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BALTIMORE LIVESTOCK MARKET
PHILADELPHIA LIVESTOCK MARKET.
MAXINE INTELLugENCx
PORT OF RICHMOND, MAY 8, 1854.

ARRIVED.
Steamer Old Dominion. Walker, New Work
merchandise and passengers, G.. ". Allen & Co,
agents.
steiner Ashland Tunuill, Philadciphia. mer-
chandise and pas sengers. j. n. McCarrlck. agent.
schooner Henry X. Tilton, Harris, Chariestos,
rock phosphate. Allison 4 Addison.
coal, Writ Roberts.
schooner Elects Bailey, Smith, Philadelphia,
schooner Ella =. Little, Crawford, Philadelphia,
coal, Crunp 81 West.
Schooner Rachel :. Miller. Coiema Baltimore.
coal, Westham Granite Company.
SAILED.
Steamer Nellie White, Clifford, Norfolk, United
States mai, merchandise, ,ni passengers l.. y,
Tatum. suseriDiendcnt.
Schooner Sarah Shubcri. swan, Lambert POiu
0aS lumber, A. l.. sheppard.
FORT OF VIEWPOINTS NEWS, MAY 3, 1884
by Tecgr9ph.l
ARRIVED.
steamer Guy1ndOtte, Kelly, New York.
schooner John VI. Brown. Brown, New York.
SAILED.
Schooner F. Mcrwin, Stlee.
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Heavy Failure i'm London.

IBy cabIe 70 The DlspatcTI
LONDON. May 5.-The Ceylon Company
Limited, No. q Cewaits Lane. Lombard
street. of this city, has failed. 1t owed the
Oriental Bank, which failed on Saturday,
81. 000. 600.
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DAWSON,S NHCHALGiC CURE

NEVER FAILS TO CURE NEURAL
~ GA. RHEUMATISM. sci UTICA HEAD
ACHE. EAEACUF, and TOOTI1ACHE. Try a.
ASK FOR A CIRCULAR. For sale byal drug
gifts. I. ROBERIs BAhth'
NH o7-eod3uE Agent.
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ny Telegraph.

NEW YORK, May 5.-NOOa.-ctOcks steady.
Money easy az 2N2g per cent. Exchange Long,
4s7@4s74: short. 4s9@iS9s. 0oeern"ent. dnlL
States .iTmcr.
EreRing.-Exchange. 4S7a. Money, , per cent.
sub. reasury balanccS-GCld, Sl2S,Ol0; Cur
rency, S10.26e. Governments firm: 1 pr cents.
123i; per cents, 1909 bid state bonds steady.
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Suicide.
1Rr tn,erranh In the nisnatch. |

by telegraph to the Dispatch.I
CHARLOTTE, n. c., May DIR. Edward
Selgle, OF Newton, n. c., committed suicide
at townsville, near this city, yesterday, by
taking laudanum.
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Iumnetl Overheard.
90 nh 10 tbe Dispatch.l

[By telegraph 70 tne DiSp"' y, ma
NORFOLK, May ga German KNOW, a ~
ErI,z ON the ships books, and oounu t tDo
little Rock, leaped overheard non, .no
steamer team Old Dominion, from New iofA'
and was drowned.
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Killed His Fourth Man.

by telegraph to the Dispatch.l
FRANKFORT. KY, Nav Drank Egbert
shot Tom Gritty yesterday morning. This
is the fourth man that Egbert has shot dur
ing the past three years.
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FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
NANNY fQaa

HDNDA1. May .. 1891
SALEss-FIRsT BoARDS-5, 900 Virginia new s.
at 54k; LOCO Rlchuoud City 6's at 11lX; 1900
Richmond and DanyiIle 6's (due ls90) at 100
so shares Norfolk ans Western preferred sock
iseller so nat1 at 49,
SECOND BoARD.-20 shares Atlanta and Char
lotte stock at ~. 80 do. at II; 1000 Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta second G's nj 100.
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IouP.

ri,,r Yc ouotc. Fine. s..5OWs2: sGpcrbne,
az D5ds4: extra. S4.7Sm S4.9O; tamlIy, 500
S5,35; Patent family, country. +t@SG.5O. MAJ
ket very uull.
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/ and firm; prices advapced iOQl5c. eIo.ed
siesdv; cash, sl7.45Nsl7.5o; May. ei Asa
eILS0. Lard frmes and SD ne. seber; casSs
kSs5opSs.60; May. ss.50Mse.55. BGlt.meats
IN fair demand; shoulders. 1850: short-r4b.
sS.37s short clear. $500. Whskcy steady ana
unchanged. Sugar unchanged.
MILWAUKEE,,
MILWAUKEE,, May 8. Flour unch,rged. Wheat
weaker; No. 2, cash and May, 0JXe. Corp sesdy
No. 2, 64c. Oats stronger and scsree: No. y
nominally 33,km34c. Provisions higher. Wes.
pork, S17.55 cash and May. Lard-Prlme<fcam
$3.50 cash and Nay. Hogs Brmer at t5.o50
s5.49.
BALTIMORE LIVESTOCK MARXFr.
BALTIMORE, May 5.-CsttIe market slow; bes
grades kc., Others Hc. lower; very he.i, skaA
3-l0c.; first quality. 4Itrsssc.: medium. Stc
ordinary, 3x&3tc.; most sales. 3 b &C.; reccipts
- IA head sales, 933 head. swtne--FaiT supply I;
only moderate demand: receipts, ASA head
quotations, 64@6Ae. Receipts Of sheep zsd
lambs. 1924 head; quOtauoas-shscp, SIs4s6c.
lambs 7d9&c.
PHILADELPHIA LIVESTOCK MARKET.
WEST Phil AprLPuIA, May j.-Cafile In fair
demand; receipts, 5000 head: prirny., 6tSs7c-;
good, 6tA6Hc: medium, 5t@6c.: common. 90
21c: shctp- Receipts, G,0u0 head; wooi sbeep,
5tM 1'ec' sheared sheep. 3aG61fc.; spr arg iambs,
55ttCgsae. HOGS In fair demand; wesiepr stock,
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TO sUIr'

IL
-did you say? Well, We Ike to be "both-
-eredn with Just such customers, especially
when they're young men with Ideas of their
- own as regards dress, with tastes even which
Other folks call "pecular.' Such customers
place our statesmen on their me''ie anu
bling out. as nothing else WILL the wonderful
-completeness of our stock.
- Even If this were not the case our efforts 10
please them would be none the less deter
determined, remembering rs we do that
-. peculiar peopler have just as much claim
ON our attention as their ordinary common
--nlace brethren-a claim that we've never
- failed to recognize--or meet
- We were busy as bees saturday serving this
- class Of people, aud none complained Oh the
-comnleteness Of our well-balanced stock OF
SUITS or EXTRA PANTS.
- OUR HAT DEPARTMENT
is now active, and many si"A" nal
worn to-day In consequence
WON'T YOU CONE
TO OLD ST. PETERs'
A. sAKs & CO.,
l. LEADING cLoTHIERs,
- 1918 MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE rosr-
] OFFICE. my4
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gsERsOSAI

WE HAVE THIS DAY APPOINTED
w Messrs. q. 4. AIN>LIE 4 SONS sole
agents for Lynchhurg. Petersburg Danyiile. aud
Richmond. Va, for the sale of our tASTOBiSk ,
the great aXle.oil the cheapest and best On Tie
market. sample cans free
BAI'N'S CASTORl\E COMPANY.
my g SaS UG Tu3t syracuse, New York.
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SHIRTS, DRAWERS, &c.
FERrILlzEnS.

oo>~-~~o->~~~-y~~ ~~~~,.s".
T AND PLASTER.-Mf STANDARD
BRANDm OF LAND PLASTER Is gro1ns
from the best-selccted Nova scotia nm lump.
s.,,i ,nsnrss ~ DermAncnt use. Sailsfscuon
" w. ~. :. ss.sd GEORGE 4. KING,
f'rmp ana Ground Plaster, Meal, Feed, &C.,
$500 60 5000 Wiiliamsbory ayNs",t
sab lo-3m n'e"'
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SAFE-KEEPlNG.

CAFE-kEEPINT.
we are prepared, with improved hcilitles' 70
carry SEAL and AsTRACHAN ShCQUES and
all kinds Of FUR GOODS through the II hNsh
and FALL MONTHS. and guarantee same agNiSt
injury by moths aud other insects. Al goods efi.
tr,,ted 10 Us for safc-kecDinP are Iully lbsnrrN
arainst fre and "A receipt given 10 that effect. ~
will nav YOU better to let us project them thin De
risk II Yourselves. Charge moderate. 90
III" ~ CHARLES HAA>E a CO..
,.o, 624 Broad streSl
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NEW YORK SIN

NEW YORK Sun.
THE NEW YORK sun
REACHES RICHMOND At $40 T.. NJ.
on THE DAY OF PUBLICATION.
G. F. JOHNSTON. 91s Main street, will supplyit
promptly on order, or We Will send IT by mail a.
80 ,,nts month. Address
I. ". ENGLAND,
Publisher The Sun,
NH 22-3m New Iork Chv.
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Nav 5.-Flour steady ana qmct
Howard. street aud western sup rhine, S3etSS;9,v
extra. sS.62@t4. 81; family, st.foSs2seo, ny
no lc'' Brand. S5.62@t5.75. Wheat-southern
.teody and auict; western higEe., closing strong;
sc,,by;rn rad sIl2Mtl.l6: amber. tl.l5@
sI1S! No / MARYLAND, sl.i6 rid; No. western
Winter red, spot. fI.O7msL074. Corn SOUTH.
ern higher; western higher hf; ana naeHse'
Southern white. 62M65sc.; yellow, QUO 90.
S,S ,,i,et and sfeady southern. 396p42c. wet
er 1,' White, 4i@42c.: mixed, 3s@1Oc:i Penn
syivania, 39@42e: Provision si1y ana p ap..,
Nees-nork-nld. sl7.2J: new. rLe.-7' bus-
Shoulders and clear-rb sides, pac Aed. ~
and 9ac bacon Shoulders $50 Tlear-rio SIDE os
i0Ic. hams. l4s0l5sc. Lard-sehae ne a.,
me sugar steady; \ soft, 7c. Whisky Pule'
and steady M slid Freghts dun.
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EPILEPSY. FITS. FAILING FITS,
CURED.

This I, no humbug. For Information, free OF
81 ,rg,. yrile fo l. n. SCHUYLER,
- enJSm ~tratfOrd, Conn,
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WHITE MOUNTAIN ICE-CREAM
w FREEZERS, -
excelsior and CLIPPER LAWN-MOWER ,
PATENT SOAPSTONE GRlDDLES.
WATKINS. IOTTRELL & CO.,
my f-eod3ts 1909 and 1907 Main street
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CINCINNATI

crxc1S,ArI. Nay 5.-Flour active and hrm
c,miiyi s4.70dsI75. Wheat stronger and az
tive No. red Corr srner NO. @ mlSea
9eN;, 26&c pork firm ; mess, Sl7.23 "a el7.OQ.
IoTd firm at ss25. Bulk-meats steady should.
er,, $500 short r6 tS4Sa b.ee eSo, , eIsny
90 sTn Whiskey active and firm, III. sugar
steady; hard rehDed, 74@7se Hogs quite.
Common 10 ilght. s425Gs5.o0; packing and
butcher, f5@t5.so.
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rI'UE DAILY REPORTER,
4 published every morning by
EVERETT WADDEY,
IIID MAIN STREET.

ryes oarefully-prcparcd hst Of all hotel arr walls
np IN $40 4. Vi. Of the day Of publication; givo-
a reliable record of an Deed, ~ trust Er',Hse'
Harglin and sale. assignments, judgments, l. tens,
lnits Instituted, &C., I'm all Of the courts oi ufe
city. -.
PRICE, Csc. per month-dellycred by carriers
EVERETT WADDfl. Publisher,
Stati0ner, Printer, and lilu'for'
oo llI2 Main street.
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MCPHERSON, OF New Jersey. senator hlu-
dlebe1ger announced that the Potomac iree-
bridge bin will be called up tomorrow ana
that IL is now in such a shape that ali OF the
committee approve OF II.
REPRESENTATIVE EATON AND THE SOUTH,
Representatiye Eaton, Of Connecticut, is
life. long Democrat, and Is mortlhed tldt
his speech the other day was misunder-
stood By reporters, who made nm allude
10 southerners a. traitors. He was speak
mg Of the Revolutionary war when nc useu
the term, and was showing that there were
traitors TO the colonial cause in other Sec
tons as well as Arnold, who was New
Tn0lander. He saws he next alluded 10
tAe war Of 1912 10 prove that New Eng
landers distinguished themselves III .u S
navy aud the army, aud when nc quo.JIu .,
the Montgomery Constitution Ne w? J hnd
using il as an argument. In iact' :, m''s'
been furnished bin by southern 1,o,,,o.
crat. He remarked to Virginia repleoSSu;..',d
tKes that II he had said what was accIeu''S bo
10 him by some OF the newsp"PSa'
would not expect them to speak !" HILL
McHMoND's REPRESENTATIVE ISDi"NANi'
Hon. George ID. Wise said tonight tha'
the conduct OF the Democratic nlanh9o,
OF the House has been unjust, insui.i"s
and offensive 10 the people OF virgins, ~
that they have allowed the state 10 W , ,'
dered and detained. and have eXciuueu
and prevented replies by hlmseu anu 1Ine,
Of It's Democratic representatives,. IT, ,Se
these attacks have been made upon VI.
people OF Virginia he has always sog GU
The door. hut under the Carlisle morrisol
iesdersb,n there Is ample opportunity ioI
the SANDER and defamation OF 'nS ,,,'
\ lean renresentative Of high character saie
\ 10 Mr. wise to-day that the refusal 20 al
low him 70 reply to Hon. John s. "iS'
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CHICAGO. May 5.-Flonr unchanged. Wheat
buoyant and unsettled, opened a shade higher,
closed Ac. higher than saturday; May, S2tts
active, frm, and higher; cash, 53t@ ooe; May,
s,.Ca54,c. Oats unsettled and generally nrner |;
6'css Slsg32e.; May, 5lt@62ss. PORK aetive
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CHICAGO.

A. .oulsyrLLE, May 6.-wheat steady No. 2 red
Hos. Corn steady; No. 2 mixed BIC. Oa'
s,eady; No. 2 mixed, 361sG37e. Provisions dfin
Mes pork, SIS. Other articles unchanged
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at. LOUIS. May o. Flour UNCHANGED. wheat
,ns.,,ied closed L0ulisc. above SATURDAY,; No.
ssS al Is@tI 1 en- IN, s1.l7asl.l74 May No.
a red, nominal. Corn higher and unsettled
S1 x6s53c cash, 504@ 50te. May. Oats higher
nj siow: 34sc. cash, SAC. May. Whisky steady
~ ALL Provisions Erm ana slow. Pork
si7'25asl7.5O. Bulk-meais- Long clear - 400
a. Ak: short RIB. $3.50; short clear, ts.1o. bs-
con~Iong clear, 80. l2a; short raj, 1920 shor'
clear. f9.45. Lard dull and nominal.
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rn sonaet'siug ac;a rgvrry.

a negro woman entered q 'elh2''i-
'.ooe once ana asNo" l'f ''e iHaAaee :,
F,H.,.I,''" N.ppcH Forward ana
49Ne0 = he eo0!l 20 "lIuilhG ''F
per;
Is yesse dc nian |hHt pays out
'norey Waen '''he aicF
l es' Il 'hilr i!''S are insured IN our
company
as san yas' Wall my husband
Wh1ts named hu.o Evans lnshred
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R'ried dlte Hen dodge.
Eentnel.v slnle Jonrnal.

Mother what is it that makes the
little chickens, as soon rs they are
born, know what tQeir mother says,
and when she says 'Qua-a-a' they stop
clyin and be still?'
Mature, my SON"
"Well, I'd like to know why nature
didn't give babies as much sense as
chickens, Eve been sayin Qua-a-a'
to this young one for for half an hour,
and the more qua at it the louder it
screams s'posin' YOU try the qua
business on him while?'
I'm not hen, Johnny
"0h, you haint Ell? Well then
s'posin bring in the old hen and let
her try it?7
"johpny, I win certainly whip you
if you don't stop that nonsense and
rock Chat baby better"
"Ail right, boss.
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.Tcg q L 0liGiciais.

"P~w, be you fur Blaine2"
eyes, my ..on, rcd hot for Blaine
"Well what about them letters?'
"Well, you see, my boy, an inferna!
rascal named Fisher--a sneak, a
thief, a scallawag and scoundre9
named Fisher-pubhshed some let
tors that he says Mr. Blaine wrote to
him"
Did them show that Mr.. Blaine was
a bad man?"
"No, indeed, my son. On the con
tYary, they showed that he is a man
above rehroach--a man OF lofty
honor and strictest integrity man
Of"
Say, paw, then sh'd think Mr.
Fisher was a real good man to print
'em an let everybody see what good
man Mr., Bl-"
"There, there, never mind, Theophi-
lus. You are too young tounderstand
politics. Run along and play now
Chicago News.
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EDldu'a Like gsls Face.

Two young men in an art gallery.
They stop in front Of portrait, when,
one OF them, notcing the picture, re-
marks
"Hore's George Lagsmore. splen-
did piece Of work"
u don't admire it, replies Che 9th
er one, looking at the picture and ex-
hihidng nervousness. "The featuros
hard and immoyablo and the eyes are
cruel"
'sYou do Lagsmore an injustice, ey-
claims the first speaker "Th@e mover
was a more Benevolent man than he
You do him a great wrong when you
say that his face is hard and.his eyes
cruel"
"of course I may be wrong II is
perhaps the dislike l have Of seeing
his face
"Why dislike2 Has ever injured
your"
no"
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Esonh!e the ssunntitx.

doctor" said man, "my stom-
ach's out Of order and I'd like to have
a little something
Lot me see" the physician replied.
q think that little whisky and qui-
nine will set you all right"
Pm glad to hear Yen ssy so. /
have just been on a big drunk and
agree with you concerning the whiF-
ky. Well, III just double the quanti-
ty Of whisky and leave out the qni-
mine. "-zArkansaw Traveller
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"A Philosopher.

A Little Rock man sold his cooking
stove to get money enough to take his
family to the circus. When one Of
lis friends demonstrated with him he
6 id
ave had no use for the stove. Had
nothing to cook"
"But why didn't you buy something
to eat with the money you got for the
stoye?"
"Then we would have had nothing
cook it on. Don't talk to me. I'm a
philosopher. Ark. Traveller.
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DEAR Mr.. FISHER.

apo come" at is largely for your
sake that | desire to see you" "Come
tomorrow if possible" "Do come
qnickly.' "Say nothing to anybody.
but do come" "Dant let any human
being. except your wife. know that
you are coming Don't refuse a
sick man. ''Don't delay" "Comc
direetlysto my house. Don't 60 tothe
hotel
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VIII 1,lsfnEs Eze i. sn,n,.t.

"Boss," said an old negro, i wants
yer ter write lub letter fur me"
"Wel what do you want to say?"
IVY, jest say cherry thing what yer
ken think o at present, Say suthin'
datll make her thing dat Use power
ful smart Write the letter, boss, so
she kahn read it. Don she'll think
Use smart Er haw, she'll think Tse
er lawyer sho' nufT."-Arkansaw
Traveller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25

cal jokes SO fashionable some genera
tions back, are the most idio6c Of all
jests. What wit is there in being a
greater falsehood teller than your
neighbor thi4ks you ara2
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25

no" said themerehant, I don't ad-
vertise now. 7 used to, but got com
pletely tired out waiting on my Gus
tomers. Since I stopped my adyer-
tisement I have had continual yaca-
ton, havcdiachargod two oimy clerks,
and have enjoyed many good nap Of
sleep-St Albans Messenger
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A BAD SYMPTOM.

The Republican party manifests
very little enthusiasm over the Ohio
election. 1t was balieyed that an
overwhelming majority in the Buck
eye State would take all the spots off
of Blaine. But the id spots are
there still.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25

Robt. Burrow and j. +. Hale, Democratic and
Republican candidates for Eleetor for the LIST
District Of Tennessee, win address the people at
the following times and places;
jnnesbor0, Saturday, Oct D.
Erwin, Monday, Oct ~.
Flag Pond Tuesday Oct 2S
Speaking will commence at 1880 p, m. each day
W. S. DICKSON, Chm. Dem Cong Com.
w. T. BRowNLow, Chm. Rep Cong. Com.
The undersigned candidates for
Representative for Washington coun-
ty, will address the people at the fol
lowing times and places
Boon's Creek Seminary, Sat, o'clock Oct. q
Johnson City, Monday night, Oct 27
Greenwood. Tuesday 2S
Bathesday, Wednesday -
Asberry, Thursday 30
Philadelphia, Friday =" 81.
Limestone. Saturday Nov l.
Browns sch1 House Monday night, Nov. s,
A. :. \. DoBsoN,
o. NJ. BRABsoR,
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"a &emsq ofEEurnor.
What duh reading are tho works Of
London Standard.

/ llFens the dnest subjects, and there
are others who "hold q pen of lead" in
treating of the most interesting mat-
ters The elder historians mostly pos
sessed q keen sense Of humor; the
pages of Froissart and De Confines are
most amusing reading How drily
does the latter remark upon the pc
culiarity in the wars Of England
which recent events seem to show is
unfortunately not obsolete in these
days. "The English are the brayest
nation in the world in the field butI
in matters OF policy their enemies out
wit them, and what thcy gain ina bat
tie they lose at the council II
thus was Kink Edward bnbled and
outwitted. How quaint too, is his
description of the solitary parliament
Louis VI. summoned during his reign,
when he called it together to please
the people, but took care only to SUM
mon St'n persons Us "ou'" hoV op-
pose ms oeSlS'S'
"n"t q contrast Is presented oy the
P"so' u nuIlie'' VINO i"Isn' almost
stand as the type Of a man devoid Of
'Ho power u "PP!o'ia'lIls 'iie ""'ii"l-
GUS 9'oe VI az 'lil,s 'I"Se reuters
y '',o soo' ''si'op : Po""oIou' ms
sor? WHO POSSESS an e'''Ion "''h
o"liV 8 no'cS o''oeu' may however,
ill'u hiuon "li HSeineht III 'I'elr Perusai
ol 'ie "orN' me "icAeu WIZ OF 'he
'ory Dean pays around 'he pfoSy text
" 'iio Wig m'l'9'' any 'S '9 cruei az
M "otci'elis l'u'''reu A u'Se ID
oesOIol'n8 'i,e enoeV o. 'ne solemn
o"rt"'''I, " men, ioI example III MS
preface, DUfhet lhooigeS ID a lohg
peforaHoh ABOUT tile sacred oot[ Oh an
historian 10 'el the Vf'lIA' ana III an
excess oI cohsclel''louSIleSS' olds ms
reaoer take even nus own prepared ms,
: lory WIN a gram ol ailo"aiiie'
/ swift notes Il VIII! take ms warm
inS' AGAIN, when b"rnet is deSrIlo-
ing inc tue extreme length oi me ser
wee OF the Hcoieh chUreh, y Femem-
per on TINS FAST Day SIX sermons We're
preached WithonflH'eronsslon. lNa>
there myself ana WAS Mite weary q
SO tedious a service swift ha' he
'uelJyt TO aad, "bunct 40 tbls time
was eight years oIdf but at''l more
ike Ar bnrchc!i Is the curt "sad
trash, DARK nonsensa, which Swift
appends to some oi tho mort solemn
morallHngS o. The historian Yet wit
ty a8 was the gF2at dean himself, hi,
sense OF the ridiculous was OF a differ
ent description to The genial hUmoi
of Chauocr or S'Uhe>pcaro. Thea
laughed az the absaroitie% oi their fell
lows but their laughter was Of Tho
u kinkly, good-naiured description, il
a which even hia object himself nigh
= have joined The bitter sa,ircal wi
I Of Pope and Smith is OF a widely ali
% ferent character from the genial mirtl
which diverts without woundinG l
rs is the croWning quality OF many Of tn,
greatest humorists that they are hu
y morous without being malicious, tha
n their wit is thoroughly free from il
y nature, that they acknowledge all tn
n good in humanity while laughing a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25
Hsmblic Speaking.

Hon. o. C. King democratic nominee, and
A. II. Pettibone, republican nominee for Con
gress. viii address the people at the following
times and places:
AMNhitesburg, Saturday, Oct %.
WSpeaklng will commence at o'clock.
W. $. DICKSON, Chm. Dem, Cong. Com.
W. T. BRoWNLOw, Chm. Rep. Cong Com.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25
A SURE SIGN.

Whenever trne man enters poll
tics you may know him by this sign,
all the rascals are in confederacy
aguinst him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25
MORE MuLL1aAN LETTEDs.

Every time new batch Of Mulligan
letters appear the Republican orators
yell tariff! tariff! tariff! tariff.
THE CROW KNOCKED OUT OF THEM.
The Republican papers were taken
down a notch or two when Ohio's ma
iority faded from 10000 to something
less than 10000.