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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
WISE SAYINGS.

DO all that you can to stand, and
then fear lest you may fall, and by the
grace of God you are safe.-Edwards.
1t is better to sa rifice ones love OF
sarcasm than to indulge it at the expense
Of friend.-Chillon.
The essence of true nobility is neg.
lect Of self. Let the thought of self pass
in, and the beauty Of great action ie
gone, like the bloom from a soiled flow
er.-Froude.
Purity Of heart is more by far than
power Of brain, more than dizziness Of
hand. Human welfare is all built up on
moral purity. Our acts are the outcome
Of thought and the character of the
thought depends on the moral state
Rev. F. Hastings.
There are many so-called virtues
that pass muster in ordinary human so.
ciety, and relate exclusively to the
things of this world, which, neverthe.
less, have no reference to God, and ere
not practiced as obedience to His will.
They may be useful, but they are not
the virtues that fit the soul for Heaven.
IN. Y. Independent.
If the way to God and salvation is,
indeed, blocked up, it is only blocked up
by your own sins. The door is not
locked by Divine decree, nor nailed
up by any necessity of circumstances,
nor barred by any popularity of your
case. No, there Is neither block, nor
bar, nor lock, except your sin.-C. H.
Spurgeon.
--Beware of little sins. Only mote
intercepts a ray Of sunshine and pre-.
vents the perfection Of radiant light.
Only little insect in the heart of 9
rosebud steals its beauty and fragrance.
Only little sin in the heart Of . child
defeats the law Of symmetrical develop
ment. Only little venomous fang in
the breast Of an eagle and it falls from
the fleecy clouds Of Heaven.-Michigan
Christian Herald.
God, who knows the thoughts and in
tents of the heart, and to whom all
things are naked and open. sees the
needs be" of the discipline He APP
points for His children. He knows our
peril from pride, self-will and INSANE
titled affections and appoints for us the
Affections by which they may be over
come. mo Christening, for the present,
seemeth to be joyous, but R..evousi
nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of righteousness unto
them which are exercised thereby -
Christian Inquirer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
MAIDIE's TRIP TO THE CITY.

A Story Written by q Little Girl Ten
Years of Age. ~
Maidie Lyon was called into the room
where her parents were and was told
that her papa was going to the city and
would take her along with him If she
wanted to 60. Maidie was tdelighted
and danced around the room in way
that showed she wanted TO 60.
Her papa went to the city every SUM
mer on business matters and staid four
or five days. Maidie had never yet
been to the city and was very anxious
to go. Her papa told her that they
would start the next day, and that she
must get up early If she wanted to go.
The next morning she was up before
any one else, Ind she made such noise
that no one could sleep.
After breakfast she rushed around the
house, kissing every body and saying
goodbye, though it was fully an hour
before it was time to start. When the
carriage which was to take them to the
depot came up to the door she was stand
ing on the steps all ready togo.
At last they started and reached the
depot just in time to catch the train.
When they got to the city Maidie was
surprised; she never expected any thing
like this. Mr.. Lyon took cab and
went to his sisters house and left M sidie
there, saying he would come and get
her in a little while and take her to one
Of the parks. 4
While he was gone Maidie played with
the baby; but getting tired of that she
went to the door, telling her aunt that
she was going to watch the people 60
by. She sat on the veranda little
while, when she saw boy selling candy,
and she thought she would like some.
The boy was walking on, so she must
hurry. She ran after him, but in the
noise and confusion he did not hear her.
just as she was crossing the road she
was knocked down, and before she could
get up she was run over by team. A
policeman picked her up and she was
taken to hospital.
When her father got back, not finding
her there, and her aunt not knowing
where she was, made him nearly crazy.
He hunted for her, advertised and did
every thing he could think Of to find
her. but in vain. She was not to b
found.
And where was Maidie all this timer
She was now at a kind lady's house who
said she would keep her till she found
her father. She had staid at
the hospital two weeks and .
lady visitor learned the particulars
and took her home. One day When
Maidie was reading the paper
she saw the advertisement that her q.
Their had put in it, and in few minutes
she was with her father. They went
right home, and Maidie told where sha
had been all the time.
Maidie went tn the city many timea
after this. but she never got lost again
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
FAITH AND DOUBT.

Our Madge, In growing tall and wise,
Has reached that most befogged of tracts,
The Land Of Half Belief that lies
Between the Fairies and the Facts.
Her little hearts crowded nest
OF faiths and fancies, dear and shy;
The dearer, since she somehow guessed
They'd fiutter from her by and by.
Her doubts are pains, yet pleasures, too,
With which her timid thoughts will play;
How sad the chill: ut mayn't be true"-
How sweet the thrill: But, then, it Mayo
On Christmas Eve she long had lain
With sleepless eyes, like owlet's bright;
She rose, and rubbed the frosted pane,
And stared into the starry night.
She saw the moon laugh round and clear
From smoky wreaths of cloud, and throw,
In shapes like branching horns Of deer,
The sharp tree shadows on the snow.
oh, would he come, the Jolly Saint
Whom every body talked aboutp
at may be so-and yet, 1t may'nt;
II should watch, might find outr'
She turned; her pulses wildly beat;
Shed like to spy-but should she daref
Yes Pat, pat, pat, with stealthy feet
Sne passed auOwn the winding STAIR.
The great hearth glowed; the grave old cat,
With fixed, expanded, emerald eyes,
Erect, before the chimney sat;
He seemed to wear a waiting guise.
The andirons shone; the clock licked on;
Each moment made her more afraid.
"Oh, II he comes, I'll wish I'd gone
But II go, I'll wish I'd staid!
"ferhaps he isn't real at all
Buff he is-perhaps he'll mind"
A sudden SCOT fake CHANGED to fall
She fed, and never looked behind!
She throbbed with fright, she flushed with
shame,
Her pillowed head she closely hid;
She said: II don't believe he came"
She sighed: sob, dear-suppose he did"
Helen Gray Cone, in st. Nicholas.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
a POWERFUL ADVOCATE.

IEHicaey NJ the General Newspape- In Diff
FusinE Suffrage Sentiment.
The importance of press work in ad-
vancing the cause of suffrage is not yet
fully realized Nor can the difficulties
= tho way Of the work be thoroughly
appreciated, except by those engaged in
4
Tho results from all suffrage writing,
~ays Mary E Cardwell, probably always
Qsem inadequate, not only to the writers,
bat to Others. 1t may or may not re-
(sive passing notice, or careful atten-
Con, or it may lead to an attack upon
0he canse-an attack usually so worth
less - TO give no room for intelligent
eontsoversy-and an impression is apt
20 b left that nothing written can be
made convincing enough to break down
the walls of indifference and wilful con-
oervatism. But it is truth, which 1t
ahouA not be necessary to repeat to SUI
iragists, that to-day suffrage sentiment
4 being created largely by the press.
Conventions are held once year. Local
societies do good work by keeping alive
and Strengthening, chiefly, the suffrage
sentiment of their members. The press
II not only at work the year around,
but It reaches millions, who appear only
10 b waiting to have their minds awak-
oned upon all manner of subjects, and
their honest opinions furnished them
by the papers they read.
II sahragists better understood the
power Of continuous published advo-
-cacy of the cause, the suffrage papers in
The country would be in most flourish
ing condition; their number would in
crease, their distribution among nom
snffragists would be great, and many
converts would be made.
But it is in the nature Of things that
no suffrage paper should have as wide
IN influence as the local press of any
State or district A general newspaper
Is read by hundreds which the organ Of
any movement could not possibly reach.
And where a movement is represented
in the columns Of any newspaper, 1T will
almost inevitably at some time be
brought before the eyes Of every reader
"a tu0 paper. IL 1HocT1 SuHIdBO hOWo,
notes, comments and arguments In the
columns of local newspapers, is, in the
trncst sense of the phrase, sowing seed
broadcast.
In regard to the work in Indiana, Mrs.
n. s. Brooks, one of the most efficient
of the local superintendent, says: "Of
one thing I am convinced; this local
press work, judiciously executed, will
prove to be the lever that shall make
the vote in this State unanimous for
woman suffrage, whenever it shall be
brought before the people,"
1t is not too much to say that if every
paper in the State published suffrage
matter regularly, or even occasionally
1t would not be long before the question
would be brought before the people
Perhaps the same result would almost
rs rapidly accrue If one paper in every
county published suffrage matter regu
larly-a condition of things which might
probably exist now, If the suffragists Of
the State could comprehend its impor
lance.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
.4AE Female M,ND,."
Facts Prove that 1t Is Capable of Graspln
and Holding as Much as the Male Mind.

Facts Prove that 1t Is Capable of Grasplng
~nsl Holding rs Much AS the Male Mind.
After reading the account given in a
recent Woman's Journal of the debate
in the Georgia Senate on the question Of
admitting women to the State UNIVERSE
ty, Miss Ellen A. Hayes, Professor of
mathematics in Wellesley College,
wrote letter to the Atlanta Constitu-
ton in which she utterly routed the
Senator who ''never saw woman who
would look at q logarithm." Prof.
Hayes says:
The Senator seems not only never to
have tried to see such woman, but in
voting against the admission Of women
to the university Of his State he is
resolved to preserve himself, il posi-
bio. from ever seeing one. Con-
2idering the sweeping nature of
some of the Senator's statements, and
his disregard Of easily accessible facts,
his reference to mathematics and sci
.ence was unfortunate. A scientific man
will be cautious in his data and his
logic before affirming that women are
Disguised the minute you enter sci
enoe and astronomy. AS bearing on
tho question of women and mathe-
matics beg leave to state few of
the facts, and l take them from one
college where six hundred young women
are studying. In respect to geographical
distribution these students represent
the entire United States, including
Georgia, with half dozen foreign coun-
tries in addition. All of them study
mathematics throughout their freshman
yuar, and all candidates for the degree
OF b. s. continue the study, reading
analytic geometry through the sopho-
more year. In the last two years math-
cmatNs is elective for all. At this
present time the class in calculus num-
bers twenty-five, being twenty-three per
cent of the entire junior class. | invite
a comparison of this per cent. with the
per cent of young men who elect cal
'cu2ns under the same circumstances,
4 e, who are pursuing a course in the
liberal arts and are not reading for the
profession Of engineer. Young men in
POLYTECHNIC schools, where calculus is a
required subject, have been known to
express surprise that so many young
women tako the subject when not
Obliged to do so.
Nobody is dragging these students
Through calculus, nobody urged them to
elect it; they simply enjoy mathematics
and wish to learn more. And it need
not be imagined that the course is
@.soft" one, adapted to the female
mind Comparisons may be made on
this point also. Last year six young
~omen, members Of the senior class in
7ahis institution, read Celestial Dynam-
les and the theory of Orbit Determine
lion. Neac the close of the year they
wcrc given their choice-more theory or
the determination of the orbit of a
ccmst. They were distinctly informed
chat The latter would be very laborious,
and they knew that one undctected mis-
take would vitiate the result. They
choose the orbit. went pluckily to work
and completed the computation. deter
mining the elements with success. The
manuscript Of the work contains over
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
A Little Help.

I shall never forget the feelings I had
once when climbing one Of the pyramids
Of Egypt When halfway up, my
strength failing, feared should never
be able to reach the summit or get back
again. we'll remember the help given,
by Arab hands, drowning me on farther;
and the step could not quite make
myself, because too great for my wearied
frame, the little help given me-some-
times more and sometimes lessen
abled me to 60 up, step by step, until at
last reached the top, and breathed the
pure air, and had grand lookout from
that lofty height. And so, in life's
journey, we are climbing. We are
feeble. Every one Of us, now and then,
need little help; and II we have risen
step higher than some other, let us
reach down for our brothers hand, and
help him to stand beside us. And thus
joined hand in hand, we shall 60 on
conquering, step by step, until the
glorious eminence shall be gained
Bishop Simpson.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
and one that he would b sure to likete
and the three curly heads clustered cl0se
together, the little faces bright with the
reflection Of the loving thought.


and the three curly heads clustered cl0se
together, the little faces bright with the
reflection Of the loving thought.
Christmas morning dawned on the
world, and was as bright and gay morn
ing as brilliant sun, new-fallen snow
and many presents could make it. Each
little stocking was filled to the briu,
and tables and chairs were pressed into
service to hold the overflow.
"We nerer had so many presents, even
IL papa couldn't give us any thing!" said
Hazel, joyfully.
II guess mamma must have found his
money after he lost it," reflected Edith.
'I'm full Of happiness clear up to my
throat" said Katie, hugging her gay
Paris doll with one hand and eating
chocolate-drops with the other; land
the next thing do will be to crack this
big nut that found in the toe Of my
stocking. 1t is the biggest one ever
saw, and think shall have to eat IL .
little at time"
II have oIs, too, somewhere" said
Hazel, land we'll crack them together"
'Hcre is mine" shouted Edith; 81 be.
lieve they are meant for curiosities 10
put in our cabinet,"
''Why, mine doesn't have to BE-
cracked" cried Katie. Its only stuck
together, and I-oh! oh! oh! my ringl
my lovely ring!" And as she spoke the
nut divided, and there, on bed Of the
pinkest cotton, was the wished-for ring
with the pretty blue stones "all the way
round"
1t wasn't half q minute before the
other nuts were opened, and it wasn't
long before locket, a great deal pref
tier than May Roses, glistened at Edith's
white throat, while Hazel Rugged to her
breast the dearest little watch that ever
generous little girl beheld
A merry laugh interrupted their ex-
CARNATIONS of delight, and they turned
suddenly and caughta glimpse Of papa
through the crack Of the door.
30 papa, you rogue!" called Katie.
20 papa, you dear, dear darling" said
Edith, running to the door.
"Why, papa, hedr0 you say that you
had lost money! said Hazel, in a daze.
"Why, yes, dear, and it was true, too;
but you didn't hear the whole of 1t, and
though did lose some money, it was
only quarter, and l dropped it on the
floor. But girls" and papa's eyes grew
moist, ''the best present ever had In
my life is the dear little note that I
found in my stocking, which gives mo
from my girls all their money in the
bank, all the birthday money and even
the pennies left in the little purses, to
carry me through my hard time. For y
shows me that whatever may come. !
have willing hearts and ready hands to
help me, and the love that is better
than all"
And papa thought he had the best Of
his Christmas joke, and / think so, too;
and don't you?-Youth's Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
NEW SUFFRAGE NOTES.

REV. j. w. HAMILTON, in his address
before the Christian Endeavor Conven-
ton, held in Fitchburg, Mass, made a
strong plea for the ballot for women.
Miss SARA WINTHROP SMITH, who is
now associate editor of the Wcmsa's
Tribune with Mrs. Colby, is direct de-
scendant of Abigail Adams. She thus
comes ne rally in her belief in equal
rights for women.
The Political Equality Club lately
started in Meriden, Conn, is doing we'll.
Some of the most prominent women in
Meriden show great deal of interest in
the meetings, and the success of the
club seems to be assured.
A NUMBER of French women of the
upper class are following the example
of their English sisters and taking an
active interest in politics. Their -
ganization, the Rose of France" bids
fair to rival the Primrose League.
WOMAN organists are almost taking
precedence in Buffalo, N. Y. over the
men of the profession, and are now en-
ployed In some OF the leading churches.
There are at least eight women or
ganists holding good positions in that
city.
As WOMEN do most of the teaching,
and hence are responsible for the sue
cess or failure in their methods Of in
struction, it seems fair to allow them to
have voice as to how the schools
ought to be conducted Baltimore
American.
A WOMAN does not give up her wife
hood or her motherhood, her graces or
her sensibilities, when she becomes a
voter. But suffrage will increase wom-
ans self-respect. When she considers
these higher questions of general in
terest, she will become larger and
nobler person.-Rev. Samuel Is. Stew.
art
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
PEACE ON EARTH.

"Peace and good will. good viii and psassr
Year after year with sweet increase
The Heavenly carol swells;
The holy tale OF Jesus birth
In ever. widening circles earth
With tongues unnumbsred tells
Once more the vision glorihed
Appears with blessed Christmas tide
The Virgin full Of grace;
And In her arms the Child Divine,
The God Man born Of David's line,
New head Of Adams race.
The very nature that We wear,
His Godhead vailed, He stoops TO share
In great humility;
And angel legions round Him close
And Heaven with boundless praise o'erdovs
That such love could be.
But neither round His infant brow
The crown Of thorns (pre-wOven now
Created eyes behold; 4
Nor In those infant arms that reach
In mute appeal, In lieu Of speech,
The cross those arms infold.
Yet crown Of thorns and holy rood
(The tree Of life, the mystic woody.
His spotless sacrifice,
His anguish and His triumph, all
Are Swallowed here In Bethlehem's stall
Tho hidden from our eyes.
Here. too, begins His wondrous reign;
Confessors, martyrs lead His train
OF humble souls and pure;
Not Of this world His Kingdom 10;
All others fade away, but His
Forever shall endure.
His sword 10 Truth, His armor Love;
His Spirit as a tender Dove
Broods DER this troubled life;
He pities, pardons, strengthens, feeds;
He binds the breaking heart that bleeds;
To peace transformer strife.
Where'er the Marah waters spring
OF want or wrong or suffering
And men Of Him entreat,
His cross all crilnsoned with His blood
He casts into the bitter food
And makes those waters sweet.
"Peace and good will, good will and peacer
What wonder that with glad increase
The Heavenly carol swells;
And on the story of His birth
In ever. widening circles, earth
With wondering rapture dwellsi
Harriet McEwen Kimbail, in N. Y. indie.
pendent.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

skies could come into the mind Of man.
How is it that he has discounted the
knowledge Of the angels, and gone
abroad into the soundless depths Of
space and brought back . knowledge Of
suns and Of worlds beyond the range Of
his vision? How is 1t that he has jour-.
neyed back, stepping from century to
century In the forgotten past, and made
himself an eyewitness TO the processes
Of creation? Nor does the future debar
his steps. He has followed the light Of
divine prophesy, and kindled beacons Of
his own on the mountain tops Of tho
future.
Here we have an exhibition Of tho
work Of the genius of Christianity In
emancipating the human intellect, and
in bringing it up toward the level Of the
Heavenly intelligence, even under the
disadvantages of our earthly limitations.
1t 10 in vain to say that Christianity has
not done this-thas this is mere coin.
cidence Of the highest reach Of intelli'
gence with the highest type Of religion.
Intellectual light has ever burned most
brilliantly when mingled with spiritual
fire. When the one is quenched the
other is obscured. In the middle ages
both went down together almost to ex-
tinction, and when the one arose the
other arose also. There would have
been no science yet, but for Martin Luz
ther, or some one who would have stood
in his place.
So here we hail the natal day Of
Christ as the anniversary Of the proc
lamatiOn Of universal emancipation. 1t
is the festival Of the freedom Of man
religious, moral, spiritual, Intellectual
and personal. The Spirit and the Bride
say come. Whosoever will let him
come and take Of the waters Of life free.
ly. Everlasting life is everlasting activ-
ity, and in order to this everlasting
and almost unlimited power and free.
dom. The only type Of both, in the day
of Christ, was the King. So He said we
should be kings-not to rule, but to en-
Joy strength and liberty.
And SO we bid to each other the joyful
Christmas, the anniversary OF human
Observation-Disclosures.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

The managing director Of big tee,
dealing firm Of London lately stated
that he once saw q leading broker In
Mincing lane have sixty teas, ranging
within one penny per pound in value,
weighed up in duplicate, ME 100 pota
numbered and mixed up, he then picking
out the sixty duplicates without single
mistake.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

Did you sew that button on my
coat, darling?" Mrs. Honeymoon-''No
sweetheart. couldn't find the button
but l sewed up the buttonhole and it,
ell right."-Munsey's Weekly.
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