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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
SEEDLINGS MUsTsAyE

From time to time we have assured the
| people of Texas that fruits to become an en-
! tire success in our state must be Texan in
! character and that fruits of this character
| must come TO US through seedlings. We
must plant seeds and select the best results
! until we have found exactly what we want.
| 1t may take good while for us to entirely
FL the bill, ard it may not-the very first
effort might do if. Professor Thomas New
han, the very leader among American hor-
iiculturists, contributes 10 the Gardeners
Chronicle history of the hieffer pear,
| which clearly illustrates what may be done
by propagating seedlings There was land
still Isl in this country an al
most worthless variety of the
| pear known as the Chinese sand
| pear. 1t is very hardy and most prolific
bearer, but its fruit is the poorest excuse
| for Il pear that could be imagined. Peter
kiefer, living in the neighborhood of Phil
adelphia, had one of the trees on his place.
From this, for his own amusement, ne
raised numerous seedlings. Finally one of
the seedlings showed considerable varia-
AlpiA l4NitA Ni4C SthSioA VI tIS
! sands, and Mr.. Kieffer gave it special at
tention. When it fruited Mr.. Kieffer
found himself in possession of the now cele-
brated Kieffer pear. We row copy from
Professor Meehan.
Mr. kieffer grated and sold few here
and there for s. each; but though he dis
tributed among his few horticultural
friends annually fruit that would make the
most cold-souled epicre leap with JOY, no
effort was made by any one to place it
| properly on the market AT length the
great centennial exposition came Mr.
| Kieffer had some on exhibition; these ex-
celled in size, beauty, fiayor-everything
| indeed, for which any pear could possibly
be esteemed.
The writer, who was secretary to the
jury, can truly say that he remembers
eating no pear like them They had medal
and strong report in their favor, and Mr..
William Parry, we'll known introducer of
new fruits, made an arrangement with Mr.,
Kieffer for gratis. In this way the variety
got regularly into commerce. Il may be
said that gardening is no longer an art here,
as il was in Mr.. Kieffer's day. A fruit has
TO be hardy and '.irst-class,n lust
as nature gives it to you. You plant the
tree. but to very great extent it must for
ever after be able to take care of itself
Philadelphia is being fast covered with
buildings over its vast area of 120 square
miles. The original kieffer pear treei is still
standing IN MIR. kiefer's grounds. but it
will probably not be many years before the
march of improvement win bid it BECOME
But the kieffer pear will not go with that
originaLtree-the world has it to stay as its
own, and it VIII stay through all time to
come.
This shows how nature may sdapt =
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
POTATOES AND BLACKBERRIEs

y marked article in tho Cisco Roundup
says Capt Willard Robson Of Eastland
county has four acres in blackberries which
net their owner 800 10 the acre as 4 berry
crop. while between the rows are raised u
heavy crop Of the finest Irish potatoes The
potatoes and the berries together give Mr..
Robson clear profit of 500 an acre. If
this was something outside of Texas we'd
take it with pinch OF snuff as they
say, but no enc mas right to be surprised
AT anything one hears with reference TO
Texas proGuctiveneSs- But this idea Of
growing Irish potatoes between ones black
berry rows IS something new to us-we
would have supposed the b.ackbeIIies were
covering the ground too completely for
Irish potatoes 10 have much OF a showing
between the rows.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
IRRIGATION IN NEW ENGLAND.

The editor of the Massachusetts Plough
man says Mr. A p. Topley of that sec
ton of country has been irrigating his
market garden, and particularly his early
cabbages, and finds it to pay handsomely.
say what FROM by steam power. The
writer adds that 'sthere can be no question
of the fact that there are many garden
crops and fruits that will pay for irriga-
ton. in seasons when we have not rain
enough: and the fact that we had enough
rain last year and the year before, through
most of the growing season, should not
make Us blind to the fact that in most sea-
sons we have periods Of drouth in which
irrigation would be very profitable. The
experience of gardeners who have tried wa
tering crops in dry seasons, proves beyond
doubt that the profit made by watering
them will sometimes pay for the whole out
lay for watering machinery in single
season.
The article goes Oh to show that irriga-
ton is rapidly on the gain in the New Eng
land states, and that it is paying big re-
turns in every case where correctly ap-
piled. The conditions up there are not
overly favorable as rule, for the streams
run in narrow and deep valleys, and hence
their waters cannot well be fitted to the
cuitIvatable lands. But Yankee ingenuity
is at work, and already considerable tracts
of land are being irrigated by ''drove
wells" The wells run at a depth ranging
from fifty to 200 feet, and supply stream
of five or ten, often twenty, gallons per
minute continuously from two-inch pipe.
The cost of driving such a well will vary
with circumstances from $50 to $500, and
the cost of pumping apparatus will vary
from 500 to $1,000 or more, according to the
amount of work to be done, and the other
circumstances of the case. And even this
character Of irrigation is believed to pay
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
ARSENICAL PoISONS.

Already we have published through these
columns good deal with reference TO ar
senical poisons employed As insecticides,
but still people write US for further infor-
nation on the subject. We now have on
file nine letters asking US to give particu-
lars, etc, through Our Correspondence
column this week As the subscribers are
constantly pouring in we take it for granted
that these writers are new readers OF The
GAZETTE, aud hence have not seen our
former articles. For the information of all
such we make up the following from bull
letin OF the iowa agricultural experiment
station, issued on the authority Of that emf
nent entomologist, Professor C. p. Gillette !;
l. The Oldest leaves of tree Or plant are
most susceptible TO injury from arsenical
applications. They often turn yellow and
drop without showing the usual burnt or
spotted appearance. One would naturally
suppose that the youngest and most tender
leaves would be the leaves most easily
damaged. but experience has shown that
this IS not the case
!. Heavy dews increase the injury done
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
j. p. STEELE, EDITOR.

! 10 plants by arsenicai poisons. This proba-
I bly, comes of the fact that dews tend TO dis
solve the poisons and carry them to the
pores of the leaves, whereas, in a dry state
| the poisons would remain inactive on the
surface.
8. Leaves remaining perfectly dry after
the poison has been applied can scarcely be
injured even though the poisons have been
spread upon them in large quantities. On
this account it is probably best to apply
poisons in the first part of the day so that
there will be speedy drying of the plants
after the application.
4. Applications made in the heat of the
day and in the bright sunlight do not injure
foliage more than when applied in the cool
of the day.
5. A shower of rain following the applica-
ton Of arsenical poisons TO plants washes
portion of the poisons from the foliage, but
does not increase the injury, as in the case
of heavy dew. This refers alike to pois-
ons applied in either the dry or liquid form.
G. Leaves suffering from 4 fungous dis
ease are more susceptible to injury than are
healthy leaves.
e Repeated and thorough tests have
shown that London purple is, Of all poisons,
the most injurious to foliage, and white
arsenic, prepared on Professor Stelle's
plan, the least injurious. Paris green may
be regarded as ranking between the two
poispns named.
5. II has been ascertained by the Iowa eX-
pertinent station that white aresenic in So
luton, on Professor Stelles plan, may be
improved as9o its foliage-injuring qualities
by adding little lime. This converts it
into something like the Bordeaux mixture.
g. White arsenic solution, as recommended
by Professor STEELE for the cotton worm.
may be kept as a saturated solution through
an indefinite period of time, but as di-
luted solution made ready for application
TO the plants it should be applied at once,
as holding it over in this condition renders
it more injurious to foliage
TO- Lime added to London purple or Paris
green in water greatly lessons the injury
that these poisons would otherwise do TO
foliage,
IL. The arsenites cannot by any ordinary
method be successfully mixed in a kerosene
emulsion.
Il. The arsenites in strong soapy mix
lures do considerable more harm to foliage
than when applied in water only.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02

Nota Bene's article giving rise to flour
barrel gardening, we have gone little be-
yond what our correspondent was requir-
ing of US. The printers have already
stuck it into type and that's what they
live by. The type must stand, and TO
afford good reason for its standing we
must tel another, but true story, entirely
out of the line of barrel gardening.
The reader has already taken in how
Nota Bene's housekeepers made nice
things for the house out of old -four bar
rels. Our folks had been reading that
pleasant story. and so one evening when
we took the minister home with US for tea,
we, on entering the parlor, were much
astonished by the appearance of something
we had never seen there before. II was
flour barrel chair that our folks had made
after Nota Bene's directions. At sight OF
it we felt hot flush run up our spine, for
it did not exactly ill our idea of the crna-
mental; and there was no Improvement in
the state of our feelings when pretty soon we
saw the preacher rest his gaze upon the
singular piece of furniture with an unmis-
table expression of displeasure.
From that moment on the minister
seemed i'll at ease, and finally, after glanc-
ing out of the window, he said to us in a
half whisper, and with an inclination OF
the head in the direction of the barrel chair:
Brother STEELE, see some ladies COM
ing, and it has just occurred to me that you
might feel embarrassed when you noticed
that your servant had left chair in the
parlor which evidently belongs to the sick
ROOM
Good reader, that chair went out, and
these eyes of ours never beheld il after
wards
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02

advantage in its capabilities Of supplying
one with his spring green's. Did you never
eat bacon and poke greens' They are not to
be sneezed at, especially in section of
country where the commonest kind of tur-
nip greens are selling at 10 cents quart,
dropped loosely into the measure. You'd
get no spring greens out of your Russian
mulberry hedge, neither would you get any
more of fence than you would get out of
your poke greens patch. Then why not
stick to the greens.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
OUR CORRESPONDENTS

This department is devoted TO answering
such questions as may be asked by our sub
scribers, which may be Of general information.
Inquiries OF personal character that require an
closed Please give full name and postofice
address in addition TO any such signature as
Subscriber or "A G. d, not for publication
if 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 PAGE.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
POPULAR SCIENCE.
AN INSECT THAT ACTUALLY
EORES METALS.
Removing Tannin From Tea-Important
Experiments With steel Wire-A
New Flying Machine.

Much interest is being reused in Germany
over the discovery of an insect that ac-
TALLY bores through metal pipes. For a
considerable length cf time very mysterious
leaks have been found in lead pipes
aud in a few copper pipes. The
openings looked like holes through which
nail had been driven. At last, according
to Gesundheit's ingenieuter, the author OF
the trouble has been found. An insect of
the wasp character was found boring the
hole. The hole on the exterior OF the pipe
was of rounded form. about one-quarter
of an inch long by one-eighth inch wide,
and the penetration was through the entire
thickness of the metal Though OF rare oc-
cmrence, well authenticated instances Of
similar injuries by insects are on record
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02
Panhandle Of Texas.
SIX AT A SHOCK
M6N-kILLERS TO BE ELECTRO
CUTEO IN NEW YORK.
They Killed Wives, Friends and Mattresses.
The Execution to Take Place
at Sing Sing.
Special to the Gazette.


New YORK, June 25.-Unless justice mis-
carries again, the week beginning July
viii prove to be memorable one III the
history Of electrocution, for six murderers
are to be put to death by means
of the electric chair. At Sing
Sing prison the chamber of execution
where the fatal chair is situated Is
wooden structure fifty feet by seventy
eight and IL has no furniture except the
chair Back of this is partition and here
the executioner will hide and await the sig
nal 10 turn the lever and send the
electric current into the body OF
the six condemned men one after an
other. The men are Jaglers, the
Japanese smiler, Wood, the negro, Slo-
cum McIlyaine and TreZza.
Jagier on November 10, 1889, stabbed
shipmate while at a boarding house.
James Slocum murdered his wife in their
apartments on New Years night, 1890.
Wood, on June II, 1889, engaged in quar-
rel with Charles Duffin, also colored, and
Wood shot and killed his companion. o
Charles McIlvaine murdered Grocer Lucs
in Brooklyn two years ago under the most
brutal circumstances.
The Smiler is an ex-officer of the Saliva
ton Army. and is bigamist as well IS
murderer. The woman ~ killed in cold
blood was his third wifasS# -
Trezza murderel his 3astresssfn q Null
5F street asFwo ears asa .nan Egg
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02

to information given by Mr.. Maxim this ma
chine, when properly inclined and pushed
forward by the screw at the rate of thirty
miles an hour, viii maintain itself in the
air; if the forward speed is increased 10
thirty-fve miles an hour, it begins to as
cend; at ninety miles its rising power is
quite strong. 49,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-17

"rhe Nominee" was given last
night nt the Salt Lake Theatre by the
Nat Goodwin Company. The play il
an adaptation from the French. Il
eau hardly he called COMEDY. aud yet
II prvtends ~ something more exalted
than farce. Mr.. Gludwtn was re-.
celvod with the most enthusiastic ap.
plause.
jean Clara Walters ne the mother.
iu.law was received only eccond 10 Mr..
Goodwin.
a one act farce entitled east and
Naturrn was given at tire opening.
This afternoon "IhC Gold Mine" VIA
presented to large audience. "rhe
Nominee" will lie given again to-
night.
"rhe Dazgler," with Bonnie Kate
Castleton heading Cosgfuve * Grants
brilliant array Of commodians. will be
the attraction at the Theatre Ocibbcr
No., - and ~. The play H. u the farce
comedy order, and said ~ be- one of the
best II IT, kind. II was hrst produced
last season and gained a metropolitan
Endorsement by successful ENGAGE
m.nu at the Standard, Park, Gund
Opcfa House and Nibu's In New
York.
For the week commencing October
18th Wonderland" has number Of
new features. Cyr.nr, the Spanish
dancer, whose weekly salary Il 500,
Is one VI the chief attractions.
Davis aud Keogh's famou. ptoduc.
ton, "rhe Hustler" In the fcusysen.
tnilOn VI which talented aud versatile
company Is employed, will be sreu nt
the Salt Lake Theatre on THURSDAY
night, In next week, The play depicts
the financial cscapllcs Of witty
ami sgueming irishman, Que COMP
MclHddcn. John Kernel, the prince
Of Celtic humoriats, apIenfs A. the
"McFaddvn," and l. said 20 have
made the bit Ut his life In tho part.
Tho Hustler" comrr direct from
brilliant tfiumph- In San Fuuoicu.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-17

ter,ainmcnis which the order would
give during the winter other lee.
tuters equally eloquent on Utah poli.
tics would he heard from, including
Rev. Dr. Ili1, Rcv.Air Utter. Rev W.
". Lane, Prof. G. p. Allen, Judlo
Powers, W. II. Dickson, G.. 5. Narlan.
Judge Anderson, Mr. stanton, etc.
After prayer by Rev. Utter, the as.
sembly was dismissed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-17

FOR FURNITURE
Carpets, Wall Paper. Uphol-
story. Curtains, Poles. Shades,
otCp call on
NEvE & CHILD,
~ L. First South
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-17

Aui in hrrlfiancc win law, no mauy sharts
Of each parcel ui such stock o. may DO nutes
saty VIII DO cold at the 0hfr OF thn company,
Room 11 O0naututnu huilhing. Man street,
salt lake litY, on tlr BUD DAY N November
irii NJ V u'cincH. u1on. 60 pay hn delinquent
asso. srurnt. togrihur with ne cost 81 ahycftls
ina and expenses Of Htle,
GIDEON 4 GUNS,
secretary South Jordan canal r0upaay
Falt lave ritV, october liih fUu
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-11
ABBREVIATED TElSGRAMS.

Frederick Douglass has rendered his
resignation as minister to Hayti.
The ST. James Gazette says the McKin-
| ley bill has seriously crippled English
| manufacturers.
Judge Phillips, of the United States
district court of Kansas City, has ap-
| pointed receivers for the Kansas City
| Bridge and Terminal company and the
Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Railroad
company.
Richard Colts Shannon has been ap-
pointed minister to Nicaragua, Costa
Rica and San Salvador by President Har-
rison
J. o. Wynne, business agent of the
Georgia State Alliance Exchange is de-
| faulter in the sum of $4,000.
Mrs. Leila Robinson Sawtelle, the
pioneer female member of the Massachu-
sets bar, and a well-known advocate of
the rights of her sex, died yesterday.
The Farmers National. bank of Au-
gusta, Ky, capital $4,000, has been au-
thorized to begin business.
There is a prospect that Bob Fitzsimmons
and Ted Pritchard (of England) will fight
an International mill for $4,000 in this
country during the year.
Frederick Woolfenden, cashier of the
DALiAS 1iN AAlS1 Ddhh DtlTOlb ClllZcH
OF prominence, was drowned at Orion
lake while bathing. a.S
Over SIS, 900 disappeared with Sylverter
Young, the defaulting railroad cashier
o. Louisville, Ky. .i
Ohio farmers are suffering heavy losses
from the invasion of an army of grasshop-
pers.
David King, of Algona. Ia, who was
bunkoed out OF 81 OpO claims he was byn-
Noticed by the sharpers.
n wonderful cave of mammoth prupor-
tons has been discovered on farm near
Bellefontaine, o..
A report from Madrid says that Balma-
ceda and the Gillian insurgent leaders
have asked the Spanish government to ar
bitrate their differences.
J. W. Munson, an eccentric philanthropy
ist of Honolulu, Hawaii, died recently
and left $50. coo to the Salvation Army of
Seattle, Wash.
The chase after the Columbus Grove (O.)
bank robber and murderer, has been
abandoned. Detectives will now take up
the trail.
Nine Italian laborers were seriously in
Jured, two of them fatally, in collision
on the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railway. 1t was a rear-end collision,
DR. H. W. Baldwin and wife, of Nor
walk, Gem who are doing their honey
moon tour on bicycles, arrived at Chicago
yesterday, thirty-two days out from Nor
walk, 800 miles away.
II. H. LuniuS died at Galena, Ills, at
the age of - years.
\ free-for-all fight took place at Alan
thus, No, over pint of whisky, in which
one man was killed, another fatally cut,
and third slightly wounded. All were
toughs.
John Langstaff and four children were
stuck by an engine at Oskaloosa, Ia. Two
Of the children were fatally hurt
The late Henry Edward, actor and
entomologist, for several years carried
Sl',UCO of insurance upon his wonder
full collection of specimens of lepidop-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-11
The Weather We Nav ExDect.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE following are
the weather indications for twenty-fuur hours
from p. m. yesterday For Indiana-Local
rains; slightly cooler weather: westerly winds
For iliinOis-Slightly cooler. fair weather in
southern portion. nearly stationary tempera-
ture in northern portion. except slightly
warmer in the vicinity of Chicago: westerly
winds. For Upper Michigan and Wisconsin,
Generally fair weather: westerly winds: near
~ stationary temperature, except slightly
warmer in the vicinity of Milwaukee, For
1owa-Generally fair weather; westerly winds:
slight changes in temperature; slightly cooler
at night. For Lower Michigan-Local rains
and probably thunderstorms in the afternoon;
slightly cooler weather. westerly winds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-11
THE MARKETS.
Chicago.

chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10.
Following were the quotations on the board
of trade today: Wheat-No 2 August, opened
%Jssc, closed 9G1ac; September, opened ssssc,
closed seize; December. opened 90s4c, closed
9llac. Corn-No. 2 August opened 60I4c, closed
&c; September, opened 5s14c, closed 59c
October, opened $50 closed 55l4c. Oats-No.
August, opened 2Sc. closed 2sISc; Sepem-
Der, opened 2Sc. closed 2s2sc: May, opened
3l1sc, closed 315sc- Pork-September opened
sl05211, closed SI0.311s; October, opened sIO65,
closed Sl04 January, opened Sls.l5. closed
Sl3l0 Lard-September, opened and closed
S6.214.
Live Stock-Followinz were the prices at the
Union stock yards today: Hogs-Market
fairly active on packing and shipping ac-
count, and prices steady and unchanged;
sales ranged at S5-0G5.05 pigs, $500
$40 light. si-55G4.Sj rough packing, S4.75l5.5O
mixed, and S4.so95.i5 heavy packing and
shipping lots.
Cattle-Market rather active on local and
shipping account and prices well maintained;
quotations ranged at S57066.25 choice
TO fancy shipping steers. S49lGx56o good to
choice do S4.J0lt4s0 common to fair do s375
G40 butchers steers. S260I3.50 stockers,
S225J425 Texans, S3.401i30 feeders, sI.5y1
400 cows, Sl.50d3.50 bulls, and 81 5O14.5O
veal calves.
sheep-Market fairly active and prices
rather favored buyers: quotations ranged
at s3.5oG4.s) westerns, S3.75G5.2o natives, and
S3.5oG550 lambs.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, lsc per
lib; diaries. fancy, fresh. l3Gl5c; packing
stocks, fresh, l0la1l1c. Eggs-Loss off, l5c per
doz. Live poultry-Old chickens, loo per Id;
spring, l0Gl0Isc; ROSTERS. 5l1a6c: turkeys,
mixed. 9gl0c; ducks, 91l0c; spring. 101lOlsc
Potatoes-St. Louis, early Ohio, SlOOGl25 per
Dbl; Tennessee, Sl.25Gl.50; Alton, S1.0eGl2 5
Kansas, 3OG49c per Blu: home grown, 5G06Oc per
sack. Apples-Illinois, green. 75cGSl.O per
Dbl; choice, Sl.0Gl25 eating, Sl5OQI75
Blackberries Michigan, 65175c per loot case.
Blueberries-SL % per l6-qt case. Huckle-
berries-Sl.231l-4O per l6-Qt case.
New York.
New YORK, Aug. 10.
Wheat-No red winter cash. Sl.0iISc; Au-
gust, s974c; September, 9914c: October. 80 -
Corn-No. mixed cash, 72t5c; August &c;
September, 5.3sc. 0ats-Dul; No 2 mil ID
cash, 40lac; do September. 3s34c. Rye-Nomi-
nal Bariey-Nominal. Pork-Quiet; new
mess, sll.o9ll.50. Lard-Quiet: September,
S6.75; October, S6:ss
Live Stock: Cattle-Trading active for low
grades at an advance of strong loo per 100
lbs; prime steers in excellent demand; poorest
to best native steers, S3.591649 per 100 lbs;
Texans and Colorados, g. 1005.85; bulls and
dry cows, $2.l5Ga75. Sheep and Lambs
Sheep dull and lambs slow at q decline of Nc
per Id. sheep,$4Ao05.45 per 100 lbs; lambs, $50
0660 Hogs-Market dull and lower; live
hogs. A.7o0a6o per 100 lbs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-11
Pants at half price.

Pants at half price.
Children's Clothing at half price.
School Suits at half price.
Summer Underwear at half price.
Neglige Shirts at half price.
Straw Hats at half price.
Neckwear at half price.
Children's Waists at half price.
Knee Pants at half price.