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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
The Read Horse.

Nothing more directly contributes to
the nerve and courage, to the cheerful
willingness, to the muscular condition
and general healthfulness of the road
horse, than careful, patient, thorough
grooming, as conscentiously executed
as he is fed and bedded and exercised.
The ordinary driver, whose horse re-
fleets his Indifference, contends that all
these preliminary attentions belong to
the groom and attendants, that they in
no wise form an essential part Of the
education of the model roadite. But
if the road driver is ignorant or indlt-
ferent of these things, the chances are
they will often be neglected, and the
horse will be more frequently led to the
hospital, and more often fail to respond
CALAMITY to the call fol rushes of speed,
than if his owner carefully watched the
performance of these needed attentions.
The road horse is a delicate piece of
animated mechanism. He is very east
" fed, or watered, or groomed, or drlv-
en-, out of condition; and he approaches
nearer to the standard of model road
driver who personally superintends all
these important requirements. The
road driver is now ready to have his
horse hamessed for the pleasure ride.
He must see that the bride is fur
Dished with binders, or not, as the tenn
permanent of the horse requires. Ii he
is high strung, full OF nervous excite
ment, inclined to be Eighty, indulging
in shying, or timid starts, he should be
trained to drive in an open bride
Nothing inspires confidence, nothing
overcomes fear in the horse Ike D.;
knowledge that the senses OF sight an'
Of smelling brings to him that there
no real danger. If the horse can Sc
and smell the object of his fright, hi
timidity rapidly DISAPPEARS. Man
Eighty, nervous horses have been reas
sured by the use of the open brides.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
English Tenantry.a

1t may be interesting to some
to know something about tenantry
in England, as the customs differ wide
ly from ours in regard to renters, or
tenants. The entry on tenantry farms
takes place at Michaelmas, the Outgo-
ing tenants retaining a right to the
barns, etc., until his crop is all sold,
and the incoming tenant has to pay his
predecessor for certain acts of husband
ry, such as blowing fallows, land ma
nured from which no crop has been ia
ken, etc. These charges often amount,
on the purely arabic lands in the coun-
ties south, to from six to eight pounds
per acre, a heavy pull on the tenants
purse, and more than the price of lands
in the United States. The stable ac-
cumulations of the year and the straw
are the landlords, and belong to him
and follow the farm. A tenant, it will
be seen, having to pay for all this, un-
less quite well Of, cannot afford to pay
for much pedigree" stock, for it re-
quires at least from ten to twelve pounds
per acre to get started. The rents
vary from 3 shillings to 94O per acre,
the one for poor sheep farms on the
chalk and poor clays, the other on fine
loans, which are payable half-yearly.
LaborerS are paid in hard cash every
Saturday night. The items of rent
and labor on a farm Of five hundred
acres will amount to something like
two thousand one hundred and twenty.
FIVE pounds, that is including rates,
tithes, ETC., all of which, except little
help from the sheep flock, must come
out OF the tenants capital. Nothing il
counted IN the above estimate for arti
fetal manures, the outlay for which OF
ten amounts to more than the rent. 81
it will be seen that the tenant must b.
able to pay all expenses for the frs
year, which no man without considera
BILE means is able to do. There is II
custom there, as in this country, of Civ
ing a portion Of the crop in paymen
for rent, and consequently the YER
poor farmer there has a small show t
rise in the world.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
Making Teeth.

The manufacture of teeth is large
There are now twelve man.
ufactories of artificial teeth, that pro-
duce every year 100000 teeth, or
one to every five persons in the United
States. Half this number is made by
one firm, founded in 1914. The total
sales of teeth amount to 81 ,000,0OO
annually. The materials used are field
spar, kaolln and rock crystal. The
coloring Is platinum, titanium and gold.
The feldspar and crystal are subjected
to a red heat and thrown into cold
water. They are then ground in wa
ter until fine enough to float. Com.
bined with the coloring, they are sub
lected to intense furnace heat in molds
of brass, which are in two pieces, each
molding one-half of the tooth.
The process is delicate and has many
interesting details. In the earlier his
tory of the art dentists carved the teeth
which their customers demanded, anC
apprentices were often made useful il
that way. The amount of gold usec
annually in filling teeth is 100000
Lead was used from 1878 to 1888
There are dentists in New York whit
give, or say they give, diamond Filings
and in Paris they advertise to use dia
mond pivots and emerald plugs. Tn
filling of teeth is aided greatly by labor
saving machinery and cunnlng!y
wrought tools. This country make
dental instruments for the world wher
dentistry is known. An ordinary on
fit of instruments costs $780, Prov
dence journal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
PARASITES in MEATS.
The Poison Which People Eat
and the Impurities They
Breathe.

Chicago News.
DIR. H. Cradle, professor of physiol-
ogy of the Chicago Medical College,
delivered an interesting lecture on
"The Germ Theory of Disease" before
the fortnightly meeting ofthe Woman's
Physiological Institute, yesterday after
noon in Apollo Hall. The professor
attributed large proportion, if not
all, the diseases to which flesh is heir
directly or indirectly to the presence OF
parasites, known as bacteria, which
were only visible by the aid of
powerful microscope. Fifty thousand
in single file would scarcely cover an
inch. They are very prolific in the lower
orders of plants, and were to be found
in decayed fruits and vegetables.
Vinegar and cheese contained more or
less Of them. These germs were mostly
to be feared in the air we breathe than
the food we eat. Healthy persons
have the power to combat disease, but
the weaker we become the less able
are we to throw off the effects Of these
germ poisoning parasites. 10 France
and England disease germs were grown
outside the body, and herds of cattle
had been lnocIulated against splenic
fever. The doctor hoped the time
was not far distant when scarlet fever
diptheria, whooping cough, etc, could
be vacciuated against, just as smallpox
is now checked by that means,
Fresh air in sick-room should b,
had at the expense of taking a Sigh
cold. The physician or nurse wh'
went into close room where Il typhu
patient lay took their lives in thei
own hands, while the patient cou
= be treated in tent in the open al
j. without danger to his physicians o
attendants. The doctor was parucula
u to say that typhus must not be cor
founded with typhoid, as the forme
had not made its appearance here
!, the West yet. He explained how tn
skillful surgeon protected the wounC
e he made in performing his operation
{. from these deadly parasites, as the
&c were everywhere present, by drivlr
them from the location of the wour
4 by medical means.
IL He combated the idea that lint
ic from old, WORKOUT garments was
service in dressing wounds; it was We
y" likely TO contain disease germs, Oh
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would irritate the wounds. These dis
ease germs, he said, would produce con-
sumption, and persons who were hered'
itary consumptives were more liable
to be injured by these germs. A great
many more people, he asserted, had
consumption in mild form than peo-
pie were generally aware of. He dep
recated the absence of spittoons IN
halls and public places; they should
be placed in convenient places, with
enough solution in them of a nature
deadly to dispel the disease germs, and
they should be used, and no expectora-
ton on the floor permitted, as the dis
eased matter was broken up and scat
tered through the air as soon as dry,
and it was this dust breathed into the
lungs that made consumption conta-
gous, and not the breath of the con.
sumptive patient.
Among the questions asked the Pro.
fessor after the conclusion Of the lee
ture, whether people should eat only
vegetables to be healthy?' He replied
in the negative, and said that animal
food, at least milk, cheese and eggs,
were necessary. Meat might be dis
carded, as animal parasites might be
taken into the body in milk food; but
they are easily guarded against, even
in pork, in which they were mos
abundant, by proper cooking. Mea
boiled to the boiling point could con
tain no living parasites.
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Fruits and Vegetables.

The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of
Davidson county held meeting few
days ago. They reported the area in
strawberries greatly reduced but the
prospect fattering for a good yield,
raspberries, blackberries, and apples,
plums and peaches uninjured. A
larger plant of Irish potatoes than
usual was reported. President Har-
wood said he had 20 acres of grapes in
bearing, embracing AZ distinct varieties;
he considered Ives Seeding, Concord,
Perkins and Elvira white as the best
varieties. He recommended planting
sx1O feet, except the shy growers, a'
the Delaware, etc, which could be Sc
closer in the rows, hut with rows II
feet apart. He used No. 8 wire fo
trellis.-Ex.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
Milk for Colts and Horses.
Breeders journal.

Breeders journal.
1t is often the case that mares, for
some reason, do not furnish their colts
sufficient milk. Most breeders, more
as Il matter Of custom than from any
consideration Of the immediate effect,
IN such eases put their colts upon too
heavy feed for their good. Good cows
milk is an excellent substitute tor mares
milk, though not exactly like it in com
position, being deficient in sugar. But
some very fine colts have been raised
exclusively upon cows milk. Milk
that has been skinned before Il is
soured may be fed to brood mares with
most excellent results in increasing
their Weld of milk. 1t is also most ex-
cellent food for work horses. Horses
readily acquire a taste for sour milk
and will eat it in quantity, though ii
would hardly appear from the construc
ton and character of the stomach Of
the horse that it could be an appropri
ate food. There have been cases, how
ever, where much work has been done
on such food A limited experience il
the use of milk for feeding colts, mare
and old work horses, suggests the us
of new milk only for young colts, swee
milk only for mares in milk, and sou
milk for old work horses. Sweet whe.
> has sometimes been given to colts an
mares with good effect. There cannc
be any danger in experimenting wit
milk for horse feed, unless it be in owe
driving horse which has been overfe
upon it.
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Feed.
Breeders Journal.

Breeders Journal.
In the spring of the year, when COWS
drop their calves, it is policy to COM
mence to feed them either ground grain
or bran, with handful of oil-meal in
it two or three weeks before they calve.
1t will strengthen a COW and enable
her to give good quantity of milk.
As the COW will be stronger she will
calve easier and will clean Immediately
in the majority of cases. If COW is a
heavy mixer and in good flesh she
should be fed very lightly, but il thin
and in poor heart, three quarts of
ground feed twice day will not be too
much for her.
Prevention is better than medicine,
and it will be found that COWS can be
made to clean well by putting them in
good heart before calving. If COW
has her calf ahead of time she will be
very apt to retain the afterbirth, and
then loosening mashes made of bran
and ground linseed oil meal will be the
best feed, giving her water with the
cold edge taken off to drink. If acow
appears to be coming in ahead of hel
time, keep her quiet put her, if pos
sible, in box stall where there are
other cattle in the same barn, so thai
she will be perfectly quiet, but still vii
not flet and worry for her companions
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
$500 Per Annum, in Advance
Love.

When the French sought to establish
monarchy in Mexico, a Mazatlan
youth raised regiment of boys and
waged against such of the invaders as
appeared in Sinaloa a warfare that told.
The young mans father was Of Castil-
ian blood, and his mother was Mex
lean. His name, Corona, soon became
famous, and at the age of twenty-five
he was regarded as the MosbY of Mex
leo. At the end of the war he was q
major general, the hero Of the soldiers
and the idol of Mazatlan society. He
was six feet tall, broad shouldered
handsome and daring. AT ball
at the American Hotel at Mazat.
Ian, he stumbled over domestic,
knocking tray from her hand, StooP-
ing to pick up the crockery, General
Corona noticed that the girl was very
pretty and very saucy. She told him
her name was Bette Bowman; that
her mother was San Francisco wash.
erwoman, and that he ought to know
better than to rush headlong down a
dark stairway. Gen. Corona made
love to the American girl, and before
leaving for the capitol he had learned
of her irreproachable though humble
life. Once away, Bettie's face and
pert ways haunted him so much that
he wrote to her, arranging for mar
riage by proxy. He remained in Ma
zatlan, the bride went to convent.
They were thousand miles apart, and
wrote to each other daily, the husband
constantly instructing the wife in po-
lite ways. President Juarez, fearing
Corona's popularity would lead the peo-
pie to give their vote to the young SOL
der at an election then approaching,
concluded to send him as minister to
Madrid, the most enviable diplomatic
post in the eyes of all Mexicans. Gen.
} Corona took the washerwoman's daugh-
ter to his palace in Madrid, and she is
now regarded as the most brilliant and
accomplished lady at the court Of Spain.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
THE FALLOW FIELD.

The sun comes up and the sun goes down; |
The night mist shrcudeth the sleeping town;
But if it be dark or if it be day,
If the tempest beat or the breezes play,
Still here on this upland slope lie,
Looking up to the changeGul sky.
Naught am but a fallow field;
Never a crop my acres yield.
Over the wall at my right hand,
Stately and green the corn blades stand,
And hear at my left the flying feet
OF the winds that rustic the bending wheat.
Often while yet the morn is red
list for our masters eager tread.
He smiles at the young corn's towering
height,
He knows the wheat is a goodly sight.
But he glances not at the fallow field
Whose idle acres no wealth may yield.
Sometimes the shout of the harvesters
The sleeping pulse OF my being stirs,
And as one in dream seem to feel
The sweep and the rush of the swinging
steel,
Or catch the sound of the gay refrain
As they heap their wains with the golden
grain.
Yet, 0 my neighbors, be not too proud,
Though on every tongue your praise is loud.
Our mother Nature is kind to me,
And am beloved by bird and bee,
And never a child that passes by
But turns upon me grateful eye
Over my head the skies are blue;
have my share of the rain and dew;
| bask like you in the summer sun
When the long bright days pass, one by one,
And calm as yours is my sweet repose,
Wrapped in the warmth of the winter SHOWS.
For little urloving mother cares
Which the corn or the daisy bears,
Which is rich with the ripening wheat,
Which with the violet's breath is sweet,
Which is red with the clover bloom,
Or which for the wild sweet-fern makes
room.
Useless under the summer sky
Year after year men say lie.
Little they know what strength Of mine
give to the trailing blackberry vine;
Little they know how the wild grape grows
=, Or how my life blood flushes the rose.
! Little they think of the cups fill
For the moses creeping under the hill;
y Little they think of the feast spread
For the wild wee creatures that must be fed
Squirrel and butterfly, bird and bee,
|. And the creeping things that no eye may SEE
Lord of the harvest, Thou dost know
7, How the summers and winters go.
d Never ship sails east or west
Laden with treasures at my behest,
Yet my being thrills to the voice of God
d When give my gold to the golden-rod.
l. -Hnper's Magazine.
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Mails.

Tullahoma to Observation-Disclosures 900 p.
M: leaves sos a. M, daily except Sundays
McMinnville to Sparta-Arrives 600 Am;
leaves 800 p. m; daily except Sundays
Beershebs Springs-Arriyes 800 pm;
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; leaves
600 q. M, same days.
Smithville (route No. 19290)-arrives 200
M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
leaves 100 pm, same days
Smithville (route No. 1929S)-arrves S;o'
u. M, Mondays and Fridays; leaves 600 a
M, same days.
neutrality-suspicious. 6 pm, Wednesdays
and Fridays leaves 800 am, same days
Horse Shoe Falls-Arrives 1900 M, Mon
DAYS and Thursdays leaves 200 PM sam'
days.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
Halter-Break the Calves.

Breeders Journal,
Every calf raised on the farm,
whether intended for a COW or any other
use, should be broke to the restraint
and control Of the halter. Ranch cat
tie are rarely handled singly, and it is
of less Importance with them. But
there are few animals kept on the farm
but that would be handled much more
easily and economically for having been
trained when young, and they always
appreciate their care and feed more
highly than those not so trained. Many
an animal has been injured many times
more in an attempt to drive it short
distance, than it would have cost to
train it to the most perfect obedience
to slender halter if it had been taken
in hand when young. Cattle are good
deal like men: they can generally be
led much more easily than driven.
But it does not cost anything to halter
break calf On the score of economy
alone it pays to keep it in halter un.
til it is old enough to send away to pas,
ture. A rather long haler fastened up
so high that it cannot get over, is every
way the most convenient and econom
cal method of restraining calf, and il
never forgets it. A minute or two a
time expended in moving it about by
its halter in the stall and an occasional
exercise in the yard or stable will fnisl
the job before man or brute suspects it
and in nine cases out of ten the ANNA
r has cash value enough greater to pa.
f for all the trouble many times over.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
General 1irefforg.
CHURCHES.

Southern Methodist-Rev II. B. Reams.
pastor; services every second and 4th sun
DAYS at II m, and at night every Sunday
Prayer-meetiug Wednesday night.
Christian-Services every Sunday. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night
Methodist-Rev. A. f. Barnes, pastor J
services first and third Sundays; prayer
meeting every Friday night
Presbyterian-Rev --- pastor
services prayer
meeting every Wednesday night.
Cumberland Presbyterian-Rev. u. l.;
Stainback pastor; services every Sunday ana
at night prayermeeting Wednesday night
Episcopal-Rev. DIR. Fl; r. Howard, kec.
tor: services second and fourth lhursuay
nights in each month, ATM E. Church, South.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
Notice to Mothers

DR.. DUNCAN'S BLACKBERRY
ELIXIR is a sure remedy for teething
children and all bowel affections, such
as Diarrh@a, Summer Complaint,
Bloody Flux and Gripping Pains in the
Stomach and Bowels, in both young
and old. 1t is an Elixir made from
the berry and root of the plant, and
therefore contains all the medicinal
virtues of the plant of which everyone
is acquainted. Sold by all druggists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
A Simple Remedy for Heartburn.

Half teaspoonful of common table
salt dissolved in little cold water, and
drank, will instantly relieve heart
burn" or dyspepsia, Ii taken every
morning before breakfast, increasing the
quantity gradually to a teaspoonful OF
salt and tumber of water, il will in a
few days cure any case of dyspepsia, ii
at the same time due attention is paid
to the diet. There is no better remedy
than the above for constipation. AS
gargle for sore throat it is equal to
chIorate potash, and is entirely SAT
1t may be used as often as desired, and
if little is swallowed each time it will
have n beneficial effect on the throat by
cleansing it aud by allaying the irrita
ton. In doses Of one 10 four teaspoon.
full in half pint to pint ct tepld wa
ter, it acts promptly as an emetic, anc
in cases of poisoning is always at hand
1t is an excellent remedy for bites anC
stings of insects. 1t is a valuable as
tringent in hemorrhages, particlarlY fo
bleeding after the extraction of teeth
1t has both cleaning aud healing prop
critics, and is, therefore, most excel
lent application for superficial ulcers
| tionS
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COURTS.

CHARACTERISTICS 1st Monday in May and
" November; John W. Burton, Judge; j.
C. Biles, Clerk.
NIRCUIT-Sits Tuesday after 4th Monday
" in January, May, and Septemberi D.. }.
Williams, Judge A. j. Curl, Clerk.
OOUNTY-Sits by quorum LIST Monday in
VI every month; full court every quarters
John W. Towles, Esq, Chairman; A. H.
Gross, Clerk.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS-H. P
" Maxwell, Sheriff; Jno L. Jae0, Register
II. A. Cunningham, Trustee and lax Ccliec
tor: Geo. #. PIrvis, Ranger; X. NJ. Argo
Jailer; Sam O'Neal, County Superintendent
of Public instruction
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28

Coussen's Honey of Tar cures coughs
colds and all diseases of the throat and
lungs. One trial of it will disarm pref
udice, and convince the sufferer that it
is all that it claims to be, viz: A safe
and pleasant antidote for diseases of
the throat and lungs, and never-failing
remedy for coughs and colds. Prizes
so cents. For sale by j. b. Ritchey.
Whites Cream White Vermifuge is
the best worm killer. jy20 3m
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
SPECIAL FEATURES.

Bilious fever, Remittent and Inter-
mittent fever, malarial fever, Jaundice
and many more of the most deadly dis
eases of America have their starting
point in a torpid inactive liver. Any
or all of these diseases may be avoided
by the timely use of Portaline, the best
and most perfect Vegetable Liver med
icine in the world. Price 30 cents.
For sale by j. B. Ritchey.
Whites Cream White Vermifuge is
the best wormkiller.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28

Mothers do not give Anodynes and
lull your child to quiet and sleep by
prostrating the nervous system, to be
repeated again the next night, but cure
your child with DIR. Mofets Teethina
(Teething Powders.) Sold by j. B.
Rifnhev-
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Buchupaiba.

Quick, complete cure, all annoying
kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases.
81. Druggists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28

Seven inches from the outside Of
log in Pennsylvania mill, the saw
passed through a walnut which was
embedded in the solid wood. The shell
and kernel of the nut were sound.
The growth of the tree shows that the
nut is at least fifty years old.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28
Cure for NrOup.

Cure for Group.
DR.. 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.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-04-28

DYLPEPsIA and all species of indi-
gestion, such as Sour Stomach, Vertigo,
Bad Taste IN the mouth and Constipa-
ted Bowels, cured with DR.. DUN
CANS LIVER and KIDNEY MED
ICINE. Sold by all druggists.