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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

If you are devotee of the bicycle you can mel
Their hear too much nor say too much in its ia
vor; and ifyou are just learning to ride wheel
or are thinking about doing SO naturally you
are DESTROYS of knowing all you can of the ex
perience and opinions of those who have become
experts. Everybody rides silent steed or
from present indications will before the sum
ner is over, therefore everyone will b. interest
published in DemoreSt's Magazine for Nav, il
which such enthusiastic advocates of cycling a!
DR.. Edward Payson Fowler, DR.. A Conan Doyle
David Christie Murray and Dr. Grace Peckham
Murray give their views regarding it IT'S in
teresting reading, and conveys convincing ar
guments i'll favor of the wheel for both sexes
There is not page that does not hold some
novel or interesting matter Dem0rests Maya
zine is published for only So year, by w, len
nings Demorest, IS East I4th street, New York
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

WONDER what those hair trigger
individuals who were so much
afraid, sometime ago, that Secretary
Herbert would not have the NAVY
properly represented at the celebra-
ton attending the opening of the
sea canal at KEEL, on June 70,
think of themselves now? In ad-
dition to the San Francisco and the
Marblehead, first designed, Seere-
tary Herbert has ordered that the
New York and the Columbia shall
also go to Kiel And there is a
possibility that the Secretary may
go himself on the Dolphin.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

The supreme court can not
finally dispose of the income tax
cases, upon which arguments for a
rehearing will be heard next Mon.
day, too soon to suit treasury de-
partment officials. The vote of
Justice Jackson, who will sit to
hear the argument for a rehearing.
if cast against a rehearing
viii settle the whole business, as it
is understood the other eight mem.
bers ofthe court are equally divided;
but should he vote for a rehearing
it will be left open until that rehear-
ing has taken place and decision
shall have been handed down, and
that may not be until after the first
of July, which is the last day upon
which the income tax can be paid
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

without a penalty. The votes by
which bonds and rents were
exempted were such that the result
can not be changed, no matter how
Justice Jackson may vote upon
them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Harpers Bazaar includes i'll its several depart
ments everything interesting to women and
valuable in the domestic circle. The wisest
economy dictates a subscription to this brilliant
weekly paper as in fashion alone its readers
save during single year many times its price
The woman who takes Rdrper'S Bazdf is pre-
pared for every occasion, ceremonious or nfor.
NAL.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

The complete novel i'll the May issue of Lip
pinc0tts is The Lady of Las Cruces, by Chris
tian Reid It gives later and the last episode
i'll the life ofthat beautiful and gifted Mexican
who was the heroine of The Picture of Las
Cruces" in the magazine for February 1894
"Martha's Headstone,' by Edith Blower is a
strong and touching story. with ali uncommon
motif. odds on the Gun is stirring anecdote
of South Africa, the first of sundry surprising
adventures ola war correspondent which viii
be offered
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02
QY H. LYLE.

AND now comes a scheme from
Michigan to make the new dollar
'alf and 'alf. This ought to make
it popular with the Republicans.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

Once Week, the greatest illustrated weekly
newspaper in the United States, is unusually
full of attractive features this season Subscribe
to it now, i'll time to secure the brilliant novel,
peg, the Rake" by Rita" the distinguished
English novelist. Six dollars and half per
year payable one dollar OH delivery, balance
fifty cents per month, collected at subscriber
address-pay for the richly illustrated paper for
year, and for twentysix volumes of the Semi
Monthly Library of the best fiction by contem-
porary noveists. Iii addition to this, the sub
scriber receives as premium the handsomely
bound works of a standard author Once Week
is high class journal devoted to the best fic-
ton sketches of travel, illustration of events,
portraits of celebrities Of city and country good
verse, pictures of European affairs and metro
politan gossip and news 1t has thousands OF
readers in every State and Territory. Leading
writers of America and Europe contribute to its
columns Its Semi Monthly Library will con-
tain novels by Ossip echubin, Edgar Fawcett
Gilbert Parker barley Dale, David Christie
Murray, H, Rider Haggard, Grant Allen, Hector
Malot and others.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

The first instalment of the Personal Recollec
tons of Joan of Arc in Hdrper'S Magazine having
shown the environment in which the heroine's
May number will carry forward the marvellous
story to the beginning of Joan's efforts to take
to the Dauphin the message she had received
from heaven 1t is appointed that 1 shall drive
the English out of France, and set the crown
upon your head"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02

The thirtieth anniversary of Linco1n's assas-
sinaton, falling in April, will be commemorated
by the publication in HdrperS Weekly of two
noteworthy articles, of which the first will dis
cuss the source of Lincolns eoquence, and the
second will be devoted to Lincoln genealogy--
tracing the line back to New England stock
The second article will be contributed by Lucius
+. Chittenden, register of the United States
treasury during the peril F 'io civil war and
an intimate friend of the PRESIDENT himself as
we'll as of many of the leading men connected
with that administration.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02
New Advertisements.

"a EEh kA fEsNESS & HEAD NOISES CURED
81. - r. My Tubular Cushions help when ali
S'Hs "a VI else fails, as glasses help eyes Wits
New York sole depot Send forb book and proofs FREE
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

The 14th of July was the great day
Of Boulanger's life, so far as popular
admiration and exterior manifestations
We're concerned. 1t was the date of the
appearance Of the black horse, the horse
that became, for the time party sym
Dol, political finger post, a feature in
the history of France.
He was prodigiously snowy horse,
rs gorgeous as he was famous; he was
composed principally of a brandishing
tail, neW-moon neck, a looking glass
skin, and the action Of DemOsthenes.
He seemed to possess two PAGES only
a fretting walk and Il windmill canter.
He was a thorough specimen Of what
the Spaniards call IAN arrogant horse
he was gaudy, yet solemn; strutting
yet stately; Haunting, yet majestic;
magniloQuent, yet eloquent
He was drilled with the most admira
Die skill; his manners We're SO superla
tive that with all his tirework display
he could not have been either difficult
to handle or firing to sit. Never was Il
horse 50 emphatically suited to his rid
er; the two more identical in their
ways; each was as gilded as the other.
AS the horse bounded the General twho
had a weak grip rocked on him. al
every stride he swung tremendously In
the saddle and bent right and left al
ternately, like Il stage sovereign bow
ing to his assembled people.-Black.
woods Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

al had "a narrow squeak OF IT once,
said Pa;rolman Knapp. at was
back in the 7Os, when the Cheyennes
were troublesome i'll the nation.
was in the 9th Cavalry, and II party
WAS out after the reds. Our MAJOR
charged band OF Indians and capt
urcd lot of ponies. They turned
ont To be Wichitas, and was sent to
the agency near Fort Sill to report
and turn them over to the owners
When on my way back | was met 10y
"A lot OF Wichitas, and We parlcycd.
Then they joined MS. The next day
ye SAW band OF Cheyennes in war
paint.
They were for killing IL, but the
chief Of our party persuaded them to
let us go. We went to n guIch quite
II distance away, and | supposed TO
camp. Our leader piled a lot OF sun
flower stocks over the fire, and /
asked what for. Make heap smoke.
Fool Injun. He then got his ponies
aud We took our horses and ran "A
fast as Se could for at least ten miles.
The willy Indian was afraid that il We
waited there We would he killed by
the Chcycnues. The band surrounded
that spot, guided by the smoke as /
learned later, but our Wichita friend
had fooled them with his clever ruse. y
Kansas City journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
FORTUNES MADE IN A DAY.
Millions Came and Went in Pctrole
uIn's Early Days.

Millions Came and Went in Petrole'
un's Early Days.
There never was time In the COM
mcrcial history OF the world when 30
many men were making So much
money as were the men who owned
the biz oil wells on oil Creek in the
year 1851" says pioneer operator in
the petroleum field. Incomes were
calculated by the minute, ami 81 Il
minute was Il small Income. There
were men who were making from 50
to $40 Il minute, day and night. In
those days-and they seem like 4
dream now or some Arabian nights
tale-it was the well owners who made
the money. They just sat around and
let their wells spout and gathered N
the returns as they came.
There had been astounding iiuctu-
atiunS in the oil market ever since the
business began in 1859. In that year
petroleum brought $50 barrel There
was no market for it yet, though, aud
not much was sold. The next year, IN
spite of the fact that there was very
little demand for Il product as yet al
most unknown to the outside world,
the wells then producing put on the
market POO. 900 barrels of oil. Yet the
average price for the product that year
was $40 Il barrel, although it fell TO
$3.50 in January, 1861, and tumblcd 10
20 cents barrel by April.
In 1861 oil tumbled TO 10 cents a
barrel, and an empty barrel was worth
Il times as much as the oil ii could
hold. In less than year l,50oO0U
barrels of oil came from the ground
along Oil Creek. and more than half
of it ran to waste. Oil was SO low in
1862 that very few operators shipped
any. There was Il good deal Of money
made In 1868, as the price was about
81 at the wells, and about 3,OOO,oOD
barrels were produced, but 1851 was
the star year for we'll owners. The
price had gone TO 81 Il barrel in Feb
ruary 1864, and before May was over
81. Some heavy wells We're struck
about that time, but by June l oil was
selling at $50. BY the end Of the
month it had jumped to Sl1.50 bar
rel. In those thirty days more men
We're making fortunes every day than
| believe ever before in the commercial
history of the world.
The most notable year Of all for
fluctuations in the price of oil was 1863.
The average was something like 50 a
barrel. while the price frequently Went
up as high as so and fell as low as 81,
This year saw the end of the gushing
days In OH Creek. All of the big spout.
inG wells were things of the past. The
highest price oil ever got again was
in 1860, when it went to 81 IL barrel
Ever since then the price has steadily
grown smaller. and since 1873 has
ruled below So"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

Wooden Rails for a Florida Road.
The citizens of Avon Park and
Haines City, Fla, forty miles distant
have decided, according to a CORE
spondent of the Manufacturers Rec
ord to build a railroad with wood rails,
which are large enough to be laid so
that they will be half-imbedded in the
sand. without other ballast. They are
to be held in position by wooden pins
two inches in diameter and eighteen
inches long. while the ends are connect
ed by plank couplers placed under
meath and held by pins. Not a pound
of metal will be used in construction
Of the tracks. Most of the rails will
be furnished gratis by property own
ers along the right of way. The COM
pany believes that in Il few years the
fruit, vegetable and passenger bust
ness over the route will pay for reg
ular steel rails, when the others will
be used for ties. A small steam dunn
my will furnish power for the road.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

-sv-r flllvuaiI flr broken nights and TIE
vrfirss and ru--las 81 uriruls sicsrooln.-
Crn- up aud take L.. you nrrmen, be-ge'ilol'
FAR down amid the -r-z-y machinery OF ocean
steamer. ali Sc CONDUCTORS and ensinrcfs
ON railroads. that knew NJ sunday. anu
Whose ringing beliz aud loud whistle never
warned on your uwu auXieti.--
Come up and take II, You moshers' Nhg
rocked aul luIlabiel the family brood uuiil
they took wing for other nests and never ap-
pr.ciats.i what YOU had done and suffered
iar them. Your hand was well iaNoFci
when YOU were Young ami u was a ueAuh-
iul hand. So well rounded, 50 graceful tIA5
many a lmired aud eulnsizeI IL, but hArs
work callousel IL aud TWISTED u, ana ~.
sacrlnring toll for others pllet A. anl m"ns
household griefs thlnuei Il, and the rms
which went on only with push az the maj
riuge altar now is too large aud iall- on ~
again and again Won have lost IL. Poor laA ~;
Weary haudt Wurnout hand. But Goa VA,
reconstruct IL. reauimate u, reaiHrh IT. "us
all heaven will know the story o,
that hand. What fallel ones II hlt"i ny.
What tear il wiped away, What WoAni7 !, y,
handaceI, What lighthouses u Mn nc.
What storm tossed ships Il brousht iA,, tuo
t.sarl h,arhri harDor, Oh, am -y gIa i lhat
In the vision oI nv text Ezekiel saw the
win, above the hand. Roll on thar eFrI.usl-
ing rest for all the tuiliug and mt slnlei-'"'l
AudsuIering aud weary children OF ,'l anu
know right we'll that 10 Join your hand, at
last emancipatel from the struSS,'' VIII De
the soft hand. the gentle hand, tue trium-
INFANT hand Of Him who wipcth away all
tolrS from all faces. That will bee the palace
Of the King Of which the poet sang ia some
what Scotch dialect
LIS bonnie. bonnie warl that were Twin
IL the moo,
An sunny IS the Ian We aiten traiyel thro',
But iu vain We look iOr something 10 which
uHr hearts can cling.
For IT, beauty is - uarthiug TO the palace o
the King.
We seq cor frien's await Us over y9nier at
Is gate.
Then let "a a be ready. for, We ken, it, get
ttH tate.
L.; cor lamps be BRIGHTLY buruiu; let, raise
DOR voice ami sing.
soon We'll meet. To- part nae MAR. / the pal
ace Of the King.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
The LABOR WORLD.

SE.tE'-luld has watch schools.
California has japanese miners.
London has 201 OOl factory girls.
Carpenters are On strike to gain the eight.
Lpur day in fifteen cities
The Uuitri Stan lard Engineers Union has
DO. led T. join the knights OF Labor.
s Wv Yorker has just made his gardner
rr'-'n: ot 5000 for long AMI faithful
service.
\ ga s' in.rel,n o. wages ia all branches
OF tn Oh we'll industry ia Pennsylvania is
rupyr,al.
All the mills in oineyydl-, Z. l., closed on
account OF a strike AMI l0.OJj operatives be-
came idle.
\ cump,.eu. authority declares that over
l,JJJ,0o) women OF this country earn their
own living.
Cincinnati carriage AMI wagon mapuiac-
tgrrr- are unable to secure enough men TO
run their plants.
Preliminary arrau cenrut5 have been made
for the aualctWItiou ~ the glass workers
/ organizations in this country.
The Brooklyn trolley strike threw out of
employment about 5gll m,n. - whom not
more than ten per cent. have recovered their
places
'". ''-i.'7 H'.'"' /" ~ '4',''! .NIlV'
ulSit"l Is practically ended, the miners
having accepted the reelection male by the
4 't''''''s'
H'N'rlor Q Frrraa, "I Virginia, says
m'I'r~ VINO want L. WIS Wni BE- protector
4 D. va. Nh'ie virginia hTiSdle mas - De- or
/ Gnrni into service.
/ Tive thousand three hundred and sixty
/ three white men ani 1855 natives are en-
/ ployrd in the ~iAty-s'yen gold mines at the
. Rand lran~vaFl, South Africa.
I Chief Arthur, OF the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers, has sailed for Europe for
a six months visit to nj, birthplace in Scot
land Hethiuks that there viii bn no labor
. tr1ullt.- until his return
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
THE NATIONAL GAME.

An Indian baseball team is touring Kan.
sas.
BeekIeyis now captain of the Pitts5urs
team.
Comiskey and Mullane alternate at st.
PAUL. first base.
Welch will Go the bulk Of the catching for
the Louisville team.
Brouthers has been released by Baltimore
and signed by Louisville.
Piener carried his threat into execution
and voluntarily retired from the Louisville
team.
Smith, OF the Rochestcrs. is PLAYING his
nineteenth year on the diamond.
Ewing at present leads the Cincinnati
team in both fielding and batting.
Manager Hanlon, of Baltimore. has offered
New York 500 for Pitcher Clarke.
Washington released Pitcher krum, and
then regretting it recalled the release.
Captain Nash, of Boston, never put UP
better all-round game than this season.
Bannon replaced Burke in New York's left
Held, and proved the change q good one.
More extra inning games have been PLAYED
by Cincinnati than by any other League
club.
The Boston players to man think they
nave only Baltimore to beat out to win the
pennant
There is a general howl going up among
the managers and players about the new
coaching rules.
Schriver has been assigned bv CAPTAIN
Davis, of New York, to catch Rusie rcgu-
larly. Farrell will attend TO Meekin as
usual.
The 'Rainmakers'' and the Trolley Dodg-
ers are the latest terms used by baseball
writers to designate the Philadelphias and
Brooklyns respectively.
At Liberty, Mo-, Oscar Hummell. fifteen
years of age, was almost instantly killed on
the public school grounds by Il baseball hit
ting him over the heart.
Two umpires of the National League be-
Iieve thar Hawley, of Pittsburg. will be the
star pitcher of 1895. far surprising Rusie,
Meekln, Nichols, Stivetts, ct nj.
Hart, of Pittsburg; Smith, of the Philadel-
phiasi Phillips, OF Cincinnati and Hofrer. of
Baltimore, seem to be the best finds in
the pitching department this season.
Arson, Of Chicago, says my new third
baseman, Everett, word-beater. He can
! give anybody points on playing third base.
lhave the prize of the season in him."
stivetts, of Boston, has adopted new mo-
ton in delivering the ball. He doubles him
| SOil up III SUCH way us TO make one believe
he is going to pitch the ball with two hands.
Catcher Fisher, of Chattanooga has false
teeth. In recent game against Nashville
they fell out, and Umpire Keller had to call
ume TO allow him to pick them up and wash
| them.
Connor, of st. Louis, is batting freely
enough to make those who were anxious to
have him dropped from the New York team
wish he was Giant now. He is making a
specially OF home runs and two-baggers this
I ieaSon,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

A Bismarck schoolma am, who had
been telling the story OF David, ended
it with: "And all this happened over
q. 900 years ago. 4 little cherub, his
blue eyes wide open with wonder, said,
after moments thought: "Oh, my,
what a memory you've got Ma
,hiaa North Dakota Union.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Makes Pure Blood.
Tea for the Chinese Emperor.

The tea used in the immediate house.
hold of the Emperor of China Is treat
ed with the utmost care. 1t Is raised
in a garden surrounded 10y Il wall 81"
that neither man nor beast can get any
where near the plants. At the time OF
the harvest hose collecting these leaves
must abstain from eating fish, so that
their breath may not spoil the aroma
of the tea; they must bathe three
times a day, and, III addition to these
precautions, they must wear gloves
while picking the tea for the Chinese
ourt.-New Orleans Picayunc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

How much they suaer when nervous
weak aud tired
Nervous prostration i lingering,
rscking, living death to those athlete t.
though wholly in,omprehensible to
others The cause Of this condition
is impure and insufficient Blood.
Make the blool pure, give IT vitality
and it will properly feel the nerves
and make them strong. Hoods SlT-
sspsrilla cures nervousness because 1t
acts directly upon the blood, making
ii rich and pure AMI en- loving 1t with
vitality and Strengthening power, No
other medicine has such q record Of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

Since 1883 the Malay Peninsula,
according to W. Murtlet, has supplied
nearly 30, 600 tons of tin, or more
han half of the worlds total proddc.
ion. England has furnished 5000
tons Australia, $500 tons; America,
Tasmania and the rest of Europe, ID,
200 tons.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
Women Only Know

cures Thousands write that they SUI
fered intensely With nervousness and
we're cured by this great medicine.
The builiin Cup powers Of Hoods Sar-
saoarilla are wonderful. Even a few
doses are suticient 10 create an appe-
tite, aud from that time on ITS heal
in, purifying, strengthening effects
are plaiuly felt. Tue nerves become
stronger, the sleep becomes natural and
refreshing. the hands and limbs become
ste. iy, anI soon "iite seem to go on
without effort" aul perfect health
is restored Su,h Is the work which
Hoods Srsaparilla is doing for hun
dreds OF women today.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN etiectually, dispeis colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAY FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE kR HEg yO5k M
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

Among the exhibitors at this years
Paris salon are the Countess Of
Flanders, sister-in-law of the King OF
Bclgians, and the Prince de Joinyll.r,
who sends number of sea views.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
Every Cloud Has silver lining.

Chicagoan-What is the most pleas
ing discovery you've ever made since
your stay here?
New Yorker-The fact that there
are two hundred trains leaving daily.
Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

J. c. Simpson. Marques, w. Va, says;
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me of a very ba
case of catarrh." Druggists sell il, Tjc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

There are in the United States, as a
whole, 1880 foreign born persons to
each 100, 900 native.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
Unfair Advantage.

Jack is a hateful fellow"
"Why?"
"He said he would marry some
other girl if I refused him. Tow
Topics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

DON'T Wheeze and cough when Ha!c's
Honey of Horehound and Tar Will cure;
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure IN one minute
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
Need Clear Heads.

Working people ueet clear heals. ,....
-.c,p aud good digestion; for IL sicEu-ss 600 ....
what them IL IS cheaper TO keep vel. I4..
queer feeling s1rsuzs from midget.
Eirst YOU pooh. pOJn, Then You grow
alarmed and send Tor the doctor. NJua.t ..
that box OF kipau- Table, ulil set ga
Ii.ht and keep you right; - yOI eau eat, -.-gy
and work Ask tie druggist tor them
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for - yeaTs,-LlZZIE FERREL,
Camp St, Harrisburg, Pa, May I, ".