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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
INTERESTING DECISION.
ono That Is Of Utmost Importance t
Prospective AbscOtders.

ono That Is Of Utmost Importance to
Prospective AbscOhders.
The Chief Justice of the Province OF
Quebec has Just made d decision which
attacks the rights of Americans who
abscond to Canada and may hereafter
cause considerable annoyance to tinan-
cial gentlemen who feel called on to
move suddenly across the International
boundary line. The man Pitcher, who
took all the bonds and cash of Provi-
dence bank and fed with them to Cam
ada, where he was arrested on his way
to England, was on trial on a charge
of bringing stolen money into the coun-
try. The Chief Justice held that while
greenbacks were not a legal-tender in
Canada and hence did not have all the
attributes of property, still American
gold coins were legal-tender and it
had been proven that some Of those IN
the possession of Pitcher when arrested
were stolen from the Providence bank.
So the jury went ahead and found
Pitcher guilty, and unless he gets new
trial or something else happens he may
have to spend fourteen years at hard
work in Canadian penitentiary.
Now if this decision is to be sustained
it behooves all bank presidents and
cashiers who think of going to Canada
and all runaways generally to study up
the laws of the Dominion and see what
can safely be taken there from the
United States. It becomes necessary
to find out what is legal-tender the
other side of the line and to keep watch
to see that there ia no new legislation
on the subject. A bank clerk who
means to change his country must keep
as close an eye on the legislation at
Ottawa as at Washington. He will
also have to keep his cash in such shape
that in the hurry of departure he will
not slip in few English coins or Cana
dian bank bills, which are recognized
as property in the land of his adoption.
It will be best to stick close to green
backs and National bank notes and lei
all metal currency alone. Chicago ITt'
| ba3le
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
RELIGIOUS AND E0uoATIoNAl


Open biographical volumes Nherq
you viii, and the man who has 20 faith
in religion has faith IL a nightmare.
Bulsosf.
1T is impossible to mentally Or 90.
clally enslave Bible-roadlng people.
The principles Of the Bible arc the
groundwork Of human freedom.
Horace Greeley.
hot active trade and victorious
armies, but religion and morality aN
the safeguards Of freedom When faith
is lost virtue soon departs also, and,
corrupt to its very core, a. unbeliev'
ing nation soon sinks tame and meanly
into decay. -R. Payne sm:H, D. D.
Never expect the comforts Of d.
vine love out Of the way Of Gods pre-
cspts; he may surprise you with bic
kindness, but he has not promised you
his comforts undor arieh circumstances
-Christian at Work.
do not wade far out into the 1an'
gerous sea Of this worlds comfort
Take what the good God provides YOU
but say of it, at passeth away; for IN.
deed It is but a temporary supply
for a temporary need. Never suffer
your goods to become your God. Spar
geon.
The only cure for indolence ia
work, the only cure for selfshness is
sacrifice; the only cure for unbeliei i
70 shake of the ague Of doubt by doing
Christ's bidding; the only cure fof
timidity is to plunge into some dread
full duty before the chill comes on.--
Rutherford.
1T can be easily shown that the
young man who goes into business life.
after four years spent in college, viii
make more rapid progress, and stand
better chance Of being a really success
full merchant, than the boy who, with
out such training, begins his career
by doing errands and sweeping out the
store.
Holiness at home. means habitual
sweetness of temper and word. Not
feigned oraffected, but the pure, hon.
est outflow of pure heart. This makes
full allowance for annoyances, perplex
tiles, sadness, grief, but rules out al
bitterness and wrath and anger and
clamor and railing, with all malice.
Eph. 4:31.)
he who faithfully discharges hi'
duties to God and man, as they arise
, from time to time, and in the various
, forms in which they 50 arise, need Civ
: himself no special concern about dying
grace That will come when he need
It. Gods promise secures to such
man happy exit from this world, am
an abundant entrance into his own ever
lasting kingdom. Right living is tn
t direct road to happy dying.-M Z In
dependent.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
suNsTRokE IN SIBERIA.
Sand-Storms and Intense Heat in the
Great Irish valley

Sand-Storms and Intense Heat IN the
Great Irish valley,
/ laughed at a Russian ofiicerin Omsk
who told me that the heat in the valley
of Irish was often so intense as to
cause nausea and fainting, and who ad-
vised me not to travel between eleven
o'clock in the morning and three o'clock
in the afternoon, when the day was
cloudless and hot. The idea of having
a sunstroke in Siberia, and the sugges-
tion not to travel there in the middle
Of the day, seemed to me so preposter-
GUS that | could not restrain smile of
amusement, He assured me, however,
that he was talking seriously, and that
he had seen soldiers unconscious for
hours after fit Of nausea and fainting,
brought on by marching in the sun
shine. He did not know sunstroke by
name, and seemed to think that the
symptoms which he described were pc
culiar effects of the Irish valley heat,
but it was evidently sunstroke that he
had seen.
At the station of the Voroninskaya,
in the middle Of this parched desert,
we were overtaken by furious hot
sand storm from the southwest, with a
temperature of 103 degrees in the
shade. The sand and fine, hot dust
were carried to a height of hundred
feet, and passed us in dense, suffocating
clouds, hiding everything from sight
and making it almost impossible to
breathe. Although we were riding in
the storm, and not against it, ! literally
gasped for breath for more than two
hours; and when we arrived at the sta
tion of Cheremshanka it would have
been hard to tell from an inspection of
our faces, whether we were Kirghis or
Americans--blackm men or white. Idrank
nearly quart Of cold milk, and even
that did not fully assuage my fierce
thirst. Mr. Frost, after washing the
dust out of his eyes and drinking seven
tumblers of milk, revived sufficiently tC
say: IF anybody thinks that it doesn't
get hot in Siberia, just refer him tC
me!'
At the station of Malo Krasnoyar
skaya we left the Irish to the right an(
saw it no more Late that afternoon
we reached the first foothills of the
great mountain range of the Altai, ant
began the long gradual climb to th'
Altai station. Before dark on the fol
lowing day we we're riding through
cool, elevated Alpine meadows, whert
the fresh green grass was intesminglet
with bluebells, from spires, gentian
and delicate fringed pinks, and wher
the mountain tops over our heads wer'
white, a thousand feet down with fresh
" fallen snow. The change from tn
tolrid African desert Of the Irish t
this superb Siberian Switzerland was 8
sudden and so extraordinary as to b
almost bewildering. George Kenaan
in Century.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
HOPE EoR THE DYING.
How an English Hospital Orderly Soothed
a Comrades Last Moment.

How an English Hospital Orderly Soothed
a Comrades Last Moment.
Nurses in hospitals arc rather apt to
lay too much stress on the advantages
received by their patients and their
duty of thankfulness, but still it is the
poor soldier who sufTersthe most from
always having his causes to be CRATE
full flung in his teeth. Witness the fol-
lowing true story:
Chaplain-So poor Hopkins is dead.
should have liked to speak to him
once again and soothe his last moments;
why didn't you call me?
Hospital orderly-I didn't think you
ought to be disturbed for 'Opkins, sir,
so just soothed him as best could
myself
Chaplain-Why, what did you say to
himP
Orderly go 'Oplsins," scz /, ''you're
mortal bad"
81 am, sez @.
"'Opkins, ses /, II don't think
you'll get better"
No" sez e.
"'Opkins," SCI I, you're going fast.
Yes" sez e.
"Opkins, sez ], Il don't think yor
can 'ope to go to 'eaven.n
II don't think can, scz o.
"Well, then, 'Opkins," SEE ], you'll
go to ell
II suppose so, sez he.
"Opkins, sez !, 'you ought to b
very grateful as there's a place pcrwid
cd for you, and that you've got some
where to CO. And | think e card
sir, and then e died, London Hospital
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03

bride away for nothing, and re hand ID
Charlie his check for $4,000, aud cei
tain deeds making him the owner Of a
handsome residence and other real es-
tate.
It was nearly half year before Ben
iamin Thayer began 70 entertain faint
gllinmering Of the fact that it was just
possible for certain .etter to have been
a fabrication.
1t was a letter which, about six weeks
before his daughters marriages had il
some inscrutable way got mixed
his own mail natter and wi al
though 1t was addressed 20 "Charles
Oxford" " he had opened and read per
haps without noticing that it was not
addressed to himself
But even II he had discerned this fact
he might only have been prompted by
a commendable desire to discover some
thing unfavorable in the antecedents OF
connections of one who aspired to his
daughters hand, and who might be a
mere adventurer Stray letters often
make such disclosures
But the letter happened TO read as fol.
lows, word for word:
NIw YORK, ,Thle O. tS-.
'Your Eordshp-I have Just returned from
England, afscr placing your estates in the hands
Of new steward, as you desired Onmaking {
thorough investigation, discovered that youl
lordships foimrr steward, Casey had squan
dered only 50 t0l CT e4O9O, which was not Sc
bad as there was reason to suspect. But there
is no knowing what he might have done had h'
not been suddenly checked in his reckless ca
reer
''Of your revenues for last year, $4,000 ar,
placed to your credit in the Bank of England
and have invested like amount for you il
American railroad bonds. The e10,0O) whicl
your lordship annually gives to the poor care
fully distributed for you, as YOU directed.
II trust that your lordship's health is good
and that Hou may not lack enjoyment. fee
deeply interested in your scheme to secure
wife who may marry you without being awar
OF your high position. On the devotion OF sucl
n one when you have secured her you can al
ways rely. But 1t does seem odd to me, the ide
Of yodr lordship assuming the humble role OF
Newspaper reporter. and the plain name o
Charles Oxford. No doubt you feel the incon
, venience OF the situation, but sincerely hop
your lordship will eventually be rewarded b.
the love of a lovely woman.
Pray do not hesitate 10 command me when
ever TRan serve your lordship in the slightes
degree. Your obedient servant
EDWARD KING, Attorney at Law.
Louis William Charlemagne Oxford, Earl Q
GreRtwiclS."
. If this letter really was fabrication
1t must have been the work Of that I'm
scrupulous little Joe Wadleigh, lAi
no matter, what was done could not b
undone, and old Ben Thayer was trill
too sensible to make noise about
that might present himself to the publ
in a ridiculous light. So, after feeling
I just little vicious for day or two, h
concluded to make the best of it, an
cousoled himself with the rehectio
that if he did not get "distinguishe
, nobleman" for a son-in-law, as he ha
once thought, he at least got nobl
+ man, since distinguished in journalism
~ Y EUeniig World.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
MoRNlNe.eLoRlEs.
shs tOok no gOld Or precIOus STORE

She took no gold or precious store
into that far on land,
o ily some morning-glory seeds
shut within her hand.
Thought The spirit Of tho flower
Somehow with hers might rise,
And quicken into iife and bloom
The soil Of Paradise.
1t seemed so for for her 10 go
Alone, TO that strange place,
Where everything was great and grand,
With DO familiar face.
But II she had these Blossoms there
She'd feel at home knew
For round our or they always hung
Their bells OF pink and blue,
She loved them so--they were the FIRST
weplarted when she came,
A gIrlsh bride, TO share my homs
My yhcarih, my heart, my name,
And always when 1 came she stvod
TO meet me In the door,
Where morning glories twined, and threw
Light shadows on the floor.
"The angels through these trumpets bright
Some messages may speak,
She used to say, and held them up
To brow and lip and check.
Ismiled at her quaint fancy then,
But row. when comes a stir
Among the leaves. my heart grows still
To hear some word from her
For yonder, where the east is bright
Where morning glories fair,
know shewaits for me the same
Uron the threshold there.
Albion Mary Fttio,cs, IL Indianapolis Journal,
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A contented spirit is the sweetneas
of existence. Dickens.
Life is too short to dwell on failures
push on to new success.
"A man is often highly esteemed for
what we don't know about him.
We find self-made men very often.
but self-unmade ones a good deal Of
tener
None but a man who is well loaded
will attempt to shoot the rapids. -Bos-
ton Post.
Tho best things are accomplished
when hope walks hand in hand with
endeavor
Those who try to be smart at other
peoples expense are often stupid at
their own.
The highest exercise of charity is
charity toward the uncharitable.-
Buckminster.
"A man is already Of consequence In
the world when it is known that we can
implicitly depend upon him.
Lyons.
Princes are brought up to live
with all the world-all the world
ought to be brought up to live with
princes.
Tho pleasantest things in the world
are pleasant thoughts, and the great art
in life is to have as many Of them as
possible.
Riches without charity are nothing
worth; they arc blessings to him only
who makes them blessing to others
-FTelding.
The creed of a narrow man: II g
friend changes his mind he is traitori
If a stranger does not think as you do
he is fool.-N 0. Picayuae.
The immortal taint in the hearts Of
many outwardly decent people is what
makes book thus tainted sell rapidly.
-Nashuile Christian Advocdte.
Passionate expressions and ve-
hement assertions are no arguments,
unless it be Of the weakness of the cause
, that is defended by them, or Of the man
that defends it. - ChillingUOrth.
Moody says II he could go down to
his grave apd have it honestly written
above it, .'He did what he could. he
/ would rather have it than a monument
Of gold reaching to Heaven. Doall the
good you can, to all the people you can,
as long as ever you can.
o Conversation warns the mind, en-
livens the imagination, and is contin-
' ually starting fresh game that is imme-
4 iiately pursued and taken, and which
would never have occurred in the dullel
= intercourse Of epistolary correspon
ience. Benjamin Franblia.
9 One who wants to be the object O
; good feelings on the part Of others mus
oe the subject Of such feelings towarl
,r them. This is what Solomon mean
when he said that .ihe that hath friend
a must show himself friendly" A cross
Illl-tempered, aud soslr-ninded man s.h'
l. really loves nobody = TOO hateful anl
8 odious to invite lie affection Of Others
IN 7. Iedepeaaeai
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
How to Test a Friend.


Study what your dog thinks of him.
See if he offers to lend more than
You ask.
Take him with you when you call on
your best girl if he happens to be hand
somer than you.
Note how long he remembers what
he has done for you.
Give him an opportunity to better
himself at your expense.
See if he breaks an appointment to
go elswhere.
When you have accomplished any
thing together note how much credit
he takes to himself.
Inconvenience him and see If he men-
tions it to his friends.
Offer him the chance to escort home
the pretty girl you met at your cous-
ms.
Judge him by what he does rather
than by what he says,
Always be short when he asks for
loan.
Give him an opportunity to anticl
pate the favor you are about 70 ash.
Judge.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
TOO HARD FOR HIM.


WY Uncle Joe Was Dissatisfied with Hls
Nelghbors.
$50 you are going to move out Of this
neighborhood, " said q white man, speak
ing to an old negro who had just fiu-
ished loading his household plumber Oh
a wagon.
'Yas, sab gwine ter quit you"
"Why so P''
"Wall, becaze de folks round yere
too hard fur me. Doan wanter fetch my
chiilun up in no sich or neighborhood.
Man halter be mighty purticuler, sab.
how he fetches up his chillun, Gaze de
Bible is mighty p'inted on dat iack "
I'm what respect are the people here
abouts too hard for you Pn
''W'y, sab, da's too bfash."
''How brash Pn
"Oh, wall, da's cuis,"
But how curiousp"
'Doail you III neres"
Eyes"
"Den you oughter know how da is
cuis."
"But l don't"
"Wall, Of you doan / KANT hep It,
dats all.
Eyes, but seeing that ! am ignorant,
YOU might ehlighten me. You must
remember that / live here, and any
charge which you bring against the
neighborhood in general reflects rela-
lively upon me-"
"Wall, I'll say right now dat you
amt got nothin' ter do wild my leavin' ,
an I'll also say ergin dat deze yere
folks is too hard fur me-
Just then a constable came up with a
warrant for the old.negro's arrest.
'Darf' he exclaimed when the war
rant had been read to him. Il tole you
deze folks wuz too hard fur me. Now
da come cuzin me o stealin'. Seein
dar reckelsome ways ies nachully tole
me da wuz goin' ter try ter git me inter
trouble. | spize ter be proiicked wild
dis way. Who says ] stold any
thingp"
1.-The warrant was sworn out by Col
ollol Jackson" the officer replied.
"An' he 'cuse me O. stealin' er set o
harnessP"
"Yes."
: "Ah, hah, dat's jist erbout like him
Wy, man KANT go round him wild
} out gittin' inter trouble
"You would not get into trouble /
t you were to behave yourself. "
: "Does have myself. Longs ter d.
> church; an oil dat. Come 'cusin' mt
s er stealin' harness. reckon he'll sa!
D denis de harness right dar," (point
ing.)
. mo doubt of it, the officer replied
''Wall, den, take de ole harness, an
let me go on erbout my bizness."
'1'll take the harness, but you mus
. come with me, too"
"Whuts de use'n me goin' Of you
4 got de harness P"
h Come on, old man."
O "Wall, dis do beat de worr. GIFTS
r set O. harness fur nuthin', an den want
/ er POI ole innercent man flung inter d
o bargain. Oh, dat's whut makes me sa
4 whut / does. Dis neighborhood is to
n hard fur me, ,"-Arbansd Traveller.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
VIoToH Auaols MANNERs.
4 Pen-Picturb Of the Greatest Novelist Of
tho NIneteenth Century.

tho Nineteenth Century;
He returned to Paris In 1871, and en-
cCuraged his compatriots during the
seige by his cheerful courage, exhorting
them to persevere in their gallant re-
sistance. Little Georges and Jeanne,
his grandchildren, lived with him, and
great was his anxiety when the priya-
tions told on Jeanne's health. How
beautifully he has written abott these
ehildrenl He was never old in spirit,
though he lived TO be eighty-three. On
the top Of an omnibus without. a great
coat going up in balloon, inaking ex-
cursions about Paris, he is froliCsome
and delighted with every thing, like a
boy. On May 1S, 1885, he died, his
last word, his last conscious act, being
for his grandchildren. And we all
recollect what funeral his cointry1
men gave him!
Who will cast the first stonep He
had faults. Some times he posed. :"
At one point or another, what amount
Of genius (Which, by itself, even weak
ehs) may enable b man or woman to
escape the malicious, ifonical; itnpish
taint of inferiority--shall we say, folly?
The wise and kindly may regard these
signs and symbols Of our common hui
manity in no ungenerous temper, with a
certain pitying, amused affectionate toll
erance rather. Somebody has said how
fortunate we are in having few details
about the private life Of Shakespeare
fortunate, yes, If we are ''valets" to our
"heroes"i otherwise perhaps hardly.
Hugo's theatricality was only super.
fetal. These all have their "treasure
in earthen tessels.' All! and most ol
lis have so much earthen vessel; so lit
tie treasured Wen, when had the
honor of being presented to the master
in the Avenue d'Eylau, where he lat
terly lived, / noticed that the room was
hung with gorgeous hangings of Grim
son, brocaded velvet and gold, and tina
the only thing in form Of statue or 1
bust was q statuette of the poet him
self. But this, of course, was not hi
private roomI and what impressed mi
far more wis the masters unaffected
unassuming, and genial cordially, tn
rare charm of his manner. He neithe
preached nor soliloquised, moreover
but conversed. This ruler over heart
and minds was possessed of an abilit.
to set loyal and devoted subjects a
their ease, which many merely heredi
} tary monarchs might envy. All VIII
came in contact with him (Charle
Dickens among the number) testify t
his singular personal charm; the oil
mans face was magnificent. Rode
: Noel, IN London AcGdemy.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
It Was unbearablv Dull.


He got off at the d. & NJ. depot the
other day, looked around with some
anxiety, and then asked policeman;
"Any body going to be hung in town
to-dayP"
Nobody, sir "
"Any big fires ragingP"
"No.n
"Any riots aroundP"
Haven't heard Of any"
"Any prize-fghts or horse-racesP"
"No.n
mo runaways, boiler explosions or
falling from fourth-stoly windows"
There's none on the programme. !"
might be some stabbing afray or
saloon fight
eyes, but don't think So"
"Humph! Detroit must be nice
place to live in! If that's all it amounts
to I'll sit down here and go back by the
next train.n
And, as the policeman solemnly'af-
firms, he sat down in the waiting room
for four straight hours and took train
home without having left the building.
Detroit Free Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
a Bitter Social Duel.

They met in a horse car, two young
women whose tawny faces showed that
they were just back from the seashore,
and when they had kissed and embraced
and been through all the preliminary
nonsense necessary to the occasion, one
said to the other:
"Oh, you dear thing! l had such a
Irritation with your husband while you
we're down East. He came down to
Nantasket almost every night. T"
''Yes, he wrote me about it, J." the
other returned sweetly. "He said you
didn't seem to know anybody, and were
so lonely he quite pitied you"
"He was always so kind to neglected
girls the first speaker murmured.
"You know they said when you were
married that he would have taken all
the wall-nowers if he could. he was so
generous. -
And then they smiled lovingly on
each other. Boston Courier
se <-----------
This is the Yankle Doodle country,
but Canada is the Yankee Doodle conn-
tv. Detroit Free Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03
OnIv One Available.


Husband (who has advertised for a
type writer expert)-Did many call to-
day, my dear, in answer to the adver-
tisement?
Wife Yes, quite a number; but there
was only one applicant whom told to
call again. He seems very bright and
I'm sure you will like him.
Husband What was the trouble with
the restP
Wife They were all young women.--
~ ]. SHa
"A st. Paul woman, while waiting
IN dentists Office to have tooth pull
ed, fell on her knees and prayed TO
Heaven to give her strength to undergo
the ordeal
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-11-03

"A baseball player is sometimes
sold, and the club that buys him is in
some cases sold too, Boston Courier