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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
HE KNEW THE BIBLE.
students Failed to Have the Fun
They Expected.

They Expecteu'
The late DR.. s. F. Smith, at one time In
his early life professor in Colby Univer-
sity. showed himself equal to the occa-
sion:
The President of the college was &C.
customed to conduct each morning the
chapel worship, but being i'll for several
days, he requested DR.. Smith to lead the
service. The students, not knowing his
great memory for exact Biblical history,
thought they would have little fun at
the expense of the youthful professor,
and spirited the Bible away from the
chapel pulpit. DR.. Smith took in the
situation, and losing no time in hunting
for the hidden book, repeated from men,
DRY an entire chapter. The next day the
Bible still not appearing, the Doctor re-
peated another chapter from memory.
On the third morning. there being no
Bible on the desk, he repeated a longer
chapter without apparently noticing the
absence Of the book. On the fourth morn
ing, the Bible still in its hiding place,
the professor thought that he would be
even with the boys. and repeated entirely
from memory seventy-one verses from
one Of the longest chapters In the Gospel
Of Luke. He spoke with great delfbera-
ton, taking very much more time than
was usually allotted to Bible reading.
The students found that DR.. Smith was
too much for them and suspended fur
Their operations. Not a word was said,
but the Bible reappeared the next day
on the desk.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
Some Beresford Stories,
STRAND Magazine.)

laborer once wrote to Lord Charles
Beresford, saying that his wife had Just
mad twins-a boy and girl--and he
wanted to call one Lord Charles Beres-
ford Brown" and the other Princess of
Wales Brown" Lord Charles gave his
permission, and obtained that of the
Princess. Four months later the man
wrote again: II am happy to inform
You that Lord Charles Beresford
Brown Is well and strong, but that
Princess Of Wales Brown died this
morning"
Lord Charles is man Of few words.
and those very much to the point.
Speaking in the House of Commons
one day. in reference to the Arab slave
dealers, he said, with great emphasis:
''Mr. Speaker, we ought to catch these
men. give 'em a fair trial and then
hang EN-"
Unconventional Lord Charles has al
ways been. Receiving an invitation to
dinner at Marlborough House one even
ing, he replied by wire:
"Sorry can't come. Lie follows by
post"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
OLD ENEMIES MEET IN LONDON.
Two Americans Who Had Not Seen
Each Other Since the War.

A"o AMERICANS VINO HAD Not Seen
Each Other Since the War.
Uondon Telegraph.)
Never since steamers commenced to
cross the Atlantic has London been so
crowded with Americans as this sum-
mer. They are to be met with every
where. The great hotels are full of them
and at Conversations and reunions
their presence is unmistakable-and
agreeably so, for the visitors are as un-
like the old caricatures Of Uncle Jona-
than as Hyperion to a satyr. Formerly
Americans, as a rule. made Paris their
headquarters, and merely visited Lon
don. To-day the French capital is al
most deserted by them, and II they go
to 1t at all. 1t is merely for day or two
The preference for the English metrop-
oils is natural, for here they are not
only almost at home. but have infinitely
more chances of meeting each other
and renewing old acquaintanceship.
A touching instance Of this occurred
yesterday In one Of the great hotels in
Northumberland avenue. A party Of
Americans who had arrived on the pre-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
IVY AND UNISON wrrp MIX.
Cursous PLANT Grovn hy q Ha1tsmOre
MAN Who ~ PuxsIed.

Baltimore Snn.)
From two big black seeds planted twn
months ago in the garden NJ r. r. Du
Val have sprung rlants which are hlos-
som,ne into curious flowers that puzzle
those familiar with horticulture.
The flower will probably he named
the ''Du Val NV" AZ II IL new one In
MARYLAND. Nv. Du vars garden Ia In
the rear If his home. whitmore Heights.
op Second street. wa'hrook. across the
way from the handsome residence NJ
Julian Le Row White II has become
a curiosity shop of flowers from the
use of seeds and cuttings which are sent
TO Mr.. Du Val nv horticulturists all
over the country in order that he NAV
try them In MARYLAND soil.
When the two black seeds arrived In
May from New York seed house Mr.
Du Val had them planted In choice
place in me garden. He became inter-
ested in the two shoots which soon
sprang I'D from the seeds. The tender
stalks were tightly curIed In knob
like that on a growing lima bean stalk
until the stems were nearly a foot high
Then the curl Strengthened and bushy
plant developed. from which soon
flower stalk.
Another thing which aroused Du vars
curiosity about the new plants was the
information ne received with the seeds
that they came from q cross OF Jim
son weed with the common yellow or
white lily. which abounds in old-fash-
toned gardens and about old country
places. The jimson weed. or Jamestown
weed. as II is more properly known. re-
ceiyes it's name from Jamestown. Va.
where It was first known in this country
from its growth about refuse heaps. 1t
is Of Asiatic origin. is Of a variety OF
stramonium and has disagreeable
odor from the leaves. Its flower Is a
deep purple in color.
From this strange admixture OF plant
lie Mr.. Du Val yesterday brought to
the Sun ofiice the first bloom. The now
er is about eight inches long and meas
ures six inches across the bell-shaped
corolla, which is indented like both the
parent flowers, the points ending IN
tendril-like twists. as do the Unison
weed flowers. The corolla 10 purple on
the outside. while the inside Is OF cream
color. Three layers Of fieshy petals
make up the blossom. the petals being
Joined with what tailors would call
LAP seam" A green calyx cup sup
ports the flower. which grows on
stout stem.
The deep purple color Is continued In
the stamens and pistil. which form =
group deep down In the lily cup. Inc
leaves of the plant are like magnihed
oak leaves. and when pressed emit tne
true jimson weed odor.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03

vious day were sitting at luncheon and
one Of them was with an English friend
who had called to see him. The CONVEX
saticn between the two naturally drift
ed back to the war time. and the Amer
lean, who had been a Federal. described
some Of his adventures and how at one
place the opposing soldiers used to work
so near each other in the trenches that
they were able to engage In conversation
and surreptitiously exchange tobacco
and tea-the Northerners having plen-
ty OF the latter and none OF the former.
while the Southerners were In exactly
the opposite condition.
But, he continued, the most curious
"swap" he ever made was a small pack
ct Of quinine for pound Of tobacco. to
which the Confederate added a curious
ly carved wooden pipe. That pipe he
had kept ever since. because he regard
ed 1t and the tobacco as having saved
his life: for somehow or other. his su-
perior officer had come to know that
he possessed quantity Of "the weed"
and ordered him to report himself con-
corning IT, Before he could regain his
post sl1irmish occurred, and the man
who was in his very place was killed.
At this point tall sunburnt Ameri-
can, with white hair and beard, who
had been listening to the other with
considerable emotion, interrupted with,
you. but didn't that Southerner tell you
that the quinine was for his little
daughter, who was down with fever?'
"Yes" said the other. Sand didn't the
Northerner say that his little girl was
iii Of fever. too, but he would share her
medicine with the other little one. even
without the tobacco?"
why, yes" replied the original mar
rator. IT believe he did, and that was
me-" "And here is my daughter whose
life you helped to save, and here is one
Of my grandchildren with her" The
Englishman who was present and who
sends us the account of the meeting,
says that there was then such scene
Of handshaking, introductions and con-
gratulatlons as must have made people
at the other tables think the company
must have been visitors from Bedlam.
The Northerner had also a daughter
with him, who Is widow, and the en-
brace Of the two women who had never
seen each other before, but whose early
lives had so closely touched was pecu-
liarly affecting.
"And to think we should meet each
other so far from home. and in England,
too" exclaimed one. God bless Eng
land for 1t, say l." replied the other.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
EARLY ENGLISH.
1t Bore Slight Resemblance to the
Language of To-day.

Language OF To-day.
Edward I. reigned from 1872 to 1907.
During this period the language Of the
court and Of the upper classes was Nor
man-French, but the people spoke a
form Of English known as middle En-
glish. OF these there were three chief
dialects. the northern. the midland, and
the southern. There was, then no one
standard Of speech (for English was not
officially recognized till the middle of
the fourteenth century,. Consequently
each Of these dialects was as good En-
glish as any other. and 1t is the remains
Of these dialects that still exist in vari-
GUS parts Of the country, and are gener-
ally considered as corrupt forms Of En-
glish, which they really are not. The
three dialects mentioned differed 80
much that works written for the
Southern Englishman had to be trans
lated for the benefit Of the men Of the
North" The comparative intelligilibili-
ty Of the language of that day may be
judged from the following extract from
Robert Of Gloucester, who wrote Tin
the southern dialect) during the reign of
Edward l.: 'Vor bote a man couthe
French me tolth Of hymn well lutte. AS
lowe men holdeth to Englys and to her
kunde specie yate. Ich wene there be
ne man in world contreyes none that he
holdeth to her kunde specie but En-
glonde one" That Is: For unless q
man know French. one talketh of him
little. But low men hold to English, and
their natural speech yet. think there
be no people Of any country In the
world that do not hold to their natural
speech except (in) England alone"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
FACT AND FICTION.
Had to Work Their Way.
(San Francisco Post.)


"A great many years ago." said an old
army oficer, II was stationed on the
Government reservation at Kibisidah. on
the coast Of Mendocino County. About
the only amusement had was working
tramps, and they were scarce.
'The hills along the coast from Kibi-
sillah to Fort Bragg are very precipitous
and in those days there was nothing but
q little trail that wound along the sandy
beach at the base Of the bluff. When
ever tramp came along and begged q
meal I would caution him against the
dangers Of the beach and warn him that
the tide might catch him most any
where. Then, to insure his safety. I
would strap on him an old lfe-preserver
from which I had removed nearly all
the cork and substituted scrap iron. He
would carry that eighteen miles to Fort
Bragg, and there friend Of mine would
relieve him Of 1t. In a day or two would
see It coming up the train on the back
of another tramp. don't know how
many hundreds of miles that scrap iron
was carried. but 1t was kept on the move
the greater part of year and half"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
OILING THE SEA.
The Wonderful Eject ON Enormous
waves-A Curious Sight.

Waves-A Curious Sight.
Uondon Answers)
One of the most curious sights at sea Is
that Of an Outbound snip.
Every up-to-date ship carries oil-tanks,
the quantity varying with the size of the
vessel. For instance, a steamer of LEO
tons burden carries on an average sixty
gallons Of oil. This oil Is the
refuse discarded by the oil refining fac
tories, and often consists of q mixture
Of whale oil. petroleum and vegetable oil.
1t costs about twopence gallon, and a
large sized vessel can be well supplied foa
20 shillings.
The oil Is slowed in spacious zinc tanks,
arranged in the hold Of The ship to act
as ballast. Each tank contains fifty gal
Ions of oil, and an ingenious mechanical
tap arrangement connects the tank with
the outside of the vessel
If dangerous gale arises and the ship
becomes unmanageable and likely to
founder. the sluices are opened and twen-
ty gallons or more of Oil Is allowed to
escape into the sea. t.ttsrF ttrH a
The effect Is instantaneous. However
stormy the sea may be, the vessel lies in
a gently heaving mill pond. There is no
fur Their danger Of laundering, and the oil
moves along with the vessel for some
time. often half an hour, after which Il
breaks up and disperses. The ship must
slacken speed little, and more oil Is let
out from the tanks. Enormous waves
may bear down on the ship, but on ap-
preaching the magic oil circle they seem
to melt away and pass harmlessly be-
meath the vessel.
Sailing vessels are not so often fur
nished with oil tanks as steamers. It Is
estimated. however, that over 800 vessels
have been saved from shipwrsck by
means of the oil tanks since they were
introduced a few years ago. It is only in
cases OF absolute peril that the tanks are
resorted TO.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
FATE OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY.
After He had Frightened Many Pc
destrians His Turn Came.

To-day the bad little boy took q long
thin bit Of board, wrapped the other end
about his finger. and hoped into the
rear end Of a market-wagon, after first
making sure there was no latent dog
under che seat, says a Chicago Post re-
porter. Once secure and facing backward,
he paid out the string till the board
skated along the roadway sixty feet be-
hind. II was great fun to watch the peo-
pie who waited till the wagon passed.
and then ran against the string. They
stumbled. trlpped, stepped high and tried
frantically not to touch It. They seemed
to fear II was live wire, and invited
sunstroke by the violence Of their dodg.
ing.
By the time they found that It was SIM
thsm-to the evident entertainment Of
several people on the sidewalk. string,
shingle and boy had ridden safely out Of
the way of rstribution. The wakon came
on downtown, and crossers grew more
frequent. The bad boy was half intoxi-
Gated with the swiftness Of his sport. He
had to Jerk the string now and then, to
save 1t; but that was easy, and It left
the mad pedestrian just that much an
grier.
Finally, however. 1t happened that the
market-wagon turned upon the cable
track, and gripcar shortened the line
little. Then 1t seemed misfortunee all
came together. for particularly alert
man snatched the string az soon as II
touched his shins. The bad boy jerked,
but the alert man jerked. too. The latter
was stronger. The bad little boy got of
the wagon and stood on his head on the
cable slot, as II he wished to slip through.
Then he lay over on his back. and the
gripman and policeman and half a dozen
citizens bounced down upon him. The
gripman swore. The policeman said some
things very plainly. The citizens asked
questions
The alert pedestrian walked down street
smiling and winding about fifty feet of
string about his finger.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
LITTLE CURIOUS NOTES.

The psychologists say that the right
side of the brain is of more Importance
to organic life than the left.
DR.. Omanza Of Vienna, has Invented
a method of geographically register
ing the pulse beats.
silk worms are subject to very fatal
and contagious disease, which the ento-
mologists call the muscardine.
Pasteur was the first scientist to prove
that bacteria and microbes could live
without air.
A fossilized tooth of some extinct spe-
cies of animal recently found In Cedar
County, Neb., weighs II IL pounds.
Lell, the geologist. says: At period
comparatively recent all that portion Of
the United States south of the Black
Hills was under from 500 to 900 feet Of
water.
The central air shaft Of the great
Hoosac tunnel Berkshire Hills. Mass,
has depth OF 1880 feet. and is q feet
one way by Is the other.
The average duration in flight Of me-
teors which are usually called shooting
stars" is less than j IA seconds for tho
red.
Sun spots are believed to be openings
in the suns photisphere, or luminous
envelope, through which the orb Is seen.
Saturn has eight moons. Mimas. En-
celadus, Tethys. Dione, Rhea, Titan,
Hyperion, and Japetus. They were all
discovered between 1855 and 1s4s.
The "Old Maid" stump Of one Of
the giant sequoias Of California, is rs
feet and inches in diameter. and shows
1,225 annual rings Of growth.
One cubic inch of the clay used in
Belgium for polishing glass has been
found to contain 41.Ooo.oOo fossil shells
of infusoria and others of the animal
culae.
The monad, the simplest form Of infu-
serial life. varies from onertwenty-four
thousandths to one-hve-hundredths Of
an inch in length. according to variety.
The river Amazon is the home Of a
species of climbing fish which the
scientists call callichthys. 1t is often
found high up in trees three miles from
water.
The native population of America at
the time Of its discovery was estimated
at 100000. They are said to have bad
400 different languages and about 1000
dialects.
Out of 100000 men who are full
grown natives of the United States, 600,-
900 of them are more than feet in
lssJ o usul eIou 000'O0S puv 'lqSIsq
inches
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03

popular Science News.)
The hottest region on earth's surface
is on the southwestern coast of Persia,
on the border of the Persian Gulf. For
forty consecutive days in the months of
July and August the mercury has been
known to stand above 100 degrees in the
shade, night and day. and to run up as
high as 100 degrees in the middle Of the
afternoon. AT Bahrein, in the centre OF
the most torrid part Of this most torrid
belt, as though 1t were natures inten-
ton to make the place as unbearable as
possible, water from wells Is something
unknown. Great shafts have been sunk
to depth of 100, 200, 800 and even 500
feet, but always with the same result
no water. This serious drawback not
withstanding, comparatively numer-
GUS population contrives to live there,
thanks to copious springs which burst
from the bottom Of the gulf more than
a mile from the shore. "Machadores"
(divers), whose sole occupation is that
of furnishing the people of Behrien
with the life-giving fluid, repair to that
portion of the gulf where the springs
are situate and bring away with them
hundreds Of bags full Of the water each
day. The water Of the gulf where the
springs burst forth is nearly 200 feet
deep, but these machadores manage to
fill their goatskin sacks by diving to the
bottom and holding the mouths Of the
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
Maiden's Retort.
(Exchange.)

A young man amused himself by leav-
lowing lines:
men ecorn to kiss among themselves,
And scarce would kiss a brother;
But women want to kiss so bad
They kiss and kiss each other"
A young lady penciled this retort on
the back Of an envelope and left II for
the young mans instructions:
Men do not kiss among themselves
And it's well that they refrain;
The bitter dose would vex them 30
They would never kiss again.
AS sometimes on poor woman's lips
Is applied this nauseous lotion,
We have to kiss among ourselves
As a counteractlng potion"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03

bags over fountain jets-this. too. with
out allowing the salt water OF the gulf
to mix with 1t. The source Of these
submarine fountains is thought to be in
the hills OF osmond. 400 or 500 miles
away. Being situated at the bottom
Of the gulf. II is mystery how they
were ever discovered, but 1t is said that
they have been known since the dawn Of
history.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
A Thoughtful wife.
cTit Bits.)

Bobbs was well aware that his wife
was in the habit Of rifing his pockets
when he was asleep; but. like wise man,
he kept silence on the subject. One night
however, he awoke and caught her In
the act.
"Haw he exclaimed. what are you
doing. my dear?"
The lady started. her cheeks flushed
the trousers dropped from her grasp and
she was about to make full confess
sion when q bright idea entered her
head.
Recovering her composure. she said:
II was looking to see whether your
trousers needed buttons"
"They do, they do. my DEAR" he en-
claimed. springing from the bed. Need
ed 'em for Newfoundland / won
dered why you didn't sew 'em on; but I
waited, for was sure you would think
Of 1t some time, and how kind of you
to get out of bed at this time Of night
to attend to 'em. Say what you will,
there's nothing in the world like a good
wife. Let me turn UP the gas little
so that you'll have all the light you want
in sewing 'em on. Got your needle and
thread and the buttons? No. Well, tell
me where they are and I'll get 'em for
you"
Mrs. B proceeded to sew on the but
tons while her husband sat on the side
OF the bed and encouraged herewith words
OF praise for her wifely care and thought
for his comfort occasionally remarking
that go where he would, he would al
ways say there was nothing In the world
Hike good wife.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
Her Impression.


washington Starr
She takes very little interest in public
questions. and her father and brothers
had disturbed her reading.
Dear me-" she exclaimed, do stop
talking about Mckinley and Bryan. Any
body would think. from the way you keep
discussing them. that they were base ball
players"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03

BY way of checking these figures OF
farm values we give the following aver
age farm prices, reduced to gold during
the paper money period. compiled by
Mr.. L. G. PowerA Commissioner Of
Labor Statistics of Minnesota. and
published In Senate Document s06 Of the
last session:
AVERAGE GOLD VALUE IN CENTS
IN IOWA, MINNESOTA. KAN
SAS AND NEBRASKA.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
CEREALS and FIDRES.
CEREALS AND FIBREs.
Ofacial Figures showing the Produc-
ton and Consumption.

ton and Consumption.
In answer to requests to publish the
annual surplus of wheat carried over
from year to year for some time past,
and certain other information regarding
the leading crops. the New York Journal
Of Commerce. in reference to the Droduc-
ton of cereals and fibres, says:
We take from Bradstreet's the fol-
lowing table Of the stocks Of wheat
available July in the United States
and Canada for a dozen years:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-03
And without Pain.

The National Association Of Dentists
Is having an outing at Saratoga and 10
probably practicing pulling corks with
out gas.