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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11
Bill Nye on Nebraska.

Nebraska is bounded on the north
by Dakota, on the east by Iowa, on
the south by Kansas and on the west
by Colorado and Wyoming. The
chief products are fruits, including
Usage orange and lima beans. Cere.
ais of all kinds abound here, includ-
ing maize or Indian corn in great
profusion, broom corn, sorghum and
Percheron horses. The chief ndus-
tries include agriculture, running for
the legislature and ship-building.
Nebraska is a very rich State,
with resources on every hand which
as yet have hardly been tried or
fairly started. Coal infests the bow
els of the earth. Boundless areas of
rich farming lands await only the
agriculturist humorist, who is sup
posed to tickle them with the hoe
(the westward hoy in order to make
them laugh forth heartily with
abundant harvests. The air is pure
and whiskey abundant. Hostile
Indians are now quite scarce, it being
almost impossible to get enough for
mess. Wild geese, water cress, pizen
weed politicians and the Salvation
Army all thrive well here.
Farms in Nebraska are very valua-
BILE, especially those on Farnam
street in the city of Omaha.
Nebraska was organized as a Terri
tory, May 23rd, 1854, and she figured
prominently in the great Kansas-Ne-
braska bill introduced by Stephen
A. Douglas, the fight over which
was undoubtedly the skirmish in the
early gray Of the morning of that
day which at its close found the ne
gro of America a free man, but out
of q job; a citizen with a ballot, but
dull market for it; sovereign
with 40 possessions; a prattling in
FAINT suddenly requested by the law
to be a full grown man.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11
Nonresident Notice.
In Chancery at
McMinnnville
Tennessee.

George NJ. Smart In Chancery at
VS.. McMinnnville
T. c. Smart and others. Tennessee.
TN THIS CAUSE, 1T APPEARING TO
L the satisfaction of the Clerk and Mas
ter from Complainants bill, which is sworn
to, that the Defendants, S. G. Smart, Ma.
thaniel Smart, Joseph Smart, Sallie Pen
dleton, Tennessee Mitchell and husband,
J. :. Mitchell, VIM, c. Smart, Mary Jane
SMART, John b. Smart Gabriel Smart,
Geo. W. Smart, Samuel Smart, F. I. Col
vile, Nesta Colvlle, II c. Colville, Anna
Bedford and her husband, -- Bedford.
are nonresdents of the State of Tennessee
50 that the ordinary process of law cannot
be served on them it is therefore ordered
that publication be made for four consec.
utive weeks in the Southern Standard, q
newspaper published at McMinnville, Tenn,
requiring said Defendants to appear before
the Chancery Court, to be holden at the
courthouse in McMinnville, Tenn, on the
Cd Monday in May next, then and there TO
plead, answer or demur to Compartments
bill, or same will be taken for confessed as
TO them and cause set for hearing ex parte.
This April 10, 1889 c. BILES, CO NJ.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11
Plucky Nellie Bruce.

a correspondent writing from Ok
lahoma to the Kansas City Times, de-
scribes a girl boomer who is located
on a claim near the old site of Ewing
City. She is Miss Nellie Bruce and
is a daughter Of an old boomer. For
years her father has been a boomer,
but Nellie has been sent to school
until a short time ago, when she
taught term Of school in a Kansas
district. Several months ago her
father built a neat frame house out
on a claim near the old Jack Want
land horse corral, and then sent for
his daughter. The day before Nellie
arrived some Indian scouts found old
Bruce's house and burned it down.
When the girl arrived the poor old
man, with tears in his eyes, told her
of the destroying his little home; but
that girl was clear grit, and she show
ed her nerve by getting out and 60
ing to work. She located a claim,
dug out a hole in the side of a hill,
and there she lives surrounded by a
flock of chickens, a couple of dogs,
and armed with a couple of dogs, and
armed with couple of large.sized
revolvers, she is holding the fort.
She is the Idol of the boomers, and
any disrespect shown to Nellie Bruce
will be answerable with death.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

The citizens of Fayetteville are
kicking, and justly, too, against the
appointment by President Harrison
of a negro by the name of Bonner to
the position of mail agent at Fayette-
vile. Bonner has been guilty Of
forgery and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for five years. Mr.. Harrison
has been reported as saying that his
southern policy would be to appoint
decent republicans to Office. Is this
appointment an example of republic
can decency in the South?-Lynch-
burg Falcon. .
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11
A Singular Fowl of the Air.
Nashville Banner.

Nashville Banner.
Mr.. Sam 7. Parsons, who lives on
Mill creek, exhibited in the city to-
day queer bird which he had just
killed near his home. 1t is a species
of crane, snow-white, with peculiar
ly beautiful feathers on its back. 1t
measured four feet from the tip of its
long bill to the ends Of its toes, four
feet six and a half inches from tip to
tip of its wings and weighed when
killed two and a half pounds.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11
Gov. Taylor Undecided About an Elk.
ira Session.

A Herald reporter saw Governor
Taylor about noon and asked him if
he had decided to call an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature, He replied:
81 have not yet determined whether
1 will convene the legislature in ex-
ira session or not. Even if a session
were called now it is doubtful if a
quorum could be gotten. The farm
ers say they cannot remain. Even if
1 should deem it advisable to make
the call, the question of time is one
of vexation. Nashville Herald.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

We do not publish anonymous commu.
nications under any circumstances. The
real name of the author must accompany
every communication, or else it will be con.
signed to the waste basket. We do not pub
fish the names of correspondents, but want
them simply as a guarantee of coed faith.
All calls on candidates, obituaries a tri6'
ates Of respect, etc. are charged for as ad;
deaths, marriages, etc., will be published
without charge, and our friends all over the
county will confer favor by furnishing us
with such as soon after their occurrence as
possible.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

When the Northwest isn't snow
bound and blizzard smitten it is
burned up; and when neither of these
things are happening to that devoted
region it is devoured by the lively
and interesting grasshopper. Come
South, where billiards., snow and
grasshoppers never invade.-Chatta-
nooga Times.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

ALL the business of the present
meeting of the Tennessee Press AS
ISOLATION will be transacted on the
Cumberland, aboard the steamer
Armstrong.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

AN attempt was made to lynch a
negro at Huntsville the other day,
who is charged with burning house
and barn in Trousdale county. Fires
Of this nature are becoming frequent
again and a few doses of hemp would
probably have the desired effect.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

"A TRAIN on the Grand Trunk
railway, near Hamilton, Ont, was
wrecked by leaving the track the
other day and with the usual result.
Fifteen passengers were burned to
death and many more injured.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

The Tennessee editors take a boat
ride up the Cumberland this week.
We don't wish them any harm, but
steam boat explosion might do
some of them good.-Tullahoma
Guardian.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11
Insolvent Notice.

The insolvency Of the estate Of w. D.
Smart decd having been suggested to the
County Court for Warren County, all per.
sons having claims against said estate are
notified to appear and file the same with the
Clerk of said Court, authenticated in the
manner prescribed by law, on or before the
LIST day of November next This the 18th
day of March 1889. FIG. SMARTT,
Administrator of w. D. Smart
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

HAYES, the murderer, has been
convicted at Birmingham. An APP
peal to the supreme court will be
taken.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

New York spent 100000 in her
centennial demonstration, and it is
reasonably estimated that she took in
-, 600. OO0,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

THE Oklahoma boomers are be-
coming discouraged. 800 wagons left
in one day.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

John Kiger and Levi Neal quar-
relied over a game of cards at Nash
vile last Saturday night which re-
suited in Neal being shot through
the thigh by Kiger.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

The Legislature met in continued
session Tuesday at noon. More at
tehtion is being given now to election
laws than to the Moody bill. 1t is not
clear yet that the Moody bill will be
passed over the governors veto, as
several members have become con-
WINGED that the bill is uncohstitution-
al as it now stands.
LATER-The Moody bill failed to
pass over the Governors veto.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf: The
New York World recently issued
iorty-eight page paper. This would
make about fourteen hundred average
book pages. This is certainly great
enterprise, but the readers of a daily
paper will cease to think it a daily
when it takes a week to devour its
contents. The people of this coun-
try have been educated up to the
point to look for big things, but not
to expect newspaper to be three
hundred page magazine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

New York Tribune: Credit is often
given to Benjamid Franklin for in
venting the word copy" now APP
piled to all manuscript turned in to
the composing room of a newspaper
or publishing house. Another. odd
use of two extremely common words
may be charged to newspaper work.
,ars.S In the East almost any newspa-
per article, not written for the edito-
rial page, is commonly called a
STORY" 1t may be an abstract of
a sermon or. description of a new
ocean steamer; still it is a "story."
In the West all "stories" are items"
and the term "item" is made elastic
enough TO cover anything from a
paragraph about prayer meeting to
Il three column account of a prize
fight or raiiroad disaster.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

We also have two registered Poland China
Bears which will be let to sows at $l.00 per
service. For particulars address .
T. G. SMARTT & CO.,
Smart, Tenn
All accidents at owners risk. t-a
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-11

Telisl!oma has an fee factory.
, 1889-06-22
'rWhyg" asked the astopished man.
They Preferred the Higher Price.

The story is told of a retail dealer who
obtained a rare bargain in ladies' hem
stitched linen handkerchiefs, which he de-
signed to sell at fair profit at twenty-five
cents each. On examination of the goods
he determined not to give such value for
SO small n sum. Taking one-half this
lot, he marked each handkerchief In the
corner with a lead pencil, twenty-five
cents, and the other half of the lot, pre-
cisely the same style and quality, he
marked in the same way thirty cents,
and displayed the goods on the counter
side by side.
Imagine his surprise when he found
that his lady customers, on their own
Judgment, and after q seeming careful
and critical comparison of the goods, in
two purchasers out Of three, selected the
bargains ut thirty cents, leaving him
with the larger part of those marked
twenty-five cents on his counter. AS 1t
was impossible to alter the marks on the
goods from twenty-five to thirty with
out soiling them, he was actually COM
PEELED to purchase another invoice of the
same lot to oblige the dear creatures who
preferred to pay thirty cents for the ar
ticle rather than twenty-five cents
Cloak and Suit Review.
, 1889-06-22

George Bancroft is said to be particu-
lar 70 emove his gloves before shaking
hands, The point is n good one Just
Introduce the fashion Of u~ngloving be-
fore shaking, and shaking will soon sub
SIDE. If there be pre-eminently dis
agreeable and distressing fashion in
America, 1t is our universal and eternal
hand shaking. Its origin, We believe,
runs back TO our savage ancestors. who
clasped hands in sign of peace instead of
war. Is there any reason for swearing a
treaty of peace with every Tom. Dick
and Harry OF your acquaintance whom
you chance to meet in the street? The
custom is a terrible flag on health.-St
Louis Globv-tIvmocat
, 1889-06-22

1t is supposed to DO unlucky to put
either shoe on the wrong foot, nor must
N put the left shoe on before the right,
unless one wished to bring about some
direful calamity. Augustus Caesar, it is
said, put on his left shoe first, and before
nightfall he narrowly escaped ~assassina-
ton. DR.. Brewer says that plucking off
the shoe among the Jews, smoking the
pipe among the Indians, thumb licking
among Scotch, breaking the straw to-
gether among the Teutons and shaking
hands among the English are oil cere-
monies to confirm a bargain. The jew
ish custom of plucking off the shoe or
sandal is frequently referred to in the
Scriptures. In the story of Ruth 1t is re-
corded that n compact which Boaz made
was scaled by n shoe being drawn off.
One of the verses reads: Nov, this was
the manner In former time in Israel con-
corning redeeming and concerning
changing, for to confirm all things a man
plucked off his shoe and gave it to his
neighbor; and this was n testimony In
lsrael"-Providence Telegram.
, 1889-06-22
Olives.

The olive is one of the oldest trees men,
toned in history. The ancients had al
most n religious regard for it, and its
branches early became the emblems of
peace and good will. In this age it is
valued chiefly for its oil. In Southern
Europe, where it is extenGvely grown,
the fruit, which is q small green oval, is
gathered when rare ripe and spread for
several days to dry and ferment. 1t is
then crushed in n mill, the stones being
S adjusted as to avoid breaking the
stone of the fruit. 1t is then put into
coarse bags and the oil is expressed by a
screw press. The crushed mass is ground
n second and sometimes q third time, to
obtain lower grades of oil. Besides its
very extensive use as food, the oil is val
liable for its medicinal qualities and for
cutaneous application. The refuse, after
the oil Is extracted, is used to fatten hogs,
and us n fertilizer. The green fruit,
picked in salt water and spiced, is
esteemed by many as a relish.-Good
Housekeeping.
, 1889-06-22

An elderly man sat phcidly on the
string piece of a far downtown pier,
contemplatively waiting for a bite at
the other end of his fishing line. It
came, and the old fellow pulled out a
very "wriggly" eel. ''What'm / goin'
to do with 'im9" he echoed to a strang-
er's query. Pm goin' to make i'm
lay still and keep alive, too" Grasp
ing his squirming prize with a well
sandcd hand, he laid him out perfect
ly straight along a crack in the
wharf's flooring. Then he let him go.
The cells eyes had strained, intense
look in them, rs if he was doing his
level best TO squirm, butnot a CULVER
passed along his rigid length.
Ever SCI a machine get on a dead
center2'" asked the wise old fisher
man. "That's what ails tho eel. Ye
never see m eel straight in the water.
No, ner ye never will. He's got to
keep crooked, or rather he can't get
straight. When he is he's paralyzed.
Ono set of muscles pulls just as even
against the other, so he can't move"
An hour later the stranger passed
that way again. The eel stiff lay
there, feeling, no doubt, like the
Titan under the mountain. The old
man gave the eel a push, so hat the
straight limo was broken. The eel be-
gan instantly to wriggle harder than
he did on the end of the line Just out
of the water. "How did you learn
that trick2" the stranger asked. 81
always knew it, was all the old man
could tell.-Philadelphia Press.
, 1889-06-22
EVIDENCE Against HimseIr.

Among the many things the saw mill
man has to contend with in this part of
Georgia is the lack of perfect titles to the
lands on which he purchases timber.
Numerous troubles result therefrom. and,
as a rule, we are waited on every day by
some native who claims that we are cut
ting timber from land that has been in
his possession for years, although we
have leases on it from other parties. A
few days since general manager was
called on by one of these persons, who
told him that he must stop cutting on a
certain lot that we had just begun.
"Have you the titles to it?' was the
first question put to him.
81 have" was the reply, and he forth
with pulled from his pocket a dirty, aged
looking roll.
The general manager took it and care
fully read them through, then, turning
to the would be owner, said:
81 can't notice such documents as
those"
"Why?" asked the astonished man.
Because" replied the general man.
ager, holding the paper up between him
and tho light, this deed was written
just twenty-five years before tho mill
was built that made this paper"
The claimant took his papers and went
sadly away without another word.-At-
lanta Constitution.
, 1889-06-22
Reasonable and Human.

Hours of labor are exacted in certain
employments, which cannot be main
tanned without running the constitu-
MISUNDERSTANDING the home pleasures
of the haplcss people obliged to com
ply with them. The Vienna strike
and the capitulation of the tramway
company furnish a lesson. Public as
sociations should consider, before they
r. compelled, whether their dealings
with those who serve them are equiti-
able, reasonable and human. 1t may
well happen that arrangements must
often be continuous, that good men
cannot be spared, and that there must
be long spells of work. In that case an
honorable directorate will establish o
system of relays and ~reliefs; it will
not wear its personnel out body and
soul, as though theyswere brute beasts;
though, indeed, animals are constant
ly treated better than human beings,
by reason of their marketable value.
We would invite all omnibus, railway,
tramcar and public societies generally
to study these occurrences at Viennain
the light of the certain truth that it is
better to do justice spontaneously than
to have Justice forced upon you. The
best work and the biggest dividends
arc not got by screwing the last drop
of strength out of willing and ~necessf-
tous creatures. There must be kindli-
ness, consideration and fair play be-
tween employers and employed il the
worlds affairs r TO go on pleasantly
and succeSsfully.-London Standard.
, 1889-06-22


Another delusion is malaria, so called.
The word malaria means bad air. The
diseases that are attributed to this cause
are frequently common in districts where
there is no stagnant water or anything
else to faint the atmosphere. 1t will be
remembered that during the autumn of
1881 there was an unusual number of
people who were attacked by these dis
eases in southwestern and west central
Missouri and also eastern Kansas, when
there had been no rains of n conse-
quence for months, and that, too, in dis
tricts far removed from decomposing
water or any other substance.
The cause or causes of these diseases
were surely not in the air, consequently
should not be attributed to malaria 1t
Is more probable that during the dry,
hot weather of summer the heat that is
radiated n the electricity that is gen.
Grated by the sun have an ~enervating
influence On the system-that from the
nerve centers this influence reaches the
muscular system principally through the
pneumo-gastric nerve, and the stomach
being the most delicate and intricate of
almost any of the involuntary muscles,
is the principal sufferer from such ener-
waiting influence. Indigestion follows as
a symptom. and an increase of bile
brings what is called biliousness and
malaria l hope my medical friends
and l claim many as such-wil pardon
the presumption on my part of the dis
cussion of n subject that comes more
within their province thar that of mine.
But this conclusion has been forced
from observations that reach over a pc
riod of many years ms a surveyor in the
west. l have observed that there were
more cases of sickness of this kind dur
ing or Immediately after the season in
which there were the greatest number
of electric showers or electric disturb
Rnces, as shown by the surveyors instru-
ments l conclude, then, that heat and
electricity are the primo causes of ina
%laria," and That they weaken the stom-
ach and, in a large majority of cases,
produce the diseases usually attributed
to this ause. give the thought to the
profession with the hope that it will Of
fend none.-Cor. st. Louis Republic.
, 1889-06-22
w4AR, THE HAND o, COB IS SEEN.

Dol Ike the city, Stranger, risnt likely that 1
would;
Tisnt likely that a ranger from the border ever
could
CIT accustomed to the furry an the loud, on
earthly noise
Everybody in a hurry, men and wimmln, gals IN
All a-rushin like the nation mid the rumble an
the jar,
Jes' as if their souls salvation hung upon their
gittin thar.
Like itf Nc. love TO wander
Mid the wales and mountains green,
In the border land out yonder,
Whar' the hand o. God Is seen.
Nothin' var but bricks and mortar, towerin' over
head 30 high,
That you never see a quarter o. the overhangin'
sky.
Not a tree or grassy medder. not a runnln' brook
In sight
Nothin' but the buildln' shadder maxim gloom O.
heavens light
Fen the birds ar all imported from away acrost
Faccs meet mo all distorted with the hand O. mis-
cry.
Like III No. Hove to wander
Mid the wales an mountains green,
In the border land out yonde-,
Whnr' the hand o. God is seen.
Roarin' railroad trains above you. streets by
workmen all defaced,
Everybody tryln' to shove you In the gutter in
their haste.
Cars and carts an whgots umblin' through the
streets with deafenin' roar,
Drivers yellin', swcarin', grumblin', jes' like Imps
from Sheol's shore;
Factories j'nin' in the chorus, heipIn' of the din
TO swell;
Auctioneers in tones sonorous lyin' bout the
goods they sell
Like IT. No. love TO wander
Mid the wales and mountains green,
In the border land out yonder,
whar' the hand o. God is seen.
Yes l love the western border pine trees wavin'
In the nir,
Rocks piled up in rough disorder; birds a-singin'
everywhere;
Deer a-plnyin' In their gladness; elk nfeeden in
the glen;
Not a trace o pain or sadness campin' on the
trail o. men
Brooks o crystal ciearness howin' DER the rocks
an lovely flowers
In their tinted beauty CROWN in the mountain
dells an bowers.
Fairer pictur' the Creator
Never threw on earthly screen,
Than this lovely home o. nntur'
Whar' the hand o. God is seen.
Capt. Jack Crawford, the Poet Scout, In Outing.
, 1889-06-22
valuable MSS. Mt tho vatican.

There are said to be In the library of
the Vatican 23,5SO MSS, n large portion
of which IRE Greek and Oriental. The
famous MS. of the Greek Bible, the
"Cordex V%aticanus," has hitherto been
so jealousy guarded that even professed
scholars have not been allowed really to
examine it. 1t is now, however, more
accessible. Looked ut merely as n piece
of writing, the Ms. is %singularly fine;
the letters are clear, distinct and well
formed, and there is plenty of space be-
tween the lines, SO hat tho reading of it
becomes, with a little practice, by no
lean difficult.
Another treasure, also to be found In
the Same case, is tho palimpsest copy,
discovered by Cardinal Mai, of Cicero's
de Republica." The most interesting
fragment is the complete success with
which the ancient underlying writing has
been recovered. 1t is hardly possible to
believe that the clear, well defined letters
before you have been covered up by other
writing for perhaps n thousand years.
Another treasury of valuable MSS. is that
or Mount Athos. Tho total number of
MSS. in the twenty libraries on this
mountain is 5,570. Professor Lambros
is ~cataloguing them, and expects TO find
among them many things of unique in
terest TO the biblical student Now York
Telegram.