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only for a short time. During the lat
ter years of the war the wife died, be-
lieving that her husband was dead
also, as nothing had been heard from
him for some time. The war closed
and nothing yet had been heard from
the absent man. The young brother
then took charge of the estate, assum-
ing guardianship of the boy, whose
health, as he grew to be youth, be-
came impaired and with his uncle
Samuel he went to Florida. Several
years back came the report that young
George was dead, and several weeks
later Samuel Mcclellan came home
and took charge of the estate, this
time as his own
Seven months ago the original Geo.
B. Mcclellan, who had been absent
twenty-five years, returned, and was
not recognized by Samuel. Poor and
ragged, with no friends, George could
get nothing. Finally he convinced
some parties that he was the real own
er of the property, which is of some
value, and he filed suit for the recov-
cry of this estate.
The prodigal will have hard case
to establish, as his brother has the best
legal talent here at his command. The
property is valued at about 10000,
and while Samuel can not but be con-
WINGED by the evidence of old men who
remember George B., that he is the
real owner of the estate, he intends to
fight the suit on technical grounds
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Girls, Schools in France.

In the professional schools in France
the instruction is entirely free, but the
number of pupils is limited The ages
range from thirteen to eighteen, and
only French candidates are permitted.
In these schools the pupils cannot live
on the premises. The scholars are
taught trades such as fine white sewing,
ironing, stay making, artificial flower
making, millinery, dressmaking, and so
forth as well as household work. There
are also classes for cooking and wash
ing, and the pupils are further taught
how to market with advantage. The
number of pupils varies in the different
schools, but none admit more than 200
at a time
To these professional schools com
mercial classes are attached, which are
held in the evening. Here bookkeep-
ing is taught-double entry. The school
for the professional education of young
girls, founded by Elise Lemonnier, has
produced excellent results. In the
Philotechnique association, a section
named after Victor Cousin is also open
to women. The classes are held in the
evening, and there are no formalities
for entrance New York Sun.
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anecdotes of Charlie.

must not forget one anecdote of oul
friend Charlie, which is perhaps the
most curious of any / have to record.
There were two young boys, brothers,
in the house, and their mother,
Charles mistress, was in the habit OF
calling them by name Reginald and
Albert, using certain familiar contrac-
lions when she did So 1t was no won
der that Charlie caught these up; but
what will be said of such an application
of them as the following? The bird, as
with most parrots, was not allowed
water in his cage, SO when thirsty he
would call in what may be termed his
own voice: ''Reggiel Reggie Reggie
or BERTHE Charlie wants some watern
Charlie has great fondness for the
paste of which pie crust is made, and
this being known he was often treated
to a piece. He naturally looked for
this, and when forgotten he would In
vite himself to have some in the form of
words which had doubtless often been
used by his mistress. He would say
Charlie, do you like pastel VIII you
have bitr' This would be said in the
voice of his mistress or her daughter
He would then add in quite a changed
tone, "Oh, Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal
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To Boom the New Party.
By Associated Press to The Comet.

BY Associated PreSs 70 The Comet.
Topeka, KAs., June 10.-President
Polk, of national farmers alliance, has
issued a circular to all State alliances
requesting them to make arrange
ments for holding a number of mass
meetings, one in each congressional
district some day early in September.
Acting upon advice of the national
President, Secretary French, of Kansas
State alliance, will in a few days issue
a circular designating a place in each
district where meetings shall be held
and suggesting details necessary to
success. 1t is also part of the plan
to have these districts meetings follow
ed by county meetings, in order to
give all an opportunity to attend and
participate in the boom which they in
tend to give the new peoples party.
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Disowned-Ry His Brother.

a special, June l, from Milan, Tenn.
to the Courier-Journal, contains the
following;
A sensational suit was filed in the
Circuit Court today. George B. Nc
Clellan was prosperous planter OF
this county before the war, and when
the rebellion broke out he shouldered
his gun and marched away to the con-
fiict, leaving behind wife and infant
son. He confided the care of the boy
to a younger brother, who escaped
conscription by alleging youth, but
had in reality reached manhood's es-
tate for years.
Everything went along as usual, the
wife and husband hearing from each
other and occasionally meeting, but
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Figures Are Against Them.

Figures don't lie, but the Alliance
politicians do. The new York Sun
has been looking the figures, and uses
them to purpose in the following
The Nebraska Commissioner of La
Dor and Industrial Statistics has made
a careful inquiry into the farm mort
cages in Sarpy county. 1t was not
practicable to make the inquiry thor
Ough in the whole State, but it was
thorough in this one county. The re
suits must be a surprise to the Pefferi-
an philosophers. There are al 100
acres of farm land in Sarpy county,
and 40015 acres, just about two-sev-
enths of the whole area, are mortgaged.
The average Of mortgages to an acre is
Sill. Thirty per cent. of the mort
cages pay per cent. interest and 20
per cent. pay per cent. or less. These
figures do not bear out the assertions
of the Alliance economists But the
most interesting part of the statistics
collected by the Commissioner relates
W ullC Pun pOSCo III WHICH, Iu0 HlOu6y
was borrowed:
To buy land. -. lbs per cent.
Stock and improvements. per ceut.
Business investments 20 per cent.
Only Is per cent. of the mortgage
Indebtedness remains to be accounted
for. Bad crops, bad farming, illness,
improvidence, shiftlessness, misfortune
have only caused one-sixth of the total
Indebtedness. Evidently the farmers
of Sarpy county are an enterprising
and thrifty set. The majority of
them have not borrowed money be-
cause they had to, but because they
wanted to. They were making money
and they wanted to make more
money and seeing good opportunities
for further investment but not having
sufficient capital, they borrowed it.
The So per cent. required for land pur-
chase is sufficient proof that farming
IN Sarpy county is a profitable and
promising occupation.
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We Are All Travelling.

Have you ever thought of the dis
lance you travel while you were out on
an hours stroll2 Possibly you walk
three miles within the hour, but that
does not by any means represent the
distance you travel. The earth turns
upon its axis every -twenty-four hours.
For the sake Of round figures we will
call the earth's circumference "a, 600
miles, and so you must have Travelled
during your hours stroll 1, 600 miles in
the axial turn of the earth.
But that is not ALL The earth makes
a journey around the sun every year.
anda long but rapid trip it is. The dis.
lance of our planet from the sun we will
put at $4,000 900 miles, That is the
radius of the earth's orbit-half the
diameter of the circle, as wewill call it.
The whole diameter is therefore 1884,
000, 900 miles, and the circumference
being the diameter multiplied by 81, 416,
is about 578, 900, 900.
This amazing distance the earth
travels in its yearly journey, and divid-
ing it by 365 we find the daily speed
about ], 586, 900. Then to get the dis
lance you rode around the earth dur
ing your hours walk divide again by
twenty-four, and the result is about 66,-
600 miles, but even this is not the end of
your hours trip. The sun, with his en-
tire brood of planets, is moving in space
at the rate of 160, 600. 900 miles in a
year. This is at the rate of a little
more than 4S8. 900 miles day, or Is, $50
miles an hour.
So, adding your three miles of leg
travel to the hours axiaI movement of
the earth, this to the earth's orbitaI
journey, and that again 30 the earth's
excursion with the sun, and you find
you have travelled In the hour So. 253
miles.-Philadelphia Times.
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A TRUER sentiment never was ex-
pressed than the following from the
Norfolk Landmark:
'The time viii come, and the sooner
the BETTER when all public memorial
exercises will be in honor of all who
fell, Confederate and Federal alike
for the testimony that is made to their
memory has no regard to the differ
ences between them it refers only to
the fact that they fell in their people s
cause, acting noble part. In hon.
oring valor and devotion, all sections,
all countries, allmen and women may
unite without inconsistency
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FoLLow1Na A GOOD vALrsE.

Eggs, oysters, fish; ETC., You can see
are rather fragile stock to keep on hand
and there are great many other things
besides that require watching. 1t does
not do to wait till the guest finds out
about the decadence of eggs or the pa
rests Of the oyster. The guest, was not
designed to act as an egg tester, So
everything has to be practically ap-
proved or condemned frequently, from
the fresh wrung oxtail for soup down to
the fageolet bean and the flushed feat
ures of the lobster.
All, all must be looked over. Even
the nutmeg which has lasted over two
or three trips has to be duly reported,
and its condition marked ON the straw
colored report and registration. Eight
kinds of soup, four kinds of veal, four
kinds OF ducks, three OF chickens, etc,
ETC., are on the list from which the
menu is made, and from beef Ia mode
to wooden toothpicks the inventory must
be made up each trip, and the financial
condition and the sanitary condition of
the cuisine stated carefully. Thirteen
kinds of fish are on the list, and any one
of them, if at all dissatisfied with it's
surroundings, can take off the keen wire
edge of pleasure even for congressional
funeral party.
Most people on board train are like
children, they do not know where all
these things come from, but they lose
their temper if they cannot get every
thing. They often sit and rack their
brains to think of something that they
may not be able to find, and then they
ask for it. They are especially arid
while going through state where pro-
hibition reigns, and they sometimes or
der jug before crossing the state line,
so that they may acquire it inside the
state.
OF course it is to be expected that ON
a dining car one can get beefsteak and
soft boiled eggs and toast and coffee, but
here are a few kitchen articles out of
about five hundred on the list which we
would hardly expect to find. Bottle
holders, bar strainers, cigar holders,
liquor iiggers, lemonade shakers, mus
tard CUPS. towel holders. wine servers.
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STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Wheat in the southern section of the
State will be harvested next week
The Register says the strawberry
area in and about Rutherford will be
greatly increased next year.
w. G. Gardenhire, at Dayton, has a
violin made in 1742. He bought it
from an Italian, but is not sure that it
is Stradivarius.
Ducktown and vicinity is said to be
full of prospectors. This is the Ten
nessee copper section, and a number
of mines are being worked.
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GAMBLER KNOX HAD SAND.
His Desperate and Unequal Fight with
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| His Desperate and Unequal Fight with .
Bad Band of Apaches.
We were sitting zone night at
freighter's camp fire, around which
were drawn ha5f a score or more OF the
freighters, WHO. with theirsontfits, were
in camp for the night Stories of old
times when the Indians we're bad, and
of the bravery of the white pioneers,
had gone around the circle until it came
/ to old man Wilson's turn. who said:
Talk about sand IN mani tel
you it takes sand in man to try and
stand off single handed forty or fifty
! Apaehes when he knows just how the
scrap will end, and that the end will be
his own death; but that was just the
kind of. sand that was in Felix Knox
when he was killed by the Apaches.
You see, Knox was an all around gam
bier, such as the tenderfoot from the
east ,scorn SO much and know so little
about, but he had a heart in him big
ger than any tenderfoot's head.
Well, it was in the spring Of 1882.
Knox, with his wife and baby and a
Mexican driver, were coming from Sill
yer City to Clifton. They got to York's
ranch, which is on the ella river, about
thirty miles from Clifton, all right, but
were told there that signs of Apaches had
been seen, and that they had better go
in camp there for few days, but Knox
who had fought the Apaches dozens
of times and didn't know what fear was
said he wanted to make Clifton that
day. 8
They drove on, and were about two
miles from York's ranch when Knox
saw an Indian come from behind a
low, round topped hill, and feeling as
sured there were more of them, and
that it was fight to the death, he
filed his pocket with cartridges, kissed
bis little sleeping girl baby and his wife
for the last time, and, with 'goodby'
to them, he jumped from the wagon
and quickly turned the team, and told
the Mexican driver to whip them back /
to the ranch, and that he would stand |
the Apaches off.
As the wagon turned and was furi- |
ously driven away the Apaches, who
now came in sight. fred volley, but I
K1ll6Q no one linen hIlO4 laced Ills i
foes and pumped the lead from his
Winchester into them. The Indians
gradually circled around Knox and the
end came The Mexican driver lashed
his team back to the ranch, where both
of the horses fell dead from wounds re-
ceived from the Indians first volley.
A party, after a little delay, was
made up and returned to the place
where the fight took place, and there
they found Knox's body, and the In
dams, contrary to their usual custom,
had not mutilated it in the least, but
had taken a clean pocket handkerchief
from Knox's pocket and carefully
spread it over his face, and had fast
ened it there by putting a small stone
on each corner of it to hold it in it's
place and keep the sun, from the dead
mans face. That was their tribute to /
the sand in Knox. Seventy empty
shells were found that had been emp
tied from Knox's Winchester, and one
of the raiding Indians afterward said
their party numbered forty-two, and
that Knox had killed seven of them.
Republican =
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Romance of the beard Elixir. :

Romance of the Beard Elixir.
Jack Slocum was beardless boy,
And he did love maid. aafa
s'You are too young; you'll never do
TO claim my hand" she said.
Jack Slocum then was down in mouth.
He knew not what to do,
But sought a friend who dealt in drugs,
In hope he'd help him through.
"Give me some arsenic, quick" he said;
''IQ end this weary life.
She says that I'm too young and green;
She will not be my wife"
The druggist beckoned him aside,
And whispered in his ear
A magic word-a word which seemed
A joy for him to hear.
He left the store with face ag1ow;
He seemed to tread on air;
One hand he pressed against his heart,
And held bottle there.
And what I say is true.
He sported q two inch mustache;
He'd lost his verdant hue.
In a sweet cottage not far off
Jack and his bride do dwell;
And if they're not happy pair
Their faces do not tell.
The druggist calmly points them out,
And says with joyous pride,
!. Twas i who gained for Slocum Jack
His blushing. loving bride"
-Pharma ceutical Era.
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HEAVY JUDGMENT.
Wheat Damaged by Rain Surrender
ed to the Law.

Special to The Comet.
KNOXVILLE, June 10.-George r.
Eager today secured judgment in the
circuit court here for 1884 900 against
the Knoxville Southern road for back
payment some time since due.
Heavy rains in this section have
damaged the wheat crop thousands of
dollars.
John and James Richards, who kill
ed David Farmer on Sunday after
noon, have given themselves up and
want the law to take its course.
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A Word of Warning.

Towns at which manufacturing con.
Germs would locate, many times, drive
them away. A large proportion OF
such enterprises need land, and the
usual means of forcing them to some
other point is for land owners to ask
ten times the worth of their land.
Manufacturers are not beggers, and
propose to pay for what they get, but
do not propose to pay one or two men
the price of the earth. We do not
know of any of this grasp-all class in
Johnson City as yet; but there are
some large manufacturing enterprises
that will locate in Johnson City, pro-
yided they get the land they need at
fair prices, and we now and here warn
our people upon this point.
We are not speaking in the interest
of any particular man, but we have
seen in the past, towns make the mis-
take to which we refer. Farming
lands, when wanted for manufacturing
purposes, are, Of course, worth more,
and frequently when the land poss-
esses some special advantages, consid-
erably more than they are worth
for farming purposes. But it does not
follow that those who wish to buy can
find what they want only in one town,
and that they will pay any and every
price that may be demanded. We
must have manufacturing enterprises,
we can not get on without them, and
when they come with propositions, re-
member out warnings.
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For the Curious.


The coinage of silver dollars viii
cease July 1.
New York, for the year 1890, received
total of 100000 immigrants.
The telephone between London and
Paris is in actual operation.
A waterproof paper has lately been
invented that will even stand boiling.
A new thing in penwipers is a silver
pig whose back is thickly covered with
natural bristles.
A new substitute for quinine is
known as pambutano. It is an aque-
GUS extract from the root of shrub OF
that name.
A new acid for commercial use
called hydrazoic acid, has been dis
covered. 1t dissolves all metals, and
makes a very bad smell.
An expert electrician insists that an
electric train making 125 miles an
hour would require 1000 feet in which
to come to standstill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-11
DINING CAR MUSINGS.
BILL NYE GIVES SOME INCIDENTS
OF TRAVEL

Two Ways of Securing Round Of Ice
Cream-How to Find a Good Hotel
He Explains why He and Jay Gould
Get on So Well.
tCopyright. 1891, by Edgar w. Nye.l
ON BOARD THE DINING CAR,
SwEETBREAD, May 5, 1891.
I'm writing this in the dining car, after
protracted interview with the steward
regarding the business. used to think
that to conduct dining car required
nothing but an unctuous smile and de-
sire to please, and so had thought seri-
ously of looking up job in one of those
meandering refectories; but it is really
pretty busy life after all. Of course one
does not have to attend to the running
of the car from railroad standpoint,
but he must deal with cooks, walters
and supplies, and besides he must keep
a strict account of stock on hand, as well
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-11
A Practical view.

Miss Amy Toore-I brd no idea, Mr..
Slymwytt, that you were SO fond of the
piano.
Slymwytt-As musical instrument
1t Is boah- But as means of flirta-
ton and of the isolation of two--ah-
young people, it is-ah-the most we
markable quadruped in the world.
-Pittsburg Bulletin.
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Cotton Mill Fire.
By Associated Press to The Comet.

BY Associated Press to The Comet.
PHILADELPHIA, June 10.--Cotton
mill of Campbell & Co., at Manayunk,
was damaged by fire and water to the
amount of $250,OO0 Crenshaw & Co.
weavers, occupied part of the mill and
they suffered loss of $4,000. Total
insurance is 1921 800.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-11

IF johnson City is as dead as you
heard it was, the Sunday COMET indi-
Gates that the merchants are kicking
very lively to avoid being carried
down In the catastrophe.-Bristol
Courier.
There is not dead branch or a
sucker on the trunk of the thrifty
young giant of the Watauga Valley.
The merchants write the advertise
ments, THE COMET does the rest.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-11
A Sensation Defined.

Mabel described graphically her
sensation on striking her elbow on the
bed carving ooh" she sighed, .smam-s
ma, I've strucked my arm just where it
makes stars in my fingers. journal
of Education.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-11

"Can you-er-cook?" he asked,
feeling his way to proposal.
~ can not" she said frankly. "The
fact is, neither papa nor mamma ever
thought that 1 would need to go out
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-11
WEEKLY COMET
Johnson City, Tenn., JUNO II, 1901.

IT may be in order for Congressman
RICHARDSON, whose sobriquet is "Slip-
perry Jim,p to talk out in regard to the
sub-treasury. His utterances less than
a year ago were not SO plain as the
possibilities of the English language
would admit of. Perhaps he can make
himself little palmer now.-Nash-
vile Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-06-11

"Where are the men?" the girls all sighed,
In weary longing tone,
As by the gentle rip1ing tide
They wandered all alone.
Then from an open window there,
Above the eYergreens,
voice stole softly on the air
"a full house here-on queens. New York
Herald.
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