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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
Loves YOung Dream

Kosciusko Murphy has been pay
ing his addresses to Miss Birdie Nc
Ginnis, the belle of Austin. He called
Yesterday at the McGinnis mansion,
and Miss Birdie received him in the
parlor,
'Do you konw that an eligible Gent
asked your father this morning for
your hand in marriage? asked Kos
ciusko,
"Was II old Judge Smith, who is so
rich ?" asked Miss Birdie, her eyes
sparkling with anticipation,
"No Guess again"
"Was it that handsome young bank
clerk, Skipaway?"
"No, it was better looking man
than he ever dared to be-
"Then l can't imagine who it was,'
said Miss Birdie.
at was me, Birdie"
"Youl" she exclaimed twining her
! seIi q few times around his neck. 90
my deerest Kosciusko, I've loved you
ever since first saw YOU"
N. B. Kosciusko has lately ialler
heir to u sheep rancho.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
QnttIe Raisers,

aPHIEADElPHIA, A,-Artieles OF moor
the Union Land and Gra-
sing Company has been filed in the
Office oflthe Camden County Clerk by
Benjamin /, Butler of Lowell, George
NJ. Robson OF Camden, and Oliver v.
Barrett OF Washington. The paid up
capital Of the company is $250,0O0,
and the object is to go into the stock.
raising business On a very extensive
scale IN New Mexico and Colorado,
.wlere the company own 100000 acers
lof breeding and grazing lands, The
object Of the company, as. set fourth
in the articles Of incorporation, is to
buy, sell and raise cattle, build Agms
and canals fer the il4igation of land
ana do anything necessary to carry
on the business OF grazing A promi-
nent gentleman of Camden, whe
knows the partners in the scheme
said this morning that the idea wa,
to breed calves in New Mexico, ant
when they were Of sufficient age t(
drive the calves Ia Gfase in Colorado
where cattle grow much larger anC
better than further south.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
ROlIer->isating Filtration.

Lying on the left side: "My heart
is at thy feet"
Lying on the right side; II have
money in the bank
Standing on your nose: al have no
objection to mother-iu-law."
Jumping on your skates: oPm
afraid can't trust YOU"
Lying on your back; "Assist me-"
One leg in the air means: "Catch
me-"
Two legs in the air means; "Mash-
ed"
One skate in your mouth: "Crush-
ed again."
Hitting on the back Of your head
with your heel; "I am gone.p
Suddenly placing your legs hori-
zontally on the floor like the letter V
indicates, 81 am paralyzed."
Punching your neighbors in the
stomach with your left foot ;"I'm on
to your little game"
A backward flip Of the heels and sud-
den cohesion Of the knees to the floor
indicates: "May I dance the next
music with youl'
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20

Bcloy It's but dream yet still see
The wltching beauty of your fOco so fair,
! watch again the light that never dies
Upon the yellow glory of your hair.
gaze into the eyes that wrought my woe,
The grey eyes flashing meath their heavy
fringe, NN
| watch the hue that glows upon your check,
The sweetest rosebud knows no fairer tingc.
And vet It's but dream--the face I lov'd
win, perfect lie no more against my own
The heart has ceasd to beatfor pie, and yet
My love has never, never weaker grown.
How We can love, ii woman only knew
The pow'r she holds to work US good or ILL.,
The happiness and peace her smiles may bring,
The SORROWS that her voice has pOw'r to still
Surely she could not prove to us unkind.
Surely she would not win us to betrayl
Knowing that she can giyeus life or death
And turn our darkest night into bright day.
swect--I forgive you-tho' your lovely face
Breaks in upon my lonely unloy'd rest
l have no pow'r to judge-I love you still,
Altho' you broke the heart within my breast
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
RaiIroad News.

From President J. w. Thomas an
American reporter yesterday after
noon received the information, which
was pronounced authentic, that the
Louisville and Nashville, Nashville,
Chattanooga and ST., Louis and East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail-
roads had at length decided to change
the gauge OF their tracks before June
l, 1886. The gauge, which is at pres
ent 5 feet, will be changed to 4feet 8
inches The matter has been discuss
ed for several years, and during the
past twelve months or more engines
and cars have been bought with this
change in view After the change is
made a car can start from here and go
to any point in the United States
without need Of hoisting. The Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad Company
have now eleven hoists on their sys-
tens OF roads and the change will
bring great saving to them. To carry
the change into effect will cost the
| Louisville and Nashville road about
$40, ,QGQ, as nearly as can be comput-
ed, or $l00 per mile, including the
changes that must be made in the
rolling stock. On the Nashville, Chat.
tanooga and St. Louis line of road
there are sixty engines and 1000 cars
which. will have to be altered
Since June Isl moro than 500 car
1 loads Of waternlelons have passed
through Nashville over the Nashville
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railroad
rhe shipment from the South is now
4 however, ] virtually over. Yesterda,
\ one carload of watermelons was ship
ped from Charleston, Mo-, south t.
4 this point, which shows that the mar
ket has shifted very eonslnerahly,=
NashriAs AMeseGa.
+lt al4rst% #M @sssMM @sA@.ae H s46. sp a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
PhOtOgraplling Birds.

The big white cockatoo at the Zoo
logical Garden was in bad humor
yesterday afternoon and absolutely re-
fused to fly within the focus of Mr..
Muybringe's batteries of Photographic
cameras, She screamed angrily, ruff
fled her yellow plume and when thrown
into the air by an attendant invariably
flew to spectator who stood in the
background for protection. Several
pigeons were successfully photograph
ed Tuesday afternoon and this morn
ing and next week Mr.. Muybridge
will endeavor to make plates of the Ii
ems and tigers.
ut is very difficult matter to make
satisfactory pictures Of the wing move
ments of BIRDS" he said. "I have
twelve cameras set for the bird in each
battery as he flies past, and they oper-
Bate one after the other in the twenty
fifth part of second each. An ami
NAL OF course, moves more slowly and
is not so errotic. They can be photo
graphed more ersily than birds. l may
catch the rxact movement that | wish
to photograph the first trial and / may
make a dozen attempts and fail"
Philadelphia Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20

81 am sorry to admit that many of
the women who thus attempt to i'm
prove upon their Masters design are
protesting Christians" says a female
correspondent to the Baltimore Sun,
opposed to the wearing OF bustles.
The Princess of Wales is troubled
with (but 0 breathe it to no oneD
corns, but they do not hurt her half so
much as the reflection that she will be
the innocent cause of many thousands
of American girls tottering about on
their uppers in the latest English
fashion.
Somehow or other it is almost i'm
possible to gaze upon lamp-post dude
gaily comparisoned with fifteen cent
cane and fifty cent neck-tie without
wondering what improvident money
lender could have been rash enough
to allow the youth to mortgage HIM
self to his full value.
Berlin has a hospital for horses, in
which oyerworked or sick animals
may find rest and regain their health.
1t is under the joint management Of
a veterinary of the first class, an ex-
Captain of artillery, and farmer.
The grounds have an extent of nearly
100 acres, with excellent pasture land,
clay and moor patches, water and
bathing facilities, In case Of need
the patients have ambulance wagons
sent for them to transport them
to the hospital.
A simple cure for sleeplessness has
been advised by Partisan physician
for an American travelling through
Europe who suffered from sleeplesl
nights, The remedy was complete
cessation Of mental cxerilon in thC
evening, and the formation OF a habi
of retiring at the same time each ev
ening. No letter writing, no reading
Of excitable books was allowed, anC
the mind was placed in as passive
condition as possible. The American
who had been victim Of sleeplessnes
for years, returned home cured.
1t is said that some Peoria distiller
have been using barrels cOnstructeC
with thick stave opposite the bung
The bung stave also was made thick
, The heads Of the barrel, instead OF be
ing three-quarteas of an inch in thick
ness, were only half an inch. Thes
barrels hold from a gallon to gallol
, and q half more than the guager's ro
I and callipers show. Some time ag
, some whiskey belonging to a larg
: distillery was detained in the East fo
, alleged irregularity, The barrels wer
/, tested, and found to hold more tha
/, , they guaged. Tt is reported that se'
. eral other distillers are using the sam
sort Of barrels.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
War aHain.s llisaIIowed.

Judge Maynard, Second Comptroll-
er of the Treasury, has disallowed the
claim OF parties in Tennessee for fur
niture and other personal property tax
en- by United States troops for hospi-
tai purposes during the campaign in
Tennessee of 1868. The CompsrolIer
decides that the accounting officers
have no jurisdiction in such cases un-
less there was an express contract on
the part of the United States authori-
ties to pay, and that the claim should
have been presented to the Southern
Claims Commission and is therefore
barred.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
Military Tactics.

1t. Preston Ingelow, who is prom.
inent staff officer of the Travis Rifles
was instructing recruit as to his du.
ties towards his ranking officer.
"What does the private soldier owe
his superior oficer?" asked 1t. Inge-
low.
Nothing at all, reckon. | know
I'd be scared to try and borrow any
money from my superior officers. Be.
sides, don't believe they have got
any money to lend. l notice they al
ways tell the barkeeper to hang EN-
up"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
He Didn't Know the Man.

There was a musical entertainment
in the palatial mansion of Col. Duby
Bigbug. Miss Birdie Bigbug plays
on the piano. She is not much of a
player, but her folks think that there
is nothing more for her to learn
Among the guests was stranger, who
happened to be a musical genius
After Miss Bigbug had pounded the
instrument until the house had shook
to its foundations, a young gentlemen
asked the stranger what he thought
of the young lady's playing.
at sulpasses my expectations" he
replied.
"You don't say so," said the delight
ed young man.
"Yes, | do. l never expected it was
possible for anybody to play so afro
ciously as that"
The young man was Tom Bigbug
the brother of the unsurpassed per
former-a fact that the stranger die
not discover until he reeained con
sciousness in the hospital two hour
later.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
VOL. IL.
yscnntifMI but Cold.

\ Wnnderer old from Northland--
The land OF ice and SHOWS
Where nanght is trained by art $ left hant
Aud wildhower never blows,
Has told me Of a plant Of ice
That peeps up through the SNOW
More beautiful than arts device,
Like magic made to grow,
Flowers live in kindred everywhere,
In cold or tr0pic cline;
With thee this lce-plant compare
In sad, poetic rhyme.
And he has fonnd thy counterpart
my wanderer SO old)--
All, me, how beautiful thou art
But oh. thou art SO cold.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
Oyez! Oxez!

oVOAy 40 li6 -uldVlNCs
Misery-a girl with a new dress and
no place to go.
The Finnish language ought to be
taught at all boarding schools.
When an Office goes out and hunts
up man it frequently uses micro
scope.
The Colonels are adopting Demo-
cratic simplicity Of emitting the sugar
from their whisky.
The man who goes out by himself
and drinks five-cent whisky is . sin
nickel fellow
They eat 100000 bakers pies every
dayin Chicago, which accounts in part
for the tough character of the city,
A dentist in Western city is nam
ed Leggo, AS an usual thing, howev-
er, he will not do so until it is out.
A bar in the river and bar on shore
have the same name, because water is
scarce in both places.
There is said to be one lawyer in
heaven. He must be there as his own
counsel to argue stay Of proceedings.
| When you see counterfeit coin on
the sidewalk, always pick it up. You
are liable to arrest if you try to pass
| it.
You can no more count the queer
notions in pretty girls head than
you can the kinks in the rim OF her
summer hat.
Why is good speller in a class OF
school children like glass Of cham
pagne? Because they both 60 to the
head.
A school journal advises, "Makc the
school intensely interesting" That's
what the small boy tries to do to the
best Of his ability.
A Boston man is trying to obtain
divorce from his wife on the ground
that she cannot make good coffee. On
coffee grounds as it were.
"Happy the man whose bride has
D many needle marks on her fingers"
: This dosn't necessarily follow. Per-
haps she has just completed q crazy
' quilt.
A thoughtful mind can find fodder
for much rumination in the announce
ment that seventy-two per cent of the
bald-headed men Of this country are
married.
A man in Livingston, N. Y, tried
{ to fire off a bunch of red bananas, to
which he applied lucifers, under the
e impression that they were cannon
o crackers.
/, A broker whose sweetheart's father
owns one OF those purps whose mouth
! resembles an open valise, made quiet
! call one evening. A bull movement
: followed, causing a rapid advance.
e Boots are seldom worn in the even
S ing and undressed kid is the favorite
n material for slippers, says a fashion
h iouroal. 1t may be added that slippers
are not favorite material with the
undressed kid.
q Men sometimes recover from the ef-
4 fects of lockjaw, but with women it is
# always fatal 1t is not SO much the
v danger OF the disease, great as that is
h 1t Is the modification OF not being able
:, to speak that kills.
1t always makes a man feel as if he
was meeting with an old friend when
:, he happens in at railroad refresh
" ment counter and identifies his own
q = last seasons teeth marks upon the
= sandwich which is handed over to
\ him.
Iy She was from Boston. He was
d, from Louisville. They met at Brigh-
ID ton Beach. She-"You-aw-have seen
ID Henry Ward Beecher aw suppose?''
rs He-"Oh, yes, often" She-"Eh, and
m what do you think OF his delivery?'
He-"His delivery? Oh, yes. Why
don't think it equals either Heckel
as or Morris. He has no curve you
IN know"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20
DedicA1ed.

~ IHc lllGlllOTy Vi IJIle Ondrle
White, son of Mrs, NJ. Z. and f.
White, of this place, who died Augui
lst,f'S5. Aged two years and ninetee
days.
Little Charley is waiting,
On the shining shore,
To welcome his parents to heaven,
When lifes brief day IS DER
Waiting to embrace them,
With loved ones gone before,
In those realms of endless pleasure,
t Where parting is known no more.
Twas tender, loving father
Called him from this world of sin,
And though their hearts be lonely,
Could they wishshim here again?
They know he is safe for ever,
b In that bright eternal home,
And will hold welcome ready,
When your father bids you come.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep
Sad mother dry your tears,
In this, your hearts bereavement,
= Gods tenderest love appears.
" Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
He waits for you to come,
From earth, its sins and sorrows,
To his bright and happy home.
@ II. NJ. II
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20

Charles, said MEs. spendali, ~ saw
o beautiful costume at Bizarre's to-day
and l should like to have it ever and
ever SO much" "And / should like
to have you have it, replied Charles.
"but really, Clara haven't the money
to spare s0h, you great teasell 1
know better than that. Tsawa a brand
new check-book in your desk only
yesterday and not one nf the checks
had been psed.S
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20

Grants Memorial ,'what shah itbeY
is discussed IN the September number
Of the North Aaerlcan tIsgisu, BIZ
Launt Thompson, Karl Gerhafdt; o.
L. Warner, and Wilson Mcdonald,
sculptors W. Fl. Beard, ~paintef1Gal-
vert Vaux and Henry Van Bri6t,
architects and Clarence Cook; art
critic, This symposium is sure to at
tract wide attention at. this timetWhegl
the desire is SO general ia Greet amon-
ument to Glant that shall, be worthy
Of the man, the nation, and American
art, The same numbered tile Rexiew
eontainsa a consideration OF tie ques-
! ton, rShall our National Banking
System be AholishedY by George S.
Boutwell,, F. J. Scott s. Dana Horton
and Edward H. Gs~Glark. 'Onida"
contributes an essayOn "The. Teuden-
ciesof English Fictioig and EIizaheth
Stuart Phelps writes on% GYFhe Great t
Psychical Opportunity But the
most readable article in thenumber is
ex-Sergeant-at-Arms Frehch's "Remi-
niscences OF Famous AAaeripang,q
which is q series otdeIightsuf .dhecdote
about the famous war senators Mr.
French is writinga book OF these rem.
Einiscences. II it,equals. this forestall
ment in the Review, it win be one ol
the famous works of modern literature
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-20

he saw very IittIe Of her during the
next week. DR., Warenton, rightly
judging that work was the best cure
for loneliness, had hunted up few
cases during his weeks stay in the
village, where Nell could minister to
the sufferings caused by overwork and
poverty, and Nell, missing her daily
labors IN the hospital, entered heart
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-05

The New York Sun that shines for all
sometimes throws off very brilliant rays
depend upon it, silver is a far better
currency medium than gold. Gold seek.
ing is a mere process of gambling. Sill.
yer mining, on the contrary, is as much
an industry as coal mining" This par.
ticular ray is commended to those in
darkness for it's concentrated compre-
hensiveness; its high moral tone, and the
distinction it draws between gold and
silver mining; its profound knowledge OF
the subject it discusses, and the beauti.
full modesty with which its opinion is ex.
pressed. Here is still another ray
Judging from present appearances, the
gold-using nations are insolvent. The
tide Of their currency requirements is
retreating and leaving them stranded
high and dry ON the mud banks of a con.
tracted currency"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-05

The New York Star: A movement is
on foot at the Mining and Petroleum
Board to extend the time for closing
the mining branch of the Board till 8
o'clock. This is in imitation of the
London Stock Exchange, which has re.
Gently heightened its hours to permit
dealing in American securities. The OBJ.
ject of ~postponing the hour for closing
our Mining Board is to make it possible
for the city to trade with San Fran
cisco on the same day. New York is
mining adjunct of San Francisco, as Lon
don, and its American Security depart
ment, is an adjunct of New York. Al
present, San Francisco quotations reach
here scarcely an hour before our Board
closes, but from 2 to 5 P. NJ. would give
time for trading between the cities.
This would deprive mining stocks in this
market of one element for speculation
which they now possess.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-05

Chief of Police Crowley apprehends
no serious trouble from the recent de.
termined anti Chinese resolution passed
there on Wednesday by the Knights Of
Labor. 1t is possible Mr.. Crowley is
correct in the statements he makes. but
as we know the situation one Of two
things must be done before Spring in
order TO prevent trouble: At least 20, 600
Of San Francisco's Chinese populate on
must be removed East or employment
found for the 1900 idle men walking
her streets.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-05
SPANS NEW GOVERNMENT.

It is perhaps fortunate for Spain that
Marshal Serrano, the crafty intriguer
who caused so much trouble during
his stormy career, survived King Alfonso
only a day, for were he yet in his vigor
his ambition might prevent the quiet
transfer of the Castilian crown to the
head of the young Princess of Asturias,
under the Regency of her mother, Queen
Christina. 1t was Marshal Serrano who
was the chief actor in the humiliation and
expulsion of Queen Isabella, in 1865, and
although after he had forced his bene-
f~actress to flight the liberal Constitution
of 1869 and the Republic were estab.
lished, he made himself Dictator in 1873,
and had be lived might have endeavored
to secure his elevation to the Dictator
ship on the ruins of another Republic.
His fidelity to the Constitution of 1869
is the most commendable feature of his
career, and doubtless the substitution Of
that instrument for the narrower Con.
stitution of 1876 would be conducive
rather than detrimental to the stability
of the Spanish throne.
Sagasta, who has been selected by the
Queen Regent for the formation OF a new
Cabinet, is a man who, perhaps more
than any one in Spain except Castelar,,
can command the confidence of the ma
tion, and under his direction the new
Government will probably have a tran
quill beginning. His former administra.
tion had the support of Senior CASTELAR,,
who frankly admitted that it was bet.
ter for Republicans to support a liberal
government under the Monarchy than at.
tempt a revolution for which the country
was not prepared. The army, whose
disposition is such IN important factor in
the politics of Spain, appears loyal in his
support, and by quickly summoning the
Cortes, as requested by the Cabinet, the
Queen Regent may secure additional
strength for the new Administration.
The Ministry stands between the throne
and the people. and if the Cortes gives
Premier Sagasta earnest cooperation the
immediate future will be assured. Hall of
the 800 members of the Upper House are
Princes of the blood. mobiles and Sena-
tors appointed by the crown, but the
other half and all the 425 members of
the Chamber of Deputies are elected,
and the support of the Cortes may there.
fore be taken to signify the support Of
the people.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-05

The President makes no secret of the
fact that he intends to ask for the resig.
nation OF Frederick Douglass. the Re-
corder Of Deeds for the District of Co.
lumbia, very soon. Coupled with this
statement, however, comes the additional
statement that he intends. if possible.
to appoint a colored man as the successor
of Mr.. Douglass. This is far from pleas
ing to those persons who were candidates
for the position.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-05
GOLD AND
The Facts about Production and
Consumption Admirably Stated.

DtIOm ADMIRABLY 0tHttus
Bradstreets Journal.
DIR. Soetbeer, the eminent authority on
the statistics of gold and silver, has re-
Gently published in Europe q continuation
Of his earlier conclusions. aud has brought
his figures in regard to the worlds produc-
ton of gold and silver down to the end Of
1884. Estimates are given for the produo-
ton Of gold and silver throughout the
world. for their consumption in the in
dustrial arts, and for the annual flow Of
precious metals to India. which Is still the
disturbing factor in the settlement OF q
commercial monetary medium. The value Of
the gold product In 1884 is placed at $685.
000, 900. and that of silver at $120, DOC, 900.
These figures mean little, except as taken
in comparison with those of previous
years. The value OF the gold production
is seen. however. TO be 2 per cent less than
that for 1883. 9 per cent less than that for
1882. and IS per cent less than that for
1881. Between 1851 and 1860 the annual
yield was $134, 600, GOO, or 80 per cent
more than that for the past year, and in
the succeeding decade, 1861-1870 1T was
25 per cent greater. Thus has the pro-
duction decreased, not only since the
golden period of 1850, but year by year
since 1880. The next vital question to the
.financier is the use to which this product
is put.
II was calculated by DR.. Soetbeer in