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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
Wheat, Smut and Bluestone.
BY n. b. DUDLEY, LOGAN COUNTY f,
KENTUCKY.
Farmers Home Journal.

Farmers Home Journal.
Now that we have threshed wheat
and some farmers find their crops
short from ten to twenty per cent. by
reason of the smut they lave raised,
and expect to sustain further loss of
ten to twenty per cent. in the price
Ofwhat they have to sell, it IS reasons
able that they should be thinking
about better farming in the next
crop. If smut is let alone it would
take very little while for it to con-
sumo every grain in the crop. 1t is
important to every farmer that he
should know as far as he can what
smut is-because he can then the
more intelligently apply proper rem-
edies. Smut is not q disease inher>
ent in wheat or other grain, but it
is fungus, a parasite growth that
draws nutrition for its support and
maturity from the wheat plant. l
suppose every particle of smut dust
to be smut germ and when it adj
heres to the grain of even sound
wheat it remains dormant until the
next spring when it also terminates
and multiplies itself very rapidly at
the expense of the wheat. Where
we find one head of smut we always
find every head in that stool a smut
head. This proves that the grain
producing that stool is the one start
ing point of smut for that group OF
smut heads. 1t is not proper to say
that feeble grains produce smut. II
the feeble grains produce anything il
will be wheat, but most likely it will
be other feeble grains and should
therefore be screened or famed out
as far as possible.
The proper way to get rid of smut
is to kill it. Forty years experience
makes me know that the immersion
(not sprinkling) of seed wheat in {
solution of bluestOne will certainly
kill all the smut germs adhering t
the wheat. 1t will do this no matter
what proportion of the crop in which
the seed may have grown had beer
destroyed by smut. l have usually
used bluestone liquor of TIT
strength of one pound of bluestone Il
six or eight gallons Of water-but
little more or little less would effec
the desired object. The immersion
of the wheat does not perceptabl,
weaken the bluestone quality of tn
liquor, but whenever more waite
may be added of course more blue
stone should be. When | have beel
in hurry to prepare the liquor 70
the reception Of the wheat l hav
pulverized, to some extent, tn
Jumps and then used very hot waite
to dissolve the bluestone. | prefe
that the wheat shall be in the solu
tion for an hour or more, for then
know that the water has penetrate
the hairy end of every grain, An
when l wish to do an extra good 10
of farming like to roll the we
wheat in land plaster and this DIRE
and makes it ready for the drill niue
sooner. have thought that / hav
seen difference in the growth of til
wheat plant where land plaster ha
: been thus used.
Another reason for immersion {
: the wheat is that it saves all the blue
stone liquor, not adhering to I'll
t wheat, for subsequent use.
: 1t is proper that l should adm
} that there have been plenty of il
: stances in which the sowing ofwhea
when ground was too wet to be worl
, ed or when the seeding was dor
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

DIR. Fenner's Cough Honey will re-
lieve any cough in one hour. Equal
ly q cd for horses. Gives energy and
strength. Money refunded if salts
faction not given. For sale by j. d.
Tate q Co,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

She-"There wasn't much laughter
or conversation at your end Of the
table. Didn't you and your young
lady have anything in common ~
He-"Oh, yes, an appetite. life.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
OUR VERY BEST PEOPLE

Confirm our statement when we say
that 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 II positive guarantee. Fol
sale by w. II. Fleming. {
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
HOME.
HOME.
COntentment at Home better
than Riches Abroad.

As the evening shadows darken moro
deeply the glimmering twilight of a mid
winter day, the curtains are drawn, the
shutters closed, the lamps are lit, the coal
in the crate piled higher, the easy chairs
drawn nearer to the open fire, and the
queenly wife, with her beauteous babe in
her arms, awaits the coming of her hus-
band and protector. The children, too,
await fathers coming with eager appe-
tites, for well they know his arrival will
signal the ringing of the supper bell.
How warm and pleasant it is indoors this
clear, cold night. What enjoyment of
peace and contentment hovers around the
family fireside. All! here is happiness.
But here comes Pa, his features lit up
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
THE WEAK

with kindly smile, beneath which, how.
ever can be seen trace of suffering.
0Verwork, care and anxiety is breaking
down his constitution. He don't sleep
well, he don't eat we'll, he don't feel well.
His stomach feels weak, his kidneys feel
sore, he aches all over. No, he says he
don't want any supper, says he feels tired
and will go to bed Alas, he is a sick
man. The morning finds him too ill to
go to his office; a doctor is sent for, says
he needs rest, and needs it badly. Says
he needs good tonic. Recommends DR..
John Bulls Sarsaparilla. Knows the COM
position of this remedy, and advises his
patient against taking any other He
uses this remedy, quickly recuperates, and
every one is happy. When you feel weak
and debilitated, when your system Graves
a tonic, when eating gives you distress and
your digestion causes pain, when your
back aches and your kidneys seem to be
wasting away, talSe DR.. John Bulls Sarsa-
parilla and it will give you health and
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

RB-Neglecting child troubled with worms
is cruel. Give il DR.. John Bulls Worm De-
stroyers. They taste good, are safe, and only
cost > cents
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

Sure cure-Preston's "Hed-Ake."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

4n4O xxx GIG Z. Roweil q COS Newspaper
Advertising Bureau O0Sp-uce St wheca advertising
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

Tommy-"I didn't eat half
enough supper" Bessie-"What
did you have for snpper?" Tommy
COMPANY"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

$4,000. 90 year is being made by John r.
\ Goodwin, Troy, MY at work for us. Reader,
| you may not make as much, but we can
teach you quickly how 20 earn from IS 10
$40 a day az the start, and more as you go
on. both sexes, ell ages. In any part Of
aAmerica. you can commence at home, Civ
Wing ell your time, or spare moments only 70
: the work. All Is new. Great pay SURF for
every worker. We start you. furnishing
everything. EASILY, SPEEDILY learned
PARTICULARS FREE. Address At once,
sTINSON 4 CO., PORTLAND, MANN.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

No less than one bottle of Smiths Tonic
Syrup cured me of chills and fever" c, ID.
Clarke, Frankfort, Mo.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
MADE STRONG,

Edward +. Manning, Newport, Ky.,wTites:
"For year my health had been failing.
lost flesh and strength. My weight decreased
from $50 lbs TO l4S lbs. l suffered eXcruciat-
ing pain in my back and loins, and rheu-
matism in my left leg made me cripple.
was advised TO try DR.. Bulls Sarsaparilla,
and used in all about ten bottles. FROM the
start gained in flesh and improved in every
way. Now again l feel once more myself
l sincerely believe it saved my life"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

If you have headache try Preston's
"Hed-Ake."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

JOHN D. PARK & SoNs, Wholesale agents,
10, l77 and l7g Sycamore St, Cincinnati, o,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
DEVOTED TO GOOD WORKS.
What One German Lady Has Done for Her
Country-WOmen.

What One German Lady Has Done for Her
Country Women.
Frau Lena Morgenstern, who cele-
brated her sixtieth birthday, has en-
deared herself to the people Of Germany
in many ways, and particularly by
founding in 1866 the peoples kitch-
ems" and schools Of cookery that have
become very popular in her country.
She also founded the society for the pro-
lection of children and the academy for
the higher scientific education Of wom-
en-, which she provided for five years
with twelve professors until 1878 at her
own cost. In the same year she took
part in the foundation of the union for
the education of workwomen, and re-
NAMED president Of the society until
1874. In 1870 and 1871 she turned her
attention to nursing the wounded SOL
diers in the Franco-Prussian war. As
president of the two committees of the
Lower Silesian society and of the East
Station society, Frau Morgenstern di-
rected the nursing Of the sick and
wounded, and carried enthusiasm for the
work to such a pitch that during .
whole year she only slept twenty nights
in her own home. In recognition Of her
services she was awarded the cross of
the Order of Merit and the Augusta
medal. Frau Morgenstern has promo
ted various charitable enterprises in
later years, among them one for tho
reformation of discharged female pris-
oners. Besides all this she has edited .
monthly household journal and has
written several books.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
WOMEN OF ABILITY.

Miss SANRoRN of Laconia has been
appointed notary public by Gov. Tuttle.
She enjoys the distinction Of being the
first woman to be appointed to this
office in New Hampshire.
MISSES SEARL AND GoRToN, of Chica-
60, have organized publishing firm.
Both ladies are young, and one has had
some experience as newspaper writer.
while the other has done illustrating.
Mrs. DRAKE, the wife Of Congrega-
tional minister in Iroquois, S. D., has
been ordained to preach the gospel by
the largest council of Congregational
ministers ever assembled in the state.
There was only one negative vote. Mrs.
Drake has for six years assisted her
husband, who has the oversight OF five
churches, preaching with as much abil-
ity and acceptance as he.
THE home of Olive Schreiner, the
author of Dreams and of ''The Story
of an African Farm" is at Matjesfon-
tein, Cape Colony. The place consists
Of farm, hotel, mill, a warehouse,
station and few mean houses, and
lies in the very heart of the wilderness,
surrounded by such scenery as Miss
Schreiner has often described in her
books-level wastes OF gray sand and
ragged ridges of rock.
Miss GERTRUDE E. FONDA, of St
Albans, VT, has won the fifty-dollar
prize offered for the best original de-
sign by a woman for an article OF
household furniture. Her design is .
bookcase in the form Of large vol
ume open at q little more than right
angles, with the shelves across the open
pages. 1t is made of wood, and the
binding, lettering and trimming Of blue
aud gold are cleverly initiated. About
100 designs were submitted In the conn
petition
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
A Lady Physicians Success.

A certain resident physician Of ,,
nursery and child's hospital had under
her care last year 627 infants and child
rem under five years. OF this number
only fourteen died, five being under one
year. She had thirty cases of whooping
cough. two proving fatal; seventeen
cases Of diphtheria and three of scarlet
fever, one of each fatal; one case of
chicken-pox. seven cases of mumps and
one attack of measels. Every cot in
the hospital is provided with . thick
white linen curtain. gathered on .
slender iron rod that encircles the little
bed and protects the occupant whether
asleep or awake from draughts. 1t is
to this simple precaution that the vari-
ETY. in character, wholesomeness in
quality, and regularity in serving their
meals that the doctor attributes her
success. No child under two years Of
age is given solid food: and the staff Of
life for the elder children is not bread.
but merely baked potatoes moistened
with beef extracts.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26

Three consumptives were reported As
completely cured by Prof. Koch's REM
edy at San Antonio. Tex.
In fire at Baltimore, Nd, three col
ored children were burned to death.
THE firm Of J. & A. Simpkinson, boot
and shoe manufacturers at Cincinnati,
have failed for 100000
The doors Of the United States saw.
ings bank OF Topeka, Kan, were
closed, with liabilities of $3.50. 600.
AT Louisville, KY, Theodore
Schwartz & Co., private bankers, failed
for about $500, 900, the crash carrying
down the Union tobacco works.
GOLD was said to have been found
near Boston, Mo.
AN English syndicate has purchased
the famous Laguna de Tache ranch in
Tulare county, Cal, for 81, ,0OO, ,oO0
ALL the country about New Orleans
was under water owing to the breakin,
of levees.
In session at Lansing, Mich, the su-
preme association of Patrons Of Indus
try elected N. II. Lake, of Rose, Mich,
as president. The report Of the secre-
tary showed total Of 11S,OO0 members
in the country.
In the recent heavy storm in Montana
seven men were found frozen t6 death,
and it was said that many perished of
whom no traces had been found, and
whose bodies had made food for wolves
and coyotes.
THE failure was announced Of d. j.
Spaulding, wagon manufacturer at
Black River Falls, Wis, with liabilities
of S21O, 600 and assets of $70O. 900.
THE California legislature elected
Charles N. FELTON, (rep.) United States
Hearst.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
HELPING THE FAIR.

What tho states Have Done Towards
Relseag Funds C0ntslb1tions from
That source Amount 70 ~, ,OOO. 900
Millions Moro In Sight.
CHICAGO, March 2L-The attached
tables exhibit the actions of the various
state and territorial legislatures in ap-
propriating funds for Columbian expo
sition purposes. They were prepared
from information in the department Of
publicity and promotion. Bills aggre-
eating upwards Of $4,000, 900 have been
introduced into thirty-three legis-
laturea In two states the bills were
defeated, and no appropriations were
made. but in all the others (thirty-one)
the bills have . good showing and have
passed one or both chambers; gener-
ally the amount being somewhat re-
duced from the original sum called
for. In thirteen legislatures the bills
have safely ran the gauntlet, have
passed both chambers and been signed
by the governors. The million figure
has been passed. the total Of these
completed bills being 81, ,O07, 900, being
an average Of nearly $1,000 each.
RillS have heen presented aa follows.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
PLAIN DRALRR.
EVERYTHING IN TIE LINE ol
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
Satisfaction n neainsss, pTsaDtasss lsl
Price eulraateel.


leans? Oh. no! her family isn't 50
distinguet Up in the Adirondack noun
tains blooms and blossoms the sweetest.
woman in all the world, but she doesn't
60 into the high steps Of society, she
isn't known, hence this mountain
pink is passed by while space Il
given to the belle of Mem
phis. 1t isn't fashion to namo
rural beauty when one has in mind .
city's queen. All rural beauty does not
consist of red arms, freckled faces and
stout ankles. You will find, in quiet
farm homes, types Of beauty that would
cast into shade, complete, obscure, tho
hot-house plants of the city's social life.
And our rural types, bound to fade in.
artificial sun and heat, would bo her
aided as types Of native beauty, when
no kind few would dare call attention
to their worth in their native surround
ings. / am no sticlxler for sects or sec
tions. Beauty can be found among tho
crowded tenements of lower New York
that will vie in each and every distinc-
tion with that of Fifth avenue. Beauty
can be found in the old hills Of New
AFsAilS bAuS SdA put W LII AG tAC
diamonded belle of Chicago. Memphis,
famous for its many queens of beauty,
would hide its head were the really
beautiful women from its rural parts
called forth. You will never print the
faces of American types Of native
beauty until the owners of these Same
faces find fame in the social world,
learn half a dozen different tongues,
and make two lands separated by
wide expanse of water, fall down
and worship them. To be the feted
queen of the few is not to be the queen
OF the many. There are hundreds,
thousands of admirers who admire tho
rural beauty where but q privileged
score may scarce approach the precincts
Of the social beauty. Then, in conclu-
sion, how are we to know who are to
truly and really represent to the world
our native types of female beauty?
Alas! it is not for us to know! II wo
admire beauty we do not want to see IL
in cold black and white. II we admire
social queens, we do. Such are COM
mon property and expect and desire
worldwide fame; but when ono sees .
galaxy of faces noted as types Of Amer
lean beauty, and each and every one u
social queen, then are we apt to hide
our head and say, as do now-tn what
traits of fancy are our social minds
leaning? In finis, l can match against
every printed face of every social queen
dozen fairer, more lovely, but less
rich, less social women, who can dis
count, in all, these so-called native
types of beauty,-H. S. Keller, in Ar
kansaw Traveller.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
AFTER an absence Of over q month an

escaped prisoner from the Baton Rouge
(La.) penitentiary presented himself be-
fore the warden of that institution, say
ing that he wanted to serve out the bal
ance of his term. It seems that during
his imprisonment he learned of the ILL
ness of his mother, and, being desirous
of seeing her before she died, he deter
mined upon escape, and accordingly
took the first chance that presented
itself. He attended at his mothers bed
side. nursing her faithfully, until she
became convalescent, and kissing her
good-by went back to the Jail to serve
the rest of his sentence.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26

THE New York Commercial Bulletin
says: 1.-The fire loss of the United
States and Canada during February
to 30, 226, 500. The losses for
February, 1890, were $685.. .025; but
while the property burned in February
of this year materially exceeded in to-
tai value that Of the same month Of
1890, there was q marked saving in COM
parison with the records for February,
1888, and February, 1889, those months
being respectively chargeable with
81 ,2l3, 500 and $l2, SOC, 900. The second
month Of the year usually proves an
one to the fire-insurance in
tereSt"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26

In the suburbs of Providence there
has just died widely-known Rhode
Island old-timer, John Ingraham, aged
ninety-four years. He never wore a
piece of undertaking of any kind in all
his life, nor anything around his neck,
nor did he ever wear an overcoat. He
gathered up fortune of over 500, 600,
enjoyed life and died serenely happy,
never having called for the services of
q physician in all his life.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26

PRAYING by machinery is usual
among the inhabitants of central Asia.
A large, hollow cylinder like drum is
erected, and within it are inclosed the
prayers that anyone may wish to offer.
written out neatly. The cylinder is
then made to revolve by wind or water,
and every time that it goes round the
devotee imagines it to be equivalent to
a verbal repetition of all the prayers it
contains
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26

The oldest man in Tennessee il an
inmate of the county workhouse Mt
Chattanooga. His name is Tobe Lewis
and he claims to be one hundred and
thirty-seven years of age. He has doc
umentary evidence to show that he is
considerably over one hundred. He has
been married nine times and is the
father of more than forty children. He
remembers the revolutionary war, and.
as he is in good health, will probably
live several years more.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES persons who
thoughtlessly consign old numbers of
magazines and other illustrated periodi-
calls to the waste basket or the flames
are being reminded in various ways
that they could better devote these
publications to the hospitals and asy-
lums. In nearly every large city socie-
ties exist for the collection and distribu-
ton of such gifts, the labors of which
are productive of much genuine enjoy
ment among the needy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
in WOMAN'S BEHALF.
A GIRL or THE PERIOD.


Jmct yesterday--I would you had seen her.
That wood-ronin voice. that May-queen de-
meanor!--
A wonderful girl; in her looks; my ideal;
And yet from her curls 70 her boots she was
real.
! know Queen rose from dafYy-down-dilly;
know the good points OF an unbroken fily;
] saw what she'd make, II once I had tanned
her
TO smile when praised her. and weep whom !
blamed her
Isaid: Lovely maid, do you know that your
mission
On earth is to soothe mans uneasy condition.
To pour on the waves Of his spirits commotion
Your patience, forbcarancc and general devo-
ton!
TOR man ID SO Wild 30 restless and raging
His case seems to call for incessant assuAging;
And 50 q kind Providence makes your vocation
Consist out and out in amclioration-
Moreover, the man Is by nature despotic;
Resistance excites him TO passions chaotic.
As you are all saints, while We are but human,
Obedience, etc. deyolves on the woman.
allow sweet when our passions enrage or be
TO keep one pure creature on hand to allay us
Found out by . world which objects TO fecoiv-
ing US,
TO know there is one still obliged to believe in
US!
% maiden.' cried. .don't you feel 1t your
TO yield yourself up in the May Of your beauty,
Fulfilling your mission, dear I. minine creature,
by merging yourself in my masculine naturey'
= focN -
The cheek that seemed dimpled by something
Then flashed her b'ue eyes and II you'll believe
it
The shock was SO grea, could scarcely receive
IL.
'Young man." she replied, Il deplore most sin.
cerely
The state OF illhealth you exhibit 50 clearly.
lwould you were healed; but here my revolt
You may be blister, but I'm not poultice.
my life is so large and Its duties SO various
! haven't the time TO assume the vicarions.
Besides, you will find. when you reach Peters
wicket,
You cant enter heaven upon your wife's ticket.
The man shall we'd. although faulty fbe's hu.
man.
Is pure or he's no mate for amy pure woman;
And kind, or no love needing heart would afec,
him;
And lord OF himself or no wife could respec,
him.
I'm nne. we've concluded this world ito remod
ell,
No longer your foibies and vices TO coddle;
For men will perforce. when they lind all the
sisters
Decline to be poultices, cease to be blisters.
She smiled . she passed, her answer complet
ed,
Now what way was that for . man TO be treat
eds
II all comes Of losing the frst OF their fetters-
You yield the whole ground when sou teach
thcm their letters!
-E. s. Turner.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-26
INSTALLMENTS.
A LITTLE VARIETY.
Finely Illustrated.

VERMONT has organized a fish and
game league.
For troublesome weeds and for grass
in sidewalks, driveways, etc, apply q
dressing of coarse salt; this will kill all
growth. Be careful not to put it on any
thing that should not be destroyed,
however.
CHARLES KING, of Danvers, Mass,
claims to be one hundred and ten years
old, and when he is seated ON soap
box in the corner grocery he defles all
the boys to prove that he isn't genu
Inc antique.