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The Green Forest tribune., 1892-10-13
A MATHEMATICAL ENIGMA.
4 Sort Of AutOmatical Figuring Ma.
chine Set. the Cuif fOus to
Wondering.

AhG e0atOr al tAe 1ndCx is some
where IN the neighborhood of l2,-
a12,934,938 seconds Of age. He
never figured it out but then he
knows it is 80. The mathematical
wonder who Cor which) has been
perambulating the asphalt pave
ments OF Narianna for week or
more told him SO. Figures don't
lie" is o saying long recognized as
a truth, and it is also fact that this
automatic figuring machine docs not
lie-at least as far as figures arc
concerned.
The individual referred to is IN
old negro about 20, dressed in rags
and whose mind, in all respects save
figures, i. rs dark to intelligence as
is his cbon-hued skin. This old me-
gro has been around this country \
number Of years and pays ssemi-oc-
easional visits to Mariana. There
is nothing in his general appearance
to denote that he is different in any
respect from the thousand and one
other old negroes one soes every
day until you tell him the day and
the year which you were born.
For instance, suppose you tell him
you were born ON the first day of
April. 1871. The reply comes as
quickly rs it can be spoken: "Wcll
er.cr-yon'sc bout 81 yeas sub; 21
yen's OLE" Thcnyou think you'd
like IL try him little futber, and
take out a pencil and paper as you
Arop dime into his open palm to
act as. "grc.ssssssd ssk how many
days that is. :.
:. Thankee, sub; thankee. OATS
bout bout 1865 days, sub; and
doy's fiveleap yeas in dat, an dat
makes bout $4,000 hours, sub;
an 'bout IL, 444, 800 minutes, sub;
uh-uh-'hout l2,000,O00-I mean
bout l2,sl2,934 ,938 seconds, sub. "
The replies come faster than an
average Mathematician can put
the figures on paper, and are in
varibly correct. Tho old negroes
powers are remarkable, and 1t is a
matter for wonder that he has not
long since boon taken in charge
by some museum. He doesn't
kpow one figure from another,
aHd could not tell 80" from a
headache Some persons contend
that he has gotten some one to
figure it all out and has commit
ed the figures to memory, but
while sach is an impossibility on it's
very face, it rather adds to than de-
tracts from the wonder of the old ne
:gro's powers. He is simply a walk
ing and talking automatic figuring
machine; he to figures what Blind
Tom is to music, any difference
being in his favor.AMarianna In
dex.
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The Green Forest tribune., 1892-10-13
WHAT FOOLED HIM.
AFkslt wI1HolYou MORAL.
afs
BY 1nxiJk

L OCulldIltltS. We WISH W Call tuo |
Attention of some People to Some
OF them. Bear with US while we
Relate:
In this Little city, it was the Gu s.
tom for every Family to own one
or more Dinner bells. These they
never failed to ring Pun ctually
when a meal time came and some.
times Between meals. OF course
they meant no Harm by ringing
so often, but as No one can deny
there are so many Things in the
air, such as electricity, Cholera ETC.,
that affect the Ringing qualities of
Fa bell, thet they can be excused, if
in their anxiety they rang More
frequently than was absolutely Nee
essary. The Arstocracy and stand.
ing of family were to a great OK
tent Determined by the size of its
bell, and as consequence, some of
them reached Such proportions
that they would have been Fit
mates for the Famous bell of Mos
COW.
1t SO happened one Bright, sunny
Sunday morning that St. Louis
Drummer was detained in this quiet
city. With that Pious feeling so
common to men of his calling, he
felt that he was in duty bound 10 go
to charch. Therefore, he started
ont quite Early that he might find
the elargest and most fashionable,
ior. as. Everyone must concede it
would have7b = gross breach of
propriety for ST. Louis Drummer
to be socn in any but the most Fas-
tidious places.
He had not gone Far. until he
heard large bell in that quarter of
the city which would be designated
on the compass as north by north
east. "Surolv," he thought "that
must be, indeed: palace Of Refuge
for my weary soul" land off he start
cd.
Suddenly behind his back camo
another, Clang! Clang! louder than
the first. "Ah," he murmured
Blushing so loudly you could have
hoard him q mile, ''I was Indeed
mistaken. There is yet a Larger
church," and back he turned to
Seek it. Ctang! Clang! Clang!
This time it was south by south
vest. "Allah! I am truly among
the h,ly. Surely this small town
has Many churches tor one of its
size," and again he started off in
search of An altar at which to offer
up his Devotions.
All ut once a whole medley Of
bells broke forth. A full grown
u m Dor $50 b anc h
blanched the check of the brave
St. Louis Drummer. 'sSnrely tho
town is Afre," be exclaimed, "and
it behooveth me to crawl into an ORR
fee and draw the oritice in after MI
that my Cravat may not be smokel,"1
and he began to tighten up his mus
cles that he might fee.
Suddenly there was a Clash be-
side him and the frightened Drum
mer leaped clear into the middle
OF the street, which by the way was
a tride Muddy, and splashed little
splash of clay on the 3rl button Of
thesssboe on his right foot. Of course
he stopped long Enough TO clean
this off, for even the most Careless
must admit that it would be quite
i.inexcusaole fer Anyone to have 3
splo TEN of mad on the third buttrn
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
FAIR WOMEN AT WORK.

IN Bohemia there are 100 societies and
clubs which have for their object tho
advancement of the cause of women. A
great deal is done in this way to procure
for the women of Bohemia better EN-.
ployment and greater independence.
THERE are to-day more than 200, 0Oc
women in the United States earning a
living by professional and personal la
Dor in the shops, in the practice of law
and medicine, the teaching of music and
art, literature and science, and in cleri.
cal work of different kinds in govern
ment and other official places.
NEWARK, n. j., has woman manu-
facturer of umbrellas and parasols.
She learned the trade because it was
her fathers business and she liked il
better than teaching or sewing. She
is shrewd business woman, and not.
withstanding the competition with big
stores and the misfortune of having
been twice burned out, has a fairly
prosperous business.
Miss LILY Z. BENIN has for the past
three years lived in the east end of Lon
don, and has interested herself greatly
in the welfare of the children anG
young girls in that quarter. Perhap:
her best work has been in her sewing
classes, where she teaches girls from
nine to fourteen 20 cut and make the
garments for which their instructor
provides the material
AMONG the Sierras there is a woman
stage driver, Mrs. H. J. Langdon, wht
owns line that extends several hun
dred miles through The mountains Sh,
can manage four or six in hard a
skillfully as any man and she employ
scores of horses and vehicles, and car
ries the United States mail as well a
merchandise and passengers. She con
ducts two or three other branches o
business as well as her stage lius
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
BRAINS VERSUS BEAUTY.
Women Noted for Intellectual Power Who
Are Hopelessly Plain.

Women Noted for Intellectual Power Who
Are Hopelessly Plain.
One of the puzzling things difficult of
solution in life is the persistency OF di-
vorce between brains and beauty.
While it by no means follows that a
homely woman is always brainy or a
pretty one invariably devoid of intelli-
gence, still it is true that Of all women
noted for powerful intellect few have
been otherwise than hopelessly plain.
Nine. De Stael, the intellectual prodigy
of her day, before whose wit even the
great Napoleon quailed, and of whom
he said, She has shafts that would
hit n man if he were seated on rain
bow" was totally without feminine
grace save only the charm of a low me-
lodious voice One famous word por-
Apollo, with dark eyes illumined by
genius and marked features expressive
of destiny superior TO that OF most wo-
men," which is, of course, only an orna-
mental way of saying that she was not
fair.
George Eliots biographers seldom at
tempt personal description, and shirk
the issue by saying that she had Large,
massive, homely features" which were
at rare intervals softened by a smile of
great beauty. Her head was colossal
and masculine, her hair coarse, brown
and bushy, her brow high and full, but
her body was frail and delicate. And
this powerful woman, whose writings
have influenced all modern thought.
was given over to the womans weak
ness of shedding tears necessarily. 1t
is hard to reconcile the fact with her
other characteristics, and it, like her
second marriage, are things her admir-
ers like to forget
Lady Mary Montague, she Of the ex-
quisite letters, was most untidy and
slovenly woman, with face hideously
Scared by smallpox, and distressingly
homely. She said herself that the only
reason she was glad she was a woman
was because she would never have to
marry one.
Margaret Fuller was quite the reverse
Of pretty, save for her graceful carriage,
though her admirers were given to
rapsodizing about her neck with its
swan-like curves. An interesting fact
about literary women and one pleasing,
no doubt, to brunettes is this, that al
most all intellectual stars of feminine
lore were dark in type.-N. Y. Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Entertaining without Guests.

Some time ago woman who had en-
livened her circle of acquaintance in
the east with noticeable gifts OF con.
versation and appreciation, a real lover
of good folks, good manners and good
talk, went to the Pacific coast with her
husband, who was a missionary there
Their one boy was not allowed to play
freely with the children of the rough
people among whom they worked, and
often the mother and boy were left
weeks alone, while the father was off
on preaching tours. A favorite way of
breaking the monotony on tho mothers
part was to celebrate anniversaries by
inviting guests who couldn't come,
and holding imaginary conversations at
the table, describing the looks and
characteristics of the mythical assem-
bly,, all of which nightly pleased the
small boy. and one night, after his
usual prayer, he added: "Oh, Lord,
bless all my friends all round this
world and tell 'em if they'll be good
somebody'll come and see EMIL come
and see EN- myself. Amen" A bit OF
unconscious pathos that ought to touch
everyone with social heart N. Y.
Times
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
BABY AT CHURCH.
Where Jessie Found Her Little Brother
When She Disobeyed Mamma.

Where Jessie Found Her Little Brother
when She Disobeyed Mamma.
Mamma came softly out of the bed
room, leaving the two-year-old baby
asleep. Then she put on her bonnet to
go to prayer-meeting with papa.
''Good-by Jessie" she said, kissing
the little girl who sat on the veranda
in the sunset, Don't go out of the
yard so You can hear Harry if he
wakes"
The church was just around the COR
ner few steps, and they would only
be gone an hour. But Jessie felt quite
abused to have to stay and keep watch
of baby when she wanted to be out
romping.
If papa wasn't the minister, mamma
wouldn't be the minister's wife, and
then she wouldn't always have to go &c
| prayer meeting" she thought.
Just then her bosom friend, Grace,
| called to her over the fence.
Jessie, let's go over and play GRO
| quet with the Sweet girls"
81 can't Mammals gone to meeting
and | must stay with Harry"
"Where is he?"
"Asleep."
"Then he's all right; come along.
| Nobody will know if you do leave him
a minute, and you'll be in sight"
Perhaps l might, for one game, '
said Jessie.
"How tiresome it must be-" said
Grace, as they walked along, arm-in.
arm, ''to be kept in to look after a
baby. I'm glad there are no babies a,
our houser'
Grace was an only child, and selfish
and spoiled one at that.
Jessie did not enjoy the croquet
after all, for she felt she was doing
wrong. She meant to keep watch O
the house, but she could only see one
corner of it. AS soon as the game wa
over she and Grace came away.
"What if you should get home am
find that some one had stolen Harry?'
asked Grace. ''They do such things
sometimes"
Jessie's heart beat quickly She lef
Grace at her own gate, ran home, an,
into the bedroom. Harry was gone.
HE is stolen!" thought Jessie, anC
rushed out, and over TO the church t.
tell her parents.
just about the time she got HON,
Baby Harry, in his white night gown
was climbing the church steps. 1t wa
| prayer time. and no one noticed him
till, as Jessie came painting to the door
she saw him getting up Il the plat
form to papa.
| What should she do?
Just then mamma rose softly, wen
and picked up Harry, brought him on
and took him home.
| Jessie confessed her fault, and nam
ma forgave her But she had such {
fright she never wanted to leave Harr,
alone again. -Mattie W. Baker, in Gu
Little Ones.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Shortoning the Tlyne.

Friend-Doesn't the ride back and
forth to the country every day seem very
long?
Mr.. Suburb-Long? It's too short.
When take the train in the morning,
know I've got to pitch in and work
like horse the moment the train
reaches the city. That makes the ride
seem too short, doesn't it?
81 presume it does. But how about
the ride back?"
well, always remember after l
start that I've forgotten something my
wife wanted particularly, so that ride
is always over too quick. IN. Y.
Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Trouble beginning Early.

Happy Bride-Why, mamma, what
are you crying for? Everything is SO
lovely and everybody's been SO good to
mel Come and look at my presents,
dear.
Its the presents I'm thinking of
Every family with a regiment of uR.
married girls has sent you the most
horribly expensive things, aud now
they'll all be getting married, and you
and Charles viii have to scrape and
starve to give each of them something
handsomer still! Oh, Angelina, why
didn't you ope?"-Boston Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
How Could He Forget?

The little girl ran flying down the
front steps and called out with an ag.
onizing cry:
Papa! Papa"
Papa had started down town. he
stopped and waited.
what is it, Bessie?"
81 want to kiss you good-by."
"Well, dear, why don't you kiss me?'
81 WILL" said the little girl, with
trembling lip and quivering chin, 'a'
soon as can make the pucker!"-Chi
cago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
Tho Many Wonderful Things a Little Gin
saw In Her Friends Fairy Land.

INC NlHnV WonueEIul u LIttie
saw In Her Friends Fairy Land.
This summer have had the pleasure
of looking through wonderful micro
scope. A friend who possesses the in
strument has been so kind as to take
me into his fairy-land several times.
He showed me glass slide upon
which were apparently some PARTICLES
of fine dust. Butt looked through the
microscope and there lay bouquet Of
gorgeous flowers OF course the plants
growing in fairy-lnnd are vastly differ
ent from those found in our common
place gardens and meadows, so I was
not much surprised when told that
these brilliant colored blossoms were
fashioned from butterflies scales
The petals, the leaves, the stems,
even the knot Of ribbon fasten.
ing the bouquet, were all made from
that fine dust which adhcres to our
fingers If we touch the delicate wings.
/ learned that the particular fairy who
arranged these flowers was a German.
Il wonder if there is anything in the
TCillh VI otlChCC ulidb u uCA man SuA hob
do.) After l had mentally photo
graphed this wonder my friend re.
placed the slide with another, saying
that he knew could never guess this
object. l looked long and earnest
| ly at the red and golden mass In my
private opinion it was a fragment OF
beefsteak, butoI held my peace. Then
was informed that it was a cross sec.
ton of the lining of q crickets gizzard.
After this startling announcement a
| fly's tongue was placed under the micro
| scope 1t looked like dainty feather
fan, and seemed to be made of long
loops covered with hairs. One slide
contained foraminifera. There must
have been hundreds and hundreds OF
them in a space as large as copper
cent, When l tapped the glass the
dainty shells of the most exquisite
forms and shapes rolled down, for they
were mounted in some liquid.
A tablet containing the ten com
mandments next claimed my atten
ton. The naked eye could see only 6
! udrk SJSCh, uuI uultI lllC hiiCiOoCOp'
every word looked as if clearly cut il
marble, and the whole was surrounded
by fancy border. Another slide con
tanned the Lords prayer in letters 81
small that if the whole Bible were
printed on the same scale it would re
quire surface only as large as the TIVE
sides of ten-cent piece.
Another curious object was a photo
graph so tiny that it could easily b.
covered by the head of a small pin
Under the microscope | saw a remarka
bly, clear profile of a man, which stoo'
out "a If cut in cameo. Then Their
was a dot on another slide, which wa
a photograph Of that painting, eth
Signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. In this were forty figure
and the expression on each face wa
clearly brought out.
hope that many other young folk
are interested in the microscope, for,
not, they miss great deal of pleasure
N Y. Tribune
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
A Remarkable French Woman.

The marquise de Blocqueville, who
died few days ago in Paris, was for.
merly one of the most beautiful women
of her time, and, like most French
beauties, had considerable political in
fluence. The marquise was the young
est daughter of Marshal Devoust, Prince
d Eckmuehl, duke of Auerstaedt Two
of her sisters, also famous for their
good looks. married respectively the
duke of Cambaceres and Count Vigier
The marquise was great favorite at
the court of Louis Philippe and was the
intimate friend of Queen Amelia and tho
duchess of Orleans, In early woman.
hood her features were of the perfect
Greek type, her eyes and hair brilliant
black. Enthusiastic writers of Louis
Philippe's day described her figure as
divine, and her gait and carriage as
those of a goddess. She was a hand
some woman at the time of her death.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
HUNTING FOR BUMPS.

Come bore, little Hop o. my Thumb,
Let me tell the bumps on your head.
Well sec if president youth become,
Or a lobster man instead.
Heigho! Shall ever find one,
Down here among the curls,
The curliest rls!-they remind one
For ali the world, of girls.
Yes. here's one peeping from under,
And there's another one yet
The wee, ,ree bump ia Remember,
The big ones the bump OF Forget
Oh, bless me! this head is a boys.
Hide 1t in Curls, if you will
For I've found such big bump Of Noise,
But where is the bump OF SiHf
And think no will be president
At any rate, hell be a man.
Sec! there's never a bit of bump Cannot,
But generous bump of Can.
But look here, little Hop o. my Thumb,
Here's bump ms big as two;
And I'm all at sea TO name it
Bless mo. it's black and blue!
"Oh, that one' know it, gramma!'
Cried It's little owner Jake.
II bumped It myself on the hammer;
guess you can name it Acbe"
Annie Hamilton Donnell in Youths Con
ranion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Another Great Artist.

"What a wonderful painter Rubens
was!" remarked Merit at the art gal
lery.
EYES," assented Cora. ut il said Of
him that he could change laughing
face into sad one by single stroke"
why" spoke up little Johnnie, in
disgust, my school-teacher can do
that "-Demorest's Magazine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07

He-Do you know, that as long as !
have known you, have never seen you
dressed in white.
She--Indeed! Are you. then, so par
tial to the color?
He-Not exactly that; but whenever
/ see girl dressed in white, am al
ways tempted to kiss her.
She--Will you excuse me for fifteen
minutes?-Truth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Az Usual.

He-well, darling, how have You
been to-day9
She-Oh, nervous, debilitated, sick
and unhappy.
He-Heavens! You've been reading
those medicine advertisements again,
I'll bet hat.-Judge.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
How to Achieve Greatness.

visitor-You seem to be an important
person here; everybody turns round to
look at you.
Local Great Man-Yes; there isn't a
man in this town don't owe money to.
Boston Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Mallie and Jack.

"You and Jack sit next to each other
in school, don't you, Wallie7'
Part Of the time
"Only part?"
"Yes, sir. Jacks standing in the
corner most Of the time"
And what do you do them"
"Oh, generally stand in another
corner. "-Harper's Young People.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Chickens Come Home.

Mrs. Goodsoul-I think it's a perfect
shame that the early settlers killed off
the Indians the way they did.
Miss De Pretty-Indeed it is. Just
think what lovely furs they used to sell
for few glass beads-N. Y. Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Never Forgotten.

Little Boy-Teacher said the en-
perur of China has ten men to carry his
umbrella. Wot's that for?
Papa tthoughtfullyl-I suppose it
takes that many to remember to bring
it along.-Good News
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07

Young Jaycox-Travel improves one
50, Miss Flypp.
Miss Flypp-Indeedl Why don't you
travel, Mr.. Jaycox?-Rrooklyn kife
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07

Mrs. Gooseberry--De chile done gone
an swollered r bottle r ink.
DR.. Giglamps NEWLY graduated
lnk-plain ordinary ink? Humph! This
is easy. Oxalic acid will remove ink
Immediately. I'll write you prescrip-
ton for it.-Puck.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Two Questions,

Mamma Why aren't you as good a
girl as Ethel Lane?
Small Daughter-I dunno Why isn't
l as pretty as she is?-Good News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Merely u Figure Of speech.

Little Dick-Papa, did you find your
Office?
Pop-Why, Of course! The otioe Is
just where it always is
But you forgot your lunch, didn't
you?'
mo; what put that into your headT'
"Mr. Jones said you were hungry
officeseeker. Texas Siftings.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07

-'Tis said that the Methodist Sierra
Leone mission has been conducted BY
Miss Alice Harris, IN Iowa physician.
uHaided.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
Ground for Doubt

Timorous Stranger-Is this really Chi
cage?
Resident-Yes, sir.
VISITOR won't believe it. I've been
here now goin' on three hours, and the
fifteen dollars left home with is in my
pocket still.-Chicago News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07

when love warns, love should quail
ify. Warnings are winning when each
tone is a heartrthrob,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07
YNnuVIMy01Yh.s rsvolutisnissA tAs
lGHkmTlEkw world during Il. ls1a

Eset among the wonders OF Inventive pto.
grsas 10 . method and systen Of work tkst
tsn Be performed ell over the country VIII.
kst separating the workers from their hsnsA
Nv liberal any enc car do the work sitAsa
"a, yssns or cid; ne special ability 10 -
tsfssl. Capital not needed yea are stsv>.
q free. Cut this out sad return 10 90 ~
~ VIM send you ffes, something II grsel
SAlss and importance u ysu. thst viii stas(
yss in business, which viii briss zee =
Asrs money right away, thaa anything sisa
The world. Grand snttt frss. A1lsssa
SAss 1 Co., Asgusts, Maine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07

II i stated tina; about l 900 women
work in the Pittsburgh iro mills, maxi
ing bolts, nuts, hinges, aud barbed
wires