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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24
ALL THE RAGE.
Fresh Fashions which Have Become De-
cidedly Popular.

Fresh Fashions which Have Become De-
cidedly Popular.
The Bulgarian turban is all the rage
at present.
Low corsages of red velvet are worn
with skirts of various materials, tulle
and other thin fabrics not excepted.
The new short sleeves consist of small
puffs, or narrow double ruches or tulle,
crossing the top of the arm.
Dresses of tulle or china gauze broche
with small figures or gold or silver
spanSled Grape, literally freighted with
flowers, are among the novelty ball
dress fabrics for the current season.
China Grape is popular fabric,
though vests and side panels of white
watered silk are de rigueur with velvet
dresses with plastron of gimp made
of Oriental net, wrought in flowers or
Valenciennes, revived lace favored by
the devOtees of style because of its soft
ening and assimilating qualities.
BOnnets are still worn for the theater
and for dress occasions. Very young
married ladies may replace the bonnet
by the great Rembrandt" hat of black
felt, with wide brim, turned up at the
left and entirely covered with Jet
beads. 1t is trimmed with q tuft Of
feathers a Ia Lamballe, that is to say,
the quilts in back and the ends falling
over the front.
Many of the new imported dresses
have fine side-plaited gauze ribbon,
with thin satin stripes set in the neck
and sleeves. 1t is quite pretty as a
novelty, but is scarcely suitable for full
dress, and not as desirable as q little
plated lace for ordinary wear, as i,
brushes very readily, and then looks
"mussy" and careless. White corduroy
and very coarse white net lace art
used in single or double bias folds fol-
the same purpose.
A favorite fashion is to have long
plaits down the left side of the skirt
and a vest straight from throat t.
| waist, with cuffs and revers of the silk
with a soft girdle crossing the 'basqu,
at the waist-line, supplemented by Ion!
square pockets of the silk, trimmed
with buttons. Two yards of this silk i
all-sufficient to embellish new COSTUME
or refresh one not new, and any colo
of velvet or wool may be stylishly EN-
bellished by this black garniture.-N
Y. World.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24
Valuable Sweepings.

II is estimated that the value Of the
sweepings of the floor Of goldsmith's
workshop become worth about one hum
dred and fifty dollars per square foot
in ten years. A tub, used in one of
these workshops as receptacle for the
dust from one polishing lathe, yielded
fifty dollars in year. Of course where
such valuable prizes are to be got from
''dust," tricks are not wanting to Sc
cure them. It is said that the work
men sometimes oil their hair, and then
run their dusty fingers through it, and
that the gold-dust which then adheres
to the hair is afterwards washed out.
One man carried off in a few weeks,
on the moistened tip of his finger,
thirty dollars worth Of gold filings
Christian at Work
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24
SPRING MANAGEMENT.


4 Problem for Bee-KeeDers Whish Hes0
Correct s0lution.
The question Of importance, for
those who will be fortunate enough 70
have any bees left in the spring. .
how shall we most successfully get
them in proper condition to be ready
for the incoming honey season. But
little. If anything, can be done now un.
til the advent Of warm weather, ono
thing should, however, be assured,
viz: that the bees have ample stores 70
carry them through. This is easily
ascertained. for we always have . few
warm days in March when the exact
condition Of each colony as regards
stores can be found out by an examine
ton, and. if any are found wanting,
their wants can easily be supplied.
When the balmy zephyrs Of spring are
felt, and all nature begins to put on
her robe Of green, the Joyous hum Of
the bee is heard, and they are found
disporting in front Of their hives, and
bringing in nectar and pollen from the
maple, birch and other early Towering
trees and shrubs. Then q careful ex-
animation should be made, and ths ex.
act condition of each colony aseer-
tanned.
Experience has taught us that it 10 Of
little use to unite small colonies at this
season; it is far better to build them up
by giving them frame of brood occs-
siOnally from those colonies that can
we'll spare them. As it is q fact that
bees are not wanted save in numbers
sufficient for self-preservation, of each
colony until the honey crop is ready to
be gathered, it follows, that large colo
MES, save when the honey is to be
found, are an expense rather than q
benefit.
The rule then should be to equalize
AZ nearly as possible all the colonies in
the apiary, at the same time getting
them in condition to bring in the nee.
tar from the field in large quantities as
soon as it Is ripe for the harvest" Il
Is quite easy to till this bill, for VI
know that it takes twenty-one days
from the egg to the worker, and abou
twelve to sixteen days for the ius
emerged bee to become sufficiently
matured to begin work as q forager.
Now as localities differ. it only re
mains for each apiarist to find on
when the yield Of honey in his localit,
is due, and to prepare his colonies Il
gather it; bearing in mind ono thing
viz: that the rule Of "keep your colon!
strong" is to be taken cum grano s0li
and that it is useless to raise up q hord,
of consumers at time when they Cal
gather nothing.
l am not now writing for the novice
80 will assume that the above is all sui
ficient for experts. The novice viii
perhaps read this article, and il SO
think be can readily understand it; bu
whatever may be the case, 1t remain
still fact that we want at any tim
only that number Of bees in . colon
that will give best results; and the in
dividual application Of the above hint
will most certainly tend to bring sbot
good sults.-Home- Farm.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24
ELECTRIC CALLS.
How q Valentine Was Brought by
Wildly Using Them.

1t was tho ghost Of q smile that
lightened the rather tired face of Mr..
George Plympton, freshly-arrived occu-
pant of room No. Al, parlor floor Of
the principal hotel in the metropolis Of
Maine, as he glanced at this card con-
spicuously tackled up over the button
in the wall near the head Of the bed:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24
THE DOCTOR TO HIS HORSE.

~ s'S VOOOes
An, Biny, many day and night,
Tnr0 the sun and stormy weather,
We've tOgged along % best we might,
With aching hearta together;
we've bravcd the wtntry blasts that poured
And many = lonely league we've scored
With little cheer before Us
footsore, we've plodded on and on,
Ger roads that slow unraveled
Their murky miles from dusk TO dawn,
And chilled 10 "a we travelled;
We've threaded woods 20 dark aud mute,
And glcns with gloom 80 thick. sir,
The owls were half afraid to boot,
And whippOorwtlls grew sick, SIR.
Down couptry lanes, by churchyards dim,
Al midnight We have scurried,
AID seen the eldritch moonlight swim
Above the dead we've buried;
For US tho hre.flys trimmed his lamp
In many gloomy thicket;
The rasping of the cricket.
We've listened to the snap and crack
Ut heartstrings when the portal
" lifes proud temple, swinging bsck,
Let free the soul immortal
we'yetcaught the sound Of spirit wings
In novels OF afiicti0u.
And heard, amid such 8uheringS,
Loves bravest benedictiOn.
We've seen the hardened sinners eyes
Lock up their light forever,
With grOans, aud agones, and cries,
Az soul and sense did sever;
We've seen the good old mans eyelids close,
As o er them death did settle,
As softly as summer rose
Shuts up its snowy petal.
We've seen the father, stopped with years,
On many death-bed langush,
We've heard the sob, and seen the tears
Stream down the cheeks of anguish
o comrade mine! our days have been
never.ending trial,
We've starved our souls, and worn them
thin,
With steady selfdenial.
Old fellow you have ever stood
Ny trend IN tribulatiOn,
And would give you, II could,
A royal recreation;
Alas I'm racked with aches and pains,
And you are getting bony.
And, Billy, little rest remains
For you and me, my pony.
Anal Q stranger pauses here,
with blinking gold beside us,
And he would take you, Billy dear,
II ducats could divide us:
The wretchl he does not understand
Exactly where my heart IL,
Not ell the wealth at his command,
Ny Billy-b0y, could part US.
-Jdmes NeWtOn Mdttheaps. IN Current.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24

A milkman slipped and fell in New
London, Conn.,, the other day in such a
way that he went head foremost into
can from which he had removed the
cover, and, as it was tight fit. TIM
smiths services were required to extri-
cate him.-Harfford COurant.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24

The Shah of Persia doesn't like
aniline dyes. He is reported to have
issued an order that the hands OF any
workman using these dyes shall be
nailed up over his workshop.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24

The butcher bird, small spotted
bird resembling the common .mocking
bird, is the foe of the domestic canarics
on the Pacific coast, and destroys num-
bers Of the latter.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24

-Well-ventilated bedrooms will pre-
vent morning headaches and lassitude.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
Mosquitoes That Kill Bears.

Victoria Times: j. A. johnson, a
well-known mining expert, returned
from Alaska a few days ago. Next
to the rich ore,'' said Mr.. Johnson,
what | struck the most forcibly was the
mosquitoes. Why, sir, they kin the
bears. Now, it seems strange that a
mosquito could kill a bear, but this is
the way it is done: The bears come
down from the hills into the marsh-land
TO feed on berries-a sort Of cranberry
found there. AS 500 as they get com
fortably to work the mosquitoes attack
them and 90 for their eyes. The bears
get up on their hind legs to fight them
off, and sink into the swamp. The
mosquitoes, which are of most extraor-
binary size, keep at them until they are
totally blind, and then they have them
completely at their mercy. l have seen
over a dozen bear carcasses in those
swamps positively Killed by the mos
Quitoes.h
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
A Lucky Los Angeles Woman.

Los Angeles, Gal Express, June 10: For
tune sometimes favors the fair as well as the
brave. Mrs. w. o. Hubbard Of this city took
a sudden notion on the 10th day of Nav last
to invest one dollar in the Louisiana State
Lottery. Accordingly she purchased FROM an
agent a one-ffth ticket, No. 63,S01, for the
small sum of one dollar. The drawing came
of the next day, the 18th ult. and the ticket Of
which she held a one-fifth drew a prize OF So
600. She left the ticket with the agent till
the following Monday, when she came around
to get 1t, and was overjoyed to find it had
drawn n prize, A friend Of the agent had
previously purchased the same ticket along
with another. but as both tickets were even
numbered, he turned this one back, and Mrs.
Hubbard coming in, secured it, and ultimately
the prize with il. Her husband was q bar
tender at the time at Charlie Eaton's saloon
I'm the Pico House. The ticket was
forwarded through Wells, Fargo IL Co.'s
Express to the managers of the Louisiana
State Lottery at New Orleans, and the prompt
" RENTED the cash, Neither Mrs. Hubbard
nor her husband got excIted over their good
fortune, and Mrs. Hubbard Immediately went
back and invested in another ticket. remark
ing that she was ''in hopes that lightning
might strike the same place the second time"
Since the Pico House bar has changed hands,
Mr.. Hubbard has been helping ont at the st.
Elmo. Mr.. Hubbard before coming to Los
Angeles was a bartender in Portland, Oregon,
where he is well known, and has many frienda
who will rejoice TO hear Of his good luck.
Mr.. Hubbard has not vet expressed himself
as 10 his future Intentions, bat with so many
golden opportunities In Southern California,
such a nest egg as his cannot help winning
for him a very large fortune In the course OF a
short time.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
He Was Glad Once Too Often.

Washington Critic: An absent
minded congressman once lost the vote
of an entire family by his carelessncss.
He had a way of saying: 81 would be
glad to have you do So" and one day
a constituent, with his family, paid his
respects. The congressman was busy,
and after some talk the visitor said:
I'VE will remain in the city several
days"
Il should be glad to have you do
So replied the Nj. c., as he fumbled a
pile Of papers on his desk.
I'VE will come in and see you every
now and then chirped in the visitors
wife.
II should be very glad to have you
do So said the congressman.
land bring around our other little
boy YOU haven't SEEM" suggested the
husband.
II should be glad to have you do
So" still said the congressman.
Then they arose.
'.Well, Mr.. Blank" said the visitor,
extending his hand, "we must tell you
good by and go back to the hotel
II should be very glad to have you
do So" said the congressman again,
and he wondered for a week what
made his visitors leave so abruptly and
never come back to see him, as they
had said they would.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
PHANTOM PILLS DELUSION.
A Queer Character of the Water Front
Waits for a Ship.

Philadelphia Press: 1t looked more
like "a shadow than a human figure, and
it was al motionless as the post on
which it leaned-the queer mortal who
stood on the very end of Chestnut
street wharf last evening just as 1t was
growing dark. A reporter watched it
from the west side of Delaware avenue
for ten minutes. Then, thoroughly
undeceived, he turned to a lonmger
near him, Il veritable wharf-rat, and
asked: as that a man on the wharfp"
"Ef yer wuz ter talk wild i'm you'd
tink he wuz n ghost. It's Phantom
Phii' yer iookin' at"
'Why is he called Phantom Phll?'"
"Waal. YOU jest 90 stan by i'm and
ef yer amt convinced he's got der right
handle, come back here and III give
yer der straight steer
With considerable trepidation and
more curiosity the newspaper mar APP
preached phantom Phil" He was
croning to himself ike a crazy old bag.
The wrctched old human craft was al
most a skeleton. His tattered togs
Tapped against his bony limbs and he
wac gazing liXedlv into the dark river.
He was dangerously unconscious of
everything else. His was not a vacant
stare-itsw was of absorbing inter
est. Two minutes passed. They were
as long as tive minutes can well be,
and then something broke his spell.
He turned, and, half-crouching,
fixed that gaze on his observer
with pair of eyes that
shone like a pair of glistening black
balls encased in a haggard, marble
face. did you bear that cryp VIII
you go?' he whispered. "Will you,
mate? It's only n deep plunge and
then the u"nder-current takes you where
that phantom devil skins the waves.
That was a fearful night. The wind
was alive that night. 1t talked to me
like a demon. 1t Kissed and shrieked:
I'll watt her merry crew this way and
they'll take her from you and they
did take her from me, but I'll find her.
Phil will find her." drawing nearer.
'Will you 90, mate?'
Phantom Phil was terribly in earnest
and the young man he addressed told
him pleasantly but firmly that he would
o go and left him with his gaze again
fixed on the water.
The wharf rat was waiting and said:
"That pore devil wuZ rocked at sea
with his woman She went under, an
he wuz picked up; an after he had the
fever he told us how "A crew of spooks
TUX her from i'm. Dat cry in his ears
is der sound of der waves, an every
night he hangs a lantin from his lodg-
ms up here, and watches fur de ghost
ship"
Some dark night poor Phil will make
that plunge. The harbor police will
find his body, and the c%oroner's jury
will say, suicide by drowning"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
A Sad Story.

Atlanta Constitution: Here is a sd
story from Baltimore: Mrs. Minnie G..
Ashworth is the wife Of Il soldier in the
United States army. Her husband is
with his regiment. His wife went
from Alabama to Baltimore and worked
in a packing-house. Her seventeen
months-old child sickeDed and died,
and while the little corpse lay on a pill
low there came an order for the mother
to pay up her rent or vacate her room.
She had no money. Accordingly she
was elected. Taking up the little form
and pressing it to her breast she
stepped into the street and trudged n
considerable distance TO the Office of the
board Of health. There she sank down
and burst into tears. AS soon rs she
could tell her story she was sent to =
benevolent priest, who provided shell
ter, and the child was buried in the
parish cemetery. The baby's name
vas Robert Lee Ashworth.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
An Illuminated Dog.

Dayton journal: Some excitement
has been caused by the rumor that
Dayton was possessed of a dog that
changes color three times a week, ap-
pearing in "A different suit, SO to speak,
every other day-a regular dLde Of a
dog, possessing Il wardrobe of the most
varied and fanciful description. The
question of the ability Of q leopard tc
change his spots seems to have been
settled. 1t was only required that the
leopard should be of the peculiar sort
which knows how to make the trans
formation. This was the important
consideration.
As for the dog referred to, every
body said Barnum would pay an even
hundred thousand for him, and spccu-
lators were scheming to get possession
of the wonderful beast. The owner,
however, knowing the value of his
chameleon dog, refused to part with
him at any price, and took special
pains to prevent anybody from stealing
him. This was the outside talk.
The transformations were startling;
one day the dog appeared in a suit of
indigo blue with a pink necktjc. At
another his coat showed the national
%colors, red, white and blue, while a
star emblazoned the top of his head.
He was by turns a regular waller
dog" with a black nose and Il jet black
dog with n white nose. Indeed. the
of the wonderful animal in
effecting unique and f%anciful changes
in his apparel were startling to every
beholder.
But the end came ut last, AS it always
does TO things seemingly at variance
with the laws of nature. The fraud
was detected. The returns, like those
of precinct A, fourth ward, Cincinnati,
had been doctored.
1t turned out that some m~ischevious
boys, with the aid Of "A skilful artist,
had painted the dog in fantastic colors
and put him on exhibition as a four
his doghood. While he was a party TO
the fraud, but he was an innocent
party.
Though his silent acquiescence gave
consent, he was ignorant of the pur-
pose of his customers. He was made
the victim of designing youngsters,
who sought to gain public credence TO
an alleged new canine variety, possess
ing chameleon facilities far exceeding
those of the chameleon himself Some
people, as well as the dog, were de-
ceived. Fortunately, the dog will have
no proper sense of the humiliation which
his seemingly ridiculous ~pretensions to
dudishness has. brought to his kennel
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
Not the Woman for Him.

A well-known B~ostonian was trying
a horse one day in company with the
owner, a professional jockey. Having
driven him a mile or two the gentle
man, who noticed that he pulled pretty
hard, requiring constant watching and
a steady rein, said: ado you think it
just the horse for a lady to driver"
..Well, sir" answered the jockey, IL
must say | shouldn't want to marry the
woman who could drive that horse"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
The Way Edith Shocked Them.

Cambridge Chronicle: Yes" said
the parson at the tea table. young
Jordan was out driving with Miss
Popinjay the other evening and his
horse ran away. They were both
thrown out and the buggy was mashed
to pieces. 1t was a ~providential escape
for both Of them; but | can't under
stand how the young man came to lose
control of his horse"
''He must have been driving with
n hand" fippantly suggested the
minister's eldest son., a wild rake Of a
boy.
''Or perhaps he had the reins around
his neck" said Edith; 4 shy young
beauty of sixteen, with q charmingly
modest mein. And then everybody
exclaimed in chorus;
s'Why, Edith!'
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
An Important Arrest.

The arrest OF suspicious chara2t1r L pon his
general appearance, movements or compan-
ship, without waiting until he has robbed q
traveller, fired a house, or murdered a Fellow
man, is an important function of a shrewd de-
%tectiye. Even more important is the arrest OF
a disease which, If not speedily checked, will
blight and destroy a human life. The fire.
quent cough, loss OF appetite, general languor
or debility, pallid skin and bodily aches and
pains, announce the approach Of pulmonary
consumption, which Is promptly arrested and
permanently cured 10y DR.. P'erce's Golden
Medical Discovery" Sold by druggists.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
Caught in a Lie.

Texas Siftings: In some Texas
hotels the partition walls are so thin
that the conversation in one room can
be heard in the next. Two friends
from the interior put up at a Galveston
hotel and were given one room. The
mar in the next room overheard the
following conversation about daybreak
next morning:
IL say, Bill, are you awaken"
ave been wide awake for the last
two hours"
LEND me So"
''I've dozed off again"
81 knew you were lying when you
said you we're wide awake
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31

Harper's Bazaar: What q very
pretty girl your friend is, Miss Con-
stantina," said Dumley. ''Such bright
eyes and fair complexion one seldom
sees. Hasn't she Irish blood in her
veins?"
"Oh, yes" Miss Constantine replied,
''she is a true daughter of Erin 60
Bragh." ''Wcll, all ! have TO saw
added Dumley, WHO greatly admires
a pretty girl, ..Mr. and Mrs. Go Bragh
ought to be proud of her"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
~ Don't Want Relief, but Cure"

Is the exclamation of thousands suffering
from catarrh. To all such We say: Catarrh
can be cured by DR.. Sagcs's Catarrh Remedy.
1t has been done in thousands of cases: why
not in yoursl Your danger is in delay. En-
close a stamp 10 Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, n. Y, for pamphlet on
this disease.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
Everyone a Good Doctor.

Pliny says everyone is a good doctor TO
himself If be be capable of looking closely
into himself, for he can then see that his sys-
TEN needs rejuvenation, and that Aliens Iron
Tonic Bitters is a sovereign remedy for the
ills he suffers. All genuine bear the signature
OF j. Z. Allen, st. Paul, Mimi.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31

Every one should have a practical
business education. Many Of our boys
appreciate this, and are taking n course
at Elliott's Business College, Burling-
ton, La.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
A Good Suggestion.

From the Alta California: Why
doesn't somebody get up a fresh air
fund" for congress, and send it to the
country
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31
Trough on Itch"

Trough on Itch" cures skin humors, erup
tons, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chill
blains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch. soc
jars.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31

Boston proposes to borrow 1924, 900 for
inte' G"i improvements.
A New York philanthrophist has estab-
,ished a cooperative farm for tramps.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-31

Miss Bessie Moulton, another Baltimore
belle, has taken the black veil of the Sisters OF
Mercy.