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Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

That shure must fale and luve the BIRCH
And so, with education's rod,
With language suited to q hod,
He, by his stern, tyrannic way,
Soon forced his pupils to obey.
He was a master man." of course
A master, not Of books, but force.
And thus, much like monafch's rule,
He 'teached" at Somerset the school.
One cold. bleak morn of frost and rime.
Two pupils came ahead of time.
To shield themselves on such day.
Both through a window forced their way.
One boy was Sheridan, whose ride
The poet Read has glorifed.
And, when inside, young Sheridan
Planned to entrap the master man."
Above the door he placed pail
OF water, that could hardly fall
To douse the master, and to ire
Him when he came to build the fire.
The boys then hid when this was done.
And watched and waited for the fun.
Soon Pc.r'ck came-the pail upset,
Which maze him very mad and wet.
He searched the schoolhouse all around.
But no young trickster could be found;
For in a neighbor's loft of hay
The roguish scamps were hid away.
Pat built fire to dry his clothes,
And waited madly for his foes.
he grasped within his brawny hand
A six-foot club-his ruling wand;
And vowed in vengeance there to rule,
To whip each boy that came to school,
Until he had the right one found,
Who should receive double round.
A small boy first, both weak and slim,
Pat seized-"tO shake the truth from him; u
60 followed every blameless lad,
Whom Patrick thought SO mean and bad;
And each he whipped, and tried to force
THE truth from him." but failed, of course
When all but one behind remained,
dad been well shaken, whipped and blamed
At last through snow and winds so chill
Came little, roguish Fighting Phil"
McNanley met him with frown,
And boldly tried to run him down,
For Sheridan. with nimble feet,
Began mastery retreat;
And down the road, through drifts of snow
Both like q streak Of light did go.
The whole school followed fast and fleet
As Phil went gliding down the street.
Phil ran and did his level best.
Because he was, in truth, hard-pressed;
While Patrick, from his madness blind,
Was scarce q dozen steps behind.
In TINA Phil reached his fathers Yard.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

PRINCE LOUIS, Of Battenberg, for+
merly took fancy to the career of q
printer, and became so far q master OF
his profession as to set up type in Q
highly commendable fashion. Subse+
quently, when the star Of Battenbera.
rose to its zenith in the political firmat
ment, Prince Louis relinquished his IN!
pretentious calling and became IN ofh1
cor in the British Navy. A short time
ago, when serving ON the Dreadnought,
it occurred to him to turn his earlt
training to account, so he printed his-
tory Of the Dreadnought and presented
a cor,x To each of his ahipmafel
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
6OH0.
H0ss my Bright and Chserinx Smile
BIZ J. b. SALISBURY,

m1o1 Thy bright and cheering smils.
A. twilight wells this somber room:
mt1 thy football light the while
Inc shadows deepen into gloom
miss thy touch mid locks Of gray
miss thy voice, the songs thou ct SUNG
miss the SUNNY magic day
Les buried deep LIES ashes mons.
i mios the greenness Of Hfs's hope.
The well-spring deep Of earthly joy.
Ine hndscape miss, but yet the slope
Hemaans, Of sadness-life's ALLOW.
6ebecca-lfke, the soothing draught
Ofpeace she drew from rocky deep.
And bade me send . feathered shaft
On prayer to heaven, and not to weeD.
Departed days Of sacred dreams,
Neer to return as sunsets gold
Twas written well, life's mystic reams
Now bound by Hope in ynnder fold.
miss thy smile. thy cheering smile,
As twilight wells the somber room,
And miss they football light the while
The shadows deepen into gloom.
Barre CENTER, n. Y.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
Because Pm ksps TIE dog % sRy,
Unon n carpet handy by.

Because nm ksps the dog % spEy.
Upon carpet handy BY.
And told Brave" to keep watch of HIN
Who sat astfide the apple Limb;
His father coming. there did see
McNanly mp the apple tree.
And with . very pleasant grin
He took the situation In,
And asked Door Patrick ON his bough
II he was ''picking apples now7"
Poor Patrick, in . brogue of wrath.
Told low he had received . bath,
How he had whipped the boys at school
How by his actions Philip had
Shown that he was tho guilty lad.
How he had chased him to the yard.
And found the ''bloody pup" on guard,
How both the dog and boy agreed.
How he'd been bitten. beaten, freed.
How all his school stood grinning by,
How he would conquer Phil or die.
He asked the father there to stay,
And call the watchful dog away,
To see him capture Fighting PHIL"
That he might wallop him until
He had been truly conquered, and
Resigned the right to his commando
The father tried to call away
The dog, but Brave" would not obey;
Then, thinking Phil perhaps was right,
Left them to settle their own fight.
McNanly could not teach his school,
For .'up Q tree" he could not rule;
So Philip, with most prudent sense,
Made Pat revoke the morn's o6ense;
Made him there feelAis littleness,
To use his rod q trihe less,
To promise, up that apple tree,
That he q kinder man would be;
Made him the WORD Of the town,
Before he let tho tyrant down;
Made him cool ofi-for Phil's delight
Was a surrender or fight.
The dog called OF. McNanly's rule
Again assumed its place In school;
But from that morn young "Fighting fhil,
Though noble, manly, strong OF will,
Though peaceful. and avoiding strife,
Was never whipped in all his life.
In after years his country's call
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

The San Francisco Examiner says
that the fashion Of wearing wooden
shoes is growing into favor in this
country as we'll as in England By the
aid of machinery . really neat and COM
Portable wooden shoe can be made so
stylish that no young woman need be
sshamed to wear It on the street.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

CREoso11 has been successfully ap7
Piled - remedy for the potato dis
ease in Scotland Every eye of the
seed potato il touched with creosote by
means Of small camels hair brush.
The product Of potatoes 30 treated is al
most totally free from disease. Where
the creosots is not applied to all the
eyes of the Seeding the result is partial
disease. II too much is used the seed
will not Uorminata
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
will not germinate.

Sc. Louis Girl Visiting in Boeton)-I new
er saw such lgnoramuses as you have in your
bookstores"
Boston Girl lin amazement)-"Ignora-
muses9 Our bookstores?'
st. Louis Girl-'Yes: / asked in half a
dozen place for book of poems like yours
Mr.. Gothe's poems, you know, and they said
they never heard of them"
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
The C0W.Catcher.

1t is said that the common COW.
catcher attachment to locomotives is
about the only article of universal use
that was never patented. Its inventor
was D. B. Davies, of Columbus, who
found his model in the pillow. Red
lights on the rear of trains, it is fur
ther said, were adopted at the sugges-
ton Of the late Mrs. Swisshelm, after
q railway accident in which she had Q
narrow escape.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

The heart sends nearly ten pounds
Of blood through the veins and ar
teries each beat, and makes four beats
while We breathe once One hundred
and seventy-five million cells are In
the lungs, which would cover . sur
face thirty times greater than the hu-
man body. The average Il - pulss
in infancy u l20 pr minute; n nan-
bod eieAty; - Gixty yeaps, 6xty
Tho PaIse = 111eles > = l1
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Summer Girl-''I should SO like to 60 SAIL
ing. You take people out believe"
Fisherman-''Yes mum. That there's my
cat-boat at the dock"
awful big. I'd be afraid to 90 in that.
Haven't you any kitten boats7"
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

TIE vatican library ct Rome con-
tains $4,000 printed books and Is. 600
manuscripts Tho manuscript form
one Of the most valuable collections in:
the world, being mostly Greek. Latin.i
and Oriontal.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

A BELL, cast recently for the Khar-
kow Cathedral, contains 68 per cent. Of
pure silver. 1t weight GAG English
pounds, and its vibrations last several
minutes.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

The use of India rubber for erasing
pencil marks was first suggested in OF
just prior to 1852 by IN academician
named Magellan, . desesndent Of the
great navigator.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

AMONG the legal firms in Lansing,
Mich, is one whose title Is Judge
Lucas and Wife, Attorneys"
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Victim lin BARRIERS chair): Oh if only
had the assistance of that razor tomorrow
Barber the assistance of this razor?
Victim: Yes, tomorrow I'm going to pull
in ug-of-war contest.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

A new book Is out called "A Girls
Room" 1t is not SO good as her com.
pany.
will I scream if you kiss me, Mr.
Major? That depends. ycu can't expect
effect to procede cause, and you surely
don't expect me to jump at the idea ?
He-Dear Amanda, do you thinlo
your father would bestow your hand
on me, who il only humble baseball
playerp
She-Yes, Charlie, thiuk he woulo
If he teought you were such a wonder
curiosity as humble baseball player.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Highway Economy.-First Pedestrian:
There is scarcely any water coming from
that sprinkling cart.
Second Pedestrian; The driver II probably
saving it for the crossinRs
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Deaf and Dumb man (at unexpeceedlyN-
ceiving quarter r)-''Oh. thankee, thankee.'r
Benevolent Passer: Eh? What does this.
mean, sir You can talk"
Beggar Tin confussion)-"Y-e-s, sir. "a
pee, sir, I'm only holdin' this corner down
for tn poor deaf and dumb man vot b.
longs here"
Benevolent Passer quickly)-"Wh0s h
he?"
Beggar Tin worse confusion)-"He's--As'
gone to tn park t. hear de music"
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Let every enfeebled womar
know it! There's a medicine
that1l cure her, and the proofs
positive!
Here's the proof - if it
doesn't do you good within
reasonable time, report the.
fact to it's makers and get
your money back without
a word-but you won't do it /
The remedy is DR.. Pierce's:
Favorite Prescription-and it
has proved itself the right
remedy in nearly every case
of female weakness. a
It is not a miracle. 1t won't
cure everything it has
done more to build-up tired.
enfeebled and broken down
women than any other medi-
cine known.
Where's the woman who's
not ready for it? All that
we've to do is to get the;
news to her. The medicine
will do the rest.
Wanted Women. First
to know it. Second to use
it. Third to be cured by it.
The one comes of the other.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Customer-"Seems to me that razor 10
rather dull"
-"Mought be, sab. It was to Q
Iahty las night, sah."
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

MENTAL worry, It i thought il the
chief cause Of cancer.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
Proved him the bravest of them all;

Proved him the bravest of them all;
For when death-bolts Missed through the air,
Brave General Fighting PHIL was there;
He fought four years, and toiled to see
Our flag, the slaves and country free
Fought on to vindicate his faith,
And conquered everything but death.
KINGSLEY, Iowa.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Old Million-''My dear Miss voungthine.
if you'd only marry me I could die happy"
Miss Youngthing-''Why,M Mr.. Million, il
YOU were dying I'd marry you In . minute
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
Rather Shoot than Live.

Now and then you will find a man
who will bully and fight at the same
time. Such chap was ~Lop-Shoul
dered Bill" as We called him in Mon
tana. He was ugly. quarrelsome and
a braggart, but he would have fought
ten men as soon rs one. For two
years he had revolver where he could
drop his hand on it in q second, and
the half dozen chaps who were looking
to get the drop on him had to keep on
waiting One day, however, Bills
shooter got out of repair and he gave
it to q miner to be fixed. Instead of
waiting for it he wandered down to q
saloon where the hard 'uns congre-
gated, and it wasn't a quarter of an
hour before he set out to pick fuss
with anew arrival. He Just ached to
kill somebody, and when he nettled q
stranger into talking bach" he reached
for his gun to pop him. His gun
wasn't there. When Bill realized it
he turned as white as snow, thinking
his time had come. The stranger had
drawn on him, you see. and he carried
q wicked look in his eye.
"Well?" he asked, as Bill raised his
hands.
II haven't any gun"
Il see. Leave it somewhere?"
@Yes."
Every careless in you. I've got the
call"
"You hev."
"You are bad man and ought to
shoot you through the head, but I
don't like this cold -blooded business.
Hold up your right hand and spread
out your fingers"
Stranger, don't do it. :"
Either that or I'll put six bullets
into your heart. Spread.
Bill held up his right hand and
three reports followed each other like
the ticking of q clock. Each finger
was shot off at the first joint.
"Thatu do" said the man, IS he
lowered his weapon. "You can't pull
trigger with nothing on that hand, and
before you can learn to shoot left
handed some one will bury you"
he went out and away, and Bill sent
for . doctor and sat there and cried
like boy. Next day he left without
. word to any Of us, and We always be-
lieved he jumped off Horse Cliff into
the creek. which was then on food.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Blinks ct u. fsevC"Hello. Jints.
where you besnT'
Jinks-"Been spending couple of weeks
in the country. Got board ON . farm for
eight dollars q week"
Blinks-"You don't saY 30. How do you
Jinks-"HungIy0 - bear"
Miss Dc Pfetty-"Let's form . sseRst %
ciety."
Miss De Pink-sTet's. Just like ths Odd
Fellows, and Red Men. Call it the Ancient
Order of-of Kin9s' Deughtsrs"
Of Dianas."
Miss De Youns-''Ofths eAn6snt Order Of
American"
Miss Oldmaid-''Oh, don't lets call u ths
Ancient Order of anything."
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

The seat of sick headache
is not in the brain. Regulate
the stomach and you cure it.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets are the
little regulators.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Hell see by the papers that . roam
in jackson, Michigan, claims to have
stolen three hundred kisses from women
on the streets.
She (dreamilyH HHowfa far 10 It toJack-
son, Michigan?
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Why dc you let poverty stand be-
tween us? / cannot give you up.
If that is all you couldn't give me, I
might relent. Asit is, Ill be neigh
Dor to you.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Tis love that makes the world go
round, he quoted softly, as he took her
hand. "Yes, Harold" she murmured,
Withdrawing her hand with inexpressi-
BILE sadness, but it wont keep the pot
boiling"
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Simmer Girl-That Mr.. De Salti
doesn't talk about anything but the sea
and he uses 30 many sailor terms that
[ can't understand half he says. Does
be own a ship? Landsman-No, but
be has friend who owns cat boat.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

A lady who makes it her business to
remove hair from women's faces hasa
place of business on Regent street, Lon
don. She employees electricity, and says
it sometime requires as many as twalue
sittings to electrify q mustachs ous OF
existence.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

HuI,y-Areyou sure he'll return your
umbrella?
Burly-Oh, yes, he's IN editor.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
PHIL AND THE PEpAoooUE.
L True Stsry Related Of Gen. Philip II.
Sheridan.

By HOWARD CARLETON TRIP.
Patrick McNanly used to rule
At Somerset district school.
His mode Of teaching was to train
The pupils to obey his cane.
Each pupil was to him "an urch
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Counsel (badgering a witnee) e)t"Re-
member, sir, that you are on oath"
Witness" Yes, sir" COunsel-"NOw
what-did-you-do-when-as-
say-the-prisOner-th threw -a-beer-
glass at-yOuY" Witness" 1 dod-
ged!'
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

TIE best cough medicine IL Piso's Cure
TOR Consumption. Sold everywhere. sc.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

TIE Associated Press has given in
structions to its telegraph operators to
learn the manipulation Of the type
writer, as it is found that the instru-
ment materially increases the speed Of
racaiYinQ messages.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Ye for yer dirthy little camel"
why don't you do 1t. Patrick. nowf'
Asked phflip With pleasant bow.
'.Becase 10 won't give me fair play.
A. cau yer bloody pup away"
lGcNanly tArsatened, shivessd. bavled
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

What is afOot nowp asked an ac-
quaintance of reporter who was rush
ing to the office. Twelve inches still, y
said the scribe, as he shot out of sight.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
HoWsD Thi0i

Little Lucy, running into the parlor
where her mother was entertaining
her daughter Mary,s beau until Miss
Mary could complete her toilet and
come down, cried out: o! mamma.
Johnny is dot Mary's, teef and won't
give 'em to her.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

FOUL poisons that accumulate in the
blood and rot the machinery Of the sys-
tenn, are eradicated and expelled by using
PrickIy Ash Bitters, a medicine that VIII
not irritare the stomach or bowels. 1t acts
in q gentle manner on these delicate organs
and restores health in every case.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

BREECHEs of promise-Tronsers got
on credit.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

"What is that big iron thing full OF
holes?" "a locomotive boiler" said
Tom. Laural oOked thoughtful. At
ter moments sileuce she asked: "Why
do they boil locomotivew Tom looked
amazed. "TO make them tender he
said, slowly.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

Proud Mother-"At Last, my dear. your
education is finished, and you have dplomas
from the highest seats oflearning the world
Cultured Daughter (wearily)-"YsA and
now I'm too old to marry"
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

The WOfl06 6tocK OF 0Smonob NJ
increased enormously in the last fifteen
years. In 1876 the output Of the Afri1
can mines was about ]. .6O0, 900 oarats.
last year it was over 4, 4,000. 900, and the
great trust" which controls al the
principal mines assert that they have
1G. 900, 900 carats in sight ct the
present time.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07

How he had whipped the boys at school,
That they might better know his rule.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-07
A DARK SECRET.
The Story of a Tragic
Life Drama.
BIZ z. n. DAvY.
CHAPTER xIf.

HE finest run of the
season. finished by
= kill in the open,
had taken place. I
ss riding home
ward alone when I
saw DR.. Gascoigne.
1t was q I'm o s {
dusk, but l recog-
:nized instantly his
broad shoulders, his
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
SHORT HAND.
Mr.. Mu2roe's School near the Woolen
Mills-.0pportunity offered Our
Young People.

The students of the short hand
class near Mr.. Clay Faulkner's
Woolen Mills, taught by Rev. Jas.
Munroe, are learning very rapidly
and express determination to COM
plete the course in short while.
Mr.. Munro is we'll up in the study
and very thorough in hisinstructions.
There are lots of young men, boys,
and even young ladies in McMinn-
vile, who, by putting in their idle
time under the instruction of Mr..
Munro, could soon master the beau
tiful, as well as profitable art, and
thereby be enabled to command
positions paying from $50 to $75 per
month. In the cities the demand
for good stenographers and type
writers is far ahead of the supply,
and our young people have the op-
portunity right here at home to
thoroughly tit themselves at about
one-third the cost of city instruction,
to fill these waiting positions. The
use of short hand has, within the last
few years, reached remarkable pro-
portions. Charles Reid, in his work
on The Coming Man, says: 81 adj
wise parents to have all their boy:
and girls taught short hand and type
writing. A shorthand writer who
can typewrite his notes would bt
safer from poverty than great Greel
scholar" The competent shorthand
writer can always obtain employ
ment and command a good salery.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
The Best Is the Cheapest.

Mead & Ritchey have received an
other car of Homestead Fertilizer.
1t is the most reliable commercial
fertilizer ever used in this county,
fully compensates the expense in the
increase of products, as every farmer
knows who has used it. AS the
Homestead is the best, and the best is
always the Cheapest, it will pay you
to buy the Homestead, made special
ly for wheat and corn. For analysis
and directions for using apply to
Mead & Ritchey. 2t.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
TROUSDALE.

Trousdale, April 3rd, 1S9O.-Farm-
ers are behind with their work on
account of the wet weather. No corn
planted yet.
Canny Mitchell had a log rolling
Tuesday evening.
Taylor Cooper and John West went
to Manchester Saturday.
The Sunday school again flourishes
at Caney Branch.
Monroe Cotton, from near Win.
chester, a former resident of this
place, was here last Sunday and
Monday.
Mrs. Bette Davenport had a rail
making yesterday.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
National Fertilizers.

Call at Office and get circulars OF
analysis and how to use 1t.
DOTY & Fits.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
The Easter Bazaar.

The ladies Of the G. p. Church have
been quito busy all this week proper
ing for the Easter Bazaar and Supper
to be given in the lecture room Of the
church ctonight (Friday), and gthe
entertainment promises to be a most
interesting occasion. 1T will have
many pleasant and striking features.
Let everybody attend. 23J5 o5s.s
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
Tools for Sale.

On the first Monday in April l will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, for cash, lot of blacksmith
and wood working tools. Sale will
begin at IL o'clock, noon, at the shop
formerly occupied by me on Spring
Street. +. J. MORRISON.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
Mimstrelb Sho,p.

SOS 81 "f -T-f - fn# q g. q
0randall,, Randall, Clark 4 Bus
kinks Minstrells, (the climax of Mod
ern MINSTREL effort, will appear for
one performance only at Houchin's
Opera House next Tuesday night,
April 9Th. The troupe is most favor
ably commended by the press. They
have a fine band and orchestra, and
will give a street parade Tuesday.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
For Sale or Lrcha,,ge.

RH tn W. fh (HHa
A Walter A. Wood self-binding
reaper, with bundle carrier, truck and
everything complete will be sold
cheaper exchanged for live stock,
For particulars apply at this Office.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
At the Churches TOMORROW.
BAPTIST.

BAPTIST.
Usual services at II a. m., and Z.
M, by the pastor, DIR. A. D. Phillips.
CHRISTIAN.
The usual morning service at II a.
M, to be conducted by Elder w. p.
Faulkner.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN.
LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining in the Postoffice at McMinn-
vile, Tenn, for the week ending April 4,
which will be forwarded to the Dead Letter
Office if not called for in 80 days.
Berry, Olley ROlin, Jas.
Byres, Nick Vance, Harriet
England, Frank Starkey, JnO.
Fennell, NJ. f. Watherington, Esaw
Pennington, +. NJ.
By order of the P. o. Department, One
Cent must be collected on all advertised
letters. Parties calling for any of these let
ters will please say advertised"
Ed. J. WOOD, P. VI.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-05
METHODIST.

Preaching at IL a. M, and ! p. M,
by the pastor, Rev. j. T. Curry.
Subject of morning sermon, 1.-THE
Resurrection and Identity of the
Human Body" Cor. 10, %. Sub
ject of night sermon, Heavenly
Recognition" Matt. Z, 2. The Sac
rament of the Lords Supper will be
administered at the morning service.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Usual services at II o'clock this
morning. Usual services tomor-
row morning and afternoon and
the sacrament of the Lords, supper
will be administered during the
morning service.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN.
Preaching at II a. m, and I p. M,
by the pastor, DR.. G. T. Stainback
Subject of morning sermon, "The
Risen Christ Revealed to His Dis
ciples," text Acts l, 8. Night SER
mon 1--WE must Work in the Vine
yard of God," text Matt. q, 2S-31,