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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
RUSSIANS INTERESTED.
United States Minister White Writes Of
His Observations In That Country.

Statts Whtc "NitU5 "
His Observations In That Country.
The following interesting extract is
taken from recent letter from Andrew
d. White, United States minister at
st. Petersburg:
''The interest taken by leading Rus
slams in the Columbian exposition,
strong as it has been from the first,
seems rather to increase. Not only
have the emperor and empress and the
heir to the throne expressed themselves
to me as greatly interested, but in all
classes of Russian society with which
have to do the same feeling is very
clear.
''There is evidently feeling that the
two nations are under somewhat SIM
liar economic conditions, each being
vast in extent, with enormous unde'
veloped resources, and, that our country
having taken the lead in all that per
tains to material development, to say
nothing of leadership in other fields
both the exposition and the country al
large are the most fitting places for the
study of the leading facts. The result
of this feeling is that considerable
number of Russians are making ready
to visit Chicago, and, what is still more
to the purpose, the government is send
ing large number of its foremost ex
perts in various departments for thu
study of the exhibits at Chicago, ant
for examination into the various insti
buttons throughout the United States
A recent publication gives the names
of some forty such special delegates
among them prominent professors IL
the universities and leading officials II
the ministeries. Several of these ar
also representatives of people in tn
highest political and social positions
Typical of these are such as the youns
Prince Sergius Wolkonsky, who belong
to one of the most distinguished fam
lilies in the empire, and who has alread..
distinguished himself as an official anC
writer: and Princess Schahooskoy
who, distinguished by the development
of establishments for woman's work OF
her estates, is sent especially to TAX
charge of the Russian exhibit of sue
work at Chicago. She, too, belongs t.
one of the most noted families in tn
empire, and is one of the empress
maids of honor"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

The meeting of the editors was one
of the most memorable they have ever
held, and the congresses of the women
were the greatest gatherings of the
kind ever held in the world since wom-
an first concerned herself in the affairs
of nations; but there was an added sig
nifcance in these meetings in the fact
that they were held in the Worlds
Fair city during the greatest celebra-
ton the world has ever known.
Between the meetings of the editors
and the sessions of the women's con-
gress there were frequent excursions to
the grand central point of worldwide
interest-Jacl1son parll-public and
private receptions, theater parties, etc,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
MAIDS OF ATHENS.
The Greek Girl of To-Day Is Superior 70
Her Sisters of Years Ago.

There is certain halo which has
gathered about the mere phrase, 1.-The
maid Of Athens the brushing away OF
which may reveal to us maid more
like the maids of the rest of the world
than we might at first perhaps desire
to study. But the fate of modern
romance has been the fate of all ro-
nance. The burning rays of the sun OF
the present less poetic and more prac-
teal times have melted away its airy
fictions. The maid of Athens now lives
not in the beautiful heights of poetic
imagination, but in the plain, common
earth of science and solid facts. And
so, perforce, we shall look at her now,
and, at the same time, at her brothers,
perhaps regretfully, certainly more
profitably, as they actually are, moving
in the life and the society of this other
Athens, the Athens of the nineteenth
centure. First, therefore, let us con-
slider how the rising generation is being
educated for the good of Hellas.
If the Greek girl of to-day has
availed herself of the opportunities
which the peaceful and progressive
condition of her fatherland now affords
her, she is certainly much superior tc
that type of herself which Byron has
celebrated. Though still often beauti
full, with straight brows' and "eye'
as black as gown Of priest" she has
added to these charms the graces of an
intellectual training which, though moi
as yet all it should be, is nevertheless
the best in the Orient.
But the past defects OF Greek educa
ton are shown in the fact that ever
here women are able to teach only il
the lower classes. AS soon as girl
enter what is called the Greek classes
that is, those in which the ancien
language is taught, the instruction i
given by men, who are graduates o
the university. These professors" g.
from room to room giving instruction
the discipline being maintained by
lady in charge of each room, who i
called the teacher" though she doe
not teach but acts rather as a chaperon
or governess.-Prof. William +. Wa
tiers, in The Chautauquan for June.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
A Tribute to Mothers.

The influence of wise and tender
mother is lovingly set down in the pa
per in current magazine on Phillips
Brooks which his brother, Rev. Arthur
Brooks, contributes THAT love tc
Christ which glowed in his words and
flashed in his eye was caught from a
mothers lips and was read with boyish
eyes as the central power of a mothers
soul and life. / may not say more nor
lift any further the veil which separates
q holy of holes into which we loved to
enter with an awe which we could not
understand. | can not say less, lest |
should take from young mothers to-
day the encouragement, the hope, and
the incentive which they have a right
to claim from the story of this great
life. IN. Y, Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

Of beer with great airiness in what he
supposed to be German. The girl looked
dazed for a moment. Then she went
away and came back with a plate of
cold beef, potato salad and bottle of
white wine.-Chicago Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

WE tip the scales to learn our weight
and tip the waiter to avoid wait-Blng
haEton Republican.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

few years ago was unknown among
the nations which now find harbor
with us.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

The oarsmsu points TO the river as bed
of rowses .-W ashington Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

HfnHfyy Rewarded srs those vac red
Mi MI. I this and tieA set; they VIE
HluUu ] find honorable smploynsai
Mat will not take then from their homes
and families. The prsnts are large snd sssl
~ ever industrious person many hsN
made and are new making several hnadrst
dollars a month. Itis easy fer say one =
nsks 5 and upwards PEE DAY, Who 10 williso
10 work. Either seq, yssn3 or old; espitsl
lst needed We start zee. 1vsrythias lsN
10 spseisl shilii- rsesissAi yes, reader, -
= 10 - well 80 any sas. Write 10 - &
ssos Sss full , ,r>tsalsss. sAioA " nal hsA
Has, sp.sa . ~ tsstissA AjoA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

Join the great possession. 1t march 20
vic ory! 1t knows no defeat Inscribed on
its banners is the inspiring battle-cry. "Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" Its line
of march extends ACROSS the continent and
around the world A happy illustration OF
the popularity and success OF this wor famed
spiring hope. curing disease For all blood
disorders 1t is Acknowledged the safest, tho
most thorough, the best The liver and Kid
touch: through them the whole system is
cleansed and built up anew.
If you are sick, indisposed, debilitated, weak.
suffering from maarious or other poisons,
you'll find the Golden Medical Discovery"
the remedy par ttcelleHce to restore You.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
Swelling Words.

William Writ when young man wrote
farce in which the most eminent lawyers
of Virginia are introduced and their pocUl-
ialities humorously exaggerated. Among
them was one who had been minister TO
England and was remarkable for using
swelling words.
He is represented as conducting a cause
in the county court, and in asking the clerk
to call some one into court, thus addresses
him:
Mr.. Jones have the benignity to vocif-
crate Peter Joliey into court"
The clerk called out, "Nociferate p. Jol-
ley! Come into COURT
While examining loquacious femala
witness the lawyer loses his patience and
exclams:
This woman ought to be deposited into
taciturnity!"
you may 90 n lass Eternity yourself,
but reckon you'll have none of my com
yany, SIR retorted the angry woman.-
Youths Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

This is the Office of The Temperance
Throbber, isn't itf" briskly inquired a
nervous looking man, who went into an
office in tall building on La Sale street
yesterday afternoon with a small memo
randum book in his hand and his arms full
Of bundles.
YES, sir" answered the young woman at
the desk.
whats the subscription price"
zone dollar year"
That's right" he said, after putting
down his bundles and referring to his
memorandum book a moment Dollar a
years right. Send copy to Orton o. Bet
tur, 6,4a7 Shortall avenue. Here's your
money. CheckW
And he made a mark in a little book.
The young woman wrote down the ad-
dress and gave him a receipt for the money
There" he exclaimed, referring once
more to his memorandum. II believe that
finishes the whole bus--no, there's one
thing more I've got to get. Half pint best
Holland gin Know OF any place near here
where can get half pint of good Hoi-
land"--
"Sir'
~ say do you know of any place where
can get half pint of good Hop
"Srr'
know of any place where can get-but
never mind. can probably find one on the
way to the depot. Afternoon"
And the busy, hurried, overdriven citizen
from the suburbs pocketed his memoral-
DUN book, picked up his bundles, and
hustled out of the Office totally unconscious
that he had done aucht TO offend the most
stidious.-Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

lean against the shattered gate
And wait and wait and wait.
have a tryst to keep.
histle softly az | stand,
And far across the snowclad land
My eager gaze doth sweep.
Within my view no form appears
Ny heart grows cold with sudden fears,
And yet do not weep:
But With a soft excuse still
My soul, for come he will.
In eagerness my heart doth leap.
Alas. alas! my watch was vain;
My vigil brought me naught but pain.
Ills tryst he did not keep
This gent that borrowed ten from me
And promised well to come at three
At last, at last weep.
detroit Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
synopsis of Previous Chapters.

Private Mark Maynard is sent by General
Thomas from the Union camps in central Ten
nessee scouting toward Chattanooga and bare
" escapes capture by the COME ieTates
through the cunning OF a native girl Souri,
Slack. He gets n suit of citizens clothes at
Sacli's, and Jakey Slack, lad Of thirteen,
goes with him TO help disguise hia character.
souri, gives Mark silk handkerchief AS II
parting memsnto.
CHAPTERS III, " and V-Mark, and the
boy beg supper and lodging Mt the house Of
Mrs. Fain, a southern woman married to n
northern man. who is absent in the Union
lines. Captain Fitz Hugh, c. : A., a sui or
of Laura Fain's, drops In and suspects that
the strangers may be Union spies, but Laura
wards Off investigation, aud the travellers re-
sunie their journey undisturbed.
CHAPTERS VI, VII, VIII, and IX-Mark
reaches Chattanooga, is captured and con-
demne1 as spy.
CHAPTERS X, II. and XII-Jakey sends
Souri's silk handkerchief home by friendly
negroes aud Souri, takes q hint, hastons to
Chattanooga and helps Mark to escape jail.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

shall that they were what they pretended.
This and their youth, together with
tho fact that the provost marshal was
not harsh man, saved them from pun
ishinent There was a great deal of feel
ing against renegade" east Tennessee
ans, and had they been men they would
havu been taken back to the "black
hole" at the Jail and kept there TIL it
was found necessary to move them from
the approaching enemy. AS it was, the
marshal directed that they be taken into
another room till he could hear from
headquarters regarding them. He knew
the Triggs and the "black hole" and
feared to let them go back to them.
The officers at headquarters were too
busy to NEEDLE with such case. The
provost marshals communication was
returned with the following Endorsement:
Respectfully referred back to the provost
marshal with authority to do with these pris-
oners as he thinks for the best interests Of the
service. The spy having escaped it does not
appear that there Is any reason TO hold them
The brother and sister We're brought
in again to hear what was to be their
fate. Souri, was aware of the enormity
Of her otfense and expected "A severe pun
ishment. She had determined to beg the
officer to send Jakey back to his parents,
then he might punish her as be liked.
Suppose [ let you and your little
brother go home" said the marshal,
evil you go there and keep out Of any
interference in matters that concern the
Confederacy hereafter"
"I'll go home" said Souri,
well, | reckon you'd better 60" re-
piled the officer. Then to the guard:
Send the corporal here"
Take these children" he said to that
person when he arrived, "to the other
side of the river and turn them adritt,
and see that they don't get back here.
Souri's heart jumped into her throat
for joy. Turning her expressive eyes on
tho officer, she said, THANK you"
"Mr. Ossifer," said Jakey, 81 thank
y fur gimmen me back my gun"
A smile broke over the faces of those
present.
The next day the brother and sister
arrived at home, and great was the re-
/ joicing in the Slack family.
(ro BE CoNTINUED.)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
KALEIDOSCOPE.


Returning from the Picnic.
He stood on the track, young Jimmy
With hot and fevcrcd breath,
Waving his lantern madly,
For he knew that an awful death
Was In store for the happy people
On the train just n mile away,
Who had been to woodlawn plonio
That bright September day.
A rock on the track behind him
Made his forehead cold and damp;
That's why he feared for their safety
That's why he swung tho lamp.
Tho train was stopped, and the people
Flocked all around young jim,
Who stood there, little hero,
Trembling in every limb.
tAnd did they take up collection
For him for saving their lives,
And load up Il hat with money
Twentics and tens and fvcs2
And call him n brave young hero,
And clap him upon the back
AS the sturdy young boy who had noticed
The bowldur upon tho track2
Nay, nay, ncin, nein. guess not.
They took him upon tho cars
And carried him to the city
And put him behind the bars.
lie was tried, convicted and sentenced
70 eighteen months in jail.
Ungrateful? Oh, no, but they knew him
That trick of his was stale.
brandon Banner.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

1t was scarcely more than fifteen min
rites after Souri, had bid Mark god
speed when old Triggs re-entered the
prison grounds, and mounting the flight
of steps leading to the second story went
into the jail. No one seemed to be
about the place. He entered his bed
room and found his wife doing in her
chair by the window. lie asked for the
colored girl, and his wife told him that
she had not yet returned with the medi-
cine. He waited, expecting every min
ute that she would come in. Had he not
noticed an absence of the groans TO
which the supposed invalid had been
treating him all the evening he might
have waited for Souri, without IA move.
nent much longer than he did. AS it
was, it occurred to him that perhaps the
prisoner might be dead
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
Tell Her She IS Handsome.

Mr.. and Mrs. Smithkns at the photog-
rapher's;
Mr.. 5. taking the photographer aside
and whispering my wife wants her
picture taken, but l want to give you a
pointer on her
What is it,"
Don't tell her to look pleasant. 1t
won't DO in her case. I've tried it. 1t al
ways makes her madden than ever Texas
Siftings
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

First Clerk Eth? Had six weeks vaca-
ton this summer?
Second Clerk-Yes; Silk, Ribbon & Co.
always give all unmarried clerks that
much. 1t draws trade.
81 don't see how"
simple enough. IN the girls we get
engaged to keep coming in all winter to
snub us New York Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
a Better Maxim.

Gilgal-lf you want anything we'll done
do it yourself, is a good rule.
Mullins-I know better one. If you
want anything well done tell the waiter to
bring it rare. Exchange.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

An editor received letter from an in
dignant subscriber, who said, II don't
want your paper any longer"
To which the editor mildly replied
THAT is all right. | wouldn't make it
any longer if you did because in that case
l should have to buy new machine. The
present length inst suits me, and | am
glad it suits you"
10 is hoped this soft answer turned
away wrath. "-London Tit-Bits.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
Mixed.

Another queer blunder of one Of those
persons who have an absentminded habit
of reversing their words:
An old gentleman entered a corfection-
er's shop and briskly requested the attend
ant to give him bath OF milk and glass
bun. Youth Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
40 BLANKS IN THIs coMpnTIrIoN

This is competition of rather an I'M
usual nature. 1t IS common TO offer prizes
for the best story, or picture, or archteo.
tural plan, all the competitors risGinS The
loss of their labor and the successful ono
merely selling his for the amount o. tina
prize. But tie Press Claims Company
offer is something entirely different. Each
person is asked merely TO help himself, aud
the one who helps himself TO the best adj
vantage is to be rewarded for doing it,.
The priZs is only stimulus TO DO some.
thing that would be well worth doing with.
out it. Tho architect whose competitive
plan for o club house on certain corner is
not accepted has spent his labor on some-
thing of very little use 10 him. But tia
person who patents a simple and useful de-
vice in the Press Claims Company's COM
petition, need not worry if he fails to Sc.
cure the prize. lie has substantial result
to show for his work-one that will conf
mand Its value In the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any article in
his daily work ought to know bstter how to
improve it than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from tile theoretical point OF
view. Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple to be worth patent.
ing. The simpler the better. Tho person
who best succeeds in combining simplicity
and popularity, will got the Press Claims
Company's twenty-five hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company may
be Judged from the fact that its stock is
held by about three hundred OF the leading
newspapers OF the United States.
Address The Press Claims Company.
John Wedderburn, managing attorney, 6l9
F street, n. W., Washington, D, c.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
A Winter Reelection,

He thinks upon last summer
with mild astonishment--
Tis truly nice to gaze on ice
That doesn't cost a cent.
Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
lorCe of habit.

"Well, Rastus, are you used to being rich
YETI"
mo, sab. KANT cit used to it, sab.
Lord Dress yer, went out into nah own
hen coop last night an stole one o. nah
own chickens sab. "-Harper's Bazaar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
All In tho Family.

"Go TO the aunt, thou sluggardw
He wcnt-she'd give him no more;
So he had TO go to his "uncls,"
Where often ho'd been before.
Brooklyn Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

ppm thinking of giving my fiancee Il
piano"
That's singular notion"
mot at all. 1t will keep the other fellows
from finding out her good qualities. -
Detroit Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

Dunn-When can you settle this account
Mr.. short?
Short-Oh, come around next week.
"Will you pay me them"
II can't promise that exactly, but l can
tell You then when to come again. Texas
Siftings.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
More Noise to 1t.

Cumso Qaying down fashion magazine)
so woman's dress is to be louder than
ever
Mrs. Cumso-How So
Cumso-I understand the bell skirt is
giving place to the cornet skirt.-Detroit
Free Press,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

Cough. Coios, aud Consumption in its
early stages are immediately relieved and
quickly cured by Ademson's Botanic Cough
iialsam. an ahso' utely safe remedy for all
throat and lung affections. loo, and Doc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

FoR EARAoHE, Toothache, Sore Throat
Swelled Neck, and the results or colds and
and inflammation, use DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil-the great pain destroyer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19
Trust En- Not.

Alice-Oh, Billy! I didn't think it Of
you-walkin with another girl after what
you said TO me yesterday.
Billy-Ive had a rewulsion o feelin since
then in favor Of broonets-yesterday was a
blond day with me.--Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

The highest praise has been won by Hood's
Pills for their easy, yet efficient action, Sold
by all druggists. Price IS cents.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

is good enough for Hoods Sarsaparilla-th
is no need OF embellishment or sensationalism
Simply what Hoods Sarsaparilla does, that
tells the story of its merit. II you have never
realized tts benefits single bottle Will con
vince you il is y good medicine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19

Deans Rheumatic pills absolutely cure
safe.