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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-24
storm Near I,arkersburg.

Special to Times-Republican.
Parkersburg, Aug. 24.-This part OF
the country was visited by severe
wind and thunder storm last evening.
A few miles north Of Parkersburg on
the Stanley Conn farm very large
barn was blown to pieces. several head
of cattle We're killed and a lot of hay
destroyed; also the grand stand on the
race track was completely destroyed
The damage in town was slight.
The grading on the l., NJ. & ~. w.
railroad between Parkersburg and Du-
mont is nearly all finished. The work
is now being pushed hard south OF town
and it will not be many months until
trains will be running.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-24

T. Gunderson Chosen.
Cedar Rapids. Aug. ia dispatch
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
DOWN ON COLUMBUS.
II He Had Not Discovered America
the Spaniards Would Have
Had No Trouble.

One Of the most delightfully."- humorous as.
poets of our late antagonists is their utter
absence of sense of humor. Some Ameri-
can jester having predicted that when the
Spaniards got through with the war they
would repudiate Christopher Columbus for
having ever discovered America, the Madrid
journals are verifying the prediction by as.
sorting with truly Iberian profundity that
Cristobal Colon has turned out to be the
evil genius of Spain.
1t is evident that if the old mariner had
been content with staying in the Medter-
ranean and had not gone about bothering
monarchs to furnish him the means of dis
covering the new world Spain would have
no colonies, and having none she could not
lose them. "It's i'll taking the treeks off
H'elander," says the Scotch proverb, and by
the same logic, if it had not been for the
mischievous activity Of Columbus Spain
would have been thoroughly guarded against
such disasters as have now befallen her.
But even upon the Spanish method Of
reasoning-that Columbus was at fault and
not the ages of plumber and cruelty which
have wiped out the Spanish ownership of
nearly half the world-our Madrid friends
forget that Columbus gave them three CEN
turtles of squeezing the colonies that fol
lowed his discoveries in South America, and
four in Cuba and Porto Rico. Inasmuch as
Columbus was thrown into disfavor and
prison while he lived, we should say that
the balance between him and Spain was
still in his favor.-Pttsburgh Dispatch,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15

filled with heavily sailed water and
when the current is turned on every
thing is ready for heating the iron.
1t is thrust in and in an instant the
current passes from the metal plate
through the iron and to the wire at
the top. Some of the water is decom-
posed by the electrolytic action. The
nitrogen of the water becomes electri-
fled and adheres to the object to be
heated, forming over it film of gas.
This film separates the water from the
object, and at the same time the gas
forms such an obstruction to the pas
sage of the electric current that the
current is turned into heat.
In moment the iron begins REDEEM
ing with heat and in little while it is
white and may be seen like white
object down in the water, most in
teresting thing to see. When the work
man has done with his iron he turns
the electric current off and plunges HIS
iron into the tank again. This time it
cools with sputter and "siss."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
chtldren,. Hands ana Feet.

Be particular to dry the hands and
feet of child well. Dampness left be-
tween the toes may cause soreness or
even corn, which may be troublesome
to get rid of. In washing the hands do
not leave any dirt between the fingers;
press the skin back from the nails and
slightly pinch the tips of the fingers
after every washing If you want your
children to have pretty hands and nails.
A little trouble taken at the first will
save a great deal of bother afterwards.
The children should be taught, when
old enough, to do this for themselves.
They should be taught to take pride in
nicely-kept hands.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
PEARLS TO ORDER.
Mussel and Oyster Are Now Being
Demonstrated and Taught the
Jewelry Business.

Diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sap
phires have all been produced in the
laboratory, and it is now the turn of
the pearl, says the New York Times.
The chemist, however, is not himself
the maker of the new artificial pearls;
he is only the collaboration. 1t is true
that false pearls are made from moth
er-of-pearl, but their luster is not up
to the mark. The Chinese have long
introduced grains of sand and little
knots of wire into the shell of the pearl
oyster in order that the animal, to
relieve itself from the irritation so
caused, may coat the foreign substance
with pearl. If this matter be inserted
between the shell and the mantle the
oyster can eject it by contractions Of
his body. To prevent this M. Boutan,
a French experimenter, has trepanned
the shell and introduced small bead
of nacre, which might, however, be a
true pearl of small size, through the
hole and fixed it by means of cement to
the she'll. This bean was in course of
time covered with nacre by the oyster,
and fine large pearl was the result.
Dealers cannot distinguish it from an
orient pearl. The question of making
pearls in this way was recently dis
cussed at a meeting of the Academies
des Sciences, Paris, and M. Berthelot,
the famous chemist, observed that such
a pearl could only be considered true
pearl If it had at least a hundred layers
of The pearl nacre; otherwise it would
only be a foreign substance covered
with nacre. Of course, if the foreign
matter is pearl itself this objection
disappears, and we have the means of
producing pearls at will. According to
M. Lacaze Duthier, some two years
would be required for haliotide to
produce big pearl. The artificial
pearl Of the trade, fabricated from
racre, could also be coated in the
same way. Evidently the pearl mussel
and oyster are about to be domesti-
Gated for the production of pearls, as
the spider is for silk. Pearl divers may
become legend of the past.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
AN ORIENTAL PEACH.
Vassal Was a winner In
a Walk.

Her majesty, Isl An, empress of China
sat in her palace in the purple Forbidden
City, with her brow resting on her thumb
and her index finger pushed up through her
fringe. Rousing herself presently from her
profound absorption she beckoned to wal.
nut-colored person plastered up against the
yellow silk tapestry.
Gun Hung" she said, "where is the EN-.
peror%
Dash your ignominious slave into mil.
lion atoms, oh, amethyst flower of the
Clestial kingdom" he responded, lying
fat on. his chest before her, Chat your slave
wotteth not"
"Wot?"
mo, most purple of our yellow lilies Of
the Yang tse- Kiang, do not wot where the
emperor u.s."
"And this to me?"
Most beauteous descendant of all the
gods, your vile slave speaks but the truth,
though he lies here on his very stomach
de wotteth not where the emperor is.
Slave, dog, canine wretch, scum of the
Yellow river, did not tell you what to do!
Truly, most divine Of all the gentle, pur.
pie peoples OF Peking, and your slave did il
to the queens taste, so to speak"
".'Aha, then he is dead?"
"As a mackerel, O, yellow anemone of the
crystal sea-"
why liest thou, knowing that hs h
"How the dickens, most marvellous Of
mandarin matrons, do know where he is,
I'm no fortune teller"
"Oho, aha" smiled her majesty, again 70
lapsing into thought, "bring on another
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
old Polish Salt Mines.

The salt mines of Wieliezka, near
Cracow, Poland, were mentioned in
1044, and have been worked since 1910.
The first map of the mines was made
in 1888 by Martin German, Swedish
mine surveyor. The eight shafts now
i'm existence are from 207 to 9S5 feet
deep, and the length of the levels now
open is 345, 900 feet, with 115,5O0 feet of
underground tram lines. Between 1772
and 1892 about 100000 cubic yards
have been excavated for the extraction
of salt. Machine drills are now used
and compressed powder is employed
in blasting; about 1857 pounds of pow
der are used per ton of salt produced.
The present levels are ~ feet high by
6H feet wide.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
GLASS HOUSES HOLD HEAT.
Energy from SUN Passes Through
Glass I'm Waves of Light, Be-
= comes Heat and CannOt Escape.

1t is very curious, said the old pro-
fessor of physics, to see how many
market gardeners there are who raise
things under glass, make money out
of the process and yet do not know
why their heating frames and their hot
houses remain hot inside.
Now, as matter of fact, the heat
mechanism of dollhouse depends on a
well-known proposition in physics. I
suppose you are acquainted with the
fact that the energy from the sun
travels in the form of little waves.
The energy does not come down to us
in straight lines; it comes, as it were,
in a zigzag manner, dancing from side
to side as it comes along. If these waves
are very short, light is the result; if
they are tritie longer, they take the
form of heat.
Ii the light waves strike anything
on the way down, they are very apt to
be turned into heat. Now, the waves
which form light are SO short that they
will readily pass through glass, but the
waves which form heat are so long that
they will not pass through.
From this, therefore, you may see
why dollhouse remains hot. The
energy from the sun passes into the
house through the glass roof in the
form of light. Then it strikes the OBJ
jects in the house and is turned to heat.
But this heat cannot pass out through
the glass. The heat waves are too long.
So the light keeps coming in and the
heat keeps accommodating, and soon the
lighthouses become very warm indeed
even on the coolest days in winter.
OF course our dwelling houses are
heated by the sun in the same way
The light comes in through the win
dows, but the heat cannot pass OUT
Boston Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
EYES OF ANIMALS.
When Under the influence of Emo
tiOn of Any Kind the Pupils
Contract and Expand.

Until comparatively lately there
seems to have been good deal of diff.
ference of opinion as to the ac-
ton of the pupil under strong
emotion. About five years ago
l had some correspondence with
Sir s. Wilkes, the distinguished
president of the Royal college of ply
sicians, upon this very subject, and. he
informed me that after long inquiry he
had been unable to get any trustworthy
information as to how the pupil be-
haved in the lower animals when they
were under the influence of emotion.
The correspondence had been called
forth by my stating in an article that
dogs pupils dilate when he is angry.
The evidence upon which l based this
statement was gathered at the house
of friend who had fox terrier which
used to become furious when leased.
1t had a basket in the corner of the
room to which it retired when offended.
The light from the chandelier shone
full upon its face, and frequently OBJ
served that when the animal was espe-
cially angry the eye chambers reflected
the light in the same way as do those
of human being when the pupils are
dilated with atropin. Having no quar-.
rel with the animal could approach
him with safety, when others were ex-
citing his wrath, and found that on
such occasions the pupils of his eyes
were widely open.
1t so happened that about the same
time Sir S. Wilkes had BEEN making OBJ
servations upon parrots, and found that
the pupil contracted when the birds
were under the influence of anger. On
extending my observations to other
animals, / found that cats and monkeys
exhibited the same popularity as the
dog when enraged and meditating mis-
chief, but that in several instances,
as soon as the creatures were provoked
beyond endurance and flew at their per-
secutors, the pupils suddenly contract
ed. offered the following conjecture
as 10 the reason of this phenomenon:
When an animal is angry and face to
face with a foe, but has not mNle up
its mind as to the most effective method
of attack, it is important that the eyes
should take in as much as possible
of the enemy and his surroundings;
but when the actual onslaught is made
the attention of the assailant is fully
concentrated upon some particular
point of his adversary's body.-Humani-
tartan,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
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LIFE IN NEW MEXICO.
1t Is Peculiar But at the Same Time
Has Some Pleasant and Pretty
Features.

We in the east do not realize the ex-
tent to which New Mexico is foreign
land Many villages have no American
residents, except the merchant and the
doctor, with perhaps saloon keeper or
two. AL the rest are native Mexicans.
They not only use the Spanish Ian
guage, but they are unable to under
stand word of English, at least they
pretend they cannot understand it,
which amounts to the same thing,
when one wishes to converse with them.
1t is difficult to see how this condition
of foreigners can be soon changed.
The country is full; it is peopled about
to the limit of what it will support, un-
less the scanty rainfull be impounded
and none allowed to run away to the
sea.
Quaint sights abound in these old
Mexican villages. The first impression
is that the people have no eye for the
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
wELL-DREsSED WOMEN.
parel Is Unattractive In Tell
Tale Trifies Only.

Every normally constituted woman
desires, rightly enough, to appear pleas
ing to those with whom she comes into
association. This feeling, in its proper
expression, is not vanity; it is COM
mendable and eminently right, for it is
one of the forces which go to make liv-
ing more pleasant thing. 1t is only
when this natural and worthy ambi-
ton subordinates other and more i'm
portant aims that it becomes offensive
and dangerous. The elements of femi-
nine attraction are many, including
those of nature and those derived from
woman's own art. Among the latter,
one of the most important is the art of
dressing well, and that art consists not
so much in richness of attire as in con-
siderate attention TO details. So good
an authority as Harper's Bazaar, touch
ing upon the topic, says: "The main
respect in which the well-dressed wom-
an differs from her whose apparel is un-
attractive is in the trifes which make
costume elegant. The pretty shoe, the
handsome stocking, the violating
glove and the becoming veil add finish
that makes woman what is known as
well dressed. No one can afford to neg
lect these little things. The well-laun-
dered collar and cuffs and the correct
tie attract the attention of the average
observer much sooner than do the ele-
gance of the material of a gown and
the style in which it is made. If cos
tune fits well it depends on the wearer
to make it stylish. In this day of vast
variety and beauty in neclSwear a cos
tune may be made as elaborate or as Sc
we're as the owner wishes"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
IN NEW MEXICO.

beautiful at all; their houses front on
the street with no dooryard; there are
no trees or shrubs-not even so much
as blade of grass-near them. Built
of adobe, the better ones plastered
with lime mortar, they have the pro-
portions of squatty brick kilns; win
dows are small and wide apart. Yet,
OIL closesr study, there is an apprecia-
tion of beauty in the senorita's mind;
she has decorated the interior of her
home with bright-tinted and warm
looking stucco of some sort, often of
different colors, well blended, on walls
and ceiling. In her tiny windows tin
cans hold earth in which grow house
plants, generally blooming well. Her
dress is neat, and often picturesque, her
person not unattractive.
Her housekeeping is different from
her eastern sisters, as would be ex-
pected under such different condi-
'tions. Her children are not SO COM
pletely covered, although it is not often
that they pose for "the altogether"
Everyone knows that she uses qnanti-
ties of red peppers in her cookery; not
everyone knows that she suffers from
dyspepsia as the result. She treats her
household to "frijoles" many times dur
ing the month; she prepares the really
toothsome ''tortillas" of corn meal just
as the books say, When she has bak-
ing to do, she builds fire of cedar or
phone wood in the outdoor oven until
it is quite hottie queer-looking little
adobe oven-then she puts in her bread
and beans and meat, and closes the
opening with a stone, and there is rest
from baking for several "mananas."
am of the opinion that our Mexican
brothers and sisters have about them
many very good traits of character.
One, know, is that of hospitality. An
other is love of home, of children, but
perhaps all women have enough of that.
They are patient people, gentle ex-
cept to their burros, good shepherds,
when directed little. strong and pa
tient laborers, but not too energetic.
Anyway, they possess the land and hold
the offices down there, and will to the
end of time.--Joseph E. Wing, in Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
ELECTRIC WELDING.
How to Make Forge That Answers
All Ordinary Purposes of
Tank Of Water.

Electricians have discovered that they
can make forge of a tank of cold
water and heat in it to white heat
all the tools used about a forge. 1t is
very simple to them, and is not so diff
ficult to understand By anyone.
A vessel made of wood or some other
nonconductor of electricity is used At
the bottom of the vessel is laid piece
of plate metal and to this is attached
wire entering through the bottom
and conducting the current to the met
al plate. On the edge of the tank is a
metal strip, to which another wire is
attached, or this wire may be attached
to the tongs, soldering iron or whatever
one is using at forge. The tank is then
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15

highlands, where the most bracing air
can be obtained. According to an Eng
lish hardware journal, a cabinetmaker
of Sheffield has worked up quite a bust
ness in the manufacture of portable
houses for the use of consumptives who
take this treatment. The illustration
represents one of these little houses,
built on the recommendation of the
doctors, which was made to work on
pivot, so that when placed in position
it could be turned around to catch the
sun at all times of the day. 1t is stated
that patients have lived for months in
these houses and have found themselves
greatly benefited.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
Waiter In q Dilem ma,

1t was in one of the large downtown res.
taurants that the short little woman and
her tall husband went to dinner one night.
"Will you have oysters" asked the man,
glancing over the bill of fare.
"Yes," said the short little woman, as she
tried in vain to touch her toes to the floor.
"And, John, want hassock."
John nodded and, as he handed his order
to the waiter he said: eyes, and bring a
hassock for the lady"
Zone hassock?" asked the waiter, with
what John thought more than ordinary in
terest, as he nodded in the affirmative. Still
the waiter did not 60, but brushed the table
cloth with towel and rearranged the ar
ticles on it several times, while his face got
very red. Then he came around to Johns
side and, speaking soto voce, said: "Say,
mister, I haven't been here long, and Pm
not on to all these things. Will the lady
have the hassock boiled or fried ?"-Chicago
Chronicle
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15

For every thunder-laden storm that breaks
hundred mornings fair the sun awakes.
For every vulture foul that flaps its wing
A hundred tuneful larks mount up and
sing.
For every comet, in its reckless flight
Ten thousand stars are orbited Alright.
There's more of laughter than of tears on
earth
And fewer dirges far than odes of mirth.
Upon the whole. there's more Of good than
bad:
The worlds all right. the pessimist is mad.
Richmond Religious Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15

DESIGN ON MRS. WHITES MEDAL
having for six years traded with the
Kenitseys and other Cook inlet tribes,
and she has delved for the riches in
the golden tributaries of Turnagain
arm. She was successful as an Indian
trader and has already accumulated
fortune at mining, being still the pos
SCISSOR Of some Of the best claims in
the golden north.
Mrs. White rescued three of the crew
of the British ship Ferndale. For this
act of heroism congress awarded her
gold medal. 1t is of appropriate de-
sign, the medal proper being about
double the circumference and thickness
of $40 gold piece. 1t is suspended from
the beak of the traditional American
eagle. On one side is represented a
great ship lying helpless in the break
ers, with the rescuers, near by, throw
ing out lifeline.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
TWICE A HEROINE.
Why the Congress of the United
States Awarded a Medal to Mrs.
Edward White.

Mrs. Edward White is twice heroine.
She has distinguished herself as life
saver, for which exhibition of daring
and bravery she was awarded medal
by congress. She has braved the perils
and dangers incident to life in Alaska,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15

The recent sale of two sugar planta-
tons in Louisiana seems to indicate
faith in the future of the sugar indus
try in that state. One plantation of
roo acres in st. John parish sold for
$50, 900, or over SIS an acre. Another
of 500 acres, in Ibersille parish, sold
for $1O0, 900, or S125 an acre. The pur-
ehasers are successful sugar planters
and are coSfdent there is money in the
land at these ,arge figures.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
TO CATCH THE SUN.
Which Turns on a Pivot That IL
Easily Operated.

Certain English physicians have
adopted new method of dealing with
consumption completely at variance
with the treatment of that disease
which has for SO long been in vogue
viz, warmth and mild climate. Pa
tents who consult these physicians are
recommended to proceed at once to
take up their abode on the moors or
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
summer and winter CIoua,.

Many must have noticed that in win
ter time the sky seems to lack the
roominess and lofty arching of sum-
mer. 1t appears on cloudy, or partial
ly cloudy, days to be nearer the earth
than is the case on similar days during
the summer months. That this APP
pearance is no Pigment of the imagi-
nation is shown by recent investiga-
tons made at the Upsala observatory
on the elevation of clouds. 1t is found
that all varieties of clouds float at a
much greater altitude in summer than
in winter. The months Of greatest ele-
walton, at least in Sweden, are June and
July.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ar
kansas.

Opens February %. In the Ozark Noun,
tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery
Unequaled medicinal waters. Cheap ex
cursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address j. 0. Plank, Manager, Room
b, Arcade, Century Building, or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. l0l N. Broadway, St
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15

0tNA 1 AN hIAhMIA ySaA
irregular menstruation
and leucorrhea. My
appetite was variable.
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular, and
was subject to pains like
collie MISREPRESENTATION.
/ wrote you and began to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash. Youcan't
imagine my relief. My
courses are natural and
general improved. I"
MRS. MAMIE ADKINS,
La Due, Mo-, writes:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-
/ feel it my duty to tell
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time of menstruation be-
fore taking your medicine;
but the Compound has
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15
Faith, Hope and Charity.

London weekly has given two
, cas- for definition of faith, hope
charity. 1t is as follows: Faith
trust in first page. Hope
investors are fed upon. Charity
some of them are likely TO be
no. That is certainly not bad,
Hone is, perhaps, even better:
waN gift that saves mankind.
is tAgift that cheers mankind.
OF Digit that makes man kind.
Send
Faces"
Drug M