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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
Husking Corn Under Cover.

A large proportion of the corn raised
in the West last SEASON was injured or
completely lost by allowing it to remain
in the fields where it grew till the COM
ing of cold weather. Winter commenced
early and continued late. The weather
was extremely cold, and there was an
unusual amount of rain and snow. In
some sections there was no suitable sea-
son for husking corn after the middle OF
November. The corn remained in the
hills where it grew or the stalks were cut
up and built into shocks. In either case
much of the corn was wasted. This
season more care has been taken to pre-
serve the corn that has been raised,
partly on account of its scarcity and
partly on account of the losses sustained
last season. In some States many farm
ers have broken the ears from the stalks
with the husks attached to them and
taken them to the barn or other build
ings for safe storage. In some cases
where the amount of corn raised was
large, and the accommodations under
cover small, the ears with the husks
about them have been placed on coat
ing of straw and covered with straw or
long grass. In the opinion of those who
have tried the experiment the moisture
dries out of the ears better when the
husks are about them. When harvested
and preserved in this way the husking
may be done under cover at any time
during the winter. The only additional
labor required by this method is that OF
handling the husks that remain on the
ears. 1t is claimed that the husks, which
can be readily saved when the work Of
husking is performed under cover, will
more than pay for the extra labor re-
quired. BY having the ears under cover
the husking may be done during stormy
weather or even in the evenings, and al
danger of loss by exposure to storms
obviated. Chicago Times.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
The Pacific Railway SnOw.Sheds.

These wonderful wooden tunnels cove.
30 miles of the Central Pacific Railway
They were first suggested by its practt
cal Vice President, Charles Croker, but
his companions hesitated through fear
of their impracticability and expense.
They are of two kinds, one with very
steep roofs and the other with fiat roofs.
They cost per mile from $1,000 to $l2,-
900, and in some places, where heavy
masonry was needed, the cost reached
$4,000 mile. They are firmly con-
structed to support the great weight of
snow and resist the rush of avalanches.
Fire precautions are very thorough.
Corrugated plates of iron separate the
buildings into sections, and in the great
ten-mile shed there are automatic cleo
trio fre-alarms. At the summit is an
engine and tank always ready to flood
the ignited spot in an instant. These
sheds shut in the view of the great Sier.
ras, but without them winter trave
would be impossible. Sometimes five
feet of snow falls upon them in a day
and often thirty feet lie on the grount
at one time, and in many places snow
accumulates TO the depth of fifty fee
above these great wooden arches
Nashville american.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
Royal Children.
UC1n0crat

The majority of people have an idea
that royal children are entirely above
those amusements which delight the
ordinary youngster. This is altogether
an error. A gentleman just arrived in
England gave a picnic party in New
South Wales some three or four months
ago in honor of the two sons of the
Prince of Wales, whose presence formed
the feature of the festival. / said to
him, "What kind of boys are theyP"
SWELL" he rejoined, "they are more
childlike than most youths of their age.
While the repast was going on they
chiefly amused themselves by pelting
each other across the table with pieces
of bread! Very like their father; in
fact, very like a Wales" Something
like Internationally years ago the heir
apparent to the English throne slept in
an inn in very dcsolate and wee town.
| should think that this must have been
one of the humblest of his Royal High
ness hating places. Directly after the
departure of the distinguished WIS.,
itors, the landlord gained Importance,
and began to thank the Lord he was
not as other publicans. l well remem.
Der the opinions he expressed concern.
ing the Prince. He said he was "terri.
blen playful, and that as soon as he was
up in the morning he was out chasing
the cocks and hens out of theirvery lives
American Register.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
A New England Flreslde.

A certain sort OF domesticity depart
ed from New England homes when
open fireplaces went out and furnaces
came in. The family hearth becomes
only name, and the stirring line in
which Marco Bozarris exhorts his fellow
Greeks to "strike for their affairs and
their fires'' loses half its force when one
contemplates the modern furnace in
dark and dirty cellar, which the fire.
tender feels more frequently inclined to
strike at than for. No well-constituted
family would ever think of gathering
around o small, square, black hole in
the floor, through which rises dry
heat and faint odor of decaying
vegetables in the cellar; nor is a steam
radiator, however highly decorated, q
vivifying object for contemplation. The
CRATE fire still continues a possibility,
though not so well appreciated as it
should be. Not to be depended on
alone, but as a sort of light assistant to
the heavy furnace, which takes the
chill off, it affords most efficient and
complete system of ventilation; and the
flame that creeps in and out among the
black and glowing Goals, the Pickering
shadows on the wall, the cheerful glow
that pervades the room, offer a most
efficient antidote to the baneful and
almost universal tendency of the Ameri-
can housekeeper to step down to the
Post-ofice in the evening. In fact, the
fire-tender of an open CRATE fire must
spend his evenings at home.-LOndo0
Tele0y,n1ll
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
Confidence in Self.

Rely on yourself; take it for granted
that you can accomplish your plans
Never say 81 can't!"-they are ignobl'
words. He who does not feel withiS
himself the power to conquer fate is nos
n man in the true sense of the word
Of course it is a misfortune for him.
since he can never be any benefit to him.
self or anybody else. Heaven help the
woman who marries him! Somebody
says, "Oh, don't like these self-con'
ceited folks!" My friend, self-conceit
and self-confidence are two qualities as
different as light and darkness; and
though the seIf-conceited person may
not be the most agreeable of compan'
ions, we infinitely prefer him to the
creeping, criDging, craven-spirited fell
low who is never ready for an emergen-
CIV, and who, like Uriah Hep, spends
his time trying to be tumble" The
man who SAYS 81 will do it!"-who says
it from his heart, and means it, too
who bends his wholeaenergy to the
work, almost always accomplishes it;
and then people call him lucky and sue
cessful, and all that sort of thing, when
in fact, his luck has been brought about
by his own persevering efforts and by
his confidence in himself. Fortune de
tests cowardice; and the man who vii
not be conquered by triaes is her prim'
faYorite.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

At the great Italian Industrial Exhibition
Just closing in Milan, Italy, the highest
awards for musical instruments, silver
medal and diploma, were taken by an Ameri-
can manufacturer, the Mason & Hamlln Or
gan Company, whose cabinet organs were
judged to be so superior that they were the
only reed organs OF any manufacture, Euro
pean or American, which were awarded q
medal. 1t is great honor to these makers
that in Italy ITSELF the very home OF music,
their organs should receive such distinction.
They excited much interest among mu-
slcians, and were by special order repeated
lY exhibited to the Royal Court by Carlo
Ducci, the distinguished artist Of Rome
N. Y. Evening Mail.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
a. old maids uniess their husbands are

"Old maids unless their husbands are
their equals in the qualities that insure
happiness to married life," said Mrs.
Beaufort, earnestly. "To bury my
daughters, Mrs. Slimborn," she added,
"would be light trouble compared
with giving them to unprincipled and
dissolute men. Wealth my daughters
can live without if need be, but honor is
Indispensable"
The mcsic had ceased, and Miss
Birdie had walked away with her admir-
er. Mrs. Slimborn, good deal dazed,
and more shocked by what she had
heard, excused herself as soon as she
could, and went in search of the young
couple.
The next day the formal announce
ment was made of the engagement be-
tween James Tablespoon, Esq, and
Miss Birdie Slimborn.
That morning Mr.. Nicklespooh cele-
brated his engagement by getting
drunk.
"Boys must be boys!" Mrs. Slimborn
remarked when the news came to her,
and both she and her daughter COM
mented jokingly on the young mans
dissipated appearance the next day.
Mr.. Tablespoons place on the Hudson,
Mr.. Tablespoons town house, and un-
limited means, fully compensated in the
eyes of both mother and daughter for
any and every indiscretion" which
Mr.. Nicklespoon might be guilty of.
Early in the fall Mr.. Nicklespoon and
Miss Slimborn were married. Mrs.
Beaufort, aware of the rottenness upon
which this union was built, watched
with absorbing interest the career Of
this young couple.
1t took just four years for Mr.. MCKEE
spoon to go through with his property,
and at the expiration of that time Mrs
Nicklespoon was obliged to flee to her
parents not only for shelter, but fol-
protection against the dissipated wretch
to whom her mother had been in such
haste to marry her. Mr.. Slimborn, who
had specialized on the expectation o.
financial assistance from his wealthy
law, finally failed in business, anC
soon after died. Mrs. Slimborn, hel
daughter and grandchild, are now OBJ
jects of charity, neither woman having
the ability to contribute in the slighteS
manner to her own support. Mrs. Beau
fort, full of pity for their misfortune
: found few music scholars for Mrs
Nicklespoon, but that lady's superficial
education, Notwithstanding her TIVE
years abroad, made it impossible for he
to give satisfaction.
81 told you Birdie couldn't teach!
Mrs. Slimborn remarked one day K
J Mrs. Beaufort. 81 didn't educate he
for teacher; and then her sensibilitie
are much too fine for such drudgery.
: cit wasn't any use TO say anythin
' to her," Mrs. Beaufort remarked after
: ward; "but it seems to ME the story G
1 these two women ought to be written
t Perhaps some mother who reads it wi
c think less of her daughters marriag
and more of her education. If mother
s would only find out what their girls ar
s fitted for, and then see to it that the
: learn thoroughly whatever they take W
+ always with self-support in view, worl
of misery would be saved. Marriag
- under most conditions is lottery" ST
L continued; "and the proper educatic
of our girls is the only thing in life thi
s will ever make it less so."-EIedn'
Is Kirk, IN chronological Journal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
THE DOCTOR.

lilo has been through the college,
And captured all knowledge,
He has an NJ. ID. TO his name;
His talk is of healing,
OF pills and pulse feeling,
He smiles on the sick and the lame,
See you his diplomat
Scent You the aroma
OF culture and drugs he eXhales?
His slow shake of head
Fills the sick full of dread,
TO bring handsome fee seldom fails.
Ills wise diagnoses
Are followed by doses
For which the poor patient must pay;
lie will bleed you and carve you,
Or stuff you, or starve YOU
The patient must never say nay.
His fame firmly rooted,
Ills cures widely mooted
His failings hid safely under ground,
The idol of woman,
And secuted by no man,
None so happy us he can be found.
boston Transcript.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
The Are Of Miracles

is past, and DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical
DiscoyeryD will not raise the dead. will not
cure YOU IL your lungs are almost wasted by
consumption. 1t is, however, unsurpassed
both as pectOral and Alternative, and viii
cure obstinate and severe diseases OF the
throat and lungs, coughs and bronchial al
fections. BY virtue Of its wonderful altera-
tive properties it cleanses and enriches the
blood, cures pimples, bloehes, and erup'
tions, and causes even greN eating ulcers 70
heal
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
Not Bad to Take.

Consumptive people and those suffering
with weak lungs, coughs, colds, sore throat
and asthma, are earnestly recommended TO
take Piso's Cure, the best and most pleasant
remedy for those diseases.
ii. N. Bangs, OF Chatsworth, ILL.,, writes:
"Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
cough remedy In the market, without any
exception, -
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

THE Babylon IL. ~ South Side Signal
quotes from Missouri paper: Mr.. VIM. F.
Quinlan, Crystal City, Mo-, suffered occa'
sionally from rheumatic pains in his knees,
for which he successfully tried st. Jacobs
Oil
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

The oldest, and doubtless the rich
est, convict in the Ohio Penitentiary, is
Horace Brooks, age seventy-four years,
whose long imprisonment is likely to be
soon terminated by large rose cancer
which has appeared upon his forehead.
lie was received at the Penitentiary No
vember 10, 1850, under life sentence
for murder in the second degree, and
has, therefore, been in prison thirty-one
years. lie owned farm in the suburbs
of Cleveland through which railroad
passed; the cars ran over and killed
some of his sheep, and to avenge this in
Jury Brooks INSTRUCTED the track, thre,'
off a train, and killed five persons. II,
was indicted for murder by the Gran
Jury of Cuyahoga County, tried in the
courts of that county, and sentenced to
the Pcnitentiary for life. At the time o.
his conviction he was wealthy man
and the property he then owned has be-
come extremely valuable, having since
become a part of the city of Cleveland
1t is not calling your neighbour
pnmne that settles "A uucStiOn
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

The Montezuma marshes in Cayuga
County, New York, are likely to become
as valuable rs coal mine. The mari
is being shipped to France by the thou
sands Of tons, being used as deodorizel
and entering into the manufacture o.
fertilizers,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
Half n Hundred Thousand.

The widespread popularity of Smiths
Tonic Syrup and Bulbs Sarsaparilla Is evil
denced by the sales in the single month Of
bottles. The proprietors know their renee
dies have merit and understand how to keep
the public acquainted with them.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

THE Milwaukee (Wis.) Etening WtSconsi"
says: "In all our experience we have never
heard so many favorable reports from all
classes as we have concerning st. Jacobs OIL.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

WHEN man tells q story he thinks Is
funny and the crowd does not catch on, his
face falls naturally. 1t is affected by the
force Of gravity
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

DR.. Plerce's "Pellets"--the original
Little Liver Pills" (sugar-cOated) cure
sick and bilious headache, sour stomach,
and bilious attacks. BY druggists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

DIR. PERcE's "Fayorite Prescription"
FOR All those weaknesses peculiar to women,
is an unequalled remedy. Distressing back,
ache and hbearing- down" sensations yleld
to its strength giving properties by drug
gists,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

APooR young man remarks that the only
advice he gets from capitalists Is Ito live
within bis income" whereas the difficulty
he experiences is to live without an income.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

REAL merit, and satisfaction or no trade,
has made "Tansilps Punch" DC. Cigar the
most popular on earth. DO you smoke them?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

CUT and come again." as the woodman
said to the big oak. "Ohi blaze away
replied the tree.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

AN old negro says: "Sass is powerful
good in everything but children. Dey need
some other kind OF DRESSING"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
NTn.on n IIamlln Orrnn Comnnnv

"WHAT pressing necessity to crush the
life out OF usp' inquired the apples Of the
cidar mill
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

Don't betray your ignorance by
saying @Stheticism. Esthesia is the
proper word, so somebody says.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyoWater. Druggists sell 1t. 25c.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03

1t is not calling your neighbors
names that settles question.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15
Take "BLAcK-DRAUGHT" and you
will never be bilious.
For sale by A. L. BUSSEY.

The ''City Drug Store,'' now
owned by Mr.. John A. Moore, and
under the supervision of that popu-
lar and efficient salesman, Mr.. A..
B. Pettiss, will in the future be
conducted on the same system that
characterizes Mr.. Moore's Monroe
house. His stock will embrace
fresh drugs of every description,
choice wines and WHISTLES, the very
finest tobaccos and cigars, a splen-
did assortment of stationery, per-
fumeries, lamps and lamp-fixtures,
and in fact a perfect and complete
stock of everything ever found in a
first-class drug store, will be kept
in the Bastrop branch house of Mr..
J. A. Moore.
Mr.. Moore will divide his time
with Bastrop and give his personal
attention to the keeping up of stock,
etc. He has the right to expect a
liberal patronage from his many
old friends in Morehouse.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

At the Court House Tuesday
night the following question was
discussed by the Literary Society:
''Should the vending of intoxicat-
ing liquors, as a beverage, be pro-
hibited by law" The debate was
opened by Capt. J. C. Weaks, who
was unfortunately in bad health,
and was not prepared to argue the
question in his usual vigorous and
pointed style. R. B. Todd, on the
negative, discussed the question
from a legal standpoint-the only
correct and fair way of discussing
it-and took the position that,
while the whiskey traffic is the
source of a terrible evil, yet it can
never be suppressed by law. In
all Republican governments legisla-
tive acts are regarded as the indi-
ces of public sentiment, which taken
as majority, opposes arbitrary laws
that infringe upon the personal
rights of the people. His position
was met on the same old thread
bare theory that ''because I don't
drink, you shant.' . Verbose and
eloquent descriptions of sorrows,
and poverty, and misery, and
tears, and broken heart-strings,
were made by the speakers of the
affirmative, and the President de-
cided that they won the question.
It is agreed that the same ques-
ton will be debated in the near flu
ture publicly, and, as so much is
being said and written on the ques-
ton during these dull times, it is
very likely that the public debate
will draw out large audience.
We would like to hear the prohi-
bition law discussed as it should be
and the debaters should lay aside
emotionalism and meet the question
with fair, square, logical argu-
ments. A debate on that principle
of argument will be edifying to
everybody.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15
From information obtained from

From information obtained from
our country friends we presume
that the colored people of this par
ish are more quiet now than they
have been since the war. They
have abandoned politics entirely
and are trying to make peaceable,
useful citizens, and very many of
them are succeeding admirably.
We are glad to note this condition
Of the colored race. After long
years of strife and disappointment
they have learned simple lesson
that the honest white men endeav-
ored to teach them when they we're
Gberated-that they are not men
tally capacitated to dabble in and
manage politics. A good, COM
Portable home, surrounded by
mules: horses, COWS, sheep, hogs
and other useful property, will af-
ford the supplemented negro more
happiness and contentment than
the most exalted political position
he ever will occupy.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

We are indebted to Mr.. Newton
Huff, of the 10th ward, for batch
of New Orleans evening papers
the States, City Item and others.
By the way, we will take this OPP
portunity to say that the Item is
one of the newsiest, raciest, spiciest
papers III the State, and it deserves
the patronage of Louisiana readers.
Mr.. Huff, in company with A.
K. Watt, ESQ.,. has just returned
from New Orleans.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

Parties who contemplate sending
to New Orleans for this years sup
plies might save money by pricing
Leopold's groceries. He buys in
large quantities, and can afford to
s'fill your bill'' at New Orleans
figures. Try him. You won't re-
greet it.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15
DISSOLUTION

The mercantile firm of Schuster &
Silbernagel, composed of B. B. Schuster
and Samuel Silbernagel, has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent.
Samuel Silbernagel having bought
the entire interests of B. B. Schuster
will continue the business at the old
stand under his own name, assuming all
liabilities and collecting all outstanding
accounts of the late firm.
B. B. SCHtSTER,
SAMUEL SILBERNAGEL.
Bastrop, La April 4th, 1881.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

The card of Todd & Todd may
be found in this issue of the Clarion.
They are both brilliant young men,
who will make their mark in the
legal profession. Success to Todd
& Todd, says the Clarion.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

The fever is raging on the Bonnie
Idee on the Winchester question.
Call and see Handy's thirty inch
barrel Winchester, set triggers, SO
calibre. Can't be beat for shoot
ing hogs, deer, turkeys, and larger
game.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

The dispensation from the Grand
Master having been. received, a
meeting fol- the election of officers
of Washburn Council No. z is
hereby called for Saturday, April
10th, 8 p. N. Every member is
SUMMONED to appear.
j. M. TURPIN,
Deputy Master,
and Acting Til. I'll. G. NJ.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

The ladies will find Sam Silber-
nngel's stock of shoes complete,
and cheap.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

Messrs. Ellis & Brown have still
on hand a few choice mules. Call
early if you wish to purchase.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1881-04-15

Transient advertisements will be IN
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