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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01
1t Saves the Children.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
saved the lives of thousands of croupy
children. It is also without an equal
for colds and wAooping cough.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01
T he X CON EFT
CITY BARBER SHOP.

Run by frst.class white worlimen. We want
and are tryinG to Elevate the Barber Profess
sio In Johnson City. Come and see us.
Patronage your own color
and help those that are deserving OF your pat
rOnage. Yours respectfully,
Russell g. Walden. Prop.
Corner Main and Buffalo Streets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01
Keep Quiet

and use Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for pains of the
stomach and all unnatural looseness of
the bowels. 1t cures.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Please take Notice.

Several subscribers of telephones in
private residences, having made com
plant to the Company that they are
annoyed by people coming into their
homes and using their Phones to their
annoyance, and frequently waking
their children, and at times when it is
not convenient to them, &c. The Co.
will be compelled to refuse to connect
any one at private residence phone,
except it be the immediate family of
the subscriber. The Company is forced
to do this, or take the phones out of
residences, at the request of several
subscribers. B6y@ PLEASE OBSERVE.
NoLA CHUoKY TEL. Co.
Johnson City, Tenn, Aug. 80, 1898.
0S@S@S@SDSSS0S SSOSOS@SOS@
L. Armbrust has returned from a
trip to Chattanooga,
We have just what you need in tab
lets. City Drug Store.
Street Boss Whiteside is greatly i'm
proving the appearance of the streets.
Miss Mollie Riley returned to Bris-
tol Tuesday after short visit in the
city.
Miss Mary Holcomb has returned to
Bristol after spending week with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. e. Hook and chill
dren, of Mexico, NJ. o., are visiting
relatives in the city.
The "Winona" stockings are the only
ones manufactured in the United States
with the tight fitting ankle.
Mrs. Joe p. Summers and little
daughter have returned from visit to
relatives at Morristown.
Capt. l. E. Reeves is gradually re-
gaining his health and his friends hope
to see him out soon Herald and Trib-
une.
Our quiet friend, Billy Exum is
wearing an extra smile this week. The
fourth child is a girl and was born last
week.
If You once use the "Winona' stock
ings you will have no other, as they are
entirely seamless, and have the patent
tight fitting ankle.
Mrs. T. F. Crowder, of spartans-
burg, S. c., is visiting her parents,
Judge and Mrs. G. G. Chandler, on
Watagua avenue.
Miss Goulding, the accomplished
daughter of Capt. B. L. Goulding, Of
Chattanooga, is visiting Miss Retta
T,vla ot her suburban home.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01

Pain has no show with DIR. Niles Pain Pills
Headache and NessraLOiG cured by DR..
MILES PAIN PILLS. zone cont dose"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01

Dse Dr. Miles NERVE PLAsTERs for SPINAL
WEAKNESS All druggists sell 'em for &c.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01

Remember the date;
Big Fair, Sept. 9th
to 3Oth, '98.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01

Elder ID, T. Buck, of Warsaw, KY,
will preach at the Christian Church in
this city next Sunday morning.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01

If you once use the "Winona" stock
ings you will have no other, as they are
entirely seamless, and have the patent
tight fitting ankle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01

Headache bad' Get Dr.. Miles Pain pills.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-01

Our quiet friend, Billy Exum is
wearing an extra smile this week. The
fourth child is a girl and was born last
week.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-01
TURNS BLACK AT DEATH.
The Terrible Fate Of a Texas boy
Who Had Been bitten by
blind Rnttlesnake.

After living more than two years in
agony and gradually turning as black
as negro, Adolph Kessner died re-
Gently in San Antonio, aged 23 years.
He was poisoned by rattlesnake's
bite. The boy was Of the blond Ger
man type and unusually fair, but at
the time of his death his skin was
close to ebony in color.
His father owns San Pedro springs,
suburban resort, 1t is of hilly and
rocky ground and the chaparral there
about is thickly populated with rattle
snakes. From a child young Kessner
had shown a peculiar animosity to
these reptiles and hunted them indus
triously. lie seemed to have no fear
of them whatever. When he got older
he took to skinning them when dead
and curing their hides, and at one
time he had some hundreds of the
skins in the house. Eight years ago he
sold them to 4 man who wished to
make crayats of them. Since then he
had disposed of many other skins. He
had never before been bitten.
His method of killing them was pc
culiar. He used no weapon. When he
found snake coiled ready for its
spring he would throw stick at it and
irritate it into leaping Then he
would coolly mash the reptiles head
with his heel. He said that he got no
satisfaction from shooting them or
Staying them with a club.
The rattlesnake goes blind In July
for little while and is at that time
especially venomous. In July, 1895,
Kessner found large one near his IA
theirs house and stamped it as usual.
He seized it by the tail and started
into the house to show ii to his father.
The snake was not quite dead. 1t
twisted in his hand, its mangled head
came in contact with his right thigh,
near the hip, and it buried its fangs
in his flesh. The wound was treated
with ammonia, the young man drank
lot of whisky and apparently was
little the worse for the bite. Ten
days afterward the skin around the
wound began to darken and in little
while was a blush black. This shade
extended over his body and up and
down his limbs. 1t ascended to his
neck and thence to his face. For
awhile the lower part of his face was
black and the remainder white. When
Kessner died the black shade had as
cended to the roots of his hair, and but
for his aquiline features he would
have been taken at first glance for a
negro. During all OF this time he was
tormented with racking pains. in his
limbs, similar to rheumatic twinges,
and was also troubled with insomnia.
The pains grew worse as time went
on, and just before his death they were
almost unendurable.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-01
SCARED FACES COMMON.
One Depiorable Eject of Bicycle Rid
Ing Now Seen In Many
Women.

One effect of the extended use of
the bicycle" said the hotA physician,
lis seen in the greatly increased num-
ber of facial scars. Twenty years ago
a woman with cicatrice was rarity.
Now she has become almost common.
In this hotel, for instance, there are
not less than 90 who have scars large
and small produced by tumbles. Not
nfrequently you find one with a dis
figuring red line running from chin to
eye. These injuries are seldom dan
gerous, but they leave their traces,
nor has any doctor wise enough to
prevent the sears been found. This is
rough on the girls. A woman's skin
seems TO scar more easily than mans
And even a scratch will sonnet times
leave scar. Then they have no boards
to hide the jagged seams. Our most
reckless riders are women. Many of
them go at breakneck speed end they
pay no attention to the rules of the
road. Then again, when they become
involved in difficulties with other bicy
clists or with vehicles they almcst in
variably lose their heads and do the
things they should not do. For these rea-
sons, healing lotions, skin medicines, the
finest of needles, silver thread and
such things form large part of every
hotel physicians equipment. Az to
the men, nobody pays any attention to
them and their facial scars do not
amount to anything. Very few of
them marry, or are repopular with wom-
en-. because they are pretty. Indeed,
most of them are rather proud of a
broad. red seam or two, speaking of
dangers past. 1t looks martial, don't
you know. A fellow may have had his
cheek cut open by buttjng against
lamp post. but when it is healed he
likes 10 ride slowly through the parks
and have the girls look after him and
wonder If the injury was not inflicted
by the saber of Spanish officer. A
man who has his nose broken simply
puts n shield over it and goes ahead
earning living. A woman who has
her nose broken would much rather
be dead. All women's wheels should
be made with speed limit of four
miles an hour."-Chicago Chronicle.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-01
MANAGED BY A WOMAN.
The Industrial System Adopted in "A
Massach usetts Penal Insti-
tuiIon n Success.

Some remarkable statements were
made at meeting in the United Chari-
ties building bpMrs. Johnson, the man
ager Of the wom2n's prison at Sher-
born, Mass. 1t would seem hardly cred
ib!e that separate reformatores FOR
women are a very modern innovation
were il not that II is still the almost
universal practice throughout the
country to coniine prisoners of both
sexes in the same building, and fire.
quently with very imperfect separa-
tion. The experiment appears to have
been highly successful in Massachu-
setts. The manager of the institution
studies each case as /. comes TO her as
a physician studies cases of disease,
and instead of an unvarying regimen
and Identical doses adopts such treat.
ment as seems required by individual
conditions. Flowers, music and ami
mails are made instrumentalities of re-
finement, and instruction in sewing
and all forms Of household work is sys-
tematicaily given.
Although the inmates of thisreform-
atory number 400, there is bu. one
dungeon, which is almost never used,
and of the 40 cells only nine are occu-
pied. Outdoor work is provided in the
fields and In the gardens. and The cul-
ture of ilkworms proves an absorbing
occupation, the women often begging
to be allowed to work at 1t tn ten
o'clock at night. Good conduct is re-
warded By promotion In the social
scale, and finally by discharge on pa
role. Positions in private families are
secured for these discharged women,
the conditions of the arrangement be
ing carefully guarded, and so success
full has this system of employment
proved that there are now actually
over 1000 applications for these serv-
ants that cannot be filed.
1t must be admitted that this fac;
Is conclusive as to the merits of Mrs.
Johnson's system, at least as admins
tered by her. If people are more and
more anxious to secure discharged con
victs as members Of their households
1t is evident that the process Of refor-
nation is real and not sham one
Ny. Post.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-01
STRANGELY FOUND.
A Sailors Wife swept Overheard from
One Ship and Met Again
on Another.


4 After separation of over three
years, during which period each
thought the other dead, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. C. Newlin have met once more, the
latter in the meantime having un-
consciously committed bigamy. New
lin is an Englishman by birth and has
been at sea ever since his birth. Be-
tween three and four years ago he
wooed and won the daughter of j. C..
Parker, captain of the English bark
T. j. North After the honeymoon he
took ship as mate with his father-in-
law and took his bride with him on a
voyage to Chill. On the return voy-
age around the Horn the North. dur
ing ole of the tremendous gales which
are so often encountered in the far
Antarctic, struck reef and began to
leak badly. For SO hours the crew stuck
10 the ship but finding it impossible
10 keep her ahoat they prepared the
two boats for launching. Before they
could be got safely over the side
wave caught Mrs Newlin and swept
her into the sea. It was all the men
could do to get into the boats. They
succt led, but that was all, and when
they cast loose from the vessel they
had neither oars nor food. For three
days. starving and athirst, they tossed
to and fro upon the waters, drifting
at the will Of the wind and tide. At
the end. living skeletons and so weak
they could not talk, they were picked
up by the English steamer Olympic,
bound for Philadelphia.
Mare Newlin was saved, but his wife
was gone and he could not forget her
lie drifted hither and thither, believ-
ing that she perished in the fearful
storm. Finally in his wanderings he
ieacned Long Beach. Cal, where he
took command Of yacht which was
used for excursions by health seekers
In southern California. A few weeks
ego lie was startled TO see among his
passengers the wife he had thought
TO have been lost Off Cape Horn. She
was as much astonished as her hus-
band Newlin then learned that when
his wife was swept overheard she was
washed under the stern to the other
side of the vessel. Being a splendid
swimmer and also having q good life
preserver. she had comparatively little
difficulty in keeping afoat, her feeble
cries for help being unheard amid the
roar OF the storm. After being tossed
about for several hours she was
picked up by steamer bound for
Seattle. As soon as possible she com
municated with relatives in England
and learned in reply that her husband
had been reported lost while on a voy-
age to the East Indies. "A year ago
she married again and was on pleas
ure tour OF California when accident
brought her and her husband togeth-
er. She Is now waiting while an ami
cable separation is being arranged be-
tweeL her and husband No. 2, after
which the Newlins will be welded
again ito make things shipshape," n.
her sailor spouse expresses it.-Chi-
cage Chron;c1e
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-01

Reginaid-Is your programme full?
Mabel--No; / haven't been down to
supper yet.-Pick-Me-Up.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
Hot Breah End.

"Do you know" asked a policeman,
"what that crowd of young society peo-
pie is doing AT the bakery over there"
1t was just before midnight in the
west end, and "a group of young folk had
gone, chatting merrily, into the door of
u large bakery.
"They will wait there, continued
the bluecoat, until the first batch Of
bread is tukCn out of the oven, which
occurs about ~ o'clock Hot bread
lunches seem to be getting all the rage
among the swell set, for every night
about this time | see group after group
90 up to the door of the bakery and pro-
cure the freshly baked bread, so hot
that it scorches the paper. They take it
to their houses, and there it is eaten
with plentiful spreading of butter and
preserves. To be thoroughly enjoyed it
must not be cut, but pulled apart with
the fingers "-Washington Times.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
Farmers Correspondence,
Reforms.

To THE EDITOR or THE GAZETTE:
A correspondent il yom issue Of Jan
nary 9th, sets forth reforms That he fa-
Vors and calls upon others to 30 likewise.
[ will try to set forth few reforms that
| favor in the order that | think we
should work for them:
/. The initiative and referendum.
/ favor this first, because it would help
us tn get any other reforms that we want.
A purely representative government is
liable to so many corruptiug influences
that the people cannot get what they
want through it, AT present our gov
eminent is not even representative, eX-
cept IN one branch out of four. Neither
the Senate, nor the executive nor the ju
dietary departments represent the peo-
pie. We need direct lrgislHtiOn-the in
itiative aud referendum-to make this a
popular government.
2. would favor yourcorrespondent's
No 2, as the next step We should not
sell or give away franchises Of any kind.
They are the sacred rights OF the whole
people, and should be held by the whole
people forever and forever. A man
might as well sell his soul us his natural
rights. Public ownership Of natural
opportunities is the mCst fundamental of
all human rights, and no people can be
free who sell or give away their rights.
This Is what is meant by "Equal rights
to all and special privileges TO none"
3. As "A corolury to No 2, all railways,
telegraphs, telephones, water, gas, cleo
trio and ice plants, and mines should be
owned aud operated by the public for
the equal benefit of ALL If this were
done employe rs would get double the wa
ges they now get, aud the people would
get service at less than they do now.
A. The demonstration of both gold
and silver, AID the issue of paper cur
rency by the government on plan that
the people could control the supply so
that the dollar would not fuctuate IN
value.
5 No reform is worthy of consideration
that does not reach down to the lowest
stratum Of society. THE whO.e need
not a physician but they that are sick. :"
The rich can take care Of themselves;
it is the poor mans interest that should
be protected. Public ownership and
public employment furnishes the true 50.
luton of the labor problem. J.G NJ.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
CHINESE coNJuRERs.
People Supposedly Cut to Pieces and Then
Put Together Again.


Put Together Again.
The court jugglers in tho time Of Ku-
blai Khan made it appear to those who
looked on as if dishes from the table
actually flew through the mir. One Of
the travellers who visited tho regions Of
which Marco gives us some account
says, "And jugglers cause cups Of, gold
to fly through the air and offer them
selves to all who list to drink. F" And
Ibn Batuta, a Moor who visited Oathay
a century after, gives this account Of a
similar incident:
That same night juggler who was
one of the khan's slaves made his APP
pearance, and the emir said to him,
"Come and show us some of your mar
wells" Upon this he took wooden
ball, with several holes III it, through
which long thongs were passed, and,
laying hold of one of these, slung it in
to the air. 1t went SO high that we lost
sight of it altogether. 1t was the hot
test season Of the year, and we were
outside in the middle of the palace
court. There now remained only a little
of the end Of a thong in the conjurer' s
hand, and he desired one of the boys
who assisted him to lay hold Of it and
mount. He did so, climbing by the
thong, aud we lost sight of him also
The cOnjurer then called to him three
times, but getting no answer he snatch
ed up a knife as if in great rage, laid
hold Of the thong and disappeared also
By and by he threw down one of the
boys hands, then foot, then the other
hand and then the other foot, then tho
trunk and last of all the head. Then
he came down himself, all putting and
painting, and with his clothes all bloody
kissed the ground before the emir and
said something to him in Chinese. The
emir gave some order i'll reply, and
our friend then took the lads limbs,
laid them together in their places and
gave kick, when, presto there was
the boy, who got up and stood before
us. All this astonished me beyond meas
uI6J anu Hhu al utUhCh VI paIpltdliOh
like that which overcame me once be-
fore in the presence Of the sultan Of H.
dia when he showed me something Of
the same kind. The Kazi Afkharuddin
was next to me, and quoth he: oval
lab, tbs my opinion there has been mel
ther going up nor coming down, uei-
ther marring or mending, IT'S all no
Gus pocus. Noah Brooks i'll st. Mich.
olas.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
ElmYrites will hold series Of revival
meetings next month.
The Missouri Pacific runs an extra
passenger train east in the evening.
HAVEN.

The schools of this vicinity are in pro-
gress again.
Earl talbot has returned from visit
ing relatives at TurOn.
Miss Mabel Cupps is at home TO
friends after years visit in Iowa.
Rev. Cummings aud wife gave Haven
a call a few days ago.
DR.. Sans has moved his office into the
former postOfllce building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prather, who have been
spending the holidays with their uncles
W. G. ana S. S. East, have returned to
their home.
Miss Birdie Dickinson is visiting Miss
Amy Astle.
Miss Margaret Cochran won tie prize,
an Irish chain quilt, in the Universalist
guessing contest.
The New Year party at W. G. East's
was grand success.
Will Astle's horse slipped and fell with
him Christmas Eve, causing one of the
small bones in the ankle to be broken,
DR.. Mayberry has been spending few
days in Webb City. Mo.
Not a few costly Christmas presents
were received by Haven people, sucn as
watches, rings, organs, and bicycles
FREDYA.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
LANGDON ITEMS.

b. Roth is convalescing.
The Christian church has just been
given new coat of paint.
Mrs L. II, lines. of Raymond, is here
visiting her daughter Mrs. DR.. Ives.
Mrs. W, J. Kelly left on the train Fri
day night for Kansas City to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Ara judy, who is quite
sick.
G.. Il. GoodenouQh shipped u Cur load
of hogs from this place TO Kansas City
last Monday.
The question for discussion at the lit
erary last Friday night WIS, "Resolved
that the Spirit Of Discomfort is tn"
Youths best Friend" The decision was
in favor of the affirmative. The question
for next Friday night is, Resolved thnt
the Protective Tariff is Il BenehO to lhp
American People"
l.. G. DoOd and Joe Shprrow are be-
coming quite uOted orators.
Tom Decker shipped cur load Of hogs
TO Kansas City Wednesday.
Joseph Sherrow made business trip
to Hutchinson last Thursday.
John Black transacted business at the
county seat Tuesday
NpDO
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
HARMoNY HAPPENINGS

The people in these parts have been
expecting every day to be tae last Of the
nice weather, but it still continues and
we are happily surprised.
Mr.. Armstott Of illinois, is visiting
relatives and friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. H. D. Freeman was on The sick
list last week.
A. S. Leclerc is repairing his house.
A Chinese missionary delivered lee
ture at Elmer church last Monday
evening.
Rev. Procht organized an Epworth
League at Mound, to meet at that place
every Wednesday night.
Quarterly meeting at Elmer church
Sunday morning and communion serv-
ices at night.
Rev. Cook has been assisting in a re-
viyal meeting at Wichita for the past
two weeks.
Miss Clara Bramwell has purchased a
new organ.
j. c. MoOrs and Miss johnson we're the
guests OF II. d. Freeman, Sunday.
Rev. Cummings Of Hutchinson, filed
Rev. Cooks last appointment at Har-
mony church.
Quite a number Of Harmonyites at
tended church services at Elmer SUM-
day evening.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
MODERN PRlCONS.
Their Very improvements Are What Drive
English COnvicts Mad.

Their Very improvements Are What Drive
English COnyicts Mad.
The official belief is that there is lit
tie or no prison made insanity. Prison
doctors are keenly alive to the possibil.
ity of shamming, and they hesitate tc
admit that there is any flaw in the sys-
tenn for the administration Of which
they are so largely responsible. Still
the fact remains that the ratio of insan-
ity in prisons has exactly doubled since
1877.
The admitted general increase of in
sanity is not sufficient to account for
this startling fact Prison discipline is
now more mechanical, and therefore
more depressing. Its very improvements
in this respect "take the heart out of a
man. 1t is probable that prisoners
were far happier is the old unreformed
PRISONS when they herded together and
had companionsEip of kind.
An expert witness who had passed
four and twenty years in Jail told the
prison committee some startling things
from the conviot's point Of view. The
rules, he said, are too minute for human
observance, and some minds are totally
unable to bear the strain OF them. A
man may be reported for knocking
something over III his cell, though it
may be by pure accident, The name
for this offenso is unnecessary noise. "
AS the poor wretches walk their weary
round in the exercise yard one may fail
out of step and thus throw the others
out The first offender or the last-any
one, in fact, on whom the wardcr's eye
happens to falls liable to punishment
for this mischnnce.
In this way the convict gradually ac-
quires an expression that never leaves
him--the round the corner glance CT
being who breads tyrant on the pounce.
We want new Howard if the system
is only half as bad as it is said to be by
those who have best reason to know
London News.