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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
PITH AND POINT.

-Beecher says Hades is state rath-
er than place. Jersey, Wen bet.-
Turner'S Falls Reporter.
--Birdlings are very selfish creatures.
They take the food right out Of Weir
mothers mouths, Boston TrdnStript.
We Judge from accounts in almost
all of our exchanges that almost every
body has, at one time or another, been
shot through the liver. .-Elmjra Free
Press.
"A Michigan editor received S000,002
from the administrator of the estate of a
deceased subscriber, and to celebrate
the event caused his office towel to be
washed. How often aflluence leads to
extravaganza detroit Free Press.
Now the chowder's in the pot, and
the days are getting hot, and we all be-
gin to swelter with swelt, swelt, swelt.
While the crimson lemonade through a
straw enchants the maid, who displays
a bunch of flowers at her belt, belt, belt
-Puck.
The editor sat in his easy chair.
His shirt collar was unbuttoned, he was
wiping the perSpiration off his brow,
and thinking of future state (unre-
vised), when the man who borrows ex-
changes and gives him suggestions as to
how to run his paper came in and said
-" Is this hot emo" The man said
no more until he opened his eyes in the
drug store, when he remarked, 81 reck-
on it was. ''-IeraS SytingS.
The first drink makes man feel
anxious for the second; the second
brings smile to his face; the third has
a voluble effect; the fourth, he is StQl
more sociable; the 6tthTeSjiyissdie''Gts digni-
ty; the sixth a'stern expression of coun-
tenance that means beware; the seventh,
he becomes pugilistic; the eighth, he
fights and gets thrashed, and all subse.
quent drinks have no effect but to delay
the hour of sobriety.-NeW HaUeR Reg
tSter.
-"What kind of a house do you
wantP" asked the architect. "Oh,' y
replied the citizen, wearily, 81 don't
want house at all. | just want you
to build me three tiers of closets, like
jail cells; one hundred and thirty closets
in tier, and put roof over the TOP
tier. want to put up house that will
contain enough closets to satisfy my
wife," But the architect, who was q
man of broad experience, told him he
would have to put thousand closets in
a tier and make the edifice six stories
high, and then his wife would say when
completed that there wasn't closet ir
the house big enough for a cat to turn
round in darlington HGUkeye.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

1HE steamers Idlewild and Osce0la
Belle burned at the Memphis wharf on the
night Of the 3lSt. The fire originated in the
lamp-locker Of the Idlcwlld, and spread so
rapidly that the entire boat was soon envcl-
Oped in flames. The Osceola Belle lay just
above the ldlcwid, and before a tug could
be got to her assistance, SIZE took fire and
hoaed down the river burning Ima.sSs~'Eh@,
James Lee lying Just bGlQm'ShG'HdIewild,rana a
veryn2rrns tstipeirom destruction, butwas
<hailed out with her stages on fire and the
flames cXtinguished. The ldlewild had
just been thoroughly repaired and was load
ing for her first trip between Memphis and
Arkansas City, She was owned by Capt.
John d. Adams, Of Little Rock and Capt.
James II. Reese, of Pittsburgh, and valued
at about S25, 900; insurance $4,000. The
Osceola Belle ran between Memphis and
Osceola. She belonged to the Lee Line, was
valued at $4,000, with no insurance. A
small quantity of freight was destroyed.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Pc
Oria, H., on the night OF the 3Oth. BY the
explosion of an Oyercharged stiDl at the
Woolner Brewery, eighteen persons were
injured, over one half Of them fatally. The
names of the killed and those who died soon
afterward from their injuries are as follows:
Ignatz Woolner, one of the proprietorS, and
Max WOolner, son of another partner;
| two sons of VIM. Voehl (thc father prOba-
bly, fatally injured; Henry Casing, en-
gineer; Henry Goetz, Charles Heppener
and August Briet, employees; John Kuk-
! land a visiting brewer from Brooklyn, n.
Y. August Heller and VIM. Rice, two 9TH
| er employees, are supposed to be fatally in
| jured
AFFAIRS in Perry County, Ark, have
reached point where the State authorities
areeompelled to interfere. Investigation
revealed the fact that the civil authorities
were poEerless to arrest the assassins OF
Editor Mathews, or enforce the law. 1t is
also said that the people are divided as to
the means which should be adopted in adj
\ miuiStering Justice. Governor Churchill
has issued an order directing Major-Gen.
Newton to proceed thither with troops.
THE wife, daughter, and infant child
of John Snyder, a planter living in Lee
County, Ark, were drowned While crossing
bayou on a tlatbOat i'm Prairie County.
They were seated in a wagon and the horses
became resliye and backed it off the boat.
KENT MCNuTT, Secretary of State,
was accidentally drowned al Nashville,
Tenn, on the 3lst.
THE entire business portion of White
Hall, Muskegon County, Mich, was de.
stroycd by fire on the night Of the Goth. Los,
about Sl3O,00O.
/ SITTNG-BULL and party have gone
to Standing Rock Agency,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
A locomotives Race with a Reptile.

As the Shenandoah Valley fast express
entered the mile cut Immediately north
of our town on Tuesday last the engineer
was horror stricken to see what he sup
posed to be the end of the rail just ahead
of his rushing locomotive sliding rapidly
away from him. His first thought was
a broken rail caught by the pilot, and he
expected an instantaneous shock. Won
derment usurped the place of fear when
a second glance revealed live-foot
blacksnake of the species known as
''runner," gliding rapidly away from
him on top of the rail. In the excite
ment of the moment his hand sought the
throttle, he threw it wide open and the
train bounded forward under the i'm
pulse, but the snake maintained its lead
although the train was running at fully
fifty miles per hour, and when the end
of the cut was reached, and opportunity
was afforded to escape, it left the rail,
ran out into an open space, coiled itself
up, threw its head into an attitude of
defiance and died right there. An ex-
animation proved that the intense heat
of the rail had burned it TO death
MeckanicstoWH (Nd.) Clarion,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A South Carolina inventor will ex-
hibit cotton-picklng machine at the
Atlanta Exposition.
The recent discovery that cotton.
seed oil is perfect and satisfactory sub
stitute for lard bids fair to create quite
revolution in Southern household
economy.
Eastern tanners sometimes use the
fruit of the cypress tree in their tanning
operations, and it is maintained that the
fruit and even the wood of this tree
makes very good tanning material.
Paper betting is used with success
in the machinery hall of an exhibition
now held in Japan. 1t is stated that the
betting made of paper has been tested
and found to be much stronger than that
made of ordinary leather.
The canal across the Isthmus of
Corinth, begun by the Romans under
the Emperor Nero, but never finished,
is likely to be cut by the French, Gen.
Turr having lately received aconcession
from the Greek Government to carry
out the project.
AN inventor in Hartford, Conn,
has patented a belt which is made of
iron wire, the selvages being brass and
copper. The weff is of cotton, several
threads being woven in without being
twisted together. A double fabric. is
nude, between which, or inside of
which, number of single heavy wires
are inclosed to take the tensile strain of
the belt.
"A new celluloid is said to be obtain
ed from well-peeled potatoes, which are
treated for thirty-siX hours with solu-
ton of eight parts of sulphuric acid in
100 parts of water. The mass is dried
between blotting-paper, and then press
ed. 1t is further stated that in France
smoking-pipes are manufactured out of
this new material which are quite equal
in appearance to the meerSchaum. By
heavy pressure the material acquires
such hardness that billiard-balls can
be manufactured from it.
Investigations into the cause of dis.
ease in plants have been made on pear
and apple trees by Prof. T. j. Burrill.
His paper in the July american Natu-
TdliSt opens up prospect that blight in
fruit trees can be combated successfully
by careful tests of the diseased parts and
the use of knife. He found the starchy
particles in the bark of diseased pear
trees full of bacteria, and succeeded in
inoculating healthy from diseased trees,
While cutting away infected parts the
greatest care has to be taken lest healthy
tissue become inoculated by the knife,
The yellows of the peach tree are of the
same nature, and the Lombardy poplar
and aspen suffer from a similar disease
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
Our Young Folks.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.

Very warm was the day very drowsy and
still,
And the farmer sat reading thr rows;
And the wife OF the farmer was milking the
COW,
And his eldest son backing his shoes;
Aud the ma of the farmer was ON the back
porch,
Making apple and blackberry pies,
With the farmers wee girl in Il chair by her
side,
Looking at her with sleepy blue eyes
And the maid in the kitchen was waShilg the
With many "Oh, dearsw and "Oh. mys"
And the house-dog was lying upon the door
mat,
A lMziy snIpplng at flies
When some Maps, just escaped from the coun-
Came noise cssly flying that way;
And the funniest prankS that small Maps ever
played
In moment they managed to play.
From the hands of the i"rmeEthe paper they
From his head jerkcd the kerchlef of silk;
And they tumbled his wife from her stool
'gainst the COW,
And away went the pail of new milk.
They logged the boys elbow, and up flew hl'
arm, -,
And the backing splashei over his nose;
And they charmed the poor mad with nice
little dream,
And then dropped u big plate on her toes
Close together they b ought POmpey's teeth
with Lang,
Just catching the tip of his tongue:
And the ma of the farmer they teascd till al
last
Half her fruit in the garden she flung.
AMI they closed baby S eyes, and she slid from
the chair
And lay on the floor i'm a heap:
And yet these same Maps, though tis hard tC
believe,
Are the chill lren of quiet Dame sleep.
-MdlUalet EBtilDc, IN Hdrpc's Young PcGple
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
Two Plucky Women.

Mrs. Marshall and Miss Taylor, of Fire
holc Basin, NJ. T., were the heroncs of
quite remarkable adventure lately. 1t
seems that they were surprised one after
noon by seeing large cinnamon bear on the
roof Of the root house, endcayoring to make
his way to the succulent viands contained
therein. They tried to scare the animal
away with such missiles as were in reach,
but bruin didn't scare worth cent, and
continued to tear the roof of the house us
though they were not in the vicinity. Fear
ing they would be left foodess and famine
stricken, they decided upon trying other
means, and, getting a Sharp's rifle which
hung in the house, they Oyercame their
feminine aversion to such weapons, loaded
up the gun, and going to the corner of the
house took good aim and fred with such ef-
feet that the bear came tumbling off the
roof and made a bee line for his tOrmentOrs,
who, wOman-lilic, dropped the gun and ran
into the house and securely barred the door.
Unable to get at them the bear struck iOl
the timber, and the women, seeing him go
ing, picked up the gun, reloaded it and fol-
lowed him. They had not proceeded far in
the timber when they heard the bear groan-
ing heavily, rs ifmuch hunt, and, cautiously
seeking their opportunity, they rested their
gun across log, and again let drive with
such good aim as to shoot it through the
heart, killing it almost nstantly.-.NoHtdaa
! Wd1iNOuidji.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
The Late Dean Stanley.

Another distinguished Englishman Is
dead The cable brings to America the
news OF The death of the great Dean of
Westminster. There are few Engishmen
whose death would be so widely regretted
in this country. His relations with America
were not simply in his public and literary
character. He had numerous and devoted
personal friends here who had the greatest
admiration for his abilities and reverential
regard for his character. Arthur Penrhyn
Stanley was born in Alderlcy, Cheshire, De-
ccmber 10, 1915. His father was Dr. Ed
ward Stanley, rector of Alderley for thirty
two years and Bishop of Norwich from 1887.
The son was educated at Rugby, and in 1888
graduated at University College, Oxford,
where he subsequently resided for twelve
years as tutor. In 1851 he was appointed
Canon Of Can Crbury, and he was Regius
Professor Of Ecclesiastical History at Ok
ford from 1886 to 1864, when he was made
Dean Of Westminster. He was leader
of the "Broad Church" party. lie pub
lished "Life and Correspondence Of
Thomas Arnold, DID," which has
passed through numerous editions and
been translated into several foreign Lam
guages, "Sermons and Essays on the Apos-
tolic Age" 1.-The Epistles of 81. Paul to
the Corinthians, with Critical Notes and
Dissertations" "lIistorical Memorials of
Canterbury Cathedral" "Sinai and Pal
estine in Connection with Their History" q"
"Leclurcs on the History OF the Eastern
Church, ""Lectures on the History of the
Jewish Church, " " Abraham to Samuel, "
"The Bible, Its Forms and Substance"
Scripture Portraits and Other Miscclla-
nies," 4" Historical Memorials of West
minister Abbey" "The Three Irish
Churches" :; Essays on Church and
State" The Athanasian Creed" and
Lectures on the History of the Church Of
Scotland" In November, 1874, he was
elected Lord Rector Of the University of st.
Andrews. The last of the works named
above 1as written in 1874, as we learn from
the American CyclopTdia, to which we are
indebted for the record of the wonderful
life. work Of this eminent thcOlOgian. The
cause OF his death was erysipelas. His age,
it will be observed, was siyty-siX. 1t was
reasonably hoped that he had many years OF
life before him.-SL LOnS RelmJlican
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
An Interesting Collection.

Mr. Morton, Of the clerical force at the
White House, is preparing a separate scrap
book OF the newspaper accouGts Of the
shooting and dangerous illness of the Presi-
dent. The different accounts are cut up and
pasted in scrap-boOk. Editorial remarks
and comments are SciSsored and put in
alongside Of telegraphic accounts. Accounts
of public meetings held are also preserved.
Literature Of this character will make big
volume, which it will take the President
some time 10 peruse after he is able TO read.
He has expressed desire to have reports Of
the calamity and press comments preserved.
The kilograms Of sympathy which have been
received will all be preserved. They make
big collection. Telegrams from foreign
Governments and rulers were nearly all adj
dressed to Secretary Blaine. These will be
kept in the records Of the State Department.
Those received at the White House will be
put in some convenient form so that they
will be readily accessible to the readers and
sympathizing callers,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
The International Exposition at At
lanta, Ga.


The management Of the Intcrnationa
Cotton Exposition, which is to be held at
A lanta, Ga, beginning October b and to
continue throughout the remainder Of the
year, closing December 81, have recently is
sued circular of which the following is the
substance: This exhibition was named the
international Cotton Exposition" because
nothing more was contemplated than fair
for illustrating every detail Of the cotton in
dustry. Soon after the company organized
the managers decided to admit other text
lies, and later, yielding to an almost uni
yersal demand, they concluded to open their
doors to al Industries. Hence the EXpOsi-
tion is no longer confined to that one staple,
nor to the several textile interests, but il
comprise; every industry in which civilized
men engage. The classification employed al
the Centennial will be closely followed in
the six departments OF the Exposition. The
railroad companies have adopted excursion
rates lower than ever before offcred-round-
trip tickets from Chicago CT st. Louis only
fifteen dollars, from Cincinnati or Louis
vile, nine dollars, and equally low rates by
other lines. 1t is expected that no less than
100000 people from the South, 100000 from
the North, and very large number from
Canada, Great Britain and the European
Continent will visit this Exposition, and cN-
tensiye arrangements are being entered into
to furnish sufficient additional accommoda-
tions to comfortably entertain so large q
multitude in the city Of Atlanta. The entry
fee OF twenty-five dollars is the only charge
to exhibitors. Nearly every kind Of busi-
ness is already represented among the appi.
cations registered. Full and specific an.
swers will be given to all inquiries respect.
ing the Exposition addressed to II, |. Kim
ball. Director General, Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

THERE is no little excitement in Eng
land over the reported discovery at Liverpool
Of Internal machines packed in barrels pur-
porting TO contain cement, received by
steamer from America. The report, though
generally circulated, was not credited by
many, until Secretary Harcourt, in reply to
an inquiry touching the matter in the House
of Commons, said the report was substan-
italy correct. The Home Office on the ar
rival of the vessel referred to in the report,
has sent two detectives to Liverpool, and six
machines were discovered in one vessel and
four in another. The Home Secretary
further stated that more than three weeks
ago the Government was informed Of con-
signments from America TO England of iu-
fema machines, the names of vessels being
given. Investigations Ia discover the orig
inator of the conspiracy, he said, are pro-
cceding here and in America. lie believed
the conspirators were connected with the
avowed projects Of the Fenian press in
America. lie concluded as follows; at is
my firm belief that the American Govern
inent is rs DESTROYS 90, the English Govern
mCnt TO supp sss such crimes"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

The Treasury Department ordered
the discontinumce of the manufacture and
sale of gold tokens stamped "quarter dollar
and "half dollar" Persons manufacturing
or selling such tokens are rendering them
selves liable to penalties of both fine and i'm
prsnnment.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

TIE Chinese Ministers to this Govern
ment, Chin Ian. Pin and Yung Wung, have
been withdrawn by their Government, They
will be succeeded by single representative.
This is in Difference to the expression of
other iirst-class Powers, which are rccogniz.
ed by only one Minister from China.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

THE Postal Telegraph Company has
been organized at New York, with capital
of $2l, 100000. James r.. Kecne is President.
The company propose to eDter>the field as
competitors of the Western Union, and say
they will stretch their wires to every locality
where the latter company has an office.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

THE London Lancet, in speaking of
President Garield's wound, says; "a por-
tion of the dress may have been carried into
the wound, and each abscess that forms is
not only a direct source of danger from the
pain and fever, and the danger Of its spread
iDgdeeply, but with each there is fresh
liability of blood poisoning. 1t is quite inn
possible to feel any certainty that we may not
hear of another abscess or relapse, and it is
Of great importance that the patients con-
stitutional vigOr should be maintained az as
high pitch as possible in view Of future
troubles. The absence of fever and eXhaus-
tion removes any cause for immediate alarm,
but until the wound is quite healed and the
bullet either removed or safely encysted,
there will be liability to recurring abscesses,
each attended with the risk Of blood poison
ing
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

THE New York Greenbackers will
hold State Convention at Elmra, August
%,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

OWING to the unsettled state of Ire
land it has been decided to maintain mill
tary establishments at their present strength
some time longer.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

THERE seems to be a genuine revival
of the duellmg code in Europe. Two Span
ish officers fought at Gibraltar, one of whom
was killed and the other seriously wounded.
Baron Won Geyso, young German officer
of much promise, has been shot dead in
duel witha brother officer. Two students
Ea.e Gottengin fought duel with pistols, and
UheWas mortaly wounded.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

SECRETARY WINDOW has instructed
the Collector of Customs at Boston to use
every Cndeavor to ascertain the parties who
lse'Pod the infernal- machines from that
city that were recently received by steamer
in England,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

A REPORT is in circulation that Gould
has purchased the Atchison & Nebraska
road as n feeder to the Union Pacific.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

DOMINGO SANTA MARIA has been
elected President of Chill.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

An Oil City man purchased
hand bellows, took it home, ant
his wife he had concluded to blow
brains out; whereupon she repliedt {
a smaller sized bellows would have
swered the purpose better.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06
Clean Clothes for Inv,

f-iNN---S **@ | - Z
on the various me-
cool ih9 lot weather none
tirely despised, unless it is
ing spirits. Better than aim
them, however, is the freqs
ing of underclothing. So
ure escapes in the form of
that the skin seems to have mo-
dispose of anything else; but they
is that the perspiration carries wit
great deal of waste matter that is
like most of the moisture, carrie
absorption through the variousst
nesses of clothing and into IL
rounding air. This waste rd
whatever fabric it first reaches
soon accumulates to a degree tn,
retards perspiration or prevent
sorption. Servants may gruIj
family wash increases in ho
or laundry bills may mcreaI
cheaper to devote more my
than to spend larger
liquor or other tonics =
sense of oppression that n
obstructed perspiratIon. 3
quency with which athlete
perienced pedestrians and o.
exercise freely in warm weatherS
their clothing would astonish man.
pie who imagine their own habits
extremely cleanly; but tho ch
richly pay for themselves in conf
! ~ J. Herald
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

PROF. EASTMAN, of the National OBJ
seryatOry, says that the last new comet will
soon be visible to the naked eye, at will
not be so far north as the other We will be
able to see it by and by, early in the evening
in the west, and early in the morning in the
east. has something of tail, which will
grow more distinct. The comet is labeled
as Comet c. being the third comet discov-
cred this year. The comet up by the polar
star is the Comet b."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

WHITE, Minister to Berlin, has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect August
10, at which time be will return tothe Unit
ed.Statcs. No appoFtment of u successor
can be made while the President remains in
his presentconditon. II is not probable
that IN appointment will be made until Con-
gress meets.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-06

GOVERNOR CR1TTENDEN, of Missouri,
by proclamation, offers $4,000 reward for the
arrest and conviction OF each person par
ticipating in the train robberies at Glendale,
in October, 1870, and at Winston on the 18th
of July, the latter robbery being attended
with two murders. For the appre-
hension of Frank James and Jesse
w. James 5000 is offered Internationally,
with $1,000 added upon their conviction for
completely in the crimes mentioned.