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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

Little but active--arc DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets.
Best Liver Pills made; gentle, yet
thorough. They regulate and invig
crate the liver, stomach and bowels.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

We have speedy and positive cure
for catarrh, diphtheria, canker mouth,
and headache, in SHILOH'S CA.
TARRH REMEDY. A Nasal injec-
tor free with each bottle. Use it if you
desire health and sweet breath, Price
80 cents. Sold by Kirkpatrick, Vol
ford & Miller, druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

STUAT1oN-36oo feet above level In the centre of the
famous Elk Summer AT medium and convenient dis
from all the grand and important points of interest and magn
cent views.
business Ten miles of Lnnve Park Ten
miles The Grandfather Mountain and only short distance to
Blowing miles from Cranberry mines and furnace Tee
graphic connection with the world.
MANAGEMENT-Hoe and elegantly furnished throughout
The proprietor Bowers will be assisted by experienced clerks
corps competent polite during the Of
studied attention will be bestowed the Culinary Department
easily the best the State for the No Partially
prices Natural headquarters for drumme Hotel supplied with
cool mountain
RATEs-Perday $500 Permeal 50 cents. Per month $25 500
LIVERY STABLE-n with the hotel have fcas
LveySabe and hack line to Blowing Rock N c. Good horses
vehicles supplied all times and careful drivers furnished
Stop with and be happy.
Respectfully,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

Two made up the quorum that even
ing there,
And matters went on by rote;
But what is most strange, tho the two
voted yes,
For all that i was tie vote.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

II man wants to 60 to Europe just
let him get some nice girl to hold him
tight in her arms and he is likely to be
Immediately transposed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

DIRT. sTARKEY & PALEN have the liberty to re-
fer to the follow ing named well-kn0wn persons
who have tried their Treatment
Rev, Osgood A Darby Columbia, S c.
Col. I s Crews, editor Laurenceville Herald,
Laurens, S c.
Rev. John l. Gerardeau Columbia, S C.
Rev. Sidi II Browne, editor Christian Neigh
Dor, Columbia, s G.
Rev. II f Chreitzbufg, Chester, S c..
Rev VIM. II tombstone, Tarboro, G.
Rev. s. Richardson, Athens Ga.
John Mason, NJ ID, Aug sta, Ga.
Rev w # Cook, d d, Augusta, Ga.
Mrs Ella r Tennent Home Magazine Mari
eta, Ga.
Rev. / + If Kendall Macon, Ga,
Rev w A Gambler, President Emory College,
oxford, Ga.
Rev. E Meynardie, d d, Camden. S c
Rev. Josephus Anderson, d ID, editor Florid
Christian Advocate, Leesburg Fla.
M Bowen editor Floridian, Tallahassee Fla.
w Jordan, Madison, Fla.
w ii Lawrence, editor Chiffon View, Clanton,
Ala.
Abner Williams, oxford, Ala
Rev. Henry ID Moore, NJ Montgomery, Ala
And thousands of others in every part of the
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Good Advice, Showing Result.

edward silvey, Chicago, gives tes-
timony; Ny wife had Catarrh TWEEN
ty-five years suffered severely for six
years before she began to use our
remedy. Unable to breath except
through the mouth in n most criti.
cal condition. Tried everything
without relief, when DR.. Streeter adj
vised her to buy Clarke's Extract Of
Flax (Papillon) Catarrh Cure, Re
lief followed Immediately. She con
tinued to use it until now abe is en-
tirely cured, Her health has not
been 80 good in many years" Price
800 Wash the baby with Clarke
Flax Soap. % cents.
Mcfarland & Co., druggist, nov
has the Flax remedy on hand.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

1.-The blacksmith is foolish for using
the bellows"
"Why is he?"
because it'll blow the fire into
blazes."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

It is difficult for lady who paints
to keep her countepance when out in
the rain.-Texas Siftings.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16
shIIoh,s Cntnrrh Remedx.

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy, a marvel.
GUS cure for catarrh, diphtheria, canker
mouth, and headache. With each
bottle there is an ingenious Nasal In
jector for the more successful treat
ment of these complaints without ex-
ira charge. Price 80 cents. Sold by
Kirkpatrick, Wofford & Miller, Drug
gists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

That "two is company and three is
moi" is true.
Just now, as twas in Ewes and
Adams day, for when the third party
in the garden came.
All recollect the devil was to pay.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16
DRS. sTARKEY 4 ,PALEN's
For Consumption, Asthma, Bron.
chitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Hay
Fever, Headache, Debility, Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia, and ALI
CHRONIC AND NERVOUS Olson.
DEKS.

Drs. Starkey & Palen's Office records show
over 1000 cases in which t. cir Compound Oxy.
gen Treatment has been used by physicians in
their practice, and by invalids Independently,
over 1000 physicians and more than $4,000 in
val ,ds
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16

No, Heliogabalus, the crowbar is
not the place where the crow pleads
his caws.-Binghamton Leader.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-10-16
CALL AT JOBE'S LIVERY STABLE.

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, 1890-05-23
Sc, . Detective on Himself.

A curious story is told concerning a
prominent merchant of our sister city,
Troy. This gentleman was blessed with
as good a stock of this worlds goods as
could be desired, but he was a klepto-
maniac. Webster defines kleptomania
as "a morbid desire or impulse to steal"
Try as hard as he could, this unfortunate
man found it impossible 10 restrain him:
self from purloining knickknacks here
and there. If he went into a lady's house
and she stepped out of the room for a
moment, as sure as fate an oddly In the
shape of a paper knife, a paper weight,
or in fact almost any trife that came to
his eye went-into his pocket.
BE knew he was stealing. He did not
need to do SC. He did not wish to, but
he could not help it. He is now cured.
How He finally hit upon a splendid
plan. He hired a companion to attend
his every footstep, a shadow, as it were,
and a substantial and preventive shadow.
This shadow was non other han a pri-
vate detective. Where his substance
would endeavor to make away with
things which he saw the shadow would
quietly and easily prevent him. For
nearly two years this treatment was fol-
lowed. And his friends never suspected
It is said, no.-Albany Argus.
, 1890-05-23
CARRYING THE MAILS.
Tt PaJs the Railroads Well and Costs thS
Government 10000. 900 = Year.

It Pays the Railroads Well and Costs the
Government $4,000. 900 n Year.
The railroads carry the vast bulk Of
the mails nowadays. People want their
letters quickly. So the railroads get the
carrying wherever they reach. OF course
considerable mail goes by steamboat and
by stage, ''star route" and by penny post.
The transportation of Uncle Sans mails
Is something enormous. Superintendent
Burt, of the railway mail service, said:
Yes, l imagine that would be inter
esting, for the transportation Of mails
covers a tremendous figure.
I'm the first place the government has
a monopoly of all mail transportation.
There is no such thing as a private car
rier or a private delivery. Otherwise a
man might set himself up in business
and make money by carrying and deliv-
ering for less than Uncle Sam could.
For instance, suppose Proctor & Gamble
wanted t o send out 300 900 circulars. 1t
would cost them 5000 for postage.
Somebody might offer to deliver those
circulars for, say, g 1000. Well, he would
be arrested very quickly. Business men
a have their boxes at the p~ostofice and
send their messengers for mail, but no
business man or men al ave a private
route n pay a man for serving 1t.
Everything must go through the post
office. Envelopes with r.. r. b. on
them C~railroad business) go through
without postage. You can employ a
messenger boy to carry a letter for you,
or you can hand a letter to a friend to
deliver as a personal accommodation.
ITO get at the matter of transportation
it were better to know at first what are
post roads. Well, all waters Of the United
States, all railroads or part of railroads,
all canals, all plank roads and the road
ON which the mail is carried to any court
house or county seat. The mails must
be carried on any train that the post
master general may select.
Now as to the pay. / might say that
land grant roads, that Is, roads that get
help from the government, only receive
70 per cent for transporting. The rail-
roads furnish all CARS or parts of cars
for the carrying of mails, and they shall
be maintained, heated and lighted by
the railroad companies. The government
pays $50 per mile per annum for mail
cars forty feet in length, $40 for a fifty
foot car and $50 for a sixty-foot car. The
government does not own anything about
the equipment except, of course, Its sacks
and pouches for mail.
"a good postal car win cost from 81 900
to 5000. Now you've got the figures
for the cars. The government pays $50
per annum per mile for every 200 pounds;
800 pounds, $40; 1000 pounds, 800; 1900
pounds, s125; 1000 pounds, $3.50; $500
pounds, s175; 5000 pounds, 5000. and $25
for every additional 1000 pounds. The
government paid about SEQ, 900 900 in
1899 for Transporting the mails; for rental
of postal cars, -, 1850, 900, and for pay of
clerks, s., 800, 900. This is for railroad
service alone.
The steamboat service costs $500, 600,
and the stage coach and horseback serV
ice, 1850, 900; the mai equipment, pouch
es, locks, etc, 5000, 900. 50 you see the
government pays nearly $40, 900, 900 for
mail service. Cincinnati Times-Star.
, 1890-05-23

The new trash basket is a bag. The
willow baskets which well i~ntentioned
young ome have dressed up in baby
blue ribbons and worsted fruits and
flowers, or have gilded and decorated for
church fairs, are stripped of their orna-
mentations and relegated to offices. The
vide porche takes their place in the sit
ting room and boudoir. This is a long,
narrow bag about 0 by 10 inches in size.
1t is made of brocade. in any rare old
tint, and lined with a plain silk in har-
monizing color, which is turned down
zen revers' on N side; the bag Is sus-
pended by a metal cord and tassel or rib
bon. If the bag is made from a piece of
your grandmother's brocade gown it is
so much the better, because it will show
your grandmother was educated enough
to wear a gown of brocade.-New York
Tribune.
, 1890-05-23

When Noah Mcknight was at Hamil
ton he was shown n wagon wheel which
was found buried high up ON the noun
tain side and covered with two feet Of
earth From appearances it had been
there sixty years. The tire was wide,
the spokes We're rotted off at the point
of intersection with the felloes. The
hub and feIloes were tolerably well pre-
served. The root of n tree as large as a
mans body had grown through and
broken out three spokes. There was no
mark in the dense forest indicating that
a wagon road had ever existed in that
neighborhood. In accounting for how
this wheel could ever ave gotten there,
an Indian tradition recites that a govern
ment party took its wagons to pieces and
packed them on the backs of mules, that
one mule bearing this wheel on its back
was precipitated from the mountain side
and killed by the fall, leaving the wheel
to be covered by the earth as the surface
of the mountain became invaded. -
Washington Farmer.
, 1890-05-23

COLhpTctseu Air III EhobokTaphyE
The production of cold by the COM
preston of air Is ingeniously made to
subserve the photographers art. Air,
when thus compressed and forced into q
reservoir, becomes, as is well known,
heated; but when cooled down again,
before it is suffered to escape, its expan-
sion is attended by great cold. If when
compressed it is allowed to cool down to
the ordinary temperature and then es-
cape, it will be cooled below that tenn
perature just as much as it was heated
by compression; thus, IL in being COM
pressed it had been heated 100 deg, say
from go to 100, and then allowed to cool
to go, it will, on escaping, be cooled 100
deg. below 80, or to 40 deg. below zero,
which is the temperature at which mer-
curry freezes, this, in fact, being the sim
Pile principle Of the cold air chambers
now so extensively employed on ship
board for the transport of frozen provi-
sions from Australia and New Zealand.
The ingenious photographer, who
breads the preparation Of gelatine plates
in hot weather, has been able to discover
In these facts and processes the means
for enabling him to conveniently keep
his coating room at the desirable tenn
p~erature of 80 or 80 dogs. during the most
sultry weather Of the summer months,
aided by a small gas or petroleum engine;
indeed, what is pronounced a most per-
feet means Of effectipg this result has
been devised, by the use of manual power
If desired, and that only applied at occa-
sional intervals, thus rendering the oper-
atoms Of the artist far less onerous dur
ing the hot season and the quality of his
work more satisfactory.-New York Tele-
gram,
, 1890-05-23
Pussy and the Porker.

Az Ell Dorado Springs CMo.) CORE
spondent tells of a singular attachment
between n Berkshire pig and a kitten.
Both animals fed from the same trough,
and appeared to take delight in helping
each other. During the winter, when the
kittens feet got cold, kitty would hunt
up piggy, now and then giving a loud
meow, upon hearing which the porker
would answer with a friendly grunt.
Pussy, in finding its friend, would take
the nearest route for the hogs back, gen.
orally climbing up its long snout.
During cold nights kitty slept on the
pigs back, and in the morning would be
found in the same convenient place rid
ing to the barn, about a furlong distant,
where puss caught mice. 1t was, indeed,
an amusing sight to see piggy wading
through deep snow with the cat (toes
turned I'M on its back, evidently as com
Portable as a queen in her carriage and
four.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
, 1890-05-23

Andrew Foster and viii Jarnagin.
two young farmers who resided at Gum,
west of Dallas, Tex, nave had an en-
counter. The former is fatally wounded
and the latter Is dead. Several months
g Foster assisted the lover of Jarnagin's
sister to elope with her. The young men
have been enemies since. Returning
from a meeting, they met in a highway.
Jarnagin drew his pistol and almost at
the same time Foster WAS ready. They
fired simultaneously. Each shot took eff
feet, a ball entering Fosters right cheek
and lodging on the inside of the skin on
the left temple, while one pierced Jarna-
gin through just above the heart. They
were both on horseback and their horses
ran with them in the same direction.
They continued firing until Jarnagin
emptied his pistol and Foster had shot
three times. Jarnagin dropped from his
horse at the end of 100 yards and died in
a few minutes. Foster was taken to a
neighbours house. Foster is 10 years OF
age and %Jarnagin was 26.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
, 1890-05-23

To the emaciated and debiliated invalid IS
the sense ofreturning health and strength
produced by Hostettel's Stomach Bitters.
When that promoter of vigor is tested by
persons in feeble health, its restorative
and yitalizing potency soon evinces itself
in improved appetite, digestion and
nightly repose, the sole conditions under
which strength and nerve quietude are
vouchsafed to the human system. A
gain in flesh of course ensues upon the
restoration of digestion and assimilation.
As surely as winter follows the fall of the
leaf, does disease shadow the footsteps of
declining strength, when the premature
decadence of vitality is not arrested.
Marasmus, consumption and other vast
ing maladies are prompt to fasten upon
the enfeebled. Avert disease, therefore,
with this grand enabling tonic, which not
only renews failing strength, but miti-
gates and counteracts the imtirmities of
age and those of the gentler sex. Rheu-
matism, malaria, liver and kidney trou-
bles Yield to il.
, 1890-05-23
WHAT TO DO WITH HANDS.
uere Is = New Way of Learning How to
Manage Them In Company.

NtCTe Is = e '@-
Manage Them in Company.
Few people are thoroughly at ease
about the disposition Of their hands in
company" said a teacher of the art OF
gesture. "And yet there is a very simple
thing that may be done to get nd OF
that disagreeable consciousness of the
members which give rise to the difficulty.
You see, the hands are far more highly
educated in this age of siechanical civil
izatiOn than they nave Fyer been before.
1t may almost be said that the brain hEs
found its way to the ends of the fingers
that these extremeties have come to pos
sess an inherent intelligence. For this
reason the attention is so fixed by habit
upon the hands that they feel awkward,
Just as any other part of the body will do
if you think particularly about it.
''You have only to fix your attention
on your little toe in order to AVE it be
come within a minute positively pain
fp. 1t has often occurred to me that
those monks of the Middle Ages who de
voted their minds deroutly to the stead
fast contemplation of their stomachs,
for the purpose of bringing on a trance
condition, must AVE felt a grievous need
OF JalnalCa EluBeT.
so, in order to be graceful in the dis
posal of your hands, it is only necessary
TO get nd of consciousness about them,
and you may accomplish this to a sur
prising extent by a very simple gymnas-
tic process. Let them hang Imply and
wiring them as violently as possible for
FIVE minutes, say. This will render them
unconscious to a great extent, so that
You win not be disturbed for some time
after by the excess OF feeling in them.
Consequently, while the effect lasts, you
will find yourself at ease about your
hands and will have no trouble about
their management.
You will be astonished, If you try 1t,
to find how admirably it works. l have
recommended it to hundreds Of people.
and they have uniformly found it sue
~cessful. Do it once every day for a
month and you will discover that, by
the mere practice of the habit, your EN-
barrassment in this regard has been
greatly diminished The time to perform
the operation. obviously, is just before
you enter a room full of company. though
it will not do very well to be found
wringing your hands in the vestibule Of
n house to which you have been invited,
or engaged in what may appear to be a
frantic exhibition of grief in the recep
ton room. Washington Post.
, 1890-05-23

1t is a strange fact that the average
newspaper man is superstitious to a de-
gree. Why this should be 30 no one
knows. One of the craft, who looks to
be healthy enough, was around town on
his work the other day and he ran across
Frank Hill, Chicago's coffin king, who
was at one time ut the head of the i'll
fated Thirteen club. In the course of n
chat with u few mutual friends the
scribe ventured the opinion that he
would not live long. Every one laughed
at such II hallucination on his part and
tried to cheer him up. Finally Mr.. Hill
came to the rescue and took n hand in
h discussion. He regarded the matter
from a business point Of view. Don't
die so soon, my boy" he urged. you
just wait until our new spring style OF
casket ONE out and then I'll give you
a daisy at first cost" Hereupon the
scribe gave up the idea Of dying and
concluded to live. He did not want a
business matter made of it.-Exchange.
, 1890-05-23

An Elkhart Qnd.) special says: In re-
sponse to invitations to attend a pro-
gressive Pedro party, seventy-five Of the
friends of Minnie Ley, of this city,
gathered at her elegant home one even
ing recently and were indulging in the
game at II o'clock. when Miss Ley and
Charles Nelson. in full wedding cos
tunes, took their places in a bay win
dow in the parlor and were married
by the Rev. Mr.. Knopf, of the First Con-
gregational church. The guests were
thunderstruck, as they had not had the
slightest intimation Of such an event.
The bride says she took that method of
avoiding wedding gifts. The young
couple left Immediately for the east.
, 1890-05-23

In a report issued by the British gov
eminent is a document from the English
consul at Chicago, which states the pos
tive opinion of the author that sugar
making from sorghum is now an estab-
lished fact, and he believes that it will
double the value TO the American farmer
of his corr lands. He is satisfied that
hereafter there will DO no difficulty of
getting from 71-9 tons of cane 75O
pounds of sugar and 1000 pounds Of
molasses and 900 pounds of seed-the
whole valued at over $50. This is double
what the same area of wheat or Indian
corn would produce. In some states
Kansas, for instance-the consul be-
lieves this industry will add a skiold
value to the farm lands. When it is re-
membered that but a few years ago the
attempt was almost abandoned by the
government as homeless, such a report
from anything but a favorable source is
very encouraging.-New Orleans Plea
yuue.
, 1890-05-23


A London paper Of April l says; A
good deal of excitement was exhibited
along the Thames, on Wednesday morn
ing, by the arrival at Millwan of Capt.
Sundsvan, a Norwegian sailor, who had
succeeded in crossing the North sea in a
small boat. The little craft, which is
named the "Vigten." is only 10 feet from
stem TO stern, with 4 feet breadth OF
beam. 1t is covered in with a kind of
decking to prevent swamping by heavy
seas, and it carries but one small sail
Capt. Sundsvan commenced his adven-
turous voyage nearly three weeks ago,
starting from Christiania with the inten-
ton of proceeding to Edinburgh. All
went well for a time, but being driven
somewhat out of his course by contrary
winds, he decided to attempt the jour
ney to London, although such a voyage
in so small a craft was attended by con-
siderable danger, particularly as the cap
tain had no one to assist him in the
management of the boat.
He made fair progress, however, until
he was for some days again disturbed by
unfavorable weather and was driven
very much out of his coaJse. Capt.
Sundsval also began to run short of
provisions. and suffered from fatigue,
having to keep a sharp lookout at night,
and getting only occasional snatches Of
sleep during the day. He fell in with
the steamship Assem-, bound for Rotter-
dam, the crew of which endeayored to
dissuade him from his hazardous enter
prise and invited him to come on board.
The adventurous seaman, however, eK-
pressed his intention TO continue the
Journey, and having obtained u supply Of
provisions proceeded to London, safely
reaching the Thames.
, 1890-05-23

1t may be taken as a general rule that
the eggs of most birds vary more or less
as regards size, shape and coloring.
Guilemots' eggs vary in ground color
from grayish white to grass green. The
eggs of the red grouse, the rock and the
plover also vary to a great extent, both
in color and marking. 1t sometimes hap
pens that birds whose eggs are usually
bright and artistic. lily colored will lay
pure white ones, and instances of this in
the case of the yellow hammer have come
under the notice of the writer. House
sparrows' eggs have likewise been taken
quite destitute of coloring, while black
birds eggs have been found Of n blackish
hue.-Hardwicke'a.
, 1890-05-23

The Union Pacific, THE Overland
Route" announces that taking effect to-
day the following low rates offered to the
points named. will be in force until further
notice:
To Chicago first class, limited, slS. 90.
To Chicago second class, limited, SIS 90.
To st. Louis first class, limited, $50
To Missouri river and Intermediate
points, $1,000.
No change of cars of any class be
tween Cheyenne and Chicago, st. Louis
or Council Bluffs and Kansas City. Free
reclining chair cars on all trains. Dining
cars through to Chicago on fast limited.
For any information desired requiring
time Of trains and rates to far eastern
points call on G. w. SWEET, Agent.