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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-04-15
THEcoMET
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1898.


J II. Bright, Of Milburnton, is in
the city
$, H Hendricks was up from Wa
tauga yesterday.
Hugh Kirkpatrick was in from EN-
. breeyille yesterday.
G. M. Harris, editor Of the Big Stone
Gap Post, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Jacob McNees returned yester-
day from visit to relatives at Alton
A. r. Wilson, leading lawyer OF
Greeueyille, was in the city yesterday.
w. f. Young, clerk and master Of
Washington county, is up from Jones
boro.
NJ. d. Berringer, of Altoona, Pa, has
leased the City Hotel Of Taylor and
Martin.
Miss Nola Broyles and Mrs. Lyon,
Of Milligan, were IN the city yester.
day shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Martin returned
yesterday from trip to Knoxville
and Corryyille.
W. P. Hamilton, the princely Ian
lord OF the Hamilton House, Bristol,
was in the citv yesterday.
&C. Collins, the statesman of Car
ter, was in the city yesterday and
went up to Bristol last night
A. 7. Burris and G. L. Creech re-
turned yesterday from Elizabethton
where they attended the ball.
NJ. P. Reeves, a leading merchant Of
Greenville, was in the city yesterday
on his way home from ElizabethtoD.
]. G. Montague, the plumber Of
Knoxville, has taken the contract for
plumbing the new hotel OF Ehzrbeth.
ton.
Hon. VIM. Means and Cy H. Lyle
were at the tripping Of the light fam
tastic at EliZabethton Thursday
night.
The eastern officers and stockhold-
ers Of the COOPERATIVE Town Co, left
last night on the vestibule for Wash
ington.
Hon. A II. Pettibone, who has been
attending the meeting OF the Cooper
alive Town Company, was in the city
yesterday.
Ben Leonard, who las been confin.
ed for some weeks with severe at.
tack of fever at ireenevile, has recov-
cred suffi ientl to return, and will
shortly be able to resume his duties at
he counter.
Mrs e. H. Edison and daughter, OF
Indianapolis, came down from Roam
Mountain yesterday, where they have
been for the past year, for the benefit
of her daughter, who is paralyzed
They took No. l for their home in
Indiana.
Dr. Samuel Patton, OF Kingsport,i ii
in town. Heis interested in Kings
port soil and has in his possession {
plat Of the new town as laid out by
his engineer, E. O. Huffaker. The
completion of the 9 G, & G. Ry., viii
make his town friendly rival Of thi.
the metropolis Of East Tennessee. HI
went TO Elizabethton last night.
The early completion Of the 3C's in
sures The development CT town her,
that will equal, if not excel, that o
any in this part OF the south and it i
no visionary within Of fancy to SAY
that it is destined to be large manu-
featuring and railroad centre. Thi
is "multum in parod" view and opin
ion Of the far seeing and observau
prophets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-04-15

We now carry in stock all sizes OF
gum betting of the New York stamp
and can furnish without the custom
airy delay OF ordering.
956-tf SEAvER & SUMMERS.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-04-15

Ted--He proposed last night and
she refused him.
Ned-Did he tell you?
Ted-N0.
Ned-Then how do you know?
Ted-I passed the house when she
was bidding him goodnight, and he
said it only once.-New York Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-04-15
A Small Wreck.

Captain Miller's train due here at
o'clock, was. dereiled at Wilder's
Mines and delayed about three hours.
The baggage car turned up on its side,
but no one was hurt and scarcely any
damage was done. The train was
moving very slow at the time Of the
accident.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

almost endless pastures. In fact, tnese
land laws receive about es much .atten-
tion as Indian laws generally. A Choo-
taw when he wants pasture land takes
what he pleascs. Many Of the ciiizen
landholders lease their claims to nom
resident farmers at fifteen cents an acre,
and these non citizens raise fine crops OF
cotton and corn. AS there are but l4,-
397 Choctaws, and they have l6, ,45u
SQUARE miles. they could run along in this
care,ess fashion for quite while II white
men would let them.
White men are not in the habit OF let
ting good thing alone. There are al
ready some thousands OF coal miners in
the Nation, and the Choctaw Govern
inent receives in royalties on coal about
S11O, 600 per year. The Nation has
MANY other sources of official income
and is rich without taxation. There Is
Zee of 500 charged for any white man
who marries Choc.aw girl, but the
practice now is for the couple to elope
10 Texas, marry there, return and claim
..head rights. New York Advertiser.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

Even figures may sometimes be pic
turesque. Those put together by the
Census Bureau seem to indicate that the
people of Chicago are cleaner than those
of New York, inasmuch as the average
person in the Windy City. uses ninety
one gallons of water daily, whereas the
consumption Of the same fluid on Man
haitian Island is only seventy -four gal
Ions per capita. Residents OF Buffalo
must be remarkably cleauly, inasmuch as
each OF them expends 1876 gallons of
water per diem. However, they are not
in it as to this point with the citizens Of
Hobo&en, N. j., who use 2S9 gallons
apiece every day. The people of Waco,
Texas, would appear to be the largest
consumers of the same element, their
average being $40 gallons for each indi-
vidual, but the greater part of this is
employed for the purposes OF irrigation.
On the basis of reckoning ABOVE adopted
the residents of Fall River, Mass, are
unapproacaed in their economy of water,
inasmuch as they utilize only twenty i've
gallons daily per capita, -Courier-Jour-
I nal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

The American Statistical Association
published recently in its quarterly bulle-
tin some interesting suicide statistics
gathered in New England through a
period of thirty years, states the New
York Times. From these statistics it is
seen that the suicidal tendency is stead
ily Increasing in the four States of Mass
achusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and Vermont, and that the increase
since 1850 has been AT least ten per cent.
The data presented show that in Massa-
clusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island
there is very steady aud consistent in-
crease in the rate per million, while in
Connecticut the increase has been sur
trlslngy out of proportion, which, the
writer says, "is difficult to parallel in
English speaking countries. From 1860
10 1865, for example, the average num-
osr OF suicides per million in Connecti-
cut was forty six, while from 1880 to
1000 the average was 103, which is far
IA excess OF that shown by the statistics
oi itne other States mentioned. The liz
uFss presented by the ASSOCIATION show
'aat the popular belief that the maxi.
mum tendency toward suicide is found
III the earlier ages is erroneous, aud that,
!" matter of fact, the maximum ten
'eacy Tor males, at least, falls between
seventy and eighty. This result is found
pe very consistent throughout each
successive year. The same uniformity
NnoI lound in the female sex, in which
'Ae tendency toward suicide is more
'''hy distributed all through life than
'ue male sex. April appears from
'-'Se statistics to be the most propitiols
'4'n'a Tor the suicidal mania. Taere can
40 DOUBT that the maximum is
I'D lnat month, as the statistics
a' 'ae States produce the same re-
'S''S as 10 seasonable laws. The mini.
mum number OF suicides in the New
Aas'and States is found to have oc.
''a In the mouth of February. Hang
'as may be said to be tne most popular
''uoa OF suicide for males and poison
" females. A glance through the sta
'' SHOWS that men prefer poison
next to hanging, with "cutting the
'oa' aud 'firearms aul other weao.
AeAt In order. Womea use pois IA
'paly next to hanging and drowa-
81; ~ iney also ''leap fro hei shts,r a
'aag men seldom do.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

Hunnistand, his wife ana dauShter' &c"
other nice families and some oil us men;
II had come to be pretty well understood
that Charlie Fitzpatrick stood the oeso
chance of carrying OIL the prize Wheh
| tell you that old Hunnistan was re-
fefred to in s'Bradstreet's' as
"aunnistau, Ralph-Broker-Aa'"
and that his daughter was beauty you
will doubtless surmise the identity oil tne
prize. She was a fine girl welgnea 5i.,
abont hundred and forty, with reddish
blond hair, genuine color, ana THESE yel, .
lowish blond eyes that you don't see
every dav. Her complexion was mostly
pinkish. She stepped oil like a Men Ken
lucky thoroughbred, and hau AZ - s"'
snirit of one. too. For one tnin
though, she was too hght'm'ndea -n" :.
fr,volous-never took things seriously
that YOU said 10 her. would have pro
posed 10 her myself, only whenever /,
tried to lead up TO 1t ana se' nei '" I'M
nroperly earnest state OF mind' sle
always guyed me so that ! eoSlan Sc sss
il QUIT would have fallen fiat. soe
wouldn't give me credit Tor being -
dead earnest; when talked about '' hea'''
being eaten out under smiling exterIo,'
she laughed in very rude ana an''
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

Watting's Island, where Columbus
s,st landed when he discovered America,
h.o twelye white and six hundred colored
,s;ideuss. The blacks are very poor and
tho whites are not much better off. The
crou, failed last year and the people
having little Or no communication with
tae outside world find it hard matter
TO live. They are in great need of a
schooner IT, enable them to communicate
with pGghboring islands.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23
sELECr siFTINaS.

Taere are only two lawyers in Iceland.
Asphalt pavements were first laid IN
Paris in 1854.
The notation system OF writing music
was invented in 1910.
A Sedalia (Mo.) preacher advertises
"rood music and short sermons.
The swords of Damascus were world
famous five hundred years before the
Christian Era.
A dozen bee trees in New Madrid, Mo-,
were lately tapped, and yielded 900
pounds of wild honey.
Twenty-Five large nails were found in
the stomach of bullock recently
slaughtered in Wilkesboro, N. G.
An antldeluyian frog has been found,
still alive, imbedded in anthracite coal
800 feet below the surface of the ground.
Performances at theatres of ancient
/ Greece sometimes lasted twelve hours.
Seven o'clock in the morning was the
time fer the raising of the curtain, so to
speak.
Franceville, one of the New Hebrides
Islands. is said to be the smallest Re-
public in the world. Its population
comprises forty whites and about 500
| Africans.
The city of Banjan, in Great Bu-
ctaria. is cut in the side of mountain.
There are $4,000 artificial caves and
two statues, one ninety, the other twenty
feet high, each 'hewn from a single
stone.
A pistol ball was recently removed
from the right thigh OF man which
had been there since 1864. The ball, 1t
is said, had gravitated abouta a foot and
a half through the heshin the last twen-
ty-nine years.
A. couple of pheasants, joined after the
manner of the Siamese twins, were shot
bv a hunter in Bellefonte, Oregon. The
connecting lieament was half an inch
long and quarter of an inch timex,
and united them just in front or the
wings.
A level head is possessed by certain
Young man in Winamac, Ind. He loved
two girls equally well, and both OF them
adored him. He set them to cooking a
dinner, each in turn, in his presence.
He married the one whose dinner he pre-
! ferred.
There has been plowed up in Andrew
County, Missouri, an ancient Roman
sword, it is reported, which is believed
to have belonged to some member OF
De Soto's expedition, who were explor-
ing in that part OF the country IN the
| middle OF the Sixteenth Century.
Palindromes, that is to say, sentences
the letters of which read the same from
left to right or right to left, are just now
very popular in London at home gather
ings. Here are several good examples:
Eros saw Eve tub, but Eve was sore
/ Repel a leper-Was it cat saw-Evii
did ere l did live-Big was ere | saw
Glib.
The "oyster" is thought by epicurcs
to be the sweetest tid-bit of turkey.
1t is a portion of exceedingly tender
dark meat which lies in hollow on each
side of the backbone, near and just above
the second joint. Ey examining the
/ bare frame of carved turkey, the two
hollows where the "oysters" lie will be
easily perceived, and one will note that
their shape is long oval.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

You cannot tell how boy will turn
out Professor Beatty, who for many
wears has been at the head of the Dan
vile (Ky.) College, says there were at
one time two boys under him whose
school life he remembers we'll one, John
G. Breckinridge, very ordinary scholar,
Who did not promise much; the other a
boy whom he thought a marvel, and
vho, he expected, would reach the
Igbest position in the land. Speaking
With Governor Crittenden, of Missouri,
hsu those two boys recently, Professor
Beatty said the marvel was now teach
ig in deaf and dumb asylum, while
the other became Senator and Vice.
President aud once was candidate for
the Presidency. OF Governor Critten-
dens class of twenty-five boys the pro-
lessor did rot think much, yet fifteen of
them occupy prominent positions to-day.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

The case OF Corporal Orrin Z. Wolfe,
United States Army, is rather peculiar.
He failed to pass his examinations at
West Point, and thcreupon enlisted az a
priyate in the army. He rose to be cor.
noral, passed the examination for second
lieutenant and was about to be commits
stoned, when it was discovered that he
would obtain the rank six months be-
fore his class mates, who were still at the
Military Academy. His commission has
been held up.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

pbe Atlantis Constitution is authority
=, tbe statement that General Long
s.,eet would have gone into Haycs's Cab.
not had it not been ascertained that he
ras vehement Blaine man.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23
5,OOo,o00 Lizards Killed Yearly.

Five hundred thousand lizard skins
were shipped from the State of Tabasco,
Mexico, to the United States last year.
Thousands of the skins are marketed IN
Mexico, while large quantities are ex-
ported TO Europe. 1t is estimated that
the number OF lizards slaughtered for
their SKINS in the State OF Tabasco last
year was 5000. .000, Atlanta journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23

w 90 etp SsSt@ ~
of abduction as you
ever heard of; if it
could be brought
before the courts the
fellow would be con-
victed in no time at
all We were at the
Blue Springs Hotel
up in the Adiron-
dacks, just a nice
crowd of us; old
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23
BEHIND THE HILL

My boy was young; he could not know
The way earth's wayvard currents iow.
And SO, in early shadows bound,
Hisnaissrnanned shailop ran aground.
lie grew ashamed or his disgrace,
Hecould not look me in the face.
>'Bor, mother, every man. said he.
"Has scorn, and only scorn, for me:
must go forth with alien men
And grapple with the world again,
cannot stay and face the truth
Among the people of my youth
where men are strange and scenes are new
There may be work for me TO do.
And, when | have redeemed the past
will come back to you at last"
And so watched while my boy, Will,
Went down behind the hill.
He climbed the hill at early morn
Beneath whose shadow be was born.
He stood upon its highest placs
The sunrise shining on his face,
He stood there. but too far away
For me to see his tears that day;
My thoughts, my fears, l cannot tell
When he waved back his sad farewell.
And then passed on, and my boy, VIII,
Went down behind the hill.
Went down the hill; hencefor5h for ma
One picture III my memory
Crowds every other from its place
A boy with sunrise on his face;
His sunrise-lighted face see
The arnset Of all JOY to me.
For when he turned him from my sight
The morning mixe1 itself with night,
And darkness came, when my boy, Will,
Went down behind the hill.
The world is wide, aud he has gone
Into its vastness on and Oh.
know not what besets his path,
What hours OF gloom, what days of wrath,
What terrors menace him afar,
What nights of storm without a star,
What mountains loom above his way,
What oceans toss him night and day,
What fever blasts from desert sands,
What death-cold winds from frozen lands,
What shafts Of sleet or sun may blight
Ny homeless wanderer in his fight;
/ only know the world is wide
And he can roam by land and tide.
lis wide, ah me! in every part,
But narrower than his mothers heart
A joyless heart since my boy, Will,
Went down behind the hill.
l know he bravely fights with fate,
But, ah, the hour is growing late;
watch the hll by day and night,
1t dimly looms before my sight.
And fast the twilight shadows fall;
The night is glooming over all;
But in my boy a faith is given
AS saints OF old had faith in heaven:
know that he will come again,
His praise on all the lips of men,
He will come back to me at last
With deeds that shall redeem the past,
Nor desert plain, nor mountain steep.
Nor storm nor thunder on the deep,
Nor tempest in the East or West,
Shall hold him from his mothers breast.
And. though the world grows blind an ]
dumb,
feel, know, that he will come;
And l am waiting for him still,
And watch the summit of the hill;
Sometimes | think see him stand
And wave welcome with his hand,
But tits cloud upon the rim
or sunset-and my eyes are dim
IT'S but a mist made by the tears
That thicken with the growing years.
watch while there is light to see
And dream that he will come to me;
And though It's dark within, without,
will not shame him by a doubt;
The all-enfolding night draws near,
But he will come-I will not fear
But, ah, tits long since my boy, Will,
Went down behind this hill.
Sam Walter Foss in Yankee Blade.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23
1s,.,s are 313 farmers iu the Missouri
p..itaytiary, the largest representation.

"A nj now italy has great National
..o,dal on its hands, large enough to
a;.t,act italian attention from Franca
and lis Ps mama troubles.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23
A WESTERN MAN.
BY II. L. WISDOM

%T was as clear a case
Evening journal., 1893-04-08
How a saber Cut reels.

Thardly know how it feels to be shot,
but l well realize how it feels to be cut" I"
raid Mr.. 0. d. Reeves of indianapolis at
the Lindell. II enlisted in a cavalry
regiment when l was 16 and put in four
years for Uncle Sam. Do you see this
scar? That was done at Nashville" and
he held up his left hand, which was al
most encircled by a deep scar. "The
boys were ordered to charge, and / had
emptied my pistols and had just drawn
my saber when l saw bearing down upon
me one Of the largest men / ever saw.
"Our horses were both going at full
speed, and he was headed directly for
me. He launched his blow first, and
instinctively threw up my hand and
lowered my head. The saber struck my
hand, which fell helplessly by my side.
The man flew past me, and turned my
horse to one side and rode far enough
away to examine my wound. No blood
escaped, neither did feel any pain until
the wound was dressed a half hour later.
The reaction set in, and the strongest
opiates were used for days to give me re-
lief from pain. st. Louis Republic.
Evening journal., 1893-04-08
Deceptions OF IYild Birds.

Falcons, hawks-the largest species
can compress their feathers and look very
slim. if they think it necessary TO do So
AS to the owls, they can hump up into
any position they think most suitable. It
is useless to look for these self preserving
traits in any Of the family kept in zoo
logical collections, for the birds are so
accustomed to see large numbers Of peo-
pie passing and repassing, or standing in
front Of them, that they treat the whole
matter with perfect indifference. They
know that at a certain time their food
will be brought them, and that they are
otherwise perfectly safe. Then the rap
torres in a wild state have a bloom on
their plumsge like the bloom on a bunch
Of grapes, which is not often seen when
in captivity. y.-Cornhill Magazine.
Evening journal., 1893-04-08
The Thumb.

Thumbs have been appreciated ever
since the world began. The ancients
used to call the thumb the other hand
Barbarous kings used to swear and make
compacts by their thumbs. In Rome it
was a sign of favor to wiring and kiss the
thumb, and Of disfavor or disgrace to
lift them up or turn them outward. A
man who was hurt in his thumbs was
excused from serving in the Roman wars.
Some Of the scoundrelly citizens used to
cut off their thumbs, so as to remain
home and get rich. Teachers used to
punish their pupils by biting their
thumbs.
The thumb is a great and influential
member. l can look at the thumb of a
young woman and describe her figure. l
can tell whether she is thin and bony, or
plump and round; whether her joints
are large and i'll shapen, or small and
perfectly proportioned. BY examining
a mans thumb / can tell what ought
be his tion.-New York Tribune
Evening journal., 1893-04-08
Looking For Bear.

A party of farmers in Wales once set
out in search of a bear which had es-
capped from a travelling menagerie and
roamed their lands with considerable
detriment TO their live stock. In the
course Of their quest one Of the farmers,
observing a brown animal of consider
able size lying apparently asleep under a
tree, discharged his gun at it with fatal
effect. The victim of his zeal, however,
turned out TO be a common donkey. The
bear was ultimately tracked.-London
Tit-Bits.
Evening journal., 1893-04-08
IN THE CITY CHURCHES.

Second Baptist Mission, corner Fourth and
French streets Sunday hool 2 D. M:
Preae hing 100 p. H., BY Rev. !. j. Bullin OF
First NJ, P. Church. Preaching tomorrow
lUoe a. m and l.80 o. m by Rev. ZachariA n
w Malker sunday school 3 n. m and %. m
y. T. ) g. f., $50 p. N.
ERedeemer Reformed Fpiscopal Church.
ceorner Of Eighth and Monroe streets; Rev.
Ih9mas j. Mason, rector Services.l0 30 a. m.
anu i.5l p m Sunday school at a. m.
ChrifIian tndeavor p. m.
Church Of the New Jerusalem. corner Deia.
ware avenue aud Washington street: Rev. =.
b label, pas or. Service al 1880 "A m. sub
!ecdt;,, Tie Powerof Prayer Sunday school
at 2.5O p m. No evening service
Seventh Day Adventist Church. in Red
Mems Hall, No. 81 Shipley street. sunday az
e-dJ p, m. Elder J uersum, pastor sinh
q, The Prophesy Of Daniel.m chapter Vii.
seats Tree All cordially invited 70 attend.
:, -. Andrews Church, southwest corner Of
Elehth and Sbipley streets, hev Charles n
Murray, rector Services 10 80 a. m and 4 n
m. Tbs bishop Of ihe dioc Sc will administer
vice. ''''s SCI
Covenant Reformed Episcopal Church
lhlrd aud West streets. Rev. a. h. Hendrisle Il
PASTOR luou a m sermon 10 those intending
20 unite with ihe church. subject. Conditions
lnr rpFltual t5roMth;N 70 p. m. confirmation
d.. Of Philadelphia
Sastlake Presbyterian Church. corner
Thirtieth and Madison streets; kev j. EdgaI
rianklln, pastor Preaching at 10 30 a m
SUBJECT, The Means 20 Dispel Darkness y
ana AZ go NJ, subject, "Our Father.n sun.
oay school at p. m. Christian EndeayOl
prayer meeting al go p. m.