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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-10
From Bad to Worse.

The ordinary treatment OF contagi-
Gus blood poisoning is to drive one
poison from the system by introducing
another. The result, i'll most cases,
has been that which usually follows
leap from the frying-pan into the fire.
To put it mildly, mercurial and other
mineral poisonings have disadvantages
which are hardly less serious than
contagious blood poison. In either
case the system is wrecked and yet
there is no reason why humanity
should continue to suffer. 1t is the
effice of S. S. S. to cure contagious
blood poisoning, For that disease the
medicine is surely a specific And it
is also its Office to cure mercurial and
other mineral poisoning. In short,
S. S. S. is the great blood purifier 1t
destroys the germs of the contagious
disease, and expels from the system
all forms of mineral poisoning 1t
restores health and strength to the
sufferer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-10
Fifty and Costs.

First Prisoner-W What kind of time
did you have in the police court this
morning?
Second Ditto - Fine. - Washington
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-10

When there is no name for an able
man in politics he is called "Presi-
Dental pocsibility."-N. 0. Pic.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-10

The device of the Peoples party OF
Ohio is a home. To be complete
mortgage should be added.
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''FOOTPRINTS OF THE WORLDS
HISTORY"

Stands without rival or competitor. This is
the fl st time that a work of this kind has ever
been published. There is nothil e else like it in
the world. There are histories by the thousands,
but there are none which give us the gems of
all history and biography in one grand and
brilliant collection like this.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-10

The orator always talks in clarion
tones Just after he has taken o horn.
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AGENTS, LOOK HERE g!
FOOTPRINTS OF THE
WORLDS HISTORY!
By PROF. JOHN CLARK RIDPATH AND |
w. S. BRYAN.

TresenU IlnG,
The Progress of the Human Race Reflected in
the Choicest Literature OF all Ages.
THE BOOK Represents a Splendid Store
house, in which is Collected the Grandest
Compositions of all Ages
rrue history is that which tells us about the
PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS
their customs, faiths and beliefs what pecu liar
and remarkable characteristics distinguished
the race.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-10

The next important race problem
will take place on the Presidential
track.
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A Veteran of Long Standing.

Mabel-Poor fellow And so you are
a veteran. How long have you been a
veteran?
Wandering Waggs-Ever since l was
child, miss.-Munsey's Weekly.
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Mrs. Hannah Mcclellan, of Glover
Bottom, is very i'll.

Miss Lizzie Keys, Of Jonesboro, is
Visiting her sister Mrs. w q. Taylor.
Ell. Buchanan, Of Sullivan county,
was in town Saturday, last.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
The KnInersn ChIIdhOOd.

Innumerable have been the anec- dotes given of the German Emperor in his latter life, but of his earlier days less is known. The following details from reliable source which appear in the Gentlewoman, may not be out of place at the present moment. "Chil- drenm shouted old Field Marshal Wrangel to crowd of eager Berlin CTS, waiting near the palace windows for tidings of their new born Prince. ''all goes well; it is as fine and sturdy a recruit as we could wish" Thus we see, from the first hour of the young monarch's life, the military element, since inseparable with his name was even then to predominate. Although very high-spirited and somewhat naughty child, the Prince won the love of those intimately connected with him. His English nurse. Mrs. Hobbs, or "Hobbsy," as she was called. was the first to initiate him in the mysteries of the language he now speaks so ad- mirably.
 Later on an English tutor was en- gagged for the two little princes, and recalls with much amusement cer- tain history lesson, when the Emperor, with knitted brow. and in good nerv- ous vernacular declared, Well, MT. A., if you want to know what think it is, that Oliver Cromwell was per feet beastm The books chosen by the Empress Frederick for her boys read ing were Milton's Paradise Lost" and Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress. Les sons were made to alternate with good hearty amusement and to this day there exists. I believe, playground at Friedrichskron, where the English princess used to watch the gambols ot her children, and rejo' ce to see then as fully imbued with love for rompine as any of the village boys and girls ir all the country round.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
Horse.Power of Whales.

Sir William Turner, the present emi- nent professor of anatomy in the Uni versity of Edinburg, Scotland, has given much attention to the study of whales, their structure, habits. etc., He estimates that the great Greenland whale Beverage length 50 feet) attains maximum speed while swimming of ten miles per hour; the ''Finner" whale (maximum length 85 feet) often mak- ing twelve to fourteen miles an hour. Mr. Turner, in one of his lectures, said that he and John Henderson. of Glasgow, the well-known builder of the Anchor Line steamships, had spent much time in trying to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the horse power exerted by large species of the whale in making speed of twelve m les per hour. As base for their conclusions they took the size and di- mensions of the great "Finner" which was stranded on the shore at Longuid- dry some years ago. It was 80 feet long, weighed n tons and had tail which was 20 feet across at the ex- treme end of its fanges. With these data, Messrs. Turner ana E!rnderson calculated that whale of the diinen- sions mentioned, in order t1. attain a speed of twelve miles an hour, must exercise propelling force of li5 horse power!--St. Louis Republic.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
A HRlt,s Power.

It seems extraordinary to observe a number of bats in the evening flying ba k and forth through the trees with remarkable rapidity, but without ever coming in contact with the branches or hurting themselves. Spallanzani, the Italian naturalist. placed a bat in dark enclosure. across which were stretched a number of threads cross ing and recrossing each other. The bat flew ra lilly back and forth trying to effect is escape but avoided the threads with as much care as if they had not been in it's way in the lcas. Whether this curious power ". theresult of a sixth and unknown sense was long a puzzle to naturalists. To dec de this knotty point Spallan- zani resorted to the cruel expedient of blinding bat n Id found that it still flew among he threads without being, to ell appearances any more incon- venienced than if it still had its eye sight
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
FISHING IN FLORIDA.
Hard to Tell Lies on Account of tho tn.
 pron nousceabie Names.

Hard to Tell Lies on Account Of tho Un-
 pronousceabie Names.
 Where have you beenP" said a guest at one of the hotels recently as friend walked up the steps. we'll laden with souvenirs from south Flor Ida.
 'Oh," was the reply, live been down to Charlotte harbor and up that river with the unmentionable name. :"
 "Caloosahatcheepn
 "Yes, that's it I s6ek six days trying to pronounce it and haven't succeeded yet. These Indian names are beautiful names, but they are de- cidedly hard to pronounce. By the way, where have you beenp"
 Well, I went over to the Suwannee river. out over the country and shot gators on the Withlacoochee; fished for bass in Tsala Apopka sailed on Thonotosassa, skipped over to Okon- lockhatchee. walked by tho shores of the Weohyakapka, plucked flowers by Hickpochee's limpid waters, visited the sugar fields on Tohopekaliga, sailed on the tortuous Kissimmee, was buffet ed by the waves of Okeechobee. and have also captured tarpoon on the Caloosahatchee. I expect to visit Is- tokpogayoxie, Lockapepka, Hatchenee- ha and Ecautokhatchee before leave the state
 'Well!" ejaculated his companion, as he stepped into the hotel New York Times.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
Tall Wen.

In the B.blo q Samuel, xvii. A it Is sad that the height of Go iath, the Ph.listine champion. was six cubits and span. Josephus reckons the Hebrew cubit to be equal to two spans (that is something less than Is inches, or about l7 inches and half). Cn this estimate. Goliath was nearly nihe feet six inches high. This makes h.m 50 tall, that very flow authentic accounts can be found of men who can be compared with him. 'The tallest man that hath been seen iu our days. says Pliny, was one named Gabara.
 who. in the days Of Claudius. the late emperor. was brought out of Arabia; he was nine feet nine inches high. |" ,Jo cphus says that "Vitellius sent Darius. the son Of Artabanus an host age 10 Rome. with divers presents,
 among which there was man seven cubits or ten feet two inches high, a Jew born; he was called giant by reason of his greatness" Merola, who succeeded Ju tice ipsius as pro- lessor of h story in the university of Leyden. asserts, that in the year l533,
 he him elf saw in France Fleming who exceeded nine feet in height
 "Delrio. says Calmet "affirms that
 in l572. he saw, at Rohan, native of Piedmont above nine feet high" And again, 'ln the year l7l9. near Salis- bury in England. human skeleton was found which was nine feet four inches long "-Saturday Evening Post.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
THE BRONZE VICTORY"
Hungry and Cold and Dy ng for Art in a
 lRrret,

Hungry and Cold and Dy ng for Art in a Garret.
 knew you would admire it. What perfect grace! What dignity of exul- tation! You can almost see the miss- ing hand brandishing the palm of vio- tory. An antiqueP Not at all .....
 We we young then-a dozen of IS -would-be artists, sculptors, wrirers. He joined our party one day in the cafe; Jean--Jean some name like Marchant. How my memory fails mo of late! He was from the provinces and desperately poor, but that was no reproach in our circle; and, in spite of his threadbare clothes, there was that about him which impressed. He dined with us for several weeks, off and on. When he did not, 1t was, as We learned later, because all his money had gone for the rent of his little attic room, o. for sculptor's mate rials.
 Do you recall huw cold was the win ter of '49! There were weeks when those who worked with the clay needed well-reddened sto res to keep their models from freezing and falling to pieces; yes, and dared not leave them for an hour unwrapped in clothes and fannels. One evuning l saw him glid- | ing like shadow along the narrow steet toward his lodgings; but he did not answer my EaiL and, as l had an appointment to keep did not follow him. After that several days passed bitter cold days and when he never joined us. some pr;sentiment of evil op- pressed our usual. y careless thoughts, until, at llst ge found ourselves mounting the rick cty stairs in the Rue do Seine-two fig hts, three four, five and we paused treathless before his room. Ugh! but t was cold! No'an- swer came to repeated knocks. and the concierge, ai our entreaty, took the trouble to open the door. An! what a scene! what a scene!
 There lay the sculptor and over his dead face brooded hunger and cold. His coat and waiatcoat were wrapped around the clay model, which his rigid arms half embraced. as though to give If tho last warmth of his congealing blood--a figure of Victory, entire but for the raised hand, from which the wrappings had fallen away, and which lay in a thousand fragments upon the floor.
 All Paris talked oil the dead man for week; and his Victory" was cast and set up here as you see it. Let me look at your catalogue. An, yes! .Jean Michard." remember it now, They have spelled it wrong though. - Harper's Bazar.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
THE OLD SOD SHACK.
Tho story of Solitary Man Who Fiddled
 .The Rose or Ailnnda1e."

.The Rose or Ailnndalc."
 Tread lightly-we are on haslowed ground!
 Itis faultless day. The suns heat is tempered by moist breeze; fleecy clouds go struggling across tho sky and the prairies all around us fragrant with flowers and grasses. To our left is a lake with nipples that dance in quivering silver lines, and, to our right, we see four broken and falling walls the ruins of the old sod shack.
 Hark! u
 I never come to this spot but seem to hear soft music floating earthward. An, many and many a time l have fancied heard the sound of Lonesome Wills fiddle, misty, sad, and coming = know not whence.
 But you do not know the story. It is short and will tell it.
 These walls beside us, that are now a mere heap of debris. once sheltered sad and solitary man. His name was Will-'Lonesome Will" he was called-and never whisper of another title passed his lips, He had no com panions; he summed the society of his fellow men and lived out life that was beautiful in its sadness.
 said he had no cornpanions-but yet he did have one-a companion that spoke to and comforted his griev- ing heart-a fiddle, And the tune that old instrument knew pest was "The Rose of Allandale."
 Once Lonesome Will had loved a fair-haired, faithful girl whose name was Rose A love, strong as letters of iron yet soft as n gossamar web, had sprung up between them. In life they lived for each other and when, by Gods inscrutable decree. the earthly Rose was taken to blossom in Heaven, that lover continued to live for his l dead.
 How long and dreary must have been the years that slowly passed over the head of Lonesome Will! With only his fiddle to solace him and distract his mind from his loss, what wonder that he poured forth his soul in har- mony that grew divine beneath his in- spired fingersP
 The Psalmist says that weeping may endure for night but joy cometh in the morning." And so it was with Lonesome Will. He was found dead one day, with his fiddle in one hand and his bow in the other. No one doubted that The Rose of Allandale' had been the last tune upon that faith l full old instrument
 See-yonder by the lake is Lone some Wills grave-is 1t not beauti- ful place? And the fiddle was buried with him upon his breast
 You are stranger to these parts and, mayhap, will not look at this poor narrative with my sentiment; bu, yet love is that grand thing (grandei than the philosophers stone) that re- fines the baseness of every human heart and puts it in touch with its fcl lows. .. And now come with me to that sod wall It was in this little area that Lonesome Will battled so heroically with his fate, and it was there, in that corner. just after I had heard tho story of his life. that found full blown rose! Was it not type and em' blem of that supernal blossom whict he had gained, after many years ir Paradise?
 An. these old ears may not be a: keen as once they were, but stranger when l found that rose. heard { burst of music. It was that old violir playing ''Th, Rose of Allandale- "- Detroit Free Press.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
The Teacher and the Hear.

Miss Callie McGee, school teacher of America, mountain town of Ken lucky, while returning home the other day with little girl pupil encounter ed bear. Bruin was quite distance behind Miss McGee but he started after her. Picking up her charge she ran at full speed, taking of articles of clothing and dropping them from time to time in order to divert bruins at tention from her, thereby gaining that much on him. She finally reached a farmhouse in safety, and. procuring rife, opened fire on the bear, which then had reached the pig pen, killing him. He weighed 287 pounds.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
Can Be Cured

by the use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral. Dr. J. G. Gordon, Carol Co.,, Va, writes: "I use Ayers Cherry PectOral in my practice, and pronounce it to be unequaled as rem edy for colds and coughs"
 After the grippe - cough. This was my experience hacking, dry cough, with an incessant tickling in the throat, keeping me awake nights, and disturbing the household. I tried a great number of 'cOugh-cures,' but they gave me only temporary relief. At last concluded to take Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and before had used half bottle, I had my first aIl-nIght sleep. I continued to im- prove, and now consider myself cured."-- A. A. Sherman, Coeymans, NJ.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
By Using

Ayers Cherry Pcctoral, many have been saved from fatal Illness.
 E. D. Estabrooks, Canterbury, N. B., says: "In the winter of 1859 I was q surveyor Of lumber in Sacramento Cal. Being consid- erably exposed, took a bad cold accom-. panied with a terrible cough. I tried several remedies, but they failed to cure me, and 1t was thought was going into decline. On the advice of a frieud, I'began to use Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and less than half bottle completely cured me-"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
Living It An over Again.

Warden (of insane asyluin) This poor woman imagines she is shopping all the time. Sometimes she sits in silence for whole weeks"
 'Visitor-''W What is she doing thenp'
 Warden---"It is supposed that she imagires she is waiting for the phauge."--Cloak Review.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-12
old Ex-Senators.

The oldest ex-senators of the United Sta es now living are James w. Brad- bury, of Maine. and Alpheus Felch, of Michigan. who entered the senate in December l847. Hannibal Hamlin took his scat iD th- senate in June 1S45,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-16

be discontinued. By giving a bounty of two
cents pound the industry was placed on
the same footing as under tariff imposing
duty of two cents pound on foreign su-
gar. If the calculation of our correspondent
that beet sugar costs but three cents pound
is correct the industry would prosper with
out bounty. But it is ouly recently, ii at
all, that beet-sugar producers have been
able to pay 81 30 ton for beets and produce
sugar Of the required standard for three
cents pound. If beet-grOwers are not sat-
isfed with their share of the profit of the
industry they can combine and establish
factories of their own. Assuming that
factory consumes 200 tons of beets day its
daily consumption would dispose of the
products of ten acres Multiply the number
of days factory can be worked by ten and
we have an approximate estimate of the
number of acres that should be interested
in the establishment of factory. I'VE
would suggest 10 our correspondent that a
policy which enables sugar-beet growers TO
continue to make from 500 to $50 net from
an acre of land is entitled to consideration.
The State would be populated quickly if an
assurance could lie given that farmers
would realize $50 an acre one year with an
other.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-16
TIE BENEFICIARIES.

We notice that one of our newspaper con-
temporaries, the Chronicle. attacks Senator
Sherman of Ohio for his views upon the
silver question. Sherman is not in favor OF
opening our minis to the free coinage OF Sill
yer on its present ratio of value. few
owners of silver mines would doubtless be
willing to drive gold ont of circulation if
they could make a good profit by so doing.
The United States purchases silver; we are
purchasing very large quantity monthly,
but not enough to drive gold out of eircula-
ton. The guarantee of our Government
makes the silver coin for all purposes eX-
cept expectation equal to gold. If we were
to coin all Of the silver offered to the mintS
free of charge it will be readily understood
that the finances of this country would be
deranged. We should have silver dollars
in abundance, but We should not be able to
convert those silver dollars into gold dollars
without paying a considerable premium
The finances of the United States would at
once be established upon a silver basis, like
those of Mexico. We can understand why
Senator Stewart is in favor of the free coin
age of silver. He may he the owner of
shares in mines which would be greatly
benefited thereby. The public, however,
realize that the finances Of the United States
are in a stable condition and that we are
having silver purchased ana coined quite as
fast as is for the good Of the people. De
Young is as much of 4 speculatOr as Senator
Stewart and If these men and their assO-
ciates could get up a feeling on this Coast
that the Government ought to take their
silver and change the policy of the country
it would please them. TIE country, how
ever is decidedly aVnrse to The free coinage
of silver, at least for the present.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-16
WILLARD ON SILVER.

Henry Willard holds that the growing
danger Of silver standard is the blacklist
cloud that has hung over this country since
the outbreak of the civil war. He is con-
WINGED, moreover, that If the threatened
calamity should really set in it will result in
the worst and longest financial crisis this
country has ever seen. Mr.. Henry Willard
is known as an enterprising railroad man.
He has no record in the science of finance.
He IS bold speculator, and has shown con-
siderable alacrity in recovering from fnan-
cial collapses. If the country were to
choose between a silver standard and a gold
standard it would be wise to choose the
former. Dropping TO the silver standard
would strengthen the silver nations and
eventually lead to the double standard. But
IL the United States should aioDt the gold
standard there would be a return to the
double standard only when the impossible
lty of conducting the business OF the world
on gold basis was demonstrated. THE
CALL is firmly of the belief that the present
policy Of purchasing silver bullion and issu-
ing Treasury notes for it at its commercial
value Will restore silver to its old relation
to gold. There may be fluctuations as it
ascends, but its general course will be up
ward. Under these conditions, to adopt free
silver coinage, which could have 10 other re-
suit than temporary drop to the silver
standard, would, in our opinion, be unwise.
But Mr.. Willard greatly exaggerates the
probable consequences.