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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

No.N Pullman Sleeping cars Bristol to Chat
tanooga, Memphis and New Orleans and from
Chattanooga to Shreveport and Birmingham
to Mobile; also Chattanooga 10 Jacksonville
and Atlanta to Brunswick
No IS carries Pullman Sleeping car Bristol to
Knoxville. Knoxville to Memphis and Chatta-
noOga to Macon
No H. Pullman Sleeping car Morrlstown to
Chattanooga, Chattanooga to Atlanta and
Chattanooga to Memphis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

Mother-Edward Edward What
are you doing to Willie?
Edward-We are playing housekeep-
ing and Willie said he'd be the carpet
if I'd do the work.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

Nos. II and IL carry Pullman Sleeping Cars
between New York and Nashville via Ashevllle
also between Greensboro and Norfolk, and
Salisbury and Richmond.
Nos. IS and % carry Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Chattanooga and Danville and Danville
and New York.
+Daily tDaily, except Sunday.
r. S.GANNON, ID v. R.&G. NJ Washington, DO
w. A. TURK A. r 7, NJ, Washington, d. @
s. II. HARpwIcK, g. p. A., Washington, D. O
.A.BENSC0TER,A,G.P. Chattanooga, TenA
]. L MEEK, T. ?. A. Knoxville. Tenn.
J, G. LUSK, 7. p. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
Low Rat, & 10 Cal.
San Francisco and Los Angeles and Return

Very low rates via Missouri Pacific
Ry., May 90 to June Z, with limit of go
days on tickets. Diverse routes and
stopovers allowed. For full informa-
ton write /. E. Rehlander, T. P. A.,
Chattanooga, Tenn. jun7
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

"Mary, didn't tell you liked my
beef we'll done?"
Mary-You did, marin, but / didn't
say anything, did 1? People can have
ther whims, if they want to, for all o.
ma
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

Boggs-So you're you a poet, Ell?
Dye know I'm gettin' so | take quite
an interest in poetry.
The Poet -Indeed!
Boggs-You, there amt nothin' en-
Joy more than readin' them advertise
ments in the street cars.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

Weigh your friends in the scale of
prosperity and the will be found want
ing-to borrow your money.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

No. Pullman Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping
cor Chattanooga to New York via Asheyille,
No, " Pullman Sleeping cars Chattanooga
TO New York ylR Bristol Cafe Observation
car Chattanooga to Radford. Va.
No. 80 carries Pullman Sleeping car Chatta-
nOoga to Dspyille and Danville to New York
and from Knoxville to New York via Bristol.
Northbound. No. IS No. II No. 8 No II
Asheville -. " IL, l5am / l5pm ,.,.... l5lm
Bristol go. lvl 925pm Ll5pm ..,...., l.lSpn
Knoxville. .lv Scam 700pm 8 20am 1UOpm
Clinton ar TO- 4Oam a05pm 9. 25am S05pm
Hartmann H. 45am 950pm ,...... ...,...
Jellico ar GI...,... .,...,.. IL 30am " i0pm
Louisville. al S0pm 805am ,....,.. ab0am
Cincinnati II 130pm loan 730am
st. Louis, ar 7.3sam 7.29pml -. .t.G....
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

No. la Pullman Sleeper Cincinnati to jack
sonyille via @ & G. Hartman Junction, Knox
Vile and Asheyllle; also louisville 70 KNOX,
vile via L, & N, and Jellico.
No 1919 50 carries Pullman Sleeper St Louis
Y sna ans ~ y Har
riman Junction
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

Brains served a la carte-that's what Special edition" man thinks member Of the staff must be able to produce at his will.
 And now an article on "The Woman and Society Department" of The Ad- vertiser is assigned" to the editor of that department.
 Though grandma" will soon cele- brate Ter 73rd birthday, the Woman's and Society Department of The Ad- vertiser is only giving it's wooden wedding party.
 Just five years ago I was decided to be thoroughly equipped" to in- augurate a "Woman's and Society Department" for the edification of the dear readers" and subscribers of The Advertiser. It is fact to be de- plored that all subscribers are not dear readers" and all dear readers are not subscrlbers-they borrow the paper from a next-door neighbor.
 Wren tine editor informed me that 1t seemed to him I was thoroughly equipped for this undertaking, l won dered what he meant. I was delight ed to be thoroughly equipped" but I wondered in what the equipment consisted I knew I couldn't spell, but I wasn't going to tell him.
 I first made up my mind that I would not let him discover my want of equipment by putting it to the test. But two really literary friends who were enjoying a glorious rainy after ternoon with me when the proposition arrived, insisted that just for fun" we three together get up Sunday" page. Just one. And we did We worked from Monday until Saturday on 1t. What a budget was produced! Every detail of every entertainment was given, even to the pedigree of the lace on the gowns. We almost broke the press.
 Next day I said: ''Do you suppose I am going to try to do that every day? No, indeed; I'd be lunatic in a week. But when the devil was sent for "copy" on Monday, I hustled about and got up a little batch. ex- pecting on the next day to break the sad news that was not equipped" and give up my job.
 But somehow I kept on.
 Five years service afloat" would be a good title for this article. Yes, good and appropriate, because it is afloat, worse-adrift. There is no safe anchor and no efficacious rudder that. manifested by the Gteadiest hand, will guide into clear waters. All is at sea It Is so difficult to at tain ones own ideal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
Experience of Q Woman
 in Managing a New1paper.
BY MRS. CLARA R. JEMISoN. % = = = .s sss =. ..S. = s = = <. =

daily mailing book, the weekly mail- ing book, the carriers list and the pay roll I think that was all. The array seemed formidable, but finally mastered them, and for a year at- tended to their details religiously. Only one thing about the bookkeep- ing did omit. That was the "bal- ancing" My business friend had said that the books must be "balanced' so as to show the amount of the pro- ft-or loss. But what was the use? When I performed the duties of ev- cry department from that of editor to the ''devil' when circumstances required all within 24 hours each day why should I burden myself with adding columns of figures to find how much money I had when I already knew? There was one beauty at least in being "proprietor." If l had a dollar in my pocket I knew it was mine If had not dollar, or even a dime, knew that I was responsible only to myself Tor the embezzler ent. There was the case in nutshell. so I let the balancing go hang.
 The Day Divided.
 How I managed about dividing the twerty-four hours. l do not remem- ber quite clearly. l know that l read the exchanges and wrote editorials at night At o'clock in the morning there was sufficient copy on the hook to last the printers for two hours. By o'clock when I had read the latest papers. l furnished the hook with the special" telegrams. Then l turned city editor and wrote what ever rews had come my way. At 10 o'clock l went out and did reporters work until F, then returned and far nished more copy. l also read proof. From l to 2 o'clock was usually tnot always) employed in getting refresh ments. After ?, I furnished more copy. Then I read more proofs. At o'clock the work of the editor. re- porter, and proof-reader was fin- ished. Intermingled with this had been, of course, the work of the ad- VertisinG solicitor, the ad-writer, the business manager, and the general utility man.
 After 3 o'clock l brought out the books" and worked on them: regu- lated the carriers when they punched each others heads or threw ink at the pressman; and attended to the correspondence. !- it was near the end of the month ] made out bills Between and ' o'clock I wended my way homeward. and after 8 began the round again by reading exchanges and writing editorials.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

One years experience as "editor and proprietor" of a daily newspaper as not without its advantages to wonnan--if she survives the ordeal. Even if she is plunged suddenly in she may gasp at the shock, but in the end she realizes that the experience was a tonic.
 There is nothing like 1t for learning people. There is nothing like it for i~arning business There IS nothing ike it for learning to cultivate. an ap- Dearance of amiability; and better still fhere .s nothing like 1t for promoting q growth in grace. The growth in grace is certain after year of self restraint in the conduct of 6 news paper.
 When I took charge of The Tusca- Ioosa Times with no previous practi- cal experience. it was like beginning race down hill to keep heavy stone from rolling upon me. The heavier 1t seemed. and the faster it rolled the faster must l speed to save my own neck. So I sped.
 The daily paper of a small town which furnishes about 500 subscribers, must of necessity contain as many departments as that Of the larger city daily with subscribers in every ham, let in the State. There is the circu- iation and the mailing department. the advertising department, the busi- ness department, the editorial depart uent, the news department, and the daily correspondence. to say nothing of the department of general utility. And on a newspaper with 800 sub scribers all these departments are rolled into one and their affairs exc cuted by one unhappy individual.
 This then was what confronted me >when I started out on my career as aeditor and proprietor" A newspapers s value depends entirely upon it's being kept up to a certain standard with no loss Of patronage. This much l understood An inteIe ested friend. an excellent financier. was kind enough 10 give me advice as to the business Management of the paper. Said he:
 '.The success of any business de- pends upon Hgilanpce in looking af- ter the details. Let nothing escape you; record every cent paid in and every cent paid out. At the close of each day your books should show ex- actiy how your business stands, and how much you have cleared"
 Look at Books.
 So the first thing I did was to take Q look at the books. There were the a6vertis ~' ledger, the cash book, the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
A Woman's Department;
 The Joys ana Trials 1t Brings.
BY MRS. J. M. de CoTTES.

There are some things to be thank ful for, even in the position of editor of this Woman's Departmo..;. Above all, in my case there is this to be thankful for-there is no piece of perfection predecessor whose excel lent work might have been held up 10 me as a shining example. And too, pleasure may be found in that when l have a successor her heart may be made to ache by reference to the fine established standard be- queathed her which she must main tain.
 The deeds of the dead do so shine brighter and brighter as the funeral day recedes into the past. This might be construed by the editors into gentle hint that 1 am with The Advertiser until death Us do part. Being the first woman on The Adver- tiser l have had no such shining ex- ample of proficiency held up for my following.
 There is not much to write about In five years service afoat or adrift." as editor of a Woman's and Society Department, but there Is much that could be written, if one could only get 1t in black on white. about the dif- ferent types of people whom such a parsonage meets. Her den could serve as bureau of information on char acter. if only the enquirer could read the signs.
 There is nothing more strange, more passing strange, tha, a womans way or women's ways of bringing about the end on which her heart is set. guess it is the same way that man II little probability of some member calling for "coffee and pistols for two" Their ways are cute with that disagreeable element eliminated.
 In womans organizations, the GOings of which it has been my province to chronicle. there are perhaps no more frequent differences of opinion," than in mems, but they are more dwelt upon, more cuddled and nursed into long life. They are more divertng, sweeter morsels, so to speak, to the feminine palate.
 have found that the most desirable way for me to look at all questions in which the women of Alabama are interested is through the glasses each presents to me-then the lScture Is always beautiful. When two wo- men, bent on the same ultimate good end. are diametrically opposed to each other as to methods or attain
 (continped on Page Eight,) <
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

tired and the. paper was left in the sole control of his able associate. In that canvass, MT. Yancey refused to support the Democratic candidate for President, but although his 6nfluence was great Mir. Mccormick managed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

The Advertiser with such signal ability that the State cast it's vote for General Cass, although General Taylor was elected.
 In the latter part of 1S4S Mir. P. H. Erittan, who had published a paper
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

Alabama than it had ever been be-
 fore. It was regarded as the exponent of Democratic sentiment of the State and. was the guide and text book of all the truly faithful in the Democratic household. In 1S4S, MT. Walshe re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

(cOntinped on Page Eight.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

This regular grind was diversified, however. throughout the year. Each day brought its own brightness and its own sorrows. Among the latter might be mentioned certain encoun- ters with printers. The local men, as a rule. gave no trouble, but there were ''hoboes." Every country newspaper office has its experience with hobo" printers, and I had mine. They are the uncertain quantity, but there are times when they seem a necessity.
 I well remember the first who came along. It was on Monday morning when the chief printer was "sick."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

So the first thing I did was to take e look at the books. There were the aAvert,S ~' ledger, the cash book the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

Continued on Page Eight.)
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26
Metaphor of the sea.

Let me put in my oar" said gen.
tleman as he Joined three of his ac-
uuaintances in the Waldorf-Astoria
cafe the other night and took seat at
a table with them.
THAT is about the twentieth meta
phor of that sort that have heard to-
night" answered one of the others,
land it seems so very strange that we
should borrow so many of ourf cures
from the sea. never thought of it
before, but it is curious. have never
been closely associated with the water,
and l don't believe that any of you have
and yet we are using sea terms all of
the time. They are wonderfully eN-
pressive too, and l don't know what
we would do without them.
you want to put in your oar mo.
ment ago some one talked about being
all adrift, and l admitted that l was
at sea- We talk about our weather
eye, being 'spliced,' our 'mainstay' and
all that sort of stuff We know what
it is to cast an anchor to the wind
ward to back and FILL to steer
through, to be taken aback' and to
have the wind taken out of our sails,
I'VE spin yarn try the other
tack, launch enterprises, get them
under full sail, and often wreck
them. We cry for any port in a
storm, take in a reef, get to our
ropes end, run before the wind and
sometimes keel over. So it goes on
until I believe we can talk about
almost everything in the language of
the sea. New York Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26
Their skins Light sleeves.

The blue and green colors of frogs,
lizards, ertain fishes and other verte-
brates have been investigated. A
black pigment causes the blue color
by what Pouchet called "cerulescence, .
or kind of fuorescence, and the green
color is due to a mixture of black
and yellow pigments. The colored
skins seem to serve as sleeves for sep
arating useful and harmful light. The
useful red heat rays are allowed to
pass, but the violet and the ultra-vio-
let, which induce skin diseases or 9th.
er ill-effects, are reflected.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26
TOO MUCH FOR HIS PHILOSOPHY
A Parable for Those who Approach Cues
tious from the Wrong Side.

A Parable for Those Who Approach Cues
lions from the Wrong Side.
A Virglnian member of congress
used many years ago to tell a story
which may have been intended as a
parable for politicians who approach
questions from the wrong side 1t is
gtill capable of performing that office,
not only for politicians, but for 9TH
crs.
The proprietor of a lanyard built
a stand on one of the main streets of
a Virginia town for the purpose of
selling leather and buying raw hides.
When he had completed the build
ing, he considered for a long time
what sort of a sign to put up to at
tract attention to the new establish
ment. Finally a happy thought
struck him. He bored an augur hole
through the door post and stuck a
calfs tail into it with the tufted end
outside.
After a while be saw a solemn-faced
ran standing near the door looking
at the sign, his eyes in a round, medi-
tative stare behind his spectacles. Tho
tanner watched him a minute, then
stepped out and addressed him.
Good morning, sir!" he said.
Morning." said the other, without
taking his eyes off the sign.
want to buy leather?" asked the
4opuor
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26

The following humorous story of
how nuptial festivities are sometimes
disturbed in Berlin is worth recording.
Recently, after the performance of the
civil function, at the registers Office,
and after the pastor had administered
the blessing of the church, an engrav-
er and his young bride were sitting
with the wedding guests in the parlor
OF the brides father, slipping their
after-dinner coffee. The bride hap
pened to be of a superstitious nature.
and had procured from some old dame,
cunning in the dark science, a powder
which was to insure the constant love
Of her husband. The bride surrepti-
tiously produced the packet of pow
der, and emptied into her spouse's cup,
unobserved by him, as she thought.
To her pleasant surprise, however,
he had no sooner tasted the nauseous
dTaught than he spat it out again, and
gave his better half loud box on the
ear. The bride was not accustomed to
delicate attentions of this kind, and
her brothers resented it by rushing at
htr husband and giving him a thor
ough good pummeling Very soon the
fight became general, and tables and
chairs were upset in all directions.
Finally peace was restored, but the
combatants had to get their heads
bound up. The young bride was so
disguised, however, that she refused
to accompany her husband to their
new home, so he had to proceed
thither alone, all covered with wounds.
| New York Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26

10 doubt that your conclusion was only
Too accurately drawn" said the sscre-
toty lowering between confidence and
reticence. THE governor resigned be-
fore the commissioners left, and the
deputy governor was appointed as a
stop-gap. This same evening "A raid
was made upon q pawahroE1's shop
IN Mile End. kept ny Warder Williams
brother, and between e40O and $500
OF base coin was found there. Strange
20 say. the police have been interested
IN that shop for some time, owing to
the frequent complaints OF sailors, who
largely frequent Il. that bad money
had there been foisted upon them. The
business was an excellent medium for
passing the coins. We are inquiring
what other methods were also adopted.
Considerable changes will be made at
Shashnal, sut Il is undesirable that
the matter should become public
knowledge" the secretary concluded.
"The profits appear to have been very
considerable, and the coins are really
masterpieces Of their kind"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26
Itnllans in Arcentinn.

We have no immigration from the
north Of Europe All attempts to Sc
cure it have failed, for reasons which
are not difficult to understand. In
migrants from the north of Europe
do not fit in we'll with the conditions
here. The Irish colonists, the Amer
lean colonists, the Welsh colonists and
the Mennonite colonists have all
shown that this kind Of immigration
on any large scale does not prosper,
while the Italian does. He is indus
trious, he is saving, he is hard work
er, he is a peaceable man, he is modest
in his demands on the country. he is
a family man, and while ne may be
ignorant he wants his children to
have an education and he afiliates
with the native Argentine and identi-
fies himself with the country as no
one from the north of Europe does
Buenos Ayres Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26
What 80 Reported.


mint ed been. Sure you never tried
your and az colnin? No? Well, well.
It must ave been my fancy, then.
Somebody something like you. I sup
pose. Night"
What did he come for?" Thirty
nine asked himself Clearly he had
some definite object. / must cultivate
my friend Williams.
But Williams did not show himself
again for some days, and then adopted
an entirely different manner.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26

Chinese girls are TO be employed in
San Francisco as telephone operators.
There are so many Chinese inhabitants
using the telephone there that operat-
ors who speak the language are in de,
mand.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26

The native blacksmiths Of the Kon-
go smelt very good iron from fine ore,
in which the country abounds. from
which they make knives and spear
heads, many Of which have artistic
designs.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26

An ancient royal charter conferred
on the mayor and corporation of the
city of Cork jurisdiction "over the
harbor as well as the rivers, creeks
and bays within the same" and this
jurisdiction is maintained by mark
ing its boundary every three years by
casting into the sea, al a point about
three miles outside the harbor, a dart
or javelin to mark the seward
bounds of these rights. On such oc-
casions the mayor proceeds in state
to the point in question, accompanied
by the members of the corporation
and a number Of the leading citizens,
and performs the ancient ceremony.
The present lord mayor performed
the ceremony in the presence of a
large company last May.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26

The latest surgical triumph IS the
grating of a new set of upper and
lower eyelids to the eyes of a man
who lost his original set in a fire. The
accident had left both eyeballs en-
tirely unprotected, and here was dan
ger of the victim losing his sight en-
tirely. It was resolved TO replace them
by grating four new eyelids If pos
sible, by taking the skin from the
hip of the patient. 1t was necessary
to proceed slowly, but the expert
ment was successful from the start.
The four new eyelids performed their
normal functions naturally.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26

Considerable rewards are paid In
India for the destruction Of wild ami
mails and venomous snakes, the gov
eminent paying In respect OF a tiger
beig 80 rupees or thereabouts. Some
caution however, has to be eercised in
the distribution Of these rewards, and
It is an old story that IN one district.
in which a fair sum was offered for
dead cobras brought in. the simple
minded natives took 10 breeding them
and cobra farming, while it lasted.
showed an excellent return on a mod
crate outlay of capital and labor.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-26
QUAINT AND CURIOUS

Gas was FIRST used as a street a.
luminant In Baltimore. Nd, gas
lamps being introduced In that city
IN the year 1916.