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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Where "Uncle Remus" Gets His In
spiration.

The Critic.
Joel Chandler Harris, the Southern
humorist, is devoted to his family,
which consists of his mother, his wife,
four exceedingly bright boys, and a
girl, and the flock of hooking birds
that winter in his garden. He never
goes into sociery or to the theater.
He once acted as dramatic critic of
the Constitution, but his misery at
being obliged to see and criticise dull
actors was so acute that he soon re-
signed the position. The small talk
of society has no attractions for him.
His home is enough. When his
children are tired and sleepy
and are put to bed, he writes at the
tireside where they have been sitting.
1t is warm in winter and cool in
summer, and never lonely; and so
strong is his domestic instinct that,
although he had a room built especi-
ally as a study, he soon deserted its
lonely cheerlessness for the comforts
of his home, where his tender and
kindly nature makes him loved by
everyone.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Young Man. Paste This in Your Room
And Read it Every Day Until You
Know it by Heart.

Attend well to your business.
Be punctual in your payments.
Consider well before you promise.
Dare to do right.
Envy no man.
Faithfully perform your duty.
Go not in the path of vice.
Have respect for your character.
Know thyself.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few acquaintance.
Never profess what you not prac-
tice.
Occupy your time in usefulness.
Postpone nothing you can do now.
Quarrel not with your neighbOr.
RecOmpense every man for his la
Dor.
Save something against day of
trouble.
Treat everybody with kindness.
Use yourself to moderation.
Witty no on'sreputation.
Watchfully guard against idleness.
Examine your conduct daily.
Yield to superior judgment.
Zealously pursue the right path.
BE consistent.
Think what you would do if all
worldly possessions were taken from
you. t.
Would your wife have anything
left were you TO die today or tonight
Could your wife get along with
nothing easier than you could.
Paste these facts and think on
them.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
On account of the hard times coats
are now worn longer than usual.
yellow Fever inoculation.

ICity Of Mexico Two Republics
The incubation theory of DR.. Car.
mona is yet in its experimental stages.
Reports reach us from the gulf coast OF
daily vaccinations with the germs Of
yellow fever, but until the persons in
oculated are subjected to aseyerc epide-
mic the merits of Carmonas Theory can
not be satisfactorily demonstrated. The
experiments so far have been highly en-.
cOuraging, but time alone can demon
strate their efficacy.
The prominence given to the germ
theory in recent months has directed
the attention OF the world toward the
experiments now going on in Spain and
Mexico. DR.. CarmOna has pursued his
Investigations for years, and is now en-.
gagged on his noble work of discovering
an antidote for yellow fever that will
prove effective. He does not claim al
original discovery. He has taken W
the studies abandoned by a brazilian
physician half a century ago. Lik,
Jenner, Carmona is ready to avail him
self of the past without taking undue
credit i#I
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
CheapP Postage.

New York Evening Post: The New
~ orker of 60, who can now send LETT
ter weighing as much as an ounce to
San Francisco for two cents, in his
youth would have had to pay so cents
to send the same package no further
than Pittsburg. Up to 1915 the
charges remained as high for a single
sheet letter as six cents for distance
of less than 80 miles; 10 cents between
80 and 80 miles; 123 between so and
$50 miles; 49, cents between $50 and
400; and % cents over 400 miles with
double rates in each case if two sheets
Of paper were used. The act of 1845
reduced and simplifed rates greatly,
the half.ounce limit being then intro
duced, and the only distinction as tC
distance being that of 800 miles, below
which the rate was FIVE cents, and be-
yond it ten. In 1851 the rate was re-
duced from five cents to three, and the
distance limit extended to three thou
sand miles, while in 1868 the question
of distance within the limits of thu
United States was absolutely waived
The next step forward was taken il
1883, when the letter rate was reduced
from three cents to two, and the pres
ent extension of the weight limit i
only the logical completion of this re
form.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
0UTHERN STANDARD MEANWHILE TENNEssEEsATURDAYA AUG
THE OLD MILL.

Here from The brow of the hill look
Through the lattice of the boughs and
leaves
On the old gray mill, with its gambrel roof,
And the moss on its rotting caves,
| hear the clatter that jars its walls,
And the rushing waters sound;
And | see the black floats rise and fall
AS the wheel goes slowly round
! rode there often when was young,
With my grist on the horse before.
And talked with Nellie, the millers girl,
As waited my turn at the door,
And while she tossed her ringlets brown,
And flrted and chatted so free,
The wheel might stop or the wheel might
1t was all the same to me.
IT'S twenty years since last stood
On the spot where stand today,
And Nellie is wed and the miller is Dead
And the mill and are gray.
But both, till we fall into ruin and wreck
To our fortune of toll are bound,
And the man goes and the stream flows,
And the wheel moves slowly round.
Thomas Dunn English.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Infant Theology.

Washington Ratchet.
Little Tommy and Jimmy Steadyboy
were temporarily attracted from their
play by violent thunder storm.
"Jim," inquired Tommy, the young.
ster, "does bod make all re thunderums
wifi his dreat big hammer"
"Of course" answered Jimmy with
all the confidence of a grown up phi,
losopher.
can re rain is Dod'S sweat drops,
shouted Tommy, clapping his hands in
great glee. "Ain't it, Jim? An bod
is crackin' hickrum nuts for re little an.
gels like pa does for US wen ives dood."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Aerial Warfare.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

In a lecture recently delivered in Lon
don Professor Cover suggests a plan OF
aerial warfare after this pattern: Could
armies, forts and arsenals be seriously
assaulted from that quarter in which
attack was not now expected air
above' His belief, from four years Of
study and observation, was in the affirm
alive, and as a means to that end he
proposes simply to transfer to the upper
levels the general plan of torpedo war
fare, upon a larger scale and with its
effective range indefinitely extended.
He suggested that by means of aerostats
explosions of 1,0OO-pound shells of gun
Gotten might be arranged. over the
enemy's position.
Summarizing his proposals, the lee
turer said: I'm brief, l propose to you
a warfare by gun-cotton and hydrogen
to make the loss of an army a result of
its meeting an opposing wind, to de-
stroy the security of fortified positions,
and finally to show, upon the simplest
principles of self-preservation, that ma
tons must keep peace and great armies
be disbanded.' ...... .... ....
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
CHURCHES.

Southern Methodist-Rev H. B. Reams.
pastor; services every Sunday morning and
night. Sunday-schOOl at 81 A. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Christian-Services every Sunday. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Piesbyterian-Rev. T. NJ. Mcconnell, pas,
tor; services, morning and night, first and
third Sundays in each month; prayer meet,
ing every Wednesday night. Sunday-school
every Sunday morning at q o'clock.
Cumberland Presbyterian-Rev. u. L.
Stainback pastor; services every Sunday. ana
at night; prayermeeting Wednesday night.
Sunday-schoOl $3.50 a. III.
Baptist-Sunday.sch at ga a. m.
Prayer meeting every Tuesday night.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
How to Make a Scandal.

Take grain of falsehood, a hand
full of run-abOut, the same quantity of
nimbe tongue, a sprig of the herb
backbite, a teaspoonful of don't you
tell it, six drops of malice, and a few
drachms Of envy; add little discon-
tent and jealousy, and strain through
a bag Of misconstruction, cork it up
in bottle of of manevolence, and
hang it up on a skein of street yarn.
Shake it occasionally for a few days
and it will be fit for use. Let a few
drops be taken before walking out,
and the desired result will follow.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Castor Oil.

One of the chief uses to which cas-
tor oil is now put is that of dressing
and softening leather for boots. 1t
was formerly used for dosing children
whose stomachs were disordered.
And an awful dose it was. Now we
give suffering children Browns Iron
Bitters, which tones the stomach,
regulates digestion, and imparts
strength to the whole body Browns
Iron Bitters is incomparably better
than castor oil, and more pleasant to
take.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

A southern farmer who has been
travelling through Ohio was surprised
to note the absence of tumble-down
stables, barns and fences. The farm
houses looked like town or city dwell
ings with nice yards, flower gardens,
evergreen hedges, shade trees and
carpets of grass. The traveller saw
several reasons for this difference. In
the south the farms are too large.
A poor man viii occupy four hun
dred acres of land and perhaps owe
for One-half. He tries to cultivate
too much and neglects all. In Ohio
the farms are small. Thirty, fifty
or one hundred acres makes a good
farm. A man on thirty-fve acres
makes a good living for himself and
wife and lives in style of comfort
and ease that the poor class of farm
ers in the south know nothing about.
Home and Farm.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
COURTS.

OHANCERY-Sits list Monday in May and
u November; f. D. Hancock, Judge; J..
c. Biles, Clerk.
NIRCUIT-Sits Tuesday after 4th Monday
v in January, May, and September; J.J.
Williams, Judge; Al. Curl, Clerk.
nOUNTY-Sits by quorum LIST Monday in
v every month; full court every quarter;
S. ]. W alling, Esq, Chairman; A. II. Gross,
Clerk.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS-H. P.
" Maxwell, Sheriff; Jno. L. Jaco, Register;
Jas. r. Gardner, Trustee and Tax Collec-
tor; Geo. T. Purvis, Ranger; Mat Jones,
Jailer; Sam O'Neal, County Superintendent
of Public Instruction
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS-MayOr, Jesse
Nl Walling; Aldermen-Wm. Biles, Z.
r. Morford, W. c. Womack, G. W. Hood
enpyl, d. F. Wallace, w. W. Fairbanks.
Recorder-D. F. Wallace; Street Commits
sioners-Geo. w. Hoodenpyl, VIM. Biles,
w. w. Fairbanks. Treasurer-C. r. Nor
ford, ..
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Mails.

Tullahoma to McMinnville-Arrives $3.50 p.
NJ; leaves 500 a. m, daily except Sundays
McMinnvile to Sparta-Arives 700 Am;
leaves 200 pm; daily except Sundays.
Beersheba Springs-Arriyes 500 pm;
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; leaves
500 a. m, same days.
Smithville (route No. 1860 arrives 1900
M, Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays +;
leaves 100 pm, same days.
Woodbury-Arriyes II M, Wednesdays
and Saturdays leaves 100 PM, same days.
Horse Shoe Falls-Arrives 1900 M, Mon
days and Thursdays; leaves 200 PM. same
DAYS,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
To the Front.

Were the South a small section the
progress she has made in covering the
losses of war would be marvellous as a
fairy tale. But the new industries, the
mill wheels and the smoke stacks are
scattered So widely that even we do
not realize the industrial advancement
of our day and generation. The New
York Mail and Express indicates to its
readers something of what We are doing
when it says.
"How few in this region are pre-
pared to learn that the assessable val.
ues of the South have increased $780,
OOO,O 900 in the past four years? Yet
these are trustworthy figures. How
many of our people knew or dreamed
that the South had 307 cotton facto-
ries, with 100000 new spindlesH How
many knew that in Alamama, Georgia,
Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and
West Virginia the output of coal was
increased from 100000 tons in 1879 to
100000 in 1880? How many knew
that in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee,
Virginia and West Virginia the out.
put of iron ore rose from 10000 tons
in 1870 to 575, 1000 tons in 1880?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
FORBIDDEN.
[Medora Ozark In Inter Ocean

tMedora Clark in Inter ocean,
Your white hand never thrills to mine,
Your dear lips never smile on me,
never feel your strong arms clasp,
Your face / never see.
Your voice should be my music and
never hear its faintest Tone
Your life, which besses other lives
Belongs to me alone.
Unloving arms will hold you fast,
And careless lips on yours will rest
In place Of flowers, an empty husk
viii lie upon your breast.
There is door between us locked,
There is one volume closed to both,
Our drifting barques will never meet,
Nor will we break the oath
What sin has blurred my SOUL ah, fate
My hands have done what boundless
wrong,
That all this dscord should have crept
Into my sweetest song.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
A Fish in the Well
New Bedford Mercury |

1t used to be fashion in good many
country places to put live trout in the
well, with the idea that the fish kept the
water pure A trout might DO some.
thing in this way by devouring such
insects as fall accidentally into the well,
but really the value of the living fish in
the water is to DO looked for in a differ.
ent direction The life of the trout is a
tolerably good index of the fitness of the
water for drinking, since very slight
inHltration of sewage or of water
charged with disease germs is enough tc
kill the fish. When this occurs 1t IL
time to look out for some purer supply
of drinking water.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
A Question Of Ancestors.

Philadelphia Call.
Little Girl from Chicago-"Our
family is more aristocratic family
than yours
Little Girl from Boston--"No it
isn't. My mother can boast of her fore.
fathers for the last two centuries"
Little Girl from Chicago-"Oh, that
is nothing. My mother can boast of
four husbands in the last two years.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Courts.

Emancipation. f. D. Hancock, Chan.
cellor; NJ. L. Nearn, Clerk and Master,
Meets Wednesday after I'd Monday in April
and October.
Circua.-Hon. j. j. Williams, Judge; A.
B. Woodland, Attorney General; A. H.
Woodlee, Clerk. Meets Tuesday after Sd
Monday in May, and Tuesday after 4th
Monday in October.
County Court. C. Garretson, Chairman;
T. B. ROddy, Clerk. Sits by quorum LIST
Monday in every month, full court every
quarter.
Other County Officials. II. B. Lockhart,
Sheriff: Jacob Fehr, Trustee j. w. Lock.
hart, Register; Robert White, Superintend-
ent; Henry Overturf, Surveyor; A. H.
WOOdlee, Ranger.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Tombs OF Esther and Mori.oa
IChicago Herald

The tombs OF Esther and Mordecai
arc in a poor little shrine in Hamadan,
Persia. They are covered each by
wooden ark, on which are small pieces
of paper like labels, covered with He.
brew characters. They are placed
there by the Hebrew pilgrims. All are
under a small dome some fifty feet
high. The building is of red bricks,
the walls much patched with mud; the
blue dome is of tiles. These tombs are
held sacred by all Hebrews in Persia
and thousands make pilgrimages annu.
ollxr
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Crackers.

There are a certain class of people
who are never happy except when
they are predicting that the country
is going to the dogs they are always
filed with gloomy fOrebodings about
the future. If there is a strike in
Connecticut, they feel certain that the
country is going to be turned into a
commune, and the streets are to run
with blood. They take positive de-
light in predicting early frOsts, and
they regard the grasshOpper and cot
ton worm as special friends and breth-
rem. 1t rarely happens that any of
their predictions come to pass, but
that does not discourage them in the
least. They keep on hoping for some
thing worse to turn up in the future.
They remind one very much of the
Boston lady whose teeth the dentist
was fixing, and who emitted horrible
groans: cam hurting you much ?
Are you in accute pain?'' asked the
dentist, ooh, not in the least, but l
do love to groan.''
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Altamont Mails.

Arrive.-From Reersheba Springs at a.
m, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and
from Tracy City, via Gruetli, at p. m,
same days.
Leare-For Tracy City, via Gruetli, at
$50 a, M, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, and for Beersheba Springs at $50 a.
m, same days. A daily mail to and from
the above named points from June LIST to
October LIST each year. II. b. Northcut,
2. VI.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

Sober passenger (angrily)-"Look
where you step, man." Tipsy pas
senger OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1
do; the trouble is to-hic-step where
/ look"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

Question for debating society out
West: "If a Mormon who has eight
wives, buries one of them, how much
of a widower does he become, if any"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
worth Of IN. Continental.

At one time during the revolutionary
war the currency of the country had so
far deprecated that a barrel of -four
was worth Sl,J78, and John Adams
paid $l5, 900 for suit Of clothes and a
hat
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Lodges ntiAItnmont.

Alto. No. AIS, F. and A. M.-Meets LIST
Monday night in each month. All. Wood.
lee, w, NJ; II. B. Northcut, Sec.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

There are more than seven million
farmers iDthe United States, or near
ly One.eighth the entire population.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

If the fountain is pure the streams
will be pure also. So with the blood.
If that be pure the health is estab-
lished. Parsons Purgative Pills
make new rich blood, and taken one
a night will change the blood in the
entire system in three months.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01

Henry Ward Beecher says it will
never do to preach cream and prac'
tice skinned milk"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
LODGES.

n & A. M.-Warren, No. l25-1st Monday
I night in every month, in their hall over
the court room. NJ. D. SMALLMAN, w. NJ.
DCYAL ARCH CHAPTER-Srd Thursday
II night in every month.
r. KENNEDY, H. P.
T o. o. F.--McMinnville, No. 146; every
/. Tuesday night, in their Hall over II. ii.
Faulkner's, K. PATTERSON, n. u
w. s. LIVELY, Sec'y.
Rsbekah Degree, meets First Thursday
night in each month.
G. T. STAINBACK, n. G.
w. s. LIVELY, Sec'y.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR-MOuntain City,
n No. l4O; meets in Masonic hall I'd and
4th Monday nights in every month.
r. PATERS on d.
KNIGHTS AND LADY'S HONOR-2nd
n and 4th Thursday nights in every month.
A, II. GROSS. P.
O.U. w. meets lst and Sd Thursday
"A. nights in each month in Odd Fellows
Hall A. II. Faulkner. Nj. W.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
churches at AltamOnt,

ME-. Church, SO,tk.-Se-viees LIST Sab.
bath in every month at 8 p. IN. j. s. Black
wood, P. c.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-01
Grnndu County 1irrrforg.
Legislature,

Hon. A. J. MGElrOy, Senator; Hon. c. |
Beddow, Representative.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1885-12-10
warren Yafen. nenth.

An Omaha friend sends us the World of
that city, containing the following account
of the death of Warren Yates:
"Iienry Rustin, who was a college mate
of the late Warren S. Yates, has written his
father more detailed particulars of the sad
death. The Geographic reports differ from
this statement in many points. Victor
Caldwell was standing on the outer reef of
the Thimble Islands, having taken stand
there to do his shooting. He observed his
companion, Warren Yates, about three
-sandred feet outside of the. inner bay call
ing for haln. lie put out after him, but
losing one oar, was rendered helpless and
was compelled TO jump from his boat and
wade to the island, where he was forced to
wait from forenoon until evening before he
himself was rescued. A fishing smack dis
covered and took him aboard. lie offered
them every inducement to go out on the
sound and search for his companion, but
they declined being fearful to make the at
tempt and also believing that their efforts
would be fruitless. They claimed that with
The gale which was blowing the boat which
contained the unfortunate victim would
reach the opposite shore in less than six
hours, and if it capsized, which it was very
likely to do, there was no hope Of finding
the body. If 1t did not capsize, he could
not live until the boat reached to opposite
side. Caldwell then hurried to the train,
went TO New Haven and in company with
Henry Rustin and Will Doane of this city,
left for New York to go 10 Long Island
Points in search of Warren Yates. The
dead body was found on the opposite side
Of the sound in his boat all covered with
sleet and frozen. The remains will reach
here, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Yates,
Tomorrow
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1885-12-10

Tuesday, Dec. 9th, 1885. Court met with
all the Judges present Hattie B. Loker
was appointed Guardian to Jean K. Loker.
The term Of Office Of Jno. w. Cation, crier
OF court having expired. the court appoint
cd Jno. w. Garter to the vacancy. The
Bond Of ]. Philip Greenwell as Sheriff was
presented to the court and was considered
and approved. VIM. =. and Jno. NJ. Holly,
admrs. Of VIM. Holly, were cited to appear
before the Court at lie next meeting and
notified to stop, until then, further proceed.
ings In the case. Richard Chessldine was
cited to show cause why he Will not admin.
lister on the estate Of r. Cheseldine, late Of
OF. Mary's Co., deceased. In the estate o.
Clara Woodhurn, citation was returned by
the sheriff and case dismissed by the cour,
for the present. The court then adjourned
70 Dec. eth, 1886
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1885-12-10
Saln; Marg 5 Beacon
FraEeIer's Guide.


s. NJ. r. r. 4-Trains leave Brandy
wine, going East daily except Sundays, ct
1890. q. M Arriving at Mochanicsyille, 1l:45
a. m. Leave Mechanicsyille, going West,
daily except Sundays, at 1910 p IN. Ar
irving at Bandywine 2:10 p. m.
Early Morning Trains leave Mechanics
vile, going West, Mondays and Thursdays
at 5:45 a. m. Arriving at Brandywine at
$50 a. M.
Evening Trains leave Brandywine, going
East, Wednesdays and Saturdays at $50 D.
m. Arriving at Mechanicsville at 1880 p. m.
STEAMER SuEs leaves Baltimore every
Tuesday and Friday at 5 p. m. and Wash
ington every Sunday at p. m. Leaves
Ieonardtown every Thursday at Z a m. for
Baltimore and every Saturday for Wash
ington.
WEEKS LINES leaves Baltimore every
Saturday and Wednesday at $50 a. IN. and
every Sunday hight at o p. mn Sr Patuxent
River. Returning, leaves Millstonel4 and-
ing every Monday and Thursday at 10 a.
m. Night boat leaves Milestone Landing
at about 9 p m.
SrsAsfER THOMPSON leaves Washington
or Leonardtown every Sunday, Tuesday
land Friday and returns the next day.
Norfolk steamers 70 Washington from
sPiney Point on tuesdays, Thursdays and
saturdays, at 1880, p. M. Returning, Mon
hays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
See advertisements elsewhere.