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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
The Policeman Superseded.

An instance of the advantages at
tendant on the use of the electric light
is reported from London. Systematic
robbery of the goods in the yard of a
railway station had been carried on for
a long time The manager of the yard
shrewdly fitted up the yard with arc
lights, and now not only is three times
moro work accomplished at night than
under the cd conditions, but the dep
relations have entirely ceased, and the
saving thus effected has already paid
for the cost of the installation. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
4. A,..-.,,e Door shu...,.

~SeO-SvsS
All who have experienced tho dis
comfort Of . cold draught on q railway
car will hope that the example Of the
New England Railroad company In
Obviatins such cause Of discomfort will
be followed by all other railway com.
panies. Tho plan, in brief, is the use
of double windows and q simple door
check whereby the door closes itself.
The question of draughts on the cars
Is almost always question Of ethics
of consideration for the rights of others
from the moral point Of view. Unhap-
PLY, as human nature is constituted,
especially human nature on a journey
for travel, while it broadens many
persons, seems to develop the most
selfish traits in others-ethical con-
siderations are a poor dependence for
keeping door shut. Any appliance,
therefore, to attain that end is to be
welcomed in the interest of the travel
ing community.
1t is barAly possible, indeed, that the
object lessons of car door which me-
Chemically shuts itself will not be lost
upon the travelling public, and that its
silent incubation of the first law OF
winter etiquette will in time so impress
itself upon the community that it may
insensibly fall into the habit of shutting
all doors at the Indictment season, to
the substantial gain OF human comfort
and the diminution of the rate of NOR
tality from onia.-Philadelphia
Record,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
CeATH VALLEY.


4 Place Of 3iisoee and Desolati0n That
will Never DO Reclaimed.
California can certainly claim the
greatest natural wonders of the world.
Its Yosemite valley, its big trees its
petrifled forests, and its innulnerable
other attractions substantiate this as
sertion. One Of the latter class, little
known and rarely spoken Of, is the
Death Valley of lnyo county, in mary
I, respects the most remarkable of them
/ all.
Imagine a trackless waste of sand
and rock, shilnmering under the rays
OF more than tropical sun, hemmed in
on all sides by titanic rocks and mount
aims whose very impress is that of eter-
nal desolation, and You have a fair idea
of Death Valley. Geographically it is
the sink of the Amargosa river, which
is quite marvel in itself. 1t rises in
the western Sierras about two miles
I from the California line, and flows
/ southwark for ninety miles, when it
disappears from sight in the bed of an
ancient lake at the foot of the Resting
Spring mountains. A little further
south it reappears and continues an
other sixty miles, when it again returns
to its subterranean channel. Still again
it reappears and flows nearly 100 miles,
when it finally disappears in the sink
of the DeathValley, quite a remarkable
river.
Death Valley is about eight miles
broad by thirty-five long, and COM
prises some 300 square miles of the
most God forsaken country in the
world. 1t looks as II suffering from
some terrible curse, such as we read of
in the Scriptures. 1t lies far below the
sea level, in some places 100 feet. No
friendly clouds appear to intercept the
scorching heat. The thermometer reg
listers 125 dogs. week after week. No
moisture ever falls to cool the burning
sand.
Bright steel may be left out night
after night and never be tarnished.
Nothing will decay. A dead animal
will simply dry up like parchment and
remain 30 seemingly forever No sound
is ever heard; the silence of eternal
desolation reigns supreme Il Is a curl.
GUS geological formation, only paral.
leled in one other instance-that of the
Dead sea. The rocks. lava, basalt and
granite, show the volcanic formation,
which probably will account for the
poisonous quality Of the cir. 1t is said
that noxious gases are emitted from the
numerous assures in the rocks.
Such IL brief description of the
most remarkable valley in America.
Population may press onward, but it
will never enter here. Reclamation of
vast tracts Of land will be accomplished,
but Death Valley win never see pillow.
It is forever destined to remain in it,
state of primitive barrenness. BY the
workings Of some mysterious cause the
place Is hostile to life. 1t is avoided
alike by man and beast. Biologists
tell us it is striking illustration of the
condition Of the whole world at an
early geological epoch. San Francisco
Call.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
Surface Respiration in Animals.

AT the French association meeting
NJ. CODES, of Buenos Ayres, contended
that all living animals have surface
of absorption and respiration, and
that oxygen introduced by a hypoder-
mic injection is absorbed by the capil-
laries in the same way as when inspired
by the lung. The hypodermic respira-
ton thus set up is suggested as likely
to be useful in lung disease. -Arkan-
saw Traveller.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
Raisable.

Daughter (reading paper)--Is this
correct, papal The paper has made a
grammatical error. 1t says raised
up" Nothing could possibly raise
down." could it7
Papa-Certainly not
Young Son-Why, yes, papa. EN-
mas beau can raise down, and so can
geese.
Then the boy was raised up stairs and
RACED down in bed. New York Ledger.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
The Good Old Timea.

Wife Cooking up from a book
What do you think Of this9 In the
time of the Ptolemies a, wife was
always given full control of her hus-
bands property.
Husband-Y-e-s, but in those days
the fashions never changed. -New
York Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31

Lawyer Simon Stevens says that
when he sold the Mariposa grant for
Gen. Fremont the latter realized 81
237, 800. He urged the general to put
$500, 600 into a trust fund. HE was
at first inclined to listen to me, but
Mrs. Fremont was full of the idea that
it could be invested by him in specula-
n, where it would yield him untold
millions, and she carried the day."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
Bucklen's Arnlca Saive.

The BEsTSALvE in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap.
ped hands, ChilbIains, Corns and
all Skin Eruptions, aud positively
cure Piles or no pay required. It
ia guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price
rs cents per box. For sale by,
GEORGE 4 FROW
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
An Unfeeling Brute.

Mrs. Younghusband-Even though
you sneer at my tea biscuits you have
managed to eat your share of them.
Younghusband-Had to. my dear.
If there were any left the baby might
get hold of them. They'd kill him.
Epoch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
How Far . Candle Throws Its Beams.

How Far . Candle throws It's beams.
A burning taper uncovered for a
single instant, during which it does not
lose power amounting to the one
thousandth of a grain, would Gil with
light a sphere four miles in diameter to
be visible from every part of the COM
pass.-St. Louis Republic.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
Practical Physioguomy.

Practical Physiogucmy.
Griggs-Why, that fellows face would
carry him anywhere.
Diggs-Yes, indeed. You know he
got into Jail last week. Munsey's
Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-31
Agents Wanted For
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BY REV. +. Il. TOWER.
This Book Is Work Of Absorbing Interest;
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Bible students and instructors.
The comparisons of history with
prophecy reveal most startling
facts which must command atten.
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20

terrier climbed on top Of the desk and
howled. We decided that he was mad and
ought to be shot. My friend is an artist,
and he keeps in his Office bell-muzzled
blunderbuss for his wife's mother when she
calls. Well, my friend reached out from
under the desk, grabbed the old bell
muzzle and tried five times to shoot the dog
before he remembered that the gun wasn't
loaded.
Pretty soon the dog jumped off the desk
and made break for the door. Being ON
the other end of the string I followed. He
went down the stairs easier than did at
first, till l stubbed my toe, and then we de-
scended with equal facility. He led me
down Cortland street toward the ferry, and
thus suggested to me the brilliant idea of
taking him over to our relatives in New
Jersey. that he might enjoy the benefit of
country air.
We boarded the boat by the entrance
usually devoted to teams, and we were in
too much of hurry to give up ticket. A
rumor that the dog was mad preadquickly,
and we created sensation which appeared
to appease him wonderfully. He was dog
who could not stand it to be overlooked;
he wanted everybody to understand that he
was on hand and attending to business.
AN ACCoMPLICE TO THE RESCUE.
Among the passengers who did not
Jump overheard or otherwise remove
themselves from the danger of hydro
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
FORMING BY ELECTRICITY.

Experiments Showing the Beneficial Effect
of the Fluid on Plants,
Illustrated Americana
The application Of electricity to agricult-
ure has long been discussed. Mr.. N.
Specnew has described the latest expert
ments in Practical Electricity. In one
series he used seeds of haricot beans, sum
flowers, and winter and spring rye. The seeds
were soaked, electrified and Immediately
sown. The plants were more developed,
their leaves were larger and their color
brighter than those grown from non-electri-
fed seed, but their yield was not affected.
In another series of experiments, plates
of copper and zinc about two feet by two
feet six inches were buried at the ends of
the plots and connected by their upper
faces, the effect being to establish a current
through the earth. The result was manifested
by a larger crop and by the growth of veg
tables of enormous dimensions.
In the third series, electrical collectors
were mounted on insulated rods, and con-
nected by wires, the effect being to obtain a
highly electrified atmosphere. Seeds of rye,
corn, oats, barley, peas, clover, potatoes,
and fax were used. The form of electro
culture increased the yield of seed an aver
age of one-half, and that of straw one-third,
while the ripening was more rapid. 1t was
also found that potatoes grown by electro
culture were rarely diseased, and that the
beneficial effects of electricity on vines at
tackled by phylloxera have already been
observed it is possible that a new means is
at hand of combating the microscopic pests
which attack vegetable growth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20

phobia was young man who leaned
quietly against stanchion and polluted
the atmosphere with large cigar.
II say boss" he remarked, ''you don't
seem to understand dog very WE'LL"
Disentangling my leg very slowly from
the string replied that had not had
much experience with that kind, aud in
quired whether he considered himself an ex-
pert on canine insanity.
''I'll take the purp of,n your hans fer
tree dollars, see?" said be.
well, you can't do it too soon," I said,
and handed over the money and the
strings.
Now, would you believe it, that dog
calmed down in one second, and walked off
the boat with the young man as gently as
Mary's little lamb. 1 could not forbear
turning to man who stood near by and re-
marking upon the strangeness of the occur
renee.
Young man, you've been taken in, said
he; that's trained dog, educated to act
like lunatic when away from his master,
and the fellow who took him away stands in
with the man who sold him. Every time
the old duffer sells the dog the young one
follows him up and steals him back again.
Nobody ever kicks; they're too glad to get
rid Of the dog"
Take it for all in all 1 think this is one
of the most remarkable games played by
anybody outside of Wall street.
HOWARD FIELDING.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
REMEMBERED THEIR MASTER
An Incident Showing the Power of Martin
the Lion Tanner.

the Lion Tanner.
When the celebrated animal trainer
Martin, who died lately, had retired to pri-
Vate life, one day he took a notion that he
would visit his former large menagerie,
which he had not seen for five years. 1t
was in Brussels, and he started for that city
from his country seat near Rotterdam. At 4
O'Clock, the time for feeding, he entered the
menagerie. He mingled with the crowd and
waited until the animals would receive their
food, for which they were waiting with wild
impatience.
While they were eating he began to cough.
Suddenly the animals paused in their treat
and listened, then broke Into wild howls of
joy and tore at the iron bars, so that many
of the timid visitors fed from the mem
agerie.
Then Martin stepped forward. With a
movement of his hand and with his power
full voice he commanded silence, and sud-
denly everything was quiet. He swung
himself over the bars which separated the
visitors from the animals and put his hand
into the cages to fondle the animals A
mighty tigress showed more Joy than any
of the others. When Martins hand glided
over her magnificent fur her limbs trembled
nervously, she uttered weak, tender grunts,
and through the iron bars with her rough
tongue, she licked the face of her former
master. When he went away she lay down
without eating any more food.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
A CITY ON Stills.
Over a Hundred Houses in n Salt Water Bay
of Old Virginia.


Away over in the extreme northeast cor
ner of the State of Virginia is the most curl
Gus city ever seen. That entire cor
ner of the State has for time out of mind
been owned by the Franklin family. The
land was absolutely of no use, but that part of
the estate under water was good for oysters,
the flavor of which made them famous.
For nearly 30 years everyone and anyone,
who wanted to, helped themselves to the BIZ
valves. 1t was not, in fact, until after the
death of the original owner that any effort
was made to make any money out of the only
product of the property. From that time on
the boom in Franklin City vas on, until to-
day there are hundred odd houses. Every
house stands on piles, and is from three to
four feet above the surface OF the ground.
The best and most pretentious structure of
the city is huge frame hotel, at which the
rates are cents day, with liberal reduc-
ton for permanent boarders and families.
One of the most curious things are the
wells Most of these were covered with water
at all times, and there is not one of them
that at some time during the day is not
surrounded by water. 1t seems quite
strange to be drawing pure, fresh spring
water from the bottom of the salt water bay.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
A FORTUNE In A DOG.
1t is a Hand-Painted Skye-Terrier
Well Trained to Deceive.
METHODS OF A VENERABLE FRAUD
And the Sad Results of His Operations
Upon Howard Fielding.
NEW YORK'S CLEVER BRACE GAME
WRITTEN FOR THE p1sPATcH.1

A venerable man, with large philosoph-
ical smile, stands in front of one of the prin-
cipal hotels in New York every day selling
dog. He has sold dog for the last ten years,
and is said to be we'll off.
In the earlier stages of his career, before
he had reduced the subject to science, he
used to sell dogs; but he has now discovered
that one is enough for any intelligent fakir's
stock in trade. Years ago he used to have
three or four pretty little puppies in his
arms when he stood forth to ask for trade.
They were much prettier than the mere
product of nature, because the man is an
artist as we'll as a fancier, and can paint the
meanest mongrel cur that ever walked on
four dissimilar legs until he looks like the
descendant of hundred prize-winners. His
customers then, as now, were mostly women
upon whose impressionable natures the
beauties OF the puppies never failed to work.
SOLD FOUR TO ONE WOMAN.
Now the popularity of the little dogs was
that they never lived more than "a hours in
their new homes. They were usually pur-
chased in the shopping" hours of the early
afternoon and expired about 10 o'clock the
next day. When fair purchaser found
herself thus bereft, she always went to find
the man from whom she obtained the dog.
And he was always at his accustomed place.
He would listen to her story with tears in
his eyes, and when it was finished he would
wipe them away with the back of his hand
and murmur: "Poor little Fido; how
loved himp'
Then he would sell the woman another
little dog exactly like Fido-so precisely
similar, in fact, that he never failed to ex-
pire at the same hour by the clock. learn
that he sometimes sold as many as four dogs
to the same woman on four successive days.
Of course they were all "doped"-poisoned,
in other words-but the women never sus-
pected it. The feminine mind somehow
fails to grasp the nice details of successful
business.
ONE DOG A GREAT PLENTY.
But the dog merchant, whose name is Per-
kins (from Nutmeg, Conn.,, has got beyond
all that now. He has only one dog. From his
hide outward, this animal is one of those
queer, shaggy skye-terriers with blue line
traced down his spinal column. am told
that the blue line on Mr.. Perkins terrier
j ! L.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
PROGRESS IN EXPLOSIVES.
Gunpowder Will Ere Long be Known Only
us OccurrinR I'm History.

Gunpowder Will Ere Long be Known Only
as Occurring in History.
Prof. Dewar concluded his lectures at the
Royal Institution, London, as follows:
For five centuries gunpowder was the
only explosive known, but since 1916 when
gun-cotton was invented-a great number
had been introduced, and by some of them
gunpowder had been entirely superseded for
many purposes. The demands of the miner
and engineer for good blasting agent have
done more than war to improve explosives.
Nitro-glycerine. dynamite, Abel's powder.
Sprengel's powder, blasting gelatine, coca
powder, amide powder and smokeless ballu-
tile were some of the numerous explosives
now in use. Picric acid. first used as dive.
was theorigin of Sprengel's powder. Soon we
shall know gunpowder only as spoken of in
history.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
POWDER MARKS IN SUICIDE.

Recent Observations Show That They Are
Not Necessary Accomplishments.
Illustrated American
1t is now beginning to be admitted gener
ally that a wound inflicted with modern
fre-arm may be accompanied by neither
scorching nor powder tattooing, though the
weapon may be held very close. if the bull
let be driven by one of the modern fulmi-
mates contained in the same cap with the
projectile. This lack of marks, formerly
held to be unfailing, has given rise some
times TO theories of murder.
A case in point is reported from India.
A Hindoo went down into the sandy bed of
a river and shot himself through the head
with a revolver of As caliber, making
wound about the edges of which there was
not the slightest blackening or scorching.
That he'committed suicide there is no doubt,
as the sandy ground showed no traces OF
other footsteps than his and as he LETT note
saying that he intended to kill himself.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
FLORIDA ALLIGATORs SCARCE.
Dealer Finds the Mexican Supply Pays
Him Much the Better.


Him Much the Better.
Mr. Joseph Smith has Brought cargo Of
alligators from Mexico to New York. Mr..
Smith was asked why he went to Mexico to
hunt alligators, and replied: "Alligators
are playing out in Florida. In fact, they
are becoming scareer in all parts of the
United States in consequence of their skins
being in such demand that many persons
have engaged in alligator hunting as a
means of making money. The alligators
have never been hunted by the Mexicans,
but soon had them at it. At first L shot
them. but a Mexican conceived the idea of
harnooning them, and carried it out so
successfully that we followed that method
afterward. 1 was down there Is months.
and during that time secured hides to the
amount of $4,000.
att is quite exciting to take sportsman's
lamp, iasten it on your head on dark night
and quietly sneak along the river bank, and
finding one of these monsters living at the
waters edge, harpoon him. 1t takes a steady
hand and quick eye to strike then rightand
a strong arm to hold him after he is har-
pooned."