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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

ing, was less than two per cent. higher
than it was 10 months previous. The
plain fact of the matter is that, while
there has been considerable advance
in the current market values of many
agricultural products, thus giving to
the American farmer the first real lift
he has had for several years, and at the
same time improving business in every
department, the cost of living has not
been materially increased as a conse-
quence.
1t is not so much because of higher
prices as because of more work, better
wages, more money in circulation,
greater purchasing power on the part
of wage-earners, larger demand and
greatly increased consumption that
general prosperity has been raised up to
an average higher than has been known
for several years past.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19
A Sort of Hip Lock.

Indianapolis railroad officials are
blue, it is reported, over news received
from Virginia, Two months ago man
fell on the platform OF a train about
five miles out of that city, His heel
caught in q crack, and his hip was dis
located by the fall. Three surgeons eS-
amiued him, including the compapys
surgeon, and all declared that the man
would be a cripple for life. The man
was paid $4,000 and his lawyers fees.
In addition to this he was furnished
with a baggage car and transportation
for his lawyer and nurse TO go with
him to Chicago. The railroad efficiais
felt that they had made a cheap settle
ment. The other day man fell a. a
platform on the Norfolk & Western
in Virginia and worked the same ola
story Of the dislocated hip. But he AaS
been seen on the previous day hunting
for a place to catch his heel A travel
ing man was present and recognizes
him as the man who had been paid BY
the Indianapolis road. An invessiga-
ton revealed that the man was pre-
fessional contortionist, and could 4lsls-
cate any part of his body without PasS-
He has swindled several roads.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

1t is reported that about month ago
Mrs. Willis Folks, of Wellington, Kan,
lost the ring which had been given her
by Mr.. Folks at the time they became
engaged. She advertised for the trinket
and offered rewards greatly in excess
of it's value, but with no result. A few
days ago another lady of Wellington
went into a store and commenced to Try
on kid gloves. Her surprise may be i'm
agined when in removing a glove from
her hand she found strange gold ring
upon one of her fingers. The ring was
engraved From Willis to Emma" and
was at once recognized as the one lost
by Mrs. Folks. She had been trying on
gloves in the same store and left the
ring in the glove when Withdrawing
her hand.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The most costly public work COM
pleted on the American continent in
many years was the great drainage
canal of Mexico, which was finished last
week. This great ditch was made prin-
cipally to drain the Mexican capital,
which is in a valley, and therefore SUBJ
ject to diseases caused by accumulation
of the waste matter peculiar to large
cities. Poor though Mexico is supposed
to be, and cheap though labor is down
there, the drainage canal cost $21 ,00o,-
900.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The war between cattle and sheep
raisers goes merrily on in the other
states as well as in Oregon. Wyoming
and Utah sheep breeders seem de-
termined to push their flocks over into
western Colorado. The cattlemen now
have possession of the ranges in that
section. An endeavor is being made
tc get n few flocks into Routt county,
Col, to be fed during the winter, and
thus open the way for hundreds of
thousands of grazing sheep next spring.
Cattlemen intimate that this will not
be permitted, and that force will be en-
ployed if persuasion does not prevail.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The recent national" irrigation con-
gress, held at Lincoln, Neb., is said to
have been a spiritless, uninteresting
affair. The western farmers used to re-
gard the great irrigation companies
with much hope and not a little fear,
but they seem to have learned that
they themselves can make quickest and
cheapest such dams and bitches as are
necessary to them. They seem no long
err inclined to take stock" practically
or fgurative!y, in the big companies,
while the latter, except in portions of
California, seem to have but little
money Of their own.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

A New Jersey barkeeper recently tes-
titled in court that he did not know
what intoxication was. His deposition
recalls the statement of the duke of
Argyle in some temperance discussion
before the house Of lords, that no
Scotchman would admit another
Scotchman to be drunk while he could
lie still on the floor. The New Jersey
barkeeper could never have seen the
New Jersey farmer writing under the
influence of six fingers of New Jersey
applejack, or his testimony would have
been quite different.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

At Cripple Creek, Colorado's richest
mining camp and also the largest gold
producing district in the United States,
there is rejoicing and wondering over
new discovery. The vein traverses ala
geological and neurological theories,
for it is blanket" or horizontal layer
which has only earth-no rock-above
it, it is richest at the top instead Of at
the bottom, as is the rule with blanket
veins, the covering of earth is 50 thin
that il is being removed with plows and
scrapers, and the ore is being shoveled
from the level; no mining is necessary.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19
Reaching Out for Foreign Markets.

It was not until the restoration to
power Of the party of protection and a
stable currency inspired them with con-
fdence to rehabilitate their plants that
American manufacturers found them
selves in position to go ahead at full
speed. Now that the home market is
secured to them, they have taken heart
Of grace to reach out for the foreign
market as well. Our English friends
will find the competition from this side
the Atlantic a more serious factor in
their reckonings every year.-Oswego
(N. w Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19
That Town Is Run Right.

"Three miles from nowhere, in little
backwoods village over in North Caro-
lima the other day, found the one town
in the world where everybody works
and no loating is permitted" said
well-known travelling salesman the
other night. ''In this hamlet there's
no idleness that is not voluntary or
vicious, and this privilege is not allowed
even to the wandering Willie out of
job. On sign at the post office in
Beechland is this injunction, from
which there is no appeal: No loafng
allowed in this town. We work, and so
must everybody else who expects TO re-
side here for any length of time. Idle
ness breeds crime, and as we never had
a robbery or a murder here we have de-
termined to strike at the root of all
evil. Tramps will be given one hour in
which to depart, and honest men out of
employment will be given work If they
desire it. If not they must git, and git
as quick as their lazy legs will carry
them away from the village. This
means you"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

A bride of year was recently heard
to say that ten Of her acquaintance
were to be married before Christmas,
and that as the parents of all of them
had sent her expensive wedding gifts,
she and her husband were in much per-
turbation about the customary return.
There is food for reflection in her CON-
ment that, as they lived in small
rented house and kept but one servant,
their valuable silver was still stored in
the vault where it had been placed at
their marriage; that although the gifts
represented over $4,000, the young nus
band had to struggle for their liveli-
hood, and that the most modest pres
ents they could select for their ten
friends would take his whole months
salary.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

"New names for old things, re-
marked a gentleman the other day,
"are the order of the day. There are
from time to time heavy rainfalls Ia
this country which in the old time were
characterized as 'downpours. OF some
thing Of that kind. Now, however, we
hear of cloudbursts' everywhere. Every
time a mill creek overfows or hay
crop gets suddenly spoiled, it Is at
tributed to 'cloudburst-' People have
been dying from stoppage Of the hearts
action since the beginning Of mortality,
yet it is but recently that we began to
hear of heart failure A heated ssRa
is now produced by hot wave;' all
sickness that the doctors cannot An-
derstand is attributed to 'Brights dis
ease and living cheaply in summer is
called going into the country. The
nomenclature is different. but the old
things are the same"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

A California paper states that Miss
Elaine Telfor, young lady OF Is sum
ners, has become such an adept at bag
pipe playing that she is sought all
along the coast to give color to the gath
crings of the men from Burns land"
It is explained that Miss Telfor, though
an American by birth as well as resi-
dence, comes of Scottish stock. her ia
Their being an Ayrshire man who
traces his ancestry to Robert Bruce"
Miss Telfor is a slightly built maiden,
but "she carries herself with the pro-
verbal stateliness of the piper. and
marches to the tunes she plays" She
is fairly ablaze with medals bestowed
upon her by the admiring Sc0ttisA So
cieties Of California.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19
A Plain Duty.

The duty of congress is plain. 1t
must cut the garment according to the
cloth. 1t ought to make sure, by palms.
taking work upon the appropriations,
that the expenses of the government
for the next fiscal year shall not exceed
the revenues to be reasonably antici-
pated from the operation Of the Dingley
law as it stands ard from such new in
ternai revenue legislation as may be
adopted at the current sessiou.-Louis-
vile Commercial.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The var department has been in cor
respondence with Canadian officials
with the gratifying result that the
Canadian government has consen ted
TO admit free OF restrictions all sup.
plies carried into the Klondike re.
gion by the United States government
relief expedition. The free admission
of supplies is strictly limited to the
government expeditions, but there is
no inhibition upon the sale of the food
supplies taken in to such of the miners
as can pay for them This is as it
should be.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

SHOULD the clamor of disgruutled
merchants lead the Dominion govern
ment to the alleged threatened folly of
closing the Skaguay passes in an eff
fort Ito bring the United States to its
knees" trouble surely would follow
While the Washington authorize.
might act with forbearance, 80, 900 i'm
patient American miners stopped or
;he border of their promised land
could not be expected to. They would
be very apt to go through anyhow am
let consequences take care of them.
Anl vpS
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

An inventor has hit upon method of
putting stone soles on boots and shoes.
He mixes waterproof glue with
suitable quantity of clean quartz sand,
and spreads il over the leather sole used
as foundation. These quartz soles are
said to be very flexible and practically
indestructible, and to give the foot
firm hold even on the most slippery sur-
face
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

Some Of the leading farmers in the
Indiana oil district are taking advan-
tage of the oil boom and are using the
crude oil to feed their swine. One
farmer put some Of the oil in the feed
ing trough and found the pigs became
wild for it. He finds it an excellent
preventive for cholera, and has been
able to keep his herds, while those who
do not use it have lost many animals.
The oil can be bought at the wells for
43 cents q barrel,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

HE Legislative Interrogation of the
police system of Chicago is bringing
out evidence similar to that adduced
before the Lexow committee in New
York. 1t is shown, among other things,
that opium joints are allowed to flour
ish where the proprietors are disposed
to cough up, while others are run out
of the city if they show disposition
to resent the levvinr of blackmail.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

A Kentucky exchange says that Miss
Ona Ireland, young lady living near
Skillman, has bird the history OF
which would grace the columns Of our
natural history. Miss Ona has very
large and beautiful flock Of turkeys,
part of which were Matched in the early
summer months and strayed away from
the house for quite distance. In their
rambles young partridge, presumably
an orphan, fell into the ranks Of the lit
tie turkeys, and, finding the company
congenial, forsook the field, stayed ia
the barnyard and orchard, and never
for moment left the turkeys, eating
and roosting on the limb Of tree with
them. Now the turkeys are grown, as
also is the partridge, and it is ne an
usual sight to see the partridge creep
ing beneath the flock of turkeys.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

GBS. o. o. HOWARD has just supple.
mented what many other authorities
have said upon the necessity of an in
crease in the artillery branch of the
army. 1T is a manifest lack of sense, u
declared the general. ito build tine,
heavy guns and modern emplacements
and then undertake. to equip them with
unfit men," In order to make the
Notifications effective they should be
manned with trained artillerists, and
these can not be made, he remarked, in
a few DAYS.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

RECENT arrivals from Havana declare
thai big cargo Of medicines and cloth
ing, shipped from New York by the 10,
cal Catholic societies and consigned to
the mother superior of the Sacred
Heart convent at Havana for distribu
ton among the Cuban reconcentrados,
has been seized, condemned and sold
by the Spanish customs authorities.
The goods should have been consigned
to Consul-General Lee, in which case
the Spaniards would not have dared to
appropriate them.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

An eastern exchange tells the story
of an enterprising merchant who gilded
a lump of coal and placed it in his win
dow, labelling it "A nugget from Klon
dike-value, $4,000" He failed to re
move this valuable nugget" from the
window one night recently, and in the
morning found the window broken and
the gilded coal gone. 1t cost him 800
to replace the broken plate glass. This
is the result of deceptive advertising.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The Spanish have had their revenge
for the death of Col. Ruiz BY some
means Gen. Aranguen, who gave the
orders for Ruiz execution, was de-
coyed, with a small escort, from his
camp in Havana province, and, while
resisting capture, was shot to death
and his body carried into Havana and
placed on exhibition. That evens up
ha
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

John Muir, the leading naturalist Of
the Pacific slope, says the animal life
of Alaska is very abundant and varied.
More birds are born in Alaska, he
thinks, than in any equal area on the
continent, and these include not only
strong-winged birds, but thrushes and
tlnches that winter in Central America.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The recent death of Jock Darling, the
famous guide of the Maine woods and
the ancestor of two generations Of
guides, removes a man who for half
century was known to all hunters and
sportsmen of New England.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

Sir Thomas ]. Upton, who has just
been ilnighted by Queen Victoria, packs
meat in Chicago, has tea and coffee
business in New York, manufactures
ginger ale and mineral waters in Ire
land, makes CONNECTIONS in London and
grows coffee and tea in Ceylon. In
other words, he is hustler in business.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

A FAST mail train that arrived at
Rochester, N. Y, the other day was
composed Of one car filed with letters
and six cars carrying second class mai!
matter. The first car paid surplus
The other six cars paid the post office
department one cent pound and cos.
it eight cents pound.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

1t is reported that James E. Berry,
who died the other day, was very far
from being the millionaire tramp"
some of the newspapers called him. His
millions amounted to just $4,000, and
when he died he did not have cent.
1t took him less than year to throw
his money away.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

Big, shaggy dogs are in great de-
mand in Maine, and there is money to be
made in filling orders for dogs of this
description to be shipped to the gold
regions of Alaska. So great is the de-
mand that many fine st. Bernards and
mastiffs have been stolen. The chief of
police of Bangor received letter from
friend in Alaska, who wants carload
of dogs for draft purposes, and offers
good prices for all that can be got
here. Two carloads of dogs from the
maritime provinces passed through
Bangor few days ago bound for Alas
ka. There were 24C in the lot, and on
the way thither they had many fights.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals stopped the train
and would not allow it to proceed until
all the dogs had been muzzled. This
done, the dogs continued on their jour
ney west.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

Experience is proving that the ciga-
rette habit will find slaves among hare
Drained young women as well as callow
young men. Both New York and San
Francisco contribute victim to the
madhouse.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

THE story of the Pennsylvania WON.
an who tainted with surprise on see
ing her husband coming into church
ought not to have been written. 1t will
give other non-churchgoing husbands
the excuse that they are afraid Of in
Turing their wives.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The Dallas News observes: Mr..
Henry Highnote, of Kansas City, be-
came possessed of two wives by the ac-
ton of judge setting aside decree of
divorce. This is likely to produce much
discord among the Highnotes.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

Bishop Coleman, of Delaware, has
publicly condemned the custom OF
erecting what he calls heather mona
ments" in Christian cemeteries. Among
heather monuments he classes obeliskS,
wrecked ships, broken shafts and arms.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

lT now seems that Virginia is to fol-
low Georgia in passing bill to author
ize state banks to issue obligations
payable in silver bullion, and to pro-
vide for the defense of such banks
against federal tax on circulation.
Have these two states forgotten their
experience in the COS, in attempting to
nuIify federal laws? Better be patient
and trust to congress to reform the
currency.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

Some funny requests reach congress.
men, but Representative Lacey, Of Iowa,
thinks that a letter which he received
from a constituent takes the cake.
please send me-" said the writer, ''all
the obituaries about congressmeR that
are published. do SO like to read bout
dead congressman"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

THE rumor is current at Toronto,
Ont, that the Dominion government
has decided not to allow aliens to hold
mining claims in the Yukon, owing to
the attitude Of the United States gov
eminent towards Canada trade inter.
ests on the Pacific coast.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The Spanish government, in view OF
the visit of the Maine to Havana, de-.
clares that 1.-THE government is resolved
20 adopt strongly energetic measures
in case the visit of the Maine to Ha-
vana has any other purpose than that
OF pure courtesy; but that superstition
is considered highly improba ble."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

Some comment has been excited by
the statement that the football coaches
at some of the leading colleges receive
higher compensation than any of the
professors.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

ATacoma negro woman has been sent
to an asylum because she persisted in
eating soap. There are white people in
this world who seem to have as little
knowledge of the use for which soap is
intended
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

STEAMERS rushed into the Alaska
trade are humping into rocks at a
rate calculated to make passengers
cautious. 1t is reasonable to infer that
the supply of competent pilots in those
waters is much smaller than the de
nnand
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

In one of New York's interior cities
10000 people are employed in making
Photographic appliances. Modern ma
chinery is more than offset by the new
wants of mankind.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

The following is recent state paper
from the Brierwell, KY, justice court:
This here decision handed down by his
honor, Justice Green, witnessed by his
bailift, Thommas Jenkins and three at
tornies, and may God have Mercy on
our Solos,"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

THE Raines liquor law in New York
produced last year revenue of Sl2,-
900, 600. reduction of over 5000 in the
number of saloons, and a decrease in
arrests for drunkenness. by their
fruits shall ye know them" may be
found to apply to laws as we'll as to
trees.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

A woman's club in Washington has
decided 10 admit one man to member
ship, but he wears petticoats. He has
always worn them, and is known as the
Chinese minister.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

THR plan for popularizing Alasks
seems to be to make the transportation
rates SO high that no man can possibly
get ont Of the territory with as much
gold as 1t cost him to get in.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

THAT was an apt remark made OF
Russia not long ago that it moves like
glacier with AN outward pressure on
all sides. England is annoyed just
now with = Russian distur banco in the
aeighborhood of Persia
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

1t is said that n kentucky surgeon
replaced with wooden leg the broken
leg of a steer that was caught under q
falling tree at Bowling Green.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

THR Chinese are not so patriotic as
the Greeks. Nobody has heard of a
Chinaman going going back to fight for
his country. or contributing anything
to help the stay-at-homes to fight