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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Never Speaks to His WIFE.

In the northwestern part of the city
live couple who for twenty-five years
never addressed q word to each other
In 1869 the husband was q man of
means, owning considerable property,
but through peculiarities more than
generosity he became sort of "Coal
Oil Johnny" Houses and ground were
given away without an instant's con-
sideration. The wife expostulated, but
in vain. Finally nothing was left ex-
cept the little cottage which was then
and is now their place of abode. Fort
unately this stood in the wife's name,
and though he used every effort to Sc
cure possession of it, pleading with her
and using violence and tenderness by
turns, she remained firm and would not
let him have it. AS a consequence he
swore a tremendous oath that he would
never speak to her as long as he lived,
and up to the present time he has kept
his word.
From prosperity they have sunk to
abject poverty. He makes what he
can out of a news stand which he keeps
The old couple have two children, both
daughters. One has been married for
some years to man of wealth, while
the other lives at home with her
parents, and seems to take the RESPONSE
bility of both on herself. 1t is q pain
full sight to see the old man every even
ing at o'clock distributing his papers
to the very houses which twenty-five
years ago were his own, and by the
gift of which he has made neat little
fortunes for many whose heirs are in
total ignorance of his existence Year
after year he tolls on, daily becoming
feebler, forgetting the world and by
the world forgot" - Philadelphia
Record.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
A Cloud of Witnesses.

We know of no medicine that has
so many testimonials to its efficiency
as S. S. S. the great blood purifier
Many of the best known people in the
country certify to the marvellous re-
suits it has wrought in the various
forms of diseases for which it is recon-
mended. These testimonials come
not alone from persons who have been
relieved of their sufferings by S. S. s.,
but from people who have witnessed
the effects of the medicine. Practic-
ing physicians, druggists, pharmacists
in fact, all who have had an oppor-
tunity of observing the cures brought
about by this great blood remedy
bear willing testimony to its efficacy
In its field, which is a wide one, GOV
ering some ofthe most serious ailments
of humanity, S. S. S. has no rival
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Volunteer Potatoes,

A rancher in the San Gabriel valley
is making his repasts appetizing with
potatoes the seed of which was planted
three years ago-that is to say, he is
feasting on volunteer potatoes, thing
never heard of in any other country.
It is no unusual thing in Los Angeles
county to hear of potato vines that
bear three and four years in succession.
These facts, taken in connection with
the circumstance that a man can raise
three or four crops of potatoes, beans
or peas yearly, with from six to eight
crops of alfalfa, make southern Califor-
MIA, or rather the more favored portions
of that section, like Los Angeles, ideal
truck garden farms. Los Angeles Her
aid.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
A Railroad in the Arctic Circle.

In one respect at least the Swedish
and Norwegian railroad between Lulea,
on the Gulf of Bothnia, and Luffoden,
on the shores of the North sea, is the
most remarkable engineering achieve
ment of the present century. 1t has
the unique distinction of being the only
railroad in the world situated. wholly
or partially within the Arctic circle, it
being some 1000 miles farther north
than any railroad in Canada An in
teresting meteorological fact stated is
in relation to this boreal railway-viz.,
that snow falls much less frequently
along the line and in far less quantities
than at points on other roads 1000 to
1900 miles farther south, the darkness
of the long winter nights being partly
compensated by the light of the aurora.
The object in view in constructing
this "North Pole through line" is to
tap the enormous deposits of iron ore
in the Gellivara mountains, the ex-
haustion of the ore in the Bilboa field
making it absolutely necessary that the
iron workers find new locality if the
magnetic pole itself has to be under
mined to get at the precious mineral
st. Louis Republic.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
The Heads of the Navaios.

Upon every occasion where was
permitted to do so, careful exalnina
tons were made of the heads of these
people, both living and dead, as well
as the methods of strapping the infant
Navajos in their cradles, and, indeed,
all else that might tend to throw light
upon the subject.
Of some two or three dozen children
of all ages, from the infant upward,
that have thus examined have yet
to find q case wherein the mother has
not taken the special precaution to place
a soft and ample pad in the cradle in
such manner as to fully protect the
back of the child's head Moreover,
have yet to see a case, except for few
days or more in the very youngest of ba
bies, where the head is strapped at all
On the other hand, this part of the body
is allowed all possible freedom. DR.
r. w. Shufeldt in Popular Science
! Monthly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
JUDGE GREsHAM'S BOOM.
His Friends Meet to Plan His NOmina.
tiOn.

New YORK, Sept. 3-Judge Walter
Q, Gresham, of Chicago, who has been
enjoying two weeks vacation in
Connecticut, arrived at the Fifth
Avenue hotel Monda" night and held
a conference with a number of political
friends from the Hoosier State. Those
present at the conference were Judge
John M. Butler, G. w. Fairbanks,
General ]. w. Foster and Colonel Dan
Houser, all of Indiana except the
latter, who is the proprietor of the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat and great ad-
mirer of Judge Gresham.
"Was the conference intended as a
Gresham boom, or whatY
The evidence goes to show that the
conference was premeditated. A week
ago Otto Gresham, the bright son of
the Judge, and young Oliver Morton,
his political admirer, were in the city
and remained several days. The sup.
position is that they arranged for the
meeting. They were mysterious and
had nothing to say for publication.
Three days ago they suddenly de-
parted, not together, but one ahead of
the other.
Tuesday morning Judge Gresham
and General Foster had " long talk.
tits known that General Foster is a
friend Of the President, and for that
reason it is surmised that the confer
ence may have been for the purpose Of
coming to an understanding about In.
diana. Judge Gresham has many
friends in the Hoosier State, but hith
erto President Harrison has had the
delegation. 1t is asserted that with
the two forces together the Democrats
would have no chance whatever to win
in 1892.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
To Measure the Sea Level.

apparatus for measuring the mean
level of the sea is announced 1t is
based on the principle that when a
liquid wave traverses a capillary tube
or porous partition its amplitude dim
inishes and it Is retarded in its phases
without the mean level of the wave
changing. 1t consists of glass tube,
the lower end communicating by fex-
ible pipe with plunger which is low
cred beneath the lowest water level.
There are two cells in the plunger the
lower being filed with sand and open
to the sea, the result being that the
column of water in the tube rises and
falls very little with the tides, and the
mean sea level can be read from 9
graduated scale. New York Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
News by Rail In England.

Many news parcels are lost or delayed
in transit. There is complaint on this
score in some newspaper Offices nearly
every week The revenue such dis
patches bring to the railway companies
is so small that they can hardly be ex-
pected to pay much attention to them.
Rates vary with the distance, as may
be supposed. One penny for every
fifty miles is about the charge for news
parcels, but the minimum, SO far as the
writer's experience goes, is twopence,
and sometimes for a very short dis
tance-when the lines of two COM
panies have to be utilized-the cost is
fourpence. Letters, it should be noted,
are not allowed to be sent in such
dispatches, but they are sent all the
same.
The charge for a news parcel, what
ever it may be, is of course betrayed
by railway stamps. AS a rule reporters
and others are supplied with printed
envelopes duly stamped. london Tit
Bits.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
A Texas Prodigy.

Mr.. G, d. Hoffman, of Woodland,
Tex, has a calf-sheep. Exactly half
of the calf is covered with wool run
ming along the back bone and on the
under side half way, Half Of the tail
is wool, and the two right feet are like
a sleeps. The hide feels like sheep
on one side, the other like a calf; eyes
are blue. You may pull the wool off
its side and get wool from a sheep and
you cannot detect the difference
The side on which the wool is ap-
pears great deal lighter in color than
the other. Its mother is very large
COW, while the freak is tolerably di-
minutive. Cor st. Louis Republic.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Japs Less Docile Than Chinese.

Whether Sir Edwin Arnold has not
given us a just idea of the japanese
people or whether the American atmos-
phere has demoralized the guileless
sons who have come from the "Flowery
Kingdom" to the western coast it may
be too soon to determine. But the ex-
perience of a vinegrower Of Napa, Cal,
who employed nearly two score Japan
ese in his orchard has brought with it
the conviction that in industry, sobriety
and discipline they cannot compete
with the Chinese. This man says that
his workmen one day refused to work
He discharged them and hired substi-
tutes in their places, but they returned
armed with knives and took possession
of his house. From this intrenched
position they were only ousted by a
body of police. Chicago Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03

Thomas, the apostle, himself was not
more hard to convince than is the world
in general with regard to the cure of
leprosy And yet, in reply to the many
skeptics meet, can only reply that I
have seen the most obstinate symptoms
disappear, and have seen people de-
clared by the four examining physicians
'lepers," and the same brought up for
examination after the lapse Of some
months and discharged by the board of
examiners as mot lepers." The treat
ment carried on at the Kalihi hospital
is no secret; it has been fully explained
in the reports of DR.. Lutz, its originator.
may say, however, that the most
beneficial medicines used in the treat
ment of leprosy are salicylate of soda
and salol in high doses. There are also
a variety of external applications suit
able to the form of the disease and the
peculiar conditions and constitution OF
each patient. This treatment, besides
having SO marked an effect on the dis
ease, seems to improve the general
health and invigorate the lepers them
selves They often said they had never
felt 80 inclined to hard work and exer-
ercise in their lives since the beginning
of their sickness. Sister Rose Gertrude
in Ladies' Home Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03

One of the best hair tonics is the fol-
lowing, which comes all the way from
Germany. Any druggist will COM
pound it, and 1t is said that its regular
use will keep the hair luxuriant and in
excellent condition. These are the ex-
act proportions; zone hundred grams
of alcohol, fifty of castor oil, two Of
rosewater and little about tea
spoonful quinine." It should be thor.
oughly rubbed into the scalp about
three times week. New York Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03

Mrs. Jaysmith Ito grocer - Ten
pounds of sugar.
Grocer las customer walks out)-l
beg your pardon, but you didn't pay
for that sugar.
Mrs. Jaysmith-Of course not. Sug-
ar's free now. I read the papers, l
do, and you can't fool me- New York
Epoch
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Shaving with Rapidly.

A barber who can shave five men in
an hour is doing quick work, and a
young Pittsburger who has the fortune
or misfortune, as you may choose, to
possess q stiff black beard, thought he
was seeking the impossible when he
asked barber to shave him in five
minutes in order that he might catch a
train. But the barber thus challenged,
with the added incentive of double
fee if he did the work in the allotted
time, settled down to his best gait, and
succeeded in shaving his man, without
single cut, but clean, smooth and
complete, in some seconds less than five
minutes. More than this, the barber
brushed his customers hair and put in
all the little extras of bay rum and the
rest, handed him his hat and remarked
the heat of the day before the five min
utes had elapsed. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
MONEY SPENT FoR TeLGeRApHINe,
Figures That Give One some Idea of

Figures That Give One Some idea of
What 1t Costs to Run Newspaper.
The records of the Western Union
Telegraph company may be consulted
to show the extent of the expenditures
by the individual newspapers and the
Associated Press for Geographic tolls
alone.
During the year ending June 30
1890, the Western Union Telegraph
company delivered at all stations 1922
0SS, 43S words of regular" or Asso-
ciated Press report. This was deliv-
cred to an average of two newspapers
In each place, at an average cost of
fifteen cents per 100 words for each
place, This is rendered possible only
by the great number Of places served
on a circuit, from thirty to forty being
supplied in some cases at the same
time.
During the same period the company
handled 206, OPS, 094 words of specials,
at an average cost of fifty-one cents per
hundred words. These figures do not
include reports transmitted by the As
ISOLATED Press over its leased wires or
special correspondence sent on individ-
ual newspapers leased wires, EST
mating these two classes and the re-
ports of the outside press, there was
delivered to the newspapers during that
year an aggregate amount of l,500,-
600, 900 words of telegraph news.
On the regular service a little more
than % per cent. is handled by the tel
egraph company in the daytime, while
on the special service only about 5 per
cent. of the volume is handled in the
daytime. The day rate is twice the
night rate, On the Associated Press
leased wires the proportions are "a
per cent. of day report to 36 per cent.
of night report, and the difference
in cost the same as by Western Union
lines The total press receipts by the
telegraph company for the year ending
June 80 1890, including regular, special
and leased wires, were $l,848, 24723.
1t should be borne in mind that these
figures do not include tolls on other
lines, or cable tolls, or the wages Of
correspondents and operators, or mis-
cellaneous expenses, or the sums paid
for news by both individual newspaper
and the Associated Press, which would
aggregate very large sum.
One very interesting feature of news
service, of which the public has nc
knowledge, is telegraphing in cases 0.
storms and Interruptions 1t is on sucl
occasions that the utility of vast sys
tenn is made manifest. During thu
blizzard of March, 1888, for instance
the Washington report was sent tt
Philadelphia via New Orleans, Mem
phis, st. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburg
while New York city received it from
Albany, it having reached Albany vi,
New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleve
land and Buffalo.
A more extraordinary case is that o
Boston, which received CONDENSED
report from New York via London,
being sent by one cable from New Yorl
to London, and thence back by an
other cable which lands in New Hamr
shire. Boston is frequently served wit
New York news via Montreal, and Al
bany via Pittsburg and Buffalo, tn
route being via the Pennsylvania raj
road to Pittsburg, thence across vi
Cleveland to Buffalo, and thence dow
the New York Central to Albany
William.Henry Smith in Century.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Not to Re Imposed Upon Again.

II amt going to send any more
money out to the heather, said Willie.
II seen q picture of one of 'em this
mornin', an as far as l could see he
didn't wear any pants, and SO hasn't
any pockets to carry the money In. -
New York Epoch.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
The Mule Punished.

"De off mule done broke he lief hin
leg dis mornin, massa, said Nose.
"IIow did he come to do that~
asked Colonel White.
1T was. his own fault, massa, Wen
dis yer darkey's back was turned de
wufiless animils he kick me on de htad,
massa. New York Epoch,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Sweetness and Light.

Mr.. G. Archibald Sharpe-Newpop's
little boy is dead.
Mrs. ST. didn't know he had boy
HE hasn't. tell you the boy is
dead"
II mean l didn't know he had the
boy before he died.
who in thunder said he was dead
1t was the boy that died, stupidP-
Life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Bucklen's AruIca SnIyc.

The hest salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, letter, chapped hands,
chillblains, corns and all skin erup-
tons, and positively cure piles, or no
pay required 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re.
funded Price. 25 cents per box. For
sale at M. A. Nc Farland's drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
Barrack Room Amenities.

Corporal Ito recruit THE fellow is a
regular scarecrow-filthy to excess, I'M
combed, not a button to his coat Why,
man, you nearly look the image Of .
regular civilian Field und LagsL
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head,
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro,
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
nAIIFnnuIA EIo cUnun m
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
The orator always talks in clarion
tones lust after he has taken horn.

The next important race problem
will take place on the Presidential
track.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-03
A GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR
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offeriin this magnificent new work. Foot
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For special terms and absolute control of ter
territory, address
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FEMALE DlPL0IAIlSTS.
THEY ARE IN THE SERVICE OF
EVERY NATION BUT OURS.
Although Not officially Accredited by
Their Governments, These Tetticoated
Agents Weld Large Power and Com
mand Implicit Trust.
(COSCLUDEDl

Another pattiGoatea diplonatist Of the
same nationality il the Russian princess
who acts as honorary lady in waiting to
the wife Of the zleliva Of Egypt. Her
record is such as to render it preferable
for her government to utilize her sery-
ices, not in Europe, but on the banks OF
the Nile. where SO maay damaged repu-
tations have found q home. Her first
husband, Count B.. was an estimabls
man, who had the misfortune to go out
shooting one day with the Italian adj
venturer whom she has slace married,
The cont WAS brought home dead from
the effects Of a gun5Aoy wound, which
the Italian his only companion, declared
to have been due to the accidental dis
charge Of his (the countsl gun No in
quest took place The count was buried,
and a few months later the pennlless
Italian was found to have quietly mar
ried the widow The princess, though
stylish and very witty, is not beautiful
Her influence over the wife of the khe-
dive--an Influence most di,tasteful to the
English--is mainly due TO the fact that
she keeps the vice-qaaan and the inmates
of the harem acquainted with all the
gossip and scandal Of Cha city. Through
her the imperial ehlA2elIefie at St.
Petersburg obtains an early report OF
every fresh state aeofa5 which the En-
glish gogarn.oeuG alds /, necessary to
communicate to tan l;haIiyo.
The lattar IA "a 7pAynpnt when he had
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wise the wife of the Muscoglto sae"7j
Wassilief, who under the preteIt Of dis
covering traces of her child which had
been stolen from her years ago, and
which was the only heir to her fortune
succeeacl in winning the sympataiei Of
the nihilists' colonies IN Paris, Buchare-.
and London, and in obtaining Jaeir q
sistance in the search Too late tay
discovered that the theft was aa @D1e
ryphal as the existence Of the chill, and
that the pitiful story of the hearlDroilen
mother was merely a ruse to obtain In
formation concerning the conspras3rs
for the imperial chancellerie at st. 3e-
tersburg. EX-DIPLoAAF.
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nay Address all business communica-
tiOns "MANAGER DAILY BULLETIN"
fY-Address all matter for publica-
ton ''EDITOR DAILY BULLETIN"
p d. Kox 40. R0nOiulu. ". 1.
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VI HACKFELD & Co,
IL General Commission Agents.
Corner Fort and Queen streets, Hono-
lulu, I'll. |. l-9l
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X w MACFARLANE & Co,
W. Importers and Commission
Merchants. Queen street, Honolulu,
HI. 1-9l
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N ONSALVES & CO.,
VI Wholesale Grocers and Wine
Merchants. Beaver Block, honolulu,
HI l-9l