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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
PiTh AND POINT.

lido you wish to be my wife. Ma
belP" said q little boy. "Yes," incau-
tiously answered Mabel. Then pull of
my boots. Pail Nall Gazette. s.
tive eaten next to nothing" lisped
Smithers, who was dining with his girl
"Oh. always do that when I sit by
you,' responded the young lady, pleas
antly. Sam. efiisi a ssss&lsi
q Stephen Bennett, of Montpelier,
VT, has greenback stained with blood
that was in his sons pocket when he
was killed in battle twenty-one years
ago.-Rutland Herald,
-"Give us the ballot-box," is the cry
Of but very few of the fair sex, while the
rest Of our feminine population is con-
tent with being allowed to frequently
stuff the handbook. Philadelphia Her.
aid.
1t is said that IAN Ohio man
planted the first American flag in Cali
fornia soil in 1888" Whether 1t grew
or not is not stated; but We suppose Of
course it did. They have . glorious
climate out there.-LoDeH Citizen.
"A man in Northampton County
went to sleep in an engine house, us
ing box of dynamite for a pillow
When he awoke he found his head
blown off It must have been pain.
full surprise to him.-No,ristoton Her
aid.
Mr.. Middlemas met three tramps
this morning; to the first he gave five
cents, to the second ten cents, and t.
the third ten cents--what time was il.
All give il upa Want me to tell YOU
Why, it is easy to see what time 1t wa
Ia quarter to three. ~. \. i,sdepe,Ai
e'M. l.5 ....,, ,..' 55,,.i,-
Nothing makes a man feel til,
value of an economical wife so much a
when he finds that the hundred dollar
he had given her to buy Christina
presents with has been invested in pay
ing her dressmaker's bill and buyinI
him corn-cob pipe.--Fau Rue
Herald.
Wife AREN'T you going to en-
your pudding, dear?" Husband (pok
ing it disparagingly with his spoon) -
sit would kill me to eat that mess of in
digestible stuff" Wife-"I know it
not very nice, but you had better eat
dear. ! hate to eegit wasted. CHI
cago Mai! ..l( e., ,iAI }i3{fInt
She should have darned 'cm-ss'it.
The beautiful maiden is shopping to day,
Quite busy, and to her surprise,
While through the thrOnged street she
taking her way,
Her beau n the street sha espies.. j
Good gracious tits awfu" He's coming, n
| doubt, p '-stS'i '4 ~
And swift to her hear strikes a pain;
The eyes of affection win single her out,
He'll see her and speak, TINT 10 plain.
She halts. bushes redly, then crosses til
street, W JYNN lH ntllIE.~ 1I
Ilj Avoiding the youth that she loves;
The maid 1t would mortify much should the
! There are holes in the tips Of her glove'
lFB ~ t--B0StOn Courier
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
A VAST SUM.

The Amount Worse Than Wasted ON the
Drink Habit, and What Might BE Done
with 1t. 80.
There are 90S,98O persons, adult
nnales for the greater part, employed in
the manufacture and sale Of liquors in
the United States. This Is one to every
sixty of the entire population. These
men, mostly able-bodied, are taken
from productive, that is to say, wealth
producing employments. They are q
tax on the workers. adding no one ele-
ment Of prosperity to the common
wealth Of the Nation. At the low wage
which all of them could earn they
would receive for the three hundred
working days Of the year $272. 1894 900.
Who can estimate the loss of perman-
ent wealth that this aggregate of
wages implies and suggestse
The Federal statistics show that there
are in the United States ZOO, 900 per-
sons daily incapacitated for labor BY
reason Of liquor. This number in
cludes the .drunkards. the insane, the
criminals and paupers dragged down
to these classes by the direct and recog-
nlzed influence of using intoxicating
drinks. At one dollar a day in a year
Of three hundred days these COO, 900
persons placed hors de combat by the
drinking habit, could have earned
e1SO, 900, 900, which, added to the other
totals of money cost, and the loss OF
the service al the army of makers and
sellers, estimating these services on the
wage basis only, amount to the aggre'
gate OF 81, III, 291 ,518 per annum.
This vast sum-" writes Mrs. Thomp
son, ais twenty-three dollars per capita
for every man, woman and child in thu
country. 1t is nearly equal to our en-
tire gold, silver and paper circulation
cemhined. Il would build and eaa;;
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TEMPERANCE READING.
JUST ANOTHER.

s'Tis sparkling clear! Yes, mother dear,
Give me little wine,
Twill little take to renOvate
This youthful frame Of mine.
All! this has been dreary day;
Come, gentle mother, pass
The sure and speedy comforter.
The rudy social glass"
Yes noble son, but just this one
PrOmt1e. come give me here:
That you VIII, then. not taste again,
And will lave no fear"
Well. then, dear mOther-to your health:
Long may you live. AID see
Your son the great and noble man
That You would have him be-"
Al! sad to tell, within a cell, llJ-s
Stretched OH low, hard bed,
The noble boz. u mothers Joy,
Lies grim shd cold and dead.
In lonely grief lie ours d his faie.
Ard chains Tint bound him sore.
He ,urs'd the wine but now those lipa
Are sealed f0reyermore.
And none may know il deep, dark woe
ShadOwd the passing SOUL
II one bright ray sh0ne DER the way
To the eternal goal.
AlOue, close bard, ut midnight hour,
The fettered spirit fled.
While no pale mourner wept or prayed
Beside that prison bed. lHi
See yon white hair, that brow of care,
Those hot romOrseful tears
And furrowed cheek! All, do they speak
or sorrow, or OF years! Fl,
The desolated mother weeps;
Her grief too well she knows
Was purchased by the social glass"
Full to the brim with woes, ft,
Northern Msswh0sr.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
A WORD TO BOYS.
Sure Way by Which You May Avoid tn,
Drunkard's Fate.

Sure Way by Which You May Avoid the
Drunkard's Fate.
What do you think, young friends.
of the hundreds Of thousands who arc
trying to cheat themselves and others
into the belief that alcoholic drinks are
good for themp Are they not to be
pitied and blamedp Do you want to
be one of these wretched mene II we
are to have drunkards in the future,
some Of them are to come from the
boys to whom am writing; and ask
you again if you want to be one Of
them? No! OF course you don't!
Well. have plan for you that is
just rs sure to save you from such a
fate as the sun is to rise tomorrow
morning. It never failed; it never will
fail; and l think it is worth knowing.
Never touch liquor in any form. That
the plan, and it's not only worth
knowing, but it is worth putting in
practice. G A w
know you don't drink now, and it
seems to you as If you never would.
But your temptation will come, and
it probably will come in this way: You
will find yourself, some time, with a
number of companions, and they will
have bottle of wine on the table.
They will drink and offer it to you.
They will regard it as manly prac-
tice, and very likely they will look
upon you as a milksop if you don't in
dulge with them. Then what will you
do? Ehp What will you dop Will
you say: mo, no, none Of that stuff
for me? know trick worth half q
dozen of that" Or will you take the
glass with your own common sense
protesting, and your conscience max
ing the whole draught bitter, and q
feeling that you have damaged your.
self, and then 60 of with hot head
and skulking soul that at once begins
to make apologies for itself, and will
keep doing SO during all his lifeP Boys,
do not become drunkards,- g. Hal
land. &c. l99n 4f ,1sN 9" Z,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
A SCIENTIFIC VIEW.

Facts which Have Been Scientifically
Established, and what Actual OBJ
servation Has Taught. r
Ten years ago, at the request Of the
Edinburgh Society of Arts, DR.. B. w.
Richardson, F. r. S., delivered before
that body six lectures on alcohol, pre-
senting the result of protracted
scientific investigation Of the subject.
Among the facts thus scientifically
established were the following:
l.. Alcohol, instead OF raising, low
ers the temperature of the body.
After drunken stupor it has some
times taken three days to restore the
natural warmth, under the most favor
able circumstances. Even moderate
drinkers are peculiarly exposed to
dangerous "colds." 76lI DIT
2. Alcohol is not, in any proper
sense, food. The Development of
fat from it's use is simply due to struct-
ural degeneration of the vital organs.
8. Alcohol acceleratcs the action
of the heart from one hundred thor
sand beats day to, say, one hundred
and twenty-five thousand, followed by
a proportionate weakening that neccs-
states, SUCCESSFULLY, additional
draughts. Hence the heart becomes
enlarged and its valves disordered; and
the brain, by the increased flow of
blood to it, is rendered for the time
more active, and is succeeded by greater
| al ,xl,s oh dc khn
ton of the stimulus. Il" t'-t
f. The whole internal cavity of the
body, all its organs, every bone and
Joint, the brain and spinal cord, are
wrapped in membranes, through which
al filters, everything has to pass for the
sustenance of the respective parts.
These membranes must be just porous
enough, and be kept perfectly supple.
Now, alcohol causes them to thicken
and shrink. and thus effects general
deterioration of the organic structures.
~ 8. Among the effects of this deteri-
grafton, in those who drink moderate
ly, are various neuralgia pains, the
worst form of indigestion, and wake
fulness. LII .7gotsa
6. At later stage of drunkenness,
not single organ Of the body escapes
disorganization of its vital structure,
though heredity or other conditions
may cause a seeming concentration OF
disease on some particular organ--the
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the heart,
the brain or spinal cord.
Z. .H this agent do really for the
moment cheer the weary and impart q
l. flush of transient pleasure to the un'
wcaried who crave for mirth, its in,
| fuence doubtful even in these modest
and moderate degrees-is an infnitesi
NAL advantage, by the side of an in
tinity of evil for which there is no com
pensation and no human cure"
The above are the teachings o.
science. We will add the teachings O
actual observation. Sir Andrew Clark
one of the most eminent medical au
thorities In Great Britain, says that il
seven out of ten of his hospital patients
the disease was caused by drink, an(
in the three others was aggravated BY
IT, He had sometimes thought of Civ
ing up his practice and going about tn,
country In a crusade against intoxi
eating drinks Youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
THE PROPHECY OF VICTORY.

Nothing Can Defeat the Success Of Obedi.
ence and Loyalty to the Divine Will.
1t is an old truth, older far than
the great modern poet who put it into
verse, that the dreams Of youth are
prophetic of the deeds of manhood.
Every true, earnest boy, opening to the
first fresh perceptions of the great world
about him, feels the rich results of life
already stirring within him, and knows
by q sublime intuition that he WAS born
to command and to achieve. The ele-
ment of prophecy runs all through life;
it is the spiritual side of that will Of
God which In the natural world science
calls law Because that will Is divine
and changeless. prophecy goes with it,
as the knowledge which enables the
astronomer to predict the eclipse goes
with the mastery Of the movements Of
the splsnets.F The special individual
prophecies of the Old Testament are
impressive, but they are far less won
derful than that universal element of
prophecy which pervades it and sep
arates it forever from all kinds Of
kindred literature. That obedience
shall bring prosperity in the large
and noble sense of the word, and that
disobedicnce shall bring its inevitable
penalty, is not only the Divine law
disclosed there in the luminous letters
of history, but it is also the
twofold prophecy that runs through
all the diverse books and holds
them In the unity Of a common pur-
pose. Aid this same double prophecy
is fulfilled in all later history, and
in every individual HE. There has
been NO chance. NO fate, no good or
evil fortune, no accident, In the world
since the beginning; the will OF God,
disclosed iii this universal law, has held
all things within Its majestic circle,
and has declared at every stage what
the future must be.
No man need have any fear, and un.
certainty about the future outcome Of
his life. Sorrow, loss and suffering
can not be calculated, but nothing can
defeat the success of one who sets him.
self to live and die by the will of God.
A Divine prophecy runs with such q
life, and predicts its success from the
very moment of birth. There is nc
lnalign power in the universe which
can defeat it; all things are pledged tc
its triumph. 1t was this prophetic
sense which penetrated. the darkness o.
defeat in Judea three thousand yeari
ago and discerned the rise Of that stal
which should be a sun Of hope to TIL
world; 1t was this sense which brough'
Heaven within the vision Of dying mar
tyrs; it is this sense which uphold
countless sorrowing and overburdenet
hearts to-day. This prophecy spreads
its glory over your life if you walk will
your hand on that shining cord Of dut,
which runs like 4 thread Of gol(
through the shadows Of our mortality
-Ch,1stian Union. V
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iNTEMPERANcE AND CRIME.

At Least Two-Thirds of All the Grimes
Committed May he Justly Attributed
to the Use of Intoxicating Liquors.
The second in the series Of Temper
ance meetings under the joint super
vision of the General Assembly's Per-
manent Committee on Temperance
and the Standing Committee on Tenn
perance Of the Presbytery of New York,
was held on Sunday evening. The prin-
cipal address of the evening was made
by Chief-Justice Noah Davis, who spoke
on the Relation of Intemperance to
Crime" He dwelt particularly on
what he had seen in his official capaci-
ty, saying: For more than a quarter
of a century l have watched the stream
OF crime sweeping its victims past me-
Why should l not denounce to the
world the cahses of those crimes? OF
the large numbers of criminals ar
raigned before me. ! have, as a general
thing, inquired into the causes Of their
crimes, and it is my firm conviction
that of such as homicide, wife-beating,
assault and battery and disorderly con-
duct, fully eight-tenths are due to the
use of intoxicating liquors. OF all crimes,
the testimony of many judges for over
two hundred years shows that at least
twO-thirds are attributable to the same
cause. The English law, from which
our criminal law is taken, makes drunk.
enness no excuse for crime, else fea,
we would not ourselves have had the
virtue to do it. If this were not an &C.
knowledged principle of law drunk
enness would be the preparation fol
every crime.
Judge Davis spoke strongly in favor
of the adoption Of general system o.
paying off workmen in the middle o.
the week as one means of preventing
the squandering of their earnings fol
rum, and thus of preventing crime. H,
stated that three times within the las
four weeks he had young men before
him who bad in each case committed ,
crime late on Saturday night or Sunda.
morning. After having spent the nigh
in liquor-shop with fifteen or twent,
companions one was in each Instance
killed. If the workmen were paid il
the middle of the week and went t,
work the next day they would not spen,
their money for liquor. IN Y. Oh
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
WISE SAYINGS.

"A man must stand erect, not be
kept erect by others,--Marcus Aare-
las.
The historical study of the. New
Testament Is the practical remedy
for every form Of loose and floating
'unbelief, If IL be honest. r. Birks.
% While Reason is puzzling herself
about the mystery, Faith is turning it
into her daily bread, and feeding on il
thankfully in her heart of hearts.-F.
d. Huntingdon. 4 go. n. HI
Il would not have preachers in their
sermons use Hebrew, Greek, or foreign
languages; for. in the church we oug ht
to speak. as we use to do at home, the
plain mother-tongue, which every one
is acquainted with. LLNtker. ! T
What a blessed thing IL Is tosbe do
ing good! And how many ways there
are Of sowing the seed which will spring
up and bear fruit q hundred fold
What form Of active charity are you
IMP Life is short. Do good quickly
Golden RWle.>
Immortal. r-rt.E g.
The timely hand stretched forth 20 aid
A brother in his need; .. 4-
The kindly word In grlefs dark hour
That proves the friend indeed;
Tho plea of mercy softly breAthed 2 - u
When justice threatens nigh: - -
The sorrow of contrite heart
These things eau never die.
The Church must grope her way
into the valleys and courts and purliena
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
RELIGIOUS READING.
m THE CROSS.

In the Cross Of Christ glory" --7
Sweetly sung with lisping tongue,
Caught his lips the sacred story
Loned ones o er his cradle sung:
Caught his ear tho tuneful measure,
Ere his heart saw In the rhyme
Mortal 6os,a OF Heavens treasure.
Tow ring DER the wrecks Of Time,
= in the Cross of Christ / glory
Sang his youths maturec years.
Sang as blithely, promissOry,
Asthe lark when summer ne0rS:
When the woes of life Oertake me-"
Hose as bubbles children toss
Never shall the Cross forsake me"
All, would he forsake the Crossp
Proudly sang his manhood prime, I
Through bic soul swept transitOry
As the whispering wings OF time:
When ths sun Of bliss 10 beaming," -
An, SO blindingly It shone.
From the Cross the radiance streaming"
Lighted " his lips alone ---
In the Cross of Christ glory"
Sang a trusting child again.
Bowed the head with sorrows hOary,
Now as humble meek rs then.
AS Ss.e nis , pain h ana sS
Hear aud lips poured forth the measure.
BY the Cross are sanCtiied."
. In the Cross of Christ glory"
Toilet the bells In measures slow; se,si
In the Cross of Christ glory. f4flNll
Sang the singers sweet and low;
Spake the pastor of the glory 90
"TOw ring DER the wrecks of time
Over There Is heard the story,
Gathered round its head sublime.
r LII h. Cake in Current
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international Sunday-schooi Lessons.
FIRST OUARTER--1e89,

FIRST QUARTER-1s8s.
Jan. 1.-THE Faithful Rechabites Jer Us: 4.l9
Jan. 2t-CaptivIty Of Judah. -. 9 Kings rs: liz
Jan 3l-Daniel IN IsAby lon. .. Dan, 1: 6-2l
Feb 1.-THE Fiery Furnace. . Dan. 3: 1915
Feb 1.-THE Hand writing on the
Wall: ~. -. Dan. s: liz: &s$
Feb 2S-Neheiniahs PrA, er, Il. .Neh. l:ln
Mar. 7-ReHding the Law :. :. ..Neh. 3: LIZ
Mar 14-Esthers Petition. Esther 4:l0.l7; s: l.3
Mar. 2i-Messiahs Messenger. Nal. 3: ~; Z: 10
AIRY, Temperance or other Lesson selected
BY the school.
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TuopnucuNpcc

Don't fail to keep in mind that
in farming as in other business, the
adage: 1.-THE more haste the less
speed" applies. 1t open happens,
especially when the spring is lit
tie late, and spring work is back
ward, that some farmers are at
tempted to slight their work. They
do not plan and prepare their
ground 80 we'll for planting as they
would if they had more time. Are
not so successful In planting. and
in other ways slight their work, in
order to gain a little time and get
over ground faster. 1t does not
paY TO fall into those slovenly
WAYS. The principle, what is
worth dong at all is worth doing
we'll, does DOT lose any of its force
when taken in connection with any
sort of farm work. in fact, more
than a great many other kind OF
business, thoroughness IN prepare.
ton of soil, care IN planting and
tiIIace show an immediate and ap-
preciable benefit. 1t you find that
for any reason, the alternative is
presented to you of planting less
than you Intended, or of sighting
your work, do not hesitate to
select the former. You will find
It pays better.-Journai of Agricul-
al
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COTT0N'S RIVAL.

n. o. TimeS-DemOcrat.
Planters and capitalists have re-
Gently been attracted TO ramIe as
the future hope of successful cul-
ture in the South.
Experience and observation have
satisfied cultlvators of our soil that
in this climate the stalk from which
this fibre is extracted can be pro-
duced in such quantities as would
give employment to all the machin-
cry that could be introduced and
established here for years to come.
There is no doubt of the great
value of tho fibre, its superiority
to cotton, its similarity to silk, its
aid to wooden fabrics and the Wig
orous growth OF the plant, resist
ing those dire casualties that assail
cotton, rice and sugar during culti-
vation are many of the qualities
that recommend it to our people.
The ramIc can be produced in
much greater abundance than any
other product of our soil with less
labor, cultivation, and certainly
with greater profit.
The roots find genial soil to
germInate IN and the stalks shoot
up rapidly to a considerable height,
so that two or three crops year
may be gathered at full maturity,
and ready to be put through the
decorticatIng machine.
1t is insisted on by gentlemen of
undoubted character, and who have
thoroughly studied this subject,
that it is only when the ramie is
we'll matured and perfectly dry
that the fibre can be extracted on
large scale, giving quantity and
quality as is desired by the manu-
facturers.
In China it was decorticaied by
hand as cotton used TO be seeded,
but that process with cotton was
superseded by Whltney's cotton
gin. 1t was long time before peo-
pie could be induced to give up the
cid system, but as VIC all well
know, that machine at last got into
general uss, and when 1t did the
hand seeding process was entirely
abandoned, and cotton became king
OF commerce. There still remains
a contest here IN the production OF
ramie fibre by machine, hand de-
corticating having become q thing
of the past, but there are many who
still contend that the old system OF
wettlng, rottIng, or otherwise soak
ing the stalk before dccortieation
must be maintained. Now comes
the inventor, Schiefner, who de-
clares that the ramio plant must be
matursd and perfectly dry before
decorticatlon, and IN this he is sup
ported by no less person than
Senator Feray. of France, who has
q ramie plantation and y factory
On the other hand we have had nc
evidence OF decortication by The
wet process dong more than sixty
or seventy pounds of fibre IN days
work of ten orstwelve hours. Vide
contest in india of nine machines.
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What Can Be Done.

BY trying again and keeping up courage
many things seemingly impossible may be
attained. Hundreds of hopeless cases OF
Kidney and Liver Complaint have been Cur
cd by Electric Bitters, after everything else
had heea tried in vain. So, don't think there
is no cure for you, bEt trg Electric Bilters
There is no medicine so sac, so pure and SO
perfect a Blood Purifier. Electric Ritters
will cure Dyspepsia, Diabetes and all Diseas-
es of the Kidn9ys. Invaluable in affection OF
Stomach and Liver, and Ouercomes all Uri-
nary DIfRculties. Large Bottles only GOc
at r. \. Luhn's.
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Piles are frequently proceeded by sense Of
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the abdomen, causing the patient to suppose
he had some affection Ofthe kidneys OF
neighboring organs. At times, symptoms OF
indigestion are present, as aatqlency, uneasl-
ness of the stomach, etc. A moisture, like
perspiration, producing very disagreea5le
itching, particularly at night after getting
warn, in bed, is very common attendent.
Blind, BisediRg and Itching Piles yield at
once TO the sppIicatiGR of pr, Bosankos Pile
Remedy, which acts directly Hpaa thP parts
affected, absorb gthe TumoFs, aliaying the
intense. itching, and efectlng permanent
cure, where all other remedies have failed.
Do not DELAY until the drain on the system
produces permanent disability, but try it
and be cured. Price, so cents. Sentprepaid
on receipt of price. Address, The DR.: b.
Anko Medicine Co., Piqpa, ohla. Sold by
Carleton & Nash.