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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24
GAME OF OBSERVATION.
An Amusement That win Find Fsvo

An Amusement That win Find Favor
with Parties ut Country Houses.
When large party o! ladies and
gentlemen are assembled together IN
country house for shooting, race, or
other amusements in the daytime, .
new game in which all can join in the
evening will be heartily welcomed.
The following description Of one
may be acceptable. The lady Of the
house and Que gentleman should be in
the Sec ct of the game, which is to be
played litter dinner.
As, however, the guests meet in the
trawing-roOm for what is APPLY called
the mdaodis quart d'keure before that
neal is announced. the gentleman
Who undertakes the management OF
the game goes around to each gentle
man. basket or hat in hand. and asks
from each the sum of one shilling, to
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24

hotels and theaters, or wherever crowd
is to be found. Their story is the same,
ana ii you are not inclined to listen to it,
YOU stand good chance Of being insulted.
Others train children to sing a song or
play tune or two on discordant harp or
fiddle, and send them out on the residence
streets to blackmail housekeepers into pay
ing them tribute. Then children are hired
by the week from miserable men and wom-
en- who would sell their souls to the evil
one for a dollar or two, and though the
Humane Society has made many efforts to
put stop to this unholy traffic in human
flesh, its suppression seems as far from &C.
complishment as ever.
OF course these despoilers Of childhood
reap rich harvest. The expense OF keep
ing child does not exceed fifty cents per
week. They pay, perhaps, fifty cents more
to the parents of the little unfortunates,
and it is very poor day when couple Of
them do not return to their master with
two dollars or more. At dollar piece
this makes clear profit Of six dollars
week for every child-these people do not
believe in Sunday observance-and as some
of these fellows employ from twenty-five to
fifty children, their prosperity is not to DO
wondered at.
The wealthiest mendicant in Chicago,
however, is an Italian known as Giovanni,
who, for fifteen years or more, has carried
around his neck an "I-am-blind" label.
He has visited every town of Importance
in the Northwest, and makes regular trips
down the Mississippi river every winter.
Twice he has visited his old home, a village
in the vicinity Of Brindisi. Giovanni, when
not at work at his trade, Is not blind; and
when he has imbibed bottle or two OF
cheap wine becomes quite tallative and
heartily enters into any discussion on hui
man weaknesses, the most deplorable Of
which paradoxical though it may seem-he
, pronounces to be charity. The old fellow
has made mendicancy pay well, for aside
from owning two three-story fiat buildings
in Chicago, he draws $500 annual interest
| from an investment in Government bonds.
His business success, in fact, Is rivaled
| only by Uncle Sim Davis, venerable me-
gro living in the "colored'' quarter of Chi
cago. "Uncle Sim," according to his own
statement, has made many thousands of
| dollars since the war by wearing ragged
clothes and telling lies; but, unlike Sir
Giovanni, he never developed the saving
habit. An hereditary love for policy and
other pastimes and an unconquerable pas
sion for tangle-foot has kept him a compare
lively poor man-two houses, purchased In
an adopted daughters name, being the only
visible results of twenty five years begging.
The average Chicagoan is won't to say
that whatever may happen in other cities OF
countries can happen in Chicago. only on 9
larger scale. And he is right We have al
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24
VENETIAN GoNDOLlERS.
Not Quite as Picturesque as Painted by
Sentimental Tourists.

Not Quite as Picturesque as Painted by
Sentimental Tourists.
1t is with grief that l remind my
untraveled reader that in Venice the
gondnla is the cab. Is the cabman a
poetic object-a person to whom you
would indite lyrics or elegiesP l trow
not. But, on the other hand, the gon-
dolier, unlike the London cabman, has
his redeeming qualities. He is pict.
uresque. He used to be more so in
the days when he wore red silk stock
ings and blue silk jacket, and when
the boat he propelled was as gay q
thing as himself. He is also very
amenable to civility. He will quarrel
with the portly Briton who speaks no
language but English, and after a row
tenders in payment sum of money he
deems unworthy of him, though it be
in excess Of the tariff. But the quar-
rel will be all on his side, and it will
soon dissolve away into resonant
laughter as he invites his copper-col-
ored comrades to share the spectacle
of the Briton walking off as If he
heard not a word Of his plea The
cabman, in such case, would Of
course proceed to maledictions,
and perhaps go further still.
Indeed, when all is said, the
gondolier is not bad fellow, though,
like the pigeons, somewhat spoiled by
being photographed in his boat by en-
terprising amateurs hundred times
in the year. But in spring, notwith-
standing the romance Of them, one is
not strongly attracted toward gondola
or gondolier. When a "bora" is
blowing upon the city from the mount
/ aims behind Trieste. and all the lagoon
is under blue-gray haze, chilly and
thick, one is prone to think of fires,
not aquatic expeditions. And many
a martyred paterfamilias and his
lwife, who, at their eldest daughter
bidding, have inelegantly wriggled
into the boat, and, aided by the smil'
ing, compassionate oarsman, judici"us.
ly dispersed their offspring about the
remaining space thereof, are as eager
to leave as they were unwilling to en-
ter it. II they can be induced to make
another such excursion. they take WOO,
for their ears and enough wraps for 8
regiment-reckless of the daughter
indignant demur about show it viii
look" A playful form Of compliment
which the gondoliers handy about
when they are displeased with eacf
other brings me to another character
istic of Venice. II, in conveying hi'
party through the ''canaletti. tn,
oarsman clashes with a boat comiu g il
the contrary direction. he will ptsba
bly, call his enemy 1.-THE son of a dog,,
as we'll as much else -Cornhill Maya
zine. -r.--..- -
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24
ITALIAN RA0-PICKERs.

time-honored lodges Of blindness, lameness
and kindred physical ailments are no longer
employed by professionals The most popu-
lar methods Of the Poles and Italians who
live by begging is the "oaby acts" that is, q
woman starts out with two or three little
children procured for the occasion and ex-
torts money from charitable women by en-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24

Mr.. Gladstone's weakness is sale
to be his desire to have his face per
petuated on canvas. In the asst thirty
five years he has found time to sit Il
thirty-five portrait painters and Il
have his photograph taken two hun
dred times. Whenever the tours
goes to England he finds some Likeness
of the grand old statesman looking
him benignly in the face
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24

gaging their sympathles, The stories they
tell are all alike-husband died, seven chill
dren at home, three in arms, starvation
staring them in the face, cruel landlord, etc.
and what American woman could with
stand such an attack 1t works every time;
and though the story may have become
somewhat old, the pitiful expression of poor
baby's face, produced by pinch applied at
the right moment, is worth nickel or Q
dime at every house.
The men engaged in the business way
lay their victims on the street, in front Of
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24
He bought Them Himself.

Wife (sarcastically) that's big
trunk saw the men put into the baggage
car just Is we started. l suppose 1t has
your bathing OUTFIT In it, and you want 70
show your cigar-smoking, beer-drinking
friends how large it is compared with the
little handbag that has my bathing suits.
That's an old joke, John, and you ought 70
be ashamed Of y.
Husband-This handbag, Maria, has my
bathing outfit. In that big trunk you will
find two new bathing suits for yourself
that Just about nh it. thought them my
self. and lett the ones you selected at home.
Help, here, quick, somebody She's fafntedi
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24

A PREVIOUS acquaintance between thq
male and female prevents them from mar
rage For this reason man seldom weds
Q girl OF his town. fs-L ga
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
Her Majesty's Empire.

The Liverpool Mercucy sketches the
wonderful growth of the British En-
pire. Within a few years Fiji has be-
come British; and so have enormous
provinces on the northwestern frontier
of India and the whole kingdom Of
Upper Burmah The foundations have
been laid of great colony in Borneo,
which will one day probably absorb
the whole island. Half the enormous
island of New Guinea, almost a CONT
nent in extent, has become de iurc, If
not dc facto, the territory Of the Queen.
Great tracts Of land, including the
whole of Zululand, have been acquired
in South Africa. Advance has been
made on the Congo. Egypt is in En-
glish control. Berber and Khartoum
seem likely to become British. Cyprus
will hardly return to Turkey and in
South America British possessions
have been extended.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
Ventilating Our Homes,

An old writer says: "When men
lived in houses Of reeds, they had
constitutions of oak; when they live
in houses of oak, they have constitu-
tons Of reeds"
Evidently the truth inculcated is
that the better the air and more bOun-
tiful its supply, the healthier is the
inmate ola house, be it palace or cot
tage. Too often the very wealth Of Il
house builder initiates against his
splendid mansion becoming that
ideal home of comfort that it should
be, and the inmate of some wretchcd,
leaky little hovel, perched on rocky
hillside will have every advantage
over such a one AS regards vig0r Of
body and elasticity of spirits.
Such is the elasticity of air that, for
tunately for us, a slight force only is
needed to put and keep it in motion.
The difference of 200 Fahrenheit in
temperature between outdoor air and
indoor air will cause the passage of
about eight cubic feet of air each
hour through every square yard OF
wall surface made of brick. A plas-
tered wall also admits Of the free pass
age of air, and actually serves as an
efficient filter by arresting the pro-
gress of dust or any of those particles
-olten injurious-with which the at
mosphere is laden.
Heat is the great motor for ventila-
ton, whether natural or artificial,
and the great problem in winter is to
introduce Il sufficient quantity of pure
warmed air to make ones room COM
Portable without attendant draughts
that shall imperil the health Of their
occupants.
Open fireplaces, whether the fuel
consumed in them be wood or coal,
are among the very best ventilators
that we have, and yet the question Of
expense is bringing them more and
more into disuse. But there is nc
need to he discouraged on that score,
because the eyes ofall practical people
are being opened TO the importance
of combining the twin forces of heat
and ventilation in such a manner "A:
shall tend, in the future, to prolong
life as well as render it more comfort.
able and enjoyable.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
The Sacredness of Seven.

a writer in the Agricultural I'm
plement has been studying over the
mystical number seven, and concludes
that it is undoubtedly the sacred
number. There are seven days Of
creation; after seven days respite the
food came; the years Of famine and
plenty were in cycles Of seven; every
seventh day was Sabbath, every
seventh year is the Sabbath of rest;
after each seven times seven came
the jubilee; the feasts of unleavened
bread and the tabernacles were OBJ
served seven days; the golden candle
stick had seven branches;seven priests
with seven trumpets surrounded
Jerico seven days and seven times
the seventh day; Jacob obtained his
wives by servitudes Of seven years;
Sampson kept his nuptials seven
days, and on the seventh day he put
a riddle to his wife, and he was
bound with seven green withes and
seven locks of his hair were shaved
off; Nebuchadnezzar was seven years
a beast; Shadrack and his two COM
panions were cast into a furnace heat
ed seven times more than it was
wont. In the New Testament nearly
everything occurs by sevens, and at
the end of the sacred volume we
read of seven churches, seven candle
sticks, seven spirits, seven trumpets,
seven seals, seven stars, seven thun-
ders, seven walls, seven plaques, seven
angels, and a seven-headed monster.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
THE HORIG1GE

We worked through Spring and Winter,
twoagh summer aud through Fall,
But the morrgo worked the hardest and
the steudifs' of all
1t worked on nights and Sundays; it worked
each holiday;
1t settled down among uS, and it never went
away.
Whatever We kept from it seemed almost rs
bad as theft;
Itwatgh he'd us every time, and it ruled us
rsht and left
The rust and blight were with us, some
times and sometimes they werenot
The dark -brOwed, scowling mortgage was
forever on the spot.
The weevil and the cut.worm, they went rs
well as came;
The mortgage stayed forever, eating hearty
all The same.
It nailed up every window, stood guard at
every door,
And happiness and sunshine made their
home with us no more
Till with failing crops and sickness, we got
stalled upon the grade.
Aud there came dark day on us when the
interest wasn't paid;
Aud there came y short foreclosure, and
kind o. lost my hold,
And grew weary and discouraged, and the
farm was cheaply sold.
The children left and scattered, when they
yet we're hardly grown;
My wife she pinned and persisted, an
found myself alone.
What she died of was mystery, an the
doctors never knew:
But knew she died of mortgsge--iust ~
well as | wanted to.
II TO trace hidden sorrow were within the
doctors art,
They'd ha' found Il mortgage lying on that
wuman's broken heart.
Worm or beetle, drouth are tempest, on tn,
farmers land may fall,
But for tirstclass ruination, trust mort
gage 'gainst them all.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16

Fifty years ago the Wing party
held its first convention at Harris
burg, Pa, nominating General Will
liam Henry Harrison, Of Ohio, as
President of the United States.
Fifty years ago the first railroad
spike machine was put into use, max
ing fifty minute, forming both point
and head. Henry Burden, Of Troy,
New York, was the inventor. 1t
ranked among the best paying in
ventiOnS of modern times.
Fifty years ago the population of
the United States was only 1867 ,42C.
The census cost the government
$3.50, 427. There were slaves in all
the states except Maine, Massachu-
sets, Vermont and Michigan. Iowa
had sixteen slaves, Wisconsin eleven,
Ohio three, Indiana nine, Illinois
23l; total in all the states and terrific
ries was 9, 1892
Fifty years ago the first express
line was established in America by
William +. Herdon, who thought he
saw a good living for himself and
family, hence on March 4, 1899, he
began to travel between Boston and
New York for the accommodation Of
business men who wished to speedily
and safely send small packages. At
first he simply carried sachel, but
his patrons grew in numbers so rap
idly that he was forced to establish
an office at each end, with daily mes.
sengers each way. Previously small
packages had been sent by friends
who CHANGED to 60 that way. 1t was
in this way that our present gigantic
express business WAS frat organized.
The next year (I840) Alvin Adams
began running a similar line between
Boston and New York via Norwich
and Worcester. He also commenced
with single carpet-bag. Mr.. Hern-
don died poor man in lS45.
Ii will be seen by the above that
many of the most important events
Of our country, as well as large
number of the most useful and revOl.
utionizing inventions of modern
times, took place in the year 1889,
or fifty years ago. What shall the
chronicler of fifty years hence have
to place alongside this array of his
torical facts? 1t will be seen that
1888 brought to light much Of inven'
ton, civil law, moral questions and
general national advance .lent, such
perhaps, as no other one year in all
the grand history of our republic has
ever done.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
A True Tonic.

When you don't feel well and hardly know
what ails you, give B. B. B. Botanic Blood
Bslm) trial. 1t is fine tonic.
T. o. Callahan, Charlotte, n. c., writes:
"B. B. B. is a fine tonic, and has done me
great good"
L. NJ, Thompson, Damascus Ga, writes:
II believe B. r. B. is the best blood purifier
made. 1t has greatly improved my general
health"
An old gentleman writes: ''B B. B. gives
me new life and new strength. If there is
anything that Will make an old man young,
it is B. Il. B."
p 4. Shepherd, Norfork, Va, writes: 81
depend on Il. B. for the preservation of
my health. have had it in family now
nearly two years, and in all that time have
not had to have doctor"
Thos. Paulk, Alapha, Ca, writes; II suf.
fered terribly from dyspepsia. The use of
b. B. b. has made me feel like a new man.
/ would not take thousand dollars Ter the
good it has done me-"
W. NJ. Cheshire, Atlanta, Ga, writes: Il
had long spell of typhoid fever, which at
last seemed to settle in my right leg, which
swelled up enormously. An ulcer also APP.
peared which discharged cup full of mat.
ter day. then gave B. E. L. trial and
it cured me-
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
There Are Lots of This Kind.

Chicago Tribune.
''Spotcash, who is that gentleman
that went out of the store just now ?"
"The Rev. MIR. Goodman, l
thought you knew him, Oneprice.
He is our pastor"
"Your pastor, Spotcash? Are you
a member of a church ?"
"Ofcourse / am. I've been men,
Der for twenty years"
"And have been in partnership
with you for fifteen years and never
suspected YOU"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
We Point with Pride. y

TO the "Good name at home" won
by Hoods Sarsaparilla. In Lowell,
Mass, where it is prepared, there is
more of Hoods Sarsaparilla sold
than of all other medicines, and it
has given the best Of satisfaction
since its introduction ten years ago.
This could not beif the medicine did
not possess merit. Ifyou suffer from
impure blood, try Hoods Sarsapa-
rillaand realize its peculiar curative
power.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
FernOline Balsam,

The great Family Remedy, sbculd be kept
in every house. Good for almost any emer
gency. 1t contains no mineral to poison the
system. We warrant it to be pure extract
from the Yellow Pine tree without any
adulteration. ASK for and take no othe
than Fernoline Balsam. This wonderful
remedy il for sale by us, come and get bot
tie. RITCHEY & BOSTICK.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
Fifty Years Ago.

Kansas City Star.
Fifty years ago the daguerreotype
was invented in France.
Fifty years ago wooden clocks had
only been in use one year.
Fifty years ago the Massachusetts
abolition party was organized.
Fifty years ago the Mormons were
driven from Missouri to NauvoO, Ill.
Fifty years ago the banks in the
United States resumed specie pay.
ment.
Fifty years ago the first normal
school was organized at Lexington,
Massachusetts.
Fifty years ago John c. Fremont
and Jessie Benton were secretly mar
ried.
Fifty years ago Black Hawk, the
noted Indian chieftain, died at Keo-
kuk, Iowa.
Fifty years ago beet sugar was first
made by David l.. Child, of North
ampton, Massachusetts.
Fifty years ago John Ericsson was
allowed letters patent on steam
propeller" boat.
Fifty years ago a survey was made
by John Bailey for a canal across
Central America.
Fifty years ago David &. Burnett
began to serve as acting president of
the "Republic of Texas"
Fifty years ago the first patent was
g'anted to Goodyear of vulcanized In
dia-rubber goods.
Fifty years ago was established the
first commercial college in America,
"Comer's College" of Boston.
Fifty years ago the Cherokee In
dians were removed from Georgia and
pa ed west of the Mississippi river.
Fifty years ago law was enacted
against dueIing in the District of Co
lumbia. 1t grew out of the Cilley-
Graves duel.
Fifty years ago 1000 reformed
drunkards marched in procession at
the first anniversary Of the Washing
tonian society.
Fifty years ago Frederick Douglass,
the famous negro orator, journalist
and politician, escaped from slavery
at Baltimore, Maryland.
Fifty-one years ago the first steam
fire engine ever made was tested in
New York. 1t was invented by Cap
tain John Ericsson.
Fnty years ago the Sirius and the
Great Western the first ocean steam
ships, entered New York harbor on
their return trip No. /.
Fl 'ty years ago Joseph A. Adams,
for the first time, made use ofthe idea
now embodied in the art of electro
tFl n, by reproducing from wood
"cuts."
Fity years ago 1850 the first
wheat was shipped from Chicago,
amounting to seventy-eight bushels.
It was sent eastward by the lakes to
Buffalo.
Fifty years ago the first power loom
for weaving carpets was set in mo.
ton by f. b. Bigelow, of Boston.
Ten yards day was its original ca.
pacity.
Fifty years ago congress apprOpri-
ated 81 900 toward compiling agricul-
tural statistics of the large importa-
ton of breadstuHs shipped to Amcri.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16
Boys and the Tobacco Habit,

In an experimental observation of
thirty-eight boys of all classes of So
ciety and of average health who had
been using tobacco for periods rang
ing from two months to two years,
twenty.seven showed severe injury
to the constitution and insufficient
growth; 81 showed the existence Of
irregularity of the hearts action, dis
ordered stomachs, coughs and crav-
ing for alcohol; thirteen had inter-
mittency of the pulse and one had
consumption. After they had aban-
dOned the use of tobacco within six
months one half were free from all
their former symptoms, and the re-
mainder had recovered by the end
of the year.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16

a mortar mixer at the new hotel
was observed to be heating his kettle
Of coffee yesterday in way which
was no novelty to him, but it seemed
strange to reporter. He dug a
hole in Il pile of sand, placed a lump
of lime in it, sprinkled some water
on the lime, placed his kettle on it
and banked sand up around it.
When II o'clock struck he shouted,
Come to tay; your cOf1ee's q bilin'.
Portland Oregonian.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16

Catarrh originates in scrofulous
faint. Hoods Sarsaparilla purifes the
blood, aud thus permanently cures
catarrh. q
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-16

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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-04-27
HE APPLIED THE PROVERB.

"See here" said big man, in an,
angry voice, as he rushed into cheap
clothing store, "you are a swindler-a
rank, unlnitigated swindler, without
any principle Or sentiment of honesty
that's what you are"
"My vrendt, vot is de, matter?' asked
the merchant, in conciliatory tone.
You have 10 right 10 call me dose
names
sI haven't Look at this coat that
l gave you eight dollars for. It's all
pulling apart, and look at this vest,
and these pants. They look like r
cyclone had put'em ca to so out West
in"
Und for dot you call me swindler?'
"You bet | do"
"My vrendt, you forged one ting.
"Wha is that?'
"You should nefer shudge man by
his cloding." "-Nerchanl Traveller.