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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

THE extra session of the Legislature
adjourned at noon last Monday, with
out taking any action whatever on
the penitentiary question. This was
just the result we expected before the
solons met, but during the session so
much earnestness was displayed we
had our hopes raised that something
would be done. The Senate passed
one bill and the House another, but
they were as far apart as two bills on
the same subject could well be
drawn, and two conference commit
tees labOred hard to bring the two
houses together, but utterly failed. A
miserable little spirit of jealousy
sprang up between the two houses,
which probably had much to do with
defeating any legislation on this i'm
portant subject. The extra passed q
few very good laws, and corrected
some blunders of the regular session,
but the main matter they were called
together to consider they did nothing
with at all. For this, however, they
are somewhat eXcusable. In the first
place, the time was too short in
which to consider such a mOmentous
piece of legislation; and in the second
place the body was too short in brain
capacity to handle the matter, giver
all the time necessary. 1t will per
haps be better for the people and tht
State as it is. The utter incompeten'
cy of a large number Of the member,
has been so forcibly demonstrated
that it may result in the election Of ;
better class Of men to the next As
sembly. 1t is at least to be hopeC
klat this will follow. There wer,
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themselves to blame for the intro-
Guction of convicts in the Briceville
mines. Every free miner in the
Briceville district can get steady
work at good wages. Labor agita-
tors may stir up a few more small
disturbances there, but by the time a
few of them are put into the mines
with striped clothes on, under the
new law passed by the extra session,
the balance will be glad enough to
behave themselves.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26
Death of w. G. Whitthorne.

Gen. w. c. Whitthorne died at his
home near Columbia, Tenn, last
Monday afternoon. He was one of
Tennessee's most honored and trust
ed public servants. His term as
Congressman expired March 18th,
having been succeeded by Col. n. n.
Cox, Of Williamson county. The
following brief sketch Of his career
shows the high confidence and es-
TEEN in which he has always been
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26
TO SHIP ERS! !

Butter, Cheese, Eggs. Poultry, Wild
Game, Meats, Apples, Potatoes, Green and
Dried Fruits Vegetables, Cider, WOOL
Hides, Sheep Pelts, Tallow, Furs Skins To-
baceo, Grain, Hay, Flour, Beeswax Feath
ers, Ginseng, Broom Corn and Hops, NJ +.
BALLARD, General Commission Merchant
and Shipper, 2l7 Market St., St. Louis, Mo
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

Hon. ROGER @. MILLS is making
a few speeches through Ohio, and is
side-tracking the silver question for
the tariff issue. The next National
Democratic convention will probably
find it wise to do the same thing.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

Hon. j. w. SPARKS is out in a
letter defending Gov. Buchanan
against some of his critics. We
thought Maj Sparks experience
with Mcdowell along this line had
taught him a wholesome lesson.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

IT is again stated that Mr.. Blaine
will announce to his friends and adj
mirers, soon after Christmas, that
under no circumstances will he ac-
cept nomination for the Presiden>
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

THE Georgia Legislature, which
has a large majority of Farmers AL
lance members, on Wednesday, de-
clined to endorse the Ocala platform
by vote of 81 to SO.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

A MEETING Of the State democratic
Executive Committee has been call
ed at Nashville by Chairman Me
Connell for Friday, Oct, I'd. 1t is
not IN the province of this committee
to make any new platform for the
party, or to add any new planks tC
the old one.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

Albert P. Morehouse Ex-Governor
of Missouri, committed suicide at his
home in Marysville in that State, on
Wednesday, 10y cutting his throat.
He was delirious from nervous weak.
ness.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

some very capable men in both
houses, but they were in such hope
less minority they were powerless to
do any great amount of good.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

EVERY now and then some little
paper pops up with a defense of Gov.
Buchanan, when he is attached on
his allegiance to the Alliance dog
mas, and claims for him that he has
been nothing but good Democrat
through his administration, that he
has done nothing but what the party
could endorse, has made no mistake
so far, etc, etc. While all this may
be true, if Gov. Buchanan expects to
figure in the political arena in future,
the party has q right to know his
views on all political issues. He
cannot again shirk the duty of eX-
pressing himself on the sub treasury
and land-loan schemes. The party is
probably well enough satisfied with
what he has done in the past, but
will have to have some positive as
surance from him as to what he will
do in the future before he can again
be nominated for Governor. 1t is
well known that Mr.. Buchanan has
favored the sub-treasury plan iii pub
lie speeches in the State before he
was nominated for Governor, and his
refusal or failure to renounce the I'M
democratic measure is sufficient
ground to destroy any confidence
which the party may have placed in
him. In the selection of candidates
the party must look to the future as
well as to the past.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

OUR neighbor says in this weeks
issue, 1.-THE New Era has been advo-
eating pure and undefled Democracy
in its late editorial expressions" In
all candor we beg leave to differ with
our contempory on this point. The
Era has been paying such assiduous
court to the Alliance for several
months that it has been very hard
for the world to determine whether
it was q Democratic paper or an AL
lance organ. Our neighbor seems
never to have discovered yet that the
Alliance is a secret, oath-bound pc.
litical organization. If the Era
wants to lay claim to pure and unde-
filed Democracy it must stand alooi
from Alliance contamination.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

TENNEssEE's hayseed Legislature
has gone to seed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26

WE BELIEVE one of the argu-
ments used in favor of the free coin
age of silver is that it will put more
money in the country-increase the
circulating medium. Opponents of
the free coinage craze have held that
one effect of free coinage would be to
dump foreign silver into the U. S.
mipts for coinage, which would be
exchanged for gold and the gold
withdrawn from circulation. Some
great silver advocate has written a
letter in which he argues that silver
is worth more in foreign coun-
tries than in the United States,
and consequently the adoption of
free coinage by the United States
would have a tendency rather to
dump our silver into foreign coun-
tries. The advocates of free coinage
have caught on to this letter with
avidity, and are giving it broad cir
culation. Now notice how thin is
this argument. If, with our silver
worth more in foreign countries than
at home, no appreciable amount of
it is dumped on Europe, how much
of it do you suppose would be dump.
ed over there if the price at home
was increased full % per cent?
Again as to increase in circulation.
The United States is now coming
sixty millions of dollars of silver an
nually. The products Of our mines
amounts to less than seventy mil
lions per annum. Now deduct from
this the amount used in the arts,
then agree to this fresh argument
that foreign countries will send us
none of their silver, how much in
crease in the circulation will we gain
by free coinage?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26


While the silver dollar contains
only 70 cents worth of silver bullion;
twenty nickels contain only II cents
worth of nickel; and seven cents
worth of copper is coined into one
hundred pennies; each one of the
three is money to the amount Of the
One Dollar, or face value, because the
Government says it is money. The
commercial value of the metal does
not affect the purchasing power of
the coin, and so, if all the silver pro-
duced was coined into dollars at the
same ratio as now-3714 grains in the
dollar-it would pass among the peo-
pie as dollars, and as good dollars as
gold dollars.-New Era.
Now will the Era please follow up
its illustrations and tell us if it faVors
the free coinage of all the copper and
nickel produced, on the same princi-
pie that it advocates free coinage OF
silver. If free coinage Of silver would
be a good thing, why wouldn't free
coinage of copper and nickel be good
also?
SOME newspapers in this and other
states, and some newspaper cores
pOndents up in East Tennessee, are
making a desperate effort to scare
somebody by predictions of war and
bloodshed and all that kind of stuff
up at Briceville, as a result of the
failure of penitentiary legislation by
the extra session. The miners have
been playing a bluff game all the
way through this trouble, and wher
they find that this will not put food
in their mouths or clothes upon theil
backs, they will very likely subsidl
nd 90 to work. The miners arr
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-09-26
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.

n. M. REANES,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
INDIAN TERRITORY
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

Daniel Wolf, Wiley H. Hill, Henry
Rutherford, S. B. Johnson and William
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06

Among the stories which Professor
Sousa, of the Marine baud, brought back
with him from Europe is one about Fred
Candy, the theatrical partner of Francis
Wilson. Candy found himself in Paris
one day. He found even gay 'Paree" dull,
and having no one with whom he could
share his black butterflies, as the French
call our blue devils, he read Shakespeare.
l think fellow must be in pretty bad
way indeed when be is compelled, in Paris,
to read Shakespeare for amusement.
The particular piece that Shakespeare
wrote which Candy read happened to De
1.-TWO Gentlemen of Verona" He deter
mined to go to Verona and hunt up the
two gentlemen, if so be it they survived
He went and arrived at the ancient capital
of Theodore the Goth without accident
Alighting from the train he was accosted
by courier or guide, who proffered his
services to show him the town. Candy in
quired whether 1.-THE Two Gentlemen of
Verona" were still there.
Il nota know them, sare," was the cour-
teous reply of the puzzled courier
"Well, what is there in the old town to
see, anyhow" inquired the American.
81 can shoa you Juliet's tomba, sare,"
replied the courier.
outlets tomb-what's that" asked
Candy.
''The tomba of Juliet, sare. Of Romeo
and Juliet sare."
So they visited the tomb of the lovelorn
heroine. The courier pointed it out. ex-
patiated on the history of the tomb and
then described it's construction.
1.-The tomb" he said, sis of granite, and
weighs 100 tons. Inside it is marble sep
ulcher which weighs seventy-five tons. In
side that is a stone sarcophagus which
weighs twenty-five tons. Inside that is
leaden casket which weighs five tons. In
side that is the mahogany coffin in which
Juliet lies" Here the courier paused to
see how the American was impressed.
''Well old man." said Candy, taking
long breath, you've got her safe, haven't
Washington Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
Two Ripeds Meet.

A gentleman slowly sauntering down
Seventeenth street tie other night was
startled by shrill whistle that sounded
close behind him. he naturally stopped
and looked around, but saw no one. Ee
started on, bat had proceeded only few
yards when the whistle. louder and
shriller than before, was repeated
Again he looked around, and again he
saw no one. Then his heart Inisgaye
him, for the hour was almost midnight.
Vague, unutterable fears clutched at his
soul, until his sleek locks grew to resem-
bic the quilts OF that VIGOROUSLY fretful
porcupine.
But suddenly the mystery was solved.
He CHANGED 20 glance overhead, think
ing that probably, Ike the May Queen,
he had heard the angels call, wneu he
perceived a parrot in cage that dan
gled from a second story window. The
eyes OF the featherel and feathsrless
bipeds met, and the parrot quickly and
appropriately remarked, What are you
looking az, you blamed foolr'-Philadel-
phia Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
Three Ancient Trees.

Washington has three trees, each con-
nected with some important event in the
laying out of the town of Washington in
1888. The commissioners who made the
survey began their work under the great
white oak in the front yard of Judge
Andrews old home at Haywood.
Through the following century this was
one of the finest trees in Wilkes county.
Another historical tree is the great pop
lar on the Alexander homestead. In 1870
the first ordination of a Presbyterian
minister west of the Savannah river took
place under that tree. This was Rev.
John Springer, man Of noted character
and talents, and who would have been
president of Franklin college had he
lived.
Finally, coming down later in time,
we reach the memorable debate between
Robert Toombs and Benjamin Hill in
1856? This was one of the greatest in
tellectual contests in the history OF
Georgia, and Will never be forgotten by
those who heard it, 1t took place under
an oak in the grove Of Haywood. 1t was
followed by a typical barbecue Of the old
south.-Wasnington GA Gazette.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
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THROUGH a TRESTLE.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec 5-The north
bound passenger train on the Louisville,
New Orleans and Texas railway left the
track near Evansville, Miss, today, and
ran along the ties for $50 feet and on to a
trestle over a bayou. The trestle gave
wav and the train, consisting or TWO
coaches. a Pullman sleeper and two bag
gage cars. was Drecpitated thirty feet into
the BAYOU. 1t was a miracle that no one
was killed outright in the -erribIe crash.
Sixteen persons were injured, a number
quite seriously. Following Is llst OF
the injured:
Conductor L. ]. Thomas, arm mashed
and hip bruised.
c. Pennington, newsboy, badly bruised.
Alfred Carr. internally injured.
L. L. Williams (colored), hip spralned
and shoulder hurt.
Thomas Carr, hip hurt and bruised
badly.
injured.
spraned and face cut.
Andrew Holmes (colored), face cut.
Preston Godfrey (colored), leg broken
and face cut.
E T. Robertson, injured internally and
mead cut.
L. j. Kinney, Pullman porter, cut about
head.
J. f. Carver, hip hurt
Judge J. l. Steele, knee hurt.
w, H. Brakeman (colored), face cut and
shoulder hurt.
Lawrence Plant, cut in head and back
bruised
The wreck was caused by broken trucks
of the tender
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
A Crushed Romance,

The curtain had gone down on the second
act of the opera, but the spell of the COM
poser's genius, interpreted with matchless
skill by the eminent artists who had es-
sayed the leading parts, yet fingered, and
hush had fallen upon the audience.
Maud, " said the young man in a thrill
ing whisper, lis not even the silence elo-
Quenti"
The lovely girl bowed her head and
blushed at the unmistakable but hitherto
unsuspected ardor of the usually cold and
stately young man at her side.
'In moments like this, Maud, he whis-
pered, 1.-THE soul, moved by impulses it
cannot resist, sweeps cOnventionalities
aside and speaks TO its fellow souI Hear
me, Maud, hear me, when / say
Opera books! Books of the operar' piped
a shrill voice at his elbow.
And the conversation thus interrupted
never, never was resumed.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
NEW CATHOLIC BISHOPS.

ST LOUIS, Dec "a new archbishop
and five new bishops are due the Catholic
church of this country, according to the
late council of prelates in this city, and
the appointments are soon TO come from
Rome. The archdiocese is to be estab-
lished at Dubuque, Ia, and Bishop Hen
nessey of that place is to be the arch
bishop. Bishops are 20 be appointed for
Des Moines and Sioux City, la;
Monterey, Cal; ST. Joseph, Mo-,
and Concordia, Kan. Bishop Hogan of
Kansas City has had, in addition to his
diocese, ST. Joseph, which is TO have a
bishop of its own, and Concordia is TO be
made the seat of a new diocese. No co
Rdjutor to Arch bishop Kenrick has been
nominated, for the reason that the arch
bishop objected to such an appointment
snd the bishops do not feel like forcing
one on him. The priests of each diocese
will select three names to be sent to Rome,
and selection will then be made Of the
new bishops
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
The Art of Perfume Making.

The art of making perfumes ia as old as
history itself. Before painting, music or
architecture had crystallized into art, per-
fume and the method Of making it had
taken a strong hold on all peoples. A
sacrifice of perfume in the form of incense
was necessary part of many ancient re-
ligions. Incense was used by tho Hebrews,
later by the Druids of England, and now
is in all Roman Catholic churches.
The Greeks and their imitators, the Ro-
mans, al! had their favorite scents, and
Irving's Life of Mahomet" tells how pas-
sionately the prophet was devoted to the
delicate oriental perfumes.
The voluptuaries of old wished TO be
luxurious, but it has been left for the mod
ern Gaul 10 produce perfumes, scents and
odors, beside which those OF the ancients
would seem fiat and crude.
The early days of the empire witnessed
the beginning of the present immense in
dustry of perfume making. = New York
Evening Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
FOOT BALL.

KANSAS CITY, Dec 5-The football
teams OF the Kansas and Iowa state uni
rersities today played the first OF a series
Of annual games at Exposi ion park. AT
the end of the first half each side had Sc
cured goal from a touchdown, the score
standing, Kansas 6 and Iowa 6. In the
second half Kansas again scored another
goal from touchdown. Iowa soon tied
this score. Kansas then scored again,
but failed to get a goal. There were only
five more minutes to play, when G. LARA
bee, Iowa's fulI-back, made drop kick to
himself before the sides were lined up and
carried the ball within ten feet OF the
Kansas line. Kansas claimed foul, but
the referee authorized the play. The ball
was then quickly rushed over the line and
Pierce kicked a goal, winning the game.
Kansas would not play any more and he
game was given to Iowa by a score OF Is TO
i6. The game aroused much interest from
the fact that before today's game neither
team had been beaten this year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
Paine and Bliss.

The nuptials of Mr.. Paine and Miss Bills
were recently ceiebrated.-Press Item.
Quite different motives, as we see,
Together brought these twain;
In life ne wanted Bliss and she
A preference had for Paine
The nuptial rite that Joined their hands
Was good for him, for he
Possesses Bliss in wedlOck's bands,
While only Paine has she
But marriage is failure, plain,
When all Is said and doae:
For Bliss At once was changed to Paine
When these two were made one.
Still matters may not 60 amiss
And JOY may with them reign.
For II she's ike most wives then Bliss
VIII triumph over Paine.
--Sew York Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
Castoria

Company. a Murray Street, Esv YoFA City
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
RoCKEDIN THE CRAOLEo THE DEEP

Sounds NICE don't it? But o, how fast
and furious are the BOOKINGS in rough
weather. The intestinal welfare begotten
in your vitals by the seas commotion
beggars description. What's the proper
caper under these circumstances? Take
H0stetter's Stomach Bitters. Nothing
comparable to it for remedying sea sick
ness or the kindred nausea from which
many delicate land Traveller suffer. Dis
pepsia, cramps, constipation and bilious
ness also are invariably and promptly
remedied by the Bltters. Exposure in
rough weather is often productive of hurt
full consequences, which may, however, be
averted by the timely use of the Bitters,
which diffuses an agreeable warmth
through the system, and promotes an
active circulation of the blood in the ex-
tremites when benumbed and chilled.
Malaria, kidney trouble rheumatism and
debility are remedied by the Buffers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06

An ingenious application of electricity
for ventilation has been brought out in
France An electric fan furnishes the cur
rent of air, which can be cooled by means
of ice or other cooling agent. II hot air is
required, electricity is sent through n Sc
ries OF meshes of wire. whose high resist
ance causes it TO become hot, and the air
passing through these is given the heat re-
1uired
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
THE FRISCO ROBBERY.

ST. LOUIS, Dec 5-A lot of broken en-
velopes, two or three small canvas bags,
and a number of checks and bonds have
been found in a ravine about a mile north
of the place where the Frisco express rob-
berry was committed, indicating that it
was where the robbers divided their booty.
The stuff was brought to the city latt
evening, but at this writing it has not
been visible to the reporters 1t cannot
therefore be stated what or whose bonds
and checks are in the bundle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
EAllIlRES-

BELLEFoNTE, Pa, Dec. 5-The Bellefonte
Iron and Nail company, limited. has sus-
eating $500. 600 The extensive plant has
been turned over 10 Ex-Governor Beaver,
its president, for the benefit OF the credi-
tors 1t has been known for some time
that the company has been losing money
and the suspension did not cause much
surprise The difficulties, however, have
been satisfactorily ARA uged and the com
pany will be reorganiZed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-06
ELECTRIC FLOWING.

SAUK CENTRE. Mimi, Dec. 5.-Senator
Keller is at work upon an invention
which, if it proves a success, will be of
great value To the farmers. The scheme
is to attach an electric motor 10 a common
walking pillow that will contain sufficient
force to work in any kind of soil Storage
batteries are to be adjusted TO the machine,
so as to keep it in constant motion. Mr.
Keller has the utmost faith in his new
'help to the farmer" and declares that it
will reduce the cost of blowing TO a mere