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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21

Sister Weymouth was one Of the
most notable women that ever lived
in the good old Maine town Of Blank
mouth. She was notable for her pow.
ers as an exhorter, which shone in the
village prayer meeting as brilliantly
as those OF any licensed preacher
whom the villagers heard, and
for her quick wit, that found
expression in many quaint and
pithy speeches, some of which are
treasured to this day, although she
has long been gathered to her fathers
and mothers. A worthless young man
named Frost fell in love with Sister
Weymouth's daughter. Failing to
melt the stern objections Of the young
woRan's mother in any other way, he
pretended to be converted under her
exhortations, joined the church and
was married to his hearts desire. Very
soon the bad blood in Frost's veins as
serted itself, and the rascal deserted
his wife after he had lived with her
but FIVE or six months. Not long af-
terwarl his child was born. While
the officiating person was giving the
infant bath Sister Weymouth came
in.
look herel" said she. BE sure
to hold that baby under the water
long enough to get all the Frost out
itr-New York Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
In the Omen Horse Car.

When a man sits at the end seat on
an open horse car and woman wishes
to get in he gathers himself up closely
and allows her to pass him, or in rare
cases he steps out and lets her 60 in
more comfortably. In either case he
keeps the end Of the seat. When a
woman sits at the end and man APP
pears she gathers herself up into the
smallest possible space SO that he may
pass her, and-he does not do it! He
simply stands on the step and waits
for her to move over. and in a moment
she does it. Inwardly she doubtless
wonders why it is that while women
move over for men and pass to the in
side seats for them men do not do the
same for women. The whole expla-
nation is that men do not. There are
many things in life of which the only
explanation to be come at is that they
are as they are; and this is one Of
them. Boston Courier
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
Death to Flies and Mosquitoes.

I haven't n mosquito bar nor screen
door about my house. and yet there
are seldom any flies and never any
mosquitoes about it. | learned the
secret Of successful warfare against
these tests when living in the swamps
of Louisiana, where, summer or win
ter, mosquitoes swarm. For some
years life was uncomfortable. and no
meal could be eaten in peace. But all
at once there was a change for the
better, bars and screens were often out
of place, but there was almost an i'm
munity from insecA. l was patching
at the time, and had just changed my
colored boy. The new conner explain.
ed to me how he kept the critters
away. He burnt small pieces of gum
camphor ON the cook stove, and used @
secret preparation he called ''sudekil-
To-" When / got married and came
to Missouri l impaired the secret to my
wife, and as there is no patent ON il
that I know Of, would advise all
fellow suffers to 60 and do likewise,
The gum camphor alone is ample fol
the purpose, and need only to be uset
two or three times a day.-Interview
in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21


M. Liegeois, professor Of law at
Nancy, has made special study OF
hypnotic suggestion in the relation to
civil and criminal law, and has pub
lished his results III recent memoir.
He has made q large number of ex-
periments to establish the possibility
Of suggesting crimes, which the sub
ject Of such suggestion may carry out
while ignorant Of the motive power
that guides their hands. The follow
ing was one of his experiments: Arm
ing himself with revolver he took a
subject at random from among the
five or six somnambulists with him at
M. Liebault's. To remove any posi-
bic idea of play he loaded the revolver
and fred one shot in the garden.
Then he went into the house and
showed to one of the subjects card
just pierced by the ball. ''lp less than
a quarter of Il minute, "he said, ~
suggested to Mime. G. the idea Of
killing M. P. by a pistol shot. Abso'
lutely unconscious and perfectly do
Gle, Nine. C. approached M. P.
and fired the pistol. The commissary
questioned her Immediately. She con
fessed her crime with complete indif
ference; she killed NJ. P. because she
did not like him. They could arrest
her. She knew well what awaited her
She was asked if had not suggested
the idea of the murder she had jus1
committed. She assured US that thi.
was not so, that she was led to it spon
taneously, and that she alone was X
blame. Chicago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
The WAY to Catch Him,

In India, there isa famous border
freebooter known as Tantia Bheel, who
is the cause OF much trouble to the au-
thorities. He has long been wanted,
but, like Scottish Rob Roy, Tantia does
not seem to stand much in awe Of the
powers that be. A body. of native po-
lice set out in pursuit of the robber,
and halted at spot near one Of his
favorite haunts. During the halt a
barber" joined the police, and his
services were requisitiOned by the OFF,
Ger in command. The barber" was,
after the manner of BARRIERS, loqua-
cious, and talked freely of the Dacoit
and his doings. "Ah, he said at last,
there is only one way Of catching
Tantia." 'And how is thata" eagerly
asked the officer. I'm this way" said
the shaver, cutting Oft the tip of the
jemadars nose; II am Tantia." Tan.
tia bolted OFF into the jungle, leaving
the unfortunate jemadar streaming
with blood. Pursuit was in vain. The
barber" made good his escape. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
Process Of Heating Dead Bodies.

In reply to "a question Of an old sub
scriber, we would state that DR.. G. H.
Harvey explained his dry process for
the treatment of dead bodies at the
International Congress of Medical
Jurisprudence in New York. In his
proposed mausoleum decomposition
is brought about by currents of dry
air which absorb the gases and liquids
of the body. These gases are after
ward destroyed by fire, but the body
itself remains for an indefinite period
in dry and perfect preservation. DR..
Harvey's paper more particularly re-
ferred to the preservation of medico-
legal evidence i'll criminal cases by
this disposition of the dead. Such
evidence was retained by this method
of burial, he said. more completely
than by any other disposition of the
body. The method also avoids the
loathsome features of earth burial.
1t is freer from such features than
cremation. The sepulchers are TO be
constructed on massive scale, to last
for many years. and they can be
placed within the limits OF populous
cities, it is said, without detriment tc
health. Herald Of Health,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
strychnia and Snakes.

DR.. Mueller, an. Australian physi-
clan, has successfully treated . num-
Der Of cases Of snake bite with strych.
mia. This he has done on the hypothe-
sis that the poison affects the nerves,
weakening and paralyixing them
in fact that the venom j. not, after
all, poison in the common sense,
and does not directly cause any
change Of tissue. Its effect is simply
produced by the operation Of dynamic
force-that is, it suspends the action
Of the nerve cehs for Q longer or
shorter period. Hitherto all antidotes
have been administered on the theory
that tho virus affected the blood, and
the most successful results have come
from the administration of alcohol,
which seemed TO maintain the strength
Of the sufferer until the poison was
eliminated by natural means.
DR.. Mueller's theory at first sight is
at variance with the fact that the
blood in case OF snake bite does actu-
ally change, but his explanation Of
this change is that the pulmonary
capillaries. through which the blood
oorpuscles pass when going to the
lungs to exchange the carbonic acid
of efhte blood for fresh and life Civ
ing oxygen, have lost their power
They owe the tension-the healthy
contracting power-to the infuenc,
of the vaso-motor nerves, and wher
the latter are paralyzed the corpuscle'
lose their power, SO to speak. squeezing
out by the superauous carbonic acid
and leaving the corpuscles free to taxi
up oxygen. Thus the corpuscles pas
through the lungs unchanged, carry
ing back to the heart blood as full o
carbonic acid as they brought from it
and they themselves absolutely die
bursting in consequence Of this load o
carbonic acid. DR.. Mueller's remed,
is the injection Of strychnia by mean
of the hypodermic syringe, the appli
cation Of artificial heat, and the in
reference with the tendency Of tn
patient to sleep. He thus sets up
rival dynamic force which fights
out with the original poison. and
the antidote is applied in time genel
allv with success. 81 OndOn HOspital.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
The Maryvilie Normal and Pre-
paratory School.

Furnishes the essentials Of an ed.
ucatiOn to those not wishing col
legiate course, as we'll rs preparing
for college or teaching.
Besides the common branches, in.
structiOn is offered in Physiology,
Physical Geography, Latin, Alge.
bra, Bookkeeping, English cOmpo-
sition, Geology oI Tennessee, Ply
sizes, ETC., ETC.,
Students wishing to pursue the
full course may obtain y statement
OF it on application. A Diploma is
granted On its worthy completion.
The school owns a good referenc
library: the lonian Society also
has a library open to lis members,
Teachers have oversight during
study hours and on the playground,
as well rs during recitatiOns.
The DOrlnit0ries, one for each
sex, are furnished with bsdsteads
tables, chairs and coOk-stOves
Students in rooms pay 80 cents pei
month rent.
Tuition, PRIMARY, $500; INTER
MEDIATE, $500; GRAMMAR AND
HIGH SCHOOL, 500 per term.
Free Tuition is offered u limited
number Of worthy pupils: such art
encouraged u apply promptly.
Fall term opens September 3rd
1889. Winter term opens Decem
Der 3lst.
L. ID. CLARK, B. A.,
Principal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
Chewed BY . Cali.

A we'll known Washington mer-
chant tells the following story on him
self: He was born clear up in the
mountains near the Tennessee line.
His mother died when he was two
months old and his father and grand
mother raised" him by hand in their
lonely cabin on q mountain clearing,
miles from the nearest neighbor. He
was clad in single flowing garment
on the Mother Hubbard style, made Of
homespun towcloth, which was
heightened as years added length to
his limbs
He never saw girl until he was 16.
That year terrible drought struck in
and his father had to 90 ten miles
down the "cove" to get his corn
ground. So he yoked up the steers
and threw several bags Of corn in the
bottom Of the cart. The boy, in his
peculiar garment, climbed in and sat
on the bags. He was going to a new
and far off country and every sight
was a wonder. Arriving at the mill,
he watched with curious interest the
corn making its way from the hopper
into the heart Of the stone and then
sp0rt out in warm white jets into the
trough. He went outside and saw the
water pour over and turn the huge
overshot wheel, and peered with q
sensation Of fear into the dark, NOISY
cavern into which the wheel was
forever retreating.
On rising at a little distance he spied
a log cabin. and shortly wandered
over through the brush in its direc-
ion. A rail fence stopped his prog.
ress a couple of rods from the door
way, and he leaned over and looked.
There, sitting outside the door on a
bench were two girls. One was spin
ming wool and the other knitting.
They were the most beautiful things
he had ever seen and he nearly died
right there. They saw him and burst
out laughing at his remarkable ap
pearance. He didn't know what to
do, but thought it was probably the
proper thing 10 stare at them and
laugh back, which he did with inter
est. This mutual entertainment kept
up for some ten minutes, when one Ol
The girls laughed SO hard she rolled of
the bench. He thought that wa.
queer, but just then he felt something
cold on his legs
He turned around. As he did Sc
both girls shrieked with laughter ant
ran into the house. He found tina
the cold thing on his legs was thu
muzzle of bull calf that was chewing
away vigorously on what was loft o.
the rear Of his dress, which had beer
shockingly mutilated by the ANNA
during the few minutes he was staring
at the girls.
He has seen more girls since ant
bears their smiles with greater equa
nimity. He is also one Of the bes
dressed men in Washington, but tina
experience with the bull calf and thu
girls will never be effaced from hi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
The Day Of Prejudice Gone.

A woman preacher Of Ohio has had
some difficulty in securing the license
to perform the marriage ceremony.
This cabs out an Ohio protest that in
that state and in Michigan and in Illi-
nois there are many women serving
us ministers, and without officiating at
marriages. To be sure. and Us it
should be. There is no rational OBJ
lection to q good sermon ar lecture
from woman. They may make our
best teachers and professors, and may
DO rs well Us preachers. Tie day Of
prejudice, pure and simple, that enables
a musty Odd Judge of probate to quote
Paul and refuse women her equal
right Ia to what she can do right well
is past, or oagit to be past. st Louis
Globe Democrat
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
Greenhouse for Sale.

Having other use for my time, /
have concluded to sell my Green
house, and garden plants, at fair
valuation. prefer to sell all to-
gether, and rent the lot to some one
who will succeed me in the business
but if l cannot do that in a reason.
able time, l will sell the articles
separately on low terms.
ct JOSEPH PORTS
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
No Miracle Here.

Grandma had taught our "2-year-
old" to answer great many Bible
questions and was fond of showing
him Off" On one of these occasions
she asked him, Who was put in the
lions den"
Daniel" was the prompt answer.
Did the lions eat Daniel2"
No"
"WhyG" The answer should have
been Because God shut their
mouth" but the little fellow reflected
minute, and then said:
IL dess Daniel wasn't dood to eat.
Detroit Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21

1t is with a mixed feeling of awk-
wardness and modification that one
sees the waiter Tipping off the crumbs
upon the table cloth, squaring the cas-
ter and tidying up general y 4; and then
to feel him coming nearer and nearer,
and to know that at any moment may
come that dread interrogatory: rs
everything satisfactory, sir9" which
means, as plainly as language can
mean anything: What are you 60
ing to give me. bossl" This is an ex-
cruciating experience for a modest
man. especially when he has got just
money enough to pay his scorel-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21

Teeth are just as easily starved to
death as the stomach. In one way it
is blessing to have been born of poor
parents What food the poor give
their children is OF the variety that
goes to make strong bones and teeth.
It is the outside Of all the grains, Of
oil the cereal foods, that contains the
carbonate and phosphate Of lime and
traces Of other earthly salts which
nourish the bony TISSUES and build the
frame up.
If we do not furnish to the teeth o.
the young that pabulum they require
they cannot possibly be built up. 1t is
the outside Of corn, oats, wheat, bar
ley and tho like, or the bran, so called.
that we sift away and feed to the
swine, that the teeth actually require
for their proper nourishment. The
wisdom of man has proved his folly,
shown in every succeeding generation
of teeth, which become more fragile
and weak These Touring mills orc
working destruction upon the teeth OF
every man, woman and child who
partake OF their fine bolted flour.
They sift out the carbonates and the
phosphates of lime in order that they
may provide that fine white noul
which is proving a whitened sepul
cher to teeth.
Oatmeal is one of tho best foods fol
supplying the teeth with nourishment
1t makes the dentine cementum ant
enamel strong, flintlike and able t.
resist all forms of decay. If you have
children never allow any white breat
upon your table, Bread made of whole
wheat ground, not bolted, SO that thu
bran which contains the minute guam
titles of lime is present, is best. II
mako good, wholesome, nourishins
bread take two bowls of wheat mea
and one bowl of white or bolted flour
and make by the usual process. Moth
ing is superior to brown bread for BON
and tooth building. This is made GU
of rye meal and corn meal. Baket
beans, too, have considerable suppl,
of these lime salts and should be OF
your table, hot or cold, three times
week. In brushing tho teeth alway
brush up and down from the gums in
stead of across. Brush away from til
gum and on the grinding surface O
tho teeth. American Analyst
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
LAND SALE.
In the County Court of Blount County
Annie Z. Hood, Adm'x.

Annie Z. Hood, Adm'x.
vs.
J.. F. Hood.
PURSUANT TO A DECREE OF THE COUNTY
Z Court of Blount ounty Tennessee. rendered
at the July term 1889. will sell to the highest
bidder at the Court House door in Maryville,
Tenn, on Saturday the 7th day of Septe mber
1859. the following described property. TO wit:
Four lots IN Parham's addition to Maryville,
Tenn, being lots Nos 8, 7, and in said addi-
tion-a plat of which map is re"istered in the
Registers Office of Blount County -enn., on one
Of which lots is dwelling house. Also lot on
High street in Maryville Tenn, adjoining the
property of 8. NJ: Morton and c. W. c. Norwood
near the X. 4 A. Depot. Also q house and lot in
East Maryville, on the East side of the X. A.
Railroad. adjoining J. W. Everett, and known
as the Riley Cupp house. Also the reversionary
j. terest in the dover and home stead of Annie Il.
Hood, the same being house and two lots situ-
ated in the 9th Ward of the City of Knoxville in
Knox County Tenn, beir- lot No SO and part Of
lot No 1 in McGhea's an, itien to Knoxville, q
plat of which is registered in the Registers Office
Of Knox County Tenn, Said sale will be made
on a credit Of ak and twelve months. in bar Of
equity of redemption, TO pay debts in the case OF
Annie L. Hood, Adm'x.. VS.. James +, Hood
The purchaser to give note with good personal
security bearing interest from cate of sale. q
lien retained on said land for the payment Of the
purchase money. This 9th day of July 1889.
BEN CUNNINGHAM, Clerk.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
oHANcERY COURT.
Business Transacted at the recen
Long Term.

Business Transacted at the recent
Long Term.
The famous case of arndyce and
Jarndyce," which according to
Dickens, dragged its weary length
through the chancery courts of
England for several generations,
has oft been used as an illustration
of the average workings of chan
Gerry court. For years 1t was the
same in this country and in many
instances remains the same but
there is alaudable exception right
here in Knox County.
The May term of the chancery
court just adjourned, was in session
or open for business for eleven
weeks, during which period Oftime
70 Irrigated cases were disposed of,
beside the entry Of DEGREES in 1903
tax cases. OF the litigated cases 33
had been in court less than twelve
months, 20 cases for six months,
while only 25 cases had been in
court longer than year. Really in
53 of the suits, papers had been fled
Inside of twelve months. Seven.
teen cases were appealed and the
record of the term covers 291 pages.
The oldest case on the docket is
that of ]. M. Heck vs. Coal Creek
and Beech Fork Railroad company
ct al. The papers were filed May
81, 1888, scarcely fifteen months ago
Formerly it was the practice OF
chancellors to allow continuance OF
cases from one term to another
when it was not necessary. For in
stance on the fourth Monday ia
May the chancellor would call the
docket, and counsel who were not
ready for trial would ask for con.
tinuance, which would be granted
and court would adjourn as soon al
the docket was called. Chancellor
Gibson has seen fit to manage
things differently. If he calls 9
case and u continuance is asked he
gives counsel a week to prepare
and generally give a decision at the
same term of court. He simplifies
business, saves costs and lessons the
anxiety and cases of the clients
who come before the court.
Chancellor Gibson is making 6
lasting reputation by his concise
clear cut and able opinions. Law
yers know what they are doing
when they appeal from his decis
iOns.-KnOXville Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
He Was Too Pious,

Il don't like my Sunday school
teacher" said the small boy, at the
dinner table. why not2" inquired
the head of the household. Because
he is so all fired pious" Nothing in
definite about that criticism; and, if it
should get around to the teachers
ears, il might do him no harm. OF
course he would not stop being pious.
but it is just possible he could make
his piety little more winsome in the
eyes of the disaiiected pupil. Con.
yregationalist
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
MCMILLAN HOUSE,
Corner Of State and Union SITS.

Corner of State anu Union SITS.
This House is one Of the MOST
CONVENIENT and BEST in the
city for regular and transient ooard-
ers. Table supplied g.tn the best
the market aff.I,l.. We will make
IL "a your interest to call on us
Terms reasonable.
u. CATE, Proprietor,
Knox vile, Tenn.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21

A bill has been introduced in the
Georgia Legislature proposing that
no intoxicated liquors shall be sold
in the state outside of Incorporated
towns having at least 500 inhabi-
tants.-KnOxville Tribune. ~
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21
coNEMAUch.

.Fly to tho mountaini y1yf"
Terribly rang the CRY.
The electric soul Of the wire
Ouivered like sentieut drA
The soul Of the woman who stood
Face to face with the nood
Answered to tho shock
Like the eternal rock.
For she stayed
with her hand On the wire.
UnAfraid,
Flashing the wild word down
Into the lower town.
Il there . lower yet and anotheri
Into the valley she and none other
Can hurl tho warning CRY.
Fly to the mountain Flyi
The water from Coneunaugh
Has opened it, awful Jaw.
The dam u wide
On the mountain side!"
Fly for your ufsl oh. ayr
They said.
She lifted her noble head
II can stay at my post. and die"
Face to face with duty and death,
Dear IL tho drawing Of human breath.
STEADY, my handl Hold fast
To the trust upon thee cast
Steady, my wirel Go, say
That death il on the way.
Steady, strong wirei Go, saSos
Grand IL the power you have"
Grander the soul that can stand
Behind the trembling hand ~.
Grander the woman who dares.
Glory her high name wears ~
This message ID my last!"
Shot over the wire, and passed
To the listening ear Of the land
The mountain and the strand =
Reverberate the cry,
Fly for your lives! oh. hyl
Istay at my post and die"
The torrent took her. God knows all
Fiercely the savage currents fall
To muttering calm. Men count their dea
The June sky smileth overhead
Gods will we neither read nor guess.
Poorer by one more hero less.
We bow the head and clasp the hand
Teach US, although We die, to stand.
Stuart Phelps In Boston Transcript
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21

Sheep have gone up in price a
hundred per cent. A large. drove
went through town few daysSgo
There is quite demand for sheep
Farmers see that the tariff is fix.
ed fact, and sheep raising is going
to be popular.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21

We can now say, down to Knox
vile and not up or over to that
city, as we are higher than the
top of the highest house in that
place,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-21

The election held in Salt Lake
wherein the Gentiles triumphed
over the Saints was Territorial,
not a municipal election. The Gen.
tile majority was small, but it con-
tains promise of increase, for Gen.
tile immigration will be encouraged
thereby, ard the resident Gentle e.
lectors will be encouraged to make
their best efforts.-Chicago Times
Dem.