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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Virtues Reward.

An eight-year-old girl out in short
grass Kansas town was required by her
teacher to write composition one day
recently, and the next day handed in
the following brief but startling ro-
nance: "ODce there was poor young
man who was in love with a rich girl,
whose mother had large candy store.
The poor young man wanted to marry
the candy lady's daughter, but he was
too poor to buy furniture. One day a
bad man offered him $2o to become a
drunkard. The poor young man was
dreadfully tempted, because he wanted
TO be rich enough to marry the candy
lady's daughter. But when he got 10
the saloon door with the bad man he
said: Il will not break my pledge, even
TO be rich. Get thee behind me, Satan!
So he went home and on his way found
a pocketbook with 100000 900 in it. So
be went and told the candy store lady's
daughter and they were married. They
had a lovely wedding, and the next day
they had twins. Thus we see that virtue
is its own reward"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

Among the latest novelties in what
might be called love tokens to very dear
friends is what is called "the beloved
eye" This, of course, is not the genuine
article, but miniature painting of the
human eye, done most exquisitely on
ivory and set about with precious
stones. The painting of the eye alone
is by no menas trivial task, and the
one who wishes to offer presentment
of his or her optic to the beloved one
must give many sittings to the NINA.
ture painter in order to enable him to
produce the exact color and expression,
SO the fad for "beloved eyes" is too &C.
centric and too costly to be lasting.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Right of Might.

War has been defined as murder glo-
rifled. The scaffold replaced by a tri-
umphal arch would perhaps be more
6gurative. A condition of things quail
fed as extra legal would be more ex-
act, says a writer in Golfers Weekly.
War is the paradox Of jurisprudence.
II sanctions that which it has forbid
den, honors that which 1t Furnishes and
rewards that which it reproves. Its cri-
terion is the result. There is no. ques-
ton Of justice or injustice. There is a
question merely of victory or defeat.
The Romans, who, whatever their faults
may have been, were not casuists,
summed it up in sentence-vae victis.
War and humanity are congenial. They
appeared on earth together. In the
Old Testament the most ancient chron-
icle is tale of murder. There two
brothers are fact to face. Their ideas
conflict. One kills the other. The
brothers are succeeded by families, the
latter by clans. There are tents and
passions. There are races, nations, EN-
pires. But always the conflict of ideas,
always the battle which ensues. His
tory has the monotony of the Internal
regions. 1t is made up of groans. The
lesson which disengages from it is the
right of might. There never has been
any other, The early warriors had the
whirlwind for ally. The moon was their
servant. To aid them the sun stood still.
The terror of Sinai cleaned from their
breastplates. Men could not see their
faces and live. They encroacbed and
conquered. On a rock-bound hill they
founded line Of kings. Presently
vengeance incarnate talked Assyrian
They were swept into chains and re.
NAMED there until it occurred to Cyrus
to change the Euphrates' course. With
Alexander, who chased kings hither and
thither, came more might. When the
Roman eagles pounced upon their prey
there was more. There was always
more. In history there is little else. OF
justice or injustice never word Spain
knows it. 1t is might that made her
But might is not eternal. Even Her.
cules is dead.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
TARIFF AND FARM ANIMALS.
A Free-Trnde Policy Detrimental to
the Cattle-Raising Interests of
the United states.

In the course of thorough examina-
ton which he has been engaged in re-
garding the effects of free trade and
protection upon the farm animals in
dustry, Congressman Tongue, of Ore
gon, has developed some interesting and
impressive facts. 1t is probable that
few of the farmers of the United States
realize the full extent of the loss and
damage suffered by them in conse-
quence of the passage of the Wilson
German free trade monstrosity in 1894.
Whenever the friends of protection
have urged its Importance to the people
who raise live stock for the market, and
have pointed to the large increase of inn
porta tons of cattle un der the tariff law
of 1894, they have been met by the famil-
lar argument: But we are a nation OF
cattle exporters and of growers of food
for cattle, and the increased importa.
tons only permitted us to utilize our
corn and export it in the form of beef"
How fallacious and inconsistent this ar
gument is can be gathered from the
statistics relating to imports and ex.
ports of cattle.
Under the last three years of the Nc.
Kinley law the United States imported
1868 head of cattle and exported during
that period 1,040,797 head. Under the
last three years of the Wilson German
law we imported 696,5S4 head and ex.
ported 1,096,3TS head. 1t is seen that
during the last three years of the Nc,
Kinley tariff our exports of cattle ex'
ceeded our imports by 1,O33,730, while
for the corresponding period of the vii.
son-Gorman law the excess of exports
over imports was reduced to 390,7S9
head of cattle. 1t is not easy to figure
out wherein the American farmer was
the gamer by this operation in tariff
tinkering.
It'appears, moreover, that under the
| operation of the Mckinley law the mum.
| Der of cattle in the United States in.
creased 2,764, 500 head, while during the
Cleveland administration and under the
| Wilson-G orman law the cattle in the
| United States decreased in number
6,746,4 37 head. The relative difference
in the number and value of sheep during
the Harrison and Cleveland administra,
tons is fully as great as that of cattle
Sheep growers remember to their sor
row the awful blight inflicted upon
their industry by the Wilson-Gormar
tariff plague.
Congressman Tongues conclusions In
reference to this interesting investiga
ton are terse, pointed and convincing
He says:
"%his shows that the freer importa
ton of cattle under the Wilson bill dis
courged the production of cattle in the
United States and resulted in an i'm
mense slaughter of calves. Personally
know this to have been true in Oregon
In fact, after the Wilson bill was fully
in effecl, very few calves were raised II
western Oregon. They were slaugh
tered for veal. There was no demand
for them as live stock. Last fall ther,
was demand for every decent yearlins
| to be driven to the ranges in the west
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

AT Georgia rural camp meeting re-
Gently, reports the Atlanta Constitu
ton, the preacher who was leading the
services touched on the war with Spain,
and, stopping suddenly in his sermon
called to an old colored brother in the
congregations: 'Br'er Williams, I'm
gwine ter AK you ter git right down on
yo' knees en- pray fer de success er de
American arms!" Br'er Williams got
down" Immediately, and in the course
of his petition he said: "Oh, Lawd, hep
de American arms; an, Lawd, whilst
you lookin' after de arms, take Eeer er
&c legs, too! Don't fergit de legs, good
Lawd, kase we gwine need 'em ter run
wild! Take de arms, eff you must, but
spare de legs, Lawd, spare de legs!"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

One of the candidates in the exam
nation of the First Indiana regiment
was a man who had an old injury
which, the surgeons thought, might
prevent him from passing. The man
was confident that the injury could not
in any way affect his ability as sol
der, and was anxious for the surgeons
to pass him. Does it ever hurt you?'
asked one of the examiners. only
when | rum" answered the soldier
That settles it," said the surgeon, "fol
you May have to run like the devil when
the Spaniards get after you. | guess
you may step aside And the soldier
who could not run failed to pass.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

American statesmen descant magnil-
cquently about this nation widening
its boundaries, acquiring remote island
possessions, civilizing alien races and
taking her place among the nations of
the EARTH" while there are vital do
mestic problems remaining unsolved.
We do not need to seek the islands of the
sea for the exercise of our activities as
civilizers, says the Detroit Free Press.
We have the Indian problem and the
negro problem with us still, unadjusted
In the large meaning of the word. We
have alien elements unassimilated. We
have weighty economic questions pend
ing. The enthusiasts who hunger and
thirst after the accomplishment of
reclamatory, regenerative and Ameri-
canizing tasks have their searchlight
ranged too high.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
A TRUE PATRIOT.
Congressman Cummings 10 One OF
the Few Democrats Nos OPP
posed to n Bond Issue,

In the course of a speech on the war
revenue bin the other day Congressman
Cummings, of New York, himself dem.
ocrat, stirred up an unpleasant remi-
niscence when he said:
IF democratic administration was
forced to sell $500, 600, 900 of bonds in time of
peace to run the government, the repub-
lican administration might be allowed to
sell bonds enough to run the government
in time of war"
Mr.. Cummings was not one of those
whose eyes were blinded to the follies
and frailties of that celebrated debt
bequeathing free trade regime whose
four years tenure cost the country
more than half dozen wars with Spain
would cost. There are, however, few
democrats in congress who are so patri.
otto and plain-spoken as this brainy
representative from New York. Most
Of them have no more sense than to en-
deavor to inject an element of partisan.
ship into legislation necessary to up
held the hands of the government in its
present emergency. 1t would be better
for their record and reputation fol-
patriotism and good sense if they had
at the outset adopted Mr.. Cummings
suggestion to concur without politica
filibustering in u measure so necessary
and so nonpartisan as that which pro.
poses to authorize the issue of $500, 900,
900 of bonds to defray war expenses. In
that event the American people might
in time come to forget the huge inter
est-bearing debt that was created tc
make good the deficits caused by dem
ocratic experiment in tariff tinkering
Oblivion is the greatest good fortune In
some cases.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

The jinrikisha, Japan's vehicle for
passengers, and extensively used in far
eastern countries as an easy convey
ance for travel, is prominent among the
japanese exhibits at the Ira s-Misslis-
sippi exposition. The jinrikisha is the
invention of an American clergyman,
who accompanied Commodore Perry, of
the United States navy, in his expedi-
ton to Japan in 1853. A tax of so cents
each per annum is levied by the jap
anese government on these little carts,
the sum received from this source form
ing an important item of the national
revenue. The vehicle is used in the i'm
perial parks at Yokohama, and its man
ufacture and sale has been 4 great
source of profit in the promotion of
Bible distribution and other missionary
work. In Toxic alone there are not less
than half a million of these queer little
man-power cars.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

Speaking of local egg eater, the
Harrodsburg (Pa.) Sayings says: "His
name is SON. Patterson. He has on
divers occasions swallowed IS or 20
eggs, but few nights ago hs over
stepped all previous acts and knocked
the record silly by eating 80 eggs in Is
minutes. The boys were setting them
up to him to see how many he could
consume, but he cooked them on this
round. He afterward agreed to swal-
low a large-sized candy bucketful if
they would foot the bill, but they did
not need him."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

One of the features of the general up
rising of the Americans in the present
war crisis is the continual application
for enlistment of youths who are under
age. Boys of from IS to 81 are numerous
and eager. They ask few questions con-
corning the term of service, pay or al
lowances; they want to go to the front
and fight. In most cases they are seem
ingly fully mature enough to withstand
any hardships and privations which
service in the field may entail and are
greatly chagrined to learn that they
are infants under the law.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
mere journalistic myth.

Samuel w. Taylor, ex-secretary OF
state and present American consul al
Glasgow, reports that the Scotch, al
most to man, favor Spain in the pres.
ent war, fact which he attributes to q
general antipathy toward Americans,
as represented by the tourist class. The
Scotch complain that the Americans
make vulgar display of personal
wealth and national importance. 1t is
the Scotch policy, according to Mr.. Tay.
lor's Interpretation, to decry wealth.
Many Scotchmen who have made for.
tunes in this country return to the
mother country only to speak discour.
agingly of old-world conservatism, a
habit which greatly angers the Scotch.
men. Mr.. Taylor has not discovered
Scotch newspaper that favors Amer.
lea. Another reason for Scotch an.
tipathy is the fact that the Americans
originated and developed the tipping
habit, to which the frugal Scot does not
take kindly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

Nearly everybody nowadays wears a
button. Buttons bearing all sorts OF
patriotic devices are on the market,
The fad of young America at present is
to collect these buttons, and no set is
complete unless all the battleships, ad.
mirals and commanders of the Amer.
lean navy are represented. A firm in
this city has made 100000 war but
tons since hostilities began, and the ma
chimes still go on, turning out hun.
dreds every minute. One of the best
represents the naval victory at Manila
with the fleets in action. 1t shows the
Spanish vessels sinking beneath the
waves. "We have remembered the
Maine" is the inscription on the edge.
One button with an artistic design
shows the English and American flags
crossed. Beneath are the American
eagle and the British lion. Above the
flags are the words: zone tongue, one
purpose" and below is the inscription.
"lnvincible in war, triumphant in
peace"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Rebulxes His Tired Auditors.

A clergyman preached rather long ser
mon from the text: Thou art weighed in
the balance and found wanting" After the
congregation had listened about an hour
some one began to get weary and went out;
Others soon followed greatly to the annoy
ance Of the minister. Another person star.
ed, whereupon the parson stopped his ser
mon and said: THAT is right, gentlemen;
finned h;s Sermon seme tirne aftor tbat b,,t
no one disturbed him by leaving. Chicago
Chronicle
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Try Aliens EoOt-Eaae,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes walk
ing easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and
ounions Of all pain and gives rest and comfort.
Try 1t to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. ADJ
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

THE Stars and Stripes" was named
"Old Glory" in 1881 by Salem Mass
skipper, one William Driver, at that
time captain of the brig Charles Dog
ge,t. just before the brig left Salem
a young man at the head of Il party of
friends saluted Capt. Driver on the deck
of the Doggett and presented him with
large and beautifully made American
flag. Capt. Driver christened it "Old
Glory" He took it to the South Pacific,
and years after, when old age forced
him TO relinquish the sea, he treasured
the flag.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Life and the Liver.

"Success in life depends upon the liver
is the way Chas. Lamb, the poet and punster,
put it. Medical science has proven, that
nine-tenths of the ailments Of living have
their origin in the liver, and in constipation
caused by its arrangements. Keep the livei
lively and all will be well. Modern science
points out Cascarets as the only perfect,
gentle, positive liver regulator fit to be used
in the delicate human organism. All drug.
gists sell Cascarets l0c, 25c, SOC and we rec.
oIpmend them most heartily
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

"rhe other day." says the Denver
News, "a Denver girl kissed a soldier
good-by at the depot with the remark:
God bless you; stand up for Colorado.
Between his sobs he replied: I'm from
Nebraska, but I'll try to stand up for
both states now Thereupon she kissed
him again for Nebraska" Why didn't
he tell her that he would try to stand up
for all the states and territories?
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

1t is reported that fireworks men have
received great rush of orders for the
coming national holiday. A few big VIC
tories, the annexation of Hawaii and
some other possible events are expect
ed 10 help make the Fourth this year a
memorable daY.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

An American actress and singer who
still shines in comic opera after 90 years
of work on the stage was asked for
her Ponce de Leon secret. Her response
was: Lots of air, lots Of exercise, lots
of sleep, lots of water, lots of friends,
lots of enthusiasm, very little wine and
very little worry" The recipe deserves
consideration.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
COmparisOng,

"Now. there's Winnie Garpickels," said
Miss Hinkie, who sometimes paints. "She's
an admirable elocutionist, but she ought
never to try anything in art. 1t is painful
to see the wretched daubs she does"
= II don't agree with you" replied Miss
= can endure her canvases, but her elocu-
ton makes me sick. Chicago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Proportion should be Reversed.

Out of sO3,OOO,OOo of exports for the
month of February, 1898, American
ships carried only As per cent, leaving
a5.2 per cent. to the vessels of foreign
countries. With suitable protective
legislation this proportion would soor
be exactly reversed.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

A humane Boston nun has induced
the war department to order the i'm
mediate shooting of all horses and
mules badly wounded in battle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

Lieutenant-If you please, sir, we
still have one chance ta defeat those
Yankee pigs.
General-A chance, say you? What
is it?
Lieutenant-If we can enly hold out
until they have elected arother free
trade president and passed another
Wilson bill, hard times will help us tc
win.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Another Crime

A hard-hearted Anglo.Spaniard when
demonstrated with and told that the Cubans
had for long been in state Of worse than
serfdom, replied that it serfdom right
Moonshine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

The celebration of another glorious
day for Spanish arms" brought out a
large procession in Madrid, but 1t was
chiefly in the direction of the cashiers
desk in the national bank.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

Gov. Powers, of Maine, is an econo-
mical executive. Rather than call an
extra session of the state legislature to
make an appropriation for the mobili-
cation of the militia, he is defrayipg
the expenses out of his own pocket.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

At the Banquet "What strange expires.
non on Schultz facet" Eyes, he has either
committed a murder or he expects to be
called on for speech. "-Fliegende Batter
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

The Omaha city council has passed
an ordinance forbidding brokers to
handle railroad tickets. 1t is thought
to be aimed to prohibit ticket scalping
during the trans-Mississippi exposi-
ton.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

The horrors of war are fast multiply
ing. A Kansas mother has named her
recently acquired girl baby Deweylina
Samantha Skaggs.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

Soldiers are not the only ones who find
drilling an awful bore. Think of the works
man who put in the blasts.-L. A. w. Bull
ietin
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
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Suffered four years with female trou-
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

No amount of exposure will make man
an immune in love Naturalization Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
Interference Improbable.

The American newspapers are vast
Ing a good deal of ink in discussing the
question whether any of the European
great powers are likely to interfere in
their war with Spain, and specializing
on what would be our attitude were this
the case, says London Truth. They
may rest certain that no European pow
err has ever had the remotest intention
to interfere, or has ever dreamed of i'm
posing terms of accommodation on one
or other of the belligerents, while all
or any would be ready, if asked, to act
as medium of negotiation with view
to piece. The object of modern diplo-
macy, when a war arises between two
great nations, is to localize it, and thus
to prevent its spreading. In the first
Italian war between France and Italy,
which resulted in the loss to the latter
of Lombardy, in the Austro-G erman
war, and in the Franco-Prussian war
the struggle was localized by nentrals
acting on this principle of non-inter.
ference. All that is written about such
powers wanting to interfere on behalf
of Spain, and our insisting that such
interference must not take place, Ia
mere journalistic myth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

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