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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

at makes me SMILE" the old gentle.
man said, when hear the boys saying
that Gould is downed' or that he has
played his last card. have been on the
street for 20 years, and know that Gould
has every card in the pack in his own
pocket and that every card played by him
is a trump. Down the little peddlerl
They can't. Here's simple little trick
that he could play any day, and how
could they counter on him: He could
take, say, $70,O00,O0O of Government
bonds and first class collateral, and bor-
row $4,000, 900 on it. Then he could
turn the cash into safe deposit vault
and lock it up. With such contraction
in the money market as this would cause
where would the market be The boys
couldn't carry their stocks, and would
have to unload it all at once. imagine.
that prices would feel the situation and
that the youngsters would think Black
Friday was around. All the same, it is a
terrible menace to the country that any
man should have such power. Gould
and Napoleon. They are, perhaps, the two
names that the future will think most
characteristic of the 10th century. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Probable Trouble.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec, 29,-Trou-
lie is brewing between the East Ten
nessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway
Company and its telegraphers. The
telegraphers claim that the railroad
authorities discharge an operator SO
soon as they learn that he belongs to
the Order of Railway Telegraphers,
Whatever the real facts Of the case, it
may be stated that a number of opera
tors have been silently decapitated re-
centyl. The trouble has been coming
on for several weeks, and seems now
about to be at a climax.
The president Of the Order OF Rail
way Telegraphers is to be here tomor-
row to investigate. The order is strong
and has the sympathy of other rail
way employees organizations. There
is claim that all the roads have
agreed Oh a boycott Of the order.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
WITHOUT FOOD.
A Lady Lives 500 Days Without Eat
ing

ing
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. Dec. % For
over 500 days now Mrs Ellen Wuch-
ter, of Whitehall, Lehigh county, has
kept alive without swallowing one
crumb of food or one drop of drink of
any kind whatsoever, Nearly two
years ago ublicity was given to the
strange affection of Mrs. Wuchter's
throat, which prevents absolutely the
slightest symptom of swallowing, She
had then been compelled, owing to
her peculiar condition, to go without
any appreciate nourishmont at least
for seyerrl weeks, and great interest
was at once evinced concerning her
case and her probable fate. All the
nourishment she gets is by absorption
The case is really a remarkable one.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Bold Robbery.

New BEDFORD, MASS, Dec. 90
While Edgar Lewis, a clerk for An
thony Swift & Co., was engaged in the
office last evening he was surprised by
two masked men, one Of whom covered
him with a revolver while the other
struck him two blows over the head,
rendering him unconscious. When
he regained his senses he found the
door of the safe open and the latter
robbed of its contents, which consisted
Of a considerable sum of money that
had been collected yesterday. Lewis
is unable to describe his assailants.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
CUv IOsities Ahout Cold

1oIo As SO very tenacious that piece Of
~ o,awn into wire one-twentieth of an
inch in diameter will sustain weight of
900 pounds without breaking.
Its malleability is SO great that single
grain may be divided into 1900, 900 parts
and cubic inch into 9,523, 500, 523 parts,
each of which may be distinctly seen by
the naked eye. A grain and a half Of
gold may beaten into leaves of one inch
square, which, if intersected by parallel
lines drawn at right angles to each other
and distance only the one-hundredth
part Of an inch, will produce 25,0OO,OOO
little squares, each of which may be
distinctly seen without the aid Of a glass!
The surface of any given quantity of
gold, according to the best authorities,
may be extended by the hammer 310,S14
times. The thickness Of the metal thus
extended appears to be no more than the
$50, O20th part of an inch. Eight ounces
of this wonderful metal would gild q
silver wire of sufficient length to extend
entirely around the globel
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

Imagination goes a long way In reliev-
ing peoples ailments. A lady of Detroit
has for the last six months regulated the
air of her room by a glass transom.
When the room was too close she opened
the transom to admit air, closing it at
night to prevent draughts and exclude
noise. 1t worked like a charm until she
discovered that there had never been any
glass in the transom,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Putting the Case Strong.

Tubercle in cattle and consumption in
men have for a number of years been
known to sustain close relations. The
investigations in the University Veter-
mary School have reached the conclusion
that the flesh and milk of tuberculous
cattle is almost the sole cause Of con-
sumption. The present condition of in
vestigation on this subject-fairly justifies
the conclusion that this is the chief cause
of consumption, and there is no manner
of doubt that the ravages of this disease,
which kills 1880 persons year in this
city, would be greatly lessened if it was
made a criminal offense to sell the flesh
or milk of cattle with tubercle in any
form. This city loses about 3, 900 persons
yearly, and has 100000 cases of serious
illness which it would avoid if it would
stop the selling of tuberculous meat ..nd
flesh, roveits water supply, ap' sowor
the city. These causes ee~'. 49, o%e.
yearly twice as many liy> g 40 tho Iohns.
WV = i''0"' "ilesN' .phia Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

This is the heading under which an
Alabama contemporary prints the follow
ing: We have been informed that about
one month ago, in Morgan county, while
a man and his wife were sitting out on
the veranda late in the afternoon their
attention was attracted by the appear
ance of large king snake on the steps a
few feet away. They were perfectly
quiet, and the snake crawled up the steps
until it reached the top; then it held its
head up as much as to say: "Can l
come in? They remained perfectly still
and the snake took it for granted that the
silence gave consent, so it proceeded
to enter the hall, and crawled leisurely
along until it reached bedroom where
the door stood wide open. 1t entered the
door, making its way under the bed.
Here the king snake pounced on large
rattlesnake that had coiled itself around
the bed springs. After deadly struggle
with this monster rattler the king snake
went out in the yard and got some kind
of weed to kill the poisonous bites. After
taking the medicine the king snake re-
turned to the house and continued the
battle until the rattlesnake was dead. 1t
was five feet in length and had nine rat
ties.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Roofs That Last a Long Time.

Morgan Mory, of Upper Saucon, Pa,
has just had his barn reroofed with tin.
The structure was built in 1868, when it
was rooted with cedar A number Of
years later pine shingles took the place Of
the cedar It has been rooted only three
times during its existence The barn is
still in a good state of preservation, and
will outlast few more roofs. New
York Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

Brady, Of star route scandal notoricty,
says he regards the appointment Of
Stephen B, Elkins to be Secretary of
War, as a vindication of the star rout.
ers, That's the worst thing yet said of
the new cabinet officer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

Little Ella was visiting her aunt, who
was very fond of her. When she was
leaving for home her aunt said to her 1:
"What shall do when look into your
room and see no little Ella there? ~Why,
shut the door and don't look in. "-Bos-
ton Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
why Boarding Houses Are So Bad.

To run" boarding house is consid
cred by hundreds of inexperienced
women as one of the easiest means of
livelihood. Death or financial reverses
come into a household, and the first thing
which enters into the female mind is, "If
we could only get some boarders. To
the average mind taking in boarders'
means the giving up Of room or two in
the house and putting little more on
the table. One boarder is secured and
things seem to go so easily that efforts
are put forth to secure another, and then
another, and SO it goes Then the truth
becomes apparent that the giving up Of
a room and little more on the table are
not the only essentials, and the woman
finally comes to that state of mind where
"she does the best she knows how and no
one can expect more" And a. good third
of all the boarding houses in the country
are precisely in that condition, con-
Quoted (9 by women who ran blindly
into the venture with no idea of what it
was necessary to know and do to please
different tastes and meet the moods and
dispositions of all kinds and conditions
of men and women.-E. w. Box, in
Ladies' Home Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
BEWARE THE swEATBAND.
Headache and Other Aches Lurking In
Ones Hat.

Ones Hat.
DR., J. F. Geisler, of New York, some
time ago bought hat which caused him
more than the average amount of dis
comfort. After a time the hat was acct
dentally exposed to an atmosphere con-
tanning sulphuretted hydrogen, and dis.
coloration of the swaziland was noticed,
which on examination was found to be
due to the formation of sulphide of lead.
The discoloration was darker in places
where the perspiration had accumulated
and dried. Careful analysis of the sweat
band showed it to contain no less than
0.S5S5 grains of lead per square inch, or
1888 grains for the whole band. The COM
pound used was apparently white lead,
of which the quantity of lead named in
dicates LOGS grains per square inch, OF
46. 992 grains for the entire band.
DIR. Geisler gives the discomforting as
surance that white lead and litharge are
frequently used in connection with boiled
oil to give leather glossy finish Some
sweatbands contain more of the lead
compound than Others, and also in
different combinations, rendering some
more injurious than others.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31
Graves of the President.

AS far as can be ascertained the Fed
eral Government has never voted Il
single dollar for the care of any of tho
graves of its presidents, with the pos
sible exception of that of Washington.
For long time the last resting places Of
Madison, Tyler, Monroe, Harrison, and
even that of Washington, were neglected.
Only the precautions of private citizens
and associations saved them from utter
decay. America has no Westminster
Abbey for her great dead; no national
structure in which the bodies of her de-
parted Executives can rest But two ex-
Presidents, Tyler and Monroe, lie in the
same cemetery. Several are buried in
ground once owned by them, but now
the property of strangers, upon whose
patriotic spirit the care of the graves de-
ponds. This is particularly the case with
the remains of Madison, whose resting
place in Orange county, Va, has changed
hands four OF five times since his death,
N. Y. Mail and Express.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

Opportunity is the flower of time; and
as the stock may remain when the flower
is cut off, so may time remain when OPP
portunity is gone.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

II do love to see children" said a
sweet little woman, years old,
"They look SO tind O. fresh and newI"--
Youths Companion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-31

Few people are more virtuously indig-
nant than the cheat when he finds him
self outwitted.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-16

,na ~ nim 70 the sheriff The sheriff was COM
r mInaed 70 imprison the plaintiff for los dsr,
mn, &c nv ns paid geo and $3.50 as costs. He was
Fshr, a ian against his will and kept there from
60 e'saafy O. 1889, to February "A, 1889. when he
sos OUT oy habeas corpus proceedings.
~ aeDevitt further claims that the Judgment
Ins.i "r,ch The commitment was issued by
justice Harris was wrongful, illegal. fraudnlen,
a.. mere sham ana pretense, the penalty be-
.nS w sIy In excess OF the power, authority
49, ,urisuiction OF the Justice; that the iudg.
r -ns was null and void from uncertainty: that
40 amaayit or indictment was made or filed
hsa. s. McDevitt upon which any trial could be
- .nat the justice wrongfuily proceeded
~ en'er upthe judgment against him without
Gaining on any jury or examining any witnesses
, anu without any trial By reason of the nm
.a"iui ana false imprisonment he has suffered
Sa..as 60 a poay and mind and was Inundated,
degraded and disgraced in the eve. ~ tbs 80
pc oi hing county. For this injury to his rem
ssallon and peace Of mind, humiliation and
osgrace, he wants IS 900 damages and 1856 for his
expenses WV -SA MS
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THE BLOTTER.
SUPERIOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, J.

SUPERIOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES J.
Nutting Brothers Manufacturing Company vs.
f. s. Potvin ct al.-order directing clerk to open
and file dispositions; signed.
w. J. Thompson VS. ID. H. Mullen ct al
Plaintiffs motion to dismiss; granted.
Eva r. Austin VS.. Charles w. Austin-Order
of default; signed.
Lilly, Bogardus & Co. VS.. C. Ii. Raymond
Order dissoiving attachment.
4. Winsor VS.. Thomas johnson ct al.-Fore-
closure OF liens; dismissed without prejudice.
SUPERIOR CoURr-osBoRN, J.
Washington Iron Works Company VS.. Thomas
II. McMillin-Verdict for defendant in sum of
$500 damages.
Minnie Lehm ct al. vs. Stimson Mill Company
Dropped from trial calendar.
Francis Bintek Stimson Mil Company
Transferred from Judge Humes' department
Julius Horton VS.. Jerome Catlin-Appeai;
hearing.
UNITED STATES CoURT-HANFoRD, J.
United States vs. Arthur u. Cochrane-Af-
ragnment: plea of not guilty.
United States vs. John Trumbull-Arraign-
ment: plea on Tuesday, December -.
United states vs.'J. f. Terry-Aiding and IA
cilitsting the smuggling OF Cinnamon; hearing
IN progress.
SUPERIOR CoURr-HUMEs J.
Seattle Gas, Electric Light & Motor Company
vs. City of Seattle-Damage; hearing in pro-
gress.
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NEW TOLT MYSTERY.
Disappearance of Balsha Fol-
lowed by That of Noble.
HE VANISHED INTO THE WOODS.
The Man He Went to See Cannot Tell
What Became of Him-Sesrchers
Are Out-Fears OF Murder.

James McDevitt, of Tolt. who was in the city
yesterday, reported that the public excitement
caused by the myster Gus disappearance of Jack
baisha, three weeks ago, had not had time to
coo! off when il was intensified BY the equally
mysterious disappearance of Bernard Noble.
Balsha started for Seattle three weeks ago last
Saturday, intending to return home the follow
ing Tuesday. When he left Tolt he had slSs in
cash, and Monday morning he sold lot in
South Seattle for $1,000, receiving
cash for IT, On Monday afternoon, as
representative of the Toit l. O. g.
T., he collected 500 insurance. due TO
the order in consequence of the burning OF the
Good Templars' hall a few months ago. In all
he had about $780, As far as can be found
out he stopped at no hotel on Monday night,
and his friends at Tolt believe he has been
murdered, for since he has valuable farm
which is unincumbered, it is not considered
likely that he would decamp for the sake of the
800 which was not his own. Dan o'Leary, O
friend of Balsha, has offered 500 reward for any
information US to where the missing man or his
body is
Bernard Noble Mr. MeDevitt SAYS, is a young
man about "a years old. year or so ago he sold
to c. Webster and his son-in-law u farm about
five miles from Tolt, and took a mortgage as
security for the unpaid balance of the price.
For some time past he has been in the habit of
making periodical trips to the farm for the pur-
pose of collecting the interest on the mortgage.
Two weeks ago today Noble left Tolt on foot for
the farm, going through the woods for a short
cut. Since then he has not been seen. Web
ster, 50 the story goes, is uncommunicative
and will not say whether young Noble arrived
at his house or whether he was paid the interest
or not. On Tuesday last a searching party went
out from Tot and secured the woods in the di-
rcction of Websters farm for Mobiles body. Last
Saturday party of ten more men started out,
and up to the time when Mr.. McDevtt left for
Seattle they had not returned from the search.
Noble was q member of the K. of p. and the A.
O. U. w.
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MADE A FRAUDULENT ENTRY.
Original Settlers Confession Place.
Trausferees In q Fix.

The case of the United States VS.. J. W. Tiffany,
entry man, and Thomas Flaharety and Joseph
Weinberg. transferees, was on hearing in the
contest room OF the local land Office yesterday.
The hearing will be concluded this afternoon.
The case involves 100 acres Of land near Grace,
on the Seattle, Lake Shore q Eastern, in sno-
homish county. In lSSS Tiffany made final
proof on the land, and in 1889 he transferred the
farm to Flaharety and Weinberg. Alter doing
this Tiffany made affidavit that he had been
guilty OF fraud in making final proof, inasmuch
rs he had not complied with the law with re-
spect to settlement aud improvement on the
claim. The affidavit was forwarded 10 the COM
missioner OF the general land Office az Washing
ton City, and the hearing is in compliance with
an order from that official citing the transterees
to show cause why the entry on the land when
they now own should not be Cancelled.
The evidence elected at the hearing yesterday
was very contradictory and IL is expected that
today some startling developments will be made
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-16
SUES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER.
Sa''eriee In Iowa Charges His Father
I'm Seattle With Eraud

Eomund g. satterlee, of Dunlap, Ia, brought
SUI. Yesterday In the superior court against bis
.ather ana mother TO get possession of the deeds
socertain property, which he says is now wrong
iuliy in the fathers name.
Eamnnd ) satterlee in his complaint saws
tnat on september i, 1890, his father, then and
now resident OF Seattle, informed HIM of a
NUMBER OF real estate investments in this state
Ia as IN the iatAers Judgment would prove
desirable and profitable to the son. and advIsas
MN al the same time to furnish such sums "a
'iie Iather required and he would select and
purchase certain tracts. Acting upon the belief
ina. she title would be in his name, the son
sent s2.ooo to the father ON September 10, 1880.
Inc father purchased some $50 acres OF land in
mason county for 5000: lot Il, block 2. in
Lynch q Shields addition to Seattle for 5000.
ana lot 2, block so, in Frances addition to Aber-
deem for $3.50.
Inc complainant prays that he may be given
the title to the property, which, he says, his
ia'ner wrongfully put in his own name
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TERRY IN THE DOCK.
Strong Testimony by His I'm
ported Cinnamon.
GAS coMPANY's DAMAGE SUIT.
McDevitt Wants Damages for False Ar.
rcst-Important Ruling Made
Son Sues Father.

The trial OF the case OF the United States y.
John F. Terry, better known as "Jake, or "Cow.
boy" Terry, occupied all of the time Yesterday
In the United states district court and will bs
continued today. The trial attracts consider
sbie interest," and all the seats in the courtroorn
were filed with spectators. Exclusions In.
spector J. q. Baird VIII be the principal witness
for the government
The testimony brought out yesterday con-
sisted OF that given by four of the nine China
men who Were caught in the woods the day
after the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Poor near
Wooley. Their testimony was to the effect that
they gave Terry $50 each for bringing them into
the United States, the objective point being Seat
tie Lee Hem Bow, one of this number, is a
chubby faced, good-nature1 looking Young
Chnaman, apparently about 20 years old He
said that he had lived at Vancouver. II. G.. for
three years, and was with the party OF nine
Cinnamon who hired white man to bring
them over.
"what was the name OF that white man 81
asked District Attorney Winston
Through Mark Ten SUE, who acted a. inter-
prefer, the little fellow answered:
81 don't know"
"Have you seen him since you were ar
ssted?'.
ayes"
sis he in this roomY'
sYes," quite positively.
"Point him out, If You can"
Lee Hem Bow instantly raised his arm. and
dramatically pointed to Terry. who was sitting
at table short distance in front of the China
man. The crowd murmured audibly, and the
marshal raped heavily on his desk to restore
order Terry was apparently not at oil discon-
certcd.
The Cinnamon all testified to having come
over the line with Terry except one, and he
said that Terry met them on this side of the
International boundary, near sumas After
travelling for four or five days through the
woods. Terry providing food for them all the
while, they were arrested the day after the
shooting.
Attorney F. Hartley Jones, for Terry, put
George E. Noble James Rivers and Alfred Zet-
terman on the stand to impeach the testimony
OF Fung Yam. These witnesses have been with
the Cinnamon in the penitentiary at McNeils
bland, aud they swore to Fung Vans having
told them that Terry did not join them until
after they got across the line.
The jury In the case is as follows: Paul Land,
Joseph Godfrey. Z. Mcdonnell, l. d. Mitchell,
Michael Pickens, l.. L. Schulz, ]. b. Campbell.
c. W. p osgood, Thomas Smith, J. c. Heath,
Edwin Wells, George Brown.
The defendant will be the first witness on the
stand today.
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Held for selling whisky to Minors.

II. c. Anderson, Ballard saloonkeeper, was
bound over 10 the superior court yesterday oy
Justice Won Tobel 10 stand trlaI upon charge
az selling uouor TO minors Anderson was ar
rsstad a week ago on a warrant sworn ont by
Mrs. Rachel Foster. OF Ballard, who alleged that
he had sold whisky and beer 10 her l'-year-old
son, Alfred Foster Three boys al under Il
wears OF age testified that they hsd been sold
LIQUOR by Anderson, and on the night OF thurs
day, December 10, young Foster says he bought
4. glass OF whisky. and his friend, Sonny Moon,
ne wears old. bought glass OF beer from the de-
PENDANT. lie gave bonds in the sum OF 49,
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LEE Hoy's RIGHT TO BE HERE.
Admitted by Judge Hanford, but May
he Tested on Appeal.

The case OF Lee Hoy, charged with being
Illegally in the United states, was tried on
appeal before judge Hanford last evening. Lee
Hey claims 10 be Il merchant at Port Angeles
aud that he has been in this country since 1850.
Last July he went over 10 Victoria ana alter he
mad returned in october he was appFehended
ana was taken before commissioner, VINO
ordered that he be deported. Judge Hanford
ordered that the commissioners decision be re-
versed, and. unless the government appeals, Lee
hoy will gain his liberty The prisoner was re-
manded 70 the county Jail until today to awsit
the decision of United States District Attorney
winston Is 10 whether or not he viii appeal.
Judge Hsnford said in his decision that the
case involved new question, aud thai no
shought ii would be just for the governments 20
appeal II any appeal was taken Chinese mer-
cGsnts have, on seversl occasions, been stopped
rom coming back into this country alter Leaf-
ing temporarily, and have been ordered deporsed
"hen passed on by the highest courts. IN rms
case, however, the merchant came back and WAS
auy admitted and aiterward arrested. Lee
noy proof as 10 his residence in the United
STATES was complete