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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-30
A FENCE TO COST 81, 500.

A Dry GOODS Merchant Makes VIM
chester "A Present.
WINCHESTER, Va May 29.-Charles B.
Rouss, wealthy dry goods merchant Of
New York city, has given Mount Hebron
cemetery, through ex-oov. Holiday Of this
place, 1850 for the erection q sp iron
fence on this enclosure Il Includes Stone.
wall eemssaFy, which contains over 1900
oonfeaefate dead, from every southern
Elata
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-30
TO BOOM THE FAIR IN EUROPE.
The Five Men to be Sent Over by the
Exposition.

CHICAGO, May 29.-The COMMITTEES on
foreign affairs Of the worlds fair has de-
cided TO send the following named gentle
men to Europe in the interest Of the exposi-
tion: Maj. Handy, chief of the bureau Of
publicity and promotion; Commissioner J..
N. Waller Of Connecticut, Secretary But
terworth Of Ohio, Carl Schurz OF New York
and kx-Senator Eustis Of Louisiana.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-30
A aLApsroNIAN VICTORY.
The Liberals Elect Member to 5uc-
ceed Capt. Verney.

The Liberals Elect Member to Sue
ceed Capt. Verney,
LONDON, May 29.--The election of MEM
Der of parliament to represent North Buck-
inghamshire, in place Of Capt. II. Verney.
recently expelled from the House of Com.
mons, took place yesterday and resulted in
victory for the Gladstonian candidate.
The result was as follows: II. 8. Leon,
Gladstonian liberal, 6,013; Hon. Evelyn
Hubbard, conservative, 4,6S2 The Glad
stonian thus won by a majority OF 381 At
the last election held in North Buckingham
shire Capt Verney Liberal home ruler, de-
feated the same candidate who was de-
feated yesterday, Hon. Evelyn Hubbard,
by 4,S55 to 4,647 votes, majority OF y
votes. On this basis the Gladstonians have
made a gain of 17S.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIvED.
Thousands OF North Buckinghamshire'
electors assembled this morning to hear the
result Of the election announced. When the
returning officer gave out the figures the
people cheered and groared according TO
their sympathies, liberal or conservative.
The defeated candidate, Hon. Evelyn Hub
bard, after the victory Of his opponent had
been communicated 20 him. declared that
the Gladstonlan triumph was due 70 the re-
peated falsehoods which had been inten-
tionally circulated broadcast among the
electors Of North Buckinghamshire by the
electoral agent Of the liberal party. The
liberals deny this assertion. and claim to
hive defeated Mr. Hubbard on the merits
Of the political issues now before the public
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-30
A DECISION AGAINST FRANCE.
The Cars Rulirg in the Guiana Al
bitFation.

LONDON, May 3o.-The czar, as arbitrator
In the dispute between Holland and France
regarding the Guiana boundary. has de-
cided in favor of Holland, taking from
France territory lying at the fork Of the
rivers Tapahohomi and Arauma. and giving
IL 70 Holland. This decision increases the
suspicion as TO Frances sincerity in seeking
an entente with Russia.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
An Editors Curious Find,

When the editor of The Athens Ban
her was living it st. James Goose Creek
parish, near Charleston, s. c., he once
found a large iron box in an old field,
badly eaten with rust. Through curl
osity he secured a hammer, and assist
ed by two negroes broke hole into it,
but some charred human bones and a
small key that unlocked the chest were
all that rewarded his pains 1t was
afterward learned that in the early set
Element of Carolina an old bachelor
left in his will $1,000 to any one who
would place his bones in an iron box
and burn over it 100 cords of pine
wood.
One key was to be placed in bottle
filled with lead, and dropped into a
hole in Cooper river, where bottom was
never found, and the other left in the
coffin. A poor young man compiled
with the will, and was paid 10000.
The rest Of the old mans money he
buried, and no one ever found it. He
believed that if a persons body was
burned in this world he would escape
fire in the next The iron chest i.
doubtless still where it was left-At
lanta Constitution.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
Remarkable Pieces of Cutlery.

YES said Main street hardware
dealer, "that is the largest knife in
America. 1t was made to order by u
firm in Germany. One man did the
whole job. and it took him just a
year"
The knife in question is known to
almost every person in Cincinnati, and
perhaps for 100 miles round. 1t has
fifty-six blades and is chest of tools
in itself, containing anything from a
slender toothpick or cigar punch to a
pair of scissors or handsaw. The
handle is of tortoise shell and the
movable parts are gold plated. II
weighs thirteen pounds, and a modest
card says, "For sale, $780,"
THAT is not the largest in the world
though" continued the dealer. iona
than Crookes invented and made q
unique and superb specimen of cutlery
in the shape of knife with 1881
blades, which has been the wonder O.
the world of cutters. He then worked
for Joseph Rodgers, of Sheffield, Eng
land, who now has the big knife in hi
possession; but Crookes has since started
up in business for himself, and with hi
old employer and George Wostenholn
has made Sheffield famous for it's cut
lery ."-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
The Number Three.

Occasionally pass an hour with a
club acquaintance who sometimes star
ties one by the eccentric turns OF his
mind. His latest vagaries of thought
he impressed upon me last night. "Do
you know" he said, that the mineral
three is always present before us in
some shape or other2 For instance,
the three branches Of an army-in.
fantry, cavalry and artillery; three
functions of body in nutrition-masti-
cation, digestion and assimilation; three
kingdoms in nature animal, vegetable
and mineral; three genders
line, feminine and neuter; three parts
of the human body-head, trunk and
extremities; three governmental pow
ers executive, judicial and legislative
could go on much farther" he added
''the subject is rather odd" Though
so myself and left my friend buried il
an armchair smoking his cigar. New
York Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28

The peculiar ideas which some wom-
en- have of the way in which railroads
are run was well exhibited in little
scene which took place in the Union
depot information bureau Give me
my satchel," she commanded nervous
ly; "I'want to catch the train for New
York" 'Train for New York's gone, "
said the clerk, producing the grip.
"Gone!" shrieked the woman. "Why,
you ninny, wanted that train. Dc
you understand, sir3 wanted to &c
to New York city on that train. have
a great mind to have you discharged.
You, young man, are unworthy of hold
ing the responsible position in the pack
age and information department.
The clerk covered. ''Ma'am," said
he, IL did not know that you were
coming. II
Didn't know | was coming' What
excuse is thaty You should have
known it,"
She gathered up her satchel ant
marched off. The clerk with a sad ali
took out pen and wrote on piece O.
paper permit allowing him to live
but when he went ont and sought thu
woman who owned the earth she hat
gone. Albany Argus.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
taking Interest,""

''She," said the manager Of great
retail establishment, pointing out the
forewoman of one of the departments,
sis the most successful of all the three
hundred salespeople in the house. She
began behind q small counter where
difro~en colored embroidering silks
were sold. l observed that customers
would ask for her, and if she was en-
gagged would wait until she was ready
to serve them.
II wished to find out the reason for
this, and offered to bring another sales
woman to a patient customer one day.
"'No,' she said. Miss Crale never
forgets the kind of silk use. She re-
members the grade and even the shade
which bought before. And she takes
such an interest in It'll
''These two qualities-her memory
of the preferences of her customers
and her interest in them--have made
her the best saleswoman that we have
ever had. youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
The Popular CarnatiOn.

A stranger who stood on Broadway
Sunday afternoon took occasion to re-
mark upon the floral buttonhole deco
rations worn by New Workers. He
thought it singular that of sixty-tive
boutonnieres he had counted upon as
many individuals there was only sin
gle rose In Chicago and Philadelphia,
and even Boston, the white and red
rosebud is pre-eminently the favorite
New Workers stick to pinks, heliotropes
and violets, with occasional orchids,
but the florists sell more pinks the year
round than anything else for this pur-
pose An economical man, with a
fondness for appearing iaunty, can
make crimson pink go further than
any other flower on earth. New York
SIM
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28


Imet number of Armenians during
my stay in Constantinople. They do
We business of the capital of Turkey,
and you find them everywhere. They
carry all the burdens of the city, and
the Turks call them ''the camels of the
empire They have guild of porters
who are practically the drays of the
city. These porters carry immense
burdens upon their backs. They have
a little saddle of leather which they
fasten Just below their shoulders, and
on which the burden rests. A strap is
tied around the box or bag which they
are carrying, and this is fastened to
the shoulders and sometimes supported
by strap around the forehead.
These men bend themselves half
double as they work, and some of them
will carry as much as 500 pounds from
one part of STEAMBOAT to the other. A
number of the Armenians are archi-
tects, others are engineers, and l met
one very bright Armenian doctor.
When went to get my letter cashed
in the bank an Armenian clerk figured
up the exchange and an Armenian
cashier gave me my money. -Frank G.
Carpenter in National Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
The Japanese Way of Doing Things.

In Japan babies are carried not in
the arms, but upon the back. Etiquette
colnpels the removal of the shoes rather
than the doffing of the hat. Boats are
stranded with their sterns, instead M
their prows, on the shores. Instead N
saying northeast or southeast, the Jap
anese say eastnorth or westsouth. Wine
is always drunk before, not after din
ner, and sweets are served before the
substantial viands of a meal. In all
books the footnotes occur at the top Of
the page; keys turn to the left, carpen-
tiers plane toward the body instead OF
outward, and in cash accounts the fig.
ures are written first and the correspond
ing item next.
The japanese mount the horse from
the right side, the harness is fastened
in all parts on that side, and the name
is brushed and made to grow that way.
In his stall the horse is placed with his
head outward, and his food is Away.
served at the stable door from tub
In Japan women fall in love with act
ors, but never a man with an actress
Among japanese women the penchan1
is to sew on laces, cuffs and frills topsy
turvy and wrong side out. Cor. Chi
cago News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28

lam today as straight in my spinal
column as a pine Of lrJ native state.
At the age Of 20 l was in the itinerant
ministry Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and when had been preach.
ing two years physician said to me:
You must stop preaching or you will
not live five years. He has been in
his grave forty years. After this busy
and exciting life Of sixty years, l am
here writing word to my coevals, and
my eye is not dim, nor my natural
force much, 'atcd." Why9 Be-
cause, with the blessing of God. have
watched the operation of natures
teaching and obeyed the teacher. and
taken care of myself.
For eight or nine years past have
eaten no flesh of dead animals For
many years l have eaten whole wheat
or Graham bread My breakfast is the
principal meal for the day-two soft
boiled eggs, saucer Of oatmeal mush
bread and one cup of coffee. My din
ner is bread, slice or two, a cup Of
weak tea; at night, a half pint O
milk and slice of bread. | hardly
know. from any sensation, whether
have eaten or not. | have gained il
weight, and suppose. unless some acci
dent befall me or | slip into some in
discretion, shall be at last q cente
marian. Rev. Mark Traitor.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28

"How use doth breed a habit in
mani" Old Billy Shakespeare said
that one time, and l guess he is about
right. Notice that laborer there put
ting on his coat. Easy enough and
common enough "Aye, there's the
rub" It's common. He sticks his left
arm in the sleeve, lunches his shout
ders till the coat is half on, and then
puts his right arm in, lunches again
and it's on. Bet 'leven dollars he
couldn't put it on in half an hour by
putting his right arm in first instead OF
his left arm. It would be all back
ward and he'd have to turn somer.
sault. Now, that cigar that you are
holding on the right side of your mouth.
wouldn't seem right at all for you to
smoke left handed. Interview in De
troit News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
He Thought So.

A middle aged woman called at a
Grand River avenue drug store the
other evening and asked for morphine,
and the clerk replied to her request
with:
SIS it for your husband9"
'Oh, no, sir; l haven't got any,"
"You don't think of suicideg"
Ear from it,"
"What do you take it for2'
''Must tell, sir?"
'sYou must"
"Well, then, don't you think that q
woman 40 years old, who has had her
first offer of marriage less than an hour
ago, naturally wants something to quiet
her nerves and give her good nights
sleepp
The druggist thought SO, and she got
her nerve soother. Free Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
Educatinn in Switzerland.

In Switzerland the states first bust
ness is the education of the youth.
Teachers must, first of all, be univer-
sity graduates, or else be graduates Of
high, very high, class normals. They
are employed for long terms, almost
for life, and are pensioned when grown
old in tho public service. The schools
stand at the head of everything; even
the army costs less than their schools
do.
Their system contains six kinds or
grades of preparatory schools below
the university There are the primary,
the secondary, the repeating, the spe-
cial. the Real schools, and the gymna-
SUM, the last answering in rank to the
American college. The first two OF
these schools are compulsory and free,
but the pupil may choose between at
tending the secondary school and the
repeating school. This latter is intend
ed mostly for the benefit of the very
poor who cannot spare the children
from labor after they have finished
with the primary school. IS. II. NJ
Byers in Harper's.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
Timber Four Thousand Years Old. ~,

Probably the Oldest timber in the
world which has been subjected to the
use of man is found in the ancient
temple of Egypt, in connection with
stonework, which is known to be at
least 1900 years old. This was the
only wood used in the construction Of
the temple, and it is in the form of ties,
holding the end of one stone to an.
other. When two blocks are laid in
place, an excavation about an inch
deep was made in each block, in which
one of these wooden ties, shaped like
an hour glass; was driven. 1t is, there
fore, very difficult to force a stone
from its position. These ancient ties
are made Of tima,isk or Shittim wood
the same as that from which the ark
was constructed Louis Republic
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
Rest the Great Remedy.

The medicine for the heart, of all
other organs, is rest-mental and bodi-
ly. This does not mean doing nothing
at all, but not OVERRIDING; least of all,
not giving it anything in the way of
physical i'll being, to overcome. This
must be provided for at all points
Food may be delicate and plentiful, air
and sunshine generously admitted,
baths and massage do their utmost,
and chilly sleep for want of some extra
blankets Or dull days with poor fire
will so disorder the circulation that the
other cares 60 for nothing as far as
positive gain is concerned.
1t takes an all round intelligence to
secure the common health. Most peo-
pie take the one chance of it that pours
out of a medicine bottle. Others add
to this care about food and baths, and
half care about pure air, while they
take little rest and next to no sunshine
or any cheerful stimulus of pleasure.
OF course, the result is unsatisfactory.
Shirley Dare's Letter.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
An AFRICAN CHIEFS BADGE.
Husssin Cllngs tn BRASS Teakettls
which DIR. Peters Gave Him.

Hueooln Cllngs tn brasS TeAkettle
which DR.. Peters Gave Him.
Among the many wrecks Of dark
continent royalty now drifting. about
Germany is the Somali chief, Hussein
Farar. He got taste OF Teutonic
civilization while aiding the German
Emin Pasha expedition, and could not
be kept from hurryin, of to the empire
of the Hohenzoll ris as soon as he got
the $3.50 allowed him for his services.
Before sailing he invested $500 in two
cabs, two cabmen and a superintend-
ent, whom he left in charge OF his liv-
cry business in Alden.
He created a panic the first day he
appeared in Inter den Linden and the
police had to be summoned to prevent
the crowd from stealing from him a
battered brass teakettle that he
clutched tightly with his right hand.
Every effort was made to dissuade him
from disturbing the public peace by
swinging'this kcttlc wherever he went,
but in vain.
/ He refused to explain his affection
for this rather curious adjunct of his
street costume, and not until DR.
I Peters, the explorer, came to Berlin
was any satisfactory reason for his be
havior obtainable. The rival of Stan
lev, however, unraveled the mystery
When the Emin Pasha expedition wa
in the Nasal country he said, HusseiI
conducted himself with eXtraordinar,
bravery. Peters wished to reward him
but had nothing of value at hand t.
give away,
While rumaging about in camp 70
some kind of present, he came upon al
old, leaky, brass kettle that was abou
to be thrown away He had it POI
ished at once, called together the ne
tives, and in their presence gave it t
Hussein. with the assurance that sue
an article among white men was tn
customary reward for great deeds
Since then Hussein has never let tn
kettle out of his sight. When fightin
! he wore it tied to his waist; on shil
board he carried it in his arms, 2nd
Germany he always takes it to be
with him. Chicago Times
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
ChOate 3 Firm Takes in $500, 900 Year


The one lawyer whom above all 9TH
ers the legal tiedglings look up to in
awe and humble admiration is Joseph
Choate Mr.. Choate is the personifi-
cation of the calm, insistent, relentless
cross,examiner. AAtthe arts and tricks
have become second nature to him.
He can cross-examine a witness with
out ever looking at him He is mas
ter of enunciation. He can repeat a
question upon the / ting request Of a
witness, giving to tie repetition pre-
cisely the same information he gave at
first.
lTe can suavely and comfortably con
vey witness through leafy bower Of
apparently harmless questions only tc
land him in a clinging web of embar
rasslnent and confusion. His com
mand of the arrows of irony is superb
TO hear him quietly draw out "Ah!'
when witness has contradicted him
self is a revelation.
TO his work was due the success O
the famous contest of the Stewart will
When Judge Hilton finally compro
missed Mr.. Choate received an enor
nous fee His firm, Evarts, Choate &
Beaman, has the yearly income Y
$500, 0OO New York Press
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
A JACK OF Ali TRADES.


He'll Do Pretty Nearly anything Short
Of Repairing = MaA-of-War.
There Is a little store in Brooklyn
where you can leave an order for re-
pairs of any kind and have it promptly.
attended to. The proprietor of the
place does general repairing business.
He employs a score Of men. On the
slate the other day were orders for a
patch on a leaky tin roof, new trap
door under stationary washtub, a
tumble down chimney to be rebuilt,
three panes of glass to be set, new
catch for an iron gate, CRATES for two
stoves, friedrich for range, new
post for clothes lines, a kitchen to
be painted and whitewashed, cellar
to be cleaned, coal bin to be rebuilt,
fifteen stoves to be put in order, three
to be set up, stovepipes to be repaired,
two bath tubs to be painted and
broken gas fixture to be mended.
"There is always something out of
repair in one house or another" said
the brisk proprietor, "and some of the
things my men do you would find it
hard to have done anywhere else in
town for anything like reasonable
price. We saved man $40 yesterday
by matching the wall paper in his
dining room. A patch had been
burned by a careless maid, and if we
hadn't matched the paper the walls
would have been repapered. One of
our men is out this morning fitting
keys to locks in a house on Hart street,
another man is repairing broken side
walk. third is putting weather strips
on Bedford avenue house.
San average job with us costs less
than dollar. Others charge double
that for the same class of work. In
our store room we have enough mis-
cellaneous truck to astonish whole
sale junkman. 1t all comes into play
In the hands of jacks of all trades, sucl
' as our men are. every nail, screw, slat
of wood, piece Of wire, and bit Of piping
is of value"
!, A little woman in widows weeds en-
tered the store at this juncture Sh,
enumerated seven articles of tin of he
!. domestic stock that needed mendin,
and asked how much it would cost.
= "I'll send the tinker right around
ma'am, and whatever he says is RICH
: is right. l think about twenty -fiv
;, cents would be the proper figure, with
out knowing just what there is to b
! done. New York Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
A millionaire Farmer.

The particular fad of w. X. Wander
bilt is the collecting of oak carvings
and he has some very fine specimens,
for which he has paid very large sums
of money. He is also fond of growing
rare fruit, and grows great deal of it
on his Long Island farm. This also
has called for what other people would
regard as very startling expenditures of
money, but the result is that in winter
his table issupplied after a fashion that
is not equaied by anybody else in New
York or Newport New York Cor.
Chicago Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28
The PrOdigAl Son.

The teacher Of Sunday school class
Of colored children expounded to them
the parable Of the prodigal son. She
described in as graphic a manner as
she could the young man eating husks
while the swine fed on the corn. In
the midst Of her description one atten-
tive boy held up his hand and said
''Missus, l think that white boy was a
fool" "Why do you think sol" "'Case
II l had been him I would "a stole one
o dem hogs an had a good dinner
Christian Advocate.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-28

A correspondent of The Chicago Tri-
bune complains that he took foreign
prescription to druggist in Chicago
who declined to return the paper after
putting up the medicine. The writer
claims that in England and Scotland
the apothecaries return prescriptions,
retaining copies. A Chicago druggist
thinks that good case can be made
out for both customs, although under
ordinary circumstances in this city any
druggist will give a customer a copy Of
the prescription he brings in unless the
physicians request is to the contrary"