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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-04


The dissolution of partnership existing be-
tween Brugh & Truman, the proprietors of
the Ryan, and the possible retirement of the
Two from the active management of the hotel
brings to mind the peculiar way in which the
partnership was originally formed, as prior to
taking the house they were perfect strangers
to each other.
According to Mr.. Truman he was passing
through Chicago from New York to Kansas
City, to look after a hotel at the latter place.
1t was in the winter of 1875. On reaching
Chicago he ascertained that the westward
bound roads were blockaded with the snow
and were unable to send out any trains.
~
10 while away the time he visited a friend
connected with hotel publication and from
the latter learned that Dennis Ryan of st.
Paul was looking for tenant for the Ryan
which would be opened the following sum-
mer. He also learned that Mr. Brugh of Bos-
ton was figuring on the hotel and desired a
partner.
kilograms passed between Truman. Brugh
and Ryan, and the result of the conference
which followed was that Brugh and Truman
constituted the firm under whose auspices the
Ryan was opened. THE ONLoOKER.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02
Y. M. @. A.

A Young Mems Christian Associa
ton was organized here on Thursday
night, and the following officers were
elected: w. T. Murray, President
R. M. Reams, Vice President; S. T,
O'Neal, Secretary; Milton Fleming,
Treasurer. A committee was ap-
pointed on constitution and bylaws,
and the Association will meet again
on the second Thursday night in
January, in the lecture room of the
C. P. Church, to receive the report Of
this committee and perfect the organi'
zation. All young men, whether
members of any church or not, are
cordially invited to attend this meet
ing and participate in the exercises
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02
The Nashville Union has perma-

The Nashville Union has perma-
nently enlarged to an eight page pa
per, with six columns to the page.
The first issue in the new form APP
peared Jan. lst. We are glad to see
this substantial evidence of the sue
cess Of the Union. BY this enlarge
ment it will be enabled to give great
deal more reading matter, and it will
doubtless hold prominent place in
the frontrank ofSouthern newspapers.
The young mems prayer meeting
will be held in the lecture room of
the c. P. Church onSunday afternoon
at 8 O'Clock. All young men under
seventy-fve years of age are cordial
ly invited to attend this meeting, and
parents are specially requested t. ca
courage their little boys, from six
years up to about stwenty-six, to at
tend The young men and boys who
have this work in hand are in earnest
about it, and are determined to make
the meetings both interesting and
profitable.
MIR. j. Il. Potts returned from
a business trip to Nashville Wednes-
day afternoon. While there he pur-
chased from Mr.. S. B. Spurlock the
buildings and lot occupied by r. H.
Mason d Co., and the barber shop.
The lot has front of siXty-nine feet,
and extends back to North street.
Mr.. Potts will raze the present build
ings to the ground next summer, and
erect in their stead three handsome
two-story brick buildings, and will
make town hall on the second floor
We are glad this property has been
secured by Mr.. Potts, as he has both
the money and the enterprise to erect
! buildings upon it which will be an
ornament to the town, and we fee
assured it will prove a profitable in
VeStment.
The editor of the STANDARD
spent Monday night last in Tullaho
ma, and through the courtesy of Col
T. II. Baker, editer of the Republi
can, of that place, had the pleasure o
attending meeting of the literary
society at the residence of Mr.. May
nard. The exercises consisted of in
strumental and vocal music, recita
tions and readings, and furnished I
delightful evenings entertainment t,
us. There were between forty ant
fifty persons present, and everything
on the program was excellently ren
dered. The society is certainly
source of much pleasure to the mem
bers, and if the program is execute,
at each meeting in the same heart,
spirit as upon the evening we attend
ed, it cannot fail to prove highly ben
eficial in the way OF intellectual cul
ture.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02
The Excursionists.

The Ell Paso (Ill.) Journal, edited
by Mr.. w. D. Meek, the journalistic
capitalist" who visited McMinnville
with the Northwestern excursionists
some weeks ago, has the following in
reference to our town in its issue of
Dec. 26th:
"McMinnville the county seat of
Warren, circle-shaped county we
visited next. 1t is an old town and
one containing considerable wealth.
Here we were not able to get around
much on account of rain. This
day, by the way, was the only dis
agreeable one we had while away.
There are some very fine buildings
in this place and the place is consider
ed one of the healthiest and most
beautiful towns in the state. 1t is
situated on a series of hills where the
highland rim of Tennessee abuts
against the Cumberland range. From
some of the hills about the city some
magnificent views of picturesque
scenery can be obtained. Ben LO-
mond, a noted peak, rises in sublime
granduer and towers sentinel-like
above the city. About the place
some traces of the war are left in the
shape of ruins of old forts and breast
work embankments. The young
ladies ola female college located there
gave an entertainment for the edifica-
tion of the eXcursionist at the college
building the evening we were there,
tnat was greatly enjoyed. We left
the town with very high regard for
the citizens. Some members of our
party also express high opinion of
the apple and peach brandy they
found there. Warren county brandy
enjoys quite reputation even in our
state, so we have heard"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02
From Tarlton.

To the Standard
Rev. Mr.. Baker preached at Phila-
delphia, this county, Saturday at II
O'Clock, and at w. NJ. Patrick's at
early candle light, then again at Phil
adelphia Sunday at IL.
n. B. Barnes commenced turning
ground Saturday, preparing for an
other corn crop. His team wouldn't
work well together until after going
three or four rounds, then it did very
well.
Ned eagle, of Warren county, was
in our midst Saturday, and informed
us that he had moved his headquar-
ters to Beersheba Springs for his
health. He does look little delicate
in the face, and perhaps that mineral
water and pure atmosphere will re-
store his health. ''
Jonathan Wears spent the latter
part of last week visiting relatives
and friends on the river. "
l was reading the STANDARD on
Christmas day and came across the
following example to which Prof.
J. p. Clark desires an answer: ga
loaned B 800 for twelve months,
with interest at six per cent; but B
goes and pays A $50 at the expiration
of six monts and had his note credited
by that amount. Which ought B to
have done, have his 800 note credit
ed by $50 at the expiration of six
months, or loaned the $50 for six
months at six per cent?" If / un-
derstand it, when B pays A $50 it is
legally entitled to six per cent inter
est, Just thesame asif B had loaned it
toe. Now, if this is not correct, will
some one please show me better
The way ! look at it, there is no diff
ference, provided the $50 indorsed on
the note draws interest. l3d4
w. M. McGregor, j. p. Fairbanks
and A. j. Clendenon, of Warren coun'
ty, came up to the party Tuesday
night before Christmas, at n. B.
Barnes, and had gay time with the
young folks. 'i,t 4iH
Jas. Wanemaker gave the young
folks party Monday night. 5mo
Lawson Walker, son of zed Walker
went out on the mountain toward
Spencer and married Miss Marths
Scott and returned home Monday
evening. sa G.au
n y . .
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02
Birthday Party.


Col. Ed. j. Wood and wife enter
tanned several friends at their home
last Sunday, the occasion being Mrs.
WIS. birthday. There were present
Col. Robert Thompson, DIR. Fam,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. S. Doyle, of
Sparta Mr.. ]. +. Waters, of Kansas
City, Mo-; Mrs. NJ. ]. White, Col. l..
B. Waters, Misses Pattie White, Jen-
ME Waters, and Emma Wood, of Nc
Minnville.
A sumptuous repast was served al
l p. m., after which music was fur
nished by the young ladies. Us
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02

American Angler: "How is it
that you can tell such whoppers?"
asked a caller, addressing the editor
of the fish story department. "Well,
you see" replied the editor, "our
wife's name is Anna" "What has
that to do with it~ ga great deal.
When we are writing fish stories we
usually have Anna nigh us to help
u.s." That caller was carried to the
hospital.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02

"Step right into the parlor and
make yourself at home," said the g.
year-old son of the editor to his sisters
best young man. "Take the rocking
chair and help yourself to the album.
Helen Louise is up stairs and won't
be down for sometime yet-has to
make up her form, you know, before
going to press"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-02

Send the STANDARD to some
friend for New Years gift.
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the purchase of the West Shore railroad.
1t is claimed that the fierce fight which
has been raging between the Central and
the West Shore for 50 many months,
wore very materially upon Vanderbilt,
that tic tension was too much for him,
and that only after the final settlement
of all the affairs did its weakening intlu-
ences become apparent in the breaking
of the blood vessel in his brain which
caused his death, known generally as
apoplexy. Mr.. Dopew's position as
president of the New York Central and
the trusted friend of Vanderbilt brings
him into special prominence at this time.
and his policy now that his chief is dead
will be looked at critically. AS the lease
Of the West Shore to the Central runs
for ATS years, or until the year a. D.
1850, Mr.. Depew's troubles from
that road are at an end for
some time to come, and at the end
of that time the majority of the present
public and Mr.. Depew will together take
but little interest in the renewal of the
lease, and won't care whether the rate
to Buffalo is one or ten cents per mile,
but his policy meantime will be of much
interest.
Neither Mr.. William H. Vanderbilt or
any OF his sons were members of the
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Deacon White is supposed to have been a
special protege of the late Horace B. Claf-
lin, one of whose sons made a part of the
firm of S. V. White Il co. The Deacon
doesn't trust to general luck and chances
as so many do on q number of stocks,
but selects out some special line, quietly
goes to work upon it, puts his money
and energy in that alone, and the first
thing the boys know the Deacon has
caught them mapping, and gives them a
fearful squeeze on the stock that he
knows all about, and they 60 in on as
they do on most of them, rather blindly.
This policy has made the Deacon a terror
to the street, and has likewise nettcd
him a large fortune since his advent,
until now he is looked upon as one of
the leaders in the street. He is estima-
eed to have made a million in enc little
deal in Delaware and Lackawanna alone.
A friend of mine pointed out to me a
few nights ago a man who had just bor-
rowed a dollar from him that day, and
remarked that it hadn't been very long
since this same man could have given
his check for a million, and it would
have been accepted by any member of
the Produce exchange. Now he hasn't
money enough to pay his f~erriase over
to Jersey City 10 sec his family, who
were living with relatives, or at least
that had been his case that day. THIS
same man had lent Charles Woeri>holfcr
it is said 50. 500 years ago to assist him
in ]nurchasinr his seat in the Stock ny-
change. Now Woerishoeffer is worth
his m. lions, and this man who was then
in afiuencc is now so hard up that he
stated he had actually walked from the
Battery to Central Park and back twice
one night to keep himself from doing
something desperate, and finnily went to
a police station for the night on his OWN
application. AS the distance from the
park to the Battery is over four miles,
his condition ut hat time can he apprc-
Such is the luck Of the street.
SnIRTO GEETIL,
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awful folds, then asks for water, which Is

awful folds, then asks for water, which Is
instantly consumed on his cracked lips. Some
morning the surgeon going his rounds viii
find him dead. Do not try to comb out og
brush back the matted locks. Straighten out
the limbs, wrap him in a sheet, put him
in a box, and let two men carry him down
to the wagon at the door. With a piece OF
chalk write on the top Of the box the anne
of the destroyer and the destroyed. Who is
it, 1t is you, oh, man, if yielding to the temp.
tations Of a dissatisfied life you go out and
perish. There is a way that seemeth bright
and fair and beautiful to q man, but the end
thereof isdeath. Employ these long nights
of December, January and February, in high
persuits, in intelligent socialities, in innocent
amusements, in Christian work. Do not waste
this winter, for soon you will have seen
your last sun shower and have gone up into
the companionship Of Him whose raiment is
as white as snow, whittier than any fuller
earth could whiten it. For all Christian
hearts the winter nights will end in the June
morning of heaven. The river of life from
under the throne never freezes over. b
foliage Of LIES fair tree is never frost bitten
The festivities, the hilarities, the family
greetings Of earthly Christmas times will
give way to larger reunion and brighter
lights and sweeter garlands and mightier joy
in tho great holiday Of heavenl
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A Missionary Story.

One evening when DR.. Moffat was
stopping at the farm of an African boer,
his host, hearing that he was a mission.
ary, proposed that a service should be
held. At length the family were
seated.
s.But where are the servants?" asked
Moffat.
"Servants! What do you mean2"
81 mean the Hottentots, of whom I
see so many on your farm"
"Httentots! Do you mean that, then?
Let me 60 to the mountains and call the
balloons, if you want O congregation of
that sort. Or. stop, have it; my sons,
call the dogs that lie in front of the door
they will do"
The missionary quietly dropped an a..
tempt which threatened a wrathfnl end
ing, and commenced the service. The
psalm was sung, prayer was offered, and
tie preacher read the story of the Syro-
phenician woman, and Sc 'ected more es-
pecia ly the words, "Truth, Lord, but
even the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall
from the masters table" He had not
spoken many, minutes when the voice of
the old man was again heard: CIVIL
mynheer sit down ana wait a little? He
shall have the Hottentots."
The summons was given; and the mot
ley crowd trooped in, many who proba-
blv had never been within the door of
their masters house before, and many
more who never before had heard the
voice of a preacher.
When the service was over, and the
astonished Hottentots had dispersed, the
farmer turned to his guest and said, "My
friend, you took a hard hammer. and
you have broken a hard head."-Liues Of
R0berk and MurN MOhut,
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an actual fact. The number of men
who annually drop out of Wall street
and into obscurity is not enumerated,
and not cared for by the general public,
but the withdrawal of Jay Gould of
course occasions more or less comment,
and also leaves one prominent landmark
less in this historic street. One of the
most prominent left is Russell Sage, al.
ways a staunch follower of Gould in
rain or shine, and who was not
overjoyed at the prospect of
Gould's withdrawal, since Gould's
name alone has helped Sage
time and again by its close apparent Con-
nection with his interests. Russell Sage
has been known for years as the ''put"
and 'call" king of the street, and his
movements in this line have been
watched and followed by scores of
smaller spectators simply because he
was supposed to have a firm grip upon
Jay Gou.d's inner consciousness, and
from the fact that his Office was next to
that Of the great %finarcier. When Gould
suffered, Sage generally felt M or two
momentary pangs, and when, as was gen
e:ally the case. Gould reaped a harvest,
Sage came in for bis share of the spoils.
All this will be changed if Gould takes
his personality out of the street, and goes
around the world in his handsome yacht,
and nobody knows it better than Mr..
Russell Sage. Mr.. Sage is supposed to
have lost more money dnring the few
weeks following the Grant & Ward fail
ure than he ever lost before in any year
of his connection on the street, but, like
Mr.. Gould, he has made up for it since.
Another prominent operator who will
loom into greater proportions, if the luck
of the past keeps up in the future, is
Deacon S. V. White. Never since
the days of Daniel Drew has there
been such a fortunate religious specula-
tor on the street, that is, whose
title indicated his religious inclination.
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The Finger Nails.

A manicure said to a Pittsburg Dis
patch reporter: The white spots on the
nail. which we were told as children in
dicated gifts, arc really a nail disease,
resulting, I think, from slight discrs
Hang-nails are where the nail adhere to
the cuticle, and proves more than any
thing else the use of the manicure's art.
Hypertrophy often a!flicts the nails,
causing an excessive growth and q dull,
yellowish color, and often produces OK
IRENE pain from improving nails and
other irritation. This can be rcmedicd
10y a skillful manicure, but cannot be
cured.
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Stock exchange, and it is said that the
commissions paid to brokers by them when
they were oil trading was over a million
dollars per annum This would have, of
course, enriched any broker in q short
time if one firm had done the business
alone, but it was so scattered among
different brokers that none of them
made any great fortune out Of it. Jay
Gould has also never been o member of
the Stock exchange, and his deals are esti-
mated to have been worth a half million
a year to brokers as commissions.
The men of Wall street seem generally
to relieve that the withdrawal of Jaw
Gould from active operation in the street
is not one of the usual canards, but
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Clean Hands.

According to the fearful experiments
of DR.. Forster, of the Italian Medical Gu
sette, there is no such thing as the posi-.
-bility of clean hands on anybody.
Washed with soap and water, with car
bolic acid, with all and any of the
disinfectants in common use, u hands
will still remain scientifically unclean,
that is to say, that a preparation called
sterilized gelatine, absolutely destitute
of living organisms, on being touched
by the fingers thus washed and sup
posed to be clean, Immediately develops
living organisms acquired from the
fingers. But if the hands are washed in
q dilute solution of bichloride of mer-
curry, or corrosive sublimate, one part to
one thousand parts of water, perfect
cleanliness is attained, and no liv-
ing organisms will be developed by
the touch of the fingers. 1t is
pitiful to think that we are really
so palpably made of the dust of the
earth; but it seems that We must endure
it, since corrosive sublimate can hardly
be made the adjunct of our daily toll
cites, and if it were, then the next time
we shook hands, or taok up a book, or
went into the street, we should but de-
velop q fresh crop of micro. organisms.
The fact is hat these discoveries of
science show US, if they do nothing else,
how fearfully and wonderfully we are
made, and, and if we regarded them
seriously, there is nothing we could eat
and nothing we could do which would
not make death seem to hang imminent
in the air. There is one refuge for the
unscientiic, and that is in whistling the
whole matter down the wind, keeping
clean to the best of belief, and thus
taking care Of ones self, letting the
micro organisms take care Of themselves.
-Hurper's Basar.
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Temperance Notes.
Toll us not in mournful jingles
Life is but an DER full dram;
For when brain with whisky mingles
Such u life's all awful sham.
-GoOIaIs Sun,

An international conference has been
held at Antwerp against the abuse OF
alcoholic drink. Important statements
were made by French, English and
German doctors, who proved that alco-
hol is more destructive than cholera or
war. A federation is to be formed to
diffusc information on the subject.
The temperance Lotpftal of London
has recently had its capacity enlarged by
the completion of its west wing, enab-
ling 1.-THE admission of 1872 additional
patients. Last year the number of in
patients was 5s4, and of o%ut-patients
upwards of 1000. Altogether since its
opening. the number of patients had
been %, 600.
The doctors who, a few years ago
were great at prescribing intoxicants Gn
moderation, of c~ourse), are now, we be-
Iieve, very generally recognizing their
terrible error, and some of them
arc accusing beer, with all its strange
ingredients, as a cause of the incurable
disease of the kidneys named after its
iiscovcrer. There are doubtless other
causes for the prevalence of that disease,
md it may sometime attack total ab-
staincrs also, Though we have never
heard of such a case.-New York Witness.
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Mr.. l.. M. Hall, superintendent of the
Women's Reformatory prison, ut Sher-
born, Mass, publishes that out of an
examination of 204 inebriate women he
has found that 1913 began their drinking
by the use of beer, ~thirty.seven by
drinking whisky Gas punch at first,
usually, twenty began with wine, eight
with gin and eleven could not remember
what beverage was first used. Several
hopeless drunkards: far gone toward
insanity, had never drank any other in
toxicant than beer.
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True PRAYER.

"--but vain has been my prayer
For rest, sweet rest"
Not all In vain, not all.
For when my prayer did fail
10 have quick answer from my Lord,
1 knew he heard my call,
But it could not prevail,
For prayer without true faith is dead;
And so 1 prayed again,
With cry from Utmost heart.
This time lie heard aud answcr gave,
So that l could attain
My wish, the better part
That is 10 those who lire their prayers!
The transcript
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There are 90, 900, 900 acres of unsnr-
veyed land in Washington Territory, Of
which it is estimated that 16, 600, 900 are
excellent agricultural lands. The Terri
tory now has a population of 40, 900.
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WALL STREET MAGNAHES
Gle1nirgs from Gotham's Money
MarS---Anec1otes OF III, Late
William Il, Vanderbilt
JAY Gould's Retirement from
Wall Street---Some of His
Successors.
TSDeciaI Ncao York Letter.

Many and varied are the stories told OF
how cd Commodore Vanderbilt gave his
oldest son William up as the 'Ne'er do
we'll" of the family, and how he finally
took him up and left him the most of
his torture.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-06

When a poor little blind boy was
asked what forgiveness is, he paused
a moment, and then, taking his pen,
wrote: ut is the odor which the
trampled flower gives out to bless the
foot which crushed it,"