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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30
liberality.

OF all things, the practice of LIBERAL
ity is the best means of cultivating a
liberal spirit, and of increasing the
pleasure and the possibility of liberal
devising; for there is that scattereth,
and yet increaseth, and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty" The compensa-
tons of large-hcartedness in practical
benevolence are greatly encouraging,
for 1.-THE liberal soul shall be made
fat; and he that watereth, shall be
watered also himself" Fidelity and
activity in well-dOing can not fail to
enlarge the capabilities for acting no.
bly,, since there is not faculty Of body
or mind that is not strengthened by
use and weakened by disuse.
Goods love hath to us wealth upheaped;
Only by giving 10 it reaped.
The body withers and the mind,
Ii pent in by selfish rind.
Give strength, give thought, give deeds,
give pelf.
Give love. give tears, and give myself;
Who gives not Is not living.
The more we give,
The more we live"
~ F. Examiner
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

Whenever you do what is holy, be
of good cheer. - Menander.
The charities that soOthe, and
heal, and bless, lie scattered at the feet
of men like flowers. - Wordsworth.
But if you are going to be fool
just because other men have been, oh,
my son, what hopeless fool you will
be-. Burdette.
The talent to sing is one Of the
richest of Gods gifts, and DO will re-
quire it at the hands of those who pos
sess it.-Golden Rule.
The doctrines of Christianity,
when they are only in words, are far
less fair than the same truths when
they are embodied in a life. ---Maclaren.
True humanity consists not in a
squeamish ear; it consists not in start
ing or shrinking at tales of misery, but
in disposition of heart to relieve it.
True humanity appertains rather to
the mind than to the nerves. and
prompts men to use real and active en-
deavors to execute the actions which
it suggests.-C. J. For.
To be thoroughly kind and yet en-
tirely just is not easy-.to some persons
it is extremely difficult. Many a one
who executes the law does it tyranni-
cally or brutally; many another be-
comes so philanthropic that he will
not execute it at all. To be equally
benevolent and lust il the rule of the
Scriptures. United Presbyterian.
After all, the differences between
ordinary men and extraordinary men
reduce themselves to single great dis
parity. Ordinary men are ruled by
their circumstances; extraordinary men
rule their circumstances. The best
way. therefore, for any one to show
that he has any affinity with extraor-
binary men is to show that he controls
his circumstances. not that his circum-
stances control him.-S. S. Times
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30
Food Consumed in Berlin.

An inhabitant of London consumes in
a year thirty-two times as much fish as
an inhabitant of Berlin, and though the
stores of the North Sea are open to the
German metropolis, Paris, with her
100000 inhabitants consumes more
fish than the WHOLE of Germany with a
population of 47,060.O0O. Berlin re-
quires yearly 1925 million pounds of
food. including 100 million pounds OF
fresh meat, 3 million pounds of birds
of all sorts, 10 million pounds Of
game, n million litres of milk, 80 mil
lion pounds of butter. 8 million pounds
of cheese, 10 million pounds of eggs, 81
million pounds of fruit, 3 million pounds
of oranges. 81 million pounds of fresh
fish, z million pounds of smoked fish,
and 8 million pounds of picked fish,
IN. Y. Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30
FAITH AND WORKS.

Rev. Sam Jones Don't Think 0ood Works
Ever Took Anybody to Heaven. and Yet
He Cant See How He Can Get There
without Them.
] have thought sometimes if ever
get to Heaven-and l doubt it some
times, in my serious moments, l do
have thought if l ever get to Heaven
and my precious mother throws her
arms around my neck and begins to
congratulate me about getting through
safely, will say: Hush mother. You
20 and show me the Lord Jesus, and l
will show you the grand Being that put
me on His shoulder and brought me all
the way. Inever could have come UNI
less He had brought me SAFE" / say
this brother: l have my doubts and my
misgivings. Twenty-three years of my
life | believed it all and lived like l
didn't believe word of it. was
false to myself, and false to my faith,
and false to my convictions, and for
thirteen years have believed it with
all my heart, and have been working
for God just like I.was hired by the day
to work my way to Heaven. l am
clinging to the cross tonight just like
l couldn't work a lick, and then l am
working just like l couldn't cling a bit;
and by faith and good works combined,
and good works prove the solid Gospel
faith, am trying to work my way to
God. l don't believe good works ever
took anybody to Heaven, and to save
my life, brother, l can't see how can
get there without them. Faith? VIVA,
must l do to be savedp Saved from
the wrong and saved to the right
Brother, / used to want religion to
keep me out of hell. l used to say: "a
must be religious, don't want to &C
to hell" Then at times l would say
II want religion becauseI want to &C
to Heaven. But as l view this whole
question tonight, Heaven and hell arr
both secondary in my mind. l wan
the religion Of Jesus Christ to make q
man out of me. ] don't believe any
thing in the universe of God can make
a true man except the religion of Jesul
Christ shed abroad in his heart.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30
RELIGIOUS READING.
DOWN TO SLEEP.

We lay US calmly down to sleep
When friendly night has come, and leave
To God the rest:
whether VIC wuke to smile or weep,
Or wake no more on Times fair shora
He knOweth best.
As sinks the sun in western skies
When day is done and twilight dim
Comes silent on.
30 fades the worlds most Turing prize
On eyes that close in sweet repOse
Till wakes the dawn.
Why vex Our souls with wearing care,
Why shun the grave, for aching head
30 cool and lOwl
Have We found life 80 passing fair,
So grand 10 be- SO sweet that we
Should dread to 20?
Some other hand the task can take,
IL SO II seeineth best, the task by us begun;
No work for VIII ch we need to wake
In Joy or grief, for life SO brief,
Beneath the sun.
q Father: bless IN love Thy child!
We lay Us down to sleep.
--f'resblteridn
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30
-" The slough of Dependency

in which you are wallowing, on account Of
some OF those diseases peculiar 70 you,
madame, and which have robbed you OF
burden to you, you can easily got ont Of.
DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" will
free you from all such troubles, and soon
recall the rose-tint Of health to your check,
and the elasticity to your step. 1t Is q most
perfect specific for all the weaknesses and
irregularities peculiar to your seq. y
cures liberation. displacements, "interpAl
fever" bearing-down sensations, removes
the tendency to canccrous affections, and
corrects all unnatural discharges. By
druggists
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

The latest necktie is called the
four-in-hand. Driven abreast it saves
the necessity of shirt; harnessed up
tandem it reaches to the kneeS-PhIL
0delphia Coll
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

YouYe or middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, loss Of memory,
premature old age, as the result OF bad
habits. should send 10 cents in stamps Tor
illustrated book offering sure means OF
cure Address Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, II. Y.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

VILLAINS in the play are always caught
in the act.-Indidndpolis Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

PIKE's ToOTHAcHE DROPS curein minute 20
Glcnn's Sulphur Soap -eals and beauties. nc
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns BunionA
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

SoFr, plant and glossy hair results from
the use of Halls Hair Remover.
For impartlng tone and strength to the
stomach, liver and bowels, take Ayers Pills.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

Is 4 man open to the charge OF assauls
and battery for cudgelling his brainsi
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

If the night air is unwholesome, why DO
owls live so long l-Ndtional Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

HoMr-HulE-wipe your feet before you
come in.--NeU Haven Mems.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

DIR. SAGE's Catarrh Remedy cures when
every other so-called remedy fails.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. DO.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. lsaao
Thompson S Eye Water. Druggists sell 1t. 25c.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

THE strawberry shortcake is not long Tor
this WORLDLY. Y Journdl
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

ALL played out-Open air concerts-G
o. Picdyune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

-"Azov" wheat, recently imported
from Russia, is doing splendid in Mani
tOba.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

'Tnrs Is very paneful affair."" remarked
the man as the sash fell on him.-PeckS
Sua.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

A CHAsM that often separates friends:
Sarcasm.
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o Father: bless tn love Thy child!
We lay US down to sleep.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-14
HINTS ON READING,

Library GluttOny as Injurious to the
Mind as Too Much Feeding Is to the
Body.
The readers Coleridge has divided
into four classes. Hesays: The first
class of readers may be compared to an
hour-glass, their reading being as the
sand; it runs in and runs out and leaves
not vestige behind. A second class
resembles a sponge, which imbibes
every thing and returns it in nearly
the same state. A third class is like a
ielly-bag, which allows all that is pure
to pass away, and retains only the re-
fuse and dregs. The fourth class may
be compared to the slave of Golconda,
who. casting aside all that is worthless
preserves only the pure gems" 1t is
to be feared that in the present day the
greatest number of readers belong to
the first of these classes. The amount
read is something almost fabulous. but
the results are comparatively tritiing.
Volume after volume is perused; PAM
phlets and papers are mentally con-
sumed, but the stores of knowledge are
not perceptibly increased. This charge
lies only against those who read secular
works; it applies to too great an extent
to those who read the Scriptures and
other treatises upon things divine.
Lord Bacon once said that ''reading
makes full man." He could not have
meant the kind of reading that is now
too prevalent. The omnivOrous readers,
the readers who skim through page
after page; the butterfly readers, who
taste some flowers of literature here
and there, but never settle down to a
resolute extraction of the sweets, are
found at the years end. after all their
reading. not more '.full'' intellectually,
but often more foolish than before.
Why is this? Because in these express
days the reading has been done as
quickly rs possible. and because what
is read one hour is buried beneath a
heap of multifarious matter the next
hour. But if a man read upon pru-
dent plan, if he digest what he mentally
receives, his reading will become a
delightful source of very extensive in
formation and sound wisdom.
Reading should be in moderation.
1t IS possible to devour whole libraries
and yet learn nothing. 1t is said that
Miss Martineau often read in one hour
no more than single page of good
book. An eminent divine, an author, is
said to have had but three books-the
Bible, Josephus' works and Cruden's
Concordance. A celebrated French
author being laughed at because of the
smallness of his library, replied: "Ah,
when wanted a book make it." On
the other hand, Madame de Stael-
Holstein is said TO have devoured six
hundred novels before she was fifteen
years of age, and to have read those
six hundred in three months-on an
average six each day, Louis XVI,
while imprisoned for period of five
months and seven days, read one hun
dred and fifty seven volumes, or one
book day. Such literary gluttony
could have left little good result. Too
much reading is as injurious to the
mind as too much feeding is to the
body.-The Quirer.
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A SINGULAR CASE.

Come up to our house." said the matroI
To her Cousin Ned, there's young CIR
there,
So very pretty, so very sweet.
I'm really anxious that you should meet,
And ever since i married her brother
I've felt that you ought TO know each other
Il don't like girls" said the bashful Ned,
With very positive shake of the head.
Twas useless TO coax, for il well was known
The youth had a powerful Will of his own.
And where girls were concerned he was hard
to please,
And in their company III at ease.
So the days went BIZ with his VOW unbroken
And never a word unto Grace he'd spoken,
Never a cot had acquaintance sped;
For Il don't like girls said the bashful Ned.
But all the same he had cast his eye
On the charming Grace as she passed him By
In all the beauty of innocence,
without shadow of vain pretence,
And before he knew il his heart was fired
With love; her graces his soul inspired:
And this notwithstanding he had said
He dn't like girls! The deceitful Ned!
Well. he didn't like girls in the plural sense;
But ne loved this one with q love intense,
And il was not long ere he found excuse,
To enter the house with a flag of truce;
And never lover than he was holder,
For before the year was very much older
He had, in truth, taken heart Of Grace,
And told his love with unblushing face.
He didn't Ike girls in a general way:
She didn't like bows, she'd been heard to say;
But they proved that their love was true and
strong
As soon as the right one came along.
Bearer than sister, fonder than brother,
Fate had reserved them for each other;
And love was not thought OF at all until
She found her Jack, and he found his Jill.
Josephine ). Pollard, in ". I. Ledger.
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experts from Chicago and that all is
perfectly straight The theory that
will be given of the abSconding will be
that through overwork Mr.. Brooks
has become doranged, and L think
that We may wind up with a
tribute to his honesty. You may
have observed that the papers say that
he has not specialized and that he had
no bad habits, so we may infer that the
Doodle is in the valise which he took
with him. If you ever wish to see any
of this sixty odd thousands 1 hope you
will express your regrets for Mr..
Brooks. l trust that nothing serious
has happened to him.
Il thought, " said the President, 'that
| truth was your motto"
.'Ah, that was last week. Detectives
mOttos have to change sometimes"
Next day the whole town of Stability
heard of the arrangement of the prom
ising young man Brooks, lately cashier
Of the well-known bank of that city.
The detective had gone home. The
papers announced that nothing in the
extraordinary transaction reflected on
the good name of Mr. Brooks.
Meanwhile Mr.. Brooks had exhausted
the resources of Windsor and was look
ing yearningly across to the American
shore. He watched with interest what
the papers said of his case. At last
when it came out that his innocence
had been made clear he felt a glow of
triumph that his book keeping had
stood the severest test that Chicago had
been able to apply. There was now no
reason why he should remain in Cana
da. He telegraphed to Mr.. Bonus that
for the past week he had been feeling
very queer and had come to himself in
Windsor and would be back shortly.
When Mr.. Brooks stepped off the ferry
on the wharf in Detroit man who had
crossed with him put his arm through
his and said:
Mr.. Brooks 1 am very glad to see
you"
"Who are you?" asked the astonished
Brooks. Il don't think | know you"
mo, you don't said the other, "but
l know you. l am a man who hears
sermons in running Brooks and mao
tell you that your race is ended for the
present. You are just trifle too smart,
Mr.. Brooks. l am Detective Grabum,
of Chicago. "-DetroH Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-14
THE HUMAN VOICE. =

| How Certain Notifications Can Be Pro-
duced by Inhaling Various Substances.
1t has long been known that the in
halation of various volatile substances
is capable of producing certain modifi-
cations in the human voice; and of late
years attempts, more or less legitimate
in their application, have been made
to give this knowledge a practical
form. an interesting series of expert
ments bearing on this subject have
lately been made before the Societe
Medicale du Pantheon by DR.. Sandras,
in which, by means of different inhala-
tons, varying from one to twelve, he
produced marked variations in the in
| tenSity, tone and tinl5re of the voice. He
could not only confer upon the persons
so treated the peculiar voice of the con-
! firmed inebriate, but, what is more to
the point, he could-temporarily, at
any rate-remove it when present.
The notes produced by the same larynx
were made of high or low pitch at will :;
and the range of the voice could be
notably increased, while harshness or
sweetness could be made to alternate.
The substances employed for this pur-
pose are not new; it is only their appli-
cation which may be said to be novel.
Tar-water, alcohol, ether and various
essential oils constitute the ''battery"
for inhalation purposes. The most
curious part of the experiments is the
accuracy with which certain well-de-
fined effects are said to be obtained.
Thus, certain number of limitations
of one kind will diminish the compass
by 50 many notes, while another will
confer an additional eight or ten; some
even limit the range to five or six
notes. By combining selection OF
the agents, accurately graduated re-
suits may, we are told. be obtained at
will. There is ample scopeJfor re-
search in this direction; and really re-
liable information on the subject will
not only insure professional honors,
but also professional success to the for
tunate discoverer. An infirmity of
voice, whether congenital or acquired,
is scarcely less distressing than one af-
fccting the anatomical disposition of
the limbs. and would be subjected to
treatment with the same eagerness.
We are only waiting for further and
trustworthy details on this interesting
question to suggest that facilities be of
fered to the various categories of peo-
pie to whom we are indebted for the
wonderful variety of street cries,
which. if curious, are not always har-
monious. The costermongers suffering
from .'diphtheria clericorum, and the
itnerant dealer in cast-off garments,
who is not. alas! afflicted with aphonia,
might fairly be experimental upon pro
bono pubLico. British Medical Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-14
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
some OF the Pretty Conesits Invented for
the Late Autumn Season.

NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Some OF the Pretty Conesits Invented 70,
the Late Autumn SEASON.
PoloHaises are revived.
Violet wood fans are the fail fancy
TwO-piece fabric frocks are the rale
this fall.
Sleeves are no longer cut tight above
the elbow.
Shoulder seams are as short or shorter
than ever.
SHRED corsages and full plastrons
are all the rage.
Plaid velyets are coming in vogue,
but they are not pretty.
Sleeves are cut tight only from the
| elbow to the wrist this fail.
! Big and little buttons are both worn
on the same suit or garment.
VigOgne and bourette are the popu-
lar Paris cloths for fall frocks.
Velvet striped broche silks come
among fall dry goods importations.
Diagonal draping across the front OF
the bodies is seen on new Paris dresses.
Tinsel-shot Madras lace curtains are
pretty novelties in window draperies.
Vertical stripes in dress goods of al,
kinds are the feature in fall fabrics.
Combinations of silk with light wool
stuffs are popular for first autumn
frocks.
Brocaded borders and bands as well
as vertical stripes are much favored by
fashion.
Silk plush on wooden grounds, in
striped broche effects, are seen on dress
goods counters.
The newest goods for tailor-made
gowns are novelty suitings initiating
mems trouserings and coatings.
Some of the new plush broche
bordered woollen stuffs are as rich and
dressy as well as costly as silk velvet
broche.
One-piece dresses of wool and of silk
are both worn and preferred by many
ladies ofunquestiOned taste and fashion.
New camel's hair cloths, new cheviots
and suitings are seen in herring bone
and chevron weaves to form the vertical
stripes.
The craze for lace is on the increase.
ana Is creatlng genuine revival OF
old points Flemish, Alencon, Bruges
and English, along with Venetian and
old Florentine point coupe.
The plush stripes on new wooden
novelty fabrics are made to produce
shaded. block, bar. flower and leaf
effects by the cut and uncut pile, Great
ing what the merchants call ''frize
effects"
All the novelty broche plush and
striped goods, whether of silk or wool,
are accompanied with plain self-col-
ored goods to match. showing that
this seasons frockS will again be COM
bination costumes.
Large plaids in deep, dark rich tones
of color, one shading into the other,
and producing indefinite vanishing
effects. These plaids are accompanied
with plain self-colored goods to match
the prevailing tone of the plaid.
Features in fall fashions are waist
coats of various kinds, long over drap-
cries, long waists, short shoulder seams,
sleeves loose above the elbows, full
skirts, side panels, little or no looking
to skirt draperies, many buttons, high
tapering hat crowns, high coiff'ures and
very high dress cOllars.-N. Y. Sun.
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WHAT SHE BOUGHT.
Results of a Thoughtful American Won
ans Shopping Expedition.

Results of a Thoughtful American WON
ans shopping Expedition.
Mrs. Flyaround is quite n model wife.
Mr.. F. is good but inGuisitive hus
band. She has been shopping all
afternoon, and he is intent on
knowing as much about her experience
as she does herself.
He protests: II swear l can't for
the life of me see what you women
find in the stores to interest you all
afternoon"
She explains: But. my dear, you
don't know what bargains [ found"
Bargains! Bosh, to hear you talk
one would think that 1 am a plumber
or nil"
There, dearie. don't get angry. If
you could only have seen that lovely
new fall cloak 1 saw at Handmedown
& CO. 8, | know you would say it was
cheap at one hundred and forty dol
lars"
Il dare say" sarcastically.
"And that mahogany set at Imita-
ton Bro. 's-one thousand eight hum
dred dollars-my, how beautifully that
would do for the front chamber up
stairs"
mo doubt" with forced smile.
Then there was that full-em-
broidered crazy-quilt, plush finish
Just oriental, it was-at Mr.. Temper
centoh7s, only two hundred dollars,
and thought how complete it would
make the furnishing of the room"
.'Of course" with suppressed anger.
"But the bonnet at Miss Quiteinthe-
fashions; my! George, and 1 thought
how lovely it would go with my terra
Gotta, and"
Eyes, and you bought it, pale with
disgust.
No. dear; what made you think
that?'
20, because it would be just like a
woman" somewhat Modified
.Well. darling. didn't; all bought
was 4 polka-dot tie for you and bib pin
for baby."-Chicago Nel0s.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-14
CHEAP MONEY!
QUICK MONEY!

Being aware of the annoyance,
and sometimes loss to borrowers,
by having to wait weeks and
sometimes months for money, we
have organized a company with
sufficient cash capital to enable
us to cash mortgages as soon as
the papers are executed, and as
we pass upon all loans here in.
stead of having to send them
East to be approved, we can COM
plete q loan and pay over the
money in less than half the time
usually taken.