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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-27

Having sold our stock of hardware
to Lyle & Summers, we are compelled
to call on our friends for Immediate
settlement, as we can not pay our in
debtedness until we get what is due
us. The conditions now existing
make it necessary for us to enforce
collections as far as possible, and we
hope the people will come forward
without delay Our former customers
will receive good treatment at the
hands OF our successors and patronage
given them will be appreciated by US
474 If SEAvER & SUMMERS.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-27
Dissolution Notice.

The firm Of M. G. Shaffer & Co. is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
M. G. Shaffer will collect all accounts
due said firm and assume all liabii-
ties. This july 21st, 1898
M. G. SHAFFER.
L. w. COOPER.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-27
NOtice to Creditors.

All persons having claims against
the firm of Lyle, Crumley & Co. are
to file them, duly authenti-
Gated, with me, by Sept 10th, '03.
July 26, 1898. j. E. BRADTNG.
Ct. Assignee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-27
Free Trade.

A big line of fresh groceries to be
sold at the following prices: Tellico
flour, 60c; Belle Of Tennessee, 55c:
Ivory, SOC; Watauga Family, Soc;
Arbuckles coffee, 25c bacon, 121ac;
lard, 1910; brown sugar, IA pounds
for $1,o0; granulated sugar, 13 pounds
for $100, at W. l. Burgiss'.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
1t Costs You Notling.I

We are pleased to announce that
weshave made arrangements by
which we are prepared to supply
free to each of our subscribers a
years subscription to that we'll,
known monthly home and farm
Journal, the American Farmer
published at Springfield and
Cleveland, Ohio. We make this
offer to each of our subscribers
who will pay up all arreargey on
subscription and one year in ad-
vance, and to all new subscribers
paying one year in advance. The
American Farmer is strictly Ma
.sttiional in its character. It is q
:high-class illustrated journal filed
with entertaining and instructive
reading, matter, containing each
month much information that is
invaluable to agriculturists and
of special interest to each member
of every home. 1t is suited to all
localities, .being National in its
make and character, thus meeting
with favor in all localities. It is
strictly non-political and non-
.sectarian. Ithas a trained corps
of contributors and is carefully
edited. The various departments
of Farm, Horticulture, Sheep and
Swine, The Home, The Horse and
the Dairy, are filled with bright
and useful matter. The readers
of the American Farmer are uni
iyersal in its praise and look for its
monthly visits with keen anticipa-
ltion. The regular subscription
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that great publication for one
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Sample ccpy of the. American
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
Not a Nourishing Diet.

An old Scotch servant attached to
the household of the famous British
logician, Sir William Hamilton, was as
proud Of his masters fame as If it had
been his own, and, having picked up a
few Of Sir Williams technical words
and phrases, brought them into play on
every possible occasion.
One day a gentleman who was fond
of drawing out old John for the amuse-
ment Of the company said to him, with
an engaging air:
81 suppose, John, now that you've
lived SO long with such agreat reasoner
as Sir, William, you are quite able to
conduct an argument yourselfT
aWeel, i Wilma say sac muckle as
that, replied the old Scotchman, with
the modesty Of true genius, "but If /
Gamma conduct an airgyment, I'm think.
IN 1 could draw an inference"
aCould yous Letus see, then: There's
an Eastern proYerb. you know, about
1 the wild ass snuffng up the east wind.
Now what inference would you draw
from thatsr
Fora moment old JOIN. looked nom
plussed ,:as well he might, and then q
CLEAN Of sly humor twinkled in the cor
ner Of his dark gray eye, and he an
swered, with o grim chuckle:
.ssAweel, the inference that 4 wad
draw from that wad be that he might
sntF d lang time before he grew fat!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
rolly. saved the valuablet....

Folly saved the .faluaDless ff6sss
Z We had moved into a newly built
house, which had all the modern i'm
provements, the electric bell being one
Of them. .,5s+ As
It was q cold winters night. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. were travelling in Europe and
the servants were all gathered about the
kitchen fire. Polly was also near the
fire, but in the dining room, which was
up stairs.
She used to see our mistress ring the
bell for the servants to enter, and, like
q. clever bird, studied on this for long
while. ~
On this night Polly was all alone,
when suddenly. the door, opened aud
two men entered. The room being
dark they could not see the bird !. and
began searching. for valuables, for they
we're burglars.
Polly now proved her worth. She put
out her clawand pressed the button of
the electric bell. s. ~
1t brought tile servants to the dining
room. where. after u short struggle, they
secured the burglars, who were aboutlto
make way with much Of the valuable
silver in the dining room. . :,
Polly was fed on dainties forsome
time as a reward for her valuable as
sistance.-Cor. New York Recorder.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
s..r,.s AZ, .Oue.er creatur q.

The owner of house near Berlin
found {: single egg in the nest Of pair
of starks, built on the chimney, and sub
stituted for it n goose's egg, which in
due time was hatched, and produced q
gosling instead of the expected. Btorkling.,
The male bird was thrown into the great.
est excitement by this event. and finally
5Hew away. The female, however. re-
mained ON the nest and continued to care
for theschangeling as thought were her
own offspring. On the morning Of the
fourth day the male reappeareds accom-;
panied by: nearly 500 storks, which held
mass meeting in an adjacent field.
The assembly. we are informed, was ad-
dressed by several speakers, each orator
posting himself on the same spot before
beginning his harangue. These. delibera-
tiors and discussions occupied nearly
the entire forenoon, when suddenly the
meeting broke up, and all the storks
pounced upon the unfortunate female
and her supposititious young one, killed
them both, and, after destroying the
polluted nest, took wing and departed
and were never seen there again.-At-
,lantic Monthly. 81
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
a TypewriteE,,. Luncheon.

4 young woman whose work as q
typewriter makes her daily luncheon at
arestaurant necessity says that the
most satisfactory and sustaining meal
she gets is plate of raw oysters, with
9 bottle of ginger ale and plenty Of
brown bread and butter. II she feels
poor she omits the ale, which is an ap-
preciable item, and contents herself with
the oysters and bread. "There are 30
few things to be had at the average res
taurant that are satisfactory" she says,
"but you may really rely on the oysters
and Boston brown bread."-New York
Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
Why Many rreatm mo-, enta Fail


4The fault is not of the art, but Of the
patient" is the phrase that may be ap-
piled to those diseases in which the most
correct measures taken under favorable
circumstances fail to accomplish their
purpose, because the patient himself
does not or cannot o-operatewith them.
No treatment can relieve the smoker
from his throat catarrh, SO long as he
persists in his: habit. 49,; !:.5i Y.
rs This aspect OF the case 10 especially
pertinent to the nervoua disorderslwhich
are one of the growing scourges Of our
age. Incapacity and yacillstion, the
force of outer influences or the pressure
OF business too often intervene to inter
rupt a cure which was otherwise fairly
possible. le.-Professor 81. Nothnagel in
Popular Science Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
a parls Ratepicke,r.s, / colon..n. 3

In the Rue Mercadet, near the out.
skirts of Paris, is aYast open space sur,
rounded by q ragged stone wall The
ground is Uttered with. rubbish, "a few
stunted trees and shrubs, "a long, strag-
Cling line of low, rickety dwellings
this Is the Cite Maupy famous coll
9ony of ragpickers. They have been
8heir own architects and builders, and
the novels are curiosities; they have
utilized paving stones, the sheet iron
signs Of insurance companies, and even
sardine cans; but there is picturesque
quality to thalH humble dwellings, and
they surely do not lack color and neither
do the inhabitants; there is q real count
eas, for one; at least she says she is. a
poor cripple has sold his body to the
Academic de Medicin, while they cheat
themselves of their prey by giving him
spension to help him iye.-Pall Mali
Gazette. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
A Reeiu, ental Goat.

The royal regiment of Welsh fusiliers
has the privilege of passing in review,
preceded by goat with gilded horns
and adorned with flowers. Every March
1, on st. David's day, after the banquet.
his goatship is led thrice round. the table
by q boy. In 1874 the then regimental
goat died, and to compensate the
.twenty-third for their less her majesty
presented the regiment with two Of the
finest goats ffrona q flock -the gift Of the
shah of Persia lin Windsor park, and
since that date the queen has continued
TO supply the royal Welsh fusiliers with
goats as occasion has required. Pail
Mall Budget.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
puplshed by the cr.r.

The czar Of Russia knows how to
brace up his military officers to their
duty. a merchant OF Charkoff was
murdered by soldiers, and it was shown
that had the officers Of the regiment
stationed in the town maintained proper
discipline the murder might have been
prevented. AS punishment for this they
have been ordered to pay yearly PEN
sion of. 8, 200 rubles to the widow of the
murdered man.-Toledo Blade.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
1893.
H aIe.e Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

( HARPER's MAGAZINE for 1885,. will
continue to maintain the unriyalIed
standardo of excellence which has char
acterized 1T from the, beginning.
Among the notable features Of the
year there will be new nOveB.by a.
Conan Doyle, Constance Kenmore
Woolson, and William Black. Short
stories will be contributed by themost
popular writer's of the day, including
Mary E.. Wilkins, Richard. HaEsiing
Davis, Margaret Deland, Brander
Matthews, and many others. The Illus
tratet descriptive papers will embrace
articles by Julian Ralph on new South
ern and Western subjects; by Theo-
dore Child;son India; by Poultney
Bigelow on Russia and Germany; by
Richard Harding Davis on a London
Season; by;Col. I. A. Dodge on East
ern Riders; etc., Edwin A: Abner's
of Shakespeare's Come
dies will be continued. Literary arti-
cles will be contributed by Charles
Elliot Norton, Mrs James L. Fields,
William Dean HOwells, Brander
N oftbauc opd nthare
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
: .s:r1.433s = :
Modern Education.
With all It's novel modern powers and
:practical sense am forced to admit that

With all its novel modern powers and
practical sense I am forced to admit that
the pusely scientific brain IS miserably
mechanical; it seems to have become q
splendid sort Of self directed machine,
an incredible automaton, grinding on
with its analysis or. constructions. Bnt
for pure sentiment, for all that spon-
taneous Greek waywardness of fancy,
forsthe tempersture OF passion and the
subtler thrill of ideslity, you might as
well look to 8 wrought iron derrick.
Science found education blunderinS &
peacefully along, cultivating half ofsthe
mind with charming results and letting
the other die Of sdisuse; it worked the
startling miracle of elecrifying this
dead half into life and bringing it to
perfect activity, and straightway, salts
fed with this remarkable achievements;
it proceeded to- neglect the ideal half
which the classics had made so much Of
and caused ito perish. 1t has substi-
tuted anew sort Of half man for the old
once Clarence King in Forum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
Hanher of enc sta-s.

At the present time the whole number
OF double stars known and recorded by
astronomers is something over 1o, 900,
far exceeding the total number Of stars
visible to the naked eye In the entire
armament (about 5000, and others are
being frequently discovered by the great
telescopes now in existence. New York
yIanrnol
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
skin In the wrist.

tits wonderful what a part the wrist
plays In exercises in which physical skill
and deEcacy are required. After man
learns to play billiards well enough to
be familiar with the cushions and the
English, theimportant thing to cultivate
is his stroke. It b the hardest thing
about billiard playing to getta good
stroke, and sometimes the greatest play
ers .sfall down" because they lose con-
troll of it. Now, the stroke wholly de-.
pends on the~action of the wrist Jake
Schasfer, or any good player, will make
q shot Of seven cushions with less sp-
parent force than $ beginner will exert
in getting three. This is due to the su-
perior wrist movement.
It's the same way with violin playing.
The q1ality and touch all depend on
wrist manipulation. So with curying q
baseball. Great pitchers always work
strong Wrist movement on the ball as it
leaves the hand. If they didn't it
wouldn't curve at all. st. Louis Globe--
namonrat s.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
WHEN LoNDoN WAS NOISY.
IN tho Time Of George III There was
Uprosr Eserywhers. q

N tho Time Of George II There Was
Uprorr ESerywhers. 4
We who now object to the noise Of Z
barrel organ III the street, or q cry of
milk, or distant German band, would
be driven mad by q single. day of George
us London streets. Hogarth has
touched the subject, but only touched
it. No one could do more in picture
than indicate The mere fringe OF thiz
vast subject. Even on the eprinted page
we can do little more than the painter.
For instance, ths following were some
of the more common and every day and
all day long noises: SomB of the shop
keepers still kept up the custom OF haV.
ing prentice outside bawlng an inyi
tatiQn to buy! buyl buy!
To this day butchers in Clare market
cry out at their stalls all day long:
.tRally up, ladiesl Rally upi Buyl
buy! buyP In the streets of private
houses there passed never ending pro
cession of those who bawled things fer
sale. Here are 3 few Of the things they
bawled; I am conscious that it Is q very
list. There were those who
offered to do things-mend chairs, grind
knives, solder pots and pans, buy rags
or kitchen stuff, rabbit skins, hair or
rusty swords, exchange old clothes and
wigs, mend old china, cut wires-this
excrnciating, rasping operation was ap-
,parently done in the opener cooper
casks.
There was next tie multitude Of those
who carried wares TO sell-as things Il,
eat and drink -saloop, barley broth, rice
and milk furmety, Shrewsbury cakes,
eggs, butter. lily white vinegar, hot peas
Gods, rabbits birds. .pullets, ginger
bread, oysterse honey, cherry ripe, Chs.
ney oranges, hot codlins, pippins, fruit
ot-all kinds, fiah, taffety tarts, fresh
water, tripe, tansy, green's, mustard.
salt, gray pease, water crosses, shrimps,
rosemary, lavender, milk, elder buds; or
things of domestic use-lace. ribbons,
slmanacs, ink, small coal, sealing wax,
wood to cleaye. iearthenware, spigots,
combs, buckles, lanterns, pewter pots,
brooms in exchange for old ishoes, things
of horns, Holland socks. .woolep socks
and wrappers, birthstone matches, flint
and steel, shoe laces. scissors and tools,
straps and the thousand md one things
which are now sold in shops.
The bear-ward came along, with his
animal and his dogs and his drum, the
sweep shouted from tho housetop. the
ballad singer bsiEled in the road. the
tumbleY and the dancing girl set a.up
their pitch With fife and drum. Nobody
minded how much noise was made. E
the smaller streets the good wives So,
with open doors, running in and out,
gossiping over their work; they likedthe
noise; they liked this perambulsting
markat-it made the street lively; it
brought the neighbors ont to talk and
it pleased the baby. Then. the wagons
went ponderously grinding over the
round stones of the road, the carts rum
bled, the brewen5 sledges growled, the
chariot ratified. the drivers quarreled,
cursed and fought.
The late Mr.. Lowell spoke Of the con.
tinual murmur of London rs of Niagara
afar off. A hundred years ago he would
have spoken Of the continual roar.
Walter Bcsant in Harper's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
J Not So Stupid.

Not So stupid.
The .overbearing ways of drill SER
9geants with new recruits are familiar
subject of gossip in the barracks Of
European countries.
On one occasion q recruits profess
sional man-showed so little aptitude
for military movements that the ser
geant broke out at him:
"Blockhead! Are they all such idiots
as you in your family"
"No," said the recruit, 81 have q
brother who is q great deal more stupid
than I am"
Possible? And what on earth does
this sincomparable blockhead dor
Gle is a sergeant. Youths Com
ranion
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
Import.ue. Of Plates 10 Collectors.

The afi1ing Of the bookplate COM
pIetes, in certain manner difficult to
describe, which most book lovers must
readily recall, the subtle joy Of book
possession. And inasmuch as once past
cd in the label becomes an integral pgrt
of cherished volume it is mall but
rare cases meant 10 be in itself thing
Of definite beauty. Here is one Of the
many interests offered by bookplste
to the collecsor.-Loudon Saturday Re-
viauv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
! Stating tho Case FRANKLY.

The servant girl answered fhe door;
bell and replied that her mistress was
out. "Please tell herr. said the caller,
'sthat l would like very much to have
aer come over tonight to play whist. "
'eWen, ma'am," answered he. royal
the servant girl; so ;mow Mrs.
3. can't go; it's my night out, and she's
got to stay in. Springfield Homestead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16

The volumes of the MAGAZINE begin
with the mum bers for June and Decem-
Der of each year. When nc time is
mentioned, subscriptions will begin
with the number current at the time
of receipt of order. Bound volumes Of
-HARPER's MAGAZINE for three years
back, in neat cloth binding, will be
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
Savage Art True TO Nature.

singularly enough, the primitive men
in the caves Of the Perigord, contempo-
raries of the mammoth and the musk or
in France, and the Bushmen, whose
paintings Herr Fritsch discovered, only
painted the animals known to them as
truly as they could, while the compare
lively highly civilized Aztecs outrsn all
that is oriental in abominable inven-
Gons. It almost seems as il bad taste
belonged to a certain middle stage Of
cnlture.-Popular Science Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
The Size Of solomon,s Temple.

solomon,s Temple, as described in the
Scriptures, would not be regarded as q
very imposing structure in this day and
age of the world. Its length was 107
feet, breadth sc feet, and it was 81 feet,
in height, with a portico or veranda SO
feet long and 1S feet wide. We have.
private houses that overshadow such an,
unpretending structure. st. Louis Re-
,n,.h1;c =
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
A Gro.s SHOW for Him.

Miss @ Candide-VThere / spent the Sea-
son there were twelve girls 10 every
youngms ae
Desmithers-H -Hov wish had been
therei atsa.
Miss Gandide-You ought to have
come down. A young man would have
been almost worahiped no matter how
unattractiye.-Nevr York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
r,,o seortes Of Luclry Minors


A. fswof the many stories that arc
told Of miners luck will enable the
reader to understand how and why the
heads of whole communities may bo'
turned in mining regions. Jim Whit
latch, the discoverer Of the Whitlatch-
Union mine, near Helena, led q typical
western miners life. The mine in qnes--
ton is now owned in England and has
produced SEQ, ,00O, 900 in gold. After Jim
'Whitlatch had sold the property for
81 500, 600 nc went to New York "to
make as much money as Vanderbilt. =
Hewas q rare treat:to Wall street, which
fattensd on him, and in one year let him
go with only the clothes on his back.
He returned to Montana, began ."pros-
pecting' again and discovered a mine
for which be got $3.50, ,00G. He went to
Chicago to rival Mr.. Potter Palmer in
wealth and returned jnst.as he did from
New York. fat strapped" as he would
have expressed it. He made still an
other fortune and went to San Francisco.
where no died poor man.
Z. Another Lewis and Clarke county
mine the DrumL Lummon provides an
other such story. 1t was discovered by
an Irish immigrant named Thomas
Cruise. Although he owned it. he could
not get a sack of -four on credit. he
sold it to an English syndicate for
81 SOC, 900. But he remains one of the
wealthy men Of Helena.-,Julian Ralph
In Harper's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16

A Large Ghsnes for tho Early Bird.
Earth worms six feet long are found
IN Gippsland, Victoria. They live in
burrows on the sloping sides OF creeks,
and are the largest variety found In the
world. It must be q burly bird which
picks up the worm in Gippsland. De
froit Fre Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16
1903.
: 1893.
Harpe1-'s Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.

HARpER'ss WEEKLY is acknowledged
rs standing first among illustrated
weekly periodicals in America. 1t oc-
cupies u place between that of the
hurried daily paper and that of the
less timely monthly magazine. 1t in
cludes both literature and news, and
presents with equal force and felicity
the reul events of current history and
the Imaginative themes Of fiction. On
account of its very complete series Of
illustrations Of the Worlds Fair, il
will be not only the best guide to the
great Exposition,Y but also its best
Souvenir. Every public event Of gen.
eral interest will be fully illustrated
in Its pages. It's contributions being
from the best writers and artists in
this country, it will continue to excel
in literature, news, and illustrations,
all other publications of It's class.a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16

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