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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08

MRS. raw ana daughter, Miss Sallle,
have returned from visit to relatives
in Mountain City.
Just received the finest line of Bill
Books, Pocket Books, Wallets and
Purses in the city.
Earnest & Ball.
The best oil grain Mems Shoe in
town for 1926,
Penland, Hurst & Co.
Seaver & Summers sell lower than
anybody. Get quotations and go to
them and they will prove it.
Down go the prices on hardware
at G. X. Lide & Co.'s
All kinds and styles OF Hats and
prices that defy competition, at
Penland, Hurst & Co.'S.
Seaver u Summers can tell you how
to save money on builders supplies
and hardware
Low prices still rule at Weiler's
queenware store
We carry large line OF Builders
Hardware and sell it at reasonable
prices.
c. K. Lide & Co.
Sop Molasses 40 cents per gallon at
Hunter & Browns.
II you want fine Japanese, Alliga-
tor or Seal Skin Wallet or Pocket
Book call on
Earnest & Bail.
FITs.--All Fits stopped free by DR..
Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits
after first days use. Marvellous cures.
Treatise and $500 trial bottle free to
Fit cases. Send to DR.. Kline, 931 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa. 235-285
All wool jeans rs cents per yard at
Hunter & Browns.
The largest stock to select from and
goods marked down low is what Fl. w.
Weller offers.
Pure paints and oils at
4
G. K. Lide 4 Co.
Down go prices on Dry Goods this
week at Penland, Hurst & Cos.
We want to buy all the dried black
berries in the country,
Hunter q Brown.
Guns cheaper than ever.
SEAvER & SUMMERS.
1t would seem that Sheriff Hawkins
could best serve the people of Wash
ington county by appointing deputy
who would at least serve important
papers, or allow them to be served, by
some one else, and not require fees tc
: be advanced.
. The first public entertainment Civ
en- by the students of Science Hill In
stitute last Friday night was a success
d The hall was comfortably filled will
e the parents and friends of the scholars
and all seemed to be entertained. TIL,
. song When It's moonlight" by Mis-
Il Matte Kincanon deserves specia
mention. In the prize calistheni
= drill, Miss Matte Kincanon was tn
successful contestant and will wea
i the medallion 80 days or until defeated
We are informed that Mr.. Miller A
Smith, civil engineer of the Sos raj
7 road, has left for New York, en- route t
+! Chilli, on six months leave of absenc,
= to make report on very extensiv
system of government railroads /
H. that country at the urgent request {
u the SC company. Mr.. J. ]. Robinson
IT. who has just opened an office, for th
purpose of carrying on general Ell
gineering practice, in the GRANADA
building, takes charge of the surve
I'D lately conducted by Mr.. Smith unit
the location is completed to Johnso
CITY
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the firm
of Adams & Hoss Bros. was dissolved
on the SIS; day of August, 1888, by
mutual consent. This 31st day OIL
August, 1888.
235-239 ADAMS & HosS BRos.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Lard cans at Pierce & Mann's.

Lard cans at Pierce 4 Mann's.
Jas. Y. Seaver OF Limestone, is IN
the city.
D. J. Wheeler came up from Alton
to vote.
Everything in the queensware line
and cheap at Il. W. WellerS'
We arc agents for the Webster Wag-
ON. G. K. Lde & Co.
Fire proof brick at Pierce & Mann's.
Our expenses are light and we can
sell builders supplies and all kinds OF
hardware cheaper than anybody else'
SEAvER & SUMMERS.
Window shades soc, 60c and zoe
Der shade at Penland, Hurst & Cos.
A new stock OF queensware just re-
ceived at H. W. Welier g.
Pat DUNCAN, Esq, CT Carter county,
was IN the city Tuesday night.
DR.. H. B. Wilson, OF New York, is
in the city whiting his parents.
A fine line of Stone ware at
Hunter & Browns.
We will meet any competition on
dress hannels, trcots, worSted, cash
meres, ginghams, &c.
Campbell & Martin.
Pierce & Mann has the largest and
best stock Of CRATES in East Tennessee,
and prices are right on them.
Pierce & Mann have 3 car loads OF
cooking and heating stoves, and great
reduction in prices
Home made Apple Butter, Jelly,
cheap j M. Harrell q 20
A big lot of Atwood Jeans at Doc. a
ward at Penland, Hurst & Cos.
Campbell 4 Martin have NAM
moth stock OF boots and shoes and are
selling at astonishingly low prices.
If sou want your house painted
with rubber or oxide Of Iron paint al
40 cents per square apply to Pierce &
Mann
Miss Mamie Patty left Tuesday foi
Parrottsyille, Tenn, to spend few
weeks with relatives,
We will pay the highest marke
price for dried blackberries,
Hunter & Brown.
II. w. Weller still offers queenswar'
at rock bottom prices.
We are now selling the famous light
running cold Hickory Wagons
They are better and cheaper than an.
wagon made Seaver 4 Summers
Di. E. +. Hunter, VIM, Shell ant
several other Elizabcthtonians wer
in the city Tuesday night
If you don't want to buy anythin
YOU had better not look at Campbe
& Martins goods and get their prices
for they will catch you every time.
Services at the Christian churc
Sunday morning ard evening, col
Quoted by the pastor, S. T. Willis
Leave your order order with Cam
bell & Martin for anything in Oh
goods or groceries, they will sell chee
and charge nothing for delivering.
]. NJ. Cowan aud family have retur
ed to Johnson City. They will oce
ply the Ike Karr residence ON Fai
veiw.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08

Messrs. Crawford & Evans have
opened a market house in the room
in the Harris Block opposite John
Harris grocery store. They will keep
constantly on hand a supply of fresh
meat and fish and vegetables in season.
They invite the patronage Of the pub
lie and guarantee satisfaction. All
goods delivered free of charge,
Respectfully,
Crawford & Evans.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Nails! Nails!! NalIs!l!

Best brands OF steel nails at Knox
vile prices. @. X. Lide & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Attention Farmers.

You can buy Oliver Chilled and
South Bend Flows and repairs at
C. K.I4ide & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
THE COMET.
Cement! Cement!

Black diamond cement 1926 pc,
barrel. q. *. Lide q 20
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
THE THREE C'S RAILROAD IS COM.
ING AND NO MISTAKE.

Contract Signed to Have the Cars Run.
ming to Marion by the First
of July Next.
The following telegram has just been
handed us
New YORK., Oct 81, 1888.
p j. Sinclair, Marion, N. c.
We have to-day signed papers agree
ing to complete and have road in OPP
Grafton to Marion by July LIST next.
r. A. JOHNSON.
--Mdrion Rugle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Barn Burned.

A barn belonging to the Lineaweay-
er heirs, on Boone's Creek, burned
last Sunday night. Some 40 or sc
bushels of corn, besides some straw
hay and other roughness, was destroy
ed. 1t is supposed to be the work Of
mn incendiary. ..
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Iron! front! IrOn!!!

5000 pounds charcoal iron at Knox.
vile prices, G. X. Lide & Co
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Guns! Guns!! Guns!!!

Muzzle and breach leaders at Knox
vile prices. G. X Tide q 90.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
Harness!

@. X. Lide & Co. will sell you har-
ness and saddles at rock bottom. Call
and see for your self.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
BARGAINS
FOR Thirty DAYS.

One OF our firm remaining crippled
and unable for duty We wish to close
out in the next 80 days Our Immense
stock OF
DRY GOODS,
DRESS GOODS,
NOTIONS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
HATS,
CROCKERY
AND
TINWARE.
Come early and secure BARGAINS.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-11-08
New Beef Market.

II UoVOO " doIIIIISVUH OUUIIU
November LIST, 1888.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17

brother was older, both in years and
crime, and 1t was his habit to remain
out O. nights, occasionally, long after
good people are supposed to retire.
And so it happened on this particular
evening he got in with party of his
kind, and after doing the town in
their own peculiar style they started
for home. About this time the little
brothers scheme entered the young
mans head, and after relating it to his
companions, they all decided, as one
man, to go to the innocent sleeper's
house just to zee how the scheme
would work. AS they came to the
house, there, sure enough, dangled the
clothes line, swaying to and fro in the
breeze, and without more ado, each
took firm grasp. One-two-three
was counted, and each gave a mighty
jerk. In their befuddled condition
the night providers did not stop to
consider that such a strain might re-
suit seriously to the sleeper, but this
time luck was on his side. 1t seems
that the presence of the rope about his
ankle gave his limb an uncomfortable
feeling, and he slipped the loop over
the bed post. So, when the tug came,
instead OF pulling his limb out of
joint, his bed went to skating across
the floor and landed kerslap against
the wall with the force OF steamboat
collision, landing him ON top of the
bureau, and smashing various speci-
mems of crockery and raising the deuce
generally. His papa has since bought
him an alarm clock for his very own,
and henceforth the rope act will be
dispensed with.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17
Events of Lifetime Seen in a Moment.
London Globe

Events OF Lifetime Seen in Moment.
London Globe.
The question of the duration of
dreams has recently been discussed in
Germany, among Others by DIR. F.
Scholz, who has given some striking
examples from his own experience and
observation. 1t is not possible to give
definite answer, and probably enough
dreams vary very much in point Of
duration, just as they vary in force
and vividness. AT one time the figures
of dream, whether they emerge from
the horn or the ivory gate, are as real
as in life the sorrow is even more in
tense, the happiness more realistic. At
another time they seem to live only in
pale moonlight, and we watch the
scenes rather than participate in them.
1t is very certain, however, that the
majority of dreams are only of mo-
mentary duration, though extended
occasionally to the length of minute.
In proof of this DR.. Scholz tells the
following story from his experience:
CATER excessive bodily fatigue and a
day of mental strain, of not disagree
able kind, betook myself to bed after
l had wound my watch and placed it
on the night table. Then lay down
beside burning lamp. Soon found
myself on the high sea on board a
well-known ship. Twas again young
and stood on the lookout. / heard the
roar of the water and golden clouds
fioated around me. How long stood
so did not know, but it seemed very
long time. Then the scene changed
was in the country and my long dead
parents came to greet me; they took
me to church, where the loud organ
sounded. 1 was delighted, but at the
same time wondered to see nv wife
and children there. The priest
mounted the pulpit and preached, but
l could not understand what he said
for the sound of the organ, which con-
tinued to play. l took my son by the
hand, and with him ascended the
church tower, but again the scene was
changed. Instead of being near my
son l stood near an early known but
long dead officer-I ought to explain
that was an army surgeon during the
maneuvres. l was wondering why the
major was looking 30 young, when
quite close in my ears cannon
sounded. Terrified, ] was hurrying
off, when I woke up and noticed that
the supposed cannon shot had its cause
in the opening of the bedroom door
through some one entering. 1t was as
If had lived through an eternity in
my dream, but when I looked at my
watch saw that since had fallen
asleep not more than one minute had
elapsed-a much shorter time than it
takes to relate the occurrence" DR..
Scholz has collected many other ex-
amples of similar kind.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17
OCTOBER.
BY oPIE p. READ.

De leafs turned yaller an de cuckle burr's
brown,
An de grass is streaked wild de gray o.
age;
All natur is err wavin' 'twiNt er smile an er
frown;
An de ed in de sky puts de bull in er rage.
De ole woodpecker has hushed up his song,
An de ole crow scratches whar we thrashed
out de wheat;
De ole blueiay sorter haster hop erlong,
Gaze de frost made him stifl ID de Jlntso MS
feet.
De po' ole dove is er mournin' ergin,
An 1t pear mighty like her heart is gWlne
ter break; :.
An it makes de yallerhammer sortcr nod his
head an grin,
De soft win comes like de sighin' o. er child,
An scatters dead leaves DER de graves on de
hill;
An de eyes o. de rabbit looks strange an wild
As he hops ermong de rocks by de moss-kiy-
cred mill.
strolls in de woods W hen de ebenin's come,
An listens ter de whispers o. de trees uat
Den mer heart beats low like err mufied up
AS / kneels b, de side o. er little boy's
grave.
We laid him ter slumber when de grass wuz
gray,
An de leaves had blushed at de gaze O. de
sun;
When natur' had got down on her knees fur
When err dead cricket lay whar or spider had
spun. -Ft0Ttud.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17

From the Atlantic seaboard daily
journey thousands of immigrants.
hosts Of enterprising tourists for pleas
ure, occasional European seekers for
material for books ON America, multi
tudes Of hardy native and foreign ag-
riculturists and artizans, all eager, all
expectant, but all unaccustomed to
the new climate Of the frontier, and
all unfit-unless protected with me-
dicinal safeguard-to encounter mala-
ria, the chief foe to health in regions
newly cleared and opened up for set
Element. These western bound trav-
elers will find in Hostettcr's Stomach
Bitters the safety from malarial infec-
ton they might vainly seek from
other sources. Tried In all parts of
the world, under exigencies the best
fitted to show its value, it has failed
nowhere under the most exacting con-
ditions. In 30 many lands lie it in re-
quest that the demand for it may well
be termed universal. Not only mala-
ria, but constipation, dyspepsia, bill
iousness, rheumatism, debility, nerv-
business and inaction of the kidneys.
are thoroughly relieved by it.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17

conceded with the monogram 81. l..
M. From these facts and what he
had been told by Mrs. Sitwell, Jack
rapidly drew his conclusions, and
made bold shot, which hit the mark,
as we have seen.
Lewis Mallaby's confession, COM
bined with that ofMrs. Gorrigan, who
was found by the police, soon REIN
stated the rightful heir, and Dan
Blockitt in after years had no reason
to regret the generosity which prompt
ed him to give the little founding the
shelter of his rude home.-London
TSd-b
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17
The Estimate of Genius,
Lippincott s Magazine.


The opinions of friends and neigh
bors as to mans powers are rarely
of any value. Sometimes they ridicu-
lousy overrate him and push some
donkey forward into a conspicuous
position, where the length of his ears
as defined against the background of
the horizon may be accurately and pub
licly ascertained. But more frequently
and especially in the case of a man
of real genius-they are inclined to
undervalue one whom they have come
to regard as one of themselves. That
there should suddenly be a great BOOM
ing of cannon and flying of colors in
honor of Tompkins, for example, is
quite in the ordinary course of nature,
because Tompkins is a part of the
great unknown outside world from
which heroes are constantly emerging.
But when your friend Jones, let us
say, whom you thought you had fully
weighed and measured, and whose
mental tonnage you placed rather be-
low your own-when Jones suddenly
slips out of the narrow and crowded
channels of everyday life into the
wide, lovely sea of genius, you are
likely to be surprised, you may be
even little displeased. "The advent
Of genius" says the wise and witty
autocrat of the breakfast table, ais like
what florists style the breaking of q
Seeding tulip into what we may call
high-caste colors-10, 900 dingy fow-
ers, then one with the divine streak !;
or, If you prefer it, like the coming up
in old Jacobs garden of that most
gentlemanly little fruit, the seckel
pear, which I have sometimes seen in
shop windows. 1t is q surprise; there
Is nothing to account for it."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17
Fecks sun.

A laughabie thing occurred upon
the West Side last Friday night. 1t
seems that q couple of lads about
twelve years of age, whose fathers are
prominent business men, arranged to
spend Saturday out in the woods,
where they expected to find an aband-
snce OF ripe nuts, and with this end in
view decided to take an early start.
One Of the boys was the proud pos
SCISSOR of an alarm clock, but as this
would not answer for both, living as
they did block apart, 9 bright idea
struck the one who has NO clock to
wake him. He would tie . clothes
line about his ankle, leaving the end
dangling from the window, and when
his chnm came In the mornig, . slight
pull would suffice to arouse him.
When every little detail was looked to
thsy separated, and that evening at
tho supper-table, the young man who
was to do thu pulling related their
scheme to his brother. Now this
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17
Talked Twenty Six Hours.
New York Graphic.

Long speeches are common. In the
Georgia legislature, when the ques g.
ton of expelling the negro members
was up, Aaron Alpeoria Bradley spoke
four days. The Tichborne trial broug hit
DR.. Kenealey to the front with speech
running through ITO days. But these
speakers did not talk continuously
Adjournments for dinner, and over
night and for Sunday made their work
easy.
The longest speech or record is prob
ably the one made by Mr.. De Cosmos
member of the legislature of British
Columbia some time ago. A bill was
pending which, If passed, would de-
prive many settlers of their lands, and
the temper Of the majority made it
certain that it would pass. The leg
islature was within day and a halt
of the hour of its final adjournment
and the vote was about to be taken.
AT this juncture De Cosmos rose to
address the body. 1t was 10 O'Clock
in the morning, and the members
thought that he would finish in an
hour or two. The clock struck eleven,
twelve and one, but the speaker kept
right on.
How long would he speak? The
members in spirit of fun omitted to
adjourn for dinner, but De Cosmos
spoke on without q break. At six
O'Clock he was still on on the floor.
He was forced by the speaker to stick
to the question and was not allowed
to pause except to take drink of wa
ter.
The majority decided to continue
the session through the night, slipping
out in small parties to eat and sleep.
Still, without faltering, the orator
poured forth his torrent of words.
This was the situation at midnight,
and also when the morning sun flooded
the hall with the light of day.
AS the hour hand of the clock point
ed to twelve the limit prescribed by
law for the session had arrived and
the legislature stood adjourned sine die.
AT the last stroke of twelve the brave
De Cosmos stopped in the middle of
a sentence and fell fainting in his seat.
He had spoken, standing on his feet,
twenty-six hours. His eyes were
bleared and red, and bis parched lips
were cracked and running blood. He
was nearly dead, but he had prevented
the bill from becoming law and had
saved the settlers their homes.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17
THE SECOND HALF.

When Jack Newbiggin got back tc
the parsonage he found that his host
had accepted an invitation for them
both to dine at the "Big House." as il
was called. the country seat of the
squire of the parish.
81 have been fighting your battles
all day." began Mrs. Sitwell, the
hostess, when seated at dinner next t.
Jack.
"Was it necessary? 1 should have
thought myself too insignificant"
"They were talking at lunch of your
wonderful tricks in conjuring, and
some one said that the skill might
prove inconvenient-when you played
cards, for instance"
"a charitable imputation; with
whom did it originate?"
"Sir Lewis Mallaby."
"Please point him out to me-"
He was shown a grave, scowling face
upon the right Of the hostess face
like n mask, the surface rough and
wrinkled, through which the eyes
shone with baleful light, like corpse
candles In q sepulchre.
Jack let his companion chatter on
1t was his habit to get all the infor.
nation possible about any company In
which he found himself, for his OWL
purpose as clairvoyant, and when
Mrs. Sitwell tagged he piled her with
artlees questions, and led her on from
one person to another, making mental
notes to serve him hereafter. 1t ID
thus by careful and laborious prepa-
rations that many Of the strange and
seemingly mysterious feats of the
clairvoyant coDjuror are performed.
When the whole party were assem-
bled in the drawing-room after dinner
q chorus of voices, headed by that OF
the hostess, summoned Jack to his
work. There appeared to be only one
dissentient, Sir Lewis Mallaby, who
not only did not trouble himself to
back up the invitation, but when the
performance was actually begun was
at no pains to conceal his contempt and
disgust.
The conjuror made the conventional
plum pudding in hat, fired wedding
rings into quartern leaves, did all
manner of card tricks, knife tricks,
pistol tricks, and juggled on consci-
entiously right through his repertory
There was never smile on Sir Lewis
face; he sneered unmistakably. FL
nally, with al ostentation that savored
Of rudaness, he took ont his watch, .
great gold repeater, looked at it, and
unmistakAbly yawDed.
Jack hungered for that watch d.
rectiy he aaw Il. Perhaps through II
he might make its owner uncomfOrta.
bic, II only for . moment. But how
to get It into hin handsf He asked
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-11-17
RONDEAU OF LOBSTER AND
ROSES.
BIZ STANLEY WATERLOO.

Lobster she ate with dainty zest;
She wore white roses at her breast;
OF chilli sauce q dab of red,
Dropped lightly on the roses, shed
Rich drops. said in hopeful jest.
cat last, cold creature, am blessedl
The love I've sought is all confessed!
At last for me your heart has bledi"
Lobster she ate.
And was her love 30 manifest?
Had l her hidden secret guessed?
Alb, moi My hope next moment fled;
| lost all heart-regained my head
Fen while thus myself expressed
Lobster she atel
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