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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
REAL SNAKE CHARMERs.
They Actually subdue Venomous
Reptiles Into Temporary Doci1-
ity and Hnrmlessness.

The famous snake charmers of India
are divided into two classes, namely the
genuine and the imitation, or the real
charmer and the tricky but clever
manipulation of snakes. The former
actually charms the venomous reptiles
into temporary docility and harmless
ness, while the latter merely handles
those which have been rendered harm
less by the extraction of their fangs.
The real charner seldom performs in
large town, because snakes are not as
numerous there as in the smaller vii
lagos and the jungles. One of this class
is shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton, carrying his worldly possessions
in two bags hung on bamboo pole,
which rests on one of his shoulders. His
most important and highly priced be-
longing, his pipe, rude musical instru-
ment made of a gourd and section OF
bamboo, he carries in his hand.
If you are living in the mofussil, or
rural district, and desire to ascertain
whether there are snakes harbored with
in the precincts of your garden, pay the
charmer rupee or two and he is at your
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
TROLLEY WATCH DOG.
How Puck Is Made to Protect His
Masters House and Chicken Coop
at the Same Time.

In this age of electricity the wonder
full electric fluid has been applied to
many things. Back east, in Pennsyl-
vania, they even have trolley dog"
There is no electricity in the trolley,
but the dog works just the same. j.
W. Kneipschield, of Olympus, Pa, is
this genius. All persons who own dogs
and chickens will please study his ex-
ample. He, too, is chicken raiser, and
down around Olympus, as indeed every
where, the chicken thief is the bugbear
of the householders. He used to save
his chickens by stationing his dog at
the coop, until one night thieves broke
into his house. How to use the dog to
guard both the house and chicken coop
was the question. He solved it in a
strictly up-to-date way. He got the
idea from trolley.
He bought lot of wire and stretched
it from his back door to the chicken
house. From this he suspended an
iron pulley and connected the pulley
with the dogs collar. Now, when the
dog runs he follows the trolley. When
stranger approaches the house the
dog comes up on the run by his own
trolley Should the chickens be in dan
ger of raid the dog trolleys down to
the coop. The dog trolley usually
works like a charm, and the dog seems
to enjoy the fun with as much saHsfac-
ton as his master, who sleeps peaceful
ly all night.
But Mr.. Kneipschield finds that the
trolley dog has its troubles just as the
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
Quarter Didn't Bride Him.

A bright little senate page sat at one
of the entrances the other day when
lady approached him with visiting
card in her hand and asked to have it
handed to Senator Blank. The boy re-
piled that all the cards must be taken
to the east lobby. The woman was in
clined to be angry, and went away NUT
tering. Then a thought struck her,
and, taking out her pocketbook, she
found a quarter, and, with it in her
hand, she went back to the boy. Here,
my lad" she said, in coaxing tone,
there is quarter to take in my card"
Madam" said the boy, without mo-
ment's hesitation, 81 am paid larger
salary than that to keep cards out"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
E,rs ana ThfstIes

The darkest hour is only an hour.
Measure your plans by a line that
will reach across the next world.
The child will laugh and cry; the
youth will primp and sigh; the man
will twist and lie, and all will groan
and die.
Nothing emits a worse odor than a
fallen name.
Truthful boys are the timber that
great men are made of.
Cultivation that will not permit the
conscience to stand erect is unworthy
the name.-Ram's Horn.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23

service. Carefully depositing his bags
on the ground, he sits down beside them,
cross-legged, closes his eyes, and begins
TO play a mournful melody upon his
pipe.
To the occidental ear there is nothing
impressive or thrilling in the perform
ance, and you fail to detect even faint
resemblance to a harmonious arrange
ment of tones such as you have heard in
your native land. 1t appears more like
an irregular series of melancholy
means, soulful wailings, and dismal
shrieks, not unlike the productions of
beginner on the clarinet. You listen
with some degree of interest at first, for
the music, if it may be called so, is de-
cidedly novel; then you feel rather
bored, and are gradually drifting to-
ward the conviction either that you are
being bunkoed out of your rupee or
that there are no snakes on the prem
ises, when suddenly you notice a move
ment in the grass some distance from
the player and the head of snake ap-
pears above the blades swaying to and
fro, at least foot or two from the
ground
If it is cobra, the hood is expanded
and the eyes flash and .parkle like cleo
trio lights. Presently, perhaps, another
snake will appear ina different part OF
the garden, followed by another, and,
if your place is well supplied with the
reptiles, there may be a dozen of them
moving toward the player in spasmodic
leaps, while swaying their heads, and
at least one-fourth of their bodies clear
of the ground, keeping perfect time
with the music. They seem to give
themselves up entirely to the fascina'
ton of the weird sosnds and to lose all
consciousness of everything else.
AS long as the man plays, they remain
within two or three feet of him, while
he sits with closed eyes, apparently un.
conscious of their presence. And still
he seems to WELD mysterious power
over them, holding them at safe dis
lance from him, while they never cease
to oscillate as if in supreme ecstasy
Suddenly he removes the pipe from his
lips and opens his eyes. Slowly the
snakes sink fiat upon the ground, and
then glide swiftly away through the
grass, disappearing before you have
sufficiently recovered from your aston
ishment to begin to think of killing
them. The charmer never kills them;
his religion forbids it.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
Printing in the Dark.

Sulphate of quinine has some very
curious properties, one of them being
its power to impress an image of itself
or a sheet of sensitive paper in the
dark. If design be drawn on sheet
of paper with sulphate of quinine, ex-
posed for a few minutes to the sun,
then placed on a sheet of sensitive pa
per, put in book, and left for few
hours, perfect image of the drawing
will be found impressed on the sheet
of paper. Writing may be copied in
sensitive paper in this way, but it must
be reversed, or the writing will be re-
versed on the sensitive paper.-Harper's
Round Table.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23

The following skit on the various
schools of art recently appeared in the
Munich Jugend; IF he paints the sky
gray and the grass brown he belongs
to the old school. If he paints the sky
blue and the grass green he belongs
to the realistic school. If he paints the
sky green and the grass blue he belongs
to the impressionist school. If he paints
the sky yellow and the grass purple he
is colorist. If he paints the sky black
and the grass red he is an artist of
great decorative talent-great enough
to make posters"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23

NOTE l. That the wedding garment is
offered to all, so that all who will can have
1t freely.
q That 1t Is absolutely necessary to par
taking of the least of good things offered
by the Gospel
8. That there is no good reason for re-
fusing this divine gift
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
True Church Ideal.

Churches coming to a consciousness
must realize they are missionary
churches All must not depend on the
minister. A true church ideal is moth
ing but laymen acting as disseminators
of the Gospel. The genius OF the Chris
tan church is saactifiei individual.
ism.-Rev. DR.. Lamsom, Coagreg atIor
alist. Boston, Mass.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
Not a Painful Process.

Dorothy noticing her fathers beard,
which he has just decided to let grow
See, mamma; papa is just cutting his
whiskers.-Judge.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-23
A Definition.

Little Elmer-Pa, what's an optimist?
Prof. Broadhead-A person who is
constantly expecting the unexpected to
happen.-Judge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08

So, having completed her task down staira
she went to her W room. Then. finding
that the walking to and fro and solnd Of
voices had ceased, she concluded the pedes-
TRANS had started, and went to the draw.
ing-room, intending to dust some few
pieces Of old china she had persuaded her
uncle to buy while they were on their tray
els, with her own fair hands.
She had hardly commenced when APP
preaching footsteps startled her, and War
ing came into the room, and closed the
door behind him.
Il thought you had gone out with Ken
meth" said Mona, laying down her duster,
with q curious feeling of being caught.
w were just starting when one Of your
uncle's tenants came to speak to him, n
MI. Macalister's presence was needed In
what they called the museum"
Mona smiled.
You V not seen our museum yet"
"No," returned Waring, and there was q
pause.
He stood looking at the fire, and she hes
itated what to say next.
~ am glad to have this chance Of speak
Ing" resumed Waring, suddenly, AMI
looking full at her, a kind expression in his
handsome, soft, brown eyes, "for I want
to explain that I would not have intruded
on you had / had the least idea who the
niece was about whom Mr.. Craig spoke
with such very justitiable pride. l am
afraid that-that cannot be a very well
come guest TO youl"
Mona murmured a polite denial.
IF you would let me speak frankly to
you, l should be so glad. / don't want to
say anything that would displease you"
He colored slightly, but his eyes laughed.
"Oh! am sure you would notl' cried
Mona. Eyes! say anything You like"
She felt herself again.
THANK you. Well, 1 am very glad to
see you, and awfully glad you have found
a friend in old Craig. He Isl character
excuse me for speaking so unceremonious-
ly."
"Of course! lie really Is very good to
me, and l am fond of him, as I ought to
bel But 1t is not very lively at Craigdar-
roch in the winter! Now, Mr.. Waring,"
coming over and standing by the fireplace,
her hands clasped and dropped easily be-
fore her, II am Dery pleased to see you
again, and shall be so glad to be friends
quite good friends-again."
She smiled and blushed charmingly as
sue SPOKE.
80 shall J." very shortly. 'Do you
know ! have thought and tormented my
self ! great deal about you. Oh, no!-not
as ! used, / mean; because ! did not know
what had become of you. knew you did
not stay on with the Eyerards. am afraid
they did not behave very we'll"
Il fear | deserved their displeasure."
IL don't think you did. How is Madame
Debrlsayy"
Very we'll indeed, and no longer Mad
ame Debrisay. She Is married to General
Fielden. fancy you know him-an old
artillery officer"
mo! Is it possible' remember old
Fielden. 1t will be very nice for him to
have such a capital woman to jog on with
for the rest of the road. I always liked
her.
"Well, she returned the compliments"
IL am afraid she would not have thought
much of me il u acquaintance had con-
tinued. l was very weak and reckless"
He looked steadily Mt her nc h" said this.
Continued next weekly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
The Indemnity was Paid.

Washington Star; This controversy be-
tween Hayti and Germany. over the Lue-
ders case" said an old resident to q Star
reporter recently, brings to my mind
the fact that the United States at one
time at least during my life showed the
same spirit that Germany did In demand
ing an Indemnity at the point of a gun.
The incident happened just after the close
Of the war and was about the same kind
OF affair. The Brazilian government had
imprisoned or treated an American citi-
Zen In some outrageous way. and the
American minister at Rio Janeiro, acting
on his instructions, demanded an indemn-
ity. He was put off from day to day. and
hnally from week to week, until he made
up his mind that he was either going to do
his duty or lose his position, so he said
nothing more about the matter. but wait
ed for a United States warship 10 an hor
In the harbor. When the vessel arrived he
quietly moved his effects from the lega-
ton to the boat and then announced to
the powers in Brazil hat he had located
the United States legat on on the de,k of
a United States warship, and that unless
that indemnity was forthcoming In three
hours he would shell the town. The in
demnity was paid
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
The People OF Hammerfest Value Them
as Highly as Diamonds.

Nine. d'Aunet. while on q steamer
bound for Hammerfest, had her curios-
ity excited by the actions OF one Of her
fellow-passengers, a tall young man,
pale and silent, says the Youths Com
pdntOn. Several times q day the French
lady saw him going into his state room
with a bottle. She supposed it to con-
tain something stronger than water but
one day, when his door happened to
stand open, the mystery was explained.
The bottle contained water and the wa
ter was for a ~bouquet-a small bunch OF
roses and geraniums. The young man
must be either a lover or n savant, she
said to herself. Once, in a severe storm,
she saw him holding the flowers in his
hands for fear the motion Of the ship
should cause them injury.
With all his care, one Of the roses
was so shaken that some of the petals
fell. They lodged upon q corner Of the
French lady's cloak.
Madam" said the young man, in
English, shave the goodness not to move
till l gather them up" and he picked
them up carefully and put them into n
box.
Have you still far to 90 with your
bouquet" asked the lady.
ITO Talvik, almost to Hammerfest,"
he answered. 81 am carrying it to my
mother. 1t will make her very happy.
Remember, madam, that my mother
has not seen q rose for ten years. She
is not Norwegian, but English. Poor
mother! How this little nosegay will
remind her of her own beautiful coun-
try, where roses grow out of doors!"
When Nine. d'Aunet reached Ham
merfest she understood better how to
appreciate the mans solicitude. She
met a very rich merchant, who was re-
ported to have a garden, and II day
he invited her to come and sec it. She
went and found to her surprise nothing
but a few square yards of black earth
without a blade OF anything green with
in it.
rs this the gardenp" she inquired.
To her it looked like a bit of unpaved
court.
Eyes, madam"
"But there are no flowers, nor even o
blade Of grass"
True; but there are seeds sown and
they will soon come up. If the sum-
mer is good we shall have some salads
perhaps. Last year we had a dozen,
and peoples and buttercups enough to
make at least three bouquets"
"But why have you brought me to
see nothing but this black earthP"
Nothing, MADAME Nothingp And
all this earth!"
Then the visitor understood. 1t was
the earth itself that was the treasure.
In Hammerfest, she says, flowers are
Us precious as diamonds are in Paris.
One woman had possessed for many
years a rosebush which was the object
OF universal envy; and yet it had never
borne n blossom. Another woman
placed before Nine. d'Aunet upon a
table some potato plants. Their owner
hoped to see them flower and was In
raptures oyer the prospect.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
One Thousand Years Hence.

Tell my daughter that she must not
forget that dinner will be an hour earlier
to-day. She Is in Egypt"
"Yes. num-" (Telephones a phono-
graphic signal to Pyramid station No.
SO, $685.
Il see the airship from Market street,
Japan, nearing the window. Bring
my husbands slippers and dressing
gown"
"Yes, num-"
Now touch the buttons A. L. r. T.
Y. w. and x. I think that will be all
We will want for dinner. Here comes
ny daughter on her bi-wind flyer, Just
time. Call up No. $685."
yes, mum."-Boston Globe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08

BY feeding poultry and stock with
cooked food during the winter months,
at least one-third of the food Is saved;
also having stock in a healthy condi-
ton, preventing hog cholera among
your hogs, and insuring the hens laying
freely during the winter months wher
eggs are always wanted at high prices
This Cooker will pay for itself in one
weeks time and is without doubt the
best and cheapest on the market-just
what its name implies, n Farmer $
Handy Feed Cooker. Upon application
to the Empire Manufacturing Co, GA
ii street, Quincy, Ill, a catalogue, Civ.
ing a full description, may be obtained.
They are made In all sizes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08

that her nerves are failing, that her strength is going and that something
must be done to help her through the coming trials of maternity.
Build her Il at nee by a courseo of son tonic with specific powers. Such as
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. You a get it at any druggists.
Following we publish by request a letter from a young wife-of her own &c,
cord she addresses it to her suffering sisters" and while from modesty she
asks to withhold her name, she gives her initials and street number in
Chambersburg, Pa, SO she "a easily be found personally or by letter:
To my Suffering Sishrs-Let me write this for your benefit, telling you
what Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has done for lie. / m but
nineteen and suffered with painful menstruation, leucorrhea, dizziness, burn
ing sensation back of ears and O top of my head, nervousness, pain and
sorenes of muscles, bearngdown pains, could not sleep well, "a unable
to stand without pain, and oh! how Ilonged to be WE'LL
One day / wrote to Mrs. Pnkham telling her all, knowing / could do 70
in perfect confidence.
She wrote m e a lovely letter in reply, telling m lie exactly what to do.
After taking nine bottles of the Compound, n box of Liver pills, and using
onehaf package of Sanative wash, / can say l a cured. / am % happy,
and owe my happiness to none other than Mrs. nkham.
Why will women suffer when help is near? Let me, as n who has had
son experience, urge all suffering women, especially young wives, to seek
Mrs Pinkhams advice-Mrs r. 8. n, 11a E. Catherine st, Chambersburg, Pa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
An Aui hOrity on Prisons.

Count Rocco Dianovich of Austria, who
for ~thirty-four years has disguised himself
as a tramp and Travelled all over the
world, is in Chicago.
He makes n speciality of prisons, and
says he has, either as a prisoner or as n
visitor, been in every prison In the world.
When he was a prisoner it was in conse-
quence Of feigning drunkenness. He has
worked the treadmill in England, swept
the streets with the chain gang ip Peru,
Joined the penal colony in Asmania. and
has been locked up in Australia and At
RIGA. He says he has observed that the
county jails OF America are dirty. but
that its p~enitentiaries are the ~cleanest
prisons in the world. In respect to wick
edness he gives the palm 10 Australia.
Africa" he said, "s bad, but Australia
is the most brutal and vicious place In
the world. They treat prisoners worse
there than anywhere else. / have seen
them tied to a cross and given thirty-n'n
lashes for disrespe"t to an officer" Tt
count expects TO 60 from Texas to Oh
cago and from there to New York.
He came TO Chicago from California ana
took thirteen months TO make the trip.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08

TIE bolero lie a most adaptable earnsnt
q lends itself to a variety OF environments
Slip It over any Of your last winters even.
.ng waists. put on a new collar, end there
you are In an up-to-dats froek!
stamped vslvets are the very smartes,
;hings for boloroe. and IN Persian colors,
crow a girl who cut w q slightly worn but
handsome table cover OF this variety out Of
watch To fashion her a Spanish garment. bu.
: won't tell on her.
II you 80 In for picturesque effects why
ion't you buy one Of those fetching affairs
rom Csiro' You can get one from any
render OF Ottoman wares,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
CHAPTER xxIv.-MAN PROPOSES.

I'M lhh AAlN,-MAN lltUIOSES.
Morning brought renewed spirit and
fresh courage.
Mona could not help smiling at the sin.
gular combination of circumstances which
brought her once more face to face with
the man whose wife she had so nearly been.
1t was foolish to feel so uncomfortable
about meeting him. AS he was perfectly
unembarrassed, she was resolved TO imi.
tate his composure, and treat him with
friendly cordiality. He deserved consider
alton at her hands. for he had behaved to
her with chivalrous forbearance.
Still, she did not leave her room quite 80
early as she usually did. She was determ.
ined TO ran no unnecessary risk of a tete-d,
tete interview.
Uncle Sandy and Kenneth were already
in the dining-room when she entered, and
went through the ceremony of infusing
the tea before her uncle began the long,
rambling, e%xtemporary prayer with which
he always opened the day. They had hard.
ly risen from their knees, when Warning
came in and wi.hed the party good-morn.
ing.
~ hope you rested weelp" said Uncle
Sandy.
81 was extremely comfortable, but I
dreamed furiously, he replied. 81 seemed
to have lived over my whole life since we
parted last night. l hope the strain OF
Scotch blood in my veins has not developed
n tendency to second sight, now that l am
in my mothers native land, for / have had
quite awful warnings in my visions. Some
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
The GAY Gordons.

IN Gay
Who's for the gathering. who's for the
Fair?
tGay roes the Gordon to a fght)
The bravest Of the brave are at deadlock
there,
(~Highlanders! march by the rightD
There are bullets by the hundred buzzing
in the air.
There are bonny lads lying on the hillside
But the Gordons know what the Gordons
dare
When they hear the pipers playing!
The happiest English heart today
tGay goes the Gordon to a fight)
Is the heart OF the Colonel, hide IL as he
may;
.-(Steady there! steady on the rlght9
tie sees his work n he sees the way.
tie knows his time and the word to say,
And he's thinking of the tune that the
Gordons play
When he sets the piper playing.
Rising, roaring. rushing like the tide,
Gay goes the Gordon to a fight
lheyre up through the flre-zone, not TO
be denied:
~IBayonets! and charge by the rightD
thirty bullets straight where the rest
went wide.
And thirty lad are lying on the bare hill
side;
But they passed in the hour of the Cor
dons' pride.
To the skirl OF the pipers' playing.
st James Gazette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
Deafness Cannot Re Cured

BY local application as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only n way to cure deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you nave a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when II Is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
nal condition, hearing will be DESTROYED
forever; nine cases out OF ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but the in
lamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
cure. Send for circulars; free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. Zoe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-08
Tremendous Exodus To tho KIopdike

Despite the warnings of those who have
been on the spot, and predict suffering In
the klondike region, thousands OF adven-
turous Americans are wend ng their way
thitherward. All of them should be pro-
vided with that medicinal safeguard, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. which warns
and nourishes the sytem, and prevents
malaria, rheumatism, kidney trouble, be-
sides remedylng liver complaint. dyspep-
STA and constipation.