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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-06-14
"When crested leaders proud and high
TOTS their beamed frontlets to the sky y

| luko tneiE Dchmtu lIoutlebslO lub hky
II our queen Is go regal at a distance,
a nearer view but enhances her attrac-
tions; and it would be impossible to
imagine any thing more interesting in
the way OF n dilemma than that lovely
dished face between the amber, ebony
tipped horns. The soulful eyes are so
large and velvety that their phototype
gave to Juno the pseudonym of the
"ox-eyed goddess"; the muzzle Of
snowy outline serves to accentuate
the mouth, though black, is guiltless
OF venom, while her breath is as sweet
as the clover bio ms she so delcately
treads with dainty feet. Her coat is
wondrous texture, neither fur nor silk,
whose lining is sure TO peep out some
where and show its tinge Of gold aud
as for switch, she can make the proud
boast denied many belle, that every
hair is grown on the premises.
The Jersey can adapt h. rself to any
situation, and refiners and digniics
her abiding-place by seeming con.
sciousness OF work well done, Her
dispos ion being gentle. she readily
responds to affection and whether
che constitutes herself the pl ,ymate
OF the children or the pet extravgance
OF the "lord 1f the manor" she fills
the Mich to perfection. She is not out
OF place teIhered on princely domain
surrounded with caressing admirers,
neither is she dwarfed in the smallest
paddock with no companion save an
inhostlble board fence. II her gentle
man friend would create havoc in a
china shop, she would, with propriety
occupy an Irishman's "parlor" in com
pany with his historic "pig."
The milkmaid is an important ad
junct, and, in decorative point oI
view, not to be despised. In rurs1
EnglaM she is on her native heath
under hedgerows mid the scent o
Hawthorn looms as fragrant as the lac
teal tribute paid the flowing pail. II
is to be regretted that in this land o.
the free the "pretty maid" who goes
"a milking" is generally boy, devoid
Of that subtle sympathy the wise little
Jersey appreciates. Then, in the sub
stitution of the male sex, who shall
compass the loss TO our artistic sense
in the marring Of the picture as Shake
spesre painted It, when the pretty
/. chopt hands piled their task."2
i Small as the Jersey, she combines
in her economy more admirable quail
tiles than sll other cattle upon thou
sand hills and as pretty is who pretty
does, besides being machless, she is I
mint OF money to her owner in be,
butter making capacity, and quite a
phenomenal in her gils edged exploits
as her feathered friend of the barn
yard who eshelled out the COLDER
eggs.
She isemphatically the "cow will
the orumpled horn who has tosseC
more dogs that worried more cats tha
killed more rats OF unbelief end PERU
dice in the house Of every Jack VIII,
did not love her appearing than an.
quadruped, Jerseys are they fhat'h 'hav,
come up through great tribulation, ant
have fought their way step by etc;
until their position is as impregnabl
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-06-14

The Jerseys are so deer like in ap-
pearance that group a,a little dis
tance might easily be taken for herd
of their counterparts and it only
needs little obliquity Of vision to
convert the waxen horns into branch
ing antlers and the resemblance is
complete,
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The jersey Cow as q DecOrInlon.

PRIZE ESSAY, BY MRS. W. A, MULLN.
To describe the Jersey COW in plain
language, she might be called "an i'm.
prov d churn with a leg at each corn.
ell Aud-thereby hangs tail
Where she poses, however, as a dec.
Grafton, she claims her dainty belong
iugs, which have attained perfection
since Nature first issued the edition de
lu1e, bound in calf
In her fright little, tight little is.
land" she has been protected by GER
tain laws prohibiting the importation
OF otter breeds, thus persistently keep
ing her partician blood inviolate from
mixture with the Common herd"
Her surroundings have been like unto
that divinity that doth hege aqueen,"
until her pedigree is unquestioned and
her blood is as blue as that OF the
Plantagents or Tudors, constituting
her the creme de Ia creme OF COW arts.
ocracy,
She is unriYaled as an ornament TO
shaven sward or picturesque park,
and in form and color leaves nothing
to be desired. In outline she is more
beautiful than any counterfeit pre-.
sentiment" the chlsel OF Phidias could
have essayed, and more decorative, in
the eyes of her lover, than the cele-
brated Warwick vase from Hardin's
villa.
She appeals to the ethetic sense
and fills the measure Of our eye with
scheme OF color embracing all the
tones in fawn, cream and gray, with
composite tints OF orange, mulberry
and ashes OF rose. Like harmonies in
music, these chord with the plette
Nature has prepared for the setting Of
the picture, and the finishing touch is
given to the landscape.
A: any season Of the year she lends
her quota OF charms to the environ
ment, but seems particularly suited to
summer scenes and the enjoyments
peculiar to the ojorous hush Of drow-
sY noon, when
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-06-14

DIR. 7. W. WHITL0CK,
Treats diseases OF the
Eve, Ear. Nose and Throat
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
GORMAN'S ULTIMATUM.

Senator German is reported as having
given the House the choice between the
Senate bill and the Mckinley tariff. Ii
the position of certain Senators has been
reported correctly the Maryland Senator
has the power to force his altimatum. He
is one of the cliQues OF Senators who made
the passage of the House bill by the Senate
impossible, and who proceeded to amend
that bill so that it would receive Senate
votes enough 10 pass it. One Senator was
won over with a duty on sugar, another
with a duty on coal, a third with
a duty on iron ore and fourth with
a duty on collars and cuffs. Such is the
bill which Mr.. German now offers the
House with the assurance that no other
bill can pass at this session. Ii the House
accepts the Senate bill The limit of its sub
mission will have been marked. 1t will be
i'm possible to go further. The Senate bill
is more acceptable to Republicans than
The House bill. and, as the alternative of
the House BILL might command Republic
caniv0tes, but If the choice lies between the
Senate bill and the Mckinley tariff the Re-
publican part of the Senate will be solid.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
FICTITIOUS WEALTH.

Senator Sherman says that the railroads
of the United States could be duplicated
for one-third of their cost and for one-hith
of their paper cost By paper cost ne
means the stocks and ponds issued when
represent no actual investment. The paper
cost of the 10000 miles of railroad In the
United States may be roughly estimated
a. $4,000, 0O0, OO0 This would be about
$685. 900 mile. The real cost Of construct
ing these railroads now would be not lar
from $4,000 a mile. showing an aggregate
cost of $1,000, 100000. There appears,
therefore, to be not far from $4,000. O00,oOo
fictitious capital in our railroad properties.
Now, all these inflated valuations are sup
posed to draw interest. If bonds are
issued interest is one Of the fixed ex-
penses. When business falls of niue
there is rarely question of passing OWL
dends until labor has been squeezed all IL
will stand. When labor protests the pres
ident of the trust will call his hands TO-
gether and show them what are his nXed
expenses. These cannot be touched. IN
less the men will accept reduction OF
wages the machine must stop. Capltal
cannot afford loss. Even fictitious capl-
tai has rights which must be respected.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
ARBITRATION.

Massachusetts has nearly if not quite
settled the strike problem. A State board
of arbitration, consisting of three men,
bers, hears and decides all complaints.
The employers have one member, the en-
ployes another and third is citizen we'll
veTsed in law and business whose personal
interests are Lot involved ia the case or in
any similar case that may arise. The
arbiters take into consideration the state
of the market, the prices at which the
product can be sold and the cost of pro-
duction. When the complaint is against
reduction in wages the board aScertains if
the reduction is necessary to enable the
employer to continue business. If the
board finds that it is, the employe is Or
dered TO submit. If the board finds that
it is not the employer is ordered not to per-
sist in demanding it. There is no absolute
law to enforce decisions, but the facts
published create public opinion. Now
the thousand and one dead laws upon our
statute-books show that public opinion is
more powerful than law. A law is seldom
enforced unless public opinion is behind
it. And a non-judicial decision that is
supported by public opinion is pretty sure
to be accepted by both parties to a con-
trnvaraU
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
DENIS DID 1T.

There Is young lawyer in the service
Of the United States who needs looking
after. Els name is DcniS and his present
point of operation is he Southern District
of California. The first break of Mr..
Denis was in declaring that a railroad COM
pany should carry the mails when it could
even if it had to dispense with its Pullman
car service. This opinion made the Rail
way Union feel gooG for a couple Of days,
but when Judge Ross was heard from
this short period of eXultation came to an
end. It is now said that Mr.. Denis is the
real head of the suit to dsintegrate the
Southern Pacific Company. Olney is quite
as much astonished at the broad sweep of
the proposed action as the officials Of the
Southern Pacific. Olney has even ex-
pressed the opinion that the combinations
and consultations Mr.. Denis proposed to
declare illegal were contemplated by the
interstate commerce ACT The Southern
Paclfic's newspaper organ in this city does
not think that a law passed In 1894 can af-
feet consolidation effected in 1898 or on
any previous date. The doctrine is some
what boldly laid down that a law cannot
forbid a wrong that has been commenced
when the law was enacted. The reason why
Attorney General 0lneY has not made an
effort to break up trusts is now made ap-
parent. Trusts were formed before the
law designed to break them up was
formed. The antitrust law could. there
fore, only be invoked against trusts
formed since the antitrust law was
passed. Senators Sherman and Morgan
have expressed the belief that the anti
trust law could be made to perform its
purpose, but possibly they Will change
their ID inds when this new light reaches
them. On the other hand. it may be held
that the word SHALL" which our contem-
porary relies so much upon, may be ap-
piled to a continuation in the practices the
Interstate act declares to be unlawful. a
person cannot be punished for an offense
that was not an otfense when he com
mitted it. but if he persists in the practice
after it has been declared an offense he
may be punished, even though the ma
chinery by which the offense was CON-
mitted was contrived before the law was
passed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
FISH AND FOWL.

Congressman Reilly is wasting time on
Pacific railroad funding bills. His latest
plan is to make the Central Pacific Company
agree to pay its debts after the corporation
is dead. AS that company has eTaded
payments of its debts when alive and
heaIthful, it will not be likely to find much
trouble 10 making hole in law requiring
it to pay after it has ceased to have control
over its affairs. There is one way to make
the company pay which Mr.. Reilly does
not seem to have thought of. That is to
subject the company to ordinary processes
of law. There is no good reason why q
railroad company should be relieved from
obligation to pay its debts to the extent of
its ability. The law kindly makes certain
exemptions in favor of small debtors who
are unable to pay in full, and there is no
reason why heavy debtors should receive
more consideration. At the bottom of the
disregard of law, which is often spoken of
as endangering our institutions. is the sue
cessful resistan ee of law by powerful par.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
NIECE.
JUDGE HASTINGS MI
Mrs. Catherwood Wants Her Estat
Accounted For.

Accounted For.
Mrs. Clara g. Catherwood yesterday fled IN
the Superior Court long bill of exceptions to
the first annual account of W. S. Keyes as
guardian of his 13-year old daughter AZalea
q. Reyes. Mrs CatherwO0d is the girl's aunt,
and makes several charges against the father.
Mrs. Reyes was a daughter OF the late Judge
s. G. Hastings, and the latter at bis death left
property in trust for AZalea, the Income from
which amounts to about $4,000 year. In No.
vember, 1890. w. S. Reyes was appointed
guardian OF the girl and took charge OF her es-
tate.
1t is with his management OF the same that
Mrs CatheTwood finds fault. In the first place,
she says that he has mingled the moneys be-
longing 10 his daughter with his own, and has
not charged himself with interest on it, she
further claims that the account does not show
all the property belonging to the GIRL and, fur.
Their, that Reyes never caused TO be made and
filed an inventory and appraSemcnt of The eS-
tate.
She then takes exception to all the counts III
the various vouchers, with the exception of
three or four in each which were for masses
said for the repOSe OF Mrs. Keyes' soul, sums
paid Sisters of Charity and for pew rent. The
other items which she finds fault with are for
expenses of educ ton and other matters per-
tanning TO The girls welfare:
Since his appointment Reyes, she says. has
drawn nearly $4,000 in cash, and after this
be asked the court for an additional allowance
of 900 tor maintaining aud educating his
daughter.
Ii Will be maintained by Mrs. CatherwOOd
that IA her is obliged by law TO support his
child and that the guardianship of the estate
does not release him from his paternal duties.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
THE WANDERING JEW OUT
DONE.

a British peer, by name the Earl of Dun
more. So years of age and adventurous in
disposition, proposes next winter to imi-
tate the feat If the Wandering Jew and to
walk over the ice from Alaska to Siberia.
The enterprise is feasible. At the mar
rowest point Bering Strait is only thirty
eight miles wide, and from September to
May it is blocked with ice ten to fifteen
feet thick. The Boring current from the
Polar Sea into the North Pacific keeps the
ice in constant motion, so that its surface
is rugged, the bummocks being frequently
twenty or thirty feet high But they can
be crossed by man of resolution and en-
durance, and thus, if the Earl starts early
enough and meets with no misadventure
on the way, he may accomplish mis- pur-
pose.
The undertaking is for glory, and can be
of no benefit to science or trade. The
traveller will have to pursue his path on
foot or in sledges to the mouth Of the Lena.
We know from The record of the Jean
nette what sort of a country be would
have to traverse. 1t would be even
chances that he would never come out
alive. In Central and Southern Siberia
there are rich prairies and black earth
steppes where every kind of grain and
most kinds Of fruit can be grown, but
north of these are great areas of tundras
which only lie four or five feet above the
ocean and are unfit for agriculture. Dur
ing the post pliocene period these tundras
were probably covered by water. and in
the ice fossil remains of prehistoric ami
mails are still found. 1t is this region
which the British traveller would have to
traverse before he reached the inhabited
portions of Siberia.
The English are nothing If not eccent trio.
The Earl of Dunmore probably wants to
be able TO say that he is the only man liv-
ing who walked from America into Asia,
and he is willing to adventure his life in
the enterprise. If that pays him for the
risk no one has right to criticize. AS a
matter of fact an undue proportion of
human lite has been jeopardized or lost In
exploration Of the North Polar Sea during
the past half century, and the net results
TO science have been small. There is
nothing 10 the polar regions to reward eX-
ploratiOn. Expedition after expedition goes
out and brings nothing home to repay
what it has cost. There are at the present
time three expeditions which are bent on
locating the north pole. They may sue
coed in their purpose. but it is almost GER
tain whether or no that they will cost
science lives which cannot we'll be spared.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19

A novel tax measure is pending in the British
Parliament with good prospect for becoming a
law. 1t leVies tax OF 10 per cent on the
estates of all persons dying in the British
Kingdom. The only consolation the Brtisher
will have is that he VIII not be dunned by the
tax collectOr.-Fort Worth Gazette.
Has Mr.. Olney noticed that the vapor stove
manufacturers have just formed an unlawful
conspiracy In restraint of trade for the pur-
pose of limiting production and increasing
prices? But perhaps vapor- stove trust is as
constitutional as the whisky trust-New York
World.
In new melodrama that Is doing the Eng
lish provinces the stage Is set in France in the
first act in America and Germany IN the sec.
ond. and in Australia and England in the third
Ii should be great play for invalids there Is
so much change OF scene-Albany Press.
The Norwegians are indeed wonderful
people. Some Of US here would borrow their
system OF rumselling, others would borrow
their school for cripples. AS yet there has
been no imperious demand for the erection of a
statue OF Ibsen.-Boston journal.
France has given this country points on ex-
pedltion 10 the election Of President If she
could now show US some means OF abbrevi-
ating long-drawn-out tariff agony the United
States would be greatly indebted to the sister
epublc.-PI,tsDurg Dispatch.
The rate at which the present House is pass
Ing bills TO pay damages for the use of Southern
churches during the war tends to convey the
idea that most of the time of the Federal
troops was spent in buildings OF that kind
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
There seems to be something about the Colo
RADIO afmOSUhere that tends TO make men reck-
less OF their words Some OF the Eastern Re.
publicans IN session at Denver are INDUCING
in talk that would make them ridiculous at
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Pretty much everybody seems to have been
giving brides to tile police OF New York, from
The merchant o the bootblack. The only won
der is that the police over there have not
been able TO retire earlier on their fortunes
Boston Herald.
The magnificent floral tributes that were
placed on Carnots coffin were eloquent, but
not so much SO as the little punches of immor-
telles that were strewn about it by the poor
workIngmen and working women. - Newark
Journal.
An interesting and refreshing feature of sum.
mer journalism Is the appearance in the ST.
Louis Republic of an able and exhaustive Illus
trated article treating of The proper method of
raising snow blockades on railways.-Chicago
Herald.
Why should man who makes business OF
politics and secures big annual income there
from escape the payment OF an income tax any
more than man who makes business of
manufactuTing?-C Herald.
The fact that William Walter Phelps left
SO, coo to Charles Nordaotf, the famous news.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
THE WITTY WRITER'S.

Wife-Do newspaper writer's sit up ali night ?
HusDand-I believe So
THAT explains 1t, them"
explains what?"
"The household department of this paper rec
ommends roast potatoes for breakfast. One
would have to sit up all night to have the oven
hot enough. New York Weekly.
what is the matter ?" said the slangful COM
merclal tourist 10 the Western farmer. Hard
times struck you? Can't you raise the wind 2"
81 She say L could" was the reply in tones of
scornful indignation. Cyclones is about the
only crop we git around ere."-Washington
Star.
Mr.. Billus-Maria, how do you pronounce the
name of the new President of FranceP
Mrs. Billus-I haven't any Idea.
MIR. Blllus-YOu haven't, hey? What good
did II do you TO go to Paris year before last, ia
like to know!-Cnicago Tribune.
Don't Kill the flies, the little flies
That swarm about the DOORS
For they may find the boarder
That SHORES and shores and snores.
Chicago Inter-OCean
Cara-Mr. Singleton is the most dead in
earnest fellow ever saw.
Maude-What has he dOre to convince you?
Clara-The last time he proposed lie asked
me 10 be his wife.-New York Herald.
"When are you going to pay me that money!"
said Charlie Bondclipper.
"As soon as l am able," replied johnnie Few
scads.
well, you pay up pretty soon or I'll bring
suit"
That's all right. but let me give you
pointer. 1 owe you $50. Lend me fifty and
bring suit for an even undred."-Texas Snt-
ings
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

ALI neus Felch, just elected president Of the
Michigan State Pioneers Association, will be
go in September He is the Oldest living ex
Governor In the United States, and be has been
a United States Senator and a Judge of the
Michigan Supreme Court. He is still in active
life as bank director.
Professor George Colby Chase, the new presl.
dent of Bates College, has held the chair OF
English literature at that institution for twenty
two years. He is 81 years old, and was gradu-
ated from Bales az the head Of the class in
1868.
Senator Gordon's lecture on The Last Days
of the Confederacy" promises TO yield him
handsome financial returns. Age has svered
his hair and somewhat impaired his physique
bur he Is still soldlery in appearance.
The little mountain village OF Belefonte, Pa,
has already given two Governors TO that State,
namely, Andrew q. Curtin and James A. Bea-
yer. and will give third if the Republican nom.
inee General Hastings is elected.
Rear-Admiral Tehalkowsk commander OF
the Russian ironclad SimpOe, who was recently
appointed chief OF staff OF the Russian fleet in
the Black Sea. is one OF the most esteemed off,
GERS in the Russian navy.
Private letters from New York have brought
rumOrs TO Berlin that Mr. RunyOn, the United
States ambassador, wishes to resign his Office
owing 10 the inability or Mrs. Runyon TO en-
dure the Berlin winters.
Mr.. Gladstone has promised to write an in
PRODUCTION 10 the life OF Sir Andrew Clark,
which is in course OF preparation.
Kaiser William sits for his photograph about
once a week.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19

Ties. The masses of the people do not see
why an observance Of law should De re-
quired of them while lawmakers make IL
lawful for great men to break the law
Just at the present time very stern man
Hesitation of the power of law is being
made in this and other States. Whne DO
one objects to sufficient exercise OF power
to preserve order and punish crime, 1t Is
very general opinion that these manifesto
lions would have been unnecessary II the
enforcement of law had been more uni
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-19

paper correspondent. is conclusive proof that
Mr.. Phelps was one politician who proved
grateful-St. Louis Republic.
The News is the friend of the man who
works for his living and dares to stand up and
warn him against the dangerous advice OF
headless aud vicious aeitators. - Galveston
News.
Twenty battalions OF Chinese troops have
been ordered to Corea. That unhappy country
probably wishes ii had adopted Geary law
while there was yet tlme.-Chcago Times.
The Chicago Tribune says that "Chicago
proper includes the whole os Chicago" But II
we are to believe Mr.. Sts-d, Chicago is very
improper In spots.-Memphis Commercial.
France has new President and a strong
one. She will maintain peace with other coun-
tries and good order within her own domain
Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t will be great day for Texas when Gov
ernor Hogg permanently retires from poll
iics,-New York Commercial Advertiser.
The sugar-makers in Congress who have
"made business Of it' have also made mess
OF it.-Inter Ocean.