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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-23

There was date at one end of the line
and at the other a sum of money, as in
common account-books; but instead of
explanatory writing only a varying
number of crosses between the two.
On the 18th of June, 1745, for instance,
sum of { 70 had plainly become due
to some one, and there was nothing but
six crosses to explain the cause. In
a few cases, to be sure, the name of
place would be added as "Offe Carac-
cas-" or q mere entry of latitude and
longitude, as "62 degrees, II minutes,
90 seconds, 10 degrees . minutes 40 Sec
onds."
The record lasted over nearly 20
Gears, the amount of the separate en-
tries growing larger as time went on,
and at the end grand total had been
made out after five or six wrong adj
ditions, and these words appended:
Bones his pile"
81 can't make head or tail of this, 4
said DR.. Livesey.
''The thing is clear as nooSOn-
cried the squire. This is tbcOuld {
hearted hounds account-boof the :
! crosses stand for the name. % and lie
ships or towns that they have stink or
plundered. The sums are the scoun-
drers share, and where he feared an
ambiguity, you see he added something
clearer. 'Offe Caracas now; you see,
here was some unhappy vessel boarded
off that coast. God help the poor souls
that manned her-coral long ago"
Right" said the doctor. "See what
it is to be a traveller. Right! And the
amounts increase, you see, as he rose
| in rank"
There was little else in the volume
but q few bearings of places noted in
the blank leaves toward the end, and a
table for reducing French, English and
| Spanish moneys to common value.
Thrifty mani" cried the doctor. He
wasn't the one to be cheated"
sand now" said the squire, "for the
other"
The paper had been sealed in several
| pldCeS Win ii lnihlole ny way VI SS"i'
the very thimble, perhaps, that ] had
found in the captains pocket. The doc
tor opened the seals with great care,
and there fell out the map of an island,
with latitude and longitude. soundings,
names of hills and bays and inlets, and
every particular that would De needed
to bring a ship to a safe anchorage
upon its shores. 1t was about nine
miles long and five across, shaped, you
might say, like fat dragon Standing
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-23

graves. Authors will yet rise to write
among our monuments and to thrill the
great heart of all humankind with the
story of the grandest civilization this
world ever saw. Historians will wander
over our battlefields and sit among our
tombstones and write true history of the
bravest men who ever lived or died.
The South will some day blossom like
the rose in art and literature and in all
the elements of intellectual as well as
material wealth. Then she will clasp
hands with an enlightened North, and
the twain shall walk together as one in
perfect peace and unity.
There is glorious field of labor al
ready ripe for our teachers; let them
enter it and reap the golden harvest.
The clusters are purple in the vineyards;
let them enter and gather for the wine
press. The hills of the future are
abloom with opportunities; let them
climb to the heights and pluck the
flowers. We have proved in the past
that we have the material out of which
statesmen are made; that we have the
soil where presidential timber has
grown. We have the same sunshine
which warmed the hearts of our faith
ers, and we have the same blood which
was shed on hundred battlefelds, and
nothing can prevent us from being as
mighty IN peace as we have been brave
in war.
Teachers, take our children and train
them for the future. Adieu.
ROBERT l.. TAYLOR.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-23
Too Much Learning Spells a Sale.

"Have you got any watermelons on
ice?" inquired the man with the basket
on his arm.
"No, sir, replied the young man with
the eyeglasses.
The customer was about to so, when
the young man stopped him.
1--WE haven't any melons on ice," he
said, "but we have some under ice. 1t
keeps them colder that way. Heat
rises and cold descends, you know. Will
one be enough?"
Il reckon it WILL" rejoined the man
with the basket. But I'm going some
where else to get it. l don't believe l
can afford to trade at grocery shop
where they keep scientists for clerks.
Afternoon, sir"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-23
Old Deiefs Knocked in the Head.

Queen Elizabeth was not the angelic
creature represented in the histories
and poems of her own times. Her hair
was red, her temper red-hot. She some
times drank too much, and at any prov
ocation she would curse like trooper,
She frequently swore at her maids, and
sometimes struck, kicked and pinched
them. Mary Stuart, of Scotland, was
not a beauty. She had cross eyes, and,
to save the trouble of having her hair
dressed, cut it off close to her head and
wore wig. When, after her death,
the executioner lifted her head to show
it to the people, the wig came off and
showed a close-cropped skull, covered
with gray hair. Horatius never de-
Tended the bridge. The story was man
-factured by the same gifted author
lorho gave the world the account of Scae-
q Villas heroism. Blondel, the harper, did
-, ~ discover the prison of King Richard
@;ichard paid his ransom, and the re-
ceipt for it is among the Austrian ar
chives.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-23

The rose harvest in Bulgaria and the
distillation of oil of roses are now
completed. The quality obtained this
year is about 200, 900 grammes less than
last years yield, the decrease being
due to the drouth. Estimating the
value of gramme of oil of roses at ~
francs, this means turnover of half a
million francs. The price of altar of
roses has risen rapidly this year, and
in al! large towns of Europe the de-
mand is increasing. Stocks, therefore.
will soon be exhausted. In Bulgaria
the entire quantity at present stored is
estimated at only about 80, 900 grammes.
Vienna dispatch to London Standard,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-23
DophJcd tho Dose.

Ragged Rob-W'y didn't We come dc
pathetic racket on de judge-tell him
We had family dependin' on We?
Pensive Pete-I did, an he fined me
then for neglectin' to support me fam
ily.-N. Y. journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25

sorts OF people. Some have to be whip
ped in, others prayed in, some laughed
in and others cried into the kingdom of
heaven. People are too likely to think
whatever peculiar method would ap-
peal to them is the only reasonable
and right way. Not so. We are not all
fashioned alike. Hence the evangelist
has to be a man of varied and inter-
esting Methods
According to the Nevada Representa-
tive, the only reason why the Gear
people are not already apportioning the
spoils of the speakership is because
they have not yet been able to muster
the necessary votes nor to develop a
satisfactory candidate"
They have their gall with then"
remarks the Ida Grove Era. referring
to candidates for the speakership of
the Iowa house who were not members
during the past two years.
AS to the next candidate for the vice
presidency, the Tama Herald thinks lit
will be almost miracle if the party
makes as wise a selection as when 1t
nominated Garret A. Hobart"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25
BETTING ON THE BoERs.

3 1t is a matter of some surprise to
hear the various remarks concerning
the Boer war made by all classes of
people and notice the frequency with
seriously of ultimate Boer success. On
street corners, at the club, in the
stores, in the barber shops and every
where one hears men remark, We'll,
I'll bet the Boersll show them English
a hot time before they get through,
and he is just as likely to hear another
chime in with land I'll bet the Boers'll
lick the tar out of EN-, too. Such
street yernacular is not very beautiful
in print, but it is more or less express
sive and is certainly strikingly repre-
sentative of popular sentiment.
If one would stop to consider all the
circumstances and conditions attend
ing this unfortunate affair it would be
hard for him to believe that the Beers
had a ghost of a show. England has
entered the struggle deliberately, after
due consideration and with definite,
purpose in view that of destroying the
tyranny of the Beers and throwing the
country open to free and full citizen
ship for English subjects. There has
mobilized. but they are being modified
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IF the quarterly payment of taxes
would increase the discomfort fourfold
with which the people pay their taxes
it would make the public stomach very
sour remarks the Keokuk Gate City.
Rejecting on Evangelist Williams
work In Shenandoah the Sentinel says:
"It takes all sorts Of ways to reach all
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25

business of the growing town that only
one-eighth as much building has been
done, and leading contractors estimate
that scarcely ss,oooooo worth of build-
ing has been contracted for next sea-
son. Was ever the object of helpful
union SO lost and its purposes so per-
verified as has taken place in the city
of Chicago?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25
THE DREADFUL REcoIL OF

THE DREADFUL RECOIl4 OF
STRIK Es.
The city of Chicago is experiencing
one of the most notable crises in labor
troubles known to modern times. \ city
of nearly 100000 people, hardly half a
century old, in the midst Of a growing.
and prospecting country. finds the whole
of its building operations at q stand
still. In the very heart Of PROSPEROUS
times and a threatening winter coming
on. thousands of willing workmen find
themselves without work all because
the labor unions have 50 fallen into the
hands of INSCRIPTIONS demagogues
that not man in Chicago dares 70
undertake the erection Of a building for
fear of their aearieious exaetions
For years the building interests Of
Chicago have been harassed by unreal
sonable exaetiqns of labor unions,
when We're brought about BY unscru-
pulous, bur crafty leaders, who used
the organizations Of honest labor u
bulldoze, threaten and abuse the con-
tractors while they themselves profited
by taking bride money One trade aft
ter another mas gone On q STRIKE. rot
because their unions 50 ordered. Build
ers have been compelled p use ali Chi
cago material, regardless of cost d
suffer a strike, unless for obvious rea-
sons labor leader would make an ex-
ception. Some trades have forced
prices up TO point whore the amount
demanded was not only. unreasonable
but actually outrageous and ruinous L
the men who have TO pay for the build
ing.
In order to make this war agains
outside material effectual, the dealer
in local material have been compene(
to make terms with the labor unions
Only through the refusal Of union
workmen 70 work with nateria
brought from outside were the loca
manufacturers able 10 force their ma
terial upon builders.
The result has been that corruption
and COLLISION has honeycombed ever
trade in any way. connected with puild
ing operations. If a contract called TO
brick the brick had to be of local max
or the bricklayers would go on a strik,
unless some person representing III
bricklayers was bribed to permit tn
use of outside brick. So, too. of Gu
stone, structural iron and freproofin
material-in fact. anything and every
thing entering into the construction (
a building unless it bore the local Ia
or somebody was bribed to overlook IL
source of the material, the buildin
must stop.
Such conditions have grown from ba
to worse until now the city's contrac
ors have given up in despair and W
not try to carry on building operation
Since the storm broke it has been di
covered that the avarice of these me
falsely representing labor has kilt
the victim they intended only to 70
During the last season of ten mont
Chicago's new buildings have cost 81
900, 900, while New York during t
same period has erected s1oo,Ooo,o
worth. Just think Of it! Two citi
nearly equal in size. one old and w
built, the other new and growing, al
yet the Iaboring men who should pro
by great demand for labor hay
through vicious leaders, 50 ruined 7
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25
urag arsha11ur ju,ua saudar Nupsn IS 1899

dressmaker. as rule, hasn't an eye
lash for anything more than fashion.
which. to her mind, is STYLE and
nothing is too hideous. too inartistic. to
be worn if it only be fashionable
That is woman's opinion, yet there
isn't genuine lover Of the fair sex that
would rob her of blows and loops,
flounces and rufiies" or any Of the little
trifies or arts by which she makes her
self attractive.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25
was released, Almost any Jury would
decide that colored man who, would
stealan empty chicken coop had an un-
balanced mind.

An anti-Bryan movement has been
started by Maryland democrats, who
hope to prevent his nomination. 1t is
possible the western aspirant is shoot
ing in the wrong locality.
Ex-senator John H. Reagan, the sole
survivor of the Jefferson Davis cabinet,
and the orator of the recent unwilling
of the Davis statue at Richmond, is 81
years old, but is still in good health
and active in politics. He is at the head
of the Texas state railway commission.
He was born in Tennessee and as a
mere lad walked all the way to his
present home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25
A WEALTHY. MAN.

demonstrated against the use in these
columns of the term wealthy as an
adjective of commentator. His criti-
cism lies in the fact that the public is
far too quick to speak of man as one
OF our ''wealthiest' citizens or to speak
of attending a social function given by
one of our '.wealthiest" families with
showing of pride and admiration for
social position whose greatest claim to
distinction is wealth. Said friend is a
banker. possessed of what might be
considered sutiicency of worldly
goods, yet he has learned to see many
other more noble objects in life and
does not believe that the ideal life nee
essarily includes constant worship at
the shrine of Mammon.
To large extent the sentleman's
ideas are good. his statements are
largely true, but when directed TO the
ordinary use of the term in a newspa-
per will not always rightly apply, for
in most every case the term wealthy
IS usea among oei'er as'sei ip'iN :
tlNes. ~ - one quaiiss -
mended, though u shouiu nor oe a.
lowed to overshadow AL other forms of
commentator. Every mother > soii y
US IS engaged IN a eofi'l'eei'iNe sltus s'e
for wealth and whatever success We
may attain Is 10 De coi'ii'ieit'e''. = :
rs wrong 70 commend wealth Of io' '"e
possession Of wealth . pc a ersui' . .
man IT Is then wrong iPf Us 70 'e ; LIN 5
ing for mat when IS NOT 70 ps CON-
msnded or IS not q credls TO the sue
eessful possessor' Aet the ACQUISITION
lof wealth and its subsequent use mas
been9one of the foundation stones Oh an
human progress. IT mas been the one
4 spur 70 progress Our modern ME IS
almost wholly made up OF comforts
that have been evolved, created IN the
mighty struggle for wealth ana be-
cause Of II. Not long ago men lived IN
4 huts and caves, but some men disirins
more wealth learned TO build better
houses and other men having aequlfsa
wealth Went 10 live in these houses
4 paying the builders for them So today
the pretty new nome thae TINS banker
enjoys and a thousand little comforts
With which it is provided are the direct
result of other mems struggle Tor
~. r., e1fa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25

Samuel Lee, colored, an Remember of
congress from South Carolina, was this
week arraigned in the Washington po-
lice court for larceny Of a chicken coop.
There were no fowls in the coop, but
this did not deter it's owner from pre-
ferring charges against the colored
statesman. The character Of the al
legged theft created the impression that
Lees mind was unbalanced. and this
was substantiated by friends Of the ac-
cused, who interceded in his behalf. He
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-25

Chairman Jones, of the national dem
ocratic committee, announces that the
democrats will pursue definite policy
in congress to create issues for 1900. 1t
may be succinctly sized up as opposi-
tomas feminist the government
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-09
WHERE KlPIlNG GETS HINTS.
Thorough Way In Which He Explored Il
Locomotive ShOD.


Thorough Way In Which He Explored "a
Locomotive Shop.
"kipling's methods of absorbing de-
tall are very curious and interesting"
said Mr.. Lyman D. Bentley to New
Orleans Times-Democrat man. Some
years ago. while he was visiting the
locomotive shops at New Haven. he
met skilled workman named Greasy
and Immediately proceeded to pump
him about engine building. Cressy did
not fully appreciate the honor that was
paid him, but he was flattered by the
noveist's interest. and the two went
all over big eight-wheel express flier
that was standing in the yard. Kip
ling said he had lots of books on the
subject, but they didn't tell him the
things he wished to know. What he
wanted was real engineer or build
er's idea OF the machine. and he was
particularly eager to learn the COL
loquial names Of the parts. He took
was in New Haven again and hunted
up the mechanic. Look here, Cres-
'sy,' he said, producing rough sketch
on card Of one of the valves of the
brake gear. I wish you'd tell me again
just how this thing works Greasy
explained, and Kipling laughed de-
I've got it now he ex-
claimed I mention the incident be-
cause it seems to throw some light on
his astonishing command Of technicali
ties"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-09
SIGNAL LIGHTS.

Human nature in broadcloth Is no
better than human nature in rags.
A St. Louis girl is so modest that
she bushes at the bare state OF facts.
A man with an elastic imagination
Is apt to mistake it for his conscience.
A man who lives on hope will spend
his old age at somebody's else ex-
pense.
Women weep audibly when they are
angry; silent tears mark the deepest
grief.
The difference between repartee and
lmpudence is in the size OF the
speaker.
Sweeping changes are made under
the head Of appropriations for street
cleaning.
The man who knows but one thing
feels capable of. giving advice on all
subjects. S..
Some folks are kept in the dark In
order to prevent them from bringing
things to light.
Lots of men would never be recog-
nized as fools II they didn't fall in
love and give themselves away. 3
But few men ever make their way
through the world on the strength Of
their chronological developments.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-09
Boone, Ia, June 6, '99.

Mr.. Editor:
Miss Williams of Ogden is in the city
this week.
Mrs. Cowan is building a very pretty
cottage in the fifth ward.
Mr.. Garfield Washington has invest
ed in a new bicycle.
Rev. Besfield intends moving his fam
lily to Fraser this week.
Mrs. B. F. Taylor was visiting rela-
tives in Moingona last week.
Mrs. Jas. Robinson and Messrs. d. R.
Basfeld, S. l.. Terry and L. F. An
thony have returned from Des Moines
where they attended the A. NJ. e. con-
ference and convention.
Mrs. Taylor went to her home in
Kansas City after pleasant stay in
our city.
On Monday evening the P. c. met at
the church and rendered the following
program. Song; address, J. r. Wash
ington; recitation, c. H. Coleman; solo,
J. T. Washington; debate, Resolved,
that lynch law will ultimately end in
civil war; The judges decided in
favor of the affirmative, Messrs. J. T.
Washington and S. L. Terry. The
speakers on the negative side were
Messrs. c. R. Coleman and l.. F. An
thony. Strawberries and cream were
served after which the crowd dispersed,
-hay'" enjoyed a pleasant evening.
4 Respectfully,
ANTHONY.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-09
WIDOWS MITE.
Curious Custom Observes. IN .a
London Churchyard.


There Is still observed in an out-of-
the-way London churchyard one OF
those ancient customs, the observance
of which gave SO much delight to
Charles Dickens, and whose descrip-
ton Of which has done so much to
'endear to all who read the right little,
tight little island. Twenty-one ladies',
either past the age Of self-support or
unable by reason of disease to make a
living for themselves, have gathered
for centuries in this same churchyard,
on the same day, to receive the same
gifts from the beneficence of the same
lady, now, Of course, long since dead.
Prlory Church of St. Bartholomew the
Great is we'll worth a visit from the
tourist in search of that which is an
clent. Hidden away behind the great
postoffce building of St. Martin s-le-
Grand, next door to the old hospital
that bears its patrons name, and
within few yards of the quaint court
yard where the bluecoat boys, hatless
and in yellow stockings, play their
games. Founded in 1923, it still re-
taiIs its heavy Norman pillars and
rounded arches, which have been care
fully restored where the stone has
crumblcd through centuries of decay.
Its narrow churchyard is bordered on
two sides by houses which have eXag-
gerated their architectural tendency to
oFerhang. The gravestones are SO old
that most of the inscriptions are worn
off, and they are only to be reached by
climbing sort of portable stage coach
ladder from the pathway. Here gather
on the appointed morning the twenty
one old ladies. for, as a rule. they are
old. and very old. The distribution OF
siXpences, hotcross buns, shawls and
two-shilling pieces takes place in ac-
cordance with legendary custom after
morning service. 1t is not quite GER
tain to few centuries when the thing
was first started, but it has been 60
ing on now for several hundred years.
The onlool;ers, as a rule, are a few
fresh-coE2plexicned nurses in pretty
bonnets and clcaEs and half dozen
residents Of Little Britain. After Rev.
Sir Borradaile Savory. the present rec
tor of EST. Bart" has conducted morn
ing prayers. the twenty-one aged
DANES mount the stage coach ladder
and make their way to the particular
grayestone on which the twenty-one
new sixpences lie, and each old lady,
having picked up her sixpence. is then
presented with the form, the bun and
the crochet shawl.