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gantly arm ourselves with all the pan
oply of God so that we can circum-
scribe and heroically surmount all of
the formnable, imposing, perplexing
obstacles that environs our progress to
the celestial world. These timely con-
siderations strictly coniormed to will
only qualify us for the great conflict
with the world, flesh and the devil.
While unquestionable, the characser Of
Jehovah will undoubtedly be proper
tionably demonstrated and preceptibly
developed in our personality, commen-
surate to the indomnable, unyielding,
pains-taking efforts that we unhesitat-
ingly employ in trying to personally
acquaint an experimental f0miliarizea
ourselves with the mighty unarraigu-
ated God of our existence till the full
ness of the triune God dwells in us
bodily. 1t seems that many, after they
tasted the good word Of God and the
powers of the worlds to come, they are
satisfied with too diminutive a stand
ard of an experimental knowledge of
heaven and divine things in their pro-
gress to the celestial world, while they
should Immediately, without procras-
tination, go to scaling the mighty
heaven -peering, unclouded mountain
peaks of possibility, until they stand on
on tip-toe ON the grand, towering, ma
jestic apex of the ultra-unitarin, God
like perfection in the arradiating meri-
dian noou-tide splendor of the glory Of
God. You mighty celestial songsters,
strike up new tune associated with the
hundred and forty and four thousand
strains of your loud, thunder mocking,
symphonizing, hosannah, helleluliah
shouts to God and the Lamb, now and
forever more.
If man was as ambitious and unyield-
ing for salvation as they are for self
aggrandizment, the universe would be
vocalized with the high praise of God,
while conversion is a thorough refor-
nation, legitimate business transac-
ton that is negotiated between the re-
pentent penitent and the offended God
and it can under no consideration take
place without the hearty cooperation
on the part of the offender, and when
ever the transgressor is willing to make
full surrender and strictly comply
unhesitatingly with the pre-aTanged
terms of the gospel, complies strictly
with all its requirements which is an
evangelical repentance toward God and
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, without
these considerations strictly conformed
to by the sinner, he can no more exer-
else faith in the promises of God than
he could climb the rugged, overleanine
ramparts of damnation backwards with
out claws; with the phosphoascent
waves of pandimorium lashing him in
the face, no denomination, sect, OF
any order has any right to receive
members into their churches till they
are thoroughly. satisfied beyond the
possibility of a doubt that they have
received the gift of the Holy Ghost,
which is the all important necessary
qualification for membership. 1t is un-
questionably the most uopostponabie,
important in these days of progress
and scientific development. discovery
and worldly aggrandizement fuctua
tion hypocracy and unmitigating de
ception and the disappearance of vita
experimental religson, Journalism and
frivolity instead Of Godliness.
(To Dir CONTINUED
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This will Interest MANY.

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Many people worry because they be-
lieve they have heart disease. The
chances are that their hearts are all
right, but their stomachs are unable to
digest food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat and prevents the
formation of gas which makes the stom-
ach press against the heart. 1t will
cure every form of indigestion. City
Drug Store.
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Of the Vice President Their plan was
wait till everything was quiet, slip into
Johnsons room and then get him out
of the hotel into the carriage, quietly
if passible, by fight if necessary.
''Ihe time passed and Johnson did
not come. Sooner than let the dinner
spoil, the General insisted that they
dine with him anyhow. Over the ci-
gars the talk turned to horses, and the
Federal officer told of the fine animals
he had in the stables at Second ard
Guthrie streets. The dinner was fin
ished and the host and guests told
each other good night. By this time
a telegram had been received that
johnson would not come through
Louisville When everything was
quiet Martin and Headley left the ho-
tel and went to the stables. They put
pistols to the grooms' heads, and took
their pick Of the horses and started to
ride away Then they stopped and
Martin wrote polite note of thanks to
the General for his courteous treatment
of them and expressed the hope that
if he was ever in the South he would
give Coils. Martin Snd Headley of the
Southern army chance to return some
OF his favors. This was left with the
stable men. What the General said
when he got the note is not down on
the war records. "
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cough or q cold to develop
into pneumonia or consumption. One
Minute Cough Cure will cure throat
and lung troubles quicker than any 9TH
er preparation known. Many doctors
use it as a specific for grippe. 1t is an
infallible remedy for Group. Children
like it and mothers indorse it. City
Drug Store.
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with local applications as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is o blood OF
constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direct
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one OF the best physicians In this
country for years, and is regular prescrip-
tion, 1t is composed Of the best tonics known
combined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination Of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials. free
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

There is no pleasure in life if you
dread going to the table to eat and can t
rest at night on account of Indigestion.
Henry Williams, of Boonyille, Ind, 4,
says he suffered that way for years, till
he commenced the use of Kodol Dy-
spepsia Cure, and adds: "Now I can
eat anything / like and all l want and
sleep soundly every night" Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure will digest what you
eat. City Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

The return of NJ. s. Quay to the SEN
ate was made the occasion of an elabor-
ate demonstration in that body. Many
of his friends were on hand. He was
sworn in after warning had been
given the galleries against any express
sion Of approval or disapproval.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

The legislative committee appointed
to investigate Congressman Bailey's
efforts in securing a permit for the
Waters-Pierce Oil company to do busi-
ness in Texas, is preparing q report
which will exonerate MIR. Bailey.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

Miss Alma Rockefeller, daughter of
John D. Rockefeller, was married in
New York to E. Parmele Prentice, of
Chicago.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

1t is understood at Washington that
Brutus J. Clay will be an applicant for
the Guatemalan mission. It is expect
ed, however, that DR.. Hunter will re-
tain the place, unless he is transferred.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

If you have ever seen q child in the
agony of Group you can realize how
grateful mothers are for One Minute
Cough Cure which gives relief as soon
as it is administered. 1t quickly cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. City Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will
quickly heal the worst burns and scalds
and not leave scar. 1t can be up
piled to cuts and raw surfaces with
prompt and soothing effect. Use it for
piles and skin diseases. Beware of
worthless counterfeits. City Drug
Store.
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Western Rates Reduced.

Greatly reduced one-way rates will
be in effect from Chicago via the Wis
consin Central Railwny to points in
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Brit
ish Columbia each Tuesday, commenc-
ing February 18th and continuing un-
til April 30th.
For detailed information inquire of
nearest ticket agent, or address.
7. ID. Compbell, d. p. A., w. G.
Ry., 40 Carew Building, Cincinnati,
Ohio, or Jas. @. Pond, General Pas
senger Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24

Z. Edward Jefferson, Virginia negro
is in Jail at Maysville, Ky, charged
with concealing and purposely dis
tributing smallpox.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-24
The American Barber shon.

The American Barber Shop,
located two doors south of Hotel Pied
mont and in front of Southern depot.
IN. P. Brewers old stand. Oh. Long.
ley, the handsome Manager, and Nat
Hyder, the congenial and accommo-
dating BARRIERS, will be found as assis-
tants.
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CITY BARBER SHOP.
Run by first class white workmen. We want
and are trying to Elevate the Barber PROBES
sion in Johnson City Come and see us.
Patroplze your own Color
and help those that are deserving Of your Pat
ronage. Yours respectfully
Russell g. Walden, Prop.
Corner Main and Buffalo Streets.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-02
PILGRIM LODGE WON In
MEMBERSHIP CONTEST.

swarts Lodge was second with 10 can
ddates.
This contest has been the means OF
placing Pilgrim Lodge upon an equal
footing with sister lodges so far as MEM
bership Is concerned, for IL has for the
past few years had an up Hill task and
IL required great courage for it's MEM
bers 10 undertake TO compete with
Swarts. a young. strong and vigorous or
ganization. But IL won and the victory
has stimulated its members. and while
they do not expect TO repeat the won
derful performance. they Will nevcrthe-
less strive To grow I'm membership dur
ing the year. The lodge starts OF the
new year with a membership OF 80 and
Swarts l59
IL was midnight before the happy gath
ering dispersed and then with three
cheers for each other.
The notable affair was I'm charge OF
Past Grand George l.. Robinson as chair
man. Hamilton n. Mckenzie, secretary;
Frederick Howard and Nelson c.
Thomas
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-02

OF good thing. The fact that Touser was
/ In Jail, and still I'm superstitious darkness
regarding the flaming faced craclxsman
rather added TO than diminished his sense
sof satisfaction. IL would not do N every
one were enlightened alike i'm this world
| no one would have chance TO live then
| Edgey dressed himself and oiled his New
gate knockers. and paid a visit to the
| French saVant
The interview could not be called a
pleasant one; for each, after few
words OF explanation loudly dehed the
other, and threatened 10 call I'm me TO set
tie the difficulty by locking the other up.
and both as persistontly failed 10 carry
out their threat Al length. in a weak
moment, and TO save his reputation, and
also prevent "A valuable alliance with "A
second wealthy lady coming TO a sudden
conclusion. Charter agreed To pay the
black mail demand by Edgey for his ST.
lence.
The case might have ended there had
Edgey been merciful I'm his bleedings but
the sensation was too new and delicious
for that. Hle bled and bled, and tormented
and threatened, till the Frenchman, utter
ly worn out went TO Mr. Woodford, and
slyly declaring that IL was quite a mis-
take TO suppose he had ever written Miss
Woodford letters offering her marriage,
or anything that could be construed into
ihilAe 4Hb oAhh a. tpiAAldfAs dSktu Dltl now
much he would take to give him a full
and tree quittance OF any claim or law
suit that the young lady might bring
against him. IL was by this time pretty
clear to Mr. Woodford that without the
letters so disastrously lost a I the house.
breaking he had no case, and he hailed
the Offer with secret delight The case
was Withdrawn from the ron ample com
pensatlon was agreed to- a cheque for the
hainU 10
ford, who promptly used IL % pay for her
marriage outfit. and was successfully
linked 10 another man but a fortnight la
ter. AS soon as the marriage was publish
ed. the Frenchman discovered that II was
he who had been done. and I'm his rage
vowed 10 do for Edgey the first time he
appeared. But Edgey by that time was in
safer hands. for l had got from Mr. Wood
ford an account OF the skinny assistant
who had been left for n moment In the
bedroom. and. coupling the fact with the
unlastened sash, nipped up Edgey. and
had him identified before night Edgey
making sure that he had been betrayed
by the Frenchman. told the whole adven-
ture OF the faming-faced burglar: but
when Mr. Woodford was called, he scout
ed tho story as an outrageous invention
and stoutly refused TO have anything 20
do with the CAGE. SO Edgey and Touser
went TO their seven years sentence, while
M. Charter went away on his wedding
tour Mr.. Woodford gave me the whole
story long after. as related by the we'll
sucked victim. from which / learned that
the flaming appearance on Charters face
and hands was nothing but preparation
OF phosphorus, with which he had cover
ed them on entering the house with a
view to frightening any servant who
might have been left behind: the door be-
ing opened with key he had got made
months before from a cast taken by him
self while on a visit 10 the house.
(THE ENID
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-02


went 10 his cell as soon as l returned
TO the ofnce. and abruptly said
Those stamps which you TOOK from the
desk IN that house you broke into last
week have done for you. for they've been
Identified by the owner; now. seeing thai
you're booked, I suppose you won't mind
letting me know what you did with the
papers you took with themY"
81 took none. could swear IL with my
dying breath" he said. with curious
look over his shoulder. The devil got the
papers
"AA hop
"rhe doyll."
who's he2"
what. don't you know m?-him that
lives down. downstairs. you know" and
ne pointed downwarus as his voice be-
came hushed.
Come. come. Ben--no chatting. These
papers are wanted particularly and /
give you my word that you won't lose by
telling what you've done with them"
That's an I know about them. The
devil came al flaming in sulphur blazes,
and took them as neat as II he'd been
cracking cribs all his life, and that's
long word"
! could set no other answer out OF him.
ard enormously supposed that he was
CnaUlnE aS "A renee 10 NoNttdtntnl.
/ began 20 believe, indeed. that he had
been employed by some interested person
20 steal the papers. ike "Coering Jim.
"a the Incident OF THE Yelled Portrait"
but . was all wrong as the reader will
presently see.
willis / was thus probing the case from
one side. another had been busy with IL
also and that other was Thin Edge.
One day when going along Princes
-
companion suddenly cried
"Won there's that devil again,
What does hs mean by haunting me like
this?"
The person thus indicated seemed an
arIstocratic ard foreign-l looking gentle
man. not at all satanic In appearance.and
Edgey at first set down the idea as the
offspring of the bad whisky with which
Tousers head was certainly at the mo-
ment befuddled Hearing also that the
papers taken from the desk were wanted
particularly. Edgey thought proper TO fol-
low the foreign-lookng gentleman the
next time he met him. The result was a
growing conviction that the noble-look-
ing foreigner and the strange burglar
were the same person. The strangers
name was Nicole Charter; he was a man
OF wealth. and a scientific savant as well.
and quite a lion at all the fashionable
parties. But the most important informa-
ton CLEANED by Edgey was the fact that
for six months NJ. Charter had been most
attentive 10 one OF the many Miss Wood
fords report indeed had Il that they had
been engaged; that they had auarrelled.
ana that IL the rupture were not healed.
the case was likely TO be heard of i'm the
court OF session in the form of an action
for breach Of promise.
Edgey chuckled hugely, and had many
demonstrative and goblin dances and rub
bing OF hands over the discovery. In a
word. he said TO himself he had got hold
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-02

One year ago last evening Swarts and
Pilgrim Lodges entered into a compact,
that the lodge that succeeded in admit
ting the largest number of candidates for
the year should be entertained by the
other on the evening OF the first day of
the new century.
The compact was not made without
regulation was that no member of either
lodge should, by word or act. make an
effort TO learn of the progress of the
other.
So far as known this portion of the
compact has not been violated.
The contest. OF course, ended Saturday
evening
AT 7:3O last evening about 200 members
of both lodges met at the lodge room 96
Westminster street, where n joint COM
mittee examined the books and papers OF
both lodges, and after getting the figures
a line was formed and marched 10 hall
at the corner of Washington and Math-
ewson streets, where the Brothers were
called 10 order by Past Grand George
l.. Robinson OF Pilgrim Lodge, who. In
a few words, referred TO the contest and
then called upon Past Grand Hamilton
h. Mckenzie, the secretary OF the joint
committee who made the following re-
-pe.t.--
Pilgrim Lodge-Admitted by card two;
by reinstatement none, and by initiation
81, making total OF "a. Swarts Lodge
BY card ONE, 10y reinstatement six, and
by initiation a. making their gain 81.
This report was received with a cheer
and tiger that shook the building, for
gains made by both lodges were phe-
nomenal.
After the enthusiasm bad quieted down
prayer was offered by Grand Chaplain
William II. Lowe, who is a member OF
Swarts Lodge. and then an onslaught
was made upon a smoking hot turkey
supper which Swarts Lodge had 10 settle
for.
After the feast Past Grand Hamilton
X. Mckenzie was called upon and intro
duced as toast master. and he In a fcnci-
tOus manner welcomed Pilgrim lodge as
the guests OF Swarts lodge. Short aa-
dresses appropriate TO the occasion were
made by Nuhlc Grand John L. -.cSer-
man, Grand Chaplain William IA. lowe.
Past Grand Master Edwin H. Lincoln.
u putty Grand Master Fred w. Folsom.
Past Grands Edwin If Arnold, -. -.
Mckcnzic. Waiter c. TWeedcu. Nelson G..
( Thomas of Swarts Lodge Noble Grand
Albert 4. Y rrer Vice Gfaud a. Airing
ton firhtr Al- - VICE hfahd-eiect ftdlph
! T frceland. Past Crands William y. w
Ha''rft = s. pr.soy. OF Pilgrim Lodge.
Fast Cro1ds fI irving niienback of
trlty tod~o. Fdvsra ~ Lincoln OF Re-
llnre irfrr nii Usfict Grand Master
na'li L. = or Anrrr Williams Lodge.
the spef.h m.a4 was intCrsporscd
with music by tones orchestra and by
mer'a ~ OF tie order who could sing
and read
gt 81, ~ t-t.-.ta,, 81 49,. ,.,...tt.
20 have a pres tniion h1t g was unable
a. 90 go. Brotl John Rlrhaw OF pn-
prim falge tc'rT ttr person FOR g was
20 lin f-ll fhe honor o presenting the
lars n nrnncr ~ candidates. 81 being
/ the number Frederick Howard of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-02
SHOTGUN HABIT.
Woman Who Killed Landlord
Now Gusts C0nStabIas.

Trenton. Jan. Mrs. Henrietta Finger
hut. convicted and sentenced a year ago
TO six months Imprisonment for killing
her landlord who tried TO dispossess her.
has again set the law at defiance and
with shot gun has driven Somerset
Park IN J) constables from her house
Mrs. Fingerhut was released last July
from the Trenton jail on parole by the
board of Bardons. Now Thomas Murphy.
of New Providence. ~ j.. claims that the
Fingerhuts win not pay their rent and
for three months have baffled his efforts
10 oust them.
Mrs Fngerhut and her husband Theo-
dore, armed themselves with shot guns,
Murphy alleges. aud dared him 10 ad-
vance on their stronghold. In view OF
their record as lighters Murphy abstained
from pressing his point and went for le-
gal rcinforcements.
He sought Justice Clark and Constable
Allen. They procured notices and advanc-
GERS found themselves looking into the
leveled barrels Of two shotguns and beat
a hasty retreat.
Murphy went yesterday 10 Lawyers j.
X. Van Ness and William Sweeney, of
Plainheld. y. j., and placed his case in
their hands. The lawyers Immediately
brought action In Justice Mosher's court.
The old couple, meanwhile, stand ready
with shot guns 10 await developments.
Mrs. Fingorhut and her husband occu-
pied year ago a small house near Plain
field. which Paul Soehricht claimed as
his property. He served the family with a
dispossess notice, and when they ignored
it he advanced with two deputies toward
the house.
The Fingerhuts barricaded their doors
and when Roehricht tried to force an en-
trance he was shot dead Mrs. Fingerhut
was tried for murder, was convicted of a
lesser offence and when sentenced her
fine of $500 was paid in part by the JUS
tice and jury which convicted her.