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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

Human things must be known to
be loved; but Divine things must be
loved to be known.-Pascal.
We never graduate in religion; be-
cause the nearer We are to God, the
more we see there is to be learned. -
M. H. Seelye.
If we would bring a holy life to
Christ, we must mind our fireside du-
ties as well as the duties of the sanctu.
ary.-Spuryeon.
How good were it if time-serving
Christians would remember that the
value of a compass is in the indepen-
dence of its surroundings, with every
dangerous attraction removed, and
governed only by the far distant pole.
--Adcdnce.
For every trial God sends He gives
sufficient grace for its endurance; but
He promises no grace to bear dnticipd-
lions with, and we little know how
very large a portion of our mental sui.
ferings arises from anticipation cf
trial. adelaide NeWton.
The longer l live, the more l am
certain that the great difference be-
tween men-between the feeble and
the powerful, the great and the insig-
nificant--is energy, iuvincible' deter
mination, a purpose once fixed. and
then death or victory. That quality
will do any thing that can be done in
this world; and no talents. no circum-
stances. no opportunities. will make
any one successful without it.-Cor.
Waterman.
Start the day thinking like this;
There will be nothing TO do to-day but
He will help me. Tbere'll be nowhere
to-day but He will be with me. No
temptation but He can deliver me. No
burden but l can east il on Him. He
looks out over the day for us. There s
worry waiting-He seesit-and here S
the patience. There's a temptation
yes, He knows that here is wis.,
dom and strength. There's bit of d
trial, and here He is waiting to give
thee bit of courage and faith. And
don't let that be all. All! He will
make thee glad with His favor, and
send thee forth all cheerful to thy
work. Daniel Vuorm.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05
RELIGIOUS READING.
THE VOICE OF EASTER.
,ha GRAVE WI voicelcss opcei

.'he Grave was voiceless onceI
A black, insatiate depth, unit py sun.
Into which fell and vanished, soon or late'
The brave, the wise, the lovely, one BY one
Caught in the grasp of resistless fate;
Borne where reply, return and hope were
none.
The Grave was voiceless once
Strong men stood helpless, saw their loved
ones 20,
And rent the air with wild and fruitless
cries.
Only the echoes answered to their woe.
Iron seemed the earth, and brass the shin
ing skies, ............
Deas to their struggles and their agonies
The Grave was voiceless once!
But since the Lord arose from deathly
strife.
And conquered Death, it speaks and
sweetlv sings:
81 am the Resurrection and the Life.
Dust unto dust; but dust withfopeis rife.
There is u second birth for buried things
The Grave was voiceless once!
O, Christ! who, after three days spurned the
Who art the very Life Of Life. indeed,
We stay us on Thy promise, and are brave,
Although our hearts are dumb with pain
We know that Thou art true and strong to
save.
The Grave was voiceless once! PIT
But. listening now where frenzied hearts OF
yOre
Listened, we catch from the dark depth
beneath,
sweeter than voice of larks which sing and
soar: &. II. Lfg -lttf 't ...
Weep not, Beloved, ! have vanquished
Death,
And those who live In Me shall die no more y
Susan COOttd0e, IN ~ Y. Independent.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05
A QUESTION OF FACT.
The Rule OF Prudence and Sound Discre
tion-The Only Safe Side In Religion.

The Rule OF Prudence and Sound Discre
tion-The Only Safe Side in Religion.
Whether the Bible is of Divine au-
thority, and hence binding upon the
faith and conscience of men, is a ques-
ton Of fact, to be answered Affirmative
ly or negatively in the light Of the evil
dence. All must admit the possibility
of the Divine authority. Every candid
person will also concede that there is
at least some presumption in favor of
the Divine authority of the Bible.
What, then, is the rule of prudence
and sound discretion in the light of
this presumption? Our answer to this
question is that such presumption is,
for all purposes relating to our practice,
as good as the most absolute demon
stration. The Bible being revelation
from God, we are then in this world
practitioners for immortality, here
forming a character that will determine
whether we spend that Immortality
in Heaven or in hell. The differ
ence between the two, considered
in relation to our interests
makes the broadcast contrast conceiv
able. Nothing can be more glorious
than the one, and nothing more awful
than the other. And If the Bible is bu,
presumptively true in what it says
about this life and that which is to
come, and the relation established by
God between the two lives, so that one
course of action will secure to us
Heaven, and the opposite course will
involve the damnation of hell, then
this is sufficient to give rule Of action
and just as sufficient as would be the
highest possible proof. This would
then be our best light, and every one il
bound to follow his best light. Tit
thing to be done on the basis of pre-
sumption, and equally on that of III
absolute demonstration, is to repent o
our sins and believe in Christ, ant
bring forth fruits meet for repentance
and faith; and this, upon cit er sup
position, is the only safe course TO
any one to adopt in the practical con
duct of his life. Every other cours'
takes the hazard Of being ruined TO
eternity; and this surely is a hazart
that no man can wisely take. Their
is safe side in religion, as well as OF
other subjects; and that safe side com
mends itself to our common sense, a
furnishing good rule of action.-N
Y. Independent.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05
E.CAkES.
The Invention Of the Most Perfect Prod
uct of Eplcurean Art.


uct Of Eplcurean Art.
Griddle-cakes were invented by the
mother Of Pythagoras at seven o'clock
in the morning, 800 B. C. On tasting
the first one, which was served up hot,
her son is said to have exclaimed. in
his own beautiful Greek tongue:
'Gimmeanotherquickr' which the read
er is at liberty to translate as freely as
he pleases. ttt.. -
The Chinese claim to have introduced
the grddle-cake several centuries before
the mother of Pythagoras thought of it;
but. as they also claim to have invented
the -corkscrew and various other
ideas purely American in origin, we do
not trust them.
We sing our distrust to the Chinese
at short range, with siX-shooter. Until
they produce a griddle-cake of earlier
vintage than seven O'Clock in the morn
ing, $50 B. c., as an evidence of good
faith, we shall continue to claim that the
griddle-cake is of Grecian mold, and to
give full credit to the esteemed and eX-
cellent maternal ancestor of the late Mr..
Pythagoras, of Greece. ....-
! do not envy the possessOr of great
wealth so much as ] do the man who
can eat eighteen hot griddle-cakes, and
then go around with sweet smile and a
bearing of calm repose. For what are
wealth, honors and a plug-hat to man,
kind reader, if he must turn away from
the tempting brunette griddle- cake
while it smoketh and giveth its odor to
his nostrils?
Did not one of Americas greatest
statesmen say, in moment of enthusi-
asm: "Give me grddle-cakes or give
me death?" Did not another wise and
eminent publicist and warrior say, In
that emphatic manner peculiarly his
own: "The blessings of the griddle
cake, like the dews of Heaven, shall de-
scend alike upon the rich and the poor?'
These little things, trifling as they may
seem to some, show how near the grid
dle-cake is to the impulsive American
heart, and how near it will continue t.
be there. Congress could not bring
about civil war quicker than by impos
ing special tax on homemade grid
dle-cakes. ....... .e.fr 1fFi
| But the griddlc-cake habit while /
NAV be a blessing when INDUCED il
moderation, will cause remOrse-deep
bordered rcmorse-if carried to excess
A friend of mine, who has long been il
the habit of eating twenty-four hot grid
dle-cakes at sitting, had occasion t.
call in his physician the other day, an
. was told canddly and calmly that h
} must break off from the griddle-cak
habit or 60 to an early grave.
Very well, doctor" he answered
, with smile of resignation: lean yo
! give me the name of cheap and re
liable undertaken who will not pu
8 pinchbeck handles on my coffin, an
. charge for solid silver?'-ScoH Way 1
Puck
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05
iMPROMPTU ORATiONS.
A Species OF Hypocrisy of Which Many
Good People Are Guilty.

Good People Are Guilty.
When man is called upon to make
a speech at any gathering, social or
public, it is always 'entirely uneXpeet-
ed" He has never imagined that he
was to be asked to speak out in meet
ing, oh, no! And for that very reason
he has sat up and burned up the mid
night gas, the night, before the affair,
concocting a few extemporaneous re-
marks which will be neat and to the
point. You have done this. gentle
reader, haven't you? and-tell it not in
Gath-we too, have been there. There
is nothing so hard to write as neat
impromptu Grafton, something that
will sound easy, natural and convivial.
We have often begun dozen times
before the eXtemporaneou IDEAS flowed
smoothly from the penpoint, and
then we usually began in
the time-honOred manner of
being overpowered by an honor so ZEN
tirely unexpected or else by assuming
jocular air and saying that after writ
ing brilliant speech we had entirely
forgotten it. Then when you are asked
to speak, you say: ''Oh, really, you
know. Don't ask me. IP Why, never
made speech in my life etc. You
must be careful not to keep it up too
long. or they will not insist, and then
your literary toll Of the night before will
be loves labor lost. And after you have
finished. people will say: what clever
nan Mr.. So-and-So is to speak so grace
fully when he came so entirely ,lnprc-
pared" Then you will say disparaging.
ly: "Oh, mere tritle. Just few of.
hand observations. l know that am
no specch-maker." And you will be Il
colossal hypocrite. and glory in your
hypocrisy. The Rambler.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

The middle of July appears to be the
time most generally accepted by Con-
gressmen as the probable date of ad-
journment. Speaker Carlisle has al
ready been notified that forty members
desire to make speeches on the tariff
bill, and the estimate is roughly made
that the tariff discussion may continue
for six weeks.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

IT is reported that the French War
Department, which has for many years
been experimenting with balloons, has
discovered propelling power sufficient
to drive q machine through the air,
without regard to the direction of the
wind. This agent is understood to be
electricity. Further, balloon that can
be steered in any direction has been
constructed.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

LEADERS of fashion are now begin.
ming to discard bird skins as ornaments
on their head gear and are taking to
vegetables. Full-grown carrots, beets,
onions or ears of corn on hats and bon.
nets would look just as well as the re-
mains of defunct birds, besides being
much more humane by sparing the little
warhlers
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

The question as to whether boycott
ting is conspiracy is to be legally tested
in New York city, where two members
of labor union have been held to bail
for trial on charges of conspiracy to
ruin the business of tradesman. A
number of boycotters were arrested and
fined, and others discharged,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

The longevity of women who are
fortunate enough to marry soldiers is
shown in the fact that our pension rolls
bear the names Of 10000 widows of the
veterans of 1872. The brides of seventy.
four years ago are nearly centenarians
now and the number of them quite sur
passes belief.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05
SAN MARlNO.
History Of y Pigmy Republic Situate In
the Kingdom OF Italy.

History Of Pigmy Republic Situate In
the Kingdom OF Italy.
1t was settled, according to tradition,
in the fourth century, by Marinus, a
Dalmatian hermit, end has ever since
the establishment Of its government
remained independent. Next to
Monaco, it is the smallest state in
Europe, the area being % square miles.
The Legislature consists Of council Of
GU. taken equally from the. ranks of
mobiles, buTgesses and small pro-
prietors, and appointed for life by the
Councillors themselves. An executive
body of twelve is selected from this
number; two Presidents are chosen
every six months, and justice is admin
istered by two foreign magistrates, APP
pointed for three years. The annual
revenue is about $4,000. The inhab-
itants are noted for their hospitality,
sobriety, industry and general moral
ity. Their chief trade is in agricultural
produce and cattle. The climate is
healthy, but high winds and frequent
rains prevail. The early history of the
republic is very obscure. In l740 the
democratic form of government was Sc
curely guaranteed against further as
sault. The rights Of this miniature
state were scrupulously guarded by
Napoleon during his Italian cam
paigns. The town of Marine is built
on a slope of the mountain; it is &C.
cessible only by one road, and is pro-
tected by walls and towers. It con-
tains several squares and streets, rudcly
paved, and various public buildings,
including seven churches, a town hall,
theater, the Governors palace. coA
vents. museums and hospitals. Toledo
Bidde.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

The Pennsylvania manufacturers ex-
pect big increase in the steel and iron
trade as soon as the labor troubles
cease, and have put their furnaces in
order for the production of 100000 tons
of rails this year in excess Of present
orders. There is prospects of increased
activity in railroad building.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

THERE have been some imitation,
"twO-for-a-cent'' strikes of school chill.
dren in various cities of the Union, and
now the school teachers of Wakefield,
Mass, threaten to strike because their
salaries have been considerably res
duced. But here public opinion, it is
thought, will be with the strikers.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

A wOMEN's labor union has been in
corporated at San Francisco for the pur-
pose of manufacturing wearing apparel,
establishing laundries, eating houses,
restaurants and reading-rooms. Capt.
tai stock 800, 900 in 81 shares.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

that whatever may be the changes
which await us in the underclothing of
death. there will be no distraction Of
consciousness and no loss Of personal
identity.
We, ourselves, shall be clothed upon.
Our graves shall be emptied our
bodies shall be changed, yet our per-
sonality will continue. Death has no
stins for those whose eyes are aglow
with the Easter hope Youths Com
D0,ljOn
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

At a recent meeting of Sorosis in
New York Miss Parloa startle the ladies
by asking: "How many of you know
how to boil potatop" 1t is rather
singular that Miss Parloa should have
mistaken meeting Of the brightest
women in New York for an intelligence
office. -NOrristoWn Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

The colored people of Washington
celebrated Emancipation Day recently
with parade. At the armory of one Of
the colored companies the soldier dele
gated to run up the United State flag.
by mistake ran up the Confederate stars
and bars. The sensation was immense.
A patriotic clerk in the War Department
rushed to the rescue. and hauling down
the emblem of the lost cause. restored
the e9uanimity of the National Capital.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

The exports of wheat from this coun-
try are less than in 1885, but the amount
of cotton is SO much greater that the
breadstuffs and cotton together amount
to about $l,OOO,OOO per week over last
years exports.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

MIR. ENoCH PRATT, who gave Balti-
more its fine free library, is thought to
be worth six or seven millions, all self
made. He is past seventy, understood
and very thin, though he is still hale
and agile. .I. .t .
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

FRANCE sends news that the cholera
has appeared within its limits. and in
the news is contained warning to us.
The temperance # the scourge so
early indicates that, far from having
died out. it will rage with a new vigor
this summer, and mayhap run its course.
not only through Europe. but through
America also, or at least in those parts
of the two continents where efficient
means have not been employed to keep
it out. It behooves every one to put
in operation tbs best of sanitary regu.
lations.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

A passenger on small schooner
sailing from London to Constan tinople
says that for five or six days a pilot
fish swan steadily by the side OF the
vessel and only few inches from it.
At last gale arose and it disappeared.
As the vessel was sailing quite rapidly
the fish could not have slept during all
the time. A pilot-tish has been known
to follow . ship for more than two
weeks.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

AN Oregon newspaper has no patience
with those who lament the disappear
ance of the buffalo. 1t says it will be
well when he is gone and he wouldn't
have lasted so long except that he was
so tough,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

IT is remarkable to say the least that
the New York stock market should re-
main SO firm, Notwithstanding the labor
troubles in the southwest and elsewhere.
1t proves that the times are determined
to be good if given half a chance.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

A French physician asserts that he
has discovered soporific whose effects
can be exactly limited to the time re-
quired. This will, he says, enable
travellers to sleep comfortably and con-
iidently during journey He meas
ures his doses by miles. Thus You can
take a fifty Emile dose orestarting on
a railway journey. and open your eyes.
pleasantly refreshed, at your proper
station.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

RHODE ISLAND is to have prohibition
after July. The amendment was car
ried by 400 votes over the necessary
three-fifths, but does not 60 into effect
for three months.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

A BILL granting women the right to
vote at municipal elections in Massa-
chusetts has been defeated in the Legis-
lature of that State for the twentieth
time.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

The ladies' hour for swell breakfast
parties in New York 1890 noon. Y.
Mait.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

Arkansas has a State Agricultural
Society formed exclusively Of colored
men
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28

An esteemed New York contemporary
tells of cooking school in that city
where the young lady that tends the
door and the young lady that superin-
tends the cooking and gives instructio
to cook and eat ON scientific principles
are always clean as new pins, never
dowdy. and have bright, rosy cheeks
and clear eyes and healthy lips. In the
midst of CHI ckens Drowned and Juicy
and mullins light and pure, and with
plenty of rolls, well kneaded and well
baked by such cooks, it is not remark
able that the aspiring journalists of the
Empire City are looking forwa d toward
q speedy and splendid millennium.
The ablest thinkers OF this age have
long since concluded that temperance
pledges, abundant wealth, rapid tran
sit, plus the doctrine of evolution, will
all amount TO, but little in the long and
tedious culture of the human race as
long as the kitchen is RIM in the midst
of smoke and dust by the whims of
ignorant Bridgets; no two bakings of
bread carried out on exactly the same
measurements, with the average result
of soggy bread and doughy pudding.
No matter what a mans pluck or piety,.
he will break down CA run to stimulants
if his kitchen is a place that stihes
rather than inspires him.
No doubt the New York Cooking
School is, excellent, as some such places
have been in this city. But good cook
ing and good housekeeping generally
q good deal like good blood and breed
ing-must be got at home or nowhere.
And if thousands Of well-to-do young
ladies who are wasting their time paint
ing plaques, drumming on the piano.,
studying French and becoming aso om-
plished in ways that will never be of
any use to themselves or the world,
would only spend two or three hours a
day IN their mothers kitchens studying
the qualities of meats, vegetables and
grain, and learning how to prepare and
cook food, and actually keeping the
kitchen clean meanwhile. thousands Of
futnre husbands would love them to
some purpose, and many questions Of
social reform would be already as good
as solved.-Phiidde' phia Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-28
They DO Not Like Our Food.

Not few articles of food that are
popular among civilized peoples, some
of them being even regarded ss great
dainties, are rejected by many savage
tribes as utterly unfit to be eaten. Some
preparations of food, too. that we enjoy
are not relished by uncivilized people,
because in their experience they have
met with nothing like them. The ma
tives of New Guinea, for instance, cook
few cereals in their own fashion, but
they made very wry faces when they
attempted to eat some fresh baked bis
cults that the missionaries gave them.
They finally wrapped their biscuits up
In paper, intending to keep them rs
curiosities. On some of the islands OF
the Malay Archipelago there are hun
dreds of natives whose only industry is
to collect the edible birds nests that
are esteemed great dainty by the
Chinese. They wouldn't dream of eat
ing them themselves, and they think
the Chinese must be very peculiar
people to use that sort of food.
The Esquimaux near Littleton Island
once discovered supply of bread and
salt pork that DIR. Kane had cached,
and they proceeded to enjoy feast Of
the white mems expense. They liked
the salt pork, and did not leave NOR
sci of it. This was probably the first
chance they had ever had to vary the
monotony Of their meat diet. They
nibbled the bread little, promptly
pronounced it failure, and told DIR.
Kane afterward that they would as soon
swallow so much sand. The Esqui-
maux generally dislike ali the prepare
tions of vegetables that the explorers
bring among them. They think it is a
perverted appetite that Graves any
thing but meat.
A tribe living not far from Port
Moresky, New Guinea, that think boiled
snakes are to be preferred to roast pig,
draw the line at sugar. When they
saw DR.. Chalmers, their first white
visitor, sweetening his tea one morning
they asked him for some of his salt
| DR.. Chalmers told them it was not salt
but they were incredulous, and SO he
gave some sugar to one of the natives
"He began eating it," says DIR. Chal.
mers, "and the look of disgust on hi:
face was worth seeing; he rose up
went out, spat out that he had in his
mouth, and threw the remainder away.
| Then he told the crowd what horrible
stuff it was, and they were satisfied tt
take his word for il without trying il
themselves.
Many savage tribes think eggs arr
wholly unit for food. They keep fowl
that are very much like our own, ans
sometimes chickens ore almost thei