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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27
woMAN'S OPPORTUNITIES.
She Has Made Herself Indispensable to the
Business World.

Do the women of to-day realize their
privileges and possibilities. 1t is not
altogether what they have actually ac-
complished, great as that is, but the
opportunities which lie before them and
what the present situation promises
within the next half-century that de-
serve attention.
Thirty years ago, n woman in busi-
ness office would have been looked upon
not only will, suspicion but with posi-
tive disapproval. The fact that she was
there would have been an argument for
the worst, put whatever constructor
upon it one might. Now the office IN
which women are not employed is al
most novelty. There are several rea-
sons for this. At the outset of this new
regime, women were employed princl-
pally because they could be hired for
less money than men. This state OF
affairs, although not by any means
complimentary to employers, was new
ertheless woman's opportunity. She
found that she could get work, and
trusted to herself and the future to get
proper social and financial recognition.
This she has not yet succeeded in Sc
curing, but it is only a question OF
time. She has made herself indis.
pensable, and has obtained footing
that no future combination of circum-
stances will be able to take from her.
Indeed, she is growing right along into
more and more useful work, and she is
trustworthy, too, as is evident from the
fact that positions of responsibility for
merly occupied only by men are being
given to her. In one country she is
managing the switches on the railroads,
and this, speak it not aloud, because
the men formerly employed in such po-
sitions are so given to habitual intoxi-
cation that they can not be trusted with
the lives and property of the public.
The woman bookkeeper goes to her
work in the morning clear-headed and
with steady nerves. She didn't play
pool last night or spend her time and
money in the saloon or in performing
that semi-artistic and not altogether
creditable operation known as paint
ing the town red" She went home
probably-that is if she has home of her
own. May be she helped to wash the
dishes; perhaps she cooked the supper;
may be she sewed some buttons on
Tommies jacket; perhaps she cut out
some new aprons for the little ones;
possibly Jher best young man came to
see her, if she had one; but it is fair to
say that the widest dissipation she in
dulged in was dish of ice cream. She
retired at seasonable hour and walk
ened in the morning fit for business.
Suppose she did get up early and
spend an hour or so in necessary house
hold duties. That was very much bet
ter than sleeping until the last minute
to get rid of the effects of last nights
outing, as her brother may have had to
do in order to be prcsentable ut the
Office.
Not that all young men do this by any
means, but even the most prejudiced
persons must admit that girls have
greatly the advantage of boys, as far as
their habits are concerned Y.
| Tnduar
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27

swell, You are trusty, John. You
know my ways. Here, sive me your
hand and say no more about it."
You're very kind, SIR" The trem-
bling hand of the young inan met the
firm grasp of the older one, and the
compact was sealed.
1t was month after, at night the
night between Good Friday and Easter
Sunday-that John locked the Office
door and stepped out into the dark.
He followed his streets, poor fellow,
with discrimination. He kept steadily,
slowly, but unwaveringly, seeking
those places best lighted lingering no.
where, speaking to no one. Suddenly
he paused-it was wild night. The
wind came in great gusts, the rain beat
hard upon the walks, and the sky was
rent with thunder. John wore soft
felt hat; he pulled it down over his fore
head, thrust his hands into his pockets
and leaned against a lamppost. The
globe about the light was covered with
moisture, the street was nearly desert
ed, horsecar now and then clattered
over the pavement; policeman, walk
ing his beat, came regularly into view,
and as regularly disappeared. John
looked at nothing but the sidewalk,
saw nothing but his own life, and
thought of nothing but himself.
''He was trusty, NV, Manton said. -
''trusty but could no, trust himself.
What was the best coursN to pursue?
1t was nice world but he could never
enjoy it-he had been discharged and
taken back again three times already
He was only twenty-five, but he had
wasted that length of time--no, he
would nd hesitate, he would not yield!'
He started swiftly down the block.
There was building on the corner
which he must pass and then he would
be safe. AS he neared it his breath
came quick and fast-he slackened his
pace while endeavoring to hasten it
he had reached the place! Through the
door came the sound of voices, his
hand was on the latch-the odor OF
temptation stole out and enveloped him.
Heaven be merciful! A car was going
by; he screamed to it to stop, he sprans
aboard and sat down, imploring the
driver to enable him to catch the last
ferry-boat
The rain was coming down in tor
rents, the thunder crashed over the
city. Alone by the dim light John
wrote on slip of paper: Forgive me.
had to drink or die" He folded il
carefully and addressed it to "Mr. Man.
ton, Stark Building, Blank street.
City,"-put it beneath the band of his
water-soaked hat and left the car as il
reached the ferry.
1t was Easter morning. The bella
chimed out ioyfully the resurrection
hope. Flowers were in every church,
even the oldest persons felt that life
was beautiful and precious yet. None
knew-none had heard that gurgle of
water last night as if it had swallowed
its prey. Down by the ferry, in the
early dawn had been found floating an
old felt hat. and in the band was slip
of paper which read: Forgive me, |
had to drink or die.'-C. L. Spencer, in
Union Signal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27

! There ii 40 ri'tas' sssf H. Taii Gas fsf Of tstsa
erThes h e6ft, hegsfAt, riA he trsts,5 ssfAss.
hfihdtH Of The retail AeEH (,s~ viiA il SssSht n
al ueo COED sa0ssA ard fac rnsEsA for Ysndt,SHs n.y.
WAsi havN iSfh amts fact Iren nsrJ-Sey ertsrirses
fit nA he fine Tr. Tariff Ter asSv Of ais Free. Trade
dt~agegHs
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27
Where Is the Worlds Workshop Now,

Talk about England's being the work
shop of the world! In Connecticut is a
quite large community who live from
the ivory manufacturing business And
where do you suppose they get the ivory
for manufacture?
From London.
And where do you think it is sold
after being fashioned by the def. Con-
necticut Yankees
In London.
Yes, the finished product is actually
shipped back to the place whence the
raw material came and sold there.
According to Golden, we were the
people who were to devote ourselves to
furnish England with raw material and
buying back the finished product.
But there was much in this protective
system of ours which the philosophy of
Golden did not take into account
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27
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A SLAVE OF DRINK.

The Awful Hold of the Grim Monster
Alcohol.
every well! John, I'll try you again. "
Mr.. Mantou. the employer, was speak
ing; John, the employe, was listening.
Mr.. Manton leaned back in his office
chair with troubled countenance;
John leaned against the desk with a
discouraged one.
Il dou't know as ITS any use, sir;
I've tried s1d failed, time and time
agaiE
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27

In 1882 Great Britain made S.493. 2S1
tons of pig iron, Germany made 1885,
sos tons, and the United States 4,62S,-
Ss3 tons. In 1891 Great Britain made
:. DDS, 400 tons. Germany 4,452,0l9 tons,
and the United States s,a19,TSs tons.
This is decrease for the free trade
country of IA per cent and an increase
of 80 per cent and 50 per cent respect
lively for the two protectionist coun-
tries That is the kind of Victories
Cobdcais.n is winning these days
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27

THEEE has been during the twenty
seven years since 1858, subject to tenn
porary variations and fluctuations, a
steady advance in the rates of wages. a
steady reduction in the cost of labor
per unit of product, and correspond
ing reduction in the price of goods of
almost every kind to the consumer
Edward Atkinson, in the May Forum.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27
THE TARIFF. NOT A. TAX!
THE POOR BOYS CLOTHES.

II iMPasrtp y
fHis SUIT
w'vLp paytnt
Durr:'THAr
AMOUNT 10
ADDED TONS
race As A
TAX ON THE
fuReHAssR SAY
IrSFFRrE-T.AO.
amts'; D,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27
Domestic exports were so strange,

DOMESTIC exports were so ''strangled'
by the Mckinley tariff during the
month of May that they only reached
sl,0lS. 6O3, 9s7, to which may be added
s14.351,541 of foreign exports, total of
81. Or. 96i. 52S We can stand great
deal of that kind of strangulation say
the American people,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27

From the American Economist. ]
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
BOTH TO BE BLAMED.

Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Hills devoted henchman, Prof. Collin,
of Cornell University, recently made a
statement that "The man who sells his
vote for money is more to be respected
than the man who stays away from the
polls and does not vote" This is a re-
markably bold assertion which admits a
readiness among machine politicians to
profit by human weakness wherever they
can safely do so.
The fact is that citizens of either class
described by the Professor are unworthy
of their franchise. There is not a great
deal to choose between them, but the
negative crime of selfish incidence can
not in itself be considered worse than
the positive one of corrupt voting for
personal gain with an utter disregard of
the effect on public interests. On the
other hand, the results of the former
are further reaching than those Of the
latter. For, with proper attention to
the duties of citizenship on the part of
those who would scorn to take a bribe
of money or patronage, the corrupt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
PUBLIC OPINION.
. FIoouENr SIMPLICITY.

ELOQUENT SIMPLICITY.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Senator Sherman's speech before the
Loyal Legion, Wednesday evening, was
a touching tribute to the worth of his
dead brother. Its plain simplicity and
straightforwardness a.e in great con-
trast to the exaggerated eulogies which
are rather calculated to bring out the
oratorical ability of the reciter than the
character of the man whose career Is
hidden under mass of superf1uous and
extravagant praise. The simple recital
of a great mans life is the best token of
his greatness.
General Sberman's ability is shown by
his pluck and perseverance in overcom-
ing early difficulties and his far-sighted
perspicuity in discerning the magnitude
of the struggle of the Civil War much
earlier than others. His patriotism is
strikingly indicated by his prompt ad-
herence to the Union albeit he was per-
sonally opposed to the Abolitionists.
The services which he rendered to his
country during the war are matter of
general knowledge, and are sufficiently
eloquent in themselves. General Sher-
man is great man, and his brother
showed his greatness by the almost bare
story of his career.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
MINISTER wH1rELAw REID.

MINISTER WHITELAW REID.
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
The success, not to say brilliancy,
which has marked the career of the Hon.
Whitelaw Reid as American minister to
France, will remain a most gratifying
and important feature of President Har-
rison's administration. He entered upon
the discharge of duties which had been
rendered both delicate and difficult by
years of delay and through a series of
misunderstanding and iealousies which
required both tact and perseverance to
explain and overcome. He went at his
work quietly, and by strengthening the
good will and confidence of the French
people towards the United States, paved
the way for the accomplishment of the
ends which his government had in view.
In serving his own country so faithfully
and so successfully he gained the respect
and confidence of the people to whom
he was accredited, and returns with the
highest concentrations from both.
NJ. BlowitZ, the Paris correspondent
of the London Times, bears strong testi-
mony to the success of Mr.. Reid, both
as man and diplomat. He has
proved that the intelligence of a journal
ist adapts itself with special flexibility
and promptitude to all the positions en-
trusted to him. He has combined the
useful and the ornamental, inducing
France to make concessions which would
have been refused to man less gracious
and persuasive"
This is high praise from foreign
publicist, and it is well bestowed. Mr..
Reid has rendered his country most
valuable service, and his achievements
demonstrate that he is capable of filling
the highest positions in statecratt. His
return to journalism will be gladly well
coined by his professional brethren, who
heartily congratulate him on the dis
tinction he has won.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
DON'T Monkey with the Snake.

1t is stated that a rattle-snake can not
bite if held up by the tail. Would you
like to put the statement to practical
test? Probably not; but how often do
you take far greater risks? A snake
bite is not the only means of introducing
poison irto the system. If your liver is
sluggish, it fails to remove the impurities
from the blood which passes through it,
and deadly poisons are thus thrown into
the circulation, all the more dangerous
because they are insidious. If your
blood is impure, if your liver is out of
order. if you have blotches, plmples,
boils or eruptions, 'don't monkey with
the snake" Take DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, the only specific
against all blood-poisons. no matter of
what name or nature. 1t is sold under
a positive guarantee that it will benefit
or cure, or your money will be refunded.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14

voter would be of so little value as TO be
driven from the market. The sins of
omission and commission are such as to
rob those guilty of either of all claim to
respect. The Professor omitted TO men
tion the status of the politician whose
tactics offer chances for the latter form
of offense He, too, is the result of the
apathetic franchire holder. We need
purity in our government, but we shall
never obtain it until voters individually
and en- masse exercise their rights OF
franchise according to their judgment
and their sense of honesty.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14

There is an old fashioned phrase of
hospitality which consists of only two
words, and l find it a parallel to the
Greek salutation. and like it, COM
mand. "Sit by" says the comfortable
New England farmer to his guest be-
meath his roof. Now compare this COM
manding phrase with the more modern
polite question, "Will you partake of
refreshments?' which is as empty and
void as Chinese invitation, and throws
the choice of acceptance on the guest.
One is the living soul of speech, the
other mere dead formality.-Detroit
Free Press
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14

SIR MORELL MACKENZIE ON SMOKING.
1t will be interesting to state what Sir
Morell Mackenzie considered the effects
of over-smoking on the throat. He
strongly objected to a cigarette ''as be-
ing the worst of indulgence, from the
fact the very mildness of its action
tempts people to smoke nearly all day
long, and by inhaling the fumes into
their lungs saturate their blood with the
poison 1t should be borne in mind that
there are two bad qualities contained in
the fumes of tobacco. One is poisonous
nicotine, the other the high temperature
Of the burning tobacco. Most people,
however, can smoke in moderation
without injury; to many tobacco acts as
useful nerve sedative, but, on the 9TH
er hand, an excessive indulgence in the
habit is always injurious"
TO any one who finds total abstinence
from tobacco too heroic stretch of vir-
tue, Sir Morell said: "Let him smoke
only after substantial meal. Let him
smoke mild Havana, or long stem
med pipe, charged with some cool-smok-
ing tobacco. If the charms of the cigar
ette are irresistible, let it be smoked
through mouthpiece which is kept clean
with ultra -Mohammedan strictness. Let
him refrain from smoking pipe, cigar,
or cigarette to the bitter end, and, it
may be added, rank and oily end"
"Let the singer who wishes to keep in
the perfect way" added Sir Morell, "re-
frain from inhaling the smoke, and let
him take it as an axiom that the man
in whom tobacco increases the flow of
saliva to any marked degree is not in
tended by nature to smoke. Let him be
strictly moderate in indulgence-th
precise limits each man must settle for
nimself-and he will get all the good eff
feet of the soothing plant without the
bane which turks in it when used to ex-
cess"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
BRIEF AND STRIKING STORIES.
Some are Funny and Some are Not.
HIS DIRGE FOR LINCOLN.

HIS fOb LlNOOLNs
To the mass of people Whitman's po-
etry will always remain as sealed book,
but there are few who are not able to ap-
preciate the beauty and the pathos of
these lines on the death of Lincoln:
o captain. my captain, our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rank, the prize We
sought is won:
The port is near, the bells hear, the people all
exulting.
While follow eyes the steady keel the vessel grim
and daring;
But heart, hearti heart,
o the bleeding drops Of red
Where on the deck my captain lies.
Fallen cold and dead.
Oh captain, my captain. rise mp and hear the
bells;
Rise up-for you the flag is hung-for you the
bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-for you
the shores a crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager
faces turning:
Here, captain! dear father,
This arm beneath your head;
1t is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.
My cal tain does not answer, his lips are pale and
still;
Ny father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse
nor will
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound. its voyage
closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with
object won;
Exult, o shores, and ring, o bells.
But /, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14

The little electric motor and the swift
ly revolving fan are familiar objects,
and many a heated brow has been cooled
by their combination. But the electric
fan has recently found its way into a
strange place, none other than the tur-
rets of the powerful iron monitor Mian-
tonomoh, where the company has placed
four of its perfected fan outfits. These
are not, as might be supposed, to cool
off the gunners. but to blow away the
smoke from the guns. This certainly is
a novel use for the electric fan.-Elec-
tricity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
RESPECT THE SABBATH DAY.

New York Mail and Express.
The moral sentiment of the American
people stands solidly behind the bill in
troduced by Senator Colquitt, which
provides general enactment compelling
all expositions or fairs receiving public
aid to close their doors on Sunday. 1t
would be well if this bill could be passed
at once, so that it might be effectual in
closing the Chicago Exposition on the
Sabbath day, and that it might forever
stand as striking evidence of public
sentiment in this country against Sab
bath breaking. Tne American Sabbath
should be as precious to the heart of
every patriotic citizen as the American
flag.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
THE ITEM ALL RIGHT.
"Do l look like a dead man?"

"Do look like dead man?"
This question was shot at the editor OF
the Bad Lands Bazoo by a man of fero-
cious aspect, who entered the sanctum
in great hurry.
"My friend, have no time to answer
conundrums," replied the editor mildly.
81 want to know if I look like dead
man?" persisted the visitor in louder
tone. at amt no conumdrum either"
81 don't know that I'm bound to an
swer the questions of every excited in
dividual who happens to come. If you'll
tell me the object of your call I'll give
the subject some consideration"
swell, sir, your paper announced me
dead, and 1 want to know whether look
like dead man?"
"Why didn't you say so? No, you
don't look like dead man."
"Then your paper lied, didn't it?"
"The paper seems to have been misin-
fe rmed, if you are the man it referred
to. l allow no man to say it lied"
swell, I'm the man it referred to,
reckon. There amt but one Aikali Ike
in these diggin's. I'm the terror of the
Bad Lands. I'm varmint from the
Wicked Desert, and when I'm mad l
can lick the entire press of the United
States. You hear met"
"I've never been accused of deafness" !"
81 could chew you up at one mouth
full. Sect"
I'm not blind"
"If you don't make that paragraph
right I'll jab yer into yer own press and
print an impression of yer paper on yer
carcass. Twig?"
The editor twigged.
"Will you make that item right?"
81 WILL" replied the editor, rising
slowly from his chair, with seven-shoot-
er in one hand and bowie knife in the
other. "Yes, I'll make the paragraph
true. You'll look like dead man in
exactly five seconds. What's your choice,
lead or steel?"
But Alkali Ike, the varmint from the
Wicked Desert, did not remain long
enough to choose, and the item hasn'nt
been corrected.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
To Cut Glass with Shears.

A sheet of glass-a window pane for
example-can be cut as easily as sheet
of cardboard. The secret consists in
keeping the glass, the shears and the
hands under water during the operation.
The glass can be cut in straight or
curved lines without break or crack.
This is because the water deadens the
vibrations of the shears and the glass.
If the least part of the shears comes out
of the water the vibration will be
sufficient to mar the success of the
nt.-L'Illustration.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
A Girls Experience in a Lighthouse.

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are keep
ers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand
Beach, Mich, and are blessed with a
daughter, four years old. Last April she
was taken down with measles, followed
with a dreadful cough and turning into
the fever. Doctors at home and at
Detroit treated her, but in vain, she grew
worse rapidly. until she was a mere
"handful of bones" Then she tried DIR.
Kings New Discovery and after the use
of two and half bottles, was completely
cured. They say DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is worth its weight in gold, yet
you may get trial bottle free at
Pattersons' Drug Store. 6
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
DRUNKENNESS

Or the Liquor Habit Positively Cured by
Administering DIR. Haines'
Golden Specific.
1t is manufactured as powder, which
can be given in glass of beer, cup of
coffee or tea, or in food, without the
knowledge of the patient. 1t is absolute
ly harmless, and will effect permanent
and speedy cure, whether the patient is a
moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck.
1t has been given in thousands of cases,
and in every instance perfect cure has
followed. 1t never fails. The system once
impregnated with the Specific, it becomes
an utter impossibility for the liquor ap-
petite to exist. Cures guaranteed, 48
page book of particulars free. Address
GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co, 185 Race Street,
Cincinnati, o. 6-41y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
The Wisdom of 1t.

Cora-Don't you think that law pre-
venting one from marrying his deceased
wifes sister was very foolish one?
Merritt-On the contrary, I've always
considered it wise one, because there's
seldom more than one pretty girl in q
family.-New York Epoch.