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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
To Whom Il May Concern.

I have been in the drug business for
twelve years, and during that time,
sold nearly oil the cough medicines
manufactured; aud from my personal
knowledge of such remedies, I say that
that Champerlain's Cough remedy gives
better satisfaction than any other on
the market.-W NJ Terry, Elktcn, Ky.
Sold by Ward & Friberg-The Bee
Hive.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23

Mckinley hoodwinked a lot of peo-
pie before the election by telling them
that it was better to open,the mills than
the minis, but in his speech to the
Manufacturers Club at Philadelphia, q
couple of months ago he said: "It
does not matter how many mill you
open if the people have no money to
buy with.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
Our SO Cent Line

Embraces some choice and very at
tractive styles and the way they are
selling shows our selections must be
correct.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
Best on Earth,
THE QUEEN"
Air tight Wood Heat
ing Stoves at
THE BEE HIVE

All you guess about difficulty in SELL
ing Stark Trees may be wrong. If You
wish to know the truth, drop postal to
Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo-, or
Rockport, Ill. Name references. Cash
pay to statesmen each week the year
round. Outfit free takes no money to
try the work. Also want club makers
get their trees Free
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
Our Grain School Shoe

Hits the mark for cheap school shoe
superior to anything we have have ev-
err CARED at the price-69c. Soc. 95c.
per pair.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23

]. Z. Harris, a popular travelling
salesman, who has been with Donaldson
Bros, of llorristown, has accepted a
position with w. B. Lockett & Co., oil
Knoxville, and will travel same terri
tory.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
at SOC Per N'ard

we show the largest and most popular
collection we have ever shown in both
Fancy and Plain weaves-every piece
all wool.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
The School Shoe Season

Has just begun. We've been prepar-
ing for it for months and are now
ready with the best line we have ever
carried.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
letter, salt.Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting, Incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain 8 Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. Il
is equally efficient for itching piles and
favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. % cts. per box.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put
horse in prime condition. Price %
cents per package.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23

All or..gists guarantee Or. Miles PAIN
PITIs to stop Headache. Zone cent dose. I"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
Our Crack Proof Line

This is an ideal medium priced shoe
and is great seller. Prices from 81 Is
to $1.35 per pair.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
The best -four is Gold Dust.
Lost.

Somewhere between the Palace Livery
Stable and the Heading Factory black
cloth cape lined with silk. Finder will
be suitably rewarded by leaving same
at The COMET office.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
HART and Smith.
Rich Autumn Dress Goods

Comprising the choicest and most fash
ionable weaves, all in single patterns;
great variety of styles and colorings,
controlled exclusively by us at $500,
$9,00and $40 per pattern.
Plaids
In new and novel effects in the latest
weaves and colorings at G(Jc. and 90c.
per yard.
French Fabrics in Plain CoIors.
The newest and most approved shades
in
BROADCLOTHS, EPINGILINES,
CONVERTS,
vENETIANS, and SERGES.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23

Our Red School House Line
stands hard knocks, just the kind that
pull and hold trade
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23

'pTSyInsN eIuo slid u!ud .seuN 10
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23

Read our advertisements.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-09-23
THE x COMET
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists re fund the money II it fails to cure 25c
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03


dies has one that will eventually hunt down
and arrest that particular disease.
Lung and bronchial diseases are among
the most battling complaints which doctors
have to deal with; because it isn't the lungs
or bronchial tubes alone which are affected
but every corner of the system furnishes a
lurking place for these elusive maladies.
They change and reappear and dodge
about the system under numberless dis
guises. They are almost always cornpli-
Gated with liver or stomach troubles, nerv-
BUSINESS, neuralgia, or general debility"
The best detective remedy which Nature
has provided to search out and arrest these
perplexing ailments is DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t lays an arresting
hand directly upon the poisonous. paralyz.
ing elements hiding in the liver and diges-
tive organs
1t gives tho blood-naking glands power
to manufacture All abundant supply of pure,
red, highly vitnlizcd blood which reinforces
the lungs with healthy tissue; feeds the
nerve centres with power, and builds up
solid muscular flesh and active energy.
Forweak lungs, splitting Of blood, shortness
of breath, nasal catarrh, bronchitis, severe
coughs, asthma. and kindred affections, it
is sovereign remedy. While it promptly
cures the severest cough it Strengthens
the system and puri6cs the blood.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
Tidnl Wnves,

Though the greatest and most re-
markable phenomenon pertaining to the
surface Of the sea is the tidal wave, sci.
entific authorities acknowledge that it
still presents some uneXplainable anom-
allies. 1t is demonstrated, however, that
the movement is made up of many
waves dependent upon different func-
lions of the moon and sun, some being
semidiurnal, some diurnal. The time OF
transit over the meridian and the decli-
nation of both bodies create great yari-
ations. The changing distance and posi-
ton of the moon and the position of
her nodo also have immense effect,
while tho ever varying direction and
forco of the winds and the different
pressure of the atmosphere play their
part. An interesting fact in this rela-
ton is that observations all over the
world show no place where the tidal
movement is so regular and simple as
around the British islands---a fact more
remarkable when it is known that the
tides on the other side cf the Atlantic,
as, for instance, 1t Nova SCOTIA, are
very complicated, the uucXolninable
case here being that the minor tides,
which i'll IL ost parts OF the world, when
combined i'll one direction, amount to a
very considerable fraction Of the prin-
cipal lunar and solar tides, ana consc-
quently greatly increase or diminish
their effects, arc i'll Great Britain so in
significant that their influence is tri-
fiing.-New York Sun.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

queer story is told of u naturalist
who died i'll 1860 and was buried mt
Blankney, III Lincolnshire. Among his
pets was IL large gray bat.
This bat was permitted to enter the
tomb and was sealed up alive with the
corpse of his dead master. III 1866 the
vault was opened, and to the surprise
OF all the bat was alive and fat
On four different occasions since tho
relatives of the dead man have looked
after the welfare of his pet, and each
time it has been reported that the bat
was still i'll the land of the living, al
though occupying quarters with the
dead. 1t was last seen in S02.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
Roanoke City Real Estate.

We have great many fine bargains in
houses and lots in Roanoke in every part
CT the city. Cheap for cash. Many of
them on small cash payment, and the
balance on s:::all monthly payments,
very little more than rent. Persons de-
string to invest in either county or city
property will do well to call on or write
to us before doing So
I. ". SPINDLE & CO..
No. Campbell Avenue S. w.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS.

Carbonio Acid Gas Easily Generated From
Vinegar and Baking Powder.
That there is charcoal in baking pow
der, and that vinegar and baking DOW
der will make carbonic acid gas were
two bits of knowledge Impaired to sew
eral hundred school girls and boys by
Professor Peter T. Austen in the hall
of the Brooklyn Polytechnic institute.
This was the second of series Of lee
lures to young people OH How to Make
Scientific Experiments ut Home"
Using the simplest kind Of apparatus,
Professor Austen demonstrated how car
bonic acid gas can be generated from n
combination of vinegar and baking
powder, and he showed also how the
burning of magnesium wire i'll a jar
of carbonic acid gas brings out the char
coal i'll baking powder. The children
were intensely interested i'll the state
ment that whenever they ate bread or
cake made by the use of baking powder
they ate Il lot of charcoal, but they tool,
the lecturers assertion that there was
charcoal i'll sugar as joke.
"Whilo hot carbonic acid gas is light
er than air, cold carbonic acid gas is
much heavier than air and can be han
died like water" said Professor Aus.
ten. TO show the heavy and palpablp
quality he generated lot of it in Il
large glass jar and proceeded to draw
it out i'll cupfuls. Lighted candles were
distinguished by pouring the gas upon
them us if it We're fluid, and the pro-
fessor showed his alert disciples how to
make carbonic acid gas run through Il
cardboard trough. y dozen small can
dies, lighted, were placed few inches
apart i'll Il long glass channel. From n
pitcher Professor Austen slowly poured
carbonic acid gas into one end by the
glass channel, and as he continued to
pour tho invisible fluid the lights went
out, one by one.
The children watched with evident
delight the construction of q rude pair
of scales. 81 shall use only such things
as can be readily picked up around the
house., said the professor. He took Il
common strip of board and planted it
upright OH his table. Across the top he
placed IL piece Of lath and balanced it
exactly by hanging IN empty bandbox
on one end and basin of shot OH the
other. NOW, there is nothing but air
i'll tho bandbox," he said "Let me
show you how much heavier carbonic
acid gas is than air." And, suiting the
action to tho word, he poured q large
pitcherful of carbonic acid gas into the
bandboX. Immediately the bandbox de-
scended as if filled with bricks.
Tho children applauded and shouted
i'll glec, and few minutes afterward
they were on their way to their homes,
imbued with a determination to raid
the domestic larder for vinegar and bal,-
ing powder with which to make car
bonic acid gas.-New York Times.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
WINTER
Far in the north tho Wandering moon looks

Far in the north tho wandering moon looks
down
Upon frozen sea and frozen land,
A tlrcary, barren waste, whore strange fires
play
Across sunless sky, among the keen.
Clear, glittcrins stars. and fur TO southwark
drive
Tho snowclouds, and the bittcr north winds
Through mountain glcns and brcals tho forcs.
trees.
Tho furious waves tear Mt tho crS,.blin. cliffs,
And many n prayer is said fer those at sea,
And many IL ship goes down in sight of shore,
In dim gray twilights of December days.
And with December days comes that glad feast
We keep to him who brought our life to light.
30 when tho night is darkest dawn is near.
Mary A. NJ. Marks in Good Words
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
For Rent.

4'room cottage, Bennett Springs,
cheap for the season.
II room, Church avenue, with ali con-
venienoes, $50.
Groom dwelling on Church avenue,
with all modern conveniences and very
desirably located, $50 per month.
7-room dwelling OH Ninth avenue, near
Franklin road, with modern conveniences,
also stable; cheap ut $11.25.
Groom cottage, Rorer avenue. with
modern convanienccs and stable; 80 per
month.
4-rocm cottage, Marshall avenue, new
ly papered; price, $3.50 per month.
4-room cottage, newly papered, in rear
OF Eighth avenue 8. W., near Franklin
road; So Per month.
Groom brick house, Seventh avenue N.
e.; price, S..
Groom house, Marshall avenue. sc. rs.
l store room on Salem avenue, $50 Der
month.
store room OIL Commerce street, 81
per month.
If you desire to rent a good dwelling
see us before renting, az We can supply
your wants ut once.
It. E. B. Hartsook g. Co.
q,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
should Not Have Been Caurht.

Mrs. Gayspousc (engaging new scrv-
anti am Very particular about the
conduct Of my doMcstics | had to dis
charge my last giil because | caught
her winking at my husband.
Applicant = Iou did quito right,
ma'am. a girl rs careless as hat ought
TO be discharged. New York Herald.
Breakfast, - cents; dinner, % cents;
supper % cents Meal tickets, 81. j.
j. Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
L. E. B. Hartsook & Co.
Market Square.
Bargains
in Roanoke
County Farms.


$50 acres NJ first.class wheat land, in
nigh state Of cultivation, good improve
ncnts, 3 13 miles from Roanoke city.
Price So 600. Very cheap.
lU0 acres nearly all bottom land plenty
of timber, splendid Sroom brick dwell
ing. Price 50, $50.
81 acres on the rock road near Hollns,
good improvements. Price $2,T50
lou acres between Roanoke ard Hollns,
in good state of cultivation: fine orchard
oil improved fruit. Price 1000
4o acres near Roanoke, fine orchard
Price 81, 800
$50 acres near Hollins-a great bargain
at 81, 800.
20 acres good improvements, plenty of
fruit and water, near Roanoke. Price
SO, 500
beautiful farm, with good improve
ments, in sight of Roanoke city. First
class land at great bargain
ITO acres, with good improvements
iirst-class land; an abundance of fine tim
Der, Mt $40 per acre.
JO acres, comfortable dwelling, good
barn, we'll fenced, good water and fruit.
Price $3.50.
69 acres of good land, well located, very
large young orchard. Price 50, 800.
0O acres of the best wheat land in Roam
oke county, all in cultivation, perfectly
level, we think will yield 80 bushels of
wheat TO the acre this year; no improve.
ments. Price $50 per acre
40 acres adjoining the above, with n
broom dwelling, some fruit Price 81,
$50.
This is only a partial list of the farms
we have for sale, any of which we will
be glad 10 show Mt any time. Full de.
scrlption sent by mail at request Cor
respondence solicited.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
For Rent and Sale.
7. w. Goodwin, Ag't
Omce: Room No. 900 Terry Rn,,IInr
July 1, 1897.

July l, 1897.
FOR T.--DWELLINGr.
No. 1921 West End Boulevard S. w. S25 OD
No. 1U2S Seventh street s. e.. ann
No. 1896 Seventh street s. e. 60f,
No. 214 Fourth street n. g. .. = M
No. 145 Eighth avenue s. w.. 40
No. 622 First avenue II. VICE.. M
No. 529 Seventh avenue Ii. q. on
No. BIT Tenth avenue s. w.t.. IA m
No. S24 Patterson Avenue. IN M
No. 705 Fourth avenue n. w.. m
No. 431 Ninth avenue s. w.. IN m
NJ NJ 81 81 vs. ,Iso a.enue II. w........ 700
No. 1873 Ninth avenue n. w. iE0
No. 022 Third avenue IL. w aS0
No. 143 Eighth avenue S. w. III M
No. 203 Seventh avenue 8. w 1S '0N
No. 375t Salem avenue S. 1O00
STORES.
No. I'll Third avenue s. 7oo
No. 3O4 Commonwealth ave. II. G.. 10 M
also have in my charge properties in
all sections of the city that can lie bougbt
ut great bargains, either for cash or nn
the instalment plan.
Call and examine my list
Il. w. GOODWIN, Agent
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
Natures Detectives.
When crime Is committed, no rnaft.- T.,
what corner of the earth the criminal fr;as

70 hide, he
Knows that
p r o b q bly,
ewhere
or other on
the out
is a detective
w aiting to
lay his hand
on him.
When any
disease ar
tacks man.
k / II d an d
hides itself
in the human
system, no
matter how
OBJ scure or
complicated
: t h e disease
may be, Ma
ture among
er grea t
force of de-
.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

NOTICE.-Those having brick and
stone work or vitrified brick pavements
elaid would do well to call on or ad-
dress.J. T. Falls, the practical contractor
and builder. Also all kinds of carpenter
work, plastering, painting, kalsomining
and paper hanging done on short notice
All work guaranteed. J. Il. FALLS, No.
11S Fifth avenue IL. G.. Roanoke, Va.
The Monitor-register., 1897-07-30
The Piano of the Future.

No more hammers in pianos. The old
fashioned method of pounding music
out of wires by the aid of wonderfully
complicated system of levers and keys,
which all the world thought to be the
ultimate perfection for the production
of that sort of tone, has been branded as
back number.
DIR. Richard Eisemann of Berlin, fol
years pupil of Professor Won Helm
holtz, has patented system which does
away with the levers entirely. He calls
this new appliance the electrophonie
piano, its distinctive principle consist
ing in the fact that the vibrations OF
the chords are not produced by ham
mers, but by an electric current and by
means of microphones acting as inter
rupters of currents.
All the delicate and complex mechan-
ism of the old piano is done away with.
The little electric devices are arranged
on the crosspiece extending over the
strings. Upon this electric magnets are
from the strings.
Pressing down the key sends the elec-
trio current into the corresponding elec-
tromagnet. This attracts the metallic
string below, but the microphone inter
rupts the current and Herewith the at
traction. The string returns to its for
mer place, and this continued attraction
and interruption of the current are car,
ried on, the number of vibrations being
regulated by the pitch of the string.
The high sounds produced by this
method have decided harp tone, and
the lower and middle registers suggest
the cello Or the organ. In reality, the
installation of this new system creates
new instrument, so different are the
qualities of sound produced by the new
method and the old.-New York Jour
nal. ------- - -
The Monitor-register., 1897-07-30
THE TONE OF THE BELL
Not Improved by the Use of Gold or Silve

Not Improved by the Use of Gold or Silver
In the Bell Metal.
There is general belief that the in
PRODUCTION of silver Or gold in the cast
ing of bell assures for it a superior
tone, but an expert in founding bells
saws that such belief is erroneous. He
says that the best tone effect in bell
metal is confined within very narrow
limits, for any so called bell metal hav-
ing more than so parts copper to 90
parts tin is too soft to produce the best
quality of tone, while that having more
tin than 23 parts in the 100 is much
too brittle. There are bells in Europe
whose clear tones were for many years
credited to gold and silver that were
supposed to have been added to the bell
metal. An analysis was made not long
ago of the metal in one of these bells,
and it failed to show any trace of gold
or silver. The old German bell found
ers used to make their bells of 80 parts
copper to 90 parts tin. In the opinion
of this expert the strongest and best
toned bell is obtained from 10 parts
copper and 21 parts tin.
"After the bell is DRAWN" says the
expert, 1.-TWO sweeps are made and ad=
justed to an upright spindle in the cen-
ter of an iron case or flask, the flask
having perforations all over it. Over
the surface of the flask is coated, wet,
layer of loan of equal and suitable
thickness and baked. Then another lay
er is coated on and baked, and so on,
layer after layer, until the proper shape,
etc. are secured. There are two such iron
molding cases, one fitting over the 9TH
er. The under one has the loan coating
on its outer side, which has the inner
shape of the proposed bell. Tie upper
iron molding case Or flask has the loam
on its inner surface, forming the out
side shape of the bell. This is let down
over the under mold and carefully ad-
justed equally all around, leaving a
space inside between the two molds
The under flask is called the core The
upper or outer one is called the case. The
space is filled up by the molten bell
metal, which. when cooled, is the bell.
''When the bell is taken out of the
molds it is polished, and then the
hangings, tongue (or clapper), etc.
fitted to the bell, and it receives a Sc
we're ringing test, partly to ascertain its
tone and resonant quality and to observe
it's mechanical excellence and adjust
ment Then, if it appears to be good i'll
all points, it is shipped to the purchaser.
The making and shipping of a bell usu-
ally require from 10 to l5 days in the
smaller Sizes The larger sizes-i e.,
from /, 500 pounds and heavier-require
more time. A peal of three or more
bells requires from 40 to 90 days time,
while a chime of nine Or more bells re-
quires from three to six months
ANY foundry can, of course, readily
make and select nine or ten bells in
tune for chime, but tune is one thing,
tone is another. Church Economist.
The Monitor-register., 1897-07-30
REGRET.


They come to me in the shadows
They cover the dying day,
Ihey take their forms and substance
Out of the twilight gray
They have no tangible features,
Nor any form of speech,
But they point their misty fingers
To heights can never reach.
They bring up out of the darkness
Old-tIme hopes and fears,
Till the shadow faces are fainter
Behind a mist of tears.
The saddest things of lifetime
Are these shades of old regret
For the dear ideals that missed us
And the joys that we didn't get.
The prayer that never was answered,
The prize that never was won,
Beautiful thoughts unspoken,
Work that was left undone,
The help that never was offered,
The letter 1 didn't write
All lift reproachfuI faces
out of the gathering night.
And the finished work seems nothing
Beside the work undone,
And the given victory small and weak
To that which might have won.
They fill me with vague longings,
These sad ghosts of regret,
For the only joys worth holding
Are those l didn't get.
-Sdponnah Press.
The Monitor-register., 1897-07-30

Thousands of women daily achieve wo-
manhood's supremest joy, only to meet, a
few days or weeks or months later, its
supremest sorrow. This is because so
many babies are born into the world with
the seeds of death already sown i'll their
little bodies. If woman would have
healthy, robust children. strong and able
to withstand the usual little illnesses of
childhood, she must "look before she
Leaps
If a woman will take the proper care of
her health in a womanly way, during the
period of prospective maternity, she may
protect herself against much pain and suf-
fering and possible death, and insure the
health of her child. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the greatest of all medicines
for prospective mothers. 1t acts directly
on the delicate and important organs that
bear the burdens of maternity and makes
them strong, healthy, vigorous and elastic.
1t allays Inflammation, heals liberation,
soothes pain and tones the tortured nerves.
1t banishes the usual discomforts of the
expectant period and makes baby's advent
to this world easy and almost painless. 1t
insures an ample supply of nourishment
1t is the greatest known nerve tonic and
invigorator for women. All good dealers
sell it. Say "No" and stick to it when
urged to accept a substitute said to be
"just as good as DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
81 had miscarried twice and was so weak
could not stand on my feet" writes Mrs. Minnie
Smith, P. M. of Lowell, Lane Co., Oregon II
took two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and now have healthy baby and am
stronger than for twelve years"
The quick constipation cure - Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Never gripe.
Accept no substitutes or limitations.