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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
%NcMNNVILIE TENNEssEE- gAPRIL IS 1888
The Tactile Sense.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
The sense of touch, when highly
trained, enables the blind to read
with their fingers almost as readily as
Others with their eyes. With it
alone Laura Bridgman rapidly re-
cognizes friend feels the approach
of one coming in the hall, and even
picks out her own clothes returned
with those of others from the laun-
dry.
The ancient sculptor determined
the final finish of his statue in
marble, not by his eye, but by the
nerves at the roots of his finger-nails.
The expert composition depends less
on his eye than on his finger-tips to
handel his types. The wonderful
capacity which lies hid in all our
senses is brought out only when ne
cessity forces us to their special train
ing but it might be well if their
fuller development was made a part
of the education of the young
generally.
Without this sense we could hold
nothing in our hands, except when
looking at it, nor stand with safety,
nor lie in bed with comfort. Few
are aware how dependent we are on
the sens atoms located in the surface of
our bodies.
A man in Germany, on recovering
from a severe fever, was attacked
with numbness, which was soon
followed by loss of all tactile sensa-
ton. He would wound or burn
himself, and become aware of it only
by seeing the blood or the scar.
Gangrene (mortificatiyn) following
an injury to his finger, the latter had
to be amputated; but it was done
without the slightest pain. Though
he retained his full power of motion,
he could tell only by hiseyes whether
his arm was extended or bent nor
could he walk or even stand in the
dark, and when in bed he simply
seemed suspended in the air. The
case was regarded as very interest
ing one by the medical profession,
and on the PERSONS death, some
twenty years later, a post mortem
examination showed that his brain
was wholly unaffected, but that
there had been extensive softening
of the spinal marrow from the top OF
the neck to the small of the back.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
A Generous Newspaper.

Springfield Rec ord.
About four weeks ago the Chatta-
nooga Times sent out circulars to
many people in Robertson county--to
all, we presume, whose names it
could procure. The circular said that
"the party receiving the circular
would also receive the weekly Times
for two or three months, free" That
"it had determined by this means to
reach every home in the state, and
hoped to secure every one to whom it
was sent as a permanent subscriber.
That cit believed Chattanooga Times
should, could and would have the
biggest circulation in the South, and
especially in Tennessee" One of the
circulars was sent to GA. Thomas"
A. Thomas is personally acquainted
with the Times editor, Mr.. Ochs. He
Is nice gentleman. But-well--but
A. Thomas thought little strange of
this circular business. 1t is true he
dearly loves weekly newspapers. He
lays for them; he waits for them, he
actually feeds on one of them-he and
all of his flock Craze upon said ones
pastures. The Weekly Times came
in due season. 1t had very nice
milk and cider gubernatorial article
in it. Took no grounds for either
Nc. or Bob. Nc, however, was its
townsman. One, two, three weeks
passed. The second week it put its
foot on Bob's neck and climbed upon
Mes shoulder and from that day to
this no language is too severe in de-
flaming "Our Bob" The sequal-
Last Sunday A. Thomas got a very
nicely written letter from Mr.. Nc
Connell. 1t stated that he knew us
(?) to be a man of much influence in
Robertson County, and that he hoped
he would see that his interests be
properly looked after at our County
Convention. The address, ga.
Thomas" is written on the single
wrapper paper. The same hand that
addressed the paper addressed that
letter. The question naturally arises,
"does the Times really wish a big
circulation, or big boom for Nc
Connell?" The next question is did
Mcconnell write the letter to A.
Thomas, and if so does he also adj
dress all of the thousands Of extra
Times that are being sent out over
the safe to enhance his own chances
by vilifying Gov. Taylor?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
Chinese Superstitions.

Adele NJ. Fielde in Popular Science Month.
ly for April.
A girl who is partaking of the last
meal she is to eat in her fathers
house previous to her marriage, sits
at the table with her parents and
brothers; but she must eat no more
than half the bowl of rice set before
her, else her departure will be fol-
lowed by continual scarcity in the
domicile she is leaving.
If a bride breaks the heel of her
shoe in going from her fathers house
it is ominous of unhappiness in her
new relations.
A piece of bacon and parcel of
sugar are hung on the back of a
brides sedan chair as sop to the
demons who might modest her while
on her journey. The "Three Baneful
Ones" are fond of salt and Spices land
the "White Tiger" likes sweets.
A bride may be brought home
while a coffin is in her husbands
house, but not within 100 days after
coffin is carried out. Domestic
trouble are sure to come upon one
who is married within 100 days after
a funeral.
A bride, while putting on her wed.
ding garments, stands in a round
shallow basket. This conduces to hel
leading placid, well-rounded life in
her future home. After her departure
from her fathers door, her mother
puts the basket over the mouth o.
the oven, to stop the mouths of all
who would make adverse comment
on her daughter, and then sits down
before the kitchen range, that hel
peace and leisure may be duplicated
in her daughters life.
a bride must not, for four months
after her marriage, enter any house
where there has been a death or {
birth, for if she does so there vii
surely be quarrel between her ant
the groom. fla young mother goe
to see a bride, the visitor is looket
upon as the cause of any calamity
that may follow.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
A Revised and Enlarged Edition of an
old Needle Story.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
"Talk about your needle stories"
said man on the street the other
day, "but | can tell you one that dis
counts them all, and l don't have to
go far from home for the facts
either. My wife's sister, a young
lady about nineteen, has pet needle.
She wouldn't do without it for the
world. About three years ago the
needle made its first appearance by
sticking its point out of her shoulder.
How it ever got into her body or how
long it had been there she says she
don't know. 1t didn't come out far
enough far any one to get hold of it,
but went back in, and in about a
month it stnck its nose out away
down on her right ankle. Then it
disappeared again, and it has been
scooting around inside of her system
ever since, poking its point out about
every month some where or
other. She had it pulled out once
with pair of nippers, and you may
not believe it, but it is a fact. she be-
came almost alarmingly ill with a
sort of nervous prostration that the
doctors couldn't make anything of.
One day an irresistible impulse seized
her, as she says, to get that needle
and jab it into herself. She did so
and felt much better instantly. The
needle has been on its travels without
interruption ever since, and she has
had perfect health. She couldn't be
persuaded now to have it taken out.
About year ago the needle made its
appearance at her left wrist, and the
location of both ends of it was dis
cernible. By way of amusement, l
suppose, she managed to get at the
head of her pet, and slipped a little
piece of fine bright red silk through
the eye, and now the needle is carry
ing that all over her system, and once
in while it is discernible beneath
the skin. When the needle was out
it was discovered that it was very
strongly magnetized. Yes, it's a
very queer case, and don't pretend
to explain it, but l know the story is
true.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
BLOOD POISON.

Three years ago contracted blood pois.
on. Iapplied to physician at once and
his treatment came near killing me. en-
ployed an old physician and then went to
KY, then went to Hot Springs and re-
manned two months, but nothing seemed to
cure me permanently, although temporary
relief was given me. My condition grew
desperate and applied to a noted quack,
but ] did not improve. / then used pre-
paration which was prescribed gratis,
but it contained too much alcohol and az
gravated my sufferings. then placed my.
self under the treatment of noted Nashville
physician and for time was benefited, but
by fall returned home ruined man phys.
ically and financially, with but little pros.
pect of ever getting well. My money be-
ing exhausted, did not know what to do.
In May, 1885, my mother persuaded me to
get bottle Of B. B. B. (made in Atlanta)
and did so to crafty her, but to my utter
establishment had not finished my first
bottle before every ulcer had been healed
To the present time have used five bot.
ties and have received more benefit than
from all the rest combined; and am salts.
fed that B. B. B. is the most wonderful
blood purifier ever before known, and urge
all afflicted young men to try one single
bottle and be convinced. ! can truly say
l think it the best medicine in the world.
z. 7. HALLRRToN.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
Weekly American,
THE GREAT
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PUBLISHED At i-s
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All the departments: Financial, CONNER.
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Markets, carefully compiled. Correspon-
denc from all points, Congressional Re.
ports, Special Dispatches, Original Stories,
Poetry and Literature.
Our purpose is to make THE WEEKLY
AMERICAN meet every demaad of its large
and varied audience. 1t is addressed to and
published for the people, whose interests
are ours. Upon their prosperity and patron
age we depend for success.
We realize that the GREATEST PROSPERITY
TO ALL CLASSES can be accomplished only
by developing our unparalleled material re.
sources, establishing diversified industries,
thus attracting and giving employment to
thousands and furnishing home market for
the varied and abundant products of our
soil, and assuring better facilities for educa.
ton.
JULY 4, 1888, there will he distribution
of valuable presents by lot, amounting in
the aggregate to about $1,000. The list
includes fine piano, an organ, three Har.
rison wagons, buggy, half dozen plows,
three sewing machines, and splendid
thoroughbred Jersey bull and heifer from
the herd Of Maj Campbell Brown, of Ewell
Farm; a Holslein.Frissian bull and heifer
from the herd of w. B. Clark & Co., of this
county, and Devon bull and heifer from
the herd of Edward D. Hicks, President of
the American Devon Cattle Club, the largest
herd of thoroughbred Devons in the United
States. Also, a breech.loading shotgun,
Il I'M cot Of Ton nf
same, cooking stove and utensils, dozen
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Scott, George Eliot. Thackeray, Bulwer,
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
W. c.T! o:fco2Ll45'5MN.
Edited and Compiled by the WOman's
%9Christian Temperance Onion
Women may be called the "weaker
vessel" but were she no stronger than
man to resist temtation, there would
be an end to civilization.
Permented Wine is not the Fruit of
the Vine"
Los Angeles Censor.

Los Angeles Censor.
It is not generally understood that
fermented wine, or alcoholic wine in
its purest, cleanest form, made from
choice clean grapes, is not product
of Nature at all, but product of
rottenness, corruption and decay {;
that all the nourishment in the grape
and everything good in it, except
the water, have been utterly rotted
out and destroyed, and that only the
water, a portion of the rotted decom-
posed sugar now turned into deadly
fatal poison, and slight flavor and
color of the grape remain in the wine;
that precisely the same thing can be
made by rotting and fermenting
any kind Of grain or fruit, potato or
vegetable that contains starch or
sugar. In alcoholic wine there is
nothing ofthe juice of the grape or
fruit of the vine-nothing that was in
the vine or grape except the water,
which is not product of the vine at
all.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
Women as Firemen.
Iiawatha, Kan, Dispatch.

Hiawatha, Kan, Dispatch.
Hose Company No of the city
fire department has elected twenty
fire women as honorary members of
the company, in appreciation of dis
tinguished services rendered. On
badges presented these ladies in en-
graved, "Hiawatha Hose Company
No. l; her beauty and her chivalry."
Hiawatha women now play a part in
every branch of the municipal work
shop.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
The Cost of Stopping a Train.

Albany Union.
Said a well-known engineer on the
Central Road the other day, talking
with a reporter: at is not generally
known what loss Of power is involved
in the starting and stopping of an
ordinary train of cars. There is
required about twice as much. power
to stop a train as to start one, the
loss of power depending upon the
momentum. A train going at the
rate of sixty miles an hour can, by
means of the Westinghouse air-brake,
be stopped within 100 yards from the
first application of the brake. Now,
enough power is lost to carry this
same train fifteen miles over a plane
surface. First, there is the momen-
tum acquired by the train flying at
this remarkably rate of speed then
the loss of steam in applying the
brakes, and lastly, but not least, the
extra amount of coal to compensate
for all these losses. BY computation
I have ascertained that every COM
plete stop involves a cost, of 81 H."
New and approved rendering OF an
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

For many years have been afflicted with
Rheumatism combined with some Kidney
Troubles. Indigestion finally added to my
misery and l soon became feeble and very
nervous, and my whole system was prostrat
ed. Several physicians were employed and
numerous patent medicines resorted to with.
out benefit. After seeing so many testimo.
malls exiolling the wonderful merit of B. b.
B, / commenced its use and the effect was
like magic. Rheumatic pains ceased, and
my kidneys were relieved and nv constitu.
ton improved at once, and cheerfully rec.
commend it to others who may be SINH
larly afflicted. MISS s. ToMLINsoN.
Atlanta, Ca. Nav 4, 1885,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

A real estate boom is very likely to
develop into boomering.-Mercha
Traveller.
One of Sullivan's return blows
might be appropriately called acoun-
terirritant.-Puck.
Texas Siftings: Time gallops under
the spur of the moment.
To expect to get to heaven by sing
ing is trusting to chants.-Texas Sift
ings.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

All who desire full information about the
cause and cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula
and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores,
rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh,
etc., can secure by mail, free. copy of our
92-page Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled
with the most wonderful and startling
proof ever before known. Address,
BLOOD BALM CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
TO THE PUBLIC.

After using B. B. B. unhesitatngly state
that it did more good for my Kidney Com
plant than all other remedies combined.
Its action is speedy and | cheerfully rec
commend it for Kidney arrangements.
T. B. CALLAHAN.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

Small boy to his big sister-"Edith,
do you know why / think you are
like cat that has fallen into a hogs
head of molasses ?" Edith-BecauSe
Pm sweet" Small bOy-"No, be-
cause you're so stuck up."-Detroit
Free Press.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

DIED sea Wonders exist in thou.
UUUI sands of forms, but are surpassed
by the marvels of invention. Those who
are in need of profitable work that can be
done while living at home should at once
send their address to Hallett & Co., Port.
land, Maine, and receive free full informa.
ton how either sex, all ages, can earn from
S. to $25 per day and upwards wherever they
live. You are started free. Capital not re-
quired. Some have made over $50 in a
single day at this work, All succeed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
DJnUTV Rewarded are those who

NlOl1ul read this and then act; they
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The profits are large and sure for every in.
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any one. Write to us at once for full par.
ticulars which will be mailed free. Address
Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

On the liquor question, the decision
Of the U. S. Supreme Court and the
liquor dealers opinions are antipodes,
and cannot be reconciled. Therefore
absolute Prohibition becomes the
only means of making the liquor
dealers law abiding citizens.
If you concede that the liquor
traffic is public evil; if you grant
that civil government guarantees
that protection be given to public
prosperity, then it follows that no
State has a constitutional right to
license the liquor traffic. Put this
thought in your brain, and it will
leaven your heart and soul into a
profound conviction that Prohibition
is essentially righteous, and that
license is q perversion of law and
constitutionally wrong.
WE pray "Thy kingdom come, "
but cote for men whose business it is
to prey on the hearts and homes Of
mothers and children.
WE hang and imprison the
anarchists, and then bride men with
a license to multiply them indefinite
ly.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft, or CallOused Jumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
SPAWN, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney,
Ring-bone, Stiles, Sprains, all Swollen
Threats, Coughs, Etc. Save $50 by
use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold
by j. B. Ritchey, McMinnville.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

Who lost lIiS medicine chest, hut. having
n !Gmd bottle of Ayers Pills, found
himself fully eqnipped,-J. Arrison,
NJ. H., Of San joss, CAL, writes;
Some three years ago, by the merest
accident, l was forced, so to speak,
to prescribe Ayers Cathartic Pills for
several sick men among party of engi-
neers in the Sierra Nevada mountains,
my medicine chest having been lost in
crossing a mountain torrent. was
surprised and delighted at the action of
the Pills, so much so, indeed, that was
led to further trial of them, as well as
of your Cherry Pectoral and Sarsapa-
rilla. Ihave nothing but praise to offer
in their favor"
John w. Brown, M. D., of 0ceana,
w Va, writes: prescribe Ayers Pills
in my practice, and find them excellent.
urge their general use in families"
T. e. Hastings, NJ. D., of Baltimore,
Md, writes: "That Ayers Pills do con-
troll and cure the complaints for which
they are designed, is as conclusively
proven to me as anything possibly can be.
They are the best cathartic and aperi-
ent within the reach of the profession"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

Tried by all the rules of justice,
morality, virtue and right, the traffic
in intoxicating liquors stands convic-
ted of the darkest crimes that have
cast their black and blighting shadow
over humanity and stained the
records of time. 1t lays its unhOly
hands on the most holy and sacred
things Of life, the Sabbath, the
family, character, virtue, truth and
turns to you citizens who love your
children and wants to see virtue and
morality maintained, and sneeringly
says, "What are you going to do
about it ~
We may consult iurists, physicians,
police courts and prison managers,
and the united and universal testi-
mony is that "full 50 per cent, of all
the convicts give evidence Of having
in some large degree been prepared
and enticed to do criminal acts by the
use of alcoholic drinks"
Shall the saloon, the mother of SO
many criminals, whose only business
is to deal in just such crimes as curse
the community and as all men
hate-shall she belch forth this
volume of crimes and yet herself
guiltless go :? Shall she hold on to the
law with one hand while with the
other she snatched her victims from
our homes and pitches them into the
streets, into the courts, into the jails
into the lunatic asylumes, into
drunkard's graves and drunkard''
hell? Let multitude of voice
respond, "No neverw
REV. l.. f. BICKFoRD.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
Reason, Logic, Sentiment, and Humol
of Prohibition.

License, Rebellion, Treachery,
Personal Liberty, Sumptuary Laws,
Restriction, Non-Partisan, Revenue
Tax, are all nearly synonymous
terms whenever used to fortify and
justify the liquor traffic.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

New and approved rendering OF an
old proverb-a spiritualist and his
money are soon parted. Puck.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
NERVOUS.

Macon, Ga, May |, 1886.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

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