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said Mir. Halbert, 'fs not unlike that of many women of other nationalities. In Mississippi the color line is, however, as distinctly drawn as that between the negro and the white people, but in the west the social status of the women of Indian tribes Is higher and a Choetaw woman, TOT eN- ample civilized and frequently giving eVl- dence of European education, would not pe turned away from the fashionable hotels' as she would be in the south.
 s.1Nhe women of the wealthy class nave their retinue of servants, but the home or the Indian woman is of rude simplicity.
 .Where in other nationalities. continued MT Halbert, the woman on her wedding day anticipates adorning her future home with her bridal gifts, the Indian maiden, according to the custom of her tribe, re- ceives the wedding presents, but she IS forced to give them to another member or her family On the day that she Is to De married, a shawl is arranged like a canopy above her. and into this receptacle the friends of the bride place or rather pitch their gifts. When this ceremony IS over the bride is called by the name Of the rela- tive to whom she is to be married, and tms ends the marriage service. It Is followed by wedding feast and dancing.
 'The Choctaw woman,' continued Mir. HaIbert lis of medium height, but she carries herself erect, and this adds to her
 
 and she is always adorned with many jew els Her hands and arms are covered with rings and bracelets. The complexion or an Indian woman is of that deep shade or req that does not need artificial touches, and there is a certain picturesqueness about the Choctaw woman."
 In king of the strange civil service, MT. Halbert said that the courtship of an Indian belle was exactly like the love affairs of any other girl The Indian maiden is either coquettish or the reverse with her brave young suitors. and the dark skinned warrior of the Choctaws is no stranger to the bangs of jealousy.
 Tn referring to the strong and supple figure of the Choctaw women. MT. Halbert snoIe of their sensible methods of carrying weights on their shoulders,
 s'Where the American woman In lifting her child invariably carries it in her arms, the Indian woman carries her child upon her back, strapped by shawl or scarf. She thereby has full and free movements of her arms and free chest movement
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in Birmingham, is an archaeologist of more than twenty years experience. He has been both a teacher and missionary to the Choctaw tribe in Mississippi, and he Is a recognized authority on all questions per taining to the condition of the Indians on the Mississippi reservation. For years MT. Halbert has made an annual report of the progress of the Indians to the Historical Society of Mississippi, and in addition to this he has collected material that will be published, and which is most valuable. He is at present the guest of Mir. Thomas M. Owen, the secretary of the Alabama His torical Society.
 MT. Halberts research and the deep thought that he has given the subject would naturally lead one to suppose that his discussions would be of so statistical a nature that they would interest only the student along similar lines, but as is fre- uuently the case with the men and women who are thoroughly familiar with certain line of study, they are able to present all the interesting phases without constantly referring to the statistical side.
 MT. Hafbert began, however, his remarks in the Choctaw tongue, which he speaks with fuency. He was his own interpreter, but while he attempted to converse In Choctaw on several occasions, he was con- fronted with such helpless countenances that he immediately interpreted, while the women present declared, however that Choctow spoken by MT. Halbert was as if they were reading Hiawatha's wooing in his native tongue, so musical were the words that they could have conveyed in a measure their meaning.
 "The life of an Indian woman of wealth.
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the family, are passing the season at their country place near Eufaula. They are en- tertaining a number of their friends with characteristic hospitality, and will probably not open their town house until late au- tumn. Miss Molly Cullom Miss Ada Bow ron, Miss Annie Smith, Miss Mary Louise Smith, and Miss Elodia Trapp of Montgom- cry are their guests at present.
 MT. and Mrs. James Bowron are travelling in Europe. They will probably visit Rus sia.
 Major and Mrs. Willis J. Milner and Miss Mary Clare Mglner are at there cottage at Fulton.
 Miss Nina Redd is in St. Louis.
 Mrs. E. G. Stevens is spending several weeks in Paris.
 Mir and Mrs. E. r. 'Taliaferro are at h. gram Lithia Springs.
 Mrs. A. o. Lane sailed from Savannah yesterday for New York.
 Mrs. s. E. Thompson will go later to Ohio.
 Mrs. John D. Dwyer and Miss Lucy Dwyer are passing the summer in Indiana. Major and Mrs. Joseph Hardie and Miss .Alva Bradford are at Chandler Springs Mrs. Nelson Earle Barker is at Lookout Inn.
 The Misses Markham are passing the summer in Tennessee.
 Miss Anna h.orrow, Miss Virginia Walk CT, and MT. William Walker are on the Att lantic coast.
 Mrs. w. N. Malone is spending the sum- mer in New York.
 Mrs. w. A. Porter and Miss Elise Jones are in New York
 MT. and Mrs. B. F. Moore and Mrs. Harry Jones will pass the summer at Avon-By- The-Sea.
 Mrs. George Raine is spending the sum- mer in Kentucky.
 MT and Mrs. S. D. weakley are travelling in Europe.
 Miss Bertha Gelders will go abroad in the autumn.
 Mrs. Henry Hunter Mayberry is spend ing the summer in Tennessee.
 Captain and Mrs. Frank P oBrien will spend August at Asbury Park.
 Mrs. F. Erswen and Miss Maud Erswell are at Atlantic City.
 Captain and Mrs. John G. Smith are trav- cling in the west.
 Mrs. E. A. de Funiac is spending the summer with her parents, MT. and Mrs Quimby, at their summer home near De- troit.
 Mrs. c. s. Simmons will spend a part of the autumn in New York.
 Mrs. zac Smith is travelling in Europe.
 Miss Carrie Turrentine is in New York.
 Mir and Mrs. B. Guckenberger are in Boston.
 Miss Elise G. Ball and Miss Sue Allen Ball are spending the season at Asuntain Creek.
 Mrs w. H. Graves and the Misses Graves are passing the summer on the Jersey coast.
 Miss Mary Anderson will spend August and September at Chandler Springs.
 Miss Hannah Elliott is travelling in Flu rope.
 Miss Willie Allen and Miss Beth Allen are spending the summer abroad.
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WoGdlaWn Industrial
Benefit Association

The Woodlawn Industrial Benefit Asso- citation is the name of the new organiza- ton which was formed of the Woodlawn women last Wednesday at the Baptist church. A most enthusiastic meeting was held and the following officers elected: Mrs. s. D. Cole, president; Mrs. A c. Jernigan, vice president; Mrs. Leila Martin. secre- tary; Mrs, M. Morgan, treasurer. The ob- ject of the meeting is to assist in supply ing some of the necessary things now need ed for the Alabama Boys Industrial Farm. Mrs. H. D. Mans, secretary.
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Cheap Rate Excursions Via. A 6. S.R. R.

On Tuesday. August 1th, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad will operate a special excursion train from birmingham to Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn, leaving Birmingham at a. m, returning leave Knoxville Wednesday at 1850 p. m. Chat tGnooga at F midnight same day. ma klng quick run homeward. The round trip fare on this train to Chattanooga will be S2i to Knoxville S}50.
 First-class accommodation will be pro- vided for both white and colored. The train will leave promptly at a. m.
 For further information apply at Union Depot Ticket office or to F. 3 Ellis, ffav- cling Passnger Agent, No. Zoi9 First avenue. Birmingham, Ala f-29toS-f
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In Society.

Colonel and Mrs. F. L. Higdon left yes- terday for Vandiver on a fishing trip. They will be absent several weeks.
 There will be lawn party Tuesday even ing from to 10 O clock at the residence of Mrs W. G. Robinson, 1900 Fourth avenue South. for the bsuefit of the organ fund of the Central Presbyterian church. There
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SOME INTERESTING CHARACTERISTICS
 OF THE CHOCTAW INDIAN WOMAN
ML Habsh the Noted ArchaeOI0gid is in Birmingham and
 Discusses Indian Women of the Wealthy Glass;

but during her vacation sho has been in society quite as much as if she had already come out She receives with her mother, goes everywhere, and gives dinner and the atre parties.
 Going out so much has in fact interfered somewhat with the education which even a society girl is supposed to have, and last fall her mother took her to Paris to spend Ia year in study at the Convent of the Sa- cred Heart.
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A hutie Sl, ex

From the Catholic Standard and Times. He-I know your family does not like me, but-will you be my wife?
 sihe-Well, l should say not.
 He-Whew! That's rather a.
 She-I repeat 1 should say not, but as girl in love doesn't generally do as she should, I'll say "Yes!'
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Most Remarkable Reduction in Summer Goods.

 Coolers  nok at worth
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AUTOMATIC BLUE
 FLAME OIL STOVES.

Wickless valveless Blue Flame, the best Oil Cooking Stove ever made
 q,wo-burner Automatic Stove ......S 69o Three burner Automatic Stove S95 Four-burner Automatic Stove Hso
 Other sizes and designs of the most won derful stove ever made at reduced prices tust received a solid carload.
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Celebrated OdOrIeSS RefrigeraforS.

s15OO High Grade Glacier Refrigerator; S2500 High Grade Odorless Refrigera-
 tor, our price ..............sliso 30 T.50 High Grade Glacier Ice Chest; our price ..-.-........ ...s..'s o.5o
 Two carloads of Odorless Refrigerators at less than cost of material.
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n George H. Rogers Birmingh
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Cr0Ckery.

Chamber set. Moor-Anderson Novelty
 Co.'S price $5; our price,. .................S2sS sS 1ronstone Handled Cups and Saucers,
 Moor-Anderson Novelty Co.'S price
 BOG per set; our price per set........... 15c Dinner Plates, Moor-Anderson Novelty
 Co.'S price 10c; our, each. ............... 4c Decorated Dinner Sets, Moor-Anderson
 Novelty Co.'S price s10; our price,. s. .95 Carloads of high-grade White and Deco fated Crockery at away below factory cost.
 Hotels and Restaurants can save one-halt or near It on Moor-Anderson Novelty Co. $ big stock of Hotel China, which will be Glosed out regardless of cost in the next week
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Have you a furnaceP If not get a "Carton."
 SPIRO & LONG co.
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THWare and GranifeWarc

Large Tin Pie Pans, Moor-Anderson Novelty Co.'S price DC; our price .2c Large Pint Cups, Moor-Anderson Novel; ty Co.'S price SC; our price ...... ........2c Large Wash Pan, Moor-Andersou Novelty Co.'S price Ice: our price -.................3c Wood Handled Dippers, Moor Anderson Novelty Co.'S price 10c: our price ......Sc Everything in Tinware at unheard of prices
 Granite Dish Pans.
 Granite Tea Kettles
 Granite Coffee Boilers.
 Granite Lipped Dippers.
 Granite Covered Buckets
 Everything in Granite at money-saving prices.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

The two democratic members of the
conference committee Senator Jones,
of Arkansas, and Representative Cox,
Of Tennessee, now considering the gold
standard bill passed by the house and
the substitute therefor passed by the
senate, can do little more than exercise
their right of making a minority re.
port to their respective branches OF
congress, but they can be depended
upon to do that in thoroughly demo
cratic manner. The four republican
members of the committee
Aldrich and Allison, and Representa-.
tives Overstreet and Brosius, will really
make the gold standard bill that will
go upon the statute books, and it is not
for moment doubted that it will con-
tain the most Objectionable features OF
both measures now under considera-
ton.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

care. When the feasters are well filled
the country is prosperous whether Laz-
arus has any crumbs or not. This mi
nority which feasts at the table over
which the republican party presides
must have the bird in hand, whether
the majority catch the one in the bush
or not. Like sensible people these
feasters prefer spot cash to most I'M
certain promise of future payment.
Give us the present and you may have
the future when you overtake it. The
secret of the whole republican
plan is that the minority must have
present advantages; the majority must
content itself with whatever advantages
may possibly come to them afterward
from giving the minority what they
want now.
For this reason the republican party
has only one sort of time-t time to give
the minority what they want; time to
give high protection to manufacturers;
Subsidies to transportation the gold
standard bill to bankers and creditors,
and so on. AS to the trusts there is no
time for that; the people must content
themselves with publicity" Wonder
what other publicity" the people need
than the fact that trusts raise prices
any where from 10 to 100 per cent.
publicity" will neither altar the tact
nor give us consolation. But it does
give the party a fimsy excuse for not
doing anything. The party must in
quire very closely into anything the
people want; the fact that the minority
want thing is sufficient provided it is
safe to give 1t. The minority is sup
posed to know what it wants, and the
people not to know.
Indeed the republican party seems to
think the majority is made up mostly
of fools. Aldrich, the steerer of the
financial bill in the senate, made nc
bones of saying the international
rubbish was merely hoax to hold sill
yer republicans and give Wolcott, Car
ter & Co. an excuse for voting for the
bill. Everybody knew international
agreement" to be impossible, therefore
the rubbish" didn't affect the bill.
Brownlow didn't need the rubbish
when he voted for the bill in the house,
but see if he don't make large use Of
the "hoax" about his party favoring
bimetallism by international agree
ment. But we are not going to say
anything about Brownlow until he rolls
down to Lazarus those large crumbs
from the rich mans table. True, some
body must pay for these things in taxa,
ton, and only few points are benefit.
ed, and it looks like lifting a mans
self over the fence by the waistband OF
his breaches. But the taxes go any.
way, and it is lucky that these crumbs
of comfort come our way. SO thinketl
also the "Barnacles.
Lazarus of old turned the tables OIL
the other fellows when he found him
self in Abraham's bosom, and they in 9
country not very we'll supplied with
water. Bryan democrats, Teller repub
licans and populists seem inclined tc
give the majority the bird in hand, ant
to let the minority catch the one in the
bush or live on the crumbs that go tC
them from prosperous majority.
T. j. RIPLEY.
| Honn TaOoaocan
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22
TIE * COMET.
YOUR ATTENTION.

We want the attention of the farmers
and the friends of farmers for q few
moments. There's millions in it" for
some one. THE COMET wants to make
the most popular farmer in Washing
ton, Carter and Unicoi counties pres
ont of moving machine and we pro-
pose to let the people decide the mat
ter in the following manner: Every
one who pays a dollar upon subscrip-
ton, either old or new subscribers, will
receive a certificate that will entitle the
holder to cast 20 votes in the contest.
A ballot box will be kept and the vote
counted weekly by disinterested par
ties and the result announced in THT
COMET each week. The contest will
close May 25th, 1900, and the lucky par
ty may go to work with the machine
The mower is now on exhibition a
the Palace Livery Stable in this city
1t is one of the latest improved ant
most thoroughly up-to-date machines
on the market. 1t is the light ruunins
Jones Chain Mower manufactured b,
the Plano Manufacturing Company o
Chicago, the largest manufacturers il
the world.
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Home, Tennessee.
TRANSIT METEORS.

Gen. Butler has come to the concius-
ion that Jordan must have been a COM
paratively easy road to travel Com
mercial-Appeal.
Some of the British correspondents
tell of complaint among thesoldiers be-
cause they never see Boer. They
frequently hear from them, however. -
Knoxville Sentinel.
The Tennessee Press Association
should have called meeting at Paris
and engage actively in the fight against
the paper trust The good president
could make no mistake in selecting
Paris as the meeting place, because
Nashville and Memphis are to have
House Dewey, Chattanooga has Jim
Rice, Knoxville Rufe Fields and Jack
son Alphabet Burkett. Besides all of
these things, the Hardeman Free Press
and Mike Connolly could treat Col.
Slattery as the gentleman deserves.
Come, Mr.. President; we will show
you a good town. Bring Cy Lyle.
Paris, Tenn, Partisan.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

Senator Taliaferro, of Florida, in adj
dition to making public and most
positive denial Of the story published
over the signature of Jay @. Holland,
an alleged Florida detective, charging
him with having conspired with Major
G.. W. Ruthers, U, S, A., and Mr.. G.
B. Rogers, of Florida, to defraud the
government in connection with the sale
of lot of bacon, has had Holland al
rested for crimina. libel, and employed
eminent lawyers to assist in proset u
ting him. Senator Taliaferro expressed
the opinion that ex-senator Call had
something to do with the publication
Of Hollands story, but Mr., Call says
he had nothing whatever to do with it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

No president ever made more abiect
surrender than Mr.. Mckinley has made
on the Porto Rican tariff bill now be-
fore the house. He stated positively
in his annual message that he favored
free trade for Porto Rico, and when
the republicans in the house first talked
about putting a duty on Porto Rican
products, he even went so far to init
mate to democrats he met that hewould
be glad if they would help defeat the
proposed duty. Now he has turned O
complete somersault and announced,
in advance of its passage, that he would
sign the bill imposing 25 per cent
duty. No wonder republicans in con
gress laugh when Mr., Mckinley il
spoken of as their leader.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

The bill providing a territorial form
OF government for Hawaii now before
the senate, which means that Hawaii
will ultimately become state, natur-
ally raises the question of why the
Hawaiians should be so much better
treated than the Porto Ricans? Surely
no one outside of the clique which
is shaping the republican policy can
see any good reason for making
Hawaians American citizens and the
Porto Ricans colonial subjects.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

Notwithstanding numerous denlals
of the story that Boss Hanna had
threatened to take the republican con-
vention away from Philadelphia if the
money promised by the committee rep
resenting that city to the republican
national committee was not forthccm-
ing, such threat was made. And as
result Boss Hanna has received q
check for $25, 900 on account, and a
promise that the other $40, 900 will be
raised and turned over before the con-
yention meets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22
JOHNSON CITY AROUSED.
An Effort Will Be Made to Locate Soldiers
Home.

An Effort Will Be Made to Locate Soldiers
Home.
The citizens of Johnson City are be-
coming very deeply interested in the
bill recently introduced in congress by
Representative Brownlow to establish
a branch of the Soldiers Home at or
near Johnson City. Readers of The
COMET are aware that the committee on
military affairs of the house has made
a unanimous report recommending the
passage of the bill. The committee
report was written by Hon. W. P.
Brow nlow, member of the committee.
and is an able document making a six
page pamphlet, containing a short his
tory of Washington county and a splen-
did advertisement of the natural adj
vantages of johnson City. Congress
man Brownlow suggested to our Board
of Trade that 10000 copies of this re-
port be printed and one sent to each
G. A. r. Post, and asked that suitable
resolutions be passed urging congress
to pass the bill. A mass meeting of
the citizens was called for Monday
evening to consider this proposition.
S. G. Williams was made chairman and
DR.. Sproles was made secretary. The
report of the congressional committee
was read By W. G. Mathes and Mr..
Brownlow's suggestion was discussed
at length. 1t was decided to accept
the suggestion and then it became
necessary to raise $127.0O to cover cost
of printing, etc. The chair appointed
Cy H. Lyle, HI. D. Gump and A. B.
Biddle committee of three to solicit
voluntary subscriptions. The fund
was secured in few hours Tuesday
ana tne amount forwarded to Mr..
Brownlow in the afternoon mail
From the way our people took hold
of this matter it clearly shows that they
are interested in having this bill be-
come law, fully realizing the many
advantages that must accrue to this
city and section from its passage.
Resolutions were adopted urging the
Tennessee congressman and senators
to work for the passage of this bill anC
thanking Mr.. Brownlow for his efforts
in our behalf, and assuring him thai
people generally in this city appreciate
his work in this particular and believe
that he is very much in earnest in his
effort to establish branch Soldiers
Home in his home county.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

A caucus of democratic senators was
held to discuss the general line of OPP
position to the republican policy to-
wards the island possessions of the
United States. A committee was au-
thorized to confer with the democrats
of the house with view to having the
party in both branches of congress act
along the same line. While no program
was adopted there was unanimous
sentiment in favor of continuing the
opposition, and committee was au-
thorized to arrange program.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

Representative John Allen, of Missis-
sippi, can deal with facts as we'll as
humor, as he showed while the house
was discussing the responsibility for
the confessedly large number of in
efficient clerks on the government pay
rolls in Washington. When Mr.. Allen
got up to speak, those who can see in
him only the humorist, expected some
thing funny, but they didn't get it.
Although inclined to take many things
humorously. Mr.. Allen is one of the
hardest working members of the appro-
priation committee. He began his
speech by saying that there was sui.
ficient law to get rid of clerks who be-
come inefficient from age or other
causes, and that the department offici-
ais should not be allowed to saddle the
blame for thcir retention upon con.
gress. He said he had made an inves
tlgation and had official figures to show
that the average age of the eleven hun
bred of the clerks reinstated by the
present administration exceeded &C
years, and he naturally thought these
reinstatements explained large par
of the complaints about inefficient
clerks being kept in office.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the
Bush.

So long as the republican party con-
trolls the government the majority of
this people, the farmer especially, are
not unlike Lazarus-they must content
themselves with the crumbs which fall
from the rich mans table. Bankers
and other money owners and creditors
must have the gold standard; manufac-
turers must have high protection tariff
aud the trusts; transportation must
haye subsidies; the inventor and trader
must have expansion; oil must be ex-
cused as far as possible from taxation,
by way of loading up the table, and if
any crumbs incidental Y fall to Lazarus
it is all right, if not, il is all right, SO
far as the republican party seems to
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-02-22

A correspondent writes the Bristol
Courier that johnson City needs
larger churches. The town has
outgrown its places of worship" Our
observation is that the town is growing
outside the churches it now has.