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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17

Flattery is foollshness, and whose
ever is deceived thereby is not wise;
nevertheless the discreet woman may
use a little of it for her husbands
sake.
Elbow-grease hath an honorable
name and is not to be derided; never
theless the clothes-wringer and the
carpet-sweeper are very popular in
this country.
The cheese-parer is an object OF
scorn; yet he layeth up of his sub
stance against a rainy day, while the
wasteful man journeyeth toward the
poor-house.
The foolish woman darkeneth her
house 10 save her carpets and keep
out flies, and behold her children grow
pale and disease marketh her for its
prey.
There are as yet more things in
Heaven and earth than have been
dreamed of in hash; but the resources
for novelty in its combination are fewer
than they have been. Good House
keeping.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
Rheumatism and Catarrh.

Rheumatism and catarrh are both blood
diseases. In many severe cases they have
yielded to treatment with 3. b. b. Botanic
Blood Balm made by Blood Balm Co., At
lanta, Ga. Write for book of convincing
proofs. Sent free.
R. P. Dodge, Atlanta, Ga, says: "My wife
had catarrh and nothing did her any good.
Her constitution finally failed and poison
got into her blood. Tplaced her on a use Of
b. B. B., and to my surprise her recovery
was rapid and complete"
W. P. Mcdaniel, Atlanta, Ga, writes: II
was much emaciated and had rheumatism
so bad l could not get along without
crutchcs. [ also had neuralgia in the head.
First class physicians did me no good. Then
/ tried g. B. B., and its effects were magical.
l cheeriully recommend it as good tonic
and quick cure"
Mrs. Matilda Nichols, Knoxville, Tenn,
writes: ~ had catarrh six years and a most
distressing cough, and my eyes were very
much swollen. Five bottles of b. b. b.,
thank God cured me-
John N. Davis, Tyler, Texas writes; 81
was subject a number of years to spells Of
inhammaIory rheumatism, which six bottles
OF B. b. b., thank heaven, has entirely cur.
ed. have not felt the slightest pain since"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
The World Full of Dust.

Mr.. John Aitken is very ingenious
gentleman, but some of his discover
les have tendency to make one feel
creepy. He has invented an instru.
ment by means of which he is able to
make number OF calculations of the
most uncomfortable kind. With the
aid of this apparatus he is able to
count exactly the particles of dust in
sunbeam. In a cubic inch of space
near the ceiling of room heS found
88,S40,000 atoms of dust, and in the
same space of Bunsen flame $780,
100000. Such discoveries make us
dread the air we breathe. Not long
ago Mr.. Aitken proved that in the at
mosphere Of a room when the gases
are lit in the evening there are as
many particles in each cubic inch as
there are inhabitants in Great Britain,
and that in three inches from the gases
of Bunsen flame the particles of dust
are as numerous as the number OF peo-
pie in the world. 1t would require
more courage than is averagely pos
sessed to state the quantity of dust we
inhale with every breath. London
Globe.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
To Restore the Freshness Of Worn
Clothing.

The mystery to many people how
the scourers of old clothes can make
them almost as good as new, is ex-
planned in the American Analyst as
follows; Take, for instance, shiny
old coat, vest, or pair of pants of
broadcloth, casssmere, or diagonal.
The scourer makes strong, warm
soapsuds, and plunges the garment
into it, souses it up and down, rubs
the dirty places, if necessary puts it
through a second suds, then rinses it
through several waters, and hangs it
to dry on the line. When nearly
dry he takes it in, rolls it up for an
hour or two, and then presses it. An
old cotton cloth is laid on. the outside
of the coat, and the iron passed over
that until the wrinkles are out; but
the iron is removed before the steam
ceases to rise from the goods, else they
would be shiny. Wrinkles that are
obstinate are removed by laying a
wet cloth over them, and passing the
iron over that. If any shiny places
are seen, they are treated as the
wrinkles are; the iron is lifted, while
the full cloud of steam rises, and
brings the nap up with it. Cloth
should always have suds made spe-
cially for it, as if that which had been
used for white cotton or wooden
clothes, lint will be left in the water,
and cling to the cloth. In this man
ner we have known the same coat
and pantaloons to be renewed time
and again, and have all the look and
feel of new garments. Good broad
cloth and its fellow cloths will bear
many washings, and look better ev-
cry time because of them.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
Immense Spiders.

Far up in the mountains of CeylOn
and India there is spider that spins
web like bright, yellowish silk, the
central net of which is five feet in di-
ameter, while the supporting lines,
or guys, as they are called, measure
sometimes ten or twelve feet; and
riding quickly in the early morning
you may dash right into it, the stout
threads twining around your face like
a lace veil, while, as the creature who
has woven it takes up his position in
the middle, he generally catches you
right on the nose, and, though he
seldom bites or stings, the contact of
his large body and long legs is any
thing but pleasant. If you forget
yourself and try to catch him, bite he
will, and though not venOmous, his
jaws are as powerful as a birds beak,
and you are not likely to forget the
encounter.
The bodies of these spiders are very
handsomely decorated, being bright
gold or scarlet underneath, while the
upper part is covered with the most
delicate slate-colored fur. So strong
are the webs, that birds the size Of
larks are frequently caught therein,
and even the small but powerful
scaly lizard falls a victim. A writer
in Rare Bits says that he has often
sat and watched the yellow monster
measuring, when waiting for his
prey with his legs stretched out, fully
six Understanding across the middle
of the net, and noted the rapid man
ner in which he winds his stout
threads around the unfortunate cap
tive. He usually throws the coils
about the head until the wretched
victim is first blinded and then
choked. In many unfrequented dark
hooks of the jungle you come across
most perfect skeletons of small birds
caught in these terrible snares, the
strong folds of which prevent the
delicate bones from falling to the
ground after the wind and weather
have dispersed the flesh and feathers
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
A VERY PLUCKY LAD.
a Boy of Twelve Captures villain at
the Point of a Pistol.

A Boy of Twelve Captures II Villain at
the Point of "A Pistol.
The little village or Gaines Land
ing, Chicot County, Ark, was the
scene of the following event: A gen.
tleman named Wilson Gabrielle, resid-
ing a short distance out of the village,
had occasion on a certain morning to
drive to a neighboring town, taking
with him his wife AMI leaving the
house in charge of his daughter Ella,
aged fifteen, and son Henry, a lad of
but twelve years.
Henry was absent two or three
hours in the woods during the morn
ing gathering fuel, and on his ap-
preaching the house with huge bun
die of sticks in his arms he saw tall,
stout and cOarsely-dressed colored man
jump from the kitchen-window and
start on a full run for piece of woods
several hundred yards to the east
of the house. Suspicious of some
evil the lad dropped his wood
and made for the house where he
found his sister bound hand and foot
and gagged. Realizing the Infamous
outrage to which she had been SUBJ
jected he sped to some neighbors and
relating all he knew about it besought
them to attend to his sister, and then
rushed back to the house, secured a re-
volver and dashed boldly after the
villain.
Some men who had heard his story
armed themselves and proceed in the
direction taken by the colored man,
but Henry had got fair start and Went
on as fast as possible. The men soon
lost sight of him, and after searching
the woods several hours in vain re-
turned to the house and anxiously
awaited the return of the boy. 1t was
not until shutdown that the little hero
came in sight. He had captured the
rascal and was driving him toward the
village at the point of the revolver.
A purse was made up and given to
the little fellow, who had the grati6-
cation of seeing his prisoner securely
locked in the county jail Cor Phila-
1elphia Press.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
Regularity OF Habit.

Scientific American.
One of the most difficult of all
minor habits to acquire, says an able
writer, is that of regularity. 1t ranks
with that of order. The natural in
clinatiOn of most persons is to defer
until the last possible moment, or to
put it off to another time where this
can possibly be done. Yet habits of
regularity contribute largely to the
ease and comfort of life. A person
can multiply his efficiency by it. We
know persons who have multitude
of duties, and who perform vast
deal of work daily, who Set apart GER
tain hours for given duties, and are
there at the moment and attend rig
idly to what is on hand. This done,
and other engagements are met, each
in order, and a vast deal accomplish
ed, not by strained eXertiOn, but by
regularity. The mind can be so
trained to this that at certain hours
in the day it will turn to a particular
line Of duty, and at other hours to
other and different lab0rs. The very
diversity is restful, when attended to
III regular order. But let these run
together, and the duties mixed, and
what before was easy is now annoy
ing and oppressive, and the exact diff
ference between many is at this point.
There are those who confuse and
rush, and attempt to do several
things at once and accomplish little,
while another will quietly proceed
from one duty to another, and easily
accomplish vast amount of work.
The difference is not in the capacity
Of the two, but in the regular meth
DDS of the one, as compared with the
irregular and confused habits Of the
other.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
What is the Woman Of the Future to
Do and to Be.

n, Y. Star.
According to the strong-minded she
will lay aside all feminine graces and
accomplishments and will look with
contempt upon all those who Go not
follow her example. She will occupy
a seat in Congress, and will know all
about political questions; she will
write essays on the tariff and will be
able to discuss the ins and outs of the
policy of foreign powers. All this
will be very fine, according to the
ideas of the strong-minded. And the
other half Of the community, the
weak-minded? In their eyes such a
thing will indeed be a curiosity;
there will be nothing womanly about
this abnormal creature, and as a
man, which she appears to be trying
to become, she will be a dismal
failure. She will throw aside all
that makes a woman charming and
attractive, without being able to ac-
quire any compensating qualities.
When the day comes we shall
think with regret of what the poets
have said concerning woman. Shall
we be able to call them administering
angels?' And the low, sweet voice
that Shakespeare called Gan excel
lent thing in woman" will become
harsh from having delivered so many
lectures from a public platform. 1t
is impossible to touch pitch and not
be defled, and woman cannot sue
cessful lecture to mixed audiences of
all classes without becoming coarsen-
ed. Men will no longer turn to wo-
men for rest, refinement and sympa-
thy; there will be no homes. no love
and few marriages.
If this creature is to be the woman
of the future it is to be hoped that
the future is very far distant What
is needed is not masculine woman,
but womanly woman in the truest
sense of the word: and the definition
of womanly given by Webster is "be-
coming woman; feminine" Is it
feminine or womanly for woman
to leave her home, where she is pro.
tected and cherished, to go out into
the world and take upon her Shout
ders the duties for which a man is
best fitted? The home is wOman's
sphere. There is where she is queen;
that is the place where she is needed
and where her influence is unlimited.
Let us hope that the woman Of the
future will realize this even more
strongly than the woman Of today.
Surely, progress and the higher edu-
cation that woman clamor for are not
intended to fit them to the work of
men. 1t is meant to broaden their
views. enlarge sympathies, and in
this way make them more intelligent
as wives, mothers, sisters and COM
paniOnS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
A PRINCES BUSINESS.
Its Duties More Exacting and TiresOme
Than Those of a Wage-Worker!

Its Duties Mere Exacting and Tiresome
Than Those of Wage-Worker!
Banquets, visits, presentations, in.
augurations Of monuments, speedily
ing, military manouvers and long rail
way journeys absorb most of the time
which he does not devote to the graver
concerns of state, Every day brings
him batch of kilograms announcing
births, marriages or deaths in other
princely families, and these have to
be answered. On his own domestic
anniversaries - birthdays, wedding
day, accession day-telegrams and adj
dresses come to him by the hundred,
and each one must be read to him lest
1t should not receive a suitable reply.
An intelligent private secretary may
save Prince some of this work, but
all private secretaries are not intelli-
gent, nor do they much caro- to as
sumo responsibilities A Prince-like
other men-must do most of his work
for himself or it will be badly
done. If he retires for short while
to the seclusion of some private estate
things go wrong, and he is quickly
summoned back to his round of snowy
and irl1some duties. His head aches,
but he must show himself amiable
with every body. He is tired of talk
ing, but he must find something pleas
ant to say to the dozens of people who,
wherever he goes, are introduced TO
him. He has seen enough of exhibit
tions to sicken him for life, but he
must appear to take an intelligent in
terest in all these shows, and cram
himself for conversations about them
with specialists. He must know the
exact measure of compliments which
are expected by various eminent art
lists, authors, inventors and mauufact-
urers. He must have read, or pretend
to have read, the latest work on mill
tary tactics by this or that distin-
guished General-especially if the
General be a foreigner in the service
of an allied power For is he not
himself honorary Colonel in half
a dozen foreign regiments, whose
uniforms he has to wear upon occa-
sions, and is it not required of him as
a commander of armies that he should
seem to take the keenest interest in
things military? Generals may bore
him to desperation; he may be sick to
death of military bands always play
ing him his national air." his head
may split at the roaring of cannon and
the firing of rifles in sham fights, and
at the thunder of squadrons charging
imaginary enemies in mimic warfare;
but he must look cheerful and well
pleased. When the Generals have
done with him the diplomatists come
on. To these he must patter in a
tongue that is not his own, and be very
careful about every word he utters,
besides keeping up his tone to the
highest pitch OF cordially; for the
Ambassador will write every word
down and report it to his government,
and if the Prince have forgotten the
right names of different Princes and
Princesses of the Ambassadors court,
this lapse of memory will be set down
against him, and may cause a cold
ness. n-Temple Bar.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
At the Fancy-Dress Ball.

Miss Britely-Why, Mr.. Flatted,
what possessed you to come to fancy
dress ball in ordinary evening dress?
Are you supposed to represent any
characterp
Gus (who has suspicion she is
"guying" him)-I represent nothing.
allow me to inform you, Miss Briefly.
Miss Britely-Why, of course! How
stupid l was not to know it!-Terre
Haute Express:
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
Over one mill

over one mill
sfOn sold. Most
complete book of its
kind ever published.
Gives measurement
of all kinds of Lun.
Der, Logs, Planks,
Timber; hints to lum.
Der dealers; wood
measure; speed of
circular saws; telling
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17

"Talk about wives" said Farmer
Hawbuck, "I've got one wife in a
million. Why, she gifts up in the
mornin', milks II cows and gifts
breakfast for 20 hard-wOrkin' men be-
fore six o'clock, by gum" "She must
be very robust woman, Hawbuck, "
remarked one of his hearers. son
the contrary" put in the farmer,
"She is pale and delikit-like. Gosh,
if that woman was strong, dunno
what work she couldn't do"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17

When Baby WAS sick, we gave her CAstoriA,
When ShSwAs Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, shs chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17

Don't hawk, and blow, aud spit, hut use
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-17
SCRIBNER'S
LlJMBE
AND
LOG 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 23S Rochester, MY.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-08

The coprt martial Investigation going on
at III. Omaha promisesto develop one Of the
most sensational scandals ever known In
military circles. An officer high in rank says
that In his 25 years. experience he has never
known an affair quite 10 disgracefnl. He
said: Judging from what I have learned
there must have been . ~prsconcerted plan
formulated to drive Col. Fletcher out Of the
army. Mrs. Mcfarland, Col. Fletcher's Sis
ter-inlaw, ID mixed up in the case. Two
years ago this summer, at Atlantic City, her
husband attempted to shoot q st. Louis
travelling man named Clayton. Mrs. Nc.
Farland was present when DR.. Henderson
assaulted Col. Fletcher. Tnat day she came
down town, and in various places of business
gave to listening crowds OF eagerly attentive
clerks and shoppers graphic accounts of the
eruption. She told how the colonel had
treated her dear sister, what an insanely
jealous man he was; the many times he had
ou~trageously abused his wife for nj Just
cause, and o whole catalogue Of other acts.
1t was Mrs. Mcfarland who insisted on Mrs.
Fletcher bundling up her effects and leaving
for Philadelphia. Now tho colonel is appar-
emily basing all hopes of the case on the an
ticipation that Mrs. Mcfarland will be
forced to come on from her home in the East
and go before the court martial. Mrs. Nc
Farland was in Chicago and promised to be
on hand tomorrow.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-08
The Casualty Calendar.

r. The Casualty Calendar.
The dam at Bellevile, N. j., gave way de-
stroying 5000, 600 worth of property. :
Thirty persons were killed and eighty in
iured by the recent earthquake on the is
land OF Kiou Siou, China. >g,
Tho grape crop for miles around Kingston,
NJ Y, was almost ruined by the recent
storms. w"e &%
Furnace and casting buildings covering
three acres ofland, belonging to the Diamond
Plate Glass works at Kokomo, Ind. were
burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $40 900.
San Luis, O village near Santiago de Cuba,
has been visited by a disastrous FIRE. Sixty
houses were destroyed and two children
were burned to death.
At Concord, N. H., during a rain storm
and high wind, the arsenal and Ave houses
were unroofed and several destroyed. An
elm tree 125 years old was torn up by the
roots.
A saw mill boiler exploded ut Golden Gate,
ILL.,, instantly killing Frank Peters, q son o.
the proprietor, and injuring Joe Wallace and
william Fox 20 badly that they n re-
cover.
John Huelson, o farmer about ffty-lve
years of age, living ten miles from Grand
Forks, N. D., was run over by a Manitoba
stock troin. He died from the effects Of his
injuries in, q short time. He leaS es o wife and
reven children.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-08

The funeral o fCol. A.E. Jones, murdered
by his coachman at Cincinnati, occurred and
was one of the largest ever held there.
Mexican & Appleton, shoe manufactu, ers
at Salem, have assigned to J. Beebe OF Bos
ton. The estimated liabilities are from $685.
600 to $4,000.
Gov. Francis of St. Louis has returned
from New York, and vigorously denies the
report that he was there to sell the Mer-
chants bridge to Jay Gould.
Gov. Beaver has received through the Ger
man consul at New York 10000 from the
people Of Berlin. and over 81, 200 from the
mayor and council ofManheim for the Johns.
town sufferers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-08
r orcins England's Hand.

W~AsHNGToN, Special Telegram. July 81
The seizure Of q British sealer IN Behring
sea settles all doubts as to the secret iustr nc
tions under which the revenue marine gun
boats were sent out. The public orders to
the vessels have always been the same-to
enforce the law and prevent the catching Of
seal out of season and ont Of the limits
Many people believe that Mr.. Bayard's pacific
and waiting policy would be continued by
this administration, and that the patrolling
of Behring sea would be a mere matter OF
form. This belief encouraged a large num-
Der OF piratical sealers to cruise in the sea,
and il the policy indicated by the seizure OF
the Black Diamond is followed up, there will
probably be a large number of seizures
before the summer ia over. 1t ia
not unlikely that this policy has been
determined upon in order to force Great
Britain to consiuer the proposition for an in
ternational agreement Should . claim for
damages be made for the seizure of the Ca
madam sealer, the resulting negotiations may
bring up q discussion OF the merits OF the
case and open a way for the desired under
standing. The state department officials do
not anticipate any trouble over the seizure
of the Black Diamond. @
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-08
Tho Next speaker-Probably

Ih0 Next
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, July 81
Congressman McKialey. who will be the
next speaker, unless all signs fail, is here.
He thinks the first duty of the Republican
party is to revise the tariff, and he
thinks that duty should have been
performed before taking up questions
of appointments and patronage. Differ
ences and jealousies lave arisen over
questions Of patronage that may prevent the
harmonious cooperation of the par5y in
congress with the administration Maj. Nc
Kinley says that in order to command q ma
jority, the bill must be framed in q most lib
eral spirit. to all interests and must rest on
mutual concessions and intelligent compro-
mise. without, of course, s~urrendering the
principle Of the protection to home industry.
He thinks such q bill would command evan
Republican vote in the house. Maj, Mckinley
expects a tariff bill will become q law at the
next session. He does not anticipate serious
trouble over the organization of the house.
The Republican majority is certain though
small, and he does not think the Democrats
will do anything 80 ridiculous rs to filibuster
against the election of a speaker. He favors
deferring the attempt to adopt a complicated
and complete code Of rules