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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Care of Horses Feet.

American Agriculturist
Horses in civilized lands suffer
more from ailments of the feet than
from any other cause. The feet of
horse are subject to many injuries,
both from bad shoeing and from i'll
kept roads, and it is important for
owners of horses, to study well how
these causes Of diseased feet can be
avoided. But in the consideration of
this question there are some points
not well understood. The "London
Stockkeeper" gives statement that
a horse weighing sixteen hundred
pounds, when drawing load, bears
weight upon the feet Of two tons,
the extra pressure being caused by
the downward force of the act of
drawing. Now, an average horses
draft-power amounts only to for
ward strain of one hundred and fifty
seven pounds. AS the horse is only
eXerting this forward force by pres
sure upon the collar, it is clear, the
feet cannot press with any more force
upon the ground, so that the above
explanation of the cause of injury to
the horses foot, is imaginary. 1t is
not the force eXerted by the work at
all. A wild horse, galloping at the
top of his speed, presses upon the
ground with his feet more than a
horse moving a ton in a wagon upon
a road at the rate Of two miles an
hour; and yet wild horses have ex-
cellent feet and are never lame. But
they have q choice of a smooth path,
and have no blacksmiths to cut away
the frogs of their feet, and so deprive
them Of the very means nature pro-
vides for the protection Of the foot
If the roads were kept in good cOndi-
ton and free from loose stones, and
the frog Of the foot were never pared
horses would rarely suffer from foot
lameness. FrOg-pressure expands
the heels, toughens the horns, cures
corns, and does much toward giving
a horse sound feet.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Tennessee at New Orleans.

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Manufacturers Record, writing from
New Orleans, has this to say of the
Tennessee exhibit at thegreat Worlds
Fair:
Tennessee is justly regarded as one
of the richest States in this section.
Owing to its great diversity of soil
and climate every crop grown in any
part of the Union is produced within
its borders. The exhibit contains ce-
reals Of every kind and unexcelled in
quality. The corn and wheat is eX-
ceptionally fine, and demonstrates
the perfect adaptability Of the soil to
the production of these important
food crops. Cotton, tobacco, oats,
rye, barley, broom corn and other ag-
ricultural productions are shown in
great abundance, and the numerous
varieties of grasses native to the
State, show the capacity of sustain
ing large numbers of live stock on its
pastures alone. The fruits and wines
are exhibited in prOfusion. The speci-
mems Of woods are very large and
handsome, showing the value of the
timber resources of the State. The
mineral exhibit is one of the most at
tractive AMI extensive at the Exposi-
ton, including all of the minerals
found in any of the State exhibits,
The iron mining interests are fully
represented. The most beautiful dis
play of marbles here is found in this
department. 1t embraces one hun.
dred and eighty fine specimens of the
variegated variety. 1t is said that
sienna and variegated marbles o.
Italy have been supplanted by the
more brilliant stones from Tennessee
Good judgment has been displayed
in the management of the exhibit
and it has been managed to the bes
advantage. Mr.. Louis McWhirter
the efficient acting commissioner, in
forms me that the State will deriv,
immense benefit from the work sh,
has done here. Inquiries regardin!
the price of agricultural and minera
lands are being received daily at tn,
State department of agriculture, ant
he thinks fully 1900 emigrants Gas
mentioned in my last letter. hav
gone into Tennessee, as the direct re
suit of this exhibit.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Hints for the Hay Field.

American Agriculturist.
This, all through the Northern
States, is the haying month, and in
the first days of June it is timely to
turn our thoughts to the first Of the
harvests. A good deal has been
learned about hay. We know that
the earliest-made hay is the best.
We know also that the hay which is
made with the least exposure to
the sun is far better than that which
is dried by the heat and the wind
until it breaks into dust under the
foot. Thousands Of farmers, who
first read Of hay caps in these col
umns many years ago, have learned
that they will save their cost every
year, if properly used. Experience
has taught this lesson. A few short
and pithy rules for making the best
Of hay might just now be repeated, as
follows: Get the mowers into good
condition, without a days unavOida-
BILE delay; watch the grass closely,
and cut it before the seed is formed
Just when the blossom is fading. Cut
it as soon as the dew is off, but not
while it is damp. Before the even
ing due falls upon it, rake it up and
put it in cocks holding about three
hundred pounds each. If rain threat
ems, cover the cocks safely with hay
caps. Take in no hay until all has
been cut and cooked. The hay will
cure in the best manner in the cock
and it may stay a week without
harm, if covered with the caps, Wher
ready to draw it to the barn, uncover
the cocks and throw them over anC
open them. Have one person doing
this, while the Others are loading
and drawing in. Do not stack it
but place it under a tight roof, if it il
only barrack, open at the SldeS
Uncover only what can be drawn il
in one day. AS soon as the field il
clear, give it top-dressing of com
post or some atificial fertilizer; bu
do not turn the cows upon it
would pay better to buy some ha.
from a neighber. This last rule ap
pies to the next years crop, but is j
rightly placed here, because mex
year would be too late to use it. /
is of the greatest importance, an,
should by no means be omitted
Finally, gather the hay caps togeth
er; dry them, if necessary; lay then
evenly one upon the other; roll ther
up; bind them in the roll, and stor
them in a dry place where no mic
can gnaw holes in them. 1t woul
be an excellent thing to steep ther
in solution of alum and sugar {
lead, to preserve and make thel
waterproof.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Which is Better f?

Christian at Work.
Total abstinence never destroyed a
home, blighted a wife or cursed a
child.
Total abstinence never robbed q
man of character, manliness or in
tegrity.
Total abstinence never filled a Jail
or an alms-house.
Total abstinence never led pure
life into vice, nor blackened a pure
heart with shame.
Total abstinence never filled the
land with wailing nor its households
with want.
Drinkinghabits destroy, blight and
curse.
Drinking habits rob and impover-
ish.
Drinking habits lead into vice and
shame.
Which is better-tOtal abstinence
or moderate drinking?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Catarrh in the Head.

For years / have been the victim of
catarrh, one of the most treacherous
and fatal of all diseases. After ex-
hausting all the remedies that came
to my knowledge, I was attracted by
the advertisement of S. S. S., and de-
termined to give it a fair trial. To
my infinite surprise and the astonish-
ment Of many sympathizing,friends,I
have been thoroughly cured. AS to
the virtue of Swift's Specific, l can
find no words or language to express
my praise thereof. If it had not been
for S. S. S. / would not be able to
write even this much.
Il. S. WAsSUM,
Jan. IA, 'S4. Gettysburg, O.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
A Grateful Mother.

Ny little boy when only two years
old had what was said to be a stroke
of paralysis, affecting his right limb,
and for many months he could not {,
walk. His health became exceeding
ly feeble. No one dreamed he would |
ever recover from his misfortune,
and hope had left my own heart of
ever rearing him to manhood.
Finally he commenced to use his
limbs little, but the ankle joint had
become impotent, and in attempting
to walk his foot would turn to one
side, and the ankle bone would touch
the floor. With that anguish which
only mother can feel, first realized
he was to be a cripple all his life.
With the aid ola steel ankle brace
he was enabled to get around the
house. His health was completely
shattered, and with an aching heart
and gravest apprehension I watched
the livid expression of countenance
and splotches on his face that would
come and go. Whata widowed moth
er's affection could do was done, but
with little permanent benefit. Being
assured by friends that Swift's Spe-
cific would do him good, through
their kindness / secured several bot
ties. 1 commenced to give it to my
child about the first Oflast July (l8SH.
The first bottle acted like a charm
upon his system. After taking the
second bottle his complexion cleared
up and his strength began to increase.
He threw away his brace several
months ago, and now walks better
than he ever did with it. The ankle
joint has regained its strength and
the foot its proper position, and the
large lump OH the ankle caused by
friction and unnatural use, has disap-
peared. He is now in his sixth year
his health is good and he is as lively
as any child of his age. He has ia
ken six bottles of S. S. S. only, but
the change has been wonderful, and
everybody who had seen him before
he had commenced to take the medi-
cine are astonished at his appearance
now. For the first time since his i'll
ness L feel in my heart the hope o.
rearing him. With devout gratitude
to Him who gave him, l bless the
day 1 ever heard of this remedy. II
has saved to me my child.
Mrs. G. SHINHOLsER.
Rutland, Ga, Feb. 3. 1885.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Applying Fertilizers to Corn.

American Agriculturist.
1t is quite reasonable to suppose
that plants can be gorged with food
as animals may be, and that injury
may result from it. This is quite
true as regards corn. The corn plant
has long season of active growth.
1t requires about one hundred days
for its maturity. If all the food
which is required to mature the plant
is added to the soil in a soluble and
available condition at the planting,
a large quantity may be lost before
the plant can utilize it. Soluble fer
tilizers diffuse themselves in a moist
soil with great rapidity, and are
quickly carried off by the drainage
water into the subsoil. Sir j. B.
Lawes has noticed the nitric acid of
nitrate of soda, which has been APP
piled to the surface soil, escaping in
the water flowing from the drains, in
forty-eight hours after the applica-
ton. If then, six hundred pounds of
this fertilizer should be applied to
the corn crop before the sowing of
the seed, it will begin to be lost be-
fore single root has been formed to
arrest its escape. This fact is given
only as an instance of how fertilizers
may be lost by misapplication. AT
the best, an excess of fertilizing ma
terial given to corn in its early stages,
forces a rank growth of stalk, and
the plant food is exhausted before ii
can be converted into grain, which is
the most valuable part Of the crop.
During some years past, we have
been growing corn under a new sys.
tenn of fertilizing, which is to apply
the fertilizer at intervals, as after
each time of cultivation, instead Of
before and Immediately after the
planting. The effect has been to no
tably increase the yield of grain, anC
decrease the growth of stalk. BY
this method, eighty bushels of graiT
per acre have been produced, and il
growing sweet corn for sale, fine
large, and well-flled ears are secured
The fertilizer is busted along therow
before the cultivatOr is used, or i'm
mediately after, and the first showe
carries it down to the roots. TIT
same method of applying fertilizer
has been used for root crops with ia
VOrable results.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Selling Crops.
.rican Agriculturist.

American Agriculturist.
Every farmer should plant some
crop for fodder. Grass will begin to
fail in July, and in August it is usu-
ally scarce. A plot of fodder corn
will then be found of great value to
keep up the flow of milk; and if
there is succession of such crops, the
fodder will furnish acceptable provis-
ion for the cows to the end of the sea-
son. But it will not do to sow the
corn broadcast. The plants must
have light and air to make health
full growth, and the white, watery,
innutritious stuff often grown, and
called fodder corn, has done much to
bring the crop into mdeserved disia-
vOr.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Beautiful Hair-the Glory of a
Woman.

In all ages of the world the hair of
women have been admired by man
kind, and painters and poets have
We'd with each other in singing its
praise or in portraying its beauties
upon the imperishable canvass.
Don't neglect your hair! If it is dry,
harsh, turning gray or falling out,
use the "La. Creole Hair RestOrer,"
made after a recipe which has never
failed to give and to preserve to Gre
ole women their beautiful tresses.
Ladies use it as a hair dressing, tonic
and invigoratOr, and the distance be-
tween youth and silvery old age will
be immensely increased. Sold by
druggists and at wholesale by the
Mansfield Medicine Company, Mem
phis, Tenn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Bit off a Cows Tongue.

An Enon Valley, Pa, dispatch says;
A COW and a horse belonging to Sam
uel Foutz, farmer living near this
place, have been kept in adjoining
stalls for some time past, during the
night. The partition between the
stalls it built of boards which are sew
erals inches apart. 1t was discovered
one day recently that whenever the
horse got near enough to the boards
the COW would thrust her tongue
through an opening and touch him
with it, evidently much to this annoy
ance, as he would lay back his ears
and kick and throw his head viciously
about. Saturday morning when Mr..
Foutz went into the barn to feed his
stock, he was amazed to find nearly
six inches of a cows tongue in the
horses manger. Foutz entered the
cows stall and found the COW lying on
the floor apparently in great agony.
The floor was covered with blood. Hal
of the cows tongue was gone and she
had to be killed 1t is supposed that
some time during the night she had
annoyed the horse in the usual way,
and that he had managed to catch hel
tongue between his teeth and had bitter
it off.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
Popular Errors Concerning Health.
Scientific American.

Scientific American.
Professor George II. Robe, of the |
College Of Physicians and Surgeons,
Baltimore, in a recent lecture on
"Some Popular Errors Concerning
Health and its Preservation" quoted |
the saying, zone mans meat is an
others poison" and showed that,
while idiosyncrasies with regard to
certain articles of food or medicines
do exist, they are far less frequent
than is generally believed. Articles
Of food which ordinarily disagree
may be better borne if differently
cooked. A more serious error is that
one should rise from the table hun
CRY. The sensation Of hunger is a
cry of the tissues for food, and should
always be appeased. Much of the
ill-health of brain workers is due to
a lack of sufficient food. 1t is impos-
sible to lay down hard rules as to the
quantity Of food one should eat, but
the remarks of the old country doc
tor who had lived in good health,
doing hard work until fourscore and
ten, might be taken as example,: 81
have always eaten when | wanted to
eat, as much as | wanted, and the
best food 1 could get" Another fall
lacy is, that all diseases are due to
disturbances of digestion. Graham
bread, oatmeal, cracked wheat, ETC.,
are more difficult Of digestion than
pure wheat bread.
1t is a dangerous error to withhold
cold drinks from persons sick with
fever. 1t is cruel, objectless, and the
dangers that are said to follow it are
imaginary. The effects of alcohol
upon the body were discussed at
some length, and the conclusion
drawn that alcohol does not supply
heat to the body, but rather with
draws it. The greatest danger to the
man who gets dead drunk in cold
weather is that he man freeze to
death. The use of alcoholic drinks
in health is injurious, but its medici-
nal use is valuable in many instances.
The notion that we should not battle
while overheated is as unreasonable
as it is widespread, but persons
should not remain in the bath long
!, enough to become chilled. The ira.
ditional axiom that bOils are an EVIL
} dence Of good health is a snare and 6
delusion. Prof. Robe said: "For my
own part, should prefer to be with
: out that sort of health. Even Job
l when suffering from an abundan
: crop, could not gain consolation from
] his wOuld-be comforters."
: That vaccination does not proven
S smallpox is very dangerous error
0 but that it is preventive Of other dis
t eases is equally fallacy. Statistic
!, prove that before the introduction o
: vaccination deaths annually from
q smallpox numbered nearly 1900 70
s every million inhabitants. Since tn,
e practice has become general the per
: centage of deaths has fallen to abou
s one-tenth of the former number
s Without vaccination the deaths from
/ smallpox in this country would b
d 100000 a year. Vaccination has no
e increased other diseases. That an,
c one remedy is cure for all disease
+ that affiict humanity is an absurdity
+ While hydropathy amp electrops
IS thy are unquestionably Of benefit il
: some diseases, they cannot be relic,
" upon for the cure of all.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
An Editor.

| have been almost entirely cured OF
nasal catarrh of several years standing
by 3 bottles of B. B. B. | have tried
many other remedies, but none equal
B. B. B. 1t is quick cure, while
others are slow.
j. j. HARDY. Editor News"
Tocoa, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
The Minor

is no flatterer. Would you
make it tell a sVeeter tale2
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-10-29
On a stiIl Hunt.

Colonel Nat Hammond was on the train
not long ago when lank, inquiring-
looking stranger moved across the aisle
and took seat by him. He gazed at
Colonel Hammond attentively for full
minute and then said, "Howdy do?" II
am well, sir, replied Colonel Hammond
A pause for about two minutes, then,
"What might your name be2" my
name is Hammond, sir" A still longer
pause, and then, II hope there amt no
harm done!" "Therc is not, sir" An
embarrassing silence. during which the
stranger contemplated Colonel Hammond
closely, then. "You see I've got an uncle
lives up in Tennessee that amt never
seen, and might come upon him some
time by jist asking folks their names =.
Atlanta Constitution.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-10-29
Lively Fight with a Horse Thief

OMAHA, NEE, October 20.-Yesterday
morning Harrison Warner, living in
Sharpy county, discovered two thieves at
tempting to steal several valuable horses
from his stable. One thief ran into the
woods. The other, who had Winches-
ter rifle, ran around the house. Old man
Warner, who had come to the aid Of his
son, fired at the last mentioned thief, who
thereupon ran into an outhouse, from
which he fired and shattered the old
mans arm. Two other sons then came
to tho assistance of young Harrison, and
they fired number Of shots into the out
house, which we're as promptly respond
ed to by the thief Finally, by stealthy
manGuvres, they succeeded in setting the
outhouse on fire with ball Of cotton,
saturated with kerosene. The thief soon
ran out, firing as he ran, but young Har-
rison shot him down with o musket,
landing an ounce ball in his thigh. He
has been turned over to the authorities.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-10-29

A Race for Life With an Engine.

CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 21.--A man named
Thomas Bcasley met with shocking ac-
cidert on the Nashville &c Chattanooga
railroad near Whiteside to-day, the de-
tails of which are thrilling in the extreme.
Just beyond the station is the famous
Running Water trestle, which is one hun
dred and twenty feet high. Bcasley
started across the trestle about noon and
had gone about thirty yards when a
freight train dashed around curve be-
hind him. To attempt to go back meant
instant death and his only hope was to
outrun the train to the other side. The
terror. stricken man had gone but few
steps when the engine struck him. He
was dragged over the trestlework for
some distance and one OF his legs was cut
off near the knee. The severed member
fell to the bottom Of the ravine. BY some
means Beasley's coat sleeve caught on an
iron spike and he was thrown over the
trestle. He hung there for five minutes,
with the blood gushing from the severed
ankle before he was rescued Had the
coat sleeve torn. Beasley would have been
dashed to death on the rocks at the bot
tom Of the yawning chasm. His injuries
are of fatal nature. Beasley is from
Philadelphia.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-10-29
FIvE-TERM SENATORS.
John sherman OF Ohio Will be the Third
t Ever Elected.

John sherman OF Ohio Will be the Third
Ever Elected.
The Philadelphia Times says of "sher-
mans victory in Ohio"
"John Sherman will now be one Of
three men of the country elected to five
full terms to the U. S. Senate. Thomas
H. Benton, Of Missouri was the only man
who served thirty consecutive years in the
Senate.
Henry B. Anthony was elected to five
full consecutive terms TO the Senate by
Rhode Island, but he died soon after enter.
ing his fifth term. John Sherman first en-.
tered the Senate in 1861, in place Of Sena-
torelect SalmonP. Chase, who went into
the Lincoln Cabinet, and he was twice
reelected. After serving sixteen years
he resigned to enter the Hayes Cabinet as
Secretary of the Treasury. Stanley Mat
thews was elected to fill the vacancy but
lost the Legislature, and George II. Pen
dleton succeeded to Sherman's seat. In
1880 James A. Garfield was member Of
Congress, U. S. Senator elect and Presi.
dent-elect. OF course he accepted the
Presidency, and John Sherman was elect
ed to succeed Garfield rs he had been
elected TO succeed Chase in full term in
1861. He will now be elected to the fifth
full Senatorial term, making the thirty
years for which Benton and Anthony
were elected, but, II he should serve ont
his full term, he would be two years
short of Benton's thirty years of service,
because of the two years of his third term
given to the Hayes Cabinet.
Benton was the only man who reach.
ed thirty consecutive years Of service In
either branch of Congress. Anthony
would have reached II had he lived.
Sherman may now serve thirty years in
the Senate, but it will have break of
the four years he presided over the
Treasury. He entered Congress Just
thirty years ago; he has been continu-
ously In the House, the Cabinet and the
Senate since then, and he has now eight
years Of service before him in the Senate,
.as his new term will not begin until 4th
l0f March, 1887. he rs one OF the few
men who has grown rich In political sery.
ice, and he is now likely to odeyote his
fresh prestige and ample fortune TO new
Sherman campaign for the Presidency in
1885,"