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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-02-22

EDITOR STANDARD:-In response
to your request for an expression of
opinion in regard to the proposed
High School for boys, / would say
that the scheme meets with my hear
ty approval.
My opinions as to The absolute value
of such a school are too we'll known
to repeat; but it may be worth while
to remark that | know of no town
in the country better located for such
an institution.
Outside of the Valley of Virginia
there is no place in the whole South
that offers greater advantages for a
Boys High School than McMinn>
vile.
| insist
/. The school is needed.
=. The place is healthy at all times
of the year.
3. This is IN accessible point, and
can be easily reached from all quar-
tiers of the South.
1. The expenses of educating boys
here would be small, for the reason
that board is cheap and medicine a
luxury in which few indulge. More.
over, as has been remarked, Nc
Minnville is just half way between
Texas and Virginia.
D.. This is an old and well-known
town, no new mushroom place,
hence the school could be easily adj
vertiSed.
6. The fact that the Cumberland
Female College is located here would
bring considerable patronage to the
school, because parents naturally like
to send their boys and girls to the
same town.
Z. This school should bring to Nc
Minnville $4,000 Il year.
The question has been asked Inc,
what effect this school would have
on the city schools? do not see that
it cal affect them at all. 1t should
in fact greatly benefit them.
OF course such a school would not
receive boys under twelve or fourteen
years Of age, and able to enter a GER
tain class. Boys of a certain age, who
had passed through the City School
course could be received at the pro-
posed High School, and the Board
of Education could easily arrange 10
pay a certain part of the public fund
annually for the education of such
boys, without materially weakening
their resources. Pupils sent to the
High School, on the contrary, unable
to enter the lowest classes, could be
placed in the City School until they
were so prepared.
Let the people remember that the
proposed school is to be a school
erchnSivetyf for boys, of a certain age,
with a fred course.
l do not in fact see how this school
could possibly avoid helping both
the City Schools and the Female Col
lege-especially the latter.
These ideas | have hurriedly jotted
down, and if you think any of them
worthy of your use, you are welcome
to them, along with my earnest
wishes that the project may succeed.
Very truly,
JAS, G. MEADORS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-02-22
Town Topics


Mr.. Sanford Northcut of Viola,
was here this week.
Mrs. Livingston is having her
storeroom ceiled overhead.
MIR. Albert Nunnelly spent last
Sunday with his parents here.
Smokers will find the best line of
cigars at the Warren House Corner.
w. S. Maddux will close out his
stock of lap robes at very low prices.
Rooms for rent. Inquire of
j. H. SHERILL.
Mr.. w. M. Eastwood and wife
returned home from Nashville Thurs
day.
Il. j. Bass now has a full line of
saddles and harness of all kinds on
hand.
Mr.. j. c. Partin returned home
= last Monday after an absence of near
ly two months
The icy fingers Of winter have
been toying with the thermometer a
little this week.
The prohibitiOnists of McMinn-
vile have put out "a full party ticket
for county offices.
-FoUND-A large door key. Own
er can get same at this Office on Day
ment for this notice.
Mr.. r.. j. Buchanan, general
agent of the Singer Sewing Machine
Co., was here Thursday.
Mrs. Nettie Walling arrived
from Texas last Friday on a visit to
friends and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Clenny of
Quebeck, Tenn, spent Sunday last
here with Mrs. C's relatives.
Mr., Spurlock came home from
Nashville Thursday, but returned to
the city the following morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schweikert of
South Pittsburg, have been visiting
relatives and frinds here this week.
Mr.. d. II. Arledge left Tuesday
morning for Chattanooga, which
place he expects to make his future
home.
Miss. Carrie Garner, of vi
ola, was visiting Miss Maria Lou
%Stainback, II few days of the last
week.
Mrs. Lizzie FRANKIE, after a visit
of two or three months to friends in
Richmond, Ind, returned home last
Friday.
DR.. Phillips will deliver his lee
ture on 'The Origin of the Races"
at the Methodist Church tonight
friday.
To-day, Feb. 22d, is the anniver-
Sary of Washington's birthday. Be-
ing IA national holiday, the banks
will be closed.
"A. II. Gross will receive a full
stock of paints, dress goods, and
spring dry goods of all kinds the first
of next week.
We see from the Sparta EXPOSE
tor of last week that Burritt College
at Spencer opened very auspiciously
with fifty pupils.
Mr.. VIM. Biles, who has been in
Selma, Ala, for two or three months,
engaged in the mule trade, returned
home last Saturday.
The McMinnville Hardware Co.,
are now selling the cheapest prepared
paints on the market and warrant
them equal 20 the best.
Oscar Hollywood left last Monday
morning to seek his fortune in the
Lone Star State. The STANDARD
wishes him much success.
Collier d Arledge will receive a
new spring stock of calicoes, mems
and boys hats, and other late style
goods today. Go and see them.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clay Faulkner entertained a large
crowd of their little friends at q din
ner andbirthday party last Saturday.
If you are in need of buggy OF
other wheeled vehicle, read the card
OF II. a. Leach, M~urfreesboro, Tenn,
in another column, and write him
for prices.
Col. John H. French has been
here several days of this week looking
after his business interests here, and
shaking hands with his numerous old
McMinnville friends.
News vas received here from
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-02-22

As spring time is near at hand,
and housekeepers will want to
brighten up their homes, it would be
a good idea to have all your furni-
ture overhauled and revarnished.
w. S. Lively & Co., will do this for
you at your homes, at low rates.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-02-22

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
M.iNE 4 SLIP.

Surely the experience Of a yonng gin
in the Bulkowina province as q tianct
are wholly unprecedented. She was
exceptionally pretty, and had lovers by
the score, her offers of marriage amount.
ing to over n hundred when yet only
IS years Of age. A year later she was
betrothed, but her intended died sud.
denly from the effects Of an accident.
A second, third, and fourth engage
ment were broken of by the departure
of the young men to join the army for
long periods of service. The fifth and
sixth frances were drowned. The next
two SWANS, repenting at leisure Of their
precipitancy, raised objections to the
lady's prospective dowry and we're sum-
marily dismissed. Number nine got
drunk IN the betrothal day and tried to
beat the lady fair. His successor APP
peared a regular Prince Charming, but
on the eve of the marriage, news of a
wife and several children. living in Bes-
sarabia put the scoundrel to flight. An
eleventh sutton proceeded cheerfully
with his courtship till the wedding-day
was fixed, and then suddenly decamped.
This proved too much for the poor girl,
who forthwith poisoned herself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
CONSISTENT,

"You can't teach an old dog new
tricks" said old Judge Dewey, Of Vel
low Mound City, when his wife begged
him for the third time to remember tc
eat with his fork at her approaching
dinner party; "Ill try not to forget, my
dear, but I wasn't brought up to it.
Folks ought to do what they're brought
up to-"
He did not remember at the dinner
party. His knife went to his mouth a
dozen times. Next day, when the fam.
lily was dining alone, the old Judge de-
tected his youngest son, Frank, with
his knife at his lips.
Eating with your knife, sir? Leave
the tablet" Numbered the old Judge.
you'll eat bread and milk till further
orders"
Really, papa, 1 think you are too
hard on poor Frankie said Mrs.
Dewey, as the little fellow LETT the
table. The faces of the elder boys and
the grown-up daughters showed that
they agreed with their mother.
He ate with his knife" growled the
old man.
$50 did you at the dinner" retorted
Mrs. Dewey, severely.
Don't I know it," returned the
Judge. Don't I know it! 1 eat with
my knife because I was brought up
to it, but that boy wasn't brought up to
it. None Of my children was brought
up to it, and if I catch one Of EN- doing
it, as sure as I live. I'll lock 'em up on
spoon ~victuals till they learn the use of
a fork!p
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
H0H NJ HALk.

Have you noticed how few women
walk gracefully nowadays? 1t is IN
usual to see q woman carry her head
and shoulders we'll and step out freely,
with a poetical grace Of movement. The
majority waddle, strut OF bounce. The
school girl trips or hurries along head
forward. The lettering shopper goes
on her way with a lolling step. The
young woman studying art, music OF
for the drama, lets her Tapping, rs
thetic cloak hang loosely open as she
saunters among o crowd, her step as
preoccupied as her dreamy gaze. The
tailor made girl, severely buttonsd to
the chin. has a stride exactly like her
brothers. Observe, il you please, the
swaying, sidelong swish swash of that
overdressed girl wearing a satin gown
on a wet day. Though you cannot see
her shoes, you know from the way she
rests, first on one foot and then on the
other, that they are too tight. We meet
at every turn the girl who runs out her
chin, who sways her arms and who car
ries one shoulder higher than the
other. The undulating movement
which should be natural to women
seems to have disappeared. Modjeska
is one of the few women in New York
who walks we'll. She has the gait of q
goddess. To see her move is satisfy
ing in one way and tantalizing in
ahother-you wonder so how she does
it.
You have doubtless watched a pan.
Their pacing backward and forward in
his cage. How like velvet is his step!
How regular, how easy, yet full of re-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
IN uswonrn1 SUSPICION.

Mr.. MeSwst picked Up a %donganut
that lay ou his pate, examined it crit
ically, made a mental estimate of it's
weight and laid it down.
"Lobelia," he said, did you make
this?"
Il did, Billiuger," replied Mrs. Nc
Swat, proudly. III have q whole
plateful OF them on the table in a mo-
ment."
Mr.. McSwat made TIC reply. He was
thinking Of the $40, 900 for which he
had insured his life the day before and
as he looked at thatdoughnut and then
at his innocent and nnsuspecting young
wife @ look Of cold, hard suspicion set
tied on his face.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
SIZE COULDN'T AFFoRD II:

Inspector-Madam, you keeps board
ing house here, I believe? :
Landlady-Yes, sir, I do; and a bet
ter one can't be found in the city, if /
do say it.
Inspector-Exactly; but I am in
structed by II chief to inform you that
You must have fire escapes put up.
Hotels and boarding-honses, by law,
must be provided with fire escapes.
Landlady-Indeed, Mr.. Officer, and
[ shall do nc such thing. Didn't I take
them down just the other day? What
with meat and vegetables keeping so
high, and all the boarders going down
the fire escapes and not paying their
bills, a Door woman don't have any
chance at all. No, sir! I'll go to jail,
Mr.. Officer, but [ Won't put up fire es-
capes.-American Commercial 11aU-
elel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
GREAT INVENTOR.
BY s. W. Foss.

r.. r,aae O new invention nearly every other
.. son,ethine always allied it. and it always
seemed to ehirk;
.snctional activity, somehow, vas very
weak,
wouldn't work.
~. made perpetual motion thinss-but they
would never move;
,.a men no made a big machine for flying
through the sky,
.horo Was a slight obstruction in the pis-
.ou-rod or groove.
ui the only trouble with it-be could never
make it fly.
,,a he made marine toboggans for sliding on the
,.,v pretty compromise of bicycle and boat,
A., an the second trial trip, he said twas his
"idcc,"
rre thing would slide tremendously, il he
could make it float.
-, ". made n panacea that would cure every
ill
1,a long sought life-elixir, to the world so
long denied;
,s took the medicine himself, q large, green
u looking pin,
.,a twenty minutes later he laid him down
and died.
YANKEE Blade.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
DIGNIExED.

An English clergyman relates that
his father was in the habit Of frequent
ing Anbrose's coffee-house in Edinburg,
the house made famous by John Wilson
in his "Noctes Ambrosiana." To his
surprise he found old Mr.. Ambrose not
at all proud of the celebrity which had
been conferred upon his establishment.
On the contrary, he had taken it into
his head to be highly indignant at be-
ing thus put into literature.
"What right had Mr.. Wilson to talk
about me 2" he said. "Itell you what I
am sir; I'm al Individual"
It is not clear what he meant by this.
but he repeated the statement again and
again, with evident satisfaction. The
clergymen thinks; that the Scotch are
rather fond OF hard words. Heonce asked
a station-master whether the 3:25 train
went to Campsie.
DO you want to go to Campsie?" an
swered the official. The express does
not stop at Campsie. The 1910 train
stops there"
The clergyman repeated his inquiry,
Does the 3:25 train stop at Campsie?"
Such im~pertinence was more than the
station-agent could bear.
"Now, look here" he said, looking
very angry, do you think I am going to
be your-your-your amanuensis?"
He brought out, the word with crush.
ing dignity, and left the inquirer, a, he
himself o~oniesses, morally PROSTATE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
the lamp, and I could sec how pale she

was.
"a lantern" 1 said then. She has
tened to a box in the corner and took it
out. We trimmed and lighted it.
This is only one" she said. I'VE
need two. Take this and go down the
track-you know, to the west. Stop
the express and tell them-that is all.
[ will run to the nearest house. get an
other lantern and go the other way"
] shuddered.
Suppose those men come upon you?
No, you shall not go alone. I will 60
"Hush!" she said. Go quickly.
The express is almost here"
And I obeyed. And as I ran 1 trem-
bled at the thought of her peril. 1
trembled so that the lantern shook, but
I ran on.
JOSIE ENDS THE STORY.
This was as far as Sam could write,
poor boy. He always shoulders when
he speaks of that night. But it was
nothing, after all, so terrible. / got
the other lantern in great haste; not
from any neighbor, for there was no
time, but out from behind the box in
the corner. Luckily I remembered in
time. Then I ran-fast as 1 could, but
feeling pretty shaky as 1 crossed the
bridge on the t~restles and heard the
water far below. Sam turns pale when
[ mention the bridge.
On and on / ran in the darkness with
my little lantern swinging until !
heard a low humming of the rails be-
gin and saw a distant light grow bright.
Heaven give me strength" I prayed,
and stood there waving my lantern
wildly. The light came nearer. I
kept on swinging my lantern. l
stepped from the track, but kept on
signaling. Thank Heaven, the light
came more slowly; the special was
stopping gradually-when at my ear /
heard voices of suppressed rage. With
a terrible oath some n seized me and
flung me with furious force upon the
ground.
Then I knew no more. But it was
all right; the special picked me up and
came along slowly with men out ahead.
And Sam, dear boy, had met the ex-
press, so all was we'll.
The people on the special made me a
nice little present, though I'm sure ]
didn't want them to. Indeed, they
made a great fuss over me.
l had II so far, l suppose, they
knew it must have been exhausting.
The scamps who laid the plot made off,
but afterward were caught.
And Sam-oh, well-Sam is my hus-
band now.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
THE AFRICAN PAIN OIL 1yDus1n,

AHhAC-dN PALM OIL
An interesting report comes from the
Governor Of the Gold Coast on the
palm oil industry OF the West Coast OF
Africa. In ~cultivating the palm, ripe
nuts are scattered over ground we'll
TAXED, and are then covered lightly
with Garth. The planting takes place
IN the rainy season. When the young
shoots have grown about q, foot they are
carefully removed in the evening. and
transplanted at least fifteen feet apart.
The tree grows luxuriantly. and bears
most abundantly at a height of from 10
Get to IL feet in damp, semi-marshy
soil. The supply of nuts fit for use is
biennial, and the most abundant supply
OF commercial Oil is obtained from nuts
gathered during the rainy season. Tn.
OF nuts are cut down and
placed in a heap in the air, where they
remain for a week or ten days. The
joints Of the nuts are thus weakened bv
decomposition, and they can be de-
tached by simply beating them against
any substance.
When the nuts are collected. those
with a hard, unyielding pulp are placed
! a hole about four feet deep, which is
lined with plantain leaves, and they are
covered over with these leaves, and with
palm leaves and earth. They are al
lowed to remain for periods varying be-
tween three weeks and three months,
until a certain decomposition has taken
place, so that when removed the pulp
is soft, and appears as if it had been
boiled. The nuts aye now put in a
trough made by digging a hole in the
ground and paving it with rough stones.
Here they are pounded with wooden
pestles until the pulp is quite removed
from the surface of the hard nut. The
whole IS then removed from the trough,
put in a heap, and the stones taken out,
leaving the oily, tibrous pulp, which is
put INTO a pot with a small quantity Of
water under a good fire, and we'll
stirred until the oil begins to melt out.
The pulp is then put into a rough net
opened at both ends, to which are at-
tached two OF three short sticks, by
turning which in opposite directions the
oil is squeezed out. The longer the
nuts are under ground the thicker the
Oil and the worse the quality. This
alone accounts for the different quail.
ties Of oil exported from different places
along the coast. Other methods arr
employed to produce the Oil for home
consumption; but that here described
$ the mode usual in the production OF
the palm Oil of conamerce.--Kew Bal
| lekin-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21

pressed strength! Men who have de-
voted many years to the study of ply
sica' culture. say a panther and a
woman should get over the ground in
the n easy, dignified way. A good
way, to practice is to start on a fine,
bracing morning for a straight three
mile stretch and coyer it at an even
pace. Wear warm wraps, but leave
your corset at home. Corduroy makes
an excellent walking suit.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21

ANEW YORK Judge set aside q YER
dict of $50, 600 damages for "loss of a
.wife's Affection" and in doing SO re-
marked that "the finding was probably
the result of an acute attack of that
species of mental hysteria to which
juries. IN sexual cases are SO peculiarly
liable.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21

MISS PR1M-O! it was awful. I didn't
mind their stealing the silver and my
)ewelry, but when one of those burg
lars entered my o and took a flash
light photograph of'me in my-nly-my
curl papers, with a ko dah, !. nearly
died with modification.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21

A ROOSTER is like an a~uctioneer. He
makes a big noise in order to attract fair
ids.---Binghamton Republican.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21

MAMMA" said q little boy, "I'm 80
cold that my teeth are t~ittering."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21

faint and familiar, click, click, click.
listened without breathing. Il an
here" it said. Bound and gagged
tied down so I can't get my hands FREE
or stir. Unloose me quickly
1 cropped my way into the shed
stumbled over piles of wood and cam,
to something warm and human.
It was a moments work to release
her.
~Great Godw I cried, who die
this?"
She caught her breath with a gasp.
Back to the s%tation!' she cried
don't waste a second" We ran to-
cether. She caught the key and called
ND the Office I had spoken with. vii
lainly," she telegraphed. WIRE to
A.. cut. Station man here IN plot.
Call up A by D and c.
"Too late" the answer came back.
Express has left A by this. Flag
it."
Josie turned and looked at me for an
instant almost despairingly.
"Whas shall I do? The special has
left there. The express has started.
Thew will meet on the same track. Inc
~sconndrels came on me just as l had
taken a note of the special, sol should
-.l. - - ~.c<oko
I'VE must flag the express!' l CRED
~We must flag both," she said. inns
NAV not be all that has been done.
While speaking she had turned to hens
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-05
Peculiar Plants.


A very funny plant in the government
plant, the leaves of which are used in some
parts of the east by rubbing on the face to
keep the beard from growing. 1t is not
supposed to have any effect on beard that
is already rooted, but merely to act as a
preventive, boys employing it to keep the
hair from getting start on their faces. 1t
is also employed by some oriental people
who desire 10 keep parts of their heads free
from hair, as q matter of fashion. Also
found in the botanical garden is the ''cruel
plant which is so designated because 1t
catches butterflies and kills them for sheer
sport. Its flowers attract the poor little
f1utter by the honey it offers, and
when the victim lights upon it it grabs the
butterfly by the head and holds it fast until
the captive dies. Then the flower drops it
on the ground and lies in wait for fresh
unfortunate. A curious looking tree from
the Isthmus of Panama bears a round red
fruit as big as an apple, which has this re-
markable faculty, that its juice rubbed on
tough beef or chicken, makes the meat
tender by the chemical power it possesses to
separate the flesh fiber. One is interested
to observe in the botanical greenhouse three
kinds of plants that have real consumption
of the lungs-the leaves, of course, being
the lungs of plant. The disease is mani
tested by the turning of the leaves from
green to white, the affection gradually
spreading from one spot, until, when a leaf
is all white, it is just about to die. Cruelty
enough, as it would seem, the gardeners
only try to perpetuate the disease for the
sake of beauty and curiosity, all plants Of
those varieties that are too healthy being
thrown away.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-05
Family Physician Young Couple


than nyother mesns
hardly fact
nearly hundred
n
accomplished Fiey Wire
to-
dried out
brofing
Charter
Louis
CLARK g. DANIELS, Sole Agents, Savannah, Ga.