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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
PICTURES.
BY ESTHER t. HoUsH.

1t was Sabbath evening. Clear and
sweet the church bells ring out upon
the air. Well-dressed men and wo-
man pass along the lighted streets, in
at the church door, and rest quietly
in the soft cushioned pews, enjoying
the song and the sermon, finding
their cares lulled to rest, their troubles
forgotten, in the contemplation ofthe
heavenly home portrayed by themin-
lister. He repeated again the text as
he closed the Bible, this time more
softly, and with a rapture in his up
lifted eyes: Sand there shall in no
wise enter into it anything that
defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or maketh lie; but
they which are written in the Lambs
book of life."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
How do You Say the Lords Prayer

Few people repeat the Lords Pray
er correctly as recorded in Matthew.
Most persons say, "And forgive us
our tresspasses as we forgive them
that tresspass against u.s." This is ia
ken from the Church of England
Prayer Book. In Matthew vi. it is,
"And forgive US our debts as we for
give our debtors" and in Luke XII, 4,
it is, "And forgive us our sins, for we
also forgive every one that is indebt-
ed to u.s." The Douay translation of
these two verses agrees verbatim with
the Protestant Bible. And here 1t is
worthy of note that the Douay Bible
omits in Matt. vi, 10, "For thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, for ever" Nor are these words
found at all in Luke, and they are ex-
plunged from Matthew in the revised
New Testament, as an Interpolation ;
also the "Amen." auTi
One thing more. The Douay Bible
has "Give us this day our supersub-
stantial bread" In the Protestant
revision is this note: SCR (eek), our
bread for the coming day." In the
Peshito, or ancient Syriac version, il
reads: "Give us our needful bread
this day." The corresponding Latin
word is indigentie, and the evident
meaning of the Syriac word is "bread
of poverty"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
Bob Burdette on Ideals.

Man never attains his ideal. He
comes nearest to it the day he leaves
school, all that year he hovers around
it in pleasant proximity. Sometimes
1 think he quite attains it on COM
mencement day. But a year away
from school he and his ideal part
company. He sees it drifting farther
away from his eager hands. | have,
in my own brilliant aud aggressive
career, pursued several tleeting and
more or less perfect ideals. From
where now stand ut the distance
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
ORIGIN or PETROLEUM.
The Salient Points OF Famous Scien tist'i
Interesting Hypothesis.

The Salient Points OF q Famous Scien lists
Interesting Hypothesis.
Prof. Medleef has advanced the
theory that petroleum is of mineral
origin, and that its production is go
ing on and may continue almost in
definitely. He has succeeded in max
ing it artifcially by a similar process
to that which he believes is going on
in the earth. and experts find it almost
impossible to distinguish between the
natural and the manufactured article.
His hypothesis is that water finds its
way below the crust of the earth. and
then meets with carbides of metals,
particularly of iron in a glowing state.
The water is decomposed into its con-
stituent gases; the oxygen unites with
the iron. while the hydrogen takes up
the carbon, and ascends to higher
region. where part of it is condensed
into mineral oil. and part remains as
natural gas. to escape where it can
find an outlet, or to remain stored at
great pressure until bore-hole is put
down to provide it passage 10 the
surface. Oil-bearing strata occur in
the vicinity of mountain ranges, and
it is supposed that the upheaval of the
hills has dislocated the strata below
sufficiently to give the water access to
depths from which it is ordinarily
shut out. If the center of the earth
contains large amounts of metallic
carbides, we have in prospect a store
of fuel against the days when our coal
will be exhausted. Engineering.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11

a beautiful woman must be
healthy, and to remain healthy and
beautiful she should take DR.. j. H
McLean's Strengthening Cordial and
Blood Purifier. 1t imparts tone and
flush to the skin, strength, vigor and
pure blood; is equally adapted for all
ages, from the babe IL the aged, OF
either sex. Sold by w. II. Fleming.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11

American Agric ulturist for February.
The English economists are puz-
zled by the problem presented by
wheat cultivation in India. To that
they ascribe many of their woes and
many of the uncertainties of the fu-
ture. The first export of wheat from
India was in 1868, and the quantity
was $4,000 bushels. There was
slow increase for a few years until
1876, when the amount was 1857 900
bushels. In 1881 the amount was 49,
1856, 167 bushels. For the six years
1SS2-S7, the average export has been
5,53O,0O0 bushels. In the earlier
years most of this wheat went to Great
Britain, at least four-fifths of it; but
latterly, say 1882 to 1887, the proper
ton has been less than 0ne-half. The
price of India wheat at the place of
export has been few cents less than
that of our wheat, but the ocean
freights have beenRbout as much in
favor of the Anne can product, and
on arrival the latter is found to be
cleaner and better, and is not preju-
diced for best uses by the India grain.
Much has been said and written con-
corning the possible rivalry between
the wheat product of India and that
of the United States, and the possible
expulsion of the latter from the mar
kets of Europe. This possibility may
beregarded as very remote for various
reasons; such as the imperfect meth
DDS Of culture and harvesting in In
dia, the cost of interior transporta-
ton, the inferior quality Of the grain,
the necessity of irrigation, etc.
India raises one bushel to a head of
the population, the United States
seven. India has one mile of railroad
to $1,000 people, the United States
to 1876. The people Of India require
by far the largest proportion of their
wheat product for food and seed land
their home appetite increases every
Year,, while the people of the United
States, after appropriating five BUSH
els per capita, have a surplus for ex-
port equal to one-half the entire crop
of the British Empire in the East.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11

Not far from Hyde Park, Mass,
there is setter dog which has a pc
culiar way of making known its de-
sire for food, When hungry, it will
go to the coal bod and pick up a piece
of coal and lay it at the feet of the
mistress of the house, and if that does
not bring the food, it will get another
piece. On one occasion the dogs pa
tience was taxed to the utmost on
purpose, and it nearly emptied the
coal hod.-Wade's Fibre.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11


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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11

Under the very shadows of the
beautiful church, about which ever
fingers the atmosphere of prayer,
and nota square distant, CLEANS the
rosy light of the High License Saloon.
All how skillfully the enemy of
souls sets his trap for their winning {!
Gould it be revealed as it is,--this
den of death-blood would be upon
the door posts, and skeletons would
pave the floor. They pass in and out,
yonug men with life and hope before
them; old men with life and hope
behind them. Gray hairs in saloon
Clustering brown curls in a saloon
Sturdy, dignitied manhood, business
men, men in responsible places, men
welding the pen that educates the
world, these men in a saloon? Oh
what train of unseen things appear
to my startled vision AS the COB
lets are drained, what pictures of q
wife's trust, child's love, a mothers
prayers! What troops of undone
duties to their fellow men, what
wrong influences follow their foot.
steps Could they see these shadows
haunting them, these imps of dark.
ness eXulting over them, these men
would never enter the saloon dool
again. They only see the CLINT and
sparkle they feel only the quickened
pulse, the flash of the eye, the sudden
rush of jubilant spirits. They see moi
the dregs. Why mar the fieeting
present with the thought of dregs
Have they not all eternity in which
to taste them ? A lettering steI
pauses in the doorway face half
idiotic turns an appealing glance a
the man who pours out the wine, anC
the boy with the clustering brown
curls, with his sweet, boyish face, 81
dear to some mother, goes home
HOME!
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11

"Earth to earth" And the beauti-
full boy lay hushed in the last sleep of
death. A cruel wound on the white
brow. He had drained the last glass.
This was the dregs thereof. The
minister had repeated 81 am the
Resurrection and the Life ;" but over
them echoes and re-echoed-Oh did
the mother hear? She who bore the
boy in anguish, she who guided his
baby steps! Did the father hear
He whose pride was crushed in the
disgracefal death of his son Did the
sobbing sisters hear ? Oh! had the
boy ever now heard the words him
self? In steadier and calmer voice
he repeated "He that believeth in
me, though he were dead"-but the
echo was louder and louder: "No
drunkard shall inherit the kingdom
of God !"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
III

The father, mother and sister,
returning from church, have long
been lost in sleep. A loud ring at the
door bell resounds through the house
like the voice of doom. The mother
starts in wild alarm. II cannot be
Willie, my boy, for he has a night
key! All mother, your boy cannot
use the night key tonight His
hands have no cunning, his brain has
lost its power. Limp and senseless the
policeman found him in a gutter, the
beautiful boy over whose brown head
your hands so often caressed "My
boy drunk ?" echoes through the hall,
but the agonizing shrek cannotreach
the senses locked by the last glass.
The proud father PAGES the floor,
and the sisters sit silently in tears.
How like mockery seemed that
picture of heaven the minister drew
The soft cushions, the mellow light,
the exquisite song! Like them they
were at rest, and their brothers. feet
were all the time seeking the way of
death. Dregs! Dregs! Were there
dregs too in the cups they drained
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
Aaa. c. Edwards Lester,
L,,4e U. S. Consul to Italy,
author of 1.-THE Glory and
Shame of England, Americas
Advancement" ETC., etc., etc.,
writes as follows:-
New York, August /, 1886. !
100 u 9th st

Dg. ]. C. AVER s. Co, Lowell, Mass.
Gentlemen: "A sense Of gratitude
anl the desire to render a service to the
public lmpei me to make the following
htillelnentS.
Ny college career, at New Haven, was
Interrupted by severe cold which so
rnircbled me that, for ten years, l had q
Lard struggle for life. Hemorrhage
l.om tile bronchial passages was the
result OF almost every fresh exposure.
For Years | was under treatment of the
ahlcSt practitioners without avail. At
last learned of
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11

Why does that woman's face haunt
me, and "the whole counsel" Have
! been preaching only part of Gods
truth?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11

The night wore on. Was it because
80 exhausted the minister could not
sleep? The parsonage was on a quiet
street, far from the glare of saloon
lights, far from the tramp of home
ward-going rioters. He turned and
tossed on his pillow. Why did that
appeal ola devout temperance woman
in his church keep coming to his
mind ?-"Oh, sir, the young men of
our city are going to ruin. If only
the church members would declare
the whole counsel Of God" The
whole counsel /! The whole counsel
Why do those words come to mock
me? Have / ever failed in my duty
Why, half of my wealthy members
use wine on their dinner tables. The
young ladies use wine at their parties,
and we use wine ut the Sacrament.
My business is TO preach the Gospel.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
RECOGNIZED
RURAL NEW.YORKER

as the leading Farm, Garden, Fr,tit, &O
and FAMILY WEEKLY of America the
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
Ayers Cherry PeCtOrai

which used moderately and in small
doses at the first recurrence of cold
or any chest difficulty, and from which
! invariably found relief This was
over 25 years ago. With all sorts OF
exposure, in all sorts of climates, I have
never, to this day, had any cold nor
any affection of the throat or lungs
Which did not yield to AYERS CHERRY
PICTORIAL within II hours, s.
OF course ] have never allowed my
sri tolIc without this remedy in all my
'u.N."s and travels. Under my own
, ~ atom. it has given relief to vast
= r>uf persons; while in acute cases
,iunary inflammation, such as
90 > ami diphtheria in children, life
has been preserved through its effects.
I recommend its use in light but fire.
quent doses. Properly administered, in
accordance with your directions, 1t is
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
A Priceless Blessing

in any house. l speak earnestly because
/ feel earnestly. 1 have known many
cases of apparently confirmed bronchitis
and cough, with loss OF voice, particu-
larly among clergymen and other public
speakers, perfectly cured by this medi-
cine. Faithfully yours,
C. EDWARDS LESTER.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
Ayers Cherry PectoraI,

Prepared by DR.. J. @. Aver O. Co., Lowell, Mass.
Bold by all Druggists and Dealers In Medicine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-11
British and American Wheat Growing

81 80 Nd
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-03
COnvalesccnt.

Lapped warm I'm the care OF n watchful love.
She 81 In the sunshine this summer day,
Yer. an! 1t is scarcely II month ago
Since love could do nothing but weep and
pray.
To the cleaning gate OF Gods Heaven she
went.
The songs Of His angels she nearly heard;
And now. as we lock In her pcurl-pink face,
Gun hearts within Us are strangely stirred.
So little more. and, all mystery past.
This girl had been wiser than all the wise.
Did her soul hear something tongue may not
tell
As IL gazes at us through soft blue eyes?
And who might have been in the heavenly
choir.
Must shrink from the shadow OF pride and
wrong,
Must walk in the light of the cleaning gate,
In step 10 the air OF the angels song.
So this young He must hcncofortll bear
A sol mn sweetness. Il tea der & acc,
A. ~ one who turns to her daily task
From knceling awhile in Gods Hoy Place.
-Tnc Culver.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-03
Though, She Meant Shoes.

Pittsburg Bulletin: Grace from
Vassar) what a lovely pair of biceps
you have. Mr.. Glibley; we have becn adj
miriug them every since We started
Glibley with lnso,e Il Namp, whole
sale dealers in walking gear Thanks,
,wfully. Miss Grace. but that's not the
name; they are pebble goat, warranted
hand sewei. paten' heels. --latest design,
southern tie, low cut and a handsome but.
toner goes with each pair Nassar sub.
sides.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-03
THE SEVEN

There IS another mighty seven Of the
Bible, namely, the seven thunders. What
those thundeis meant we are not tod,
and there has been much guessing about
hem; but they are to come, we ar told,
before the end Of all things and we can.
not get along without them. Thunder is
the speech 0! lightning. There are evils
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-03

Keelv, the motor man, has invented
q flying machine. Unfortunately. it.
will be dcpendentupon the motor, and
nothing can be done until that is com
pleted. So no immediate tumble in.
railroad stocks need be apprehended.-
Mrs. Prccilla Harvey, living near
Little Rock, Ark, recently celebrated
the hundred and third anniversary ax
her birth. '.Shc is in excellent health.
and is able to walk Il long distance
without fatigue. She has outlived ALI
her children and relatives except ono
grandson"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-11-03

and whole consultations of glorious min
listers have already taken their PAGES on
high where they shine even brighter than
they shone on earth; Edward n. Kirk,
Of the Congregational church; Stephen
II. Tying, of the Episcopal church; Mat
thew Simpson, of the Methodist church
John Downing Of the Baptist church
Samuel X. Talmage, of the Presbyterian
church; DR.. Dewitt. Of the Reformed
church; John Chambers of the lndepend'
ent church.; and there ! sto". for 1t sc
happens that | have 40 nlioued the sever
stars of the seven churches.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23

II is very much to be regretted that
the court did not sustain the law which,
we believe, it might well have done
had it not been prone to hair splitting,
regardless of the interests of the people
of the state. We boast of our free
institutions and of the liberty the peo-
pie enjoy of governing themselves and
making their own laws, but the real
fact is that the five Justices of the
supreme court are the autocrats OF the
state, virtually its kings and rulers,
whose word is law, from whose judg-
ment there is no appeal and by whose
decisions the people must abide. In
view of their unlimited power over the
legislation of the state, perhaps it would
be good thing to amend the constitu-
ton so that they should be required to
pass upon the constitutionality of all
bills in advance of their enactment into
laws
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23

Two classes of people will rejoice
over the fall of the local option law
viz: The whiskey men and the third
party prohibitionists. The immediate
effect of its overthrow will be TO in.
crease the prohibition vote and to make
Michigan a more doubtful state than il
was before, no doubt, and, perhaps, To
consign it wholly into the hands of the
democratic party, the party that is
openly and unqualiiiedly in favor of the
saloon in politics and opposed to
"sumptuary laws" as it terms all legis,
lation looking towards asuppression OF
the manufacture and sale of intoxicat.
ing beverages. The ultimate effect OF
the decision will, it is quite likely, be
to bring about complete state prohibi
ton, either statutory or constitutional
The liquor men rejoice in their tempo.
rary victory over the temperance PEG.
pie, in the temporary triumph of wrong
over right, but their JOY may be of short
duration. The people of Michigan are
limo mood for trifling over this terrible
evil, the champion iniquity of the age,
and are fully determined on its sup.
preston. They have the power to
stamp it out of existence and will find
way to exercise it. The judgment OF
the supreme court will be quite apt to
prove boomerang and, returning
smite to earth the very ones at whose
instance it was sent forth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23
----==--aH=H-=H=
Local Option Laid Out.

The supreme court has declared the
local option law unconstitutional and
thus given the temperance cause the
greatest setback it ever received in this
state.
The court was unanimous in its opin.
ion and, while criticising other features
of the law, the decision is based prin
cipally on what the judges say is q
defect in the title of the .act, which
reads, ian act to regulate the manufac.
ture and sale of malt, brewed or fer
mented, spirituous and vinous liquors
in the various counties of this state.
The clause of the constitution which IL
is said is violated reads as follows: "No
law shall embrace more than one
object, which shall be expressed in its
title" 1t is claimed by the court that
the act is an act to prohibit the manu-.
facture and sale and not to regulate
There can be no doubt that more
appropriate title could have been Sc.
lected, but it would not have been a
great stretch of judicial authority to
have held the title valid. While the
law did, in effect, prohibit the. manu-
facture and sale of such liquors as a
beverage, twas not absolutely prohibi-
tory in its terms, inasmuch as it was
permitted to be sold by certain persons,
under certain restrictions and for Ger.
tain purposes and, in that sense, might
properly be said to be an act to regulate
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23
Personal.

Mr. N. H. Frohlichstein of Mobile, Ala,
writes: take great pleasure in recommend
ing DIR. Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, having used il for severe attack of
bronchitis and catsrrh. 1t gave me instant
relief and entirely cured me and have not
been troubled since. also beg TO state that
had tried other remedies with no good re-
suit. Have also used Electric Bitters and
DIR. Kings New Life Pills, both of which /
can recommend.
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds is sold on positive
guarantee. Trial bottles free at Bartrsm a.
Millington's drug store.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23

The plain duty of the republican
party of Michigan, in view of the fall of
local option, is to declare squarely and
unequivocally in favor of complete and
absolute prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating beverages OF
every kind and character 1t is not
only the duty of the party to do this
because it is right, but it is best as a
matter of policy. 1t might result in
temporary defeat, but it would eventu
ate in ultimate success. The fight is on
and it is on to stay until the liquor
traffic is overthrown, and any political
party that stands in the way of tn,
movement is doomed to defeat Lei
the republican party be true to its past
record and traditions as the party o.
great moral ideas, and its triumph vii
be assured. The democratic party j,
unalterably committed to the saloon
power; let the republican party accep
the issue thus rendered and fight it on
on that line.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23

WHAT is needed on the supreme
bench of Michigan is little more good,
sound common sense and good deal
less tendency to technicality. So much
dividing of hairs 'twixt south and south
west side may show the legal acumen
and acuteness of the court, but it is not
conducive to the welfare and happiness
of the people.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23
ASKED what promises we ha,

81 ASKED what promises we had
broken, or what pledges we had left
unfulfilledy" shouted Chairman CoU-
DERT of the New York democratic
conventions; at least that is the way he
was reported in the newspapers. We
are inclined to take a more charitable
view, however; we are 10th To believe
that he was correctly reported; it don't
seem possible that, in view of the record
of the long list of unredeemed demo
cratic promises and the startling array
of broken democratic pledges, Mr..
CoUDERT could have made such fool
himself. What he did say, probably,
was, "What promises have we not
broken, or what pledged have we not
left unfulfilled?" 1t was very easy
for the reporters to have missed that
little word mot" which, possibly, might
have been spoken by the chairman in a
low, parenthetical tone of voice.