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Fine candies at Leach's.

School shoes at the Bee Hiv. 2t
Go to Ssm Leach's tor fteeh fruits.
Old Farmer Hopkins at the opera
house Oct 81.
Grapes oranges, pears ant bananas
at Lesch's
Will Harr is visiting relativea IN
Sullivan county.
Cakes and pies backed freh every
day at Leach's.
Hon. 7. F. Singiser returned from
western tip Tuesday.
DIR. Will James and wife have
returned from the Fair.
Secure your seats for Old Farmer
Hopkins, opera house Oct. 81
Capt. w. A, Dickinson has re-
turned from visit to his farm in
Virginia.
H N. Broyles has been appointed
postmaster ut Cedar Creek, Greene
county.
Secure your seats early for "The
Paradise OF Fools Wednesday night,
Oct Is.
Mrs. ]. 0 Gilmer and children are
spending a few days with relatives at
Milligan.
One of the best companies on the
road. Old Farmer Hopkins at the OPP
era house Oct. 81. 90
Buy six checks at Sam Leach's
for twenty-five cents. Each cheack
good for one loaf of bread.
Hear "Bob" Taylor at the opera
house Wednesday night, Oct. IS, in
"The Paradise of Fools"
DIR. Gus Hobson, an experienced
prescriptionist formerly with P. H.
Wofford, is now at McFarland's
Rev. J. M. Melear entered the
Theological department Grant Uni
yersity at Chattanooga last week.
r. G. Johnson has moved his fam
lily into the residence recently oc.
cupied by w. S, Campbell on Willard
street.
Mr.. "Ches" Allison and Miss Jessie
Chester we're married at the brides
home three miles west of Jonesboro
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Salts, an old lady living in the
rear of the Smith Hale property died
Tuesday afternoon after long illness.
Interment in old cemetary yesterday.
DR.. James, formerly prescrip-
zionist at Netherlands has accepted
a like position with J. H. Preas at
Woford's old stand.
Miss Reta Ryburs who has been
visiting relatives in this place for
the past too weeks returned on No.
last evening to her home in Bris-
toll.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Mann returned
yesterday afternoon from their bridal
tour. While absent they visited Lous-
vile, Cincinnati, Chocago and the
FAIR. They are at present boarding
with Mrs. Galliher on King street.
Prof. J. B. Mcmillan and wife, oil
Bristol, spent last Sunday, the guests
OF. Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Lyle, near
this city. They left Mondey morning
for Columbia, s. c., where Mr.. McMil-
Ian goes to accept position as violin
Instructor in the Columbia Female
College. The professor has many
friends in this city who wish him and
his wife success in their new home.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-10-12
Wanted.

Men to split rails and make fence
inquire OF Geo r, Hurlbut. st.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-10-12
Lost.

INlSJs
A garnet scarf pin. Finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving same at
the office of Crandall & Wofford.
484-tf,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-10-12

Try the Bee Hive for Boots and
shoes. 2t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-10-12

"The Paradise of Fools" by Bob
Taylor at the opera house Oct. 18th.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-10-12

A frst'class secondhand organ can
be obtained on reasonable terms by
applying to Mrs. Moore. 485tf
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-10-12
Description and Boundaries.

Wilder addition Farview avenue
WataaugS " Cor. Wat. and Montgomery St.
Harris and
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-06-16

Evermore all the days are long and the cheer
less skies are gray;
nestlessly wander the battling winds that scat
Ter the binding spray,
Anu the drifting currents come and go like ser-
pense across mY way.
Yearly fades the evening dim, drearily wears
the night,
The ghostly miaEs aud the hurrying clouds and
the breakers crests Of white
Have blotted the stars from the desolsfe skies.
have curtained them from my sight.
Speeding alone, my wava-toesed bark encount-
ers 30 passing sail;
Welcoming friend nor challenging foe answers
my eager hail
Only the sobbing. unquiet waves and the wind's
unceasing vail.
Hopefully still my sails are bent, my pilot Is
faultlessly true;
He holds my course a. though the seas and The
mirrored skies we're blue,
and the port OF peace +, where the winds are
STILL we're evermore In view.
For over the spray and the rains and the clouds
shines the eternal sun;
The unchanging stars In the curtained dome
still CLEAN when the dav is done,
And the Inists will be- kissed from the laughing
skies when .he port Of rest Is won.
-Robcrf J. Bndefte.
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Out or the olty.

out Of the city. bow blue the sky
And dreamy deep, like q lnaiden's eyel
Springs the grass with lss vivid green:
Darts The wing With its april sheen;
Purls the brook Ger ita pebbled bed:
Mods the iow'r With its spolless head.
Out OF The city, how the breeze
Lisps and laughs In the tossing trees,
Cools its wings In the crystal lake,
borrowz odor Of bloom and brake
Out OF tho city's smoke and soos
hasten pilgrims on wing and foot.
Little birds from the parks and towera
Lads and lassies to gather flowers.
Where's the heart thst can answer nav
10 the whispered ''Come!" Of an April day2
o the longing CT nature born,
40 brush the dew aud 30 breathe The morn.
To plunge the lips In some gliding brook.
aud he full length In a sunny nook
Happy be OF the childIiko heart.
Whom nature wins with her artless art;
who fain OF the woodland folk would be.
And speak the language OF brook and tree.
-~a@'cs baekham IN Yonfhs Companion.
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Relation OF woman's Work 10 the
Church.


An essay read by Mrs. N. o. Thomp
son, Vice-President OF Woman's
Work In Union Association at 5tl
n1ay meeting In April, at Fellow
ship church, Lee, and published b)
request Of the Association Board:
Dear Sisters and Brethren:
am asked by your honorable com
mittcc to define the relation of oui
work to the church. that is, in its pres.
ent system Of organization, suppose
for no one denies the fact that the
churches couldn't exist without tho
help ot The sistcrhood. Well, the idea
Is simply this. An opportunity fol
tho ladies 10 combine their efforts IN
church work. Our sisters arc but
working committees of tho churches
aud a department Of the church work
just as the Sunday school Is, or ought
TO be. II Is relation of hcipfnIncss
TO tho church and II Is with no idea OF
cndnngering tho existence OF the
churches that VIC work thus. We love
our churches and feel that VIC are but
children of ono mother aII working
for the same end. You will fud The
members of our societies, think, the
pastors most earnest co-laborcrs. Some
have hesilated 10 join a society for
tear they'd get beyond the quiet path
marked out Tor women; they feared
notoricty. But as times change, we
change with them and lhe Baptist wo-
men generally flnd IL best to unite
their strength, compare their plans,
rcporl Successes and failures aud thus
help each other as The constrainIng
cause OF great necessity Is upon u.s.
Our work Is systematized and made
regular instead of spasmodic discon-
necled effort All of ms know the val
no of such work. AS IL 10 helpful in
smaller duties OF life, Its need Ia cm-
phasized In proportion 10 the extent
and importance of the work attempts
ed. Political leaders have discovered
It's necessity and arc using 1t with ef-
feet. Religious bodies also are unable
10 conduct their work without its as
sissance, even Baptists jealous of the
Independence and rights of individual
churches, have bceu forced to avail
themselves oil The strength aud power
that organization gives. 1t 10 like lg-
nstod Goals brought into close contact,
producing The glowing fire. spreading
It's light and warmth all around. Our
hearts glow and hope aud dotermina-
lion wake up afrcsh. SO you 500 or
-.xmM&x3w a. hsse ~wnwk mwafnwn 4swnN
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to induce land owners TO set apart
a portion OF their lands for timber
culture, would be the assurance
that such an investment would be
-emuneralive, If not 10 themselves,
at least TO their immediate heirs.
This IL the only practical way to
encourage a planting OF trees In
such number and over such an ex-
tended area as would give any reas-
enable promise OF even a practical
restoration OF our exhausted timber
resources. And even then, there
are only certain kinds of trees
whose rapid growth and market
value would justify The requisite
expenditure of money, labor and
time. These would be mainly the
nut bearing trees, such as walnut,
hickory, bois dare, etc., because
of the value OF their woods at ma
turity and economy of production,
in the utilization of the orchard for
grazing purposes-for grass will
grow in walnut or hickory grove
right up TO The roots of the trees.
1t Is estimated that the time requir-
cd for n walnut tree to mature, from
the planting of the seed 10 The fell
ing of the trees would be about for
by years. Thus, If the survivors of
our civil war of thirty years ago.
Immediately on their return from
the war, had planted walnuts or
hickory nuts in a private reserve
and properly protected the orchards.
meanwhile, such seedlings would
be large forest trees ready for the
saw-miII before another census is
taken. II seems a good long time
10 wait for crop yield-but the
profit is great.
The Atlanta Constitution advises
land owners TINT 'it will handsome
ly pay them or their children ii
they will 20 into the business of
producing black walnut timber on n
large scale. AT present prices there
is more money in these trees than
in any known crop. An acre con
tanning say 100 walnut trees would
yield at the prices named something
like 1000. OF course it would
take many years to produce sucl
trees, but 1t is big thing 10 make
forest land once in generation
yield timber that will bring in such
"A fortune"
Walnut growth requires a soil
rich enough to grow blue grass, to
produce the best timber, but the
area reserved for grove need only
be fenced in until the Seeding shall
have attained few years growth,
when The ground may be used for
pasturage, without imperilling the
young trees. The walnut tree of
oil trees is much more largely root
than branch. only its waving tail
showing above the surface. Nut
bearing trees will not bear trans
planting and therefore the walnut
grove should be sown to stay. at
proper intervals for healthy root
and branch expansion. With hick-
ory trees il is different. These
may be sown in drills, in close or
der, to be thinned out after two or
three wears growth. The saplings
rut NAV he nroftahlv utilized for
Observation-Disclosures the sturdiest
and most vigorous plants TO mature
) beeter or moro valuable Re-
crons ol hoon-nole sanlinos
,oav he elsarnatslv cnt frono : bicP-
-, tb;ctef w;shout d;s,nrb;ng lhn
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Collector-Mr. Tragcr, viii you sub
scribe toward the decoration of the sol
diers' graves? Mr. Trager-No, sir
the men whose graves / want to decorate
amt dead yet.-Life's Calendar.
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DIR. j. w. BARBER,
You wanI


Office upstairs In new Person building tn
room formerly occupied by Judge Baldwin.
Residence In the Ksnnard house on Church
street. apli4-6m
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HOME AND FARM.


HOME AND FARM.
BRAN AS A MEDICINE.
Many theories have been ad
vanced by editorial farmers to &C
count Tor the hard times among ag
riculturists, but | incline to believ'
IL is due to a falling of in the us'
Of bran. Al my country seat hav,
piquant little taffy-colored jersey
COW, which was a year ngo n menta
and physical wreck. She suffered
from insomnia, and life seemed Il
her altogether unIoyely. She haC
pined and sretled a good deal, ant
this preyed upon her vitality, i'm
pairing digestion and threatening
her with hollow horn and early
death. / got her a large quantity
of bran and made a pleasant and
soothing mash of 1t. AT first she
would insert her nose in it up 10
The top OF the lower eyelid, and
then looking far away over the pur.
pie hills, she would blow this bran
mash across the landscape, and
what did not 20 up my overcoal
sleeve would freckle our family
carriage. But alter while she ate
Ii almost greedily, and soon the
birds sang again in her sorrowing
heart. She forgot her grief, bad no
more acidity of stomach, flashing or
sinking, ringing in the ears, dizzi-
ness or tired feeling, and now she
is perfectly we'll. Last fall she not
only ate three meals day, but also
a scarlet geranium belonging TO my
wife, a mackinaw straw bat Of mine,
two yards of brocaded ribbon from
the costume of young lady from
Chicago who was patting her on the
head, 81 worth of gladioIuS bulbs,
a child's shirt, and a dish of blanc
mango which was cooling on the
rainwater barrel for the pastor
Bill Nye.
Cut this out and paste it where it'
can be found when wanted.
II takes 400 pounds Of wire to run
one strand OF fence a mile, or about
|. 900 pounds for a four-wire fence.
With posts thirty-three feet apart
it takes 100, thirty feet apart 176,
and twenty feet apart 264 posts to
The mile.
IL takes one-quarter of q mile OF
fence to enclose five acres in n
square, one-half for ten acres, three
quarters for twenty acres, and one
mile for forty acres.
Eighty acres can be enclosed with
Dne and one-hall miles, 100 acres
two miles, $50 with three, aud $40
with four miles Of fence.
SOWING PEAS on POOR LAND.
II The farmer desires to improve
his poor land, there is nothing better
han to SOW it down in peas. This
should bedone about the first Of June,
% give the peas time to get large en-
,ugh to shade the ground before the
he hot days of July and August set
n. Poor land will never improve so
ong as it is expected to the burning
avs of the sun. Then it follows that
[ you want to improve it you must |
lide ii from the sun during summer,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07
TWO IMPORTANT POSTS FILLED.

Judge Lochren Made Pension Commissioners
and Hsnnis Taylor Minister to Spain.
WASHINGTON. April 6-The Presidert
sent the following nominations to the Sen.
ate to-day:
Hannis Taylor. of Alabama, 10 be Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary OF the
United States 10 Spain.
William Lochren, OF Minnesota, TO be Commits
sioner of Pensions.
Postmasters-Frank l.. Bills, Urbana, ILL.,,
Hawkins. Marion, Ind; Royal L. Purcell. Vim
cennes. Ind.
Thenew minister to Spain, Mr. Taylor. is o
lawyer living at Mobile. and his reputation
is high. He Is scholar of high attainments,
and his con tributions 20 historical litera.
ture have made him well known TO the
literary world. although he is mparative-
ly young man, being IN his forty first year.
His life work is THE Origin and Growth
of the English Constitution" But one
volume of this work has been published as
yet but it has already been adopted as Q
text. book in seven universities. He was
strongly recommended TO Secretary Blaine
by Senator Morgan one of the arbiters or
counsel in the BehIing sea arbitration. aud
was also strongly endorsed by Mr.. Phelps
and some of the leading lawyers Of the
United States.
Judge Lochren's reputation as jurist is
of the first order. and his military RECORD
Is particularly brilliant. He 10 fifty-seven
years of age. and was born in Vermont.
where he was educated in the public
schools aud admitted TO the bar. lie went
TO Minnesota IN 1857 and practiced his pro
fessions bus when the var broke cut ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07
Elected Department Commander Over
Colonel Zollinger at Evansville.
Last Days Session Of the State Encampment
Addressed by Commander-in Chief Weis-
sert, Who Is Against the Monument.
Resolution to Stand by Col. Lilly and
Help Ont the National Gathering,
Az the Same Time the State G. A. R. Will Not
LaDgsdale Monument-W C. Election.
SKETCH OF THE NEW COMMANDER

SKETCH OF THE NEW COMMANDER
He Takes q Stand in Favor Of Making the
National Encampment Success.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, April 6.-"Prlvate"
James I. Johnston was elected department.
commander of the g. A. R.. to-day. over
Colonel Zollinger. of Fort Wayne. Com
rade Zollinger moved to make the election
unanimous and Comrade Johnston being
call ed on said:
"In assuming the duties of commando er
for the ensuing year appreciate the fact
that IL brings with it grave responsibilities.
! call on every one of you for your hearty
Assistance. The Grand Army of the Nation
has honored the Department. of Indiana by
selecting it's beautiful capital for ite Ma
tional Encampmentl / ask every one of
you to pledge your earnest support that
this department. may make such a showing
on the occasion that We shall win the ap-
plause of the country. Headquarters will
be at Indianapolis, and those headquarters
will be open 60 the hum blest member Of the
organization"
James I. johnston, the new department
commander. served in the Forty.Dintb and
Fiftierh Congresses from the Eighth dis
trict, which included Clay. Fountain,
Montgomery. Parke, Vermillion. Vigo and
Warren counties. He was q candidate for
the third term in 1890, but was defeated by
sixty nine votes by Z. V. Brookshire. Com
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07

Loss of Over &75 900, Caused by q Careless
Tinner-2OO Inmates Safely Removed.
CINCINNATI. April GA careless timer
upon the roof of the College Hill Sanitarl-
um. this afternoon. caused a. loss OF from
SIS, 900 to 100000 of property. and imperiled
the lives of two hundred patients. hot
soldering iron was permitted to ignite the
roof, and the flames quickly got beyond
the control Of the water works of the insti-
tuition, as we'll as that of the village of Col
lege Hill. By wise arrangement the super
intendent, Dr.. o. Everts. directed the at
tendants to give every effort to the task of
safely removing the sick. the insane and
the ailing patients. In this they were
faithfully assisted by the villagers
who fiocked to the place. The scenes
within the great structure. four sto-
ries in height and filled with two
hundred patients were exciting. The in.
sane shrieked and tore their clothing. W hilo
the less unfortunate were distracted by
tear and begged to be helped away from the
flames. 1t Is believed that every life was
saved and every inmate, except two men
and one woman, was safely housed In ad-
joining buildings and in private houses.
In the confusion two men and one woman
escaped to the woods. searching party
was sent after them. The main building was
entirely destroyed. 1t was built by j. G.
G. HoleDshade and used for some years as q
female college. 1t he's been used as sani-
tarium for the private treatment of the In
sane and others for eight or ten years.
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Cheating" Her NYnY to Chicago.

Mary Minnehsn. and my home is at Pater-
son. N. j." said brisk young woman at
New Castle junction. to the correspondent.
ION the 26th OF March, she continued, "I
made a wager of $500 with the Athletic
Sporting Club. of Paterson, that l could
bum it through to Chicago. Ihave ridden
the whole distance 90 fer on freight cars
and have only been put Off three times
left without o cent, and have begged every
thing that have eaten. 1t Is my inten ton
TO reach Chicago in time to be present at
the opening of the worlds fair. if possi-
ble." Miss Minnehan was neatly dressed,
and claimed to be the daughter of wealthy
parents in Paterson, n. j., against whose
VIII she had started on her journey.
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BIG RAPIDS, Mioh. April 6.-George Jag.
ger bartender at Morley. quarreled with
his prospective wife. Miss Anna Nero,
while out riding this afternoon. and when
he reached the girPs house, three miles
out. shot at her five times. She ran scream
ing for help. while he followed banging
away as fast as possible. Three bullets
struck her. Two Of the wounds are seri-
ons. but not necessarily fatal. Supposiug
the girl TO be dead. Jaeger rode to Morley,
locked himself in bis room end fired three
shots into his own body. His physician
says be cannot live. Jaeger says the girl
had promised to marry HIM and had $500 of
his money, but she was continually post
poning the wedding day. and also refused
10 return the money. Ho concluded she
intended jIlting him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07

mander Johnston was born In Putnam conn
~, Indiana. Jan. 19. 1889. After q common
school education he commenced the study
Of law in 1861, but In July, 1862 enlisted as
a private In Company Z. Sixth Indiana
Cavalry. In September. 1863. he was trans
ferred to Company A. Eighth Tennessee
Cavalry. commissioned as lieutenant. and
served in that capacity until January.
1864. when bs resigned on ao-
count of disability. Afterwards he
served as commissery sergeant OF the
One-hundred- and-thirty- third Indiana In
fantry, was commissioned as lieutenant
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the One.
hundred-and-fo forty ninth Indiana Infantry
and was mustered out with the regiment t
in September. 1S65. The next year he W as
admitted to-the bar at his home. Rockville
in Parke county, being also elected prose-
outing attorney and serving two years. In
1868 he represented Parke county in the
Legislature. 1t 1874 he was elected joint &
Senator from Psrke and VermilllOn conn
ties. Since that time he has devoted his
energies to building up his law practice.
saving tho time in Congress. He alway 8
took lively interest In the affairs Of the
O. A. R.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07
School Furniture Trust Arraicned.

SPRINGFIELD. Ill. April 6.-The commit
tee appointed by the State Senate TO in
vestigate the school furniture and school
book trusts made its report to-day. The
report arraigned the United States School
Furniture Company in the severest terms
and advised that legal steps be taken TO
stop the trust. It stated that the trust had
practical control Of the entire output of
school furniture, and that IL had managed
Its affairs so rs TO annihilate all competi-
tion In that branch of trade and advanced
prices of school furniture. AS to the Amer
lean School book Company, it was not q
trust. lt did not attempt 20 do away with
competition: but to reduce the price Of
school text books.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07

BAY CITY. Mich. April 6.-An electric
ear on the West Bay City street railway
was run into at the Henry street crossing
To-day by an express train ON the Grand
Irunk The car was tossed = hundred
feet. lodging in ditch. The injured were:
VIM. X. Foster. cut about hands and face
and bruised about the body: Henry Aurand,
OF West Bay City. nose broken; George
Anrand. of Colnmbiana. Mich. rib broken:
legs bruised and injured internally. Sew
eral others were seriously bruised and
shaken up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07
A Jealous Spaniard's Deeds.

SAN BERNARDINO. Cal. April can old
man named Goldcofier and woman named
Francisco Flores were butchered by q
Spaniard named Jesus Fueu at noon to-
day. The woman was Fuen's mistress. and
he became jealous of her. To-day Euen
chased her with butcher knife. and she
ran into Goldcoffer's house. Goldcofier.
who was seventy-tive years old and para
Iytic, attempted to bar the door against
Fuen. but the latter battered it down.
Goldcoffer then tried to shoot FueA with q
shotgun. but il missed fire. Fuen. with one
slash of his knife. cut the old mans head
half off. Fuen then chased the woman
through the fields and killed her with one
afab
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07
Arressrd ror EtlIipr p.ta.

LOUISVILLE. April 6.-James Lee. Tate
and Will Omer. of Sturgis, were arrested
to-day as accessories to the Oliver
killing George Delaney, Frank Holt
and George p. Henry were slipped
ont of Sturgis last evening
by the officers, and taken to Morgantield
last night to prevent mob violence. Ex-
citement Is still at fever heat all over
the county. and II those suspected are
found guilty their necks will not be worth
O farthiug.