The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-26
WHOLE NO. 81


in 100 years.
"Mikado" note paper, highly color
ed, is the 'latest thing out" excepting
the man with the night key.
The London police have been in.
structed to arrest persons about to
commit suicide, ON charge of misde-
meanor.
Three hundred barrels of apples are
converted into jelly every day at Al
bany, N. Y, for expectation to Ger
many.
1t is said that the over-draw check
rein, by reason Of muscular strain up.
on the eyes, produces blindness in,
horses.
A smart fellow in Warren county,
Pa, has done good business this fall
by selling Burmunda onions for hy-
acinth bulbs.
Assistant Secretary Smith has gone
to Pittsburg, N. Y, to settle his pri-
vate affairs prior to taking up per-
manent residence in Washington.
A great majority OF the heroines Of
novels are said to be blondes, This is
all very proper. Novels are always
light reading. mi
The latest notion among fashion,
able ladies is to wear silk stockings
embroidered with pansies and butter.
flies. This is pretty conceit and we
hope to see more OF it.
1t is asingular and touching coin.
cidence that both poker-players and
women raise the blind for the same
purpose, They want to see what their
neighbors have got.
| A fashionable Brooklyn belle has
scandalized society by receiving the
attentions Of a negro. She should be
apprehended for encouraging black
mail.
| The fiat head pin and the machin-
cry to make it we're invented sixty
years ago by DR.. John Howe, who has
just retired from service in Bellevue
Hospital, New York.
i Natives Of Borneo eat monkeys and
tie the skin around their waists, let
ting the tails hang down behind.
This is said to be the origin Of the ex-
. istence there Of men with tails.
i The rage now in Paris is to be mar
ried at midnight. This is wise
move. 1t accustoms the bride to
waiting up until midnight for her
husbands return.
A Brooklyn carrier pigeon started
on a fly to Washington, was picked
up 200 miles from land by vessel,
taken to Liverpool, and returned to
its owner on the return trip OF the yes
: sci.
Japanese etiquette requires visitors
to remain at the places they are visit.
q ing until told to leave. A good many
!. visiting acquaintance in this country
: seem to be trying to make that the
0 custom here.
Chicago man (fiercely)-Do you
mean to call me liar, sirY
Boston man--Thats the construc.
:. ton which naturally suggests itself in
connection with the observation that
: Iaddressed to ysu, sir.
!, Chicago man (mollifed)--All right,
I sir accept your apology, ! allow
=" no man to call me liar.
D. AChinaman in Hamilton, Cal, has
=. devoted the summer and fall to gath
g. ering the horned toads of the red hills
r. which are as much dreaded by the in.
,r habitants as rattlesnakes. Recently
0. he shipped 1000 of these auimals tc
l.: China, where they are converted int
er various kinds of high-priced medi
1t cines. A horned toad placed in Z
O. flask ofwhiskey constitutes the mos
OF valued OF Chinese tonics
az The general manager Of Canadian
n railway was arrested last week a
4 Newport, VT, just as he was leaving
ne the State. He telegraphed an orde
pc for special train to bring his lawyer
u and accompanied the Sheriff to a he
as tel near the station. When the spec
'et ialt train backed up to the station tn
manager made dash for it, iumpe,
IN aboard, and was rushing away home
oo ward before the Sheriff could overtak
e, him.
'o- The dude WAS visiting q charmin
Ter young society lady, and as they sat o
lS- either side OF an open CRATE fire, h
heart was full Of a burning desire I
me say something not only compliment
~ ry, but brilliantly suggestive. So, a
LOT ter revolving the matter in his min
ca during item minutes burst OF silenc
tai ha. .aaid.