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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
The Dangers Of Hair Washes.

Recent analyses have shown that the
preparations for bleaching the hair to
1.-THE delicate golden shade so much
admired by the court circles of Europe
and the best society Of the United
States" to quote from label on one
of the bottles, all depend for their
action upon the decolorizing and cor
rosive influence Of nascent oxygen or
nascent chlorine. The bases used in
the various nostrums for this purpose
are peroxide Of hydrogen, aqua regia
and bronzers' acid. Peroxide of n.y.
drogen is the mildest and most innocu-
GUS of the trio named. It is colorless
liquid which destroys the natural color
of the hair, and which, if used long
enough, turns it an unnatural grayish
white. . 1t is rather expensive, and is,
therefore, used much less than the two
other acids.
1t produces sores upon the scalp,
and gives rise to skin complaints that
resemble letter, salt rheum and scald
head. The two acids are equally vile.
They attack and eat the hair and skin
alike. The former they partly bleach,
and partly burn TO a handsome gold
color, and the latter they stain to
about the same hue as does a light ap-
plication Of iodine. Besides the der
matologic troubles named. they cause
maladies hardly distinguishable from
eczema and erythema. One curious
disease that they cause is inflamma.
ton of the cells of the hair follicles.
The cellular walls break down, and
lymph, and often blood, is extravasat.
ed in appreciable quantities. All three
bases produce failing out Of the hal,
and premature badness. - Medical
Classics.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
Burial Of = Hercules"

An unusual sensation was produced
among the visitors and the employees
at the cemetery of Pere la Chaise
when hearse entered the gate, fol
lowed by about $50 men of extraordi-
nary size and strength. Some were
neatly attired in black garments,
while others displayed, below a light
overcoat, their legs incased in tights
and spangles. All the wrestlers and
Hercules" in Paris had come to the
cemetery for the interment of one Of
their colleagues, Louis Launay-Lau'
nay, who belonged to a wealthy family,
and was fred at a very early age with
the ambition to display his muscles at
the different fairs. His strength and
ability soon won him fame. He was
accidentally bitten by a pet terrier and
died from hydrophobia. Letter.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
WHY THEY WEAR DIAMONDS.

Ths Hotel Clerk says Il Gives . Look q
Prosperity.
'That's all right about joking the
hotel clerks about their big dia-
monds," said the hotel clerk a. be
reached over the desk ~ though he
intended to grab the writer. II hon.
estly think that when newspaper map
have to write a four or Ave line ioke
to fill in they tackle the hotel man
and his diamonds. Well, il there = .
class Of people in all this world who
ought to wear diamonds, they are The
hotel clerks. They are an all suffering
class Is sure a you live. Why, s
they were treated right they would
be presented by admiring friends with
diamonds and watches galore, day n
and day out through tho entire yeaE
'Now, let me give yoa pointer on
how the clerks all seem to hitch on %
diamonds. The hotel clerk takes TO
the glittering stones like a duck takes
to water. Now, the proprietor OF the
hotel wants the man who stands p.
hind the desk to be as neat as pin.
It gives the house standing. You
cannot think OF O hotel clerk in Boz
ton who is not well dressed man:
They must dress well, and if they did
not the trade would begin to fall Oh.
Then, to make things stronger, The
clerk must Of necessity wear diar
monds. This is to give the house IN
air Of prosperity which It would not
otherwise have, perhaps The prcpsi-
etors want their men to wear precious
stones. It gives the guests chance
to say, We'll, these fellows are pretty
well paid and the house must be doing
q pretty good business when they ~
wear EN- So you can see why Il u
the moment a man gets position -
hotel clerk he at once goes hustling
and buys diamond. It's part Of The
business.
1T is q wonder to me-" continued
the clerk thoughtfully, shat more
hotel clerks do not die from nervous
prostration. Why, there are days that
Island behind here that I really don't
know what my name il. Ifeel com
pletely turned around. II is no easy
task to have 500 guests in room and
answer questions to about fifteen q .
time. Then the questions which are
asked. They are simply paralyxing.
I really and honestly think that int
the moment man with the average
amount Of common sense stands before
a hotel clerk he forgets all that 10
ever knew. There was q fellow hare
a moment since who asked me If The
gentleman in 48 was in. ] answered
that he was not. When will he coma
inf' he inquired, and half q dosen
very silly questions followed.
II know it's an old minstrel eag,
but one granger asked me yesterday
what time the 4 o'clock train left for
Worcester. We are expected to know
everything, and if we do not know 4
all a majority Of the guests kick and
say that we are stupid. From the mo
ment a clerk goes ON duty until be
leaves his desk, life is burden. He
does not have a single moments hap
piness."
The diamond stud glittered in III
clerks shirt front, and a dangeroul
glitter was in his eyes, as an up coan
try customer wanted to know Il b
could have front room with bath to-
SIS day.-Boston Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31

st. Paul says the world is to +
saved by the foolishness Of preaching.
But not by foolish preaching. Tho
is q good deal Of foolish preachine.
What wonder If stand up essoSs,
stepped in poppy juice, should sGnd
the congregation TO the land of Noal
Who is to blame when barrenn6n
follows the sewing Of nothingi n
reason why many preacher has ~
better "luck" in fishing for men, -
firms successful pastor, is that II
will insist on whipping q stream =.
ready fished out, or in trying TO ca1oh
salt fish in fresh waters, or in flyi1G
for salmon where only mud q
abound, and not infrequently in =
cling on dry groundsi-Clergyman =
g. Louis Republic.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
Hawk Day.

Was it a good day for hawks !?
Mr.. Lafayette Everett on the 22nd
inst shot with rifle six large blue
hawks at the foot of the mountain
near Melrose Springs, went out
after - m. and got home by 5 p. m.
with the result above stated. Quite
: a hawk tale. This beats the past
record as far as heard from. The
writer saw the birds and procured
= one tail for a fan. Reference,
WALLACE MILsAP,
VIM. HENRY,
]. s. BONHAM.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
Jumped . Rabbit.

s. B. Bird, a colored farmer of this
county, says that two colored women
were fishing three miles southeast Of
the A. s. Mills place and their dog
jumped q rabbit and ran it into hol-
low near by them. They did not stop
to get the rabbit and in q short time
the dog ran another in the same
hollow, whereupon they stopped and
went to get the rabbits, and when
they cut into the hollow they found
nine opossums, two rabbits, one tur-
tie weighing thirty-6ve pounds, and
. moccasin snake, all from that one
hollow.-Early County (Ga) Newa
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
A NORTH CAROLINA GAME.
4 Play That Il Very Popular Throughout
the Mountains.

4 Play That Il Very Popular Throushsst
the Mountains.
Back in the North Carolina noun
tains the student Of customs may still
find material for research. The most
unique are the kissing games, which
still cling to the soil. A lot Of big
limbed, powerful young men and ap-
pie checked, buxom girls gather and
select one Of their number as master
Of ceremonies. He takes his station in
the center Of the room, while. the rest
pair off and parade around him. Sud-
denly one young woman will throw
up her hands and say;
I'm a-pinin'."
The master Of ceremonies takes itup
and the following dialogue and inter.
locution takes place:
"Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp says
she's a-pinin'. What is Miss Arabella
Jane Apthorp a-pinin' fori'
'I'm a-pinin' fur a sweet kiss"
Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp says
she's a-pinin' fur a sweet kiss. Who
is Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp arpin-
in fur q sweet kiss frumT
I'm a-pinin' fur a very sweet kiss
frum Mr.. Hugh Waddle." Blushes,
convulsive giggles and confusion on
the part OF Miss Arabella Jane APP
thorp at this forced confession. Mr..
Hugh Waddle walks up manfully
and relieves the fair Arabella's pin
in" by a smack which sounds like a
S-year-old steer drawing his hoof out
of the mud.
Then a young man will be taken
with a sudden and unaccountable
"pinin'," which after the usual OK.
change Of questions and volunteered
information reveals the name Of the
maiden who causes the "gnawin'
and "pinin'." She coyly retreats out.
door, only to be chased, overtaken,
captured and forcibly compelled to re.
lieve her captor's distress.
At one of these entertainments
which it was the narrators fortune to
attend there was remarkably beauti.
full young woman, who had been mar
ried about q month. Her husband
was present, a huge, beetle browed,
black eyed young mountaineer, with
fist like a ham. The boys fought
shy Of the bride for fear Of mourning
the anger Of her hulking spouse. Thu
game went on for some time, wher
symptoms Of irritation developed il
the giant. Striding to the middle o
the room, he said:
my wife ez pooty n ez nice n
sweet ez any gyurl hyar. You un
has known her all her life. Thi
game hez been a-goin' on half an hou
an nobody has pinned for her once;
Ef some one doesn't pine fur her poot,
soon thar will be trouble"
She was the belle Of the ball ate
that. Everybody pinned for her.
Washington Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
Tn anks.

Mrs. P. M. Bartlett will please
accept the thanks of the editor of
the TIMES for splendid boquet of
rare flowers gathered from the fine
lawn of her own fOme, also for a
silver basket filled with the choic-
est peaches from the celebrated
Dayton peach farm, spoken of in
DR.. Bartlett's article in to-day's
TIMES. Such rememberances are
highly priced and its a pleasure to
thank Mrs. Bartlett for them.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
THE FEAST OF cRIckErs.
4 Elorentine Festival which Il Celsbrated
with Much Enthusiasm.

A Elorentine Festival which Il Celebrated
with Much E.thusiasm.
Many years ago, NO one knows
when or how, the custom was insh-
tuted among the Florentines and con.
tadini round about OF celebrating As
cension day at the "Cascini, " a large
park two miles in extent adjoining the
city on the west. There, In a broad,
beautiful meadow, surrounded by q
profusion and great variety Of flowers,
the old and young Of both sexes give
themselves up to full enjoyment Of
the day, in the manner best suited to
their various ages and tastes. EARLY
in the morning thousands Of faces are
turned towards the scene Of the festiv-
ity, and q constant stream Of peo-
PIE enter this delightful park to court
the gracious shade Of its fne old trees
and luxurious shrubbery, or take part
in the more lively and fatiguing num-
bers Of the liberal programme offered
for diversion.
At 10 o'clock procession Of monks
may be seen to start from an old
chapel and move towards st. Vito.
Before entering the church they pause
upon an eminence overlooking the
happy scene below, while priest
blesses the throng who participate in it.
One Of the many amusements is the
catching of crickets (grilli and i'm
prisoning them in diminutive cages
made of wood, wire or cornstalk A
leaf Of lettuce or few blades Of grass
are given the captive to eat between
songs, and if healthy and we'll fed he
will live and sing for months. This
particular part Of the days programme
grew in Importance from year to
year, until finally it became
the chief feature of the day,
and now Ascension day is more
commonly called by the Florentines
the festival Of the cricket ia fiesta del
grillD, and while all fiesta days of the
year are dear to the Floreptine, none is
so dear to the children as ia fiesta del
grill, and their bright faces may he
seen to glow with pleasure as they re
turn home in the evening in possession
Of their little black songsters.
There existed formerly a supersti
ton to the effect that If the pet grille
die before certain day in the future
two months from the time Of it
capture, I believe-the death was con
sidered an omen Of misfortune to thu
possessor; but if, on the contrary, i
should live its allotted time, then the
reverse was to be expected. This su
perstition is still strong among certain
Of the contadini. At noon the games
cease and all sit down to the family o.
''party spread" where, as q center
piece. the familiar three quart rusl
bound flask Of Tuscany wine regard
his surrounding of solid food and pic
mic delicacies with complacency, ant
being often consulted by those VIII
surround the 'board, he does his hes
to brighten and enliven the occasion.
| After thoroughly appreciativ'
dinner and welcome rest the order o
the day is resumed, and each occupie
the remainder Of the day to his owl
liking. Along the broad, shady av
enues may be seen and heard the ven
ders Of the little chirping bestie, AM
calling out their various points, as
"Eccoi Signorii belle voci; TENOR
baritoni 9 soprani. New York HON
Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
About he upsa ne.

Supernatural, almost diabolical, in
Auences are attributed to the f.
NOUS upas tree, which, according to
all accounts, is 20 deadly that
II a hot wind passes over it
an odor is carried along which
u fatal to whoever breathes It. Old
letters, written from Paris in 1912 by
1.-THE Turkish Spy" describe . plant
cultivated in q garden in the city that
blasts all that grows within ten cubits
Of it, roots. They callit ill neigh
bor." He declares that there was q
withered circle around it, while the
tree itself was green and thrifty.
There is tradition Of q poison or upas
tree that grows in the Island Of Java,
from which a putrid steam rises and
kills whomsoever it touches. Eoersch,
q Dutch physician n7S9, says:
''Not tree or a blade Of grass Is to be
found in the valley or surrounding
mountains. Not a beast or bird or
reptile or living thing lives in the
vicinity.
ION one occasion 1, 600 refugees en-
camped within fourteen miles Of it,
and all but 300 died within two
months" The falsehood Of this story
Is exposed by Bennett, who says: 1.-The
tree (upas), while growing, is quite
innocuous, though the juice may be
used for poison; the whole neighbor-
hood is most richly covered with
vegetation; men may fearlessly walk
under the tree and birds roost in its
branches" Darwin, in his Loves of
the Plants" has perpetuated Foersch's
fable when he says:
On the blasted heath
Fell Upas dts. the hydra tree Of death.
It is probable that the fable Of the
blighting influence Of the upas tree
has been derived from the fact that
there is in Java small tract Of land
on which nothing can live. This il
caused, not by the ''fell upas," but by
emanations Of carbonic acid gas,
which are constantly going on. Al
the same time, it is quite true that the
juice of the upas is a deadly poison. =
All the Year Round.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
Luther and Music.

Luther had often stood with others
Of his youthful companions in the
streets Of Mansfield and Magdeburg in
the bitter cold, singing for the meager
fare Of piece of bread and a cup Of
warm drink. A story is told that
Luther was one day singing in the
streets of Eisenach "Pani m proper
Deum" in tones SO appealing that Frau
Gotta frantically brushed from her
house, and, returning with the
boy, gave him seat at her
well flled board. But the Cur
rende was Of more importance to
Luther as training school than as a
means Of bringing him daily bread.
All the boys were carefully instructed
in homophony and polyphony. This
early tuition was afterwards of inesti-
mable comfort to the young man, and
more especially during the years he
entered into the cloister. The young
Augustine monk often chased his
melancholy away when in the monas-
terry at Erfurt by playing on the lutte:
It is related that one day, after self
inflicted chastisement, he was found
in fainting condition in his cell, and
that his clustered brethren recalled
him to consciousness by soft music,
well knowing that music was the bal.
sam for all wounds Of the troubled
mind of their dear Martinus." As
an instrumentalist Luther excelled in
the playing of the lutte and flute, and
as a singer was gifted with clear and
powerful voice, which he retained al
most to the end of his fe.-Cassell's
History of Music.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
Sunday School Convention.

A Sunday School Convention
will be'held at Miser, Tenn, on the
10th of August, beginning at hail.
past nine in the morning. A num-
Der of Sunday School workers will
be present. A good program Of
exercises will be presented.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31

A negro in Georgia says he is
Christ, says he will lead the negroes
into the promised land. Hundreds
have quit work and started. The
authorities adjudged him insane
and sent him TO the asylum.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
A Big Sale.

A company Of men in this county
had purchased a tract Of land of
fifteen thousand acres in the Chill
howee mountains and had been
holding It for a number of years
hut sold it last week to some Mich.
iganders fer 100000.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31

The farmers dollar is heavy. II is
no wait to him. He knows how many
strokes of his labor it represents His
bones ache with the days labor that
earned it. He knows how much land
it representative much rain, frost
and sunshine. He knows that in the
dollar he gives you 70 much discretion
and patience, % much hoeing and
threshing. Try 10 lift his dollar, you
must lift all that vsight-Emerson.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-31
Knoxville District Conference.


SEvIERvILLE, TENN, July "a
The Knoxville District Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
sbegan its session in the Methodist
Episcopal Church of this place, this
morning. Rev. w. Haskell con-
Quoted the opening exercises. The
presiding elder, Rev. ]. s. Petty,
called the conference to order, and
Rev. M. A. Rule was elected
:, secretary.
The president announced the
following committees on examine
ton!
/. To examine candidates for
license to preach-L. E. Prentiss,
PHI. Henry, ]. 8. Jones.
2. First years course of study
J. A. Ruble, r. o. Ayers, w. X.
Leaper.
8. Second years course of study
w. T. Senter, ]. G. Nicholson,
John Cox.
4. Third years course of study
D. s. Hodsden, PHI. Henry, George
BrOOme.
5. Fourth years course Of study
w. M. Haskell, 7. r. West, R. G.
Robertson.
6. For orders-W. M. Haskell,
r. 0. Ayers, J. A. Ruble.
Z. For admission into the annual
conference-L. E. Printiss, M. A.
Rule, J. G. Nicholson.
Other committee were nominal.
eddy committee for that purpose.
At 1890 a. m. Rev. L. E. Prentiss
preached a plain practicable ser.
mon from Joshua 1-6.
At 2:3O p. m. conference conven'
ed and Rev. r. o. Ayers led in an
earnest prayer.
The presiding elder reported his
district, in which he stated the dis
trict was never in as good a condi
ton, in all respects, as now.
The pastors of the following
churches reported.
Emert Cove, Fair Garden, Asy
lum Street and Clinch Street
Knoxville; Little River, Loudon
So Maryville, New Market, New
Salem and Sevierville, all showing
"a very favorable condition on al
lines.
Rev. ]. s. Jones gave an accoun
of the growth of the work in Nortl
Knoxville, showing that there wa
Sunday-sch0ol with an enroll
ment of $50. The congregations a
the evening services are growing.
Prof. l.. 8. Fuller, the newl!
elected principal Of Holston semi
nary, gave an account of the out
look of that old Methodist school
The buildings are being repaired
and the school will open August Is
1889.
Professor Fuller is a thorough
scholar, and no doubt will do excel
lent work.
Ten of the regular pastors are II
attendance, with a large number G
laymen.
The conference is being royal,
entertained by the good people Q
this capital town. The best churcl
building in the place is where W
are holding our conference.
Rev. d. s. Hodsden preached
very instructive sermon to a goo
congregation this evening. E.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
ROADS AND BRIDGES,
The House Asks for $50. 600
to Build Them With This
Year,
While There Is But One-Sevs
enth Of the Amount On
Hand.
A Complete List Of the Road
and Bridge Bills Enacted
Upon.
Amendments Proposed to the
Laws Governing These
Public Ways.

The road and bridge fund of the state
is derived from IA 5 per cent tax levied
upon all cash sales of government lands.
At the close of the session of 1887, the
members of the legislature had intro
duced bills for roads and bridges
amounting to $4,000. AS there was
only $4,000 in the fund at that time, the
house committee on roads and bridges
had all of the bills indefinitely post
poned. In consequence, since 1885 the
state has been unable to give aid in this
direction. This year the road and bridge
fund amounts to but 5000, yet the
house committee on dis and bridges
has before it bills to the amount of
S151, 900. The desk of Chairman A.
Davis, of the committee, is literally
filled with these bills. 1t will be mani
testify impossible for the state treasury
to meet these demands, so that the
death of all these measures IS probable.
A complete list of all the road and
bridge bills introduced this session and
the amount asked for is given herewith.
The table shows the county, the stream
or road, and the amount:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
INFLATED CURRENCY.

The government every month buys 81
100000 of silver and transmutes it into
coin that passes at its face value for
S2,S00,000. That looks like pretty fair
speculation-a gain of 100000 month,
less the small cost of coming. The sill
yer producers are trying to have the
amount doubled. When they succeed
there will seem to be profit of 81, 6O0,-
600 month. But the government can
not create financial values. Every dol
lar it obtains must come from some
pocket. If there ais but ~ to rs cents
worth of silver in dollar, some one
will some time have to lose the short
age. 1t will be the holder of the coin,
unless the government steps in with
the money it has exacted from the pub
lie without recompense. In an individ-
ual such transaction would exile him
from the classes that truly good presi-
dent likes to have standing around him.
The larger the amounts of silver coined,
the sooner will the crisis in silver arrive.
There is more of the coin turned out
now than the country is able to absorb.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
OLD SORES.

The special friends OF the late Gen.
LOGAN are reported to be faring poor
ly in the distribution at Washington.
Before his death the BLAINE people
had no love for the old soldier, and his
wife has expressed her belief that their
prosecutions fastened his death. 1t
was known that in the contest in 1884
the relations of the two candidates
were strained, land even the urgent party
need hardly diverted the public eye.
The feeling infected some of the closer
friends of the champions and chieftains.
1t will be remembered that one of the
most active stumpers in that campaign
was Col. DOMAIN. He was one of the
body guard of LOGAN when he swung
around the circle, and spoke from the
rail car platform at all the stations
under the eye of the candidate for the
second place, and yet at no time did he
ever say word in favor of BLAINE.
If others were less honest, the feeling
was still evident. DOMAIN will not be
in danger of having to decline an office
from the administration, not at least
within the eyesight of BLAINE. He
does not forget events or people,