The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-11-11
WHOLE NO. 1856
An editor is a man who lives on
what other people owe him until he
starves to death.

now irowns upon visitors to the CITY
OF the Golden Gate.
Jay Gould is said to have a super.
stition or fear that he will some day
be killed in an elevator.
The greatest resemblance between
women and politiciansis is that the ways
OF both are past finding out.
Satisfactory results were obtained
IN the tests of the new six inch and
eight inch steel guns at Annapolis.
Trouble is feared in Chicago if Pink.
erton's men are employed to guard
The stock yards against the strikers.
If it be true OF heaven that there ia
no Knight there great many EN-.
ployers will make extra efforts 10 get
in.
Campannini, the great tenor, is TO
undergo another surgical opinion in
the hope of improving the purity Of
his voice.
That was very pretty saying of a
little girl that "the snowtlakes are the
umbrellas that God covers his flowers
with"
True bravery is shown by perform.
ing without witness what one might
be capable of doing before all the
world.
In taking down chimley Of the old
House OF Seven Gables" on Turner
street, Salem, pine tree shilling Of
the date 1862 was found.
President Cleveland has contributed
$25 for the purchase Of seed wheat for
the impoverished farmers OF North
western Texas.
Kate Field at recent banquet Civ
en- by women, thrilled her hearers by
an eloqent speech when proposing
the toast-"The men, God bless
them"
The tallest boy in Lancaster, Pa, ia
George Kersey. son OF Dr. Kersey. He
ls thirteen years old and Z feet high.
He is still growing.
A bridegroom, who did not make
his appearance in time for his we'd
ding, was found asleep with fifteen
cents in his pocket waiting for the in
fiation of currency.
A lie is a breach OF promise for
whoever addresses his discourse to an
other tacitly promises, to speak the
truth, because he knows the truth ia
expected.
A cynical bachelor of another city
says woman is good deal like the &C.
Gordon. You draw her out, but she
makes music" if you attempt to shut
her up.
Sir Charles Dixie says he intends
to devote the rest OF his life to clearing
up his reputation. 1t is too bad that
he is not much younger, as he has a
gigantic task before him.
Pig iron is selling at from 81 TO 81.
% higher than a year ago, and is be.
ing produced at the rate OF l2LS74
tons per week, against II sos tons a
year age.
Telegraph Operator (reading mes
sage)- whats thisY win marry
you whenever you wishY"
Aged Spinster-"Yes do you think
it too forward? It's my first offer, and
I'm afraid he'll get away"
A baby has been born to a couple In
st. Joseph, Mo-, the father OF whom i,
seventy-one years Of age and thu
mother sixty-fve. The little young
ster cried "chestnuts" when he firsI
gazed on his lusty parents.
A celebrated lawyer once said tina
the three most troublesome clients h,
ever had were a young lady who want
ed to be married, a married woman
who wanted divorce, and an ole
maid who didn't know what she want
ed.
Here is the rule adopted by the lat,
Judah z. Benjamin in his law prac
tice: : First, charge retainer, theI
| charge reminder, next charge
, refresher, and then l charge finish
err" The "finisher" presumably bank
rupted the ordinary client.
Inexperienced farmer recommend
that oats be soaked sufficiently to swell
them before feeding to stock. Groun,
oats are in proper condition at al
, times but millers are not partial t
grinding oats, and many farmers fee,
them unground.
; Ashes should never be thrown upoI
manure heaps, nor mixed with an
; kind OF manure, as the caustic potasl
llberates the ammonia, which ia YER
difficnlf fn aarn Thnrnfo -