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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
WHAT I'M THANKFUL FOR.

I'm thankful that I'm eight years old,
And that I've left OF dresses.
And that I've had my curls cut of,
Some people call 'en tresses.
Such things were never meant for boys.
Horrid, dangling, tanxling curls-
They go quite well with dress and sash
And are just the thing for girls.
I'm thankful have pockets four.
Though they're almost too small
To hold the things want to keep,
Some strings, knife, my top and ball.
I'm thankful that there Is no school,
At leastthere's none to .day;
1t gives a fellow time to eat
And drink and think and play.
I'm thankful that we're going to have.
All my folks and l,
Just jolly feast to day,
With turkey and mlnce. pie.
And I'll be thankful II you will,
Kind Mr.. Printer man,
Print these many thanks OF mine,
For all to read who can.
U! one thing more-my mamma says,
And what she says Is true;
TITS God who gives US everything
And keeps and loves US too.
And SO thank Him very much
For all that enjoy,
And hope that next Thanksgiving day
VIII ind a better boy.
-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
FACTS AND FRAGMENTS.

LINNEUs has truly said Of alcohol,
that "Man sinks gradually by this fell
poison; first he favors it, then he warns
to it, then he burns for it, then he is
consumed by it."
NAMES new liquor law now in force
is the most severe one which that cele-
brated prohibition state has ever en-
acted. Experience has shown that in
dealing with the liquor traffic gentle
ness Is wasted.
A SHORT time ago Rev. A. ]. VIII eel
er, of New Haven, offered bags Of
-four to the needy, provided intoxicat-
ing drink or tobacco were not used in
the family applying. This offer was
made known through the press, and
deposit of fifty dollars was placed with
the Union Trust Company by Mr..
Wheeler Us evidence of good faith. No
applications were received. -Christian
at Work.
The German author tiles have been
studying statistics, and have discovered
that crime, pauperism and disease
have increased in proportion as the
sale of alcoholic drinks has increased.
They declare that alcoholism means
the deterioration of the nation, and
the government promptly seeks to
stem the tide by throwing stringent,
even harsh, restrictions around the
sale and consumption of liquor.
1T is said that disease of the heart is
very prevalent in Munich. where the
consumption of beer amounts, on the
average, to 565 litres per head annual
ly; and in the same place the duration
of life among the brewing trade is
shorter than that of the general popula-
ton. Whereas the average age attained
among the latter is 535 years, that of
alehouse keepers is 51.35 years and of
brewers 1888 years. The same note
adds that for the whole of Germany
the annual consumption of beer per
head amounts to IS litres, but for Ba-
varia it is 209 litres. London Lancet
A MEDICAL authority, says an Eng
lish paper, has advised life insurance
companies to issue policies to reform
inebriates only at the same rates as to
old men in order that financially they
may be properly guarded. 1t is held
that man of forty-eight who had been
hard drinker. but had abandoned the
practice, would probably have his
longevity SO far impaired as TO war
rant life insurance company in deal
ing with him as though he were from
sixty-five to seventy years OLD. 1t will
be seen from this that the chances Of
longevity are promoted by abstinence
in early life as well as in later years,
that in the matter of using strong
drink it is better, as DR. Cuyler with
much pertinence his said, to stop
before you begin"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
ADJUSTABLE.
The Question Which Puzzled q Bright
Sunday-SchOOl Scholar.


Sunday-SchOOl Scholar.
A teacher in a mission Sunday school
says that her boys, though their knowl-
edge of the Bible is unhappily slight,
ask her questions which oblige her not
only to keep her information well in
hand. but also to be exceedingly care
full to say exactly what she means
when telling them anything.
They had great deal of trouble.
principally caused by lack of inatten-
ton, in remembering how many and
what the commandments are.
"You can never forget how many
commandments there are, l am sure"
said the teacher, the second Sunday,
when six, seven and eight had all been
proposed as answers to her question,
''for you can count your fingers, and
then you will remember how many
commandments there are for you to
keep, for there are as many command
ments as you have fingers on your two
hands"
"Jest as many, an no more, ma amp
inquired one boy, with revival of in.
terest.
Just as many, and no more" replied
the teacher. with smile.
81 guess I'll bring along Jim Soper,
who lives next door to me, next Sun.
day." said the boy, at the end of the
lesson, and he received cordial reply
to his remark.
The next Sunday he appeared accom-.
panied by his friend, whom he kept
close at his side during the lesson.
When it came his turn to answer ques
tons he said, cheerfully:
"Yes'm; ten commandments for me,
ma Fam; / remember about 'em all; but
here's Jim, my friend; he amt got but
four fingers on his left hand, on &C
count of an accident, an me an Jim's
been talkin' it over ever since last Sun.
day which one of them commandments
wouldn't belong to him." - Youths
Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
The Christians True Watchword.

upward" is the Christians true
watchword. Upward he must look,
and upward must he move. With
downward" he has nothing to do.
He has not even downward attitude
toward, or look upon, sin; for ideally
his attitude is never toward, but away
from, sin. Is he in sorrow? Is he suf-
fering from bodily pain, from mental
agony? Is he in loss of properly, or be-
reft of dear ones? 1t is said that his
griefs must be "lived down" But,
again, the Christian has nothing to do
with down" He must live up to the
lessons and the Christening of his sor-
rows He must make them thing
above him, toward which he can look
and progress They are from God, and
nothing that is from God must be lived
down or thrust beneath us. Blessed in.
deed is he who can live up to his pains
and sorrows!-S. S. Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
Improving the Minutes as They Go.

There is sense in which the present
moment is to every one an end of life.
1t Is that to which we have been tend
ing from the beginning of our days.
We can not afford, like certain tourists,
to move along our way with head down,
and with eyes and ears closed to all
that is about us, as if there were moth
ing to us in the wayside, simply because
we are trying to reach a farther goal.
Not merely what lies at the end of the
road. but the road itself, is the Chris
tian's destination. The best way to
live for the future is to live the best
way for the present. Heaven begins on
the way heavenward.-S. s. Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02


The boy drew long breath. "Then
! can have the rest of the turkey" he
said. in tone of satisfaction, "because
mamma told Mary she might 60 to din.
ner with her sister after we were DONE
Cousin Sarah looked at him in amaze
ment. my dear little boy" she said,
"what do yo>. mean? The rest of this
huge turkey? Why, you would die!
And anyway you couldn't eat half OF
it."
II don't want it myself" the boy ex-
planned. II want to take it to the
Jawkinses, because they have nothing
but salt fish and potatoes, and ! am
afraid that they may not know that
they ought to give thanks for that"
Cousin Sarah thought it very prob.
able, from what she knew of the Jaw
kins family, but she listened with in
terest to the boys story about Jimmy
Jawkins, the apple, and the salt fish.
Then she rose and said: "You shall
take the turkey to them. dear boy!
am sure it is just what your mamma
would like. Only, l think you will
have to let me carry it for you. for 1t is
almost as big as you are"
So Cousin Sarah took the turkey on
its great blue platter. and the boy took
the cranberry sauce in one hand, and
dish Of apples in the other, and off they
went.
The people whom they met looked
very much surprised to see young
lady carrying a huge turkey through
the street, but Cousin Sarah didn't care
in the least for that, but only thought
how pretty the boy looked, trudging
along before her, holding his cranberry
sauce so carefully, and looking round
every now and then to see if she was
all right.
So they reached the poor little cot
taRe where the Jawkinses lived, and
they stopped a moment outside the
door to take breath, for they had been
walking fast.
They heard a child crying inside,
and then tired woman's voice said
"It's all there is, dear, 'cept taters.
Try later, and then Jimmy III give
We the pretty apple. Do now. Sissy
like good girl! Doctor said We must
eat, else we wouldn't never git we'll"
At this moment Cousin Sarah opened
the door, and stood holding up the great
turkey, while the boy marched in brave
ly with his two dishes.
"Here is your Thanksgiving dinner!
he said, looking round at the six hungry
faces which were clustered around thu
bare table. "You must give thanks
you know, even when it's only salt fish
but thought you could give more thank
for turkey and cranberry sauce, 'caus
I'm sure could myself" And, for tn
first time in their lives, the Jawkin
: children did give thanks!-Laura E
Richards, in Youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
oRuNKARDs' RETREATS.
English Institutions for tho Cure Of Al
cOhOllsm.

English Institutions for the Cure OF Al
cohollsm.
There are seven inebriates' homes In
England, established under the pro-
visions of the inebriates' acts of 1879
and 1888, number totally inadequate
to touch even the fringe of the drink
evil, though seemingly sufficient for
the number of persons who in the
present permissive state of the law, ara
willing to avail themselves of the treat
ment. The report just issued by the
inspector of retreats under those acts
is document of very considerable in
terest, and it appears that larger
number of patients have placed them
selves under restraint during the past
year than in any year since the law
was passed.
The medical superintendent Q, the
retreats are agreed as to the stong
necessity of power being given to com
NIT habitual drunkards to bone
under the act, instead Of sentep cling
them to short terms of Imprisonment.
Such an amendment would involve
provision for the maintenance Of per.
sons without means, but short Of thai
great good might be done If the princi.
pie were applied to those possessed OF
means, the costs involved made charge.
able upon their estate, Ultimately
such provision will have to be made.
and it is not creditable 10 nineteenth
century civilization that inebriates
should be sent to Jail Scores of hum
dreds of times in the facn of accumu.
lated evidence that such h eatment is Of
no avail.
DR.. Branthwaite, the perintendent
of the Dalrymple home Rickmans'
worth, furnished the government in.
spector a report Of that establishment
which gives in detail many particulars
of interest. He has had under his
care 244 persons since the home was
opened. In "a cases there was no re.
turn to drunken habits, in 10 the pa.
tents had improved and in IS there
was no information obtained. In "A
cases, however, there was no improve
ment, but the average period of treat.
ment was only six months, and it is q
we'll ascertained fact that the longer
the term lasts the greater are the
chances of permanent good. That
education is no safeguard against in
temperance receives incidental con
frmation from the fact that 81 of the
Rickmansworth patients last veal
were gentlemen Of no occupation
whilh the remainder were made NJ
chiefly of merchants, medical practi
TONERS and clerks. London Letter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

An appalling disaster occurred oil
the coast of Gibralta on the night
of March 18th, in which the lives
of nearly five hundred italian i'm
migrants were lost. They were on
the way to America on the British
ship Utopia, when the British
man-of-war Arson ran into her in
the dark, and the vessel sank in a
few minutes. More than 800 per-
sons were on the i'll fated ship, of
whom over half were drowned.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28
mo. 20.
The New Secretary Of the Treas
ufy.
fPicnyune1


ury.
fPicayuns.l
The appointment to be Secretary
of the Treasury of the Hon. Charles
Foster, of Ohio, was not unexpec-
ted. Mr.. Foster has served as a
member of Congress and as Gov
ernor of his State, but it does not
appear that he has had any special
reputation as q inancier. He, of
course, is opposed TO the free coin
age of silver, and is bound to the
current financial theories of his
party, but it is not likely that his
views are radical either way. tits
worthy of notice that he is West
ern man, but he cannot serve his
party and be insensible to the pow
erful influences of Wall street. As
things are, there is no objection to
his appointment.
Mr.. Foster was q member of
Congress during the reconstruction
troubles in Louisiana, and was sent
here during the McEnery-Kellogg
gubernatorial controversy in 1872
He took Unexpectedly fair and I'M
partisan views Of matters here, and
while he condemned acts on both
sides, he signed a report in favor
of the election of McEnery. Sub
sequently he took an active part in
the Hayes ilden presidential con-
test, and was extremely favorable
to an arrangement which, while it
gave the White House to General
Hayes, confirmed Louisiana to the
Democrats.
The new Secretary has his record
as iinancier to make. He has
taken Office in the midst of the
conditions of disquiet and unset
Element caused on the one hand by
the money panic through which
the commercial world has just
passed, and the other by the radical
demands of the extremists of the
Western school of finance. He
will have a breathing spell from
now until the next season for hand
ling the crops. Then comes Con-
gress. What is to come afterwards,
it is not easy to prophecy; but the
secretary will have enough to worry
him as we'll as to occupy his time
The early future of the national
finances promises to be unsettled
to q high degree.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28
A Safe Investment.

IL one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case Of
failure return IF purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from ouI
advertised Druggist o bottle of Dr.
Kings New discovery for Consump-
ton. 1t is guaranteed to bring relief
iu every case, when used for any affec-
ton of threat. lungs or chest, such aa
consumption, inflammation etc. It is
pleasant and agreeable t. taste, per-
fectly safe, and can always be depend
ed upon. Trial bottle free ut G.. C.
Nash's store 4
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28
The Sugar Bounty.

The bounty on sugar goes into
effect on the first of April, and
already its effect in cheapening
sugar is plainly visible, all the
grades being fully a cent and a half
lower in price than they have been
for years. 1t is supposed that the
actual operation of the law will
still further lower prices. In view
of the early application of the
bounty, the La. Sugar Bowl has
the following timely remarks:
The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, after consulting with the
Louisiana Representatives, has de-
cided to make the bond required of
sugar planters one half of the
amount of the bounty. At first ne
was inclined to make it equal to the
bounty, but they urged that the
penalties in the act were so severe
that the bond could be much small
or. They urged q bond in a quar-
ter of the amount of the bounty,
and in a spirit of compromise the
commissioner has fixed it at one
half.
Another point settled, is that the
actual owner of sugar and not the
maker of it, receive the bounty.
Thus if the planter sells his cane or
syrup to a central factory it will
receives the bounty, but if the first
still retains the ownership of the
syrup, he will get the benefit of
the act.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

Five undoubted cases of 'glan-
ders" having appeared on the plant
alton of Mr.. G. w. Carruth, OF
Rapides parish, the Stock Sanitary
Commission of the parish decided
that all of his mules and horses
az in number) should be killed,
which was done by shooting them
in the head. His stables and sheds
were also burned. The parish will
pay MIR. c. $500 for his damages.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

Gen. Joseph e. Johnston. the
last remaining great general of the
Southern Confederacy, passed over
the river of death at midnight, ON
21st instant, at the advanced age Of
SO years. He died in the city Of
Washington, where he has resided
since Mr.. Cleveland's administra-
tration, and was greatly respected
by all, regardless of party affil-
liations.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

A grand entertainment, for the
benefit of Enterprise Lodge No.
1862, will be given by the Knights
of Honor, at the Boyce hotel, on
Tuesday evening. April 81, 1891.
Admission so cents. A dance will
be in order after the entertainment
We return thanks to Messrs. J..
Dawson johnson and w. T. New
man, special committee, for a CON-
plimentary ticket.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

The following specimens arc the
earliest examples of the Lords
Prayer" now known to exist. As
photographed treasures We con-
slider them the best that have yet
been given the Republics readers
through this department Besides
being literary rarities in them
selves, they illustrate in . striking
and interesting manner the pro-
gress the English language has
made and the changes it has under
gone during the last 700 years.
The first is in "old English, bears
date 1160, and is as follows:
Ure Faeder thu the on the
heofene cart, sye thin name ge-
haliged. To-come thin rice, ge-
worde thin willie on heofene and
on earthe. Syle US to-day urne
daighwamliche hlaf. And forgyf
us ure gelties swa we forgyfeth
aelcen, thare the with us agyeteth,
and ne laed then us on costunuge,
&C alys us fran yfele. Amene
The next is from q thirteenth
century manuscript now in the
British Museum, and is as follows:
Fader cure that art in heve, l
halgoed be thi name, / cume thy
kinerciche, y-wer the thi while don
as in heve and earthe. Cure iche-
dayes bred gyf as to-day, and for
gyf w cure guites also we forgifet
cure fgultare, and ne led ows nowth
into fodingge, auth ales ows of
harme. Amen.
The next is from Wycliffe's New
Testament (1360):
Our Fsdir that art in hevenes,
halwid be thi name, thy kyngdome
cumm-to, be thi willie done as in
heven and in earthe; gif to vs. this
day ouer breed cuer other SUBJ
Stance, and forgeue to vs. ouer
dettis az We forgeue to our dettours.
And leede W not into temptacioun,
but delyere rs fro yuel. Amen.
From Tyndale's New Testsment.
1925:
o cure father which art in heven.
Halowed be thy name. Let Thy
kingdom como. Thy win be full
filed, as we'll in erth as hit ys in
heven. Geve We this day our
daylay bresde. And forgive Us
cure trespasses even as we forgive
them which trespas vs.. Lede 70
not into temptation. but delyvre vs
from yvell. Amen.
The next was the Geneva version
of 1850; almost exactly like the
authorized version of 1911, with
which everyone is we'll acquainted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

Two crevasses occurred during
the high water last week, one just
above Harvey's canal, opposite New
Orleans, and the other on the west
bank of bayou Lafourche. A good
deal of damage was done, but MOTH
ing to compare to last year. In the
country near the city the plant
ations are protected by back and
dividing levees, and the water has
mostly been confined to the swamp
and bayous. As the Mississippi is
declining the worst is now over.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

Lawrence Barrett, the celebrated
tragedian. died in New York city
on the Goth instant, from failure of
of the heart. Mr.. Barrett was So
years of age, and an American by
birth, being a native of Patterson,
New Jersey. His father was an
Irishman and his mother an Ameri-
can. As an actor he stood at the
head of his profession and enjoyed
a world wide reputation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

Snug little fortunes herr been made ..
work for us, By Anna fsge, Anstiu.
Texas, and Jno. Bonn. Toledo, Ohio
|see Get Others ere doing % vel Why
pot you' some esrn over ssOo.W =
.,sonfh- You ecu do the WORK and lise
IT home. wherever yeu ars- Evee bs-
rinners arc easily earning from - to
sic . d~.. An seea- We show yoa bow
snd start you- Can wovk IN >p.rs time
a. ell the lime. Bie uooey for wcvk-
era. Failure unkncwu susvag thesn.
NEW sud wspderftzi- Pnrfirulas ffre.
nDex ooo R0rspaods Maine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

the constitution, and it neuer has
been done; (2) tits unequal, there
fore unjust, discrimination between
the classes; (3) it is paternal and
centralizing in its very nature, and
therefore opposed to the spirit of
our institutions; (4) itfosters trusts
and combinations, the very things
the alliance proposes to be warning
against. In addition to these con-
stitutional objections, we might
urge the impracticability, expense,
failure to accomplish the end
sought, and the dividing of the
people on an impalpable issue in
the face of other and greater
dangers. But these are sufficient
to fix our position and provoke and
invite discussion, and it is not nec-
essary to enlarge upon them now.
The increase of the circulating
medium is an idea to which the
Democratic party is unequivocally
committed, although the method of
its accomplishment is q matter on
which our leaders are widely divid-
ed, as witness Mr.. Cleveland's OPP
position to the free coinage of
silver, and the large following he
has in these views. A great deal
can be said on both sides of this
question, and it is questionable in
our mind whether the relief sought
can be obtained by any tinkering
with the currency. The circulation
per capita in 1870 was 1897, in
1880 it was $20.37, and in 1890 it
was 1886, showing a steady in
crease in the circulating medium
for the last twenty years, which
increase at the present writing is
still in progress. And still the cry
goes up that the volume of the cur
rency must be made larger. 1t
may be that the amount is too
small, but we are disposed to think
that there are other and more po-
tent means for relief, and the free
coinage of silver is not one of them.
The very term 'free coinage" is
misleading, and affords pot-house
politicians an effective slogan. We
had "cheap money" during the
war, but no one is found who will
contend that it was "good money"
when it took $50 of it to buy pair
of boots.
Taken as whole, the other meas
ures urged by the farmers are but
recital of old time issues, nearly
all of which are approved by the
Democratic party and embodied in
its national platform. For these
reasons we hold that the farmers
have no standing as a political
body; and, however grave and i'm
portant may be their need for organ
ization for business both Of
fensive and defensive-they have
no war with the Democratic party,
but, in common with the other in
dustrial classes, they have a part
and parcel in the fight that is now
being waged in favor of tariff re-
form. In fact the tariff question
is the question of the hour, and all
others should be subservient to it.
As but one great political question
can engage nation at time, the
farmers should accept the guage
of battle, maintain their organiza-
ton, and bide the day whom they
may enforce their other demands,
should time and fair debate prove
them worthy as national laws.
Hon NJ r. Rlonohord uos vir,t
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-03-28

Thousands and tens Of Thousands Of
bottles Of e. c. C. certain chill cnre are
sold yearly and the people are constant-
~ clumoring for more. They know a
good thing when they try it. Sold by
8. NJ. LacrOix.