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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-27
The Dickens Partyi a. Seen BY I
Corroepondont.

The Dickens Party, a. Seen BY .
Correspondent.
For the past two weeks Maryville
has been In q state of excitement
and joyous anticipati0n.oa.ao !,
The ladies Of New Providence
chuch had pledged themselves to
aid sister county In erecting an
Academy that no doubt will prove
. blessing to the youth Of that sec.
tion. AS 1t is presided over by one
Of orr own graduates Mr.. John
Newman. "a o5
Bat the question comes up, @How
10 raise the money!" Several cul-
tured and elegant ladies of Mon
mouth Illinois, who are spending
the winter In our highly favored
cline. suggest a "Dickens' Party"
The suggestion takes with enthusi-
aam, for we all know full we'll the
fun and pleasure to be gained from
representations OF Dickens immor-
tai characters. A novelist whose
fame is lasting as the stars, and
whose remains rest in Westminster
Abbey with England's illustriOus
dead and his among so many graves
of the great and grand is the only
one that is never without flowers,
which shows how he ia enshrined
in the hearts of his admirers.
1t Is q task to get up such an en-
tertainment! But Mrs. Burger
| with her able coadjutors with rare
executive ability and by successful
engineering overcome all obstacles
and Dickens party is the result
The prominent characters Of
Bleak House are represented and
my Lord and Lady DedlOck are
selected for the host and hostess o.
the evening. The long line o
characters to the inspiring strains
Of the Grand March, are presented
to mine host and hostess by DR.
Bartlett in his own witty and in
structive manner. The principa
characters of Nicholas Nickelbl!
} Martin Chuzzlewit, Pickwick Pa
pers, Old Curiosity Shop, Davit
Copperfield, Dombey and Son wer'
faultlessly delineated. A lady WIN
has travelled in old England re
marked ~ the characters passed ii
review, 1t seemed like a living pan
Drama of scenes and costumes o
) that favored land, and thrill Q
: pride came over her, for she claim
} to be of English ancestry. Tn
characters from most OF Dickens
works are full Of humor, but on
I, stands forth in touching pathos
: Little Paul from DOmbey and So
! is loved by Is something frail an
: earthly, and reverenced as some
. thing heavenly and divine, Tn
J, childhood of little Paul and Flol
4 ence is invested with a halo, like
many tinted rainbow. Sewers
, were 80 we'll disguised, their mos
intimate friends failed to recogniz
9 them and where all were SO goo,
t it Is insidous to make distinction
e Suffice it is to say the "Dicken
e Party" with the nice substanti'
Q luncheon. was a decided success
y Notwithstanding the inclemer
II weather the audience was large an
8 appreciative. Several Of Kno!
= ville's fair young ladies graced Il
: scene. Miss Stella Eakin's recit,
tion was her very best effort an
II enjoyed by all. A vote Of thanks
9 due Messrs. Graham, Alexande
+ Everett and Mckinley for so kin,
II ~ assisting In the music.
g. Miss ANNIE +. ALDEN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
Death Rates.

The highest death rate in Europe is that of
Russia, ranging from 20 per 1000 in Cour-
land and % per | 900 in the Baltic province,
there being many physicians in both dis
tricts, to ~ in places where there are but
few. But onc-half of the children born in
some parts of Russia reach the seventh year,
and of LOCO male children only from 4S0 tol
400 reach the age of 81 years, and of these
only S75 are able bodied. Russia, with all
its teeming population, has only 1914 regu-
lar physicians, and surgeon TO 100, 900 popu-
lation The United States, having doctor
of medicine for every 600 of population,
shows the lowest death rate in the world,
England following.
The average life expectancy in the United
States is now 80 years; in England among
the urban population it is 50, and among the
ruralists "a years plus. Russians have life
expectancy of but % years, approximately,
and Chilians of the same, while in Ellobed, in
the Soudan, % years is a generation. The
average life in the Rome of the Caesars was
Is years; now it is 40 years. Within fifty
years the average in France has increased
from % to 454 years and in the days of
Queen Elizabeth the English average was but
20 years This great and progressive change
for the better is ascribed to advanced med
ical knowledge, better drainage and diet,
greater cleanliness and to vaccination and
the use of aneSthetics quinine and the like.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
Good Bargain.

Very few people are entirely satisfactory
in all lights and under all conditions. Most
of us need at times to put the best foot for
ward. A young wife, in receiving a wedding
call from an old friend, expressed her regret
that her husband was not also present.
HE was called out of town this morning."
she explained, alphabetically. Il am so sorry
you couldn't have seen him"
81 should have been very glad to meet
him." said the guest, politely. ''Of course
we are all DESTROYS of knowing him"
Harry isn't handsome, went on the bride,
critically Though don't know that you'd
say that, either, if you saw him in the even
ing. He does Eght up weAr'-Youths Com
paniOn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
CITY WARD BOUNDARIES.

FIRST Wards bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by San An
tonic river, south and west by center of s.
Laredo street and Alazan and San Pedro
creeks.
SECOND Wards bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by center OF
S. Laredo street and Alazan and San Pedro
creeks, south and west by city limits.
THIRD Wards bounded on the east by
San Pedro creek, north by Fredericksburg
road and city limits, west by city limits
and south by w. Commerce street.
FOURTH Wards bounded on the north
by city limits, south by w. Commerce street,
east by San Antonio river, west by San
Pedro creek and Fredericksburg road.
FIFTH WARD Is bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river, east by
Alamo and Madre bitches and south by w.
Commerce street.
SIXTH Wards bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river, south by +. Commerce street,
north and east by city limits.l
, SEVENTH WARD-ln bounded on the
north by Z. Commerce street, east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH Wards bounded on the north
nv e. Commerce street. west by San AntO-
MO river east by center of Water and Mill
streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30

looked over the record book of marriage
licenses the other day, and noticed in several
instances the remarks: Reporters will con-
fer favor by not publishing" Parties re-
quest that no mention be made in the news
papers," etc. was naturally inquiSitive,
and asked one of the officials connected with
the equity court if such requests were gen
orally complied with by the iews gatherers.
"Oh, yes" was the reply. "You see the mere
fact that license has been obtained amour Is
to nothing practically. Only when the Ger
tifcate of the officiating clergyman is at
tached is the record complete one."
The polite official related an instance of
one man who presented license which had
been issued twoyears previously, and wanted
to know if it was yet valid. He was informed
that it was good until used, for which infor
nation he seemed very grateful. You have
waited an extraordinary length of time"
said the official to him. my girl went back
on me" was the reply. Then this alters the
case; that license is only good for the parties
in whose names it was originally granted :"
That's all right, my girl has now changed
her mind, and Wen get hitched this time
suIe,n was the laconic answer.-W ASKING ton
Press
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30

iege discipline. Every student knew wen
his stereotyped way of saying, swell, I'll
excuse you this time, but don't let it happen
again" Although not in accordance with
tho usual rule, married man had been adj
mitted to pursue the studies of the regular
course. One day he was absent; on the next,
appearing with his class in the Doctors room,
he explained with great embarrassment that
the arrival of an heir had been the cause Of
his detention. Without looking up from his
table, and apparently without thought as
to the nature Of the excuse so long as there
was one, the doctor graciously remarked,
swell, I'll excuse you this time, but don't
let it happen again. Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
1Iarceau's Remains.

The remains of Marceau, which have been
deposited in the Pantheon, were exhumed at
Nice. Workmen there slowly raised the slab
which covered the tomb containing the ashes
of the general and the bodies of his sister and
brother-in law. As the ground was being
carefully searched, NJ. Noe[Parfait read
aloud the minutes which related to the burial
of Marceau in 1857. Soon the workmen
brought to light broken vase in red pot
terry covering an urn in white china, which
was also fractured, and which appeared to
be filed with earth and coal M. Noel-Par-
fat urged the workmen to take the greatest
care over their task, and asked for a news
paper for the purpose of inclosing the broken
urn. A copy Of The Petit Marseillais was
handed to him. In the middle of the urn
was an oblong leaden box, 25 centimetres by
10, bearing copper plate with the following
inscription: "Marceau, General of the Re-
public" All present uncovered their heads
as the box was brought to the surface NJ
Noel Parfalt delivered a short speech in feel
ing terms, adding: "His ashes are there, but
his name is everywhere" The authorities
present divided the debris of the vase among
themselves, and NJ Noel-Parfait took posses
sion Of the leaden box in the name of the
government-Paris Letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
Oddities of the Feet.

Are your feet mates9 is strange query, but
every shoemaker will tell you it is most
reasonable one Many people buy their shoe:
already made, and find it exceedingly dis
agreeable to break them in" new shoe
unless too tight or too loose, should never be
painful to wear Unless you have last Of
your own, or your feet are the same size, you
will always have trouble until the ready made
shoe is worn to the foot. This follows be
cause one of your feet is smaller than the
other, and while one of a pair Of shoes fits
the other does not While few may know it,
only about 8 per cent. have feet of the same
size. Generally the left foot is larger than
the right, though of course it is not uncom.
mon to see the latter the larger Why this is
would be hard to say, but if you have last
look at it the next time you go to your shoe
maker.-Interview in St Louis Globe Demo
crat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OFlMAILS.

PLEASANTON STAGE LINE.
Departs at 80 a. m. ;arrives 4:OO p. III.
usTOCKDALE STAGE LINE.
Departs at 800 a. m; arr yes at 7:5o p. m
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Departs east at 700 a. m. and l 40 PIN. ;
departs west at 2:0Op. m.
Arrives from the east at 100 p. m and Z: AS
o. IN. arrives from the west at 2:Oo p. m.
INTERNATIONAL q GREAT NORTHERN R'Y.
Departs north at tbs, a. m, and 2:0 p.
m arrives from the north at IL: and AS
p. IN.
arrive at 1880 a. nj.
SAN ANTONIO q ARKANSAS PASS RAILWAY.
uDeparts for Galveston, Cuero and Houston
at s 80 a. m. arrives at sop. ~.
at 10 .. m. arrives at 2:15 p. m,
departs for Kerrville at $50 p. m; arrives
at IL 80 d. nj.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
A Sniler's Bridge.

Some sarcastic writer has said that philoso-
piers, like spiders, spin their web out of their
own insides; but not every philosopher would
be able to get out of tight place" as quickly
and safely as did the particular spider of
whose exploits writer in The Hearth and
Home relates this story:
One day caught spider, and brought him
into the house to play with.
took basin and fastened a stick in it, like
vessels mast or a liberty pole, and then
poured IN water enough to turn the mast into
an island. On this placed my spider-Cru-
soc, as called him
As soon as he was fairly cast away he be-
gan anxiously running around to find a road
to the main land. He scampered down the
mast to the water, stuck out foot, got it
wet, shook it, ran around the stick and tried
the other side, and finally ran back up to the
top again.
Here he stopped as if to consider the mat
ter. put little molaSSes on the stick A
fly came, but the spider cared not for flies
just then.
He went slowly down the pole to the water
and touched it all round, shaking his feet
like a cat when she vets her paws in the
grass. Suddenly, as if inspired with a plan
for escape, he mounted to the top like a
rocket. He held one foot in the air, then an
other, and turned round two or three times
He seemed excited, and several times nearly
stood on his head. He had somehow discov-
cred that there was wind enough TO carry a
line ashore.
He pushed out a web that went floating in
the air until it caught on the table. Then he
hauled on the rope until it was tight, struck
it twice or thrice to see if it was strong
enough to hold him, and then he walked
ashore. He had earned his liberty, and
carried him back to his home web
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
THE ART OF oUARRELINe.
It Is the Second Word Which Fans the
Angry Spark Into Flame.

It Is the Second Word Which Fans the
Angry Spark Into Flame.
The first words of quarrel, which are gen.
orally too trifiing to be remembered, are like
the few sparks that fall upon the dry leaves
of the forest. The angry retort is the puff
of wind that blows them into fame. Then
the mischief is done past recall. Then two
hearts, friendly moment before, are full OF
anger. Then words are spoken which may
be forgiven, but hardly forgotten, and the
friendship is seldom quite as it was before.
Hence the old saying, "It is the second word
that makes the quarrel" That second word
usually wounds the pride or the self love of
him to whom it is addressed 1t may take
form that implies doubt of the others
veracity-a dire offense to any one not wholly
debased. Often it insinuates a low, small,
unworthy motive Sometimes the madden
ing word is truth as when Brutus told Cas-
sius he had an etching palm to sell his offices
for gold" Cassius was so enraged that he
cried:
an itching palm
You know that you are Brutus that speak this,
Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last
Ugly truths must sometimes be spoken, but
not when two persons are bound by interest
and duty to avoid quarreling
Another most irritating retort is one which
attributes cowardice. Courage and truth
fitness being the very foundations of respect
able character, remark which conveys an
intimation of a want of either is pure pro-
vocative of quarrel
There are tones in the voice which cannot
be described, but every reader, unless he is
high class saint, has used them in the early
moments of a quarrel The most innocent
in ha la in
as to rasp and humiliate, particularly if it is
accompanied by a certain look out of the
eyes.
Human beings, old or young, never appear
in so poor and mean light as when they are
quarreling. A family quarrel is among the
most sorrowful and vulgar of all displays of
human infirmity.
Among people living in the same house,
sitting three times day at the same table,
being together in the evening, working to-
gether in the daytime, all possessing ner-
vous system and tender self love, it must
needs be that offenses come. Irritating words
will be Internationally spoken, expected at
tentions will be omitted, the material of a
quarrel will frequently be created. Two
things should be borne in mind by every in
mate one is, that it takes two persons, at
least, to make a quarrel; the other, that the
quarrel usually dates from the second word.
Tom-What did you take my bat for,
Charles-I didn't take your bat, and you
know it.
Tom--You are a liar!
In this case Charles made the quarrel, be-
cause he met the merely irritating first word
with a grossly insulting second Put down
the brakes hard upon the second word
Youths Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30

burned with tine Iuea unaU Cney win pass Inpo
the next world for the use of the departed
This celebration brings large numbers of pso-
pie together, and the day is one of feasting
and entertainment 1t is said to have arisen
from some tradition of young man who
went down to the Internal regions to bring
back his mother and, according to the story,
he was successful in his quest.
In Boston all these holidays are celebrated
by the Chinese, and besides them there are
the holidays of the "Chinese Freemasons,"
to which order many Of the Americanized
Cinnamon belong. Boston Globe
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
A Dizzy Height.

Some time ago The Companion printed an
account of the Eiffel tower, then in process OF
building, and since then very much written
and talked about. A correspondent of an
English newspaper furnishes graphic de.
scription of the sensations experienced in
climbing this really wonderful structure.
Midway in the ascent he stopped to breathe,
and even there the apparently bottomless
depth Of the gulf below gave him a very sin.
gular feeling of helplessness.
The maze of stays and girders seems hope.
lessly confused. Though the hand rail is
high enough, still there are thoughts of going
over, which are anything but pleasant
However, perseverance is well repaid when
enc steps out ON the top platform. A mount
ain 1000 feet high is thought to be merely a
hill, but there is no comparison between ,OOO
feet of mountain and /, 900 feet of Eiffel The
absence of any ground falling away from
ones feet, or of surrounding mountains, gives
a sense of isolation and unnaturalness new to
any but a balloonist or steeple jack.
1t takes a few moments before one can
muster nerve to walk to the edge of the plat
form and look over You must have strong
head to do that An apparently smooth band
of metal, though it is really a network of
bars, falls away at steep angle to the
ground. There, huddled together, seem to
be few skylights glistening in the sun. In
reality these are the exhibition buildings, and
one cannot at once realize that the winding
rivulet is the silver Seine. The Pont de Jena
is like a straw, and the other bridges become
less and less defnable.
The overpowering sense of ones own inslg.
niticance for time prevents recognition of
familiar buildings. That gilt button is the
magnificent dome of the Invalides: that
stump of sealing wax is the monument in the
Place de la Bastille: the Pantheon looks like a
new half penny; the towers of Notre Dame
are scarcely distinguishable; st. Augustin
might be anything, and the Arc de Triomphs
requires careful Identification. Paris is but
a mat in a carpet of green and blue. The
only distinguishable moving objects are small
clouds of white smoke travelling slowly
along-the railways themselves not existing
even in a line.-Youth's Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
The Engine of Civilization,

-Editor-The owner of the paper was
in here today.
Editor-in- Chief-Indeedl Did he ask who
wrote that stirring editorial ON 1.-THE Prob
lem Of the Hour?"
S. E.-No. He didn't mention the editoria
page.
E. l. Cob! Wanted to compliment US Oh
our improved new Ssrvice, SUPPOSED
s. E.-He said nothing about that.
E. l. Gle didn't What in the world did
he saya
s. E-He asked how many Want" ad
refreshments we had.-New YoFT Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
A Conflict of SUGGESTIONS.

The Gardiner (Me.) News has made the dis
covery that there are Just thirteen houses on
Capitol island, and that the man who build
the thirteenth was drowned before living in
it a year. This was the man who had a
horseshoe over his door, too, but The News
says he got it upside down. What a choice
bit of news for the superstitiousl
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
The Force of Habit,

Speaking Of force of habit reminds me Of
a story that might bear repeating, says a
writer. In most colleges it is the custom for
one member of the faculty, usually the pres
ident, to have the supervision of all absent
and dilatory students, and to him every such
one must go to explain the cause Of his alb
sence or hardness. In one Of these was E
verV kind and indulgeut guardian of the col
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30

$76 90 to $4,000 Aad MU Working f Ssn u Ss
Agents preferred who can furnish a horse
and give their whole time TO the business.
SPARE moments may be proftably employed
aiso, few vacancies in towns and cities.
r. F. JOHNSON Il Co. 1909 Main St., Rich
mond, Va.
N. R.-Please state age and business expe-
rience. Never mind ABOUT sending stamp fof
reply B. F.J. & Co. 4-40-6m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30


Poor. unfortunate Batrachian! In what a
sad plight he must have been. And yet his
misfortune was one that often befalls singers.
Many a once tuneful voice among those who
belong to the "genus homo is utterly spoiled
by cold in the head, or on the lungs, or both
combined. For tho above mentioned croak-
err" we are not aware that any remedy was
ever devised; but we rejoice to know that all
human singers may keep their heads clear and
threats in tune by the timely use of DR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy and DIR. Pierce's Gold II
ical Discovery, both of which are b. y
druggists.
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures , st
cases of Catarrh in the Head, no 'L'ir. OF
how long standing, while for al - i.gcai,
bronchial, throat and lung aft i.pn., DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Disco ~ is posi-
lively unequaled. 1t cures the o.: hnger-
ing coughs and builds up a, fisk and
strength of those who have ."rr reduced
by wasting diseases. 1t is sya;gtecd to
benefit or cure in all diseas tu' which it il
recommended, If taken in ," ard given
fair trial, or money paid fC 49, funded
Copyright, 1885, by woRLT ~. uEo. ASSN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
Dr., PIERCE ELLETS

regulate and cleanse tho l.. ar, stomach and
bowels. They are purely vegetable and per-
fectly harmless. One a Dose. Sold By
druggists. Is cents q vial
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30

A one legged sparrow-the other having
been probably lost in trap-hops regularly
for its meals every day to the house of John
L. Fulton, in West Chester, Pa
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC X, X.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST. ID
Leave For New Orleans, Houston ana Gal-
weston 8 80 a. m. and S:l5 p. IN.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Houston and
Galveston, 100 and 4.10 p. III.
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, Ell PasO and Eagle
Pass 4.40 p. IN.
Arrive from San Francisco, Ell Paso and
Eagle Pass 500 a. m.
S.A.& A. p. r. Remission Route.
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
For Cuero, Houston, Galveston. .S.45 a. IN
g Beeville, Corpus Christi and
RockpOrt ....................l 80 p. III
Train for Kerryille. ........... -. 4:GO p. m
AR. From CuerO, Houston and
and Galveston, .......:.. 6:4o D. m.
From Corpus Christi, Rock
port and Beeville. Lab p. m.
From Kerrville. IL. OPP. m.