davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21
LITERARY NOTES.

The August number of The Delinea-
tor is called the midsummer number
and presents the usual attractive COM
bination Of Fashion, Literary and
Household features and distinguish
this publication as the Woman's Favor
ite Magazine. The Bugles Sang Truce,
a romantic war story by Francis Lynde,
is charmingly appropriate at this time.
A timely sketch on the Women of Gu
ba, by Kate Coventry, throws bright
light on their household life. Heart
Disease, by Grace Peckham Murry, M.
d. The article in the series on the
Common Ills of Life, is an admirable
treatment of subject OF universal con-
cern. The second paper on The Voice,
by Eleanor Georgen, contains many
useful suggestions that may be readily
applied. In Girls Interests and Oecu-
pations, by Lafayette McLaws, will be
found many entertaining and timely
hints for girls. Summer Desserts,
Choice and Varied, Home Made Ices,
Hot Weather Housekeeping, Vegeta-
bles in New Guises and provision for
the Work form an excellent group of
household subjects, and the regular
departments.
Our old welcome friend The Stan
dard Designer, commencing with the
present August issue, will be known
hereafter as The Designer, but will re-
main as heretofore, the Standard in
fashion and millinery, and all things in
which women, young and old, are in
terested. The August number is an
exceedingly handsome one. 1t has a
beautiful Autographed cover, display
ing dainty Summer Girl, clad in a
white gown made by STANDARD pat
tern. The book itself contains three
other artistic color plates, besides many
half tones, wood engravings and line
drawings illustrating the newest and
most attractive garment designs for
folks of all ages. Midsummer hats are
particularly we'll shown up in black and
white, and in color. ga Bicycle Pa
rade" will give useful hints to wheel
ing clubs, regading summer en-
tertainment that would not only be
very amusing but lucrative as we'll.
The Fancy Work" designs are both
pretty and patriotic, and a timely arti-
Gle on bamboo illustrates and describes
most attractive articles of summer fur
niture. Short stories toilet hints, for
lculture advice, notes on the latest
books household suggestions, and re-
ceipts for cooling beverages are among,
but do not complete, The Designers
lengthy and interesting August con-
tents.
With five German warships facing
Admiral Dewey's feet at Manila and
the intentions of the German Kaiser
still matter OF some doubt, the lead
ing article presented in The Cosmopol-
itan for July will be read with interest.
The forty-six portraits and poses Of the
Emperor Williem which illustrate the
article are in themselves an extraordi-
nary exhibit. They might be described
as "The Evolution of an Emperor
shown by forty six human documents.
Undoubtedly so large number of por-
traits were never before gathered to-
gether Of any royal or imperial person
age.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21

1t is my pleasure, and duty owe to the af-
ilicted to bear my testimony to the fact that
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure will do all
and more than you claim for il. Aside from be-
ing sure kidney cure" 1t will cure any infla-
nation wherever located. AS remedy for
piles, sourness in the chest, stomach and bow
els. it affords immediate relief, and effects q
permanent cure.
s. o. HEMENWAY,
South esa Street. St, Louis Mo
For sale by local druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
VIRGINIA COLLEGE

For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke. va,
Opens Sept sth, 1888 One of the leading
Schools for Young Ladies in the South Mag
nihcent buildings, all modern improvements.
Campus ten acres, Grand mountain scenery
and American teachers. Full course Superior
advantages in Art and Music, Students from
twenty-five States For catalogues address
the President.
MATTE p. HARRIS, Roanoke, Virginia,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21
Bad Reads Bad Business.

A late dispatch from Casper, Wyom-
ing, says that "on account of muddy
roads the wool hauling business Of this
part of the state is almost at stand
still, many of the loaded wagons being
stalled along the roads leading to this
city. The wool market is extremely
dull and few sales have been made
The clip will ha large one, and of su-
perior quality"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21
TENNESSEE, THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1898.
Seine Spanish Wants,

= Wanted-the deadliest navy
That ever the ocean sailed,
Some men like Schley and Dewey,
WhOve tried and never failed,
Wed like for every vessel
TO displace million tons!
Wearing armOr ten feet thick
Carrying a thousand guns.
Please send a hundred Hobsons
A Sampson, Lieut., Blue
In fact, we'd be delighted
With the whole American crew.
Can you name some obscure harbor
Where the Cadiz feet might hide,
And never be found by Watson,
No matter how hard he triedi
Wanted-a little poison
To make old Shafter sleep,
For the things he's done to US of late
Make Spanish angels weep.
Wed be pleased to get some spirits
To make Spanish soldiers stand
And the Chinese wall around Cuba's isle,
So Yankee troops can't land
Do you know Of patent medicine,
Some cure for all our ills,
To relieve the unpleasant taste we have
When taking Vesuvius pills?
And we need an ''artful dogger"
Who knows what he's about;
Not one of the kind who dodges in,
Then finds he can't dodge out,
Wanted-a few Munchausens,
Who don't think lying sim
For we have lied ourselves hoarse
About victories we didn't win
We'd like to win one battle,
Either on land or sea:
And II we could sink canal boat
What pleasure to us 'twould be-
Oh give us some splendid method
Our sunken fleets 10 raise
And cheer us for one brief moment
With visions OF other days.
Do send US some ravens to feed us,
AS they did Elijah Of old,
Or a protecting saint from far-off land
To bring us into his fold.
If yon can supply us with any
OF the wants we've listed above.
You'll win our undying affection
You know how we Spanish can love.
But, most Of all, we're wishing
The Yankees would forget the Maine,
For il they don't it's certain
Therell be no such place as Spain.
j. c. Caruthers,
Nashville Tenn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21
Sought HIS Advice
Father Gave His Daughter Wise
Counsel
Proved to Be a Friend in Need :
Interesting Statement.

Proved to Be a Friend In Need -
interesting Statement.
al was in good health up to about 10
years ago, when / began to suffer from
constipation and piles, and neglect OF
q cold brought on catarrh, followed by
heart difficulty, and liver and kidney
troubles. My constitution fought against
them oil, until my suffering drove me to
consultation with my father, who was a
physician. He advised me to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla. Having confidence in his
judgment began taking the medicine, to-
gether with Hoods Pills, and l ended
with them, taking no other medicines,
and the benefits have derived from them
have been great and surprising. Since
then Hoods Sarsaparilla has been to me,
as my husband says, friend in need"
MRS. e. @. HIxoN, Robinson, Georgia.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Is the beSt-n fact the One True Blood Purifier.
HOod,s D;IIe are tasteess, mild, elfec-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21

the surprise OF all"
Or. lilies Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DIR. MILES MEDICAL
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21

WKRs. JOHN WALLET, OF Jefferson,
IVE Wis. than whom none is more highly
esteemed or widely known, writes.
"In 1890 had a severe attack OF LaGrippe
and at the end Of four months, in spite ofar
physicians, friends and good nursing could
do, my lungs heart and nervous system we're
so completely wrecked, my life was de-
SPARED of, my friends giving mo up. could
only sleep by the use of opiatos. My lungs
and heart panied me terribly and my cough
was most aggravatIng. l could net lie in
one position but short time and not on my
left side at all. My husband brought me
DR.. Miles Nervine and Heart Cure and be-
gan taking them. When had taken half
bottle of each was much better and contin-
ning persistently took about dozen bot
ties and was completely restored TO health to
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-21

Headache bads oetDr, Niles Pain PMS,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18

Superintendent Charles Clark OF the
Printers Home has rendered his resig-
nation to President w. B. Prescott OF
the International Typographical Union
in Indianapolis, the same to take effect
June 1. Mr. Clark has contemplated
resigning for some time past, as his
wife's health has not been good for
several months, and he thinks change
to a lower altitude will prove bene-
fetal. He will go to Columbus, Ohio,
and enter business with his father,
Colonel John M. Clark, one OF the
largest wholesale grocers in that city
Mr.. Clark assumed charge of the Union
Printers Home on the goth Of April,
1896, coming to this city from Omaha,
where he had been engaged in the
printing business. During his admins
tration the home has prospered and his
management has been highly satisfac-
tory to the officers of the union, also
to the inmates. BY his gentlemanly
bearing Mr.. Clark has made a host OF
friends in the city. who regret his de-
parture exceedingly. 1t is not known
who will succeed Mr.. Clark as super
intendent. President Prescott will ar
rive in the city early in March and will
probably announce the name of his sue
cessor at that time.-Colorado Springs
Gazette.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18

Of Western Pennsylvania; Sheridan
Webster, Social Democracy Of st.
Louis; William Brandt, E. M. BanDis-
ter. Trades and Labor Union Of st.
Louis and vicinity; Mrs. Mary Jones.
Knights Of Labor; John F. Walters,
Single Tax Club, Chicago; William
MaillT. secretary Central Labor FEEDER
ation. Nashville. Tenn; G. F. Stephens,
Single Tax Society, Philadelphia, Pa;
Dan Mcdonald, Trades and Labor AS
sembly. Butte, Mont.
The convention was called to con-
slider and adopt measures to secure
closer union between all advocates OF
labor reform: to adopt an efficient sys-
TEN of resisting the encroachment OF
the judiciary upon the liberties of the
people," and to abolish government
by injunction; to consider the political
situation in relation to the interests OF
the producers and to take any neces-
sary action thereon to establish closer
and more sympathetic relations be-
tween the supporters Of isolated at
tempts at self-help by cooperative col
onies and industries, and to impress
upon the American people TIE import
ance OF the system Of direc legislation,
including the initiative. referendum,
imperative mandate and proportional
representation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18

Above all, learn to be patient, ener-
getic and faithful. If the union has
not accomplished as much in the past
as it should, it is because you and
others did not give it earlier support,
and the only wonder is that without
your aid, and in spite of open antagon-
ism of others who should have been it's
friends, it has accomplished so much.
Almost every law on the statute books
of the various states, favorable to the
masses, were enacted through the in
fluence of the union. The higher
wages, shorter hours and many other
concessions, came to the toilers through
the work of the union. With the pro-
per support Of the new men the union
will become invincible, and its power
for good increased beyond estimation.
international Woodworker.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18
Contentediy Satisfied.

Contentment is duty. Satisfaction
is not. Contentment is being contain
ed within the limits, or sphere. God
sets for us. Satisfaction is having
sense of such fulness that We have
no desire for more, nor for farther
progress. He who is contented ought
not to be satisfied. Says Robertson of
Brighton, whoever is satisfied with
what he does, has reached his culmi-
mating point-he will progress no
more. Mans destiny is not 70 be dis
satisfied, but forever unsatisiied." Paul
SAYS. 81 have learned, in whatsoever
state l am, therein to be content
or contained. Yet he also says, almost
in the same breath, 81 coun. not myself
TO have apprehended but ane thing I
do. forgetting the things which are:
behind, and stretching forward to the
things which are before, \ press on"
Let us, therefore, like Paul, be always
contentedly unsatisfactory ssing oa.-
S. S. Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18
Labor No

1t is stated that steps are being taken
to municipalize the street railways of
Sioux City, Iowa.
Our governments may be said to be
mere committees of our plutocrats,
charged with watching over their COM
mon nterest.-Laurence Gronlund.
1t is only by labor that thought can
be made healthy, and only by thought
that labor can be made happy, and the
two cannot be separated with impunity.
-Ruskin.
Wheeler & Co.'s shipyard at Bay
City, Mich, shut down recently, throw
ing 700 men out of work, as the result
of the riveters' refusal to accept Z
per cent reduction in wages.
The National Biscuit Company, with
a capital of $55, OOO,O 900, has established
headquarters in Chicago. This trust
practically runs all the important bak-
ing companies in the country.
The daily output of new print paper
in the United States is about 1900 to
1900 tons. The production Of news
print Is larger than any other grade
That of book paper is probably as much
as 1000 tons and Of writing $50 tons
each daily.
The Bricklayers' and Masons' Inter
national Union at Peoria, ILL.,, has de-
cided to take mail vote of the sub
ordinate bodies for or against the es-
tablishment of universal eight-hour
work day, starting May 1, 1899, return
of vote to be made not later than Nov.
1, 1898.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18

CHAPTER IX.-(Continued.)
Nothing came of the one solitary
gteam Of kindness. The next day Hill
dred did not see the earl at all; he
went over to st. Cloud with some OF
his friends. The slight CLEAN Of happi-
ness died away, the old feeling OF des-
citation came back to her. The Com
Jesse de Quesne called and pressed her
to go out, but the girl was sick at
heart II such a strange ife-married
without love, without even friendship
Or liking yet living with her
husband as though she were the merest
stranger-his wife, bearing his name,
sharing. his fate, yet knowing no more
Of him than did, the lowest servant IN
the household; his thoughts, his mind'
Afs plans. his desires, his interests. his
amusements, his pleasures. were all
strange to her. 1t was an unheard-of
position. an unheard-of fate.
-
Three weeks had passed away. and
lord Caraven began to wonder now
MUM AOh6cT uc WdS " iChoih ~ '~A So
II ne had been free to follow his own
fncSinations, they would have led him
70 the gaming-tables at Baden-B Baden.
But as he said impatiently. he had no
idea OF going there with a whole train
OF people to look after.
How long would she expect to re-
main in Paris? The honeymoon-that
most absurd of all institutions-was
supposed to last a month. 1t would be
better perhaps to remain there until
It was over, and then go to Ravens
mere. He would be more comfortable
there. The house was spacious, and
Ilt; would be possible for him to move
about without being haunted by the
girlish, wistful face. So in Paris, I'M
til the honeymoon was over, he de-
eided on remaining
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18
THE ICELAND PONY.
without Him tho Country Would He
impossible to Live In.

without Him tho Country Would He
impossible to Live In.
While there are camels in the des.
ert, llamas in Peru, reindeer in Lap
land, dogs in Greenland, and caiques
among the Eskimos, Iceland will have
its ponies, who ON those "pampas Of
the north" will still perform the SER
vices done by the mustangs Of the
plains of Mexico, the horses Of the Tar
tars, Guachos, and even more than is
performed by any animal Throughout:
the world, says the Saturday Review.
without the ponies Iceland would be
impossible to live in, and when the
last expires the Icelanders have two
alternatives-eith to emigrate en-
masse or to construct system Of high
ways for bicycles, an undertaking COM
pared to which all undertaken by the
Romans and the Incas Of Peru In the
same sphere would be as nothing. No
Icelander will walk step if he Ca
help it; when he dismounts he waddieS
like an alligator on land, Texan ccv.
boy or a Guacho left "afoot," or like
the Modes whom Plutarch represents
as tottering ON their toes when they
dismounted from their saddles and es-
sayed to walk. Ponies are carts, are
sledges, carriages, trains, in short, are
locomotion and the only means Of
transport; bales of salt fish, packages
of goods, timber projecting yards above
their heads and trailing on the ground
behind, like Indian lodge poles, they
convey across the rocky lava tracks.
The farmer and his wife, his children.
servants, the priest, the doctor, "Sysei-
man" all ride, cross rivers on the pom
les backs, plunge through the snow.
slide on the icy ~jokull" paths, and
when the lonely dwelling of some up
land dale expires his pony Sears his
body in its coffin tied to its back to
the next consecrated ground.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18

The best friend OF them all
or those dim and fleeing years long past
When l was but a boy;
AS I'd climb upon my mothers knee,
In ecstasy of joy.
She would Irvine her arms around my
neck, ..r
And kiss me-that was all
can vouch that there is no love like
A mothers after all.
In fancy saw the old schoohouse.
That rested on the hill.
And the orchard and the ripping brook
The vision haunts me still.
! could hear the cattle lowing. and
The nightingale's sweet call
feel certain that there's no home like
The old home after ALL
AS lay there idly thinking of
The days my heart was light
When 1 nestled in my mothers arms.
By the fireside each night
A phantom lowered over me
l heard a sweet voice call
Twas the angelic voice of mother.
The best friend after all.
There is no smile like a mothers smile
Can beam upon a son:
Better put your faith in her because
You can't find any one
To help you along life's toisome road
When she's beyond recall
And when all the world forsakes you.
She's the best friend after all.
VIII ]. Peckham in Chicago Federation
ist
Rawlin Wyo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18

SHOWED HER THE PICTURES.
remain here now while my boxes are
unpacked. I will not go down again"
Mrs. Hampton thought her decision
strange indeed; 1t was the young wife's
first evening in her husbands home,
yet she preferred remaining in her
rooms while he was downstairs.
Shall I take that message to the
earl?" she asked.
Lady Caraven looked up in some sur
prise.
"Oh, nor she replied. Lord Cara
ven will not expect me-"
And the housekeeper, who was a
shrewd woman in her way, thought it
seemed a strange kind of marriage
where husband and wife preferred SOL
itude to each others society.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18

James Anderson, a prominent men,
Der of the Cigarmakers' Union, return
ed to Chicago last week, after two
weeks visit to New Bedford, Mass. He
tells remarkable story of the methods
in vogue in that eastern city, which.
he says, justified the cotton operatives
in going out on a strike. "The strikers
are not fighting for high wages from
the corporations that are running be-
hind" he said, "but they are struggling
for an average of Sc and 81 per week
for doing the hardest kind of work and
they demand it of corporations that
divided from to 16 per cent dividend
at the first of the present year. They
are also striking against the most ty-
rannical act that an employer can COM
NIT. Each week before the strike every
one of these strikers was fined so heav
lily for violating some petty rule or
permitting a drop of oil to fall upon
the cloth he manufactured that his
wages were cut from 25 to rs per cent.
From what / saw and heard while in
New Bedford / can truthfully say
would prefer breaking stones in the
street all day than to working two
hours in one of those mills. The most
brutal overseers in. the South during
slavery days came from puritanical
New England. These brutal overseers
did not all go south nor has their
species died out, for back Of the ty-
ranny and oppression practiced in the
New England mills stands the most
brutal of all overseers. II they were
not brutal they would be discharged.
II they show the least sentiment or
perform kindly act to some poor I'M
fortunate employe and it is discovered
by the manufacturer the fellow who
attends banquets and who is so loud
spoken in defense of maintaining ma
tional honor-the wretch) discharge
ers, many of whom know well, upon
the question of fines. The women and
children are the worst sufferers. They
are more easily trodden upon, and they
make good, submissive victims. The
manufacturer practices his systematic
cheating upon them and meets with ut
tie opposition. John Dingley is an ex-
pert weaver. We were boys together,
and every word he tells me now l be-
lieve. He worked nine days in one
of the New Bedford mills, and on pay
day was told that he not only had no
wages coming to him, but that he owed
the corporation $3.50. Another friend
of mine named Samuel Mcneil was
compelled to quit work because of
sickness. He had worked two days.
When he was well enough to ask for
his wages he was told he owed the mill
80 cents. He had neglected to tell the
overseer the cause of his illness and
how long he expected to be sick-an
oversight which caused him to be heav-
lily fined. If drop of oil is found up
on a piece of cloth only half price is
paid the operator. Any flaw in the
cloth which the overseer can find or
imagine is marked against the opera
tive, and he receives only half pay
for what he has done. Then, by the
time the other fines are paid, the work
man has nothing coming to him. The
life OF a New England cotton operative
is not ene to envy. They are deter
mined, however, to make change and
will fight desperately to win their great
struggle Chicago Federationist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-18
A Call.

A call for TIE first regular annual
united labor and labor reform conven
tion," to be held in st. Louis on Mon
day, May 2, 1898, has been issued by
the following comiaittee by virtue of
authority conferred on it by the united
labor convention held IN Chicago last
September:
M. P. Ca rick, United Labor League