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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
Sprouts.

The readiest and most convenient
way of getting rid Of apple tree or
other sprouts is to begin the work of
determination early in the season by
battering the sprout from the stub it
has grown on with the head of an old
ak, or, better still, with the bit of a
pick broadened out to two inches
wide, so that with every clip an inch
or more will be detached at the earth
collar at the same time. This is
much better than leaving the sprout
to gain another years growth by de-
ferring the work until autumn, with
bush hook, only to revive again
early in the spring, and more vigor-
Gus than ever. If the work is post
poned later it will require three years
to accomplish the result that might
be attained in one, provided the work
is well done.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
ANDARD- McMINNVLLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY. JUNE 49, 80
When Ought Girls to Marry.

Miss Louisa M. Alcott fixed from
% to % as the most suitable age for
young women's marriage, as few
girls are ready for the duties of mar
ried life before then, eitherphysically
or mentally. "Many are never fit"
she says, sowing to the serious de-
fects in our modern education and in
herited ills" Miss Alcott very neat
ly turns the question upon young
men:
"When shall our young men mar
ry?" is a still more important ques-
ton to my mind, because the sins of
the fathers visited upon the children
are too often the cause Of that feeble
ness which is usually attributed to
the mothers. When young people
are wisely prepared for marriage and
taught its sanctity, it will cease to be
the leap in the dark it now is to both
parties, and the beauty and vigor of
youth will make it what it should be,
safe and happy. AS teacher, nurse,
author and confidante to young and
old, l have had many opportunities
Of looking behind the curtain, and
am convinced that books on the
health of our boys are much more
needed than any additions to the Ii
brary of advice our poor girls are sup
piled with. Begin at the right end,
gentlemen, and do not visit upon
Ewes daughters the sins of Adams
sons, making it unsafe to marry at
all.
Helen Campbell thinks the only
cure of married unhappiness, with
its tragedies Of separation, divorce
and general incompatibility, lie in
educating our boys and girls to real
ize that as a rule, no man is fit fol-
marriage before 80, and no woman
before %:
The girl who has dreamed of lovers
since she could walk alone, and who
marries at II or Is, has had no dis
cipline to form character or make hel
in the faintest degree ready for the
ordeal Of marriage. Illusion ends
quickly and no deep reality is there
to take its place. Not always cal
flowers, pearls, poetry, protestation
nor even home in another hear
content the awful soul that dwells il
clay.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
SPOKEN IN ANGER.

Twas but little word in anger spoken.
While proud eyes flashed through bitter
burning tears;
But oh, 1 felt that fatal word had broken
The cord of love that bound our hearts for
years;
Thy tortured face, that long wild look of
sorrow,
Like some pale ghost, must haunt me
while live;
And yet how bright, how full of Joy the
morrow,
Had I but breathed one simple word
"Forgive !"
did not hear thy tender voice appealing,
Nor marked thy anguish when L cried
"Departw
Too blind to see thy plying glance, reveal
ing
The generous prOmptings of thy noble
heart.
How could know that faithful heart was
yearning,
Though crushed and wounded to its in.
most core,
To take me back, like weary bird returning
In fear and trembling, when the storm is
DER
Remember, love, that it may be forever;
To see my face no more by night or day.
BE calm, rash heart, think well before we
sever;
Recall the angry word, and bid me stay"
Dead silence fell; the song birds bushed
singing,
Enough" proudly cried "a choose my
fate"
While ever through my maddened brain
kept ringing
The death-knell of my love-too late, too
late
"FOrgiye, forgive y walled the wild tear.
streaming,
As mid the moaning trees, / stood alone
Glove, let thy kisses wake me from my
dreaming"
Thy pleading voice, thy tortured face, was
gone,
That angry word may recall it never;
For DER thy narrow grave rank weeds
have grown.
Remember, love, that it may be forever"
All, words prophetic love- had l bu
knownl
Ny locks are gray, my eyes are dim Will
weeping;
The face once loved by thee no longer fair
Beneath the daisies thou art calmly sleeping
There a lone woman often kneels in prayer
All, sweetheart mine, thou art so lowly lying
Thou canst nothear the fearful voice abov,
Thatwith the night wind evermore is signing
'Ispoke in anger oh, forgive me, lovew
Fanny Forester, IN Chambers. Journal
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
The Rights of Labor.

Powderly.
"No man has the right to say to
another, Thou shalt or thou shalt
not; and in the violation of this
principle is where the trouble lies
among the workingmen today. We
have no business to say that an en-
ployer shall employ or shall not en-
ploy this man. A man has the right
to belong to any organization, pro-
vided it is not contrary to the law.
We say no man has the right to say
to another man that he must not
belong to an organization. And, too,
we have no right to go to the COM
panies and say: You must not en-
ploy that man. We oppose this way
Of doing things, on principle. Unless
man is a rascal, you have no right
as superintendent or master mechanic
to prevent him from getting employ
ment elsewhere, because he does not
suit you; for he might suit somebody
else. The great trouble is there has
been too great chasm between CAPT
tai and labor, and we should strive to
bring them closer together. There
should be no antagonism. There is
no occasion for it, and though l want
every laboring man to hold up his
head and look his employer squarely
in the face, 1 want him to remember
that capital as well as labor, has
rights which we must respect, We
cannot do without either. Both are
essential to the prosperity Of the coun-
try. There should be no clashing
between them; there need be none"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
Blood Poison.

Aboutayear ago | had blood poison,
and it attacked my throat in a very
severe form. | got physician to
treat me, and for three months he
burned my throat out every day.
During the last three weeks l was
under his care it was almost impossi-
BILE for me to swallow even a spoonful
of water. | was reduced to 10l
pounds in weight, and the doctor told
me L could not live. | gave up his
medicines and began taking Swift's
Specific, using the gargle directed in
the circular. 1t was with great diff
Guilty that could swallow the medi-
cine, though it was pleasant to the
taste; but L persevered in it, and in
three weeks / could not from my
feelings tell my throat ever was af-
fected. l could swallow anything l
wished without the slightest difficult
y, and seemed entirely well. con-
tinued the medicine, and in less than
four months 1 had gone up in weight
tsiXty-nine pounds, now weighing
40 pounds. This may sound fishy to
some, but if the doubling will write
to me or any one in Boonton, they
can easily have the truth of my state
ment established.
ALFRED HUsK, p. O. Box 595,
Boonton, N. j., Feb. %, 1886.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga, 157 w. 23d ST., N. Y.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
Food for Horses.

The oat is prominently the food
for the growing horse, says the Ne
braska Cultivator, and always should
be used when Obtainable, if you want
to get the best results from him. A
colt should be so fed and handled as
always to be kept growing and thriv-
ing, without any checks either from
want of food, food of poor quality or
unsuited to his needs, or from sick
ness. Another extreme should al
ways be avoided, and with as much
care as poverty of flesh, and that is
excessive fairness, which usually oc-
ours from too much fat-producing
food, excessive feeding or want of ex-
ercise. Fatness in any animal means
disease, not health, and the worst of
all places is to find it on the horse.
Lay on all the muscle you can, but
never allow yourself to be deluded
into the folly of installing fat for it.
The best of all places to raise a
horse is in pasture with running
water, with a comfortable stable
where he can go in and out at pleas
ure, with such feeding in kind, quail
ty and quantity, regularly given, as
will keep him in growing condition
at all times. If not so situated as to
command the above conditions you
can modify them to suit your case.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
Women Who Count the Change.

ave have a cashier now who is the
shrewdest woman / ever knew. She
sits up there where the cash balls roll
in, evidently kept busy making
change. But that young woman
knows all that is going on at every
counter in this large store. She
catches shop-lifters, reports irregulari-
ties among clerks, and detects every
little device invented by the statesmen
to beat us or our customers. She is
not spy. The crookedness she re-
ports among the clerks would affect
her department if allowed to pass.
She often calls me up and points out
some mistakes in the cash checks,
saying for instance; THAT has occur
red five times this week. Mr.. M
is very careless So you see she does
not accuse him of wilful mistakes in
making out his checks, but / under
stand her and apply the proper RENE
dy.
ga cashiers place is hard one.
She sits up there, generally alone;
the air near the ceiling of a crowded
store is not wholesome. She must be
quick to change, and theknowl-
edge that every cent lost comes out of
her SO per week naturally tends to
make her nervous. She must watch
for mutilated, punched, and plugged
coins, and for counterfeit pieces and
bad bills. The checks accompanying
the cash are invariably written in
haste, are often illegible, and if she
does not read the figures correctly she
is liableto send back toomuch change.
"But you ask me do women embez-
zle. Never have l known single
case; never have heard of one.
There are women shop-lifters, cheats,
confidence swindlers, quacks, and
even gamblers, but woman who is
made cashier in an establishment is
always one who is known, one who
has earned the position by being a
good saleswoman. Women are never
placed in position of trust as men are.
Men of bad habits and character often
obtain trusty places without much in
quiry into their fitness. A woman's
reputation is the very first thing an
employer looks into, and the greater
the trust he intends to conflde the
more scrupulously he inquiries. 1t
should be so in employing men, but
it is an innatefeeling that makes men
easily put confidence in men,"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
Origin of the Bird Wearing. Fashion

The bird wearing fashion had its
origin in Paris. Some seven years
ago there appeared at a ball of the
demi-monde in that capital a woman
wearing on her head-dress a dead
bird. The bird had artificial eyes,
and its wings and tail were spread
out so as to give it a life-like appear
ance. The woman had no thought
of setting the fashion," She wanted
to be talked about, and gained her
point. The world of virtuous fash
ionables followed the lead, as usual,
and since then millions of the pretty
singing birds of the world have been
cruelty sacrificed to the Unsuitable
Moloch of Fashion.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12
Condensed Grape Juice.

We took occasion to mention favor
ably an enterprise of New York
fruit merchant in furnishing the pop
ulace a refreshing and healthful bev-
eragein theform ofgrape juice pressed
from the fresh fruit into a crystal
goblet while the thirsty one fingered
before the marble counter. 1t is a
delightful and original idea of an in
dustry, and one which we would like
to see tried in San Francisco. No
screens are needed to conceal the
bibulant. The business would be a
taking adjunct to the marble soda
fountain, and the sign "Fresh Fruit
Juices" duly ornamented with the
beautiful insignia of the vine, would,
we imagine, draw the weary and
thirsty from afar. This trade would
last all through our long grape season,
and could be advertised with all the
literature Of the ''grape cure" 1t is
worth thinking about.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12

What is the sense Of getting down
hearted? This big country. Fifty
millions of people are going to have
food and clothes and work, and they
are going to get along tremendously
after the little disturbances settle
themselves.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12

Give a leading socialist a warm
bath, and cut his hair and he will
lose his influence. Rob a politician
of his swagger and vulgarity and he
could not work a week. Take pro-
family from a steamboat mate and he
could never unload a cargo.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-12

Peachblow pales before Lord Dud-
ley's three pieces of Sevres of the
Rose du Barry color which cost him
$4,000 and are shortly to be sold at
auction. The largest of the three
pieces is nine inches in height.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
The Divine Law.

Now, in our judgment, in the present
state of American society and Ameri-
can drinking customs, the social use of
wine or lager beer does carry with it
considerable peril; peril even to the
man who thinks himself most secure
against it, peril to Others whom he can
not protect. If you deliberately Judge
otherwise. if you conclude that it is
safer for you to set the community in
general and your boys in particular an
example of moderation than of total
abstinence, you must judge-no one
can judge for you; if you think this is
the safes, example for you to set your
Bible class. YOU must judge-no one
can judge for you. The only thing We
EAR iodge is this. that the Divine law
If spiritual life and love, which no mar
ear disregard without sin, forbids u,
70 hazard a moral good for a sensuou
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
Drunkards, Paupers and Beggars

for the sober, Industrious and respectable
port on of the community to support. Shall
deeds of riot, robbery and blood. and by so
deal In Family Spirits, which will incite men to
doing diminish the comfort, augment the ex-
penses and endanger the welfare of the com
munty.
will undertake., at short notice, for small
sum, and with great expectations, to prepare
victims for the Asylum. Poor Farm, Prisons
and GallOws.
/ will furnish an article which will increase
fatal accidents. multiply the number of dis
tressing diseases, and render those which are
harmless incurabie.
will deal in drugs which will deprive some
and all of Peace. which will cause fathers to
become fiends ana wives widOws children or.
phans. and all mendicants.
will cause many OF the rising generation
to grow up in ignorance, and prove burden
and nuisance to the Nation.
eS-I will cause mothers TO forget their oe
spring. and cruelty take the place Of love
l will sometimes even corrupt the min stei
of religion: Obstruct the progress Of the Cos
pei: defile the purity of the church, and cause
temporal, spiritual and eternal death; and ie
any should be 80 impairment as to ask why
have the audacity to bring such accumulated
misery upon the people, nv honest reply is:
MONEY!! The spirit trade Is lucrative, and
some processing Christians giveit their cheer
full countenance.
have 4 license, and II do not bring these
evils upon you somebody else win.
have purchased the right to demOlish the
character. destroy the health. shorten the
lives and ruin the souls Of those who choose
TO honor me with their custom. pledge my
| self to do all have heeein promised. Those
| who wish any OF the evils above specified
| brought upon themselves o. their dearest
/ friends are requested to meet me at my Bar
where l will for . few cents furnish theu
F. With the certain nfsp OF so doing.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
A SINGULAR WAY.

Private Dalzcil Tells How lie Quit the
Drinking Habit.
The following letter speaks for itself.
To Editor Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette:
l was past thirty. well on towards
forty, before became at all addicted
to the liquor habit.
l contracted it in politics. very
good place to catch and retain the dis
ease. was pretty hard drinker of
the periodical class. For months
would be sober as a preacher, until
got the first drink; then was in for q
week, to end with sick spell and d
season Of repentance and good resolu-
tons, in turn to be broken in short
time.
At length l began to see where |
was. was yet comparativelya young
man, and it was not too late. Some
thing must be done.
So l locked myself up in my room
and refused to see any one for three
days. l was duly sober and ont of
reach of liquor, though desiring it
greatly. But l determined never to
leave that room until had settled the
question finally. l never thought Of
swearing off. l had tried that.
That is poor plan.
had experimental with the Sons OF
Temperance. the Murphy movement
and the Church-all to no purpose.
Without book or paper, there | went
into committee of one on the matter,
and sat down to converse with my own
thoughts.
had really but single question to
pass upon-you will smile to read what
it was-''what in the world had l been
drinkingp"
For years had been an eyewitness
of the manner of compromising the
liquors sold in drug stores and saloons.
knew how much fusel OIL, opium,
strychnia, nicotine, burnt sugar and
rain water it takes to make barrel Of
whisky. Like all drinking men, had
long known by observation the effects
of these poisons. L had seen them kill
men and women. lI...-4D
| They had often nearly poisoned me
to death. / saw that all liquors were
adulterated, and that while some have
more and some less poison in them.
they are all vile authorizations, and
that there is not drop of pure
liquor on tap anywhere. The more l
thought of all these things the less
desired to drink again, and the more
became disguised with these villainous
compounds called brandy, gin, whisky.
saw they were all surcharged with
poison-all without any exception. By
degrees. as l advanced in my recollec-
ton of facts that had fallen under my
experience and observation leaving
out of sight the moral and religious
', questions, important as they are-I at
! length awoke from my reverie to dis
cover had lost all taste or desire for
! the nauseous stuff. have never de-
sired or taken drink of any intoxicat-
ing liquor since, and never will. Such
is the simple story of my alienation
! from this disgusting and dangerous
habit. The same process will cure any
man who will consider it.
PRIVATE DALZELL.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
MEDICAL QUACkS.


The Latest Dodge for Robbing q Long.
suffering Public.
1t is now the latest dodge of medical
quacks who impose upon the credulity
of the unsuspecting, to advertise their
nostrums under the head of some So
called company. Perhaps the charla-
tan's name does not appear at all, but
the so-called Company" is spread all
over his circulars, pamphlets, etc. A
subscriber sends us. a circular letter,
which he has received from one of
these Companies" which cures all
diseases mankind is heir to, and for
wards medicines prepared with the
greatest care tor each case, securely
packed in plain box" But before
the medicine is forwarded, the patient
is asked to answer the following,
among great variety of other ques-
tons propounded in the circular letter:
What is your age? Dust as if ladies
generally were going to answer that
questiOnD
Is your partner healthyp
Have you worked hardp
From what do you suffer mosta
How is your sightp
What is your height?
What is your weight
Is your tongue coated, and If so
what color?
Are your brothers and sisters
healthy?
Do you ever have dizzy, faint or
blind spellsp
Is your hearing good?
After being bombarded with these
and forty-four other similar questions.
the unfortunate who may receive this
circular letter, Is finally plumply asked
to tell the Company" this, to-wit:
"Do you feel discouraged, gloomy and
melancholy at timesp" II after run
ming his eye down the long list of dis
eases of numerous kinds enumerated
in this circular letter, the recipient
don't feel discouraged, gloomy and
melancholy" he must have pretty
good constitution and is not easily dis
composed. American Agricuftarist.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
MY TREASURES.

Ny children. how many? Why bless you.
there's four;
Two rollicking. fuE.lovnng boys,
Who always give mamma enough work b
do,
But working is one OF my joys.
Dear Ruby, who "helps mamma lots" in her
way.
And my baby so winning and sweet.
Bright Jewels adorning my wifehood's crown
In home where angels may meet.
At the close OF the day, I sit down beside
My baby, TO iuii ner TO sleep;
In sweet dreams of childhood, the Others re.
pose:
Kind Father. Thy watch o Ter ttem keep!
You ask am worried with trouble and care
All, no. II 10 restful and sweet
To be the fond mother Of blossoms so fair.
To gu de in the right their young feet.
-'wOuld wish 10 exchange. Not for KING
dom or crown!
Nor for all Of your wealth, and your
pleasures:
You Keep your fair lands and your couches OF
lf down,
Ill keep. what is best my four treasures.
Elsie G. Allen, IN Good Housekeeping.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19

pleasure. In our judgy emit ii we were
to use wine as social luxury in tho
United States of America, we should be
violating this law. Whether you would
violate Il or no, you only can determine.
and from the decision Of your own con-
science there is no appeal except to
Him who seeth the secrets OF every
heart and judgeth all men with unerr-
ing justice Of Judgment. Christie"
T'ni0n
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
TEMPERANCE READING.
sATAN'S DECISION.

A meeting was convened in hell.
To sec IL any one could tell
Who best promoted Satan's cause,
And spurned and trampled Heaven'siawo
The devil, seated on his throne
Commanded that his horn be blown,
To summon all the hosts OF hell
To gather round their chief aud yell.
RemOtest cayerns heard the sound,
And myriads TO their chief did bound,
And bowed with evrence at his feet,
Amid the suffOcating heat.
His highness then the question states,
And each contestant then relates
His mode of warfare and success 500
In prOpagating wickedness.
The miser boosted of his gold.
The gambler did his tricks unfold,
1nsatiate Lust put in her plea,
Oppression loudly shouted: Me-"
When all had tried their very best,
To win In this great fiendish test
King Alcohol came rolling in,
And swearing ne was bound to win,
His list of triumphs on his back,
Which weighed ton. Egyptian black,
Containing crimes SO vile and great,
No tongue could tell, nor pen relate.
The old chap, with long, warm embrace,
Gave Alcohol the highest place;
The craven crowd now skunk away.
King Alcohol had won the day.
John JdiHiesOn, IN N. Y. Witness.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
TRUTH UNAOORNEO.
The Plain Business Announcement of an
Honest Rum-Seller.

The Plain Business Announcement Of an
Honest Rum-Seller.
The Idaho Democrat publishes the
advertisement which we reprint below.
On first reading it we judged it, says
the Christian Unitn. to be either hoax
or Temperance agitator's ingenious
attempt to produce Temperance sem
sation. But, sending for information
to a subscriber of the Christian Union
at Boise City, where this advertisement
appears, we are assured that it is a
genuine liquor saloon. There is mys-
terry about this "naked truth" adver-
tisement which we do not pretend to
solve. But it certainly is the truth un-
adorned. This is, we believe, the first
case in which the Christian Union has
ever published an advertisement on its
editorial pages. And this one is pub
lished without charge:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-19
JOHNS STORY.
The Deceits and Horrors Of a
Gambling Establishment.

well, would you like to hear my
adventure in New Orleans?'' John
Bright leaned his elbow on the arm of
the red plush chair in which he sat,
with thoughtful look in his dark-blue