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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
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DIBRELL.

Dibrell, Tenn, May 27-Judge B.
M. Webb and wife passed yesterday
on their way from McMinnville and
gave us a short and pleasant call, and
to make things more pleasant for US,
gave So for our new school building.
Mr.. Benz. Foster died at the home
of his son-in.law, Mr.. Sam Young,
near Mt. Sterling, Tuesday morning,
having reached his ninetieth year.
We are having another cold wave
today; wind from the north feeling
most cold enough to frost.
New union Sunday school organ
lied at the College last Sunday with
Mr.. G, w. Womack superintendent,
and an enrolment of forty students.
We trust that "much" study of the
Bible will be the result of said organi-
zatiOn.
Prof. G. j. Denton's school closed
last Friday night with interesting
exercises and a "big" crowd of spec
tators. He now expects to commence
the next session about the middle Of
July.
We had very light shower of rain
here Monday evening, but not
enough to dampen the ground very
deep. We understand that the rair
fall was much heavier a few miles
north and also south of here.
Mrs. S. T. West is making visi
to Smithvilie and Alexandria thi.
week and will return the first of mex
week.
The young folks literary society
meets at the College Saturday even
ing at 3 o'clock, for the purpose o
discussing the question of the credi
system, and having their paper read
styled the advance"
Keep it in mind that the next silve
medal contest will be held here OF
the night of June the 10th. All con
testants will please be on hand ant
ready for work by early lamp-light
ing. The managers have also ar
ranged for a grand gold contest an,
pic mic for July the 4th. Judge B
M. Webb from Smithville, has prom
ised his presence and perhaps othe
prominent speakers. A good time
looked for.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
From Bad to Worse.

The ordinary treatment of contagi-
Gus blood poisoning is to drive one
poison from the system by introduce
ing another. The result, in most
cases, has been that which usually
follows leap from the frying-pan
into the fire. To put it mildly, mer-
curial and other mineral poisonings
have disadvantages which are hardly
less serious than contagious bloodpoi-
son. In either case the system is
wrecked; and yet there is no reason
why humanity should continue to
suffer. 1t is the Office offs. S. S. to
cure contagious blood poisoning. For
that disease the medicine is surely a
specific. And it is also its office to
cure mercurial and other mineral
poisoning. In short, S. S. S. is the
great blood purifier. 1t destroys the
germs Of the contagious disease, and
expels from the system all forms Of
mineral poisoning. 1t restores health
and strength to the sufferer.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL.

Florida is shipping lemons.
Coal has gone up in England.
Alaska has yielded $63, 100000.
Argentine pays $50 ton for coal.
Chicago has the biggest limekiln.
st. Louis reports good spring trade.
New York has japanese carpenter.
Lowell weavers can average $3.50 q
week.
English syndicates are still buying
ranches.
Georgia has increased her watermelon
acreage.
Massachusetts, sweaters make SS per
cent profit.
Last years wool clip was 2670OO,-
600 pounds.
Western retail lumbermen kick against
retail sales by wholesalers.
One hundred and fifty thousand New
York girls get 60 cents day.
A steady and healthful industrial
growth is reported in the South.
Chicago cabinet makers want eight
hours, 50, and weekly payments.
Denmark proposes an international
union of machinists and blacksmiths.
Five-cent savings banks are proving a
great success in a number of Western
cities.
A 10 per cent increase in the price of
common white and yellow crockery is
announced.
indianapolis planning mill employees
are trying to start cooperative mill with
100000 capital.
Sixty-fve Huns, who work on the rail-
roads near Merchandising, live together
in IA house 80 by 40 feet.
Farm lands in the United States, TAX
ing the country as a whole, occupy only
@39 acres in every 1000.
New York jockeys organized. They
want $500 on winning stake race, $25
Cor ordinary, and $40 for losers.
Canton, Switzerland, municipal author
tics have decided that all employers
.nust share profits with the laborers.
More note paper, in proportion to the
population, is sold in the United States
liam in any other country in the world.
North Dakota, Texas, New Mexico, and
the Indian Territory have been added to
the list of coal producing States since
$780,
Iowa is far in the lead of the Western
States in coal products. Out Of grand
total of about 1900 mines, Iowa has
nearly 400.
New Hampshire unions want legal
day, nine hours, the conspiracy law
abolished, and the determination of
Pinkertons.
y Nottingham lace factory is to be es-
tablished at Patchogue, N. Y, because of
the Mckinley bill. "The tariff is a tax
and, also, protection. p"
It is noted now for the first time in
the history of the State that white men
are doing house plastering in Georgia.
Heretofore the work has been done by
negroes.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
STANDARD McMNNVILLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY. MAY 49, 1891

says he has no personal interest in
the Behring Sea sealing contract, but
that his friend, Milrs, father-in-law
of Whitelaw Reid, requested him to
look out for his interests while he
was abroad. OF course no one would
think for moment of doubling any
statement that Mr.. Elkins might
make.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
Then and Now.

The Gallatin Tennessean is severe
enough to say: "All the public men
in Tennessee, except Gov. Buchanan,
will now be required to speak out on
the absorbing questions Of the day.
He has long since been excused from
that disagreeable duty. 1t nobody's
business how he stands on any ques>
ton. 1t will be a matter of eXpedi>
cy, you know, for the Democratic
party in Tennessee to swallow him
and the entire third partymovement.
And this we should do for the sake
of harmony. Keep up the organiza-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30

ton. Buchanan is our'n and we
must keep him. What was good log
ic half a year ago ought to be good
logic now, but circumstances some
times alter cases, and to speak the
truth directly, if Mr.. Buchanan dick
ers and lodges and attempts the si-
lent game as he did in the late cam
paign he will be kicked out of the
Democratic party and thus receive
long-delayed justice"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30

Immediate reliefby using Preston's
'Hed-Ake."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30

Immediate, misunderstanding
"Hed-Ake."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
Not IntendedIThat Way.

TO anxious inquirer: No, the "Toil-
err is not a phraze intended to desig-
nate "a horney handed son of Toll"
as you supposed. 1t is simply the
nom de plume of an "agriculturap'
paper with less farm receipts and ex-
perience in it than nine>tenths of the
secular papers, and more politics
than any ten newspaper of the State.
Chattanooga News.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
Nonresident N office.
In Chancery at lc1finnviILe, Tenn

Trustees of Carroll Academy, ct ais,
VS..
Trustees of Ben Lomond College, ct ais.
IN this cause, it appearing to the satisfac-
l. ton of the Clerk and Master from Com
plainants bill, which is sworn to, that the
Defendants, J. w. johnson, j. j. WOmack,
J. L. Garrett and the unknown heirs of W..
Britton, decd, whose names and residences
are unknown, the bill being filed to divest
title to Ben Lomond College lot in McMinn-
vile, Tenn. formerly owned by w. Britton,
and vest it in Trustees of Carroll Academy,
are nonresidents of the State of Tennessee,
so that the ordinary process of law cannot
be served on them. 1t is therefore ordered
that publication be made for four consecu-
tive weeks in the Southern Standard, re.
curing said Defendants to appear before
the Chancery Court to be held at the Court
house in McMinnville on the 4th Monday in
May next, there and then to plead, answer
or demur to Compliments bill or same will
he taken for confessed as to them and cause
set for hearing ex parte. This Apr. q, 1891
J. C. BILES, c. & NJ,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30

The Hill Shoe Co., of Memphis,
made an assignment on Thursday of
last week, and VIM. V. Hill, manag-
er of the Company, committed suicide
the same day
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
wEAT IS
SCROFULA

1t is that impurity in the blood, which, ac-
cumulating in the glands Of the neck, pro-
duces unsightly Jumps or swellings; which
causes painful running sores on tho arms,
legs, or feet; which developes ulcers in the
eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which is the origin Of pimples, can
cerous growths, or the many other manifesto
tions usually ascribed to "humors;" which,
fastening upon the lungs, causes consumption
and death. Being the most ancient, it is the
most general Of all diseases or affections, for
very few persons are entirely free from it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30

Chattanooga News: An exchange
pointedly remarks: "Kansas claims
to be the mother Of the third party
and Ohio is strongly suspected of the
fatherhood." Yes, an illegitimate
offspring, and as usual inheriting the
worst passions of both parents-the
itch for office.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-30
How ~ e Ca" CUR Ed

BY taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkable cures it has accomplished,
often when other medicines have failed, has
proven itself to be potent and peculiar
medicine for this disease. Some of these
cures are really wonderful. fyou suffer from
scrofula, be sure to try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
any daughter Mary was afflicted with scrof-
ulous sore neck from the time she was 22months
old till she became six years Of age. Jumps
formed in her neck, and one Of them after
growing to the size Of pigeons egg, became
arunning sore for over threeyears. We gave
her Hoods Sarsaparilla, when the lump and
all indications Of scrofula entirely dis
appeared, and now she seems to be healthy
child" j. S. CARLILE, Nauright, Nj.
N. D. Be sure to get only
Hoods SarSaparilla
sOldby all druggists. 81; six fOrsS. Preparedonly
bye. /. HOOD & CO., ApothecAries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25
NEUROLOGICAL DEITrEs.
Raro Statues Representing Two OF Thorn
discovered In India.

Rnro Statues Representing Two OF Thorn
Discovered In India.
The Pioneer of Allahnbad reports IN
archaeological discovery of somo i'm
portancc Mt Mahcswar, in tho Rungporo
district, says tho London Times. Some
children, while playing among ruins
there, uncarthcd two beautiful groups
OF statuary, cut from the hard black
basaltic stone found near Gya. Both
represent NEUROLOGICAL deitics, with
features of Gr;rco-Buddhistic type.
The first is two feet in length by TWEEN
ty inches in breadth, with depth of
six inches. 1t represents Vishnu or
Basudeb, tho emblem of the preserving
power in nature. Tho central figure
stands on n lotus, and its four hands
grasp club, wheel, lotus and conch.
On the head is tiara thrcc inches in
height, which, with tho earrings, neck
lace, bracelets, waist-chain ind sacred
thread, are rendered with u wonderful
degree of dclicncy and finish. TO tho
right and left stand figures OF Lnllsmi,
the Goddess of Wealth, and Saraswnti,
who patronizcs learning. each ten inch
cs i'll height Round the central group
are seven minor deitics armed with
bows and arrows, and riding on
horses and elephants. The cntabla-
ture is surmountcd by head OF
the Avair, known as Nrsingha.
On the base is an inscription said to
be in the Landsa character, mixed
form of Dcvanagiri and Thibetan. The
second piece of carving is smaller, and
the workmanship, though good, is not
equal to that of the other group. It is
sixteen inches high, twenty inches
broad and six inches deep, and repre-
sents Il Pauranic goddess. Tho figure
is seated on Il lotus, and is four-armed.
The lower left hand supports 4 male in
fart. the corresponding right hand holds
Il Swcctmcat, and the two upper grasp
branches of trees. This group also has
an inscription in Landsa, which, how
ever, has dcfied clucilation. Both pieces
of sculpture are in excellent prcscrva-
ton, the traccry being us clcar-cut as if it
had just left the artists hand. History
and tradition arc alike Silent rs to the
origin of these curious relies; and II
will probably remain puzzle how an
inscription in bastard Thibct;n should
be discovered ut SO unlikely u SPOT. The
kccncst excitement was caused By tho
Ni9So'Siy AIMING liiS iitbUi PpIjul1IloIl.
Apart from the intrinsic value of the
carvings, which is considerable. they
are objects of worship. During their
temporary sojourn ct the local police
station, they were visited by crowds
and smothcrcd with sweet oils and
flowers. Various claimants camc for
ward, and, in order to avoid litigation,
the district magistrate made them over
to the local Hindu religious association.
They have been built into the wall at
one end of its hall, where they were in
spected with interest by Sir Stuart Bay
ley during his recent visit to Rungporc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25
STORE DETECTIVES.

They Have Eccorlc u Necessity in Dry
Goods Houses.
Tho detective has become Il per1nG-
ncnt fixture in the big CRY goods houses.
Not one of the uptown establishments
is without q vigilant ely cop" and
many have as many rs four or five men
detailed to do this kind Of duty at this
time of the year, says the New York
Star. These men in not few cases
were selected on the advice of Inspector
Byrncs. The holiday season brings the
shopliftcrs and the petty thieves, male
and female, to the front, and they min
gle with the crowds which throng the
stores.
PiclSpoclzcts, too, find the busy stores
profitable field for their art The de-
tcctivc, who, mayhap, is acting rs floor
walker, or presiding with tape and
check blank at some counter, has his
eyes open for this element OF the popu-
lation. Many Il 'crools" feels ~ tap on
his shoulder and hears n whisper in his
ear to make Il hurried exit
The shopliftcrs give tho detectives the
most concern. Toys and small articles
are tumDled about III confusion on the
counters in the big stores, and while the
girl attending is for the moment an
swcring some inquiry, or busying her
self with some detail Of her work the
shoplifter essays to make q quick and
big haul.
The detective is on the lookout Tor
this kind of customers, and few get
farther than the door. If they escape
one man, the scrutiny of another, near
the entrance, will hardly fail to detect
the shopliftcr's suspicious actions. With
all these precautions, however, the big
stores annually lose IL large sum through
theft.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25
REMARKABLE GROWTH
OF Salem. "The Queen City of tho seuth-
wcst.u

west
Tho Salem Improvement Company.
the most successful organization OF its
kind in Virginia, had its first sale of lots
December IL, 1889. Since that time tho
growth of Salem has been marvellous
About 400 houses have been built; ST.
600, 600 spent in buildings and improve
mcnts; the population nearly doubled,
and tho business of tho poStoilicc and
telegraph Office increased 800 per cent
The iron furnace about to go into blast,
tho factories in operation and actually
secured will employ several thousand
hands and insure tho doubling of the
present population of 1000 in another
year.
Negotiations are noarly closed for adj
ditional plants to employ several chou
sand hands, and the land companies
with an aggregate capital stock Of a.
600, 600, have voted liberal sums for new
industries. A cotton factory and a
wooden mill (ncarly completely that will
manufacture its goods into clothing.
will employ large number of females.
Tho early extension Of tho Baltimore
and Ohio and the Roanoke and Southern
to Salem will make it an important rail
way center. and hasten it's growth into
n large iron. steel and general manufac-
Roanoke, now rapidly growing together,
are destined to be the great industrial
center of Virginia.
Salem is the most attractive town in
Virginia; and it may we'll be proud of
its SUI passingly beautiful location, its
hcalthful climate, it's refined society, it's
fine churches, its excellent schools, and
of Roanoke College, ono Of the leading
institutions in Virginia. Attractive as
place of residence, it now offers un-
usual advantag. for manufacturing and
general business. No other town in
Virginia has ever cquallcd Salem S
record of progress for the last twelve
months. The stage of experiment is
passed, and Salem is now firmly cstab-
lishcd on solid industrial basis.
This property djoins the old town and
is surrounded by the lands Of other
strong companies. Being inside prop
crty, it will continue TO increase in
value. The Norfolk and Western and
the Dummy Line 10 Roanoke run
through it and have their passenger
stations on it. Tho streets have been
graded and the town system OF water
works extended through it. On College
avenue, which has been well graded and
macadamiZcd 1T cost of $1,000, only
brick or stone buildings may be erected.
On it. the Hotel Salem, costing. SOB
000, exclusive of the land or furniture,
is under roof. the Improvement Com
rany's bank and Office building-5O by
so feet, tlrcc storcs--is nearly ready
for occupancy, and number of largo
business houses arc in course OF cree
ton. This avenue is sure to become
one of the finest business thoroughfarcs
in Virginia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25

The pickaxc can hardly be stuck any
where into the soil of modern Rome
without bringing to light some relic of
the old Empire or the later Republic.
While laying some water Pipe the other
day, says correspondent, the worklncn
uncarthcd q fine bust in C;lrrara marble
of the Empress Faustina. The bust is
quite uninjurcd In a vineyard belong
ing to the Capuchins a statue has been
rcsurrcctcd which is recognized as u
statue of the Goddess of Fortune. Ten
feet below the surface in the Via Poli;,
has been found an ancient Roman road
which is undoubtedly the road that in
carly Roman times led from the city to
the Flaminian gate. Thirty feet be-
low the surface in another part of the
city have just been found the remains
of an old Roman house, parts of which
arc i'll tolcrable state of preservation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25
Just tho Thing.

The newest wallking-sticlr for men is
one that bears the somewhat suggest
i've title of the "clubman's stick" 1t
has a round head and looks like any
body's cane, but it's popularity appears
when its head is unscrcwed, rs it can
be, disclosing tiny electric light in u
glass bulb. The fitness of the
title appears Mt once, says the New
York Sun. No more straightforward
performances with the ltcy-holo when
the busy clubman gets home late and
tired. No moro unhappy and dis
turbing stumbling through dark halls
and into unlighted apartments. When
the kindly Office Of the stick Us IN MD
TO walking has been fulfilled, the stick
literally becomes light unto his feet
and lamp unto his path.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25
THE ALLIGATOR WAS JERKED OUT on
TIE DAEIl.

Young Tom. u lad who was lively and
industrious enough, but much given to
fishing, 'possun hunting and above NIL
to MISUNDERSTANDING And right here
the plot OF this story begins 70 thicllen.
One night, soon after Young Toms
father had made his will, IN alligator
in m adjacent swamp disturbed the
sluiahcrs of the Krandall3 by most
unearthiy believing. Early next morn
ing Young Tom, assisted by swarm of
Afro-Amcricans aged frcn three to NJ
teen years, repaired to tho swamp with
the tackle customarily used in captur-
ing gators, the chief implement being
hook of peculiar construction fastened
In n stout wooden handle. 1t had
pulled many an ugly saurian from his
cave in the swamps. a great deal of
interest was felt in this HINT, as the al
ligator was believed to be an unusually
largo one
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25
THE CORINTH CANAL.
Interesting Particulars Concerning o Great
Undertaking.

Interesting Particulars Concerning eGrcat
Undertaking.
The Corinth canal, which will sever
The Peloponnesus from the mainland of
Greece, and will permit the largest
ships to pass directly from the Gulf of
Athens to the Gulf of Corinth, is said to
be rapidly approaching completion. A
recently published account gives some
interesting particulars concerning the
undertaking.
The work was begun, says the En-
cheering and building Record, some
eight years ago by French company.
1t was to have been finished in 1857, but
various troubles delayed 1t, and now
1895 is named as the earliest date on
which it can be opened for traffic. The
canal will have no locks, but Is level
from end to end and is perfectly straight
1t is to be ninety-six feet wide and
thirty-six feet deep. At the Corinth end
It is crossed by railroad bridge 1874
feet high, under which the tallest ships
may pass without lowering their top
masts. With the exception of about
300 yards in the center the channel, 1t is
said, has already been excavatcd down
80 sea level, and water has been admit
ted for about half mile at the Corinth
end and half that distance ut the other.
The total cost of the canal Is recleoned
as $4,000, 900. OK about %, 500, 900 mile.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-25

"Jedgin' FIN tn racket hit madc las,
night thnt gators fifteen foot long
not IN inch less" said old Fluiscr, who
had been born o slave on the place and
was wont to ofllcintc as oracle-in-chici
TO the younger generation of duslsy
Georgians. More than one of the gang
had mourned the loss of favorite dog
that WINS believed to have gone down
the red gullet of this particular gator,
and the thirst for vengeance gave zcst
to the hunt. a drought of unusual
duration had mado the water in tho
pond very low, and it was found pos
siblc to approach within reaching dis
lance of the 'gntor's hole by wading n
few rods through swamp mud.
Young Tom set his teeth, took firm
grip of tho long pole, and in n few mo-
mcnts was prodding vigorously In the
cave. The maddoncd reptile snapped at
tho hook, 1t fastened itself in his laws,
and the noXt instant Tom was icrkcd
PROSTATE in the mud. He held 10 the
polo, however, and several of the boys
seized the rope attached to the haudle.
They pulled nnd the alligator IN enor-
NOUS one, charged on his enemies, lash
ing his wicked toll and kissing most
horribly. Young Tom dropped every
thing and made for dry land, barely es-
Gaping n vicious blow from tho gators
tail The attack was renewed again
and again with the same result The
boys had the beast hooked, but could
not land him.
Like flash of inspiration the thought
OF Old Bawley presented itself to young
Toms mind.
Fetch the Inule!" he shouted.
a dozen youngsters obcycd the order
In five minutes Old Bnwlcy was hitched
securely to the rope. Bogus Jackson, n
daring young coon" who had ridden
him in many n scrub-rncc, was perchcd
on his back and instructed to yanlz the
gator out. lie gave the mule one blow
only one-on the ribs with n light
wood knot, and with wild below Old
Bawley sprang to his work. At the
first jump the alligator was jcrlzcd out
on the bank, kissing, disappearing and
thrashing its awful tail Old Enwlcy
looked back for IN instant and saw the
hidcous creature. No need for Bogus
Jackson's club now. As that coffee
colorcd lad rolled off into the gallbcrry
bushes tho mule, snorting with terror,
his ears thrown back, his tail straight
out, and every muscle strained to it's
utmost, tore through the woods with
the speed Of an express train. And
ever as he looked back and caught q
lightning glimpse of his frightful pur-
suer humping horribly at his heels he
rcdoublcd his efforts and roarcd with
all the energy of his being. Bawley
Lad done some fast running in his day
but his best previous record wasn't Il
circumstance to the time he wns MAX
ing now. On through the dense woods,
on through the pine stumps, palmetto
plants, and stuntcd gallberry bushes