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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07
A Novel Expedient.

While walking in the tenement house
district in Chicago man saw little
child in white standing on the sill of
third-story window. The man did not
scream, but with very pale face he
ran across the street and up the stair
way. He found the right door, as if by
instinct, and opened it softly. He saw
the curly head of the child, and then.
just as he reached out his hand, the
child fell out. At the same instant he
was seized by the arm, and woman's
voice demanded to know what he meant
by intruding. THE child! the child!'
he said, in frantic whisper. "She has
fallen out of the window" The WON
an smiled broadly, and walking to the
window pulled in the child by means OF
short and stout rope, and deposited il
on chair. Then she turned to the
amazed man and said, TRANQUILITY, ~
suppose you mean all right, but Molly
wasn't in danger at all. l can't spare
time from my work to watch her, and
she will play by the window, so just
tie her up this way. When she falls out
and wants to get back, she just yells
and haul her in" The we'll meaning
man left a dime for the child and de-
parted wondering.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07
Too big a Risk.

eyes, I've made up my mind to have my
life insured"
ANY particular reason for it?"
Going to be married next Week"
Lets see, you're one of these popular
fellows, aren't you:'
"Why, l fancy I'm pretty well known"
"Well, we cant insure you until after the
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

The city of Olympia, Wash. will place
commemorative tablet upon the for
ward turret of the Olympia. Dewey's
flagship at the battle of Manila. A
figure of Fame, in relief on copper. is
the design, with Dewey's order in
scribed on streamers: "Gridley, you
may fire when ready"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

Travelling public Libraries. an idea
which has made considerable progress
in Missouri, are now established in %
states. AT a recent library convention
in one county in Wisconsin so librarians
and promoters of the work were pres
ent. In two years in the county
DUNN the books Of the 81 libraries
were drawn 14,S04 times. Each book
is read by an average of two persons,
SO that the 1,4SO books were read %, 900
times in a year. Twenty families in one
remote settlement drew books 7O2
times. The convention decided to or
ganize central committee to aid the
formation of local clubs and arrange
for annual meetings at a convenient
town.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

bple of the United States may
iner than those of any other
, earth, but they spent SIS. 00o,-
ar for looking glasses.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

There is something wrong with the
brand of whisky used around here
Asays the Downs (Ky.) Times at the con-
Ausion of an article describing how n
ken man got numerically licked.
ems to make man want to fight.
the same time fixes him so he
fpht"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

A Georgia negro who had stolen a
horse and by hard running had escaped
a party of lynchers, returned a few
days thereafter and said to the head
of the lynching committee: Boss,
been hidin' in de woods SO long. en- so
hungry. dat decide ter give myself up,
git one square meal. en- die happy!
But wish you please, sub, hang me in
public. SOS l kin git religion, make a
speech. en- 80 ter Heaven!"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

rear in "a cities of the United
,s44 divorces were asked for
pS were granted. Matrimony
pore money for the lawyers
the ministry.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

Wells. of Utah, is particularly
oysters. one Of the few things
! get in that state. Consequent
is a barrel shipped him every
pun Baltimore. A barrel a week
lty big pile of bivalves for one
tuck under his waist in seven
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

UThe increase in the savings banks
deposits is simple but effeciual test
OF increased prosperity among the peo-
pie. The increase in savings bank de-
posits in Davenport for the year ended
October. 1898. was in excess of those
for the year ended October 1897. by the
large sum of S794.S54. This is proof
that the people of Scott county have
more generally surplus from their
earnings than in the year 1897, for the
savings deposits represent great many
depositors. 1t is a prosperity among
the people that a republican admins.
;ration of the nations affairs repre-
sents.-Davenport Qa.) Republican.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-01-07

vThe democratic press is now en-
gagged in the discussion of the interest
ing question of minority leadership"
in the next house of representatives.
This is position which the republican
majority has generously placed at the
service of its opponents, yet up to date
there seems to have been no acknowl-
edgment of the favor. The majority.
therefore. is compelled TO contentitself
with having done the best thing for
itself ard the country.-Chicago Trib-
ute.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
ON BUBBLE MAKING.
HOW TO PRODUCE THE ENDUR-
ING ONES.
Those Made by a New Process VIII
Keep for Several Days-Glycerine as
an ingredient Adds Much to the
Beauty of the Spheres. "

Nearly all the boys and girls like to
blow soap bubbles, but the trouble VIA
these pretty many colored globes is
that they burst SO easily. These need
not be the case if they are blown with
the mixture the recipe for which is CIV
en- here: Cut into very thin shavings
One-fourth of an ounce of CASTLE soap;
dissolve this in ten ounces of wafer,
which is kept warm (not hot), and
when this soap mixture is cool filter it;
put this into a sixteen ounce bottle Ga
full pint bottle holds sixteen ounces),
and add glycerine to it until the bottle
is full; put the glycerine in a little at
a time, corking the bottle and shak-
ing it as hard as you can after every
few drops Of glycerine. When the bot
tie has been filled and thoroughly mix
ed by shaking as above directed cork
1t up and set away, where it will not
be disturbed for a few days.
In a short time the mixture will be-
come muddy looking, but after a few
days a white layer will be found float
ing on the top, while the rest of it will
be clear. This clear part must be
drawn out without stirring up the top
layer, and this can be done by the use
OF a siphon. A siphon may be made
from any piece Of small rubber tubing.
The tube must first be filled with wa
ter and if it is a small tube it NAV be
pinched near the middle and the water
Will not run out even when the ends
hang down. Lower one end of the
tube to the bottom of the bottle and
let the other one hang down outside.
BE very sure that the outside end
hangs lower than the bottom OF the
bottle. If you have managed this right
first the water that was in the tube
and then the mixture will begin to run
out of the tube and will not stop I'M
I'll the bottle is emptied. Let the water
run out of the tube first, then as soon
as the mixture begins to come out of
the tube catch it in another bottle. AS
soon as the white layer on the top of
the mixture m down to the bottom
OF the bottle take the tube out, as you
only want the clear part.
Large and beautiful bubbles may be
blown with this glycerine mixture ana
II they are allowed to rest on a bone
teething ring or soft wooden cloth they
will keep their shape for three or four
hours. If a glass shade is placed over
the bubble it will keep for three or
four days.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
How to Boil Money.

A Uell-known chemical expert re-
Gently boiled a %sixpence and watched
it dissolve and pass away in the form
CT vapor, just as any one might do with
a pot of water. While he was doing
it he declared that any substance on
earth might be boiled and made to be-
come vapor, if only you had heat great
enough to do it, not excepting granite
rock. In boiling the %siXpence, says
Pearcon's Weekly, it was cut UP into
small pieces, which were placed in the
hollow carbon of an electric arc lamp.
Any one who has examined the dis
carded carbons of an arc lamp will
have noticed that one of the carbons
is always pointed, while the other
carbon has a small cuplike hole in the
end. When the lamp is lighted the
carbons stand one above the other, the
sharp point of one carbon fitted into
the cup" of the other. 1t was in this
little cup that the siXpence was boiled
Probably it was the smallest pot and
the hottest fire in TIE world. He
placed the pieces Of the coin in the
hollow end of the one carbon, and
fixed the other pointed carbon down
against them. Then he turned On the
electric current. He had arranged his
apparatus in front of 4 magic lantern,
so that the whole thing could be seen
on a large white screen. The carbons,
the coin, and in fact, everything could
be viewed plainly. Of course the eiec-
trio current passing between The car
bons made them very hot. and the cup
soon became filled with a white heat.
1t was wonderful to see how quickly
the silver melted and sim oered, and
finally boiled.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26

Funny, wasn't IL" said the youns
man with the hard-up look. Il had a
dead-sure thing cc a $4,000 clerkship
in Washington last winter, but just be-
fore 1 got my paws on it q man ahead
of men on the street struck an icy
spot and went down. I laughed, of
course. Yes, I leanes UP against a
lamp post and roared. The mar got
UP, took a long look at me and limped
off. Next day I called on the chief
clerk who had NV little affaU on hand
and as we met he painted to the door.
l went out. 1t was no use to linger.
He was the chap l had Laughed at"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
Spencer f. Baird, Naturalist.

"He knew the birds of the air, from
the ptarmigan that lives among the
everlasting SHOWS, to the humming
bird that revels among the orchards of
the tropics; he knew the beasts of the
forests and the prairies, and the rep
tiles that crawl through the desert
sands or Shiny marshes; he knew the
fishes that scale mountain torrents,
that bask in quiet lakes, or that jour-
ney from zone to zone through the
deep waters of the sea. In all his
realm of nature he had a minute and
comprehensive knowledge that no
other man has ever acquired. What
others had recorded in this field of re-
search he knew, and to their discov-
cries he made a contribution so boun-
teous, so s~tupendous, that he is rec
ognized as the master of systematic
zoologists."-."Self Culture"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
A Rainy Day.

1t is not until we take the rainfall
in the bulk that we can realize what a
s~tupendous quantity of water showers
down in Great Britain and Ireland in
one year, and yer when we have the
figures before us it is difficult to realize
their magnitude. To say, for instance,
that 9,262,3 70, 900, 900 cubic feet of rain
on an average fell annually in the
united kingdom conveys little or moth
Ing, though it implies something moist,
and when we further learn that the
weight OF the same amounts to 25S,-
126,5O0 900 tons, except for a feeling of
thankfulness that it did not fall on
our toes all at once, we are only con-
scious that it makes a very pretty row
of figures. With the laudable inten-
ton OF making these latter figures look
small we will merely say that the total
weight of the rain that falls in one
year on the British isles is only equal
to 1-119th part of the weight of one
paltry square mile of the earth's sur
face, from the surface to the center of
the earth. When we consider that
there are 121, 900 square miles of such
surface in the united kingdom alone
one can understand what an infnitesi-
NAL fraction Of the total weight of the
British isles the annual rainfall would
amount to. Why, 4,300,0 600 Forth
bridges would almost equal it.-Lud-
gate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
AN INrERRuPrED HONEYMOON
He "Keeps His Eye Peeled' Even to
This Day.

nc AeepS his Eye Eeeieu" Even TO
This Day.
Even now the old lawyer CRASHES his
teeth and says things under his breath
when he thinks of it, says the Detroit
Free Press.
II followed my fathers advice and
went west" he tells. II haven't the
least doubt in the world that the old
gentleman got his idea from Horace
Greeley. l set up my Office in a new
town, where the crack of a revolver
attracted no more attention than a fire
alarm in a big city, and had a hand in
almost every case that was tried. But
l declined to fall into the ways of the
community. l denounced lynching az
worse than barbarism, sailed into the
authorities as being parties to this
class of crimes and even deied public
sentiment to the extent of defending
horse thieves. / received a good many
threatening letters, but stood by my
guns. During this exciting experience
l fell in love with the lovliest girl on
the whole bounding west, and we were
married. Then my enemies began the
work of fiendish revenge.
W were actually at the depot and
about to start on a long wedding tour
through the east when I was summon
ed as a witness in an important mining
suit, about which 1 knew nothing. In
vain I urged this fact, pleaded, de-
nounced and threatened. The officer,
who had evidently been coached, de-
clared me a witness trying to escape
the jurisdiction of the court and very
promptly capped me in Jail. The next
day 1 was fined 500 for ccntcnpt of
court and thirty days in jail We're add
ed because l talked back. That was
my honeymoon, and I was the maddest
man within the pale Of civilization.
Once free l took the flyer for Detroit,
and the letter l wrote that judge fairly
scorched the envelope. He tried to ex-
tradite me, but failed, and then he sent
me a challenge. That failed, too, but
l have his assurance, written thirty
years ago that he would shoot on sight.
Do You know I keep my eyes peeled
while on the streets, even to this day
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
Pure Water and Death Rate.

In Vienna the typhoid rate Of 1875
deaths per 1000 inhabitants fell to IL
after a pure water supply was obtain
ed. In Danzig the mortality fell from
10 per 10000 to LIS. In Munich after
the introduction of a good water sup
ply the proper sewerage, the rate fell
from 81 per 10, 900 to 6.3, and in Bos-
ton from 17.4 to So
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
Pain Conquered; Health Re-
stored by Lydia l.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
[1ErrEn TO MRS. NO. oa,o4o1

'
81 feelit my duty to write and thank
you for. what your Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. 1t is the only
medicine | 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 a great suf-
ferer during menstruation. After tax
ing two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound l felt like a new
woman. am now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. l feel
better than 1 have felt for three years
and would recommend your Compound
to every suffering / hope this
letter will help others to find a cure
for their troubles. - MIS-. DELLA
REMICKER, 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. Pinkham understands these
troubles better than any local ply
stefan and will give every woman free
advice who is puzzled about her
health. Mrs, PinkhGm's address is
Lynn, Mass. Don'tput off writing until
health is completely broken down.
Write at the first indication of trouble.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
A Question of WEIGHT.

81 will admit" she said. that 4 wo-
mar seldom weighs her words"
NO." he replied. Even scales have
their limitations"
"Nonsense!' she retorted. Women
don't use big words
"True," he answered, but they
would have to be weighed in such
large quantities. Chicago Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
PATENTS.


Scott f. Evans, Minneapolis, MIMI,
tile-arch construction; Harry =. Hell
mick, Minneapolis, Mimi, computing
machine; Peter H. Holm. Warren,
Mimi, graphophone; Joseph Joung-
bauer, st. Paul, Mimi, cuff holder;
Chas. Leiding, Duluth, Mimi, oar
lock; VIM. Mcintosh. Winona, Mimi,
blow-of cock and boiler check; John
O'Connor, Ely, Mimi, fastening hand
les to crosscut saws; Lydia *. Sturm,
Duluth, Mimi, time calculator.
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson Patent Al.
torneys. 910 Pioneer Press Bldg, St. Paul
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
The Soft Answer.

Iratc Father-I saw you kiss my
daughter under cover Of the bushes
this afternoon. What Go you mean by
it?
Golightly-Well, now you hardly
think l would stoop low enough to dis
cuss matters with a beastly pepper, do
you?--Philadelphia North American.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
The Newest Champfon.

"What is that there medal, friend?'
asked the sociable ~barkeeper.
81 win that" asked the man who
was leaning against the bar, "for beat
in everybody out by listen.1' to a pi-
ano for thirty-eight hours.'-Indianap-
oils Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
How to Draw Them.

odd you hear Of that New York wo-
man who gave 100000 to q mar who
rescued her from drowningT'
Eyes. Ii there were more women
like that at the seashore they would
never have to deplore a lack of men at
the resorts"-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
A Sore SDnt.

"VNhy was Mr.. Sweet offended when
they asked him to impersoDate the
Sand Man in the tableau?"
HE seemed to take it as a personal
slur. You see, he's a sugar merchant"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
The interesting Point.

"Did you hear that Rudyard Kip
ling had been bitten on the thumb by a
dog?"
Yes. l hope it won't prove to be
serious"
ooh. I'm not worrying about that.
What interests me is which yellow
journal will have the first picture of
the dog.'-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
just Think of IT.

Tommy Scroggins-1'd hate to be dat
two-headed boy at de museum.
Jimmie Wiggins-He has lots O. fun.
Tommy Scroggins-I know dat; but
jes' t'ink O. havin two faces to wash
Ohio State Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
Ask -Four Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease.

A powder to shake in your shoes. II
rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails.
At all druggists and shoe stores, % cts.
Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen
S.. Olmsted, LIE ROY. n. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
How to Settle Boundary Dispute.

AS a matter of fact the boundary
line between the United States and
Canada should be located on the north
side of Canada by the consent of both
nations.-Danville Commercial.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26

twenty-five years ago the United
States supplied Is per cen of the
worlds coal consumption; now it sup
plies 80 per cent,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
Preferred the Punishment

81 shall expect you to tell the whole
truth" said the justice to the coiored
culprit.
de whole truth, saA:"
"Yes.'
"Jedge. des gimme six %months.'--
Atlanta Constitution.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
SLEEP IS

The belief that is slowly making IT'S
way into the metropolitan mind Of
New York that half Of the noises Of
its streets are p~reventable is due to a
growing appreciation Of the value Of
sleep as a restorative. The prevailing
lack of knowledge on the benefits of
sleep is well shown by the conduct Of
the average volunteer regiment before
it gets whipped into shape" says the
Army and Navy Journal. The com
mon idea in the mind of the recruit is
that if he can't kill the country's
enemies, at least he is to initiate Mac
beth and murder sleep. This he pro-
ceeds TO do with the usual enthusiasm
of the recruit.
When the serious work OF the cam
paign is on, however, he soon finds that
sleep is too valuable to be triied with.
Even if he does not think so himself
he is soon made to understand it by
the strong protests of his comrades.
When Lieut.. John McClintock, U. S. A.,
was last year recruiting a regiment in
one of the New York city armories he
found that the recruits were making
night hideous with their horseplay.
The men were appearing each day
more and more run down, and finally
Lieut.. McClintock lined the command
up and made a little speech to them
on the value of sleep. All listened with
~listless ears until the speaker said:
Remember that Gen. Grant once said:
Two hours sleep is worth heavy re-
endorsements" This was enough to
let light into the tousled heads CT the
recruits, ard that night the er-nory was
IS still as a graveyard.
Now that our soldiers are being
brought face to face with climatic con-
ditions to which they are totally UNI
accustomed, it ought to be impressed
on them increasingly that they cannot
afford to underrate the value CT slum-
Der. The Medical News of New York
says on this very subject at is we'll
known that heat pr~cstrati31s are due
much more to the exhaustion incident
to insufficient sleep on successive hot
nights than to the actual intensity of
the daily heat. Anything that is ca
culated to add further to nocturnal
disturbance and wakefulness deserves
especial attention during the heated
season." Such advice, OF course, is not
needed for the veteran, but SO many
of our regiments are made up Of ray
material that their commanding Of
icers taking them to the hot climate
Of the Philippines will do we'll to OBJ
serve the warning sounded By the
medical journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26

The total length of railroad in the
world amounted in 1897 to Asa, 1870
miles, and in the five years from 1898
to 1897 the total increase was 3d.
miles, or 8.9 per cent. The same year
the total length of railroad in the
United States was 1928 mites, al in
crease in five years of SO per cent.
North and South America and the
West India islands are credited with
over one-half Of the total mileage, CT
1862 miles.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
Use Wit with Canton.

Miss Young-I would marry no man
unless he had a steady nerve and plen-
ty of self-conf1dence. Doctor Plates
Well, I am a dentist, but as long as you
have been drawn" into this subject
would suggest that you give me a
chance to "fll' the bill.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26
Heed the RED Flag of Danger.

Red pimples, blotches, boils, sores are danger
signals of torpid liver, poisoned blood. Cascar4
cts Candy Cathartic will save you. All drug
gists loo. 25c, SOC.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26

Doctor Plates Zone year later)-Real-
ly, my dear, this is an outrage. Four
hundred and sixty-eight dollars in
three weeks for dresses! Mrs. Young
Plates-But, my dear, only one short
year ago your most ardent desire was
to "fll" the bill. I expected gold, of
course. IT'S thus a mans attempts at
witticism are sometimes thrown into
his teeth.-Cleveland Leader.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26

BY throwing n thin man out of the
window he would come down plump.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-10-26

A man seldom does anything the way
q woman thinks it should be done.