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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-08

The aggressive attitude of the Lisbon Govern
mcnt toward Great Britain with regard to the
upper Xambcsi appears inc0mprchcnsibe when
one remembers that Portugals colonies and de
Tendencies amount in total area to more than
twelve times the size of the mother country, that
"A very large portion of them undevelopcd and
even uncN plorcd and that there is in Portugal
neither the surplus population nor the capital
requisite for properly utilizing the large tracts
Of Africa already under Portuguese dominion.
The expenditure both in Angola and in Mozam-
bique is more than double the revenue derived
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-08

General Greedy gave yesterday an entertaining
and instructive explanation Of the causes which
have cousplrcd 10 make the winter thus far 50
mild But what n ong-suiIcring and patient
Ncw-YorS public would like TO know is how
long this melancholy condition Of affairs is 10
last. Is there to be any winter at all this year.
and if there is, when? Won't Mr. Greedy please
hurry IL up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-08

Many Of Frances treaties Of commerce with
foreign countries expire this year. The Govern
mcnt has recently decided To take steps toward
their renewal, but 10 adopt a provisional com
mercol policy until 1892, at which period all cN-
listing treaties including that with Germany, will
have hpscd The cause Of this delay lies in the
fact that undcf the most favored nation ="
clause of the treaty Of Frankfort, France can
grant no confessions 10 any foreign country with
ont comforting q similar benefit upon Germany
Theoretically, Of course, the same privilege was
reserved for France in respect to her exports
across the Rhine. But Prince Bismarck has skill.
fully withheld his signature from any commercial
treaty since 1871, So that the bargain, which has
proved very profitable to the Germans, has been
useless 10 the French. The clause in question has
however, prevented the Chancellor from putting
into execution his longchcriShcd plan of Gus
toms union with Austria and Italy. since he would
be forced to permit France to avail herself of
any tariff favors granted by him to his partners
i'm the triple alliance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-08
what are the Southern statcs doing toward the
elevation OF the c0lorcd man = The World.
WHY hanging him, Of course!

HS the death ~ the widow 81 the late Emperor
Wi am. Germany loses one Of Ter three EmprcsSeS
Tie lmpcrInl family is once more plunged INTO
mourning for long period. and AL the youn{
Kaiscrs projects Of rendering the present winter
memorable Tor tie splendid festivities and ma
nihccut entertainments Of the Berlin Court arc
nippcl i'm the bud. Tie Empress Augusta WAS
educated under the personal supervision of tine
famous poet Goethe, who was one OF the Chamber
laiuS of her father the Grand Duke Of SAKE
Weim0r, and until the date Of hcr marriage IN
1870 scarcely day passed on which she did not
spend several hours in his company. She was one
of tie most highly cultured Pruccsses that have
ever sat on an Imperial throne. and her death will
he regretted lot only throughout Germany, but
also on the banks of tie Seine. where her sympa-
thies for every thing French were well known.
Her married life extended over period Of three
score years. and in tic cvcntdc of her cycntful
existence she Wa consolcd for the loss Of her huS
band and Of her only son. Emperor Frederick, by
the sunny presence and companlonshlp OF her
great grandchildren.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-08

The Tribune sympathzcs deeply with the nu-
mcrous business men who complain of the shutting
of of electric lights. 1t is distressing, cNaspcr-
atng. But was II not worse To have people
killed daily in our streets by the electric current
Patience, gentlemen. We shall soon see the city
more brightly Illuminated than ever; and more
safely.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19

IA inch Of water means one hun
dred tons of water on every acre.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
A LndY Naturalist,

Fraulein Won Chauvin, the German
lady scientist in natural history, at
tracted much flattering attention at the
recent congress of Berlin, where she
even had her place next toVirchow. Frau.
lein Won Chauvin, having been prevent-
ed through ill-health from going through
the regular school routine, including
languages, has concentrated all her In.
terest in the study and observation OF
animal and vegetable life. She has by
her ingenious experiments and discov-
cries, proved herself a natural scientist
of the first-class, and enjoys wide and
general reputation as such.
Her aviary is regular Noah's ark where
she, as she says, by her love forces the
most different animals to live peaceably
together. Vultures, pigeons, ravens. owls,
fowls, parrot stork, peacocks, ducks.
ETC., all get on together in the best pos
sible manner, and know and obey the
voice of their mistress. A Siamese cat
has its quarters in the same cage ss
some Egyptian rats; but they take NO
notice Of each other. Fraulein Won Chau-
WINS collection of butterflies is the
most perfect in Germany. Also within
the vegetable world this gifted lady has
wrought many wonders, and she has
reared flowers and seeds whore no botanic
garden has succeeded. Her health does
not allow her to read or write much; but
one or two Of her treatises have attract
cd great attention. London Queen.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19

in some cases very large. Liberal b.
quests are paying of portion OF tho
debt that should have been paid. year
by year. when the Lord wanted the
money.
Will man rob God? Ye have robbed
Me, saith the Losd. How? By with
holding the tithes What fearful
reckoning there will be some of these
days! Men will say to the Lord
there is mistake in the books.
The Lord will say: No, my child.
there is no mistake. Would 1t not
be a wise thing for every processing
Christian to make settlement witt the
Lord as soon as possible? II the Gebt
seems very large, may be the Lord will
accept a compromise. Have you the
courage to propose settlement OF this
kind?
Sell some of your farms. Sell some
OF your real estate. Sell some OF yous
bank stocks and railway bonds, and get
square on the Lords books. Don't wait
until you get sick and think you are 60
ing to die. There are thousands Of pro-
Tossing Christians whose conscienccs
are troubling them, because they are
keeping back the Lords money. Leg.
acies are the results of uneasy con-
sciences. 1t would be far better for a
man to see where his money goes while
he is living, than to leave it for others
to fight over when he is dead.-The
| Workman.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
HER "REPERMAND,"

Why Little Josephine Hid In the Old Gym
nasfum.
Remember, Josephine, never to climb
up on the leaf of the desk"
This was what father had said only
last week, and Josephine had forgotten
it already. That was why she lay Sob
bling on the floor, in grief and dismay,
looking up once in awhile at the ruin
she had wrought Fathers desk was
his most sacred possession, after you
had named mother and the children,
and she knew how it would hurt him to
see it broken; and she knew it would
hurt him more to see that Josephine
had forgotten his injunction. But she
had seen, up on the high shelf, the
''heauty-cup' which she loved, and she
did want it so. She had gathered a few
late flowers, and they would look so
pretty in that cup. Poor posies, they
lay scattered about, wishing, no doubt,
that they were back again in thnt shell
tered garden nook where she had found
them. In her haste she had forgotten
fathers words, and, pulling out one
slide, she had let down the lid and
climbed upon it. The stout, little
hinges did their best to hold up Miss
Roly-poly," with the help of only one
slide, but gave way under the weight,
and down all came in heap. The
crash brought mother to the scene
gentle mother, who never could speak q
harsh word TO sorrowing little one
but such accidents were happening al
together too often to this impulsivt
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
When We Begin to Object.

Whenever the subject Of women en-
gaging in active labor comes up, the
question is always raised as to whether
they have the physique for it, whether
it requires more strength than they pos
sess, or whether they will 60 crazy, or
have fewer babies, or neglect conven-
tionalities, or be worse than wicked
be vulgar? 'These sympathetic
doubts" Jenny June observes, ''are
not expressed concerning wom-.4 who
take in washing, who spend their days
in scrubbing abroad and their nights In
washing and ironing and cleaning 1t
home" BY curious absence of consist
ency, it is only when their labor COM
petes with that of men, in journalism,
for example, in medicine, in farming,
in general business, or in any scientific
pursuit. that chivalrous manhood rinee
up in arms, and refuses to allow mis-
guided femininity to put its pretty eyes
out pouring over miserable books -
Louise Fiske Bryson, M. D., in N. Y.
Mail and Express.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
Reading the Bible.

1t is easy to eulogize the Bible. I. is
another thing to give it careful daily
reading and meditation. The maya
zine and the newspaper are anxiously
looked for, and hours are given to their
perusal. The Bible may be read daily,
but the reading may be simply to ease
ones conscience and without thought of
its Divine authority and health-giving
tendency to the soul Henry Martyr,
the missionary, would never allow him.
self to read book one moment after he
felt that it was gaining preference in
his mind over the Bible. As long as he
could turn to his Bible with supreme
relish he would continue reading, and
no longer. How few would think of es-
tablishing such criterion in literature,
Christian Inquirer,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
THE TENTH FOR GOD.
What Will the Lords Book of Remem
-"' brance Show Against You.

What Will the Lords Book of Remem-
brance Show Against You?
How about the back tithes? The Lord
keeps hook of remembrance. There
are no mistakes in His book. The dates
90 back to the time when farm was
added to farm: when the sheep increased
n hundred-fold; when the yearly profits
On merchandise increased beyond ex-
pectation; when the rolling-mill, and
the ,ootton-mill, and the foundry ha3 to
be enlarged; when the oil began to
dow, when the railroad shares doubled
in value; when the old homestead was
vacated to enter the palatial residence;
when bank and insurance stocks paid
large dividends; when the old barns
were torn down, and new ones built to
hold the increase of goods
The Lord credited every man with
tho half per cent or the one per cent
which he grudgingly gave out of his in
come. and charged him with the nine
per cent kept back. The charges have
.Seaa going on for years The debt is
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19

an tending; homes whore the food win
not be less savory, or the beds less com.
Portable, or the floors less highly polish
cd because the woman who presides over
its material interests brings into their
arrangement mind trained by habits
Of study and thought, to use and value
time, who so prizes culture that sho
cheerfully foregoes some superhuous
flounces and embroidery upon her chill
drens garments for the sake of gaining
coveted leisure for reading. yet who
does not gruige time to the minutest de-
tails of the domestic economy because
she realizes, with her larger mental
vision, their outcome in health and
character, and recognizes that in the
humber links Of the chain OF daily
service lie Heavens evangel to the
race, as truly as in such ministry as that
of the Elizabeth Frys, the Florence
Nightingales, and tho Sister Doras. -
Anne II. Wharton, in Chautauquan.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

Every thing can be forgiven easier
than selfishness. Rams Horn.
Gods minimum is greater than mans
maximum Talmage, in N. Y. Observer.
The life Of true man can not be
one of mere pleasure. 1t must be one of
duty to God and his fellow-man. Stand
ard.
The Christian love begins in con.
scious obedience to Christ; but conscious
obedience soon rises into sweet and rich
companionship.
Satan Kindred u.s." But let us
give the devil his DUE" Many of our
hindrance are entirely of our own de-
vising and manufacture. United Pres
byterian.
Preserve your conscience always
soft and sensitive. If but one sin force
its way into that tender part of the soul
and dwell easy there, the road is paved
for thousand iniquities. -Christian at
Work.
People who are too cowardly to re-
buke wrong very often try to make
themselves and others believe that
their course is dictated by charity. The
truth is that an unpleasant duty is
evaded because of a want of courage. -
Christian Inqui,er.
One of the maxims of the Bible is
that we should do all things with char
ity," or love. This single rule is the
safest guide in practical conduct that
one can possibly adopt He who is gov
erned by ioring heart will seldom make
mistakes in action. N. Y. Independent
-"Ye are the light of the world"
We must not suppose that this figure
teaches only the Christian duty of re-
vealing to others the way of life. 1t
has many applications. Among other
things, it teaches personal purity.
''Pure as the light is a proverb; the
pure in heart" are the ones who are to
see God.-The Workman
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
IN THE INDUSTRIAL FIELD.

A BLocKof admirably arranged houses
for working women is being erected at
Bedford Park, suburb of London.
IT is impossible for woman to sue
coed in New Y ork as stenographer who
does not know something Of every thing
pertaining to business.
ACCORDING to reports which have re-
Gently been published, Germany en-
ploys $500, 900 of women in industrial
pursuits; England, 1000 900; France, B.
$50, 900; Italy, $500, 600, and Austro- Hun
gary nearly the same number.
A WOMAN first established in the Isle
of Harris the wool weaving industry,
which is now so lucrative to the natives.
Four hundred women are employed In
spinning, dyeing and weaving the cloth
so appreciated now for tailor gowns and
general costumes and wraps for real ser.
vice.
THERE are now 1870 women in the Ber-
lin telephone exchanges. 1t has been
decided to use only women in future, o.
it has been found that their voices are
much more audible than mems, owing to
the higher pitch. The men previously
engaged have not been discharged, but
have been gradually drafted off to diff
ferent work. In one of the smallest ex-
changes there are fifty women working
eight hours day, only the chief andin-
specting staff being men.
A VIENNA correspondent says: One
third of all the post and telegraph clerks
and all the telephone clerks, as we'll -
the teachers in girls schools, are WON.
en-. Lately a lady oculist, Frau DIR.
Kerschbaumer, of Salzburg was allowed
to open hospital Of her own. School
teachers are we'll paid, their salaries
ranging from $500 to $780, A large pro-
portion como from noble families and
those of officers and government o fficiala
The position of governess, on the con-
trary, is much disliked.
THERE are, says the Churchman. few
trades and professions now which wom-
en- have not entered. The last census
gave return of 347 women blacksmiths
in the United Kingdom, over 10000
women book binders, over 5000 women
printers about $4,000 women teachers,
about 1890 civil service women clerks,
over 1, 100 women painters, nearly 81, COX
women engaged in medical work, nurs
ing, etc, nearly 500 editors. compilers
and authors, and more than 800 en-
gagged in various departments Of photog
raphy.
THERE are perhaps dozen butche
shops in New York City kept by women
but not one is to be compared with Mrs
Henry Nassoits in Sixth avenue. Iii
said that the walls are finished Il
pistache green, all the counters, the nsl
stand and vegetable tables are marbl
topped, and the cutting block is sbss
lutely clean. Mrs. Mascot has ~
desks, which she occupies alternately;
big iron safe, Of which she alone has u
combination, and a plate-glass mirrt
overhead, the one woman's CON fort {
the place.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
SORROWS SAFETY VALVES.

A Great Comfort Is Always Found In
Confding Ones Sorrows to Q Sympa-
thizing Friend.
Great griefs can seldom be borne in
silence; nor is it we'll that they should
be. just as the cry of pain springs to
the lips of a child when it is hurt, so
the wounded spirit longs for utterance
to ease its sorrow. Far from being a
rebelious and unnatural desire, this
longing to somehow unburden the soul
in words is merciful gift of God.
See how the noblest souls have sought
and found, not only balm for sorrow.
but sorrows own deeper meaning
in uttering their hearts profound
est cry. Think of that mag
nifcent memorial poem. in which
Tennyson gathered up. as in sa-
cred urn, the fragments OF his broken
heart. Was his sorrow for Hallam the
less that he thus robbed it Of its bitter
est sting, the sMng Of helpless silence
and hopeless brooding? Was Ciceroless
noble, less heroic, because, after the
death Of his beloved daughter Tullia, he
wrote treatise on consolation to allevi'
ate his sorrow? No; utterance sancti.
fies the grief whose pang it softens. God
does not will that we should suffer in
white-lipped silence. He never drives
the barbed arrow into the human heart.
What comfort, what peace has come to
many a stricken soul in pouring out its
sorrow to some sympathetic friend, OF
telling it all in broken letter to some
dear one far away! We need not be poets
or orators to use this blessed safety.
valve Of sorrow. Enough, If we have
the faculty Of utterance. Surely, In
the fullness Of the heart we shall not
lack for words.
And then there is another safety
Hvalve'of sorrow 1t Is service. Work
loving, earnest work-it is like the dew
of Heaven upon bruised reed. If sor
row should take away our power O
serving, it would be the worst hell thu
mind can conceive. 1t would be LIKE
the chained hands Of Prometheus, whil'
the vultures were gnawing at hisvitals
But, thank God, however dark and dec
our sorrow, we are not deprived Of thu
blessed relief Of doing. Though thu
eyes rain, let not the hands lie idle
There is world of blessed work to b.
done, and service is sorrows balm o
Gilead. -Zion's Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19
FOR. SUNDAY READING.
the MASTERS SERVICE.

1kseIt a. the feet OF tho Master,
Whu knev how my heart burned with
Ma said: LET me work in Thy SERVICE
And - my devotion I'll prove"
And looked on the far, waving harvest;
Saw the need Of more laborers there,
And said: LET me haste to the reaping' .
And ny sheaves shall be golden and FAIR"
INT He sid: "Nayl my child, there are
others
Far stronger My reapers to be;
Stay thou sun in thy place, and be watching
To do s0me small service for Me-"
fhsn looked on the green sloping hill
sides,
Where the vineyards In terraces lay,
Aod the sunshine, SO balm and so golden
Made Joyous the long harvest day.
Aud said: 'Let me go to the VINEYARDS,
Where the clusters hang purple ana
sweet;
Twill gather the largest and finest
And bring all my spols to Thy feet
hut He said: "Nay, My child, there are
others
To gather the fruit OF the vine;
Stay thou still in thy place and be quiet
Nor thus at thy station repine."
Then looked down the beautiful valley,
Where the lilies grew stately and fair,
And the roses blushed scarlet and crimson
And scented the earth and the air.
And said: "Let me gather the flo wers-
Those flowers SO fair and so sweet;
Il will bring them in all their bright beauty
And lay them with love at Thy feet"
Hut lie said: "Nay! My child let the flowers
Bloom on in their fragrance and grace;
They are not for thy fingers to gather.
Stay, stay thou content in thy place"
Twas a dream, But the meaning remaineth
And now in the byways and lanes
y search for the clover and daisies,
And CLEAN for the scattering grains.
Nv sheaves will be scanty and humble
Ill others more stately and good;
H t what Joy, if at nightfall the Master
shall say: she hath done what sh
could"
Lillian Grew. in N, Y Observer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-19


Bessie had been spending the summer
in Europe with her father and mother,
and had just arrived home.
Uncle Fred took her on his knee, and
asked her if she had nice time.
''Oh yes" answered Bessie, II had a
lovely time! l scraped the kettlew
At first nobody knew what Bessie
meant, but then her mother recollected
he'night they had spent in peasants
cottage in Switzerland, when the good
Swiss dame had allowed Bessie to scrape
the porridge kettle, to the little girls
unbounded delight
At Bessie's home the kitchen was un-
der the care Of trained servants, and
Bessie rarely was allowed to enter it.
Therefore she missed some OF those
pleasures that fall to the lot OF poorer
children, who follow their mothers
around the kitchen, sometimes being
allowed to ''help" and often obtaining
a bit of some new-made dish before it Is
seen upon the table. And so it was
that OF the en1oyments which Europe
rave to Bessie, she counted scraping
the kettle as the most precious one Of
all-Youth's Companion