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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10
MODERN GARDENING.
Hints to Farmers Who Appreciate tn
Benefits of Practical Gardening.

Hints to Farmers who Appreciate the
Benefits Of Practical Gardening.
The old plan of having little garden
spot, spading it up and tending it by
hand, is the plan that presents itself to
many a mans mind when he is urged
to have good garden. Naturally he
thinks this is great deal of bother, and
it is. We do not blame a farmer for
not wanting to enter upon such work.
But that is not the way gardening il
now generally done on farm. The
garden is more like field than it is
ike the garden of our younger days. II
is laid out so that there may be long
rows. The ground is plowed, and the
horse is brought into requisition to cul-
tivate. In this way the garden is little
more trouble than the corn field. Hand
labor is tedious and it is always
expensive. We would advise a
farmer to have a good garden,
even il he must cultivate il
by hand, but the way to do it is to plant
in long rows and cultivate it with horse
power. II the tillage is by hand by all
means have the most improved nipple
ments. Speaking of sowing seed, per
.aps this would Be good place to give
the quantities of seed to sow single
row Of one hundred yards. The follow
lowing table will show:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10
DUTCH HOUSES.
The Clean and Comfortable Homes Of the
Steady HOllanders.


Steady HOllanders.
In the streets of Amsterdam one may
remark here and there passage about
a yard wide. Enter this passage, and
you find yourself between a double
range Of little coquettish brick houses.
with garden divided off by hedges or
by palisades slightly raised, and num-
Der of little pieces of ground three or
four PAGES square, each belonging to
the house which faces it. This is inval-
liable to the Dutchman. 1t not only
serves as drying-ysrd for the family
clothes, but as place to dry and
sweeten the pots and kettles and
kitchen utensils, which are secured UNI
ceasingly, and which constitute the
pride Of the Dutch household: Enter
one of these houses and you find your
self in the middle Of room about fif-
teen feet square, having a front VIM
dow, in the corner a Fireplace, provided
with small stove sufficient for warm
ing and cooking purposes. One or two
cupboards do duty as pantries, whilst
deeper one, inclosing a bed and hid
den by curtain, is the bedchamber of
the father and mother of the family.
The ground is generally fioored, but
not always; the walls, eight or ten feet
high, are whitened where the tenant
has not papered them. The furniture
of the apartment is generally sufficient
and well kept. There is no back door.
In one corner of the room a straight,
steep staircase leads to the higher
room, where the younger members of
the family sleep. An air of order and
cleanliness reigns all over the house,
and witnesses that care and cleanliness
are considered to be the first of dOmes-
tic virtues. For house of this kind
the rent is fifty to sixty-five cents per
week. Saturday Review.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10
PITh AND POINT.

Kingston IN. W dudes have de-
cided not to kiss girls who chew gum.
Let the good work 60 on. We mean
the gum-chewing.-FaH River Adrance.
Bishop Horne promised to "spare
no labor to learn the art of it" II any
one would tell him show truth may be
spoken without offending some. NY
Tribune.
This was a rare philosophy in the
three-ye -old boy who asked what night
is for, and not content with the reply
"For rest and Sleep" added, mo, papa,
night is for tomorrow.
kiss the baby while you can" ad.
monishes poet. 1--WE can kiss her just
as well eighteen or twenty years from
now-if she's that kind of baby" eau
tiously remarks the Buffalo Express.
"A modern wit defines the difference
between men and women: "A man gives
forty cents Tor 3 twenty-fve-cent thing
he wants, and woman gives twenty
five cents for a forty-cent thing she does
not want"
I'm New York bank: Texas Wis
itor-'I reckon, stranger, you do
right smart business?" Banker, prompt
ly--"My dear. sir, you have no idea
how extended our business relations
are. At the present time we have three
cashiers in Canada.--N. Y. Sun.
"A little four-year-old girl was put
to bed in the third story OF her home
and left, as usual, in the dark. A ter
rible thunderstorm came up, and the
mother, thinking that the child would
be frightened at the lightning, went Ia
her. On entering, the child called out
with delight: Mamma, the wind blew
the sun up just now; did you see itP'
Fears had no entrance there. Toledo
Blade.
The athleticism Of these times is moi
always conducive to the smooth running
of the household. II must hurry
home," said Mrs. De Peyster to Mrs. ID
Joghns the other morning. Reginald
has been riding his bicycle again." "In
deed, and did he break his recordp'
20, no; but he broke his other leg He
has only one whole limb now, and that
is the middle finger Of his left hand."-
Hartford Post.
Eyes, SIR" said Jones to Smith
"as men grow in age and experience
they advance in knowledge" II dom
think so," replied Smith. 'Don't thinl
SOP That's rather singular. The opin
ion l hold on the subject is the universe
opinion" 1T may be, but have my
own opinion, nevertheless, and tits tina
the younger we are the more we know
When l was youth knew twice a!
much as my father. Now l am aged
and l don't know half as much as m,
son" -Bost0n Gazette.
10, Henry! you must send for tn
doctor at once. / believe ! am gettinl
the drOpsy. Now don't delay q mo
ment." Mr.. De Blank--''Why, wha
put that in your headp" "Dear me
Will you never be satisfied that what
say is truep got weighed to-day, an
o, it's awful. weighed three hundre'
pounds" awful! Where did you &c
weighedP" "Around at your Goa
yard" "Calm yourself, my dear. You
weight is exactly one hundred and fit
pounds. "-Montreal Witness.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10
TOUGH CLOTH.
4 Startling Incident Which Occurred -
fore the Days Of Sh0ddy.

Z Startling Incident which Ocsurre6 ~
fore the Days Of shoddy.
1t Was in country grocery store, Of
sourse. Every thing in the shape Of .
plausible yarn either originates in or is
directly traceable to grocery nova.
days, and l do not feel at liberty to de-
viate from the established rule. Sew
eral good stories had been told abou.
the strength and durability of certain
kinds of cloth by several members Of
the gathering. There was lull in the
conversation. and the clerk cast .
meaning look at the clock and twirled
the store-key in his fingers, when sud.
denly, as if moved by the spirit, Yank.
ton Pickett arose from his seat on the
cracker-barrel, spilled a gill of com.
pound liquid of dog-leg and saliva into
the coal-scuttle, stood with his back to
the stove and began:
"Yas, gentleman; some kinds O cloth
is stouter'n all git out. But the stuff
we useter buy beats all. remember
way back in '54, bought bolt of doe.
skin from old man Smitkins, that used
to keep the store up yOnder at. Pitkins'
Corner, this side of Cragg's Bend.
Doeskin them days Was doeskin
Toughp Well, l should say so!
Stouter'n blazes! tougher'n buck.
skin! Well, as l said, l bough,
bolt, and my wife rugged me
out with a suit from it, fixed
off in the style of them days with 9
spike-tail coat. Don't know what I
spike-tail coat isp Well, that's a fact
you don't see many on them nowa days
but it used to be SOS man couldn't bt
without one. They had long tails and
short at the waist in front. Well, sir
wore that suit every Sunday till aftel
the war, and then took to wearin' it fol
everyday! How well l remember it
That suit O. clothes was associated with
me good part O. my best days. What
Mr.. Yank Pickett liep Lived her,
all yer life an don't know m,
YETI I'll be darned! Well, on,
spring lin '68 l think it was) wa
plowin' a clearin' on my land W
there near Cragg's Bend, and the patel
was full O. hickory stumps. l had two
| fine yoke O. cattle, and had on that SAM
identical coat. l was walking alon,
behind the pillow with my head down
when all at once the pillow struck ON
O them blamed hickory stumps, ke
bump! Gosh! I can feel that jar yet
But do you think my cattle stopped TO
stumpsp No, sir! Yanked that pillow
through it slicker'n grease. Did
hold on to the pillow handles
OF course Didn't have time t.
let 60. But the pillow jerke'
me through the openin' in the stump s.
quick that my cOat-tail stuck out hori
zontally behind me, and was caught b
the halves of the stump, as they clappe
back together like lightnin'. That pesk
stump had a death-grip on my Goa,
tail; but l was resolved not to let 20 c
them plow-handles. Phiz-z-z-z rip
Something began to give, but it WASH
the coat. Well, sir, we just yanke
that ar hickory stump out by the root
as slick as you please, and let til
stump hang on to my coat-tail till W
got to the edge of the field, when
slipped out of the coat and chopped
loose. 1t took me nearly an hour" -
Peck's Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10
A Heat Center in the Brain.

The Lancet says that 1.-THE presence
of heat center in the brain has ap.
parently. been demonstrated BY the Oh.
servations and experiments of Ut,
Richet, Aronsohn and Sachs, though its
precise position is still open to ques.
ton. Exner's observations on the
localization of the visual sense support
those of Christiani, and are in Opposi.
ton to those of Munk, Dalton, Ferrier
Luciani and others. for he has found
that every part of the cortex of the oc
cipitsl lobe may be removed withou.
the smallest impairment of the sense Of
sight"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

irDURNG the recent Scottish elections
tome Of the voters walked twenty miles
% the polls in driving rain-storm. In
sther cases they had to cross stormy
channels in small boats. So determined
we're the people to vote that the men
Joined together and hired a small
steamer. In another case the candidate
himself chartered steamer for the day,
and on its arrival such was the tempest
that the small boats could scarcely get
out to 1t.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

The total yield of the precious metals
from 1900 to 1873 was $4,000, 600
pounds of silver, valued at 1885, 0OO,-
900, and 1S,5O0,0OO pounds Of gold,
valued at S6, 459, 900. 900; . total Of
49,, 1000, 900 pounds of both metals, val
ned at $l4,S25, 900 600. The yield of
precious metals from 1928 to 1886
amounts to 90. $50, 100000 in round
numbers. including silver $1,000, 00O,-
400, and gold $3.50, 100000. The
yield Of silver and gold in the last five
years was more nearly equal than it
Aas bcen since 1850
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

ACCORDING to the last reports of the
Land Office, there are just about 5, 000--
200 acres of arabic public land left in
the West of character which renders
it available for settlers without capital.
This is exclusive of lands covered by
railroad and private land grants, of
timber lands, coal lands, precious metal
lands, irrigable lands, desert lands and
Indian reservations. 1t is ofcourse also
exclusive of lands in Alaska and in the
live Southern States. The area may be
increased by the forfeiture of unearned
land grants.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

! The sue So of the incandescent cleo
.ric lamp for private carriages in Paris
q a substitute for candles and oil lamps
b pronounced complete. Not only the
regular side lights are included in this
plan, but the interior of the vehicle is il.
Eliminated by a lamp sufficiently power
hui to read by. The lamps are connect
I'd by wires with small accumulators
placed under the drivers seat; each of
Nch accumulators being able to supply
4 lamp of 6ve-candle power for the
space of some SIX hours.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

7 THERE is great rivalry between Min
beapolis and st. Paul, Mimi, and both
have grown with remarkable rapidity
within the last five years. Minneapolis
IN 1880 had only $4,000 inhabitants. 1t
now has $4,000. St. Paul is keeping
up with her rival, and the corporation
lines no almost toucA. It is related
that Minneapolis congregation left the
church one Sunday because the minis
.er read q text from the Epistle Of st.
Paul
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

The theory that abnormally brilliant
skies, like those of recent years, are
due to volcanic dust or vapors, appears
to be not new one. Attention has
now been called to the Danish records
which mention remarkable sky-glows
in 1886 and again in 1888, in each case
the effects being at the time attributed
to emf: sions from the great volcanic
eruption which had taken place in Ice
land.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

A BILL was introduced in the House a
few days ago proposing constitutional
amendment providing that the Presi-
dent and Vice President shall be elected
by majority Of the people, abolishing
the Electoral College regulating tho
method of counting the votes by the two
Houses of Congress.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

The term croppy grew from the
custom of the English and Scotch re-
formers in 1895, who cut their hair
short and used powder. The same Gus
tom was adopted by the reformers in
Ireland; and hence all those who wore
their hair short were called Croppies,
and were the marked objects of Govern
ment vengeance. In truth, it consti-
tuted secondary evidence of treason.
and was sufficient to cause the arrest
Of the person daring enough to adopt
it.-Boston Budget.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

! An epidemic Of milk-drinking has
struck Washington City. There are q
aumber of places in the city which do an
immense business in the sale Of milk
over the counter at five cents mug.
They keep buttermilk and cream as
well, and it is not an unusual thing to
Zee Government officials and frisky
dudes enter these places and call .or a
mug Of "half-and-half' milk and
cream mixed.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

! IT turns out that Maud Miller, the
poets daughter, has two husbands. The
first one is quite shocked, and threatens
10 get divorce. 1t seems that accord
Ing to the lady and her spiritual adviser
the first marriage was null and void,
because the man in the case had never
been baptized.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

"A Partisan manager, who has been
led to investigate the matter closely,
has ascertained that no less than 75O,-
600 complimentary tickets are issued
during season by the theaters of Paris,
representing loss of about $500. 900.
This manager advocates reduction Of
the admission tariff as remedy.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

An ancient astronomer predicted that
when Good Friday falls on St. Georges
day, Easter on St. Marks day, and
Corpus Christi on St. Johns day this
poor unprotected world of ours would
be knocked into smithereens BY an ILL.,
regulated comet. This remarkable con.
junction takes place this year. The in
mrance companies, in the abs snce of
further proof, have not felt justified in
raising the rates as vet.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

A PLATINUM wire, too fine to be seen
with the naked eye, is said to have
been made Ivy Mr.. H. T. Read, of Brook
iyn. 1t is to be used in telescopes as
substitute for the spiders web usually
employed.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

why didn't you come when I
rangP" said Texas lady to domes-
tic. Because didn't heah the bell. J"
Hereafter when you don't hear the
bell you must come and tell me 70. !"
Eyes, mum" -7exas SiftiWos.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

FRANCE is to have journal devoted
exclusively to the study Of criminals,
from an anthropological and phycho-
logical point Of view.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

Baron Tennyson's fortune is esti.
mated at $4O0, 900, all of it of his own
making, for the poet is practical and
always makes profitable bargains with
his publishers.-Restoa .Iear:ci.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

james r. Randall, who wrote my
Maryland" when he was twenty-five.
is about to publish his first collection Of
poems.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

A CRUISER that is to steam at sea at
tAe-amazing speed Of twenty-five knots
An hour is being built on the Clyde for
the Spanish Government
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

No soil in the world is naturally
rich enough to grow garden crops to
an advantage and profit; SO says
Joseph Harris.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

Mrs. Broxnlow, the famous par
sons widow. is still living at Knox
vile, Tenn.
National Republican., 1886-03-27
TIE rINANc1AL SITUATION.
a Weekly Review of Wall street rs It
Affects Local and Oiher Investors.

Weekly Review of Wall street rs II
Affects Local and Other Investors.
Doran, Wright S Co., Of New York, In
their financial review of the past week to
Walsh, Cropley & Co., Of this city, say
"The blackest cloud on the financial hori-
2on has unquestionably been the strikes,
and although the market at present
writing is strong, there is nothing to prove
that the great labor problem is peacefully
solved. The stand taken by the Missouri
Pacific officials is clearly one Of mo sur
render and the strikers, well organized
though they are, seem to understand that
this fight will practically define the power
of the Knights Of Labor. The continuance
of this trouble means the utter paralyZation
Of trade. Already its effect has been felt,
and while the railroads may be able to
stand 1t the public cannot Had
the motives for the strike been sufficiently
just they would have had the moral sup
port of the public, but this test case was
too irrational. II was not the question OF
poor wages, but the right to dictate whether
an inefficient workman because he belonged
| to the union should be discharged or not.
| MIR. Gould has taken O stand which makes
| the street believe he will be successful, and
the reports to-day indicate that he will be
supported, and that already some Of the X.
| Of L. are becoming dissatisfied, and this
means Generalization and defeat. On the
strength of these reports, together with the
new reorganization scheme, which is un-
| questionably success, and which promises
| to put the coal roads on paying basis once
| more, the market has recovered, and
inside buying beyond the mere cov-
| ering of short contracts seems
TO point to the fact that the market may
have touched bottom. II is, however, as
| well MS to he careful as tomorrow may issue
| In a flood of bad news, and in the present
| fcverish condition of stocks any open rup-
ture and spread of the labor troubles would
precipitate q small-sized panic. Many be-
lleve that the whole labor trouble was an
organized scheme to depress the market
and get cheap stocks In opposition to the
assured rise, which the success of the Nor
gan syndicate plan would naturally bring
about; but although the ways OF the rulers
Of Wall street are dark, and their schemes
too often SAVIOR OF the unknown regions
politely classed as 'sheol,' yet It hardly
seems probable that any man could devise
and carry out such programme and 90 un-
hung. II, however, the strike be really set
tied, there is nothing to prevent the market
from budding into a bull movement.
Stocks have had severe decline. Many
stocks have been heavily oversold, and the
public, once affected by returning con.
fldence, would rush into buy as rapidly as
they have lately sold out. We are still
however, on the fence. The syndicate of
liars who have lately flooded the street
with extravagant bear news, when paid,
can turn and contradict themselves with
no feeling Of conjunction. 1t is therefore
wise to await further developments, even II
by so doing you have to pay higher price
for your stocks"
National Republican., 1886-03-27
Destitute Alien Immigrants.

The speaker laid before the House CON-
munication from Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury Faircbild transmitting draft of
bill to amend the laws regulating immigra-
tion. In commenting upon this change,
the assistant secretary says: "The agents
through whom the existing law is accom-
plished-namely, the boards of immigration
are appointed by state governments, and
the department has no control Of these
agents except by contracts which 1t has no
means of enforcing The bill transmitted
puts the entire charge of destitute alien
immigrants in the care of immigration COM
missioners, appointed officers Of the United
States, and leaves them in no state to the
charge of state officers, to be treated indis-
criminately with other poor over whom the
state exercises supervision. II the govern
ment takes the care of alien immigrants in
distress, IL should not divide that super
vision with state authorities
National Republican., 1886-03-27

Who cannot recognize by his worn look the
man about town-who inverts life, who turns
night into day, who makes exhaustive
draughts on his powers, who wears himself
out too fast, who burns his candle at both
ends? He gets up and breakfasts at an hour
when the tide Of business has long, been at its
height lie dimes or sups, whichever you
please to call 1t. at all manner of hours. Who
lives an artificial life, and sinks as rule, into
a premature grave. The simple fact Is he ex-
hauSts his nervous strength, lie repairs his
lack of tone with such stimulants as he has
found open him up 10 temporary activity, only
by their reaction to put him In still more eX'
hausted and wornout condition, To such men
DR., Ilenley's Celery Beef, and Iron proves n
perfect TestOrer. The Celery braces up the
nerves; the Beef, best, simplest, and earliest of
muscle making foods, gives him bodily
strength, and the Iron gives tone to the gen.
eral system. Aiter its use he is no longer the
worn, langud. and depressed man. Alert,
vivacious, and full of life he has fresh hold
on pleasure, and knows that he owes his in.
vigorating system to the use of the proper COR
dial The CGlery BeCE and Iron has all the
good effects of ordinary stimulants, without
any of their drawbacks, and can always be re.
lied on. Druggists have IT on sale.
National Republican., 1886-03-27
The Youngest Can Use It.

My child, when about one month old, was
afflicted with dreadful breaking out on the
took him to the doctor, who did not think
there was much the matter, but the child con-
tinued to grow worse. The little fellow was
suffering so much and was so fretful that we
physicians, aud they did what they could, but
brought no relief to the little sufferer, tried
everything at hand or that could hear OF, but
without the desired effect. About this time |
saw an advertisement of Swift's Specific 1t
was ecommended for skin diseases, ! pur'
chased four bottles. The first bottle did him u
bottle the disease entirely disappeared, and the
child is now entirely well, 1 would recon-
mend s. S. S. as q household remedy, as 1t has
brought both health and happiness to my own,
CHAs. w. SAMUEL.
BRUISToS, QUEEN COUNTY, VA, Feb. II, 1885:
Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed
free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, and l57 W. 23d ST.. New
York.