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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
AUTOMATIC GRAINIMG.
Germany, Which Acts SOme-
what Like a Comb.

Thirty years or more ago a style OF
wall paper was in fashion which repre-
sented the grain of wood. Properly
paneled and vanished, it gave a fair
imitation of various kinds of wood.
The new granting paper" which is
being used in Germany, and to a slight
extent in America, is a different thing
entirely. 1t is a mechanical device, in
tended to perform automatically the
service commonly done with combs in
skillful workman's hands. 1t removes
a part of the material that has first
been applied to the woodwork.
The surface to be grained is painted
in oil color, as customary, and when
ready to be treated is covered with a
sap color or appropriate granting stain
in water or oil, put on with brush.
The paper, which has first been cut
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
THE BERRY BUSHES.
Next Years Crop Ia Determined by
This Years VigOr and Growth
of the Plants

After the fruit has been harvested
and during the rest of the summer is
the best time to give the raspberries
necessary pruning. One of the first
things to do is to cut out all of the old
canes. 1t is this years growth of cane
that bears the fruit next year, and it is
quite an item to secure u vigorous,
thrifty growth. By cutting out the old
canes more room is given, and the new
canes can make better growth. At
the same time that the old canes are
taken out, all of the small, weak or I'M
thrifty canes should be taken out.
Three or four strong, vigorous canes
will yield more and better fruit than
two or three times that number of
small and weak canes. All canes not
wanted should be treated as weeds and
managed accordingly. There is no ad-
vantage in allowing the canes that are
left to grow too long. If the strength
of the root can be thrown into one-half
the length secured of cane better
quality of fruit may be secured. The
rich shoots may be treated in the same
way.
-Four feet is as high as either rasp-
berries or blackberries should be al
lowed to grow, and many good growers
keep them pinched back to three feet.
Thorough cultivation will help mate
rally in securing better and more
vigorous growth.
1t should be remembered with all
fruits that very largely next years
crop of fruit is determined by this
years vigor and growth of the plant,
and it will pay to take considerable
pains to secure strong, vigorous
growth.-N. j. Shepherd, in Farmers
Voice.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
BLUSHING A DISEASE.
Rush of Blood Due to EreuthOphObia
or ErythOphobia, Says
French Expert.

The general idea that blushing is due
to fullness of blood in the brain is in
correct, according to the new theory
of French expert. 1t arises from the
relaxation of the arteries of the face,
neck and breast, thus allowing an extra
quantity of blood to rush to the skin.
Those arteries have in their walls
layer of rings of muscular fiber, which
contract or relax according to the con-
dition of the patient, and so permit the
arteries to become more or less full of
blood. When they are extra full, which
occurs in weakness, the patient bushes
Blushers are more liable to redden
in damp or stormy weather than in the
cold days of winter or the hot days OF
summer. If this glowing of the face
were the result of emotion, why this
difference? fit be due to weakness the
fact assumes the appearance OF proba-
bility.
There are two closely allied causes
of blushing. One is named "ereutho-
phobia;" that is the ordinary cause
weakness, and the extreme sensitive
ness and other conditions caused by it.
The other is designated "erythopho-
bia," and is the fear that one will blush
unconsciously at awkward moments.
The latter is peculiar form of the
disease. The individual in question, al
though not given to blushing, becomes
gradually possessed with a fear that
he will do so at some inopportune time,
and this fear grows upon him until it
completely masters him and makes him
grow red in the face when there is not
the slightest reason for it.
At the most simple question the color
rises and he is placed in the most alb
surd situation. He is looked upon with
suspicion, because other people accept
his confusion as consciousness of guilt;
he recognizes the fact and, of course,
his condition grow& worse. Weakness
is responsible in this case also for the
deplorable state of things, for when
| the sufferer is taken in hand and gets
"braced up" he smiles at his former
fears.
1t must be very strong emotion that
causes flush to come to the face of a
really healthy man or woman. What
ever they may feel they will not show il
any more than they will show fea,
whea confronted by great danger. In
the latter case there is no doubt about
the danger; it is fully understood that
there may be feeling of fear within
but it is not shown by the face. A sim
liar remark applies to the sense Of
shame under reproach. That feeling
will not be betrayed by blush, because
the individual is not afflicted by the
disease.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19

into the proper shape to fit panels or
other parts, is then forced evenly
against the wet surface by means of
brush. All of this last coat of pigment
is thus removed, save that which is
opposite the markings on the paper,
which is an exact Photographic repro
duction from a fine example of the
original wood. The markings are
chemically prepared and thoroughly
non-absorbent, while the remainder of
the paper absorbs readily. After the
surface has thoroughly dried it is var
nished, thus bringing out the grain and
holding it permanently.
AT present the paper, which is put up
in rolls four yards long and &c inches
wide, is made to initiate several styles
of oak, four styles of walnut and one
each of rosewood, maple, German and
Hungarian ash, mahogany and marble.
1t is alleged that the paper can be used
so times on water color, with care, but
25 times will give much better results,
while on oil color the paper can be used
| fewer times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
Fish with Compound Eyes.

The anableps, or star gazer, a fish Of
the cyprodont family, found in the riv-
ers of Guiana, Surinam and Brazil, has
each of its eyes divided into an upper
and lower portion by an opaque hori-
zontal line. This gives it in effect two
pupils in each eye, one suited for seeing
in the air and the other for seeing in
the water. The fish is in the habit of
swimming at the surface with its head
sometimes above, sometimes below, the
water line. The common whirligig
beetle (gyrinus), which spends its time
circling round and round on the surface
of the water, has eyes modified in ex-
actly the same manner, evidently for a
similar purpose. These eyes are COM
pound; the simple eyes which are found
in most insects along with the COM
pound are entirely wanting in the
whirligig.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
GREAT REVOLUTION.
Automobiles to BE Used in Place OF
Camels to Traverse the Des-
erts of Africa.

1t seems likely that trade in the des.
ert of North Africa is going to under.
go startling revolution. The long
caravan of camels, with their tinkling
bells and white-robed drivers, may
shortly become nothing but poetic
memory and live only in verse, says an
exchange.
1t is the autocar which is to effect
this revolution, and the way has al.
ready been prepared by the adventurous
tour of two Belgian noblemen, Baron
Pierre and Baron Joseph de Crawhez,
The tour lasted three months and eX-
tended over vast tracts of northern AT.
RIGA.
Baron Pierre is the winner of the
great Brussels-Ardennes-Spa automo-
bile race and it was with the same ve-
hicle, which he has called the "Devas.
tation," that he undertook the journey
into Africa. From Brussels the broth
ers drove to Paris and from there made
their way through Spain, where they
took ship for Algiers.
They traversed the valleys and
gorges of the Owed Dilemma and made
their way to Sakkamodi after a diff
cult climb of nearly 20 miles. At this
point the real novelty of the attempt
began.
The brothers, as they encamped upon
the heights of the Tablat oasis, were
about to do what no one had ever before
attempted-to enter the desert upon
a motor car.
1t was with very varied feelings that
they slowly descended the heights ant
came out, well provided with water an6
provisions, upon the actual desert.
There are no policemen or traffic reg
ulations in the desert, and the drivers
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
Posts in sandy Soil.

There is great difference in ths
durability of different kinds of posts
and also in the soil where they are
placed. Contrary to the general i'm
preston, sandy or gravelly soil,
which is usually dry, is much more Ii
able to rot our posts than one which is
always wet. In the dry soil there are
frequent changes from wet TO dry, by
which more air is brought in contact
with the wood and this introduces the
germs of decay. In an always wet soil
the water is probably stagnant and con-
tains little air. Oxygen is necessary to
all decomposition. An old farmer who
had owned both sandy farms and those
that had clay subsoil once told Us
that posts on the sand had to be re-
moved more than twice on clay subsoil
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19

A French economic ornithologist
states it as his belief, resulting from his
Investigations, that If the world were
to become birdless, man could not in
habit it after nine years time, in spite
of all the sprays and poisons that could
be manufactured for the destruction of
insects. He shows that birds eat hun
.dreds of millions of insects daily, which
cannot be doubted when stomach ex-
.aminations show that oil the insect eat
ing birds are continually destroying
large numbers of insects, most of them
harmful to agriculture. Birds are
more the farmers friend than he real
Szas
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19

Psychologists have undertaken the
scientific study of dreams. When the
olfactory sense of a sleeper is stimu-
lated by an odor, such as that of hello
trope, not only does he dream of smell
ing violets," but visual images of flow
ers appear to him. If the experiment is
prolonged the dream vision becomes
complex and filled with strange inn
agery. A vibrating tuning fork held
near a sleeper's ear made him dream of
lion roaring, and when little salt
and water was put on his tongue he
dreamed that he was eating olives.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
FLOWERS AS CLOCKS.
wonderful Ifmepiece Constructed by
an Ohio Gardener for New
York Millionaire.

The phenomenon of certain species
of flowers opening and closing at par
ticular hours has been utilized by an
Ohio landscape gardener to add a
unique decoration to the grounds of
millionaire's country seat at larry.
town. 1t consists of flowerbed which
can be used as clock. The bed is cir
cular and divided into ~ parts. Each
part contains figure composed of
flowers which open or close at the cor
responding hour. Thus the two space
is occupied by an II, made of hawk
weed, which closes at two p. m. pre-
cisely. The hands are stationary, of
course, and are composed of the COM
mon yellow dandelion, which opens at
$3.50 a. m, and closes at $3.50 p. m, and
point to arrangement of flowers repre-
senting these figures. Among the flow
ers used are the snow thistle, which
opens at five a. m. and begins to close
at IL, but does not fully close until
noon; the yellow goats beard, which
opens at four a. m. and closes at four
p. M; the blue chicory, which opens at
four p. m, and closes at noon; the
morning glory, poppy, water lily, PIN
pernel and marigold, opening at five,
seven, eight and nine a. m, respective
ly; the Star of Bethlehem, which closes
at II; the passion flower, which opens
at noon; the beauty of night, which
opens at five p. M; white lychnis, open
ing at six, and the blue convolvulns, at
two a. m.-Chicago Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19

did not scruple to make the best pos.
sible running. In the vast, sandy, bar.
rem solitudes nothing was heard but
the painting, rafting machine which
was the pioneer of new era.
The vultures circled round the trav-
elers as they went, wondering what this
strange invasion could mean, perhaps
dimly feeling that this swift monster
had come to rob them of many a dead
camel or Arab sheik in the future. AT
Aumale, large French military sta
ton, rs miles southeast from Algiers,
the sound of the explorers horns pro-
duced scare among the native popu-
lation. The natives focked out of
their huts and escorted the autocarists
to the authorities, who welcomed them
with every courtesy.
The return journey back to the coast
was more adventurous. At Bonira the
road was swept away by torrent, ris-
ing from the rain, and they were
nearly projected over precipice.
Once they came to a river, but drove
boldly into the flood. The bottom was
very rough and the car bumped from
side to side, but after most perilous
passage, being nearly swept away more
than once, they reached the other side
in safety. Their proudest achievement,
however, was the crossing of ridge
of the Atlas mountains, through vast
snowdrifts, at the height of $500 feet
above the sea level.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19

are ~ inches long and notched at the
top SO the bar on which the spool is
hung can rest as shown. Lever regu-
lates the speed of turning or paying out
wire by pressing against the roll. The
whole outfit is set in the ground at an
end of the proposed fence, spool put in
place and horse with singletree at
tached to end of wire. The horse can
be ridden or led by man. while boy
operates the lever.-R. G. Nelson, in
Farm and Home.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
SELECTING A CAT.
Fancier Imparts Some Valuable
Hints to Boys and Girls in
Search of Feline Pets.

Most of the cats that children have
for pets are never chosen at all. They
just wander into house, purr con-
fidingly about some member of the
family, are given a saucer of milk,
petted bit, and, before anybody re-
allies it, the stray visitor has settled
down in the household.
That is the way cats are usually
adopted, and sometimes these chance
pussies make the best sort of COM
panions. But now and then boy or
girl is promised cat and given an
opportunity to pick one out at regu-
lar cat store. Then, of course, the
greatest taste and care are exercised
in making the choice. Here is some
thing cat fancier has to say about Sc
Letting pet.
''To find good-natured cat, just the
sort of one for children to play with,
look for well-developed bump on its
head, between the ears. 1t should have
nose that is round and short, kind of
u pug. and full cheeks and upper lip.
"The cat whose nose is thin and
sharp, and whose ears twitch nervous
ly, will never make good pet. AS
for mousers, they are rather tricky
when it comes to petting. The keen
mouser has full, sharp and eloquent
eyes.
1.-THE best and gentlest of cats,
though, can be ruined by overlooking.
Too much meat is always bad, but
especially in warm weather. Cats, as
we'll as people, grow cross and irritable
if their stomachs are out of order
N. Y. Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19

perfect health was reflected on each of
their beaming faces. The children were
exuberant, and their arms were filled
with roses and violets.
At Halsted street their laughter
ceased as they saw little girl of about
their own age being tenderly assisted
into the car. Her face was very pale,
for an accident which had happened 20
her some weeks before had made her a
cripple for life. AS she sat down she
crossed her hap with her crutches and
then enviously glanced at the little
girls opposite to her. In another mo-
ment two childish heads were in earnest
conversation. Then followed the swift
but clumsy movements of their fingers.
A garland was woven and they walked
across to where the cripple was seated,
lifted her faded hat from her head. re-
placed it with the wreath, kissed the
little sufferer and then took their seats
again.
Did anyone in that car laugh? No,
but tears of JOY ran down woman's
face. She was the mother of the two
little girls.--Chicago Daily News
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
BuIlet-Proof Cuirass.

The latest bullet-proof cuirass halls
from France and is the invention of NJ.
Threaud. It's essential features are
sheet of metal fitted with an outer and
inner lining (the composition of which
is not stated), the whole apparatus
weighing less than eight pounds. Ac-
cording to good authority, it was re-
Gently tested with mauser rife. which
was fired from distance of about 20
yards. The bullet tore the front of the
cuirass and made an indentation in the
metal plate, but it did not penetrate it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
SAFETY sCAFFoLD FOR PAINTERS

SAFETY SCAFFOLD FOR PAINTERS.
can place himself within easy reach of
any part of a front of ordinary size
without leaving his seat. This plan
contemplates the use of two hooks over
hanging the caves of the roof such as
are now used, but instead of supporting
the scaffold direct from these as at
present, they are made to support rail
of sufficient length to take in front
of average width. A chair or two
chairs, one below the other, is suspend
ed from this, and two or three ropes
within easy reach of the workman per-
init him to move himself to any par
ticular spot desired without leaving his
seat.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
HOW TO BARREL APPLES.

under 1t and UP the other side, the up
per ends being bent as shown. A long
lever of wood is slipped into the loop
and just the right thickness of blocks
placed beneath it to spring the cover
down into place. Now draw the lever
under the lip Of the rod on the other
side, and the whole will remain in place
until the head is nailed in. Both ends
of the rod should project the same dis
lance above the upper edge of the bar
vel.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
C,ub Foot I'm Cabbnxe.

"Club foot" in cabbage results most
ay when cabbages are raised on the
same land year after year. A change of
location is always desirable. The free
use of wood ashes, chopped in around
each plant, is remedy, but it is not al
ways effectual. The potash of the ashes
destroys the maggot which does the
damage, and an excellent mode is to
mix the ashes in water, make few
holes with stick around the plant and
pour the mixture in, which Is labori-
Gus operation. however, where there is
a large field devoted to the crop.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
A QUEER HOLE.

have heard Of a boy who lived long ago
For such boys are not found nowadays,
you know
Whose friends were as troubled as they
could be
Because of a hole in his memory.
A charge from his mother went in one day,
And the boy said: Yes" and hurried away;
But he met man with a musical top,
And his mothers words through that hole
did drop.
A lesson went in, but-ah me! ah me!
For boy with hole in his memory
When he rose to recite he was all in a
doubt,
Every word of that lesson had fallen out.
And at last, at last.-oh terrible lott
He spoke only two words: II forgot"
Would it not be sad, indeed, to be
A boy with hole in his memory?
Advocate and Guardian.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
TROLLEY FOR PAINTERS.
Ingenious Device by Which the
Shifts Which Cause Accidents
Are Avoided.

In nearly all the dreadful accidents
which happen to painters falling from
their scaffolds the injury is sustained
while changes are being made in the
position of the supporting planks. A
scaffold which would dispense with
these changes is made by Julius Stone,
of Boston, Mass. By its use a painter
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
six Hundred n Minute.

What do you think of stamping 500
letters minute? They're trying a new
machine in the Chicago post Office, and
that is its record so far. The exact
time is stamped on each letter, together
with the canceling stamp, and if there
is any delay in dispatching the letter
the blame cam be easily located. Tie
machine only requires one operator.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
SPLENDID WIRE REEL.
For UncOlling Darbed Wire, Its In
ventOr Seems to Think, 1t Ii
without m Equal.

For unrolling barbed wire, my rack,
as illustrated, is made of three by three
inch scantling mortistd together. Up
rights, a, are three feet long, and cross
pieces, b, IS inches. The two pieces, c,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
Dor., Cemetery Company.

The latest thing in company promot-
ing comes from Paris, where dogs
cemetery has been floated with capt.
tai of 6 $4,000. The promoters are la
lies, who have already entered into a
contract for the laying out of land suit
able for the purpose of a canine bury
ing ground.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
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BARRELING APPLES.
A Homemade Continuance Which
Does as Good Work as Any
Patented Device.

There are manufactured barreling
presses on the market, but the home
made affair shown in the cut will do as
good work, and in some points will do
it more conveniently than the CONNER
cial press. A blacksmith, with few
moments work, will bend stout iron
rod into the shape shown, the rod pass
ang down one side of the barrel, across
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
STREET CAR EPISODE.
Two Sweet Little Chicago Girls
Crown n Crippled Child with
Wreath of Wild Flowers.

On a street car coming in from the
western limits of the city on Saturday
afternoon last were two little girls who
had spent the day in the woods ard
among the wild flowers. The picture of
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-19
we. a Cen.cient,ou. Pnticrt.

"Now, don't fail to take my advice"
said DR.. Pillbox to the sick Mr.. Rafferty,.
"Shure 1 won't, docthur," Mike re-
piled. Before er afther males ?"-Kan-
sas City Independent
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-13
CLIPPERTON ISLAND.

SAN FRANCISCO, May THE
steamer Rival arrived from Clipperton
Island yesterday after passage of
thirteen days. She brought four pas
sengers and "A cargo of guano for Ma
condray q Co. The passengers were
men who We're felt on the island last
year to work the guano beds and get
Il cargo ready for the return of the
steamer. 1t was quite rough while the
Rival was at Clipperton and it took
considerable time TO lighter the stuff
from the shore TO the vessel. The men
who returned from the island say the
crabs are just as big as ever and Clip
perton the dreariest spot on the face
of the earth.