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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-21

Director Sturtevant of the New
York Experimental Station has been
conducting some experiments to ascer>
tain what proportion of the grains of
wheat sown terminate and produce per-
feet plants. The grains were counted
when sown, and then the plants in the
Fall and again in the Spring. The
variation in different samples was from
seven to ninety-6ve per cent. the aver
age being ffty>four. The black beard
ed centennial wheat gave the smallest
percentage of vegetation, and the small
est number that survived the winter.
In one instance of 1853 kernels planted,
only 43 terminated, and but three sur
vived the winter. 1t is presumed that
the wheat sown was in all cases plump
and sound in appearance, and as good
as the average sown by farmers; con-
Sequently, taking the average number
of grains that vegetate at about fifty
per cent, the farmer needs to SOW
two bushels per acre in order to be GER
tain of one bushel terminating. One
bushel of wheat Per acre is certainly
enough seed if every kernel germinates
but from the experiments of Director
Sturtevant it would seem that it is
difficult to obtain seed of which seven.
ty five per cent. will grow.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-21

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune takes the ground that apple
trees inclined to drop their fruit after
full blossoming can be made to bear
heavy crops by sowing land plaster
over the trees when in full bloom, while
wet with the morning dew, so thor
oughly that it will touch most of the
blossoms. He says he tried this plan
several times on large trees that never
bore a peck of apples the result was
too many apples"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-21
RD-McMINNVILLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1883

Yet many seek for nothing further
than success in homework. Justly
enough, half of these get nothing more.
The other half, surprised above measure
obtain more than they sought. Their
wives surprise them by bringing a
nobler idea of marriage, and disclosing
treasury of courage. sympathy and
love. Market journal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-21
Indian Corn---A Legend.

The unwritten and sometimes picto-
rial literature of the North American
Indians abounds with much poetic
thought. The creations of their dark
minds in meager language often as
sumo the form of really beautiful le-
gends, especially those which relate to
the origin of created things-thunder
wind and rain; the sun, moon and
stars; beasts, birds and fishes; grain,
fruit and flowers; and the races ofmen.
These constitute the fabric of their
narrow mythology.
One of these legends tells us that
youth, the son of sachem living on
the borders of one of our great lakes,
was impelled by thirst for wisdom to
90 far into the forest, where hunters
seldom trod, to sunny savannah, to
fast and play in solitude. 1t was early
in May, when song-birds had just re-
turned with the south wind, and were
beginning to MARBLE their love ditties.
There the youth built for himself a
lodge, and covered it with the odorous
sprays of the balsam-ir, leaving a wide
opening for the admission of light.
He painted his face in sombre colors,
+. and like the old Christian hermits, who
sought the favor of heaven by penitent
humiliation in the solitude of the des.
ert, this pious barbarian prince sought
light and knowledge in this lonely spot,
in humble obeisance of body and soul
before the Master of Life. To the
Great Spirit he prayed for some boun-
teous gift for the benefit of his race.
Day and night this youth tasted,
until famished and weak, he lay down
in his lodge at monday, and slept.
Toward evening he awoke, and looking
up through the opening in the boughs
above him into the blue depths of the
heavens, he saw descending from the
azure vault the form of a beautiful
young man robed in a bright green
garment, his head adorned with plumes
of green and gold colors. Standing at
the door of the lodge, this embodied
spirit said:
"Arise, faithful boy and come forth.
Only by wrestling with me can you OBJ.
tain the coveted blessing which you
seek. am Oneasti (Maize), a child
of the sun and friend of mankind.
The weak youth obeyed. The even.
ing sun spread delicious glow over
the dark forest and the little prairie,
casting long shadows from the woods
across the springing grass, and the
timid flowers, then first beholding the
face of their great King and Creator
So soon as the young man touched the
celestial visitant, moral strength tha
gave promise of victory in the confess
thrilled his whole being. For an houl
they wrestled, when the dusky prince
with bodily strength exhausted, re
tired to his lodge for repose.
The next day Oneasti again sum
moned the youth to the wrestling
Greater than before was his mora
strength, and hope babe him persevere
Again, on the third day did the wrest
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-21
lers contend with the same result, when

lSIS COulCuu Will LhO ouilO AOSulUj NhOh
Oneasti said:
Tomorrow will be- the seventh day
of your fast, and the last time | will
wrestle with you. You will triumph
over me, and gain your wishes. AS
soon as you have thrown me on the
ground, strip off my garments and
bury me on the spot in soft fresh earth.
When you have done this, leave me
for awhile, but come occasionally to
visit my grave, and keep the. noxious
weeds from growing upon it. Once or
twice cover me with fresh earth"
Oneasti then vanished, but the next
morning he stood at the door Of the
lodge and again summoned the young
prince to combat. Long they contend
ed. In the struggle the strength of
the youth continually increased, until
he threw Oneasti on the ground. Then
he faithfully obeyed the instructions of
his celestial friend. Carefully remov-
ing the tender green sward, he laid the
body of the vanquished in the earth,
and covered it with fresh, we'll pulver-
lied mould. Then he returned to his
home, his face radiant with joy as the
undoubted heir to great treasure.
The young prince soon returned, and
was delighted to see the green plumes
of the heavenly stranger spripging up
from the earth through the soft mould,
but contending with unsightly weeds
for the privilege of light and air.
These membranes to growth were
removed, and the earth around was
kept fresh and clean. In due time the
youth was charmed by the vision of a
stately plant, taller than himself, sur
mounted with tassels of flowers of clus-
tered spikes, and bearing delicious
fruit encased in sheathes of long leaves
and lined with silk. When the frost
season approached, this fruit became
hard, golden-hued grain, containing
most nutritious food for man and beast.
The plant gracefully waved its long
leaves and golden tassels in the autumn
wind.
Come" said the young prince to
his parents, on a soft October day,
"and l will show you great blessing
from the Master of Life"
They followed him to the sunny sa'
vannah, where hoar-frost lay hidden il
the shady hooks. They pounded the
golden grains, and made cake from the
-four thereof.
at is Men.du-min, the grain of the
Great Spirit" said the father.
They invited their friends to the
feast on the excellent grain, AMI there
was soon great rejoicing among many
nations because of the great boon. l
was maize. When Europeans cam'
centuries afterward, they called it In
dian Corn. 1t proved to be as great
blessing to them as it had been to thei
barbarian neighbors. To-day it is tn
food of thousands of christians and pa
gans, CIVILIZED men and savages, iron
! the Gulf of Mexico far toward the fri
gid zone. 1t is indeed Men -du.min-
! the grain of the Great Spirit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC


Under date Of May 1ssS Cor 8. +. TIHyrrrs, Of
Dover, NJ H.. sends rs the following; While on
duty in the army of tho Potomac IN the swams OF the
Chickahomny contracted complication of diseases
that eliminated In spinal trouble paralysis on one side.
and severe disease Of the kidneys and bladder. and
great urinal weakness For long time was under
the Of the best physicians and riec many OF
the called remedies. but received no permanent
bencnt When was In the drug business In Boston l
heard favorable accounts Of the efficacy OF Hunts
Remedy for diseases OF the kidneys and urinary
organs and having decided to give It trial. pur.
chased some at Wingate's drug store. Dover. N. H.
and have received great relief from using it, The se-
yerc pains in my back are removed and able to
sleep soundly and obtain rest as nght-whith for 50
long time could not do. and the weakness In the
urinary organs has been relieved. and greatly regret
that did not test the great merits Of Hunte Remedy
when was nrst tsken sick ~ am confident It would
have saved me from several years of sufering and
anu more strongly convinced Of this after hearing of
the most remarkable cures effected by Hunts Remedy
in case Of Brghts Disease here in midstin Dover
after the patient had been pronounced incurable By
celebrated physicians. +"
Mr. Tibbits Il retired druggist, formerly located In
Boston, and 10 thoroughly reliable citizen Con ED.
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Rye grazed to the roots lives SOW
eral wears and forms turf.
Cheese cloth, or. as it is sometimes
called, cotton bunting, in scarlet, blue.
or cream color, is good material for
lounge quilts and comforts for the
guest chamber. The cloth is light but
very firm, and wears well. 1t is also
much used for lining lace spreads, lam
brequins, etc.--Detr0it Post.
TO clean hair brushes put desert
spoonful of saleratus into half pint OF
warm water. Dip in the brush. and
rub it until clean. The best way Is to
wash two brushes at the same time,
and rub them together until the bristles
are white. Then rinse them in . bowl
of cold water, and rub with . thick
cloth until nearly dry, and place them
upright at an open window until wholly
dried.-7ne Household. 81 ~
The best ginger cookies that ever
tasted had in place of the usual cup OF
water a cup Of sweet milk. This gave
q lightness to the cakes that water cam
not give. The formula for these is:
Two cups of New Orleans molasses,
one cup of sugar, one cup of sweet
milk, half q cup of lard, one tea
spoonful each of ginger and of soda,
and half teaspoonful of salt. The
lard, instead OF being melted. should be
rubbed with the -four the same as for
pie-crust. IN. Y. Post.
For ham steaks cut some slices Of
raw ham and put them into frying
pan with half teacupful of water.
When the water has boiled away and
the steaks (Which should be turned)
have become light brown on both
sides, dredge them over with -four and
pour over them the following sauce:
Take half a teacupful of cream and
half teacupful Of milk. put them into
q saucepan with small piece of butter,
a teaspoonful of mustard and q dash Of
cayenne; let it just boil and pour over
| the ham. Exchange. --------.--.--
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In q rather dark basement-room in
Atlanta, Dow Poolo, a half-lndian boy
eleven years old, has the most blood
curdling show of the season. The room
is devoid of furniture, but over on one
side is q small box with a homemade
cover of glass. The glass is held in
place by little tacks. and the box con-
tains three monster rattlesnakes, with
great scaly bodies and fat, deadly-look-
ing heads. Dow sits behind this box,
PLAYS with Irvine string, or fumbles
with the buttons on his coat, or by some
other act shows that he is nervous UNI
der the gaze of the spectators. Every
few minutes Dow opens the box, reaches
his hand in and lifts out . rattlesnake.
The tongue of the snake flashes back
ward and forward like lightning. but
he makes no effort to bite the boy as ne
is coiled like a necktie about the boys
neck. He lays perfectly quiet in the
place where he is put, or tucks his head
costly under the boys chin or down MS
shirt-collar. The other snakes are then
taken out, one in each hand, and played
with as though they were kittens. They
are then piled together on the floor, and
by slapping them on the heads they are
made to sound their rattles in blood
curdling manner. If they start to crawl
of Dow strikes them on their noses and
makes them be quiet. Dow is poor
boy, an orphan from Dade County, and
is q natural snake-charmer. He will
handle any snake except q cotton
mouth. A wealthy young man who
| lives in Dade County had the three rat,
tlesnakes caught and put in box and
| sent for the boy, who announced that nc
was not afraid of them. The gentle
man then kicked the box over and ran
Dow quietly proceeded to gather up the
| snakes and restore them to the box
| Atlanta fGa.) Constitution.
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The Quantity Of Seed Per Acre.

A buShel OF wheat mas ABOUT O4UsUUU
grains. As there are As, $50 square feet
to an acre, one bushel of seed per acre
would give fifteen grains to the square
foot, or about one to each three inches
square. 1t is we'll known TO every
farmer how much plant is dwarfed
and reduced in growth by crowding.
Let us take the corn plant. We grow
one plant to every nine square feet, or
three by three feet each way, and we
may very surely expect two full-sized
ears to each stalk over an acre. II we
grow stalk to each square foot, that
is one foot apart each way, we should
certainly have nothing but stalks and
not one ear. 1t is the same with every
crop. We grow the finest strawberries
for our own table in hills three feet
apart each way; but for market we put
them in matted rows three feet apart.
The hills will produce berries of which
ten have filled q quart measure and
which, having abundant food and SUM-
light, are finely colored and Of high
flavor. It is the same with potatoes, turs
nips, beets, and all other crops. 1t is
the same with wheat. A good stool Of
wheat produces one good head four
inches long and having about forty
grains. That is all that ten square
Inches of the best soil can produce. and
this amounts to about forty bushels per
acre. But the average head of wheat IL
about two inches long and has about
fifteen grains; and as ten square inches
of poor soil cannot support one wheat
plant, the average yield varies from
fifteen bushels downward
Now, if ON such land as this each
plant had four times as much room, it
would be more than four times as pro-
life. On good land q wheat plant
having a square foot of soil has pro-
duced thirty heads averaging five
inches in length, and containing in all
more than 600 grains. This is equal to
sixty bushels per acre, which is COM
! mon crop in England, where wheat is
grown with . peck of seed to the acre,
and is hoed and thinued out and weed
ed by hand. And an equally good crop
has been grown In this country. We
| remember sowing field of wheat over
which . large flock of pigeons belong.
| ing to . neighbor trespassed from the
| time OF sowing until the last one had
| been shot. The field came up very
thinly. But it soon Uttered SO much ..
to cover the ground, and the soil, hav
ing been lined and well MANFRED, pro
duced unexpectedly very large crop
And but one bushel per acre had beer
sown in all. Parts Of the field produced
ears seven inches long, and several ear
nine inches long were picked from par
of the field. The whole of the whea
was sold for seed, having attracted thu
notice of the neighbors, and very mucl
regret was felt for the sacrifice OF tn
pigeons, which had done us most val
liable service. The moral of the who'll
story is that we undoubtedly use to-
much seed; too much for the land Il
support, and too much to find room Il
the crowded space for . chance =
spread and do it's best.-M r Times
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A Sunday-school boy combated
with his teacher. holding that the world
being round, could have no end.-Chi-
cag0 Times.
The Board of Missions of the
Methodist Protestant Church have pur-
chased mission buildings in YOkO-
hama, and intend to push the work in
that country. .
Mr.. John Wanamaker has added
one more to his many benefactions to
the Young Mems Christian Association
by giving the Philadelphia Association
$4,000 to pay of its floating debt. The
entire amount Of the debt. @200, 900,
was made up by other subscribers
Philadelphia Press.
No man has really got religion. as
the cant phrase runs, until it seriously
affects the eye and ear. The religious
eye has had all the greenness of jeal-
ousy and envy washed out of it, and the
religious ear listens only TO the good
that is told IF ones neighbors and is as
deaf as an adder to what is bad.-M
y Herald.
Grace Reformed Church, Easton.
Pa, was called upon recently to curb
and pave the street in front of its prop
erty, and as it is not rich organization
and could not afford to hire the work
done, the members pluckily did all the
Job themselves at night, by torchlight.
the pastor himself taking conspicuous
part in the novel scene, which lasted for
three nights. Pittsburgh Post.
Rev. William p. Paxs6n, Superin-
tendent of the Southwestern depart
ment of the American Sunday-schoOl
Union. makes this summary report OF
seventeen years work: Schools organ
lied, 1920; schools aided, Z, 493; mem
bership in the same, over 100000; BIZ
bles and Testaments distributed, a..
$50; books and supplies, papers. etc.,
S52,845; expenses Of the work, $llS,.
813.-N y Examiner.
An officer of school in Boston fol
the blind says that sightless persons may
become the most expert piano-tuners
Through constant exercise the faculty
of hearing becomes SO acute that inter
walls in the scale of sounds, which are 81
slight as to be unnoticed by other per
sons. are readily detected by the blind
The slightest imperfection in unisons il
discord to them. Their knowledge o.
the mechanism of pianos is obtained
through the use of models and the dis
section of old instruments. Besides
they are thoroughly taught in tina
branch of physics which treats OF thu
nature of sound and the laws of its pro
duction and transmission. Boston Jour
nal,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

Beecher has gone West, where he
coins much money and health, but he
left his hay fever behind him. Il Is
amazing to meet its victims. They
come in squads, and companies, and
battalions. City folk HE them to the
mountains. Men from the interior
make resonant the piaxzas and sands
upon the seashore. They sneeze all
day and choke all night Their throsts
are dust-heaps; their noses cinders.
There is no health in them. They try
all the medicines that all the medicine
men get rich by. Their eyes run. their
nostrils keep them steadily employed
Fever runs riot in their bones. Slight
drafts Of air put them into chills. Ut
terly demorafized, some turn to whis-
XIV, some to bathing in salt water, some
to patent inhalents, some to snuff.
There is absolutely no all-cure.
Ace is not respected, nor are tender
years protected. In great newspaper
Office not far from me two dozen men
are snssxing and continually do cry:
GIVE us , rest; please give US rest: =
The composing-room resounds with
echoes, the reporters rooms are noisy
with the sueeze, the calm atmosphere
of the editorial floor Is turned to cur
rents blythe violent nasal contortions,
and even the sacred precincts Of the
managers sanctum need half . dozen
handkerchiefs every four hours.
Itreally j. ~ awful pptsaHoe.-M =
Letter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10
U. 8. POSTAL SERVICE.

n. s. whitney, assistant postmaster Putnam. Conn.,,
writes May s. 1883: ~ have used Hunts Reinedy with
the best results. have suffered untold agony for
eighteen months with kidney and liver complaint; my
water was very bad at times actually passed blood
This was followed by general prostratfon. Mybusi-
ness requiring to be on my feet most Of the time
made my case worse. / was advised to use Hunts
Remedy by friend who had been cured by It. and can
truly say that 1t has benefited than ell the 9TH
er medicines have used consider 1t the best medi-
cine for kidney and liver troubles and cheerfuy rec
ommend II to ALL"
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Manchester, VT, is noted f

Manchester, VT, is noted for its
beautiful cemetery and the care which
is taken of it. Judge Skinner, of Chi
cago, has been foremost in beautifying
this Gods acre, in which rest the bones
of his father, the former Governor Of
Vermont. He some time ago placed at
the entrance two statues of great beauty
which he secured at Florence, one rep.
resenting the CANCEL of Consolation
and the other the "Angel of the Resur.
rection." In addition. he has provided
. greenhouse, from which flowers are
freely, and during all the year. supplied
for the graves. Chicago Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

A BOOK agent named Joe Smyrks
Was put out and hurt by jerk,
He says a. cure,
St. Jacobs on is sure,
At all times to get In its work.
A lightning-rod man in st. Paul,
From house had serious fall
Though battered and bruised,
He said, when he used
st. Jacobs OIL" it simply beats ALL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

In Cincinnati store piano Is marked
" Achern, 1851" And the music banged
from some pianos sound like that evolved
t0tcn Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

Y0U WOULD BIZ VERY FOOLISH TO
Order or Buy any
WAfCAKs, DIAMONDS,
CLoCID, BnoN9Hs,
SoLID 6LvRA AND SILVER PLATED WARE,
Music BOXES, CUTLERY
JBwELnY On LAMPS,
without first sending SIX CENTS for postage
and receiving the magnifcently Illus
trated catalogue Of the
MERMOD q JACCARD JEWELRY CO.,
Fourth and Locust Sts., st Louis, Mo.
Whsn is st. Levis call and sce VS..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

THE high-school girl condemns the phrase
stumble to the racket" as vile slang. She
says "precipitate in the direction of the
Oil City Derrick.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

The New York Cab Company, with
. capital of 100000, has decided to
place in that city line of cheap cabs.
on the London model, charging twenty
Eve cents for the first mile.-Iroy (N
~ Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10
. Golden medical DIscovery.,

"GoIden MEDICAL DIscovefy
has been used with signal success In con-
sweats, splitting of blood, shortness of
breath, weak lungs, coughs, bronchitis, and
kindred affections of throat and chest.
Sold by druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

As THE President rode hundreds Of miles
on horses and mules during his recent
Western trip it will be proper to say that
he has returned from his bride tour
PHILADELPHIA Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

"PAPA, please tell me the story Of tho
new comet, ;" said Mary to her father last
evening. 81 can not, my dear" replied
Mr.. Rather, "there is no tail to 1t YETI
Boston Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

A PITTSBURGH man who put in the sum-
mer ON the fifth door of city boarding
house, truthfully insisted that most Oh MS !
vscst}on mad been passed at ''mountin'
resort. n--.P ittsbMrQk Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

WHAT Il the. difference between muscu.
lar tramp and . newly cleaned lamp
Only this; one Is weil-limoed tramp an as
City Derrick.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

HUNTSVILLE, ALA.-Dr. J. I. Ridley
saws: "Brown's Iron Bitters is a good .ap-
petizer and merits attention from suffer-
ers."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-10

Singing, irritation, all Kidney and Blad
der Complaints, cured by "Buchu-P aiba. 81
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ANOhio dentist has devoted himself to
active politics, probably on the ground
that his calling has fitted him for "taking
the stump. ~ Pittsburgh telegraph.