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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-10-06
Will M an re
Affidavit
New lease Of Life fOF m lows
Postmaster.

Postmaster r. Il. Randall, Dunlap, Ia,
says: ! Suffered from Indigestion and re-
sulting evils for years. Finally tried
Kodol. soon knew had found what
j mad long looked for. am better today
than in years. Kodol gave me new
lease Of life. Anyone can have my AZ
fidavit to the truth of this statement.
Kodol digests your food. This enables the
system to assimilate supplies. strengthen
ing every organ aud restoring health
KOdOl MasIes You Strong.
Prepared only by 3. q. DEWITT &co.. Chicago.
ghseA epatls cont asnsaS rs times Pc soc. -
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-10-06
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
Rates via Southern
Railway

For the Universal Exposition which
opened at st. Louis April Both and
closes December LIST, the Southern
Railway will sell round trip tickets
daily from points named at rates and
limits as follows:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-10-06

The Herald says William r. Hearst
will be renominated from the Eleventh
Congressional district because Judge
Parker suppressed the opposition to the
editor which had arisen in Tammany
Hall.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
ONE-SIDED CONVERSATION.
Carried On by Telephone by an Anx'
ious Husband Who Was
"SnOw bound"

During the recent snowstorm and
tie-up some interesting one-sided con-
versations were heard over the public
telephone at the Grand Central sta
ton, relates the New York Sun. One
man became so absorbed in his en-
deavor to explain the situation that
his face got red, and he talked really
louder than was necessary.
What" he cried, you don't be-
lieve. Now, Liza, can't you see for
yourself that this is the worst snow
storm ever?
isn't the snow falling hard as it
can there at New Rochelle? Then
doesn't it stand to reason that it's
falling here? It's not far off, New
York. Don't be unreasonable. Use
your eyes and your senses.
mo. That's what l said. l can't
get there for four hours, or five. No
train,
Eyes. That's what said. No train:
Everything blockaded.
Don't believe it? Don't be silly,
Liza. Of course there is no train,
with the snow miles high, and piling
up higher all the time. If you could
see these people standing back of me,
waiting to telephone their wives and
sweethearts, you'd know I was tell
ing the truth.
What did I say about sweethearts?
Nothing. Didn't you understand? The
word. That was all. Telephone their
wives and sweethearts.
Lord! I wish I had never said q
word. Come. Be reasonable, Liza.
There never was such tie-up. No, l
didn't say single word about sweet
hearts. l was talking about the tie
up.
"They are nothing alike, the two
words, sweetheart, tie-up, snowstorm.
"Now, Liza, hush talking. wish
I could just ask this man back of me
to corroborate my statement in regard
to the tie-up.
mo. He isn't pal of mine. No,
no, I'm not going out to the theater
with him this evening. I'm going to
do nothing but stay right here in this
station and wait for the train, prom
Use you.
1T isn't a put-up job. No, it isn't.
never laid eyes on him before. He's
a perfect stranger.
Liza! Say, Liza, said he is a
perfect stranger. Never laid eyes on
him before.
"You don't believe it? Did you ever
believe anything I said? Lord!
can't help it. whether you believe me
or not, but I'm telling you the truth
this time.
"Say, Liza! Liza! Oh, Lord! She's
rung off! She's gOne!"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
AN AID TO BEAUTY.
Although Their Owner May Be Plain
of Face, Good Teeth Will Make
Her Attractive.

No woman can be considered beauti-
full who has not Clean, regular, we'll
preserved teeth. They are an attraction,
although the owner may be plain of face.
No matter how pretty or handsome a
girl or woman may be, If she does not
display good teeth when she laughs,
smiles or sings, she is not really pleas
ing to the eye.
There is no greater misfortune that
can befall child than to have a moth
er who will humor it when it begs not
to be compelled to cleanse its teeth. AT
the time the short-sighted, over-indul-
gent parent may believe that it is q.
kindness to yield to the entreaties of the
little one, but few years later this
spoiled child will regret that it was not
made to give that care and attention to
the teeth that will cause them to be
healthy and sound, and look like row
of little pearls.
Every six months the maid or matron
who is really careful of her teeth pays a
visit to the dentist. And the watchful,
prudent mother takes her offspring
quite as regularly as she goes herself
Oftentimes the dentist finds nothing to
do, and when he does the patient does
not suffer as much as when the teeth are
permitted to 60 long untreated. The
woman or girl who visits her dentist
twice a year is rewarded in other ways
than that of being saved from pain, for
the bill then is always less than when
one goes only after the tooth has begun
to ache and decay. The frequent visits
also prevent that most distressing pain,
toOthache.-N. Y. Weekly,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24

street, extending north from Olive 525
feet, by width Of ia feet, with wings
extending east and west, each zoo feet,
occupying Locust street.
The project had been heralded
throughout the country. The people of
Missouri responded literally. From all
the loyal states and territories came
donations in profusion, among which
were many rare and curious articles
Contributions came also from England,
Germany and France.
One Of the most interesting features
was an immense shoe, perched on which
was the daughter of Lieut.. Gen. U. s.
Grant, now Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris.
The cute little miss that she was then
represented
Old woman who lived in a shoe.
And had so many children she didn't
know what to do.
She was rugged as such, with big
white cap and spectacles, and surround
ed by dolls of various sizes and attire,
and most attractively arranged.
The fair was a great success and net
ted for the sanitary commission nearly
$500, 900.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
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CUBA'S RICHEST WOMAN.
Sonora Abreu, In Spite of Her Wealth
and Social Rank. IL a Simon
Pure Democrat.

Havana has its Sonora Abreu, just as
England has it's Baroness Burdett-
Coutts, and just as the United States has
its Hetty Green.
| She is the richest woman in Cuba, .
handsome, intelligent, rather aristo-
cratic widow, worth. 81 900 900, and with
no membranes. She is considered q
catch. -:
I To northern eyes 100000 does not
seem important. But, says the Boston
Globe, that sum Of money in Cuba is
looked upon as immense wealth, and SO
it is, considering the impoverished con-
dition of the island, and the years OF op-
preston when there was no incentive
to amass wealth.
Rosa Abreu is Cuban born. Her hus-
band was a Cuban, and all her interests
and sympathies are entirely non-Span-
fish. Aside from Countess Fernandlno,
she Is the most-talkedof woman in Ha-
vana. principally for her social charm,
her great generosity in charitable mat
tiers, her taste in dress, and her hOspl-
tally.
suburb of Havana, or more precisely at
Palatino, on the edge of the Cerro. On
Sunday afternoon and evening she
holds a salon, which has actually be-
come famous in the West Indies.
Everybody goes. 1t is the meeting
place of the representatives of the best
Cuban and American society in Havana.
Officers of the army and navy in uni
form line up in battalions around the
walls of her dining rooms. The literary,
artistic and dramatic world OF the
Cuban capital come to meet this clever
woman, with clear, bright, quick mind
like northern woman. All society,":
pays homage to her and she accepts 1t
all with simple, democratic grace and
dignity.
At the Abreu dancing parties one
meets the prettiest Cuban girls of the
capital, and the best Of the Americans,
and since Sonora Abreu speaks English
end French as perfectly as Spanish, she
is quite competent to entertain Co.'S
mopolitan assembly.
Sonora Aureus home at Palatino is
the typical planters mansion of the bet
ter class 1t is built Of brick, covered
over with stucco, and great balconies
and verandas surround it on all sides,
giving 1t an appearance of comfort and
ease. A grove of tall, stately royal palms
surrounds it and makes the house q
cool and shady retreat.
Within the furnishings are an evil
dence of the good taste of this southern
woman. The rooms are large and the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
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TITS sister, who disliked Kate Muir
dock for reasons best known t.
herself, was continually saying spite
full little things about girls VIII
raised generations of young men,
which is generally considered to b.
about as biting a thing as one youni
woman can say about another.
But this made no difference to pool
Dick, except to make him rather more
stubborn, and to make him more ire
quently dream of Kate's blue eyes and
sweet face, and to make him try witt
greater diligence, but poorer success
to forget that she was rs years of agt
while he was barely past 20, and that
she had been in society before he hat
gone into long trousers.
He used to remember with hot re
sentiment how she had in reality Nit
orally trained hin. How one night
when they were in the garden to
gether, and the moon was soft and
bright, he had given her white rose
and if she hadn't suggested the pretty
speech that should have gene with it,
she came so close to it it didn't make
much difference.
Then when he was trying with all
the awkwardness of an 18-year-old boy
to learn to dance, it was Kate who had
shown him the step when his sister
and the others had given him up as
a dress-destroying oaf. And when the
other boys, who had paid more atten'
ton to dancing school and less to the
making of living, had openly
sneered at the efforts of his spectacu'
lar feet.
He was grateful to Kate for all this,
of course, but still, sweet as she had
been, there was natural air of the
veteran about her which he resented,
realizing with burning ears how raw
by comparison had been the material
she had to work upon.
These were the sort Of things Dick
thought upon as he sat alone in his
rooms-one large and one small, over
Burton's grocery store.
The family had left weeks before
for Florida to spend the cold mouths,
their household goods had been stored
and only Dick was left. Left because
he was trying with might and main to
attain better position upon the statl
Of the Argus-Leader.
There were no racks with guns in
them, no tapestries in Dicks apart
ments. There was a pipe or so with
a heap Of old magazines on the lit.
tered table, a confused carpet of old
newspapers on the floor, and on a
mean little coal stove battered cof-
fee pot still sputtered. On chair
stood the dishes which represented a
hurried meal, sent in by nearby res
taurant, and hurried because there
was nothing to linger over.
In the stove soft coal smoked dis.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
A Little Advice.

You may be extremely clever
Educated, and all that,
But, remember, you should never
Need to buy a larger hat.
If you've made a. class Grafton,
II in the debates you've led
With the greatest appreciation.
Don't you let it swell your head.
If, in one thing or another,
You've achieved a great success,
Don't let your citation smother
All the sense that you possess.
Don't 60 walking with your nose up
And a proud and lofty tread
That is apt to trip your toes up.
Don't you let. it swell your head.
II you've made lot Of money,
Hold yourself trifle down.
Fortunes smile is bright and sunny,
But she has been known to frown,
People are disposed to flatter,
But don't swallow all that's said,
If you've prospered. that's no matter.
Don't you let it swell your head.
Chicago Daily News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
SONORA ROSA ABREU.

ceilings high, and, like all Cuban houses,
they are difficult to furnish so as to look
homelike and inviting.
There is little art in Cuba, and as q
consequence few, if any, pictures are
found hanging on Cuban walls. Sonora
Abreu, however, appreciates the at
Effectiveness of room hung with pic
lures, and, therefore, has made Of them,
She has discovered as we'll the artistic
effect of small tropical palms indoors
and has used them to advantage.
In a country where they grow so
plentifully one would imagine that Gu
ban housewives would use them as q
means of decoration, but they are al
most totally ignored Sonora Aureus
house is filled with bric-a-brac, and
many oriental rugs and real brussels
curtains, all in excellent taste.
In the wealthiest Cuban homes it is
the custom to stable the horses in the
courtyard of the house, and also to
push the carriages through the immense
portals into the lower corridor itself.
Sonora Abreu, however, has followed
the American custom and constructed
stables for her fine horses away from
the house. Living in the country, as she
does, there is more ground space and
she is better able to build outhouses.
Her plantation, given over almost en-
tirely to the cultivation of coffee; is one
of the largest in Cuba. 1t is composed
of 10000 acres of magnificent coffee
land. A mill built at cost Of over
$3.50 900 stands in the midst of it. When
the plantation and mill are in active
operation several hundred plantation
hands are employed. At present all
work has been suspended on account of
the unsettled state of affairs Sonora
Abreu supports these farm hands even
though they are forced to idleness by the
uncertainty of the times.
Rosa Abreu is not yet IS years of age,
and great many of the young bloods of
Havana have sought her hand. She ia
certainly handsome woman, of the
southern Latin type, with black hair
and eyes. Her figure is little too
plump for gracefulness, but she dresses
excellently, aud with such skill that one
Is inclined 10 overlook the tendency to
embonpoint.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
NELLIE GRANT IN SHOE.
Pleasing Recollection of the Great
Sanitary Fair Held i'm St. Louis,
Mo-, I'm 1864.

It has been we'll said that many noble
enterprises owe their origin and success
to women. This truth was exemplified
during our civil war by schemes to pro-
mote the comfort and relieve the suffer-
ings of the soldiers. A notable instance
was the great fair in st. Louis, known
as the Mississippi Valley Sanitary, fair,
in 1864. The project was for the benefit
of the sanitary commission, which. had
been instituted in St. Louis in 1861 by
Gen. Fremont.
The enterprise was pushed with zeal
and enthusiasm. The Inauguration was
set for May II, and extensive prepara-
tons were made. The fair was opened
the next day in an immense pavilion,
which had been erected in Twelfth
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
WHERE DID YOU COME FRoMr'

mally or sputtered, according to the
quality Of the tiny lump it contained,
sometimes sending out from a tarry
bubble a thin, kissing jet Of nauseous
gas. ,,+..,.,+,.
gaes The bed was unmade and the sheets
were yellowed from bad laundering.
Dick, hunched in a deep chair, looked
about at his surroundings with dis
gust. 1t seemed a shame that man
Of 81, possessed Of enough sense to
hold a position worthy at corporation
figures of $50 per week should live
like pig. 49,
He slammed the jarring stove door
on the smoke. Took pu his hat, over
coat and pipe, and with a last look
at the untidy room, went out. Any,
thing, he felt, was better than this
even unneeded work at the Office.
Call ON Kate? Not much. Not when
for two months he had tried to show
her that he didn't really need another
guardian.
Not a guardian two or three years
older at that.
He clattered down the uncarpeted
stairs, and at the snowy sidewalk,
dazzled with the glare, almost colliied
with a young woman, apologizing
blindly for his clumsiness.
why, Dick Wortham!" Dick pulled
himself together and stared half un-
Outstanding into a face he knew, a
sweet face with laughing blue eyes,
smiling on him over the furs, and be-
fore he knew it little snugly-gloved
hand was in his and he was wringing
1t hard.
Kate Murdock!" he almost shouted.
"Speaking of angels Hsre, step
under the awning out Of the snow and
let me- look at YOU"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
Guide to Flattery.

When you find you are to meet man
who writes, get hold of something he has
written and, by diligent study, commit
enough of it to memory so that when you
meet him you may quote it, apparently
by accident And he will think you are
worse,-Baltimore American.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
Picture Post Card Screen.

A pretty use to put the picture postal
cards that accumulate so rapidly these
days, especially if one has friends
abroad, is to paste them in an artistic
arrangement on a screen, then cover
them with glass. A young fellow
amused himself by decorating a three
fold screen in this manner with cado
of stamps and postmarks. Such a pro-
duction makes a welcome addition to
boys or girls bedroom, especially If the
owner has worked and fused over 1t
himself, and the possessor Is likely to
be the envied of all his or her COM
rades
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24

ship wrecked off the of Greece had board large Ape
kept for the diversion of the Sailors The ship went down. and the
Ape with most of the left struggling in the water Dophns
said to have great friendship for and under him
and, supporting him his back with him the mouth Of
abor Greece socad In what part of Greece do
ve demanded the Dolphin II Athenan said the Ape "Oh
then you know Praeu of course said the Dolphin Know Praeus
cried the Ape wishing appear ignorant the Dolphin II should
rather think did Why father and he first COUSINS There
Dolphin finding that he supporting npostor slipped
from beneath his legs and left him to his fate.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
Work for the Stomach.

For the average healthy man think
there is something to be said in favor
of a good meal. even if trifle heavy
now and then. believe it is fact that
the human stomach, although it is not
a gizzard like that of goose, still does
its work better when slightly stretched
Just as the lungs work better with
deep inhalations induced by bodily ex-
ercise in the open air.-London Tele-
graph.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
F0ilel.

Mr.. Phoxy-1 was going to ask to
Try this little trick. Multiply the years
of your age by three, subtract 81 from
the total, and what's the answer.
Miss Kute-You should be able to
guess the answer at once.
Eyes? What is it,"
None of your business. "-Philadel-
phis Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
The Smell of Cooking.

To prevent the smell of cooking from
getting into the house, sprinkle a little
cedar sawdust on the top of the stove.
When milk boi1s over on the stove or In
the oven sprinkle thick layer of salt
on the burning milk; let it remain few
minutes, then brush off,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
heaven. I'm Germany.

Beavers are not quite extinct in
Germany. A few colonies exist along
the Elbe, but they are small, and, al
though we'll protected, do not appear
to increase in numbers.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
Goals Of Fire.

Gladys-Men are such conceited
things! Why, one may see them any
time gazing at looking glass.
Tom (meaningly)-1es, but It's al.
WAYS a good looking lass.-N. Y. Times
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
Keep Your TeapOts Sweet.

A teapot which is only occasionally
used should be dried as thoroughly as
possible, and should then have lump or
two of sugar places in it before It Is
put away. This will prevent the rot ae-
curing a musty smell
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-03-24
The Chance.


No man is born too late
To turn his back to hate;
We may not all be great
Or rich or wise;
The chances may b few
For winning fame, but who
Succeeds by gazing through
Ungrateful eyes?
Mankind has nevSr had
Less cause for beirg sad
Nor more tor being glad
Than We possess;
Ne'er has the world before
Encouraged kindness more
Or had such gifts in store
For cheerfCiness
Chicago Record Herald.
Few men whose work drives then
have occasion to consult physioianA
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-09-30
BRIGHT'S DISEASE.

The largest sum ever paid for a pre-
scription, changed hands in San Fran
cisco, August 30, 1901. The transfer in
volved in coin and stock $ll2, 10000 and
was paid by party of business men for
a specific for Bright's Disease and Dia-
betes, hitherto incurable diseases.
They commenced the serious investi-
CATION of the specific Nov. 10, 1900.
They interviewed scores OF the cured
and tried it out on its merits by putting
over three dozen cases on the treatment
and watching them. They also got ply
sicians to name chronic, incurable cases,
and administered it with the physicians
for judges. Up to Aug. %, eighty-seyen
per cent of the test cases were either
we'll or progressing favorably.
There being but thirteen per cent OF
failures, the parties were satisfied and
closed the transaction. The proceedings
OF the investigating committee and the
clinical reports of the test cases were
published and will oe mailed free on ap
plication. Address JOHN J. FULTON
COMPANY, 420 Montgomery St., San
Francisco, Cal.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-09-30
Emergency Medicines.

1t is great convenience to have at
hand reliable remedies for use in cases
of accident and for slight injuries and
ailments. A good liniment and one that
is fast becoming favorite If not a
household necessity is Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. By applying it promptly to
a cut, bruise or burn it allays the pain
and causes the injury to heal in about
one-third the time usually required, and
as it is an antiseptic it prevents any
danger OF blood poisoning. When Pain
Balm is kept at hand sprain may be
treated before Inflammation sets I'M
which insures a quick recovery. For
sale by Wilson Drug Co.