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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

The Jonesboro' stink-pot thinks a
lawyer ought to understand ejectment
cases before he is qualified to be At
torney-General. If that be true the
fraudulent nominee would make an
able Attorney-General. He knows all
about the action of ejectment. lie
learned under Maj. Tom Cain at Nor
ristown.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

suit has been instituted vs. the johnson
City COMET for damages, for certain libelous
words In communication from this place. -
ROgersUille Herald
Oh, no. No suit has been brought.
A certain individual thought he would
scare THE COMET out Of exposing the
fraudulent nominees by threatening
to sue, but he didn't succeed. If he
wants to sue let him pitch in. We
will accept service at anytime.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

If the people do not rule, then is our
Government in vain, The convention
packers and tricksters and not the
people, nominated Messrs. Brown and
Campbell.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

Be just and fear not. If you love
your country and its institutions, you
will rebuke any attempt to set up its
public offices as a reward for political
bad faith and rascality.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

Candidate Campbell and Col.
Browns Office boy, are engaged in a
Chinese war. They are advancing
with stink-pot and gong and think
they are playing terrible havoc with
somebody.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

Col. Brown thinks no decent paper
would publish what THF COMET has
published about him. Col, if we
haven't been overly nice, the fault
has been with your record, not with
us.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

The H. & T. in speaking of The
COMET says;
at one dose, Maria Halpin, Grover Cleveland &.
See here, sonny, you can find a
Marian Halpin case closer home.
Suppose you look in Hancock.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

were nominated by a fraudulent con-
yention, No man can vote for Brown
and Campbell without condoning an
admitted fraud.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

Watch out for forged letters or cir
culars, pretending to be from leading
Republicans, urging the people to
vote for Brown and Campbell. If
circulated, they will be unauthorized
forgeries.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29

Next Thursday Messrs. Brown and
Campbell will pc placed ON the ere
firing docket"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-07-29
Rebuke the fraud.

Boys, get from behind that Dusen-
berre bush.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

"You are wicked, unprincipled boyP"I
returned. defantly, springing behind the
door TO avoid his second attack In MS
fury he ierked the door with such force as
10 throw himself against a table that stood
near M howl of pain brought his mother
to thei f. of conflict.
"T6 viper few at me like
tiger(the D1frVed my face INTO jelly, ,
sHgt 81. ..,,.. -,
9.x / JesRaid, fGdt 13nt tphillis would
not listen to me. Grasping me by the arm,
she shook me roughly, and then, after box
ing nv ears, showed me toward tine stfir-
cnse. declaring. that as a punishment for
my ungrateful conduct, would not be per-
mitted to speak for month, except "Hpn
answering questions.
crept upstairs as fast as my SUFFERING
and binding tears would permit, and
throwing myself upon my bed, gave way TO
an outburst of grief The pain inflicted by
the cruel blows | had received was nothing
10 the excruciating torture Of soul l was
compelled to endure.
What a sad, sad Christmas il had been TO
me. Only a fortnight before ! had, in
dumb agony, listened to the clods rafting
upon the cof,in-lid Of my dear father, who
all my life had shielded me from hardships.
The dear old parsonage with its vine-clad
porch, rose up before me, aud in its shad-
ow | beheld my silver.haired father, doz-
ing in his easy chair, the golden rays OF a
summer sunset touching his santed lace as
with the pencil of an angel. Again, his
gentle voice thrilled my soul as in days
! gone bv. and, in fancy, his loving fingers
1, ,fFal
in prayer.
No doubt he intended TO prepare me Tor
! the shock that had almost crushed me, but
/ the summons came suddenly, and while
slept the angels carried him into Abraham's
! bosom.
How long | would have wept over my
shattered life can not tell, had not Aunt
| Phillis' shrill voice called me back TO duty.
"Take 'em wLite dimity curtains down
from the window. Elsie. Like as not the
saster will spatter 'em with terbacker
mice Them college chaps is wool
estherin' set at best, she said, with en-
| phasis.
| obeyed her promptly but my heart
ached for Master NcIrilr', who expected
this dimnuttvc apart cnt that was devoid
] allht OF bTnhllltlN VI ADlNtilthAt- W htst %
| different welcome was my dear old father
won't to give tho stranger within his gate !
That same evening, as Twas gathering
| kindhng for the morning IRE, John came
suddenly upon ne, and renewed his attack
| of the morning
$50, Miss Stuck-up you are TO be the
| lady, and the servant he began. "Real-
| ly / feel proud Of my smart cousin. How
| fortunate TO have your highness counted as
/ one Of the family
"Shame on yoa, boy, to thus torment a
girl smaller than YOURSELF
| 1t was Master Newville's voice that
startled the young coYard, causing him TO
sneak around the kitchen out of sight.
| After speaking a few kind words to me
my champion went into the house and up
| the narrow stairs TO his cherries room.
Johns taunt concerning my kinship
nerved me TO action, and from that moment
| | set my face fxedly towards gaining a
/ point from which he would feel honored in
claiming me as one Of the family. This
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
CONVICT LABOR.
Tho Contract Labor system In the Fort
Leavenworth Prison Severely Criticised
by the Committee on Military Affairs.


Leavenworih Prison Severely Criticised
by the Committee on Military Affairs.
WAsmINdToS, Dec Representative
Bragg, chairman Of the committee on
military affairs, has submitted report to
the House criticising severely the employ
ment of prison labor for the manufacture
OF boots and shoes at the military prison
in Leavenworth. The report saws; THE
committee find that for the last fiscal year
there was drawn from the clothing fund
by the management of the military prison
at Leavenworth sl6o,Sl5, and that the
boots and shoes of the army have been
and are being manufactured AT
such prisno by military convicts.
The committee are satisned That
the boots and shoes manufactured at the
prison cost more than If they were made
and furnished upon contract by manuiact-
urers. There is, of necessity, that lack of
skill aud aptitude in a convict which are
found in the professional workman. The
committee can not forbear from express
ing their conviction that the United States
Government should not build up manu-
factory to be run by convict labor in com
petition with the honest artisan who
supports his family by the product
of his labor II is also the belief OF the
committee tnat sentence to the Leaven-
worth prison for desertion. followed by
an education as a shoemaker, harness
maker, chairnaker or u broom maker,
good living q suit of clothes al the eNpi-
ration of the term Of sentence, transpor-
tation 10 his home and five dollars to re
fresh himself with. has no such terror in
itas TO tend to suppress the crime. In q
humanitarian point Of view much can be
said in favor of IL, but as
an aid to military discipline
the committee think 1t too weak The com
mittec, as a step in the progress Of reform,
have put a limit Of Sl25,Oo) upon the
amount that can be expended out Of the
clothing fund at the military prison for
the current year, and express hope that
in the near future the business Of shoe
making, as penalty for desertion, viii be
abandoned 4"
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

JOSEPH WHEELER and Ed. Hogan, VIZ
robbed the telephone girls at Little Ro h
last week, pleaded guilty on the 2lst, and
were given one year in the penitentiary
for each otrense.
THE bill now before the South Caroline
Leg stature to prevent the organization Of
colored laborers in the agricultural sec.
tions into Knights of Labor is causing n
great commotion among the leaders of the
-olored people of that state.
AT Chattanooga, Team, on the 2ist, Mrs.
Lizzie Swiek, in attempting TO pass in
front Of a moving train, slipped on the
track, and in a moment the train passed
over her body, severing both legs near the
hips. She died in an hour.
A BILL appropriatiug 100000 year for
arms, ordnance stores, quartermaslei =
stores and camp equpage for the militia
Of the country, passed the Senate on the
2Oth.
THE entire business portion OF tha town
Of Nilonia. Ark, was destroyed by fire on
the Goth.
TEN thousand men are likely to lie
thrown ont OF employment bv the refusal
the demand OF the workmen.
FULLY 100000 of foreign capital has
found investments at Chattanooga, Tenn,
in the past -four weeks, the greater por-
ton coming from Alabama, Georgia and
Mississippi.
I'D. MOORE, OF Montgomery, WAS robbed
OF 800 at private boarding house in
thap ha nj Of 10
18th. Another place was hurgarizei Of
S67 and two gold watches. There is strong
evidence OF the presence in the city OF a
band of professional thieves and pick
pockets.
A COMMITTEE has been organized with
the view of raising n fund for n women's
and girls offering TO Queen Victoria, in
honor OF the tiftieth year of her reign.
Mr.. FRED MOORE, OF Little Rock Ark,
met with painful accident, on the 18th,
by being thrown from his buggy and hav-
ing both arms broken and sustaining in
juries ON the head that may prove fatal.
SEARcY COUNTY, ARK, is all aglow with
the silver excitement, several mines having
just been discovered.
Mr.. JoHN ZEST, of Memphis, while 60
ing home little after o o'clock on the
night Of the 18th, was knocked down and
robbed.
In the House, on the 18th, motion made
by Mr.. Morrison TO take up his tariff bill
was lost by vote Of l49 to l54.
SusASA WARREN, perhaps the oldest
citissn In the United States, II not in the
world, 10 dead. She was born In Angus.
ans. Fla. l75o.
Iowa capitalista have recently bought
iargs bodies Of land n ~ Yssoo dsloa.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

TAKING Ut TIE UNFINISHED LESSONS.
resolution accounted for the tallow dip burn
ing in my bare room long after oven Master
MELVILLE lad extinguished his light and
sought repose Before had closed my eyes
that night | had marked out regular
course Of study which was to occupy my
few spare hours. II seemed 70 me that /
had grown old in the last two weeks. |
could not realize that was the same happy
girl who had danced SO merrily in and out
of the parsonage door so short time ago.
II could only have staid with Margaret,
dear Margaret, who had taken ne from the
arms of my dying mother, and cared for me
during all the fifteen years Of my lifel She
would have chung to me faithfully had not
the death Of my father left her In her old
age as helpless and dependent as myself
"Dcar Margaret ] will yet make a home
for you, and we will eat the bread of indie
pendencc together cried, bitterly
Strong in my determination to succeed.
] gathered my school-books from the bottom
of the old chest and took up the unfinished
lessons that my father had marked the dav
before he died. Thanks to his thorough
method OF instruction and the interesting
manner in which he strove TO present the
great truths he taught, was not only well
advanced for a girl of fifteen, but | pos-
sessed that inordinate love for books that
makes study a pleasure instead of task
Much as | shall always despise John for
his cowardly treatment Of friendess
orphan, ] can not but feel grateful TO him
for uttcring the singing words that
aroused me from my stony grief, and
opened new source Of enjoyment TO nv
starving soul. Every moment could
steal from aunt's watchful eye was devoted
TO my books.
One evening she came upon me suddenly
when was replenishing my humble light,
and taking the old saucer from my hand
said, sharply:
Seems TO me, Elsie, you use a mighty
sight of tallow. Mind, it costs like sixty
Miss Jones got seven cents a pound for
her'n. There is no sense in great girl like
you havin' TO carry light upstairs every
night Betty Robins told mo she had seer
light In your window all hours Of the night
and that folks sarSou set up to study. Il
catch you stealin' your time to pore ovei
books, III burn 'en every one"
She set the old cracked dish on the uppe,
shelf Of the pantry. and crawled up stairs
discouraged but not conquered. Just q
this time was wholly absorbed In geome
~. Inade ma point 70 laaEa sas ~
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25

Or the 18th Rev. A. q. orcutt, . Baptist
minister, lost his life In q hotel hre at
Pipe Stone, MINI.
CS the 18th the walls OF o building In
process Of demolition on the site OF the
proposed new Congressional Library build
ing in Wsshing gton fell precipitating sew
eral workmen TO the basement, all OF
whom were more or less seriously injured
by the falling debris.
ON the nth the whaling bark Atlantic
was wrecked on San Francisco with large
loss Of life.
RECORDER SMITH deferred sentencing
Mc'Quade, the convicted ex-aldermar Of
New York, until Monday, the 10th.
COUNSEL representing ex-Alderman Nc
Quade, OF New YORK, the convicted bribe-
taker will move for a new trial. No more
OF the "boodle" cases will he sakun up
this month
Ok the nth Charles Anderson was SEN
fenced "a the penitentiary from Clinton,
ILL.,, FOR fourteen years for forgery.
OK the nth Gratiot Wa.tburne, son Of
Hon. L. b. Washhrrne, dropped dead at
the Gait House, Louisville, Ky.
AT Pine Knot. Tenn, on the 18th, 4 loco
motive was ditched on The Cincinnati
Southern ssilrcaa by the breaking of an
axle, aud The engineer and fireman were
killed.
THREE Of the nine youths recently SEN
fenced to death at Sidney, New South
Wales, for nssani,ihs h servant girl, have
been let OF with life Imprisonment.
SrLvsstER GRASDA, who was arrested
at Kansas City Mo, for cewriicity in the
Haddock murder, mas made a confession.
Ww. Il. JORDAN, business man OF
Cory don, Ind. committed suicide ON the 18th
by shooting. He was member of several
secret societies and had his life Insured for
5000
JouS 7. McGowAS, receiver NJ ,hH
Guardian Savings Institution OF New
York, Is s,1,O0o short IN his accounts, as
stated by the referee appointed by the
court To pass upon the receivers repcrts.
The Guardian was once controlled by Boss
Tweed and members oi his ring.
OK the ,Sth the jury at East Cambridge,
Mass. rendered its verdict in the case OF
George Francis Baker and Mary Ann Jane
Baker, his wife, charged with the murder
OF Susannah Prescott OF Grctoh, Mass.
The man was acquitted, the woman was
found guilty Of murder In the second de-
gree,
Cunisri.N +. ScHlr, a tailor .hot his
dau ghters, Minnie and Annie, ut Erie, PaH
on the isth, killing the former outright and
fatally wounding the latter, and in at
tempting to escape shot at policeman,
who clubbed him senseless. He narrowly
escaped being lyncbcd, but was finally
landed in Jail.
TmE confession attributed 10 the Grandas
in the iaddock murder case Is now repu-
dated by them, presumably under the in
fiuence of counsel for other defendants,
who managed to gain access to them while
On route from Kansas City to Sioux City.
NFAa Tullnmorc, Ireland on the 10th,
two proce.s servers were badlv beaten
and their papers destroyed.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
A Vicious Mil.

BosToN, Dec, 20.-A desperate prize fight,
said by experts TO have been the most
savagcly contested that ever took place in
the East, was witnessed in loft ON the
wharf in this city late Saturday night,
only ten sporting men, who paid the eN
penses ofthc affair, being present Lesides
the principals aud seconds. The fighters
were Dick Cronin, Of this city, and Abe
Humer, champion lightweight Of the
United States Navy. Thin kid gloves were
used The men fought till neither could
stand up, and the result was draw, There
we're eight rounds, with several knock
downs. and much blood drawn on
both sides. Both mems faces were cut to
pieces
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
Recovering the Bodies.

BAYOU SARA, La, Dec. 20-The wrecking
boat George +. Rootes, and Captains Burns
and Buck, experienced divers, have gone
TO the wreck OF the J. NJ. White. The
crew of the steamer Beverly Harris Sat
urday recovered the bodies Of Captain
Stafford and wife, Of Nandalia, Albert
Brown (colored), William Bailey, Charles
Morgan (colored), Rev. Gleason Allen tcol-
ored), and an unknown colored man. The
badly burned body Of an unknown white
man was also found When the Masons OF
tl0s place heard Of the recovery OF Cap
tain StafRord's BODY, they made arrange
rsnts for the care Of Il and will ship II 70
his relatives IN Memphis,
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
CHRISTMAS.

How shall tell of the ages,
When Christmas was never kepti
When the earth, in dark reyolutioh'
Bided her time-and slept'
How speak Of the tardy unfolding
OF morn in the crimson East
When lol for the Heavenly Infant
There waited the solemn feast'
The shepherds sing
In slow accord:
ais born our King,
The blessed Lord"
A quIyer-as II down tho ages
Mortality's cry echoed still;
30 long had It voiced every heartoeaI
II fingered the daybreak TO iilli
Each bitter, discordant, low earth-wau
Shocked Heavenly air as 1t rnngi
The Babe breathed; Divinity woke,
And the angels in rapture sang.
The shepherds say,
ave seek Him, all
Look at the Star
Der Bethlehem's stall
The Babe enwrapped in the manger,
His tiny hand folded soft;
That hand, TO be put forth for others
In loving strength, so oft;
To be, even in willing submission,
Extended from Calvary
Now rests on the Mothers bosom,
In beautiful infancy.
The shepherds whisper,
on each knee,
ave bring our gifts,
OLord, TO Thee"
That head, on its pillow so tender,
Must wear a thorny crown,
Before, the earth-life ended,
Its sacrifice lays down;
But now, oh! gracious promise
or Eingly power and might
1t sends out from the little brow
Rays OF divinest light.
This shepherds vail
Their faces now;
"To Thee, o Lord,
We humbly bow"
Oh now the paans rolling,
The anthems meet and blend;
"Give praises, oh give praises,
Forever, without end"
"The Christchild ne'er shall leave u.s."
The angels soft do sing,
But always folded in our hearts,
The Christmas JOY shall bring"
The shepherds then
Stole soft away,
"The night has flown,
Look break OF day."
What does it mean, this Christmas.
Down from the ages sent'
Out of the lips of a little Child,
d h, punanty
Into one word it is prisoned,
Struck into life and light;
Love is the Chrstmas-tide message
OF Heavenly power and might.
The shepherds far
Upon the plain,
Adore the Lord
OF Love again.
Sing 1t in Heavenly chorus
Sing it in earthly strain,
Wake the dark places with music,
To call down the Lord again.
Sing it mid Christmas jangle
OF bell and childish voice,
And sweet confusion, sing IL:
"Our Lord is comel Reioice"
The Christmas bells
Ger hill and plain
Take up the shepherds
Sweet refrain:
"The child is born
To bring us Love
And Light and Peace
From God above"
--Mdrgdrd Sidney, IN " T. Iadepends
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
Salaries Of College Professors

President Webb, of the College oil tn'
City Of New York, desires to limit the SUI
aries OF his tutors TO S2.SoO year anu ".
his professors to $S,c0 a year. puu no
would give no tutor $500 year unless NV
latter had worked for the college faithiuuy
twenty years.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
HOW IT HAPPENED
That l Was Proudly Owned es
"Ono of tho Family"
tOriginal.l

O not put such o
heapin' spoonful Of
sugar in your tea,
Elsie. Mind, sugar has
riz half a cent on the
pound,n said my Aunt
Phillis, sharply, as she
moved the yellow,
cracked sugar-bowl
out of my reach.
" CROWN girls do
eat an amaZin' lOt,n
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
smart and Lively old Lady.

Mrs. Sophia Brown, Of Wins'ea' Soup,
though ninety seven years OLD, renos .
daily newspaper with evidity, kni.s' 's~, .r
threads her ovn needle, mskcs her own
cana. ass,sts in the house work, and grum.
blss becsuss she 10 not permitted v -
. more
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
ReAN& D. MlaKgH...
Chrls,mnsin Canada.

The social pleasures which Christmas
brings in its train are characteristic OF the
English people and their offspring every
where. CaAnda does not grow the mist!c'
toe or the holly of England, but she makea
sp for the absence Of those recognized typca
Of the season by availing herself OF thl
wealth Of green things in her own forests.
Every house has its bits Of green spruce or
cedar and lunches OF rcd-berrics IN tho
halls aud parlors This old custom, at al
events, il in harmony with modern ideas ot
home decoration. Even the housewife oI
very pronounced aesthetic tastes hnd1
pleasure in placing bunch Of red or white
berries, or some native stag-horn moss,
above her mantet
The main features Of the celebration oi
his. above all others, " the chlldren's ief'
tival," are borrowed from both England
and Germany. Santa Claus, SO long the Ia
vorite saint of the little ones, has come 10
US through the worthy old Dutch folks
Of New York; and we borrow from the
German the Christmas-tree, which IS every
year becoming more IN vogue, aifordlng, as
IL does, pretty way oi presenting ghJS 70
both young and old, and Of adding a pleas
ant feature TO the evenings amusements
Still .as an old fellow with decidedly conserV
alive tendencies. snd not few agrccaole
"reminiscences OF my own childhood, nave
serious doubts whether the Christmas-trce
can, after all, compare with hanging up
the stocking In the old-fashioned way 10"
pleasant il was 90 wake up before the dawi
and gently feel whether old Father CHRIST
mas had filled the stocking which we mao
hung up in full youthful confidence that ne
would do his duty to it and us. What
series Of pleasant surprises as we All Bath
cred round the bed and gradually worked
the hand into the various treasures ina
tho kindly genius of the festival had gd'n
cred for our pleasure. lhave had my snare
Of pleasures since then; but am qulW
sure that ! have never enjoyed them as
did certainly enjoy those gifts of old Christ
mas times.
But. after all, Christmas in Canada doe'
/ not differ in any essential respect lroh
| Christmas in other countries OF the sai'
| race From one end of Christendom 10 'ns
| other the bells will be heard in honor %
/ the day-among the hills that hang gaboVe lhs
| gloomy hords Of Norway, as well as IN many
avllage Of the island continent oil AusrU
| liza The good IT teaches, the blessings -
brings, are recognized tie world over y,
| the rude log cabin among the pralrles ~
] the Northwest, as well as IN tho Stacy
homes where wealth and culture dwel a,
the world grows more busy every day' "h'
men become more engrossed IN tho ao' q.
mutation of wealth and in the pursuit o'
ambition, many old customs and institu'
tions fan into oblivion, but whatever may
be- forgotten or neglected, the chief iesu'
val of the Christian world continues TO re-
mind the nations that they are all mem,
bers of one great family, still brings ol'
and young together in social and rellglou'
intercourse, and ever keeps fresh IN our
hearts those lessons Of love and charity
which Christ taught long ago among INV
| hills of Palestine --CurrcHt.
The Osceola times., 1886-12-25
81 GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

OK the 10th John Dillon, William
O'Brien, Matthews Harris and David
Sheehy were arrested at Loughrea, Ire
land, while collecting rents according TO
the ssPlsn - Campaign"
CHARLES HoFfERBIRTH's saw-mill at
Evansville, Ind, was wrecked by boiler
explosion, on the l4th, and Frank Poplin
was killed, several others being wounded
TEE principals in the celebrated Robin
son poisoning case, Sarah Robinson, Dr.
c. G. Beers and Thomas X Smith, were ar
raigned at Cambridge. Mass, on the 14th
The indictments were two in number-one
for the alleged murder OF VIM. J. Robin
son, and the other for the alleged murder
Of Lizzie Robinson.
6cEwARTz, the brakeman who Is sus
pectod Of knowing something about the
great Rock Island train robbery, was held
to the Chicago Criminal Court on the i4th
In bond Of t2,000 on charge OF bigamy.
He asserts that the railroad company is
pushing the charge Of bigany against him
In order 10 keep him In custody.
on The 18th the seed store and agricul-
1ngol Warehouse Of J. w. Mccullough Il
e - ClnelnneN, WAS damaged 70 tho ex-
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