The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-10-08
NO. So.
CIlaG:

The overcoat is getting ripe enough
to redeem.
Satisfied men can only be found in
coflins.
The seersueker loves to linger in the
ulster's lap.
The choir will please sing Yankee
Doodle"
Beats the world-the impecunious
tramp.
Every celebrated pianist makes his
forte tune
A dress does not make women. but
often breaks man.
The man who keeps his mouth shut
never has to eat crow.
There is fair weather all over the
country now-county fair weather.
The size Of man has nothing to
do with the size OF a lie he can tell.
In the watermelon war, it is a sharp
darkey whe keeps watch on the
rind.
An Iowa veteran draws a pension
because ten years ago his wife struck
him broomstick.
GLOW shall we obtain our heat in
the future?" asks an exchange. The
writer must be student of the re-
vised edition.
Are we degenerating9 Is the spirit
OF 76 deadH Here is the great Amer
ican people glad to see Puritan run
away from an Englishman.
, A starving laborer took three apples
from a garden, and was sentenced by
Bailie Hunter Of Dundee, Scotland,
to forty days Imprisonment.
1t does not do for the Western cow
boy to be over scientific in his Ian
guage. One of them got shot the 9th
er day for calling his comrade "a id
+, microbe."
. II you think you don't amount to
: much in this world, borrow fivo dol
S lars on your household goods, and see
+ what interest the man who holds the
: mortgage will take in you.
!, Augusta, Ga, man is training mon
keys to play baseball The beauty OF
a monkey baseball player is that if he
! muffs a pair of hands he can reach it
: with his second.
People living in pine forests are
said to have immunity from climate
and contagious diseases, and singers
: have found their influence beneficial
q to the voice. So says the Medical
. World.
L. The new registration of English
of doctors last year were more than
.e double the number of vacancies crea-
o ted by ascertained deaths. The Lancet
thinks the profession is becoming
n greatly overcrowded.
The shark is worshipped on the
African coast, probably as the thing
F" most feared by the natives. The
American people are different; they
~ worship what they most love--the
almighty dollar.
tn Lately in music hall at San Jose,
CAL, after the short skirted ballad
'ady had warbled would l were a
Bird" great excitement was created
to by a stalwart miner in the audience
singing "Would | were a Gun"
w. A New York physician has written
az article entitled kissing as a
"' Medium Of Communicating Disease
% 1t has long been known that kissing
w causes species of heart disease which
w. terminates in matrimonial fever, and
the victim dies sooner or later. Gen
iA orally later.
"You are young, poor, little ant
tough" said gentleman to a little
rse newsboy on the street the other morn
a ing.
M "Is 2" replied the youth.
pa Indeed you are"
ed, Il know | is little and poo" said tn,
ain boy, "but in de game OF seven-up de-
low counts as much as. der high"
= Among the'pumber of ladies wht
- ~ called to pay their respects the othe
~ day was handsome, matronly-lool
:, ~ ing lady, who came from some plac
- in The northern part of New York
rs ,.4 Upon taking the Presidents hand sh
" said pleasantly:
- "Mr President, will call her
-. - again in six months, and by that tim
-. ~, l want to see Mrs. Cleveland, Nov
- don't forget it."
~ = The President smiling, said: "Giy
t,ar me little more time, please. Ittakt
time to make such selection"
W "Not one moment moro . said IN