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WOMEN WAGE XXI
from the National RennhLionn-l

from the National Republican,
Brooklyn, Jan.8.-The Rev. I. De Witt
Talmage, d. d., preached at the Taberna-
Gle this morning the first Of a series of ser
monS to the women of America, with prac.
tical hints for men. The subject of this
discourse was ''The women who fight the
battle of life alone" and the text was from
Proverbs xiv, 1.-"Every wise woman
buildeth her house" DR.. Talmage said:
Woman a mere adjunct to man, an ap-
pendix to the masculine volume, an appen-
dage, a sort Of after thought, something
thrown in to make things even-that is the
heresy entertained and implied by som
men. This is evident to them Woman's
insignitieance as compared to man is evil
dent to them, because Adam was first Gre
ated and then Eve. They don't read the
whole story, or they would find that the
pOrpoiSe aud the bear and the hawk were
created before Adam, so that this argu-
ment drawn from priority ofcreation might
prove that the sheep and the dog were
greater than man. No. Woman was an
independent creation and was intended. if
she chose, to live alone, to walk alone, act
alone, think alone, and fight her battles
alone. The Bible says it is not good for
man to be alone, but never SAYS it is not
good for woman to be alone, and the simple
fact is that many women who are harnessed
for life in the marriage relation would be a
thousand fold better off if they were alone.
God makes no mistake, and the fact that
there is such a large majority of women in
, 1888-03-17

all blocked, and travelling suspended,
many accidents occurred, and there is in
tense suffering from the cold. Owing to
the storm an accident occurred on the
Elevated Railroad. in which the engineer
was killed and some passengers injured.
The Atlantic Express also ran into the
Chicago express near New York, causing
injury to the passengers and wrecking all
the cars. All business is suspended.
A Berlin despatch states that nOtwith-
standing a snow storm yesterday, thousands
visited the Cathedral to catch the last
glimpse Of their old Kaiser.
A proclamation has been issued by the
Emperor Frederick, declaring that he will
continue to maintain the Empire in the
spirit in which it was founded, to make
Germany the centre of peace and foster her
welfare
His Imperial Majesty has conferred the
Order of the Black Eagle on the Empress
Victoria, and also on DR.. Freidberg the
Minister of Justice.
Sir Morrell Mackenzie reports that the
Emperor Frederick is better for the change.
Paris news states that NJ. FeIire Payt, a
Socialist, has been elected member of the
Chamber of Deputies for the Department
of the BOuCheS dU Rhone.
NJ. FlourenS and Count Menabrea rave
discussed the new proposals for the treaty OF
commerce between France and Italy, and it
is probable that an agreement will be ar
rived at.
In the House of Commons yesterday
Lord Charles BeresforG's motion, that re-
form was needed in the Navy, was rejected.
New York, March 14th-BusineSs is
still paralysed over a vast territory by the
Il;o1nr1 which hos hnap nnA nf uDnrppn.
dented severity in the history Of the
United States. A famine is threatened
in the cities, particularly in coal and milk.
The dead nave to remain unburied, owing
to the difficulty of transportation. Many
Of the pilot boats are reported wreck
cd.
Berlin dispatches state that the Kaiser's
proclamation has delighted the liberals,
who regard it as marking a new
epoch. The key note to the declaration is,
that while the Kaiser is not unConcerned for
the Splendour Of glorious deeds. he will
strive to make his reign beneficial to the
people, useful to the country, and Il bless
ing to the Empire. He disfayors race and
religious prosecutions. This evidently re-
fers to the Jews and Catholics.
There is no question ofPrince BiSmarck's
resignation, but it is probable tIa5
Extremists like Puttkamer, G%ossler, and
also the advanced War Party, who are
ultra Conservative, will take back seats.
The French papers agree that the pro.
clamation is pacific, and merits the APPROX.
al OF France.
The Chamber of Deputies has,,aboIiShed
the privilege of vine-growers to distiII
wine for their priyateuSe.
1t il reported that the father:of President
Carnot is dying.
During the discussion in the House of
Lords, on agricultural depression, the
Marquis Of Salisbury said that, while for
economical reasons he was against Free
trade, political exiseuces forbade trying
Protection.
WOMEN WAGE WORKERS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
Baby's Playhouse.

Thinking 1t barely possible some
mother had not heard Of this invention
for keeping babies quiet, make bold
to present it Take wooden box and
line it inside with cotton batting,
tackled on securely with headless tacks
so no hurt can ever come from them,
then cover with cloth, bringing that
up to the outside of the box and tack
ing it'on the edge. Paper the outside of
the box with ordinary wall paper,
putting border round the bottom
and up and down the corners. Finish
the top with plated ruff e tackled on
with brass headed tacks. Bore holes
in the side of the box, put rug or
quilt and pillow in it and put baby in
with his play things. If your box is as
high as it should be, he can't climb
out, he can't tip it over, he can peep
through the holes to play ''pcep-a-
boo" with you as you go about your
work, and if you have to leave the
room for a minute he is safe. With
his play-things and an occasional
smile and word from mother he will
pass a good many contented hours in
his box. Ladies' Home Journal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
THE QUAKER CLOAK.
HideOus Garment That Was Never In
tended for a Street Wrap.

Hideous Garment That Was Never In
tended for a Street Wrap.
"Now, don't growl about the FASH
IONS" said prominent modiste, as a
girl sailed by her shop with her Mother
Hubbard cloak tapping in the breeze.
81 didn't" protested the reporter.
"But you were going to-" asserted
the modiste. "A man always does
when he sees one OF those cloaks. But
the fault is not with the fashions"
"No?"
mo; certainly not. The fault is
with the wearer. That style of cloak
was constructed for an express pur-
pose, and for that it can not be ex-
celed. 1t is meant to be worn with a
ball dress or some other costume that
must not under any circumstances be
mussed. That is the only use fashion
intended it for, and for that you must
admit it is an excellent wrap"
The reporter thought that much,
But" interrupted the modiste,
"some girl sees a prominent society
woman going to the theater or ball
with one about her. She Immediately
makes up her mind that it is the
SWEETEST thing out, and she gets one,
which she wears all the time. Is that
the fault of fashion, Certainly not.
1t was never intended to be worn on
all occasions. 1t was the same wav
with the Mother Hubbard gown. That
was intended merely for wrapper,
never to be worn outside of lady's
dressing-room. And by fashionable
people it never was. 1t all comes
from the desire Of girl or woman Of
small means to keep abreast of the
fashions. She gets something meant
to be worn only on certain occasions,
and wears it all the time. But it is
not the fault of fashion. If used only
for the purpose intended, the garments
men most laugh at and decry are par
ticularly appropriate. Chicago Tri6-
2Lne.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
Women Explorers.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
One of the late sensations in Paris
has been the opening of the Persian
Museum, and the lionizing of Mad
anne Dieulafoy, through whose means
it has been formed. TO be sure, she
only shares with her husband the
honor of having begun the explora-
ton of Shushan, the ancient city
mentioned in the Book of Esther,
but she was the soul of the undertake
ing, and it would not have succeeded
without her.
Shushan was the winter palace OF
Darius, as Persepolis was his summer
one, and is now surrounded by a wild
country, trackless and marshy. The
inhabitants of the region are barba-
rians, the horses and mules are un-
used to draft work, the water is an
almost deadly poison unless it is boil
ed, and fever is almost certain to at.
tack Europeans.
Yet, Notwithstanding the fact that
it took ninety days to accomplish the
distance from the Persian Gulf to
Shushan, Madame Dieulafoy, worn
though she was by fever and famine,
never lost her cheerfulness, andhade
light Of danger and difficulties.
She says that she felt, at first, as il
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
a Village Destroyed by Ice.

Philadelphia Press.
Advices from the fishing village of
Kerschkaranza, in Kola, peninsula
on the White Sea, describe a wonder
full phenomenon, new in Arctic an
nails, which took place on january
9TH last. AT o'clock in the morn
ing the inhabitants were awakened
by series of heavy, dull detonations,
like heavy artillery. Shortly after
ward a great ice wall to the north
west, several hundred feet high,
was seen to be moving toward
the villuge, doubtless in consequence
Of the pressure of the ocean of ice out
side. The ice hills came slowly but
irresistibly onward, and passed over
the village, which they completely
erased, and kept onward for a mile
inland. The ice travelled a mile and
half in four hours. . The VILLAGERS
saved their lives, but little else.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
Making Petroleum Solid.

Experiments are still being made
under the direction of the Russian
Government, with the view of finding
process, at once practical as well as
desirable on the score of economy and
cleanliness, of solidifying the petroleum
used as fuel. According to the report
made by DR.. Kaufman, who has had
the principal charge of these expert
ments, a successful method of accom-
plishing the desired result consists
simply in heating the oil, and AFTER
ward adding from one to three per
cent. of soap. The latter dissolves in
the oil, and the liquid on cooling forms
a mass having the appearance of ce-
ment and the hardness of compact tai
low. The product is. hard to light,
burns slowly and without smoke, but
develops much heat, and leaves about
two per cent of hard, black residu-
um.-Ns y. Sun.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
ABOUT HOSPITALITY.
The Three Most Common Forms Prevailing
In Our Country.


On a stormy evening last December,
the most fashionable square in one of
our great cities was crowded with car
riages. Mrs. Blank, a leader Of So
ciety, was holding a weekly reception.
Her stately dwelling was thrown open
and blazing with light, masses of cost
ly flowers lined the corridors, the
orchestra was the best that could be
procured in the city, the banquet, as
usual, was magnificent. Mrs. Blank
had returned from Europe in the au-
tumn, for brief visit of few months;
she was going back in the spring. She
knew scarcely any Of her guests, even
by sight, and as they came up in an
endless procession, bowed and passed
she felt as II she were playing part
in some wearisome pantomime. What
did these people care for her or she for
them?
A few blocks from the one in which
her house stood, was quiet, modest
dwelling, whose windows also threw a
welcoming CLEAN out into the night.
Inside, by blazing fire, sat matr6n-
'ly woman and gray-haired man with
a cheerful, benignant face. 1t was an
old minister and his wife. There were
guests always coming and going, who
sat for an hour beside the pleasant fire,
partook OF some simple fare, told their
tidings or their thoughts and plans to
their old friends, received some kindly
word of cheer and counsel, and passed
ON their way strengthened and helped.
Down in a dark alley in the same
city, nameless woman had opened q
room that winter, as a refuge for the
homeless. 1t was clean, warm, we'll
lighted. There was hot soup, strong
and nourishing coffee, and thick, gen.
erous slices of bread and butter. There
came to it every night crowd of poor,
triendless creatures, who had tasted no
other food that day. No other claim
to its comfort was necessary than want.
None of those who were fed and
warmed by her bounty knew her name;
she never was gratifed by the sight of
their pleased happier faces. She was
an invalid confined to one room for
years, and the money spent for them
was earned by her own labor.
These are the three most common
forms of hospitality. Which is the
best?- Youths Companion.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
BABES FED TO. SNAKES.
Horrible Practices Observed by the aeb.
los in Worshiping Reptiles.

Horrible Practices Observed by the aeb-
los in Worshiping Reptiles.
The Pue blos-commonly called In
dams, but really descendants of the
ancient Aztecs-have numerous SUI
perstitions. The eagle is a sacred
bird with them-the winged throne of
their emperor god. Montezuma, for
whose promised second advent they
still patiently wait. In any of the
Pue bio cities you will find the great.
dark eagles. either tethered upon the
housetops or penned in little corrals
OF cedar. and religiously tended.
The Pueblo hunter always has mar
velous luck IL he carries with him q
tiny stone image of coyote with q
tiny arrowhead dashed to his side.
Though nominally converted to Ca
tholicism. the Pueblos are still secret
but ardent fire. worshipers. The snake.
too, is sacred TO them. and you will
find its symbolic coils in their rock
sculptures and on their quaint silver
jewelry Some Pueblo towns used 70
keep each an enormous snake in a
closed room, and fed it with children.
The Pueblos of LII Cha, twenty-fiv Q
miles west of Bernalillo, was nearly
depopulated thus. 1t had snake of
enormous size kept in room whose
doors and windows were walled up.
In the roof was small hole, sealed
with q heavy, fiat rock. The first day
of every month the people drew lots
to see whose child should be sacrificed
10 the snake-god. The chosen babe
was carefully bathed and anOinted.
and then tossed. naked, down the hole
to the hungry serpent. 1t is only six
years since this hideous rite was
stopped by priest, who finally pre-
vailed upon the Pueblos to tear down
the walls and kill the snake. Cor
Globe Democrat.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
GIVING UP SMOKING.
What 1t Costs to Stop tho Use OF the So
ductiVo Wood.


What 1t Costs to Stop tho Use OF the so-
ductivo Weed.
Francis A Hoffman. Jr., and Attor-
ney Law were standing on Clark
street about five years ago. each smok-
ing cigar Hoffman said so much
smoking was killing him Law ban
tered him to swear of. Hoffman &C
cepted the challenge. To make it
more binding they concluded to have
their final smoke then and there.
Hoffman bought two cigars for dol
lar. selecting the strongest no could
find When they had consumed about
half Of each cigar Hoffman threw his
into the street. and Law, after some
protest did likewise. Hoffman went
home, and the old habit of smoking
cigar just before retiring came back
to him. The more he thought Of his
agreement to not smoke the more did
his appetite for cigar appeal to him.
He grew nervous. and walked out Q!
the house and down to the lake. He
wandered about the shore like
lost spirit on the banks Of
the Styx, and finally sought a
drug store. He rung up the night
clerk and begged for something to put
down his demand for tobacco. The
clerk furnished him with some ginseng
root and he went home. He lived
through the torture for six months.
At the end of that time he had a
dream. He dreamed that he was
smoking again, and when he awoke
his system was racked with pain. H
was undergoing the torrents which
made Dr. Quincy mad. He was sure
he had been smoking again, and
would not believe any thing to the con-
trary until ne was assured by one who
had seen him retire that he had not.
Slowly he conquered his appetite for
the weed. He carries cigar in his
pocket now, and takes it out often to
look at it He tempts himself. but he
has no desire to return. He claims
that his capacity for work is greater
than when he was addicted to the hab-
it; that his health is good, his memory
better and his disposition sweetened.
He can be found on the street or in his
office preaching the doctrine of total
abstinence on the tobacco question,
and is willing to take the hustings to
proclaim against the evils Of the weed.
Chicago Tribune.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29

they were working for honor's sake,
for the French government had al
lowed her husband forty-one thou
sand francs, that he might search for
antiquities in the mounds of Shushan,
and failure would imply that they
had obtained the grant for the pur-
pose of taking an Oriental tour at the
public cost.
But when their first digging dis
closed a lions head, she was vastly
encouraged. Presently the whole
lion was exposed, finished in bas-re-
lief upon wall, and human figures
followed.
Madame Dieulatoy had been mar
ried but a short time when the war
of 1870 broke out. Her husband was
obliged to serve as soldier, and she
determined to follow him and remain
as near him as possible, doing mean
while what good she could. For con-
venience she donned mems clothing,
and has never discarded it.
1t is probably fact that, entan-
gled in feminine draperies, she could
never have accomplished her Persian
task, and those who have seen her
say that she has lost no shade Of wo-
manliness. She does not affect mas
culine habits, but only adopts the
means which will further her work.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
Friendship Between Men and Women

A great deal of nonsense has been
written about women, but occasional
ly (when woman talks of women)
one gathers considerable harvest OF
pearls. Thus bright, successful, and
happy woman, in writing to friend
not long ago, declared that it is to
great degree the existence of man
the invention of men-which inter-
feres with perfect friendship between
woman and woman. There is
class of women who rail against wo-
men doctors, women lawyers, wo-
men writers, and it is those railers
who ignorantly and blindly do much
to retard their own progress.
A very wise and experienced wo-
man once said that throughout her
life she never found truer or better
friends than those men whom she
called her reformed lovers" men
who had tried to win her love, but
failing to do so, had ended by becom-
ing stanch and earnest friends. A
woman can have a friendship for a
man free from any thought of the
difference in sex. A mans friend
ship for another man is free, open,
and hearty, rejoicing in his good for
tune, overlooking his faults, and
never harboring that sense of rivalry
or jealousy which so often taints
the friendships of women. In most
friends, as in most marriages, there
is positive and a negative side
that is, one person is only too happy
to give, while the other is quite con-
tent to receive sacrifice and affection.
In a woman's love or friendship
there is always feeling of self-abne-
cation, longing to utterly forget
herself-to lose herself in the object
of her affection. When in all cases
of mutual affection each vies with the
other in self-sacrifice and efforts for
the others good, then we shall have
begun to make personal acquaintance
with the eternal fitness of things.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
Being More Pleasant

To the taste, more acceptable to the
stomach, and more truly beneficial
in its action, the famous California
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs,
is rapidly superseding all others.
Try it. One bottle will prove lis
merits. For sale in 30 cents and
$l.00 bottles. .. 46.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
WARMERS LOG CABIN REMEDIES

WARMERS LOG CABIN REMEDIES
old fashioned, simple compounds,
used in the old days of our hardy
forefathers, are "old timers but
"old reliable" They comprise "Sar-
saparilla," Hops and Buchu Rene
"Cough and Consumption Rene
dy," "Hair Tonic" Extract" for
External and Internal Use, "Plas-
ters," "Rose Cream" for Catarrh, and
oliver Pills" They are put up by
H. H. Warner & Co., proprietors of
Warmers Safe Remedies, and prom
Use to equal the standard value of
those great preparations. All drug
gists keep them.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29

POsi&vay the best remedy ever
discovered for all diseases of man and
beast that can be reached by external
medical application, is Rangum Root
eminent. One trial will convince
Manufactured only bySRangum Roo
Medicine CO., Nashville Tenn. 80
centsper bottle, For sale by W. IL.
Elem ing.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
mo.


"Now clear, sharp and ringing,
with an emphasis which could not
fail to arrest attention.
81 don't often hear such negative
as that" remarked one gentleman to
another, as they were passing the
playground of a village school.
cit is not often any one hears it.
The boy who uttered it can say YES
too, quite as emphatically. He is a
newcomer here, an orphan, who
lives about two miles off with his
uncle. He walks in every morning,
bringing his lunch, and walks home
at night. He works enough, too, to
pay his board, and does more toward
running his uncle's farm than the old
man does himself. He is the coarsest-
dressed scholar in school. And the
greatest favorite. Everybody knows
just what to expect of him. Boys Of
such sturdy makeup are getting to
be scarce, while the world never had
more need of them than now"
"All that is true and if you wish
to see Ned, come this way"
The speakers moved on few
steps, pausing by an open gate, near
which group of lads were discuss
ing some exciting question.
ut isn's right, and I won't have
anything to do with it. When l say
NO. l mean it,"
"Well, any way, you needn't tell
everybody about it," was responded
impatiently.
81 am willing everybody should
hear what I've got to say about it..
1 won't take anything that don't
belong to me, and l won't drink
cider, anyway"
"Such fuss about little funw
81 never go in for doing wrong. 1
told you No. to begin with, and
you're the ones to blame if there's
been any fuss"
Med Dunlap, l should like to see
you a minute"
Eyes, sir )" and the boy removed
his hat as he passed through the gate
and waited to hear what Mr.. Palmer
might say to him.
"Has your uncle any apples to
sell ?"
No, sir; he had some, but he has
sold them. Pve got two bushels that
were my share for picking; would
you like to buy them, sir"
Eyes, if we can agree upon the
price. Do you know just how much
they are worth ?"
ayes, SIR"
"All right, then. l will call for
them, and you may call at my house
for the pay"
This short interview afforded the
stranger an opportunity to observe
Ned Dunlap. The next day call
was made at his uncle's, and although
years elapsed before he knew what
friend he had gained on that day,
his fortune was assured. After he
had grown to manhood and accepted
a lucrative position which was not OF
his seeking, he asked why it had been
offered him.
because l knew you could say
No. if occasion required" answered
his employer. "'No,' was the first
word heard you speak, and you
spoke it with a will. More people,
old and young, are ruined for want
of using that word than from any
other cause. They don't wish to dc
wrong, but they hesitate and parley
until the tempter has them fast. The
boy or girl who is not afraid to say
NO. is reasonably certain of making
an honorable man or woman"
eyes" is sweet and often a loving
word; "No" is a strong, brave WORD
which has signaled the defeat ofmany
a scheme for the ruin of some fair,
young lite.
Women Explorers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
STRENGTH FOR TO-DAY.

Strength for today is all that we need,
As there never will be tomorrow;
For tomorrow will prove but another today,
With its measures of Joy and OF sorrow.
Boston Transcript.