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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
FOB OUR YOUNG READERS.
LEARNING TO WHISTLE.

Our boy Is learning to whistle;
Its always something new;
He begins first thing In tho morning,
And he stops last thing at bed time,
And he keeps It up at intervals,
The DAY through,
And pray who Is his teacher?
We haven't decided quite
Whether 1t is the thrushes,
The bobOnks in the meadow,
Or the swallows round the barn caves,
Or Bob White.
What Is the tune he likes best?
We'll, It's between Call
And the shrek OF the wind In tho chimney,
Or gale in the tops of the pine.trces,
For, in fact don't tell it is no
Tune ut all!
Go ask his little playmates
And ask the housema d. too,
II they like that sort of music,
They sigh: "Oh, dear!" Good gracious!''
Aow ask me IL like 1T
Yes, do.
Mrs Clara Doty Bates, IN Our Little Ones
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
WHAT Is MUslC7

"What Is music2' little girl said,
As over her lesson she bent her head.
What Is music? Mamma dear,
Can YOU give the answer as It's here?
Probably. not" made reply,
but III ask of those whom meet by and
! first saw farmer hale and brown,
Who had Just come home from ride to
"what is musc?" ] asked, as he came near;
And he answered with laugh that was good
TO hear:
what is muse, did you say?
It's the hum OF those mowers out there cut
ting hay;
Next week twill be the binders out in the
wheat,
They make music to me very sweet"
what is muster" l asked Of q toil.worn
in a building where fabrics were made that
were grand.
Ills the whirr of those looms all day long,
If you liston Alright they make quite song
'what is musicY' asked of miser old:
And he quickly answered "'tis the rattle OF
gold:
There is nothing else that can make the same
sound,
As turn my beautcous treasure around"
] met a woman. sad. castdown,
Who was robed in black from foot to crown.
what is musicT softly said;
"Tis the voices of loved ones who now are
dead.
And they were so dear. oh! how sweet
Was the musical patter of little feet"
''What is music?' asked of poet who lay
On brook 8 InOssy bank one summers day
"What Is musict why, it's the song the brook
makes.
As it trills and ripples on its way to the lakes
Hear that thrush on yOn tOpmOst bough.
He is music mad from the sound, trOw.
Hear the soft rustic of the leaves overhead.
How they dance with one another, by the
south wind lead.
That's musicl"
met lovely, fair young wife,
Who had hardly known a care In life.
what is mus.cY" asked OF her.
"What is music! come home with mo
And you, for yourself. shall see."
thought to SEQ Il Stenway grand.
For knew she spent with lavish hand.
We scarce had entered the spacious hall.
When through the rooms their came call:
mamma has cOne!" and moment more
A beautiful boy bounded over the floor.
Her wraps were gu ckly thrown aside,
And taking her boy with loving PRIDE
She said: This is music all day long.
1t is more to me than a syrens song"
''What Is musc?" tendcrly said
To dear old saint with whitened head.
what is music?"-in Il trembling tone.
"'Tis what shall hear when get home;
Whether 1t be the angels, with harps all II
tune,
Or the voice Of the Master saying well DONE
Matte McHride, In Hatsau Vs. RepteW.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

A boy twelve years old was the
important witness in lawsuit. One
of the lawyers, after crossquestioning
him severely said: "Your father has
been talking to you and telling you
how to testify, hasn't hep" "Yes," said
the boy. Now" said the lawyer,
'.just tell us how your father told you
to testify" "Well." said the boy,
modestly, 'father told me that the
lawyers would try and tangle me in
my testimony. but il I would just be
careful and tell the truth l could tell
the same thing every time. Chicago
| Tribune
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

The pathetic tale of the little pig
that lost his mother is thus told in q
notice posted in the Pensacola post.
Office:
NOTICE
There ID q lost Pig
about : tow week old at
m Phase Back of ", ers
old Phase on Paia'ox Street
large willow tree IN my
yard the Fig has cen
there DAYS and W Il no2
go away the owner Is
welcome to him
he has lost h mothR
PIG 10 charge
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

"What Is music2' little girl said,
As over her lesson she bent her head.
What Is muster Mamma dear,
Can you give the answer as It's here?
Probably, not" made reply,
but III ask of those whom meet by and
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

Lord Lexicon's abrupt departure on
shooting excursion to the Rocky
mountains caused great deal of COM
ment. There was no formal announce
ment that his engagement was broken
off, but during his absence Miss
Dulcimer married wealthy and
fatuous soapboiler. Y. Graphic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07
DOENGS IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

MONDAY, March 29.-The chairman laid
before the Senate q memorial of an anti
Chinese convention held at Sacramento,
CAL, praying some relief from the Chinese
evil. Mr.. Logan's army bill came before
the Senate. Mr.. Logan sent to the desk
and had read letter from Gen. Sheridan
favoring the proposed increase. Senator
Fair introduced the Morrow Chinese bill in
the Senate to-day, with an amendment
changing from twenty years to ten years
the period during which the entrance of
Chinese laborers into the United States
shall-be prohibited Combinations: VIM.
L. Alden of New York, consul-general at
Rome Chas. T. Russell, of Connecticut,
consul at Liverpool vice Stephen Packard,
suspended; Samuel T. Corn, associate
justice of Wyoming Territory.
TUESDAY, March 3O.-Mr. Logan ad-
dressed the Senate in favor of the army
bill, being opposed by Mr.. Teller in the de-
bate which followed. The Washington Ter
ritory bill was also discussed. Mr.. Voor-
hees introduced bill for the admission OF
Montana as q state.
WEDNESDAY, March 31.-The army bill
was taken up and Mr.. Logan addressed the
Senate in it's favor. Mr.. Plumb also took
part in the debate. Mr.. Vance made a
speech on his bill to repeal the civil service
laws, and Mr.. Dolph advocated the admis-
sion of Washington Territory.
THURSDAY, April IA bill appropriating
100000 for the erection of monument
to Abraham Lincoln was passed. Mr..
Platt, in reference to the resolution some
time since introduced by him providing for
the consideration OF executive business in
open session, remarked that, as a point Of
order might be made on the resolution
! that it changed q rule without due notice,
he would on Monday next propose an
amendment to the resolution, specifying
| the particular rule of the Senate which he
| proposed to have amended by the resolu-
| ton. At the suggestion of Mr., Logan, an
understanding was secured by which his
army bill will be taken up on Monday next
| Immediately after morning business, and
| it's consideration continued throughout the
day, and, if necessary, from day to day till
| disposed Of. The Washington Territory
| bill was laid aside in order to permit of this
action, but on condition that the Washing
| ton bill should not lose it's right of way.
| The Senate adjourned till Monday.
House.
MONDAY, March 29.-Among the bills in
| PRODUCED in the House were the following:
| Granting a pension of So month to all
honorably discharged soldiers or sailors
who served in the Union army during the
late war; appropfiating $147, 748 as all in
demnity to China for the massacre of Chi
nese subjects at Rock Springs, Wyo.; to en-
| able the people OF Dakota to form con-
stitution also, to establish the territory of
North Dakota; authorizing the President
| to invite the governments of America to
send delegates to an international conven-
| ton to arrange the settlement OF interna-
tional difficulties by arbitration.
TUESDAY, March 30.-Mr. Guenther, Of
| Wisconsin. made an explanation at some
| length in regard to personal charges pub
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

MISS LOUISE BLACKNAN, a pretty
school marin at Toms River, n. D.,
demonstrated to the school board OF
the place her ability to teach school
under the old system of not sparing
the rod to spoil the child, by appear
ing before them in executive session
when her case was under consideration,
and switching their president, who had
circulated scandalous stories about
her. She used up the birch switch, and
carried the day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

THE proposal to have inauguration
day transferred from the most dis
agreeable week Of the year, as far as
Washington weather is concerned, TO
one or the most charming, is likely to
be hailed with general approval. There
will be sentiment as we'll as sense IN
selecting April 80 as the day of the in
augural celebration, for on that day
n 1889 George Washington first took
the oath OF Office. The third argu-
ment in favor of the change is the gain
which may be made thereby in the
length of theshort sessions of Congress.
Of course, if the change is to be made,
it must be effected by constitutions
amendment, requiring two-thirds
vote in each house of Congress and
ratification by three quarters of the
legislatures Of the several states. Sen
ator Ingalls, has already introduced a
measure proposing such an amend
nnnt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07
Deeds OF Blood.

Capt. Brown Harrison was shot dead in
Polk County, Tex, by Hamp. Butler, a
colored murderer. A posse led by Harri-
son, surrounded Butler, when he opened
fire with rifle, killing his man at the first
shot.
jeff. Wilson, colored, was executed at
Lexington, KY, on the I'd inst, for the
murder, in July, 1884, of Jennie Sanford.
At North Fairfield, o., on the night of the
Both, Jerome Stevens, a prominent farm
er, was shot and mortally wounded by a
thief whom he detected in stealing grain
from his barn.
A mob in Crockett County, Tenn, on the
night of the 10Th, forced the doors OF the
Jail, took out Weakley Ridley and Tobey
Williams, murderers of Daniel Guthrie, a
prominent citizen, and hanged them in the
Jail yard.
Aid. Henry Douglas, of Laredo, Tex, was
shot and killed in bar-room fight at that
place on the Both. Douglas had no part in
the quarrel, and the shot was fred at an
other man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07
Sixteen Thousand Autographs.
From the New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune.
Maj. Ben: Perley Poore has collec-
ton of the autographs of more than
10000 eminent men. which he began
to make In 1886. 81 was them" he
says, on a visit to Andrew Jackson
in company with my father. Wewere
present together one morning at the
opening of Old Hickory's mail, and
as he read the letters he turned to us
and said: 4 am beginning to get let
tiers asking for my autograph. It is
a curious thing, and I don't see what
they want it for. I have been afraid
to send it out for fear that some one
might write something over it and get
me into trouble, but I have solved the
question by this card He then
showed us a card about the size of a
playing card which he had covered en-
tirely in writing his signature, and he
told me that | could have one If
wished it. I took it, of course, and
have been an autograph collector to a
certain extent from that day to this
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

lished against him in connection with ap-
polntments. The House then went into
committee OF the whole on the post-office
appropriation bill. When the committee
rose, Mr.. Randall offered resolution for
an investigation OF the Carrollton ma ssacre
after which the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 31-Mr. O'Neil
(Mo.) from the committee on labor. re.
ported g. bill to provide for the sneodv set.
tlement OF contro versies and differences be-
tween common carriers eppaoed in in+o-
state and territorial TRANSFORMATION of
property or pass engers and their emrloves
The House Immediately went into commit.
tee OF the whole on the bill, which was de-
Dated at some length. Mr. Willis (Ky.1 re-
ported the river and harbor bill. Tho ro-
port of the majority on the Hurd Ronais
election case was submitted, and Mr.. Mar.
tin (Ala.) obtained leave to file q minority
report.
THURSDAY April latter some routine
business had been disposed of the House
went into committee of the whole on
O'Neill's labor arbitration BILL and when
the committee rose the debate was CON
tinued, but no action was taken.
FRIDAY, April 2.-Private business was
Dispensed with and the labor arbitration
bill was taken up. Debate on the first sec
ton was limited to thirty minutes After
an extended discussion the first two sec
tions were amended and agreed to. They
provide for q board Of arbitration which
shall possess the power belonging to United
States commissioners appointed by the
circuit court OF the United States. Eut in
no case shall any witness be compelled to
disclose the secrets or produce the records
or proceedings of any labor organization of
which he may be an officer or member; and
any order, finding, conclusion or award
made by a majority OF the arbitrators
shall be OF the same force and effect a s if all
the arbltratOrs cOncurred therein or united
IN making the same. The House, at it's
evening session, passed thirty five pension
bills.
SATURDAY, April 3.-The House by a vote
of 80 to 125 refused to take up the silver
bill-the special order for Saturdays-a
went into committee of the whole on the
arbitration bill. After an extended debate
the committee then rose and reported the
bill to the House. Mr. Hewitt, of New
York, moved to recommit the bill with in
structions to the committee on labor to re-
port In lieu thereof a concurrent resolution
expressive Of the sense of this Congress that
SO far as practicable, all controversies be-
tweeE employers and employees should be
subject to arbitration, either by voluntary
agreement or in accordance with law The
motion was lost by a vote of 80 to 90 and
the bill was Fpassed-yeas,ss 1876, nays 20.
The silver bill was then taken up, but
pending action the House adjourned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

THAT patient walters are no losers
had it's demonstration at Erie, Pa,
when Miss Lizzie Herrick and William
l.. Leach were married after an engage
nent of forty years. They werelovers
in youth, but Miss Herrick's parents,
who were in good financial circum-
stances, objected to her marriage to
poor young man. Leach resolved to
overcome this objection, and went
West to accumulate fortune. After
many years of encouragement in min
ing he ''struck it rich" in the Coeur d
Alene mines in Idaho, and returned
for the girl he left behind forty years
ago, and found q bride of 81 instead
of II. Theproud parents who thought
their daughter too good for man
with no other wealth than his muscle
and brain have in the intervening
years become poor, and are now de-
pendent on his bounty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

STEADY industry is the only true
path to success. The plodding man
generally wins in the loug run. There
is no royal road to wealth any more
than to learning. A few men are sud-
denly enriched by speculation or in
heritance, but such wealth is seldom
permanent. Among the SPECTATORS
we only hear of those who win prize
the ninety nine who fail of success
never announce their failures. Only
the hard-earned money is secure in the
hands of its possessor. The safe bust
ness man or farmer never speculates.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

CHARLES LEE, of Paterson, N. j.,
bought q flannel undershirt several
sizes too large for him and gathered it
in several folds in front, so as to &C.
commodate the garment to his trous-
ers. He then sailed forth to do the
town, when, without warning, William
Allen fired three shots point blank at
his stomach. One bullet went through
his coat and vest and even through
the thicknesses of flannel, but when it
got to the skin it was SO spent that all
it could do was to make black and
blue mark.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

RUGBY COLONY, planted by Tom
Hughes, on Cumberland plateau in
upper East Tennessee, is experiencing
a revival. 1t languished for the first
year of its existence and received g. set
back last year by the destruction OF
the hotel and the prevalence of sick,
ness, but in the past twelve months
has begun to show a vigorous growth.
It's population has recently been
doubled, and the success of the enter.
prise is now assured, and the most
lasting monument to the author OF
"Tom Brown at Rugby" will be in
America, where hehas almost as many
admirers as at home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07

THE st. Louis Post-Dispatch has Of
fered three prizes for the three best
lists of ten greatest books published
in this century. Fifty-two lists have
been sent in by as many different peo-
pie, and one of the results is the curl
Gus fact that Victor Hugo takes the
lead among the authors named. He
appears in 90 lists, Macaulay in 25,
Dickens in %, George Eliot in % and
Thackeray in II. This serves to show
the deep and lasting impression made
upon the popular American mind by
the liberty loving Hugo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07
A CITY FLOODED.
Chattanooga. Tenn, Submerged-FIve
Thousand People Driven Out of Their
Homes-Several Lives Lost-A1abama
Also Troubled With Too Much Water
Travel Interrupted.

A dispatch from Chattanooga, OF
the I'd, says: The flooded territory
has been largely increased, and at 8 P.
M, the river reached fifty two feet,
and is rising an inch an hour. The
river has been falling all day at Lon
don, lockwood, Dayton and Charles
ton, and it is expected to reach its
maximum at this point before morn
ing. No gas or electric lights, no water
in the reservoirs and the river still ris-
ing, is the situation tonight. It is es-
timated that 5000 people are home
less in this city. The water now
stands a foot deep in the Union pas
senger depot and has entered thelower
floors of the Read House and some
stores on Market Street. The express
companies have moved to higher quar-
tiers. A colored man and a white child
were drowned to-day. The city is po-
Iced tonight by the military. All the
railroads on the Chattanooga side of
the river are under water, in some
places ten feet. Heavy washouts have
occurred on the Cincinnati Southern
and Western & Atlantic roads. All
| roads report that their lines are open
O1NSCCO COOOoO OI1c1UUcbIIOOSd, dICl, LII
consequence, no connections can be
made. The Georgia Division of the
East Tennessee road has not resumed.
No mail has reached or left Chatta-
nooga since Monday.
At Montgomery the river has fallen
about sixteen inches. Boats have
been distributing food through the in
undated parts of the city. Several
hundred persons, mostly negroes, have
been water bound for two days with
out food. Reports from different
points show that five more negroes
have been drowned.
The Connecticut River at Hartford,
at II o'clock tonight, was twenty
one feet above the low-water mark
and still rising. The cellars along the
river front are flooded.
A heavy fall of snow and rain along
the Upper Ohio River cause apprehen-
sions of a flood in the bottoms. Bust
ness houses are taking goods out of
their cellars. The river is rising two
inches an hour.
The total loss from the floods at
Rome, Pa, is estimated at about
81, 100000. Near Selma nine negroes
were drowned on one plantation. The
loss of property there cannot be es-
timated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07
For Boys to Work At.

From the Indianapolis Journall
A gentleman had four sons, A, B, C,
and D, aged, respectively, 21, 20, 10,
and 18 years; he also had $4,000,
which he desired to divide equally
among his four sons in the following
manner: A to receive his share at
once, the remainder of the money to
be put out at interest at 6 per cent;
B to receive his share when he became
of age, the remainder to be again put
out at the same interest; G to receive
his share when he became of age, and
the remainder to be again put out at
interest; D to receive the remainder
when he became of age. Each received
the same amount of money. Query:
How much was it?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07
Puzzled About Lent.
From the Hartford Times.

From the Hartford Times.
Mamma, what is Lent?" said
5-year-old Charlie, who heard his moth
er say, Client would soon be here"
"Well, my dear, it is the time when
we GO to church a great deal, and do
not have great dinners and parties,
because Christ, our Lord, tasted forty
days"
''And did he go to the club, and to
parties, all the days before Lent as you
and papa do?"
"Why, no, Charlie What strange
question"
swell, mamma, you never told me,
but Mary Ann told me that he was
real good to little boys, and when they
we're tired one day he took them right
up in his arms and kissed them. /
wish he would come here some day
when you and papa are gone, for get
tired, and Mary Ann won't take me
up because she has to hold the baby,
and she says I am too big. And she
showed me the pictures in the big bible
where he gave the hungry people lots
to eat, sitting on the grass. And he
opened a poor blind mans eyes. Cook
wouldn't let poor blind man come
into the kitchen to get warm one day,
and when | ran and gave him some
biscuit she scolded me, and said il was
a sin to feed beggars, and that / was
an old-fashioned child. Was Jesus
old-fashioned, mamma for he was al
ways kind to the poor beggars? Any
way, when am man / will take up
tired little boys and hold them some
times and | will give hungry people
enough to eat, if it is Lent, or if it ism t,
for that blind man said, God bless
you, little boy, l hope you will never
know how awful it feels to be hungry
You didn't tell Bridget not to give the
blind man food, did you, mamma :?
She said you did, but know better"
"Well, Charlie, you are rather an
old little boy for your years, but don't
hinder me now with asking questions,
for I must get ready to go to Mrs. At
tleton's reception. Goodnight, dar-
ling. Now play nicely with baby sis
ter, and don't worry your little head
about what you can't understand. !"
The old-fashioned little boy turned
away from his mother with tears in
his great brown eyes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-07
KEY WEST Nv RUEES.
A Fire Wipes Out Almost the Entirs
Town--Loss, al, 500. 900.

Fire wipes Out Almost the Entire
Town-Loss, 81, SOC, 900.
Fire started in the San Carlos Thea
ter, at Key West, Fla, early on the
morning OF the Both, and quickly as
sumed such proportions as to be be-
yond the control of the fremen. Some
Of the structures burned were: Saw
yer's, Babcock's, Gates, Perry s,
Bartt's and Patterson's and United
States Marshal Williams Testers and
Browns private residences; the San
Carlos Theater; the store of Somerllan
& Rayman, dry goods; Otto, drugs;
Sariol, dry goods and groceries; Cash,
groceries; Barthem, groceries; Brooks.
livery stable; the cigar factories of
Seidenberg Del Pine, Sara, Canals and
Volts, and the Russell House. Six
wharves and five brick warehouses
were destroyed. The loss will reach
nearly $1,5OO,O0O, with insurance of
about 100000. Fifteen persons were
injured, but no lives were lost.