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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-15
up and doing,
With a heart for any fate.

| suppose all men know that their
chief charm is in their strength,
whether it be of purpose or of brain,
and he will progress most who cult
Yates the strengthening process for
his own mental powers, with view
to their future development.
The youth of an isolated country
home often feel that they are shut
out from much that would improve
and elevate them. This is doubtless
true, but they are also shut out from
the waste of time that eats into the
lives of the youths of the more pOpu-
luOs settlements. "NO time" is the
excuse too oftefi given for failing in
mental Improvement, and etfp bng
winter evenings and summer morn
ings give the country youth ample
time for reflection and study. Take
some branch of natural history and
pursue it thoroughly. A good book
for a solitary student to read is
"Smile's Self Help" which besides
being cheap, has the qualification OF
being full of helpful and encouraging
suggestions.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-15
THIS LIFE rs WHAT WE MAKE 1T.

Let's oftener talk of noble deeds,
And rarer of the bad ones,
And sing about our happy days,
And not about the sad ones.
We were not made to fret and sigh,
And when grief sleeps to wake it;
Bright happiness is standing by
This life is what we make it.
Let's find the sunny side of men,
Or be believers in it;
A light there is in every soul
That takes the pains to win it.
O there's slumbering good in all,
And we perchance may wake it;
Our hands contain the magic wand
This life is what we make it,
Then here's to those whose loving hearts
Shed light and JOY about them
Thanks be to them for countless gems
We meier had known without them.
o this should be happy world
To all who may partake it;
The faults our own if it is not
This life is what we make it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-15

my head. So simply called to my
wife and said:
"Number three late; trouble at
46Ist mile post; go to bed as | shan't
be home till late. Goodnight
"That was all, but ! was satisfied it
was enough. l felt that my wife
would detect in my tone that there
was trouble and never be satisfied
until she had sent down to see. Be
sides l had mentioned the 46lst mile
post, to which my captors had no OBJ
jections, as they knew nothing of the
scare that Roberts had had there, and
| hoped this would alarm her. The
moments that followed seemed like
hours. The robbers were becoming
impatient and vicious, and they more
than once threatened to kill me if
tricked them. In about fifteen min
utes we heard the tramp of feet on
the platform, and in walked my wife
with four men all armed, whom she
had aroused in the village. The two
robbers were captured, but afterward
escaped. My wife said she knew l
was in trouble, audit was her duty to
come to me with assistance, as if l
had told her so in plain words. l tell
you, Pve had pretty high respect for
wOman's intuition and sense since
that night"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-15
Woman's Wit.

Chicago Herald. ....
"You may talk as you please about
a woman not having wit for affairs
outside of her own sphere in life" re-
marked an old telegraph operator, as
he put his feet on the table and pulled
lazily at his pipe, "but I've got a
little story to tell which may change
your opinion, tt.I..
Several years ago had a station
on railroad way out on the plain.
There had never been any train rob-
berries near us, though there was
much talk about 'em. One time the
engineer of passenger train stopped
his engine in hurry at the 46lst post
and then backed up. He declared
that train robbers had placed obstruc-
tons on the track and were in am
bush. Investigation showed that
what he had thought distractions
was nothing but some of the big roll
ing weeds which had blown across
the prairies and gathered on the
track. OF course the engineer was
laughed at for his error, and after
that whenever train robbers were
mentioned somebody would inquire
if they were the same kind VIM.
Roberts saw at the 46lst mile post.
"One night | was alone in my Office
waiting for No. 3. She was an hour
or so late. l was doing over my
pipe when, on looking up, | saw re-
volvers pointed at me from both tick
ct windows. OF course | threw up
my hands. They were train robbers
sure enough. There were only three
of them, but such desperate looking
fellows never saw. They told me
what | was to do. | was to write a
dispatch to the conductor of No. 3,
signing the superintendent name tC
it, ordering him to leave his train al
my station, in my care, and take the
engine and several armed men and
go on toward Plum Creek, moving
cautiously and prepared to attack
train robbers. This dispatch | was tC
hand the conductor through the win
dow when he came up for orders, "a
usual, two of the men hiding in thu
Office ready tOshoOt me l attempted
to give the alarm. The scoundrel'
expected by this means to have thu
train left at theirmercy. | told then
No. 3 was four hours late and tried t
scare them out of it that way. Then
tried to delay matters so that No.
would come before Igot the telegram
ready. But they meant business anC
in ten minutes the dispatch was writ
ten as they dictated. l cudgled m!
brain for some means to defeat tn,
robbers, but could not think of an.
thing for a long time. Suddenly
remembered my wife and the tele
phone 1 had put up connecting on
residence with the station. l mad
that telephone myself, and, though
| crude, it answered very well. / toll
the robbers l wanted to telephone m,
, wife that the train was late, and tina
? she should go to bed.
: "If l don't let her know" | added
; "she will be down here-yOu know
how queer women are-and you'll
. have trouble
"Then | was given permission t
, talk to her, but was cautioned tina
? any attempt on my part to give tn
aiarlK would send a bullet thrOug
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

The following is Lord Tennyson's poem
upon the marriage of the Princess Bea-
trice. 1t is one of the lovliest short poems
the laureate ever wrote, and shows that
his genius is as bright as it ever was, when
confined to themes which beft it:
Two suns of Love make day of human life,
which else, with all its pains and grefs and
deuths,
Were utter darkness one the sun of dawn
That brightens through the mothers tender
eyes,
And warns the childs awakening world, and
one
The later rising sun of spousal love.
Which from her household orbit draws the
child
To move in other spheres. The mother weeps
At that white funeral of the single life,
Her maiden daughters marriage; and her
tears 800
Are half of pleasure. half of pain. The child
Is happy ever in leaving her. But then,
True daughter, whose all-faithful, tlial eyes
Have seen the lonlness of earthly thrones,
Will neither quit the widowed crown, nor let
This later light of love have risen in vain;
But, moving through the mothers home
between
The two that love thee, lead a summer life,
love,
Like some coniectured planet in mid heaven
Between two suns, and drawing down from
both
The light and genial warmth of double day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

looking and his face looked as if some
great sorrow had fallen upon him. After
we had exchanged greetings he said ;
"Well Stannard, you're pretty man to
color your hair gray at your time of
life. What have you been doing to your
self ?" outstanding he was suffering
keen pain, his sulferiugs did not present
the free play of his sense of humor.
| spent great many pleasant hours
with the General, continued General Stan
nard, aud it is sad to think of the manner
in which he was taken away. | came to be
well acquainted with him and | always
had a great admiration tUrhim. There were
some points in which he and Gen. Thomas
bore u striking resemblance Their modes
of thought, aud quiet manner were much
the same. General Grant was undoubt-
edly the greatest general we have
had, eXccling Lee by far. He did
not have the magnetic element in his char
actpr that would create enthusiasm like
Sheridan and others, but he always com
manded the deepest respect and love of
his soldiers. | can describe his capacity
us Il general in no better way than to say
his plan of action was always cOmprehen-
SlVe. He seemed to take in the whole
, situation at II glance. | have often en-
tered his tent and found him with his
man, spread out before him, and they
I were invariably stuck full Of pins to indi-
cate the points of action proposed by him.
! He was always studying his campaigns
and | thiuk this was the secret of his
great success. To those who knew him
well he was Il great man, and his great
ness will he more and more acknOwl-
edged as the years roll ON.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

To the Editor of the Free Press and Times:
There is constant complaint of no sale
for land in the East. Good farms it is
said, go begging for buyers at $50 to $50
an acre and Il farm sold at auction recently
in Addison county for $3.50 an acre.
Why is this, is land good for nothing
here A recent trip into Michigan shows
a different state of things West. In South
Western Michigan where the bulk of the
farm were covered with the heaviest
timber forty years ago farms sell readily
to-day from $50 to $50 an acre. The writer
saw one-quarter section of timber with
about one-fourth of it cleared sold for $50
an acre. Business called him to overlook
appraisals made in settling an estate, and
one farm of over 100 acres was appraised
at $50 per acre, and another at $50. Now
look at their products. Wool sold at Is
to 26 cents butter IA cents; corn 40 cents;
wheat So to 80 cents wood "A per cord cut
into 16 inch blocks and stabbed up hogs
to cents live weight timothy hay $40
per ton and clover hay Sc. What is there
in all this to warrant such prices for land ;
One thing was fOrcibly observable. Every
farmer stood by his land and his business
They thought farming paid, and they
talked it too. Land was worth something
because it was in demand, people wanted
it. They had antdea there was money in
it, and there was, A striking contrast
is presented here. a company of farmers
meet here i'll store or some public
place and one gets an idea that of all
money losing occupations on the green
earth farming takes the cake. No one is
making anything. The farmer talks il
at home and abroad, and it finally comes
to be an accepted fact. and the majority
would sooner have the small pox than
farm. Say what you may about it, talk
mas more to do with low price for farm
lands than any other one thing. The
trouble is, it is not true. Farmers do make
money and with good health and ordinary
luck if they do not it is their own fault
We get more for most all produce thai
they do West and we raise good crops
Let Vermont farmers set an example anC
stop grumbling
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

On board the man-of-war Vermont
At the navy-ynrd we lay;
The lights of the city shOnr through the night
That closed on the winters day.
Silence reigncd through the giant ship,
And the men in their hnmnOckS rcclined
We heard no sound but the tapping waves,
And the whistle of the wind.
Then, sweet and clear, from the darkencd
deck
heard Il buglc blow
1t pierced the night like shaft of light
And sounded above and below.
Twas MS sweet and clear us midnight bells
DER faint blue hills that chime,
1t was like the remembered music
OF some half forgotten rhyme,
Perhaps in the hammocks II tear drop fell
on the cheek of some son of the sea,
As the bugle sang through the wintry night
Nearer My God to Thee"
The friends who gathered on board that night
a year will have Sundcrcd tar;
Some will sail meath the southern Cross,
Some toward the Polar star.
But often Of home and our native land
Wen think when the lamp burns low,
And call the roll of our absent friends
When the buglcs of memory blow.
-rring King.
L. 5. 5. Vermont, 1885.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

From the London Standard. !


Ices and iced drinks are now so com
mon in hot weather-from the iced cham
payne with which the diner out accom-
panies, and the iced pudding with which
he unwisely concludes, his dinner, to the
delicious ha'p'orth with which the street
boy delightfully."- cools his tOngue-that we
habtually forget the insult which a
sudden lump or draught of freez-
ing matter offers to the much enduring
stomach. DR.. Muter adds to his report
on cheap ices rider which, though often
forgotten now, was truism thirty years
ago. 1.-The mere fact Of the hasty con-
sumption OF ice upon hot day and an
empty stomach would in itself frequently
cause unpleasant results" Unpleasant
results" is euphemism for what our
grandmothers and great aunts used plain
| ly to call sudden death. We do not be-
! lieve that in the cases with which DR..
Muter was concerned the sufferers were
| injured merely by the internal chill, for it
| is almost incredible that 50 many persons
should have been thus simultaneously af-
| fected by ices from particular barrow. 1t
is also clear that in threatening us with
| death as the penalty of drinking cold
| water-ice was then rare luNury-when
we were hot, our grandmothers grossly
| exaggerated the truth for since their time
the use of chilled drinks and foods has
| become almost universal, even in Eng
land, but absolutely SO in the United
States. Nevertheless, there was truth in
what they said. People in America pay
very heavily in digestion and vitality foI
the hasty JOY which they are perpetually
snatching from draughts of water ut the
freezing point, nor do we, who follow
them at Il very respectful distance, by any
means escape the penalties of impru
dence, And the odd thing is that cold
drinks, are after all, very Indifferent
remedy for heat The poor Fijian, in the
fever of measles PUSHES to the shore anC
lies down in the cool, clear waves. His
bliss for minutes must be exquisite
but it is fatal. So the man addict
ed to iced drinks feels for minut,
and only for minute-that what al
Irishman calls 1.-The sensible thirst" il
hunted out of every square inch of his
body. But the evil spirit returns, bring
ing with it seven others more clamorou'
than itself. For really cooling drink, i
one will but wait for five minutes for thu
effect, hot tea is better than most things
and AS Anglo Indians know, the wris
held under tap of running water cool
more than any sort of drink.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

An interesting and suggestive mono
graph, by Lieutenant Eugene Griffin,
Corps of Engineers, L. 5. Army on "Our
Seacoast Defences,' has been issued by
the Putnams of New York. Lieutenant
Griffin shows, first, the extent and condi-
ton of our present coast defences, and
then suggests the methods which should
be pursued to add to the efficiency of,
what he proves to be, the utterly made
quate provisions of the government to de-
fend our shores. This little book has at
tracted wide attention among profession
al and military men, and brief resume
of its contents cannot fail to be of general
interest.
The author reviews the history of the
system of Notifications in this country,
and shows how little progress has been
made, compared with that of other coun-
tries, in this most important branch of
military science. At the outbreak of the
rebellion our coast system of defences
was moving rapidly to completion, and
was believed to be impregnable. How
great a mistake was this belief, was
shown by the first operations of the war,
when the vulnerability of granite and
brick walls was demonstrated. The i'm
mense improvement of later made guns
and explosives renders arevolution in forti-
fication building necessary
Lieutenant Griffin then points out the
practically defenceless condition of oul
seacoast cities The small number OF
forts by which they are defended, even il
these forts were constructed according tt
the demands of modern warfare, would
render them an easy prey to any foreign
fleet. But with walls utterly inadequate
to withstand for a hours siege the pro
Jectiles which could be hurled agans
them by modern artillery, these fortified
lions are really no more of defence than
so many warehouses. Lieutenant Griffil
shows that the system of fertilization
which we now have must be entirely recon
structed before it can be of any use in de
Tending us from foreign invasion. W.
must have also, a system of torpedo de
fence for our harbors, and our navy mus
be properly equipped to resist the ap
proach of foreign fleets.
To those who grumble at the necessa
rily enormous expense involved in tn
proposed Improvements, Lieutenant Grit
fin points out-as has been previousl
shown in these columns-the fact tina
armed vessels of other nations Nigh
wisely be placed at points below Ne'
York city, where, unframed they coul
destroy ttro ana onc-half Thousand mi
lion dollars worth of property in Ne
York, Brooklyn and Jersey City alone, will
in II few hours. The cities of Portland
Boston and San Francisco are equally e,
posed to destructive assaults of the san
nature.
These facts are very significant, al
they ought to receive the considerable
they deserve. 1t is plain that a large e
penditure must be made, sooner or late
for the improvement and extending
our seacoast defences When could it !
done better than now?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07
Liucoln's Letter to Grant After the Battle
of Nicksburg.

Il do not remember that you and ever
met personally. | write this, now, as II
grateful acknowledgement for the inesti-
mable service you have done the country.
wish to say word further. When you
first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg,
thought you should do what you finally
did march the troops across the neck,
run the batteries with the transports and
thus go below and | never had any faith,
except general hope that you knew bet
ter than !, that the Yazoo expedition and
the like, could succeed. When you got
below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf,
and vicinity, thought you should go
and when you turned northeast, east of
the Big Black,.I feared it was n mistake.
now wish to make a personal acknowl-
. edgement that you were right and was
iwrong" a. LINCOLN"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

Hale's Honey the great Cough cure. 25c., Soc, g.
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties, $50.
German Corn X emover ksCorns, Bunions, $50
Hirs Hair and Whisker Dye-Blaok Brown. &c.
Pixies ToothacheD Drops cure in Minute, 25c.
Deans Rheumatic Pills are sure cure. 900.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-02-06

that he expected to create boom in
favor of his scheme by acting upon the
suggestion offered by Gamble during
the discussion OF the capital removal
bill, that the name of the town be
changed. His unfortunate remark to-
day, however, gives the whole scheme
away, and it will doubtless be cold
day before an appropriation 10 made for
the location Of any territorial institution
at Ordway. It is rumored that
another bill will be pre-
pared on the subject providing
for change of name, revision of the
charter and the submission of the matter
to Q vote of the people.
The Sphinx county troubles, which
have dragged their slow length along for
months, seem at last to be in fair way of
settlement. The council bill providing
for the formation of Garfield county
from two southern tiers Of townships OF
Sphinx county and one northern from
Beadle county and the enlargement of
Sphinx county by the addition on the
west of one tier Of townships from
Faulk, with Ashton as the county seat,
passed the house to-day with scarcely
dissenting vote. There appears to be
no good reason why the governor should
not sign the bill. The formation of
Garfield county is left, by the provisions
of the bill. to vote of the people
of the townships out of which
the county is to be formed, and AL
toona is to be the county seat. Huron,
of course, objects to the new
programme, but those who claim to
have made careful canvass of the ter
ritory say the movement will carry.
Affairs in the county had come to such
pass that it became necessary for the
Legislature to arbitrarily locate the
county seat, the people being go excited
by recent county seat war that it il
next to impossible to hold an election
without serious trouble.
| The Wllcox.LaMoure contest is again
brought to light. A petition was pre-.
sented to the council to-day by Wilson,
in which charges are made that gross
frauds were committed which if proper
ly investigated would result in unseat.
ing La Moure. The petition recites tina
the subpoena, purporting to have
been issued on the 10th o
| december and delivered to Con
stable John Dyne for service, was neve
delivered; that the return Of said Office
on the subpoena was false; that the DEP
osition of several important witnesse
was false; and that false and corrup
means we're used in taking the dep6i
ton of witnesses in the Park river pre-
cinct. The petitioner prays to the coun
Gil to take steps to cause q full and thol
ough examination to be made in th
case. The petition was laid on the tabl
to await the return of Mr.. LaMoure, VIII
: has been absent for several days. h
: will probably return tomorrow. Ina
much US the council has once made
thorough examination of the testimoD
in the case, and awarded the seat to NJ
/. LaMoure by unanimous vote, there
a no certainty that the case will be r
!. opened,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-02-06
First publication January %.
Mortgage Sale,

WHEREAS default has been made in tho
w conditions of certain mortgage, duly
executed, acknowledged and delivered by
Michael Gallagher and Mary Gallagher his
wife. of Yankton county, Dakota, to 8. II. Fol-
som, of Vermont, dated the first day of June,
A. D. 1881, and duly recorded in the Office of
the register of deeds Of Yankton county. Dako-
M, of said day, 10 record book III" Of mort.
cages. on page 248, etseq, whereby the power
of sale contained in said mortgage has become
operative,
And whereas there is claimed TO be due upon
said mortgage At the date of this notice, tho
sum OF hve hundred and seventy-6ve dollars
and eight cents (ss75.eel and the further sam
feea as stipulated IN said mortgage.
And whereas no action or proceedinRs at law
have been instituted to recover the money se-
cured by said mortgage or any part thereof.
Now, therefore, notice 10 hereby given that
by virtue OF the power of sale contained in SAID
mortgage and Of the statute in such case made
and provided, the said mortgage will be fore
closed BY sale of the mortgaged premises
therein described e public suction for ca.h,
of Yankton and county Of Yankton and terri
March, A. ID. 1855. at the hour Of two O'Clock IN
the afternoon of said day.
The premises described and mortgaged BY
eaid mortgage are situated in Yankton county,
Dakota, and described as follows, to-Wit: The
west, half Of the southeast quarter and thu
twenty-one C2ll, in township ninety-fve (05)
north Of range ffty-six 50 west.
8. n. FOLSOM. Norteasee.
Il y. N. TRUE, Attorney for mortgage, Oliyet
Dakota. 1-Sw'