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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-07-25


difficulty Tuesday on Main street and.
as both We're heavy-weights, the bout was
lively while it lasted. The result was
one OF them had her shirt waist torn off
ana was led captive to the sepulchre."
looking very much like a brOnZed living
picture on strike for her salary. She
was later on resurrected by friends
furnishing the financial aid necessary.
Col. w. p. Brownlow was in the CITY
TINS week experimenting the additions
to the telephone service at this place.
Inc law firm of Kirkpatrick, Williams
d Bowman and the Southern railway
company now have phones in their of.
nces, and connections can be made to
Jonesboro, Embreville and Fall Branch.
The colonel informs us that an exchange
Will be established in the city with If
teen subscribers at the low price of 1924
per year, with the privilege of commu-
nicating with their entire circuit with
out extra charge.
Last Saturday our city was over run
with statesmen and politicians The
veranda OF the Virginia House was
headquarters for the stalwarts. Hon.
W. Z. Anderson, of Newport, was telling
the boys how Carter county would be
solid for him the next time, while
BrOwnlow claimed the earth and had II.
Z. Hart, of Johnson City, and Jim
Pemberton,of Rutledge, both busy trying
to fence 1t in for him. Hon. A. j.
! tyler, OF Sneedville, was also in the city
with some mush and milk for his boom,
which seems to thrive and grow fat in
the lower end of the district. Many
questions We're discussed, in which Mr..
Brownlow, however, was conspicuously
quiet. In other words Walter Sawed
wood and said nothing" Anderson
told us later that he had It from good
authority that Brownlow and Hon. w
L. Gillenwaters, contemplated going in
the evangelical field-cOme the Sam
Jones and Geo. Stuart business. Mr.
Anderson says they will be accompanied
by Col. Jas, White, of Hawkins, who
represents the East Tennessee Demo
cracy and show to the world what pOlit
cal ambition in the First district will dc
for Neutrality-suspicious. Republican.
Two men with but a single thought
started for the residence of DR.. +. S. Nj
Ter, Jr., last Friday night about the
same hour. They were G. A. Reeves
and j. w. Boring. Reeves lives about
two miles in the country and had beer
detained an hour trying to capture &
steed in an open and wet field at mid
night, with one shoe and one slipper on
and had about made up his mind that hi
would give his "kingdom for a horse
when he succeeded in bridling the un
: sympathetic equine. Mounting the un
, saddled animal, he rode hopefully tt
=. . town, and, although badly handicapped
he proved the earlier bird and was rid
ing homeward with the--doctor wheI
r they discovered John Boring cominI
Q pantngly into sight. Reeves cheeril,
Q notified him that he was ''next" and tina
t he would claim the stakes on the mex
day. Boring, undaunted, turned hi
+ face towards DR.. w. j. Miller's and me
). with better luck. After the excitemen
!. was over, it was discovered that Reeve
!, was rejoicing over another girl and Boz
ing was fondling his sixth son, John w
q Boring, Jr. Congratulations, gentlemen
II may you have many happy returns c
, the season.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-07-25

Soroiuta--a more common evil than
people are awalc--,is cured by Ayers
Sarsoptrila.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-07-25

1t is your duty as well as privilege
to look young as long as you can. One
way to do so is by dressing your hair
with Ayers Hair Vigor. Itcauses the
hair to retain Its color and fulness to
la:s period of lite, and keeps the
scalp in good healthy condition.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-07-25
Bee Hive Drug Store.

WANTED-To emp oy IN energetic
lady or gentleman to represent us in
each county. Salary $4,000 per month
and commission. Address With
stamp. Chas. A. Robinson & Co.,
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Gold Dust flour il the cream Of
best wheat grown, carefully selected
carefully cleaned, carefully milled and
is absolutely pnre.
Gold Dust -four will make the light.
est, whitest and sweetest bread.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-07-25
SCIENTIFIC SUSPENDERS

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Preventing all strain on tn uttOns when sit
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we will send by mail on receipt fpricc, soc, to
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up.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-25

settle on wise, modest, honest
way of living? II this article
should lead to one such confer.
ence the writer would be glad.
Let the wife call the house to or.
der, and say: .."Husband :, We
must keep out Of debt. We must
raise our children to proper ideas
of life and now let US settle it that
we will live like Christians should"
Or the husband may do it; no mat.
ter which 50 it is done.
"And beloved, you ale a Chris
tan, and. as such, may | say a
few closing words to you? AS a
christian you are supposed to rep,
resent Christ, He was rich, but
poured his riches on the poor.
Are you not bound to live econom.
lcally in order to help the cause of
Christ? What do you say?
"P, ST have just read this ar.
ticie over to make correction. II
is about right, only put very mild.
~ Often after W ,iting an article
the thought comes; 'Will it dc
any good? | wonder if this article
will do any good? viii any
young married couple agree, after
reading, that economy and com.
mon sense shall rule their home
IN Ike love and fear OF God? Alas
How much we talk and write t.
the wind. We are mainly set OF
misery. We still spend our mon
ey for that which is not bead
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-25
COAL! COAL! COAL!

Delivered anywhere in the CITY
for S4.25.
A. M. STORER e. co.
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
GLASS SWAllOWERS.
All of Them Are Fakirs or Conjurers in q
Small Way.


Small Way.
There are number of mex who go
around the country affecting co be able
to swallow bits of glass, pebbles, small
shells and so on. 1t is singular but
most of those who see these tricks per-
formed really believe that the articles
are actually swallowed.
In reality, in this case, as in many
others, it is the ''quickness of the hand
that deceives the eye" A man who at
a dime museum actually swallowed,
during fifteen to twenty performances
day, bits of glass and tacks would be
soon IN his grave.
These men are conjurers in small
way, and their bill of fare is disposed
of in another way than swallowing.
The trick is for the most part deftly
executed-the performer initiates the
act of swallowing to something like
perfection, the apparent movement
of the throat being well done.
Many of these men pretend, in order
to increase the mystery, that immedi-
ately after they have done the trick
they swallow some mysterious mixture,
only known to themselves, which acts
as dissolvent and digester. But this
exists in Imagination only.
A friend of the writer, who is ply
sician at one of the hospitals in large
city, was not long ago consulted by one
of these alleged champion swallowers.
This same man, who pretended to eat
dozens of things daily, was in a terrible
state of fright, because he had in reali-
ty. by slip, swallowed two tacks.
OF course, this is conclusive evidence
that he did not actually swallow the
articles which he pretended to find de-
light in eating. But people who can
take pleasure in seeing fellow being
swallow tin tacks deserve to be fooled.
Golden Days.
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
THE S-A ELEPHANT,
Largest Representative of the Seal Species
Is Almost Extinct.

Largest Representative of the Seal Species
Is Almost Extinct.
The California sea elephant is an ami
NAL with a fearfully long Latin name,
but very short stay on this earth,
writes W. I. Hornaday in St. Nicholas
1t is the largest of all the seals, its
average length when fully grown be-
ing from twelve to fourteen feet. while
it sometimes reaches the astonishing
length of twenty-five feet. including
the hindfi-~crs. 1t Is still an open
question whether this animal is of the
same species as the sea elephant of the
Antarctic ocean. Our animal, like the
other, derives its popular name from
the heightened, tapir-like proboscis, or
snout, of the old males, which some
times projects six inches or more be-
yond the end of the muzzle.
The hair is exceedingly short, very
stiff and harsh, and when clean and
dry is of dusky yellowish color. This
species once inhabited about two hun
dred miles of the coast of California,
from Point Reyes south, but 1t has
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
CALIFORNIA SEA ELEPHANT.

been practically exterminated for the
sake Of it's oil In 1884 Mr.. C. II
Townsend visited Santa Barbara is
land for the express purpose of pre-
serving for the National museum the
skins and skeletons of what were sup
posed to be the last survivors of the
species, then about to be killed by a
seal hunter for their oil. The result
was that at the eleventh hour a num-
ber Of very valuable skins and skele-
tons were saved for the &c Geological mu-
seums of the world.
About the same time an enterprising
collector actually captured five young
specimens alive and shipped them to
New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Cincinnati-which was the first
and only time the species was ever
seen alive in the eastern United States,
and will doubtless be the last. But
am glad to be able to state that these
seals are not absolutely extinct, for a
short time ago Mr.. Townsend assured
me that few individuals are vet
somewhere south of San Francisco, in
a place that the seal hunters know not
of; and, in the language of Jefferson's
Rip Van Winkle: MAY they live long
and proer<4r."
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11

woman whose name is Stewart, Mac
pherson, MacGregor or anything that
has the faintest smell of the heather
walks abroad in the big checks of 'our
tartan, you know" Men on Broadway
wear neckties of the solid red and
black of the famous outlaw Rob Roy,
women display it in velvet sleeves, and
now and then in crossing a muddy
street the dainty lifted dress reveals a
glimpse of Rob Roy hosiery.
Not all tartans are effective in dress
materials. They don't light up" said
Mrs. Seidle, the Young English woman
who designed all the costumes used in
the opera Rob Roy. She adds anent the
present craze for family tartans that
women are often disappointed because
they aren't prettier, and advises if a
plaid be dull or complex with small
lines that it should never be worn in
woolen stuffs. 1t will be far richer
and handsomer in silk. Mrs. Seidle is
the New York authority on tartans and
is kept busy just now helping the hunt
of the fashionables for family plaids to
sash small girls and kilt little boys and
be worn by grown-ups in a dozen diff
ferent ways.
Mr.. Ward McAllister and his family
can utilize one of the most extraor-
dinary clan plaids 1t has red ground
almost hidden by hair lines of green
and white with but four black lines in
it, 1t is said that every line in a
tartan has meaning, and in that case
Mr.. McAllister's would require an ex-
pert translator of tartans, as it's hero
glyphics must have had quite history.
j. Malcolm Forbes, the Boston mil
lionaire, could If he wished deck his
family and servitors in a dismal tartan
of dark blue and green squares with
solid black corner blocks and single
distinct line of white running both
ways.
The most beautiful plaid of all is the
court tartan of the Stewards This Is
known now as the Victoria tartan, be-
cause Queen Victoria Is daughter OF
the clan. This tartan is worn in this
country by a number of Stewards and
in New York 1t has been claimed that
Lispenard Stewart traces his descent
from the royal Stewart family and so,
of course, is entitled to sport the royal
tartan.
A good part of tho material used in
the smart plaid costumes is ordered by
the piece from Scotland, though New
York houses are beginning to pride
themselves on their tartan lore, and
will cheaper presently what has been
IN expensive fad up to date. Whatever
else comes of 1t, the outbreak of ram
pant color Is calculated to add to the
joy Of nations
A simple but effective dress was
studied yesterday at an "at home"
The very wide skirt was of tan -colored
crepe embroidered with gold. The deep
pointed basque was of green cloth with
gold and black embroidered. Tan-col-
ored chiffon filed in the neck and there
were green velvet sleeves.
Another pretty home dress Is Of rose-
colored silk with round waist gathered
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11

wish to lift that weight any oftener
than was absolutely necessary.
Some of the women with long hair
weave it over and around little reeds
stuck in at right angles to the head, so
that it finally looks like great straw
hat or basket all around their faces
much like the old poke bonnets that
our grandmothers used to wear. The
ladies of the lower Congo whose hair is
more woolly than that of some of the
other tribes, part their hair in three
great thick locks, one on each side Of
the face and one In front. These they
grease and twist until they look like
wire, then they curve them until they
look like short cows horns sticking out
on both sides and in front.
The natives of Rua braid their hair
In two or three long plaits right on top
OF the head. They stiffen with clay
until they stand upright exactly like
the funny little horns the unsociable
snail sticks out as he saunters along
with his house on his back. If the man
OF Rua happens to have short hair he
oraids in false hair until he gets what
he considers fashionable length, that
IS about twelve or fourteen inches.
They Likewise share the fondness of So
called civilized matt ms for changing
the color of the hair. and are particu-
larly addicted to the use of Il red clay,
which makes their ha!r brilliant red
Ihey also use Il preparation of henna
Tor the same purpose. and when they
want to hide the gray hairs thf mix
aenna and inGi.ro, which makes fine
black, and. unlike some European dyes,
does not affect the brain. Isabel Nc
kee, in Chicago inter Ocean
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11

the bluff and he. rty clubman wearing
kits of the Cameron plaid, which is a
bold scarlet crossed with dark blue
and with large check outlined in
white. Sir Rodericl's three popular
daughters like the tartan in golf capes
hat trimmings and in rich velvet even
ing waists.
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania. is
a member of the Black Cameron branch,
and his daughter, who is belle both
in New York and Washington, keeps
always in her wardrobe some trace of
the Black Cameron tartan.
Paris began the wearing of silks and
velvets in tartan patterns six months
ago and New York has followed suit by
decking itself gorgeously with the
plaids of the Scotch clans. Every
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11

under black velvet belt and with full
skirt llounced with black lace, caught
with black velvet bows.
The new woman is not so absorbed
in schemes for intellectual aggrandize-
ment as to overlook the charms, for
example, OF the flower boa. The wom-
an who is new enough to be a debut
ante wears rose wreath or long gar
land of honeysuckle with her evening
dress and is likened by her admirers to
living flower. At recent dance one
of the prettiest costumes had cream
colOred silk skirt with narrow trim
ming at the bottom of pearl and tur-
quoise embroidery. The cream-colored
chiffon waist was draped over turquoise
blue silk and caught under belt of
cream velvet with gold embroidery.
The square neck opening was finished
with a velvet band. The sleeves were
huge puffs of accordion plated chiffon.
Two other novel evening dresses are
Illustrated. One is of pale sea green
chiffon with corselet bodice of dark
green velvet and straps of holly leaves
over the shoulders. Huge rosettes of
striped gauze ribbon catch the draperies
in front and gauze streamers hang to
the hem.
The other costume is princess robe
and lace undersleeves. Gold buckles
clasp 1t at the waist and bosom.
/ Since big sleeves means capes, what
Joy that capes are beautiful. The longer
and more matronly ones are made of
velvet, plated to yoke, lined with
brocade and heavily trimmed with jet
and fur. They have wide, pointed
shoulder collars, and high, Medici
throat collars and sometimes depart
from precedent so far as to have bunch
es of violets set in rosette fashion
among their fur edgings.
The newest short capes are very CO.
quettish garments. One of the two
pictured is of a pretty green cloth with
green velvet yoke and with collar and
edge of sable. The other is an opera
cape of black velvet with pointed re.
vers of white velvet studded with jet.
There Is deep ermine border and col
lar, and there are long, white ribbons
to fall to the ground.
The velvet gown has the call. 1t is
worn indoors and out, on every imag-
Unable occasion. An uncommonly
pretty Illustration of its use is afford
ed by a cornhower blue velvet after
noon dress finished by leading house
some few days ago. The costume is
made in redingote style, closing on the
left side and clasped with a great
silver brooch at the waist. 1t turns
J back over the bodice in square-cor-
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
Rural Mail Delivery.

An interesting movement has been
projected in the attachment to the
post Office appropriation bill Of an
amendment setting aside SEC, 900 for the
purpose of experimenting with rural
free delivery. With this amendment
there is another directing the post
master-general to report to the next
congress such measures as may be
deemed practicable for mail delivery In
the rural districts and their probable
cost The experiments thus forecasted
will be watched with inte rest, and mo-
where with greater attention than In
the country districts where rural free
delivery involves such important inter.
ests. The marked growth in city popu-
lation at the expense of the population
of the country is in large measure due
to the present isolation of American
farm life and the difficulty of keeping
In touch with the outer world. Rural
mail delivery would no doubt 60 far to
counteract this tendency.
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
Be- Amiable.

We have sometimes seen form
Of distinguished personal beauty dis
figured by want of cleanliness and
by being clothed in slovenly attire The
exquisite symmetry could not be alto
gether concealed; but how much more
attractive would 1t have appeared wit b
other and more suitable accompani-
mentsl So it is with character; there
may be real Leauty Of holiness, but in sad
and slovenly attire of temper. Changing
the illustration, may observe the bril-.
liancy Of the most valuable diamond may
be hidden by earthly incrustations, the
lustrc Of gold may be dimmed for want
of polish. and the most majestic portrait
be half covered with dust or mildew. So
religion. which is more precious than
rubiss and more valuable than gold, and
the very image Of God in the soul OF man,
may have its worth and its excellence
deprecated by infirmities of temper and
q want of amiable department There
fore cultivate amiable habits carefully.
II may be difficult at first, but practice
makes perfect Remem ber that each les
son learned makes the next one easier.
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
RAGE FOR TARTANS.
Ellen Osborn Discusses the Late st
Fad of Society.
New in Evening Wcar-The Big Sleeve.
the Cape and the Popularity of the
Velvet Gown-Dresses for Aft
ernoons at Home.
COPYRIGHT, IS94.l

On Mrs. Lamont's desk in the Wash.
ington home of the secretary of war
stands an oil painting of a comely
maiden at the wheel, not the bicycle,
but spinning wheel. Her gown is Of
crimson and black squares. This is the
Lamont tartan, and the bright dress of
the fair ancestress decked in its splen-
dor is striking bit of color in the
drawing-room.
In the dining hall of Sir -Roderick
Camerons Madison avenue house in
New York is a magnificent portrait of
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
NEGRO HEAD-DRESSES.
Eccentric CoifTures Seen by Travellers h
the Dark Continent.

Eccentric CoifTures Seen by Travellers In
the Dark Continent.
The African puts ornaments in his
hair as we more civilized mortals do,
but his taste is different For where
we decorate with gold and silver pins
and combs, he proudly uses little balls
and disks of clay hanging to the end of
his braided locks or long braided beard
Sometimes he plasters a great crescent
shaped lump of clay on the back of his
head, and one old prince, particularly
vain and loving of ornament, rolled his
entire beard into ball and SO plastered
it with mud that it hung, 4 great clay
ball. from his chin. just fancy how
pleasant it must have been to wear
five-pound weight on ones chin! 1t
would be great discourager of con
versation, for one certainly would not
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
ORDER NISl ON SALES.
No. 6340 EQUITY.

ORDER NISl ON SALES.
No. 6340 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Frederick County. sit.
ting in Equity.
John O. Motter. assignee of Sophia X. Shultz,
eXecutrix OF the last will of George T. DILL
mortgage of Barbara A. Linton, on Petition
NOVEMBER TERM, 1884,
In the matter OF the Report of Sales filed the
18th day OF December 1894.
Ordered, That on the 10Th day of January. 1895
the Court will proceed to act upon the Report
OF sales OF Real Estate, reported to said Court
Dy John G. Motter, assignee of mortgage
IN the above cause, ana fled therein as
aforesaid, to finally ratify and confirm the
same, unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown before said day; provided copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper published
In Frederick county, for three successive
weeks prior to said day.
The Report states the amount of sales TO be
S600.00.
Dated this Goth day of December, 1894.
JOHN l.. JORDAN.
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County
true cOpy-Test: JOHN l.. JORDAN,
JOHN y. MoTrER, Solr. Clerk
dec. 28 At.
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
Hit at ChfCRg,

Hit at Chicago Girls.
Chicago girls. where'er we find them,
Think the bakery they take,
And, departing, leave behind them
Footprints no one else could mako.
Detroit Tribune
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11
Luring Him On.

Old Boarder-How does it happen
that you gave that man the tenderloin
and me the tough end?
Waiter Grille amt decided to stay
yet.-N. Y. Weekly.
Frederick citizen., 1895-01-11

Because Lit relieves business men and per-
sons possessing property from the
necessity of saying NO"
at enables heirs and next of kin to
become trustees executors and
admin list ratOrS.
3.-It relieves persons required to givs
bonds from incurring obligations
by asking friends 10 become Sc
curity for them, and which they
would feel bound to reciprocate
when the opportunity came.
At presents undue influence over
employees.
bit lnsures a supervision over the
bonded.
Sit guarantees prompt payment of
losses.
lit affords persons OF no property or
friends of financial standing TO
obtain positions of trust and emo
lument.
S.-When once iopted 1t is never
abandoled.
9-It has for its directors some OF the
best known and most substantial
men ofthe State, and for its officers
the following gentlemen:
Lloyd L. jackson, Pres; w. Crawford Black,
Edwin Warfield, Vice-Presidents; Herman
=. Bosler, Secretary and Treasurer; William A.
Hammond, General Counsel N. Winnslow
Williams, Assistant Counsel.
fyou have bond ofany description to give
call at my Office and get rates before going to
friends WI might for reasons best known TO
themselves se compelled to say"No
w IRVING PARSONS,
Real Estate 4 Loan Agent.
Mutual Insurance Building,
FIR derrick. Md