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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
STIMULATE CHRISTIAN WORK.


n CareIul feruShl OF Jne Fest LiJerat are
will Make all More Spiritually Minded.
Not enough do Christian people con-
slider the relation of their reading to
their religious life. There is little
thought given to either what may be
helpful or detrimental There can be
no doubt that the Scriptures receive lit
tie of that careful, mcditativc pcri,sal
which is essential to spiritual benefit,
and the average ehurchmember gives
no proper regardto the literature which
may tend to make him more spiritually
minded and stimulate him to Christian
work. Webelieve there is nothing more
helpful to intelligents CHRISTIAN pe6f
pie TO promote piety and veal tlih1pfhes
lives OF the saints of the present century
As to other books, how many churcl,
members sit down to a studied, ear
reading Of any work which is devoted,
to the history of any modern mission OF
to any treatise which presents the argu-
ment for any phase Of Christian doc
EtrineP A tivecent pamphlet may have
been skimmed,g but who that reads
these lines, except here and there
minister. give any one solid book q thor
oughly thoughtful reading in all the
year? In some instances the prescribed
course Of adChant stqu circle may have
been followed, but does any one believe
that the bulk Of church members give
themselves to profitable readingq tioe,
There is no doubt that in this age the
novel has often been made the vehicle
for much useful instruction and to aid
great reforms. Sometimes shams and
hypocrisies have been reached hy the
sarcastic showing up of story where
an essay would hsve failed TO effect
good, Nevertheless there ere many
church members whose lives are being
frittered away by novel reading. We
believe that if in, every household we
could secure the perusal of books de-
voted to Christian biography and enter
prise, we should see marked advance
in spirituality and conservation. Chris
| tan Inquirer. .t.. .t...-.. 81
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
MAKING THE MEN GooC.

~
Women Have 10 In Their Power to Bring
the Men Up 70 = Higher Standard Of
Living. Ell
Bless the girls, how love them! To
me they are the sweetest things in the
world, with their fresh young cheeks
and bright eyes, laughing and chatting
simply because their hearts are SO full
of fun and talk that II just bubbles over.
They can do more with those merry
smiles and winning looks than we old
women ever can, though blessed with
the wisdom of female SOlomons, or the
guile of serpents, and it Is to them that
we look for opposition to the evil In the
world, and the encouragement OF the
good and falling. If only the girls
would band together and frown upon
the wrong-doers, and persistently refuse
to smile upon their misdeeds, what a
reformation all over the country there
would be!
If the pretty sweetheartswould refuse
to laugh at the mocking words young
men of our day think SO clever, when di-
rected against religion and the good old
ways our grandparents delighted in,
there would soon be an end of such
soothing If our youths knew that the
bright eyes would look coldly on them
when the rumor gathered ground that
they were gay" would they not guard
their reputation as a jewel of great
price?
Let the girls regard drinking man
as a pest-infected one, and no more
think of receiving such into their homes,
and we will have no marriages in oppo-
sition to parents, no broilen-hearted
women shielding drunken husbands
from the worlds censure, no going back
| to father with sad-eyed little children to
care for when shame is open and it is
no longer possible to hope for reforma-
ton.
All the girls have to do is to set up
standard, with determination to live
and die by it, and men will come up to
it, never fear.
If you are content with low type,
then shut your eyes and be as compla-
cent as you please; but if you want
good husband, and, by and by, good
sons, set your face firmly against the
weak and vicious.
You are afraid you will brighten the
men away by such severity and prud-
ishness? No, you will not-at least, 1t
will brighten away only such as you are
better off without their admiration and
love, and men whose opinion is worth
having, and whom you would really
care to marry, if you are the wise, we'll
regulated young woman take you for,
will honor you for your common
sense and prudence, and know you for
the very wife they want.-St- Louis
Globe-DemOcrat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
WOMAN AND HER WAYS.


4 OF the fifty-three members of the re-.
Gently formed Water Color Club, In New
York, over half are women. ~ '0' ~"
A FEMININE inspector Of primary
schools has been appointed in France,
and there arc more to follow.
Mrs. CARRY STEELE, colored wOm-
an of Georgia, has founded colored
orphan asylum where destitute children
may be cared for and taught trades. q +"
Those who have studied the subject
assert that it is absolutely impossible
for the Paris working girl to live upon
her earnings. The terrible condition Of
the working women in Paris has, at last
attracted the attention of the French
government, and inquiries are being
made with view of allievating their
sufferings.
THE first gymnasium or college for
women in Rome is to be opened April /,
1891. This is in accordance with the
order of the Cultus Minister Boselli.
The grade and character Of the new in
stitution is u be that " the technical
schools, and the object IS 10 enable
young women TO prepare themselves TO
enter the universities
LAST year STA girl apprentices
opened accounts with the Librarian of
the Society of Mechanics and Trades.
men. In the three years Of its existence
the night school connected with the Ses-
ciety graduated tl5 young women
These Industrious 5, lden.s are engaged
during the dai in various pursuits. as
saleswomen, dressmakers, milliners,
telegraph and machine operators, clerks,
domestics and factory hands With the
instruction received ali have been placed
in more desirable and profitable posi-
tiouA
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

The man who fears God is afraid to
sin.-Ram's Horn. ..- ..
-Iet men laugh. il they will, when
You sacrifice desire to duty. You have
both time and eternity to, rejoice in
Theodore Parker. 4s3 set0.4
%, never is the path we tread
SO drear, but II we upward gaze,
The favorite smile of Heaven will shed
Some solace for our darkest days.
t' g Beech.
Every individual has place to fill
in the world, and is important in some
respects, whether he chooses to be so or
not.-American Note Books.
The seeming shipwrecks we meet
with in the voyage of life often prove
the very things which best speed our
course to the very haven where we
would be.-Patch.
If there be one thing on earth which
is truly admirable it is 70 see Gods wis
dom blessing an inferiority of natural
powers when they have been honestly,
truly and zealously cultivated A.
mold.
1T takes but a moment to close the
doors tight against temptation, when II
hsstens elsewhere. And this is better
than to live hours, days or years undo,
the shadow Of regret. STANDARD.
"A life of Incidence and ease, Of deli.
cacy and luxury, which is very often the
attendant upon opulcnce, is never com.
mended in the Bible. II may not be
positively and grossly vicious, but ii is
always worthless, and unsuited to the
grave and solemn ends for which man is
sent into this world.-N. Y. Independ
ami
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
EACH PLACE THE WORST.

A Lesson Against Covetousness for Envi.
Gus Young Christians to Learn.
A witty but somewhat cynical phi
losopher once announced his intention
of founding Disseminated Club" Of
which the constitution and bylaws
should be rs follows: Anywhere Out
where l am; any thing but what have;
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25

ANOTHER medical school for women
has been opened in connection with
Queen Margaret College, Glasgow. 1t
is said that the demand for highly com.
petent women is continually increasing,
as India and the East become more en-.
lightensd and unparalleled.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
A Smart Lady Student.

Miss Ada Naomi Thompson, an Eng
fish girl whose honors have somewhat
paled before Miss Fawcett's, has rec
ord of success hardly less creditable.
Being poor, she began her work In a
Board School, and had no home incite-
ments to study. AtNtwelve years old
she took scholarship in the lsingtpn
High School. When only fourteen She
passed the Oxford Junior examination
with honors. and a year later took hon
ors in botany and a second scholarship,
followed in the succeeding year by hon
ors at the Cambridge Senior examina-
ton. AT seventeen she passed, the ien.
trance examinations I'd London Uni
versity, gained a scholarship at Bed
ford College, took the Lady Stanley
botany prize and the Somerville sSoien-
tific prize, and, having achieved distinc-
ton, in the teachers exaninaticni az
Cambridge Universityssettled down at
nineteen as assistant mistress of the
York High School, a position Of much
dignity.--Woman's Joarnal!i91 a'S'T91
4 women and AIasrlmony.H AZ
II would seem that woman il o
favorite with the Lord, and that there
fore he, has made more Of that kind.
From the order 81 the creation In Paral
disc it IL evident That woman is an Inn
proved isdition ofamsaa- hut whsteser
be the reason for it, the fact is certain
that she who selects . husband has .
smaller number of people to select from
than be who selects Q, wife. Therefore
a woman ought 70 be especially careful
in her choice Of, a lifetime companion
ship. 8She can not afford to make a
mistake. II a man erin his selection
| he can spend his evenings at the club
and dull his sensibilities by tobacco
smoke, but woman has no club room
for refuge and would find 81 difficult to
habituate herself to cigars. IL q WON!
an make o bad job of marital selection
the probability is that nothing but .
funeral can relieve it.-Talmage inn. Y.
Observer 'tt 80 q HaefA'f~ "
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-25
OUR PET PIG.

-Harper's Young People.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07

heard lately Of a pathetic case of the loneli-
ness, says writer in the Boston Post, which
comes to a stranger in strange land when
suddenly deprived Of a lifelong companion,
un Ter the most painful circumstances Of doubt
and mystery. The wife Of Frenchman en-
ployed a. designer in one of our great textile
manufactures missed her husband, upon whom
she was dependent for support Weeks passed
away. and as he was known to have money on
his person it was feared that he had met, as the
reporters with foul play. At last his body was
found floating near one of the bridges on Charles
river. Upon it was discovered 81, 500, which
the Frenchman had secreted in his clothing as
safer place than savings bank or deposit
vault, and suspicious that he was murdered for
his money were aba.ed by the discovery. Az
for the widow, she was victim of conflicting
emotions--of grief for the loss of her husband
and Of Joy that he had not left her penniless.
She had resolved to remain in this country till
he was found, dead or alive, but now she has
means to go back to France and open little
shop in Paris where she has friends. l could
not help but think ON hearing Of her story how
many foreigners there must be in this country.
and, doubtless, not few in this city, who are
left stranded by the loss Of work, or Of other
means Of support, to whom such sum AZ the
French woman has received would be fortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07
A wOMAN's WIT.
She Was Sure the House Was on Fire and
Was Afraid Of . Panic.

She was Sure the House Was on Fire and
Was Afraid OF . Panic.
From the Detroit Free Press
1t was ii O'Clock at night and was going 10
my room in q Florida hotel, when q woman
came out Of her room, fully dressed, and asked:
do you belong to the hoteI2"
''No, ma am"
Are there many people here tonight2'
''It is crowded"
"And it won't do to start . panic. Let me
say quietly to you that the hotel is on fire; I
have known ii for ten minutes, but did not
want to create an excitement"
'Are you sure, ma amp asked.
Entirely sure, sir. / smelled the smoke
while in bed. You 90 quietly down and tell the
clerk and l will knock on all the doors on this
floor"
She was wonderfully cool and collected and
never thought Of doubling her assertion. Co
ing down by the stairway. beckoned the clerk
aside and told him Of the fire. He went 90 the
elevator with me and ascended TO the third
hoor. where he found about twenty half-dressed
people in the halls. The woman who had given
me orders came up and said:
Come this way; don't think the FIRE has
much of start vet
We followed her to her room and began TO
sniff and SNUFF. There was certainly q strong
odor Of something burning, but the clerk had
taken only one sniff when he went out and
raped on the next door.
"Hellol" called a voice.
Are You smoking"
"Yes"
smoking Florida tobacco?"
"Yes; what Of it?'
Nothing ma am, you can 60 back to bed.
Much Obliged TO you for your sagacity
and wit, but both were q little too keen
this time. The stingy old cuss in that room
IL smoking swamp tobacco and il ALWAYS
smells like fire eating its way under . pine
floor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07
HIS VOICE AT HIS FUNERAL.
Almost the Last Words of Kalakaua "
Be Reproduced in Honolulu

Almost the Last Words of Kalakaua VIII
Be Reproduced in Honolulu.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Outside the little circle of immediate friends
| and attendants upon the late King Kaakaua
who were admitted into the sick chamber, it is
| not known that for the ten days prior to the
monarchs death an Edison photograph stood
near the bedside. Many who saw the instru-
ment daily never suspected its character or use
and during the excitaEle days preceding the
kings death. during which every nerve was
taxed to its greatest tension, the innocent-look-
ing little machine reposed in its shaded corner
unnoticed and unobserved by all except by the
kings chamberlain and his secretary
When the photograph was brought into the
sick room last Monday week ago Chamber
lair Macfarlane explained its use and purpose
to the king. and begged that he would speak
into the receiver. The near approach of death
was not suspected at that time. but il was
urged upon Kalakaua that in after years his
people would be rejoiced to listen to the nat
ural tones of their former ruler. Little did
either the king or the chamberlain suspect that
in less than week the little waxol scroll con-
tanning the words OF King kalakaua in audible
characters would be so highly prizei
The king consented. and raising himself up
in bed, put the receivers in his mouth and
talked into the I'M trumert in his native tongue
He spoke slowly and with some effort for
nearly ten minutes, then sank back exhausted
promising to complete the message when he
should feel stronger. The next day came with
the excitement incident to preparing for the
supper in honor of the king at the California
Hotel. and the phonograph was forgotten On
the following day came the entertainments for
the Mystic Shrine, and again the phonograph
was neglected.
After that until death had closed his lips for
ever both Secretary Baker and Chamberlain
Macfarlane watched and waited anxiously for
the signs OF returning consciousness when
they might have the king conclude the scroll,
but the watching and waiting were fruitless
On Wednesday the phonograph operator was
sent for. de removed the waxen roll and gave
1t to Col. Baker. who has since guarded it as
sacredly as his own life. Yesterday he took it
back to Honolulu with him, where its worth
will be computed beyond measure in vulgar
CON- 1t has not been read yet, nor will it be
read until it is placed in an instrument upon
Hawaiian soil. 1t will probably play most
important part in the Hawaiian obsequies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07
A TOO SERIOUS JOKE.
A Life Wasted for the Sake Of Moment's
Folly.

Folly.
From the New York Evening Sun
Ever since Paul Cornoyer had drawn land
scapes and browsing cattle on his slate at
school his mother had believed in his genius
She did not hope that he would become an
artist some day-she knew II. So she treas
ured his pencil sketches, each one better than
the last, and felt that he would make . name
for himself when he grew up.
Paurs father was a wholesale liquor dealer, .
hard-heeded man, unsentimental, who meas
ured consciences by dollars and gagged the
world by greenbacks. He did not believe in
the soul Of art He did not know such thing
existed. So when Paul left school and talked
OF Paris and the studios and Art with capital
Az his father looked at him a. II he thought he
were crazy.
Send You to Paris for two years? Not much,
my boy. I've heard O thing or two about Paris,
and as for art-well. that's no good an excuse
as any for going to Paris
There was where the mother came in. She
came to the defense. She exhibited first the
boyish sketches, then the better drawings made
by the pencil of the growing youth, and finally
washy sketch of dark corner of the ware
house done in water color.
mat last bit Of realism caught the old mans
fancy The clever conception Of sunlight
streaming through the dust-laden atmosphere
ana touching the grimy barrels with a golden
hight perhaps reminded him of their value in
tne same colored metal. How natural the rust
on the hoops and that cobweb over the right
hand window pane looked to him! But what
pleased him most was not the beauty Of the
coiorlng or the composition. but the fact that
.ne boy had not omitted to suggest family the
levers ON one barrel, which read:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07
IT WOULDN'T WORK.
The Bank President Knew a Thing or rw
About Umbrellas.

The Bank President Knew a Thing or I've
About Umbrellas.
Derrick Dodd in San Francisco Examiner
Il don't know whether they do it intention
ally or not" thoughtfully remarked young
Jack Kanebiter at the club the other night.
but somehow these newspapers pass around
an awful lot Of unreliable information"
''How's that, old chappie?" inquired Freddie
Choker, his running mate.
'Why saw in the Examiner last week that
poor young fellow in Chicago borrowed an UNI
brella Of a bank president and the next day rs-
turned it."
awful lie-that"
'Oh! but he did, really. He walked into the
bank the very next day and returned it, The
president was 80 much astonished that he called
the young man back and made him his cashier
at a humping salary"
because he ives 30 extra honest, eh?''
Exactly. Vel. You see, 1 thought il was Q
big scheme and that I'd work the same racket
before the other boys got on to it,"
BOSS idea"
$50 1 rushed round 10 the Nevada Bank and
asked old Hellman to loan me an umbrella.
heard there was going to be directors meet
ing the next day and I intended 20 return the
umbrella right in the midst Of it, % - TO para
lyze the entire outfit; see?'
What did old Moneybags say?"
'Why, he said that il did not look bit like
rain. i know my business said 1; Just you
produce your gingham-' So he told Q clerk to
let me have an old one and take Is for security
at regular bank interest"
''Great Scott"
But that wasn't the worst Of Il. When
looked at the umbrella, Ill be hanged il il
wasn't one that Hellman had borrowed from
me himself down at Los Angeles during the
boom"
And they both Lit fresh cigarette and unused
sadly over the utter unrelisbility Of ssnss-
tional press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07
II 1 Were You. My Dear.

From the ladies' Home Journal.
/ wouldn't turn my head to look after fine
frocks or impertinent men.
Iwould't forget to sew the braid around the
bottom of my skirt or the button on my SHOE
wouldn't conclude that every man who said
something pleasant to me had fallen in love
with me-
wouldn't feel that was ar ill-treated per-
sonaSe because. though Icould play pleasantly,
my friends didn't count me q modern Mozart
1 would not, when could only have one frock,
choose a conspicuous one that would mark me
as the girl in the red plaid.
would not, because was tired and nervous
give snappy. ill-natured replies to questions
asked me by those who really cared for me.
would not get in the habit of speaking in a
familiar way OF the men know; when you make
them Tom, Dick or Harry they are apt TO con.
slider you as Kate. Nell or Molly.
Iwould not permit any girl friend to complain
to me of her mother-it is like listening to blas-
phemy.
/ would not, when brush the dust of NV
hat, forget the cobwebs Of distrust and sus-
picion in my brain.
would not tell my private affairs to my most
intimate girl friend, nor would ask her inn
pertinent questions.
would not write silly letters to young men
or permit them to be familiar with me-
would not grow weary in well doinR-in-
stead would keep on encouraging mysek by
trying to live up to my ideal Of q woman, and
the very fact of my trying so hard would make
me achieve that which wished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07
AN UP AND DOWN LIFE.

The Elevator Mum Computes the Time and
Extent Of His Travel.
From the New York Sun.
"Yes, sir, said the old gray-haired gentle
man who runs up and down the elevator shaft
in the big Equitable building. "rve been a
great traveller in my day, and I've seen some
strange sights and got used to the ups and
downs-that old joke Of my business. I've
been driving elevators for about ten years.
Before got my position here in the Equitable
building as q conductor Of one Of the elevators
I used to be in the business in the west and in
all parts OF the country, and all the buildings
have been great big piles. / suppose they have
averaged 200 feet in height Now. says I to
myself the other day. Michael. sit down
and calculate how much Of a traveller you We
been in the past ten years, and p'raps,
Michael, you'll be surprised So I sat
down and got me eldest lad to do the
figuring. He's great boy at figuring For the
past year he's been a great student and he Q
figured to live on his salary like good boy.
80 l SAYS, I've been up and down 200 feet
twice in MINUS. That is, have travelled 400
feet every minute. Every hour 1 have travelled
"a 900 feet. That makes in a day of ten hours
240, 900 feet. In week that makes LAO. 900
feet. In year Of fifty-two weeks that makes
n, 900 feet. Ny kid says there are ,760
yards to a mile So, il reduce the feet TO
yards, can divids the one into the other. see2
So We travelled every year nearly IA, 1872 miles
Consequently, hence I've Travelled l4l $40 miles
in the last ten years. Though I've never been
around the earth, they say it is only Is. 600
miles around from New York to New York
that is, IL l went in great circle. So You see
I've been around the earth almost six times.
But I've still $3.50 miles to cover yet I'll finish
the sixth circuit in 107, 976 minutes, or ,799
hours and Sc minutes. That is, I'll finish il in
l79 days, hours and Sc minutes. So you see
III just get through, this being Saturday, jan
uary "a, at $50 in the afternoon of FRIDAY. An
gust 81. II you'll come down and see me then
I'll treat you"