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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-09-12
hack and proceeded to make his ven

mack ana prOceeueu 10 make MS ven
ture.
Arriving at the Executive Mansion
he wrote his name on card and sent
it in to the President. In a very few
moments the usher returned and an
nounced, in voice Of fearful portent,
that the President would see him at
once. The door swung open and he
found himselfin the presence of An
drew Johnson. Col. Johnson, in re-
lating this incident to friend years
afterward, said that at the moment
his eye fell on the President, for the
first time and only time in his life he
was afraid. He advanced to the end
of the table nearest the door and put
his hand on it to steady himself. AT
the other end sat old Andrew, his
face worked up to an apparent frenzy
of passion, and his eyes fairly emit
ting sparks Of fire. His glance struck
through the Colonel like electricity,
and he began to tremble at the knees.
This lasted a few moments, when An
drew broke OUT
"YOu here! you internal traitor,
do you know where you stand? Do
you dare come here to the capitol that
you have tried to destroy? Why,
you wretched rebel! On you,
have great mind to hang you to a
lamp post" The Colonel stammered
out that he had come to the President
to plead for his life. "Come to plead
for your life" sneered the President,
"why, your life is forfeited thou
sand times" Then followed a series
of expressions of a most sulphurious
character, and which had such an eff.
feet on the Colonel that he said that
he had to hold on to the table with
both hands to keep from sinking tC
the floor. Next came Il pause o.
some duration, during which the
President glared upon him with
blOOdshot eyes and a tiendish sheer
Finally he broke out again: "YOu
miserable traitor! rebel! assassin O
your country! you deserve to b(
up without mercy, and Pll very soor
settle your case for YOU" Reaching
out he seized a pen and paper, anC
with an implacable look on his face
dashed off a few lines to which he at
fixed his SIGNATURE, and pitching i
across the table, exclaimed: "There
| take that, and make the most of it,
and turned away.
) Col. johnson said he had just pres
ence of mind enough to reach out ant
take the paper, but was so confuset
, and blinded by his emotions that i
= was a minute before he could max
out the words on the page. 1t was al
5 unconditional pardon! The poo
| Colonel said the revulsiOn in his fee
ings was so great that he was absC
: lutely beside himself for a short time
S and before he could collect his thought
f sufficiently to comprehend what ha
4 taken place, old Andrew came up bt
Y hind him, hit him sounding slap o
4 the back, and rOared out in his louC
t est voice: "BOb, old fellow, how al
s yOu~ and Selling him by the han
$ he shook it warmly, accOmpanie
a with many expressions of good fee
V ing.
d Col. Johnson remarked that he ha
d been in many hot place in his lifi
l. and in plenty of situations of gre;
: danger, but never in so hot a ski
IS mish as that was while it lasted.
i tell YOU" said the Colonel, "Andre'
g Johnson was one Of the bravest me
t, that ever lived"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-09-12
Colored Peoples Convention.

The colored people of Bledsoe coun-
ty met in convention at Pikeville on
Saturday, August 10Th, and adopted
the following resolutions:
|. Resolved, That the colored peo-
pie from every county in Tennessee
unite in establishing a newspaper to
be published in the interest of the
colored people.
2. Resolved, That we call upon our
people everywhere to rally to the
support of the cause of education, and
that we unite in calling upon theneXt
General Assembly of the State often
nessee for more efficient system Of
free school laws.
3. Resolved, That we denounce
crime in whatever shape presented,
and that we do all in our power to
discourage evil doing among our peo-
pie, thereby preventing the filling Of
the penitentiaries with our people as
convicts.
4. Resolved, That we encourage a
more friendly spirit in society, and
that we meet and learn each others
views, thereby enabling us to be more
effectual, and prevent the evils now
existing among us.
5. Resolved, That we encourage
all public enterprises, such as the
building of railroads, the improve
ment of our water transportation and
the building of all public buildings,
thereby enabling or affOrding en-
ployment to our people at remunera-
tive wages and that we eulOgize all
actions of this sort and stigmatize all
actions having tendency to depre-
ciate labor.
6. Resolved, That feeling very
keenly the injustice done to us in de-
priving us of the right to sit on juries
we hereby refuse to sustain any man
irrespective of politics who does not
pledge himself to accord to us the
rights given us by the constitution o
the United States and that we cal
upon the colored people of the State
wherever treated in like manner Il
indorse this resolution.
I. Resolved, That we as a colore(
race unite in every effort that is RICH
in sustaining the welfare of our PEG
pie at large.
s. Resolved, That we submit these
resolutions to the Press of Tennessee
and respectfully request their circula
ton among our people everywhere
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-09-12
ASafequard.

The fatal rapldity with which slight
Colds and Coughs frequently develop
into the gravest maladies Of the throat
and lungs, Is consideration which should
impel every prudent person to keep at
hand, as household remedy, o bottle Of
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL.
Nothing else gives such immediate relief
and works so sure cure in all affections
of this class. That eminent physician,
Prof. f. Sweetzer, of the Maine Medical
School, Brunswick, Me-, says
"Medical science has produced no other ano-
dyne expectorant so good ~ Ayers CHERRY
PBcToRGL. Ii is invaluable for diseases Of the
throat and lungs"
The same opinion Is expressed by the
well-hnown DR.. l.. j. Addison, Of Chicago,
ILL.,, who says
al have never found, in thirty.fvo years OF
continuous study and practice Of medicine, any
preparation Of 80 great value ms AYER's CHERRY
PECToRAL, for treatment Of diseases of the
throat and lungs. 1t not only breaks up colds
and cures severe coughs, but is more effective
than anything else in relieving even the most
serious bronchial and pulmonary affections"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-09-12
AYERS
Cherry PeCtOral

Is not a new claimant for popular conf
dence, but medicine which is to-day
saving the lives OF the third generation
who have come into being since it was
first offered to the public.
There is not household in which this
invaluable remedy has once been in
trOduced where its use has ever been
abandoned, and there Is not person
who has ever given 1t proper trial
for any throat or lung disease suscep-
tible of cure, who has not been made
we'll by it.
AYERS CHERRY PECTORAL has,
in numberless instances, cured obstinate
cases of chronic Bronchitis, Laryngitis,
and even acute Pneumonia, and has
saved many patients in the earlier stages
Of Pulmonary Consumption. 1t Is n
medicine that only requires TO be taken in
small doses, is pleasant TO the taste, and Is
needed in every house where there are
children. as there Is nothing so good as
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL for treat
ment of Group and Whooping Cough.
These are all plain facts, which can be
verified by anybody, and should be re-
membercd by everybody.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
PREPARED BY
DR.. ]. c. Aver 81 Co., Lowell, Mass
Sold by all Druggists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-09-12

Have used Tongaline in several
cases of neuralgia and rheumatism,
with marvellous success. TOngaline is
an invaluable remedial agent, and
the remedy "par excellence" for neu-
ralgia and rheumatism.
l.. Z. Sisler, NJ. D., Manchester, o.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-09-12

Subscribe for the STANDARD, 81. &C
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-02

Portable electric lamps are coming into
use. A Skrivanor primary battery is
placed in the lamp standard, and the glow
appears on burner similar to that Of oil
lamps. The battery consists of packet Of
chloride CT silver, two thin zinc plates and
weak solution of caustic potash. This
produces light Of twelve-candle power,
and will burn for twenty hours, at the end
of which time there is no waste Of the ele-
ments, but the chloride of silver becomes
converted into silver and needs revivifying.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-02

The pronunciation Of "tuberose' has
been subject of discussion in an English
paper, and the decision that the word is
trisyllabIe has been at last unanimously
reached. The flower is a lily, and the
name is from French ''tubereuse," called
from the tuber-like bulb of the plant
Shelly pronounces the word in three sylIa-
bles.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-02

en- mar, which be wore down to his sboul-
ders, clear blue eyes, a fair healthy COM
Plexlon, and well-cut features. He was
somewhat understood, but there was both
ease and dignity in all his movements. and
the expression of his face was that of a
cheerful benevolent disposition.
! had read of the "Outre- Mer," which
| found somewhat affected and insipid. and
a few of his early poems, which did not
seem to me to rise above mediocrity. But
had some talk with him on subjects with
which n ! thought ought to have been tol-
erably conversant, and which gave me a
high idea of his proficiency in those
branches of literature which he had taught.
first at Bowdoin College in his native
Maine, and later at Harvard. What I was
especially struck with was his charm and
elegance of utterance, which made me set
him down rather as talker and teacher
than a writer.
We had only met twice or three times
at friends houses, but there had been no
Interchange of visits and I surmised that
by volunteering his company in my walk
he had an object which, l had no doubt.
could bode me no i'll. To see Lonpfellow
and not to like him-not to love him at
first sight as a Pico della Mirandola or
Crichton-is more than mary men could
do.
He spoke with genuine feeling of the
beauty of our language; informed me that
he was busy with prose translation of
Dante, which was published many years
later. He asked me to recite some of the
passages Of the divine poem, which | knew
by heart, regretting his inability to master
the indeGnable nuances of the Italian ac-
cent. Then he proceeded to catechise me
on the subject of living Italian literature;
stopped at the gate Of the cemetery, and
inquired whether l had read Alessandro's
Monte Auburno."
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-02

i, 'oSeny' the pianist, practices hours daiIv
'p0n dumb piano, and Van Bulow carries
' n,,,. WIN him in his travels to keep up his
ra ,s,Ve' and List is said to use one assid-
it'.y' The object Of substituting silent
fave, ' n;. which is said to be growing in
, ,s,', with musicians, is to subordinate tbe
The n u nearing in practice, and to protect
dpced ~ l. a from the nervous fatigue pro-
Tine tb " me u use Of that sense, at the same
,npIo sla5 the senses of sight and touch are
oepfy v't w.. A skilled musician said re-
ppon , n;,s the exhaustion from praot i
,tre , imagined. He doubted w ,0st per,
day, I labos was as much exhausted BY a
pacti, ,' ''l !. as man who is obliged Il to
Use Of a, AL. the afternoon. He favored +b -
headacbaa. 'pAysioian say that the nornn nns
oons,ryso,of young women in in l musioa
q Practice IS s were largely due to the din
tbs noise in and i was often thought that hat
'pal'sd the musical sense e. T 17~s
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-02
Iom5 1p@y Department

ooo of the chief elements in all that we
.,ooouize as beautiful is the expression Of
.,.nv In the inanimate world it is some
avtarnal force acting upon the object that
10 admire; in the animate creation it is
mainly the vital energy Of the individual
;tspH Thus it is the action Of the wind
man the waves that makes them dance so
iovously before US; it is the impress Of the
waters upon the sand that stamps it with
delicate tracery and graceful curves; it is
the mighty forces that have upheaved the
mountains, that makes them objects Of sub
Unity. The energy of the suns rays lights
up the world and makes all beauty posi-
Bile; and the tiniest flower on which we
smile bears witness to multitude OF forces
which have combined to render it lovely
to our sight. Wherever vital energy
abOunds there does our admiration center.
The beauty of mind is the outcome of
mental activity. What is it that ELECTS
our admiration Of the profound scholar, or
the great inventor, or the captivating ora
tor or the wise statesman I? It is the men
tai energy and power of purpose that possess
and urge them forward in their several d.
rctons' They not only have great capac .
lles or talent-these alone would not make
them great-they also have within them
an Intellectual vigor that never sleeps and
aSplnt that never flags, by means of
Vnlch every capacity is unfolded, and ev-
empower developed into higher and high
e. forms, and with fuller and fuller results.
no gifts or endowments, no advantages or
4V0l l0 circumstances can ever make up
and will. 0' 80
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-02

Antonio Challenger, an Italian gentle
man, has lately written this of Longfellow:
Il was walking slowly past Cragie
House on the following day, when saw
the tenant of the place, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, standing at the gate with his
friend, the Greek professor, Cornelius
FELTON,, pulling on his gloves and prepar-
ing to go out.
Here comes our Italian" said the
poet, in an undertone, but which did not
escape my keen sense Of hearing "And
he comes in brown study, reminding me
Of Guido Cavalcsnti, whom Boccaccio de-
Scribes as going about with a downcast
head, as if wondering if one could make
out that God does not exist"
And as he stepped out into the footpath
fanking the road, he addressed me with a
smile.
"a penny for your thought, signor,"
said he.
"That would be flching copper from
you, professor" l answered. "The day is
rather warm, and it is my custom to go,
like Gozz5 thoughtful in mien, vacant in
mind. I was on my way to Mount
Auburn" | added "Will you go?"
Upon which, to my surprise, he shook
hands with FELTON,, who had to attend his
class in college; and declared he was ready
to join me in my afternoon STROLL
LongfelIow was then about thirty years
old, beautiful as the god of day, with gold'I
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-02

mute piano makes the performer depend
upon MS eye and his touch, and enforces
more attention to the score, SO that ba will
De able to get a notion of the music mon
sight-reading.
mere are some mute pianos in New
I ork and several in Boston. The first
one Sent TO this country came from Weimar
and after the model Of this one others
were constructed. The mute piano has
full keyboard, and has the appearance of
an ordinary piano, but there is neither
sounding board nor strings in the instru-
ment. The keys are weighted with lead
and provided with springs, which cause
them to quickly go back to their places
when touched
The muscular and nervous strength re-
qulred in modern exhibition piano-playing
is surprisingly great, FaelIen, Of Balti-
more, has 50 worked upon the muscles of
his fingers as to be able to surprise the
acquaintance with feats of digltal strength
and nerve. Carreno, with a very small
hand, can crush the fingers of strong
man without moving her arm. This pow
er comes from long practice, which to the
devotee is limited only by endurance, and
it is expected that the mute piano will
increase practice, and accordingly develop
more brilliant and difficult playing.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-07
Wednesday, January 7, 1885,
ELLIS AND THE PIEGANS.


 Congressman E. John Ellis, of Louisiana, l who is chairman of the subcommittee of the House on Indian appropriations, has got | himself into tight place. The Piegan In dians of Montana, whom the government by treaty in return for the gift of their lands is bound to supply with the necessaries of life number about four thousand people, and for the support of them Congress at its last ses- sion, acting under the generous advice of MT. Ellis, appropriated the munificent sum of three and one-third cents a day. Unfor tunately, this is not keeping them alive, and as they are compelled by the treaty to give up other sources of food supply, they are near starvation. So many of them have died from actual lack of food that the de- partment, in mere humanity, has had to order the agent to exhaust his supplies by the last of March, instead of portioning them out so as to last till June 30th.
 During the past summer agents of the h. dian department and other agents of the In dian Rights association have visited these Indians to ascertain the exact situation, and their reports confirmed the story of want, misery and death. They ascertained that there was not food enough to carry them through the winter. The situation is such that i. is impracticable to transport supplies to them over the roads of that section after the middle of January. Under these circu1n- stances a committee of well known gentle men, c. M. Riddle, Robert Frazer, c. c. Painter, s. c. Armstrong and Herbert Welsh, went to Washington and had an interview with Messrs. Ellis and Ryan, of the House committee on Indian affairs. who professed much interest, denounced the cruel neglect as an infamy, and MT. Ellis, chairman of the subcommittee, promised, they port, to have the matter attended to in committee and reported to the House as soon as the estimate could be obtained from the department. This prom ise was subsequently, repeated. The com mittee went to work and got the deficiency estimate reported from the department, and took it to the committee, when MT. Ellis suddenly cooled, declined to act upon various pretexts, declared that the Indians had ''too many friends and the appropriation was hung up at the adjournment for the recess. It is now too late, or will be, before action can be had, to give the needed succor, and it is thought certain that many of the Piegans will have to starve.
 The executive committee of the Indian Rights association have made public these facts. The Hon. MT. Ellis of Louisiana will not be well thought of by the humane people | of this country.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-07
A Doctors Diary.

A pocket diary picked up in the streets ot neighboring city would seem to indicate from the following choice extracts, that the owner was a medical man:
 ''Kase 230. Mary An Perkins. Bisnes, washwoman. Sickness in her head Fisk some blue pills a soaperifik; age 52. Ped me one dollar, 1 kuarter bogus. Mind get good kuarter and mak her talk me fisk.
 ''Kase 231. Tummes Krink; Bisnis, Mir ishman. Lives with Pady Molony who keeps a dray-Sikness digg in ribs and tow blak eys. Fisk to drink my mixter twict day of sasiperily beer and jellop, and fish ile, with asifedity to make it taste isiky. Rubed his face with kart grese lniment, aged 39 years of age. Drinked the mixter and wud- dent pay me bekase it tasted nasty, but the mixter'lI work his innards, I reckon.
 sEKase 232 Old Misses Boggs. Aint got no bisnis, but has plenty of money. sikness all a humbug. Gay her sum of my celebrated 'sDipseforiken, y which she said she drank like cold tee-which it was too. Must put sumthing in it to make her feel six and bad. The Old Woman has got the roks."
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-07
4 Turkey Prick fin Iowa.
From the Davenport Democrat

lFfOn the davenport DeHiOcaftJ
 Late Friday afternoon stranger whose appearance indicated that he did not live on fat of the land every day, and that his house. hold knew little about purple and fine linen, entered a grocery store on Brady street, holding fine large turkey by the legs. He walked up to the showcase, saying: ''Id like 6 cigar, please" and one was handed him with a lighted match. By the way" he said suddenly, ''would you oblige me with a piece of paper to wrap around this turkey it doesn't look very well to carry it through the turkey, wrapped it up artistitaIly in paper, which he tied so that it would stay. 'Thank you, sir, said the stranger politely, as he turned and walked out with his turkey. He had not been gone minute, when a neighbor from across the street hurried into the store with Say, did that fellow who went out from here just now pay for that turkeys- mo why should hes" .'Wen, he picked it up from the bench in front as he entered your store!"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-07
Gladstone and F8eaeonsGeld.

London Letter to the Montreal Gazette
 I must repeat very good story I heard at dinner last week at the Reform club, It is not generally known, but is too good to be lost. MT. Gladstone was making one of his great speeches in the House when Lord Bea- opposition. He had worked himself up into 6 great state, and referred Ito the right honorable gentleman and his satellites. On this there were cries of "Order, order, y Question" etc., which so disconnected the right honorable gentleman that he lost the thread of his discourse. He threw back his head, and in vain tried to remember where he had left off, when MT. Disraei leaned across the table and said quietly: ''The last word was satellites ," This is simply lovely, and so characteristic of the man.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-07

The question whether prohibition pro hibits is receiving a negative answer in Iowa. In country places, where public sentiment is strong enough to suppress the traffic without recourse to the law, liquor is not sold, but in the cities and large towns, where legal inter ference is necessary, the new law has gener- ally become dead letter. There is 8 grow ing feeling in favor of the repeal of the law, as in the neighboring State of Kansas there is in favor of the repeal of the prohibition amendment to the Constitution.