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NOTICE.

A NYONE HAVING BOOKS BELONG
"A ing to the Bar Association Library,
Will please return them at once to the
ONCE of w. r. Castle who will close out
the Library and sell the books. 1885,
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,

Five hundred women in Toxic and
Yokohama have subscribed to a fund for
the purchase Of handsome Bible to be
presented to the Empress of Japan.
"A group of German physicians have
published protest against forcing chill
dren to learn the piano before they are
twelve. They point out damaging re-
suits to the intellect and the physical
condition.
The African News says there are
twenty-seven societies having missions
in Africa, with 4O3 ordained and 107 lay
preachers and helpers; 1856 women, TO-
900 native pastors and helpers, and
about 10000 communicates.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Hav-
ana appealed to the Government of the
island to close the cemetery which the
Bapaists had opened in thatcity, but the
Government in Spain has decided that
the Baptists were acting according to
the laws, and may have their place of
burial.
-'General" Booth, in opening a new
salvation hall in Liverpool, recently,
deiied any one to point out any author
lied doing of the Salvation Army not
justified from the Bible. They had
2,7O0 societies and 5000 officers, for the
most part self-supported, and the annual
income was not less than $4,OOO,OOO.
Rev. G. II. Spurgeon recently paid a
visit to the Island Of Guernsey, in the
English Channel. He preached four
times in one day. Admission to tho
services was by ticket, and no fewer
than nine thousand applications for
tickets were made. Mr.. Surgeons visit
appears to have resulted in great
quickening of spiritual interest, tho
whole island being greatly stirred.
-The New West Education Commis-
sion is supporting wholly or in part,
seven academies and twenty-three COM
mon schools in Utah and New Mexico.
They have been attended during tho
past year by 1886 pupils. During tho
nine years in which the Commission has
existed, it is estimated that over 5000
different pupils have been taught in its
schools.
There are between 500 and 600 Chi
namen in Sunday-schools and missions
in New York. They are there chiefly to
learn to talk English, for there are only
ffty-three of the number who are out
and-out Christians; that is, members OF
the churches. A religious worker among
the Mongolians says the church people
have got to realize that the Chinaman Is
a pretty hard subject to Christianize.
Rev. Merensky, superintendent OF
the missions, and for a number Of years
missionary in Southern Africa, gives
the following statistics of missions in
Africa: There are at present in that
country $50 evangelical mission stations
The members of the churches number
400, 900 souls; 10000 children daily at
tend evangelical schools. The annual
increase of evangelical Christians is
5000. Within the last five years about
200, 900 negroes died matyrs death.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
A NEGRO CAPITALIsT.
The Romantic Career of Runaway Slave
in Washington.

The Romantic Career of q Runaway Slave
in Washington.
A letter from Centralia, in the new
State of Washington, says: Thirty-seven
years ago George Washington, a runa-
way Virginia slave, reached little
prairie in the fork of the Chehalis and
the Skookumchuck, and seeing fine
supply of deer and pheasants he fixed
his camp there.
In the woods and solitude Of the
far Northwest he was free and he was
happy. He managed somehow to get
some potato seed and some fruit plants,
and, later on, hogs and cattle. The pro-
life soil made him rich in hogs and cat
tie and corn and fruit and vegetables,
but the white man began to come, and
Washington discovered that the curse Oi
color was still upon him, and that he
could obtain no legal title to the soil he
cultivated.
He adopted various expedients, till
the war made him free man. He mar.
ried colored woman. a native of tho
Sandwich Islands, and when the rail-
road people came to Georges farm they
made station there to secure supplies.
They called it Centralia, as IL was mid.
way between Columbia and the Sound.
They had no notion then that 1t was
also the very heart of magnificent
farm country, and that in Its neighbor'
hood the finest coal and iron mines in
America are to be had. Streets and
villas and churches and schools and
hotels and banks, and newspaper offices
now occupy the spot where George
Washington's iocks and herds used to
roam, and where his corn grew. A gun
and pair of blankets were all he
brought to the spot where Centralia
stands to-day; but George Washington
is now big capitalist, probably the pos.
SCISSOR of half million in bank-nOtes,
and still owning three hundred acres Of
town sites.
He is seventy-two, but hale and
hearty, and if he lives a dozen years he
will be a millionaire many times over
They tell me that in business he is as
shrewd as fox, but one is forcibly at
tracted to him by the kindly smile that
plays about his features, telling plainly
that neither age nor injustice has soured
the disposition of the runaway colored
Virginian. Moreover, every poor mar
who comes here finds a friend in the
manumitted slave, for he gives him 8
house lot for $3.50, and allows any
length Of time to pay. He loves Il
stroll about the town end watch 4
growing
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
WIT AND WISDOM.

The man who knows himself
thoroughly has little confidence in
others.-Atehis.
in prosperity it is the easiest of all
things to find friend; in adversely it is
of all things the most difficult.
The world owes every man a living,
but it doesn't owe any man any other
mans living-Oil City Blizzard.
If woman hates you, you may be
sure she has loved you, loves you now
or will love you.-Fliegende Blatter.
Endurance is more valuable than
cleverness. 1t is the patient, steady
plodders who gain and keep fortunes
Washington Post.
The woman who declares she
wouldn't marry the best man on earth
often picks out one of the worst ones.-
Terre Haute Express.
1t Is not the treatment which a man
receives that affects him in the long run,
it is the temper with which he bears it,
Rebecca Harding Davis.
The man who can never say "Nop
is likely to get into trouble sooner or
later. But when he gets there "a gem
eral denial" is the first thing on his lips
Puck.
1t is not generally the girl with the
most beaux who gets married first. 1t
is the little, grave, demure girl who sits
in the corner with one young man and
hangs on TO ohim.-Somerville journal,
because new movement is stron5
with the people, it does not follow that
there is any good in that movement.
The majority may be right on an occa-
sion, but much of the time it is very far
from rights. S. Times.
of all the vanities and fOpperies,
the vanity of high birth is the greatest.
True nobility is derived from virtue,
not from birth. Titles, indeed, may be
purchased, but virtue is the only coin
that makes the bargain valid. .--Burton.
Infinite toll would not enable you to
sweep away mist; but by ascending a
little, you may often look over it alto
gether. So it is with our moral i'm.
provement; we wrestle fiercely with a
vicious habit, which would have no hold
upon us If we ascended into higher
moral atmosphere Y. Ledger.
You will find yourself much happier
in studying the good qualities of otherH
and exercising feelings of charity and
good will toward them than you will by
criticising them. The one course win
make you happy, the other miserable.
Give free indulgence to every noble and
generous sentiment. Rejoice in the ex-
cellence and prosperity of others. Keep
self out of view and show interest in
others. Sympathize with them and
enter into their feelings.
In private life, and in all life, the
best of motives to action are those
which lie outside of self and its sup.
posed interests. To build the ship
staunch and safe and the house firm and
healthful for the sake of the human
lives that will be intrusted to them, ia
administer justice because of its equity,
to heal disease and teach sanitary laws
for the sake of suffering humanity, to
cherish in every employment some
glimpse of and interest in the good thai
it is to produce in the world, introduces
a finer element into the labor and actu'
ally brings forth better quality oi
work than can be educed by the mere
hope of personal benefit to the worker,
Once Week.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
RECEPTION GOWNS.
Pretty Gowns Particularly Suitable foi
Youthful Figures.

Pretty Gowns Particularly Suitable foi
Youthful Figures.
Many of the new gowns are all in one
piece, whether cut in princesse breadths
or with the skirt sewed to the waist, OF
in the now quaint fashion with the waist
shaped by innumerable fine tucks and
shirrings at the top of breadths Which
extend from the neck to the fooS The
last fashion is especially pretty in soft
camel's hair and other fine woolens
made up with insertions of herring-bone
or other open crocheted stitches done in
silken threads between the shirred puffs
and above hens or tucks. Thus grace
full empire gown for slender young fig
ure is made of gray camel's-hair all in
one from top to bottom and only two and
three-eights of yard wide at the foot.
1t is fastened behind, is without reeds
or bustle, and is made over fitted silk
slip that is held in place by several
short whalebones set below the bust
and curving out on the hips. The
high neck has three gathered
puffs in round yoke shape sepa'
rated by herring-bone insertion crochet
ed in gray silk, and below the bust fine
lengthwise tucks taper the fabric to fit
the waist; similar tucks extend all the
way up the back, concealing its fasten-
ing by hooks and eyes. The long
sleeves, slightly full and high on the
shoulders, taper to the wrists, and have
hut one seam. which is plaited inside
the elbow, and three rows of herring.
bone insertion are about the wrists.
This simple gown has only frill of the
wool gathered to edge its neck, and is
worn with an amber necklace and brace
lets. 0ld-rose, pale green, Eiffel red
and cream white wool dresses will be
made by this model for very young la
dies and for girls just in their teens to
wear at Christmas parties, and to assist
at afternoon receptions throughout the
winter louisville Courier-Journal.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
usEFuL ANp SUGGESTIVE.

Good and properly cooked food should
be eaten, not food seasoned to cover up
decay, partial or complete.
Gold fish may be fed with worms
insects, crumbs Of bread and yelks Of
eggs dried and powdered; water should
bo frequently changed.
Occupations which are Of an out
door character are the best for the
health; eight hours for work, eight
hours for sleep, eight hours for rest.
To prevent blue from fading put an
ounce of sugar of lead into pail Of wa
ter, soak the material in the solution
two hours, let dry before being washed.
-Essence Of peppermint, applied with
the finger-tips over the seat Of pain,
gives relief in headache, toothache,
or neuralgia pain in any part Of tho
body.
Baths should be of the same tenn.
perature as the body. Bathing enables
the skin to throw off effete matter, caus-
ing the dead and useless epidermis to
peel off.
1T is better to use coarse flannel
than fine for lamentations. There is
more air in the interstices Of the former,
and for this reason will keep warm
longer, air being bad conductor Of
heat.
In order to prevent too much oil in
the hair, wash once day in half a pint
of rain water containing one tablespoons
full Of alcohol, and carefully avoid
greasy or grease producing foods, as the
oil exudes through the pores in perspi.
ration, thus rendering the hair oily
Good Housekeeping.
Botanically, the onion belongs to the
lily family. The odor OF the vegetable,
which is what makes it so unpleasant,
is due to volatile oil, which is the same
as that in garlic, though in the onion it
is milder and, naturally, does not last
so long; there are, besides, easy ways,
if one only knows them, Of removing at
once all unpleasantness from the breath.
A little parsley, or few grains Of cof-
fee, or even a swallow or two Of milk, if
taken after eating, proves an effective
remedy.-Christian Union.
"A medical authority reports that
glass of water should be taken before
breakfast, because the secretion of mu-
Gus by the lining membrane Of the stom-
ach is constant and during the night a
considerable amount accumulates in the
stomach; some of its liquid portion is
absorbed, and that which remains is
thick and tenacious. If food is taken
into the stomach when in this condition
/ -
the secretions of the gastric juice and its
action are delayed. A goblet of water
before breakfast washes out the tena-
cious mucus, and stimulates the gastric
glands to secretion. In the case Of old
and feeble persons water should not be
taken cold. but warm or hot.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
AUTOGRAPH QUILTS.
A New York Lady Explains an idea Origin
nj with Her.


al with Her.
This is the day Of autograph hunters.
The epidemic assumes various forms.
One lady of my acquaintance has an al
bum of several hundred postal cards
from people whom she admits she never
saw, and never expects to see. Another
rage is the quilt autograph. Few peo-
pie at present have the temerity to as
pire to the crazy-quilt. For my part |
have not yet been able to decide whether
/ like such things or not, for have seen
so many that were originally intended
to be things Of beauty, witched and be-
witched into what really appeared more
the productions of the weakened brain
of some poor aesthetic lunatic. In fact
l never see crazy-quilt without vivid
childhood remembrance Of a kaleid-
oscope view once had after FILLING from
high swing. Autograph quilts con-
tanning block from each State and
Territory in the Union are also much in
vogue.
My idea of an autograph quilt is en-.
tirely different, and as it is original
with myself l will give it. am saving
piece of each dress and apron
of my children's clothes from their
babyhood up. Upon each piece | sow a
bit of paper with the date and age
of the child at the time it wore the gar
ment. After shall have ceased collect.
ing 1 shall make each a quilt OF the
pieces from the dress of each particular
child and then with indelible ink mark
each block with the age of the child at
the time the garment from which it was
taken was worn and also with the name
Of the garment. What think you of my
idea? Try it, mothers. twill be some
thing the children can always keep, and
something they will prize above gold,
long after dear mother has crossed the
Mystic river into the great beyond ]
love to piece quilts and expect to be
just old-fashioned in that way all my
life. During our warm summer weather
we have had sewing classes in which We
have taught our young girls how to sew,
and piece quilts, and we find it one Of
tho best ways of teaching little girls
how to use needle, and really IN
economical way too, for every household
has more or less pieces to spare, and the
quilts are always valuable.-Mrs. f. A
Warner, in Rural New Yorker.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
IN THE OLD DAYS.

Dear Grandmamma sighed
AS she slowly united
The packet we found in the lofti
The paper was blush,
The words were too foolish,
The sentiments, iUs thought, were soft.
Now, If our dear Granny
Were young, like our Fanny
Who fingered last night at the gate,
Itwould not seem queer
To be called 'love" and dear"
And 'prithee, sweet tell me my fate."
But 1t sounded so silly
To sign Your sweet Willie"
"Who worships the ground at your feet"
Now Grandpa takes snuff
And thinks it enough
To doze, in the sun in his seat.
When Grandma was young
Her praises were sung
By rapturous lovers o score;
wish twas the fashion
To record the blind passion
In verses Of twenty or more.
Then pen, ink and paper,
Some wax and q taper
Were all the expenses incurred;
Not0, costly bouquets,
Drives, operas, plays,
And seats in the parquotte preferred"
Then, old-fashoned ways,
The minuet's maze,
The sonnets by messenger sent;
A seat meant for one,
Her promise is won,
And all without costing cent.
Chicago journal.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
SOME RARE OLD BONDS.
They Were Yellow From Age, But Proved
to BE worth $40, 600 in Gold.

They were yellow from Age But frOVeu
to BE worth $40, 600 in Gold.
1t was while Judge Folger was Secre-
tary (said an old Treasury Officially One
morning an old man came in to me who
was from a New England State. He
said that about twenty years ago he
found some old stocks or bonds among
the papers of an uncle mentioning his
name); he had been a man of National
reputation for ability, and had COM
Portable fortune for those days-that is
from 1890 to 1S4O-and he had come to
The United States Treasury to find out if
they were worth any thing, as they
seemed to be United States bonds. l
looked at them, They were ten of the
''old debt" bonds, and were indeed curl
osities. They were old and yellow from
age, but were worth, principal and in
terest, in gold $4,000, for there were
ten years interest due on them. You
can imagine the old mans amazement
when told him this. "Why, l would
gladly have taken S., 900 for them," said
he, "and l offered them to a Boston
banker for less than that, but he rather
superciliously and contemptuously de-
clined to buy them at any figure" 1
took the old man in to see Judge Folger,
who was very much interested in the
matter when l explained it to him. He
had never seen any of the ''old loan"
securities, and after these were paid
and cancelled believe he directed that
one of them be framed and preserved
Well, in less than half an hours time
the old New-Englander walked out of
the building with check in his pocket
on the New York Sub-Treasury for S70,-
600 in gold. How that smart" Boston
banker must have cursed his own ignor-
ance and stupidity when he learned
what he had thrown away.'-St. Louis
Republic.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30
warmth and cooIness in clothIng.

Clothing possesses no warmth in it
self, but, as it is more or less pooi
conductor of heat, it prevents the es.
cape of the bodily warmth. Woolen
fabrics contain large quantity of all
entangled in their meshes, which, being
a poor conductor of heat, adds consider.
ably to the warmth of clothing made
from them. In hot weather we wear
light cotton or linen clothing, so as tc
allow as much of the bodily heat to es.
cape as possible. There is prejudice in
favor of light-colored clothing for SUM
mer wear, but it is hardly based on sci.
entific grounds. Dark-colored cloth is
the best radiator, allowing the bodily
heat to escape freely, while white cloth
ing absorbs less of the heat radiated di.
rectly from the sun. Therefore, to dress
scientifically in summer, one should
wear dark clothing in the shade and
light clothing when exposed to the suns
rays. Practically, the matter of appear
ance is the only one to be considered,
as the warmth or coolness of clothing is
not appreciably affected by its color
Popular Science News.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30

"A duck got into queer fix near
Rochester, Pa, the other day. The
ducks of that place eat the acorns which
are scattered over the ground under the
oak trees, and this particular duck ate
SO many that when the owner returned
from work in the evening it was lying
PROSTATE. unable to walk or squawk. He
looked into the mouth and saw that its
throat was clogged with acorns. He
tried to drive them down, but as he
failed in this, he cut its head off, and
nearly half peck OF acorns fell out OF
its body.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30

"A writer in the Quarterly Journal OF
Inebriety declares that the practice Of
drinking cologne is becoming common,
and that he has discovered it as the
cause of obscure and complex nervous
disorders in many women. Here is one
more evidence of the obstacles to prac-
tical prohibition, for if alcoholic tip
pliers are to be made abstemious by law
rather than persuasion evidently cologne
must go when all alcoholic beverages
are ruled out.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30

"A poplar tree of unusual size was
lately felled on a farm in Utica town
ship, Clark county, Ind, and as it struck
the ground, large limb broke off, in
the heart of which was found the antlers
Of deer, cows horn, and number OF
curious shells. The mystery is how
they got there.
Woodville Republican., 1889-11-30

"A Toledo manufacturer exhibited
at tho Detroit exposition a cake Of ail.
yer soap weighing S04 pounds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-27
THE ALBEMARLE TRAGEDY.
Morgan Tells How lie shot John :. Coles.
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special telegram TO the Dispatrh.l
CHARLorrEsvLLE, Va, August &c
Francis Morgan. the young Englishman
who killed John 5. Coles, a wealthy
.Iames.river farmer on Saturday, Is now
in the county jail here. and gave his
statement of the affair to press repre-
sentative this morning. Morgan contra
diets the statement that there bad been
any bad feeling between himself and
Coles previous to the shooting. The
road on which the aflray took place,
though passing through Coles's farm,
was almost regarded as public road,
and he did not know that Coles OBJ
jected TO his passing through. Tie
states that, in company with Mr..
John Alexander, ne WAS passing
along this road Saturday morning on his
way to Scottsville, when Coles overlook
them. He preferred not to give the de-
tails of the interview that followed. but
said he would leave them to be given by
the witness He states that he became
offended at what took place and dis
mounted from his horse. and as soon as
he did so Coles fired on him, the bullet
Just grazing his neck and leayinga slight
scar. He at once drew his revolver and
fired. the ball striking Coles over the
left eve Coles fell from his horse III
the road, and Morgan at once remounted
and went for doctor. After long
search he found Dr. Waller, and was re-
turning to the scene of the tragedy when
Officers Gary and Collins rose up behind
him and ordered him to throw up his
hands. He did 50, and was searched
He was then brought to Charlottesville,
arriving here late Saturday night, and
was placed in Jail. Morgan Is young
man OF quite IA progressing appear
ance and has very refined manners.
Though claiming that he committed the
deed IN self-defence, he showed some
feeling about the matter, especially when
hereierrcd to Coles falling from his horse.
He IS only slightly known here, although
he has the reputation Of beng ready
fighter He has engaged Messrs. Duke
| X Duke. George Perkins. and Thomas
| Martin, of Scottsyille, as his counsel.