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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-15
Asiaiic Cholera in spaIn.

MADRID, June li.-lnformation has been
received here that at Puebia de Rugatc, in
the province OF Valencia, fourteen deaths
nom Asiatic cholera have occurred. IL is
beicscd that the pestilencc was brought
into the province by soldiers recently from
the North African garrison.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-15
ACCIDENT ON THE r. AND D.
Train DeraIled Near MarshaiI, y. c.
Passengers Injured.

AsHEviLLE, n. c., June H.-Trsin No.
81, bound west on the Richmond aud Dam
Vile Railroad, was derailed tonight near
Marshall, n. c., twenty miles West OF this
city. A frst-class car and Pullman
sleeping coach were overturned, and Con-
ductor Kantner. Porter Chambers VI tho
sleeper. tram porter and ten passengers
were slightly injured.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-15
a." "OUR MARY"

The Place of Her Wedding Kept Pro-
found Secret.
LONDON. June livery few people
know where the wedding Of Mary Ander-
son and Mr.. Navarro is to take place. The
relatives and friends OF the high contract
inc parties have apparently been instruct
ed 10 keep this point "A profound secret. The
fact that Tuesday is TO be the great day,
has been allowed to transpire. other than
this. ALI is "a mystery. "Our Mary" who
FORMERLY lived before the public, seems to
have now perfect passion for retirement.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-15


ragged at seeing boy toddlng along intoxi-
Gated. ami drove an "original package" man
out of town.--lt rs reported that The Mcxi-
can Land and Colonization Company propose
10 make of lower california British prov
inc under uritsh protection Violent
storms hayc done much mIschiefin the West
A slight earthquake shock OF about ten
seconds duration was experienced AT Toledo.
o.. yesterday mOrning-A large number of
ladies aud chlldrcn We're poisoned nj Bap-
tSt Church picnic neU Knoxville. Tenn. ID
eating stale ice-crcan. Reports from
towhs about Minneapolis show that the rail
reads suffered tcriibly from yesterdays
sturm.--A man named Churchill, about
thirty-cieht wears Old. gave himself up as an
ombczzlcr OF 5000 from am art dealer.--
The typographical Union adjourned yes
tcrdgy. after passing a law 10 prohibit
regular cOmposii1is from holding cases
more than six days in any weck.-lcn OF
the members Of the Eastern Base-Ba! Grub
have been arrested for playing bah on sun
day.
FOREIGN.
lofd salisbury's ministry is Deing assailed
in England as being too fIicndly with the
Pope The place OF Mary Anderson's we'd
ding with Mir Navarro Is kept profound Sc
crct The strategic railways in Germany
have been finished. and IL is now possible for
Germany 10 throw million of men ON any
frontier Much excitement has been caused
al lnsoldsiaal. Germany, 10y IN outrage by a
heutcnadt upon e lradesman.
BRiEF IELECRAMs.
The Louisiana Legislative Committee on |
The moposition to submit the lottery ques- !
ton o. The people has reported in favor Of
the opposition.
RESOLUTIONS strongly against the Bennett |
law were adopted 10y the Grand Lodge Of the |
Ofdor of pruids Of Wisconsin at It's session /
The striking carpenters and mill men Of
Denver were joined by 800 plumbers yester-
day. The prospects are that the plasterers.
bricklayers and hod-carriers VIII join the |
strikers next woek. There are now about |
200 men out.
John +. Exzcl who was recently 'nOmina- |
tCd Tor attorney-gencrh by the Republicans |
Of Alabama, has wriitcna letter Of declina-
lion.
Captain William Warren. one OF the most |
prominent fruit TOwors of san Jose. Cali |
fornia. died suddsnly at his rssldcnce near
saratoga early yesterday. u is believed he
was poisoned eating canned oysters
IN Milwaukee This afternoon.
The Cloak Manufacturers Association have
ordered lockout Of the cutters
Henry Smith. who murdered his wife ON |
February 18th last. was hanged at London
ont at S.IO O'Clock this morning
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-15

William Palm purchased ticket from
the n. Y, n. III. and IL. II. X. Company for
fifty cents for passage between one Hun
dred and Thirty-iourth street ar'i Morris
Park station. Judge Truax, IN the superior
Court, has given him judgement for Soo.it
against the railroad company for charging
more than three cents mile.
This decision will entItle all who paid
fifty Gently fare for passage between ono
hundred and thirty-fourth street and liar-
lem river and Morris Park TO sJO.li. Four
teen cents excess Of statute fare and >o~
tine for the railroad company's violation ia
charging more than three cents per mile.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
ACTION OF ALCOHOL.
A Murdtrous Instrument In the Hands OF
the Foolish and Weak.


1t is said that alcohol cheers the
weary, and that to take little wine for
the stomach's sake is one of those les
sons that come from the deep recesses
of human nature. / am not SO obstinate
as to deny this argument. There are
times IN the life of man when the heart
is oppressed, when the resistance to its
motion is excessive, and when blood
flows languidly to the centers Of life,
nervous and muscular. In these mo.
ment's alcohol cheers. It lets loose the
heart from its oppression; it lets flow a
brisker current of blood into the failing
organs; it aids nutritive changes, and
altogether is of temporary service to
man. So far alcohol may be good, and
il it's use could be limited to this one
action, this one purpose, 1t would be
amongst the most excellent Of the gifts
Of science to mankind. Unhappily, the
border line between this use and the
abuse of 1t, the temptation to extend
beyond the use the habit to apply the
use when it is not wanted as readily as
whenit is wanted, overbalance, in the
multitude of men, the temporary value
that attaches truly to alcohol as phys
biological agent.
Hence alcohol becomes dangerous
instrument even in the hands of the
strong and wise; murderous instru-
ment in the hands Of the foolish and
weak. Used too frequently. used too
excessively, this agent which in moder-
alton cheers the failing body, relaxes
its vessels too extremely; spoils vital
organs; makes the course of the circu-
lation, slow, imperfect, irregular; sug-
gests the call for more stimulation;
tempts to the renewal Of the evil, and
ruins the mechanism Of the healthy an
imal before its hour for ruin by natural
decay. should be at all near.-Richard-
sons Diseases Of Modern Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
THE BEST MEDICINE.

Prof Swing Comes to the Conclusion
That'Water Is tina Best Drink.
PROT Swing, writing to the Chicago
Journal, says: "'Bottled goods are de-
pendent for their existence upon the
general ignorance Of the human race as
to the reason and value of water. Not
all men, women and boys would ask
much happiness or profit from bottled
goods did they know the goodness and
absolute joy Of water Even ginger ale
and apollinaris are po,r, false. painted
creatures compared with good, pure
water. When the English, German and
American physical machinery has be-
come clogged with the sediment of all
kinds Of alcoholic and diabolicai drinks
1t is taken to some natural springs to
be washed out Gallons of water will
sometimes wash clean all the human
filters and send back the machine to
7ew life and new happiness When the
old lady in the dimness of her eyesight
oiled the kitchen clock by means of a
feather dipped in the gum-arabic Jug,
the pendulum felt fresh for time, but
the false oil soon closed in on the wheels
and the time-piece ceased to mark the
hours When the old laGy's son, home
from college, learned all the facts of the
case he took down the machinery and
soaked it for two hours in a tus Of warn
water. Thus men, half-dead by means
Of bottled goods can often have life
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
WORTH CONSIDERING.
The Connection Existing Between Ner,
BUSINESS and Iutemperauce.

The Connection Existing Between Nerv.
BUSINESS and Intemperance.
Delirium tremens is fair index Of
the deleterious effects Of drunkenness
in q nation. Deaths from delirium
tremens and from nervousness seem to
be the most numerous where mountains
and oceans are scarce. If this is true,
1t follows that alcoholic drinks and
nervousness are more fatal in America
than anywhere else. Forests are reser-
voirs of humidity, which check cleo.
trio currents. America, since the de-
struction Of its forests, is more exposed
to electric currents than any other
country in the world. 1t is, therefore,
the most favorable field for nervousness
and for those disorders which may arise
from the habitual use of alcoholic bev-
erages. 1t is curious fact that our
dwelling apartments must be warmer
here than in Europe, in order to pro-
cure the same amount Of comfort 1t is
hard to explain this difference. unless
we suppose that the nervous system in
America is more active-even while APP
parently at rest-than in Europe, and
that sharper currents continually tend
to draw heat from our bodies. We nsed
more clothing, more heat and about
thirty per cent. more solid food than
Europeans. Our active nervous system,
which spurs US on to work. produces
much waste, and requires much food.
Alcohol, which interferes with digestion
and with the nutritive process Of the
blood, must, therefore, be more in.
furious in America than elsewhere. -
From Handouts of Alcoholism.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
AN ANCIENT BELIEF.
The Use Of Alcoholic Drinks by Nursing
Women Of No Benefit Whatever,

The Use Of Alcoholic Drinks by Nursing
Women of No Benefit Whatever.
DR.. jacob, of New York, in a recent
discussion before the section on chill.
dren's diseases of the Now York Aca-
denny of Medicine, contented that so
long as nursing woman was secreting
healthy milk there was but little dan.
ger that any deleterious matter which
might be floating in the blood could get
into 1t, but as soon as the woman be-
came an@mic, or got below par in her
general health, the secretion from the
breast would not be simply milk, but
part of it would be watery and other
material foreign to its normal compost
ton. Whatever was floating in the
water of the blood would find its way
into the breasts and into the baby He
denied that alcohol would increase the
secretion Of milk. The utmost that
could be said for it was that small
quantity, If regularly given, might not
be harmful. Alcohol acts in the same
way as other foods containing carbon
duu euO ClCuCHUo VI WdI0r, tuo Cdr-
bohydrates, and its benefits can be
equally we'll obtained by administering
carbohydrates in some other form,
namely, by milk and farinaceous foods.
A nursing woman needs nearly twice as
much as woman in ordinary condition.
Extra diet should be taken to supply
this need. That nursing women re.
quire malt liquors is an ancient and
very popular belief, which does not rest,
however, on any solid foundation. In
the interest of the babies, DR.. Jacobs
attack on this venerable superstition is
welcomed. The above note on 1.-The
Use of Alcohol by Nursing Women" oc.
ours in the editorial department of the
British Medical Journal, and for that
reason will carry additional weight as
an unexpected declaration of opinion
from a source in which a more favorable
opinion Of malt liquors would have
peen expected. -Christian Advocate.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
BRAVE DR.. CHEEvER.
"reminiscences OF - Valiant Fighter for
Temperance Reform.

"Reminiscences of Valiant Fighter for
Temperance Reform.
This was the title given to the author
Of Deacon Giles Distillery" by his
classmate, Longfellow. The death of
DIR. Cheever brings out many relninis.
cences of him. Horace Greeley was
won't to call him 1.-THE man that made
sinners miserable" A very Boanerges
he was when attacking sin; rose-water
methods of reform were too slow for
him, and impersonal dealing with in
iquity was thing to make him frantic.
Yet this son of thunder was the loving
est of men, tender and pitiful when
dealing with the penitent sinner, as he
was firm in denunciation Of organized
sin. He was a pioneer Temperance
worker, his vision of deacon Giles Dis
tillery" having been one of the first
bombshelrs dropped into the enemies
camp. An old gentleman lately gave
me copy of this book, one of the first
edition, with its quaint pictures, show
ing the deacon's distillery with the
casks labelled, not Rum" Brandy"
Gin" but OBSTRUCTION" poverty"
Ruin" Death" 1t is hard for us to
realize the great connection this harm
less-looking pamphlet caused. Its i'm
mediate result was riot and mobbing
OF DR.. Cheever in the streets of Salem,
and his arrest for 'libelling one of his
church members" for Deacon Giles was
adeacon in his own church. He was
prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned
for thirty days in Salem Jail; that i'm
prisonment made his Dream immortal.
1t had an immense circulation in this
country and in Great Britain, was
translated and largely circulated in the
language Of France. Germany, Italy,
Belgium, Switzerland, Norway and
Sweden.
Not long before his death DR.. Cheever
related an instance Of strange fruitage
from this early seed-sowing. He had
preached in Boston, and as he came
down the aisle from the pulpit was &C.
costed by middle-aged, well-dressed
stranger who introduced himself as Mr..
| Giles, the son of Deacon Giles, owner of
the famous Salem distillery Il stopped
you, DR.. Cheever," he said, "to thank
you for writing that Dream. 1t was the
means Of making me think Of the evil
effects of distilling intoxicating liquors,
and determined me to give up distil-
ling; further reflection under the inf u
ence of the Holy Spirit led me to see
that was lost and guilty sinner, and
brought me to confess and renounce my
sins and accept the offer of salvation
through Jesus Christ" Dr. Cheever
was very much touched by the incident
Slavery as we'll as intemperance felt
the weight of his blows; there was no
evil which he did not denounce fear
lessly. Nor was his work altogether
polemic, he was poet and philosopher
as we'll as brave fighter, and as the
smoke of battle drifts away, posterity
will love him for his poetry as we now
venerate him for his fearless denuncia,
ton of wrong. -Union Signal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
I,cnetits of Abstinence.

DR.. 4. r. Lees, the veteran medical
Temperance pioneer OF Great Britain,
read a paper at the late annual confer
ence of the British Temperance League
upon Science and Alcohol" in which
he said: General experience, which Is
the foundation of social science, contin-
ues to confirm the great truths Of our
movement Life is heightened, disease
is lessened and health is improved by
the practice of abstinence, and on the
other hand superstitions about drink
and its value are dying out, and light
is at last finding its way into high and
fashionable quarters. Whether in recrs-
alton or in ordinary work, whether in
cold or warm climates, whether in bat
tie or in peace. whether on sea or land,
the folly of drinking alcohol, and the
advantages to mind and body of alb
stinence, are becoming acknowledged
more widely. ..r+.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12

ing rain, he went back to his Office for
his umbrella. The Colonels Office is
separated from the composing-room by o
thin partition which does not reach to
the ceiling, and as he heard his name
mentioned in conversation in the COM
posing-room, and feeling pretty sure the
foreman was RECALLING the compositor
with the many good points with which
his "Autumnal Rev cries" abounded, he
resolved to play eavesdropper. The fol-
lowing is what he heard:
foreman lin a disguised tone)-I amt
bit hungry.
Compositor-What's the matter-stom-
ach out of order9
Foreman-The old man read sketch
OF his to me which he claimed was
humorous.
Compositor-What! That old codger
trying to be funny!
Colonel (behind the partition, much
surprised Whats this! What's this!
FOreman-The old duffer has gone out
to lunch, SO I'll give you sample Of 1t.
Reaches up and lifts wad of MSS.
from the imposing stone).
Compositor (burying his face in pail
of beer to brace up for the ordeaD-
Does the old fool say any thing about
the sere and yellow leaf or the melan-
choly days?
Foreman-That's just what he does
say. Listen. (Reads)-"Autumnal Rev
cries. Although have not been re-
quested to do SO by the surviving rela-
tives, yet 1 think l autumn make
(groans from the comp, who seeks re-
lief in the beer paiD a few remarks at
the grave, Is IL were, of the departed
season. As an Involvement to the reader
to read on, 1 promise in this sketch to
snub the sere and jAundiced leaf and not
to throw the reader into . melancholy
daze by referring to them at all, except
to mention that the melancholy days
have actually arrived in our city, and
that they claim to be che saddest." Can
any thing be sadder than these tough
puns? Did Jou ever hear any thing quite
as bad as those puns9
Compositor-Never In oil my life, and
I've read London Punch frequently.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
FROM EVERYWHERE.

AN Alabama editor has lately become
violently insane from cigarette smok-
ing, and has been removed to the State
insane asylum. 1t is said that he
smoked as high as twenty packages Of
cigarettes day.
A BELGIAN shipping paper states that
a steamer recently bound for the West
Coast of Africa had on board fourteen
missionaries, four hundred and sixty
tons Of gunpowder, eleven cases of gin,
ten thousand casks of rum.
A PRISONER in the penitentiary at
Columbus, O., who was pardOned in
1883 on condition that he abstain from
the use of intoxicating liquors, has just
been returned to the establishment
having taken to drinking. He will now
have to serve out the remainder of his
term-about fifteen months.
THAT activity in literary Temper.
ance work does not lesson woman's in
terest IN home and children is evidenced
by the following from a well-known
worker in all those lines when declin-
ing to accept an appointment that
would often call her from her family:
If I can save the world and do not
bring up noble son and daughter l
should call my life failure"
GENERAL Won MOLTKE Is credite
with these sentiments: II, myself,
abstain altogether from alcohol. l do
not consider it necessary or helpful, ex-
capt, perhaps, after fatiguing work,
wheL the principal thing is to revive
ones strength at once. Certainly one
of the greatest enemies Of Germany is
the misuse of alcohol. A healthy man
needs no such stimulant, and to give it
to children, which is often done, is abb
solutely wicked"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
Foreman-AMi Just to think had "

F0reman-AMd Just TO think had "
laugh at that stuff!
Colonel Ito himself)-Aad that's the
man whose salary raised three dollars!
Compositor-I guess the poor devil is
losing his mind.
Foreman-Brace yourself for another
dose. (Reads)-"This is the season when
the considerable road agent warns the
shivering passengers on tho Western
train by covering them with revolver
and"
Compositor-H Hold on! That's dead
steal. Tread that somewhere.
Foreman would say the whole thing
was stolen if it wasn't so poor.
Compositor-I hope he hasn't got of
any old coal-dealer jokes or stove up
chestnuts about fixing up the stove-pipe.
Foreman-He hasn't, Ell? Pass that
beer. just listen to this: "These are to
the man who has to put up stove not
80 much the piping days Of peace as the
piecing days Of pipe, which reminds me
that the coal question is up for discus
sion. The price of coal will 60 up, but
the weight will remain stationary at
seventeen hundred pounds to the ton.
Very fuel weigh over seventeen hundred
and fifty pounds and the man who ex-
poets more must be something of fuel
himself Now is the time to get coaled
before the weather does"
Compositor-Hold on! Break away!
Turn over few leaves and see if you
can't strike something fresh.
Colonel Gascom (grimly)-Oh, I'll
strike something fresh in few min
utes.
Foreman turns over three pages and
reads)-The Johnnie who has been at
the seaside for the past three months
studying, with powerful glass, the
passing ships that happen to be in line
with the shapely female bather with
short skirts, has now deserted the sea-
side, having purchased bald-headed
ticket-presumably from . scalper-can
now be found with a double-barreled
opera-glass focusing the ballet-dancer,
whose costume is not unlike that of the
Cheyenne bride, consisting principally OF
six-inch grin and three streaks OF paint,
and an occasional paste diamond"
Compositor (shouting)-Shut down
the brakes. Pull up where you are! I'm
only human, and can't stand any more
of that stuff!
Colonel Gascom (entering suddenly
with bound and yell of rage)-Come
on, both of you ungrateful whelps! Take
that. (smites the foreman with an old
electrotype, nearly scalping him, and
almost simultaneously kicking the com
positor into one corner, upsetting d
galley rack with ten or twelve columns
of live type. Tho foreman and the com
positor rally, and a general closing W
ensues, when policeman rushes in and
arrests the trio).
Next day, the judge, having heard the
story, bonorably discharged the fore
man and the compositor, and fined
Colonel Gascom twenty-five dollars. Il
is useless to say that close observation
of the Herald would fail to reveal a hui
morous article by Colonel Gascom, en-
titled "Autumnal Reveries."
ALEX E. SWEET.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12

highly (by the aforesaid ladies' that it
began to dawn on him that he was throw
ing time away writing dull editorials
when his real talent demanded he should
be a humorist. And humorlst he
would be! One day he spent many hours
preparing humorous article, which he
was sure would stagger his readers. At
the same time he thought it best to try
1t on the foreman, who seemed to be q
very intelligent man.
Colonel Ito foreman, who has just en-
tered for copy)-John, l have here an
article entitled "Autumnal Reveries."
It Is humorous.
Foreman (who, by-the-by, is looking
for an increase in his salary)-I always
did say you ought to write humorous ar
ticles. You are 80 witty in converse
ton.
Colonel-Thank you, John. I would
like very much to read my article to
some one before venturing to publish it.
Foreman Smelling rat, but still
bearing in mind the raise)-I would be
most pleased to hear it,
The Colonel reads the article. When
the editor is not looking at him his fore
mans face is as joyless as closed sum-
mer resort; but should the editor look up
from his copy he would find his face
wreathed insunny smiles. There are only
q few things short of crime a man won't
do when he wants his salary raised.
Colonel latter reading the article)-
Now, John, want your candid opinion.
What do you think Of 1t?
Foreman 1.-THE wicked man)-That,
sir, is one Of the wittiest productions Of
the age. Laughs long and loud.) Why,
sir, that lays over any thing Mark
Twain ever wrote. Very funny-very!
Colonel (handing him the copy)-Put
it on the first page. And-John!
Foreman ian unaccountable thrill OF
anticipation coming over him)--Yes,
Colonel.
Colonel have been thinking, John,
that you are worth more than twelve
dollars o week to me. Hereafter will
make it fifteen.
Foreman-O, thank you! thank you!
Ito himself as he goes out)-Taffy beats
strikes every time!
At twelve o'clock Colonel Gascom
went out for his midday lunch, but
when he got as far as the door, he OBJ
served dark clouds gathering, and, fear