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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-01-09
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Smithville this week.
Charley Carrick was interviewing
our shoe dealers this week.
Miss Ella Henderson, Of Nash
vile, is visiting relatives here.
The spring crop of drummers are
getting on their war paint.
Mr.. P. G. Potter, of Dibrell, made
us a pleasant call Thursday.
Fresh fish at d. l.. Browns to-
day Saturday.
The law firm of Smith g. Fair
banks has been dissolved.
There will be preaching in the
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
and night.
Col. r. E. Burnham, of Viola,
was here day or two of this week,
buying mules.
The c.. p. Church sociable will
be held at the residence of w. G.
Britain tonight friday.
Several members of the McMinn-
vile bar attended court at Manches-
ter this week.
Go to d. l.. Browns for fresh fish
today.
Take all your harness to w. S.
Maddux & Co., and have it repaired
before beginning work,
Farmers from various parts of
the county report wheat in a very
fair condition.
Mr.. A. H. Woodlee, of Altamont,
was here and made the STANDARD a
call Thursday.
"A full stock of fresh oranges and
lemons at Griswold &Co's.
Rev. J. NJ. Barbee, who is now
stationed in Kentucky, was here this
week.
Go to w. S. Maddux & Co.'S and see
that patent back band-best thing
out.
The young mems prayer meeting
will be held in the Presbyterian
church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
The Y. NJ. c. A., will meet in
lecture room of the C. p. Church on
Thursday night, Jan. 18th. Letevery
member be present.
DIR. Nun Anderson, of Sparta,
brother-in-law to our townsman, j
w. Howard, was in McMinnvile q
few days of this week.
This has been quite a lively week
in the mule market for McMinnville
and good deal of money has beer
put into circulation by the transac
tons.
MIR. @. A. Case, of Kingsville
Ohio, is here for the benefit of hi,
health. He arrived last Saturday
and is boarding with Mr.. E. B. Gil
bert.
Mrs. Jones, of Appleton, Wis.
and her invalid daughter went Tues
day to Knoxville.
Mr.. E. G. Mead left Tuesday OF
soliciting trip for the barrel factory
and will be absent several days.
The damages wrought upon thu
Warren House ball room by tn,
storm of several weeks ago, were re
paired Thursday.
Mr.. G. A. Reams, after spendin,
month with home folks here, lief
on Wednesday morning, for Shelby
vile and Nashville.
About half an inch Of snow fel
here Monday and Tuesday, but j
stole silently away under the brigh
sunshine of the two following days
Mr.. George Clement, of Winona
Mimi, spent week visiting his ia
ther, Mr.. c. Clement, at this place
and left for his home in the North
west on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. w. A. Rutherford has bee
confined to his bed ct the Ware
House for the last week or ten day
with sickness, but we are glad to re
port that he is now improving.
MIR. A. NJ. st. John, of Niol,
was in town last Wednesday, an
brought us a club of four new subscr
bers. We appreciate such favors {
this, and hope many more of OF
friends will do likewise.
n G-I
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
"A Terrible Mail Service.

Of the winter mail service between
the mainland Of North America and
Prince Edward Island, Mr. Benjamin
says: "From January until May, at
least, Northumberland Strait is frozen
over. The mails are carried across at
the narrowest part, near Cape Tormen-
tine, or Jourmain, distance of nine
! miles. The carriers drag a boat over
the hummocks Of ice, which is provided
with runners like a double keel. When
they come to open water they cross in
the boat. 1t Is dangerous and ardu-
GUS journey, and few undertake 1t be-
sides the hardy mail carriers. For two
or three winters the passage has been
made sometimes by the steamer
Northern Light, constructed especially
for this service. She has a frame Of
| enormous strength, somewhat Of a
wedge form, with solid shoe of iron
at the bow; everything about her was
planned to enable her to crush her way
through the ice, which is often from
two to four feet thick. Her course Is
from Pictou to Georgetown a distance
| OF some eighty miles, although she Of
ten has to go over two or three times
ut distance to reach her port. In all
Tie annals Of steam navigation there is
no such packet service recorded as this
Of the Northern Light. Sometimes the
ce is SO dense that she can make no
headway, but is jammed fast for days
and weeks, or carried to and fro by
the combined fury Of ice anu storms.
Tho rasseir". who etNvts in: her- fnr
Prince Edward Island III March las be-
fore him the horrors Of polar solitude
and hazard. In the spring of 1882
the Northern Light was three weeks
making this brief passage. fast-locked
in the ice-packs. Sometimes she was
carried close to the shore. but no one
could bring aid to the starving passen-
gers, owing to the threatening condl-
tion Of the ice. 1t was only after burn
ing all the woodwork in the cabin for
fuel, and beng reduced to the last bis
cult, that the worn-out and hopeless
passengers reached the destined port.
Think of civilized and enlightened
people, in this age, shut of from the
rest of the world by such u frightful
siege Of ice and tempest and snowI
Nor is this an occasional thing. AS
regularly as the winter comes around,
the islanders look forward to this long
Information and isolation. We're it not
for this drawback, the island might be
a paradise"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
Effect OF Blizzards on Cattle.

We have seen biZzards on the plains
that swept through man who was
clad In heavy woolens and fur over.
garments as though he was dressed in
tarlatan. We have known parties of
buffalo hunters, men used to hardship
and whose stomach was filled with buf.'
falo marrow, and who were wrapped IN
blankets and robes, to freeze to death
In their wagons while endeavoring to
escape from the uncomfortable, icy bias ts
OF an Arctic blizzard. Cattle, weak an d
ill-fed on frost bitten grass, disappear
before these storms. They drift with
the wind. AS they pass by the air is
filled with the sound Of their mournful
moaning. They wander staggcringly
along over the trackless plains, vainly
endeavoring to t. nd water with which
to quench the intense thirst produced
by exceedingly cold weather. The
water holes are frozen. The weaker
cattle drop out Of the herd. They lie
down to die. 1he snow drifts around
them. They are freezing to death, and
are still consumed by raging fevor. The
woles attack them rs they lie OH the
frozen ground unable to rise, unable to
protect themselves. The cry Of de-
spair uttered by the wretched animals
when they realize, that the horrible
death of being eaten alive by carnivor-
Gus animals is their doom, is an un-
earthly one. AS the peculiar below Of
an animal when it finds the scent of the
blood Of one Of its fellows on the ground
excltes the herd with the information:
"Here one of us has been slain,' and
renders them unmanageable, so does the
death cry Of a feeble COW frighten the :
drifting herd. They disappear down
the wind. The wolves close in on the
doomed animal. She struggles des
perately to arise. In vain. The hungry
wolves attack her. They tear her open.
They drag her entrails out and devour
them before her eyes. She dies, and the
wolves pick her bones and then gallop
after the herd.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
American Newspapers.

The wonderful growth or American
newspapers Is shown by comparison
between the directories published in
1776 and in the present year. The one
contains In its sixteen small pages a list
Of 81 newspapers which were published
In this country one hundred and ten
years ago. The other IS almost as large
as an unabridged dictionary. and in its
two thousand pages contains the names
of 14.160 newspapers and periodicals of
all classes. OF this large list only
seven were found in the directoryof
l776. The net gain Of the year has
been 666. The daily newspapers num-
Der 1916. a gain Of 33. There are
about 1900 periodicals Of all kinds,
which presumably enjoy a circulation
OF more than 5000 copies. The in
crease in the rural weekly press, COM
prising about two"thirds of the whole
list. has been most marked in States
like Kansas and Nebraska. Kansas is
also accredited with the greatest gain
in daily newspapers. In Massachu-
setts the weekly press Is growing, but
magazines and monthly publications
are losing ground. The tendency Of
this latter class seems to be toward
New York city, as at least 20 monthly
periodicals have been established here
during the year. Among the many
newspapers published in this country,
almost every social movement and in
dustrial interest finds expression. A
glance at the long list reveals many
curious facts. There are about 700 re-
liglous and denominstional newspa-
pers, nearly one-third Of which are
published in New York, Pniladelphia,
Boston and Chicago. New York Is
far ahead In this respect, while 1t will
beE u surprise to many to know that
Boston, Is behind Chicago, Three news.
papers are devoted to the silkworm; !;
SIX to the honey bee; thirty,two to poul-
try; eighteen to dentistry; aud nine to
to photography, There are three publ
cations issued In the exclusive interest
Of postage stamp collectors, and oneSof
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
POINTERS.
Also Scttcrs---Thc Use and Abuse of
Y Bird Dogs.

The ordinary bird dog consists chiefly
of ribs and legs. There are two kinds,
the pointer and setter. They are so
named from certain personal peculiari-
ties when searching for game. They
are alsed chiefly to locate prairie chick
ems and bring fleas into the house.
| When the pointer sets ont to find a
praiGTit@cliicken it puts its nose to the
! grouS5a and starts across the prairie at
a raFd rate. Before going far it inva
riably experiences change Of mind and
comes back. The programme Is srepeat-
ed. with q few miscellaneous curves
dropped in to throw the prairie chicken
of her guard and get up iii appetite for
dinner. While making these evolutlons
valuable pointers have frequently been
injured by having their noses drop into
gopher hole and break off. After
that pointer may make an excellent,
parlor ornament, but seldom amounts
to much for hunting purposes.
When pointer stumbles onto a
chicken which it can't we'll avoid, 1T has
habit of raising the foreleg to call at
tention to the fact. One which would
point out bird with hind leg would
be a curiosity and command high
price,. A good pointer, after having
struck this attitude will keep it up for
long time II no sportsman comes to its
relief and scares mp tha bird and shcc.s
calf over Ill an adjoining field.
The setter is another breed Of dog.
1t hasInore hair and fewer. ribs. The
chief use of the setter, like that Of the
| pointer, is for tho hunter to swear at
when he misses his. bird. The setter is
SO called from its manner of making
known the fact that it has sighted
game. This Is accomplished by care
lessly taking seat as If nothing had
happened and acting as if it had 81,
down to remain, very much like a car
penter working by the day.
We have heard of settlers which, after
being seated, would take out a cigar
and begin to smoke OF commence to
look over the mornlpg newspaper, but
pcv6f fully ucoYodittd the story. we
did, however, once see a setter which
habitually carried a camp stool in its
mouth and upon sighting a ccvey of
chickens would calmly sit down on the
stool and cross its legs. We actually
saw this several years ago, SO there can
be no mistake about 1t.
a fine Irish setter belonging to an
Estelline gentleman once went into Il
blacksmith shop during chicken season,
and happening to sight recently killed
chicken in tie belt of a man IN the
shop, Immediately began to set it with
more haste than caution, and in so
doing by mistake sat on red hot
horseshoe which tue blacksmith had
just dropped. Its owner afJerward
paid, the blacksmith ST. SO for the win
dow sash and telegraphed to the next
town for his dog.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04

dancers. The Prohibitionists have 120
papers, and the liquor dealers eight.
The organs of women's suffrage num-
ber Z, Of candy makers 3, of gastrono-
my land gas2. OF the foreign newspa-
pers, there are about 600 in German
and AZ in French. New York, New
Orleans and Worcester, Mass, each
has four French publications. Two
dailies are IN Bohemian. Besides these,
there are papers in the Swedish, Finnish.
Polish and Welsh languages. There is
one publication In Gaelic, one in He.
brew, one in Chinese and one in the
Cherokee language.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
Tho Notionai Nightingale.

King Hubert. he went to the forestin state,
In glitter anl gold, on sun-shiny day;
h And commanded his train in the shadow
to " ait, 80
/, While 8 herald proclaimed Pro in the following
i#s way:
Ellis Imperial Majesty, Hubert the
q Secn9d,
Since ts:e nightingale's voice is quite musi-
Is srse"sy rae PLEASED, l,sho ,aayJ sse.ni toso
long, .
To coaniA,aa that the iig NIGHTINGALE I'D sing him
sonsl" ~
The coart allIstood waiting for what might
befail;
But, somehow, no nightingale answered
s. the call.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
Old CoycnG Garden.

On SoHi.IeuiDSr ooi ios>, Asu->..-. .Ns.,r--
den was burned to the ground, twenty
three liremen perished in the ruins.
The loss Of property was estimated at
e15O,0O0, of which only .e5O,000 was
covered by insurance., Both Kenble
and his sister lost every stage property
they possessed. There is story told of
the former sitting before his dressing
glass on the morning after the fire,
gloomily attempting to shave, then
suddenly bursting into soliloquy, be-
walling the ruin that had fallen, emu
merating like an auctioneer, the vari.
Gus treasures Of scenery, library, ward
robe. and ending with: "Of all this
nothing now remains but the arms or
England over the entrance of the thea
tire, and the Roman eagle standing SOL
ltary in the market placep' Generous
friends, however, came forward. The
Duke of Northumberland sent him the
munilicent sum Of G10, 900, and return
ed him the bond on the day the first
stone OF the new house was laid, re-
questing that the enclosed obligation
might be thrcwA in to heighten the
flames. The Prince Of Wales sent him
GlO00, and laid the foundation stone
OH December 81, 1908. In eight months
the new building was completed at
cost Of el50,000, 100000 Of which
was raised in shares Of G500 each.
Smirke was the architect, his model
being the Temple Of Minerva IN the
AcrOpolis at Athens; the Dorie portico
in Bow street, which most Of us re
member, with its statues Of Tragedy
and Comedy, was by FlaxmaD. The
new theatre opened most nnhappily.
On account OF the great expense he had
been put to. Kemble considered him.
self justified in raising the price Of adj
mission. The boxes were accordingly
advanced from IS, to 7s., the pit from
80. Sd. to 4s., and o third tier Of boxes
was erected and let for e12,000 q year
This led to the famous or infamous,
Old Price riots. The opening night was
September 18; the pieces Macbeth
and "The Quaker" AS Kemble, after
"God Save the King" stepped forward
to speak the opening address, lie was
saluted with groans, Kisses, catcalls,
and shouts of "Old Pricesl'' Not one
word Of the play was heard. The Riot
Act was read from The stage. constables
and even soldiers were called in, but
the rioters held their ground. This
went on night after night with eyer-in-
tpn .,io LA
ters o. p. on their hats and waistcoats;
ladies wore O. +. medals. Dustmen's
bells, coachmen's horns, watcbmen's
rattles, and a kind Of Carmagnole CALI
ed tile 0. p. dance drowned every word
the actors spoke. After q struggle OF
sixty.one nights, Kemble was obliged
to give in, lover the pit to the old price
and do away with the private boxes. 81. i
s ~ 3s3s
to-. I.k
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
THE QUILTING BEE.

# .t3Na u TT-T- -7-7- u
81 an SO tiredI'' sighed Patience
Meaafl sjTpo tired eyen.to walk down
Battt9elfqP hillaad heat the 'nishtinl!
Harry Lynde looked disappointed.
''It's only step, Patience" said he.
"Ou!y a stepl Yes hut every step tells
wien nne has fairly reached the limit
of on.'s endurancei'
Then, suppose" SAID Harry, with
an air ofFesignation, ,2'I pshallg;haye to
sit tia@irS hers beside you, : and the
nightingales must sing to an audience
of nCboiy!"
You and the nightingales must do
as yop please about that, said Patience
laughing.
The old Osmund house looked weir
( der Than its natural wont-which was
not At all necessary in the pallid
moonshine: the LomDardy poplars stir.
red in the evening wind, and the stars
weIe coming out in the sky so
fast ts,at one could scarcely count them.
Patiense aud Harry were Sitting OH lie
back h9rcl 1.-The front door was SCARCELY
ever opened except on high festival days
and Sundays old Mrs. Osmund was
nodding over her knitting-wo,k by the
light Of q shaded lamp in the moudy
! back parlor.
What have you found to occupy
your time SO severels?" said Lynde,
Patience smiled.
s'Don't you know?' said she. "We
are to have a quilting bee here to. NOR
row. At least, Mrs. Osmund is And
I have boiled a dozen spring chickens
for salad, baked six loaves of cakes,
made raspberry tarls after Francioli's
recipe, and prepared a tongue, ham,
and four quarts Of Jelly. And the best
silver l'as been cleaned, and the deco.
rated china washed; the parlor curtains
ironed, and every floor in the house
swept
Lrnde whlstled an insufficient ex-
preston Of his thoughts.
don't wonder that you're tired"
said he. "What is the old lady think
ing--tllat you are made Of cast-iron2"
'tMrs. Osmund is determined to have
Che nsst qhllI1lhg ose Or the season :,
salu ra.'o''es' ana tn'nk she VIII
's''oSreo.
w i.n your your ""'Slse"llces :
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toohs "' '''e 'oVe'y o'allo'i,iis cofal ul'
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Nobody could Quarrel With Patience
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
'sfNS EF3N & = " Ff
"A Very Raro Piece of Lace.

One Of ths finest pieces of lace ever
seen IN England is being shown at the
Edinburgh exhibition. It consists Of a
huge counterpart, more than two yards
square, in point de Venlss, and of ex.
treme beauty and richness of design.
1t was made about 100 years ago for
the reigning pope, and 1t occupied two
or three lifetimes in its working. A
few years ago it found its way back to
the royal lace factory at Venice.
whence 1t was added to the collection
of Mr.. Samuel, OF London.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04
Tho "Baby Stare"

The other day a reporter got into a
Madison street car, and three young
ladies who sat opposite where he took
his seat suddenly ceased their
chatter and began to look in
the most ludicrously interpretive
way. Their big eyes stared straight
ahead; they looked hard at the reporter,
yet not CLEAN Of intelligence. Pup
pies Of eight weeks, children of three
months and semi-daft folks often have
that kind Of stare. The reporter got
| nervous, and, when he decently could,
pulled a cigar from his pocket and
went to the rear seats. tWl;at Is
that2' he asked OF an acquaintance, in
petulance, as he flashed match.
THAT" said the fly young man, 'ls
what they call the baby stare
Haven't you seen it yetp It's the latest
fad out. 1t takes nerve to do It,, but
the average schoolgirl ls schooling her.
self. Her idea ls to open her eyes wide,
direct them straight at you, and then
look just as undeceptlve of outward i'm
pressions as babies do. It's a great
snap, but don't think it will last.
Mighty few girls can continue long
enough the look Of idiocy known as
the 'Laby stare"
DR.. Kosna,.rs, Of Breslau, has in.
troduced a new safety cartridge for use
In coal-mines. The idea is a novel one.
Finely divided metallic Zinc Is placed
III Il glass tube divided into two parts,
one to contain the zinc, the other sul.
phuric acid. This cartridge is placed
In the hole bored to receive it, and be.
ing ''clayed, {" the miner drives an iron
rod into the tube, which breaks the
contracted part Of 1t The sulphuric
acid is thus brought IN contact with
the zinc. and q rapid evolution OF hy.
drogen gas takes place. Eagineering
informs us that a pressure Is exerted
to 1000 atmospheres,n which rends
the rock.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04

The insurance feature Of the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers has
paid to families of members since 1867
the sum Of S1,850. 600. j ~ yg
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04

The resurrection is the silver lining
to tho dark cloud of death, aud we
know the sun Is shining beyond.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-04

am SO tiredI'' sighed Patience
Meaqf sITpo tired eyen1to walk down
BastsfdR s9t hillaid ' heat tpe nght5lhn!' y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
ELWBLL.

Very hot and dry in this vicinity and
rain is needed very much.
Farmers are busy harvesting oats.
Mr.. VIM. Smith, of Portland, was
here last week visiting his wife's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Fink.
Jerome Kinney and wife visited his
cousin near Riyerdale, last Sunday.
y good many of our citizens have
gone to Owosso to attend the soldiers
reunion.
Tim Bmdwell, a man living two and
half miles west of Elwell, became crazy,
Saturday last. The Doctors from Elm
Hall and Elwell say that he has taken
strychnine in some form. There is not
much hope of his recovery at this writ
ing.
Should think 10y the way people 60
blackberrying that the whole northern
country would be picked over in few
days.