckle; "listen at her. Don't
know, nothin' bout herself ut all, she
don't. Wants me to hush up, but
won't. Say, mister, can't We get a
license here?" 2
"a marriage license2" inquired the
clerk. t5i5f,
"That's what" he answered, with con-
fident prido.
"Foryou and this young lady ?" asked
the clerk again.
"You bot in ant no other, mister"
he said, slapping the clerk across the
shoulders. The clerk made it out,
handed, it over and took the fee.
Didn't I tell you she was tho biggest
fool in ten states, " he SAID, as he stuck
the liccnsc'into his pocket.
Look at her, will you? Slic; as 81
whistle and as purity as Il ycarlin' calf.
Got northumberland farm, too, in her
own right, and she's goin' to marry a
fell6r likeIme.j Now say mister, did you
ever hear OF such fool trick as that p"
and he chuckled till he shook nil over.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22
Office. At once! Awnyr And while I
was arranging my hat Sarnh was dressed

Office. At once! Awnyp And while l
was arranging my hat Sarah was dressed
for the street.
I'VE got to tho cable Office and Sarah
sat down and wrote out lengthily. The
manager suggested that shc should use
thecodc. With an imperious gesture she
ordered him to BIO silent. He ventuted
M apology.
:" Monsieur slo said, this is no timo
TO think OF economy. 10 save money
under these circumstances would be Il
crime-ah, what 10 money! And her
scorn was iuetIablc. When tho receiver
had counted the words he told her the
price OF the cablegram would be 1888 90.
Sho paid it MS ii it were only dime.
upon returning to tho hotel NJ. kcr-
bernhardt said to her, laughingly: But,
Sarah, you have not thanked NJ. Max in
the proper manner
"'Ah!' exclaimed Sarah, but / will,
and taking my face between her hands,
she said, while kissing me on either
cheek: There Is one for yourself and
one for your paper I regretted when
she had done. She recalled tho Incl
dent when saw her MI evening or two
since in this city between the acts ut the
Standard Theater.n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22

TWAS the night before Christmas, whom all
through the house 20 FL tT' #
Not q creature wGs stirring, not even mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chimney with
IL hopes Tint 81. Nicholas gocn would be there;
Ihe children were ncstled MI Snag in thelr
While Visions Of sugar plums danced In their
And iuairna III her kcrchicf aud IN my cap
Had Just settled our bruins for long winters
When out on the lawn there arose such cu,.
= spranE. from my bed 10 see what was the
Away TO tlt window ncw. like flash. e
Tore observation-disclosures, and threw UP tho sash;
The moon, OF tho breast OF the ncw..allen
Gayca lt!strc Of midday 10 objects below;
When. What TO my wondering eyes should APP
pear -tLt Pc
BaI 4 miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein
VIZ, 4 little, old driver, SO lively and quick,
knew IN moment 1t must be st. Nick. I
More rapid thnn eagles, his courscrs they came,
And hG whlstlGi, and shouted, and called them
"Sow u GI nhI now, Danccr now, rfaacer aud
On, Connection, Cupldl on DonGcr and Btzcn
70 the top OF the porch tot the topof tho wall
. lis, 49, ,''s''''
When they meet with III obstacle, mount to
the sky, IVA
So. up to lilo 'lousc:top the courcrs they flew,
Win the s!eishful OF toys-and 1t. Nicholas,
And then In twiukling heard on the roof
The prancing.Nud paving OF each little lOOi.
As drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down me chimney st. Nicholas came with Il
lie was addressed all In fur from his head TO his
foot; a
And his.clothes were nil furnished with ashes
a bundle OF toys he Ind flung on his back,
And he looked like peddlar Just opening his
Ills eyes Gow,they twlnklcdl His dimplcs how
His cheeks were like roscs his nose like a
His dro!l little mouth was drawn mp like allow,
And the beard on his chin was rs white MS the
2 snow. ~, -,
Tho stump of pipe he held tight In his teeth.
And the smoke, 1t encircled his head like Il
lie had n broad face and 4 little round belly
That shook, when he laughed, like bowl full Of
Jelly. .ly1+ sra jl-5.l. ft5s!.
lie was chubby and plump-a right jolly old
elf; HrsIr-- --,EI 'i..T.'
And lily laughed when hen saw him in spite Of my
A wink OF his eye and twist OF his head.
Soon gave nc to know had nothing to dread
He spokc,not word; but went straight to his
And filed all the stockings; the turned with a
jerk, ~ :. 81 g
And, laying his finger aside OF his nose,
And giving a nod. up the chimney he rose.
lie sprung to his sleigh, 10 his team gave n
And aH ~; J. they all few, like the down OF a
But heard him exclaim ere they drove OH, of
sight - tsfl, =