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sIiIoh's COnsumption Cure,

This is beyond question the most
successful Cough Medicine we have
ever sold, few doses invariably cure
worst cases Of cough, Group, and bron-
chitis, while it's wonderful success in
the cure of consumption is without a
parallel in the history of medicine.
Since it's first discovery it has been
sold on a guarantee, test which no
other medicine can stand. II you have
a cough we earnestly ask you to try
it. Price 10 cents, so cents, and 81. II
your lungs are sore, chest or back
lame, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold
by Kirkpatrick, Wofford & Miller.
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One room in the Westinghouse cot
tage at Lenox cost $4,000 to decorate
and furnish.
Saved from Consumption.

Several physicians predicted that
Mr.. Asa B. Rowley, Druggist, sf Chi
cago, would soon have consumption
caused by an aggravated case Of Ca
tarrh. Customers finally induced him
to try Clarke's Extract OF Flax (Papil-
lon) Catarrh Cure. He says: "The
result was unprecedented. / COM
menced to get we'll after the first ap-
plioation and am now, after few
weeks entirely cured" 1t will do the
same for you. Price $l00 Try
Clarke's Flax Soap for the Skin and
you will use no other. .25 cents. All
of Clarke's Flax remedies are for sale
by Mcfarland & Co., Druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21
FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.
Piece of a Giant Forest Tree Which
Stood 3l2 Feet High.
Special to the sentinel.I

Special to the Sentinel
SAN FRANCISCO, August 16.-The
wonderful redwood tree shipped from
Culare county, and which will be ex.
hibited at the Worlds Fair, has reach
ed here. Three fiat cars are required
to haul the exhibit. II weighs 10000
pounds. After it has been completed
it will be exhibited at the Mechanics
Fair prior to being shipped to Chicago.
The section of tree was cut from
a mammoth forest in Tulare county
and is part of a forest giant which
was 3l2 feet in height. II was sever
ed from the parent tree twenty.eight
feet above the stump, at which
point the tree measured 60 feet in
circumference. Owing TO shipping
no peice larger than 20 feet in diam
eter could be utilized. The entire piece
is in 16 sections. The first or lower
section is foot high aud 20 feet in
diameter and weighs 1927 pounds,
The next IA sections are each 7 feet
in height and followed out. The last
is foot high and solid. The tree
will be replaced together and or
namented on the inside. One hum
dred people can enter at time, and
it will be illuminated with $50 iucan-
descent lights.
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Oh, What A Cough.

Will you heed the warning? The
signal perhaps Of the sure approach Of
that more terrible disease, consump-
ton. Ask yourselves if you can af-
ford for the sake of saving so cents, to
run the risk and do nothing for it.
We know from experience that Shi-
loh's Cure win cure your cough. 1t
never fails. This explains why more
than a million bottles were sold this
year. 1t relieves Group and whooping
cough at once. Mothers, do not be
without it. For lame back, side or
chest, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster.
Sold by Kirkpatrick, Wofford & Mil
ler.
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A Strap OF Paper Saves Her Life.
1t was just an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paper, but it saved her life.
She was in the last stages OF consump-
tion, told by physicians that she was
incurable and could live only short
time; she weighed less than seventy
pounds. On piece oi wrapping paper
she read Of DR.. Kings New Discovery,
and got sample bottle; ithelped her,
she bought large bottle, it helped her
more, bought another and grew better
fast, continued it's use and is now
strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weighing
140. pounds. For fuller particulars
send stamp to w. H. Cole, Druggist,
Fort Smith. Trial bottles OF this won
deriul Discovery free at Mcfarland =
Drug Store.
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Beware of Ointment for Catarrh that
Contains Mercury,

Beware OF Ointment for Catarrh that
Contains Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles shoold never be used
except on prescriptions from reputa-
bic physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarah Cure, manufactured by F. ].
Cheney & Co., Teledo, o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, and
acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken internally,
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. ]
Cheney Il Co.
Sold BY al Druggists, price 75c.
per bottle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

Two full moons in, July seem to
have astonished some people. WhyY
The phenomenon" as it is called,
happens about once in three years; in
fact, as often as the first full moon
falls on the first or second or early on
the third day Of thirty-one-day
month. This occurred, for instance
in December, 1876; August, 1879; Ju.
ly, 1882; December, 1884, and 0cto
Der, 1897.-New York Tribune.
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At Last the Work OF Henry George
Is Bearing Fruit.

At Last the Work Of Henry George
ls Bearing Fruit.
New YORK. August 16.--The ar.
rangements are completed for the ma
tional convention Of single taA clubs
which will convene at Cooper Union
on September 2. This will be the first
national convention OF the movement
which sprung from Henry Georges
famous book Progress and Poverty" /"
published ten years ago. At the con.
yention twenty-five States will be rep
resented and between four and FIVE
hundred delegates will be present.
There will be q great demonstration OF
welcome to Mr.. George, who is now
abroad. and is due to return to New
York on August 81. He left this city
last February and went to Oushatia,
where he spent three months in lee.
turing on single tax and free trade.
This is the preliminary move to send.
ing George to Congress from this city,
Free traders claim that tariff reform
has no distinguished advocate from the
Northern States and that it needs I
man Of Georges reputation.
Tammany will probably offer bin
the nomination in a solid district, ai
George will stump Pennsylvania fol
the Democrats Immediately upon hi
return.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21
A RICH FRENCHMAN WOOS AND
WINS A DAUGHTER OF
THE WEST. ~
But Suddenly Departs. Telling Her
He was Murderer and of
Negro Blood.

A special dispatch from Kansas City
to the Nashville Banner says some
what back from the winding wagon
road which leads off Grand avenue,
near Thirtieth street, at which point
it stretches away to the west and over
looks the city, there stands a plain lit
tie cottage. Trees tower above it, and,
removed from the smoke and turmoil
OF the city, its frame walls shine as
white in the sunlight as those OF a
country farm house. 1t has a remark
able romance, though its windows are
covered with dust and its rooms are
tenantless.
Three months ago man OF middle
age applied for the rental Of the
house Of its owner, George E. Morri-
son, who lives near by. Shortly after
the new tenant took possession the
neighbors noticed that he was Q man
Of good address and considerable fash.
ion. Every evening carriage came
to his door and he went out riding.
He rapidly became acquainted among
the best families i'll the vicinity, and
especially with that of wealthy con-
tractor, who has a charming young
daughter. 1t was not long until the
evening drives were made with this
young lady. The man gave his name
as Pierre Monwell, and spoke with
light French accent. He said he was
from Paris and was count. The fam
cy which he conceived for the con-
tractors daughter was returned, and
soon they were engaged to wed. Mon
well said he was here for recreation
and health and showed letters ofcredit
from French banks. He said he in
tended to make this city his home al
ter he was married. About week be-
fore the day set for the wedding Mon
we'll disappeared. In the parlor of his
little cottage he left a note bidding
farewell forever to his intended bride,
and sum Of money sufficient to meet
the next months rent, The letter
read as follows:
"My Beloved was born in Paris.
/ am Frenchman, but there is Afri-
can blood in my veins. tell you this
and leave you because / have been
followed by enemies who would have
revealed all. / had hoped to bury my
identity and live happily with you in
this free and good country, but it is
now impossible. 1t is true, l am rich,
but l have deceived you in many
things. To look at me none would
think am negro. Still it is true.
/ shall not be discontented at my lot,
although l am forced to be an exile
from my country. ! am outlawed. On
the last Of October, in 1889, in duel,
/ shot down an old class-mate, and
when ! fed the country he was hang
ing between life and death. He or his
friends have pursued me, and I am
compelled to abandon my projects,
perhaps to our mutual advantage"
Little stock is taken in Monwelps
letter. 1t is believed that he is an ad-
venturer,an through some mischance
his plans failed. The young lady who
figures in this story was so overcome
with grief that for some time it was
thought she would lose her reason.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

This is what you ought to have: in
fact, You must have it TO fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching Tor IL
daily, and mourning because they
found it not. Thousands upon thou
sands Of dollars are spent annually by
our people in the hope that they may
attain this boon. And yet II may be
had by all. We guarantee that Elec-
trio Bitters, il used according to direc-
tions and the use persisted in, will
bring you good digestion and oust the
demon Dyspepsia and install instead
Eupepsy We recommend Electric
Bitters Tor Dyspepsia and all diseases
OF Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Sold
at SOC. and sl.00 per bottle at MeFar-
land 4 Co.'s Drug Store,
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Very Best People

Confirm our statement when we say
that DIR. Acker's English Remedy is in
every way superior TO any and all
other preparations for the throat and
lungs. In whooping cough and Group
it is magic and relieves at once. We
offer you a sample bottle free. Re-
member, this remedy is sold on posi-
tive guarantee. Sold by kirkpatrick
Wofford 4 Miller.
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sorofula Cured.

Mr.. s. ! Brooks, OF Monticello, Ga
writes "When the best physiciana
failed to cure case Of Scroiula Of two
years standing, few bottles Of swiltf
Specifics $. s. didthe work There
fore, do not hesitate to pronounce 3
S. s. the best blood purifier in the
land. cheerfully recommend it &
all who are suffering from impure
blood"
Treatise on blood and skin diseases
mailed free.
sWIFTs SPECIFIC GO. Atlanta, Ga
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21
A Child Killed.

Another child killed by the use OF
opiates given in the form of Soothing
syrup. Why mothers givet their chill
dren such deadly poison IS surprising
when they can relieve the child OF its
peculiar troubles by using DIR. Acker's
Baby Soothcr. 1t contains no opium
or morphine. Sold by kirkpatrick,
Wofford, & Miller
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

st. Joseph Ballotl
Gen. John B. Rice, editor OF the
Fort Scott (Ks.) Monitor, announces
himself candidate for the Legislature
as opposed to ingalls,. The Republi-
can nominee is his son William, asso-
ciate editor Of the same paper, who
runs on an Ingalls, platform. The
General owns one-half the paper and
William and another son the other
half,
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The Universal Verdict Of the People

AHV UHEEVHD"I VVIWIOU VH VHV VVPIO
Who have used Clark's Extract OF
Flax (Papillon) Skin Cure award it
the first and highest place as a RENE
dial agent in all cases of Skin Diseases.
Erysipelas, Eczema, Pimples, insight
ly blotches, humiliating eruptions,
boils, carbuncles, letter, etc., all yield
TO this wonderful preparation at once.
Price $1.00 for a large bottle at McFar-
land & Co.'s Drug Store. Clark's Flax
Soap is good for the skin. Try it,
price 25 cents.
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qAny news, JerryY" inquired tht

TAny news, jerry inquired Jhe
tramp, who was lying on the grass.
"Not much" said the tramp with
the fragment Of newspaper in his hand.
~ see the Pope's takin' a little rest.
There's an item here about the Pope
and the valet me see, v ,a,t,i,c,a, n,
Isn't that the durnedest way to spell
vacation ye ever saw?"--Chicago Tri-
bune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

A'young woman who pays large
amount Of taxes in Parsons, Kansas,
claims the right to pasture her COWS
in the school house grounds because
she never had any children to send to
the school.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21
TOO Much Heart.

st. Paul Pioneer Pressl
The summer girl has been objected
to on the score that she has no heart,
which isisllacious. The trouble with
her is that she has too much heart,
and she rents the suits therein to sin
gle gentlemen as often as she sees fit
Variety is the spice Of her life, and
there Is no engagement so fierce that
she is not eager to enter into it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21
The First Symptoms Of DEATH,

Tired feeling, dull headache, pains
in various parts of the body, sinking
at the pit OF the stomach, loss Of appe-
tite, ieverishness, pimples or sores, are
all positive evidence OF poisoned blood.
No matter how it became poisoned it
must be purified to avoid death. DR..
Acker's English blood Elixir has never
failed to remove scrofulous or syphili-
tic poisons. Sold under positive guar.
antee. Kirkpatrick, Wofford & Miller
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WHOLE NO. 800.
Watermelon Land.

dremp dream OBJ hebben-yas. dat's So
Go change yoh ways dahs happiness in sioh.
What wuz It likef KANT put in er story
Er half OBJ all dat elegance and glory;
Well, den to staht dc fus' ting dat seen
Was er great mountln roundlike, all OBJ green.
Er dah three cohnehed opened to de sight
De step an top an sides wuz all OBJ white;
An ez went inside I'd sorter sink
Inter lot OBJ soi and Juicy pink.
De seeds ez big ez houses ranged erbout-
You wuzn't boddahed spittin' of'em out
An dah yoh wuz, wuf bliss in ebry swaller.
An all yoh he'd ter do wuz cat an'waller.
Washington Post.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

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
so cents. Sold by Kirkpatrick, Wof'
ford & Miller, druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

Binghamton Republican: IA fine
day, your honor" said the still maud
lin prisoner to the Judge, as he was
brought to the bar.
eyes; very fine day." said the
Judge; "your fine is $1O."
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DR.. Acker,s English Pills

Are active, effective and pure. For
sick headache, disordered stomach,
loss of appetite, bad complexion and
billiousness, they have never been
equaled, either in America or abroad.
Sold by Kirkpatrick, Wotford & Mil
lar
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

Flowers can be kept fresh for some
time il a pinch Of soda or saltpeter is
added TO the water. Wild roses will
regain their freshness if dipped min
ute or two in hot water.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

The British Museum has recently
become possessed of a Chinese bank
note issued from the imperial mint
800 years before the circulation of pa
per money in Europe.
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Is Life Worth Living :

Notif you go through the world a
pyspeptic. DR.. Acker's Dyspepsia
Tablets are positive cure for the
worst forms of dyspepsia, indigestion,
fiatulency and constipation. Guar
anteed and sold by Kirkpatrick &
Wofford, druggists.
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Recommends S. S. s. as a Spring

1 take pleasure in recommending
Swift's Specific Is. S. s.) as a Blood
Purifier and general tonic. 1t has no
equal for toning up the system, puri-
flying the blood, and bracing up the
tagging energies in the spring. Three
bottles of this wonderful medicine
made a new man OF me.
John T, HIrFF Girard IN
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The Southern CoTnice Company,

The Southern Cornice Company, !.
Chattanooga, has closed contract Z
roof the railroad shops and round
houses Of the East Tennessee road i
Knoxville. This company also has III
contract for roofing she new Memphl
& Charleston shops at Decatur Al
bama, and Union depot Il Johnao|
City,
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WATAUGA BANK.
DIRECTORS.

Judge John P. Smith, Z. II. West, q
P. Cass, John Sanders A. B. Bowman,
Jas. A. Martin, Jas. r. Cfnmley, Win
Harr, w. p. DUNCAN, Geo. d. Taylor
u. X. Lide, Isaac Harr'
The methods OF this Banking estah-
lishment are careful and conservative.
1t transacts general banking husi.
ness, and is in the confidence d the
community.
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Wear LeWiS'S ResisteSr.

We have received the first shipment of fifty the celebrated
B. Lewi Rese Shoes for which sole agents in Johnson
City.
He the largest manufacturer Boston makes all his Resers
of solid Leather and of the best grades We buy large quantities
and pay the cash. that sell you anything you the
Shoe line at prices that will astonh you.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

So much snow has fallen in Switz-
land this summer that it has put
stop to noun ain climbing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

Canada claims TO be larger by 50O,-
600 square miles than the United
States, including Alaska.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

We also sole agents the Smpknson Manufacturing Com
pany Cincinnati noted for their Ladies' and Misses Fine Shoes
They fit like glove Every pair guaranteed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

There is fine piece ot statuara
called "woman Triumphant" We
have all seen her and most Of US mari
ried her.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

The population of the whole State
of New Hampshire is $4,000 less than
that Of the city Of Boston.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21
Rncklen,s Arnicn salre.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
Bruises, Sores, letter, chapped Hands
chillblains, Germs and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded Price, 25 cents per box. For
sale at M. A McFarland's Drug Store.
It is announced that snake having
legs has been found in Iowa. It is
evident that the quality Of the liquor
furnished in prohibition States is
something 10 make the angels weep,
to give every man who INDUCES in il
his own private geological garden.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-21

AS will be receiving fall stock, will clear all
Summer Goods prices low mentions Sateen Cotton and
Woe Chales White Goods Novelty Dress Goods light colors in
Henrietta Cloth Ladies' and Gents SUMMER UNDERWEAR,
HOSIERY, etc.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-04

THE New York World estimates that
if under the proposed apportionment the
States voted in 1892 as they did in 1884
the Democratic Presidential candidate
will have 224 electoral votes while the
Republicans will have 218. If they vote
as they did in 1888, then the Demo
cratic candidate will have 173 votes,
while the Republican will have 269.
Suppose that we strike an average be-
tween these figures as showing the re-
suit in 1892. Then the Democratic can
didate will have 1881 and the Republic
an 2431. This last estimate is fairer
and the one likely to be nearest the re-
suit of the vote in 1892.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-04
THE BUCCANEERS OF OLD

Flaunted the skull and cross-bones, their
ensign, defiantly at the masthead. Your
modern pirate, not on the high seas, but
upon the high reputation of the standard
remedies, skulks under various disguises.
His hole and corner traffic has never, to
any degree, affected Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, although that standard invigor-
ant and corrective has long been the
shining mark at which his shafts have
been directed; cheap local bitters, COM
posed of fiery, unrectified stimulants, with
an infusion, or extract possibly, of some
tonic bark, are still sometimes recon-
mended as identical with, or similar to,
or possessing virtues kindred to those of
Americas chosen family medicine; these
perish speedily, while the great subduer
and preventative of disease pursues its
successful career, overcoming malaria,
dyspepsia, nervousness, kidney troubles,
constipation and rheumatic ailments, not
only on this, but on many continents.
All druggist keep it. 11-6-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-04

THE death of Benjamin T. Shillaber
Tuesday of last week, at his home in
Chelsea, Mass, removes another of the
writers whose work has helped to give
the American humor its distinctive
character and flavor. His "Mrs Part
ington" papers which began early in the
SOS and ran in the Boston Post for a
number of years made his reputation,
and from them his fame, to use the
writer's own expression, "gained a
memento that could not be checked"
President Lincoln was one Of "Mrs
Partington's" warm admirers as he was
of "Nasby" and "Artemus Ward" two
other humorists of much the same class.
He has published a number Of volumes,
at least three of which were verse, but
his reputation as a humorist as well as a
literary worker will rest chiefly on his
book, "The Life and Sayings of Mrs.
Partingtcn." He had reached ripe
old age, lacking but two years of four
score.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-12-04
REMARKABLE RESCUE.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, Ill,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by her family physi-
clan, but grew worse; he told her she was
a hopeless oictim Of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her; her druggist
suggested DR.. Kings New Discovery. for
Consumption; she bought bottle and to
her delight found herself benefited from
first dose; she continued its use, and after
taking ten bottles, found herself sound
and well; now does her own housework,
bottles of this Great Discovery at Patter-
son & Sons drug store; large bottles SOC
and 81.