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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
MISS LIZZIE THAYER,
Tho Capable and Trustworthy Train Dis
patcher of an Eastern Railroad.

Tho Capable and Trustworthy Train Dis
patcher of an Eastern Railroad.
There are many women who occupy
more imposing and better paid posi-
tons, but there are few if any, who
incur every day in the week such vast
responsibilities as devolve upon Miss
Lizzie Z. d, Thayer. This young lady
has been for two years the train dis
patcher of the New London Northern
railroad, whose tracks extend from
New London, Ct, to Brattleboro, VT,
distance of 12l miles, Not a mile of
the entire road is double-tracked There
are forty-eight regular trains on the
time table along with any number of
extra ones, both freight and passenger.
During the summer excursion trains are
run at frequent intervals All these
trains are moved by telegraph and the
safety of lives and property involved
depends largely upon the nerve, FORE
sight and promptness of the young
woman whose finger tips are on the tel
egraph instrument in the New London
office.
Miss Thayer is said to be the only
woman in the world who holds such a
position. From seven a. m to nine p
m. she is responsible, and for the prin-
cipal part of the time she is hard at
work receiving and dispatching mes
sages. She keeps one of the telegraph
wires hot with train orders and instruc-
tions to conductors in regard to the
work at the many stations She side
tracks freight trains to let passengers"
whiz by, or, perchance she sidetracks
q passenger train for few minutes to
prevent freight loaded with perisha-
BILE stock from getting '1aid out"
1t was somewhat by accident that
Miss Thayer became train dispatcher
Three years ago she Joined the Office
for short time as assistant to the regu.
lar official Within year he resigned,
and for seven months the young lady
performed all duties without any as.
sistance. The superintendent hunted
up and down the road for the proper
person to fill the place. Meanwhile
the road was running ON all right, and
finally, having grown tired of looking
for the proper man, it was decided that
as Miss Thayer's work had been per-
fectly satisfactory she should be re-
tanned in the position.-Chicago Post
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE FIRST GLASS,

Glass number one, 'only In fun"
Glass number two, ''other boys do"
Glass number three, sit won't hurt me-"
Glass number four, ''only one more;''
Glass number five, before drives"
Glass number six. brain in mix;
Glass number seven, stars up in heaven;
Glass number eight, stars in his pate;
Glass number nine, whisky, not VINE;
Glass number ten, drinking again;
Glass number twenty, not yet plenty.
Drinking with boys, drowning his joys;
Drinking with men, just now and then,
Wasting his life, killing his wife;
Losing respect, manhood all wrecked,
Losing his friends, thus 1t all ends.
Glass number one. taken in fun,
Ruined his life, brought on strife;
Blighted his youth, ruled his truth;
Gave only pain, stole all his gain;
Made him at last friendless outcast.
Light-hearted boy, somebody's Joy,
Do not begin early in sin;
Grow up man brave as you can;
Taste not in fun glass number one.
Central Baptist.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
TEMPERANCE BREvlTlES.

LONDON has $4,000 grog shops. How
much these cost nobody can figure mp
Never will there be any way out Of
darkest" London, or the bottomless
miseries and degradation of any other
city, SO long as the grog-shop curse is
tolerated.
FROM the records OF Yale college dur.
ing the past eight years it is shown that
the non-smokers were twenty per cent.
taller than the smokers, twenty-five
per cent. heavier and had sixty-six per
cent. more lung capacity. In the last
graduating class at Amherst college,
the non-smokers hare gained in weight
twenty-four per cent over the smokers;
in height, thirty-seven per cent, in
chest girth, forty-two per cent; and in
lung capacity, eight and thirty-sixth
hundredths cubic inches.-Western
Medical Reporter.
SIS THIS the way to the poorhouse?"
asked one man of another, rs he pointed
in certain direction. mo, but this
is" answered the other, as he pointed
to whisky flask sticking out of the
inqulrer's pocket The answer was
surely very correct The whisky bot
tie is what drives many people to the
poorhouse. 1t makes them neglect
their business, it steals their earnings,
it gives them bad habits, it clothes
them aud their children in rags, and
robs them of their daily bread. Yes,
and at last it robs them of their very
souls.
DRINK is the great curse Of Australia.
High wages only too often lead to in
diligence in had colonial beer and wine
that is even worse than malt liquor OF
spirits Girls and women drink much
more in the colonies than they do in
England. This is partly owing to the
hard work. partly to the hot climate
II shouldn't like the girl who made me
this shawl to see me in this place,
said girl while unpacking her box il
q miserable Melbourne lodging house
She looked up, and there stood thu
maker Of the shawl, the daughter Of I
poor but respectable Irish farmer
Both girls had been emigrants, and boil
had come to grief through drinking.
EVERYBODY respects . young mai
who refuses to drink, and in these day
sensible men, even those who are no
opposed to drinking on principle, ar
giving up the consumption Of slcoho
as q bad practice. They know by ex
perience that it is one of the mos
serious Of the obstacles to material sue
cess. Hunt out the real cause Of hal
the bankruptcies and you would I'm
it in drinking. Discover the true caus
of the inability Of young mea to &c
ahead and in the majority OF cases
would be drinking The country DO
who tries his fortune in the city cannc
afford to take that risk. He must be
lighting trim always with every powe
at his full o,mmand.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
POINTS OF PROGRESS.

Two hundred women are employed
by Edison in working ut the mors
delicate details of his electrical inven,
tons
MRS. w. w. TAYLOR was superin-
tendent of the poultry and pet stock de-
partment Of the Larimer county (Col)
fair.
HELEN CAMPBELL says that 200, 900
women work in q hundred different
trades in New York city, and of
that number $1,000 support their hus-
bands.
REV. MARY L. LEeeETr, the pastor
of the Unitarian church of Green Har
Dor, Marsh6eld, Mass, Is very sue
cessful She came from Beatrice,
Neh, where she preached for three
years
THERE are more women workers in
the United Kingdom, Great Britain and
Ireland, in proportion to the population.
than in any other country in the world
Twelve per cent of the working classes
there are women.
DIR. EMMA GUNKKL, of Newport, KY,
q graduate Of q Cincinnati college. and
who completed her studies in Germany,
has become one of the most successful
physicians in her state. She is the
daughter of a noted homeopathic
THE political equality club OF War
rem, O.. ha, been investigating the
number of women engaged in the vari
ous industries Of that city and findi
that outside of domestic industriei
there are $50 women employed in gain
full labor.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
As n Translator She pscsas H.ro.

A woman well. known in the French
literary world, Nine. S. Arnaud, has
just completed the. formidable task of
translating Shakespeare's sonnets into
French verse. Victor Hugo had al
ready translated them into prose Blu;
critics give Nine. Arnaud's work the
preference as being of course less liter
al, but vigorous and rendering with &C.
curacy figures of speech familiar to
Shakespeare. but foreign to the i'm
agery of the French poets, and also she
has kept we'll to the form of the origin.
al sonnet, though it is not at all in &C
cord with the French ules.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
Why I Am q Protectionist.
H1N. WIN. W. BATES COMMISSIONER

By R1N wM. W. BATES COMMISSIONER
OF NAVIGATION.
1. Because instinct and reason teach
the right and duty OF self-defense for
individuals, families, society and the
state.
.. Because protection assures peace,
without which human life has no true
object. intellectual and moral improve.
asn. no prospect. and the general good
no existence.
s Because believe in human free.
dom. in the improvement of man, and
the happiness Of mankind. To this end
everyone should direct his course, each
government intelligently guide its PEG.
pie, securing to each employment, and
to all due reward for toll
L Because prefer my own country
to every other; and to develop its re.
sources, increase its wealth. augment
its power and improve its people. be.
fore any other, il the bounden duty Of
loyal citizena
5. Because without protection all
these things are left to chance-to doom
and disappointment-the poor to live in
ignorance and vice, the weak to fall be.
fore the strong, a1d the good to serve
the bad. As wisdom leaves nothing tc
chance, 90 good government cares FOL
every usefcl pursuit, that il may real
its pillars on solid ground
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
THE TRurH ABOUT PRICES.
Figures which Prove what ths E6ect ol
tho Mckinley Bill Has Deen.

Figures which Prove what ths Eject OF
the Mckinley Bill Has Been.
The American Economist has secured
interesting information concerning the
retail prices Of over 30 articles in COM
mon use. The figures were obtained
from the books Of lace retail dealers
doing business in all parts of the coun-
try and representing every shade of
political opinion They show the prices
charged for the same articles in 1857.
1889, 1890 and 1891, and justify the claim
that the effect of the Mckinley tariff
act has been to lower prices The fig
ures follow:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04

The Hon. William NJ. Springer has
been stumping Iowa for Governor Boies
Mr.. Springer is an earnest and sincere,
albeit a somewhat impulsive, man when
he says that ''the democratic party in-
sists that the tariff legislation of the
last thirty years is mainly responsible
for the depression Of agriculture, for
the building up of great monopolies,
and for the piling up immense fortunes
in the hands of few people," We sup.
pose that he believes that such is the
fact, and such the attitude of the
democratic party. We hope, however,
that the democratic party of Iowa 10
resting its case upon other grounds than
these, for it would be absurd to imagine
that these are tenable.
What would Mr.. Springer have to jay
II some hard headed farmer should gst
up on his feet at the conc1nsson Of ~
passage which We have quo4ed, and ng11
Mr.. Spnnepr To apsVer these tnqeir
q, L
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04
THE SALOONS WORK.
Two Lives Pay the Penalty Of Psmperin
q Taste tor Rum.

Do you ask me why l hate the
saloon? will tell you L once had q
dear sister Mary. We were constant
companions Mary was q conscien.
tious girl, and anxious to live good
Life. She used to say: "Anna, when ]
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04

IHAvE never believed that the prin-
ciples Of political economy are OF UNI.
versal application. Free trade suits us,
but If had been an American I should
have been protectionist twenty years
ago Henry Labouchera the noted In.
glish journalist in N. Y. Herald, Sep.
tember -
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-04

iteo(1 4; ! " 4 a n, but history
teacheS N Y y Y u y yjrosperity ofiour'
own cotintty ~ 366tt promoted by a
tariff which Is levied for protection as
we'll as for revenue. Many of our great
industries, inoluding the silk industry,
the pottery industry, the carpet in
dustry and tile steel-rail industry, had
only nominal existence until ade-
quatcly protective duties were imposed
on competing foreign products. All
other considerations aside, older manu-
featuring countries could command
lower wages, for labor than thisaountry,
and protective duties were therefore
needed to eGualize the labor cost of
production. Our tin plate industry is,
to-day an infant industry because we.
have not had . protective duty on for
eign tin plates We shall always need
protective. dnties as long as'orr people
insist upon d higher standard of wages
and scale OF living than prevail abroad
If they were now willing to accept the
same wages and the same social com
ditions which the people of other couyl-
tries are compelled to accept our pno-
tcctive policy could be greatly modi-
fed, if not wholly dispensed with
Whatever tsmay have been in the past.
this policy is therefore to-day chiefly .
question of wages
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
IMPRISONED FIREMEN.
A FIRE IN BOSTON AND IT'S THRILL
ING INCIDENTS.
The Roof Of Burning Building Collapses
and Buries Score CT Firemen-Many
of Them Seriously Injured.

BosToN, April 19.-Fire occurred early
this morning in the Chapman building,
five-story brick, principally occupied
by Bailey & Rankin, carpets. The total
loss Is estimated at $1,000. While the
fire was at its height the roof fell. The
debris imprisoned nearly twenty fire.
men, several of whom escaped without
injury. Streams were at once directed
to the part of the building where the
accident occurred, and in a few minutes
the debris cooled sufficiently to permit
OF the release of the men beneath, Chief
Engineer Webber was among those
caught, and although bruised and
burned he did not relinquish
his command. Chief Reagan was also
buried, but his injuries are not serious.
Captain Willett was injured about the
shoulders. Captain Griffin was pinned
down by heavy timbers, which were
sawed apart before he was released. Dis
trict Engineer Creswell was pinned down
nearly an hour his leg was crushed by
heavy beam, but he was finally res
cued. His injuries, though painful, are
not fatal. A dozen other firemen were
injured, some seriously.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
RUsK's ORDER MODIFIED.
The Texas Fever Quarantine Line Nov
ed to Suit the Cattlemen.

The Texas Fever Quarantine Line Nov
~, ed to Suit the Cattlemen.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-An earnest
effort is being made on the part of the
cattlemen from the far west to have the
Texas fever cattle quarantine line estab-
lished by the agricultural department
for the great cattle-raising states of Wy
oming, Montana and Colorado, moved
further south, and made to conform to
the quarantine line fixed upon by those
states for their own protection, before
the national government quarantine
line was established. Senator Carey, of
Wyoming. has presented the matter fully
to the agricultural department, and it is
probable that the matter will be fixed as
desired. The department has commune
Gated with Secretary Rusk on the sub
ject, and the secretary thinks the de-
partment may so far modify its instruc-
tions as to permit cattle to be shipped
into the states of Colorado, Wyoming
and Montana from the far south as
heretofore, provided those states give
satisfactory assurance that no cattle
shipped into them shall be sent out Of the
states before the 1st of December. The
effect of the order of the agricultural
department moving farther north the
quarantine line established by the states
vast to work serious hardship on large
numbers of men having cattle between
the line decided on by the national
government, and that which the expert
ence of the states named, had found to
be safe.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20

states of the south will be discontented
with the old condition that made them
simply agricultural states, and will rouse
themselves to compete with the older
manufacturing states of the north and
east. The vision have, all the thoughts
I have of this matter, embrace all the
states and all my countrymen. do not
think of it as question of party;
think of it as great American question.
TEXAS ENTHUSIASM.
"By invitation, in the address which
was made to me, have freely spoken
my mind to you upon these topics. /
hope 1 have done so without offense or
improperly. [Cries of "No, no." and
great cheers.I / would not on an occa-
sion Of SO good feeling as this obtrude
anything that should induce division or
dissent. The views hold are the result
of some thought and investigation, and
as they are questions of public concern
| confidently submit To the arbitrament
of the brave and enlightened American
suffrage"
The storm of applause that burst out
when the president concluded was tre-
mendous. 1t was a vocal evidence of
the enthusiasm that proved that the
Galvestonians appreciated the disting-
uished honor of entertaining the head
of the general government.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
DEATH VALLEY.
Mr. C1ery Proceeds There to Open a New
Signal Station.

Signal Station.
, KELLER, April 19.-John HI. Clery, of
the United States signal service, whom
General Greedy selected to open signal
station in Death valley, left herelyester-
day for Furnace creek on the side of the
valley, where the new observatory will
be located. Rooms have been secured
at the Coleman borax works for ar Of
fee. This station will be fully equipped
with instruments of the finest make and
the greatest precision. The thermom-
eters are the finest obtainable, and were
manufactured with special reference to
the intense heat which prevails in
that region. Two observations will
be made daily at 5 a. m. and
5 p. m. A constant record
covering each hour of the day and
night, will be secured of the air pressure
and temperature. The wagon roads
leading to the valley being impossible,
Mr.. Clery went by pack train via Dar
win and Wild Rose canon, which will
leave him but twelve miles of travel
across the valley to reach his destina-
ton. Mr.. Clery volunteered for this
work, coming here from Kansas City,
Mo-, to prepare his equipment. He en-
ters upon his disagreeable task willingly,
expecting to remain at Furnace creek till
autumn, at least. This station is being
established in connection with the sur
vey now in that region, in charge of DR..
Merriman, of the department. of agri-
culture. P. V. s. Bartlett, of the United
States geological survey, also left here
today to assume charge of the topograph-
ical work connected with the expedi-
tion
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
ANOTHER LIVELY DAY
Great Activity Among the
Striking Cokers.
Distressing Scenes of 81 and
q '86 to Be Re-enacted.
Italians and Negroes Imported to Fill
the Strikers Places.
Worlds Fair Laborers Expected to Strike
TOday-General News
Gleanings.
Associated Press Dispatches.

ScoTTDALE, Pa, April 19.-Today was
another lively day in the coke region.
Numerous mass meetings were held, ,and
preceding the wholesale evictions, which
are to occur tomorrow, they have their
significance. With brass band to stir
up their spirits, meeting of several
hundred strikers was held this after
noon at the Summit plant, where i'm
ported foreigners have been at work.
Every effort was put forth to get the
Italians to attend, but without avail.
Tonight there is great activity all along
the line. The coke companies will make
persistent efforts to resume work at
more Of their plants tomorrow, and their
leaders are out to man in the hope of
defeating the movements.
When the eviction movement is in
augurated tomorrow, it is expected
some of the distressing scenes of 81 and
'86 will be re-enacted; that many fam
lilies will resist seems to be the general
impression.
Il was learned today that colored
workmen would be shipped into the
region during the coming week to take
the strikers places. Imported Italians
and negroes will likely be weapons of
the different companies to break the
strike, and carloads OF them are ex-
pected.
Tonight the labor leaders say they
hope Governor Pattison will come to
the region, as intended, and make a
rigid and searching investigation of
affairs.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
Death of Rear-Admiral Taylor.

WASHINGTON, April To- -Rear-Admir-
al Alfred Taylor, United States navy,
retired. died in this city this afternoon,
from pneumonia and acute bronchitis,
following an attack of grippe. He was
born in Fairfax county, Virginia, in
1910. He reached the grade of lieuten-
ant in 1881, and in the Mexican war,
during the blockade of Vera Cruz and
other naval operations along the Mexico
coast, he served with the frigate Cum
berland. He was on duty on the
steamer Mississippi with Commander
Perry's expedition to Japan in 1885.
Two of his sons hold commissions in the
army, and the third lives in New York
city.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
A HOPELESS ENTERPRISE
THE PANAMA CANAL COLLAPSED
BEYOND REDEMPTION.
Absolutely No Hope for the Resumption of
Work on the Great Project-Lieutenant
Wyse's Report on the Situation.

PARIS, April ia report on the
Panama canal has been sent to the
liquidator of the company,by Lieutenant
Wyse, who has been negotiating with
the Colombian government to prolong
the concession. The report is volumi-
nous document. 1t was appar-
emily prepared with the object OF
concealing, amid an endless maze
of words and reiterated expressions
about the sanguine prospects, the actual
hopelessness of any further enterprise in
that direction.
After detailing the negotiations, Lieu
tenant Wyse concluded: eff my sue
cess with Colombia is not to remain bar
rem, the hour has come for strong res
olution to take immediate and energetic
action to have capital invested in the
work, and to preserve from destruction
the vastest project of the epoch.
If the underground maneuvers, against
which it is time to arm, do not cause the
pending financial combinations to- fail,
the unfortunate French public will soon
recover through the completion of the
canal the greater part of their savings
so recklessly squandered."
Proceeding to make practical sugges-
tions, Lieutenant Wyse advocates six
locks, with single artificial lake in the
center, as the best scheme. He esti-
mates the time required to execute the
work at five years, and the maximum
cost at 100000 francs.
Liquidator Monchicourt personally
considers that the report offers favora-
BILE basis for new financial operations.
The report was issued today, and the
press has had no time as yet to criti-
else it.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
THE SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS.
Survivors of the Old Regiment Revisit
Ra1timOre.

Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, April 19.-The Sixth Mas
sachusetts light infantry veterans,
known as the Worcester light infantry,
the lineal descendants of the old Massa-
chusetts Sixth, we'll remembered as the
grst armed and equipped regiment that
marched to the relief of the national
capital, arrived here today at the same
hour, over the same route traversed in
1861. Thirty years ago today the Sixth
Massachusetts had conflict with mob
while passing through Baltimore. losing
four men killed and many wounded.
The demonstration today commentaries
the thirtieth anniversary of that event.
The veterans were met at the railroad
station by Grand Army posts, Sons of
Veterans and deputation representing
the city, officials. An address of well
come was delivered by Mayor Davidson
in happy vein, assuring the veterans
of the profound pleasure in which their
visit was received. In the evening
Duquesne post entertained the visitors
at the Carrolton.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-20
THE NATIONAL PAsTIME.
Yesterday's Ball Games In California
and the East.

Yesterday's Ball Games In California
and the East.
SACRAMENTO, April 19.-An intensely
exciting game of ball was played here
this afternoon between the Sacramentos
and San Franchises. The contest was a
slugging match, and the ball was ham
mered hard by both teams, the Sacra-
mentos winning by score Of 10 to 7.
SAN Francisco, April 19.-This morn
ing, at Emeryville, the San Joses de-
feated Oakland by a score of 8 to 6. In
the afternoon, however, Oakland turned
the tables, winning easily by score OF
7 to 1.
LOUISVILLE, April 19.-Louisville, 5;
st. Louis,7.
COLUMBUS. April 10.-Columbus, 4;
Cincinnati, 5.