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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
FOR A MILITARY DISPLAY.

National Guard>men Vote to Hold an En-
campment In Chicago During tho
Worlds Fair.
CHICAGO. Oct. % The convention OF
adjutant generals of the national
guard adjourned sine die on Wednesday.
After various resolutions had been
introduced it was unanimously de-
cided that national encampment
would be held in 1898 on site to he
selected by the national commission.
The date fixed was from the 5th to
the Goth Of August. A resolution was
adopted expressing the opinion tina t
the United States should bear the ex-
pense of holding the encampment. 1t
was resolved that none except the
regular troops of the United States and
the regularly organized militia be adj
mitted in Camp Columbia, as the grand
encampment is to be called
Fatal Accident at u Balloon Ascension.
RALEIGH n C.. Oct. 20 9-There have
been daily balloon ascensions here at
the inter-southern state exposition and
on Wednesday Mrs Hawkins was to
ascend, carrying dog that was to de-
scend with parachute. A negro.
Anthony Jordan, employed to hold the
balloon down, was caught in the rope
and seized the balloon. lie was car
ried up TO feet when he let go and fell,
receiving fatal injuries.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
BURNED UP HALF A MILLION.
louisville Has y islg Blaze, Caused by .
boiler Explosion.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Oct 2s.-A boiler in
ploded Monday evening. fatally injur-
ing William Adams. fireman. and
wrecking the building. Fragments of
the boiler We're hurled across the alley
into the rear of Kaufman 4 Strauss
dry-goods store, firing the building
Three clerks. two of them young
women. were slightly injured by flying
debris. The store, four-story build
ing. was gutted and the account books
of the firm DESTROYED. An adjoining
store was slightly damaged. The tota.
loss is estimated at SaoO.oo0, fully COW
cred by insurance
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
Fatal Accident mt Balloon Ascension.
Riot at a Political Meeting.

LITTLE Roc. Ark. Oct. 20. News
has reached here of terrible hand-to-
hand encounter at Bucksport. 20 miles
from Eldorado, Union county. at
a Farmers Alliance mass meet
ing Tuesday night. A quarrel
took place among several of the
spectators. which was soon taken
up by many others in the audience
Winchester rifles shotguns and
pistols were used with deadly
effect. Burt Manning, j. II.
Town aud three others whose
names could not be learned were
killed and several slightly wounded
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

"ArNrY' HALDY. the oldest woman
in Terre Haute. Ind. cele brated her
losd birthday.
Miss MAY WHITE, of Lansing. Mich.
has slept 1876 days
SECRETARY BLAINE has returned to
Washington after an absence of more
than five months. lie was in good
health.
Mrs. JULIA BENSON, familiarly
known as Grandma Benson" died at
Bridgeport. Conn. aged 100 years.
THE Forthcoming wedding was an
nounced at Atlanta, Ga, of Hiram Les.
ter. 124 years old. and Mrs Wesly, "a
years of age.
A MEETING of the national probibi-
ton committee will be held in Chicag q
December II.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
They Destroy . Mining supply Factory .
Cleyeland-Three Lives 1 osf


Cleveland Three Lives I ost.
CLEVELAND, O.. Oct. 2s.-The factory
of the United States Mine Supply Conn
pany was completely destroyed by ex-
plosions. followed by fire. shortly
after 5 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon.
Three persons were killed and several
injured. The factory made fuses.
cartridges, etc, for mining operations.
The first explosion was heavy one,
blowing the roof nearly off and shatter.
ing the walls. All Of the twelve employees
excepting three tumbled pell nell
out of the windows and doors. Sew
eral other lighter explosions followed
and in few minutes the flames were
at work. The fire was subdued and in
a few hours the charred remains oi
John Fink, IA years old; Alfred
Echaeffer, II years old. and Paul
Pfannkuche, q nephew of the presiden,
of the company. were dug out Of the
ruins. The loss is about $500
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05
SPANISH VILLAGES FLOODED.
Great Distress Reported Among the rooi
In the Inundated NiStricts.

Great Distress Reported Among the Poor
In the Inundated Districts.
MADRID. Oct. as.-Throughout Spain
much damage has been done by floods
In many of the submerged dis
tricts acute distress prevails among
the poorer classes. The Ebro is still
rising and is flooding the streets
of Tortosa in the province of
Tarragona. Many villages are entirely
isolated from the surrounding towns
and hamlets, and there is every ywhere
u great loss in crops and live stock
The villages of Caulches and Tree, near
Granada, are completely inundated.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05

EX-SENATOR FAIR WEDS.
RumOr Says Miss Lake, Misc Fairs OIL,
Guverness. u the Lady.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 80 1t is re-
ported on pretty good authority that ex-
Senator James &. Fair, the Comstoclx
millionaire, who is worth 5000. 900,
was married a few days ago in Nevada
to Miss Lake, proprietor Of a female
boarding school in this city. Fair first
became acquainted with Miss Lake
when she was goyerness of his young
est daughter. She is an accomplished
woman and Fair took SO much interest
in her success that he built fine
school building for her.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-11-05

ELLIOTT KING. after Scion Chase .he
most noted leader in the greenback
movement in Maine, was found dead at
his home in Portland of heart disease
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
MISTAKES INTERROGATION.

| People sometimes jump to the conclusion
| that irrigation viii not pay on account OF
| tests made by themselves with incorrect
methods. The Farmers Home Journal says
l-such thing is very common with cultiva-
| tors who are in the practice of watering
plants and young trees IL time of drouth.
The main mistake lies in the quantity Of
| water given. They imagine that they have
siven the whole ground thorough soaking
when they have only wet the surface down
! an inch or two, and rendered it ready TO
harden into a stiff crust as soon as it can
dry
In paper to Colnan's Rural World
Judge Samuel Mill,r alludes to this charac-
ter of mistake and adds that in watering
he applies the contents of three gallon
watering-can to every square yard, which
most persons would think copious drench-
ing. Yet, figures would show that the 696
cubic inches of water in the can, when
spread out over the 1896 square inches in q
square yard, constitutes stratum Of water
only half an inch thick. which absorbed by
several inches of parched soil would not
make much impression on its dryness.
Persons well-nformed with reference TO
this matter are fully agreed that it takes
six gallons of water TO thoroughly irrigate
one square yard of surface soil or enough
TO cover it to the depth of one inch and
that this much water should be given once
week in u case where there is no rain.
If such gardeners rs sprinkle their soil
would only measure the water which they
apply. and measure the surface which they
have wet with it, the simple figuring would
astonish them and show that they were not
really watering their plants, but only
forming d crust about them.
Instead Of carrying water in cans or pals,
or even running it through hose for sprink-
ling purposes continues the writer, the
only efficient mode of irrigation is to run
water through bitches between the plant
beds, to be soaked from the sides OF said
bitches 20 the roots OF the plants, and the
water for 4 thorough irrigation must De in
quantity sufficient 10 have covered the en-
tire surface to the depth Of one inch if so
put on.
OF course there are other methods than
the one referred TO by the Home journal.
as flooding 4 level surface for grass or
small grain, ana as ''sub-irrication, SO
called. The latter consists in running wa
ter under the beds through porous conduits,
70 be taken up into the soil by capillary at
attraction. 1t is said TO work very well,
but the great cost of getting land ready for
it renders it rather Improbable for opera
tons on any very considerable scale.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
THATrLoRIDA PERFUME WORKS.

II 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 way more pleasing TO yourself
than l could make IL in my paper, and |
give you the privilege of doing it in such
fashion as your sense OF justice may die
tate. s. POWERS.
Editor Florida Farmer and F'ruit-Grower
The publication referred to was one ap-
pearing in TIE GAZETTE some weeks ago
suggesting the establishment of perfumery
wor in Texas, and pointing out by cX-
tracts from the article under mention what
the wide-awake and ever progressive people
of Florida had already been doing III that
direction. The article had been seen by US
in back issue of the Florida Agriculturist,
and since no credit to any other paper was
affixed we naturally supposed it TO be orig
inal where we found it. OF course, we
cheerfully make the rectitication.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
MORE DEW.POINT TALK.

have read with some degree Of care
| YOUR reply to the inquiry of H for the
benefit of many teachers, with reference 10
dew-point. While admitting much you
| say, there are points l fail to see.
l would say that l have never seen any
authority on dew-point in Texas. l 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,
| Ii. e., has all it will hold, fall OF 10 dogs
| Centigrade or IS dogs. Fahrenheit, will pre-
| cipitate half the moisture contained, as
| mist. rain, etc Under the same conditions,
| "a saturated body of air., q substance one
! or two degrees cooler mi ght receive q sen
| slble deposit OF dew. But suppose the air
! is only half saturated, then 10 G. Us F. }
would not even cause a fog, and body one
| or two degrees cooler than the air would
not be likely to influence thick enough
stratum Of ain to deposit 4 sensible GUAM
| THY 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-
celved a tne 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
-
air coming in contact with a body only a
little cooler will fail to deposit moisture :;
but on a body very much cooler may de-
post 4 sensible quantity 1t matters little
whether the air is 3 deg. C. al F. rs C.
O. FL or 50 C. 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
main issue. In their treatment of heat
moisture, etc, they were especially so.
Many OF our worthy teachers are dep end
ent upon these old cram books and their
questions and direct answers. Not many
persons over thirty, however well educated,
go deeper than the book says. Too many
quit studying before they are thirty
Tulia, Tex. G. c. PERRIN.
We make it rule never TO enter into
discussion with our correspondents, but
were this otherwise, there would he moth
ing to discuss in the present case. The
positions taken by you are correct and sub
stantially in accord with alt we have said
on the dew question.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
TEXAs HONEY PEACHES.

| In our special study of Texas seeding
| peaches, made in the present season, we
| have found in considerable representation d
| very peculiar kind that for want of better
name might he called the honey peach of
| Texas" 1t exhibits many characteristics
| of the celebrated honey peach now extern
| siveiy cultivated in Florida. The tree ap-
| pears 10 be of comparatively small growth,
| the fruit has very little down" being al
| most as smooth on the surface as 4 nectar
| inc. ana its seed is small and shaped pre-
cisely the same as the seed of the Florida
! honey" IN point of size the fruit is TO be
classed as small-it seldom attains to more
| than three fourths of an inch in diameter
| In favor it is almost as sweet as honey or
| sugar. We have found 1t as both free
stone and cing-about equally divided in
representation between the two. The
greatest variation from the Florida honey
peach lies in its time of ripening, the Florida
honey is an early peach while this
Texas 'honey peach'' ripens. in North
Texas, about the first week in September.
On account of its small size this peculiar
Texas peach seems 10 receive very little at
tention. II is usually found along fences or
in out of the way places on the farm, where
IL has CHANGED to spring up volunteer"
The thought of improving it does not seem
10 have occurred to any one.
OF the origin OF this peach we know moth
ing, and we can find no one who seems TO
know any more about il than we do. 1t is
of, old
and on account of its strange peculiarities
and excellence Of flavor we cannot help re-
garGing il as peach that might be made 70
work wonders in peach culture for Texas. It
Is so very hardy and SO much at home al
any place where chance happens to establish
it that one often hears it called "the wild
peach =
Doubtless this little peach might be vastly
improved in size ut needs no improvement
in flavor. by cultivation and selection. The
very little variation that we have found in
it leads US 10 regard il as peach that could
be safely depended upon to come true from
seed. While we have never studied il in
blossom. not having had our attention at
tracted TO il until we saw it in fruit this
season, we are lnclneu 10 lne OPINION tnar
it does not blossom simultaneously with
the other kinds, and hence is not exposed
10 variation from crosses.
Old Texans to whom we have referred
the little peach under consideration. say
ut has been here always and has always
managed TO come of itself, as no one has
ever thought of planting its seeds. They
have considered it merely 4 larger peach
run out but in this they have been mis-
maken. True, it may have gone down ex-
tensively from its original quality. on ac-
count of neglect, but it is not from the
ordinary larger peaches. 1t is strain all
to itself, and as such should receive our at
tention with view to building upon it an
important acquisition for Texas in the
peach line
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
ABOUT FALL RUDDING.

In your valuable article on propagating
the peach by grating you say the season
for budding is over, giving as a reason that
the sap is down. The sap was down 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 do to bud now
Tarrant County, Tex. INTERESTED.
Most assuredly it would. A supposed
lack of sap was our only reason for in
timating 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 Lees burgh, Tex, says he would
rather have budding done in September
than in August, when there have been late
rains 10 render the stocks sappy.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
FRUIT IN NORTH TEXAS.

DIR. A Nj. Ragland'S ably conducted and
valuable new publication, The Southern
Horticulturist and Farmer, Bryan, Tex,
refers to the success of Mr. VIM. McKin-
ney as offering positive proof in an estab-
lishment of the TACT 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, seyenty-tive 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 blaclberries proving decided sue
cess.
One often hears it stated that there is
not push enough in native Texans 10 prop
erly develop our resources, but here is
case which knocks that idea ''as high as
kite. y Mr.. Mckinney was born in Cass
county, Texas, March 25. 1S41. In 1859 his
father settled in Denton county near where
the son now lives.
When the younger Mckinney had at
tanned TO manhood, ne began life as a 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 10 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 recent
letter to DR.. Ragland he says: ':Any one
who doubts that an orchard can be made
a commercial success, let him come to my
place and l Will show the proof that it can
be made a grand success
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
very body. whose low temperature causes

very body. whose low temperature causes
the condensation
Simpler than this and yet amounting to
the same thing is the definition found in
one of our standard school books. Hons
tons 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-point! The, next
question IS, is this point constant, or does
It vary in different localities2 We are
agreed there. Next. On what condition
does tise variation depend l 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. 1.-The quantity of moist
ure necessary TO saturate the air and bring
1t to the dew-point varies with the tempera-
ture." This we can parapharse: The teni-
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; Gold air
requires much less moisture to saturate it
than air which is warmer This para
phrased reads: Air containing q small
quantity of moisture must be re-
duced 10 a lower temperature before be-
coming saturated than air, containing moro
moisture. Is this not fair Is it not salts
factory? Is not the conclusion justifable
that seacoast districts have a higher
dew-poiut than those far in the interlors
Mrs. C. WALDEN
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
CIDER WITHOUT APPLES.

Please tell ME through The GAZETTE how
to make cider without apples, or cham
payne cider. and much oblige.
Springtown. Tex. G. Is. MoODY.
If you desire TO make really good imita-
ton cider, and one that will be entirely
wholesome in every respect, the following
formula from Professor ". c. Brunson.
theinoted Chicago chemist, may ne conf
IDENTIFY relied upon:
Get good syrup barrel and put into it
three gallons OF first-Class sugar-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 in
place where the temperature stands at
from 60 10 20 degs. F.. it will be good hard
cider in forty EIGHT hours. After that it
must be kept in cool place, say - degs,
else it will soon become vinegar
According TO the same high authority, a
good imitation sweet cider may be made as
follows:
Putiuto clean barrel thirty-five gallons
of warm water, twenty pounds strained
honey, one ounce powdered gum catechu,
two ounces powdered alum and one pint
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 ounce of
powdered nutmeg and one ounce pow
dered cloves. 1t is now ready for use IF
too sweet add good vinegar 10 suit the
taste; if too tart, add more honey.
Another formula recommended by Pro-
fessor Brunson for making somewhat
fancy imitation cider, and one that would
keep longer than either of the others, is
thus given:
Warm water. ..............,.....33 gallons
Sulphuric acid pound
STR well together and let stand twelve
hours. At end of this time boil together
III one gallon of water.
Pulverl2ed alum. Observation-Disclosures ounces
Ground cloves. .----..-......-....-.4 ounces
3rouIa ginger -;--..-.-....--..-4 ounces
Pulverized bitter almonds .....4 ounces
Add when nearly cool. In twenty-four
hours il will be ready fore use
The imitation elders Of commerce are
made by different formula. aud on account
of having something put into them 10 pre-
vent fermentation are generally unwhole-
some.
There is no way of making Il passable
imitation champagne cider without apples.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13

in digestion. Persons, who on account OF
some affections. secrete, little hytirochlori
acid are easily intoxicated by means Of 'hs
micro-organisms in the stomach There-
fore, the stomach should not remain IN 50
empty condition for any length of time. alt
during an epidemic food should be taken a.
frequent intervals, and if possible, e.-
iiized
OF all cities Of the world London now
takes the lead in the employment Of e.ec-r..
motors. They are said 70 be too numery- s.,
p 70 mention, and are still rapidly on the il.
crease. The sizes Of the motors range from.
those having the power of mouse up 10
one of 5000 horse power. 30 SAYS the
glish Scientific News.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13

profit. But there is no year when a little
more water could not be used TO advantage
at certain times.
We believe Florida would be much fur
Their advanced to-day if we bad been abso-
lutely compelled to irrigate from the begin
ming, as the Californisns 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 q their crops as to give
them the g sstest possible measure Of i'm
alunity from the caprices of nature.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
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 bs gone
for the winter, and when they return for
next season your kitteT; will have grown to
than to try to catch and eat scorpions. But
really we are not sure that cats ever get
shat 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 il is doubtless due TO the fact
that they catch and eat scorpions or sting
ing lizards :,