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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29
Getting in Debt.

Western Plowman.
While there is some very good adj
vice given to farmers on the subject of
debt, there is great amount of i'm
practicable platitudes and sentimental
twaddle furnished by lobbyist whose
advice followed closely would be about
asdangerouS as the practices they would
guard against.
Credit, like fire, is good servant,
but bad master. Because a large
conAagration breaks out occasionally,
destroying millions of dollars worth of
property, people don't shrek from the
house-tops, "dont, don't use flel 1t is
dangerous in every wayl"
Credit is one of the corner,stones of
business, and the commerce of the ma
ton is in healthy and prosperous con-
dition in the proportion that the credit
of the people is sound and well estab.
lished.
Credit may be and is often abused,
but so is every good thing. fla farm
er is offered an improved farm imple-
ment on time, which will increase the
productions of his fields fifty or hun
bred per cent, he is unwise to refuse
the credit that's offered him. Ofcourse
it is not the correct policy to get in
debt for anything when you have the
cash to pay for it. but if you haven't
that desirable commodity, the next
best thing is your credit, which should
be protected and guarded as sacredly
as your honor.
We would advise every young man
to get in debt as soon as possible for
home OF his own. Then let HIM get
the help of good wife, one who is
easily broken in to work double, and
what an incentive and spur that debt
will be.
We agree with those extremists who
oppose debt in any form, that no per-
son should get in debt for luxuries.
We simply urge that credit should, and
can be, used with discretion and good
"horse sense" and that the farmer is
just as capable OF advantageously using
credit in this way as any other class of
people.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29

that that which costs nothing is usually
worth no more than it costs, there
would be fewer dupes in the world.
Many persons in reading the Bible
are attracted by free salvation, and
conclude to repent and be saved; but
upon looking further and finding that
the conditions are that they must live
godly life, that they must sell all
they have and give to the poor, their
religious ardor oozes out completely.
They did not want to give anything in
return.
The young man who has concluded
that he has exhausted the pleasure to
be found in flirting, Sowing wild oats"
and other designations, begins to look
about him for a rich wife. He does
not question himself as to his worth.
ness; he has no idea of giving the
wealthy, attractive and virtusus girl
whom he means to marry anything
but the honor of wearing his name
and doing his bidding. He expects to
get a valuable prize for absolutely
nothing; and it is but Just retribution
when he finds, after she is caught, that
he is really worse cheated than she;
that they had both drawn blanks in the
great marriage lottery.
Children expect to be educated and
clothed by their parents until old
enough to make some start in life, and
then be given a substantial lift in a Fl
nancial way; and then they anxiously
wait for the "dead mans shoes" they
expect to get when the "old folks die.
What have these children ever done
for their parents? Usually nothing
more than to transmit, often with dis.
grace, the family name. But they
want something for nothing, and each
feels greatly aggrieved if another gets
more than he.
And so on, all through life and
death, we give little and expect much.
The more we get and the less we give,
the greater the rejoicing in our avaric'
ious hearts.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29
EVENING SCENE.

l stood at eve by the river side,
Watching the flow of the falling tide.
Out of the west came CLEAN of gold,
Far in the east the thunder rolled;
Over the field for miles away
Came stealing night in his robe OF gray.
Out of the harbor into the bay,
Over the waters far away,
Into the west, where the glorious SUI
Sinks to rest when the day is done,
One by one the good ships sail
With wings outspread to the evening gale
Over the hills sudden CLEAN
Lit up the breast of the peaceful stream
The glorious light but moment stayed,
Then faded away in the gathering shade
The far.off ships slow sank from sight
Into sea of dreary night.
Il Windrift.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29
Fowls Eating Eggs.

The habit of eating eggs is most
commonly learned early in the season,
and generally from having frozen eggs
in the nest, which the fowls learn to
peck at. 1t is good economy to use
porcelain eggs, and, unless the hen,
house is we'll protected, gather eggs
twice day in cold weather. If any
fowl Is caught eating eggs, its head
should come off at once, as others will
soon learn the habit.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29

stock to cultivate their farms, and their
soil is constantly improving year after
year, instead of going backward, as it
must have been in your country under
the system of cotton raising which |
noticed while in your State.
We have been paying for cream this
winter, at the farmers door, 25c per
inch, Cor pound) and although this has
been severe winter up here we have
kept the business going on every day,
even when the mercury was down to
80 degrees below zero.
1t does seem to me that your farm
ers would be brought to see the value
of the dairy business combined with
fruit and early market gardening.
There is q sure road to wealth for them
if they will only take hold of the mat
ter, and believe some of them will.
Dairy farming does not exclude the
raising of fruits and grain, but it adds
materially to the success of those in
dustries when taken in connection with
them.
Twas born in Northern Ohio where
diversified farming is very extensively
carried on, and one has only to visit
the western reserve in Ohio to be con-
WINGED that dairy farming, fruit grow
ing and grain raising can all be con-
Quoted with success on the same farm
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. IS, 1885,
DR.. j. B. Kendall q Co.-Gents: l
have very fine mare that has had a
bone SPAWN for long time. | tried
everything man could devise to cure
it, but all in vain, and was about to
give it up when a friend of mine in
this city came to me and recommend
ed KendalPs SPAWN Cure, which l
tried with grand results, removing that
bone clear and clean. Then / sent 25
cents to you for one of your Illustrated
horse books, and l think there is no
better book printed on the horse and
his diseases. Ihave taken great inter-
est in it, and have since sold eighteen
copies for you to my neighbors, and
will try do what I can by getting them
for others. Yours truly,
G. w. MILLER.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22

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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22

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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22
State Medical As.OclatiOn.

The Jackson Clarion is requested
by DR.. W. e. TOOd, Secretary State
Medical Association, to cay that
the Association will hold its next
annual meeting at West Point on
Wednesday, April ID. The rail
reads have granted reduced rates
of fare for the occasion. A full at.
tendance of the Medical profession
is desired. West Point will extend
20 all a hearty welcome.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22
Prohibition Bills.

There has been . very large num-
ber Of bills before the Legislature
demanding local prohibition. We
have heard the Legislature con
demned in certain quarters for CIV
irg 90 much attention to such leg
islation; but we think the L'glsla'
ture is not at all to blame tor thl'
character Of work, aaa that their pO
sltiOn on thessubject was . verl
proper one, and tAeir action in con
sequence almost necessary. I'M
idea which seemed to perVads sns
members of bsth houses was to CIV
prohibitOry law whSrevera ma
jOrityO the town or district whene
the petition came desired it;aud !
dsny it Whenever majority coul
not BE clearly shown. 80 that sn'
large number oi bills simply 'hsN
that the people throughout y
State are awake and in earnest
their endoavOr to abolish or :
strain the use Of liquors, ana ~
the Legislature will respect = !,
clearly expressed wishes Of any ny. I.
cality upon . matter pertaining, !, .
their LEGAL pOlics.-Jaeksca ~
ion.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22
Mississippi at the Exposition.

Mississippi will be very fairly rep.
resented at the great exposition u
New Orleans nsxt winter even
though she dOOs net pat q SinEle
product Of her sell or factories in
place within the buildings; for she
can point to the grand Expedition
Palace as having been designed by
one Of her architects, AAd to every
wooden beam and plaRk used in-itS
construction as the prOduCt Of hOr
forests, cut by her axemeA and saw
cd by her mills. NOSSrS. PointtOAt
& Favre, Of Mississippi, have bssA
awarded the contract for 8,O00,0 900
feet of lumber fer the building at
eleven dOlIarS per theuSaAd feet,
while Meridian furAiShOs the arChi.
tect for the industrial temple.
Ts go farther, NisSissippi's Gotten
and factory king, Col. Ed Richard
son iS the President OF the ExpOSi.
ton Association, aAd Col. More
head, of Vicksburg, is accomplish
ing wonders ia the way Of working
up general interest IN its success
throughout the Union.
But Mississippi does act dream O
"standing her hand" en- the building
and management aS her exhibit
7 when the Exposition opens he
fields, and forests, and factories
| and mills, AAd StudiOU will be a
. we'll represented as those Of any o
: her sister StatoS.-AbOrdeen Exam
iner.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22

New YORK (89), New Jersey ~
Ohio (23), ana Michigan (l31, TO
geLher having 81 electoral votes
voted for and elected Demo ratio
tickets last year. These, united
with the SOuths srn electoral vote,
would give the Democratic candid
ate majority OF 80 vstes IN elec'O-
raj College. With Michigan trans
terred to the other side, the Demo
cratic electoral majority would Oe
20. .Whstis there in these figures
gathered from the last election Il
discourage the Democracy. -AP
peal.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22

VIZ predict heavy mast crop this
YEAR. Dut it wont do fer hog raisers
4 take any chances. If yOl wish
!. mako sure of feOd fer yeur hogs
Iook to The aelds ferit, and not only
plant generously but cultivate e
veil aad thoroughly As the seasolA
will admit Of
The corn crib and the smoke
house are at home once more, dcn,t
risk trsnsplanting them 70 the
West aeain.-Aberdeen Examiner
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22
SrLEcr your seed corn WIN unuS.

SELECT your seed corn with unu''
ual care this spring, and select your
cern land as carefully as yen select
your seed, and don't swindlS your
self by reducing the acreage
Give yourself plenty Of rOSm'
Plant fer twice as much corn as you
expect to nsed, fer you can depend
upon lively demand for yOsr sur
plus if you have any, and can rely
upon having to pay bouncing prices
for what you lack if your cFoP fall'
short Of yeur needs. Aberdeen Ex
aminsr. II
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22

THIS has been a phenomenal year
thus far. 1t may be unique from
lend to end" 1t may be = year OF
famine in some portions Of the sOun'
try. Then plant let's Of cOrA and
cultivate it gOnsrOuSly.-AberdeO
ExamiRer.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22

THE farmers throughout the cOun
ty will have late start CnlS year,
and in some sections the farlnl"s
prospects are not at all Aattering
The man who fails to make corn
crop in 1884, will be rslegsted to
the rear in the march Of progress
Aberdeen Examiner.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-03-22

DRMoREsr's MAGAzME for April Is
a highly entertaining and Instruct
i've number. The articles are VaFl'
cd aAd Of an interesting nature;
among which may be mentioned
"Hew We live in New YOrk-the
Charities Of a Great City," BY Jsn-
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the admirable serial, "Ths Shorss o
Netting" The various depart
mentS Contain nuch that is useful
and the illustrations add csnsidera
bly to the interest Of the Magazine
The frOntispiscs Of this numbsr -
beautiful steel engraving, "A Ears
we'll Token"
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The question Of moving :he Capi.
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to Birmingham is being agitated in
that State.
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THE AVALANCHE.
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F.s. NICHOLS, Editor.

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in the Jap Of Spring.
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More rain Tuesday.
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AZ ErQliSh Veterinary Surgeon end Cneal,ss; .N;
novg tTnVeilng In this c0untFys says tnas 49, 49,
~ ~ HoVss and Cattle POWdesl solg ns.s
-. wo1IhiSss trash. He saye that ShetlaAnss
Tn,diiion Powders ere absolltsiy pvse e, &c q
suaensely vAluabe. Nothing q sALsn ~, 49, y. y
a d pint food. Sod sVssyWnslO. u ~. "
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-19

HENRY GEORGES book, ''The Land Question: Is attracting much attention. lie Is a vigorous writer. He discusses what the question involves and how alone it can be settled. He says the American land system is really worse for tenants than the Irish system. "What the question involves is dis cussed in an able manner and common sense-the way to settle the question involves much, to abolish entails and primogenitives and other legal dif- entities in the way of sales. To legalize and extend tenant-right. To establish tribunals of arbItrament which shall decide upon appeal and rent to be paid. To have the State buy out the landlord and sell again on time to the tenants. To these various schemes George is opposed. He says the only true and just solution of the problem, the only end worth aiming at, IS to make ALL the land the common property of ALL the people. That is abolish the landlord and tenant ani give to the tenant equal rights with the landlord. To do this he says it is only necessary to divert the rent which now flows into the pockets of the landlords into the common treasury of the whole people. Just what proportion the landlord should re- ceive or how the tenant would be bene- fitsd by sucd an arrangement he does not state. If the tenant pays to the State what he now pays to the landlord where is the relief? except, that m times of famine so-called, and such times would come, the man who was the least worthy, would receive a portion equal to the worthy man, and the landlord We presume would have to continue to pay the taxes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-19

TIE night General Butler reached Chicago to attend the convention, the workingmen's organizations aud sO- cieties of other characters and tens of thousands of others turned out with brass bands, banners and torches and gave him one of the grandest and most enthusiastic receptions at the Palmer House ever witnessed m Chicago. Ben was conducted to the veranda over looking streets packed with humanity and attempted to speak words of thanks, but the yelling and constant cheering prevented him being heard. He at last gave it up and was carried back to his apartments on the shoulders of those in attendance. Upon that night 1t was believed that Butler would be the Democratic nominee. When he was approached and offered the secretary of the treasury to withdraw in favor of Cleveland, he replied that he could not accept a Cabinet office under so un- skilled politician as Cleveland. Butler was honized st the beginning of the e invention. The head-center of the workingmen of the United States tele- graphed Butler not to support Cleye- land, the monopolist candidate. Butler replied that he would oppose any monopolist. Butler realized that he was being kicked out of the conven- ton the moment voting began. He had DO more influence with that con Eention than Peck's bad boy. Ben went to Chicago with his head up in high feather; he left it by the back door. There is more dissatisfaction over the result of the Democratic convention than over the Republican work. Out side of the TOW Curtis and Schurz have kicked up in New York and Boston, the Republican party is a unit in thought and will be in action.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-19

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, contrary to expectations, received the nomination for Vice President on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Hendricks was put there for the purpose of furnishing ammuni- ton for the campaign. Thereis nothing in Cleveland's favor, but much against him. Democratic orators must have something to talk about, and the old fraud cry was all they could fall back upon, and as Tilden would not consent to be slaughtered Hendricks offered himself upon the sacrifcial altar. But it is another one of their blunders. 1t will throw them still more upon the de- fensive. When they cry Republican fraud, the Republicans can tell the tale or attempted bribery, the like of which was never dreamed of in politics. They can tell how Marble and nephew Pelton went down into Florida to bribe Repub- lican electors; how Marbles cipher told Tilden and Hendricks that it would cost S2OO000, and that the old man tatly refused 10 pay such a high price. and how Sj0.OOO was agreed upon, but ca too late, Marble says. In South Carolina the bribery busIness failed in the same manner Gs 1t did in Florida. In Oregon, Cronin told Tilden and Hen dricks that he could get an eiector for S10.000; Tilden and Hendricks said it was too much, they would not give but SS,OOO. and tine delay Cronin says, lost them the elector. These are facts of history and cannot be successfully coL- troverted. The cry of fraud is met with the cry of attempted bribery, and for the sake of argument say there was
 Republican fraud, does a supposed dis honest and disgraceful act justify the Democracy, with money, to attempt to bribe electors and buy the Presidency: What evidence have we that Thomas 4. Hendricks will not countenance such action the secoud time: He was one of the partIes interested before and he will be party interested again. The cry of fraud" will be raised and should be met promptly with the cry of attempted bribery" The latter has been proven, and the Democrats never have proven fraud; they have only asserted it. They cannot prove 1t, but the record proves the bribery business.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-19

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, candidate for
 Vice President, has made a speech. He
 has started the campaign cry of "fraud
 and reform" He tells his admirers
 what TT and Cleveland will do when
 i've" are elected. 1t is big ''l" and lit
 tie you" all through. He does TO: dis cuss a single principle. Perhaps he has the best of reasons-there are none he
 dare discuss. He charges Secretary
 Chandler with being cOgnizant of fraud
 in the Bureau of Medicine to the amount of S63OOO, and boldly hinted that Chandler winked at the same; but
 he attacked the wrong man with false hood. The Secretary promptly sends
 MT. Hendricks an open letter, inform ing him that a candidate for Vice Presi- dent should have some regard for truth and decency. He shows that gentleman how promptly he dismissed from service those at the head of that department immediately upon the intimation and cNllcHC- ol iEdtAl. buu uoN Lt uds uhu the matter prosecuted since. Hendricks belongs to the Democratic party, and of course there is no surprise at this blum der of his in his very first speech. His speech shows what kind of a campaign he proposes to inaugurate-one of vil- iiication, vituperation and wholesale  abuse generally of the Republican party and its standard bearers. It is to be re- gretted that a man honored as he has been should stoopto the depth of a ward politician. Up so high, to fall so low, should at the beginning of this campaign open the eyes of the people to what manner of man Mr. Hendricks is. IL IS a proverty stricken party indeed if there are no measures that can engage such a | speakers attention for twenty minutes l speech. It must be totally barren Of | fruit, if, from all its branches nothing gan be plucked. This speech shows that Mir. Hendricks is a small man in big place, and the larger the place, the