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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13

Miss Mary Belle Mex oy, of lIarnett,
a graduate Of Peace Institute, has taken
a position as teacher at the residence OF
JOS. Med. Powell Esq,
Prof. T.. ". Kennedy has been re-
elected Supt. of Durham Graded school;
with Mr.. f. ID. Monroe, asst, vice Rev.
G. L. Dowell, resigned.
Miss Laura nelano who burned her
self to death on Sunday morning while
curling her bangs with an hot iron, was
sister of Mrs. las. Roosevelt, and con-
nectcd with leading families in New York
City.
Prof. John T. Dugger was with us
'ast week. returning from his very sue
ces,ful conduct of the Franklin Normal
school, the only one in some 30 Western
Counties. He was pleased with the
work, and this tells its own tale. &c. +.
H .Ir"-has an interesting sketch of
Cant Duggers life, in last number of the
" c. Teacher.
As Indicated last week, Judge BY
mum has printed card, giving niue
numbered negatives to the prevalent ru-
NOR that he had left the Republican par
! ty. Wade Harris has an amusing re-
traXit, with nine regrets" for having
| been misinformcd.
1t will do no harm to try. We have
| been told that il watermelonS with plum
sul unbruken skins be given four coats q
varnish, applied on four successive days,
and the melons kept in dry room, the
| luscious fruit can be enjoyed at Christ
mas as well as now. Watermeons car
also be kept IN a dry hay -mow, if thor
ough y packed until an light
A ncsspaper man, named lido Rams
DEL, at Atlanta, has patented process
which seems destined to work a Revolt
ton in the printing business: reducin.
the cost fifty fold. The Atlanta COnstt
tuition, whose editor is President of tn,
company which will handle the invention
says The process Is almost instanta
lneous. The finest steel engraving cal
be transferred to stone and made read
for the press in moments time.
printed newspaper rage or a sketch i
ink can bc treated in like manner.
7, bacco is a wonderful wise Som
: would cali it a vice. but we doubt that
though not an user OF the weed Wha
We refer to iS its wise ike property {
holding its hold. when once it gets
crip on n man Ne have met recent
three gcntlcn en- of noted firmncss. - iro
soued men, whose natural inclination
to conquer an,thing that threatens t
conquer them. Yet the Doctor OF Law,
aud the Doctor of Divinity, and the Dos
tor of Medicine, each and all, aftt
many fall in the struggle for master
finally succumbed, and now unblushing
chew the usual "cud, or 1uld.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17
CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.

j. Q. Hughes says the Prohibitionists
are the cause of the failure of the APP
pie crop. He says they have shaken
all the apples off. Suppose he thinks
the apples might have stood the pretty
speeches and anecdotes of Messrs.
Cheves and Beauchamp, and the scriptu-
raj and legal arguments ofCol. Holman,
but when the committee determined to
send out tine talented and accomplished
silver tounged female orator, Mrs. Sax
on, with head and heart full of love
and sympathy for the thousands of
bleeding hearts of her sex, made so
by intemperance, it was little more
than the apples could stand. We'll we
don't suppose this has much to do with
the falling of the apples, but if our
good friend H. could have been present
at the G. P. Church last Monday even~
ing and heard Mrs. Saxon's earnest and
eloquent appeals for the salvation Of
the fathers, husbands and sons of this
beautiful land of ours, from the evils
of intemperance, his big sympathetic
heart would have been touched to ever.
flowing, and like many others, his
eyes moistened with tears. Yes,
friend H. would not only have been
in favor of National prohibition, Gas he
says he is), but almost, ifnot quite, per.
suaded to favor State Prohibition.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17
RAILROAD COMMISSION.

Much has been said in reference to
the manner in which the Railroad
Commissioners have discharged their
duties as such. We are not sufficient
ly informed to say just what they have
done but from the character of the
gentlemen composing the Commission
and personal interviews with Col. Say
age and Gen. Gordon, we were favor
ably impressed with the idea that they
were making an earnest effort to es-
tablish a just and equitable tariff of
freights, for both roads and shippers.
When they were here for the purpose
of interviewing shippers, we were re-
quested to meet them and lay before
them any and all complaints against
the roads on account of discrimination
and high rates. We met them as re-
quested, and in that interview we were
satisfied the Commission desired to get
the facts in order to amicably adjust
rates, with injustice to none. AS the
ERA published the answer of the Com
missioners to the charges made in some
of the newspapers which has been read
by most of our readers, we did not pubs
fish it, but have published this week
the answer of Mr.. Turley which ap-
peared in the KNOXVILLE TRIBUNE.
We are not personally acquainted with
Mr.. Turley, but from his statement of
the facts which appear to be fairly and
correctly stated, as well as the answer
of the Commissioners, indicate that
they are not guilty as charged in some
of the newspapers. Sometimes (unin-
tentionally) newspapers, as well as in
dividuals condemn the acts of public
officers without full knowledge of
the facts. Every public officer, wheth-
err National, State, County or Munich
pal, should be held strictly accounts
BILE for his acts, but in passing judg.
ment we should be sure we are right
before publishing them to the world.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17

panic of 1873, when J. Cooke & Co.,
and others failed, but the indications
are more favorable, and it is thought
the failures will be confined to the
Metropolitan and the Phoenix Banks,
and few prominent brokers and in>
dividuals, who have been recklessly en-
gagged in speculation on the wrong side.
Geo, j. Seney, president of the Metro
politan Bank, and president of the
E. T. q Ga. R. R., is said to have been
specializing largely in railroad stocks
and especially in the stocks of his own
road, of which he is said to have held a
large amount which dropped fully so
per cent in value. The decline in
this and other stocks held by Mr..
Seney involved his bank. Secretary
Folger says the break is due to reck-
less speculation of few men, and that
he will do all in his power to prevent
stringency. He does not anticipate
any extensive panic.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17
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We do not publish anonymous commu-
nications under any circumstances. The
real name of the author must accompany
every communication, or else it will be con-
signed to the waste basket. We do not pub
lish the names of correspondents, but want
them simply as guarantee of good faith.
All calls on candidates, obituaries, trib-
utes of respect, etc., are charged for as adj
vertising matter. Simple announcements of
deaths, marriages, etc., will be published
without charge, and our friends all over the
county will confer favor by furnishing us
with such as soon after their occurrence as
possible.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17

one can reasonably expect, but that
the mass of them will besuccessful and
well pleased when they have become
fully settled here we do not think will
admit of a doubt, for Tennessee offers
every inducement in the way of eli
mate, water, and capacity of produc-
ton that an intelligent, industrious
people could wish.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17
GONE BACK TO OLD TIMES.

Some of our farmers are sowing fax
this spring. We can remember well
when flax was grown in this country,
and manufactured by our mothers for
summer clothing, and for towels and
table linen. The courser part, called
tow, was made into everyday clothing
for children, and the flax into Sunday
clothing. We can remember when it
was very fashionable for boys land girls
tool to wear long shirts or gowns made
of tow cloth. The style of making
for boys and girls was pretty much the
same, except for girls the seams of the
garment were sewed to the end of the
garment, while that of the boys did
not extend all the way, leaving the
shirt notched at the bottom. These
shirts or gowns extended nearly to the
ground, except when cloth was scarce
and did not hold out, as was sometimes
the case. Linen made in the old fash
Toned way, spun and woven at home,
would last many years, and when
bleached made beautiful white pants.
No doubt there are many men now in
this country who have worn tow shirts
and tow pants and felt rs proud of
them as the young man of this age in
most excellent suit of cloth. The fax
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17
THE NEW SOUTH.

mo lhaglc pen Vi larry nlgnC VI Inc
imagination is needed to paint the glo-
rious future of Tennessee and the South.
A new era of prosperity is dawning
over the sunny Southland from the his
toric hills of old Virginia to the fertile
plains of Texas. In obedience to ma
lures great law of the eternal fitness
of things, the South is beginning to
throb and pulsate as the very heart Of
the Nation-whether you spell it with
a big N or a little one. Fires are be-
ing lighted under new furnaces, and
new manufacturing enterprises of many
kinds are getting into motion. The
hum of industry is spreading and in>
creasing every day, agriculture and
kindred pursuits are makinglo strides
in the line of progress with each sue
ceeding season, and every channel of
trade, business and production is be-
coming enthused with the new order of
things. Our own people, native here
and to the manner born" are not only
waking up and pushing out into new
Industries, but the North and East are
pouring in capital to build and operate
mills and factories, while the North>
west is sending hundreds of brawnyand
brainy farmers to till the broad acres
that are waiting to give forth bountiful
harvestS under the touch of skilled ag.
riculture.
There are scores of men from the
Northwest now in Tennessee seeking
for new homes. As a class, they are
men of intelligence, of experience, OF
industrious habits, and possessed of
more or less money, which they are
ready TO invest in lands, and then put
their shoulders to the wheel in the gen.
eral development of the country, and
thus make their investments profitable.
Their system Of farming, in large
measure, is fashioned after the intensive
school, the cardinal principle of which
is the maximum production from a
minimum area.
There are thousands of acres of good
tillable land in Tennessee now lying
idle, and thousands more being poorly
cultivated. These prospectors from
the North and Northwest want cheap
lands, and it will be mistaken policy
on the part of owners of vacant lands
TO run up the prices simply because
buyers are seeking them. They can
better afford to reduce prices and gel
first>class farmers settled over the coun
try, for one farm in neighborhood
properly titled and cared for, materi
ally enhances the value of all Others
around it. That all of the new corners
who may buy land and settle in Ten
nessee will be fully satisfied and fine
their every want met here, is not to b.
expected. They will have difficulties
to meet and overcome here as we'll a.
elsewhere. They will have to study
and learn how to cultivate our lands t.
the best advantage, and to do this vii
have to adopt more or less of new sys
TENS. That they will all be successful
in the South, without exceptions, ne
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17
STANDARD MEANWHILE, TENNEssRE-sATURDAY MAY 1885,

may be grown proftably for seed as
well as for clothing. 1t is extensively
used in making linseed oil as well as
for medical purposes. We hope those
who plant may succeed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-17
NEW YORK BANK FAILURES.

Another panic in Wall street caused
by the reckless speculation of a few
men has created great excitement in
financial circles. At first it was
thought that it would equal the great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-15
A SUBSTITUTE FOR MATCHES.
New Method for Obtaining u COnve.
nient and safe Light.

The Gr0ce,'s' Advocate has the following &C.
count of an ingenious continuance to take the
place OF matches, and which it says is now used
by the watchmen of Paris in all the magazines
where explosives or infammable materials are
kept. Take an oblong. vial OF the whitest and
clearest glass. and put into it piece of phos-
phorous about the size of pea. Pour some
olive oil heated to the boiling point upon the
PHOSPHORUS. fill the vial about one-third full.
and then cork it tightly. To use the novel light
remove the cork. allow the air to enter the vial
and then recork it. This empty space in the
vial will become luminous. and the light OBJ
tanned is equal to that of lamp. When the
light becomes dim its power can be increased
by taking out the cork and allowing fresh sup
ply of air to enter the vial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-15
The Cane and Umbrella Fiends.

Ine zane ana umbrella EiendO.
From the Boston Transcript
The EASY Chair has heard of a movement
against twrling canes and umbrellas. and
otherwise using them objection ably in the
street, and promises to join in it without know
ing exactly what it is. In future, then, it will
be the duty of the EASY Chair" to set its foot
on every cane or umbrella which it sees trailing
along the sidewalk, and to say II beg your par
don" with provoking sweetness, while its
owner is cropping for it. If. by anv
chance, the EASY Chair" comes upon a cane
trailer while he is cropping, and another particle
pant in the "movement" Is placidly ami.
ogizing, it will be his duty to Stumble
over the groper and to ask him what he ia
doing there; and should he come upon the
scene after two persons engaged In the
movement" have performed these acts. ne
will precipitate himself upon the PROSTATE
trailer, ask, ibid he steal your pocketbook?"
and shrek "Police!" One such lesson as fhis
is warranted to cure confirmed cane-trailer
When the EASY Chair sees an umbrella a
cane or sunshade thrust under q person's arm
in such way as to endanger the ewes of a
pedestrian, he win apply enough force from be-
hind to the ferrule to shoot the umbrella. cane
or sunshade about q rod in advance OF its
owner and he will pass on without utterino
one syllable When hemeets woman whose par
asol handle extendsabo andbeyond the line of
her shoulder, he will strike It forcibly. and. #
possible, twist it out OF her grasp, disorgsn-
izing her temper and the arrangement OF her
bundles. These are some of the duties Imposed
up.n every one joining the new movement.
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HOW THE OLD FOLKS KERr
TAVERN.
An Illinois Couple Who Got Their
House Full Before the Seasons Close,

From the Chicago Herald
''No, can't say that I've had a prosperous
season." observed one passenger to another
Last spring me and my old woman thought
we'd keep summer boarders and make some
money. We have a big house able to accom-
modate eighteen people besides our own folks
so We writ to our sons and darters in the city,
tellin' 'em what We had decided on and askin'
EN- to say good word for Us to their friends
We'll we fixed the old house up in fine shape
and waited for our boarders. Purity soon my
darter Mary came down from town with her
three children and said she had spoken to all
her friends about US. In about week darter
En- came with her four children. She said the
same thing an though they wasn't profitable
boarders we hoped for new kind an felt much
encouraged from what they told US. The next
arrival was my wiie's sister Sal and her two
nearly grOwn-up children. | was a gooa deal
discouraged then. but my old woman braceu
me up by sayin' some payin' boarders was
comm. and We could 'cOmmOGate six more
! anyway.
The next arrival was my other darter Eu-
nice, with her husband and two children. They
all settled down as il they lowed to stay all
summer an was purity badly broke up about
1t. told my old woman things was getting
down to fine point an not much left of the
garden truck. She encourage nue. by sayin' we
still had room for two boarders and we'd charge
them enough to run the whole house Two
days afterward saw strange man stop and
go in an thought luck had turned at last and
killed two chickens before l got to the house
When | did get there l discovered he was my
brother Jim, whom ] hadn't seen tor twelve
years. come to spend the summer with me- That
settled me on the summer boarder business
though the old woman said we still had room
for one bOarder, and by making the hired man
sleep in the barn we could take in two, an that
would run the house.
'When come liz from work the next night
my darter En- met me on the porch and sad
smilingly: Father says she. we've got two
new boarders. They came this forenoon. Come
up stairs and see them wait till dress up
Bit says |. So washed, put on clean collar
an feeling good deal encouraged went up
stairs. There was all the girls and my old
woman. Pap. says she with tears in her eyes,
the house is full at last. Eunice has got
twins"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-15

OF his fingers with meat axe 1t does not follow
that he Is to remain mutiated for life. Dr.
rave, OF Finistere, was called to one whose first
finger Was hanging by small piece Of skin Not
being willing to do surgical work at night. he
put the finger In place and braced it with q
couple OF corset bones. Next day the finger
was doing SO we'll that he did not disturb it.
In four days there was no evidence OF union, in
ten days the child could move the finger and
In month he was completely cured. No stitches
were used. DR.. Fave thinks that there is
too much hasty surgery, and the editor Of the
journal de Medicine. In agreement with him.
says that with modern surgical dressings. ding.
ers may often be saved, even when. completely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-15
Day by Day.

A little older every day,
A little nearer TO the close;
Nearer the ending Of the fray,
Nearer the long repoSe.
Nearer the time when DER our head
Shall spring the blossom and the grass.
And friends will murmur, HE Is Dead
AS by our tomb they pass.
Nearer the time when we shall cast
An anchor by the mystic shore;
And see and feel and know. at last,
What we could not before.
All! how the years go,rolling on!
How short the step 10 manhood's prime.
how soon the gold Of life Is gone
Into the vaults OF time!
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One True Heart.

One true heart Is mine to-day,
Mine tomorrow, mine alway;
One heart always patient, kind
To faults and foliies; loving, blind,
Forgiving, tender. Where find another
30 proudly, unselfshly fond as mother
NELLIE +. PRATT
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Large quantities OF African peanuts are imported
INTO France, where they are used In the manufac-
ture or olive Oil
Venice has lately set UP q small bust OF Marco
POLO 10 niche over the entrance Of the house In
vhich he nrss saw daylight
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For New 1ork 0 sn1 The East u.s. $50 HOO m.
1000 and Ill p. ma Limited EIpres. OF Pullman
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On Sunday. 800 7. m "
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For ThilsdeIphis 7i5 80 and II M AGO. 400, 800.
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For Pope's Creek Line 6s5a m. and 44op. m daily.
For Annapolis ss5a m. laos and 40 p m daily e..
AIExaSDRiA AND FREDERIcKsBURG RAILWAY.
ROAD.
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night
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than essewhsre from bRoDT. the Hastsr. Ale llth
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At To- Per yard Is tons Of Felt on hand Lime b,
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