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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-01-26

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TREASURER,S REPORT.
Report Of w. B.. White, Treasur-
:1 s1' y, er, for quarter ending
-, a.4 Oct. End 1883. q A 9e
ct a2s9zei@4 General fund. 81 's',
July q. to bal as per report 1al.71
: b s, by amt paid per yea
" IS o1S tS'aa s. - eozssz .zse sou
Ost 2, bal % hand i ,essssal88.2l
> 80 Street and Bridge fund .
July 2, to bal as per report 1901
to receipt or disbursement
on said fund since last report
e3Fo' Sinking fund. as
Oct 2 amt on hand this date 12S.s7
eea Respectfully submitted,
3'fa : e5 w. B. WHITE.
Treasurer.
Abbeville, Oct lst 1883, we finG
the above report to be true enc
correct. = E.-zssa.sst,. a+g X
s,sas = :. fIHtss r.. C.. SNEDEs,
si7eF sd1 4et iis14a Jos. j. iABADrE.
r There being, no other business
to transact, on motion the council
adjourned sine die. n.y. ~
r. G. SMEDEs,, W. B. WHITE,
.. j 20 ! sa. aSi Mayor. ,.'.o 5o h f.. secty
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.Ofncial Directory: ?,

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p's's''' '' john ChreG.
district Attorney
CLERK If District Court, '<'' ''' .
~ L>sr1E DRorssApD.n
Rapressntatiie z,......9
Sheriff 6 Tax Collector,
'"' - ". W. KUEHL1Sc,.
o0'0''' ". D. WHITE. y
Police Jury. vor
3 pauEAux. Jos. TRAHAN,
I VAysLYKs, J.T. BRoUssARD.
D. NUNEz l.. IHlBEAu4'~
CLERK Of Police Jury,
A.LAcoUR.
Parish Treasurer,
~ ISAAC WISE. .
Town Council.
gs y ~ r. C. SMEDEs, Mayor. ..1 /
j. J. ABADlE, Q. BoURouE.D /
3. Wise, LAslIG' bRo0ssARD'
Gso. E. LYONS, Constable.
t,1ussice- Of the Peace, Sd. Ward !:
" r WuITE. q. LABAUyE.
esnrveyprs |al, ,aa7:
" ". EpwAeDs. E. MoNTAGShl. (; n !
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Amendment No. 2.

ART. lag. sAH fees and charges
Fixed by law Tor the varions Civil
Courts of the parish Of Orleans.
aid for the Register Of Conveys
ances and Recorder of Mortgages
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ltT. No. ia, !

O tie, asgular Session Of 1882,
Amendment to Article l46 Of
the Constitution Of tire State
Relative 10 Fees and Charges
to be Paid by Stamps ia the
Parish Of Orleans. @&@ Fs'
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r.,ss Respectfully submitted,
,sfasasq sa GEO. e. LYONS,
Con- Collector.
Abbeyille, La, Oct. 1st 1883
We find the within report correct
and that the collector has on
hand on Licenses one hundred and
fsrtys do llars, Oh taxes of the pres
ent year enc hundred and seventy
eight dollars and an fyes thirteen
50I100 dollars. ''' -''''.'''''.. '-'s
q 2S5 . 60 o. R.yC. SMEDEs,
=. :........ los. J. ABAD1E.
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A OU Y E. MIR
+. Washington City,

embracing q collection Of all he
Pu5}ic Buf'r;ng8 ia and around The
Na't"nat Gnu4al,
enclosed "a handsome raae, viii he zsat
z any address post paid, for so cents, by
addressing
J. BRADLEY ADAMS,
fp. ., S. Fat. Office. ashingtoa, p, 6.
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: ACT 10, 1875

= .N.Ea III = TT a 9 .FEg.3G - GIW
OftheI Regular Sessiontof 1882
! ssAwendmeptt to Article, 81, of
,so The: .Gensdtatian of the State,
/. Relative TO the Jurisdictionsof
4 he Supreme sCeart.,a.s ~
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~RECAPITULATIoN>,4 e ss s's2S
amt of taxes on rolls ..882 81 go
=" 81" ,ssa" 70 "&s" 1883 768 ()6
amt Of licenses Of 1883 100 on
amt OF haes coll NJ ss.e NJ l3, SO
licenses rec sin last report 80 90
sg 8zet8 8s&ss+F 81 ~ 3a@f@ee.tyF - ~
RE s.a aaa sasiat az -o,o--o
% a.. - sassaaetjg8*Isa sic - 1Uo9 10
amt sf aheoll taxes on rolls sf
siooA s. a-#. ... s4aggg.e.~ ~ 6O
amt OF nncoH taxes on - 4~8 naa
rolls of 1883 Ts 'Aas be 500 U6
amt Of uncoll licenses t., A'y,5=
Of 1883 D. @ ss.s ~ ias = SO 90
amt coll and on hand a54ssia
Oh taxes of 1888" a. 178 90
amt col and on hand
Oh licenses Of 1883 '''' 10 90
amt col and on hand, fines l3 so
by licences coll On hanf 80 90
~ 5=aaaelsf,et - 3sp4'-- -
Iiw baziea4=f a~-aa r. "a 1899 l6
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-, A jury was draw for the Isl
week Of the term only IA test
.' LAsT1E BRoUssARD, Clerk.
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Amendment No. q.

AIT, 95. "The Courts Of Ap.
peal, except IN cases hereinafter
provided, shall have appellate
jurisdiction, only, which jurisdic-
tion shall extend in all cases, civil
or probate, when the matter in
dispute Or q the, funds :, to be dis
tributed shall exceed one hundred
dollars, exclusive Of interest, and
shall not exceed two thousand
dollars, exclusive Of, of,interest."
AMENDMENT TO; ARTICLE
l0l s4 aoi
OF fhe Constitution of the State,
Relative to Trial of Gases in
Courts Of Appeals when Judges
"disaoree a~ rs
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Saaffaripa, Rivu-s'do. cal Tho dry climate cures
,ve 4hrolt. Lungs, fuI ausa. Sc p route, cost fres
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AMENDMENTTJ A ARTICLE

~ 95 n II F2%ftE -
OF the Constitution Of the State
> Relative to the Jurisdiction of
Courts Of Appeal. y
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of saidparisk, shalkenute to the
State ,9an Assams,rea lied there

Of saidparisk, slalkenute to the
'State,sand da Assumsorea lied there,
from shall be setssaside and held
as 'hespeciM,iilnd, outsnoff Rhich
Iisball be paid,o hy preference, the
expenses of the GAerk of thel liEil
hDistxict Uou1d ,Fthe :Clerksiof the
|seity Conrts, the Register Of Con
yeSabces and ,,heu Recorder OF
Mortgages Of f.itlic, parish of Or
leans : provided that the State
shall never make any payment to
any Sheriff,, Clerk Register OF
Conveyances or Recorder of Mort.
cages Of the parish Of Orleans, Or
any Of Their deputies, for salary or
other expenses Of their respective
oficns, except from the special
fund provided for BY THIS article.
and a!,y ssappropriatioa made con
trary to this provision shall be
nulIi and void,.''f sftt 10 so'is!aas
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-01-26

Of. the Regular Session Of 1882
Amendment to the Articles Of
= the State Debt Ordinance Of the
Z Constitution of, 1919. xaesj
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
Summer Care OF Cattle.

During the winter months cattle KEEP
under protecting roofs are brought
more closely under the eyes Of their at
PENDANTS than throughout the grass sea
son. especially where the range OF pas
turagc is extensive; and if those attend
ants and their eyes are worth anything,
the slightest symptom of illness or o.
iry other event, casual or perlodical,
needing special attention, will be IN
stantly noticed. 1t IS not necessarily
so in summer. when :he cattle mostly
attend To their own want as regards
food and water, and. excepting the
COWS when hand-milked. those which
live out OF doors are not brought under
the notice of any one, for hours, or even
days At a stretch. unless special provis-
ion is made for the frequent and sys-
tematic inspection of the whole nerd.
Where the cattle are of any consider
able value. and Il single loss falls heav
ily upon the owner. il is all the mors
;mportInt that the intervals between
sl;e rounds of inspection should not be
Go long. adti0ndi Lice-StOck JonrnGa
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
A Spoonful Of Manure.

/ Suppose one is raising a Young colt or
calf CT lamb or pic. which from any cause
finds ii difficult TO get sufficient milk
from its dam for the first few days of its
Xistence. Would it not get a poor start
that would be likely to affect all its
after growth? Would not q little extra
appropriate food at such time tell upon
its growth and vigor eve to maturity?
Apply this reasoning 10 a young plant
of corn. of wheat. or of any field or
or garden crop. The young
germ starts out. For a little while il
grows and expands until the roots be-
come numerous enough and stretch out
Tar enough to gather sap and other food
from the soil. Its first food is the starch
and other material stored for it in the
seed. Now suppose as this decreases
and is exhausted. the tender roots find
more of similar food close at hand, in
the form OF rotted manure or other fer
t~ilizer>, to give it an extra push forward.
Does it not stand to reason that these
rootlets will be stimulated to larger,
stronger growth. and push out further
and faster into the soil, and thus be in
position and strength to take up more
food. &c expand an grow with greater
5igor? There ara few soils, even on
the fertile prairies. to which the addi-
ton of q half-gill or eve a tablespoon.
full of liquid manure, or of water soak
ing from manure in the soil. or of some
artificial fertilizer, would no have a
welcome and stimulating effect
Prairie Farmer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
Currant Enemies.

We are asked by 4 correspondent if
there is ..any remedy for worms th.t
eat the leaves of currant bushes" Yes;
thoroughly stir an ounce of white
heliebore into a pailful of water. BE
sure and get white hellebore. This may
be used even when the currants arc
ripe. simply taking the precaution to
wash The fruit thoroughly. But it is
not harmful TO the human being any
how. Sometimes hot water, about as
hot or a little hotter than the hand can
be born in. is applied with beneficial
results. After the fruit is gathered, if
there are worms troubling the bushes
apply Paris green. about a teaSpoonful
to q pail of water. Paris green is certain
when it can be used with safety. II
an insect eats it. it is a dead insect.
But, of course, it can not be used On the
fruit itself. 1t is probable that many of
us do not pay as much attention to in
sect enemies As we should. OF one
thing we may be certain; unless we
FIGHT such enemies they will get the
better of us. Many a man is over-run
with destructive insects simply because
he does not look for them, and does
not see them. until they are in such
force as to destroy ali his fruit.-Hest'
ern Rurd..
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
Trimming Hedges.

Very serious mistakes are often made
in trimming hedges. To have a hedge
look well it is important that it should
be kept thick at the bottom; this can
only be done by encouraging the growth
to die on the lower branches. that mo-
ment the hedge will begin to lose its
besuty. and gradually there will come
unsightly gaps at the bottom of the
hedge. which when once made are very
difficult to cover up with foliage.
With a hedge properly trimmed it il
difficult enough to keep all parts of il
green and well filled with leaves: but
with the usual method of trimming it is
very nearly, if not quite. impossible.
As the great enemy to the growth and
vigor of leaves is shade, every effort
should he made to bring all portions OF
the hedge into the sunshine; to this end
the top of the hedge should never be
permitted to overharg the bottom. To
trim the sides perpendicular and the top
square, is moi only to make a stiff, un-
NATURAL and unsightly. hedge, but it is
bringing the lower part of the hedge
where il car not get as much sunshine
as it e
The bottom of a hedge should always
be the widest, and the top should round
up somewhat in the form of a young
cedar or hemlock tree that grows in the
open field. This fern will leave the
lower branches in a position to get sun
shine and air. elements so necessary for
the growth of leaves.
1t is almost the universal custom to
trim a hedge with pruning shears, but
if one cares more for beauty than time,
the pruning knife is the best, providing
it be used by one who understands his
business. and also providing natural
beauty is sought for. To use the shears
year after year gives the hedge a stiff,
unnatural appearance, but with a knife
in the hands of one who understands
natural beauty, the twig may be cut SO
as to leave a natural appearance. and
yet keep the hedge in a symmetrical
form.
These remarks apply more particu-
larly TO evergreen hedges. which to
keep in perfect condition requires even
more care than 4 hedge of deciduous
trees or shrubs. One of the principal
causes for abandoning hedges is because
OF the fact that they have been so
trimmed that they have become unnat-
ural and unsiShtly MasSachu-
sets ROughman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
narrowing Corn.

1t is useless TO repeat the annual les.
son TO all good farmers. Blu: there are
Vet a large number who do not believe
in or practice narrowing corn. They
may believe it beneficial to harrow or
by taking out the ceItcr teeth and then
Stradiling tie row. but zone of this Is
narrowing corr in he true and impOr-
tant sense. 1t neeu' 4 tine, slant'n S-
toothed harrow; th,n harrow so as to
stir the soil in the hills and tear out the
incipient weeds. With this kind of
harrow begin the work rs soon as the
corn is planted. and keep it stirring
lively every day until the corn is large
enough to stand, turning the dirt TO tine
hill with the cultivatOr. And do not be
troubled about tearing up the corn, as
there is but little danger of in Jury, even
when ii looks as if it were all orn to
pieces. And do not fear narrowing toe
much. No such case has occurred yet,
nor is there any probability of such an
accident in the future. The harrow il
really the greatest implement in max
i'm the corn crop, and rs the patent has
expired on the SlantinG-toothe.l har.
rows. one can have them without pay
in two hundred per cent. royalty.
Fine toothed harrows for corn can be
made light. and very wide. with joints SO
that they will fit uneven ground. With
a harrow twelve feet wide. an active
team can go over thirty or forty acres
per day, and thus the entire crop can
be narrowed two or three times q week,
which viii be non toe much. With
the slanting teeth. corn ground which
has considerable rubbish On it can be
narrowed, but requires much more
care. By the aid Of stalk cutters-oI
even by deep and careful blowing with
the best class of riding plows, the
stalks can be turned under so complete
" As to admit of corn narrowing. And
it is 50 vitality important to harrow,
that all farmers should provide a time
to dispose of stalks, Stubble or coarse
manure, and thus give the harrow
chance TO do good service. The har.
row is not half appreciated. nor is the
character of the harrow needed fully
understood. The old. heavy. clumsy
harrow should be sent to the wood.
pile for fuel, and the light implement,
with small but numerous teeth. sub
stituted. The real harrow should have
six times rs many teeth, and be three
times As large as the regulation harrows
of forty years ago, some of which are
trying to do service on the farms of the
Rip ' an Wrinkles behind the hills, and
unfrequented hollows.-C. +. Garrison.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
African Topography.

Most African travellers are now con
filming their attention TO comparative ly
small areas, and they can therefore de-
scribe with accuracy and minut"neSS
districts which Livingstone. Spoke.
Cameron and Stanley were able to
sketch only in broad outline. They are
compelling geographers to revise Their
notion OIL man interesting questions ot
African topography. Mr.. A NJ.
Aiackey. &. f., who has spent three
years near Victoria Nyanza, writes
that u maps give a very erroneous
outline of the lake. and that Staniey'S
charts are extremely inaccurate, which
is not remarkable in view Of Stanley'S
short visit there. Six months = the
vessel Eleanor was launched on the
MAMA, and Mr.. Mackey expected
with her aid. to make an accurate survey
of the whole coast.
The missionaries at King Mtesa'sca
ital have just ent word that the lake
which has long figured on the map a>
Lake Bahrin@o. and which the explorer
Fischer tried 10 reach last wear, has no
existence. Stanley thought he had
identified his ArUwimi River, the large
northern a'ruent of the Congo. with
the Welle River of Schweinfurth. but the
researches of DR.. Junker. who Is spend
inc his fourth year among the Nam
Mans make it appear that the Aru-
wimi is known al its headwaters As
the Nepoto River. and that the Wells
emptieS into Lake Tchad. Perhaps
every atlas published last year repre-
scented the Quango River As flowing into
the Congo above Stanley Pool. though
we are now certain that il mingles with
the Wabuma River before it meets the
Congo.
SIX years ago the late Bishop Gilbert
Haven wrote. what ge~ographerS gen
erallv believed. that lakes Tanganyika
and Nyassa were separated by a dis
lance of five hundred miles; but the
missionaries who are now building a
road between those lakes find that a
highway two hundred and twenty miles
long will connect them. DIR. Stecker
has recently found that the Odessa
River, which appears on the map as an
affiuent OF the Blue Nile. empties into
the Indian Ocean; and MessrS. Drum
mond and ONeill have Just discovered
that the Lucinda River. which, since
Livingston visited it. has been thought
to drain Lake Shirwa, rises in a lake
further north whose existence has hith-
erto been unknown. So. step by step
the real facts are superseding errone.
Gus impressions of African geography.
N. !. Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
commercial Travellers.

II any evidence were wanting to con-
vince one that business is fiat it might
be found in the knots of well-dressed
men who sit about the wholesale stores
exchanging stories, smoking and smil-
ing, but never looking about for any
thing to do. These are the commercial
travellers. They are At home. and when
they pack their samples and leave their
well-worked paths it is a good time to
rest. They are the happiest, most
genial class in the world. With both
ewes darling about keenly in search of
trade they have vet time to make life a
merry me-. They are a e r distinct
class. and l often wonder they are not
seized on oftener by our rising novelistS
and playwrights and drawn as they are
not distorted as Phipps. Like mo
other pushing people. the sharp drum.
mers get rich, and often very quickly.
They usually all of them have several
irons in the fire all the time, and keep
a telescope lookout for chances besides.
Competition keeps their invention active
for means to get ahead. | know of n
dry goods man. who has an extensive
territory, who subscribes for news
papers than are on the exchange list of
a great many metropolitan Journals.
He reads them carefully. painfully in
fact. and remembers what he reads,
and when he reaches the town of. say.
Dead Eye. Tex, or Prairie Dog. Neb..
he can talk with merchants on local
affairs just like a native. 1t pays him,
for it tickles them Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
Feeding Chickens.

One of my correspondents wants TO
know why chicks should not DE fed
soon after Matching. Simply because
they don't need food. The yelk-sac
which is absorbed just before leaving
the shell affords sufficient nourislIment
for the first twenty or twenty-fOur
hours. After beginning, feed often, say
five or six times 4 day tor the first
month or six weeks: then the number
bf meals per day max be gradually iii
mini>hCd. until At zen or twelve weeks
they viii thrive on three meals per day.
Feed early and late. The first feeding
should be- a o o &c possible alter day
livnt. the lat as late as they can see
10 rat. When old enough to swallow
the kernels. let the lat feed al nigh: be
wheat or cracked corn.
Feed reEularly-n0t their breakfast
al FIVE O'Clock one morning, seven the
next. and the other meals whenever
You happen to think Of it Chicks
standing around We or three hours al
a time chipping for food are not re-
markable for rapid growth.
Don't feed uncooked meal. sour food
of any kind. or sloppy food Chicks
may lve-some of them-on such stut,
but they will not thrive 1t is some
trouble TO cook and prepare the right
kind food for a large number OF little
chicks. but whatever is worth doing
a. all IS worth doing we'll" Chicks
that are fed generously and regularly
on fresh. wholesome, cooked food, Tor
the first three or four months, VIII
make better breeding stock, better lay
ers. and better market fowls than those
that worry along through chickenhoot
on scanty rations of raw meal and
water.
Don't waste food by throwing 1t on
tn ground IL the dirt, or by feeding sc
much at a time that the greater portion
will be left. | know poultry ralsers
who in that way waste more food tnar
the chickens eat and then grumbie be-
cause it costs so much TO raise chick
ems" Feed each time what they VIII
EAT up clean. and no more A few
~spoon.uls of ~chicken-food may seem
like Il small matter, but it Is the close
looking after these small matters, the
Stopping OF a little waste here n
a little waste there, that increases the
credit side of the account amy
Fild, az Prairie FdrnlcT.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
Working q New Line.

A tramp struck Detroit the other dsy
VINO Will grow rich where Others of his
class Will freeze and starve. 1t has long
oeen wonder that none of these men
seemed to know how to take human
mature, but there is a man at last. He
was Yesterday working several streets
III the northern part OF the city. He
made his calls al the front door. Sc.
iectlng his house. and when his ring was
answered he would remove his hat and
inquire:
saleg'0
mo, SIR"
"Ah! excuse me. l was told that il
was Tor sale. although l could not us-
derstand why you would want to part
with such fine property. This is one OF
me prettiest streets in Detroit"
"ies, l think So"
1.-The air must be sweet and pure
bere?''
~Oh, yes"
, -iiow nice everything around your
Moose is kept up, ANY stranger could
al once see that the family had taste
and culture. Sorry the pace is not for
sale"
do you wish to buy?"
Not exactly, but l know a gentle
man who is looking for Just such a
place, and | volunteered to run about q
little for him. l presume you would
want at least $50. 0DO?"
"0h. my, no, my husband values the
place at about $4,000"
only $4,000! Beg pardon, but {
hope he won't be foolish enough 10
think OF selling it at that figure. He
might Just as well get S16, o00. 1 see
that your neighborS try to initiate your
curtains. Ha. ha, Poor limitations
That is a grand flower vase YOU have
there. l priced one in New York the
other day and it was 5000"
Yes" she replied, pleased and
smiling.
If l was ar art connoisseur l should
like TO look over your house. Every
thing betokens that you have made art
a study and travelled extensively in Eu-
rope BY the way, I'll step to the side
entrance for n glass of water, and if he
girl can spare a bit OF bread and meat
I'll be thankful. My long walk has
made me faint. Beautiful front view
here-taste and culture apparent even
in he way this mating is nailed down
on the steps. Sorry your residence Is
not for sale. and I'll just step to the
kitchen door"
He not only got a square meal, but
she hunted him up a coat. hat and pair
OF boots, and then felt that she was in
his debt.-UetrOit Free Press.