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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25

Miss Roberta Cowles, of Williamson
county, has been the guest Of Miss
Lena Bell Doss during the past ten
days.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25

There is one quality about the devil
to be admired, he never bothers you
when busy.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25

Some men would be awfully lonely
If it wasn't for the visits of the bill col
lectors.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25

How Are Your KldAeysG
DR.. Hobbs sparagus pills cure all kidney Ills. sam
pie free. Add Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or n Y.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25
pEKING.

The present capitol of China was for
merly the northern capital only, as its
name denotes, but it has long been
really the metropolis of the Central
Kingdom. Peking is situated on a
sandy plain 13 miles southwest of the
Pei-ho river, and about ITO miles from
its mouth. A canal connects the city
with the Pei-ho, Peking is ill-adopted
by situation to be the capital of a vast
empire, nor is it in position to be-
come a great manufacturing center.
The Numerous temples, the walls,
the imperial observatory, the foreign
legations, and the curio shops are the
chief attractions to the tourist. The
streets Of the Chinese metropolis are
kept in most disgraceful condition.
and before the advent of the Allied
Powers in Peking, in the dry season,
the pedestrian would sink ankle deep
in roxious dust, and in wet weather he
was liable to have been drowned in the
torrents that rushed along the thor
oughfare.
There is an air Of decay about Pek-
inc which extends even to the finest
You can never cure dyspepsia by dl-
citing. What your body needs is plenty
of good food properly digested. Then
If your stomach will not digest it, Ko
dol Dyspepsia Cure will. 1t contain:
all the natural digestants hence mus
digest every class of food and so pre-
pare it that nature can use it in nour
ishing the body and replacing the vast
ed tissues, thus giving life, health
strength, ambition, pure blood an(
good healthy appetite.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25
ruled i'll tie Imperor's name. Hong
Kong Directory, 1900.
WATER WO ID ETC

The water is very bad, most of it
comes from the Pei-ho river, which is
polluted with sewage. Water can be
obtained almost anywhere by digging
few feet.
During the advance no wood or fuel
Of any kind was to be had; the NATIVES
burn millet stalks for fuel.
Farinaceous foods of any kind keep
very we'll with ordinary packing. Dried
fruits should be timed.
THE PLENIPoTE NTIARIEs AND THE pow
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25

Pain has no show with DIR. Miles, Pain piIlA
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-25

There is much naivet in the memoir
andum of the Chimes Plenipotentiaries
in the protocol to which they have
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Three Crops ot Potatoes.

Prof. W. $. Thomas who resides ca model farm at Alexander. on the Iron Mountain. makes ] very import ant and interesting report 10 the hittlo Rock board of trade showing that three crops of potatoes pel year is nov undertaken by the farmers of his sec tion of Arkansas n tis report Proi. Thomas says The second crop ef Irish potatoes, planted III August from the seed of the first crop. which was planted in March and harvested in June, has become a very important in. dustry. In this immediate vicinity about four thousand bushels have been harvested, and the quality is superior to the first crop. and much better than northern, both for seed and eating. \ number of our farmers have planted the third crop. which will be harvested in March. and of this crop the mode Of culture differs materially from that Of the first and second eGops. It is but a short time since the exportation of pos tatoes was thought ot Now it is hl- erative business. Think of it; three crops in year. The future will show central Arkansas to hs the finest truck farm in the world
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
LOST SILVER MINE FOUND.
The e-Fumous 'tNinety-Nfne' Mine, in the Catskiii Range, Has Been Found Again.

New York, Nov. 26.-The Tribune prints the following; After bein@ lost for = years, the "Ninety-Nine" silver mine, once famous through the whole Catskill range, has been found again. At least that is the belief of j. Q. Poole, q mining expert, who is said to live in Trenton. \. ]. He has discovered a cave in the heart of Shawangunk mountains. not far from Ei1ensille, talster county, \. Y., which exposes Il wide vein of peculiar ore. Numerous assays show heavy value in silver, lead and other minerals. Ev- cry effort has been made to keep the discovery I secret until mineral rights to the surrounding mountain proper- ty could be purchased. Poole and the New Jersey men who are backing him are said to have secured such rights on more than five thousand acres, and are preparing 10 start ae- tive mining operations.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
IT THE WORLD OF WOMEN.

The Journeymen Barbers' Interna- tioaal union has declined to admit women to membership.
 Mrs. May Preston Slosson, wife of the vice president of the faculty of the University of Wyoming, k the only woman chaplain of prison in the United States.
 The number of male physicians in Russia k 14,7s4: that of female phy- sicians is 624, but it will soon be larger, as there were last year S69 female students in the medical insti- tute for women.
 Miss Lillian \. Norton. connected with the superintendence of postal finance in Washingt on. receives a sal ary of S2,25o, the highest paid to any woman in the government service. Miss Norton is native of Massachu- setts, but was appointed from Texas 5 years ago.
 Mrs. Mark Hanna is at present SUD- porting two American girls who are studying music with Mme. Marchesi, in Paris, and recently sent to her a contralto from Washington, the finest type of octoroon, aged 20, named Lydia Leland. Mme. Marehesi says the oetereon's voice is s'perfeet wonder"
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
BRIEF MENTION.

The Ghoetaw may extend it's line from Newport into the zinc region.
 The postoffee at Alexander was rob red, but the thief only secured $225 in pennies.
 The Western Arkansas Teachers As sociation will meet al Fayetteville Dv eember 26.
 The annual meeting of county and circuit clerks association will be held at Little Rock December 16.
 Indications of oil appeared at Der mott in an artesian well. and com pany proposes to further investigate.
 Four trainmen were badly scalded in wreck on the Texaikana Natehez 6 Shreveport railroad near Texarkana.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Carmack. aged 57, living few miles from Little Rock, suieided by taking e dose of strych- nine.
 A gang of juvenile criminals broke into Little Rock hardware store and carried off about S256 worth of goods. mostly cutlery.
 The state Baptist convention ad- journed at Paragould on the 18th inst. Conway was selected as the place Of meeting in 1902.
 A drummer giving the name of Shaw was badly used up by citizen of Shar- Till for being too fresh in his remarks to the said citizens wife.
 Gov Davis has offered a reward of $250 for the arrest and conviction of Dave MeMhorter, who shot and killed his wife at Mulberry recently
 Marshall and Will Griffith. colored. were lodged in jail at Helena. charged with assaulting and fatally injuring their aged father with an ax.
 Several complaints have recently been filed with the railroad commits sion of the failure Of railroads to promptly supply cars to shippers.
 U. s. Brown, while operating a pile driver on the White River railroad near Batesville, was instantly killed and a companion fatally injured. It is not known just how the accident happened.
 The Jefferson county grand jury es honerated Prosecuting Attorney Sorrels of charges of malfeasance in office. Creed Caldwell. assistant to Mir. Sor- rells was indicted for extortion and ". D. Vance and J. H Jarrett. justices, for malfeasance in office.
 Articles of association of the Searcy Mill Company, of Searey, have been filed with the secretary of state. Tho capital stock Is s25.000 J. c. Baugh is president and the other stockholders are J. T. Pilkinton. J A. Ford. 1. \. Robbins and J. s. Sanford.
 The report of the treasurer at the recent Baptist state convention, held at Paragould, showed the receipts for the past year from al! sources to hava been s2,34S.S9; disbursements, S2,. 66S69
 Henry Williams and a man named Routon, working on the Choctaw bridge over the Saline river near Ben ton, quarreled as to the manner of do- ing some work, when Williams hit Routon on the head with maui, knocking him off the bridge into tho river, distance of thirty feet. Rou. tons skull was fractured.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
ANOTHER PPLIfA FRON CUBA.
A Delegation Calls Upon the Presi" dent and Asks for Reduc-
 tions in the Tariff.
UNITED STATES THE GREATEST MARKET
Sugar and Tobacco the Products that Need Re1ief-Kequest the President to Present Their Plea
 in His First Message to Congress-
 -SnIyation of the Island Ut Stnl<e.

v .Shington. Nov. 26.-A delegation Of Gubans called upon President Roosevelt. and presented Il petition, adopted by the industrial organiza- tions Of the island. urging upon his uttenfiont the necessity of reduction in the American tariff upon Cuban prod uets, particularly upon sugar and to- baeeo. The secretary of war and other officials also were called upon.
 Ihe delegation consisted of Fran cisco Gamba, president of the General Society of Merchants and Business Men of Cuba; Miguel Mendoza, simon Dumois, Louis Francke, Gustav Book, Dionisio Nelasco, Juan Pedro and Al- fonso Pesant. The delegation was ac- eompanied by State Senator Frank D. Pavey, the American counsel of the general society; Oetayio Davis, the secretary 10 the delegation, and |. Y. DeAbad, Il member of the forinar Cuban delegation on economic affairs, which visited Washington last winter
 The petition goes on to say that the economical situation in which the is land of Cuba is placed is such that the remedies above expressed admit Of no delay. The petition concludes as follows: We therefore respect fully entreat you, either by virtue of the constitutional authority vested in you, oe by requesting congress in your first message, to grant you the necessary authority to immediately establish commercial privileges be- tween the United States-the almost exclusive market for our products and Cuba. based on the foregoing pe- titien, as l measure of urgent neees- sity and indspensa ble for the saliva ton of the island ''
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
UNCLE SAM TAXES \ RAND.
The Government Has Taken Charge of Transit Affairs on the
 Isthmus of Panama.
AMERICAN INTERESTS TO BE PROTECTED.
Capt. McRea of the Machias Lands More Men at Colon, and the Iowa, for the First Time, Lands Men nt Panumn-Thc Colombian Troops and the Liberals Fighting.

Washington. Nov. 26=The United States government has taken charge of the isthmian transit \ dispatch received at the navy department from Capt. Perry of the battleship Iowa, 1t Panama. reports that fact. Capt. Per " says that Gen. Alban, with GOO men, is fighting the liberals on the line near Empire, Transit is i'll danger of interruption. Capt. Perry has landed with detachment of men from the Iowa, and has started, with train. to clear transit, and also establish de. taehments of men to keep it so.
 Commander McCrea of the Machias, at Colon. has cabled the navy depart ment. notifying the department of the approaching bombardment of the town, and asking for instructions.
 HE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TAKE SUCH STEPS NS HE DEEMS NECESSARY FOR THEPROTECTION OF AMERICAN INTERESTS AT CO., LON.
 While no specific outline is made as to the details of this instruction, t is understood that ii leaves discre- tionarY with Commander McCrea the prevention of bombardment.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
EDUCATIONAL ITEMS.

The London school board maintains 1sschools for deaf and eight for blind children.
 The Hebrew characters on the seal of Yale university stand for "Lux ct Neritas slight and truth.
 Since 1871 Japan has built nearly 3o.00o elementary schools, providing room for 100000 pupils, one-fourth of whom are girls.
 The German law forbids teachers in the school to pull the ears of their pupils. Many cases of deafness have been shown to have resulted from such punishment.
 \ book fonr feet long and three feet wide has been bought from a secondhand store in Denver by the Colorado normal school, for S750. It is Aadubon's Birds of North Amer ica.' It will be placed in glass case at the normal institute and each day a leaf will be turned The pic. tures will also be photographed for stereopticon lectures in the Colorado schools.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Knlinc ns to TrespasA.

In suit for damages in federal court at Texarkana, where a party was killed by railroad train, Judge Trieber held that the public using the track h railroad as a pathway are trespassers. In this particular case the plaintiff offered evidence that the public had used the track for a num- beg of years at the point where the accident occurred without objection on the part of the railroad, and the defendant proved that signs had been posted warning the public to keep off the track.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Order EsstPr"Staf.

The twenty-eighth annual session Of the order of the Eastern Star of Ar kansas closed at Little Rock on the 20th with the installation of the fol lowing newly elected officers:
 Grand matron, JulIa M. Gill. Little Rock Cre-elected) grand patron, Mark olney, Mena; grand associate matron, Blanche Kloek, Eureka Springs, grand associate patron ] M Oathout Booneville; grand secretary, Jennie B. Hopkins; Little Rock (re-eleete3) grand treasurer. Cora Westerfeld Conway; grand eendHetfess. Miss Athea Barker. Bradie9 grand asso- eiate conduetress, Jennie B. Ellis, Fort Smith.
 Reports showed the arder in four ishing condition. but during the past year forty-seyen mem aera passed away
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29

the request of the naval commanders. and on the ground of humanity. hay ing view the large foreign population of Colon, not to land troops here, or open fire Oh the town before six o'clock Friday evening.
 The Colombian eunboat, Gen. Pin zon, is badly off for provisions, and the comanders of all the warships agreed To supply her with the neces- sarN stores. The gnnboat has not yet returned to Colon, and her where abouts k unknown
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
ARKANSAS SIA|E NENS.
A Carroll County Maniac Murders His Mother and Attempts
 Life of a Brother.
OCCURRENCES OF A WEEK BRIEFLY STATED
Conductor Killed in Wreck on Cotton
 Beit.-Sub-Contractor Meets Death by Explosion of Dynamite. Report of
A Novel Plan.

At a meeting of the worlds fair hon orary commissioners and the citizens of Van Buren county in Clinton, ]. E. the following resolutions:
 l. That we favor an appropriation by the legislature of $150,000 in Ar kansas non-interest state warrants for the purpose of enabling the commits sioners to ereditably represent the state of Arkansas in all her resources at the worlds fair. to be held in the city of St. Louis in 1903
 ?. That said warrants shall not be sold for less than 95 cents on the dol lar. We believe that where it is nee essary to buy alcohol and other pre- servatives for the purpose of exhibit ing our fruit these warrants may be disposed of at par.
 3. That said warrants shall be in the denominations of $1, B, s5, Sic and $20
 i. That said warrants shall be re deemable in fines, taxes and all dues aAt debts due the state of Arkansas
 5. That said warrants shall be ex- empt from all state, county and incor- porated taxes.
 6. That each county shall receive s1,000 in said warrants and each eoun- ty having more than one representa- tive shall receive $500 in excess for each representative These warrants to be expended by direction of the eounty's board, the balance of said warrants to be turned over to the state board to be used for the purpose of state representation.
 :. That we will not support any candidate for the legislature who will not pledge himself, if he should be elected. to support such measure by his vote and action.
 s. That the citizens of Van Buren county have organized themselves into a representative party on the issue of state warrants, believing as we do that it is the duty of the citizens to formulate measures to their interest financially or otherwise
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
TO END HIS sUFFERIHGS.
Aiesaasfer Anderson. Credited w-ftE Being the Real Pro}ectpr of Chi
 cage Worlds Fair, n suicide.

Washington, Nov. 26.-I.sing against the shore at Mi Vernon. with tha coat pockets filed with stone. the body of Alexander D. Anderson, a well known Washington lawyer and commissioner to the Chicago Worlds fair. was found. Mr. Anderson left V note for his family Sunday morning bidding them adieu. saying he was go- ing to end his suffering Of many years from stomach trouble. He was 5s years old. native of Mansfield. Massp and a graduate of Harvard and the Ann Arbor school of law, assistant district attorney of St. Louis under Gen. Noble, and special commissioners of the Spanish-American markets for the New Orleans exposition. Mr. Ans derscn is credited with being the reaa projector of the Chicago Worlds fair.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
The Town Lands Marines.

New York, Nov 26- Messages from the agent of the Panama Railroad X Steamship O., at Golon.h have been re eeived here at the offices of the com panX. The cablegrams said that seri- ous fighting Was expected at Empire, a small place on the line of the Pana- ma railroad. They also stated that the Maehias. Capt. MeGrea, had land ed more men at Colon, and that the Iowa had for the first time landed marines at Panama. They also con tained the information that the Colombian gunboat General PinzoR had arrived It Colon. under command of Capt lgnacio Foriaco, with troops aboard from Gartaeena. and that the threatened bombardment of the city of Colon was 10 take place, Monday at p. m, New York time. They said the city was in the possession of the rebels, and that Capt. MeCrea had forbidden the shelling of the town.
 Mir. DeBrigand, consul-general of Colombia. said that he expected ad- vices regarding the situation.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
The RmIhhun Gaze.

The man Rathbun, who is supposed Ind, charged with murdering an un- known man and shipping the corpse to his wife at Little Rock as his own in order to defraud an insurance com pany, will first be tried in Indiana on the murder charge and if acquitted will then be taken in charge by Unit ed States army officials to answer for assertion. Attorney General Mur- phy says there is no law in this state to punish attempt to defraud life in suranee companies.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
suni..n ship Located.

San Francisco, Nov. 26.-The expert diver. Sorensen, who has been search ing for he wreck of the Pacific mail steamer Rio de Janiero, since last May. now declares that he has located the sunken treasure sip, which car ried over S500,000 in valuable cargo. md also Gonsul-General Wildman's official papers, which the government is anxious to secure. Sorensen will gel 70 per cent. of all he recovers.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Terrible Deed ot 4 Maniac.

John Pemberton. aged B, a maniac. murdered his mothel at their home fifteen miles from Eureka Springs and made an unsuccessful attempt on the life Of his brother Femberton devel- oped a violent mania several months ago, but his relatives arranged to con fine him at their home He was close Iy guarded for few weeks, when his improved condition caused the family to relax their vigilance He arose from bed at night and heat his mother to death with rife then turned on his brother who saved his life by oyerpowering the erazed man after desperate struggle.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Anti. Saloon League

EdWhfd A. Tabor, state Superintend- eat of the Arkansas Anti-Saloon League. has made his annual report, in the course of which he says:
 l.egislation.-As result of our or ganized attitude and the work of agi- tattOn carried on before and during the meeting of the general assembly of Arkansas, we were successful in secur- iHs some very important laws at the hands of our legislators. Your repre- sentatives were received by most of the members of the legislature in both houses with uniform welcome and show of appreciation, not as lobbyists. but as the representatives of good citi- zenship; and as a result we secured, among many other laws. the following Of special value; First, the Wilson, antigambling bill second. the Park bill, against soliciting orders; and third. the graduation of penalties. By proper watchfulness on the part of OUT local leaders throughout the state in the selecting of our future repre- sentatiVes, we hope to secure a still stronger body of true and tried men for our next legislature. all of whom will live beyond the reach of the saloon and gambling influences. while in the legislature To this end. let us work, hope and pray.
 Law Enforcement Of all the de- partments for practical results. this is the most important. and vet it is also the most difficult. There are few com munities that have men strong enough and willing as leaders to personally enter and lead the fight. Especially is this true where the local officers are seen to be in collision with the lawless element However. in spite of all the odds against us our success has been phenomenal. There are q dozen towns in Arkansas today where law en. thronement has become a settled fact that years ago was thought to be i'm possible. One of the most encouraging signs of our future victory is the at titHde of our courts and most of our prosecuting officers. They almost uni Eersally receive us as representatives of q good citizenship movement and as such give Us hearty welcome As a tt1btt out HdNtt91 III iIi NOti to litto teen almost universal. having lost only four cases out of over five hundred prosecutions during the past two years. ihe courts are uniformly sustaining our temneranee la..s Chancellor T. a. Martin and Circuit Judge Ghapline have each sustained our law against the whisky drummer soliciting orders, and the supreme court has sustained theRaines seizure law which is now be- coming our strongest legal weapon against the liquor seller Our greatest difficulty in this phase of the work is the lack Of funds to keep d properly equipped detective force at our com mand ta meet all of the demands of the public However. We are systemat- feally striking at the strategic points Of the state. and there is rapidly being built a strong sentiment in favor of law enforcement Another and far reaching result of our work has been accomplished In our capital city, Lit tie Rock. namely, the closing of all pool rooms and gambling hells. One year ago we would have been proud to know that such results could be as- sured within three years
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Killed and Injured h n Runaway.

Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 26.-Nicholas Nelson, a farmer. was killed, his son George. aged ten years, fatally in jured and his wife dangerously hurt, in runaway accident, four miles west of the city. A wheel broke, and the horse ran, throwing Nelson heavily against tree stump. and kill ing him instantly. The boys skull was badly fractured, and he will die. Mrs. Nelson had an arm broken, serious bruises and severe shock.
The Monticellonian., 1901-11-29
Isthmian Traffic Interrupted.

Colon. Colombia, Nov. 26.-No even ing train left Panama Sunday.
 The government troops are attack. ing the liberals at Culebra The re- suit. so far. is not known.
 The government gunboat Gen. Pin zon left her anchorage, close to the other warships, Sunday night, and Is now reported to be landing troops on the north end of Colon
 There is much commotion in the streets.
 People are seeking refuge on board the United States eanboats Maehias and Marietta, along the railroad and on the piers.