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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
YE OLDE FOLKES CONCERT.
JOnesbOrO Talent Entertains Johnson
City Audience With Music
and Song,

.Ye Ode Folkes Concert given at
the opera house Tuesday night by
Jonesboro talent proved to be one of
the most pleasant entertainments OF
the season. The program had eyi-
IDENTIFY been arranged with great care
and was rendered in highly credita.
BILE and delightful manner, captivating
the audience and eliciting hearty en-
cores. The work of Miss Nellie Print
up with the violin and the vocal ef-
forts OF Miss BERTHE Munsey and Mr..
Tom Dayis were prominent features
and deserve special mention. The
make-up OF the participants was par.
ticularly good, some of the ladies wear
ing dresses or jewelry more than 100
years old. The entertainment was
given for the benefit of the woman's
building st the Atlanta exposition and
the public library in this city and
quite snug sum was realized for both
purposes,
ECHOES.
Miss Panhorst and Charlie Mason
were ideal lovers.
If they will play a return engage
ment they will be well received.
Miss Addie Hoss' rendition OF "Ben
Bolt, the most popular song of the day,
was we'll received.
Will Sewer, as musical director,
demonstrated the fact very clearly
that he is musician.
The old folks brought lunch to eat
on their homeward journey and de-
youred 1t like young people.
They were the joliest lot OF old
folks we ever saw. From their ap
pearance Jonesboro seems a good
place to grow old
Mrs. Lura Printup deserves a gold
medal for two reasons; first, for hav
ing been instrumental in giving III
this entertainment, and again for hel
untiring efforts in behalf of the wom
ans building at the Atlanta exposi
ton.
Tate Earnest's tenor voice was ia
miliar to most of us. 1t is the prevail
ing impression here that he learned
to sing so we'll in this key while dis
counting notes at tenor twelve pei
cent. 1t was in this capacity thai
many of us first heard his sweet tones
and have heard them periodically
since.
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building. The houses we're unoccu.
pied and no enc was hurt An inquest
will he held by the Railway Building
4 Loan Association to see if the rain
alone was the cause of the collapse
There is an impression among some
here that the interest had again been
added to the mortgage and being one
sided affair, it was more than the
building could stand under.
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Gold Dust flour--best made.

Man asks for protection against mer-
cenary women in Bengal. Babu
Rasik Lai Roy wants the government
to help him to suppress the excessive
expense OF Hindu marriages, and es-
pecially the dowry of the brides, as
"the temptation of selling the son to
the highest bidder has become too
great to be resisted"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
The best flour is Gold Dust.

Captain General de Campos has
given orders at Havana to allow the
publication of all authentic news re-
garding the instruction, whether for
or against the government. The pub
LEGATION of false reports in the insur-
gents favor is all he prohibits.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
For the facilitating effects Of August
weather. nothing is so good as Ayers
Sarsaparilla.

The Southern Railway, for the con-
venience and comfort of its patrons, has
arranged for trains Nos 81 and 3s to
stop at Hot Springs, N. c., thirty min
utes for dinner No. 3s leaves Knoxville
at 1926 a. M, Morristown 1901 p. M,
Hot Springs 1:40 p. M, and arrives at
Asheville at 1925 p. m. No. 81 leaves
Ashevile at 1906 p M, Hot Springs
1:49 p. M, Morristown 1895 p. M, and
arrives at Knoxville at 4:45 pm. $50 At
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
Buying
Beauty.
"R was only looking" is the
wish of many a woman to-day.

IF Was only good-t00RlEg, IS the
wish of many woman to-day.
1t never occurs to most women that there
is a beauty obtainable at little trouble. 1t
is the beauty of rosy cheeks and rudy
health Most women lose 1t through in
digestion, biliousness, disordered liver,
etc.
If you want to transform a sallow COM
plexion into the glow of health you can do
II by cleansing the system from impurities
and causing the liver to work effectively.
No single medicine can accomplish all
that is needed. A liver pill will merely
arouse the liver; it will not purify the
blood, or repair the waste, or tone up the
system. For this you must follow your
liver pill with some powerful, invigorating
tonic.
The best, and also the least ex-
pensive preparation, is Ra1nONA's
Tonic Liver pills and RAJ
mOra's Tonic Pellets. You
get these tue medicines in separate
y boxes at the cost of one-only %
cents. Your druggist will tell you
that this is a sure cure for bilious
ness and constipation.
Atarldealers. ormail, for 25e.. S boxes 500.
BROWN MFG. CO., New York.
For sale by Wofford &Co. 566 8;
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
THE FIRE KINDLED.
The Embreyilla Furnace to Go Into
Blast ut Once.


Blast Mt Once.
Several hundred workmen are busy
at Embreville getting the furnace and
mines ready for operation. After an
ldleness of several months, during
which the plant changed hands under
decree of court, the furnace is again
to go into blast. The fires were kin.
died Monday of this week. Regular
trains will be put on the branch road
from here to Embreville by the South
ern on the first of September. A visit
to Embreville will convince one that
the new people who have purchased
the plant mean business. Guy r.
Johnson, the accommodating mana
ger, is thorough furnace man and is
an all round hustler. Under his man
agement, success seems assured.
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Furniture at Wholesale Prices.

We represent the largest manu-
facturers of household furniture in the
world, and sell to anybody at factory
prices. All shipments direct from the
Chicago factory, Our'large furniture
catalogue mailed to any address ON re-
ceipt of six cents in stamps to pay
postage. Our special baby carriage
catalogue, showing sixty.three new
styles, mailed free. American Furni.
ture Agency, Retail Profit Smashers,
Galena, Kansas.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
You Don't Have to Swear of

Says the st. Louis Journal of Agricul-
ture in an editorial about No-To-Bao
the famous tobacco habit cure. eve
know of many cases cured by No.To-
BAG, one, prominent st. Louis archi-
tect, smoked and chewed for twenty
years; two boxes cured him 20 that
even the smell of tobacco makes him
sick" No-To-Bac is sold and guaran-
teed by Mcfarland & Co. No cure
no pay. Book free. Sterling Remedy
Co., New York or Chicago. 5S1-6t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
CONDENSED NEWS.

Cherokee Bill has been sentenced to
be hanged September. 10.
William Grant, a Missouri planter,
died from the sting OF a yellow-jacket.
The remains of Justice Jackson were
placed in the family tomb at Belle
Meade Monday.
The admiralty court has fixed the
chief blame for the Elbe disaster on
mate Of the Crathie.
An ex-convict in Georgia has sued
the penitentiary contractors for dam
ages for inhuman treatment.
A revolution is reported to be i'm
minent in Guatemala on account of
dissatisfaction caused by the depre-
ciated currency.
The famous DR.. Fraker case has
ended in the payment of his life in
surance by the companies, amounting
to $35,051.79.
The father OF Lille Low, the sup.
posed suicide, has renewed the charge
that his daughter was murdered, and
the inquest will be reopened.
In the face of the recent outrages in
China, Mrs. Goforth, wife OF the Rev
Jonathan Goforth, and six other mis-
sionaries left Toronto Monday for va.
rious parts Of China.
W. H. Mcdonald has obtained a
judgment for $1,000 against the Lou
isville & Nashville Railroad Company
for forcing him to ride in a coach sci
apart for colored people.
The Spanish regulars having met
with little success against the Cuban
rebels, the Spanish Government will
try pitting Cuban against Cuban. Ha
vana volunteers numbering 1900 have
taken the field.
Mexico's feelings are hurt by re-
mark attributed to Minister Ransom
that embezzlers who take refuge il
Mexico escape extradition to the
United States by using money among
Mexican officials.
Mayor Sutro, Of San Francisco, hat
offered to the State University twenty
six acres of ground within the city
limits as sites for library and othe
college buildings. The property il
valued at 81 100000.
There is much criticism in Indians
official circles of the contract recently
made by the new management o. thu
State Prison South for convict labor
The price is said to be so low that
may cause the prison to become bur
den.
Three Pittsburgh steel-workers CLAIM
to have discovered the lost art o
: welding copper to iron or steel. Thu
Carnegie Company is said to hav
made an offer for the valuable secret
and will give the men an opportnnit
to demonstrate its practicability. The
hope to use it for putting a cope
face on armor plate.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
.RnckIen,s Arnica SalHe.

The best salve in the world tor Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or NO
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
Perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
price % cents per box. For sale by
Mcfarland & Co.
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Gold Dust flour will please the
best of you.

You will find box Of Ayers Pills
an excellent travelling companion.
For costiveness, indigestion, sick head
ache, and nausea, they are prompt,
safe and efficacious. Taken in season,
they may prevent serious illness and
vexatious delay and disappointment.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15

To restore gray hair to its natural
color as in youth, cause it to grow
abundant and strong, there is no bet
ter preparation than Halls Hair Re-
newer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15

AsO OTHER SarsapariIIa COM
AV bines economy and strength like
HOODS. 1t IS the only one Of
which can truly be said 900 Doses ST."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15

Ramon's Liver Pills & Tonic Pellets
are Perfect Treatment for Constipation
and Biiousness. Bels@ one pill dose.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15
NO DISEASE has ever presented so many

klo DISEASE has ever presented so many
~ peculiarities as LaGrippe. No disease
leaves its victims so debilitated, useless,
sleepless, nerveless, as LaGrippe.
Mr.. D. W. Hilton, state agent OF the Nut
nal Life Insurance Co., OF Kentucky, says:
"In 1889 and 80 had two severe attacks
of LaGrippe, the last one attacking my ner-
vous system with such severity that my life
was despaired OF. had not slept for more
than two months except by the use OF mar
cotics that stupe6ed me, but gave me no
rest was only conscious OF intense mental
weakness, agonizing bodily pain and the
fact that was hourly growing weaker.
When in this condition, l commenced using
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine. In two days
began TO improve and in one months time
was cured, much to the surprise of all who
knew Of my condition. have been In ex-
eellent health since and have recommended
your remedies to many OF my friends"
Louisville, Jan. @, 1895. D. w. HnroM
Dr.. Niles AeFViRe Restores Health.
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Buy Cold Dust -four.


Ramon's Nerve and Bone OIL cures
Rheumatism, Cuts, Sores, Burns and
Bruises. for 2sc.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15

Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Hiahest Award.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-08-15

Ramon's Liver Pill removes the bile.
The Tonic Pellet tones up the system.
Combined form Perfect Treatment. 2sc.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
Sensational Story E.p,oacu

Washington. April 1S.--OtticalS of
the Japanese legation here are in Il
position 10 explode the sensational
story printed i'll the London Standard
that Japan's field marshal, Count
1amnSata, is in reality Archduke
Johann of Austrin, who disappeared
several years ago. Count Yamagata
is well and personally known to Coun-
selor Stevens. of the legation here.
He visited Washington few years
ago and made many friends. Mr..
Stevens says Yamagata is a native of
Japan. being one IF the ChoSun ele-
mcnt. which has produced such men
as Count Ito and Count Imlyic. Yam
agata's whole life has been spent in
Japan.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
ASSAULTED A WITNESS.
Extra D, binary and Di.Ernceful
Scene In the Court Houne.


Scene In the Court Hou.e.
Minneapolis. April is. : a row oc-
Cured i'll the upper hallway of the
court house to-day. such as seldom
been seen in the court hall Of Henne-
pin county. The affair occurred just
outside the door of Judge .Jamison's
court room. In the room the case of
William j. Kelly against the st. Louis
railway was on trial, and r. a. Bar
low. a cripple, was called to the stand.
he was asked by Attorney Henry Eb-
ert If he worked for the st. Louis
company in 1892. Hc replied that he
did not. The attorney was nonplused
and the witness left the stand and
went to the outer hall
Charles Ebert followed him out and
words followed.
had better leave this town or I'll
make it hot for you'
Il don't have to leave this town."
said the boy. II know plenty of peo-
pie here"
Ebert seized him by the throat and
pushed him toward the stairway. A
gentleman interposed and separated
them.
Did you say paid you money!"
he cried to the boy.
No, didn't" was the reply.
Ebert came at him and struck for
his face with his hand. The boy
raised up from the step and the blow
caught him in the neck. A deputy
sheriff was called. and Ebert was
called to the sheriff's office. where lie
gave an explanation. and finally Went
up stairs again. The boy says he Will
swear out n warrant for Ebert.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
A PECULIAR STORM.
Egyptian Darkness Prevails in the

Kansas City April 1S.-A storm OF
great severity pussed over Eastern
Colorado, Kansas. Oklahoma and the
Southwest generally. In Colorado
and Kansas it is believed considerable
damage was done. Reports from Ok
lahoma state that q destructive wind
and sand storm passed over Southern
Kansas and Oklahoma yesterday
evening, doing much damage to crops.
peculiar feature of the storm was
the intense darkness and the extra
ordinary electrical display. The at
mosphcre was surcharged with cleo
tricity. and several persons and
horses were stunned and shocked by
electric shocks. In the western part
of Oklahoma and the pan handle,
Egyptian darkness prevailed. Such
peculiar storm has seldom been seen,
and the superstitious thought the as-
Economical conditions which, it has
been claimed by the South Carolina
minister. are now repeating them
selves for the first time since the
death OF Christ had something to do
with it. The rain that fell in Western
Oklahoma was actually u shower of
mud.
A cyclone struck the house of Frank
Good. three miles west of Cherokee,
Kan. and literally tore it to pieces.
scattering debris all over the corn
ield. Mr.. Good had his neck dislo-
Gated and will die. Mrs. Good was
caught under the roof and pinned to
the ground. her clothes taking fire.
Her screams attracted the neighbors,
who rescued her in time to save her
life. She is not seriously injured.
Half Il dozen other farm houses in the
Immediate vicinity We're also demol-
ished, but nobody else was hurt
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
HE GOT RID OF HIM.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES ARE MADE
AGAINST A DOCTOR.
Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, n Well
Known Writer, Says that Dr..
Frnncis SprnSue systematically
POihOned Her SON.

New York, April 20.-Mrs. Flora
Adams Darling, IL writer of war let
tiers and one of the founders of the
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton, is seeking the indictment of DIR.
Francis Xavier Splanger and his wife,
who was formerly her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Edward Irwin Darling, by
the grand jury of New York county.
The case is in the hands of Assistant
District Attorney Eattle, and is now
III such shape that in all probability
1t will be presented to the grand jury
during the coming week
Mrs. Darlings son. Edward Irving
Darling, died III Feb, 1894, at Mount
Clemens, Mich. from what she claims
to have been slow poison. Edward
Irving Darling was musical compos-
er and poet. The son met Beatrice
May klinsle while in Washington
with his mother in 1885. He fell in
love with the girl, and they were mar
ried on Sept. 10 Of that year. AT first
they came to this city, residing on
Parke avenue, but later they removed
to Detroit, where Darling became
manager of the music house of Grim
nell Bros. A shor. time after his en-
gagemcnt there he met With an acci-
dent in falling out of window and
breaking several bones of his body.
DR.. Spranger, then recent graduate
Of Western college. was called in to
attend him. For many weeks the man
lay in plaster of Paris casts. and it is
alleged now that during this time the
doctor fell in love with his patients
wife.
On July 4. 1892. the younger Mrs.
Darling received news of the death of
her father in Washington. This left
her an estate valued at more than
s1,OOO.tNO. consisting of real estate in
Washington and government bonds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darling went to Wash
lngton to attend the funeral. and
stopped ut the Ebbtt house in that
city. While there the young man be-
came violently i'll after drinking 4
glass of milk. pr. Harrison. a physi-
clan of that city, attributed his ILL
ness to the impure milk. Mrs. Oar
ling, the mother. now claims that the
milk contained poison.
After the funeral of Mr.. Kl:ngle Mr.
and Mrs. Darling returned to Detroit,
and from that time on. it is said. the
lusband became an invalil. Darling
on June 20 of that year came to live
with his mother. There he WIS at
tended by DR.. Richard Lochner. who
said that the young man had been un-
der the influence of violent drugs,
which had destroyed tile Tissues of the
body and that his death was only a
question of time. The patient died on
Feb. Is. 1894, but previous to his
death he made a statement that his
wife and DIR. SpranSer had systelnat-
ically poisoned him. and that he
would die from the effects of the
drugs administered him. The doctor
later married the young Mrs. Darling.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
PROSPECTS GOOD.
Bright Outlook for Minnesota and
North Dakota.

st. Paul. April 2O.-Supt. Dawson
Morcland, of the Bradstree. agency,
today completed an interesting COM
pilation of reports made to that COM
pany by its representatives through
out North Dakota and Minnesota.
"FrOm careful survey of the gen.
eral condition of business and farming
throughout North Dakota and Mime
sota." said Mr.. Moreand. II find that.
!, if not quite what would be called
fiourishing. there is marked i'm
provement and much less of that de-
preston which prevailed the past year
or two. The farmers are able to pay
not only the interest. but in many in
stances are materially reducing the
principal of their indebtedness. The
idea of growing wheat exclusively is
being gradually abandoned. Barley,
oats and flax were SoWn more general
ly last year than ever before. and in
many sections large crops of potatoes
alone shipping over $4,000 bushels last
fall. The farmers are we'll on in their
work. They are. in the majority Of
cases, provided with all the seed they
need. and the most authoritative opin-
luis tliut SilI Ut lliiN W TUE SUI
not having been in better condition
for the past ten years. a growing
tendency toward dairy farming is
manifested in the number of small
craamerics springins up all over the
country.
among mercantile classes improve
ment is also apparent. though, per-
haps. in less marked degree. When
we come to the counties of Southern
Minnesota. to The counties where d.
versitied farming has been tried for
some years. the improvement is very
manifest. 1t would be ditticult-and
might perhaps seem odious-to COM
pare the condition of the farmer here
with that Of his brother in the North
western counties Where exclusive
wheat growing has been so persistent
ly adhered to. The two conditions are
hardly to be compared; If so, that Of
the farmer In the south is opulence
itself. Those most conversant with
the facts confidently assert that. in
some of the counties, exclusive Of the
public funds. the farmers hold SIS per
cent of the bank deposits-some even
venturing to say IS per cent. In this
part of the state hog and cattle rails
ing is becoming common, and dairy
farming grows in favor. One cream
cry in Albert Lea is reported to have
paid S2.l69.3O to the farmers during
the month Of January, 1895"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
Crushed to Death.

Cincinnati. April 2O.-A horrible &C.
ctdent attended the opening day Of the
base ball season here. On on Of the
denscly crowded open summer electric
cars passing up Vine street on its
way to the grounds an elderly man
stood ON the foot rail on the side of
the car. When the car reached the
canal bridge he was so far out that
his body struck the iron work of TIL.
bridge. His ribs were broken. his
skull crushed. and as the car left the
bridge he fell dead on the street. n.
was identified as ]. Eheilch, q .ewelry
peddler Of this city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
Against the y. p.

Washington. April is. - Secretary
Smith has decided adversely to the
claim of the Northern Pacific railroad
10 lands lying in Idaho within the linn
its of its grant. but which were sub
seluently witbdra wn by proclamation
and formed into part of Occur
d'Alcne Indian reservation. More re-
Gently the Indians ceded these lands
back to the United States and CON
gress confirmed the ccssion. Tie
Northern Pacific railroad claimed that
this decision revived its original rights
in these lands.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
New Telephone Rates.

Milwaukee. April lS.-rhe new Il. toe
of the Wisconsin Telephone con pany
went into effect to-day, some of which
are as follows: Green Bay-Old rate.
81 for five minutes; new rate. 10 cents
for three minutes and % cents for
each additional minute. Madison and
Oshkosh-Old rate. 10 cents for five
minutes; new rate, 80 cents for three
minutes and Ii cents for each addi-
tlonal minute. Other rates are in
proportion. The rate to Chicago re-
mains unchanged.