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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
PLIGHT OF A BASHFUL MAN.
He Would Have Gone If He Could
Have Summoned Up Courage
to Ask for His Hat.

81 always was bashful sort of fellow
when was young" said Ananias Fisher, as
he passed his plate for the third piece
of pie, He was dining out with friends and
wished them to understand his tempera.
ment.
"But was broken of that habit before
! was %. 1t was either case of get over
it or stay all night, and got over it," he
said, as his plate was returned with good
keepers make. II was calling, out on Fill
more street, and when | went in forgot alb
about putting my hat on the rack in the
hall, and carried it into the parlor with me.
| put it on sofa, and when the lady of the
house came in she said how dyedo' and sat
her $50 pounds down on that hat.
81 beg your pardon, said.
"'Why, what's the matter% she asked,
for | guess. looked kind of bewildered.
20, nothing l answered. i just got
stitch In my heart
eve went on talking, and thought that
when she got up could sneak that hat, but
she talked and talked.
ut got along to nine o'clock, and knew
i ought to go, but l was too bashful to say
| anything, so just waited. Then the clock
struck ten, and l knew | was staying too
long. but could not get that hat.
| is it moonlight? asked the 2SO-pound
lady.
81 said it was, and knew she wanted me to
| go, but / did not have the nerve to ask
for that hat. Just as the clock struck IL
she blurted out: why don't you go?
81 will if you will give me that hat /
aid.
"What hiatt?
"'My hat
"Where is it?'
You are sitting on it,
"'Me" and she jumped up.
"There was my hat, and it looked much
| have lever been bashful since them
| BURLINGTON HaWkeye
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

Some country boarding houses in the
east now include among their regular
attractions the absence of electric
lights and electric cars. 1t seems this
season applications have been made by
many business men for such primitive
accommodations and the desire to be
free from what is absolutely necessary
in town life is apparently growing rath.
err than dying out.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

An eminent professor of psychology
at Harvard was deeply interested in
the case of an epileptic woman. Talk
ing with her husband he sought out
premonitions and symptoms. And he
asked this question: Did you ever
notice that your wife ground her teeth
at night?" To which the bereavcd hus.
band replied: "She never slept in
them"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

A hunchback, Giovanni Cattetta,
stepped carefully down the gang plank
of the French line steamer Bretagne
ON her arrival at the port of New York.
A tender-hearted custom. house in
spector thought he could straighten
the poor cripple's back. He did SO by
cutting open the bunch, and in it found
3S3 pieces of struggled jewelry.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

It is reported that in Kansas, since
1859, every year ending with the figure
Q has been a good corn year, while every
year ending with cipher has shown
failure of the corn crop.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

Vermont has in anticipation the big
gest reception ever held in the state
when it welcomes home Admiral
Dewey. The celebration will be held
in the admiral's native town, Mont
pelier, and will last several days.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
Peach Glace.

Peel and pare two quarts of ripe
peaches; place in dish with one small
cupful of sugar and set in a cool place
for two hours; mash fine; add one quart
water and freeze. This makes a deli
cious dessert. Oranges may be substi-
tuted for peaches if preferred, or if the
latter are out Of season..
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

The trip to the Klondike has become
q humdrum affair. Railroads and light
river steamers are now available be-
tween the coast and Dawson, and the
journey can be made in two weeks.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

The business connections of fam
lily in Kirwin, Kan, are rather suggest
lye.. One son is doctor, another is an
undertaken, a third makes tombstones,
and the wife of the latter is drug.
rist
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

A Linn county (Mo.) young man who
knows he will soon die of consumption
has selected and bought his burial out
fit himself.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

A Buffalo woman who applied for q
divorce testified that she has been com.
PEELED to move 40 times in five years
The Judge sensibly decided that this
strictly speaking, is not satisfactory
way to provide a home.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
New Fad I'm Trimmings.

Mrs. John Jacob Astor has started a
new craze in trimmings by ordering a
gown festooned with real wheat. 1t is
not only novel but a really pretty idea
and is usAd to very nice effect on hats
especially OF tulle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
A Michigan circus man. after survi

A Michigan circus man, after surviv.
ing the jokes of the clown for number
of years, laughed immoderately at a
joke told at the tent entrance, and
keeled over dead. The clown regarded
the mans demise as personal affront,
and Immediately sent in his resigna.
fion
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

There is joke on an officer in a
northwest Kansas town; a great joke.
He went 10 an adjoining town for the
purpose of arresting u couple of young
fellows for drunksnness, got booty
himself, was arrested, and fined $3.50.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

The timber on $4,000 acres of hard
woods at Algoma, ". Va, is about to be
cut at the rate OF $4,000 feet per day. 1t
is estimated that five years will be spent
in finishing the tract.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
How to CIean,e, Leather.

To freshen old leather covers of books
wipe clean, then rub lightly with the
well beaten yJls of an egg applied with
soft sponge, and lastly pass hot iron
over a piece OF thin paper laid on the
surface of the cover.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
An Explanation.

'It strikes me this ice water is dirty"
said a Cincinnati hotel guest.
"Hully gee!" exclaimed the bellboy, as he
looked in the pitcher, 81 betcher de porter
forgot ter wash it."-Chicago Evening
News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09

BODICE FRONT OF NULL AND LACE
trimmed with a jabot effect of ecru
lace.
The little front fastens invisibly to
the waist and renders the plainest bod
ice dressy. 1t is connected by bands of
the scarlet material and its beauty is
considerably heightened by the addi-
ton of decorative buttons down each
side of the straps.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-09
A BODICE TRIMMING.
One of the Most Conspicuous Designs
Among the Summer Girls
Small Belongings.

An attractive addition to any sum-
mer frock is found in this little front.
1t is made of deep scarlet organdie
The times., 1899-10-08
An Insane Animal.

(From the Detroit Free Press)
veterinary surgeons are good thing,
and | like this idea of having horse -shoers
held up to n high professional standing
but what we really need is an expert on
mental diseases of the horse. | have a
big. fne-looking gelding' continued the
speaker, who is widely known in Detroit,
that / would like to have examined and
passed upon by some authority correspond
ing to the judge OF probate
Think your horse is craZy?" enquired
the interested neighbor.
Either he has the eccentricities of ge-
MUS, is practical joker. or is too stupid
TO tell the difference between oats and
shoe pegs. When he was a colt he was
given to me by my father-in-law and the
old gentleman told me he believed the
youngster to be a little wrong in the head.
For instance, he frequently jumped from a
young clover field in search of something
to eat, walking right through a corn patch
to waste land where there was nothing
but sand and Canada thistles. On one oc-
casion the colt was known to have slept
all night with his flowing tail in clear,
running stream and to have wandered
away three miles the next morning in
search of a drink.
How has he behaved since you had
him?"
"a little off. He broke out of the barn
one day, headed over to the avenue, met
an automobile, whirled around in front of
it, struck 2:30 clip and stayed right there
until he had kicked the front in and forced
the thing to the curb for repairs He came
home snorting and cavorting as though he
had won battle He walks in his sleep,
thinks more of the dog than of any other
living thing, and won't allow the hired
girl in the barn. / don't know what to
make of him.
The times., 1899-10-08
"Yen,, or ..Ynnn
(From the Fan Man Magazine.l

curious American colloquialism, OF
which certainly cannot see the advantage
is the substitution of yep" or ''yup" for
Eyes" and of nope" for no" No doubt
We have in England the coster's "vuss;''
but one hears even educated Americans
now and then using yep" or some other
corruption of yes" scarcely TO be lndf-
Gated by the ordinary alphabetical symbols
1t seems to me pity. Educated Ameri-
cans, too, viii often say ''somewheres. >"
and "a long ways" l have little doubt
that this IS has grammatical history OF
its own. Probably it is an old case ending;
just as 'he goes out nights" on which Mr.
Andrew Lang is so severe, is survival Of
the ''o'nights" which Shakespeare puts in
the mouth of Julius Caesar (''Sleek- headed
men, and such as sleep o'nights). AT the
same time. as "somewheres'' has become
irremediably a vulgarism in England. it
would, ! think, be a graceful concession
on the part of educated Americans to drop
the IS" After all, somewhere does not
jar in America, and "somewherss' very
distinctly jars in England.
The times., 1899-10-08

cept this new light upon the manner OF
Gordon's death without reserve. Neufeld
shows here and there in his book syInp-
toms OF an erratie mind. The mendacity
OF the Sudanese is one of his fayorite
themes; yet it was from them he got his
story Moreover. his tale is not in entire
agreement with what We know of Gordon S
habits. In the Chinese war he led his
troops in person, and with undaunted
bravery, yet, If we remember his only
weapon was a walking stick. Still. there
is no telling what he would have done in
such desperate emergency as confronted
him at Khartum; and, at any rate, the i'm
mense interest which still attaches TO all
that concerns him, and especially TO his
pitiful fate, justifies the republication Of
all the evidence attainahle.
The times., 1899-10-08
scared.
0Rrom the petroit Free Pes. J

(From the Detroit Free Press1
He had just told his wife that she knew
her business and was a jewel, when it
struck him that the state OF the weather
demanded the roomiest and lightest rair
OF shoes he had in his possession 81 sup
pose they're up in the back room, just
where / left them.' he said.
Yes. although / thought ! should have
put them away carefully in the chest But
you told me to leave them out where
they would get the air. Perhaps IL is bet
.etr for the leather"
"Of course 1t Is. Shoes get better with
age il you keep them right That pairs S
worth more this season than last. and If
you had put them away the chances are
they would have been ruined"
About three minutes later there was a
terrible racket from that back room rp-
stairs 1t sounded as though some one was
trying to Jump through the floor. and the
ceiling beneath shook in threatening
waves. There was also language too loud
too rapidly delivered and too intense to
be literally reported even by phonograph
There was q crash OF glass, more Ian
Guage. and finally an ominious silence.
MY goodness, What is it, darling?''
gasped the wife, who had fallen upstairs.
How do / know what 1t is? Do you
suppose I'm fool enough to run my hand
into that shoe2 II may have been an add
er, a wasp, yellow jacket or a spider. I'm
too smart TO let my curiosity get the bet
tetr Of my judgment. Look at that" as
be designated the particular member or
the end OF which was a single drop oi
blood sTen TO one I'm poisoned ht
groaned.
But where's the shoe?" asked his wife
Fired IL through the window. Though
the thing was up, and i didn't know whai
In creation might have settled in that Ole
shoe"
She hurriedly investigated and found
carpet tack. Then he fumed. grabbed
cane, and went on the trail OF the S-year.
! old son.
The times., 1899-10-08
ROCK SALT IN LOUISIANA.
Five Valuable Deposits Now Being
Worked There.
CFrom the New York Journa

kfrom lae New lOrk Journal
Five deposits of rock salt have been
found in Louisiana. These are on Jeffer-
son Island, Petite Anse, Grade Cote. Cote
Blance, and Belle Isle. The total extent
OF the islands is about 1000 acres. They
are called islands because they rise from
so TO 205 feet above the surrounding
marshes, which are nearly at tide level
Salt is reached from fifteen to ninety
feet below the surface. According to the
Engineering and Mining Journal this
group Of deposits is connected at an un-
known depth with continuous stratum Of
salt which may extend as far as Saline, in
the northwestern part of Texas, where
brine is pumped and worked by a process
of evaporation.
The mines in these islands are operated
by what is called the chamber and pillar
system. The salt is excavated By under
cutting. When the shaft has reached a
depth of 250 feet OF more below the apex
OF the deposit. stations are opened, and an
undercut seven feet high, with a face OF
seventy feet. is commenced. When this has
advanced 200 or 300 feet, the roof is blasted
down TO the height OF twenty feet
After the removal of the salt there re-
raains chamber seventy-hve feet wide.
two hundred long and twenty high, In
which the roof is again broken down to the
height of seventy feet in the centre and
sixty feet al the pillars on either side,
leaving natural arch of rock salt which
has proved capable of resisting an overly
ing weight as well as preventing the leak
age of surface waters.
The first undercut of salt is well shat
tered by blasting, and goes to the mill to
be ground fine. The first and second root
blastings furnish pieces of solid rock
which are set aside under sheds to be
aerated- All the finer stuff is "grist .
BY reason OF the uniform purity of the salt
no sorting or publication is required
Every pound of salt mined is pound sold
In properly conducted mine two cham
bers are always worked simultaneously, as
one undercut alone viii not supply the
coarser grades.
The coarsest crushed salt is used princi-
pally by beef and pork packers. The next
/ two sizes are largely utilized in sailing
hides and in refrigerating. There are -four
grades OF still higher fineness. The prin-
cipal one is table salt.
Two companies are erecting plants fol
the mining and marketing OF salt. One Of
these, backed by Northwestern capitalists
! has its plant already well advanced
The times., 1899-10-08
A KeniIWorth Romance.


Give me details"
Why not. said Mrs Mellish with the
striped sunshade up, although they were
not in the sun, why not buy the practice
for your nephew and let him get married
without keeping the two young people
waiting for years?'
Il do believe he said acuteIy. THAT
you are taking all this interest in him be-
cause ] told you his remark about your
appearance.
"We are foolish things, we women" ad-
mitted Mrs. Mellish.
There was a pause.
Give me ten minutes" he said sudden
ly. Give me ten minutes. I'll go out and
over the way to the hotel and smoke a
sigar and think it over, Laura. Sure il
will crafty you if consent?''
81 have no doubt or it,
You're a queer creature he said, as
they descended the steps. Il believe you
are the best-natured woman that ever
breathed."
There are many of u.s., she said.
AT the time arranged Mrs. Mellsh and
her niece were waiting at the doorway
of the hotel. The niece, for healthy
young woman, seemed pale and anxious,
hand that trembled. Mrs. Mellish sat in
her carriage. her coachman glancing over
his shoulder for the signal to start.
"Well?"
DR.. Fraser had come out of the hotel.
Mrs. Mellish noticed with satisfaction that
his cigar was good one and the white
ash intact.
'eWell?" she repeated casually. "yes or
no?"
why. yes of course" said DIR. Fraser,
cheerily. Impossible to say no to you,
Laura. Are you going?"
The color had come back to the niece's
cheeks as she held out her disengaged
hand. She murmured something, waved
to her aunt, and went off delightedly
on her bicycle.
What on earth did your charming niece
mean by thanking me- asked DIR. Fraser.
| curiously. I've done nothing that she
should
WELL" said Mrs. Mellish (striped sun
shade very useful now. you see she feels
rather indebted to you because
she is going to marry your nephew
Madame" said DR.. Fraser, you are an
artful and a delightful creature, and
have a good mind to tell you so.''
Sir, said Mrs. MelIish, "you are an
ill-tempered, good natured boy, and have
great mind to kiss you. Black and
| White.
The times., 1899-10-08
Letters the Pope Gets.

(trOm the Pail Mall Gazette-)
/ met a prelate employed in the Vatican
the other day. and in the course of our
conversation began to deplore my hard lot
in having to stay in Rome during the heat
of the summer and work. "Oh WELL" he
said. "you are not worse off than we in the
Vatican Now that most OF the employees
are away we who are left have TO work
hard"
work" | exclaimed "Yes, walk in the
Vatican gardens and count the grapes Of
the Popes vineyardr'
''Do you know that every evening the
mail brings to the bronze doors of the Vat
lean an average of 10000 letters and news
papers, to say nothing of kilograms: All
the letters have to be opened, sorted, and
classified while the newspapers are read,
and selections cut or extracts made during
during the night to be ready for perusal
by the officers of state early next morn
ing
And where does the Pope come in?"
Interrupted. They say he also works SO
hard"
much of this work is submitted to him.
and he should read all the letters ad-
dressed Sanctitati Suae Leoni Papae XIII
Feliciter Regnanti However, as the whole
twenty-four hours of the day would not be
sufficient for the Pontiff TO even glance
over them, he only sees what Cardinal
Rampolla thinks necessary for his inspec-
ton.
I'm other words, he knows only what
they choose?"
''Oh, 70; there are communications
which really go directly to the Holy Faith
er. namely. those through the diplomatists
accredited to the Vatican. Still. the most
secure way of having a letter read by the
Pope is to address it as follows To His
unli no M 10 n
Roman and Universal Inquisition,' as any
other than the head of the church guilty
of opening document so addressed will
be accommodated, according to bull
promulgated by the Carafa Pope, Paul "
And letters containing Peters Pence?''
| asked, enquiringly, to which | got nc
answer but an expressive nod.
The times., 1899-10-08


Without my ability as physician and
surgeon, could accomplish nothing in Per-
ara, said Miss Wilson. There is no relig-
ions liberty there and In Hawaiian, g city
Of $4,000 inhabitants where / have been at
work, natives have been killed for adopting
the Christian religion. Years ago the Shah
OF Persia declared that while he could rot
prevent his subjects from listening 10 the
teachings Of Christianity be could prevent
them from practIcing II IN public and the
death penalty was prescribed for those who
cisobeyed the decree While il has been
years since the extreme penalty has been
inhicted, almost daily Mchammedans are
oasfinaooed for sending their children 10
the Christion schools. In Persia, as in
every country. the wealthy have privileges
not accorded the masses and many OF the
nigh caste Persians send their children 10
our schools and are never punished for it,
We have ten regular missionaries in
Hawaiian. located in different quarters of
the city. Ny work has been In the Mo-
The times., 1899-10-08
THE MODERN MISSIONARY
Advanced Methods in Teaching the
Benighted Heathen.

A Comparison OF the Old and the New
SchooIs-The Present Day Worker
Combines the Offices of Physician
and Preacher with Good Results.
Talks with Interesting Women.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-01
MAYOR MASON DEAD.
He Died at O'Clock Monday Morning
After a Short Illness.

He Died at O'Clock Monday Morning
After a short Illness.
Hon. w. S. Mason, mayor of Port
land, died at o'clock Monday morning,
after an illness of two weeks. Mr..
Mason was one of Portland's most
enterprising citizens. The Telegram
speaking of his death says:
In the death of Mayor Mason Port
land loses one of her most distinguished
citizens. Mr.. Mason was three times
elected Mayor of Portland, and since
his arrival in 1880 has been prominent
ly identified with the city's commercial
life and material growth. He was
vice-president of the Chamber Of
Commerce from the date of the organi-
zation of this body until 1897. when he
was elected president. He served as
president until January of this year.
Mr.. Mason's commercial career in
Portland dates from 1880. when. with
]. W. McCraken he formed the firm of
| McCraken & Mason, he embarked in
the wholesale grocery business. This
| Arm continued in business until 1884,
| when Mr.. Mason Withdrew. Until 1885
| he was in business for himself. In
| 1885 he organized the firm of Mason,
Ehrman & Co., merging his own busi-
ness with that of the new company,
and with this firm he continued until
February, 1898, when he retired from
active mercantile pursuits.
In 1892 Mr.. Mason became president
the Portland National bank, and in
| the wreck of this institution he lost
the greater part of the fruits of his Ia.
bors of years. In order to save the de-
positors he sacrificed 100000 of his
private fortune, remaining with the
institution until every depositor was
| paid in full.
The deceased was the first mayor of
consolidated Portland. The consoli-
dation of Portland, East Portland and
Albina was effected in the spring of
| 1891, and in the June election follow
ing, the choice of the people of the
greater city fell upon Mr.. Mason. In
1892 he was again elected serving until
1894, when he was succeeded by
George P. Frank.
At the biennial election last June
Mr.. Mason was once more the choice
of the people, being elected mayor for
the third time in the face of strong
political opposition, another republi-
can candidate being in the field as we'll
as strong fusion candidate. In poll
tics the deceased was always a repub-
lican.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-01
CLEAN UP.
Let the Sanitary Condition of the Town Be
Improved.

Let the Sanitary Condition of the Town Be
Improved.
During the winter months people
use alleys and unused streets tor de-
positories for rubbish and refuse, and
are partially excusable, since during
cold weather it is not particularly de-
trimental to health. But such refuse
should not be permitted to remain in
the town during warm weather, as it
breeds disease and endangers the
health of the people.
There should be general cleaning
up begun at once, and if people will
not do it voluntarily, they should be
forced by the authorities to do so. We
cannot afford to have disease breed
and some epidemic ORIGINATED for lack
of cleanliness. Since there is no public
crematory for disposlng of garbage, it
would not be amiss for the city au-
thorities to permit rubbish to be
burned in the street during certain
hours when there would he no danger
of fire. 1t would more effe ctually dis
pose of the rubbish to have it burned
than to have it carted out on the beach
to lay and rot and create stencil that
would be obnoxious all summer.