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BETWEEN TWO YEARS.

What wonder that, as here sit alone, Counting the steps of the departing year, Waiting the slow and solemn chime to hear, That tolls the requiem of the Old year gone solemn awe should OCT my spirit spread, A strange, still sense of mystery and dread ? What wonder-when know that at my door, Unseen, unknown, the waiting New year
 stands,
 Grasping sealed scroll within his hands With strange, dim characters inscribed o'er- Wherein lies hid in awful myst ry All that this coming year shall bring to me Perchance, that sealed scroll may hold withal Some sad death-warrant for the friends l
 prize;
 Or my own name amongst them haply lies Or sorrows worse than death yet to befall; Or there be writ in characters of gold Some joy to crown my life with bliss untold I watch the old moon ill its slow decline: So pass, Old year, beyond life's stormy sea Whate'er the waiting New year bring to me l know 'tis ordered by hand divine. So, fearless, mid the wild bells mingled
 din,
 ope the door, and let the New year in
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were lAeard from all parts of the hall, and he was promptly hissed down.
 "All of fo'ty yars ago, ]" solemnly oh served the president, as he rapped for or der, 1T made mp my mind dat de man wid a con on his toe must either grin au' bar it or suffer amputashun of de leg close at de hip. Muffin has since happened to change my belief. De con doctor am n man wllo raises mp false hopes in your busum- He talks grandly of delirium tre- mems, spinal meningitis an lumbago' an odder portions of de human anatomy, an he softens mp your con aud slaves off de top-cllarges, one dollar. Fur de nex' free days you bless all de world, but on de 10th or fifth de same ole con turns mp fur biznesr, rested, recuperated an ready fur six moths of hard work. Let de resolush.
 un stand. De ianitor will now blow out de 1 lights an We will go home."
The Press., 1886-01-07

THE MYSTERY OF APOPLExY -ApOpl KY Is unfrequent before the end of middle life, because up to that time the cerebral vessels usually retain their integrity, but there is no way in which 1t is possible to predict the occurrence of apoplexy in a person who has never had seizme. A person who has once had stroke. Is more like ly 10 have another than person of the same age who has never had one. But the occurrence of one seizure does not neces- sarily imply speedy recurrence of the trouble, nor, indeed, any recurrence at all. The individual may live to old age without having another attack, and finally die of some trouble wholly unconnec'ed with the tendency to apoplexy. But, uotwithstand- ing this possible exemption, it is proper and important that the person should pre- serve as closely as possible a temperate mode of life, avoiding excesses of all kinds, and adhering as faithfully as possible to that golden mean, which is the exponent of the laws of wholesome living. Mental excitement and great bodily exertion must be avoided, but all mental occupation should not be prohibited, and moderate physical employment is one of the neces. sary conditions of good health.-G Good Housekeeping.
 Philadelphia Call "Mr. Dusenberry, what are these automa' i'd ouplels which are being introduced ?"
 "Don't interrupt me, my dear. See I'll have to go over this whole column oi figures agaln." %
 'Bnt what are they, Mr. Dusenbc rfy?'
 "What are what, my dear ?''
 Automatic couplers. ''
 "Oh! Yes, I know We've one of them in tho house and I've always regret ted getting it.''
 Where is it ?"
 "In the Bible. Our marriage certificate, my dear"
The Press., 1886-01-07

Many suffering people drag themselves about with failing strength, feeling that they are steadily sinking into the grave, when by using Parker's Tonic they would find cure commencing with the first dose, and vitality and strength surely coming back to them.
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She OnlN

medicine ever found that helped me at all is ATHLoPHoRos, and have not had the Rheuma- tism since took it."-EDwIN SEARS Province town, Mass.
 professor in 8 medical college once said to his class "put your hand in vice, turn the screw until the pain is all you can bear and that's rheu- matism; turn the screw once more, and that's neuralgia-and gentlemen, the medical profession knows no cure for either." That was before the srS CaATHL0PH0R0S GaefS ssre a9d Doh S rheumatism and neuralgia, and many physicians use it regularly-frankly admitting that they can prescribe nothing else so effective.
 Many persons have tried SO many so.ealled rem. edies. without hepetit, that they have faith to try more, but It Ia worth your while to try Ath- tophoroS, if you have any doubts as to it's value write for names of parties in your own State who have been cured by it's use.
 Ask your druggist for AthIophoros. If you cannot get it of him will send it express paid receipt of regular price-SI .oo per bottle. We prefer that you buy it from your druggist. but if he hasn't it do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at once from directed,
 ATHL0PH0R0S CO.,, It2 WALL ST., NEW YORK.
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Captain Courtney says While on the coast Africa had three men sick with malarial fet yer. I cured them with Sulphur Bitters. l. is the greatest blood purifier ever saw. al. ways keep it inmy medicine chest. -ShipNau- titus, Baltimore.
 CARD.-To all who suffering from the errcrs and lndiscretions of youth weakness, early decay loss of manhood, &c., will send recipe that will cure you, free of charge. This great remedy discovered by missionary in South America. Send a self-a ddressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. In man, Station D, New York City.
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Norristown Herald: It is stated that "Chief Justice Waite has worn out five satin robes since he took his seat on the bench" If he were to put cushion on the bench his clothes wouldn't wear out so fast, and he wonld find the seat much more comfortable.
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Coughs Colds and Sore-Throat yield readily to B; II. Douglass S Sons Capscum Cough Drops. Sold everywhere. Price 15 cts. per or pound.
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DAUGHTERS, WIVES AND MoTHERs.-We emphat- caly guarantee Dr. Marchisi's CatholiCon. Female Remedy, to Female Diseases, such Ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Liberation, Falling and Barrenness, Change of Life LeucorrhGa, besides many weaknesses sPrinnging from the above, like Nervous debility Palpitation of the heart, Sc For sale by Prices $ a DO and 50 f per Bottle ct, free. For sale by W. D. Heald. druggist.
The Press., 1886-01-07

All the railroads in the state have paid the taxes due this year and all back taxes overdue with the exception of one small road that owes but few hundred dollars. The New York and New England has paid not only its October, 1885, taxes, and the $75, 900 which it paid as agreed ill August but also the $75,0 more which it had agreed to pay by May next. It has also paid the Connecticut Central's back taxes iu full, The treasury has not for years stood so well as regards railroad taxes.
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One morning in my store rheImatism set tied in my right hip. I was about to send for the doctor, but was advised to try Athlo- phoros. The next morning the rheumatism was all gone. It is wonderfully medicine. Lyman Judd, 1l2 Temple St., New Haven, Ct.
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Newspaper reporter to president of com pany: "Has your company taken any steps yet to pay it's taxes ?"
 ''Why, certainly, sir. We have made two protests against the .censtitutionality of the
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For cofds.
 For Group.
 For NsUnuigia. .. For Attenuation. Doctor Thomas Eoisotnic 0H.

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 "Speut Flfty Dollars In doctorng for theumatitn, before [ tiled 1Aostas' Eciscfyic OM Used A s5-ceat bottle ot this medicine. aud got out in one Wsek. Tor bgrps and sp,ains it Is eKeeeni.' Ju. Z ssbsm, tsst Pembroke, N. Y.
 You Can Depend On Tt. For severe Toothsche and Neuralgia of ths head, used TAss4dF EclsefyG. OfI 1hh h certainly the best thingl ever knew ida the st. lief Of pain of any klnj. The hon'en RIYes wita- out th;' Mz. A. A. Frank, I;s THFg'i % s.st Buffalo, N. Y.
 Speaks Right Up.
 Have tried JhenaT hctscfvfc I1H fc- eroap and colds, and ind the best remedy have ever used in my tamty." Wm. Rsy, s,o plyr8uta Ave, Buffalo, N. Y.
 90
 Worked Wonders. My daughter was very bad of on account of a cold ,and pain in her iungs Dp. TAssfas' he. Itcfrfe CH earsd h<g fa fabSEfy-Issr AsEvl. Oas ol the boys was cured of sore throat. Tbis meo' cna has worked wopdst in our family" Al, N.h Piacknsy, Lake Aahopse, NY.
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, Public speakers and singers find B. H. Douglass x Sons Capsicum Cough Drops sure remedy for hOarseness Sold everywhere. Prize l5 cts per qr lb
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DoN'T GET DISCOURAGED |? because the doc tors say you cannot live. was troubled with Dropsy, and given up to die But after using Sulphur Bitters I am we'll. It is the best med icine for all Kidney Diseases I ever saw.-- Mrs. J. Broaoa, Bridgeport Conn.
The Press., 1886-01-07

English election stories abound. The terse dispatch from Glasgow, "We are seven, indicating that all the Liberal can didates in that city had been elected, has been surpassed in brevity. MT. J. S.sWill being elected member for the Montrose Burghs, an Arbroach admirer telegraphed in congratulation ''Hallelujah p to which Mir. Will promptly replied ''Amen P
The Press., 1886-01-07

Boston Herald We have pointed out more than once that, while fire insurance is of great benefit when considered from the standpoint of the nation, it would need very little argument to show that if the system of fire insurance that we now have had never been introduced and extended, the annual fire loss of this country would be many million dollars less each year than it now is that safer buildings would be constructed, and each property owner would take precautions in the way of pro- tecting his possessions which he does not now consider necessary.
The Press., 1886-01-07

THE BROADWAY SoUAD.-Police Officer James O'Connor, 239 Mulberry street, New York City, writes that half bottle of Red Star Cough Cure permanently removed se- were cold. The price is only twenty five cents d bottle. Police Officer Thos. Flana- gan, 2526 Bank street, Louisville, Ky, who was desperately wounded i'll the late war; was entirely cured of pains and spasms by St. Jacobs Oil.
 CArARRH IN NEW ENGLAND.-Elys Cream Balm. The best remedy for its purpose have ever sold.-John Hooker, druggist, Springfield, Mass :.
 An article of real. merit. c. P. Alden, druggist, Springfield Mass
 Those who use it speak highly of it.--Geo. A. Hill, druggist, Springfield, Mass.
 Cream Balm has given satisfactory results. W. P. Draper, druggist, Springfield, Mass
 Having used Ely's Cream Balm for about g year, I can say it is just the thing for catarrh. Miss Mattie A. Baker, East Templeton, Mass
 To PREVENT SMALL Pox.-To the editor of The Press: preventive of Small Pox without vac. cinaton, may be found in Dr. k. c. Flowers Nerve Pills, prepared blythe Flower Medicine Co.,, and sold by all druggists. This has been proven by practcI experience during one of the most dreadful epidem ics of this disease ever known in America. M. D.
 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED because the doc
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:'There is nothing like Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil t quickly cure cold or relieve hoarseness.' Writte by Mrs, M. J. Fellows, Burr Oak, St. JosephCo Nict
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NEW RULES - THE PRESIDENT PHILoso-
 PHIzEs ON THE MULE, THE WEATHER AND CORNS
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04


The Chicago Times, of Friday, in
discussing the commercial outlook,
but expresses the prevailing conyic-
ton in almost all sections in saying
that "the country is ripe for large
"trade the coming autumn, as with a
restoration, of confidence, ample
"crops, and enough money, the bust
"ness situation is satisfactory. These
"things, together with the increased
"traffic of the railway companies and
Charger earnings of roads, have all
'"been duly considered by business
"men, and importers and manufactu-
"rers have operated in accordance,
preparing by contracting for supplies
"They are satisfied that little is to be
"gained in the way of price by de-
"laying, and they have been willing
"to back their judgements of a good
"consumptive demand later by cover
sing their anticipated requirements
Gin advance"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
What Are You Doing b?

Do you ever tell what the Lord has
done for your soul? How does the
world know that you are a Christian?
DO you ever make personal appeal
to an unconverted soul? Do your
religious engagements take prece-
dence over all others? Have you
tried to induce anyone to attend the
church? DO you visit the poor, the
sick, and the strangers? Have you
sought to know our new members I?
Do you Ego into all the world and
preach the gospel" by giving as the
Lord has prospered you? Is secret
prayer your daily habit? Are you
informed concerning the spread of
the gospel? Do you take a religious
paper? Are you an advocate of gos-
pei Temperance principles? Do you
observe family worship? Do you
ever hand any person a good book or
tract? Do you contribute your part
of the current expenses of the church?
Are any of the ways of working and
witnessing for Christ your ways?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
To Make Umbrellas Last.

People don't generally know"
said an umbrella retailer recently,
"that umbrellas will last much longer
if, when they are wet, they are placed
handle downward to dry. The mois-
ture falls from the edges of the frame,
and the fabric dries uniformly. If
stood handle upward, which is COM
monty the case, the top of the umbrel-
la holds the moisture, owing to the
lining underneath the ring; it cohse-
quently takes a long time to dry, and
Injuries the silk or other fabric with
which it is covered. This is the main
cause of the top of the umbrella wear
ing out sooner than the other parts.
Umbrella cases, too, are responsible
for the rapid wear of the silk. The
constant friction causes the tiny holes
that appear so provokingly early.
When not in use the umbrella should
be left loose, and when wet left open
to dry.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
Influence of Newspapers.

A school teacher, who had been
engaged long time in his profession,
and witnessed the influence of news
paper upon the minds of family and
children, writes as follows: / have
found it to be universal fact, with
out exception, that scholars of both
sexes and of all ages, who have access
to newspapers at home, when COM
pared with those who have not, are,
1. Better readers, excellent in pro-
nounciation, and consequently read
more Understandings.
2. They are better spoilers, and de-
fine words with ease and accuracy.
8. They obtain practical knowledge
of geography in almost half the time
it requires of others, as the newspa-
pers have made them acquainted
with the location of the important
places, of nations, their government
and doings on the globe.
4. They are better grammarians for
having become SO familiar with every
variety of style in the newspaper,
from the commonplace of advertise
ments to the finished and classical
grafton of the statesman, they more
readily comprehend the meaning Of
the text, and constantly analyze its
construction with accuracy.
5. They write better compositions,
using better language, containing
more thought, more clearly and more
correctly expressed.
6. Those young men who have for
years been readers of newspapers are
always taking the lead in debating
societies, exhibiting more extensive
knowledge upon a greater variety of
subjects, and expressing their views
with greater fluency, clearness and
correctness.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
No Time to Study Nature.

Estelline Oak, Bell.
"Ah," said the summer tourist,
leaning over the fence and addressing
the farmer, "may l make bold to in
quire what that great quantity of
green vegetation growing over there
is?"
"Cent'nly, mister; that's corn"
"Ah, thanks. And those large an
finals over beyond the fence, they
are, err"
"Cows, my friend, everyone of 'em
cows. Say, you don't seem to be very
well posted on these ERE things"
perhaps not. The facts, my bus
mess has kept me so closely confined
that this is the first chance I've had
to get out in the country"
Running a bank or something
like that ?"
"No, sir, am editor of an agricul-
tural paper. have held that posi-
ton for 80 years."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
Good Investments.

The original investors in Bell Tele-
phone stock are considered fortunate
because the value of it has increased
ten fold. 1t was, no doubt, a very
pleasant surprise to them, but they
could not express their satisfaction in
more earnest words than do the pur-
chasers of "PLAIN HOME TALK" and
"MEDICAL COMMON SENSE" hun
dreds of whom write that it is worth
from ten to one hundred times its
cost. An editor writes: "It contains
more of value than any book on my
Shelves" A physician writes: "It is
without doubt the best and most in
teresting book l ever consulted"
Here is chance to invest $3.50 for
something that you will soon find
will rise in value, and be worth many
times its cost. 1t is especially inter
esting to those just married or about
to be, and to persons "who enjoy poor
health" Contents table free. Muir
ray Hill Publishing Co., 1919 East 2Sth
ST., N. Y. City.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
Don't Expect Perfection.

Some people must have sulky spells;
some be snappishat times; others find
it necessary to their existence to be
woe-begone over nothing, every now
and then. They are to be pitied for
these things, as if they had the sick
headache. They get over them if
they are left alone, and come out
right and pleasant again, unless they
are those most wretched creatures who
are always out of sorts, and who are
not likely to be loved at all. 1t is the
young man who marries the angel
without wings, and the girl who be-
heves her husband to be superhuman
and to conduct accordingly (poor
man, who are the soonest disenchan-
ted. You must not expect more per-
lection Of your husband in the long
run, than you do of your grandmoth-
er, and your wife is as likely to have
her failings as your maiden aunt.
The chief point is to love so well that
your heart will open itself and take
in faults and all; and then, soothed
by the tenderest of affection, healed
by sympathy, kissed by forgiveness,
many of them may die out or turn Gas
mans faults easily can) into virtues.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
Dress Reform.

The grOWn-up woman of today has
been broken in from childhood to
wear the ordinary garments and sub
nit to the fashion of the time. She
has grown accustomed to them, and
custom has so dulled her senses that
they utter no protest, however in
herently uncomfortable and even
painful those garments may be. This
is a good and sufficient reason why
average women cannot understand
the object of the contention of dress
reformers-they like that to which
they have become accustomed. Of
course, sensible people of all ages can
and do make notifications in their
dress, which render in both healthy
and comfortable, and this is done
quietly and without attracting any
public attention. But if dress reform
is to effect any material good for the
community, it must be radical, 1T is
no good to oppose the iron law of
custom; we must strike at the root of
it and begin with the children. In
short, the reformers must begin atthe
beginning, instead of at the end, as
they have been trying to do. 1t is in
the hands of mothers today to help
this work of healthful dressingalong;
and to give to the world the fine phys,
ical men and women which shall
mark an era of development in the
race.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
Don't Be Too Positive.
Exchange.

Exchange.
Boys, don't be too certain. Re-
member that nothing is easier than
to be mistaken. And if you permit
yourself to be so very positive in your
mistakes great many times, every
body will loose confidence in what
you say. Ifyou have any doubts, or
if there is any room for any, remove
the possibility of doubt by examina-
ton before speaking, or speak eau
tiously. Don't be too certain. "John
where is the hammer?" at is in the
corn-crib." "No, it is not there. 1
have just been looking there" "Well
/ know it is, l saw it there not half
an hour ago." eff you saw it there
it must be there, of course, but sup
pose you 60 and fetch it." John goes
to the corn-crib and presently returns
with small ak in his hand. ooh, it
was this ak / saw; the handle was
sticking out of the half-bushel meas
ure, 1 thought it was the hammer"
"But you said positively that you
did see the hammer, not that you
thought you saw it." There is a great
difference between the two answers.
Do not permit yourself to make a
positive statement, even about a small
matter, unless you are quite sure; fol-
ifyou do you will find the habit
growing upony you, and by-and-by you
will make loose replies to questions
of great Importance. Don't be toe
certain.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
Try a Change.

Harper's Bazaar.
Because your mother has always
considered potatoes good enough
when plainly boiled or baked need
not prevent your attempting other
and more savory fashions. Try pota-
toes parboiled and then baked under
the roast of beef; or warmed with
onion Drowned in butter and a spoon
full of minced parsley or heated in
milk slightly thickened and well sea-
soned; or made into dainty GRO
quotes, crisp and creamy; or cooked
in short, in score of other ways
and you will be ready to confess that
there are possibilities in the honest
potato of which you never dreamed.
Again, if you have in the house a
fine boiled ham, do not allow it to
return to the table as plain ham until
the very name has become jest, and
the sight of the lengthing bone and
ragged meat has wearied even q ro-
bust appetite. Make an omelet, and
sift powdered ham over it; or chop
fine cup of the meat and add it to
well-seasoned scrambled egg; or mix
it with rice and make it into GRO
quetts.
10 serve as an accompaniment to
roast beef you will find few dishes
more satisfactory than a Yorkshire
pudding. l have heard housekeep-
er of conservative habit exclaim !;
"Yorkshire pudding! Oh, that is
what they always have in Dickens
stories and English cookery-books.
cannot spend my time in trying
such elaborate dishes as that"
Yet a Yorkshire pudding is moth
ing more than batter of eggs, milk,
flour and pinch of salt poured into
the dripping pan in which the beef is
cooking, and baked until it is brown
crisp and delicious.
In the line, too, of breads and des-
serts the venturesome housewife can
make many discoveries worth the
finding, and with no more labor OF
expense can furnish her family with
a pleasing variety of dishes. The
whole matter lies in a nutshell. 1t is
only this: Have the courage of an
explorer and do not be daunted by
the experience of your friends. Dc
not be afraid to venture, and you and
those whose comfort depends upon
you cannot tail to be delighted with
the result.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-04
Sunshine at Home.

Many child goes astray, not be-
cause there is a grievance at home,
but simply because home lacks sun
shine. A child needs smiles as much
as the flowers need sunbeams. Chill
dren look little beyond the present
moment. fla thing pleases, they are
apt to seek it; if it displeases, they
are apt to avoid it. If home is a place
where faces are sour and words harsh,
and fault-fnding is ever in the as
cendant, they will spend as many
hours as possible elsewhere.