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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10

set cover and silk skirt are the last
garments 10 put on, so that the neck
and arms can have full benefit of the
treatment. After this is done put on
the skirt and waist of your gown, and
after all is ready brush the powder
from your face until there is just
enough to keep away the shine which
is so tormenting to the complexion
The powder should be left upon the
neck and arms for comforts sake and
for the sake of the gown, as it absorbs
pcrspiration, and thus the dress ma
terial is kept dry and fresh.
This is the only method used by pro-
fessional beauties, and is the one which
will be prescribed by any masseuse
beauty artist. If the treatment is left
until your whole toilette is complete it
never lasts as long, and your gown is
apt to be spoiled.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
TARRED MAcADAM ROADS
New Method Used and Advocated
by the city Engineer OF Cam
terbury, England.

method Of laying macadam roads,
in which each stone is coated with tar
before it goes into the roadway, is used
and advocated by the city engineer of
Canterbury, England.
In his system the stones are pre-
pared for the tar by heating them,
either in the open, or in an oven or kiln.
When done in the open, they are spread
out on fiat bed, some 10 inches thick,
and covered with three or four inches
of coke and breeze, with a little wood
to aid the fire, and in this way stack
of stone about five feet high is formed.
1t is frequently made conical and closed
at the top Then it is fired and allowed
to burn for seven or more days. AS
this method, however, causes the dis
Indignation Of many stones, an oven or
kiln, with its more equable tempera-
ture, is preferable.
Tar of go"d quality should be used
and heated long enough to assure great
tenacity. 1t may be boiled in 50-gallon
kettles, for three or four hours and,
after half a bucketful of pitch is added,
boiled little longer.
The stones, to receive their coatings
of tar, should not be warmer than the
palm of the hand can bear comfortably.
If they are ured when too hot, the
value of the tar for building is de.
stroyed, and, if they are not hot enough,
the tar will be so thick that it will soft
en- in hot weather.
When the stone is of the proper tenn
perature it is screened, so as to secure
three distinct siZes-one to two inch
for the bottom layer, one-half to one
inch for the middle layer and one
| quarter to one-half inch for the top
layer. The bottom layer is three or
four inches thick and is thoroughly
rolled, and a very tin top layer is laid
and also thoroughly rolled. A final
top-dressing CT euarter-inch and small
er granite screenings is put on, and
traffic is admitted to work this fine
material down into he tarred roadbed
A road so formed is said to be cap
able of carrying the heaviest country
traffic and to be good for seven years,
with an outlay of four cents square
yard for repairs, when more extensive
repairs may be required. The cost for
a depth of fcur-and a-half inches is for
material 36 cents per square yard ex-
cavating IS cents; broken brick ballast,
20 cents; labor Is cents; rolling,
cents; contingencies, 10 cents. a total
of s1.Os square yard.-L A. w. Bulle-
tin,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10

will make it clear that the dress is hello
in position by its rubber collar, with
the aid of the breastplate-fange and
wing-nuts.
The upper edge of the breastplate is
fitted with neck-ring and seq
mental screw. The use of this we
shall presently explain.
The boots are of stout leather, with
leaden soles, and are secured over the
instep by buckles and straps. The pair
weighs 80 pounds-four pounds over
the quarter of a hundredweight. The
lead soes are firmly attached by cop
per rivets. The tongues of the boots
are very wide. Boots intended for
rough work are fitted with metal toe
caps. Thus Misunderstanding dress,
breastplate, and boots-is our diver
arrayed. He has now to be weighted.
Lead weights of 40 pounds each, shield
or heart-shaped are suspended back
and front by means of gun-metal clips,
and studs or tabs, and lashings. He
has now only to put on his helmet and
to affix the air-pipe.
The helmet, like the breastplate. is
of timed copper, and is fitted with
segment bayonet-screw at the neck,
corresponding to that mentioned as
belonging to the sbreastplate. The
eighth of a turn, and the helmet is
firmly secured, being both air and
water-tight. 1t has three strong
plate glasses in brass frames, protect
ed by guards, two oval at the sides, and
round one in front. The front can
be unscrewed to enable the diver to
give orders without removing any
other portion of the dress. An outlet
valve is provided at the side or back
of the helmet, which the diver can
close should he wish to rise to the sur
face. This valve allows the breathed
air to escape, yet prevents the en-
trance of water.
At the side of the front glass is me-
chanical arrangement for getting rid
of the excess of afr, and ii also assists.
when the back outlet-valve is closed,
III thC cNPdHSlOH VI the
dress in rising to the surface. There is
also an inlet-valve, and this is con-
structed so as to allow the air to en-
ter, but not to escape in case of
break in the airpipe. The air-pipe
is made in lengths of from As to 60
feet, fitted together by means of gun
metal joints. Securely connected
with the helmet by means of the inlet
valve and an elbow-tube. the other
end of the air-pipe is fitted on to the
nozzle of the air-delivering diving
pump.
His leather belt is buckled on; his
knife, well sharpened, and of good
strong steel, covered with a metal
case to keep it dry and intact, is slung
upon it; and after taking drink, or a
little light refreshment, the word is
given: "All right" the face-glass
screwed on, and receiving a tap on
the helmet as signal to descend,
down he goes by rope or ladder, either
of which must be weighted at the bot
| tom.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
PROF. HOAG'S IDEAS.
Minnesota Instructor on what q
Course in Practical Road Con-
struction should Comprise.

In a recent paper on highway en-
cheering, Prof w. II. Hoag, of the
University of Minnesota, offered some
suggestions en- the subject of instruc-
ton in road building, based on his ex-
perience as instructor and engineer.
To begin, the students should be
brought into sympathy with the sub
ject by developing an interest in it, and
to that end few lectures on the his
torical development of highway con-
structi5n are useful. These can be fol-
lowed by an equal number on trans
portation in general. with special refer
ence to the part played by the COM
mon road. The subject is thus. shown
to be broad one, far-reaching in its
scope, and not merely a relatively mar
row one of grading, draining and stone
laying.
All the forces at work for the better
ment of the highways should then be
considered, beginning with the ma
tional office of road inquiry, national
road association, state associations,
state institutes, engineering societies,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
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TRIALS OF THEIR OWN.
HOusekeepers Have Them Just as
Well, and ms Many of TheIn,a as
Their Husbands.

None of them had been married very
long and their interest in the mys-
teries of housekeeping had not died
out.
what is the most awful thing which
ever happened to you since you kept
house?" asked the dark-eyed girl. The
group sighed as one woman. 1--WE
haven't time to tell" they chorused.
II think" spoke up the prettiest one,
"that the time l most wanted to crawl
under the rug and Just die in lonesome
ness was at my FIST card party. Five
tables had been ssrved with ice cream
when it gave out. There were eight
tables!"
"Why, never knew that!" cried her
husband, who was on the outskirts Of
the bevy.
"Of course notl" she flashed. You
happened to be at the second table
and when I saw you placidly putting
away the ice cream while your guests
down the room were starving II
came near dsliking you"
"What did you do?' asked the other
women.
ooh" she said, 81 Just told them
brutally that the ice cream had given
out and they couldn't have any. What
else could l do? felt as though red
hot needles were sticking into me
when did it, too"
TON brought mar home to din
ner one night" reminiscently said the
bookworm of the crowd, "Of course
1t was on day when the cook had left
and there wasn't thing to eat, but
believed in doing my duty as wife, so
] smiled and smiled and got hold of a
beefsteak by threatening 20 massacre
the butchers boy, who wanted to
deliver 1t at the fiat above, where ii
had been ordered, but was desperate
Well l put that steak in the broiler
and held ii over the coals-we didn't
have gas stove. 1t was slow work
so picked up the evening paper and
began reading 1t. AS l read | turned
the broiler over and over constantly
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
WHAT'S IN THE JUG1
How Foolish Farmer BiJlson Organ
lied AN Abstinence Society and
became a Wise Man.

We remember having once met
farmer going home from town. He
was in u wagon equipped with a hog
rack making 1t evident that he had
been delivering his hogs. He was in a
particularly hilarious frame of mind
and at our approach fiourished two
gallon jug and asked US to take one
with him."
whats in the Jug" we asked.
"a whole hog, an good-sized one,
too" he answered.
That the hog was reduced to liquid
form was evident. This man is
brought to mind by story told on
Farmer Billson who, like many an
other man who is not farmer, was
addicted to the drink habit. He came
to town one summer morning with a
wagon-load of corn, sold it, and start
ed for dry goods store to make few
purchases. There was a saloon on the
way.
Farmer Billson stepped inside to
take drink. Two or three drinks fol-
lowed, and then he lost all recollec-
ton.
Late in the day he woke to find him
self lying under tree. He was about
halfway home. His patient horses
were nibbing the grass by the road
side. He gathered himself up, felt in
his pockets, found his money all gone
but seven cents, and then went and
looked in his wagon to see what he had
bought.
There was jug about three-fourths
full of whisky-and nothing else.
twenty-five bushels of corn" he
said, "for three quarts of corn juice !!
Old man." he continued. Selling the
jug by the handle, and raising it above
his head, "this won't do! Old man.
here he brought the jug down with all
his might on the iron tire of one of the
hind wheels, to the utter destruction
of the jug and the total loss of the
corn juice-"well organize tota,
abstinence society right now!"
This happened years ago. Farmer
Billson is still a member of that total
abstinence society, in good standing
Farmers Voice.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
THE FINISHING TOUCH.
the Application of Powder
to the skin.

There are hardly two women out of
ten who properly apply the different To-
tons and cosmetics to their skins. As
a rule the finishing touches are left en-
,irely to the last, when they should be
begun with the dressing.
The proper time to commence 10 ap-
ply the powder and little tt nch of color
10 the skin is just after The hair has
been dressed. The tintinS should be
done first and then the powder should
be put on with lavish hand. The cor
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
DRESS OF A DIVER.
IL weighs Nearly Two Ill hdrea
Pounds and lis Described as He
ing Very Complicated.

Under the Sea" is an article about
divers in ST. Nicholas. 1t is written
by James Cassidy, who says; The
dress of fully equipped diver weighs,
in round numbers, 40 pounds, Taking
off his everyday garb, the diver pulls
on his thick underclothing- white
knitted sweater and trousers, and
pair of ribbed stockings, also white.
Should he intend TO work in unusually
deep water, he puts on two, sometimes
three, sets of underclothing, to relieve
the pressure of the water.
The woolen clothing donned, the
next garment is the diving-dress,
measuring, for a man of average
height, five feet five inches from the
collar to the sole of the foot. This
dress is made of solid sheet India-rub-
Der, covered on both sides with tanned
twill. 1t has a double collar, the in
ner one to pull up round the neck, and
the outer one, of red india-rubber, to
go over the breastplate and form q
water-tight joint. The cuffs also are
of red india-rubber and lit tightly
round the wrists, making, when Sc
cured by the vulcanized india-rubber
rings, water-tight joints, at the same
time leaving the divers hands free.
In the outer collar ~ holes are bored
for securing the breastplate. This is
made of timed copper The outer
edge is of brass, and has 10 screws
firmly fitted to it at intervals, and
projecting upward. These projections
pass through the corresponding holes
in the outer collar If the dress.
The band of the breastplate is in
four sections, and the holes in the sec
tions pass over the projecting screws,
and are secured in place by wing-nuts
or thumb-screws, as the illustration
shows. A little careful consideration
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
"a CAN'T"

II anything you asked of Tom
He always said II can'tv'
And one fine day there came to him
A present from his aunt
1t was parrot, gayly clad
In white and red and green,
Tom said SO fine bird as mis-
Had never yet been seen.
He bought cage, splendid cage.
And placed the bird within;
He tried to make his parrot talk,
But not word could win.
All sulky there the bird did sit;
A week passed by. and more;
But not a single word he said
OF all he learned before.
20 Polly. speak," cried Tom one day.
His boon the bird did grant;
And opening wide his mouth. he cried;
Il can't! l can't! / can't!'
Christian Work.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
MARE AND PANTHER.
Description of a Desperate Battle BE-
tween Animals Recently Wit
messed in Maine.

+ A writer in the Youths Companion
tells of desperate battle which he
witnessed in Maine between mare
and panther. The mare and her colt
were in an inelosure when the hungry
panther made its appearance at the
fence. Vixen, the mare, watched the
lank, tawny creature stealthily APP
proach, evidently with the object of
dining off the colt. The little animal
had run under its mothers neck and
stood there trembling. The marauder
leaped for his prey, but quick as a
fash the mare turned and met him in
the chest with her heels. The panther
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10

An English peer cannot resign his
peerage.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
IIXEN'S ATTACK.

pmplete somersault and
he fence, from which he
spring in a few mo-
h the ready heels of the
I'm, this time still more eff
d he lay half stunned. Be-
d recover Vixen was tear
pieces with her teeth,
bloodthristy brute was
her neck and shoulders Sc
panther was soon over
Fell to the ground, where
Rusly trampled by the mare,
dispatched by a long knife
of an observer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
OUR COUNTRY ROADS.
Squandered in Attempts to
Patch Them Up.

The rapid passing of the fall season
and the approach of winter brings
us face to face with the sad reality OF
wasted opportunities or our country
roads. Hundreds of dollars have been
expended upon the highways of Della.
ware county by the various townships
during the past five months, yet many
of these roads are now in fully as bad
condition as when the spring work
was begun.
1t is a waste of money to follow the
old plan of patching the highways,
yet year after year this method is
pursued, only to find the roads quag-
mires after every rain and morasses
when the thawing days in winter come
That all this entails loss upon farmers
II new wagons, repairs to vehicles and
extra horses is as patent as the pres.
ence of the mud, yet road reform for
large part of Delaware county seems
as large in the future as ever
Evidence of the value of smooth
surface is given on the Providence
road between this city and Media.
Some years ago that highway was a
wretched compilation of ruts and hill
locks and often two hours were con.
sumed in the journey between this
city and the county seat. Agood road
Rkd now reduces the time one-half and
wise cuts down the cost of repairs
nHn less than one-half.
kas been done on that highway
ipg argument for good
Ryery highway, which is
Aer than poor one in
maintenance, but in
\enditure for those
than this; they
putting property
Eers something
annually paid
hip govern
which
They
)pex
ing
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10

cycle clubs, other organizations deal
ing with the subject, and the attitude
of the press toward the movement. The
state laws should be gone over, and
carefully studied where efficient and
successful systems are established.
Visits to permanently good and hab-
itually poor roads should be made and
the causes that have led to the differ
ent results should be discussed and
identified. Road conventions and other
meetings at which papers on road
building and maintenance are read and
discussed should be attended. Some
good work on the subject should be
used as general guide, and this should
be supplemented by studies on special
topics, essays and discussions. drawing
upon all possible sources of informa-
ton and constantly observing roads
and streets in process of construction
Md under traffic.
The instructor should engage ac-
"" says Prof. Hoag. "in all move
nnia the state having any interest
e. Every instructor
peering having in imme-
this line of work should
1itical factor in this
Aady done so much
npcement of the
on the admin
Rv eyar
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
BRAINS OF CHILDREN.
Scientific Experiments Made to See
How Much They May He Ex-
ercised Safely.

How much happier the lives of the
thousands of children entering school
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
b ON Their Toes.

India wear rings on their
as upon their fingers, and
ride in SO doing. They look
Rvelsrs, but no more so
of the travellers attach
natives.-Every Where.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
ExceIs That Of a woman.

Wife (reading the paper)-The O.
raffe has tongue is inches long.
Observation-Disclosures you jealous2-N. Y.
World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-05


policy of paralysis! What other name
can we give it? Progress must be avert
ed. the hand OF the clock must be
turned pack. we must stand stili we
must cast down what has been won by
the blow ana Valor OF our people. The
civilization which changed California
from struggling group of Catholic mis-
sions into vascular empire; which con-
verted the indian hunting grounds apd
prairie lands of the Upper Mississippi in
to Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri, which
transformed the wastes of Nebraska and
Kansas into wheat fields ard gardens OF
roses. which dared the perils of devastat-
ing war, to do what it would with its
own, must be averted because there are
some leproSy cases in Honolulu.
III the policy of paralysis is to prevail,
If the Republic is to stand still. II we are
nameless and dare not keep our own. if
we are to have an atrophied army, and n
stunted navy. if we are content to hold
our greatness at the sufferance of other
powers, then let US accept paralysis as n
blessing in disguise--a narcotic or an an
aesthetic. Let there be no acceptance OF
Hawaii. no safeguarding of our interest i
in the Antilles or the Pacific. nothing but
a gentle. sudorific acquiescence In the de-
mands of the trusts. the extension Of the
pension bills and the tariff on wool
We should study history. and see in the
movement Of the Angl0-SaXon race the
pregnant lesson of the nineteenth cen
fury.
Read 1t in India from the time of
Wolsely to that of Dalhousie. Read it in
the Burmese policy of Dufferin Read IL
in the foundation of those Australian
commemorative. with their already
worldwide influence Read IL in the
Louisiana purchase, the F'loridas the an
neXatiOu of Texas Read il in tha ED
Dorado empire. ANA in the gold-mbeaded
hyperborcan fastnesses of Alaska Read
it i'm the gtist, of the South African con-
federation The advance of England tow
ards the equator ana the Nile Read It
in the victories which ovcrthrcW Nano-
leon and DESTROYED ee Read II in The
resiStless march of science. adventure
and achievement. Read il in the sure
steady growth of the British-American
confederation soon likewise to be a po-
tent factor in the affairs of mankind
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VOICES OF THE PRESS.
The Policy Of Paralyssi.
WASHINGTON Post.)

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t tt,, We nise MOI oeeh doie l" Sehd MIN
'iihtlS succoI:
5iioi az ne lhaoliitS 10 redu ana
ippis tHe lessons OF history, AS poieh'
nov a. they were 10 NelSoh' washington
anu Grdht.
III inns go" OF VICTORY mas II occurrei
10 our statesmen that we owe our
trluinphS 10 the fofbeafancc OF the great
powers. HAD any one OF them raised a
llhSei, We could not nave destroyed the
MAMMA meet, nor maintained Inc Antilles
niockade. is IL IN keeping with our ma
,lohai seil-respect that we should nave
oeeh routing IN the cahker OF Il genera
lioH Oh unfeauiieSS' ignoring every SuS-
SeStIoh OF prudence, wasting our Sup-
stance, ana yet expecting IN a sudden
ilaSI OF war 10 conquer even SPAN. Ne
Sdruohlc IRON! OF those war speeches. III
ooisressL ready 10 "liip All crea non IN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-05

The once famous 7th New York
Regiment which has passed out of
sight and almost out of memory. has.
it is said, implored Governor Black to
let them go to the war on any terms,
but the chief executive Of the Empire
state is not disposed to save them from
the humiliating results of their own
lack of patriotism now that they are
beginning to suffer from the whitening
effects of popular contempt. They
have now fully grasped the important
fact that the time has not yet come in
the history of this country when any
military organization, however well
drilled and equipped, can dictate the
United States government-but the
knowledge has come too late. The
prestige of this regiment is gone, and
there is little probability that it will
ever be recovered.
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FRANK l.. STANTON.

He sings: AMI his song is heard,
Pure as Il Joyous prayer,
Because he sings of the simple things
The fields, and the open air,
The orchard-boush. ana the mockingbird
And the blossoms everywhere
He sings of Il wealth we hold
In common ownership
The Wildwood nook, and the laugh of the
brook,
And the dewdrop's drip and drip,
The love of the liIy's heart of gold.
And the kiss of the roses lip.
rhe universal neart
Leans listening to his lay
That glints and CLEANS with the glim-
mering dreams
o. children at their play
A lay as rich with unconscious art
AS the first song-birds of May.
Ours every rapturous tone
Oh every song of glee
Because his voice makes native choice
OF Natures harmony
50 that his singing seems our own,
And ours his ccstacy.
Steadfastly, bravely glad
Above all earthly stress,
He lifts his line to heights divine
And, singing, ever says
This is better world than bad
Gods love is limitless
He sings: and his song is heard.
Pure as Il joyous prayer,
Because he sings of the simple things
The fields, ami the open air
The orchard-bouGh. and the mookinghird.
Ana the blossoms everywhere.
james Whitcomb Riley.