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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
Superstition About Storms.

Caverns were supposed by the Ro-
mans to be secure places Of refuge
during thunder storms, and they be-
leved that lightning never penetrated
more than two yards into the earth.
Acting on this superstition the En-
peror Augustus used to withdraw into
some deep vault Of the palace when
ever a TEMPEST was feared, and it is
recorded by Suetonius that he always
wore skin of seal around his body as
a protection against lightning. That
both precautions pre- equally unavail-
ing need scarcely be mentioned.
Lightning has been known to strike
ten feet into the earth; but not even
the marvellous accuracy Of modern
science can determine at what distance
from the surface q safe retreat may be
found from the descending fluid; and
even were this ascertained, the dam
gers from ascending electric currents
remain the same. With regard to seal
skins, we find that the Romans attach
ed so much faith to them as non-con-
ductors that tents were made of them,
beneath which the timid used to take
refuge.
1t is curious fact that in the neigh.
borhood of Mount Cavennes, in the
Languedoc, where anciently some Ro-
man colonies were known to have ex-
listed, the shepherds cherished a SINH
lar superstition regarding the skins Of
serpents These they carefully col.
lect, and, having covered their hats
withal, believe themselves secure
against the danger Of the storm. NJ.
Labossiere is disposed to see link Of
interesting analogy between the leg.
end which yet fingers in the mind OF
the peasant of Cavennes and the most
costly superstition held in reverence
by his Latin ancestors.-New York
Mail and Express.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

II is not generally known that Ma
poleon / tried his hand at playwrit-
ing. II appears from authentic docu-
ments stin extant that the emperor
kept this fact entirely secret until
few days before his death, when he
confessed his first and only dramatic
offense to his old friend, Gen. Ber-
trand. He told the general that ten
years before he became emperor he
had written tragedy during his leis-
ure from military duties.
After mounting the throne he COM
missioned Jean Luce de Lancival, the
author Of various tragedies aid profess
sor at the College de Navarro, to revise
his play for public production: The
dramatic committee Of the Theatre
Francois, however, not knowing that
the emperor had anything to do with
it, rejected the tragedy without cere-
mony. Napoleon owned to Gen. Rer-
trand that he was very much exas-
perated at the time, and ordered the
professor to return the piece with the
following mandate in the imperial
handwriting:
1.-THE players Of the Theatre Fran
Gals are to perform the rejected TRACE
dy in a fortnight.
Two weeks later, on Oct /, 1909, the
tragedy, which was called Hector,
was duly produced at the Theatre Fran
Gals with the name OF Luce de Lanci
val attached as the author. The EN-
peror frankly admitted to the genera
that Is was very tedious affair, and
was only saved from utter shipwreci
by the superb acting Of his friend
Talma.
II cured him forever Of the motor
that he was possessed Of the requisite
talent to reap dramatic as well as mill
tary laurels. As q partial atonemen
for the humiliation that the Aasco o
Hector" caused the purported author
Napoleon presented Professor Lanci
val with the order Of the Legion o
Honor. N. de Jouy, who had writtel
. Aattering critique Of the tragedy TO
Tho Gazette de France, was rewards
IN tho same manner.-Psfs Letter.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

A New York pastor, who, though a
ScUtchman, had lived In America over
forty years, was one day taksn to task
By his daughter for the broadness Of
hb accent in the pronunciation Of the
word difference.
'How do I pronounce 1T" he asked.
"You say 'dufference.'"
"And what do you sayr
Differences"
Looking at her for . moment and
getting her to repeat he continued
well, now, M, VIII you just be
% kind - to tell me the du6eesuce Be
tween difference and du6eren0f
The daughter gave up her hopeless
scholar to gang his ain gait. lin pro
nunciation in the futurA-Harper =
Magazine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
TOO MUCH EDUCATION.

SOME of our learned men are
asking the question as to the effect
of so much education, and are CIV
ing out the information that thou
sands of young men who have fitted
themselves for the learned profess
.sions, have failed, and are in the
most abject poverty, for the want
<Nf clients in the law, patients in
madeleine, clerkships, in depart
ments, schools, colleges, academies,
or universities to teach in, pulpits
or pastorates to supply the necessa-
fies of life. There is without doubt
too much education In this direc.
d0n. Very few young men edu.
cate themselves to become farmers,
.hacksmiths, carpenters, manufac-
turers, printers, day-laborers, or.
chardists, stock-raisers, etc. Here
is the mistake Of professors and
presidents of our institutions Of
learning. The learned professions
are held up as the goal to which all
must reach. There is to-day in
Kansas City FIVE hundred lawyers
out ofpractice because they could
not get clients enough to enable
them to pay their board, and what
is true of that city is true of all the
large cities in the United States
men making the great mistake of
life preparing for a learned profess
sion, as the supply is greater than
che demand. The note of warning
msy well be given to our young
men and women. Every boy and
, girl ought to be educated. net for a
learned profession, but for a good
citizenship. In this light there
meyer will he too much education.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
No Doubt AbOut IL.

The average boy may be trusted to
draw an inference, if it has to do with
his own pleasure; but il the question
be an abstract one, the issue Is more
doubtful.
A New York teacher, according to
one Of our exchanges, was trying to
illustrate to his pupils the precise
meanings Of the words biped and
quadruped. For this purpose he
showed them two pictures, one repre-
senting q horse, the other . rooster.
He explained the origin and mean.
ing of the two words, exhibited the
pictures, and OF course thought he had
made himself understood. So, by
way of review exercise, - Il were,
he held the pictures aloft and asked,
in encouraging tones:
snow, scholar which one am II"
''The rooster, Gr," was tho prompt
and confusing answer from several q
the pupils.-Youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
Chancery Sale Of Lands.
In the Chsncery Court at jacksonville, Monroe
County, Tennessee, No. S65.

In the Chsncery Court at jacksonville, Monroe
County, Tennessee, No. S85.
John B. McGhee ct ais vs. Mary X. Parker ct ais
PURSUANT TO A DECREE PRONOUNCED
{ in the cause BY said court at its August term
1883, and revived at June Term, 1889, l will ON
Thursday, 10th day of October, 1889, at the Court
House door in Maryville, Blount County, Ten
nessee, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to
the highest and best bidder the following des-
cribed lands to witt $500 acres land lying in
Blonnt county, Tennessee, and on Smoky Noun
tain, adjoining the North Carolina line, and
bounded es follows; Beginning on the state line
on double beach and running with the stats
to McMurreys' Survey. thence North $50 poles to
. stake on high hill; thence East 558 poles to .
stake corner to Mrs. EstabroOk's land; thence
South l2H degrees; West 8l2 poles with Mrs,
Eetabr00k's line to the beginning. This bOun-
Diary will be sold as one tract unless a place Of
subdivision shall be submitted on or before the
day Of sale, in which will sell in both ways
and adopt the sale yielding the largest sum Of
money. Terms Of sale. The above described
tract Of land will be sold on credit Of and Is
months in equal payments except % per cent Of
the purchase price will be required paid in hand
on day Of sale. The purchaser will have to ex.
ecute notes payable t Q and 10 msnth bearing
interest from date, and lien will be retained
on the land to better secure the purchase price.
Oct, 81, 1883. VAsTINE STICKY, C. n.
S8-A
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
Rammlng Ice Floea

As48 AOO EAVUA
No stronger vessels than those Of
the Dundee whalers are built; they
are from four hundred to one thou.
sand tons displacement, have power
ful, we'll secured engines to resist the
shock OF ramming Or stoppage of the
propeller by ice, and are built with an
eye TO the easy and rapid replacement
Of the rudder, propeller, and propeller
shaft II damaged, these parts being
carried in duplicate. Above ell other
eonsiderationi they posseo strength
for ramming - well = resistance to
lateral pressure when nipped.
Another very important feature 4
that the bow shall have considerable
inclination, which permits the vssssl,
when ramming very heavy ios, 10
lift slightly and aide ON il, thus e..
ing the ahock and assisting The cutting
action Of the bow with he downward
crushing weight Of the ship. In this
way it ID possible for thess steam9s a
full speed to ram Ice over twenty feet
thick, receiving no immediate inca
pacitating damage.
II the ice u not too heavy, the shear
like rise and fall Of the ship Is repeat
ed several times = the ve1ssl stsams
powerfully ahead until her headway
b checked. The difficulty then = .
extract the ship from the dock she has
cut by her advance; the docs press on
her sideA cakes Of Ice and slush All
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

Now that the newspapers are all
talking Of Dr.. Brown-Sequard and his
wonderful elixir, stories Of his expert.
enoes in this vicinity aze In order, and
some Of those which are told are droll
enough.
It may be remembered that one of
bis ideas was that tho nervous con-
dition OF . person could b judged by
the susceptibility Of the skin, and this
he tested BY the distance apart 1t
which two pin pricks merged them
selves into one TO the sensation Of the
patient This method he used with
considerable success, being not infre.
qusntly called in q . specialist in
complex cases Of nervous disorder.
On ono occasion, it il said, he was
called upon to 60 the suburbs Of Bos-
ton to gee young lady who was suf.
fering from some nervous trouble, and
was left alone with the patient to
make his examination. After time,
which seemed to the family rather
long, he came downstain with q very
serious face and informedly the family
that he was extremely sorry to report
that the vitality Of the girl seemed 90
low that there seemed no possibility
Of her rallying. They were thunder
struck, as the case, though obstinate,
had by no means been regarded as q
serious one. The family physician,
who had been unable to be present,
was sent for in all haste. He assured
the frightened relatives that there was
some mistake, and proceeded to 60 uE
to the chamber Of the invalid to heal
her account of the examination.
THAT man you sent here" she an
nounced almost before he could ask
her, twas a fool"
He is nothing Of the sort was thu
answer. He is a very able specialist.
WELL" she said, II know he actet
like q fool. All he did was to sticl
pins into my back and ask me if i
hurt. OF course said no."
The physician was too much amused
to be angry, but the conclusion Of DR.
Brown-Sequard was at once explained
to the great relief OF the family .-Bos
ton Courier.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
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ATTACKED ~ A COUGAR.


4 Hunters Desperate Fight In the South
en Oregon Mountains.
Intelligence has been received here
from southern Oregon Of the unfortu.
nate result G a conflict between .
hunter and q cougar. Ira Hill and q
companion OF jackson county had for
several days been encamped in the
mountains about ten miles distant
from the Cow creek canyon. They had
met with much success In the pursuit
Of deer.
Warned by the abundance Of
'tGgns," they had exercised great eau
ton for their protection against the
large carniverous animals which in
fest that region. Mr.. Hill, it appears,
on the day in question shot and
wounded q large buck. Notwith-
standing the severe injury. the ami
NAL, as it frequently happens, bound.
cd away. Judging from the action Of
the deer that the bullet had found its
mark, the hunter clanbered down the
mountain side to the point where the
animal stood when the shot was fired.
An investigation verified his suppo-
ition. Hoping that the shot would
soon prove fatal, he traced, by the
blood in the trail, the fight Of the
deer, several times seeing it, but never
obtaining an opportunity to finish
him. Wrapped in the excitement Of
the chase, time passed unheeded.
Nearly exhausted with the severity of
the labor, and despairing of success, he
began to retrace his steps. Night
overlook him, and with it came that
peculiar deathlike mountain silence.
The gentleman confesses that he was
overawed and frightened by the soil.
tuds and gloom. After debating in
bis mind the advisabiltty of hating
for the night he decided to push on,
hoping to find his permanent camp
and relieve tho anxiety Of his friend.
While descending q ridge which ran
up from . dark and narrow canyon,
without any warning hs was sstaoked
By An enormous cougar. In thas
hand-to-hand conflict The rife W.
usels9 Dropping hat weapon, be
dew his hunting knife and made
what effort no could to defend him
salf. For some time they fought
with the advantage greatly upon the
dde Of the cougar. While the struggle
Wa at it, height approaching near
tie edge Of Steep dseRvity, man and
bease both went rolling down the
gulch.
Weakened by tho loss Of blood and
stunned by contact with rocks and
eowldess, consciousness foysook the
hunter. He remained in this condi.
ton until we'll nigh morning. Re-
membering the strength and ierociE
Of his antagonist, and fearing that 4
still lurked in the immediate vicinity,
he remained motionless until sun up.
When he did arise no trace Of the
animal could be found. Fearfully
bitten, scratched and bruised, he made
his painful way to camp, and Themes
to a point where tho services Of sur
geon could be red.-Portland Ore
gonian.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

Since 1870 the aspect Of Rome has
considerably changed. The old mar
row winding streets are thing Of the
past, and are replaced by large, wide
thoroughfares. Blocks Of the old
houses have been knocked down and
large modern palaszi have sprung up
In cheir stead. The narrow CorsO Of
old times will soon be no more, as it is
gradually being widened by half again
its original width. The charming villa
Ludovisi, with its beautiful trees,
shady walks, and sparkling fountains,
has been turned into a new quarter,
with wide street and large houses.
The gate Of Porta Pia, where the
breach was made in 1870, and outside
Of which there was nothing but vine
yards and fields, will soon, instead Of
being the limit Of the town, be the
center, because houses are springing
up now to good two miles outside
that gate. The waste ground and fields
all around st. John Lateran are no
more, a new suburb having sprung up
there.
The Tiber also is being widened and
an embankment is being built on each
side, and handsome new bridges cross
the river at different points. The
widening Of the Tiber is necessitating
q slight change in one or two Of the
old monuments, such as the Bridge Of
st. Angelo, to which will have to be
added another arch; and the Temple
Of Vesta runs some risk of being tam.
pered with; but it is hoped that, as
just at that point the river curves, and
BY doing so makes it sufficiently easy
for the width to be effected on the OBJ
posite side, that advantage will Be
taken.-London Tablet.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

"A BIG sensation is started at st.
: Eouis in relation to the strikes
amongst the leaders of the Knights
ofLabor, charging them with a plot
et0blow up the big Eader bridge at
. StLouis over the Mississippi river.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

A California paper mentions some
Of the pecuiarities Of the dg. Il has
no blossoms, and evidently requires
breathing places, for from the little
button & Tie end there ars minute
ducts or air spaces which run through
the fruit and clear into tho stem. Il,
IN drying, the Ag i not placed - i
grew on the tres, the fruit sours and
moldA The fruit does not hang
from the tree, but inelinss upward,
held by the stem, and this button, or
mouth, opens toward the sun. If not
% placed when being dried the button
b shaded, and the fruit then spoilA
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
uon1nlNo,s STRANGE FREAKS.

Queer snd Serious Things Done in
Twinkiing By the Subtle Fluid.
James Craig, . Scottish servant en-
ployed by Elias Rogers, . carpenter
who resides at Allentown, N. j.,
was the victim Of q queer prank
Of lightning . few years ago.
He Was sitting in the kitchen
broiling a piece Of meat over the
fire, and a fierce thunder storm was
raging without A fash Of lightning
struck the house and the electric cur
rent came down the chimney, knocked
Craig senseless, and threw the meat
and spider into another room.
Craig was given up for dead, but in
an hour came to and stated that he had
not been insensible since the second
when the shock occurred, but had been
unable to move q muscle, although he
had heard everything that was going
on about him. His left side was badly
burned and one OF his shoes was torn
from his foot and found nearly twenty
feet from where he sat when the house
was struck.
Two peculiar cases of death by cleo
tricity occurred in Asburv Park a few
years ago, and the s.ulJ oft told
there. james .r.ng Henry
Brooke, two horse + 'iLe we're at
work on the e..,srior "a 'lAge on
Wesley lake wheI :. 'er.' thunder
storm camo up. ..l.'. = 20 the In
terror of the house, 81 .lter the
storm had pasa'' ard sun was
again shining t:'.:y wenL b.. y To their
scaffold.
Just AZ each nsin'or II lched his
brush to the wet ZOO. vo,.: Il dash OF
lightning came, followed Il 'ickly by q
crash of thunder. En, s." aman in 9
near by houso saw 9TH q them fall.
Shortly afterwsr,i i: cas discovered
that both men w-re .!ea although
their bodies bor" no uMrl", save dull
black lines about the nugers which
held tho paint brusheA
One day . 6-yearold child in . Con
necticut town was playing In tho gar
re&t during . severe thunder storm. A
chimney was struck The bolt raI
down tho side Of tho house to th,
ground. Tho family wore extremel,
frightened, but unframed. They
missed the golden haired darling o
the HOUSE, but soon found him, unin
jursd but completely dased. But in
stsad q yellow eurlA the ohilds hai
was changed TO . jstty black.
A queer experience befell Miss Jen
ME Button, Of Springfield, Mas.
whom . residence on. Florida stree
was struck BY lightning. nis ButtoI
wss standing in her room with . ha
In her hand when tho current sha&&ez
ID he door frame within . few feet o
her. The shock knocked her down, an
for some time she was deaf in conse
quenoe. An examination Of tho ha
showed that the lightning had skele
tonixsd the feather on her hat CON
pletely.
Miss Cora Kirkland, who was stand
ing down stairs In the dining room 9
the time Of this shock. held q knife i
her hand, and tho shock drove tn
knife through ono Of her fingers, cu1
ting it to the bone New York Pres
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
The business failures Of the Uni.
q tad States for last week were 1856.
Six less than the week before.

MAI. E. A. BURK, who is charged
with being a defaulter as Treasurer
Of Louisiana, to q large amount,
and who has been in Europe, dis
patches his friends that he will
come home and if there is anything
wrong he will make it right.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

PORK was quoted higher and
hptter 2 cents higher than past
Quotations.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

THREE murderers escaped from
the Elizabethton jail, on tho 9th Of
last month.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
NOTICE.
A. B. HcTeer

DCOtt Cox
By virture Of an order Of sale issued by ". G.
Chumlea, Clerk VI the Circuit Court for Blount
1859. I vim expose for sale to the highest bidde.
for oash in hand on Saturday the Dist day OF
September 1850 ct the Court House door in the
town q 4aryvills, . certain lot in the town Of
Loaieyiils, in the 10th civil district Of Blount
adjoining Abraham Hartsel' Barley Vim. 6napp
4n. Henry and perhaps othefs, containing =
acses moro or Len. levied on - the property Of
Scott Coz TO setisfy . judgment Of A. B, 4cTeee
in. AInsTloNa, sheriff Of Blount County.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1889

THE price of iron is on the up
ward tendency.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

New York exports are In
.-s1x ISIS. rs per cent. over last year
H.. IS time.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

@"cu. 81, 100 bags of coffee
~ ta'i1ns we're a little lower.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

Marking paper or wrapper with
AIRED X means your time has expir-
ed and it is time to renew. 1t is
not otter We do this except to
subscribers outside of the county,
a. we expect cash in advance from
all such.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

THE price of wheat increased 21a
40 cents last week.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

INTEREST tlu =, *, England
( i4 incrcasr q from cents.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

THE corner stone Of q new Bap-
stist church was laid on Broad street
Knoxville, last Saturday.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02

I..ls time.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-09-19
Gone to Memphis.

Our young legal friend G.. 7. Fitz-
hugh, Esq, left last Saturday for
Memphis, where he expects to pursue
the practice of his profession and
make his permanent home. Gus is Il
young man of unusual brilliancy and
promise, and we have never seen il
young man leave our town or State
with more sincere regret. At the
State University in 1886, he carried
off the first honors of his class in the
literary department. Subsequently
he took the course in law under
Chancellor Mayes, and with another
member of his class. made the highest
mark ever attained in the Law De-
partment-perfect--100 out of pos
sible 100 He is also fine orator and
logician for one of his years. On the
occasion of his graduation Jaw, he,
with another member of his literary
society, had been elected to meet two
members Of the rival society in prize
debate. Mr.. Fitzhugh and his
colleague not only won the
question discussed, but he was
awarded his society's beautiful medal
for the best speech of the occasion
He won his first case in court, a COM
plicated one in Chancery, and was
highly complimented by Chancellor
McLaurin on his splendid argument.
1t was appealed to the Supreme Court
afterward, but the decision of the
lower Court was affirmed.
Memphis is to be congratulated
on gaining such valuable ac-
cession to her bar and citizenship,
and prosperous and f1Ourishing as
she is, we hereby serve notice on her
that we do not want her to make any
more such heavy drafts on our young
men.
The LEADER tenders its best wishes
to friend Gus and hopes he may at
tain that full measure of success in
the growing Bluff City to which his
great intellectual, social and moral
worth so fully entitle him.