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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
THE PENSION FRAUD.

Representative Sullivan, of Missis-
sippi, 10 his speech against the pay
ment ofpensionS to,wealthy men, quoted
extensively from Gen. H. V. Boynton's
recent arraignment Of the injustice of
the pension laws as now administered,
because he endorsed what that gentle
man had said and knew that nobody
could raise any question of Gen. Boyn-
ton right to critic:se. Although the
pension bill passed by the house, carries
an appropriation of more than $141, 1000. =
900, something like 20 for each man,
woman and child in the United States
it was rushed through the house in an
hour or two and every amendmen t pro-
posed by democrats was voted down.
Representative Dingley remark that
of every So paid out by the government
80 went to pay pensions and fifty cents
to pay interest on the public debt, al
though probably not made for such q
purpose, ought, in view of the probable
pension deficit of 100000 in the
next fiscal year, and the announced de,
sire OF the administration to increase
our bonded Indebtedness, to cause
many persons to put on their thinking
caps.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

The pupils of the public Schools are
now working with b will preparing for
the written examinations which will
be held Jan. 10, 10, and IA. All those
pupils whose daily grades have been
good, whose department has been good
and who have been regular in attend
ance will not be required to stand this
examination, their daily recitation
grades being taken instead.
The Board of Education met in called
session last Saturday to take action in
the matter Of employing teacher tc
fill vacancy in the Langston School.
Mr.. Brading, Col. Reeves and Supt.
Brown were appointed a committee,
with power to employ teacher.
The holidays will begin Friday, Dec
"a, at noon, and extend to Jan. 8.
Those teachers whose homes are out Of
town will probably spend the greater
part of the time with homefolks. Miss
Stanley will leave for Mississippi, Miss
Simpson for Messy Creek, and Misses
Cloyd, Patterson, and Burleson fol
their homes, few miles from town.
Prof. Mcconnell Of Milligan College
visited the City Shoots this week. He
now has charge of the Senior Latin and
Greek in that institution and is proving
himself a competent instructor in thu
classics,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
HOW TO SECURE GOOD ROADS.

The South Carolina Good Roads AS
sociation was in session last week at
Columbia, aud reports from various
county associations were made. They
are thus summed up by the Charleston
News and Courier: The interesting
fact was reported by Abbeville that
with road machines and convict labor
the cost of improving the roads, even
in that billy and clayey county, was
only from $5 to SO per mile. Darling
ton, which employs like machines and
labor, reported the cost of the convict
force last year at 25 cents a day per
convict, and only Is cents this year
On the basis OF "cost" exhibited in
these counties, it ought to be practical
BILE, certainly, for any county to make
good roads that wants them. Anderson
paid for its machines" which are
operated by convict labor, by means of
"a 44-mill levy" and the Communication
tax" Barnwell, with sandy soil, oper-
ates "a road machine" with convict
labor, and has found the system ''sat-
isfactory." The sold system" still OBJ
tainI in Chester county, where "the
soil is red and the county hilly," but
systematic work with the chain-gangs
has made the roads "much better, u
and the value of property, it is said, has
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

The Morristown Republican frankly
admits it was paralyzed by the with
drawal of Hon. John M. Brabson from
the congressional race. This is not q
surprise, but was not looked for until
Brownlow received the nomination.
Later advices indicate, however, that it
will not prove fatal. While it is only
q partial stroke it has completely
paralyzed the financial sesamoid, the
large vein leading to the purse, and it is
believed only another injection of buy
chloride of gold will absorb the cloi
and allow the free circulation of anoth-
or issue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

The house banking and currency
committee is laboring hard to produce
financial bill, but it is only another
case of much ado about nothing" as
there are about as many different opin-
ions in the committee as there are mem
bers, and each opinion is represented
by bill framed by its owner. 1t has
been said that Gear Reed, in selecting
this committee, chose men whom he
knew never would agree on a bill, and
it looks that way.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

been 'enchanCed by.yirtue Of these i'm
provements." Darlington makes a
special report. which is of great inter
est. The sandy roads in that county
have been improved" by the plan of
spreading layer of clay on their sur
face. A layer of six inches in depth
has made a firm, hard roadway where
there was a soft, sandy one before,
which, when properly draiped, ha;
given satisfaction.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Jos. o. Morrell is interviewing the
delinquent subscribers of The COMET,
and is being we'll received. He came
in yesterday loaded with corn from the
tip Of his tongue to the end gate of the
wagon. If he calls on you this week
load him up again with chickens, corn,
wheat, oats, potatoes or anything you
have for editor or devil, man or beast.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Our esteemed contempore of the
johnson City COMET wants to get gay
with US. He has been elected a squire
and we pity his constituents. He wears
a Cleo de Merode moustache and hand
painted breath. He thinks he is some
what, but he isn't -Hardeman Free
Press, via. Commercial-Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
Notice to Defendant in
Attachment.
To G. A. Ii, nder,on.

In pure uauCe at an order ht retoIore
made an eulued by NJ. | Gunp,
justice Of the peece for Washington
cOuulyiu All attachment suit wherein
j. b Cox is plaintiff and you are DE-
iendant, you are hereby notified that
upon the affidavit OF complainant in
which it is alleged that you are Justly
indebted to the plaintiff by pIobattd
account, to tue amount Of seventy
five dollars, and that you are a nom
resident OF the state of Tennessee, SO
that the ordinary process Of law can
not he served on you, writ of attach
ment was, ON the 20,h day Of Novem-
Der, 1897, issued in this cause against
you by M | Gump, justice of the
peace for Washington county, which
writ came TO the hands If j. r. Strain,
constable for ssld county, amt was,
by him, on the Goth day Of November,
1897, levied on certain property Of
YOURS to wit heavyweight acres of
land situated in the Eighth civil dis
trict OF Washington county, Tennes-
see, on the head waters ofhttle Chero-
kee Creek, adjoining the lands of
Reese Frances on the east, Thomas
Torrance on the south, Daniel Hnfine
on the west and north, and David
Brockwell ard j. Siinson on the
north, containing twenty.eight ceres
more or lees, being the same property
decreed to G. A. Henderson in the
cause Of M. ]. Combs va. e. A. Hen
ierson in cEancery court at Johnson
City, Tennessee, IN 1895, az appears
by the return of said constable as
made on the Goth day OF November,
1897. to said M. / Gump as aforesaid
Now, then, you, the said G. A. Hen
derson, are required to appear at noon
On the Goth day OF December, 1897, at
the Office of said M |. Gump, justice
II the peace in the Ninth civil district
If Washington county, before hin, as
The justice having cognizance of the
eau 'e, then and there to defend this
action so commenced against you by
attachment Otherwise the cause will
he proceeded in against you exparte.
NJ. GUMP, ]. P.
For Washington County.
This November 20, 1897.
500 At. printers fee $l5ct
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

After all there is nothing new or
strange about that dispute between
those beautiful Kentucky bells The
"pop question" always has and always
will cause trouble between members of
that sex.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Miss Harriet cambridge Richardson
need not fret any more. about the chris
tening f.the Kentucky. She can do as
many other good women have done.
Settle the "pop question" afiirmatively,
launch her own object, name and chris
ten it to suit herself.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Editor K(e)aves, of the Hardeman
Free Press, and Mike Connolly, of the
Commercial-Appeal, are said to be
strong supporters of Kelley in all his
undertakings from his motor to his
flying machine. In fact, we are in
formed they spend most Of their time
in his branch institution in Memphis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Allison
Mckinley was held at the First NJ. e.
church at Canton, o., Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock and the interment was
at Westlawn cemetery, just west Of
Canton. Nearly all the members of
President McKinley's cabinet attended
the funeral.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

The COMET is pleased to learn that
Editor A. G. Smith, of the Bristol News,
has received an appointment under the
clerk of the house of representatives at
Washington. ga. c." deserves this
good luck and we are glad he has been
recognized.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

We agree with the Dresden Enter
prise that it is q shame to use good
whiskey to christen battle ship Why
waste an antidote in this manner when
some one may be dying at that moment
of a snake bite.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
R.dueed Rates on Southern Railway.

On account Of the Christmas holidays, the
Southern Railway will sell tickets from points
on its lines to all points south Of the Ohio and
Patomac and east OF the Mississippi Rivers, in
abe territory Of the Southeastern Passenger
Association. at rate of one and one-third fare
for the round trip, Tickets will be sold Dec.
I'D, 2Sd, cath, 25th. 3Oth, Dist 1891 and January
list, 1898, with final limit January 4th. Call on
agent Of the Southern Railway for further in
formation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Editor Griffin, of the Obion Demo
crat, has the sympathy of The COMET
in his bereavement over the death of
his aged father last week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
BANK STATEMENT.

Twenty-Third Semi-Annual State
ment of the Jonesboro Banking and
Trust Co. Jonesboro and Johnson City,
Tenn, at close of Business Dec. 9,
1897.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
Notice to Creditors.
w. A. Hunter, Assignee, vs.. G Olson
d Co. ct al.

In obedience to the order nf the
Chancery Court OF Jnhnson City Tenn
ut its December lerm 1897 in the ah"vt
styled cause, creditors OF the firm
of Whitlow 4 20. alc hereby notified
to have themse ~es made parties to
this suit by PETITION, and Ia hle ano
prove their respective claims against
the said defendants Whitlow & CO.,
within 60 days from this date, or they
may be barred This Dec 6, 1897
w, F YOU'VE, @ h N,
Bye. W. HODGE, d G. 4 NJ.
701-4t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Ned Carmack is not candidate for
Cru oernatorial honors and several 9th
ers who have heen mentioned in this
connection are not candidates to hurt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Those Memphis politicians are afraid
of anything that looks or sounds yellow
since the sad fate of Col. Josiah Patter-
son.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

To read the @ ommercial-Appeal with
out finding a selection from the Harde-
man Free Press is like eating potato
without salt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
CY H. LYLE, Editor and Owner.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
Entered at the Posto6ce at Johnson City, Tenn, as
Second Class Matter.

The Hardeman Free Press is making
a rafting good paper of the Com
mercial-Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

A fashion note says Novelties in
hosiery show some very bizarre effects. "
That's right and the more bizarre they
show the greater the novelty.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
Don,s Pile Cure

never fails to cure all all kinds Of piles
quickly and painlessly
ELECTRIC DYsPFPsIA BUTTONS cure
Indigestion, Flatulence, Constipation
and all forms Of dyspepsia. Address
DoH CHEMICAL Co.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Since Leutgert is not making any
more sausages we wonder what the
Hardeman Free Press will do for rollers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

West Tennessee democrats seem to
be willing to give Bond that Tennes-
sees next governor will be democrat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

Educate Your Bowels With Casczrets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
iOc. 25c. If O. O. O fail, druggists refund money.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

No morphine or opium in DIR. Miles PAu
PuIs. CURR All Pain. "One cent a dose."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

1t is my pleasure and duty l owe to the af-
aicted, to bear my testimony to the fact that
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure will do all
and more than you claim for it. Aside from be-
ing sure kidney cure, it will cure any infla-
nation wherever located. AS a remedy for
piles, sourness in the chest, stomach and bow
els, it affords immediate relief, and effects a
permanent cure.
S. o. HEMENWAY,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16
THEINFLUENCE

of the Mother shapes the course
of unborn generati ons-goes
sounding through all the
ages and enters the confines of
Eternity. With what care, there
fore, should the Expectant Moth
er be guarded, and how great the
effort be to ward off danger and
make her life joyous and happy.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-16

For sale by local druggists,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
AppIan WAY.

By far the most celebrated road In
the old world was the Appian way, the
Viarum Regina, or queen of roads,
which at the period of its greatest ex-
tent stretched from Rome to Brun-
dusium, the modern Brindisi, dis
lance of some $50 miles. AS this road
was begun in the beginning of the
fourth century B. c., says Parsons
Weekly, and formed the great highway
from Rome to the south for several
centuries, it must therefore have been
connected with, and often have been.
the scene of most of the great events
of the Roman empire, which for a long
period would deserve to be called the
great events of the world. 1t would
have witnessed the departure Of the
armies which set forth to conquer the
domains of Alexander and the Phar-
aohs. Julius Caesar passed along it
TO the first Alexandrine war, which was
to result in his own temporary con-
quest by the charms of Cleopatra.
Later on Marc Antony traversed it to
lose the world for the same woman.
1t witnessed, too, the triumphs of the
returning generals who had led the
legions of Rome to the conquest of half
the known world, and over its we'll
worn pavements the unhappy Zenobia,
perhaps the most pathetic figure in
history, was led to grace the triumph
Of her conqueror, Aurelian. But the
pageants of which the Appian way has
been the scene might be multiplied al
most indefinitely and it is certain that
there is no road in the ancient or mod
ern world to compare with it in this
respect.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

the snow soft when we sta.~sd but I
could see that there were LINT clouds
on the mountain and some Indication
OF wind. As we went up the wind be-
gan TO blow little from the south
or at our backs. As we came nearer
the summit we began to meet the In
dian packers coming down. having quit
work above as the wind WAS getting
SO strong. There are two benches or
narrow FIAT places up the side and our
windlass was placed on the first one
about 1000 feet from the foot. We ar
rived at the foot little before ] O'Clock
TO md that the first load which con-
famed our beds. had gone up. but be-
lore this time the wind had gained
such velocity above that our men had
all quit work and left. We could not
turn back now so concluded to follow
our beds. After making everything
last ] unhitehed the dogs and calling
them along we started to climb to the
top. This is no small task, can tell
you, and when we arrived at the first
bench II was after o'clock. Here the
vino was blowing very hard and cold
and the small particles of ice that came
with II cut my face and hands SO that
could not face 1t or take OF my nit
tens. Here we found our beds and !
also managed to find can of frozen
corn beef which tasted very good while
we sat for a short time behind pile
OF goods TO rest. We packed our beds
from this bench to the next. The wind
had now become SO strong that it would
almost carry me up the side. / believe
II would have been next to impossible
TO go down again even.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
Meaning Of Town Names.

The meaning of various names of CT
ties is suggested by the discussion con-
corning the proper photography OF
Pittsburg, inasmuch as the I'll" has
much to do with il. Old Paris was
formerly called by its Roman inhabi-
tants Lutetia, meaning Midtown"
London derives its name from the old
fortified hill of the Britons, standing
where st. Paul's cathedral now is. Dub
lin means ''the Black Pool" and Liver
pool the pool of living creatures
Rome is said to mean "the cross roads"
and Berlin is variously translated as
meaning ''the short lake." "the free and
open place." 'the river island" and
"the marshy spot" Pernambuco means
"the mouth of hell" Bombay good
boy" while Cairo is a corruption OF
Eel Kahirah." the victorious" Ispa-
han is ''the half of the world" Astrak-
han 1.-THE city of the STAR" Bagdad, "the
garden of justice" and Copenhagen
the merchants harbor. ''-Exchange
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
The Right of Bees.

Prof. Marcy estimates that che wings
of bee vibrate one hundred and nine
ty times second. and that such
number OF wing-beats should carry the
bee a mile minute. This experiment
was managed by fastening bee in
such a way that its wings were free
to move, one of them lightly touching
a rotating cylinder covered with
smooth, blackened paper. But 1t has
been proved that bees rarely do fly
more than twenty or thirty miles an
hour. and any practical bee keeper viii
tell you that, unless there are plenty
OF flowers within two miles Of his
hives, the business is not a success.
Bees have been known to fly from an
island across seven miles OF sea to the
mainland, but it was noticed they were
greatly exhausted on their return.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

That the English language has its
limitations sometimes is sometimes
shown with startling distinctness when
q foreigner finds it necessary to coin
q word, or give new meaning to an
old world, in order to express an idea.
A hospital physician, who was making
the rounds of the institution in the
performance of his regular duties, had
visited and prescribed for all the sick
inmates except one, an irritable, fret
full and troublesome young man who
had arrived only a few hours before.
and OF whose presence the doctor had
not been advised.
WELL" he said, looking at his watch.
81 believe have seen all the patients,
have not?"
Eyes, sare," replied the attendant,
a recent importation from the other
side of the ocean, "but zare is an i'm
patient in re next room who ees very
seek"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

Bennett to build boats and wait for the
ice to break up. The journey is then
continued by drifting down a series of
lakes and down the Yukon river. Be-
fore the traveller can realize 1t he is at
the much talked of and treacherous
white Horse Rapids going through
which many men have lost their lives.
AS soon as the warm weather begins
gnats, poisonous flies and mosquitoes
make life a burden. The stories told
of the numbers and voraciousness of
the native mosquitoes are almost in
credible. Lieut.. Schwatka states in his
report OF a voyage down the Yukon
that he has seen mosquitoes in such
numbers as to cloud the sun and OBJ
struct the vision. Dogs and game have
been killed by the bites of mosquitoes;
even the huge black bear is not ex-
empt from the pest as the continual
bites produce Inflammation of the eyes,
causing blindness. Judging from re-
ports an asbestos mosquito net should
be In the outfit of every miner. Min
ing operations cannot begin until the
ice melts. from June LIST to the 18th.
About the middle of September the sun
drops so low that ice soon forms and
active operations must be discontinued
until the following season. The season
is short, yet from June Is until Aug. 1
the sun shines twenty-five hours out of
the twenty-four, and during the re-
naming two hours work can be done.
Accordingly when a rich claim Is found
two or three sets of men are employed
and work goes on continually.
The Yukon country Is no place for a
man without money. Every man who
goes there must expect to work and
work hard. No credit is given on a
mans face. That day Is gone. Mr..
Mitchell says that before men make
a rush from Michigan to the Klondyke
gold fields, Il would be well to remem-
Der that while miners make from SIS
to $40 day, It is at the most for only
about sixty days, and provisions are
about so cents an ounce; that there are
1000 men existing in about $50 log
huts, and thousands more were ex-
pected during the spring, and summer
and that the mails are most infrequent,
and uncertain. Gold is there In abun-
dance to be sure, but the difficulty in
getting It is exceedingly great. Mr.,
Metcalf cannot emphasize too strongly
the difficulties and dangers and hard
ships of a trip to the interior and
would warn everybody to keep away
unless provided with several hundred
dollars and clothing and provisions tc
last for at least one year.
After wit is everybody's wit.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

"At the second bench had hard
work to keep my feet Mt all but man
aged to bind our beds on a sleigh. get
the dogs In and start for the last climb.
/ never again expect 10 see such a
storm as was raging AT the top, Snow
was now coming with the Icy wind and
drifts were forming in all the protected
places. The noise OF the storm was so
great that no other sound could be
heard. The war of contending ele-
ments was magnificent but felt quite
too Insignificant long to be witness
and was glad to get away as soon as
possible. The decent on this side is
very steep but not so long. After let
ting the sleds 90 down we just sat down
in the soft snow and slid or dropped
TO the level below, which is quite a
large body OF water called Crater
Lake. supposed TO be the site OF an old
volcano. II lies far above the timber
line and is always frozen. Just at the
foot there was very little wind and
we stopped for short time to rest
before starting out on the long run