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STOPPING FHE HIC0OUGHs.
Mr.. smitbkins Checks \ Bad Arfack by
Giving Himself Fright.

Mr.. smithkins Checks Bad Arfack ~
Giving Himself Fright.
Youths Companion.I
Mr.. Smithkin had heard that sure cure
for hiccough was severe fright. One
evening, smoking at his freside after sup
per, he was taken with hiecough, which
continued in spite Of all his efforts 70 check
it.
Presently he got up suddenly from his
chair, and called out in alarm to Mrs.
Smithkin:
"I've lost my watchi I've lost my wa@chP'
Mrs Smithkin fastened into the room.
"John Smithkinr" said she, "What do
you mean? Why, you haint done any such
thing. Here's your watch all right, IN
your vest pocket"
"Don't you think know that?" said Mr..
Smithkin. Il was jest giving myself .
severe fright, you know, to stop the hio-
coughsl'
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the bend Of the river, just at q rocky
promoutory called the Lurley, and local
students love to practise joke by inquir-
ing of the echo: "Wbo Is the burgomaster
of Oberwesel?" to which echo replies,
.Esel," the German for donkey. At the
top Of LurIey small pagoda has been
built, and it is great fun for people in the
neighborhood to come and shout down to
those passing by on the steamboats,, q few
voices giving out as much sound as loud
clap Of thunder.
DWELLINGS OF ROYALTY.
Presently we came to Stolzenfels. an old
castle seated far above the level Of the river,
which is owned by the King Of Russia, and
has been restored in the style of the middle
ages, with great taste and at vast expense.
Stolzenfels, certainly one Of the most beau
tiful castles along the Rhine, was visited by
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert when
they vovaged this river in 1845.
The town of Coblentz is beautifully sltua-
ted, and is surrounded by an assemblage Of
objects OF historical and picturesque inter-
est that have not space to enumerate.
Near a market town called Unkel we saw
pretty chateau with tall flag staff stand
ing in front OF it, and from that staff foated
the Star Spangled Banner. have not the
slightest idea who dwells there, but it gave
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-29
MARRIED FOR A DOLLAR.

New York n Good Place to Get Welded for
Small Fee.
Augusta (Me.) Journal.I
A young couple attracted considerable at
tention at the Chase House, Squirrel Island,
recently, by their ELUSIVE exhibitions of
affection. Considerable discussion as to
whether they were married or were going to
be went the rounds of the table, and was
finally set at rest by remark OF the young
lady.
"Yes, we were married in City Hall, New
York, and it only cost US 81. Wasn't that
cheap?"
The crowd Uttered and excused all further
antics.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-29

Septem-
ber IL. A little
while ago I said
adieu to the fair
Rhine, to the majestic
stream with its
"precipice's gloom,
forests growth. and
Gothic wall be-
tween," " to that Ger
man river "Where
nature nor too SOM
Der. nor too gay,
wild but not rude,
awful yet not au-
stere. is to the mel
low earth as autumn
to the year."
This morning I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-29
Gossip About the Greatest Mo-
hammedan Matrimonial
Establishment and
ITS THOUSAND BEAUTIES.
Millions of Dollars Spent Yearly on
Jewels and Dresses.
LIFE IN THE IMPERIAL SERAGLIO.

How the Sultan Chooses His wives-And
How bis Mother Takes Care of Them
The Amusements of the PaIace-Tke
Royal TheaIer and the Sera Clio Musi-
cians-What slave Girls are Worth, and
Something as TO the Expense and Char
ncter of the Imperial Eunuchs-Tbe
Kindness of the sultan.
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q n s TANIlNO-
PIE, September
N10. There were
more than 1000
women in the ha-
rem of the last SGl-
| tan, and there are
probably as many
in the imperial Sc
raglio OF Abdul
Hamid. The num-
Der is recruited ev-
cry year by slaves
from Georgia and
Circassia, and it is
acurious a thing that
uone but slave girls
can be a part OF the
Sultan's establish
ment. All of the
Sultaus of the past
have had slave
mothers, and it is
contraryto the Gus
tom of Turkey lor
the Sultans to mar
~. The reason for
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them had spread handkerchiefs over tnelr
knees in order to keep their gloves from
being soiled. Many had their eyebrows
painted and their eyes showed out plainly
over their wells. Beside each carriage rod e
a somber-faced negro eunuch dressed in
black with long whip in his hand and the
carriages were drawn by magnificent horses.
There were some beautiful girls among
them and noted half dozen red-headed
Circassians whose cheeks were as rosy as
those of an English barmaid, and who
would have passed for bellies in Cleveland,
New York or Chicago. At the head of the
harem procession was the carriage of the
mother OF the Sultan, who is known as the
Vslide Sultana, and who practically rules
the harem.
THE sCLTAN's MOTHER.
The Valide Sultana has one of the wings
Of the palace set apart for her use. She has
court almost as important as that OF the
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common use in castles of those times
Almost opposite these old ruins is the
village OF Assmenhausen, celebrated for its
excellent red wine, the vines of which are
grown on hills so steep, that in order to
retain the earth about the roots they are
frequently planted in baskets. The vine
yards all along this part of the Rhine are a
succession of terraces supported by walls of
stout masonry.
From here down the number Of dismantled
and dilapidated fortresses is so great that
one could hardly keep track Of them. Some
of the ancient residencesof knightly robbers
of an unsettled age are more than picturesque
in appearance. The town of Bacharach is
very interesting. Its towers are of singular
constructions; each consists of only three
walls, the side toward the town being open,
the Intention probably being to prevent the
command of the place by an enemy who
should gain possession OF them. The town
is SO named from q rock IN the bed OF the
river called
THE ALTAR OF BAcCHUs.
Usually it is covered with water, but in
very fine seasons it appears above the
surface, and is hailed as an emblem of a
good vintage. The castle, back of the
town, vast even in its ruins, was the cradle
of the Count Palatine, and in it have dwelt
such persons as Frederic Barbarossa, the
Emperor Rupert, and other Princes. Until
Otto, the Illustrious, transferred his resi-
denee to Heidelberg court festivities were
held in it-and men were drunkards in
those days. On the top OF q hill, hard bv is
Protestant church that formerly belonged
to the Knights Templar. Not far below is
Caub, remarkable as the spot where Blucher
oroesed the Pbfna with hin aru,v nm fho
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The CHreJ Aunuch.

this is the prevention of political intrigue
which might arise from an extended royal
family. and Mahm nd IL, the grandfather
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THE CLASSIC RHINE.
Picturesque Scenes Along the Banks
Of This Historic Stream
FROM MAYENCE TO COLOGNE.
Castles Fitted Up After the Style of the
Middle Ages.
LEGENDS OF cHIvALRY AND CRIME

roonxrsrosDrsor OF THE D1srAroH.,
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rFRox OUR TRAVELLING COMMISSIONER,

ON STANTINO-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16
TANDARD- MAIINNVILLE TENNEssEEsATURDAY, MAR s 1882

afternoon, for I've been thinking
about you, especially during the past
hour, as / have been enjoying over
and over again some of the beautiful
poems in the book you lent me. |
can't tell the authors how much their
words have helped me, but / can
thank you for lending me the book,
and for coming to see me, too. The
day you came first | was feeling rath-
er discouraged at the sl0wness of my
recovery. Mrs. Holman had just sent
me a very dainty little pudding, with
the word that | need not be afraid to
eat it, for it was very simple. 1t
looked tempting, and | appreciated
Mrs. Holman's kindness in sending
it, but as soon as | tasted it found it
was sweeter than my stomach could
bear. But your kind words, and the
poems, | might feast on to my hearts
content. And l have so wanted you
to know how much l have enjoyed
them over and over again. They
Were like healing balm to my soul"
Almost Aunt Ruth's exact words
flashed through Mrs. Davis mind.
"Can it be possible" she said, "that
I have been anything to anybody ~
He says, you know, 'Inasmuch,'
and II was sick and ye visited me-
replied Mrs. Stevens.
"Aunt Ruth" said Mrs. Davis, a
few minutes later, "I've made a great
mistake in thinking there was no
place in the world for me to work. |
have dishonored my Master BY not
improving the opportunities he has
given me, and by his grace l mean to
do better. | want to thank you for
helping me to this conclusion"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16
Better Die Than Lie.

Always speak the truth, whether
you please the pigs or make them
grunt. 1t is the best plan always
and nine times out of ten it is the
easiest in the long run. If truth costs
dear to begin with, a lie will cost
more in the end. Truth may be
blamed, but it cannot be shamed.
For a time, people may think you
fool for being so Outspoken, but be-
fore many new moons they will re-
spect you for your honesty.
| have met with people who lie as
naturally as they eat their dinners.
You cannot believe anything they
say. That Miss Arabella Bounce has
the bump of wonder, and if she does
not see wonders every day, she will
make them UP. | should say she
was brought upon Old Mother Goose,
and weaned on novels. Such makers
of wonderful tales are a plague in a
house, and pest to parish: they
ought to be transported to the FOOLS
Paradise, where they could lie on the
clouds, or lie on the sea, or lie on the
back of a dragon.
Some havea deep design, and lie
one way to gain their end in another.
Double, double; wheel within a
wheel; you never know what they
are at, but YOU are sure they are up
to no good. These foxes will be
tapped at last, and serve them right.
A thief you may pity if he steals re-
cause Of hunger, but liar is Il mean
rat that every dog may hunt if it
likes. But where there's one schem-
ing liar, there are Il dozen who tell
falSehoods because they have never
learned to care about truth. They
have got into way of eXaggerating,
or coloring, or making up as they g
along, and they never wander into
truth, except it be by sheer accident
This comes on by degrees. At first
they just added on word or two
and they went on by degrees till now
they can lie as fast as a horse car
trot. 1t is a shocking habit to tel
falsehOods in jest. White lies arc
black sins; and those who lie in fur
will find it no fun to answer for it.
Above all things, be true. You car
cure man of great many faults
but it is very seldom that you car
save one who is downright false. A
cunning rascal is rotten at the core
and there's no doing anything witt
him. / have known hundreds cureC
of swearing; but hardly one of lying
Hate the ground that lie lies upon
The air around falsehood is tainted
with something worse than typhuS
fever. Flee every vice, but above
all things abhor lying. Be true thy
self, if all around thee lie!
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16
Assurance by the Word of God.

A Christian farmer was one day
blowing in his field. He had trusted
in Christ for his salvation some ten
years before this, but h had no assur-
'ance. Like many others he had
doubts and fears, because he was not
simply resting on the word of God.
But this day the first clause of the
Both verse in the Sd chapter of John
came very forcibly to his mind. The
words are: "IIe that believeth on the
Son hath everlasting life" He pom
dered over these words while he went
on his rounds, and all at once he said
to himself, "Why, have everlasting
life: | believe on the Son and accord
ing to that verse | must have ever
lasting lifo." Then the thought came
to him, "That verse can't be in the
Bible, for have been a believer for
years, and how foolish l have been
to have had everlasting life all these
years and not know ii, when it is so
plain, if that verse is'in the Biblew
So he left his pillow and went to the
house, got down the Bible and after
searching awhile, he found it; and
sure enough it read, she that believ-
eth on the Son hath everlasting life."
So he went out to the field happy, re-
joicing in so great salvation. But in
the course of couple of hours, the
thought came back that he must have
made mistake in reading it; for if
that verse read just that way, what a
fool he had been =! so he goes back to
the house second time, takes down
the Bible and reads it over and over
again. 1t was there all right. So he
went back to the plow rejoicing. But
in the course of a short time the old
doubt came back again. He must
have made some mistake. The verse
could not read just that way, or how
could he have overlooked it all these
years? So he went to the house the
third time, and taking the Bible, read
it over again, "He that Delieveth on
the Son hath everlasting life" The
doubts were all gone, never to come
back. He was resting for salvation
on the finished work of Christ, and
for the assurance of that salvation on
the living and abiding word of God
Dear reader, have you trusted in
Christ for the salvation of your soul
Have you ever taken your place as a
ruined sinner, unable to do or to pay
anything, and then accepted a work
already done, even the finished work
of Christ? If so, this Scripture tells
you you have everlasting life. YoU
have the word Of God TO rest on, moi
| your feelings, nor experience.
A few days ago, while speaking tC
, an old lady who had received Chris
many years previous, l quoted thi
verse, laying emphasis on the word
/ "hath." "He that believeth on tn,
t Son hath everlasting life" The OLE
lady, after thinking it over for a few
moments, said, "Weil l neve
noticed that word hath before, ant
l 1 have read that over hundreds o
: times"
{ On another occasion, a person
e turned to me and said, "Oh yes, yol
, have life as long as you believe"
Y said to him, "DO you not notice tina
it says hath everlasting life? How
I long is everlasting 2" 'Well, forever
Y of course" he replied. $50 you see,
4 | said, 1.-THE moment man believes
4: he has life that is everlasting no
s conditional, as YOU try to make il.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16
Lesson from the Reed.

Contributor.
The weak, unpretentious reed, liv-
ing out its frail and quiet life at the
waters edge, has become, under
Christ's use of it, sermon for tremb-
ling hearts and weak steps in all time.
"The bruised reed will he not break"
That feeble, tluttering movement OF
the desire and confidence of the tried
and weary heart toward Jesus, is as
tenderly welcomed and lovingly
upheld as is the faint lisp of the help
less babe for mothers lullaby and
keeping.
Behind every purpose that, in any
degree, lifts itself heavenward, is the
energising power of the brooding
Holy Ghost. The slightest move.
ment of the will toward the right is
fostered and sympathised with by the
divine will. We tread no step of
honest, manly effort alone.
We need to keep this fact we'll in
mind, lest the very feebleness of the
beginning ola better purpose seem to
mock us with its heIplessness. Satan
is on hand in all such experiences,
loath to lose prisoner, and suggest
ing every argument as to the use.
lessness of any attempt to better
ones condition.
But it is one of the solid facts of
this everyday life that the Master
Gardener, Jesus walks about his gar
den day and night, sheltering, in.
MIGRATING, and building up into
strength every plant, though it lie as
prone as the bruised reed" The
very fact of our weakness and in.
sufficiency is of itself an argument
and a cord that draw him to our help.
An honest cry of any heart to Jesus
will bring him instantly without
thought on his part either of our
merit or demerit. He only asks this
much, that it be from the heart
.iniquity covered up, one face for hin
and one for the devil, does not bring
him. "lfI regard iniquity in my
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16
DISAPPOINTMENT.


All round the rolling world, both night and
day,
\ ceasless voice oscends from those who
pray,
"Thy will be done in earth as now in
heaven!
Unto our souls a perfect choice be given ?"
All round the rolling world, both night and
day,
A ceasle,s answer comes to those who pray.
BY shattered hopes, crossed plans, and fruit
less pains,
Thy heavenly Master thy allegiance trains
Guessing some portion of His great design,
Thou seekst to forward it by ways of thine.
He, who the whole disposes as is meet,
Sees necessity for thy defeat.
Yet to the faithful there is no such thing
As disappointment; failures only bring
A gentle pang, as peacefully they say,
"His purpose stands, though mine has passed
away"
All is fulfilling, all is working still
TO teach thee iexibility OF will.
To great achievements let thy wishes soar,
Yet meek submission pleases Christ still
more. a
When Loves long discipline is overpast
Thy will, too, shall be done with His at last
When all is perfected-and thou dost stanC
ROBBED, crowned, and glOrified at his RICH
hand.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16
Problems of Unbelief.


Bishop Rye
The problems of Christianity may
seem to be great and deep; but the
problems Of unbelief are greater and
deeper still And not the least
problem is the impossibility Of an
swering the question, "Shall find
elsewhere any real peace or rest of
soul if leave Christ ? to whom shall
| go? where in all this world shall |
find a more excellent way than that
faith in Jesus? Where is the per-
sonal friend who will supply his
place? Give me a thousand times
rather the old evangelical Chrstiani-
ty, with all its difficult atonement,
the resurrection, the ascension,-than
the cold, barren creed Of the Socinian
or the deist, or the cherries mega
tons of modern unbelief. Give me
the religion Of texts and hymns and
simple faith, which satisfies thous-,
and, rather than the dreary void of
speculative philosophy, which thor
oughly satisfies none.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16
Such as Thou Hast.
L. c. Williams in Christian Secretary.

l.. G. Williams in Christian Secretary.
"There is Mrs. Holman's carriage
across the way" said young Mrs.
Davis with a sigh, "she has sent some
luxury to Mrs. Stevens, for there goes
her porter with covered basket;
how / wish ! could carry her some
thing to tempt her appetite, or do
something to brighten these days for.
her; how she must long to get her
strength fully back"
"Has thee done what thee could ?"
asked Aunt Ruth, as she looked up
from her sewing.
"Well, l haven't found anything |
could do" answered Mrs. Davis in
some confusion, as she detected in her
aunt's voice suggestion that she
might have overlooked an opportu-
nifty.
"Let me read thee a Bit" said
Aunt Ruth, reaching for the Bible
and opening to Acts iii. 6. "'Then
Peter said, Silver and gold have l
none; but such as | have give thee.
In the name of Jesus of Nazareth,
rise up and walk"
sob, WELL" remarked Mrs. Davis
when the reading was finished,
peter had something more valuable
than silver and gold to give, for he
had the gift of healing" and she
looked as if she felt that hers was net
similar case.
"And l think it is within thy pow.
er to give thy neighbor that which
would be more valuable to her than
silver and gold" replied the elder
lady.
II don't see how" said Mrs. Davis
with a somewhat irritated tone.
"Shall give thee a few hints ?'
kindly inquired her aunt, and inter
preting silence to mean consent, she
went on: 81 can see thy mistake in
the light of my own experience g
good while ago; all thee needs is tC
have thine eyes opened to see oppor.
tunities, now overlooked in thy de-
sire to do some large work. 1t is moi
the amount of work, but the spirit il
which it is done, that pleaseth thu
Master.
"First, ask him to open thine eyes
and make thee willing, yea, glad, t
do even the humblest service. Their
don't forget thy prayer, but watch
thy chance and make haste to i'm
prove it. A few kind words nigh
be like healing balm to this soul, pen
up in a suffering body"
Feeling the truth of her aunt
words, Mrs. Davis started to retire t
her own room, saying, "I'll do wha
can" i...|
ain his strength, DEAR" reminded
Aunt Ruth.
With confession of her fault an,
prayer for wisdom, Mrs. Davis re
solved to visit Mrs. Stevens, who wa
just recovering from a long and pain
full illness. So in the pleasant twi
light she went in, taking with her
book of poems that had just been sen
her. .
II do so thank you for coming,
said Mrs. Stevens, as she rose to go
"please come again as soon as 70
can" Something in her manner a,
sured Mrs. Davis of the sincerity {
her request, and the hope that tn
little she had tried to do had been a,
copied, made her more ready to TT
again
A short time after she called an
was very warmly welcomed. Onl
waiting for the exchange Of cOmmO
civilities, Mrs. Stevens began at once
"Im so gldd you've come over tn
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16

We will close by referring the reader
to that wonderful verse, John V, 10,
"These things have | written unto
you that believe on the name of the
Son Of God, that We have everlasting
life"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-03-16

heart, the Lord will not hear me-"
But the faintest effort of the heart,
enslaved in sin, to free itself from its
chains, is sure of the strong arm
which the prophet said should "break
every chain, and set the captive
FREQ -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-03
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