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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-02-13
A SONG FOR THE TIMES.
Let hard times assail us,

Let hard times assail us,
Let proverty nail us
Like mystical horse-shoes to every old wall;
Let deep tribulation
Aud fierce desolation
Spread nvr. all lands like funeral pail
Though empty our purses,
Though creditors cursr uS,
And quarters are squeezed till the eagles all
howl,
Let's have merry faces
And smiles for all places,
Remembering It's better to grin than to
growl.
What though banks are breaking
And "big houses" quaking
Least one day undo all they ever have done,
Our crossness can't mend it,
Our weeping won't end it,
Why not take the bright side and call it all
fun?
Will forfeited pleasures
Or imbecile measures
Bring back our lost conference.-the the
dark cowl?
No, no, today's sorrow
Brings no brighter tomorrow;
When things will go bad, let us grin and
not growl.
But let us keep thinking
That though we are sinking
We can't 60 much further, because it won
pay;
The old saw not forgetting,
That's cured lots of fretting,
"The hour is the darkest just before day"
Though vacant our purses,
Though creditors curse us,
Tho quarters are squeezed till the eagles al
howl,
Let's keep merry faces
And smiles for all places,
For surely tits better to grin than to growl
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-02-13
Love-.

The following definitions of Love
in its various phases and mazes is
from the Drummer" publication
published somewhere up North:
Love is keeping ten dollar family
on a six dollar salary.
a great many young people, who
are too green to burn, run into love
like lot of colts turned loose in a
pasture, with this ditference-that the
colts can jump the fence when they
want to get out.
There was never yet 50 great'a fool
who couldn't find Il man or woman
to hold up the other end of a single
tree. The ways of providence are
past finding out.
Happy marriages are composed Of
three parts of love, one part money,
and the balance in good health and
common sense.
The woman who loves a man good
enough to feed him on good coffee,
hot biscuits and fried chicken, can be
relied upon as good article, Warrant
ed not to fade.
The love that has tendency to
make one have an inclination to die
for its object is not so much better
after all than that which produces an
inclination to live for its object.
Warmed over love, like warmed
over victuals, isn't quite so good as
the first article, but people can live
and get fat on it.
The love that stands by young
man till the cows come home, as he
: swings girl on the front gate, some.
times deserts him, like leaves from
the frost, when he has to swing the
baby in the cradle.
Love is like beer-it gets flat when
it is uncorked all the time.
Some girls can't tell the difference
between love and taffy.
A baby is love materialized.
Whenever love has to play SECOND
fiddle, it is time to break up thu
band.
Love will make a man take anothe
hold when every other power OF
earth has banked out and given it VI
as bad job.
Love is worth two dollars and ;
, half per bushel to any man or woman
living.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-02-13
TEE ROMANCE OF FIVE LITTLE
RAIN DROPS.
BY CHAS. A. ARNOLD.

1t was softly raining. Little Ella
was sitting at the window by the side
of her mamma looking out at the
rain.
mamma, how do you like to see
it rain ?" she said, 81 love to hear the
little drops talk"
Just then she spied five little rain
drops, all in row, pending on the
partly-closed shutter blinds, and in
her childish innocense she cried out.
"Mamma, look what pretty little
rain drops! Mamma, do look and see
how nice and clear theyare."
Hardly had she spoken thus, when
the five little drops dripped from the
blind and slowly trickled down the
side of the house. Little Ella watch
ed them until, with a gentle "tchip,"
"tchip," they fellinto apool Of water,
where she could no more distinguish
them from the rest. The members
from the little quintette assembled in
a corner and began musing upon the
voyage which they had just ended.
"What a long, yet delightful jour
ney we have had in passing from
heaven to earth," said the first.
eyes, and how pleasant it was to
pass through the balmy air on wings
Of gravity, and know no fatigue"
said the second, little physophical-
ly.
"But most grateful we should be to
the air, which so kindly kept us from
falling too hard without its help we
should surely have been injured in
falling such high distance" said the
third and fourth, as if in one voice.
The fifth, the smallest and most
timid, told how it had dreaded and
feared it might fall upon roof and
be shattered; but now, oh how glad
it was that it was yet left to accom-
pany the other four on their onward
journey. Thus they unused short
while, and began talking Of where
they should go next, for long they
could not stay at one place. They
sunk into the soft ground, and soor
had fair beginning of mediterranean
voyage. All five, side by side, slow
ly trickled through the crevices an(
pores in the ground. Slow and tedi
Gus was their progress, but with ligh
and cheerful hearts they passed owe
all obstacles. Through beds Of ella,
and gravel, and further down the,
saw large mines of coal, in whicl
miners were busy with their picks il
hand and their lanterns on their caps
working from day to day. Days
weeks, months and years rolled by
but they knew not how long the
had thus been trickling through tn
ground. Still they passed downward
until one day their way took asudde
turn, and their sharp ears heard tn
murmuring of water, which the
judged must not be far away. The
accordingly hurried thither, and wit
their five little voices soon swelle
the melody of a little brook whic
bickered through beautiful vale.
Just at the outlet Ga small opening
the ground) of the brook or sprini
was place from which the Peep
from the surrounding country WEI
wont to fetch up water. Luckily OF
little heroes escaped the pale of
maiden, who had, just rs the five Ii
tie drops had passed her, dipped III
pale into the clear spring.
Onward they went, followed by
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-02-13

We will wager years subscription
that 2j-cent package of Sheridan's
Condition Powders contains more
pure ingredients and cost more money
thar bushel OF any kind put up in
large packs. Sheridan's powders are
absolutely pure.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-02-13

If men and women strove as hard
to please each other after marriage as
they did before, divorces would be
unknown.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
THE DAIRY.

DO not paddle, squeeze or mash
the butter when working it, so rs to
spoil all the granulations, but leave the
grain as coarse rs possible, then salt to
suit your own taste, so that one per-
son, at least, will be suited with the
job. - Western Rnrd,.
The dairyman. by the force OF cir
cumstances, has to become versed In
the breeding and management of stock,
especially that of dairy breeds; hence.
In the very nature of things he becomes
thoughtful, studious, observing man.
and, what Is better. 1t leads to a higher
intelligence.-Bo Boston Post.
The disadvantages of the ordinary
system of setting milk in shallow pans
for raising cream are that longer
period eiapses before the skimming Is
completed, too much space is required,
and in summer the milk becomes sour
cefore the whole of the crea m has risen.
-Rurai World.
AS food producer the COW stands
unsurpassed by any other animal. A
good COW will yield six times her live
weight in milk in season. The old
Scottish saying, that IA COO gives milk
her mou,' or in other words that she
is machine for making .iilk, is very
applicable. A COW can not make milk
out of nothing, Notwithstanding that II
great many farmers seem to expect her
to do so.-Field and Farm.
Rich heterogeneous foods are the
most favorable to the elaboration of
milk. These heterogeneous foods in
crease the amount of milk secreted.
but do not materially vary the relative
proportions of the solid constituents of
the milk. The proportion of water to
solids may be Increased or diminished
by the food and drink, and the amount
of solids may be increased or dimin-
ished in the same way. But practically
the relative proportions of the solids
remain unchanged. 1t therefore fol-
lows that good feeding pays. 1t makes
better milk by reducing the proportion
of water. - Toronto Mail,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
CRUMBLY BUTTER,
The Quality of Winter Dairy Products
Dependent on Judicious Feeding.

The Quality of Winter Dairy Products
Dependent on JudiciOus Feeding.
Winter-made butter carries its own
certificate of quality. 1t is usually
white and tallowy, and crumbles into
small fragments. 1t is always deficient
in the oily part of the fat. Fats consist
of three acids: stearic. margaric and
oleic, combined with glycerine. Stearic
acid or stearine is hard, white and fri
able; oleic acid or oleine is yellow, soft
and oily, and dilutes the whittier and
harder stearine and margarine. In the
winter the oleine of butter is much
less proportionate, being used up in
making fat, to keep the animal warm.
And unless food that is rich in oil is
provided for the COWS, the butter made
in the winter will always be hard and
crumbly and white in color. This
fact applies also to some cows which
consume the oleine of the food, and
consequently make white, hard butter
at all times; but much more so in win
ter than in summer, while others
make richly yellow and oily butter.
The rich butter of the Jersey cows is
associated with lean carcass, while
some other cows are always fat and
sleek, but their butter is white and of
poor flavor.
Much. however, may be done in the
way of feeding to secure an excellent
quality of butter, even in winter. Some
of those who have made winter dairy
ing special business are much
troubled by the poor quality of the
butter, and farmers generally. who
make butter at this season, complain
almost universally of the same diff
Guilty. While some part of it lies in
the cows, beyond doubt, yet the greater
part OF the difficulty is in the feeding,
and dairymen must provide an abun-
dance of food that is rich in oily matter,
to supply both the wants of the COW
for herself to sustain the vital warmth,
and to leave an abundant surplus for
the butter. A caution may be given
against depending upon the so-called
oil meals for this purpose. BY the new
process in use in the mills every parti-
Gle of oil. in cottonseed and linseed, is
taken out by means of benzine, or
naphtha. as it is sometime called.
which dissolves the oil and leaves the
meal entirely free of it. Formerly,
S.'N'S AAASSio SOhVtlilCl leU 10
eighteen per cent. of oil, and they were
then most valuable food for fattening
and for the butter dairy Now, they
are OF no use for making fat, excepting
so far rs their protein clements NAV
be converted into it by roundabout
transformation; but it is known that
fat, given in the food, is formed into
an emulsion by the process of mastica-
tion and digestion, and is assimilated
directly and taken into the blood by
way of the lacteal vessels and the por
5al vein. If we want to get rich milk
we must feed food rich in oil, and the
pest food of this kind we can use is
'orn meal, finely ground, mixed with
'ut hay. or fodder, so that il is thorough
y masticated and made to yield up its
,il to the action of the saliva.-U. s.
Oairyman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
A LAND SLIDE
Causes = Frighttul Accident to Panhaniis


PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 1s.--At 7 O'Clock
this morning as the Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl Il ST. Louis railroad limited express
from Cincinnati and the West was enter
ing the city, huge landslide came down
from the bluff between the Point bridge
and the Smithfield street bridge, on
the south side of the Monongahela river,
crashing into the train. Three of the
sleepers were almost buried out of
sight. In one OF the sleepers n stone
Weighing over 9 thousand pounds was
louged. Eight OF the passengers were seri-
ously injured, one of whom, gentleman
named Bennett, Of New York, will proba-
Dly die. The injured persons were promptly
removed to the Monongahela House, tho
Seventh avenue and the St. James Hotels,
sleepers that were so badly damaged were
the "Alsatia, " "Williamsport" and "Yar-
reow." The interiors of each were COM
plete wreck, while the roofs were cnved and
the sides torn out of the Cincinnati car.
Pullman Conductor T. W. Degroot, who
was in the rear car, says the train was
running at speed of ten miles when the
crash came. The scene following can not
be described. The passengers who were
not injured ran wildly about not knowing
rushed into his arms and tainted. No ono
was badly hurt In his car, but in tie two
front coaches the injured were quite nu-
merous. One piece of rock struck the mid
die OF the car and slid lengthwise to Section
No. /, in the end of the car, where it lodged,
crushing the section to atoms. An old
gentleman and his daughter had left the
section q minute before. or they would
have both been killed. The sleeper Will
Transport was struck by stone weighing
almost ton. Mrs. Lieutenant Glass had
Just got up and passed into her slater DOM.
Her berth and seat were smasli )d to pieces
The large rock, when it struck the bottom
OF the car, glanced toward the rear, and
broke the seats as though they were but
spider webs One gentleman from Phila-
delphia, =. K. Lewis, sat just opposite Mrs
SIlass. He heard the crash, jumped up, and
half OF his seat was smashed under him as
though struck by a trip hammer. He es-
of some broken glass In bis face and ear.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Burnt Clothinu,

CINCINNATI, o., Nov 2O.-At 3o'clock this
morning fire was discovered on the south
side of Third street, between Race and
Vine. Five of the largest clothing houses
in this city are ablaze and their destruction
can hardly be averted. The fire is spread
ing southwark and has reached tn build
ings on the north side of Pearl street.
The flames were first discovered
in the large clothing and
cloth-house of M. & l.. g. Fecheimer, 1O7
Third street. The wind carried the flames
southwark, and in less than ten minutes
the clothing house of Bettman Bros. at No.
q Pearl street, the millinery store of
Senckman & Co., No. "a Pearl street, and
he clothing house of Leon Il Metzger, at
No. " Pearl street, all situated just in the
rear of Marcus a. L. s. Fecheimer's place,
were on fire. The damage at this wri ting
70 a. m.) will exceed a half million dol
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
ANARCHIST PLANS.
Diaboiicai Suggestion to blow Up the
water Tower and Burn Chicago.

Diaboiical Suggestion to BIow Up tho
water Tower and Burn Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2i.--A local German pa
per asserts in its issue TO day that tho
Anarchists OF this city have renewed
their agitation, and that tho call for
meetings Of the ''groups'' are circulated
openly. Monday evening"" the article
says, I'm the hall on Clybourn avenue, a
meeting of the North Side Group of the
International Working Peoples Associa-
tion was held, at which various "plans'
were discussed. Some of the persons pres
ent thought that on stormy night, with
few pounds of fdynamite, the water-tower
could be blown up and fires started at some
dozen different places. The Water-works
destroyed. the fire department could have
no water; half the city would go up in
blaze, aud in the confusion thus caused
the re-organized groups and companies
of the Iehr und Wchr Verein could easily
capture the city. Police Captain Schaack
says he has no fears of any thing happen
ing at present, and his men are keeping a
close watch on the groups" He could not
tell what he was going to do in this partic-
ilar case, not having any authentic in
formation yet, and il he had he did not
in adyanca
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
FOUL oDoRs.

Room for Improvement In the Way Some
Cheese-Factories Are Kept.
Any one who has visited q number
of cheese factories does not need to be
told that there is room for vast inn
provement in the way they are kept in
many instances. In some cases their
construction is so faulty that it is diff
cult to keep them free from unpleasant
odors, and probably this is due as much
or more to the way the floors are made
than to any other reason. The whey
spilled upon them gets into cracks and
crevices. or into the grain of the wood.
which becomes soft by much wettinp
and soon sours and rots, to fill the room
with unsavOry fumes. These do the
double mischief of affecting the health
OF the occupants and the quality of
cheese they manufacture. In the work.
man they produce feeling of lassitude
"a sense OF dullness, heaviness and
exhaustion, as II excessively fatigued.
though the work has only been moder.
ate and light. In the cheese they pro.
duce flavor corresponding with the
characteristics of the fumes from the
fioor, and when pretty intense the
cheese acquires a sort OF sour and me-
tallic taste, as II the milk had stood in
rusty vessels. TO avoid these Disagree
able effects the floors should be made
perfectly tight and inclined to fixed
line OF depression, so that all slops shall
DO quickly drained away, and, as soon
rs the work of the day is over, the
whole floor should be wetted over with
, weak solution of oopperas water.
which should be kept on hand and dis
solved in advance, to be ready for use.
Jopperas is one of tho most powerful
antiseptics and disinfectants known
md very weak solution only will be-
necessary, 1t will preserve the floor
Is well as disinfect the room. -Nationai
Li0e- Stock journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
A CAMPAIGN EPISODE.
How Rev. Joshua Norton Stopped Hi
Paper.

How Rev. Joshua Merton stopped His
Paper.
COLUMBUS, IND, Nov. 2l.-Rev. Joshua
Norton, of this city, during the heat of
the last campaign received a copy of the
Indiana Phdlanr, the State Prohibition
organ, and wrote on the wrapper. "Take
your dirty paper back. It is only fit
Tor slobber mouthed whisky drinking
democrats to read, and not for scholarly
Republicans" The editor of the Phdiann
waxed wrothy on receiving the insulting
message, and at once placed the mat.
ter in the hands Of the United States Dis
trlct Attorney. Norton was indicted by the
United States Grand Jury for sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails and for
violating the postal laws. Yesterday the
reverend gentleman went up to Indanap-
OILS and pleaded guilty in the United States
Court, throwing himself on the mercy of
the judge, who fined him SIS and admon-
ished him to be more gentlemanly in the
future in the matter of stopping his papers
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
The CIothinu.House Fire.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 2l.-The losses at the
lire which consumed the wholesale cloth
ing establishments of Mack, Stadler a. Co.
and M. a. l.. s. Fechhemer, at 1O7 and 1Og
West Third street, early Saturday morn
lug, are estimated at 100000. The insur-
asnce is about $55l, 900. The fire is said to
have started from an old stove in the sec
ond hoor of Mack, Stadler a. Co.'s store,
Captains Halstead and Higginson and
Firemen Bushkamp and Kuhn were
wounded by falling timbers, and their
lives are despaired of.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Reoraanizina The havv.

WASHINGTON, Nov IS. = Secretary Whit
ney to-day signed an order concentrating
in the Bureau OF Provisions and Clothing
of the Navy Department the functions of
the other bureaus of the department., SO
far as they relate to the purchase of sup
plies for the navy and their storage. This
action is regarded as the initial movement
OH the part of the Secretary towards the
accomplishment of his plan for the reor-
ganization of the Navy Department.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Quiet ObseQuies.

New YORK, Nov. 19.-The funeral core
monies over General Arthur's remains will
be entirely without display. His remains
will not lie in state, but after the services
on Mond, ~ will be taken direct to the Ru-
will accompany the body to the church.
The casket is to be of fine oak, covered with
broadcloCh, without trimmings on the out
side. On the top will be a silver plate, on
w"ich will be engraved the name and date
of death.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Infant Burned 10 Death.

LIMA, o., Nov. 2l.-The infant child of
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. Bryant, who are tenants
on the farm of Martin Grove, two miles
southeast of the city, was burned to death.
Mrs. Bryant wrapped the little one in n
shawl and told her son, aged seven years.
to watch the baby and she would 90 ont
and milk; The shawl in some manner
perhaps, by spark from the fire-place-
took fire. The boy ran for his mother. tell
ing her that the baby was bnrning up She
rushed into the house, but was too late to
save the life of her child
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Arensdorf Indicted.

Sioux City, IA, Nov. 1s-An indict.
ment has been found against Arensdorf,
alleged murderer of Rev. Mr.. Haddock,
and bills are expected to be returned
against his nine confederates, Plath,
Munchrath, Trelber, Sherman, "Bis.
marck," Gauder, Leader, Peters and Lea
witt as accessories. The conspiracy ques-
tion will be deferred until the January
grand jury meets.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Tornado In Kansas.

GIRARp, KAN, Nov. pa tornado struck
Girard this morning, passing through the
residence portion Of the town from south
west to northwest. The path of the storm
was only from fifty to to seventy five feet
wide All of the lighter buildings were
stantial ones stood the shock without much
damage. The total damage will not exceed
$4,000. The Fresbytel ian church was
wrecked. A number of persons were in
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
TERRIBLE DEATH.
Two Young Girls Roasted in Their Burn
ing Home Near Marion, Ind

Two Young Girls Roasted in Their Burn
ing Home Near Marion, Ind.
MARION, IND, Nov. 1S.-A fire with
terrible and fatal results was reported this
morning from Landville, in the northwest
ern part of this county, 12 miles from Ma
rion. James Johnson, prosperous farmer,
and his family resided quarter of a mile
from the village. This morning the son Of
Mrs. johnson arose and built fire, but
iinding it was only o'clock, he returned
to bed. A half hour later the house was
in flames. johnson and his wife and their
two sons escaped in their night clothes.
Johnson's daughters, Ella and Minnie.
aged respectively IS and 20 years, awoke
to find themselves surrounded by flames
and half suffocated with smoke. They
attempted to reach the ground, but
one fell in the stairway and perished there.
and the other ran back to her bedroom,
1ell ir across the bed and was suffocated.
The horror-striken spectators were unable
to render any assistance. The building
was completely destroyed. The elder Of
the young ladies was a teacher in the Land
vile public school.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
A Highwayman's Fate.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2l-The Times Fort Keogh
(Montana) special says: Last Tuesday tho
remains of Jim Swan, alias Jack Sheppard,
the prince of the Northwestern highway
men me were found among. the Big Horn
some time ago, while handcuffed, and was
never caught afterwards. He died from star.
Walton, as his manacled condition prevent
ed him from procuring food. A knife and
found beside him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Seven Days' Failures.

NEW York, Nov. 19.-The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country
during the last seven days number for the
United States 2O7, and for Canada 35, or a
total of 242, as compared with q total of
2Sl last week and 1856 the week previous to
the last. The casualties reported from the
western and Southern States and Canada
are much above the average. In the other
sections of the country they are LIGHT.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
Battle OF BaIlybunjon.

DUBLIN, Nov. 1S.-A number Of bailiffs,
protected by a strong police force, at
tempted to carry out an eviction process
They were attacked by mob Numbering
five hundred persons, and after a severe
battle the mob rescued the cattle which
had been seized by the officers In the en-
counter number Of men were severely
wounded.