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State Treasure Thomas says he will
only have money enough in the
treasury to pay interest on Tennessee
bonds till July 1st.
Miss Minnie Hopkins, young lady
of Knoxville, was cloroGormed We'd
nesday night, and the will of Thos.
Brown boqueathing to her property
valued at $4,000 was stolen from the
room. A handkerchief bearing the
name Of prominent citizens, was
found about the window of her room.
John NJ. Hopkins, a leading citizen
of Nashville, who left home Saturday,
the 4th inst, has not yet been heard
from. He was traced to Stevenson,
Ala, where he bought a ticket to New
Orleans and retun, but could be traced
no further. No cause for his leaving
home can be surmised. He is thirty
years old, five feet seven and a half
inches high, weighs 1870 pounds, black
hair and mustache.
A rich Englishman was cloroformed
in the Southern Hotel in st Louis and
his body stored away in a trunk,
about the first of this month. 1t was
not until last Tuesday that the stencil
led to the discovery of the murder.
On the body Of the dead man was in
scribed these words. $50 perish all
traitors to the great cause" 1t issup-
posed that he was murdered for his
money and that this inscription was
put upon his body to mislcad the de-
tectives.
The town Of Dayton, Tennessee,
small village on the C. S. r. r., recent
ly voted, by small majority, to in
corporate their town and put on city
airs. The new officers have gone to
work in earnest, and among other
metropolitan things they first voted
themselves salaries as follows: 7. N.
L. Cunnyngham, Mayor $3.50 per
annum; |. w. Holt, Recorder, 5000;
Marshall, $4S5. The tax on saloons
was placed at $500 per year, which
three of them paid under protest.
The new Maine prohibitory law
went into effect April G. Travelling
statesmen, or 'drummers, are forbid
den by it to solicit orders for liquors,
and there are no longer fines imposed
i'll cases of intoxication; drunkards
will be imprisoned from to 80 days
for the first offense, and from 10 to 90
days for second olfense. 1t is re-
ported that bottle carriers have
again become quite numerous. These
men have only bottle at a time Civ
en- them, from which they peddle out
drinks.
| A young man living in Austin was
talking about the wonderful effects of
a magic liniment. He said that his
grandmother was affected by perma-
nent curvature of OF the spine. She
rubbed some of the Imminent on her
back and Immediately became as
straight as an arrow. That's nothing"
remarked another, 81 had a photo-
graph of my uncle, which was bentand
crooked rubbed the cork of the
bottle on the back of the picture and
he not only straightened up, but al
ofus have been in Strengthened circum-
stances ever since" -Ex
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ALFRED LYLE,
w. a. EVANS,
Prin. Science Hill astitute
WILLIAM MORGAN.

w Lillian MOKGAN.
To William Morgan In pursuance
OF an order made and entered by ].
w. Crumley, Justice of the Peace Of
Washington Co., Tennessee, in an at
tachment suit wherein Alfred Lyle is
plaintiff and you are defendant, YOU
are hereby notified that upon the af-
tidavit Of the plaintiff, in which it is
alledged, that. William Morgan has
fraudulently removed himself from
the State and is about fraudulently to
remove his property from the State
and that said Morgan is justly indeht-
to said Lyle for the sum'of$200,00, a
writ of attachment was issued on the
9th day Of April, 1885 by j. W. Crum-
ley, J. p, and levied by john Sanders
constable Oh the following personal
property, to wit: one Cooking Stove,
two Bed-steads, Bed-quits, clothes &c
&C., as appears by the return of said
Constable. You are required to appear
at o'clock on the 25th day OF May
1886 at the office Of said J. w. Crum-
ley in Johnson City, Washington CO.,
Tenn, then and there to defend this
action commenced against you by at
tachment, ortherwise the cause will be
proceeded i'll against you &c pdrfe.
]. w. Crumley, J. z.
Washington CO., Ionn.
April Is, 1885.
Printers fee $500.
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The BEST

Hair restorative in the world Is HALLS
HAIR RENEwER. 1t cures all diseases Of
the scalp, and stimulates the hair glands
to healthful action. 1t stops the falling Of
the hair; prevents Its turning gray; cures
badness, and restores youthful color and
freshness of appearance TO heads already
white with age. The following are few
Illustrations Of what Is done by
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East TENNESSEE.

Thomas J. Mcdonald, Philadelphia
VIM. n. Shell, Jy., Elizabethton T.
]. Lane, Greenyille; VIM. II. Rhea
Johnson City; J. e. T. Harris, Jones
boro; ]. 7. Simpson, Loudon; C. 4
Gates, Jr., Maryville; Geo. z. Minis
Newport; H. b. Yearwood, Sweet
water; q. w, Margrayes, Sneedville
N. b. Hammond, Talbot's Station
James M. King, Knoxville; Bsmue
T. Jackson, Taylorsville; Il. L. Pat
ton, Telford Sam. w. Shields, Nor
ristown; a.. L. Smart, Maynardville
James Morrison, Cumberland Gap
Geo. Smith, Whitcsburg; DR.
J, Feeble, 0klona; James Taylor
Carriers Depot; Miss Matte Berk
ley, Limestone; VIM. Jay, PantheI
Spings f. L. Phillips, Erwin
G. c. Walker, Oliver Springs; L. T
Speck, Rockford.
At Chattanooga, Jackson favors II
o. Ewing, while Harris AND. Congress
man Neal are for w. NJ. Nixon.
At Rogersyille, Jacksonsis for G. w
Neil, and Harris is for Samuel 7
Powell,
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Benjamin F. Butler has been sued
in the Massachusetts, Supreme Court,
by the managers OF the National Sol
diers' Home, for $4,000 for y h eli he
failed to account as treasurer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-18

New York has man who adgertises
troches for dogs Which are guaranteed
to mako the breath of poolles and pugs
fragrant.
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Therefore, supposng person weighed
$50 pounds, IS ounds would be muscle,
81! pounds would be skin and fat, "a
pounds would be bone, and pounds
would be brain.
Moro than half the weight of the body
is bone and muscle.
The amount OF water il food is very
large. beefsteak contains ~ per
cent. of water. In buying pound only
one-fourth OF that pound is dry solid
meat Cabbages contain s. to 30 per
cent. Of their weight of water and sue
culent fruits sometimes more than 30
per cent. OF substances most com
monty eaten, rusks or biscuits are the
driest, ant watermelons the most watery
Of foods
When water is taken into the system
it assists without doubt in the building
up of new tissues, in the repair Of old.
According to this view it is not merely
dilGtcnt of fluids, it does not simply
lay an inactive part like lubricant of
machinery, but is in the truest sense a
food.
Life cannot be maintained on pure
starch, sugar, or fat for long time; on
the other hand, a purely meat diet can
maintain life indefinitely.
Sugar cannot be made the bass of
diet, but rice can, so that, taking com
pick foods, rice heads the list OF the
three great foods on which, with very
little addition, millions of human beings
liye-yi,., rice, bread, and potatoes s.
rice is nearly all assimilated fine
wheaton bread being almost eqlsll to
rice, while with potatoes there is nearly
40 per cent. of waste, or substances
which pass away without being utilized.
so that in point of economy, and con
sidering the relative price Of the three,
| rice stands first
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-18

Cigars were not known until 1915.
Before that time pipes only were used.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-18

Ex-Congressman Robert Vance has
been appointed assistant Commissions
er Of Patents.
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I'he Level-EIeaded Merchant.

The merchant now devises
4 plan brisk trade to win:
lie straightway advertises
And rakes the shekels in.-
Boston Courier.
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General Grant still fingers. He is 3
little better nov. but cannot lsst long.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-18

The President has requested the
resignation Of thirteen postoflice in
spectors. Their places will probably
not be filled.
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Tho Tennessee Representatives have
agreed to recommend the following
persons for postoHices whenever va
cancies occur.
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Arthur has returned to New York
and resumed the practice Of law.
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The Referee Court has completed
alfthe business before it, and the
judges have returned home.
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WEST TENNESSEE.

r, s, CLARK. Salisbury; G. l.. Dick,
inson, Somerville Il, Il, Doom, Ruth
erford; Mrs. l.. G. Winbaum, Bells
Depot; John Ragland, Stanton; w
r. Andrews, Union City; r. P. Cald
well, Trenton N. Everett, Troy; s
II, Hale. Milon: Miss A. G. Glass
Fewbern; II. L. Hanks, Ripley J. N
Alexander, Bradford DIR. w. NJ. Hall
Covington; ?. E. 7. Bedford, Friend
ship; J. M. Mcdonald, Bailey T. 0.
John Weller. Russellyille; Miss
Matte V. Brown, Dyersbnrg.
AT Bristol, Jackson is for w. NJ
Burrow, and Harris for John Slack.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-18
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

Gen, b. L. Cheatham, Nashville
Miss Louie NJ. Bayless, Springfield
Barclay Martin, Columbia; Mrs. Mary
B. Johnson, Olarksyille.
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nNHHLA n andwHIsKY HABITS cured
VI at home without pain. Book
Ut IUfVI2f pertlsqlaTs sent Free.
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DIET AND FOOD.

Divisions of Food -Composition of the
Human Body.
american Grocer
Foods are divided into water; meaty
or album. enous substances; starches or
carbohydrates; fats; mineral matters;
accessory foods; all of which have
their representatives in the body itself.
A human body is so "watery" that the
corpse Of man weighing 100 pounds,
and carefully dried, would come out a
shriveled mass Of about fifty pounds in
weight; the meaty substances are repre-
sented by muscle, the starchy by gly-
cogen found in the liver, and by sugar
Cinosite) found in the muscles; fat is
present, padding angular part and Civ
ing a roundncSs to the frame mineral
matters abound, especially in the bones
and teeth.
The composition of the human body
is somewhat as follows;
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-18
HALLS
HALLS
WBgetahlH SiG1lian
HAIR REVIEWER:

Brooklyn, NJ ", after severe attack OF Fry
sipelas in the head, found her hair--already
gray-falllng off SO rapidly that she soon became
quite bald. One bottle Of HALLS HAIR Re-
NEWER brought II back as soft, brown and
thick as when she was a girl.
So Mr.. KEsLINa, an old farmer, near FAR
sdlc, Ind, had scarcely any hair left, and what
little there was Of 1t had become nearly white.
a One bottle of HALLS HAIR REVIEWER stopped
its falling out, and gave him thick, luxuriant
head Of hair, as brown and fresh as he ever had.
co. Mrs. A. T. WALL, Greenfield, Cheshire,
Eng, writes: al have found the greatest ben
eft from the use of HALLS HAIR REVIEWER, Il
having restored my hair, which WAS rapily fall
ing off, and returned its original COLOR"
Ry- DR. EMIL sEIP, Detroit, Mich, certifles
that "lIALL's HAIR REVIEWER is excellent for
hair growing, and gives back the natural color
to faded and gray hair"
no. Mrs. s. e. ELLIOTT, Chenille, W. Va,
says: Zone bottle Of HALLS HAIR REVIEWER
restored my hair to It's natural, youthful color"
I No injurious substances enter into tho
composition of HALLS HAIR REVIEWER,
and it is not dye. Its vegetable ingrc-
dents render 1t inthe highest degree bcnc-
fetal 10 the scalp as preventive of dis
case. Its effects are natural and lasting,
and 1t does not make the hair dry and
brashy, like the so-callcd restoratives COM
poW ri with alcohol.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19

requirements are 30 recent rs to be still
striking to his appreciation. He considers
himself scarcely in need Of advice. and fat
tiers himself that ne only needs to be TUNED
loose in the world TO compel II to yield to
his desires and aspirations. But as he
nurses his self-sstisfaction grim old disap.
pointment is smiling at him and holding
out foot to trip him, the very first attempt
he makes at walking out alone into the field
of affairs. Experience 10 in waiting with
her finger already raised for pointing out to
him the first OF his inevitable succession of
mistakes. Later, when he has met resi-
knowledge and genuine wisdom, he will
look back and blush ut the foIlies Of early
presumption.
But il has always been thus with youth,
and will ever be SO. 1t is not usually sus-
cepiibIe to counsel or restraint. II 1t were
how many bruises of heart aud purse it
might be saved.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19
THE WOMAN WHO WORKS AT
HOME

A Chicago lady says that In all of the talk
about what is designated as woman's labor
the everyday routine work OF the house.
keeper is ignored. There is no reference to
the work of the women whose lives are
passed in home-making and housekeeping.
They are not considered as active workers
They are regarded as a negative, non.pro.
ductive class. Yet the profession of the
house-keeper is regarded as the most natural
and proper avocation OF women. There is no
other trade so complex. None more diff
calf. Add to this the cares of motherhood
and what else can woman engage n which
will as completely absorb every energy Of
which she is capable? To be Q good house
wife and mother is by no means the occupa-
ton of an idler. Perhaps my notions are
obsolete, but think the woman who creates
q comfortable home and raises children
worthy manhood and wonanhood is the
noblest work of God and is quite as much
of o producer as the woman who writes q
book. invents some ma chine. or follows pro-
fession.
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YOUTHS ESTIMATE OF ITSELF.

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, writing re-
Gently TO friend. said: Thirty years ago
1 considered myself very Old man-much
older than do now" Reading Dr.. Holmea'
remarks, the other day, another amiable old
gentleman paraphrased IL by saying: Fifty
years ago l considered myself wiss-wiser
than do now"
Most men who have attained to years OF
prudence and retrospsction will echo the
last observation. AT twenty-five quote
from distinguished scholar thought I
knew everything; at thirty that knew only
a little; ct forty that knew noshing.n
The man who has been cuffed abou. by
years of experience and who confessss to
many errors of judgment, looks with an in
tertst not uumixsd with compassion at the
blissful confidence the average youth reposes
in his own abilities. attachments and wis
dom. His estimate OF whatever subject or
object is usually formed fro n impulse rather
than from reasoning. He hiss not learned 10
discount possible disadvantages or de-
merits in whatever 10 alluring in
either pleasure or business. His educational
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19
A GIGANTIC EVIL.

The amount of watered railroad stock in
the United Stated is estimated at four thous.
and million dollars. As q result of the strug-
gle to pay dividends upon this vast amount
of stock which costs nothing. there is I'M
posed needless aggregate annual tax Of
$500, coo. 600 upon the producers and consum-
ers OF the country. Ii ought to be legislsted
out of existence Verify the producing and
consuming masses who are wrongfully taxed
Herewith owe it to themselves as q patriotic
duty to make haste to cast it overheard
even as the British tea was emptied into
Boston harbor. We have no doubt popu-
lar movement In that direction would re.
ceive the hearty support of oil such rail
way companies and the honest corporations
as have placed no watered stock on the
markets
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19

ming fostered liberal and popular education.
1t has been raid that II started on its work
from the gates OF an old university. Its
first preachers were learned men or lovers OF
learning. John Wesley planned Kingswood
School in 1888. the first year OF Methodism.
theological school was formed In 17A Of
the first conference in America, and the Gen.
eral Conference in 1920 recommended the or
ganization OF seminaries and schools in the
conferences. At little later period colleges
were projected and organized. The denomi.
nation now controls about seventy universe
ties and colleges, with at least as many
classical semineries, nearly q hundred
schools for girls and ten theological schools.
The M. E. Church resolved at the Centen-
airy last fall to raise at leas. ten millions this
year as centennial Offering, which will be
used mainly for educational purposes.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19

TIE Sunday Sentinel is in entire accord
with A esteemed exchange which is moved
70 say: do not laugh at the drunken man
7eoling through the streets however iudi-
crous the sight may be; just stop to think.
He 4 going home to s,me tender heart that
win thzob with intense agony some doting
mother, perhaps who will greve over the
downfall cf her once sinless teY ;sr it may be
> fond wife, whose heart will always burst
Win Gkjof q she views the desti uctien Of her
idol, q Il way be loving sister who will
I'D bdttsr tears over the degradation OF her
heothor, nhoEn Of his maulinsss and self-rs-
npooG Rather drop tear In silent sympathy
vith thono hearts 20 kesniy sentative and
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19

THE New York papers are particularly Sc
we're on the builders of such rotten death
trsps in the shape of dwelling houses, that
fell to pieces the other day in that city be-
fore they were finished. The Herald reflects
the general sentiment when it says: The
destruction OF lie by the erection of sham
and fraudulent concern like the enormous
death trap that has just tumbled down is a
crime. Morally it IS murder; legally it is
granddaughter. The guilty may be prose
cuted and punished under the Penal Code.
II the unscrupulous speculstor who appears
to have made it q business to run up cheap
and dangerous ienements without regard to
the security OF life is found responsible for
this catastrophe, let him be made to pay the
full penalty of his crime. il there are 9TH
ers who share his guilt, let the Law De igor
ously enforced against them also. Criminal
prosecution of every offender in this case is
q needed warning for the future as we'll az
merited punishment tfor the past"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19
MUST PAY UP.

Mr.. War Secretary Endicott does not pro-
pose to have any dead beats around his de-
partment. II any of the young gentlemen
contract debts, those debts must be paid or
the clerk loses his position. This must have
grown into quite a gigantic evil to have at.
trscted Mr.. Endicott's attention in so pre-
nounced shape. Some would think that it
was none Of his business what were the
amount and nature of clerks debts, SO
that the clerk was promptly at his desk day
by day and performed his duties sat;sfac-
torily to ali concerned. However, few
will object to this high standard
indicated by the Secretary OF War. II he is
particular concerning this seemingly small
personal matter we may look for q rigid
scrutiny into these details that affect the
weightier matters of his Department. In
connection with the debtpsYing order of
Mr.. Endicott contemporary is reminded OF
an anecdote in point which occurred during
President Jacksons administration. There
was an impecunious lawyer in Nashville, but
a warm friend to General Jackson, who fol.
lowed the old hero to Washington in 1929,
and was given clerkship. This clerk con-
trected debt after debt with clearinghouse
keepers, and often forgot to pay their bills.
A. last q lady to whom he owed 500
went to General Jackson and spread the case
before him. why don't you take his note?"
asked the President. THAT will do no
good" she replied, "ior he will never pay
it." "Yes he WILL" rejoined the President;
''go aud get his note and bring it here to
me-" The clerk, on being informed by the
lady that she wanted his note, very
readily gave 1t. On her return to the
Presidential mansion with the note the
President took it and wrote across the
back in large letters, Andrew Jackson.
Whereupon he told her to present it to such
broker and he weuld give her the money
for it. She went, and was successful. Some
days thereafter she let the clerk know that
she had got the money on his nots. He
opened his eyes in astonishment, and ex-
claimed: How did You get money on my
note?' "Oh, had good indorser," said
she. "And who was such fool as to in.
dorse my note?" he inquired. The response
was General Jackson" The note was
promptly paid. Perhaps SIR. Endicott does
not care to adopt Jackson's plan, hence his
recent order, which will perhaps stop the
evil and save money to honest tradespeople,
or perl APPS poor and hardworking laundry
wnmen
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19
The Chicago Musical Festival Closed.

CHICAGO, April ls.-The Opera Festival season
ended tonight with one OF the largest audiences
present st the fourteen performances. The pat
ronsge was phenominally large throughout tbs
average attendance exceeding 1900 upon each
opera making the total attendance exceed 100 900.
During the present week the weather has been
very bad, but II in no wise diminished the crowds.
This was illustrated on Tuesday night. when
Patti and Scalchi sung. The night was very
stormy but with between 10000 and II. 900 in thu
auditorium fully 1000 were turned from the doors.
For choice seats on the Patti nights premiums OF
SIS were paid. These nights the NUMBER OF single
admission tickets sold exceeded the natural capac
ity of the hall and the admission money WAS re-
funded TO those who could not secure even com
Portable standing room IN the large foyers and
aisles. IL a peculiar sight "a thousand
people camoring 10 get in and !. 900 more taking
their money bsck at another door and struggling
10 get out.
The msnsgement, in recognition OF the work
performed by Mile Scalchi. and the evident favor
in which she was held by the public. presented
her with a magnificent testimonial last night.
The management of the festival is naturally ex-
ceedingly well pleased at the success OF the under
taking. and there is a promise of an early Ere
sensation OF an opera on q larger scale with the
possibility that commodious Opera house will
be constructed with special view TO its present.
alton. The gross receipts OF the present festival
viii be about slS5,oQQ, and the net receipts very
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