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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
THE BLESSING OF THE IDEAL

We Nav BE Unable to Attain Perfection.
But We Must Copy from the Perfect
Model. - t.
There is homely old proverb which
says: You will never hit the weather.
cock if You aim at the barn door"
meaning simply that ones success is
measured by ones aspirations. When
a man is satisfied with himself, or his
attachments, you may rest assured that
he will never be anything better than
he is at present. There is no success
without effort, and no successful effort
without system and object.
We can not steer through life by gen.
eral direction, fixed definite object is
indispensable. Let man have high
ideal, no matter how impracticable and
he can not fail to be better for having
it: for even if he does not succeed as he
hopes, his very hope is a stimulus to
greater effort.
He loses his life to find it again in his
ideal He forgets the toll and care, in
the thought of what he hopes to accom-
plish, and in that thought finds a
panacea for WEAKNESS and discourage
ment
Is the artist thinking of the long
years of study which his art requires,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
HOW NED REMEMBERED.

"Remember!" mamma said,
As she impressed her message on the
somewhat thoughtless Ned;
Coates cotton, number forty; now don't
forget one spool
Be sure bring it home to me before you go
to school"
Her little son replied:
"All right I'll soon be back again II !
can catch rlde;'
Then hurried off on riding bent, and really
thought no more
About his message till he reached the
only country store.
The clerk in waiting stood
While Ned, perplexed. endeavored to re-
member what he could;
Then suddenly the thought came back with
reassuring ease,
He frightened: "Give me forty spools OF
jacket cotton, please %
Caroline Eaglesfeid. in Wide Awake.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
Tribute to Spinsters.

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore lately spoke
in Boston on "The Women Who Do
Not Marry" She said: This world
would not be.what 1t is to-day were it
not for the work of unmarried women
who have gone into hospitals and pris.
ons and among disease and sorrow and
suffering, laboring for love with the
spirit Of Christ. Every woman's heart
thrills when she calls the roll: Harriet
Martineau, the great pioneer of the
higher education OF women, leaving be.
hind her a literature Of honor, morality,
high ethics; Sarah Martin, who came
before Elizabeth. Fry in prison work;
Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of
sanitary work in war; the Cary sisters,
Abby May, Frances Power Cobbe and
Harriet Hosmer The world is glorified
by its unmarried women and filled with
their good Deeds"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09

or the lack Of appreciation on the part
Of the critics and buyers, as he stands
before his easel, brush in hand? Oh.
NO! he thinks only of the masterpiece
which is going to make his name i'm
mortal.
The mother, whose prime object in
life is the worldly success of her chill
dren, dreams and plans for them till
she forgets poverty and care in visions
where her daughter is the center Of a
brilliant, social throng, or her son is
taking his place among the great men
OF the nation.
The author who is dreaming of the
days when his works will become pop
ular is content to ascend Parnassus by
very easy stages.
Thus each is privileged to build of its
hopes, its joys, its longing, a lofty
pleasure house wherein to revel happier
than kings or princes. And so it is that
| all successful lives are lived, not in the
daily toll, but in looking forward to the
final result. Christ Himself had pur-
pose in life. "My work is to do the
will of Him who sent Me"-not the
feeding of the five thousand, nor the
raising OF Lazarus or the healing of the
lepers; these were but means to the
great end for which He came into the
world. And Christ has set high ideal
before all His followers: ''Be We also
perfect, as your Father in Heaven is
perfect"
Impossible! you say. In amount, but
not in kind. Learn another lesson
from the artist. He stands for hours
copying the work of one of the old mas
tiers. He knows that he can not equal
the work of the hand long, long ago
turned to dust, but as he stands and
gazes, something of the inspiration of
the picture comes to him, and he paints
his copy, rejoicing if the faintest
shadow of the life and meaning of the
great painter can be seen in it. So we,
in beholding Him, are changed more
and more into His image, not by dogma,
or striving. but simply by first contem-
plating, then copying.-Christian OBJ
server.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
WISE SAYINGS.

"A good talker is one who never saw.
too much.
Truth is valuable to the degree tina,
it makes us true.-George d. Heron.
"A mans prayers for others are a
very fair thermometer of his own re.
fgious condition.
Somebody says experience is q comb
that you find after you have lost all
your hair.
The real man is one who always
finds excuses for others, but never ex-
cuses himself.
Even the wisest are long in learn
ing that there is no better work for
them than the bit that God puts into
their hands. Edward Garrett.
THAT is just what hearts that are
sick want-comtor; and they have it in
Christ Jesus and in the fatherhood of
God, and nowhere else in such measure,
or with such pertinency of application.
"A pin-point hole in dyke will
widen into gap as big as church door
in ten minutes by the pressure of the
flood behind it. The single acts be-
come habits with awful rapidity. Mac
laren.
There is danger that Christians in
their prayers may be more anxious to
make God know their will than to
learn His, more anxious to promote
their own comfort than to advance the
Divine glory. Even prayer may be
marred by seltishness.-United Presby.
terrain. tt
Returning to the scenes of our
childhood. we are surprised to find that
the hills are not SO high as they seemed
to us in those days. The same is true
of the hills of difficulty; they seemed to
us then to be mountain high, but
looking back at them now, what tribes
they are.-United Presbyterian.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
COME AND SEE.
(lKlngs lo:l.ls; Matt n:s2.l

AinSs lO.l.l5i MAUI H.}Z)
Iheard OF Thee as one who hears
OF that which is unreal,
They told me Thou vert swift to bless,
And strong to save and heal.
They called Thee Saviour. and the Truth,
The Life, the Light, the Bread,
But l. through doubt Increduous,
Believed not what they said.
But sad and heavy was my heart
With sorrow and regret;
10 all my life's hard questionings
No answer could get.
was athirst for joy, and peace,
And goodness. heip and love;
Ana so. because needed Thee.
lcame myself to prove.
had not aught to offer Thee
No spices rare and sweet;
what precious stones or gold had l
To lay before Thy feet?
But Thou didst meet me graciously,
And faith and hope impart.
TIL continued with Thee, ald told
All that was in my heart.
King of wisdom wonderful
End of my weary quest!
Mine eyes have seen Thy glory now,
My doubts are all at rest.
Not anything Is hid from Thee;
In Thee the world has light,
Blessed be God who made the King
or justice and of right.
Now, desserts blossom, and the plains
Are vocal with Thy name,
And J, in my own country, long
To spread abroad Thy fame.
Behold, the half has not been told,,
Nor can 1t ever be.
Opuzzled, doubling, weary ones,
Come for yourselves and see!
Marianne birmingham, in London Chris
tian World.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
FAiTt.FULNESS TO DUTY.

1t Is as Much the Part of q Religious
Life as Church Going and Bible Read
ing.
A story is told of one of the fighting
Carriers" of Virginia, who, in III, was
member of the house of burgesses,
when fearful storm broke over the
building. The sudden darkness and
terrible thunder appalled, the delegates,
who rushed to the door, many crying
out that ''the day of judgment had
come"
PUT the question, Mr.. Speaker"
shouted the stern voice of John Carter.
Call the ayes and noes. If the last
day has come, let the judge find us at
tending to our business"
The grim old burgess understood,
what so many of us never learn, that
our everyday work is a, religious duty.
We are apt to think that our church
going. Bible-reading and prayers are
our only service to God, and that our
daily work-whether it be drawing out
briefs, shooting horses, or washing
dishes-necessarily belongs to the
world and the worlds life.
Some of the old Jews had clearer
idea OF the truth. The "artifers in
brass" and the "carvers of cedar" felt
that they were doing task set them
by God, as truly as were the prophets
when they spoke by inspiration.
A young girl who had lately become
member of the church exclaimed:
ssrThara ic opo cop,, r,rJ T., tLo Dill.
which I can not obey. Pray without
ceasing.' can not spend my days idly
in prayer; have my work to do"
Her work was that of shop-girl in
large establishment. If she had gone
to it in the spirit of a child who has a
task to do for a loving Father, Whose
eye is upon her, she would have known
that every word and act of the day,
even its WEAKNESS and pain. were silent
appeals for that Fathers help and APP.
prevail In the highest sense il is true
Labordre est Orare.
When the Saviour of mankind was
revealed to the world, it is significant
that He came not first to kings, or
prophets, or even to holy men, praying
for His appearing, but to shepherds
watching their 1ocks, doing their work
by night as by day.
There is one thing to be remembered,
however: The daily work must be good,
legitimate work, or it is certainly not
that which God has given us to do.
Another truth to remember is that
the shepherds, when they heard the
story of the angels, left their fiocks
and "came with haste" to find the Saw
Jour.
There will come times to each of us,
in the midst Of our daily drudgery,
when some messenger sent by God
will call us to draw closer to Him. 1t
may be strain of music, which ''leads
us to the edge of the Infinite and bids
us look down upon that" or some
wretched human brother who needs
our love and help. or some moment of
physical weakness, when life's burdens
seem almost too great to bear, and we
are tired and lonely and cry for rest
that only God can give. tbs messen-
ger, calling us away from the work of
money getting, or from domestic duties,
to our Masters side.
1T as certainly living summons as
that which came to the shepherds, or to
John and James when Jesus spoke to
them as they were mending their nets.
"See, then. that We disobey not the
Heavenly call."-Youth's COMPANION.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
PORTiA.
Her THANKSGIVING Dinner for Ten Little
Girls.

AicE AhuhAsgiSuik DIuber LOT len LlLAte
Girls.
"Portia' seemed an old name to give
little girl-baby. But then, babies are
expected to grow up. This baby's IA
Their liked a certain old poet very much.
SO he said to the baby's mother: Lets
call our @irlie 'Portia, for l hope
she will be as gentle and as wise Us
Shakespeare Portia."
To be sure they softened it to 'Por.
tie" when they spoke to her.
On every one of her birthdays Portie'a
papa gave her a dollar for as many
years as she was old, one, two, three,
etc.
Thus far her mamma had bought
what she thought best with the birth.
day money, because although PORTE
was gentle, she was not as yet very
wise.
But this year she was ten years old,
and there would be ten whole dollars
to spend.
Mr.. Lockwood said: Suppose we
let the child do what she pleases this
year. She's old enough to begin to
learn the value Of money. I'm curious
to see what she'll do with it. And I'm
going to call her 'Portia' hereafter-she
isn't baby"
So Mrs. lockwood said: ''Portia,
you'll be ten years old next Thursday.
Instead of buying presents for you this
time. papa and l will give you ten dol.
lars to spend just as you like. l tell
you now SO you can think about it,
Now Mr.. Lockwood was the rich man
OF the village. He owned mills, in
which poorer men worked for him. lie
was always kind and just to his work.
men. Portia did not go to school. she
had governess at home, but she was
in class in Sunday-school with the
children of the workmen.
When her mamma told her about the
money, she didn't say word, and all
day she was thoughtful. When she was
getting ready for bed that night she
spoke:
would ten dollars pay for nice din
ner for ten little girls, mammal"
sYes, dear, am sure it would"
--~Then l would like to have dinner
here, very nice dinner for the girls in
my class next Thursday; don't believe
they have nice dinners at their houses.
And I'll give the money back to you
and papa, so it will be really my party.
May l, mammal"
"And Thursday is THANKSGIVING. too"
said her mother. I'm so glad you
thought of it,
When Mrs. Lockwood went into the
library aud told Mr.. Lockwood, il
seemed very strange that they both
wiped their eyes, but they did.
Well, it was the most wonderful day
to those ten children. They never had
such dinner in all their lives Such
turkey and cranberry sauce, mince pies
and ice cream, too!
And there were games-two sets OF
Tiddledy-winks, SO they could all play
Mt once There wasn't child of them
all who looked happier than the little
mistress of the feast-such bright,
glad, pure face!
"'It blesseth him that gives, and him
that takes" whispered Mr.. Lockwood,
quoting from the Portia of the book.
When night came again, and they
talked it over. he said: us ..a
81 think our Portia is already both
gentle and wise. Our Little Men and
Women.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
CALM THOUGHT.
You Consider Temporal Things in This
Way, Why Can Not You Consider God
and Ills Revealed Word:

You Consider Temporal Things in Thii
Way, Why Can Not You Consider Goo
and Ills Revealed Word:
There is nothing which makes sc
great a difference between one man ant
another as the practice of calm and Sc
rious thinking. To those who have beer
unaccustomed to it there is required a,
first an effort; but it is entirely in theil
own power to repeat this effort if they
will and when they will. 1t becomes
every day easier by perseverance and
maitland the habit SO acquired exert.
material influence upon their condi
tion as responsible and immortal beings
In that great process, therefore, il
which consists the healthy condition Of
any man as moral being, there is 6
most important step, of which he must
be conscious as an exercise OF his owr
mind
You feel that you have here power
however little you may attend to the
exercise of it. You can direct youl
thoughts to any subject you please; you
can confine them to objects which are
before you at the time, or occurrences
which have passed during the day-ol
you can send them back to events which
took place many years ago. You can
direct them to persons whom you are
in the habit of meeting from day to day,
or to those who are separated from you
by thousands of miles. You can place
before you persons who lived, and
events which occurred long before you
came into existence, and you can antici.
pate and realize events which are not
likely to occur until you have ceased ia
exist. Study these wondrous processes
of your mind; observe what power you
have over them, and what consequences
of eternal Importance must arise from
exercising them Alright.
If you can thus think of any subject
you please, why cannot you think OF
God-of His power, His wisdom, His
holiness, His justice-of His law, which
He has written in your heart, and
in His revealed word? Why can.
not you think of and realize the
period when you shall lie down in
the graveyard that tremendous mo-
ment when all that are in their graves
shall hear the voice of the Son of God,
and they that hear shall live, and shall
arise to judgment? Such truths as
these. duly considered or thought Of,
could not fail, under Divine influence,
to exercise powerful effect upon all
our habits of thinking and acting in
this life.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
A GOOD BROTHER.

Jacks Letter to His Sister and the Good
1t Did Her to Receive Her First Letter.
Good boys, real kind-hearted fellows,
are not all confined to the story books,
and Jack Hershaw is one of them. Jack
is one of the sort that are too big to be
little boys, and not quite old enough to
be young men, at the uninteresting age,
as some would say, though a man who
saws boy is embarrassing at any age
ought to be subject to a fine or impris-
onment.
One day last week Jack went out into
the country some ten or twelve miles
with Mr.. Cooper, one of the city engi-
neers, and after hard days work he
sat down and wrote letter to his lit. 3
sister. The letter finished, he was
about to set off to the post Office three
miles away, when Mr.. Cooper asked
him where he was going. h~
"To the post office. l am sending a
letter to my little sister," said Jack.
''But we expect to go home to-mor-
row night, Jack, and the postotfice is
three miles away" said Mr.. Cooper
But my little sister never got let
ter her own self, and she will be so
pleased" said Jack.
And Mr.. Cooper did not discourage
him any further. So off Jack went,
three miles there, and three miles back
again. And if he was tired when he
returned, he was paid Thousand times
for his trouble next evening on reach
ing home-receiving as he did kisses
and hugs by the score from the little
sister, and no end of approving glances
from his mother, who had SO much
reason to be proud of him.-Presby.
terrain Observer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09

oring, it is proof positive that the vision
Of the real artist has been denied her.
The choice of subjects is another
test. A real artist makes everything
paintable; the most unpromising scene
has its rare moments of beauty. and,
like the smile on a homely face, may
be lovely at times. The amateur is al
ways trying to make pictures; the real
artist is satisfied with half a dozen
rough lines, if she grasps the essentials
OF the fact she wishes to note. The
study needed is not to be put away
with the easel and palette at the art
school, but continued always; jotting
down stray memoranda in pencil or
color, noting the effects of atmosphere
and color under every condition. That
course of tuition at good school OF
art is essential to success, goes without
saying. In defaultof working in the
studio of a first-rate painter-almost
impossible in this country-it is the
only way. If, after this, some years OF
study AZ Paris or Munich is not within
reach, it should be made SO, for the
energy that overcomes the apparently
impossible, is, in itself, not far of
genius.
Suppose after every effort to gauge
her capab;lity, the beginner feels JUST.
fed in accepting the risks and tolls of q
professional Career; then, if she be
wise, she will at the same time prepare
Toe non succesA although she strain
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09

Two little children We're going
off for days outing. When their
father bid them good-by at the train
the six-year-old asked: "Papa, when
we come home tonight will you meet
us at the train.with the pony, or shall
we come out in the liberty stable?"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-09

ALIAS S~IJMMONS-IN THE DISTRICT
"A court of the First. judicial district Of the
state Of Montana, in and for the county of Lewis
and Clarke.
and his wife, Helen Ostry, defendants.
above named defendants.
You are hereby required to, appear in an action
brought against you by the above named plaintiff
in the district court OF the first judicial district
Of Lewis and Clarke, and to answer the com.
plant filed therein within ten days exclusive o.
the day o 1service) after the, service on you OF
this m if served within this county; or.
trict within twenty days; otherwise within forty
days, or Judgment by default will be taken
plant
case mace ana executed N Iie 18th day of May
1889, by the above named defendants to the above
named plaintiff. The said mortgage being given
on lots II and IS and the east three feet of LOT
numbered II, block No. 10, original townsite OF
Helena. Montana. and is for the sum of $500 and
interest at the rate Of 10 per cent per annnm from
the 18th day of May. 1889, and reasonable attor-
n VS. fees fer the foreclosure OF the came. Tho
said plaintiff will ask for other and proper relief
rs is set forth in the complaint on file in sal [
district court.
And You are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint, as above
required. the said plaintiff win apply to tina
conri for the relief demanded m the COMPLAINT.
trict court of the first judicial district of the
state of Montana, in and for the county Of Lewis
and Clarke, this 9th day of Jsnnnry. IN tho
year OF our Lord one thousand eight n1ndred
and ninety-one.
LSeall JOHN BEAN,
Clerk.
BY H. j. CASSIDY. Deputy.
DUBosE d Penny, Attorneys for plaintiff.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-09
LaborinE for IrelAnd's Poor.

Miss sophy Surge, who laft her home in
Birmingham, England, to help the cause of
Ireland, is the daughter Of the quaker phil
anthropist, Joseph Surge, to whose men,
ory n statue WAS erented in his native town
and OF whose beautiful life Whittier wrote
10 e~loquently. Miss Surge is now living in
Letterfrack, Galway. where she dovotes her
entire time TO teaching poor Irish women
TO make baskets and the children to read
and write. She provides them with mater
ial and books, finds a market in England
for tho wares and profitable homes for the
growing children.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-09


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