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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
DURATION OF DREAMS.
Expansive Visions During sleep ThA
Lasted But Minute.

Expansive Visions During Sleep That
Lasted But a Minute.
This interesting question has been
recently discussed in Germany, among
others by DR.. f. Scholz, who has given
some striking examples from his own
experience and observation. 1t is not
possible to give definite answer; and
probably dreams vary much in point of
duration, just as they vary in force and
vividness. At one time the figures of
dream, whether they emerge from
the horn or the ivory gate, are as real
as in life; the sorrow is even more in
tense, the happiness more realistic. At
another time they seem to live only in
a pale moonlight, and we watch tho
scenes rather than participate in them.
1t is very certain, however that the
majority of dreams are only of mo-
mentary duration, though extended oc-
casionally to the length of a minute.
In proof of this, DR.. Scholz tells tho
following story from his experience:
"After excessive bodily fatigue and a
day Of mental strain, of not disagree
able kind, ] betook myself to bed after
had wound up my watch and placed
it on the Negotiable. Then Ilaid down
beside a burning lamp. Soon l found
myself on the high sea on board a
well-known ship. | was again young,
and stood on the lookout. Iheard the
roar of the water, and golden clouds
tloated around me. How long | SO
stood do not know, but it seemed a
very long time. Then the scene
changed. | was in the country, and
my long-dead parents came to greet
me; they took me to church, where the
loud organ sounded. | was delighted
but at the same time wondered to see
my wife and children there. The priest
mounted the pulpit and preached, but
| could not understand what he said
for the sound of the organ, which con-
tinued to play. ! took my son by
the hand, with him assembled the
church tower-but again the scene
was changed. Instead of being near
my son | stood near an early -knowr
but long-dead officer-I ought to ex
plain that | was an army surgeon dur
ing the maneuvers. was wondering
why the Major should look so young
when quite close in my ears an unex
pected cannon sounded. Terrified,
was hurrying off, when | woke up ant
noticed that the supposed cannon-sho
had its cause in the opening of thu
bedroom door through some one en-
tering 1t was as if | had liveC
through an eternity in my dream, bu
when looked at my watch | saw tina
since / had fallen asleep not more thar
one minute had elapsed-a much
shorter time than it takes to relate thu
occurrence. DR.. Scholz has collectet
many other examples of simila
kind. Globe.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
Bobby Burns Understood It.

Many and sharp the numerous ills
InwOven in our frame,
More pointed still We make ourselves
Regret, remorse and shamew
Among the most dangerous as well as
vexing of ills "inwoven with our frame"
are Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, colds
and lung. troubles generally. However, the
timely use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery takes away their fearful conse
quences, but which neglected, leaves re-
greet, remorse and shame" But you need
not be ashamed to ask for the discovery"
as it has become a standard remedy, found
at all the drug stores, where thousands call
for it every day, and where it is recognized
as the leading medicine for all lung and
throat affections.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
Boys and the Garden.

The discipline of the farm is too
often of the sort to disgust the young
with the garden. They see it only
in its worst aspects. The way in
which the farmers garden is too often
managed, or rather mismanaged,
renders it a repulsive rather than an
attractive place. But this is not all.
The garden too often hangs over the
farmers son as the dreaded place
where the little leisure that might
have been is consumed. If the gar
den is to be maintained only by the
sacrifice of the few breathing spells
that come to the farmers boy, then
by all means let it be abandoned.
The labor Of the garden should be
managed like the labor Of
the farm. If the corn field becomes
weedy extra help is hired to clean it
out; the boys are not expected to do
it out Of reasonable working hours.
1t should be the same with the gar
den. The future of agriculture in
this country must tend more and
more towards the garden. In the
densely peopled countries of the old
world the farms have long since been
divided and sub-divided, until they
are little more than market gardens,
In our own Atlantic States the same
law is already tending to the same re-
suit. 1t is the more necessary, there.
fore, that in their home life our farm
ers' sons should be educated to the
truth that in the garden, which ex-
perience too often leads them to de.
spise, lies one of the surest fields for
healthful, honorable and independ-
ent living. They should be permit.
ted to see something more than the
dry bones and abuses of horticulture
they should become acquainted with
some of its beauties as well.-E. S.
Golf.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
DlDNA KNOW MACBETH.
Cnnny Scot Who Had Never Heard of
Shakespeare's Usurper.

A Cnnny Scot Who Had Never Heard of
Shakespeare's Usurper.
Macbeth seems to have shared the
fate of prophets in their own country.
We asked u man passing with goat
the distance to Macbcth's HILL as it is
called on the map. He didna know,
he answered. But presently he ran
after us. Was the gentleman we spoke
of a farmer? Another man, however,
knew all about it. He had never been
to the top of the hill; he had been told
there were trees up there, and that it
wasn't different from the other hills
around. And yet he had heard people
came great distance to see it. He
supposed we had travelled far just to
go up the hill He knew from our
talk, many words of which he couldna
understand, that we were no from this
part of the country. But then some
times he cOuldna understand the broad
Scotch of the people in Aberdeen
shire. There were some people here
abouts who could talk only Gaelic.
They had been turned off the Western
Island S, and had settled here years
ago, but they still talked the Gaelic.
He went our way for half mile or
less, and he walked with us. His
clothes were ragged, his feet bare, and
over his shoulders were slung small
bundle done up in red handkerchief.
In the last three years, he said, he had
but two or three days'worlS. Work was
hard to get. Here rents were high,
farmers complained, and this year the
crops were ruined because of the long
drought. He did think at times OF go.
ing to America. He had a sister who
had gone to live in Pittsburgh. II
might be a good thing. There are
ScOtchmen who have done well in
Pittsburgh. He left us with minute
directions. The hill, though not far
from the road, which now went be-
tween pine woods and heather, could
not be seen from it. We came to the
point at which we should have turned
to the blasted heath.
"It's blasted nuisance,"- j
said, and he kept straight on to the
nearest railway station. -EIizabeu
Robins PeppeH, in Harper'S Magazine
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
A Woman Machinist.

\ Belfast lady who believes that
woman is capable of performing
much labor that is now exclusively
done by men, has entered a machine
shop in this city and is learning the
machinist's trade. The proprietor
says she takes hold of the work as
readily as any apprentice he ever
SOW and does her work in a remarka.
bic manner. With an apron cover
ing her dress she stands up to the
lathe and does her work as though
she enjoyed it.-Belfast (Me.) Jour.
nal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
EARLY Impressions.

Woman's Work.
Truthfulness and kindness of heart
in boyhood, lay the foundation of
fine character for manhood, and it
may be safely said that boy who
is given to telling falsehoods and do
ing acts of cruelty will never make a
really good or great man, nor will a
girl with such traits develop into
Il good and lovable woman. If one
could have the history of the major
ity of murderers back to their first
years of life. l am sure that these
first years would be found to be mar
red with falsehOods, and numberless
acts of cruelty. Cruelty in iearly life
leads to criminality of one kind or
another in later life; it may take the
form of hardness to ones fellows,
meanness, closeness and kindred bad
traits, orit may lead on to active OPP
preston of ones fellows and to muir
der. Every good boy or girl who
sees an act of cruelty perpetrated on
any living creature should reprove
the doer of the deed, and endeavor
to teach him a lesson in kindness.
In this way every boy and girl may
do good-good that will one day bear
fruit a hundred-fold. I think lessons
in kindness should be taught at home
as much as lessons in order, punctu'
atty, neatness, or any other virtue.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
A THING OF BEAUTY rs A JOT
FOREVER.

IT'S sung that whereso'er we roam,
Or pine in lonely sadness,
Still do we snatch some dream of home,
Some momentary gladness,
Some beauteous shape still greets oul
gaze,
Or bird like, hovers near US;
We find, cen on the gloomiest days.
Some ray of hope to cheer US.
Such beauteous shape, such ray of hope
Such dream of home and gladness,
Art thou, through whom alone cope,
With all this weight of sadness,
Ali did'st thou know what rapt delight
From glimpse of thee borrow,
Sure, wOulds't thou larry in my sight
Till had quenched my sorrow,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
Over one mill

Over one mil
lion sold. Most
complete book of its
kind ever published.
Gives Measurement
OF all kinds of Lum-
Der, Logs, Planks,
Timber hints to lum.
Der dealers; wood
measure; speed of
circular saws; telling
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15

Marian Harland's clever, meta
phorical pictures come home forcibly
to the great majority of disconnected
conjugal partners. "Life is not all
green lanes, screened from profane
eyes by blossoming hedgerows, with
sympathetic Cynthia overhead, night
ingales in the thicket, and clover
scent in the air." Twelve out of four
teen waking hours of majority OF
married people are spent in plodding
along "The level stretches white with
dust" of the worlds general high
road. The sun scorches, the dust
chokes, and the rattle and rush Of
everyday life deafen and daze those
who are labOring "fOr loves sweet
sake"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
FprnOline BAlSam,

The great Family Remedy, should be kept
in every house. Good for almost any emer.
gcncy. 1t contains no mineral to poison the
system. We warrant it to be pure extract
from the yellow Pine tree without any
adulteration. Ask for and take no othe
than Fernoline Balsam. This wonderful
remedy is for sale by us, come and get a bot
tie. RiTCHEY Il BOSTICK.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
What it Means.

To the mau or woman vino has never
been H. the word "health' is meaningless.
Gu; 10 the one who has suffered and despair.
ed, health appears as priceless boon. To
the thousands of unfortunate women who
are suffering from some OF the many forms
81 Weaknesses or irregularities peculiar TO
their sex, DR.. Piesce's Favorite Prescription
holds forth the promise OF a speedy restora-
ton vt this "nricrleSS boon
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
England used to enjoy a mononol

England used to enjoy a monopoly
in furnishing beer to Central America,
but at present nearly all the beer used
there is imported from the United
States, American beer being lighter
than English beer and therefore &C.
ceptable to Central Americans.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15

a regular organized band of rob
bers are thought to be at work in
Knox county, as many stores and
residences are being plundeRd.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-15
Club Rates.

We will Club the STANDARD with
any of the publications named below
at the price given for both:
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SCRIBNER'S
|. UNI Der.
AND
10 G BOOK.

trees; land measures; wages, rent, board, in.
terest, stave and heading bolts, etc.
Standard book throughout the United States
and Canada. Illustrated edition of 1882.
Ask your bookseller for it. Sent post paid
for thirty.fve cents.
q. w. FISHER, Box 2SS Rochester,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-18

He has been hemmed in by Indians,
chased by hungry wolves, lost on the
trackless plains without losing his nerve.
1t is going now. The spider shakes it.
self, and the look Of fear gives place to
one of terror. We know and the ser
geant knows that the insect is angered
and that it's next move will be upward.
The coffee is boiling over into the fire,
and two or three of the horses are look
ing at Us in an interrogative way, as il
puzzled at our attitudes. fairly ache
to shout-to spring up-to do something
but | dare not move finger.
Flash The great spider jumps into
the center of the handkerchief spread
over the sergeant's face, and glides here
and there in wonderment. The sergeanlis
eyes express hope. The horrible thing
may leap from his face to the earth. No
Il crawls slowly down to the lower edge
of the handkerchief, and the sergeant's
eyes speak horror and desperation, and
his hands are as wet as if plunged into a
bucket of water. Now the spider crawls
off the handkerchief on to the sergeanL's
chin, and for 30 seconds is entirely
motionless.
The man is doomed. His eyes tell me
80. His soul is sick with horror, but
what nerve to hold himself down and
take the chances Mt one man in a
million could dot. Nota muscle moves
not the slightest change in the heave OF
his breast. He is in more torture than
the man at the stake, but his nerve is
not broken.
The spider suddenly shakes itself, in.
iicts its bite, and is gone like flash,
spiinging clear over one of the other
men, Then, with scream of despair.
the sergean. springs up, eyes full of ter
ror and face distorted, and goes rushing
away on foot over the plains. We sad.
die up and pursue, but he lodges, turns
and twists about, and it is an hour before
we can catch him. Then he sinks help
lessl y down, and inside Of two hours is
dead.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-18

sas he said 1.-The people who remain
in Vermont know little of the incon,
veniehces, privations and hardships to
which the average Kansas family is sub
jected," and as an instance he related
the condition of an old acquaintance
who had gone there from this State.
This family was well-tO-do here and
prominent, but had become infatuated
with the idea of change. Said Mr.Cul-
yer, II found them living in asmall sod
house they would not thought of sta
bling their cattle in here, and in such
circumstances that they exscted a prom
Use from me not to mention the fact or
heir names upon my return" This,
Mr.. Culver said, was not an isolated
case, but one of frequent occurrence
of those who had made equally the
greatest mistake of their lives.
With such people their inconsistencies
is Understandable and lasting. But we
hear little said about it in the rush and
change. Pride has much 10 do as a rea.
son for the suppression in some cases,
and in Others the financial difficulties
that operate against return. Vermont
ers should know and appreciate their
great opportunities a: home, settle down
in contentment and push on with q will.
Mr.. Culver's conclusions are in accord
ance with the opinions of other unpreju-
diced observers who have looked befoi e
they have leaped-that il the farmers OF
Vermont, in their anxiety to obtain rich.
es, would deprive themselves of the priv
ileges, comforts and dress as does the
average Western agriculturist, where
lands are no higher than they are here,
and all hands take hold and labor as
many hours and as faithfully here as
they are Obliged to there in order to
make living" greater than possible
Western riches would be the result-in a
word, that Vermont in every way fur
nishes superior advantages for agricul.
ture, more money under the same stress,
better society and better homes. Surely
there should be contentment here, and
this would seem to be about the only
thing that is lacking.-St. Adams Mes
SenUer
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-18
THE BIG TARANTULA AND THE TOR
TURE OF ITS SOLDIER VICTIM.

We had camped down on the plains Of
Texas one noon to boil cup OF coffee
and get bite to eat, and while Private
Maloney was getting the coffee ready
three or four of the men stretched out
for quarter of an hours sleep, says a
New York Sun writer. There were elev-
On OF us, United States dragons, search.
ing for some horses which had broken
away, and big George" as we called
him, who was a sergeant, was in oom-
mand. L was very wide awake, having
caught sight of a snake moving off as
we came up, and as the sergeant lay on
his back, his face sheltered from the sun,
l looked him over and admired his pro-
portions. He was a man who stood ex-
actly six feet tall in his stockings,
weighed 2lS pounds, and it was no trick
at all for him to take two Of the strong
est men in the regiment and hold them
at arms length or dance them about
like little puppets.
1t might have been ten minutes after
he lay down that l suddenly caught
sight of tarantula on his breast-lhe
largest and most horrible looking speci
men ever saw. and lived for seven
years among them. The sergeant had
on the regulation cavalry jlcket, and it
was bultoned all the way up. He lay on
the broad of his back, arms down beside
him, and had no sooner caught sigh of
the Dig spider than saw that the man 8
eyes, which could see under his red
handkerchief, were open. He saw the
taTantula perhaps before did. turned
my head to the right, and Ma oney, who
stood upright at the fire, was looking at
the sergeant, with face as white as snow.
| turned to the left, and the two other
men who had not sought sleep were also
gazing in horror.
Not one of us dared move. Should
We do so, the spider might spring away
in alarm, but the chances were that he
would bite before doing so. was only
a foot away from the sergeant's feet and
on line with his face, and could look
into his eyes aud read his thoughts. He
was a game man. He had been tested
over and over, hut never in such man
ner. How would he stand the ordeal
The spider had a curiosity regarding the
brass buttons on the jacket. He lowered
over the fifth one from the top for three
or four minutes. read in the sergeant's
eyes surprise, repugnance and calcula-
ton. lcarefulIy watched the muscles
of his face. He might as well have been
dead for all the movement | could de-
tect.
Now the spider moves up a button
now back two. Those shining metals are
a new sight to HIM. As he moves down
| read relief in the sergeant's eyes. As
he moves up again read anxiety. Not
finger moves. His chest heayes as reg
ularly as the beats of clock.
Now the spider moves up to the SECOND
button from the top and shakes himself
nervolsly. He is right under the SER
geant's clean-shaved chin, and not ov I
a foot from his eyes. New fear comes to
the mans eyes, and see beads of per
| suirAtinn start ont ~ ~ ~ -~' - 4
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-18
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

The sales of dairy stock this spring,
especially among blooded cattle, have
struck the zero point.
The american Ddirynldn recommends
law requiring each owner If bull to
saw its horns off.
A. ]. Coe OF Meriden, Conn, has been
using london purple in place of paris
green this year with good reeults. He
uses one hundred and seventy-6ve gall
Ions of water to one pound.
DIR. j. Courier thinks that dentistry.
which has done so much for the human
race, is often especially called for in
the case of horses. Often the bad state
Of their teeth is sufficient cause for poor
condition, and, more frequently, of
much, but unsuspected, discomfort.
1t is a comical fact that the habit of
eating what we of the common people
call spoiled meat, forms connecting
link between two extremes of the race,
the wealthy gourmaud who coyets his
"gamy" flavor, and the low C ate, half
civilized East Indian gnawing with a re-
lish the bones of his half-putrid buffalo.
j. j. II. Gregory.
The farmer ought not to be ashamed
of his calling. neither should he cause
his fields to be ashamed OF him. He
ought to put on his thinking-csp and
make his calling a study. He ought to
use sense and judgment, for If there is a
calling under the sun that needs pro-
per use of these two virtues, it is the
( rmers.-A. B. Saunders.
The New England farmer differs from
his western brother in housing his stock
through the winter. A Vermont farm
has comfort that is unknown in the
northwestern states. Wisconsin comes
nearer the down east" than any other
state in this direction, many breeders of
ordinary stock having long, well built
barns in which protection ia afforded
from wind and weather. Horse and
Stable. ..
G. N. Smith, OF Wellesley, Mass, has
shown US some very fine Strawberries
from a seeding which he is propagating
and which promise to be very vilua-
BILE berry. The original plant was dis
covered growing where some slops had
been thrown, and remembering the fact
that sometimes the best seedlings are
those that apparently come up by chance,
he let it grow. The plants are very
luxuriant grower and productive; as
high as 90 berries have been raised on
one stem, the number averaging from
IA to 20. 1t is earlier than the Sharpless
and of fine flavor, the berries are smooth
and perfect in shape.
Persons engaged in any branch of
husbaudry desire no benefit from prizes
that are likely to be awarded to crops
and animals produced at a loss. 1t
seems certain that great improvements
could be made in the matter of offering
premiums to be competed for at agricul-
tural fairs. 1t appears to be the height Of
absurdity to award premiums to animals
and crops raised at loss, unless they
are new varieties or were recently in
troduced for the purpose of ascertaininR
if they are adopted to the locality to
which they are brought. The best crop
for a farmer is one that is the most pro-
fitable, The farmers who are most en-
titled to rewards are those who produce
crops and animals at the largest profit.
l-CbicdqO Herald,