The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-04
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on the increase in washington.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER was country
boy who loved farm-life all his life.
! WILLIAM the Fidget!" is what the
German Emperor is called in London.
SIR MORELL MACKENZIE contemplates
making lecture tour Of this country.
MRS. CLEvELAND's portrait Is to &c
into the Corcoran Art Gallery at Wash.
ington.
AT Bangor, Me-, they have lady ush'
ers at the opera-house. The people pre-
fer them to boys.
CONVICTION COUNTY Miss folks in
dulge in "Goober Parching and Baby
Washing PARTIES"
BUENos AYREs will erect a monument
TO the French revolutionist, Cambaceres,
at cost of $4,000.
The loss of life in the November biz
xard in New Mexico and Colorado is now
reported at 100 lives.
THERE are over four thousand women
working under salary from the Govern
ment in Washington.
THE Mexican Government has made
contract with Mr.. Edison for phono-
graphic postal service.
DURING the last eighteen months the
Russian Government has expelled 50, 900
Jews from the Empire.
A LEARNED divine declares that the
men who stay at home at night are the
safe men of the country.
The Dominion Government has
awarded subsidies for steamship service
to the British West Indies.
CHICAGO is preparing for the expendi-
ture of $50, 100000 for decent supply of
water and drainage system.
The short for chrysanthemums in
New York is mum" Mum is the word
with horticulturists in Boston.
The "bucket shops" have come before
the courts in England and been pro-
nounced gambling establishments.
Hon. Guy c. II. CoRLIss, the new
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of
North Dakota, is only thirty-one years
Of age.
WASHINGTON, Adams, Monroe, Andrew
Jackson, Van Buren,, Tyler, Polk, Tay-
lor, Buchanan and Lincoln were all born
on FARMS
ENGLISH papers report the death Of
Mr.. Robertson Gladstone, brother of the
ex-Premier, of whom he was very fond
and proud.
The army of Brazil, on peace foot
ing, consists of about $4,000 electives,
to which must be added the gendarmery
OF about 1000 men.
The Emperor or China, who married
against his will in obedience to his
mother, now refuses to see either his
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BISMARCK, in consequence OF recent
illness, has lost the few hairs that were
on the top of his skull, which is now as
smooth as billiard ball.
A MICHIGAN woman rode fourteen
miles to dentist, had eighteen teeth
pulled without a groan, and then walked
four miles to her sisters.
A FUND for the benefit of the family
of the late Richard A. Proctor, the
astronomer, has recently been started in
London by Grant Allen and Others
Ex-SEcRETARY BAYARD has six chill
dren-four girls and two boys. Miss
Florence Bayard has presided over his
household since her mothers death.
The New York Sun protests vigor-
ously against the suppression of street
bands, hand organs, ETC., which gave in.
nocent enjoyment to thousands of PEG.
pie.
The journey of nearly 5000 miles
made by the delegates to the congress
of the three Americas is probably the
greatest railroad exploit in the history
Of the world.
New YORK, Pennsylvania and other
Eastern States are greatly complaining
of constant heavy rains. This has been
the wettest year in these States fol-
twenty-five years.
THE Brazilians did not wait for the
Pan-Americans to return from their con
gress at Washington and instruct them
in regard to the government and Gus
toms of the United States.
SOME one suggests that New Mexico
be called New Grenada. AS the abbre
Walton of this name would be IN. g.,
1t is not likely that the New Mexican'
will fall in with the suggestion.
THE original cost of the Eiffel towel
has been earned and repaid to the stock
holders, and as they are to have half thu
net income for twenty years they hav'
no cause to regret their venture.
A FoUR-DoLLAR draft, purchased from
Chattanooga bank last summer ha
turned up in New York, raised to fou
thousand dollars, it having been sue
csssfully worked on a Philadelphia
firm.
A SHORT time ago lady, the first o
her sex, graduated in medicine il Mex
leo. As an appropriate compliment, he
fellow-students of the other sex got IL
an amateur bull fight in honor of tn
occasion.
QUEEN OLGA, of Greece. whose un
wearied efforts on behalf of the poor
the sick and helpless, have made he
subjects worship her. is very simple il
her ways and goes about the streets uu
attended.
No EMPEROR has stepped down an
out more gracefully than has Dom Pedro
But the way was made clear and cas-
for him. and Pedro was the man to tax
advantage of it. He has suffered n
disgrace, and is still respected and love
by his people.
REV. I. DEWITT TAIMAGE first ey
banded his lungs calling to an ox-teau
THE little cabin in Paramount parl