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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
SANCTlONlNG RECKLESSNESS.
The Powerful Influence That Women tx
ert IN Mau's Lives

The Powerful Influence That Women Ex-
ert on Mems Lives.
! was riding on the train, and | sat
near some young people-two girls in
one seat and boy in front of them.
The boy was telling the girls about
some of his experiences at college; not
in studying, but in having good time. :"
These girls were not unprincipled nor
vulgar, yet they leaned forward and
listened with the greatest interest as
the young man told how he had broken
the rules of the college with impunity
and had consumed much champagne
and had smoked numberless cigarettes
at various banquets.
The cagerness of these girls to listen
to such exploits recalled to my mind a
remark which | once heard from the
lips of a beautiful women. She said:
II like "A man all the better for a little
dash of wickedness. | am very sure
that all women would not echo that
sentiment, but there are good many
girls who have similar ideas, and |
would like to point out how dangerous
they are.
Admiration for "wildness" in young
men may develop into sympathy with
the most atrocious crimes. A few
years ago a woman was murdered in
the most brutal manner by a negro in
New York city. While the MUIR
derer was in his cell await
ing execution, many women visit
ed him, brought flowers to him,
wept over him, and expressed their
! sympathy and admiration in so many
ways that the authorizes were compelled
to exclude them from the prison. A
lady who is prominent in the prison
and Jail work of the W. c. 7. U. tol6
me that she saw the cell OF Guiteu, the
murderer of President Garfield, crowded
with exquisite flowers sent by admir-
ing and sympathizing women. This
lady also said that such sympathy wa,
one of the worst hindrances to tn,
reformation of prisoners.
But young women who praise reck
lessness do "A great injury to the young
men with whom they associate
Young men will do almost any
thing to win the praise of youn,
women. If young women prais
reckless and lawless acts, young mel
will do such things. Many women liv
in misery because their husbands do tn
things which women have taught then
to consider manly.
| But it is not manly to break mora
and civil laws, and to take delight il
doing so; it is contrary to any true con
ception of manhood, 1t is manly to b
truthful, helpful and courageous in tn
defense of what is true and good AM
if young women would show their ad
miration for these qualities there woul
be more true gentlemen and fewer in
cipient criminals among young men,
John Mervin Hull, in Christian at Work
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
BRUlN CATCHES A THIEF.
How u Bear Captured II Man on Robbery
Bent.

How u Bear Captured n Man on Robbery
Bent
An organ-gIinder who was travelling
through the west of England, accom-
panied by tame brown bear, which he
had trained to dance, stopped at far
mer's house late one afternoon, and
after greatly amusing the family by his
performance-for his organ was fine
one and the bear very docile and intelli-
gent-he had no difficulty in obtaining
permission to stay all night. He him
self was given bed in the boys room,
but his furry companion had to be con-
tent with snug corner in the barn.
A little after midnight there came
such alarming noises from the barn,
which was only few PAGES away, as tc
waken every body in the house. Frantic
shieks of ''Help Help! Murder!!!!" and
sounds as of strong man struggling
desperately for dear life, issued out up
on the still night air.
Hurriedly drawing on some clothes,
the farmer snatched up a lantern, and,
followed by the organ-grinder, FASTENED
W Tic Ddiii. VII Ihc uooio ptiiis ohioNh
open, the rays of the lantern revealed II
large man engaged in furious wrest-
| ling match with the bear, from whose
mighty embrace he was vainly endeav-
oring to escape. AS the bear was muz-
zled and had no claws to speak OF his
victim stood in no danger Of serious in
| jury. But his position was alarming
enough, notwithstanding. and he i'm
plored the farmer to come to his rescue
Divining however, that this mid
night visitors mission was dishonest
one, for which he deserved to be well
punished, the organ-grinder called out
to his pet: Hug him, Jack! hug him!"
and the bear, evidently enjoying the
sport, continued to squeeze the man I'M
mercifully, until the farmer, thinking
the rogue had suffered sufficiently got
the bears owner to command his re-
lease.
1t turned out that Bruins captive
was rascally butcher who had come
to steal fine calf. In the darkness he
stumbled over the bear, and was at
once made prisoner The farmer was
so delighted at the animals conduct
that in the morning he Toasted him upon
the best in the larder, and gave his mas
ter a sovereign as he was leaving. -Har-
per's Young People.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
VARIOUS NOTES.

THE directors of the Columbian expo
sition have refused to grant space to
the Worlds Woman's Christian Tenn
building in which to exhibit the work
and progress of the temperance reform.
'FUNNY, isn't it, that the man who
would be ashamed to travel the streets
munching slice of wholesome bread
and butter, that would hurt nobody, is
not ashamed to go along putting vile
cigar that Injuries him and poisons the
air that others'have to breathe""-West-
ern Plowman.
A DRINK made out of ground quassia
"a half ounce stepped in pint of vine
gar) is recommended as substitute
for alcoholic drinks to thcne who crave
them. A small teaspooEtul in little
water should be taken whenever the
liquor thirst becomes -verpowering.
This is very helpful if drinker will
pcrsevere in trying it.-rnion Signal.
The town of Harvey, Ill. is estab.
lished on solid temperance basis, and
has proved that manufacturers can be
more prosperous when their employees
are prosperous and are free from. the sa-
loon curse 1t has been fully demon
strated there that men can do better
work in foundries and iron and steel
works without beer than with it. They
have Just located three additional in.
dustries One hundred and sixty-eight
new houses are under contract, and
there is great activity in this manufac-
turing town. We are fully assured that
Harvey is without salot.n, and the re-
strictions are such on every lot sold by
the Harvey Land association that sa'
looms cannot come in the future.
| A CORRESPONDENT of John Swinton's
paper, the organ of the labor unions,
calls attention to the claim of the brew
ers that they give employment to five
hundred thousand men, and says:
Think of this, workingmen! hall
a million men employed in destroying
food, in rotting grain, Stc., turning
into poison that nekss men fience.
wives widows, chilt-eu orphans, TIE
industrious lazy, tn. Intelligent numb
skulls, and sends women and children
10 work in place of Ien, thus filing
the land with tramps and loafers fol
the workers to support. If it is true
that every person who produces moth
ing beneficial to society is no bett
than pauper, then all labor employee
making, handling or selling sucf
drinks is labor wasted, and people 81
employed are paupers or makers o.
paupers."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

Christianity is what Christians do
not what they profess. Dixon
Had the faith of the heart been sui,
ficicnt God would not have given you a
mouth,-T. Aquinas
The soul has no pillow on which tc
repose, so soft and sweet as a good con.
science.-'St. Gregory.
The best thing that we can do fol
Others is not always to take their load
or do their duty for them. r. Miller
The best reply that can be given an
intidel is to answer him as God does
by silence and benevolence. United
Presbyterian.
All the while thou livest ill. thou
hast the trouble, distraction, inconven
fences of life, but not the sweets anC
true use of it.-Fuller.
More dear in the sight of God ant
His angels than any other conquest i:
the conquest of self, which each man
with the help of Heaven, can secure fol-
himself Stanley.
lie who receives but does not give
is like the Dead sea. All the fresl
floods of Jordan can not sweeten it.
dead, salt depths. So, all the streams
of Gods bounty can not swceten hear
that has no outlets ever receiving
yet never full and overhowing.-Ex
change.
Hope unlocks the temple doors
Despair rusts the keys. Each mus
know his own anxieties best; but tn,
trials of all, we shall sometime see ar,
but bitter on the outside, sweet ant
nourishing within. Believe in the some
time.-Annie II, Ryder.
One of the best qualifications TO
Christian service is heart full of joy
Ones disposition has much to do will
his success in any kind of work. Mel
prefer to deal with one who is cheerful
This is at least as true in Christian worl
as in secular: men want to see in tn
| Christian worker an example of wh;:
the grace and love of God can do for
man. United Presbyterian.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04

takes TO make your heels shine. Looli
well to your heels!
1t would be all very well, seemingly,
to neglect the heels, il boys and girls
could always face people. know II
good many persons who think if they
can face the world WE'LL appear honest
and kind and good they are doing all
that is required. Back out of sight, ms
they suppose, in the home perhaps may
be in school, or in business, are the lit
tie dishonest, rude or careless acts that
nobody" sees. Is there nobody to see?
What do you suppose the Lord thinks
of those unshincd moral 'heelS?'
How shortSighted such people are! DO
they suppose they can go along and
never turn around? Do they suppose
no one is ever to come after. just be-
cause they are smart enough, or care
less enough, or wilfully blind enough to
see only part do they suppose no one
else will see the whole?
A little girl was sent to put her
bureau drawer in order the other day.
She smoothed over the pile of articles,
and then carefully spread her nubia
over the whole. A boy was sent to put the
backyard in order. How well it looked
from the window when he had finished
Did he think anyone would look into
the corner behind the wood-shed? Alas,
for the heels" of the bureau drawer and
backyard! Work half done, the heels
all unblacked.
This isanother reason for keeping our
heels in order: sometimes we may want
to turn and run. We want to have
the privilege of running, if neces-
sary. Sometime we unknowing-
ly get into places that it
is well to get ont Of How would we
feel if those who had allured us in could
turn and say: There he goes. Look
at his heels. A pretty one he is to
make believe he is too good for this
place. Why, he doesn't even black his
heels.'
Only the parts well done-carefully.
conscientiously, honestly done 49, will
ever stand for our credit The all-see-
ing eye looks to every part. The
world sees q fair, shining top and toe:
but the heel-the little, partly hidden,
carelessly or willfully neglected part is
seen by Him who looks at our Thoie
lives. BLACK your heels" = Juniata
Stafford, in Christian at Work.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
DEVOTION TO DUTY.

The Christian Becomes Strong Through
Conflict and Victory.
Let us all be faithful to every trust,
steady in every purpose, and courage
GUS in our efforts to build up the king
dom of our Lord This is incumbent
upon all Christian people. go work
to-day in my vineyard" We have been
made alive unto God for the very pur-
pose of witnessing for Him and work.
ing for Him in q world of selfshness
and ignorance and sin. And if, either
through Stole apathy or Epicurean in
dolence, we fail to accomplish that end,
if our hands hang down in resolved in
action, we not only neglect a manifest
duty, but we thereby injure our
own spiritual life. We may ex-
pect in these circumstances that
such life as we have shall gradually be
CONCEALED into the hardness and dark
ness and death of a winters day. AS in
branch, when the sap can find no OUT
let through bud or blossom, it flows
back again and seeks one elsewhere. SO
when the life-giving and DEMONSTRATING
spirit is checked in the Christians heart.
and not allowed to have free course
through it, and to come ont into open
fruitful manifestations in work for God,
He abandons that heart, and leaves it to
its selfishness.
On the other hand, duty done brings
a great reward We can not do good
without getting good. Work, struggle,
resolutc activity, brace our spiritual
nerves, give US those wrestling thews
by which-through Gods grace-we
successfully meet the great adversary,
and throw the world and every
hostile power beneath our feet As the
young and slender French lad longing
to serve his country declared that he
would grow strong in the presence OF
the enemy, so the Christian becomes
strong and vigorous by conflict and vic
tory. 'Our antagonist" says Edmund
Burke, "becomes our helper" 1t is a
principle in philosophy, and experience
confirms its soundness, that the exercise
of any power of the soul gives increased
strength to that power. On the Other
hand, if our powers and faculties be
neglected and never called into active
use, they will soon grow weak, ant
manifest symptoms of decay.
An angels wing would droop if long at rest,
And God Himself inactive, were no longe
best
Rev. William Cowan, in n. Y. Oh
server.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
FER GIRLS AND BOYS.
"WAlT A BIT"

Thore was once youth of promise,
In a country DER the sea,
Where the hills are crowned with heather
And where daisies deck the lea
He was tall and strong and handsome,
For chief might have been fit,
But that when he most was needed
He would always rah a biz.
With mind of wondrous vigor
Was this mountain son endowed.
He might well have won i name that
Would have made nation proud;
He might well have left his fellows
On the lower rounds to sit,
While he climbed flames towering ladder,
But for that frail rat bit.
He was active on the water,
He was agile on the field,
There was none could row like Ronald,
Or a better bat could WELD;
He might cen have been a hero.
With that frame so strongly knit,
If he had not weakly chosen
For his motto: Wait bit"
He put the hardest lessons
To be learned some other day,
So he saw the plodding student
Bear the laurel wreath away
And he faltered when the signal
Sounded at the starting place,
So he saw his weaker rival
Far outstrip him in the race
II is not the youth or maiden
Who can boast the highest powers
That alone may climb to greatness
In this busy world of ours.
1t is not always the feetest
Who is soonest at the goal
Nor the arm that is the stoutest
That legion may control.
But the feet whose trend is upward,
That no barrier can stop,
Though their march be slow and heavy,
May be first to reach the top.
IT'S the dauntess and the ready
That to lead the van are fit
Who, when duty calls for action.
NeTer never rdit a bn
M. A. Maitland. in Golden Days
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04

And worse than all the rest, Ss,'y Of
them had inherited a lovo fsr liquors
and are growing up to take tho places
and do the deeds Of their fathers. They
would fill the ranks of the awit'( army
OF drunkards that moves in unb10ken
columns down to death.
1t has taken nearly a year for the
street to empty itself of this years
work And close in the rear come the
vanguard of the next years supply.
And if this is what liquor does in our
land in one year what must be its re-
suits in all the world through the long
centuries?
Thus far we have listened to the
story that the figures tell; but they can
not tell all They give only the outline
of the terrible tragedy that is going on
around us. They cannot tell us how
many unkind and cruel words strong
drink has caused otherwise kind and
tender hearted husbands and fathers to
utter to their dear ones. They cannot
tell how many heavy blows have fallen
from the husbands hand upon those
whom it is his duty to love and cherish
and protect. They cannot tell how
many fond expectations and bright
hopes which the fair young
bride had of the future have been
| blasted and turned to bitterest
gall. They cannot number the
long, weary hours of night, during
which she has anxiously awaited, and
yet fearfully dreaded, the heavy foot
fall at the door. Figures cannot tell
how many scalding tears the wives
have shed, nor how many prayers of
bitter anguish and cries of agony God
| has heard them utter. They cannot
tell how many mothers have worn out
soul and body in providing the neces-
sarics of life for children whom a
drunken father has left destitute. They
cannot tell us how many mothers have
broken with grief as they saw a darling
son becoming drunkard. They can.
not tell us how many white hairs have
gone down in sorrow to the grave,
mourning over drunken children. They
cannot tell us how many hard-fought
battles the drunkard in his sober mo-
ments, has fought with the terrible APP
petite; how many times he has walked
his room in despair, tempted to commit
suicide, because he could not conquer
the demon. And, finally, we cannot
search the records of the other world,
and tell how many souls have been
shut out from tina. holy place, where
no drunkard enters, and banished to
the regions of eternal despair by the
demon of drink.-Prof. c. E. Kaufman.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
The Best of Fathers,

God knows what is best for His crea-
lures. You know what is best for your
child. He thinks you are not as liberal
with Him as you ought to be. He criti-
cises your discipline; but you look over
the whole field, and you, loving that
child, do what in your deliberate judg-
ment is best for him. Now, God is the
best of fathers. Sometimes His chill
dren think that He is hard on them,
and that He is not as liberal
with them as He might be. But chill.
dren do not know as much as ia.
Their. can tell you why you are not
largely affluent, and why you have not
been grandly successful 1t is because
you can not stand the temptation. II
your path had been smooth, you would
have depended upon your own sure
footedness; but God roughened that
path, so you have to take hold of Hi.
hand. If the weather had been mild
you would have loitered along the
water-courses; but at the first howl Of
the storm your quickened your pac,
Heavenward, and wrapped around you
the warm robe of Saviour's righteous
ncss.-Talmage, in n. Y. Observer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
STRIVE EARNESTLY.
To-Day's Opportunities are Doorway's to
Our Ambition.

To-Day's Opportunities are Doorway's to
Our Ambition.
How to make the most of our abilities
is the question that most frequently re-
turns to every normal mind. Not to
have this problem the vital one indicates
that there is something wrong in the
spiritual life. False ambition or mental
inertia must be the cause. and either is
fatal to development.
How often we hear it said that if the
speaker could enjoy other opportunities
than those at hand, he would avail
himself SO gladly of them! We hear
quoted--"Do the duty that lies nearest
to you" 1t is quite as imperative that
we use the opportunities that lie nearest
us for education. 1t can not be other
than gain to widen our knowledge,
even though we may not be able to fol-
low the special bent of our mind.
A thoughtful woman recently said:
Character is not shown Ivy rebelling
against the conditions that SO largely
control us, but in using them to the best
advantage" person of strong char
acter is not rebel but philosopher.
Discomfort is not the mark of a great
mind, though many act as if they
thought so. 1t is very frequently the
mark of pettiness and dyspepsia.
healthy mind masters the weakness
that would refuse the offered for the
hopcd-for in any direction of growth
Not what we demand. but what we use
becomes part of ourselves. Life is moi
haphazsrd. The opportunities of to
day are always door-ways to the future
of our ambition. To neglect them is tc
close the door. to make impossible the
realization of c-'r hopes.
| An earnest d,-ire 10 reach our high
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
FOR SUNDAY READING.
A PILGRIM SONG.

Must we ALWAYS wear our armors
win the struggle never ceasey
Il the warfare meyer. ending
Till Deaths angel brings us peaces
Nust we barter life for nothing
And then idly mourn our fate.
Scorning still the load we carry
While we bend beneath its weightf
Tins in discomfort murmur
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ny 'A''''AN u'AO'' pei P'eA'
Yet not ALWAYS TINS renininp
Is the Iangnaye of INV soul-
There are brighter. bladder seasons.
When I view the wished for goal
When with Glad anticination
All nv shirt springs elate.
As when Christian from the mountains
Saw fine light of Zion's gate
Saw the pastures fair and pleasant.
Edan,s l,o,,,,s 81 an1la,s ,ast
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04

est altitude mentally and spiritually
should make us seize every opportunity
that points toward realization. 1t may
not be the hoped-for, but it is the
looled-for always.
To keep that freshness of spirit so
necessary to mental activity, the mind
must be employed with an objecG.
To sit idle because the special desires
can not be gratified is to give the most
positive evidence that the wish for
education, for highest attainment, is
not earnest; it is a sham, cloak for
laziness.
Earnestness knows no defeat. 1t
grasps each opportunity, and struggles
toward its own hopes, always.-Chris-
tan Union.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
Quaint Remarks.

Little Bertha began to learn to read,
but her patience giving out she said: Il
think, mamma, I'll skip reading and
take geography"
Little Charles came into his fathers
store tired and perspiring. why,
Charles" said his father, what is the
matter with you? What have you been
doing?" 20 papa, I've been d-eroring!
"Crowing?" why, yes! Don't you
know? With the er0so-bsr!' Youths
Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-04
BLACK THE HEELS.
The Value OF Thoroughness In Every Tn
dertaking.

1t IS interesting togo into some room,
filed with boys and girls, and notice the
heels of their boots and shoes. Many
Of them will be found 20 be brown and
rusty.
1t is only a careful boy who blacks the
heels of his boots. Most boys put their
foot upon chair or box, put good
shine ON the parts of their boots that
they can see easily, and go off with a
coed deal of satisfaction.
Carelessness. that is what rusty heels
mean. Caref illness, that is what il