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Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
Mexico.

Nine-tenths of Mexico consists of a
vast plain elevated from 5000 to S,00C
feet above the sea level, enclosed on the
east and on the west by lofty RANGES of
mountains. The soil of most of this
immense plateau would be fertile, no
doubt, ii there was an abundance of
water, but scarcity of water is its most
impressive feature. The mountains on
either side arrest and exclude the nat
ural moisture from the two oceans.
The streams are few and small, and ex-
cept during brief rainy season of two
months in summer, agriculture is only
possible through the aid of artificial IL
rigation. The sum of water available
for this purpose is exceedingly limited,
much inferior. indeed, to the supply
employed for the same purpose in Col
orado and New Mexico. Thus during
the dry season very large proportion
of the Mexican plateau has the appear
ance of desert. From FL Paso on the
Rio Grande on the north down to "a
catecas, distance of $50 miles, the
whole land at this time of the wear is
waterless. verdureless, an expanse
mainly composed of sand and dry dust
relieved only by scattered growth of
cactus and mesquit bushes. The
mountains stand grim and bare in
the attenuated atmosphere, without
tree and almost without a shrub upon
their broad and tawny sides. Here and
there, at great distances, the course of
a stream may draw ribbon of green
ness across the arid landscape. or a
hacienda, with its group of farm build
1ngs enclosed in massive stone wall
like fortress. suggest the fact of hu-
man habitation; or herd of cattle or a
flock O. sheep may diversity the scene:
but the prevailing effect is that Of a
fruitless waste. Mr.. d. B. Robinson.
the able manager of the Mexican Cen
trail Railroad, cherishes the hope of
finding, through the means of artes;an
wells, water enough to irrioate this
country; but where is such a body
of water to be taken froma The only
possible source would be the rainy
s'opes on the east and west of the great
slerras; but we fear that the probability
OF giving fertility to the region through
irrigation from artesian wells is yery
small indeed.
lhls formation, this dry, elevated
plain, extends from the northern bound
airy OF Mexico very far south. Our ex
cufsions only reached into the State of
Morelos, some hunds ed miles south of
the capital; but there the general
character of the plateau remained
substantially unchanged; and it is
not too much to say that in
nine tenths of the Mexican republic
the land is of this sort, destitute of
qualities that are indispensable for ag
ricultural purposes. This also accounts
to considerable extent for the sur
pr sing magnitude of the estates into
which the country is divided. Except
in few favored and limited districts.
there are DO small farms there, because
culture in small holdings is out OF the
question; and estates of hundreds of
thousands OF acres are the rule. because
it is only on an extensive scale that
farming can be made to paw its ex-
penses in such country; and it must
be mainly cattle-farming and sheep
farming at that
The chief bus ness Trosecut d In
Mexico today il mining, So it hes
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
Why He Didn't.

"Did you notice what boor that
man was who sat next to you? = asked
one lady of another as the pair stepped
off " oodward avenue car the other
day.
"How?"
"Why he refused to pass up the fare
for the lady in lavender silk.
&C h, well yous they were divorced
only two weeks ago, and 1t couldn't be
expected that he would recover his
composure this soon. 1t is a mean
trick in any divorced woman to expect
her ex-husband to pass alimony money
up to the fare box.-DeroW Free Pres.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
HOME AND FARM.

Two inches is said to be the right
depth for covering wheat.
Barley watec is recommended as a
remedy for d arrhea in calves.
-Ventilate stock shelters by open
ings under the caves. Light them by
glass windows.
"A mixture of sulphur and lard is q
mInation of lice on cattle. Rub ii
along the back and brisket, and anoint
parts here and there wherever neces-
sary. Troy Times.
10 wash successfully the striped
cotton undershirts so universally worn,
put salt in the water in which they are
washed, salt in the rinsing water and
salt in the starch. Do not have the
starch boiling when they are put into it.
: Chicago Journal.
Pruning fruit tree while dormant
will tend more to promote growth OF
wood than the production of fruit.
runlng after the tree has come in full
foliage promotes fruitfulness, by giving
check to the growth, Just as root
pruning does. Exchange.
Apple Sauce: Pare and slice thin
as many apples as you wish. Put them
into tin basin or pudding dish, with
enough sugar to make them sweet. and
q little water. Bake slowly until soft.
They will turn a rich red, and have a
flavor far exceeding stewed apples. -
Boston Globe.
Cabbage escallopped is new dish
much esteemed as an entree. Cook
with layers of bread crumbs and layers
of chopped cabbage, with pepper, salt
and butter, with milk or cream 10
moisten it. 1t should be well baked
and Drowned nicely on the top.-10led0
Blade.
Old newspaper is an excellent thing
to keep stove clean. Whenever any
thing is by accident spilled over upon
the stove, instead of try ing to clean ii
with a cloth or brush, take a bit of pa
per and remove it quickly, and use a
little more paper to rub the stove
bright, and then burn them. 1t is a
much quicker, neater and more con-
venient way.
An Eastern farmer says to destroy
quack grass he plows the land, just be-
fore the planting of any crop, nine
inches deep, which puts all the quack
roots four inches unde ground, then
spreads plenty of manure, harrows
thoroughly with one of the efficient new
harrows, making the surface as mellow
as possible for the new seed bed. The
crop is cultivated very thoroughly till
it completely shades the ground. Cab
bage or corn fodder answers well. The
roots plowed under, having no breath
ing, will rot and enrich the soil.
Almost every woman who has kept
house for several years has stair carpet
that is badly WON; in many cases it is
worn out with the exception Of the bor-
der This may be used with good e.
feet. After it is carefully cleaned. cut
the border Oh, leaving a margin of the
worn center part for seam. then u e
this for the border of mats made of
pieces Of carpet. A large mat which
will do good service and will look well,
too, can be made by sewing two
breadths together and then putting the
border on. Damaen the seam and press
ii on the wrong side with a hot iron.
Attany JOur73di.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
Selling Pigs in Summer.

As the pig is grass eating animal,
this taste for grass or roots should
always be gratified. Many farmers
have no pig pasture, and keep their
pigs in pen, or pen and small yard.
They seem quite to forget the nature of
the pig, and treat him as if he were
only fitted to digest grain or other con
centrated food. This may be responsible
for many of his ailments.
It is easy for the farmer to furnish
clover or other green food to his pigs
in summer This animal is not very
part cular; there are many weeds in the
garden that he will take and return his
thanks with polite grunt He appre-
ciates all such attentions shown him,
and will testify it BY better heath and
growth This is matter of much i'm
portance. as bushel of corn fed with
clover W II often produce as much
growth as bushel and half fed alone.
Animals grow best when they are in
good health and have II vigorous appe-
keeps their digestion good. That great
pest, the Canada thistle, when the stalk
is green and succulent, is eaten with a
genuine relish by pigs. In this condi-
ton this thistle is preferred to grass by
many other animals on the farms.
When the clover is large. the pigs viii
eat it better if it is run through a
cutter. This mixes stalks and leaves 50
as to render it more succulent. The
pig will eat more clover or grass than
IS generally supposed. Shoats of fifty
to eighty pounds will eat from six to
eight pounds of green clover per day.
We have found the best way to
feed it was to run the clover
through cutter and mix with
meal. In this way, the clover and
meal was eaten together, and this mix
ing of the bulky and concentrated
foods results in more perfect diges-
ton OF the corn meal or other ground
food. We tried so accurate an expert
ment on this, that the result is not left
to con e>ture. We divided litter of
six pigs. and to three fed clover and
corn-mea', and to the other three fed
corn-meal alone, soaked in cold water
The latter, every two or three weeks,
would be dainty in eating and appear
to be feverish, but alter fasting, and
taking only water for a day or two,
would eat again for some weeks, when
the same tasting period would be re-
peated. But the other three, fed on
meal and clover always had a good ap-
petite and made steady and rapid
progress. Each lot ate the same amount
of corn meal, but those fed clover
dressed nearly thirty per cent. the
most
We have become thoroughly con-
yinced of the Importance of giving the
pig green food i'll summer, and some
coarse food, such as roots, pumpkins or
short cut clover hay, boiled or softened
in warm water in winter. 1t does not
require much time to bring to lot Of
pigs clover or other green food, in yard
or pen, during the summer, 1t only
requires 100 lbs. for dozen pigs. We
think farmers are generally well con-
yinced of the benefits of a good pas
ture for pigs. and solling will take the
place of tbe pasture when the farmer
has noIe. zL5Fe Ssocl ysarsa..
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

been for the last three hundred and
fifty years, and so. we presume. it will
be. From this source was derived the
enormous wealth which in former tim IS
the Spaniards drew from Mexico. With
the profits of mining the massive and
costly buildings of the Mexican cities,
all re les OF the Spanish epoch, were
constructed; and whatever prosperity
may be in store for Mexico hereafter
must, we suppose, mainly proceed from
the same source. 1t is not an agricul-
tural country: it is a mining country,
with little agricultural thrown in.
Nature made it such, and such it re-
mains. -Editor. al Cor. N. J. ,Ssi;s.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

A year ago Veterinary Surgeon
Custer picked up q small dog on Sixth
street. near Penn, that had had a foot
crushed by car wheel, and, taking it
to his Office on berry street, he dressed
the na,ury. A farmer tooh the dog
home few days later. Yesterday
afternoon the dog, since then fully
grown, appeared on the doctor 5 Office
steps, and, when admitted, gave every
manifestation of joy in meeting his old
friend. A case OF wonderful instinct.
-Reading (Pd.) Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
Come. Gentle Spring,

and bring malaria, dyspepsia, hiliousness,
torpidity Of liver and a train Of kindred
maladies. Fortunately Kidney Wort is at
hand. 1t may be had of the nearest drug
gist, and will purify the system, correct
the stomach and bowels, stimulate the liver
and kidneys to healthy ac ion, remove all
poisonous humors and make you feel like
a new man. As spring medicine, tonic
and blood Purifier it has no equal.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

IF you are trouble with sores, aches,
pains and general weakness of the various
bodily functions, don't be deceived by the
advertisements of bitters, kidney medi-
cines, ETC., whose certificates of pretended
cures are often paid for. Put your trust
in that simple remedy called DR.. Guysotl's
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. 1t will
cure you by purifying the blood and
Strengthening the weak portions of your
body. You will also find it very refresh
ing to the brain and nervous system. The
proprietors receive hundreds of letters be-
slowing upon it the highest praise.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
CURE OF PAIN IN BACK AND STIFF
NECK.

10i ADELPHI STREET, BROOKLYN, N. ",
February 20, 1854. I
have had pain in my back for years and
it troubled me night and day. could get
no relief, not even for an hour. At last,
hearing so much Of ALLCoCK'S PLAsTERs,
/ tried two. In three hours the pain began
TO decrease; in twelve hours was entirely
relieved. l continued wearing the Plasters
week, and was entirely cured. | also
rsed them for stiff neck, which ALL
COCKS PLAsTERs cured in four hours.
n. A. MULLAY.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

The other morning woman ap-
piled at the Troy On. ~ Surrog ate's $
office for letters of administration on
her husbands estate, the estate being a
claim of few dollars against the city.
'Did your husband leave any personal
property" asked the Surrogate Lord.
.'lndeed, he did" replied the widow;
'rhree boys and two girls. "-1rog
Times
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
Cancer for TWENTY Years.

Mr.. w. r. Robinson, Davisboro, Ga,
writes, under date Jan. 3, 1884: +" am get
ting on finely, the ulcer is gradually heal
ing. | feel that Swiits Specific will cure
the horrible cancer which has been feeding
Oh me for over twenty years."
Mr.. 0. G. Barron, of Banning, Ga. writes,
dated March 5, 1884: "1he soreness has all
gone out of the Cancer, and my health has
greatly improved. | have taken six bot
Ties of SwIFT's SPECIFIC, for Skin Cancer,
which have had for years"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
"A linen towel nearly two hundred

"A linen towel nearly two hundred
years old, owned by Ichabods Bartlett,
one of the signers OF the Declaration Of
Independence, is now in possession of
John Shapley, cf Auburn, n. Y. 1t is
of the ordinary old-fashioned linen, and
was nearly a century old when in pos
session of Mr. Bartlett. Ithas descend
ed as an heirloom through the different
generations OF the family. aDsl prsr
served as a rel-o Of Two centuries,
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

LADIES who intend to visit
Balls and parties most exquisite,
Or, with lovers to elope,
Should not only dress in style,
But should always use a while
Beeson's AEum Sulphur Soap. ."-25c
druggists.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
CURE OF LUMBAGO.
1e0ts SUMMIT AVE, JERSEY CITY, N. J.,
EehrilarY Is 1884 {

1e0ia SUMMIT AVE, JERSEY CITY, N. j.,
February Is, 1884 (
This is to certify that 1 have been
troubled with lumbago for long time,
and have tried everything, and could not
get relief until l used ALLCocK's Porous
PLASTERS.
l have also used BRANDRETH's PILLS in
my family for the last five years for bill
iousness, and would have no other, as
they give me the best satisfaction.
M. VREELAND.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

LYDIA E. PINKHAM's Vegetable Com
pound is to be had at the nearest drug store
for dollar. 1t is not elaine that this
remedy will cure every disease under the
sun, but that it does all that it claims to do,
thousands of goodwomen know and declare.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

PAPILLoN Cough Cure does not cont ain
any drugs or chemicals; it is purely vege-
table. 1t cures Whooping Cough, Bron-
chial Cough, or tickling in the throat, and
Winter Cough so prevalent in older people.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

EY Get the Best Dyes. The Diamond
Dyes for family use have no equals. All
popular colors easily dye i fast and beauti-
ful. Only 10c. a package at druggists.
Sample Card, 80 colors, and book OF direc-
tons for &c. stamp.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

TIE Empress of Austria can set type
and the empress of an American farm can
set hen. Customs differ in different
countries.-MeYchdnt IfGUeler.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

DESERVING OF FCoNFIDENCE.-There is no
article which so richly deserves the conf
dence of the public as BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs. Those suffering from Asthmatic
and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs and Colds,
should try them. Sold only In boTeS.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

TIE question Of the hour-What time is
it?-BoStOn Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

PIso's CURE for Consumption is not only
pleasant to take, but it is sure to cure.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

WHEN coal fire is almost exhausted
for want of fuel just give it a scuttle OF
coal, and notice how grateful it will look.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

" Is SNORING bad for the healthD' asks
a correspondent. Not unless the person
he sleeps with is bigger than he is.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

-FOUR prisoners have escaped from Sing
Sing-over the guardian wall.-R0cheSter
Post Dispatch.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

A REGULAR poser-The photographer -
Phuddelphia Chronicle.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

"AMATEUR ACTOR" is informed that the
first supe mentioned in history is Godfrey
de Bouillon.-BOStOn Courier.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

A NEW kind of monster potato is called
the "whi,e elephant" This is carrying
the adulteration Of food little too far
~ Y. Graphic.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

PAPILLoN Catarrh Cure is soothing, does
not smart or burn; it is used by insufda-
tion, or by spraying.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
. PAP.I-.LLON 7
CATARRH CURE,

An unfailing means Of curing nasai ca.a- -l..
by insufiation. Catarrh, cold in the head' Ulon ~
chial catarrh, and hay fever yield alinoo' -
stantly to this sovereign remedy. IL y I.i
medicine that does not smart, burn or lri 10
It aIlays the inflammation, prevents acoLn.
lations Of matter, and permits free preatnl-7I iiI
1t relieves these naladies thoroughly anu .l.- III
permanently cure. Its efficacy as co,aIs cuIo-
hay fever is established, as many test Io-
certify. 1t has been used several yeaie- Ioy+
offensive discharge from the nose VI q
sense of smell, taste or hearing, ana pa We
your head, use Papillon Catarrh Cure.
constantly receive reports from physoi,'a.s py'aaa.s
and from druggists acknowledging the suo,T ds.
of this remedy. Cltarrh is dece9t ,'o;tron
ease, and if chronic is dangerous r,anv
Catarrh Cure has produced cures "
acknowledged incurable cases. n;ree-
Price, s1.00 per bottle, six for so'Vo' ta++la
uons in ten languages accompany every
~ For sale by all druggists.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

DARWIN says there is living principle
in fruit. We suppose he refers to the
worms-Iadiandp0l Scissors.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

A MAN without future-a bursted stock
broker-NerchdRt IrdUeler.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

a. N. K. b.,
WHEN WRITING TO ADNhh'I ST IN
please say you saw the advertiser, ,nov
this paper. Advertisers NE = III. era
when and where their Advertisement
paying best,
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Soothes the lungs convulsed with a cough.
Pixies toothache drops cure in one minute.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

Coon advice for the better-Better quit.
N. Y Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell It. 25o.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
Done in an Hon.
cream Balm

SAY causes 4 no pain Givc,
fSliei iSa i-, L-once. Clcsn1..eess
healthy secrefi,o'rg.' + /, IS
Ahatcs intlen,..,...u..lls, y. y ~,
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31

NY. ONCE. 159 W .28d St., bet. 9Th and tn Avs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-30
M'GREGoR.
Obltnary-ToMn Notes.

0blinary-TOWn Notes,
Special TO the Gazette.
MoGREGoR, TEX, Oct. 29.-Mr. G..
w. Acre, one of our leading dry goods
merchants, died at o'clock this morn
ing. His remains will be inferred in
the city cemetery tomorrow.
The remains of the Rev. A. S. Kim
zey, who died about S o'clock this
morning, were forwarded by the Texas
d ST. Louis railway this evening to
Gallatin, Tenn, his former home, for
interment.
Mr.. II. Flanders, superintendent of
the Texas IL st. Louis railroad, spent
to-day in our town.
Mr.. w. p. Prestridge of Temple.was
in our town last night.
Mr.. elite Calvert of our city and
Miss Sallie Nefl Of Eagle Springs, Cor
yell county, will be married tomorrow
evening at the residence Of the brides
parents.
Grain continues to come in slowly.
The weather was clear and pleasant
to-day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-30

Justice. Investigations will be,the or
der Of the day. What Is hidden must
be brought to light. A Democratic
administration and a Democratic con-
gress are looked to TO carry out this
detective work.
The first work of the Democrats OF
the house OF representatives when
they come together in December
should be 10 appoint investigating
committees to examine in general
way all the avenues leading to Repub-
lican corruption. This will be merely
preliminary to the more particular ex-
ploration that will be made of all de-
partments by the prospective Demo-
cratic administration. 1t will be gen.
eral because It cannot be as scrutiniz-
ing as needs be, while the offices are
filed with Republicans, who will in
terpose everything that ingenuity and
interest can think OF TO embarrass the
work Of ferreting out the rogues. 1t
needs only TO go far enough to get on
the right scent. After they know
that Democratic president has
been elected who will fill the
offices with new men, the present
ofiice-holders and heads of depart
ments will have four months TO cover
up much Of their rascality. They will
go to work at once putting their books
In order for the examination that is to
be made, and will be able 10 hide much
Of their dishonesty. But a general In
veatlgation this winter, TO show where
the tracks Of the foxes lead, will be
sufficient. When the Forty-ninth
congress meets it can go to work and
dig them out ef their holes, assisted by
y Democratic administration, Demo-
cratic heads of departments and Demo-
cratic officials all around. Then things
will be brought to light that have not
been dreamed of. The Springer in
vestigating committee recently re-
ported the theft of over Si,0OO,OOO in
one item. What lies behind that is
not known. Republican officials have
the handling of hundreds of millions
annually. That millions of this have
been diverted from public use there is
no doubt. The duty Of n Democratic
congress is to unearth the frauds, ex.
pose the knavss and punish the guilty.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-30
Work for Congress this Winter.

The second session of the Forty
eighth congress convenes on the first
of December. That Is but little more
than u month of, but In the interval
events of great political Importance are
TO occur.
Before the meeting Of congress It
viii be known that Democratic
president has been elected and that the
political power Of the country is to pass
out Of the hands OF the Republicans
and be taken by the Democrats, II
will be known that after the 4th OF
next March the president and the pop
ular branch OF congress-, and possibly
the senate, will be in Democratic
hauds. An accounting for the past
will be asked for. Hendricks demand
for ian oyerhauling OF the booksn viii
be repeated by the people. The thiever
who have stolen from the government
and covered their tracks by hay
Ing custody Of the evidences
OF their dishonesty win be brought L
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-30
WACO.
Meeting of Medical Men To-Day Chit
Chat.

hcSlluB Va htuiChi NTH 1O-Dhy Unit
Chat.
Special TO tho Gazette.
WACO, Ten, Oct. 29.-Dr. Baird OF
Albany, Tex, is the first physician to
arrive from abroad to attend the meet
ing of the medical men tomorrow.
The convention is called to discuss
electricity as therapeutic agent and
to form state association. DIR. Baird
brings with him an extensive electri.
cal outfit, consisting of batteries, etc.
Other physicians from the leading
towns OF the state are expected to.
night and in the morning.
Oseola tribe, No. 0, Improved Order
of Red Men, was instituted tonight
by Gus Davidson. 1t is the first lodge
of this order ever organized here.
This morning Rabbi Suhler found
the bullet fired into his room night be-
fore last. He preserves it as souvenir.
The coolest weather of the season
has prevailed here to-day.
Senator Coke went to Austin to-day
TO speak there tonight.