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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
Congress Never Had Adler
Leaders Than it Has Now.
KENTUCKY AND OHIO TRIOS
Ben ButterwOrth's Song About the
Dandy Copper of Broadway.
CRISP A MOST PROMISING LEADER
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.I
WASHINGTON, February 8.

HE present
congression-
al session is
going to be
one OF fight
ing from the
W ord so.
Both Dem.
ocrats and
Republi-
cans have
dipped their
tongues in
oil of vitriol
andthe acri-
monious re-
marks Of the
past two
weeks are
but the be-
ginning of
a poisonous
stream of
elOqueEce ce
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
AN IMPORTANT LITTLE PERSON.

The King of Spain Whose Sickness Has
Caused SO Much Anxiety.
Below is the little fellow the precarious
state OF whose health agitated the fair sex
all over the world lately and gave European
politicians lots OF anxiety and furnished
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09


Of
aloT
long
great Her
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
THE HAPPY PLUMBER.
If it's q Cold Winter He PrOsperS, if
Open BE Prospers More.
PROGRESS IN HIS LINE OF WORK.
The Modern Bathroom is Thing Of Beauty
but it Comes High.
SOME WELL-PLUMBED RESIDENCES
WRITTEN FOB THE DrsPATcH.i

o fro z e n,
burst water
pipes have
called forth
the scientific
knowledge of
the plumber
and enriched
his bank ac-
count this
winter; and,
as the whole
class are COM
monty sup
posed to be
"down at the
heel, even the
n newspaper
have left them
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
CAN SING AS WELL AS SPEAK.

At latest accounts, however, Butterworth
has not taken this advice. He is brave
as well as an eloquent one, and the fear of
harm from the men on the other side of the
House does not affect his speeches. He is
one of the fastest takers in the House, and
he rattles out the dictionary at the rate OF
200 words minute when he grows excited.
When he talks he talks all over, ano there
is NOT an atom in the 200 pounds which
make mn his auatomy which does not move
when he takes the floor. He is as rood an
after-dlnner talker as he is a political de-
batter. and there is no man in Congress who
can sing "I'm dandy copper of the Broad
way SQUAD" as well as Ben Butterworth, OF
Ohio. 1 have myself heard him sing this
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09

said that he liked the beginning of the
speech and he very much admired the end
of it. and that it would be his lifelong re-
gret that he had never heard the middle
of it.
THE BUCKEYE STATES GREAT TRIO.
Ohio compares with Kentucky in this
Congress as to the number of its able repre-
sentatives. The able Ohioans, however, are
Republicans. Ben Butterworth, Major Nc
Kinley and Charley Grosvenor size up we'll
with Carlisle, Breckenridge and McCreary.
Mckinley is the embodiment of the pro-
.tectiye tariff idea. He is an able speaker,
and this side of the tariff has been his study
for years. He is careful in the preparation
of his speeches, does not believe in sDeaklng
unless be has something to say and makes hit
nearly every time. Mckinley is a good
politician, and he might almost be called a
statesman. His act at Chicago in stating
that he was friend of John Sherman's and
that he wanted no one among his friends to
vote for him as a Presidential candidate was
an heroic one, and it added to his fame. He
may yet be President OF the United Statea
and if so he will make an eminently respect
able President. He is cautious and con-
servative, full of dignity. and he mas the
bearing of great man. He never makes q
mistake and he has the sense to keep his
mouth shut at the right time. He comes
from the central part of Ohio, is well-to-do.
and though he is not money-maker his
income is by no means small. He made one
of the ablest of the Republican speeches IN
last weeks quarrel, and he may be called
she Republican leader on the floor.
, BUTrERwoRTH's QUAKER PARENTS.
One of the best fighters in Congress, and
the man who is always ready to throw of
his coat and jump into the muss, is Ben
Butterworth. He is a bluff, good-nstured
fellow, who reminds one of jolly sea cap
tain, always ready to sing q song, tell a
story or knock down the man who insults
him. Butterworth always calls a spade 8
upade, and if he has a personality to utter
he does not hesitate to let it fly. He has
none of the Quaker instincts OF his father
and mother, who we're noted Abolitionists,
and who we're members OF the Society Of
Friends. During Ben's frst political CAM
paigu he was as much of fighter as he is
now. and his father saw fit to give MIN a
bit of advice, which he did in writing and
as follows:
MY DEAR BENNY-Thy mother and myself
have thought well to give thee some advice
touching the conduct of thy campaign. We
desire to say to thee that we deem it better for
rhee TO deal severely with bad principles and
bad practices than to deal severely with bad
men now living, who might be Rngered and
do thee harm. Very affectionatelS,
z-- er,rC ac wrTT AS cPEAK
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
THE DAY BIRDS MATE.
Origin and History of the Holiday
Sacred TO Saint Valentine.
THE FEAST OF TIE LUPERCALIA.
Efforts Of the Christian Fathers to Modify
the Pagan Customs.
REFERENCES FROM THE OLD AUTHORS
rxa,rrrn ron THE p1srArca.,

VALENTINES
Day, which falls
this year on next
Friday, February
IA, had its origin
with the Romans,
who, a great many
centuries before
Christ, held great
feasts, known as
the Lupercaila,ln
honor of Pan and
Juno, during Feb
ruary, at which
tablets b e airing
young W o m e ms
names were drawn
out Of q box by
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
0ONC . ual 70
Cleave hearts
Through mail shirts

'aThis device had caused the armorer
some thought, and he was much satisfied
with his own composition, because it seemed
to imply that his skill could defend all
hearts saving his own"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09

the young men. Each person drawing be-
came the faithful attendant of her whose
name he had drawn until the next Luper-
Gala. The close association thus engendered
often resulted in a marriage between the
parties. This matrimonial lottery was held
during the Lupercalia festival because
birds were believed to elect their mates at
that time OF year, a tradition still attaching
to st. Valentines Day and referred to by
Shakespeare when he makes TheSsus say in
.'Midsummer-Night's Dream:"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09

said that he liked the beginning of the
speech and he very much admired the end
of il. and that it would be his lifelong re-
gret that he had never heard the middle
of II
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
A KISS THEIR VALENTINE.

In many parts of England and Scotland
It Is still customary, as It has been foS many
gentutiss, for young men and women to re-.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
STANDARD MEANWHILE TENNESSEE SATURDAY. DEC 90 1890
Hints Worth Needing
Makers practical Hints"

Makers practical Hints"
When man has his business in
perfect working order, and knows
that, just then, little more or little
less effort on his part will be answer
ed by increased or decreased profits,
it is hard for him to believe it wise
for him to leave his duties for an
hour, even though he is overworked.
But one of the highest duties a man
owes himself is to give his brain an
occasional rest. There is a good deal
more in life than simply adding to
ones bank account. There is more
honor in being a good citizen than in
simply growing rich. 1t is a poor
policy to be thoroughly posted in all
that concerns your business and be
out of all knowledge of the great
world. A man wants to forget his
business ACKNOWLEDGMENT never to
carry his cares beyond his store door.
A nights respite from business cares
will send you back to them with re-
newed strength and a cleared head.
Do not imagine that your business
will go to the dogs if you leave it fol-
day or two. If you have been
thorough with your men-if you
have faithful and interested employ
es-the machine will jog along
smoothly enough until you return
We are all apt to flatter ourselves
that we are doing what no Other
person could do; but not unfrequently
something happens to show us thai
we are not nearly as indispensable al
we imagined-in fact, that a division
of labor in our business would b.
vastly to its advantage. Our subor
dinates, if left in charge occasionally
will have chance to carry out somt
ideas OF their own, ana these, In
majority of cases, are decided i'm
provements. The man who repulse
suggestions from those under him
gives his men no credit for knowing
anything beyond the steady routin
of their employment-loses mucl
that would be of assistance to him
falls into rut and stays there, muc
to his detriment. The man who car
not learn something from cOntaC
with other men, whether employe
or outsiders, is not a healthy man.
Business is a master that SOC
makes abject slaves of us if we will
but, with a well established trad,
one should be master of his business
With probity, industry and econom!
7 almost any man by well directe
! effort, may be prosperous. Wha
7 ever progress is made without tn
foundation is deceptiVe,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
Acidity of the Stomach.
Good Health.

Good Health
This condition is due to germs, and
the cure lies in getting rid of the
germs. Germs of fermentation in the
stomach produce first alcohol, then
carbonic acid, and then acetiC acid.
A person troubled with this form Of
dyspepsia should be careful to take
only such articles of food as do not
favor the development of germs, and
thus starve them out. Another
thing to do is to wash the germs out
of the stomach by drinking freely of
hot water before meals. If food is
put into a stomach already sour, of
course fermentation will be set up
Immediately. Some persons notice
that as soon as they eat, their stom-
achs become sour. The third impor-
tant thing to do is to stimulate the
stomach to make more gastric juice,
which is a natural antiseptic, and pre-
vents fermentation and also hastens
absorption. The glands may be
stimulated by applying hot fomenta,
lions to the stomach for half an houl
Immediately after the close of a meal
or, easier still, by wearing a rubber
bag filled with hot water directly
over the stomach for half an hour Of
ain hour. Heat is a natural stimulant
and there are no possible i'll effect
from its use in this way.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
That Terrible Cough

In the morning, hurried or difficult
breathing, raising phlegm, tightness
in the chest, quickened pulse, chilli
ness in the evening orsweats alright,
all or any of these things are the first
stages of consumption. DIR. Acker's
English Cough Remedy aCM cure
these fearful symptoms, and is sold
under pOsitiye guarantee by w. H
Fleming. l
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

Scrofula is one of the most fatal
among the scourges which affiict
mankind. Chronic sores, cancerous
humors, emaciation, and consump-
ton, are the result of scrofula. Ayers
Sarsaparilla eradicates this poison,
and restores to the blood the ele-
ments of life and health.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

The colored pressman in a newspa-
per Office at Houston, Ga, claims tC
be we'll posted on Bible subjects. One
of its precepts he renders as follows
eff your brother smote you on one
side of the jaw, turn the other side tC
be smoted, and the third blow is
yourn. "-EX.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
Icebergs.

The formation of icebergs was
watched, last summer, by Mr.. II. B.
Loomis and Prof. Muir, while stay
ing seven weeks near the Muir gla>
cier american Journal of Science
The falling of blocks from the termi-
nal wall was very irregular; at times,
about every five minutes; while at
other times the observer might wait
an hour without seeing one fall.
One day, in twelve hours, 100 thun-
dering reports from the falling bergs
were heard at camp, about a mile off.
In heavy rain, especially, it seemed
as ifa thunderstorm or cannonade
were going on. Sometimes a block
breaking off, bursts into fragments,
and falls like a cataract. Again, an
enormous block will sink unbroken
into the water, then rise, perhaps $50
feet, even with the top of the gla-
cier, the water pouring off it; then
toppIe on its side with a heavy thun-
dering roar, scattering spray in all
direction, and wallOw about among
other iceburgs like huge monster.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

Jackson Wing: Willis Small, Of
this county, has $50 acres in clover.
He has found sheep raising quite
profitable, and his experience in the
business will prove profitable and
entertaining to his fellow farmers.
There is nothing small about Willis
except his name.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
Our Very Best PeODle

Confirm our statement when we say
DR.. Acker's English Remedy is in
every way superior to any and all
other preparations for the Throat and
Lungs. In Whooping Cough and
Group it is magic and relieves at
once. We offer you sample bottle
free. Remember, this Remedy is
sold on positive guarantee. Sold by
w. H. Fleming.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
About Novel Reading.
The Farmers Home.

The Farmers Home.
don't believe there's anyone who
believes in the Wholesale slaughter of
novels. Nor is the wholesale con-
sumption of them to be advocated. A
novel has its place, and not as some
stiff old deacon has said in the "fire-
place." but ii has its place in the edu-
cational line. A well-written novel
has its use, and I'd never exile their
CHEEKY, care-beguiling faces from my
bookshelf any more than I'd drive
the pudding from the dinner table, or
shut down on ice cream. But 1
wouldn't have any more novel than
pudding: No careful mother allows
the children to begin dinner and
finish it, too, on sweetmeats; but that
same careful mother allows her girls
and boys to be less careful of brain
than stomach, and to read ten novels
or story books, or what not, to where
one book of sterling worth is found,
and before they know it the appetite
for good reading is vitiated, so really
gone, they can't read or digest any,
thing really solid. l guess we've all
tried our appetites. Just take Christ
mas times, when candies and sweet
meats rule the land, when fruits and
nuts lure us to continual tasting.
Haven't we all found we've no appe-
tite? l think so. Thus it is with
novel reading. We weep with the
the weepers, and groan with the
groaners, till the drain upon our sys-
tenn is a mental drain, and false
one, of which we cannot conceive,
and this is, in my mind, perhaps the
greatest evil of novel reading. Life
is full enough Of incidents to draw
upon the weeping faculties" especi-
ally of women, and | speak to women
and girls in this writing, not only be-
cause they are my audience, but be-
cause they are supposed to be the
chief novel readers of the land and
| think any sensible girl, if she stops
one moment to think, will admit
that in the line of good common
sense it would be silly to sit down
and imagine for yourself some most
impossibly narrowing circumstance
for some non.eXisting divine creature
and then go to crying over her. Now,
wouldn't you think yourself silly
And yet that's what all novel readers
do more or less, only they cry over
some ones else imagination. know
the novel has its uses-no one neeC
admit it also has its abuses. My
memory goes back to the time wher
the novel was the exception on any
ones bookshelf, and my mother Cal
tell me Of the time when to have
read the Waverly novels, Thaddeu
of Warsaw, and Children of the Alb
hey, made one quite notorious as ;
reader in that line. Now-well,
need not enter into the now, whel
sensational novels rule the day, viii
ate the taste of our young folks, un
fit them for good food in any line O
literature, and in fact iniure health
You need not smile at that bold as
sertion. Ifyou are novel reader G
any standing you don't need to G
any farther than your own dear sci
to prove the assertion. You injur
your memory because you read stu
you cannot and ought not read; 70
injure your health because you rea
too long, and, as said before, there
false drain upon the system.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

A well-known embalmer, DIR.
Vickersheimer, has produced liquid
so perfect that it can be applied sue
cessfully to game. An embalmed
hare, served after having been shot
six weeks, was recently pronounced
to be as good as fresh.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

Stanley travell ed 400 miles in the
interior of Africa on his last expedi-
ton, all but one thousand miles of it
on foot. Three hundred persons were
rescued in the three years.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

The sub.treasury idea is rapidly
losing ground in Kentucky. S. B.
Orwin, president of the state alliance
and editor of the Kentucky State
Union, the alliance organ, has come
out strong against the bill, and car
ries many with him.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

Uncertainty may attend business
ventures and enterprises; but it never
attends the prompt administration of
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price %
cents.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
Do Not Suffer Any Longer.

Knowing that a cough can be
checked in day, and the first stages
of consumption broken in a week, we
hereby guarantee DIR. Acker's Eng
lish Cough Remedy, and will refund
the money to all who buy, take it as
per directions, and do not find our
statement correct. Sold by w. H.
Fleming. l
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
hill
John
Mass.

On the back was this note by the
sender who was member of firm
ofivory carvers and pipe makers;
The undersigned made a bet that
this would not reach the party ad-
dressed. If it reaches the city named
and the party addressed cannot be
found, please return to .2l5 Thirty
third street.
Postmaster Van Colt smiled a long
and reminiscent smile when he saw
the postal, and said, "Let her CO."
1t was sent at once to Andover,
Mass, and two days later Louis P.
Worth, the sender, got reply from
Postmaster A. Maitland, of Andover,
returning the postal. The postmas-
ter said:
There is no such person in Andov-
er as John Underhill, whose name is
indicated by your postal. This is an
old one. Letters have been frequent
ly received at this Office for many
years addressed as your card is
Probably each one sending them
thinks we will be puzzled over the
address, but / have seen it so often
that l know it is chestnut. 1t is al
least 40 years old to my certain
knowledge.
Yours respectfully
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

The man who scolds his crying
baby and is too mean to invest 20
cents in a bottle of DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup, should be divorced.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

"My sore ran in the night, and my
soul refused to be comforted." "Poor
fellow! of course it did. Pity, he
couldn't get Salvation Oil. Only %
centS.v
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

The Memphis Evening Democrat
is in trouble for ublishing the list
of a lottery drawing. The editor
has been indicted before the Federal
court.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20

Money, the root of all evil, would
be useless in case of cholera without
Ganter's magic chicken cholera cure.
1t is warranted by ". II. Fleming.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
You Cant Fool The Postofice With
This Joke.

The Sun.
A postal card was mailed at Sta
ton F in this city last Tuesday adj
dressed:
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
POINTS OF EXCELLENCE I'M THE
TENNESSEE WAGON.

OUR TIRES heaviest any the market
o he
Woodwork thoroughly in boiling lnseed oil.
ur spokes are machinery
uniform dish in all wheels
Our timber all AIR DRY and thoroughly seasoned The ax made Of best
York black Birch e best the world beds clear Tennessee yellow poplar
little
shrnks
making the spokes FIRM if they there
their bolts which
f
ROUND EDGE TIRE fOes
also heavy WROUGHT IRON sand bands on wheels.
We buy them by the car load and sell them for Small Profit
MORFORD & BILES.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-20
Yours respectfully
A. MAITLAND,
Postmaster.

"It's about time to spring a new
one /; don't you think SOP" said Post
master Van Colt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-22
The Alliance Farmer,
SELMAN, FLA.
W. R. SHIELDS, Editor, Pub'r and Prop'r.
The first GN-AUiance paper published east Of
the Mississippi River.

The only paper in the world published
upon a farm, by a farmer, and devoted ex
cluslvely to the Alliance.
The Farmer is an Atwood hat, sayseed
paper, is 81. up and printed in q barn, and
has the smell Of hayseed upon it strong.
Send for sample copy free. Address
ALLIANCE FARMER,
Selman, Fla.
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ATTENTION, WOOL GROWERS!

The Leaksville Jeans is constructed
with the view of being briar- proof and
friction -proof-two of the great enemies
to the farmers clothing. What degree
of success they have in this daily combat
can be judged only by the increasing de-
mandfor them from those who have tested
their merits. These jeans do not COM
NIT suicide by oOhetting themselves out as
many makes of this character of goods
do. From good Stock plenty Of ii, and
careful handling we make you a piece of
goods that will give satisfaction.
Send us your W, oil through your Sub
Business Agent or County Agent, and
get the benefit of the special terms offered
the Alliance.
Write to US for samples, &c.
Respectfully,
L~EAKsvILLE WOODEN MILLS.
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Additional train leaves Oxford dailv

+Daily exceIt Sunday. #Daily. FDaily, except
Monday.
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~LEEPING-C SERVICE

On trains so and 81, Pullman Buffet
between Atlanta and New York
Danville and Augusta, and Greensboro,
via Asheville to % orristown. Tenn.
On 50 and So, Pullman Buffet Sleeper
between Washington and New Orleans.
via Montgomery, and between Washing
ton and Birmingham, Richmond and
Greensboro, Raleigh and Greensboro, and
between Washington and Augusta, and
Pullman Buffet Sleepers between Wash
ington and Asheville and Hot Springs.
Sol Haas, w. A. TURK, JAS. L. TAYLOR
Traffic Man. Div Pass. Agt. Gen. Pass, Apt
RALEIGH, N. G.
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BETWEEN WEST POINT, RICHMOND AND RALEIGH.
Via KeysviILe, Oxford, and Durham.
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PRACTICAL POLITICS VS.. THE
OLD MACHINE.

The Democratic party of "
county will meet at the court house
- of July next for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for the leg.
islature and the selection of delegates
to the congressional convention, which
~ ON n of Anrnst
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Additional train leaves Oxford daily ex-
cept Sunday HOO a. m, arrive Hender-
son 1906 P. m, returning leave Hender-
son 2.lO p. m. daily except Sunday, arrive
Oxford 3.15 p. m.
No. 80, leaving Goldsboro 2.2O o. m.
and Raleigh AS P. m. daily, makes con-
nectlon at Durham with No. 10, leaving
at 900 p. m. daily, except Sunday for Ok
ford, Henderson, and all points on O. &
H, O. & c., and R. & M. Roads.
Passenger coaches run through between
West Point and Raleigh, via Keysville,
on Nos. "a and l02, and SIS and IO3.
Nos. 81 and So connect at Richmond
from and to West Point and Baltimore
daily except Sunday.
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q Members of the Alliance visiting Richmond
and Norfolk are invited to make Hume. Minor q
co.'s Warerooms. their headquarters They will be
they may desire.