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Peeps at Stockings and slippers.

Some Of the newest shapes in
evening slippers have high, Aaring
piece in front that looks like the
tongue of a shoe greatly exaggerated.
This slipper has large buckle in
front
Bridal hosiery is especially fine. One
beautiful silk design has applique EN-
broidery in white mouseine de sole,
With little paillettes and pearls form
ing checks across the front.
Fashion dictates that the stockings
to-be worn with slippers should be OF
the finest silk, so fine as to be almost
transparent, and with embroidered or
open work little above the ankle.
Tinted suede is a material much
used in evening slippers. The natural
leather tiuts, such as beine and a
little lighter, are the prettiest. When
braided with satin gimp of the same
color, and finished with a rosette,
nothing could be daintier.
The two tone stockmg--the abiding
consolation of the thin legged woman
will always he worn AZ long as wo-
men have thin legs or uotil something
else is discovered equally effective and
delusive. These are very elegant in
combinations Of black and mauve or
black aud pink. The foot and ankle
are of black, while just below the calf
of the leg the color begins.
A very beautiful black stocking to
be worn with slippers has an ornamon.
tai piece Of open work around the
ankle extending as high as the calf,
At Intervals are embroidered single
flowers in the Dresden pattern. There
arc daisies, tiny rosebuds, violats and
forget me.nols True lovers knots
embroidered in C0lOrs also form the
decoration in many Of the new de-
signs.
The woman with q limited income
should never indulge in fancy colored
stockings Even the finest qualities
in colors wash badly, aud nothing
ever looks so we'll as black. Especially
on the street, black is the only per,
missibe stocking. In lifting skirts, q
chance glimpse of a black stocking
suggests only neatness, whereas the
woman with fancy colored or white
stocking on the street is quite absurd
enough to warrant the amusement she
invariably creates,
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J. NJ. MARTIN,
Notary Public and Justice OF the Peace.
On1ce-over Gump's Clothing store.
E@- opera House steps.
Dr.. KoIIock in Nashville.

The attention Of the reader is espec
tally called to the card OF DR.. Matthew
Henry Kollock, which is in another col
umn, The doctor is a native Of Norfolk
Va, 1885, Of a prominent Southern
family of Savannah, GA He is quoted
as standard authority by the "Ency
elop@dia Britannica" Vol. X, page
1876, the "largest and most important
work in the world" being in twenty.
five volumes, each the size of large
church bible He is noted rs the dis
coverer of the active principle of GEL
sEMINUN, a specific for neuralgia Of the
face and womb The doctor has been
all over the world, and has made
many cures, especially at Hot Springs.
Ark, given up by other physicians.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
In the Law Court at johnson City,
Washington County, Tenn.
W. P. Cooper Us. J. T. Linnville.

By virtue of a gende9 erp9nas issued
by S. II. L, Cooper, clerk Of the law
court for the Sth, 9th, 10th and 18th
districts of Washington county, Ten
neesee, | will on the
10TH DAY OF APRIL, 1895,
at the opera house door in Johnson
City, Tennessee, within legal hours,
offer for sale to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, the following real estate
situated in the 9th civil district of
Washington county, Tennessee, and
in the town of Johnson City, towit :
One house and lot situated on Grave
yard hill, adjoining cemetery on west
Said house and lot being sold to satisfy
judgment that the SAID w. 2. Cooper
obtained against the said ]. T. Linn
vile for the sum Of twenty-four dollars
and thirty.fva cents and costs Of the
suit (same being q furnisher's lien for
material furnished in constructing
said house,, and will be sold at above
time and place, unless said debt and
all cost are sooner paid,
This March Is, 1895.
j. S. PRITCHETT, Sheriff.
G. T. CAMPBELL, Deputy Sheriff.
$50 At printers fee SO
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LINCOLN,s ASSASSINATION.
Evidence to Prove a Woman GulliIess
DHSirNYnl hY Wire.

CHICAGO, March 25-Tha Times
Herald says Fire has just destroyed
the last documentary evidence that, it
is allie ed, would have removed the
stain of the charge of conspiracy to
assassihate Abraham Lincoln from the
name Of Mary E. Surratt, This wom-
an, who suffered death on the charge
preferred against her, had for Der
counsel Col John w. Clampitt of
Highland Park, iu whose possession
was the evidence that he thinks would
have restored her good name and
shown that in the passion Of the TINA
an innocent person had been sacri.
feed. For thirty years Col Clampitt
had been collecting data aud evidence,
and h,I it 80 complete that he be
lieyo ut none could doubt it. 1t
was ready for public cton and Thea
came the fire which destroyed his res
idenco aud all the evidence accumu
lated since that day thirty years ago,
when he strove to save the womtn
from the galows. Col Cl4mpita said
that although the task was heavy he
would 60 to work and try to rev lie
the documents that had been de-
stroYed
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Easter Eggs.

The use of eggs on Easter day, some
times called Pssche, or paste eggs, has
come down to the present time, writes
Jane oearle in an article on "Easter
and Easter CUSTOMS" in the April
Ladies' Home Journal. Eggs were held
by the Egyptians as sacred emblem
Of the renovation OF mankind after the
deluge. The Jews adopted them to
suit the circumstances of their history
as a type OF their departure from the
land of Egypt
They were also used in the feast Of
the Passover.
Hyde, in his description of oriental
sports, tells OF one with eggs among
the Christians of Mesopotamia on
Easter Day and forty days after ward :
1.-THE sport consists in striking their
eggs one against another, and the egg
that frat breaks is won by the owner
Il the one that struck it. Immediately
another egg is pitted against the win.
ming egg, and so on until the last egg
wins all the Others, which their respec
tive owners shall before have won."
In Germany, some times instead Of
eggs at Easter, an mathematical print
is occasionally presented. One oil
these is preserved in the print'room Of
the British Museum. Three hens are
represented as unfolding basket, in
which are placed three eggs ornament
ed with representations illustrative o
the Resurrection over the centre egg
the "Aguus Del" with a chalice re-
presenting faith the other eggs bear
ing the emblems of charity and hope
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
In IL Law Court at johnson City,
Washington County, Tenn.
Watauga Bank rs. J. S, Wilson aud
G. X. Lido.

Byvirtue Of yeader erp0uoa issued
by s. H. L. Cooper, clark OF the law
court of the 5th, 9Th, 10th and 18th
districts of Washington county, Ten
nessee, | will on the
10TH DAY or APRIL, 1895,
at the opera house door IN Johnson
City, Tennessee, within legal hours,
offer for sale to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, the following real estate
situated in the 9th civil district of
Washington county, Tennessee, and
in what is known as the Carnegie
Land and Improvement Co.'S addition
80 the town Of Johnson City, Tennes.
see, towit; Lots Nos. l, 3, 3 and 4, in
block 2, OF said addition; said lots
fronting % feet each on First avenue
and running back $50 feet each to an
alley, and were levied on as the prop
erty of the said j S. Wills m and @. X.
Lide on the 10th day If March, 1894
for the sum Of five hundred and fifty
nine dollars and Sixty-two cents
$3.50 62) and all cost Of the suit, aud
will be sold to satisfy sumo at shove
time and place, unless sooner paid,
j. S. PRITCHETT, Sheriff.
By G. T CAMPBELL, D. Sheriff.
$50 At printers fee, SO
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
In the Law Court at Johnson City,
Washington County, Tenn,
J.H. Preas as. Mary E. Love.


By virtue Of a Ueader erponaS 4t'
by S H. L. Cooper, CLERK Of the l.w
court for the 6th, 9th, 10Th and 18th
districts Of Washington county, Ten.
nessee, | will on the
18TH DAY OF APRIL, 1895,
at the opera house door in Johnson
City, Tennessee, within legal hours,
offer for sale to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, the following real estate
situated in the 8th and 9th civil dis,
tricts of Washington county, Tonnes
see, towit: The southern half of a one.
hundred-acre tract land bounded on
north by Clark, south by Hale, east
by Fulton, west by Hale, same being
sold to satisfy a judgment that J. II
Preas obtained against the SAID Mary
E. Love on the 4th day of October,
1894, for the sum of nineteen dollars
and seventy-two cents and costs Of
suit, and will be sold at above time
and place, unless said debt and all
cost are sooner paid.
This March Is, 1895.
]. S. PRITCHETT, Sheriff.
BY G. f. CAMPBELL, d. Sheriff.
$50 At printers fee, SO
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
In Chancery Court at Johnson City
Washington County,
Tennessee.
Huntsman, Bro. & Co, ct al. Us. E. S.
Wolfe ct al.


In this case it appearing from the
allegations olcomplainanls' bill, which
is sworn to, that the defendant. G..
W. Wolfe, is a nonresident Of the
State OF Tennessee: 1t is ordered by
me that publication be made for four
successive weeks, as required by law,
in The COMET, a newspaper published
in Johnson City, in SAID county, mott
Tying said non resident defendant to
appear before our said chancery court
at the court house in johnson City,
on the first Monday OF May, 1895, it
being rule day, and make defense to
said bill, or the allegations thereof will
be taken for confessed and this cause
set for hearing erpafte as to HIM.
This March 7th, 1895.
". F, YOUNG, c. d M.
BY G w. HODGE, d. G. & NJ.
55S.4t printers fee, 81
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DR.. KOLLOCK,

Gl3 Chmeh 81 , Noshvillc, Tenn.
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6;l5a m, arrive East Eaoiord jOa m, arrive
Roanoke 1889 O. N. arrive Lynchburg ] IS
p. m,i PeteIshufg 5;l1p m Richmond ZOO
p M and Norfolk s 4Op m
$50 p IN, (Lmitsd) StOTs no Marion Wytheyille
Pulaski aud Rndford; arrives Roapoie at
1913 p, m Has Pullman SJecpcrs for WQsh-
ingtOn. Baltimo q Philadelphia and Now
York via Roanoke, Shenandoah junction
and B, & % 4. Dipjng car attached.
2:sC p. m tof all sta;l ms arrive kaatcTd b SO
y. m, Roanoke 7;5e ., II Lynchburg 1913
p. m, EiChmogd G.40a n, Norfolk s % "a M
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk ana
iiYnchburg TO Richmond
WI sTON-SALEN nIyISt JN--IeGre Roanoke dali
ly 40 p. N, for Wi ston-Saiem, N. o., and
All intermediate stations.
No TIL CAROLINA DlV1SIuN-Lsaye Pulaski 81
g. m, daily exc pit Sunday, for BelteBeker;
aud at 1905 q. m, daily, for Gosan,
NEW RIVER BRANCH-LedYe RAD ford daily0 "a
II. m. Tor blueiCl1, POCahontag Coal Reg MS
TIL CHICAGO EXPRESS Leave Radford 6 90
p m, daily far Bmeheld, Kenova, Column
bus and Chicago. Pullman Buffet sleeper
RadlOrd to Columbus without change.
CLINCH VALLEY DIyIsION.--Leave Bluehcld 1880
q. m daily, for Norton.
DURHAM DIVISION Leave Lynchburg tuniOn
stHti0nl 2.i5 p. m, daily % a. M, daily
except sunday for South Boston, Durh am
and informed ate statiols
Irains from the Fast arrive Bristol daily at
llt5q m, u 20 n' n (YesLlbu e Limited) and
9 5a -. N.
Ur further information apply to f. C. Wright,
Iieke Agent, BRISTOL
d. b. BRAGG, Travelling Passenger Agent.
WB. BEYlLL, Gen. Pass. Agt., Roanoke, Va.
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giving and sustaining element OF air
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27

The wooden floor Of the stalls is raised
two to three feet, so that the buyer,
standing on The ground, is about on a
level with the seller, sitting i'll the
stall. The stall will be about 8 by 10
feet and each has at the back a strong
lock up cupboard or wardrobe, where
the wares are shut at night, but in the
day they Will be taken out and arranged
daintily about the girl seller. Home
made silks are the staple-silks III
checks of pink and white, of yellow and
orange, of indigo and dark red Some
are embroidered i'll silk, in silver or
in gold. Some are plain.
All are thick and rich. None is
glazed, and none is gaudy. There will
also be silks from Bangkok, which are
of two colors-purple shot with red,
and orange shot with red, both very
beautiful All the silks are woven the
size Of the dress-fOr men, about 2S feet
long and 20 inches broad, and for wOm-
Ell about feet long and much BROADER.
Thus there is no cutting off the piece.
The anas, too, which are the bottom
pieces for a woman : dress, are woven
the proper size There viii probably,
too, be piles Of snowy cambria jackcts
and gau2y silk handkerchiefs, but often
these are sold Mt separate stalls. Black
wood Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27

In regard to the difficulty of making
up lost time on railways writer n 81
foreign paper says, Thus. totaAea c,, c..
ten miles to be run at 60 milesau hour,
average line, suppose the engineer "a
couple Of minutes late when he come,
to this length Of ten miles, which he
generally runs i'll ten minutes. Ii h.
runs it at 90 miles an hour, he is thou
only making up one minute i'll every
- miles, and if he runs at 20 miles
an hour be makes up one minute
i'll every seven miles. He is probably
timed to make it necessary to do the
ten miles about as fast as he can every
day, so that trying to gain even cou-
pie of minutes III this length is ont of
the question. Again, if he relaXes the
speed ten miles, say, to fifty he is los
ing time at the rate Of one minute in
every five miles. Thus from a speed Of
60 an increase Of ten miles only gains
one minute in every seven miles, but a
decrease of ten miles loses one minute
in every five miles Power.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27
The Curse of Scotland.

Among the reasons why the nine OF
diamonds has been called the curse of
Scotland, think that the following has
not been given:
Diamonds, nine of, called the curse
of Scotland, from a Scotch member of
parliament, part Of whose family arms
is the nine of diamonds voting for the
introduction of the malt tax into Scot
land. -" Chronology; or, the Histo-
rian's Companion" Fourth Edition, by
Thomas Tegg, London, 1926, page 30S
(Addenda).
Could the arms of Daniel Campbell
of Shawfield, member Of Glasgow, con-
tain the nine lozenges? His house was
destroyed by mob in 1927 because he
was suspected of "having given govern
ment the information on the habits and
statistics of Scotland necessary for the
preparation of the malt tax as we'll as
of having exposed system of evasion
of duties in the Scots tobacco trade. "
See "The History Of Scotland, " by John
Hill Burton.
III the index to the History, " Camp
bell of Shawfeld's Christian name is
given as David
There is George Campbell men
| toned as having caused the nine of
diamonds to be called the curse of Scot
land because he stole nine diamonds out
of the royal crown in the reign Of Mary
Stuart, in consequence of which all
Scotland was taxed Notes and Queries
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27
To be Continued. (
SILVER MEN FORM A FEDERATION.
BIMETALLIC SOCIETIES PLAN A CAM
PAlGN OF EDUCATION.
From the Chicago Inter ocean, sept. Is

From the Chicago Inter Ocean, sept. 10.
The free silver people completed their
consolidation of the conflicting national
organizations Yesterday After discuss
ing the issue in Il general way all day it
was finally agreed 10 entruSt the manage
ment of the educational work of the three
organizations 10 an executive committee
of nine. thee from each organization.
The national silver committee, or Mem
phs organization, Immediately selected
Congress man J. II. Aclllen of Tennessee,
4. W. Ruscker of Colorado. and Joseph
Battell of Vermont as their representa-
tives The Bimetallic union and the BIZ
metallic league will make their selections
at IA later period.
General 4. j. Warner Will be the presi-
dent of the consolidated body. and Ed
ward b. Light of Colorado, the secre-
tary. General Warner will he one of
the three men from the league. and
Thomas G. Merrill of Montana and +.
J b. Light are probable members from the
union. As soon as the representatives
are selected the committee will hold a
meeting in Chicago, establish headquar-
tiers. and plan for an aggressive educa-
tional campaign over the entire country.
1t was agreed that the consolidated
body should not enter into politics to the
extent of separate Doitical action. This
was in Difference TO the position of the
representatives of the Bmetallic union.
They said they were distinctly pledged
to nOn-partisan action. by the resolutions
of the Salt Lake conference, and could
not enter into any alliance having separ-
ate political aims. Mr.. Merrill and Mr..
Light withdrew from The conference
after the terms of consolidation were
passed upon. The others, all of whom
are members of the national silver exc
cutive committee, decided to prepare for
the formation of a national bimetallic
party, in anticipation of the commitment
of the Republican and Democratic par
ties 10 the gold standard.
The following resolutions were for
mulated by the executive committee of
the national silver committee before adj
iournment
Resoirca. 10y the executive committee of the
national silver committee, That the American
Bmetallic league and the National Bimctal-
lie UNION be rcquo sted To Join with tins or
ganization In calling "A conference ior thu
third Tuesday OF December, lSll, az the city
OF Chicago, lll., To- take action i'm formulating
"a plan for holding national convention To
nominate candidates tor President ana wee
President OF the United states upon a. plat
totm with the sole plank providing for the
restoration OF sllvertO itS constitutional place
i'm the currency OF our country, without await
ing the action of any other nation on earih.
ResOired turther That AN persons VINO at
tend said conference shall have previously
declared their intention Ia writing OF placing
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27
Measuring a River with a Hat.

You will be surpriscd, no doubt, when
we tell you chat man may measure
the width of a river on Of any other
stream by means Of the br!m Of his hat.
provided the ground ON his side Of the
stream extends back level for some dis
tance. Here is the way it is done:
The man stands facing the river and
pulls down has bat brim until the edge
of it is on an exact line with the edge
of the bank on the opposite side of the
stream. Then, putting his hand under
his chin to steady it, so as to keep his
head in the same position, he turns
slowly around and notes where the edge
Of his hat brim cuts the ground on his
own side Of the river,
The measure of the distance on the
level ground Will be the width OF the
river. philadelphia Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27
Manners In Suffolk.

A delicate taste or refined manners at
table are not among the characteristics
Of the Suffolk peasant. One to whom
some castor oil had been sent as a gift
when he was i'll sent the next day with
a request for "some more of Nine
Groome's nice gravy. AT a 1.-THE din
ner an old farmer, having some bread
sauce handed to him, took as much as
could be conveyed to his mouth on the
tip Of knife blade, and having tasted
it said, "Don't chuse none. " Another,
by way of expressing approval of IA par
ticular pudding, remarked that he
"cculd rise in the nighttime and eat
it, " and a third, suppoSing he would get
but one plate, shovcled his fshbones
under the table. London News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27

the cause OF tree coinage of silver independ-
allegiance.
Resoired, luther, That the object OF such
conference shall be 10 inaugurate u distinc.
tive silver movement tor the campaign of
1896 before IL Is too late for effective action, to
the end that all believers IN free silver coin
age may unite Tor that campaign Tor the so.
luton OF this great question, ana be left free
to readjust their political relations after this
question is settled.
Resoired. further That II said American Ri.
metallic league and National Bimetallic
union shall taIl to join in said call by Nov. /,
1885, then the president OF this organization
shall issue said call on behalf of this organi
cation.
ResoiUed further, That the question of rep
resentation ut salt conference and the
by "A conference of the presidents of the three
organizations herein named, ana such or
CARNATIONS shall be entitled to equal repre-
sentatiOn.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27

The following curious oath was until
recently administered in The courts Of
the isle Of Man: by this book, and by
the holy contents thereof, and by the
wonderful works that God has miracu-
lousy wrought in heaven above and in
the earth beneath in six days and seven
nights, l 90 swear that | Will, without
respect Of favor or friendship, love or
gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or
malice, execute the laws of this isle,
and between party and party as inditfer-
emily as the herring S backbone doth lie
in the middle Of the fish. "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27

Canada has a forest i'll the Hudson
bay and Labrador region 1000 by 1 roo
miles in extent, while that Of the Am
azon basin is calculated to be about
2,100 by 1900 miles. Central Africa
has forest region of 1900 miles from
north to south, Of an unknown depth,
and the vast pine, larch and cedar for
ests Of Siberia are 5000 miles from
east to west and 900 miles from north
to south. The natives call them places
where the mind is lost.