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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
A Starch Factory.

Correspondence of the American:
Some of the gentlemen of the David
son Fruit Growers Club on last Satur-
day were discussing the question of es-
tablishing potato starch factory. The
same day [ happened to find among
some old papers letter on the subject
which / give you below. 1t was writ
ten in reply to one Of mine when con.
nected with the New York Tribune in
1870, the information being desired by
some old friends in Western North
Carolina, who thought of erecting there
potato starch factory. 1t is dated
Bangor, Me-, May, 1870, written by
w. S. Dickinson, who says "The
cost of starch mill you speak of
would depend much on whether you
had a water-power or was obliged to
buy an engine. The mill proper, to
say nothing of dam or engine, capable
of running 300 bushels every twenty
four hours, with dry kiln detached
from main building, can be built in
this section for from $4,000 to So, 800
all complete. A 10 horsepower en-
CINE has sufficient capacity to run one.
If your friend was going to build a
mill, and is unacquainted with the
business, / would advise that he get an
experienced millwright from this sec.
ton, one who has built good many
and would make no mistake. We have
such here"
l look upon this as one of the many
little industries which the South can
engage in. There are dozens of these
little starch factories in Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine. There is not
any special secret about the manufac-
ture of ordinary potato starch, and inn
mense quantities of it are used. There
is skill required in the manufacture of
fine grades of grain starch, and many
of the processes are patented or kept
secret.
Another small industry which should
be introduced is the manufacture of
straw paper. Hundreds of tons of
straw are annually burned up or al
lowed to rot in Middle and East Ten
nessee. The apparatus Is compare
lively cheap and the manipulation not
difficult. II
Respectfully, lr
HENRY E. Cotton.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
From Monteagle.

To the Standard:
After a weeks sojourn at Monteagle,
and after attending closely the exercises
for that time, am prepared to say
that its present is a success beyond ex-
pectation, and its future will be what
the people make it. 1t is true the
grounds are not in perfect order. Had
sufficient means been at hand, the
short time since the initial effort, would
forbid such result. Neither are the
facilities for entertainments unobjec-
tionable, nor the regulations of this
department; nor yet would | claim the
manipulations of the working forces to
be free from mistakes, but considering
the work which has been done, the
exercises which have been enjoyed,
and that the enterprise is just in its
infancy, Monteagleis a decided success.
If the proper care is taken in the
future to avoid mistakes in the regula-
tion of every department, there is no
reason why the enterprise should be a
failure. 1t will be a blessing to the
country-not as summer resort for
invalids, nor those who are seeking
wild and unrestrained recreation, but
for those who are willing and ready to
work for their country's good. Here
the clergy, the Sunday-school worker,
the laymen of the different denomina-
tons, together with the everyday edu-
Gator, meet on the broad platform
of christian liberality, interchange
thoughts, advance ideas concerning
educational and religious work, un-
tramelled save by genuine christian
spirit. AS iron sharpeneth iron, so the
interchange of thought.
The Sunday>school assembly proper
was opened the 18th.
The temperance question occupied
two days. l believe eleven different
States were represented on this subject.
The question was ably and literally
discussed by men who had prepared
for the occasion-discussed, too, both
from moral and legal standpoints. An
interesting, lecture on Astronomy, one
on everyday cchools; also one on old
and new fashions In Sunday-school
work, and one on the Temples of Italy,
contributed largely to the interest oil
the occasion.
The normal departments compose
an interesting feature to those interes'
ted in education. Teacher meets
teacher, under the instruction OF
teachers of larger experience, and to-
gether work with and for each other
and thus for the good Of the country.
What l have said concerning this insti
tuition has been said without locaI
prejudice, for as | am located in the
far west, can have none in favor Of
Monteagle; besides we have on the
Pacific Coast similar institution with
which l am locally allied. advocate
it because such an institution will con
tribute to that largeness Of soul and
liberal qualification which should char
acterlze every one who has felt al
emotion of philanthropy.
S. S. PATTERSON.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
From Short Mountain.

To the Standard.
Everything quiet in this section,
Wheat threshed, grass moved, and all
farm work about done.
The people are making preparations
to build two-story brick college here.
This is good location for a school, and
the one here has proved success. The
patronage demands a better building
than they now have. Roscoe.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
From Dibrell.

To the Standard.
We are happy to announce to your
many readers the marriage of our
worthy teacher and fellow countryman,
L. P. Evans, which took place at
the brides father at half past 9
o'clock Wednesday morning the 18th.
The nuptials were performed by the
writer in the presence of the family, a
few near relatives and friends. The
occasion was a quiet one and indeed
very enjoyable. Soon after the per-
Torrance of the marriage ceremony the
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
From Bone Cave.

To the Standard.
Times are fourishing. Plenty rains
to make corn, which is looking well.
l attended the closing exercises of
Burritt College recently, which was a
success. A large crowd attended, the
largest ever saw in Spencer.
G. B. johnson, of this county, will
commence making brick in a few days
for the new factory at Caney Fork
Falls. He has contract to make
100000. ~. S.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
Communications.
oiling Harness, Collars, Brides, Etc.

To the Standard.
Every farmer desires to make money,
and his desire can be realized by atten-
ton to details. There is quite as much
in saving as in making. Poor Richards
philosophy was correct when he said |:
"a penny saved is two pence clear,
And pin day is groat year"
Farming is great, honorable and
profitable business when pursued with
enthusiasm and a confidence of success,
and with willingness to attend to all
the little details connected with it, by
which money is saved.
The heavy farm work is over. OBJ
servation shows us that the ammonia
continually given off in stables causes
harness and other leather to become
week and rotten sooner than other
leather. 1t is said on good authority
that the addition of little glycerine
to the oil or fat used in greasing such
leather is good, and that such addition
will keep it plant and soft. Ifglycerine
is not convenient, grease without it.
We'll kept harness and other leather
used in the operations of the farm will
last many years. If it is neglected
and allowed to be dirty, dry and un.
oiled, it often wears out III two years.
This makes it costly to the farmer. 1t
should be washed once month with
CASTLE soap, using good sponge, and
oiled at least twice year. Take the
harness apart, soak 1t in water only
blood warm, for longer or shorter
period according to its dryness and
stiffness, wash with CASTLE soap, work
till soft and plant and hang up to dry
moderately. When half dry oil the
pieces and let them dry a day longer
then rub with coarse cloth.
The glycerine, oil and soap are cheap
and it requires only little attention tc
do the thing. If this is supposed tc
be troublesome it should be remem
bered that it will probably be more
troublesome to get money and buy 9
new supply every two years, for it vii
last three times as long. Besides, the
work can and ought to be done in wei
weather when outdoor work can't bC
done.
In former article we recommended
the painting of farm implements as
measure to save money. We have our
painted and under shelter, and are to
day cleaning our harness precisely a
herein directed. We practice ou
preaching, because we know that by i
we save much money. 1t does seen
that we ought to do ourselves the jus
tice to attend to these little money say
ing details, and not ruin ourselves b,
the usual lazy, reckless waste.
E. l.. GARDENHIRE.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
HENRY Z. COTTON.

Wherever Coussen's Honey of Tar
has been introduced, in hamlet, city,
or country neighborhOod, it has won
its way to popular favor as a reliable
remedy for Coughs, Colds, and diseases
of the throat and lungs. 1t also affords
relief when used for Group, Hoarsness,
Bronchitis, etc. Price 80 cts.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
A Letter from @. W. Calender on the
Potato Crop.

j. B. R1TCHGY; Dear Sir@Much of
our crop is still in the ground, as under
existing circumstances we preferred to
keep up the general work of the farm
rather than let the corn, etc. 60 to ruin
while we hurried potatoes into market
at unremunerative prices. We have
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-07-28
Improvement of Grain by Selection

The principle of selection has long
been appreciated by stock breeders,
and they have largely profted by the
application of its teachings. As APP
piled to the growth of cereals it has
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-09

case and neither raising nor deciding any
other, was thought to raise the question OF
the conshtutionRlity Of the exemptions.
The recent Legislature was urged to take
some action, either to repeal the act OF
1881 or submit q constitutional amendment
to remove all doubts and secure to tax
payers these exemptions sanctioned by
reason and custom. The Legislature re
fused to do either, many members holding
that the practice and the law under the
old Constitution, in vogue when the new
was passed containing the same provi'
sion as the Old, was sufficient % rest upon.
What the Legislature refused to do the
State administration began to do US soon
as the Legislature got out Of the way.
1t may be that, under the decision in the
railroad case, a question is raised which
ought to be passed upon, 80 that II we have
not the right to do a right thing we may
find a way to get it. But the action Of the
State administration, in taking upon itself
a responsibility which the circumstances
did not force upon it, in doing away with a
law which the Legislature refused to re-
peal, has aroused intense indignation which
is by no means confined to Republicans.
Here we see conscientious scruples,
almost too nice, applied to a case which it
is hoped may do something towards help
ing the Democratic party out OF its financial
dilemma. Aud in the matter Of the tax
levy and the reassessment we saw a moral
bluntness-an utter absence OF scruple-
which made a provision Of the Constitution
so plain that no decision Of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals is required to reveal it
meaning to the least intelligent man. And
so it came to pass that the Assessors were
let slip again.
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PERSONAL.

President Arthur will, it is reported,
spend the Fourth Of July at Woodstock.
Conn, the guest OF Mr.. Henry @. Bowen
Ex.Vice President Wheeler is rapidly
recovering from the illness with which he
has for some time been afflicted.
General John ". Phelps, who ran for the
Presidency in 1850, on the anti Masonic
ticket, has Just been getting married at the
age OF seventy years, evidently intending
to keep pace with ex-senator David Davis
in the race for 1884.
The Shah Of Persia is charged in the
London Daily Nets with having, through
agenA4-abducled a woman from the do.
minlons OF Russia Ia Swede by birthl, and
consigned her to his harem. The anduc'
ton took place at Baker, and is likely to
lead to a diplomatic correspondence.
Senator Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, was
in Harrisburg last week, looking in better
health than for some years before. He will
sail for Europe Oh Thursday oil next week,
and remain until just before the Christmas
holidays. His father will accompany him
to Europe, and remain there for a couple
oil years.
The Earl 81 Leitrim has been caught be.
tween the upper and lower milIstones OF
MIR. Gladstone's Land act. 1t appears that
he is a tenant Of Trinity College, Dublin,
and while the Land Commissioners have
cut down his own ~sub.tenaucies, the uui.
yersity refuses to let him out OF twenty
shillings in the pound.
James Murdoch, who appeared at the
Cincinnati Dramatic Festival after q retire.
ment OF nearly twenty five years from the
stage, made his entry into dramatic life at
the Arch Street Theatre, Cincinnati, in
1870, when he was eighteen years old. He
now lives in a little village named alter
him, near Cincinnati, where he is engaged
in wine growing.
Talmage gives this little pen picture OF
Samuel J. Tllden "a few days ago ! saw
in a railway car the siCkest.loDking man
ever saw out OF bed; his chin and hands
afflicted with the worst palsy | ever saw,
either in or outside OF Il hospital, exciting
the pity and sympathy Of all who looked at
him. lie is n OF the candidates for the
Presidency. This is the pathos aud trag-
edy OF political life, that a man will clutch
at its baubles though he stands with both
feet in the grave"
It is due to Mr. Hendricks, the Indiana
polls Times thinks, 10 say that il he has a
sore toe he does not exhibit it 10 the public.
"In this respect he differs from a number
OF other statesmen, both Democrats and
Republicans. 1t may be added that a sore
toe does not necessarily argue old age or
approaching death. Thousands Of boys
have survived sore toes and lived long aud
prospered. Asa matter OF fact, Mr.. Hen
bricks Is in excellent health"
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The influence OF the soil upon the health Of
those living upon It. Is brought put very
plainly during tho prevalence OF epidemic
diseases. That malarial diseases Qike
intermittent teyers) originate from the
Investigations show pretty conclusiyely thai
the germs OF Cholofa, Abdominal Typhus,
Yellow Fever, and the plague are in some
yay connected with the soil, which is daily
corroberated by letters from all psrts OF the
country, stating the marvellous effcct PerAHd
mas on those diseases, and In their convalescent
state, John E. Courtney, Of Cory, Pa, says;
II am still getting better, thanks TO Your
Pe1ua and NaaaliH." See page "A In "Ills Of
Lite, p4w
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A WHEELING noY ABROAD.
Trip Down the ohio and Mississippi
Rivers.


A Wheeling boy travelling down the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers writes home
an interesting letter, from which we make
the following extracts: "The scenery along
the Ohio is nearly identical with that at
home until we get near Cairo, when all Of
a sud den everything becomes as flat IS n
floor. Before We got to Cairo l was impa'
tient to see the place, but alter we laid
there FIVE hours l was Just as impatient to
get away. My idea of..Cario was complete.
" annihilated. The population is about
equally divided between The negroes and
whites, and q lazier set OF blacks | never
saw before.
The fist place Of historical interest we
saw, was the site OF Fort Pillow, on the
Tennessee side OF the Mississippi river,
lust at the head Of a rarge OF bluffs.
Nothing remains now Of the old fort ex-
cept the part it took in the war. 1t is a
notable fact that all the bluffs are on the
Tennessee and Mississippi side Of the river
with one exception, that at Helena. a
great many OF them rise perpendicularly
out oil the water, others CONT within q quar-
ter OF q mile and gradually slope'tO the
river. On the latter ls where most OF the
large cities are situated. l was surprised
TO see 30 much Northern push and energy
in Memphis. 1t is a city Of about 10000,
situated on a high bluff, with electric lights
all over the place.
The most extensive industries are cotton
mills and cotton seed oil factories. 1t is
astonishing how they utilizs the seed Of
cotton. They first grind aud press the seed
for the oil, and from the refuse they make
II into cotton seed meal and what they call
oil cakes. The former they us8-inore for
fsrtilizing; the latter is dissolved and used
for feeding. Before the wal this seed was
considered useless and ussd merely for
fertilixing, until Yankee ingenuity found a
process by which 1t could be made more
useful. It's claimed that they can make as
much money out Of the seed as they can
from the cotton itself.
Vicksburg, the beautiful resting place for
the soldiers Of h Q late war, lies on o slop.
Ing bluff amid foliage and flowers. Tie
National Cemetery is the only place OF in.
terest TO visitors. Buried there are 10000
citizens who died for their country.
Sectional animosity Ia fast disappearing
in the South. Northern capital and in.
huencs is pouring into this land, indus.
tries are springing up on every hand, and
businessis prosperous; the North and South
are mjngling with each other and the old
feeling Is fast dying out. l predict that
the time IL not far distant when the South
will have her portion Of the manufactures
OF the country. W. +.
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IN LOVE.

lthtnESn.
You have come, then; how very cleveri
IthNuGht y u would scarcely Try;
IWak DOUBTFUL m~yEfll-hoNe ever
You have ooms!Gnd 80 hAVeL
How coil It Is here, and pretty!
You are yexEd. I'm sfnAIh I'm late:
You've be N wAitlng-O Whist = pity!
And II . almost hRli'pa1t eight
soitIr / can hear Il striking
Uut there IN the grey church tower.
Why, Iw nder at yolr liking
10 wait for nj half al hour!
lam Enrry: what hive YOU been doing
Allthe while down here by the pOoIT
Do you heA' tho wlld.dOye co lug
How MICS II Is hire, bnl cool!
How thSt elder piles and rREses
Her great bloom > snowy sweet;
Do you we through the Serfled glAssea
The iOrEet.me-nO tl NJ your ieeH
And tho fringe Of AaRs that ~eucloSes
The wafer; aid nav the place
Is alive with pink do ross
Soft colOred like your lace!
YOu like them2 Shall | pick one
For \ badg. Gnd coin OF JnneH
They arc lovely but they prtckone
And tley always t.de 50 soon.
Here's your ruIe. / think love Ike thlih
Thst NUS bet EGeu tao sight,
And flower betW cen Two hiSes,
Aud when It's gathered dies.
Itwere surely 4 grieyous thing, love.
That love should fade Ia ones klRhIi
1t we're b. tier su ely TO Hing love
OF while Its bloom Is bright.
The irNIl life will not linger,
BrIt throw tAe IOSe away,
Though The thOrns having scratched one mig
viii hurt for hal u day.
whst! you'd nthcr keep 1t, and sec 1t
Fade aud it, petals 1.l9-
II you will, why amen 30 be II;
You may be right after all.
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Dr. Pisces pellets" or sugar coatee
granules-tne original "little live pills" (be
ware OF imiAtions) cure sick and biliouI
headache, cleanse the stomach and bowels
and purify the blood. To get genuine, SCI
Dr.. Pierce's Signature and portrait on GOV
eminent stamps. % cents per vial, by drug
gists. VIA"
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A FRENCH investigator finds that in pro.
portion 10 lis size a bee can pull thirty
times at much rs a horse. The bee can
also throw Il man much quicker than a
horse can, in case a man tries to sit on the
bee in an open lot.-M o Picayune.
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nIEn.

PLATE-Tusd4y evening, May 8. 1883. at $50
O'clock, ADA BxLIE, daughter Of Will am r.. and
Isabella stetreIt Plate, aScdl year and Z months,
Funeral this "wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
from the parents residence, No. sd Coal street,
FtIsnds of the fsmily are invited To nt'"nd.
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TuE surprising success Of Mrs. Lydia E.
Pinkhsm's Compound for tbs several diseases
peculiar to women forcibly illustrates the i'm.
portance OF her beneiicent discovery and the
fact that she knows how TO make the most OF
iL-Dr. HdsksN. NwF&w
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sAYsD Dr.. Jackson, Wharfage is no child's
play." Very true, doctor; but without
chiId's play, married life is mighty lone.
some one at the best-BOaoa Transcript.
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In the Diamond Dyes more coloring Is
given for 10 cents than In any Is or q cent
dyes, and they give faster and more brilliant
colors.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-09

ALL Of us at present are interested in th'
study oil Theology. And those who study
the subject are, Of course divinity students
-BO&on Post.
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NEW oooDs-oEo. r. TAYLoR.
GEORGE R. TAYLOR;
1850 MAIN STREET.

The continuance of the active demand for choice
and Fashionable Dress Goods, silks, Pprasols and
Black SILKS that can be guaranteed, has neeessitateda
new supply Of these goods, which win be opened on
MONDAY, the 9Th inst. Notwithstanding the scarcity
or some particularly desirable shades in Colored silks
and Dress Goods in the eastern markets, they can In
nearly every case be found in our stock and at the
lowest prices for such choice styles. We would call
attention to our large line Of n,
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ToR RENr-A TWO STORY FRAME
4 HOUSE. Nc. IS vir.lniI street leland; con:
taius rK rooms. With basement, dIuing'roOm and
ii chen, Rent rpGSInAble Inquire on the prm.
Les or n s V. FsriL It The Gas nfaoe. mIe
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NURsE GIRL ABOUT 10 YEARS
IN old, may and q place at No. an Main street.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS;

TITAETED-A GOOD GIRL-APPLT
wv At no. 2Ge cnapline street. 9ood wares.
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CURTAIN
DEPARTMENT.

The finest exhibit yet made In this market
During the past week we have added 10 our stock
In this department q line Of
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