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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28
A Heritage of Mankind.

When the biggest tree known to exist
in the world was discovered in the
mountains of Fresno county, Cal, the
dispatches announced that ii would not
be cut down because ii was just inside
a government reservation. The impli-
cation was that if it had been just out
side it would have gone to the lumber
mill-or rather lumber mill would
have gone to it,
Consider for n moment the full atroc-
ity Of such a crime. That tree is $50
feet high and 81 feet in diameter six
feet above the ground. 1t would have
dwarfed the fallen Campnile of Venice
both in height and in bulk, and when
the Venetian bell-tower first looked out
upon the Adriatic, thousand years
ago, the Sierr0n giant was already a
hoary patriarch. 1t was a contempora-
ry of the trees that masked the crater
of Vesuyius before the pent-up fires
burst forth upon Pompeii. 1t was
ilourishing in maturity when Pericles
watched the building of the Parthenon
and it was a brother to the cedars Of
Lebanon, that Hiram's workmen
wrought into the Temple of Solomon.
But to part of our advanced civiliza-
ton its chief distinction is that it could
be sawed into lumber enough to load
five freight trains Of fifty cars each.
The Campanile of Venice can be re-
built, but a gardener who wished to
duplicate tree like that in California
would have to sit up five thousand
years to do it. Happily that particular
tree is safe, but many others, hardly
less majestic, have already been sacri-
feed to the doctrine that "a man may
do what he likes with his own" Is il
not about time to set some limits to
that doctrine, when doing what one
libes with ones own means intlicting
irreparable loss upon mankind?-New
York World.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Col. Gillespie is trying to pour oil on
the troubled waters by petitioning Git
izen Brownlow to come here and cast
the city's horoscope in a speech to be
nsed to catch real estate buyers. What
farce 1t would be as cruel to take
Brownlow out of politics as to take a
fish out of water and he would founder
as hopelessly. AS politician he built
the Soldiers Home, but as business
man he can not finance a street car
franchise that capitalists we're crazy to
get-to believe his story.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

We have never talked to Mr.. Nc
Sween on the subject, but believe if
enough pressure is brought to bear he
will make the race. Mr.. McSween is a
good democrat and the only man in the
First congressional district who could
divide Sewer county with Brownlow.
We are for McSween teeth and toenail.
We want to see him stump the district
with Brownlow and make the big boss
look lie a mouse crawling from under a
seive. Newport Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28
NONRESIDENT Notice.
In the Chancery Court atJohnson City,
Washington County, Tenn.
William Il. Burbage
vs..
Alice L. Clay ct ais.

In this case it appearing from the al
legations of complainant's bill, which
is sworn to, that the defendants, Alice
e. Clay, Isaac b. Tompkins and Henry
B. Worth, executors in the state Of
Massachusetts, of the will of Henry
Clay, deceased, and Alice Il. Clay and
Isaac b. Tompkins, executors of said
will in Washington county, Tennessee,
are non-residents of the state of Ten
nessee, it is ordered by me that publi-
cation be made for four successive
weeks, as required by law, inTHE CON-
EFT, newspaper publised in Johnson
City, in said county, notifying said
nonresident defendants to appear be-
fore our said chancery court at court
to be holden at the courthouse in John
son City, on the first Monday of Sep
TENDER, 1902, and make defense to said
bill, or the allegations thereof will be
taken for confessed and this cause set
for hearing ex parte as to them.
This Jnly 81, 1909.
E. A. SHIPLEY, G. e. NJ.
By s. u. MILLER, ID. G. & NJ.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Weaving a calf that has sucked too
long is a very cruel thing. Hear them
bleat. Knoxville Sentinel.
Between us, the people up in the old
First have decided to do little wean-
ing, hence the terrible paving and
kicking which you first heard has been
changing to piteous means. The big
calf that has run over time takes it
might hard when weaving time comes.
But the people think they have sucked
long enough, besides they are "too
bigaty. Newport Plain Talk
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Winfield Harvey, an expert on Ii
guilds, has been engaged to find where
Sinking creek returns to the surface,
Harvey will first have his life insured
and then he will take drink Of water
just where the stream sinks in the
earth. Representatives of the two wa
ter companies will watch their respec-
tive springs and the first one that gets
a Whit of distillery will hollow Keno,
and the game will be over.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale Of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers and grandmoth-
ers never thought of using anything
else for Indigestion or biliousness. Doc.
tors were scarce, and they seldom heard
OF appendicitis, nervous prostration or
heart failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and
stop fermentation of undigested food,
regulate the action of the liver, stimu-
late the nervous and organic action of
the system, and that is all they took
when feeling dull and bad with head
aches and other aches. You only need
a few doses of Green's August Flower,
in liquid form, to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter with
you. You can get DIR. G.. G.. Green s
reliable remedies at H. @. Miller's drug
store, Johnson City, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The next thing We expect to see is
some one with a petition asking Brown
low to deliver q "sermon on the Mount"
we suggest that he get a swifter
mount than that used by Coxy's army
chieftain.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The Tomahawk says Harmon wants
to go behind the returns and contest
the election of Tyler, who has been
commissioned Judge. That is true only
in the sense that he wants to so behind
them like a woman goes behind hen
to shoe in the missing districts. Is
there any objection to man claiming
and insisting upon getting what is his
own, given him by the people?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

1t is all right for the merchants to
organize for protection against the fell
low who changes his trading place
without clear receipt, but what we
would like to know is why would a
man want to change stores if he had to
pay up first =?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28
Fate of Salt Lake.

A representative of the weather bu-
reau announces with much concern
that the waters of the great Salt Lake,
in Utah, are Iapidly receding, and that
unless a wet spell comes to take the
place of the unusual dry which has for
some time prevailed in that section Of
the country the lake is doomed. Rain
may have some influence in preventing
the drying up of Salt Lake, but, com
paratively speaking, it must be small.
The lake, in the past ten years, has re-
coded sevenor eight feet This has
been going on slowly, but steadily, for
many years, whether the seasons were
wet or dry.
The lake is the great survivor of a
large number of salt lakes, some of them
much greater in extent. They flowed
over large part of the western and
southwestern territory and left behind,
in some instances, immense deposits OF
salt, which are now being converted to
chemical uses. There are spots not SO
very distant from Salt Lake where al
most pure salt can be dug up for many
feet below the surface, and the vast al
kali plains of the southwest were un-
doubtedly covered with salt water al
one time. Much Of the latter was sub
merged by the ocean, and it is probable
that Salt Lake was once part of thu
ocean, large part Of that section of The
United States having been subjected
to one of the periodical deluges whicl
prevailed in the earlier history Of tn
world. Baltimore American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The bunco men are not all in town.
Some of them are in the country. We
was down to Memphis week come Mon
day and Cy Lyle, our rustic confrere,
steered us against beer at a dollar a
bottle. Talk about beef trust robber-
les! They are gifts as compared to this
-Hardeman Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

If Brownlow's speech on johnson
City's future must be written by some
one else to make it interesting, why
handicap its use by having him read il?
Let it go direct to the printer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Capt, Nelson's game of solitaire has
been disturbed and he and Maj. Weeks
will try their skill at draw poker. Bert
Upton wants in the game, but objects
to a sky limit
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

AS matter of news the Courier
might notice the candidacy of Hon.
John M. Fain for the senate. That
would not be endorsing him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28
VIRGINIA COLLEGE

For Young Ladies, Roanoke, Va.
Opens Sept, IS, 1902 One OF the Leading
Schools for Young Ladies in the South. New
buildings, pianos and equipment. Campus ten
acres. Grand mountain scenery in Valley of
Virginia. famed for health. European and
American teachers. Full course Conservatory
advantages in Art, Music and Elocution. Stu
dents from thirty states. For catalogue, adj
dress MATTE p HARRIS President,
936-st Roanoke. Va.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The people of the First district do
not object SO much to a king, but it's
too expensive to be continually buying
new and larger crowns.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Brownlow's power to control polite
al, judicial and business affairs in this
district is only exceed by his ambition
10 do so.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

No matter where the waters of Sink
ing creek go to when they sink, water
for the Soldiers Home is still out of
sight.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

THE COMET is going to do all 1t can
to elect democrat to congress from
the First district in November. If that
be treason, then make the most of it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

We would like to have access to the
files of the Morristown Republican for
the period when Art Helms was not
supporting the Boss.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The Future of Johnson City, or a
Real Estate Mans Idle Dream, is to be
the browning effort of Brownlow's lite
rary life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Brownlow will have to lose the re-
turns from whole counties to keep from
being distanced in November.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Roderick Random Buffers last appli-
cation was for pass one way over the
river Jordan.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Brownlow is to be used as O boomer.
In the street car matter he proved
boomerang,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

There seems to be q flaw in Cap'n
Nelson's title. He wanted a warrantee
deed but only got quit claim.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
says: "It looks as if Boss Brownlow
were tottering to fall"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Judge Campbell may speak with
Gov. Frazier, but he will never meet
him in debate.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

If Hannah can beat Gibson Tennes-
see will have q solid democratic delegs-
tion in the next congress.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Perhaps those hydraulic experts can
tell genuine mineral water from an ar
ticle manufactured with scrap iron.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The Courier sees a bolt in the dim
distance. 1t had better look out, it
may be bolt of political lightning.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The monarch of all he surveys is to
have his horizon narrowed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

No.4l, Pullman Sleeping cars Bristol TO Chat
tanooga Memphis and New Orleans and from
Chattanooga to Shreveport and MorristoWn
TO MOBILIZE also Chattanooga TO Jacksonville
and Atlanta TO Brunswick,
No s. carries Pullman Sleeping car Bristol to
Knoxville, Knoxville to Memphis and Chatta-
nooga TO Macon.
No II, Pullman Sleeping car Morrlstown TO
Memphis and Chattanooga,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

a western tour, said; "If no damaging
frosts occur within the next thirty days,
there will be the greatest corn crop
harvested that this country ever saw"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

OFF year or not, this seems to be an
olful year for ring politicians.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

The johnson City Water Company
thinks there is just as good water under
the earth as ever rolled upon it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28
While Hannah is making speeches in
Maine Cap'n Gibson is tuning up.

The indications are that it will be
very warm in November for ring poll
ticians.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Underground water and underhand
methods are closely related.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28
Buy Gold Dust flour.

"Got the Grip9" Get DR.. Miles Restora,
tive Nervine and cure it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

"Hell-ow They're after me.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

How Are Your Kidneyal
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, 1902-08-28

Nos. II and II carry Pullman Sleeping Cars
between New York and Nashville via Asheville
also between Greensboro and Norfolk, Sails
bury and Richmond, Asheville and Memphis.
Nos IS and 80 carry Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Chattanooga and Danyille and Danvllla
and New York.
*Daily I Daily except Sunday
O. H. A exert, G. NJ. Washington D. c.
w. A. TURK, p. 4, NJ, Washington, D. G.
$. II. HARDwIoK, G. p. A., Washington, d. G.
C.A.BENSCOTER,A.G.P. Chattanooga, Tenn
J. l.. MEEK, I. +. A., Knoxville. Tenn,
j. c. LUSK, Il. L. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28
Gold D0st dour-best made.
N-zs1a>AIu'NA kgzleE

The above signature is on the Wrapper Of
every bottle Of the genuine OWENS PINK
MIXTURE-the baby's friend from birth
until he has his teeth III druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-28

Monthly Pains cured by DR.. Miles Pain Pills
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
Tried to Suicide.

Mount Sterling, KY, July III. w.
Fassett, q prominent farmer ATTEMPTED
suicide and is not expected to live. He
'ook three grains of morphine and, pro-
curing dirk and hammer, went to an
orchard on his place and placing the knife
against his breast drove it into his body
VII the hammer. When he was found he
gave as reason for his attempted sui
e,ce that he was growing old and that his
children needed his money, SO he thought
IL pest to put himself out of the way.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10

Berkeley, CAL, July IA human head
that had been sawed from the body of a
man just above the collar bone was found
on the bank Of creek that flows through
La Iona, pretty spot behind North
Berkeley, and one frequented by picnick-
ing parties. The head was that of mid
die aged man, and had been severed from
the body by some one unfamiliar with
surgical dissection, according to medical
experts who have examined it.
The preservation of the features is re-
markable. The face has the appearance
of having been placed in some fluid TO
prevent decomposition. The flesh is not
sun bleached, so the theory that the head
had been used for experimental purposes
at some medical institute and subsequent
ly discarded is dissipated.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
Biz Cheek Missing.

Indianapolis, Ind, July Indiana Of
hcials are worrying a. to the whereabouts
OF a check for 1886 ,OOU drawn by the
United States in favor of Indiana in pay
ment of it's war claim. The check was
mailed in Washington two days ago. but
up to this time has not been seen by the
state officers. The fact that the checks
to Illinois and several other states in pay
ment of similar claims have been received
mas increased the anxiety of the Indiana
officlals. Governor Durbin is out of the
city today, but other officials took the
matter up with local postoffice officials.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
CLOUD BURST N IDAHO
ELL1spoRT IS SWEPT AWAY.
All Of the Houses hut One EloateA
Away-Two Miles of NOrthern Pa
All Trestl~s Are GOne-Several
People Have Narrow Escapes.

Hope, Idaho, July "A cloudburst at
Ellisport, just east Of Hope, Idaho, swept
away all the houses, about IL or Is, ex.
cept Harry Mannlrg's. Two miles Of the
track washed away, the mill Is under
water From Ellisport to the yard limits
is flood Of water, the creek Is wild ami
~idened 100 yards On e..cn side and all
the trestles are gone from Ciarks Fork
to Hope. Residents are letting loose. a
dam behind the company store to save
the store and dwelling. The families
at Ellisport lost everything.
Lightning and Trestle creeks are raging
wild. William Pilling's house at the Tres
tie is swept away. No one was injured
in the food. There are over 100 men at
work repairing the track east Of Hope.
The water rushed in about the Elllsport
houses at a. M, when the people were
in bed They got up, but the water went
down for little while, SO they remained
in their honses. A little later the flood
suddenly rose and the residents had all
they could do to get of in safety.
Mr.. Axtell has several small children.
1t was nip and tuck to get them away.
he says his loss is about $1,000, as the
flood left him without home.
Mrs. Fage lost her house and everything
in it; loss about $500.
Mrs. ODonnell also lost everythin.
She had $500 or $500 worth of property.
Mrs. Stage lost everything. Her loss
is about $500.
| The track for several milea ia covera.l
with rocks. mud and water. While FL.
iisport people think the danger is all over
still they are afraid, ard Mr.. Axtell is in
town now looking for teams to haul away
everything from the big store ut the
bridge. There is possibility Of the dam
sweeping down the hill behind the store
Efforts are making to run the dam to the
creek. II it comes down the hill it will
take the store and some dwellings.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
king's Charity Dinner.

London, July Half a million Of Lon.
don's slum dwellers were King Edwards
guests Saturday afternoon. They were
scattered in about 400 halls, schools and
parks in varying numbers, the greater
number of benefeiaries being at Stepney,
where no less than 5000 enjoyed dinner
such as they seldom partook Of. At every
gathering was read message from the
king, signed by his private secretary, to
the poor, sent through the lord mayor Of
London.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
IOvva's Bad Storm.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, July South
western Iowa was visited by the worst
storm of the year. In several towns it
amounted to tornado, and fears are en-
tertained that there has been loss Of life.
Damage to corn and unharvested small
grains has been very great In some
places the rain which followed the wind
storm amounted to almost cloudburst.
At Whiting q dozen buildings are re-
ported destroyed and Mrs. Campbell
badly hurt. At Anthem 20 buildings were
demolished by tornado. Communication
Is cut off by wire.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
OREGON NOTES.

1t Is proposed to have city fountain
at Weston.
BY order Of the chief of police all
gambling houses in Portland we're
closed last week.
A street fair will be held in Med.
ford in the fall under the auspices of
the Knights Of Pythias lodge.
Mrs. Andrew Mccormack, who died
in Eugene recently, was one Of the best
known pioneer women in that section.
Strawberries are now being picked
on Weston mountain, east of Weston,
where. on account of the altitude, Der.
ries are late.
An order to the Pendleton postmas.
ter from the assistant postmaster at
Washington delays free city mail de.
livery in Pendleton until September /.
An incorporation has been formed
by the sawmill owners of Portland
and after July 10 all of the city bust
ness will be transacted through this
company.
One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand Eastern brook trout have been
planted in Oregon this year by the
Oregon Fish and Game association and
ASST lake trout.
BY the Moody land law bill which
President Roosevelt signed last weel
over 10000 acres of unallotted lands
on the Umatilla reservation are
thrown open. and will eventually be
put on the market for purchase under
the provisions of the act.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
Casualties 1t ssinneapolis.

st. Paul. MIMI, July THE casual
ties Of the Fourth Of July In the Twin
Cities include four drowned and a large
number of injured from toy cannons and
other explosives.
The drowned are: John Buckley, in st.
Croix lake, having fallen from the steam.
er Cyclone.
d. w. Emerson, in Lake Calhoun.
Paul F. Thompson, in Cedar lake.
Will Reber, in Kish lake, near Osseo.
All four were residents Of Mnnea polls.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-10
MOTOR CAR CAUGHT AF|RE
cuc AGO ELEVATED ROAD.
two H"nd req ..v.-., w.r.
,,,ured-Other Accidents In
Fatal Wreck On Noun
chicago x..r
tain La ke "0

c.;..co. July IA moVol oAi W
eA'''s s;,, ! Elevated railroad caught ire
I s. p,ssiue Augusta street. There were
whhe ,a on the train and panic en-
>" F several of the passengers MADE
'asa rts to lump from the moving tra'n' ou'
en .s. prevented by the guards
s,,s ,be SC ramble that resulted when tne
~ 80 endeavored to get out OF the
81 the flames number OF persons
W.! orush ed. and two women are said
sei AVE been seriously injured. The mo-
? - "sr was destroyed by fire, and the car
W 70 it was badly damaged.
The pass engers were compelled 70 get
.ss ears and walk back on the track
=" o"oo foot to the nearest station.
Chicago, July THREE persons were
.;,lsd and more than 100 injured IN the
.a,ahrat;on of this years Fourth OF July
- Chicago OF these, all the killed re-
lived the fatal wounds from firearms.
~h;le % others were injured by guns and
w. straw bullets. The desire to have
.ome unique machine with which to EN-
,h.s;ze their enthusiasm led to the injury
n three persons, while the cannon cracker
added SO more to the list.
number of men were arrested for dis
charging firearms IN the city limits. Fifty
arrests were made on the West Side alone
III = Gloversville Accident.
Gloyers ville, N. Y, July IA wreck
which occurred on the Mountain Lake
r.ilroad caused the almost instant death
81 10 persons and one victim died in the
hospital here today. It is believed tina:
several others will succumb to their in
;uries. The bodies Of many of the victim,
were crushed and MANNED almost beyond
recognition and the scenes about the
wreck were horrifying.
The accident was caused by a combi-
nation baggage and passenger car getting
away from the motorman and rushing
down the mountain side at terrific speed.
The brakes refused to work and the heavy
car crashed into loaded open car also
descending the mountain. The latter was
hurled from the track and turned on its
3de and over 80 per cent of the passengers
were injured. Both cars were derailed
and passengers were thrown in every d.
rection. Some were killed instantly;
others died from their wounds soon after
ward
The dead are:
Mrs. Edward j. Blair.
Miss Electa Reird.
Miss Margaret Main.
Mrs. Ornan Eastman.
Edward Davis.
Edward L. Trevitt.
Joseph Saloy.
lsador Rothberg.
Fred Cronin, all Of Gloversville, ana
Mrs. Maria Annabel of Worthwhile.