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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
Issues other Than silver.

Mr.. Breckinridge, Of Arkansas, said
"The effect of Mr.. Cleveland's letter
upon his own fortunes and npon the
fate and policy of the Democratic
party is not to be hastily judged. His
popularity all along has been with the
distinct knowledge lat his posi-.
ton upon the silver question was the
one he has again expressed. The
party admires his integrity and abili.
ty, and it has had sufficient issues to
unite upon to prevent it, down to this
time, from making this a vital test.
The silver question is more matured
than formally, but we have also had
added to our issues the revival Of
sectionalism and race passions by the
Republicans, the question OF absolut-
ism as Practised by them in the House
of Representatives, Of direct subsidies
out OF the Treasury TO iavontes, as
well as the increase OF indirect sub
sides by the Mckinley bill, and their
desperate attempt to distroy free and
fair elections by the Force bill. The
party will pause b fore it fails to fully
estimate these things, upon which it
is absolutely unite /, or permits itself
to split upon a sir lie issue that is not
yet fully maturcd With large num-
Der OF our friends Sho are with us in
principle and upon every other issue
calling ior the application OF our prin-
ciples. Mr.. Cleyeland's letter will
hasten the consideration and decision
of these matters and doubtless it will
quicken the tendency of the more
hasty elements in both the great poll
tical parties to form third party.
The latter ia characteristic of Mr..
Cleveland, and it may help HIM and
his party, under existing circum.
stances, when it is all thought over.
He has the candcr and courage as n
leader. For my part, differ with him
on this point, but like TO have man
speak out plainly and then We know
exactly how far We are free"
RepresentatiYa owner, of New York,
did not care to be interviewed at
length on tie subject OF the letter.
1T shows" said he "that Mr.. Cleve-
land still possesses the courage Of his
cnnYiciiuna.n
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

Speaking of Gov. Hills selection OF
Pierce to succeed Maxwell as Superin-
tendent OF Insurance, the New York
World Gays
Gov. Hill yesterday nominated Ex.
Senator Pierce, of Brooklyn, to be Sn-
perintendent OF Insurance, in place OF
Robert A. Maxwell, whose term had
expired. The World does not
think this was an appointment fit to
have been made. Mr.. Pierce's political
affiliations and conduct in the old
Tweed times, his connection with in.
surance cases while he was IA legislator,
and his general reputation, ought to
have prevented his appointment to
this Office. = The action Of yes.
terday resembles too closely political
IDEAL" to be acceptable to the friends
OF good government in either party.
The Herald says on the same sub.
ject:
Now he seeks to convert the Insur.
ance Department into an annex to his
machine. Handled by man without
any sense Of honor, it is a bonanza
Maxwell had scruples, hammered the
head Of every bogus concern, conducts
his Office on business principles, slam
med the door in the face Of politics
He must, therefore, 60, and Pierce is
selected. That is simply infamous,
and shows that Hill would sell himself
to the devil in payment for the Presi.
dency,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
Cleveland on Free Coinage.

Chicago News.
When Grover Cleveland first made
public his views on tariff reform a
shout went up from within the ranks
Of his party that he had killed his po-
lititical future. Since this famous tar.
iff-reform message was published the
intervening time has wonderfully
changed the predictions OF the proph-
cts. In the light Of last November
they now profess to see in Clevel nd
and tariff reform beacon light to VIC
tory in 1892.
But Mr.. Cleveland has agair trou-
bled a faction Of his party. He has
pronounced views in favor OF sound
financial policy and is opposed to un-
limited silver coinage. He has pub
licly expressed these vie Ss. In cour-
ageously taking stand on the silver
question, Mr.. Cleveland has-if we are
to believe the iree-silver advocates
again ruined his political prospects.
The party that Mr.. Cleveland repre-.
sents is sponsor for the radical silver
measures in Congress. 1t is not what
Mr.. Cleveland may privately hold to be
right that troubles these silver Demo.
Gratis. 1t is rather the fact that the
States where the silver crazo is most
rampant may fail to rally to the Cleve.
land standard, thus spelling the pros
poets Of the party's m nst available
candidate.
Divested OF its political significance
Mr.. Cleveland's utterance on the silver
question will be accepted by the coun
try at large as timely expression o.
pertinent views on a most important
public question. The ex President will
receive more credit for sincerity and
manliness than il he had lodged tht
issue from purely political motives.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
steel in the South.

Roanoke Times
The opinion Of William Whitwell
one Of the great + glieh iron masters
that with pure fuel Cranberry ores will
make almost perft ct iron, and OF an.
other prominent sitor that Brssemer
steel can also be N de from those ores,
is in part corroborative Of the fixed
opinions he'd by the iron smelters Of
the Southern iron cit
The field OF invention has no certain
limit. What to day is beyond our
range to morrow is in our hand.
Some day, wherever iron is, steel will
bo made. Wherever a clay bank is
aluminium will be produced. We are
only II the beginning of .he age Of
metal. This section has as good cox
ing Goals as there is in the country,
railroads will give us the Cranberry
ores, or the fine Cuban ores, and we
are going to make steel eventually.
In the meanwhile the safest field for
iron deveiopmen has been pointed
out by Sir James Eitsou, who advises
the establishment OF pipe factories,
stove foundries and similar industries
for whose products we have large
and hungry home market.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
AN ATRocIoUs CRIME.
Said to Have Been Perpetrated In
Johnson County.
Knoxville Journal

Knoxville Journal
JOHNSON CITY, Feb. 19.-Meagre
information reached here this morn.
ing from Mountain City, OF the kill.
ing Of a man up in johnson county,
in mountainous locality known at
the Hedge Path place. The only par.
ticllars that could be had were fur
nished by mail boy who arrived in
Mountain City yesterday afternoon,
having passed through tae laurel sec
tiOn where the deed was perpetrated
The name Of the murdered man could
not be ascertained, but he is thought
to have been moonshiner on his way
to market with Illicit spirits, since he
is said to have been killed by the noto-
rous Wright and Porter" gang, whose
business it has been to traffic in wild
cat" liquors,and who has for some time
been the terror OF the mountains OF
johnson county and adjoining coun-
ties Of North Carolina and Southern
Virginia. What purports to be
sketch Of the history OF this desperate
gang, states that at one time they oper-
ated in the mountains OF Kentucky,
but, having moved to johnson county,
the scenes oitheir atrocious work have
been for some time past on the Dor.
ders Of the three States. Last fall one
OF the Porters was shot and wounded
by Deputy Marshal Donnelly, and
was lodged in Jail at Mountain City,
the rest OF the tang came in mob and
took him from the prison. At present
one OF the Porters is imprisoned at
Boone, NC. Repeated threats have
been made by the gang to rescue him
Meanwhile Sheriff Beard, OF Watau
ga county, has been on his guard, and
a force OF men have been deputized
by him for their capture.
To man living up there, it looks
like wild and woody times. An en-
counter with the desperate men is an.
ticipated, and it is said that the "Win-
chesters" are lavish.
The murdered man is supposed to
have refused to give up his moonshine
spirits on demand OF the gang, where.
upon he was shot to death and left by
the roadside, while his liquors went
to increase the fund Of his desperate
slayers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
VOL. VII.
THE LITTLE WIZARD WINS.
The Richmond Terminal Seems
To Have freed the Penn
sylvanla Company.

New York, Feb 1S.--The Herald
says 1t looks as il the Richmond Ter.
minal Company has treed the Penn
sylvania Company. The latter for
many years has given the Terminal
very poor freight aud passenger con
nections. 1t established through pas
eenger trains from New York to the
South with the Atlantic coast line OF
railroads as well as quick freight lines
but steadily omitted to offer any such
service to the Richmond & Danville,
the Northeastern link OF the Terminal
chain. The Little Wizard and John H
1nman put their heads together few
weeks ago and told the Pennsylvania
people that il they did not care to trade
with the Terminal they guessed the
Baltimore & Ohio would. This open
ed the eyes Of the Pennyslvania folks
and they saw fitting across the land
scape the awful phantom OF the Bal
timore & Ohio road and Terminal sys-
TEN welded into one. ce.President
Frank Thompson, of the Pennyslvania,
at once had a conference with the
Little Wizard and John H. Inman, at
which he learned what the Terminal
wanted. The Wizard does not gener-
ally hesitate to reach out for what.
ever is in sight and on this occasion
he was not bit modest IN defining
his wishes.
The Terminal, these gentlemen de-
clared, must have through service
from Jersey City to the Richmond 4
Danville tracks in Washington, so ~
to run its own Pullman vestibule trains
right through from here to Atlanta
and New Orleans. This right lis given
to the Atlantic Coast liue, and the
Terminal would not accept anything
less.
The Terminal demanded fast freight
trains run on the Pennsylvania in
connection with its own freigh 80
that peril liable goods might be taken
through from the section which its
roads cover to the East. These trains
are now run over the Atlantic coast
line and the Terminal WAS going to
have them, too.
Vice President Thompson, Of the
Penn. slvania Road, had an important
conference with President John II.
Inman, OF the Terminsl, yesterday.
The discussion WAS not lengthy, but
it w's understood that the upshot VI
II was complete reconciliation Of the
differences between the To grest rail
roads
Arrangements will 70 into effect as
soon az they can be perfected for Tho
running Of the vtstibue trains from
Jersey City, and the freight service
will he ended to suit Mr.. Inman
just as quickly Ms the managers OF the
roads can get the details.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
Watterson and Hill.

The following, from the New York
Herald, is heartily endorsed by The
COMET:
Governor Hill processes to regard
Henry Watterson's letter as an "in-
snlting and impertinent commun'ca-
ton" and he pronounces it "a silly
and impudent forgery"
Mr.. Watterson, hewever, admits
the authenticity OF the letter and de-
clares that he wrote II in good faith.
He is gentleman BY birth and ed
,ucation, and would be incapable of
offering deliberate offense to any
'one.
The letter Ia q man TO man talk,
not a man TO woman talk: 1t lacks
diplomacy, but is by no means want
ing in facts. II contains candid,
frank, rather blunt statement OF the
case as it lies in the writer's mind. He
is a man OF the world, a man of bus
mess, wastes no time in polite phrases.
but goes at the matter in the most
direct way, hitting from the shoulder
in his customary fashion.
Natterson puts the case very clear.
lyand pungently declaring thatii Hill
and Cleveland can be persuaded to
stop quarreling the victory Of the
Democratic party will be assured in
'92, and the former will succeed the
later in '96 He believes, however,
that Hill can defeat the election OF
Cleveland, in which case he will throw
the victory into the hands OF the Re-
publlcans and prepare for himself "a
stormy future"
Gov, Hill should not thirst for re-
venge, as our Albany correspondent
says he does, Mr.. Wattersoh has told
him the plain, cold, hard fistAd truth,
and In plain, cold, lard. listed style,
The Governor is not an idol to be ap
preached with awe and the swinging
Of censers he is simply q wi e pulling
politician, Who ia raising earth, heaven
and sheol TO get to the Presidency, II
is not necessary that he should be ad
dressed in periumed phrases. nor ia he
so sensitive that he need &C into hys
terics because an influential Democrat
with . national reputation describei
in brusque language tie exact Mtua
ton.
The important question 10 mol
whether WAttersoR's letter is "a polite
az it might be, but whether David B
Hill will ponder the sound advice i
contains.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
1t Works Wonders.

The toni and Alternative properties
of s. S. s. are now widely known, and
it ENJOYS wonderful popularity as a
spring medicine. 1t is as perfectly
adapted to the delicate system Of h lit
tie child as it is to that Of the adult. 1t
works wonders on those who use it as
8 tonic, an Alternative, and as a blood
purifier. Itgives health, strength aAd
heartiness to the sick and the feeble
It is adapted to the very young and
the very old. 1t revives, renews nd
builds up the feeble or the broken
down system
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
CHARLES H. SIMoNToN,
United States Jupge.
Inspired by the Surroundings.

The Knoxville Tribune having ex-
C simed, Let no man say that he has
reen the world until he hss beheld the
wonders and beauties of Frat Tennes
see," the Clarksvile Tobacco Leaf in
timaied that Editor Tatom had spent
q night in Perez Dickinson's hay
stack. and warded him that he had
not yet reached heaven, whereupon
Mr. Tatom's quill yields to the follow.
ing dictation Of his fertile brain.
All, yea. 'Tis true we have not yet
reached heaven, hut in the language
Of the revival song, Were on the
way. Knoxville, dear brother, is
much nearer heaven than Clafksville
The one is not s0 very far from the
pesrly portals while the other is stu
ated way down the shadowy grounds
Of sorrow, where the tobacco worm 20
eth about seeking whom it may de-
your, and the mold is on the leaf
Come hither, 0 Ingram, II thou
wouldst behold land where balmy
breeSes ever SO tly blow; where the
fragrance OF the wild honeysuckle
mingles with the odor OF the modest
violet where the ozone is an inspira
ton, the landscape poem and the
cenery song; where the mountains
hold the skies in loving embrace and
kiss the "serene and shining stars
with dewy lips. Perhaps you may
think that mountains do not have lipi
but that's because you dwell among
the mole hills and the Cumberland
marshes. Eevry mountain has foot
which, like Jerry Simpson, is sockless
and the East Tennessee mountains
have lips that with mute eloquenc,
inspire to nobler and better thoughts
such as we fear the Tobacco-Lea
philosopher will never know SO long
as he fingers in land which depends
on the fire fly for its light and the
jug for its inspiration.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
Happy HoosIers.

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida
vile, Ind, writes Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feel.
ing arising from Kidney and Liver
trouble" John Leslie, farmer and
stockman, Of same place, says Find
Electric Bitters to be the best Kidney
and Liver medicine, made me feel like
a new man" J. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Bitters is just the thing for man
who is all run down and don't care
whether he lives or dies; he found
new strength, good appetite and felt
just like he had q new lease on life.
Only SO cents bottle, at Mcfarland
& Co.'s Drugstore.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

Takes 900 people to buy DR.. sage's
Catarrh Remedy, at so cents bottle,
to make up $500. One failure to cure
would take the profit from 1000 sales
Its makers profess to cure "cold in the
head,' and even chronic catarrh, and
II they fail they pay $500 for their
over.coDfdence.
Not in newspaper words, but in hard
cash. Think OF what confidence it
take to put that in the papers--and
mean it.
lts makers believe in the remedy.
Isn't il worth triaIH Isn't any trial
preferable to catarrhf
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
THE THREE c's RAILROAD.
Decision of Judge Slmonton at
Oreenevllle in Regard to
Certain Bonds.

GREENEvILLE, Feb. 5.-Judge Sim
Onton to-day signed the following Or
der, which is Of interest to persons
interested in the Three ca Road;
Unit. d States Circuit Court, District
Of South Csrolina-The Finance
Company, Of Pennyslvania, com
plainant in equity, against the
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad company and other dc.
PENDANTS.
On motion Of Samuel Lord, COM
plainAnts solicitor, it is ordered that
all persons claiming to hold bends OF
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chica-
20 Railroad, secured by the mortgage
described in the complaint, do come
in and present their bonds for proof
before the clerk of the court, and that
the clerk do advertise for said bond
holders in one newspaper in the city
Of Boston and Cne in the city Of Phila-
delpbia once q week for six weeks.
1t shall be the duty ofthe clerk to re.
ceive prOOisIof such bonds at the places
designated in such notice, either in
cities OF Charleston or Boston or Phil.
adelphia. and to record the bonds so
presented for proof before him and to
report the same this court indicating
the number, date, amount and charac
ter Of said bonds, and in case the val
idity of any bonds so presented is dis
puted, said clerk shall forthwith re-
port that number, character and
amount OF such bond to the special
Master hereinafter named, who shall
take testimony for and against the
validity Of the same and report such
testimony to me.
at il further ordered that G. w.
D:ngle be appointed special Master in
this care and that he take all testl
mony upon all the issues herein and
and report The same to this court. All
references TO take testimony TO he
closed on or before rules day in May
next"
CHARLES H. SIMoNToN,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

II We can persuade Europe to join
US, accept our silver dollar at par with
gold, then we have q clear right Of
way, there 10 no obstacl in our way
and We can push right ahead. But as
long as Europe insists on being paid
in gold alone, SO long win gold be
shipped abroad and the eighty cent
dollar remain at home for us TO DO
business within. Y. Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
How Degan, the American Patient.
Was Treated by Or. Koch.

The leading pictorial features in
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,
both English and German editions,
for the week ending February 2lst
are fine page potrsit OF Gen. Sher.
man, page illustration of Sarah
Bernha dt in her great character OF
Cleopatra" ano. her page Of sketches
Of notable dogs at the great Bench
Show, New York, from February 22nd
to 25th, and page depicting the treat
ment Of the patient Of Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, by DR.. Koch,
in the Augusta Hospital. Berlin. The
leading editorial contribution is by
DR.. Henry D. Chaplin. who writes on
"The Sanitary Defects of our Public
Schools" 1t is a very interesting pa
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

After all, the mld agencies are the
best. Perhaps they work mere slowly,
but they work surely, DR.. P,erce's
Pleasant Pellets are an active agency
but quiet and mild. They're sugar
coated, easy to take, never shock mol
derange the system and half ther pow
or 10 the mild way in which their work
is done. Smallest, cheapest, easiest &c
take. One dose. twenty-five cents
vial OF ell druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

A printer put penny in the slot Of
q machine which was intended to
prove a mans striking power. He
then punched the pad which was pre-
sented TO receive the blow, but the
spring didn't work, bis wrist was
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
WATAUGA BANK.
DIRECTORS.

Judge John z, Smith, Z. II. West, G
Z, Gsss, John Sanders, A. B. Bowman,
Jas, A. Martin. JAS +. Crumley, Will
Harr, w. p, DUNCAN, Geo. D. Taylor
G. X, l.ide, Isaac Harr.
We have the largest paid-up capital OF any
Bank In the city Our stockholders are among
hebest men Of Washington and Carter counties.
We do u conservative banking Business in all
It's branches aud all business entrusted to US
will be faithfully and promptly transacted,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

We're talking case of serious Illness. due TO
neglected G Id and rapidly going into Con-
sumption, VIII ch was promptly cured by Pan.
Tina Cough and Consumption Cure. Price q
and 50 cents. Trial bottles free.
Experience has shown sufferers with Dyapep.
diseases arising from disordered system, that
nothing quals Or. Lee'a Liver Regulator for
these troubles. Trial bottles free q. AeFafiand
A Col Drug ore.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

Shorthand impairs the intellect by
superinducing, in some occult way,
sort Of atrophy of the memory. Con-
sequently shorthand has never been
systematically cultivated by Ameri.
can newspaper reporters
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26
WHOLE NO. 357.
The Witness Dead.

We could prove that Billy Patterson was never
struck Al all
That pension AGENTS, as class, have very little
gall;
That Charley Ros never lost that Kemm.
lers living still
And that everybody tiekled with MeKinley's
little bill.
We could back up Greely's prophecies, and
prove he owned the weather;
That Sitting Bull is still intact and hasn't lost
feather
That DR., Xochs discovery has never failed to
cure
And that New Years resolutions twelvemonth
viii endure
We could prove all this beyond a doubt, and
other things beside,
II old Bill Jones we're liying-what pity that
he died
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

The Danville and East Tennessee e
Railroad Co have asked the city Of
Danville for an extension of time,
They say "We do not ask any change
at all in the conditions and terms i'm.
posed by the subscription already
voted and made respectively on Octo.
Der 10, 1889, and ---, except
that the consent Of the city OF Dan.
vile be given to extend the time for
the completion Of the road to Ma i.
son, N. c., or to extend the time for
the construction Of fifty additional
miles ai new read from July /, 1898,
10 July /. 1894, leaving the whole line
from Danvile 10 Bristol to be COM
pleted as already prescribed, by Jan. l,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

The skeleton in mans closet is
usually some other man. and the skel
etOn in = wOman's closet Is usually
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-26

New York is ahead Of all other
cities, il individual riches running up
into seven or more figures is meant.
1t is said that New York has over
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-08-13

zsrom of vulgar gossip was to the wife
an offense never to be condoned.
Nowhere does the scandal monger so
flourish, and nowhere is he so merciles9
In his condemnations, as in those frontier
communities, where the untrammeled
condition of society in its early days has
served up so much highly spiced scandal
as to have developed morbid insatiate
appetite for that sort of pabulum. In
sensibly, as he listens, the purest minded
grows to regard his neighbor with skep-
teal eyes, feeling that to give to anybody
the benefit of doubt is the part Of
charity rather than sound sense. People
will have something to talk about, nor,
so long as they are amused, are they dis
posed to trouble themselves with any too
painstaldng discrimination between facts
and fiction. Cui bono? A lie may be
but the truth disguised, and surely peo-
pie would be driven to sore extremity
for talk if every black imp of scandal
must be stripped of its domino of ingen-
ious fabrication. And thus, with all the