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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

Brownlow to do what he has said all
the time he wanted to do, but has here
tofore avoided binding himself to do.
During the heat of the contest an eff
fort was made by alderman Wofford tc
adjourn until one night the following
week, but it was voted down. This
should haye prevailed because it was
apparent to all present that under the
excitement then existing careful con
sideration of the interests of the city
could not be had. The board was moi
in suitable frame of mind to make {
twenty-year contract.
The application of the Johnson City
Traction Company for street car fran
chise was received and referred to tht
proper committee.
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The Twin Sisters

Last Friday evening Jobe's Opera
House Was comfortably filed with a.
representative audience to hear the
twin Taylor sisters deliver their lee
lures, "The Real aud theldeal They
were introduced by Mrs. Mel. II. Wei
Ter, and Mrs. Rhoda Reeves opened
with "Ihe Real" aud Mrs. Eva Jobe
followed with "The Ideal, The en-
tertainment occupied little over one
hour and was delightful surprise to
the cultured audience. This dual lee
ture had been talked of for many
months and the people of this city, the
home, you may say, of the Taylor sis
tiers, were anxious to hear them. The
audience was n highly complimentary
one and give the leoturesses the most
rapt attention throughout. The ladies
appeared to good advantage aud were
gowned alike in black silk, except one
wore pink chiffon trimmings and the
other white. The lectures are ably
written and are very entertaining but
perhaps contain too many facts and too
much advice for the amount of humor.
Both ladies have pleasing stage pres
ence and their voices are so cultured
that every word is easily heard. Mrs
Jobe's voice is especially pleasing and
she demonstrated the fact that she cal
tell an anecdote as we'll as her illustri
GUS brother Bob. Taken as a whole
the lectures were well received and i
is safe to predict that their tour vii
| he sucrassfnl
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
SHOULD WE SELL THE FRANCHISE

SHOULD WE SELL THE FRANCHISE ?
THE COMET is reliably informed that
an exclusive franchise to the Soldiers
Home can be sold for 5000. 1t is rea-
sonable to assume that corporation
that would buy that franchise would be
building for profit aud would gladly
occupy other streets as the business
demanded it. With this IS, 900 the city
could macadamize threemiles Of streets,
two to the Soldiers Home if they so de-
sired, and thus have two good drive
ways and car line to the home.
II seems to THE COMET that this
would be good business Judgment
The fear of some parties that we would
then have only car line to the home
is only a nightmare. If the city is to
grow as every one expects the company
would only be too glad to reach out for
increased business. If corporation
would prefer paying SO, 900 for direct
line to the home rather than build a
circuitous route and get the franchise
free, why wouldn't the city be $4,000
better off?
Some individuals might not be as
we'll pleased, but why should Johnson
City be asked to contribute SO, 900 to-
wards building u line of Improbable
road? BY refusing to accept this
amount the city virtually gives it as in
didcated. There is no other logical
conclusion
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
Will Babb Killed

Perhaps the most deplorable killing
that ever occurred in Johnson City was
that of Will n. Babb last Saturday
night at the house of Flossie White on
West Main street. About . o'clock
that night Babb and associates went to
the house and asked sdmittance, but
were denied on the ground of "compa-
NY" They started TO leave, but Babb,
who was acting spokesman, again
knocked ON the door and asked that
they be allowed to come in for short
time. The door was then opened and
three shots were fired from a revolver.
The last shot passed entirely through
Babb's abdomen. He started to walk
awa6 but told his comrades he was
shot. They carried him to the Office of
DR.. Long aud had his wounds dressed,
but he was mortally wounded aud died
about 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Be-
fore dying he made statement to Esq,
Lee that he was shot by man he took
to be George f. Campbell. Upon this
statement an inquest was held and the
jury heard number of witnesses and
brought in verdict declaring that
Babb came to his death by wounds in
fiicted by Geo. i. Campbell 4 war
want was then sworn ont by Ross Babb
charging Campbell with the murder
and time set for the preliminary ex-
animation Wednesday morning at nine
O'Clock before Magistrates Bullock,
Lee and Lyle. At the trial the state
was not ready because of the sickness
of a material witness, an inmate of the
house when the shooting occurred and
who swore before the coroner that she
saw Campbell do the shooting, and a
q continuance was asked for. This
brought ont a motion by the defense
for bail and the court adjourned to
o'clock. The afternoon was taken NJ
by argument on this motion. A ma
jority of the court held, Lyle dissent.
ing, that the case was not bailable be
cause the warrant charged the defend
ant with murder in the first degree
AS no testimony was introduced the
majority were of the opinion that they
were bound by the face Of the warrant
AS soon as this announcement was
made, however, the counsel agreed up
on bail and fixed Campbell's bond al
| 900 and that of the two women
| Flossie White and Annie Love, who
were charged with being accessories
at $1,000. All parties then gave bono
and waived preliminary examination
The case will come up at the Apri
term of the circuit court.
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Geo. f. Campbell is well-known
throughout East Tennessee He has
been chief Of police in this city several
terms and was deputy sheriff of the
county for three term under Pritchett.
He is about 3S years old and has a
family. EY
Will Babb, formerly known as
Pete" lived at Jonesboro and had
been in Johnson City for some time in
charge of the cold storage department
of the New South Brewing and Ice Co.
lie was a great big hearted, joyial fell
low, a friend to everyone but himself.
He was about 32 years of age and sin
gle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
Bowling Contest.

The bowling contest between Bristol
and Johnson City at the Johnson City
Bowling Alleys last Saturday evening
was interesting from start to finish.
The first two games were taken by the
home team and the next two went to
Bristol, this made the last game decid-
edly interesting and it took the last
frame to tell the tale. The score fol-
lows:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

The state democratic executive COM
mittee met in Nashville on Monday
last, and after lengthy discussion de-
termined to call the gubernatorial CON
vention for Thursday, May 30, and the
judicial convention for Friday, May 30,
to meet at the capitol in Nashville.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
For high class goods Jackson leads.


have few words to say regarding
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t saw
ed my little boys life and | feel that /
can not praise it enough. / bought a
bottle of it from A. Il. Steere, of Good
win, s. d., and when | got home with
it the poor baby could hardly breathe.
| gave the medicine as directed every
ten minutes until he ''threw up" and
then | thought sure he was going to
choke to death. We had to pull the
phlegm out of his month in great long
strings. | am positive that if | hadn I
got that bottle of cough medicine my
boy would not be on earth today Joel
Demont, Inwood, Iowa. For sale by
City Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

Unless there are other Withdrawals
The next supreme bench will be occupi-
I'd by Judges McAlister, Wilkes and
}eard, the members of the old supreme
bench who are standing for re- election,
Hon. M. NJ. Neil, Of the Trenton bar,
and Hon. John X. Shields, of Morris
town
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

-Four baby lions were born in a me-
nagerie in Washington last Sunday, II
"Our Bobs' lion gets into the Wash
ington mauagerie he'll make the baby
lions do some good-humored roaring. =
Nashville Banner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
kICk A DOG

Kick a dog and he bites you.
He bites you and you kick him.
The more you kick the more
he bites and the more he bites
the more you kick, Each
makes the other worse.
A thin body makes thin
blood. Thin blood makes a
thin body. Each makes the
other worse, If there is going
to be a change the help must
come from outside.
Scots Emulsionis the right
help. 1t breaks up such a
combination. First it sets the
stomach right. Then it en-.
riches the blood. That
strengthens the body and il
begins to grow new flesh,
A strong body makes rich
blood and rich blood makes ;
strong body. Each makes the
other better. This is the way
SCOTS Emulsion puts the thir
body on its feet. Now it car
get along by itself. No neec
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

Jack Reaves may recall his reward
for the man who stole his thirst II the
man ever uses it he will be discovered,
more dead than alive, perhaps.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
Pain in Stomach

1t has been said that a healthy per-
son doesn't know he has a stomach.
How unhealthy the dyspeptic must bel
He feels as if he were all stomach,
and one thing that makes him feel so
is that pain at the pit of the stomach
sometimes an "all-gone feeling;
sometimes a burning sensation"
II suffered from pains in my stomach
and could not eat. An old gentleman told
me to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
did, and after the use of four bottles l
gained my appetite, and 1 was soon COM
pletely cured so that now feel like new
man. On no account would be without
Hoods Sarsaparllla in my house." HENRY
CALLAE, II Commercial St., Portland, Me.
Hoods JdrSdpGriLLd
and Pills
Cure dyspepsia, invigorate and tone
the whole digestive system.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

Grant Mathews has resigned as as
sistant U. S. Marshal to make the race
for the congressional nomination
against Gibson.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
Hoods JdrSdpdriLLd
ISSUE DELAYED.

THE COMET is delayed this week on
account of moving the office, and two
papers will be issued this week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

Brownlow' 8 nomination has been rat
flied and now no one can go up against
him but a democrat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

The republican senatorial and hotori-
al convention will be held at Johnson
City March 10th.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

Maj. Devine now says his friends are
urging him to apply for A. ]. Ty ler's
place.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

If the grounding remained out last
Sunday he was too big fool to predict
weather for us.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

Admiral Schley captured Tennessee
this week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06

In The whole score Bristol leads by
1902 pins, yet Johnson City won three
out of five games.
Bum makes the highest average for
Bristol, but Alfred Gilmer makes the
highest score of the whole game.
Two fouls were called on Bristol and
one on Johnson City, but the latter
was on strike and the former on only
few pins.
The home team did we'll for amateurs
and will make bowlers after awhile.
The game was umpired by Cy. H.
Lyle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-02-06
AT BRISTOL.

The second series of games were
played at the Chicago in Bristol Friday
night, February 18th, and Johnson City
lost three straight games by the follow
ing score:
Bristol. ...,............. 752 776 766
Johnson City. ... G22 GA 636
The third series will be played in
johnson City at an early date.
Evening star., 1902-01-11

sturdy pioneers who followed the Plymouth
fathers in Massachusetts. Mrs. Payne is
New Yorker by birth and is descended from
Franz Claessen Van Dyke, one of the
Dutch Knickerbockers of Manhattan, who
made his home on the island toward the
middle of the seventeenth century. An
other of her illustrious forbears was Helm
rich Van Dyke, who located at New Am
sterdam as attorney general with Peter
Stuyvesant in 1916. Her father, Richard
Van Dyke, jr., was one of the early sue
cessful real estate men in New York city.
His business firm was first Bleecker & Van
Dyke and afterward Van Dyke 81 Malaby.
He died in Milwaukee a few years ago and
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ware
Thomas Van Dyke, a remarkably clever
old lady of eighty-six years, who makes
her home with her two daughters, Mrs.
Payne and Mrs. Charles Jones Of Mil
waukee.
Who Mrs. Payne Was.
The wife of the new Postmaster General
was reared and educated in New York
city, but met Mr.. Payne while visiting in
his Wisconsin home city. They were mar
ried in 1867 at Mount Holly, n. J., and
went Immediately to Milwaukee, where
they have ever since resided. For many
years after their marriage Mrs. Payne was
a martyr to that most torturing of dis
eases, rheumatism, suffering so severely
that for months at time she would be
unable to take a single step on her feet.
During those years 1t was a familiar sight
on their home streets to see Mr.. Payne
wheeling her invalid chair or carrying her
back and forth from the vehicle to the
house. Happily Mrs Payne fully recover
ed, and Of late years. as they have no
children to demand her care, has devoted
her time to Mr.. Payne, going with him con-
stantly on his numerous business trips
throughout this country and accompanying
him both times when he went abroad for
rest.
While their home has always been a So
cial center, Mrs. Payne is by no means
simply a society woman. She has always
taken the keenest interest in her husbands
political and business enterprises, and they
Evening star., 1902-01-11

tance by steamer OF Bandjarmassin. the
largest city in Borneo and the capital OF
the Dutch part of the island. The Dutch
Steamship Company has a service which
goes there three times month, and 1t
sends steamers once month from Singa-
pore to all the ports Of Dutch Borneo.
How We Lost North BorneO.
The British possessions now comprise
British North Borneo. Sarawak and Brunei,
which lies between them. All of these
countries are merely under British protec-
ton, being governed by companies or pro-
prietors who have arrangements with the
natives outside of the English king. The
Sultan of Brunei rules that little country,
which is about twice as large as Massachu-
setts. He once owned much of British
North Borneo, he and the Sultan of Sulu
having it together. We once had consul
named Moses at Brunei, who obtained con-
cessions of the sultan of this great prop
erty of North Borneo and had our govern
ment pushed the matter at that time it
might now own what Bismarck lost and
what the British North Borneo Company
now possesses. This American consul, hav
ing obtained the property, organized the
American Trading Company of Borneo and
made a settlement on the Kimanis river.
Evening star., 1902-01-11
WORK OF wEDGWOOD.
Something About the Greatest of the
English POtters.

Something About the Greatest of the
English POtters.
From the London Queen.
Josiah Wedgwood was tncontestably the
greatest Of English potters, and among
all the specimens turned out by him 1t
would be difficult to single out one which
could rightly be dubbed ugly. The same
cannot always be said Of old china, much Of
which is accepted for its rarity and its
vogue, rather than it's beauty. Wedgwood
taught that the raison d'etre Of pottery is
primarily use, and that usefulness is COM
patible with art. His modelling was a lesson
In form. and his art classic. 'Wedgwood
ware" and "old Wedgwood'' are two dis
tinct species. fact which the potter him
self was most particular to insist upon.
Under the heading Of the first comes the
well-known queens" ware. of a deep rich
cream, with delicate "potted" edges, and
beautifully soft glaze. 1t gained its name
through the appreciation Of Queen Char
lotte, to whom Wedgwood presented a SER
vice, and it at once became the fashion.
Much Of this cream-colored ware was sent
from Staffordshire. to Liverpool to undergo
the transfer printing, by which we get the
country scenes in soft brown or black pig
ment In harmonious contrast to the cream
backgrounds, which characterize this Liver
pool Wedgwood. AS the inventor took no
steps to place his ware under protection 1t
was tremendously Initiated. His agate, tor
toise-shell and colored ware always has
quick sale. His next production was the
Egyptian basaite, the all-black ware which
Is now so highly priced, and from this he
went on to his greatest achievement, the
celebrated jasper ware.
In this blue is the most common color,
with white figures in relief, but there are
many and varied gradations of shade from
light to dark blue; there are seven colors
in the jasper-green, lilac and pink in their
oroer, are the most scarce and valuable.
Evening star., 1902-01-11
NONE WALKED HOME.
This Time the Backers of a Horse
Won Out.

This Time the BacLers of q Horse
Won Out.
When a crowd Of people betting on the
horses succeeds in making pool room own
ers pay what gamblers call big money
the crowd in front of the counter is always
surprised. Such was the case across the
river not many weeks ago, however, and
the sports who did not have to walk home
that day are still talking about what they
did. 1t appears that a horse named Car
rington, in which a well-known local law
yer was largely interested, was booked to
run. Almost every friend of the lawyer
game" that day and the keepers Of the
pool rooms understood what was going to
be done when the odds were posted. As
soon as the figures were put on the black
board the clerk behind the counter re-
marked, Come on, Carringtons.' They
came as he requested, and almost every
man in the big room rushed to get down
his money while the odds were largest.
There was a drop in the odds, and before
nouncement was made, They're at the
post" and the few disappointed ones COM
planned that the business was railroaded.
Although the crowd was a big one and
some of the men were more or less intoxi-
Gated the dropping Of a pin could almost
have been heard until the announcement
Darlington wins" and then rousing hur-
rah followed. This was followed by those
who held winning tickets getting in line to
lost more money than they had ever lost
on a single race before. Nobody had to
walk home that day, which was the excep-
tion to the rule.
Evening star., 1902-01-11

large number of houses built upon piles
The capital Of the sultan Is at Tangarung,
still farther up. where his majesty has q
two storied palace rooted with galvanized
iron.
This structure is said to be the only two
stored building in he country, and 1t is
in by a firm of enterprising Americans
who are doing big business in the far
east l think they got $4,000 for the job,
and man who pretended to know says
figures by suggesting to his majesty that
ne have thicker wires at a very materially
increased expense, sas thick wires would
carry more electricity than thin ones.
ace lighted. and especially-the quarters de-
voted to the hareM, this branch of the
contract necessitatfhg many push buttons
and numerous fixtures, for his majesty has
forty wives and eighty-four children, and
every wife and every baby wanted to press
the button.
was told in Java that his majestys In
come amounts to $4,000 month, although
ne himser claims that he has not more
than 81 500 month. His revenues come
from duties on exports and imports. He
charges 10 per cent on everything except
salt and opium, which he farms out as
monopolles to the highest bidders. He has
coal mines, which are worked by convicts,
and he sells his coal to the Dutch govern
ment. He is also a banker, lending his
people money at "a per cent interest. Inas-
..'oNAA oS AC AdS COulrOl OF tuc SoultS e'ha
the police he has no trouble in collecting
his dues. His majesty is fond of cock
fighting, and has more than sixty fighting
cocks, which he keeps in his palace. Each
cock has its oval wicker cage and it is
washed twice every day. He Is a great
gambler, and every evening there are gam
bling parties in the courtyard Of the palace.
He dotes on diamonds, and when in state
wears one as big as buckeye on a string
about his neck. At such time he dresses in
governor generals uniform, wearing a
gold crown weighing about four pounds.
Some of his soldiers wear European uni
forms, including his musicians who are gor-
geous in the extreme
FRANK e.. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1902-01-11
Head and Top of Bill of MaIlard.

fore you has not regulation duck bill,
don't buy 1t. If you will glance at figures 1
and 2, you will note the difference between
the bill Of the mallard duck, that being
typical, and the bill of the merganser. In
the latter notice the long, slender, atten-
uated beak with the hook at the tip, and
above all the saw teeth This last Is one
distinguishing feature Of the merganser
which cannot admit Of change or variation.
Plumage must count for nothing in making
the choice; look at the bill, and If it is as
shown In figure 2, let 1t alone, no matter
what the man tells you, or how badly you
want duck for dinner.
Occasionally there Is still another breed
of ducks palmed off on an unsuspecting
public. I refer to the grebes, dippers, well
divers, or water witches, they are more
generally known. They are handsome lit
tie birds, with their silvery breasts, but
they are absolutely worthless for food. The
flesh tastes as though coked in kerosene
oil, and no amount Of parboiling or doctor
ing can make them appetizing. Now, the
dipper Is not duck at all, ornithologically
or any other way, and he Is as easy to tell
on sight as the difference between turkey
and chicken. The head and neck are
long and slender, with a short, slender,
sharp BILL very much like the bill Of the
ordinary chicken. If you are in doubt after
examining them, look at the feet; then you
Evening star., 1902-01-11

the planters are setting out coffee. They
use the Liberian plant, which grows lux
uriantly in that climate and withstands the
blight. 1t Is the best coffee for the Philip
pines and should be studied by men intend
ing to engage in coffee raising there.
There Is also number of large cocoanut
plantations. These take about seven years
to come into bearing and net on the aver
age about one dollar a tree year. The
business Is profitable.
I see that the German Borneo syndicate
has set out thousand Para rubber trees,
and that other estates are setting out rub
Der plantations. This is a much longer
proposition. If the Syphonia Elastica is the
tree meant, 1t will take twenty-five years
before a profitable crop of rubber can be
gotten. This is the time required on the
Amazon the natural home of this tree
and 1t Is not probable that Borneo can do
better.
One Chinese syndicate has set out 200
In pepper. There are also ramie plantations
and hemp plantations. The hemp is very
profitable in the Philippine Islands, as
have shown in my letters from there.
BOrneo is Big.
Before I tell what the English are doing
in Sarawak and Brunei let me give you
some idea Of the enormous extent Of
Borneo. 1t Is the third island Of the
world in size, Greenland being the larg-
est and New Guinea coming next. 1t
has coast line about as long as from
New York to San Francisco, and the