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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

The announcement that a receiver
had been appointed for the Chsrleston,
Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad, and
for the Massachusetts, and Southern
CONSTRUCTION Co., which vas building
the same. was not unexpected. The
suspension of an old and wealthy
Pmla ielphia banking.house which
had been the financial agent Of both
cnmpanies brought to an untimely
end a negotiation, nearly completed,
that would have placed in bank funds
enough for the payment of all arrear-
ages and for the vigorous prosecution
OF u is important enterprise. The dis
act wss unavoidable, hut it is nct
irreiri, yabe The two companies
have larg" assets in rights Ct way, in
valuable miner,l and timbei lands, in
spt tions OF completed road bed, and in
locomotives, ears, shops and depots
Moreover large manufacturing plants
already completed and others under
construction, because OF the expected
early connection Of this rad with the
immense coal fields OF Western Vir-
ginia and the magnetic ores of the
Cranberry district Of North Carolina,
insure large paying business rs soon
as the intermediate links shall he COM
peted These certainties will induce
capitalists tn furnish whatever money
may be needed for the prosecution oi
this enterprise IN a finish. The origi'
nal promoters and investors May suffer
loss which would be griev0us pity
for they undertook a g,and work and
carried it forward with unremttinp
energy until stopped by the unsxpect
sus pension OF their financial agents
but If, unfortunately, they cannot ar
range to recume their work, Others
will begin where they lett off, and viii
complete the road to the Ohio river
There msy be some delay before thii
comes about, hut ut the worst it canno
be great while, and in the meantim,
the whole financial world will hav'
recovered from the shock caused b,
the failure Of tue Barings, and th'
worlds business will 60 on with great
er volume because of its tempoar,
check Baltimore Manufacturer
Record
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

Development along the line Of the
New River and Ulinch River divisions
of the Norfolk & Western Railroad
continues with steadily increasing
volume, says the Manufacturers Rec
ord. The latest announcement is the
formation of the Elkhorn Coal & Land
Go. by Hon. Calvin S. brice and other
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
capitalists, with an authorized capital
"f $lOOO,000. This company will op.
eiu Mercer and adjoining counties
If West Virginia.
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A Graduate Of Medicine.

Being graduate OF q Medical Col
egp, am Of cour.e prejudiced against
all secret proprietary medicines, but
| am comp He'd to say, after being
cured of violent case OF ipflammato-
ry Rheumatism, that s. s. g. ia the
remedy for that disease. took s. 8
$. after everything else had failed.
had all so.ts OF treatment with the
best physicians Had the Tdrkish
bath treatment; went to Hot Springs
Ark; Jacksonville. Fla; Colorado
Springs, and California but no relief
Then started hume, tired and worn
disguised with medicine, friend
pursuaded me TO take s. 4. s. and
did it more to crafty him than from
any hone OF cure, and the first battlt
put me far on the rosd to permanent
cure. continued it until | am sound
and well.
GEO. B. IIAycocK. Duluth, MINI.
Treatise on blood aud skin diseasei
mailed free.
SWlFT'S SPECIFIC co Atlanta. Ga
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
Railroad N otes.

From the Manufacturers Record
Eastern parties have, 1t is announc-
ed, about completed the pure hase OF
the rolling mill property of the South
Tredegar Iron Co., at Chattanooga,
The c0nsummation of this deal will, it
il understood, result in the organize
ti0n OF the company with capital Of
5000, 900 TO put the property in ayst'
Class condition and operate it to its
full cspcity f; also the building of n
large basic steel plant vt the new
town Of Cardiff at printable cost OF
$3.50 900, to furnish the raw material
for the Chattanooga works
An organization having for its Oh
jpct the industrial ad'an ement oi
the State of Alabama VAS ,tely form
ed ut TuskalOust under the title OF
the Irduytrial 4 sen niitic Sn,irty ol
Alabama 1t has i"r it's presid' nt
Col. G. q. Cadle, and The vic presi
dents are MajbrJ j, W. Burke, presl
lent of the Jacksonville Mining &
Manufacturing TO (waich is building
Tredegar, Ala); Thomas Sedden,
president Of the Star Steel d lion
Co. NC Wilson, professor of chem.
istry in State Normal School at Flor
ence G. P. Williamson Iron Co. ; w.
]. Robinson, OF the Alabama Mineral
Land Co., and Col. Horace Harding,
engineer in cha;ge Of the Warrior
river improvement F; Prof. w. B. Phil
lips, of the University of Alabama, i,
1e. retary, and Prof Henry McCalIey,
Of the State Geological Survey, treas
urer. The society will have head.
quarters at ruskaloosa, but will con.
vene quarterl' at the various indus.
trial centers OF the State. The mex.
meeting will be held at Birmingham
On January 90.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
The Basic steel Patents.

From the Manufacturers Record,
Fifty millions Of money were rep
resented at a meeting of iron and
steel manufacturers b Id this week AT
the Hotel Lafayette in Philadelphia,
Andrew Carnegie, the Illinois Steel
Co., the Cambria Iron Co. the Penn
sylvania Steel & Iron Co, and the
Thomas Iron Co, were represented.
These psftr are owners of mills oi
Nh annual capacity of 100000 tons
If steel rails. They are also the chief
stockholders in the Steel Patents Co.,
which ownA the rights Of this country
in the Bps-emer and basic steel pat
ents. A number Of important patents
connected with both processes are
about to expire, and the question un.
der consideration wss what could be
done to prevent any considerable
competition.
There are seven mills in Pennsyl
vania which manufacture Bessemer
steel rails. They are: Carnegie's at
P:ttsl urgh, the Thomas Iron Co, Al
Bethlehem, the Pennsylvania Steel 4
IrOn Co at Harrisburg, the cambria
Iron Works at Johnstown, the Lscka
wanna Coal & Iron Co, and the
Scranton Steel Works, both at Scran
ten. and tn Allegheny Bessemer
steel Co, at Alleghany, which was re
Gently purchased by Carnegie TO-
50 600 000. Practically there are now
hut slx firms The combined prnd'. I
last year was ll02,45l net tn,s ol
Bessempr steel rails Illinois turned
out 522,054 net tons nf Bess.mer rails
in 1889. and thev all practically came
from the Illinois Steel Co. Only %,
1914 ions OF rails we're made by all the
other States in the country last year
The Illinois people and the foul
Pennsylvania firms in the Patents Co
are anxious to get hold vf the Lacka
wanna Coal & Iron Co., and the
Scranton Steel Works, thus reducing
the number OF mills in the whole
country TO FIVE, which are part own
ers Of the important patents.
The chief subject nf discussion, Al
stated by one Of thnse who attended
the meeting, was the relation OF thu
hasic process and manufacturers out
side Of the Steel Patents Co. Al
that was done at the meeting, L
which reporters wele not admitted, j
not known. but it is semi.of1iciall,
stated that it WAS decided to sell Il
outs ders the right to use the basi
process upon the payment OF q roy
atty Of 800 per ton.
II have no doubt" said a membe
of the company TO the reporter Of tn
; Philadelphia Record, 'that the actor
of our body will start many mills int
new channel, and especially in th
South where the development Of nat
ural resources ia going on rapidly
We have been considering this thin
for yesr or more, but could neve
agree upon the amount of royalt
that should be charged. Think $40
per ton - lov"
As ihe basic patents will expir
within twn or 'hiee years, this is AZ
parently movement under the guis
Of iberal arrangement to enable tn
l company to get back in royaltic
what IL paid Tor the patents that
has 80 long pre- 'ented the South frol
using.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
Extraordinary Bone Scratching.

Herbert Sperry. fremont, III had
Eryslpelas in both legs. Confined u
the house six weeks He says: "When
| was able to get on my legs, had an
itching sensation that nearly run me
crazy. scratched them raw to the
bones. Tried everything without re
'ief. ! was tCrmented in this way foI
we years then found Clark's Elk
'ract Of Flax (Papillon) skin cure al
the Drug Store, used it, and it has
cured me sound and we'll"
Clark's Flax Soap has no equal ioI
bath and toilet Skin cure 81. Soap
20 cents. Sold by Mcfarland & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
VOL. VII.
CLEVELAND AND BLAINE.
The Old Ticket the Most Popular
Among Farmers.

RPRIEaFIRLD, MASS, Dec. % An
elaboraiely plarned canvass to ascer'
tain the opinions Of the farmers
throughout the country on certain
practicaI, conomic aid political ques-
tiOns has bean conducted on an extern
sive scale for the past three months by
the agricultural press ut Springfield
Liberal prizes we're 81 arranged as tn
Great Q discussion in farmers organ
iEations everywhere and induce a
large poll Of postal card ballots. In
order TO reach the IA mers OF the
whole United States the enterprise
Was worked In the New England
States through the New England
Homestead, in the Atlantic aud Md
die Sta es through thu Eastern edi
zion OF Farm an Home, while the
Central States, West and South,
Northwest and Pacific slope we're
reached through the Western edition
Of Farm and Home, published at Chr
cago.
Nearly 10000 cards we're received
answering ten questions, most oi
which relate to the business of farm
ing, but the last of which was as fol-
lows:
"Who should be the Republican
and Democratic nominees for the
Presidency in 1922 (Note that the
question is who SHOULD be-" not who
twill be-" the idea being to draw out
the farmers views as to the best men
for the Presidency rather than 10
guess who the politicians may try to
put up)."
CLEVELAND AND BLAINE.
The answers have been fully tabula'
tSd only Ms far as they relate to the
last question, but enough has been
done to show that Federal aid to agri
cultural education and the teaching
ot agricultural science in the rural
public schools are overwhelmingly in
dorsed. The sentiment regarding
Government ownership Of railroads il
quite evenly divided, and . great
many who vote against ownership in
sist on the Government supervision
and FULL control of railroads, The
views expressed as to the new tariff
law, reciprocity and the proposed
modification OF the nstional Land pol
icy are so diverse it will be some days
before they are classified.
In reference To the vote OF the pres
idential candidates it is explained that
the journals interested interpreted the
November e'ectinn as meaning thar
lthe farmers were weary OF the old ia'
,yorites and old measures and demand
ed new men and new issues. These
Journals therefore advocated ]. NJ
Rusk, Of Wisconsin, Secretary Of Ag
Siculture, and Congressman William
III. Hatch, OF Missouri. ex-Chairman
Of the House G Committee on Agricul-
ture, as the proper Republican and
Democratic standard bearers for 1892
In spite OF this influence, however
the farmers expressed their preference
for presidential candidates in the fol
lowing manner:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

Pronounced Hopeless. Yet Saved.
From letter written by Mrs Ada
E Hurd, OF Groton, s. D., we quote {:
"was taken with bad eold, which
settled on my Lnngs, couge set in and
finally terminated in Consumption.
Four doctors gave me mp saving |
could live hut short time. / gave
m self np tn my Savior. determined
il could not stay with my friends on
earth, | would meet my q sent ones
above. My husband was advised to
gel DR.. K ng's New Discovery for Con
sumpt on. Coughs and Colds gave
It trial, took In al eight ho,tles; il
has cure.i me and thank God | am
now we'll shd heariy woman" Trial
bottles free at Mcfarland 4 Co'l
DruRsssre, regular size 50c. and 81.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
DEMOCRATIC

or the scattering Republican vote,
Reed leads with 5.665. followed by Nc.
Kinley with S,029. All but 256 Of
j these cards were mailed before the
B November elections. Depew has q
727 and Plumb, Of Kansas, has good
" showing, but the rest are mostly for
"a farmer"
In the scattering Democratic vote,
Gov. Pattison leads with over 1900
Carlisle has 700, and Gov. Russell, OF
Massachusetts, 500; others being for
~ fnrm r." In the Democratic vote
Cleveland's vote is uniformly the
greatest in every section OF the coun-
try, while in the Republican vote
Harrison lead. in the Central States,
Rusk in the Northwest, and Blaine
everywhere else.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

The Wilmington IN. C Star urges
the importance Of building Reat, small
dweIliHg-housss in towns and cities
that will rents at $40 to $l2 . month.
There i : steady demand for them.
Such houses, conveniently planned
and neatly constructed, can, it claims,
De erected At 3 cost low enough to
mate the low rentsl pay good inter
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
DR.. JOHN W. PURNELL,
DENTIST,

HAS an improved Method for ex
I1tracting Teeth, absolutely without
pain, (no danger) Any child or deli
cate person can use il. Price, $10C
DER tooth. Fine gold work done. All
work guaranteed, Six years in the
Practice Of Dentistry.
Office in Harr Burrow Building,
John on City, Tenn.
Use Purnell's Hydrnnapthal Mouth
Wash. Price, % and SOC, Der bottle
S95 ly
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
The Universal verdict Of the People

Who have used Cark's Extract OF
Flax (Papillon) Skin Cure award it
the first and highest place as n reme-
dial agent in all euses Of Skin Diseases.
Erysipelas, Ecz ma, Puppies, unsight-
ly blotches, Illuminating eruptionS,
holls, carbuncles, letter, eto., nll yield
to this wonderful preparation at once.
Price II 90 for u large bottleat McFar-
baud u Co.'s Drug Store. Clark's Flax
Soap is go"d for the skin. Try it.
price 25 cents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

Teacher-Tommy Trewsnt. don't
YOU know that the rule OF this school
is for children to have their shoes
shinedG Why are yours 50 dirtyS
Tommy TleNant--I did shine 'em,
ma'am. But | climbed up tree af-
terward to get this nice, red apple for
Vpt1
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

The best save in the world for cuts
Bruises, Sores, letter, chapped Hand,
chillhlalns, corns and all Skin Erup-
tinns, and positively cure Piles, or M
pay required 1t is guaranteed t.
give perfect satisfaction, er money re-
funded Price, 25 cents per box. Fol
f,ale at NJ A Nc Farland's Drug Store
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
Electric Rltters.

This remedy is becoming $, well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song oI
praise.-A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases Of the Liver and Kid
neys, will remove Pimples, Boila, Salt
Rheum and other affections caused hy
impure blood Win drive Malaria
from tile system an preven as vel
a. cure all Malarial fevers. For cure
Of Headache, Constipation and lndi
gestion try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re
funded Price SOC. and $l.00 per bot
tie at Mcfarland & Co.'s Drugstore.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

Left alone from morning to night
with This one com panion. OF even with
three still wearing the graces OF inian.
cy, buds o. various sta yes upon the
sslf-same tree, a woman, II she has the
great blessing Of approaching such
luxury Of paradise, ID smoving-too OF
Ten not aware that she Is moving
through the divinest section Of her
life. AS evening sets in the husband,
through all walks OF life, from the
highest professional down to common
labor, returns home to bring her modes
Of conversation by such thoughts and
interests as are moro consonant with
his more extensive capacities Of intel.
lect. But by this time her child Cor
her children) will be reposing in the
little couch, and in the morning, only
as the sun ascends in power, she sees
before her long, long day Of perfect
pleasure in this society which evening"
will bring to her, but which is in
terSoven with every fibre OF her sensi
bilities. This condition OF noiseless,
quiet love is that above > i which Gi'''''si i''''i
olesses and smiles upon
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
EARLY MOTHERHOOD.
Paper from the Recently DIscov.,
cred De Quincy Mes.

The following article, reprinted
IRON the London New Review, is one
OF the recently discovered De Quincy
MSS. The paper shows De Quincy's
style at a high mark, and will be- read
with delight for its deep thought and
revcrent poetry.
The loveliest sight that woman's
eye opens upon in this world is her
first born child, and the holiest sight
upon which the eyes Of God settle in
almighty sanction and perfect blessing
is the love which soon kindles be.
tween the mother and her infant
mute and speechless on the one side,
with no language bat tears and kisses
and looks. Beautiful is the philosophy
which arises cut Of that reflection or
passion connected with the transitisu
that has produced it. First comes the
whole mighty drama Of love. purified
ever moro and more, how often from
grosser feelings, yet OF necessity
through its very elements oscillating
between the finite and the infinite
the haughtiness Of womanly pride, 80
dignifed, yet not always free from the
near contagion of error; the romance
81 ennobling, yet not always entirely
reasonable; the tender dawn OF epen-
ing sentiments pointing 10 an idea in
all this which 1t neither can reach nor
long sustain. Think OF the great storm
of agitation and fear and hops through
which in her earliest days OF woman
hood every woman must naturally
pass--fdlfilling the law Of her Creator,
yet law which rests upon her mixed
constitution; animal, though indefi.
nitely ascending to what is non-Ani-
nal as q daughter Of man frail and
imperfect, yet also as daughter OF
God standing erect with eyes 10 the
heavens. Next, when the great vsrnal
passover OF sexual tenderness and 70.
nance has filled its purpose, We see
rising as phoenix from this great
mystery of ennobled instincts another
my stery much mere profound, more
affecting, more diyine-net so much
rapture as blissful repose OF Sab.
bath which swallows up the more per-
ishihg story OF the first, forcing the
vast heart OF female nature through
stages of ascent, forcing 1t to pursue
the transmigrstians OF the Psyche
from the aurelic conditions 30 glowing
in its color, into the winged creature
which mixes with the mystery OF the
dawn and ascends to the mystery Of
the infinite heavens, rising by ladder
Of light from that sympathy which
God surveys with appreciation, and
even more 80, as He heholds II self
purifying under His Christianity 70
that sympathy which needs no puri6.
cation, but is the holiest OF things on
on this earth and that in which
God most reveals himself through the
nature OF humanity.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

Well is it for the gloriication Of hui
man nature that through these
changes the vast majority Of women
must forever pass; well also that by
placing it's sublime germs near to ie-
male youth God thus turns away By
anticipation the divinest OF disciplines
from the rapacious absorption OF the
grave. Time is found, how oitsn! for
those who are early summoned into
rendering back their glorious privilege
who have yet tasted in its first fruits
the paradise of maternal love. And
pertaining also to this part OF the sub.
ject, will tell you result OF my own
observations Of no slight importance
to women.
1t is this. Nineteen times GU, Of
twenty have remarked that true
paradise Of female life, in all ranks
no; too elevated for constant inter.
course with the children, 10 by no
meaus the years Of courtship, nor the
earliest period Of marriage, but that
seq estered chamber Of her experience
in which the mother is left alone
through the day with servants, per.
haps in distant part OF the house,
and (God be thanked) chiefly where
there are no servants at ell shs is at.
tended by one sole companion, her liz.
tie first born angel, ae yet clinging 10
her robe, imperfectly able to walk,
still more imperfect in It's prattling in
: fancy, clinging to her, haunting her
wherever she go.s as her shadow,
catching from her eye the total inspi-
ration OF it's little palpitating heart
and sending TO hers thrill Of secret
pleasure so often 40 ita little Angsrs
fasten on her own,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
WATAUGA BANK.
DIRECTORS.

Judge Jehn 7. Smith, E II. West. G
p. Cars, John Sanders. A. o. Bowman.
Jas. A. Martin. Jap. r. Crumley. viii
harr, w r DUNCAN. Geo. D. Taylor
@. X Lide. Iraac HAIR.
We have the largest paid.up capital Of any
Bank in the city. Our stockholders are among
the best men Of Washington and Carter counties
We do conservative Banking Business In all
lie branches, and all business entrusted to us
will be faithfully and prampty transacted.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

"Yer look bad, Jim. Been under
the weather.
"Sortcr To.day'sthe first time I've
heen cut er doors in three months"
"What was the matter with yerf"
"Nothin', but the Judge wouldn't be.
lieve it,"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
Y. ]. CnENEY & Co, Props.

Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Props,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersienod, have known
r. J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in al
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists
Toledo. Ohio.
Walding, Kinnan 4 Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blooC
and mucous surfaces OF the system
Price, 75C. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

Jimpson-One thing I'd like to
know.
Clara Bellows-Yes, you ought to
know one thing at least.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

Turn over a new leaf and be the
early bird to catch that much.talked
81 worm--sacuesa
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01
HoM,s Thlsi

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catsrrh that can
not be cured by taking Halls Catarrh
Cure.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-01

1891 nov for new pledges.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-15
SPALDING RETIREs.
James A. Hart Elected President
OF the ChicagOs.

CHICAGO, April 14.-At the annual
meeting of the Chicago Ball club this
afternoon President A. CT. Spalding de-
clined a reelection, and James A. Hart
was unanimously chosen as his sue
cessor. Nlr. Hart has had wide ex-
perience in base ball management, and
is thoroughly conversant with Mr..
Spalding's methods, and it is unlikely
that the policy of the club will be
changed in any way. Capt. Arson will,
as heretofore, remain in absolute con-
troll of the playing department, select
ing and managing the team. In letter
to n. f. Young, president of the Ma
tional league. informing him of his
retirement from active connection with
base bali, Mr.. Spalding says that the
club and the league have occupied his
time to the neglect of his personal ill.,
terestS; that it was his intention to re-
| tire after his return from the ball tour
around the world. two years ago, but
that the brotherhood revolt seemed to
| necesSitate a continuance in the league
until the present time. and all of the
| trouble growing out of it having been
| settled. he feels that without any inius-
| tice to his cOWOrierS he can retire. He
| adds that the natural tendency of any
| professional sport is downward, and
| that. without Il strong, fearless central
organization acting with other associv-
tionS under an equitable national agree
ment, it is impossible to long retain the
| confidence of the public, which is
| necessary TO success.