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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
M'KINLEY IS WINNING.
Compared to That of
Lincoln.

The growth of William Mckinley in
the respect and good graces of his fell
low-citiZens is not confined to his own
party, but extends to all classes, re-
CARELESS of partisanship. In proof of
which see the following estimate of him
from the democratic Brooklyn Eagle:
SIN 1896 the question was Mckinley
or Bryan Most Americans, we are
sure, are glad it was Mckinley. He had
the experience in congress and the eX-
perience in politics which enabled him
to obtain necessary legislation in a
great emergency. He had the knowl-
edge of man which enabled him to
put at every point of peril or of emer-
gency agents who were equal to what
was required of them. He has had the
conciliatory, yet firm, the quiet, yet in
sistent, temper, which has enabled him
to have his way at the last, by permit
ting all others to have their say at first.
He has wisely used, on well-chosen oc-
casions, rare capacity for luminous
PuDlC sldtCtliCu. anu III upJVdt
to the people who have made up their
minds in his favor against all criticism
and easuistry and aspersion. He has
maintained the organization of his
party intact; he has greatly extended
the civil service rules and he has estab-
lished for himself hold on the homes
and hearts of plain Americans that
cannot be mistaken, and that can we'll
nigh be compared to the hold which
Lincoln himself had under circum-
stances analogous to those in which
Mr.. Mckinley has been placed"
by the way. catch a republican paper
comparing Mckinley to Lincoln and,
oh, what howl would 60 up from GER
tain quarters-quarters too miracu-
lousy constituted and Predetermined
ever to expand and broaden into fair
ness, no matter how much light may be
poured out upon them.-Oswego Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
War Made Friends.

An interesting story with Dallas
end has grown out of the Spanish
American war. When Roosevelt rough
riders were being organized at San An
tonic, Otto Winter, a well-known ath-
lete of Dallas, hurried off to San An
tonic and enlisted. He had served two
years in the German army, and was
readily accepted. Among his comrades
and chums during the Cuban campaign
was young Perrin, of New York city,
son of millionaire. Perrin became very
i'll before the rough riders left Cuba,
and Winter carefully nursed him till
he was able to return to his home. After
their regiment was mustered out Win,
ter returned to Dallas. Perrin went
10 his palatial home in New York, but
did not forget his friend who hal shared
trials and faced death with him at La
Guasimas and San Juan. Last jan
uary he wrote to Winter, telling him he
was going to take a trip around the
world and insisting on Winters accom-
panying him. Winteragreed, and few
weeks ago slipped away from Dallas
without a word. A letter has been re-
ceived from him, dated at Honolulu,
telling sor-ething of the long journey
he and Perrin are making.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Francis Nichols, of Minnesota, who
has organized religious sect called
the Brethren in Christ, says that all
the human race, except the 100000 in
his sect, will be eternally lost. The
property of the communicates is
placed in a common fund, Of which
Nichols has charge. All funerals of
members, of the sect must be under
his direction, and his travelling ex-
penses are, of course, borne by the
mourners. Those who desire to keep
''in the kingdom" must abjure all dis
play in dress and all ornaments are
forbidden. The members must not
have any friends who are not in the
kingdom, and this rule is said to be
one Of the most severe of all on the
women. No tie of relationship is rec
ognized, and persons in ones own fam
lily must be Stunned If they are out
side the kingdom.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Fatalities on the street railroads Of
Chicago have decreased nearly IS per
cent. since the surface lines have
equipped their cable and electric cars
with tenders, in accordance with an
ordinance. In the last two months only
three persons were killed on the street
railways of Chicago, whereas in the
same period of 1898 there were eight
victims, and the average for half of
last year was nine deaths each month.
All the surface roads have not as yet
fulfilled the requirements of the ordi-
nance, and it is probable that the num-
Der of fatal accidents will be even
smaller when every car is provided with
fender.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
SAVED THE SECRET.
lie hoodwinked His Trusting WHEY
But mt What n Fearful Cost
to Himself.

He had been out late. When he reached
his residence the church clock was chimine
Eve, Heavy, weary, disguised, he opened
the front door with some difficulty, and soft
ly toled up the stairs, entering the bed
chamber with elaborate caution.
Thank goodness, she was asleep!
He dropped into chair, and, without
taking of his coat or hat, began to remove
his shoes. One he placed with great care
upon he floor, but, alas! as he took off the
other it slipped out of his hand and fell
with a loud noise.
WHEY awoke on the instant.
She looked at him and then at the sum.
mer sunlight that streamed through the
blinds.
Why, George. what are you getting up
Talk about reprieves!
"Why, my DEAR" replied George, with
The cearest enunciation of which he was
capable, II found | couldn't sleep, SO l
thought I'd get up and go out and take a
walk"
And out the poor wretch went, dragging
himself round YEARLY for an hour upon the
verge of tears and torpor.-Cincinnat En-.
iuirer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

There is farm in the thriving town
of Molena, Ca, known as the doodle
farm" 1t is owned by stock COM
pany, and contains one square foot of
land. 1t was decided to the company,
which is composed of five or six men,
by slick politician, in order that these
men might vote in elections where two
thirds of the freeholders decide ques-
ton. A few years ago an election was
held at Molena to decide whether liquor
should be sold in the incorporate lin
its. Only freeholders were allowed to
vote, and the ants had to receive two
thirds of the total vote cast before
liquor could legally be sold. The cleo
ton was an exciting one, and one of
the leading ants decided the land in
order to carry the election, which he
did.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

John Hubbard. of Bay Shore, L. l.,
loves Emine Veerlapd. who works for
former Coroner Moore. The only rea-
son he did not marry her long ago, says
the New York Journal, is that he had
not money enough for wedding. But
waiting sharpened Hubbard's wits. and
this is how he raised the money: Dom
ming an ancient suit he went forth into
the small towns near by and piteous-
ly appealed for subscriptions to aid
him in burying his wife. Such an ex-
pert beggar did he prove that he re-
turned home jubilant, with enough
money for good wedding. His sweet
heart named the day and began her
preparations. But Miss Veerland heard
how Hubbard had raised the money
And it changed her feelings toward
him. In vain did Hubbard plead that
his wrongdoing was all for love of her
She fatty refused to marry him. And
now those who helped him are taking
steps to prosecute him for obtaining
money under false pretenses. and Hub
bard is heartsick and his hair is turn
ing gray.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

a prominent Detroit minister, who
is noted for straightforwardness of
speech. was making the announce
ments the other Sunday. when one of
the ushers of the church walked for
ward and handed him a note. 1t an
nounced the death and funeral of one
of the old members of the church, who
had not attended regularly of late
years, or kept up his dues. The min
lister took the note, read it and went
on with his announcements as fol-
lows: 1.-THE young peoples society of
the church will meet in the chapel on
Monday evening. The ladies' sewing
circle will meet on Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. Jordan. am requested
to- announce that Mr.. So and So died
early this morning. am also request
ed to announce that the funeral will
be held in this church Tuesday after
noon. Mr.. So and So will be present
in person for the first time in IL years.
The usual morning Offering will now
be taken"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Thus far the Cubans take much more
kindly to baseball than to the bicycle,
though wheels of American make are
freely offered in the shops. The streets
OF Havana are narrow and crowded,
and the roads outside generally poor.
Baseball is especially popular in Ha-
vana. A correspondent says the play
ing is surprisingly good, especially in
throwing the ball. The Cubans can
not bat as hard as Americans, but they
delight in double plays and make more
than the average.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Something new in the way of pal
aces is to be erected in Salt Lake City
shortly. Cities in cold climate erect
ice palaces, but Salt Lake intends to
put up salt palace. Millions of tons
of salt rock are available, and COM
mittee, already appointed, is to meet
shortly to complete the arrangements.
1t is said there are no difficulties in the
way of making the proposed palace ell
tirely of salt. When completed, it will
be novelty, and will doubtless attract
visitors net only from the intcr-moun-
tain section but from all parts of the
country,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Some of the more advanced physi-
ologists now claim that the back lobes
of the brain are the seat of the high
est intellectual faculties, theory
which is in direct opposition to that of
the phrenologists and to popular opin-
ion as well, the latter being that
high forehead is proof of superior in
telligence. To the large hind head has
been attributed an unusual degree of
animalism. DR.. c. Blapham, an an
thropologist of high repute throughout
Europe. has given arguments in favor
of the posterior lobes in recently pub
lished paper which shows that man, of
all creatures, has the most highly de-
veloped posterior lobes and that the
ablest men and races have them in the
highest perfection.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

This is how the editor of the Bristol
(Va.) News squares himself with o
prominent citizen: I'm our write-up OH
Monday of the Walker-Hamilton shoot
ing affair on Saturday night we mad
vertently and unintentionally omitted
to mention DIR. w. X. Vance as one OF
the physicians who was in attendance
upon Gen. Walker. 1t was with no
intention upon our part to withhold
the credit due this skilled physician for
the valuable services rendered"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Uncle James Slightam and wife, a
good old-fashioned couple living over
in Liberty township, Macon county,
Mo-, have done. their cooking for the
past IS years in the old brick fire
place, the same method that was en-
ployed by the pioneers in the early
part of the century. The other day,
says the Kansas City Times, their chill
dren surprised them by sending to the
house magnificent modern steel
range. which was put up solidly by the
workmen. The old people stood it two
days. then had il removed to the smoke
house and went back to their old fire.
place to do their cooking. because it was
more convenient and the meals seemed
to taste better cooked by it,"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
The Omaha EXPOSITION.

The widespread, popular desire for
information concerning the inhabit-
ants, products and industries of the is
lands of the sea recently acquired by
the United States is soon to be met.
Secretary of War Alger has expressed
willingness to cooperate with the man
ayers of the Greater America eXposi-
ton at Omaha and will have the Of
fcers of army transports instructed to
carry objects of interest intended for
the exposition from the ports of our
new insular possessions. The war de-
partment has already furnished trans
portation to the agents of the eXposi-
ton who are collecting exhibits. Trans
and in some cases they are without
cargoes. One of these vessels will be
utilized to carry implements of agricul-
ture, native products of the Philippine
islands, bamboo and fiber materials,
weapons of war, and even Filipino
families, the desire of the exposition
management being to bring about 100
families from the Philippines and set
them up in native huts upon the en-
position grounds. Inhabitants and OBJ
jects of other islands will also be eX-
hibited at the exposition. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson pledged himself
.and his department to do everything
possible to expedite the gathering of
these exhibits. "Whatever has been
collected" said Secretary Wilson, us
at the disposal of the Greater America
exposition. and l will so notify our peo-
pie not only in the Philippines, but in
the West Indies ALSO" Observers 1T the
weather bureau stations throughout
Cuba and Porto Rico will be expected to
act as agents of the exposition in the
further collection Of articles illustrat-
ing the products, industries and peo-
pies of these islands. The exposition
at Omaha will open July and continue
until the list day of November. The
buildings and grounds of the exposi-
ton of 1898 have been purchased and
the landscapes are being transformed
into tropical gardens of great extent
and beauty. The large white structures
will be tinted and decorated in har-
nony with the tropical foliage, plant
life and flora which will abound not
only throughout the beautiful bluff
tract as the eastern portion of the
grounds, but also on either side of the
lagoon in the grand court. The general
aspect of the grounds is to be wholly
different from that of last year. while
the diversified exhibits from the sea is
lands will afford rare attraction, the
like of which has never before been
presented in the United States. DR..
George l.. Miller and Hon. Edward
Rosewater, of the exposition manage
ment, during a recent visit to Wash
ington, were assured of the active CO.
operation OF President Mckinley and
his cabinet ministers in the effort to
educate the American peoplein relation
to Uncle Sans new colonies.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
Democrats DESERVING Bryan.

Oh, no. There is no hostility to demo
Gratis who wish to return, providing
they admit that the party now has q
national platform which is satisfac-
tory" but the trouble is that the num-
Der of democrats who are willing 70 re-
turn on that understanding seems to be
growing smaller instead of larger. The
colonel lost New York by nearly 27O,-
900, and if he expects his principles to
triumph, these votes must certainly be
made. good somewhere. That they are
not being made good in the west is in
dicated by the drift of political senti-
ment in that section. The men who
either voted for Mckinley outright or
who helped to defeat Bryan by voting
for Palmer and Buckner, do not feel as
though they are called upon to perform
works meet for repentance. And it is
not probable that they will change their
minds between now and the next presi-
Dental election. Brooklyn Eagle.
(Dem.)
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Marriage is not a failure, for the man,
Mt least, if German Investigator may
be believed. He has been interview
ing insurance companies, and visiting
hospitals and insane asylums, and he
has now promulgated the pleasing re-
suit of his labors. He finds that of the
men who die, commit suicide or become
insane or seriously i'll in early life, the
greater number are bachelors. He says
that diseases of the digestive organs
are the ones which cause the most
trouble to unmarried men. This is a
distinct compliment to the good cook
ing of the average wife. Among mat
rimonial statistics the following French
ones are interesting; Thirteen out of
100 young women MARRY between the
ages of Is and 90; between 20 and IS
the average is 60 out of 100; between
Is and 80, 20 out of 100; between 80 and
IS, IL out of 100; from 35 to 40, 6 out of
100; from 40 to As, only 5, and from
As to so, just one solitary woman out
of the hundred.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
UPHOLD GOLD STANDARD.
Facts Which Give the Lie to the As
sertiOns of the Cheap Money
Colonel.

Mr.. Bryan, whose knowledge of cur
rency matters is in inverse ratio to the
quantity of his talk, about them, said
in New York that 1.-THE republican party
has been burying the gold question"
AS usual, Mr.. Bryan was mistaken.
The republican party has been burying
several other things, including Bryan
lite assertions that high-priced wheat
and silver were incontrovertible terms,
and that republican success in 1896
meant continued commercial and in-
dustrial distress. Mr.. Bryan never did
shine as prophet.
The gold question has never been
buried, for the reason that the people of
the country took the republican party
at it's word when it promised to make
and keep the currency of the United
states 'as good as gold" That is what
the republicans have done and are do
ing. A paper dollar with the gold to
back it is valued so highly that the peo-
pie prefer the paper and leave the gold
in the treasury and bank vaults. 1.-The
endless chain" has gone into innocuous
desuetude.
That is simply the effect of putting in
republican administration at Wash
ington, and of the popular confidence
that it would uphold sound money
standard and & aard the financial honor
of the nation. 1t could do no more be-
cause Bryan's free silver friends in the
senate blocked the way. 1t is going to
be different at the next session of con-
gress, and already the steps to accom-
plish something definite in the shape of
currency legislation have been taken.
The republican members of the house
Representatives in the Fifty-fifth con-
gress, just before final adjournment
last month, appointed committee on
monetary Legislation. That committee
is carefully constituted. Gen. David B.
Henderson, of Iowa, is chairman, and
the other members of the committee
are as follows: John Dalzell, Pennsyl-
vania; Serene E. Payne, New York;
Jesse Overstree;, Indiana; William C..
Lowering, Massachusetts,; Charles Cur
tbs, Kansas; Page Morris, Minnesota;
Eugene T. Loud, California; r. B. Haw-
ley, Texas; j. w. Babcock, Wisconsin,
and w. S. Kerr, Ohio.
These gentlemen fairly represent
sound money sentiment; they are
typical republicans, and almost with
out exception are noted for ability and
skill during long public service in hand
ling important questions. They met
at Atlantic City, N. j., where the pre-
liminary work in the way of prepar-
ing currency bill was done. No hasty
action is likely to be taken, for the
subject with which they have to
deal demands care and deliberation.
Rut that they will devise measure
which in it's essential features will COM
mand the approval of those who favor
honest money and legislation that will
assure the permanent stability and in
tegrity of our country is hardly to be
doubted. This gathering, so closely
following the adjournment of con-
gress in which all attempts at monetary
reform were abortive owing to silver
antagonism, is the best and most sig
nifcant reply to Mr.. Bryan's taunt.-
Troy Times,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

about the military happenings of the
same day at Manila. Times have changed
since 1915, when the news of Waterloo
were four days in reaching London. The
happenings of the current day in Asia,
and largely in Europe, are practically
anticipated in the American morning
neWsnapers.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

From Rockbridge county, Va, comes
the report that there is an enormous
number of crows there and they are
committing unheard-of freaks. They
have been seen on the backs of ,he
sheep on several farms. A gentleman
stated that he saw three crows at the
same time on the back of one sheep
and the animal did not appear to mind
them, but continued to walk about and
feed. The only reason assigned for
the crows being there was that they
had frosted their feet during the cold
spell and were using the wool on the
free list as an article for their injured
feet.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
China's Powerful sword.

There is an ancient and dreadful sword in
China. 1t gives to the man who happens to
one he wishes without danger of punish
ment. All people flee from this sword as
fearfully as stomach ills flee before the ap-
proach of Hostetters Stomach Bitters.
This famous remedy cures all forms of stom-
ach troubles, beginning with constipation
and ending with liver or kidney disease. It
will be found in all drug stores and it al
WayS cures.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
UThcre are many democrats VIII

UThcre are many democrats who
are very much disturbed because Col.
Bryan is devoting so much of his
speeches to denouncing the occupation
of Manila by American troops. 1T was
sixteen to one which fooled us in 1896,
and now Dryan is going about the
country attempting to commit the
party TO active hostility to the occupa-
ton of the Philippines, course which
will ALLEVIATE thousands of ' patriotic
democrats" Such was the remark of q
well-known democrat in this city.
There are great many others who
were the first 20 declare for what is
called the policy Of expansion.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

The Americans who were wounded
in the Philippine fights endured their
injuries bravely, one group which had
been brought into the hospital, says q
late dispatch, singing Comrades. :"
Uncle Sans boys are not much be-
hind the Spartans of old in the matter
of nerve and courage.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

Two Kentucky farmers in a buggy
were killed by train, which smashed
the buggy but did not injure the horse
that was pulling it, nor the horse the
men were leading behind.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

An Indian youth of 10 has lost his
third wife by divorce. At IA he mar
ried girl o! IL by parental consent and
treated her so badly that the marriage
was annulled. His treatment of the
next two was no better, and for the
third time he is a grass widower.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03

"Mr. Stanley" said friend to the
African explorer the other day, II see
the American papers are calling you an
Amerir-n." WELL" was the answer,
the term isn't libelous."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
A Hard Winter.


Just as the oldest inhabitant to-day
points back to the winters of a half-cen-
fury ago when he wishes to convince
his hearers that real winter weather
is nowadays practically unknown, so
the young people of the present time
when they in turn become oldest in
habitants" will very likely have much
tosay about the 'hard winter of $780,"
For as winters go the season which,
according to the calendar, came to an
end few days ago, but which in re-
ality Is still with us, should be men,
orable. 1t may not have supplied so
much frigidity nor so much snow as
the "old-fashioned winters" of q gen
Grafton or more ago, but in furnishing
large variety of disagreeable weather
1t stands without rival 1t began
practically on Thanksgiving day, No
vember rs, when seven inches of snow
fell, and has therefore lasted four good
months, with the end not yet in sight.
During that time we have had no less
than four billiards and any number of
smaller storms. 1t is an old proverb
that the number of snowstorms in any
one winter will equal the number of
the day of the month on which the first
snow falls. Every man who has had
to push snow shovel this year will
agree that so far as it applies to 1928
'99 this rule is incorrect. To secure
the correct figure it would be neces-
sary to multiply the given twenty-five
by two,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03
A NIisht.

The young man who prefers to owe tailor
rather than to wear a suit which has been
:aken from the counters of a clothing store,
says that he never cared for counter fit
Advertiser.