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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-22
YE OLD scHooLMlsrREss.
A New Workers Rscollections Of th
Danes School Of His Childhood.

A New Workers. Rscollections Of the
Danes School of His Childhood.
Miss Rittenh0use was one of the
celebrities of old New York. She edu.
Gated two generations, parents and
children of both sexes, and l was one
Of her happy pupils in 1888. Seated in
the corner Of the room on the first
floor, with her equity foot tied up in
numerous wraps, resting on chair in
front, she every morning, with the ex-
ception of Saturday, received her
pupils of both sexes, they having de-
posted their lunch baskets in the hall
prior to their entrance, for her hours
were from nine a. m. to three p. m.
long, weary day for children from
three to seven years of age. Miss
Rittenhouse was a large woman and
very dictatorial; she wore cap with a
wide rufile on the border and
a plaid gingham dress. She ex-
acted the greatest respect from all
her pupils. We made our bow
on entering the room, saying: "Good
morning, Miss Rittenhouse. How do
you do this morning, ma amp She
replied to our salutation, waving her
hand towards our allotted seat. There
we were ranged in front Of her lady
ship ON little chairs, boys on one side,
girls on the other. Then commenced
the duties of her day. Each child had
to stand by her side alternately and re-
peat his A, b, G, or Ba, Be, Bi at her
dictation. She had on stand near her
large leather strap, and if We did not
master the lesson as quickly as she
thought, Immediately she called upon
the boys, if the offender was q girl, to
rise aud turn their backs, and the little
innocent YVES lifted over her knee, the
strap being applied to the bare skin
with a heavy hand, orif boy, she babe
the girls do likewise, and he had to en-
dure the same torture. This is the way
we and our parents had the alphabet
spanked into us, and also learned to
read by the same inspiring process.
Yet we had the greatest respect for
the old dame, and though l had been
across her knee and felt the weight
and smart of her strap many times.
called on her regularly on New Years
Day as long as she lived; in fact, was
afraid not to do so. Miss R. educated,
or perhaps should say taught, to spell
and read the best people in New York,
Among her scholars l remember chill
dren Of the Livingstons, Van Schaiks,
Carmers, Oothouts, Hoffmans, Neil
sons,i Bleeckers. Hyslops, Lords, in
fact all the nice children of the city
and only hope, If you are kline
enough to publish this, some of our Ole
pupils will endorse all have writer
and tell some of the wonderful sayings
and doings of the old dame. Y
Commercial Advertiser.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-22

hS master them alle II l did
nothing more. / asked this question
very anxiously. Why had the howlin
ceasedr And why dill not the Cap.
tain answer me when I spoke to himp
1t seemed SO horrible. that brave man
must contend, single handed and alone,
with so many, and such blood.thirsty
monsters ir''9I'V
Something fell over the precipice-
struggled family moment, and then
became as still as the stone upon which
it had fallen. One, two, three. 1t was
the body Of wolf! could see that It
required less exertion to fight three
than five. and l looked to the end hope
fully. al at' Na s.gIlU a-.lf 20
There was long. long contest, and
the brave hunter began to falter. He
did not strike SO rapidly, nor with such
force, and he even rested tho weapon
upon the ground now and then-if
only for the merest moment-as if in
the excess Of fatigue. He had fought
30 long; and still there were three of
the wolves. savage as ever, and he
faltering. Be it said to my credit, that
raised my rife, sought the best OBJ
portunity which l could get and fired.
The smoke cleared away, and there
were three left!
Still the weakness seemed to gain
upon him. could take in the whole
spirit Of the fight, as l sat there so neal
them, and could see the least variation
in tho energy of either the wolves OF
the man. / became impressed with
the awful feeling that he was rapidly
failing, and l almost expected each
moment to see him 60 down
among the hungry pack. H,
struck 80 irresolutely, and staggered
from side to side. l even fancied thai
bis eyes were closed. There seemed tt
come over the expression of his coun
tenance dullness and vacancy-ir
short, he appeared like one fghtins
fSebly for a few minutes of life, not q
all as though he looked or hoped TO-
victory longer. 7A IS t.fgm qn
) l struck few strokes with my pad
die toward the shore, and was abou
to shout to him that if he would hol,
out but for few minutes, / woul,
stand beside him, when he suddenl,
reused himself with the strength Of
lion, threw the whole energy of hi
powerful frame into few we'll directe,
,, strokes, and hurled the steel barrel O
the rife around him. as though
were the merest toy, and he giant
One! Only one left; l could see tina
plainly enough. Two had gone dow
under the terrible onset. There was
moment moro of contest, and nothin,
was seen upon the rock. Wolves an,
3 man-all were down out Of my sight
and all as still as the grave.
Ipaddled ashore and clambered u
as fast as could, and found the ex
hausted form of Captain Whitney rest
ing upon the dead body of the last q
his victims. A little judicious chaffin,
revived the man, but the wolves .wer
dead. Dead by the awful blows of this
. steel barrel which he held in his han
, to the last. 9i.l .3 iqe
'And what body of water is thisp
4 | asked, as we padded away in th
a first rays Of the sun.
"Lake Tonkar' said the Captain
Charles Cutterfeld, in Ballou's Mag
l.ginc.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-22
Dishorning Calves.

a
The popular time for dishorning Is
when the horn has grown so it may be
fairly seen. But dishorning may be
done at any time later. For young
calves the buds should be taken of
close to the head, and prefer
able by sharp tool that will cut deep
est in the center. - The wound may or
may not be lightly touched with hot
iron. but if SO the iron should be very
hot-that is, approaching white heat.
If the horns are considerably grown, at
the slight enlargement near the head
will be indicated where to saw. In
this case the proper implement is fine
toothed, sharp, frame-back saw. But
we do not advocate dishorning aged
cattle except in the case of tricky OIL
vicious cattle. Fiela and Stock
man.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-22

The cost Of transporting one pas
senger or one ton per mile has practi-
c2lly remained the same on all roads in
Great Britain during the past twenty
years. On New York roads the cost
has decreased fifty-one per cent. and
on Pennsylvania roads seventy-six per
cent within that time. Five hundred
and fifty American locomotives on the
Pennsylvania railroad do Is much
work as 2,476 engines on the London
& Northwestern railroad.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-22
THE sAwMILL.s SONG.


With tirelsss voice and negy breath
lntoning iabor's song
bare the hearts OF forest pines; s
Ny steei arms, swift and strong. r-.
Move treless blades which, to and fro,
Through fragrant timber como and 20,
In constant streams the giant pines tf
Are clutched within my grasp:
Ny metal servants, swift aud true,
Their mighty bodies clasp.
Then. held in iron paws, they feel
The thrusts OF my swift, flashing steel.
Fast whiriIng, like revolving light,
The saw goes round and round, 4 x
And buzz Ike swarms of giant bees s
Where wheels and shafts resound, !
In chorus with the clash and clangs
! " modern tolls obedient''gangs."
All day, all night, the giants come
From forest far and near.
+ And march in hles, brown, dark and dun
Emerging clean and clear
In ranks of purest white and gold,
Increased in worth hundred fold. u
High up aloft, in carven wreaths,
wse ' toDrse s. Of sns from lofty towers
Or paint the clouds With crimson light
Reflected by the waves at night
The fragrant product of my toll
My busy wheels and bands
Is borne by white.winged ships and steam
TO distant. treeless lsuds, iif
To rise again in cottage homes,
Or lofty piles with stately domes.
And 20, untirlng. still toll,
Converting into gold
The trees ordained to be my spoil
Through years aud days untold:
Obeying still, rs best can,
The mandate of my master. man.
So shall resound through passing years
The tune of busy mills,
Their labOr-chOrus echoed from
Pine. plumed, encircling hills;
Industrial anthems, grand aud strong.
Led by the decp-luneed sawmilrs song,
y. Edgar Jones, IN Chicago Inter Ocean
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-22
If the pigs are on clover they wi

need no food except at night, and al
though they may not fatten very fast,
they will grow rapidly. The nights
meal, however, should be complete,
and should be composed of ground
oats, four parts (by weight); corn meal,
one part; middlings, three parts; bran.
two parts; linseed meal, one part, with
little salt Feed it as slop, with skim
milk, and if milk is tnoS procurable
scald the mixture. and give each pig al
4 can eat
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
OF WORK.

Enforce OIL your servant, or the daughter
that all Stops arc to be emptied as soon as
the family are out Of their rooms, every
utensil washed in soapsuds, summed and
dried. The wet scum left on pals and I'M
wiped articles is a crust of foul matter,
giving off dangerous air, as truly as the
street drains. The wash pitchers must be
washed and wiped, filled with clean, strain
ed water, and covered with a cloth to keep
and in, and wiped dry, and no wet left
about the wash stand. Everything that
holds Stops must be washed, and dried,
and summed every bright day, which is
easily done by setting them On the floor,
in the sun from the window, having them
aslope to let the full light in, and by this
means the slop jar can be kept as odorless
and wholesome as the tooth-mug. Moth.
ing which holds Stops ought to be left a
moment uncovered to throw off the causes
of decomposition and faint the room.
Have everything that holds water tightly
covered, the clean to keep the bad air and
dust ont, and the slops to keep them from
giving off their ~effluvia. If things have
been neglected, washing in cold soapsuds,
rinsing with hot wood lye and a good sun
ming will not fail to remove any crust and
bad odor. After finishing chamber work,
the pail should be washed with clean slds
and a broom, drained and set to take its
summing till wanted again. The cloths
should be washed and spread in the SUI to
dry; be particular to set all pals, etc, so
as to catch the sun full on the bottom, to
dry and purify them, and rinse and sun all
households as soon as used, aud you will
nave no rag or utensil about the house
which is not as clean and pleasant to han
die as your damask and china. 1t sounds
like a great deal of trouble to an easygoing
oman to take care of things in this way,
but practice makes easy, and one learns to
do all this with a turn of the hand, and
take care of the chamber work of half a
dozen rooms perfectly in twenty minutes
or less, after the beds are aired. And the
fragrance of purity about a house is its
chief charm and guarantee of health. 1t
pays to be particular, it pays.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
ATLANTA,s ROASTED WELL.

Some time since the city council of At
lanta engaged Colonel Baum 10 sink a
well. He went down 9, 1000 feet and failed
to reach a stream which would come above
ground. When s26, 900 had been lost in
the hole, work was stopped and a plan was
made to pump the water. In order to sus-
ain their assertion that it was genuine
a~rtesian water, Prof. II. G. White of the
state university was called upon to ana
lyze it. His report not only knocks down
the views of Colonel Baum, but convicts
the City Council of a woefuI ignorance of
geology, which has cost a large sun of
money. He says: 1.-THE city of Atlanta is
situated on the "Bed Rock" of the CONT
nent-the granite formation. There are
consequently no underlying stratified rocks
to be reached bysdeep borings, and eonse-
quentlY a true artesian well in Atlanta is
impossible. The geological formation, the
character of the water, and all the sur
roundings indicate that the we'll is simply
a deep, ordinary well, supplied by pereol-
alton through the granite of the water that
falls in the immediate vicinity of the well.
The great depth of the well gives it oppor-
tunity to receive water from many riffs
and seams in the rock, and thereby to Sc
cure a comparatively large supply. Such
supply, however, cannot reasonably be
counted upon as constant or bountiful.
Certainly such a well as this, or number
of them canno be relied upon to furnish
regularly and constantly even a portion of
the water that is needed for the supply of
a city of the size of Atlanta. l should adj
wise the authorities to give the supply from
this well a very thorough test. extending
over several months, before deciding To
make it a factor in permanent water sup
ply of the city"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
DANGER In THUNDER STORMS.

The "Report of the London Lightning
Rod Conference" has given some consider
alton as to the question of positions that
should be avoided during the prevalence
OF severe thunder storms. 1t observes
that the chief danger incurred by human
beings and other living animals is due to
their bodies being better conductors than
some objects, such as trees and walls,
with which they are apt to be associated,
although they are bad conductors in the
ance to electrical di discharges passing
through them, and therefore give rise to
the development of heat and mechanical
and molecular distu rbance. Aman stand
ing, walking, or riding upon an open plain
during a thunder torm is in a dangerous
position, because his body is apt to be
made a stepping-stone for the discharge
that offers less resistance to it than air.
The danger is Increased by the near pres
encc of water, or large masses of metal in
the ground. Dry, low-lying positions are
safer than such as are elevated and ex-
posed The close neighborhood of water
courses should always be avoided. 1t is
better to lie fiat upon the ground than it
is to stand or sit. If shelter is near, the
individual should get at once completely
under cover. To stand under the lea of a
house, wall. haystack or thicket of trees
is more dangerous than to remain alto
gether exposed i'm the open. The inside of
a barn or clubhouse, well away from the
wells, is comparatively safe. A distance
of two or three yards away from the trunks
or branches of trees is a comparatively
safe position; but to lean against the trunk
of a tree during the prevalence of a thur
der-storm is especially dangerous. The
abstract appended to the report by Pro-
fessor G.. Carey Foster further suggests
that in the interior of a house not ade-
quatcly protected by a lightning conduc-
tor it is best to keep to the lower rooms
during a thunder storm; to remain, as far
ar practicable, in the middle of the room;
to avoid objects hung from metal chains,
gilt frames, fireplace, looking glasses with
amalgamated backs, and iron pillars and
baIuctraJaS
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
Choice OF LIFETIME COMPANION.
SHIP.

Statistics show that in Massachusetts
and New York states women have a ma
iority of hundreds of thousands. Why
this is we leave theirs TO surmise. Ii would
seem that woman is a ~favorite with the
Lord, and therefore He has made more of
that kind. From the order of the creation
in paradise, it is evident that woman is an
improved edition OF man. But whatever
be the reason for it, the iact is certain that
she who selects a husband has a smaller
number of people to select from than he
who selects a wife. Therefore "A woman
ought to be especially caxeful in her choice
of a lifetime companionship. II a man err
in his selection he can spend his evenings
at the club and dull his sensibilities by
tobacco smoke, but woman has no club
room for refuge, and would find it difficult
to habituate herself to cigars. fla woman
make a bad job Of marital selection the
probability is that nothing but a funeral
can relic, it, Divorce cases in court may
interest the public, but the loye-lctters of
a married couple are poor reading, except
for those who write them. Pray God that
you be delivered from irrevocable mistake.
Or. T0lmdge.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
pAYArrGNrIoN rorABLEmANNEHs

The table manners of children can not
receive toe close attention, and yet they sell
don have adequate care bestowed upon
them. The constant reproof and admo-
milton required seems but a thankless task
for many years. Boys and girls manifest
a terrible ingenuity in acquiring awkward
habits and unpleasant tricks, and an eqnal
slowness in overcoming them. Perpetual
''nagging" is always painful both to the
giyer and the object, but the recompense
of grateful appreciation comes surely,
though slowly. Some parents weary of
waiting for it, and abandon the efforts at
training.
To men nothing can make up for the
lack OF this early discipline. Women,
more initiative. may tutor themselves into
a fair pretense of ease. bur a man rarely
sufficiently overcomes his seIf-con scious-
ness to feel otherwise than miserable in a
circle where he knows his habits and man
ner mark him as of less outward refine
ment than his associates. Once III a great
while the wife of a man may succeed in
importing a polish that transforms the
rough article into a tolcrable counterfeit
Of the fine one, but it is at the price Of
long struggles and bitter notifications
alike to husband and wife.-CHTfstiae Ter
hHne HergTek.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
SOME roRcIBLE CONCLUSIONS.

Eleven children, imbeciles. born to par
living al the home of their father, a we'll
to-do farmer in Adams county, give the
State LunacY Committee an opportunity to
point out the moral of the ease. Unlike
the parents, they do not consider it a visit
alton of Providence. but the result of an
improyident neglect of sanitary law. The
elusion that the marriages Of too nearly
connected kinsfolk have the uniform re-
snlt of handing down either the aecumu-
lated weaknesses and defects or the inner
tied strength and superior qualities Of the
one ancestry. II the ancestry is of whole
some strain, without mental or physical
defects of any kind, they argue that mar
riages of eonsanguinity perpetuate the good
qualities; but when there are defects in
the parent stock these defects will prob
ably be exaggerated in the children Of first
cousins. This looks like sound philoso-
ply, and may also explain the fact that
the children of marriages of near kinsfolk
occasionally seem to escape their natural
inheritance of defects. Their Inheritance
has had more strength than weakness in it
to be handed down. As a rule, however, it
is well to observe the c%autionary signals in
disabled or imbecile offspring which result
from such marriages.-Plila Ledger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
A YOUNG MOTHERS WAYS WITH
CHILDREN.

No matter what may be the decorations
of the home if the wife meets the husband
with petulent words because she thinks he
has stayed ont longer than is proper, or if the
children are allowed to use cross and over
bearing words to one another and to the
servants, there is no amount of adjoining
that can make that home beautiful; for it
has been truthfully said decorating a
home that is never irradiated with hearty
good nature is like frescoing a cellar wall"
| nave a dear friend who is a young
woman, but an excellent manager of child
rem (the best | ever saw, and they are SO
few these days.. | was with her one day
and her two little ones, five and three
years old, were playing in the next room,
when there came an i'll tempered scream
from the youngest. She quietly arose and
went to them, and | know she punished
the child, but when she came back she
said that she had once before reproyed the
little one for screaming at her brother,
and had told her if she did it again she
must punish her. She then said; II teach
my children as soon as they are able to un-
derstand that they must not be cross to
zach other, and always found if allowed
when small to scream at each other the
next thing would be cross words; and it is
just as easy to train them to say pleasant
words as any others" Young mothers
make a note Of this Il did, and act on it;
it rests with yourselves whether your
children will use kind words.-Aaaafa
I noa x~fiY,f;oNs
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
ONE OIL POE'S REGULATIONS.

Edgar a. Poe was invited TO deliver &
poem in Boston at the opening of a course
of lectures-a course, by the way, ofwhicl
Emerson's series, published under the title
Representative Men formed a part. Poe,
with his usual shiftlessness, neglected tc
last moment one of his useful elfusions
which he had had several years in his port
folio. This was not the worst of his diff
c~ulties, for, as the evening approached, it
was doubtful if he would be able to APP
pear ON the platform at all. He went out
to drive with some friends in the afternoon
and there he too too much champagne and
became very drunk. The problem was to
sober him off before the evening was
reached. This was in a measure accom-
plished by various processes, the last of all
of which was by running him up and down
Al ~unfrequented street between two gentle
men who volunteered for the purpose.
There was a lecture to be delivered. which
occupied over an hour, before the poem
was reached, and by that time Poe was in
a condition to recite it. 1t was an ineo-
herent affair, and the audience listened In
a~mazement, at a loss to know what it
meant.
After it was over the whole thing was so
dead a failure that, to compensate the peo-
pie present for their disappointment, it
was announced that Mr.. Poe would recite
his own poem of 1.-The Raven This he
did, and very effectively. l was present,
and remember the scene well. Poe was
then a handsome man, with an intelligent
brow-much like tile portraits of Haw-
thorne-and dark, dreamy eyes, which
well befitted a poet. His voice was clear
and musical, and he acclaimed the poem
with much feeling. The next morning
the papers exposed the sham of his alleged
poem, and the state in which its author had
been leaked out. Poe was very mad with
Boston, and braved the thing through in a
Enthusiastically reckless way. He pub
lished an account of the dinner at which he
was overcome, and gave the names of
those who were present at it. Mr.. Whip
pie, Mr.. James T. Fields and others were
of the number. Nobody blamed them
who knew the circumstances, but they did
like the notoriety. Mr.. WhIpple re-
that he had drank a thimbleful of cham
g in his life.-"7empiefon'' in Boston
Herald.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-10
THE MusIc OF POVERTY.

1t is a curious fact, that nearly all the
great music of the world has been produce
ed in humble life, and has been developed
amid the environments Of poverty, and in
the stern struggle for existence. Tie
aristocracy has contributed very little TO
music, and that little can be spared with
out detriment. The enduring music has
been the child of poverty, the outcome Of
sorrow, the apothcsis Of suffering. Sebas-
tion Bach was the son Of a hireling musi-
clan. Beethoyen's father was a d~issipated
singer. Cherubini came from the lowest
and poorest ranks of life. Gluck was a for
ester's son. Lulli, in his childhood, was a
page, and slept in palace kitchens. Hay
dns father was a wheelwright and his
mother previous to marriage, was a o
in the kitchen Of Court Harrach. Mozart's
father was a musician i'm humble circum-
stances, and his grandfather a bookbinder.
Handel was the son of a barber and sur
geon. Mcluel was the son of a cook.
Rossini father was a miserable strolling
h~orn-blower. Schubert was the son of a
poor sc~hoolmaster. Cimarosa's father was
a mason, aud his mother a wash-woman.
Schumann was a booksellers son, and
Verdi the son of a Lombardian peasant.
Weber's father was a strolling actor and
musician. Among the prominent COM
posers, but three were born in affluence-
Auber, Meyerbeer and Mendelssohn.-
Christian at Work.