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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09

s. D. McCracken, of Limestone,
camein Monday and will take charge
O. the circulation of the Knoxville
p,pers at this place.
It is very apparent-unpleasantl
apparent--to the people OF johnson
City, whether 1t Is to the East Ten
nessee railroad Company or not, that
we need ysrd engine at this place.
We are doing too much business here
for" shack ups" or "backdowns." There
are from 100 to 175 and 200 cars on
our yards now, and about that many
are generally found about here, scat
tered hither and yon, in such shape
that it usually takes from "a hours to
2 weeks to get a car placed where il
can be unloaded all at one setting. A
yard engine, regular snoutless yard
engine, and crew of men with per.
manent headquarters here, would not
only be a Godsend to the people oil
johnson City, but would be decided
benefit to the railroad company itself
But it can't see it that way. We don't
want to say anything slightingly
about the venerable old management
1--WE dropped an eye on the depot just
before making this remark) but there
ia a good deal Of moss on the back G.
the East Tennessee Company. 1t ii
not in the catalogue OF "Town Build
ers," but it can be very safely classec
with the ancient "Mound Builders.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09

DR.. ]. M. futile, who has been with
E. F. Vinegar & Co, in charge Of the
optical department, for several
months, LEFT Tuesday night for his
home in Illinois, DR.. Tuttle Yves
an upright gentleman aud an exper-
fenced optician. and fHE COMET joins
a number of friends here in wishing
him success wherever he casts his lot.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09

In 1880 johnson City had u popu-
.lation OF 6S5; in 1887, it had hardly
doubled, being 1900; but in 1890 the
census reports credited the little city
with 4 1859 inhabitants-a fact heralded
on every envelope used by the bust
ness men up there,-Knoxville Trib'
une.
Yes, it is fact, we have had mar
velous growth in the past few years
and the indications are now that we
will know no stint in the future.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09

We have succeeded id get
ting up a Roasted Coffee that
has the flavor of the highest
priced coffee on the market,
We know what it is as we
buy it green and have it
parched and packed for us.
The brand is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09
Dissolution of Copartnershlp.
JOHNSON City. Tenn, I
March 26, 1891.

The firm OF Rhea, Wood & Co. is
is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent, the interest Of J. B Rhea in said
finn being purchased by Messrs. Wood
& Co., who will assume the payment
of the partnership liabilities and col.
lect alldebts due the late firm.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09

Spring has come and there
will be a bountiful fruit crop
and we are selling
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09
w. M. CHRISTIAN

will sell you goods cheaper than
the cheapest. He sells for CASH,
and he does not borrow his plans
or light from any. His is the Star
house. Don't fail to go and see him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09
]. |. EVANS ( COS.
Champion Roasted Coffee,

When you want Roasted
Coffee don't have and other
until you try ours for a while
any way, We will sell it at
25c per lb.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-09
Items Of Interest.
The man that hates
fowls (fouls) the most:
A hen-pecked husband.

The sun is the centre of eur solar
system, and around it the earth and
all the planets revolve and from
the sun they and their satellites Dor.
row their light, with which they
light the heavens during the dark.
ness of night. Stars differ from
the planets in that they are self.
luminous bodies. Like the sun,
may they not each be centre Of
solar system greater than ours, and
around which greater worlds re.
volve and swing in their orbits'
How this may be we cannot tell
science has never been able to fully
develop; but one thing we do
know, that
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

wrinkles ON its dear old facs. Tfnis.
thst wrinkles all faces, left no trace OF
mark OF age on its face, It was as smooth
and pnfurrowed when it had licked OIL
the last second, OF the last minute, OF
the last hour. OF the last day, OF
the last year of the centu-
ry as when, hundred years
before its pendulum first began. to
swing. The vigor of youth was In its
face and form even in old age, and but
for the cracks in the varnish of its case.
and close scrutiny of the date of its
make on its side, its reaf age would
hardly have been suspected- A. .8ss-, =
What a precious thing it Is that old
timepiece of our earliest childhood!
Howl the memory of it is 'interwoven
like q strand of silver into the very
warp and wcof of our life! How, in
thinking of it, the past rises up before
us like a we'll remembered dream
whose outlines and details are as dis
tinct as if it were of a recent night!
What faces and fSures and scenes and
events group themselves around the old
timepiece to REMIND us OF much else
that had been long forgotten! How out
of the deep shadow of the intervening
years that old tinepiece brings back to
us with all the vividness of yesterday,
the part we played and the part they
played with us in that long ago; that long
ago whose return we shall never really
know, and whose repetition by the cs>
dainment of fate is impossible, even if
it were desirable. Kan.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01
A FAMILY RELIC.
The Old Clock Which licked O:: the Hours
.r.. rpS lhilsi iIood.

It was a quaint thing, the old clock
that stood in the corner in the days
when our grandfather lived, when the
dear old grandmother ran the house in
the old style, the days when candles
were dipped" and snuffed with silver
suutfers. when pewter mugs and spoons
and plates and platters were the fash
ionable fad. when the wool was cardcd
and reelcd and spun and woven by
hand. when homespun-"full cloth"
and rag carpets handmade were as
fashionable as the finest French broad
cloth and moquette of to-day.
Associations tender, romantic and
sacred gather about that old clock.
For a half dozen generations and more
it stood in its appointed place, the one
household article of all the most cher
ishcd When the children were born
it recorded the hour, the minute of the
advent of each and all AS they grew
out of infancy into childhood and on
into manhood and womanhood it meas
ured the duration of each period and
noted the passing stages. When any
mem Der of the family died the old
| clock revealed the exact moment of the
| dear ones departure. The noon hour,
and the midnight, the hour of sun rise
| and moon rise, of sun set and moon set
| We're each regularly announced by this
J faithful old monitor. The time for
sleeping. for waking, for working,
| week day and sabbath, were each
properly and Systematically declared
by this patient old sentinel.
The sick We're given their medicine
| by this venerable time piece the well
were guided by it to pursue their al
| lotted tasks. II stood there in tine
! corner prim and decorous, witness OF
the old time counting, notifying the
| lovers OF the hour of meeting and the
hour of parting. The hours for church
and school, for weddings and funerals,
for going and coming, Christmas and
New Years eve. Thanksgiving and
| Fourth of July were each in their order
announced bv the old timepiecc.
1t kept tally as time wore on. i
ticltcd off the days, aud swung The
| weeks into months, discharged the ole
and ushered in the new year. Without
| fatigue of any sort it fulfilled its hum
ble mission. tiuncomp pi iainingly ane
| cheerful, it registered the passing peri
! DDS in the lives of all under the sam
roof. In the long winter cveutr
when the fire nlazed ou the heartns |
face shown with =. r-tiddy glow, and |
| the sunli- -ht of the summer it glca.
with gtStcnipg visage, There we
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01
TO PRESS FLOWERS.

Directions For Preserving the Treasures %
Wood and Field.
On your next ramble in the woods,
take along one of those long, japanned-
tin botanist's boxes, or else q light bas-
ket Have a layer Of damp moss in
your receptacle, and put your plants
away as soon as possible. Choose the
choicest specimens-and several of one
sort will not come amisS. Gather the
shapliest leaves of the trees, sprigs OF
moss and any miniature leaves that you
think will retain their beauty after be-
ing dried, and specially keep lookout
for ferns. Some plants are very small.
and it is best to dig such up by. the
roots--it will be prudent to take along
a-large, thin book, which can be tightly
strapped together. as you nay want to
press sonle Of the most delicate foESers
| immediately. Have the covers ,perfer.
ated with large holes to admit the air.
/ You can buy all sorts Of botanists pprt-'
folios: but a couple of thin boards you
can readily make yourself, will aaswer
every purpose. Put thirty or forty.
| sheets Of drying paper between the
| covers, and fasten couple OF strips OF
leather SO as to form a convenient liam
die. Be very careful in laying your
specimens between the leaves to have
every flower separate and smooth.
| After some pleasant hours in tho
woods YOU will come home with your
basket full of all kinds of plants and
flowers. To preserve the delicate colors
of the latter, it is necessary that they
! should be dried at once. Place them
on your drying g-paper and carefully ar
range every flower, smoothing out all
wrinkles If any petals have dropped
off, set them in place with little mu-
cilage.
Some flowers cannot bear the touch
of a warm hand, and these you will find
wilted. They may be restored by
sprin1ling with luke-warm water and
laying them away over night in cool,
dark place. If you are in a hurry, cut
7 off part of the stems Of the wi!ted flow
ers and place them in a vase of hot
water, where they will straighten in q
few hours.
After arranging your specimens on
the drying g-paper, lay several sheets
over and under them, aud put in a
press or under heavy weight You
| will never regret the few dollars in.
dvested in a press. Twelve hours after
pressing change the papers, and press
again. In few days your plants viii
I be ready to lay away, but be careful to
keen under pressure until perfectly dry,
or your larger flowers will mold ol
shrink. and thus lose all beauty.
In mounting my specimens l use
heavy mounting paper, 1135xlS}5 inches
costing ten cents sheet; but a begin
ner would, perhaps, do we'll to start
with binders paper" which i:
cheaper and just as suitab bic. LITTLE
mucilage may be put on the plant here
and there, or you may fastcn 1t tJ
passing narrow strips of paper acros
it
When your mounting is finished. writ
| under each specimen the date when i
was found, the place, name, genus an
species, the color, and the familia
name The sheets may then be place,
in portfolios, according to genera. o
NAV be arranged SO that the specimen
, from one place are together.-Ladles
Homo Journal
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01
A GRADUATING ESSAY.

Dear Frrfendsi My essay is tonight
On Woman's Future Sphere
q wonder how look in white;
Ny sash feels rather Queer).
OF late yeArs only woman threw
Her shackles of and rose-
Ooh. dear! never had . shoe
So pinch and hurt my toes).
no longer slave to selfish man
She will new heights explore
, i(6upDose thoy recognize my fan
borrowed from next DOOR.
!AeTsbrain, onos dulled, IL active nows
; Her tongue. 0nce stilled, con speak
iQ3eiore the glass learned my bow; 4
II took me Just one weekly.
Armed With herknowledge and its strength
She wfll the world o'crcome-
CMy gloves have quito q stylish length,
Ones bursted on the thumbI
Man win, yea. must acknowledge that
We woman lead IN sll.
Tm thinking II a bigger hot
viii be tho thing next fal).
Dear Friends. Adicu: Our future sphere
Iknow will DO immense
Gust look 1t my bouQuets-I fenr
Pail growl Mt the cxpensc).
III. c. Dodge. in Gccdalls Sun.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01
Fancy woolcns.

Costumes of fancy wooleu. with very
light grounds, cream, ecru, dovc-gray,
mastic. etc. interviewer with rough
lines or tigurings. the unified mixtures
of color and white, in checks stripes,
and blurred, detached patterns, are
made up in most fanciful styles. Some
have bodiccs cut on the cross and shaped
to the figure without dartAon oofSth
corseIets, the high under Sed
with cream-colored guieW sGbScrlens
with passementerie js For <lhe
long square basques }her
back than the side sscs in each nurdlce,
~and losing themselvs than any of folds
of the skirt behi' with
sleeveless overja- bch the
color of the br:.IrAN" Ft-,and some
with full plastr" ,,>sh in rose,
yellow. maize. IL When the
bodice is trimmed a-.-i lace, there is
often a broad band of the same on the
bottom of the front breadth of the
skirt the lace used being in all bases a
good imitation of old mellow Venetian
point-N. Y. Post
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01
The PREPARATION OF FooE
A Degrading custom which Ia Now rre-


Simplicity of diet should be point
of first consideration with all persons
upon whom falls the responsi bility of
providing the family bills of fare. since
the simplest foods are, as a rule, the
ruost healthful. Variety is needed; that
is, a ju3icions mipgling of fruits, grains
and vegetables; but the general tend
ency is to supply our tables with too
many kinds and to prepare each dish in
the most elaborate manner. until, in
| many households. the cooking of food
has come to be almost the chief end OF
| life. While the preparation of food
should be looked upon of SO much
| importance as to demand the most care
| full consideration and thought as to its
| suita biiity, whoiesomenesS, nutritiye
| qualities and digest;biiity, it should by
| no means be made to usurp the larger
| share of ones time when simpler foods
| and less labor would afford the par
| takers equal nourishment and strength.
| Eating simply for the qualification OF
taste is degrading custom. A great
variety of foods at one meal eXerts IA
potent influence in creating love of
eating, and likewise is II constant
temptation to overeat. Let us have
well cooked. nutritious and palatabie
| food, and plenty of it; variety from day
| to day, but not too great variety at
| each meal.
| The prevalent custom of loading the
| table with great number of viands-
upon occasions when guests are to be
entertained in our homes, is one to be
deplored. since it is neither conducive
to good health nor necessary to good
cheer. but on the contrary is SO labor
iouS and expensive a practice that many
are debarred from social intercourse be-
| cause they cannot afford to entertain
| after the fashion of their neighbors-
| Upon this subject a weli-lSnown writer
has aptly said: simplify cookery,
thus reducing the cost of living, and
how many longing individuals would
thereby be enabled to afford them
selves the pleasure of culture and social
intercourse. When the barbarous
practice of stufing ones guests shall
have been abolished, a social gathering
will not then imply, as it does nov.
hard labor, expensive outlay. and
dyspepsia Perhaps when that tir-le
arrives, we shall be sufficiently civilized
to demand pleasures of higher sort,
. | True, the entertainments will then, IN
one sense, be more costly, as culture is
| hardel to come by than cake The
| profusion of viands now heaped upon
| | the table, betrays poverty of the worst
, | sort. Having nothing to offer, We Of
, | fer yictuais; and this we do with some
| thing of that complacent, satisfied ais
with which some more northern tribe.
| present their tidoits of wtsaias. ane
walrus"-tIcod Health,
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

-"See mere, my friend said farm
er to "a tramp, you've been lyin' in the
shade of that fcrce fer over thirtccn
hours. Amt it bout time TO move our'
IF you say so,' replied the tramp,
struggling to his feet, II s'pose it is.
I'm only tryin' to make my shoes last
as long as possible
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

"A worthy schoolmastcr of parish
school economical time by flogsinG al
the bad boys on Saturday. On one oc'
casion an urchin insisted on knowing
what he was whipped for. Because
his name was on the list was tina only
reason given: but, upon lnvestlGasi on
the master of the rod discovered that
he had picked up the wrong list, and
eorced all the coed boys Of the couGr.
nation class.-Presby terian. SO
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

HOUSEHOLD sRE$l1

Red ants will not come ~ i ss:ll s:li
L. Tho odor is enough fG
To clean gold jewes
stones in, wash in warm sud-
fine soap. with ten or fifteen O.
sal volatile in it. This makes
very brilliant. Sl..:y3
-Frittera-Two egRs. one cup =
milk. two. teaspoonfuls of balkint
powder, -four to make thick batt9f
drop into hot lard and fry brown--i
troit Free Press. -. -
(; Italian Jel1y.-Half I'LL: - NOD
with clean gelatine jelly favored With
lemon; lay round this . wreath of stic
,blanc-wange favored with Vanilla =:
cut in small rounds. then fu the Il
with currant jelly and pnt ~. -
one-half hour before seryin4 Ysst
Herald. e. r!.xla
Sleeps Tongues--s i, ,....tss
. few turns in ess ~ ss'ss s'ss
ing over them Z. .:ih
cayenne, .shres IA. -
crumbs. When NI:
latter, lay -: a
broil them tSI
TO C nd
it plenty
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

NOTICE is IIERERY GIVEN TIL AT HUNT
~ ing on the Ambrosia and Independence
places iS prohibited. NioIators will bc prose.
cutcd to the fun extent OF the law.
J. w. DEOERlCK.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

"UNlING ON THE ROSEDOwN AND
IL Hazlew places, Will aftcr this date be con
Sidercd As trespassins. JAS p. BOWMAN.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01
TlsESPASS NOTICES.

HUNTING OF ANY KiNDON TIE A FTON
IL Villa and Layson Plantations Is hereby
prohibited and offenders will be vigorously
prosecuted. X. Il. CAILEIT, Agent.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01
Ia ana
S time ". LayDry.
sing it i'm
; !: =: ::::: E; $::: :: !; !dry@
lsh it.
the besv,
a homemade artfa sEMTV
and to exit ENtO
I'M fruits. is q press,
". LAxpsy.

of hone.made arta ,GEMTQ
lemon-squeezer and to ext xtqENtO
from fruits, is q press,
made from two pieces OF u
hinged together at one end Shape-esre
other end into handles. Let the halves
be eighteen inches long, three and half
inches wide and from onc-half to one
inch thicls.-N. Y. World
For potato croquettes take butter
the size of an egg, beat it to a cream;
add to it gradually two eggs, ono atear
spoonful Of flour, one saltspoonfnl OF
salt, and six heaped tablespoonfuls OF
grated potatoes which have been boiled
and then peeled. Form this mass into
sausage-shaped croauettes the size of =
large thumb; turn them in beaten egg,
then in fine bread or cracker crumbs,
and fry them in plenty of hot lard I'M
til of a golden ycllow.-Boston Bud&et
l. t-Cheese. Sticks.-..Cheese sticks, are
very nice with a salad course. People
who are fond of cheese relish these
crisp .6ainties-s- Take a pint, of sifted
flour and rub into it a Large tablespoon
! full of butter, teaspoonful of baking
! powder, pinch OF red pepper and Also
| of mustard. a little salt, half a pipt of.
! grated cheese, sufficient cold water to
| make paste like pie crust; roll out and
| cut in neat strips three-fourths of an
| inch wide and seven or eight inches
| long; bake in a quick oven until a nice
light b.pwn.-Chicago News
! Wood worms can be destroyed nt
| books and woodwork by benzip~
Books are locked up in cupboard
! q saucer of benzine. The insects.@
well as their larve and eggs, Sc
| off. Furniture and carvings f
| iIarIy placed in a room with L t,T
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

They say it costs Sl1.5o Il week to
feed an elephant Mrs. Irons" said the
boarder at the foot OF the table, reach
ing for another buiscuit. ''Row would
you like to board one at regular rates?'
AN elephant Mr.. McGinni>, replied
'dlady coldly, ''wouldn~ be
ilEti@l] ,ag hints all the time tl.at he was
H., ,lg tired of prunes.' --...
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-01

'eP your salt box covers to put
''TiGn utensils on from the stove, an
Gur table tops
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-12
PASSING A WOMAN'S UMBRELLA,

The Difficult Feat Accomplished by an
Old Gentleman In Kansas City.
The momentous question of how &c
meet woman with an umbrella and
pass to the other side without the loss
of your hat, with your eyes unjabbed,
and your cravat still on was solved
lately by an old gentleman on Main
street. He deserves the unqualified
gratitude of the entire male population.
The old gentleman was stumping
leisurely up Main street toward the
junction. The lady was going in tho
opposite direction. and was carrying i
very large, wide-spreading umbrella.
Just before the two met the old gen.
tleman raised his cane in a matter-of-
fact way and held it in perpendicular
position. little to the side upon which
the lady would pass. He held it there
just as he would to turn aside limb
overhanging his path, and it worked to
perfection. OF course the lady did not
move the umbrella, but the cane did.
The old gentleman had given three
1ourths of the sidewalk already, and
that relentless cane stood up as cree.
as II 1t had been planted in the roclls,
The umbrella struck it, of course, and
began to revoIve. Then the lady's arm
gave out and the umbrella swerved
against her hat, knocking it endwise.
Then 1t caught in her companions hair
and got tangled up. Both ladies stopped
for repairs and made remarks in which
wera heard the words nasty man, +"
''hog. brute and several other syn.
onymors terms. The old gentlemaa
had been IN town before, and he walked
irrpf n ,
hickory care keeping rhythmic time 60
his step.-kansas City Times
The trombone player was fitting a
mouth-piece to his Instrument with a
good deal of care, and young woman
was heard to ask: M ANNA, what can
that man be doing?" Il don't know,
my dear" answered the mother, as sha
leveled her glass upon the musician in
question, unless he is winding his
horn. You often read of plavers doing
Mat, you know"