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ty Court may provide for as many
deputy Sheriffs as the necessity of the
county may require at salaries of $780,,
90 per month. There is always the pro-
vision that the fees received in the va
rious Offices must pay the salaries al
lowed and for necessary books and
stationery. If the fees do not equal
the amounts the salaries are not paid,
All fees received are turned into the
county treasury and all officers are
paid monthly by equity warrants drawn
by the Chairman of County Court.
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To Cleanse the System

Efectually yet gently, when costive oil
bilious, to permanently overcome hab'
itual constipation, to awaken the kid
neys and liver to u healthy activity,
without irritating or weakening them,
to dispel headaches, colds, or feverS,
use Syrup of Figs. made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co.
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10000 Soldiers in John
son City,

would be a good thing. Our miniature
photos are also good thing. Give us
an order and see for yourself Send
your cabinet photo and 81 cents and we
will mail you one dozen. They are
beauties and just the thing to give your
sweetheart. For so cents we will make
them in the latest Platino finish.
Don't compare these with the cheap
ones made by other firms; ours are
guaranteed to last. Address
WALTER j. CARGILLE,
738tf johnson City, Tenn,
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The best -four is Gold Dust.
s. S. Crumley has returned from a
weeks rest at Cranberry, N. @.
You will be satisfied when you get
your salt aud fresh meats at Jackson's
The brsr four is Cold Dust.
Gepio Cardwell came down from Alb
ingdon Monday.
Buy Cold Dust -four.
War tax cuts no figure. Tobacco at
the same old price at Jackson's.
George Mitchell, of the 4th Tennes-
see, is home on a furlough.
Stove Pipe 0 cents por joint at J. s
Galliher & Co.'S.
Get your peanuts fresh from the
Rooster at Jackson's,
Rev. J. R. Cunningham is confined to
his room with stomach trouble.
so pound Lard Cans 1S cents at J.. s.
Galliher & Co.'S.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Cass returned
Monday from visit to Rogersville.
Gold Dust four-best made
The staff has moved to Main street
over the postoffice
Gold Dust -four will please the
nest of you.
You always get the freshest and best
green fruits and vegetables at
Jacksons
Mr.. and Mr.. L. F. Young are spend
ing the week with Mrs. A. B. Bowman
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Counsel Employed.

At a meeting Of the city council Tues
day afternoon, Messrs. Robert Burrow
and Isaac Harr were employed to defend
the city in the 100000 damage suit in
stituted by the Travellers Insurance
Company and now pending in the Fed
eral Court at Knoxville. A graduated
fee was fixed.
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1. m Beckner moved his family to
Elizabethton today and will make that
place his home for awhile. He goes
there to take charge of the Wilcox Ho-
tel. He and his estimable family have
been citizens of this place for years and
they will be greatly missed. Mr..
Beckner was our leading ieweler and
has not decided what he will do with
his business.
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Notice..

Pupils of the 9th, 18th, 9Th, 9th, and
10th grades will report at Science Hill
school Thursday morning, September
/, for organization. Those who passed
from the 9th grades in the other two
buildings will report at Science Hill.
Regular work will not begin until Mon
day, but it is important that all be pres.
ent on Thursday to be classified, ready
for work on Monday. Pupils below
sixth grade will report at the other
buildings on same date.
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LOGS WANTED FOR EXPORT.

I want to buy so car loads of Export
Poplar Logs, to be delivered on nay
yard at Johnson City, and will pay
$40 90 to $12.O0 per Thousand feet for
same in round logs, with bark on
Will buy single logs, or more in lot.
Logs to be 2s inches and up at little
end, 10 to IS feet long. Will buy two
or more car load lots at other railroad
stations.
73S-4t JAS. A. MARTIN,
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Returns to His First Love.

1t seems that "Bill" Dickinson can
not keep away from Hotel Piedmont.
He has leased the property and will
take charge Oct. 1st. As hotel man
the Colonel has few equals and the
public will be glad to know that he is
to go back in business.
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Mrs. r. Z. White.

Mrs. Robert E. White died Thursday
afternoon after a short illness with fe-
yer. She was daughter of thelate W.
A. Darden, and leaves husband and
two children to mourn her death. The
funeral will occur Friday and inter
ment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Nat. V. Easley died of malarial fever
at Riverton, Alabama, last Sunday
The deceased was q teacher in our pub
lie schools here two years ago, and left
to accept the position with the United
States Engineer corps he held at the
time of his death. He was unmarried
and had many friends and relatives
here who will regret to hear of his
death,
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H. B. Meade, proprietor of Hotel
Piedmont, will give up the property
on October 1st., and move to Greene
vile. He has leased the Grand Cen
trail hotel and will operate it. Mr..
Meade is q good hotel man and will
make success Of his new undertaking.
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Mrs. ". W. Ca ,tright.

The wife of W. w, Cartright, a for
mer resident of our city, died Wednes
day at their present home in Sullivan
county. The particulars have not
reached us. The bereaved husband has
many friends here who join in sympa.
thy for him and his family.
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In case the above officers can not per-
form the duties devolving upon their
office by devoting their entire time
and attention thereto all but.the Sher-
if may appoint one deputy each at a
salary of $500 per month. The Coun-
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James CARRIER Dead.

James CARRIER, of Garber's mill, was
stricken with paralysis week or SO
ago. He received prompt medical at
tention, but to no avail. He died on
Wednesday.
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Gov. r. L. Taylor is slowly improv-
ing from his recent illness. He is able
to be up around the house.
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THE X COMET
CITY BARBER SHOP.

CITY BARBER SHOP.
Run by first class white workmen. We want
and are trying to Elevate the Barber Profess
sion In johnson City. Come and see us.
Patronize your own Color
and help those that are deserving of your pat
ronagc, Yours respectfully,
Russell g. Walden, Prop.
Corner Main and Buffalo Streets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-08-25

Chamberlain Cough Remedy has
saved the lives of thousands of croupy
children. 1t is also without an equal
for colds and whooping cough.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-08-25
Keen Ouiet

and use Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for pains of the
stomach and all unnatural looseness of
the bowels. 1t cures.
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Salaries of County Officers.

Under the act of 1897 county officials
will draw salaries after the first Mon
day in Semptember, the date upon
which our newly elected officers assume
their duties. The law provides the fol-
lowing salaries per year for Hamblen
county, with the provision, however,
that the receipts of the Office shall equal
Tia n,,,o,,,,4 I'll
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
E-cs Tor EARLY Chickens.

It is q mistaken custom Of some
farmers to sell the first laying of eggs
IN the spring, because they are then
higher priced, and also partly because
unless extra care is taken of the chicks
many of them will perish from ex-
posurc to cold and wet. But this
policy makes the chickens come too
late to be frst-rato layers next winter
What is needed is fowls early enough
SO that they will get their winter coat
OF feathers, lay litter OF eggs and
have time to recover from this and get
to laying again before cold weather.
It is very rare that young hens begin
laying during severe cold weather, and
especially just after they have finished
moulting. But let them be early
enough to lay one setting OF eggs, and
they will, if fed well with the proper
cgg-making food, soon begin to lay
again. In Wirterthe hens are mueh
less inclined to sit than they are in
spring or summer. If they do seem
inclined to sit, give them Jumps of ice
for eggs and they will give it up. Not
even this will stop ben in summer,
when her determination to sit is
stronger. Late chickens do not usu-
ally begin laying until spring is fully
come. 1t is better to trust an incu-
bator for the earliest Matching of eggs,
for not only is the hens time more
valuable then for laying, but she can
not be depended upon to sit steadily
until later in the season.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Horns ON Domestic Animals.

AL the reason for horns on any
domestic animal ceased when they
came wholly under mans protecting
care. It was all right for the animal
to defend itself with horns while ex-
posed to predatory animals, like wolves
and bears. When cattle run wild, as
they long did in the State of Texas,
and as they still do on the plains of
South America, their horns constantly
increased in length and formidable
ness. But under civilized conditions
there is no need for horns. In some
breeds they have already been bred
off, This will doubtless become more
general, as dishorning at least the
cows has become quite general prac-
tice. Calves may be prevented from
ever growing horn by applying a
stick of potash on the head where the
horns would start, and removing the
hair, so that the potash will make q
slight sore on the skin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Dies rs He Predicted.

For nearly two years an open, Jawn-
ing, unoccupied grave, graced by q
tombstone, bearing the inscription,
'tJames Catterson, aged 62, died March
81, 1898, "has been one OF the features
of Pleasantville Cemetery.
Monday, in this city, the climax,
which the eccentric owner Of that Gem
etery plot had foreordained came to
pass, and James Catterson, in the six
ty-second year of his life, passed away.
Two years ago Catterson had a
dream or vision, and to his attendant
and q few personal friends he an
nounced that two years later, Oh the
21st day of March, 1898, he would have
ceased to live. He drew up his will,
which disposed of a considerable es-
tate, contracted for his grave and
coffin, caused tho tombstone to be
erected bearing the then advanced day
of his death, and even engaged the
services of IN undertaken for the date
which he had announced for his de-
mise. All was recalled when the sim
nle announcement was made that
James Catterson was dead. Death
was due to purely natural causes
Atlantic City IN. J.) telegram to the
Chicago Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Tho Hish Hat in Boston.

The ladies of Boston have protested
against the ordinance which forbids
them TO wear hats in the theatre on
the ground that sitting without any
head covering at all subjects them to
liability to catch cold. They desire
to have the law amended SO as to
permit them to wear small hats, which,
they declare, will not interfere with
the line Of sight of any person. No
doubt these ladies mean well, but as
usual they are illogical. Let Che
ordinance be amended so as to make
it compulsory for the ladies to wear
bonnets or hats of small size when
ever they go to any place of amuse-
ment. That will settle the catching
cold question. Not even Boston
woman will consent to wear bonnet
or hat in her opera box. But if she
does not need it there she does not
need 1t nywhero-except for looks.
And where is the man who does not
know what a nuisance is the small
evening headdress, with its ceaseless-
ly bobbing feath her?-New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Cobalt Mine Richer Than Gold One.


A cobalt mine is more desirable
than the richest golden bonanza
of all of the Rocky Mountains, and
cobalt has been discovered at Grand
Encampment, Wyoming, by the French
mineralogist, Charles Poulot. Cobalt
is worth s1.6O c pound, and George
Doane, the copper king of the Grand
Encampment district, has q mine
where thousands OF tons OF this ore
are already in sight. Cobalt is the
active principle that colors blue oil
porcelain and glass. 1t is the active
! principle of blue in oil and water
painting. 1t is one of the rarest
minerals; Norway, Sweden, and
Bohemia have in the past furnished
the bulk of the worlds supply. The
Doane mine yields S12S to the ton III
cobalt. This is only one among
hundreds of copper mines at Grant
Encampmcnt, and if they all contain
cobalt Wyoming's new mining district
within year may be producing more
wealth than any three mining districts
in the world, not excepting Klondike,
the .Transvaal, and Cripple Creek. Ii
cobalt exists in the Grand Encamp-
ment copper ore TO the extent that NJ.
Poulot asserts from his chemical an
ulysis of the Doane ore Grand En-
campment will add to the mineral
wealth of the world S100, 900, 600 an
nually or else the price of cobalt will
he reduced to minimum. York
Tirnae
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Sowing Poas and Oats.

For the northern section OF the
United States and south Canada, pos
sibly no forage crop is more valuable
than O mixture Of field peas apI oats
seeded in the spring as soon rs the
ground is in condition to be worked.
The common method of sowing is to
clear the ground, intended for the
crop, OF cornstalks or other rubbish,
SOW on the ground bushel of pea
seed to the acre, then plow under to a
depth of about four inches. Before
the field is worked further SOW G
bushel aid half per acre of oats and
cover well with harrow, continuing
the work until the ground of the seed
bed is we'll fined and coupacted. 10
further treatment will be needed un-
til the crop is to be harvested.
Some farmers prefer to plow the
ground as for oats, then make mix
ture of the seed in proportion to one
bushel Of peas to l! of oats and SOW
this, putting the seed down to q depth
of about 81 to four inches. If the
ground is in frst-class condition, this
can be readily done and possibly more
satisfactorily, but in early spring the
soil is usually wet and the method OF
sowing on broadcast as first described
is best.
If this crop is wanted for the grain
particularly, allow the seed of both to
mature, then cut, place in shocks and
thresh as any other grain crop. The
grain is ground to fine meal and is
then ready for the stock. 1t contains
O large percentage of nitrogenous
material and is excellent for balancing
the ration. The crop is also an ex-
cellent one for soiling and for this
purpose should be cut just before OF
just about the time the bloom begins
to appear. By sowing o number OF
is at different dates the feeding
period may be extended over several
months.
Mixtures of peas. oats and wheat in
any proportion desired, sown and har-
vested as described for peas and oats,
have been found valuable, particular,
ly in sections where much attention
is given to furnishing animals fol
crit markets OF for securing high
grade dairy products. These crops
may be harvested for hay, in which
case they should be got when in full
bloom, or just little before, and
thoroughly cured. The difficulty with
this crop is that because of the thick
leaves and stems of the peas, curing
is exceedingly difficult, particularly il
moist climate OF during wet sea
son. If properly cured, however, the
resulting hay is as valuable as vel
cured clover and is used on the same
basis. These crops are receiving
more and more attention and every
farmer who raises stock should try
small field this season. American
Agriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Guessing Weight of Stock.

1t is surprising how many farmers
who grow live stock which they some
time expect to sell on the hoof take so
little care to ascertain its weight.
Their ignorance IN this matter often
costs them dear, as the butcher or
other person who buys of them gen.
orally is supplied with scales, and
can generally guess within few
pounds what au animal will weigh.
In the writer's boyhood, his father
frequently bought cattle and sheep to
be fed q while, and then butchered, to
supply his customers with beef and
mutton. 1t does not take long to
learn how to guess on the weight Of o
beef. The size alone is not always a
criterion. Old cattle, and especially
old COWS, will not weigh SO heavy as
they look, and will usually have more
Of their weight in side fat, now worth
very little, owing to the competition
of cotton, seed oil and other vegetable
oils.-Boston Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
The Bachelor Girl.

'sShe is wise in one respect, is this
bachelor GIRL" Ruth Ashmore writes
in the Ladies' Home Journal. "She
has learned the art of gathering years
gracefully. She appreciates, as she
loses her youth, that she must pay
more regard to her appearance, and
that in life's picture she must always
be figure that looks we'll. Here the
bachelor girl rises superior to the old
maid, for with all the old maids gin-
tleness she was o. BIT inclined toward
dowdiness. Tho bachelor girl i'm
presses you, when you meet her, with
her naturalness. Perhaps, as you
grow to know her well, you may wish
that her natural manner did not tend
toward brusqueness; but at leastIshe
is truthful. She is woman of busi-
ness. and she is gradually learning
that to succeed, alike in business and
in society, she must follow the exam
pie of her brother end not carry her
workaday worries Or joys into ;heriso-
cial life. She must learn the art Of
being grub or q butterfly as time and
place demand. She is fond of pleas
ure, and being healthy and happy she
is kind and charitable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Alaskan Indian Women.

Writing OF the "Indian Women OF
Alaska aud Their Handiwork, in the
Woman's Home Companion, Olive
McGregor says: "The huge express
sionless face of an Alaska Indian
woman shows but little evidence OF
any ambition or ability to perform
even the simplest features of domestic
art, and yet the skillful and artistic
results of the handiwork Of these un-
tutored aborigines is much sought af-
ter by tourists who visit their villages
during the summer. Moreover,
though the women are all fat and
lazy-looking, their lives are not unin-
terrupted ease, Notwithstanding that
their needs ere few. Abundance OF
fuel is all about them, and food, which
with them is synonymous with fish,
swims almost to their doors. But the
procuring as we'll as the preparing of
this food is all accomplished by the
women. During the summer they
leave the villages and towns for the
islands in less frequented waters,
where they camp for weeks at time,
catching and curing the fish for winter
use, while the men lazily watch them,
or paddle the canoe, OF otherwise
amuse themselves.
eff an Indians wife is in i'll health
or too old to work, he marries anoth-
er younger wife, usually o relative OF
the first one, who is expected to pro-
vide the food, while the first wife
cares for the house and children.
Fish and berries furnishing almost
the only food OF these people, the
women have little scope or ambition
for developing culinary art, but in
matters of personal adornment they
take keen delight. During the long,
dark winter they weave beautiful
blankets and baskets for their own
use and to sell. The blankets are
made from the strong rough wool of
the wild mountain sheep. Yet some
of these are as soft as silk, and in
beauty of coloring and intricacy of de-
sign rival the Oriental rugs and hang
ings. It usually takes G woman six
months to complete one blanket, but
many of them sell for prices ranging
from fifty to two hundred dollars.
The much-sought-after, genuine Chill
kat blanket is about four feet lorg
and two and one half feet wide at each
end, but as one side is pointed, the
center is foot wider than the ends,
and on this side is ornamenfed with q
ten-inch fringe. These are worn in
the dance, thrown around the shoul-
ders, with the pointed fringe side
hanging down, The design is gro
tesque, consisting of conventional
lied faces of men and animals in pale
green, outlined with black on white
ground. Sometimes dull blue takes
the place OF the pale green. A Pc
culiarity which stamps their genuine
ness is o fine thread or shaving Of
deerskin in the center of each hard
twisted strand of wild sleeps wool
yarn, Of which they arc made, render.
isg them almost jndsstruetihle,"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
AGRICULTURAL,
; Glover and Grass,

Wherever it is intended to let the
seeding lie moro than two years be-
fore plowing, some grass seed should
always be sown with clover. In fact,
says the American Cultivator we
think some grass and seed ought
to be sown any way, as failure to get
a seeding somewhere else may mako it
necessary to keep the field "a grass o
year longer than is intended. The
only question is, what gt2ss seed
shall be sown? Timothy is TIC uni
versal standby. But it is not ready
to cut when the clover is, and it also
runs out after few years, unless an
nually top dressed. Orchard grass is
more permanent, but it requires three
OF four years to fully cover the sur
face. If clover and timothy and Or
chard grass are sown together, they
will cover the land in the same alter
nation we have named.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
An Anctent Ru1o Abrornted.

The announcement that the 10
o'clock retiring rule has been rescind.
ed by the management of Yassar Col.
lege will be pleasant news toIall peo.
pie of common sense. 1t is arelic of
the ancient time when there we're no
decent lights or lamps for night study
and also when everybody went to bed
early in order to get up before the
dawn. The world has progressed so
far that person can study more
safely by good study lamp than by
the light of day. In regard to early
rising there is now no doubt that it is
an Objectionable habit. The all OF
the early morning is not good until it
has been warmed and purified by the
sun. The chemical quality Of sun
light starts every living green thing
to work attacking the impurities in
the atmosphere and also breaks up
many of the latter directly New
York Mail and Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-05-25
Contagious,

It was on crowded suburban cur
out of Washington, ore day last sum-
mer, that middle-aged woman, carry
ing fretful baby, was forced to
squeeze herself into q small space left
vacant beside dGpper youth Of posi-
bly, twenty years. His countenance
had oil the expression of his immacu-
late white suit, except for look OF
disgust which he assumed as the baby,
in its restlessness, would touch him
with foot VI hand. Finally he turned
toward the woman and inquired, in q
tone quite audible to those near him:
"Ah, beg pawdon, madam, but has
this child anything-ah-co
The nurse was motherly-looking
woman. Glancing compassionately al
him through her gold trimmed specta-
cles, she remarked, meditatively:
"Well, now, I don't know, young
man; but-ah-it might be to You.
She's teetmng!"
After this, for the few moments he
fore he left the car, the young mah's
face was a study in e2pression.-Hcar-
per's Magazine.