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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
1T WAS GODS CHURCH.
How Two Humble Strangers Were Mao
to Feel at Home.

How Two Humble Strangers Were Made
to Feel at Home.
Dot Hunt was as sweet child as you
ever saw. She was beautiful, too, and
everybody loved her because she was
lovely. She was an only child of a
wealthy widow, and her home was one
of elegance and culture. There never
was kinder or more generous child,
or one more compassionate. If, while
driving in the grand carriage beside her
mamma, she saw child grieved or in
jured, she was not happy until some.
thing was done to comfort or help it. If
beggar child came to the door she
turned beggar, too, begging Ann, the
cook, to feed the hungry.
But Dot was only five years old. l
tell you this so that you will not Won
der at what am about to relate.
Dot went to church for the first time
one bright summer day. She was a
perfect blossom in her snowy white
dress, with bunch Of rose buds fastened
in the broad sash.
At the church door stood q plainly
d. essed woman with a very sad face,
ard beside her little girl of perhaps
to- years of age, the latter wearing a
calico dress and a very communicating
brown straw hat. People were going
into the church very fast, but no one
seemed to notice the sad-looking WON.
an and her daughter. Presently a sun.
shiny voice broke the icy GOODNESS of the
church-goers; it was Dots.
Isn't you dom to church," asked
Dot of the little girl.
ut isn't our church, we're strangers;
we don't know where to Co." answered
the girl.
"It's Gods church." Dot said, rever.
emily: ''Come with mamma an me.
there's lots of room in Gods church.
The weary mother looked into Mrs.
Hunts face questioningly, and although
the latter's face flushed. she seconded
her daughters hearty invitation.
Yes, do come with us, please" she
said, I'VE will be glad to have you.
And presently seated side by side in
Gods church" were the children OF
wealth and poverty. There had been
a number of witnesses to the pretty
scene. and more than one face flushed
with shame as the minister during his
reading. gave this passage: Il was q
stranger and ye took Me in"
Was it Jesus looking through that
sad woman's eyes? Jesus looking
through her little daughters eyes?
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18

"Inasmuch as ye have done It unto
the least OF these, We have done it unto
Me-"
And after the service more than one
ric'ily-dressed lady shook hands kindly
with the strangers" and made them
welcome.
Dot never knew how Iorlorn, how
home-sick, how desolate those two
strangers had been before her gentle
welcome reached their souls, but her
first Sunday at church had taught some
children of older growth" lesson
sadly needed.
And 10! how great tree grows from
little acorn. The strangers" who
had come to the city from bereaved
home, from which death had taken
beloved ones and money had taken
wings. found friends and pleasant and
profitable employment. How far lit
tie candle throws its beams!-Earnest
Gilmore, in Morning Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
TWO-MlNUTE SERMONS.
Truths In Compact Form from the Pom
Of Rev. T. Dewitt Taimags, DID.

Truths In Compact Form from the Pom
of Rev. T. Dewitt Taimage, DID.
What is the Gospel? 1t is warm
hearted invitation from the throne Of
God to all the world to come and be
saved. 1t is the heart of Gods affection
Towering out into immortal bloom.
The church aisle may be made the
road to Heaven. Many man who was
unaffected by what the minister said
has been captured for God by the Chris
tan word of an unpretending layman
on the way out.
How do I know that there is only
one God? I know it just as the boy
knew it when his teacher asked him
how many Gods there are. He said:
There is but one." How do you know
that?" inquired the teacher. The boy
kxeplied: "There is only room for one.
Tor He fills the heavens and the earth"
The chief glory of God comes after
the rain. No shower, no rainbow; no
trouble, no brightness of Christian con.
ISOLATION. Weavers are sometimes, by
reason of their work, dusty and rough
in their apparel; and so it is the coarse.
fclad tempest, whose hand and foot
swing the shuttle, that weaves the rain
bow.
1t is as natural for some people to
attack others as it is for hound to &c
after hare. There are in every com
munity great factories of falsehood
that run day and night because the de
mand is so large. The reason that sc
many people become soured with the
world and misanthropic is that they be-
lieve all they read and hear about the
moral deficits Of others. Almost every
body, before he dies, is lied about.
| Look out for those athletic men ant
women who will not work. When thu
French nobleman was asked why hi
kept busy when he had SO large prop
erty. he said: Il keep on engraving 81
l may not hang myself" do not care
who the man is, you can not afford t.
be idle. 1t is from the idle classes tina
the criminal classes are made up
Character, like water, gets putrid if i
stands too long.-N. Y. Observer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
GIRLS IN JAPAN.
Two Things That Are Always Taught
Them.


In Japan there are two things which
are taught to all the little girls; one is
how to place flower or branch OF
leaves in a vase, and the other is how to
play on the guitar.
If you go into japanese house you
hear tinkle from almost every room.
You get used to this soft, light beat Of
music as you do to the gurgle of a
brook or the drip Of fountain.
There seems to be no Japanese house
without it's flower vase, its picture on
the wall and it's guitar.
The Japanese have four kinds OF
guitar or harp. The samasin is the
common kind; it has long neck, its
square body is covered with tight cat
skin. and it has three strings or wires;
the player strikes these wires with a
curious little piece of ivory or she picks
them with her fingers. Then there is
the big koto with its thirteen strings,
and there is tiny lutte with four strings,
and there is very fine sort of harp
brought from China and called "gik-
ken"
This gixken has three sets Of wires,
and if Miss Chrysanthemum is an ac-
complished musician she makes very
gay music on her Chinese harp. With
the rosy finger-tips of her small brown
hands she can bring forth from the
wires all the sounds of the great Japa'
nese hunt which takes place each year
on the third of November
On one set of the wires she can cali
Ike hunter to his hounds, and from
another set at the same time, you hear
the hounds bark and bay. She will give
you from that little harp the most en-
chanting notes.-the cries of the Japa'
ncse wild animals and the notes of the
swamp and water birds.
The Japanese are so fond of music
that they scarcely take a meal without
the harp or guitar. This table music
is furnished either by a daughter OF the
family or by singing girl" hired from
outside, of whom there is large class
in Japan.
This singing girl" will come in on
her little wooden clogs, bringing hel
guitar; and with the jeweled hairpins
stuck in her glossy black hair, and hel
gay sash tied in big bows at the back
she looks exactly as you see her on
japanese fans. While the family eat
rice and beans and raw fish she will
sing them song of a Towering cherry.
tree or red peony, or chant them a
ballad of the Golden Dragon, sounding
the guitar all the while. am sorry to
say she sings Through her nose" and in
very high key.
Sometimes a small drum is used, and
now and then the singer accents her
song with dull, soft boom, boom,
boom
The Japanese girls have very beauti.
full names
Our names. like Harriet" Frances, -
Jenny" Susan" do not mean "any.
thing" they are simply names by which
we distinguish one girl from another
girl.
But Japanese girls have names which
mean Little Purple" "Little Butter.
fly." Silver" Bird" "White Bright
ness" brightness of the Flowers"
pearl Harp" and many other lovely
things,-Sophie Scissors, in Our Little
Man and Women
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
An Excellent Sign.

A little Massachusetts, boy, who
deserves election to the Law and Order
league, recently printed a sign and
fastened it on one of the posts of the
front piazza. The sign read: mo
smoke-ness, nor drunk-ness, nor swear
words, nor wickedness round this
house" .'Of course we don't do such
things" said little Master Virtue, but
l thought it would be good to have the
sign up there for the tin peddlers and
the visitors to read"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
AN ODD MISTAKE.
How Mamie Went a-Nutting, and d
Good Luck She Had.

How Mamie Went a-Nutting, and the
Good Luck She Had.
Little Mamie rode thirty miles into
the country, in the cars, and no friend
with her. The conductor took charge
of her, and when the train stopped at
the station she was led out to the plat
form.
Instead Of her grandpa stranger
spoke to her: II guess you are the Wis
itor that Grandpa and Grandma Reed
expect" he said. 81 am their neighbor
Nutting and will take you to their
house."
They rode in an open buggy. 1t was
a lovely October afternoon. Mamie
had been here only once, at Christmas.
Then the days were :eold and snow lay
on the ground.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
Tho Trouble with Dress Reform

The Trouble With Dress Reform.
Mr.. Savelittle - Well, my dear, did
you 60 to that dress reform lecture as
suggested?
Mrs. S.-Yes, and it was very inter
esting.
What do you think Of the idea"
1.-THE reform dress is certainly sensi.
BILE, convenient and decidedly becoming,
but"
well, what's the 'but?'"
II can't see, my love, how such Z
simple garment can ever be made tc
cost enough to be respectable. IN. Y
Weekly,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
The Aged Have a Mission.

The sick and aged are inclined to think
that their work is accomplished and
that instead of helps they are him
ORANGES. But it is those who are pa
tient and joyful in tribulation who may
encourage others who are actively at
work for the Master Those who are
strengthened with all might according
to His glorious power unto all patience
and lorgsuffering with joyfulness' may
strengthen the faith and courage of
those who are permitted to labor
more directly for the advancement of
our Lords Klngdom.-Christian In
puirer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
THE LIFE 10 CHOOSE.

n II to choose the life thatI
Would like to lead were free,
I'll tell you what, my girls and boys,
My choice would surely be;
Not that OF lady rich and proud,
Who but for pleasure cares,
who dwels in stately mansion and
The rarest jewels wears,
with many servants at her call
And all that gold can buy
That's not the life I'd choose, my girls,
Oh. no, my boys, notL
Nor that of one by genius set
Above the work day crowd,
or whose great gift, whateer 1t be,
The whole wide world Is proud;
Around whose brow a wreath Is twlned,
The laurel wreath of fame,
And who, wherever she may go,
Is met with loud acclaim.
While with each other eager throngs
To do her honor vie
That's not the life I'd choose, my girls,
Oh! no. my boys, not !.
For. to my mind, dreary thing
Is Idle costly mirth,
And splendid dress and jewels seem
To me Of little worth.
And laurel crown, fear me much,
May be most bravely worn,
And yet hide, mid its shining leaves,
To wound the brow, a thorn.
And then both wealth and fame must pear
The pablo ever nigh.
So neither would have, my girls,
Oh no, my boys, not /.
A country life for me, my girls,
On some old farm, my boys,
Where many trees make pleasant shade
Far from the clty's noise;
Where might watch the sewers SOW,
While birds sang loud and sweet
In early spring the fresh plowed fields
With oats and corn and wheat
And soon thereafter leaflets green
Above he mold descry-
OH that's the life I'd choose, my girls,
Indeed. my boys, wouldL
Where might hear the low of kline,
The hum of busy bees.
The whrr Of insect wings, tho sweet
Faint whispers of the breeze,
And see the fruit on tree and vine
Grow ripper day by day,
And smell the honeyed clover tufts
And fragrant new mown bay.
Beneath my feet the grass. green earth,
O'erhead the vast blue sky
Oh! that's the life I'd choose, my girls,
Indeed. my boys, would
Margaret Eytinge, in Detroit Free Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
In MOntanA.

First Book Agent-When did You
leave Boomville?
Second Book Agent-Night before
last.
First Book Agent - How was the
walking?
Second Book Agent left by rail
First Book Agent-But l understood
there was no road running to Boom.
vile.
First Book Agent SADLY - There
isn't; If there had been the mob
wouldn't have caught me.-Jury.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
George All Right.

"When George asked you to be his
wife," inquired the mother. wasn't he
q good deal flustered and confused?"
"Yes, mamma" replied Laura, look.
ing admiringly at something that
sparkled on her shapely finger, but
what he said had the right ring about
it."-Chicago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
Boy with . Level Head.

"When man makes a large fortune
what do people say?" asked the teacher.
THAT he was fortunate" replied the
bright boy.
That's right. Now, when a man
fails in business what do they say?"
THAT he didn't advertise. brandon
RucksaW.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
Proxsrhlal Philosophy.

Col Yerger-You understand that
you must not say anything to my wife
about my coming home late.
Sam Johnsing-No sab. I under
stands, So de saying is: Silence is gold.
He got five-dollar gold piece.-Tes-
as Siftings.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
The Wrong Man.

Ciubberly-My tailor came around
yesterday and couldn't pay him. Sad,
l assure you.
PAppette-I know how that is, and ]
can sympathize with you, old man.
Clubberly - Don't sympathize with
me. Sympathize with the tailor
Clothier and Furnisher.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
He Was ToO Late.

Dashaway TO little Willie Slimson)-
When your sister comes down, Willie,
and is comfortably seated on the sofa
with me, want you to tiptoe in softly,
and turn the gas down low.
Willie-You're too late. Sister just
told me to come in and turn it out
Tifa
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18

Father-I say, Fred, why don't you
make love to that pretty Miss St. CyrP
Son-l don't like her, papa. She said
I was green, don't you know.
Father (commiseratingly) - Well.
well, my boy, you can't say she Wa
color-blind, can you?-Truth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
Kindred Trades.

Jimson-Moses Levi. the clothier, has
made great deal Of money out OF his
bargains
Weed-Pat McGinnis, the saloon
keeper, has also made money out OF his
bar-gaina-Household Monthly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
A Frank Admiration.

"Sambo, where did those chicken
feathers on your coat come from9"
dunno, massa; but ! hab my spish-
uns-dat measly niggah Sam Johnsing
| les traded coats wifi am none too
rood."-Epoch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
Overheard at Newport.

Miss Smith Ito Mis-, Jones, talking
about MIR. Noodles)-Does he know any
thing?
Miss Jones-Know anything? No. He
doesn't even suspect anything. -Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18

Doctor-Did you battle in the whisky
and-water, as prescribed?
Col. Bourbon-Yes, thoroughly. l
used the water on the outside and The
whisky on the inside.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
I. G. THORNTON Z Bro, Agents.
IhVDDQ X: =; e; '' . ::;;; <: i: :;

hast among the wonders Of inventive pro.
Eress 10 . method and System of work that
can be performed all over the country with.
cut separating the workers from their hepsA
eay liberal; any one can DO the work either
ssx, young or old; no special ability 10 ~.
sufred. Capital not needed; you are start.
ID free. Cut this out end return to 40 and
" will send you free, something Of great
value and importance 10 you, that viii start
you In business, which will bring yea b
mere money right away, than anything siss
h the world. Graad sutAt fros. Address
fsss / Co.. Augusta, Maine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18

Uncle Reub-Is yo' Inspectah Byrnes9
The Inspector-I am.
Uncle Reub-Well, sab, eft yo' amt
too busy l wisht you'd inspect dis yer
lump on my haid N tell me whuvver I'd
bettah sue d. Teller fer murder r jess
liftin' wool.-Judge.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-18
YnHI " Rewarded ~ tAess Vie ~

AY0RH " Rewarded ~ thoss VIE NJ
h0HI this ald then Get they VIE
HlUUU End hoaersbls snpleynsal
Mat will Aet take them from their homes
md families. The prsa,s ars large aad s~se
IT even industrioas person nsAy have
aade and are nov making several hnadrs0
dollars . month. Il 10 easy for any ols =
sake IS and upwards per day, Who 10 Willis
y work. Either ser, yssn5 o. old; eapitsI
pet needed vs stast yea. Everything sec.
10 special abilii rsesirs1; yea, reader, 60
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-02
BACK FROM THEIR TRIP.
End ofthe Tour of the Railroad Conduc-
tors Through the South.

The complimentary excursion given by
the Missouri Pacific railway and connecting
lines to the members of the Order of Rail
way Conductors and their families returned
20 St Louis yesterday. says the Kansas
City Times. after an absence of mite days,
during which the party visited Sedalia
Denison, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, san
Antonio. Galveston. Houston, TeXarkana,
Hot Springs and Little Rock. The mem
Oers of tn. party We're the recipients of
many courtesies during the trip-receptions.
0anquets. carriage drives and other forms
OF entertainment having been provided by
the various cities visited. Frequent ad-
vices received from the excursionists in
dicated that they had royal time.
Mr. L. s. Jewett, who was personally in
charge of the special train, has occupied
the position of passenger and ticket agent
in this city for about twenty years, and is
so thoroughly identified with that depart
ment that only u small proportion Of his
many friends are aware that he was form
erly ''knight Of the pu1,'h." He is never
happier than when INDUCING in reminis-
cences of the old days in the train service in
the COS and although railroading has ad-
v;laced wonderfully since then he rds kept
abreast of the times. The compliment paid
him by the management of the Missouri
Pacific in placing him in charge of the eX-
curSion was well deserved and was crafty
ing 10 his friends in the service of whom he
has a large number.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-02

and general freight agent for Texas. Mr.
Groseclose The result of the meeting was
the unanimous adoption of the following
resolution:
Resolved, that we respectfully tender to
the honorable railway commission Of Texas
soon to organize, the active cooperation
and assistance of the railways in ascertain
ing all facts or information touching the
rates, condition and operation of the roads,
and the railways of Texas will meet with
the commission for those purposes at any
time The commission may desire.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-02

!, Bunting, st Louis; Miss J Minor Denver;
j w Neeley, Comanche; j r England, Phil
adeiphia; w NJ Holland, Childress; Il V
Neeley, Comanche; J W Sturgis. P. ladel-
phia; 0 Armstrong, Nova Scotia; George
w Dale, Childress Il II Moon, Comanche
John " Dale, Springtown; Miss Manda
Holmsly, COmanche; j w McWilliams,
Campbell, ChildresS Joe II Eagle, Vernon
Mrs S B Mcdowell, Denyer; Miss L Pull
IAN, Comanche; John Brown, Springfield
John Byron and lady, Mayvell; VIII Moore,
Kansas City. Mo; h X HalseI, Decatur
Miss Viola Nj Laren, Clarendon; o c Myers,
Cleburne; W E Reever. Fremont, Ohio;
Miss Emma Robertson, Haskell City.
At THE ELLIS.
D f Lamb, San Antonio; II W Eldridge
Nat c Houston, Wichita, Kan; Geo S
Burning, st. Louis; W L Kean and wife,
p Miller, Chicago Geo st RAIDER, New
York; \ Lehman, B Norton, Omaha: G.
II Bohning and wife, Ranger: II Brann.
G H Burrows, Joe S Key, Texarkana; II
Davidson, Miss Mabel Looney, Mckinney;
p Montgomery, Kansas City; J W Palmer,
Elsmore; II Martin, Denver; W G.
HIynenn, Tyler; Miss Clara Lee Prescott.
Baton Rouge NJ Sleveyne, Denver: o
Harem, Houston; Carr Lucy, Austin;
Chas J Smith, Topeka, Kan; Fritz
Straughn, Wellington, Kan; j Ii Lynch,
Seymour; w G. johnson, Camden, n j; A
c Wagner, P Guthrie, ST Louis; Frank
Z Weber, c c Hurry, Vernon; G c Nc
Council, Philadelphia; S A Sternberg, p
Wise, st Louis; W II Sticely, Texarkana;
B Hirshfield, Cincinnati
AT THE PICKwICK..
Miss May Ryan, Peoria, Ill; & QsSNeed
F H Rottyer st Louis; H A 1hssft, obi
lene; G r Hand. Sparta, Text Theo Bell
harz, Dallas; 7 E Tomilson, SPARTA Max
Pfeiffer, Gainesville: Z L Book. Texa}; w
N Smith, Sherman; A j Webb, Ch4agosi
4tobert Goth. Chicago: 7 PAstaE
Quanah; F. H johnson, New Yor. Isl L
Cottor, Clinton a p Shepard, VI s.: john
B Warfeld, Baltimore ss,RsS31 Fairchild,
Waco; William NIeades I1a6sville, Ky;
S r Gladney, ST Louis; Mt Jones, News
Orleans; A Laird, Chilicothe; w W JaHn-
son, Weatherford; r A Hendrie, CgHtral
City, KY; William Lockridge, AustinfH L
Gilmore, Georgia; r G. DeGraffaried,
Longview; < r Marshal, Philadelphia, Pa;
c S Hardy, Waco; J l Mclaughlin. Dallas;
Ed f Anderson, Cincinnati; L r rdihger.
Dallas; D P Shelton, Nashville; o c Joh1T'
son, New York; D C. Earnest, Dallas; TC
Ellet, Kansas City; George c Batenlap,
Trinidad; Ben Kohn. VIM Boyce, Texas;
c H Cochran, Chicago; E l. Mcdonald,
New York; NJ Lipre, st Louis: w Tay
lor and wife, Wichita Falls; a B Mathews
and wife, Wichita Valley Ry; f Smith,
Rockport.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-02
Summer Excursion Tic.pte

, Commencing June l, the Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas railway will begin the sale
of summer excursion tickets TO principal
points in the North, East and West. The
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway is the
sort and most direct line to Kansas City.
st. Louis and Chicago. Also the only line
running double daily trains with Pullman
buffet sleeping cars from Texas points to
~ ~ above cities without change Take the
Chicago limited, leaving Fort Worth
7:30 p. m, arriving in Chicago sec
ond morning. For sleeping car accommo-
dations, maps. rates. tickets or other in
formation please call on or address
c. d. LUsK, Union depot.
]. F. SMITH. City Ticket Agent.
corner Fourth and Houston streets.
Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-02
Managers and Attorneys at Galveston.

GALVESTON, TEN, June An important
meeting of railway managers and attorneys
of the various railway lines in the state was
held here to-day for the purpose of placing
the differential roads of Texas in perfect
harmony al tae outset with the Texas
railroad commission soon to be organ
lied The following representatives were
present: Southern Pacific. j Krutchnitt and
Judge E. p. Hill: Texas and Pacific, JouU
y. Grant. Judge James A. Baker and r. L.
Lovett; Houston and Texas Central. Charles
Dillingham;, receiver, and Judge james A.
Baker: Houston East and West Texas. NJ.
q. Howe, receiver: San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass, B. f. Yoakum, receiver: Fort
Worth and Rio Grandc. John Horribly and
n H. LIssiter; Gulf, Colorado and Sant5
Ees2S c. C. Wheeler and J. w
EAefry; St. Louis and Southwestern
Cotton Belt route), Judge George Clark