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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
THE EVENING PRIMROSE.
An Explanation of why the Pretty Flower
Blooms at Night.


An Explanation of why the Pretty Flower
Blooms at Night.
Our evening primrose does not bloom
in tie. dark hours for mere sentiment
or lnoonshine, but from a motive which
lies much nearer her heart From the
first moment of her wooing welcome
she listens for murmuring wings, and
awaits that supreme fulfllment antici-
pated from her infant bud. For 1t will
almost invariably be found that those
blossoms which open in the twilight
have adapted themselves to the
crepuscular moths and other nocturnal
insects. This finds a striking illustra-
ton In the instances.o many long
tubu1ar-shaped night-blooming flowers
like the honeysuckle and various
orchids, whose nectar is beyond the
reach of any insect except the night
flying hawk-moth. 1t is true that in
other less deep nocturnal flowers the
sweets could be reached by butterflies
or bees during the day if the
blossoms remained open, but the
night murmurers receive the first
fresh invitation, which, II met,
will leave but a wilted, half-hearted
blossom to greet the slipper of the
sunshine This beautiful expectancy oil
the flower determines the limit Of its
bloom. Thus, in the event of rain or
other causes preventive of insect visits,
the evening primrose will remain open
for the butterflies during the following
day, when otherwise it would have
dropped perceptibly, and extended but
q listless welcome / have seen this
fact strikingly illustrated in a spray
of mountain-laurel, whose blossoms
fingered in expectancy nearly week
in my parlor, when the flowers on the
parent shrub in the woods had fallen
several days before. their mission hav-
ing been fulfilled In the house speci-
mems the radiating stamens remained
in their pockets in the side of the bios
som cup, and seemed to brace the
corolla upon its receptacle. These
stamens are naturally dependent upon
insect agency for their release, and the
consequent discharge OF pollen, and
noticed that when this operation was
artiically consummated the flower cuI
soon dropped off or withered.- "
Hamilton Gibson. IN Harper's Magazine
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
Farm Law Notes.

The Supreme Court of Georgia de-
cides that before an applicant can have
distractions removed from a private
way. he must not only show that there
has been an uninterrupted use for
more than seven years. but he must
show that it is not more than fifteen feet
wide, that he has kept it open and in
repair, and that it is the same fifteen
feet originally appropriated.
Tho Supreme Court of Iowa has de-
rided that water which in aood-time
leaves the channel Of a well-defned
river, and overaows adjoining low
ands, the current of the river widen
ing to the full width Of the water, is
no. surface water. SO as 10 relieve a
railroad company from liability for its
obstruction. The court also held that
Inc obstruction Of the Tow Of a stream,
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

by which lands are inundated, Is a
nuisance, and courts Of equity may by
injunction abate or enjoin the same.
The Supreme Court OF Georgia has
decided that where a planter puts his
cotton into the hands OF another per-
son to sell, according to the custom Of
trade, and that person does not account
for the same after selling, the original
owner can not recover from the pur-
chaser, but must look to the authorized
seller for proceeds Of the sale. This
decision should teach planters the inn
portance of not parting with their cot
ton without proper security from the
parties acting for them in its SALE
The Supreme Court OF North Caro-
lima holds that where a person mort
cages land the mortgage becomes en-
titled to the land, and in the absence
Of any agreement to the contrary be-
comes entitled to all the crops pro-
duced upon it from year 10 year until
the mortgage debt is discharged. In an
other case the same court holds that a
mortgagee is the owner of the land and
can take possession at any time. Ono
who deals with the mortgagor in pos
session must take notice of the mort
gage if registered. Where a mort
gagor in possession gives lien on the
crop and the mortgagee takes posses
sion, the contract for the lien is gone.
And if the mortgagor then becomes
the tenant of the mortgage, who
makes the advances, the lien of the
landlord becomes superior to other
liens.
According to a Digest of Farm Laws,
by Henry Austin, the owner or occu-
pant of land may drive off animals tres
passing upon it and use any reasona-
BILE means for this purpose. He may
drive such animals into the highway,
but if he drives them any further
along the highway than is necessary
to keep them off his land, he is
responsible for any injury thereby
caused to their owner such as their
loss by straying. The occupant may
turn off in a similar manner animals
which are not trespassing, as when
they come upon his land through de-
feet of fences which it was his duty to
maintain. But in such cases, if the
animals are owned by an adjoining
proprietor to whom he owes this duty,
he must drive them upon their owners
premises, and not upon the highway,
under pain of penalty for their loss.
A person may drive trespassing ami
mails off his land by using dog for
the purpose if he exercises care,
For example, whore the de-
PENDANT, finding the plaintiffs horse tc
have strayed upon the premises, set a
ferocious dog upon it and seriously in
jured it, the defendant was held re-
sponsible for the injuries thus inflict-
cd. In the absence OF statuary enact.
ments requiring railroad companies tC
fence, the owner of animals is bound
to use ordinary care and diligence fol
the purpose OF preventing them from
straying upon land properly inclosed
and if he allows them to wander unat'
tended upon railroad which is sulii-
GENTLY fenced, he is liable for the
damage done to train which is
thrown off the track by running over
them, unless the railroad is guilty o.
contributory negligence.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
HERE ANo THERE.

The temptation to borrow fallen
leaves from the woodland is great; but
the trees need all of this fertility, this
reservoir of moisture, this natural
covering for the seeds, this protection
for the young sprouts. The wise
forester will leave the leaves In the
wood.
1t Is reported that over 100 cane
mills and evaporators have been sold
in Troy, Ala, this season to the farm
ers OF that Pike) County and the adj
joining neighborhoods. This shows
that the people are trying to live more
at home in the matter of sirup and
sugar.
The Barbour County (Ala) Po-
mona Grange has adopted resolutions
against the appropriation by the State
of $25, 900 for immigration purposes,
at the suggestion of the State Agri-
cultural Society. II thinks the best
class of settlers can be secured with
out so large an outlay
In Eastern North Carolina water-
melons in past years have been a Very
profitable crop, but latterly some dis
ease has attacked the vines and the
industry languishes. Now the Gov
eminent has taken the matter in hand
and improvement is hoped for.
1t is an old practice, too little
known, to freeze onions and then cover
them with hay or straw so that they
may be kept frozen until ready for use.
They may be preserved in this way for
an indefinite period. Onions may also
be kept without freezing by burying
them in NOW Of hay or straw.
Pineapple culture in Florida is on
the increase. One grower, having
nearly two hundred and fifty thousand
plants under cultivation, says there is
no danger of overproduction; for, be.
sides the marketing of the fresh fruit,
he makes excellent wine, healthful
cider and prime vinegar from the sur
plus product, and for canning they are
among the best of fruits.
Texas is moving ahead in the mat
ter of juvenile oranges for the chill
dren, and the Teas Farmer, of Dallas.
announces that the rituals have at last
been printed ready for distribution.
Every grange is advised to organize an
adjunct juvenile grange, choosing some
good sister TO act as matron while the
formation is being made.
-Oyerseer James Draper, acting as
master Of the National Grange, Offici-
ally announces an amendment to the
constitution by which sixth-degree
members can now take the seventh de-
gree without having served one year
in the former degree, as heretofore re-
quired. This amendment went into
operation at the recent meeting of the
National Grange at Topeka, Kas.
The Calcasieu (Louisiana) Society
is to have grounds for testing frrita
and other crops Of that section. Figs
are a success there lie iGonte and
Keiffer pears do WE'LL likewise faw
apples. Ounces succe ed. Grapes
and the berries flourish, as do all vega
tables. Black walnutsA English wal
nuts, pccans, hickory nuts, chestnuts,
soft-shelled almondA butterput and
some others may be grown there tc
advantage.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
How 10 shut a Door.

What is worth doing at all is worth
doing we'll. It is little act to open
or shut door, but read this para
graph and you will see in that little
act" a very large Indication of charac-
ter: Boys and girls will always show
10 strangers whether they are we'll
bred and polite or not, by the manner
in which they open and shut the door.
If they open it with a rush, or il they
neglect to shut it, or shut it carelessly
or with slam, they show that they
are not well-behaved or polite. You
should always open and shut dooI
gently and carefully, STANDARD
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
A CHILD IN COURT.

Ir0w a Little Girl Secured the Postpone
ment Of a Trial, and Gift.
With two little hands clinging to the
edge OF the desk and her blue eyes
filed with tears as they just reached
the level of her fingers, a little girl
yesterday gazed into the plying face
OF Judge Steckler in his court Chok-
ing back her sobs. she said: please,
Me. Judge, mamma can not come here
to day"
The judge inquired the reason, and
then tho child's lips began to CULVER
again and the tears rolled down her
cheeks as she said: Mamma can't
come because papa died Saturday, and
she must stay home to-day
rs your father buried yetP" inquired
the Judge
mo, sir" replied the little girl.
1.-The funeral may take place this aft
ern0on.e
Has your mamma any money in
the house,"
''No. sir, don't think she has," re-
Piled the child; "but some friends are
trying to raise enough money to bury
papa"
The Judge and the lawyers were all
astonished at the simple statement of
the little child, and Immediately col
lection was taken up. at the sugges-
ton Of the Court. for the bereaved
family. Judge Steclzler started the
fund, and all the lawyers present con
tributed, and in few minutes over
fifteen dollars was collected for the
child's mother. The money was placed
in the hands OF the little girl, who ran
home to tell her mother OF the un-
looked for gift.
The child who was poorly but neatly
clad, had appeared in court in behalf
of her mothcr who hal brought suit
10 recover a sum OF money due for
work that she had done. The child
told the Judge her mother would like
70 have the case put down tor some
other day. The request was granted.
~ y. Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
ooREAN cosTuMEs.
what an American Traveller Saw in the
CITY Of Seoul.

City Of Seoul.
Corea has a population Of fifteen
million people; and the city Of Seoul.
though not the largest in the kingdom,
has been the capital since the present
dynasty came into power, nearly Ave
hundred years ago. It was selected
for its location, affording as it does
well-drained basin OF granite sand,
surrounded by hills and mountains, SO
joined by the several ridges as to form
almost complete amphitheater, ten
miles in circumference. These adjoin-
ing mountains afford numerous strong
natural Businesses, which are provided
with artificial notifications where nee
essHry, and are kept constantly gar
risoned and provisioned as places of
retreat for the royal family in times OF
danger,
The main thoroughfares Of the city
OF Seoul are some two hundred feet
broad, and are usually clean though
crowded. but the more distinctively
residence streets are not over twenty
feet wide as a rule. As they are crowd
ed with travel and lined with the
houses Of the poor, they are apt to be
untidy and not very attractive. On
these streets, aside from the occasional
large gate leading into gentleman's
establishment, there is little evidence
OF responsibility to be seen, for even
the front of a gentleman's residence is
given up to servants quarters, and is
allowed to look as shabby as it will, as
there is no attempt at street display.
about nine o'clock every evening""
writes an American resident, ''the
deep, rich tones of q bell are heard
throughout the capital; they come from
little pagoda in the center Of the city,
which holds large bell some twelve
or fifteen feet in height. Formerly,
after the ringing of this 'curfew,'
the men disappeared from the
streets, which were then given
up to the women, who fit
about with their little lanterns from
house to house, listening to and re-
l
lating the gossip that is as dear to
them as to their sistere on the other
side of the world. They enjoy their
freedom, even if they must be creatures
of the night, and a night is never so
stormy but a few of these fair ones
may be seen by the privileged official,
or foreigner, who may chance to be
upon the streets. Recently, however,
the law compelling men to leave the
streets after the ringing of the bell
has been repealed, owing to the fact
that so many outrages were committed
that it was thought to be safeguard
to allow all men upon the streets, that
the honest might be present to answer
cries for help and defend the women
against the unprincipled. After the
ringing of this bell the city-gates are
closed, amid the weird blasts of native
buglars, and very great quiet then
settles over the dark city
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

Most seeds that are planted early
require only light covering and no
pressure Of the earth.
"A drink of warm water, with a
small quantity Of cornmeal added TO
the water, is excellent for the pigs on
cold mornings.
There is this difference between
the poor and the good farmer: One
complains Of the bad seasons, the other
rejoices in the good seasons.
Pigs will eat clover hay If it is cut
up, and it is excellent for them. The
best mode of feeding it is to scald it
and then sprinkle with bran and corn
meal.
1t may some times pay better to
purchase feeding stuff rather than to
be obliged to dispose of desirable ami
mails for the farm. and which it would
be possible to keep after being wintered
through.
TO fatten fowls in short time
mix together ground rice well scalded
with milk, and add some coarse sugar.
Feed them with this in the day time,
but not too much at once.-R~raI
Home.
by applying good mulch between
the raspberries much of the work OF
early cultivation in the spring can be
dispensed with, while a larger yield OF
fruit, as we'll as that of better quail
ity, can, in a majority of cases, be
readily secured.
The question, "Who has the best
cattle?" is fairly answered by saying
that he has the best who selects with
the best Judgment, and breeds with
the most skill Any meritorious breed
will be full of good points in the hands
OF some men, while the best living
collection will degenerate in the hands
of others.
When scab first appears in flock
of sheep, says the Breeders Gazette,
those showing the slightest symptoms
Of the disease should be Immediately
separated from the rest of the flock
and kept by themselves. The build
ing in which they have been kept
should be thoroughly cleansed and
whitewashed.
The exact cause Of beets going to
seed the first year has never been
satisfactorily settled. Many assert that
it is due to frosts, use of very small
seed, too great depth of sowing, or
use of seeds from roots having that
characteristic For long time it was
thought that roots gone to seed did not
contain sugar; recent experiments
prove this to be untrue.
One reason, and it is often the
principal reason, why orchards fail to
bear profitable crops of fruit, is the
lack of available plant food in the soil.
Like any crop, the continual growth
year after year, of one plant or variety
of plant will gradually exhaust the
supply of available plant food mostly
needed, and if profitable yields are
secured a new supply must be given
Western PlOW1nGn.
Cabbage, intended for early use in
winter or for few months, may be
kept by mode somewhat similar, u.s.
ing slightly damp moss instead of saw
dust, or the latter will answer nearly
as we'll. Procure good-sized or long
boxes, cover the bottoms with two or
three inches of the moss, place a
stratum of the cabbage heads regular
ly and compacty on this layer; then
having added another layer of moss
proceed as before till the box is filled.
A quite low temperature for the boxes
is desirable, and some frost occasional
ly will do no harm.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

any friends laughed at the idea Of $500
bono mill, but since got one of Wilson's,
advertised in this paper, the laugh is all on
my side. Every one that sees 1t has to &C
KNOWLEDGE it is a perfect success. l can
crack enough shells for $50 fowls inl3 min
utes; and the same amount will 90 five
times farther than if cracked with a ham
mer. There is no waste, and child can
crack them. Bones take little more
strength II also cracks corn easily and
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
smilinr Gardens OF PIonty

Where nature beams her brightest-in the
extreme south, on our sister continent ana
in the tropics Of the Caribbean Sea-are too
often the home of malaria, the vertical sun,
copious decaying vegetation and bad water,
also cooperating to breed virulent disor-
ders of tho stomach, liver and bowels. 1t
is in such regions that Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters gets in some Of its most benehcent
work
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

QUAKER GAP, Stokes Co.. N. c., July Q, 1883.
DEAR sIR:-Your Dr. Aorse's Indian Rect
Pills have effected most remarkable cure. ~
disease had got so firm grip upon her that she
could not walk step. Thought q box Of your pills
and commenced giving her two pills every night,
before she had taken al Of one box she could walk
about the house. To-day she g PERFECTLY we'll and
Yours. etc, /. w. FERGUSON.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

"A negro at Lexington, wagered
aftv cents that he could handle o rat
1Iesnake and not get bitten. The SER
nanl struck him on the end Of the nose
and twice on the chin inside Of thirty
seconds. and neither whisky nor doc
Iafs aanld save hin.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

WHEN the last one Of = quartet Of good
fellows determines to die, the thing il
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

CoNTENTMENT may be better than riches,
but most people would say oft-hand that
they would prefer to have riches because
riches bring so much contentment.7Joi~-
nal of Education.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

ALL ships have yards, though none o
them ever have garden.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

SOME one asks why a watch always runs
faster In the theater than in church. II
loesn't-that is one reason.--JetcslerS'
Weekly
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

A PROMPT Way Of Easing Asthma. Use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

DoN'T waitunt you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get a vial at
once You can't take them without benefit.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

bakers Norwegian Cod Liver OIL Is
pure. Recommended and prescribed by best
physicians. Jno. G Baker g Co., Philadelphia.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

ALTHOUGH skilled workmanship may be
required In the manufacture Of the higher
grades Of cigars, almost any cabbage head
can make an ordinarI cigar
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

"wEr wether,' as the sheep said wher
1t fell into the creek.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

HARSH pureafive remedies are fast giving
vav 10 tho gentle action and mild ELECTS Of
Carterss Little Liver Pills. nyOu try them,
they will certainly please you.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

FIRST impressions are every thing. par
ticularly when one is collecting engraV
incs-I IarDer's Bdzdr.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

A GIRL always wants fellow to tie q
true-lover's knot when she gets him on
the string. -B9stOn Gazette.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

FLI-PApER-a White Cap warning t
leave. Time.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

EVERY clou may have silver lining,
but it never shines with the lustrous efful-
gence Of an old diagonal coat.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

FoR Throat Diseases and Coughs use
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TROcHRs. Like all
real good things, they are initiated. The
oe,r,tt1e are sold only On boros.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05
After 80 Years.

W. II. CoMsTOcK:
DEAR snt:-For twenty-five years have been
afflicted with rheumatism Of the bowels; gave mp
all hopes OF recoveFyi was unable 70 stand upon
my feet ~ times and was compelled 70 sit and do
my hounewOrk. In 1895 your agent called az my
house and said that he could cure me-" asked,
Howl he replied. By the use Of DIR. AoFse'e
Indian Root Rhlla-1 decided TO give them
trial and the result i that am entirely cured and
able 70 DO my own work. All the neighbors around
hero use your Pills and say that they would not be
CELIA JOHNSON.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

DIAMOND dust-money paid for q soil.
taire.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

A NEEDY TaAMP-walking home for lach
Of car-fare. Life.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

A PROMINENT band-the engagement
ring.-DetrOH Free Press
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

BAsHFULNEss is often like the plating on
spoons-when 1t wears of 1t shows the
brasA
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

If colors could talk many a woman wouit
be a walking Bedlam. -H0.eL Mdu.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

WHY should cobblers be eligible for med.
ical dIplomasl Because they are skilled
in the art Of heeliIg.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

LOVE- in cottage is not nearly so suit
as love ia fiat.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

Cared Of Gravel.

CHAPANoKE, N. c., July 20, 1888.
eIR;-Fof years have been afflicted with gravel
ad after trying the best doctors In this locality
Without receiving any benefit, tried DIR. MOrseis
Indian Root Pills with the result that to-day
am new man, completely cured. ] would not be
without them; they are the best PM ever used.
Yours, etc. WIN. JACKSON.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

TIE Chinese does not take his queue
from nature. othirds of 1t is third
class silk.-Sdn francisco Alto.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

II a man is in love with woman, let
him take her to SEQ "Romeo and Juliet"
and if she laughs az the balcony scene he
will abandon her straiRhtwav II he has
any sense.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

"a RroULAn high fyer"-Our American
eagle.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

MEv can talk horse without having .
bad cold
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-05

FOR sALE BY ALL DEALERS,