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Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11
a PECULIAR TRAoE.
rho Delicate Work Donc by an Old Ger
man Doll Monder.


The Delicate Work Donc by IN Old Ger
man Doll Monder.
''This doll that / am working on nov
has received an injury which is a very
difficult one to treat You notice that
the poor thing has had her eye punched
in, and I've got to take of the top Of
her head 70 get It out First. you OBJ
serve warm her aaxen hair over this
heater. which melts the glue or cement
and allows me to scalp her-thus.
Then punch hole in the back Of her
head and shake out the eye, put on
piece Of plaster, replace her hair and
cement her eye into place as good as
new"
The doll mender says that SO many
OF the modern toys are made Of iron
that his buainoss has been greatly In
terfered with; these toys being inde-
structible, they never require his SER
vices. In the dull season the toy
mender mends china. glass and wood
carvings. From this you win see that
toy mending requires a delicate touch
and much patience, besides a certain
artistic sense. A few years ago lady,
calling, upset a table on which was an
almost priceless set of coffee-cups.
They were very valuable in themselves,
and were made more valuable because
gift from very dear friend. What
was to be doneP There lay the pieces,
not one larger than a fve-cent piece.
Every cup and saucer was different In
decoration from every other cup and
saucer, and 1t seemed hopeless TO think
OF matching them with the pieces all
mixed up. Every fragment was care
fully picked up, and taken to little old
shop where was little old mar, famous
for mending delicate objects. He grew
very much excited when shown the
pieces, and said he could mend the set
.-if not all, at least some. A few weeks
later the set was returned, every piece
perfect to the eye. and the only way to
discover that they had ever been
broken was by holding piece up to
the light; then there were seen dark
lines running in every direction. What
wonderful skill and patience 1t required
to do that workl-Christian Union.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11
MARRIAGE IN MEXICO.
The Relation Dispensed with Among the
Lower Glasses.

The Relation Dispensed with Among the
Lower Glasses.
The Government has. within the past
ten days. been taking the census, says
correspondent and many curious facts
will be ELECTED, especially as regards
the marriage relations of tho lower
classes, who usually dispense with the
priest and civil magistrate and go ahead
in a fashion which Mrs Mona Card
might approve were it not for the fact
that the women have no sort of redress
if deserted. They may, it is true, use
the knife on their recreant spouses, and,
in fact, they frequently do, but this
only makes a bad matter worse. The
truth is that people earning from
eighteen cents to fifty cents day find
the civil and religious marriages too
costly, hence marriages ''detras de la
iglesia, or behind the church, as the
phrase goes. The civil marriage is the
only legal marriage, but no Catholic
woman would consider herself married
without the religious rite, hence among
the poor they solve the difficulty by not
getting married according to either
form. This sort Of free love in practice
works bGdly. for families are contin-
ually breaking up and children are
turned into the street. or, from dire
necessity, take to petty thieving. The
census will probably also show how
great is the proportion of really idle
people here who prefer to go miserably
clad rather than work steadily. Among
this class are recruited the ranks of the
beggars and thieves who infest the city.
and who have to be kept in order by q
strong police force. There is no lack
of employment here for any ablc-bodied
Industrious man or woman. There is
little excuse for beggary, which is a
great industry here, II it may be SO
called st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11

Fond Father-Julia, my dear. you
know I refused young Sniggleby'a re.
quest 30 marry you last evening"
Yes, and II vas real cruel
We'll, don't cry, dear; / have recon-
sidered the matter, and will be glad e
have you marry him.
'Oh. how good you arel How did
you change your mindP
Il was at the baseball grounds e
SEQ the exhibition game, ana the young
man who can stop hot grounder as
Sniggleby does has E great future be-
fore him Nebraska State journal.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11
vAalErlEs 81 ooRN.
WHAT an Authority on the Subject Has e
Say About re.

Say About r.
There are many excellent varieties Of
corn. have not Thought the produc-
ton Of new varieties especially import
ant, especially for farmers generally.
Neither have thought change Of seed
necessarily desirable. ! have steadily
advised farmers to keep tested and
well-liked varieties as pure as possible,
trying new claimants to favor on a
small scale. The plan Of having a small
plot especially for seed corn Is good
one. II not convenient TO have Il sep
arato from the regular fields, specially
selected seed may be planted at one
side OF in one corner. Cutting Che tas-
sells from. or entirely removing unde-
sirable stalks would tend to improve
ment-- reducing the percentage Of bar
rem stalks, for instance.
Unless replanting Is necessary, /
would not favor planting az different
times or planting different varieties in
order to keep up the supply Of pollen.
Sometimes good results would doubtless
be secured, but l doubt If much gain
Will usually result. This opinion is not
based on personal experience.
Purposed or accidental cross-fertiliza-
tion OF varieties sometimes gives very
satisfactory results; but l have some
preiudices in favor Of keeping varieties
pure in all ordinary cases. Selecting a
good variety--good In its ndaptation to
the locality -and then careful and per-
sistent selection Of seed with reference
to its having all the qualities Desired
hence selection from the stalk rather
than from the crib-and giving the
crop the best possible conditions Of
life" in the way Of soil and cultivation,
/ believe the most practicable means
by which to improve corn by most
farmers.
Ordinarily, on any but an expert
mental farm, think / should cultivate
but two varieties OF field corn, and
those alike in color and general type
one being an early-ripening variety
the other medium-late variety, bui
usually larger in stalk and ear and
yielding few bushels more per acr'
than the early variety, to which abou
one-tourth Of the total acreage in corr
would be planted. for early autumn
feeding. Such a variety we also fint
valuable when unusually late planting
is necessary from any cause. Prof. G
E. Morrow, in Rural New Yorker.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11


How Good fFaht Ar1af f1E ''kNErN N|HEl
P0ema" vas Ceoled FrleVrH
BTr. and AIRS Blxby had been mars
ried ten years and tho blessing ol chiI-
dren had been denied ihQm feet chat
caused them deep regret Mr BixbT
often said:
III tmupt be 30 sweet and interesting
TO witness the unfolding and developing
Of the infant mind
"Ah. yes. said Bixby. "a child IN tho
home must indeed b q we'll spring oA
Joy, sort Of q perpetual poem.
Il was soon after making these
speeches that they went 70 a. orphan
asylum and adopted 'qlttle 5ackg.n
an interesting youth Of about nino
years.
They hurried home with their prize.
eager TO witness at once the unfolding
Of his Juvenile mind
II began to unfold aud Develop before
he had-been ten minutes il the house.
Latent and unsupported, IS well a. un-
desired tendencies, began to mani-
fest themselves in Bixby's perpetual
poem
Before week Bixby had changed
his mind about child In the house DO,
ing "well spring Of JOY. He said It
was more like ''sink hole Off," but
Mrs. Bfxby wouldn't let him say 4 ALI
she said it sounded too much Ike swear
ing.
At the cad Of six weeks Bixby trans
lerred the boy and all, his right in him
% ranch owner out West who was on
the hunt for perpetual poems out q
which he might make good cowboys.
Bixby thought Jacky was just the
boy the ranch-man wanted He had
formed this opinion from the unfold
ing he had Witnessed Of Jacky' 8 young
mind and developments Of six weeks.
In summing up his losses afterward
Bixby said to a friend:
II wouldn't have one Of those things
in the house again for five hundred dol
lars a week. II l thought I'd ever have
one Of my own now I'd go and take q
whole package Of arsenic, and Mrs.
Bixby would drown herself.
THAT boy / had for six weeks didn't
leave whole piece Of furniture in the
house when heleft. He poisoned our
splendid old Maltese cat the second
day; he killed my Plymouth Rock
rooster the next day; he broke nine Of
the piano keys, and scratched his name
on each OF the four legs with nail
He broke our pier glass with tack
hammer; tore all the engravings out Of
ten costly books; tied my mother~in-
laws wig on the dogs head and turned
him loose. Then he took her teeth
and fixed them so he could work them
with string and carried them Of TO
school where hetraded them for four
glass marbles.
HE set fire to the barn twice and
tried to paint all the white parts Of my
horse red. He broke or tore or mash
ed something every ten minutes. He
insulted every body who came to the
house. He fought Ikea tiger when I
tried to take my revolver from him. I
think he had two fights day every day
for six weeks. Next time want tosee
any thing unfold itself I'll 60 of and get
il half-grown hyena and turn It loose in
the house so can have some peace
during the unfolding process. "--Tlme.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11
BRAINS ALWAYS WIN.
An EnterprIsinE Psddler who Understood
HIS Business.

An EnterprisinB EeOuAoF Wn1 VA~of9souU
His Business.
Stranger-Beg pardon, madam, for
calling you to the door, but will you be
kind enough to tell me who that igno-
rant, vulgar, commonplace woman In
the house across the way isp
Mrs. Gabb-Thats Mrs. Stuckup.
''Stuckup. Thank you I must re-
member the name SO as not to waste any
time on her in tho future. How did
iuch hopelessly ignorant woman get
on this very respectable street. won-
derp"
"Pm sure don't know. I called on
her once, but she never returned It. and
that ended our acquaintance, you may
be sure, the odious thing"
II should say so. Why, that woman
wouldn't know a lady from an orang
outang; she wouldn't know bright
spoon from n black one. It's an actual
fact that 1t isn't five minutes since she
said she had never heard of the Skihigh
silver polish; and when / even went to
the trouble to brighten spoon for her
she said it looked just the Same, Never
saw such ignorance ] suppose you
have always used the Skihigh polish, Of
course. You have the bright, cheery,
beautiful appearance Of ladies who do,
but perhaps your supply Is most out.
and in that case"
II believe it is. I'll taxa q pack
age."
'It comes in cans, madam. One dol
Lar. please. Thanks. Philadelphia
Record.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11
Start Bee-Keeping Alright

In advising on this subject an apiarian
authority, Mr.. Samuel Cushman. re-
marks that the bee-keeper is wise whose
apiary contains but one style Of hive
and that a good one. where there are
no odd hives or section crates. no
frames too large or too small, where
every frame from every hive will At in
any other and no misfits or mismates on
the premises In this way there Is
little trouble and no tinkering and
make-shifts The mechanical manipu-
lation OF one hive is just like smother or
fifty more. There is simply the proper
adjustment OF parts according to the
strength and needs Of she various cole
onies. But many who have all kinds
and sizes are continually discarding one
hive for another. buying bees in still
another style, and worst OF all, invent
ing hive themselves. which will also
be discarded IS soon as they learn
more and get full understanding of
the subject IN. Y. Witness
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11
"A lady living in Tocoa, Ca. claim

"A lady living in Tocoa, Ca, claims
have discovered q sure cure for hy-
drophobia. 1t has been tried in several
instances and always cures. Ii
Is a tea made from well-known
herb, which possesses the remarkable
power OF entering the blood, permeat-
ing the system and neutralizing
the effects of the dreadful poison.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11
rnE PRIME oF LIFE.
yustas thought was growing old,
Ready In ait IN nv aned chair

yust as thought was growing old,
Ready TO eft IN my easy chair
10 watch the world with heart grown cold
And smile at folly ] would not share,
Rose came BY with smile for me,
And am thlnhing that forty year
Is nj the age that Il seems to be,
When two pretty brown eyes arc near.
Bless mel Of life It is just the prime.
A fact that hope she will understand;
And forty year is perfect rhyme
To dark brown eyes and q pretty hand.
These gray hairs are by chance, you SEE
Boys are sometimes gray, am told;
Rose came BY with smile for me.
Just as thought was getting old.
s Walter Learned IN Century.
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11

"A young man in Philadelphia, out
If work, secured a position by standing
pn tho corner Of Broad and Chestnut
treets, sandwichod between two paste-
board signs, on which were painted:
''Ich suche arbeit-work wanted
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11

There is living near Sycamore.
Mass, family that occupies farm
that is said to have been handed down
from father to son for six generations
When the father Of this line. Thomas
Upper, settled on the land ia 1924, the
place was an Indian village known aa
Shaun,
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11

"A lady recently boarded street
gar, and when friend advised her to
sit down she replied that she was in
hurry and hadn't time to sit down.
Her destination was several blocks
away
Woodville Republican., 1889-05-11

The lazy man aims at nothing and
generally bits It
The morning news., 1889-04-10

western Georgia seem to be peculiarly
a .apted 10 the raising of vines enumerated.
Inc Concord does fully as well here as IN
the great Concord section along the Hndson
river.
Toe outlook for making wine is bright
one The vintage already made from the
sc1ppernongs-and they may be called the
native grape-has met with popular favor.
1t Is OF delicate reddish tinge, strong
Docy and plea ing to the palate, 1t Is es-
sentially table wine. The colcords grown
hereaDout, coun bisseurs say, also make a
desirable vintage. When tae scuppernongs
ard concords are blended together a very
paIatable product is the result. 1t is only
question OF time when Georgia will be
heard from rs a wine-making state. 1t has
all the essentials and fewer of the draw
backs taan California
The outlook for plums, strawberries, st the
Japan giant chestnut, figs, japanese persim-
mons, peanuts, ETC., was never better than
at present. All flourish and are prolific
bearers IN Thomas and adjoining counties.
Otner portions of the new south may revel
and be jubilant over the fact that they
have Industrial booms that have apparently
come TO stay, but it is in the middle, the
southern and southwestern portions of this
state that the people have struck hard pan
IN giving their time and attention to horti-
cultural pursuits Much of the product
ApCAAS III Oltuc VI reach bu6 Now VI
and other northern markets when there
is little or no competition with the fruit
crops of other states. This fact, ana
the peculiar adaptability If the soil
and climate, insure for a large portion of
Georgia great future. Every fruit, with
the possible exception of peaches, which
may have an occasional ''off year." is
"sure grower" In the main it is a remu-
nerative business, and evideace is afforded
along highways and byways that owners of
cotton and sugar plantations are fully
aware of it. From the vicinity Of Thomas
vile alone between 900 and $4,000
worth of small fruits were shipped last
year. This season tha aggre gate shipments
will exceed $4,000. The signs of the times
are that the reign of King Cotton, his con-
sort, sugar, and the waving corn will soon
be at an end. 1t will taks time, of course.
to change the great cotton plantations in o
teening orchards, vineyards, and berry
patches, but the work that is now in
progress is great one. and the significant
fact is that it is in progress.
The morning news., 1889-04-10
COL. NEWS MErAMPHORos1s.
He Sits Down Hoosisr and Gets Up
Londoner, Doncher Know.
From. the Louisville Courier-Journal.


a LondOner, DOnCher Know.
From the Louisville Corier-JournaL
WASHINGTON. March 25-John C.'New
sat this morning in the barbers chair at
the Riggs house for one hour and twenty
minutes. Col. New was having his fare
well hairdressing by an American barber
Within the past four or five years Mr..
News hair and beard have become quite
gray, and the locks nung over his ears in a
shaggy manner. The artist to-day how
ever, was equal to every emergency. The
most modern dude could not have eon
more particular in lrst ucting the list
as to the trimming f the hair and beard
than was the newly appointed consul gem
eral to London. Mr. New instructed the
barber to make for him fashion able Gu
he also desired that his beard be trimmed
III the mos accepted style, and OF that style
which prevails among English gentlemen,
and called mnttOn-chop whiskers. Mr..
News whiskers have been allowed to grow
out to some length, or as long as they would
grow without any particular attention
being paid to their cut or general charac-
teristicS.
The new consul generals beard was
trimmed and put into genuine English
fashion. 1t was bobbed off short at the
ends, clipped as to tne sides, with division
made by the BARRIERS shears in the direct
middle. OF course, this particular style
adopted by the new consul general will
give the London wind a chance to blow
through his whiskers with much more ease
and grace than could the gentle winds of
the wild and wcolly west at indianapolis
play around his Silvery colored locks. Thus
IL is that Dir. New appreciates the fact taa5
he is going into new country and viii
have a new wind TO tackle.
When the artist hal completed his job
Mr.. New rose gracefully from the chair,
put Oh his single handed eyegiass, aud was
adniring his handsome sure in the mirror,
wuen he turned quickly to the barber and
said:
"Ah, that is a very clever piece of work"
He took 10th hands aud parted tho beard
in graceful manner aud just a that mo-
meat his old-time friend, Gen. George w.
Williams OF Inriiana, entered the shop.
The new consul-general. while looking il
the mirror, recognized his friend, who at
that time had entered the or. Quickly
Mr. New, without turning around, said:
Hello, George How are you!"
Mr.. Williams thought he recognized the
voice. and walking up by the side Of MIR.
New, looked at him for moment, and
said:
Excuse me, sir; | thought that I knew
you. thought it was you Who spoke"
"Well, but you do, replied the new con-
sul-general. Don't you know me"
mo. sir, d } not think [ d. Perhaps l
have met you i'll London, but | cannot re-
call your name at the present moment"
THAT is very strange" replied Col. New.
"You ought to know me- My name is John
C. New, the newly appointed consul-general
to London
W illiams was inclined to doubt his word,
ard, looking at him for a moment, he
said:
"Great God, John. you look as though
you had lived in London all the days of
your life"
A few minutes later Col. New appeared
upstairs in the lobby Of the hotel where
he was an object of more than usual inter-
The morning news., 1889-04-10
How Ingersoll Meets Prejudice.

IRON tde RhltdQetDhld inquirer.
Il would never engage Col Ingersoll for
a counselor" said business man the other
day; Il should fear the very prejudice
against him on account of his religion
would lose the case with the average jury"
The remark calls 10 mind the uniform
practice of the orator before jury, prac-
lice ne adopted at the outset OF ms career
at the bar. he realized that uncoulciouS
IL not conscious prejudice might quietly
work against him, particularly in places
whore he was not personally known, ana So
his tivst object everywhere has been to over
come any secret religious feeling against
himself
There was but one thing that C .uld serve
me this purpose he said 10 a Philadelphia
FREUD not long ago, land that was humor.
There is only one sort oil argument that will
completely unite the knots in stubborn,
bigOted brain, and that is humorous argu-
ment No fallacy can withstand the force
OF humor, though all the facts in the uni
verso would not bulge it. There is an
insidlous, undermining power about humor
that leaves nothing for prejudice to stand
on About ths first case IN which | aD-
pearet us d pleader there were twelve men
on the jury who mated me so reli giou ,ly
that / thought the best thing could do for
my client was TO take traia and leave tls
state. But | dida',. ] stayed there and
when it came my tIrn to address the juty,
they looked as though they woald rather
hear an address from Mephistopneles him-
self. / had some good anecdotes in stock
aad began to weave them into my address,
one after another, whore / though they
would hit. The first one was taken with
perfect Soberness After awAile | got an
encouraged wrinkle on ole o.d fellows
face. Another yarn made several OF them
grin. l was runnng short of good things
to say, bat l felt tAaj dare not stop spelk-
ing until ! had made every one OF them
laugh to himself like good fellow. Before
l had finished every jurors face had besl
many times thoroughly wreathe1 with
Smiles aud The laughter Of tho crowd ia the
courtroom had been checked repeatedly. |
won the case and resolved never 10 leave
Jury, il | could help it, until | rad made
every man IN it take several good quies
laughs, as Il guarantee tnat he had nothing
against me personally--as a safeguard
againss unconscious prejudice"
The morning news., 1889-04-10
In the House.

The House to-day adopted resolution to
visit the state insane asylum in body
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Christie,
Milton and Brood commission TO visit the
Agricultural college at Lake City.
Messrs. Stapler, DeIgado and B ker, were
appointed a committee TO visit tie East
Florida seminary at Gainesville.
A big fight is still going on over the
amendment to the Jacksonville charter. 1t
will, however, pass substantially as intro
duced. Large delegations are here from
Jacksonville working for and against the
passage of the bill. Among those here are
Judge Lotion Jones and A. w. Owens.
Senator Call was again cordially received
by the House this afternoon. There is really
little or nothing doing in open session. but
the committees are all working we'll. There
is warm contest over the states attorney
ship in the Third circuit. The applicants
are ID. f. Grant of Live Oak and l.. E.
Robiuson Of Jasper.
Gov. Fleming has not yet sent in the
name of judge for the Sixth circuit.