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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-20
Salt for the Throat.

The Household. atu il
For many years past, indeed we may
say during the whole of life of more
than forty years, we have been subject
to dry hacking cough, which is not
only distressing to ourself, but to our
friends and those with whom we are
brought into business contact.
Last fall we were induced to try
what virtue there was in common salt.
We commenced by using it three times
a day, morning, noon and night. We
dissolved large tablespoonful Of pure
table salt in about half a small tum-
blerful of water. With this we gar.
gled the throat most thoroughly just
before meal time. The result was that
during the entire winter we were not
only free from coughs and colds, but
the dry hacking cough had entirely
disappeared.
We attribute these satisfactory re-
suits solely to the use of salt gargle,
and most cordially recommend trial
of it to those who are subject to dis
eases of the throat. Many persons
who have not tried the salt gargle have
the impression that il is unpleasant, but
after few days use no person who
loves a nice clean mouth and a first
rate sharpener of the appetite, will
abandon It.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-20
The Purchase Of the Cabin.

Arkansaw Traveller.
8"What are you butting your head
against that wall for p asked the mayor
of an old negro. "Ter see qwhedder
or not Use asleep, sah!" "Don't you
know that you are not asleep?" ats
sorter doubtful, sab. / found a quarter
jes now, and wanter see whudder or
not Use dreamin'," and he jammed his
head against the wall again. else
been fooled dis way too often. luther
night | found q handful Of OBJ money
un'er a rock. / sot down an counted
it an turned it ober in my ,joymen,
Oar it was all silver, Numbered eff
| was dreamin', but l herd a bird sing
ing in treean' saw. de leaves trenholm
in de, air.. Den Iknowed / was awake,
an I rej'sed wild a loud mouf. I went
F W. wa ..t'HA |tHf H|t
up town ter de man what owns my
cabin, and bought it OBJ him, and went
to de clerk an had him write it down
a big book. ! was mighty Apply, an l
bought a big catfish an monstrous
cabbage. l came home an was graf
&,
ulatin' myself, when all OBJ a sudde-
ment my wife yells OUT "Yer's ole
liar. fur yer amt bought dis
cabin. Yerd better get outen dat bed
an chop some wood, or yer won't get
no breakfas' here ter.day !" l got
outen bed mighty sheepish, kase I'd
been talkIn' in my sleep. Now, wild
dis quarter Pse gwinter satisfy myself
dat l amt dreamin' fore graduate
myself" and again he jammed his head
against the wall. ciwai
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-20

our patience. I think every farmer
should, by all means, have his compost
heaps aid collect the waste from the
stalls, and the ashes from the hearths,
and'save them with as much care as
his ripened grain. The latter, it is
true, is his food, but the former is the
food that feeds the plant that feeds
him. Tlg.I{8l .gEF
Recent facts seem to indicate that
where the land is very red and stiff,
sand will prove one Of the very best
fertilizers, especially if mixed with ash
es, soda or lime. We cannot expect
very good results from any fertilizer
unless the land is properly stirred and
pulverized. eoal'as" '"4iIfa
1t is respectfully but most earnestly
urged upon our farmers that more
labor be given to preparation, more
care exercised in the choice of seed,
and more thought devoted to procuring
and applying fertilizers. lfthis charge
is observed our wheat crop will be far
more reliable, and more than fifty per
cent increase will the next year be
yielded from the same area. The
season is upon US, and this article, too
long, | know, has been made SO at the
risk of being tedious, because was
specially anxious that it should reach
the farmers before seeding time, which
as indicated by best results at this sta
lion should be about the 10Th or Goth
of October. Our station has not been
established long enough for us to state
positively what results will follow Ger.
tain movements but farmers may trust
us confidently that we shall not recon-
mend anything at all likely to result
in injury to themselves, on what will
not with reasonable certainty contribute
to their interest. JNo. w. GLENN,
'a 7'' Director Station
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-20

Many think that seed from a
distant region ought to be imported
every year. There may be something
in this. Wheat which has become ac>
climated to the climate north of this
has probably taken on thicker cuticle
or epidermis, and when grown here
it will probably resist more successfully
the attacks of rust. Such an advan-
tage will not generally last more than
three or four years, and the varieties
which are rust proof the first year are
hardly more than half SO the second
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

Mr.. Frederick Warde VIII appear al Ford's
next week. or his performance at Cleveland
the HeIdld says:
"Last evening Frederick warde opened his
second engagement In this city as starring
tragedlan, selecting as tho inaugural play,
'Virginius.' 1t goes almost without saying that
the Academy of Music was crowded on the oc-
caslon. From top TO bottom the house was
thropged with spectators, the six private
boxes were full, and large numbers patiently
stood IN the lobbies throughout the entire
play. 1t was such an audience as should give
courage TO an actor of genuine merit; not over
generous, determined that applause should be
earned, but willing to recognize and acknowl-
began without perceptible enthusiasm
ON the part Of the auditors, the advent OF the
star upon tho stage being cheered. As the acts
progressed, however, the interest Of the audi
ence kindlcd, the interpolated demonstrations
OF favor become more frequent, and at the end
OF the third act the general enthusiasm reached
such point that a recall was accorded Mr.
warde OF the most tumultuous and vociferous
kind. AT the close OF the fourth act double
recall was Insisted upon, and the star appeared
upon the stage amid cries Of " Virginius, Wiz.
ginius!" from all parts OF the house.
"As he advanced during the progress Of the
play from repose OF character and calm dignity
OF bearing al fret characteristic OF the Roman
rather, 10 the touching grief over the death of
DeHtdtUS, then to the sudden and terrible emo
tiOn Of the trial, and finally to the moro terrible
madness In the dungeon with Ciaudius, he
carried his audience captive step by step; and
as he murmured tho final ''Ashes, ashes b"
and the curtain fell, everybody felt that strain
had been relieved. The scene where the father
plights his daughterto icilius was full of deli
cate pathos, and touched all. In the interview
between IaqlRiHS and LRciuS the passion OF
the agonized father became so intense that
in that portion OF the play, If anywhere, the
actor seemed in danger of treating the emo.
tion violently. Throughout the whole, how.
ever, Mr. Warde's innate art sense regulated
his representation and precluded the charge
OF ranting.
sAltnpether the NAV was a n artJst In trIi,n, nj,
rarely presented TO the public, and its recep.
tion lustly-earned ovation to Mr. Warde."
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08
Retail prices in the markets.

The following were tho ruling prices In the
Washington market to-day;
p6ass MEsEssee 5a slTlsIn ls&2oo porter
12l4c.; Clipped, SOC; beef tongue, Csc;
lamb, lod2oc.; veal, 2Oa25c.; breast, 1Oay
12l2c.; bacon, 14G15c.; mutton, SGl5c.;
pork, l4G15c.; sausage, 15c.; hams, 17(9ISc.;
cut hams, 25G30c.; shoulders, 159l6c.; lard,
15c.
FisH.-Roek fish, large, 2o@25c. = Ii; do,
halibut, 15@2oc. ib; perch, 35,G 10c. =
d,nmis dGI;i snalPaPers' l2'5e: ib pike 12%e, b
20c. z ,it.; salmon, 3O61Oc. y H.. Goldfish,
15c. p H.; haddock, 10c. . d.. bluensh, 15c.
= b.; white fish, 20c. 4 h.; lake pike, 15c. y
i5i; hounders, 12c. ? lb.i black bass, 20c,
FRuIrs.- Lemons, o5c. = doz; Fronch
grunes, 20@25c. i6iiValencia ralslns, 15c. =
peel, zoe. = Ii; cltron, 25c. 4 b; oranges,
40a5oc, 2 doz.; Florida, 5OG60c.; chest
nuts nuts SOLO; n q a. eocoanuts, 1oSl2c;; L; ba,
pk.j cooking apples, 30G40c. 2 pki pears,
table, S0c.@S1 = Ppk.; cooking, 30910c. y PIX.
cltron, 5al0c.; cranberries, 1oG20c. = qt.;
grapes, 10G15c. p ID.
BUTTER AND EGGs.-PhlIadelphla print,
o5c.i creamery, d5d5Oc.; New York aud Hi
nols, 35@ 15c.i roll butter, 25l10c.; eggs,
33Sa Soc. doz.i cheese, 15@20c. ID.
PoULTRY.-Spring chickens, 75c(dS1. =
pair; old fowls, Sl@1.25 = pair; ducks
VI l25Gl.50 pair; ducks, live, 75c.GSl y
10c. 2 pair.
yEoEiA ABLEs. Beets, Bose. p bunch; spl.
mach, 20G30c. PIX; oyster plants, &c. d
bunch turnips, 2Od30c. . pk; lettuce, :3d
&C.; radishes, 3G5c. 2 bunch; corn, 15G)2Oc
2 d0z.; potatoes, 30GiOc. Y PIX; largo crop
by the bbl., prime, S3i sweet pota-
toes, 5OdG0c.T pk.i cabbage, 1OG20c.; car
rois, leeks, parsnips, Babe. bunch; Lima
= pk.i onions, d0@50c. 2 PIX; egg plants,
5a l0c,i caullnower, 2oa30c, = PIX; celery,
hgaso. bunehi kale, 20G30c. Tpk,; spinach
2Od soc. PIX.
CANNED GooDs.-Egg plums, 35c.; Boston
baked beans, l5a25c.; apricots, 15G20c.
Bartlett pears, 15G20c.; pineapple, 20c.
FRENCH CANDIES, 25c. i6i mixed, zoe
= 10.
GAME.-Canvas-b ducks, S2.5OG3 =
pair red.heads, $1.50d2 = pair; mallard
s1@1.5O y pair; shuiIlers, s1G1.25 = pair
blue-wlng, 75c.asl y pair brown duck, SOC
Y pair; grouse, " 80 Y pair; quail, S2,50ai
= doz.i yenison steak, 25o. y lb.i squirrel, IL
aloe, each; rabbits, 25d30c.; Wild turkeys
sl'al.5Oi pheasants, 75c.GSl 80 per pair.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08
j. Hyatt smith on the Tariff.

NWTIVIk NtWs.
Brooklyn, thus forcibly expressed himself
recently TO a Louisville C0nFier-,IouFndl cor
respondent on tho tariff debate: "The Re-
Gratis are talking for a purpose. The Re-
publlcans gabble without an idea where this
thing Will end. l told Keifer this was the
farce OF 1888, but that 1t will be the tragedy
of 1884. 1t is simply trllllng with the people
Nothing less than reduction of S5O,0O0,O00
will satisfy the country. The House bill re.
duees ,i,eis me tariff s2o,oooo00' , but that re.
in reality gives no relief whatever. The Re-
publicans ask me why don't speak on the
subject. Will speak soon enough for some
OF them. There is too much talk all around.
II all the wind that has been expended dur
ing the past and present sessions were
gathered into one gust 1t would be strong
enough to blow that abortion of a goddess Of
liberty from tho dome Of the Capltol.n
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

TWO old college chums met at Austin, Texas,
after separation of five years. 81 am re.
porter on the 1tlsgraph," said one. Tho other
replied: "Come to my hotel In the morning
and you'll get flrst'rate tragedy to write up.
You will know so much about the chief actor
that You VIII be able to make interesting
reading OF It," The reporter kept the ap.
pointment though regarding the promise OF a
demand upon his professional services as a
Joke; but he found his old acquaintance dead
by suicide.-Sms "ISanb:dm.'
That was most considerate friend, a
friend to be proud Of He deserved a first
class send off, and, it is to be hoped,
got it.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08
A Piece of BungIing.
Philadelphia: Chronicle. Herald.

There was never worse place of govern
mental bungllng than the taking of the CEN
sus OF 1850. Several years Will yet elapse
before Its results are given out to the world.
The expense of the undertaking has been
enormous. 1t was originally estimated that
three millions Of dollars would be enough.
Nearly six millions have been actually appro.
prlated, and II is calculated that a fresh de-
mand for moro money Will be made before
the Job is completed. About the time II is
completed new approximation Will be In or.
der for the census of 1890.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08
William and Mary College.

IUbI-IJIspNlCn,
william and Mary College, at williamsburg,
a. s oIIao Ill, go, ,e.S Gnu .i
only student who attended last year has grown
weary Of standing at the head OF the class and
has left. The inference is that the faculty OF
agement to baseball clubs and boating as part
Of the curriculum,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

81. Louis Post-Dispatch
It is astonishing what delicate constitutions
are found among defau1ting State treasurers.
Polk, OF Tennessee, made q good thousand
mile record In striking for Mexico, but has
now had his bail reduced on the ground that
confinement in the Nashville jail would iniure
his health and probably destroy his life. This
should be lesson to all thievos-to steal on
large scale while they are about 1t.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

THE recent carnival at Quebec is ad-
mitted to have been failure, mot more
than fifty names Of visiting Americans
being registered on books Of the leading
hotels during its continuance" By Ameri-
cans the Canadians, Of course, mean people
from the United States only. Americans
go North in summer and South in winter.
1t will pain the Quebec folks to learn that
it is estimated that $4,000 visitors attended
the Mardi Gras carvnial at New Orleans
on Tuesday.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

TIE struggle for the position of Chief of
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving con-
tinues. In the meantime Secretary Folger
has gone to his home, in Geneva, N. ",
and the applicants can do nothing but
stand around and bite their thumbs at each
other.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

THE New York Democrats show an ugly
disposition to gerrymander the Congress
sional districts in the new apportionment.
If they do they will live to regret It,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

TIE solicitudc displayed by the organ
because the Presidents carriage got caught
in a jam on Tuesday night and he had to
walk home is touching.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

AccoRDISG to the Vicksburg Herald the
proportion of pistols to subsoil ploughs in
Mississippi is alarmingly great, being forty
pistols TO one plough.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

GENERAL FITzHuGH LEE and staff and
other officers of the Virginia State
troops are being pleasantly entertained in
New York and Brooklyn by the New York
State troops located in these cities
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

ABOUT the mcanest man yet heard Of is
the San Francisco grocer who had a woman
sc years old arrested for stealing three cents
worth Of snuff. That man will bear watch
ing.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

THE Illinois Legislature has had the
good sense to re-establish the whipping
post for the benefit of wife-beaters.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS, Governor of
Georgia, believes in the doctrine OF eternal
punishment Alex. never did like Ben
Ig;l
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

THE Bernhaldt has gone broke and
has offered her jewels for sale. That hus-
band has proved costly luxury.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

ABOUT quarter of q million gallons of
whisky go out of bond in the Louisville
district under taxes at this date. There
is no excitement or panic in spite of Bon
Butterworths lugubrious predictions, the
whisky men being prepared for the emer-
eency. And yet they are not happy.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

THAT man ate those quails-one a day for
thirty days. He is expected TO soon COM
mence eating q daily shoat.-RfpH6Itcda.
THAT man" ate brace of quails day
for thirty days. When he will begin on
the Republican force has not yet been an
nounced,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

A CENTURY since the Hawallans were say.
ages ana cannibals. Now there are over 800
telephone wires In use In the city Of Honolulu,
and the application of tho telephone Is made
throughout the islands on the plantations.
Some Of the planters are now cutting their
cane at night with the aid Of the electric
light.-SBA ".SUDJedm."
And a century since the Hawaiians num-
bered twice as many as they now do and
were free from that most frightCul of dis
eases lepIosy.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

THE decision of the Attorney. General
that Captain Eads is not entitled to the
100000 per annum his contract calls for,
unless he maintains a twenty-six foot
channel through the entire South Pass, is
one that TIE CRITIC heartily approves.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

A SINGULAR case of poisoning is reported
from New York. The family of Mrs. Maria
/. Labagh, No. 1l6 East Fifty eighth street,
partook of fish for breakfast, the fish con-
sisting of founders, perch and smelts. All
who ate of the smelts were seized with all
the symptoms of stryohnine poisoning. A
physician was summoned and the cases
yielded readily to treatment. How the
smelts came to be poisonous is the singular
part of the affair. The pork and lard in
which they were cooked had been fire.,
quently used before without ill results. The
whole affair is wrapped in mystery.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

SOME, at least, of the leading Southern
papers believe in calling spade spade.
Speaking of the defalcations of Polk and
Vincent the Charleston Nelrs and Courier
says:
tsThese ollcials must be made TO understand
that, when they misapply, for any reason, the
money lntrusted 10 them, they are thieves and
nothing butthieyes, and Will be branded as
thieves and treated as thieves"
While the Mobile Rsgistey says of Vim
cents case;
"There is no room and no occasion for
apology OF extenuatlon. Nothing Is left ex.
cept 10 condemn the crime In unstlnted Ian.
guage, and to apprehend, II possible, and
punish the criminal"
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

HERE'S good news for Sam Cox: A soap
mine has been discovered in California.
The substance is a deposit of white earth,
free from grit, and impregnated with a
small percentage of potash. 1t is easily
sliced into bars, and, for cleaning purposes,
is fair substitute for manufactured soap.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

Ii is ~ most sensible decision, aud was
donbtcss arrived az by some one besides
Mr.. h. Brewster To pay Captain Eads for
maintaining II twenty-siX-ioot channel
through his jcttics. concoding, for the sake
of argument that he does it, while the
waters above the jetties and in the pass
are shealcd to less depth would be n
fraud and swindlc on the people who
furnish the money and violation Of the
spirit, if not of the letter, of his contract
THE members of the New Jersey Lcsisla-
ture are monopolists. The custom of Civ
ing and taking bribes for votes having
spread from the Capital all over the State,
the virtuous Legislators of the state OF
Camden and Amboy are determined to put
stop to it-among the common people. A
special legislative committee reports that
Bribery is universally prevalent In local,
State and National elections IN this State; that
IL has been condoned to such an extent that the
senses Of the people have become blunted to
the enormlty Of It's effects, and that large
proportion OF the voting population depend
upon election day as regular source of In
come. The committee suggest as the most
feasible course by which the evil may be
remedled, that amnesty be declared for past
ofrenses; that the present law relating to
bribery be repealed, and that new law be
enacted to take effect Immediately. The COM
mittee submitted bill on the subject, which
prescribes punishment not exceeding s 1000
fno and one years Imprisonment 70: each case
Of bribery. Requests for votes at any election
or convention are also prohibited.
These New Jersey Legislators evidently
want to get back their old monopoly of the
bribery business.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08

THE Government should either open up
Oklohoma' to settlement or settle the
matter by arresting and Furnishing Captain
Payne, who persists in raising companies to
invade that part of the Indian Territory
every year. Payne violates the law in
these attempts, and should be summarily
dealt with. Let the Government keep
faith at least with the civilized Indians of
the Territory.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-08
e1an DIR. g. B. MUNoAsTER,
MEWi nLNu,I 81,

UVU SIK1NII n. W.,.-,,a,, :, :,
WASHINGTON, d. c.
MIN SICKLE BROS, (I3 AND IS), HEAD
nV quarters for Holiday Goods. 4 Elmo
Line OF Meerschaum Pipes; also, OF French Btlar
Root Pipes, Cigar Smokers, Cases and other
smokers' articles, Cigars put up 25 IN a box from
65 cts, up TO 50. s. SICKLE, 10l1 Pa. ave-, oppo.
Haryey's.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
FISHING IN THE TROPICS.


A correspondent writes from the Bahamas
to the New York Erming Post For 10
miles along the northern shore OF the New
Providence Island, the formation of the sea
bottom is most curious aud interesting. The
first mile from the shore slopes gently out
ward until depth of 80 or 100 feet is reach.
ed. Then comes submarine prccipice.
The coral reef suddenly drops down like
cliif, edged with rough rocks and cut by deep
flssures, in which many an anchor of the
poor fishermen has been caught and lost
To fish successfully, therefore, II south
wind is almost essential, so that the anchor
may be cast in soundings while the boat
tails" off over the submarine cliff, in whose
cracks the fish find refuge from sharks and
other enemies. To get his sailboat in exact
position over this cliff is the Nassau fisher
mans highest art. Long he scans the water
as his craft nears the ledge of the ocean, as
the dip is locally named. BY the change in
the water iints he knows every shifting of
depth, but in addition he must note carefully
the direction of wind, the water currents
and the probable drag" of his four-too,hed
anchor
Then at last comes the order to "drop. '
The rusty tiukes go over with splash The
long rope runs out ten, twenty thirty faith
oms, until the welcome strain shows that the
J teeth have caught the rock. The sails ar,
= furled, the little vessel swings to the wind
one of the cOlored crew breaks Il big ''conch'
for bait, dropping the bright fragments o
5 shell overheard to attract the fish, Then III,
Q long double-hooked fish lines, as large a
! small ropes and furnished with sinker lik
e a pummet, are dropped over, and the spor
S begins.
:. Fishing in the tropics, as in every olhe
= spot where the writer has ever cast his lines
! is vested with most acute uncertainties. No
J. only most wise in their generation, but de
c cncdly whimsical and capricious are thcs
Il scaly races of hot zones. | have cast m
c baited hook in school Of them so thick tina
c it gave darker color to the white coral bo,
e tom, yet without a suggestion Of nibblC
d At other times, it is said, every fish rusht
4 madly for the bait as though at the point
'; starvation, and they are hauled up two at
A. time until the tisherman's rashed fingers ca
nr endure the pain no longer.
l. In some respects, too. this Is the mere
III travesty of sport. To pull up hand ov
We hand hundred and fifty feet of mimic rop,
nc to barely feelthe struggles of tlree-pound iii
al at the other end so tense is the strain Of Il
DIS line with its huge sinker to find the capt.
til when he reaches the surface so exhausted
n his upward trip that he is SC lrcely as gan
up some as so many pound Of floating WOO
X, and to wait several minutes before even /
i'd heavy lead can take the line to the need
Ne depth-all this has its smack Of the ridic
gh Gus for the sportsman who has pulled il
er- ten-pound bluefish OIL Barnegat, or play