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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

need to advertise--eyerybody knows
you; that you will try to get along
without printed stOtionery-it's too ex-
pensiye; that business is slack and you
must economic. Never Drop in to see
editor unless you want a compliment
airy notice ora lengthy orbituary for a
beloved relative. Never recommend
the paper to anybody; when you speak
of it say, eyes, we have a little sheet
but it don't amount to much" Keep il
up year or two and you will have
dead newspaper, a dead set of mer
chants, and dead town. Press an(
Printer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

the Fourth Tennessee Regiment will
be ordered home on or about the first
of April. Gen. Corbin said thot it had
been decided to bring the regiment
home and that it would either be on OF
as near the first day of April as posi-
BILE. The exact date of its arrival will
depend largely upon the number of
transports to be had at that time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16
VIII Locate Here.

Gradually but surely is johnson
City gathering to herself new citizens
and new enterprises. The latest i'm
portant acquisition is Mr.. U. S. Archer
who comes from Lenoir, Tenn. He
has moved to johnson City to locate
permanently and brings with him an
important enterprise. He owns large
timber interests in Unicoi county and
will move his three immense saw mills
from Leuoir and locate them upon his
land in Unicoi. johnson City will be
his shipping point and he will assemble
here all the lumber he cuts aud buys
Johnson City is rapidly forging to the
front as a lumber center and its many
advantages are being recognized by
up-to- date lumber dealers and manu-
facturers. Mr.. Archer has most ex-
cellent family and they will be warmly
welcomed into johnson City society.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

The list of one hundred and twenty
three Second Lieutenants appointed
under the Army Reorganization Bill
has been made public. The Tennes-
scans are Lieut.. Allen J. Green and
Corporal Josephus S. Cecil, of the
Fourth Tennessee volunteer infantry,
and John S. Dickinson of Nashville.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

The University of Georgia has asked
Dr. E. e. Hoss to be its president. A
good selection. And the present edi-
tor of the Christian Advocate would
thus get out Of the atmosphere of the
war claims bill. Knoxville Sentinel.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16
How to Kill a Town.

Just let your subscription go. It's
only small sum-the publisher doesn t
need it. If he asks you for it get as
hopping mad as you can aud tell him
to stop the ,paper-you Inever read it
anyhow Go home and borrow your
neighbours. When the reporter coils
always be busy, Make him feel as if he
were intruding. When the advertising
or job man comes tell him you don't
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

congress raise the price, and the next
congress being republican in both
branches, will probably be easier to
control than the last.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

The Delaware Legislature wound up
its session without naming a United
States Senator. Considerable dissatis-
faction is expressed in Administration
circles at Washington over the failure
to elect.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16
More Bonds for Johnson City.

A bill has been introduced in the leg
islature to authorize the Mayor and Al
derman of Johnson City to issue bonds
to fund its Observation-Disclosures anC
provide sinking fund for the payment
of such bonds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

THE COMET issues special edition
every week and if your advertisement
does not appear in it hundreds of peo-
pie will never know what you have to
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

The Administration has decided to
take census of Cuba as complete as
that taken in the United States, to be
used as basis for the establishment of
q representative government.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16
Mrs. R S. Patty, Dead.

Mrs. r. S. Patty was tax en- suddenly
i'll last Saturday afternoon with a nery-
GUS trouble that soon affected her brain
and grew rapidly worse until death
ended her suffering Tuesday night
The deceased was the widow of the late
R. S. Patty and lived upon her farm
about two miles from the city. She
was an Easterly, from Cooke county,
was past50 years of age and leaves four
children, three married daughters and
a son. The deceased was an unpreten-
tious christian woman, content to do
her duty and has gone to her reward
where
:" The wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

It's all right for Bristol to have q
government building, but the indica-
tions are that they will need a morgue
first.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

Bristol poultry dealers lost $4,000
last week by the fall in the price Of
eggs from 80 to 10 cents. They are no
longer eggspansionists,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

A lawyer in Bristol was shot a few
days ago and an empty stomach saved
his life. If we ever have occasion to
fight lawyer we'll poison him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

Fifteen attorneys are engaged in a
lawsuit over an IS clock at Evansville,
Ind. Some of them will have to work
on tick.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

Bristol has an artesian well $500 feet
deep-but then Bristol people can bore
deeper than others.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

1t is said that Senator Garter does
not wear the air of statesman. A
lung tester would tell the tale.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

bers of people die of consumption
needlessly. 1t is certain that every
phase of catarrh including many cases
of consumption, are cured by the right
treatment. Pe-ru-na, DR., Hartman's
great prescription, attacks catarrhal
diseases scientifically and cures them.
DR.. Hartman explains it fully in his
books which are mailed on application.
Here is a letter from Mrs. Harmening,
Mazo Mamie, Wis, who is one of many
cured of consumption by Pe-ru-na.
She says:
Pe-rR-Ha lEedicine Co., COlHmbpS, O.
DEAR SrRs:-"I cannot praise your
remedy too highly. Last winter | had
la grippe and hemorrhage of the lungs
followed. All the doctors around here
told me | had to die of consumption.
Then thought would ask DR.. Hart
man for advice, which did. He pre-
scribed Pe-ru-na for me, and took il
according to his directions and was
cured. | advise everybody that Il
troubled with lung disease to take DR.
Hartman's treatment. J am sure Sley
will not regret it If they do. am nov
enjoying good health, and can THANH
| Pe-ru-na for it,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

Candor compels us to confess that
THE COMET contains all the news coon
err than competitors. G?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

Tt will be "St. Patrick's day" in the
morning, and there will be several Irish
gintlemen in town, begorra.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16
SHOT TO KILL.
Gen. Walker and Attorney Hamilton Fight
in the Courthouse.
N. A. PATTERSON
vineland, Tenn.

in the Courthouse.
Gen. Walker and Attorney Hamil-
ton were wounded in a shooting agray
at the courthouse in Bristol Saturday
nigot.
Gen. Walker was shot through the
shoulder and side, the bullet penetra-
ting the lung. The wound is danger
GUS one, but not necessarily fatal At
torney Hamilton's wonnd is peculiar.
The bullet entered five inches above
the navel, and ranged downward. Or
dinarily it wouldhave penetrated the
stomach and caused his death, but
Hamilton had not dined, and because
his stomach was relaxed it is thought
the ball missed vital point and is
lodged near the spinal colum. His con
dition is, however, serious, and the
physicians hold slight hope of his
recovery.
Various stories are in circulation as to
just who did the shooting in the court
room. One version is that Gen. Wal
ker did no shooting at ALL Another is
that Stenographer Davis shot Walker,
while others say Walker was shot by
J. r. Hickman, one of his friend.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16


I.BR J
hnsonC boro Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

The bill to amend the fish law apply.
ing to Warren County was passed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

The bill to require street railroa com
panies to furnish seats for passengers
before cllecting fares was tabled.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16

-Armbrust s. Smith. Furniture.
-3runer r. L., residence.
p See Hive.
3-3royles, DR.. c, j.. residence.
s. }ddle & Ellsworth roller -four mills.
T-}oring Brothers, handle factory.
16-3uck. J. M residence and Office.
-3orlng & Reeves. Office
- Burgess, w. l.. Groceries.
arnegie Supply co.
Carnegie Furnace, Office
14-Cox, r. A. law office.
15-Cure J. W.. residence,
1S-Clerk 4 Master. Office.
l9-Carr g. Reeves, law office,
33-City Coal Co.
4l-CoX w. H.. residence.
55-Cty Drug Store
59-City Grocery Company
24LDyer. NJ. Saloon.
2O-ELIZABETHTON CENTRAL.
28-Exum ~ Boring heading factory,
45-Faw, w. w, residence and law Office
54-Faucette, j. ID. residence,
52-FLOURNILLE
13-Gump & Mathcs.
56-Gump Bros. Clothiers,
SO Hart q Smith, Dry Goods.
25-IIunter. r. G., Office.
26-Hotel Piedmont
31--HarriS, w. p, residence and Office,
64-Hardin. Geo. residence.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-03-16
TIE x COMET.
oY II LYLE, Editor and Owner.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
DENMARK AND PRUSSIA.
The Recent Expulsion of Subjects
of the Former from North
SchIeswig.

The Cologne Gazette publishes an in
.pired explanation of the causes lead
ing to the recent expulsion of Danish
subjects from North Schlesw.g by the
Prussian authorities. 1t says that there
is a network of Danish societies cover
ing the whole of the northern part OF
the province, while in Denmark there
are many so-called South Jutland So
cieties." The Danish press and the
press of the malcontents in Schles-
wig are continually fomenting agi-
tation. Inhabitants of Schleswig
who have Danish sympathies make ex.
cursions across the border and pro-
claim nj festive gatherings their unai-
terablA adhesion TO Denmark and their
hatred of Prussia and Germany. Along
the Danish side of the frontier large
number of colleges and secondary
to attract young natives OF North
Schleswig, and to give them Danis h
education. Danish children are eX-
changed during the summer holidays
for children from the German side of
the frontier in order to keep up the con-
nection with Denmark. Danish popular
libraries have been established every
where in North Schleswig. and
are often supplied with books
from Denmark Funds for the agi-
tation are partly supplied in Dem
mark, and Danish military and civil
officers take part in it. In Hadersiaben /,
Rendsburg, Apenrade, Tondrsn ana
Sc nderburg the Danes are accused of
behaving as if they were the ruling ele
ment, and of ignoring altogether their
| German and Prussan nationality The
Cologne Gazette maintains that the
situation has recently assumed char
acter which compelled the Prussian
government to adopt serious measures.
and that the explosions have been
chiefly those of leading agitators.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23

The Advocate of India furnishes us
with some instructive details as to mar
riage customs in Siam. No bachelor
women" are permitted to exist there.
This is how it is managed. A Siamese
girl who has arrived at certain age
without being chosen as bride. is
ticketed and labeled and placed under
the special care of the king, who binds
himself TO find her a husband. His
majesty fulfills his obligation by con-
verting his male prisoners into BRIDE
grooms. In order to get out of Jail n
man has merely to agree to marry ole
of the kings proteges, and he is at once
pardoned and released. 1t matters not
in Siam-whether he is previously
married or not.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23

quiries. IT looks as II he was going to
have bad spell. He'll have to get some
body to tend the ferry. forI can't stop
any longer than to-day
IT suppose you can guess who the fer
ryman was for the next three months?
was ready to grasp at any chance. and
here was something ready to my hand.
] was strong and hardy, and old Patrick
hired me Willingly, though greatly sur
prised that should want the work.
"Of course 1t wasn't pleasant. had
10 be at the ferry house every morning
by five o'clock, and stay until ten, and
sometimes had to ferry my young lady
friends across, which made my heart
nearly burst with shame and chagrin.
But lived through 1t, and learned les
son l never forgot.
81 was as proud as a king when-the
very day before my tutor was expected
back to begin the fall term-I went to
Bailey and paid that bill
81 ate my dinner that day at my
grandfather's table instead of in old
Patrick's cabin. Nothing was said Of
the past, no allusion made to my re
turn. but my grandfather was kinder in
tone and manner to me than ever be-
fore, and on my eighteenth birthday.
which occurred soon after, he increase j
my allowance.
Occasionally we crossed the ferry
together. and once, as we stepped on the
boat, he glanced at me with twinkle
in his clear gray eyes and smile about
the corners of his mouth which could
not misunderstood, but to the day OF
his death he never mentioned again to
me the subject of that dreadful bill.
"And you may be sure | never ran
into debt again. When couldn't pay
cash for an article wanted. did with
out IT,"
Jack and talked over the story after
we had left Mr. Reeds and | know II
made a strong impression upon my
brothers mind, for from that time
forth he was extremely particular how
he spent the money given him. and he
kept his accounts in a small book Will
scrupulous eXactness; and when. on tn,
Christmas following that visit of which
| have told you, Mr.. Reed sent him :
pair OF handsome skates. he was al
"happy as king."-Golden Days,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
pUNGENT PARAGRAPHS


Billy--"Does your mother give yon
anything II you take your medicine
without crying?" Billy-"No; but she
gives me something II don't"-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Little MildreG-"Say, Tommy, do you
know what category is?" Little
Tommy-"Course! It's the place where
the cats goes TO when they de-
Cleveland Leader.
Suited to Him.-The Pugilist--"Say,,
hut the part of Otbello is just me style"
The Patron-"Could you play it?' The
Pugilist-"Sure! never saw anybody
yet couldn't smother in two rounds.
N. y. Journal.
THE wheelmen all voted for him.
Certainly. He is the author OF the law
forbidding anybody to walk on the
street faster than two miles an hour, or
after dark without bell and lantern.
Detroit journal.
Mrs. Dix-"They say Mrs. Peck
speaks four languages" Mrs. Hix--
"Indeed And how many does her hus-
band speak?" Mrs. Dix-"Oh, be
doesn't dare speak any when she Is
around Chicago Daily News.
A Patriot, Anyhow. - Brethren"
said the political orator. Il admit |
was never in the war, but had two rel
ntives who were killed there" And
what were you a-doin' OF all that time?'
asked man in the crowd. "My friends,
said the orator, Il was busy maxim
coflins for 'em!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. Niftie-"What beautiful chinal
| wonder how Bentleigh can afford
such extravaganza" Mrs. Passay-
That is no mystery. It's cheaper in
the end, you know. The dishes are so
handsome that in their admiration his
guests forget to eat as much as they
otherwise would. Boston Transcript
Mrs. Griggs-"John's getting more
terribly absent minded every day!"
Mrs. Briggs-"Why, what's he done
now?" Mrs. Griggs-"l told him TO tie
knot in his handkerchief to remem-
Der TO get me some thread the other
day, and he tied the knot without even
noticing that he hadn't any handker-
chief."-Town Topics.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
GREATEST OF GLUTTONS.
The Sole Ambition of Apicius Was to
Discover Something New
in Dishes.

Apicius, the greatest of all gluttons,
wrote a long and elaborate work on
culinary science, which is filed with
descriptions of extraordinary dishes.
and sauces. His sole ambition in life,
was to discover novelties in food, md
to this pursuit he devoted all his energy
and most of his wealth. Shrimps were
at one time his hobby; and because the
marshes of Minturnae produced
shrimps of an enormous size, he set up
a magnificent establishment in that
seaport, and made himself happy with
his favorite luxury until he heard, by
chance, that still larger shellfsh of
the same sort could be found in Africa.
Instantly he bought ship and set sail
for the blissful region. He was nearly
drowned on the voyage, but that did
not worry him. His single thought
was of the delicious monsters awaiting
him. But when the fishermen he en-
ployed could show him nothing bigger
than he had eaten at home, he few into
rage and straightway started across
the Mediterranean again, declaring
that the whole continent of Africa was
worthless compared with his private
shrimp bed at Minturnae. Well, Apicius
spent so much of his fortune on feast
ing that one day, on looking over his
accounts, he found he had only few
millions left. Then the strange i.fea
came into his head that he was going
TO die of starvation. And what do you
think he did? 2"
"Cut down his expenses"
Turned miser, perhaps"
He committed suicide; just hanged
himself, out of sheer terror lest the
time should come when he could not get
enough to eat, though in fact he was
rolling in wealth."-E. H. House, in St.
Nicholas.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
swt.. Funeral Customs.

Swiss funeral customs are most peA-
GUITAR. At the death Of person the
family inserts formal, black-edged
amour cement in the papers asking for
sympathy, and stating that "the
mourning urn" will be exhibited dur
ing certain hours on a special day. In
front of the house where the person
died there is placed little black table,
covered with a black cloth, on which
stands a black jar. Into this the
friends and acquaintances of the fam
lily drop little, black-margined visiting
cards, sometimes with few words of
sympathy on them. The urn is put.
the table on the day of the funeral
Only men ever go TO the churchyard,
and they generally follow the hearse
on foot.-London Tit-Bits.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
where window GIas. 1. n Luxury

Dawson is soon TO be Dawson City"
in reality, says Consul McCook. One
must take money in in order TO bring
money out of the gold fields. capital
being needed in developing. Many i'm
provements have been made in Dawson.
Window glass is scarce, small light
10 by 12 readily bringing $3.50 or 50.
Small fortunes have been made by pa--
ties who took supplies of glass and oil
lamps. A s4 lamp commands from SIS
to $50 in Dawson, and scent package
of carpet tacks will sell for IS cents.
One-half the buildings in Dawson tn
day are without window glass.-Chica-
40 Times-Herald.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
THE HEROES.


Here's to the man OF honori
Unswerving. brave and true;
Whose will is strong;
Who sees the wrong,
And dares the right to pursue.
Here's TO the man OF laborl
To the farmer and his soil;
To him who lives
by what he gives.
A life OF honest toll.
Here's to the man OF intellect
Whose brain controls and plans;
Whose pracriced sight
Directs Alright.
The power OF seas and lands.
Here's to strength and purpose
or heart and brain and hand.
In men we see,
And men to be-
They make or mar the land.
Emery Dean. in Golden Days.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23

An ingenious case of smuggling was
recently detected at the boca in Buenos
Ayres. A custom house officer noticed
a bicycle on the deck of steamship.
The captain declared it was his But
it was noticed that the captain made
frequent visits into town. going on BIZ
cycle every time and walking back. On
searching the vessel large number Of
bicycles were found.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
Ingenuity of a Brooklyn Bls~k Car.

family in Brooklyn was recently
annoyed every morning by ihdIng the
bottle of milk left by the nilkman
on the front stoopfknocked ever and
the contents gone. One night mem
Der of the family volunteered 20 get ups
early the next morning and watch for
the culprit. Soon after the young man
had taken up his station he was re-
warded by seeing large black cat
come across the veranda. knock over
the bottle and calmly lap mp the milk
which had been spilled. Now The fam
fly puts ou{ a large tin cam \, Snn.-
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
ritle Of Hollana's Qasen.

The exrregent OF Holland objects Sc
riousiJ 10 the term queen iowager.
Her daughter has. therefore. issued a
royal decree ordering that she pc hence
forth known as Queen Euna of the
IsthfrlaHas ,~-Chicafo Trii,are.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23

The grand emir was ambitious.
II think" said he, that my head will
be on medal some day."
Hal" said the khalifa. Good ideal
I'll have il struck off at once. STRAY
Stories
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-23
Heavy Public Debt of France.

The public debt of France is the
largest in the world, and amounts to
about 6 1,600,00O 900.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-12
Earnest Patriots.

The bird Of freedom must not be
allowed to remain silent aud The
Earnest Patriots will show our
Courts aud Er. Carl KIemme that
fret dom is only for thu liberty loving
American citizens aud not for other
uationalities who honor their flags.
Hence the following petition which
is being circulated to day. 1t reads:
We, the undersigned Americsu
citizens deeply sympathize with Mr..
West aud willingly contribute the
amount (not exceeding one dollar
each) set opposite to our respective
names to employ able Counsel to
defend him in the coming trial.
Dated at Honolulu, this 18th day
OF July, 1899.
A. there is not going to be "com
ing trial" Mr.. Vast having pleaded
guilty 10 the "inferior" court the
subscriptions (not exceeding a dol
lar) may be wasted. But it j. bully
for the able counsel every time.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-12
A Knife wielder.

There was serious ARRAY at Ke-
walo last evening in which Antoine
Presa was stabbed twice. 1t is
alleged that Jaciente Miguel wilded
the knife, aud be is held at tie
Police Station for investigation
while Presa is at the Queens Hos
pital. The injured man will recover.
There was a general row in progress
when the stabbiDg occurred.