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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

The editor of THE COMET on his late
travels, found rdrd dCis in Summit.
His name is Graccy. He is an editor,
printer, publisher, railroad agent, cN-
press agent, author, lecturer, and
printers devil. He runs the town
Lyceum, tthe Peabody school with
two hundred and fifty children, man
ages all the amateur shows, is Il star
actor either i'm comedy or tragedy,
correspondent of several daily news
papers, and insurance agent. He is
the advance guard of Coup's circus,
can ride four horses at the same time,
al going in different directions. lie
owns rink, keeps a skating school
and is an expert skater. He is high
cOckalOrum of the Masonic fraternity
and deeply skilled in mystic lore, is Il
preacher and recently delivered dis
course on the necessity of fostering
Young geniuses. He is an eminent
surgeon, having lately eXcised the
forearm of a frog and performed the
operation of extracting plug Of
tobacco from the abdominal viscera of
a whale, thus beating JOnah's feat all
TO pieces, and now he is going to enter
the race against Tanner by fasting
forty years, and issuing daily bulletins
to gaping and credulOus crowds of the
genus homo All this and more, this
universal genius living i'm the town of
Summit, is doing; but the full details
cannot he given until his great work,
which is now in press, entitled His
torical Sketches, Essays, Disquisitions
on Masonry and Theoretical Astrono-
my, and practical Government" APP
pears. 1t is needless TO say that the
volume will be bound in sheep, with
a few copies for subscribers bound in
calf.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

Of cOnsummate shrewdness il is the
mission Of the good to be shreWd
enough to outWil him. If he engage
IN a match for the championship OF
persistence or enterprise or aggressive
ness, it is the signal to the good TO ac-
cept the challenge he throws out If
he express desire to fight it is for the
good to he ready for him, either on his
own ground or theirs, and TO give him
battle with weapons as efficient as
those with which he seeks to gain the
victory.
Somehow or other there seems to be
among good people tact understand
ing that the devil Is shrewder and
smarter and stronger and wiser than
they, and that he has more money.
They are so often so firmly Convinced
oi this that they are afraid to make it
otherwise. They stand within ear
shot Of the Devils pulpit and hear hIm
discourse. Listening to the seven
echoes they think there is just seven
times AS much devil as there is, and
they are scared out Of their wits and
run away. The devil is so much en-
couraged by this that he places his
pulpit where it will give out still more
echoes. 1t is possible that Il large part
Of the Devils success is owing to the
way in which he has scared good
people and put them up either running
away or quarreling among themselves.
He is just as tricky and mean as he is
able. There is said to be good time
coming. We know not when it is to
be, but the good have right to look
forward to it right hopefully and glee-
fully. And when that good time shall
come the devil will have his due and
his pulpit will be overturned and
silcncCd.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
Not for Joe.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript
Joseph was a scotier and "bad lot"
generally. Meeting an officer of the
American Bible Society the other day,
he chucklingjy asked: "Gou give ont Il
good many Bibles in the course of Il
year?n The officer said: Yes, very
many" "And what do you suppose
becomes of them?n "Thry fall into
hands that need them, | doubt not"
"Well, D." said Joseph, producinga a book
with the look Of man who would
say "Now Ive gotyou.o "Whcre do
you suppose got that?' The man of
Bibles couldn't say, "Got it i'll rum
shop. You gave it to sailor and he
sold it for a glass of rum :" "WrII,"
said the other, 81 am glad it has fallen
into your hands, Joseph. don't
know any one who needs it more"
Joseph doesn't know as he made much
of point after all.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
Carries the Jury with Her.

Mrs. Gordon, the first lawyeress who
ever addressed a jury in San Francisco,
recently defended man accused OF
murder. she was dressed i'm black,
and for her only ornament wore rose
i'm her corsage. When she entered
the court room, a general thrill of
emotion ran through the auditory;
but this the lady feigned not to per-
ceive. In the course of the harangue,
the applauses broke forth many times,
although they were severely sup
pressed. At the end the jury pro-
nounced a verdict of acquital, which
nroyoked an enthusiasm. 1t is said
that Mrs. Gordon is young and beau
tiful. and at the same time elegant,
and that she was literally able TO
carry the Jurors off their feet. If the
ocoIitted individual was guilty, how
lucky it was for him that he chose
this young and beautiful lady as the
advocate Of his defense"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

Tilusville World.

Tilusville World.
Come hithcr, Doc" said Romeo
Unto the druggist man,
" And fix for me II poisoned pill
As quickly as you can.
so, give me some swilt-Spccding drug
As will itself dispense
Like tightening through mortal's vein
And send that mortal hence -
"Such deadly drugs have, my son.
Among my stock in trade.
But Mantua's laws is instant death:
Therefore, am afraid"
Thou art so full of wrctchrdncss,
StarVatiOn's in thine eye:
Upon the back hands poverty
Oh, mix it ON the sly !"
"My poverty" the druggist said.
" But not my will. consent -
And then he mixed the poison.
And took the twenty cents.
Take this in anything thou wilt,
And you have met your fate:
Had you the strength Of twenty men
1t would dispatch you straight"
Leave that to me-" said Romeo,
The sncaking ,lcmagoguc;
- want this deadly pizcn
TO kill ncighbOr's dog"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
rIuIIy Interesting.

"Brick Pomcroy has made Il great
hit with his new paper the Great
West, which he started in Denver,
last June, and which he sent to more
than 5000 subscribers to his old
paper, Pomcroy's Democrat, after it
was suspended, following the forgerics
of his partner The Great West is a
handsome eight-page paper, illustrated
each week with views Of Colorado
mines, mountains, scenery, etc, and
is all in all Il wonderfully interesting
paper with its Saturday night chap
ters, its valuable editorial letters de
scribing that rich country, its letters
from the people, its rcd-hot editorials,
crisp items, wit, uglness, Home
corner chats, news, etc. 1t is now red
hot, sIap-dab, independent paper,
above all party lines, but is death
against United States bonds and all
robbercs of the poor. 1t is sent one
year for 81, or six copies one year for
so. Since Brick made his big strike
mines, he is making Il paper more
lively than ever, Address, NJ. NJ.
Pomeroy, Denver, Colorado, and send
for the paper if yon wish something
YOU vii read from end to end,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
a Day of Thanksgiving lThe 25th of
November A ppOintcH by MIR. Hayes.

By the President Of the United States
Of Americd
At no period i'm their history since
the United States became a Nation,
has this people had so abundant and
so universal reasons for joy and graft
tude at the favor of Almighty God, or
been subject TO so profound an Obliga-
ton to give thanks for his loving kind
ness and humbly to implore His con-
tinued care and protection. Health,
wealth and prosperity throughout all
our borders; peace, honor and friend
ship with all the world; firm and
faithful adherence by the great body
of our population to the principles of
liberty and justice, which have made
our greatness rs II Nation, and to the
wise institutions and strong frame of
Government and society which will
perpetuate it; for all these let the
thanks of a happy and united people,
as with one voice, ascend in devout
homage to the Giver Of all good.
| therefore recommend that on
Thursday, the twcnty-fifth day of
November next, the people meet in
their respective places of worship to
make their acknowledgements to
Almighty God for His bOunties and
His protection, and to offer to Him
prayers for their continuance.
In witness whereof have hereuntO
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done Mt the City of WashingtO
this first day of November, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States the one
hundred and fifth.
(Seal.) X. Is. HAYES.
BY the President:
WIN. NJ. EvARTs, Sec'y of State.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
Financial Lesson for BegInners.
japan News.

Awoda Soyemon, a highly respected
man who lived many years ago, in
crossing a bridge at night dropped a
piece of money worth 10 sen into the
water. To recover the coin AwOda
Soycmen bought torch at a cost Of
- sen, and, after some trouble, found
the money lac had lost. \ hystandcr
said to him as il not a foolish thing
to eXpend % sen To recover lO2
"No," said Awoda SOyemon, "because
il the money had remained in the
stream it would have been lost and Of
no use to any one; but the 80 sen are
not lost; they have been merely trans
ferred from my possession To that Of
another.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
The Interior of Africa

During the cpresent month an eXpedi-
ton is to start from France To explore
Central Africa 10y way of Srnegamhia.
1t is to be- a Government expedition,
strongly equipped, the main body con
siSting Of 80 troops, an auxiliary party
of engineers and pontonniers, and a
numhcr OF Iahorrr<, with carefully
selected medical and typographical
staff. The object is party exploration,
partly trade-the pacific conquest, i'll
fact, of the sections explored. 1t is
proposed to steam up the Senegal river
as for as Medina, and thence cross the
country towards the hcadwaters of the
Niger. The trade of that populous
section is comparatively heavy, and
the French seek to divert it into the
Senegal river and To Saint Louis, by
WAY of Medina
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

The Univcr- liists are advised by
the New York sun To disband, now
that their doctrine, once 50 fieTcely
cumhatcd, has become the fashion
among the evangelical denomina-
tions. An almost equally rccnmenda-
ton was offered the Univcrsalists 10y
the distinguished Unitarian divine
from England, who in addressing their
convention at North Cambridge the
other day, intimated that the Univer-
salist doctrine was found very con-
venient stepping-stone for the unin-
teliigent masses and poorer classes in
Great Britain from the darkness OF
Calvanism to the enlightenment of
Unitlrianism. The Univcrsalists, i'm
holding on to the divinity of Jesus
and the inspiration of the Scriptures,
are i'm fact being ground at present 10y
the milestone of agnOcsicism a. severe
ly a. they were formerly hv the other
stone of orthodoxy which they
have smoothed at the cost of losing
thcmselve- in it.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
JOHN M. sMYLIE.
REAL ESTATE AGENT.

oFrSoNS WISHING To SELL, RENT. OF
Purrhase Real Estate will find u 20 their in
Icresi to call, correspond win Us IN reference u
I will give special attention to business before
tle I'M Tniteyl States Land Office, Homestead In
tries Final Homestead Proofs, purchase oI ioeair
.i,I' Ca-b S1rip. or Warrants. Any and all kinds
al Land Busimfss solicited. 80 ..
Will furnish Maps, Field Noies, etc. Certified
comics from the originals tor les than they can "
III -i--,-t,orr T. u. Box l6.,
i...i ., =, III JACKSON, MISS.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

GotthOld, the pugilist, got hold of
the wrong man at Pittsburg. There
has been a pain in the pit Of the
stomach ever since.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

Prnfessor-Whichi j. the more deli
cate Of the senses? SophOmore-The
touch. Prove il. S.-When YOU
sit on tack you can't hear it; you
can't see it; YOU can't taste il; you
can't smell il; but it's there"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

sThere is no place like home," re-
peated Mr.. Henpeck, looking at
motto, and he painfully added "l'm
glad there is'nt.h
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
VOL. w..
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING +!
REAEY MADE AND CUSTOM WORK.
FOR
Men, Youths & Children
DEPARTMENT

No. contains ready made Suits for men, cut by
lhe latest and most approved patterns, the
prevailing styles of the North ami Eurone.
not those OF two or three years ago, Blsi-
ness and Dress Susts and OycrcOats in mate
rials that are guaranteed, are to he found in
- this department.
NO. contains ready made Clothing for young mon,
An elegant stock selected with special regard
lDr he tastes and peculiar requirments of the
rising generation, embracing everything from
once or store suits to those demanded by the
- drawing room or opera.
NO contains boys suits cut in variety of STYLES
and adapted for youngsters three years of age
and upward. This is II department partcti-
iarly attractive to parents, and has for years
been made by us special feature in our
business. 1t is now full with a splendid as
sortment of nobby styles.
NO. contains a full stock OF mems and boys Fur
nishing Goods, novelties in Shirts, Collars
Crayats, Ties, Scrfs and Scarf Pins and Shirt
studs, Only the best goods in gentemens
Underwear are kept in this department. N.
la perfectly fresh stock of Kid Dog Skin
and Wooden Gloves
NO. 5-Cusom made Clothing Department-Stocked
with piece goods from the best manufacturers
in Europe or the United States, giving Gus
toners wide range in patterns or fabrics
from which to select, This department is in
charge OF an experienced and skilliul cutter
and produces work not eXcelled by the high
est price or most fashionable tailor in this
city.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
MILLER HOUSE.
NATCHEZ, MISS.

Hacks running to and from the house on arrival
of boats and trains.
Bs5" A sample room especially for commercial
travellers. Febl3-lY
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06

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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-04-10

cont of the sweetening power Of pure syrur.
The same glucose in solid form is used in
case of sugar. and large quantities of the
compound is sold by the dealers under the
name Of coffee brown sugar."
In the matter of scandal another savory
morsAl has been prepared for the palates Of
lovers of the article in Washington. This
time it has its origin in the person OF a clerk
of the White House or Presidential Mansion
and mixed up in the case is the name of a
prominent member Of Congress from Ohio
and an ex-army officer. The clerk has been
promptly discharged from the position while
the Congressman asserts that he knows moth
ing about the doings of the man or his wo-
man.
One Of the most brutal exhibitions which
safely may be called a Gallows Horror, was
perpetrated yesterday in Washington at the
hanging of negro named Stone convicted
OF the murder of his wife. The moose was
placed on the neck of the culprit aud the
drop fell, horrible to relate, the head Of the
man was completely jerked from his body
The head for moment clung to the moose
and then dropped to the ground. Blood
spurted from the neck in streams and dyed
the beams with gore. One of.the surgeons
in attendance picked up the head and the
cap having fallen off he noticed that the ips
moved, while the features were perfectly
calm. His heart continued its pulsatlons for
two minutes after the execution,
AuGUsr.
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Our letter from Washington.

Echoes from the National Capital.-Ta sage
ofhe Ne,o FORK " Worlds Fair" bW.-THc
payment of Uncle Sans debts. -- Sugar
adulterations exposed. White House
clerk and member Of Congress ,oere caught.
-Decapitating a murderer.
WAsHINGToN, ID. O., April 8, 1880
Another uneventlul week in political
circles has signalized the doings of the doth
Congress, In fact so commonplace are the
proceedings that were 1t not for the fact that
the American flag flies over both wings of
the Capital, Washington would scarcely be
aware that there was such craze body in
existence as the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives. As Mr.. Kernnn's bill for the
New York Exhibition has passed the Senate
there Is every probability that the enter
prise will be pushed to completion aud there
is every reason to believe that TIE Philaiel-
phia Centennial will be eclipsei by the am
bilious efforts Of the New Workers. The bill
provides that the United States Govern
ment shall not be responsible in any way
for the acts ofthsprOmo;ers ofthe enterprise.
1t limits the continuation of the cooperation
to January l., 1885, and provides that 81,
100000 must be subscribed and 10 per cent
of that amount paid in before business can
begin.
The debt statement which has just been
issued from the Treasury shows a reduction
in the debt of nearly fifteen millions Of dol
lars the exact figures being Sl4,7l9 ,S96,95.
This heavy reduction is due to the excess Of
revenues of the government over expendi-
lures and the consequent purchase of bonds
for the sinking fund and their cancellation.
During the month over Sl3,000,000 Of out
standing bonds We're bought in by the
Treasury. The reduction this month is the
largest that has been made since April, 1872.
For that month the reduction was l5,4Sl :
96S.64. In March 1877, there was also a
large reduetion-Sl4, 900. This was due,
however, to the fact that about nine million
and half of the Geneva award was can
| oelled. The reduction in the debt from
June SOth last to date foots up the handsome
aggregate of SI6,s74,432.
The subject of sugar adulteration is now
attracting great deal of attention, and a
great deal of curiosity has been excited in
order to ascertain how the matter is accom-
plished. It seems that glucose, grape or
other fruit sugar, and of bright amber col
or, is added gallon for gallon TO a low grade
Of molasses which brings up the latter to
about cents a gallon more in value than
the finest quality of refined syrup, while at
The same time it Possesses only about ~ per
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-04-10
EhrIch,. FnshIon nunr,erIv.

There are certain books which so complete
ly fill their places, aud seem so necessary to
the general Conference of things, that il is
only by speoulating on what would h ppen
if they were suddenly Withdrawn iron cir
culation, that We can arrive at a true meas
ure of their usefulness. A brilliant novel
surprises and delights the world; but the
issue of an almanac or cook book eXcites no
special interest. Yet mankind used To get
along without the modern school Of fiction,
and doubtless might do so still. But sweep
the almanacs ana cook books out OF exist
ence, and Imagination recOils from coutem.
plating the resultant chaos. Djuneiless and
dateless the world would relapse into bar.
barism, and christmas and christmas leasts
for double reason be alike unknown.
The magazine upon our table is an apt IL
lustration of the class of books to which we
refer. A perfect epitome Of Spring fashions,
IL enters into every detail OF feminine ne
eessity, and gives its readers full particu-
lars Of fabrics, styles, aud prices. Does a
lady wish a new spring dress? From one
page of the Quarterly she learns in what
style it should be made from another what
colors and contrasts are most fashionable,
and from a third what prices she should
pay for her materials. And at the store she
visits, the proprietor in his turn has studied
the Qgarteriy to advantage, and knows
therelrom the exact measure of his custom
ers' requirements. Or again, motherper-
picked with the wants Of large family
and puzzling her mind so TO appOrtion the
money at her command that each may have
his or her wants supplied, and nothing be
unthought Of may hy To the pages Of her
Quarterly for relief There she shall find
her wants catalogued and priced, each un-
der its appropriate heading. Baby wear
under clothing, ehildren's suits, hats, house
hold goods, ct ia omHe genus, each aud all
are there. The descriptions are accurate
the prices carefully compiled, and the illus,
trations with which the book is crowded
drawn from actual articles Of costume In
short, the Fashion Quarterly is a genuine
handbOok for the household aud fills a place
in American periodical literature, which
but for it, would remain inconsstently va.
cant.
Published by Enrich Bros, Eighth Ave.
nue., New York, at ffly eants year, or Il
cents single copy.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-04-10

-Harper'S Weeky:- Kemble, the late
State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, having
been convicted of bribery, failed to appear
for sentence, and his bonds were forfeited.
There was great surprise expressed, because
according to one of the reports. "He would
have been sure Of lenient treatment at the
hands Of the Judge, who would have made
the sentence light, on the ground that
Kemble did only what it has been the fash
ion to do" In other words, bribery has be-
oome so common that the universally of
the crime would have led the Court to re-
init or tighten the penalty. And what is
the crime which has become so much the
fashion? Merely poisoning the springs of
government, and destroying the conditions
ofpublic safety under our political system.
Nothing more than that. 1t is merely Dor
ing holes in the ships bottom when she is
underway. That is all. 1t is an offence
compared with which the ordinary crimes
of theft and swindling are innocent. But
however fashionable burglary or arson may
be, the fashion Is not generally supposed to
extenuate the offence; on the contrary, it is
usually held that the more frequent the
crime, the greater the necessity of its re-
preston. Which is really the greater often.
der, the sneak thief who "prgs" a coat from
hall or a handkerchief from the pocket, OF
the plausible gentleman who corrupts Leg
islature with bribes ? The latter business is
unquestionably with some persons fashion,
and a very general one. But when it be-
comes the fashion Of courts to mitigate OF
omit punishment for such bribery, it would
seem to be favorable time to take reck,
oning.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-04-10
NOTICE.

The Commissioners of Carbon County will
hold the APP eals for the year 1850, at the fol.
lowing named places and time, to-wit;
KIDDER TOWNSHIP, NORTH AND SOUTH DIS
TRIoTs.-At the Office Of Dodge, Meigs n
Co., Lehigh Iannery, on Monday, April
the Goth.
LAUSANNE AND LEHIGH TowNsHIP.-At the
Public House OF Charles McGill, on Tues
day, the 9th of April.
WEATHERLY BoRoUGH AND PACKER TowN-
sHIP.-At the Public House OF Levi HartZ,
in the Borough of Meatherly, on Wednes.
day, the 2sth Of April.
BANKS TOwRsHIP.-At the Public House OF
Mrs. HussOn, in Beaver Meadow, on Thurs
day, the 29th day Of April.
EAST MAUoH CHUNK BoRoUeH AND PENN
FOREST TowNsHIP-At the Public House
Of Philip RAIDER in East Mauch Chunk, on
Friday, the S0th day Of April.
LEHlsHToR BoRoUGH AND EAST PENN
TowNsHIP.-At the Public House of J. W.
Raudenbush In the Borough of LehtghtOn,
on Monday the Sd day of May.
MAHoNIRG TOWNSHIP INCLUDING PACKER
TON DIsTRIor.- At the Public House OF J.
W. Raudenbush. jim the Borough of Lehigh-
ton, on Tuesday Ath day OF May
wEIssPoRT AND PARRyyILLE BoRoUGHs
AND FRARKLIN TOwHsHIP.-At the Fort
Allen House In the Borough Of WeisspOrt,
on Wednesday the 9th day Of May.
ToWAMENsINa AND LOWER TowAMENsING
TowSsHIP.-At the Public House Of Lewis
Graf, at Millport, on Thursday the 9th day
of May.
SUMMIT HILL DISTRICT AND LAEsFoRD
BoRoUGR.-At .he Hotel of Jas Sweeney,
at Summit Hill, on Friday the 7th day Of
May.
MAUCH CHUNK BoRoUGH AND NEsQUEHoN-
INC DIsTRICT--At the office OF the County
7 Commissioners, on Monday the 10th and
Tuesday the nth day OF May.
BY order Of the County Commissioners,
II. Z. SWAkIz, CLERK.
March 90, lssO-wS