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, 1885-04-19
rhe Forelen MONEY! Market.

LONDON, April ls.-The stock market
to-day closed fiat and unsettled, the bears
having stopped re-buying. The uncasi-
ness in regard to the political situation
has revived. Russian securities closed |
per cent lower. Spanish securities were
depressed by vague rumors of an impend-
ing revolution in Madrid.
, 1885-04-19

LONDON, April ls.-The British adj
miralty have been in successful negotia-
ton with the Gillian navy. -Four second
class torpedo boats have already been
bought, and orders have been issued for
the immediate dispatch of these torpedo
boats to V~ancouvers island for use in the
North Pacific ocean in an emergency.
, 1885-04-19

When you feel that you had beer born
tired and never got fully rested, take a
dose of st. Patrlck's Pills. They viii
cleanse your system and regulate your
liver. Then you will realize the vigor of
health and enjoy using your latent energy.
Sold by w. N. Hunt
, 1885-04-19

The Distribution Cigar store at Denver,
will pay 5000 to any charitable in
stitution in Wyoming if any of the adver-
tised brands of Nickel Cigars will equal in
quality OF value the s. NJ. S. brand.
This brand can only be found at c. c.
Peabody's, two doors west of post office,
who has the sole control of the S. NJ. s.
cigars here. RI.
, 1885-04-19
ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT.

To close out oar entire
STOCK; Of Clothing, Hats,
Caps, Boots, Shoes, sV'atch-
es and Jes1eITy, and ia fact
oar entire stock at your
OlCn prices. This is no hum
bug bat a pOsiEice closing
ont sale. IL sUtH pay TO exam
inc oar prices before psErch-
astng eIselChere. AUCTION
sale eUery eUeHiHg at :
O'IOckD. KIN ES.fWcEtO1I
Room.
, 1885-04-19

Sheep have been in large supply and
prices no more than sustained. A good
many sheep were wanted, but offerings
were rather more than equalto the demand.
The market has averaged about steady at
So. 00a5.O0 for poor to choice lots.
, 1885-04-19

w. Elliot, the best horse sheer in the
city, is at the old stand on Eighteenth and
Themes street. He employs only first
class workmen, oversees all work, and
guarantees satisfaction or no pay. He
makes a specially of first class horse shoe
ing in all its branches.
, 1885-04-19

CHICAGO. April IS. - Cattle receipts
$4,000; fairly active and steady, 1850 to
$50 pound steers, $4.40@5. so; 1850 to
1900 pound steers, s.. 40@6 90; stockers
and feeders. 49, 0(G4.S so.
, 1885-04-19

WASHINGTON, April l3.-The secre-
tary of state has received a dispatch from
the United States consul at Madrid saying
he is informed by the director general of
health that there is no cholera in Spain,
and that the cases recently reported in
theprovince Of Valencia are not cholera.
, 1885-04-19

Sealed proposals for blowing, leveling,
seeding and rolling the city park, will be
received at my office until noon ofTuesday,
April 81, 1885. Estimated cost $3.50.
Specifications may be seen at my office on
and after Monday, Goth instant. The
committee reserves the right to reject any
or all bids. j. S. TAYLOR.
Chairman Committee on City Park.
, 1885-04-19

The I0test nocefFy fss .jeaC-
elry Is a baby fcfth tia
9AOHd bonnet and eyes, at
Zehmei', Jackson n BHech-
Mel.'s. ~
, 1885-04-19

am receiving my spring stock and
would request a look before purchasing
elsewhere. Polack, the clothier.
, 1885-04-19

Adjoining town for horses and cattle,
short or long time. Inquire at RINER &
IOHNsON.
, 1885-04-19

Gardening work done and bitches ex-
cavated by Charles McGarvey, corner
Nineteenth and Themes streets.
, 1885-04-19

Cattlemen are requested to go to Pc
lacks before Quitting.
, 1885-04-19

A big row at Clark and Chatterton's.
High prices get a black eye. Come and
, 1885-04-19

See the immense spring
stock Of fine goods at Zeh-
ner.. jackson = BNechner's.
, 1885-04-19

Knights of Labor meet every Monday
night at 7;30in the Idelnan block.
, 1885-04-19

The annual meeting Of the Leader Prin-
ting Company will be held at the office Of
A. II. Reel. on Tuesday evening, April
81, at s o'clock, for the election of officers
and transaction of such business as may
come before the meeting.
A. II. REEL, Pres.
}. NJ. ToNPKINs, Secy.
, 1885-04-19

LosT-A gentleman's scarf pin. Please
return to George G. Masten.
, 1885-04-19

Ladies' misses and children's para
sols, Of the latest styles and lowest prices.
at VIM. Myers.
, 1885-04-19

All the latest news and periodicals at
Hollis.
, 1885-04-19

You cum save money
By buying your clothing,
S~eRtJeJneD'S furnishing
goods, etc., at N. Marks,
SUcceSSorito MARKS and
Myers, cor. Eddy and
Seventeenth street.
, 1885-04-19

Spring suits in all grades and prices at
Polacks.
, 1885-04-19
WILL SELL

My entire stock of ladies' misses and
children's spring wraps at eastern prices.
VIM. Myers.
~ u,,.
, 1885-04-19

Order your coal from Riner K johnson
Telephone l02.
, 1885-04-19

WANrED-A girl for general housework.
Apply to Mrs. Bert Richie, 444 Six
tenth street. r
, 1885-04-19

For fine watch repairing,
DAVID MILLER, Idleman block.
, 1885-04-19
OWE WEEK
NetIce to contractorr.

| will sell colored silks at one dollar per
yard. worth Sl,40. Vim Myers.
, 1885-04-19

WANTED-Boarders at Sachs new res
taurant, formerly Kapp's old stand.
, 1885-04-19

For RENT-Two furnished rooms with
or without board. Mrs. O. p. Goodwin.
No. 1893 Twenty first street.
, 1885-04-19
GRE.aT

One yard wide bleached muslin at six
cents per yard at VIM. Myers.
, 1885-04-19

House for c No. $50 Fifteenth
street. ~ElGH
, 1885-04-19

For RENT. Houses, stable room for
twenty-six horses, with hay loft 25 by 40
feet; also store room So by So feet. Ap:
ply to VIM. Murphy, cor. O'Neil and
Twentieth streets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
Grandfather on Ladies Dresses.


about spring, said grandfather Lick
single, as he laid down the paper
with the inevitable poem, "but some-
how the boys do not get into the meat
Of the subject. OF course, it's nice to
talk about the birds, the budding
trees, an. that kind of thing, I'm
ninety, if Pm q day, and / can write
this sort Of stuffmyself, For instance.
And then the naples, rec. as blosd,
With leaf and bud
crimson flood
Hang their curtains the wood
"Why don't they let the trees and
brooks alone an write something
about women2 What's loyelier in the
budding spring-time than pretty
woman, PdElike to know? Spring,
with her merry laugh an dancin' feet
has left me far behind, an bleak win
ter is leadin' me down to the church
yard; but the sight OF pretty woman
comes to me like aglimpse ofparadise,
The trees, the flowers, an the mead
ows are beautiful-in;spring. There's
no denyin' that. But when q hand
some woman throws off her winter
wraps an steps forth in her dainty new
spring costume your grandfather
throws up his hands an, quits right
there. Saw one yesterday. She wore
awhile null suit, with red rose on
her breast, an she took away my
breath as she passed me by.
a fair maid, simply drest
With pure half-tlmid air;
A wild rose on her breast
A lily In her hair
"The rustic of her new gown wal
like the twitter of birds. All, my boys
that was harbinger OF spring. You
bluebird, your robin and your dais!
are nowhere. Flowers are never s,
pretty as when worn by pretty wo
man. A bunch OF violets lying OIL
your table is something to make gla,
the heart, but pinned on waman'
corsage it is chaos come again!
Don't forget that l am an old mar
and can say these things, whicl
would not look we'll in younger ma,
to say. l may, therefore, observe tina
il will soon be time for the slimsy ur
crushable girl in white null to al
poar in'open sleeves-slit up the sidC
with daintyribbon of lace inserted
kind of open lattice-work, you know
Well, that arrangement meets wit
your grandfather's approval. 1t
pretty, and I'm sure it must be con
Portable. About that time look OIL
for low-cut shoes and other invention
from the better world.
Eyes, indeed, you will always fin
me in favor Of woman making he
self attractive. If she can break
mans heart across the street there
divine, unwritten law which cor
mands her to do it. Let her bedeC
herself in pretty spring garments u
til the lilies courtesy as she goes b
And as she walks forth these fragral
afternoons the very bricks that fe
the pit-a-pat Of her iunty heels W
thrill and throb like human hearts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02

A matter Of taste-strong butter,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02

Charles Emery Smiths Dickinson College
Address.

! am not here to dethrone any cher
ished idols. / share the general rev.
crence for the greatness OF the past,
despite Its blemishes but in the COM
parison I deny the decay and demon
alization and depravity Of our times.
We suffer from evils which our faith
ers could not know evils which have
come with the growth of wealth and
population and power; from specula-
tive greed and corporate aggrandize-
ment and ring rapacity from the vices
OF great cities and the conflict OF
great interests, But, in spite Of all
this, the level Of the age is higher.
The werld is everywhere moveing for
ward. Before Waterloo the code OF
Europe was the law OF conquest or
the balance OF power; now it is the
law OF nationality or natural affinity.
Bismarck proclaims to-day in the
Diet" said Lieber a dozen years back,
"the very principles for which we
were hunted and sxiled fifty years
ago" Burke, looking across the chan.
ael, said al see chasm in the place
of France" and Mirabeau thundered
back: at is the chasm Of the volca-
noe" But France, after the convul
sions Of hundred years. has closed
the abyss and become stable repub
lie. And in England, how great the
progress from the profligate days O
Walpole to the moral forces of Glad
stone and from the rotten borough O
Old Sarum to the reform which adds
two millions to the body Of electors
In our own country the average o
intelligence and morality is steadily
advancing. The general politica
and moral tone is improving. If th'
mountain peaks do not seem to towe,
like the Chimboraxos Of the past it il
because we are up on the table lands
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02

"The prairies of the West are great
places for wind" said a telegraph OPP
orator. II used to have station out
in Nebraska, right out on the open
prairie, and the way the wind blowed
there was q caution. But it was a
lucky wind for me. At a station about
thirteen miles west my girl lived, and
as / had no Sunday trains or business
of any kind used to go up there and
stay over Sunday. But a livery horse
from Sunday night to Monday morn
ing cost me too much money, and so
| rugged up a sail on an old tie-car,
All ! had to do Saturday night was to
hoist my sail, push that tie-ear out on
the main track and in less than an
hour ] was at my journeys end. Fol-
more than year / went to see my
girl every Saturday night by means Of
that sail-car. Pretty sleek, vast it?"
eyes, pretty sleek. But do you
mean to say that the wind bowed in
the same direction every Saturday
night during all that timer"
"Of course I don't"
"Well, how did you manage it those
nights when it blew in the other di
rection?"
easy enough. | had another CIR
at a station fifteen miles east"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
He Forgot a Little FormaIitX.

A Well-Known gentleman of this,
city who holds public office OF con-
siderable Importance and honor al
thongt not extraordinary productive
OF emoluments, is victim OF defective
memory. He lately spent some time
in New York, and while there in fur
therance of political or some other
end, arranged to give an elaborate din
ner to a numerous and distinguished
company. The appointed evening ar
rived, the collation., an elegant one was
all ready to be served, but the guest
came not. Half an hour passed, and
still they did not come, and the host
become really uneasy. When the de-
lay has grown to an hour, and not a
man of them had shown up, his feeling
were indescribable. And who can
picture his agony of spirit when, re-
turning to his hotel room he chance
ed to pull open a drawer and therein
found the whole bundle of invitations
which he had forgotten to send out
Buffalo Courier.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
Cleveland Likes Hot Weather.

! only know one man who has been
able to keep cool through these broil-
ing days. That is President Cleveland.
You would think that man of his
build would suffer with heat. l was
asked the other day whether it had
not practically incapacitated him
from work. Nothing could be further
from the fact He rather likes the
heat. 1t seems to make him feel bet
ter rather than worse. All healthy
people who perspire freely are affected
by it in this way. Certain it is that
the President has worked right along
every day and night this week with
out the least apparent inconvenience,
doing, as usual, twice as much as any
one man ordinarily does. He does
not seem to feel the need of rest (al-
though he would like more exercise),
and he has postponed all thoughts Of
an outing"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
The Antique Waist.

l believe it is said that the corset
was not unknown to Rome, but it is
clear that the Greek and Roman wo-
men, as whole, were quite convinced
that the human form was itself beau
tiful, so that they made no attempt to
disfgure it by compression or addi-
ton. Young girls were dressed sim
ply, chastity and yet elegantly, in the
flowing stola, slightly open at the
threat, and occasionally falling in two
sets of folds. On the eve Of marriage
they were clad in white robe called
the regilla After that event they
wore the girdle, which the Roman
matrons generally placed beneath the
bosom. Sometime s it was band and
at other times a chord tied in bow
over which the folds OF the upper part
Of the dress fell gracefully. Among
the Greeks, though not infrequently
worn as just described, it was otter
placed lower down; occasionally the
stola was bound about the bosom by {
band passing over the right shoulder
and under the left breast. This gave
the right arm liberty for action, anC
it was only for this object, or fol
speedy motion, that the waist core
ever seems to have been drawn very
tight. So little did the Greek and RO
man women think OF the waist tina
in great numbers of draped statues
their mantles are so arranged as tt
hide it altogether.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
.Tudge Bond nnd tI,e MEDIUM.

A good story of Judge Bond, of the
United States District Court, is told
by one of his western friends. 1t oc-
cured in Boston in 1877 The two
went to call on a medium. They were
showed many wonders, and at last
the Judge was told to write a list of
names ON slip OF paper, and stop
when the accustomed tap on the ia
BILE was heard. When he got to the
middle Of the list violent blow was
struck. on the table. Thereupon a
long conversation ensued between the
Judge and the materialized spirit, in
which were rehearsed many astonish-
ing facts (most ofwhich the judge had
ingeniously managed to drop in the
opening of the conversation with the
medium.) Finally the exhibitor sus-
pected something, and the esprit" alb
ruptly departed.
Then the Judge fell into brown
study, from which it was difficult to
rouse him. Suddenly looking up, he
said with the most admirably assum-
ed air of establishment and conviction
"This is the most remarkable thing ]
ever dreamed Of | almost doubt the
power of Omnipotence to equal it.
"Ah,' says the medium, n can show
you greater things than that" Fur
ther conversation ensued in similar
vein, when Judge Bond burst GU
with: "But tell you, sir, l chal
lenge the Almighty to do such thing
Why, sir, can you believe it? I lief
that gentleman not twenty MINUTES
| ago on the steps Of the Parker Housed
At this the medium became natural,
furious, and exclaimed; 81 told YOU
to write the names of dead men Oh
that list" "No, replied the judg
with look of childlike simplicity
you did not. You told me to writ
the names of friends, and I did SC
There isn't the name of single dea
: man on that list" 1t is needless t,
add that the Judge and his friend dc
parted without ceremony.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02

Has attained standard of excellence which
lAmits Of no superior.
1t contains every improvement that inventive
Eenius, skill and money can produce.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
Extract From. "a Late Novel.

Extract from Emile Zolos last nov
ell: "Rain was falling in Paris. He
was hungry. He was as hungry as a
wolf. He wanted something to eat.
He wanted it bad. Rain was falling.
The river roared. 1t reared loud.
The man leaned over the bridge. He
was hungry. The rain ceased. The
man left the bridge. He could not
take it with him. He could not
have disposed Of it, He had been
fasting. The pawn shops were closed.
Through the lace curtains he saw peo-
pie eating. 1t seems that thay came
there TO eat. The man was hungry.
The rain had ceased. The bridge still
remained in its place. The curtain
was partly drawn aside. He saw a
soldier eating canned eel. He wanted
somo ,Peor fool His mouth water
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
Thus Runs the World Away.

Nurse to fashionable mother.-The
baby very restless, ma'am. / can't do
anything with her.
f. M,-She's teething, suppose?
N.-Yes,m. l think if you was to
take her in your arms little while it
might soothe her.
F, MI? Impossible. l haven't
the time to spare. am just making
ready to attend a meeting Of the So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children. Give baby some paregoric.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
TIugo,s Ideas orrutare Life.

Victor Hugo was always convinced
that he would meet all his friends in
another worls He was eaqually sure
that he had always existed from the
antediluyian times when his Crea-
tor placed him on the earth. He be-
lieyed that he would exist forever
inasmuch Us he felt in his soul thous-
ands OF hymns, dramas and poems
that had neverfound expression. When
the atheists would say to him; "The
proof that you will not exist in the
future is that you did not exist in the
past" Hugo would answer: "Who
told you did not exist in past cen
turtles? You will say that is the legend
of the ages. The poet has written
Life is fairy tale twice written He
might have said a thousand times writ
ten. There is not an age in which |
cannot find my spirit. You do not be-
lieye in doctrine Of surviving person
alities for the reason that you do
not recollect your anterior existence,
But how can the recollection of van
ished ages remain imprinted on youl
memory when you do not remember a
thousand and one scenes and events
of your present life? Since 1907
there have been ten Victor Hugos in
me. Do you think l can recall all
their actions and all their thoughts
The tomb is dark, and when | shall
have passed the tomb to emerge into
light once more all these Victor HUI
COS will be almost wholly strangers tC
me, but it will always be the SAME
soul"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
what He would Look like.

"What do you suppose I'd look like
ii l iumped?" said young fellow to
his girl as they stood looking out OF
window in the steeple of Trinity
Church.
Gazing at the youth and then glanc-
ing down on Broadway she replied
81 think you'd look just like gum
drop IN desert
He didn't jump.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02

ed. That is all it could do, How he
wished it could bread as wen as wa
ter But it couldn't People met
him. His pinched face gave them
the impression that he was drunk.
He was not. He was hungry. He
could find no work. He was too hon
est to beg and not proud enough to
steal He was in bad fix, The
rain had ceased. His mouth watered,
The Soldier continued to eat picked
eel. Poor fool,"-Arkansaw Traveller
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
The Great Eastern and the Ark

The exact size of Noah's ark has
not been determined definitely, but
according to Sir Isaac Newton's cal
calculations, based on his estimate of
the length OF a cubit in feet and inch
es, the historical barge must have
been 1882 feet long, 1894 wide and
51.56 deep. The measured tonnage
of the ark was 1922. The Great
Eastern was $50 feet long, SO feet wide
and SO feet deep and she measured 28,-
093 tons. Although the Great East
ern was not so well proportional as
the ark she probably had double the
carrying capacity if her coal and ma
chinery were left out of her, because
she was made Of iron and the ark was
wooden ship.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02
How She Killed Him.

do you see that stylish and hand
some lady over there?"
"My, amt she a daisy? Who is she2"
"Old Skinhint's widow. She kill
ed him before they had been married
six months"
Goodness gracious. Did she shoot
him in the head?'
eNo. She stabbed him in the pock-
ct book,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-02

Horatio Seymour has many histori-
cal relics. When he wants to he can
sit in a chair that belonged to Daniel
Webster, look out of window which
was once in Faneuil Hall and warm
his feet at fireplace OF tiles taken
from the house Of John Jay at Al
bany.
A matter Of taste--strong butter,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-20
WAEE ED.

I NOR SALE-A lair OF ROLLER
4 skates. Amply Ut this office. nl-tt
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-20
HOTICEs.

AyOTICE-I IN CONFORMITY WITH
IN the provisions OF an Act OF the Gen.
erai a assembly of the State of Delaware,
passed at Dover, March l4th, 1888, entitled
" An Act Concerning Private Corporations, "
notice is hereby given thata certificate in
cooperating corporation to be known as
So he Citizens Rink and Natatorium Com
paDy " the purposes OF which incorporation
being the bus iness OF managing and con-
Quoting roller skating rink, a natatorium
or swimming school and a gymnasium, and
of purchasing and Sc ling such articles Of
merchandise as relate to such business, will
on the 30th day Of May, A. ID. 1885, at 10 o.
clock, q. M, be presented to the Honorable
William q. Whiteloy, Associate Judge of tn Q
superior Court ofthe stats OF Delaware. in
and for the county Of New Castle, at cham
bers, for his approval. TIC principal place
OF busins ss of said proposed corporation will
be in the c,ty OF Wilmington, New Castle
County and State of Delaware. The per-
sons intending to apply for Incorporation as
aforesaid. all CT whom reside in the said
city OF Whining ton, are
WILLIAM v. BOND,
DeHAVEN NORRIS,
JOSEPH X. ID. SEEDS,
WILLIAM +. SEEDS,
J. ELDRIDfE PIERCE,
EDWARD FORREST
CORNELIUS X 4ARRETSON.
A. WAGAIiS E.. Atty. nly10t
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-20

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, writing of the slaves of Timbuctoo
says: This girl was being brought in
by the Morocco gate, on the road from
the city of Morocco. She was nude,
comely of face and figure, with large,
dreamy, lovely eyes and streaming long
black hair. Her color was of the Oliyian
type, which shows the red blood cours-
ing IL the veins. She was of medium
height and aged about sixteen Years.
-Four Ola Arab dealers, :" CARRIED in all
the gktter and tinsel of the Orient,
guarded this girl as if she were an ANA.
ION of strength and powers. One old
Arab III q loud voice cried out her merits
and nationality Us they passed on to the
centre u the town. Hating, the whole
party were suddenly surrounded by in
tending buyers, both Christian and
pagan. l,hey came up to the croucling
girl. pnlled her arms to and fro, opened
her mouth and looked at her teeth, made
her stand erect, and then baggled over
the price ."She is worth $780," say
the Arab dealers III one simultaneous cry,
81 but will let her go for 100 if you take
her now" Our drngonlan translates and
tells how she will go to Egypt and fetch
900 ut first bid