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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
The Trouble with Him.

Jones.-"You are not looking as
bright as usual, to-day"
Smith,-"Hey?"
"You are not looking very we'll
"No; got a bad cold"
ain the head"
"HeyP"
"Cold in the head, isn't it?"
"Yes; can't see or smell and can
hardly hear"
$50 | noticed"
"Hey?"
$50 noticed"
ayes wonder what it is9"
"Hey' fever evidently. y.'-Philade'-
phia call.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
The Conscience Fund.

The contributions to the conscience
fund of the Treasury in the last fiscal
year amounted to over $4,000. This
fund has, since its establishment
twenty years ago, amounted to about
$250,000. For some years past 1t has
averaged from $4,000 to $1,000 a year.
The term conscience fund" was orig
mated by Treasurer Spinner. One
day during the war he received a let
ter from the Treasury Department
from a man who inclosed check for
$500, saying that it represented mis-
appropriation of Government funds of
which he had been guilty while a
Quartermaster in thearmy. Suppose
we call this contribution to the con-
science fund and get it announced in
the newspapers, and perhaps we will
get some more," he suggested. The
announcement was made and the
Treasury became the recipient OF such
funds.
The largest contribution ever made
was $4,000, forwarded by an nex-revenue
gauger from Chicago, as the amount
of bribe received by him from distil'
lers who desired to defraud the Gov.
ernment. The smallest was nine
cents, forwarded by Massachusetts
man who remembered that he had al
one time years before used a mashed
three-cent stamp on letter. In or
der to relieve his conscience he SEN
three times the original steal, which
be thought was fair compensation
Many of these contributions comes
from persons who have smugglcC
goods. The majority Of these ar
from women. A recent case OF thi
sort is quoted. a lady residing il
Canada who, years ago, smuggled int
this country silk dress pattern WORT
500, recently concluded that sh
; ought to remit the duty on it, and &c
ing to a Custom House official aske'
ed him to calculate for her the dut
. she would have paid plus the interes
which being done, she forwarded tn
: sum to the department, omitting-a
t most OF them do-to send her nam,
: Occasionally letter is received fror
e a clergyman, stating that it is the n
= suit of deathbed confession of som
+ offender, who asks that the none
/ and confession be forwarded to I'll
}. departmcnt.-Eclectic Magazine.
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Village Wedding ESelIs.

Ring on, ring on, ye wedding bells!
There's duty rests with you
The JOY you make is the JOY that tells
OF hearts that are warm and true.
The times are hard for simple folk;
They're oft in stormy weather;
But man and wife must pull through life
And breast the waves together
One side Of life is dark as night;
The other is clear as day.
In doing right You keep to the light,
And the dark will pass away.
Though times be hard fer simple folk,
And VIC moan the ills of tate,
The rule for man is, do what we can,
He must learn to work and wait
Behind the clouds silver light,
A joy for the faithful heart,
Then plight your troth by solemn oath.
To be true till death do part.
It's not in vain the wedding bells
Ring Joy on the wedding day;
Though the battles nigh, yet hopes are high
And hearts are merry and gay.
Ring on, ring on, ye wedding bellsl
There's a duty rests with you:
The JOY you make is a JOY that tells
OF hearts that are brave and true.
Good Words
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04

ED. COMET The candidates for
Congress addressed about 400 citizens
of Granger and Hancock, on the 25th,
at Beams Station. Col. King in his us
ual happy and easy style, held the
crowd as if spellbound, for the entire
time allotted to him, making q num-
Der OF points which we deem unan-
swerable because unanswered. Petti-
bone denied few but failed to an
swer in any way some of the most
important Of the charges laid at the
door of the managers of his party
think, Notwithstanding Pettibone's
immense stick OF egotism he left the
grounds rather crest-fallen. He must
begin to see that he is weighed in
the balances and found wanting
The better class of Republicans here
say that they have about tired out OF
Pettibone. None, or very few, who
were tor Taylor will vote for him and
nearly all are opposed to q "third
term," and before the 25th of Oct
King will teach him that it won't do
and in Nov, the people will impres
indelibly on Petttibone's memory tina
they are better satisfied with bette
man-in the person of o. g. King.
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Blountville, Tenn.

Blountville, Tenn.
ED. COMET After the publication
of your paper, week before last, there
was quite flutter over the fact that a
Republican club had been organized
in this place, in the interest of the Re
publican ticket, except. the nominee
for Congress, the club pledged itself
to support 0. O.. King, instead Of Pet
tibone.
l understand there will be q letter
written from here to the Herald &
Tribsne, Of Jonesboro, stating that
there are but four members in oul
club. Whenever that appears we will
show exactly how many there are
and will give their names If required
w.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04

They were sitting on the porch of
the Grand Union, at Saratoga.
"Are you fond of works Of artf" she
asked.
Avery" he replied, gazing at her
with undisguised admiration.-N. Y,
Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
"A New Eden.
Washington Capital.


There are always new things under
the sun. A Boston physician whom /
heard about the other day is doing
wonders by means of some very sim
pie notions that he has adopted.
He cures weak chests and throats, but
it seems to me there is so little money
in his method that it is not likely to
be much followed by others of his
profession. His advice to all persons
who take cold easily, who are subject
to sore throats and susceptible to con-
sumption, is to put away flannel un-
derclothins and wear stout cotton
goods next to the skin instead He
has given this advice to so many pa
tients that it is said the sale OF one
grade of Wamsutta cottons has mate
rally advanced OF late In Boston.
This physician says that most people
dress too warmly for indoor life, and
that it is better, especially in winter
to reduce the amount Of clothing worn
while in the house, and to wrap ur
carefully when going out. He says
the cotton shirt worn next the Skin
should be very loose, and the pores o
the skin should be given full opportu
nifty to perform their natural function
l have no doubt that this paragraph
will reach the eye Of fsome persons whc
need just such advice, and perhaps i
may save their lives.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04

A tramp stopped at house on Main
street the other day and asked for
something to eat.
(which do you like best" asked the
hired girl, "steak or chop?"
The tramp hesitated moment and
then replied;
"Chop."
"Step right this way" said the girl
"here's the ax and there's the wood
pile. Beaper Falls Globe
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04

Oh, the stars still shine above us,
Though at day we see them not,
And by hearts that truly love us
We are never quite forgot,
There's a consciousness Of power
Sometimes quivers through the brain,
And a moments draught of pleasure
That repay a life of pain.
There's whitewinged hope that hovers
Ger the darkest human lot,
And the stars still shine above us,
Though by day we zee them not.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
'I'he Silent beauty.

Let us royster with the oyster IN
the shorter days and moister that are
brought by brown October with ro-
guish final r +; for breakfast or supper,
on the under shell or upper, of dishes
he's the daisy, and of shell fishes he is
the star. We try him as they fry him
and even as they pie him; we're par
tial to him luscious in a roast We
hoil him and we hroil him, We vina-
gar-and-oil him, and oh, he is delici-
GUS stewed with toast. We eat him
with tomatoes and the salad of pota.
toes and neither doth he fret us if he
marches after lettuce and abreast ot
cayenne pepper when His Majesty is
raw. To welcome with October, tt
the knife and glowing ember, juic,
darling Of our dainties, disposessor o
the clam! To the oyster, then, a bois
ter, with him, in royal royster, w
shall whoop it through the land o
Uncle Sam.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
Rare Old hen.

Rare old Ben of the bunting mill,
Running for office, time TO kill;
Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures
Labor reformer-communist-
High lieense-prohibitionist-
Greenacker-All things to all men
Rare old Benz
Rare, and turned over.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
ANOTHER DWELLING.

Mr.. Thomas Galloway, of Blount-
Vile, will have erected in two weeks, a
dwelling house on the Jobe lot. The
house will be for rent,
MACHINE SHOP AND FOUNDRY.
s. II. Banner has the contract for
buldinding the machine shop and
foundery. Tho front on Cherry street
ia IT'S feet, on the railroad 175 feet. The
width on east end, l04 feet 4 inches,
on west end 81 IT 6 in. These apart
ments are to be in the building, en-
gine room, foundry andmachine shop.
The machine shop will be soft high,
two shories, with truss roofing. Fiji
teen hands will be employed in prose
cutting the work. This machine shoI
and faundery will be qnite an advant
age to the city in furnishing employ
ment to lahorers and in bringing mon
ey here.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
FURNITURE FACTORY.

We are informed that a company at
Fall River, Mass, is thinking OF estab-
fishing a furniture factory here. We
cannot speak positively of this enter
prise as no difnite arrangement has
yet been made. There is a demand
for a furniture factory here, and
whether this company establishes it
or not, we can confidently say that
there will be one here in n very short
time
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
SAVE THE UNION.

The Republican party has outliyed
its principles. 1t hopes to ride into
Office upon its past record. Its adhc-
rents are still following, "Hurrah for
the union" riminding us of Rip Van
Winkle after his protracted snoose on
the Catskill, yelling, "Hurrah Tor
King George"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
NEW RAILROAD

The surveyors are out surveying
q road from this place to Moccasin
Gap. 1t is intended that the road
shall run to the coal fields Of Virginia.
We already have access to the iron at
Cranberry, and all that is needed now
is access to the coal fields in Virgin
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
A LETTER.

DEAR STEPHE.-Don't mention tho
Mulligan letters. Keep harping on
protection. Don't let the people get
to talking about the Mulligan busi-
ness. Make protection the leading
issue. Yours, J.B.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
MIR. CLARK's HOUSES.

Mr. II, b. Clark has about complet-
ed two dwellings on the real estate
land. One is a very neat cottage build
ing the other two story house, very
convenient and situated on a beauti-
full square. lie intends to build four
additional houses straightway. These
houset will all be for rent.
When we commenced this article
we intended to mention all the houses
which have been recently built. To
do that would extend this article be-
yond all reasonable limits. We doubt
if we have mentioned all the build.
ings which are at present going up
However we have mentioned enough
to convince every one that there il
life and enterprise here. We may
justly look forward with pride at tht
bright future OF our city upon thu
hills.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04

elevation and overlooks the town. 1t
is two story house, 1Sx40. with an ell
1t will be a very beautiful house,
John F6rd's hous will be finished in
two weeks.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
RAPID ADVANCEMENT.
New Dwellings, business AAOus-
ea and Factories.
Some Facts and Figures Which Show
That Johnson City is
Certain to be the Leading Town in
This End of the State.

We have frequently spoken in dis
connected way through the columns
of THE COMET, OF the rapid up build
ing of johnson City. That our many
readers may have moro accurate in
formation concerning the city's prog
ress wo mention in this issue some
facts about the buildings recently COM
pleted and the improvements to be
made at an early day. Of course every
little town in the country, if its organ
is To he taken rs authority. is forever
on a"big boom" We will attempt to
show, however, by facts in this article
that Johnson City's boom is not
all on paper, that there is healthy spir-
it toiimprovement here, and that there
are able bodied reasons for believ-
ing that johnson City will, at a day
not far distant, be the leading town in
this end OF the State.
It would be too tedious to mention
all the buildings which have been
erected in the city, We will only no
tice somo Of the moreimportant dwell
ing and business houses.
NEW BUSINESS HOUSE.
II improvements rs we'll as charity
do not begin at home, it is refreshing
10 know that they begin next door to
us. Just West of THE COMET Office il
to bc built within months time, a two
story house with brick front. The
building.will occupy the entire space
between the COMET Office and McNei
aud Wolfes furniture establishment
The dimensions will be 30x95 feet
The two West side rooms will be oc
cnpied by Mcneil & Wolfe. The low
or room on the east side will be Occu
pied by clothing firm, and the up
stairs will he fitted NY as an art gal
lcry for Mr.. Cargille. This house vii
bc erected ut the instance of Mr.. q. c
Harris. The bills for the lumbe
have been made, and work will he bc
gun in u few days.
Fash AND BLIND FACTORY.
The factory can hardly fill the OF
dcrs that are -adc upon it every da.
Tho budding is 10 be enlarged in
short time, and the capacity will /
doubled.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
STORE HOUSE.

A. f. Hoss' store house is building.
1t will be only two stories high in
stead of three as was stated in THE
COMET of the Goth 1t will be 25x60
feet. 1t will front Maine street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
SUDDEN DEVOTION.

Some politicians are like the swal-
lows, in that, as soon, as the cold dark
days come they fly to a SUMMER coun-
try. 1t was just after the war, when
the south was desolate and there
seemed to be no hope of a confederate
officer holding any position that Judge
Reid experienced IA sudden devotion
to country leap in his BOSOM"
A RASCAL, BUT DON'T KNOW HIS NAMB.
That nondescript political tramp
Carl Surtz is on his regular quadren-
NAL masquerade ms the pretended
mouth piece of the Germatn-Ameri'
cans,-The Athenian.
You ought to know, at least, enough
about the man to spell his name cor
rectly before you tell the people
what notorious rascal he is.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
RESIDENCE.

Mr.. G. G. Harris elegant residence
will bo completed in about week. 1t
il situated on the corner OF Spring
and Walnut street. When finished it
will be one OF the tidiest houses in the
oitv
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
NEW STORE HOUSE,

Mr.. Henry Crouch will erect be-
tween Hunt & l.ide's ware house and
Earnosts store house, a two story
house 30x66. The building will be
rented as a store house.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
DWELLINGS AGAIN.

Three brick houses are to be erect
ed beyond Cherry street this winter,
two by Mr.. Wheeler and one by MI,
Henesy.
A. B. Bowman is to huild six houses
in the city this winter
Mr.. Hunt is preparing to build q
new house on the real estate land.
q. c. Seaver's house will be finished
in few days.
Rev. S. II. Millard's house, on Fail
View Avenue, will be complied in
about month. 1t is situated on an
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
BRICK DWELLING.

Mr.. Christians house will be ready
to be occupied in November. 1t is a
two story brick dwelling with eight
large rooms and three small ones. II
ia situated between Church and Rail
road streets. II covers l,40l sqr. TT OF
ground. When completed, it will be
a very convenient as well as hand
some residence.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
wAUTAUGA TANNERY.

Two small additions to the tanncry
have recently been built. The tan
merry is in fine working order now.
The authorities have commenced to
ship leather by the car load, to New
York. rs hides are put in the watts
every day, and $50 sides of leather are
finished per day.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
TOO MUCH FOR A FISHER.

There is one trouble with Mr.. Fish
er's statements about the Blaine letters.
Fishers are such awful liars. In most
states of the union they arc not allow
ed to testify in the courts.-Hawkeye,
Very true. But even Fisher was
not capable of telling the mammoth
lie Blaine wanted him to tell. Mr..
Fisher refused to return "the enclosed
letter."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
NEW DEPOT.

The f. II. & w. N. G. railroad and
the +. I. V. 4 G. railriad' companies
are to build a union depot where the
Narrow Gauge depot now stands, ex-
tending between the tracks OF
the the two companies.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
NO. 80.
COMET SPARKS

SWEET ALTERATION.
Ben and Belva.
THE UNANSWERED CALL.
The call of an editor for money.
ST. JOHN on BOOM.
Two bar roms have recently closed
out in the city.
SPIRITS UP.
Wonder how st. John keeps his
spirits up in this campaign
MAXIM.
An Editors guiding maxim: "Let
yesterdays debts take care OF them
selves"
THREE PARTIES.
There are three parties in the First
District, the Republicans, Democrats
and Pettiboneites.
SALUTATIOE.
The Egyptians instead of saying,
"How do you dor" as a salutation,
always asked, "How do you perspire"
A WOMAN.
.! pu9l ol uMop ep!sdn I0dBd uIn9
pmoM uUtuoM 4nq ApoqoN 'Gl!soIIn0
s.uvmoM Suunsv9m ou 8! eLoVL
sKYRoCKETs.
The skyrocket is the emblem of the
Blaine and Logan clubs. Very appro-
pirate. 1t shines for a minute and
then is gone forever.
NEW SCANDAL.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood stands pretty
good chance now. A scandal has
recently been circulated concerning
her. 1t is said that she has false teeth
and false hair.
JANUARY 9TH.
The managers of the Exposition
have set the 8th of Jan, as Tennes-
sees day. There is a historic fitness
in this appointment as the Sth was
A. Jo,- th,t IonI-.o,, NTH tbo Ton
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
JANUARY STH.

The managers of the Exposition
have set the Sth of jan, as Tennes-
sees day. There is historic fitness
in this appointment as the Sth was
the day that Jackson with the Ten
nessee rehemen saved the beleaguered
city.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
IN THE SWEET BYR AND BYE,

Newspaper men feel thankful that
Miss Belva is In the scandal ring.
She affords such an excellent topic for
the paragraphist. Belva and widow
Butler, what lovely pair. Really
running, no walking for the Presiden-
cy. They say they do not hope to win
this time, but expect to win in the
sweet bye and bye. The Irishman
said that he knew he could not jump
over mountain by running ten steps
but he felt sure that with q mile run
he could very easily accomplish the
wonderful feat,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04
THE SCHOOL,

The old school house which has re-
Gently been rejuvenated presents a
beautiful appearance. 1872 pupils
have been enrolled and the school is
in a prosperous condition.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04

Mrs. Belva Lockwood stands pretty
good chance now. A scandal has
recently been circulated concerning
her. 1t is said that she has false teeth
and false hair.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-04

The factory can hardly fill the Or
dcrs that are l. adc upon it every day.
Tho budding is 10 be enlarged in a
short time, and the capacity will be
douhled.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-31
Installation Services.

Yesterday was day of great interest to
lation of Rev, Horace j. White recently OF
Bath as pastor of their church. An ecclesi-
astical council was held in the forenoon,
composed of ministers and delegates from the
following churches Bath, Brunswick, Tops
ham, Halloweil, Waterville, Oakland, East
Winthrop, Fairfield, Vassalboro and Augusta.
An organization was effected by the choice
OF Rev. g. ID. Il. Pepper, d. d., as moder-
stor, and Rev. c. NJ. Emery as clerk In
the afternoon public examination was had
of Mr. White, in regard TO his conversion,
his call 70 the Gospel ministry, doctrinal
views, etc. His statements were full, clear
and euinently satisfactory. and the council
unanimously voted to receive him into the
denomination and rs pastor of the church.
The installation services were proceeded
with, in the evening, according to the pro-
gram published this morning The sermon
10y DIR Bowen, was in answer to the question
''But will God in very deed dwell among
menu He proceeded to show that by the
work he accomplished, by the uplifting power
OF his doctrine, and the manner in which he
meets aud satisfies the needs of the mortal
soul, that Christ was very God, dwelling
among men The sermon was scholarly and
profound. All the other exercises, including
the prayer of installation, right hand of fell
lowship, charge to the candidate and charge
to the church. were deeply interesting and
very appropriately rendered Excellent mu-
sic was furnished by select choir, composed
of Mrs. Elias Milliken, Susie CopP, A. ID.
Ward and c. C. Hunt. Miss Nellie Fogler
presided at the organ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-31
GOVERNOR AVID COUNCIL.
Hearing On Pardon Cause.-The Com :
mittee on Reduction of Town Valuation
reports.

The committee on the reduction of the
State valuations of the towns of Hermon,
Dedham, Eastbrook, Fairfield, Kineo,
Blaine, S. E. Corner of Township No. 81,
Webster and Long Island plantations,
reported adversely to any reduction
of valuation. in each case, yesterday.
Fairfield and Kineo asked a reduction on the
ground of destruction of property by fire.
On investigation it was ascertained that the
property destroyed had been replaced and
that the town valuations had changed but
slightly since the fires.
A hearing was given Oh the pardon case of
Hannah Thorndike of Rockland, under life
sentence in State prison, for murder. Mr..
Mortland appeared as her counsel. II. S.
Mitchell, Esq. of Bangor went before the
council and pleaded for the pardon of John
Lawrence, also in State prison for life. He
shot and killed a woman, his mistress, in
Bangor, in 1870, while drunk. and was con-
victed of murder in the first degree. He is
sixty years of age, and Mr.. Mitchell held that
he had been punished severely enough. A
petition for his pardon, signed by large
number of prominent Bangor citizens, was
presented.
Both cases were laid on the table. TheBlaney
pardon case will probably be taken up today
The Council made their annual settlements
with the agents of the Passamaquoddy and
PenobscOt Indian tribes.