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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
business Changes.

Mr.. ]. M. Cunningham moved his
stock this week from Houchin's
Opera House block to the corner
room in Mason's new block. He has
now associated with him Mr.. j. M.
Moffitt, and the style of the new firm
will be Cunningham & Moffitt. They
will largely increase the stock for the
fall trade, and will handle extensive
lines of staple and fancy dry goods,
notions, clothing, shoes, hats, etc.
Mr.. A. II. Woodlee has taken the
room in Houchin's building vacated
by Mr.. Cunningham, and is now
opening up new stock of groceries
and confections. Mr.. WoOdlee is a
new man in our commercial circles,
but is well and favorably known to
our people in both town and county.
Mr.. G. Richmond has bought out
the stock and business of Northcut &
Silence, and will continue the busi>
ness at the same stand. Mr.. North
cut and Mr.. Safely will remain with
the house.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
STATE NEWS.

Counterfeit silver dollars are re-
ported to be quite plentiful in Mem
phis.
Wilson county stock raisers will
hold big colt show at Lebanon Sept.
Sd.
VIM. 0. Thomas, lately editor of
the johnson City Advance, has been
appointed consul at Bahia, Brazil.
The reunion of Gen. N. B. Forests
staff and escort will take place in Nc
Gavock's Grove, Franklin, Tenn,
Sept. 10th and 18th.
The new Model Touring mill al
Nashville began grinding this week
1t has a capacity of 1, 900 barrels pei
day.
An effort is being made at Chatta'
nooga to raise the sum of 100000 fol
the purpose of establishing a steam
boat line between that city and St
Louis.
One of the military companies o
Chattanooga is having a hotter time
over troubles in its own ranks thar
it did in the memorable campaign a
Briceville.
Murfreesboro News: We are oppos
ed to the legislature trying to do any
thing with the lease system. If nj
other reason, we are opposed to it be
cause this legislature is not compe
tent to attend to any great question
Thos. B. Mathis, living near Tul
lahoma, who has an unsavory repu
tation of getting drunk and beatin
his wife, was taken out by maske
men a few nights ago and given
severe whipping.
The Nashville, Chattanooga d S
Louis railroad made no charges fo
carrying the state militia to and frOr
the late Briceville trouble. TIL
Membhis & Charleston and tn
+. Il. V. d G. roads each charged fu
fare each way.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

McMinnville; Miss Kate Durr, Mrs.
]. w. Durr, Montgomery, Ala; John
B. Biles and wife, Misses Halle
Biles and Janey Biles, McMinnville;
Miss Sarah Miles, Murfreesboro;
Miss Matte kirkpatrick, Nashville;
DIR. G. T. Stainback and wife, Geo.
Stainhack, Jr., Misses Clara and M.
L. Stainback, Sallie Black, McMinn-
vile; Ben Stanback wife and child,
Memphis, Tenn; Geo. Frierson, Co
lumbus, Miss; Miss Daisy Eakin,
Texas; Misses Lula Smartt, Belle
Smartt, Lucy Bently, McMinnville;
DR.. A. Harrington, Ala; Mrs
Susan Smart, Dallas, Texas
F. w. Smartt, Nashville, Tenn.
DR.. A. Womack, Miss Ella Hayes
Irving College; J. S. Hoyt, Miss Su
sic Hoyt, McMinnville. A number
of visitors failed to register this week
among them, Mr.. G. H. Staples, will
a party of about 30 were here las
Saturday and enjoyed the day pic
nicing. Good Bye. r.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
BEN LoMOND.

Ben Lomond, August 20, 1S9l.-
We have had another very pleasant
week on Ben Lomond. Quite a
number of pleasant visitors from the
cities and elsewhere have been here.
At present it is very quiet. Capt.
Lind and family have returned to
their home in McMinnville. They
returned earlier than usual on ac-
count of relatives who are visiting
them in McMinnville. 1t is too early
to leave the mountain, but majority
of our family, on account of it being g
little quiet here now, have decided tC
return next Saturday. So after this
week your correspondent can bC
found nearly every day at the pro
duce house of Mead d Ritchey, neal
the depot.
The following visitors were here
this week, viz: Mrs. NJ. +. Munford
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
The Rain Makers.

MIDLAND, TEX, August 2O.-Gen.
Dryenforth and his party have
again achieved success in their efforts
to produce rainfall by artificial
means, and all this region is rejoic-
lug in a heavy and widespread rain
storm which insures winter grass
and averts the distress which a few
weeks more of dry weather would
have brought. This is the second
heavy rain on the Morris ranch
which has fallen inside of eight days,
besides several light showers, and
there SENS TO be no reasonable doubt
but the rain-makers deserve much
of the credit, especially for the cOpi
business of the fall.
Ten days ago they began opera
tions, and they have kept up a con
tinual "skirmish" since that time
Some of the most powerful aparatu!
has not been used to a great extent
but large quantities of "rackarock,
IA mixture of giant powder, dynamit,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
PHETONS,
ROAD CAR is,
BUCC|ES.
IRVING COLLEGE.

Irving College, August 10, lS9l.-
Everything is quiet on the Po-
tomac" this week.
Elder Gillentine is holding a pro-
tracted meeting on Hill's Creek this
week.
Revs. A. l.. Parker and II. A.
Cunningham closed a series of meet
ings last Sunday at Shellsford, which
resulted in eight professions.
Elder w. III. Sutton closed meet
ing at Smyrna about week since
and had u additions to the church
there.
Rev. Mr.. Stewart, Of Vervilla
preached at Hebron last Sunday.
Mr.. Sid Gibson was interviewing
our merchants one day last week
Miss Ida Sims, who has been visit
ing relatives in this community 70
three or four weeks, returned to he
home at Tracy City last week.
Miss Ersa Parks, who has beer
visiting friends and relatives at vi
ola, for several weeks, returned hom
last Monday.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

and oxyhogen gas, have been eX-
ploded on the ground from:kites and
balloons. The readings of the instru-
ments which Prof. Curtis, of the
Smithsonian Institution brought
from the Weather Bureau at Wash
ington clearly shows that the opera
tions have had a marked effect on
the meteorological conditions and
have produced definite and practical
results.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
GENERAL NEWS.

Large deposits of anthracite coal
have been discoved in the State of
Sonora, Mexico.
A fire in Jacksonville, Fla, Tues
day morning, destroyed fifty resi-
dences and thirty business houses.
Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, has been
forced to postpone some of his cam
pain engagements on account of sick
ness.
Yellow fever has been raging in
Vera Cruz, Mexico, for several
weeks, and great many deaths have
occurred.
A severe storm passed over por>
tions of Illinois Tuesday, doing great
damage to crops and buildings in the
neighborhood of Vandalia.
DIR. ]. P. Baker, of Abingdon, Va,
recently convicted of wife murder,
has been sentenced to be hanged on
Friday, Nov. 9th.
Over 1000 persons, from twenty
five different states, attended the am
nual reunion of the Fleming family
at Fairmont, w. Va, Wednesday.
Georgia watermelon growers lost
heavily on their crop this year, ow~
ing to low prices. Hundreds of cars
were sold for the freight charges.
A death from leprosy occurred in
the New Orleans hospital last FRI
day, and the attending physician
states that there are half a dozen other
cases in that city.
Two men, father and son, were
hanged with the same rope, to the
same limb, in Cullman county, Ala,
a few days ago. The work was done
by 200 white caps.
The Pennsylvania Republicans
held their State Convention Wednes-
day, and nominated D. w. Gregg for
Auditor General, and Jno. w. Nor
rison for State Treasurer. Both are
old soldiers.
The ocean record has been broken
again, the steamer Tentonic, having
crossed the Atlantic in days, Il
hours and 81 minutes, being one hour
and 81 minutes shorter than the time
made by the Majestic in her recen
fast trip.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
The Farmers Institute.

Prof. Thos. ]. Ogilvie, Assistant
Commissioner of Agriculture, deliv-
cred an address on agriculture at the
Courthouse in this place last Monday,
according to appointment. Messrs.
Garrett and Vanderford failed to
come. Capt. Garrett was represent
ed, however, by Prof. Buchanan,
brother of the Governor. At the cons
clusion of Mr.. Ogilvie's address a
Farmers Institute was organized,
and fifty-four members were enroll
ed, including a number of the most
progressive and intelligent farmers of
the county. The following officers
were elected.
S. Nc. Ramsey, President.
w. T. Blue, Vice President.
A. r. Hammer, Secretary.
Messrs. j. c. Biles, j. l.. McGehee
and Henry Rowen were appointed a
committee on arrangement of topics
for discussion at the meetings.
The next meeting will be held al
the Courthouse on the first Monday
in September, and it is the purpose O
the Institute to have some interesting
papers and discussions at the meet
ing. Everybody interested in agri'
culture are cordially invited to at
tend.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
Delays are Dangerous.

There are those who are morbidly
anxious about their health, watching
every symptom and dosing them
selves on the slightest provocation.
There are others who never give the
matter thought, but permit real
symptoms to lapse into the certain
ties of disease. Between these two
extremes the wise man steers-never
unduly anxious, and yet not permit
ting genuine symptoms to develop.
He knows that delays are dangerous,
and he knows, moreover, that the
medicine most likely to be effective
is that which goes straight to the
seats of disease, and tones up the di-
gestive organs, strengthens the sys,
TEN and purifies the blood. He
takes a few doses of S. S. S., and soon
finds that all the symptoms have
disappeared, and that he is in bet
ter condition than ever. The grea
vegetable remedy has no rival.
! Subscribe for the STANDARD, 81.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
MoMINNvILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, AUG. aa 1884,
At the Churches TOnorrO,O.
METHODIST.

MEAIlOlJlols
Preaching at 1915 a. M, by Rev.
Chas. d. Crawford, of New Haven,
Conn.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN.
Preaching as usual morning and
night by the pastor, DIR. G. T. Stain
back.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Services as usual at 1890 a. M,
and 1880 p. M, conducted by Elder
A. p. Seitz.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Preaching at l0:45 Il. M, by the
pastor, Rev. j. d. Murray. No SER
vice at night.
BAPTIST.
Usual services at 1915 a. M, and
1880 p. M, beginning revival meet
ing which will be continued through
out the week. DR.. Phillips, the pas
tor, will be assisted by Rev. ]. H
Crime, of Wilson county. The pas
tors and congregations of the various
churches are cordially invited to joir
in the services.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22

Student-"What's the most pecu-
liar thing about your profession ."
Doctor-"When l have to charge ten
dollars a day for treating a man
whose life isn't worth two CENTS
Life.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-22
A CHILD KILLED,

Another child killed by the use of
opiates given in the form of Soothing
syrup. Why mothers give their
children such deadly poison is
surprising when they can relieve the
child of its peculiar troubles by using
DR.. Acker's Baby Soother. 1t con-
tains no opium or morphine. For
sale by w. II. Fleming. ..
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
Tho Ways of Women.

\ richly but not overdressed woman Q day or two ago entered well filled Fourth avenue ear, and without so much as a look dropped iRto a seat va catcd for her by man who on rising had politely raised his hat
 The wom2ns behavior was so mark cdly unglacious that the other occu- pants of the car smiled broadly at the victim of misplaced politeness, who did not fail Co notice that he was being laughed at
 Turning to the lady and once more raising his hat, he said, Pardon me, madam, but did leave my gloves on the seat}"
 Tie woman stood up to look for the missing hundgear and the man slid himself edgcwise into the seat, Tiic laughter which followed was not par ticipated in by the woman, and she left the cara at the next block.
 Take my seat madam. said a man to woman on another occasion under similar circumstances.
 Thanks, no saw the ear was more than iull when l stopped it to get on and | expected to stand have no right to deprive you of your seat, and won't do it.
 This little speech was followed by a look of blank amazement on the part of the other passengers New York Times
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
Saturday, octoltr IT, 1891
women who Pieaso Men.

Man in many respects is q peculiar animal He is easily persuaded by a woman but he cannot be driven, 4 woman who seeks a mans admiration, and says by her demeanor or suggestion Admire my beauty or my brightness, is woman from whom a man will turn quicker than from anything else, A woman will always make a mistake when she attempts to force her beauty or her talents upon man upon Ga- other woman for that matter wom- an who seeks admiration always re Tninds me of hoilyhocl, conspicuous and tlauRtiag and anxious to be seen. Now, men never caro for AUllyhocks It is not mans fayorito lower The violet, or half blown rose is morC Go his taste. Go where there is a company of well dressed men, in evening eos tune. with boutonnieres, and il in sen son the violet and the rose will he seen on the lapel of every coat, and what is true with men of flowers is true of what he always associates with them women,
 A man likes to discover a violet or a rose; he wants to find out its charm himself; he doesn't wish directory to aid him in this, and he Is very con temptuous of the woman who here, there and everywhere ashes his admir- ation. The women who arc popular with men are the women who impress them with their womanliDess, and by this is meant that subtle something that says I do not thrust myself for ward, but perhaps if you find me you may like me. Men have always iScd voyages ot discovery, and they Eac 10 seek tlre ideal woman, and not have her thrust her greatness upon thcm.- Ladies Home Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
snort In tl.e rlil IslanLl,.

One Of tho huge delights of the Fiji young men and boys and truth to tell, the Fiji young ladies likewise in dulgc occasionally in the sport-is the swing. The Fiji boys look out for the stump of nice, straight and not too thick tree, which has obligingly grown on the side of a convenient bank Then they fasten to it e number of lengths of native rope, which usually have loops in their free ends The next process is for each player to place his foot in one O. these nooses and go swinging of through the are of circle of fifty or sixty feet in radius. For the Fjian ia almost if not quite. as much at home in the aqueous element as his brethren, the Sandwich island CTS, and is usually able to swim like a duck at about that period in his his. tory when Eo begins to toddlc.
 So he plunges into inc game with vigor, flying through the air to the ox- treme length of the rope before letting go to disappear with a splash into the water, his wiry head of hair coming presently to the surface as player after player follows his oxamtA, and while the water is alive with coal black wigs the air is rent with shouts of laughter. San Francisco Examiner.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
Ahont nInrl,ln- nnnl.s.

What do you think of the habit Of marking booksi" l asked an old book worm and book lover.
 'Why, I think that if the marker himself doesn't mind it. no one else ought to-
 q do not understand. Why should the person who marks books mind itT
 ''Because it is such reckless give away. It is bad enough to havc to stand by the things you say yourself without adopting lot Of things some one else has said in addition When you mark a book you often put on cx. hibition sentiments which you would express only with the greatest reserve but here they are open to the criticism of friend and foe alike ] have alw@ys had private opinion that the marking of books showed lack of proper ro. serve and dclicacy It is making the public a present of what belongs to yourself and your friend
 Then, apart from the revelation made to other people, you often find marked books al uncomfortable rec ord of your own past mental poverty II you should read the sane wGrd, but ln different copies, once a year for five years, and mark at each reading ,ae things which struck your fancy, tlic five copies, when compared, would show you some startling facts. Kate Fields Washington,
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
Mountains of uaeilil.

Prodigious as must have been the number Of organisms whose remains form the great chalk deposits found all over the world yet these are only as a single grain of sand on the seaShore when compared with the vast accumu lation of fossil infusoria. In spite of the extreme minuteneSs of these invisi blc forms, the stratiled rocks, forming a large portion of the crust of the earth are made mp almost entirely from their shells and skeletons They form great mountain ranges in different portions of the globe
 Even the silicious rocks, called trip oI are shown by the microscope to be composed of the carapaces of tiny ami. malculn, that secreted silica from it's solution in water in the same way that the carbonate of lime was secreted by the organisms whose remains composed the strata of chalk. These silicious an imals belonged principally to the fami ly baciIlnria and their skeletons are so perfectly preserved that they can be identified and compared with the baC terium of the present day Macon Tel egraph.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17

"Gold Is coming back to America in the same kegs and sacks Tn which it was shipped to Europe a few weeks ago It is to be hoped tAat it has en- ioyed it's trip abroad, md that it comes back like othsr tourists, more thorough ly American than ever. So we see it stated in the Boston Herald that had not hesitated, meantime, to assert, con currently and falsely with the Demo cratic platform of New York, that the gold in question had been exported originally from the country as a natural or logical consequence of the silver leg islation of the Congress of the United States of 1890. We should like, how ever, to see the Herald explain why this gold, having gone abroad for the cause alleged, did not remain abroad for the same Financial and Mining Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
Where Lnce l. mnde.

Bmges makes the well known point Duchesse. Valenciennos, named from its French native province, is pillow lace, now best made in Flanders Point d'Alencon. which ranks next to Erus, sels in value, is made mainly with the needle
 Spanish point waa so much used n the churches that up to the suppres sion of the monasteries in 1s3) it was little known
 Black and white silk laces arc made largely by the peasant women of both Spain and Portugal It is a different fabric, though. from the Spanish lace" sold in American shops. That is a machine product, and comes mainly from Lyons
 Blonde got its name in on odd fash ion. It was first made from silk in it's natural yellow.white hue, so was styled by it's French makers blonde, or fair
 Mauger the introduction of machine lace there are at least million lacs workers in the various European coun- tnes, New York Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
The Badger.

The badger, poor beast is getting scarce, more's the pity, from the mi nal collectors and the naturalist's point of view. He generally manages to dis. pense with the observation of the lat ter, for unless his ways arc well known he will escape from place that might have been supposed strong enough to hold a rhinoceros, All his family have been excavators from the beginning on the most seienlitio principles. Unless you take the greatest precautions he will dig himself out and get away in quick time. He is u most quiet and or derly being, and contented ono, too, Il i2t alcHo for as 9 rlAe he is fat pepiler Science Monthly \
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17

The Gore saw, intended for boring out barrels from solid logs, was reoeut- ly completed at Taunton, Mass, for company in LGcross, La The saw is made of wrought iron, cylindrical in shape, and steel cutting teeth are dis tributed about it's edge It was ex- peeted that the saw would cut barrel per minute, and during trial of the first machine core 103 inches in diam eter end 2.l inches long was bored out in 80 seconds A mill for the manu- facture of barrels by these machines is to be built in Louisiana.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
DIns.cIs Produco yaIuablo PearI,.

The scallop which l have kept in m aquarium, is remarkable for its eyes, which skirt the mantle, They resem. ble gems of the purcst description. Tine fresh water mussels produce pearls. those of the St Clair county, Ills, and Rutherford county, Tenn, rivers being most valuable Fifty thousand dollaxs' worth of pearls have been taken from the fresh water rivers of Scotland in a single summer, and pearl taken from n Salem, N. J., mussel few years ago was sold in Paris for S2, 900, Cor San Francisco Chronicle
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
A chiol,on nf ,Inn, snrln,s.

Plymouth Rox is awfully mad be- cause you awarded only honorable mention to that spring chicken of his up at tho poultry show
 What does he want anyhow2 That hen has taken first prize every yearnow for five years He ought to be satis- fied. n-Prnll.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
THE OLD BOAT.
A worn out boat upon tho shore,

A worn out boat upon tho shore,
 The chillren's playground Is 1t now, Tho trouMCd deep it tempts uo more, It lies at rest like rusty blow. And yet it basks in bright noon;ido, It echoes gladly childish. voices; A sail0r's wife leans here. and wide Her outlook til her heart reioioes. Here lovers meet when dusk draws near, Their voyages have scarce begun; Ahl may they keep vows true and dear, Uuul their resting days are won, For 'tis not every craft that lies
 So calmly on'a kindly shore; And tia not every heart Is wise
 To cherish love when youth is o'er.
 -Beatriy l.. Tollemache in Academy.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
< cneer cnnrt nesl,ipn.

A peculiar ease disposed of at CaId well court ,gas that of a man who had been tried by the mayor of Lenoir for violation of 8 town ordinance and had pleaded guilty The mayor lined lim more tiau be wanted to pay and he appealed and in the superior court the jury acquitted him of the charge to which be had pleaded guilty iu tine mayors court This strikes us as some thing new under the sun in the way of criminal procedure. Marion tN. e. Free i.auce.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17
rho Nnmbcr FIre Ia cenrenlent.

Five is a number but little employed in the Scriptures, but it is a number Of great convenience and utility Man was created with Gye natural se,s <. and with i've fingers on each iiuid and five toes on each foot. The earth's surface is divided into five zones, and the rose has five leaves, or some mul tipie of five. Chicago Herald
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17

When Queen Victoria is travelling by rail in her special train she exercises no deadhead rights She pays at the rate of S192 mile whatever tho distance, in addition to first class fares Tor all the party, servants included Her saloon carriage cost $50, 900.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17

Complaint was mGde in the house of commons that some publicans were in the habit 1f ubiiging their customers by selling postage stamps after the post offices are closed lt was stated ou be half of tae government chat no one is entitled to sell stamps without first talk. ing out Q license.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17

The production of electrically welded steel chains will soon become an import ant industry in this country The steel chain will b2 oue-third lighter than the present chain, with as great tensile strength. and can be produced at considerable less cost.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-10-17

Representative Mills, according to his Ohio speech, occupies q unique position with regard to the free coinage of silver He says he has for years favored it, but he can now see no nd- vantage to the country in its heinz enacted into law. It looks very much Ns if the distinguished Texan was try ing to straddle the question -El PGso Tribune.