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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
COMBINED WORK AND PLAY
How the Children Helped Their Father to
Irrigate His Farm.

An English writer on inventive gent
uses tells a story of certain Mr.. Au-
gust Pireh, who is the happy possessor
of dozen fine healthy children. Mr..
Pirch, SO the story goes, had tract of
land that could not be used for the
want of water, since It was far from
any available stream OF other body
which mighs prove of use in the fertili-
zation of his acres, and how to irrigate
the land without spending a large sum
OF money was mystery which for a
long time Mr.. Pirch could not solve
He figured out the cost of a well, and
found out that his resources would per-
nit of his digging a siXty-foot well
and the purchase of q cheap pump, but
how to make the puTnp work was a
question. Suddenly his inventive mird
suggested solution. He remembered
his children, and he also called to mind
a certain large family swing which he
had seem in a ghborbng town. He knew
the swing would please the children,
and he hoped that through it their
pleasure might be able to serve his in
terests. The well was bored, the pump
was set up, and the swing was put in
working order.
Here, now. boys, b" said he, when all
was ready, calling the children to him,
come ont here and get in this swing.
I'm going to give you something to play
with"
In five minutes the children were fly
ing backward and forward through the
air. The pump worked up and down
gaily as you please, and a fourteen
inch stream of water flowed from the
well. Mr. Pirch's scheme had worked
The children do not know that they are
working, as the swing is some distance
from the well, and is connected with il
by an iron rod which works the pump
as the swing moves backward and for
ward The scheme has worked well
and it is said that the youngsters puml
enough water during their days spor
to irrigate large tract.-Ilarper'
Young People.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
FOR SUNDAY READING.
Why?

will not ask my Father wh7
His loving purpose is concealed,
But wait in peace till by and by
In His good time it is revealed
His choice for me is always best
And on this faith l sweetly rest
: viii not ask why He should lead
hy pathway up the mountain high;
why DER its rocks hy feet must bleed,
It's rugged steps my courage try.
may behold upon the height
Transformations holy light.
VIII not ask Him why apart
Into the weary desert place
lie calls my faint and hungry heart
TO walk with Him in lonely ways;
1t may be that He leadeth me
His miracle of loaves to see.
will not ask Him why so near
Bethesda's troubled waters wait;
Its threatening waves will not fear,
NOT dread the coming trial great.
My Fathers angel moves the pool
To bringnew healing to my soul.
Will not ask Him why arise
The winds that break and toss my sea,
Or why the clouds should hide my skies,
And all His waves sweep over me.
The stormtossed sea shall be His path,
And at His word forget its wrath.
will not ask my Father why
He spreads His cloud upon the throne;
III wait in peace till by and by.
In HIS good time it Is made known.
Time and eternity shall prove
That all His purposes are love.
ANA Il. Miller in n. Y. Christian Advocat
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
Frenchwomen as tors.

The auditor at the Conseil d'Etat IN
Paris, NJ. Fleury-Savarin, has lately
pronounced himself to be decidedly in
favor of the posts of administrators of
the different ''Bureaux de bienfais-
ance" being occupied by women. Thus,
if NJ. Savarin's conclusions are adopted,
French women will be at last admitted
into the management of what ought to
have long been their especial province
the administration of those public
moneys which are devoted to the relief
of the DOOR.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
Little Robby'a Perplexity.

Bobby grew impatient at the table.
He had been cautioned by his mother
to eat sparingly and say THANK YOU
when anything was passed to him.
The older ones demanded SO much at
tention that Bobby got very little.
MA" he whispered, chow can eat
sparinglv and say Thank you if l
don't get anything?"-N. Y. World.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24

When the Christian is filed with
the spirit there is complete crucifix-
ion of self and we are commanded to be
filled with the spirit, and when we neg
lect to obey this commandment commit
a sin of omission. 1t is our duty to be
filed; it is our duty to be strong; it is
our duty to be full of faith and the Holy
Ghost.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
A Drauglitsnan.

Stella's papa had been talking with a
gentleman while Stella and Charlie
were present. After the gentleman
had gone Stella asked, with puzzled
expression: Charlie, whats draughts-
man?" Pooh, was the lordly answer,
don't you know that? A draughtsman
is man that sits in a draught. NY.
Recorder
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24

Preaching and practicing can not he
divorced. The man who does no prac-
tieing fails to carry his audience when
he breaches; he who is too modest to
make pretense of preaching, breaches
inyoluntarily by his practicing.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
No Charge.

Nervous Employer don't pay you
for whistling.
Office Boy-That's all right. l can't
whistle well enough 20 charge extra for
il yet.-Good News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
learn IN Labor and IN Walt.

Let Youths ambitious dreams and plans this
little sentence leaven:
At the feet of Patient Waiting, there it is that
lieth Heaven.
Ruth Hall, in Wide Awake.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
A Foolish Scare.

Annie saw the mousie,
And ran and screamed with fright,
The mouse saw little Annie.
And squealed and hid from sight.
Youth Companion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
SATURDAY. SEP. e.

There is no yellow fever in Florida. Tho
State has a clear bill of health.
Orders have been sent from the Navy
Department for the dissolution of the
Behring Sea feet.
The paper mill at Roaring Spring, Pa,
employing about 800 men, boys and girls,
h preparing to resume operations.
The corner stone Of the Jay Gould Me-
mortal Church at Roxbury, Dslawase
County, N. Y, was laid at noon by George
Gould.
The Duncansville, Pa, Rolling Mill, en-
ploying between 600 and 800 men, has re-
sumed operations after several weeks
shut down.
Five hundred employees of the Morrison
L Cess Paper Mill at Altoona, Pa, have
heen given employment by a partial re-
sumption Of the plant.
On account of the uncertainty Of Ameri-
eau interests in China because Of the
Geary law the gunboat Petrol will be sent
70 China without delay.
The Comptroller of the Currency to-day
appointed Mr.. r. f. Beckhum, Of Fort
Worth, receiver of the Ell Paso National
Bank Of Texas, Ell Paso, Texas.
First Comptroller Bowler has returned
from Washington from his home in Gin
cinnati, o. He has appointed Mr.. War
wick, Of Ohio, his private secretary.
The match race for $40, 900 side over
the Futurity course between ]. r. Keene's
Domino aud Richard Croaer's Dobbins
resulted In dead heat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
MONDAY, SEP. A.

There was severe frost on the highlands
at Woodsvllc, N. H., on Saturday night.
Vegetation was damaged considerably sbut
heavy fog saved the river crops.
The Rogers Locomotive Company at
Paterson. ~ j., have issued an order
reducing the wages of its 1900 employees
from five to twenty-five per cent. to 90 into
effect to-day.
Trieste newspapers Of Saturday last as
sert that a Miss Leal, of Vinna, a
young Scotch woman, who has recently
peen playing at the Monte Carlo gaming
tables, had remarkable luck for several
days, which eliminated in the breaking Of
the bank. She is said to have won $780,
700 In ole hour.
Mgr S,tolli, the Apostolic Delegate to
the United States, will leave Washington
Today for Western trip including Chi
cago Milwaukee, and Green Bay. Wis,
The committee OF seven having in
charge the reorganization Of the Madi-
son Square BANK, New York, have asked
The receivers for full information regarding
the securities in the bank vaults in order
70 establish proper basis for reorganiza-
cion
The duties received at the Custom
House, New York, at this port during
the month of August were $5, 600, 900 less
than those received in the same month of
1892. Nearly so per cent. OF the duties
daily paid into the cashiers Office is in gold
coin
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
FRIDAY, SEP. 1.

An unknown laborer was killed by a
train on the Long Island railroad near
Springfield.
Eleven year-old Mary Mitchell was ia
tally burned at Brooklyn by the ignition of
q cup Of varnish
Hattie Stratton, a beautiful and accom-
plished young woman, has been arrested
At Port Townsend for smuggling opium.
Frederick Brooks, jr., aged l6, was
probably fatally in jured at Mount Vernon
by being thrown from horse and kicked
On the head
Frank A. Lewis, of New York, was ar
rested at Cottage City Mass, for obtain
ing money under false pretenses. He is a
native of Paterson, n. ].
Emma F. Bschman, aged 80, wife of .
Jersey Central engineer, cut her throat
with q butcher knife at Morse's Mills, n.
J. She left three children.
The longshoremen's strike at New York
b over, the men having yielded and ap-
piled for work.
More than 10000 miners returned to
work in Wales yesterday. About 10000
men are still out
Two more suspended banks of Louisville,
the City National and the Merchants Ma
tiOnal. have resumed business.
It required 1888 ballots to nominate H.
s. Bundy for Congress at Ironton, Q.
The Monmouth Park Association has
commenced libel suit against the New
York Times and the New York Tribune for
&100, 900 damages
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08

George Roberts, Of Tacoma, Wash.
the inventor Of hop sprayer In gen.
eral use in the Washington hop fields, has
now invented machine for picking hops
The vines are showed into cylinder like a
threshing machine and the leaves are sep
arated from the hops by breeze generated
from the rapid revolution Of the cylinder.
From one of ex-senator John ].
ingalls, closest friends comes the
statement that he will be candidate
for the United States Senate in 1896, and
that as a stepping stone to that place he
proposes to become a candidate for Gov
ernor OF Kansas at the next election
A physician reported to the New
York Board of Health last night that
there were several cases OF small pox In
the tenement at 1S8 Madison street An
inspector who went there found five per-
sons sick with the disease They were
sent To Riverside Hospital
A dispatch from Kissngen, Berlin, says
that Prince Bismarcks rheumatism is
growing worse.
New York was In her glory at the Chi
cago Worlds Fair yesterday. State officials
were in attendance and many noted citi.
zens. Speeches were made by Governor
Flower and Chauncey NJ. Depew There
was reception in the evening.
Private letters just received from
the Congo State report that Kerckhoven's
expedition was completely destroyed after
their leaders death Twenty white men
lost their lives.
The cholera in Hungary is decreasing
rapidly. During the last IS hours there
have been 81 new cases and IS deaths.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Wanted No Big Words.

From the New York Herald.
The following little story is told OF
citizen OF Port Chester, N. Y, whose
education was somewhat superior to
his wife's, fact regarding which she
was very sensitive.
On one occasion the man drove
over to White Plains to inquire re-
garding the health Of his sister-in-law,
who was dangerously i'll. Upon re.
turning he was met by his wife, who
asked of her sisters condition.
"She is convalescent," replied the
man.
Immediately and in the most en-
phatic manner the woman cried out ::
81 want none OF your soothing words
l want facts. You tell me this minute,
Is my sister dead or alive p
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08

am an old man and have been a
constant sufferer with catarrh for the
last ten years. | am entirely cured
by the use Of Ely's Cream Balm. 1t
is so strange that SO simple a remedy
will cure such a stubborn disease.
Henry Billings, U. S. Pension Atty,
Washington, ID. c.
suffered for more than ten years
with that dreadful disease, catarrh,
and used every available medicine
that was recommended. to me.
cannot thank you enough for the
relief which Ely's Cream Balm has
afforded me.-Emanuel Meyers, Win
field. l.. J., n. Y.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Record of Important Events During
the Past Week.
THURSDAY, AUG. 81.

james CASTOR, a Somerville, N. j., sta
Soener, failed yesterday. Liabilities IS, 900;
asssts$2, 500.
ct st. Paul will start up In a few days.
snd 1000 men.
At the Spinners' executive committee
meeting at Fall River 1t was voted to call
special general meeting next Friday night
b consider the wage question.
Kansas City business men and bankers
are unanimous in their opinion that the
low point In the present financial depres-
mon has been reached by Kansas City, and
that the upward movement has begun.
The St. Louis Stamping Co. has re-
sumed operations after an idleness Of sew
sral weeks. The Importance Of the
assumption will be understood when It is
known that 10, 900 persons are directly or
indirectly affected by it.
The announcement that the Big Four
Railroad company has determined TO re
duce the wages Of all the men employed on
the system has created intense feeling
among all classes Of trainrnen in the com
pany's service and they openly declare they
will not submit to the proposed reduction.
The overdue steamer Ssrnia has been
spoken in lat 50, long. 3. All are well
She is in tow Of the Allan steamer Monte
videsn bound for London.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Connecticut Universal Peace meeting has
opened at Mystic Conn. The principal
speech was made by William Evans, Of
Derby.
The New Jersey Flying Post Company
has been incorporated with capital of
$50, 900, The company will start the pub
hcation Of a daily morning paper at Pater
son to be called the Flying Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Saved BY a Narrow Margin.

From the Chicago Record.
Been to lodge. have you, Absalom7"
said Mrs. Rambo, in metallic tone
of voice.
eyes m DEAR" replied Absalom.
"What time does the lodge usually
let out ?"
"About--um-about II o'clock
"And what time do you think it is
now 7"
"Er-it's about IL, isn't it ?"
"lt is half past 2. Does it take
three hours and half to come homer
"Yes, m dear. Lodge bodies move
slowly"
And Mrs. Rambo went gaspingly
upstairs to bed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Physicians May Advertise.

We believe the time is fast coming
when all progressive physicians will
feel at liberty to advertise as freely as
men engaged in other business, and
there is no reason why they should
not do SO, except the restriction laid
down in an ancient code that not one
doctor in ten has ever read, but OF
which the average physician stands in
mortal terror. COcert Medical Meas.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08

PAssArc y j., Sep. 4--Justice of the
Peace William Levy was arrested re-
Gently on charges of forgery and Of per
jury preferred by George P. Rust, of Pas
sale Moses Simon and Brewer Philip
Katz were his bondsmen. Levy has not
been seen or heard of since he was released
on bail and Simon thinks he has disap-
peared for good Some Of his notes en-
dorsed by Simon are falling due and will
have to be paid shortly and a second mort
gage for S4, 500 on some tenement property
in First street given to protect the bonds
men is said to have turned out to be worth
lass
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
New Reading Plan.

PHILADELPHIA, Sep. 4.-The President
Of the Reading railroad gives notice that
an arrangement has been made with Messrs.
& Co. and Brown Bros & Co., to purchase
the Reading rs of 1903 from the holders
at par or their maturity, October /, 1898,
and to extend them as gold bonds for 40
years at 3 per cent. interest, also payable
in gold and free Of all taxes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
TUESDAY, SEP, r.

Herr Paasch, the notorious anti-Semte,
has been pronounced dangerous lunatc
and has been sent to the asylum at Dali
dorf, Brussels.
Ralph De Forest of Boston, the cooh on
the dining Car which went down in the
Chester wreck, died yesterday, making the
list Of the dead H.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Grand Army Encampment.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sep. 5--The attendance
at the Grand Army encampment is fully
up to expectations, and the programme is
being satisfactorily carried out. The
woods are full of available candidates TOR
the Office of COMMANDMENTS Chief the list
comprising Gen. S. n. Hurst, Ohio; Capt.
]. G. B. Adams, Massachusetts, Gen. f.
Burd Grubb, New Jersey; Edgar Allen,
Virginia; Charles P. Lincoln, Washington;
James A. Sexton, Chicago, and others
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Costa Rica Ouarantinex.

NEW YoRx Sep. 4.-The Herald cores
pondent in Costa Rica telegrsphs that
country has established several quaran-
unes-one against New York on account
Of cholera another against Honduras and
Nicaragua for small pox and third
against Bocas del Toro for yellow fever.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Death in a Mine.

evansville, Ind, Sep 8.--At Sbelburns,
on the Evansville {, Tsrre Hsute road yes.
terday, II force OF men went down into q
coal mine to resume work after weeks Of
idleness. There was gas explosion and
the mine was wrecked. Eleven men have
been taken out badly injured and mutt
lated Four will die and probably more.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Waltham Mills Start

BosToN, Sep. 6-The Boston Manufac-
turing Company's mills at Waltham
started yesterday after q suspension of
work'for month. The company intends
to keep the operatives at work every other
week until the business outlook is brighter.
The company employs 1900 hands
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Knott for Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4.-The President
and Secretary Gresham are giving atten-
tion to the election of new Minister to
Hawaii to succeed Mr.. Blount and an ap-
pointment to the Office of Minister may
be expected in the near future
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Cleveland M the TheAtre-

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4-President Cleve-
land and Secretary Lamont occupied box
at the National Theatre Saturday night,
and apparently enjoyed the performance OF
Frohman's comedians in the new play,
The Other Man"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Bold Robbers.

New YORK, Sep. A special to the
World from Managua, Nicaragua says: A
party Of disbanded troops yesterday cap
tured the convoy of government funds des-
tined to pay the regular troops. The es-
eort pluckily maintained the unequal fight
and fierce battle resulted The guerril-
las killed all of the members of the es-
cort and seized the money, amounting to
$50, 0O0 The robbers then fled to Hon
duras
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Fractional silver.

PARIS, Aug. 50. The French govern.
ment has agreed to call a conference of the
members of the Latin Union in Paris, to
decide the question of the naturalization
of fractional silver currency.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08

New YORK, Sep 1.-The Republican
State committee at their meeting yesterday
decided to hold their convention at Syra-
cuse, n. Y, October g.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Buffalo Bank Resumes.

BUFFALO, Sep. 1.-The Queen City
Bank, which suspended several weeks ago,
resumed business yesterday. There was
no rush to withdraw deposits and the
bank is receiving more than IL pays out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
A Welsh Choir for the Fair.

New YORK, Sep. A Welsh choir Of
forty voices, in charge of Mrs Novello
Davies director, with an accompanist, ar
rived on the steamship Paris, en- route to
the Worlds Fair.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Fears for the yalkyrie.

New York, Sep. 5.-While Lord Dun
ravens yacht Valkyrie, which sailed for
America on the morning of Aug. go, is not
overdue, there is little anxiety among
yachtsmen concerning the racer as no
ocean steamships have sighted her.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Quincy Still In

WAsHlNGTos, Sep. Assistant Sec
retary Josiah Quincy Is expected to return
10 Washington GA Tuesday next to resume
his duties In the State Department.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08
Doctors Differing.

From the Boston Transcrlp.
Butcher. "Didn't like that ham ?
Why, it was some that | cured my
self"
Customer. Call that ham cured ?
Why, man, it wasn't even GONZALES
cent"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-08

A4-=t ai<~
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-25

abdomen. The last wound has never
healed and has still to be dressed twice
daily. Speaking of the suspension OF his
pension Judge Long said to q re-
porter:
81 wouldn't be more astonshed if you told
me that the governor has suspended me from
my office as Judge. | can't imagine any reason
am unable to understand it. Well, | won't
put in any sleepless nights in consequence.
can STUB along without it. guess, although
know OF 10 one who would take my wounds in
consideration for the pension have been re
ceiving. Honestly, don't feel as bad about it
as would if it was some other poor fellow who
couldn't afford to lose his pension as we'll as
can
A more inexcusable case than this one
is that of Hiram Weeks OF minneapolis
who has been receiving Sc per month.
Weeks served four years in the Federal
army during the war of the rebellion.
While in the service he passed through
43 battles, one of which was Gettysburg.
He is now very near death from gangrene
of the foot and various other complaints,
some of which have been traced directly
to his exposure in the army. The only
reason which can be found for the out
ting off of his pension is the incomplete
and one-sided report which was sent to
Washington by the st. Paul Board of
Examiners, who refused to look at his
foot at the last examination.