Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-08-21
Wise and Otherwise.

good things nom the Western 'PloW-
man, Moline, III:
Is this hot enough for you? Select
ed.)
Common dollars are not scarce
where common is sense is abundant.
The average congressman exhibits
more brayin' power than brain pow
er.
\ merchant who gives no credit
can heed the injunction, "post no
bills"
Cultivate the entire year round.
When the ground is past cultivating,
then cultivate the brain.
A printed sheet, although square,
is called circular, because it is in
tended to go round.
There will be no newspapers in
heaven because we are told there will
be no sorrow there.
The love of money is the root of all
evil. There is constant overpro-
duction of the root crop.
a bur)esque troupe is probably call
ed a stock company because there is a
great display of calves.
Christ was n carpenter and labor
ing man, but it was not recorded of
him that he was ever the leader of a
strike.
The President has shocked some
good people by perpetrating some bad
jokes. Wonder if Solomon was al
was a solemn-one.
A green turtle can live six weeks
without fOod.-EX.
This remarkable fasting power was
bestowed upon the wrong animal. 1t
should have been given to the editor.
The time is coming when people
will be ashamed to be sick, as it will
imply an ignorance of the laws of
correct living on which good health
depends.
The wisest economy is in the eX-
penditures of physical energy. To
drain the vital forces for the purpose
of saving dollars is an extravaganza
which amounts to folly.
Good health is the result of good
living, good living a result of good
sense, while good sense may be de-
scribed as the happy faculty of "never
biting off more than you can chew"
either physically, financially or
morally.
Even if oleomargarine were as
wholesome, sweet and pure as choice
Jersey butter, is there as much COM
fort to the tender hearted man or
woman eating it, with the knowledge
that the death of the animal must
precede the making of the butter?
A great many people are swindled
by schemes by which they were led
to believe they could swindle some
body themselves. In such cases the
victim deserves no pity. We do not
care to devote space to the exposure
of such schemes, because honest per
sons will not be caught by them, and
as for the dishonestpersons-"it sarves
'em right"
A domestic motor with power suffi
cient to operate churn, run a sew
ing machine, and do other work about
the house that now tires muscles anG
breaks backs, is something that is
much needed and what somebody
will yet invent. Will that inventor
who is looking for fame, fortune anC
the everlasting gratitude of all man
kind please bestir himself?
Ye editor man of the PLOwMANe X
poets to spend his summer vacation
in trip to Rock Island, Illinois, anC
Davenport, Iowa. The fare on thu
street railroad from Moline to Rocl
Island has been reduced to five cents
and it is only a nice little walk to g
over to Davenport by way of tn
bridge. He will leave on the 3lst o
August and be gone the remainder o
the month.
Our live stock editor has gooC
word to say for the mule, and he can
not say too many of them, for no ami
NAL in the service of man deserve
more and gets less appreciation thai
this long-eared drudging and patien
servant, Ifthere is anything in tn
theory of transmigration of souls,
will be but an act OF simple justice t
make every one now abusing thi
noble animal, take the form and liv
the life of mule as his punishment
Editor Observation-Disclosures tax
those noisy, romping young ones
Put their play things all up, span
r, Il 10, hp,