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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09


WASHINGTON, May 4.-The Presi-
dent, Secretaries Endicott and Whit
ney, Postmaster-General Villas to-day
accompanied heyeterans Of the Army
of the Potomac to the Gettysburg bat
tie field.
During the month of April last the
patent Office received $3.50 new appli-
cations for patents, the fees upon
which aggregated $lO0,64O. This is
the largest sum in fees yet received by
the patent Office; the nearest APP
proach to it being in the month of
March, 1883, when the fees footed up
$99,515.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Four Virgin
10 delegations called upon the Post
master General to-day to urge the
appointment Of different persons to
the Richmond postofIice. The Post
master General afterward said that no
action had been resolved upon either
in the appointment Of postmaster at
Richmond or at Baltimore.
The crowd in the corridors of the
Interior Department this morning,
waiting for interviews with the Secre-
tary, was larger than at any time
since Secretary Lamar assumed the
Office. A large number of Senators
and Representatives called upon the
Secretary. but very lew OF the other Wis
itors succeeded in gaining admission.
The State department has not yet
received any protest from the Austrian
government concerning the appoint
ment of Minister Kelley to Vienna
and the cable rumor that objection
will be made against him because his
wife is Jewess finds no credit in ad
ministration circles, as this govern
ment recognizes no difference between
Jew and Gentle. 1t is also remarked
that Mrs. Kelley is not Jewess, ex
cept by parentage, as she adjourned
her religious faith when she married
II Roman Catholic.
, Baron Won Schaefler, Austrian Min
. lister to this government, said to al
Associated Press reporter tonight tina
he had received no communication
from his home government concern
ing Minister Kelley. lie said that h,
had not informed his government o
the appointment of Mr.. Kelley, ant
: that they knew of his previous ap
pointment as Minister to Italy, ant
of the objection to sending him to tina
court
GeorgeJ. Vest, son Of Senator Vest
who was appointed by President Ar
thur to position in the State depart
ment, has been detailed by Secretar
Bayard as Consular Clerk at Liver
pool
, 1t was stated at the Postoflice De
partment to-day that Postmaster Pa
mer, of Chicago, was removed for 90
fensive partisanship." The Postma'
ter General said that Palmer was a
= active worker in the recent campaign
and of those Republicans whose col
tinuance in Office was not deemed &C
visable by the Administration.
The mandate of the United State
:. Supreme Court to enforce its decisio
in the Virginia bond cases was MALE
to Richmond tonight.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09

A St. Louis special says; Friends
of John Mccullough, the actor, now
visiting here, are getting quite anxious
over his condition, which seems to be
growing worse rapidly. He has wan
dcred about the city for several days,
imagining himself in Chicago or Gin
cinnati.
In the Circuit Court Of Buffalo, n.
Y, Tuesday, jury rendered verdict
against saloon-keepers in favor OF the
wife OF an habitual drunkard for ST.
600 damages for selling liquor to her
husband after being warned not to do
so. The verdict is the largest ever
given in a case Of the kind in New
York State. Two saloon. keepers were
on the jury.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09

He was tame curate in the wild
Black country of Australia and he
was waiting in church to marry cou-
pie of aborigines. Enter one of them
the man in a hurry and his working
clothes, with his hands and face Gov
cred with antique dirt
AWE KUN to be wed.
"You?" responded the curate
aghast. "In that grab? 1t is impro
per. Why, you are downright dirty
"Me dirty? Wait till you see her
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09

pleasant with all the officials he has
come in contact With and has "ughs"
and "bows" for them all in great pro
fusion. His interpreter is with him
constantly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09

This represents the earth, 1t is
what the Kentucky Democrats expect
to get-Philadelphia Press.
g
This represents naught. tits what
the Kentucky Democracy got.-Wash-
ington Hatchet.
O
And this represents cipher. 1t is
what the Tennessee (Bate) Democrat
cy are,-Athens Athenean.
O
This represents McCarron, when
Marehbanks got done with him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09

New YORK, My 6.-General Grant,
accompanied by his wife, drove out
shortly afternoon to-day.
NEW YORK, May 6.-lIon. f. J.
Phelps, minister to England, and Mrs.
Phelps, sailed this morning on the
steamer Elbe. Quite a number OF
friends assembled at the pier to say
goodbye.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09
Twin Foes TO Life

Are Indigestion md Constipation.
Their primary symptoms are among the
most distressing of minor human ailments,
and host Of diseases, speedily resultant
from them, mutually aggrayate each other
and assaIl at once the whole machinery
Of life. Nausea, Foul Breath, Sour
Stomach, Dizziness, Headaches,
Bilious Fever, Jaundice, Dyspepsia,
Kidney Diseases, Piles, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Dropsy, and various Skin
Disorders, are among the symptoms
and maladics caused by arrangement Of
the stomach and bowels,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-09
A Thorouuh Puruativs

medicine Is the first necessity for cure.
Then the cathArtic effect, must be main
tanned, in mild degree, just sufficient
to prevent recurrence of costiveness,
and at the same time the liver, kidneys
and stomach must be stimulated and
strengthened.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10
The Ability to Bear Pain

Is the test of fortItude among the Indian
tribes. But we defy any Cherokee, Sioux or
Comanche to endure the twinges of rheuma-
tism without wincing. These, indeed, are
slight at first, bnt grow in intensity until they
become unbeurable. No maady is more OBJ
stinate in its maturity than that which gives
rise to them. The more need, then of attack
ing it at the outset. Foremost among reme-
dies for it is HostetteI's Stomach Bitters, safer
and infinitely more effective than colchicum,
voratrum and nux vomica, all remedies which
might prove destructive OF life in a slightly
excessive dose. Mineral depurents, also,
when not positively mischievous, are far in
fcrior in remedial power to this salutary bo-
tanic medicine. 1t entirely expels from the
blood the acrid impurities which originate the
disease, and enrich as we'll as cleanse it. Con-
stipation, liver complaint, dyspepsia aud
other ailments also give way to it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

A practical" shoeman ought TO DO
well posted, inasmuch as he halls from
Lynn, Mass, writes to the Boston Tran
script that person who, wears pinching
shoe with tbs expectation that small
size looks tmaller is muck mistaken.
The foot will spread out in Ony Eiud Of
a shoe, and the size of the foot becomes
more noticeable in shoe that is too
small than one of the right size is pur-
chased. The best made shoe in the
world will not stand the strain when
person wears a shoe too small for the
foot. Half the shoes returned for the
inspection of manufacturers are dam
aged by squeezing large foot into a
small shoe. Shoes should not always be
bought by the size and width mark.
The only safe way is to fit the foot, let
the size be what it may. This is COM
paratively an easy matter nowadays, as
each year manufacturers study more and
more the mechanical construction OF
lasts; number of widths are furnished
by well-equipped manufacturers, the
measurements being graded to an eighth
of an inch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10
The Presidents Desk.

The desk at which the President sits
vas presented to the United States by
queen Victoria during the Hayes adj.
ninistration, and was formerly a part Of
he Arctic relief vessel Resolute, which
vent in search of Sir John Franklin
After numerous encounters with the ice
n the polar regions the Resolute was
ound drifting helplessly by a United
States man-of-war. 1t was towed into
harbor, redtted, and returned to Eng
and by the government, and when final
y broken up some of the pieces were
utilized for the desk at which the Presi-
lent of the United States transacts his
business. On small silver plate i'm
bedded in the woodwork is an appropri-
tie inscription, which gives the details
IF how and when the Resolute was found
md finally disposed Of.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

quarts of castor oil, then, while on the
fire, stir in one ounce of lamp black.
Mix well, strain Though a fine cloth to
remove the sediment. and let cool. Half
this amount may be made by observing
the proper proportions.
The reason for a rotation of crops is
that no two plants of different kinds re-
quire the same substances in the same
proportion for their nourishment. The
grains and grasses may soon exhaust the
supply of silica. These should, therefore,
not Immediately succeed each other in
rotation. They ought to be followed by
a crop which needs less of silica but more
of potash or some other mineral salts. A
field which would not yield good Sec
ond crop of wheat may, even without
manure, give good crop of clover, of
turnips or of carrots.
A correspondent who processes to know
says six quarts of liquid, be it what it
may, is enough for the calf. More than
this will cause the abdomen to fall. But
the mess may be increased if the size of
the stomach keeps pace with the other
growth of the calf He thinks "pot-
Quilted" calves come of overlooking the
stomach with poor milk. Give them
fresh milk the first week. The second
week one-half fresh, the other half
SKINNED milk. Under no circumstance
should it be given to them without being
warmed to the same temperature of the
mothers milk.
Although salt is not generally fer
tilizer, it produces similar effects by rem
dering soluble latent fertility in the soil.
Its use to promote the growth of crops is
increasing, and for time on tolerably
rich soil it may take the place of real
manures when the price of crops is too
low to allow large purchases of the latter.
1t is mistake to suppose that refuse
salt, consisting of coarse, hard Jumps
mixed with dirt and gypsum, is cheaper
than fine salt. The opening of new salt
wells has made salt very cheap, and fine
salt at dollar or little more per barrel
is enough better for the land to give it
the preference.
The old-fashioned way of sowing fod-
der corn broadcast is giving way to bet
ter methods. BY thick sewing mass of
fine but watery and .innutritious stalks
was produced, but no ears, for there was
not enough substance in the plant to
make the grain. The drill is now al
most universally used for fodder corn and
the tubes should be set wide enough tG
admit the cultivating between the rows
while small. Many ears will be formed
on fodder corn thus treated, and the
corn, though somewhat coarser, will be
more nutritious and better relished by
stock in winter
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

The Hartford Times is authority for
the following: 'Leprosy, unluckily, isn't
yet among the diseases that were. Ply
sicians know no cure for it. In Louisiana
there are still some cases, and in 1885
there was a leper hospital in New Or
leans. On the Bay Chaleurs, ON the
New Brunswick shore of the gulf of St.
Lawrence, there has been leper hospital
for many years; sorrowful establish
ment in dreary region. A servant girl
was taken there, not long ago, from this
region. Norwegian immigrants have
carried leprosy into Minnesota, but there
it is dying out. Several cases have lately
appeared in Baltimore, one at least,
spontaneously. Chinese in San Fran
cisco have the disease"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10
Don,t Skin This.

So many schemes are put before the public
for the increase ofnewspaper circulation, which
seem to be plausible and yet are fraudulent
that when a legitimate, honest effort is made
to build up the circulation of legitimate,
honest paper, by legitimate, honest means,
people who have been so many times duped
are very slow to respond to the genu-
inc scheme. We are led to this train
of thought by perusal of the advertisement
of The AMERICAN RURAL HOME chichester,
n. Y, published in this issue of our paper, to
which we call the attention of our readers. We
are acquainted with both paper and publishers,
and take pleasure in recommending it as ono
of the very best farm and family journals in this
country. Every person who sends one dollar
for years subscription to the paper receives
handsome present which is donated by the adj
vertising patrons Of the paper. These premiums
consist of Cattle Land, Reapers and Mowers,
Flows, Books Pictures, Organs and thousands of
other valuable articles. The Rural Home Co.
is endorsed by Hon. Cornelius r. Parsons, May
or of Rochester, to whom you can write if you
have any doubts as to its reliability. twill pay
you to send for sample copy il nothing more
than to get a look at this great twelve page,
sixty column illustrated paper. Address Rural
Home Co., Limited, Rochester, n. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

The cattle ranch area, according to the
recent report of the chief of the bureau
of statistics in Washington, D. c., en-
braces 1, 365, 900 square miles, or nearly
forty-four per cent. of the total area of
the United States. The value of the cat
tie that Craze east of the Rocky noun
tains, as expressed in dollars and cents,
reaches 5000, 900, 900, the number of ami
mails being 1900, 000 A fact announced
in this same report will surprise the ma.
jority of people who read it. 1t is that
almost 1000, 900 acres of this grazing
land, with the herds belonging thereon,
are the property of English syndicate and
wealthy Englishmen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cultivation of Corn.

In reports of experiments Tor 1888,
Professor Shelton, of the Kansas State
Agricultural college at Manhattan,
gave details of an experiment in subsoil-
ing corn ground. This trial seemed to
show that the subsoiling was in every
case a partial injury, every subsoiling
plat giving lower yield of corn than
the average yield of plats which were
simply plowed to the ordinary depth of
six inches. The subsoiling feature of
this experiment were repeated last season
on different ground, upon which also the
practice of close and deep cultivation of
corn was compared with superficial Gull
tivation. The soil on which last seasons
experiments were tried is of strong clay
of moderate fertility. Following is, in
brief, Professor Shelton's report of these
more recent experiments.
In the subsoiling plats the subsoiler,
working to depth of four inches, fol-
lowed the stirring pillow, which cut six
and-a-half inch deep fuTow; so that the
ground in the subsoiled plats was stirred
to the depth of ten and half inches.
Upon four other plats different meth
DDS of cultivating the growing corn
were employed. These plats were culti-
vated-the ordinary one horse cultivator
being used-four times, at intervals of
about ten days. At the first cultivation
all plats were lightly dressed out, the
cultivator passing twice in each row.
At the subsequent operations two of the
plats were cultivated quite specifically
and but once in a row; while in the
other two the cultivator was made to
pass twice in each row very close to the
rows of corn and to the depth of nearly
five inches. In these last mentioned
plats the ground was literally churned
by the cult'vator, and at each operation
the implem> Ut brought to the surface
great quantities of white, fibrous root
let's torn from the corn plants.
The result of subsoiling agreed with
those of the year before, showing that
very deep tillage is not advantageous,
even upon strong clay lands, during ia
vorable seasons. In a season of drought,
Prof. Shelton believes different results
from these might be expected.
The experiment appeared to show also
that the methods usually reckoned
injurious as, for instance shallow plow-
ing and very deep and closed cultivation
of tall, well-grown corn, had no unfavor-
able influence upon the crop. 1t seemed
to be sufficient in Kansas cornfeld of
ordinary productiveness that the ground
shall receive moderate cultivation and be
kept free from weeds, and if these con-
ditions be complied with, the soil and
season will do the rest.-NeaO York World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

The most recent discovery that steel
can be made of scrap iron appears to have
been made by Thomas Lipsey, foreman
of the foundry of the Scioto valley car
shops in Portsmouth, Ohio. The Ports
mouth Tribune and Republican says of
Mr.. Lipsey: CATER long and patient ex-
periments he can take scraps of the most
worthless iron, such as old bolts, bits of
wrought and cast iron, oyster cans, and
rusty scraps, commanding only half a
cent pound, and make steel of a finer
grain than the Bessemer steel, not only
with the strength of wrought iron, but
more than fifty times its strength. MIR.
Lipsey holds secret that will revolu-
tonne the mechanical world.n
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

There is nothing more fertile than the
brains of men who desire to defraud life
Insurance companies. At Buxton, in
England, lately,a man who was i'll began
TO recover, but conceived the idea CT
Stimulating death when the doctor came,
and was able to persuade the doctor that
ne was dead. A certificate was accord
ngly made out. The man arose, shaved
off his beard and became "the brother
Of the defunct," registered his own
death, obtained an insurance claim and
was well on his way to foreign parts
when his trick was found out.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

According to the Buffalo Commercial,
cremation is becoming rapidly popular
in Italy, according to recent accounts.
The crematorium at Milan has all the
business it can do, and the demand upon
its accommoqations is constantly increas-
ing. The Milan U-amatorium makes
very clean work of incinelatinn and
leaves only couple of handsful of dust
and ashes to be taken care of. The pro.
cess is remarkably cheap, the cost of
everything, including the marble tablet,
being less than $40. 1t is said that the
system is such as to make the process
rather attractive than otherwise, and
nothing CHASTITY meets the eye.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10


FLOWER MEDICINE Co., Boston, MASS.
Gentlemen:-For some four years past
have suffered from dyspepeia rendering me
very miserable. Almost everything ate dis
agreed with me, and there was no one thing
that l could eat feeling sure that it would
agree with me. About two months ago l
made up my mind to try your Liver and
Stomach Sanative. Previous to this I had
been treated by physicians, and had also tried
about every preparation on the market without
benefit. have now taken five bottles OF the
Sanative and am feeling like different person.
l eat with a relish anything my appetite Graves.
and never experience the least distress or
inconvenience, and my general health is better
than it has been for years. Yours gratefully,
w. B. MOORE, 6 Mace Place, Lynn, Mass.
MRS. ELLEN ID. FLANDERS, liz Corr
ham street, Lowell, Mass, Wfitesi
"Your Liver Sanative has been worth doll
lar drop to mo. After nine long years OF
indescribable suffering. and treatment by ply
sicians of various schools without relief, l COM
menced the use of your Sanatlve 1 am to-day
living example OF its merits, and wish that
every member of the great army of sufferers
from the Liver and Stomach troubles could be
made familiar with the fact that they can be
cured"
GEO. II. MOFFATT, Md, DDS. l32
BOylstOn street, Boston, Mass, Writes;
81 have found in DR.. Flowers Nerve Pills
remedy that can heartily recommend. Their
action is perfect"
For Sale by all Druggists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10
Listen TO YOur Wife.

The Manchester Guardian, June sth, 1sS}
says:
At one Of Tho
"Windowsn .,
Looking ON the woodland waysl With
clumps OF rhododendroms and great masses oil
May blossomslll There was an interesting
group. No..
spinner but was now 50
Paralyzed!ll
That he could only bear to lie in reclining
position.
This refers to my case.
l waj Attacked twelve years ago with 10
comoter Ataxyh
"a paralytic disease of nerve fibre rarely
ever cured
and was for several years barely able to get
about.
And for the last Five years not able to at
tend 60 my business, although
Many things have been done for me.
The last experiment being Nerve stretching
Two years ago was voted into the
Home for Incurables! Near Manchester, in
May, 1882.
lam no Advocate: "For anything in the
shape Of patent" Medicinesi
And made many objections to my dear
wife's constant urging to try Hop Bitters, but
finally to pacify her
Consentedll
u utu 0OL quite LlllSuCu bcNNAS
felt a change come over me. This was Sat
drday, November 3d. On Sunday morning
felt so strong said to my room companions,
~ was sure could
"WalkI
So started across the floor and back
hardly knew how to contain myself Twas
all over the house. l am gaining strength
each day, and can walk quite safe without any
"Stickn
Or Support.
/ am now at my own house, and hope soou
TO be able to earn my own living again
have been a member of the Manchester
Royal Exchange"
For nearly thirty years, and was most
heartily congratulated on going into the room
Oh Thursday last Very gratefully yours,
| JOHN BLACKBURN,
MANCHESTER Eng) Dec. "a, 1888.
Two years later am perfectly well.
tW-None genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with "Hop" or Hops" in
their nanlo.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

A Salt Lake jeweler has invented
novel timepiece in the shape of a stee
wire stretched across his show window
on which stuffed canary hops from
left to right, indicating as it goes the
hours of the day by pointing with its
beak at dial stretched beneath the
wire, and having the figures from one to
twenty-four. E..When it reaches the lat
ter figure it glides across the window
to one again. There is no mechanism
whatever that can be seen, all being in
side the bird. The inventor says he
was three years in studying it out.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10
A Fable.

A Pair. of Lions, who were travelling
across the country in search of Food,
came upon Man who had fallen Asleep
in the Grateful Shade of Tree. One of
the Lions observed that the Hunter was
probably an Artist.
81 beg to Differ with you" replied the
other. ''He is doubtless Poet"
81 say Artist"
81 say Poet!"
"You must be Blindm
"And know you are Idioticl"
"You liel"
$50 do you'll"
And they Rushed upon each other and
Administered many Grievous Bites. The
sounds of combat Awoke the Man, and
Warned him to escape.
Moral-'T never Question the Color
of Hen," said Fox who Witnessed
the Quarrel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

The growth of some of the Southern
States is illustrated by the statement
concerning Chattanooga that it has in
creased since the war "from clump of
whitewashed warehouses and shanties to
q city of 20, 900 inhabitants; from tax
roll of 81, 800, 900 to one of $1,000, 900;
and has increased its business capital
from 5000, 600 to So, 900, 000."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-07-10

Tnere are now nearly dozen paper
mills, fitted up in European fashion, ex
isting in Japan, and as original Japan
paper is just now the craze in Europe,
they are all doing splendid business.
The one established at Osaka has paid
out of the profits during the first three
years of its existence the whole capital
sunk in its erection, and another one at
Phi paid a dividend of seventeen per
can't