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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-01

ENAN valor won
the battle Of san
Jacinto in two
hours time, and
the victory virtu-
ally gave in de =
pendence TO the
Lone star state.
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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-01

Transact business with the men Of the
world like person in a shower of rain,
staying no longer than is indispenfably
necessary. Cecil.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-01

tbs great gain to suffer the loss of all
things that we may learn to depend on
Jesus alone.-Dr. Paley.
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Ruskin: II people do what is right,
in time they come to like it.
T. w. Robertson The one who will
be found in trial capable Of great acts
of love is ever the one who is doing
considerate small ones.
Sir w. Temple: When all is done
human life is at the greatest and best
but, like a forward child, it must be
played with and humored little to
keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and
then all is over.
Sir II. Davy: Life is made up not
OF great sacrifices or duties, but of lit
tie things, in which smiles and kind
ness and small obligations given ha
bitually are what win and preserve the
heart and secure comfort.
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Returned to Earth.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Nov. Much
anxiety was felt here Thursday night
and early this morning for the safety
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Hutchinson and
Aeronaut Sam Baldwin, who composed
the wedding party that went up in
the balloon at the fair grounds yester-
day afternoon.
Nothing was heard last night as to
whether or not they had landed safely
and it was feared they had met with
an accident. At 10 o'clock this morn
ing they returned to the city in car
riage, having landed sixteen miles
northwest Of here near Brooksde, il
the mountains. A safe landing was
made ON the mountain. The party
took supper at the farm house of j. E
Goode and drove to Coalburg, sever
miles distant, last night, to catch .hc
train for Birmingham, but got Their,
too late. They spent the night a
Coalburg
y Prof. Baldwin says they went thre
and half miles high.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
Observations.

The perversity of the street car in
being delayed when you have just five
minutes in which to catch train at
the depot half mile away is as per.
sistent as it is exasperating.
Persons who explain performance
in a theatre while it is going on, tc
the annoyance Of those who wish tc
hear what the players are saying, dis
count even their scant information by
their i'll breeding.
When preachers in the same church
who preach the same gospel OF peace
refuse to speak to each other, theil
conduct is a severer criticism on thei
religion than anything the devil car
devise against Christianity.
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354 towns OF the State of 1924. Rus
sells plurality last year was 9,05S.
Forty towns outside of Boston show
net Republican gain 327.
ONO.

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 9,-Fiiteen
precincts in Ohio outside of Cincinnati
give Mckinley 2O9O, Campbell 1927.
Same districts in 1S90gave Ryan 1867,
Crowley 1151
At 8 p. m. only eight precincts in
Hamilton county show Democratic
gain of So. This indicates a majority
of 5000 in the county for Mckinley.
Thirty-nine precinctsin Ohio outside
of Cincinnati give Mckinley 1859,
Campbell 1850; Campbell's gain over
Ryan's vote 40.
Fifty-seven precincts in Ohio outside
of Cincinnati give Mckinley 1923,
Campbell 1923. McKinleys gain over
Ryan, Republican, last year LAG.
Mckinley is elected by at least
10000
210 precincts outside of Cincinnati
show Republican gain of 1923.
Returns from thirty precincts in
Hamilton county show Democratic
gains $40.
Carrying the same ratio the remain.
ing POI precincts, the Republicans
plurality in the county would be over
1000.
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Small but Deadly.

Are many of the countless microbes
which infest the earth. Their destruc-
ton is great, as they distroy in life in
thousands OF human beings annually.
The only limitation to their devasta-
ton is food to fsed on. They produce
countless deseases-as malaria, scrofu-
la, eczema, cancer, contagious blood
poison, etc etc. The remedy for these
snail but numerous and destructive
foe, is to expel him from the body by
the use Of Swift's Specific, S. S. s
will route him out completely, and
force out also the poison which he has
left behind. Be sure to get hhe gen
uine. Do not let any one put off or
you substitute or imitation. Senc
for our book on the blood and skin
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
The Roll of Honor.

Away back in the ffties this country
was all astir and ahame with excite
ment over the building of the East
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The
people were divided into bitter and
hostile factions The era of the rail-
road building-in the United States had
Just begun. At that time the bound
ie,s and fertile plains of the great
Northwest were almost an unknown
land, and the centre of business, popu-
lation and wealth was confined to the
States Of the East These people Of
the East realized the necessity Of rapid
tiansit to accommodate the steadily
increasing volume OF their business
a. d large number Of railroads, con
meeting their principal towns and
cities had been built. A man in upper
East Tennessee, who occasionally visited
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
NEW YORK.

New YORK, Nov. ,3-31 election dis
tricts in New York, outside New York
and King counties give Flower, 1850
Fassett, 5162. Same districts in 1888
gave Hill, 4,S17; Miller, 6,701.
155 election districts in New York
State, outside New York and King
counties, give Flower 15945 Fassett
1854. Same districts in 1888 gave
Hill 1857; Miller 22338. This indi-
Gates falling off in Fassetts vote, but
not so great as figures show, number
of districts being much greater this
year.
420 districts, out Of 647, in Brooklyn,
give Flower 81 ,221; Fassett 40,545
WATERTowN.-Flower's home gives
almost 500 majority, a gain Of nearly
700.
Sun says Flower is gaining in New
York and will have $1,000 majority
in Kings County. Tribune gives Flow
err only $4,000 in New York City.
In Schenectady Democrats claim 600
majority for Fowler, big gain.
Brooklyn-250 election districts in
Kings county gave Flower 29,9S9,
Fassett 24,213.
pa election districts in New York
State gives Fowler 27,012, Fassett
28,791. In 'SS, Hill 30,105; Miller
35,492. Various reports indicate Dem
ocratic gains in the State.
Eight hundred out of SS7 districts
give Fowler about $1,000 majority in
dicating in the neighborhood of $4,000
or 81 900 in the city.
Herald estimates Flowers majority
in New York City at $4,000 Returns
from interior State indicate big Demo
cratic gains.
500 districts out 647 give Flower
61311. Fassett 1880.
Election districts from all parts o.
the state show that Fassett's majority
n IS counties north of Harlem river
will not exceed that of Davenport
in 1885, which was 1921. Flowers
majority south of Harlem river will b.
about 10000.
At 8 80 p. m. Fassett's majority il
434 districts outside of New York anC
Kings county was 1742, in these dis
tricts Fassett was behind the vote 0
Miller in 1888, 10SS9. Flowers vot
was behind Hills vote only 1865.
At this hour Fassett's majority @
1742 in the country is opposed b.
Flowers majorities of $3.50 in NeN
York and 1851 in Brooklyn wit
J Suffolk Queen and Richmond counties
all Democratic, to hear from.
The Mail and Express gives up Ne1
York State.
ALBANY, Nov. 9.-City complet
gives Flower 12418, Fassett S505. NJ
Democratic gain 1876.
Careful estimate gives Flower
majority in Kings county of 800
: Fifty districts in Second Congressioni
district give Chaplin, Democrat,
9 majority Of 1879.
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MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston, Nov. 3.-Returns from the
polls in the city proper this morn
ing give but little indication Of large
increase reported in the registration.
All points report polling to be steadily
going without any unusual excitement
or manifestations of interest. Vari-
Gus election officers state that voting
this year is being done much more or
derby and with greater rapidly than
last year, showing that citizens have
become accustomed to technicalities
Of the Australian ballot law.
1911 precincts, out of 206, in Boston
give Russell plurality OF 1927. This
is within II Of Russell's plurality las
year in the whole city.
Fifty towns give Allen 7S41 Rus
sell $3.50. Net Republican gain 424.
OF 207 precincts Of Bostol, 169 Civ
Russell 29159 Allen IVA.
Ten towns give Allen for Governo,
1868; Russell GAO. Same towns las
year gave Bracket 743; Russell $50
Net Republican gain 1888
1913 precincts out of 407 give Allei
14405; Russell 29697. Russells plu
rality 92S2.
i Returns are unprecedentedly slow
q towns average Republican gain i
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05

Skedaddle.

The term here given is one which
was supposed to have been ceined dur
ing the late war. 1t is claimed, how
ever, that it an old word revived,
perhaps Of Swedish origin. Be this as
it may, there is certainly no word in
in the English language that more
forcibly expresses the action Of GER
tain pathogenio microbes which may
have found their way into the blood,
after the administration OF Swift's
Specific, Finding this sanguineous
medium too warm, so to speak, for
their comfort, they skedaddle through
the pores OF the skin, leaving the sys.
tenn intact. Not only does S. S. S.
cause the elimination of the said mi
crobes and thi poison produced there
by, but it assists in rebuilding the
waste places OF the systrm resulting
from the devitalizing and disintegra-
ting effects of the heterogeneous
aforesaid,
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free, Swift's Specific Co., At
lanta, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Sat mid
night returns from twenty-one coun
ties, including Allegheny, but exclu-
sive of Philadelphia, show a net Re
publican gain al GAS, for Gregg (Rep.)
for Auditor General, and about the
same for Morrison (Rep.) for State
Treasurer.
County returns are coming in slowly
but one-fourth Of the wards being in at
this hour. These indicate, however,
that the Republicans will carry the
city by about $500 and the entire State
will be not less than 10000.
Democratic gain in nearly every
county reported, but Republicans gain
1850 in Allegheny to offset these
gains.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
THE LAMP IN THE WINDOW.
Placed There by Child, 1t Reunites
His Father and MOthe

The saving departments OF some
countries keep careful record OF the
lives lost upoe each coast, but it would
be difficult to estimate the number of
lives saved by a lighthouse. The peo-
pie living near town, however will
often tell you Of vessels, and even give
the names of individuals, preserved
by the light, There is a lighthouse
near village upon the Canadian
shore of Lake Ontario that has had as
great part in the lives OF some npon
the land as it could have in that of
any mariner. Before the lighthouse
was built young couple lived in a
cottage overlooking the town, One
day they-quarreled, and, smarting I'M
der his wife's sharp words, the hus-
band went away, She repented be-
fore he was out of sight, but was too
proud to call to him. She thoughthe
would soon return, but he did not
come back, and the baby in the era
die grew to be boy of seven. But he
could not run about and play, for he
was cripple, and the neighbors took
their sewing to her and she stayed in
the cottage, always sewing except
when she was doing something to en-
terrain the boy. When the lighthouse
was built he was delighted, for he
could watch it from his window, and
when the light was shown his Joy
knew no bounds. 1t was a companion
to him, for often in the long night
when he could not sleep for pain he
would look cut upon it. One day he
asked his mother if he could keep q
lighthouse too, and so to please the
child she fitted up a little window
and every night when the light from
the great tower flashed out, the lamp
in the cottage window was lighted
and kept just as faithfully. The hus
band was wandering ut,never very
prosperous, never happy, and at last
he grew very i'll. He thought that be-
FIRE he died he would like to go back
and take one more look at his ole
home, and perhaps get glimpse al
his wife as she went about her work
He reached the place late at night
and when he saw the light in the win
dow he thought it could mean butout
thing, that his wife had put it there
so if by chance he saw it he would
know that she wsnted him to return
and in the morning she found hin
fainting upon the doorstep and very
tenderly nursed him back to healtl
again. When the father had nearly
recovered the boy died. His life worl
was finished and there was no need o
his suffering anymore. Before his lit
tie life went out, he gave to his fathe.
the lamp in the window, and upon hi
mother he bestowed his possessions II
the great light over the wal er for com
pany if she should be wakeful in the
night or left alone again. She has
never been alone since, and the year
that have passed have been very pros
porous ones People sometimes won
der that the fine house is not NOR
conveniently located, but the mothe
never wants a room except where tn
windows look out upon the light
house. And IN q beautiful cabinet i
preserved the little lamp locked ava
from the eyes oil the curious and in
different, as one keeps in his heart
great sorrow OF a great love.-Detroi
Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05

There will be trouble over the kill,
ing and wounding of American sailors
in Valparaiso. 1t seems clear that
the men, who were unarmed, were at
tackled simply because they were
Americans, wearing the United States
naval uniform. This is a deadly insult
to the A merican flag, which calls fol
prompt reparation or exemplary pun
ishment.-Philadelphia Record.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
Tho western settlers Chosen Specific.

With every advance of emigration into the
far West, a new demand is created for Hostet.
ter's Stomach Bitters. Newly peopled regions
are frequently less salubrious than older set
tied localities, on account Of the miasmA
which rises from recently cleared land, par.
ticularly along the banks of rivers that are
subject to freshets. The agricultural or min
ing emlgrant soon learns, when he does not
already know that the Bitters afford the only
sure protection against malaria, and those dis
orders of the stomach, liver and bowels, to
which climatic changes, exposure, and unac
customed or unhealthy water or diet subject
him. Consequently, he places an estimate
upon this great household specific and pre-
venLiVe commensurate with its intrinsic mer-
its, and is careful to keep on hand restorative
and promoter of health SO implicitly TO be
Selied upon in time OF need.
The more cuffs you give a laundry
man the better he likes it.
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w. K. BLAIR,
ROBERT BLAIR.

In this bold act these men built o
monument to their large-hearted
liberality and their profound sense Of
public duty and obligation that will
endure with the ages. The
thunder-roll Of every train and the
scream of every locomotive, as they
flash their wings of steam and smoke
upon our hills and valleys, are tribute
of praise to their immortal honor.
Their fame is safe, enshrined in the
imperishable records of the truly brave
and the grandly noble.
How strangely do their generous
impulses, their deep convictions Of
duty, their sublime devotion to the
present and future good, expressed in
lofty action, contrast with those selfish
instincts and low estimates of public
obligations which keep certain men
in this more progressive and utilitariar
time, from lending helping hand K
the grand and vast systems of public
improvement, which these fourteen
men so materially aided to inaugurate
We implore every voter to measure
and value the character of these mel
the sacrifices they made and tn
perils they invoked-to measure AM
value the ceaseless and increasing
blessings of the enterprise that the
rescued from disaster and ruin, and t
initiate their example to the extent c
voting for the bonds on The 18th c
December next. 1t is your boundel
duty to your family, your country an
your God.
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Meager Returns from the
Voting States.
Mckinley Gaining in Ohio and Flower
in New York.
Both Parties Claim Iowa and Mary.
land Goes Democratic.
MARYLAND.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. Selection
day being legal holiday banks, ex-
changes, markets and municipal and
Statd government Offices are closed.
Many wholesale houses and retail
houses are closed The city wears
quite holiday appearance. Election
proceeded zealously and quietly.
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WANTED,

An active, energetic man who is fa'
miliar with farm work and imple-
ments, to canvass Washington Coun-
ty, on a good commission for three
months, beginning at once, and sell a
special implement needed by every
farmer in the county,
Agent to furnish his own horse and
wagon. Good references required
with the application.
Address, AVERY & SONS,
$685. Louisville KY.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
That's Right.

Ex-Governor Bob Taylor has horse
sense, He opened up "a law Office, but
now he has accepted an offer to do
something for which he has talent,
public speaking. Horse-sense tells,
and Bob Taylor will within a few
weeks be several thousand dollars
observation-disclosures Republican,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
The Credit system.

We are sorry to relate that j. j
Jones, a prominet merchant near here,
has been forced to the wall. The kind
heart Of "Jord" which could not re-
fuse to credit too much out on parties
whose financial standing was unsound
was no doubt the cause OF it.-Garber's
Mills correspondent in Herald and
Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05

Money can be earned in spare time
by good, reliable men or women as
local agents for the Warranted Fruits,
Flowers and Trees of J, Eugene Whit
ney, Rochester, N. Y. Yearly salary
is paid for steady work, and a perma-
nent, honorable business is quickly
built up, S92.41S.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
Now Try This.

1t will cost you nothing, ard win
surely do you good, if you 'laye
cough, cold or any trouble with throat
chest or lungs. DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery for consumption, coughs and
colds is guaranteed to give relief, or
money will be paid back. Sufferers
rom 1t Grippe found it just the thing
md under its use had a speedy and
perfect recovery, Try a samp'- hottle
at our expense and learn for yourself
just how good thing it is. Trial bot
ties free at Mcfarland & Co.'S drug
store. Large size SOC and 81.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
Strayed or Stolen.

A speckled light roam heifer about
thirteen years old, giving milk. Marks,
one underbit of each ear and smooth
crop off the right and a scar from
seal ling on top Of hips A suitable re-
ward will be paid for the return of the
COW or any information concerning
her to VIM. G. Garland, residence Ia
miles west Of Johnson City, Tenn.
391-tf
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05

Pure air aud sunshine are natures
health givers, and care should be Ia
ken to admit them literally into every
room. Give your children plenty Of
both, indoors and out,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
1t is astonishing how debts will ex-
pand after being contracted.
Specimen Cases

s. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, wa
troubled with neuralgia and rheuma
tism, his stomach was disordered, his
liver was affected to an alarming de
gree, appetite fell away, and he wal
terribly reduced in flesh and strength
Three bottles of Electric Bitters curet
him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg
ILL.,, had a running sore on his leg
eight years standing. Used three bot
ties of Electric Bitters and seven boxer
Of Psz0hffen's Arnica Salve, and his leg
is sound and well. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, o.. had five large fever sores or
his leg, doctors said he was incurable
One bottle Electric Bltters and one box
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en-.
tirely. Sold by Mcfarland & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05

this region on business, was lmpfesse d
with its astounding growth and pros
perity, and seeing that the railroads
were the principal foundation OF this
rapid accumulation Of wealth, began
to agitate the question Of building a
railroad from the Virginia line to
Knoxville. The spirit Of public inn
provement was already ahame in lower
East Tennessee and Georgia, and the
road, if we mistake not, from these
sections to Knoxville was in the course
OF construction, and the Virginians
were building line from Lynchburg
to Kings Meadows, now Bristol. A
line to close this gap was projected by
u few daring and adventurous spirits
among our people, and was met by
formidable and bitter opposition.
Many men of wealth and influence
confronted the innovation with all the
power and force they could command.
They would not give a dollar them
selves to the project, and endeavored
to keep others from doing so. They
denounced the railroad, in private con-
versation, in publications and speeches
as an unmitigated curse, that would
import the very worst elements Of
population and all manner OF diseases
epidemics and contagious, and take
out of the country all the money and
produce and reduce the poor to beg
Larry and star alton, horrilying the
public ear with their ceaseless prophe
cies of disasters dire and universal
The projectors of the road met this re-
lentless and unressoning opposition
with unflinching courage, zeal and
determination. They secured all the
private subscriptions that seemed OBJ
tainable, many men of ample means
refusing to give them cent. They
invoked the aid of the counties
through which the line would run, anC
Washington, Jefferson, and probably
Knox, favorably responded. Righ
here, the enthusiastic railroad builders
who who were hoping, striving ant
praying to make this lethargic, easy
going, isolated land part and parce
of the great, moving, progressive world
came up to an obstacle seemingly in
surmountable. They lacked six hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars of tn,
subscription necessary to meet tn
conditions upon which the State ak
was to be granted and to save tn
charter OF the road, and the limiteC
time for doing so was almost at tn
last moment of expiration. After al
their prayers, efforts and energies il
active service day and night 70
months signal failure was imminent
The strongest pulse beat low, and tn
bravest heart was held by only shre'
of the feeblest hope. At this crisi
thirty men, with a courage that coul
not be daunted and hope that knev
no night, came forward, and imperi
ing their all-the dependence of thei
families-and assumed the deficit, tn
names appearing upon this Roll
Honor from Washington County al
as follows:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05
A boy is supposed to love his moth
er even though she cuts his hair.
From the Nations Canltol

A. N. Hazen, Washington. D c., says the Fs
nous Red Flag Oil is perfect family medicine,
and has no equal for rheumatism neuralgia
Iprains cuts, burns and all bodily pain. Price
% cents.
Consumption-Are you troubled with this
terrible disease If so, take healthy exercise,
i've in open air, use Pan-Tina Cough and Con-
Iumption Cure and be cured don't delay, Plice
Is and so cents
Trial bottles free at Mcfarland & Cos Drug
Store
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-05

DR.. S. B. CUNNINGHAM,
DIR. w. R. SEWER,
DR.. W. w. BOWEL,
GEN. A. E. JACKSON,
COL. G. w. TELFORD,
SAMUEL d. MITCHELL,
E. L. MATHES,
JACOB KEEPER,
w. G. CANNON,
A. A. BROYLES,
JOHN LYLE,
JOHN L. BLAIR,
w. K. BLAIR,
ROBERT BLAIR.