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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06
Commercial.
MEANWHILE PRODUCE MARKET.
Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.
OFFICE SOUTHERN STANDARD,

Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.
OFFICE SOUTHERN STANDARD,
McMinnville. November 2S 1890.
The produce trade has been quite
active during the week, especially in
dried fruit and eggs. Well dried ap>
Piles are in demand, while partially
dried do not 60 well. Every one
should see that their apples are dried
through. Break the pieces open and
see that they are not green in the
center. All such is necessarily damp.
Feelings and cores are dull and less
active, and must be dry and nice.
Eggs are more plentiful and weaker
than a week ago. The demand, how
ever, is good, but prices barely sus.
tanned. They are coming in quite
fraaly inst now
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06

The laws of health are taught in
the schools; but not in a way to be of
much practical benefit and are never
illustrated by living examples, which
in many cases might easily be done.
If some scholar, who had just con-
tracted a cold, was brought before
the school, so that all could hear the
dry, loud cough and know its signif-
canoe; see the thin white coating on
the tongue and later, as the cold de-
velOped, see the profuse watery eX-
pectOration and thin watery discharge
from the nose, not one of them would
ever forget what the first symptoms
of cold were. The scholar would
then be given Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy freely, that all might see
that even a severe cold could be cur.
ed in one or two days, or at least
greatly mitigated, when properly
treated as soon as the first symptoms
appear. This remedy is famous fol
it's cures of coughs, colds and Group
1t is made especially for these diseases
and is the most prompt and most re
liable medicine known for the pur
pose. so cent bottles for sale by
Ritchey & Bostick.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06
NASHVILLE MARKET REPORT,

Corrected from the Nashville american
every Thursday evening.
The trade in holiday goods will be
a rather heavy one thisseason. Mer-
chants report collections improving
slowly but steadily. Grocery values
remain unchanged from yesterday.
Provisions are easy at quotations.
Country produce prices are unchang-
ed in any particular. Eggs are little
unsettled, but within the range OF
quotations. The wheel market re-
mains quit. Corn is firm for milling
purposes. Hay is steady at quota
tons.
Wheat, from wagons, gooddry, new, to LOO
Corn, from wagons ............ ~ IL to 63 l..
Corn Meal...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ....
OatS...., OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. OIL 10 ..
Hay, prime timothy, per ton. $500 to 1896
Dried ples.....,..,........... IA TO IL
Dried Peaches, halves. to e.
uarterS."..."...........t TO
Dried Blackberrles ........".... ........"7to ~
Feathers, prime. ."o........... ........ TO a.
Ginseng, dry""......".... .......$2.75 to $50
Butter.".".....,........ III 10 Y
Eggs. 10 z
Chickens, frying.
mems OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Irish Potatoes, per Dbl ..........,.........2.5
Wool unwashed Otto 2
" tub.washed, go. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. % to 3
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Specimens.

A specimen copy will give you a better
idea of the WEEKLY BLADE than any de-
scription we can give in an advertisement.
We therefore invite everybody to write us
for a specimen, which we will cheerfully
mail you free and at the same time please
mail us a list of names of your friends and
neighbors, and we will also mail them speci-
mems.
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Confidential 10 Agents.

Anybody can earn Ten Dollars very
quickly by raising clubs for the BLADE. We
are now paying the highest amount for clubs
ever offered by any newspaper. We want
agents everywhere. Write us for confiden'
tial terms 10 agents. Address,
THE BLADE,
Toledo, o.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06
Toledo Weekly
1891.
ONLY ONE DOLLAR.

The most popular Weekly Newspaper in
the United States, the largest circulation, and
the only strictly Weekly Newspaper that ev.
err succeeded in obtaining and holding, year
after year. a circulation in every State and
Territory land nearly every county, of the
United States. All the news, better depart
ments and more first.class reading than any
other dollar paper published.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06

Connecticut peach growers report
the buds in good condition, and the
prospects are promising for a large
crop next season, though it is, of
course, too early to make estimates.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06
Henry M. Stanley

has prepared for the January number an
important article upon "The PigmieS Of TIE
Great african Forest" Another contribu'
ton in this field will be Mr.. j. Scott Kettles
account Of the recent african Exhibition held
in London. Both papers will be amply
illustrated,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06

The peoples remedy for the cure of
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Hoarsness,
Bronchitis, Group, Influenza, Whoop-
ing Cough, Incipient Consumption, is
DIR. Bulbs Cough Syrup, the old relie
able. Price % cents.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06
Sir Edwin Arnold

contributes to the December number the
first of a series of four articles upon Japan,
its people, its ways, and its thoughts. Mr..
Robert Blum, VINO was commissioned to go
to Japan for Scribner's Magazine, has pre-
pared very remarkable series of drawings
to illustrate Sir Edwin's papers. Articles
upon the recent Japanese Festirdt will fol-
low. illustrated by Mr.. Blum.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-06
SCRlBNER'S UAGAzINE

For the coming year will be note
worthy for number of special feat
ures which the Publishers believe are
of very unusual interest, among them
the following may be mentioned -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
A Coal Oil Check for $1,OOO,OOO.

Rufus P. Ranney, of Cleveland, one
of the most distinguished lawyers in
this country, once told me writes Frank
G. Carpenter of check for Il million
dollars which was given by John Rookie
Teller. 1t was drawn in favor of Sam
Andrews, another coal oil millionaire,
and was accepted by Andrews only be-
cause he was too proud to refuse it..
Rockefeller and Andrews were poor
young men in Cleveland together
twenty or thirty years ago. In con-
nection with Flagler and others they
organized the Standard Oil Company,
and at once began to make money and
grow rich. Rockefeller in some way
got the start of Andrews, and Andrews
was very jealous of his growing power
and wealth. He tried to outshine
Rockefeller in everything he did, and
when Rockefeller built a big house in
Cleveland Andrews put up bigger
one, bringing artists from Italy to do
the fine work in it and making one of
the finest residences west of the AL
leghanies. Then Rockefeller bought
a country seat near Cleveland and
Andrews bought another, aud so the
strife went on.
When Rockefeller was made pres
ident of the Standard Oil Company
Andrews became very jealous, and in
order to show his own Importance he
came in one day and asked Rockefeller
how matters were getting along. MIR.
Rockefeller said everything was going
off right, and Mr.. Andrews asked for a
look at the books of the company.
You can't see the books Just now"
said Rockefeller, but if you come in
in a day or two will have a statement
made out for YOU A few days later
Sam Andrews same in again and asked
for the books. In reply he was handed
long sheet of paper covered with
figures, which he was told was the
statement of the condition of the
Standard OH Company. He looked at
it, and as he did so his face got red and
his eyes grew angry. This is not
what | want, Mr.. Rockefeller" said he.
Il want to see the books of the COM
pany. If | can't see the books I want
to sell my stock What will YOU
take for your stock?" replied Mr..
Rockefeller, very coolly reaching for
his checkbook. Il want just $1,000
600 cash." said Andrews. "All right
you shall have it." replied the Presi-
dent of the Standard Oil Company, and
he thereupon wrote out a check for
81, 600 900 for Mr.. Andrews.
Andrews had to take it or back down.
He was ashamed to refuse. and he had
for the next few months all he could
do in trying to invest that $1,000, 0O0
He put, / think, $500, 900 in government
bonds, and scattered the rest here and
there.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
Price of q Wife.

In the Solomon Islands the market
quotation on good quality" wife is
10000 cocoanuts. The money of the
islanders, says AH the Year Round,
consists of strings of shell beads about
the size of shirt button we'll made,
and strung in fathom lengths of two
kinds, red" and white money.
This is the base of the currency, above
which comes dogs teeth. which are the
gold of their coinage. Only two teeth
from dogs jaw are legal tender. A
hole is drilled in each. and when !,
native has accumulated a sufficient
number he strings them together and
wears them as collar. Such a collar
may be worth as much as ego. Por-
poises' teeth are One-tifth the value of
dogs teeth, and rings of marble-like
stone are also current coin.
The following is the basis of Solo
mon Island money and exchange:
len cocoanuts, one string of white
money. or one stick of tobacco; ten
strings of white money. one string of
red money, or one dogs tooth; ten
strings red money. one lisa" or fifty
porpoise teeth; ten isas, one good quail
ity wife; one bahika Cor marble ring).
one human head; one bahika. one very
good pig; one bahika, one medium
Young man.
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General Grant at School.

He attended the district school, where
he was fair pupil and noted for his
kindly disposition-a trait of character
which he inherited from his mother.
In after-years, one of his early play
mates said of him: Il never saw him
show any resentment, and | do not be-
lieve that he ever felt tinge of it.
He was never rude, oppressive, or dis
agreeable to other children. Once,
when he was very young scholar, he
was very much troubled by one of his
lessons. A school-mate, noticing his
perpleXity, said, You can't master
that Ulysses replied: Can't! What
does it mean?' Why replied the boy,
it means that-that you can't. Therer
Ulysses went to the dictionary. and
tried unsuccessfully to find the word
there. Then he went to his teacher,
and asked him what was The meaning
of the word can't telling him that he
had searched for it in vain in the die
tionary. The teacher gave proper
explanation. and added, Ulysses, if in
the struggles of life any person should
assert that you can't do thing you
desire to accomplish, let your answer
be, The word cant is not in the die
tionary. "-Harper'S Young People.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
How to Become Thin.

A writer in the JenneSS Miller Maya
zine will guarantee loss of one pound
Ito put it moderately. indeed) a week
to any person troubled with obesity
who will follow the simple directions
given below for one year:
Rise at Z o'clock. Take a tepid
bath. followed by vigorous rubbing
all over the body.
Breakfast upon fresh fruit (any fruit
in its season) and hominy, with fruit
syrup or apple sauce, without milk,
sugar. meat potatoes, fish. fowl or
liquids of any kind-boiled eggs if de-
sired.
One hour after breakfast 60 through
a thorough course of physical exercise.
until perspiration is freely induced. to
be followed by good rubbing and a
half hours rest.
Spend the remainder of the day in
some employment of pleasure which
will keep the mind well occupied.
Eat no lunch.
Dine at night upon fruit, vegetables.
very little. if any, meat, no sweets. nc
liquors (fruit will supply all the liquid
needed), and whole wheat bread and
retire. at the latest. at IL o'clock-lC
is better-after having again gone
through a complete system of physical
exercise calculated to take hold upon
every muscle and nerve center of the
body.
Once week take Turkish or Rus.
sian bath, with thorough massage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
THE PicKPOcKeTS ART.
A Devotee of it DiIates Upon the Beauties
He Sees in 1t.

There is no class of artists" said a
renowned thief. ''who in their calling
are as dexterous as pickpockets. This
is due to double incentive. Not only
does your pickpocket find bait for
effort and cxertion in success. but has
the added spur of fear of failure.
Success means as much to pick
pocket as to any man. and failure
means a great deal more. A vocation
in which the slightest slip means loss
of liberty. and perhaps of life, will
ever be apt TO have degree of ex-
pertness in its followers not present in
more reputable and safer avenues of
trade.
"Pickpockets. like poets. are born,
not made. Their nerves must be iron
and vet as sensitive rs instinct. Their
hands must be as complete ia makeup
and accomplishment as Hermann S,
aud strong as steel while light as down.
Out of the vast army of humanity who
are soldiers of the shadows only one
fourth OF l per cent. can or do become
pick pockets. These form the nobility
( of thieves. aud are reyerenced by the
burglar the footpad. the sneak, and
the con man as a higher class than
they. The practice of pickpocket
while not really at work is as constant
rs that of some famed professor of
the VOL or harp. He keeps pace
with the procession. No sooner
does some jeweller invent a new fast
ening for diamond pins or studs than
these men of finest touch devise the
motion which evades its purpose.
The chief object of a pickpocket,
after certainty, is speed. He cannot
daily with his victim by the hour.
What he does is to be over in a flash.
Speaking of pins and studs, there has
never been Il fastening so complex but
the expert thieves could defeat it in a
motion. They dc in their business as
fine work as any Houdin, and the thief
himself could not analyze or explain
its detail. His powers of execution
have gone far beyond his power of per-
ccption or relation.
"A pickpocket consults his own
nervous condition constantly. No fine
lady ever has such a time with her
nerves as this aristocrat of the outlaws.
Ii he does not feel right he won't work.
When he does, Eve known one on the
impulse to take car on some well
dressed and wealthy street, and seating
himself side to the window, survey the
shirt front of every would-be passenger
as the car came up. The moment one
showed diamond in his linen or
cIa-at the thief would hurry to the
platform to get off. He would time
his man9uvreS so as to meet his man
on the step of the car. They would
collide. The thief's hat--a stiff silk or
Derby-is in his left hand, and covers
his dexterous right, which is put for
ward to protect its owner in the col
lision. 1t touches the newcomer right
where the diamond sparkles. and is
still covered by the hat in the other
hand. With an apology, the thief
steps out of the way. The whole affair
is the tenth part of second, but as he
bows his regrets he has the diamond in
that mysterious hand of his. and, as |
have said he could not detail the moves
by which he attained it, even If he
should try. '-KaRsGS City Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
Money Goes"

The old saying that money goes"
was illustrated last week. SAYS a St.
Louis paper. A customer rendered 4
$50 bill. The tradcSmau had it changed
by a neighbour. who being in hurry,
gave pocket-piece of $40 in gold of
the issue Of 1861, whicl he priced
highly and did not want 10 part with.
He went To the tradesman as soon as
lie had given the valued coin. and the
latter went out and hunted up the Gus
toner 10 whom he had given it, He
had bought some cigars ut neighbour
Ing store aud had given the gold piece
in payment. Upon going TO the cigar
store it was found that the proprietor
had transferred The coin to a saloon
keeper near by. and at the place it was
found that the saloon keeper had used
1t IN liquidating his brewery bill. The
next day Il ueighbor went 10 the brew
cry and found that the cashier of that
institution had just parted with the
coveted piece of money to dissatis-
lied employee. The individual WAS at
last located in Il neighboring saloon
and the coin recovered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-27
ApFsERTER's REASON.
The Burial OF Rebel Soldier Recalls .
Pathetic Romance Of the War.

There was buried at Greenwood
Cemetery. New York, few days ago
4 man with curious history. He had
been a Confederate soldier, as brave as
any of his comrades, but he deserted
MS army during the war and was tried
bv court martial for doing so. Ed
ward Cooper was his name. For the
past wear he has been living at $50
Fourth avenue.
One bleak December morning in
1868 he was before Il court martial of
the array of Northern Virginia. The
prisoner was told to introduce his wit
nesses. He replied:
Il have no witnesses"
Astonished at the calmness with
which he seemed to be submitting to
his inevitable fate, General Battle said
TO him:
Have you no defense? Is it posi-
BILE that you abandoned your comrades
and deserted your colors in the pres
ence of the enemy without reason?'
There was a reason" replied
Cooper. but it will not avail me be-
fore military tribunal"
Perhaps you are mistaken" said
the general; 'you are charged with
the highest crime known to military
law, and it is your duty to make
known the causes that Influenced your
actions
Approaching the president of the
court. Cooper presented letter. say
ing as he did so: There, general, is
what did it,' The letter was offered
as the prisoners defense. 1t was in
these words:
DEAR EDWARD: Since your connection
with the Confederate army 1 have been
prouder of you than ever before. i would not
have you do anything wrong for the world
but before God, Edward, unless you come
by little Eddie crying. j called to him and
said: What is the matter, EddieT He re.
Lucy, your darling Lucy. She never com
plains But she grows thinner every day
we must die. YOUR MARY"
Turning to the prisoner General
Battle asked:
What did you do when you received
that letter?''
Cooper replied: Il made applica-
ton for furlough-it was rejected.
Again l made application. and it was
rejected. That night as l wandered
about our camp thinking of my home.
the wild eyes of Lucy looking up to
me and the burning words of Mary
sinking in my brain, | was no longer
the Confederate soldier, but | was the
father of Lucy and the husband OF
Mary. If every gun in the battery
had been fired upon me | would have
passed those lines. When | reached
home Mary flung her arms about my
neck and sobbed:
'"Oh, my Edward! am so glad you
got your furlcugh.
She must have felt me shudder. fol-
she turned as pale as death, and, catch
ing her breath at every word, she said
Have you come without your fur
Tough? Go back, Edward, 90 back
Let me and the children 90 down t(
the grave, but, for heavens sake, save
the honor of our name!n
There was not an officer in tina
court-martial who did not feel thu
force Of the prisoners words, but eacl
in turn pronounced the verdict
guilty. The proceedings of the cour
were reviewed by General Lee, ant
upon the record was written:
HEADQUARTERS, A. n. V.-The finding OF
the court approved. The prisoneri is pardOneC
and will report to his company.
RI E. LEE, General"
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tflonltowof pilot.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 81. 1890
Rats and Melons.

Readers Of the ciiidren'S stories OF
the good old times have seen again and
again in the juvenile magazines stories
alleged 10 be true OF rats CARVING OF
cCps and other small objects. display
lug all but human ingenuity in doing
so-one rat cla>pug the egg IN his legs
aud being towed away by the others.
A Sixth avenue (Troy) grocer tells a
story that eclipses all these. and he IS
ready. he saws. to make affidavit that
he saw the occurrence with his own
ewes. This is the story rs he told it to
one OF the Albany Unions Troy re-
porters:
II have missed melons from my
store from time TO timc-mostly musk
melons. but in one or two instances
large watermelons. OF course. | sus-
pected boys Of being the thieves
there is a tough little gang that hangs
around here-aud | set watch. That
day and the next we caught boys steal
ing apples and peaches, but that Is an
everyday occurrence with almost
every grocer, and ! was pretty well
satisfied that the boys were not the
thieves | wanted. The next thing
that came to be Il certainty with me
was that the stealing was done in the
night. | could find no signs of any
one breaking into the store, and the
cash drawer was always untouched.
So night before last | watched from s
o'clock until midnight with Il revolver
and a bulfs-eye lantern. And l dis
covered the thieves. They were rats
1t was about half-pa>t s when |
heard a scampering over the floor near
the stand where the melons lay. |
turned the bull's-eye on the place and
saw five large rats, three on the floor
and two up beside a big watermelon on
the bench, a foot or eighteen inches
above They didn't seem to mind the
glare of the bul's-eye, which threw a
strong light upon them, but left me in
the darkness. The two rats on the
bench. standing on their hind legs
pushed the melon off and it fell with Il
crushing sound on the floor, splitting
into three pieces, though held together
more or less by the tissue Of the melon.
With their sharp teeth and claws they
quickly cut the thing apart, allowing
some seeds and water to run out on
the floor. Then, with much strug-
gling and pushing and pulling, two of
the rats on their backs on the floor got
pieces of the melon on top OF them.
One other assisted each of them to keep
the melon steady, aud the fifth caught
each in turn by the tail and by hard
pulling dragged them to the cellar
stairs. Here the heavy freight was
pushed off tie rats which had served
as carts and rolled downstairs. This
was repeated until every part of the
melon had disappearcd-seeds and all.
/ shot the last rat us he paused at the
head Of the stairs, and | have not
missed any melons since
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Hungarian Mine Employees.

According to the last report of the
English consul-geueral at Buda-Pesth
the total number of persons employed
in mines in Hungary is 35. 533 of which
20. $50 are adult males, nearly 5000
are boys of between II and 16, and the
few hundreds remaining are women.
The wages are less in metal than in coal
mines. as the former lie near popu-
lated districts where labor is plentiful
and the latter in more deserted places.
Ia metal mines the average daily wage
for adults is Is 4d to Is I'd. In coal
mines the average daily wage for per-
manent adult hands is IS Cd; in iron
mines il is Is al TO 2S
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Weary, worn and discouraged
Heartsick and hopeless and sad:


When none can be had
destribes the condition of those who are
said to be 'going down HILL" or "going
into a decline" There is an indescrib-
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lack of vitality. They cannot tell what
the matter is with them. They only
know that they feel miserable in mind
and body. They are gloomy and despond-
ent. They have tried this and that
remedy prescribed by their friends or
the doctors. They have failed to receive
any benefit from them. They reach the
conclusion that there is no help for them
and that they must die. Now the fact is
that the trouble originates, in nine cases
out of ten, in impure blood. There is
poisonous. etfete matter in it that ought
to be got rid of. But how can this be
done? Simply by taking DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, which acts
on the blood and various organs of the
body in such a way that the man or wo-
man using it seems to be made over,-re-
constructed. 1t is guaranteed to bene-
fit or cure all cases of disease for which
1t is recommended, or money paid for it
will be refunded.