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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
HARD TO BEAT.
An Old Timer Disoants Upon Winter
Weather.


An Old Timer Discants Upon Winter
Weather.
'Joyin' yourselves?" asked the Old
est lnhabitant of the children this
morning who were out in the ward
playing with the snow. "Glad uE i'll
Have a good time an be happy. But
what's thet?" and he stuck his cane into
an immense SNOWFALL they had rolled;
"a snowfake?"
"Why, no, grandpa" said one, that's
big SNOWFALL"
GA what?" asked the old man, as
though surprised. "Sneowball? Why,
yer tryin' ter fool yer grandpop, you air!
That ere is snowflake, or never
seed one in my life. It's little, tew,
compared with them as we useter hev
when l was yonker. Don't hev moth
In nowadays like we useter Did 1
ever tell yer bout the sneowstorm we
he'd in '34---or mebbe it might
a ben in 'S5; anyway, twas the winter
arter my dad he'd got in the big crop o.
hay often the ten-acre field whar the
hide fact'ry is meow. Thet wuz sneow-
storm, most ez big ez the one Jud
Green useter tell us lads bout.
VI member it jist ez well ez though
twas Yesterday. Gun snoewing early
in the mornin', fore we wuz up, an
KEEP it goin' fer twenty-six days, 'thout
let-up, till they wuzn't heouse t be
seen anywhar fer ten mile. Us boys
had great fun, yew bet, tunnelin' to the
mex village arter supplies, an all we
could git t eat wuz eggs, an them wuI
troze stiff ez icicles. Lots of sport, tew,
gittin' up on the chimblies an lool1in
out. But twas bad in some ways. Tibet
wuz the time we he'd the big sneow.
flakes. tell yew. / found one ca
weighed fifteen pounds. Used it feI
ice all winter, an then he'd plenty left
over; 'twuz frozen so stiff couldn't melt
when yew put it right on the stove
They wuz seven boys just my size, an
all playmates nv mine, was out the fust
day 1T sneowed, an they wus struck by
some Nv them ere big snow flakes an
smashed flatter'n pancakes. Terrible
wuzn't itP Why this amt nothin' tel
what we ulster git. Yer jest member it
children, an don't brag bout nothin
till yew hear my stories"
And as he went laundering through
the snow, into the house, the Oldest
child stepped forward and gave him {
cooky inscribed: "Ananias. "-Bosto1
Transcript.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
EXCESSIVELY cHRIsTENED.
How Young Lady Came to BE Very
Numerously Designated.

Numerously Designated.
There is young girl who has recent
~ entered into society here who, if she
should write her name out in full,
would write it something like this:
"Anna Lucy Cecilia Lillian Virginia
Katherine Helen Jones'"
Not that this young girls parents had
fancy for piling the names up for their
only daughter in this way; not that she
had so many distinguished ancestors to
be perpetuated did it happen that she
was christened to death in this way. The
story is one that is not a common one
and she tellsit herself in something this
way:
Mamma is very high church wom-
an and was anxious that the christening
ceremony should be performed very
shortly after my birth. A list of names
was written out and handed her to in
dictate her preference from. She placed
a mark over against the name Cecilia,
which was the one she wished to have
me bear. Now, the rector of the church
was young man, not used to all the
Offices of his profession, and he was nat
urally somewhat abashed of having an
infant placed in his arms for the cere-
mony. At the same time slip of pa
per was handed him with the name
which l was to bear marked, but in
some way he misunderstood the direc-
tions and Jealous of doing his entire
duty, he began at the head of the list
and solemnly piled every name on the
paper on top of my bald head.
MY father tried very hard, he says,
to shut him off, but without any sue
cess; therefore it remains to this day
that my baptismal name is Anna Lucy
Cecilia Lillian Virginia Katherine
Helen."-N. Y. Sun.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
ExtraNagant. indeed!

Miss Pallinhouse-Papa, won't you
give me some money to buy few more
pictures to hang in my room?
Mr.. Pal1inhouse-What! Over that
beautiful gilt wall-paper?-PucB.
KNOWING a little more about these
things than You is all I bring you,
Alonzo," she whispered, except the
dover of my deathless love. You are
standing on the wrong side for the
minister. My second made the same
mistake. Alon2o rot around to where
he belonged and the ceremony proceed
sd.-rhil.delphia Times
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
Did Not Apply to His.

Jokes are not like people," remark
ed Goslin. They are no good till they
are cracked"
"Your jokes are just like people," re-
piled Dolly, when cracked they are
no good at all West Shore.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
Ground for Judgment.

Cumso-I believe that fellow jay
smith to be a scoundrel.
Mrs. Cumso-But you shouldn't Judge
by appearances.
Cumso-I don't; it's disappearance
judge by. He has absconded with $780,
600. -Munsey's Weekly.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

We point with pride to the many
cures performed by Old Saul's Ca
tarrh Cure. Young and old unite in
the praise of this wonderful remedy.
For sale by all dealers. Price % cts.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
Too Rnn.

Wool-Did you notice in the paper
that the Barge Office people were about
to return to Europe woman who re-
fuses to speak?
Van Pelt-No! Great Scott! And
the only one of the kind in the country,
too.-,Jury.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

y turnip measuring four feet in cir
conference and weighing fifty pounds
is on exhibition ut the New What
com, Wash, chamber of commerce.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
The Secret of a Long Life.

You sometimes see a woman whose
old age is as exquisite as was the the
perfect bloom of her youth. She
seems condensed sweetness and grace.
You wonder how this has come about;
you wonder how it is her life has
been long and happy one. Here
are some of the reasons:
She knew how to forget Disagree
able things.
She understands the art of enjoy
ment.
She kept her nerves we'll in hand,
and inflicted them on no one.
She believed in the goodness of her
own daughters and in that of her
neighbors.
She cultivated good digestion.
She mastered the art of saying
pleasant words.
She did not expect too much from
| nef friends.
She made whatever work came to
her congenial.
She retained her illusions, and did
not believe that all the world was
wicked and unkind.
She relieved the miserable, and
sympathized with the sorrowful.
She retained an even disposition,
and made the best of everything.
She did whatever came to her
cheerfully and WE'LL
She never forgot that kind words
and a smile cost nothing, but are
priceless treasures to the discouraged.
She did unto others as she would
be done by, and now that old age has
come to her and there is halo Of
white hair about her head, she is
loved and considered.
This is the secret of long life and a
happy One.-Ladies Home Journal
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

Why suffer? PrestOn's "Hed-Ake"
will cure you.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

Attention Veters.-By a resolution
passed by our Legislature, all good
citizens are requested to use DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup and recommend same
as peoples remedy for coughs, colds,
tee. p cents.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

pressure (yur0 pressure.
pigeon. pigeon.
c1m-pos-urc. COm-pO-sure.
seizure (seez-yur.) seizure (see-Zhur)
nature (nat-yurO nature (na-tur)
feature det-yur.) feature fe-ture)
departure de departure (depar-
part-yur.) ture.)
vest-ure (vest-yur) veS-turc (vcS-ture)
culture (knlt-yurO culture (kul-ture.)
procedure (pro- procedure (pro-
seed-yur) cc-dure)
tu-mult-u-ouS tu-mul-tu-ouS.
man-u-fact-ure (yur) manufacture (tur)
century (sent-yu-ry) century century,
We must confess to strong dislike
to the foregoing. The divisions do
not show the generally received pro-
nunciation, while those given sound
dudish and anglomaniacal. 1t is well
for the preface to say that the latter
were regulated by professors in deaf
mute schools, to which, apparently,
they should have confirmed their
labors.
The International affords no help
in the burning question of spelling-
reform, except that, instead of saying
that program is "rare," it says, the
"same as programme" The Century
Dictionary gives the shorter as the
preferred form, and defines it under
that head.
The International, in preferring &c
to are, informs us that the was
formerly used .fIare, aOdGe, tdTe, pi.re,
sire, fl,tre, ETC., and properly argues
that it should therefore be dropped
from az. 1t might, with equal pro.
priety, have dropped some more SUI
perhuous letters.
Of course the preparation of such a
work as the international is a stupen-
dous task, requiring ripe scholarship,
persistent labor and the utmost care,
1t is a monument to American enter.
terprise of which we may be proud
But we confess to a grievous disap
pointment that what was once an
american Dictionary ofthe English
Language" should become so much
like an English Dictionary Of the
American Language. Our country
affords as wide and as broad scholar
ship rs any other; and in the Ian
guage of our own country our educa
tors have no superiors. Climatic in
fluences, the infusion Of other blood
and divergence Of habit have made
us a different people from those o
England; and while the people Of tn,
latter country may be too conserva
tive TO recognize the necessity Of ,
change in our written forms ofwords
there is no reason why our own pvac
teal, sensible people should not q
forward in the line Of progress.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

Why suffer sleepless nights when
your baby is not well? You can buy
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup at all drug
stores for quarter Of a dollar.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

\ Frenchman has recently discov-
cred near Thebes, in Egypt, a large
grave containing PIC sarcophagi, the
oldest OF which dates back $500 3. c.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
ADVICE TO w OMEN

Ifyou would protect yourself
from Painful, ProfuSe, Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Mem
situation you must use
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

When wiping up the floor before
putting the carpet down, sprinkle it
all over with salt, while damp. This
will greatly prevent moths.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18
BRADFIELD'S "A
FEMALE u
REGULATOR !

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wears from Menstrual Irregularity,
being treated without benefit by physicians,
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ATLANTA, GA.
FOR SALE By ALL DRUGGISTS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

Ifyou have headache try Preston's
IIed-Ake.'
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
NAVAL MALITIA FOR N. C.
Gov. Holt Receives a letter from Sec
retary Tracy on the Subject.

A Raleigh correspondent of the
Wilmington Messenger writes: Gov
ernor Holt is showing much interest
in the formation of a naval militia
for North Carolina and some days
ago wrote the Secretary Of the Navy
on that subject. To-day he received
the following letter from Secretary
Tracy: "Your letter of the Goth has
been received and 1 have the honor
to enclose copy of the regulation
which has been adopted by the Navy
Department in reference to the dis
tribution of the appropriation for
the naval militia. 1t is source of
satisfaction to the Navy Department
to receive the expression of your
opinion that North Carolina should
have naval militia. The extensive
bodies of water enclosed by the ter
ritOry of the State, penetrating far
into the interior, yet open to the
sea, afford natural advantages for
the training Of such a militia, while
the quality of sailors produced by
the State, to which You justly refer,
indicates that the best material fol
the purpose will be found among its
people, and the fact that the State
capital has given a name to one oi
oul best modern cruisers will not di
minish the pride with which tho
State of North Carolina regards the
Navy"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02

! ing will be at standstill here and
that we have got about all the roads
we will have?"
"We are on all therailway systems
| that we could reasonably expect to
| be, it seems to me, but the railroad
development here in the way of
branch lines and extension Of lines
now, building will go right along
Winston is the only town that you
| can name where railroad building
will be active for the next five years.
Now, l don't mean projected roads,
but mean those roads now in phys
ical construction, that is, the Roam
oke and Southern will be continued
so1th to Monroe, the Richmond and
Danville from Wilkesboro to Bristol,
and from Winston over to Mocks-
vile, and from Mocksville, in Davie
county, down to MoOresviIle or
Statesville, in Iredell This makes
about 200 miles of railway, the CEN
tral offices of which are here where
supplies are bought. etc..-the initial
point of construction in fact. So
that we have got something to live
up to, something tangible to hope
for, and we have got simply to get
along as well as we have done in the
past to have 10000 people in the
next five years. Well. 10000 people
means an addition of 5000 to what
we have got Now, estimate, Eve to
a family means a thousand addition
al lots for people to live on
81 have heard some people argue
that building the road to Roanoke
would decrease instead of increase
trade, on the principle that trade
goes North. How about that ?"
"That is all nonsense. You will
hear it stated that trade goes north
and that when the Roanoke and
Southern is completed it will sap
Winston. AS a rule this would be
true, but here again, we are protect
ed by our peculiar position and our
peculiar staples. The leading crude
product or money crop sold here. is
tobacco, and farmers have always
bought and will always buy where
they sell their crops. Roanoke is not
n tobacco market, and farmers ofthe
counties north of us and of the Vir-
ginia counties and over on the Blue
Ridge, through all of which this road
runs, and even north of it, will bring
their crops to the nearest and hest
and greatest tobacco market, and
that is Winston, and they will buy
their needs here If you have read
the papers in the last day or so you
| will see what a tremendous row is
going on over there now, and great
pressure brought to bear on the DAN
vile and New River road to carry to-
bacco for nothing in order to keep it
away from Winston. Winston is
stretching out it's arms for every
thing. The country south Of us will
send it's freights here and bring it's
products here, for the natural reason
without the exception, that trade
goes North. Besides, Winston is the
nearest tobacco market to all of the
new country which is being set to to-
bacco in South Carolina. Northwes-
tern, N. c., and the tier of counties in
southern North Carolina.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
A Mother and q Babe Killed and a
Father Crazed with Grief.

NORFOLK, Va, June 26.-During
a heavy thunder storm that passed
over Princess Anne county last
farmer Of that district, was visited
by fearful calamity from the
strange tactics Of lightning bolt.
The electric ball struck Mrs.
Joynes in the breast, killing her in
stantly, the body turning black in
color Immediately after the stroke.
A small babe sitting upon it's moth
er's lap was instantly killed, yet no
marks were found on its body.
The house caught fire and was
nearly burned to the groand. The
afflicted husband Is thought to be de-
mented by grief
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
The Burning Issue in Virginia.

The most encouraging sign in Vir-
ginia politics to-day is that the issues
are becoming prospective. Politi-
clans are looking forward and not
backward. The newspapers of the
Southwest have got good firm grip
on the best issue that can be had to-
day-a stiff-backed dog law. Edito
rials are cropping out in every direc-
ton and in unsupported places. Let.
ters pour in from hundreds Of farm
ers indorsing this position. South
west Virginia ought to say Let us
have dog law with the same force
that Grant said Let us havepeace.' =
Roanoke Times.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
War in the Census Bureau.

War to the knife has at length been
declared between Superintendent
Porter and certain of his officials OF
the Census Office in Washington and
Congressman John E. Reyburn, who
backs up Chief Special Agent David
s. Thompson, in charge of the col.
lection of manufacturing statistics,
who, it is alleged, has been treated
with the utmost injustice and unfair
ness by his superiors.
What corruption in Republican
circlesl
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
MichiSan's Legislature.

The Michigan legislature, besides
dividing the electoral vote by pro-
viding for the election of presiden-
tial electors by congressional dis
tricts, has passed a reappointment
bill in the interest of the democratic
party. The congressional delegation
will consist hereafter, in ordinary
years, it is thought, of seven demo
Gratis and five republicans. The state
gained one congressman by the late
apportionment. In the fifty-first con-
gress the democrats had but two
members; in the fifty-second they
have eight.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
The Exposition-What is Being Done.

The Raleigh correspondent of the
Wilmington Messenger says the Com
missioners of Agriculture and the
Secretary to the board spent Wednes-
day at the exposition grounds, where
they assigned space for the exhibits
to be made by the various districts.
The first, second, fifth, eighth and
ninth districts have thus far secured
space for exhibits. Perhaps the
others will be heard from soon. No
section of tho State can afford to be
unrepresented. The ruling of the
Attorney General as to the power of
the County Commissioners and justi-
ces to make exhibits was read with
much interest.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
Who Will Get There' is the Question

It is we'll known that the Cincin-
natl ring is doing its best to prevent
the nomination of Gov. Campbell
for Governor of Ohio. The latest
now. according to the Cincinnati
Times Star, is to nominate Mr.. M. E.
ingalls,, president Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
TIMBER LANDS.

T WILL BUY pine or hardwood tim. lands
lwell located, in tracts not less than one thou
eand acres, larger tracts preferred. Parties
fnll description and all particulars.
B. E. HANIIN,
April Winston, N. G
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02

Old man DeLesseps is to be prose-
cuted on charge of getting money
from people on false pretences, be-
cause the canal scheme was bust.
But the old fellow worked the Suez
Canal through, which is now yielding
profit of 81 ,625, 800 a year.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-02
THE GIST OF IT ALL.
AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF
wINSTON'S BUSINESS MEN.

Practical Views Oh Points of Interest
Winston Stretching Out It's Arms
for Railroads and Pos
sible Rate Of Increase.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-30
Insanity of M iIlionaires.

The increased strain put on a money.
making man at the present time, especially
if he be engaged in speculation, is some
thing tremendous. Time was, that the
very rich people were either those who
had inherited agoodly fortune or those who
had accumulated wealth by long years Of
steady devotion to business. Then, too, a
millionaire was a wonder; now, anything
short OF fiva to twenty millions puts a man
out of the category of 'the rich.n Under
tie present conditions, every faculty must
be constantly under whip and spur, and
dangerous neryines are often resorted to,
No wonder there are so many cases of
death from "heart failure' among the mil
lionaires. The way to avoid this, is to
cease 80 much making haste to be rich, to
know when one is comfortably we'll off,
and to always select the luxurious trains
Of sThe Burlington" when about to make
q journey either for business or pleasure.
Information about rates and routes to all
points, q be obtained from agents OF this
or connecting lines, or by writing to WI.
g Kenyon. Gen. Pass. Agent, C,, b. &NssR.
jlHsy,lSt.s Paul. Mint.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-30
Reused from q Troubled SIeep,

One of the city hotels occasionally has al
queer ledger. He was formerly an en-
glneer, but is now a United States boiler \
inspector. While an engineer he wasS
severely scalded On one side, and is unable
to sleep comfortably when lying upon that
part of his body. Whenever he happens to-
turn upon the tender place he makes a
great disturbance in his sleep, but is diff
cult to arouse. The other evening was ole
of his nights, and he awoke half the guess
in the house. The landlord was just upon
the point of climbing through the transonl
to awake him when the man fell out Of
bed. When he understood the state of tie
case he explained that all that was neces
sary to bring him out right at such a time
was to yell, Turn over, john" he having
become so familiar with such a command
in his sleep that he invariably obeyed it
unconsciously. The plan has since been
tried md found to work admirably. The
boarders hope the clerk will never lose the
combination.-Spripgfield Republican.
Though there are about fifteen or twenty
stars whose distances nave been c%onjectrf
ured, the astronomer knows that in :sIsE
ity all of them, save three or four, lie at
distances too great to be measured by any
Instruments we have at present.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-30
from Jamestown yesterday, looking at Bis.

from jamestown yesterday, looking at Bis
marck friends.
Thomas Fitzgerald came down from
Washburn yesterday.
Mesdames Beardsley were visiting Man.
dan friends yesterday.
W. E. Brewer, late treasurer of LaMoure
county. came in yesterday.
Brainard Shaler of Palenville, N. Y, is
registered at the Sheridan.
John Rogers of Pierre is a represen-
tatlve here from South Dakota's capital.
R: N. Stevens left for Fargo and Grand
Forks on the midnight train for a few
days.
L.. Brandt of Conway and August Peter
son OF Painted Woods are registered at the
Pacific.
Miss Emma Arnold, a sister of Senator
Arnold OF Larimore, is visiting in the capt.
tai city.
Messrs. Sanford, Kelly and Rutledge re-
turned yesterday after spending their
short vacation at home.
Harry Rosenberg, Hermon Yunck and
william Hazleton were among the Man
danites in town yesterday.
George H. Suverly, Mrs. S. K. Suverly
and Mrs. j. COrbin were EmmOns county
visitors yesterday, guests at the Custer.
John B. Ogden, a son of Professor Og-
den, has arrived and accepted a clerkship
in the office OF the state superintendent of
public instruction.
Lieut.. Alvin H. %Sydenham, Eighth cav
airy, and j. S. Spence, both from the scene
OF the recent Indian troubles, arrived in
the city yesterday.