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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17
Farm and Garden.

In feeding grain to poultry it is
better to vary it, allowing wheat and
oats as well as corn. Cooked potatoes
make an agreeable change for laying
hens.
Rhubarb plants should be covered
with manure and the covering left on
until spring. The result will be
strong and large stalks when the
growing season arrives.
If mice are troublesome they can
often be easily gotten rid of by soak
ing wheat in good solution of arsenic
and burying it at the roots of trees
where the mice will be likely to find
it.
A dairyman says he Invariably
cures caked udder by thoroughly and
carefully rubbing it with a mixture
composed of two ounces ofpulverized
iodide of potassa and two ounces OF
lard.
The fall colt will pay well, as the
dam will not have much labor to per-
form at this season. By the
time spring work comes on the
colt can be put out on the pasture.
In using evaporators for drying
fruit a constant watch should be
kept over the operation. There is
usually a loss from having too much
confidence in the evaporator. "Head
work" is required, and the process
cannot result in clear, bright, we'll
dried fruit unless skill is given.
Roses should be mulched around
the roots with loose material. Leaves
or straw, with cornstalks laid there
on to hold them in place, is excellent
Mulching greatly assists in protecting
strawberry plants during the winter,
and as leaves will soon be plentiful a
supply should be collected for mulch
ing purposes.
The stone dwelling-house and the
well on the farm cause more disease
in the family than anything else.
Such houses are often damp, while
wells are sometimes used without
cleaning for years. Stone-houses
should be weatherboarded to be
perfectly dry, and the well should be
cleaned out at least once year.
Cottonseed meal produces the
largest yield and the richest cream OF
any other food that can be used,
according to the Live Stock Record.
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17

Begin feeding a quarter of a pound
per day, and increase to a pound
twice per day; never more, as it is
very rich and might cause scours if
fed in larger quantities.
Early maturity is an important fac
tor in the qualifications of beef cattle.
A good three-year-old steer can be
made to dress 70 per cent. if properly
fed. 1t is the young, quick growing
steer that pays, and it should be mar
keted as soon as it reaches that point
at which the greatest profit is obtain
ed.
Where raspberries and other small
fruits are grown in the garden, and
the labor is not great for so doing,
they should be banked up with dirt
as protection to the roots and canes
against frosts. Trees are also bene-
flied by having earth banked against
frosts. Trees are also benefited by
having earth banked against them.
The earth should be removed early in
the spring and the ground leveled.
Damp floors cause cold, due to
evaporation. The feet ofanimals are
injured, and disease of the limbs
occur when they are compelled to
stand or sleep on damp locations.
The bed of the animal is very i'm
portant. 1t is economical to use
clean, dry material daily, and not
delay changing the bedding until the
whole is saturated with urine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17
The Wondrous Weather Plant.

Pail Mall Gazette.
That remarkable specimen of the
vegetable world, the "weather plant"
continues to excite considerable in
terest here. Men of science, who on
its first discovery were unwilling to
express an opinion on its prOgnosti-
eating virtues, now agree, after ex-
tensive experiments, that the shrub
is in truth prophetic. Thirty-two
thousand trials made during the last
three years tend to prove its infalibili-
ty. The plant itself is a legume, COM
monty called the "Paternoster-pea,"
but known in botany as the Arbus
Pereginus. 1t is a native of Corsica
and Tunis. It's leaf and twig strong
ly resemble those of the acacia. The
more delicate leaves of its upper BRAN
ches foretell the state of the weather
forty-eight hours in advance, while
its lower and harder leaves indicate
all atmospheric changes three days
beforehand. The indications consist
in change in the position of the
leaves and in the rise and fall of the
tWigs and branchlets.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17
Grateful.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July q, 'SS.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga:
Gentlemen--Five years ago one of
the best physicians in Evansville,
Ind, was treating me for bad case
of blood poison. / did not improve
to please him or myself either, and
was on the point of changing physi-
clans, when was offered a place in
Chattanooga. In telling my physi-
clan goodbye, / asked him about
your medicine. He hesitated min
ute, and then suggested that | try it.
Immediately on reaching Chattanoo-
ga purchased three bottles of DR.. L..
II. Wilson, druggist. / began to i'm
prove at once, and in six months
there was not one of the hundred
sores left on my body. l took a doz-
en- or two more bottles, and today am
rs healty as ever. ] am ready to
answer all inquiries and substantiate
this statement to any who may adj
dress me at Chattanooga, Tenn.
FRANK H. MEADE.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
8, Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17
Eruption of the Skin Cured

BROCKvILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, |
December >, 1885. !
/ have used BRANDRETH'S PILLS
for the past fifteen years, and think
them the best cathartic and anti-bil-
lious remedy known. For some five
years | suffered with an eruption of
the skin that gave me great pain and
annoyance. / tried different blood
remedies, but although gaining
strength, the itching was unrelieved.
/ finally concluded to take a thorough
course of BRANDRETH's PILLS.
took six each night for four nights,
then five, four, three, two, lessening
each time by one, and then for one
month took one every night, with
the happy result that now my skin is
perfectly clear and has been so ever
si0ne Ed. VENNEY.
Subscribe for the STANDARD. $40.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17
KISS.

Something made of nothing, tasting very
sweet
A most delicious compound, with ingred-
tents complete;
But if, as on occasion, the heart and mind
are sour,
1t has no great significance, it loses half
its power.
Something made of nothing, and never
twice the same,
Though tits known in every country
where love has made name.
1t is clearly meant for giving, though tits
sometimes bought and sold,
And, like coffee and potatoes, is not so
good when cold.
1t oft appeases discords, when words have
failed to please,
Whether bestowed caressingly or given
just to tease;
For laugh will often save one from doing
something worse, ts
And the lips that taste this sweetness are
Sc ldom heard to curse. t|t
IT'S the strangest, oldest mixture, this some.
thing made of naught,
Which is never seen nor handled, al.
though tits often caught;
Which will not spoil in keeping, whatever
be the cline,
For this something made of nothing will
stand the test of time.
Mary T., Buell..
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17
GOING A-VIsITING.

went down to the depot two hours
before train time because had sever
al errands to do there. Looking up
the broad street which ran through
the village, / saw an old black horse,
hitched to a light wagon, coming
down on gallop. In the wagon was
a man and woman. The woman
waved her hand and the man piled
the whip, and in a couple of minutes
the rig turned in and stopped at the
platform with such suddenness that
the mud flew in all directions.
elias she gomez" shouted the wo-
man as she climbed out.
"Who?"
"The train"
mo, ma'am."
"Well, that's piece of good luck.
thought we'd be about five minutes
too late. For mercy's sake get that
trunk checked and buy a ticketw
eyes, Mary, yes" he replied as he
put forth his best effort, and dragged
the chest down the platform and ask
ed for ticket and check.
''It is an hour and fifty minutes
yet" replied the agent.
"W-what Hear that Mary
You've been fretting and stewing
since 3 O'Clock this morning, and here
we are two hours ahead of time"
at can't be-"
"That is what he says"
"Well, William, don't you believe
all he says. You remember how
Aunt Harper got left by taking the
word of ticket agent. Sometimes
trains are ahead of time, and some
times behind. Kiss me goodbye,
William"
"But there's lots of time, Mary"
She appealed to me to settle the
question, and when | put the time al
an hour and forty-five minutes she
consented to go into the waiting.
room. She sat down on the edge Of
a seat and nervously began an inven-
tory.
"Here's my handkerchief, and
here's my wallet with ninety cents in
it, and here's my snuff-boX and thin
BILE and steel-boWed glasses. Here's
the recipe for making hard soap Pm
taking to Cousin Jane, and here's
the box Of mutton taller to go tc
Squire Johnson. William, Pm al
right-haven't forgotten a thingn'
"Do tell"
"And only have had five weeks
toget ready in! Well, William, good
bye"
ooh, pshaw, Mary-lots of time
yet"
"Don't be too sure about it. You
can I Always tell aDoutthe railroads
] don't want to get left"
She sat down again, took a second
inventory, and then musingly said:
~ covered up the flour barrel, anC
hung up that bag Of dried punkin
and put the jar of soft soap away, anC
lowered the curtains in the parlor
and shut up the cook stove"
ayes Mary" replied the husband
"And poured the water out Of the
tea pot, carried that piece of butter
down stairs, sent home Mrs. Aiken:
DRAWN of tea and cup of brown SUI
gar, and put that piece of pork back
into the brine"
eyes, I'll swear to it."
"Well, goodbye, William. I'll bt
home in three weeks"
at isn't time yet, Mary. It's ovel
an hour before the train'll come
along"
"Well, don't make any mistake
You Enow Cousin Hannah dreamed
that / got left, and l don't want it t.
come true. And now let's see: Yor
are to board at Henry's aud go ovel
TO the house once a day."
YES"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-17

WILL YoUsUFFER with Dyspepsia and
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-22
TEN PAGES.
THE NETS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-Ihc judges Of the Parncll Commits
sion fined Edward Harrington, NJ. p, 500 for
contempt Of ccu-t. - The story Of a woman in
Whitcchapcl who said she had been attacked by q
i'll her lodgings, caused great excitement;
the police discrcdt the story - The Parnel-
ties are dissatisfied with the attitude Of the Lib
cral leaders toward the Ashbourne Extension bill ;
they want more vigorous hostility shown the
measure. - Many callers at Windsor Castle
congratulated Empress Frederick upon her birth
day. - Polly Bredin, who married Frederick
Barber, the Niagara Falls suicide, arraigned
in court in Toronto on charge of bgamy
Dcmcstic.-Gcneral Harrison decided to appoint
L. w. Holford his private secretary. - There
were three new cases of yellow fever and two
deaths at Jacksonville. - Charles T. Parsons,
of Northampton, Mass. was arrested at IIolyoke
for claiming to his wagon Polish aborcr who
worked for him. - Democrats are still trying
TO count out enough Republicans to secure
majority in the next House - The Home
Savings Bank Of Norfolk suspended. - The
General Assembly Of the Knights of Labor agreed
TO have an investigation by committee of the
National headquarters in Philadelphia. - The
Episcopal Church Congress in Buffalo discussed
the relations of colleges TO the church.
City and SubuI ban.-Benamin S. Church, chief
engineer OF the Aqucduct resigned; his resignation
Was accepted and AlphonSe Fteley appointed to
succeed him; other important changes made by
the Commissioners. =- The baseball delegates in
convention admitted Cleveland, Ohio, to the
League in Detroits place. - City Chamberlain
WINS testified in the suit brought against him by
Mrs. Stone TO recover $4,000, said TO have been
obtained by false pretences. - contest over
Christopher Meyers will begun. - Successful
amateur athletic games at Madison Square Garden.
- Dr. S,nds was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
80 Mayor Hewitt sent in the names of the
School Commissioners - The Fraternal Con-
greSs completed its labors. - Stocks depressed
by renewal of gold exports and washed trans
actions, closing at the lowest figures.
The Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Fair
and slightly warmer. Temperature yesterday
Highest, 80 degrees; lowest, "a; average 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-22
HERR ROSENTHADS SECOND RECITAL.

For connoisseurs the chief interest IN Herr Morris
Rosenthars second recital at Scinway Han yesterday
afternoon attached to his reading Of Becthovens
sonata op. 81, popularity known as the sonata APP
passionate, This composition, though among tho
works Of Beethoven which technical briIlancy comes
near TO outweighng emotional import, is yet imbued
with enough OF the deeper feeling Characteristic Of the
composer to enable a listener to form judgment
upon the players intellectual and emotional as well as
his technical equipment. The result OF the test was
such as to give Herr Roscnthal high place among
Interpreting artists. He penetrated deeper than tho
mechanism of the piece and without disclosing all the
strong dramatic feeling which We believe Hes in the
first movement, he gave reading which was In tho
highest degree interesting In the last variation or
the prayerful slow movement and the finale be dis
played the most admirable elements of his prodgious
technique. The terrific speed Of the finale un de-
fance Of the composers modifying non tioppo') ard
the perhaps undue accentuaton, rather
sustaining, OF the notes In the groups
OF sxtecnths which belong to the melody in
the second variation of the Andante. points which
might DO mooted for dscussion but such discussion
ought, In Justice 10 DO kept In the ley in which con-
nolsscurs are wont speak Of the masters Of piano
forte paying-a key whose prevailing tone is respect
much has already been said In this journal about
Herr Rosenhars characteristics that there Is DO need
Of a detailed account Of the rest Of yesterdays pro-
granme. As announced IL embraced Bourree IN
Amnor by Bach the nocturne In G-fat major without
opus numberl Ballade In Alat, and Chant Polonaiss
In G-maior by Chopin and that archaic circuspiccs
called Hexamcron,' composed Of variations
Bellinis "suon Ia Tromba,' by Chopin, Lsxt, Thai
berg, Hers, Czerny AID pixis. Between the Bourreo
and tho Nocturnc Herr Rosenthal nterpolated
Mendelsohn's "Spnnlng Song (cmaior. from
the "songs Without words"). aud when
recalled enthusiastically after the Chopin
pieces no played the Waltz ia D-aas
as arranged by himself; that Is, tricked out with
thirds as Josery arranged It 70. his wizard fingers.
and further enbcllished by adding the characteristics
figure Of the first part accompanying voice under
the melody In tat of the second part. and playing
II with the thumb OF his right hand another inst ancs
OF his bewildcrng skill There moro numerous
attendance aud greater enthusiasm than ON Tuesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-22
MR. COY Is NOSES

Z" l may not live to the time when the
Democratic party VIII come into power again.
Thus spaIe The Tribune's old friend Congress
man Cox at the Chamber of Commerce dinner
The Congressman evidently agrees with his favor
ite newspaper in naming A. ID. 912 as the ear
lest year when the Democracy can reasonably
expect to win another Presidential election And
as he reflected upon the date he was overcome
by his emotions and assumed the character of
Moses. DelmoncO's was uplifted and trans
formed into Pisgah peak from which he gazed
upon the far-away Democratic promised land.
lowing with the milk of spoils and the honey
OF preferment. 1t must have been a pathetic
spectacle. The tender-hearted men around the
table doubtless hid their faces in their napkins
and wept copousy as they listened to Cox
The Congressman in his time has played many
parts. lie has successfully been hailed as wit,
humorist, author, statesman, diplOmatist, orator.
polite leter-wrier detective for the hunting down
OF frank forgers and our own perennial cnoicc
among Democrats for the proud post Of Speak
ership of the House Of Representatives But not
content with the applause which has greeted him
in these many roles, he now comes before the
public as Moses Gentlemen said the master
Of the Chamber of Commerce feast, we will
now have the pleasure Of listening to some re-
marks by Mr. Cox Thus solicited. the Con-
gresham rose, and as frank as the one which
was forged, exclaimed after making pluclly eff
fort to appear cheerful: may not live to see
the time when the Democratic party will come
into power His fcllow-diners-out, as they
marked the nature OF the uttcrance and noticed
the faraway en-hundrcd and-twelve look in
his sad eyes, must have unanimously felt that
his debut as Moses had been decided success.
But if Mr.. Cox nourishes the ambition to be
the Moses of his party, other duties will confront
him. In fact, he has begun TO play the char
acter at the wrong end. Without stopping to
lead Democracy through the wilderness of defeat
and retirement, or to chasten it for placing its
trust so largely in a golden calf-built by vol
untary contributions from Mr.. Cleveland and
other charlottesville takes 1912 by the fore
lock, and then, springing to the top of Psgah
heaves sigh and waters his mouth at it, II
may not live to see the time when the Democratic
party will come into power again. And that
is why we laugh. This Moses ought to reverse
himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-22
SOMETHING FOR LANDLORDS.

THE TRIBUNE recently alluded to the credit
able fact that New York was constantly be-
coming more comfortable place of residence
and at the same time intimated that the mil
lennium was not yet in sight. One Of the many
things which are yet lacking is a supply of
furnished flats to be leased at reasonable rates
to families who wish to spend the winter in the
city at moderate cost, without the trouble and
expense of removing their furniture hither or
purchasing another outfit for temporary USE
1t is certain that there are many families who
confess to such a desire, and many more in
whom the desire would speedily be kinded
by the knowledge that it could be readily at
tanned.
The first obstacle which landlords would raise
in the way Of carrying out this proposition is
the impossibility of renting for three or four
months at a moderate price fiat which would
be apt to remain vacant the rest of the year.
Theoretically perhaps, it is not easy to escape
this difficulty but it seems to us that practical
ly it might be avoided without much trouble.
The chances are that fat which is not rented
by December |, or anyway before Christmas,
will remain unoccuped the rest of the winter.
Suppose that the owner were then prepared to
furnish it simply but completely, and offer it
in that condition to one Of the would-be ten
ants to whom we have alluded. The annual
interest on his investment in furniture need
not exceed $50. The deterioration from use
would not be much moro on the average.
Storage and insurance for the months when it
was not in use would cost perhaps SIS; and
against this aggregate outlay the landlord
would have four or five months rental, at a
rate which he could make satisfactory to him
self without complaint from the tenant, who
would expect to pay an added price for his ac-
commodations and exemptions. The landlord
should not look upon the operation altogether
as if he were comforting a favor; he should
also consider that he was saving himself loss.
If he should make the enterprise means of
extortion it would be failure, and would de-
serve to be; but if he were content to put the
rent at figure which would result in dividing
the expense equitably between himself and
his tenant we believe it would be success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-22
PERSONAL.

special service Is TO be celebrated in all Roman
Catholic churches on December 81, In thanksgiving
for the special graces received during the Popes u-
bileo year.
Mr. John Boyle O'Reilly has this week visited Gin.
cnnati for the first time.
Mr. Joseph Cook has set out on a lecture tour
which will take him from Massachusetts, to Kansas.
The death has been announced of Mrs. Harriet
Horny Laurens Ingraham, wife of Commodore InTa-
ham of the Rebel Navy, at the age OF seventy-four
years. She was, observes The Baltimore Sum-" the
granddaughter Of Henry Laurens, president Of the
Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War,
and also OF John Rutcdge, the Revolutionary Gov
ernor of South Carolina and the first Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States. Her uncle,
Colonel John Laureus, was Washngtons ade-decamp
and the Minister to France who arranged the nego-
tiatlons with the French Government that brought
about the surrender OF Yorktown. He was appointed
commissioner by Washington TO draw up the articles
of Comwalliss captulation. The original documents,
with Washington's interlinear corrections stil
In the family. Another uncle, Edward Rutledge, was
one Of the early Governors Of South Carolina, and
with Henry Laurcns signed the Declaration OF Inde
now eghty.seven years OF age, ana np TO this time
has been IN comparatively good health, though Il IS
may seriously affect him. lilo is the only surviving
naval officer of the war Of 1sl2l4, In which he served
lovely ehsrd ter, of remarkable mind strong In the
conviction OF duty, and OF potent influence In church
her arc the only connections between the historical
Rutedse and Laurens families.
Professor George A. Hoadley, principal of tho
high school at Northampton, Mass, has been elected
to the chair of Physics at Swarthmore College. Pro
fessor Hoadley IS graduate OF Union College
The day Chief Justice Fuller took the oath Of Office
says The Washington POST his voice low and
ticmulous. His hand shook In so marked manner
that had he not committed the brief formula OF the
cath to memory, he could not have read IT, He
showed distinct signs OF nervousness and sefcon-
seriousness for several days after he entered upon his
duties. AL of this, however, has passed away. His
voice is now louder than that OF any of the Justices.
Every word can DO perfectly heard throughout tho
court room, and his sefpossesson Is as assured as
though he bad held his office fvo years. instead Of 1--WE