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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Mar lo-Ths Senate
yesterday passed the bn excluding the Chi
tho amendments 70 the 1Al1ot Hsoorp' bill
mals By tbs House.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11
MRS. sHEnMAN's ANcEsToRs.

The wife Of General w. r. sherman, a
daughter Of Hon. Thomas Ewing. OF Ohio.
WAS IL great-granddnughter of General VIII
liam Lee Davidson. the hero who fell IN the
Rev0lutionat Cowan's Ford. fourteen miles
north Of Charlotte. Mrs Sherman was re-
lated 10 the Brevards, Davidsons and lrWins,
OF Mecklenburg General Wsliam Lee Da-
wilson, who fell at the historic battle. was one
Of the grandest patriots Of the Revolution,
lege WAS named
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11

Green Duke Jordan. the oldest citizen o.
Greensboro, y. c., died Yesterday. Nh. Jor
dan was eighty-siX years old. Hewas a native
of Louisburg. this State.
The remains of Il. Ii. Vestal. of Burlington,
\. c., who WAS killed at Chatham. Va. sun
day 10y the train. lave been taken 10 his home
for burial. The remains were terribly man
gled SO much So that after the body was
placed in the casket foot and part Of the
lower Joint Of the leg was found and put IL =
nail keg and sent along with the body.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11

commerce Of the Eastern and Middle sections,
may be expected 10 promote later revival IN
the latter groups Of States.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11

GENERAL SPINNEB is supposed to have been
the pioneer Of the custom of employing
women in Government positions, but cor
respondent of the Washington Post has dis
covered that they were employed in the Phila-
delphia mint as far back as 1850.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11

Brantley Saunders lives in No. g Township.
Cabarrus. The combined weights of the
members Of his family will aggregate more
than any other family in North Carolina. lie
and his wife together weigh 800 pounds. four
sons weigh 90 pounds, and four daughters
pull the scales 30 So.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11

A PECULIAR state of affairs exists in Wvo.
ming. IL seems that when the seal ofthe new
State was being made some one prepared a
design representing a woman from whose
limbs letters were falling. to indicate the i'm.
proved condition of women in that State. II
was not until afterthis design was adopted
and the Governor had signed the bill making
IT the legal seal ofthe State, that il was dis.
covered that when the letters fell from of the
unfortunate lady they took with them all Of
her wearing apparel. Now il has been deter
mined 10 continue the Use Of the old Terri
tonal seal until the young woman represent
ang the young and maiden State of Wyoming
can be properly habited 80 as TO make a pre-
sentaoie appearance before the world.
The little State of Colombo comes 10 the
'front.' with new suggestion about executions
~ Is that criminal be permitted 10 execute
himself; and. curiously enough, an inmate OF
the State peni,entary has devised a plau by
which he can do so speedily and neatly. Thn
Idea maysound As II II was in the line of modern
progress. but 1t Is not. Harikari is a practice
which has been in vogue in Japan from time
whereof the memory Of man runnsth not TO
The contrary. There really seems 10 be ab,o.
ln>sU nothtps new usdsr the sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11

And lie Became Enraged and Shot and
Killed Her.

CHARLOTTE. y. c.. Mar. O-lSpecal Am
ME Bright, a seventeen-ye ar-old-white girl Of
Greenyille. 5. c.. was shot and fatally wound
ed Sunday morning by Meredith Cox of Bre-
ward. \. c.. "a station near Charlotte on the
Charlotte and Columbia railroad. Cox is
eighteen years old He WAS at the girls homo
and became enmged at her for throwing q
pitcher Of water on him. As she WAS IN tho
act Of running from the room after throwing
the water he fired on her. the ball entering
her spine and injuring her fatally Young Cox
was arrested aud is in jail in Greensyillo. lie
has friends IN this city and section. and his
family are respectable people of Breyard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-11
public highwa,

THENew York Financial Chronicle reports
that there is an increase Of cotton in sight Of
637. O6s bales as compared with the same date
of 1890, an increase of 800, 95S bales as CON-
pared with the corresponding date Of 1889, and
an increase Of 6l2, 1914 bales as compared with
1883.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September l, 1890. are 6,27i5l3 bales;
in lSS9-'9O were 5,62O,5 bales in 1889.
were 5,24l,592 bales. The receipts at the
outports last week were 1859 bales, but
the actual movement from the plantations
was only 100. 432 bales, the balance being
taken from the stocks at the interior towns.
Last year the receipts from the plantations
were for the same week 81 ,553 bales and for
1889 they were 5666s bales.
Telegraphic advces from the South indicate
that during the past week the weather has
been quite favorable, as a rule, and the mar
ketlng OF the crop has made good progress.
REED is quoted as saying that he is amazed
at his own moderation in the last House. con-
sdering how much power he had" Insatiate
monster. Is he sorry that he did not simply
dictate TO the caucus everything he wished
passed, and then inform the minority
that he would graciously allow them
the formality of recording their votes.
but that he would permit no
discussion? Even had he done this, however,
he could not have voted away the public
money with greater recklessness than he did.
He ought 10 be satisfied with having passed
the Mckinley robbery and the Force BILL and
having scattered broadcast in less than two
venra a hillinn dollars nf thn ronrlois rnnnnv
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-17

CONGRESSMAN BOUTELLE of Maine,
who has been opposed to Mr.. Blaine,
now appears anxious to get in the
swim. The editorial columns of his
paper, the Bangor Wing and Courier
have lately contained sundry COM
plimentary illusions to the Secreta-
ry of State, and also paragraphs ex-
pressing deep solicitude for the
health of the Plumed Knight. For
a long time not even the briefest al
fusion to Blaine was allowed to APP
pear in those columns.
SCARPoLoGY, or the science of tell
ing the character of a man by the
wear of the soles of his boots, has
been attentively studied by Swiss
doctor of the name of Cali. Speak
ing briefly, wear at the back of the
heels invariably indicates conceit,
pride, and vanity. Soles worn to.
ward the toes demonstrate deceit,
and even criminality, while sole
that shows an equal amount of wear
on every part of the surface denotes
frank, upright, and fearless char.
ter.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-17
NONRESIDENT Notice.
To J. G. Earnest, Rebecca c.
Powell, Thomas Powell, and
John Chambers.

Anceline NJ. Hornsby, by next friend, and Others.
VS..
Z. H. Davis, ct ais.
In the Chancery Court at Maryyille Tennessee s
In this cause it appearing to the Court from
tho Allegations of the Bill which is sworn to,
mat the defendants j. q, Earnest, kebeoca q.
Powell, and husband. Thomas Powell and John
Chambers. are non-residents of the State OF len
nessee. SO that the ordinary process OF subpoena
to answer. cannot be served upon them, and that
the Bll in this cause was filed for the purpose OF
oueting the title to and the recovery OF the pos
session of tract of land, lying IN the Counties
of Blount and Sewer, in which the SAID defend
ants are claiming an interest: 1t is therefore or
dered by the Court. that publication be made
for four successive weeks In The Maryvliie
TINES" a weekly newspaper published IN the
town of Maryville, notifying and requiring the
sa:a /. q. Earnest Rebecca Powell and husband,
Thomas Powell. and John Chambers. to appear
before the Chancery Court at Maryyllle bioqnt
Comfy. Tennessee. on or before the LIST Monday
of Juiy. 1891, it being rule day In said Court;
and make defense to the allegations OF the Bill
in this cause, or the same will be taken as con-
fessed as to them and the cause set for hearing
tx PARTE. ,, r.;. J,as 1so,
81 w. &. CHUNLEA, {. and NJ.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-17
A Lucky Woman.
DECATUR, ILL, Dec. |, 1890.

A Lucky woman.
DECATUR, ILL.,, Dec. l, 1890.
Mrs. Sarah G. Dodge, of this city,
has fallen heir to 100000 left by
her grandfather, the late Joseph G.
Hodson, of London, England. She
forwarded proof of her relationship
to her lawyers, and will receive her
inheritance today.--Chicago Times,
Dec. 3, 1890.
We are Mrs. Dodges lawyers,
and by her seeing our advertise
ment, became the agents of her
good fortune. If your ancestors
came from the old country, write
US and inclose 81 for our list of heirs.
There are more than half a billion
dollars in Great Britain and Ger
many, unclaimed, which rightly
belong to people in the United
States.
BRUCE's LAW AND INQUIRY OF
FIcE, l64 and l66 Randolph Street,
Chicago, ILL.,, U. S. A. 2l-lOw
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-17

The tin-plate liar will soon be
turning his attention to the sea SER
pent and other attractions at the
seaside Summer resorts.
EX-PREsIDENTIAL candidate John
P. St. John, who has had some ex-
perience with new political parties,
says the "People's Party is failure
already.
Mr.. CLEvLAND, in keeping his
name before the country and in thus
compelling his party to nominate
him next year, is doing noble work
for the republican party.
SENATOR CoLQUITT Of Georgia is in
favor of throwing both Cleveland and
Hill overbourd. A politial scow
with two Jonahs aboard is in bad
way, to besure, but who will have the
courage to undertake the dumping?
A BUsHEL of Irish potatoes the
past week sold in New York for as
much as a bushel of strawberries.
tits a wonder that the great free
trade organs of New York did not
prove that it was all due to "the in
ia uitous Mckinley law"
The plain truth is that Blaine will
get the delegation from Pennsylva-
MIA if he wants it, and he may get it
even with out wanting it very much.
If the republicans of this State ex-
pect to elect the next President they
won't be for Harrison.
The one man designated by the
present situation as candidate fol
1892 is the secretary of State, whose
broad views and statesmanlike policy
have furnished the features which Sc
cured the present administration
from almost complete insignifcance
Dem. Elk.
WHEN the credit of the Nation i.
such that leading banks float it
bonds at 2 per cent it is evidence
: enough that the Democratic howl O
month ago about can empty treas
ury'' and can exhausted surplus
were simply windy political shrieks
not founded even on fact.
In Boston they arrest man VIII
kisses his wife at the front door
: There would not be a very larg'
number of arrests if this queer rul
, were adopted here but should it b
extended so as to take in the felloy
: who kisses his girl at the front doc
$ there would certainly be trouble
t with big CT"
A GREAT many more young me
and women are sent upon the roa
to ruin by money than by poverty
> Asa rule the devil wants no bette
: chance at boy or girl than to hav
f their pockets filled with cash an
S then set down for idleness at som
; fashionable resort. Rest is all RICH
: revelry is all wrong.
y THERE is a marged difference be-
ween the methods of the Unite
, States government in dealing wit
h crimes and that of the State eff Loui,
ang. The citizens of New Orlear
o who lynched the Italians are all ;
s large, while the United States SOLE
l. !ers who lynched a prisoner at Wal
is Walla, State ofWashinSton, are wit
y the exception of several who deser
d ed, in irons awaiting trial for the
l. crime.
y The Alliance in N. c., wi
a not support Cleveland. Presidel
Polk, in his paper, the organ of Il
m Alliance, has for the last three wee
IS given the Democratic party to unde
W stand that the farmers would sti,
Ii to their position on the silver ques
ion, and and if that party party insisted
Mt bringing Cleveland to the front
le the next Presidential campaign, the
ii will be a breach which can not
rs bridged by any effort on the part
the Democrats.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-17

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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-17
s. F. COWAN.
Contractor and Builder.

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individuals have frsca stock of LUMBER hand and
furnish kind wanted short notice. will deliver all lumber
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

and clearer and more distinct be came the
objects that riveted his attention until at
last all doubt was dispelled and he saw
what he had dreamed of for months.
Gone was all WEAKNESS, dispelled was all
doubt and uncertainty, before his eyes
were the long looked for gems he sptang
cut Of the boat, tore the nearest one out
Of The soil and looked at it again and
again TO assure himself he was not mis-
taken.
Mol There was nc mistake now. He
clambered up the rocks, tore out another
1T was the same; elambered down again
to feast his eyes on the sight before him.
And what a sight for the enthusiast who
had come thousands of miles for this one
objecti They sprang out of every nook
and creviee of that otherwise barren rock ;
they nodded their graceful heads and
shook their delicately tinted wings at him
as If to say, "We have waited here for
ages until some n with perseverance,
and courage would come to claim u.s."
Tenderly he lifted them out Of the
soil, carefully he packed them away in
the boxes he brought with him, and,
when he had filled the three he had,
started back Cd his weary return trip,
weary no longer, though, for had he not
the peerless Spieerianum under his
charged
It is needless 10 dilate on the return
Tip. Suffice it to say that Calcutta was
reached In due time and Mr.. Forster
mann's precious charge was put on board
a steamer. A ~cablegram announced to
his firm that they were on the way; and
anxious eyes watched for their arrival
and anxious hearts beat fast when they
finally were brought to light after their
long Imprisonment.
All the enthusiasts in England had
been notified and were present either in
person or by proxy. A sale was held on
Che spot and 10 an incredibly short space
of time $15, 900 worth of them were
sold, when the sale was stopped.
Mr.. Forstermann again went over the
sane weary journey, was again success
full aud then went on to other and equally
valuable discoveries, but none of them
touched him as deeply as this.
This is the story of how the spicer-
ianum was found, which my lady now
wears in her corsage at the ball Or opera,
which doubtless is relegated-t to her maid
the following day 60 shine perhaps in
some less artistocratic place, and is
eventually. no doubt consigned to the ash
barrel. In its varions mutations it is not
so very much unlike the children of Adam
after all. From the garden of life to the
| grave,-New York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
The AvengiRg Mule.

Pig-sticking is a great sport in British
India, where the bold Briton is never
happy unless he is killing something.
Mounted ON fine no ses or mules, a party
of gentlemen will silly forth, armed with
spears and accompanied by native SER
wants to chase the wild boar. A little
beating of the bush soon starts up n or
two fine specimens of the bristly animal
with the tusks, and away goes the party
in hot pursuit.
When the bears have been caught and
inpaled, luncheon is spread in q CON
Venient jungle where there are no tigers
or snakes, and the Britishers return home
happy at the close Of a day of British
tssport," divided in the usual way-viol-
emit exercise, a heavy meal, a long rest.
On one occasion recently a British Of
fcer, who was mounted ON a feet mule,
was close to the wild boar when the ami
NAL bolted in to the mules leg, bit her
savagely and then fed again.
The mule screamed. In a minute she
had deposited the British officer on the
dlrt; then kicking out vigorously five OF
six times as if to see that she was s.all
there" she lit out after the unfortunate
pig al lightning speed, fury in her eye
and vengeance in the crook of her ear.
The race was not long. The unhappy
wild boar felt that he had exasperated 8
relentless enemy. He was 10 winded;
and the mule, coming up to him, caught
him by the backbone with her teeth,
crunched him, threw him over her lead
and kicked v~iciously at him as he fell
dead behind her, East Indian bears af.
ter this will probably fight shy of the
mule.-New York Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
Bonntiful South America.

By virtue of its most valuable COM
bination of continuous heat with abund-
ant moisture, South America possesses a
wonderful wealth and variety of vege.
tation. It's fertility of soil and innumer-
able vegetable productions. its immense
pasture plains and its rich mines of gold,
silver and precious stones, give to South
America natural advantages over all the
other countries of the globe. It already
supplies the world with immense
quantities of coffee, sugar, cotton. to-
bacco, caoutchouc, cattle products, dye
wood, drugs, spices, fruits, minerals and
precious stones, and all that it requires
to astonish the whole world with the
variety and profusion of its productions
is a perfect system of interior communi-
cation, as we'll as available and ample
facilities for exportation.-AaI and Er-
press.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
Infant Serpents.

As described by DIR. Walter sibley, in
his paper in the British Association on
"The Incubation of serpents' Eggs" the
FIRST sign of the process of Matching is a
slit, usually V-shaped, appearing at the
highest part of the egg-shelI, whether
the egg is placed on its side or on n
end. The snout of the young reptile
appears at the crack. After a time the
head is p~rotruded, and often remains
out bf the shell for some hours before the
body and the tail are Matched. If dis
turbed, the head is again withdrawn in
to the shell. The author had seen fully
hatched young snakes return to their
shells when alarmed.
The young snakes, when first Matched,
are smooth and velvety to the touch,
with the yellow ring (of the common
English snake) beautifully marked from
the first, and the eyes open; but often
there is some opacity about the cornea,
which disappears in the course of a few
hours. They are about six inches long
and weigh about eighty grains. They
| begin to hiss in the first few days.-Neu
York Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Berlin will not permit an electric road.
Denver, Col, will have a mineral
palace.
Cork covering for steam pipes has
proved very successful in England,
Many of the explosions in -four mills
have been traced to electricity generated
BY belts.
In Denmark the life-saving stations are
all supplied with oil for stilling the
waves in storms.
Anew bag machine both cuts and
Jews the bag, and thus saves the labor Of
fourteen operators.
It takes about three seconds for a mes
sage to 60 from n end of the Atlantic
cable to the other; this is about 700
miles a second.
In welding pipes by electricity, it has
been the Usual practice to. employ inter
nal mandrels to prevent collapse or
change of circumferential o~ntline.
A large body of anthony has been
found in Inyo County, California. The
owner says he has in sight powders of
the metal weighing from two hundred
to three hundred pounds. It is a val
liable find.
Miss Frye, a school teacher, has dis
covered a method by which better tiles
can be made than have ever been made
before. She has a patent and is likely
soon to turn from school teaching to
inanciering.
The exhaustive experiments at Salford,
near Manchester, England, with a view
of ascertaining the most efficient method
of purifying sewage, has resulted in the
recommendation of an electrical system
as the most satisfactory.
Small articles made of malleable iron
are now finished and polished bright by
being placed in revolving drums with
curriers' shavings, from which they
emerge with all of the rough edges
smoothed and the surface highly pol
ished.
A secret chemical powder introduced
abroad, when sprinkled over the top of
the coal in a newly made fire cements
the upper part of the fuel together and
| causes the coal to burn at the bottom
and throw the heat into the room in
stead of allowing a large part OF it to go
up the chimney.
A process has been recently invented
by which iron may be copper, the sur
face of the iron Icing protected by a
layer of melted cryolite and phosphoric
acid. 1t has been found that if the ar
ticle, when immersed, is connected with
the negative pole of a battery, the cop
pering il done more rapidly.
By a new process waste leather scraps
are STEPPED in a solution and subjected
to a hydraulic pressure to mould them
into railway brake shoes. The leather
shoe weighs II pounds against 211
pounds for iron, and it will wear three
times as long. Such, at least, is the
claim of the compressed leather men.
A permanent and durable joint a be
made between rough cast-iron surfaces
by the use Of lead to make a very stiff
putty. This will resist any amount of
heat, and is unaffected by steam or wa
ter. It has been employed for mending
or closing cracks in cast iron retorts used
In the distillation of oil and gas from
camel coal.
High tunnels seem to be growing
more and more popular among the build
/ ers at the yards of the British navy. The
Merseo has had hers doubled in height,
while those of the Blake are not less than
fifty or sixty feet, reaching as far up as
the tops. It is said that the result, as
far as appearances are concerned, Is any.
thing but pleasing.