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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13
Tennessee as a Poultry State.

Under the above heading j. L.
Glenn, Jr., of GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
writes the following to the Fanciers
Gazette:
"Tennessee was the second of the
southwestern states to take its place
in the Union, having been admitted
in l706. 1t was 50 called for the river
of the same name, signifying, "the
river of the big bend" This river
flows by the growing, manufacturing
city of Chattanooga, and carries upon
its bosom the products of the eastern
part of the State.
The middle is drained by the Cum
berland, a beautiful river that COM
petes with the Louisville and Nash
vile R.R. for carrying produce of the
country. On its banks are situated
the city of Nashville, the capital of
the State, and GAINESVILLE, sixty miles
below, the thriving town from which
| send you these notes, city whose
name is familiar word wherever its
dark, rich tobacco has found mar
ket. Though valuable minerals are
being taken from its hills, and some
ofits cities growing in Importance as
commercial and manufacturing CEN
tiers, Tennessee is yet chiefly an agri-
cultural State, and consequently, is
not the wealthiest in the Union. But
if absolutely separated from the rest
of the world, the people within its
borders could live in the use of all
the necessaries and even luxuries of
life, so varied are its climate and the
production of its soil.
1t has elevated plateaus and wide
spreading plains, all well adapted to
the raising of stock. Many within
its borders now give their exclusive
attention to the raising of horses,
mules, sheep and high bred cattle,
while few are turning their atten-
ton to the breeding of fine fowls.
Much of the attention they would re-
quire might be given at intervals of
rest between the labors given to more
exacting, and, nodoubt, lessrenumer-
alive crops. While cares and .atten-
ton are certainly necessary i'm order
to reach the best results, these under
wise supervision may be given by
those less qualified for the more ar
duous labors of the farm. If any
farmer will get few high bred fowls
and give the care of them his super
vision for a season, he will become SC
enamored of the occupation, and, il
calculating man, so sensible of its
profits, he will certainly not abandon
it, or count it an Indifferent factor in
the general result. AS a means to the
ends notwithstanding interest in
poultry raising-I know of nothing
that will take the place of wider cir.
culation of able, well conducted poul
try journals. 1t behoves everyone in
Tennessee interested in the business
to work to this end"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13
Fox-Huniing in England.
Harper's Monthly.

Harper's Monthly.
Every one who intends to ride
must appear early at the breakfast
table, and the scene is most inter
esting one; the pink coats are a
charming variety, and make many
ordinary-looking people picturesque
for the time being. Only thosewhose
sation warrants them can wear pink {;
occasionly well-to-do farmer may
be seen thus arrayed, but in every
case there is q tax of several hundred
pounds year for wearing it; besides
this, there are fees to the keepers and
the like, and if any mans country
is too well ridden over-that is to say
if a farmers crops suffer-it is always
customary tomake up a Lurse for him
Now and then some one rebels against
his ground being used, and as the
laws of the hunting fields are entirely
unwritten ones, is is difficult to de-
eide in such a matter; but the voice
of the people is always loud against
anything which interferes with the
fox. knew of one case where the
animal was hunted across lawn
and garden beds, and killed almost at
the door of a rectory. The rector was
not hunting man himself, but ii
never occurred to him to object to
| this intrusion
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13
A Birds Saving Bank Deposits.

The Examiner.
In California thewoodpecker stores
acorns away, though he neverseats
them. He bores several holes, differ
ing slightly in size, at the fall of the
year, invariably in a pine tree. Then
he finds an acorn, which he adjusts
to one of the holes prepared for its
reception. But he does not eat the
acorn, for, as a rule. he is not a vege-
tartan, His object in storing away
the acorns exhibits foresight and
knowledge more akin to reason than
to instinct. The succeeding winter
the acorn remains intact, but, becom-
ing saturated, is predisposed to decay,
when it is attacked by maggots, who
seem to delight in this special food.
1t is then the woodpecker reaps the
harvest his wisdom has provided, at
a time when, the ground being COW
cred with snow, he would experience
difficulty otherwise in obtaining
suitable or palatable food. 1t is a
subject of speculation why the red.
wood cedar or the sugar pine is in.
variably selected. 1t is not probable
that the insect the woodpecker is sc
fond of is found only on the outside
of two trees; but true it is that in Gala
veras, Mariposa and other districts o.
California, trees of this kind may bt
frequently seen covered all over theil
trunks with acorns, when there il
not an oak tree within several miles
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13
Wanted, Some Able-Bodied Earth
quakes.

Western Plowman.
The sensation of September was the
earthquake, which behaved in very
shocking manner, upsetting things
generally and inaugurating a veri-
table reign of terror. An earthquake
is very arbitrary in its manner of do
ing business, and we suppose it is be-
yond the reach of the restraining in
fiuence of kind advice. This is to be
regretted, for the Plowman would
like to make some suggestions show
ing how the force that now goes to
reckless waste in devastating cities
and adding to the country's crop of
wonderful liars, could be put to use
full purposes. For instance in our
halls of legislation, where tongue
power is mistaken for brain power
and useful work is hindered by use
less talk, the earthquake could make
itselfa public benefactor by giving
those rhetorical wind-mills vigor-
Gus shaking up. Then there are
towns too dead to support their own
local papers, whose progress and de-
velopment are checked by lot Of
sleepy old fossils whose only useful
services to the communities they af-
fiict, would be to furnish the head Of
of funeral professions, such places
need the attention of the earthquake,
Then there are many farmers who
need just about such shaking up as
vigorous and healthy earthquake
could give them. Those who follow
in the same old ruts year after year
using inferior implements, raising
scrub stock, and by taking no paperl
raising scrub families, all such ole
fogies need the visitation Of healthy
earthquake, for no other reformatory
power seems to have any effect:
Then there are the people wht
know too much. They have no us
for agricultural papers, because the.
don't incline to "book farming >
they don't believe in new method
because their grandfather's didn't EN-
ploy them; they don't believe it i
possible to learn anything by draw
ing from the experience of others
what ideas they have dynamit
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13
MEANWHILE TENNEssEEsATURDAY NOV1, 1886
ouldn't blow out of their thick heads,

couldn't blow out of their thick heads,
and nobody knows anything that
would be ofany use to them. Agood
earthquake of more than ordinary
quaking power is needed to shake
the conceit out of these fellows.
1t is really pity to see earthquakes
wasting their force in wrecking cities
when there is good and useful work
for them to do. We don't want to
see the old fogies taken out of the
world in their sleepy condition, but
would like the earthquake bestow a
little attention on a select lot that we
should label "To be shaken before ia
KEN"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13
PAT EN- rs,

Caveats aud Trade Marks Obtained.
and sll other business in the U. s. Patent
Office attended TO for Moderate Fees.
Our Office is opposite the U. S. Patent
Office. and we can obtain Patents in less
time than those remote from Washington.
Send Model or Drawing. We advise as to
patentability free of charge; and we make
No Charge Unless we Obtain Patent.
We refer, here, 70 the Postmaster, the
Supt. OF Money Order Div, and to officials
of the U. S. Patent Office. For circular,
advice, terms and references to actual eli.
eats in your own State or County, write TO
c. A. SNOW & co.
Opposite PsteAt Office. Washington, D. c.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

Mr.. Differs to his daughter-Eliza,
did you read this article about List ?
Eliza, at the piano Yes, pa. "Did
you notice that he said people must
play the piano with their soul"'
Eyes, pa" "Well, Eliza, just put
your hands in your pocket and play
with your soul till Pm through read
ing"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13
Poison Oak.

LdSl OuHuay, Willie dl MT. L. Il.
Hudson's, the great hay and carp
man, who is perhaps better known
than any farmer in the State, we no
titced that his son, Dewitt, seemed
to be skinning off at the hands.
Mr.. H. called the little fellow to him
and showed us how the skin, even on
the palms of his hands, was coming
off in fakes and new skin appear
ing underneath. He explained that
several years ago the child was badly
poisoned with poison oak, and every
spring he broke out andsufered great
ly. He had applied every known
remedy to relieve the sufferer, and
employed physicians to attend him,
but with no avail. SIN fact" Mr..
Hudson continued, "it seemed like to
60 in sight of poison oak vine would
cause the eruption to break out afresh
After trying everything else, I read
in the Banner Waterman so much
about the S. S. S. blood medicine that
determined to try that also, but
must confess that l had but little
hope in it. But, as you see, its sue
cess has been wonderful. 1t has driv-
en- every particle of the poison from
my child's system, and is now put
ting new skin on him. He is thor
oughly cured, and the S. S. S. did the
good work. believe it will drive
out any kind of poison from the blood
and its effects on Dewitt proves it..
There are great many sufferers from
poison oak in this country, and to
such l can knowingly recommend
this great medicine. 1t not only eff
fects certain cure, but seems to put
fresh life into one"
This is only one of the numerous
Endorsements offs. S. S. thathas reach
ed us, and we publish it as informa-
ton to those who are suffering with
poison in their system, it matters not
from what source it comes. This
discovery in regard in to curing
the effects of poison oak is of great
Importance, as itgives certain RENE
do foI most common and aggravat-
ing affliction, for which no permanent
remedy had ever been known. The
S. S. S. is certainly the king of blood
medicine, and is as harmless as it is
solvent for the eradication of impure
blood from the system--Athens Ban
ner- Watchman, april 80.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawe
8, Atlanta, Ga, or l57 w. 23d ST., N. Y
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

CATARRH CURED, health and sweet
breath secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.
Price so cents. Nasal injector free.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

SLEEPLEsS NIGHTS made miserable by
that terrible cough. shiloh's Cure is the
remedy for you.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

SHILOH'S COUGH and Consumption
Cure is sold by us on guarantee. 1t cures
consumption.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia and
Liver complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is guar.
anteed to cure you.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

GROUP, wHOOPING COUGH and BrOn.
chitis Immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure.
Sold by W. II. FLEMING. AcMinDvlle.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

SHILOH'S vITALIzER is what you need
for constipation, loss of appetite, dizziness
and all symptoms Of dyspepsia. Price 10
and Is cents per bottle.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Price % cents.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

THAT HACKING COUGH can be so
quickly cured by shiloh's Cure. We guar.
antee il.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
PERSONAL.

JUSTICE FIELD wants w. w. Story to make
a bust of Washington from the Houdon life
cast.
NJ. BARTHoLDI is to be the special guest of
the United states during his stay in New
York.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's visit to Richmond
is the first he has ever made into the old
South.
MRS. MILES. the wife of Geronimos captor,
is IN W ashlngton for the winter. She is liy-
ing with her sister, Mrs. Don Cameron.
Ex-KING THEEBAw complains that snakes
and scorpions infest his place OF exile, and
that he had as lief be back GU his throne.
LAWRENCE BARRETT drove over from Bal
timore to Towsontown tho other day to cheer
up poor John Z. Owens, who Is having a siege
of it.
MRS. FRANK WHITRIDGE. the eldest daugh-
ter of Matthew Arnold, will be seen in New
YORK society this winter. She is described as
a dainty little lady, with the bluest of blue
eyes and brown hair.
GEN. kAULBARs, of Bulgarian fame, speaks
English, French, German, Russian and Bull
garian with equal case, Is said TO be eX-
tremely courteous, even to his interiors, and
an entertaining companion.
ELLEN TERRY wears an Indian ''luck stone"
whenever she faces new audience. She got
It from the Prince OF Wales. who, it seems,
had IL from native when on an elephant
hunt In India some years ago.
MR.. GLADSTONE calls his study the ''Tem
pie of Peace" There are three writing desks
there. At one Mr.. Gladstone does his polti-
cal writing, at another his literary work ana
the third belongs TO Mrs Gladstone.
MRS JESSIE BENTON FREMONT, at the age
OF 81, preserves all the strong intellectual
tastes of her youth, together with her great
physical courage and love OF stirring adven-
lure and travel-rare traits in a woman.
MISS BESSIE sTAPLEFoRp. who has just be-
come the wife of Gov. Lloyd, of MARYLAND
has blue eye and golden hair, Her features
are regular ana her carriage stately ana dig
II fed, and in her manner she is reserved,
though cordial.
PRINCE GIOvANELLI of Venice. died re-
Gently, leaving fortune Of $3.50 600 which
Inherited by q son who is a French subject
Since the death Of his wife. Polish princess.
the Prince has lived the life Of a religious re-
cluse at Venice.
AFTER many unsuccessful attempts on the
part of Louisiana papers to guess the given
name ofC. Newton, a Democratic candidate
for Congress, 1t turns out to be Cherubusco
His father named him In honor Of one Of the
battles IN the Mexican war.
YOUNG Mr.. BLAINE's father IN law. Col.
Nevlus, OF OHIO, Is printer by trade and for
merly held position at the capital In his
younger DAYS Col. Nevips was suitor for
the hand OF Niles Kate Chase, before she went
To Washington with her father and mot the
young War Governor OF Rhode Island, to
wnom Size gave her hand.
TUE knights do not allsw their officers TO
avail Themselves OF tue usage Of nolite society.
W hen Mrs. Powderly told "a wishing dclega-
ton It her house The other day hat her huA-
band WIS not At home staWafi iron pud-
dler lOkinRly replied: None OF that for Us,
and piuyully pinl0ned her arms while his
comp Nous ransacked the hou.r, and found
ne Master Workman hard az work In his pri-
yate room.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
history of "Innocuous Desuetude. -

from Che Ne1o york sun.
"Grover," said the m stress OF the White
House, Interrupting her liege lord at his desk,
"are you real y the author of that now famous
phrase. 'nnOcuous desuetude?'"
why do you ask. my dear?r answered the
President, smilingiy looking up from his
work.
Because" replied his wife, II have taken
part ocular pains to note in ali the books
have read any passage or phrase from which
the words might have been culled, but have
found none, ana ! am nearly convinced that
you are the author"
"Well, my dear" answered the President,
81 wish to ask you this question: Did you
ever in reading book observe two words
used near each other that impressed you as
strong and expressive. amt the combina ton
of which originated phrase that was strik-
ingly terse and at the same time new tOyou?"
Never" answered Mrs. Cleveland inter-
estedly.
"Well. | have" continued the President,
land if you will go TO the library and on the
second shelf above, and in the same position
as your 'Lockes Essay on the Understandings
you will find novel, written BY Bulwer Lyt-
ton, entitled, What VIII He Do with ltP
Please bring it here" Mrs. Cleveland imme
diately did so.
''Now," said the President, ''please turn to
the last chapter in book fourth. and you VIII
find this sentence: Jasper Lasely sat Sc
cure, innocuous and profoundly miserable
In this sentence THE first and last part of
which is ca ally applicable to Republican
office holders and Democratic Office seekers
respectively thesword lnnOcuous struck me.
and reading along to chapter w., book 8, in
which occurs the following part of a sentence:
'Reviving thereon an art which had fallen
into desuetude,' and as this was my inten-
ton. and the word desuetude expressive, the
com blnatlon of these two particular words
suited my ideas exactly, so used them, Now
you have the whole history, my dear" con-
cluded the President, land You need not say
anything about it to Dan, who is the only
other person aware of it,"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24

A number OF statesmen have become
alarmed at the sickn and death of mum :
her of their associates who had too large
Wristbands. Nearly all of the excessively
stout men OF public life who live high fear
apopleXy or kidney troubles. senator Palmer
of Michigan, is quite stout and has the repu-
taton of being one OF the most indolent OF the
Senators. He has perfect health, however
but last summer 1t is said that he thought he
ought to reduce his flesh. So he sent for a
noted Detroit trainer to come up and give
him boxing lessons and put him through a
course of gymnastics. The trainer called at
o'clock in the morning. lie was not alb e
8. The senator rolled out of his bed, and
for about tlfteen minutes the two spared in
the most clentific fashion. The Senator was
then rubbed down, given massage treatment
and expressed himself as highly delighted.
The next morning he did not spar over five
minutes. The following day the trainer found
him propped up In bed. The Senator then
called for some lighter form OF gymnastics.
That morning was spent in exercising the
Senator by pulling his arms and legs while he
lay in bed. This was the end Of the physical
training. Whenever the trainer called after
that the Senator would simply poke cigar at
him and take more comfortable position in
bed as he asked him to talk about exercise
He said he liked to hear him talk on the sub
ject. and If he would come up every morning
and give him few practical hints while he
lay there and smoked he thought II might do
HIM some good. But the trainer drew the line
at the morn ny lecture and stopped worrying
the Senator.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
The Richmond Visit.

No very satisfactory explanation Of the
failure of Mrs. Cleveland and other ladies
to accompany the President and party to
Richmond has been given. Explanations
have been published, but it is not known
that they are the true ones. 1t was
arranged that Mrs. Cleveland and several
of the wives of members OF the Cabinet
should be of the Presidential party, and
the Governor OF Virginia had arranged
for reception. At the last moment he
was notified that neither Mrs. Cleveland
nor any of the other ladies who were ex-
pected to accompany the President would
visit Richmond, ana that the President
himself would not be able TO attend the
reception.
In Washington it appears to be bellev-
ed that it was decided at a meeting of the
Cabinet that 1t wouldn't be wise for Mrs.
Cleveland to take a prominent part in
great reception with Miss Winnie Davis,
the daughter of the ex-President OF the
Confederacy. Political reasons, it is
claimed, destroyed what promised to be a
very pleasant and enjoyable affair, not
only to the expected visitors but to the
people of Virginia who had gathered at
Richmond.
Assuming that this explanation is the
correct one, was not the President and his
advisers altogether too timid? If the
original programme had been carried out
the chances are that no attempt would
have been made by the Republican press
to make political capital out of the affair,
even if conducted on a much more mag
nificent scale than was proposed. A few
papers might have alluded to it, but it
would have soon been passed over as pos
sessing no significance whatever. 1t is a
question if the President didn't make
mistake
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
THE POPE's MEMOIRS.
Mr.. Webster's Account of His Interview
with the Holy Father.
From the Neso York Tribune.

From the Neto York Tribune.
In regard to his recent trip to Rome to see
the Pope about the publication Of his me
moirs, Mr.. Webster relates:
ut Is one of the rules of etiquette of the
vatican that whoever calls on the Pope must
60 IN two-horse carriage. So we went In
double carriage. with two footmen and
plenty of style. We passed through number
OF rooms Magnifcently furnished and through
the ranks of The Swiss Guards. Mgr. Macchl
lifted heavy leathern curtain from door
way and, passing through, my eye
| sonage with silvery white hair
and dressed in white silken robes. 1 knew 1t
was the Pope ana straightwsy made the first
OF the three genufections that are to be made
IN approaching him. He took us each by the
hand as we were presented. That idea about
peoples kissing the Pope's toe is all bOeh.
The most devout Catholics kiss the cross
worked on his slipper, but ne is dihdent about
that. The average believer kisses his ring, in
which is set q magnificent emerald an inch in
diameter. | presented him a copy of Gen.
Grants Memoirs. The conversation was in
French.
I'm lS7S,' said the Holy Father, Il bad the
pleasure OF receiving Gen. Grant in this room
and on this spot. He was a great man.
When we were about to withdraw his Holt
ness mechanically extended mis- hand to Mrs.
Webster. Then, recollectiDg himself, he
withdrew il, said with a twinkle of his eye
| VIII the little Protestant kiss the Pope's
riDgP The little Protestant expressed her
desire to do so, and the ring was again eX-
tended.
"I have m ade sub contracts in Spain, Italy,
France, Germany, Holland and England for
publishing the book, in every case with the
best publisher in the country and at my own
terms. The manuscript 10 now being trans
lated, and we hope to havr the book published
about next April. The Pope gave me pho
tograph of himself, and that will be the origi-
nal of the engraving each set will contain"