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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-04-05
A Strange Arrest.

"You say the officer arrested you
while you were quietly minding your
own business?"
eyes, your honor. He caught me
suddenly by the coat collar and threat
ened to strike me with his club unless
l accompanied him to the station
house."
"You were quietly attending to your
own business; making no noise or dis
turbance of any kind?"
"None whatever, sir"
ut seems very strange. What is
your business?"
M'm burglar"
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SANDWICHES.

A sherry cobbler will never mend
your old shoes.
Kill Worms in Children with Will
der's Mothers Worm Syrup. 5
The women who do fancy work don't
fancy work.
Send your address and 3 cent stamp
to A. V. Paine, Louisville. KY, for
set of beautiful picture cards. 5
The bootblack shines while he works,
but the lazy man whines while he
shirks.
Wherever Consumption prevails there
Wilder's Wild Cherry is needed. 1t
never fails to cure. 5
Husband" you'll have to go and
call that boy yourself. I can't make
him get up. He sleeps asif he were a
log" "Ob, well, Marian, the boy can't
help it, It's fate. lie was born to be
a policeman"
Torn to pieces with a cough? vii.
der's Wild Cherry will mend you up
as good as new. 5
The stock market, general trade and
the tone of business discussion begin
to reflect the belief that a revival il
trade is not far distant and with it q
rise in price. Whether well founded
or not, such belief always has an i'm
portant effect on the situation. -Phila
delphia Press.
Don't Shake with Chills or burn will
Fever. Wilder's Chill Tonic is TIL
sure cure. B
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Mails.

Tullahoma to Observation-Disclosures $50 p.
M: leaves 6:O5 a. m, daily except Sundays.
McMinnville to Sparta-Arrives 600 am;
leaves 800 pm; daily except Sundays.
Beersheba Springs-Arriyes 500 pm;
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; leaves
800 a. m, same days.
Smithville (route No. 19299)- arrives 1900
m, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays;
leaves 100 pm, same days.
Smithville (route No. 1929S)-arrives 500
p. M, Mondays and Fridays; leaves 800 a.
M, same days.
Woodbury-Arrives u M, Wednesdays
and Fridays leaves 100 PM, same days
Horse Shoe Falls-Arrives 1900 M, Mon
days and Thursdays; leaves 200 pm. same
days.
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COURTS.

NHANCERY-Sit LIST Monday in May and
v November; E. D. Hancock, Judge; j.
C. Biles Clerk.
NIRCUIT-Sits Tuesday after 4th Monday
" in January, May, and September; j. j
Williams, Judge; Al. Curl, Clerk.
COUNTY by quorum LIST Monday in
v every month full court every quarter
l. B. Neal, Esq, Chairman; A. H. Gross
Clerk.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS-H. P
" Maxwell, Sheriff; Jno. L, JacO, Register
H. A. Cunningham, Trustee and Tax Collec
tor Geo. T. PurviS, Ranger; r. NJ. Argo
Jailer; Sam O'Neal, County Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
M UNICIPAL OFFICERS-Mayor, ]. F
INl Morford Aldermen, II II. Faulkner
d. F. Wallace, NJ. B. Harwell, G.. w. Hood
enpyl, ]. L. Ramsey, Ed. Seals.
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Poetry for Ladies'.

No art of talking, witty or wise,
Will settle the coffee or make the bread rise
No doctrine or creed, since eating began
Was known to regale right hungry man.
Great thoughts CLEAN in gravy, and ma.
TONS are to(a)st
On pillows of soup, and finally lost.
Then do not rebel, but with good common
sense,
Submit to the stomachs omnipotence,
And enter the ranks of the housekeeper's
strife,
And descend as your mother did, to every.
day life.
If you'd learn to keep house as slick as a
knife,
Subscribe at once for The HOUSEWIFE.
The Housewife will be sent on trial for
one gear free to every lady who will send i'm.
mediately the names and addresses of ten
married ladies or housekeepers, and IL two
cent stamps for postage. Address
THE HOUSEWIFE,
march17june15 Rochester N. Y.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-04-05

Years ago John Q. Adams loved the
prettiest girl in Alabama. Her parents
forced her to marry a man named
Jackson, who took her to Texas, where
she became the mother of 10 children.
A year ago her husband died. Mean.
while John @. Adams, who had mar.
-ried early, had not been idle. He &C
quired considerable local renown by
becoming the father of 81 children.
Recently his wife died. He has gone
to Texas to marry Mrs. Jackson. The
families will live on the cooperative
plan.
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LODGES.

II & A. M.-Wsrren, No. 125-1st Monday
l. night in every month, in their haA over
the courtroom NJ. D. SMALLMAN, W. NJ.
DOYAL ARCH CHAPTER-Srd Thursday
IL night in every month.
R. KENNEDY, II. P.
T o. o. F.-McMinnville, No. 146; every
i. Tuesday night, in their Hall over H. Fl,
Faulkner's, r. PATTERSON, N. G.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR-MOuntain City,
n No. lao; meets in Masonic hall I'd and
4th Monday nights in every month.
l. A, GROSS. D.
KNIGHTS AND LADY'S HONOR-2nd
n and 4th Thursday nights in every month
A, H. GROSS. P.
A o. U. w. meets LIST and Sd Thursday
"A. nights in each month in Odd Fellows
Hall A. II. FAULKNER. NJ. W.
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To drive away rats. MARY Hadlem
writes that rats have so strong all aver
sion to the odor of peppermint, they
will not enter rooms or bins where it
prevails. She says of the peppermint
plant: eve place it in the oats, rye
and corn, when they are brought in,
and some goes under the pig-stye.
Though we no longer have any rats,
we continue to use the plant, for fear
they make us a visit" If this is so,
in the absence of the plant, probably
a few drops of the oil Of peppermint
would answer the same purpose.
American Agriculturist for April.
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SOUTHERN TENNEssEEsATURDAY APR 1854

the strawberries. | should say sow
plaster on any growing plant that is
likely to be injured by late frost, and
it will turn the frost into nice dew,
if done before the sun scorches the
leaves. c. w.B.
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DR.. G. P. Duncan's
LIVER 115 KIDNEY
MEDICINE.

The great preventative and cure of all
malarial Diseases and sure cure for all
forms of dyspepsia and Indigestion; it acts
directly upon the Liver and all the secreto.
ny glands of the stomach and bowels, it
cures the disease by removing the cause
from the system that produces or brings on
the disease, hence it is unsurpassed for the
cure of Constipation. Sour stomach,
heartburn, headach, and all those symptoms
indicating the want Of a proper action of
those glands situated in the stomach and
bowels. Two or three bottles of DIR. Dun
cans Liver and Kidney Medicine
is positively recommended to relieve and
cure any of the above diseases if taken as
directed. Price 70 cents.
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sweet Things Cheap.

You can make all kinds of fine and fancy
candy at small expense by simply following
directions, as given in that valuable little
book, GLOW to Make Candy" which will be
sent to any address upon receipt of 30 cents
in one or two cent stamps. Address
THE HOUSEWIFE,
mar iunl5 Rochester, N. Y.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-04-05

Some people seem to think the way
to sustain local paper is to read it
without paying for that inestimable
privilege.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-09-20

When a pair Of red lips are upturned to
your own,
With no one to gossip about it,
Do YOU pray for Endurance to let them
alone
Well, mebby you debut doubtit.
When sly little hand you're permit
ted to seize,
With yelyety softness about it,
Do You thing you can drop it with new
err squeeze
Well, mebby you debut doubt it.
When tapering waist is in reach ef
your arm,
With wonderful plumpness about
it,
Do you argue the point 'twixt the good
and the harm
Well, mebby you debut doubt it.
And if by these tricks you should cap
ture a heart
With womanly sweetness about 1t,
Will you guard it, and keep it, and act
the good part
Well, mebby you will-but doubt it.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-09-20

Understand that you had a
fire at your house yesterday"
said a gentleman to his friend,
Colonel Snagwell.
eyes; house canght fire.
"Suppose the firemen did efiec-
tive work 7"
"No; they didn't get there in
time"
"Yon threw water very prompt
ly on the flames, eh?"
mo; did't use any water"
'How did you put it out ~
"Went out"
That's singular"
mot at all. The other day !
bought a load Of kindling-wood
from a countryman. ! had il cut
up and stacked in the kitchen
When i saw the fire burning in
that direction ! felt pretty safe
and l was not disappointed, fol
when it reached the kindling-wood
it went out"
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up the stairs and pointed out the
room to Ed, but had not witnessed
the encounter.
"The moment he struck the
floor the hurly tramp was subdued,
Ed pinioned his arms behind him,
and marched him away, promising
to return within hcur. He did
so, and remained at her house I'M
til morning, having left his prison
or in charge of others, with Brutus
as chief janitor.
Next day the culprit was de-
livered to.justice
at is evident that after making
his way up our back stairs, he
must have foundit easy, in the
bright moonlight, to secure a hid
ing place, though he badly fright
ened our poor pussy while doing
so.
81 was startled said Susie,
upon discovering him, but saw
that he must suppose himself still
concealed, and SO thought it best
to do as / did. / feared that il
mother and you were to take a
larm, and we were all to attempt
a retreat Of half a mile, something
might occur which would cause
him to suspect the movement
"Who viii not say that Susie
was in the right 7 / often picture
her sitting upon the front step
with all this upon her mind, or
talking breathlessly to Ed Read /,
as he came up with his noble dog.
"She has been Mrs. Read for
many year, and Ed could not
have found a more worthy wife. =
SO the excellent lady ended her
story of Susie's ordeal, and it
could be wished that instances Of
such calm thoughtfulness in peril
were much less exceptional than
they are.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-09-20
How q Poet Got Even with
am Editor.

John Lang, the editor of the
New York Gazette, having once
alluded to Mcdonald Clark, the
poet, as shat fellow with sigzag
brains, the insulted poet rushed
into the sanctum Of the CONNER
csal, then conducted by Colonel
Stone, blazing with fury.
"Do you see, colonel" said he,
"what Johnny Lang says of me 7
He calls me fellow with zigzag
brains
"Well, and SO you are, "said the
colonel. II think it is a happy
description of you 7"
"Ol that's very well for you to
say" retorted Mcdonald. I'm
take a joke from you, but Johnny
Lang shall not destroy my we'll
earned reputation. Zigzag brains,
forsooth! Zigzag brains-think
of it, colonel ! must have a re-
ply to him in your paper"
elbow much space doyou want?"
inquired the colonel.
IL think / could use him up in
a column and half" said Nc
Donald.
"a column and a halfi" said the
colonel. "Stuff! You shall have
no space. I'll just give you eight
lines, and if that will answer fire
away; but not a line more"
The poet, thus driven into a
narrow corner, sat down and i'm
stantly wrote off the following neat
epigram:
II can tell Johnny Lang, in the way OF
laugh,
In reply to his rude and unmannerly
scrawl,
That, in my humble sense, ii is better
by half
To have brains that are zigzag, than
no brains at ALL"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-09-20

When you visit or leave New York
City, save baggage expressage and car.
riage hire and stop at the Grand Union
Hotel. opposite Grand Central Depot. b.
egant rooms fitted up st cost Of one
million dollars, reduced to 81 and up
wards per day. European plan. ElevA-
tor Restaurant supplied with tho best
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroad
to all depots Families can live for less
money at the Grand Hotel than Ct any
other frst-class hotel 10 The dty.
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The Sentence Of Sin.


Wicked men make no worse
bIunder than when they mistake
the inattention Of the community
for carelessness or its lack Of
speech for lack of conscience.
because sentence against an evil
work ia not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons Of
men is fully set to do evil Pas
sion and lust drive them on to
foul sin Each base act goes by
without comment or condemna-
ton. Men still honor the impure
man in public. The doors of
good women are not closed to
him. He prospers in fortune and
he continues in wickedness. The
days pass, and his sin grows.
From the careless vice ofthe liber-
tine he goes on to the fouler wick
edness Of seduction and betrayal.
He and men like him dream that
the community is light in judging
these things. His associates are
silent. They may even make
merry over their guilt, and the i'll
fated man persuades himself that
the moral sense of the community
sleeps, never to speak,
It is q dreadful mistake. The
heart and core of American life is
sound, upright and wholesome
Its judgments are not the judg
ments of the impure, nor is it's
opinion and standard the standard
and opinion of men who glaze
their wicked acts with q worldly
code of easy morals and treat
hideous sins as pleasant pastime.
The day comes when this man,
stepped in vice and full Of wicked
ness, is forced to face the full re-
sponsibility ofhis misdeeds. They
were done in darkness; they are
spread broadcast in the light of
day. The acts he hid from his
own familiar friend are spread be-
fore all the people. Turn where
he will, look into what face he may,
he finds there the anxious ques-
tons of his friends, and, worse,
the silent waiting of his enemies
until his sin works it's own punish
ment.
Where is then his confidence in
the easy opinion Of his fellow
men? OF what avail is it that he
trusted in his heart that other men
were even as he himself, but
worse? The moral sense Of the
community awakes, and the soft
excusing Of q lifetime shrivels be-
fore it Ike fax in the FIRE and
tow before the burning. The
public conscience speaks, not
broadcast in the spreading sheets
Of newspapers, but worse, athous-
and fold worse, man speaks to
man his condemnation, and woman
to woman their pure protest
against evil in high places. Will
1t help . man in such . day that
honors are heaped thick upon
him, that he il regarded Of the
nation and set above his fellows
He will but hear the palmer the
whispers Of public wrath and
private Judgment In his plight,
the work Of his own hands and
the handiwork Of his fingers, he
has no escape from confession
save in silence, and from him
ailence SIG confession.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-09-20
VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY

VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
Mr.. Geo. v. Willing, of Manches-
ter, Mich, writes: my wife has
been almost helpless for five years, SO
helpless that she could not turn over
in bed alone. She used two Bottles
of Electric Bitters, and Is so much
improved, that she IL able now to do
her own work"
Electric Bitters will do all that Ii
claimed for them. Hundreds Of tes-
timonials attest their great curative
powers. Only ffty cents q bottle at
e. &. Williams d Bros.
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Susie's Ordeal.
BY GEORGE H. cooMER.

BY GEORGE H. COOMER.
/ remember pleasant old lady
who long ago was wont to relate
to our family an incident of her
girlhood which / am tempted to
put upon paper.
s'It is a pity" she said, "that
girls in general should not mani
fest more nerve in the presence of
danger than they usually do, for
little GOODNESS would often avert
perils which are only fastened b y
futter and terror.
"My sister Susie was the most
thoughtful young person in cases
of emergency that / ever knew.
She never, created any imaginary
dangers, nor allowed real ones to
deprive her of reason. Did mis-
chievous colt come frisking about
us during our pasture rambles,
she would not invite him to run
over her by making a sudden and
senseless flight where there was
no secure refuge; while in our
rowing exercises upon the bay,
any unlocked for accident only
increased her care and steadiness!s
"Yet Susie was not masculine
in mind or person. She was very
pretty, with delicate hands and
small, shapely feet. Though we
were twins, I had never anything
like her quietness in alarming sit
uations; but I have since tried to
cultivate courage, because expert
ence has shown me how necessary
it is, even to q woman.
Gan incident that happened
when we were about eighteen, will
show Susie's char acter better than
anything else that I can relate of
her.
"My father was gone from home
upon an absence of several days,
leaving mother, Susie, and myself
alone on the premises. There
were no outdoor cares to which
we could not easily atten dust
the COW to milk and the pigs and
poultry to feed; and, though the
nearest neighbor was halfa mile
off, we felt no sense of insecurity.
zone afternoon, however, there
came to the door a savage looking
man whom mother knew by sight,
but whom we girls had meyer be-
fore met. His name was Sam
Jones. and he had the reputation
of being exceedingly vicious. He
had nearly killed several men in
rufianly fights, and had passed
much of his life in Jail. I never
looked upon more repulsive
countenance than his, and his
frame was one of great strength.
"He asked for water, and moth
er, handing him dipper, babe
him help himself at the well. She
then shut and fastened the door
in order that he might not enter
the house.
Having satisfied his thirst, he
stood for while by the well in an
undecided manner, looking up at
the windows and into the cellar
way; and finally, to our consterna-
ton, entered the cellar. It APP
peared afterwards that he knew of
fathers absence, although he may
not up to this moment have had
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Mr.. H. II. GUNNER,


Mr.. II. III. GUNNER, Newton
Brook, York Co.. Ontario, Canada,
states, that he suffered with y pain
full sore on bis right ankle, just after
recovery from typhoid fever, and
that. by few external applications
Of st. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure,
the lump softened and gradually dis
appeared. Try IL.
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us.
aHe soon came out of the cellar,
and, taking slouchingly to the
road, disappeared overs neighbor-
ing hill; his conduct thus far being
like that of any impudent tramp
on the watch for opportunities OF
theft.
"The following evening was a
remarkably pleasant one, the full,
autumn moon making it very light
We passed the time chatting to-
gether upon the front doorstep,
and at intervals exchanging saluta-
tions with some neighbor who
CHANGED to pass.
among others, young Ed Reed,
an acquaintance of ours, went by
with his big dog. He was going
to Mr.. Browns store up the road,
and stopped for half an hour talk
ing and joking with Susie andme.
After this we thought for o mo-
ment that we saw man coming
from the opposite direction; but
finally concluded that we had
mistaken shadow for human
being, as nobody came.
"a little later we heard our
large maltese cat 60 rushing down
the back stairs and out into the
yard-a circumstance of which
we afterwards knew the meaning,
but which we then attributed to
the appearance in the entry of a
strange cat known to be about the
place, and to which our own pussy
missed no opportunity Of showing
hostility. As to the cellar door,
that had been secured Immediately
upon the departure of our after
noon visitor.
Having been unusually busy
during the day, we were all quite
tired that evening, SO that, pleas
ant as it was, we did not feel like
sitting up late. Mother, who oc-
cupied a room below, retired at
nine o'clock, and soon afterwards
Susie and I went upstairs to our
chamber. It was so light that the
lamp we carried could very well
have been dispensed with.
"The door Of q clothes-press in
a corner of our room was ajar, and
Susie swung it wide open to place
within some small article. I OBJ
served nothing peculiar n her
| manner as she turned away, leav-
| ing the door as it had been at first,
without turning it's slight button.
But then, of course, / was not
thinking of anything out of the
common order of events. I have
often thought since what nerve
she must have had.
every carelessly she walked to
| the window and looked out.
"Dear mep she exclaimed, what
a pity we cannot turn day into
night-rest days and remain up
nights. This moonlight is q
thousand times more beautiful
than daylight. Idon't feel a bit
like going to sleep now that I have
come up-staire. I mean to 60
down and sit in the doorway again
till I get sleepy. There! I have
just thought-there is something
I want to tell Ed Read.
"But what will mother say" I
asked
20, mother-there, now how
stupidl If I haven't dropped my
ring right out Of the window
Look! ! can see it shine on the
walk. Suppose somebody she
added, laughingly, should come
here before we get up in the
morning I'm not going to leave
| il there for q temptation.'
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the early part OF the evening.
She would not, however, tell me
what wonderful thing she desired
to impart to Ed Read
"Ed was tarrying somewhat
late, but no doubt he had met
with other young men at the
store, and was enjoying q good,
social chat. Once Susie asked
me il / thought il could be that
he had gone home while we We're
upstairs / did not then know
how startling such an idea must
be to her, but I knew afterwards.
"At last we heard him, away up
the road, whistling lively tune
as he sauntered along in the
moonlight, and be was soon OBJ
served approaching accompanied
by his dog, which was as large as
an ordinary black bear.
ED was one of the best and
bravest youths ofour acquaintance
at once jolly, temperate, and
intelligent, SO that his presence
was always agreeable; but what,
in particular, Susie could have to
impart to him just now, was moro
than / could guess. Some bit of
fun was perhaps in the wind.
GAS he came near my sister all
vanced to meet him, motioning
me to remain behind. Then 1
heard her hurriedly telling hi m
something in a low voice.
"What' he exclaimed. "You
are not joking, Susie? In a
clothes-press, you say-up stairs
Sam Jones-impossible ?
Butts not impossible Susie
answered. His face was hidden,
but / saw his feet and the lower
part of his body. It's a human
being, at all events-a big, stout
man, and I think it's Sam Jones,
because he was here this after
noon. Mother and Mary knew
nothing of it. I haven't dared to
tell them
CAS- Susie said this, I felt she
| could not be quizzing the young
| man, and there came over me q
deathly faintness. My first inn
pulse was to scream; but, perhaps,
it was the influence Of my sisters
GOODNESS that restrained me. /
lost something Of what she said
further, but caught Eds words
apparently in answer:
"'That dog-old Brutus--yes,
Susie, he is good for regiment.
He'll let go when I tell him to do
so, but he'll pin his man; and
you're as safe with him as you'd
be with an army
Il hardly remember how I act
ed-very foolishly, I suppose,
though, for I trembled at the
thought of their going upstairs,
and began to exrostulate in my
frightened way. But, happily,
mother had got into browse, SO
that when Ed and Brutus went
| up stairs, she failed to realize that
anything unusual was going on.
Susie followed close behind her
advance guard, to show them the
way. How she could do so was a
marvel to me.
81 ran to mothers room, and
just then the uproar overhead
broke out. Sam Jones, surprised
to find himself confronted by a
stout young man, made a rush
from the clothes-press the moment
that Ed threwit open. The VOL
ence Of his onset might have de-
livered him from his human adj
versary, had there been no other;
but instantly the huge dog seized
him by the shoulder and brougt
hin, with hv1oa thumr tn tha