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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

TT is fact which we thinkno observ-
ing man can doubt, says the Christian
Advocate, that the American of today
is not so hopeful and self confident as
his grandfather was. In all avenues
of life competition is keener than
formerly, and the chances for success
are less numerous As our society be-
comes older and more complex in its
character, the struggle for existence,
and for comfortable existence, becomes
harder. There was time among us
when young men of ordinary intelli-
gence and without any special mental
training did not hesitate to enter the
professions. Many of them, more
over, achieved fine regulations and
amassed large fortunes. But the con-
ditions that made such careers possible
are all changing. Every avenue Of
life is crowded. Our colleges are
turning out graduates by the thousand.
Those who go to the front in the future
will be compelled to keep a lively pace,
We put our young friends on notice
that they need not expect a walk-over.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

GENERAL FITzHUGH LEE is in Wash
ington for the purpose of receiving his
final instructions before going to Cuba
as United States consul-general. He
has had several conferences with Presi-
dent Cleveland as we'll as with Secre-
tary Olney, and has probably been
made fully acquainted with the posi-
ton the president intends to maintain
towards both Cuba and Spain. He ex-
poets TO go to Havana this week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND will preside
over the exercises at the unwilling of
the equestrian statue of Gen. w. S.
Hancock, on the 18TH inst, and may
make short Introductory address.
Following is the formal programme
Prayer by Bishop Satterlee; "Star
Spangled Banner" by marine band;
nnveiling of statue, accompanied by
artillery salute fred on the Washing
ton Monument grounds; address by
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, who was a
maior-general Of volunteers; "Hail
Columbia" by marine band; benedic-
zion by Rev. DR.. w. H. Gottwald,
post chaplain, Department Potomac,
G, A. r. The military and civil pa
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
THE TILLMAN-HLLL WRANGLE.

While all true democrats regret the
wrangle between Senators Hill, of New
York, and Tillman, of South Carolina,
there is almost unanimity of opinion
among democrats as to who was at
fault and who got the best of it. Sen
ator Tillman's honesty is unquestioned,
but his judgment is generally regarded
as poor, and one of the most prominent
silver democrats in congress said that
Mr.. Tillman's latest speech had done
silver more harm than all its enemies
had been able to do it, by frightening
conservative democrats into believing
there was danger in the triumph of sill
yer. A number Of silver democrats in
congress deny that Mr.. Tillman spoke
for them when he declared that the sill
yer democrats would bolt the Chicago
convention unless 1G to free coinage
platform was adopted, and agree with
Senator Hills declaration that no man
ought to be admitted to the national
convention who declares in advance
that he will bolt if he fails to get ev-
erything he wants Senator Hills an
swer to Senator Tillman's claim that
the democrats of the south were going
to Chicago with only one idea to get
free coinage or to- bolt wGs level
headed enough to be studied by every
democrat, in the south as well as else
where. He said: ''No; it will not do
for my friend to give that as the senti-
ment of the south. The democracy of
the south is not going to that conven-
ton with one idea. The democracy
has more than one idea The south
will go to that great gathering to con
fer, to compare. 1t would be blind fol-
ly for that great party to split, to divide
on the financial question. There is
more in democracy than the single
question Of silver. There are the great
questions of paternalism, of centraliza-
ton, and the vital question of personal
liberty of the citizen" Mr.. Hill ended
his remarks with this advice. to the
party; 'In essentials unity, in non
essentials liberty; in all things charity"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

The republicans at Washington are
mad at Senator Teller for turning
states evidence and proving the old
charge Of corrupt bargain between
the protectionists and the silver in
terests, by which the Sherman silver
purchase law and the Mckinley tariff
were together foisted upon the people.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

rade which will precede the unwilling
will be under command of Brigadier
General Brooke, commanding the de-
partment of Dakota, who is in Wash
ington on visit All of the United
States troops in reach of Washington
will take part in the parade.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
A Physician

Seldom recommends proprietary medicine. A
great many use our Household remedies both
in their families and in their practice. Dr. N
L. Reynolds, of Eureka. ILL.,, write us that he
has had occasion TO use DR.. Hale's Household
in several cases of burns, and thinks
it has few equals. He writes he has also used
the DR.. Hale's Household Tea in his own family
and finds it so good that he can not anord to do
without it. 1t is the great blood purifier and
nerve tonic. Positively cures dyspepsia con-
Stipation biliousness, etc. 95c and SOC per pack
age at any drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

A proposal to exclude from the
army, the legislature snd municipal
Office all persons whose fathers and
grandIathors were not citizens is he
fore the French chamber of deputies
The rule would rave kept out N plleon
Bonaparte and Gamble Ia A law ad
hitting only the children Of French
citizens to the civil service is also nm
der consideration,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

Mr., George S. Cole, president OF the
American Exchange Bank of New
York and one of the Trading fnanciers
of the country, died at his home in
Englewood, N. j Sunday of paralysis.
1t was largely through his financial
ability that the scheme Of issuing
clearing house certificates was resorted
To in 1873.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
REUNION



For the occasion of the 9th Annual
Reunion Of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, which occurs at Richmond, Va,
June 30-July 2, 1896, Southern railway
will sell tickets to Richmond, Va, and
return, at very low rates.
Tickets from points in Georgia and
Tennessee, north and east of Atlanta
and Chattanooga, will be sold June 81
% and 80, and from points south and
west of Atlanta and Chattanooga, and
east of the Mississippi River, tickets
will be sold June 2G-27-2S ane 30. Final
limit on tickets from all points will be
July 9th 1896.
From points south and west of Allan
ia, the Southern railway is the short
and quick route to Richmond, Va, via
the "Piedmond Air Line, " and the ser
viceis peerless. From Knoxville, Tenn,
Chattanooga, Tenn, and points west
thereof, the route of the Southern rail
way is via Asheville, and through the
scenic GLAND OF THE Sky" The SER
vice of this line is unexcelled.
Call on any agent of the Southern
railway for further information, or Z.
j. Martin, T. p. A., Columbus, Miss. !;
J. L. Meek, T. P. A., Knoxville, Tenn.
w. H. Doll, I. P. A., Chattanooga,
Tenn; L. A. Shipman, Il. P. A., Bir
mingham, Ala; J. G. Andrews, s. w.
p. A., New Orleans, La. w. A. Turk,
G. P. A., Washington, d. c.; s. II.
Hardwick, A. G., p. A., Atlanta, Ga.
G. A. Benscoter, A. G. p. A., Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. 614-12t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
WHEN CLAY GETS THROUGH WITH BOB,
BY GEORGE A, ROSS.
A big campaign is coming,

A big campaign is coming.
When Clay gets through with Bob.
Oh, won she be a-humminR.
With the old catgut a-thrumming.
When Clay gets through with Bob.
Great crowds will be a-yelling
When Clay gets through with Bob
And Bob his jokes a-telling.
His majority a-swelling,
When Clay gets through with Bob.
Logic will be a-spouting
When Clay gets through with Bob.
Voters will be a-shouting,
And busted hopes appointing,
When Clay gets through with Bob,
Bands will be APPLYING
When Clay gets through with Bob,
And people will be saying
How Clay has got a i1aying,
When Clay gets through with Bob,
The fur viii be a-fying
When Clay gets through with Bob,
A great big bluff is dying,
And the g. o. p. is crying
When Clay gets through with Bob.
Bobs vote will be adjoining,
When Clay gets through with Bob,
Ger grave the daisies blooming,
And hosts defeated Tuning,
When Clay gets through with Bob,
Defeat will be so stunning,
When Clay gets through with Bob.
He'll claim he's only funning,
But II kick himself for running,
When Clay gets through with Bob.
The devil is a-lurllng,
When Clay gets through With Bob.
The leaven is a-working
And the bow viii be a-jerking,
When Clay gets through with Bob.
When ballots quit a-snowing,
(Whcn Clay gets through with Bob
The ROSTERS will be a-erowing
And big tin horns a-blowing
When Clay gets through with Bob.
Oh, won't there be lancing
When Clay gets through with Bob,
And mighty hosts advancing,
And fddling and dancing,
When Clay gets through with Bob.
And won't there be a cunning
When Clay gets through with Bob?
A corpse will be assuming
And Clay will be done running
When Clay gets through with Bob,
The eagle will be pining
When Clay gets through with Bob
The 8. o. p. a-whining
And Bob's bald head a-shining,
When Clay gets through with Bob.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

ACCORDING to the most trustworthy
information from Georgia, ex-Speaker
Crisp will get that senatorship regard
less of the result of the financial fight
for supremacy which is being waged
by the silver and anti-silver democrats
of that state.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

ALL this effort to draw out Ben Har-
rison regarding the presidency is SUI
perfuous. The ex-president Is in the
hands of his wife. Commercially
peal
This is not surprising, since the ex-
president is still enjoying the sweets
of his honeymoon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
The Ideal Panacea.

james L. Frances, alderman Chicago. says:
Il regard DR.. Kings New Discovery as an
Ideal Panacea for coughs, colds and lung COM
plants, having used it in my family for the
last five years, to the exclusion Of physician $
prescriptions or other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, KeolSuk, Iowa. writes:
I have been minister Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for 50 years orlnore, and have
never found anything SO beneficial, or that gave
me such speedy relief as Dr. Kings New Dis
eovery. Try this ideal cough remedy now.
Trial bottle free at Mcfarland S Co. s drug
store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

The rumors of new bank for John
son City are becoming so pronounced
that already the "old times" are pre-
pairing their notes and otherwise get
ting ready to "do" business with it,
and what they'll do for the discount
board will be plenty.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
Old people.

Old people who require medicine to regulate
the bowls and kidneys will find the true
remedy in Electric Biiters. This medicine does
not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor
other intoxicant, but actt as tonic and altora-
tive It acts mildly on the stomach and bowls,
adding strength and giving tone to the organs,
thereby aiding nature in the performance the
functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent ap-
petizer and aids digestion. Old people find it
Just exactly what they need. Price fifty cents
and $500 per bottle at Mcfarland Co S drug
store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

After three years litigation over the
Stanford estate, Mrs, St, n'ord has
been enabled to pay to Lelani STAR
ford, Jr., university the bequest Of
~ 100000 left to it ny the late Senator
Stanford. The university will derive
from the bonds 'hus received interest
at the rate of $4,000 a month.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
East Tennessee Farmers Convention.
johnson City, May 6, 1896.

OOhAhOi CApJj AA"J ~ 1870
To the farmers Of East Tennessee:
am advised that the Southern Rail
way Company have granted rate of
one and one-third fare for the round
trip. The Marietta and North Georgia
Railroad Company, rate of one fare
for the round trip, and that all steam
boat lines running into Knoxville, will
give O reduced rate to all delegates at
tending the farmers convention, which
meets in Knoxville, Tenn, on the 10Th
Goth of May. Tickets will be placed
on sale at all points on Monday and
Tuesday, the 10th and 18th. Please
ascertain from your ticket agent if a
certificate is necessary, if so have him
furnish you with same when you
purchase your ticket.
1t is especially requested that the
different county vice-presidents will
see to ii that their counties are well
represented at this convention, by nav
ing as many good farmers present as
possible. These meetings are of great
Importance to the farmers of East Ten
nessee, and none should miss them that
can possible attend. We look forward
to this as the most important meeting
that we have ever held, and trust that
all who attend will be full prepared to
give some good talks on some subject
pertaining to farm and farming interests
Yours Respectfully,
A. B. BOWMAN,
Pres. East Tenn. Farmers Con.
Enst mnnnnssea nanarS hi eaSe cOnN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

Saving money, like all other things,
to be done successfully, must be done
systematically. Save art Of your in
come each month and you are content
ed. Spend it all and you are constant
ly worried. To persons not in the hab-
it of saving money, the total payments
as well as the profits in Building and
Loan Association are all profit. Com
mence to save this month by taking out
stock in the Magnetic Building and
Loan Association Two cents a day
carries 800 share. Write or see Tate
1. Earnest, Secretary, or W. G.
Mathes, General Manager, johnson
City, Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
International Y. rs. c. Il. Convention, Wash
ington, d. C.-Reduced Rates via
Southern Railway.

For the occasion OF the Internation-
ell Christian Endeayor Convention,
which will be held in Washir gton, d.
O., July 7-13, the Southern railway
will sell tickets at rate Of one limited
first class fare for the round trip
Tickets will be sold July 81, and lin
tied to continuous passage in each d.
rection, with extreme limit for return
July 26th, 1896.
From points in Tennessee thesouth-
ern railway is the scenic route 10
Washington,v via Knoxville, HctSprings
and Ashesille, through "The Land
OF the Sky"
For further information in regard
to rates, schedules, etc, call ON any
agent Of the company or W. H DOH,
7. ?. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. J L.
Meek, 7. P. A Knoxville, Tenn c.
A. Benscoter, AGA, Chattanooga,
Tenn. Gl6.l0t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

The cat is called kat in Danish and
Dutch, katt in Swedish, chit in
French, katti in Italisr, cato in Portu-
guese and Spanish, kot in Polish, ko!s
in Russian, cath in Welsh, cath in
Cornish, catna in Basque ard gaz in
Armenian.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

Rev. L. B Davidson, the Oldest
preacher in the Louisville conference
OF the NJ E, Church, Sluth, preached
Sunday from the text: "Behold |
stand at The door and knock" The
occasion was his eighty-third birthday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
29rH DAY OF MAY 1896,

29rH DAY OF MAY 1896,
A. the opera house door in John,ou
N1ty, during legal hons, fer Tor sale
TO the highest bidder for co h in hand,
~ the right, title apd intelts' II
Irwin in snd to TIE FLOWING ual
st te situated III the town OF Johrson
Aty, ninth civil di-trict Of Wa,hirp-
ton county, Tennessee. lcNit: One
ha interest in lots 90, 30. 81 ard 80 in
block II also lots "a and % in b eek 4,
'lso lots 7 ard in hl,ck is, Of he
Carr egie Land Conran>'s Addition
- the town Of johnson CITY, Terms
%" ~ald pr perty being sold to satisfy
Il judgment which was recovered
gaCst Mrs. A Kimmpl 4 } II
iaryin in said chanccry court n ,h"
l4rh day Of December, 1895, f. the
ann Of SG2 - and same will be- 20 q ~
above time and place unless said rrh'
interest and all costs are soonu iaid
This May 9th, 1896.
s.. J PRITCHETT, Sheriff,
By G. F CAMPBELL, Dep sherfr.
GIG A. printers lee $3.50.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

The Wisconsin soldier boy is known
as Clay now, but after the November
election it will be mud-pure and
simple.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

IT seems to be Mckinley or bust
with the republicans of '0G.-Bristol
Times.
1t is more likely to be Mckinley AND
Inst
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

True love is the most happy capital
ri. Love pays the interest and gets
r'cber while giving it away.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
If "silence is golden" Mckinley
must certainly be opposed to freesilver,

The house passed the bankruptcy
bill Saturday afternoon by nearly n
two-thirds vote.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
Sale of Realty.
J. II. Garvin VS. @ s. D.marer, In
Chaneery Court at Johnson
City, Tennessee.

BY virtue OF a fl ia issued by tie
'ielk and master at Johnson City,
Tennessee, the 7th day of February,
1896 / will, on Dhn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

We carry, in Shoes,
Stacy & Adams, for
men; w. L. Douglass,
for m en-; Hamilton
Brown, for mem and
ladies; BayState goods
for men and ladies; lei
gler Bros, for ladies !;
V al. Duttenhoffer &
Son, for ladies. Seven
custom made lines,and
every pair sold under
a guarantee. You will
find it cheaper to buy
such goods.
New York Racket Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07

5gEGES Nerve and Zone oil Cure
~ Rheumatism, Cuts, Sores. Burns
qJsd Bruises Large bottle IS cents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
EGGS FOR MATCHING

From thoroughbred stock. BLACK Laugshans;
first and second premiums on best pair at John
on cockerel, second, and lie on bullet Bus
Leghorns tArnolds and Lister Kayl. Buff Pekin,
BsHtams and Brown Leghorns. Eggs from the
above stock. one dollar per setting,
JOHNSON CITY POULTRY YARDS.
S r SMITH, Manager.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
City Hand Laundry,

Cor Main and Roam Streets.
Give me your laundry and have it done in the
finest style, With new machine which just
purchased am prepared to give your goods as
high gloss finish az any Laundry. Give me a
trial and be convinced
Yours to please
w, II. CARRIGER Prop.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
CLERK AND MASTER S SALE OF
LAND
Ia Chancery Court at Johnson City,
Tennessee.
The Lookout Bark vs.. Robert Burr0w
etal., and + A StrAtton W. Rob.
ert Burrow and Magnetic
Building and Loan As
ISOLATION vs. F. A
Strattou.

Pu suant to the decree OF said court,
at its December term, 1895, in The
above styled cause, / will, on
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1896,
In front of the court room, in Johnson
City, upon the terms of said decree,
sell the property mentioned and de-
scribed in said decree, and order d to
be sold, to wit: LOIS, /, 90. 4, 5, 6, 7,
s, 9, 10 H. r. 10, IA, 10, %, 90, "a, %.
and 26, as designated on plat ON file
in this case, to satisfy II, judgment on
purchase money note in the sum OF
$27S3 81 with interest thereon from
December 3rd, 1895, and the costs,
unless said judgment, interest and
costs are sooner paid.
TERMS OF SALE.
Said property will he sold for cash
in hand and in bar of the equity of
redemption.
This April 81, 1896
w. F YOUNG, C. & NJ,
By G, W. HODGE, d G an.
61S At. Printers fee, $40.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-07
A. B. BOWMA.

Pres. East Tenn. Farmers Con.
East Tennessee papers please copy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
The Cars Melancholy.

The Car Is said tn have recently be-
come so taciturn az to produce pain
full effect on those about rim. During
his sojourn with the DANISH royal fam
ily he has been daily observed Ivy Il
person who has country seat In the
neighborhoOd OF the castle. and who
has sent an account OF his Impressions
to the Berliner Tagebiltt. One has
never heard him indulge i'm Il hearty
laugh" he says, "and his smile is mel
ancholy and tired. have often seen
him lately walking in the castle park,
dressed in his thick brown sCir--which,
however, does not conceal his extreme
ly delicate physique. He was always
accompanied by one of his relations,
most often by the Princess OF Wales or
her daughter Princess Victoria; but
he himself spoke very little and was
apparently always engaged with his
own thoughts, and only half heard
what was said TO him, while his fingers
were necessarily passed through his
thin beard. He walked with his head
benz, his eyes east on the ground and
he carelessly raised his soft felt hat
without looking up when some few
passers-by stood still and greeted him."
st James's Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
Real Value Of Potatoes.

The real value of potatoes depends
nlon the starch contained, which may
vary from thirteen per cent. to about
twice as much. While the price does not
vary accordingly. II Is of advantage to
c,iltiyaiors to select seed rich in starch,
and French inventor. VI. 4. Allard.
has devised an instrument called the
feculometer for enab.;ng them 10 do
this. 1t depends upon the principe that
increase in the proportion of.starch in
crcases the density. 1t Is n kind Of large
barometer. consisting Of a lower recep-
taclc for weight. central float into
which is put a kllogramme OF very clean
aud very dry potatoes. and rod grad
uated for density and corresponding
richness in starch. When plunged into
a cylindrical vessel Of wafer about
twenty inches deep. the instrument
promptly indicates the quality Of the
potato by the depth to which the rod
sinks. The same apparatus may be
used for determining the density OF
other farm products. such as beets and
grain. a special scale being provided Tor
each kind.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
HOW MUCH HAY TO FEED.

Farm horses, almost without cxcep-
ton. are fed TOO much hay One ex-
ception may be noted: \ horse of ner-
vous disposition, inclined TO scOur.
should have all the hay he can be in
duced TO eat In addition To the grain
ration. The horse of this character will
not usually eat more than ten TO twelve
pounds of hay daily. Again. you find
some horses that you are almost com
pel;ed To muzZle 10 keep them from
stuffing the bedding.
II is difficult. OH account of the differ
ent uses to which horses are put, to tell
what amount should be given them.
Opinion is divided OH the subject. One
stockman says that four tons of hay
will be enough for 1.000-pOund horse
Il year. Another says that a horse
should have from eighteen to twenty
pounds Il day. The stage driver insists
that twenty pounds Il day is none too
much. We believe that each horse
should be considered by himself, and
fed accordingly.
1t is better to give not more than one
half of the amount in hay. where TWEEN
ty-five pounds of feed n day is allowed,
the larger amount always TO be given
at night.
The grain ration should he adapted to
the individual horse and the work he
is required to do.-The Silver knight.