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A Charming widow.

She was pretty and sweet, so much
so that the several clerks nearly broke
their nccks in struggling to see who
would he the one to wait on her, but
she ignored them all, and, sitting
down on a stool, drew from her pock-
ct handkerchief which she held in
readiness for an application to her
eyes, and sent for the manager. He
soon came up to the lady, who, with
the handkerchief TO one eye, flashed
the other brillinat orb ut his, and told
her story thusly:
"Mr. B., Charley, my husband
(sob), is dead and | have no suitable
(snifiie) mourning, | came down to
sec(gulb) if you would trust me for a
(sob) mourning outfit" (Snifflc.) }
Here the other eye was hid behind
the handkerchief, while kind of cold
chill shuddcr passed over her.
"But my dear madam, | don't know
YOU II would be rather departing
from our rules to comply with your
request replied Mr.. B.. politely.
"How much Of bill did you wish to
buyY
Il want (sob) everything as nice
(sniffle) as | can get (sob) about (an-
other sniflle) $500, | (sob) guess"
Il am sorry, bat as you are a straa-
ger to uae shalh have to decline un-
less yon can furnish security or come
reconleiled ly SONG ope known to
- -
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ApROinamnenla.

WASHINGTON, June l5.-The Presi-
dent to-day appointed Frank T. Far
lees postmaster at fredericksburg,
Va, vice Lawrence Tailafcthcr, sus-
pended, and John A. Young at Char
lotto, n. c., vice W. w. Jenkins, sus-
pended. The postmasters at both
places were suspended for PARTISAN
ship upon proofs.
John N. Twiggs was appointed as.
sayer of the Mint at San Francisco.
He is about 40 years of age and is a
son OF Gen. Twiggs of the Mexican
war and confederate army fame. He
is an essayer by profession and has
been bank clerk in Nevada and
California for many years.
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"Do you (sob) know Mr.. (two sobs)
Mr. Richfellow?' (Two sniiiies.)
ayes madame. | know him; do you
think he would guarantee the payment
of the bill?'
"I don't (sob) want (sniflle)- want
you to (sniitle) ask him (snitlle) be-
cause | am going (two snitlles) to mar
ry him (sob) when my (sob) mourn
ing has EXPIRED
/ (Sob)
""Well, in case of that kind of course
we will trust you; we can present the
bill to him after your marriage"
"Oh, thank you (brightening up,)
thank you; indeed, that will be all
right. Now | want box of black
gloves, number six and a half, four
teen yards Of cashmere, thirty yards
of Grape cloth, twelve yards of yelling,
two hOxes of black silk hose (number
eight and necessary trimmings /;
please fix it up nice. Don't you think
Twill look nice in mourning?"
Mr.. Blocked into her eyes, his
heart began to jump, and thinking
discretion the better part OF valor, he
assured her that her ordor would be
filled, and the lady departed smiling.
Mr., B. after the fash of the pretty
widows eyes would have filled thou
sand dollar order and paid it out Of
his own pocket. He is bald headed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-20

RICHMOND, June lj,-The liberty
bell arrived from New Orleans this
morning and will leave tonight for
home.
PHILADELPHIA, Jane 15.-The coun-
cilmaniac committee will go over the
Pennsylvania railroad Wednesday
next, to Baltimore, to receive the lib
erty bell. They will return on q spe-
cial train. The bell will be escorted
by procession to the state house.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-20

al don't like the new version OF the
Old Testament" said Smith, "particu-
larly passages in Isaiah"
"What's the matter with it?" asked
Mrs. Smith.
at don't render it correctly. For
instance, take this passage: He was
afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth.
That is incorrect"
"Well, John, how should it read?'
"Why, it should read; He was af-
flicted because he could not make his
wife shut her mouth.'
Hostilities began Immediately.
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wilkins star Proverbs.

Give the devil his dude.
Many man is fool for revenue
only.
Sunbeams support the floor Of heav-
en-,
The waste basket is mightor than
the pen.
Silence is the gold plating fora FOOLS
tongue.
The drunkard's thread OF life is
wound on reel.
When hope dies the devil adds an
other scalp to his belt.
Splitting heirs is nothing new. Sol
ONION attempted it,
And he said "Let there be elite"
and the "lirst family" bounded into.
the wold
Hope builds a nest in mans heart
where disappointment matches its
brood.
A little learning in a fool like scanty
powder i'll large gun will sometimes
make considerable noise.
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The CIuNerIus Case.

RICHMOND VA, June l5.-It is said
on good authority that Mrs. Tunstoll,
aunt Of I. J. Cluverius, convicted of
the murder Of Lillian Madison, has ac-
knowledged her belief that her neph-
ew betrayed Miss Madison, but denies
that he killed the girl. 1t is under
stood cluverius has written an adj
dress, which he will deliver to the
court when he appears there to have
sentence OF death pronounced upon
him.
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NIIss Cleveland Criticised.

New YORK, June 15.-At a meeting
of the Holy Name society attached to
st. Anthony's Roman Catholic
Church, Manhattan avenue, Green
point, held yesterday afternoon, Rev.
Father O'iare delivered an address,
in which he uttered sharp criticism
upon Miss Cleyeland's remarks in her
new book OF essays touching upon
nuns and monastaries.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-20

She had a voice like a siren wheH
she sang:
@'Mid play sure, sea pal aces though heam
Rome,
BE it sverse, oh wum bull there, snow play sly
comb.
II, arm from thesk eseseam stew wallow a
sheer
Witch seek through the whirl disneerm ct
twithel swear!"
Thore wasn't u dry eye in the taber-
nacle, but If the programme hadn't
said in clear unmistakable print that
she was going to sing Sweet Home"
man might have thought his teeth
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Obituaries.
JESSE HUMPHREYS.

jesse Humphreys was born en- the
waters Of Boon's Greek, Washington
county, Tenn, April Q, 1909 and de-
parted this life April 10, 1885. Short
ly after his marriage with Miss Eliza
Smyth, of Jonesboro, he joined the
Baptist church at that place after
which he bought land and moved into
Carter county, and united with tho
Baptist church of Christ there, where
he lived a consistent christian forty
years. He believed that it took tn
precious blood Of Jesus to clense a
guilty soul. He raised six children
around the old family altar, that be-
lieved in the same faith, viz. without
the shedding OF blood there is no re-
mission Of sins, not Of work lost,
every one should boast" We are
taught Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord. for they shall rest from
their labors, and their works do follow
them. Like old Paul he has finished
his course, and henceforth there is
laid up for him crown of unfading
glory. He leaves kind and loving
wife and five dear children, and many
relations and kind friends who mourn
our loss, but its his eternal gain, and
while he is enjoying the smiles of Je-
sus and bright radiant angels, and
basking in the sunlight of Heaven
oh, may we all haze the spirit ol
Christ and SO live and act in this life
that when we come to die, we can die
in the triumph of endearing faith, and
reign with him above the sky.
IS. H.
c. f. AND JULIA A. BUTTERwoRTH
Charles +. Butterworth was born
March 81, 1888 and departed this life
April the Sth 1885. He died Will
pneumonia fever after an illness o.
nine days. He was thus snatched
away the prime Of life. He was {
member of the NJ. + Church and LIVED
and died a consistent christian, ht
loved Jesus and all of Gods people
was kigd and loving husband, h,
leaves many relatives and dear friends
to mourn his departure.
Mrs. Julia A., wife Of C. T.. Butter
worth, was born June 1st 1919 ant
died April 10th 1885. She was {
daughter OF Jessie Humphreys anC
was married to G. f. Butterworth tn,
26th of Nov. 1868. She was not
member OF any Church, but rather
held to that of her husband, and wa.
a good christian hearted woman, ant
loved all who tried to do right, an,
them that lived by the Golden Rul'
ITO ito unto others as yOa Would ho
they shduld do INTO you." She dice
from (child bed) fever and grief from
the loss OF her husband. She leaves
family of seven children, and man,
near and dear friends to mourn 70
her. But let us not mourn as thos
that have no hope, for some good da,
we shall meet them in tho sweet b,
and by the far away home of the soul
J. S. III.
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Hamblen and Unicoi.

IIHIIUItII HIIU UHICOI,
9. The Second Chanccry Division
shall comprise the following countie.
Knox, Campbell, Sever, Union, Al !.
derson, Blount, Roane, Loudon, Nor
gan and Scott
3, The Third Chancery Divisi,
shall comprise the follow counties.
Bradley, Polk, Rhea, Marion, McMmn,
Hamilton, James, Monroe, Meigs,
Bledsoe. Sequatchie, Van Buren,, Coi-
fee and Grundy.
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What Fools.

The following interesting conversa-
ton between two young couples oc-
Cured in the ladies' wating-room of
the Sixth Avenue Elevated Road on
Sunday evening. They were waiting
for train:
First young man-We are about to
take ride on the Sixth Avenue ag-
gravated road. Ha! ha! ha! ha!
First young women-My, how worry
smart we are this evening. He! he!
he! heI
Second young man-0h, strike me
with sweet violet. Ha! ha! hal
ha!
First young man-As we journey
through life, let us live by the way.
Hal hal hal ha!
First young women (whispcring to
second young women-He! he! hel
he!
Second young women-IIe! he!
he! he!
Second young man Whispering to
first young man)-Mum's the word,
old fel. He! he! he! he!
First young women with mock
dignity)-It's not polite to whisper in
the presence OF ladies. He! he! hcs
he!
First young man Clipping his hat
quietly-ErcSses moi, ladies, but it's
not polite to whisper in the presence
OF gents. Ha! hal ha! ha!
Second young lady-Ladies belong
to the privileged sex, He! he! het
he!
Second young man (bowing pro-
foundly)-Wc bow to the the ladies;
az the divine Bill says in his para
disc Lost'--a mans man for athat.
Ha! ha! ha. ha.
First young woman-How very
cleyah! He! he! he! he!
First young man (sings)-Doosid
clevah, oh, so clevah Ha! ha, ha!
Ia!
Second young man (starting up)-.
Ladies, the train arriveth; let us be
orr. Ha! ha! ha! ha!
Both young women-Oh, amt YOU
orful He! hel he! he!
They were fashionably dressed.
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JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.

!. The First Judicial Circuit shall
comprise the following counties :
johnson, Carter, Sullivan, Washing
ton, Unicoi, Greene, Hawkins and
Hancock.
2. The Second Judicial District
shall comprise the following counties :
Claiborne, Campbell, Granger, Union,
Hamblen, Jefferson, Cooke, Anderson
and Sever.
3. Criminal and Law District OF
Knox county and the Criminal Judge
Of Knox county shall hold the Circuit
or Law Court OF said county.
4. The Third Judicial Circuit shall
comprise the following counties
Blount, Monroe, Loudon, Roam. Nor
gan and Scott
5. The Fourth Judicial Circuit shall
comprise the following counties
Bradley, Polk, Meigs, Rhca, Bledsoe
sequatchie, MErion, Hamilton Ne
MINI and james
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uondIy nos - Candidate.

NEW York, June l+-HOedly, of
Ohio, when asked ifhe would be a r.2'sa Sc -
didate for reelection, said Il shall not
be a candidate, my objections are
purely personaland not due to any
d0lbt that the democratic party will
elect its candidate .
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-20
Historical Eten- About Hair.

The Romans never adopted long
hair, considering it effeminatc.
Mr.. Cleveland is the first President
who has ever worn only a mustashe.
Kings and mobiles among the Franks
were distinguished by long hair.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce refused
to here a barrister because he had
beard
1t is said that Cynoisius, the tyrant,
singed his beard off with hot walnut
shells.
False hair was worn ages ago. IL
was preached against by the fathers of
the church, but to no purpose.
Red hair became popular under the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth, and has
continued more or less so ever since.
Red hair, in general, was an avoP-
sion to the ancients, a mark of repro
baton, even before the time of Judas
Black hair was not highly esteemed
by the ancients, the possessors of it
being thought jealous and quarrel
some
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The Redistrictin IsiII.

The following is copied from the Of
fetal act pertaining to Judicial cir
cults and Charcery divisions in East
Tennessee.
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cnAxcKRY DIVISIONS.

/. johnson, Carer, Washington,
Sullivan, Hawkins, Greene, Hancock,
Claiborne. Grange !, Jefferson, Cooke,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19
POLITICAL POINTS.

Mr.. William Walter Phelps, one OF Mr.. Blaine'a
right-hand men In the last election, has expressed
himself 10 the effect that "Presdent Cleveland Ia
going TO give very good administration 10 the
country hut very bad one for his party" Any one
except purblind politician would see that this
Involves contradiction Of TERMS Boston Heraid
(Ind)
The amount OF respect such politicians as William
Walter Phelps have for the people is shown by his
statement that the strength Mr.. Cleveland will draw
from the masses by his giving the country I" very
good administration al Mr.. Phelps terms it, will
not equal the losses he Will incur by the alienation
OF party managers. Thata the Phelps idea of Re
publcansm-we Will not say the Blaine ideal
they Will vote against their best Interests, as Mr..
Phelps assumes. The history OF our national elec.
tlons, as whole, proves this 10 be Islander upon
the nation, and an absurd deluson unworthy Of be-
Ing entertained by any well-inforIned person.
Boston 1rdHscript Uep)
Replying TO the resolutions OF the Massachu husetts
Ciyil Service Reform League ON the Pearson case,
the Boston Herald Qnd.) says: "The League ap-
pears 10 overlook the propriety aud the Justice OF
.unparlisaDizinR' the public service, as q candid
Republican paper has called the process OF securing
an equilibrium by appointing Democrats 10 some OF
the Ofilces that nave now been filled exclusively
with Republicans for twenty-four years II the ser
vice were now on business basis, we should Join Ia
aaking that every faithful and competent ofical
should be reappointed. But the service was thor
ougnly partisan when President Cleveland came into
oce, aud TO reappoint all the incumbents would be
TO peTpetuate partisan basis"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19

For many months English writers have
been discussing projects for an Imperial
Federation. All have admitted the need OF
some stronger tie between the colonies and
the motherland and the right of the colonies
TO voice in the determination of interna-
tional questions in which their interests are
involved. But we did not know that the
government was actually engaged in matur-
ing the final details Of a measure which
viewed from any point presents peculiar diff
ficulties. Last week, however, came the an
nouncement that Lord Derby. the Colonial
Secretary, having satisfactorily concluded
his correspondence on the subject, would soon
introduce a federation bill in Parliament.
Before such a union could be consummated
we had hoped that Canada would fall peace.
fully into our own Federal Union, which Is
e,hnographically. geographically, and com.
mercially her home. But aside from this
aspiration for the manifest destiny of Eng
lish speaking North America, we can only
rejoice in the great step forward which will
be taken in the Federation of Great Britain
and her colonies. What an empire, and how
vast its possibilities, when the union is COM
pleted
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19

The country lying on the northward slopes
of the Paropamisus, and affording access to
its passes for force advancing upon Herat,
has hitherto been almost unexplored. Cor
respondents with General Sir Peter Lums
den's delimitation expedition, which COM
prised full corps of surveyors, botanists,
and linguists, have recently published full
accounts of their observations. The country
in which they spent the winter, at Bala
Murghab, forty miles from Pepjdeh, consists
of series of fertile valleys, tributary to those
of the Khushk and Murghab, the two latter
uniting at Ak Tapa, few miles below
Penjdeh. Flowing north the united stream
soon enters the desert which, some seventy to
eighty miles in width, separates this district
from the Merv oasis. Owing to its disturbed
condition the whole of this slope north of
the Paropamisus is but thinly populated, but
it is extremely fertile, and the remains of
numerous old canals and other evidences of
irrigation show that it was formerly much
more populous, and that with order restored
it could be made to sustain a very great
number of agriculturists.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19

The strategic Importance of the Badghis
region is this As military men know, each
forward step of modern army. especially
when the country invaded cannot be relied
upon to furnish supplies, involves halt and
the accumulation in depots of materials for a
fresh advance. More than elsewhere, as
Russia's experience shows, is this true in
Central Asia. At Penjdeh she has probably
gone as far as she we'll can at present. But
securely placed in the fertile foothills be-
tween the Khushk and Murghab, which will
rapidly be made productive and capable OF
affording all the necessary forage and food,
while their railway is brought up to sarakhs
and Merv, the Russians can take Herat
whenever they get ready.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19

Last week our London kilograms brought
the astonishing intelligence that peace would
probably be secured by conceding Penjdeh to
the Russians. This, il true, is the most dis
graceful act of Gladstone's career, and
achieved in the most discreditable manner
possible, since it would have been infinitely
more decent to have found out at the start
and without all the cowardly bluster that has
passed what would content Russia and to have
conceded 1t frankly. In giving up Penjdeh
the British government have done most
inglorious thing, involving faithlessness to
an ally they were bound by treaty to protect,
and have done it in the clumsiest possible
way. The surrender of this position ap-
parently gives Russia all she desires and all
that she can proftably hold at the present
time.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19
RANDOM WRITINGS.

| There Is promise of plenty of amusement this
summer, IL the season of light opera arranged at
both our theatres is carried ont n onVht IN be :.
successful venture. ANY concession to the popular
demand for good low-prced entertainment hs. heen
so far financial success and there seems IN he mn
reason why olerable representations of light onera
should not be given and wel!-patronzed al twenty
| aye-cept admission II tho tba,trea can on,v ~.
nrobsbIv h. veIi n,,ed A. ann 90 =, ,.r "'.'
| added attyaction tn the snmmers On Uash,n.,a,, 49,
That loht and eGerveacen, s,v,. y, o,,nsaraan, q,
well adan,en IN nasa owav an n,oas,ana,
evening. The snda water season y,lI rorn a,
proprIately he the Iight onera gsason a,so sn,
donbtless tho merry hrIsrnaos ,,hio,, ot 49, a So
beverage so nonuIar yyI aIsn oor,,'or ,o r , nn"'
mept as hot weather recreation
There is nothing which shows tho poysr y, nv
annie like an nnbrel,a I'm c,on,v ,no,n,n, so,no
person fancies dron NJ rain has ,aIen h,s a. har
| The moment mat raised nmhrella Ia sosn M, no a
| half dozen others. and in a moment everv one
within sight who ia carrvinu an nmhr.IIa naa nm, II,
| up and those who have none are uneasIIv ,natin,
haste TO get through their bnsness and undar she,
| ter. In the meantime the n.vement r.m,Ina drv
and the randroD which raised the or.t umhrslia
may he the only one maj hag fallen Assn ,n.,anco
| of the power of one human nina over other. va
! commend This umhrella cns,nm IN Mr. IJoyav
whose Interesting little booK on - Mind READING ana
| Beyond - mas attracted so mnch a,tentIon Some n,
the experiments of the Society for Physical Rc
search recorded In tbia volnma a,a i,,a,o.,ino a1
cnrons Tho snhiect i,saIt IA n ,,gc,na,in, GO
Every,bIny ,bat ssyora M un,na ,n,s,ar,ans i
| taxes the human fancy which can nevar he on,,a
/ dlscplIned ont of a sort of delight I'm mo yn,,ar
| natural
The Ideal Opera Company closed It's Boston Gu.
u
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19

One of the most perplexing obstacles which
will be encountered in reforming the De-
partments consists in the holding of clerk
ships by women who possess neither the ca
pacity nor inclination to render any return
for the salaries they draw, but who are SO
strongly intrenched with "infu uence " that
chief clerks and heads of bureaus are power
less even to enforce the ordinary rules of at
tendance in their cases, while the heads of
Departments do not dare to remove them
Respectable Washington journals have OF
course refused to open their columns to the
communications they receive on this subject,
and for that reason are generally without
exac. details as to persons and bureaus, but
most of them have consigned to the waste
basket enough letters to convince them that
where there is so much smoke there may be
some fire. They will await with considera-
BILE interest to see how the reform besoms
oscillate when they encounter this myste-
rious obstacle.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-19

Lsymen may be unable to comprehend the
plain provisions of an organic law, and there
is, in fact, no need of analyzing the legal
subtleties by which the explicit language of
the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitu
tion is supposed to have been overcome to
the extent of qualifying Messrs. Lawton and
Jackson to hold any Office under the United
States" 1t needs neither the eye of a
lawyer nor prophet, however, to see what
extremely bad politics it will be for Demo.
cratic administration to nullify a constitu-
tional amendment by an Attorney Generals 5
argument. Besides the difficulties to be en-
countered from public opinion, it should not
be forgotten that latitudinarian constructions
of law officers are often upset by courts of
last resort.