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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 49,
Special. A number of nominations
for District Attorney were withdrawn
by the President, in cases where the
original incumbent's term expired
since the induction int Office OF the
present incumbent. This action was
taken for the purpose of renomina-
ton. Among the number 10 Ernest
Pillow.
The Senate Committee on Finance
unanimously reported Hillsman for
confirmation.
Senator Jackson rendered his resi-.
gnatiou to the President OF the Senate
who viii transmit it to Coy. Bate
Speculation is rife as to his successor
Many names are mentioned. Among
the most prominent are S. F. Wilson
of Galletin, and ]. Heating. of Mem
phis
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15

The Superior Court, in the cause Of
Ament VS. Wheat's administrator, has
decided that son-in-law can not re-
cover for time lost in attending the
funeral OF his mother-in-law, The
court probably objects to the comming-
ling of business with pleasure.
George Seoyille, who defended his
brother-in-law, Guiteau, has been sent
to jail in Chicago in default of the
payment OF SIS weekly alimony to his
divorced vile. He declines to ask
any one to go upon his bond, and in
sists that the prosecution against him
is simply persecution.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15

The President yesterday appoint
Senator Jackson, OF Tennessee, to fill
the United states circuit Judgeship
made vacant by the death OF Judge
Baxter. According to custom the
Senate Immediately confirmed him.
Senator Jackson's term would have
expired next March. He is avery able
lawyer and an experienced Judge,
having occupied with credit to him
self seat on the Supreme Bench OF
Tennessee. The appointment is very
generally Endorsed. 1t will fall to the
lot OF the new Judge to try the Tel
ephone suits at Columbus, 0. -Neu
York World.
Mr.. Tom Montgomery, Of Cleveland
Postal Cleark on the East Tenn, Va
4 Ga. r, R., well-known in Bristol, has
been removed for offensive partisan
ship" Mr., Montgomery, beginning
to feel pretty secure in his position
concluded to participate in a Re
publican county convention the othe
day, and official decapitation is tn,
result. Mr. Hood Of Mouse Greek sue
eeeds him. --Bristol Reporter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15

M April Is, 1886.
Dear COMET Since my last COM
munication there has been a morbid
dearth Of news and whether attributa-
BILE to the innocuous desuetude' CHATS
toney expression isn't it-senatorial
or Congressional, which is IT'D conse-
quent upon the change of seasons, or
to the christianizing influences Of
eyangelists Needham and Avis efforts,
| am unable to say; for both are put
ting in their work-spring clothing
the face of the earth with verdure and
the trees with foliage, and preachers
proclaiming the gospel; and in con-
sequence sf the efforts OF the evange-
lists, our citizens may, at present, be
called a "church-going" people, But
how long will it last? Human nature
is so volatile and changable; wait I'M
til the first circus or theatre comes
along, and see which way the crowd
goes.
But, criticism aside, these evange-
lists have been working faithfully, and
our citizens are endeavoring to re-
munerate them by liberal subscrip
ton, aiming to give them $3.50 for
their work l understand that they
will take their departure tomorrow
for Marion, Va. This liberal donation
is however another indication of the
volatile, versatile, tickle character OF
mankind-particularly applicable to
this section of the "moral vineyard
for here we have as coed preachers Of
the gospel as you will find anywhere
in this land of gospel light and chris
tan principles and yet generally how
poorly paid is ministerial talent
Candidates are the order of the day
What mania for office How much
time is spent in elections. 1t will be q
blessing to the country if there were
longer periods Between elections and
more labor performed by the voters.
As general thing tradl is now
quite dull, but there is great activity
in tobacco. Our tobacco warehouse,
are, and have been, over-run with thu
enormous quantities of tobacco
brought here for sale. What a vas
improvement there has been made il
the cultivation of the weed in thi
country within the past few years
And yet with the majority of tobacco
growers it is far from profitable bust
ness. Some crops scarcely paying TO
transportation to market, while in
few cases fancy prices are realized
The manufacturers reap the creates
benefits.
The Missionary Baptist congrega
ton has at last determined to bull,
their new church on the old site, an,
the work of rebuilding is being rapid
ly pushed forward.
Other buildings are being made, i
fact there is prospective boom 70
carpenters and masons in this place.
Abruptly yours,
PUNCH.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15
six Murderers Arrested.

SOMERSET, KY, April 13.-Great ex-
element was caused by the arrival OF
twelve men, six OF whom are armed,
and who had the other six prisoners.
The captives were implicated in the
murder eff Ben. Wilson, April LIST.
The prisoners were in charge OF the
brothers of the murdered man and
four friends. When the Wilson Bros
murder they Immediately organized
themselvec into an avenging commit.
tee OF two, On the way to the scene
of the murder they picked up four
friends and swooped down upon the
six murderers Unexpectedly, captu-
ring them without any trouble.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15
Collapse ofa schosIbox., strike,

New YORK, April 13.-One hundred
pupils Of the public schools in Brook
Ign struck yesterday for a half daily
recess and half holidays on Fridays.
They refused to go into school when
the bell rang in the morning and pre-
vented as many other boys as they
could from entering. The principal
of the school sent word to the parent is
of the strikers and toward afternoon
the old folks began to arrive on the
scene. The result was an ignomini-
GUS collapse of The revolt. The pu-
pills were led into the school room by
their irate fathers and mothers and
spanked.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15
THE COMET.
johnson City, Tenn. April Is. 1886.

The appointment OF Howell E.
Jackson as the successor OF the late
Judge Baxter meets the hearty APP
probation of the people OF all polit-
ical parties. We have not heard a
single dissenting voice, Judge jack
son has accepted the position and
rendered his resignation as Senator.
His successor will be appointed at
once.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15

The Best Salye in the world for cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblaine, Cornes, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refun-
ded. Price IS cents per box. For
sale by J. B, Hash.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15
To the Voters of Washington
County.

/ am candidate for Register Of
Washington County at the ensuing
August election, am a cripple and
not able to do manual labor, but if /
could be elected to the Office of Regis
ter / could earn my own living by my
own labor. If the people will elect me
l will endeayor to do my whole duty
and run the Office myself. AS to my
qualifications refer you to those who
know me, so it is with the voters Of
Washington county to say whether l
shall make my own living, or depend
upon some one else for it. Take this
matter home to yourselves, and con-
slider it carefully, and then act and
vote according to your own conscience.
Owing to my disability, on account Of
rheumatism settling in my knees, l
can walk but little, so / shall not be
able to make as thorough canvass as
I would like to make, but l expect to
do all the canvassing that is in my
power, l think all that is necessary fol-
my success is for the voters to become
acquainted with my condition and
qualifications, fer think we have al
sympathizing people in Washington
county as there is in the world, Sc
think Of this matter and give me your
support, Yours truly,
JAMES H. NELSON.
Locust Mt, April 10, 1886.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15
Returning.to WerIx.

ST. LOUIS, April 13.-The whole
force of the strikers OF the ST. Louis
Transfer company, confident of pro-
lection by militia from molestation,
have returned to their old places and
scores of transfer wagons, together
with private trucks and other vehicles,
early this morning carried freight to
the various depots OF railroads center
ing in East st. Louis. The force of
switch and yard men who returned to
work yesterday, was increased this
morning by many more of those who
availed themselves of military protec-
ton to secure employment most Of the
roads, now have full crews of switch
men and yardmen, and it is expected
that in a few days resumption of OPP
erations by a large majority OF the roads
will be complete.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15
1os william Street. New Yor
A Long Felt want Supplied.

"a TOBACCO KILLER" Make
your tobacco hills by horse power bet
ter than can be done by hand and as
fast as horse can walk. Call and see
Henry Lyle, johnson City Tennes-
see.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15

Howell Z. Jackson was born at Par
is, Tennessee, on the Sth day Of April,
1882, and is consequently "a years
old. He graduated at West Tennes-
see college in 1S4S. He afterwards
studied two years in the University Of
Virginia. He read law with the late
Judge Totten. In 1866 he entered the
Lebanon law school and graduated
the following year. He began the
the practice of law soon after his grad
uation, at Jackson, Tennessee. Eight
years ago he came within few votes
of receiving the nomination for SUI
preme Judge, by the democratic con-
vention. In 1880, he was elected to
to the lower house OF the legislature
as state credit democrat. In the
memorable struggle for the United
States senate in January, 1881, he
was elected without having been con-
sidered a candidate, and took his seat
the following March.
In the present congress he has serv.
ed on the judiciary committee and
has commanded the respect OF his as,
sociates on the committee, of both
parties. His speech on the Blair ed.
ucation bill was one of the best made
He is naturally conservative and en-
joys in large degree the confidence
of men of all parties. He is an able
lawyer, liberal in his views, just tc
his opponents as we'll as his politica
friends, and possesses all the qualities
which go to fit him for the response
bilities of his new position,-KnoruA,
Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-15
JUDGE BAxTER's SUCCESSOR.


WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Presi-
dent to-day sent the following nomi-
nation to the senate:
Howell E. Jackson, Of Tennessee, to
be circuit judge of the United States
for the Sixth judicial circuit, vice
John Baxter, deceased. Mr. Jackson
was at once confirmed.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-02-25
nlss CHAPMAN INTERVIEWED.

4. ssMv name is Mary Chapman, and 1 live at
the corner of Williams and Cox streets have
been a dreadful sufferer from scrofula and run
ming, eating scrofuous ulcers for six years
Have been waited upon during the time by
seven Atlanta physicians. also used various adj
vertised remedies, without the least beneht
The eating sores on my neck were mass OF
corruption almost down to the bones My
thr Dat became so much affected that could
scar cely swallow, my food lodging in portion
of my throat. was reduced to 80 pounds
wai. rbt-beinr a mere skeleton. In this con-
dition I commenced the of B. B. B., end
foun i great relief in the first bottle.
"When had used five bottles my health
had so much improved chat the ulcers had all
healed, the swelling fubsided, my appetite re-
turned, my skin became active. my strength re-
turned end / gain ed A pounds of flesh. am
now healthy, fat a nd hearty, and am able u
do as much work as any woman, and feel a.
happy as a lark
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-02-25
EIGHTY THOUSAND Statesmen.
Important Items Concerning Their Bust
ness-Home for the Disabled.

Important Items Concerning Their BUSH
ness-Home for the Disabled.
One of the leading dry goods statesmen
of the United States, tells me that there
are now about sc, 900 travelling statesmen
on the road in this country, and that
their expense accounts alone will aver
age 81, 800 year each. This for expenses
alone means an outlay of 1920, 900, 900
year and if you will count in an average
salary of $1,000 year each it will swell
the total to $500, 100000 a year. This
immense sum is scattered all over the
United States. 1t keeps up the hotels,
and is one of the most important items
of railroad passenger receipts. The
character of the travelling salesman has
changed within a decade past. You
will find very few boys and fewer
drunkards upon the road. The competi-
ton is SO great and the expense SO heavy
that firms have to send out their best
men, and salaries of 5000 and So, 900
year are by no means uncommon.
Said this salesman: "These travelling
men sell all sorts of goods Some of
them carry half dozen heavy trunks,
and others carry their samples in their
5000 year for selling the skins which
butchers put around sausages. He
dresses like Broadway swell and carries
his samples in bag no larger than
lady's shopping sache1. The best of such
skins are made in Europe, and butchers
buy of him everywhere. Then there is a
man know who travels from Boston to
San Francisco and sells nothing but one
grade of boot backing. Some travellers
sell by pictures of the articles they have
to sell. Clothing forms the largest class
of drummers, and next come those who
sell boots and shoes Then we have the
dry goods statesmen, the grocer, the hard
ware men, hats and caps, and others as
numerous as there are trades and fac
tories"
Travelling men, this gentleman con-
tinued, aare, rule, bright, generous
fellows. They spend freely, and many
Of them, when they become old and
leave the road, find themselves poor. We
have now project to take care of dis
abled travelling men. 1t is travelling
mems home to be endowed by travelling
men and to be devoted to their use. The
idea is that each one of the $4,000 travel
ers is to give 81 a year for the next three
years to such an institution. This will
make total of $240, 900, and from this
we will buy farm in Kentucky, or some
other good locality, and erect comfortable
buildings, with reading-roo1ns, parlors,
and chambers, so that the occupants can
have all the comforts of life during their
declining years. We will further endow
tho home by year or two more of con-
tributions, and the institution will be
under the care Of competent board of
managers. This project is, understand,
to be submitted to the next annual meet
ing Of merchant travellers. It has many
supporters among travelling statesmen,
and will not be surprised if it is carried
ut."-@Carpn in Cleveland Leader.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-02-25
If Kaiser wilhelm Should Die.

Suppose, however, the German emperor
should die to-day, what will be the effect
on the policy of Germany? Hitherto it
has been shaped, governed and directed
by the iron will of Prince Bismarck, with
the loyal and unwavering support of his
imperial master, who was an implicit be-
-iever in the divine right of kings in
general and of emperors more partlcu-
iarly. He had a profound contempt for
the people and despised his brother, the
-reigning sovereign, for making conces-
sions to them in that revolutionary year,
184S. Bismarck's scorn for them and for
Eparliaments is equally intense. Both be-
tieve in bayonets, breech- loading rifles
and Krupp's steel guns. Both are of
opinion that Providence always fights on
tie side of the heaviest battalion and
both are attached to the principles of
military despotism.
Bat the future emperor of Germany is
a man of a different stamp. He has none
of the absolutist beliefs of his father and
4 said to be free from the warlike tend
eTcies of that potentate. He is very
much under the influence of his wife.
Between "Our Fritz as he is called in
Berlin, and his accomplished wife on
ne side and Prince Bismarck on the
o, her there never have been cordial re-
Ia lions. On the contrary there have
be en- GOODNESS and arrangements. The
prince imperial will wish to resign as
constitutional monarch. He belongs to
the new era. His princess, educated I'M
der the personal care of one of the most
constitutional sovereigns in Europe, with
whom she has been in close correspond
ence ever since her own marriage, is
sagacious enough to perceive the bur-
dens which the military establishments
OF Germany impose upon an i1npover-
ished people and how socialism is in
fecting the toiling Enthusiastically
Eagle.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-02-25
EsQuimaux Preparing for Famine.

EsQuiInaux Preparing for Famine.
In the winter time the great herds Of
reindeer have migrated southwark, and,
though few are to be found on the
hunting grounds, it is a precarious living
for even a family, let alone q large vii
lage. The walrus is the main depend
ence at this season of the year, and when
the wind Is ln-shore, or not blowing at
all, it is found on the outer edge of the
lce-tioe and lce-packs, and there secured
by the native hunters. When the wind
is of-shore the ice-pack goes sailing out
to sea, leaving nothing but the shore ice,
called the foe. On this itinerant ice-paclz
the walrus takes passage, and goes out to
sea for ride, leaving the foe, which he
seldom visits unless the ice-pack be near.
This going out and coming in of the
drifting pack is always going on with
the variable winds, tides, and currents,
and it is only during favorable times that
the walrus can be caught, but these
times vary so rapidly with the others
that the alert Esquimau can always keep
himself well supplied with walrus meat
if he takes full advantage Of his oppor-
tunities. If these winds are long pro
tracted, and the Esquimau is not well
supplied, he often has tough time" in
stead of tough meat to contend with.
The seal is something of a dependence,
but most unreliable creature withal,
the entire district being depopulated for
months at a time and then swarnling
with them. 1t is easy to see that q
famine would depend on which condition
of Numbers these animals were in at the
time.
AS famine approaches the Esquimaux
refuse food first to those who can do the
least to secure it, and, ranging them
along on the basis of this capacity to the
one the most able to get 1.-THE best and
mightiest hunter in the village-one by
one they drop from the ration list, with
mere bite here and there to keep them
alive, until it reaches the last one, he all
the time being fed enough to keep him
in the best of strength for all possible
emergencies. Cruel as the plan seems at
first sight, it is evident from q purely
business" basis that in any famine where
there is any chance of some surviving
this offers the best advantages for the
greatest number to be saved.-Lieut.
Schwatka in Chicago Times.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-02-25
The prnaen. Cat That waited.

After all, the gulf which separates
mankind from the animal world is not SO
wide. Striking parallels in character
and temperament frequently present
themselves. I am not an adnirer of
sanguinary pastimes; neither a cooking
main nor dog-fght, as an affair of
choice, is to my taste, but one day l was,
perchance, and | may also say perforce,
the witness of an encounter, the salient
features of which have not yet ceased to
afford me amusement and abundant food
for reflection. 1t is the daily habit of a
number of vagrant cats to rendezvous IN
the area back of my house. The gener-
osity of my cook doubtless lends much
to the attractiveneSs of these occasions.
Ny attention was drawn to something
which appeared like the second joint OF
a turkey, toward which two monster
felines were cautiously approaching from
opposite directions.
A third cat sat with placid gravity
upon the fence. After various
man6uvres of a strategic character,
one of the contestants slowly allowed
his fore-paw to descend upon the coveted
morsel. Like the trumpet blast in an
old-time tournament, this signaled the
onslaught. In another moment they
We're rolling, tu1nbling and bowling,
while shower of sand and fur fell far
and wide. For some time, during which
the conflict waxed fercer and fercer,
the third cat sat motionless, but with an
evidently increasing interest in the fray.
So soon, however, as it was plain that
the two principals were altogether
occrpied in chewing up each others ears,
the third quietly climbed down, leisurely
walked over, seized the bone Of conten-
ton, and hastily disappeared from view.
There was something SO forcibly sug-
gestive, and withal so ludicrous in this
phase Of the battle, that in my i'm
moderate laughter 1 quite lost sight OF
its denouement. = New York Town
TOPICS
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-02-25
AND NO ONE WRITES TO ME.
BY ASA HARTZ.
From the DAVIDSON Molthlv.

BY ASA HARTZ.
From the DAVIDSON Monthly.
The list is called, and one by one
The anxious crowd now melts away;
linger still and wonder why
No letter comes for me to-day.
Are all my friends in Dixie dead?
Or would they all forgotten be?
What have done, what have l said,
That no one writes line to me?
It's mighty queerl
I watch the mails each weary day;
With anxious eye the list o'errun,
And every him whose named is called,
But love him more who gets not one-
For I can sympathize with him,
And feel how keen his grief must be,
Since I'm an exile from my home,
And no one writes a line to me,
L do declare.
Within quiet, happy home,
Far, far in Dixie's sunny cline,
There dwells quiet, happy maid
Who wrote to me in by gone time;
Now others from their dear ones hear,
In tender letters, loving free;
Yet here I've been this half year,
And why does she not write to meI
We're not estranged.
VIII no one write me just line,
To say that Pm remembered yet?
You can not guess how much delight
I'd feel could l a letter get;
Could but hear from some dear friend
Whose face I ne'er again may sec
Will some one now my anguish end?
If some one doesn't write to me
I'll get exchanged.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-02-25
For the SENTINEL
THEOLD CONTINENTALs,

BY GUY HENPHREY MCMASTER.
In their ragged regimentaIs
Stood the old Continentals,
Yielding not
When the grenadiers were lungfng
And Like hail fell the plunging
Cannon shot;
When the files
Or the isles,
From the smoky night encampment,
Bore the banners OF the rampant
Unicorn,
And drummer, drummer, drummer
Rolled the roll of the drummer,
Through the morn.
Then with eyes to the front all.
And with guns horizontal,
Stood our sires;
And the balls whistied deadly,
And in streams flashing redly
Blazed the fires
AS the roar
On the shore
Swept the strong battle breakers,
Ger the green-sodded acres
OF the plain;
And louder louder, louder
Cracked the black gunpowder,
Cracking amainl
Now like smiths at their FORCES
Worked the red st. Georges
SdnuOneFS;
And the 'villainous saltpetreo
Rung fierce, discordant meter
Round their ears;
As the swift
Storm drift
With hot, sweeping anger,
Came the horseguards' changer
On our fianks;
Then higher, higher, higher
Burned the old-fashioned fire
Through the ranks,
When the o1d-fashioned colonel
Galloped through the white Internal
Powder cloud;
And his broad sword was swinging,
And his brazen throat was ringing
Trumpet loud;
Then the blue
Bullets flew,
And the trooper jackets redden
at the touch of the leaden
Rife breath;
And rounder, rounder, rounder
tsoared the iron six-pounder,
Hurting DEATH