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G. A. GRirFlTH Mayhowcr, Ark.
, 1889-08-24

GDHE yearly examinations in the
50 country schools will this year
be held as follows:
At Peters Rest School, Wednesday, 28th Aug.
" Two Williams j" Friday, 30th "
+" Annaly i" Monday, End Sept?
" La Princesse Wednesday, 4th /"
" East Hill &" Friday, 9th "
" Diamond =" Monday, 9th "
" Friedensfeld Wednesday, 18th "
All the examinations will begin at
8 o'clock am.
The parents and guardians of the
children are invited to attend.
The School Board, Christiansted, the goth
August 1889.
JOHN T. QUIN.
, 1889-08-24

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Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28
TENNYsoN's OLD AGE.
Personal Appearance of the Rapidly De-
cIIning Poet Laureate.

Personal Appearance of the Rapidly De-
cIlning Poet Laureate.
S'T saw and talked with Tennyson re-
GENTLY" writes an English friend to me.
'It was at the annual flower show at
Haslemere, Surrey, and the poet had
been prevailed upon to leave his seclu-
sion for the botanical display. 1t was
his first public appearance since his ill
ness, and had not seen him for six
months. That the poet laureate is
rapidly aging saw at a glance, and this
became more inn pressed upon me during
our brief conversat: IN. He was no
longer the Tennyson Of year ago; talk
meant distress to him, and references to
persons very close to him in friendship,
which formerly enlisted his interest,
seemed to meet with but little response.
In his walk he shuff1ed heavily, and the
cane that he once carried as compan-
ion to idly swing in moments of thoughts
had become almost staff. He told me
his health was good, but his general ap-
pearance scarcely verified his statement.
The strong aroma of pipe, carelessly
janmed into one Of his coat pockets,
was about the only Thing that suggested
to me the Tennyson of old-there was
certainly nothing in his conversation,
manner or appearance. Philadelphia
Times.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28
AN uNLuokY DAY.
A Man Whose Misfortunes Always COME
on the Third Day of the Week.

A Man Whose Misfortunes Always Come
on the Third Day of the Week.
While on that question of supersti-
tion, which to smaller or greater de-
gree is impressed in the system of every
man and woman, one of the most singu-
lar instances ever saw of a strong mind
that was effected by it was in the case of
partner of house whose fame is
worldwide.
The gentleman is the prime mover in
the life Of the house, its energy and
controlling force, and has as fertile
brain as any man / know Of lie is
what, in the West, would be termed a
hustler or a rustler. In his ordinary,
everyday life, l doubt whether he has
any fixed religious convictions, or
dreams much over future punishments
and rewards. And yet l never saw a
man who was more deeply affected by
one superstition lie would do nothing
on Tuesday; that is, more particularly,
he would never commence any thing on
Tuesday, and he would never permit
any business of his immense estab-
lishment to be commenced on that
day.
The regular routine, of course, went
on, but nothing must be originated on
that day. Sensible, logical and full of
wit on every other subject, on that
Tuesday business, there was no use for
argument. 1t was set in his creed of
faith. And, singular to say, according
to his statements, all his misfortunes
had overtaken him on Tuesdays.
Whether he simply argued that way,
or whether it was so l can not say, but
Tuesday was his black day. If he got
in passion on that day woe to the poor
fellow who fell under his hampering
tongue Generally he was mild; Tues
days prone to quarrel.
l have met other people who have
fixed their dismal superstitions on other
days of the week, but they all run in
the same groove, sort of terror of the
day fixed in their imaginations as I'M
holy. All the centuries of civilization
have been unable to remove the ancient
pagan beliefs. Brooklyn Citizen.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28
sERvIAN CHARACTER.
It is Absolutely Impcrvious to all Kindly
Criticism.


Criticism.
The Serb believes, beyond all power
of contrary conviction, that, because
Servia was once a formidable empire
and possessed certain legendary heroes
of the Homeric type, she has perfect
claim on the sympathies of all Europe
in her wish to regain her ancient pres
tige at the expense of other nations
who are steadily working out their own
salvation. Sitting in his pot-house and
trolling forth lugubrious ditties of the
great deeds of Marko Kralyevitch and
Milosh, the Serb waits for destiny's last
word. He has not yet realized that the
nineteenth century is not the sixteenth,
and that we are now on the eve of the
twentieth. With the fatal birthright OF
an epic story the Serb also inherits
splendid confidence in his own personal
projections. His imperviousness to all
kindly criticism is melancholy, and it is
this trait which most utterly destroys
his chances of improvement. 1t is dot
the blindness of the man who will not
see, for he positively does not and can
not perceive his own shortcomings.
More than this, he rejoices over them
with joy which would be pleasing in a
child or a savage, but which is to the
last degree saddening in a man W. tn
professed aspirations. The character Of
nation is best shadowed forth in its
recreations and habits of daily life.
When not in actual pursuit of his work
or duties the life of tie Serb
is not passed at home or in out
door amusements, but in his fd-
vorite cafe. If we enter one of
these establishments and cali for re-
freshment we shall find ourselves at a
table covered with a cloth once white,
but not destined to recover that hue
until all traces Of the original color
have disappeared. Aremonstrance would
cause the most intense surprise, for at
the next table, spread in a similar re-
pugnant manner couple OF Ministers
are quite contentedly devouring their
meal and playfully practicing the sword
swallowing trick with their knives and
green peas. What is good enough for
Minister must be satisfactory to the
ridiculous foreigner. A little further of
q fifteenth-rate German singing girl is
drinking beer with an officer in uniform,
preparatory to mounting the platform,
and close beside them are half dozen
private soldiers. This is the discipline
of the Servian army If we were to re-
mark that, not only in England, but in
foreign country and on campaign, in
Egypt, for example, all privates and
noH-commissioned officers would salute
and retire on the entry of junior sub
altern, the Serb would fail to see the
reason of such outward decency and re-
spect. He rather prefers dirty table
cloth and the proximity of his interiors
in various stages of moral and physical
uncleanliness.-Sa Saturday Review.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28

fact that his bib receives more soHp IMAM
his stomach, and suggests to the observ
or the propriety of saying that the baby
takes most of his food externally His
idea of Epicurean delight is in mixing
every thing, soup-pudding and meat
into a wild chaotic mess, and then drum.
ming upon it with tablespoon, or with
his chubby hands. He derives quite as
exhilarating form of enjoyment outof
this prandial performance, as from the
less kindly one of fastening stockings
on the dogs legs with clothes-pins.
No matter where he goes he wants
every thing he sees. The vender of ba-
nanas and oranges on the railroad train
sees in him sure customer every time,
providing the parent Is as generous as
the child is enthusiastic. Knowing the
parents, sensitiveness and pride, the
child, even at three, will ask for these
dainties at time when the parent can
not refuse, owing to the proximity OF a
critical friend, by whom he would not
care to be suspected of being any thing
but kind, indulgent father.
When it is raining, he cries to go out,
and surprises you with the information
that he would like to be duck; but
when it clears up you can not get him
into the fresh air; for, by that time, he
has changed his mind on the subject of
fun, and wants to drum on the piano
that has just been tuned, or lie on his
stomach on the floor and look through
your luxuriously illustrated "Amar
Khaygam." If he can not indulge in
either of these, to him, fond desires, he
runs across the room, grabs the portiere
with both hands, and swings about as
though standing on one of those So
called delights, ''scup."
Nothing pleases him more than to
pour cinders down the registers, unless
it is carrying the cat around by the head.
Perhaps the reason he is so fond of the
latter is that the cat never makes any
serious objection with her barbed paws.
Instead of tiring himself out in the
day, that he may sleep at night, / . will
howl all night, If he has to sleep all
the next day. Hewould rather drum on
a mahogany panel with tho poker, than
to agitate a real drum, and he would
rather fall out of window than to have
to go to bed when he isn't sleepy, which
is always. But as we said before, we
wish the blessed baby had no legs until
the age of eight years, as much for our
peace of mind as for the peace which our
pocket-book would know, through not
being brought to light every day or two,
to pay for a pair of shoes. r. X. Nun
kittrick, in Once Week.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28

Every thina that has grown upon th1
soil, ana every thing that has once fotm
ed any part Of the animal body or has
been excreted from the body, is moro og
less valuable as q manure AN vego
table and animal garbage. then. that
accumulates about the farm build
ing, stables, wood pile. smoke
house, fowl house, fence cornera. tho
leaves from the forest near by, not 10
mention cotton seed, should be cousid-
cred as containing the circulating me-
dium by means Of which the various
operations Of growing crops, growing
and fattening animals, the production
Of milk, etc, are carried on.
After saving all these materials, ge-
sort should be made to commercial fer
tilizers. The latter contain nothing Of
value to the soil that is not found in tho
materials we have named. A good,
complete commercial fertilizer may bu
considered as stable manure boiled
down, containing, as It does, the very
same fertilizing elements, without tho
excess of sand, clay and water that is
always present, more less, in ordinary
stable manure. Many persons are of the
opinion that the use of commercial fer
tilizers is an Improbable and unwise in
novation. We do not propose to discuss
the general proposition: 'Do CONNER
cial fertilizers pay the farmer?" It is
no doubt true that some farmers fail to
find any substantial profit in the use Of
them; and it is also true that the most
sl1illful are sometimes imposed upon,
and sometimes they themselves are at
fault. But the most convincing proof
of the utility of commercial fertilizers is
the continued and annually increasing
consumption OF them. This continued
reliance upon them must be the result
of profitable experience. We win add
that those farmers who succeed without
fertilizers owe their success not to that
fact, but to the exercise of skill, eoono-
my and industry in all the departments
of farm operations. They would prob
ably be even more Esuccessful il they
would make judicious use of commer'
cial or concentrated chemical fertilizers.
Southern Cultivator.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28
HERE AND THERE.

If sheep is wanted that will needs
trough it, either from necessity or tho
neglect of the fiockmaster, the Merino
is the one to choose. It is among sheep
Just about what the Concord is among
grapes.
About the fourth moAth of pregnan'
cy feed the breeding ewes grain. Be-
fore that they will get along on clean
corn fodder and sweet tender hay. A
few roots are in order all the time
and they may be covered with just
sprinkling of veal. Potatoes and apples
may be fed.
IF we could impress farmers ane
gardeners with tho Importance of thor
ough1y testing seed before planting, we
should remove the cause Of an immeaso
amount of failure in crops. Nine-
tenths of the trouble in growing crops,
we believe, is to be found in poor seed.
DO every thing in the dairy st the
right time and in the right way, says
the Northwestern Agriculturist, This
will require the least labor and the
least care and vexation. The best way
is the easiest way. Neglect and doing
things out of time make hard work and
reduce the profits.
I'm winter have good, warm place
for your COWS. Feed them ground corn,
oats and barley, equal portions of each,
being the best food to produce quality
and quantity combined. Corn-meal and
shorts form an excellent feed. Never
feed oil-cake or turnips. Give plenty
of sweet hay and pure water.
The most successful dairymiin feed
COWS more or less grain the year round
Grass increases the flow Of milk. and
grain increases the amount Of cream.
All milk should be strained at once alI-
er being drawn from the COW, through
three strainers. and Immediately sdh-
merged in water the temperature Is
which should not be over forty-dva de-
grees in summer nor below forty e
grees II Niatens
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28
woMANs TEMPERAMENT.
1t can be Told by the Arrangement of
her Hair.

1t can be Told by the Arrangement Of
her Hair.
1t always seems as if the temperament
OF woman can be guessed by the ar
rangement of her locks You can't inn
agine any great softness of feeling ex-
listing where the hair is dragged back
from the forehead, twisted in a tight,
severe knot, and fastened with hair-pins
with crinkles in them that warrant their
staying in their place. You would set
that woman right down as having a be-
lief in personal devil with pitchfork
and hot fire, and grewsome faith
that he would get most of the people she
knew. Now, take woman who has
little part just in the center, whose hair
soft knot fastened with tortoise-shell
pins at the back and what would you
think of her? First OF all, that she was
womanly and that she wouldn't be in the
least apt to show lack of sympathy il
you went to her in your troubles or
woes. Nowadays, the part that sepa-
rates the bang opening is slightly to
one side. I don't mean far enough to
be masculine looking, but just enough
off the center to take away five years
of your age, and remind you that
whether you look young or old is
in your own hands. Women who care
for their looks, and these are the wom-
en- who care for men and their opinion
of them, make a veritable study of the
disposition of their hair. They know
that thick, slightly curled bang gives
> very feminine look to the face by inn
parting to it look of extreme softness;
just why this is, is one of tho things
that no man knows, but it really is. The
arrangement of the hair low on the back
of the neck also tends to give it a youth
full effect, for as age first shows in tho
cords at the sides of the ears, the hair
outshadows them and, apparently,
makes them disappear.
The Princess of Wales evidently be-
lieves in full bangs, for she and her
daughter all wear very tightly curled
ones that extend far back on the head.
Ellen Terry and Mary Eastlake both
wear bangs that are like halos about
their heads-full, extending from ear to
ear and much curled, while the back is
frizzed and pulled and pinned into a
shape that is very picturesque, but best
described as mop. Jane Hading part
ed her wonderful bronze locks, waved
them slightly, and arranged them
in close coil, initiating in this way tho
English actress whom she so much adj
mires, Mrs. Kendall. Too much hair,
making the head appear large, iscounted
an abomination, and where the wonder
full flowing locks reaching the ground
are possessed, they are closely plated
and pinned round and round in basket
fashion so that the shape of the head is
preserved, although they are not cut off.
Cor. Des Moines Register.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28

"A Philadelphia woman is a bosa
plumber, and she appears to have mas
tered the tricks of the trade. The city
is now resisting the payment Of one Of
her bills for excessive charges.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28
WAIT

The rushing trampling pillows Of the ocean
Press on like victors in majestic state;
The strand, inert, with neither might or motion,
The strand says: wait"
Upward they hurl their potent, restless forces,
Asif TO storm and batter Heavens gate;
The stars, which sweep in calm, perpetual
courses,
The stars say: WYATT"
The human heart wild, impetuous, urges
Its waves OF passion on the beach Of Fate;
The old, sad world beats back the rolling
surges,
The world says: "Wait"
Upward It pours its manifold petitions,
As II to force an answer at Heavens gate;
God, who discerns all needs and all conditions
God says: wait"
Unlike tho sea, which beats with strokes di-
urnal
Against its rocky barriers soon and late,
The human heart in the great world eternal
Need no more wait
WIN. b. Forbush, in N. Y. Independent
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28

1t is not true that a Somerville
young man recently broke his engage
ment because he learned that his in
tended bride was attending the lectures
of cooking school. He only made her
promise that she wouldn't go again.
Self-preseryation is human natures
strongest law.-Somerville journal.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28
A WESTERN TRAGEDY.
The Skeletons of Three Pioneer Miner
Found in the Wilderness.

The Skeletons of Three Pioneer Miners
Found in the Wilderness.
Some news and sad leaf of history in
the lives of three pioneer miners was
related in the rotunda of the Palmer
House by William Hammond, Chey-
enne (Wyo.) cattle-owner.
Mr.. Hammond said that the day he
left Cheyenne for Chicago, the skeletons
of Charles Burns, Nathan Hubbard and
George Cantline we're found in dense
wilderness 15O miles from Fort Kla-
math. "These are the men, " said the mar
rator, "who left Linkville, Ore, in the
spring of 1886 to search for the tradition
al "Lost Cabin" gold mines in the Wolf
mountains of Wyoming. In Burns
valise was a diary posted to August,
1886, giving a chronicle of the search for
the fabulous treasure. The death
mystery is unfathomable. Half a
century ago the "Lost Cabin" mines
were opened by the Hudson Bay Com
pany's trappers. They were driven out
by the aborigines. Upon returning they
could not find their homes or claims
None but Indians knew the secret now.
Chief Coloron, when living, annually
visited the Lost Cabin" making his
marches at night Time and time again
the crafty old Ute chief eluded tho
whites who were following him. Moth
ing would induce him to reveal the To-
cation Of the mines. Wealthy miners
have outftted parties to search for the
treasure, and some prospectors havo
spent the major part of their life in
searching the Wolf mountains for the
hidden treasure. The remains Of these
men we're wrapped in blankets and were
found by prospectors who are on a SINH
lar mission. Chicago Times.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28

An English scientist says that if we
we're to visit the moon we should find
the days and nights fortnight in
length; and If we survived the scoTch-
ing during the day we should CERTAINLY
be frozen to death duri..g the ensuieg
night"
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28

The Portuguese give all their SOW
ereigns special titles, supposed to be in
dicative of their dominant character
istics. Thus there have been Dom John
the Restorer (of the Bragapza line), Al
fonso the victorious, Pedro the Reform
er, Mary the Pious, John the Clement
and Pedro the Unfortunate. Tho es-
timable king who has just died will be
known as Luis the Good.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28


An English method of raising calves
after having let them have the cows
milk for a few days-which should al
ways be done, not only because the
milk is fit for nothing else, but because
it is just suited to the needs of the calf
during the first week is to feed milk
not colustrum-in obedience TO the die
tates of nature, and there is now less
need to feed it sparingly and often. As
matter of fact, it may be said that a
calf will do very we'll, at all events when
it is week or ten days old, If it is fed
twice a day, but even then it should not
be allowed to drink all it will or can.
The pail should be removed while the
calf is still able and willing, and even
anxious to drink some more. The inn
preston of the English writer whose
article we have been reading is that
careful attention to this feature of the
process, is better than allowing a given
quantity of milk to all calves alike, Of
the same or similar age. But 1t certain
ly involves careful watching, and when
the work is left to help it is probably as
well to limit each calf to given guam
tity. 1t must be borne in mind, how
ever, that calves appetites and digestive
capacities vary good deal, and each
calf's appetite and requirement may
vary on different days, and that to feed
by strict rule or measurement does not
properly meet the case. It is advisable
that each calf should receive fresh milk
during the first three weeks, during
which time it will have become vigor-
Gus enough to assimilate other kinds of
food less strictly in harmony with nat
ure, and it will have learned to nibble
little sweet hay or grass, if thare is any.
out of net or a rack.-Western Rural.
Woodville Republican., 1889-12-28

The supposition that fowls must pe
continually receiving egg-foods, red
pepper or stimulants, has led to many
errors in poultry keeping. The most
important requirements are warmth, dry
shelter and a variety of food. If the
fowls are not fed exclusively on corn, or
any one kind of grain, they will need no
medicine. The object will be to have
them in such condition that they will
always be willing to hunt and scratch
for their food, which indicates health.
Forcing with stimulants may be bene-
fetal for awhile, but there will some
time come a reaction.