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Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Training Tomatoes.

I The tomato crop has become one Of
the most important in the domestic as
well as in the market garden, and
should be carefully looked after. There
was a time when the eating of tomatoes,
raw and cooked, was overdone, but
they have become a stock fruit, to be
eaten for salad or sauce, and are still
more useful for favoring soups and
other dishes. In the East they have
been used for a long period in the latter
form, as an indispensable article of diet.
A little care in training the plants and
moderate trimming will greatly promote
their fruitfulness, advance the time of
their ripening and improve their flavor.
1t is well to have them set out on the
sunny side of a wall or fence against
which they may be trained on a slanting
trellis, so as to afford free circulation
of air behind and at the same time ex-
pose the fruit constantly to the sun.
The sun is essential to the perfection of
the fruit as much as with cherries or
apples. 1t is often excluded from the
tomatoes by the rank growth of vines
and leaves, and SO the fruit is slow in
coming to perfection. Indeed it never
uOOo SOAiO W PCiiCCOtoA WllnOu1 tAC
ripening influence of the suns rays.
Another great advantage of training
tomatoes in the manner suggested is
that they are kept cut of the dirt, are
always clean and ready for use and are
not liable to rot. The common mode
of letting the plants take care of them
selves, and the fruit lie on the ground,
exposes the tomatoes to dirt and rot and
vermin, from which they may easily be
preserved by little extra pains.
Where trellis or frame cannot be
made it is well to put brush on the
ground before they have had much
the brush. This will keep the fruit out
of the dirt, and an occasional moderate
trimming of the vines and leaves will
expose it to the sun. But good frame
will pay well in the end.-Nea0 York
Observer. llie Cnii VA .@&l
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Recuperating Old Orchards.

Several modes are recommended how
this can be successfully done; but we do
not see how it can be more effectuallv
done than by the one we have frequently
recommended. This is to cut out all
the dying wood, and three-fourths of the
suckers, scraps the trunk of the tree
completely, removing all the old, hard,
broken bark; wash with preparation of
whale-oil soap and water, pound of the
soap to bucket of water; and give the
orchard, not merely under the trees, but
every part of it, heavy top-dressing of
good barn-yard or compost manure. If
there is any productiveneSs in the trees
this will bring it out.
The suggestion that the trunks of the
trees should be shorn of all their boughs
and allowed to sucker, and some of these
when large enough grated, win prove a
failure. The grating of the ordinary
sucker growing from the trunks of old
trees can rarely be done with success.
We tried this several times and the
gratis all died at the end of the second
or third year. Far better to graft
the old trees whenever there is any
smooth barled wood near enough to a
main bough. They will not only grow,
but in most cases fruit the second year,
and Always the third year. We have
now growing on suckers from the main
bough gratis of the Chancellor pear set
more than Mirtg years ago, and those
that have not died have yet to fruit the
first specimen - -Ge77nant0,Cn Telegraph.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Harvesting Wheat.

1t is now very generally believed that
an early wheat harvest adds to quantity,
quality and safety of the crop. As soon
as the wheat grain has passed from the
milky to the doughy state is the accept
ed time. If cut before the grain has
passed its milky state it will shrivel and
lose its weight. If allowed to become
overripe the grains grow rough and
harsh, and the bran is so thick aud
brittle that even under the best milling
processes large proportion of the -four
will be carried off with the bran. Cut
in the dough state; the bran, being thin
and elastic, is readily separated from
the flour. Loss by shelling and bad
weather is also overcome by early har-
vesting. Cutting while the grain is soft
IS also one of the surest modes to avoid
destruction by rust. The exact time at
which wheat and other small grains
can be cut with the greatest
profit. may be ascertained by opening
heads in different portions of the field
and examining the kernels carefully.
The straw near the ground will also
suggest the time of cutting by its yellow
hue.
Wheat cut in its dough state should
not be dried too quickly. 1t can be
bound and stacked at once, or, if there
is only a small quantity, drawn to the
barn. Many farmers put it in small
shocks, especially when there are weeds
with the grain and it has been cut early.
When stacked the wind and sun will not
dry up all the juices in the plant;
enough of these will be slowly concen-
trated in the seed to accomplish the
maturity of the grain to perfection,
whereas if by rapid ripening in the sun
the kernels are shriveled more bran is
formed in proportion to the flour.
Farmers in this section continue to
practice threshing from the shock and
hauling their grain direct to market.
While this plan has its advantages, it
certainly is not advisable in many local
tiles, or in some seasons in any locality.
When the wheat has been bleached out
by hot suns and repeated rains it should
90 into the stack and undergo sweat.
Not few cultivators refuse to thresh
their wheat, no matter how dry the
grain when stacked, until the sweating
process has been undergone. During
this process the straw and grain become
damp and heat is evolved. The process
over, both straw and grain are dry, and
the latter has been improved in color
and made plumper with the nutritive
matter absorbed from the stalk.-N. Y.
World.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Philadelphia Times.1
Wen Nail Its COIors to the Mast

"Hello! Denny, what is the trouble?'
ooh! Pm all 'broke up, >" was the re.
sponse to the inquiry Of an old shipmate Of
William G.. Denniston, one Of Farragut'a
war-worn veterans, well-known In the
southern section Of this city, who came
limping into the American Office yesterday.
81 thought would go under the matches
this time," continued Denniston. "Inever
suffered so much in my life. Ihad the rheu-
matte gout so bad that could not get off the
bed or put my foot to the floor, and would
have been there yet if friend had not rec
commended St. Jacobs Oil to me. / hesitated
some time before getting bottle, thinking
it was only another one Of those advertised
nostrums; but was finally induced to give it
q trial, and lucky day it was for me. Why,
bless my stars after bathing the limb thor
oughly with the Oil l felt relief and my
faith was pinned to st. Jacob and his Oil
after that. I freely say that if it had not been
for St. Jacobs Oil should in all probability,
be still housed. My foot pains me but
little and the swelling has entirely passed
away. 1t beats anything of the kind have
ever heard Of and any person who doubts it
send them to me at No. 1924 South Tenth
Street,
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Hog Cholera.


We have heard of late that this
scourge has broken out in several prom
inent herds of swine in the vicinity of
this. city with considerable virulence,
and that many animals have fallen VIC
Tins to its attacks. The prices that
have been realized for fat pigs of late
render this stock of too much value to
be needlessly sacrificed, and we would
urge upon our friends interested in this
kind of stock to use the best of sanitary
precautions to ward off this fell disease.
The presence of this malady is often
attributable to lack of care in the diet
of the animals, or to the cleanliness of
the quarters, or perhaps to both COM
bined We would advise the sprinkling
of liberal quantity of quick lime in the
nests and places which the pigs fire.
quent, to thoroughly disinfect them
from any malarious conditions which
may exist, giving the pigs access at the
same time to pile of the lime, which
they will eagerly devour, and will visit
frequently for the purpose. A mixture
of salt and ashes, fed at least weekly,
we have railways considered valuable
preventive, and a condiment which pigs
relish highly. A weekly allowance Of
common mineral coal will also be de-
voured with much relish, and contribute
much toward keeping the animals in
healthy condition. Above all, vegeta-
bic dieti an essential in the hot sum-
mer months, to keep the blood from be-
coming unduly heated and poisoned
thereby. -
If strict sanitary precautions are
taken, and the wants of the brutes for
which nature calls well supplied, very
much may be done to ward off the ten
dency to disease to which swine have
become subject, and immense losses in
this line thereby prevented. Burlington
Hawkeye.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
The $50. 900 reward offered by the

The $50, ZOO reward offered by the
Western Union Telegraph Company to
the inventor who should produce prac-
iical sextuple telegraph instrument, the
Cincinnati papers say, has been awarded
to II. G. Nicholson, native of Macon,
Ky. He is the brother of the venerable
S. B. Nicholson, and began life in Mays
vile as a printer in the Office of the
Monitor, then published by the Hon. r.
H. Stanton. Subsequently he studied
medicine and became q practitioner, but
his tastes inclining him to scientific in
vestigation, he became telegraph ope-
rator, and has since made electricity a
study of his life. He has been engaged
for many years upon his present inven-
ton.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Re.cued rror Death.

William j. Cougulan, OF Somervile Mass,
saws: ..In the fall of 1870 / was taken with .
siole,t bleeding Of the lungs, followed BY severe
cough. was admitted to the City Hospital
While there the doctors said had hole 10 my
leftlung as biz as a half dollar. / gave up hope,
but friend told me of DR. WN. HALL's BAL
SAM FOR THE LUNGS. l got bottle, when TO
nv surprise commenced to feel better, and to-
day feel in better spirits than have the past
three years. Iwrite this hoping THAT every one
afflicted with ID seased Lungs will take DIR. WV.
Halls BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, and be con-
vinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED ("
Also sure remedy for Colds, Coughs, and all
Chest and Lung Diseases. Sold by druggists.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Health and Scien nee.

A good many years ago an epidemic
OF disease was supposed to be $ vista
tion," or a Judgment" and prayers
were offered up that its progress might
be stayed. Nowadays, when individ-
uals or neighborhoods are attacked with
typhus fever, diphtheria, or any one of
the long range of malarial disorders,
there is an immediate inquiry as to the
condition of that house, or that neigh
borhood, and the disease is traced to its
source of rotten vegetation, putrid filth,
foul air, bad drainage, or some other of
the uncleanly causes of zymotic disease.
For this advance we have to thank
physiological and sanitary science, but
it will not help us much to know a thing
unless we act upon our knowledge. 1t
will not get rid of the causes of disease
to know what those causes are, unless
we 60 vigorously to work to counteract
them. 1t has been ascertained now be-
vond doubt that infectious disease is
primarily occasioned by living germs
that these germs have their origin in
dirt, over-crowding, bad air, putrid veg
citation, imperfect drainage and the like
conditions. 1t makes no difference
whether these conditions are found in
tenement house, cottage or palace-in
the streets of the city, or the green lanes
of the country, the result is the same-it
is sickness and death.
1t is not entirely gratifying thing to
lazy, irresponsible people to find that
health, and tho best conditions for living
usefdi and reasonably happy lives, are
within their own power, and that they
are responsible for their fulfillment. 1t Is
so much easier to keep on in the old way,
to pile eup refuse, to let the drainage 90,
to build q house like a soap box, and
transfer the consequences to the shoul-
ders of providence, or the Almighty.
But it is too late to do this now Provi-
dence has been made responsible for the
results of our shortcomings long
enough; science has discovered that
they are within our control, and that it
is our business first to discover what
the laws are that govern health and
disease, and then adapt ourselves and
our circumstances to the obligations they
impose. x a W
There is no occasion, in the nature of
things, for persons to be born diseased,
or die prematurcly. A pure and tenn
perate life, in healthy location, and
amid healthy surroundings, are. fair
guaranteesfor Z green old age.-Dem-
orest's Magazine.
s ff-
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Oeimonico's Advice to n Young Man Abous
to Open Restaurant.

A young man who had been assistant COOK
in Chicago Hotel, having saved little
money, concluded he would goto New YORK
and try his fortune. He reasoned with him.
self that Delmonico would not live always,
and fancied that he might one day become
the future Delmonco of New York. On
reaching the city he sent his letter OF intro
duction to the famous restaurant keeper
and solicited advice. Delmon co listened
attentiveIy to the young mans inquiries, and
finally told him: "Get, first, good location,
then get the best cook you can hire, see that
your walters are attentive and polite, and
buy only the best in the market. And still all
OF this YOU can do and not give satisfac-
ton. Be your own superintendent; get the
best quality of the new CHARTER OAK Cook
ING RANGE, and if you don't succeed in your
undertaking, you will have the satisfaci ION Of
doing YOUR best to merit it." (2-23)
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Almost Young Again.

"My mother was afflicted long time with
Neuralgia and a duh, heavy inactive condi-
ton of The whole system; headache, nervous
prostraton, and was almost helpless. No
physicians or medicines did her any good.
Three months ago she began to use Hop
Bitters, with such good effect that she
seems and feels young again, although over
70 years old. We think there is no other
medicine fit to use in the family. "a lady
in Providence, r. I.-Jotlrldt.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
TormentInx Piles,

Kidney-Wort is an unfailing remedy for
that tormenting disease, piles. 1t moves the
bowels gently and freely, and thus removes
the cause; DO not iaii TO try 1t faithfully
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

AN electric light under beer-glass and
fastened to the shirt front will be the FASH
ionable pin or seaside hotel clerks.-Ph-Ia-
d, lphia Chi Hsicle- Herald
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

ANY family which will put off the summer
vacation until sbout the 1st of November
will be delightfully."- surprised to find how
easy they can give it up altogether. Detroit
Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

The Michigan Central Railroad has
issued an order for all train men in their
employ to get vaccinated.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

Never leave food or drink standing
in sick-room; and never fill up an
empty glass without rinsing it.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
Don't Die In the Hon,

Ask Druggists for q Rough on Rats" It clear
out rats, mice, reaches, es, bed-bugs, 15c.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

THE Frazer Axle Grease Is the best and
only Genuine. We know It
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

s--ThsFstersburg (Na.) Tnder-Appeal
says that q magnificent oak tree, which
was torn up BY the roots in Amelia
County, Va, in q recent severe storm,
measured eight feet ten inches in diam
eter. Its branches covered a distance
of 140 feet, and the tree was the pride Of
the county.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE is unrivalled for fts
! speedy healing qualities. Price 25c.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

EVERYBODY SAYS National Yeas. Is the best.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
The Positive Cure

The Positive Cure
for all those Painful Complaints and Weaknesses
seconmon to our best female population.
1t will cure entirely the worst form Female Com
paints all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcera
ton, Falling and Disolacements, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and is particularly adapted to the
Change of Life.
1t win dissolve and expe tumors from the uterus in
An early stage Of development. The tendency to can
cerous humors thereis checked very speedily by its uss
1t removes faintness, Gauency, destroys all craving
Tor stmulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach
Il cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration
General Debility, Slseplessness, Depression and lndI
gestion.
That feeling Of bearing down, causing pain weight
and backache is always permanently cured by its use
1t viii at all times and under all circumstances vet in
harmony with the laws that govern the female system
For the cure OF Kidney Complaints either sex this
Compound is unsurpassed
LYDIA r. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COM.
POUNDS prepared 23s and 235 Western Avenue
Lynn Mass Prce IL Six bottles for s.. Sent by mail
IN the form OF pills, also in the form or ozenges on
receipt OF price, 81 per box for either Pinkham
freely answers all letters Of inquiry Send for pamph-
let Address as above. Mention this Paper.
No family should be without LYDIA L. PINKHAMS
LIVER PILLS They constipation biIiousness.
and torpidity Of the liver. 25 cents per box.
Sold by RICHARDSON & CO., St Louis, Mo
FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS WY
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
Make Your Will.

1t is very common to hear men
say, Il do not care to make any
will ; the law will make a good
enough will for me :" but the ex.
perience of lawyers and business
men show that in ninety nine cases
out of a hundred it is better for
the owner Of a house or land or
personal property to leave clear
direction 10 a form which the law
will recognize as binding as to the
disposition Of his estate. At all
events before he decides not to
make a will-to Idle intestate," as
the lawyers say-he should have
clearly before his mind what will
happen in due legal course after
his death, not only as to the divi.
sion of his property, but as to the
extra expense and delay which
may be incurred by his failure TO
name some responsible person to
act as bis executor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
How The JAMES BOYS OPERATE.

How The JAMES BOYS OPERATE.
Jesse and Frank go into a farm.
ing community, become acqnain.
ted with the men, and pick out
certain ones, after a careful study
of their character, to join with
them in a particular robbery.
They carefully breach the subject
to them, and if they are willing
they agree to give them all the
way from 500 to $500 each.
They are required to hold the
horses, fire off guns and raise a
racket, while Jesse and Fra.k,
with perhaps one or Two expe.
rienced TRUSTEES. do the robbing.
Immediately after the completion
of the job the farmers are paid the
stipulated sum, whether the haul
is large or small, and then they
ride to their homes, while the
James boys strike ort to a place
of safety. The men who have
been inyeig'cd into the job are
never asked to 60 into a similar
undertaking the second time, but
they even after rard remain under
the power and fear Of the noted
robber chieftains, upon whom they
dare not squeal, for by so doing
they would give themselves away.
They always stand ready to pro.
tect and secrete the James boys
when they are hard pressed. This
explains why they have SO many
friends in Missouri, and why it is
so difficult to catch them. 1t is as
hard to find them in Missouri as it
would be to find a needle in a hay.
stack.-Omaha Republican.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
Hot Day.

A recent warm day in st. outs,
when the thermometer mark q
nearly 100 degrees. reminded a
correspondent Of the Globe Demo-
crat of the memorable "hot Mon.
day" in Kansas nineteen years ago.
He says that for over six weeks
the thermometer had ranged above
100. and nothing but wind-storms
had prevailed. Not a spear of
grass was growing on the prairies (;
the leaves on the trees were with.
cred, and only the stubs OF the
corn.staiks remained to denote
where corn had been planted ;
even the earth baked as in a dry
kiln had been blown away from
the grass and left the roots dang.
ling in the air. The prolific peach
trees in the valley of the Marais
du Cygne, bore fruit that year only
the size Of butternuts, though the
stones were nearly Of full size, aud
the mammoth pears shrunk to the
size OF dwarfs.
On the Monday in question a
strong, hot southwest wind com.
menced blowing early in the morn
ing. The air became red aud
qulvering, assuming the appear
ance of u sirocco on the great Sa
hara desert. The mercury rose
to ITO IN the shade in a qnict
place, to us where the wind blew.
No man or beast could face its
fiery fury. Mems faces and hands
were blistered and peeled in walk
ing Int a few hundred yards. A
dozen or more dead Lodies were
afterwards found on the prair;es.
A party Of emigrants, crossing the
divide between the Neo-ho and
Cottonwood, barely saved their
lives under the wagon covers,
while forty head Of cattle persisted.
People throughout the Territory
closed their windows and doors III
residences, and sprinkled the
floors with water to assist respira.
tion.- Captolian
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17

JOAN OF ARC.--It has been
strongly doubted whether Joan OF
A re ever suffered the punishment
that has made her a martyr, though
details of her execution and last
moments grace the civic records
Of Rouen. Several books have been
published discussing The question.
A Belgian lawyer is the anthor
OF one of these. He con,eud- that
the historians--who have done
nothing but copy each other 10
the narratives of her dra,h--err
exceedingly in saying thai it took
place on the last day Of May. 1913,
the fact being that she was alive
and well many years after me
dale. There ere good grounds.
too, for believing that the pretty
story of Abelard and Heloise is =
pure foticn,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17

TRUTHFUL JOHN !!-Iafargue,
Of the Marksville Bulletin says
that he saw a peach with a but.
teray in the peach stone. Cos.
grove, Of the Natchitoches Viudi,
Gator says he cut open a water
melon raised on Cane river. and
found two lizards inside, aud they
both swear to what they say and
stick to it like honorable men al.
ways should.
Well, we lately cut open a to.
mato and found a young elephant
10 it.
This Is an Internal lie, and we
would not tell it only i; may help
the reader to believe our Red
River contemporaries.-[Thi
daux Sentinel.]
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
SCHOOL BOARD.
ABBEv1LLE, August IL, 1881.

ABBEv1LLE, August IL, 1881.
The School Board met this day
pursuant to call, the meeting be-
ing called to order, the following
named members were present :
Messrs. A. D. Martin, President.
N. Perry, j. Morgan, A. Lacour.
NJ. G. Broussard and J. n. Will.
liams. Absent : J. H. Putnam
and j. Nngier.
The minutes Of last meeting
were read aud adopted.
On motion it was resolved that
the president 4. d. Martiu be au-
thorizad to give Mr.. y. Perry an
order for window sash now in
possession of VIM. Lenore.
On motion it was resolved that
the report of Mr.. Isaac Wise Treas
urer Of the school funds, be re.
ferred to the Finance Committee.
On motion it was resolved that
the school kept by c. A. Mouisset
remain in its present locality.
On motion it was resolved that
E. W. Stafford be employed to
teach the white school at Spring
Hill.
On motion d white school was
established at or near the planta-
ton of Mr.. J. I. Labit.
On motion the claim Of Lastie
Broussard for costs in suit brought
by Police Jury against Valsin
Vezaey was rejected.
On motion all Public Schools
will be opened On the first Monday
Of September next.
On motion the President A. D.
Martin was authorized to contract
with E. /. Addison for the print.
ing Of the proceedings Of this
Board.
On motion the Board adjourn.
ed TO meet on the first Saturday
Of October next.
A. D. MARTIN. President.
in. WILLIAMS, Secretary.