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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
PIrH AND POINT.
Thy friend has a friend, and thy
friends friend has a friend; be dis
oraot

Thy friend has friend, and thy
friends friend has friend; be dis
Greet.
IA hesitatiug, vacillating man
never dies with any CELEBRITY, because
it takes him so long to come to q con-
clusion. Texas Siftings.
Some MEN are like silk hats. 30
long as they battle against the wind
they are smooth enough but with the
breeze Of fortune at their backs
thousand rough places bristle up that
were never seen before. .--PucIf'
1t is not the least advantage o.
friendship that by communicating our
thoughts to another we render them
distinct to ourselves, and reduce the
subjects of our sorrow and anxiety TO
their just magnitude for our own con-
temptation Y. Ledger.
Whatever amuses serves to kill
time, to lull the faculties and to banish
reflection. Whatever entertains usual
ly awakens the understanding or
gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts
is lively in its nature, and sometimes
tumultuous in its effects. -Crabb.
The responsibilities Of life are
gauged not by what we are, but by
what we may become. The man who
has ventured only to the limits of his
conscious force has only reached tho
threshold of his possible attainments.
IF. G. Clark.
An idle word may be seemingly
harmless in its utterance; but let 1t be
tanned by passion, let II be fed with
the fuel of misconception, of evil in-
tention, OF prejudice, and it will soon
grow into a sweeping fire, that will
melt the chains of human friendship,
that will burn to ashes many cherished
hopes, and blacken more fair names
than one.-Charles A. Dickey.
AT least seventy per cent. OF the
troubles we meet with in ordinary life
are imaginary. That is the difficulties
seen worse and worse as we ponder over
bll6ul AHA bIJ W pOO INV DfN Why - -
We can make just what we like OF our
everyday life. If we look for the dis
agreeable features we'll get them null
tiplied dozen times. II we think
only of the bright, happy parts Of life
we will find just what we are looking
for. Rural New Yorker.
in the employment Of men, that
class of labor that is purely mental
commands higher price than does that
class where only physical strength is
wanted. One brain may design c
steam engine, but more than one ii
necessary to build it. Hence, then
among brain workers experience and
originality are factors OF success
Neither can we gauge mans worth
commercially speaking-by lapse o
time, for one man with frosty lock-
may have Travelled shorter distance
along the highway of observation thar
. his neighbor with half his years. -
American Engineer.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
An Ample Apology.


Through some unaccountable care
lessness in the composing-rOom OF u
rural journal, the obituary of one of
the towns livest citizens erept into the
paper one morning. 1t was not many
hours after the issue of the edition
that the "lamented" himself crept into
the sanctum, and vigorously demanded
correction in the next morning. pa
per. 1t appeared as follows;
"Our yesterdays edition contained
the announcement Of the death of our
esteemed fellow-townsman, Colonel
Jones. 1t is with profound regret that
we state that our announcement was
premature. The Colonel still lives,
and we beg to assure him not only of
our distinguished consideration, but
that it shall be our constant effort to
see that he shall not be annoyed in this
manner again until the last dread hour
has in very truth arrived. To this end
we have ordered the standing obitu-
ary of Colonel Jones to be distributed.
Harper 'sMagazine.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
JAPAN's SOVEREIGN.
The MikadO's Ancestry, His Personal Ap
pearance and His Habits.

The MikadO's Ancestry, His Personal Ap-
pearance and His Habits.
The Mikado has the bluest blood OF
any ruler on tho face of the earth. The
present dynasty of Japan runs back to
the gods andsHis Imperial Majesty is
the 12lst Emperor of Japan. The
Japanese have their history and their
mythology, and the present Emperor
comes from Jimmu Tenno, who was the
first MikadO, and who ruled Japan $50
years before Christ was born. This
man was descendant of the sun god
dess, and Mutsuhito, the present En-
peror, traces his descent directly from
him. Japanese history gives the story
of each of the 100 Emperors between
the two, and If you will think a moment
you will see how far back $50 B. G. is.
This was before Rome had become an
empire. England was unknown even
to the Romans, and hundreds OF
years were yet to elapse be-
fore Caesar penetrated Gaul. The.
present Emperor was born at Kiota,
November 8, 1852 He was declared
heir-apparent to the throne when he
was eight years old, and he succeeded
on the death of his father in 1867. He
was crowned in 1868 and was married
at the age of seventeen in 1869.
His Imperial Majesty is now thirty
eight years old. Let me tell you how
he looks. He is taller than the aver
age japanese and his appearance is
not half as imposing now as when he
wore the rich Japanese costumes and
sat cross-legged on his mats OF state.
He has dark brown cafe-au-lait COM
plexion and his eyes, which look out
through almond slits, are of a brill
liant black. His hair is very thick
and he parts it in European style. II
is combed we'll up from good fore
head and His Majesty's eyebrows
have the decided arch which Is indica-
tive of Japanese beauty. His nose is
large and inclined to fatness. 1t has
the wide nostrils of the Japanese and
His Maj esty's lips are thick. He is oil
medium size, but is inclined to stoop,
which l imagine may come from the
earlier part of his life having been
spent in sitting upon the floor. He
wears a mustache and chin whiskers
and these, like those of most of his
race, are thin. The Court Chamber
lain tells me that for the past sixteen
wears he has worn nothing but Europe
an clothes, and has to large exten
adopted European ways. His dresl
is that of General of the
army, and he takes great prid'
in military matters. He review
his troops several times year and i
thoroughly up in the organization o
his armies. When he goes out to rid
he is always accompanied by his i'm
perial guards, and he has lately pur
chased several new state carriage
which are the wonder of Toxic.
Frank G. Carpenter, in Chicago Times
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09


likely to be hurtful in the extreme. It
Is a very noticeable fact that, while
what is called education has never
before been so widely diffused
among the masses as 1t is to-day.
nervousness, excitability, brain ex-
haustion and insanity are more preva-
lent than ever before-the two truths
not impossibly standing to each other
in the relation of cause and effect. Not
that education is not good, but that we
do not yet properly conduct it.
In childhood and youth, too, the
brain is properly capable of a much
less amount of work than in adult
years. The brain is the last organ Of
the body to become mature-on an
average OF flve years--so that 1t is
younger than the rest OF tho body, and
In youth Is even more delicate than is
the muscular system. When this latter
has become somewhat developed, and
the brain is necessary for self-preserva-
tion, it catches up" what 1t has lost
in the race, and in those who are
aging, and whose bodies are sinking
to decay, if it has met with no mishap,
ripe and full, is at its best. The proper
amount of time must be allowed it for
development. Any attempt to "force"
precocious growth Is likely to be fol-
lowed by adult enfeeblement
Nutrition is function of the tissues,
which, however, even with rich and
wholesome blood in the arteries in
tended to supply them, may in some
part of the organism become SO ex-
hausted by overwork as to be unable
to appropriate it. The brain, when
sufficiently overworked, is incapable
of recuperation by nutrition. In the
midst of plenty, it. SO to speak, starves.
The symptoms then appearing are
mental agitation and loss of healthy
self-consciousness The history of
such q case is generally as follows;
First, irritability. Then. sleeplessness,
resulting from an inability to stop
thinking either of one thing or things
in general. Next, from overmasbering
the will at night the mental uncon-
Probability extends into the day. Final
ly, the thinking faculty or imagination
breaks wholly loose from the will and
INSERTS Tor It's creations a reality In
dependent of and superior to that OF
healthy sense. This is nothing more
nor less than insanity. At any point
in the history the victims judgment
may easily become so vitiated, and his
will 50 overpowered, that he co mmits
suicide, or does something in the
course, or as a consequence Of doing,
which death ensues. st. Louis Globe
Democrat,
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
Physiclans il Russia.


DR.. c. Yaroshevski contributes to
the Russkaya Meditsina as article on
the state of the medical profession in
Russia. He points out that there arc
only 1900 doctors for a population OF
100, ,O)0 900, or one melicll man TO
every $500 persons. This number OF
doctors in proportion to the population
is very much less than in ether Euro
pean countries, yet the destitution
among members OF the profession IS
alarming. OF late there have been
numbers of suicides OF medical men
who were without the bare necessities
of life. The fees for medical attend
ance are very low. Still, in Odessa,
40 per cent. of the whole pop
ulation and % per cent. of the very
poor died without having had me1ical
attendance. A similar state of affairs
exists at Kostrome. DIR. YaroshevsSi
attributes this deplorable condition Of
things to the ignorance Of the Russian
people, who prefer to consult sooth-
sayers and magicians rather than edu-
Gated medical men, to the monopoly
enjoyed by the pharmacists, ana to tho
large number OF Feldshers who are al
lowed to practice. The Feldshers are
men who have some rough knowledge
of surgery and.the use of a few drugs.
They are generally men who have
served in the Ambulance Corps or
have been hospital attendants, and on
the strength of this slight knowledge
they are licensed to practice.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
RArrLEsNAkE RrrEs.
whisky Said to Ne More Popular Thar
Emonclous Remedy.

Whisky Said to Ne More Popular Than
Emcaclous Remedy.
Having often seen the statement
made in the public press, and some-
times in medical journals, that whisky
and ammonia were the acknowledged
antidotes to rattlesnake bite, feel it
duty to administer corrective to the
above fallacious teaching. About thir-
ty years ago Prof Weir Mitchell, Of
Philadelphia, spent over two years in
carefully experimenting with.virns of
snake poisons. Taking few drops of
the pure virus from the sac of the
snake, he mixed 1t consecutively with
alcohol, ammonia, iodine, brpmine,
mercury and other reputed antidotesi
then injected the solution of each into
birds, rabbits, dogs, goats and other
auimals-when he found that the
poison was not altered in its power,
but would produce its specific toxid
effect just the same as when it was
undiluted. He found also that the
virus was fatal only to a certain ex-
tent, that is, if it took half drop to
kill an animal Of thirty pounds weight,
it would require one to two drops to
kill one of sixty to eighty pounds. Its
action is immediate, and 1t kills only
when the animal is too small and weak
in resistive vitality. 1t is rare that an
adult person dies from the bite of a
rattlesnake. The virus of the cobra is
more intense and fatal. Several years
ago prominent minister in Philadel-
phia died from the bite Of a young
COBRA AS given quantity of the rat
tlesnake virus is necessary to over
come q certain amount of physical
force, it is seldom that such quantity
is ever deposited by the snake bite
upon an adult person. If large snake
should bite goat of fifty pounds
weight and soon after bite two chill
dren OF about the same weight, the
goat might die, but the children would
not, for the reason that the goat would
receive the largest amount of the virus
when there would be but little lef
to poison the children. In such case
whisky being used on the chill
dren, their recovery would bt
attributed to the whisky; so the friends
and neighbors would think they have
positive proof of sure antidote il
whisky. Here is the fallacy which
science alone can demonstrate. II
when whisky is mixed with the poisol
directly, it is no antidote, how can l
become so when taken into the system
remotely, the whisky in the stomach
and the poison in the goatP Physio
logically, the whisky is antidotal 81
far as it will sustain the flaggin
powers during the time the poison
being eliminated by the execretor
organs. In the light OF the abov
scientific demonstrations, how docto
can gravely or frantically proceed t
treat a rattlesnake bite "by injecting
around the wound permanganate c
potassa, or any supposed autidotes, o
order chicken split open and apple
to the wound, or the anus of tn
chicken applied over the wound, usin
number of different fowls for tn
purpose" is a problem hard to under
stand in this age of reason. DIR. A. !
Hudson, in Medical Record.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
LINES TO AN OLD PoRrRAlT.

Why is Il that your pretty lips
Are parted in that merry smilet
Why hide your dainty fingertips
Within that ugly muf meanwhileS
'Tis strange In ssosing on your face
For modern raAh like me TO know
He's gazing at W gtandmamma,
Who lived onS sundred years ago.
Suppose, willis 5ou sit smiling thefA
You tell me, IS I'd like You to,
The thought that still from year to year
So pleases and amuses you.
Or, better, tell me Of your life
Its joys and laughter, tears and woes
Think they must have had them then
AS now, one hundred years ago.
'Twoum be pleasant thing to hear
You tell of all that happened then,
About your lovers and your friends
Among that ancient race Of men.
We've many things that you had not,
But. after all. lido not know
think should have liked it then;
lou lived one hundred years ago.
j. F. Jenkins, In Life.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09

disappointment IS Often the only
thorn that guards the rose. --Merehant
Traveller.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09

An Easton, Pa, woman bought
pair OF shoes, and at home found a
small purse nesting in the toe of one
of them. 1t contained one thousand
two hundred dollars in negotiable
bonds. She found the owner, who re-
fused to believe she had lost the bonds
at first, but was soon convinced
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09
Misplaced Sympathy.

Citizen-Why are you in this condi-
tionp
Tramp-It is not long to tell, sir. l
can't live with my wife.
Citizen (filled with sympathy be-
cause he has just had quarrel with
his own)-Poor man! / deeply feel for
you. Here's quarter. Tell me why
you can't live with your wife.
because she won't support me. Ia,
ta!'-N. Y. Weekly.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09

The following passage occurs in a
notice recently posted on the court
house door by a constable of WicomicO
County, Md: II have seesed and took
into execution, a'cordin to law and in
iquity, the following aforesaid prop
erty."
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-09

"A buzzard which was caught and
belIed in Georgia nearly twenty-four
years ago was captured the other day
near Paris, Ky. It was old and couldn't
fly. and was captured by some little
bows, who afterward turned it loose.
On its neck was leather strap, te
which was attached a small brass bell
inscribed: ATLANTA, Ga. April q,
1865"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-24
FUNERAL SERVICES TO-DAY.

Dr. NJ. G. Jones' la:e of this city, died at
Guthrie, Ok, of rheumatism of the heart.
The remains arrived here yesterday at
noon on a special train and were placed IN
the hands of the II. G. Dunbar under
taking establishment
The deceased came to Wichita from
Sherburn, KY, in 1876, and resided here
until last February, when he and family
moved to Manitou, Col A few weeks ago
he went to Guthrie, leaving his family at
Manitou. He was a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and also knight
Templar. He had many friends IN this
city, especially among the older inhabi-
tants. His wife and son in-law arrived
from Manitou yesterday, his daughter
being so grief stricken by the sad news OF
his death was unable to stand the journey
here.
He was IS years of age He will be
buried by the G. a. A. today at l p. m.
Owing to its bad preservation the body
will have to remain with the undertaken,
in his establishment until o'clock today
when it will be taken direct to the GENE
terry for interment. His daughter not be-
ing able to attend the services, his funeral
has been postponed until some future time
when his whole household can be present.
Members of his family here will leave inn
mediately after interment.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-24
DIED FROM "BAD WHISKY"

In the old slaughterhouse near the TAR
grounds. on the east side of the river, yes
terday morning. was found the body OF
Charles Beehler. The matter was reported
to Coroner Percy, who summoned a jury
as follows: J. D. Caldwell, J. VI Hanly, L.
j. Busch, j. r. Moll, N. Short, ID. y. Don
nelly. The remains were moved 10 an I'M
dertaking establishment and the jury held
its investigation in the afternoon. II
seemed that the deceased was IN the habit
Of taking in the town aud remaining on
sprees for some weeks. At other times he
was GOOD laborer, being employed
for nearly four years by August
Wagner in his butcher shop Some
months ago he was dismissed By Wagner
and commenced work at the slaughter
house On Monday he complained OF feel
ing badly and that night said he would
sleep at the slaughter house, and was
heard talking to himself about midnight
He vas found yesterday morning and the
matter reported. The jury, after investi-
CATION, decided that "the deceased came
to his death from heart failure, produced
by the excessive use of bad whisky" They
made no statement as to the result If ne
had used good whisky" If comparatively
the term would be allowed.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-24
PERSONAL

Uncle Billy Ross of the Minnesota, was
in the city yesterday talking crops.
p. Amidon, of Leavenworth, was in
the city Yesterday calling on friends.
OF. Reynolds, of Omaha, is calling on
some acouaintances in a business way.
John E. Hume ESQ.,, left last night for a
business trip of some weeks IN eastern
cities.
E.E. Hodge. ofthe Valley Center News,
was IN the city yesterday calling on
friends.
Mr.. Robert Stabley of England, is visit
ing his cousin, 7. II. Robinson, of Robin
son & Champion.
Miss Ida Albert, of West Thirteenth
street, and friend. Miss Irma Ash, are Wis
iting friends at Cheney.
Mr.. c. Il. Champion, of Robinson &
Champion, is up from his Oklahoma sum-
mer claim. He says he enjoys the Okla
homa climate very much.
Fred a Tritle, Esq, representing the
Wellington Book and News company, OF
Wellington, came in yesterday on bust
ness, and also favored the EAGLE with a
call.
Mrs. II. N. Vincent, of Cleveland, O., is
visiting her son, Mr.: f. T. Vincent, at 1926
Lewellen avenue Mr.. Fincent is recently
from Trinidad, Col, and is now with the
Western Collection Bureau of this city.
D. f. Whelen, st. Louis; L. A. Weakley,
Shelbyville, Ill; Seymore Heyman, Phila-
phia; J. w. Crow, Hutchinson; G. S.
Dunn, Arkansas City; c. A. Kerr, Chica-
han, Pratt; George Alice, ST. ,Jae; T. II.
Penlee, Ed Neidlein, Augusta, Kan; Mrs.
J. Van Buskirk, Coldwell, Kan, are at the
MetropOle.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-24

campaigns Of 1884 and 1885, being very
good stump speaker. The diplomatic relsr
tons Of the United States ard Canada are
carried on through the foreign Office In Lon
don Still Mr. Knapp VII have pleniy 70
DO and rnany delicate matters b attend To.
all the way from the seizure % fishing vessels
Up 70 the sItratition Of criminals.
Anticipating the Bereavement
wnkius-Had any bereavement In yoEr
family. Kntanr
Uncle III jah-No sab; aint bad e'reays-
ment Whsfoh yoa aski
Wnkirs--I noticed you had bad Of Grape
On your bat. aad ] did not krov b<5. tAsrs
might have been l1sa Ia yVur family.
Uncle Elijaa-So sah. dat ban was Ga ss
hat when &c gen1era give il 20 roe, az % /
diin't krow when faouzh; have 'caslon tes
20 inter fnawuia' do1s ie. Il On Ike Il waa
--Afu~r.ca
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-24
A BASTILE CENTENNIAL.
HOW TIE 14TH OF JULY WILL BE
CELEBRATED IN VARIOUS PLACES.

In France All Glasses Join. but In New
York the Anarchists VIII Claim the Day.
Frenchmen Generally Celebrate It a.
Independence Day.
THIS is indeed the year Of centennials 1t
may be said in q broader sense that this Is the
era Of centennials, beginning with that Of the
Declaration Of American Independence, ING,
and ending with that the Fourth, Of the dis
covery of America In lSe2. By an odd coin
cidencs the momentous events appear to con-
centrate from both extremes towards the CEN
ter Of this era, but the year 1883 includes
more noteworthy centennials, both In France
and America, than any other In the century.
What q very remarkable year that Of 1883
was. A devout mind might say that provi-
dence was instructing France and America
that they should unite in the cause Of freedom
and good government Early in the year the
first president Of the United States was elected
and the oyal mandates went out TO collect the
old French ''parlement'-the states general,
that had not met since 1914. April 6, the frs.
American congress under tie constitution
met: April 80 George " ashington was iDau-
garated; May the states general met IN
Paris; June 90 70 IS the representatives Of the
French people declared against the king and
the revolution began; July 4. the American
congress passed its general revenue act, and
July IA the people Of Paris ssorrned and cap
tured TIE Bastile.
Wonderful year indeed The United States
Is done centennialihhg for this time, and VIII
not resums III Is9e, bot the French are bat
fairly begun. and the 18th Of July IL their
grande.t day. They have partially restored
the old Bastile, as II for the pleasure of bat
.ering it again, but e1per1sacs shows that Il
Is difficult TO maintain Old national hatreds
after al the old fears have passed away.
OF course al Een Of any reading whatever
know q grea. deal about the Bassale and Tie
French revolution, and sven thoes who cannot
Rad know something, for the ra-os II poPo-
lar proverh Every one knows that "bAsszle
Is a prison where one nay De hAld log
time without trial, bo. few know bow fuIy
tbs Paris prison fIled the description. and
how completely its capture ccrooosrssed
that the people had risen At last, AID ~oCld 10
mere endure the o,d tyranny. One tan VII
show t5e whole stste Of the case. The rsisn
az Lc1.s XVI bad been dayclarfy MD, and
when the people forced the Bastsls door, tsey
found oaiy se-en prisoaerx only svsn naa-
forgotten # mankind. unrsgssersd b any
cur. tee; prison unknown 70 sssr isseodA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-24

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tirnorooMy ad1sd: II forgot - cay tkss
we've got tive children"
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cant, "lTl bring NJ wife srDg1d shs fns,
cot Ike the roocrss Detroit Free tr-~~
The Price Of royaity-
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riesi hlackssfais. ard ;1sT baTa fine hozns
and are gss,sEz A.oag alos!y May rsaarrssd
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for. Js-.nis rsa-rs@s svctlca k@rd. ard tiey
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noble1aAa ! szsi ~ e p@r seek end so-iss
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