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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-16
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
A Rad hAhit.

A Dr.. Stephens of ST. Louis advances
the idea that death is largely due to
habit. This puts new phase on a most
interesting question. Hitherto the wise
men have told us that death was due to
old age, to disease, to railroad accidents,
to attempts at riding cyclones bare
back and en- deshabille. We have been
lectured on the unwisdom of absorbing
bacteria and bacilli and animalculae
into our system. We have read solemn
articles on sewer gas, and startling
warnings as to the death that turks in
dust The guardians of our health and
the inculcators Of longevity have told
us that we mast not eat hearty suppers,
that we ought to eat good meal before
going to bed, that we should and we
shonld not drink ice water, that milk is
the best and the worst beverage in the
world, that we ought not to eat vege-
tables, that we ought not to eat meat,
that bread is very bad for us, that but
termilk has tendency to produce ap-
pendicitis, that vinous, alcoholic and
malt liquors are to be avoided, that Or
binary drinking water should be sub
iected to course of treatment in some
good sanitarium before using in order
to purge of les pest; that, in short, we
eat and drink everything on peril OF
our life. 1t is, therefore, some conso-
lation to know that death does not Turk
in the lightning's stroke and the bunch
of grapes, in the cup of wine and the
tornado, in the green apple and in the
cannon ball. Recognizing once that
death is a habit, and a bad habit, and
one that is likely to grow upon us, all
that remains is for us to break ourselves
of it. Will the st. Louis doctor please
tell us the best way to do this?-COm-
mercial-Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
Whom the Blind See.

Surprising you had been born blind
and after living many years shut out
from the beautiful things of the world
some skilled surgeon should give back
to you your sight, wouldn't you have
some marvellous experiences ? An ola
maa who had bsSn born bhad lad h4S
sight thas restored TO him. At krst I'D
started violsatly Rad was afraid of tlad
strange tAiRgs around him, the huseS
nesssof his room and its contents. &C
of the things he saw at the window VIZ
flock of sgarrows. What are they?"
asked the physician.
II think they are teacups," was the
quick reply.
A watch was then shown him, and
he knew what it was, probably because
he heard it tick. Later, on seeing
the flame of lamp, he tried to pick it
up, not having the slightest idea of its
nature. Exchange.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
YOusE Lady Dragged to Death.

Snssdvllls, Tenn, July 9.-AbS~+
five miles south Of this place terri+As
scene was witnessed. Miss Prona
Green, daughter of Richard Green,
about 16 years old, while her parents
were from home, concluded to ride oUt
a short distance, and soon after she
left, the horse came back in a fright
with the girl dragging on the ground
with her foot hung in the sturp and
unconscious. She is still unconscious
and much lacerated and bruised. Her
life is despaired of. Her injuries are
internal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
STATE NEWS

w. ID. Robinson, ex-mayor of Jack
son, is dead,
The opening balls of the summer re-
sorts are now i'll vogue.
Elizabethton's cotton mill is about to
become welcome reality,
The Newport Weekly deplors the es-
ging of the Chattanooga excursion train
last week.
A Cooke county farmer lost twenty
apple trees during recent wind aAd
rain storm, Also an old oak that SEEM
ed old when Tennessee had its incep-
ton was blown down.
During the past six months there
have been ninety-one accidents on the
Southern Railway in which damages
were sud for. The amounts the in
jured sought to recover amounted to
5000, 600. but were settled for less than
$4,000.
The farmers of Hancock county have
just harvested one of the largest crops
of wheat ever raised in the county and
are preparing to start the threshing
machines in order that they may dis
pose of the grain on the early market.
Your uncle Richard Austin will proba-
bly, execute war dance on the mangled
remains of Mister Clay Evan when he
comes to appoint his assistants. None
of them are in the classified service,
and Austin will convert the jobs to
clubs of various sized with which he
will cudgel Evans at every opportu
nifty. Nashville Sun.
Maud Hathaway, the fifteen year old
daughter of Gilbert Hathaway, WAS
drowned at Hartman while bathing
Wednesday. The waters of the Emory
drank her sweet young life. The Emo
ry is blue and mostly shallow where
she bathed, but Il treachsrouS hS3S
caused her to sink. Peculiar distress
was added to the mothers sorrow h
that she stosd uASA the hank Of MI
river and watched her aRusaltsr drswas
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
Bits of Wisdom.

When you see a nest of caterpillars
on the apple tree do not wait until to-
nerrew to destroy it.
The horse that will DO in greatest de-
nAAa in Vac fHturS is ths one that will
10 able to walk nils in the shortest
GMs.
No nan ever lifted 4 nsrtsags by
sittiAs on q store box and whiting,
but a good Aany men have placed one
on their farms by doing this,
The man whomade haste to plant his
corn before thoroughly preparing the
sell is now complaining that he never
saw the ground so hard to work as it is
this season.
The cultivation of the corn at this
season is to control moisture. Now is
the time to attend to the weeds. The
very best work Of the seaaon is being
done right now.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
CONDENSED NEWS

Congressman Settle made a brief
speech Friday against what he termed
theunconstitutional adjournmengof the
House. Incidentally he sharply criti
cised the Speaker and the do-nothing
policy of Congress, and was called to
order by Speaker Reed. His motion
to correct the journal in accordance
with his views was lost by strict par
ty vote.
At Richmond, Texas, ON the Brazos
river Arthur Priddy, aged 8, got beyond
his depth while bathing and was caught
by the current. A 13-year old sister
plunged in after him aud managed to
reach him but as neither knew how to
swim both were drowned, clasped in
each Others arms.
The delegation of Latin Americans
now touring the United States in the
hope of interesting American manufac-
turers in the South and Central IAmeri-
can countries as consumers for their
products, spent several hours in Louis
vile Ky, Friday ON invltion of the
citizens.
1t is said that Postmaster General
Gary has decided that colored postmas-
tiers shall not be appointed to offices
filled heretofore by white persons He
hold that the matter has q social as
we'll as a political side, and will be
governed accordingly.
Weyler wants 60, 900 more troops to
conquer the "handful of guerrillas,
banditti and footpads' who constitute
the Cuban army. This will make over
300, 900 troops required to pacfy the
Island.
Two building and loan associations
in Louisville, Ky, assigned last Fri
day. They were the Commercial Build
ing Trust and the Columbia Building
Loan and Savings Company.
Mr.. Allison has given notice of a new
section to be added to the Tariff Bill,
containing general rsciprosity pro
visiea.
An association has been formed at
indianapolis to care for the grave OF
Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham
Lincoln.
Stewart L. Woodford, the new Min
lister to Spain, has taken the oath of
Office and expects to sail for his port
about the Goth, inst.
Dispatches received at Washington
indicate that the hancock Indian trou-
bles in Idaho were greatly exaggerated.
Common Pleas Judge Disskel, of
Cleveland, has decided tho Ohio anti
riot law invalid and unconstitutional.
James Burgin and his wife were muir
dered in their beds near BentOnville,
Ark, by supposed robbers.
Mrs. Pauline Widmer and her daugh-
ter committed suicide at Greensboro,
KY, by drinking carbolic acid.
Former Treasury Agent Charles w.
Johnston has been released New
Orleans.
The senate has very kindly placed
foreign postage stamps on the free list.
Indians are burning fences and kill
inc cattle in Wyoming.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08

The late Senator Daniel W. Voorhees,,
of Indiana, for many years one of the
most prominent men in public life, left
many valuable manuscripts, including
three lectures which he had prepared in
his later years, dealing chiefly with his
recollections of the prominent men and
events with which he was connected d.
His son, ex-Congressman Charles S.
Voorhees,, will collect these manuscripts
and publish Them in one large volume.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08

When asked to write history Of
Cleveland's second administration ex-
Secretary Olney CURLY refused. Mr.,
Olney acted wisely, for no history that
he could write could hope to compete
with the history written upon the
minds of the American people. Four
years of jobbery, robbery and snobbery
do not need the pen of historian to
keep them from being forgotten. For
his wisdom in declining to write their
history Mr., Olney is to be commended.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
The People Must Do 1t.

The effort to have our state constitu-
ton reformed should surely meet with
the active support of rhe people, 1t is
an effort to reduce the cost of the state
government, and thereby reduce the
rate of taxation. 1t is a move in the
direction of economy. When the peo-
pie are in debt and find it hard to pro-
vide the necessareis Of life, it is but
proper to cut expenses wherever it can
be done. All business enterprises have
gone through a course of reform. The
merchants, the manufacturers, and all
managers of business have gohe through
their establishments and cut off men
here and reduced salaries there, and
have cut as closely as possible for
efficient management, in order to meet
existing conditions, and why should
not the state do the same? And then,
it matters not how prosperous we are,
it is not right to tax the people more
than is absolutely necessary to meet
the expenses of the state, economically
administered. This is democracy. All
useless expenditures should be stopped
whenever they are discovered to exist.
Legislation has tried to reform, and it
can only be effectively accomplished by
reform in the constitution. The Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08

Speaking of Bryan, the Washington
Post says: Defeated candidate though
he be, has he lost the smallest faction
of his influence over those who follow
ed him through the brilliant and dra-
matte campaign of 1896? We look in
vain for any evidence to such effect.
Nowhere in the whole political pros
pect do we find the slightest indica-
ton that his star has waned.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08

The annual excursion of G. Fl. & d.
Railway to Niagara Falls will occur
this year on July 8th The rate from
Chattanooga will be $14.25.
Tickets will be good seven days.
Trains will leave Cincinnati about
1900 noon. The accommodations will
be first class in every particular. Ele-
CANT day coaches, Pullman and Wag-
AE sleeping ears. The route il the
nost interesting of any. Going via
Eslsas, Dst~sit and the Michigan Cen
wal Railway through the best part of
Southern Canada, direct TO the Falls.
This is the only line, that passes close
to ths briEk, koM which fnll and
complete view of both the American
aad Canadian Falls can be seen to ad-
vantage. Niagara is one of the greatest
wonders on the gIobe-everybody
knows of Niagara, and everybody wants
to sc there. The G. H. & d. Ry. was
the first to inaugurate these cheap ex
cursions, and always has the best &C.
comm dationsprovided for its patrons.
Persons desiring full information about
this excarsion, should address the un-
dersigned and descriptive circular
will be mailed you.
d. Ct. EDWARDS,
Pass'r. Traffic Mgr. G. II. 81 D. Ry.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
Notice.

All parties interested in property,
where taxes remain unpaid for the year
1895 and for previous years, can save
costs by calling at my Of
fee and paying the taxes on same.
This June 16, 1897.
THLD A. Cox, Tax Atty.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
A Free Ticket To Texas

would cost you more via other lines than n
ticket at regular rates via the old reliable
Memphis and Charleston X. R. because you
go straight through without the long 1ay-overs
that you would have via other lizes, but our
rates are as low as the lowest.
Do not buy your tickets before getting our
rates Avoid wearisome night changes of cars,
long layovers and troublesome transfers by
purchasing your tickets via the old reliabla
NJ. c. Ry.
H. E. Alien, passenger agent, Morristown
Tenn.
c A. Desaussure, G. P. A., Memphis, Tenn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
OUR
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
AUTIN Is THE NAN.

He Will be the Next U. s. Marshal. Next Move
viii be viii D. Wright's Appointment.
Washington, d. G. July after so
many days the name of r. W. Austin
went to the Senate today and will be
the next United States Marshal.
The fight against him has been phe-
nomenal in its bitterness, especially af-
ter John Houk entered the lists against
him.
The next move will be the appoint
ment of Will d. Wright. This assur-
ance comes to night from sources that
cannot be questioned and the Chatta-
nooga contingent, seeing the drift of
affairs, are tonight looking like barn
yard fowls day under the caves.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08

Perhaps President Mckinley never
stopped to think that the annexation of
Hawaii would throw young Sewall out
of a job and force him to join the ranks
of the something just as good" bri-
gAda-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-08
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-18
is ENGLAND DECIININGp

For a generation or more England has
been taking her little wars in remote
parts of the world so seriously that
every account Of a fight in which a few
British soldiers are killed lends color to
the view so common in continental Eu-
rope that the English people have drift
cd far away from their old warlike
ways and have reached a stage of ma
toni development extremely adverse TO
real warfare on a grand scale. 1t is
argued that if the loss of half COM
pany in South Africa or on the frontier
of India hurts the comfortable British
nation so sorely, battle worthy of the
name, in which thousands of men must
fall, would so shock England that peace
would be sought at almost any price.
Moreover, it is argued on the contin-
ent that British soldiers are so aocus-
toned to meeting barbarianS easy to de-
feat that they would be stunned, so TO
speak, by the weight OF an attack from
firSt-claSs troops. AS TO this, however
1t is only reasonable TO say that the
history of Europe does not tend to iusti-
fy such expectations. British wars, for
long time before the conflict with
Russia in the Crimea, had been small
and easy affairs. but the quality of the
soldiers of the United Kingdom did not
seem to have been much affected by the
lack of hard work.
The first suggestion of national unfit
ness for war is more worthy of consd
GRAFTON. 1t certainly seems to be true
that the comparatively trivial work OF
the British army in various parts OF
the world, for many years past. has
been taken altogether too seriously in
England. for great power aspiring 10
military strength and prestige. In the
present troubles on the frontier of In
dia the repulse Of a few hundred sol
diers with the loss of forty or fifty
men. mostly wounded. is treated by the
British press as if it were a great mat
Ter, and the British nation evidently re-
CARDS such fighting as formidable
price 10 pay for vast congueSts and
worldwide possessions How would A
people 50 sensitive 10 punishment in the
field endure the loss Of 10000 or 10000
men in a single great battle?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-18
prosperity has not yet come in sight, or
if in sight, that it will not be there very

prosperity has not yet come in sight, or
if in sight, that it will not be there very
long.
The author of the Dngley bill calls at
tention to the repeated coincidence be-
tween the protective policy and pros
perity. and between the overthrow of
that policy and adversely. The point is
well taken. Every time that congress
has made a general assault upon the
tariff system, the business of this coun-
try has suffered Every time congress
has established protective system and
maintained a liberal policy toward
American industries, business has pros
pered. That coincidence is too marked
and TOO regular to be explained away
by the free traders. At this very time
the currency question is no more set
tied than it was prior TO the election a
year ago. The silver question is not
dead, and its agitators are very much
alive. And yet Immediately following
the enforcement of the new tariff law,
signs of prosperity are seen throughout
the land. Almost every day brings re-
ports Of an advance in wages. The rec
ord of failures week by week is decreas-
ing. The financial pulse Of the country
is steadier, and the coincidence between
this returning prosperity and the enact
ment of strong tariff law again proves
that they stand to each other in the re-
lation Of cause and effect.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-18
RESUBMISSION AGAIN.

Another resubmission league has been
started in Kansas, this time at Fort
Scott, by bona fide business men. Part
of the citizens of the state believe that
Prohibition is a good thing. Part be-
lieVe it is bad thing. a long trial has
demonstrated that the law is a fraud
It is openly and universally violated.
Its open disregard has forced the believ-
er in Prohibition TO the extreme position
that even if the sale of liquor can not
he prohibited, Prohibition does succeed
in putting it in the disrepute of being
against the law.
Eventually the law must go. 1t was
adopted by a small majority, with thou
sands of people not voting on the ques-
ton at the time at all. If it should ever
be resubmitted Prohibition would be
knocked sky-high and out forever. The
one difficulty is to get it resubmitted.
The latest resubmission league may not
attain this end. But the effort to have
it resubmitted will continue and some
day a legislature, made up of legislators
who are not afraid to take position on
this subject, will give the people an
other vote on this question.
That revolution in the spunk of the
average Kansas legislator who has no
hesitancy in filling up personally, but
who is Oratorically great friend of
will be accomplished
through the efforts of the Kansas bust
ness man, and through him only. The
must be primarily in the
hands Of business men, and business
men who are able to detect the guile of
politicians, and having detected it, be
able to resist any and all the schemes
by which politicians have hitherto man.
ipulated resubmission movements TO
their own private and partisan inter-
ests. The business men of cities of the
first class, not only. must be interested,
but the business men of other cities and
towns as well.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-18
Along the Kansas Nile.

The Leavenworth hotels are making re
| duced rates to Baker visitors.
A travelling man says that in southeast
ern Kansas there are eight mandolin play
ers to the acre.
"Oh, Papa" said a little Wellington
! girl, somebody has come and broke al
| the leaves off our trees
1t is said to be joke among Mckinley!
| secretaries that all the letters from Kan
sas that are directed to Mckinley arr
marked private"
If the business men Of Kansas are COINS
to form Resubnf: ssion League they wan
| to shoot the first politician who tries tc
| use their organization.
| Leland is against Curtis for congress in
| the First district. He is for Bailey and il
! Bailey can not get II Leland Will throw
| his forces 10 Broderick.
When the legislature meets in special
session it should pass law making 1t a
| misdemeanor for a man TO get his hair
| cut in a barber shop on Saturday.
Although Chicago IS accusing a Kansas
| woman Of removing her husband, II is IN
pleasant to note that that town does not
charge that she did It by means of md
die vat.
The most powerful element in Kansas
politics is the one made up OF business
men. II prohibition Is knocked out the
business men will do 1t. The politicians
never will.
Dick Howard Of Arkansas City says that
a woman of that town was so frightened
at man peeping In her window the other
night that her hair which was lying d. a
bureau, turned pure white.
Ferd Vandegrift: '-The county commits
sioners OF Finney county have reduced
the pay of the court house tanitor 10 SO
a month. Fortunately for HIM, jack-rsb-
bits are abundant and cheap this season
The Republican politicians say that If
Leedy should abolish the police commits
sions and put the joint business IN the
hands OF mayors ever mayor Of every first
class city in Kansas would be impeschej
inside OF a year.
A man Just in from western Kansas
Gays the old western Kansas type IS dis
appearing. The type was a handsome
man SIX feet, broad shoulders. smooth,
Caesarean face. With black hair that curled
ike buffalo grass.
Theatrical item in lola Register; when
the harem of SAID Pasha came upon the
stage last night some one rocstins on a
chair II the hack 90 the hall. fell with
duh thui. The shock took away his breath
and his equilibrium al one fe.! swOop."
The only hope OF resub-rsssion in Kan
s through the Republican party. The
Democrats ara always nominating P-oh.bi-
tionists II order 20 beat Republicans and
il their fight on Prob bi-.cn are insince-e-
The Populists Go not regard IL as al e.
sue
In defending the boss the Fort Scct; Mon
itor. says: Political leaders are not per-
Feet. but they are useful and Necessary.
Stand by your Leaders Cal them oosseS
II you will but stand by the-n. al least
until there L stronger reasc7 FOR recon-
nending them than the opposition Of c.s-
appointed office seekers