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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
KNIGHTS OLE HONOR.

At the regular meeting last Thursday
night, johnson City Lodge, No. 9O59
elected officers as follows. w. G..
MatheS, Dictator; Henry Wilbourn,
Vice Dictator; J. Fl. Templin, Assis
tant Dictator; s. H. Pouder, Reportre
L. 7. Duke, Financial Reporter; W.
S. Mitchell, Guide; L. L. McNees,
Treasurer; G. P. Crouch, Chaplain; H
f. Webb, Guardian; T. J. Cox, Senti
mel; Jos. A. Wilson, W. J. Miller
T. j. Cox, Trustees. .
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Editor Cy Lyle, who was recently
elected an esquire over at Johnson City
tells the following in his bright COMET:
"To give you some idea of our gait as
a candidate it is only necessary to state
that we carried the city by II votes and
Bob Taylor lost it last year by about
1876 votes, and this is our first race.
When we get to be a professional, like
Bob, we will run the opposition off the
track, "-Maury Democrat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Four poker players in Missouri
"stood on the burning deck" few
days ago and ''jss KEEP standin' thar,
They could not agree on the division Of
. jackpot and lost their lives in burn
ing building.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

This has been week of feasting and
thanksgiving with us. Our neighbors
all killed hogs and remembered the
poor with their customary generosity.
It's offal nice in them and we wish them
continued success in their hoggishness.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

II Miss Harriette cambridge Rich
Ardson can induce Gen. Cassius Clay s
child-wife to return to him the old man
will no doubt allow her to break cold
bottle over his bT)ow and thus end
two of Kentucky's greatest troubles.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Murphy's Sunday Mercury is the
latest newspaper venture in Knoxville.
The first issue is before us. 1t is an
Irishly edited and elegantly printed z
column folio. 1t may not be the warm
est pebble on the beach, but it stands
90 in the shade in zero weather. We
wish our old friend "Murph" all the
success he deserves.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

The good things which appeared in
last weeks issue of the johnson City
COMET are entirely too numerous to be
reproduced. Editor Lyle was elected
magistrate of that place last week, and
now he is not unlike the Arizona Kicker,
who was postmaster, town marshal,
editor of the local paper and mayor Of
Give-a- dam Gulch. Springfield Leader
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Conductors and motormen of the
Hartford. Conn, street railway com
pany have been ordered not to chew
tobacco while on duty. They can obey
orders and work or give up their jobs,
if they chews.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

A new theory in the treatment of
coughs, lung and bronchial affections
has been advanced by the manufac-
turers of DIR. BELLS PINE TAR
HONEY. 1t is truly a wonderful
remedy. All dealers sell it on posi-
tive guarantee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Talking about his new flying ma.
chine, Ksely says; 81 am working
now on new idea to increase the ares
of the sympathetic outreach." If he
will interview our friend, B. F. Child.
ress, he will learn something to his ad
vantage.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

The editor of the Johnson City Come
has been duly elected to the high office
of magistrate in his town and an
nounces that his court "is now ready
for such business as may properly come
before it. Huntsville Viedtte.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Editor Lyle, of the johnson City
COMET, is as proud over his election as
magistrate as little-four-year old boy
over his first pair of red topped boots
Here's our congratulations, Cy, hoping
that you'll make good one. Noun
tain City Tomahawk.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

The brilliant editor of the johnson
City COMET was elected magistrate last
week, and from the appearance of the
paper, he must have been elected all
over, from the headline to the devil.
-Rogersville Review.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Think of It'll Cyrus Lyle, alias Cy,
how being dubbed esquire, Judge"
and other pretty prefxes. 1t is hoped
that the esquire" will exercise better
Judgment in law than he does in poll
tics. Nix Park On. o. Mail.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Since our election as magistrate in
order to simplify matters as much as
possible we have decided to discard our
delinquent book and put the names
OF those subscribers upon our docket.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Cy Lyle, of the johnson City COMET,
was elected esquire last week, and now
addresses himself as Judge Lyle. He
is yet undecided what disposition he
will make of THE COMET. South Pitts
burg Statesman.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

The man who is afraid to let the peo-
pie choose United States senator
would misrepresent his constituency if
selected in any other manner. He
knows the people do not want him,
hence his fear.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Cy II. Lyle, the genial and versatile
editor Of the Johnson City COMET, wal
elected to the Office of magistrate, las
week, by a majority Of II votes .-Rog
erEvile Star.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

There is no way for delinquent sub
scriber to escape justice any longer in
our court. A motion for a change Of
vengeance will not be considered.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Two more pension claims have been
turned down by the department in or
der to keep up the one-tenth of one per
cent Of claims disallowed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

If the editor of the HardeMan Free
Press ever goes to Johnson City, the
editor of THE COMET will give him the
full penalty of the law.-Commercial-
Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
MANY Think!

when the Creator said to woman,
"In sorrow shalt thou bring forth
children" that a curse was pro-
nounced against the human race,
but the joy felt by every Mother
when she first presses to her heart
her babe, proves the contrary.
Danger and suffering Turk in
the pathway of the Expectant
Mother, and should be avoided,
that she may reach the hour when
the hope of her heart is to be real
lied, in full vigor and strength.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

When the editress of the Dresden
Enterprise writes about love, etc., its
right, for she knows what she is talking
about.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

The Somerville Journal has turned
into it's second year. It's lusty
youngster and we wish Editor Rocks
continued success.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Even the thought of going upagainst
Brownlow for congress was too much
for Brabson and he has withdrawn from
the conflict.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

A Washington woman killed moose
but it is safe to say she never would
have attempted it had she known how
near it came to being mouse.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

1 have used Smiths Sure Kidney Cure
and it has made permanent cure.
MRS. VIM. PURYEAR,
Jonesboro. Ark.
For sale and guaranteed by local druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
upnc CONntu .


Frank j, Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partney OF the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co,
doing business in the city of Toledo, county and
State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by HALLS CATARRH CURE,
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Worn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this the 9th day Of December, A. D.
1885.
- A, w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public
49,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free,
f, ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
~ sold by Druggists, 75c.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

The congressional waters are noteTen
slightly troubled in the First district.
It's plain sailing for Brownlow.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
Entered at the POstoce at johnson City, Tenn, as
Second Class Matter
Matrimonially speaking old Cash
Clay's name is mud.

A Tilted Lovers Club has been or
ganized in New York. OF course its
composed Of men only.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
With The Lodges.

The secret orders of the city have
elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
There Is Nothing so Good

There is nothing just as good as DIR. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, coughs and
colds, so demand it and do not permit the dealer
to sell you some substitute. He will not claim
there is anything better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim something else to be
just as good. You want Dr. Kings New Dis
covery because you know 1t to be safe and
reliable, and guaranteed to do goud or money
refunded. For coughs, colds, consumption and
for all affections OF throat. chest and lungs,
there is nothing so good as is DR.. Kings New
Discovery, Regular size 50 cents and s1.0O.
FOR SALE-About 10 tons of mil
let and hay. J. E. BRADING,
Electric Light Office.
L n =
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
JUDGE" LYLE.

Judge Lyle, of johnson City, is now
prepared to dispense Justice at retail
prices. Knoxville Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

eff every man in Tennessee who
aspires to gubernatorial honors, is big
enough for the place, then indeed are
we blessed
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

0ERFEcT and permanent are the
cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, be-
cause it makes pure, rich, healthy,
life and health-giving BLOOD.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
I9 R85R ROOF LEAK?

IF am Old leaky TIN, iron or
1 steel roof, paint it with AL
lens Anti Rust Japan One
coat is enough; no skill re-
Quired; COSTS little; goes far
and lasts long,
The name describes it; Proof
against water, time. climate,
and fumes of every descrip-
ton. Stops leaks and prolongs
the life of an old roof
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09
MOTHERS FRIEND

trying hour is robbed of its pain
and suffering, as SO many happy
mot h ers have experienced.
Nothing but "Mother's Friend" does
this. Don't be deceived or
persuaded to use anything else.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Editor Kirby, of the Springfield
Leader, has got the average Tennessean
down right. He says
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

Mothers Friend" is the greatest remedyeve
puton tho market, anda all our customers praiseit
highly."-W. H. KING g. Co.. Whitewright, Tex.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-09

OF druggists at e1.O0, or sent by express on re-
ceipt OF price. Write for book Containing valua'
BILE information for all Mottersi mailed free.
The Bradlleld Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
The silver star., 1897-08-12

the snow soft when We started but l
could see that there were light 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 flat 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 find that the first load which con-
tanned our beds, had gone up, but be-
fore 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
fast / unhitched 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 it was after O'Clock. Here the
wind was blowing very hard and cold
and the small particles Of ice that came
with it cut my face and hands so that
| could not face 1t or take off my nit
tens. Here we found our beds and |
also managed to find a can of frozen
corn beef which tasted very good while
we sat for short time behind a pile
OF goods to rest. We packed our beds
from this bench to the next. The wind
4
almost carry me up the side. | believe
it would have been next to impossible
to go down again even.
The silver star., 1897-08-12
Meaning of Town Names.

The meaning of various names 4
ties is suggested by the discussion
cerning the proper orthograph1
Plttsburg. inasmuch as the III"
much to do with 1t. Old Paris
formerly called by Its Roman ini|
tants Lutetia, meaning "Mudto(
London derives Its name from tht|
fortified hill OF the Britons, stanI
where st. Paul's cathedral now is.
lin means "thc Black Pool" and U
pool "the pool OF living crcatu
Rome Is said to mean "the cross n
and Berlin Is varlously translate
meaning 1.-The short lake" "the frst
open place" "the river island"
"the marshy spot" Pernambuco 4
"thc mouth OF hell" Bombay /
boy" while Cairo Is a corrupted
"El Kahirah." the victorious"
han Is "the half OF the world" Al
han "the city OF the star" Bagdad,
garden Of Justice" and Copenh
the merchants harbor. ."-Exchaa
The silver star., 1897-08-12

"At the second bench ! had hard
work to keep my feet at ali but man
aged to bind our beds on sleigh, get
the dogs in and start for the last climb.
never again expect to 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 a witness
and was glad to get away as soon rs
possible. The decent on this side Is
very steep but not so long. After let
ting the sleds 80 down we just sat down
in the soft snow and slid or dropped
to the level below. which is quite
large body Of water called Crater
Lake. supposed to be the site of an old
volcano. 1t 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
The silver star., 1897-08-12

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 burden. The stories told
of the numbers and voraciousness of
the native mosquitoes are almost in
credible. Lieut.. Schwatka states in his
report Of voyage down the Yakon
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 1st 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 rich claim IL found
fNn tbrna nj n
and work goes on continually.
The Yukon country is no place for n
man without money. Every man who
goes there must expect to work and
work hard. No credit is given on n
mans face. That day is gone. Mr..
Mitchell says that before men make
a rush from Michigan to the Klondykc
gold fields. It would be well to remem-
ber that while miners make from sl5
to $50 day. II IN at the most for only
about sixty days. and provisions are
about 80 cents an ounce; that there are
1000 men existing In about $50 log
huts, and thousands more were OK.
pected during the spring and summer
and that the mnils are most infrequent,
and uncertain. Gold IL there In abun.
dance to be sure. but the difficulty In
getting II Is exceedingly great. Mr..
Metcnlf cannot emphasize too strongly
the difficulties and dangers and hard
ships Of trip to the interior and
would wnrn everybody to keep away
unless provided with several hundred
dollars and clothing and provisions to
last for nt least one year.
After wit is everybody's Wit.
The silver star., 1897-08-12
OUR SMALLER COLLEGES
In Many Respect. They Arc Dol,e \

In Many Respects They Are Doing n
ter Work Than tho Larger One.
"There are few striking facts al.
the small American college," writes
ward w. Box in the Ladies' Ho
Journal "One striking fact is that
per cent of the brainiest Americans n
have risen to prominence and succ
are graduates of colleges whose nan
are scarcely known outside OF their
states. 1t is fact. also. that dur
the past ten years the majority OF
new and best methods of learning b,
cmanated from the smaller
leges, and have been adopI
later by the larger ones.
cause a college happens to be
known two hundred miles from
place of it's location does not alw,
mean that the college is not worthy
wider repute. The fact can not be d
puted that the most direct teaching,
necessarily the teaching most prod
tive of good results, is being done
the smaller American colleges. d
names of these colleges may not be
miliar to the majority of people,
that makes them none the less wori
places of learning. The larger collie
are unQuestionably good. But th
are smaller colleges just as good, a
in some respects, better. Some OF !
finest educators we have are attaci
to the faculties of the smaller inst
tions of learning. Young girls
young men who are being educated
enc of the smaller colleges need ne
feel that the fact of the college beil
The silver star., 1897-08-12

of nine miles through the snow and
wind storm to this camp.
Before the first few miles were
passed the drifting. snow had so covered
the trail that the dogs could not follow
1t and l had to go ahead and keep the
road while Booth looked after the team.
To find and keep blind trail we use
a long sharp stick and by constant
punching we can tell the hard trail
from the soft snow at the side. broke
trail that day most of the time on the
run for nearly seven miles, through a
snow storm so thick that nothing could
be seen and the wind howling at our
backs like Pack of hungry wolves.
At the top of the canyon the wind was
less severe but the snow was drifting
and the gathering darkness made our
trip down the gorge rather uncanny.
I'VE arrived safe and well only to
find that our tent was not yet up. Two
hours more, at 10 o'clock, our regular
meal of bacon, beans and bread found
a very hearty reception, after which
went to bed very tired. of course, after
nineteen hours of constant exertion but
comfortable in the feeling of good
health and strength which successful
combat with these grand and rugged
mountains must give to any one. and
not sorry to have seen this strange
land and its elements while at play in
one of their widest moods.
A trip to the interior abounds in
many such hardships and adventures.
The safest way to get there is to cross
Lake Lindeman in February or March,
while it is frozen, and stop at Lake
The silver star., 1897-08-12

1t is not possible to be too conscien-
tious. but it is easy to imagine that
conscientiousness includes what it does
not include. In a recent religious con-
ference devout missionary objected
to accepting millionaire's gift OF two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
missionary purposes on the ground
that the rich man is not so religious
as the missionary thinks he ought to
be. This man became rich in almost
the only way in which vast wealth can
be accumulated honestly-by the exer-
else of superior business ability. He
has given substantial proof of his deep
interest in the welfare of those less
favored pecuniarily by setting aside
several million dollars to be used for
their benefit in religious. moral and
educational ways. The objecting mis-
sionary evidently had been reading
the sweeping Trades of the anarchistic
newspapers against the possessors of
wealth, and-what few intelligent read
ers do-accepting their allegations as
true
The silver star., 1897-08-12

A patent has been issued in the Uni
ted States for novel process for water
prcofing textile fabrics. In carrying
out the process the fabric to be treated
is wetted with water and placed be-
tween sheets or rollers. One of these
sheets or rollers, which is preferably
OF tin or aluminium, is connected 20 the
positive pole of an electric generator
and the other sheet or roller to the
negative pole. By employing such a
dissolving positive electroee aud pass
ing current through the wet fabric the
fbres are made water-repellent The
inventor states that the waterproofing
is due to the formation on the positive
conductor of a metallic oxide of some
kind, produced by the liberation of
nascent oxygen on the positive conduc-
tor, due to the electrolytic action OF the
current on the water with which the
goods are saturated, and which oxide
enters in the fibres of the goods.
aided by the current. and prob
ably is combined partly chemically nnd
partly mechanically with the fibrcs,
making the same waterproof by the
presence of the oxide In or on the fibre.
The strength of the current applied
depends upon the character of goods
submitted to treatment. but care must
be taken not to carry the process too
far. The nascent hydrogen on the neg
ative side will. II the time Of Treatment,
Is too long, accumulate and then begin
TO act as a reducing agent, and In cuse
the period OF treatment Is prolonged
beyond the proper time. then the
nascent hydrogen will reduce the oxide
of the metal in the goods to the me-
taIlic state, and the combination or
union Of the oxide with the flbres will
be destroyed by the reduction CT the
oxide to metallic state. The process
Is said to have the great merit Of max
ing the individual flbres and threads
water-repellent. while the pores OF the
goods are in no way stopped up or
closed. Consequently, !; used on cloth
Ing /. would not prevent evaporation
taking place through the interstices bo.
tween the threads.
The silver star., 1897-08-12

GOOD government in cities is made
difficult, not alone by lack of con-
science, but also by lack of wisdom.
Writing of the city of Brooklyn, a COR
respondent of the New York Witness
says that when the thieves are in
power the people are swindled; and
with only one exception, when the re-
formers have been put in power, mat
ters have been no better, and in some
cases worse" The exception, doubt
less, refers to the mayorality of Seth
Low. man of clear sense and great
ability, now president of Columbia uni
versity, New York. The study of mum
fcipal problems has been entered upon
by many of the best citizens, and none
too soon. Folly may be as costly as
knayery.
The silver star., 1897-08-12

John R. Lynch, the negro political
leader of Mississippi, intends moving
10 Louisiana, where he thinks there is
a better chance of success in politics
than in his own state. Lynch has been
IN Congress, was the speaker of the
House of Representatives of Mississ-
ippi, chairman of the national Republi-
can convention in 1883, and fourth au-
dltor OF the treasury under President
Harrison.