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Two Anecdotes OF Facts

Henry Loomis Nelson, in his article
in the May Century, on Washington
society, tells these anecdotes of the
capital as representative of the light
and shade of official Life
Madame" said an old diplomat at
his own table, 81 have some bonbons
here from Paris. They have medallions
of the potentates of the world, and
have had your rulers face stamped on
one of them. Is it not ia good likeness?"
and he handed chocolate to the wo-
man on his right, who, for reasons of
her husbands, did not like the new
president.
"We have no rulers in this country, -
said the gracious guest, throwing the
chocolate under the table.
The hosts attention had been at
tracted elsewhere, and he did not see
the insult, but he was made aware Of
something by the silence which follow.
ed. However, before he knew what
happened, a young woman's voice said
to the butler; won't you find thai
bonbons which Mrs. c. dropped?
want tolook at it.
One day a delighted and awkward
new statesman was taking tea at tn,
house of clever, and was suddenly
plunged into terror, agony and sham,
by the annihilation Of the delicate anC
costly Sevres cup from which he hat
been drinking; but before his palat
was dry or his tongue responsive to hi
scared mind, the hostess broke its mat
saying to the servant as he did so:-
"Never put these cups on the tabI
again, Smith; they're too brittle for use
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Does 1t Pay to Buy Cheap.

A cheap remedy for coughs and colds
is all right, but you want something
that will relieve and cure the more Sc
we're and dangerous results of throat
and lung troubles. What shall you do?
Go to warmer and more regular eli
mate? Yes, if possible; if not possible
for you, then in either case take the on
ly remedy that has been introduced in
all civilized countries with success in
severe throat and lung troubles, "Bos-
chee's German Syrup" In not only
heals and stimulates the tissues to de-
stroy te germ disease, but allays inham-
nation, causes easy expectoration, gives
good nights rest, and cures the pa
tlent. Try one bottle. Recommended
many years by all druggists IN world.
You can get DR.. g. G. Green's reliable
remedies at H. G. Miller's, johnson
City. Get Green's special Almanac.
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Who's Afraid?

About 40 years ago Judge Daniels, of
North Carolina, an elegant, refined, but
impulsiye gentleman, and one of the
best judges on the superior bench, was
holding court. The case under argu-
ment was momentous one-one in
which both the pecuniary interest and
the liberty of the defendant were at
stake. His honor had intimated an
opinion, but the counsel in the warmth
of his argument insisted upon his con
struction of the law. He was extreme
ly violent in speech and gesticulation,
pounding an imaginary foe with his
fists and laundering his vehemence
right in the face of the honorable court
saying, 'This is the law and it can moi
be contradicted. After he had sub.
sided the counsel on the other side
arose and said, 81 hope your honor il
not frightened" "No," exclaimed tht
impulsiye court, 9TH be id if | am. %
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Fruit Prospects.

Early reports of the Tennessee fruit
prospects were so conflicting that cir
cular inquiry was sent to prominent
growers throughout East Tennessee,
and the replies thereto warrant the fol
lowing estimates;
Strawberries, very full crop, pro-
vided rains are seasonahle from now on.
Only one grower reports full crop OF
peaches, the average being half a crop.
The December freeze and late spring
frosts are assigned as the causes of fail
ure. Japanese plums fail; other plum'
a full crop. Cherries are unusually
promising. Pears will give an average
yield. The apple crop will be at leas'
one-third below average, the severe
drouth of last summer causing lacl
of fruit buds.
CHARLES A. KEFFER,
Horticulturist.
University of Tennessee Experimen
Station, May 7, 1908.
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No Raek Numbers.

All the records supplied by the Co
lumbia Phonograph Company are guar
anteed to be fresh, perfect stock, direct
from the factory, in their original box
es. They have never been unwrapped,
handled or played over for prospective
prospective customers, and consequent
ly the purchaser gets them with all the
bloom on tbem. The reputation of this
company as manufacturers of the most
perfect talking machines and records
in the world stands behind their goods.
like bulwark of stone and iron, and
their product can be relied on in every
particular.
The Columbia Phonograph Co, No.
10 East Baltimore street, Baltimore,
Nd, headquarters for graphophones
and talking machine supplies of every
kind, will send you catalogues on ap.
plication. 92s-4
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War Atrocities.

The sensational debates in the senate
over alleged atrocities committed by
United States soldiers in the Philip
pines, has brought about the rehashing
of some of the most unpleasant instan-
ces of the cruel war. Mr. Burton has
several times referred to ''the Fort Pill
low massacre" although authentic his
tory plainly proves there was no such
massacre, and this has led Mr.. w. M.
Towers, of Rome, Ga, formerly of
Forests cavalry, to reproduce from
the official records some orders issued
by Gen. Sherman in his famous march
through Georgia. One Of these orders
reads as follows:
Headquarters, Military Division OF
the Mississippi. Rome, Ga, October
30, 1854: Brig. Gen. Watkins, Calhoun,
Ga: Can you not send over to Fair
mount and Adairsville, burn ten or
twelve houses of known secessiopists,
kill few at random, and let them
know it will be repeated every time
train is fired upon from Resaca to
Kingston? W. 7. SHERMAN,
Maj General Commanding.
Mr.. Towers adds several other orders
from Gen. Sherman almost as bad as
this one, and gives the series, volume
and page of the official records of "The
War of the Rebellion, on which they
can be found. And he adds that abun-
dant proof can be had that the orders
were literally executed.
None of this has anything to do with
the proper government of the Philip
pine Islands, and no more, for that
matter, have the alleged atrocities in
Samar. There is no doubt that the
bloody and treacherous massacre of
United States soldiers by the bolomen
at Balangiga provoked sharp retalia-
tion. The people of Samar are little, If
any, less than savage, and strong meas
/ ures were required in dealing with
. them. If there has been brutality on
the part of the officers commanding in
+ Samar, that is a question for court
}. martial, and does not enter properly
into the consideration of the bill pro-
], viding government for the islands
There was never a war without atroci
:. tines, but they are distinct from the
cause of the war.
The professed sympathy with tht
people who are said to have suffered in
Samar, and the severe condemnatin o.
;. the United States soldiers in the Phil
ippines now being heard, and SO clearly
r for political effect it should not war;
a, the judgment of any man who is capa
BILE of calm consideration Of the facts
Nashville Banner.
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2;3O-East Tennessee as Sheep Coun-
try, Col. G. II. Nimson, Cranber.
ry, N. G. Discussion led by Mr..
j. Otto Kittel, Herbert.
3:3O-Grasses and Clovers, Prof. A. NJ.
Soule, University of Tennessee.
Music by University quartette.
Question box.
Adjournment.
7;30-Music by University Glee club.
Address, "The Commercial Side
of Farming" Hon. Jas. Wilson,
Washington, d. @.
Music by University Glee club.
FRIDAY, MAY 90.
Morning session
s:3O-Mucic by the University of Ten
nessee band.
Convention called to order
The Needs of the Farmer, Judge
Il. b. Lindsay, Knoxville.
discussion led by Hon. 5. Il.
Young, Sweetwater.
0:30-Address, Increasing the Fertil-
ty of the Land Without Paying
Out Money" Hon. II. B. Terry,
Hudson, o. Discussion led by
r. M. X. Deakins, Morning Star.
1O;3O-The Breeding and Management
of Hackney Horses, Hon. r. l..
Armistead, Nashville.
Discussion.
Music by University quartette.
11:0O-Report of secretary and treasurer
Report of committees.
Election of officers.
Afternoon session
2;OO-Visit to University fair and dai-
ry school.
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samuel Miller, John Chinoweth, judg-
es; W. H. Cox, Arch MAIDEN, clerks.
23d District-Arnolds- Charles Will
liams, officer; Jack Pence, o. M, Brab-
son, Henry McCracken, judges; John
Middleton, Thomas Remine, clerks.
cath District Washington College
G. B. Armentrout, officer; John Bolton,
j. II. Sanders, L. S. Mathes, judges
d. H. Mathes, r, B, Collier, clerks.
25th District-Johnson City-Roby
Lewis, officer; J. G. johnson, II. j.
Browning, j. Il. Crouch, judges; Prof
U. s. Andes, W. H, Adams, clerks.
2Oth District Snider' School House,
John Snider, officer; L. @, Harrison,
Dan'l Bowman, James Snider, judges
S. p. Nelson, E. NJ, Hale, clerks.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-15
POTTER PALMER.
Fame Eclipsed by Social Triumphs of His
Brilliant Wife.

1t was Judge Alfred Conkling, who
petulantly exclaimed, on seeing his
brilliant son rise TO eclipse him; "God
help me, l was once Judge Conkling, a
man of ability and independent fame,
but now am only Roscoe Conkling's
fatherw
Such was the fate which overlook
Potter Palmer, Chicago's foremost citi-
zen in the closing years of his life, writes
Chris. Thirty years ago he married
the beautiful Bertha Honore and ten
years later, after establishing million
dollar palace on the north shore of Lake
Michigan, he launched her on social
career Of unparalleled splendor and
success. From that moment his obscu-
ration began. Back in the seventies,
when Chicago was in the first lusty
growth OF her renaissance from the great
fire, Potter Palmer's name was one to
conjure with. Long before that time
he had established the present great
dry goods house Of Marshall Field &
Co., said now to be the largest in the
world.
When Field was clerk and Phil Ar
mour towboat captain Palmer was al
ready millionaire. Before the fire the
Palmer House was known as the finest
hotel west of New York, and after that
disaster the new Lostelry, built on the
smoking embers of the old, held the
prestige. Palmer's hand was in every
thing. He was the very type and en-
bodiment of all the strenuous virtues
that have made Chicago the queen city
of the inland seas. He retired from
the dry goods business in the early
seventies and devoted himself to his
immense real estate holdings. Under
his hand hundreds of the finest resi-
dence buildings in the city flew open
as if by magic. He reclaimed the lake
shore on the north side of the city, and
had much to do with making it what il
now is, the finest and most exclusive
quarter in the city.
Magnificent mansions flank his own
palace on the boulevard and his neigh
bors for blocks are all millionaires. Per
haps the fact that he married rather late
when the habits of business life were
deeply engrooved, had much to do will
bis indifference to social pleasure. HI
seemed to care little for polite functionC
but his treasure house was always opel
when his beautiful wife called for mu
nitions of war.
For her the conquest Of Chicago wa
small matter. She swept on to New
: port, into the courts of st. James anC
st. Petersburg, and was everywhere re
ceived with open arms. AS the head o
the woman's department in the World
Fair she was notably successful.
Two sons were born to the Palmers
Potter, jr., and Honore. They bot
live at home and are handsome fellow
a of 26 and 28, or thereabouts. Honor
is his mothers boy. Last year she in
, duced him to run for alderman of til
Twenty-second ward and created quit
a furore by keeping open house for th
ward workers in her lake shore palace
He was elected by tremendous major
ity and has shown mettle worthy Of hi
brilliant mother and wonderfully SUE
cessful father. Now that the latter
gone the cares of the immense estat
will probably fall to him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-15
Keep the Balance Up.

1t has been truthfully said that any
disturbance of the even balance OF
health causes serious trouble. Nobody
can be too careful to keep this balance
up. When people begin to lose appe.
tite, or to get tired easily, the least i'm
prudence brings on sickness, weakness
or debility. The system needs a tonic,
Graves it, and should not be denied it;
and the best tonic of which we have any
knowledge is Hood Sarsaparilla. What
this medicine has done in keeping
healthy people healthy, in keeping up
the'even balance of health, gives it the
same distinction as a preventive that it
enjoys a cure. It's early use has illus
trated the wisdom of the old saying
that a stitch in time saves nine. Take
Hoods for appetite, strength, and en-
durance.
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Won't Follow Advice After Paying For It.

In recent article prominentphy-
sician says, "It is next to impossible
for the physician to get his patients to
carry out any prescribed course of hy-
giene or diet to the smallest extent; he
has but one resort left, namely, the
drug treatment" When medicines
are used for chronic constipation, the
most mild and gentle obtainable, such
as Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, should be employed. Their
, use is not followed by constipation, as
they leave the bowels in a natural and
healthy condition. For sale by City
Drug Store.
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School Directors.

The voters of the school districts of
Washington county, Tennessee, named
here below, are hereby notified that an
election will be opened and held on
Saturday, May "a, 1902, in said districts,
in places named, from 1 o'clock p. m.
to o'clock p. m, for the purpose of
electing three school directors for each
school district named, for the ensuing
term. The following named citizens
are hereby appointed to open and hold
said elections, and they will make due
due return of the result to us on the
following Monday.
GEO. w. WILLETT,
j. A. VINES,
ThAD a. Cox,
Election Committee.
I'd District -Eureka-Jo ohm Chase, of
ficer; d. W. Bayless, L. II. Waddell,
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Attention, Farmers.

Before placing your orders for bind
ers, mowers and hay rakes, in fact all
farming implements, call on N. L. Glib.
son, Jonesboro, Tenn. He will save
you money and trouble. The improve
ment on the Plano machinery is sc
wonderful and great it has no equal,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-15
What Thin Folks Need

Is greater power of digesting and as
similating food. For them DR.. Kings
New Life Pills work wonders. They
tone and regulate the digestive organs,
gently expel all poisons from the sys-
TEN, enrich the blood, improve appe-
tite, make healthy flesh. Only 95 cents
at druggists.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 81.

OOooAOh
9:00-Music by the University of Ten
nessee band
Convention called to order by
the president.
Invocation by Rev. ]. NJ. Melear,
of Knoxville.
9I5-Address of welcome, Hon. W. b.
Lockett, president Knoxville
Chamber of Commerce.
0:45-Annual address of the president
Hon. T.B. McLemore, BallCamp.
Music by University Glee Club.
1OOO-Address, "What the Dairyman
Ought to Know" ex-Gov. W. d.
Hoard, Ft. Atkinson, Wis.
Discussion led by Frank Gettys,
Sanford; S. E. Barnes, Universi-
ty farm.
Music by University Glee club
11;0O-The Farmers Institute, Hon. II.
II. Paine, commissioner agricul-
ture for Tennessee, Nashville.
Question box.
Adjournment.
Afternoon session
1;3O-Appple Culture in Tennessee,
Hon. Horace B. Rainey, COLUMBIA.
Discussion led by Capt. j. W.
Ayres, Hartman.
Music by University quartette.
2;3O-Address, The Appalachian Park
Hon. Jas. Wilson, secretary ag-
riculture, Washington, D. G.
Discussion led by DIR. Chas. w.
Dabney, president University of
$50 The Farmer and Public School,
Hon. s. G. Heiskell, Knoxville.
Vocal solo, by F. M. Darnall.
4:30-Education for the Farmer, J. s.
Webb, Bellbuckle; E. E. Miller,
Morristown.
Question Box.
Adjournment.
Evening session.
7:3O-Music by University quartette.
Poultry Raising as an Adjunct Of
Farming, James P. Kerr, Bilt
more, N. G.
Solo, by F. M. Darnall.
S:SO-Address, "Cow Sense; What Ii
It?" Hon. W. d. Hoard, TT. At
kinson, Wis.
Music by University quartette.
THRsDAY, MAY %.
Morning session
S:30-Music by the University of Ter
nessee band.
Convention called to order.
Construction of Silos, Hon. J. A
Reagan, Sweetwater.
Crops for the Silo, Frank Duff
Rogersville.
Filling the Silo, J. d. Murphy
Jefferson City.
Feeding Ensilage 10 Cows an
Steers, W. G. Lenoir, Phila., Pa
Music by University quartette.
10OO-Address, "The Agricultural RI
sources of Tennessee, Hon. J.
) Killebrew, Nashville.
g 11:OO-Growing Crops in Dry Seasons
Hon. t. W. Berry, Hudson, O..
S Discussion led by Mr.. Paul
t Kefauver, Madisonville.
Question Box.
! Adjournment.
Y Afternoon session
Raising Beef Cattle, Capt. H.
}. Clay, Rogersville.
}, Results of Beef Feeding, Unive
y sity Farm, 1902, John R. Fai
) University of Tennessee.
1t Music by University quartette.
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Are You Using Aliens Foot Ease?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t cures corns, bun
ions, painful, smarting, hot, swollen
feet. AT all druggists and shoe stores,
25 cents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-15

A new giant geyser Of Rotomanna,
n. H., is attracting attention. A mass
of boiling water half an acre in extent
rises in a great dome, from which a
column of water and stones rises to 800
feet, while immense columns of steam
ascend as far as can be seen.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-15

taffeta collar supplemented with anoth-
er of embroidered linen and tasteful
garniture in white appears on the ruff
fles around the bottom. All the stitch
ing is done with Corticelli Stitching silk
in black and in white and the garment
is lined throught with white satin.
Some yokes are made of lace and
rather a pretty effect is gained by add
ing a row Of lace insertion an inch or so
below the yoke and joining it with a
lattice Of narrow velvet ribbon. The
fancy for black and white effects is evi-
denced in the number of white lawn,
organdy and null gowns trimmed with
black lace, both edging and insertion,
and the quantity of black and white
effects, running from lawns and mulls
through the various mercerized to fou-
lards and silks.
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WEET%LY
'Fay3ion @6an-
LONG CARRIAGE CLOAK.
Trimming of Perforated Straps.

Our illustration shows an exceeding.
ly rich and hand handsome long coat of
black tafleta cut with iabot vest effect
and trimmed with perforated straps ov-
er white satin, 1t has large tucked
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-15
FARMERS CONVENTION.
Official Program of East Tennessee Meet
ing at Knoxville.

ing at Knoxville.
The program of the twenty-seventh
annual meeting of the East Tennessee
Farmers convention, which will meet
in Knoxville, is an unusually attractive
one. The presence Of many OF the
most prominent agriculturists in the
United States is assured and the meet
ing will surpass in interest and in en-
thusiasm any previously held, and the
indications are that the attendance will
be a record d-breaking one. Every farmer
should make it a point to attend this
meeting and should bear in mind that
the railroads granted a single fare, the
tickets being on sale May 20, 81 and 90,
good to return until May 25.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-23
Motorman and Five Passengers
Badly Burned,
SUDDEN AND HEAVY REPORT
Fnae burned Out.-Car Almost Lined
From Track Flames Burst Through
The Motor Box,

New York. June 23.-Whie running
at a high rate OF speed a Myrtle ayen-
ne trolley ear in Brooklyn took fire,
burning the motorman and FIVE pas
sengers, one probably fatally. Other
passengers We're badly injured, jump
ing to escape the flames, which swept
the full length Of the car being carried
by the wind. Those injured were.
Grave Won Kirkland, Is years old,
burned about the face, arms and legs
viii die.
Oscar Won Kirkland, burned about
face and arms.
Mrs Grace Won Blrkand. burned
about face and arms.
Thomas Hun, mOtOrman, burned
about legs aims and face.
Phillip Ross, Jr., burned about the
face aud hands.
Frank Lorrett burned about the
face and hands.
The car was making a return trip to
the Brooklyn bridge from the Ridge
way picnic park. II was loaded 20 the
utmost limit. the conductors register
showing 10 passengers, when there
was a report that was heard three
blocks In all directions and which al
most lifted the car from the track.
A fuse had burned out and a flame
Immediately caught the woodwork
and also burst through the motor box.
This caught by the draught caused
by the cars speed, swept back, burn
Ing all who were unable 10 throw them
selves into the street. The motorm u.
although much injured stuck bravely
to his post and applied the brakes,
bringing the car to stop.
Miss won Kirkland received the fun
force of the flames and was uncon-
scious when tb car was brought to a
standstlll Her father and mother were
also so badly burned that for a time It
was feared that they might not recover.
The car was almost entirely destroyed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-23
INJURED IN A
TROLLEY CAR ACCIDENT

Chicago, June 23.--Ten persons were
hurt In a trolley car collision last
night The accident occurred at Clark
and Twelfth streets, southbound
Wentworth avenue and westbound
Twelfth street ear meeting at the
crossing. Each motorman thought he
had the right Of way and both cars
were going at full speed.
THE INJURED.
Aronhouse, Louis. head severely cut.
Cohn, Harry, severely bruised.
Cotter, James, motorman, left arm
broken
Mclaughlin, Mrs. Anne. back
wrenched.
Mclaughlin, NJ. L., side cut by splln-
ters.
Mclaughlin, Luke. head bruised.
Osterget2er, Bennie. severely bruised.
Ridner, Lee severely bruised.
Schmidt Miss Lena, seriously bruls-
ed
Sucher, Mrs. Jane, seriously wrench
ed and bruised
No arrests were made