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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

SAME OLD STORY Richard is only
thirteen years Old while Michael IS hard
iv twelve
They were playing with "a pistol-not
loaded. Of course
al the same the thing west on. and
this morning Richard has a bullet in his
brain and VIII probably die
There is no use in ulering any further
words OF warning These little iuci-
denis are constantly occurring
Ii would rather relieve Us, however
TO say once more that the most danger
Gus weapon on the planet is pistol
which everybody knows Is mol loaded -
Hslud
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

A Br>E GARDEN - The S2OO,OO0 APP
pr1pracl hy Congress for the fofma-
lion of Geological Park In the District
OF Columbia may provide a very re-
spectacle bear garden to amuse Wash
'nrtoniin- when Congrc-, is not i'm se--
sion Bur would 10 not be well for the
incoming President To exc out this some
what meagre appropriation by giving bis
menarcrie icii behind m indianapolis,
to the government such presenia-
zion would bee graceful mode in which
10 begin an administration which can be
more readily made geological than log
ical-Ne.c IorL Uor'ds
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

THE TINES RESPONSIBLE PiIotts
suicide Is in The nature of dramatic
ending 10 story of foul conspiracy that
is almost without parallel Deteslable
rs Pigott acts may have been. large
measure OF the responsibility for them
must fall on the London Times. Crea-
lures like Figou would be comparative
ly harmless if prejudice and malignity
did not ailOrd them opportunities for
plying their miserable trade Of double
dealing So long as there shall be a de-.
mand for their wares they will flourish.
and, unfortunately in Irish history at
least, Ictrihution does not always follow
as swiftly as IN this case-PhH Record
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

BLAINE WILL KEEP HIM LIVELY -
In bis farewell address 90 his neighbor-
md friends II. lmdiagapaiis General Han.
loneliness 100 thc discharge OF ghpubic
lugie- General Harrison should ~
member that be will have Blaine with
him. and Blaine willmake things entirely
TOO lively To allow him 10 become lone
some The Presideni-elect should not
torment himself before the time -Coa.
rty-JournW
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

THE GRAND lNAUoCRAL PARADE
SPECTACLE There rili tc two grand
,pcCtaclcs n thc Washington lnaugu
ral parade to day - John j OBuen
marching ai the head Of his palm banner
borne hv four cmancipated negro slaves.
and Governor Benson Foraker ON q
back stallion IL is 20 be hoped that
Mr. Harrison win nor DE so completely
wrapped u contemplation Of his own
rrraires- a- to miss these classic feat
uie- of Dol. uiumphal march 10 " the
everlasting gates of Capitolian Joyc -
NoIo
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

Tnr IRISH QUEsTioN-The speedier
the dissolution of the present Parlia'
ment. the better for the prospects OF q
lust and reasonable settlement of the
Irish question When that settlement f.
reached The work Of Salisbury and Bal
four will be looked back upon with aston
ishmeut as showing what monumental
mischief an insignificant scoundrel Ike
Pieott can accomplish when he is aided
bv those who ought to know better -
Nen lDrk Times
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

TRAINS NONTHNAHU
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

NM HNRmsoS FASCINATED -- Ms
Harrison j.. fascinated hy Mrs Cleveland
The incoming mistress of the White
House recently remarked Mrs tieve-
land Is positively the logeliest creature
ever saw ! almost feel guilty in de
priyine hen of position that she adorns
800 we'll This report is circulated hy
one oi Ms Cl@e.anis friends u
.Il.If
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-04

Entered a, the Richmond Va postoftce Il
second class matter
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16
CONCERNING CATS.

A Journalists Friday Afternoon CompO-
sltlOn on TRbby.
The cat has ever been regarded as
q mysterious creature, and has of
consequence been Stunned, as amateur
swimmers avoid deep holes, by the
youth OF our land in their literary Of
forts. The dog and the horse are no
toriously what are termed "old stand
bys" as subjects for compositions, but
it noteworthy that the cat, though
evenSmore familiar to all than either
of the aforementioned animals, is neg
lected in all Friday afternoon litera-
ture. The kitten is much beloved by
reason of its frivolous and gay nature
Its propensity to amuse itself with any
light object or, in default of other
movables, its own leeting tail endears
it to all young persons, but there is an
unnatural gravity and air of absorp-
tion in deep philosophical matters
about the mature cat which is forbid
ding, not to say awe-inspiring.
It may be that its uncanny nature
has caused it to be associated with
witches. Certainly its habit of
being out at all hours Of the night
gives color to the suspicion that it is a
baleful beast. A cat acts as If it knew
that the disclosure of its secrets would
result in death to all its kind at the
hands of an enraged humanity. Now
there is something frank and OPEN
hearted about dog. lie may bite an
enemy, but a cat will scratch its dear
est friend. A dog can not keep Sc
Sret. A cat never tells one. The nor
NAL dog is undoubtedly a sane creat-
ure, and this is proved by the fact
that now and then one goes mad. They
have to go mad. don't you seep Now,
reasoning on that basis, a cat must be
normally insane, II paradox be per-
mitted. A dog growls when he is an
CRY and wags his tail when he is
pleased. A cat, on the contrary,
growls when she is pleased and wags
her tail in anger Others have noted
this fact before, but the great mass Of
mankind have ignored it, absorbed in
the strife for existence. It behooves
us to inquire if it be safe to allow ex-
istence to creatures whose simplest
acts are done in such way as to
arouse suspicion of their sanity. Chi
cago Mail.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16
SOME GOLDEN RULES.
Advaes for Young Men Who Are About q
Enter Business Life.


Advaes for Young Men Who Arc About q
Enter Business Life.
following. from an unknown
source, contains advice which expert
enced business men indorse and young
men will do we'll to follow:
Have but one business, know It thor
oughly. and attend personally to its
minutest details, Be self-re.iant. con-
centrate your energies in determine
tion and supreme efort to conquer sue
cess. Keep your oy counsel. attend
strictly to business, and never dabble
in any thing foreign to it, curtail your
expenses, never sacrifice safety to
prospective large returns, cut short
your losses and let your profits run on,
and make your prime movers indus
try, economy and fair dealing. Il
is the merestl rant and bosh to
rely on luck. He is always indolent
and whining, folding his arms, drink
ing and smoking, waiting for big prizes
in lotteries. or lying abed expecting a
letter with news Of a legacy. On the
contrary, labor and pluck are the in
vincible heroes who conquer success;
they strike out new paths, create, con-
trive, think, plan, originate, take all
legitimate risks, toll to surmount OBJ
stacles, push forward, win renown by
success. The glorious galaxy of sue
cessful business men and illustrious
authors have. all been hard workers.
Shun bad company and the prevalent
vices OF the day, never loan borrow
ing friend more than you arc able to
lose if he can not pay, and never take
loan on opportunity. Never borrow
money to speculate with. Acquire
knowledge. tits only enlightened men
who successfully hold their own with
the surging masses who throng the
road to riches. Avoid law and legal
squabbles Of every kind. In discuss
ing business disagreements, keep cool.
Make all the money you can and do all
the good you can with it, remembering
that he who lives for himself alone
lives for the meanest man in creation.
If engaged in public business advertise
it; be punctual in meeting promised
payments; keep short accounts; settle
often; be clear and explicit In making
bargains. Be civil and obliging as
we'll as decisive and prompt with Gus
toners, and do not overtrade your cap
ital. Finally, in the maturity of life,
don't rust out by retiring from busi-
ness; keep bright by useful effort, re-
membering that industry and happiness
are inseparable,
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16
Wonders Of the Deep Sea.

The sea occupies three-ffths of the
earth's surface.
A mile down the water has press
ure of ton to the square inch.
It has been proven that at the depth
of $500 feet the waves are not felt
At some places the force of the sea
dashing against the rocks on the shore
is said to be seventeen tons to the
square yard.
The temperature is the same, vary
Ing only trife from the ice of the
pole to the burning sun OF the equator.
The water is colder at the bottom
than at the surface. In the many bays
on the coast OF Norway the waite r
often freezes at the bottom before it
does above.
II box six feet deep were filed
with sea water. and the water allowed
to evaporate in the sun. there would
be two inches of salt left at the bot
tom. Taking the average depth Of
the ocean to be three miles. there
would be layer Of pure salt 230 feet
thick ON the Atlantic. Indianapolis
Journal
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16
ENGINEERING FEATs.
The Panama Canal, the Erie Canal and
the HoOsac Tunnel.

The Panama Canal, the Erie Canal and
the HoOsac Tunnel.
Our Historical Calendar for February
notes tho occurrence for three anniver-
saries, each of which calls to mind a
great engineering enterprise. On the
9TH of February, 1880, work was begun
on the Panama Canal, which is not fin
ished; on the 9th of February, 1875,
the first train passed through the Hoo
sac Tunnel; on the 18th Of February,
1928, died Dewitt Clinton.
Governor Clinton was not the pro-
jector OF the Erie Canal, but to him
more than to any other man was due
its construction. He made it hobby.
He clung to the enterprise and talked
about it when other men were disposed
to forget it. He lived to see it finished
and open. but he never knew what an
impetus it gave to American trade, and
what vast stores of wealth it poured
into his native State.
The Hoosac Tunnel is not now the
longest opening through a mountain.
There are several others which exceed
it in length, although there is none in
this country which is Of so great
Importance as this as highway
of traffic and travel. But when the
Hoosac Tunnel-the 'great bore" as
its opponents called twas proposed.
first as canal tunnel and part of
continuation of the Erie canal, which
was to be extended to Boston, after
wards as a railroad tunnel, the magni-
tude of the undertaking seemed appall-
ing. Four miles through solid rockl
It's advocates persisted in urging 1t, and
although the work occupied many years
and cost millions upon millions Of dol
lars, it was completed at last.
OF the three great enterprises noted in
our calendar, the latest is in state of
collapse, and no one can say whether or
not it will ever be carried out. The
second cost many times as much as had
heen expected, and has not proved to
be commercially so important as its
fSlends predicted it would be. The first,
the great canal across New York, more
than justified all that was hoped from
it. and stands to-day monument to the
memory of one of the greatest and least
known Of American statesmen, Dewitt
Clinton. = Youths Companion.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16
HER BEAUTIFUL HANDS.

The roses are sweet and the lilies are fair,
As they bend meath the dews from above
They are splendid and fair-but they can not
compare
With the beautiful hands OF my love.
No jewels adorn them-n0 glittering bands
They are just as God made them, these sweet,
sweet handsl
And not for the world with its splendor and
gold
Nor the pearls from the depths Of the sea;
Nor the queens Of the land with their beautiful
hands,
Should these dear hands be taken from mel
What exquisite blisses await their commands I
They were made for my kisses-these dear
sweet hands
Aye, made for my kissesi And when, some
day.
My life shall be robbed Of its trust
And the lips that are colder shall kiss them
away,
And hide them in daisies and dust,
Twin kneel in tue dark where the angel stands,
And my kiss shall be last on those dear, sweet
hands
IF. L. Stanton, in smithville Newa
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16

A. Earnest Protest Against one
Grentett Nuisanoes of the Af4
Il Is real y q nuisance. and. e these
days Of societies and crusades against
evils presents good object e
mean this kissing habit. Il IS ceFialu
that. II the great army oi babies could
speak, they would united - ~
''Save US; we can not save eursel
Poor little helpless thinga we pay no
attention to frowns or tears, but just
because they are sweet and attractive,
pounce upon them like hawks, and kiss
them with the greatest freedoms and
much more serious results follow than
annoyance 70 baby. Doctors tell as
that many times disease is transmitted
by kissing. Girls are the guilty ones
In this bad practice Very rarely does
boy kiss another boy, even bis own
brother. Butgirlsl that is, some girls
kiss every girl friend. anywheE2
street. church. school, cars. anywhere;
sometimes they will kiss a strange girl
when parting from her. just becluse
she Is with a friend. That Is even
worse habit: kissing girl when they
do not feel at all kindly toward herr
when in the next breath they will make
a criticism that shows they have even q
dislike Wide Awake says on this sub
ject:
s.Girls are impulsive--they would
lose much Of their charm If they were
not; they make their dear five hundred
friends. and every time they meet and
every time they part they Kiss one an
other. The dear five hundred, or the
most of them. drop out Of daily life as
the years 90 on. and are replaced by
others, and the habit grows until now
you can see women kissing each other
everywhere cars, at railway sta
tions, in all public places y
Last summer some young woman and
girls met at a summer hotel for the arst
time. Before the end Of the week q
stranger would have been justified In
thinking that they had known each 9th
er from infancy. They were insepara-
be. They walked up and down with
th4ir arms around each other, they
kissed goodbye" if only parting for q
few hours row. They apparently were
bosom friends. with no secrets. Not
long since, one who had seen this vie
lent growth OF affection met one Of the
group; they had scarcely seen each
other since their return. and apparent-
ly had lost all interest in each other;
so. with Wide Awake, we say:
Remember kiss is the most sacred
expression Of love which you can give
to your mother. or your sister, or your
dearest friend; and tell you now what
know to be true, that really refined
women. as they grow older. grow chary
Of scattering such gifts right and left
to every acquaintance. After all, my
message may be packed into that one
word. SO expressive in its modern USE
Don't. Christian " Union.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16
MANAGEMENT OF HORSES.
Directions for Breaking and Handling
Young Animals

Direct ons Tor breaking ana Handling
Young Animals.
II a horse has never been handled,
and is timid, get him with his compan-
ions into a small loose box. Contrivo
to let the others out, but to have him
retained Let him stand alone in the
box five or six hours without food
Then approach him with grass or some
other bulky provender and offer him
little from the hand. If he is afraid to
come near and take 1t, drop handful
in a corner and quiely retire with
the remainder After an hour
or so return with the food and offer a
handful as before. II he is afraid to
take it, drop some and leave; but re-
turn ard repeat the offer at short inter-
walls till he complies. Hunger will in
time compel the horse to take food from
the hand as offered; and until he lows
his nose, face, head, neck, shoulders,
ETC., to be stroked and patted when he
gets 1t, he should have 1t in no other
way. By SO acting the horse will grad
ually cease to be afraid, and will permit
a halter to be put on and himself to be
moved about by 1t. Till he submits to
this. and to have bit put in, he should
not be removed from the box or be tied
up in it. A timid horse unaccustomed to
a halter is, when tied up, apt to back
and pull till the rope or something else
gives way and he is free. This may be
avoided by binding him first in a sail
or box so short that he can not get back
to pull, or by keeping him up with
whip If he does pull, or by holding
the end of the halter rope passed
through the ring in the manger in the
hand and allowing it to go with him a
little until he gets accustomed to its re-
straint. The last is the better method,
as by it he is neither hurtno frightened.
TO avoid the infliction of pain or fear,
at least till they know what is wanted
of them, ought to be standing rule in
all stages OF horse-breaking The for
mer incites to kicking, etc, in self-de-
fense, the latter to running away from
the real or fancied cause OF It. There
are heroic methods of mastering horses
by fear, but if reliable service is wanted
OF them the should never be resorted
to till mild means have been fairly tried
and failed. The latter may take aliltle
onge time to effect the desired object,
out it is far moro satisfactory in the
end. Many vices exhibited by horses
are the result of harsh and unskilled
breaking. Farming World.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16

promised to speak good word for
him and went back to the house, and
hardly had Mrs. Bailey and l got seated
for smoke when she called:
"You thar, BetP Cum yereF'
What is it, mamP"
"Thar's bin too much fussing. I'm
goin' to ask the stranger which 'un.
Will ye abideP"
Betty blushed and figited and the
mother continued:
II don't believe in fussing. When ]
was axed If l would marry pop said
yes right off, and thar wasn't no fuss
in. Bet has to serious somebody. What
dye think, strangerP"
SIS she loved by two young menp"
'She are. Kept up fussing here
fur hull year and hain't said yes to
either of 'em."
But how do l knowP" protested the
girl
"How do you know that oxen hev
hornsP Is one as good as t'other"
"'Pears So"
Stranger, advise her. Bets good
girl and will make some man good
wife, but thar's too much fussing. l
can't Just put up with 1t no mo-. Bet, will
ye abideP"
"Mebbe."
you'll hev to- He knows He's
cum all the way from the moth, and Of
course he knows. What's he'un yere
fur II he don't knowP"
'.Well, I'll abide"
l was trying to avoid the issue When
a rap came at the door and in walked a
man Of about thirty-fve. He was a
fair-loosing man and lived about ten
miles away. Bailey came in just then
and was called out doors by the new ar
rival for consultation, lasting about
ten minutes. Then the mother was
called out, and upon her return she
took Betty into another room. Then
the men came in, and pretty soon
Bailey, his wife and myself had the
kitchen, while Betty and the stranger
had the parlor.
"Hes widower from the next cove,
exclaimed Mrs Bailey. wants to be
hitched agin. Wants our Bet. What
dye think, strangerp"
THAT would settle the fussing."
"'Deed it would. It's got so pap and
me can't stand it. His name is Bill
Stovin, and he's worth heap What
dye think, strangerPn
II like the idea. If Betty marries
one Of the young men some one Will gel
shot. Better give them both the slip. y
That's it! Too much fussing. We
can't stand it no mo-"
Next morning at breakfast the
mother inquired of Betty, as she poured
the coffee:
"Wlll ye abide or noP The stranger
knows what Bill was yere furP"
"Reckon its too late,' was the blush
ing reply.
'HowP"
"l've abided to Bill"
''Is the day sot?"
"Yes."
"Thank the Lord! The fussing is al
over! Jist what the stranger was going
to say. He knows. He wouldn't b,
way down yere if he didn't. Pap yol
AK an extra blessin' this meal, ant
stranger. don't fear that bacon. It's
some of my own cure. ."-Detroit Free
Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-16
FIeArINa MlRE.WoRMs.
The Best Polsons and Where and How &
Attack the HsetIes.

The Best PolaOns and Where and How -
Attack the Beetles.
twill be remembered that wire-worms
are the young stage OF various hard
shelled beetles, commonly called click
beetles; and Prof. j. H Comstock has
lately shown that these beetles can be
killed by the use Of poisoned baits. In
a bulletin OF the Cornell Station he
writes: It ais an easy matter to trap
beetles in the places where they abound;
they will collect in large numbers upon
baits of clover or Of sweetened corn
meal dough. The collection Of the
beetles, however from such bats In
wolves considerable labor We there
fore conducted experiments to ascer-
tain If this labor could be saved, and
found that beetles feed upon clover and
dough, which suggested practical
method TO be used IN combating them.
Several poisons were used both upon
clover and in sweetened dough, with
varying success. The best results were
obtained with clover which had been
dipped into Paris green water, and
clover wet with ten per cent aqueous
solution OF an arsenical poison sold un-
der the name of Zoektein. The bait In
these cases consisted of a small handful
Of freshly cut clover, weighing about
three ounces, dipped into the poisoned
solution and covered with a small
board. The covering was to prevent as
much as possible the drying of the
clover. Although these experiments
were conducted in a field from which a
large number Of beetles had been re-
moved. twelve examinations OF the
traps baited as described above yielded
an average OF 23 1-2 dead beetles per
trap. In some cases twice that number
were found at one time in single
trap. 1t is worthy Of note that although
the field In which these experiments
were conducted has been for years the
most badly infested portion of the Uni
versity Farm, the wire worms have not
been sufficiently abundant there 10
destroy any considerable portion Of the
crops. Had it been practical to try
these experiments In a really badly in
tested field. doubtless a much greater
number Of click-beetles would have been
destroyed.
Our experience. as we'll as the gen.
eral testimony Of writer's on this subject,
shows that these insects are much more
likely to do serious injury in land that
has remained in grass a number OF
years, and upon low grounds, especially
those of apeaty quality and of black
color. Sometimes, as in the field where
the greater number Of our experiments
are conducted, nearly all OF the insects
present will be found In limite area
differing from the remainder of the
field in one OF these particulars. Under
these conditions. efforts to destroy the
beetles will naturally be confined tC
these areas. When we take into con
sideration the small amount of labor
involved in distributing poisoned Laits
as described. and in renewing them
once or twice per week during the early
part of the summer. and consider the
large number of beetles that can be
destroyed, many of them doubtless be
fore they have laid their eggs, we fee
warranted in earnestly recommending
that these important pests be fought in
this way Orange Judd Farmer.