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

mean what she says.
When girl is young she wants
numerous dolls, but when she grows
older her wants increase, and she de
sires several dollers.
Positively No Smoking Her" is the
placard displayed in all the palaces of
Queen VICTORIA, who hates the weed
with all the vigor of her predecessor
JAMES l.
Boston will have to look out for its
esthetic laurels. Down in Biddford,
Me. people are so high toned that in
stead OF saying bathroom they speak
OF "ablutioAary studios.
"A girl who permits of no familiar
tiles by the gentlemen of the house"
advertised in Cincinnati for situation
and she received five hundred and
eighty answers in two days.
"I see by the papers" says Mrs. Par
venu to her husband, chat they give
the Last Days of Pompey in fireworks
at Manhattan Beach, but who wants
to see colored man dying"
A Jersey city young lady mas pet
poodle which runs under the parlor
sofa every time her sweetheart kisses
her, Every other evening the envious
animal is constantly on Jump.
A good many of the cooking receipts
Recommend the use of cream but
they do not tell the housekeeper
where to get it. The liquid she gets
from the milkman is very suitable for
water ices-nothing more.
Tarsus, the birthplace OF ST. Paul,
now boasts Of a Young Mems Chris
tian Association vigorously at work,
and of native Bible-woman success
fully engaged in teaching her sex
from house to house,
The largest bridge in the World
crosses Lake Ponchartrain, at New
Orleans, and is twenty-five miles in
length. 1t is trestle work on piles, and
is made of cypress wood which was
first saturated with creosote oil, which
renders it impervious to moisture and
proof against the attack of branches
Rev. Sam Jones should be brought
to New Orleans. Wherever he has
preached he has succeeded in break
up the "arm clutch" method by
which the walking dude appears as
having arrested weak girl, and seems
to be taking her to the station-house.
--New Orleans Pcdyune.
At the New York East Conference
Love-feast, DIR. CURRY with much
feeling related dream. While stand.
ing, waiting for admission at the en-
trance of heaven, he heard his friend
1NsKTP exclaim from within, "FLoY
CURRY has come!" To which FLoY
responded, 'I'm glad of it. He has
been overdue for some time
A Houston editor, whose name it is
not necessary TO mention as everybody
knows who is meant, was recovering
from spell OF sickness. As soon as
he was able to sit up, the doctor who
had studied the patients constitution
said "You are so much improved that
you can take toddy Or glass of beer.
every fifteen minutes or every hal
hour, doctor?' asked the journalist
who began to feel like himself again
Baron ADoLPH RorHsoHILD has re
Gently purchased, at an almost fabu
lous price, the famous jewel-box which
was presented in 1910 by the gold
smiths OF Nuremberg to the Duke AL
BREcnT of Bavaria, on his marriage
with tlleIPrincess ANNA Of Bavaria, TIN
renowned sANNA With the golden hair
1t is OF enameled gold and richly orna
mented, and is altogether one of tn
most perfect gems of medieval art il
Europe.
A remarkable oil discovered recent
is that found in the Arago oil basin, il
Wyoming Territory. In shaft pu
down on the east side of Bath Cree
to depth of twelve feet oil flows in q
exceptionally high specific gravity
1t is, when first exposed, OF brown
ish color, and can be cut with a knit
like butter 1t gradually turns blacl
on exposure, and has little odor whe,
it first comes from the shaft.
A Providence journal correspondent
recalls that NATHANIEL HAWTHORN
once attended a Bowdoin alumni bar
quet at which he was expected t
speak The presiding officer at tn
proper time arose and introduced hii
with some highly laudatory remark
and then turning about, found HAv
THoRNE's chair vacant. The shy g,
Mus had slipped out of the room III
observed, and was not seen again tn,
evening,