The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-02
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THE only stimulant now INDUCED In
by Prince Bismarck is tea.
THEY say the late storm East has de-
stroyed millions Of oysters.
AN American system of police alarm
boxes has been put up in London.
A GEORGIA woman, aged eighty-seven,
claims never to have tasted water.
VELVET is to play an important part
in the new fall and winter bonnets.
THERE is talk OF erecting statue OF
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe in Hartford.
Two Egyptian princes, sons OF the
Khedive, are being educated at Vienna.
THREE things should never be cut-an
.yster, lettuce or considerate cred
tor.
JAY GOULD has an orchid in his con-
servatory at Irvington that is valued at
$4,000.
from Europe with his eyesight entirely
restored.
AFTER October the French soldiers
pay will be 81 confines day, or little
over cents.
ROBERT LINCOLN has never been
known to refer to any event in his
fathers career.
DIR. A. WoRDEN. of Petoskey, Mich,
has just sold out patent rat-trap OF his
invention for $4,000.
THE Brown-Sequard elixir of life is
said to be an old and established remedy
among the Ute Indians.
AN English lady has left $4,000 to DO
devoted to the photographing of the
stars, planets and nebul@.
WHILE examining a bunch of bananas,
Boston dealer found snake two feet
long concealed under the fruit.
JOHN PRAUGH, aged eighty-four, and
his good wife, aged seventy-six, are the
parents of recently-born baby.
FIFTEEN of the twenty-five mayors
who have governed Chicago have been
natives of the State of New York.
THEODORE BAKER has harvested $500
bushels of onions, worth $1,000, on ten
acres Of land near Bridgeton, N. J..
THE prisoners at the Oregon peniten-
tiary are making brick. They turn out
10000 day, which find quick sales.
New YORK has announced her inten-
ton of paving her streets anew, and is
discussing materials for the purpose
MEN OF science who have investigated
the subject declare that the coast OF
New Jersey is sinking at the rate of two
feet in century.
CARDINAL MANNING and the Lord
Mayor and Bishop of London are deserv-
ing of great praise for their services
in settling the dock laborers' strike.
The largest sequoia tree has been
found in Tulare County, Cal. 1t meas
ures 1855 feet in circumference at point
above the ground as high as man could
reach.
Work on q line of horse-cars from
Cairo to the Pyramids is nearly finished,
and an elevator is to be constructed to
take travellers to the tops Of these an.
cient piles.
The Brotherhood of Baseball Players
profess to have scheme on foot to break
away from the League, form an organi
cation of their own, and to run the clubs
themselves.
THE result of the Brazilian election is
complete victory for the Liberals and
for the Emperor, who is Liberal him
self. He believes himself the last EN-
peror of Brazil.
A BILL making it a misdemeanor tc
sell, give or in any furnish minors with
pir hoe nj
the Georgia Legislature. The penalty
isa fine or imprisonment, or both.
HAYTI is to have new national flag
and wants ideas and suggestions. While
this is our busy day, says the Detroit
Free Press, we would suggest two ton
cats hanging over clothes line on
yaller background.
THE engagement between the adopted
daughter of G. p. Huntington and Prince
Hatfield has been broken off abruptly
The Prince demanded that his debts
sSOO,OOO-be liquidated by his prospect
i've father-in-law, which was refused.
FRANK w. HALE, of Dover, N. H., ha
squash that weighs one hundred
pounds. 1t is still growing, and Hal,
hopes it will double its present weight
In twenty-eight hours its circumference,
increased an inch and three-quarters.
Mrs. HARRISON is in receipt of nearl,
thirty requests day for pieces of he
dress and clippings from the President
neckties The requests come from PEG
pie who desire to use the pieces in Graz,
quilts or preserve them as mementoes.
JOAQUIN MILLER, who gave to the in
that it is written and spelled improp
erly. The correct form is Idaho, will
the accent on the middle syllable. Tn
name means the light on the mountains
THE late "Sunset" Cox said a shor
time before his death that the one &C
of his life which he remembered with tn
greatest pride and pleasure, was tn
part he took in securing the establish
ment of the Government Life Savin
service.
CARDINAL. MANNING is slight, grace
full, delicate, gracious dignified mar
Like all intelligent Englishmen, he i
deeply interested in the United State.
and regards this country as the futur
home of the greatest number of English
speaking people.
THE suicide of Baltimore man tn
other day is fully explained by the state
ment that he was a woman hater. Fo
years had his aversion to women bee
so great that he would step from tn
sidewalk to avoid passing one too closely
and he would not sit at the samA tail