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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-08-04
Crops of 1883.

The wheat crop this year, it is now
pretty well settled, will not reach the
average, but neither will it fall so far
below as was predicted a short time
ago. The aggregate will not vary
much from 450, 100000 bushels. Add
to this the excess in surplus carried
over from 1882 as compared with that
left over in 1881, and there will be in
the country sufficient to supply the
home demand and full margin for for
eign export. Oats, barley, hay and
potatoes have come up to an average
crop, and in some cases there is more
than an average. The fruit crop is
not large, but it is fair. Corn, about
which there is a good deal of anxiety,
is getting out of the woods very rapidly
There is, taking the corn states through,
an increased acreage, after making full
allowance for losses caused by local
storms and floods, and, with reasonably
favorable weather, we may look for
ward to a full crop.-Ex.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-08-04

A bald headed man who had heard
that the hairs of mans head are
numbered, wants to know if there is
not some place where he can obtain the
back numbers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-08-04
Children Cry.

Children Cry.
For Duncan's Worm Syrup. 1t is
pleasant to take and sure to have the
desired effect. 1t is fast taking the
place of all other preparations. Sold
by j. B. Ritchey.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-08-04
Cure for Group.

DIR. Duncan's Cough Balsam is a
sure cure for Group in children. 1t
will never fail, is safe and pleasant.
For sale by j B, Ritchey
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17
Summer Rules for Colored People.

"Seb'ral members of dis club" said
the president of the Lime-Kiln Club, as
the bars were let down and the meeting
driven in, shave aXed me to concoct q
summer drink fur de use of Guild peo-
pie, an likewise to write out q set of
rules, regulashuns an medical hints to
be followed doorin' de heated sezun.
"Gem'len, if you want suthin' to
melt in your mouth-if you want your
soul electrified an your feet lifted up
if you want suthin' to make you feel
dat dis cold world am twice too good a
place for such men as you-take gal
lon of water quart of molasses, two
ounces of sassaparilly, one ounce of
ginger, one gill of brandy, de yolks of
four eggs an mix 'em togeder wild n
sassafras stick an sot de liquid away
under de house whar' de dog can't find
it. Den, when occasion requires, let it
assuage your thirst an enliven your
soul. AS to summer rules l have dash
ed off de followin':
1. "Doan' war obercoats nor ober-
shoes nor ear-muffs doorin' July and
August.
2. Hire o cheap ham to clar de
SuOW VII yCl bluCW dlhSJ ~ ho iOb w
oberheat your blood
8. "Let de ole woman split de wood
an de chill'en hoe de garden, an doan'
let nobody beat yer in q foot-race fur a
prize of fifteen cents.
4. "Hang out late nights, lay abed
late in dc mawnin', pick up yer meals
at beer saloons, an talk huff polyticks
to keep de blood circulatin'.
5. "Slidin' down hill, skatin', slidin'
an snowballin am dellyteriousto health
in midsummer.
''Dat's about all de advice | have to
gin you, an we will now purceed to
bizness."
Samuel Shin at once arose and inquir-
ed if the chair meant to reflect on him
by advising to let the old woman split
the wood. He would explain that he
had had lame shoulder for several
years past, and had been obliged to
pass the AK to his better half. AS an
offset he had let her wear his best hat
to the circus and several picnics, and
upon several occasions had run in debt
for wearing apparel for her as late as
10 o'clock at night.
.'Sot down. Brudder Shin-sot DOWN.
replied the president. "Dis club doan'
NEEDLE wild a members domestick af-
fairs onless dey become publick prop
erty, an den we allus gin him a chance
to resign or commit suicide"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17

SECONDS, ana with snort OF alarm he
breaks into a terrific run, takes the ex-
IRENE left of the valley. and goes tear
ing out of sight as if followed by lions.
''Haltr'
The grim sergeant sees "signs" in
the actions of the horse. Every trooper
is looking ahead and to right. The green
valley runs into the fringe, the fringe
into dense thicket, the thicket into rock
and pine and mountain slope. No eye
can penetrate that fringe. The Indians
may be in ambush there, or the horse
may have scented a wolf or grizzly.
"Forward!'
No man knows what danger turks in
the fringe, but the order was to scout be-
yond the bend. To disobey is ignominy
and disgrace; to ride forward is-wait!
There is no air stirring in the valley.
Every limb and bough is still rs if made
of iron. There is a silence which weighs
like heavy burden, and the harsh note
of hawk and buzzard would be relief.
Here is the bend. The valley contin-
ues as before-no wider--no narrower
level and unbroken. The wild horse
was out of sight long ago, and the six
troopers see nothing but the green
grass as their eyes sweep the valley
from side to side.
Turn the bend and ride down the
valley for mile or so and keep your
eyes open to discover any pass leading
out.
1t is more than mile beyond the
bend. No pass has been discovered.
No signs of trail have been picked up.
| The sergeant has raised himself up for
long and careful scrutiny, when an
exclamation causes him to turn his face
up the valley. Cut from the fringe
ride the demons who have been lurking
there to drink blood. Five-ten- TWEEN
ty--iifty-the line has no end. II
stretches clear across the valley before
Il word has been spoken. Then it face:
to the right and 200 Indians, in wal
paint face the grim old sergeant and
his five troopers.
Unto line-right dress!'
1t is the sergeant who whispers the
order SiT to 200, but we will face the
danger. 10 retreat down the valley j:
to be overtaken one by one and shot
from the saddle, or reserved for torture
Down the valley there is no hope; up
the valley is the camp of rescue. The
two lines face each other for n moment
without a movement.
"Now, men, one volley-sling car
| bines-draw sabres and charged
A sheet of flame-a roar-a cloud o.
smoke and six horses sprang forward
Then there is q grand yell, rush by
every horse and rider, and a whirlpool
begins to circle. Sabres flash anC
cling-arrows whistle-revolvers pop
voices shout and scream, and then the
whirlpool ceases. 1t is not three min
utes since the first carbine was fired
but the tragedy has ended. Every
trooper is down and scalped, half q doz-
en- redskins are dead or dying, dozer
horses are struggling or staggering and
turning the bend at mad gallop is the
sergeant's riderless horse. He carrie:
an arrow in his shoulder, and there i:
blood on the saddle. In five minute:
he will be in camp, and the notes of the
bugle will prove that the lost trail ha!
been found.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17
Baby in Church.

Aunt Nellie had fashioned a dainty thing,
VI hamburg and ribbon and lace,
An ~ inammn had said, as she settled 1t round
our beautiful baby face
where the dimples play and the laughter lies
LINZ sunshine hid in her violet eyes
ell 81 the day is pleasant and baby is good,
Sne may 20 10 church and wear her new hood"
Then Ben, aged @, began TO tell.
=, In ederly-brotherly way,
now very, very good sho must be
II she went TO church next day.
re .oid or the church, the choir and the crowd,
ana the man in front, who talked so loud;
But she must not talk, nor laugh, nor sing,
out just sit as quiet as anything.
And so, on a beautiful Sabbath in May,
When the fruit-buds burst into flowers,
lnere wasnta flower on bush or tree
80 fair as this blossom of ours;
All In her white dress dainty and new
our baby sat in the family pew
Inc grand, sweet music, the reverent air,
Inc solemn hush and the voice of prayer.
Filled all her baby soul with awe,
AS she SAT- in her little place;
and the holy look that the angels wear
Seemed pictured upon her face.
ana the sweet words uttered so long ago
Came into my mind with rhythmic flow:
Of such Us the kingdom of Heaven" said He,
ana Know he spoke OF such as she.
The sweet-voiced organ pealed forth again,
Inc collection boxes came round,
And baby dropped her penny in,
And smiled at the clinking sound.
Alone in the choir Aunt Nellie stood,
waiting the close of the soft prelude
TO begin her solo. High and strong
She struck the first note clear and long.
She held IL, and all were charmed but one,
Who, with all the might she had,
Sprang to her little feet and cried:
Aunt Nellie, you'se being bad!
The audience smiled, the minister coughed,
The little boys in the corner laughed,
Inc tenor shook like an aspen leaf
AND hid his face in his handkerchief.
And poor Aunt Nellie never could tell
- How she finished that terrible strain,
But says nothing on earth would tempt
Her TO go through the scene again.
so, we have decided perhaps tits best,
tor her sake, ours and all the rest,
That we wait, maybe, for year or two,
Ere our baby re-enters the family pew,
New York Independents
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17
WASHINGTON.

Congressman Ellis, of Louisiana, admits
having paid $500 to John George, of Texas,
to be given j. J. Newell, of Michigan, for
services in the lobby in behalf Of the Texas
and Pacific land grant.
A cool request for August has reached
the treasurer of the United States from q
West Virginian, who asks that 5000 be sent
him with which TO redeem the trade dollars
In his section of country.
James McDermott, an Irish leader Of
Brooklyn, recently crossed the Atlantic and
was arrested at Liverpool on charge OF con-
spring to murder officials of the govern
ment. He said he would call upon the
United States to protect him.
Thecoinage of the standard silver dollars
during August will amount to 2, 830, 600, to
be coined at the different mints as follows:
Philadelphia, 1,04O 900; San Francisco, COO,
600; New Orleans, 6O0, 900; Carson City, 100,
600.
John G. New, assistant secretary of the
treasury, has requested Collector Spalding
TO employ unbiased experts to examine the
Chicaoo custom-honsa and mass :;rnn the
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17

THE GREAT DULUTH ROUTE.
Intended sailings of steamers from Detroit for
Sault Ste. Marie and other Lake Superior ports:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Satur-
days, II pm.
For Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo: Sundays, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays at p. M, making
railroad connections for points East and South.
Rail connections at Duluth for st. Paul, Mime
apolis Bismarck, Manitoba and other points north,
south and west Baggage checked TO destination.
WHITING, Genl Agt. Dock and Office at Brady
4 Co.'s warehouse, foot Of Woodward Ave-, Detroit
Mich.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17
De VEAUX COLLEGE,

Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, \, 7.
Fitting School for the Universities, West Point,
Annapolis, or business. Charges $3.50 year. For
registers, etc, address Wilfred III. Munro, A. NJ.
President.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17
LAKE SUPERIOR TRANSIT COMPANY

E. r. HUTCHINS, She
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Influence of Railroads on Agriculture
United States Economist.

United States Economist.
There was an idea that the trans.
portation of agricultural produces
would resultin diminishing the num-
Der of horses, wagoners and steam
boats. The result, has, however,
proved precisely the contrary. Hor.
ses have multiplied more rapidly since
the introduction of railroads than
they did before, and even steamboats,
have continued to increase without
interruption.
So great has been the positive adj
vantage which all departments of ag-
'iculture have derived from the con.
Itruction of railroads that if the en-.
hire cost of the building had been lev
Hed upon the farmers of the Central
West they would have paid it and
been immensely the gamers. The
railroads haze done what could not
have been effected without them I:
they have secured to the producer
very nearly the prices of the Atlantic
markets, and very largely in advance
of what could have been raised on
his own farm; enabling the producer
to dispose Of his products at good pri-
ces and at all times, they have helped
to increase rapidly both the. set.
Element and the annual production
of the interior States. The older a
country is the more civic and less ru.
raj it becomes--that is the greater
will be the demand for food. and the
less the production. Hence it is that
Europe and old countries filled with
cities, make continual demand on
this country. Hence it is that New
England and New York, continually
filling up with manufacturers and ar
tisans and cities. must be supplied
with increased quantities of food from
the interior West. Hence it is that the
cheapening of transportation inures
to the benefit of the agricultm al
producers. BY thus giving the far
mer the benefit of the best markets
and the highest prices railroads have
increased the agricultural productions
OF the country beyond anything here
to fore known in this world.
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THE CLARION.
HOUSE. FARM AND GARDEN
For the Household.

II
NOODLE SoUP-Add noodles To beef
Or any other kind Of soup after strain
ing they will cook in fifteen or TWEEN.
ty minutes, ard are prepared in the
following manner To one egg add as
much sifted -four as will absorb, with
little salt; roll cut as thin as a wa
fer, dredge very little with flour, roll
over and over into a large roll, slice
from the ends, shade out the strips
loosely and drop into the soup.
STEAMED CHICKEN. Rub the chick
en- on the inside with pepper and half
a teaspoonful Of salt, place in a steam
er in a kettle that will keep it as
near the water as possible, cover,
and steam an hour and half; when
done keep hot while dressing is being
prepared, then cat up, arrange on a
platter, and serve with dressing.
The dressing is made as follows: Boil
one pint Of gravy from the kettle
without the fat, add cayenne pepper
and half a teaspoonful of salt Stir
Gx teaspoonfuls Of -four into a quarter
Of n pint Of cream until smooth, and
add to the gravy. Corn starch may
be used instead of -four, and some
cooks add nutmeg or celery salt.
CHICKEN SoUp.-In boiling chicken
for salad the broth (water in which
they are boiled) may be used for soup
When the chickens are te be served
whole, stuff, and tie in a bag. To
the broth add little rice, or one
onion thinly sliced and quart of to-
matoes, Boil twenty minutes, season
with salt and pepper and two well
beaten eggs and serve.
Picked CHICKEN. Boil four
chickens till tender enough for meat
to fall from the bones put meat in
n stone jar, and pour over it three
pints good vinegar and pint of wa
ter in which the chickens have been
boiled; add spices if desired, and it
will be ready for use in few days.
1t is good for lunch at any time.
BrscUIT. Dissolve one rounded
tablespoonful of butter in a pint Of
milk, when luke VAIN stir in one
beaten egg. little salt and yeast.
Set in n warm place to rise. In the
morning work softly and roll out one
half inch and cut into biscuit and let
fisethirty minutes, when they will
be ready to bake.
SLICED APPLE PIE. Line pie-pan
or plate'with crust, sprinkle with SUI
gar, fill With tart apples sliced very
thin, sprinkle sugar and very little
cinnamon over them, and add few
bits of butter and tablespoonful of
water or not, as you like; it depends
upon the juice of the apple; dredge
in -four, cover with the top crust.
and bake about three.quarters of an
hour; allow four or five tablespoons
of sugar to one pie. Or, line pans
with crust, fiji with sliced apples, nut
on top crust and bake; take off top
crust, put in bits of sugar and butter,
replace crust and serve warm. 1t is
delicious with sweetened cream.
Crab-apple pie if made of the "Tran-
scendent," will fully equal those
made Of larger varieties Of the apple.
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Oueer People.

Snow Flake.
Ever since my earliest days, Ihave
heard the above expression and also this
one, Eccentric characters" and | sup
pose my ancestors for generations back
heard the same. For a reason Of the
belief that my forefathers heard that APP.
pellation ] refer my classmates to some
Of the many anecdotes which have been
transmitted from generation to generation
about certain old persons Now with
due reverence for popular decision
must say that even as once in a while
some great mind arises and controyerts
settled belief, so am presumptuous
enough with my poor intellectual endow
ments to dissent from the long established
idea that there are such personages as we
style "Queer people" hold to the
view that we judge Of those who are
called "queer." among our acquaintances
by two methods, first by the opinions Of
Others, and second, by force of our mag
nations. also assert that if we yield
not to criticisms of the public, as well as
to our own exaggerated imagination, we
shall find those 'queer people" very
natural if we understand them Alright.
In our town is an old lady of sixty,
who IS styled very queer about her dress,
because she is as apt to 90 to church
IN calico as in better dress, is as apt to
wear pink tie as dark one, and 20 down
into town with a white rose in her hair
as with an orthodox hair dress. Now
think her anything else than queer; she
IS wealthy enough to dress as she likes.
II she feels too tired to dress elegantly
for church, She goes in calico because
she knows many other good old ladies
who are poorer, will wear calico, and
she will not be conspicuous on account
OF that. When young she was very fond
OF gay colors, so sometimes she takes a
bright tie nowfor the sake offs beauty and
not because she even expects any one to
notice so small thing. She plucks a
white or red rose, and finds it too
fragrant or too pretty to cast away-so
puts 1t among her. scanty locks, and little
dreams that the public notices such a
common thing as rose or such a plain
Cii IdOy d. HCISC1I. yet some TOOK
ludicrous view of her and caused her to
become an object of public criticism, and
every. thing she now says or does, is
thought queer.
In our town, is avery tall man who
walks with queer stiffness. The children
initiate his gait, and grown people laugh
at him; but when we are told that he
went to the army when mere boy, and
underwent SO many severe marches that
his limbs became stifiened, we no longer
laugh at his queer way Of walking but
think it very natural 4...... Ar.
The Esqulmaux have been called
"queer' because theyeat fish oil Modern
investigation shows them very sensible.
for the oil serves to warm them by fur
nishing fuel for their physical system
In fact we call others queer, because they
have little originality or are a little diff.
terent from our idea of decorum. Has
it notbeen said ,, T1r A TsT IN. Ta"3s-
'FVarietyfs the spice Or lifes..' 80 ''.
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WOMEN can avoid pain and sickness Inv
using Parker's Ginger Tonic, as it is adapted
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The Folly of Trying to Please Every
One
Snow Flake.l

Snow Flake.
1t is folly to try to please everyone.
When we are doing something which we
think will please all those around us, we
suddenly hear some one exclaim al don't
like that !" so there it goes, Some like
and others dislike it.
If man makes up his mind to try TO
please all those around him, he will lead
a very bad life. Let us look at the man,
when he builds. We hear at least a
dozen people ask him as they 60 by, how
he intends to make this part of the house
or how he intends to do that. He will
tell each one, and each one will tell him
another way, and much better way of
course. He who builds according to
every mans advice will have very
crooked house indeed.
Ialmage says one day he was walking
down the street and as he passed friend
he said to him, ''this is beautiful day.
is 1t not" eyes" answered his friend
ut is, but am afraid it will rain tomor-
row." So you see people cannot be
pleased in everything.
There was once an old lady who had
large family Of sons, and they could
never be pleased with what their mother
did for them. When She had anything
tor dinner that pleased one of them the
others were sure to find fault with it, and
would ask why she did not have some
thing else. y,
The old lady became very much dis
couraged at last, so one day she went to
her sons and took her little blank book
to them and said to each one "Now,
my boys, each one of you write down in
this little book what you want for your
dinner and mother will try and see if she
cannot have everything right for once"
Each son did as he was told and handed
the book back to her.
She took it and went to her kitchen.
and everything on the little book, she
had for dinner.
When 1t was all ready she called them
IN, and they all sat down around the table
and commenced to eat.
Nothing was said for sometime, but at
last one Of the boys could stand it no
longer, SO he said he 'tdid wish he had.
chosen some other dish instead of the one
he had" She said nothing, until at last
each one had wished for something else
Then the old lady raised her hands and
exclaimed, "ohl the folly Of trying to
please everyone Y
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All that | am, my mother made me. -
John Quincy Adams.
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