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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

The most positive positionIin the Re-
publican platform consists in the swal-
lowing whole of Crumpackerism. 1t
urges congressional action with view
of reducing representation in all the
states that have eliminated negro vo-
ters. The reduction process, like the
revision of the Dingley tariff, is to be
entrusted to Republican hands. Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
Safeguard the Children.

notwithstanding all that is done by
boards of health and charitably inclin-
ed persons, the death rate among chill
dren the death rate is very high during
the hot weather of the summer in the
large cities. There is not probably one
case of bowel complaint in q hundred
however, that could not be cured by
the timely use OF Chamberlain's Colo.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For
sale by H. @. Miller, druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
Cured of Chronic DiarrOea After Ten Years
of Suffering.

II wish to say few words in praise
Of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarhoea Remedy" says Mrs. Matte
Burge. of Martinsvillc, Va. 81 suffer
cd from chronic Diarrooea for ten
years and during that time tried yari-
Gus medicines without obtaining any
permanent relief. Last summer one
Of my children was taen with cholera
morbus, and / procured bottle rene
dy. Only two doses were required to
give her entire relief I thon decided
to try the medicine myself, and did
not use use all of one bottle before
was well and | hhave never never since
been troubled with that complaint
One cannot say too much in favor oI
that wonderful medicine. This rem
edy is for sale by II. G. Miller, Drug
gist
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

all that are excused by the surgeon
from detail duty will remain in the
hospital as convalescents until the old
mans barracks is finished, of which
there are about seventy, and fourteen
sick under the care Of nurses, two are
very feeble and may answer the last
roll call on this sideof the river of time.
The veterans Of the civil war on both
sides are fast approaching the allotted
time of man. We can ell sing that song
I'VE Have Here Not Long to Stay"
yet at our latter days we are blessed in
having the beuefits of our national
home hospitals, where we receive the
kindest care, and without any exagera-
tion think ours is above the average.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

thoroughly rooted out Of the popular
faith. Now, without argument or cita-
tion Of statistics, we are told that pro-
lection is cardinal doctrine there
let it abide. Senator Lodge forced this
dogma down the throats Of Massachu-
setts Republicans shall see if Cor
telyou can force it into the ballot boxes
of the people. Florida Times Union
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
IL. c. Miller

asks the readeas of this paper who are
suffering with indigestion or dyspepsia
TO call on them at once and get bot
tie of Kodcl Dyspepsia Cure. If you
knew the value of this remedy as we
know il, you would not suffer another
day Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is thor
ough digestant and tissue building ton
ic as we'll It is endorsed personally
by hundreds of people whom ithas cul
ed Of indigestion, dyspepsia, palpita
tion of the heart and stomach troubles
generally. Kodol dyspepsia Cure di
gests what you eat 1t is pleasant, pal
atable and strengthening.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
plles IIn0n Non of Piles.

Piles upon top of piles of people have
the Pilas, and DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cures them. There are many
different kinds of piles, but if You get
the genuine and original Witch Hazel
Salve made by E. @. Dewitt & Co., oil
Chicago, cure is certain. II. A.
Tisdale, Of Summerton, S. c., says,
''I had piles 90 years aud De Wits
Salve cured me after everything else
failed" Sold by H. @. Miller, drug
gist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
Weak Hearts.

are caused by indigestion. If you eat
a little too much, or if you are subject
to attacks of Indigestion, the stomach
expands swells and puffs up against
the heart. This crowds the heart and
shortens the breath. Rapid heart beats
and heart disease is the final result.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what
you eat, takes the strain off lhe heart,
cures indigestion, dyspepsia, sour
stomach and contributes nourishmeat
strength and health to every organ OF
the body. Sold by II. O. Miller, drug
gist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

In regard to medical treatment, diet,
and nursing, Miss Fuqua deserves
great credit for the able management
Of her department as matron, and Miss
Maroney, chief diet cook, knows how
to prepare those tempting dishes for a
sick mans appetite. She works early
and late and all the time trying to
please and encourage, and last, but
not least, our benevolent chaplain who
always carries the Balm of Gilead in
his hand to administer to sick souls.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
Baseball Players and Foot Racers

Louis j. Kruger, ex-champion long
distance foot racer of Hermany and
Holland, writes, Oct 81, 1901: "Dur-
ing my training of right weeks foot ra-
ces at Salt Lake City, in April last, l
used Billiards. Snow Liniment to my
greatest satisfaction. Therefore, I
highly recommend Snow Liniment to
all who are troubled with sprains, or
bruises or rheumatism. 25c so 81, at
Fl. @. Miller's drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

The negro plank in the Republican
platform means the certain loss of Ma
rylaud and Delaware to that party the
strengtheng of Democratic chances 25
per cent in West Virginia and a loss OF
Republican votes in all Northern and
Central States where the independent
vote is present in large numbers to ex-
press his resentment against an at
tempt to revive sectional prejudice at
the expense of the whites of the South
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
DrS. DuIalGy { Wallace
SPECIALISTS
Bristol, Tennessee.
Treat exclusively all diseases OF the Eve, Ear.
Nose and Throat Glasses Correctly Fitted
At office of Dr. j. w. Cox.
In Johnson City every Saturday.

credited to Thomas A. Edison some
years ago that sleep is a bad habit
handed down from the ages in which
candles or artificial illumination of any
kind were unknown. According to
Edison's theory men will gradually ac.
custom themselves to fewer hours of
sleep, and perhaps in the later stages
of evolution live the whole of their ell
lotted time in wakefulness.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

Chaales A. Gutke, of st. Louis; q
former member of the House Of Dele
gates, has made complete confession
detailing the plan on which legislation
was sold by members of that body. y
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

Maj. Ii. H. Folsom, who fell over a
cliff hundred feet high and was seri-
ously injured, the DOCTOR say that
there is no doubt but what he will re-
cover. r.-Mountaineer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

The Hon. Dana Harmon, of Greene.
vile, was member Of the resolutions
committee which favored the reduc-
tion of southern representation. Sen
tinel.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

and to work injury to the negro by
holding out hopes impossible Of realiz-
alton. AS political move, its adop.
tion was blunder wore than crime.
louisville Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

The Dolfin, Russia's best submarine
boat, was sunk in the Neva by a crew
of inexperienced men, aud an officer
and twenty sailors we're drowned.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
Many Children are Sickly.

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children,
used BY Mother Gray. a nurse in Children's IS
Home, New York. cure FeverishneSs, Head
ache. Summer Bowel Disorders, stomach
Troubles Teething Disorders, and Destroy
Worms. AT all druggists, Csc. Sample mailed
FREE. Address. Allen s, Olmsted, Leroy,
N. Y,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

We offer one hundred dollars reward for any
case OF catarrh that can not be cured by Hall
Catarrh Cure. F. j, CHEEY Co., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him pei
and financially able to carry out any obligati
made by their firm, WEST 81 T'RUAx,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
7oc per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and iaarhOea
Remedy,

This remedy is certain to bee needed
in almost every home before the sum-
mer is over. 1t can always be depend
ed upon even in the most severe and
dangerous cases. 1t is especially valu
able for summer disorders in children.
1t is pleasant to take aud never fails to
give prompt relief. Why not buy it
now? 1t may save life. For sale by
FL. @. Miller, druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

Tess-I suppose he surprised you
when he kissed your hand.
Jess-Yes, and | told him didn't
think he'd stoop so low as that. Phil
adelphia Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

1t is from first to last a declaration
to stand by the old policies of the Re-
publican party which have resulted in
changing this goyernent from volun-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

1t may be noted that Mr.. Roosevelt
puts the settlement of the coal strike
into the platform on which he appeals
for re election. This may lead the iu-
dicious to wonder, if not to grieve.
According to Mr.. Roosevelt's own the
ory, his action in that matter was not
the action of Roosevelt the president,
but of Roosevelt the man. How can
it, therefore, have any place in a Plat
form recapitulating his record as pres
ident as an argument for giving him
another term as president Courier
Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
Soldiers Home Notes
MAJOR 4. d. HAYNES.
OhAS' W. w ADSWOhIh.
July 6, 1904.

Everything Is on the move from the
Hospital group to the barracks and the
maiu mess hall.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
mrs, ". 4. HORTON, Prapristrtss.
VIRGINIA College,

For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke, Va.
Opens ept 26 1904 One OF the leading
Schools for Young Ladies in the South. New
building, pianos and equipment Campus ten
acres. Grand mountain scenery in Valley OF
Virginia, famed for health, European and
American teachers. Full course. Conserva-
tory advantages in Art Music and Elocutlon.
Certificates Weslesley Students frem 30
States. For catalogue address
MATTE r. HARRIS, President, Roanoke, Va
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

tary alliance of states, each secure in
its own rights and interests, but COM
bined for common defense and inter
course with foreign powers, into con.
solidated republic, with the interests
OF each state or section at the mercy of
the greed and rule Of the more power
full states or section. The platform is
the confession of its past sins and de-
claration Of its purpose to continue in
the same course by party whose whole
tendency is towards consolidation and
empire, with the corruption and injus-
tice which precede and accompany en-
pire. - Charleston News and Courier.
Platitudes are expected in platforms,
but few parties have ventured on di-
rect Misrepresentation other than the
Republicans, and none other has dared
in our history to take direct issue with
published and acknowledged facts of
current history. Perhaps this is the
pridein its strength that goeth before
certainly it is that contempt OF
the majority based on almost unfalling
triumph of the few. We have seen in
such declarations the claim that the
foreigner paid the tariff have never
seen confession of the error in one
nor any evidence of the repentance
that might lead to amendment. 1t has
been denied that tariff was taxation
and there are other errors on this head
which have been carefully exposed and
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

Press Comment 0u ths. Chicago Platform.
"But the most novel and sensational
feature of all, and perhaps the most
important indication Of changed times,
is the amount of spade devoted direct
ly to Mr.. Roosevelt and his achieve
ments.@ In indorsiug and praising the
administration of Mckinley the plat
form of 1900 used less than one hun
dred words. In indorsing and praiing
Roosevelt, understanding his special
achievements, the platform of 1904 us.
es at least five times as many words,
largely adiectives and adverbs of eulo-
gy And yet we are sure that this
part of the platform was rIgidly edited
and ruthlessly condensed at the White
House. New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05
Prefer Dried Vegetables.

After two years in Alaska, living in
a mining camp boarding house, H. C.
Conroy, who has come down here to
spend the winter, was hunting through
grocery and provision stores in
search of Oregon desiccated soup
vegetables, He was unable to find any,
but insisted that he had been using SOUP
made from them in Alaska all the time
he had been there. When told that even
if this was so, there was no use for such
stuff here now, as the markets were full
of all kinds of vegetables, he said he
had become accustomed to the dried
vegetables and liked them better than
the fresh ones, because they afforded a
fine variety of seven different kinds and
were ready to put in the pot at once. He
finally found man who had heard of
the disintegrated, desiccated vegetables
he was searching for, and said they were
put up for shipment to Alaska by a man
at Dayton, but they had never been in
troduced in the market here, partly be-
cause there was no demand for them, but
mostly because there had never, been
any more made than the Alaskan mar
ket demanded.-Portland Qregoniau.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05
Profit from Garbaxe

A Denver man comes to the front with
solution of the garbage question. He
LAS made proposition to the CITY of
st. Louis to take all the garbage of the
city free of cost. His scheme is to cook
this waste material and feed it to cattle
and hogs. He claims that the plan
works all right in Denver and will he
practicable in st. Louis. This will save
St. Louis $4,000 per year and the Off
Gals Will be glad to make such a con-
tract The process will be watched with
much interest, and, if a success, will
probably be adopted in other cities
Garbage in it's usual decomposine state
is undoubtedly not the best feed in The
world for stock, but it may be that Mr.
Worthingham, who makes the offer has
way OF preparing it and mixing it with
grain that will make it a satisfactory
feed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05
COSTLY ARMOR PLATE.
The Process of Making 1t Is Very
Tedious and Requires Much
Patience,

The general public has always been
mystiied at the extremely high price
paid for armor plate. The most impor-
tant item is the great length of time
required for the successful manufacture
of plate, for, on an average, every
plate is being constantly worked upon,
either in furnace, forge, machine shop
or annealing and tempering department.
Tor continuous period Of nine months.
Other causes of high cost, says the
Scientific American, are the large num-
Der Of separate operations, the fire.
quency with which the great masses
must be transported and the distances
over which they must be carried in their
journey from one department to an
other To illustrate the vast scale on
which an armor plate and gun steel
works is laid out, and the distances to
be covered from shop to shop, we may
mention that the whole establishment
of the Bethlehem steel works extends
in one direction continuously for
length of a mile and a quarter, and that
the 40 or SO landings and transship-
ments which occur in making a single
Krupp plate take place in and between
such buildings as the openhearth struc-
ture, which is Ill feet wide by ], $50 feet
In length; the machine shop, 1867 feet
in width by 1875 fest in length; the
armor forge, $50 feet in length, and
face hardening department and an ar
nor plate machine shop, both of which
are but little less in size.
Further elements of expense are the
large percentage Of losses which is Ii
able to occur, the high first cost of the
extensive plants must be laid down and
the fact that new and improved methods
OF manufacture may at any time render
the plant more or less obsolete. The
greater cost of the Krupp armor is
largely compensated for. by it's much
greater resisting qualities, which make
it possible to give equal defensive quail
tiles for 20 to Is per cent. less weight
of armOr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05
say a working day shall consist Of 60

say working day shall consist Of 20
many hours and minutes. That men
shall begin at such time and shall quit
at such time, and that they shall be
paid time-and-a-half or double-time for
all over that, and the unions are careful
that the rules are enforced. The spirit
of giving nothing that is not paid for
has a tendency to cause some classes to
give less than is paid for in their ef-
forts not to give too much. 1t has de-
veloped clock watchers, and, at times,
loafers
A manufacturer in speaking of this
subject few days ago, said the hardest
problem he had to solve was to get from
his employees all the labor he had paid
for. "A few years ago." said he, time
keepers were almost unnecessary; FORE
men were needed only in the capacity
of trained workmen, they were not
hired to keep men at work. But new
spirit has entered the industrial field,
and it is now problem to keep the men
at work during working hours. A large
number of Our employees will kill time
at every opportunity they can find.
Their main object in life seems to be to
hear the whistle blow. They have nei-
Their an interest in their work or their
employers. l have been employing men
in Chicago for nearly a third of CEN
tury, and it is within the last ten years
that this spirit has developed. Previous
to that time our men were not afraid
OF doing something for which they would
not be paid. They worked five minutes
after quitting time if it was necessary
to complete a task. Now they have
their coats on and are ready to bolt five
minutes before the whistle blows. The
old spirit of loyalty to the employer
seems to have given place to one of ami
mostly"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05
THE PROFIT Is ALLURIN'G 6.
of MOOnshine Whisky to Turn
i Their Backs On. ,.t--

Were it not for the large tax imposed
by the government upon the manufac-
ture of ardent spirits there would be
no such thing as "moonshining. An
old revenue officer who has had years
Of active experience in raiding stills
and capturing blockaders, who has had
many battle with the outlaws and
heard the bullets from their guns whis-
tie past him, who has often crouched
behind rocks and stood behind trees
and who has done his share in trying
to stamp out the miscreants, said few
days ago in speaking of blockaders and
moonshine whisky:
II have been a revenue officer for
about rs or 80 years and have seen all
kinds of service under all kinds of cir
cumstances, and don't believe block
aiding or illicit distilling will ever be
stopped. The reason for my belief land
l am not the only one) is simply this:
There is such large profit in the
business that the temptation is too
great for most of that class Of people,
regardless of the law, not needing what
has befallen fellow moonshiners. Even
forgetting that they have once been
caught or suspected and that the eyes
OF the officers are on them, they go
right ahead and distill the grain But
at the same time they are on the look
out for raids and have their guns ready
to send a piece of lead into their dis
coverer. They are good shots, too,
hardly missing when they have a fair
opportunity to take aim.
Il will give you an idea of how
cheaply moonshine whisky is made and
the immense profits that are reaped
from us sale. They take one gallon of
cheap black molasses, which costs
about 80 cents; two bushels of meal,
costing IS cents per bushe1, and some
water. This is made into a mash, al
lowed to ferment and the stuff then
goes through the process of evapora-
ton. This amount of meal, water and
molasses makes 40 gallons of whisky,
which is sold for 50 a gallon. Anyone
can see the immense profit from this
illustration.
'Latterly brown sugar has been used
instead of molasses and is great deal
cheaper. The sugar costs about AZ
cents pound; there are 300 pounds in
a barrel, making it cost $3.50 per bar
rel. An immense amount of molasses
is made from barrel of sugar and the
profit is almost twice as great as in US
ing the first method. Distillers are
CAPTURED eVerV daV and when thew are
sent to prison others take their places
and thus the perpetual flow of white
liehtning.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05

' - ~ ~ of the closed play
houses. Buyers from the country, who
make their spring business trip to the
city serve also as holiday, are passing
Chicago by and going to other whole
sale markets, where they can attend the
shows during the evenings. This is
hard on both the wholesalers and the ho-
tel men. Pleasure seekers from the
country, people who come to the city
on pleasure trips and patronize the re-
tail stores while here, are staying at
home, or going elsewhere. And all Chi
cago seems to have shut itself in the
house. At night the downtown streets
are deserted. Night suburban trains on
the railroads are not carrying passengers
enough to pay the train crews. The liv-
erymen find no demand for their car
riages. The fashionable after-the-thea-
ter restaurants are unpatronized. The
hotels have lost the business derived
from catering to the theatrical COM
panies, and business in general seems
paralyzed.
In the meantime the owners of &c
play houses are waiting to know their
fate from the city council. Churches and
halls are being forced to make changes
so as to comply with the city ordinances.
and the coroner is trying to locate the
blame for the Iroquois fire, in which
1893 lives were lost by someone's care
'lessness, -: 80
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-05

Ing. IL HIS CuOStu
vocation is that of steam engineering he
will be given theoretical knowledge of
the construction of steam engine.
Given tools and time enough he might
build an engine, while the man who
learns his trade by practical expert
ence will do better work with the engine
after it is built.
In the printing trades the old method
made of every journeyman master of
all branches He could set the type,
make up the forms, run the press or feed
it. He was competent workman either
at job, book or newspaper work. To-
day he may, in general way, learn
something of all these things, but after
he has completed his apprenticeship he
settles down to some one line, and either
becomes an expert machine operator, a
proficient job man or makeup. Or, if he
takes more to machinery, he drifts into
the pressrooms, and after serving vir-
tually another apprenticeship becomes
a pressman.
The same is true in practically all the
trades in the city, and while there is
more money to be made as specialist.
while serving as journeyman, the
system does not make competent gen.
eral superintendent, and it is becoming
harder and harder to secure men fitted
for such positions.