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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

contingent in his following Without I
endorsing the sentiment, we say, il it
we're truo then, the marvellous and un |
expected progress, which has marked
the years since its uttcrance, has given
it additional force and emphasis
The conditions, which required the
building of the East Tennessee road |
and the conditions that have sustained |
it and made it q grand success, have
multiplied Il thousand fold in the adj
vancement Of East Tennessee, and are
now far beyond the ability Of the
pioneer system, with its present lines,
to meet them, These conditions, in
creasing constantly in volume and
scope to keep pace with industrial
progress and improvement, require the
construction Of additional railways,
not only on the ground OF convenience
and economy, but, primarily and es-
senlally on the higher ground OF par
amount necessity,
We have written this article not to
@yitriolize" any man, but in the kind
lest spirit and with u profoundest
sense Of our duty to the public, and in
the hope Of arresting the earnest and
considerate attention OF those who ex,
pect to vote against the issuance
of the bonds in aid of the
Chucky Valley and Cumberland
Gap roads and Of convincing them
OF the supreme folly and wrongof an
tagonizing those enterprises, that will
come to them, in few years hence,
with infinitely more than compen-
sating return Of good, mixed, though
it may be, with few unavoidable evils.
1t requires combinations of capital
and men to carry on railroads, and in
the very nature of the case, which no
skill of legislation and no force of pub
lie sentiment can amend or repeal,
railways, to greater or less degree,
become monopoles, Still the facts re-
main that they are necessities in the
development Of a country and in the
profitable enlargement OF it indus
tries, and in the free commerce OF the
worlds nobost thoughts bringing to
its people the finer arts and grander
sciences Of a progressive civilization,
+ The greater the number of railroads
the more extensive and cheaper our
= facilities for transit and observation,
and the greater the incoming of the
right kind of foreign material repre-
sented in money, brain aud Drawn.
This is the lens through which we
view the situation, and we can not
bring ourselves to the thought that we
are deceived or misled. And further,
we feel justified in assuring the pro-
moters OF the two projected railway
lines that they can safely rely for help
on the liberality, intelligence and pa
+ triotism of the good people OF Wash
ington county. Patriotism did we say
: Yes, for love Of country is embraced II
/ the issue,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
The Mind Like ELECTRICITY.

In electricity we have an all pervad-
ing force of which we are ordinarily
unconscious, violent and startling as are
its occasional effects. So in the region
of mind we may have effects rare and
strange as are the slow moving freball,
or the lightning flash from an uncloud-
ed sky. Under peculiar and rarely oc-
curing conditions, as yet but imper-
fectly known, certain mental influences
predominant, and mind perceptibly acts
on mind. -Blackwood's Magazine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
Photographing q Monkey.

Animals are easily photographed, as
a rule. 1t is not hard to get picture
of dog or even a cat, and horses usu-
ally stand well. A man came once
with a monkey which he wanted pho
tographed sitting on his hand. The
monkey was a little fellow, and he
brought him in his pocket Just as l
went to take the cover off the machine
the monkey turned like a flash and
jumped into the mans pocket.-Inter-
view with a Photographer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

In 174O the Connecticut legislature
granted to Messrs. Fitch, Walker &
WHY'S 'the sole privilege of making
steel for the term Of fifteen years upon
this condition, that they should in the
space of two years make half ton of
steel" This condition not having been
complied with, the privilege was extend
ed to 1744 before which time Aaron
Eliot and Ichabod Miller certified that
more than half ton of steel had been
made at the furnace in Simsbury. w.
f. DUrfee in Popular Science Monthly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
TO DORIS.

II, my Doris, should find
That you seem the least inclined
To explore the depths Of Mind,
Or Of Art
Should such fancies ever wake,
Understand without mistake,
Though our hearts perhaps) nigh
break,
We must part.
I'd as soon your little head
Should be numbered up with lead
AS with learning, live or dead,
And with brains.
Ihave really dotted less
On its outline, | confess,
Than the charming Nothingness
1t contains.
Now, suppose by hook or crook
People try to make you look
At some tiresome, grabbed book,
Mind you don'tl
II they hint you ought to know
Sophocles or Cicero,
Bacon, Goethe or Rousseau,
Say, ~ WON'T"
Do you think the summer rose
Ever cares or ever knows
BY what law she buds and blows
On tho stem2
II the peaches on the wall
Must by grayitation fall,
Do you fancy it at all
Troubles them?
Then, as sun or rain Is sent,
And the golden hours are spent,
Be unaskingly content
AS a star.
Yes, be ever of the few
Neither critical nor blue,
But be just the perfect You
That you are
Robert Lord Houghton.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

1t is said that there are five citizens
of Kawanda Falls Pa, each bearing
the same name, John A. Libson They
are not related in the remotest way, as
far as they know It is certainly re-
markable coincidence.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

AS the man was inyeighing against
railroads, and the increase of our taxes
to help build them, we took time to
notice that he didn't have gate on
his farm, nor a fence that would turn
a six months old calf, but lots OF in
formation about horrid monopolies.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

The we'll known and popUh5 aa;e:,S W.
Farland & CO., have taken thr H. pe. ar.
for the quick cure Of dyspera III inilSlt S.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
The average person wears nearly IA
pounds OF clothing.
Don't Stand That Pain.

It don't do to neglect natures warning, achei
through the system cause rheumatism, neural
gia backache and pain in the side; prompt
and safe remedy is required. Red Flag OIL the
famous pain cure, fills the bill. Price % cents
Are you consumptive or do you suffer with
cough or cod7 If so, use Pan-fina Cough and
Consumption Cure. Price 25 and 80 cents Trial
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

Bronzes, as a rule, reflect light only
moderately well; when two parts cop
per combine with one part tin, specu-
lum metal, as it is called, is produced
IAN alloy Of SO high reflective power as
to be used in the best telescopes
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

GALL roads lead to Rome" goes the
old saying, and many roads will be
leading to Johnson City, the centre Of
the best iron area in the world-before
the swallows return next 'pring,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
Pana's Danphter.

Daughtor-Oh, papa, I've just got
the most lovely yachting costume you
ever saw.
Papa (busily)-Im glad you like it.
Daughter-It's just too sweet for
anything Now all we need is yacht.
New York Weekly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

The kaiser is an inveterate smoker
SO was his father, Frederick III But
his fondness for the weed is mot cir
cumstancer to that of Bismarck who
prizes a good cigar above great riches.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

A wild goose killed in California had
grain of wheat in its crop which,
when planted, produced variety hith-
erto unknown.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

John London Macadam, the inven-
tor Of the road that bears his name,
labored for years to perfect his ideas,
and Rough the English parliament
voted linn $50, 900 it hardly covered his
outlay. His monument is the roads Of
ENGLAND.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22
IYhcn the nrnm Tniled to scarc

The cicada, by using drum at the
se Of the abdomen, produces re-
ml.2ble sound sufficient to even
lrighten off an enemy, yet once saw q
big wasp bearing off a big cicada larger
than itself, despite the 'zeeing" and
drumming of the victim.-St. Paul Dis
match.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

1t iycomputed that the glass bottle
production of the world amounts to a
daily output Of q little over 1000, 600
bottles
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

Walter got little lamb,
And it was very frisk
And everywhere that Walter went
1t followed very brisk.
Walter is bad, bad man;
He's always on the sly;
He Stayed that precious little lamb
And made it into pic"
Adam saw the awful decd,
(The lamb was his you know)
He stopped the Press and shed a tear,
And fell to eating crow.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

The brain of a man exceeds swice
that OF any other animal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-22

A late decree Of the German en-
peror iorbids the use Of baptismal
names Of a political character
The advocate., 1891-12-09
THE PROPER THING TO DO.

The Iowa Tribune announces in
its issue of the nd inst. that the
Tribune, the Liberty Bell, the indus
trial Union and the Alliance Pro-
gram will be consolidated and here
after issued under the title of the
Farmers Tribune. This is the COR
rect thing to do. To make a strong
paper a strong support is an absolute
necessity, and this is impossible
where the patronage of the people is
divided among so many. Consolida-
tion should be the watchword, not
alone Iowa, but everywhere. Less
papers and stronger ones with a bet
ter support will do our cause more
service than a multiplicity of weak
ones constantly struggling for ex-
istence. These journals, of the
highest excellence in themselves will
gain increased and constantly increas-
ing power as result of the arrange
ment here announced. We wish the
news combination the most abundant
success, and predict the most efficient
work from the ability and enterprise
that will be combined under the new
management.
The advocate., 1891-12-09

WHILE hundreds OF good, honest, COnscien-
touS men went from Kansas to that conference,
II Is also true that every crank, ShySter, dema-
gOgue, socialist, anarchist and repudlatOr In
Kansas (and there were many Of the three first
named and few Of the three last named clasSes)
that had Joined the Peoples party or Alliance,
also went to Cincinnati Gen, Rice, on the Cirs-
cinnah Conference.
IL Gen. Rice had succeeded at
Ocals in securing the endorsement by
the supreme council Of the pet scheme
he went there to put through, or If
he had been taken up last winter by
the Peoples party and transformed
into United States Senator he
would not be suffering with the dis
tress under his apron that seems now
to be 80 sore an affliction.
The advocate., 1891-12-09
PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR.

The following petition has been prepared, and
We presume is now being circulated among the
citizens In various parts Of this county. It Is
rather novel petition, but to those acquainted
with all the facts lr has deep significance:
EUREKA, Kan, November 20.
To His Ercellencv, L. U. Humphrey, Governor
Of the State Of Kansas:
We, the undersigned, residents Of Greenwood
county, Kansas, most respectfully petition your
Excelency that
Whereas, AT the May term Of the district
court Of this county one @. &, DemalOrle was
found guilty Of selling intoxicating liquors In
violation Of Law, In the city Of Madison, and
Whereas, Sentence was not passed for some
time thereafter, and
The advocate., 1891-12-09
TOO GENEROUS ENTIRELY.

The Topeka Capital is altogether
too generous in the distribution Of
the charges of corruption, mendacity
and bulldozing," which its eagle eye
caught in the address Of the Peoples
party central committee. Those
terms instead of being aimed at the
masses of the Republican and Demo-
cratic voters were pointed directly at
just such unprincipled and menda-
cious blstherskites as the editor of
the Capital and other hypocritical,
loud mouthed prohibitionists for
revenue and political preferment, who
were ready to prostitute their infu-
ence to the service Of resubmission
Democracy or anything else to beat
the Peoples party; and many of
whom did not scruple to distribute
various stimulating fluids in the in
terest of the Prohibition (?) ticket on
election day. This is the species of
patriots that the Peoples party CEN
tral committee is after. The COM
mittee is perfectly aware that the
masses Of voters of all parties are
honest in their intentions and patri-
otto IN their purposes, and it is for
this reason that they propose to con-
duct a campaign of education in
order to undeceive them as to the
true character of the leaders after
whom they have been following.
But what has the Capital to say as
to questions of fact contained in the
address? How will 1t undertake to
account for the rapid increase in
number and magnitude of the busl-
ness failures for instance? These
things seem to escape that eagle eye.
Let US hear something concerning
the questions that are of vital conse-
quence to the people.
The advocate., 1891-12-09

The New York bomb thrower, who demanded
million dollars Of Russell Sage, had no doubt
read Senator PETERS speech on connscating
property Capital.
What is far more likely, he had
probably read Of the success of the
Kansas Republican central commit
tee in its Coffeyville dynamite ex-
perieEce. he was not as skilled a
manipulation Of the explosive, how
ever, as the tool of this committee,
and it will not be necessary to create
a new Office by special act of the
in order to give him an
official position simply because, lie
land, we had to do it."
The advocate., 1891-12-09

AS was to be expected the NOnOOmormist
champions the the cause Of the anarchists who
were recently arrested In Chicago for making In
cendary speeches under the red flag. The
NoncOh Is an Alliance Organ.-AShlGnd Weekly
Journal.
"As was expected" the poor ignor-
ant editor Of the Ashland Journal
does not know the difference between
q peacesble, law-sbiding labor organi-
zation and an association Of anarchists.
The meetings which were lswlessly
raided by the Chicago police turn out
10 have been labor organizations in
stituted under legal charters granted
by the great state Of Illinois, and the
police force are finding to their sorrow
that they simply put their foot in it
They are themselves the real anar-
chists, and Of course it devolves upon
a lawful Republican press to apollo
gize for their lawlessness, and their
utter disregard Of the rights Of prac-
table citizens.
The advocate., 1891-12-09
ANOTHER NEW FEATURE.

The ADVOCATE takes pleasure in an
nouDcing that arrangements have
been made with Mrs. Bertha H. Els
worth, Of Enterprise, Kansas, for a
series Of articles upon specific sub
jeCts which will appear in future is
sues. We shall not undertake to
outline these subjects. She will
make her own announcements in the
line of thought she proposes to pur-
sue.
The advocate., 1891-12-09
management.

CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw says he has talked
with both Blaine and Harrison on the subject Of
the presidency, and they have informed him that
they understand each other. The nomination Of
either, Mr.. Depew says, win suit him. Mr..
Depew, the people understand, is one Of the
mouthp'eces of Wall street, and whatever suits
him suits Wall Street.-Kdnsas CITY Star
Very true. Now will Mr.. Depew
tell us how Mr.. Cleveland would suit
him in the event that neither Blaine
or Harrison could be elected.
The advocate., 1891-12-09

THE Kansas Congressman have concluded
that they win take no part, whatever, In the
speakefship contest. Whatever may be said
derogatOry to the Kansas Alliance members Of
Congress, there is one thing that can always be
said to their credit: They are consistent In
their idiOcy.-LdWrence Journal
That is just one thing more than
can be said OF the editor Of the Jour
R0l
The advocate., 1891-12-09
THE CAUSE or THE RESULT In KAN
SAG.


Every paper in the state has nov
had its say respecting the cause o.
the apparent Republican gains in
some parts Of the state. Among tho
causes named our platform comes Ii
for no small share of blame. II il
said that voters have repuuiated the
sub-treasury scheme. Let us reason
upon this subject a little. In a very
few counties we have suffered a nu-
merical loss from the vote Of last
year. Now let us suppose, for argu'
ment's sake, that it is fair to attribute
that loss to the endorsement Of the
sub.tressury in our platform. In
other counties we have made large
gains over the vote of last year. Now,
if it is fair to attribute the losses in
some counties to this cause, is it not
equally fair to attribute the gains in
others to the same cause? Stop and
think upon this subject and see where
such reasoning will lead you. Inas-
much as we have made an aggregate
actual gain Of over 5000 votes in the
state, if the changes are attributed TO
the cause above referred to, we must
consider that it has been an advant-
age to us.
Really this is not the cause. There
are various local influences that have
effected the result in different coun-
ties in this off year; and one general
cause has had more to do with such
losses as we sustained than all others.
We were over confident. We relied
too much upon the expectation that
our strength Of last year would gather
to itself additional strength without
extraordinary effort. We neglected
the prosecution Of our educational
work with the vigor that character
lied the campaign of of 1890. Our
best speakers were in other states.
At the same time, our opponents con-
Quoted q campaign that could not be
excelled in presidential year. To
these cause and perhaps some others
Of local character, we may largely
attribute such numerical losses as we
have sustained.
The failure to elect our candidates
in many places is owing to altogether
another cause e-fusion Of the two old
parties. While our new party was
not strong enough to overcome this
unholy combination in many instances
this year, we do not believe such
fusion will be sustained by the masses
of the honest voters of either party,
when its character and purposes are
fairly understood. We have only to
pursue our work Of education with
the vigor that characterized it last
year to insure success against any
combination that may be proposed to
defeat us. The true policy is to push
forward. Take no backward step.
"Keep in the middle of the road"
A PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR.
The advocate., 1891-12-09
Topeka, DECEMBER Q, 1891.

(Entered as second class matter In the Post
OGaCO at Topeka, Ksnsas.)
The advocate., 1891-12-09

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II is easy enough 10 be pleasant
When life flows by like song;
But the man worth while is the one who will Smi
When everything goes dead wrong:
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years,
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth
Is the smile that shines through tears.
1t is easy enough TO be prudent
When nothing tempts you to stray;
When without or within no voice of sin
Is Turing your soul away;
But it's only negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire,
And the life that is worth the honor of earth
Is the one that resists desire.
By the cynic, the sad, the fallen,
Who had no strength for the strife,
The worlds highway is numbered today
They make up the items of life
But the virtue that conquers passion,
And the sorrow that hides in a smile,
1t is these that are worth the homage of earth
For we find them but once in a while.