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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-01-14

The belief is becoming general that
Congress will not repeal the law which
requires the treasury to coin ", 900, ,00O
q month Of standard silver dollars
and that 10 material change will be
made in the legal tender quality Of
the silver coins. The Star thinks this
opinion to be we'll founded. Whatev-
er our own view may be, and they
have been clearly expressed in these
columns, it seems that neither Con
gress nor a majority of the people will
consent to q repeal.
The question for those to decide
who are dissatisfied with the law, il
whether they will continue to urge its
unconditional repeal, or whether they
will propose some practical compro-
mise.
The Star thinks that it is possible to
retain the double standard and yet es-
cape the evils which are sure to be
caused by deprecated coinage.
Several plans Of compromise have
been suggested, to some OF which We
may turn our attention. For tha
present, it 10 our purpose merely to
urge the necessity OF a compromise
The advocates Of the gold standard
are certain to be disappointed if they
continue their extreme demands. Nc
one who knows the condition of pub
lie opinion Through the South and
West can doubt that those communi.
ties are practically unanimous in their
opposition to nonometalism. Indeed
the puplic opinion Of this city does
not differ widely from that of The
South and West. 1.-THE question wer,
sHbsitted TO the voters OF New Yorl
9 great majority would be given in ia
vor Of the double standard. Whatev
er may be the opinions Of bankers, cap
italists, merchants and scholars, th'
earners Of wages here are well con
tented with the silver dollars. The,
prefer them to any form Of pape
whatever, and are always glad to ge
them. They look upon the PROPOSE
tion that there shall be but one meta
| used - money as hostile to their in
tsrssts, and as having the effect t.
lower their wages,
The RnsncierE OF New York anc
Boston may as we'll make up thei
minds that the two metals will con
tinue to be used a. money. TIL
thing for them to do is to devise som
plan by which that use may be mad
acceptable to all interests and to al
classes of the people. 1t is not wort
while to excite sectional predjudice
over . question like this, nor to arous
the tAr more dangerous passion
which lie beneath the surface aroun
us.-New York Star.
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The Slanderer.

Against slander there is no defence.
He'll cannot boast so fouLa fend, nor
man SO fell foe. 1t stabs with i
word, with n nod, with a sErug, with
a look, with smile. 1t is the pesti-
lence walking in darkness, spreading
contagion far and wide, which the
most weary traveller cannot avoid
1t is the heart-Searching dagger Of the
dark assassin it is the poisoned ar
row whose wound is incurabls; il :
the mortal sting Of the deadly sdtgl.
Murder is its employment, Innocence
It's pray, ard ruin its sport. Its toun.
dation is envy, jealousy, and disap-
pointed ambition. It's herAlds are
found in all classes, among all sects
in every vicinsge, The slanderer il
vindictive, malicious cowardly in
sinuating demon--wose than mur
derer.-Selected
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-01-14

An applicant for Texas Post OF.
feels absolutely certain that Cleve-
land viii give it to him. AZ there arc
about twenty in hot pursuit Of the Of
flee, We had the curiosity to know
what made him 10 positive.
"Are you the widow Of q deceased
Democratic army officer, with a fam
lily to support, ss was the case with
Mrs. Mulligan At Chicago7" we asked.
He replied that he had never tried
20 be snybody's widow.
"pid ysu stump for Clsyelana?"
mo, bat you see I've made porsOn-
al sacrifices for Cleveland"
."How sof"
"Its confidential, remembArf"
Certainly, honor bright"
"Well, | lost Ave gallons Of whiskey
and $50 werth of cigars betsinE on
Blaine. I have sent on the receipted
hills with my aprljcaticr,--Texa'
HiftipgA
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-01-14

COLUMBUS, o., January, THE re-
publicaRs Of the general assembly
caucussed this evening to select a
candidate for the United States Sen.
ate All the republicans were present
except representative Tomlinson, who
was represented by proxy.
Senator Ely, of Cleveland. was cail.
cd TO the chair, and Representative
Cowgill acted as clerk.
Representative Washburne, Of Lo.
raine nominated John sherman. As
the roll was called each member Of
the caucus arose and announced his
preference. Sherman received every
vote.
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NO. 93
THE PATHETIC STORY TOLD by A BRAKE.
MAN TO A CAR FULL or
PASSENGERS.
tFropn the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.l

kriVth the o. LOUIS OtuDe D6I1OCfht,I
One Of the passengers on ST. Paul
train was man neither young nor
old. His face was youthful but his
hair was turning gray. His skin was
bright and smooth, but there was q
queer look upon his'face. He sat gag
ing out OF the window, metionless and
rigid. His eyes rarely winked, and
his gaze was an empty stare. Present.
ly he turned, for the first time in an
hour, and reached into o travellers
grip which lay upon the seat beside
him. From this valise he pulled a
doll, large and prettie, with delicately4
painted face, golden hair, bright blue
eyes and a handsome little gown. The
other passengers looked and wondered.
Then the man clasped the doll to his
breast, pressed its china cheek against
his, kissed its painted lips, smoothed
its aaxen hair, gszed into its glass
eyes, and talked to the ears that could
not hear. The other passengers tit
tered and began TO make remarks.
There was q grin upon every face and
a jest upon every tongue. But just
then the breakman came in and held
up his hand TO attract attention, and
placed his finger to his lips, enjoining
silence.
"It's nothin' to laugh at" muttered
the brakeman to three or four who
gathered about him, IAN you ought to
be ashamed Of yerselves. / know
that man--he's a commercial traveller
and gentleman. Six months ago he
had wife and child--Pve seen 'em
both many time, an they were love.
ly. But one day, when he was on the
road, he received telegram telling
him to hurry home. Before he could
get there his wife was dead. Two
days later the little girl followed her
mother. There was no one left for
him to love but the doll his little girl
Use to play with. an he packed that
Up with his kit when he went out on
he road, There wasn't nothin' for
him to do but to go on with his work,
an keep as much away from the old
home as possible. He carries that doll
with him wherever he goes. At night
its head rests on the piller with his,
an only yesterday he was in town
buying Christmas presents for 1.-THE
has 'em there now in his grip. Poor
man, he's little of in his head bout
the doll, yer see, though I never saw
him take it out in the cars before.
You fellows oughter be ashamed for
laughing at him--an' We wouldn't if
you had any little girls OF your own,
rs have"
Like breeze the word was passed
through the car. All laughter ceased
and the passengers sought their seats.
Nobody seemed to want to talk TO any
body. And as the man with the
youthful face and grayish hair and
queer look shaded the dolls eyes from
the light and wrapped his coat about
it and hummed little lullaby as he
rocked it to sleep against his breast,
the brakeman went out upon the plat
form and the passengers held their
newspapers and magazines close to
their eyes.
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Ella Whseler-Wilcox in her new
novel, says, II sometimes think that
God must be wonany he is axpectsd
TO Orgive 40 much" That 'Waa 8
beautiful thought, and yet Ella must
have had acme experience in ordsr
% gel thAs ides into her head. Per.
hapa the old man he's bSsn eak with
the boys, and tried 10 unlock Ehe doof
With HE cigar stub OF ceurse Ahie il
only supposition, but there liatls pic,
nies have happened in some Of oul
best fsnIliss, ana insh az IKE ~ moi
Ella has hsa 10 forgive AsE hpRhy and
make h.r. pronlsa tc do 81 no aOsts.--
Peck's san.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-01-14

Notwithstanding up stairs--"Jen-
ME, are You dressing for the party"
Daughter--shouting down ssairs--
"Nome, | haven't begun TO dres, yet."
Mother Begin right away then or
yon Il be late hump yourself"
Daughter-"Hump myselE2 Br;dF.
&, ring me up my hustle. - Bostow
Courier.
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the hrSt day Of January, heW depart
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with the wonderful progress In provincial
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Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-23
Actor F<Guying' Audiences.

Sometimes the circumstances by
which we are surrounded are so abom-
Unable that the only way to preserve
ones sanity is by ':]etting' down the
bars" and interspersing little judi
cious fun. Once l played earnestly
all through the evening to a howline
mob, much to my disgust, and in the
last scene Of Hamlet" in a spirit OF
mischief, I stood over the king, and,
with all the power I could command,
exclaimed as l ran him through:
"Down, down to hell, and say sent
thee there!'' This conglomeration OF
Richard ILL.," and "Hamlet" finished
the job. Hats were thrown up and the
crowd yelled like aChicago convention.
That reminds me of a story of the elder
Kean He had been billed on three occa-
sions to play atBirmingham and each
time had failed to appear. At length
he was induced to fill an engagement
there, and was greeted with tremend-
GUS house: He played Richard and
played it as few ever have played it.
But not "a hand" did he receive dur
sthe evening. The nail-makers of Birm-
ingham were getting even with Ed
mund Kean. The closing scene at last
arrived, and Kean foug ht Richmond
like an inspired devil and when the
curtain fell the pent-up feelings OF the
audience burst forth in that kind OF
applause which the reporters call "ter.
rife" The curtain was lifted, and
Kean, still prostrate on the stage,
leaned on his elbow and, shaking his
fist at the enraptured crowd, exclaim-
ed: "What do you think of that, you
ID nailers!"-George G. Min in
Chicago News.
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-23
The King Business.

It will not pay. It is all very we'll
to think OF the gorgeous splendor OF
courts, and to mediate on what
splendid time the king, has with palaces
and his attendants and his army and
navy and his brass bands, his crown
and his scepter, but there is dark
side to the king business, and the
trade is not found to be as satisfac-
tory now as it was in the dim and dis.
tant past. People nowadays do not
care as much for kings as they did,
and think nothing OF declaring one OF
them insane, and taking his kingdom
from him, nor expelling a large num-
Der Of princes, who might be kings
some day, from the country. Then
again. the king industry is a decidedly
unhealthful one, and those who engage
in it are likely to come to an untimelY
end. a statistician who looked into
the matter tells us that there have
been in the world 2, $50 kings or en-
perors. Of this number 800 were
soverthrown by their enemies; sixty.
FOUR were forced to abdicate; twen-
ty-eight committed suicide; twenty
three became crazy; 1 90 were killed in
battle; 133 were captured by the enc
my; twenty-five y were tortured to
death; 151 were assassina ated, and lO8
executed. From these figures IL will
be seen that people who aspire to be
Ionarcha run gTeat risks, and in them
will be found the reason why we hope
American parents will not bring np
t,heir children to 90 into the king busi.
ness ttsburgh Chronicle.
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-23
The Easiest Seats in a Car.

- -.,.-. ~ - + 2 49,.
a very common thsme of conversa-
tion among travellers is the question
of whether or not a car rides easier in
the middle than above the trucks.
One Of our railroad contemporaries
some time ago published an article on
the subject, and took the ground that
there could be no difference unless the
sills and framing Of a car yielded like
the blackboard OF 81 wagon. There is
certainly no yield to car sills and fram-
ing; yet every old traveller avoids the
seats, and especially the sleeping
berths, above the trucks, 4 and old
travellers generally know what they
arc doing. the party who ii.
sisted chat there could beno difference
in the motion IN difterent parts of the
sans car had ever crossed thest stormy
ocean ii . moderately long steamer
he might have received some eniiRht.
enn,ent especially ifsear ckness urged
him TO find the point Of least motion
It is well known that there IS lee mo
|tion amid ships than there IS at the
stem OF stern, and less action at the
bottom Of the vessel than there IS on
deck car acts ia a similar way.
Anything detective about che track
sierks tho Nhiich ransffniit It The
7iirraeul motion tto the truck and
that urn to the bod sot the eoach.
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-23
Soap and the Complexion.
From tho Bro oklyn Eagle.

FROM tho brooklyn Eagle. RI a:g <S.s E.s. I.
A new theory has been started With
regard to the use Of soap on the face.
Women who for years have been care
ful OF their compilations would never,
under any circumstances, wash the
lace with soap, as it was said to
roughen and coarsen the skin. Now.
this idea is exploded, and a we'll known
physician in the metropolitan profes-
sion recomends his women patients to
use 1T freely every day, lathering the
skin well. OF course g fine, oily, and
pure soap is most desirous. This be-
ing secured he states that none but
the most beneficial results will be effec-
ted by his method of impro-
wing the skin. He holds
with considerable plausibility--that
the pores OF the face becomes as much
clogged by grease and dirt as tho
bands or any other portion of the
body. And if soap is considered g.
necessary purifier in the bath, it needs
must be felt equally on the face. By
AN abundant and regular lathering
the facial pores, he claims, are kept
open, clean, free from the cloegine
matter that produces unsightly black
heads, ache, pimples, and a pure,
healthy, fresh and brighter complex
ion is the resultant. Not mincing
matters, he says that the trouble
with most women who have sallow.
pasty skins is that from year's end to
years end they never have a really
clean face.
An article published in Good House
keeping says: Glands kept dirty are
never smooth sand'white. Absolute
cleanliness is necessary. Many peo-
pie who do not work seldom wash
their hands. The days accumula.
tion Of dirt is allowed to remain on
the hands all night. Upon rising the
hands are washed in cold water; then
the possessor wonders why when she
does no work her hands do not look
any better. The hands and face should
always be washed in warm soap suds
before going to bed. White SOAPS are
safest. Highly scented and colored
soaps are almost invariably made
from rancid and ill smelling fats. A.
ter drying thoroughly use few drops
OF mixed glycerine and camphor, which
the druggist can prepare you. Drop
into the palm OF your hands and rub
we'll, and this will be all that will be
necessary to show decided improve
ment." When you rise in the morn
ing do not use soap on your tace, but
battle it we'll in warm water. Do the
soap scrubbing only at bed time.
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-23
A Visitors Ghost Story.

p An old gentleman. npon whose head
the frosts OF many winters had rested,
remarked to a Sun reporter the other
evening at the Grand Hotel:
"speaking Of ghosts, I once had a
curious experience, and one which even
now makes my blood run cold when
think fit. I know what you llsay
but every word am going to tell you
IS the solemn truth, upon the word of
an honest man. Some years ago
was engaged in prospecting for a fur
mace plant in Northern Ohio.
l decided to locate upon the
property of a curious indi-
vidual named Jones, ii could per
suade him to sell. At first he would
listen to nothing but price four or
tive times beyond it's value. 1 sue
ceeded in getting him down finally to
reasonable figure and bought.
needed considerable lumber, and as
his lands were we'll stocked with such
trees as could utilize, I agreed with
him to have them cut and hauled to
a sawmill had constructed and in op-
Grafton. I paid for the trees as they
were cut, and took occasion to note
them that | might not be imposed up
on. I had but little confidence in this
mans honesty. AS it happened, after
| had all the timber / needed and had
paid for, this man presented bill for
forty trees cut and hauled. I disput-
ed 1t, but a recourse to law compelled
me to pay it. When I handed him the
money I told HIM that he had done
wrong and that some calamity would
befall him. Not above q year
ago l was visited in the early
morning, about1 o'clock, by this same
curious Individual. Itwas quite dark,
but saw him distinctly. He called
my name and that awoke me. My
roommate was sleeping in separate
bed and but ashort distance from me.
| directed his attention to my strange
visitor. He simply said he could not
discern anything and laughed at me.
The man said he had been mistaken
about the trees and desired to return
me the money. Then the apparition
vanished. We talked considerably
over the matter before again going to
sleep. My companion laughed over
it as a joke the next morning, but we
were startled while eating breakfast
at the news Of the mans death. He
had died only a few minutes before he
came to me. This is gospel fact, l
can assure you. hadn't been drink
ing, and when do take anything it is
Old Kentucky and six years old.
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-23
ith The least friction and the least /, h

waste. 4
are: i 4@53.s -.
To subsist on light but nu tritious 81 e,
diet, with milk as the standard food,
but varied according to season. no
5clothe warmly but lightly, SO that
the body may in all seasons, maintain
lts equal temperature. 5s.:@# .gE5:
S5 10 keep the body in fair exercise,
and the mind active and cheerful.
70 maintain an interest in what Is
going on in the world, and to take
part IN reasonable Iabors and pleas.
ures, IS though old age were not pres.
ent. 55.s -, - S& S& .4z.%. ~, = :,
To take plenty of sleep during
sleeping hours, To spend nine hours
In bed At least, and to take care,
during cold weather, that the temper
ature: Of the bedroom is maintained
at SO degrees. =
70 avoid passion, excitement, lux.
ury.
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-23
Decadance Of the Sandwich Is
lands.

Rev. Father Theodore Lauter, a
Catholic missionary who has been la
laboring in the Sandwich islands, is
ON his way to Bone. A day or two
ago he gave a. Chicago reporter an &C.
count OF the state OF affairs existing in
the Sandwich islands. He says the
king Of that country does not intend
to sal out as has been reported, for he
has nothing to sell. The government
is in z Seplorable condition financial
", and the king is a mere figure head
dictated to by a few rich planters who
own the lands. The king will not re-
ceive his own money for taxes in
amounts greater than twelve dollars.
The natives have bee ono immoral and
diseased, pnnny in body = I'd in intel.
lect. Father Lauter says that
the natives are degenerating 90
rapidly that in forty years there will
be no natives on the island. Nearly
half the population is afflicted with
sleprosy, which was intro oduced in 1853.
It shows itself in the young children
as well as in the old men and women
One island has been set aside for the
lepers, and two Thousand Of the un-
fortunates are dragging out miserable
lives there. The plague is not confined
TO that island however, as often whole
families will escape and go wandering
about spreading the dreadful disease.
That the disease is contagious IS still
denied by some. One doctor thinks
that only certain persons are exempt.
An ninstance is cited of q washer-Wonl-
an, who for seventeen years has wash
ed the clothes ois the lepers, but who.
is still hale and hearty and touched
hy the disease. Wheth her leprosy is
contagious or not, all will agree that
iiti is d bad thing TO have around I