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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKAN
Some Requirements That VIII BE
Found Indispensable.

Found Indispensable.
The universal article of diet in that
country, depended upon and indispensa-
BILE, is bread or biscuit. And tomake the
bread and biscuit, either in the camp or
upon the trail, yeast cannot be used-it
must be baking powder; and tie pow
der manufactured by the processes of
the Royal Baking Powder Company,
miners and prospectors have learned,
is the only one which will stand in that
peculiar climate of cold and dampness
and raise the bread and biscuit satisfac-
torily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska and
the Yukon country to know, for should
he be persuaded by some outfitter to
take one of the cheap brands of baking
powder, it will cost just as much to
transport it, and then when he opens it
for use, after all his labor in packing it
over the long and difficult route, he will
find solid caked mass or lot of spoiled
powder, with no strength and useless.
Such mistake might lead to the most
serious results. Alaska is no place in
which to experiment in food, or try to
economic with your stomach. For use
in such climate, and under the trying
and fatiguing conditions of life and
labor in that country, everything must
be the best and most useful, and above
all it is imperative that all food supplies
shall have perfect keeping qualities. 1t
is absurd to convey over such difficult
and expensive routes an article that
will deteriorate in transit, or that will
be found when required for use to have
lost great part of its value.
There is no better guide to follow
in these matters than the advice of those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who SCALED "the
father Of Alaska" after an experience
of years upon the trail. in the camp, and
in the use of every kind of supply, says:
1--WE find in Alaska that the Importance
of proper kind of baking powder can
not be overestimated. A miner with q
can of bad baking powder is almost
helpless in Alaska. We have tried all
sorts, and have been obliged to settle
down to use nothing but Royal. 1t
is stronger, and carries further, but,
above all things, it is the only powder
that will endure the severe climatic
changes of the Arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the u.
s. Government in its relief expeditions,
and Peary, the famous Arctic traveller,
have carried the Royal Baking Powder
exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose it's strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and Is
the most nightly concentrated and eff
ficient of leavening agents. Hence it is
Indispensable to every Alaskan outfit.
1t can be had of any of the trading COM
Z panies in Alaska, but should the miner
procure his supplies before leaving; he
should resist every attempt of the out
filter to palm off upon him any of the
other brands Of baking powder, for they
will spoil and prove the cause of great
disappointment and trouble.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

of which sort of wooden box stall had
been constructed for his accommoda-
ton. Though this case was entirely
comfortable, Tobie did not like it. Wait
ing until no one was near, he put his
shoulder against the side OF the box
and pushed it fiat On the deck. Then he
made his way down the companionway
and suddenly appeared, to the conster'
nation of all who were there, in the
saloon of the first-class passenger. He
was dragged out and placed in newly
constructed cage on the deck.
But the very next day he upset the
new cage and, taking look at the
ocean, he made his way to the galleys,
where dinner was being prepared.
Here he proceeded to help himself to
all the salads and vegetables he saw in
sight.
This time cage was built so solidly
that Tobie could not break it down. He
was compelled to stay in it until the
ship arrived at Marseilles. Here it was
necessary to take him off by means of
stout belts around his body and der
rick.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
A TOOTHBRUSH TALE.
An Old story and One That 1. Brand

An Olu Story una Oue lhdt ~ hTuuu
New.
Three society girls sat in the newly dec.
grated boudoir Of the blue-eyed girl. The
brown-eyed girl remarked that she wished
some one would remind her to buy tooth
brush the next time she went downtown.
Then she laughingly asked:
Girls, what would you cal toothbrush
one of the amenities of civilization?"
81 would call it a necessity" exclaimed
the blue-eyed girl. THAT reminds me,
girls" she continued, "of story my Uncle
James used to tell. / always had my doubts
about this story of Uncle James, but will
tell you what he said.
"He was going from Boston to New York
one time on one of the new Sound steam
strange man. When morning came, Uncle
James got up FIRST dressed, and went on
deck. Presently he came back to pack his
travelling bag. He remembered that he had
left his toothbrush on the rack On looking
for it, he discovered his roommate using il
vigorously. Surprising that a mistake had
been made, he said:
81 beg your pardon, sir, but that is my
toothbrush
Indeed said the man, you must ex
cuse me; thought it belonged to the boat ~
ooh! oh! OH" exclaimed the gray-eyed
girl, waving her hands frantically, "that is
che. same story my Uncle Robert always
told. It didn't happen to either one Of
them, Of course"
"Of course not" assented the blue-eyed
girl, laughing "We have caught both oul
uncles in fbs now, haven't WEI"
The brown-eyed girl looked at her frined!
in disgust.-St. Louis Republic.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
An Old warehouse of Journalism Dis
covers the Virtue of N New
Medicinal Variety,
,re are onlv a few of ,hrro left

There are only few of them left.
Since Chas. A. Dana's death, Joseph Me-
dill, the war-horse of the Chicago Tribune,
is the chief surviving representative OF the
old school of virile, aggressive editorial
giants.
To. have mud thrown at them was part Of
the profession at all times, but to find health
in mud is rather modern innovation. That
is what Joseph Medill has been doing OF
late.
Mr.. Medill is an Investigator and when
the stories of the miraculous Magno-Mud at
Indiana Mineral Springs began to spread
over the country, the great editor became
interested and eventually decided to try this
mysterious substance on his own rheumatic
limbs and weigh its value. He was accom-
panied by his private physician, young
Armenian scientist of high attalnments.
The great editor was mud -mummihed daily
for several weeks and gained visibly in
weight, strength and vitality.
The final result of the experiment was an
| unqualified success. Mr.. Medill went
back to Chicago in September, and wrote an
editorial about Magno-Mud with his own
hand. Next, he sent his son.in.law for a
| little of the mud-treatment. In November
| he went down again, and since the new
bath house is completed he expects to be a
regular visitor four times year.
found so much virtue, is peculiar, yet logical.
After all, every form of life springs from the
earth, which is the great destroyer and assim'
| ilator of dead and effete matter. At the
Indiana Mineral Springs is beautiful little
natural amphitheatre, the slopes being
grown with magnificent oaks. AT the foot OF
the converging hills, big Lithia spring
gushes forth at the rate of 5000 barrels a day
and floods the soil, which consists of rich,
black porous loan, fed by the deciduous
foliage of the oak trees. This peculiar soil
saturated with mineral salts for ages, is as
soluble as sugar, and being devoid of clay is
not sticky in the least. 1t is not, therefore,
in any sense related to the conventional mud
of the roadway, of the Chicago street or to
the variety which clings to your heels.
The mud is applied to the patient on a cot,
the subject being entirely encased in the
substance, steamed to proper temperature
1t then acts as a poultice, stimulates the
skin, superficial blood vessels and nerves
opens the pores and Initiates the blood, dis
solving all uric acid deposits. Nothing can
be simpler or more rational.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
Are Not Afraid of Sharks.

Honolulu natives have no fear of
sharks, and actually hunt. them in the
water. They are unsurpassed swim
mers and divers, and with knife can
dispatch almost amy shark, if the water
is deep enough to dive beneath the fish.
1t is even reported that the natives
have been known to lasso sharks with
strong cord. They carry down the
moose and slip it over the sharks tail
The upper end of the cord is held in a
boat above, and at the first jerk the
shark is hauled up, tail foremost, and
then dispatched with knives fastened
on poles.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
MOCkING-BIRD COURT.
Butcher Bird Was Found Guilty and
Executed Promptly.

Executed Promptly.
While out in an orange grove the 9th
err day John Jones, of Sanford, Fla,
was attracted by the twittering of a
large number of hooking birds and
others around thicket in the lower
part of the grove. Proceeding cautious
ly, he was enabled to get close to the
assembly of birds without exciting at
tention or causing them any alarm.
Peering through thicket, he beheld
dozen or more mocking birds that
were arranged in half circle, all twit-
tering and talking as if they were hold
ing council of war or political meet.
ing. In the center lay big butcher
bird, its brown plumage despatched
with blood. while one wing hung help
less down by it's side. On each side was
a hooking bird holding the wing of
the prisoner, for so it seemed to be, in
its bill. The butcher bird, by the way,
is deadly enemy of the knocking bird
| and many others. 1t is vicious, saw
age, bloodthirsty little wretch, always
fighting and it has the most cruel ways
of securing its food.
1t would seem that the hooking birds
had combined and caught one of their
enemies and proposed to deal summary
vengeance. For several minutes the
hooking birds twittered, some angrily,
some noisily and others more quietly,
as if engaged in very grave discussion
as to what should be done with the
butcher bird before them. The latter
lay in the grasp of its enemies, its
bright, undaunted eyes rowing from
side to side, as if seeking to escape
Just as the final conclusion seemed to
be reached it made plunge to get
away, but the mocking birds were Wig
liant, and they held on to it.
At the signal the mocking birds all
pitched forward, fiercely attacking the
heartless butcher bird. The latter
fought fiercely, but he was overpow.
cred, and in few moments he was
literally picked to pieces. Its feathers
were scattered on all sides, and soon
nothing was left but the bloody car
cass. Three of the hooking birds
pushed it off the stump and the others
brought few twigs, which they cast
over it, showing that they would deign
to bury the body of their enemy.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
THE STRAP PUZZLE.

is finished. Then pass the free end OF
the strap up through the first slash of
the second square and down through
the second slash.
All plain sailing so far, but how to
make the second loop? Figure No.
shows you. Bring the free end of the
strap around the lower slash, slip it
back through the upper slash, stick the
upper square, loop and all, through the
loop in the lower end of the strap, pull
the strap back until it forms the loop
shown in the lower end of figure No.
and there you are. In taking the
squares off the loops this process is
simply reversed. Easy enough, dom!
you think?-when you know howl
Butterick's Delineator.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

IN ALL SORIS Of WEATHER..
He tried the best physicians but without
being benefited and has used several specific
rheumatic cures, but was not helped.
About one year and six months ago he read
in this paper of case somewhat similar to
his which was cured by Dr. Williams Pink
Pills and concluded to try this remedy.
After taking the first box he felt some
what better, and after using three boxes, the
pains entirely disappeared, the dizziness left
him, and he has now for over a year been
entirely free from all his former trouble and
enjoys better health than he has had since
his boyhood.
He is loud in his praise of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly
corroborate the above statements. His post
office address is Lorenzo Neeley, Horton,
Jackson County, Michigan.
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, in a con
densed form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. All druggists sell them.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE BROWN LITTLE SEED.

Oh, the wind. like hungry wolf,
Goes prowling round, my sweet;
And the trees shake their withered arms
In the rain and kissing sleet.
But the little seed, safe and warm.
When 1t hears the beating shower.
Goes Ia sleep again
Till the dark days wane,
And dreams that 1t Is flower.
Oh, the fash Of two tiny wings.
Like bits of sky let fall;
And the very trees seem to thrill
At the bluebird's silvery call!
Then the brown little seed wakes up
And whispers: "Joy I'll bring!
For I'll creep to air.
With violet fair
My gift to the beautiful spring.!
Golden Days.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
Material for Birds Nests.

Birds have curious ways in the selec-
ton of materials for their nests. An
orioles nest found by M, Parcey Plat
deau near Lille, Belgium, was composed
of white wool and Morse telegraph pa
per, which the bird had to go two miles
to THE nearest telegraph office to get.
1t might be suggested that the bird
knew in some way how warm cover
ing paper makes, but then we hear of
nests near Basancon, France, made of
watch spring steel, and bird is told
of that robbed a st. Bernard dog of his
hairs to construct a nest.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
Chronic Rheumatism

From the Industrial News, Jackson Mich.
The subject OF this sketch'is fiftyssixyears
Of age, and actively engaged in. farming
When seventeen years old he hurt bis
shoulder and a few years after commenced
to have rheumatic pains in it. On taking
slight cold or the least strain, sometimes
without any apparent cause whatever, the
trouble would start and he would suffer the
most excruciating pains. ~ =
He suffered for over thirty years, and the
last decade has suffered SO much that he
was unable to do any work To this the FIRE.
quent occurrences Of dizzy spells were added.
making him almost helpless invalid.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

"There's nothing succeeds like success"
There is no withstanding the living argu-
men of the man who should be dead, who
isn't dead but who would be dead, but for
a preserving medicine. That's about the
way it seemed to strike Editor Lawrence,
of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. He
was afflicted with one of those colds that
have, thousands of times over, eliminated
in consumption, when not promptly cured.
In this condition he met friend, con-
sumptive, whom he had not expected to
see alive. The consumptive friend recon-
mended DR.. J. c. Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL
for the EDITORS cold, on the ground that it
had helped him wonderfully" 1t helped
the editor just as wonderfully, giving
almost instant relief" But read his
letter:
about two months ago, I was afflicted
with a bad cold, and meeting a friend, he
advised the use Of Ayers Cherry Pectora1
which, he claimed, had helped him won
derfully. AS he was consumptive, whom
had not expected to see alive for several
years, / concluded there must be merit in
this preparation. I accordingly bought a
couple Of bottles, one of which keep on
my desk all the time. This is certainly
the best remedy for a cold ever used. IT
gives almost instant relief, and the J. c.
Aver CO. are to be congratulated on posses
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
THE MAN WHO LIVED.
He should have been dead.
But he wasn't, because

sing the formula for such a very valuable
remedy."-W. II. LAWRENCE, Editor, The
Ohio Farmer, Cleveland. Ohio.
Keep a bottle of DR.. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral handy, on the desk, in the Office, on
the shelf or In the closet at home, and you
will have at hand remedy that is capable
at any time of saving you suffering, money,
and even life. There is no malady so
prolific of evil results as a neglected cold.
There is no medicine SO promptly effective
in curing cold and absolutely Graduating
it's effects, as DR.. Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL.
Every traveller should carry it. Every
household should keep it, 1t cures every
variety of cough, and all forms Of lung
and throat trouble. Asthma, bronchitis,
Group, and whooping cough, are promptly
cured by it, and II has In many cases over
come pulmonary diseases In aggravated
forms, when ali other remedies failed to
help and physicians gave no hope OF cure.
Those who for convenience have wanted
smaller sized bottle of DR.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral, can now obtain 1t OF their dealer
In half size bottles, at half price-5o cents.
Send for DR.. Ayers Curebook, and read
more of the cures effected by this remedy.
The book contains 100 pages, and is sent
free, on request, by the ]. c. Aver Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
Pres. mckinley W.. Free silver.

A battle of giants Is going to take place
this summer on $4,000 farms in America, not
in talk or votes, but in yields, Salzer's new
potato marvels are named as above, and he
offers a price for the biggest potato yield,
corn III inches ionsj and oat prodses. Only
seedsmen in America growing grasses,
clovers and farm seeds and selling potatoes
at $3.50 a barrel. The editor urges you to
try Salzer's Northern-grown seeds, and to
SEND TINS NoTIoE WITH 10 CTs. IN STAMPS
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
for ii new farm seed samples, worth $1,000
to get a start, and their big catalogue. O
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
BIRDS EAT 400 SHEEP.
The Feast Took Place 100 Miles From
Dawson and Cost $4,000.

The Feast TOOK PIace IOO MfIes FROM
Dawson and Cost 100000.
Jack Collins, who started for Dawson
City with band of sheep last summer,
has been heard from. He sold part of
his flock for $4,000. The other and
biggest half of the flock fed the birds
of the arctic zone. This is how it hap
pened:
He drove the sheep in over the Dali
ton trail. Some time before Dawson
was reached cold weather came on, and
Collins decided to kill his sheep. He
killed and sold 500, and received nearly
$4,000 for them.
Then he concluded to hold the re-
mainder for better market. He killed
the remaining 400 in sort of secluded
place off the line of travel and suspend
ed the carcasses on poles far enough
above the ground to be out of the reach
of bears, wolves or other wild animals.
He left two young men to watch the
mutton, and proceeded to look for a
mining section. Having found one, he
located claim and proceeded to test
it. After he had dug out few thou
sand dollars worth of gold he thought
he would, as the French say, return
to his muttons."
His stay had been so prolonged that
the young men had become weary Of
holding a wake over the sheep, and,
imagining Dawson to be only few
miles away, had started for that city
to enjoy some of the pleasures met
ropolitan city can afford. 1t proved to
be about 100 miles to Dawson, so their
absence was more extended than they
had inended, and when Collins reached
the place where he had left the car
cases of 400 sheep he found only 400
bleaching skeletons.
The eagles, ravens, crows, kites,
hawks and other birds of prey which
inhabit that region had been feasting
on mutton. "Where the carcass is,
there will the eagles be gathered" is
proverb which applies to other birds
of prey. Collins had left so many car
casses that invitations had been sent
out and general roundup of all the
vultures and things in that region, from
Behring sea to the Mackenzie river, had
taken place. Whether the claim Col
Inns secured will make good the loss
of the mutton or not remains to be seen,
but when he drives in his next band of
sheep the birds of prey will not get
so large percentage of them.-Port-
land Oregonian.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
knew His Businesa.

my dear, why are you applauding that
piece% asked Mrs. Snaggs, in tone of re-
monstrance. Don't you see no one else
is applauding? 1t is beyond the performers
ability and not worthy of applause"
Il know that" replied Mr.. Snaggs but
to get something worth listening to in the
encore "-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
She Must Excuse Him.

The young woman tried to be aristocratic
and did not look at the money she gave to
the conductor of the car; but he meekly
gave her back the lozenge on which was
stamped: "I'll never cease to love thee"
and said he was an orphan with five little
brothers to support, and must be excused
Roxbury Gazette
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

Richard" Tom is not so bad chap, after
all. At least, there's nothing mean about
him." Robert-"Oh, get out!" Richard
mean it. He told me he had supreme con-
tempt for the whole crowd. Now, isn't that
generous, when he really ought to keep it
for f?"-Boston Transcript.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
A Town Rides in This Elevator.


Probably the only elevator in the
world that is used to connect two parts
of town is the one in Heligoland, the
little island just off the coast of and be-
longing to Germany. One portion Of
the town is on a cliff over 200 feet high.
The other is at the base of the cliff on
fat stretch of land. There are no
paths up the cliff, and all communica-
tons between the two portions of this
unique little, place must be held by
means of the elevator-on elevator that
lifts an entire community to and from
the scene of its daily labors.-N. Y.
Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
She Was Ratified.

A young girl, an ardent admirer of Nine.
Melba, at. a reception given for the latter,
was SO completely overcome when it came
her turn to have word with the prima
donna, that, blushing crimson and looking
up with a sweet smile, she murmured:
.'You sing, believe? "-Philadelphia Pub
liz adoer
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

is one Of the most distressing and discom-
forting of maladies. 1t causes loss of sleep.
If neglected, it terminates in that most OBJ.
noxious of all diseases-catarrh OF the head
or throat. DR.. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey will
cure it in one night. All druggists.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
did You Get On Wronxs

Take dose of DIR. Bells Pine Tar. Honey.
1t will relieve the discomforting cough or
cold, and help you to feel good all day. Il
exhilarates the lungs and soothes the bron-
chials. Csc at all good druggists.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

Where man is too utterly trihing to do
anything else, he hunts up an estate of his
ancestors that he was cheated out Of
Washington Democrat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
HAD A GOOD TIME,
How Elephant. TObie Enjoyed his
Long Sea VOyage,

HOW LIepnHht- IObie. EHJUytu ufb
Long Sea Voyage. $500. q.
There has lately been installed at the
geological garden Of the Jardin. des
Plantes in Paris, famous guest. His
name is Tobie and he, is an elephant six
years old, which has been presented to
the president of the French republic
by Menelik, negus or king of Abys-
sinia.
Tobie was brought from Abyssinia on
the French steamship Ava, on the deck
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

Quite Likely. --Brown--"What would you
do if some one should leave you hundred
begin to realize how little hundred thou
sand really is. Truth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26

Facilitated Transit-"What, bridge
across the Styx?" Charon, the former boat
man, winked significantly. Bicycle" he
rejoined, with Saconic brevity. Good roads
movement, you know."-Detroit journal.