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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
McMINNVILLE TENNESSEE. SATURDAY, MAR. :, 1885

as the Mississippi, we have a large
number ofvarieties of tobacco, nearly
all of which are known by the Louis
vile trade as "Blue Pryor" These
include the Orinoco, Beat All,
Clardy, Grin and a number of other
varieties, most of which are good,
and when matured and well handled
make good dark leaf. My choice
among them is the Evans "Blue
Pryor." which natures early, has
strong, healthy growth, and will
stand all kinds of weather with less
injury than any other. 1t has
large and well proportional leaf, its
width being two-thirds of its length,
and makes splendid wrapper.
2. AS to preparing beds and seed
ing at any time in February or March
when the frost is out of the ground,
select good rich piece Of land in the
woods on a southern slope, clear the
leaves and trash off and lay poles
across three or four feet apart, and
place dry wood about two layers deep
all over the ground you wish to burn.
See to it that, it burns all over, then
rake off all the Goals and dig two and
half inches deep and work with
hoe, and rake until well pulverized
(dig while warm measure your seed
at the rate of one tablespoonful to
100 yards, mix well with ashes and
SOW both ways. If you should fear
bugs now is the time to canvass,
which can be done very cheaply.
Procure the lightest canvass at 81 to
4 cents per yard and stretch over the
bed, lacking to poles or large fence
rails which are laid around the edge.
Let the canvass be about 6 inches
above the ground, and let it remain
over the bed until the plants have en-
tirely covered the ground, and be
sure to remove it in warm, damp
weather. Should you not wish to
convass, cut alarge quantity of brush
without leaves) and put it on about
one and half feet deep, letting it
remain until the plants have leaves
full as large as a silver dollar. The
brush keeps the ground moist and
breaks off the drying winds. Let
your plants be large, say to inches
long, before setting them.
AS the season advances l will fol-
low up the subject and give my views
on the preparation of the soil and
the management of the crop SO long
as it stays in the farmers hands.
Respectfully,
J. S. ATKINS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
How to Spoil.

To spoil steak-fry it.
To spoil custard--bake it too long.
To spoil house plants-water them
too much.
To spoil butter-do not work out
all the milk.
To spoil a carpet-sweep it with a
stiff broom.
To spoil pan-cakes-bake them on
a lukewarm griddle.
To spoil a breakfast-grumble all
the while you are eating.
To spoil potatoes-let them lie and
soak in water after boiling.
To spoil bread-use poor flour and
sour yeast and let it rise until too
light and it runs over.
To spoil scissors-cut everything
from a sheet of paper to a bar of iron.
To spoil garments in making-cut
them out carelessly and run all the
seams.
To spoil school-change teachers
every time some one in the district
finds fault.
To spoil children-humor them to
everything they happen to think
they want.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
A Homely Story With a Moral.

A story is told of an Old-fashioned
farmer who had an old axe and saw
stolen from his shed. At first he was
disconsolate, as he had had the tools
in use nearly fifteen years, but neces-
sity obliged him to purchase new
ones in their place. He was so much
surprise at the ease with which the
new tools worked that, of his own
accord, no agent urging, he went to a
hardware store and purchased new
kit of tools and threw the others
away. He had lost more valuable
time in working with poor tools than
would buy new ones twice over
Danbury News.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
Best Variety The Plant Bed.
Cor. Farmers Home Journal.

Cor. Farmers Home Journal.
/ find in your paper several articles
on subject of tobecco seed and sowing
plant beds. l have had good many
years experience in the raising and
handling OF clark" tObaccos, and if
you will permit me through the col
umns of your paper l will give few
items that may be of benefit to some
one who has less experience;
/. In all the GAINESVILLE district,
and in fact all the southern tobacco
belt, including Southern Kentucky
and Northern Tennessee, as far west
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
House Plants.

Many growers of house plants
make the mistake at the outset of
trying to root cuttings in the shade,
fearing that if they are put out in
the sunlight they will wilt. This is a
mistake, especially in the case Of
the geraniums, which cannot have
too much light when roofing Give
them plenty of sunshine, and do not
deluge them with water if you would
not have them decay instead of root
ing. Never attempt to strike cut
tings, or even to grow plants, in any
receptacle which has no drainage.
In potting plants be careful to
press the earth firmly down on the
roots and leave from half an inch to
an inch, at least, space at the top of
the pot, in order that the plant may
be easily watered. When pots are
filed to the very top with earth
watering is a tedious process, and
the earth is apt to splash out on the
shelves.
In watering enough should be CIV
en- so that it will penetrate to the
bottom of the pot. A slight water
ing at the top does not reach the fine
roots deep down in the pot. On the
contrary, do not overwater. Never
keep the earth in a pasty condition,
or with water standing on the sur
face, as this will kill most plants in
short time. Many hard-wooded
plants are easily rooted by placing
the cutting in a bottle Of water in a
light place, and supplying water as it
evaporates.
This is very good way to root
oleander, daphne indica, and is per-
haps better treatment for the myr-
tie in the hands of amateurs than
the ordinary way of roofing in earth.
The achania and lemon verbena may
also be thus treated. Coleus and
chrysanthemums root very easily by
this method. The rex begonia is
another plant which can be rooted in
water.
Never attempt to keep the scented
geraniums in very dark place or to
winter them in cellar. Always give
the pelargoniums, or Lady Washing
ton geraniums, place near the glass
ifyou wish to enjoy their beautiful
blossoms.
Rose cuttings of many kinds can
be easily rooted in pots of sand GOV.
cred with glass to retain the moist
ure. Make the cuttings each with
leaf at the upper end, and insert
them around the sides of a small poi
of sand. Cover with a bell glass OF
tumbler, and keep it in warm
light place. Such cuttings can also
be rooted in a saucer of mud KEEP
constantly moist. Most varieties O
hybrid perpetual and moss-roses are
more difficult to root in this way
than the different kinds of monthly
and tea and climbing roses, and re
quire the aid of hotbed and prop
agating use.-Exchange,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
Building an Ice House.

American Agriculturist.
We can best answer numerous in
quiries about building an ice house
by givinga description of one we
put up for our own use few years
ago. The locality selected was one
atfording facilities for drainage, was
well shaded by trees, and convenient
ly near the house. The surface be-
ing sandy, was leveled, and four by
SIX inch stills. fourteen feet long, were
laid down and halved together at the
corners. The plates of the same
length, of two by four inch stuff,
were put together in the same man
ner. Studs two by four and thiteen
feet long, were mortised into the
sills and spiked to the plates every
eighteen inches.s The roof, a Square
PITCH" is convered with ten-inch
boards, two inches apart. and other
boards of the same width nailed on
as battens. Hemlock boards, nailed
horizontally on both sides Of the
studs, cover the sides and ends; the
four-inch space between the outer
and inner siding being filled with
sawust. There is a door at the ground
level, and another just above, both
being practically double, by means
of horizontal boards placed on the
inside as the house is filled. The ROOT
projects over the sides about Il foot,
and the spaces between that an the
plates are left open to afford ventila,
ton. A layer ofsawdust, four inches
or more thick, was laid upon the
ground, and the blocks Of ice stacked
upon it as closely as possible. The
top of the ice is covered with layer
ofmarsh hay, about two feet thick
This house, if filed up to the roof
would hold about sixty tons. Wher
half filled, there has been a considera
BILE quantity of ice left over eacl
year though it has been used very
freely. The cost of the house il
small.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07

Many of the bitters and quack nos
trums of the day are also advertised
for consumption on the plan that the
only thing the "stuff" won't cure is
the avaricious, ignoble greed of the
proprietor. Don't be deceived. The
best remedy for strengthening the
lungs, soothing all irritation, and
stopping the cough, is DIR. Wistar's
Baisam of Wild Cherry. 1t has.cured
many cases where physicians had
given up hope.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
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ooh, l do feel so nice !" said a
young girl of nineteen years. 81 don't
feel as if had a head or stomach, or
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The North Georgia Citizen thinks
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
Advice to a Son.

Frank Burdette throws out the fol-
towing admonition to that universal
youngster generally known as "my
SON."
"Did you ever hunt for something
you didn't want to find? People fire.
quently do. No man wants to find a
horizontal collar button, nor does the
gentlewoman, who carefully and anx-
iously looks under the bed every night
for a man, really want to find him.
Never look for things you do not
want to find, my son. 1t is hard
enough to find the things you want.
If you do not find faults in your
friends, do not look for them. If
you don't want to find enemies, do
not hunt for them. They will hunt
for you, my son, and what is worse,
they will find you, too.
l have known men who passed all
their lives hunting for things which
nobody wished to have discovered,
and which only made the finder
miserable. There are men VINO can't
smell a heliotrope held at their lips,
but have a nose for carrion than
would be a fortune to some poor
struggling buzzard. He never looks
for good point about any man. He
finds the spot on the sun, and sees
not one ray of its brightness. A clear
running spring brook gives him the
hydrophOb ia, and a mud puddle is a
reviving Turkish bath to his mean
little soul. If he could go to heaven,
which praise be all goodness he never
can, he would be of all men most
miserable, because he could find nc
mud to throw at the angels.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07

Not long ago western paper had
an account of avoiding in one col
umn and of divorce in thesnext col
umn. The heading of the first col
umn was: "The Tie that Binds"
and of the second: "The Yoke that
Calls. "-EX.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07

The peach-growers of the Hudson
are becoming discouraged by the I'M
certainty Of their crops, and will
gradually convert their peach or
chardS into vineyards.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-07
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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16
ELLERISM

The Senate has been in session Ion,
enough to have given some attention to thu
abuses in the Interior Department under
the Arthur administration. The fraudu.
lent land entries and general corruption
that obtained in the land and Indian de.
partments are facts Of history. Mr.. Teller
used his office in the most d%isgraceful man.
ner to further his political ends. The In.
terror Department was the most serious
blot on the Arthur administration. The
most damaging things have been revealed
and Others are constantly coming to light
1t is the plain duty OF the Senate to order
an investigation OF the affairs of this De.
partment. The fact that Mr.. Teller ia now
a Senator should not cause Justice to he
thwarted. senatorial courtesy" should
not be allowed to interfere with the fullest
and freest investigation of the land and IT,
dian offices, at any rate.
Ii Mr.. Teller is satisfied that his Office
was honestly conducted, that his agents
have been belied and he villified, he sho,,d
be the first to move for the investigation.
If he does not do so, the limit of courta.v
has been reached. He owes such a co,rsa
not only to himself, but to Mr.. Ar+hun
who coniided to him so important a trnst
and whose good name must inevitable suf
Ter by any wrong-doing On the part of his
Cabinet.
Will MIR. Teller ask for a Committee r.
investigate his administration of tho In
terror Department?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16

MANY criminals have been permitted to
escape punishment in consequence of the
heavy expense Of irving and supporting
them after conviction. It is IL very rare
thing, however, for them to be allowed to
run at large when accused OF capital
offenses. The taking OF the life of q; human
being is SO revolving to the sensibilities of
communities as to inpel them generally to
incur expenses, without limit, to bring the
accused to the bar of justice. In October.
1884, an Italian laborer was murdered in
Delaware county Pennsylvania. and robbed
OF $500 by a companion, who escaped. The
authorities subsequently traced the muir
derer to Italy. When the District Attorney
learned OF the murderer's whereabouts,
through the Italian Consul at Philadelphia,
he notified the Chief OF Police and the Coro-
ner. The District Attorney sent the COM
munications Of the italian Consul to the
County Commissioners. He knew it was
the county's place to bring back the muir
derer; that a man would have to be sent to
Italy to bring him back and that a young
girl would nave to be brought also as a wit
ness. The County Commissioners got out
their pencils and began to figure. They did
not think so much Of the shocking murder
as they did OF the number OF dollars it
would take to bring the murderer back. 1t
was plain that it would take $500 to COM
plete the job, and maybe twice that amount,
so they conceded that the murderer OF the
Italian laborer was too expensive to b.
hanged, and so he was never sent for. This
is a species of economy with which the peo- |
pie OF the Northwest are unfamiliar, for it
is no uncommon thing in this region to
offer as high as $1,000 reward for the ap- !
prehension Of horse thieves; but when a |
is wanted neither time nor ex-
pense are spared to bring him to Justice.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16
JOHN Roach is still on deck, The

JOHN ROACH is still on deck. The in
solvent iron ship builder who contracted
to construct four iron cruisers for the Gov
eminent, under the Arthur administration,
has not lost all his vitality yet, and still
clings, like grim death, to his old methods,
formerly so successfully employed by him for
the purpose OF influencing officers and others
connected with the Navy Department. 1t
will be remembered that OF the four vessels
contracted to be built by him, only the
"Dolphin' was ready for delivery at the
time OF his failure. This vessel was at first
rejected, because she had not been con-
structed according to the contract: but
owing to the fact chat Mr.. Arthur's Secre-
tary OF the. Navy had advanced Mr.. Roach
nearly all the money due on her, Mr.. Whit
ney, the present Secretary, was compelled
to accept her conditionally. Mr.. Roach
being unable to finish the other three, the
Government took them off his hands.
The second vessel, the "Chicago," was
launched at Chester. Pennsylvania, on the
9TH inst. The launch is described as being
one of the most successful ever witnessed. |
Mr.. Roach arrived in Chester from New
York the day before the launch, and imme-
diately set about making preparations for |
a gala day, as in the time when launches |
were made under his own auspices, He
purchased a large number Of hams and a
full OF turkeys, which were turned over
to the caterer with instructions to put
them into al edible shape. At 4 O'Clock in
the afternoon the hams were thrown into q |
cauldron ofhot water and the turkeys were
prepared for roasting. At this point in the
a wagon drove up in post
haste and a messenger from Mr.. Roach told
the caterer that the lunch was off. The
parboiled hams were fished out OF the caul-
1ron and, together with the turkeys, were
loaded on a wagon and returned to the
grocer from whom they were purchased.
The ex-contractor disco ;ered that Mr..
Whitney's officers are not allowed to par.
in big feeds set up for the purpose
II perverting their judgment and influencing
hem to disregard such defects as may be
apparent in the construction of the ship.
Such schemes may have been successful
Under Mr.. .Arthur's administration, but
will not work under Mr.. Cleveland's.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16

No SOONER is a plan agreed Upon to ex
tricate the Denver and Rio Grande Rail
way Company from it's financial predica
ment than some one steps in to spoil the
whole business. Several months ago a
scheme was perfected by the stockholders
to pay the floating indebtedness by the as.
sessment OF all the stockholders. This
was destroyed by General Palmer, the
former president, protector and builder OF
the little narrow gauge. Now the holders
OF the second mortgage bonds arc ready to
foreclose and buy the road, but the first
mortgage b~ondholders step in and object.
in the most unexpected manner just as the
sale is about to take place. So much
nerve, enterprise and intelligence was ex-
hibited in the construction of this road,
that tits hoped that some scheme may yet
he devised to saw all persons who invested
their money in it.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16

The ladies OF St. James Church, OF Butte.
are now engaged in completing the prepare
tions for their great fair. which begins at 2
o'clock tomorrow. The fair will be held in
the Court House, and will be one Of the So
clety events OF the season. Adebt of So, 900
now rests on the rectory, and to liquidate
this indebtedness the ladies have in
augurated this enterprise. The cause is in
deed a worthy. one and will readily COM
mend itself to the generous people of the
camp. The enterprise, energy and laudable
ambition OF the ladies having the matterin
hand will enlist the sympathies OF the
men, who have nothing in the world to do
but to come forward and spend their money
for the many handsome things that will
be displayed for sale. Even those who
have no intention OF purchasing should at
tend to feast their eyes on the many beau
tiful articles that the intelligent eyes and
OF the ladies have wrought in this
cause. The fair will, undoubtedly, be a
great success from the beginning, and it will
close with "a pink and blue party" a nov.
in the way of parties.