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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13

THE RIGHT KIND OF TENANTS.
Little Story Told by Kind-Hearted
Landlord.

Chicago Herald.
"Oh, yes, have all kinds Of tenants"
said kind-faced old gentleman, whose
vest was big enough to make an over
coat for somc men, lie was eonversing
with friends in a State street restaurant.
Il have tenants rich, tenants poor,
tenants good and tenants mean, but the
one that like the best is a child not
more than ten years OF age
A child! every one ASKED
~ es, a little boy. a few years ago
] got chance to buy piece of land
over on the west side at reasonable
figures, aud did so. | noticed that
there was an old coop of house ON it.
but paid no attention to it. After
awhile a man came to me and wanted
to know if would rent it to him.
"'What do you want it forE says |.
:" TO live in, he replied.
! told him ii was not ii! to live in, but
he said he was handy With tools and
that he would fix it up some if would
let him haze it cheap. Well, | said,
go ahead. You can have l. Pay me
Nnstl NOu lillilh IL 10 Nhllu " } va.
VI The first month he brought 81, and
the second month little boy, who said
he was this man SOIL, came with So.
After that | saw the man once in awhile,
hut in the course of time the boy paid
/ the rent regularly, sometimes $2 and
sometimes So one day | ASKED tho
boy what had become Of his father.
He's dead, sir, was the reply.
is that 50. said /. llow long
sinceF
'Morc'n YER he answered.
II took his money, but male up my
mind that would 20 over AMI investi-
gate; but one thing and another pre-
vented until finally he came around
again, Then | determined to 90 any
way, and the next day | drove over
there. The old shed looked quite de.
cent. Knocked at tho door and littlf
girl let me in, asked for her mothet.
She said she didn't have any.
"'Whcre is She sad l.
"'Wc don know, sir. She Welt
away after my father died and we've
never seen her since.
uSf then 4 little glrl about = years
old came in, and learned that they,
three children hll been Keeping house
together for year and half, the
boy sup, orting his two little sisters
by backing bo9ts and selling
newspapers aud the elder girl managing
the house and taking care of The baby.
Well, ] Just had my daughter call on
them, and we keep an eye on them now.
thought wouldn t disturb them while
tley are getting along. The next time
the boy came with the rent talked with
him little and then | said:
MY boy, you're Il BRICK. You kecE
right on as sou have begun and you viii
never be sorry. Keep your little sister:
together and never leave them. Nov
iook at this
81 showed him ledger on which
had entered up all the money that h'
had paid me for rent AMI | ltod him tlia
7 it was all his with interest. You keel
right on, says |, and I'll be you
banker, and when this amounts to i lit
tie more III se1 that you get hous,
somewhere of your own That's th'
lind of tenant to have.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13

Mail letters f02, ,577, ,395, increase OF
1770per cent, OYER last year.
Mail Postal Cards, ~ ,421 ,725, in
crease 1910 pr. ct. over last year.
Local letters, 121 ,S43,939, increase
1G,GS per cent. over last year
Local postal cards, 60, ,230,7O4, increase
14,4S per cent. over last year
REGISTERED letters, 3,093,061 increase
9,S2 per cent over last year.
Newspapers, 231 ,645,lS5, increase OF
1879 per cent over last year.
MAIL NATTER COLLECTED.
Letters, 414,19S,S9l, increase over
last year, 1895 per cent.
Postal cards, 130,057, ,314, increase
over last year 1913 per cent
Newspapers and circulars. 20, 0,475.0l0
S.S4 per cent.
The reduction Of letter postage to
one cont is recommended, and also,
that the unit OF weight for tirst-class
mail matter be made one ounce in
stead Of half an ounce.
Number Of "Star" routes IN the ser
vice, 11.729; the length Of the routes
226,770 milesS and the annual trans
portation, 81 ,1O9052 miles, at Il cost O
| $5,0S0g41 being about 6.2S cents PEI
mile
| Number routes in the inland ser
vice HI; the length 1881
miles; the annual transportation ,
49,, ,2SS miles Annual cost $596,J73
about 1887 cents pen mile,
Number Of routes in the railroat
service, 1879 the length. ll7,lGl
miles annual transportation, l42,
| 54l ,392 miles, at cost Of $15,012,603
Exclusive Of $3,g79,3G2 for railwa,
clerks) being about 1858 cents pc
mile.
There are 1908 contractors for ear
rying the mails ON inland routes.
The cost of transportation of mail
to and from foreign parts was $339
22l.2l, an increase OF $l5,699.OS, owe
cost of same service in 1888. The to
tai weight of mails sent to paSta
) service counties, exclusive Of Canada
, during the wear WAS 2,679,s5l pounds
an increase of 147 ,S6l pounds over tn
pr cculng wear
The revenue from the postal none,
: order system was S356,932, giving
net profit Of $244,S56.
Revenue from postal notes ($7,4ll
% of which were issHcd) was, $s}3 so
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
Romnnce 81 nn liar o. corn.



1t has always been thought that ear
of corn have an even naa.ber o. rows
and that one with an old nun er 0,
rows would be an impossi jility. H..
slavery times this question was dir
cuSscd, and a negro in kentucky claimed
that he had seen ears OF that kind. Iii
master told him Lc would give linn h..
the ncSro's freedom lor an ear Will
an odd number of rows. This was il.
tie early spring, but in the fail, dtrrin.
corn gathering time, the negro cam
with a sound ear of corn with thirteen
rows. He lot bis free papers. A lon;.
time afterwsrd the Il nogro said thai
in roasting-ear time he took sharl
knife, cut out the one row of gr..iuS
bound the ear together, and knew iusl
where to find it when gathering time
came
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
IClicago ] hnes.l


Nearly Il century ago Juan Oxio fl q
called attention to tie wealth hidden il
the mud in the California gulf Grca,
beds of pearl oysters lay among the;
lolthso.le surroundings In 1919 tws
;chooncrs, each of about 200 tons, one
from Australia, the other from England
went to those waters, librally supplied
with diving apparatus, helmets, rubber
suits. hose, ana iife-lines, and thirteei
boats and boats crews to operate them.
With the aid OF these appliances they
netted in six months Sl3j, 900. This
woke up liz Paz people, aud they bougilt
up the diving apparatus IRON the
chooners. The yield of the fisheries
during the past two years, with the inn
perfect service olered ~ four schooner
and twenty boats, has been from $20 ),
100 to $500, 900 in pearls, ana a!,ou
100 tons of shell, worth from Ct
70 70 pounds string say g.
pounds stcrling--a ton, or aoout s292,-
800 making Il gross Yield OF $4,000
per annum more than the entirA capital.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
Popular songs.


''What style Of songs are the easiest
written"
Motto songs are easily written, be-
ratso there you get over the grand diff
Guilty, viz, tie tndIng Of a subject.
They always. go, for the reason that, rs
81 4 Le.ore, they contain something
that the masses understand and recog
Mic instantly. The scngs ritcr who is
wise will always write at the gallery. If
he can just fire up tdo boys IN TIE gal
ltry he Is all right, or rather his song IS.
they take up the ar if it is snappy and
catchy and vii whistle il ON
the streets until it is threadimre
There is no use Of mYi ody trying te sloot
lot Of philosophy aad deep wisdom n
the publio through the medium of .
song. When people want to lear song
they are not IN the hmnor for listening
70 learned screel on question Of
metaphysics. They want something
bright, lively and spark ing, even il il
is nonsense to certgin degree They
either want to lat gl at it or cry. Tht
crying k nd requi 'es the highest ordel
Of ability on the part OF the artist wht
sings it. Comic songs are easier to sing
So are serio-conics. Z
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
Ilanma shin Aarmaia,le.

Malmalade is now made from banana
skins in Philadelphia. An enterprisins
Italian has opened factory aud EN-
ploys about twenty Italian boys. wac
gather the banana skins from The CUTTERS
and carry them to the factory, where
they are washed, groand, AMI cooked
with sugar ana ilayoring
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
Cure fos lsheunnatIsm.
Iphrcnological JolIrnal.l

Or. Hal! ad,isrs as 'thc easiest, most
certain, ansl least hurtfni way OF CURING
this trUu lcsome affection is, FIRST, tc
keep .oiiu affected wound round With
several fo.tls Of woolen flannel; second,
live entirely on the lightest kind of food.
suth as coarse breads, ripe fruit, berries;
boiled turnips, stewed apples, and iht
lka -
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
A Bird Ia The Hand.

tlfthihi"f tNnA.i
"Well, he said to the minister at the
conclusion Of the ceremony, how much
do owe you"
"Oh. I'll leave that to sou, was G
reply, "yol ean better estimate the
value of the services rendered.
suppose we postpone settlement.
en-, say for one year. BY that time
know whether ought to give you $500
or nothing.
No no, said the clergyman, who
is a married man himself, make it IS
now
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
Had simply Been waiting.

A young lady uptown was recently
missing from home for several days.
Her distracted parents sent detectives
forth in search of her, and after they
had searched the country III vain shg
was given up The grief of her p;rents
knew no 10 nls, and when they were
just resigning Themselves to the avn,
calamity the young lady walked in anl
stated that she had simply been va tihg
for her change in sixth aycnae dry
goods store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
CHARACTER or THE DISEASE.

Whatever the original cause OF the
disease may have been, there is no
doubt it has been augmented be the
trolHh and impure water The first
cases that appeared were bloody fiux
with vomit, later assuming the form
Of Asiatic cholera. In nearly all
cases where the patients died they
were attacked with severe gripings IN
addition to the above named symp-
toms, The disease existed in two
forms, one as above, the other COM
mencing without gripping and vomit'
These latter patients never died
Large quantities Of blood, sometimes
red and sometimes dark, appeared in
various stages Of the disease. Those
who died were conscious to the last
md every adult was not only anxious
but prayed to die. Judge kiigore had
the disease in both forms, the first at
tack being in Richmond, where he
had gone to attend the Legislature
He is confident he carried the cause
with him. 1t has now nearly disap
l,cared in this county, there remain
ing but three critical cases but it ha'
left many cripples on crutches, witt
rheumatism.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
THE MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC
Not A.iatlc Cholera, Nut Like il

Not Asiatic Cholera, Esst Like il
GLADEvILLE Geo. seat Of Wise co.) VA.
Dee. 2, 1sS4-Sa. III.
To Clara Barton President American
Association Of the Red Cross, Wash
ngt0n:-
visited several cases Of the~disease
Yesterday advising and prescribing.
] reached here late last evening over
exceedingly mountainous roads. Six
DAYS are required to make the jour
ncy to the nearest railway station by
wagon and return. ! called this
morning on Judge q. W. Kilgors, at
torney, editor and member of-thc Leg
islature. He has taken pains to col
lcet data and particulars OF the dis
ease in this and adjoining counties,
which give as obtained in convcr-
sation with him.
STATEMENT OF CASES.
Tho first case which appeared in
this region was that Of Wnl. Bates, at
Pond Gap, Cumberland Mountains, in
the latter part OF July, and before the
drouth. He fingered nearly two
months, when he died The next
three cases appeared III this town in
August, also before the drouth began
and were the only fatal cases here
Two Of these patients we're children
The other was an old man, uncle o.
Judge Kilgorc. The next cases wer'
in Bowl Camp, along the tributaries
oi the creek, where it became gen
cral epi lcmic, causing sixty deaths
1t became general all over the coun
try in the latter part Of August and II
September, when the deaths were ire
ouently five per day. The number 0
deaths in this county, ms nearly a
can bc asccrtaincd, has reached tw'
hundred.
In Lee, Dickinson and Buchanan
counties in Virginia, and IN McDowc
county in ". Va, have occurred seat
tcring cases, averaging about 20 death
in each.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13

a Massachusetts, mn las discovered
sure cuie for sea.Sickness. 1t is
eoanlei-ifritant IN the shape Of a milo
tlislia application behind The ear.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13

The United States usez ihree times a
mreh paint as any other country in ths
world
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13

Whitehall Times: The fuger os Tine
points our errors and the hand m
Fate spanks us.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
THE REMEDIES.

The remedy which proved most eE-
fectual was compound Of castor and
olive oils, laudnum and eamphor, and
whore no physicians were in attend-
ance the simple treatment Of warm
leaves and careful nursing proved eff
fectiye. None Of the attending ply
seians seemed to understand the dis
ease and their treatment was simply
experimental. Inthe commencement
the various forms of nurcury were
used, and every patient 80 treated
died. Most patients had good nurs-
ing, aud among the deaths were some
al the best and wealthiest eitizens
The disease WAS more fatal along the
creeks and rivers than ia the high
lands.
cannot learn that any stock in Na
Il IS a affected Ono wear ago tn,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-12-13
Money to Look At.
lcinoiunati Enquirer

A friend told me that i'll West Virginia
he went TO house ard got food for him.
self and companions ana their horses.
He wanted to pay for this, but the
woman was ashamed to take pay for q
mere act OF kindness. He pressed the
money upon her Finally sse said: "lt
yoa doa't think | am mean | Will take
25 cenfs from you, 80 as . look at ii
now and then, for there has been no
money in this house for 4 year. Tue
little farm and barter at the store ha
supplied I'LL the absolute wants OF this
Noman.
Good laeeaiag is the result OF much
goo1 sense some good nature, and q
little sef -d,nial foi the sake oi others
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-11
The Interior Of Japan.

The interior of Japan is still under
the letters of Oriental heatheniSm. All
manner of putrefying vegetables and
animals lined the sides of the streets
Sidewalks are rare). and the smell
which was waited thereirom was most
abominable. 1t required all the cour-
age we could muster to keep us from
utter detection. 1t is the abOminable
smells which proceed from japanese
food that prejudice persons with civil
lied appetites against easing even the
few things which might otherwise be
relished. Most travellers into the in
terror provide themselves with timed
meats, bread, condensed milk, butter
and such articles We omitted even this
precaution in the first flush of self-con-
tidence, as well as in view of the extern
sive addition which such provisioning
would make to our luggage,
Oh, the poor children that are grow
ing up in the interior of Japan, the
poor, blind eyes that look up out Of sal
low faces and mutely plead for the full
dawning of the day. These sightless
orbs and the various diseases which SO
often in the past have swept over this
island with terrible mortality are the re-
suit of the Indifference which the ma
tives manifest toward the commonest
sanitary precautions. Were the coun-
try opened up l think foreign abhor-
renee of these evils would bring about a
reform. Even now l can hear the
plaintive whistles of the blind without,
rs they move about on their nightly pill
grimages among the sick. Japanese
men and women who lose their eye
sight take to the profession of healer,
and go about at night laying hands on
the rheumatic. 1t is at night that the
victims of rheumatism suffer most, and
so the blind choose that time for solicit
ing the employment of their services.
The whistle serves at once to warn Pc
destrians and vehicles of their approach
and to notify the sufferers that help is
nigh.
| have heard that many foreigners
travelling in the interior have become
intoxicated and created an unfayOrable
impression. | can understand now why
it is so. The water supply of the coun-
try is very limited, and that which is
obtainable is prolific source of disease.
God made the water pure, but the ne
tives have poisoned it. Many of the
European citizens of Yokohama send
out into the neighboring kens. and buy
their supplies. This poisoned water
brings about various diseases, but its
principal mischief is wrought to the hu-
man eye. Two years ago the Govern
ment promulgated closing order, in
view of prevailing pestilences, and all
the wells were padlocked,-C0r. P6ilo-
delphia Press.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-11
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
OF your rest oy sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. It's value is incalculable
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers,
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ens'the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
fer Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one Of
the Oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price 25 cents per bottle
feb rs Gi-w-s m 1-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Gustave Dore is the name of new
street in Paris
The husband of Mdlle. Nordica has
made S1,000,o00 by introducing tele-
phones into Paris.
A German has computed that from
1902 until 1878 NapoleonI |, consumed"
$500, 900 men, or at the rate of half
million a year.
Baron Nordenskjold is understood
to be contemplating as his next adven-
ture in exploration q voyage TO the
south pole in 1885. This expedition
would cost at least 81 COO, 900, as ship
of special type would have to be built
for its purpose.
"A Scotch dairyman was recently
convicted Of selling milk which had
stood in the room in which child was
i'll with scarlet fever. The milk alb
sorhed the o'son, and seventeen
persons we're infected with the disease,
four of whom died.
The Paroncss Rothschild has Just
purchased, for 100000 francs, chin
ney clock and candelabra which formed
part of the furni ure in the Palais Royal
before the Revolution. The Baron
ess intends to present the set to the
Princess Amelia of Orleans, in whose
family they formerly were.
-Russia's determination to MAINTAIN
her hold upon Central Asia is illustrated
by the circumstance that her Foreign
Office has instituted course of instruc-
ton in oriental language for military
officers Officers who pass it will have
10 serve three years in the territory in
| Central Asia
The most successful Jockey during
the season recently ended in England is
Fred Archer, whose winning mounts
number 23:9, this being three in excess
of his previous best record-229 in 1878.
He has thus accomplished the unprece-
dented feat of heading the list of win
ming Jockeys for ten successive years.
John Bright makes notes and head
ing5 OF his speeches, and with great
care writes down and commits to men,
DRY all the important passages. Glad
stone merely jots down facts and fig
ures, and for expression trusts entirely
to the moment. The late Lord Derby,
| the Rupert of debate wrote down
every word and committed his speeches
to memory. In one of his letters he
says that all his principal speeches cost
him two sleepless nights-one in think
ing what he would say and the other in
lamenting that he might have said it
better. Theirs was equally precise.
O'Connell and Gambetta spoke always
on the inspiration of the moment
Everything commercial seems to be
abundant Just now, including dla-
monds. The post-office at Kimberley,
South Africa, forwarded to Europe, in
1881. diamonds worth $50. SSl ,010, and
last year diamonds worth Sl9,622, $40.
During the past eleven years it has for
warded diamonds worth ol3l, 100000.
But from September, 1882, to May.
1888, owing to break in the mine, the
registered value of the diamonds found
was only Gl,Sg2,77S. Accordingly, the
diamond-dealers, like the farmers, hope
| for rise. Nearly all the diamonds
now found in West Griqualand are OIL
cially registered, and the annual sup
ply is as VOL known as is that of wheat
and corn.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-11
PITH AND POINT.

About thirty per cent. of the candy
sold by the confectioners is white earth.
People who want the earth" should
eat nothing but candy,-Detro1 Post
"A young man writes to consult US
about the best pattern of health lift
We would suggest helping his mother a
little with the coal hod. Burlington
Free Press.
Among the new toys are some won
derful singing dolls. They resemble
prima donnas at "a party in some re-
spects. They must be pressed before
they will sing.-N, Q. Pscayuae.
"A New York letter speaks of a
IMAM who lost $4,000 a minute. -
Candidly, if we were to loose $50, 900 a
minute our fortune would be completely
exhausted in less time than half day.
Much less.-NorrtStoUl Herald
How de-doo, dis mawnin' Brud-
der BoremP hearn dat de mare had
yer up for lying and stealing Yesterday.
Now, tell de trnff, is yer gib1en to dem
Gar habits?" Eyes, Brudder Gardener;
| lie and steal bofe-i lie on de bed, and
steals outen bad company. The Judge.
The French ambassador to the
English Court paid neat compliment
little while back to Peeress who had
been talking to him for an hour. The
-la1T said: You must think / am
very fond of the sound of my own
voice" The Frenchman replied: 81
knew you Liked music"
A man who had seen 8 good deal of
quaueling over wills, recently left this
legal document for his friends to peruse:
This is the last will and testament OF
me, John Thomas l leave all my
things to be divided among my rela
tons If anybody makes a fuss about
anything he isn't to have nothing. y
Chicago Tribune.
Fore sight-Miss Edith Jagged six
Mamma, they say the Gibbses have
come into whole lot of money Ella
Stanford saws they arc real common
and vulgur, but | think we had better
be very nice to them, as there are two
boys in the family about my age, and
when | grow up something might come
of it, YOU tEow. -EJcbaHge.
I'm thorouGhly Disguised with
verynody." said cynical fellow
w hat wrong now?" asked friend.
"Oh, everything Why, don't look in
any direction that don't see a fool. -
Indeed? Then why don't you throw
the mirror out of your room? I'd have
some comfort, even if didn't get to SEE
myself for SIX months. = Merchant
Traveller
Uncle Ernest surprised Lilly wet
ting her fingers with brandy from a
flask and smearing the face of doll
with it, "N hat are you doing there,
little one?' said he "My doll is pale. "
answered she; 81 am giving it color. 4"
But you can't impart color with that. "
''Ye<, [ can, for mamma told me 1t was
brandy that made your nose red. y
Boston (4iOje,