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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

Ed. CoMET:-In your last weeks is
sue, under the headline "Rot About
the New South" you copy from the
Richmond Dispatch commentator
of Col. r.. M. Johnson's speech before
the New England Society of New York
avering that the Sout is in no sense a
NEW SOUTH but the old one of ante-bel-
UNI days.
am a native of the Sonth, and have
/ been a continuous resident since my
birth in 1927; and a close observer of
facts existing; and, certainly, no moro
conclusive truth was ever uttered by
public men than by b. H. Hall and
Henry W, Grady when they said, in
substance, "There WAS an Old South;
but in its place there IS NOW New
South ,"
To state, that the distinguishing diff
ference between the old and the new,
is, that the former had slavery and
the new has not, is to give but a small
feature of the difference. A very large
feature of the differenc, is, that result
tant of the emancipation of slavery de-
stoyed a false notion among slave
holders that active personal labor and
business energy was no part of their
calling in life. The young men of the
old South who were peculiarly boys Of
leisure, are now our most active, pro-
gressive business men. They and their
fathers, then, acted through agents.
Then, they received and enjoyed the
fruits of the labor and management Of
others, Now, they stand in the place
and perform the part of themselves
and those others of the old South.
Another very large feature of the
, New South, different from the old, is,
that quite large percentage of added
population scattered all over the South
{ ern States is composed of the best ele-
) ments of = the Northern, Eastern and
: Northwestern States. Men of brains,
industry and enterprise. Men who are
the equals of our best native Southern
grit. Those who did not bring cash
capitol with them for investment, have
made such capitol by laboring side by
:, side or in partnership with our native
:, Southerners. Look where you will
;, in our cities, towns or country districts
where our resources are being develop
ed and you will see at every turn what
h are called Northern Men," They are
: not now Northern Men; but, in goot
: faith, Southern Men-yes, men of thu
e New SOUTH. To say that our South
0 as we call it, is not, in an importan
o sense, New one, is to say that moth
;. ing old can be renewed. That a revo
luton works no change.
. To much smaller extent the North
. or many parts of it, has put on new
d features by the addition of Southerner
" as residents; but the great flow ha
. been in this direction. Perhaps, i
u will be nearer statement of the fact
i to add to the phrase "a New South, b,
applying the adjective to our who'll
n country and aay "a New United State
4 of America " 1t is about time tina
! the terms North and South were push
Il ed away with West and East as mer
: points Of the compass and not used a.
9 Sectional designations.
q N. A. PATTERSON.
Vineland, Tenn.
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How To Be Beautiful.

To be beautiful, you must have pure blood
and good health. To do So purify the blood
and build up the health with the best Tonic
and Blood Purifier Of the age, Botanic Blood
Balm, (B. b. BIZ 1t is the old standard and
reliable remedy, 1t never fails to cure all man
ner OF Blood and Skin diseases, where eminent
physicians, and all other known remedies have
failed. Send stamp for book of particulars. to
the Blood Balm Co. Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by Druggists.
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RUNNING A PAPER?
From the Shutdown Simoor

We ran for coroner last week and got
defeated. Our friends told us we were
too heavy to sit on even dead man.
We have not broken our new years
resolution yet. We have not had
sufficient money since to make it worth
while.
A young man in Mucktown sent us a
little'poemllast week:and enclosed,$1 to
pay years subscription to the Simeon.
This does away with the argument that
all poets are crazy.
1t is said that money talks but what
few pilgrims and strangers of that tribe
that stop at this Office are so blasted
lonesome and homesick that we can IT
get much out Of them.
Old Abe Rucker was found frozen to
death this morning in an alley between
the Red Light Saloon and his home.
Abe and his jags have been defying
the blizzard for 30 years, but he has
made his last tackle with low tempera-
ture.
Deacon Smiles was turned out of the
church last Sunday for whipping his
his wife, and he proceeded to get on q
glorious drunk and come to us with his
tale of woe. We can't understand why
every man that has trouble with his
wife should come to us for sympathy
and advice.
Alex Small raised 500 bushels of Irish
potatoes last fall and they took the pre-
MUM at the fair as the best ever pro
duced in this county. Last week hi
brought us pecks of pithy turnips tt
pay for the paper. There is nothing t.
good for some people to give the editor
A fellow who has been taking this
paper ever since it started, and has hi
first cent to pay on it yet, wrote us
letter raising Cain because we did no
issue a paper Christmas week. Thi
man would no doubt sue us for &c.,
damages if weshould suspend the pape
indefinitely.
Bill Pickens, who is several years il
arrears with this paper, got religion a
the revival at the Baptist church yes
terday, and his shouting was heard al
over town. He had cooled off some
what when we got to him, but he wal
still loving his enemies and unable tt
do anything for his friends.
The Methodist church gave an oyster
supper last Friday to get money enough
to buy new stove, and after it was
over the new minister, who was not
pleased with the receipts, got up and
said that he hoped the good ladies
would never attempt to have another al
he believed the devil was at the bottom
of it. We made no search for the devi
in our soup, but took particular notice
that there were no oysters in it.
DR.. Chairman has just returned from
the lectures and opened up shop here
He is what might be termed homeo
pathic allopath. He believes in small
doses of drugs and large doses o
whiskey. This is the happiest combi
nation of the old and new schools o
medicine that ever hit this town, anC
we introduce the young doctor to GU
people as a dazzling success.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

If you buy Ladies' Home Journal,
Munsey, Mcclure and Cosmopolitan,
every month, they will cost you $1.20
each, or 1870 cents year, If you
want them all for next year, will fur
nish them for $3.70, saving you $110.
Hmper's Monthly, regular price $500
at $3.50. Other prices furnished on
application. Respectfully,
II. w. LYLE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

With the departure Of another year when q
review is made OF the condition of AFFAIRS, it is
only right that some thought be given to the
physical body which enables everyone to battle
with iife's problem and figure for themselves
the profit or loss on the trial balance sheet,
Though the bank account may be large and each
ones material gain be great, it would not be
surprising If 1t suddenly dawns upon many that
good health has been greatly impoverished by
the low condition Of the blood, 1t is In this
state that the tactic acid In the vital fluid at
tackS the tibrous tissues particularly the joints
making known the local manifestations OF rheu-
matism. Thousands Of people have found in
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood purehCr Il
positive and permanent cure for rheumatism.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

1t would be a great scheme to repre-
sent the South in the cabinet by H.
Clay Evans of Pennsylvania. This
bright idea could not have originated
anywhere else only in the great brain
of Clay himself,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

If the democrats think that there is
any danger of the State going republi-
can two years hence they ought to use
every effort to get Clay Evans into the
cabinet, This would do a plenty to
the republican party in Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

All the press reports from Nashville
for the past two weeks say that the
Legislature is getting down to business.
If it has taken it all this time to get
down it must have been o long ways
up from it at the start.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

George INIT" Tillman is kicking be-
cause it took more to buy the State of
Tennessee than he figured on. Why
didn't he use the other $50, of the
$1,000 Hanna contributed?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

There is no assessment to be made
of real estate this year, the only assess
meet being on polls, privileges and
personal property. The law provides
for assessment of real estate biennially,
reckoning from 1896.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

Hanna has at last succeeded in show
ing Senator Sherman how he can serve
his country better in the cabinet and
when Hanna shows man thing like
that he always sees it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

The Tennessee press has sustained
another loss-the retirement of j. L.
Wilson of the Tullahoma Guardian,
We are sorry to part with the venerable
editor but his work has been we'll done.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

Tillman contesting the Governorship
before the Tennessee Legislature is
like a little'sucker bucking against the
Niagara Falls.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

This talk about Hanna not being
able to elect himself Senator from Ohio,
even if Sherman was out of the way, is
all rot, The idea of a man who was
able to buy the whole United States
not being able to negotiate for little
thing like the Ohio legislature is pre-
posterous.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

\ few lives are reported lost by the
wrecking of the Commodore but its
sinking was a regular covenant of
longevity to novelist Stephen Crane
who was aboard. q
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

The House passed the Loud bill and
it is now in hands of the Senate Com
mittee, with chances of action in doubt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

Gen. Weyler is still fighting the gun
powder trust and boosting the manu-
facture of typewriters.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

The weather this week is too bad to
do anything but of course it will not
interfere with the Legislature.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

The East Tennessee Poultry Association opened its Annual Show in the
Reeves Block Main street yesterday morning The show began under rath
unavorae circumstances it showing and bad weather. but not
withsandg drawbac birds hand ready be placed
exhibition the first day. Eighty odd arranged and is predicted by
Secretary H. c. Austin that 300 birds will be entered today
1t the mest displays thoroughbred chickens Eas
Tennessee and well worth the small admission A. Fox of Dover
DEL Tuesday and will the show Quite large
Der citizens visited the show yesterday and the number will increase until the
show closes Friday night The doors will be O'Clock in the
and remain open till 10 o'clock at night
About made and birds placed exhibition
from Knoxville Ootewah Bristol Ezabehon and from other points along
the railroads interest being shown the show and will be
nounced success.
The premium list the largest red the East Tennessee Shows
this fall containing than $50 special cash premiums.
The Secretary busy complete entries for this week
but will be published together with the award
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14
{. Tennessee & Western n. C. R. R,
In effect Nov, 9, 1895. at : O'Clock a. m.

found good results from the use Of Dr.. Bells
Pine-Tar- Honey in the treatment of my child
rem for whooping cough Yours,
REV. b. B. BAILEY,
Winchester, Ky.
For sale by Mcfarland g. Bolton, druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14
NEW YORK JOURNAL.

Anyone wishing to subscribe for the
New York Journal can do so through
The COMET at the following rates
Daily, with Sunday-per year, $3.50.
without " 5000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

AS many times as you have, would find
out what it was for, and if suffered or had a
friend suffering from RHEUnATIS1, NEU.
RALdIA, OR KIDNEY TROUBLE, I would
send Two.Cent Stamp, and get FREE
Sample Bottle and try it. THE W. H. HILL
CO., Detroit, Mich. Name this paper.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

Whenever druggist tells you he has some
thing just as good for coughs, grip, etc, as DIR.
Bells Pine-Tar- Heney don't you believe it, for
we guarantee that it is not true. We make the
genuine and authorize all druggists to guaran-
tie it. The E. E. Sutherland Medicine Com
pany, Paducah, Ky.
For sale by Mcfarland s. Bolton, druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14
ORIGINAL BREEzES.
By George Absalom Ross.
THE WAY OF THE RESOLUTION.

THE WAY OF THE RESOLUTION.
He tried every and all things that could BE-
suggested
BY every one to whom he spoke
But he never got rid of the cold he detested
Until his resolution" broke
49,
RUNNING A PAPER?
Anyone can start paper
But the question is how long,
1t will cut the proper caper
Without changing tune or song
We began to run this paper
Fun Of money and of fuss,
Then the race began to taper
Now the papers running us
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

No 5, Pullman Sleeper Bristol to Knoxville,
Knoxville to Chattanooga and Pullman Union
Sleeping Car Chattanooga to New Orleans
No. D. Pullman Sleeping oars Washington TO
chattanooga and New Orleans: also Pullman
Union sleeper Chattanooga TO Shreveport
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

We ran for coroner last week and got
defeated. Our friends told us we were
too heavy to sit on even dead man.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

Nos II and IL carry Pullman Sleepers be-
tween New York and Hot Springs, Asheville
and Knoxville, and Knoxville and Nashville
Nos. IS and 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Raleigh and Chattanooga, New York
and Salisbury and Chattanooga and Nashville.
All trains run daily.
W. H GREEN, Gen Supt Washington, D. c.
J. NJ CULP, Traf Mgr Washington, D. c.
W. A. TURK, G. P. A Washington, d c.
G. A. BENSCOTER,A GPA. Chattanooga Tenn
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Vineland, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-01-14

A young man in Mucktown sent us a
little'poemIlast week:and enclosed.$1 to
pay years subscription to the Simeon.
This does away with the argument that
all poets are crazy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-05
Congressmen ON Wheels.

Since Jerry Simpson Is going back
to Congress, 1t is recalled that ne was
the very first Representative to throw
dignity to the winds and to appear
sailing down Pennsylvania avenue on a
bicycle. The gay eXhilaration which
was apparent in his c~ountenance every
morning as he refined up his steel steed
in front Of the Capitol quickly made
the example contagious, and Con-
gresham Tom johnson, single-taxer
and free trader, was the next to brave
public opinion. This broke the ice, and
SO many of them use the wheel row
on the streets of the Capital City that
no one keeps any track OF the new
members who are learning from time
to time. 1t is said, however, that Un-
Gle Joe Cannon, Senator Chandler, and
a good many other have never had
the bravery to try to ride the bicycle
when they are .-ome during the sum-
mers shaking hands with their con.
stituents.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-05
HER INAUGURATION GOWN.
Nr.. McKinley's Costume of salve.
and White Brocade.

n Whtte BEOC0Oes
Details of the Inauguration gasTn of
Mrs. Mckinley haves6nally been decided,
says u Chicago correspondent. The ma
terial for the gown. has been selected, but
not cut from the piece. 1t is q brocade Of
silver and white, tha combination produe-
ing a sort of grayish color. 1t will be
lined with pale blue satin. TIE gown is
to be made rathar plain. The cersage will
have a fluffy ischu of point d'Alencon
lace Though, the neck will he made high
with soft lacs, yet it will have the decol-
lette effect because of the d'Alencon.
fschu. Tho sleeves will be. long ond fin.
shed with a full frill of Ia ae. The skirA,.
with it's stately train, is To have several.
panels of handsome brocade. The iGea
Is to have. the gown not elaborate and. at
the same time rich in effect. This is one
of eight gowns which Mrs. Mckinley will
have fitted during her stay in Chicago.
Interest centers in the inauguration outfit,
and the details of the. other dresses have
not been fully decided.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-05
GAGE In THE CABINET
HE ACCEPTS THE TREASURY.
SHIP.
President of the First National Bank
of Chicago Announces that He Has
Taken a Portfolio In the New Adj
mi~nistration.
Done at Canton.


Lyman ]. Gage. president of the First
National Bank of Chicago. nus accepted
the portfolio of Secretary of the Treasury
under the Mckinley administration. He
made that announcement ut Canton. o.,
Thursday night in the Mckinley library.
There were gathered about him II number
of newspaper correspondents who had
come to learn of the result of the confer
ence with Maj. Mckinley.
"Mr. Mckinley offered me the treasury
portfolio. l told him would accept the
high honor and fill the position to the best
of my ability"
This was the first utterance of the in
coming Secretary of the Treasury on be-
ing presented to the party. Beyond this
he had little to say. He declined to dis
cuss any feature of the policy of the in
coming administration. or to discuss any
matter other than that relating to him
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-05
CHICAGO CARES FOR HER OWN.

Mayor Swift's Appeal for Aid to the
Poor Meets with Hearty Response.
Mayor Swift, of Chicago, issued an ap-
peal for aid, calling upon the big packers,
coal dealers and merchants for contribu-
tions and supplies to relieve the suffering.
In many instances the proclamation was
forestalled. On the floor of the Board
of Trade a subscription paper was start
ed and $1,000 dollars subscribed in a few
minutes. The big department stores and
dry goods merchants sent in checks for
$500 and $1,000. Besides over $4,000
in cash, hundreds of tons of coal, and al
most unlimited supplies of provisions have
been sent in and promptly distributed.
The police department has been turned
into n vast relief corps. Chief Of Police
Badenoch has issued orders to every Off
Ger in the city to make personal investi-
CATION of all cases of destitution on his
beat and report the same ut once. Help
is sent Immediately and every patrol way
on and inspectors carriage is being used
for this purpose. The various police sta
lions were crowded to their utmost Gu.
pacity. the Harrison street station alone
sheltering over 800 unfortunates. The
Salvation Army barracks on West Madi-
son street We're kept open all night and
many were taken care of there. Fully
2,0C0 people were given shelter Mt the diff
fercnt police stations and Salvation Army
barracks. The Few isolation hospital was
thrown open, the Council having appro-
priated $4,000 for that purpose, and it
will be used for cases of contagious dis.
ease among the poor. Eight hundred
new cases of families requiring immedi-
ate aid were reported to the police, and
supplies were furnished as fast as posi-.
Bile.
The cold snap which is causing SO much
suffering and inconvenience to. many, has
given employment to over 1900 men. The
cold weather has brought to the ice deal
ers just what they wanted. for last week
they We're wondering if they would be able
to cut the ice needed for next summer.
Before the week is over there will be
about 1000 men employed at ice gather
ing within sixty miles south from Chi.
i caCO
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-05

self. He said there was no ground for
the publication that he was u gold Demo-
crat during the campaign, IL that his
only utilization with the Democratic party
was in 1854, when he voted for Cleveland.
He also said that he and Major Mc1Nin-
ley substantially agree ON the tariff Ques-
ton.
The guests at the. Mckinley residence
besides Mr.. Gage We're National Commit
teeman Leland of Kansas, ex-Gov. Cor
nell and Col. j. j. McCook of New York,
the latter n leading attorney; w. G. Beer
of the National Security Company of New
York and Gen. Osborne. the secretary of
the national committee. Cow Cornell said
that he was glad the country was to have
a Secretary of the Treasury who will have
t.learned his trade before he enters upon
the duties of his office.
Biographical Sketch of MI. Gage.
Lyman ]. Gage was born at De Ruyter,
Madison County, N. T., June %, 1886,
and was the son of Eli and Mary Judson
Gage. He earned his first salary as n
clerk in the postotiice ut Rome, n. Y, and
later became route agent on the Rome and
Watertown Railroad. In1S54 he was Civ
en- n position in, the Oneida Central Bank
in Rome, and retained it for u year and n
half ut a salary of 500 Il year. The close
of 1855 found him in Chicago, and his
first employment was in the capacity of n
bookkeeper for a lulnber firm. In connec-
tion with his duties as bookkeeper he
was also required to assist in londing and
unloading lumber wagons He afterwards
accepted the position Of bookkeeper for
the Merchants Savings, Loan and Trust
Company, and this was the beginning of
the career that led up to his presidency Of
the First National Bank. In the spring of
1860 he had reached the position of assist
ant CASHIER. and shortly afterward vas
advanced to,that of cashier, and when in
1868 he went to the First National Bank
it was as cashier. The old charter of the
bank expired in 1882. and Mt the %reorgan-
ization he was elected vice-.resident and
general manager. About this time he was
elected to. the presidency of the American
Bankers Association. He was chosen
president of the First National Bank Jan.
81, 1891. and has held that position since.
Mr.. Gage was IL moving spirit in the
Worlds Fair enterprise from the time il
was first proposed. and he demonstrated
his faith in Chicago's ability to manage
the affair and meet it's obligations by be-
ing one with three others To guarantee
that Chfcago would raise the $10.OOO,OCf,
promised. MI. Gage has been twice mae-
ried;; FIRST in 1864 to Miss Sarah Ethsr-
idge of Little Falls, n. Y. She died in
1874, and in 1887 he married Cornaaia
Gage of Denver, Colo.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-05
FINE HORSES BURNED.
Toledo, Ohio, Livery Stable Destroyed
by F~ire-Other Citiea Suffer.

Toledo, Ohio, Livery Stable Destroyed
by Fire-Other Cities Suffer.
Late Tuesday afternoon fire broke out
in Joseph Popp's fancy livery stable in
the central portion Of Toledo, o. Many
fine horses were being boarded there, and
every possible effort was made to get
them out, but twenty-eight were burned
to death, while many others had their
ears, tails and names burned off, and
their eyes blinded. Several of them had
to be shot. The loss cannot be estimated
ut present. but will approximate $4,000.
No insurance.
An explosion of natural gas started n
fire in the Murdoch Hotel at Logansport,
Ind, and the structure was Quilted. The
loss is about $4,000.
The Great Western Pottery works, at
Kokomo, Ind, were damaged $4,000 by
fire. Insurance, $4,000.
Fire which started in the basement Of
the six-story building % Pearl street,
New York, occupied by Walden & Co.,
wholesale liquor dealers, did 100000
damage. The floors above and the adj
joining building, No. %, occupied by Per-
cy Kent, dealer in c%ottons, packing and
baling, We're also burned.