The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-09-09

Seven passenger steamships arrived
in New York from Europe, one day
last week, with $500 steerage and l.
500 cabin passengers.
The young lady who can peel to-
mato in five seconds is as useful as the
young woman who speaks five Ian
guages is ornamental.
Mrs. Cleveland is said to write on
an average about twenty letters day,
most of them in reply to communica-
ls from entire strangers.
The principal beauty of the Nor
mon religion is that the same woman
dosn't have to get up the entire winter
to build the kitchen fire.
The Rev. George A. Phinney, of the
Methodist Church in Peabody, Mass,
has declined 10 accept the presidency
of the University OF New Orleans.
A woman that takes all the fashion
magazines generally goes to a dress
maker to learn what is new in the
fashions, and never makes her own
dresses.
Many women think they are do
mestic if they stay at home to enter
tain company, while their husbands
think they are as little domestic at
home as abroad
The entire loss caused by the dis
honesty of the defaulting treasurer,
Gray, to the Boston companies with
which he was connected is stated at
$560,0O0,
The convicted Chicago Anarchists
are spending their hours in the coun-
ty Jail very quitely. Their wives and
relatives visit them daily, and many
curious people throng to see them.
Misses Ward and Hoyden, two
American girls, are trying to keep COO
by five weeks tour in Labrador
They are the first American ladies who
have ever visited that desolate region
The Jury in the Chicago Anarchist
case received 81 200 for its self-sacrifi
cling two months services. If eacf
man of that jury had received tina
amount it would not have been exor
bitant wages.
The Capitol at Albany, N. Y, is sale
to be in dangerous condition. TIL,
massive walls and excessive weight il
finith have proved too heavy for it
foundation. 1t is estimated that th,
building will require $3,000,000 NOR
to complete it in its safe and perma
nent manner.
The contest for the Tennessee Gov
ernorship between the Taylor brother
recalls to n writer the fight for the Un
tied States Senatorship among tn
Salisbury brothers in Delaware year
ago. Cove and Willard had Tough
each other in the primaries, and tn
contest resulted in a tie. Then Ell
who was the least able of the three an
who had not been thought of for TIL
place, quietly went to work and SUI
prised both his brothers by havin
himself elected. He has held on eve
since.
A novel wedding occurred on an e.
cursion train on an Indiana railroa
one day last week. When the trai
reached the line dividing Ohio al
Indiana, Mr.. Clark, of Clinton Coul
ty, and Mrs. Hawkins, of Tipp
canoe County, alighted and took pos
tions on the road, the woman standir
on the Ohio side of the line and IL
man on the Indiana side. A minist
stood with one foot in either State al
pronounced them husband and viii
while 800 passengers formed circ
about the couple, cheering heartily
the close OF the proceedings.
The story of Miss Helen Blanchar
OF Portland, Me-, as told by the Pre-
OF that city, deserves wide mentio
She was the daughter of will-knoy
Portland merchant who was unfort
nate in business. After an unsucce
full attempt at keeping boardir
house in Boston, she obtained work
Philadelphia clothing house. Q
day, in fit of desperation, she alb;
doned the shop to invent band
gentlemen's hats to prevent perspi
ton, which proved highly successl
She has now returned to Portland
buy back the old homestead where
family lived in their former days
prosperity. Her wealth was larg
gained through the sweat of the br
so to speak-somebody else's brow.