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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03
Mr.. Harrlson,a Cant.

The letter of ex-Prceident Harrison
to the Republican Club Convention
simply showed his blind persistence in
tie Bourbonish belief that the people
can be fooled at any time.
Mr.. Harrison wrote, with the true
Pecksniflian twang:
81 think I may add, without trans
crossing the prophecies, that there is
nothing in the present business situs-
ton tc suggest any great gain to the
country as the result of the insugura-
ton of Democratic policies"
The ex-President, OF course, knows
that there has been no time for "the
inauguration of Democratic policies,
except in the executive Office. We are
living and business is suffering under
the laws passed and the conditions Gre
ated and bequeathed by the Republi-
can party, with Mr.. Harrison's active
assistance.
Was confidence impaired by our loss
Of Treasury gold? Mr.. Harrison re-
ceived from the Democratic admins
tration nearly $100,000,000 above the
legal reserve, and lost it all.
Have gold exports weakened the
finances of the country? Under Mr.
Harrison's Administration there was
a net loss to the country Of $4,000
900 Have the compuls Dry purchase
of silver bullion on falling market
and the issuing of Treasury notes re
deemable in gold alarmed foreign in
vestors and paralyzed credit here? Thil
has been done under Republican
law signed by Mr.. Harrison.
Has the wrecking of trusts added t
financial distress and business uncer
taintyY The trusts were fostered b,
Republican laws and enjoyed immu
nifty under Mr.. Harrison's Attorney
| General.
| 1t will be time enough to talk of th
failure of "Demo ratio policies" whel
they have been put into law and tried
lUp to the present moment the onl
practicable Democratic policy ha
been to stop the holes made in tn
ship OF state by the scuttlers who wer
driven out on the 4th of March. Me-
York World.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

AN ATTEMPT was made to make it
appear that the acting director Of the
mint had done something extraordina-
ry in refusing to pay more than the
London price Tor silver bullion and
there was for awhile lot Of wild talk
about bringing "the usurpation OF au-
thority" to the attention of Congress,
INDUCED in mostly by Republicans
who didn't care rap about silver but
thought they saw in the incident an
opportunity to embarass the admins.
tration. The talk was stopped as sud
denly as it began, for little investiga
ton brought out the fact that in 1875
when John Sherman was Secretary O
the Treasury and under the Blanc
act, then just gone into effect, wal
compelled to buy 100000 worth o
silver a month, for coinage, he no
only refused to pay more than tn,
London price, but when American
holders OF silver refused to sell at tina
price, he actually bought more thai
100000 worth of silver in Londol
and had it shipped to the Philade
: phia mint.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

COMMISSIONER LoCHREN isn't wor-
rying over th@fuss that is being made
because of the suspension OF Justice
Charles D. Long, of the Supreme
Court of Michigan. He says he has
no apology to make and that Judge
Long in making application for his
pension alleged that he was totally
helpless, and that he is now drawing
a salary of $1,000 year, which shows
that he is long ways from being to.
tally helpless, and that the case is {
proper one for investigation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03
1t Is Impossible

To see all those who should be sub
scribers to THE COMET, and we have
decided to send it to them regardless
of that fact. If you do not wish to re-
ceive it, and so notify us at once, it
will be discontinued. Otherwise you
will receive it regularly and be called
upon at the close of the year for the
small fee OF $100, which we accept
from our friends as an inducement tC
continue publishing the paper.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03
Tho Crying Need.

Next year Tennessee will elect a
Governor, members Of Congress, mem
bers of the Legislature, judges Of all
the courts, justices of the peace, school
commissioners, etc, There will be q
new deal all around. OF these, the peo-
Pile should devote the most attention
to securing intelligent, honest and
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

courageous members ofthe Legislature
AS things have usually gone, we are
pretty sure to gets fair lot Of men to |
fill the other places, but we have been
most unfortunate for several years in
the composition of our General Assem-
bly,. All the endorsements under
which the State now labors are due to
ineiiciency of its legislators. The pco
pie themselves are largely to blame for
this condition of affairs. They have de-
voted too much consideration, proper
tionately, to the other Offices, and per-
mitted the legislative seats to be taken
by ambitious young men who wish to
attend parliamentary school, by ak
grinders and fossils. Asa consequence,
extra sessions have been necessary to
undo the harm wrought in regular ses-
sion, the most oppressive and absurd
laws have been passed and reforms
demanded by the suffering people neg.
lected. The constitution, itself hand
: leap to the progress Of the State, needs
3 revision, as does the criminal code
i The State will not get on as it should
until the people shall send to the Gen
/ eralAssembly men who have some com
J, prehenion as to the needs of the coun
s try and who will not bs swayed fron
u their duty to the State by the LOBBY
n This is the great, essential, radical re-
g form demanded in the interest OF thu
l. general welfare, 1t does little good t.
a. elect men of character and ability t
. executive position, when the laws the
ot are required to enforce are destructiv
ID to the well. being OF the State. 1t
rs now the time to talk about this ma
Of ter, as no candidates for any of the pr
OF sitions have been announced, an
le when the question may therefore b
IN discussed dispassionatelY. surely
at should need no argument to convinC
IN the tax-ridden people that the after
On ton should first be paid to the sele
ell ton Of proper legislative candidate
s Otherwise, the advent of the ne,
General Assembly must be regards
with actual alarm. 1t is not to be e.
a pected the seats shall be filled by stat
mr. smen of the highest order, All that
he required is that the men delegated
as represent the people at Nashville shf
no be men OF common sense and commC
de honesty, who will sedulously endeav
IN. to ascertain and attend to the re
de- wants Of the people-men again
les whom the jobbe1s and fee-hunters mi
I'VE not prevail.-Appeal Avalanche.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

A pETRIFIED woman was sold for $40
at constable's sale Nevada, Mo-, a
few days ago. Well bet dollars to
brass buttons the purchaser was a
widower who believed that burying a
still tonuge showed wise head
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

If Roudabush, who was wounded
in Senator Cameron's home can't tel
why he was shot he ought to shake
abush.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

SECRETARY CARLISLE nailed anoth-
or misstatement when he said that
neither himself or any official Of the
Treasury Department was engaged in
the preparation of a tariff bill, and
that neither he nor the President had
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

SHOT effects in feminine stockings
and fnery seems eminently proper. 1t
is on their account, principally, that
mems clothing are so often effected by
shot.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

SOME natural philosophers say the
lightest whisper must continue to
journey through space forever. Sup
pose lovers secret whispers should be
extracted from space? Yum, yuml
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

ever contemplated such thing.
Treasury officials are preparing infor-
nation on the subject which will be
placed at the disposal OF the House
Committee on Ways and Means when
it begins work on the tariff bill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

ALTHOUGH it is not the proper
thing to leave. the riding habit on
the saddle it doessnot always show bad
form to do so.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

IT is said a dying man may be burn
ed with redhot irons and yet not feel
the least pain. IT the same is true Of
dead men it will not go so hard with
delinquent Subscribers after all,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

A GIRL at Racine, Wis.,, has recov-
cred her speech alter five months ST.
lence. Her ailment was due to &C.
we're cold. We don't know why, but a
married woman is never afflicted like
that.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

Hon. Robt. L. Taylor returned
Tuesday from Washington. He came
loaded with the scalps of the old pen
sion board and the commissions of the
new.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

THE King of Siam has three hun
bred wives. A little war with France
would be a picnic to him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

WITHIN the last fortnight Elizabeth
ton has had one murder and shoot
ing match. Scandal.mongers should
not complain.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

HoKE SMITHS efigy must have got
ten very warm, but not as hot as he is
making it for unworthy pensioners.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

ELIzABETHToN with its fires, muir
ders and trustee sales is no longer
quiet village.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

A duel in France means fun. A
duelin Mexico means funeral. appeal
avalanche.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

SPEAKING OF local currency, what's
the matter with corporation warantsi
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

NATURE works wonders and man
starts side show with them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

If things are not in hell OF a con-
dition why all thele fires?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

THE summer girl is least dangerous
when she is well armed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

EVEN inexpensive riding habits
occasionally come high.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

THAT young equestrians face has at
last resumed its normal color.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03

CONGRESS convenes Monday. Hang
on a little longer and all will be well.
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NO BLANKS IN THIS COMPETITION.

This is competition of rather an
unusual nature. 1t is common to offer
prizes for the best story, or picture, or
architectural plan, all the competitors
risking the loss of their labor and the
successful one merely selling his for
the amount of the prize. But the Press
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vantage is to be rewarded for doing it.
The prize is only stimulus to do
something that would be well worth
doing without it. The architect whose
competitive plan for a club house
on a certain corner is not accepted has
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little use to him. But the person who
patents simple and useful device in
the Press Claims Company's competi-
tom need not worry if he fail to secure
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The cyclone, which was about fifty
yards in width, was accompanied
by a dense black cloud, and
filled the air with flying limbs
and trees and completely destroyed
the orchards in it's path.
At Summit, the barns, houses Of
Mr.. ]. M. Shealy were blown
down and their contents scattered
in every direction. The telegraph
wires were stripped from the poles
and tossed across the railroad
track, and pine trees of all sizes
were laid low.
DEVASTATION AROUND LEw1EDALE.
LEw1EEALE, May 3.-About half
past 12 o'clock to-day a destructive
tornado passed about one and half
miles north of here, blowing down
houses and uprooting and blowing
down trees. The track of the tor
nado was about 300yards wide. Mr..
Jefferson Longs buildings were
all blown to pieces, and some
of the lumber and shingles were
blown a mile. Mr.. A. B. Taylor's
buildings were all blown down,
but fortunately no one was
seriously hurt. Mr.. S. L. Steele's
buildings were also blown down,
near Summit, and some of his
family were badly hurt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get $500 Dollars
for Nothing.
The Winner Has a Clear Gilt of
a Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents 5hat may Bring
Them in Still more.

Would you like to make twenty-five
hundred dollars? If you would, read
carefully what follows and you may
see way to do it.
The Press CLANS Company devotes
much attention to patents. 1t has
handled thousands of applications for
inventions, but it would like to handle
thousands more. There is plenty of
inventive talent at large in this coun
try, needing nothing but encourage
ment to produce pratical results. That
encouragement the Press Claims
Company proposes to give.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
1893.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

HARpER's MAGAZINE for 1898 will
continue to maintain the unrivalled
standard of excellence which has char
acterized it from the beginning.
Among the notable features of the
year there will be new novels by Il.
Conan Doyle, Constance Fenimore
ssSa1ssRkaltsFa MHe!s3a, Dc HsraIHg
Davis, Margaret Deland, Brander
Matthews, and many others. The illus
trated descriptive papers will embrace
articles by Julian Ralph on new South
ern and Western subjects; by Theo-
dore Child on India; by Poultney
Bigelow on Russia and Germany; by
Richard Harding Davis on London
Season.; by Col. T. A. Dodge on East
ern Riders; etc. Edwin A. Abner's
illustrations of Shakespeare's Come
dies will be continued. Literary arti-
cles will be contributed by Charles
Elliot Norton, Mrs James Il. Fields,
William Dean Howells, Brander
Matthews, and others.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
Joe Bird and the Bull.

Atlauta Constitution.
GAINESVILLE, Ca, April 49,
Joe Bird had an experience with a
Jersey bull near Land that he
wouldn't take several dollars for.
The negro went into the barnyard,
where the bull was standing
around thinking, and the animal
made at him and ran him against
the wall of the barn, burying q
horn in the logs on each side of
the negro. In his struggle he broke
off one horn, and the other one had
to he sawed off to free the darkey.
The negro wasn't much hurt, but
was so badly scared that DR.. Cav
ender was called in.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
Mr. Billtops's Whale Story.

"Pop." said little Frankly Bill
tops, "tell me story"
"Well. Frankly" said Mr.. Bill
tops," once there was a man who
thonght he would like to try
fishing for whales. So he went to
an island in that part of the
ocean where the whales are
thickest, and cut down a tree for
a fishing rod and tied on a cable
and all anchor for a fishing line
and fish hook, apd went out on the
rocks and went to fishing. I don't
believe he had beer sitting there
three minutes before he caught a
whale. After a tremendous struggle
he finally hauled him ashore"
"How long was he pop?' said
Frankly.
"Just sevsnty-two feet, Frankly,
said Mr.. Billtops, "and after
measuring him the man naturally
enough walked around him again
to take another look at him. In
doing this he stepped on the
whales tail. There, Frankly, there
is where the man made great
mistake. I don't know why it is
but there is nothing that irritates
a whale 80 much as stepping on hif
tail. Of course the man didn't
know this. or he wouldn't have
done it, but before he could
get out of the way the whale
had swung his head around;
moment later the whale was rolling
down the side of the island with
the man inside of him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
Dying Happy.

/ A colored boy came over to the
depot and said his grandfather
was very low and wanted to speak
to a white man before he died and
80 I went across the street to g
tumble down cabin to hear what
he might have to cay. A very
ancient and venerable looking
negro was lying on a couch, and
his aged wife sat wiping her eyes
beside him. When I asked what
I could do the old man said:
"White man. Tze get to die. ]
nebber dun seed but one circus in
all my bond days, anil wanted to
see another mighty bad but I'ze
got to 60. was jest hanging on
all last var but no circus dun
come dis way"
"And what did you want to
ask me?" said I.
II wanted to AK if dar was any
circuses up in heaben? If dar's
golden streets an harps and folkses
whu- -hn;;,>,4- l-sygcussH ,1-s7'ls'''re
There may be-" 1 replied, as /
got nod from the old woman.
"Will the price of admishun be
fo' bits, same as down yere?" he
an1iously inquired.
"I should think not. The
performance ought to be free.
"Glory mel Plenty of room for
cull'd folks?"
"Heaps of it and a performance
every afternoon and evening"
"Gloryl Glory? It's all right
now! I'ze mighty willin' to be
tooken any mint. Good-by,
nanny! Lawd bress yo,' white
man! Call in de folkses, Lucinda,
an let me bid 'em good-by fur
befo the sun goes down dis eavnin
III be in the promise land an
hev a seat whar 1 kin watch dc
hull performance"
The train was two hours late
and before I got out of town the
boy came over to say that grand
daddy had passed from earth away
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS.

A patent strikes most people as an
appallingly formidable thing. The idea
is that an inventor must be natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to delving in
complicated mechanical problems and
that he must spend a fortune on
delicate experiments before he can
get new device to patentable de-
gree of perfection. This delusion the
company desires to dispel. 1t desires to
get into the head, of the public clear
comprehension of the fact that it is
not the great, complex, and expensive
inventions that bring the best returns
to their authors, but the little, simple,
and cheap ones-the things that seem
so absurdly trivial that the average
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed
of bringing them to the attention of
the Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits he has
received from the patents on all his
marvellous inventions have not been
sufficient to pay the cost of his ex-
perrin ents. But the man who conceived
the idea of fastening bit of rubber
cord to a child.s ball, so that it would
come back to the hand when thrown
made fortune out of his scheme. The
modern sewing machine is miracle
Of ingenuity-the product of the toll
of hundreds of busy brains through q
hundred and fifty years, but the whole
brilliantresult rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle
at the point instead of at the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST vALu-
ABLE.
Comparatively Few people regard
themselves as inyent9gs gy JhElat hnatt tssee1efmfet' 1ffet
calculated to reduce some of the little
frictions Of life. Usually such are ideas
dismissed without further thought.
"Why don't the railroad company
make its car windows so that they can
be slid up and down without breaking
the passengers backs?" exclaims the
traveller. off were running the road
would make them in such way"
what was the man that made this
saucepan thinking Off" grumbles the
cook. "He never had to work over a
stove, or he would have known how it
ought to have been fixed"
"Hang such collar buttonm growls
the man who is late for breakfast "If /
were in the business I'd make buttons
that wouldn't slip out, or break off, or
gouge out the back of my neck"
And then the various sufferers for
get about their grievancet and begin
to think of something else. If they
would sit down at the next convenient
opportunity, put their ideas about car
windows, saucepans,and collar buttons
into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves
as Independently wealthy as the man,
who invented the iron umbrella ring
or the one who patented the fifteen
puzzle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11

Ayers Hair Vigor restores
natural color to the hair, by
stimulating a healthy action OF
the scalp. This preparation also
produces a vigorous growth of the
hair and gives it a beautiful lustre
and youthful appearance. Recon-
mended by physiciens, clergmen,
and scientists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
More Deadly Than Knives.

We were in camp on the banks
of the Brazos River of Texas for
the night. At supper time dis
pate arose between two men, and
before any one had looked upon
it as a serious matter they were
facing each other with knives in
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command its value in the market at

command its value in the market at
any time.
The plain man who uses any article
in his daily work ought to know bet
ter how to improve it than the
mechanical expert who studies it only
from the theoretical point of view.
Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple to be worth
patenting. The simpler the better. The
person who best succeeds in combining
simplicity and popularity, will get the
Press Claims Compay's twenty-five
hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company
may be judged from the fact that its
stock is neld by about three hundred
of the leading newspapers of the
United States.
Address the Press Claims Company,
John Wedderburn, managa attorney,
91S F street, N. w. Washington, D. G.