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

Fixed stars--members of standed
theatrical troupe.
II foolish nature made man if wise,
man himself had hand in it.
Some youths shave against the
beard, while others shave down only.
Woman are not incentive as a rule.
They have no eagerness for new wrin-
kles.
When the heart is full the lips are
silent; when the man is full it is diff
ferent
If a hanson man is driving with a
sulky girl, how will he pacify herr
With a bus!
Who would think that Liberty En-
tightening the World" would lead to
base thoughts?
New Mexico spent $4,000 for
churches and more than 100000 for
whisky last year.
Logan is no doubt inclined to the
belief that the tail ought to wag the
ticket next time.
Watchmakers describe the recent
attack on the Salvation army in Berne
as a "Swiss movement"
Who wonders at the numder of fun
ny writer's on this continent. Vast
it named after a merry cuss.
John Kelly's condition is becoming
critical. He is very melancholy, and
declines to see his friends.
Mrs. Yeast would like to know if a
whiskey straight is any relation to a
spirit-level; and if not, why not?
The Emperor Of China never uses
the pronoun a." He always alludes
to himself as "the solitary man."
Prince Robert Francois Louis Phil.
ippe, aged nineteen, eldest son of the
Duke de Chartrcs is dead, at Paris.
"Hair you there,' said the stal
boarder, as he fished the fragments Of
sunny tress from dish of spring
butter.
"The most unkindest cut of alP' Ii
frequently furnished you by youi
butcher with the assurance that it il
sirloin.
What this country needs most is a
practical scientist who can invent an
attachable steering apparatus for cy
clones.
is only the woman who is giver
away in marriage. The man gives
himself away before the honeymoon
is over.
When a printer asks his best girl t.
give him proof OF her love, she lock-
her form up in his m-brace and III
puts his imprint on it.
NJ. Daudet tlevotes the labor OF {
year to each novel he writes. As ;
consequence the market always hun
gers for Daudet's works.
Ben Perley Poore, the famous
Washington statistician, says he ha
shaken hands with seventeen Presi
dents OF the United States.
Jones who has tendency to searcl
for the truth in parallel line, says h
cannot tell the naked truth becaus
his tonge is always coated.
A farewell banquet will be given a
Norfolk inhonor OF Ex-Governor jar
Wis, or North Carolina, prior to his dc
parture for the Court of Brazil.
The resignation of john Scott, gen
eral manager Of the G. S. Railway, re
moves fIom Office prominent mag
nate of the old Erlanger syndicate.
Joe Jefferson denies that he is t
play next season in London, and say
he is not certain that he will eve
again be seen on the stage in tina
city. 0 A ~
Joe Howard oldest daughter, a sue
cessful magazine writer. has take
quite fancy to Western life and wi
spend the summer at Standing Roc
Agency, on the upper Missouri river
William d. Howells believes that
is easier for man to seek the forgl'
eness OF God than it is to seek tn
forgiveness of his wife. Certainl,
His wife might talk back.
Rev, H. r. Haweis, the eccentri
musical preacher Of London, win d
liver two sermons before the studen
of Cornell University while he is i
this country next fall.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Knight al
said to have made. enough money o,
of "over the Garden Wall" topurcha
cottage at Saratoga The
will spend the summer. there.