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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07
Gnmmtrrial.
MEANWHILE PRODUCE MARKET.
Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.

Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.
OFFICE SOUTHERN STANDARD,
McMinnville, June c, 1884
The wheat market is weak in conse-
quence of the near approach Of the new
crop, Many mills are stopping for re-
pairs and to wait for the new crop.
Corn remains about the same, with an
uncertain future. 1t is quoted lower
in Western markets and may reduce
prices here. 1t is difficult to say what
corn will be worth week hence.
Wool is weaker in Consequence of a
decline in other markets. Other pro.
ducts remain about as last week.
WHEAT 100 So % bu.
CoRN-white b6 to 5S,
FLoUR-ne $2.75to @$S p 100 lbs.
MEAL % bu. $4,000.
OATs-R bu. 500 40
CHICKENs-Hens sc % ID
BUTTER-R ID. IL to 16
uun ObOiS
GINsENG-f9 ID, $1.00
BEEswAX-B ID. Zoe.
FEATHERs-R ID. 40to42
TALLow-R ID. &c.
Green hides 5@6c. Grubby u of
LARD--B ID. 10c.
BACON
Shoulders TX
Hams 10
Sides as
Hog round
Wool, unwashed, 1S@20c
tub washed, SOC
Turkeys, sc per pound
Stock peas. to
DRIED APPLEs-f9 h. Alto 4Hc.
Peaches-4hto5
Blacberries to C.
Homestead Fertilizer, 50 25to$2.50 p 100
Irish potatoes cts. % blu.
Green Apples, s. per bushel.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07
ChanGery Sale Of House and Lot.
Tortify the system.


F. NJ. Smith VS.. Mrs. Lettie Johnson and
others.
TN obedience to decree of the Chancery
i Court at McMinnville, Tenn, rendered at
its May Term, 1884, in the above styled
cause, 1 will sell, at the Courthouse door in
McMinnville, on
Saturday the 2Sh day Of June, 1884,
house and lot situated on Chancery Street
in McMinnville, known as the Sam Hender
son property, bounded on the West by
Chancery Street, on the North by Morford
Street, on the East by s. L. Colville, and on
the South by the lot of the NJ. E. Church,
South.
TERMS OF SALE.-Six months Credit,
without the right of redemption, note and
approved security required and a lein re
tanned. This May Goth, 1884.
]. c. BILES, C. & NJ.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07

Iowa women are good at repartee, as
everybody knows, but it seems to me
| have never heard anything, any
where, to exceed this: A certain lady
in an interior town followed a drinker
in whom she was deeply interested in
to a saloon. Just as he was about to
take the glass, she tapped him gently
on the shoulder and requested him to
go with her. He complied, and as
the two marched toward the door the
saloon,keeper recovered sufficiently
from his amazement to calculate
"That beats the devilp The lady
turned and emphatically retorted
eyes, sir, it was my intention to beat
the l!"-Union Signal
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07

The latest tidy in macrame is made
ofone strip of lace, with a space left
for broad ribbon, just one, then put
in deep fringe. Measure the spaces
in the ribbon accurately, and on those
points that are to appear between the
meshes embroider rosebuds and green
leaves.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07

What education is to man, work is
to the horse. Without it he is worth>
less. The more he has of it without
injury the better.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07
Enveloped by a Wire Fence.

Corvallis (Ore.) Gazette.
A remarkable and serious accident
occurred on Dry Creek a few days ago.
R. F. Wrightman and George Man.
chester were building a wire fence,
stretching the wire with a team. From
too great tension the wire parted, and
the ends flew about the bodies of the
men with tremendous force, cutting
both in shocking manner, and in the
case of Wrightman pressing against
his breast Ratchet he was using in
such way as to break one of his ribs
and the handle of the tool. He was
also badly cut up by the barbs of the
wire, and he is now suffering severely
from his wounds. Manchester was
more fortunate, but he also received
some painful wounds. The wire coiled
about his thigh, the barbs imbedded
themselves to the bone, while another
coil caught him about the breast and
cut deeply into the muscles of his arms.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07

A northern Texas editor complains
that the number of marriages is ridicu>
ously small when compared with the
time squandered in buggy riding.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07
Chocolate Marble Cake.

One and one-half cups of sugar, one
half cup of butter, one egg, one and
one-half cups of milk, three heapiDg
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, about
three cups of -four, and little vanilla.
After this is well mixed take half of
it and put into another dish and stir
into it one square of melted chocolate,
have your pan ready and put in a
spoonful of white and brown alternate
ly until all is used.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07
NOTICE.

On TUESDAY, 9th DAY OFMAY, 1884,
at the cour thouse door in McMinnville, Ten
nessee, we will sell to the highest bidder,
upon a credit of twelve months, the follow
ing property belonging to the estate of Ar
thur Towles, decd:
Four two-year-old mules, one horse, one
old buggy and harness, one set of furniture,
or 10 barrels of corn, or hundred binds
of fodder. Also $4,000 of stock in the First
National Bank of Tullahomd, and 1880 of
stock in the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Company, and some stock in Burritt College.
Notes with approved security, bearing in
terest from date, will be required,
All persons owing said estate will come
Onward and settle, any one having debt
against said estate will present the same at
once. JOHN w. and o, TOWLES,
Administrators of Arthur Towles, decd.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-07

If the first planting of Lima beans
failed, try again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
England among those who can afford

England among those who can afford
1t.
High heels are no longer worn on
evening shoes, but are still used upon
day boots.
The best dressmakers no longer put
pulled waistcoats or Moliere fronts on
corsages.
Very elegant French ladies wear
underskirts Of white cashmere or white
satin at home.
Frills Of lace down the front of the
corsage are considered more elegant
than buttons.
Plain or fine striped silk floss hose
are most fashionable for both day and
evening wear.
Evening dresses witl pointed waists
and V necks are as becoming as they
are fashionable.
Evening dresses, when not intended
for dancing, are made with trains Of
moderate length.
Artists Of ability now bring out
charming novelties in the guest cards
used at dinner parties.
Fichus, jabots, and scarfs are worn
with house dresses. They are attached
to narrow velvet dog collars.
Ladies' cards are of generous size,
cut almost square. while those for
gentlemen are narrow and short.
The fichu bow, knot of flowers, or
narrow lace pin is worn at one side Of
the neck by very young ladies.
The crape-inished border is strik-
ing novelty in mourning note-paper,
the imitation being wonderful.
Fancy muffs, or Ginger cosies" as
they are called, are made of the plum
age of birds to match the bonnet.
A black velvet dog-collar dotted with
jewels, usually diamonds and pearls, is
fashionable to wear with full dress
toilets.
Rubies, cats-eyes, topaz, bronze and
all dark precious stones, are used to
give Oriental coloring tothe cold white
diamonds of ear-drops, pendants,
brooches and bracelets.
A capote made entirely of many mar
row pleatings of velvet in row after
row, beginning in the center of the
crown, is one Of the favorite bonnets
in Paris, A panache of feathers is its
only trimming
A novelty for dress skirts is fine
pleating folded closely like a fan, held
by gathering threads run through un-
derneath and beginning at the top of
the skirt, just below the belt. 1t is
about yard deep and flows back and
forth, giving charming effects to color,
and afterward falling into soft, straight
lines
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
Tho Vngaries OF Charity.

Charity is represented by corre-
spondent as having become fashionable
in New York. Fifth avenue bellies are
taking to it as diversion. In some
instances it is merely Sunday-school
class that serves as rich girls hobby,
in which case she both clothes and re-
ligiously instructs her pupils. One
heiress is fond of heading a kind of
procession of twenty uniformly dressed
little boys from their place in Sun
day-school room to her residence where
a luncheon is served to them. Another
makes some tiny girls picturesque by
putting them into costumes Of Mother
Hubbard cut A third has industri-
ously sought out bandy-legged and
knock-kneed youngsters of impover-
ished parentage, and out of her private
purse they are maintained in hospi-
tai while recovering from operations
which usually result in Strengthening
their limbs
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
A Brides DJyyry in India,

One of the daughters of Nicer Bahia,
Nawab Of Surat, has recently been
married, and this is what the people
saw who gathered to watch the brides
dowry carried to the bridegroom S
house: a cavalcade of elephants,
horses, carriages, and palkees led the
procession. After them came a num-
Der of female servants, all in snow
white clothes, each bearing in her
hands covered tray. About fifty
youths followed with rose water de-
canters Of silver on silver SAVERS.
Then came five hundred coolies, some
with magnificent bedsteads, with cur
tnins, pillows, etc, others with swings,
benches. boxes, cupboards of various
designs, sofas, chairs, tables, and, in
short, all the paraphernalia Of a mod
ern house. These We're followed by
'eventy-fve women, each carrying a
tray of sweetmeats. One hundred men
with cooking utensils brought up the
rear, some of them carrying on their
heads basket-loads of lamps, wall
shades, chandeliers, etc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Love is a religion of which the great
pontiff is nature.
Habits are soon assumed: but when
we strive to strip them off It's being
layed alive.
Those who are most lisinterested
and have the least of selishness, have
best materials for being happy.
Open your mouth and purse eau
tiously, and your stock of reputation
and wealth shall, at least in repute, be
great.
If we did but know how little some
enjoy of the great things they possess
there would not be much envy in the
world.
Believe nothing against another but
on good authority; nor report what
may hurt another, unless it be a great
er hurt to another to conceal it.
Every master has found his mate
rials collected, and his power lay in his
sympathy with his people and in his
love of the material lie wrought in.
Sincerity is an opening of the heart.
We find it in very few people, and
that which we generally seeis nothing
but subtle discrimination to attract
the confidence of others.
Women are the poetry of the world,
in the same sense as the stars are the
poetry of heaven. Clear, light-giving
harmonious, they are terrestrial plan
cts that rule the destinies Of mankind
In education the effort should be to
train the mind not only to receive
instruction, and not only to exercise
the individual powers, but to be able
to do both with facility and to make
both subservient to the purposes Of
life
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

People subjected to cold feet and
hands should get up a brisk circulation
just before retiring by rubbing the en-
tire body with coarse flannel or Turk
ish towel. Rub regularly and brlskly
rmtilin good glow. This is also good
for sleeplessness.
One of the best cures for Group, and
one which is always at hand, is to dip
strips of flannel in very hot water and
then bind tightly about the throat.
Remove as soon as cold and apply 9TH
ers. a cold in the chest can also be
cured by several thicknesses Of fan
mel in hot water and laying it upoD
the chest.
The new German remedy for diph-
liberia, turpentine, appears to find
many advocates. Children take one tea
spoonful morning and night, adults a
tablespoonful; in children tepid milk
is given after it, and it might also be
mixed with the same Half an hour
after the administration of the drug n
bright redness begins to spread from
the margin of the diphthcr!tic eXuda-
ton, and this rednes5 becomes general
ly dilfused over and taking the place
of the false membrane, and the disease
is said to disappear within twenty
four hours without leaving the
slightest trace. While this remarkable
effect is said to he invariably met with
when the remedy is made use of at the
verycommencement of the disease, those
who recommend it so highly assert
that it is also successful, only less
rapidly, in cases that have already
progressed for several days.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
inheritance of Sunlight TO Health,

No articles of furniture should be
put in a room that will not stand sun
light, for every room in a dwelling
house should have the windows SO ar
ranged that some time during the day
food Of sunlight will force itself into
the apartment The Importance Of
admitting the light of the sun freely
10 all parts Of our dwellings cannot
be too highly esteemed. Indeed, per-
feet health is nearly rs much Deepen
dent on pure sunlight II, it is on pure
air Sunlight should never be eHclud~
ed except when so bright as to be I'M
comfortable to the eyes. And daily
walks should he taken in the bright
sunshine. A sun nth is OF more I'M
portance in preserving a healthtul
condition of the body than IL generally
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09

At Governors Island, New York
harbor, says the Buffalo Enpress. the
sun is not only made to go down with
big bang at the nations expense, but
the operation preceded by an aston
ismng amount of red tape. By reg
ulation of the war department, the
management of the affair must be car
ried out by the corporal of the guard.
One corporal of the guard, as noon
draws near, fixes his eye upon the
Western Union time ball, over in New
York, which can be discerned with the
unasssted human eye from the guard
house. When the ball falls, the corpo-
raj says as much to another corporal,
who instantly sets the guard house
clock. While the third corporal is set
ting all the clocks, the second corporal
hunts up the hour provided for sunset
in the almanac and writes it down on
a slip OF paper A fourth corporal
carries this slip to fifth corporal at
Castle William. The fifth corporal
waits until his clock. as corrected by
the third corporal, marks the hour des'
ignated on the slip of paper furnished
by the second corporal, and then gives
a signal to a sixth corporal, whereupon
a bugle is blown, the gun is discharged
and the sun has gone down officially.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
The True Nature of q "C0ld."

DR.. c. E, Page says in Popular
Science Mouthlg; Years of study and
observation have forced me to the con-
clusion that the disease which mani
tests the symptoms popularity supposed
to indicate that q cold has been caught
is to all intents and purposes filth
disease, arises largely from Indigestion,
and forms the basis, SO to say, or is in
fact the first stage of all the so-called |
filth-diseases. Whatever interferes |
with digestion or depuration, or de-
praves the vital organism in any man
ner, produces an impure condition of
the body-a condition of disease; and
continuance of disease-producing
habits must inevitably result in period
ical or occasional "eruptons," the
severity Of which will depend upon
the degree Of ones transgression
Among the causes of this impure
bodily condition are 81 impure food,
(2) excess in diet, and (3) impure air
Our homes, offices, shops, halls, court
houses, churches, and, with rare excep.
lions, all liying-rOoms, private or pub
lie, are insuiliciently or not at all ven
tilated and, except while in the open
air, a very large proportion of our peo-
ple, in all the walks Of life, habitually
breathe an atmosphere vitiated by
being breathed over and over again;
they are starving for want of oxygen,
and are being poisoned by carbonic
acid. In default Of sufficient oxygen
the best of food cannot be transformed
into pure blood, there will always be
corresponding indigestion; nor can the
carbonic acid he eliminated freely in
an impure atmosphere. We have, then,
serious "interierence with digestion
and depuration," whenever we remain
for q single hour OF the tWenly-lour III
an "in-door" atmosphere, j. e., an at
mosphere that is not in tolerably free
communication with the great body OF
air without. The only offset for re-
strction in oxygen is restriction in
diet and exercise; but combination
of this character would produce en-
feeblement of the system, though if a
proper balance were maintained there
would arise no fehrIe symptoms such
as we are considering We have
plenty of people living in unventilated
rooms who, 50 far as exercise is con
cerned, live a wel-balanced life; but
seldom do these any more fhap the,re-
bust and active, practice any sort of
voluntary restriction as to quality or
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
ApOiheOsis of Slang.

Mother said a slangy Cass ave-
nue. boy at the table when company
was present. "this butter is 0. K, but
she bread is n. g., and ought to get
the G. B."
Just hear him" explained the fond
mother: "he is such a beautiful latin
scholar that don't pretend to under
stand q word he says"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Cnlucly Days for NIntrimony.

Prospective brides may be interested
to learn that there are thirty-two days
In the year on which it is unlucky to
marry, according to the authority of a
manuscript dated in the fifteenth GEN.
fury. These days are January l, 2, 4,
B, Z, 10, Is; February 6, 7, IS; March
l, 6. 8; April 6, II; May 5. 6, z; June
Z Is; July 5, 10; August Is, 10; Sep
TENDER 6, z; October 6; November Is,
l6, and December Is, 16, II. Conse-
quently January is the worst month
and October the best month in the year
for marriage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09


The empress of Russia is said to be
victim of consumption.
Women outnumber men ten to one
behind retail counters in New York.
Six ladies have graduated with honor
from the London college of chemistry,
and propose to set up as druggists.
Mrs. Joshee, the Hindoo lady of rank
who is now studying medicine in Phil
adelphia, still retains her graceful ma
tive dress.
Miss Howard, the writer of the new
novel, "Guenn," is native Of Maine
but for several years she has lived at
Stuttgart, Germany She confesses to
forty summers.
Before leaving Ottawa, Princess
Louise presented to the National Gal
lery of Canada copy in oil of Benja-
min Vests well-known picture, "The
Death of Wolfe" the original of which
is in the collection of the Duke of
estminster.
Jennie Adler, Dayton (Ohio)
Jewess, returning from visit to New
York, met a New Orleans merchant
named Meyer on the train. They were
mutually smitten. He popped and she
said Eyes, and within half an hour
after arriving in the Dayton depot they
were man and wife.
The Baroness Rothschild has pur.
chased for $4,000 a chimney clock and
candelabra, which formed part of the
furniture in the Palais Royal before
the revolution. The baroness intends
to present the set to the Princess
Amelie, Of Orleans, in whose family
they formerly were.
An English bride, Miss Jessel, has
had wonderful wedding cake. On
the top, done in sugar, was represen-
tation of the meetingIp Rebekah and
Abraham's servant at the well, the
grouping modelled after Vernet's cele.
brated picture The cake was four
feet high and weighed 227 pounds
The cover or top lifted off so that the
cake could be cut
At one of his lectures recently, DR.
Erasmus Wilson exhibited woman IS
years old, and five feet five inches high
whose tresses when she stood erect
enveloped her entire form in u colder
veil and trailed several inches on the
ground. The longest tibres measured
six feet, three and a half inches
Thirty inches is the mean length fol-
the hair of females, and three feet i.
consideIed of remarkable length. Thi:
instance, he said, was exceeded by tive
American women, one whose hail
measured seven feet six inches, ant
another, the wife of a druggist in Phil
adelphia, whose luxuriant hair was al
most as long, and SO thick that wheT
seated on chair she could completed.
cover herself with it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09

1t has been found by r. Koch and
P. Miguel that the superficial layers of
the soil are exceedingly rich in micro
scopic organisms, or bacilli. Miguel
considers that these bacilli play an i'm
portaht part in the decomposition, of
organic matter and in the formation
of assimilaDle plant food,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09

In another column is tho advertisement Of
the FARM, FIELD AND FIREsrpE, offering $50,
900 in presents TO new Subscribers. This ranks
among the best and abandonment of family anl
agricultural papers, and its proprictors Nrc fully
able to carry out any offer they make. An
award of forty thousand dollars was made
in December 10 its subscribers, and was carried
out as shown by the names md addresses, in
the Advertisement of some Of the receivers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09

Ladies are wearing leggings.
Bead necklaces are fashionable.
Trains are becoming to stout women.
Gold hoop earrings are again in
fashion.
Both oblong and square paper are
fashionable.
White underskirts should be worn
only in the evening. ...
Ihe favorite travelling cloak this sea-
son is made of plaid tweed.
;',Ragged-edged note-paper is still !.
iavorite among English ladies
Sable is the most fashionable fur In
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
Twenty five Per Cent. Stronger than any
Other Butter Color.

BIRLINGION, VT, May Sd, 1857.
hereby certify that have cXnmiocd the
Butter Color prepared by Wells, Richardson &
Co.. and that the same is free from nlkali or
any other substance injurious to health, that
have compared it with some Of the best OF the
other Butter Color. in the market and find tito
be moro than twenty five ler cent stronger in
color than the best of the others.
INN Satisfied that it is not lNble to become
rancid, or in any way to injure the butter.
have examined it after two months free expo
sure to tho air in place liable to large changes
Of temperature and found no trace OF runcdi.
ty, while other kinds similarly exposed became
rancid. A. II, SABIN,
Prof. Chemistry, University of Vermont
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09
A Roland for an Oliver.

There is tradition of Cunard cap
tain of years ago, who. in his off days
prided himself on his curt replies to
inquiries. A lady on his ship asked
him civil question one day when he
was especially cross. Don't trouble me,
ma'am," was the response; !"go ask the
cook; perhaps bell tell you" Excuse
me-" she said instantly, "a supposed
you we're the cook when l addressed
you. The captain was polite all the
rest of the trip.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-09

JASPER, FLA,-Mr Boardman W. VII.
son, travelling for A. G, Afford & Co.,
dealers in Firearms and Cutlery, Bilti
more, was Frustrated here, with the
"break.bone fever lie asserts that in his
own, as well as in the case Of others, the
only thing found to relieve this painful
malady was St. Jacobs OIL This won.
derful pain.cure has the endorsement of
such men as Elk Postmaster james, Sen
ator Daniel W. Voorhees,, and an army OF
others