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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

The many who fail account for this
partly on the theory that men are busy
with their own affairs, and partly be-
cause we are living in mercenary age
and the commercial standard is SO FIRE.
quently applied as test. However, an
ill-paid service is no excuse for sloth OF
dalliance. 1t is wiser to ignore the fact
that we are underpaid and overworked
than to rail at fortune or retaliate upon
the employer who withholds Just com.
pensation for services rendered by per.
functorily discharging our duty. Bet.
ter than pecuniary gain is the satisfac-
ton of having done ones best without
egotism, or desire for notority, or
hunger for sudden performance and
praise" We strive for greatness. But
the great man is he only whose deeds
excite glow in the hearts of genera.
tions who live after him, or whose
books are read centuries after his death.
We can not all become great.
And yet it is in the power of every
man to sanctify his life and to employ
his talents in the line of his epdeavor
SO that the world is richer for his hav-
ing lived in it. So much depends upon
the aim in life that the results are OF
secondary Importance. When the aim
is low, the results give emphasis to the
aim. Lowell writes:
Life is leaf of paper white
Whereon each one OF us may write
HIS word, or two-and then comes night.
Though thou have time
But for line, be that sublime;
| Not failure, but low aim, 10 crime.
All mankind respect man Of prin.
ciple. Never can it be said Of sincere
and honest man that he, lives and labors
in vain. He may elevate his calling,
though he cobbles shoes. Sham and
subterfuge are the expedients of fools
for gaining honors and place. Nothing
great was ever accomplished without
hard work. A lowly life Of titulal
and gilded ease when it's ain
is high and it's record reveals
love of labor and power Of
achievement. "Good luck" says g
shrewd observer, lis another name fol
tenacity of purpose. = You mus
elect your work; you must take wha'
your brain can, and drop the rest Only
so can that amount of vital force which
can make the step from knowing to do
ing. No matter how much faculty O.
idle seeing man has, the step from
knowing to doing is rarely taken. Til
a step out of the chalk circle of imbe
cility into fruitfulness." And he add
that the secret of power is ''to collec
and swing ones whole being into on
act" The key to power and the secre
of usefulness is to do ones BEST
Harold Van Santvoord, in S. S. Times
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
THE BEES SERMON.

Good morning, dear friendsi I'm a clever
And sermon I'll preach II you'll listen to
me; hNt r.
II Will not be long, and Il viii not be dry.
And your own common. sense my remarks
may apply
Not slothful in business must be the first
For with vigor we work till the sun goes to
And unless one Is willing to put forth ones
There is no getting on in world such as
We are fond Of our dwellings: no gossips are
we,
No gadders about idle neighbors to see;
And though we are forced for our honey to
We come back as soon a. We can to our
home.
"The way to be happy. and wealthy, and
wise,
Is early to rest and early to RISE"
This proverb has nodded our conduct for
years,
And we never sleep when the daylight ap.
pears.
II you were to peep in our hives you would
own
That as models Of cleanliness they might be
shown;
All dust and all dirt, without any delay.
| Are swept from our door, and soon carried
away.
Ventilation most thorough our domlciles
share,
| 50 no one need teach US the worth of fresh
air;
For we could not live, as we've heard people
do,
In close rooms where no health. giving
breeze can pass through.
When one of our number Is sick or distressed
He Is sure of kind treatment from each OF
the rest;
We sympathize warmly with those who're
| in grief,
And are eager to prefer immediate relief.
We carry our stings, not on any pretense
For aggressive attack, but In self. defense;
We NEEDLE with no one, and only repel
Assailants who will not In peace with u
dwell.
Now my sermon Is ended and you, II yo'
| please,
Some hints may derive from us hard-work
ing bees;
May your life be as useful, your labors n
sweet,
And may you have plenty of honey to eati
m. O. Picayune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
NO DEAD LINE.
Such Thing Unknown to the Growing
Young Man or Woman.

Such Thing Unknown to the Growing
Young Man or Woman.
Young men and women who promise
much constantly disappoint these ex-
pectations by accomplishing very little
in life. There is gross injustice in the
oft-repeated remark that college vale
dictorians never amount to anything.
but it remains true that surprisingly
large number Of promising young men
fail to justify the hopes of their friends.
This is due, no doubt, to many causes.
There is, however, one element which
is constantly overlooked in estimating
the possibilities of mans future, and
that is the power of growth.
Many young people mature early,
and their development seems
to be arrested. Many others
mature late, and the process of growth
is a continuous one. There is no quail.
ity so valuable as this, because it is the
one quality which carries with it a GER.
tain evidence of immortality. The
growing man or woman is never sta
tionary; such an one never pauses on
the summit Of any achievement and
rests content there. The law of such q
nature is constant progression. What
| is achieved is no sooner done than it be.
comes not point of repose, but the i'm
pulse to something still to be won. Fol
such an one there is no ultimate height
because there is always a height be-
yond. The dead line is never drawn in
the growing man or woman. There
may come time when physical disabil
tiles reduce the working power, but
even then the process of growth goes
on. This capacity, which is worth more
than highest talent would be without
it, is not matter of nature only, or OF
inheritance; it is capacity quite capa
BILE of cultivation. The secret of growtf
does not lie in a peculiar quality OF
mind, SO much as in the attitude which
the man or woman takes. The grow
ing mind is always the open mind. II
never reaches point where it is salts
fed with what it has done, nor does il
ever dogmatically shut itself up against
the incoming Of new truth. On the
contrary, the secret of its power lies ii
the fact that it grows by what il
feeds on; by constant increase
of knowledge; by steady assim
ilation of truth, by an ever widen
ing interest and sympathy. re
the growing man God is always reveal
ing Himself: to the growing man the
world is always becoming greater. Oh
stacles which would be insurmountable
difficulties which would be intractablt
to others, are transformed into new
sources of impetus by the mind which
is willing to learn from them, and i
necessary to take a new direction il
order to secure its end. Open-minded
ness and teachableness are the tive
qualities which prevent the arrest o
development of the soul, the two quail
tiles which keep it always moving on
ward in line with that steady revelation
of truth and that constant infowing o
power which ought to be the inspiration
of every life.-Christian Union.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

"Now. all of you look at he board
thoughtfully, and don't speak. Per-
haps some of you will discover some
thing curious. will give you five
minutes"
Before they were up, saw Fred had
discovered something, and was aching
to tell it, so, when gave the signal, he
burst out with: "They count right
straight down. Don't you see they do?"
And he rose and showed Ralph, point
ing to the tens column. "See: l, 2, 8,
4, =, 6, Z, s, a!'
"And," said Daisy, "the units column
counts backward"
$50 it does," exclaimed Fred. "See:
9,S,7. 8, 5, a, 3, al" running his pointer
down the line of figures. II never no.
ticed that before. l believe l shan't
miss now. l always know 2x9-1S, and
Sxs are -, and ax9-45, and 1Ox9-9o,
and some of the rest. Now, If fellow
doesn't know 4x9, all he has to do is to
take Sx9 is 81, add to the 2, and take
l from the Z. There you have it-36!
Why is it? What makes it count up and
down SOP"
swell. you see, Fred, every time you
add nine, you add l0-1, which is the
same thing. You add one ten and SUBJ
tract one unit"
"Oh, yes! So we do" they chorused.
"And there is another curious fact that
will help Fred more still. I wish had
known it when was girl. Don't you
see the tens figure each time is one less
than the number of times nine?"
$50 it isl SO il is! Hurrah!' said the
boys.
"And, also, here is more help still.
Don't you see the units figure plus the
tens figure makes nine every time?"
"Who cam sag the mines now?" CRIED
Fred. 81 and equals ., 2 and Z equals
Q, and 6 equals 9, A and equals .,
and equals y, s and 8 equals 9, and
equals o.
'sWhy didr. We see it all before? In
going to tell ali the boys at school il
the morning. "---Continent.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
When Iniirmities Become Sins.

Many who derive little good from the
services of the sanctuary are satisfied to
think that it is their intirmity that they
do not remember more of the teaching
of the pulpit. Now, memory may not
be able always to recall sermons in or
der. but if it can carry records OF trade
and seldom forget business details, or
bear away from company any idle
gossip it can, if there is the desire, re-
member Christian truths and feed upon
them. 1t may be our infirrnity that we
can not give sustained attention to a
discourse or that we lack retentive
memories, but if we do not do our best
to resist and overcome our intirmities
they become sins Christian Inquirer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
ANGELINA Is HOMESlCk.
How Poor Dolly Wanted to Get Back {
Home and Grandma.

How Poor Dolly Wanted to Get Back to
Home and Grandma.
Seems as if you don't so to sleep very
we'll tonight, Angelina. ! most think
you're just the least bit homesick Some
dollies are so hard to suit!
Don't you have lots of good times
here in California? Don't you have all
the oranges you can eat every day?
Don't you have just bushels of flowers?
Don't you go to the beach with me, and
hunt shells?
And when you're tired of playing ont.
doors, you can sit by the window and
watch the funny Cinnamon go by, with
their big blue shirts put on outside
stead of coats, and their queer wooden
shoes and long, black pig-tails.
And you can look at the dark-colored
men, and wonder whether they arc In
dams or Mexicans. And the real light
colored people-the whitest ones-they
are the visitors that have just come.
Auntie says everyone that stays here a
good while gets brown. l s'pose you
would get brown, Angelina, if you
StdN Su hSiS'
Never mind! We're going back home
to grandmas in just two weeks more.
know you would be dreadfully home
sick il we were here another month
and do think even two weeks is long
time, Angelina
l know well enough grandma can
hardly wait to see us. And don't you
tell, Angelina, but I'm most tired of
oranges I'd just like few snowflake
for a change. promised to wash Tom
my Carter's face, first big snow we had.
What fun it used to be sliding down hill
together.
Do'you s'pose there's any way to have
such fun where there's no snow? l
don't. And Christmas didn't seem ne
bit natural this year.
Oh, you poor little thing! 1 know jus,
how you feel. But don't cry, Angelina
don't. Oh dear.- outh's Compa2 ion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
" THE MINES"
What the Children Learned at Msmms'a
Blackboard Exercise.

What the Children Learned at Msmms's
Blackboard Exercise.
1.-THE mines are so hardv' said Fred,
running in from school the other day.
81 missed on them. Is supper most
ready. I'm so hungry. Say, mamma,
do you think you could help me learn
them?"
"Yes,my dear; after the supper things
are cleared away l will help you. and
supper is almost ready. Wash yourself,
and set the chairs around the table.
Are the girls close by?"
Eyes, there they are at the gate" And
in came Daisy and Nellie. and Ralph,
too.
Bright young faces soon surrounded
the Widespread board, and unspoiled
appetites enjoyed the wholesome meal.
s'Mamma's breads the best in the
worldr' attests one eager voice, while
others chat Of the days doings ir
school.
Soon, the meal over, the boys haster
to milk the cows and bring in the wood
for the fireplace, while the girls with
deft hands wash and wira the dishes.
As get out my mending-basket,
say: "Daisy, we are going to have 6
blackboard lesson tonight. Please gel
the chalk, and write The Mines neat
ly on the blackboard" We have black
board-one Of the cloth kind that rolls
up like map-and it is very useful.
"Oh, good, good! cried Ralph and
Nellie. Mammals blackboard lessons
are always SO interesting"
But don't know what she can fine
to tell us about the nines," said Fred.
81 mean to let you tell me some very
interesting things" said l, $50 put OF
your thinking-caps, and be quiet"
BY this time the blackboard looked
thus: HI
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
Why i Am a Protectionist.

by HON. n. r. HENDERSON, U. S. con-
GRESHAM FROM IOWA.
First-l}ecause the civilized, world
substantially protects itself, thus fore
ing us to protect ourselves,
Second-Because all the conditions of
men and women in this country are bet
ter than in other countries, and protec-
ton is needed to preserve our happier
conditions.
Third-Because l want labor to get
the best possible wages for its efforts.
Fourth-Bccause I want agriculture
to find near. sure and rich market.
Fifth-Because want to keep the
capital and labor of this country all &C
lively employed, each helping the other
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
THE WEEKS TARIFF PICTURES
New York Press. ]
MONDAY.

One ''roller" and one catcher" en-
ployed in making black sheet ircn for
use in the tin plate industry, together
receive So
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

THURSDAY,

THURSDAY.
The republican pledge about tariff
legislation was to reduce the revenue,
not to reduce the protection Of Ameri.
can revenue. The revenue from customs
duties during the month of July, 1890,
was
1914, ,S4S
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

Free Trader on Improved Conditions.
The bakers had their turn; the hair dressers.
the crocers the shoemakers, all manifested dis
content; and the workmen in the sewers joined
in the demand for improved conditions The
Nation.
If there is any thing in this world
that will make the editor of free trade
newspaper weary to the point of exas-
peration. it is an effort by hair-dresserS
shoemakers, worllmen, and such, for
Improved conditions" and we find the
editor saying:
The French government haring sown the
wind by refusing TO protect the cmnibus-drivers
who wished 10 work against the assaults OF the
strikers and the mob that syinpathixed with
them, is now reaping the whrlwind in ~
epidemic of strikes
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

Pei UUJ III IVV5OufEH
TUESDAY.
The ''doubler" in the English sheet
iron mills, where they make black sheets
for tin plate, receives Sl.92
per day. In Pittsburgh the 'doubler"
gets $3.S5
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per day.

WEDNESDAY.
The Mckinley bill cut down our i'm
ports of leaf tobacco for the eleven
months ending May from
2S,615,967
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

Well, the duty on those rugs is sixty
cents yard and 40 per cent. ad valo-
rem, or 49, 80.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16

HOW GERMAN wEAvERs LIVE.

Testimony OF Free Trader In Free
Trade Journal-Do American Working
men Want to Live Like This?
The death Of Hermann Raster. of the
Illinois Stats Zeitung, which occurred
recently at small watering place in
Germany, has occasioned comment in
the newspapers all over the United
States, as Mr.. Raster was widely known
as man Of ability and independence.
Mr.. Raster's paper, the Stats Zeitung,
has been independent, with strong dem.
ocratic tendencies, and the Chicago
Tribune is everywhere known as
straight-out anti-tariff organ. Under
these circumstances it is difficult to &C.
count for the publication of the follow.
ing article which appeared in the Trib-
une of July "a:
"In recent letter from Hermann
Raster printed in the Stats Zeitung he
has something to say about the people
in the neighborhood of the little bath
ing place where he is staying. They
are weavers by trade, and under aver.
age circumstances each of them earns
about 40 cents day on which to sup
port himself, wife and children he may
have. The democratic free trade ora
tor will say at once that everything is
much cheaper abroad than here and
that the 40 cents are equivalent of a
great many more in American money.
''This is Mr.. Raster's statement of
what the weaver buys with his wages
daily for himself, wife and children:
Rent of the single room they occupy,
which contains the loom, cooking uten.
sils and beds, and is ~ X Is feet, "a cents
per day; 5-pound loaf of bread, made
of rye and barley, 1879 cents; quart
and half Of SKINNED milk, LIZ cents;
half peck of potatoes, SO cents; a
quarter of a peck of flour, AZ cents;
salt O.S cent; kerosene, l cent; butter
IL cents; total, 21.6 cents. This does
not leave much leeway for meat and
coal and clothes. The weaver buys
every two or three weeks half a pound
meat with bones and pays about seven
cents for it. In winter he buys hun
dredweight of coal. for which he pay %
cents and which lasts him ten days.
1.-THE American workmen is in the
habit of living somewhat better than
this, and would not care to drop down
to this frugal fare. But he will have to
if his democratic friends force him to
enter into competition with men who
live as these German weavers do. Is he
quite ready to take all duties off COM
petitive goods and to go into a manu-
featuring war, to be victor in which he
must initiate the style of living of his
opponents"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
pounds in 1SS9-9O to
s1,7ee,s55

91,768, s55
pounds in 1s9o91. The protection at
forded by higher duties and by the re-
peal of the special internal revenue
taxes formerly imposed on dealers in
leaf tobacco has benefited the American
farmer. The sales 'of leaf tobacco in
Virginia for July, 1891, were
1882, 1877
pounds. For July, 1891, they rose to
1905. 1l3
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
per day in Pittsburgh.

per day in England and
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
The Mckinley bill cut it down to
for the month Of July, 1891.
S24,s67,s4S.

A Fourteenth street dry goods house
last Sunday advertised Smyrna rugs Of
three square yards each for sale at
49, 40.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
We again ask if the tariff is tax?

SATURDAY.
The soda ash industry at Syracuse,
N. Y, has been built up by the protec-
tive tariff. The foreman there says
Syracuse wages
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-09-16
a ton.

a ton to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-10
Baby's Foot is Like a Monkeys.

How many people have ever taken
notice of babv's foot, except to adj
mire it's pinkness and prettinessF'
said a well-known scientist. 'sAnd
vet to the anatomist it is a revelation.
Take for example, the tootsies of a
child of 10 months that has never
walked or stood alone. 1t has power
of grasping to some extent and is used
instinctively like hand. The great
toe has certain independent working,
like a thumb. and the wrinkles of the
sole resemble those of the palm.
These markings almost entirely dis
appear after the pedal extremity has
come to be employed for purposes of
support and locomotion.
THE hands and feet of a human be-
ing are strikingly like those of the
chimpanzee in conformation. while
the gorlla's resemblance to man in
these respects is even more remarka-
BILE. The higher apes have been
classed as quadrumana. or four
handed because their hind feet are
Handicapped; but this designation is
very improperly applied, because the
apes posterior extremities are not
really hands at all. They merely look
like hands at the first glance. whereas
in fact they are but feet adapted for
climbing. The big toes cannot be
opposed to the other toes as thumbs
are to the fingers. but simply act
pincerwise for the purpose of grasp
ing.
Now. funnily enough. the infants
feet have the same power of grasping
pincer fashion. and the action is per-
formed in precisely the same way.
Advocates of evolutionary theories
take this to signify that the human
foot was originally utilized for climb
ing trees also before the species was
so highly developed as it is now. AL
so, they assert that the fact that the
art of walking erect is learned by the
child with such difficulty proves that
the race has only acquired it recently"
. WushingtO1s Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-10
LIFE IN GULF WEED.
All Sorts of Curious Animals That Jour
ney With the Gulf Streams Current.

1t is surprising what curious Great
ures live in gulf weed. Not the least
extraordinary of these inhabitants of
the floating alge which are borne on
the current of the Gulf Stream is lit
tie fish that makes its nest in the
weeds. For its own protection from
enemies, it is made SO like the weeds
themselves, being orange-colored with
white spots. that one cannot detect the
scaly animal without actually taking a
handful of the vegetable stuff in which
it seeks shelter and scrutinizing it.
The fish builds its nest by binding to-
gether punches of the gulf weed with
long. sticky. gelatinous strings. Its
eggs are not laid in a cavity. but are
distributed through the mass. Its very
fins are tinger-shaped, counterfeiting
the form of the weed-fronds. They are
more like hands than fins, and are
actually employed for walking through
the seaweed. rather than for swim ming.
The fish utilizes them also in putting
together its nests.
The great Gulf current in it's course
northward along the Atlantic coast
and around the great circuit that formS
with its eddy the famous Sargasso Sea
of marine grasses, carries along with
it an endless stream of life in connec-
ton with the gulf weed which floats
upon it in ''windrows." The weeds,
of varied kinds, bring with them from
the tropics creatures multifarious, con-
veyed by the mighty river of warm
water through the midst of the colder
ocean. Most of them die when the
cooler ATTITUDES are reached.
The floating gulf weed is literally
crowded with life. One cannot pick