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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13
The outlook Bright,

The prospect for better business
generally is becoming more apparent
every day. The recent rise in the
price OF cotton has made the outlook
much brighter in the South, and there
is good reason to hope that the South's
great staple will advance before the
season is over at least cent a pound
more.
We would advise the farmers to sell,
no yever, on each advance, and as soon
as the cotton is ginned. Cotton that
is baled and weighed before frost falls
on it, or what is known as green cot
ton, loses twenty pounds per bale, if
stored six months. The crop to hold,
if any is held, isthe last picking after
frost There is not so much in it.
A man who owes money never makes
anything by holding his crop and pay
ing interest. Besides the loss in weight
the holder loses the interest on the
money the cotton would sell for, and
the interest ON the money he owes is
growing day and eight
The outlook in real estate in Georgia
is better than 1t was six months ago.
In Atlanta there is decided improve
ment and We look for one Of the live
lest trades in Atlanta real estate next
spring we have had for years. Already
several large investments are recorded
in our clty,by foreign investors. Those
who want to invest will have no better
time to do 80 than at present
| The causes that have led to the res
toration Of public confidence is the
| fact that business men see that large
majority Of the people do not endorse
the wild, visionary and communistic
principles that have been so promi-
nently discussed before the public dur
ing the past twelve months. The
prospects OF change in national pol
I itics and the complete overthrow OF
the false doctrines incorporated in the
Mckinley bill is having its effect. The
whole people are not going to longer
permit part to use the power OF the
government to- make one class rich
while all other classes have to bear the
burdens. The prospect also that there
! is to be change in our financial sys-
+ tenn is better than it has been since the
war. When these facts are all realized
we will have an era of prosperity new
!. er equaled in the history of this coun'
try.
Cleveland's administration -four
y years ago marked the best four years
$ of improvement ever recorded in the
: United States. The four years under
d President Harrison have never beer
a equaled for hard times except by the
;, four years following 1878, when thu
/. Republicans, who had defeated Gree
e ley and who thought that they were
: : forever entrenched in power, gave
free rein to all the legislation that re
e. suited in Black Friday, and the wors
y panic that ever afflicted any land.
Our people must not forget the No
vember elections.-Atlanta Constitu
> ton.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13

"such taxes, representing a dimunition OF
the property rights ofthe people, are only justi-
fable when laid and collected for the purpose
of maintaining our Government and furnish
ing the means for the accomplishment of its le-
gitimate purposes and functions. MIR. Cleve
and's Letter OF Acceptance,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13

Ny record as public servant leaves no ex'
case fer misunderstanding my beliefs and posi-
ton ~ the questions which are now presented
q the voters of the land for their decision, =
Mt Cleveland's Letter of Acceptance
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13
Miss Margaret McNutt.
Shorthand TypeWriting School.

Terms very moderate Pernins (penclD sy:
tenn is the system taught, aud owing to its sim,
plicity can easily be acquired in from two 10
fonr month"; Regular rate $4,000; my terms
until further notice. 5000
A night class viii be formed for he benefit of
young men 81 ;graphic and copying work
specially. For rther particulars apply at
room A, Second floor OF Harr.Durrow Building
IOl y City, Tenn. 266-tf
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13

''we feel the burden OF these tariff taxes too
palpably to be persuaded by any sophistry that
they do not exist, OF are paid by foreigners y
Is CleYeland's Letter OF Acceptance
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13

Mcfarland & Co, are exclusive
agents in the city OF the Fiddle
and Bow" cigar.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13

EAST TENNEesEE. VIRGINIA & GRoRGiA
in Eject Sunday, July II (. 1922
Trains Leave Johnson City for KNoxvill, fleve.
land and Chattanooga IA follows:
No. No. 2 No
Lv johnson City 2:52p.m l2:29a.m 1910 pm
Trains for Briatol aud Points East Leave John.
son City as follows:
Mo- No No a
Lv Johnson City 2:l2pm 5;ly4.rn 6:40p.m
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13
N ! = !: w Aarfo|k:Hes tsrnRR.
LEAVE BRISTOL

SCHEDULE IN EFFEoT july II, 1892
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-13

Denotes trains stop only on SIGNAL
! Denotes trains do not stop for passengers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
THE WOMAN IN BLACK.
Strange Adventure of Brooklyn
Citizen With a Mysterious Woman.
Fron, the BROOKLYN EdoIe.

Strange Adventure of a Brooklyn
Citizen With a Mysterious Woman.
From the BROOKLYN EaqIe.
The arrest In Montague street last week
of man who was playing the amateur de.
tective with false whiskers has melted one
of the force to tall little story that never
was made public. Two or three years ago
steady-going mercantile man of social
position and some worldly possessions in the
Twentieth ward became annoyed by a
woman who followed him every night he
ventured away from home. She was always
dressed in deep mourning and wore thick
Grape veil which concealed her face.
No matter where he went he found the
woman shadowing his footsteps, but always
at distance Of several yards in the rear or
across the street. If he took refuge in an
elevated car she would manage to squeeze
into the car close behind or ahead Of the one
he entered.
At last he began to dread the woman in
black every night when he went out doors
and after leaving his house he often stood
on a neighboring corner and waited in dread
for her to appear. 1t made no difference
what sort of weather might be on hand the
woman in black got there all the same And
the annoyance went on for a month or more
before the man spoke Of it to the police and
asked for advice.
Then detective was employed to shadow
the woman. The climax came the second
night, and proved a surprise to all con-
cerned. 1t had been arranged by the de-
tective that the man should walk slo WY
down Lafayette avenue and draw the
woman on after him. The detective fol-
lowed her. When the man came to the
corner just where there Is grocery store
and a good deal Of light shed on the side
walk he paused, as If hesitating whether he
would enter, and turned around and pre-
tended to be searching for a street humber.
Without further hesitation the man walked
rapidly toward her. and at the same time
the detective came up from the opposite
direction.
"Officer," said the man savagely, "arrest
that woman. ! have complaint to make
against her." The woman made jump for
the street and tried to escape, but thsy held
her. Then she screeched and pulled the
black veil from her face. She was the mans
wife. Not an hour before he had left her at
home in the most amiable mood.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
MODEST DEMANDS ON GOULD.
one Crank Asks for Three Million ant
One for Ten Thousand.

One Crank Asks for Three Million and
Que for Ten Thousand.
From the Neto York Times.
George Gould. the son Of Jay Gould, has
lately been showing, with considerable
amusement, letter which his father re-
celVed short time ago. 1t read as follows:
SRI have lost all my money at gambling,
ono am in debt everywhere | go.
gu are rich. am poor. You can very easy
seua me S3.0O0.000 1t is a small amount in
Your hands.
4, wrap the money in a small package and send
X"o JACOB b.
Care of T. Phillips. lO7 Bowery.
AT the bottom of the letter is rudely-
& bones.
Ihere is no 1T. Phillips" employed in the
furniture store at 107 Bowery, but the ship
M pug clerk of the establishment is young
Slan named Philip Dembo. This young
1an Yesterday told reporter for the Times
suas about month ago he waited upon a
psmewhat eccentric customer named Jacob
DauIn, who purchased aud paid cash for a
sooo-sized bill of goods. The man had been
sosVn mended by mutual friend TO trans
AZ Ills business with Dembo, but the latter
sad never seen Jacob Baum before and has
"GS seen him since.
me address OF Jacob Baum, whom young
~ enoo regarded as a very. erratic individ-
S Soh Is given on the books Of the furniture
use as 1873 Third avenue, Brooklyn, but
~uen reporter called there last night there
vas no Jacob Baum there.
az irregular intervals during the past few
sa eeS X, alexander Mcconnell, the florist at
o aD rltth avenue, has been receiving postal
so atus addressed TO "Mr. Jay Gould" in fiery
40 INK, each containing demand for &c.
D vOOtd threat 10 shoot Mr.. Gould dead IL the
vo',.,aaey was not forthcoming. The postals are
,h'uont signatures. Mr.. Mcdonnell said
G ,,as inc sender evidently did not know Mr..
syou address, which was $40 Fifth
eo, 1,ue. lie could not say whether he
Jtalu inform the police or send the threat
'"Ds postals 10 Mr.. Gould.
VIII a record lie elmmon. Li,er R.ru.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
NAKED DIRK IN HER BsLr.
Brokers Excited Over the Action of a
Woman Crank.
From the New York Press.

0rOkorS B4ClCeO over Jub ACTON OF q
Woman Crank.
From the Neto York Press.
One of the visitors to the gallery of the
stock exchange yesterday afternoon, a
woman. precipitated sensation among the
brokers which outstrippsd the vortex of
Black Friday for the few Minutes it lasted.
She carried an alligator bag, and on enter
ing went upstairs, evidently with the in
tention Of viewing the animated below from
the visitors balcony. On reaching there
the woman surprised every one near her by
sticking it In a belt that encircled her waist
and posing like modern Borgia.
The reverie was interrupted In few
minutes by messenger, who politely asked
her to step downstairs.
why, certainly, young man, !" she said
quietly, going with the messenger down
stairs. There one of the attendants mildly
ventured an attempt to push the big SWING
ing door open that the lady might more
easily make her exit TO the street. With a
Taught wave of her hand she thrust him
aside. Raising a dainty patent leather
covered foot and exhibiting modest guam
tity OF stocking, she kicked the door full
length ajar. She then cooliy walked up
Wall street. 30 the astonishment Of a num-
Der OF brokers who were taking Ia the scene
10 dumb amazement on the steps.
'HM prize nghterr exclaimed tie pugllIst
In tones o. scorn. IVY, j can lick i'm wit both
jaws tied. '-fndfandDOls Journal.
Hon scHooL TExcHER-why do comedies
always end witifA mafriage" fH
Pupn,-Iiecaaso that u shsfs the tragedy be-
glnss~~Le Figaro, r.ts. ..I NJ Ii.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
A prison-Door Romance.
From the Louisville courier-Journal.


At the door of the prison in Jacksonville
yesterday morning bridal trip ended. The
bridegroom kissed his fair bride good-by
and went in to begin two years sentence
as a convict The parting was an affecting
one. William Fitch resided on a farm near
Shoals, Martin county, Indiana, and Susie
Curren, his sweetheart, lived near Loog
They were engaged to be married. but the
wedding had been postponed several times
because the necessary money could not be
raised. Fitch committed robbery to OBJ
tain come money and was arrested. He
was given two years In the prison. Just
before the sheriff was ready 10 start with
Fitch and Grant Hamilton. another convict,
Saturday, Miss Curren called at the Jail
and was married to Fitch. The young bride
accompanied her husband down 70 Jeffer-
sonvilIe, where be is spending his part OF
the honeymoon 10 felon's cell She re-
turned last night 10 Loogootee, after prom
ising him 10 remain faithful and await his
return two years hence. She is said 20 be
the daughter Of farmer Ia good clrcum-
stances. W
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
ARRESTED Foa Perjury.
The Agent of Law and Order Leagu
in Trouble.

in Trouble.
PIrTsBURG. Pa. March 7.-Robsrt Nc
Clure. agent Of the Law and Order League,
who has been waging war on the newsdeal-
ers. carriers and newsboys for selling news
papers on Sunday, was arrested to-day for
willful and corrupt perjury. and gave bail
in the sum OF $1,000 for a hear
ing on Thursday. Last Thursday Mr.. Nc
Clure swore positively that he purchased a
copy OF the Pittsburg Press at 7:20 O'Clock
Sunday morning, Feb. %, from James II.
Sharp, South Side newsdealer. Mr.. Sharp
went on the stand and testified that he did
not sell papers that day and at the hour
named he was eating breakfast. Notwith-
standing this Mr.. Sharp was fined the usual
s25 and costs by Alderman Robe. Mr.
Sharp claims he has evidence that will
convict Agent Mcclure The penalty is
$500 fine and imprisonment not exceeding
seven years. At the hearing, Agent Nc
Clure stated that IL was his intention to go
after the newspaper proprietors next for
violating the Sabbath day, and that infor-
nations against Sunday newspapers would
probably be made in few days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
eOTHAM's DREAD INVADER.
Five More Gases of Typhus Fever
Develop.

Five More Gases of Typhus Fever
Develop.
NEW YORK. March policeman Ed
ward Whalen Of the sanitary squad is suf-
fering from typhus fever. Two more cases
of typhus fever were discovered this ater-
noon in the Phoenix hotel, a lodging house.
The victims are Herman Kline, q
painter, 81 years old. and Alexander Neblo
20 years old. q bookkeeper. Another case
of typhus fever was discovered at No. 13
Vestry street. The patient is Mrs. Caroline
Melee. AZ years old. Max Tischke, Ger
man, "a years old, lodged air So Bowery
until three days ago, when he was taken
sick and sent to the hospital. To-day he
developed typhus fever and was quaran-
tinad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
SUIT OF MRS. DAVIS,
She Asks Damages From the Belfor
Publishing Company.

She Asks Damages From the Belford
Publishing Company.
New YORK, March Mrs. Varina JEFF
ferson Davis commenced suit in the United
States court of this city to-day against
Robert Belford and the Bedford company.
Mrs Davis, who is the widow of the ex-
president of the oonfederacy, alleges
breach OF contract on the defendants
part. On March 4, 1890, she con-
tracted with Robert Bedford for
the sale of her memoirs of her
husband; royalties to the amount of 81, 900
were due her IN September last, but were
not paid, notwithstanding the Bedford
company continued the sale OF her book and
desired to transfer the rights of publication
to the United States Book Company. Mrs.
DAVIS asks for annulment of the contract
aud adequate compensation ofor che breach
thereof.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
CHICAGo,s wIGwAM.

It VIII Be Box With Holes in II and
Room for $1,000.
CHICAGO, March THE plans Of the
wigwam. to accommodate the democratic
national convention, were finally adopted
by the local committee OF arrangements to-
day and forwarded to the national commit
tee for approval. With the boxes contem-
plated. and little crowding. the hall would
from tage on Michigan avenue is $50
feet and the depth $50 feet. In
exterior appearance the wigwa m will be
simply big box of bright lumber with a
few holes ia 1t. but the interior arrange
ments are declared to be admirable. It is
expected that the hall will be built and
ready to receive its interior decorations by
June l.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
AN OIL MILL BURNED.
The Total Loss $4,000 and the Insur
apcs $4,000.

The Total Loss $4,000 ana the lnsur-
apcs $50, 1000.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, March IA spe-
cial from Rock Hill, s. c., to the Daily
NetOs says: THE Cochrane cotton seed
oil mill and fertilizer works were burned
last night The plant was valued at $780,
600. The Rock Hill Cotton Seed Oil Com
pany, from whom the Cochrane company
leased the plant. lose sS5. 900 Of the above.
Besides the machinery, the Coehrane COM
pany lose stock on hand valued at SIS. 600.
The latter less includes $50 barrels Of oil,
1000 tons OF seed, so bales OF lint cotton,
1000 bales of fiber. IS tons Of cake
and 10 tons Of meal. The insurance. is
$50, 900, $4,000 on the plant and $S2, 900 on
the machinery and stock. The fire origi-
mated in the seed warehouse.and soon spread
to the main building. Its origin is not
known, but it is supposed to have been
spontaneous combustion. II is not vet
known whether the mill will be rebuilt.
The company employed about eighty hands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
South African Editors Mauled.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

The disparaging article on "The Dead
Duke" in the johannesburg Star appears to
have caused extraordinary excitement.
There have been street riots, window
smashings, indignation meetings. and even
pulpit references. Mr.. Dormer, the editor,
(who did not write the article.) has been
mobbed and badly mauled, while the SUBJ
editor (who did write it, has found the
Transvaal too hot to hide him and has left
the country. A copy Of the offending
article is before US. 1t is in very bad taste,
but hardly so offensive as the above mem
toned demonstrations would lead one to
exDect
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
1t is Not What we Say,

But what Hoods Sarsaparilla does. that
makes it sell, and has given it such firm
and lasting hold upon the confidence of the
people. The voluntary statements of
thousands Of people prove beyond question
that this preparation possesses wonderful
medicinal power.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
Admiral Semnes, Widow Deaa

MOBILE, ALA. March Mrs. Annie E.
Semmes, the widow of the late Admiral
Raphael Semmes. commander of the con-
federate cruiser Alabama, died at her home
in this city to-day, in her 74th year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08

c. A. Thompson, Seymour. Ind, writes:
"My sister Jennie, when she was young
girl, suffered from white swelling, which
greatly impaired her general health and
made her blood very impure. In the spring
she was not able to do anything and could
scarcely get about. More than year ago
she took three bottles of Botanic Blood
Balm, and now she is perfectly cured. "-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
RESOURCES.
LIABILITIES.

STATE OF
Subscribed m o March, ~
Sgedl ABRAHAMs, Notary Public
wv i ETT5TTTdTsNasOS Director"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08

Hoods Pills cure constipation by restoring
the peristaltic action of the alimentary
canal They are the best family cathartic
Adj
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08
A Fight Declared OF.

NEW ORLEANS, March THE Corbett-
ChoyneskI fight has been declared Off and
the forfeit money Withdrawn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08

Do not waste your time on doctors when
your liver is diseased Take Simmons Liver
Regulator
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08

n record like simmons Liver hsKu-
ana ana, al sheeid use it for the liver, kidneys
ana boNels-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08

Nothing equals Ayers Sarsaparilla for
purifying the blood, and as spring medi-
cine.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-08

Eighteen new mills, representing 1885,
600 spindles, are in course of erection in
Lancashire. Notwithstanding the depression
in the spinning trade, we now have over
As 900, 600 sDindles on cotton alone, chiefly
in Lancashire, and if mills are to be built as
rapidly in the future as In the past the con-
sumption may very rapidly overtake the
production of raw material required to feed
these myriads of hungry spindies."
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-17
THE GERRYMANDER.
HOW A WELL KNOWN POLITICAL
TERM WAS COINED.

IL Is Eighty Years Since the Word Was
First Used, but the Practice 1t De-
scribes Is sim Young and Popular with
the Various Parties.
Elbridge Gerry c. hard, as in Carry
was a patriot and a statesman. a sis. er
Of the immortal declaration and the in
ventor and sponsor Of the "gerryman-
der He was governor OF Massachu-
sets in 1912, and his party majority was
dangerously small in the legislature, so
he cut Essex county into two districts in
a way the Federalists despised. A wit
said it looked like a salamander. "Say
rather Gerrymander," said another,
and the word was born.
Webster recognizes it and defines it as
popularity understood. Governor Gerry
that same year Of 1879 was elected to
the vice presidency on the ticket with
James Madison, and in 1914 died suddenly
in his carriage in Washington city. But
the gerrymander still lives, though the
rcent decisions Of the eupreine court Of
Michigan lay down legal principles
which promise to make an end Of it as
soon rs they can be applied elsewhere.
For several years after Gerry's perform
ance little was heard Of the practice,
but since the larger states became polit-
ically close and luctuating it has flour
ished amazingly.
Ohio presents n beautiful field for the
manipulation. The curious way in which
a line of counties ruled by one party
runs across the state, while line of OPP
posite politics runs parallel or nearly so,
makes it possible to cut one way and
make two-thirds Of the districts Demo
cratic, or the other way and make two
thirds Republican-all on the same vote.
The result has been that for the last
twenty years or so the states delegation
in congress was often of opposite poll
tics to the stare generally.