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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23

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cure the settlement of the State debt
upon a permanent basis which will be
satisfactory to our creditors, and at the
same time not oppressive to the people
Of the State; to encourage obedience
to the laws and a faithful compliance
with judicial decisions to preserve for
all men the rights of property and the
fruits of their labor. am aware that
no State nor community can prosper
which habitually disregards its obliga'
tons and considers its credit of no val
ne. am also most painfully aware
that a doctrine most dangerous in its
character has been proclaimed, to-wit:
that the decisions of courts are in GER
tain cases not to be regarded and are
to be set at naught.
Whilst many of us preferred set
Element of our State debt different
from that made by our last Legislature,
yet as it is now settlement, / am for
abiding by it in good faith and I'M
der fair and just administration of
the law by the courts. / am fully
cognizant of the fact that the 1908
settlement is greatly misunderstood by
many of our citizens, and grossly mis-
represented by others. Attempts are
actively made to create a popular pref
udice against it without proposing any.
thing better in its place, and in fact,
without proposing anything as substi
tute, thereby leading to complete repu
diation.
TAXATION UNDER THE 1908 ACT.
What are the motives influencing the
men engaged in this movement,
shall not undertake to say. 1t canno
be to relieve the people from burden
some taxation, because the tax neces
sary to carry out this settlement is no
oppressive to any one. 1t only amounts
to 20 cents on the 500 worth of prop
erty-that is, only $40 on property as
sessed at $4,000, or 500 on property
assessed at $40, 900, or 50 on propert,
assessed at 81 900. 1t is well know
that the assessed value of property ii
the State does not exceed half its tru
value, so that the debt tax in reality
only half what it appears to be; ant
on many, perhaps majority of tn
people, it amounts to no tax at all, be
cause their property is exempt unde
the constitution from taxation, an,
their poll tax is devoted to the commo
school fund. The annual tax necessar
to pay the debt if placed upon individ
uals would amount to very little, if any
over fifty cents per head of our populs
ton, but as a matter of fact it has
. be paid by the property of the country
individuals would be glad to get sue
settlement of their debts as has bee
allowed to their State. They woul
rejoice to get their notes renewed {
three per cent. interest and the tim
extended for SO years.
3 The State can at any time she pleas,
with the consent of the owners pay G
g any portion of the debt, provided ST
: has the means to do so, at sixty cen
Q on the dollar.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23

MCMINNvILLE, July 2, 1881.
Maj. Wm. j. Sykes Dear sir; Rec
ognizing you as friend to the best in
terests Of all our people and as having
been identified with the masses of the
people without the stimulus of Office
seeking, we would be glad to have you
address our citizens at the court house
at any time that may suit your conven-
fence on the present status of the debt
question. ASA FAULKNER,
ED. j. WooD,
r. KENNEDY,
F. M. SMITH.
T. G. SMARTT,
THos. BLACK,
j. G. MARTIN.
and others.
T..i.x 10 jQ1
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23
w. V. WHITSON,
Attorney at Law,
MCMINNvILLE, TEEN.

MCMINNvILLE, TEEN.
Will practice in the Courts of Warren and
adjoining counties and in the Supreme Court
at Nashville. Prompt attention given to col
lections and all business entrusted to his
management.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23

Lightning Relief is a sure cure for
sick and nervous headache. For sale
by j. B. Ritchey.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23
LOST

By you, vast amount OF fun and good
reading II you fail to subscribe for the
STANDARD Immediately. 81 year.
IOBPRINTlNG don0 at the STADARD OF
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23
MASTERLY REVIEW OF
THE SITUATION.

A Patriotic Letter from A Dis
tinguished Citizen Of Ten
nessee, who has not
Sought Office for
Twenty-eight
Years.
He Declines to Speak, but Gives His
Views on the SituatiOn---A Voice OF
Wisdom and Warming to Demo.
Crats.-.-FOr Forgetting and
FOrgiVlng the Pest.--.
For Union and Har-
mOny in the
Future.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23

"Gorgons, hydras and chimeras Dire"
! have only this to say, that these same
objections may be made to any settle
ment. There never has yet been a
famine throughout Tennessee; there
never will be, l hope, another civil
war, and foreign wars will not interfere
with our ability to pay. But if in the
course of fifty years there should be a
famine, or pestilence should sweep
oyer the State so that we could not
raise revenue by taxation, then with
restored and established credit we
could go into the money markets and
borrow money with ease to relieve our
distressed and pay our interest. But
in such sad event if the policy advo'
Gated by the opponents of this bill be
pursued the State would have no credit
to borrow money for her distressed peo
pie nor to relieve them from taxation,
Some of those who most violently
oppose the coupon receivable feature
are the very men who, years ago, ad
vOcated paying the principal as we'll al
the interest of the debt in comptroller
warrants receivable for taxes. Thii
would have been liable to all the objec
tons of the coupon receivable feature
of the present settlement and to more
and stronger objections. The truth is
this eonnnn receivable feature is mere
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23
THE COUPON FEATURE.

If the State meets her obligations as
she is in good faith bound to do, then
there will never be any coupons
to be received for taxes, and all
the imaginary difficulties grow
ing out of this feature of the bill will
be removed. The Legislature of Ten
nessee in 1886 in chartering the Bank
of Tennessee made its notes receivable
for taxes, and the Legislature of 1869,
chapter 81, section 2, makes coupons
of the bonds of Tennessee receivable
for taxes.
In no event can the taxes levied for
school purposes be interfered with by
the coupon feature of the bill, because
it is provided in the act that coupons
shall not be received for these taxes.
AS to the purely imaginary dangers
of famines, earthquakes and wars over
tho phnla Stata
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-23

An Easy Exit from the Burdens
Of the State Debt Under
Any Settlement.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-26

dldate only as q Republican ara af.a- 80.
ask only as to his integrity and capacity
"nlcn snail receive frankly recommends.
uons from Senators and Representatives as
from any one else,-and which shall accent
dictation from no one in making the final
selectlon. Let us have these from a man who
can make his subordinates feel that thew
enter the public service, not to represent any
leader or % serve any faction, but TO attend
90 tnelr duties and restore the credit Of their
party as 9 whole BY the excellence OF their
administration That, and that alone. is the
policy which will desolve the rings inside the
party, and make their factional allegiance to
a Senator or a Representative as barren as it
is servile.
1t is the vice of all party organization that
It's selhshness tends to 'sstrike in" and to de-
stroy the party's own life by breaking it into
subordinate factions, each more eager for its
own success than for the prosperity of the
party or the prevalence of its ideas. The
higher a party is in its primalaims, the great
er the services it has undertaken or perform
ed for its country or for mankind, the more
this mischief Of factional subdivision will
prove when once it gathers head. Optna5
corruptio pessima. We will owe it to Mr..
Garfield if the tendencies already working so
powerfully for the destruction of the Repub-
lican party are not allowed to precipitate its
ruin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-26
why Ltncoln Appointed Him.

The Rev. James Shrigley, who is well
known here was appointed by President Lin
coin 8 hospital chaplain during the war.
Pending his confirmation by the United States
. ~self-constituted committee Of the Young
Mems Christian Association called on the
President to protest against the appointment.
After Mr.. Shrigley's name had been men
toned the President said:
ooh, yes, I have sent it to the Senate. His
testimonials are highly satisfactory, and the
appointment will no doubt be confirmed at
an early day."
The young men replied: "But, sir, we
have come not to ask the appointment, butte
solicit you to withdraw the nomination, on
the ground that Mr.. shrigley is not eyangeli-
cal in his sentiments"
"Ah!" said the President, shat alters the
case. On what point Of doctrine is the gentle
man unsound?
"He does not believe in endless punish
ment," was the reply.
"Yes," added another of the committee,
che believes that ever the rebels themselves
will finally be saved, and it will never do to
have a man with such views hospital chap
lain !.
The President hesitated to reply for a mo-
ment, and then responded with an emphasis
they will long remember: IF that be 50,
gentlemen, and there be any way under
heaven whereby the rebels can be saved,
then, for Gods sake, let the man be appoin-
ted"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-26
French Hafr.Dressers.

The coiffeurs of Paris, says the New York
Hour, have had a solemn but successful meet
ing at the Cirque Il the Champs Elysees.
Many weighty questions were to have been
decided before this dread tribunal, potent to
make or mai the happiness Of many an inno-
cent woman, happily unconscious at this mo-
ment Of the braids, curls, and frizzles which
may be imposed on her before the season is
over. The result Of this great conyocation
of three thousand people is not yet ascer-
tanned but an attack or the present simple
and meagre system of hair-dressing has been
long meditated by the French coiffeurs
Several tons of fair hair were annually ex-
ported by France to England and Germany.
The hair harvesters, however, did not confne
their operations to France, but gathered huge
crops periodically from German, Bohemian,
and Hungarian villages, while Italy, Spain,
and even Russia were also laid under regular
| contribution, but at longer intervals, By their
travelling agents. It appears that the most
luxurious heads of hair in France are to be
found among the peasant women of Nor
mandy. Brittany yields plentiful crops, but
of coarse quality and lacking in lustre. Limo
ges and It's neigb5orhood are productive of
exceptionally long and glossy black hair.
Throughout the north Of France dull h1es
characterize the capillary groWths, a fact
which the dealers attribute to the influence
Of the sea air upon the human hair. The
French hair-dealers' chief customer was
America, whittier as much Of the commodity
was annually exported as to Great Britain
and Germany combined. a great industry
has therefore been almost suppressed by the
disuse of false braids and elaborate %chignons.
Up to the year 1879 the expectation OF false
hair from France was very great, amounting
at times to 10, 000, 900 francs annually. White
hair (the rarest of shades) has brought from
hair 27O francs. Black hair is the cheapest
OF all colors, as any hair can be dyed black.
Blonde Or chestnut hair was generally chosen
for experiments BY the great Partisan artists
in their competitive exhibitions Of profess
sional skill at the Cirque. The women who
served as BARRIERS blocks On the occasion are
said to have been generally comely inappear-
ance otherwise the genius of the most re-
noWned coifhfeur might have struggled in
vain to produce the desired result.
Some of them were observed to pause for in
SEPARATION as they approached their models,
and then rush madly back to their work, as
though a moments hesitation might dispel |
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-26

TIC drea- 6 heart zo..s r-t 1oo..ss..st .tls:r
noblest conceptions. OF cou.se Sc, the coiffures
were of an elaborate character, but NJ es-
peciai novelty susceptible of immediate
adoption is yet chronicled, so that sweet
simplicity and q little knob Of hair, in lieu of
chignon, at the back of the neck may con-
tinue to reign for an indefinite period.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-26

e. n. HER3HFIELD
A. HERsHlsIELD,
Helena.
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25
THE BALANCE OF TRADE.

| Horse thieves are generally high strung in I dividuals out in the territories.-W Wit and | Wisdom.
 My Love is Gone' is the title of the latest | song written by young man in Boston. Of I course, this is rough, but ssthe absent girl eats no oysters. ."-Neso Orleans Times. Courbet said to one of his friends who was | talking of getting married: ''tWhy don't you
 marry Miss X. over there She's perfect painted" e'Weli, did you ever see an angel | that wasn't painted ?"-From the French. Impartial-New curate (who wishes to
 know all about his parishioners): ''Then do
 I understand you that your aunt is on your fathers side or on your mother's?" Country ! lad d: ''Zometimes on one an sometimes on l the other, 'ceptin' when father whacks lem both, sir.-Paeach."
 Translated from the Sonntagsblatt Far
 meress-''Thou, Sepp, the flesh of our slaughtered COW cannot good be; it has tri- chinae; we shall it not eat" Farmer ''Knowest what we do? We send to the preacher and schoolmaster some. If it to them nothing does, may we also eat''- LoaasCtlle Cou1Ter-Jour7aal.
 A squint-eyed man, who stole a valuable picture from an art store, on being asked by the judge before whom he was brought his
 reason for the theft, replied that he had been told by several photographers that It was lm-
 possible for man with such an expression of
 face to take good picture, and he wanted to
 prove the contrary.
 Married-In Louisville, Ky, Amelia Wag-
 ner and Benjamin Ferguson He was but 8
 village mason; but a weeping widow she
 Her husbands tomb he took his place on, to
 cut an epitaph for he. She came to cry at that d, ar shrine, for greatly it imported that
 he should carve right ev'ry line-and while
 he cut he courted. The epitaph unfinished is, and so will long remain, until their love
 diminished is, when he will cut again. But
 by that time he'll surely moan-experience
 will prove it-that he's not underneath the
 stone, and t'other man above it.-Prooidsnce
 P7.ees
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25
structed in every block. It will not be long before the wires will be underground in all the large cities of this country.


 When Commissioner Coleman took hold of the work of cleaning the streets of New York and keeping them clean his efforts were much praised, and it appeared to be thought that he would really do something. But a change has come. Yesterdays New York Tunes has the following: "The deplorable condition of the streets of New York is beginning to excite an indigna- tion that is gradually spreading among every class of the eity's business men. There is a general feeling of suspicion that the Mayors Street Commissioner is not all that he ought to be, and that he has failed to carry out the large promises that were made in his behalf when he was appointed to do the work of street cleaning which the Board of Police Commissioners had so signally neglected. The streets in general throughout the scity today are in little better condition than when the Police Commissioners gave thsm into the charge of Commissioner Coleman, and in number of instances their condition is worse, according to the testimony of some of the store keepers along them, than it has been in years. It is matter of surprise that the Commissioner should expose his ig- norance of these facts by his neglect to remedy the evils which are loudly complained of
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25
Tuesday Morning, Oct. g. 1881.
A VALUABLE REPoRT.


 Much valuable work has been done hither- to by the State department at Washington in the collection and dissemination of informa- tion concerning the condition of trade and manufacturing in various countries where our consuls are stationed, but report just issued from the department far excels in in terest and value any which has been before attempted. It contains an epitome of the reports of consuls in all parts of the world upon the condition of the cotton goods trade in their several districts and upon the wants of the people in yarns and manufactures. The object of this work, as the Secretary of State sets forth, is to give to the cotton man ! ufacturers of this country a complete expo sition of the present wants of foreign mar kets and future chances of developing and extending this great American Industry. The report fills about four hundred pages, comprising an analysis of some one hundred pages, with an appendix showing fully the cotton goods trade of England for 1880, the present manufacturing conditions of that country, the wages paid, hours of labor, pro- ducts and profits thereof, the dividends de- clared, etc. Then follow the consular re- ports, enumerating the existing advantages and disadvantages of each market, the past and present supply, and the wants in sorts, styles, sizes, quality, etc. This part is a complete text book for our cotton manufac- turers. Then follows a supplement giving, first, the opinions of British and other con suls from their standpoints and interests, in contra-distinction with our own, on this in- dustry and trade; second, table of thirty pages of the tariffs of the world on cotton goods which has been prepared at the Department of State from official and authoritative data. This is followed by tables of values of money and weights as quoted in the tariffs, showing the equivalents in United States values and weights for the benefit of American cotton exporters in estimating competitive prices current. The reports of consuls have been accompanied by samples of the present SUD- ply in each consulate district and descrip- tions of the wants of each people of the world, which form the most valuable illus tration of the worlds consumption and ne- cessities in cotton goods that has ever been presented in any form. The samples with the report are to be sent immediately to the Atlanta exposition.
 Such work as that described above has never before been attempted. It gives to American manufacturers and exporters what it has taken Great Britain seventy five years to learn, and they will doubtless profit by the instruction it contains.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25

Seasoned Hardwood, Cherry, Black Walnut, Ash. Maple and Oak, also Mahogany Boards and Plank, at New York Prices. LEWIS 6 BEECHER COMPANY,
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25
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 goHH B. oARR1SaToE. EDwAzD T. oARRrNeroN. JOHN B. HARRINGTON, yR.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25

The New York Eoening Post publishes 8 catalogue which is instructive in it's warning. Nine Senators and twenty-four Assemblymen of the late Legislature continued to vote for Messrs. Conkling and Platt after the joint caucus had nominated Messrs. Miller and Lapham. Only one of the nine Senators has been nominated for reelection; in five dis tricts other candidates have been nominated; i; in three the conventions have not yet been held Of the Assemblymen three only have been nominated for reelection, and in two of these cases bolt has been caused by the nominations. Thirteen have failed to secure a nomination one has been nominated for Senator; and in seven districts the conven- tions have not been held.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There are many reasons for the belief that ex-Governor Morgan will make good Secre- tary of the Treasury. He is able and saga cious and knows great deal about money and business both theoretically and practi- cally.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25

Harvey, the Philadelphian who neglected to provide proper fire escapes for his en- ployes and was declared responsible for the death of a number of them by a coroner's jury, seems likely to get some justice done him. Not only is criminal prosecution hanging over his head, but the parents of one of the nine young people who were burned to death in his mill have brought suit against him for $50, 900 damages.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25

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Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25
CORRESPONDENCE.

Scenes in the Sandwich Islands--A Visit to HilO and the Lava FlOw-SOme Habits and Manners of the Natives The View from HiIO Bay-The Lava Fgow-IIow g Princess Stopped it-Kil- auea-A Descent into its Crater-The 'tHouse of Everlasting Fire''-Back to
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25

'' The Label and Trade Mark of a well known aud responsible manufacturer the best protection the rublic can have" ssDR MOTT,
 Government Chemist D Awarded the Highest Premium by the American In
 stitute.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25

There is great activity in real estate in and around Chicago. In the suburbs men who have sold it for $500 and upward. Real es- tate is also very active in many other cities. It will be in New Haven before many years, not to say months.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-25

The legal responsibility of the insane is re- ceiving much attention now in itsrelations to Guiteaus case A recent writer in legal magazine has contended that insanity should not be recognized as a defense in trials fer crime, while others maintain that no degree of 1unacy short of actual frenzy, which seems to obliterate all mental and moral qualities and make it's victim only furious wild beast, should be accepted as an excuse for acts which would be crimes if committed by a responsible person. Dr. Spray, the superintendent of an asylum in Illinois, says of Guiteau 'I believe he should be hanged, whether of sound ming or not. If of sound mind he richly deserves it; if not, his execu- similar persons at large" Many who deal directly with the insane hold like opinion.
 It has cost the German government seven million dollars to lay it's telegraph wires un- der ground subterranean cable connects 221 towns with a network of wire and re- moves from the streets all the poles and other contrivances which formerly defaeed them. The work of laying subterranean con- duits in Philadelphia was begun little while ago, and is now under good headway, the work progressing at the rate of half a block per night The system comprises an arrange ment of conduits which have twenty cham bers, each chamber having capacity for &C., commodating fifty wires. One thousand wires are thus safely inclosed in 8 conduit, and they can be reached and connections made by means of .man- holes, which are con-