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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
AFTER ROBBERS.
Our Officers Trying TO Run Down Two
Desperate Robbers From Sui
livAn County.

Last Wednesday night thieves b oke
into the store and postoflice OF ]. w.
Childress at Easily Sullivan Co ,qnd Sc
cured about $50 in goods and money.
Thursday night the store OF Will Nc
Clellan at Glover Bottom, Sullivan
county, was raided and $40 or $50 car.
ried away. There was also a postoilioe
kept in this store, and it suffered at
the hands OF the raiders to the extent
OF IS or $40. The trail OF the plum.
derers was Immediately taken up after
this last depreciation and they were
followed to Johnson City. Mr.. Nc.
Clellan, who was one Of the searching
party, passed through here Saturday
night, and notified the officers; he
then went to Jonesboro, where be
thought it more likely the robbers
would 60, as they had told all along
the road that they were going TO En-
breville, but they came here and spent
Sunday and Sunday night under the
very noses Of the officers. They were
suspected, however and a close watch
kept on them until further information
could be obtained. Mr.. Mcclellan
came up from Jonesboro on the early
train and at once began steps to secure
their arrest. Sunday evening the
robbers, whose names are Rad Perry
and Chas. Short alias II. G. Clay, left
Sliger's, where they were boarding and
went to the City Hotel; they left their
baggage, which consisted Of two cheap
Salises we'll filled, at the former place.
They became convinced early Monday
morning that they would be taken if
they remained longer in town, and
left about five o'clock, taking to Buff
falo Mountain. A few minutes later
when the police and other officers
went to the hotel the birds had flown.
The direction OF their departure was
learned, and in few minutes the
woods were full OF armed and mounted
men, but the venturesome robbers
made good their escape because the
officers had made great blunder.
The valises were opened and found
to be full Of clothing, tobacco and
pocket knives, most Of which Mr.. Nc
Clellan was able to identify as coming
from his store
Later in the day posse went out
and made thorough effort to correct
the error Of Sunday, butt was in vain I;
the boys were in the mountains and
beyond the strong arm Of the law.
The last heard OF them they were in
an oat field at the foot OF a mountain,
near Fagans. They were only ten
minutes ahead of the officers here,
but ten minutes in that region meant
liberty.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
In Currituck So und.

NORFOLK, VA, May 19.-President
Cleveland, Secretary Carlisle, Secretary
Gresham and Capt. R. D. Evans ar
rived here on lighthouse tender Maple
at II o'clock this morning, The party
were transferred to the Violet and pro-
ceeded to Carrituck Sound, where the
party will spend three days shooting
snipe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
See the World S Fair For Fifteen
Cents.

Upon receipt Of your address and Is
cents in postage stamps, we will mail
you prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition, the
regular price is so cents, but as we want
you to have one, we make the price
nominal. You will find it work Of art
and thing to be priced. 1t contains
full page views of the great buildings,
with descriptions of same, and is exc
cuted in highest style of art. If not sat
isfed with it, after you get it, we will
refund the stamps and let you keep the
book. II. E. BUCKLEN & CO.,
Chicago, I'll.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
By Johnson City Lodge No. ASS Free
aud accented MasOns.

RESOLVED, Ia the death OF Brother
h. B. r bertson, that from human
standpoint the DEGREES Of Providence
look hard TO us, in removing from our
midst those most useful, yet we hum
bly, acknowledge the wisdom and
goodness OF God, and bow to His de-
crees, and express our heartfelt graft
tude 10 Him for permitting our brother
to have lived so long, and whose life
is TO us an example OF Christian USE
fulness, and whose death is an add.
tional evidence that our faith in a
blessed Immortality is not in vain.
Q That, in testimony of our love
and veneration for our brother, and to
aid in some little degree in perpetual
ing the memory Of his virtue, this pre-
amble and these resolutions be placed
on our records.
D. mat we commend The lille and
example of our brother to the craft as
an illustration Of the exalted height
that may be reached the well directed
and constantly pursued purpose Of do
ing good in whatever sphere we may
be called to act.
4. That our sympathies be rendered
the family in their bereavement.
5. That the papers OF our town be
requested to publish this memorial,
and copy be sent to the family.
May 10Th, 1894,
S. l. BORING,
RoBT. BURRow,} Com.
w, ], EXUM.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
Another Dog IA Dead.

The same eminent authority on ca
nine matters from whom we quoted
last week comes to the front again with
another sad occurrence which cost the
life Of another valuable dog, An old
man living a short distance out in the
country, next to the mountains, had
at one time valuable dog. He was
small but one OF the pluckiest animals
OF the section where he lived. One
day the dog chased grounding into
a shallow hole as he and his master
were going to the woods. The dog
stuck his head into the hole, seized
the grounding and the hog seized
him, then the tug OF war began. They
were we'll matched in point OF strength.
Sometimes the dog would pull the
hog nearly out, then the hog would
pull the dog in. Thus they see-sawed
back and forth, in and out of the hole.
After seeing the dogs pluck tested to
his satisfactioned, the man decided to
dispatch the hog. He raised his axe
and when the dog again pulled the
hogs head out Of the hole he brought
the axe down in 4 death dealing blow,
but just as he made the lick the hog
pulled the dog under the keen blade
and his head was almost severed from
his body. "But the saddest part Of it
all, says the old man, his eyes filling
up with tears every time he tells the
story, "is that the poor dog don't know
to this day but what the grounding
killed him."
rfs .If8E
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
RnokIen,s Arnica SalYe.

The best salve in the world tor Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tons, and positively cures Piles, or NJ
pay required, Its guaranteed to givt
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price % cents per box. For sale by
Mcfarland 4 Co,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
"a Brain PnIyerizer."

While looking through q lot of pa
pers, several years old, we found one
containing the following
"a person sent twenty cents to buy
twenty pencils,of three different kinds,
the different prices being four cents
each, two for a cent, and four for q
cent, How many of each kind must
he get to make twenty pencils for
20 centsY
Will some one send an answer? Z
~ IA PAuL PALAYER.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Take your dresses to Mrs J. B. Lady
and get them made in the latest style.
Work done neatly and we'll also o
perfect fit insured. Brown Bros store,
Main street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
Bipans Tabules Danish pain.
Jackson leads them all in Flour
Sugar, Coffee and Meat.

Look Herel Some people think
nothing good is made at home.
Buy Ivory flour and be convinced
that this is a big mistake. War.
ranted. Build up your own town,
not the other fellows.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
SEEN AND HEARD.
Personal and Other Items That Have
Present Interest.

Present Interest.
DR.. Cameron was down from Eliza
bethton Monday.
Capt. ]. NJ, Hardin has returned
from Big Stone Gap.
E. H. Seneker was visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Wofford, Sunday,
Harrison Haws and Bob Thomas
were up from Jonesboro Tuesday.
Our old friend, Jas. A. Maher, was
down from Roam Mountain Tuesday.
Theo. Hacker, one OF Jonesboro's
best young men, was in the city Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Cox spent Sun
day with Mrs. Cox's parents at Jones'
boro.
DR.. S. A. Bowman spent Sunday
with Cedar Greek friends at Greene
vile.
G.. @. Walker, agent at Limestone,
has been in the city few days this
week.
Ross, little son OF John Webb, has
been quite sick for several DAYS with
bronchitis.
CIV. Kleinknecht, the lumber man,
left Sunday for a business trip to
WEIGH, w. Va.
Frank P. Sparks aud lady returned
from visit to Mrs. Sparks relatives
in Bristol Monday.
Jake Bewley, superintendent of the
East Tennessee's bovine morgue, was
in the city Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Foy W. Dulaney are
to be congratulated on the arrival OF a
big boy at their home last Friday.
w. A. Myers, we are sorry to state,
has been quite sick for few weeks
and don't seem to get much better.
Mrs. Dave Smith, an accomplished
society leader Of Rogersville, is visiting
Mrs. ]. B. Cox, on Holston avenue.
J. w. Shelton & Co, feather renova-
tors, have moved into the old Earnest
& Ball building. next to the COMET Of
fee.
w. @. Baird, postofiice inspector
was up from Chattanooga this week
looking after the Sullivan county rob
bers.
Miss Lalla Oliver. who was hurt by
hack turning over, at Antioch
Church, is improving and will soor
be out again.
Hon. w. w. Default was in the cit.
Sunday. He was on his return from
Tusculum, where he attended tn,
commencement.
Mrs. w. P. Hamilton, who has beef
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. J
Thomas, returned to her home a
Bristol Saturday.
Hon. A. A. Taylor came in fror
Washington Saturday, and will remai
athome about o week before he return
to his duties at the capital.
The johnson City COMET is foil
again, and in the judgment Of tn
Star, looks much better than when
had eight pages. Rogersville Star
d. B. Ragsdale, proprietor Of IL
Cloudland Hotel, on top OF Roa
Mountain, was down Tuesday. He
making preparations to open the b
tel soon.
T. r. Hurst got back Saturday fro
two weeks trip in North Carolin
Tom is certainly selling the merchan
his line and making successful ira
cling man.
:. -serss-.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
STABBED THE CONDUCTOR,

On q Pullman Car Between Knoxville
and MOrrist0wn.
KNOXVILLE, May 15.-Conductor
Fitzgerald, Of the Washington vesti-
bule dining car, is reported to have
been seriously and, perhaps, fatally
cut by negro cook on the train, be-
tween Knoxville and Morristown yes
terday. Fitzgerald gave orders which
the cook refused to obey and diff
Guilty ensued, when the cook drew a
butcher knife and cut the conductor
Q ! the head. The negro escaped from
tie train and has not been heard of
since.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
THE COMET.

Correspondents will please sign THEN
names to their communications, not
for publication, but ASIAN act OF faith
The true name of a correspondent will
not appear in the paper if it is enclosed
in parenthesis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

LATER.-A report has just reached
the city that the thieves were captur-
ed near Magnetic City Tuesday by
two North G arolinians, said to be Lace
Parker and Jesse Harolds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17
ANY Parson

That is troubled with constipation can
get immediate and permanent relief by
using DR.. Hale's Household Tea. One
dose day--at bed time. 25c and Soc.
For sale by Mcfarland & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

The Hustling Butchers are Webb
Bros. They sell the best meats, Chick.
ems 8 1.a cents per pound.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

To reduce our large stock Of fine
summer shirts we have cut prices very
low. w. w. KIRKPATRIcK.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Odd pants and fine line summer
shirts at cut prices at
w. w. KIRKPATRIoK's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Try pound OF that 50 cent tea at
Jackson's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Webb Eros. have all varieties Of
sweet potato plants at Is cts. per 100.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

gR5ssAT 30 YOU take medicine
Wv for? Because you wantto getwell,
or keep we'll, of course. Remember
Hoods SaT3apariiIa Cures
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Leave your order at Webb Bros. for
Crystal Ice.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Butter, eggs and all kinds of coun-
try produce at Jackson's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Fine line of four.in-hand ties--all
shades and cloors at Wares.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Strawberries daily at JacksOn's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

More goods and better goods for the
money at Jackson's than elsewhere.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Ripans Tabules cure iaundiOo.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-17

Spring suits are now in order al
CHAs. I. WARES.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
A Biblical Conundrum.

A good story is told of the horsy son
of an English clergyman. He was on an
important occasion to meet the bishop of
Lincoln at dinner, and as it was desir-
able that a favorable impression should
be made on his lordship his father beg
ged he would be favorable to the bishop
and do his best to draw him out, as he
was unusually strong in Biblical lore.
During the early part of the banquet
matters went on well enough, the young
man saying little, but watching for an
opportunity to open his full batteries.
At length a pause in the general CONVEX
sation took place, and while the COM
pany was all attention he thus addressed
the bishop:
''Might I venture to ask your lordship
a question relative to a point mentioned
in the Old Testament which has puzzled
me a good dealT
"Oh, certainly-quite happy" replied
the %dignitary, feeling quite in his ele-
ment.
"Then l should be glad to have your
lordship's opinion as to how long it took
Observation-Disclosures to get into condition
after he had been out to grass?'-Boston
Herald.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
The Sting of the NettIe.

The leaf and stem of a nettle are lit
orally clothed with erect hollow hairs.
If one Of these hairs is viewed under a
microscope, it will be seen that its free
end, after tapering to a very fine degree
of slimness, finishes as a little knob,
while in the other direction. after grad
ually becoming more robust, it suddenly
expands into a large bulb, corresponding
with the poison gland of the adder.
The point of the hair is very brittle,
and contact with our skin causes the end
to snap off, leaving a hollow needle point
which readily pierces our cuticle, and
pressing upon the bulb at the other end
the poison is forced through the central
channel and infames our blood. The
tender handed who stroke the nettle' are
stung for their pains, because their gen.
tleness has only served to break the brit
tie points and rendering them fit for
piercing. but the rough handed break
the hairs at their thickest parts, where
they are too stout to prick.-Good
Words.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
Nervous Singers.

The effects Of are varied
and amusing. One young mezzo soprano
was prevented just in time from walking
on to the platform in a huge pair of fur
lined overshoes, which were put on above
her slippers. and which contrasted COM
ically with her dainty gown.
Another songstress, who was gifted
with a good verbal memory. was singing
without note. During a rather elaborate
symphony preceding the second verse Of
her song she CHANGED idly to glance at
the book of words which she was hold
ing. Confusion followed. She could not
link the melody with the poem. It was
a terrible moment, but she stepped swift
ly to the piano, glanced at the accom-
panist's copy and finished her song con
amore. 1t appeared on inspection that
by a printers error two lines of her song
had been left out Of the book of words.
This had confused her and was the cause
of her failure to blend words and music
together.-Atalanta.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
The WAY to Get Old.

To the banale and eternal question,
"How are your the wise old man allows
himself but one answer, II am very
we'll" He knows perfectly well that his
innocent deception, if deception it be,
deceives no one. Perhaps it is we'll that
he does not realize, for of self conscious
ness we have enough and to spare, that
the remembrance of his f%ortitude, pigeon
holed and forgotten perhaps for long
years in the mind of the listener, may
come forth one day to hearten that same
listener along the cruel way when it shall
be his turn to tread it.
Fol sc are accounts carried forward
and not always to the wrong side of the
page, and if it is true that the sins of the
parents are visited on the children it is
equally true that the luster of their vir-
tues shines on long after the darkness
has covered them. Is he of those who
desire pity for their falling power? The
surest way of getting it is to keep 81
lence.
Almost as important and almost as
much neglected is the care for personal
appearance. After go vanity of the per-
son should be carefully cultivated. After
60 coxcombry in a man and coquetry in
a woman become cardinal points. Can
it be said that the old as a rule so con-
slider them2-Contemporary Review.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
What a First Glass Fare Means,

There are some people who imagine
that wealth entities them to privileges
not accorded to the general public and
exempts them from obligations and rules
that others are disposed to obey. An Incl
dent which occurred on one of our ocean
steamers conveys a wholesome lesson to
the purse proud contemners of the rights
of the majority. A family of unlimited
wealth had secured the best accommo-
dalton the steamer afforded.
The gentleman and his wife kept them
selves secluded most of the time, but the
children were allowed to run wild over
the steamer until they became such in
tolerable nuisances that the captain was
spoken to, and he gave the youngsters a
severe reprimand. This reused the in
dignation of the mother, who remarked
to the captain that as she paid first class
fare she thought she was entitled to
first class privileges.
MADAM" said the captain, first class
fare means first class conduct" There
was NJ further protest.-London Tit
Bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
boil Down" Everything!

The taste for short stories, in place of
the ancient three volume novel, has been
cultivated even in conservative England
and has become so widespread in the
United States that very few periodicals
which deal in fiction at all are without
their stories begun and finished in a sin
gle issue. The talent required to pro-
duce a fascinating and successful fiction
in this narrow compass is apeculiar one,
and while there are numerous failures
there are also a surprising number of
successes. Well written, descriptive ar
ticles, too, are in demand, and special
cravings for personal gossip and lively
sketches Of notable living characters are
manifest. That perennial interest which
mankind and womankind evince in ev-
cry individual whose name, for whatev-
er reason, has become familiar supplies
a basis for an i~nexhaustible series of
light photographic articles.-New York
journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
In Duplicate.

Gus de Smith came down Harlem ay-
nue. with his chin cut in several places,
so that it looked as if a drunken barber
had been practicing On it.
''Merciful heaven, Gust" exclaimed
Pete Amsterdam. What did you do to
the barber? You ought to have murdered
him. That was the least you could have
DONE"
Il didn't do anything of the kind. Aft.
er he was through shaving I invited him
across the street and treated him to a
cocktail and a cigar"
We'll, you are a fool"
mo. l amt such a fool, after ALL" re-
sponded Gus, for you see I shave my
self"
'Oh, that's a different thing. You are
a kind of d double barreled fool.'-Texas
Siftings.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
Telling Trees by Electricity.

Trees are felled by electricity in the
great forests of Galicia. For cutting
comparatively soft woods the tool is in
the form of an anger, which is mounted
on a carriage, and is moved to and fro
and revolved at the same time by a small
electric motor. As the cut deepens,
wedges are inserted to prevent the rift
from closing, and when the tree is near
ly cut through an ak or handsaw is used
to finish the work. In this way trees are
felled very rapidly and with but little
labor.-London Tit-Bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27
The Young Moon.

The editor of The Popular Science
Monthly takes certain imaginative writ
ers to task for their u~nscientific and alb
surd statements regarding 'the young
moon" and ''the crescent moon" and ad-
vises them to leave it alone, because they
so often contrive to get it in the wrong
place. In a story which has come under
his notice he finds two friends described
as sitting out one summer evening look
ing over the Thames, and the writer goes
on to say, "By this time the young moon
had arisen, and its cold light shimmered
over the misty river. Such writers are
reminded that the young moon goes to
bed early and can never be seen in the
process of rising.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-27

TRIALS OF A TICKET MAN.
He Can Endure All but the Questions OF
People Who Never Travel.

He Can Endure All but the Questions OF
People Who Never Travel.
A prominent Pittsburg passenger
agent, in a conversation with q reporte,
of that city, gave a few interesting facts
relative to the everyday experience OF
the average city passenger man, which
those not directly connected with the
business know nothing about. He said
at is a singular fact the number OF
people who visit our Office daily and the
curious questions they ask with regard
to railroad rates, etc., when very often
they have no notion whatever of leaving
the city and as a matter Of fact have not
Travelled any worth mentioning. For six
years there has been a very singular char.
acter who has made an annual visit ia
this office. l have no idea from whence
ne cometh or whittier he goeth, but he
always asks the selfsame questions and
goes away apparently satisfied with the
information he has received. l always
expect him in the springtime, generally
about the 1st of April, when the suns
rays grow warmer.
"Then my quaint old friend comes to
see me. | should judge him to be at
least 80 years of age. He is stopped and
feeble, with hair as white as snow, but
well dressed, wears a silk hat and carries
a cane and talks in a nervous, jerky
tanner. He invariably opens up with,
What's the rate to Boston, I tell him.
and his eyes light up as he waddles out
with alwayst the same observation. Well,
by gum, that's cheap! cheapr If the old
man would tell his story, it might have
a tinge of pity in it. Perhaps he has g
son or daughteri in the Hub City whom il
has been his cherished hope to see for all
these years.
"The biggest out and out nuisance we
have to deal with are persons who come
here with no other intention than to col
lect all the railroad literature they can
They have no notion of going away, but
thay grab everything in sight in the way
of time tables and other information
bearing on tourists points in the north,
east, south and west. They greedily
gather pamphlets, circulars and book.
lets treating on climate and resources.
1 don't know what these collectors dc
with the stuff they get here, but some of
them must have a prize assortment.
''Then the man who travels from one
end OF the country to the other is the
person who invariably pushes into the
Office and in a brusk tanner asks for a
time table of the line he is about to
take. It is given him., of course, and
without so much as glancing at the
schedule it is stuffed into his pocket,
and his next question is, When does my
first train leave? It seems to &C.
cur to him to look on the time table. Sc
it goes. Sometimes people ask me ques-
tons until I'm afraid the buttons will
drop off my coat, but after all we man.
age to get along with our patrons re-
markedly well."-Pittsburg Post.