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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
A Singular and Fatal Accident.

one OF the most extraordinary fatal acci
dents on record occurred last evening on the
Perrysville plank-road, short distance
back OF Allegheny City. 1t seems that be-
tween eight and nine O'Clock at night Al.
bert Beck and young man named Becker
had foot-race on the public road near Ep-
perps saloon, and not far from the toll gate.
II appears that the young men had started
on their race and were well under way
when Beck, who was about three yards
ahead, running with his eyes to the ground.
ran against John Born, who was returning
from his work. The collision was unayoid-
able, because II was so dark that neither
could see the other approaching. As Beck
was under full headway they came together
with tremendous force, their heads striking
together. The collision was amost unfortu
late affair for Mr.. Born. He fell to the
ground, and was subsequently picked up
and carried into the house OF his brother, Mr..
VIM. Born, who lives in the immediate vicin-
ity Of the accident. Mr.. Albert Schoftnett,
neighbor, was dispatched for physician,
and started for one on horseback. In his
hurry his horse stumbled and he was thrown
to the ground, breaking his leg. Finally,
DR.. Eggers, Of Allegheny, arrived, but Mr..
Born was dead man, having lived scarcely
fi|e minutes after the accident. The acci-
dent, as before stated, was most extra
ordinary one. Beck, who was. deing the
running, says he knows nothing save that he
was stopped suddenly in the race by his head
coming in collision with the head of Mr..
Born. The collision caused Beck to re.
bound. Beck suffers from bruise on the
head, which is swcled up to a considerable
size. 1t s supposed that Mr. Born's death
resulted from concussion OF the brain. Mr..
Deck made no effort to get away, holding
that the sad termination of the race was
purely accidental.
The deceased, who was between forty and
fifty years OF age, was a well do farmer
md was well-known in the Allegheny mar
ket, where he did business for many years
past. .-IWtNb"v9h Va.) L,oder
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
PITH AND POINT.

Two million hobby-horses were
made in the United States last year.
This is an average of about two and
half to a politician.-Detroit Free Press.
oeQ Thf g pfn Hu who & we Ee' t6s GS99est u.
chateau during the contest. st.-BOSton
Post.
Edison is at work on an electric
dressing machine which will do its work
so rapidly that the owner can change
his clothes with the weather and yet
have time to eat two square meals and a
lunch each day.-Phtladelphia News.
When a Boston girl is presented
with bouquet she says: "Oh, how de-
liciously sweet; its fragrance impreg-
mates the entire atmosphere of the
ROOM" A down-east girl simply says
sit smells scrumptious; thanks, Reu-
ben. y WAITS.
An over-fastidious fellow at first
class restaurant was complaining be-
cause beef-steak was not cooked to
suit his taste. I" 1t takes away my
appetite" he said, "to eatit," "Then
it must suit you," said afrlend. "Why
SOP" "Because that is what you are
eating it for. - Philadelphia Sun.
When a boy sees a big hornets
nest depending from the branch of a
tree he is not satisfied that it is loaded
until he hits it with stone. He would
rather heave a rock att than to have five
dollars. In a few seconds he would
rather five dollars that he hadn't heaved
the rock. .-NofTiStoW Herald.
-"I can't think that all sinners will
elost, +" said Mrs Nimbletung. "rhere''
my husband, now. He's bad man, &
very bad man, but l trust he will bt
saved at last. l believe he has suffered
his due share in this life" "Amen!'
shouted Nimbetung from the back seat
Mrs N. gave him such look, but saiC
nothing g.-BOStOn Transcript.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
Do Birds Bury Their Deadl

While strolling through the woods at
Goguac Lake yesterday afternoon, l
suddenly came across half dozen birds
of the variety known as brown-thrush or
mocking-bird. They were all busy
working at some object on the ground,
and did not notice my intruding till |
was upon them, when, with a shrill cry,
they flew off a short distance, and
perched on the trees to watch my move
ments. Having my curiosity aroused, l
went to examine what supposed was a
nest of Young birds, when to my sur
prise found the dead body of female
thrush, which had been killed by shot
from some hunters gun, and had fallen
where it lay. The birds which | noticed
about it had been covering it over with
leaves, sticks, little tufts of grass, etc ,
until only its feet stuck out. Immedi.
ately the story of the Babes in the Wood
covered with leaves by robins came tC
nv mind, and all seemed real as the
time when in childhood | read the story
and believed it to be true. Anxious tC
see what the birds would do, | stepped
back OF large tree 10 ntIle DISTANCE
and watched them. Slowly the bird
came back one by one, and continued
the work of burying the dead bird
While engaged hopping about afte
leaves and grass, they would chirp, in
low, melancholy key, what | took to b.
the dirge-notes of the little birds fun
eral. | did not have it in my heart II
disturb them, and watched them at thei
labors for a full half-hour, at the end 0
which time the dead bird was completed
buried.
This in some way answers the ques
tons so many times asked: "What be
conesof all the birdsP Do they eve
dieP And do their mates bury themP
have no doubt but that the variou
species of birds thus dispose of thei
dead.-BGttte Creek Mich. } CIR Chico
90 Tribune.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
Work and Play.

Don't loiter, boys and girls. When
you know what , on ought to do, then
go about it promptly; and work at it
diligently, and finish it. Work first,
and rest alterward. Never dawdle. Is
there a garden to be weeded, corn to be
hoed, hay to be raked, coal to be
brought up, an errand to be done, n
lesson to be learned? make that the
first thing, and if possible, the only
thing, until il is finished. Your COM
fort and your success in life depend
very much upon the habits You form in
this matter.
You find some people who are always
saying they have so much to do, and vet
they seem to accomplish very little.
They are not comfortable, and they are
not successful. Perhaps they have
letter to write; and they worry over it
every day for a week, eXhausting as
much strength in this useless worry and
"dread to go about il" each day as an
other would in writing and posting half
a dozen letters. The successful men
railroad presidents, bankers, manufact-
urers, merchants, farmers are men who
have what we call executive ability, or
"dispatch." 1t is the power of forming
an accurate judgment quickly, doing
thing, or giving order for it, at once,
and then dismlssing it from the mind,
so that the next tn ng may be taken up
and dispatched. The hours duties are
done in the sixty minutes, the day du-
ties within business hours; and then
the man may read, ride, talk, sleep,
rest, with mind free from care. If the
boys and girls manage their work thus,
then they will enjoy their play. -Schol-
ar s Companion.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
A Romantic Story.

There is quite a romantic story told in
connection with the land slides on the Bal
timore e. Ohio Road. A McKeesport pa
young man named Gardner was engaged to
be married toa West Newton (Pa.) young
lady named Miss Nellie Downs, and the
wedding had been arranged for Thursday
evening, and accordingly the ardent lover
boarded the Uniontown accommodation on
Thursday afternoon, with the intention of
reaching West Newton In time for the cere-
mony. As fate would have it, however, just
as the train reached Scotthaven large land
slide was encountered, and as q matter of
course further progress was barred, and, TO
make matters worse, when the train was
run back to Armstrong another landslide
was encountered at that point, and thus the
train was held on both sides by great bar
riers Of earth.
This was not the worst however, for when
the young man bethought him of telegraph
ing to his lady love he found himself in q
still greater dilemma, upon making the dis
cOvery that the heavy masses Of earth and
rock which fell from the hills had broker
down number of telegraph and, o.
course, carried the wires with them, thus
cutting off all telegrsphic communication
But even under these adverse circumstance
the young man did not give up, for h,
procured torch, and, together will
vine or ten other male passengers ant
two ladies, was piloted over tn
mountainous obstruction by the trail
hands, who supplied the party with torcl
to light them on their way, and, after he
roic and wearisome trudge over ten miles
reached the residence OF the lady late a
night, and, although muddy and weary
arrived in time to have the ceremony per
formed, and at eleven O'Clock that night tn
happy couple were made man and wife
The lady is said to possess equally as muc
nerve as her husband, as she was at tn
time night operator at McKeesport, an
during the long hours Of the night sat wit
very pretty little revolver by her side, pre-
pared to defend herself against all intrud
ers.- Pittsburgh (Pa.) Dispatch to CblcinHa
Enquirer.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The manufacture of oil from Amer
lcan cotton seed has begun in Italy on a
large scale. 1t is mixed with olive oil,
and sold for table use.
The first rolling-mill in America
was built at Middleboro, Mass, for Pc.
ter Oliver, one of the Crown Judges in
the Province, in the year 1751.
The German Post-oflice has adopted
and uses postage stamps whose colors
can be Cancelled by water. This pre-.
vents fraud, for as soon rs the stamps
are washed the color is obliterated.
Mr.. w. II. Preece suggests that the
flow of tidal waters, and in elevated
stations wind power, might be used to
reduce the cost of producing the current
for the electric light.
Efforts are now in progress to at.
traot to Loaisiana tho silly nrowars nj
Provence, whose prospects in France
have been blighted by plaques affecting
grapevines and the silk culture.
"A Dresden man has made good
lubricant for shafts by mixing the whites
OF eggs with the finest graphite powder,
until the consistency of firm dough.
This is kept in boiling water until the
whole is coagulated. The mass is then
reduced to powder.
Belgium promises to become the
great industrial teacher of Europe.
Many foreigners are now attending her
schools. She has fifty-nine technical
schools, thirty-two industrial schools,
and higher commercial school-all re-
ceivlng funds annually from the State.
1t will surprise many to learn that
rice has a nutritious percentage of SO,
while beef has but 26. Still civilized
mankind will adhere to the latter with
the idea that it has the most nourish-
ment. The difference between pound
OF beef and pound of rice is very
marked, the latter being 100 per cent.
cheaper and 100 per cent. more valua-
BILE to the common laborer than the beef
diet.
"A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun thus describes a filter which he
says he uses with perfect success for all
the water his family requires. 1t is a
gallon-glass funnel with small piece of
sponge in the bottom, and on which
rests half dozen slender sticks to fa-
cilitate the percolation, then placed at
intervals all around and beneath piece
OF muslin foot or so square. The mus
lin is filled with, say, a pint of closely
powdered charcoal. Through this he
filters the water. At first little of the
charcoal passes through, but it soon be-
comes perfect filter.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
VOL. I.-NO. 81.

expect algebra and geometry to make
you accomplished mathematicians ma
less you have first conquered arithmetic.
Remember the duty which is of first
importance is the one which lies nearest.
Do you remember the legend of the
man in pursuit of the four, leaf cloverp
When boy he was told that if he could
find four-leaf clover it would be to
him talisman of good fortune, and
with it in his possession success in any
undertaking was sure; so early in lie
he started out to search for this little
token of good. He left his home and
friends to wander alone in this pursuit,
travelling across continents and oceans
in his search, but all in vain. At last,
disappointed and WORKOUT old man,
he returned to the old homestead to
die; and as he tottered up the familiar
pathway, 10! close beside the doorstep
grew four-leaf clover. 1t may be that
J------------ -..e-aao -1:as L;d1ar
between the leaves OF the despised spell
er; it surely is somewhere among your
school books. - Golden Rule.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
Insects Killing Insects.

1t is often found that human interfer-
q time the destruction OF Dlrus as uno
supposed foes of the farmer has lelt the
ground free for the worse devastations
of unchecked insect life. In recent
article, commenting on some OF Sir
John Lubbock's 5 chronological observa-
tions, the writer says:
"Whle men have been deylslng
scientific schemes for the amelloratlon
of insect plaques, and fondly imagining
that upon ourselves has rested the bur-
den of keeping the animal world within
proper limits, the insects themselves
have taken the matter in hand ana
been actively carrying into effect the
plans and suggestions which, if left to
us, would never have got beyond the
preliminary stages OF consideration. In
the orchard the fruit farmer watches
with lamentation the depreciation OF
the wasps among his plums, and his
children come crying to him with the
tale of their sufferings, how they picked
up fallen pear and were stung by
the wasp inside Yet all this time,
so naturalists tell us, there are
wasps that sting wasps and hornets that
lie in wait among the tempting fruit 10
carry off or decapitate the smaller dep
redators. In the hot summer days Mes
annoy us, but it is comfort to know
that whenever they sit down on bushes
their enemies are on the watch Tor
them; that not only spiders catch and
eat them, but winged things Of their
own kind devour them readily. The
cockroach is an abomination in kitch-
en-. but if he ventures to walk abroad
the PompiLuS takes him by the nose.
and, having stung him senseless, drags
him away to some convenient chink
that serves it for a arder The spiders
that creep about where they have no
, business to De, and SPIN threads across
PATHWAYS, so as to catch the faces OF
, passers-by, are constantly beset by by
foes, who treat them with delightful
, contempt, using their fat, round bodies
, to Law their eggs in, and even stor-
ing them up like apples to feed the
, Young flies when they are Matched.
, The caterpillars that destroy our
i vegetables and work havoc in the
} flower garden are not the irresponsible
e | tyrantS tnat Jney SeeH, loI 1uoy ~ ~
mortal terror of their lives all day long,
:. rot only from other caterplllars that eat
a them, but from number OF winged
. creatures that take truculent delight
A in their tender bodies. The beetle which
4 we call cockchafer, and which IN
r. France does almost incredible damage,
4 has another beetle told off to it, whose
4 only duty is to hunt and kill it. The
}. wbeat-hy, snug though it thinks itsel
" tucked up inside the husks of the grain
is found out by special fly whose
r. whole work in life is to lay its egg
?, in the others body; and even the gall
:. flies inside their secret chambers, thu
ls clover-hv hidden in the little flower
II and the wireworm under ground, ar'
K each of them the particular objects o
il pursuit and slaughter to appointed IN
le sects. To this complete chain OF crime
"a and punishment man can add nothing
- but he can at any rate take the broa'
W hint which the insects give him, an'
r assist them to indulge their benehcla
l. appetites."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A DISPATCH from the City of Mexico
says train on the Moreles Railway was pre-
cipitated into the San Antonio River by the
falling of bridge. Some 200 persons were
killed or wounded, mostly soldiers.
TRooPs have been dispatched to
point in San Juan County, Utah, 125 miles
west of Durango, where au outbreak is
threatened by Pah Ute Indians. A number
of cattle men have disappeared and are
thought to have been killed.
GEORGE WILLIAMS, proprietor OF a
restaurant at Cleveland, o., was killed on
the 25th by William Fritch, Of Columbus,
who is probably insane. Frtch says he
went to the desk to pay for some refresh
mentF, and discovering that he had no money
he felt an irresistible impulse to shoot the
proprietor,
SEVENTEEN persons were killed and
five wounded by an explosion in the Louise
Tieffan coliery, Austria.
FRANK BRAGA, Secretary of the
Portuguese Protective and Benevolent So
ciety, San Francisco, CAL, has absconded,
being q defaulter to the amount of about
100000.
AT Washington, d. c., on the 25th,
j. Y. Christmas fatally shot his partner, w
G. Whitney. Whitney was the son of Mrs.
General Gaines by her first husband, and
! Christmas her son-in-law. There had beer
bad feeling between the two for some time.
WoRKMEN on a strike, having at
tackled the Town Hall at Dramnien, Nor
way, to release two comrades arrested, wert
fired upon by troops. One man was killed
and several wounded. One officer and some
soldiers were injured.
C.P. CoYLE shot and mortally wound
ed Joel A. Phillips, yesterday, at Jasper
Fla. They were both from Madison, attend
ing as witnesses in the trial of Savage ant
James for the murder of Frank Patterson
in Madison, in February last, during tn
taking Of testimony in the Finley -Bisbe,
contested election case.
AT Paterson, n. j., on the 25th, Ed
ward De Porter, the rejected suitor OF Silvi
Knockardt, fatally stabbed the father OF tn
girl and made a murderOus attack upon Ar
thur Won der Capella, her accepted suitor.
Two sons of Jared Smith, of Eden
VT, aged and 10, were drowned Will
playing upon logs, on the 2Gth. Lou
Maurer, Julius Michel and Willie ChouppC
all of st. Louis, were drowned while bath
ing in the Mississippi.
ONE of the bodies recently foun
floating in the river at Kansas City proves
be that Of Rev. Sidney VI. Stray, Of Warre
! County, n. Y, recently pastor of the fasf
ionable church at Lake George, attached-t
. the Troy Presbytery. BID supposed he con
mitled suicide in order 10 escape the VET
Ceance OF a brothcr-in-law, who was aft
him for shooting his sister some time ago.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
Our Young Folks.
I WISH I WAS A GRoWN-UP.

Oh, wish was a grownup,
And nobody could say
mo, 10, you can do sO.and-so,"
Or, "lf you're good, you NAV"
il grown-ups waited TO be good
Befo o they hld their fun,
A great deal that is gong on,
lguess, would not be done.
Oh, wish was grown-up,
Then ia play with bigger boys,
And spend a hundred dollars
For nothing else but TOYS.
I'd give the fellows all a boat,
A knife and kite and ball:
Ia SIT up late, and sometimes
wouldn't go 10 bed at all.
oh. | wish was grown-up,
I'd wear my very best,
With long gold chain a-dangllng
Across my stiff white vest;
With big top-boots so heavy
eSais sys wa M.e5a le out aqHiBhps55ei a NY p5eio
And close shave on my hair.
Oh, wish was grown-up,
As tail as my papa,
Id have pistol and cane,
Aud marry Maggie Carr.
ia nave party every night
How jolly il would seeml
Id have Il house OF citron cake,
And lawn of lemon cream.
Oh, ! wish / was grown-up,
I'd have stunning yacht;
And eat at the ii st table
While the beefsteak was hot;
I'd go right in the parlor,
No matter who was there;
d have span OF horses,
And keep dancing bearl
But, then, ] amt a grown-up,
m a hoy that has TO mind,
With little blue-checked apron,
That buttons up behind;
And the women come and kiss me,
And call me little dear;"
And shan't be grown-up
In many long year.
Mrs. NJ. +. Butts, in Youths Companion
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

THE Italian residents of Marseilles
are quitting the city in large numbers. The
animosily between Frenehmen and Italians
has caused serious conflicts in various parts
of France, including Paris. Counter dem
onstratiOns have taken place in Naples, Pal
ermo, and other Italian cities.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

CONGRESSMAN SPEER, of Georgia,
who was elected as an Independent Demo-
crat, it Is reported has declared his purpose
to vote with the Republicans in the organi-
Zation OF the next House.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

The old Childs house at Norwich
Town. (Conn. }, has not been tenantel
for many years. 1t was decided the
other day to smoke out the myriads Of
swallows that year after year had found
lodging in the wide-mouthed chimney.
Straw was procGred, placed in the fire.
place and lighted. As the smoke went
billowing up, the swallows came down
by the dozens and hundreds. Not less
than four or five hundred were killed,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

The temperance question is assuming
ramount importance in North Carolina
and threatens TO disrupt both political par
tics.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

THE Republican State Central Com
mittce at Richmond, Va, on the 2lst, de-
cided, by only one dissenting vote, to call n
Convention ON Augnst "A.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

EX-SENATOR DORSEY denies the re-
port that he has abandoned his residence in
Arkansas. He says he will build him a
house at Hot Springs and make that place
his home.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

. ADDITIONAL removals of Post. Office
Department officials include Capt. W. II.
Turner, in charge Of the celebrated Star
routes, and VIM. Sickles, also in the Contract
office. Turner is known to have been cog
zant Of the frauds committed in his de-
partment, IL not particepS criminiS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

Glass in history: Teacher Who
was the hero of Cowpens?n An awful
silence follows, which is at lastbroken
by the little snub-nosed boy in the back
row, who cries. in a piping voice. " Sit
ting Bull"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

EX-GOVERNOR NELSON DINGLEY,
Jr., has received the Republican nomination
for Congress in the Second Maine District,
in place Of Frye, chosen United States sena-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02
A Summary of Important Events.

The House of Commons, by a vote of
175 to 50, has rejected a bill for the aboli ion
OF capital punishment.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

JACOBS, one of the Democratic candi-
dates for United States Senator in New
York, has withdrawn his name, on account
OF doubts regarding his eligibility he being
n momber of the Legislature. Carkson b.
Potter, formerly Representative In Congress
from the Westchester District, has been
substituted in his stead.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

UPTON, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, has been sent on Government
mission TO Europe. Prior to his departure
he placed his resignation in the hands of
Secretary Window
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-02

The Treasury investigation, it is re-
ported, has been summarily discontinued.
The damaging evidence disclosed against
Pitney, Upton, Power, Lamphere and other
prominent officials has been partially given
TO the public, but much, it is alleged, still re-
mains untold regarding the inside workings
OF the Department