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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12
Notice to Road 0yerseers,

The Board of Trade of this city has
decided to offer $3.50 in prizes ($t5 to
first and $40 to second) to the road
overseer, who will make the greatest
improvement in the road or roads under
his charge during the coming summer
The conditions are:
First. That prizes are limited to
roads, where greatest distance from
Johnson City is not more than five
miles.
Second. Thatany overseer who wants
to compete for these prizes shall make
application to the undersigned prior to
April 18th.
Third. Tint these prizes are not for
the best road, but fer that road on
which the greatest improvement will
have been made during the coming
summer.
The prizes will be awarded according
to the sum of the improvements made,
the points considered being drainage,
shape of surface, condition of surface
and general appearance and condition
The undersigned will go ever al
roads, ON which application has beer
filed for competition, as soon aftel
April 18th as the weather will permit
and again in October, after which tim,
the prizes will be awarded.
We hope every road overseer within
the prescribed limit will compete TO
these prizes, as it is the purpose t,
foster a general spirit of improvement
for our local roads, and we believe tina
every one will agree with us, that suel
spirit is sadly looking and more sadl.
needed. We feel free to assert that tn
roads in this section are as bad as cal
be found anywhere, and it is the inten
ton Of the Board of Trade to push tn
agitation for better roads, in every pos
sible legitment way until good read
are an accomplished fact.
Z. =. ELLSWORTH,
CY H. LYLE,
II. l.. BRUNER,
Road Committee.
It is more than probable that til
above premiums will be added to by til
i merchants of johnson City. If SO tn
d announcement will be made later.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12
E. j. ELLSWORTH,
CY H. LYLE,
II. l.. BRUNER,
Road Committee.

1t is more than probable that the
above premiums will be added to by the
merchants of johnson City. If SO the
announcement will be made later.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12
Your Intelligence.

Your Intelligence is questioned by the drug
gists who tries to inauercc you to let him bot
tie anything when you ask for DR. Bells Piue
Tar Honey. No druggist can put this up for
you-he cannot put up anything ike it-it is
not to be had i'll bu kit is to be had only in
25c soc and 81 bottles. There is nothing 'just
as good" as DR.. Bells pine-TarHoney. Avoid
those substitutes with similar sounding names
When you buy Dr. Bells Piue-Tar. Honey see
that the bottle has never been opened and that
it bears the picture and testimony of Good Old
Granny Metcalf, and the name of the F. L
Switzerland Medicinecompany, Fountain Park
Paducah, Ky.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12
{, Tennessee & Western n. c. R. R

In effect Nov D, 1877 lat go o'clock a. m
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12
IT. he
F@nninliHn@
Observer c

Some OF the --latest freaks of fashion
are we'll named.
Cheap notoriety is generally very
expensive luxury.
A good listener possesses a most sub
tile power of hattery,
There are two things woman can
not driye-a man and a nail,
1t always makes a man feel cheap to
be called dear in public
"Cheer up" cherries are not ripe,
but strawberries are in the market.
1t is only woman whe can see any
thing ornamental in the clock that
won't go.
A man who has invest ed in '9S
wheel prays that he will not have to 60
to war.
Some people are so quarresome that
they won't let even the climate agree
with them.
Women who love are plenty, but a
woman's friendship is worth fifty wo-
mems love.
1t was wise but very unthinking
child who said that hell would be heay-
en- if its mother was there.
The average individual loses interest
in q conversation as soon as his voice
is not the leading one.
A woman dressed in brief authority
can make herself more CONSPICUOUS than
the one in her bicycle suit.
This is the season of the year when
everyone feels tired whether there il
any real reason for fatigue or not.
jewelers. tell us that Easter of al
seasons is the specially lucky time at
which to give the yellow garter.
Do any of us ever feel that we could
possibly be as sweet and good as our
mothers were before us?
1t rarely, if ever, happens, that q
woman actually falls in love with 6
man the rest of the world thinks she
should.
The really good talker is the one wLC
knows enough to stop before even the
most brilliant conversation grows tire
some.
What funny lot we arel When W,
fail we say it is owing to bad luck
when I'VE succeed it is owing to oul
good Judgment.
The man who is patient with a wo
man when she is sick can be relied up
on to treat her all right when she il
well.
H,women would pay more attention
to their hair and less to their hats, tn
: result would be infinitely satisfactory.
1 The season is approaching when pc
man, in his devotion to some fair one
makes himself look positively idioti
carrying her rarasol
Military gray stationery, cadet blu
dress goods and brass buttons even OF
: underclothes show the popular tenden
cy for the moment.
lea and toast my be very daint,
combination until it becomes the re
gime Of the sick room, when it pail
quicker than any other diet
As soon as woman shows q dispo
siticn tS do whatever her husban,
wants her to, she discovers that she i
able to do pretty well as she likes.
A woman shows her real innat
daintiness in preferring lovely under
wear to snowy outside garments if he
purse allows her extravaganza only il
one.
Shipbuilding has long been known t
be good thing for cramps, so also
hot water. AS it looks now the Span
iards will discover that the combina
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, arr
just what horse needs when in bat
condition. Tonic, blood purifier ant
vermifuge. They are not food bu-
medicine and the best in use to put {
horse in prime condition. Price 9i
cents per package.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12

WANTEn BY Old Established House-High
VhWILu Grade Man or Woman, of good
Church standing. to act as Manager here and
do Office work and correspondence at their
home, Business already built up and eStab
lished here. Salary 5000 Enclose self-address-
ed stamped envelope for our terms to A. p.
Elder, General Manager, 1889 Michigan avenue,
Chicago, ILL., 720-6t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12
letter, salt-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting, Incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly allaye'
by applying Chamberlain 8 Eye an
Skin Ointment. Many very bad case
have been permanently cured byit. J
is equally efficient for itching piles an
a favorite remedy for sore nipples
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bite
and chronic sore eyes. 20 cts. per box
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-05-12
SCENIC ROUTE EAST,
ThrOuhg 1The Land of the Sky"

ThrOuhg THE Land of the Sky"
The Southern Railway, in connection
with the N. @. & st. l.. Ry., and Penn
r. r., operates daily through sleep
ing car between Nashville, Tenn, and
New York, N. Y, via Chattanooga,
Knoxville and Asheville. This line is
filled with the handsomest Pullman
Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping Cars,
and the east Ooud schedule is as follows;
Leave Nashville 1910 pm. Leave Chat
tanoega 4:10 a, M. Leave Knoxville
1926 q. M. Arrive Hot Springs / :46 a.
m. Arrives Asheville 1:15 p. M; Ar
rive Washington 6:42 a. m; Arrive New
York 12:43 p. m. This sleeping car
passes by daylight through the beauti-
fut and picturesque mountain scenery
of East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina, along the French Broad
River. s second train leaves Nashville
daily at ,3;3O'p m; leave Chattanooga
10: p. m. leave Knoxville 1:15 a. m.
leave Hot Springs 400 a. M. Arrive al
Achevill $40 a. m. Arrive at Wishing.
ington 9:35 p M; Arrive at New York
6;23 a. IN. This train carries elegant
Pullman Sleeping car Chattanooga tC
Salisbury and Salisbury to New Yorl
without change.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

THE frs four mon tbs of the Dingley
law were extremely gratifying to its
friends. 1t start i in the face of the
extremely adverse conditions resultin g
from the enormous importstions just
prior to it's enactment, with treasury
receipts sl9,O23,61', in the second
mont- S21 1893, O9S, in the third month
s24 291, 415, and in the fourth month
over s25, 900, 900, thus redeeming the
promises of it's friends that it would, as
blu mess approached normal conditions,
increase it's earrings until it would
supply ample reve nue. for the running
expepses of the government.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

THE gold standard is making rapid
Roadway an ong the Central and South
American republics. AS is well
known, several of these countries have
within the past two years discarded
the silver standard, and there are
propects of additions t. this mum Der IN
the near future. This change in the
money s.4LdLfd has had a marked
effect in establishing gold-producing
industries in that part of the world in
the Increase in tie quantity of gold
produced aud in thu numbar OF gold
mines developed during the past two
years.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Unknown Mau Killed.

Toyah, Tex.-A man giving his
name as Martin Callihan attempted to
board a west bound freight train .here
today and fell between the cars and
had both legs cut off. He lived two
hours in great agony and died just ae
the doctors were ready to operate oh
him.
He was a tailor by trade and had
been here about two weeks cleaning
clothes and just started to Ell Paso to
get material to work with. He was g.
years old and said he had no relatives.
but would not teRwhere he was raised
He had no papers on his person. but a
little was found among his effes1l
ad onis sIan to eun2lnsss2 issser
contained aa~ord6f for samples OF
goods Siz dnflars and sixty five cent?
in moeny and pair Of spectacles were
all he had on his person.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Queen Will Hold Drawing Room.

The semi-Official announcement that
the queen will personally hold draw
ing rom at Buckinghan palace imme-
diately upon her return from the CONT
ueut at the beginning of May, and that
at tn 8 function her MAJESTY will re-
ceive the corps diplomstique, has
caused fuster of excitement among
the nobility and aristocracy, and is
creating no end OF comment in view OF
the fact that for some time past, on the
plea of iufirmities incident to her adj
vancing years, the queen has opened
parliament and also held her drawing
rooms by proxy. In fact, it was given
tut officially, on the occasion of the ju-
oilee celebration last year, that it
would probably be the last visit Of mel
majesty to the m. trOp lis. IAsr fates'
resolve is understood TO be- 1aue TO nef
dissemination to be regarded as
queen emeritus as it were, or, In other
words, to / e considered- a severe gu
who is pracLicali v taking no interest in
oublic affairs, and who is only waiting
/ for the last call. it Ia noteworthy also
that the Prince of Wales is losing nc
opportunity to bring himself into favor.
able public attention. His contribu
ton to the Christmas dinner fund of 8
republican Newspaper OF this city was
au act unprecedented in the history Of
The English court, while at recep'
meeting of the hospital fund associa-
tion, aud to which reporters were ad'
nitted he made no less than three ex'
emporaneous speeches which occupied
,ver a column in the papers of the fol-
towing morning. These incidents are
taken as an Indication, first that the
queen purposes to keep on demOnstrat.
ing that she is very much alive. and
second, that the Prince of Wales has
,een inspired with an ambition to
make himself solid with the masses.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Lose Their Property.

Salt Lake, Utah.-By a decision OF
the supreme court tnree-quarters OF
the people of Eureka, will be dispossess-
ed of their property. The decision
holds that all property within the
townsite that was upoccupied At the
time of. it's entry in June, 1891, be-
longs to the city. OnIy about one;
quarter of the town site was Occup!'d
te en- by squatters ard is now he'd by
purchase from the original squatters.
Reality aggregating about S75O,OOo IN
value is involved in the decision.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
MR.. HARRISON'S SPECIAL.
Over the Country at the Rate
3, of a Dollar q Mile.

Mitchell Harrison, a Philadelphia
stockbrOker, is travelling through the
south vest sightseeing and he doesn't
care a continen tai for the cost.
Ga arriving at Maricopa it was learn
ed that the westbOund Southern Pa
cific to which Mr.. Harrison intended
to attach his car was three or four
hours late. Mr.. Harrison began de-
ma 1ding a special. but there was no
engine 10 sightexcept the M. & p. To-
como i've, and he couldn't have that.
It was .eugg ested to him that he nigh.
h Itch his car to the limited. He re-
piled by repeatirg his demand for 2
spacia'. When told that there was no
en- kine to pull his special. he charged
thG railroad company with neglect 10
failing to nave engines steamed up
for til y use of impatient travellers. A
cheap ", staur ant, be said was better
mauapsd. Onelcould go in at any
hour of, the day and night and call for
a cup d coffee or piece of pie and
get it without being asked OF wait q
while asad take something else Mr..
Harrison\ closed a dissertation on rail-
road misn&anagement by reiteration
of his dem and for special.
when in thu east they saw q glimmer-
ing star of hope which reminded them
of the star Of Bethlehem. 1t was the
headlight of ap engine pulling. .
freight train aden with goods in mani
fest. THERE was, there fore no great
push about their delivery. Telegraphic
correspohdence was opened up with
the Office of the superintendent at Tue
son With the result that PERMISSION
was eivaa that engine. to haul Mr..
Harriso4's special as far IS Yuma.
where e4gines are always kept on tap
and on t8ast. The train of carload lots
was accordingly set out, the engine
was unhifched, watered, rubbed down
aud hitch Jed to Mr.. Harrison's special.
While the chan ge was being made that
peutlendan was in q prodigiously good
humor. He sent up cigars or whatever
was Wanted, 80 that when he boarde ed
hisI special for his dollar-a-mile
isofirney, there was no thirst left In all
I the beiliwick of Maricopa and nobody
wanted to smoke any more.-Phoenix
Rep.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
The Mexican Central railway ha.

The Mexican Central railway has
established IN Mexico City q Bureau
of Informs alton which is prepared to
furnish reliable data as to lands, their
grazing, mineral or agricultural; about
the mining industry; about the desir-
able locations for manufacturing en-
terprises. or any general information
relative to the resources Of Mexico,
latent or developed. Address either:
A. v. TEMPLE,
Mgr. Bureau of Information,
Mexico City.
G. A. MULLER,
ComI Agent, FL Psso
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Republicans to Drop Silver.

Cheyenne. Wyo The republican
atrial committee of Wyoming met
here today and discu sed plan OF cam
paign for this year, when a state legis
iative and judicial ticket will be elect
ed upon tn. finsn ,ial question. 1t wa
decided THAT Wyom ng. 2repu hlcsna
W IL abandon the free silver platforms
adopted at the past three state conven-
ii ms, and indorse. without qualif1catlon
the plstform of the national repubil-
can party as adopted at S-sLouls.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very bes: medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous syst m to a
neatly vigor is Electric B tts RS. This
medicine is,purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve1centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the liver
and kidneys. ard aids these organs in
throwing off impur ties in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
a DIS digestion and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very
best blood purif and nerve tonic.
Fry it. Sold for SOC or 81 90 per bottle
at w. A. Irwin & Co. Drug store.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
PROPOSALS FOR FUEL-oFEIGE CHEF

ID AOPOSALS FOR FUEL-OFFICE CHIEF
L Quartermaster, San Antonio, Tex. Feb
ruary IA, 1898. Sealed proposals, in tr1pli-
cate. for furnishing Fuel durine fiscal year
commencing July 1. 1898 at yosts in Depart
ment OF Texas. will be received until II
O'Clock March II, 1898, and then opened
PROPOSALS will be received at slime time by
Quartermaster at each post for furnishing
serves S' Fight to Feiect or acceps any or all
proposals or any part thereof. Information
furnished on application here. or to Quarter
taioing proposals should be marked: Pro
p ais for Fuel at -" and addressed to
masters. JOHN SIMPSON, D. Q. M. g., O.
o. M.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

WITH Arthur >Ffue 'Gorman beaten,
Mark HANNA reelected, republican
gsipssfn Kansas, free silver repudiated
In Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts, and New York, tho democrat
who can extract com fort from tie re-
suit of this years elections must be a
veritable polite a. Mark Tapley.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

THE California supreme court holds
that in libel suits the defendant
ned only prove reasonable founda-
tion rfor the charges TO secure &C.
ouittal
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

sierrai Madrs RoutsNto the Yaqui Gold
Fields.
Take the r. G., S. M. & p
Ry for Casss Grandes, San Buena-
bentura, and the YaQui gold fields
Trains leave Ciud ad,tJusrez Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays At $50 q. m.
Arrive Ciudad Jusrez Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays at 4:30. p. m,
Mexico City time. Depot opposite
Mexican Central passenger depot.
J. T. LOGAN,
GenI Traffic Agent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

AN exchange remarks some of the
Texas papers have already returned a
verdict in the case o: the Pennsylvania
sheriff and his deputies charged With
numbering riotous miners. The Jury
will Withhold it's verdict until ~ has
heard the law and the evidence.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

THE sudden changes of climate en-
countert d by soldiers when troops are
moved from one quarter of the world to
another are estimated as increasing
the annual mortality of Europe by so, 600
men,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Mardi Gras at New Orleans.

Account of Mard Gras At New
Orleans February 2lst ana 22rd. The
Texas & Pacific r. r., Ell Paso route,
will sell you round trip Tickets
limited for return to March 9Th, at one
fare for the round trip, $500. For
further Information call on or address
B. F. OARBYsHIRE, S. w. F. & P. A.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

have given Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy q fair test and consider it one
of the very best remedies for Group
that have ever found. One, dose has
always been sufficient, although 1 use
it freely. Any cold my children con-
tract Yields very readily to this medi-
cine. L can conscientiously recon md
i. for Group and colds in children
Geo. E. Wolf, Clerk of the Circuit
Court, Fernandius, Fla. Sold by all
druQQists
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

An eccentric staff stefan calculates
that a woman's tongue travels $500, 900
yards before she is 70. The wife of a
man devoted TO such sums proba bly, has
to travel out to the woodpile to keep up
the fires, and it is unfair to omit this
from the computation.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Mardi Gras. New Orleans.

Tickets on sale via the G. n. & 8. A.,
Sunset route, February II, Is, 10 and
20, 1898-good for returning 1t at any
time within Is days from date Of sale
at one fare for round trip. On Friday
the 18th and on Saturday, the 10Th,
tourist car service and on the 10Th din
ing car service. First class coaches
T. E. HUNT, b. r. TURNER,
Com. AIT. G.. T. A.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

DAVID BENNETT HILL rec mt visit
to WASHINGTON may compel Mr.. Croker
to run down to ascertain just
how much damage has been in6ict-
ed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

BY polling $50 out of a possible 1872
Mr.. Reel shows that he is still in q
good position to make q guess on the
probable action of the house on any
me. sure in which party lines are in
vnived
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

SPAIN has decided to turn q mer-
chsntman into an armed cruiser. TIE
new play in international politeness
will not escape Uncle Sans atten-
tiOD
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

A WYOMING bank president is miss
ing. The name OF the typewriter and
the smount of the shortage are not yet
aseertaiued
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

SINCE the scientists have failed to
locate the north pole by any other
kind of expedition, Baltimore genius
now proposes to dive for it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

THE silver people are under obliga-
tions to Tom Reed for one thing. He
does not keep them in suspense for an
unreasonable time.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SUNSET.
Weekly Tourist Car Excursions With
out Change, Between San Francisco
and Washington, D. c., Chicae
go, Pittsburg. Pa. and GIN.

out Change, Between San Francisco
and Washington, D. c., Chicae
go, PittsburR. Pa, and, Gin.
cinati, Ohio.
Leave I'll Paso ON Fridays and Mon
dsys for Washington, D. c., arriving
Mondays and Thursdays via Southern
N. & Southern Ry.
On " ednesdays for Chicago, Ill.,, ar.
irving Saturdays via Southern Pacific
New Orleans and 1. G. r. R.
On Saturdays for Pittsburg, Pa, Or.
irving Wednesdays via, Southern Paci.
dc, NewOrlesns, I. G. to Louisville, B
& s. W to Cihcihnsti'a and B. & o.
On Sundays for Cincinnati, Ohio, ar
rivipg Thursdays via Southern Pacifc,
New Orleans and Q. q c..
TO San francisco, Cal, via LOS An.
geles' assse FL Peso on Mondays, Tues.
days lay s Thursdays, Frid.ys, s.sqE sds,ss
aps dag ssn fEs sa.!ss5 ssod day
Thes9D6QS Sfe operated by the Pull
u0mpany on same plan - 6rst
claes slespers, and like first class sleep
ers are furnished complete with mat
tresses, curtains, blankets, pillows,
sheets and pillow slips. New upholster.
ed seats (cane) being put in and othe'
improvements made. Clean shests and
pillow slips are put on every night
Berths in those cars arc available t.
through or local passengers holdine
first or eecond class or excursion tick
cts.
A charge of S1.OO per double bertt
two may sleep in one berth without
additional charge) per night is made
$500 for a through berth New Orleans
to Los Angeles or San Frsnciaco
Each car is in charge of an uniform
ed porter to make up berths and keel
the car clean.
b. r. TURNER, T. E. HUNT,
City Ticket Agent Com1 Agent
FL PasO. Texaa.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

A few mouths ago, Mr.. Byron Every,
of Woodstock, Mich, Vas badly aff1ict-
ed with rheumatism. His right leg
was swollen the full length, causing
him great suffering. He WAS advised
to try Characteristic Pain Balm. The
first bottle of it helped him consider
ably aud the second bottle effected q
cure. The 25 and so cent sizes are for
sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

THE legislator who wants Senator
Murphy to resign might be able to ar
range q pair with the statesman
who wants Senator Lindsay to do like
Wise
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
Holdon's Positive p lie Cure.

Sufferers use it. Relief will be speedy
and cure positive and permanent If d.
rections are strictly followed. For sale
Kelly by & Pollard, druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21
THE WEATHER

IT appears that the o. K. mark OF
the United States senate is not always
recognized in the house Of representa-
tives.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-21

IT is too frequently the case that the
man who is constantly at work on plan
to make his peighbor honest neglects
his own probity.