The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16

pure and undefiled religion in your
midst, and Is your heart cheered by a
full lecture room and crowded
church, Beware of the Smiths in this
crowd. 20 mot count stbem. They
will always and nhmerodsly put inian
appearance at themeetingl ltis Their
mission to put in appearances. Are
yon seeking TO set the temperance ball
rolling in your dull, indolent little
town, Whiskey and world besotted ?
DO not put too much faith in the large
audiences at those lectures that seem
to promise men and women for the
work The Smiths are there Sub
tract the Smiths. When you come to
call your committees, the places that
know them now will know .hem no
more forever,
Under its column Of Facts and
Theories in the World of Science" a
late Christiaq at Work. had an item de-
Iscriptiveo OF Frenchman's theory to
account for the mysterious disap-
lpearanceP notices Of which we so Of
ten see in our newspapers, and Which
cause so much trouble to friends and
SO much employment to the police.
"He maintains that death is occasion
ally actual dissolution. Persons at
tackled by this form of disease suffer
no previous illness, and without war
ming suddenly cease 70 exist, and Jade
irom.light. He thinks peoble do ac
tually now and then amelt INTO thin
air" He was discussing political
situation with a friend once, who thus
melted, aud he has never seen him
since. AT the moment OF his friends
disappearance strong sulphurous
odor was to be observed, but nothing
beside that was remarkable. He
thinks the phenomenon worthy Of
medical investigation. aae.t
A good many besides the French
man have witnessed the same phe-
nomenon. The Smiths are all liable
to attacks, of thisfoTn Of decease.. Nc
occasion Is better adapted toad develops
"fade" than a political situation. We
have seen something OF melted Smiths
: lately outside of France, But We
would not take the time of the police
for their search. An ordinary pointer
would do as well the smell Of sulphur
would be sufficient suggestion as t.
their whereabouts,
Is there, then, no hope for thu
Smiths? | leave that question open
. Probably some one knows, il he has
mind to tell. For my own small
;. part have very little hope of Smiths
: Experience has made me sad and wis
about them, Turncoats are Away
turRcoats. A person who persists il
never knowing his own mind, eithe
y wishes never to know it, or else ha
, none to know. If person never i
known to hold his ground, YOU mus
y conclude that he has no legs for hi!
" ground, or no ground for his EGGS. AM
! the practical import in either case j
! the same. 1t is my advise to men an
= women not bother with Smiths. D
:, not see them. These are optical delu
: sions. The sleeping and the dead an
= the Smiths are but as pictures.
=, P.S.-Are you Smith, by name
~ !, Do. not be offended, forii q philolog
=; cslsmith, you will sde thatthe Smith
. l have been talking 50 awfully aBou
are not Smiths at all. Vide Webster
4 "Smith, the striker, the beater, on
r. who FORCES with the hammer" Nov
% my Smiths are no ways strikers, beat
70 ers, or hammerers. They never d
n. anything of the sort. They only seen
Z, Hinc ill@ lachrynt@l Take heart, oil
Of then smith-smith, and forge away {
il thy anvil of life, hammer at the base
IL ores, and strike out the fine golC
" proud of thy vocation and vocabl
is You would not smell as sweet by an
OF other name. Are you Smith by ne
is ture? Vide supeTl
,e ROSE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND
Of WASHINGTON.