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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19

that women feel no inttra in politics
and would submit to disfranchisemen
with indifference, is wholly incorrect,
All the women with whom | conversed
expressed great interest in politics, and
showed an intelligence in regard to
local affairs and officials which | have
never met among women who did not
vote. They were eagerly interested in
the hope for Statehood, and their many
meetings held this summer to enforce
their demand for the guarantee of their
freedom in the new constitution is proof
of their jealous care of their own in.
terests.
Other statements are that women as
jurors were unsatisfactory. Whereas
Judges Hoyt, Kingman, and other iur.
lists in whose courts women have served
as jurors. are emphatic in declaring that
they were admirable in their conduct.
Indeed. the next assertion of the anony-
nous writer proves his ignorance of the
whole question, for he describes jury
women as weeping for the babies from
whom they were separated, when every
one in Wyoming knows that women
with young families were never called
on for jury duty Mrs. Esther Morris,
the famous woman justice of the peace,
is quoted, not over her own name, but
I|only by her title, as not favoring woman
suffrage. Now l saw Mrs. Morris and
had long talk with her while in Chey-
and @ N hot 11xy -
all that has been done for her sex. She
wished that women were more active in
politics, but admitted that where they
were so outnumbered by men they were
not likely to do very much.
The article closes by declaring that
the laws are no better for women in
Wyoming than in adjoining States. In
some respects this is true, since the laws
in many of the Western States are so
liberal for women that they could hard
ly be improved; but the Territory has
one law on its statute books which has
no counterpart in any State, and that is
the law securing equal pay for equal
work to women and men as school-teach-
erS.
The final slur is an intimation that
women are no better off industrially
there than elsewhere. In any State
where there are so few women among SO
many men, it is natural to find nearly
all the women occupied in their domes-
tic duties; but, as fact, women do hold
high positions. They have been clerks
in the Legislature, State Librarians,
etc. The clerk in the Secretary Of
States Office is brilliant young lady,
and women hold other positions not
filed by women in less favored States.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19
IN WOMAN'S WORLD.

A TYPE-wRrTER's Union has lately
been organized among women in Lon
don, to prevent the lowering of wages.
THE browning glory of the gains of
1889 is, that Wyoming has ratified her
Woman Suffrage State Constitution by a
vote of eight to one.
THE Kentucky University, at Lexing-
ton, has just opened its doors to women,
owing to the efforts of the Kentucky
Equal Rights Association. 1t has now
twenty young women enrolled.
THE World was Made for Woman.
Also" has been adopted as the motto Of
the Sorosis Club of Bombay. The club
was recently given reception by Mrs.
Scott, wife of the Chief-Justice.
THERE are thirteen societies of work
ingwomen. or Women's Trades Unions,
in London. OF these the Matchmakers,
established July, 1888, is the largest. 1t
has 76O members. The Bookbinders',
the oldest union, has about 200 mem.
bers.
The Association of Collegiate Alumna
has now i,O7O members. They are dis.
tributed among thirty-fve States of the
Union, as we'll as England. France, Ger
many, Burmah, China and Japan.
Verify, the college girl is abroad in the
land, and will soon be abroad in all
lands.
Miss LIZZIE BLACKWELL and Miss NJ.
Is. Mckenzie, two fine type-scttcrs,
found their paper, the Scott County
Register, of Forest, Miss, suspended
and their town without local journal
They have bravely seized the oppor
tunity, and, as editor and publisher
send out as good county paper as there
is in the State.
A SOCIETY has been formed by thu
women in Ceylon, to promote education
among the women of that island. In
chief aim, however, is the formation o
bond of sympathy with the women, o
all classes. Owing to the caste system
many intelligent women find it diff ul
to obtain footing in native soc aety
This new association attempts to offe
one platform where all women. ma
unite.
THE women of Milford, Me-, bega
I
building town hall two years ago, and
as a result Of their labor, new strut
ture now stands nearly finished, and
supplied with all the necessary room
for the town government, with vel
eopipped kitchen beside. They raise
most of their funds by fairs, oyster sul
, pers. and other entertainments. II
t Springfield Republican says: 'Nothir
is known of the men OF this town, b.
!. it is certain that the women have
Y hand in the infringement of affairs
5 even if they do not possess the ba
e lot"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19
NOTES.
IMAGINATION AND FACT.

The mirrors glisten; the scene is gay
And brighter than noontide OF summer day
Though all without is drear and chill,
And darkness hang DER vale and hill,
And the patter of feet in ceaseless rush
Is heard outside in the winter slush.
His hat IL silk his warm coat long;
And ca ing for wine, he huns a song.
Then fills his glass, and drains it, too,
Though first exclaiming: "A toast to YOU
Oh! sparkling wine SO rich and rare,
You make Of the sot a millionaire!'
"A vagrant standing away pace
A haggs.rd LOOK on his boated face
Hears, and raising his goblet-5o-
Watcl ing the sparkle come and GO
Says Though that be true or not,
You make of the millioHa ire . sot."
William II. T. Shade, in N. Y. Clipper.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19
MANIFEST MALICE.
Instantaneous Made Concerning Woman
Suffrage In Wyoming.

Instantaneous Made Concerning woman
Suffrage In Wyoming.
Now that there is every prospect that
Wyoming will shortly be admitted as a
State. with its women exercising full
citizenship, the papers in New York and
other Eastern cities are beginning to
print letters, ostensihly from the Terri
tory. which contains statements going
to prove that woman suffrage is a failure
there. The n. Y. Sun recently con-
tanned such an article. The first state
ment is that:
Notwithstanding her right to vote,
woman's influence is of little weight at
the polls. Men go to the primaries,
make up the tickets, and furnish the
ballots to the women voters, who go to
the polls in cabs, deposit their votes,
and are quietly driven home again.
After the first excitement and novelty
were over. women manifested little in
terest in voting, and their disfranchise-
ment would be met with passivity and
little or no opposition on their part"
was in Wyoming only little over a
year ago, writes Lilly Devereaux Blake,
in Woman's journal, and met during my
stay in Laramie and Cheyenne many of
the leading women of these places. ]
can, of my own personal knowledge, tes-
tify to the falsity of these allegations.
That woman S influence at the polls
should be less important than mans is
not surprising when it is remembered
that the men outnumber the womer
seven to one. OF course, as men cas-
seven times as many votes as women
they are seven times as important in eff
fecting the results. Men naturall
form large proportion of the audience
at all public meetings; but to declar
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

Good thoughts are blessed guests
Spurgeon.
-Trustin God does not sapersede the
employment of prudent means on our
part. To expect Gods protection while
we do nothing is not to- honor, but to
tempt, Providence. -Quesnel.
OF all religious things we should
speak hopefully, hoping even against
hope, because of the faith wo have in
the promises of God. TBeend must be
good, for He has so daoreea- United
Presbyterian, M
When Dr. John MasanGood was on ,
his death.bed he said II have taken ,
what unfortunately Thea generality Of :
Christians too often take. Ihave taken !
the middle walk of Christianity. have
endeavored to live up to its duties and
doctrines, bat l have lived below its
privileges"
--Tis democracy eff pudn and the
democracy Of sin are co-eval and Co
extensive with the history of man. ALI
men share in both. That which will
cure the latter will largely cure the for
mer, even in this world and perfectly
so in, the next WORLDLY. Y. lnde-
pendent.
A. wise man carries, all his tres sures
within himself; waat fortune gives she
may take, but he leaves nothing At her
mercy. He stands firm and keeps his
ground against aAlmisfortunes, without.
SO much as changing countenance.-
S&neea, after Si,,Roger L'Estra,ge.
The blessingrwe long for cn come,
in this world, sudden and wonderfully.
| written all ever with the manifest
tokens of God 3 hand; or, II it Lay never
be ours here, itoarries the standard Of
hope beyond the gulf to pant it on
the shores Oh the eternal.-DE j. Kef.
How grand is the Biblet 1t is tho
wreath into which are twisted all gar
lands; it is the song into which are
struck all harmonies; it is the river into
which are poured all the great tides OF
halleluah; it is the armament in which
suns ard moons and ssars and con
stellations and universe and eternitiAQ
wheel and blaze and triumpA.-EA
mage, in n. Y. Observen
Sunday work of every kind should bt
reduced TO the clear necessities, xnd
how few those really are would surprise
the most liberal. As to the Sunday
: postal work, times change. Sunday
| letters haven't necessarily 1.-THE o
: the importance that they had quartz
5 of a century ago. Communication is D
S much quicker, the telegraph is so uni
: versal, that the necessities of the cas-
1 are few and far between, indeed. IT.
f great principle Of every body's right I
!. one days rest in seven ought to be r.
i ognned everywhere, and every ',trol'
n Of merely convenient or desirable wor
!, in the postal service should be sbolisl
led.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19

lively too little against .hsir usA While
seeking not less to cut off tho supply,
let all join in new crusade TO lessen
the individual demand. National Tenn
perance Advocate
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19

1t is said that there are more than
1000 pupils in a single, rapidly-growinS
Sunday-school in Okayama Japan.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-19
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
THE ENGINEER AND HIS WIFE.

tWho thinks OF the engineer on the railway
train and of our dependence upon his char.
acter for solriety and devotion to duty3
Some of this calling are pious, prayerful
men. A lady, devoted to her Sunday school
the home of an engineers fam.
iiy, was unspeakably moved by the account
the wife gave Of her anxieeies and OF her
prayers and OF nor husbands reliance upon
her intcrsessioss. Night after night she was
accustomed to await the whistle of his train
rs 1t flew by her little cottage. FITS meaning
ana use between them this young Christian
has turned into vorse-that truly extracts
poetry out Of the railway
trust the public will excuse the "anony-
NOUS" for once, as 1t is the writer's FIRST
appearance and she is as modest as she is
gifted. 1greatly admire the deep sense OF
with the heroic rirtue of an FLAP
preciated class which so young writer has
embodied in touching verse.
A. CLEVELAND CoxB-
The night has led her sparkling stars
Far up the evening sky:
Before me all the dewy fields
In peaceful silence lie;
The gentle murnur OF the stream
Falls sweetly on the ear,
And evening lamps begil to CLEAN
In dwellings far and near;
Slowly the creeping. silvery mist
Vaileth the woods in white.
Dear Lord. to Thee lift my heart;
Protect my Love tonight.
For as the sweet departing day
Looks backward with smile
To tell us it will come again
To gladden. us awhile,
From yonder busy railroad town,
Where ceaselessly all day
The noisy engines, up and down,
Ply their resistless way
At this calm moment, clad in strength
And terrible in might,
Flies forth the train my Dearest drives
Along the track to might.
hear the laundering sound afar,
And through the darkness dim
strain mine eyes-perchanc may
Catch one swift glimpse of HIM
And bark the friendly engine shrieks
Right loud and merrily! f.
Through it my Love, my Dearest speaks,
Bidding GOOD night" to me.
And as the CHEEKY signal sounds,
My anxious heart grows light
1t speaks so clear. "Pray for me, dear,
In my wild race to. night!'
"Pray for mo, DEAR for all who drive
The swiftly speeding train
Need watchful eyes, courageous heart,
, steady haad and brain.
1t is no light or common weight
The engineer must bear;
Hundreds OLIVES the burden great
Intrusted to'his care!
But knowing that my wife doth pray,
feel that all is right
That God wilbguard me on my way
Aicag tSe track to. night"
GAS far amid the mighty hills
The distant rGmDi.sR dies,
From this dark earth lo0f above
To yonder starry skies
While all is wrapped in gloom below
All shines in brightness there,
And He WHO dwells on high, know,
VIII grant MY earnest prayer,
o Thou, to whom'M.~ darkness deep
Shines ever as the lignl.
Whose Watchful Eye doth never sleep,
Protect my Love to.night"
N. Y. Independent.
, 1890-05-15
GOING To sLEEPyTowN.

Bette Garland. of Clarksyille, Tenn
Night ls coming, baby dear,
Darkling shadows drawing near.
Mothe holds you tight and warm,
Mothers arms are baby's charm.
Strong and tender lull TO sleep
AS the shadows closer creep.
Sing low lullaby.
Now, as back and forth we 20,
Rocking, rocking, TO and fro,
baby's lids go up ana down,
soon she'll be in Sleepytown.
Soft and still on mothers breast,
Sweet, my baby, rest, rest
Sing low lullaby.
Now the fringe is half way down
over eyes so bright and brown,
Spots of black and tiecks OF white,
Now q CLEAN OF yellow light.
All the worlds In bnby's eyes,
Mother looks, and LOOKS, and looks.
Sing low lullaby.
Deeply down in bnby's eyes
Again she looks, looks and signs,
She sees sad face mirrored there.
a face that should he bright and fair
Pictured in so clear u lake,
Smile smile for baby's sake,
Sing low lullaby.
Only little crescent light
Under eyes just now so bright,
Mother takes one little peep
And finds baby fast asleep.
Soon through sleep smiles glenm,
Angels come in baby dream.
Sing low lullaby.
Now their wings arc rustling near,
Mother shuts her eyes to hear,
And her ILLS go up and down,
Mothers going to Sleepytown,
And the angels standing by
VIII sing ior her lullaby.
Sing low lullaby.
, 1890-05-15

above Kettle Falls, IL the Kettle
river, a noble stream of pure spring
water that flows through the Col
vile Indian reservation for over
ninety miles. When this reserva-
tion Is thrown open to settlement II
will give homes to thousands of set.
tiers In M fine valley us there Is In
the state, where timber can be found
In incxhaustible quantities, and
where the mineral richness has no
end.
What II desirable location for q
city this is--a water power un-
equaled and an agricultural
country tributary to IL uneNcelled,
water power that can easily
bc controlled at n small expense,
rumors to the contrary notwith-
standing. 1t IL the natural crossing g
of the Columbia river, and can be
made the head of navigation by
removing one or two rocks at the
Little Dalles, giving them II naviga.
ble river over 800 miles I'm length,
and tapping the rich gold fields In
the koOtenal country. Its depe
navigable river, its grand water
power, its admirable site,
are sufficient guarantee that
Kettle Falls is the coming city OF
Eastern Washington. 1t will be
the gateway to the rich Northwest
empire, and will be the objective
point for the sportsman, the tourist
and the artist. Nor Is this all. Ere
long the deep tones of the steamers
whistle will be heard, rolling along
Throughout the Columbia valley
ana into the deep recesses of the
now dense and impossible forests,
driving the wild beasts from their
lair, and causing the reverberations
to he hurled from mountain to
mountain--irom the Pacific ocean
across the British line.
a. ID. BURNETT.
, 1890-05-15
SHE WROTE A POEM.
1t Was Rea, Poetry, Too, Although
IT Didn't Rhyme.

1t Was Real Poetry, Too, Although
1t Didn't Rhyme.
In attendance mt one of the In
dianapolis ward schools Is little
colored girl o years old. She is mis-
erable, indeed, for Mt home she is
i'll treated, and the shoes she wears,
and often the clothes, are supplied
by the teachers or some of her
classmates. There is n tender poetic
vein In her makeup, and II found
vent in II composition. The teacher
took little pansy plant to school
one day and told the pupils of the
flower. Two days after she asked
them to write IL poem Of IL and
gave thcm the privilege Of having
the pansy talk and tell the story,
and this, according TO the indiun-
apolis Journal, Is what the little
girl wrote, the word pansy In the
copy being the only one dign ified
with capital:
~ am ouly II Pansy. My home
Is i'm Il little brown house. slccp
in my li,tie brown house nll winter,
and | am now going to open any
eyes and look about. Give me
some rain, sky, | want to look out
of my window and see what Is
going on, / asked, so the sky g;,vc
me some water and | began TO climb
to the window. At last | got I'm
there and 1 open my eyes. OH,
what II wonderful world seen when
birds sang songs TO me, and grass
hoppcrs kissed me, aud dance with
me, and creakets smiled at me, aud
] had pretty green dress. there
was trees that grow over me and the
wind famed me. the sun smiled at
me, and little children smelled me
one bright morning me and the
grasshoppcrs had party he would
play with me and u naughty boy
pick me up and tore Inc up and /
died and that was the last OF
Pansy.n
, 1890-05-15

Major Powell has done only that
which he thought right and neces-
sary, and of his intention to do
which he gave frank notice; grant
Ing that the rough plane-tnblc sur
veys are desirable and beneficial,
and good enough for general pur-
poses, II still seems to me clear that
congress should appropriate for each
work what II mny deem u proper
amount of money, and that the ap-
preparation for each should bc de-
voted to its own object exclusively.
Fifth-Moreovcr, II either Is to be
delayed for the sake of the other,
the Typographical work can walt
with less injury to the public In.
terest than the special inquiry into
irrigation. The whole Justificat lon
of the latter lies in the fact that IL
affects intimately tho administra-
ton of the public lands. The scgre-
CATION of irrigable lands, reservoir
sites, etc, Ia II part of the scheme:
In other words the United
States government, being the
owner of large areas which may
thus be made valuable, Is inqulrlng
into their capacity and relations, and
is dcsirous, pending such inquiry, /,
not to sell or give away pieces or
land, the owners Of which might
afterward hinder great possible I'M
provements. In justice to home
stead settlers and other pioneers,
this inquiry should be pushed with
all practical speed.
On the other hand, the general
typographical survey, partcularly y
of the lands which do not belong to
the United States at all, but to the
citizens of the several states, Is not a
matter requiring haste. II Is u good
thing to be done, perhaps though
this Is not beyond all doubt las to
wisdom and constitutionality IL Ia u
good thing for the federal govern
mcnt TO do, or to help tile states do
ing, but at all events 1t Is neither so
clearly pertinent to the functions OF
that government nor so Imperative
ly immediate In its effect upon the
national interests usis the eNainina-
ton OF the rcsources and possibilities
of the public domain. II. w. H.
, 1890-05-15

The Walla Walla Statesman saws:
"frhere are some curious characters
among the convicts now confined ut
the pcnitentiary hele. The States
man reporter was allowed, a few
days since, TO view the tattoo marks
on several ex-sallors and soldiers
now in confinement. Two men in
particular are completely covered
with designs of every character, and
a description may be Of interest. An
Irishman who Is serving out three
years sentence has two hammers ON
his breast, pair Of scissors on left
forearm, a coffee pot with letters o
f V OH back of left forearm,
n set Of carpenters tools on
back of left hand, the American
eagle with coat of arms and
motto: "In God We Trust" on the
right arm. Another convict, an
American ex-sailor, presents pecu.
liar spectacle when in nude con-
ditlon. On his left arm appears the
picture of beautiful woman; on
the right arm Is represen tation OF
Christ on the cross with two women
kneeling at the foot; a bracelet is
tattooed around the left wrist and a
large star on the back OF the right
hand, while on the right forearm ID
a splended picture OF the American
coat OF arms. To complete the Of
feet two pugillsts appear In tine acl
OF boxing on each side of the breast
The two men would draw goot
salary In dime museum as th,
"Wonderful Tattooed Men o
Bornco."
, 1890-05-15
CUTTING RATES.
Western Lines In Competition with
the Great Northsrn-


The western lines have about given
up hope Of meeting the reduced rates
made by the Great Northern to all Mis-
souri, river and Western points, ana
unless the trunk lines come 10 the
rescue 1t will be impossible for tho West
ern lines TO meet the necessary
rcduc tions alone, and even II they
do the Great Northern Is ON record as
saying II will keep up the war until Chi
cago lines are fought to stand still.
Hitherto the hopes OF the Chicago lines
in corresponding but never as large rc-
duethens have been placed on the Erie
as being line which would help the
chicago lines by quoting lower
rates and accepting less propositions.
But this hope Is destroyed
from the fact that tho Erie has Joined
the Great Northern in its cut. conse-
quently the Western lines see no way
out of the dilemma unless the trunk
lines abandon all their prccedents aud
come 10 the rescue OF the Chicago lines
by agreeing To reduction in rates. Tho
trunk line association meeting In New
York next Tuesday will decide the
course OF the Eastern roads.
, 1890-05-15

wife, who has not only the beauty
of her ancestors, but all the grace
desired Of any woman.
Those Spanish songs! Sung by
such lovely voices, accompanied by
the tinkle of the guitar, touched by
such fair hands, will haunt me as
long ~ l live. Aud an evening
spent so pleasantly can never be for
gotten. w. a. MEARs.
, 1890-05-15
THE TENTS MUST GO.
As Fast as They Become Vacant They
Must Come Down.


Must Come Down.
At u session of the city council
not long ago IA resolution was passed
ordering the superintendent of
streets To have all vacant tents
taken down, and ~ fast IN those oc-
cuplcd were vacant TO have them
torn down at once. In accordance
with these instructions Mr.. Swing
Ter has been busily engaged In tack
ing up notices and seeing that the
tents so designated come down.
There have becn some objections
made 10y the owners against this or
der, but when they find out that the
city means business they become
very expeditions In removing them.
Already about ~ dozen have sue
cum bed to the fatefIl order.
, 1890-05-15
Death Of a vonsrabis .Iu.,Icc.

DrLAvAs, Wis, May io--Jus,ioe A.
ii. Barnes, who held tho Office OF asso-
ciate Judge of tho supreme court Of the
territory Of Dakota for eight years. died
this morning OF heart disease, aged 70,
, 1890-05-15

l shall never forget that scene, and
only regret can not more clearly
and faithfully portray it.
Mr.. u. IL certainly TO he warmly
congratulated on his possessions,
but could not but note that of all
he has, he In most proud Of his lovely
, 1890-05-15

Emptying into the Columbia
from the west, and u short distance
, 1890-05-15

Ladies who rejoice In the pnngent
perfume of Russia leather will well
come glove made Of this odorous
kid. The leather works up well for
the chevrette style and makes soft
and elastic as we'll as a delightfully."-
perfumed glove. The latest even
ing glove Is made In pale lilac suede
with stitching of black French cot
ton. Biarritz gloves for children.
made without buttons, will he
found useful as they draw on and
off with ease and fit with the loose
comfort that n child enjoys.