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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Iridium is found mixed with gold in
Oregon, and appears as black shining
sand, in particles a little coarser than
blasting powder.
The invention of the pianoforte, long
a disputed question, has been lately de-
cided by Mr.. A. j. Hopkins, in Mr..
Groves Dictionary of Music and Must
clans, article "Pianoforte," in favor of
the Italian Cristofori.
The company in Florida that has
been experimenting with palmetto for
making paper has met with such graft
flying success that it will erect about
twenty paper mills in the State, where
palmetto trees grow in abundance and
where the transportation facilities are
good.
al have long ceased to doubt"
says DR.. Schrodt, that, apart from the
effects of wounds, the chances of health
or disease are in our own hands; and If
people knew only half the facts pointing
that way they would feel ashamed to be
sick or to have sick children"
Les MOr,tleS has recorded very I'M
usual instance of suppression of tele-
graphic communication. Some time
ago it was found that no messages could
be sent between Souk-el-Arba and Med
jez-el-Bab. Those who had been de-
tailed to make an inspection found that
an enormous serpent had coiled itself
around the wire and post, and thus
interfered with the conductivity Of the
line.
1t is stated by DR.. Kenzie that pc
culiar kind of tin-plate, the coating of
which is largely made up of lead, is
coming into general use for roofing,
eaves-troughs, and conductors, and it is
suggested that much of this lead will
eventually be dissolved and find its way
into household cisterns. Susceptible
persons may be poisoned by washing in
The lead-charged water, and all who
drink it, even after it is filtered, are in
danger of chronic lead poisoning.
There is also risk in the use of glazed
earthen vessels, if, as is often the case,
the glazing contains oxide of lead.
Although DIR. j. Gwin Jeffreys has,
during a period of between forty and fif-
ty years, dredged, as an explorer, all
the seas of the British Isles, besides a
considerable part of those on the coasts
of North America, Greenland, Norway,
France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and
Italy, he never found anything of value
except to a naturalist, nor any human
bone, although many thousand human
beings must have persisted in those seas.
The gems, "dead bones," etc., that were
thought to form the floor of the ocean
appear to exist only in the imagination
of the poets.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
Telegraphing from a Moving Train.

A patent has been issued to resident
of Santa Barbara, Cal, for a method
of telegraphing from moving railroad
car. The invention enables each freight
or passenger train to have its own tele-
graph office. Two wires are required
instead of one, and these are suspended
directly over the track, and above the
moving train. They are parallel, and
about eighteen inches apart. One wire
is connected with a battery at the sta
ton from which the train starts, and the
other with battery at the terminal
station. They are so suspended that,
by somewhat ingenious arrangement,
light running wheels can move along
them from one end Of the road to the
other, but are connected with wires
which pass down through the roof OF
the car to the operating instrument, and
through it complete the circuit. As the
car moves the wheels are drawn along
on the wires just above it, and con-
slant current of electricity is maintained
between the initial and terminal stations
through the moving car. II this inven-
ton is found to work satisfactorily it
promises to become Of great value 70
railroads.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
Remarkable Experiences Of an UnfOr-
tunate Man.

Last week the Argus briefly chronicled the
death Of Charles II. Fairchlld, who was burned
to death in Auburn on Sunday morning. He
had history paralleled by few, and seemed
to have been haunted by misfortune until his
very death. He was born in Columbia Coun-
ty, where he lived until seventeen years old,
when he began SAILORS life, and lived on the
sea for twenty years, during which time he
Travelled around the world three times. Once
he was shipwrecled and escaped with fifteen
others on a raft They aoated for fifteen
days, during which time thirteen of them
died, and he and his surviving companion had
nearly persisted from starvation and exposure
when picked up. At another time, when his
ship was cruising on the coast of Africa, he
and another sailor were washed overheard and
managed to reach the shore. There being
no habitation near, they started inland, and
after travelling almost one hundred miles they
fell into the hands of the man-eaters. The
arrival Of the captors In the village was hailed
with demonstrations of joy and delight. They
were critically examined by the King, who
ordered them fattened and killed for his own
special consumption. They were then re-
moved to stockade or pen, where for several
days they dieted on the choicest food the land
could produce They thrived and grew fat,
but were constantly watching n'opportunity
to escape and finally succeeded. The natives
were very superstitious and terribly afraid Of
thunder and lightning. A night or two be-
fore they were to be killed one of these storms
occurred and the guards deserted their
posts and Fairchild and his companion
scaled the stockade which surrounded them.
Near by was river. They found a canoe, and
with it they escaped. They made their way to
the coast again, where they remainedeigh
months before vessel made its appearance
During his seafaring life Fairchild accumu-
lated about $4,000, which, upon settling in
Philadelphia, he deposited ina bank. A num-
Der of years after he decided upon moving to
New York and had his household goods packed
ready for shipment. He drew his money from
the bank, intending to start for New York the
next day. That night the house in which he
lived burned down, and with it his money and
a ten-year-Old daughter were burned, and the
rest of his family barely escaped with their
lives. Afterward he moved to Syracuse, and
five years ago he went to Auburn to live, and
there came to his death by being burned with
benzine. -Albdny ~ ~ Argus.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Treasury investigation now in
progress is conducted with closed doors, al
though 1t is said the evidence will all be
published when completed.
REPRESENTATIVE LADD is reported
to have said thar the Greenbackers in Con-
gress will join any party or element in the
House that will oppose the restriction Of
silver coinage.
SECRETARY KIRKwoOD says the Gov
eminent has no official Information Inas
Capt. Payne and his followers have entered
the reserved lands Of the Indian Territory,
although officers and agents are under
strict orders to report any invasion.
THE Executive Committee appointed
by the Irish American Convention at Chi
cago have issued an address appealing for
subscriptions in aid of the Irish cause.
THE bodies of three men, supposed to
be Mexican banditti, were found hanging to
a tree on the Bandera road, northwest of
San Antonio, Texas. They are supposed to
have met their fate at the hands of the Ger
man farmers Of the neighborhood.
r. THREE we'll known citizens of Jeffer-
son City, Mo-, were instantly killed on the
18th by an accident to a construction train
on which they were taking ride over the
new road, now being built towards the
Usage River. They were Mr.. Chris. Wag-
ner, grocer, formerly County Treasurer;
Mr.. Green C. Berry, formerly Sheriff; and
Mr.. Oscar Manning, a'young man engaged
in the book and stationery trade. Two 9TH
ers were somewhat injured. The locomo.
tive and the entire train were wrecked by
going over an embankment.
A PARTY of cowboys and gamblers
undertook to ''pun" the town Of Caldwell,
Kans., the other day, and in attempting to
suppress them Mike Meagher, former May
or OF the city, was shot and instantly killed.
The cowboys then went to a livery-stable,
compelled the proprietor to furnish them
with horses, and rode off towards the Terri
tory. George Spears, a gambler, who had
been in with the cowboys during their ca
rousal, was shetland killed by citizen dur
ing the fight. A posse Of citizens pursued
the marauders, determined to show no quar-
| ter.
THE 14-year-old son of Timothy
Greenrod, Of Indianapolis, hanged himself
on account of having been ehastised by his
] father.
HOLLOWAY, the defaulting Teller of
the Poughkeepsie IN. " Bank, has been
declared insane and sent TO the State Asy-
4 ium.
PATTEN and Madden, two despera-
does OF Independence Mining Camp, some
twenty miles from Leadvile, were ridded
with bullets the other day by posse of the
more peaceable inhabitants who had long
suffered from their lawlessness,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
DFOWsiness During Sermons.

The Christian AdUocdte says that min,
listers are often troubled by seeing per-
sons asleep in their congregations
Often they are themselves to blame
Their oratory is sopori6c. But otter
the stupidity of the nearer is the same
Eutychus slept while Paul preached.
Joseph Bradford fell asleep while John
Wesley preached. Bishop james told a
class Of young men that if their hearers
slept it was their fault. At that mo-
ment, Bishop Baker, just in from along
journey, was asleep in the pulpit,
Bishop james on being told of it was
much amused, and said: II was an
awful example to them.n Nothing will
keep some persons awake. In muir
der case in Hudson County, N. j., Judge
Knapp, not many days ago, was deliver
ing his charge, and saw juror asleep,
"What is the use" he asked sharply,
"of my addressing this jury, if its mem
bers cannot stay awake long enough "a
listen TO me-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

RETURNS to the National Board of
Health show the general health of the coun-
try to be good, save that smallpox, scarlet
fever and typhoid fever are epidemic in some
localities. Scarlet fever is very severe in
New England; typhoid fever is prey
alent 10 an unusual extent in the
South and West, and especially in the
Mississippi Valley. The most alarming dis
ease is small pox, at Chicago and Pittsburgh.
1t has been declared epidemic in the latter
CITY,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

THE Post-office Department has made
a ruling that no newspaper supplement
containing any advertisement whatever can
be allowed in the mails at second class rates
unless the publisher makes affidavit that the
same rate is paid for advertisements in the
supplement as for those in the body of the
paper itself.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

H. II. RIDDLEBERGER received the
Rcadjuster nomination Tor U. $. Senator
fromtVirginia.A tAt8( I'D
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

WARDEN CRoCKER has received let
tors warning him to remove prisoners from
the wing Of the Jail in which Guiteau is con-
fined, so that in the event of dynamite ex-
plosion no life except that Of the assassin
will be endangered,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

THE President is reported to have
said to some Senators who called to urge
appointments that he does not get time to
think; that he is kept talking about APP
pointments and filling Offices twenty hours
out of the twenty-four, and can't get time
TO properly consider anything.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

The President has adopted rules for
the reception OF visitors at the White House.
The President reserves Saturdays and Sum
days for himself, and on those days will re-
ceive no one. He,will hold his first public
reception on New Years Days. ~.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

MAJOR WILLIAM ARTHUR, the Pres
idents only brother, has received an APP
pointment on Gen. Hancock's staff.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

THAT wing of the Greenback party of
which Mr.. Hugo Preyer is Chairman will
hold convention in St. Louis on March s..
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

PosTMAsTER-GEEE JAMES sent
his resignation TO the President on the 14th,
to take effect Jan. |, or as soon as his sue
cessor is appointed and quallfed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

UNDER the advice of Capt. Payne his
followers are now scattered throughout the
Indian Territory, but will all assemble on
January /, at the town site of Oklahoma
City, where territorial government will be
formed and officers elected for the govern
ment OF the new Territory of Oklahoma. 1t
is estimated 1000 people will join Payne on
January !, and no trouble is feared from the
Federal troops.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

Chung IsAG ~, the new Chinese
Minister to Washington, with his wife and a
suite OF fifteen pera'sb, has arrived at San
Francisco.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24


DIR. SPITzKA, of New York, q cele-
brated medical expert, has made a thor
ough personal examination of Guiteau, and
declares under oath that he has no doubt Of
the prisoners insanity. Further than this,
he said 81 do not hesitate to reiterate my
opinion that an expert who will in this
court testify that the prisoner is sane, is, In
my opinion, no expert ora dishonest one."
DR.. 'Spitzka underwent severe cross-ex-
animation from Corkhill, but maintained
his position mistaken. Spitzka was fol-
lowed by Fordyce Barker, of New York, an
eminent medical gentleman, who has de-
voted most OF his long life to nervous dis
eases and to cases Of insanity. His testi-
mony was exceedingly damaging to Guiteau
He contradicted the main declarations Of
Spitzka, and showed that there was not one
OF the grounds upon which it was claimed
that Guiteau was insane that was valid in
medical science. DIR, Barker had no doubt
whatever OF the entire legal responsibility Of
Guiteau for his crime. Rev, Rush II. Ship.
pom, pastor Of All Souls Church, Washing.
ton, testified on the 18th: lie boarded ri
the same house and occupied seat at the
same table with prisoner from April last
until the day before the murder of The
President, when he (prisoner) disappeared
Witness had frequent conversations with
the prisoner. Both had lived in Chicago
and this formed the basis Of conversations
which led to quite familiar acquaintance.
ship. The prisoner was chatty and polite
little quick or nervous in uttorance, bu
not sufficiently so TO Indicate marked pecu
liarity. Witness never detected anything t
indicate insanity. The usual topics Of con
yersation between himself and the prisoner
at the table were the Conklug- Gartield i'm
broglo and the New Testament revision
On no occasion did the prisoner exhibit
more excitement than any other persol
might
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

AMONG a number Of nominations semi
by the President to the Senate, ON the 10th,
was that Of BenjamI II. Brewster, of Penn
sylvania, for Attorney General.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24
ANnEEsfa ander the e6drdLdn aet con:

tinue in Ireland, and the Government is evil
IDENTIFY preparing for more. The number of
paid magistrates is being increased, and the
military authorities have been asked to
sanction the appointment OF number of
officers as magistrates. A magistrate named
Studdert was shot at in st. Clare, but es-
capped unhurt. The manager of the Land
League paper has fled to England to escape
arrest. The paper will be managed by the
Ladies' Land League in his absence.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

SCovILLE, Guiteau's counsel, lectur-
ed in Washington the other night on the
"Guiteau Case.' The purpose Of the lee
ture being to aid Scoville in. meeting his
necessary expenses incurred In the trial,
much sympathy was manifested and many
tickets were disposed OF, although the at
tendance was not large. -Scoville promised
his lecture with the remark that he had not
the least intention Of rejecting on the Court
or endeavoring to affect the trial in any way
II was to public opinion he desired to address
himself, without endeayoring to eXtenuate
the crime or create feeling in favor of the
prisoner. In the course OF his remarks the
speaker said that he had good reason to be-
lieve that the prisoner would not live until
the conclusion of his trial, intimating that
he would yet be assassinated. At the con-
clusion ScOyille was applauded and resolu-
lions adopted expressing sympathy with the
family OF the prisoner, and complimenting
Scoyile on his management of the case.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

Prof. Langley, the astronomer, has
returned from his trip to New Mexico
under the Government auspices. The
conclusion he arrived at went to show
that the solar heat, or "solar constant, "
is very much larger than that deter
mined by Herschel and other previous
observers. Further, he concludes that
the distribution of this heat TO the earth
and its effect in producing all the
changes of climate and its Importance
as affecting all the interests of agricul.
ture depend on forces which are now
for the first time becoming fully known.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-24

An ingenious application Of cleo
tricity is shown in a store in Rochester,
n. Y. a thermostat connected with a
thermometer and clockwork regulates,
with the aid Of electricity, the damper
of a furnace in such way that the tenn
perature of the room can be kept at any
degree desired without variation,
, 1881-11-28

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-,rrs I'll astrDnomy and IN othor hr1!nnhcs "
prt,f. ,fo,hry wiabed the nud!enco 10 VITO
m Mssr @ II PCT %1 Sa bs n,"na
jS.i,tc ,n.; ri, 5etas nenra ,,,,n lo ats.s ,,l
prevailed un ID at ,t',xn, n iiaiIy dl! 40, M II
nutnher of the audience commenced to lcayo
II ae Sa M ai, ff"s II Sst e e hcar ra iii
hm' ecause o VIZ ws ot ID pr"pcr @ T'r@ pcrso .i to
apenk. Tho 1udro bud atten,1od = cirnle of. l,lr,
ho eatd, anl nothIng TINT tho alleged sne,lisfm
con1dcnee IN hin. eomr nic horn put 4 ttotnn
to N,ljnurI, which wns cnrr,ed. Annthor mset-
Ing viii be held next SUNDAY cvonlnR. whom they
hope to fur1n tho society.
rAtwEhL HALL
night, wtcre Mr.. u. ". Hiss, thu evangelist,
.,rno,i shut ioyo tho Lor,i thy God with iii thy
s4saas sas sa apsya y as 5 ,ns sa sssa,ao t 81 tSy S
@ ,'oss tho spcakcr ois n,ed thas III tbs trnth nSst
le the test Of mnn's guilt. an.a u ought %
inv INV ha.i not fo.n Kept b. person hc mist % ho
guilty and lost. unloss ChrIss il acccpted al Tho
ltcdcemcr from rho curse Of tho brs,kon law er
!.trd jesus Christ. who kept Tho law
that t,a'l nut kupt It, ar,d Ind tho power to
begin I'M of,cdent llfe. A n1,tnbrr responded 10
tho nppenL To confess their turning nnu bullrv-
ed music TINT wns appreciated. iho au!ieueo
1olnos1 heartily In singing. ln nt1illton tn this
Mr. Ctse sa1x new ly.nn antltiet ''Rc.l1c1uod." ;"
His yn!cc iE powerful and clear, md One who
hcnrs hin eRn INT believe that whnt be a.lrs Is
III hia honrt. Tt1p grn'ttnoness and unproten-
ttons nnbt1nr Of these erAnRetists make t,aeir
work very acceptable md effective 1t IL hopol
ttnlt tho Evnngolfatlc Committee may 0e fortu-
nRtU enough IL kDgp such wOfkmen.
, 1881-11-28

Tim auunoI,toJ r ,h,r f,ras, Lrno.,t,,.n t,,,,.
ane fssoe'"teo Lanus tsess HAeto'se .. Iosn-
tnitteo mot yesterday afternoon ut NO. l2 "nst'-
inaton street, with MIR. Enr'gtt In the chnir.
Mr. Irwin reported that thirty ont Of tho 200
enntes y. u7os."'4"s'on ~. pesn p"lo.aasso
anu patd for, anu, as n reward Inf past Services.
Mr.. Irwin wns appointed to collect tho Uutstnnl-
ing indebtedness due the f'fnaressfue due, und
to piAcu tho stock nf TINT putficntion among the
Rytnpnthizera OF tho labor 1novemcnt. tt WIS
felt necessary thnt an effort should bc mnue to
rNien funds for tho Immediate expenses Of 10
, 1881-11-28
Hnalaer Curious lkeading-A Juatlflca.
tl0M OF Whatever Go MrSGouA Erc4t.
nncnt Was Accorded Con. Sherman in

nntl,.r CurtAv. ,...,,4,.,x-A ,...,n.
.,.'.' S. tu,'as"' s.eauns-A 1,'a 1"snhea" .n
AtoH " "M"tevoF no NfScoHs GFcAt"
Atlanta.
atlanta tea, Constitution.
trIt' ~ Wnrt u ~, ard tI.S9 tnat nav9
tho Cotton Exinsiton ~ ,sinoa -, .shns 1o
mun'A Duy mi finrl RharMct.'. ~ viii -,
llo *SItnrmni,.a iMv ~ ~, 1n,uts",, na t"",'
and no thuuuht If t.nvinw a"n apoe'HHon' Hon'
Bhcrmun dI; Wit tho E.msitn1, "a h. ,., uG1.
perfect FlXdt to do liz tm,ns ~ !. ,srivnta mi.
, 1881-11-28
Everything Harmonious FIJI tho Loutx-
vlllc. Now Albany 8; Chicago.

LoUlsv1LLE. KY. Nov. .7.-In an Interview
today with your correspondent Or. u. b. Stands
fords who, toKethor with rrcstttent Vecch OF
tho louisville, New Albany & Chicago Kontl, re-
turned frnm New York yastcrdny, e1nnhaticaliy
denlod that Il shadnw Of tr1lt, existed for basIs
Tor tic story OF q disagreement or quarrel be-
tween himself and 31r. Veect rs to the tnunagc-
mont Of that roud. IIo sAid thoy had not cvon
disagreed as to Its working. mitch less ullar-
roled. and that tho trip to New York was oil nc-
Gount OF. the resignation or Mr. Vail ns Vice.
ora meotlnR held thore during his stuy ho was
nnnnlm9us!y elected to tho placg n1a'lo vacant
position Of Mannging Director as wult as Vipc-
President, and B,tys tho rual ls progressing nd
lnIraby. and tbs management ia amt always bus
b0en harmonious,
, 1881-11-28

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 27.-Work on tho
Eastern Extcuslon OF tho indianapolis, Dloon,-
3tngtou l. Western llRllrund has been Eoine un
rapidly. and tho Iron Is nnw laid On thirty lnies
OF track. extending from this city towards Now
custle. The xratiug Is completed 10 Newcastle,
Il distance Ut fOrty.!lve t.,llpA. AMI between
Troy and Springfield, o., tho eastern terminus
or tho roatl. Itstn1lco Of twenty-five nlIlca.
Tho work Of grading batweon NowcastIo and
Troy .s also far advanced. A yang Of 1xapk.
1nyCrs hle tcoi put to w1rk Mt Springfield, and
tho rails arc now xu!ng down at both ellts OF the
road. It is, s,cxpcotetl TINT tho cntIra llllo'uc-
twtoti this Glty antl springfield will t>o completed
lnu open Tor O1atnra3 curly i'll tho spring,
, 1881-11-28
N0MuM ENTAIL.

John II. Voik. designer anu manufacturer Of
hho gEant and marble monuments, tablols,
Btntuary. ourblnR, atu.. III solicited Atock. OQ!co
coFuer Dearborn aud Randolph streets.
, 1881-11-28

For the delicate and complicated difficulties
tlakhaln'. Vegetable Compound ID e1s goyercja1,
remedy. u altas Ut tho callse, and pfsAiuetM
ws,tSra s;saus ssad yn Mf; L Il rmxhs
, 1881-11-28


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. TzE..A 4. :. Nor, =. Mary Esancos
ttizpat rick. hktl ~ ftxFs 1 nlalt Its OF ll9uL
J4nss tl!.j.atriGk u mo FIru DepaftuUnt.
EnAasAl .rns.axy lnoFnitlR Ut u uGluc4 fsum raAl-
dEnet Wy twenty lAtE1 street, tu ALt,HAIptt' Church
Aaa kAnteo " trlln " Sag uEItgs.
, 1881-11-28
AN UNKNOWN BODY.

NEW LoxnoN, Copu., Nov, :.-The body OF
an uRkuoWn middlu-aged man, wsll-drcsecd,
With twonty-pound payer attached to tho
mock, was found In WinthEop's Co*c to4luy. III
pocket was u bill frull II. Wuguer, OF S.u An.
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