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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
Bungling Man.

II the history of civilization points
any one moral so plainly that The who
runs may read" it is that moral degen.
eracy exists wherever men attempt TO
Danish women from equality and re-
sponsibility, weakening the race just in
proportion as the attempt succeeds. !
do not think women are naturally better
than men; any apparent difference in
morals is purely and solely the result Of
difference in education. But man and
woman may be lilSened to pair OF
scissors. before whom nature has placed
the web OF life to be cut into shape.
Joined together, each part OF this hui
man instrument is able to do its share
deity and with good economic results.
Our present bungle arises from the fact
that in all public affairs man refuses TO
be riveted to his better half, and clum-
silly and heavily tries to cobble out his
work alone. Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrich.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
The Chief Danger.

A proffered objection to a peculiar
form OF evil may seem to imply an ap-
proval of that evil under another
form. The man who objects to a
ballet performance in particular
theater, for example, on the score of
the poor seating arrangements in that
building, seems to suggest that he
would not find so much fault with such
a performance if he could obtain q
clearer view of it. A similar infer
ence is fair one in the case OF q
clergyman who objects to the average
drinking-place on the score OF its sup
plying adulterated liquors. 1t would
seem that he thought pure liquor not
very bad thing for drinking; where
as the chief objection to intoxicating
liquor is because it is intoxicating
liquor. Who supposes that Noah
drank adulterated wine, or that he
would have been any drunken on q
mixture of log-wood, fusil oil, whisky
and sweet water, than he was on the
pure juice of the grape from his own
home vineyardP The popular adul-
terations of brandy and whisky are
bad enough but none of them are SO
bad as brandy or whisky by itself.
The chief danger to the community is
not from adulterated liquors, but from
liquors which are unadulterated The
purer they are, the poorer they are
for regular drinking. -S. S. Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
Changes in Drinking Habits:

The New York Evening Post con-
cludes a recent article on the Changes
in Drinking Habits" as follows. after
abiding TO the late Centennial cele-
bration in that city and the notable
absence of drunkenness among the
crowds of people in attendance:
THAT ,he next Centennial celebration will
find the United States . Nation OF total ab.
staners is in the highest degree improbable;
but II IS not too much TO hope that it may find
the country, although consuming = large
amount Of liquor, freed from the demoralizing
influences Of 'stand,up drinking in rum
shops"
The increase of total abstainers is
recognized, says the National Temper
ance Advocate. but the Post claims
that the increased sobriety on the part
of the masses of the people, such as
crowded our streets on the Centennial
days, is due more to the change in the
drinking habits of the non-abstainers.
who now take beer and wine instead
of the stronger liquors. But there is
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19

were streaming down his cheeka He
looked at his companions. Their eyes
were all filled with tears.
In q moment the ring which they
had formed about him was opened. He
passed out. and went to church. He
had stood up for the right against great
odds. They admired him for doing
what they had not courage to do. They
all followed him to church. On their
way there each OF them quietly threw
away his cards and his wine-hask.
Never again did any Of these young
men play cards on the Sabbath.
From that day they all became
changed men. Six of them died Chris
tians, and are now in Heaven. George
is an able Christian lawyer in Iowa;
and his friend, the eighth of the party.
who wrote this account, has been for
many years an earnest, active member
OF the church. Here were eight men
converted by the prayers OF that good
Christian woman. And, if we only
knew all the results OF their examples
and their labors we should have good
illustration OF the influence OF a moth
er's prayers. Bible Models.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
Gaining Ground.

Woman suffrage. instead Of losing
ground. is steadily gaining Every
year shows some advance, and when we
glance over period long enough to
give fair perspective, the gain is very
considerable, Twenty-Five years ago,
women, with Insignificant exceptions.
could not vote anywhere. To-day they
have school suffrage in fifteen States,
full suffrage in one Territory, munich
pal suffrage Single women and wild
ows) throughout England, Scotland,
Ontario, New Brunswick. Nova Scotia,
British Columbia, and several OF the
British colonies at the antipodes.
Slowly but surely, the common-sense OF
the world is evidently working around
to a belief in woman suffrage. -Wo.
mans Column. 84u5tarR ,.a.t
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
A INFERENCE.
A Well.Defined Line of Division Between
Good and Evil

A Well Defined Line of Division Between
Good and Evil
There is certain likeness between
the things that are moral and spiritual,
and the things that are merely physi-
cal. Poets find their SMILES playing
from the world of matter to the world
of spirit. and from the world of spirit
back to the world of matter-one life
explaining and illustrating the other.
But there is limit to the similitude,
and that limit is itself moral. In the
physical world, men are unable to per-
ceive definite lines of division between
the animal and vegetable Kingdoms.
The one seems to merge into the other,
each being but phase OF Gods Great
i've handiwork. Similarly, in the moral
world, men often suppose that there
can be no definite line of division be-
tween good and evil; right and wong
are to them blurred pictures with
shadowy and indistinct borders. But
there is no similitude here. Good and
evil are not phases of Gods creative
handiwork. There is no merging Of
the right and the wrong. The line be-
tween good and evil is sharp and de.
fined. 1t is no use to hug the border
lands of the moral life in the hope of
enjoying trespass on forbidden ground
while yet seeming to keep so near the
right as to be counted as practically
right. 1t is we'll enough for things that
are material and temporal to be salts.
fed with being neither animal nor
vegetable, or either animal or vegeta-
BILE, or both animal and vegetable.
But for him who has entered the Chris.
tian life-a life spiritual and eternal
the time has come when he ought nc
longer to be satisfied with being neither
one nor the other, or either, or both, al
the same time. There may be shad.
owy meanings of texts, shadowy out
lines of theological doctrines, but there
is nothing shadowy or uncertain, moth.
ing vascillating or dubious. about the
personality of Christ. The question is:
Do you want to see how far you can
walk from Him, and yet be His? or, Do
you want to see how closely by Him
you can keep in your walk with him?-
S S. Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

THERE are 213 clubs OF women in
New Orleans devoted to the study OF
political economy.
The Illinois Women's Press Associa-
ton has waxed so strong that it is to
build house in Chicago feature of
which will be lecture-rOom to seat
200 persons ~ n
AWoRKINGwoMENs Society formed
in Detroit. Mich. ten years ago. to
care for girls out Of employment and
secure situations, has just dedicated
magnificent building.
The women of Delaware have united
to compel legislative action in the mat
ter OF the protection OF young girls.
The present legal limit Of protection is
seven years, and the women Of the
State are demanding that II be raised 20
eighteen years
The more radical friends OF the cause
say (what to an American seems almost
self-evident) that there Is no reason in
the world why married women should
not vote. They even take the extreme
position that they will oppose the
passage Of any bill which does not in
clude married women.
AMONG the many good works Of the
Queen Of Saxony is her education OF
women OF all ranks to be nurses IL
1867 she summoned the women OF ORES.
den to meet her In council, and at thu
end Of a year there were !. 200 nurse,
ready for service. They we're called
Albertinerinnen, from tho name OF the
then Crown Prince. Any one i'll in
Dresden sends a request for a nurse to
any hospital managed by Albertinerin.
men. Under their charge is the Queen 8
Hospital and convalescents' home on
the banks Of the Elbe. which the Queen
purchased with her private means.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

SIX years ago in Southern California
there was not solitary organization
OF the w. c. I. u; to-day there are
eighty unions, with membership OF
1000.
lHAvE prescribed no form OF alco
holic drink. fermented or distilled, for
internal use in the treatment of disease
for forty years, and find no need for
any.-Dr. N. S. Davis.
Has not science distinctly told us
that alcohol is poison? Should it
ever be question at all whether there
should be poison offered at the sacra-
mental tablep-Rev. Dr. Rutherford.
Canterbury, N. H.. has Quaker
church that was built in 1892 and has
not been shingled since that time. The
shingles then put on the roof were OF
heart pine, and were fastened on with
wooden pegs.
The Toledo Blade has signature
Temperance Legion" composed of
young people. who sign total absti-
nence pledge. good until they are
twenty-one. The Legion" now num-
bers over $4,000.
AN old English publican" who had
grown rich on the peoples vices was
deprived OF his license to sell liquor
and demanded compensation. A cele-
brated Judge declared that in his opin-
ion it was fine case for damages, and
that il the matter should come before
him he would award compensation
the verdict for the publican to be five
years of penal servitude. W, .ra
An appalling statement is made by
the committee on minors, in the
twelfth annual report Of the Society
for the Prevention of Crime in New
York City. 1t is as follows: Care
full investigation shows that at least
$50, 900 children, mostly very young.
are in the habit Of daily visiting the
saloons of the city. 1t is fact we'll
known to your committee that in a
large number of drinking places bar
tenders are in the habit of giving
little ones candies and pennies to in
duce them to patronize their places. !"
HAVE moved much among the de-
voted friends Of Temperance in Amer
lea. and among the tried veterans OF
the cause, and am convinced that
in that great and growing center OF
the worlds civilization the Tenn
perance question is rapidly being rec
ognized as transcending all others in
Importance Intelligent Americans
are awakening to the fact that unless
they conquer the liquor traffic the
liquor traffic will conquer them, and
they are fighting it resolutely and
courageously over the whole continent
Canon Wherefore.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

No man car pass into eternity, for
he is already in Canon Farrar.
We can not control the evil
tongues Of others, but good life ena-
bles us to despise them. Cato.
The Christian is he whose life.
work glows and grows under his hand.
who is conscious OF an unceasing call
for strenuous activity, who takes for
his watchword the great apostles
question: Lord, what wilt Thou
have me doP'-Rev, A. P. Peabody.
If one wants to know what his life
will be in the great hereafter, the surest
way to answer the question is to find
out what he is preparing to carry with
him into that hereafter. His moral
state here will determine his condition
and destiny there. IN. Y. Independent
We can never be -oing wrong when
dwelling with God, holding converse
with Him. filling ourselves with His
spirit, and seeking to do His will.
Each of us, also, needs some time when
we can sit down to quietly contemplate
Him and His love, having nothing else
to occupy our thoughts, and driving
every other intruding thought away
United Presbyterian.
Men, especially when successful in
the affairs of this lif,. often think and
talk as if their good fortune in the world
were wholly matter Of their own en-
cheering They have done it all, and
the credit is due to them. 1t would be
we'll for such persons to answer Pauls
question: What hast thou that thou
didst not receiver" Il Cor. 4, z)-N. Y.
Independent css
He who has not more to do than he
can do, has less to do than he ought to
do. Every man who is a good worker
sees mere TO he done than it is possible
for him to do. II, indeed, a man does
all that he sees to be done, he is very
short-sighted man. And here is grain
OF comfort for the man who feels that
it is not possible for him to do all that
it seems to be his duty to los. S.
Times.
In dealing with men Christ made
little of profession. He scrutinized the
conduct ''Why call We me Lord.
Lord. and do not the things that l sayP
He demanded that religion should
manifest itself in deeds COMFORTING
with mems words. He expected His
followers to do more than others. They
had pledged themselves to nobler
life, had a grander model and the in
spiration OF letter motives than the
world had. There is pertinency for
Christians now in this question: What
do we more than others. Christian
Inquirer
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
THE NEXT CENTENNIAL.
What the Condition Of Public Affairs vii
BE Century Hence.

What the Condition OF Public Affairs VIII
be u Century Hence.
The great Centennial Is over. That
1t was magnificent occasion goes with
out saying Only one criticism viii be
made when the scene is contemplated
in the perspective OF history-the
women-patriots were totally ignored.
The white male dynasty was at the
fore in full force. and even Whittier.
the noblest friend OF woman that Amer
lean manhood counts. made no allusion
to us in his magnificent poem Of the
day. Men everywhere and all the
time; spectacle of halfness; OF the
onesidedness that now imperils the Re-
public; and with no realization what
ever Of the absurdity Of their position
in thus ruling the Lords heritage Of
humanity. ...H.s.
b Their blindness to the real situation,
to the most significant feature OF the
'woman's discovery OF her.
SELF" to employ Francis E. Wizards
phrase-was after all the most i'm
pressive feature OF the occasion. Its
only parallel is the sublime stolidity
OF the Car, the Emperor and the King.
to the fact that the only actual King.
Emperor and Gar, the people, have
taken up the calling, the ''divine right"
by which these puppets Of an hour are
supposed to rule; the Satanic wrong"
OF the century, to be put away before
another century gets itself we'll under
way.
But after all we must not blame the
individual representative OF world-old
wrongs, whether he is an Old-World
despOt or male voter in our own New
World. They stand for all the past that
has placed them where they are. But
evolution has them in its blessed. yet
relentless, mill; Gods mill that grinds
so slow and small, but with exactness
grinds us all. Evolution took material
forces, and developed from them the
stronger forces that are spiritual, Wo-
men to-day constitute three -fourths OF
the teachers, three-fourths OF the grad
yates from schools, three-fourths OF the
temperance army, three-fourths of the
church. Their day, dawns. and shall
rise to its zenith, when men and women
equally shall fill all places OF opportun.
ity, trust and honor; when the poor old
world shall limp en- one leg no longer.
but walk off with even tread. --Wo-
mans Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19

'beer-drunkenness and wine drunken.
ness in our own aud notably in the
beer and wine countries of Europe
The Sunday beer excursions which go
out from this city, OF such as latterly
have gone from Philadelphia by the
thousands to Gloucester, N. j.. for beer
drinking bouts. are attended with
inuch disorder and many disgraceful
scenes bordering upon the riotous. In
France, pre-eminently wine country.
a Government commission is now at
work trying to devise some means Of
lessening the acknowledged and in.
creasing evil OF alcoholism. OThe dis
graceful drunkenness at the Centen-
NAL ball, where only wines We're
served, was striking illustration Of
the fact that wine, freely consumed,
leads to drunkenness quite as certain
ly as whisky, brandy and the stronger
liquors. And the same is equally true
of beer. .,t s..
The change in drinking habits from
which alone the Nation can derive
permanent benefit is the change from
the use to the disuse of intoxicants Of
all kinds, the lighter as well as the
stronger alcoholic beverages. II the
Temperance reform continues to adj
vance during the new century as dur
ing the one just closed, as it quite GER
tainly will, the United States will, we
doubt not, at the end of another hun
dred years be essentially Nation OF
abstainers Drunkenness has now be-
come, socially, a vulgar offense. In
much less than a hundred years not
only the "stand-up drinking" in rum
shops but also the providing of wines
or any other intoxicants for social
or festive occasions Of any kind will
be considered among all reputable
people to be very bad form" To
this benefcent end all genuine educa-
tional Temperance work in this era
tends. Let it be prosecuted to the Ut
termost.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
A TREASURED BOOK.

Ny mothers Bible, book OF promise. lying near
at hand
With reverent touch trace its range OF truth
and life SO grand;
or ancient print and binding, Of contents ever
new,
It's words Of comfort treasured, IS each one
comes to view.
Book Of Books, Gods word recording, old-time
phrases written plain,
Read to me in days OF childhood ana re-read
once and again,
Worn by time and stained by tear-drops, soiled
in many places where
Precious promises, though hidden, are made
plain by earnest prayer
Words Of scripture lore and lesson and Of old
time tale and song,
Full Of simple teachings pointing to the right
and from the wrong,
Words Of guidance, leading safely to new and
living way,
From a night Of earthly living to an everlast-
ing day.
Narred by use and daily reading, as turn each
sacred leaf,
Marks are found that tell the story Of moth
ers joy and grief;
OF mothers love and longings for her dear
ones far and near,
Watching, praying, hoping, trusting, full Of
love, and faith, and cheer.
On through Testament and Testament, scan
each open page,
Marked passages and verses here my lone hours
close engage;
live again in memory the days of auld-lang
syne,
And these memories, so golden and tender YET
are mine.
Books there are that lie beside 1t, volumes rich
in modern dress,
Books OF beauty books Of value, but I value
none the less,
This old book nay more prize 1t, an affection
ate behest
FOR in it hold communion with mother nov
at rest
Good Housekeeping.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19

THE New Century Guild Of Working
Women, in Philadelphia, lately re-
ceived from the Society of Colored
Working Women an appeal for an OK
preston of willingness to accept as CO.
workers and treat with civility, as
clerks, seamstresses. saleswomen, etc.
etc. colored women whom they would
consider respectable in other respects.
An informal ballot. which is not to bind
the Guild. was taken, and resulted in
% votes in favor Of such recognition
TO Z against it
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03
AN ECONOMICAL FAMILY.

Youths Companion.
Stories without number have been told
to illustrate the penuriousness of Occi-
dental misers, but not one of them is
more graphic in setting forth miser's
willingness to suffer want that he may
save something, than this anecdote from
the Persian.
A merchant of Ispahan, who left at his
death large sum of money, was so great
a niger that for many years he denied
himself and his little son all food except
a crust of coarse bread daily.
One day he was tempted by friends
description of the flavor of certain kind
of cheesess1 buy small piece. Before he
reached home he began reproachlng him
self for his extravaganza. His repentant e
was very thorough, for instead of eating
the cheese he put itintO bottle, and con
tented himself with rubbing the crust of
bread against the bottle. In the some
what imaginative enjoyment of the cheese
his son was allowed to share
One day the miSer, on returning home
later than usual. found his son eating his
crust and rubbing it against the door,
What areyOu about, foOl?" exclaimed
the father.
at is dinner time, father" answered
the son; "you have the key, and as could
not open the door was rubbing my bread
against it, for 1 could not get at the
bottle"
Cannot you go without cheese one day,
you luxurious little rascal Y asked the
irritated father. "There, take that, you'll
never be richl" and he kicked the poor
boy away from the door.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03
can be done


THE Clecela11d Ptdi7ldedler and other
defenders of Democratic election frauds
pretend to think the prosecution of tally
sheet forgers at Columbus was begun for
partisan purposes. OF course. Wepre-
sumo the Republican Judge and Prose
cutting Attorney should have resigned
when the cases came up, and that no Re-
publican lawyer should have had any
thing to do with the case. Then the hon
est, justice seeking Democrats, with rep
utations which are the essence of integ-
rity, might have discharged the accused
before any evidence was heard and ig-
nored the cases altogether.
The fact remains that a bold crime
was perpetrated at Columbus, in the in
terest of the Democratic party, and that
Democratic newspapers have done what
they can to embarrass the officers charged
with hunting down the criminals is well
known. Thus the responsibility has been
shifted from the shoulders of the real
criminals upon the Democratic party.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-03
TALKS ON THG TARIFF.

The following striking argument for
protection is found in a little pamphlet
entitled Protection cs. Free Trade
First Principles of a True Economic
Science" written by Frank Rosewater
of Cleveland, Ohio:
What does your doctrine of free trade
really mean?
To use your favorite English, it means
''to sell to whom you can and buy wher
ever you please"
In my humble. estimation you mean
industrial anarchy; that trade shall con-
troll industry and be answerable to no
authority; that trade is self-controlling
and can defy the authority of govern
ment; that its control is uncOnStitutiOn-
al. Through this doctrine, denying the
authority of law, you declare industrial
government mockery and would ban
ish it from the land. As true Demo-
crat, believing in the industrial soVer-
eighty of the people, protest against
this anarchy and despOtism of trade.
What right has trade to interfere be-
tween our consumption and the Oppor-
tunity to produce which that consump-
ton creates? Creating our own demand
and always standing ready to supply it
ourselves, trade is entirely of our crea-
ton, and as our creature should be en-
| tirely under our control. To ignore our
readiness to supply our own wants with
our own labor is a betrayal and usurpa-
tiOn of our rights.
The industrial rights of the individu-
al are violated by any neglect to pre-
serve the principal creating our own
standard of wages and guaranteeing
the full volume of employment created
carpenter, our shoemaker and our tailor
Through their consumption place in
the hands of our trader their respective
demands for employment, and he fills
these demands through the employment
of foreign labor in foreign lands Gm-
porting the products of foreign labor,
he fails to returns that employment de-
manded by our individual consumption;
he cOnsigns us to idleness and violates
our individual rights. 1t is in vain for
you to plead and to point to the cheap
er money price at which he has employ
ed the foreign laborer-tO give us as
surances of return employment at some
future time The idleness the trader
has enforced upon us is a loss we can
price of the foreign labor is the very
price that we must underbid to get any
employment. whatever in return.