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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
FRUIT IN NORTH TEXAS.

DR.. A M. Ragiand's ably conducted and
valuable new publication, The Southern
Horticulturist and Farmer, Bryan, Tex,
refers to the success of Mr.. VIM. McKin-
nev as offering positive proof in an estab-
Iishment Of the fact that fruit growing can
be made TO pay handsomely in North Texas.
Mr.. Mckinney is operating at Cara, Den
ton county, and has in his orchard $500
apple trees, seventy-fve pear trees, 100
wild goose plum trees and 500 grape vines,
all doing well and giving their owner entire
satisfaction. he, Furthermore has several
acres in blackberries proving decided sue
cess
One often hears it stated that there is
not push enough in native Texans TO prop
erly develop our resources, but here is a
case which knocks that idea ''as high as a
kite" MIR. Mckinney was born in Cass
county, Texas, March % 1877. In 1859 his
father settled in Denton county near where
the sen now lives.
When the younger Mckinney had at
tanned to manhood, he began life as :. cot
ton planter, only TO reap disaster and dis
Appointment. He then tried fruit growing,
his tastes appearing to lean that way, but
in this he was not so successful as he had
hoped to be, so he pulled up stakes and
moved to Missouri, to try his luck there.
His observations in Missouri, associated
with fruit-growing education there re-
ceived, soon led him to suspect that his
his want of success in Texas was due TO the
employment Of methods not suited to the
requirements and conditions of the state, SO
he returned to his old home to put different
methods to the test. These methods made
him what he now is, the most extensive
fruit-grower in North Texas. In a recent
letter to DR.. Ragland he says: "Any one
who doubts that an orchard can be made
a commercial success, let him come 10 my
place and 1 will show the proof that it can
be made grand success
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17

very body, whose low temperature causes
the condensation
Simpler than this and Jet amounting to
the same thing is the definition found in
one Of our standard school books. Hous-
toms Physical Geography, page ninety
three says: when the air contains as
much vapor as it Is capable Of holding. it is
said to be at its dew-point So much for
the question, what is dew-point7 The next
question is, IL this point constant, or does
it vary In dihereut localitiesl We are
agreed there. Next. On what condition
does tise variation dependI | answer, "On
the amount of moisture in the atmosphere,
the greater the quantity Of vapor, the less
the fall required to reach the dew-point.
To avoid being tedious, we will quote from
Houston again as he states what we wish in
the least compass. THE quantity Of moist
ure necessary to saturate the air and bring
it to the dew-poiut varies with the tempera-
ture.'' This we can parapharse: The tenn
perature necessary to cause the air to be
saturated and brought to its dew-point va
ries with the quantity Of moisture. The
next sentence before US says; "Cold air
requires much less moisture to saturate it
than air which is warmer" This para
pbrased reads: Air containing a small
quantity Of moisture must be re-
duced to lower temperature before be-
coming saturated than air, containing more
moisture Is this not fair2 Is it not salts
factory Is not the conclusion justiiable
that seacoast districts have higher
dew-point than those far in the interorl
Mrs. C. WALDEN.
Fort Worth TeyaS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
RED JESUS WILL COME SOON,
Then the Pale Faces viii All be Promptly &.
terminated and the indian Reign.
The Pratriss and Forests VIII be AiiTs
with Game, the Lakes and Streams
vii, Abound with Fish-One Con
tinusl Fourth of July.
Death to White Men,

Special to the Gazette.
TAHLEQUAH, /. T., Sept. I0.-Old Grow,
the Indian chief who went to Pine Rtdga
agency few weeks ago in search Of ths
messiah, returned last Saturday, and IS
telling his red children of the wonderful
things he saw in the northland- He SAYS
the red Jesus did not appear in person, bus
his white representative of aldermaniC pro.
portions talked with him frequently and
assured him that the messiah would make
himself manifest soon; that the pale faces
would all be exterminated, and the Indian
raised to the highest pinnacle of wealth,
greatness and numerical strength; that tina
prairies and forests would be alive with
game and the lakes and streams stocked
with fish; in fact, the Indians futurs
would be an unending Fourth Of July.
Old Crow says he also visited Walker's
Lake, Nev., at which place he claims to have
seen myriads of fairies, who were the RS.
cognized and acknowledged children o.
Christ All day, saws he, tho fairies
danced on the waters of the lake and then
joined the Indians in their ghost dance AZ
night. He reports all the Indians in that
region as dancing, and that he will return
to Walkers Lake in a few days and per
suade Christ 20 come 20 this country with
him.
Old Crows influence with the Indians is
increasing rapidly, and he now has six es
seven hundred followers. Indications now
are that the Indian ghost dance excitement
is TO be greater than il has ever been and
that serious trouble will result
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
MORE DEX.PaINT TALK.

I have read with some degree OF care
Your reply 10 the inquiry of H." for the
benefit of many teachers, with reference to
dew-point. While admitting much you
say, there are points I fail TO see.
l would say that have never seen any
authority on dew point in Texas. I think
H" can get the true principle from
Georges Physics, chapter on heat, but not
an exact answer.
When air is saturated with water-vapor,
d. E., has all it will hold), a fall Of 10 dogs.
Centigrade or Is dogs. Fahrenheit, will pre-
cipitate half the moisture contained, as
mist, rain, etc. Under the same conditions,
Ia saturated body of air., substance one
or two degrees cooler might receive sem
sible deposit Of dew. But suppose the air
is only half saturated, then 10 C. Us FL
would not even cause fog, and a body one
or two degrees cooler than the air would
not be likely to influence a thick enough
stratum of air to deposit a sensible guam
tity OF dew. a greater difference would
be required
In June last the air on the Staked Plains
was humid. The earth, and particularly
the grass. radiated heat at night and re-
ceiyed fine coat of dew. Later the air was
dry-far from saturation-and the same
change OF temperature failed to collect any
dew.
Humid air coming in contact with body
little cooler will deposit moisture. Dry
air coming in contact with body only
little cooler will fail TO deposit moisture:
but on a body very much cooler may de-
post a sensible quantity. 1t matters little
whether the air is 5 deg. c. al FL, % C.
az F. or 80 G Q22 f. on which the cooler
body operates.
The works on familiar science and natu-
raj philosophy, published twenty years ago
were often foggy; or they lost sight Of the
man issue. In their treatment of heat
moisture, etc, they We're especially so.
Many of our worthy teachers are DEEPER
emit upon these old cram-books and their
questions and direct answers Not many
persons over thirty, however well educated.s
go deeper than the book says. Too INIT
quit studying before they are thigty. ~
lula, Tex. S.6 PERnfN.
we make it 4 RUS speTer to sesfter into
discussion withs'Sr correspondents, but
were this oenerwise, there would be moth
s<evdiscuss in the present case. The
Positions taken by You are correct and sub
stantially in accord with all we have said
on the dew question.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
ABOUT FALL BUDDING.

In your valuable article on propagating
the peach by grating you say the season
for budding is over, giving as q reason that
the sap is down. The sap was down a few
weeks ago, but on examining my young
trees since the fall rains began to iven
things up find them more or less sappy,
with the bark slipping easily. Under such
Circumstance would it GO to bud nowl
Tarraut County, Tex. INTERESTED.
Most assuredly it would. A supposed
lack OF sap was orr only reason for In
tirnating that the budding season was over.
Before taking that position we examined
half dozen young trees on our place and
found the bark entirely refusing TO slip.
You can bud at any time when buds on this
years growth of wood are entirely ripe, and
there is sap enough in the stocks to favor
an easy slipping OF the bark. Mr.. NJ. F.
Rosser of Leesburgh, Tex, says he would
rather have budding done in September
than in August, when there have been late
rains TO render the stocks sappy.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
THATFLoRIpa PERFUME WORKS.

1t was this paper and not the Florida Ag
riculturist that published the facts about
the perfumery factory. Doubtless
you can make the rectifcation in your own
paper in a way more pleasing to yourself
than l could make it in my paper, and [
give you the privilege OF doing it in such
fashion as your sense Of justice may die
tate. S. PowEEa.
Editor Florida Farmer and Fruit-Grower.
The publication referred to was one ap-
pearing in TIE GAZETTE some weeks ago
suggesting the establishment of perfumery
wor.s in Texas, and pointing out by ex-
tracts from the article under mention what
the wide-awake and ever progressive people
of Florida had already been doing in that
direction. The article had been seen hy-s
in back issue of the Florida AgrtessRnrist,
and since no credit to any othsf paper was
affixed we naturally supposed it to be orig
inal where we fopadpSit. OF course, we
checrfuily make the rectifcation.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17

profit But there is no year when little
more water could not DO used to advantage
at certain times.
We believe Florida would be much fur
Their advanced to-day if We had been abso-
lutely compelled to irrigate from the begin
ming, as the Californians have. This uncer-
tain, touch-and-try system has more or less
Of the elements Of barbarism in it. It's the
prerogative of civilized men to so order the
planning and care of their crops as to give
them the greatest possible measure OF i'm
munity from the caprices Of nature.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
CIDER WITHOUT APpIEs

Please tell me through The GAZETTE hew :
10 make cider without apples, {or c5apF
payne cider. and much oblige.
Springtown, Tex. G. B. MOODY.
If you desire to make really good imita-
ton cider, aud one that viii be entirely
wholesome in every respect, the following
formula from Professor W. c. Brunsou,
the.noted Chicago chemist, may be. conf
IDENTIFY relied upon:
Get good syrup barrel and put into it
three gallons OF frst-class sugsr-house mo-
lasses and five gallons of hot water Stir
well by shaking or rolling, and then let
stand one hour. At the end Of this time
add thirty-two gallons of pure cold water,
twelve ounces of tartaric acid and two
quarts of hop yeast such is as used by bakers
or brewers. Stir again; that is, shake or
roll the barrel about till thorough mixture
is the result. Leave with the bung ont,
thin gauze being placed over the hole TO
prevent the entrance of insects. If kept ny
place where the temperature stands a
from co to 20 degs. F., it viii be good harsls'
cider in forty weight hours. After that it
must be kept in a cool place. say IS degs.,
else it will soon become vinegar.
According TO the same high authority,
good imitation sweet cider may be made as
follows:
Put clean barrel thirty-five gallons
of warm water, twenty pounds strGned
honey, one ounce powdered gum casechu,
two ounces powdered alum and oncSspinH
brewers or bakers hop yeast*
Mix well together by rolling the barrel, and
then let stand with bung out two weeks.
At the end of that time add one Jsdnce of
powdered nutmeg and one y0,uce powe
dered cloves. 1t is now reasy for use, IF
too sweet add good vjSegar to suit the
taste; if too tart, ad1>1ore honey. 4
Another formula recommended By PRO-
fessor Brunssd for making SOMEWHAT
fancy ispssation cider, and ans. that would
keeF iongegs taan either of the others, ~
Warm YARN Wa, water gsllons
' str We a together and let stand t%eITe
hours. At end of this time boiEtogether
in one gallon of water.
Pulyerfzed alum. .........-.-...r.3 ounces
5rouna cloves. -------.---.-.-.-@.;4 ouncesE
Pulverized bitter almonds 81 4 ounces
Add when nearly cool. In twenty -four
hours it will be ready fore us9
The imitation elders of commerce. 'ares
made by different formula, and onssaseauht
of having something put intathem TO pre-
vent fermentation are geneySlly unwhole-
some.
There is no way Of making passable
imitation champagne cider without apples.e
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
POPULAR SCIINcf.
14stFfEcrs or lE5Resrs ON
-. gIEMPERATuRE.
The Tree Species of .North1A merica-Prus-
tsia's Fl eliest Steam Eng Petroleum
Nteonal Fuel-A STUDY of the Hu-sS
man stomaoh-Elesfrio Motors

Professor MuttricHof Germany, has been
making careful ssddy of the effects of tree
growth on temperature. He has decided
that trees, Waere growing together in con-
siderab,sSofests, have tendency towards
lowasiHS the maxima and raising the minaJ
s,sfa, and that this is greater from May tb
September or October than in other month";
The cooling in summer is greatest in beech
woods, less in pine and least in fir, increas-
ing with the density Of the forest In the
second half OF June the air-temperature of
forest and open country was found to be-
come equal soon after 5 4. N. and p. II.
the maximum was about 0.s deg. lower in
the wood, and the minimum 0.6 deg. higher,
while in May to September the difference
sometimes reached % deg. The daily
mean was about Il deg. less in the forest.
According to Sir Dietrich Brands there
are iHNorth America fully 412 species of
foplN trees, distributed as follows: Allan
IEregion, 116; Pacific region, 1o6; common
70 both, 10; Rocky mountain region, 46;
Florida, tropical species, Is. Europe has
only 15S species. At least six Of the North
Europe. The extremely rapid destruction
of American forests is not only an alarming
waste of resources, but has resulted in
great loss from the appalling foods that are
clearly traced to removal Of the trees from
the hiilsides. \ system OF government
forestry is recommended as preventive OF
further increase of the evil.
The first steam engine ever worked in
Prussia was introduced from abroad in
17Ss- 1t was used a short time for pumping
water from the Mansfield copper mines,
and in 1875 was removed to Lobejun, where
it continued in use until 1913. In 1867 the
old steam cylinder was transferred to
Deighboring mine, in which it still does
service. 4 monumen. has lately been
erected at Hettstedt IN commemoration of
the introduction of that steam engine.
~
The Peruvian railroads are now using
petroleum as fuel. Tests through two
years past have been so satisfactory as to
bring the new fuel into general use. A
great gain is claimed over coal in point Of
cost and weight. A movement is On foot
looking to an establishment of its exclusive
use on steam vessels.
-.
Professor 7. Russell of the signal service
has for years been working out q reliable
estimate of the annual rainfall of the
United states. He now reports that it
averages about 400 cubic miles. The
water would I'LL ditch half mile deep
and mile wide, extending fro:n New York
to San Francisco: and the average entire
fail per second would FL cubicsl box
with edges Of 1877 feet.
-.
DR.. Kanoush has reused considerable in
terest in scientific circles from his studies
Of the human stomach. He concludes that
the gastric juice, and principally the ny
drochloric acid, possesses microbicide prop
critics. The microbes take no active part
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
Mother ard Child Burned
Special to the Gazette.

SPECTRAL " b&<cLto.
DENVER, Col, Sept. 11.-An unusually
narrowing accident occurred in South Den.
yer at noon to-day. Mrs. J. Stewart at.
tempted to light q kitchen fire with kero.
sene and terrible explosion occurred. Her
clothing was burned completely s1 her per.
son, and her body was one great blaze.
The poor woman's breast burst open from
the heat aud her eyes were blinded. Sha
fingered awhile in most terrible agony and
died. The two-year-old child she had In he1
arms at the time of the explosion was sisd
burned to asSt6 The house was ALAG -
svoyed
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
on DRILLING WHEAT

According 20 the breeders Guide enc of
the most important items in sowing wheat
IS 10 secure 4 good. even stand: to get the
wheat distributed evenly over the surface
ard ii properly managed this can nearly al
ways he cone with more certainty by using
the driil taan IS possible ny hand. An
olaer item secured ny using the drill is that
he seed IS covered more evenly. With all
seeds 4 certain degree of moisture is ncrcs-
must be obtained from the soil, of course
70 secure even termination that moisture
should reach all the seed in IN even de-
gee BY placing all the grain al the
same depth through the agency of q
seed Gri!! this even degree Of
moisture is secured. If the seed
lug Is done by hand and the covering given
by using the harrow or by cultivating in,
The seed will not be covered at any uniform
depth. such Is is necessary in order to Sc
cure proper and even termination.
If set properly the drill will not only SOW
the seed more evenly, but st more uni
form depth, and these two items alone make
s. quite important to use the drill when pos
sible. Then the soil IS eft in much better
condition for winter.
II IS very necessary in order 10 secure the
best results 10 have the soil deeply worked
and in good tilth before sowing the seed.
Iheu The wheat should be clean, as when
the drill is sowing trash it is not sowing
wheat, and in consequence a good even
stand is not secured. Another advantage
with the drill is that the work IS all done at
one time. Tie seed is sown and covered
I'll al once. and in this way very often
considerable Saving Of time is made. By
using the attachments, commercial fertil-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering
such questions as may DE asked by our sub
scTibers, which may be OF general information.
Inquiries of personal character that require an
swer by mail should always have stamp in
closed. Please give fun name and poStoffice
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
of this maze
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
THE OIL MEALS AZ COW room.

I am lately from a Northern state, where
The people make extensive use of linseed
meal as food for cows. Here find no linseed
meal On the market, but the dealers in cot
ton-seed meal assure me that il is the equal
If not the superior, o. Hnseed meal as COW
The GAZETTE as 70 the relative feeding
qualities Of hnssed mead and cotton-seed
meal G. ". ARMSTRONG.
Waco Tex
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
Linseed meal. analysed by Professor
Jo,tou foots I'D as follows:

4 comparison of these tables will show
that Of the two substances cotton seed meal
is much the richest in albuInen, which is
the fesh-forming component. From this
We must conclude that cotton seed meal is
better cattle food than huseed meal.
There is nothing whatever against cotton
seed meal for cows.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
scorpion. This settled the question beyond

an opening for reasonable controversy.
No, don't let them kill your pet kitten. A
little while and the scorpions will be gone
for the winter, and when they return for
next season your kitten viii have grown to
an age that ought TO give it more sense
than to try to catch and eat scorpions. But
that much sense here. They tell US that
cats don't do well in Texas, not being as
healthy as they are in many other regions.
If this be SO it is doubtless due TO the fact
that they catch and eat scorpions or sting
ing lizards
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
THOUGHTS ON IegIGArIuS.

While the following appearing in the
Florida Farmer and Fruit-Grower was in
tended to refer mainly to Florida, it applies
with equal force to the state Of Texas:
There is no crop but what can be grown
in Florida after . fash ion and in greater Or
less abundance, without any irrigstion
whatever. Some years there are some
crops that do not require any artificial sup
ply Of water, there is enough furnished by
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
j. p. STEELE, EDITOR.

izer can be distributed and worked into the
soil at the same time that the seed is sown,
If needed, SO that whenever the character
of the soil will admit, it will be found adj
visable to use the drill in sowing the fall
wheat
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17

in digestion. persons.|Tho on Accom-, d
some affections, seerete Ettle fylrochlOria
acid are easily intoxicated 6F means OF tho
micro-orsanisms in the stomach. There
fore, the stomach should not remain In al
empty condition for any length Of time. ana
during an epidemic food should be taken a
frequent intervals, and, il possible, stegt
ilized -,
OF all cities Of the world LONDON now
takes the lead in the employment of electric
motors. They are said TO be too numerous
to mention. and are still rapidly on the ins
crease. The sizes of the motors range frora
those having the power OF a mouse up 10
one of 5000 horse power. So says the EEs
glish Scientific News. :
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-12
THE DISCIPLES IN SESSION.
Continued from page ~
If $500 was put at the disposal of dis.
Greet board,

II $500 was put at the disposal of dis.
Greet board.
Rev. J. l.. Darsie favored Rev. Mr..
'Spencer's suggestion. Rev. Mr.. Gar
r1son's motion was then adopted.
Col. John Ii. Carey, of Richmond, pro.
posed that the convention go to work at
once and raise. the money necessary to
the necessary funds. He proposed to be
one OF eight men to give 5000 and he
found tho other seven in few minutes.
Then he proposed to raise another
hundred and in few moro minutes ten
$40 subscriptions wero secured. Then
Rev. Mr.. Book wanted to give the small
fsh chance and soon another 500 was
raised in So subscriptions.
Rev. Ill. c. Garrison, f. NJ. Berry and
~. Spencer were appointed the com
mittee provided for in Mr.. Garrison's
motion.
The convention then adjourned till
this morning.