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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-18
A paradise Found in Patarop,a.

Not long ago Patagonia was believed
to be one of the most desolate and unin-
viting parts of the world. We have
learned within the past three years, how
ever, that great deal of Patagonia is
not to be judged by the bleNk and YER
dureless Atlantic seaboard. The Argen-
tine military expeditions have brought
home some astonishing reports, which
are now supplemented by the discover
les Of Col. Fontsna.
This gentleman, the Argentine gov
ernor of the Chubut province, has just
explored the Chubut river from its
mouth on the Atlantic coast to its head
streams in the Cordilleras, travelling 8, 900
miles, and crossing in various directions
large region extending $50 miles south
of 40 south latitude. In a letter which
the president of the Argentine Republic
received from him few weeks ago, Col.
Fontana said that he had discovered
many fertile valleys, weli-watered plains,
immense tracts Of rich pasturags, a
number Of lakes, and extensive forests
containing trees Of unusual size.
Il have found" he writes, new lands
Of superior quality, well adapted for
colonization and cattle raising, with a
healthful climate. an abundance of
wood, and useful minerals. This region,
believe, is destined to become one OF
the most beautiful and prosperous parts
of the Argentine possessions. IN. Y.
Sim
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-18
Learning Housework.

Practical Farmer.
If mothers education their daugh-
tiers to think more honorably of house
work, we would not have so many
inefficient hOusekeepers; but if the
mother is inefficient In the control of
her. home, she had rather do the work
than have the trouble of teaching her
daughters, forgetting that this is an
injustice to them IS well as to herself,
and she can no more neglect this part
of their education than she can
neglect their education from books;
and they should be taught to under
stand that to be an adept in the art of
sewing, plain or otherwise, is as great
an accomplishment as music or paint
ing; not that / underrate these latter
accomplishments, but / consider the
former as equal to them, and it seems
strange to me that mothers are so
blind to this most essential part of
their daughters education.
When we contemplate the many
unhappy homes, made SO by the in
capacity of their 'mistresses, our best
instincts convince us that the training
of our girls is absolutely wrong. /
once heard a farmers daughter say
to her mother the week before she
was married. 81 have never made a
loaf of bread or cake" and she was
twenty-three at that time, and hel
intended was farmer, and the
mother was well assured that the
daughter would have to be her own
housekeeper.
But even in the case of dividing
the care of the household with ser
wants, the discipline is better wher
the lady has a practical knowledge O
how things should be done, and the
length of time required in the perfor
nance of certain duties. If she has ;
knowledge of these facts she will b.
more kind and patient mistress.
While l believe that our girl
should be proficient in every depart
ment of learning, l think, also, tina
they should be taught the importance
of serving An apprenticeship in tn,
kitchen at the same time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-18
Putting ON His War Paint.

The crew of the gun belonged to
loaded me down with empty canteens,
and ! ran to avoid the sharpshooters'
Gre to the protection OF the forest behind
as. There saw many soldiers. Hol-
ow-eyed, tired looking men they were,
700, but not coffee boilers" lying on the
ground sleeping soundly. They had
sought the comparative safely of
The forest to sleep. Near the spring,
which rose in dense thicket through
which spring run flowed, the shade
was thick and the forest gloomy. Tho
water in the spring had been soiled, so I
reached for another higher up the run.
While searching for it ! saw colonel of
infantry put on his war paint. 1t was a
bowling farce in one act-one brief act
Of not more than twenty seconds dura-
lion, but the fun of the world was
crowded into it.
This blonde, bewhiskered braved sat
safely behind large oak tree. He
looked around quickly. He took cart
ridge out Of his vest pocket, tore the
paper with his strong white teeth, spilled
the powder into his right palm, spat on
it, and then, first casting quick glance
around to see if he was observed, he
rubbed the moistened powder on his face
and hands, and then dust-coated the war
paint. Instantly he was transformed
from trembling coward who lurked
behind tree into an exhausted brave
taking little well-earned repose. /
laughed silently at the spectacle, and
filed my canteens at a spring found,
and then rejoined my comrades, and
together we laughed at and then drank
to the health of the blonde warrior.
That night l slept and dreamed of comic
plays and extravagant burlesques; but in
the widest of dream vagaries there was
no picture that at all compared to the
actual one had seen in the forest. That
colonel is yet alive. ! saw him to years
ago.-Frank Wilkeson in New York
| Star.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-18
The Novel rs a Protection.

Many good standard novel has been
known to drag out miserable existence
at watering place resort where it has
served merely to chaperone the owner
whenever she left her room to sit on the
piazza or in the public parlor. A book
keeps bores at bay. Its covers protect
the reader almost as well as castle walls,
and intruders stand aloof from the I'M
socisble presence of reading matter
Boston Herald.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-18

If there is anything in this life that
will give one foretaste of hell, as
some represent it, that thing is Neu-
ralgia. 1t is the refinement of tor
ture. But there is simple and in
expensive remedy for it. Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment snuffed up into
the head will give instant relief.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-09-18

IngersOll says that no such man as
Noah ever existed. The mischief he
didn't! After whom, then, was
Noah Webster, the dictionary man.
named?
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
A COwardJy OUtrage.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April ga special
from Benton, Mo to the Post Dispatch
states that the Rev. Benjamin Derring
OF ST. Louis has been for some days
past holding a series of Temperance
revival meetings which have betn
wonderfully successful. Last night
some one as yet unknown placed in
the pitcher Of water which the reviv.
slist mad placed upon the desk from
which he was speaking a large qusn.
tity of croton oil. Several persons
drank OF the water befjje the services
began and became desthly sick, but
not knowing the cause OF their illness
failed to warn Mr.. D, ring not to
drink from the pitcher. The lstt'r i,
during his discourse, drank a glass of
the water and WIS Immediately taken
sick. All who tasted the water are to-
day in a precarious condition. Two
taloon-keepers have been arrested on
susoiCiou, and it ia hcught that they
poisoned the water in order to end the
services, which were having such a
depressing effect upon their business.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
THE WHEAT CROP.
Weekly Review of the Condition of
the Growing Crop.

CHICAGO, ILL, April 26.-The
Farmers ReUieW will tomorrow pint
the following crop review, based in its
returns from correspondents up to
last night:
"The weather has been exception
ally favorable during the past ten
days for spring wheat seeding, and
has been improved to the utmost in
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Mime
sofa and Dakota. Fully one-half to
two thirds of the entire acreage in
Dakota and Minnesota has already
been seeded, and under conditions
which could hardly have been ex-
celled. Seeding is progressing favor
ably in Wisconsin and Iowa, but in
Nebraska complaint of wet weather
still continues, and considerable land
which would otherwise have been de-
voted to wheat has gone to flax and
oats"
while the reports are. not,yet COM
plete, the indications are for slightly
decreased acreage in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and a considerable in
crease in Dakota. The reports from
Jllt WlulbI MuGdJ DlHJeS bllON
little variation from those of
the preceding two weeks. The Kansas
bulletins do not indicate any improve
ment. The outlook at the best is
that the yield will not exceed one
third to one half an average crop. In
Dickinson and other counties the fail
ure is almost total and fields have
been plowed under and devoted to
oats and other grains. The reports
from Michigan also show very little
or no improvement. The prospects
are for from 65 to So per cent of an
V trage crop in the different counties.
Reports of damage from the Hessian
fly come from three Michigan counties
and from Roanoke county in Indiana,
but the injury reported thus far is not
serious. The g~eneralityof the reports
from Indiana and Ohio are very fav-
orable, while the reports from Mis-
souri, and Tennessee continue very
flattering, the weather of tie past
two weeks proving extremely favor
able. With the exception Of one county
in Kentucky (Johnson) where there
is the promise of not exceeding half
a crop, the returns continue very
favorable"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27

still to divulge the name Of the per-
son. As nearly as can be a~scertained,
the facts are that the company made
no agreement whatever whereby the
eight mems status was changed in the
least. The Daily NelUs says, from all
it can learn, the supposed agreement
is signed by Sheriff Hanchett, and
that that official relied on the promise
that several business men would
place such tempting offers, both
in the way OF posi- ion and bonus, be-
fore the eight men that their refusal of
them would be next 10 impossible,
and that he, relying on that being
done, signed the guaranty. The sup
position at the time by the strikers
was that Sheriff Hanchett was, in a
way at least, acting for the company.
The same paper says: Though the
strikers may have been deceived in
that respect, it is not believed a dis
covery Of the fact will reopen the
trouble. Webster and Chafee, two OF
the eight men, say that no proposition
to work els where has been made to
them, and that they expect TO con-
tinue work for the company" Three
of the city dailies print interviews
with seven of the eight men, n be.
ing absent on sick leave, and they all
agree in asserting that they have had
no offers TO leave. the company, and
that it is their intention to remain in
the railroads employ. The railway
officials reiterate their ORIGINAL state
ment that the men are not to be dis
charged and are to remain as long as
they choose.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
The Missouri Car C0mpany's
arOuD1ea.

ST LOUIS, Mo-, April 28.-Two hun
dred of the striK ng employees of the
Missouri Car and Foundry Company
held a meeting yesterday to hear the
report of their committee appointed
the day before to call upon President
Mcmillan and persuade him to accede
to their demand that the company
cease furnishing repair material to the
Missouri Pacific railroad The COM
mittee reported that they had called
upon Mr.. Mcmillan, but could obtain
no assurance from him that their de-
mands would be complied with. The
meeting then adopted resolutions set
ting forth that their reasons for strik-
ing were j%ustifiable, and that they
would not return to work until their
demands were granted. All of the
strikers, however, were not present,
and those who were absent, not being
bound by the action of the meeting,
returned to their old places at the
works this morning. Several new
men also applied for places, and there
are now at work about $50 men in all.
President Mcmillan says that the
management of the companywill take
back all of the old employees who
apply for work to-day, and will m
ploy all efficient new men who desire
to enter the company's service. He
says the works will be in full opera
ton by the end of the week.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
The stomach as a GasOmeter.

In the dyspeptic stomach impure gases are
generated, after meals, that distend and dis
tress it, as we'll as the bowels. The best car
heartburn or bilious eructatiOns, is Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Carbonate Of soda
and efervescing aperients are far inferior to
il in efficacy, and as physicians now under.
pious libations Of any sort are injurious to
the stomach, and to dilute its juices is GER
tainly not the way to increase their digestive
usefulness. Aided by the Bitters, the diges-
tive organs, when enfeebled and ~disordered,
regain their lost tone and regularity. not, of
course, Immediately, but with a degree Of
rapidity highly indicative Of the excellence
of the remedy. 1t has the further effect Of
regulating the bowels and liver, protecting
the system against malaria, relieving rheu-
stitutional vigOr.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
TIE MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Jay GOBId on the Present status OF
AfTatrG-HOxie's Report.

New York, April 26.-Mr. Jay
Gould was called upon at his home by
a tribune reporter yesterday after
noon. In reply to inquiries concern
ing the present condition OF affairs in
the Southwest, Mr.. Gould said: at
is so quiet that we hardly know there
has been a strife. The strikers con
sole themselves with the thought that
we are not doing any business, but We
are doing a large business, a larger
amount than we were doing before
the strike. | have received this dis
patch from Mr.. HoXie: The third
weeks earnings will not be ready to.
day, hut the auditor estimates that
they will show an increase of about
$780, 900 compared with last year.
1t is hard to get away from such facts
/ think the improvement would have
been very marked but for these labor
troubles. Public opinion has risen up
and asserted itself about this matter,
and the formation of law and order
leagues in the Southwest has eXerted
a great moral influence and effect,
destroyed the organization of the
Knights of Labor. In fact, to be a
Knight of Labor out there now is
about synonymous with being called
a criminal. OF course there is some
bushwhacking and occasional at
tempts to throw trains off the track,
but the tracks are carefully guarded,
and the result is that everything is
going along nicely.
Mr.. Gould was then asked what he
thought of the threats made against
the Wabash railroad system in the
event of his obtaining control of it at
the sale. He replied: "The Wabash
will be sold under a foreclosure, and
it will be bought in by the bondhold-
ers. The majority of them are in Scot
land and England, and the rest are
scattered about the country"
The following kilograms were re-
ceived at the Office of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company this morn
ing:
ST. LOUIS, No, April %, 1885.
Three hundred and four freight
trains, containing 5000 loaded cars,
ran over the system Saturday, an in
crease of SO trains and 1888 / ads over
the same day last year; 2S3 freight
trains, consisting of 454S loaded cars,
ran over the system yesterday, an in
crease of 81 trains and 1888 cars over
the same day last year. At $3.50
O'Clock this morning freight train No.
IS was ditched east Of Wyandotte,
Kas., by spikes being pulled out of
the ties and fish plates taken off the
rails. Fireman Ben Horton and
B, akeman George Carlisle we're in
stantly killed, and Engineer J.. II.
Fowler seriously injured. Have Of
fered $500 reward for the parties who
caused the wreck. H, NJ. HOME.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
Ayers %SarsapariIIa,
Prepared by DR.. j. C Aver s. Co, Lowell, Mass.
Price 81 six bottles, sc.
CONTAGIOUS
Diseases are Prevalent all over the
World.

l am a native of England, and while /
was in that country l contracted a terrible
blood poison, and for two years was under
treatment as an outdoor patient at Noting
ham Hospital, England, but was not cured.
! suffered the most agonizing pains n my
bones, md was covered with sores all over
my body and limbs. had vertigo and deaf
ness, with partial loss OF sight, severe pains
in my head and eyes, etc., which nearly ran
me crazy. / lost all hopo in that country,
and sailed for America, and was treated at
Roosevelt in this city, as well rs by a prom
inent physician in New York having no con-
DectiOn with the hospitals.
l say the advertisement of Swilt'B Specific,
and l determined to give it a trial as . last
resort. i had given up all hope Of being
cured, as ] had gone through the hands OF
the best medical men in nottingham and
New York. [ took six bottles of S. s. S.,
and l can say with great Joy that they have
cured me entirely. ] am Us sound and we'll
i. FRED uALFORD.
Now York City, juno u. 1885.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
LABOR DISTURBANCES.
GOULD INTERVIEWED ABOUT
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC.
The Present Status OF the Strike
The Lake Shore settlement
Mr.. Hoxle's Reports.

ELMIRA, N. Y, April 26.-Vice-
President Hoxie of the Missouri Pa
cifc has written a letter to the Elmira
Division, Order of Railway Conduc-
tors, thanking them for their recent
resolutions condemning strikes, and
approving the course of the conduc-
tors upon the lines of the Missouri
Pacific system in connection with the
recent labor troubles. He says: 81
am glad to be able to state that sew
eral associations of skilled labor upon
these roads, among them the railway
conductors, have proved their loyalty
to this company and their regard for
principles Of right and justice, and,
such having been their record, their
organizations are entitled to the re-
spect and confidence OF raj way man.
ayers"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
An English view of n situation.

LONDON, April 26.-The Standard,
comment ng on the strikes in the
United States, says that they "will
strain the resources of American
craftsmanship, as they have only once
been tried since the wal of independ-
ence to keep the conflict within the
bounds of legality and constitutional
order.W Republican institutions are
still on their trial. 1t looks as if the
social difficulty would become their
severest test yet"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
simpJy Took the strike Fever,

ST. LOUIS, Mo April 26.-Forty. five
boys employed as helpers by the
Great Western Glass Company, struck
for higher wages to-day, throwing out
of work seventy-fve men, dependent
in performing their duties upon the
services of the boys. The latter have
no real grievances against their em
ployers and it is supposed they have
simply got the strike fever and will re-
turn to work soon, teing informed
that if they do not, Others will be en-
gagged to fill their places.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
BLOSsOM.TIME.

Snow, snow, down from the apple-trees,
Pink and white drifting of petals sweet!
Kiss her and crown her our Lady of Bios
soming,
There as. she sits on the applo-tree sweet
Has she not gathered the summer shout herr
See how it laughs from herliPs and her eyes !
Think you the sun there would shine on
without her?
Nay IT is her smile keeps the gray from the
skies!
Fire of the rose, and snow of the jessamine,
Gold of the lily-dust hid in her hair;
Day holds his breath and Night ONE up to
look at her,
Leaving their strife for q vision so rare.
Snow, snow, down from the apple-trees,
Pink and white drifting Of petals sweetl
Kiss her, and crewn her, and fiutter adown
her,
And carpet the ground for her dear little
ieetl
Laura E. Richards in 81. Nicholas for Nay.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
The New Haven Carriage Makers
strike.

New HAVEN, CoNE., April 26.-The
carriage shops here have notified their
striking body-makers to return to work
to-day or remove their tools. Other
shops have also agreed to do the same.
The carriage workmen's union has re-
taliated by ordering out the p inters,
blacksmiths and trimmers. The pro-
prietors are fully organized and say
they will close down entirely as this
years trade has already been ruined.
The men are prepared for a fight.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27

DAY STALLION, star, lott hind ankle
@, 1881, BY GUY or (sire Of AlgAth, throo-year
old record, 2:2jla), First dam, Marcia s., by
Will ams's Mambrlno lsire OF the, dam OF
SAnta-Claus, 2il7lO; second dan Ned diam
Of Clemmio g., reco 4 2:l5h, Post Boy
2:23A, Alice Stoner 2;2i12, by Berkloy's Ed
win F%orrest); third dam by Mambrino Chief
(sire of Lady Thorn, 2:lSH); fourth dam by
GREY Eagle; fifth dam by Bolivar; sixth dam
by B'nokburn's Whip seventh dem BY Comet
CUTuBERT is a mahovany bay, lbA hangs
has never been handled for speed, but can
show a $40 gait with .wo men IN n busy,
Was bred and rsiscd by J. g. hcILerrnn y
Co., Glonview, near Louisville, ky.i anQ
will ba allowed ia ioryo p approved mares
this season. Services, twenty-five $50 do
lars cash. Can be seen at our fable.
Z. A. JONES r co.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
The New York Street.Car Strike.
The Lake Shore strike.

CHICAGO, Ill, April 26.-Since the
Lake Shore switchmen's strike came
to a sudden termination, there has
been a great deal of speculation as to
the fate awaiting the Objectionable
men. The company's officials say that
they maintained their position and
made no agreement whatever as to
the disposal of the eight men, nor
had they authorized any n to sign
the paper exhibited by Mr.. Stahl.
The latter still insists that the eight
men will be removed within sixty
days, and the agreement to that effect
signed by some one authorized by
the company TO do 50. He refuses
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
sale Of the Wahnsh.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 26.-pnited
States Commissioner Edmund T. Al
len sold under the foreclosure of
mortgage, at public auction, at noon
to-day, the Wabash, st. Louis and Pa
cifc railway, the total price paid for
the entire property being S625 ,00l.
The committee appointed blythe stock
and bond holders to look after their
interests were the only bidders, and
the whole system excepting the st.
Joseph and st. Louis branch was pur-
chased by them. W. F. Nesbitt, its
president, purchased the latter road
for ST.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
COnnterEeiter Cantured.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 26.-An Italian
named Lorerz 20 CSpona was arrested
here last night by Capt. Hall ard Mr..
Shaw OF the United States secret sery-
ice for showing counterfeit 81 notes,
His house was searched and $3.50 in
couutsIfait bills we're found. He will
be taken before a United States Com
missioner to morrow for examination.
Capt. Hall has also lodged in Jail here
Thos. Chance, who was he'd by the
United States Commissioner at Han
nibal, Mo-, for circulating bogus silver
doll srs.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
Stabbed IN THE BACK.
MURDER on A JERSEY CITY
STREET-CAR.
COwardly Outrage on a Temperance
Lecturer-Killed About a Girl
COunterfelter Captured.

JERSEY CRY, n. j., April 26.-Jsues
Forester, an engineer on one of the
Anchor Line steamers, while riding on
a street car last evening offered his
seat to a lady, but before the lady
could take the seat an Italian named
OeIevasso seated himself in it. Fol-
roster expostulated without avail, and
finally took the man by the collar to
put him out, when the Italian drew q
knife a font long and uluneed it into
Forrestei's back, inflicting a fatal
wound. The Italian ives arrested.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-27
Killed About Girl,

OMAHA, NEB,, April 25.-Geo. Davis,
a watchman in the yards Of the OMAHA
Lumber Contrary, was shot yester-
day by William Calm, another watch
man, and fatally wounded. On &C.
count Of o girl, whom both had been
courtiDg, they had engaged in a bitter
quarrel. Davis knocked CaIlin down
With his revolver and fred two shotl
at him while he Law on the ground,
but neither took effect. Then Carlin
drew a weapon and sent two bale into
Davis's body, to.h producing moltll
wounds. Carlin surrendered himself
TO the p1lice,