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Nashville Ale1ter.

EDITORS COMET In your last
weeks issue, the head "What the
Legislature is doing you leave
blank space, meaning nothing" the
answer. And SO far as work finished
is concerned. that is very near the
truth But in view of the great mum
Der Of bills which have been in state
of incubation for So days, and are Just
about to furnish u demonstration OF
the law of evolution, "the survival OF
the fittest,"
A revenue bill passed the House to-
day, providing for the collection OF
taxes, the Trustee, to place the taxes
unpaid on 10th of Dee, into the hands
OF the Constablos, in the shape of dis
tress warrants, with power to collect
by levy or punishment at once. |
think, in view Of the hard times, these
warrants have the right revenue,
And in view, further Of the large
appropriations being made, their
name is specially appropriate, $4,000
for an Asylum in West Tenn, $4,000
for the East Tenn, AsylumAltagcther,
the appropriation bill Tor two years to
come, viii cover over alnllion Of dol
lars and still people saYthe Lcgisla-
ture is doing nothing
The constitutional amendment on
prohibition passed 3lSl rcadingto-nigh
by 81 to %, A bill to appropriate
$500, per year to the Womans Orph-
ans Homo OF Nashville come up to-day
and in spite Of very warm support
was amended by adding $1,000 each 70
Memphis, Chattanooga and knovillN
Christian Associations, which SO
weighted down the bill that it could
not drag through.
An amendment to give every coun-
ty i'm the State $1,000, was alsoadopted
and even with this, as a swoetoncr, the
bill failed
The House passed u resolution e
night to adjoun sine die, April 9TH at
II m.
These will probabally be 1 or hun.
dred bills left on The house calender
for want OF time to act on them
While it is said the legislature is doing
nothing, must say, that the cCmmt
tees have more work to do, and q,
more work than the committees 81
any legislature of which we have any
account. The explanation is, thai
there are 50 many members, to stat,
the bills, that they furnish enough tc
keep the Commuters always busy, ane
for the same reason the house is nm
able TO reach half Of them Yes Vi
there are many members to introduc,
many bills so there are many mem
bers to speak on tSe same. Tho rcsu.
is, by the time each member, has van
tilated his bill and that of every othc
member, the time OF the session. il
gone and but little done The It'll,
business done is easily accounted fol
Too many members, todlsmueh speak
ing and noise,
Among so many many members. j
an effort is made by any member f
call up amy bill (eeen lecal hill tia
could he passed in minulcs) "regulu
orde Is heard all over the house, an,
the result is, the local must 80 under
But il hv chance, member is luck
enough to get his ill acted on, Their
is suspicion OF partially somewhere
Sic transit &c. Hastily,
+ PLCRIBlR
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ylctoria's Rai-a Not Peaceful One.
LII, prilt q IL n.,.r4i1.n,,tn1


Cast your eye back Ora moment upon
the reign of the queen Doyou imagine
The ign of the queen is remarkably a
reign Of peace, and that heaven should
he thanked for the long peace that we
have en-. Dyed! How much peace have
you en-. Dyed. A great many other poo
pc. at your cost, have moi IN. Dyed it.
rhree wars with China the most peace
full empire in the world; a war with
urmah | know not how many wars in
South Afri a, even before the zulu war
a war in the Crimea of the greatest pro-
portions two Afghan wars, in one OF
which not less than 80, 0j0 camels died
ef hunger, thirst an over abor; another
Eet IN gypt and. a 1T that it was
MT possible for an body 10 form, wi
Lot say a Just dolens bit reasonable
axcuse, for the wars th1t have been
yaged by til S country during the reign
Of The ,uCen.
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Compar tlya V.l-e Of Woods.


. Some timber is more durable in wei
ground or immersed in water; such ar,
I'm, beech and alder, while others,
such as ash, oak and iir, are more dur
able in dry situations. The increase in
rength due to seasoning of di erent
woods is given as follows White piny
per cent, elm 1913 per cent, oak 2J.t
per cent ash a. per cent, beech, 81.
ger cent.
The comparative value of dilferen
woods, showing their crushing strength
and stiffness is. Teak G555, LngiiSi
oak 4Ol, ash 1872, elm 3469, beect
307l, mahogany @51l, spruce 1922, vel
low pine 2lD5, sycamore 1883, ceda'
%.
Regarding the relative degrees O.
hardness, shall-barS hickory stand.
highest calling that 100, white oak i.
White ash Il, dogwood -, scrub oal
3, white hazel 7s,apple 0, red oak 8
yoeah s., black walnut s., yellow oal
white elm 5s, hard maple x, wilC
,edar RS, GLOW pine s., chestnut ~
white pine 30.
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But il is curious to note how some.
people live suppose there is an inn
mense amount OF misery in some lives.
here is some in ALL The other day,
arly in the morning friend of mine
went into the rea'ling room OF the free
library to look at paper. 1t Waa On
gagged. He went back to WORK and
worked on until LIN h time. wien he
vailed into the Ii rary once more. The
same man sat there reading the same
paper. He thought it was curious, hut
he did not disturb him He Went in
again at 3 o'clock he same man sa,
N the same place reading the same pa
per lie walked up behind him and
took look. The paper was upside
down.
y ho is 10 say what misery Tbs nan
who sdt or seven hours with tie paper
pside down was enduring " ho can
say what he was thinking a outflow
RAINY aocasat ons he was making 'gainst
himSe f how graf fu he Was even or
he convent nco that reading room at
corded him to he quiet and hidden
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p73 Nominations.

WASHINGTON, April 3.--The total
number of nominations sent to the
Senate by President Cleveland was
173. OF these $50 were confirmed,
two were rejected and twelve Enacted
upon by the Senate. The name OF
Geo. II, Morgan, to be First Lieutcn-
amt, Third United States Cavalry
should be added to the list already
published of nominations which were
not acted upon, With this addition
the list will be correct. The names Of
rejected were those Of James T. Simp.
son, to be Captain Third Cavalry, and
q Kansas postmaster.
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Medical AMI s'n .ical Reporter ]

l4't1liN@ 81 t''J .i'ctt FlH.flbeFsl
After the meal came the bread
cheese, and dessert. The bread will
10 doubt, supply additional dextrin and
the cheese additional al uminQiIs bu,
if We dir CT our attention only to tho
stomach aud to the chemical changes
which are g;ing on in it, it is not auitt
easy to see why bread cheese and des
Sert should Re taken at the end OF din
ner
II weturn our attention, however, to
the circulation and the nervous system,
and remember the effect which have
already mentioned as produced upon
them by the mastication and deglutition
Of sayory food, we can at once see a
good rea on for t ommon manner Of
terminating a dim T In order to sup,
ply abundant gastric 'tce for the di-
gest on of the cod introduced into it.
the stomach requires an abundant sup
| ply of Hood, and the nervous system
must be kert active in order to respond
TO the calls mace upon it. he sayory
cheese, swallowed in small morsels, and
the sweet fruits, which strongly stimu-
late the nerves of taste, or nuts, which
re uire considerable masticatjon, cause
an abundant flow Of blood to the nerve
9entCrs while the frequent movements
Of swallowing stimulate the heart and
incrfase thJ rapidity of the genera
cir alation.
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IT, slsel ; II of ., plnse.

i-~' I'm
''It is only the skeleton of a sponge
that is commonly used in removing
dirt, the lecturer said, "a substan c
Mat in the animal sponge is analogous
to the finger nails OF human hand
The spongcs ATE found in various por
tons of the world, gathered in masses
below the surface OF the water. The
youthful sponge first makes It's appear.
ance on the cater border of the adult in
the form of a cell, which gradually in
creaSes in size and compleXity until it
pursts through the maternal tissue and
coats at freedom in the ocean. 1t is
very minute, and for time has an
independent lite Ii is sowing It's wild
oats, so to speak, tut as it increases in
Sic it attaches Itself TO its more ma
turcd brothers and sisters and develops
with them into adult form. Spongcs
are gathered Fy means of grtl ping
hooks. They are foated to incIoscd
portions Of the sea, where they are left
until the exposure OF the sun anu the
wash OF The sea leaves nothing but the
skeleton"
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Costly II a Nantes.

The .aris Gauluis says that the supply
OF hrs is becoming exhausted. 1t says
that hy and by suit Of sables VIII be
deare' than rulies, if indeed, good
one not so at present. Mrs. Mack
has {. m.nle made Of the choicest bits
of 10000 blacArloX skins, and it cost
$1,000, Judic wears a mantle worth
: zoe. The most costly fur mantle in
tho world is said to elong to the
duchess Of dinlurgh who inherited it
from her mother 1t is valued at
So, $40 Che pr ent c2arina has one
almost counterfeit Of it. A suit OF
saLlo belonging TO Adelna Patti is said
to be worth nearly 1000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04

DiGtrsat Methods OF Warming Rooms
I,nN iocz1asr, Vienna
IN Engad the ordinary method of
warming room is by means of an open
ire. It's q very cheerful way, certainly,
ut cry dear, because not half the
warmth given ont by the burning coal
rs radiated into the room. 1t all goes
up the chimney. IN iran-e there an
Improvement by using stoves. Here in
ustria it is still better The stoves are
,arge, about six feet high and two
)road, Jut ha a small place or the
ire SO, when the fire is kinlled heat
5 given ont to the sides Of the stove be
Or it can lose itsali in the .ue
in iussia, the stoves have number
Of ucs, usually six, up the first Oh
which the heated SIN ike goes, down this
y on |, ~ the Thrill, etc so that by
he 1imc'it reaches the Kinney it is al
nos cold. a hanlrl of wool warns
one stove enough to heat a large room
When the fire is burnt out the commu-
icajions to the chimney and room are
ut of, then the stove slowly radiates
) accumulated heat into the room
h-ro ! am writing tbs letter is alarge.
ghitc earthenware stove six feeA high
ini forty-eight square feet of surface
I pound of coal sets II going and keeps
the room warm for the greater part OF
| the cay.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04

George Washington's body servants
ought all be dead by this time, hut MS
last rs one class of interesting Wash
lngtonian personnges dies off another
class springs up. There is an old col
orcd woman at Fishkill Landing who
claims to have kissed Washington lots
OF times, She also claims to be about
one hundred years old, which would
make her fourteen years old at the
time OF Washington's death. There
are, however, no paintings in which
Washington is represented, like John
Brown, IN the act of kissing colored
children, and II is pretty safe to take
the Fishkill Landing woman's story
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lucky Gol. COL. Gre sg.

When Cleveland sent number
of nominations 60 tho Senate
Thursday the Republican senators
kicked at some OF the names,
They held that whore n mans tenure
of office was indefinite that they could
not confirm the nomination of Demo
Gratis Several new nominations for in
ternal revenue collectors were not con-
frmed. Col, Gregg was confirmed
before the Republican Senators began
to kick.
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What NEIss Cleveland TaIHxs
About.

Washington Letter in Pitsburg Gazette.
"Pray what do ladies find to think
about besides dress and partios?" said
a iine-looking army officer who has
been doing guard duty in Washington
for the past seventeen years. The
remark was addressed to the assembly
but it was taken up by Miss Cleveland.
"Thoy can think of the heroic deeds
OF our modern army officers" she said
smiling pleasantly The officer sub
sided.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04
Faults In Pictures y

An art writer says There are two
excellent ways of discovering ans weak
ness in picture yoa have in hand { ne
IS too look at it through a maguifying
glass, which enlarges and max its
shortco sings more noticeable the other
TO reverse it in a mirror. The latter is
an old and ever popular method, for the
eye becomes so acoustic cd to looking
it thing in one way that it ceases to
Is critical The moment the pict refs
reversed it becomes fresh picture, and
in nine cases out Of ten errors hitherto
unnotiCed reveal themselves.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04
Sw IS Aieta,tain Hot Is.
Ess o RI, nsc p.

10 y = v IIoV 2
cortcSF onN Mt in Switzerland says
that MANY o, tie mountain hotels are
preparing to lay Gown wires to connect
wItt the nearest center as their toot, SO
thal rlia intending visitor May with ut
cost, make all his arrangements b fore
tommen ~ to Clinic, and find his DIN
ner waiting OF han at the top.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04
Esucklen's Arnica snlve.

The Best Salye in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers Salt Rhsum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
ChilPlains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required, 1t is guaranteed 10
give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per bo,a
For sale by J. B. Hash & Son.
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Ilanesc. % o. Q yIl.zntl ".


Tie first utch sovcrnoro of Ecw York
brought with him q dominic and a
schoolmastcr, ca b the first of his class
on this ointment and Everardus To-
gardus, the preacher, and Adorn Foe
on son, the teacher, were the pioneers
of our American ciyi itaton lnthis free
and tolerant atmosphere witchcraft and
superstition never found lodgmtnt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04
is IT A LIE?

Some one said that Potash was poison: Who
makes the assertion except those who desire to
mislead and humbug you? lie who dcnounces
other remedies as FRAUDS. i8 quietly offering
you vile compound OF his own-bewarc OF all
such.
ASH your physician ordruggist If Potash pro-
duces all the horrors claimed for it by those who
are compelled to traduce other remedies in or
der to appear respectable themselves
We claim that Potash properly combined with
other remedies makes the grandest blood rene
dy ever known to man. and we claim that B
is that remedy.
Ifafllicted with any form of blood poison,
scrofula, Rheumatism Catarrh, Old Ulcers and
Sores, Kidney Complaints Female Diseases, etc,
the will cure you at once. Send to Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. for a copy Of their book
FREE
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with several grains Of allowance. Ven
cradle colored persons who are seek
ing to establinh interesting relations
to George Washington must invent
something new, and invent it soon, or
it will be useless.
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A Great Year for chswln, Gun.


This is a great gum year in Maine,
especially on the enobSc0t, and now
that the SIM is climbing up into the
north little and the lumbermen are
coming out, the air is fairly reloent
with the perfume of spruce. he logs,
knees, and bark are not the only valu-
able parts of the great timber tree, for
the gum is worth considerable, even in
its rough state, Just as it is hacked from
the crotches of old trees. There aro two
or thres firms here which buy large
quantities Of it from the lumbermen
and gum hunters for the purpose of re-
lining it, as thoy say. But as a general
thing the refining consists in adultera-
ton with rosin
They throw it into q big kettle, bark
and all, and boil it to about the CON
sis,eney Of thick moasses, Swimming
the impurities o AS they rise to the
surface Then, if the purpose be to
adulterate, sore lard or grease and
lot of rosin is added, and in some cases
a little sugar The mixture then be-
comes thicker, and, after more stirring,
/ 10 l'OhlNb O+tb vi q HiGtI, NASiC, " mt ~
is yet hot, it is rolled out in sheet
about quarter of an inch thick, and
then chopped with steel die into
pieces half an inch wide and three
quarters Of an inch long Thes pieces
are wrapped in tissue paper and packed
in wooden boxes. There are 200 pieces
IN toX. some gum is treated in this
way without adulterat on
The est gum comes from no particu-
lar locality, but always from the big
gest trees The doctors up here say
chewing gum benefits the teeth. The
loggcrs, in their many idle hours by the
camp fire, VIII tile oft miniature bar
rels from blocks Of cedar or white pine,
hollow them out, and fill them With the
choicest gum the woods afford for gifts
to their sweethear,s, children, or friends
when they come down in the spring
theirs, who go into the woods for gum
alone, bring down Zig lags of gum, and
sell it to manufacturers OF the improved
article. Up there adulterated gum is
called patent gum.
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The oil from Sea Fowl.

A writer from Fiji asserts that when
aocks of tern and other sea fowl rest
upon the sea the water becomes smooth.
an effect which he ascribes to oil emitted
by the birds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04

The Senate adjoun.d Thursday.
SeyeiAl nominations were not con.
frmcd.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04

AR tanS1W rave e.
Distilled water saturated with oxygen
is now prepared in Puis and is rapidly
gaining favor. Aside from its health
fulness for ordinary table use, it is said
to be valuable in the treatment of dis
eases Of the digestive organs.
aIRrie Sam sniieS I'm sEse Mirror.
From the Boston Advertiser.
What country, save our own, looks
from sunrise to sunset across a clnti-
nent at peace and prospecting?
1t is thought that Gov. Bate will We
to the railroad commission bill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04

30 pri IA donnp ever sings to her
baby. She probably does not want to
waste her sweetness on the infant heir.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-04
a National Press Intelligence Bureau
ew or, Town Topics.

National Press Intelligence Bureau.
T ew orS Town Topics
Two well-known and able journalists
have lately organized in this ity q Ma.
tional ireas intelligence bureau, the
idea and purposes OF which are SO excel.
lent that it would seem as if it could
not fail Of success. There is a similar
organi alton in onion, but the one IT,
question is the first to be started in this
country. Its managers, recognizing the
at that pu lie opinion is voice
through the press, and that there arr
thou-ands of persons in public life and
in the professions, to whom a knowledge
OF the publc's' idea of their actions.
work and measures is most valuable,
propose to furnish to any of these who
may become subscribers to the bureau.
all clippings from the newspapers
America and Europe re ating 10 them in
any way
II will be seen at once how manifestly
impossible it Won Il be for any one per
on to obtain more than a small number
Of these Newspaper comments, and how
bureau Of this sort, provided with the
files of all newspapers and fully equippel
with lody of careftil clerks, etc could
supply them. II will be of advantage
also to the newspapers and lring their
opinions and com Hlts Of men and
measures oftentimes to the knowledge
of those persons Affected by them. Tho
managers purpose $50 the establish
men OF reading room in a con enien
oca lty for the use OF subscribers, an
many other advantages. They hay,
already received Subscriptions AMI let
ters OF endorsement from many promi
nont public and professional men
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y, c. HARRIS.
WATCH-MAKER AND JEwELRR

WATCH-MAKER AND JEwELER.
Room over. the Postofice, Johnpon
City, Tennessee.
All kinds Of Watches, Clocks, Jew
olry, and Sewing Machines cleaned
and repaired on short notice. Salts
faction guaranteed orno charge made
Pon't forget that | can repair read
just, or rebuild as good as new, any
machine ever made. S4des20H
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A Shingles Honey.I Ice.
IJacSsonvlile III aes.U ioa.l

""+"SU'lfhiN i"Vs-V iohl
1t may not DO generally known to
those who have been stung by the CON-
mon black honey bee or the still more
dangerous improved Italian bee, " that
IN the state OF lueatan and some other
OF me en'ral American states there Is
a honey gathering bee that has no sting,
and tAat such bees will secure for their
owner as large an amount of honey as
90 the Singing bees The following ex'
tract from Mrs Chester 7. Walker, the
daughter OF tn Henry Perrlne, who
was murdered by tue indians IN | 40 on
III nan oy, WIN give some important
khoWl age OF the, wonderful bees, that
ma 10 tulIlFa'ed n lofida she says
About the year $50, think, my
iather sent 10 hey y est ana indian e.!
some hlVeS OIL sJlhslass bees. Three
were sent to mn II Ary and when we
were there IN -. AMI to40 ouo hlfe
slli renamed. me other two nSWarh'
iug had steered tor the mainland ami
wore lost Those at ely West had Il :.
u-SSaaPpe'red' Their hives were SIM y
loi.oW logs Their cells were entirely
unlike lhe common lees, beng an otta.
gen ~ oal halt aS large as an ordinary
mi'f"l9 ana no dung about tea5pooniul
q fure' clear money Inns IS as re
mem"er thGm, It one time when las
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orse and More of 1t.


A new roller for a roller skate con-
sists of eleven small rollers enclosed in
n bushing. and I'LL AIDE RON case hard
cned eel BY simple device friction
i a1niost entirely overcome, and the
skate rms far easier th;si with the ordi-
u +, waecl.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-11
4 Warning 10 Democrats.
Lexington Gazette


1t is reasonable that the moneyed men
Of the country should desire the repeal
Of the law. The tendency will be to
make money scarcer and increase the
profits of those who have it in possess
sion, but these people will oyerreach
themselves, as their means are invested
in railroad stocks and bonds, and the
dividends and profits upon these de-
pend upon the prosperity of the coun-
try. A great deal Of the business Of
this country is conducted upon Dor
rowed capital, and remuneratiye results
are dependent upon large transactions.
If the coinage Of silver is suspended
the banks and people will at once begin
TO hoard the gold loans will be called
IN; deeds of trust and mortgages fore
closed, and ruin will stare the people in
the face.
1t may be best for us in the long run
to get down to the currency Of the
world, but the time has not yet come.
Contracts have been entered into with
reference to volume Of currency far
IN excess of that which we now have.
and the people must get out OF their
troubles as best they can. With the
gold and silver now in the country,
money would he plenty but for the
constant agitation Of this question of the
repeal of the silver-coinage act, which
has done as much as anything else to
bring about the stringency in the
money market.
The reyenue-refOrmers recognize the
fact that the tariff must be handled
with great care, and no sudden or great
changes made. The work must be
gradual and the business interests of
the country allowed to adapt themselves
TO the proposed changes. Just so with
the currency. Ii has been only twenty
years since dollar in gold was worth
Two dollars in greenbacks, and now the
bankers are saying that silver dollar
IS only worth eighty-iive cents. Under
the law it is legal tender, and this
feature should not be repealed. nor a
stop put to the coinage of silver.
In Virginia the vast majority Of our
people are very well satisfied with both
gold and silver, and we should see to il
that a senator should be elected to sue
coed General Malone, who has always
allied himself with the Republican mil
honaires Of the Senate.