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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

yards of me the whole time was in the
tree.
Well do remember, writes j. Claire
Wood in the Detroit News, my first &C.
quaintance with this bird. 1t was on the
10th of May, 1886. My chum and l
started for day in the woods. Any one
who has driven out Woodward avenue to
the four-and-a-half mile road, then across
to Twelfth street, will recollect seeing
a piece of wood covering about ten
acres. This we reached about twelve
o'clock. My friend went to look up
red-shouldered hawks nest, leaving me
under the shelter of friendly branch
watching the mosquitoes buzz through
the air, crossing and recrossing each
other in May lines. Suddenly broad
shadow passed over the ground and re-
NAMED stationary. CHANGING up be-
held very large hawk sitting upon the
topmost bough of a neighboring tree.
1t is hard to tell who was the most sur
prised, he or !. He stared at me and
l at him. Instinctively my hand
crept over and encircled the barrel of
my gun. Is. '.''
He saw the movement, and, suddenly
recollecting urgent business elsewhere,
spread his huge wings and sprang into
the air with single '"kya!" In an in
slant the gun was to my shoulder, and
the right barrel belched forth its con-
tents, but the only visible effect it had
on the hawk was to quicken his speed.
The left one was not loaded, butquicker
than it takes to tell it 1 had another
cartridge in the gun, and, taking hasty
aim, pressed the trigger. With an ear
piercing scream he fell to the ground,
and just as l reached the spot he
breathed his last.
One day while watching flock Of
crows feeding in field red-tail
dropped from the sky and lit on the
dead top of cottonwood tree The
sentinel gave cry of alarm, and in an
instant the whole flock arose with a
tremendous ''cawing" and surrounded
the bird of prey. Occasionally one
would poise in the air over him, then
suddenly shoot downward, whizzing
past in close proximity with his head,
but his hawkship regarded these feigned
attacks with contempt and would, I
have no doubt, remained there for some
time, for he had already commenced
s"pluming" his feathers, had not APP
preached too near for his comfort. When
was within forty feet of the tree he
spread his strong, pinions and tapped
lazily. away, with tho crows strung out
in his wake like the tail Of comet, and
soon both he and his tormentors disap-
| peared oter the trees. ~ "Ilu iEd p
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13
Unnecessary Caution.

Portland, Me-, citizen Qanding in
New York)-You've got kindly, open
face, sir. .sU m1ll snl lD Git
Bank PresidentCThank you. otn.
b Portland Citizen-You wouldn't give
me up to the authorities If I asked you a
question, would you?
+ Bank President-Depends on whatyou
want.
Portland Citizen Gin spasmof appeal
ing doubt)--Could you introduce me toa
man who's got friend who knows some
body who could tell me where | could
get q glass of weiSs-beer? TN most
choked.-judge.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

~ CAN heartily say to any young man
who is wanting good employment, work for
johnson & Co., following their instructions,
and you will succeed" So writes the agent
Of B. +. johnson & Co., 1909 Main st.,
Richmond, Va, and that's the way all Of
their men talk. h9}
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13
It Don't Pay

10 experiment with uncertain remedies,
when afflicted with any Of the ailments for
which DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry Is recommended, as it is 80 positively
certain In its curative effects as TO warrant
Its manufacturers in guaranteeing it to
benefit or cure, or money paid for It is re-
turned. It is warranted to cure all blood,
skin and scalp diseases, saltrAeum, letter.
and all scrofulous sores and swellings, as
well as consumption (Which is scrofula OF
the lungs if taken in time and given fair
trial. LlL-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

NEVER fail to cure sick headache, often the
very first Dose This. Is what is said by all
who try Carriers Little Liver Pills.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

Why rub, and tod, and sosar out yourself
and your clothes on washday, when, ever
since 1854, Dobbins Electric Soap has been
offered on purpose TO tighten your labor
Nov try it. Your grocer has it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

A CoIoRsD man of Yorkville, 3. G., on
small wager, recently ate seven dozen frie'
eggs in four hours.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

Oregon, tho Paradise OF Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
In the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

DoN'r neglect 4 Cough. Take some Hale.
Honey of Horehound and Tar tnstanter
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
drst make you sick and then leave you con-
stipatedf Oarter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make You Well Dose, one dill.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

RECENT discoveries made by the use Of
the spectroscope show that all the heavenly
bodies appear to be composed of the same
chemical elements.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

TIE feat OF sculling across the English
channel from Dover to Calais in Q small,
open punt was performed recently by one
MQlesWorth. ii-il-lii N
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

AT a Cochocton Pa.) pie-eating match
last week the winner disposed of eighteen
pies in one hour and half.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

AN ''affair Of honor" between al Iouisians
sheriff and Q Southern editor resulted
fatally for both. Pistols are yet dangerous
weapons In the hands Of experts.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

Ar Waterloo, N. Y, an economical Imam
and woman recently married had their
honeymoon trip on merry-go-round, at .
total expense Of only five dollars.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

Coon farming consists as much in over
coming adverse circumstances as in i'm
proving fully favorable opportunities.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13
Entitlsd 70 the Best.

All are entitled TO the best that their
money will buy, 20 every family should
have. ct once, . bottle Of the best family
remedy, Syrup OF Figs, to cleanse the sys-
tenn when costive or bilious. For sale In
no and u. 90 bottles by all leading drnggists.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

RAnRoADERs have asked the Government
to compel tho use Of automstio brakes ana
couplers. .t.t
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

A WRITER in the Railway Age confidently
predicts that the time between New York
and Chicago, now tweuty.four hours, will
some day be reduced TO ten hours.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. 2oc.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

APATIENT figurer has found that in 81.
600 900 years the sun will be as dense as the
earth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR. Isaa,
rhompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

The Gar Of all the Russias plays hand
some silver cornet-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust
use Dr.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and end it
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

TEE Duke of Connaught amuses himself
with the flute.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

MANY initiate, none equal, "Tansilps
Punch" Americas finest SC Cigar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

QUEEN MARGUERIrE, Of Italy, makes he
self happy at the piano.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13
No Sale.

The land spesks for itsc.
Jones?" ,s. w .- -rsrs7 -
II know; but I'm not certain yet just
how the land lies"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13

it was stake day and that trowsers were
the only collateral acceptable to the
management, since the applicants coat
and vest were gone. The crank msins
tanned with much vigor that the loss Of
any more clothes would place him in the
light Of savage If not in the darkness
of a cell, but the busy treasurer was OBJ
durate, and the applicant, although shiv-
ering in the cold, walked furlong along
the fence and saw through the resinous
eye Of knot hole fifteen to one shot,
and his favorite at that, win by six
lengths.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13
ELY'S
CREAM BALM
.cATARH III

Ihdpe used tUO bot
ties of Ely's Cream
Balm and consider
myself cured. s,tf-
tered 20 years from
cdtdsrh and cdtd,rh-
al headache, and this
u the first remedy
that afforded LASTING
relkf. ID. T.Higgin-
son, fS Lake St.,
Chicago, III.
Aparticle Is applied 4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

practice. Why viii he not do this? Be-
cause he shuts his eyes to facts and his
mind to reason.
It cannot longer be said, as was said
FIVE years ago, The silo Is only for the
rich " It has been amply demonstrated
that of all men, the poor farmer of
small means, he of little skill, he whose
feet slip back two feet while advancing one
not only needs the silo, but may have it
if he will No barn that stands is so poor
but little cheap lumber and few days
work viii provide a silo of sufficient capac-
ity to feed more stock than the barn full of
dry fodder now feeds And the feeling of
security that comes over a man who has
got his precariOus, succulent crops into a
pit where no winds or wet weather can
ruin them, is something good to feel. The
curing of aftermath and of the rank
growths of ANIMALS in September, with
short days certain, and wet, cool weather,
probable, is d very precarious business.
Ensiloing them is a perfectly sure way to
save them.
As the silo idea is every year being
proved more and more capable of general
adoption to the needs Of the common
farmer. he will by degrees get his eyes
opened to the fact. and l expect to live to
see the silo the rule. and the lack of it the
exception.-H Cooley Greene In Country
Gentleman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
AN AMAZON GUARD.
The Famous Corps of the King of Siam

The Famous Corps of the King of Siam.
The King of Siam formerly had real
Amazonian guard of 400 members. This
guard consisted of the most beautiful and
the strongest young women in his kingdom.
Every recruit hadto be at least Is years old,
and of almost perfect physical develop
ment. After serving twelve years she was
retired to the reserve corps. An active
guardswoman was personal life guard of
his Siamese majesty A reserve guards
woman however, had merely to watch the
palaces and the Crown estates Every
recruit, before she was admitted to the
Amazonian guard, took the oath Of chaS-
tity, for the King of Siam allowed only
women of the strictest virtue in his person
al military service.
The Amazonlan corps wore most elab-
crate uniforms. A fine white, gold-em-
broidered wooden skirt hung down to the
knees. Over this each wore light coat
of mail. The arms were bare. The head
was covered with a golden helmet. At
court feasts and ON national holidays the
Amazons carried lances In their right hands.
They handed their lances with all the ex-
pertneSs of drum majors, twirling, twisting
and tossing them as they marched and
counter marched before their critical sover-
SISu. bSllcldllys uOWcNcI, GIt hllrAOllS
carried muskets. The corps consisted of
four companies of 100 Amazons each com
manded by female captains. Immediate
ly after the death of an Amazonian com
mander the king critically reviewed the
leaderless division, and after three days
thought over the subject promoted the
most accomplished Amazon in the rank and
file to the captaincy.
Every member of the corps was served
both at home and abroad by five negresses.
The corps held dress parade on the parade
grounds near the capital twice every week,
and exercised with the lance, the pistol,
the musket and the rife The discipline
of the corps was unexceptionable. The
necessity of furnishing a member rarely oc-
cured oftener than once a year. Duels,
however. were frequent among the Anna
IONS. Before duel could be fought the
permission to fight had to be obtained
from The commander-in-chief. Swords
were usually chosen as the weapons and the
meeting took place in the presence of
the whole company to which the challenger
belonged. An Amazon who fell In duel
was buried with extraordinary pomp, and
the priest in his funeral Grafton usually
recommended her to high place in heaven
in consideration of her bravery on the field
of honor. The victorious duelist was con-
graduated by her comrades. She was
obliged, however to retire from her COM
pany for two months, which she passed In
fasting and praying. Then she was
reinstated with high honors in the active
service
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
APHORISMS.

Egotism is more like an offense than a
crime; though It's allowable to speak OF
yourself, provided nothing is advanced in
favor; but | cannot help suspecting that
those who abuse themselves are angling
for appreciation Zimmerman.
We should never make enemies, if for
no other reason, because it is so hard to
behave toward them as we ought Pal
mer.
A man that hath no virtue in himself
ever envieth virtue In others; for men s
minds will either feed upon their own food
or upon others evil; and who warneth one
preyeth upon the other Bacon.
The chief ingredients in the composition
of those qualities that gain esteem and
praise, are good nature, truth, good sense
and good breeding.
Such is the force of envy and ill-nature
that the failings of good men are more
published in the world than their good
deeds, and that one fault of a deserving
man shall not meet with more reproacheS
than all his virtues will with praise. Jer-
envy Tayler.
A more glorious victory cannot be gain
ed over another man than this, that wher
the injury began on his part the kindness
should begin on ours Tillotson.
If a man does not make new acquaint
ances as he passes through life he vii
soon find himself left alone. A man SHOULD
keep his friendship in constant repair
Johnson.
They that govern most make least noise
You see when they row in a barge the!
that do drudgery work slash and puff anC
sweat, but he that governs sits quietly a
the stern and scarce is seen to stir Shell
| den
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
A SLAVE BOYS STORY.
Yicissitudes That Led Him From Central
Africa Down the Congo.

A letter from the Congo tells the story of
a slave boy from Central Africa, who, by
a series OF strange vlcissltudes, has recent
ly come into the possession of Mr.. Holman
Bentley, the well-knOwn missionary, and
Is now living on the river, near the west
coast. The boys name is Kayembe, and
he lived near the Congo, about 1900 miles
from its mouth. Awhile ago large party of
Arabs from Nyangwe and their Manyema
slaves attacked the village adjoining that
in which Kayembe lived. They heard the
shooting and saw the marauders Selling
women and children. Then they fed into
the Jungle, and the Arabs, coming over to
the deserted town, burned it to the ground
1t wds three days before the villagers
ventmed to return to their ruined homes.
All was quiet then, and they spent the
days tilling their fields around the place
where they had lived At night they
slept in the jungle, as they feared night
attack. They were not without fear for a
moment but they still fingered around
their fields because their food came from
them
One day, after they had led this wretch
ed life for about three months, gang of
slave hunters suddenly rushed upon the
village beating their drums and firing
guns. Kayembe's father threw spear at
one of the slavers. wounding MIN in the
shoulder. The wounded man then shot
the father dead and cut off his hand as a
trophy. Kayembe dashed into the jungle
with several men after him. They caught
him, and he was dragged away with
other prisoners to neighboring villages,
where the SAVERS killed the men and cap
tured many women. The little children
whom many of the women carried in their
arms were snatched away from them and
thrown into the bushes, there to perish
miserably. Some of them, however, were
struck dead or were stunned by blow
from stick Others who attempted to
follow their mothers were struck with
switches and driven back
In about ten days the slaves with their
captives reached Nyangwe, and the poor
people were soon scattered far and wide,
their owners taking them In all directions
| Kayembes master took him 300 miles
down the Congo, where he sold him to a
| Zanzibar. Soon after the boy had an at
tack of dysentery. and his new master,
thinking he would die, sold him for a
song to a Housoa soldier in the service OF
the Congo state The soldier took him
/ 900 miles further down the river to Leo
poldville, where Sir Francis de Winton set
the boy free and put him in charge of the
| Baptist Mission
He has learned the language of the lower
Congo, and Mr.. Bentley writes that he is
bright and interesting boy. But the
| tragic events in his old home are craven
in his memory He wants to return to his
own country when it is safe to do so, and
the missionaries have promised him that
when they are able to start station far
up the Co lgo where he came from he shall
| go there with them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

eminent to discover mineral deposits have
been unavailing.
What then does Labrador possess? An
unmeaSured and measureless reach of stone
and ice, covered here. and there with moss
again occasionally patched with stunted
spruce; oftener for hundreds of miles SCARED
and blackened by burned spruce Stumps.
between which finty rocks project like
cruel spears; with countless impossible
rivers blowing IN ungovernable torrents
through hldeOus gorges: 1000 whites I'M
able to leave their Imprisonment or better
their condition, living half the year like
beasts. and the other half little better:
1000 Indians subsisting ON salt fish and
raw, with occasionally bit of musty -four
or meal; 800 or 400 Eskimo dogs; any
number of wolves and countless seals and
fish. Now that is all there Is to Labrador
besides climate of Greenland, and even
the seals and fish do not exclusively belong
to it, for they are common product of the
ocean. and as common to all other north
east shores. Any land so God-forsaken
that the government possessing it cannot
survey it or procure any form of statistics
concerning it is a veritable castaway In
deed. 1t Is impossible to obtain statistics
of even seal and fish. But from the known
loss IN naval and commercial expeditions,
and the wreckage of coasting and fishers
vessels along the coasts. since Labrador
was discovered, it would be safe calcula-
ton that, for every dollar in value of fish
or fur secured upon the Labrador coast fol-
the past 400 years, an equal or greater ac-
tual loss by somebody has been sustained
And when the additional frightful loss Of
life has been taken into account, the mex.
pressible worthlessness of the entire pen
insula may be to some extent conceived
Springfield Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
GOLDEN GLORY.
An AIehemist of Nature and His Marvellous
Work
Indianapolis News.


Time the magician of the age, is at
work with cunning art. See him bending
above this great whirling globe, which is
his laboratory His flowing hair and beard
stray out upon the breezes like snowy cloud
remnants in the sky. From his right hand
drift and float back the departing glories
of the summer. In his left hand is the
first sparkling, ghstening forerunner of
winter
Behold! With mysterious gestures the
wrinkled hands approach near together.
Now they spread above the earth as in
benediction, and again draw near together.
Hist! The winter and summer meet. In
the alchemy of nature this is a glorious
combination A thousand flaming dyes
stain the foliage The hills are crowded
with glory and the valleys are riotous in
rainbow hue. Green fields turn to gold.
Orchards cast off their yerdant manties and
expose their treasures of cleaning fruit
The husbandman goes forth in the dawn
and returns in the mellow twilight laden
with the ripe products of his industry. 1t
is the fine of harvest and busy content
The clear air is alive with showers of
glittering leaves, and the foot rustleS IN
glowing drifts which have been builded
by the soft winds. A sense of calm hap
piness and peaceful fellow-feeling with all
animate and inanimate creation pervades
the soul Life for itself, even though no
future reward stirred to noble seeds. Man
feels his intimate kinship with the soul of
the universe, be it manifested in rock or
rec or dumb animal or fellow-man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
WHEN BESSIE COMES DOWN TO
THE SPRING.
cHARLEs EUeENE BANKs.


The daisies nod merrily one to the other,
The marigold clings to the hem OF her gown,
The chickens desert the excitable mother,
To flock at her feet when sweet Bessie comes
down
With her pail to the spring. Oh, the red and
Not fairer are they all a-bIoom in the grass.
Than the bloom of her cheek-see how graceful
she poses,
To watch the cloud shadows which lazily pass;
The birds linger, praiseful on fiutterng wing,
When hazel eyed Bessie comes down to the
spring.
The rabbit peeps shyly from under the clover
OF thick-bOsomed lilies adjoining the slope,
To gaze. with the eloquent eyes of a lover
When Bessie comes tripping, like radiant Hope,
From the dream of poet; her unconfned trees
With arrows of sunlight pierced many times
through
And the brindle comes lowing to meet her car
esses,
The grass showing dark where she scattered the
While backward and forward complacently
The minnows, when Bessie comes down to the
spring.
Her charms owe no tax to the bold law of fash
sweet freedom completes what Dame Nature'd
begun;
Her veins are as free as the latter-day passion,
As meadow stream kissed by the beam OF the
sun.
No fairies beguile her-poor waits of the attic
In operas fashioned to mountebanks art;
But she hears the larl<'s melody ripple ecstatic,
And full from his throat, wherein lieth his
heart;
Comes Reuben to welcome sweet Bess at the
eDrup