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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
Picnic at Piney Flats.

An all day picnic was enjoyed by
quite large crowd Saturday, the god.
\ program of outdoor sports was very
successfully rendered. The pie eating
contest was entered into like fiehting
cats and when the smoke OF the battle
had cleared away Lloyd Frye was de-
clared winner with Johnnie Smith a
close second.
Col. Jack Faw's lecture, "Under the
Big Tent" was the most laughable af-
fair of the day. The large hall up
stairs in the Institute was packed with
eager people of all sizes and ages, and
they were not disappointed either. The
proceeds of the lecture, lunch, lemo-
made and ice cream, go for the benefit
of the public school.
OF course picnic could not be sue
cess without baseball game, so Aus
tin Springs team secured the second
nine of Johnton City. The game re-
suited in a victory for Austin's by q
score of lS to 8, making two victories
and one defeat for the Austin team.
With this aggregation, Albert Hale,
the crack left fielder of the home team,
showed the boys how to bat, hitting
four doubles and two singles out of six
up. Frank Feathers was in the batting
business himself. He drove one over
center which counted four runs, the
bases being full, and he brought them
all in including himself. Devault did
fine work in the box. "Old Bailess"
Henderson held his left tar bucket as
far up as possible and let hot
liner fall into it never to come out un-
til the umpire called chatter out.
Dan Ford and Jim Hale deserve spe-
cial mention for nice work in the out
field.
Piuey Flats, Aug. "a, 'O3.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
NOTICE OF FORFEIT
On His Contract Has been Given Mr.. Par
ish by U. S. Government

A bill has been fled in the federal
court which involved the construction
of the Soldiers Home at Johnson City.
Clerk James T, Carter of the court
here, received an order from Judge
Clark of the court containing tenn
porary restraining order against j. i.
Parish, the contractor on the Soldiers
Home, forbidding him from going on
the grounds and further Attempting to
carry out his contract, which was to do
the brick work on many of the build
ings. The bill was filed in Chatta-
nooga Saturday, and is styled, "The
National Home of Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers VS.. j. Il. Parrish"
The bill alleges that Contractor Par
rish is not complying with his contract
and is not completing the buildings in
the time allotted him. The govern
ment has extended the time twice and
hllbSCb tuhl tuG Idht NuIh bub COuli Nv
tor has done in his hurry to get inside
the time, is not according to specifca.
tions, and will have to be torn out, and
done over. The government has given
the contractor notice that his contract
has been forfeited, and have asked the
court to enjoin him from further work
on it.
Judge Clark has issued the restrain
ing order and has set Sept. IA the first
day of the next term of the federal
court in this city, as the time to hear
the case on its merits. If the defender
however, wants to have it heard sooner
Judge Clark will hear it at Chatta-
nooga, provided he is given five days
notice. Knoxville journal and Trib-
une.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
PEOPLE WE KNOW.
They Are thomson City PeO.
pie and Whot They Say
is of Local Interest.

When an incident like the following
occurs right here at home, it is bound
to carry weight with our readers. So
many strange occurrences go the rounds
of the paess, are published as facts,
people become skeptical. On one sub
ject skepticism is rapidly disappearing
This is due to the actual experience Of
our citizens and their public utter
ances regarding them. The doubter
must doubt no more IN the face of such
evidence as this. The public state
ment OF reputable citizen living right
here at home, one whom you can see
every day leaves no ground for the
skeptic to stand on.
Q. P. Pence, clerk in the Bee Hive
department store, and living at 415
Holston avenue, says: 81 know from
personal experience that all the good
things said about Doan's Kidney Pills
are true. | was troubled for q long
time with my back principally with a
dull aching pain low down across the
loins. To do any stopping hurt me,
and if 1 lifted anything heavy sharp,
short twinges caught me. I had heard
about Doan's Kidney Pills and con-
cluded to try them. / did so with the
result that they very quickly relieved
and drove away the backache. My
mother has used them with the same
good results, and do not hesitate to
endorse so valuable remedy"
Call at the Patton Drug Co. store
and ask what their customers report.
For sale by all dealers, price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the United states.
Remember the name-Doan's, and
take no substitute.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

The prophecy that separate waists
would be relegated to the past has moi
as yet been fulfilled, for they still con.
tinue to play an important part in 9
woman's wardrobe. This waist is EN-.
broidered with a simple yet dainty lit
tie design. The prevalent idea OF
waist embroidery seems to be for using
pure white Corticelli mountmellick
embroidery silk.
Shirt waists are still as popular a:
ever, especially embroidered white
ones. Grapes, in a conventionalized
form, are much used with very good
effect on mercerized cheviots, madras
and linens. An embroidered effect is
a safe investment whether it be of silk,
cotton or wooden.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
WATAUGA NEWS.

Mrs. Alfred Smalling is visiting rela,
tives in Greene county.
Miss Ida Scott of West Virginia is
visiting her parents here.
Miss Clyde Klepper of Limestone is
visiting her sister, Mrs. w. A. GILES
pie.
Mrs. VIM. Shell of Plney Flats has
been spending the week here with her
parents.
Miss Juauita st. John of Chilhowie,
Va, is here visiting her uncle, G. W.
st. John.
Mrs. Alice Welsh and Mrs. II. B.
Houston were shopping in Johnson
City today.
Mrs. W. A. Gillespie and little daugh.
ter, Alma, spent last Sunday with her
parents at Limestone.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Reese, after d
weeks visit to homefolks here, have
returned to Johnson City.
7. 7. Reese expects to leave in few
days with q party of New York and
Chicago friends for trip through the
Rocky Mountains, hunting bear, elk,
mountain lions and other game. They
expect to be gone about ten weeks.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
Low Rates and Other Information.

The country along the Cotton Belt
Route in Southeast Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Northwest Louisiana and Texas Of
fers the greatest opportunities for
Homeseekers. Mild climate, good
water, cheap building material. ahun.
dance of fuel, and soil that will often
in a single season yield enough to pay
for the ground. Land can be bought
as cheap as so. so an acre, prairie land
at "a and So per acre up, bottom land
at 50 and SO per acre and up, improved
or partly cleared land at $40 and S15
per acre up. Some fine propositions
for colonies-tracts of 1000 to 5000
to 5000 acres at 81 to $40 per acre-big
money in this for a good organizer.
Fruit and truck lands in the fame us
peach and tomato belt of East Texas at
$40 to $50 per acre up. Write us for
information about cheap rates, excur-
sion dates, also literature descriptive
of this great country and let us help
you find home that will cost you no
more than the rest you pay every year.
For full information, address,
Il, w. LABEAUME,
G.. p. & II. A.,
st. Louis, Mo.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
The Pleasure of Eating.

Persons suffering from indigestion,
dyspepsia or other stomach trouble
will find that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet, This remedy is a never
failing cure for Indigestion and Dys-
pepsia and all complaints affecting the
glands or membranes of the stomach
or digestive tract. When you take
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure everything you
eat tastes good, and every bit of the
nutriment that your food contains is
assimilated and appropriated by the
blood and tissues. Sold by II. G. Mil
ler, druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
The Genuine VS.. Couuterfcits.

The genuine is always better than a
counterfeit, but the truth of this state
ment is never more forcibly realized or
more thoroughly appreciated than when
you compare the genuine DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve with the many
counter feits and worthless substitutes
that are on the market. W. s. Led
better, of Shreveport, La says; "Af.
ter using numerous other remedies
without benefit, one box of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured me-" For
blind, bleeding, itching and protrud-
ing piles no remedy is equal to De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by
II. G. Miller, druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

If you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or consti-
patton you know what purgative
pleasure is. These famous little pills
cleanse the liver and rid the system of
all bile without producing unpleasant
effects. They do not grippe, sicken or
weaken, but give tone and strength to
the tissues and organs involved. w.
H. Howell of Houston, Texas, says:
"No better pill can be used than Little
Early Risers for constipation, sick
headache, etc" Sold by H. G. Miller,
druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03
Stomach Trouble.

81 have been troubled with my stom.
ach for the past four years." says D,
L. Beach, Of Glover Nook Farm,
Greenfield, Mass. "a few days ago
was induced to buy box of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
have taken part of them and feel o great
deal better" If you have any trouble
with your stomach try a box of these
tablets. You are sure to be pleased
with the result. Price 25 cents. Fol-
sale by all druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

One fare plus $500 to Hot Springs,
Ark, and return via Iron Mountain
Route. Tickets on sale every Wednes-
day and Saturday up to September
Both, from all points in the southwest,
final limit of tickets 60 days from date
of sale. Write for books descriptive
of hotels, Bath houses and things.
|. E. REHLANDER,
L. P. A., No. 1S West 9th ST.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

The Commercial Appeal says that
John l.. Sullivan has made a will and
b3queathed his thirst to Editor Jack
Reaves of the Hardemau Free Press.
If this is true, the Hon, Cy Lyle is sure
to contest the returns. Chattanooga
News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

Aubrey-Youah daughtah has con-
sented to NAVY me, and-er-I'd like
to :know if there is any insanity in
youah family.
Old gentleman (emphatically) There
must be!-Boston Globe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

No need to fear sudden attacks of
cholera infantum, dysentery, diarrhoea
summer complaint of any sort if you
have Er. Fowlers Extract of Wild
Strawberry in the medicine chest.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

Newlywed-Do you think you can
help me to economize?
Mrs. Newlywed-Oh, John. l never
told you before. | can do my own
manicuring. New York Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

He-Black and red spots appear be-
fore my eyes every night. What would
you advise me to do?
She-Stop playing poker. Trenton
Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

was MS marriage d success!
l should say it was. He has tried to
secure a divorce in South Dakota, New
York, Oklahoma and England, and his
marriage still holds. Brooklyn Life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

For a bilious attack take Chamber.
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and
a quick cure is certain. For sale by
all druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

"Phat's good t. get rid av tn rats,
Mrs. Rooney?
"Well, bromide is good, but lettin
tn ould ticker alone is better, Mrs
Casey. Judge.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-09-03

Piuey Flats, Aug. "a, '03.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Work to Be Completed Soon.
why should We works

Work is activity in some phase OF
our life. Life. is manifested in activi-
ty, and inactivity would be stagnation,
which would be fatal to life.
In the universe wherever there is life
there is activity. This is true in the
vegetable, the animal and the human
worlds. This activity is a necessity
which runs through all organic life.
The life that is not crowned with ems
nobling work Of some kind, either for
ones own livelihood or for the good Of
others, is an empty life-an abnormal
life.
Work is natural; idleness unnaturaIs
Work builds up, and inactivity tears
down. Idleness is violation Of our
being. Hence it Is immoral.
There are manifold reasons why we
should work and no reason why we
should not Those who are not obliged
to labor for their daily bread should
choose work of some kind in obedience
to the universal law that we see runs
ming all crea ton.
He who was of the opinion that ''the
man who does not work should not
eat" realized the demoralizing influence
Of a life spent in idleness.-American
Queen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
How Fast a Horse. Feet Move.

Did you ever think, says horseman,
how fast horse in 2:20 gait moves
his feet? When horse is trotting a
2:20 gait his feet move little faster
than mile in ITO. AS his body is
moving at 2:20 and as each of his feet
when in contact with the ground is
stationary and then is picked up and
moved forward to take the next step
the foot must move as much faster
than the body as to make the step,
which is over twice as fast. Now, the
action Is: The foot is at rest upon the
ground and is raised some one or two
feet high, then forced forward nearly
the full length Of the leg, then lowered
to the ground and IL at rest for nearly
two-thirds of the time that the next
step is being taken. The time, nearly
two-thirds, I think, is too long. but it is
from one-half to two.thirds of the neH
step.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
The Mast Made His Conn.

The Macedonian was sent to thu
Brooklyn navy yard to have new,
mast put into her. Old Jack Stady
bossed the yard then, and Captain
Hudson was commandment When the
job was finished and the ship was
about to sail Jack called on the CONS
mandant. Captain" he said, I've
axed you few favors in my time, but
I'm goin' to bother you with one now.
When old Jack goes to Davy jones'
locker he wants you to send him below
in box made out of that old mast.
Will you do 1t, sir?" The captain
promised. Old Jack died not long after
ward, and Hudson was as good as his
word. The mast was cut down and
sawed into boards, and the honest soul
was buried in coffin made of them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Looked Like Her Father. WORK.

A certain surgeon had three leg ami
putation cases in week. The unusual
number of serious and similar opera
tons naturally caused talk in the sur
geon's household, and his little daugh.
ter was greatly interested. A few days
after the last operation the surgeons
wife and daughter were rummaging in
the attic. In trunk was found q
daguerreotype depicting girl Of about
eight years Of age. The portrait
through popularity of pose showed
only one leg Of the subject, the other
being doubled up under her In a man
ner truly feminine.
Whose picture Is that, mamma? RI
asked the surgeons daughter.
"Mine. 1t was taken when was 81
child not much older than you are
now"
Ibid you know papa thenT a
"No, dear. Why do you askw
81 thought maybe you did 'causa
you've only got one leg"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Too Tempting.

Miss Arabella Paxton had long since
said goodby to her youth, but nobody
had accused her Of doing it with resig!
nation.
"What were you thinking Of to start
Cousin Arabella off in that merry-go-
round?" asked Mrs. Jennings at the
county fair. She had just received her
dizzy and disheveled relative at the end
of a trip on the flying horses.
"You needn't look SO severe at me, !"
said Mr.. Jennings reproachfully when
Cousin Arabella had been deposited on
a settee and left to recover her .equilib-
rum. "She heard woman say the
machine was enough to scare anybody
out of ten years growth, and after
that she was possessed to ride in it"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
WORK ON DAM BEGUN
PREPARING TO HOLD LARGE VOL.
uME OF WATER IN RACE TO
SUPPLY CITY.

The work on the dams acro53 tre
race which are designed to hold the
water after the pump is placed in OPP
Grafton on the river bank and the pipe
line from the river is completed,
was commenced yesterday. The
work is not progressing very rapidly
as Superintendent Winans stated that
it is impossible to get men to do the
work. He was out this morning maxi
ing an effort to borrow men from 9TH
er employers to help him but six work
men were all he could secure. The
pump and pipe are en- route and are
expected here tomorrow.
Work to Be Completed Soon.
The temporary pump in South OF
tumwa which pumps water into the
Church street main from the river has
supplied the city with "a limited amount
of water since it was put in on We'd
nesday. If more men can be secured
tomorrow and Saturday it is thought
that the work on the temporary pipe
line to the race will be completed Sum
day or Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Queer way to Display a Trousaeau,

An Arabian bride is arrayed in all
her dresses, one over the other. She Is
perched ON high stool, so that they all
hang down over it, and one by one
they are taken off4with much display
and admiring comment from the
guests. The last Is, of course, the most
beautiful. The bridegroom is hidden
in some corner where he can see bis
future wife's dowry, which, however,
he may not touch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Not a Pessimist.

"But am not a pessimist notwith-
standing the. lurid light Of the camp
fires of the wrong redden our nation
al sky. We are to be congratulated
that they that be with us are more
than they that be with them The
church of Jesus Christ representing
the moral and spiritual forces con-
serving our national life has out
stripped the increase in population
three to one and was never more alive
and alert for the public good with her
multiplied agencies Of righteousness
than today. God who hath lead, is
loading, will lead. And look not
back for Americas age Of gold, in
achievement or character do not
believe that the former times were
better than these.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Nation of Free Men.

!" Shall we expect some trans-At-
lantic military giant to step the ocean
and crush us at blow? 1t can not
come from abroad. AS nation of
free men we shall live for all time or
die by suicide
"If you should stand this morning
on the isthmus of Corinth and look
across the stretch of water to the sew
en- Doric columns in the shadow OF
the Acro-Corinthian mountains you
would behold all that remains of the
once magnificent city. What heri-
tage of material wealth. strength OF
intellect, thrift of success, possible
ties of power broken like the foaming
wave on the rocks of emasculated
manhood,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28

turned traitor to his people and said
to the Persian monarch: If you give
my people ease and comfort, pleasure
and the means of indulging their Ape
titles you will need no army to hold
them in subjection,' and Lydian mill
tary power was destroyed not by ar
mics but by emasculated manhood.
The words of Abraham Lincoln should
not be overlooked in our somewhat in
flated estimate of our glory and Sc
curity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
servian CrneIty.

The Servians have long been noto-
rious for the cruelty exercised by them
in the punishment. of political prison.
ers. They are confined in subterranean
cells, with just enough air to keep
them alive. The fortress at Belgrade
contains deep well, dating back to
Roman times, which is believed to con-
tain the skeletons Of many of these
nrisoners,.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
When Vaughan washed windows.

When Vaughan Washed Windows.
Sir Francis Burnand was at one time
with the Oblates Of st. Charles at
Bayswater when Manning was supe-
rior and Vaughan was novice master.
For Jest which had made his fellow
novices laugh at solemn moment Fa-
ther Vaughan, as he then was, con-
demned Sir Francis to clean a case
ment window and volunteered to show
him how to do it Thereupon he step
ped out to the liberal window sill, his
cassock fluttering in the friendly wind,
which, moreover, shut the window. The
hasp was then turned, and, the dinner
bell ringing, the refractory novice went
down to the refectory. In mid meal the
superior became aware Of a little
crowd in the roadway gazing upward.
What was the vision? A brief investi-
CATION resulted in the release of Father
Vaughan and also of the novice. "You
a priestr' exclaimed the superior. go
and make boots" "You still commit to
me the care Of solos," was the parting
sally of the future editor of Punch
London Chronicle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
JAMES WHITcoMB RILEY
Will Appear at the Grand Next Tues
day Evening.

This is a literary entertainment
which will please young and old.
The tendencies of the times seem to
indicate the re- sons for the marvellous
fame of James Whitcomb Riley. Again
and again it has been said Of him that
"Of all living poets he is the most uni
versally loved" Those who looked
upon his product lightly at first have
found themselves almost Involuntary
reading it over time after time, until
within their hearts this truth has
wrought itself, that no other poet has
so universally suggested and empha-
sized the forces which lift the race
into its new and higher life. His books
have run through many editions with
no cessation in the demand At the
few public readings he has given dur
ing these last years thousands have
f1ocked to hear him-such is the
charm and pathos of his simple themes.
Seat sale at Sargent's drug store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Means to An End.

"May I suggest that all the ideals of
government all the magnificent ma
terial resources are simply means to
the great end God has in view Of build
ing manhood. The answer of the New
Highlander to the tourist who looking
at his rough rocky farm, asked, what
do you raise here?'Answered' We raise
men, A glorious response. Our truest
glory Is not in gold, not in vast acre
age not In magnificent armament but In
the quality of manhood we are de-
veloping. When Croesus, king of the
warlike Lydians was finally taken
captiYe by Cyrus, king Of Persia, he
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Sabbath Dissertation.

1.-THE preservation of the Christian
ideal Of the Sabbath is the occasion
for the greatest gratitude. can hear
some say. here is one respect in which
we are compelled to admit that the
standard is lowering See the flood
tide Of Sabbath desecration that isl
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
Need Directing Hand.

Remember for the same directing
hand and wise sheltering love we've
need for today and tomorrow. The
old city GLASGOW once had upon its es-
cutcheon these words Let Glasgow
flourish through the preaching of the
word After awhile the latter part of
the sentence was cut off and today we
only read the meaningless wish let
Glasgow flourish Our fathers build
ed the commonwealth on the word of
God. Let us not today be intoxicated
with the wine of material prosperity
and forget the friend divine-the Lord
who has led us hitherto.
"And now l would consider briefly
the supreme motive in divine leader
ship. Has it been to teach the world
large lesson in government! This
is important and this lesson the civili-
cations of the world have learned.
Was it to emphasize for the world the
national idea? How well this lesson
has been learned will be recognized
Immediately when we speak Of United
Germany and United Italy, both the
products of the last century.