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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09

and for him.
8 Fwnlly: 10 come to Jesus is to
mko kim vt his word and go our way.
When the uohlpman came to Jesus
about his hoy, after begging the LORD
To- come down ere my child die"
",Icsus saith unto him, Go thy way,
thy son hvpth." Now, in this case
the nohlpnan had nothing in the
way of evidence, but simply the
naked word of Jesus. "And the man
believed the word that Jesus had
spoken to him and went his way"
(John iv. $3.50 So many inquirers
or seekers after Christ are looking for
"signs and wonders" that they neg
lect to hear and believe the word OF
Jesus, and 80 do not get that fol
which they came.
If some person Of unimpeachable
character and unbounded ability were
| to advertise that ne would SEM
costly present to any one who would
send in written request for it, OF
come to his house ol Office and prefer
his petition, leaving name and ad
dress, no one of us would hesitate t
'come" and say "send me one"-no
would we doubt its being sent.
If we would only deal simply will
the Lord and believe the word tina
Jesus has spoken to us, our Christian
life would not only be simpler-easie
to live-but more practical and rea
to us. whatsoever will, let hin
Gomez
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09

very mention Of the terms "total de.
pravity" and "original sin" brings
smile to many faces. The idea of a
personal devil is secuted by many
persons, and some facetiOus remark
concerning his appearance, his horns
or his hoofs, ends the conversation
with a laugh.
And yet these very men who treat
this subject so cavalierly are very
particular to see that every door in
their house is locked and every win.
dow fastened, before they retire.
They will spend an hour in their
office, perhaps, bantering each other
about the Calvinistic idea of sin, and
before they leave that Office they will
lock all their cash and valuables in a
safe of iron with combination lock,
which the most skillful burglar is de-
fled to pick. These men will not
sign notes for their own brothers, I'M
til they feel that they are amply Sc.
cured. They will not take a deed
from their dearest friend until careful
scrutiny assures them that there is no
flaw in it.
And what do all these precautions
which men throw around tn ir
property prove? Do they not plain.
ly show that they suspect rouguery
everywhere? DO they not show that
they practically believe that there is
such thing as sin in the world, and
that it is a universal malady? Dc
they not show that they believe
that there is a faint of sin
a tendency to evil, even in Their
dearest and most trusted friends, and
that strong temptation might bring
it to the surface? That unconscious
belief is very much like the Calvin
lists doctrine of original sin. These
massive burglar-proof safes, these iror
bolts and chronometer locks, thes,
safeguards and precautions affirm
more concerning mems practical be
lief in the faint of sin than their owl
lips can deny in a lifetime.-Goldel
Rule.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09
A Novel Experiment With Criminals

Scientific American.
The report of the Elmira Reforma.
tory, now eight years in operation,
will be found worthy of the attention
of the scholar, as well as that of the
humanitarian. 1t shows, so far as so
limited an experience can be relied
on, that the contamination of a peni-
tertiary tends to encourage those to
adopt careers of crime who are not
naturally vicious, and, per contra,
that education and the absence of
vicious surroundings serves, at least
in the case Of first offenders, to wean
them from the course they have only
just set out upon. 1t says that 80
per cent of the convicts released from
other prisons find their way back
again, while, thus far, so per cent of
those discharged from the Elmira
Reformatory, during the eight years
Of its existence, are believed to be
permanently reformed and engaged
in honest labors.
1t must be remembered, while con-
sidering this statement, that only
first offenders are admitted to the Re.
fOrmatory, while into the ordinary
States prisons come the old Grimm
ais, from whom little or nothing can
be hoped. But il has been set down
as a rule: "Once criminal, always a
criminal" that those who have scrv.
ed one term in a penitentiary are
likely to return. The terms of con
tinement, however long, may be re-
mitted by the board of manager;
after one years Incarceration.
A regular system of instruction !.
maintained 4; the prisoners devotinf
themselves to studies which will tn,
better enable them to be self.support
ing; the fact that good behavior
attention, and industry will FREE
them quickly, and that they hav'
yet chance to 60 on again withou
the stigma that always attaches t
those serving a term in the peniten
tiary, encourages those with the leas
spark of intelligence nor does intel
lectual development, as has bee
alleged, increase the capacity 70
wrong doing. AT least the authOri
ties of the Reformatory say they hay
not found this to be the case.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09

Trains leave New Orleans Daily for
California and Mexico and Double
Daily for Points in Texas.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09
Mind What You Do.
BY BISHOP ]. c. NYLE.

BY BISHOP ]. c, HYLE.
Mind i0hdt you TO:
l. About your soul. You have
got something within you which will
live for ever. Do not neglect it. 1t
is the most precious thing you have.
Whatever else you mind in this
world, mind your soul.
>. About your life. How are you
spending it? What are you doing'
What company do you keep? limo
flies fast. You cannot live always.
You must one day die. Ele only
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09
Grit.
Josiah Forester in "A l."

y OSldn rOIeHter III n l.
Your true man of grit is known as
much by his moral courage as by any |
one single quality. 1t is no doubt a
fine sight to see fireman plunge |
through smoke and fame to rescue
the endangered inmates of the DOOM
cd dwelling, but it is far and away a
grander sight to see a man or a wo-
man stand up in the midst of god
less, sneering company, and defend
virtue, or mayhap the Bible, or the
God of the Bible. A pretty wide en-
perience has taught me, that in
nothing is the temptation to cowar-
dice so strong as in matters Of re-
ligion. The man who can face the
most horrible of deaths in the battle
field is ashamed to stand by his
colors when his Saviour is assailed;
the man whom no chairman, how
ever august, no speaker, however
eloquent, no audience, however large,
can awe to silence when his political
creed is attacked, is an abject coward,
and speeches. as mute, when his
Lord is dishonored.
When a young man is ashamed Of
his godly mother, and is afraid to
confess that he reads his Bible and
goes to the house of God, through
fear of a sheer from some silly empty
headed, or depraved companion, his
manlihess has already nearly perish
cd, and his feet are on the brink of a
J terrible precipice. Why, even rough
mon have been known to put to
shame protesting Christians in this
, respect. I remember hearing story
of Richard Weaver, the converted
: collier, which illustrates this. He
was preaching once in the open air
when he was savagely attacked by
| some of his auditors. A big, burly
! York.shireman fought his way
r through the crowd, shouting out
&. "My muther's Christian i Barns
D ley an We shanna touch him, -
! shanna." 1t is refreshing also 4
D know that Sir Robert Pell, wheI
Y Prime Minister, if l mistake not
# was not ashamed to boldly profess hi
!. Christian faith when occasion deman
d ded. At some grand dinner party
n when the ladies had gone to tn
drawing-room, it is said the host be
n gan to make sport of religion, an
d most of the guests were not slow t
d follow suit. Sir Robert Pell, risin
t, to his feet, said to the host, MAY
y ring the bell?" Certainly" was tn
l. reply ; and when the servant appear
l. cd, Sir Robert asked permission [
is retire, saying in firm voice, g
G could not possibly stay any longer
i am a Christian" There was or
IS for you of the right kind, and i
t, these days, when it is fashionable i
II some circles to be sceptical, and whe
10 even evangelical doctrines are rid
m culed in some of our pulpits, there
c. much need for young people to di
e play moral courage in arousing thei
I'd love for, and faith in, the God an
4, Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09

After diphtheria, scarlet fever, or
pneumonia, Hoods Sarsaparilla will
give strength to the system, and en-
pei all poison from the blood
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09

SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY pos
tive cure for Catarrh, Diptheria and Can.
ker.Mouth. For sale by w. II. Fleming.
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breath secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Rene.
dy. Price so cents. Nasal Injector free, at
W. II. Jennings,
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For lame back, side or chest, use shiloh;
Porous Plaster. Price - cents at w. II
Fleming's.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09

SHILOH'S CURE will Immediately re
lievv Group, Whooping Cough and Bron
chitis. Sold by W. H. Fleming,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09
The Teaching OF a BurgIar-Proof Safe

Perhaps there is no subject more
lightly treated in many quarters,
when its theological aspects are con-
sidcred, than the doctrine of sin. The
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09

A NASAL INJECTOR free with each
bottle of shiloh's Catsrrh Remedy. Price
cents. Sold wv. II. Elemi ng.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE President on the 2d approved the act extending the limits of the port of Mem- phis, Tenn.
 AT the meeting of the New York Acad- emy of Medicine on the 2d, Dr. W. F. For- rest spoke on the cost of the yellow fever epidemic. He said that the epidemic in the South in 1878 cost 26,O0O lives and 800 0o0,0 900.
 MAJOR GENERAL JAMES E. DAVIS has appointed committee and ordered an in- vestigation of the alleged unsoldierly con- duct of the military companies of Clinton, Miss.
 LEE ALLEN, the seven -year-old son of W. P. Allen, of Knoxville, Ga, had been presented with new patent swing. While trying it he fell out, and in grasping at it became entangled in such way that he was choked to death.
 TIE bill withdrawing the public lands of the United States from sale passed both houses of Congress on the lst. Hereafter public lands can only be disposed of under the provisions of the homestead and the pre-emption laws. The bill also provides that persons who have abandoned thei homesteads shall be permitted to enter another one.
 THE Democrats having secured the four certificates from West Virginia, the Re- publican majority in the lower house of Congress is at present three. By next December, however, there will be four new States, who will send four or five new Re- publican Congressman to swell this ma jority.
 THE Jockey Club of Birmingham, Ala, on the 2d, purchased seventy-three acres of ground, for the sum of S55,0Oo Twenty thousand dollars has been secured with which to erect the grand stand, which will seat not less than 2,0O0 people.
 W. II. GRAY, of Grenada, Miss, con ductor, was killed at that place on the I'd, while attempting to couple train. He was knocked down and literally ground to shreds by the break beam, none of the wheels touching him.
 THE Ashland and Boden plantations near Donalsonville, La., formerly belong ing to the late Duncan F. Kenners were sold on the 2d at sheriff's sale under an order for partition, for SS5,l0
 JACOB GERMAN, of Hannibal, Mo, was instantly killed at Lagrange on the End while thawing out dynamite in a pan of water on the stove. The dynamite ex- ploded and his head was severed from his body,
 Mas. W II. VANDERBILT, accompanied by CT son George Vanderbilt, her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W D. Sloane, ana their daughters, Misses Y. Adele Sloane and Emily V. SIoane, are at Nashville, Tenn.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07
Around the Festive Board.

BosToN, March l.-An even hundred members of the Massachusetts Tariff Re- form League dined at the Thorndyi1e last evening. This vas the initial gathering around the festive board, which will be repeated monthly. Joseph Quincy, chair man of the executive committee, presided and led the after-dinner speaking. He was followed by Henry W Lamb, Emer- son W. Judd, secretary of the League; E, l.. Brigham, president of the Vermont Tariff Reform League; John s. Harlow, pre sident of the Massachusetts Reform Club: Jos. s. Ropes, viee- -pre sideat of the League; General Hazard Stevens and N. s. Chamberlain.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07
 Fatefui Fire in Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 2.-Gibson, Parish X Co.'s furniture trimmings establishment on Randolph street. this city, was de- stroyed by fire last night. Loss, S10000); insurance not yet ascertained. Kranz s candy factory adjoining was heavily dan aged by smoke and water.
 While going to the fire chemical en zine collided with hose cart, seriously iniuring the driver of the chemical, Thos J. Fitzgerald, and probably fatally injur- ing driver Gus Guedrow, of the hose cart.
 Frank II. Booth, paying teller of the Northwestern Bank, who was at the en- gine-house when the alarm sounded, and jumped on the chemical with the driver, was fatally injured in the collision.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07
THE NATIONAL CASH BOX.

The Monthly Statement Indicates an Item
 of Nearly Six ana Half Millions on the
 Wrong Side for February-ReceIpts and
 Expenditures for the First Eight Months
 of the Current Fiscal Year.
 WASHINGTON, March 2. - The public debt according to the statement issued from the Treasury Department, has in- creased S6, 443, 334 during the past month. Unusually heavy pension payments, amounting to $20,9i4, ,954, is assigned as the chief reason for an increase in the debt since February 1. The net cash, or sur plus, in the treasury has decreased about seventeen millions during the month, and now amounts to S4S096, ,15S. National bank Repositories yesterday held S4s,slS,- 99l of Government funds, or about one million and half less than on February 1. The gold fund balance in the treasury has increased about 5000, 900 during the past month, and amounts to S196, ,245, ,9S0; and the silver fund balance, exclusive of 6,000,000 trade dollars bullion, has in- creased $500, GOO, and now amounts to S21, ,564, ,965.
 Government receipts during February were $50, l33, l59, against S3l, 15l ,93l in Feb ruary, 1888; the decrease being due to diminished customs receipts, which this year in February were SIS, 76S, ,037, against S19,691, ,064 in February, 1888.
 Expenditures during the past month were unusually large, owing to heavy pension payments, and amounted to S33,- 1s6,517, or about fourteen million dollars more than in February, 1888.
 The total receipts and expenditures for the first eight months of the current fiscal year, compared with the corresponding months of the previous year, were as tol- lows: Receipts, 1888, s254 366, ,9l5; ex- penditures, S1s3 4i6 929; receipts, 1880, S255, ,2l0,42 expenditures, S222, ,43i, 625. This shows an increase in receipts for the eight months of the current year over those of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year of about one million dollars; and on the other hand an increase of thirty million dollars in expend- itures so far this year over expenditures for the eight months of last year.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07
THE DOMINION.

Donald From the Leadership of the Cs- madam Government Looked For = Sir Charles Tupper the Coming Man of Af- fairs, and Sir John Likely to be Raised to the Peerage.
 OTTAWA, Ont. March 2.--After vigor- ous denial of the report published in the
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

New York Herald
 regarding the retire.
 ment of Sir John Macdonald from the leadership of the Ca- |nadian Government and the formation of
 a new Cabinet under that of Sir Charles 'Tupper, the Govern ment has finally ad-
 mitted the accuracy of the report. Sir
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07
HGIS TES AND NOTES.
 Aanmary of Important Events.

the UnitedStates and Hawaii went into ef- feet on the lst.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE engagement of the Czarevitch to Princess Alice is said to be a fact, but it will not be officially promulgated until Nav
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLEVELAND and Presideut-elect and Mrs, Harrison dined together at the White House on the 27th.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE Emperor of Germany visited Count Won Moltke on the evening of the 26th, and played whist with the aged General until a late hour.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE jury in the case Of Governor Larra- bee of Iowa, charged with libel, returned a verdict of not guilty.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE London Times has "no fears" for the stability of the United States owing to the acquisition of tho four proposed new States.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

JAY GOULD and Russell Sage have re- signed from the directory of the Inter- national & Great Northern Railroad Con-
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

AN even hundred members ofthe Mass achusetts Tariff. Reform League attended the first monthly dinner of the league at Boston on the 2S.h.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

WINDOWS on Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, from which to view the inau- gural procession, brought from Sl0 to $50.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

ABOUT 100 of the prisoners in the Bos- ton House of Correction refused to go to work on the 27th, and were locked up and placed on short rations.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE present House of Representatives expires by limitation on the 4th of March. The Senate, being continuous lndy, can remain in session at will, for inc con- frmation of appointments and other ex- ecutiye business.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

A BILL pending in the California Legis- lature provides the death penalty for train robbers who cause loss of life in the pursuit of their nefarious calling
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

PRINCE ALEXANDER, Of Battenberg, has been occupied during the last two years iu writing an elaborate history of his seFes years reign in Bulgaria.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

J. c, CLAIRE, aged fifty years, cashier of the Union Exeavating Company of New Orleans, committed suicide, on the morn ing of tue 25th. by shooting. He was to have been married the same evening 10 a young lady aged eighteen. A hasty ex aminaii0n of his accounts showed a short age of several hundred dollars.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

LUKE EMERSON, the Missouri horse dealer, who emptied his revolver into a crowd in London a short time ago, hit ting two men, was arraigned for the sec ond time, on the 2Gth, and again re- handed.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

ELEVEN young women were killed and their bodies burned beyond recognition in an explosion followed by fire in a squb factory, at Plymouth, Pa, on the 25th.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

NINE persons were killed and a large number seriously injured by the plunging of the St. Louis express through bridge near St. George, Ont, on the 27th. The accident was caused by the breaking of Q locomotive tire
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

TIE widow of Wm. L. Marcy, a meraber of President Folks Cabinet and Se,'re- tary of State under President Pierea-~in both of which positions he greatly dlst,n- guished himself-died in Paris, on the 24th, aged eighty-six
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

GOVERNOR HILL of New York was pre- sented, on the 25th, with a handsome set o resolutions by the Albany Typograph- teal Union for his assistance in securing the State printing for Union printers.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

FULLY 1000 colored emigrants from North and South Carolina and Virginia passed through Birmingham, Ala, dur ing the week ending March l, en route West
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

TWENTY persons in one neighborhood in La Porte County, Ind, have been att tackled with trichinosis, and most of them will die. All are Germans, who, al a christening recently, ate pork which bad been improperly cooked.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE marriage ceremony of the Emper' or of China at Shanghai, on the 26th, was a gorgeous, though exclusive affair. The splendor surroundilg the ceremony and the vast sum expended in carrying out the programme is in marked contrast to the fact that millions of people are stary- ing in the provinces.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

TIE registry offices at Alexandria, Fgy 3t, were burned, on the 2sth, and the registtfs of assessment and taxation of the city and othor important records were fe- stroyed. It is expected that much conftl- sion in finances will ensue
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE question of removing the capital of New Mexico from Santa Fe to some more convenient and inviting town, situated on the main line of railroad is being agitated all over the Territory.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

IN an interview in St. Petersburg, on the 25th, Count Iswolski stated that an agreement between the Vatican and Rus sia in regard to Poland would be reached shortly
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE eight-year- son of ". l.. Free man. of Grand Rapids, Mich, while try hg, on the 25th, to see how long he could bold his breath, ruptured a blood-vessel and died i'll a few minutes.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

ONE THOUSAND masses for sixpenee is the inducement offered to New York Catholics for contributions to the erection of new church to St. Joseph, at High gate London.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

MR. PARSELL was reelected chairman, and Mir. Justin Mccarthy vice chairman at the Parnellite meeting in London on the 25th. The whips and secretaries were also re- elected.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

TIE great silver vault of the Treasury Department at Washington is full 1t contains SS8,O0,0)0. It was intended to hold Sl0O OO0O,O0o, but the substitution Of wooden boxes for canvas bags, made nee- essary by the rotting of the latter, caused by dampness, reduced it's capacity by N4,000 GOO. .......
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

THE statutes of the Catholic University to be erected at Washington, D. C., were printed in Rome, on the 27th, prefaced by Papal brief in which warm eulogy is paid to America.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

NJ. CLEMEScEAU intends to present n bill in the French Chamber Of Deputies 10 render present deputies ineligible for re- election, in order to disabuse the public mind of the idea that they retain their seats from personal motives.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

DR. T. H. HAYS, a graduate of a Balti- more medical school, has been appointed permanent medical officer of the Bangkok (Siam) Hospital, which is under the im- mediate care of the King.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

MR. BLAINE has formally resigned his position as a delegate to represent Maine at the centennial of the inauguration of Washington, as President, to be held in New York City in April
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

PRoF. F. STANHoPE 0RRIs has been granted ny the board of trustees of Princeton tN. J.) University leave of ab- sence for one year 10 enable him to accept a call to be resident director of the Amer ioan Classical School at Athens.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-07

RICHARD PIGorr committed suicide at Madrid, on the evening of the lst. Officers were just on the point of arresting him at the Hotel des Ambassadeurs, at the re- quest of the Foreign Office in London. He was registered as Ronald Ponsonby, the initials thus conforming to those on his saohel.