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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-06
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Local and Personal Briefs.

Boys and children's suits in any
style and price at Ross.
"A nice line of lamps and lanterns
just received at Ritchey & Bostick's.
West q Co., are receiving large
stock of Tinware today.
Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, and all
kinds of notions at Ross & Sons.
Go to Vests for fine canvassed
ham.
Ladies' and children's Wraps in
endless variety at Ross & Sons.
W. S. Maddux is ready to supply
you with any kind of Saddle or Har-
ness you want.
Examine our new $500 pants,
something you never saw before.
J.C. M. Ross & Son.
"A big stock Of fresh Candies just
opened at Smart & Co.'S. They keep
this line always full.
Ladies' and Gents underwear of
every description, cheap, at ]. c. M.
Ross & Sons.
Judge Smallman and Attorney
General Whitson are holding circuit
court at Lynchburg this week.
DR.. N. A. Neeley returned home
Monday from visit of two or three
weeks to Cookeville.
Hosiery Hosiery! Hosiery
We have the most complete line in
the city. J. c. M. Ross & Son.
The largest stock and greatest
variety of Canned Goods to be found
in McMinnville always on hand at
Smart & Co.'S.
Judge J. p. Smith, of Chattanoo-
ga, was mingling among his old
friends here this week.
Little Robert Lind, who has
been dangerously ill for several days,
is reported very much improved this
(Friday) morning.
Everything in the line of Provis-
ions and Groceries will be found in
choice stocks at Smart & Co.'S. Goods
delivered free.
MIR. Ed. Hart and wife came over
with the remains Of his mother Tues.
day, and returned to Chattanooga
this (Friday) morning.
MIR. Oscar Hogwood has been
dangerously sick with fever at his
fathers home in this place for some
days.
All seasonable vegetables anC
country produce kept in stock al
Smart 4 Co.'S. Go there for YOU
family supplies.
Mr.. NJ. T. McGreogor, ofLynch
burg, Tenn, was visiting relatives il
this county last week, and gave the
STANDARD a pleasant call while here
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Notice.

1 have just returned from buying
my fall stock of goods and l am COM
PEELED to raise some money.
EVERY BODY LISTEN.
Please pay me some money with
out fail. | am in distress.
Very Respectfully,
w. S. Ross.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-06

The corporation will put up six
additional street lamps in few days.
Mrs. E. Owen, of Lavergne, is Wis
iting the family of her brother, Mr..
r. H. Mason, at the Warren House.
Mrs. A. B. Treadwen and daugh-
tiers, of Memphis, after ten days
visit to River Cliff, returned home
Wednesday.
"A gold ear ring found at the tent
last Monday, can be had at this Office
by describing property and paying
for this notice.
Miss Kate Bronson and Miss
Narcissa Rhea, two sparkling Sparta
beauties, spent the week with Miss
Emma Wood.
Mr.. Ed. Reese, an old tobacco
merchant of Nashville, but now en-
gagged in banking at Alexandria, was
attending the meeting here this week.
Rev. F. l.. Leeper is expected
home today, and will hold the usual
services in the Presbyterian church
tomorrow morning and night.
We have had white frosts here
several mornings this week, and
vegetation is beginning to take on
"the scar, the yellow leaf"
Misses Maggie and Laura Biles,
of Sparta, and Miss Hattie Brown,
are visiting their grandmother, Mrs.
Nancy Biles during the meeting.
Don't punish your horse with an
old worn out set of harness. Go to
w. S. Maddux's and geta new set.
They are cheap enough for anybody
to buy.
Miss Helen Lyle of Rutherford
county, has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Chas. Colville, here during the
week, and attending the camp
meeting.
-Messrs. B. r. Bryan and Thos.
R. Hughes left here Thursday morn
ing on a trip through East Tennessee
in the interest of the Atkins Mill
Stone Dress.
Mrs. Rembert and children, and
Miss Cage, who have been at the
Warren House several weeks, left fol
their home in Helena, Ark, Wednes
day.
-Sagar & Bass have just received
a big new stock of saddles, and they
don't charge a cent for showing
them; in fact they like to do it, Cal
and take a look.
Prof. Bell returned from Wilson
county last Monday, but has been
confined to his room at the Warren
House with sickness since Wednes
day.
Miss Ella Ransom Of Rutherford
county, and Miss Daisy Biles o
Goodbars, have been the guests 0
Miss Herminia Jeanmaire during thu
Sam Jones revival.
Hon. r. S. Alcorn, of Putnam
county, the Democratic candidate TO
State Senator from this district, wa
mixing among the voters of thi
county here last Saturday.
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The Sparta Fair.

The White County Fair will COM
mence on Thursday of next week
and continue three days. The re-
union of Gen. Dibrell's old regiment
will take place at the fair grounds on
the first day.
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Do You Want Money {?

At the meeting of the Building and
Loan Association Directors to be held
at the Courthouse next Monday
night five or six shares will be loaned.
Be on hand if you want any money.
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Poor House Commissioners.

AT the quarterly meeting of County
court last Monday, the following
poor house commissioners were elect
ed: Thos. Matthews, Esq, j. G. Golf,
ESQ.,, and Eli Jones. .a
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Another Circus Coming

An agent was here last Saturday
and billed the town for "Col. G. w.
Halls Railroad Shows" which will
exhibit here next Tuesday, the 9th
inst. See advertisement elsewhere.
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Buggies and Wagons.

J.P. Gartner has received a new
stock of Buggies this week, and now
has on hand a full assortment of Bug
gies, Spring and Farm Wagons, Carts,
etc. If you want vehicle of any
kind give hima call before purchas-
ing.
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5000 Bushels Of apples.

Three thousand bushels of Timber
twig apples for sale by d. H. Callihan.
agent for G. w. Nelson, Vervilla,
Tenn. Prefer selling at wholesale.
d. H. CALLAHAN.
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Van Paper.

We have just received a large job
lot of wall papers, which we will sell
cheaper than ever before offered in
this market. Come and see it.
RITCHEY & BOsTICK.
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Save Your Money!

The all important question is how
to save it? 1t is very simple, buy
your Boots, Shoes, Hats and Clothing
ofJ.C. NJ. Ross d Son.
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Agents Wanted

We want Agents who are already
travelling statesmen, to carry our Lu-
bricating Oil samples as side line.
MANUFACTURERS On Co.,
CLEVELAND, Ohio.
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johnson and Kelley.

Mr.. j. c. johnson, the prohibition
candidate for governor, and DIR. Kel-
ley will speak at the courthouse in
this place at two O'Clock this after
noon. .r.
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Lime.
Carson & D0ty fired another kiln
oflime this week. 1t Will be ready
for delivery next Tuesday.
Triumphant Songs.

The hymn book used in the Sam
Jones meetings for sale by Ritchey
& Bostick, both in board and cloth
covers.
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Eating 100 E ygs at One sitting

At the Hoffman House last night a
party sat at, a table in the art gallery
making wagers each on his ownypartica-
lar trick. A young broker who spent
last summer with his grandmother in
Jersey, won pocketful of greenbacks
on a trick taught him by the good old
lady. He had lost considerable money
on catch bets when he offered to wager
any one in the party that he could eat
more eggs than any other three men
present, providing he was permitted to
have the last turn. A doctor, coroner
and bank teller took the bet. After a
brief d scussion the three gentlemen de-
cided to tackle fried eggs. He repaired
to an all-night restaurant in Sixth ave.
nue. famous for the encounters which
men about town have had within its
portals and ordered batch. Every man
ate and the waiter handed check for
several dozen.
Then the young broker that had learned
la thing or two from his Jersey grand
mother directed the cook to crack and
spill into large pan 100 fresh eggs. Be-
fore putting the eggs into the pan, how
cNeI, ut OTuoCeu ludI III UC Hall 1llleu WIFI
vinegar. His instructions were arried
out. After allowing the mixture to COO
a reasonable time the cover was lifted
and the eggs paced in big dish. BY
erm;ssioa Of the proprietor the gentle
men interested ha / watched the cooking.
When the eggs were brought forth every
one except the man with the Jersey
grandmother gave vent to Calculations
of astonishment. The 100 eggs could
be conveniently put into an ordinary
teacup. Then the owner ate them in
half dozen swallows.
"There'sa hole in the pan, yelled one
of the party.
"No there amt. I'll explain. The
vinegar has eaten them. It is a fact.
You can drop a thou 7and eggs into a
boiler with little vinegar in t and you
| will find that when cooked in It the eggs
will disappear as if by magic. "-New
TLrd MIaJ and EcpTess.
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The Youngest Federal Soldier.

The youngest Union soldier of the late
war seems to be almost as numerous as
the aged colored woman who nursed
George Washington. A st. Louis paper
now claims that the honor belongs to
Mr.. George Faulds, who lives at 301
South Broadway, and is a member of
Frank P. Blair Post, G. A. R., of that
city. Mr.. Faulds was just twelve years,
one month and seven days old when he
mustered into the service on the 7th day
of November, 1861, and he ewas mustered
out January II, 1865. He was enabled to
enter the army at such an early age be-
cause his guardian, General Robert B.
Mitchell, desired to keep him with hun.
General Mitchell commanded the Ninth
Brigade of the Ninth Division, under
General Buell., General jeff G. Davis
commanding the division. Soon after
he was mustered in he was placed on
detached service as an orderly for Gen
eral Mitchell. Mr. Faulds went into the
service with Company H, Second Kansas
Cavalry. He also Claims to be the
youngest member of the Grand Army of
the Republic. Brooklyn Eagle.
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HIRED MALE GUESTS.

Have you struck it rich in pork oi
mines or some other speculation and wish
solidly establish yourself on this
crowded isle of Manhattan2 If so, you
can find here experts who will instruct
you how to furnish your house. who will.
go with you to select the articles. or will
order them for a commission; who will
teach your wife and daughters how to
dress, wilt supervise the purchase OF
your tableware and give you lessons in
etiquette. More than this; you can en-
gage the services Of a specialist to make
everything go smoothly at your first
formal dinners, served by fashionable
caterer; and if your acquaintance is
limited, You can secure wcl-dressed and
vivacious gentlemen to sit at your hos.
pitable board, drive away ennui by their
bright conversat. on and dance gracefully
at your receptions. This system of pro.
viding irreproacnable guests to fill vacant
spaces was the felicitous thought of Q
slever sexton recently deceased. The
system survives and fills a long felt want.
Moreover, If you wish it, you can for a
suitable sum mortgage professional
humorist to entertain your guests during
the evening, or cln tempt an alert man.
about-town to corral some lion of the
hour and exhibit him in your dining.
room.
1t takes metropolis to support a
painter Of black eyes. In a less populous
. less bellicose community his vocatio.,
would not keep the pot boiling. Whether
man gets his eye blacked in friendly
bout with gloves or by slipping on ba-
mana peel in the street or in an alcoholic
brawl the resultant discoloration is
always unwelcome. II IS also slow to
cure, but not to be disguised. Next
morning he can slip away and have the
marks SO skillfully hidden under coat of
paint that even his wife or landlady can
not perceive any evidence of the ordeal
through which he has passed.
If you die in New York, the notice OF
the fact has scarcely appeared in cold
type when your friends will be visited
by alert canvassers who are prepared to
give life.like portrait or other memento
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ODD CITY TRADES.
INTERESTING voCATIoNs CAR
RIED ON IN NEW YORK.
How Many New Workers Earn an
Honest Living Tle Ragpicker
Society Men to Hire
Poems TO Order. Etc.

Passing along any Of the city's old
thoroughfares from the Battery to Union
Square, says James J.Clancy, in the New
York World, q sharp-eyed observer may
note signs that indicate singular pursuits
and processes. In dingy streets he will
come across curious little old fashioned
stores and shops, which wear lethargic
air, as ifno business were ever transacted
in them, yet which in reality are the
habitats of lucrative specialties. Glanc-
ing at stories higher up he will doubtless
wonder how the goods they produce can
ever find a market. But trade and COM
merce have many almost invisible chan
nels through which rich argosies may
float to the sea. Nesting away up near
the roofs of dilapidated buildings may
often be found the laboratories and dens
of alchemists and wizards whose brains
have laid the foundations of huge fac.
tories and whose inventions penetrate to
the remotest corners of the continent,
The precious stones displayed in the
gorgeous windows of your jeweler may
have been handled and mounted in q
dusty loft; the perfume that exhales
from my lady's handkerchief was prob.
ably distilled, bottled and packed in a
grimy atmosphere hundred feet above
the sidewalk,
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PEACE


Winds and Wild waves in headlOng huge COM
motion
ceud, dark with temTest, DER the Atlautic's
breast;
While underneath, few fathOms deep in ocean,
Lie peace and rest
Storms in mid-air, the rack before thsm
sweeping,
Hurry and hiss, Ike furies hate-possessed;
While over all white cloudlets pure are sleep
ing
Inpeace and rest
Heart, o Wild hearth why in the stormy world
raging
Flitst thou thus m Midway. passions slave aud
jest,
When all so near above, below unchanging,
Are heaven and restl
%. W. Willis
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themselves. However, il they are not
content TO buy their goods by sample,
they can procure anything they need or
desire through the medium Of purchas-
ing agencies in New York, which will
guarantee to forward any article, from
IN anchor to needle, OF to match any
shade Of dress goods, and will obtain in
formation on any conceivable subject.
Some agents make daily, tri-weekiy or
weekly trips to the city from outlying
districts and fill all orders consigned to
them.
That the corn cropis booming may be
inferred from the fact that New York
City supports two score chiropedic estab-
lishments, in many of which there arc
several operators, usually of the gentler
sex, as are the majority Of patrons or pa
tients. Either lovely woman squeezes
her foot more tightly than man does his.
or else the angelic half of creation is less
able to endure the torture of corns. The
manicure establishments arc less numer-
Gus than the chiropedic, and for obvious
reasons. Nevertheless upward of fifty
experts find employment in caring for
the hands and tinger-nails of male as well
as female fashionables. Some of them
make their visits on stated days like
physicians and exact large tees
Fivs firms man fnctnre and import ar
tificial human eyes, while several others
provide the cheaper semblances Of eyes
that taxidermists insert in the faces of
birds or beasts. The taxidermist's call
ing is no longer a novelty, but he is
daily required to execute startling orders
for the stutiing or burial of household
pets.
No less than nine establishments pro-
duce artificial limbs. The havoc Of our
civil war gave tremendous impetus to
inventiveness in that direction, and our
artificial limbs are unequaled in the
world. A considerable export trade has
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knowed il all alongl 1 knowed nothin'
hadn't happenedl Oh, Chatty, Chattyi
l never was so glad o. nothin' in all my
life beforel"
"But, spoke up Mr. Perkins, glancing
furtively toward the rockihg-chair,
''who's that2 Who's the dead woman,
or the woman in a fit, or whoever she
is!"
Chstty broke into merry tinkle of
laughter.
"It-its only q dummy, Uncle
Asahel." she confessed. 81 dressed up
the bolster in Aunt Tilda's double gown
and cap and spectacles and set it in the
rocking chair, so that If any one looked
into the window. they shouldn't fancy
the old place quite deserted. For the
sunshine was so bright, and the woods
looked so delightful, that l I'cOuLda't stay
inI But, oh"-with penitent clasping
of her hauds-"I Ididn't-indeed l didn't
mean to give you such fright as this"
81 don't mind the fright, my dear, so
long as everything has turned out right
at last" said Uncle Asahel, his whole
face beaming into universal smile.
'Neighbors, will you sit down and take
a snack?" looking Hospitality around
on the assemblage. "We hain't much
but soft gingerbread and dried-peach
sass"
"And that's burned" guiltily mur-
mered Chstty.
"But such as it is, you're kindly well
come to it." added the farmer.
But the neighbors decided to return
to Catfield Parsonage, with the solitary
exception of Joel Fullerton, who elected
to remain and be lectured by Chatty on
his otiiciousness.
''And SO you really believed that old
specialized thing to be-me9" cried
Chatty with infinite scorn.
"You know l had never seen you,
pleaded Joel.
"And you went and spoiled Uncle
Asahel'g Donation Party, and set all tht
tongues in Catfeld wagging, and made
a scene all on account OLA bolster7"
"Pll never do so again, abjectly ut
tered Joel.
And Herewith the young people burs
out into uncomfortable laughter.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Perkins. on thu
back porch, nodded their heads ant
said "they guessed it was all right. "
Saturday Night.
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Didn't match the Coaclman.

Mr.. Marbro's Footman IA very slim
one John, hear you're leaving your
place. What's upa thought you were
fixed for life."
Mrs. Cresus's Footman "a fat one $50
thought; but the missus took it into
her head to get new English coach
man, and now she says ! don't match
him, and if / can't train down to his
size in week ! must 60. The idea Of
askin' man O. my physique to make q
skeleton Of myself. y Boston Beacon.
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been easily built up. Two firms act as
general purveyors Of leeches to the hos-
pitfalls and drug stores, and at one Of
these houses you can also have a balloon
built for you. In Thirty-second street
pair of enterprising partners hang out
their shingle as "Cuppers and Leechers."
Several artifcers live comfortably by
virtue of their skill in mending broken
china or bric-a-brac. One firm cultivates
the specially of designing aud laying
mosaic floors. Three numismatists reap
profit in selling or exchanging rare
coins. In this age of steel pens, gold
pens and fountain pens of every variety,
some conservatives will be pleased to
learn that one house still ships the old
fashioned quill of our grandfathers by
the gross. An enterprising man ir.
Thompson street has virtual monopoly
of the preparation of popcorn. Another
firm has no local competitors in tortoise
shell work. Thimble making keeps four
establishments busy. Eight MASTER
| sweeps, with their assistants and the in
incidental aid of numerous fires, suffice
to look after the chimneys OF the town.
Should You have penchant for dogs,
| birds, cats or beast or reptile of any kind,
there are places here where your taste
can be gratiied and youf pets nursed
and cared for in your absence or their
sickness. You can purchase monkey,
parrot, an alligator or an elephant; can
stock an aquarium or an aviary of any
dimensions, and can have it regularly
attended to for stipulated fee. Should
| you want old issues of newspapers,
'Back Number Budd'' will supply them
out of his store. Should you desire to
advert sc on fences, you can find here Il
bill poster who will make contract for
the whole continent or any part thereof.
| Brokerage is vast and varied business.
New York has brokers that deal not oaly
| in stocks, bonds. real estate, foreign ex-
change, loans, ships and provisions, but
in every marketable commodity. from
arrack and ivory to whatebone and wool.
1 There are even brokers who deal in
sausages, and there are seven merchants
who accumulate shckels by furnishing
the community with tripa. Five citizens
| pocket comfortable incomes by puryeying
Croton water to shipping at this port.
Three individuals in the big city have
the temerity to proclaim themselves
tuners of accordions
That many of our most polished and
| gilded swells are agents employed to
popularize certain brands OF champagne
is a fact that scarcely needs iteration
even in a list of odd trades. They receive
handsome salaries, with large margin
for expenses.
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Speaking of the queer trades of New
York, of course the ragpicker is one of
the first images to spring before the
mental vision. The business is now
almost wholly in the hands of Italians,
who "district" this and neighboring
cities in o fashion to suit themselves.
1t is no uncommon thing to see woman
of that nationality swinging onward
With free, elastic step, while on her coil
of glistening black hair is poised sack
of old paper and other rubbish as large
as two feather. beds. ] atterly many of
them have come to own or hire hand
carts, and the voit of the erstwhile RANT
junkman is less loud in the land. Oh
viously there cannot be very large
profit for most of those who scoop up
fragmen of paper or textile faJrics
from cutters and ash barrels; still some
of them have grown wealthy in it, and
strange tales are told among them of
lucky ones who have stumbled on bonan-
Zas, by finding rings or bank notes OF
purses In the course of their perambu.
lations. The ragpicker who knows hi:
business invariably keeps sharp eye on
the verge of the curbstone during his
early morning rounds.
At almost any of the ho:e.s you can
hire the services of gent eman who
knows the town like book, and who
will undertake, for aspeciiel considera-
tion, to show you the sights phrase
which is generally interpreted to mean
the neither Ge Of Gotham. The student
of sociology is expected to foot all the
bills-how moderate or extravagant they
will be depends on his own wish and
taste--and he will be assured of safe
return to his hot,l under the piloiage ol
his cool and yigilant cicerone.
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It Depended on His Luck.

A young wag uptown started out
with his gun incased in canvas to take
train for Sullivan County the other
day, and met lady of great heart and
age.
'.Do you mean to tell me, she asked,
.that you are deliberately going to shoot
little birds and timid, inofiensive ami
malsi"
"No, ma'am, he replied, I will not
90 so far as to say that. If I have my
usual luck shall shoot nothing but my
gun. ~ Haspsr's Bazqr.