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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
THE TRUST ISSUE.
VIII Hardly Figure ms a Feature
in the Coming National
Campaign.

Many states, without distinction as
to the party controlling the legislature,
have made the past few months men,
orable for their attempts to destroy or
regulate trusts. There seems to have
been common concurrence in the view,
especially since Acknowledgement
Griggs pointed out the misapprehen-
sions as to the force and effect of the
federal laws relating to trusts, that any
attack upon the great industrial mo-
nopolies must have state initiative.
The federal courts, under decision Of
1894, cannot suppress combination or
monopoly for manufacturing a neces-
sary of life. The government prose-
cUtes unlawful combinations affecting
interstate commerce, but many of the
trusts do not come under this head.
"If amenable to any law" says the'at-
torney general, they are amenable to
the laws of the respective states" Con-
sequently the states have been doing
what they could to get at the trusts,
! and some OF them have gone very far
in punitive legislation. Especially is
this the case in Michigan, where the
republican legislature is at work try
ing to shut trusts out of the state alto
gether.
If the regulation of trusts is state
affair and one upon which all parties
are agreed, it is difficult to see how a
national campaign issue can be made
of it. A party might fight to plant an
antitrust clause in the constitution,
but it would have no other party for
an opponent except perhaps an organ
ization of trust capitalists. Certainly
the democracy will not be able to
maneuver the republican party into
such position. The average repub-
lican is quite as much averse as the
average democrat to having his ex-
penses increased to make dividends on
watered stock for constituencies COR
porations. If there is any doubt on
that point look at his record in the va
rious antitrust legislatures and in pub
lie expressions of opinion. Mr.. Bryan
himself is no more vigorous in his OPP
position to trusts than is Gov. Pingree
and score of other republican lead
ers; and if a representative republic
an here and there is tied up with trusts
he can be matched by representative
democrat who is in the same fix. The
cupidity that organizes trusts has no
| +l>,, l. IN,
stinct of self-preservation has which re-
sists them.
Quite likely some of the drastic laws
passed by states will be adjudicated be-
fore the national campaigns begin.
Should they stand the test there will
be no need of any better weapons, and
a national antitrust campaign will be
} more than ever a sheer waste of time
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
BOTTLES OF POISON.
They Were Worn as Jewels by the
Beauties of Ancient PhOenicin
and Greece.

Modern jewelers. have been accus-
toned to rely to large extent upon
the ideas of ancient artificers for the
designs Of to-day. Indeed, Macy of the
most popular designs in jewelry to-day
are derived from very remote antiqui-
ty, as, for example, the bracelet made
in the shape of coiled serpent. At
the Metropolitan museum of art in New
York city there is a great collection Of
ancient jewelry, much OF it in gold rich
ly adorned with precious stones. Jewel
ers in the metropolis frequently visit
the museum for the purpose of obtain
ing suggestions. This collection at the
Metropolitan museum is in fact the
finest assemblage of antique objects of
personal ornaments in existence. Some
of them date as far back as 900 b. C..
Those of them which are made of silver
have been practically destroyed by oxi-
dalton, but the gold ones being cleaned
are as bright and new-looking as they
were $500 or 5000 years ago. The
jewelry from Cyprus is the work of an
cient Phoenicians and Greeks. One
thing very noticeable is the frequency
of tiny gold bottles attached to objects
of jewelry derived from those ancient
times. All evidence points to the con-
clusion that they were employed to hold
poison; for in those days life was by
no means secure, and at any time an
emergency might arise where man or
woman would be glad to end existence
promptly, to escape lifelong imprison-
ment or inGescribable torture by the
horrible means used by the ancients.--
n. Y. World.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
SIGNS OF DANGER.
Foreign Markets and Protection
What Might Happen to Brethren
Who Show Signs of Weakening.

The protective tariff is getting in its
work, and is justifying its friends pre-
dictions for it, as fast and as far as can
be reasonably expected. But, says
Robert Ellis Thompson in Homo Market
Bulletin, there are signs of danger
ahead, to which the friends of the pro-
tective policy will do well to take heed.
The first of these is the weakening of
the loyalty of some protectionists,
through the dream of expansion and
commerce and exports by the annexa-
ton of the Philippines, and any other
country we can lay our hands on. Re-
peatedly the fruits of the protectionist
policy have been sacrificed through
this craze for securing foreign markets.
1t was this which led the cotton man
ufacturers of New England to acquiesce
in the miserable compromise tariff of
1895, as they felt sure that the recent
improvements they had introduced
into cotton spinning and weaving
would make them masters of every for
eign market. Their utter prostration
was the result.
L. was this that made the manufac-
turers of woolens in New England to
combine in 1883 with the free-trade
party in effecting reduction of the
duty on both woods and woolens. They
believed that with cheaper wool they
could do without much protection, and
could export their woolens to every
country that wore them. In six months
three-fourths of their factories were
shut down or were running on short
time.
The same craze now seems to have
caught many of the makers of carpets
and iron wares in our part of the cour-
try. They think that the tariff is no
longer of any use to them, and that they
would do even better under free-trade,
with low wages and cheap raw ma
terials- Russian wool, and iron ore
from everywhere. They also may go
for wool and come home shorn."
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01

Yolks of three hard-boiled eggs, yolk
of one raw egg, two tablespoonful Of
vinegar, one tablespoonful of melted
butter, one gill of thick cream, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter tea
spoonful of pepper. Mash hard-boiled
yo.ks until perfectly fine and work in
gradually the raw yolk. This must
be perfectly smooth paste; then add
the salt, pepper and melted butter.
When well blenued add by degrees the
cream, working and stirring all the
time. Then add gradually the vinegar.
and it is really for use. Put in a cold
place. This has the virtue of being
agreeable to people who cannot use
salads containing the usual salad oils.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

EyCol. Bryan persists in rising now
and then without waiting for the emer-
gency.-Chicago Tribune.
UNow it is intimated that Bryan is
doubtful about making silver the para
mount issue next year. Can it be pos
sible that Croker has scared the boy
orator?-Cleveland Leader.
UThe anti-imperialists have had
their say and it has not amounted to
much. If they are rational and patri-
otto men they ought to give up their I'M
equal struggle against history.-Chi-
cago Journal.
UNow that Charles Francis Adams
has climbed valiantly into the eXpan-
sion band wagon it would be wise for
DIR. Henry Wade Rogers and some of his
copperhead associates to do likewise
Chicago Inter Ocean.
GTOf Mr.. Atkinson, the eminent Bos-
ton Filipino, it may be said that first he
distinguished himself and then he eX-
tinguished himself. The snuffing-out
process was vastly the more commend
able of the two.-N. y. Mail and Ex-
press.
UColorado ''silver republican" lead
ers want Bryan and Towne to form
their presidential ticket next year. The
fact that they call themselves silver
republicans" shows that they are not to
be trusted. There are no silver repub'
licans.-Chicago Times-Herald.
GyKansas is oyerrun with cheap
money 1t is not the kind of cheap
money that Bryan and Teller are clam
oring for; every dollar of it is worth loo
cents. 1t is cheap in the sense that
Kansas farmers who want to borrow
can obtain it readily at low rate of in
terest. This is one of the beneficent re-
suits of the victory for sound money
which was won in 1896 in spite of the
vote of Kansas.-Kansas City Journal
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
THE WOOL OUTLOOK.
Improves as Accum tons of For.
eign Stocks Continue to Be Alb
sorbed-An Important Fact.

That the wool growers of the United
States are still suffering from the disas-
trous effects of, the free trade policy
of the Cleveland administration is
clearly pointed out in the April circular
of Justice, Bateman G. Co., of Philadel.
phia. While the situation as regards
prices of domestic wool is not as favor.
able as was hoped for, the outlook for
improved conditions is extremely en-.
couraging. Attention is drawn to the
important fact that the use of six-cent
cotton as a substitute for Ascent
secured wool has not met with favor
among weavers of this Glass of fabrics
and the manufacturers, finding much
difficulty in marketing such stocks, will
not lose much time in getting back to an
Atwood basis. This substitution OF
cheap cotton, which was resorted to as
the only possible means of meeting the
demand for clothing at the old free
wool prices, has been very important
factor in preventing the advance of do.
nestle woods to the importing point
price, as the amount of wool in the
grease thus displaced by cotton during
the past year, it has been discovered
with dismay, has reached quantity es.
timated at 25O,OOO,O0O pounds. The cot
ton used, say 1OO,OOO,OOO pounds, is al.
most as large as the yield of secured
wool of our entire annual domestic clip
the clip of 1898 having weighed 266, 1893.
6s4 pounds in the grease, yielding ILL.,,
GG1,5S1 pounds of secured wool.
While it is true that from various
causes secured wool has dropped more
than five cents per pound, and is now
that much lower than it was at the out.
break of the Spanish war, nevertheless
it is still worth ten cents per pound
more than its average value during the
free wool period, and more than that
much above it's value to-day in the free
wool markets of the world. The Ding
ley tariff act, in spite of the heavy hand.
leap of what now seems three years
supply of free wool, has done this much
for the American producer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
THE BRITISH WAY.
Uoon the Workingman MIST Tall the
Cost of increasing Competition
In Free Trnde England.

The duke of Devonshire. in an adj
dress delivered short time since be-
fore the shareholders of the Furness
railway, referred to the fact that, as
he put it, "even the most enterprising of
English firms, with weil-equipped works
expressly put down at the coast for ex-
port trade, have been underquoted in
their own country by American-made
rails" and said: Excessive care must
be taken not to demand oycrmuch in the
way Of increased wages or lcssened
hours, lest production be made so dear
that the foreigners can cut in below our
countrymen."
Americans have no quarrel with this
attitude on the part of English states
men, especially so as the policy advo-
Gated is not likely to result in the shut
ting out of American rails. We are
more than willing to let the English
manage their own affairs. Yet one can
not but marvel at the economic bigotry
which prefers to secure the home i::cr-
ket by having laborers mot demand
overnlrch in the way of increased
wages or lessened hours" rather than
TO hold it by putting protective tariff
on competing products. We have had
considerable experience with that same
kind of economic bigotry on the part OF
free traders in this country. Fortu-
nately for the interests of the country,
the great majority of American work
men have not been deceived by the
false ideas of "cheapness" advanced
by these bigots, and have insisted on q
policy which gives protection to Amer
lean labor and makes good wages sure
1t is not past belief that English work
men will some day wake up to their
own interests and demand protection
for their labor and their wages.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
THE SUPPLY OF BABIES.
Thirty-Six Millions of Cherubs born
Into the World in the Course
of Every Year.

1t has been computed that about &c..
100000 babies are born into the world
each year. This rate of production is,
therefore, about 70 per minute, or more
than one for every beat of the clock.
With the one-a-second calculation
every reader is familiar, but it is not
everyone who stops to calculate what
this means when it comes to a years
supply. 1t will therefore probably
startle good many persons to find, on
the authenticity of well-known sta
tistician, that, could the infants of
year be ranged in a line of cradles, the
cradles would extend around the world.
The same writer looks at the matter
in more picturesque light. He i'm
AGNES the babies being carried past
given point in their mothers arms, one
by one, and the procession kept up
night and day until the last hour in the
twelfth month had passed by. A suffi-
GENTLY liberal rate is allowed, but, even
going at the rate of 20 minute, ], 200
an hour during the entire year, the re-
viewer at his post would have seen only
the sixth part of the infantile host.
In other words, the babe that had to
be carried when the tramp began would
be able to walk when but a mere frac-
ton of its comrades had reached the
reviewers post, and when the years
supply of babies was drawing to close
there would be a rear guard, not of in
fants, but of romping siX-year-old boys
and girls.-Womans Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01

tiun will be exercised to avoid being "a
walking jewelry shop"
Two stick pins, a pair of fancy collar
buttons and gold chain to which is
attached small purse are amply sutii-
cient to wear with shirt waist and
skirt, without mention of the belt with
its jeweled buckle.
Stick pins in the shape of hearts and
crowns are the vogue, and one sees
them designed in turquoises, pearls,
rhinestones, emeralds and garnets.
Diamond chips set in around the edge
of the collar button make pretty col
lar set, and the stones to match the
stick pins are strung at frequent inter
walls upon the purse chain. Or it is some
times composed entirely of stones,while
the purse is delicate network OF fine
gold or silver threads.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
Canned Salmon Salad.

This is specially delicate dish for
luncheon. Get a can of best brand
salmon and, opening. take out the fish
in as large pieces as possible, and lay
upon a platter. Mix with one quart of
celery cut in squares and seasoned
with pepper and salt, add cup of
rich mayonnaise dressing. Add to the
salmon. Be careful not to break the
fish in mixing it with the celery. PoLr
over the whole half a cup more OF
dressing, garnish with celery tips,
slices of hard boiled eggs and squares
of boiled beets, arranged tastefully
Serve with sailed waters.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01

ling silver or other metal and has
plain plate upon the front, upon which
the owners initials may be engraved.
The holder can be adjusted to any small
desk implement. Or it will probably fit
one of the small accessories of the
manicure case.
There is small ring at the end
through which is run yard or two Of
fancy ribbon tied in bow with several
loops and ends.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
DAINTY DANCE FAVOR.
An Inexpensive and Pretty SOuvenfR
of the Last Social Meeting
of the Season,

In many cities where the theater sea.
son closes early society whites away
the hours by attending dancing
schools. These schools are kept open
until the last of June, and at the closing
reception dainty little favors are pre-
sented to the guests as souvenir of the
evening.
A delightful little favor is the pen or
pencil holder. 1t is executed in ster
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
Duty of the President.

The president does not permit him
self to forget that he is not the entire
government. 1t is not his business to
determine the future of the Philip
pines; to decide upon permanent plan
of government for the inhabitants of
those islands. His duty is to restore
order under the sovereignty of the
United States. lie did not begin, our
military forces did not begin, the con-
fiict in which they are now engaged
with that comparatively small section
of the Filipinos who adhere to the self
seeking, treacLerous adventurer, Agui-
naldo. All that the administration
could do to avert trouble with that man
and his dupes was done. All that can
be done to put an end to the trouble is
being done. As to the righteousness or
1nrighteousness of the war that is sup
plenenting the war with Spain, we do
not believe the Free Press makes a cor
rect diagnosis of the public conscience.
The people know that our motives in
this are as honorable as they were when
we took up arms to put an end to insult
ferable conditions in Cuba. From that
day to this our course has been consist
ent with our high Professionalism
ington Post (Ind.).
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
FRAME FOR TEA-KETTLE.

frame can be purchased at any hard
ware store with the little bowl attached
for holding the alcohol. The kettle
is filled with water and set over the
frame. In few minutes it is boiling
and ready to pour upon the tea. The
vessel can be refilled as often as de-
sired. If kept clean and bright it
makes an attractive ornament in the
corner of the summer girls boudoir.
A wire frame can be fitted at home to
an old standard, or you can purchase
very cheap standard and make o
fancy border for it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01

To stop the cracks in the flooring the
following plan is recommended: Gather
up all the letters from the waste-paper
basket until there is big bag full
enough to stuff couple of soft cush-
ions. Set the idle or the willing mem
bers of the family to shred into bits the
paper harvest. This accomplished, pile
the tatters into pot with water and
cook it. To. every quart of paper and
water add handful of gum arabic and
let the whole simmer to an intensely
thick cream. The sequence is easily
guessed. The mixture must be put
hot il the cracks, well packed and neat
ly smoothed down. When cold it is
ready for coat of floor paint, and as
hard as the rest of the boards, for it
is really nothing more nor less than
papier mache, and everyone knows
what tough article that is.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
SHIRT WAIST JEWELRY.
A Few of the Dainty Trinkets with
Which the Summer Girl Can
Bedeck Herself.

Women who are fond of jewelry have
been specially favored by Dame Fashion
this year, fo- the style is to wear as
much jewelry as one pleases, taking for
granted, of course, that some discre-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01
FOR THE SUMMER ROOM.
A Convenient Way of Heating Water
for the Afternoon Tea During
the Dog Days.

Here is pretty and convenient
scheme for heating water for the five
o'clock tea.
This outfit consists of wire frame
and small brass kettle large enough
to hold about quart of water. The
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01

The wool on the back of sheep is
q shepherds barometer. The curlier
the wool the finer will be the weather
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-07-01

ySome months have elapsed since
the editor of sixteen to one inclination
has made inquiry about general pros
perity.-Indianapolis Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
SENATOR THURsToN MARRIED.

Washington, November 1S.-The mar
4!iage of Senator John NJ. Thurston, of
Nebraska, and Miss Lola Purman,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs w. j. Pur-
man, of Washington, was solemDized
this morning ait the residence of the
brides parents. A wedding breakfast
followed the ceremony, after which
the bride and groom took a private
car OF the Union Pacific for a two
weeks tour soufhward- They left at
HIS O'Clock ON THE Southern railway.
Their itenerary contemplases visits to
all the weH-knovn southern winter re-
sorts, including Atlanta, New Orleans,
Galveston, Austin and Fort Worth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
BETWEEN OCCUPANTS OF A DWELLING
AND THEIR ASSAILANTS.
TWO MEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
The Atlantic d North Carolina Il all
way to Spend Much Money in Better
Pinehurst Superintendent Days
Partial Report - It's Unsatisfactory
Showing - Arrangements for North
Carolina Exhibit at Paris.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. c., November 1S.-A
young white man named Johnson in
this county was whipped in a fight by
John Butler, also white. The latter
told Johnson he would go last night to
his house and whip his entire family.
Butler and three companions, Lowery,
Warren and Bridgers, went to JohI.-
sons house. Johnsons father fired at
Butler, and the four left but at mid
night returned, am burst in d door
Johnson's brother shot Lowery in the
arm. Old man Johnson seized an axe,
and went in to kill the intruders. He
gave Lowery a deep and dangerous
wound in the chest and cut both arms
LoWery fell and begged for mercy. The
old man found Warren was beating one
of his sons He gave Warren two axe
wounds in the back. Bridgers and
Butler were trying to kill Johnson's
Oldest son, but the appeals for help
by Warren and LoWery caused them
to desist.
1t is officially learned that the direc-
tors of the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima railway have authorized President
Bryan to borrow $4,000 to expend in
betltermenlts. All earnings will be ex-
pended for this purpose also The road
urgently needs such improvements
and people living along it appreciate
the plan. New warehouses are TO be
built at New Bern, Kinston and Colds
boro.
Two hundred men are now at work
on James w. Tufts Carolina hotel at
Pinehurst. 1t will be the largest and
handsomest in the state, having 400
rooms. The roof will be on in ten DAYS.
The building will be ready for occu-
pancy February 1st. Fufts is also
adding seventyfive rooms to the Berk-
shire house and is building a number
of handsome cottages.
Chairman Simmons calls the state
democratic committee to meet here De-
cember 18th.
Secretary T. K. Bruner, and Her.
bert Brimley. curator Of tht state mu-
scum. leave here tomorrow for Wash
1ngton, to confer with government Of
fcials regarding North Cardinals ex-
h1bit at the Paris exposition, and also
to study the methods of arrangements
of museum exhibits 50 these can Be
utilized in arranging the state museum
when the new annexes are occupied.
SUPERINTENDENT Days financial report
OF the penitentiary appeared today. 1t
is in three sections and the arrange
ment is faulty, and incomplete The
first section covers the time from Jan
uary 1s' to February Goth, and shows
receipts aggrega'ting 2O,7S3. The sec
ond period is from February Goth to
April 18th, and shows receipts of sly,
S32. Disbursements for the first period
are not given. The third period is from
April 18th to October 1st, and while
there are many figures there are no
totals of either receipts or disburse-
menItS.