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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
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An instance of fortunate escape
from death by starvation and exposure
comes from Georgia. A colored man
employed by doctor to do general
chores has habit of going off hunting
for few days without giving any no.
tice of his intention, so the other day
when he did not show up no inquiries
were made. But this time he was hunt
ing for help. While passing through q
field at night he fell into an old uncov
cred well, 40 feet deep. He could not
climb out, so he passed the night yell
ing for help. The next day he yelled
some more, but no help came. For
tunately the well was dry, so lie got
sleep, but his situation was sufficiently
desperate. 1t was on the afternoon o.
the fourth day that some laborers heart
faint Hello" and tracing the SOUND
rescued the man from his queer prison
He looked weak, but was not bodily in
jured, and hearty meal set him al
right again.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
GEMS POSSESS LIFE.
IncIOsfng Them in Their Cases md
Giving Them a Rest Adds
to Their Luster.

Real jewels, scientists now assert,
possess organic life. 1t has long been
known that opals and pearls grow dull
when worn by invalids, and latterly
rubies and the turquoise are found to
share the same sensibility. Pearls are
more indicative of the condition of the
wearer than any other gem. Though
this delicate stone lives longer than q
flower, it seems to have form of life,
which, like that of the flower, loses
color and brilliancy and actually does.
Nor is this property unfounded in rea-
son. Science has latterly learned much
concerning gems and their influence
in the propagation of health and dis
ease. Those invisible carnations which
surround the person wearing gems
penetrate the intcrstices of the jewel
and actually increase or decrease its
brilliancy. The Inference is true one
that rings and pins should be laid aside
by the invalid. Even in good health, it
is better to give them an occasional
rest. To inclose them in their cases and
put them away is to insure an access
of luster. Even clothing should be
treated to rest. 1t freshens up WON
desfully the frock or wrap, to shake and
brush the garment and hang it in dar K
closet-Good Housekeeping.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

Eighteen months ago q party of Is
took ship from Boston for Alaska. They
had o journey around the Horn of 1Gj
days, encountered succession of
frightful tropical storms and lost one
man overheard. Arrived in Alaska,
they found no gold to speak of, had the
scurvy, lost their ship on a sandbar in
Resurrection bay and the survivors are
now coming home broke. The Thirteen
club ought to welcome them back with
a dinner.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

In Hudson river town near New
York a blacksmith has given a new
idea to the rich and fashionable, and it
is gaining great popularity because of
the impression of luxury it creates. He
is equipping their horses with silver
shoes. These, kept by the grooms and
stablemen of the various country seats
in a high state of polish, fash, simmer
and throw reflections in the sunlight
as the chargers and nettlesome riding
horses canter or gallop along. Silver
by itself is not sufficiently durable for
the purpose, and the shoes are really
of q very heavy plate. The news of the
innovation spread quickly among the
rich, and it was not long before nearly
all of the wealthy neighbors of the
blacksmith had one, two or more of
their horses shod in silver.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

The loiterers down at one Of the
beaches the other day were dismayed
to see young woman go tumbling
head over heels down q rather long
fight of steps-and Jack went tum-
bling after. In other words, says the
New York Sun, her escort made an
effort to catch her that merely resulted
in his following her example. But the
sad part of it was the way he took the
whole disaster. She had made him
ridiculous, and he was indignant at her
in consequence, and the poor girl found
that not only had she bumped her
head, but that she had lost his heart
when she lost her balance.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

Men OF any manliness avoid rich
woman as they would the plague, says
the Atlanta Constitution. The woman
may see in man who pursues this line
OF conduct those very qualities which
she can most admire and which she
feels necessary in the one whom she is
to trust with her hand and fortune
But custom bars her from making any
direct advances. She can vaguely en-.
courage him and that is all. Outside
OF this she is forced to depend on the
attentions of men whose incentives are
disgustingly transparent. 1t is this
type of woman on whom we propose
comforting the privilege of proposal
She is the individual whose needs actu.
ally demand it. The others, not de.
pending on their money for their at.
traction, can afford to abide by old and
long-established practices.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
Cotton HangIngs Are U,efuI

For some time the special value OF
cotton fabrics for country house serv-
ice as hang.ags and draperies has been
known. Their growing excellence in
manufacture, which has brought de-
sign and finish almost to perfection,
has promoted these fabrics to quite
general town house use. The fact that
moths pay no attention to them makes
them popular with housekeepers. 1t
would, perhaps, be surprise to one
who has not given the matter recent at
tention to discover what excellent eR
fects can be produced in hangings, fur
niture coverings and even rugs that ara
made of cotton.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

with an inch-wide band of Prussiar
blue silk braid.
The waist had blouse effect, front
and back, and was box plated, the front
plaits being overlaid with bands OF
brilliantine like that which embellishet
the skirt. The collar was high, finished
with a narrow linen ruching, and thu
sleeves, which were full enough to al
low perfect freedom to the arms, wer'
plain, relying upon their neat finish fol
their beauty.
With the woodland cycling suit ,
short white sailor was worn with ,
curled quill and band to match the suit
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
Dangerous Nostrums.

The daily papers have of late con-
ta:ned reports of death in various cities
attributed to self-administratio of I'M
known remedies. The other day wom-
an in Pittsburgh died 20 minutes after
swallowing a powder for the relief of
headache. This is said to have been the
fifth death, in that city alone, recently
set down to that same cause. Such in.
stances teach the nostrum-loving Amer
lean people but slowly. The report OF
the physicians who have recently made
an autopsy in the case of a lady of De-
troit is said to show, says the Medical
Record, that death was fastened by the
use of secret headache powders. II
would seem but right that the ingredi'
ents Of all nostrums sold in the drug
store should appear upon the package
This would protect in a measure both
the druggist and the purchaser. When
both are ignorant of what is being ad
ministered, great damage may otter
result. Surely some legislation is
called for.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
A GREAT ENTERPRISE.
But Great in Contemplation Only, ns
1t Never Came to he
Established.

A worthy American citizen, having made
a fortune, Jared forth to see the world Eu-
ropean business ways and habits thoroughly
disguised this nervously keen expert in
money-making, and he poured forth his
scorn to some friends he met in Paris. One
of them, knowing the ignorance of the old
gentleman on subjects without the circle in
which he lived, ventured on joke.
II agree with YOU" he said; II agree with
you thoroughly. Why, do you know, sir,
! was last week in city OF $4,000 inhab-
itants--and / was overcome, sir-overcome
to find they hadn't livery stable in the
city" =.
"No-you don't tell mel" answered the
victim. Gentlemen, see there! just con-
slider that" Then jumping to his feet as
the thought struck him. "Why, gentlemen,
a fortunes awaiting someone there!
Where's the place? What's the name Of
it"
Venice" said the joker.
Good! I'm tired of this place anyway.
III go right down there tomorrow, and put
little horse-sense into the town. Gentle
men, you're, in this good thing with me, if
you choose"
They were all in it, and they invested their
friend with powers plenipotentiary. The
story has no dramatic point, save that it is a
historic fact that Venice was visited. No
one ever heard an account of that visit, but
for long afterward no participant in the
joke could get within hailing distance Of the
| self-apponted pioneer of American enter.
| prise.-Harper's Round Table.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
The Engaged Man.

Women have gone on for ages past
wearing their symbols of engagement
and marriage, never asking why their
fiances and husbands should move I'M
marked midst men and maidens. This
is a state of things which calls aloud
for alteration, opines some observing
and fair-minded contemporary, and 1t
is contamination devoutly to be
wished that men should start with the
custom of wearing first the jcweled
circlet and then tie plain gold one
outward and visible signs of engage
ment and marriage. The girls say they
are placed at disadvantage, and from
more than one point of view. For In
stance, how embarrassing for young
girl to be made acquainted at dance
with an apparently eligible and I'M
doubtedly attractive youth who, after
the polite formalities, suggests a stroll
through the conservatory in lieu Of
dancing a certain number. What more
natural than the weaving of the ro-
mantle spell attendant upon moonlit
conservatives, murmuring palms,
dreamy waltz music in the distance and
the contiguity of youth? What more
natural than the anticipation of a COM
panionable, not to say tender, &C.
! quaintance? And whatmore disappoint-
ing than the matter-of-fact announce
ment as the man bids the maid adieu:
II would so like to have you meet my
fancee." No, the girls say there isn't
q fair point about the existing condi-
ton. They advocate the wearing of an
engagement ring by the man just as an
engagement ring is worn by the WON
an. No one ever mistakes an engaged
girl. Even without the ring, the air OF
conscious superiority, of condescend-
ing good humor, would stamp the
young woman as mortgaged property
| And with the assistance and addition
of the ring there is absolutely no chance
for error. And what is true of engage
ments, so the girls contend, is even
more applicable after marriage. A
married man, wearing no badge OF
servitude-if we except the guilty look
from the corner of the eye and tho
criminal and suspicion-arousing slap.
ping of the letter pockets in i'm
minent danger of being engaged in
dangerous converse by womanlind
And, by the same token, womankind is
at times unwisely and unwittingly kline
to the unlabeled married man. All en-
tangling alliances and dangerous com
plications could be avoided by judiciou'
use of the ring. The custom, once
adopted by an accepted leader, would
undoubtedly rebound to the credi
everlasting of the pioneer. There is M
reason whatever why men should no
wear engagement rings and every rea
son possible why they should. The.
rannot object on the score of not Xix
ing such decoration; no man object
to wearing the badge of particula
office or a cross or medal won for SOM
heroic act. Let men, therefore, whel
they have won it wear loves badg
with greater pride and gladness thai
any other.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

According to the annual police report
there were in 1898 673 cases of suicide in
New York. These were divided up in
this way: By burning, /; by drowning,
21; by suffocation by means of gas,
1877; by hanging, 70; by jumping from
balconies, /; by jumping from build
ings, 2; by jumping from roof, L; by
jumping from windows, 8; by knife,
"a; by poison, 270; by razor, l, and by
shooting, 142. The police gave aid in
b26 cases of attempted suicide, but that
was not the total number of such cases,
as COG persons were arrested for trying
to kill themselves, of whom 255, or
nearly half, were women.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

A merchant in q big car wheel fac.
tory, with an inventive turn of mind,
occasionally went to tavern, not a
thousand miles from Chicago, for o
drink. To one of the waiting loafers
there he confided process for welding
that he had perfected but not patented.
Like all great patents, it was a simple
thing, and the barfy lost no time in
stealing and patenting the idea. This
was IL years ago. Not fortnight ago
the same man, in telling of the great
fortune he had made Chat is, stolen),
used in a public meeting these words:
Thrift, work, economy; endless and
unselfish work-that is the basis of ev.
cry mans success in life. Great work
makes great honesty, and in time Of
:hese comes great wealth." There is
nothing so conducive to honesty as
plenty Of money.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
EYELASHES RENEWED.
By Transplanting the Hair, 1t Is Said
Unattractive Eyes May BE
Made Irresistible.

rTansplanted eyelashes and eye
brows are the latest things in the way
of persol al adornment. Only the brave
and rich can patronize the new method
at present, for besides being painful
and costly, it takes a long time to ac-
,omplish it.
There is only one person in New York
who makes a speciality of the process,
but in Paris and London, where the
idea originated, there are specialists
who make handsome living out of the
process of TRANSFORMING hair from the
head to the eyebrows or eyelashes. The
specialist works by putting in, not on
the new eyelashes and brows wherever
they are absent or grown thin, and
so cunning is he in his work that not
even the closest scrutiny can detect
any difference.
BY means of the new process, it is
said, eyes which are at ordinary times
only passable become languishing in
their expression, while eyes which
were previously considered fine have
their beauty much enhanced.
This is the way new eyelashes are
put in: An ordinary fine needle is
threaded with long hair, generally
taken from the head of the person to be
| operated upon. The lower border of the
eyelid is then thoroughly cleaned, and
in order that the process may be as
painless as possible, rubbed with So
luton of cocaine. The operator then
by a few skillful touches runs his
needle through the extreme edges of
the eyelid between the epidermis and
the lower border of the cartilage OF
the tragus. The needle passes in and
out along the edge of the lid, leaving its
hair thread in loops of carefully gradu-
ated length.
When this has been done another
and another length of hair is sewed
through the lid until finally there are
a dozen or more loops projecting. BY
this time the effect of the cocaine has
been lost and the operator is obliged
to desist and put off the further sew
ing of hair for another sitting.
The next step in the process is cut
ting off and trimming the ends of thu
loops, and the result is fine, thick
long set of eyelashes. 1t is the finish
ing touch, that is to come, that makes
them look like natures own. WheI
they are first cut they stick out in thu
most singular fashion, giving the per
son operated upon the most uncann.
look. The operators next step is t.
take curling tongs, made of silver an'
no larger than knitting needles, ant
to give them the curve which is essen
tial to perfect beauty. Then the eye
are carefully bandaged and kept so un
til the following day.
Most of the hairs that have beel
transplanted take root and grow, bu
few of them fall out and have to b
attended to. For the ilrst month it i
necessary to curl the new cyelashe
, every day, but after that they becom
, properly assimilated, and it is not nee
essary to give them any further atten
. ton.
Eyebrows are doctored in the sam
way, hut there is not so much pail
associated with the process as in trans
planting eyelashes.-N. Y. Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

In a moment of wrath Snowman in
South Dakota seized club and pounded
freak creature so severely that it died.
If the freak was human the Snowman
is guilty of murder. If it was lower
animal the Snowman will 60 free. And
here is where the authorities, who have
the Snowman under arrest, are con.
fronted with question so prZzling
that it would worry the very wisest OF
caliphs. Before the freak died the show.
man was anxious to have it understood
that the creature was at least half 0
man, but now that the thing is dead he
Is sure it was all monkey. He called il!
the missing link, and boosted of tire fao
that nobody was able to saypositively
whether it was brute or humas, but
the grand jury have taken the response.
bility of binding him over for tria. even
though the chances seem to be about
equally good that they are putting him
in peril of his life for executing ven.
geance on monkey.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
The Neck Cbain Is Gone.

Definitely the chain is gone. Too
great popularity killed it. In its place
the bangle ventures to put forth, but
the result is in doubt, and by determin-
eddy putting off their watches women
have ceased to make themselves the
slaves of time. In truth, never was so
little jewelry worn as in this summer
of grace, and the fancy for Oriental pat
terms is as marked as ever. At night
in the couture very charming wreaths
of small, clear green enameled leaves,
ivy, myrtle, laurel, bay and grape foil
age, fasten among puffs and braids, and
sometimes a row of leaves forms the
top edging for tucking comb.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

Our railroads are in much better ply
steal condition than they were ten years
ago, and this fact accounts in great
measure for the decreased casualties
to passengers, but it is still fearfully
large. We brag of the superiority OF
our railroad service to that of Europe,
but there is one thing in which the Eu-
ropean railroads surpass ours very far
the better protection of their passen-
gers. They carry a great many more
passengers and kill and injure a great
many less.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
FOR COUNTRY RIDING.
A Smart Outfit of Black and White
Plaid for the Daring Wood
land Cyclienne.

The costume of this woodland C,
clienne is worthy paragraph in tn,
most conservative of fashion articles
1t is specially adapted for long spin
through shady groves and also fol
rough-and-tumble riding.
1t is developed in lightweight Scot
fish goods trimmed with bands Of
bright silk poplin, which in Their turf
are finished with narrow strips OF
braid. The writer recalls one partic
ular woodland cycling suit of royal
brown rlaided with Prussian blue and
a generous tracing of crimson.
The skirt was the ideal rainy-day
length, very faring at the hem and
close-fitting about the hips. The full
ness was laid in plaits at the back
Around the foot was plain band
trimming of white brilliantine headed
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

There is ludicrous side to an act OF
vandalism committed at the war depart.
ment in Washington recently. Auto
graph fends made raid upon a record
book belonging to the department and
secured what they fondly believed to be
complete set of the signatures of the
most prominent officers of the United
States army. AS it turns out, however,
the thieves were badly mistaken and
the signatures are not worth the paper
they are written on. One of the rules
of the war department is that all army
officers coming to Washington must
register their names at the department.
A large blank book is used as register,
and this is kept in the hall opposite the
Office of the adjutant general. The book
is chained fast to the bracket on which
it is kept, but this did not deter the van
dals from accomplishing their purpose.
The theft was committed On Sunday
afternoon. The thieves chose the most
| favorable time for carrying out their in
tention, there, of course, being very few
persons about the building at that time.
The work of the vandals was undiscov.
cred until the next morning. Being un.
able to carry the book away bodily, the
thieves with sharp instrument cut out
what names they wanted and left the
I, volume in sadly mutilated condition.
The vandals were very fastidious in
their choice of names, only selecting
| those of the most celebrated command
ers and passing by those of the lesser
known officers. In this way the thieves
secured the names of Gems. Shafter,
| Wood, Fitzhugh Lee, Butler, Wade,
Merritt and number of others. 1t SO
happens, however, that in nearly every
case the names of the generals were not
written by themselves but by their aids
so that what the men secured were in nc
sense of the word autographs.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
Pain Conquered; Health Re.
stored by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. o2,64oI


81 feel it my duty to write and thank
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pound has done for me. 1t is the only
medicine 1 have found that has done
me any good. Before taking your medi-
cine, was all run down, tired all the
time, no appetite, pains in my back and
bearing down pains and great suf-
ferer during menstruation. After taxi
ing two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound l felt like new
woman. lam now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. feel
better than have felt for three years
and would recommend your Compound
to every suffering woman. hope this
letter will help others to find cure
for their troubles. = Mrs. DELLA
REMICKEB, RENSSELAER,, IND.
The serious ills of women develop
from neglect of early symptoms. Every
pain and ache has a cause, and the
warning they give should not be disre-
garded.
Mrs. Pinkhain understands these
troubles better than any local ply
stefan and will give every woman free
advice who is puzzled about her
health. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass. Don't put off writing until
health is completely broken down.
Write at the first indication Of trouble.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
A Profane silence,

A story is going the rounds of golf match
between Rev Dr. Sterret and Justice Har-
Ian of the United States supreme court, The
incident occurred at Chevy Chase Golf
club, one of the prominent organizations
near Washington, during meeting be-
TWEEN these two ardent golfers. The doctor
discovered that his ball teed up in tempting
style for fine brassie shot, and, with the
utmost deliberation, he went through with
preme effort-missed the ball. For fully a
minute he gazed at the tantalizing sphere
without uttering a word. At length Juss
tice Harlan remarked solemnly: Doctor,
that was the most profane silence l ever
listened o."-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

A woman notary public in Colorado,
who was recently married, asked the at
torney-general what name she should
use officially in the future. He has re-
piled that she must sign all documents
as before her marriage, for he finds no
law compelling or even authorizing a
woman to drop her maiden name on the
simple excuse of marriage. In fact, he
says there is no authority for change
of name at marriage or at any other
time,