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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-17
CRISP CONVERSATIONS.

The price of good looking female slave
in the United States of Columbia is $l00.
The old Andersonville prison is to be
turned into club house by Grand
Army post
Rat catching by means of terriers has
become quite fashionable sport in
France and Belgium
1t is said that the health of operatives
improves when electric lights are used
Their appetites and their ability to sleep
seem to increase.
Jersey City has a law under which
fines of 500 each are to be imposed upon
persons detected drinking mYlt or alco-
holic liquors in her new parks
The convent of St. George, situated at
about ten versts south of Kherson, will
be thousand years old in 1891. 1t is
the oldest Christian institution in Russia
A young woman of Rochester. Ont,
is only 5 feet 9 inches high. but her tresses
are feet 9 inches long. She says her
hair gives her no trouble, and she doesn't
know what headache is
II Is announced bya pharmaceutical
conference that the growth of the patent
medicine mania has been tremendous in
recent years. and that the present gener-
alton is much more credulous than the
last.
The smallest Towering plant in exist
ence Is wolffia microscopic. a native of
India 1t belongs to the duckweed
family II is almost microscopic in size,
destitute OF proper stem, leaves and roots,
but having these organs merged in one
forming a frond
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MEN OF LETTERS.

Marion Crawford keeps himself in fine
physical trim by fencing and indulging
in other athletic exercise
Rider Haggard's first book was com
plete failure II was "Cetewayo and His
White Neighbor" He made e10 on his
second. Dawn
Charles Dickens was an insomnomaniac
at times, and when suffering from such
attacks tramped the streets of London
with pipe between his teeth
James Jeffrey Roche, who succeeds
John Boyle OReilly as editor of The
Boston Pilot. is president of the Papyrus
club and the author Of some stirring
poetry
Rudyard Kipling is the son of an En-
glish artist who was in charge of the
government art schools in India. His
mother is a sister of Burne- Jones and of
Mrs. Poynter
James Wilton Brooks, editor of The
University Magazine, has received the
degree of LII. ID. from st. Johns col
lege. Annapolis. He is said to be the
youngest doctor of laws in America, his
years being 30
Tennyson is seldom tempted from his
retirement, and if he meets any excur-
sionists or in4uisitive persons staring at
him In his tramps across Breakdown
will at once make his way back to his
favorite woods.
Old Sleuth, who has for years thrilled
youthful readers OF cheap literature
with his detective stories. is Harlan P.
Halsey His income from his pen ID
said to have averaged $4,000 annually
for many years
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THEATRICAL CHAT.

Capt Richard cambridge. the En-.
glish theatrical manager, has perfected
arrangements for new theatre in New
York to hc called the Empire and cap.
able of seating 1000 persons It is To be
completed by Sept l. 1891
The elder Sothem in "Dundreary" had
"silent scene" which lasted five min.
utes. AT the end of that period, when
the laughter partially subsidized, Mr.
Sothern simply remarked, ITS a fine
day, which caused ain outburst
Mary Andersons first dramas were
presented to her by Manager Ford after
her first success made under his man
agement in the south during the season
of '76-'77 They were set in the shape
of cross. and she regarded it as tails
man
THE Whirlwind." Helen Dauvray's
new play represents the New York
clearing honse in the third act in which
run upon Il Pine street bank is sup
posed to be- witnessed from its windows
by the wife and daughter of the banks
president
Jerome K Jerome WAS an actor for a
couple of years before attaining his ma.
jority, and then he became reporter,
author and playwright Barbara.
Sunset, "Femel," and The Master
of Woodbarrow" constitute his list of
acted pieces
One OF the sensible actors is Neil
Burgess His County Fair has been
a bonanza to him. and instead of throw
ing his money away, as is too often the
habit Of theatrical people when they
achieve success, he has put every dollar
of it in real estate
John Il. Rogers without II joke is not
himself His latest is that of approach
ing group of actors and saluting them
with a Hello, uandsomer and "thc
best OF the joke is. says John, that il
is ten to Que the nlest homely man in
the group acknowledges the salutation.
Twelfth Night" was once described
by Bouclcault i'll this way at lisa pecul
lar piece There are only twelve out oil
the thirtysix Shakespeareln plays thai
can be performed. the other twenty -foul
could not he produced Well. Twelfth
Night is between the two, the unfortu
nate thirteenth, may say
Francis Wilson's song i'll THE Merry
Monarch. entitled The Omniscien
Ostrich, founded ON the story of tn,
/ silly ostrich. who put his head in thu
sand in the belief that he was therefor,
out of sight. has made Il tremendous hit
Wilson's imitation of the strident mo
tions of the bird excites great mirth.
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TURF NOTES.

Old Fashion took first prize at the
Chicago horse show in the hunters
jumping class, defeating the famous
Canadian wonder Roseberry.
G. j. Hamlin, Buffalo, NJ Y, has pur-
chased from David Bonner, of New
York, the 2-year-old FLY Railway, by
Lord Russell full brother to Maud S.,
dam Rosabella. by Belmont.
Charles Gauntlette. of Milan, Mich,
has refused an offer Of $4,000 for his
4-year-old black stallion Coralloid 1881,
by Simmons, dam Coral, by Clark Chief;
second dam Cassia, by Cassius M. Clay,
Jr., 90. Coralloid made record of 2:194
at the Lexington meeting.
Martin Bergen heads the list of win
ming jockeys for the season of 1890.
While he has brought more horses first
past the post than any other rider he
has also participated in a greater num-
Der of races. Bergen rode in $50 races,
thus breaking all known records, and se-
cured the winning place in 173 of them.
1t is reported that Michael Dwyer is
now practically sole owner of the Eliza
beth race track, having traded his
brother Phil all his Brooklyn Jockey club
stock for Pills stock in the Elizabeth
track Both are good paying properties,
and the deal is in line with the policy Of
having their racing operations con-
Quoted separately in the future.
Turf "plungers" occasionally do re-
markable feats in betting. 1t is said
that during the Latonia meeting Gin
cinnati sport named Billy Smith made a
So winning bet and succeeded in running
it up to $40, 900 before the close of the
meeting, and that during the Morris
park meeting Jockey Garrison ran a $40
bill up to $4,000 by desperate betting.
Chicago is to have a first class latter
sails and horse mart. The Chicago
American Horse exchange has recently
been incorporated. with a capital stock
of $500, 600 and Lewis p. Harvey as
president. The association has purchased
land on Dearborn street at cost Of
$4,000, and the contemplated improve
nents will cost $4,000. The show ring
will be 285 feet on the stretches and 100
feet on the turns, with glass roof.
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EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Illinois public schools We're established
in 1925
Erie, Pa, is to introduce physical train
ing in the schools.
For the first time the University Of
Leipsic will admit women in full privi.
leges.
The tendency in Massachusetts is to
separate the high school course, making
two distinct departments-English and
classical.
In the election of II. s. Jones. Of Erie.
Pa. as superintendent OF schools at Lin
coin, Neb. the great corn state has So
cured one Of the ablest men OF the east.
Rev, Dr. Joseph e. King principal Of
Fort Edward Collegiate institute, at Fort
Edward NJ y. for over third Of a
century, and teacher for a longer time.
has had over 10000 young men under
his instruction.
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THE eENTLeR SEX.

During recent journey Baroness Al
phonse Rothschild was robbed of jewelry
valued at 10000 francs,
Kate Chase Sprague has diary of her
father that she esteems one of the most
important historical papers in existence
Miss Mary Cooper, a daughter of the
governor of Colorado, is woman OF
stately presence, with round, full lips,
beautiful gray-blue eyes and rosy com.
plexion.
A new and remarkably clever Ameri.
can novelist has, it is reported, been dis.
covered in the person of Miss Lily A.
Long, of st. Paul, Mimi.
Miss Nordholf, daughter of Charlie.
Nordhoff. Of Washington, D. c., hav.
ing a strong taste for bookbinding, is
studying the art from it's beginning &c
its finest results.
Miss Emily Hudson. a belle of New
Rochelle, N Y, has opened n free hos
pital for invalid pigeons, which flock TO
it instinctively whenever they feel un.
der the weather
Miss Harriet McIIwen Kimball, of
Portsmouth,, N. H., has received the first
prize of 800 for u hymn to be sung on
hospital days in the churches and syna
gogues of New York
Matilda Fromboy, deaf mute, was
admitted to the st. Lawrence county,
On. " poerhouse in 1925, and has prob
ably never been absent from the house q
day or night since. She is now 90 years
old.
Miss Anna Whitney, of Boston, is one
of the best dog judges in the world. She
notes at glance all the defects and
beauties of dog. She is vice president
of the st. Bernard club, of Massachu,
sets
Senior Emilia Parlo- Bazan has LAT aly
delivered before the Spanish Afhen8um
ut Madrid Il course of lectures on Ras-
sia The Athenieum is The most dis
tinguished literary and scientific society
in Madrid
Miss Virginia Penny, who published
in 1868 The Employments of Women,
was the first to bring forward the needs
of American working women in book
form. In her old age she now finds her
self with very straitened means.
Miss Matte Thompson, daughter OF
ex-Congressman Phil Thompson, was Sc
lected as the queen of beauty at the
celebration Of the Satellites of Mercury
held recently at Louisville, but chose
rather to be one of the maids of honor.
Miss Clara Barton, the famous Red
Cross nurse, lives quietly in Washington
d. c., stunning notoriety. She has III
income of $4,000 year from an estate
she inherited, but she spends only Sc, ZOO
of this sum, devoting the rest to charity
Mrs. Mona Card, whose theories OF
matrimony have made her famous, is a
slender woman of pretty figure. Hel
hair is brown and wavy. She is very
restless in manner, and is said to be ar
occasional victim of nervous prostration
Fraulein Marie Essipoff received as
wedding present from her father,
wealthy Viennese merchant, bool
which is said to be the costliest volum,
in existence. The binding is of the rich
est fooled morocco, and each of the hun
dred leaves is bond for 1000 gulden.
Florence Blythe. aged 16, of San Fran
cisco, who lately came into an estat,
worth nearly "a 100000, asked for an III
lowance of {. 900 month, or in al
about $103. 200 dating from her father
death in April. 1885, The court allowed
her back allowance of $500 a month
and future allowance of $500.
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IBarry'S TriC0pherOuS
Eatabliahed Iaol.

1nfallible for renewing, invigoratlng and
identifying the hair, removing scurf, danduff,
and all affections Of the scalp, and curing erup-
tons Of the skin, diseases Of the glands, muscles
and integuments, and relieving stings, cuts,
bruises, spraips, etc. The affinity between the
membranes which constitute the skin and the
hair which draws It's sustenance from this triple
envelope 10 very close. All diseases Of the hair
originate In the skin OF the head. II the pores
Of the scalp are cloggcd, the blood and other
fluids do not circulate freely through the small
vessels which feed the roots with moisture and
impart life to the nbres the result lie scurf,
dandruff, shedding Of the hair, grayness, dryness
and harshness Of the ligaments, and entire bald.
ness as the case may be. Stimulate the skin to
healthful action with Barry's Tricopher-
Gus, and the torpid vessels, recovering their
activity, will annihilate the disease. In all
affections of the skin and OF the substrata Of
muscles and integuments the process and the
effect are the same. 1t IS upon the skin, the
muscular fibre, and the glands that Barryss
Tricopherous has its specific action, and
in all affections and injuries Of these organs it
is o sovereign remedy.
Beware OF Counterfelts.
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A False Alarm.

Several policemen were summoned a
few nights ago in Brooklyn, N. y, TO go
to house where burglars were reported.
According to Capt. Brennan's story, the
officers found the female members OF the
family assembled in the parlor, crying
Tho head of the house was in his room,
afraid 10 come out A search Of tho
house disclosed no trace Of narauders,
but IL was made clear that the residents
had taken alarm at sounds produced by
u crealsing screen door. The noise made
tho family think that burglars were II
work.-Philadalphia Ledger.
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Miss rluic--rAlie, you ought TO be
ashamed i.l ,lt'eNlh 8randma's spec
tacles Nali m,a ~ wear them some
time
Eddie Well, guces not, II | smash
'em.--Jswelals' Weekly.
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whore She Got 1t.

signor Sphagetti = Bravo, senorital
Your voice is full of timbre! From
who you get zat?
Miss Noyitiate- Well, really, signor,
do not know, But | think from my
father He was once in the LUMBER bust
ness.-New York World
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
GROUND WILL BE BROKEN
Monday on tho Johnson City and Caro-.
lima Railroad.


lima Railroad.
Next Monday has been decided up.
on as the day for beginning work on
the ]. G. & @. railroad. Purdy &
t,exford, OF New York, are the con.
trac ors and are sub-letting the work
All Of the line has not been sublet
but work will be commenced near
johnson City and q large for>e of
hands viii be put on at once and the
road to Embreevi lie pushed rapidly to
completion. Purdy 4 Rexford make
their headquarters in the Eagle
Block in this city and are in consul.
tation every day with contractors here
to bid for work. English capitalists
are developing iron mines and bald,
ing furnaces at Embreeville and are
anxious that the road be compile ed as
soon as pors!ble that they may be con
nected thereby with the world, as il
were and get material to and from The
works. They also intend to build t
coke-iurnace at Johnson City an(
will make this place the headquarter;
OF their works, Thus wesgrow aud as
this makes the fourth railroad fol
johnson City we are beginning to b,
quite q railroad center. More are com
ing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
Hynneneal,

Last Tuesday morning two closed
carriages left the city early in north
easterly direction. The occupants
were Rev. X, G. Atkins, JAS, A. Mar
tin, Jas. F. Crumley, r. S. Boyd and
L. d. Duncan. 1t was about eight
o'clock when they arrived at the sub.
urban residence of Mr. G. w. st. John
near the banks of the Watauga river
and gay scene met the eye. The
big white house was decorated inside
and fairy forms were quietly fitting
about from room TO room and fair
hands were busy arranging prelimi-
naries, and adding to the beauty of
the flowers by adjusting them. AT
8 80 the guests assembled in the par
lor and while Miss Fannie Sullivan
played wedding march r. s. Boyd
and Miss Daisy Goodwin came in and
took their places on either side of the
large bay window and in few mo-
ments the door again opened and Jas.
A. Martin with Miss Lena May ST.
John leaning on his arm glided in
gracefully and took their places in the
bay window Immediately under an
umbrella beautifully decorated and
having the letters NJ. S. interaced up
on it, Rev. K. G. Atkins pronounced
the words that bound the loving
hearts together. After receiving the
congratulations of the friends present
Mr.. and Mrs Martin led the way tc
the dining hall where an elegant wed
ding breakfast was served. The bri
dial couple left on the II 40 train fo
Boston where they will spend thei
honeymoon,
Mr.. Martin is one of Johnson City
most prosperous and enterprisinl
young men, and his brideis the lowell
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. G, w. st
John. They have hosts Of friends VIII,
join the COMET in wishing them hap
Ply voyage over the matrimonial sea.
The presents were numerous ant
handsome.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
Alf Tavlor,a PredIoament

ALI laylOf'S PreulCamenl'
Washington Correspondent Nashville Ameri'
can,l
Hunt, the republican supervisor OF
the Census for the first Tennessee
District, is still here. Alfred Alexan-
der taylor is not yet decided who the
III numerators in his district shall be.
Taylor, however, is not the only one
walking the floor. 1t seems that Hunt
is commercial traveller, selling gro
ceries, and has promised to appoint as
enumerators couple OF country mer-
chants who have been among his best
customers 1t happens that hese gen.
tlemen are Democrats and republican
aspirants have raised mighty dis
turbance. Taylor cannot afford to
let Hunt appoint these Democrats
and Hunt can't afford to go back on
his promises. The consequence IL
they are both in very unhappy frame
of mind. In Alf's district Onumera
TORS will work from ten to thirty days
and will earn from 500 to 800, per
haps more, hence the general scram
BILE of patriots in East Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
The Three C's in Kentucky.

Plkeyille Monitor
Mr.. J, B. Hull, engineer in charge
of the G., G. & G. surveying corps says
that the distance from Pikeville to
White House, Johnson county, is SO
miles according to the location OF the
railroad line. Only SO miles OF road
to build to reach Pikeyille.
G. M. Parsons, of this place, receiy-
ed letter from Col. A. B. Harris, of
As Broadway, N. Y, dated May Z, say
ing that he had reasons to believe
that he would be ready to begin the
construction of the c., G. & G. Rail
road from the Ohio River Southwark
by June 10. Col. Harris is President
OF the Massachusetts, and Southern
Construction Company, and is said tC
be very reliable man. 1t was
through his energy that the work be
gun last fall SO vigorously from John
son City, Tenn, both North and
South, and we only hope that he may
be able to succeed and not disappsint
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
interview With Col. Thomas L. VIII
llams About East Tennessee.

Interview With Col. Thomas L. VIII
llams About East Tennessee.
Nashville Banner, May IS; Col.
Thomas L. Williams, Chairman Of the
Democratic Executive Committee,
made flying trip, on private busi-
ness, to the city last night. He ex-
pected to leave on to.days 3;15 p. m.
train for home. When seen this
morning by Banner reporter he was
about through with his business and
was looking around to see the changes
made since his visit OF some weeks ago.
Coll Williams says that the people
Of East Tennessee are drifting more
and more away from politics every
day ane are devoting their whole time
and attention to money making. No
interest is taken IN anything but min.
cral lands and corner lots, and the
Postmaster.Ge General has to issue spe
ciol bulletins to keep up with the new
towns that are springing up all over
East Tennessee from Chattanooga tc
Bristol.
Apropos Of the sale Of Maplewood,
Col. Williams says the people Of Ten
nessee are unappreciative Of the bless
ings that surround them There is 81
much fine land here that its proper
value is not received. He says tina
such a tract OF land as Maplewood. j
it had been within four miles Of Knox
vile, have brought 100000 instead
$4,000
Asked as to who the Democrats Q
East Tenn. favor for Governor, Col
Williams replied "Well it look
very much like Jere Baxter woul'
sweep that whole section OF the State
The talk all seems to be his way, ant
lie has carried the counties that hav
selected delegates. He got a three
fourtbs majority Of the delegates il
Hawkins, all OF them in Bradley an
more than one-half OF them in Polk
Jefferson has instructed for him, an
Washington, Greene, Johnson an
Sullivan. will hold conventions short
". and ID Ia claimed thar they are a
for Baxter and will so instruct. NJ
private opinion is that he will com
here with majority OF the East Ter
nesseo delegates, if not nearly all.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
Iron For the Furnace.

II. w. Hargreaves telegraphed from
Pittsburg, Saturday to Gen. Wilder
that n car of iron work for the fur
mace had been shipped and others
would follow this week, When the
iron work is commenced the furnace
will begin to loom up over the sur
rounding l.ills The stone work is
about completed and the brick work
has been started. Bad weather and
waiting for material has delayed the
work considerably but it will be push
ed rapidly from now until it is com
pleted.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
AGREAT COUNTRY.
What Is Being Done Beyond the cum
berlands.

What Is Being Done Beyond the Cum
berlands.
Nashville Americana
Gov. Taylor has returned from an
extended tour through East Tennes
see. He accompanied u party OF capl-
taIists from Boston, New York and
Pennsylvania, several OF whom had
been school mates ofhis, East Ten
nessee was revelation to them, and
each place they visited brought out
new ordinations OF praise Tor her
boundless resources, and astonishment
At the comparative backwardness OF
her development. EAST Tennessee"
said Gov. Taylor yesterday, "has prac-
ticalIy lust been discovered, but the
high tide Of prosperity has set in for 1t
now, and the strength Of new life is
pulsiug through every one OF its won
derrul valleys. Towns which were OBJ
scure little villages ten years ago, have
now become cities, counting their in
habitants by the thousands and tens
Of thousands.
aThe great beds Of hematite, mag
netite, and speeular iron ores, the close
proximity Of inexhaustiblo beds OF the
hest coking Goals, the granite, marble,
lead and virgin forests Of timber, with
fertile valleys sufficient to support all
the people needed TO develop this
country, were all shown to these capi'
talists, as they are daily, now, being
shown to scores Of capitalists from the
North and Northwest. These innum-
land companies are not mere
They are the rising Of q tide
..aIeen gathering these many
years, The new towns arc being es-
tablished on the soundest principles
Of economy and thrift, and are max
ing strides toward permanent impor'
lance that are simply astounding
The companies which have made Tor
tunes out Of these speculations have
pledged substantial assistance, and
the stories OF new life in East Tonnes
see settlements may be safely credit
ed"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
Carlisle Chosen

Louisville. Ky, May 17-At 81 joint
meeting Of the legislature today sena-
ter Lindsay placed John GiCarlisle in
nomination in brief speech Of adj
miraple taste in which he paid a
graceful tribute to the choice Of the
democratic causus. Langley, for the
republican cancus, nominated Silas
Adams, representative from Casey
county. The ballot then proceeded,
10Y Yates being cast for Carlisle and
Is votes for Adams.
Senator Carlisle left for Washington
tonight. He will not present his ere.
dentials to the Senate until after the
vate on the tariff bin in the House OF
Representatives.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22
The T. g. o. Extension.

Rogersyille Review
The engineering corps of the T. &
0. extension have finished their sur
vey through to Moccasin Gap along
the Stanley Valley route. They start
ed out Tuesday morning on the Car
ter's Valley route. Both routes will
be surveyed and the best and cheap
est selected. 1t will take them = week
or ten days to finish up and then the
estimates will be made out and sub
mitted to the company. 1t will then
be ready TO let to the contractors
Grading will probably begin within
the next sixty days.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-22

Mr.. Hill has introduced bill in
the House granting a pension of $50
per month to the mother of Chas. s.
parnell He explained that the pen
sion was asked, not for the reason
that she was mother of Mr.. Parnell,
but as the daughter of Admiral Stew