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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

At . regular meeting Of she Firemen's Relief
Association at headquarters yesterday afternoon
it Was decided to hold second annual ball and
a committee was appointed to make arrange
ments for the same Preliminary steps were
taken toward incorporating the association.
The secretary was Instructed 70 acknowledge
the receipt OF $3.50 from Scnwabscher Bros &
Co., also Sio0 from Ed L. Terry and A A. Denny
and to tender the thanEs OF the association.
DR.. J. S. kloeber was re-elected physician.
Relief applications to the amount of $40 were
allowed. Receipts from membership dues
amounted to SIS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
SPECIAL NOTICE /!
To the Wheeler Il Wilson Mfg. Co..
Its Agents and all Others.

You are hereby notified that the UNDER
signed are the owners of lStters-patent Of.
the United States Tor REVOLVING HOOK
MACHINE No. 49, S63. dated January
u, 1880. which is a new and useful Inn.
provement in bobbin-covers and slide.
rings for sewing machines. Any person
who makes. uses, or sells a revolving hook
machine. consisting of bobbin-cover and
slide-ring. made in accordance with our
said patent, without our authority, in.
fringes our rights under the said patent.
We have brought suit, for Infringement
of the aboye-named patent, against the
agent of the Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co.
at st. Louis, in the U. s. Circuit Court for.
the Eastern Division, of the Eastern Judi
cial District of Missouri
We desire to notify you OF these facts.
in order that you may be fully advised Of
our rights in the premises.
JOHN II. CORN,
ANTHONY MILLER.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
New Cars for JaAes Street.

A contract has been let IA the Union Trunk
lines to Rohlfs & Schoder ~ the construction
OF three closed dummies tqSrun in the winter
on the James street cable k>pad. They will be
arranged so that the sides IN be taken out aud
thus they can be transformf into summer cars.
They will have bronze = kmmings and plate
glass windows.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

The oekholders OF the scandinavian-Amer-
lean bank held their annual meeting yesterday,
and elected the following directors: A. Chill.
berg, A. Amunds, A. E, Johnson, OF ST. Paul. N.
Anderson, K. X. Tve,a, charles A. White. J..
Furth, H. sla,tengren, John Nelson, Charles
Pearson, II. J. Norden, W. H Talbot The
directors elected the following officers: Presi.
dent A. Chilberg: vice residents, A. Amunds.
seattle; A. 4. johnson, St Paul; cashier. W. II.
IN
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
Illinois Central stock to Re

Illinois Central Stock to BE Increased.
NEW YORK, Aug. ia. q. Hackstan, secre-
tary, has sent letter to eaea holder of Illinois
Central railroad stock. statiSg that the board of
directors will submit at Ihe annual meeting
october II Q proposition to fAcrease the capital
stock OF the company from 900 900 to $50 O0O,-
600, by new issue of Sc, 0ceshares at 500 each.
Each stakeholder of record september % shall
have the privilege Of subscribing at par for one
share in respect to every niss shares then reg.
tstered in his name.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

Tho Vermont Life Insurance Company.
incorporated 1868. A conservative and re-
liable company having $125 of assets for every
$lo0 OF liability il DESTROYS of establishing q
state agency in Washington, either at seattle OF
Tacoma. Will give liberal commission, with
renewals at "a per cent. Liberal forms OF
policy with cash values, paid-up or extended
insurance. Its optional term policy 10 better
than lodge Insurance, and rs low in cost
Apply 70 company, Burlington, VT
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

SPOKANE, Aug u.-fspecial.l-A meeting OF
officials OF three transcontinsntai lines OF rail-
way viii be he'd in this city tomorrow.
party OF Union Pacific oificials,
comprising h. w. Baxter. supesintend-
ent OF the Oregon division, Portland:
W. II. HurlburL assistant general passsn-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
The Picnic Sunday.

Ono OF the features OF the entertainment 10 be
given under the auspices OF the irish-American
Club at sylvan grove on Sunday next, will be
music BY the Challenge Quartetts.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
New Suita Eilafl.

The following new suits were begun yestsr-
dav in the superior court:
Brock, Weiner & Geismer ct al. w. Goldman 4
Garfinkle ct al.-Suit to set aside confession of
Judgment
Alice Pearl Kicker Va William T. Ricker-Suit
for divorce.
Nellie A. Asper Va John Asper-suit for di.
VOrcA.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
EARNINGS STEADILY GROW.

Favorable ShOw1ng OF N0rthorn Pacific
for Last July.
The following is from the New York Journal
Of Finance of August s: The earnings statements
of the Northern Pacific railroad show steadily
improving tendency and the crisis with that
company seems to have been passed. The July
earnings were the largest OF any July on record,
the result of solid growth along the line OF the
road. Here are the July gross earnings for the
last five years for both Northern Pacific and
Wisconsin Central, it being remembered there
was one less working day in July this year than
last.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

Tho Posr-INrELLlGENcER will continue to re-
celVe subscriptions for the Tanner family and
Also for the Goodals family, who are almost
equally In need The money received hereafter
WIN be divided equally between the two fami-
lies, unless otherwise specified By the donors.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12
The Monte Crist., Railroad.

p. II. Smith, the contractor on the Everett 4
Monte Cristo railroad, Is in the city, and says
that construction is going along well and the
grading makes q good sFsowing, as seen from
the wagon road. He expects to see the track
reach Granite Falls by the end of next week.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

Tickets over all Transatlantic steamship lines
for sale at Northern Pacific city ticket ONCE,
corner Yescr avenue and Front street, Seattle,
Wash.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

Balloon ascension and triple parachute jump
at Madison PARK, sunday, August IA, at .3:0
p. m. sharp.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

Francisco Torres. of Santa Ana, Cal, has con.
fessed to killing Captain Mckelvey, foreman Of
the Modieska ranch, but alleges seli.defense.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-12

The final days of the great
underwear sale are close at
hand. If you want every pos
sible bargain advantage in the
buying of summer underwear,
your inquiry must be made at
the ladies' underwear section
within the week.
These mentions tell you of
the methods of this sale:
For l5c ladies' sleeveless vests that were
25c.
Fo;1oc ladies' sleeveless vests that were
2Oc
For CSC ladies' sleeveless vests that were
Soc
For SOC ladies' sleeveless vests that were
81
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11
rExAs RLuE GRAss.

The Florida experiment station has issued
bulletin IN which our Texas blue grass is
lauded to the skies. Says the bulletin:
The conduct of this grass for the past
three seasons has been very encouraging.
Its history on the station deserves the
serious consideration of every farmer in
the state who desires fall, winter and
spring pasture. found on the station in
January of 1889 small plot of this grass
growing in rows about twenty inches apart.
1t was planted on the top of high hill.
Up to February it had been weeded and
protected from grass. It grew luXuriaHtly
and to the height of fifteen inches, and
seeded in April. From that time until now
it has never been worked. It was allowed
to compete with native grasses, broom
sedge, fennel and briars, for the supremacy,
without any assistance whatever, not even
the cutting away of the grasses, weeds
and briars in the fall, to give it
better chance. The result is, that while it
has not seeded since 1889, it has taken pos
session Of the plot, and IS now, December
%, 1891, over twelve inches high. 1t has
formed a thick sward, and is Injurious
pasture of beautiful green grass in spite Of
dry weather. For the past three seasons
by the 1st of November it has been ready
for pasture. If sOwed in low
ground, rich, moist, but well drained, it
Will tufHlSA III euuuFlnS pasture. IL uoeS
not appear to be a troublesome grass to get
rid OF. if such were desirable, for, if plowed
up in the spring, my opinion is it would be
easily destroyed. On rich soil the plant
will seed annually. and thus furnish the
means TO enlarge the area. On
good. firm, nigh lands a pasture of this
grass can be grown withprofit On meadow
on low lands it will grow luxuriantly and
rapidly, furnishing rich pasture when our
summer grasses begin to fail in the fall.
If Texas blue grass is so good thing for
Florida, what is the matter with it for
Texas. its native home, where we find it
growing wild on the bottom lands along all
our streams! The Trinity bottoms are now
much said of Texas blue grass in Texas
why!
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11

to be done in the production of food sup
plies.
The only bad thing IN the case is that we
may not hare much surplus for a few
months to come, on account of the low SELL
ing price Of cotton, but it is not at all proba-
bic that this low price $50 low, win pre-
vail another season for some time to come,
on account OF the fact that such favorable
cotton years do not often come close
together, as already intimated.
All this groundiess talk going through
the press about Southern depression,
specially Southern, is against US, and there
fore ought to be carefully studied by every
Southern editor who has the prosperity of
the South at heart. ere he gives it to the
public. 1t works against US in two ways:
~ tell well man that he looks sick and in
not a few cases you make him sick, and (2)
give the North to understand that there is
great depression at the South, on account
of overproduction, and you seriously dis
courage Northern immigration, The North
ern farmer would certainly be acting the
part of fool to pull up stakes where he is
managing to live, and move to a section of
country where there are already so many
persons in his line of business that more is
being produced than can be sold He would
be able to see no opening in that section for
him.
1t is nice enough to talk about tariff re-
forms, and all that kind of thing, and doubt
less they are needed, and will result in
great good if secured. This being the case,
they are well worth working for, but let US
assure you that the promise of prosperity
to depressed region, based upon the pos
sible Inauguration of such reforms, will
never draw. Such things are simply the
work of men, and therefore the same
power that made them may unmake them
at any day. No one is going to risk moor
ing his vessel to any such uncertain lines.
What we want are natural capabilities in
region, so well UP as to be able to carry no
small amount of dead weight, should such
thing chance to fall upon it, and still be
qualified to remain prosperous. If the
dead weight does not come, or, if already
on it is removed, so much the better, but
there must be sustaining power outside of
anything that may happen or exist Of men,
and that power we have in the South, IN
doubtedly. The case calls forno argument
it is simply plain fact. Look at the South
to-day and note her showiugs of prosperity,
and then go back to the days of ''recon-
struction" and there study what she waded
through in attainment to her present high
level, Ifthe South could build up to the
highest plane, under such circumstances,
all within few years, what might we not
promise for her in the future of her on
ward march over smooth road upon which
no such Instructions as encountered in the
recent past can again be placed?
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11

We have been out over the city this week
looking after the broad-leSf evergreens, to
learn how they went through the late
unusually severe blizzard, and while we
have found some of them rather badly sered
we have found others unscathed, and as
fresh as if they had been standing out in
Cuba instead of North Texas. Among the
species badly done for is the English
privet-it looks as black as stove-pipe.
Presumably it will come out again all right
in spring, but certainly it has not well
sustained its reputation as a broad-leaf
evergreen for winter show.
The magnolia magnolia grandifora) has
passed through in perfect condition, as we
predicted it would in our former writings,
therefore it may be safely trusted in North
Texas as q most desirable winter orna-
mental There is little probability that it
would ever have worse ordeal to pass
through than that through which it passed
a week or so ago.
Two s1nall-grcwing evergreens particu-
larry attracted our attention: the Euony-
mus iaponica and the Prunus carolina. The
former is quite commonly known as Chinese
box, while the latter goes by great variety
of common names, some calling it mock or
ange, others wild peach, others poison
cherry. and so on.
Euonymus japonica is well deserving of
our favor as an ornamental evergreen
shrub for the yard or lawn. It grows to
the height of five or six feet, and has a
thickly set, light green foliage, the leaves
being almost as large as those of the orange.
Inclines TO ''tiIler'' or bunch from the
ground, and may be trimmed into almost
any shape desired. Set close in rows and
trimmed back it makes very pretty orna-
mental hedge. A little coarser- growing than
English privet. but more beautiful on ac-
count of heavier and more tropieal-like
leaves: and then it mas an advantage over
the priyet, for US. in the fact that it is more
hardy, as already shown. And there is
still another advantage on the side of the
Euonymus over most other small-growing
eTergreens: it grows from cuttings as
readily as cottonwood or willow. A very
pretty specimen Of this shrub may be seen
in the front yard, mort west corner of
Pecan and Belknap, Fort Worth
Prunus carolina grows to the height Of
twenty-five or thirty feet under favorable
conditions. Its leaves are OF good size and
of very dark, glossy-green in peint Of
shade. Branchlets much smaller than
those Of Euenymus japonica- Bears trim
ming very well. but if left TO itself assumes
the ordinary tree habit, with dense top.
Have seen ornamental hedges made OF it,
but its habit Of large growth does not leave
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11
AaArNsr pEEp PLowINe.

In TIE GAZETTE of 18th ult appears an
editorial headed preparing for DrOuth,"
and advocating deep preparation of the land
for crops. You give experiments made In
Alabama, or somewhere else, by which it
was found d pulveriZed soil absorbed moist
ure from the air at the rate of forty-ive
tons to 1000 tons of soil. Thirty-fve years
ago l was farming in Gonzales county,
Tex, and then some thought as you write;
and they tried it, and their crops simply
died out. Again, fifteen years ago in
Bosque county, saw it tried with like re-
suit. never knew anybody to try it more
than one time.
This is Texas, and our dry winds suck all
the moisture out just as deep as you plow.
1 have found four or five inches the best
depth to break, for drouths, so that the
roots can fasten into hard-pan-then the
plants don't die in drouth neither do they
drown out in floods OF rain.
You seem to forget that we are in Texas
neither Alabama or Georgia methods will
do here. 1 came to Texas in 1916 from
Georgia., Alabama and Arkansas Was
horn in Georgia sixty-eight years ago, and 1
dislike everything that misleads farmers.
An OLD Texan.
Selden, Erath County, Tex.
Our brother belongs TO a large school of
faith, but in the section where farming is
not much kicked at as something ''that
don't pay" most of the members are, like
himself and this humble writer, now get
ting to be somewhat old.
The order is still very strong in Georgia,
where our correspondent was born, and
also in Alabama, where he appears to have
lived for time. They call them '1and-
skimmers'' over there, term employed in
derision, we suppose, on account Of the fact
that they are poor people, for the ''land-
skimmers'' of Georgia and Alabama are in
variably poor. Some how or other they all
seem to be unlucky; even here in fertile
Texas. where we have dropped upon some
Of them in the course Of our eleven years of
acquaintance with Texas things, we have
found them unlucky and not getting along
near as well as other people. Bad luck ap-
pears to be a strange fatality attending true
members Of the ancient and honorable order
Of ''land-skimmers. But with all this, the
''land-skimmer'' has a good time all his
own, for it don't take near as much work to
skim an acre to the depth OF four or FIVE
inches as would be required to break and
pulverize it several inches deeper; and,
again, when harvest time comes on he viii
be morally sure to need less labor than the
other man in gathering his crops.
Our correspondent makes strong point
IN his suggestion that the dry winds of
Texas sssuck all the moisture out just as
deep as you ploH."~ We are afraid to
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11
AFRAID OF SORGHUM.

I was thinking of planting considerable
acreage to sorghum this year, with view
to using the product as a stock-feed, but
one of your correspondents has discouraged
me by holding out the idea that 1t had seri-
ously injured his stock. You do not clearly
express your own opinion as to whether or
not sorghum is entirely safe as feed, and
therefore I now write to ask that you do so.
If there is any risk in sorghum, I do not de-
sire to tamper with it. L. @. MANLEY.
McLennan county, Tex.
Our correspondent referred to, having
had bad luck with his stock, was of
the opinion that frost-bitten sorghum
may have caused it, and so wrote for our
opinion. He expressed no suspicious that
sorghum was injurious save when frost
bitten. In to-day's GAZETTE may be found
letter on sorgum from Mr.. J. c. New
bury, the weI-informed president Of the
Pilot Point horticultural society. Mr..
Newbury may be accepted as high author
ity on anything he undertakes to advance,
and hence we cheerfully indorse his letter
as telling the whole story of sorghum as
forage crop, and thereupon recommend
that you go ahead with your sorghum.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11

it very desirable hedge plant, as it tends
to soon run out Does not grow well from
cuttings, but may be rapidly propagated
from 'layers = that is, bringing branches
down to the ground and covering them with
earth, leaving the ends sticking out In
the course of one season these branches
take root, and the next season they may be
cut from the parent tree and set out where
one desires that they should grow. A very
pretty specimen of this tree may be seen at
Fort Worth, in the yard on East Belknap,
(north side Of the street,, first place west
of the Santa Fe railroad
Neither of these evcrgreens bear con-
spicuous flowers. Under favorable condi-
lions Prunus carolina fruits heavily, and
can be readily grown from seed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11
smallest facts that may have fallen under
the observation Of yourself or readers.
r M BELL

Washington, d. G.
In a former issue of The GAZETTE Mr..
Bell was introduced to our readers as an
attache of the United States bureau of ami
NAL industry, and especially as leading
authority on sheep. He now desires to
study the origin of our common range
sheep of Texas and Mexico, and we respect
fully ask our readers who have facts rela-
tive to these sheep, bearing on the ques-
tons asked, to furnish them through TINS
GAZETTE. Such facts might be made of de-
they might tend to show what we have, and,
therefore put US in the way Of their most
advantageous management.
The same line of sheep extends through
the gulf coast region of Mississippi, Ala
bama and Georgia, where we have studieds
them with the greatest possible care. Our
conclusions. arrived at several years ago,
gave them a Merino origin. Mr.. Bell
seems to think they possibly may be the
Churros Of Spain as they possess considera-
BILE Churro peculiarities. Their peculiari
ties are also as strongly Merino, therefore
the idea is now suggested to US that they
may be a cross between these two strains.
In the times of Cortez Spain had law pre-
venting the expectation of her Merinos, and
this fact has been urged as against the
probable Merino origin. But, then, Cortez
was high functionary and his new Next
can country belonged to Spain. Under
these circumstances unusual privileges
may have been extended to Cortez,
especially since sheep taken to his Spanish
colony in America would scarcely have
been regarded as an expectation. There is
good reason for believing that our sheep is
a cross of the strains named. The Merinos
were very costly in the days of Cortez,
therefore, since the introduction Of
sheep into the new country was an expert
ment it is probable that he brought over
but q few Merinos, making his main ship
ment OF the common stock. It is further
reasonable to suppose that Cortez attempt
ed to improve his heard by cross on the
Merino, and that, therefore, our range
sheep Of Texas and Mexico are mixture of
the Merino and Churro of Spain as these
strains existed $50 years ago.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11
A SHEEP INQUIRY.

I am much pleased with your new work
in Texas. Where you are doing this work
you can expect to see something in results
next week-don't have to wait half life
time-for Texas is progressive and in a
transition state from .srange' to permanent
farm industries.
l am inclined to offer an inquiry through
THE GAZETTE to the people of Texas. The
memorandum has been lying on my table
for some time for decision as to where
should send it, but now am decided in
favor of the Fort Worth GAZETTE. My in
guiry relates to the origin OF Mexican
sheep.
Let US suppose that the Mexican sheep
Fine common range sheep of Texas are of
Merino origin. Could we expect to find it
the sheep it now is after 35S years of neg
lect and wild pasturage such as it has had
1t may be readily believed, since there is no
known cause why it should be other
everything Gncluding Sheep, into his
colony, when he had turned his attention
from conquest to agriculture.
y l. Are there any variations in the quality
of Mexican sheep as to wool 1t seems
probable that in favorable regions, where
pasturage is OF high character. the sheep
might exhibit more Merino qualities than in
regions less favored.
2. Have there been instances where these
Mexican sheep, being treated intelligently,
and bred by selecting carefully. have
shown improvement without introducing
new bloodl If So how much did those i'm
proved sheep resemble the Merino sheep Of
to-dayl
g. Can 1t be doubted that our best Merino
sheep put upon such grazing, and neglected
through few generations, would not be-
come the same as the Mexican, provided it
could live at ala
It may be that the Prescriptions of our
sheep centers are well founeed, that is,
that the Spanisrds introduced sheep Of the
Churros, or common sheep Of the country.
II may be, too, that the presumption was
in Spain.
Il you win allow ne VIII ask even the