The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-06

mingles in fashionable society. The
place is overrun by cats, OF which he
is very fond,
Professor Langley, the astronomer,
is said to be most bashful man.
And yet we have no doubt he will sit
for hours looking at Venus through a
telescope, long alter decent people are
abed and asleep. that is always the
ways with these bashful men,
"Are you going for busides or pleas
ure?" said gentlemon to his friend
about to- depart for Paris.
"For pleasure"
"Does your wife accompany your
81 told you | was going for pleas
ure."
"Yaas," said young smythe, 81 sup
pose everything created has some use,
but, 'pon me honah, it is duced hard
to believe sometimes, don't cher
know"
eyes" she replied looking him over
critically, at is, indeedw
Salt has from time immemorial been
recommended as a manure for aspara-
gus. Undoubtedly it is good, for one
of the effects of salt on rich soil is to
make all its plant food available.
Market gardeners find that heavy
coverings OF manure are very impor-
tant. They add salt later, and in doses
heavy enough to aid in repressing
weeds.
Mabel is Off very emotional nature
and likes to read missives brim full OF
devotion, while Charles is of a cool
methodical temperament.
Charley DEAR" she asked one day,
"why don't you send your letters
registered"
Registered" echoed Charley. "Do
you have any difficulty in receiving
them?"
"Oh, no." replied Mabel.
"Then why should | REGISTER them"
Because they are so cold"
In Lank county, Wisconsin, is a
creamery running 700 COWS; and in
Sheboygan and Fond-duLac counties
cheese factories unequaled in magni-
tude in the world. Wisconsin is be-
coming one vast cheese and butter
mandatory; her rich prairies and
especially her hard maple lands pro-
ducing quality of grass unsurpassed.
She ranks as the third State in the
Union in dairy products, and will soon
be the second, if not the first, her soil,
climate and grass peculiarly fitting
her for that vocation.
At Nashville, on the 23d, the jury
in the case of the State VS.. 10. d.
Foute, charged with defrauding the
State by forging Jail warrants, brought
in verdict OF guilty and fixed the
punishment at thirteen years in the
penitentiary. Another jury was inn
panelled in another indictment, and
the trial proceeded with. There are
in all five indictments against him,
each with two counts, charging him
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses and forging Jail warrants.
Maj. E. A. Burke, whose resigna-
ton as Director General of the New
Orleans Exposition took effect
Wednesday, is self-made man Of
Irish descent. He was born in Texas
fifty-six years ago. After serving in
the Confederate army he set up wa
gon manufactory in Texas, but was
unsuccessful, and soon turned up il,
New Orleans as stone cutter in a
marble yard. From this he drifted
into the railroad business, thence into
politics, where he made himself a
force, and finally into the newspaper
business as editor and proprietor of the
Times-Dcmocrat.
The Salt Lake organ of polygamy
is disappointed at the reception of the
Mormon delegation by the President,
Iturges continued appeals to the au-
thorities of the nation against the op-
preston of the tyrants," and says
"Should a deaf ear be turned by them
to the entreaties of an innocent and
maltreated people, the Lord of Hosts
, viii listen to the cry Of the oppressed
; and make an adjustment that will
| make the ears of millions tingle." Ii
) would be better, perhaps, for the the
E Mormons not to depend too much on
I the Lord of Hosts. No less eminent
, an authority than Mr.. James G. Blaine
has been known to declare that the
Lord Of Hosts is on the side of Mr.
: Cleveland.-Courier-Jouinal.
Every household is liable to de visit
ed dy sudden sickness. Often it oc
ours in the night, distant from the
the doctor, nothing in the house t
give relief, the patient is sure to ge
verse. A box Of Ayers pills, in sucf
= NJ, nn1nrunnnv would arrest disorder