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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16
The .MiddIe Stnte..

1t is sufficient for the people who are
obliged to ''skimp" and manage to make
both ends meet to realize that they get
more pleasure out of life than those
who can afford to crafty their whims
and who need not think before deciding
upon any purchase that strikes their
fancy, says writer in the New York
Tribune. AS Bridget says in Elsie"
there is middle state" in which peo-
pie are far happier-if they would only
believe it-than those who are well en-
dowed with this worlds goods. "a pur-
chase is only purchase, now that we
have money" continues Bridget, regret
| fully. Formerly it was triumph!
When we coveted luxury in those good
old times we used TO have debate for
days before, and weigh the for and
against, and think what we might spare
it out of, and what saving we could hit
upon that could be an equivalent. A
thing was worth buying then, when we
felt the money we paid for it," A
book, an ornament, plant, bit OF
china, a piece of silver-all had their
value in those days of our simplicity,
Shall we ever learn that there are better
things in the world than money can
buy? Simple pleasures and happy
hours, that are unattainable by the
rich! What are the young people made
Of nowadays that they dread poverty
so much? Are not youth and health and
a sufiiciency for absolute needs riches
enough? Does romance count for moth
ing in these days of Mammon? Riches
take to themselves wings and flee away
and, as matter of fact and of stats
ties, those marriages which, from 6
worldly point of view, seem most de
sirable, often turn out disappointing
while the young couple who begin life
with modest wishes and simple require
ments are apt in their middle life t.
bask in the sunshine of prosperity
Some author has said that comfortable
fortune is the supplementary youth O.
middle age. A poor supplement, indeed
and one which those who possess thu
real thing need not envy, even although
comparative poverty may be its accom-
paniment.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

A certain Milwaukee steamboat cap
tain became impatient the other day, as
lake captains are liable to do, because
of the slow and poor work dons by some
of the handlers of freight who were
loading the vessel. With round, we'll
measured swear words, the captain in
formed some of the men what he
thought of their work and of them.
One good-natured man, with some ma
tural humor as well as physical ability.
turned to the commander and delivered
himself of the following: "Well, cap
tain, what do you expect for SIS a
month-congressme and senators?"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

An Emporia (Kan.) man heard dis
turbance in the night and on getting up
to see what was the matter found his
bulldog engaged in desperate strug-
gle with jack rabbit. Concluding that
it was dangerous to interfere, he went
back into the house and shut the door.
In a short time the outside struggle
ceased. and looking up he was sur
prised to see jack rabbit looking in
over the transom of the front door. In
the morning he went out and found
the bulldog dead in the front yard, with
marks of rabbit teeth all over his per-
son, bearing mute testimony to his
brave and desperate struggle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16
Signs Of Defeat.

The weakening of silverites in the sill
vcr mining region is somewhat signifi-
cant. Utah's democrats, who have here
tofore been among the most ultra
Bryanish of the Bryanites, are talking
about abandoning the Chicago creed
of 1896. The chairman of Utah's dem
ocratic state committee opposes the
continuance of the union with the pop
ulists and silver,ex-republicans. 81 be-
lieve the democracy has done enough to
satisfy the fair-minded friends of sill.
YER" he declares, and he adds that he is
"unalterably opposed to buying sup
port for free coinage by the promise OF
offices in advance" This kind of Ian
guage will brighten Bryan. Bryan
himself is populist, the convention in
which he was nominated was run in the
interest of populist fusion, and much of
the distinctive principles of that con.
ventions platform were popuist doc
trine. If the democrats abandon the
populists Bryan's chances for nomina-
ton by the democrats in 1900 will be
very faint. and the chances for the cleo
ton of either democratic or populist
candidate will be fainter still.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

The very unusual scene of man
walking through the street with two
bushel meal sack full of silver dollars
was witnessed at Lexington, KY. few
days ago. Just before the close of
banking hours two men, apparently
good old farmers, walked into the
Phoenix national bank, one of them car
rying the sack. They told Cashier Wal
Ter Rhodes that they wanted to make a
deposit, which he, knowing the men to
be citizens of the country, from near
Jacks Creek, accepted. They united
the bag and counted out sum which
looked to be about $4,000, every piece OF
which was a shining silver "plunk.
A part of the money was carefully
wrapped in paper packages, $50 in each
The scent of these packages clearly
indicated that the money had been bur.
led beneath the earth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16
Money Wasted.

There are great many persons in this
country who squander money on
postage stamps and postal cards who
might great deal better save it. If it
were not for such persons, however,
Uncle Sans postal revenues would be
greatly reduced, so it is just as well,
perhaps, that things are as they are.
One form of letter writing is especially
prevalent in rural communities. 1t is
practiced by people who have no large
business interests, but who love 10 re-
ceive mail. These people make prac-
and prospectuses. Whenever they see
an advertisement Samples free by
mall" they write for a sample. They
send their names to directories and are
| classed as agents" and almost any
day the agent" can go to the post of
flee and get bulky catalogue from
| some concern which manufactures two
dollar revolvers and three-dollar gold
watches. The young man who has a
passion for answering advertisements
loves to be seen coming from the post
Office with an armload of mail. The fact
that he is in correspondence with SC
many important business houses seems
to give him sort of standing, or at least
he fancies so. At any rate he helps to
increase the revenues of the postal de-
partment.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

A Wabash (Ind.) physician reports
well-defned case of a homesick COW.
The doctor few weeks ago bought
fine mixer from Wabash county farm
err. She was brought in and placed in
his stable, but from the first day re-
fused to eat, and spent the days and
nights in melancholy lowing. She the
first day or two gave an abundance of
milk, but soon afterward became dry"
and the doctor became fearful she
would die. The other day he returned
her to the farmer. She appeared over
joyed to get back to the old home, be-
gan to eat voraciously and is again Civ
ing milk. The doctor attributes it all
to inconsistencies.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16
Hood Diff aFs aas gsss Qftqs79ipnel
iboOo y ltiS gffls, saf stssssa9s. ne
NO RELIGION ABOUT FISH.


Didn't II ever strike yos tkst IT, highly
inconsistent TO associate FISH WISH Lefst. a.
the church does, Mrs GraGspasT sad Mr.
Grumpus at the breakfast table, ss he
picked obviously into che snb@rbs 0f hiss
fish cake with one tine 81 his fork. Dir.
Grumpus appetite had been sufficiently
gratified at the club the previous night to
make him triile critical.
What put that ridiculous notion into
your head?" inquired Mrs. Grampas, With
one eyebrow lifted 10 q SgSy ieSous ard in
curing wey.
Take tnat popular expression: You're
a lobster continued Mr.. Grumpas. Not
that you are lobster"
"Oh, let remain, 'Yoa're lobster said
Mrs. Grumpus, cheerfully.
"Mariar, don't trife Lobster, now, is a
term of reproach. That's one instance OF the
way the fnny world is resorted to for an ex.
preston OF censure. Another old phrase is
'as dumb as an oyster The very duinbest
thing on earth or in the waters under the
earth, Marian, is an oyster. It's the very
opposite of woman, you know, ha, ha.
That's one on you, Ell, Mariar! Remember
that other old term showing how man
Ioks to the scaly world when he wants
timile or a metaphor indicating contempt
| mean it is still common to call a bad law
yer land shark Why, l could prove
how low down fish are by number of ex-
amples, and yet fish are associated with the
most religious part of the year."
"John?"
eyes"
"Is there such fish as a skate"
"Why-er-yes. / believe there is"
as it ever used by men as simile or a
metaphor in describing other men-some
times"
"You don't mean to be personal, Mrs.
Grumpus?"
"Well, John, if I were man I'd say:
That's one on you'-and now we are even"
Mr.. Grumpus grinned and ate his fish cake
like man, although it had grown cold.-
n. Y. Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

The supreme court of Illinois has
handed down an opinion deciding that
the act of breaking into henhouse and
stealing chickens is burglary. The de-
cision was in the case of Gillock VS..
The People. Gillock was tried in the
circuit court of Sangamon county for
burglary and larceny, the offense con-
sisting of breaking into a henhouse and
stealing chickens therefrom. The case
was taken to the supreme court, which
decided that breaking into henhouse
did not constitute burglary. A rehear-
ing, however. was afterward granted,
and the court now reverses itself. I'm
der this decision Gillock will have to
serve time in the pententiary, accord
ing to the sentence of the lower court.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16
It is reported that Kansas has turned

1t is reported that Kansas has turned
out a man with decennial conscience,
or, at least, such man, formerly of
Kansas, has turned up in another state.
He has sent to j. d. Moody, of Eudora,
Douglas county, Kan, the price of
hog with interesD which belonged to
Mr.. Moody, and which the conscience
stricken one killed, in anger, ten years
ago, when it strayed into his yard from
the place of his then neighbor, Mr.,
Moody.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

A colored deacon, says the Kansas
City journal, was brought before a
church committee on charge of hav-
ing played the lottery" He admitted
his guilt, and was asked to make state
ment if there were any extenuating
circumstances, as the brethren didn't
wish TO be hard on him. Whereupon
he informed them that he was merely
trying TO get money enough to paint the
church. Then he was asked to retire,
but presently returned to hear the YER
dict, which was: "Guilty in a good
cause"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

A Sullivan (Me.) man whose young
son had had symptoms of Klondike
fever offered him the necessary $1,000
with which to start if he co.ld trans
port 1000 pounds of paving blocks over
land to Hardwood Hill on the airline
road, between February IS and March
80, without the aid of horses-giving
him the privilege of all the hand sleds
he desired, and three square meals,
state-of- Maine and woman-cooked,
every day. The young man looked at
the blocks, then to the east, shook his
head, and decided to go to school.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

The possibilities of Alaska still con-
stitute subject for speculation, but
that the bleak territory is to be per-
manently peopled, just as California
and Oregon were peopled, so far as the
rigors of climate will allow, is not to be
doubted. Thousands are already there,
and it is believed that 5000 will go
in with the advent of spring. Of
course many will return, but thousands
will flock thither in the following
spring, and so on until the inevitable
result must be fixed quota of inhab-
itants, to whom and to whose descend
ants Alaska will be a home. 1t seems
that no spot except the north pole is
impervous to the conquest of man, and
that in time must yield its secrets to
human daring.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16
Brysn's State Doing Well.

If William j. Bryan still has his face
turned toward 1900 he should take steps
forthwith to abolish the Nebraska bu-
reau of industrial statistics. For what
shall it profit calamity waller to go up
and down in the land preaching of in
dustrial depression if the official Stats
ticians of his own state SOW broadcast
the glad tidings of returning prosper.
ity? According to statement just is.
sued by the Nebraska state bureau, GOV.
ering the last six months of 1897, there
were 1878 farm mortgages filed in Ne
braska. aggregating $5,576,733 of in.
debtedness and during the same period
1925 farm mortgages were released
representing a total debt cancellation
OF $7,557,392. There were also 2,25G
city mortgages filed, representing ST..
S9O,s3O, and 1860 city mortgages re-.
leased. representing S4,245,91S. The
gold standard is still in full effect and
the Nebraska farmers actually are pay.
ing their debts and getting rich unde,
it. Something should be done about
this at once.-Chicago Times-H Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Eight of the most remarkable mar
riages on record took place within few
weeks in the parish of Ste. Marie, Que
bee. Two neighbors named NORM and
Rheaume have eight children, four
sons and four daughters. Rheaume's
four sons have married Morin's four
daughters, and Morin's four sons have
married the four daughters of Rheaume.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

An entomologist says he has known
q common garden wasp to kill 1000
flies day. If we have ever said any
thing in derogation of the wasp and
his heated terminal facilities, we trust
that it will be considered as never hav'
ing been spoken. Anybody or anything
that will kill 1000 flies in single day
is worthy of all praise, and the wasp
will henceforth be persona grata among
the ball-headed fraternity.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

At q recent church fair in small city
the receipts aggregated over $4,000,
which were mostly gained in unfair
competition with the town merchants
A dealer who succumbed to solicita-
tons to give five pairs of shoes saw
them marked at less than cost, and
affirms that he was afterward twitted
over his own counter because he charged
more than the bazaar saleswoman
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Edward Ahrnstitch, an Austrian, who
died pauper in Chicago the other day,
was heir to a million forms left to him
by his father, banker, of Buda-Pesth.
Such is the irony of fate. Men often die
at the portal of well-won success or Just
as they are drawn from the breakers of
adyersity.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Mrs. Hettie Green, the star woman
wealth maker of the United States,
found herself in Albany the other day
with only Is cents in her pocket. Her
maid had robbed her of $50 while on a
train from Boston, and fed while Mrs.
Green was sleeping.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Gentlemen" shrieked a medicine
fakir on the streets of Abilene, ~
pledge you my honor that there is no
whisky in this medicine" With which
the crowd gazed on him reproachfully
and melted away.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Hazleton (Ind.) disputants went to
law over GO cents worth of chicken, and
the litigation cost them $40. There is
nothing like having satisfaction. That's
what the lawyers think.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

In Atlanta recently an incorrigible
ten-year-old boy was sentenced, with
his mothers consent. to be confined for
so days, and to be whipped daily.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

A contemporary points proudly to the
fact that Massachusetts governors do
not interfere and pardon criminals who
are sentenced to death. Their pardon
record in cases of other criminals is
equally in accord with the popular feel
ing. that executive clemency should not
often overrule the sentences of the
courts.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Ex-senator Mills. of Texas, says the
programme of the silver men means
silver monometallism. That is so clear
that it is amazing any party should at
tempt to deny the fact.-St. louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Talking of weather signs, it is fair to sup
pose that, when allspice is adulterated with
eocoanut shells, the season will be mild
Rural New Yorker.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

The further a country woman is com
PEELED to bring eggs the more she wants for
them when she arrives in town-AtchisoD
Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

There is one enjoyment that we may
all alike enjoy" said the man of mod
crate means, land that is the warmth
of returning spring. can always tell
when spring has really come by seeing
somebody standing in front of a build
ing, where he is sheltered from the
wind, enjoying the sunshine of the first
really gentle day after winter. There
is q mellowness about it, broad, great
geniality, that is unmistakable, and
that we accept with grateful hearts. 1t
pervades us with present comfort and
gives us much promise of the future.
The glow may last, on the first day, but
little time; it may be chilly before
and after Happy is he who is abroad
on this day, and who happens upon a
sheltered spot at such an hour as to re-
ceive 1.-THE suns first spring greeting
to the earth"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16

Many of the counties in Kansas are
contributing money in generous man
ner to defray the expense of collecting
a credtable state exhibit at the Trans
Mississippi exposition. In the western
part of the state along the Arkansas val
ley, Kinsman. Larned and Great Bend
are preparing exhibits of the resources
of their respective counties. Hutch
inson and Lyons will make an interest
ing display of salt in various forms,
while Sterling will show it's corn prod
ucts in the natural and manufactured
state. a picturesque exhibit will be
made by the fruit growers of Leaven-
worth county, and the large packing
houses of Wyaadotte county will con-
tribute a fine display of cured and
canned goods as proof of the impor-
lance of the Sunfower state as meat
producer in connection with the great
and growing southwest.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-04-16
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The Monticellonian., 1898-06-03
Aocal Items.

The baseball fever Is rising.
 Black-berries are getting ripe.
 The County Normal opens next Monday.
 Mir. Joe Lee Allen is back from Chicot county.
 Mr. Tracy Finn visited Port land last week.
 Mir. John ]. Whitaker is at Pine Bluff on business.
 Oat-cutting is the order of the day. The crop is fine.
 MT. Chas. Tompkins is back from trip to Hamburg.
 Mrs. Ada Jones has returned from visit to Pine Bluff.
 Mr. Jeff. Thompson, of Ham, burg, was here last Sunday.
 Hon. w. $. Goodwin, of Warren, was in our city last Saturday.
 Miss Lucy Lambert visited her parents at Dermott last week.
 Mr. E. K. Gotham made busi- ness trip to Portland last week.
 Mir. Garvin Cavaness made a trip to Chicot county last week. Mir. w. II. Burlingame, of Pine Bluff, was in our city this week. Miss Edna Boyd is back from attending school at Philadelphia. Dr. Erskine's Cactus Compound for ner- vous and blood diseases Sold by Parlor Drug Store. ti. Col. R. A. Buckner, of Dermott, was d visitor to our town this week.
 If you have any kind of bond to make, see K. l.. Hardy, office over Bank tf. Miss Kate Jeter, of Hamburg, visited relatives and friends here this week.
 Mr. las. Waddell and little Miss Lilly, came up from Morrell last week.
 Parlor Drug Store sells Hills pills. They Npre nervousness, rheumatism and make rich, red blood and clear complexion.
 Miss Myrtis Pye attended the Sunday School Conference at Port land last week.
 Miss Ruth Wassell, of Little Rock, is visiting her friend, Miss Clara Dunn, in this city.
The Monticellonian., 1898-06-03
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