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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
Condensed News
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The work of laying pipe from the
Standard Oil Co. 8 wells in the Indian
Territory to the refneries at Long Is
land City will soon be begun. The line
will be 1900 miles long.
The Hon. James P. Eagle, former
governor of Arkansas, and well known
throughout the south, especially in
Baptist circles, died at Little Rock,
aged sixty-seven years.
Gen. Wood, commanding the depart
ment of Mindanao, in the Philippines,
says in his annual report that the
troops of his department have been in
the field great portion of the year,
quelling armed uprisings and repress-
ing the slave trade and other abuses.
Eugene Zimmerman denies that he
and his associates have bought control
of the Detroit Southern. He says that
he has an interest in the road which he
has held for long time. He does not
believe that Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton will buy it because the two are
parallel lines.
Armor plate manufactured by the
Midvale Steel Co. has passed success
full government tests, and it is now
stated that this company will compete
with the Carnegie and Bethlehem com
panies for government contracts
amounting to about 5000 tons at the
present time, and averaging about
16, 900 tons per annum.
Positive assertion is made that the
Standard Oil interests have no inten-
tion of instituting action for criminal
libel or any other proceeding against
Thomas W. Lawson, his publishers,
the Ridgeway -Thayer Co., or the
American News Co. because of any
thing that has thus far been embodied
in the "Frenzied Finance" articles.
A Herald Washington despatch says
that President Roosevelt is very much
dissatisfied with the proposition Of
state leaders to carry over the railroad
rate legislation to another congress,
aud that he has renewed his campaign
for immediate action. He is inclined
to use the full power OF the admins.
tration in this effort. The president
left no doubt in the minds OF his visit
ors that he considered this the burning
question OF. the hour, and that the nee
essity of legislation at the present ses-
sion was altogether paramount in con
gress. Attorney General Moody il
drawing up bill to be presented. The
report of the industrial commission
which spent nearly four years investi
eating the rate question, is the mos
important "club" in the hands Of thu
administration.
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A $40, 900 Report.

The highest priced note taking on
record is that of "The Reporter Who
Became President. of whom Frederic
Irland writes in the January McClure's.
The reporter was James Madison, and
his MS, for which the United States,
after his death, paid the sum of $3.50, 900
contains the only account of speeches
of the makers of our constitution at the
Philadelphia convention of 1887. These
speeches (not meant for publication
are the most important ever made upon
our soil. Many interesting facts, never
before printed, are told concerning the
MS. in Mr.. Irland's article.
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NATURE TELLS YOU.
AS Manya Johnson City Read
er Knows too Well.

When the kidneys are sick,
Nature yells you all about it.
The urine is natures calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action.
Any urinary troaSle tells of kidney
ills. =
Doar's Kidney Pills cures all kidney
ills.
johnson City people testify to this.
F. P. Baxter, manager for the X. P.
Jones Lumber Co., who lives on Wal.
nut street, says: "For long time off
and on / was troubled with backache
which at times became worse than an
annoyance. The kidney secretions
were frequent and unnatural. | used
various remedies but derived little or
no benefit. Learning of Doan's Kid
ney Pills | got box at the store Of
Patton Drug Co. and have been great
ly benefited by the few doses that /
have so far. The beneficial effects of
the treatment have been so marked that
1 do not hesitate to recommend them
to my friends,
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, 1904-12-29

each year. The appIeimports Of Great
Britain alone range between 4,5OO, 900
cwt. and 100000 cwt, In addition, I
estimate the census Of our apple trees
at 2O,OOO,0OO.
There are now 1000 cOreless trees
available for propagation to supply the
orchards of the world. 1t is estimated
that by 1905, 9,5OO,O 900 of these trees
will be put upon the market. For do.
mestic use a coreless apple will COM
mend itself to every housewife in the
country. For evsporating purposes it
would prove invaluable. Sampson
Morgan in the Nineteenth Century.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
The Cost of a Modern Hotel.

One of these hotels cost seven million
dollars.
The decoration of its royal suite Of
six rooms cost seventy-five thousand
dollars.
The plant to filter the air cost three
hundred thousand dollars.
The tulip-wood bed from the old
French chateau Gust ten thousand dol.
lars, and so did the piano which adorns
the adjoining reception room.
The solid silver fittings for each bath
room in the hotel cost twelve hundred
dollars.
The paintings, marbles and bronze'
which decorate the house represent al
expenditure of half million; and, oil
thu other hand, each door knob in th'
hotel cost ten dollars.
The daily amount Of money spent To-
flowers is at least FIVE hundred dollars
january Momsn's Home Compau
;an
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
Gov. Taylor an Apostle Of Sunshine.

The conclusion seems 10 have been
definitely reached by former Gov.
Robert L. Taylor to make Nashville
his home, his residence there to begin
in the spring, and that his business
will be that OF magazine publisher.
He will also become one of the active
managers Of the Rice lecture bureau,
of which he has been president since
it's organization.
The magazine venture is to be
launched March 1, the details Of which
are not yet complete, though thegenial
ex-governor says his new publication
will be an organ Of happiness for the
people, 80 that as they read it they can
sing, There's Sunshine in My Soul
Today"
When the governor was asked il
there was any political significance at
tached to his removal to Nashville he
replied that there was not and added:
"My aspirations lie in happier fields
than politics, but am like the fellow
who swore off from drinking, but who
took a bottle of Tennessee liquor home
with him for medicinal purposes. He
gave it to his wife to put away saying
10 her, If get sick and the doctor
prescribes whisky and I refuse to take
it, darling, make me take it,"
Speaking to reporter about his re-
cent lectureltour, the governor said:
II closed my lecture season before
the holidays at Canton, O., last Friday
night. spoke to 5000 people, and I
never had a warmer reception or more
delightful audience in my life. I op.
ened my speech at Canton this way:
when ! was q Young man in my twen-
ties sat in the congress of the United
States with q young man from Ohio.
His hair was as black as ravens wing
and the stars in his eyes prophesied
his future glory. His name was Will
liam Mckinley. The years rolled on
and he was governor of Ohio, at the
/, Ime time I was governor Of Tennes-
see. The years rolled on and he be-
came president of the United States,
while I was again the governor Of Ten
nessee. When he made his call for
volunteers for the Spanish. American
war, Tennessee was ons of the first
states in the union to put her full quote
in the field.
when the angels took William
Mckinley ] was in q town away down
south in Dixie, and I saw old confed-
crate veterans standing on the street
corners weeping as their children
marched by on their way to the me.
mortal services, singing, Nearer, My
God, to Thee" It is such spirits as
his alone that can wipe out sectional
lines and cement our country forever. I"
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Fight VIII Be RlttAr.

Those who will persist In closing
their ears against the continual rec
ommendation Of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, will have q
long bitter fight with their troubles, il
not ended earlier by fatal termination.
Read what T. B. Beall, Of Beall, Miss,
has to say: Last fall my wife had ey-
cry symptom of consumption. She
took DR.. Kings ewSDiscovery after
everything else had failed. Improve.
ment came at once and four bottles en-.
tirely cured her." Guaranteed by H.
G. Miller, druggist. Price50c. and 81.
Trial bottles free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29

How would you punctuate this sen.
tence?" asked the teacher OF grammar
and rhetoric:
"As John opened the book three
FIVE dollar bills evidently placed there
by his cousin futtered out from be-
tween the pages and we're caught up
by the breeze"
IT think, professor, if you would al
low me, / should first maks . dash
after the bills" said the pupil.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
Nonresident Notice.
In the Chancery Court at Johnson City,
Washington County, Tenn.
Wilbur L. Clark, Complainant,
VS..
Lena r. Clark, Defendant.

1t appearing from the bill filed in
this cause, which is sworn to, that the
defendant, Lena II. Clark, is q nom
resident Of the State of Tennessee: 1t
is therefore ordered that said defend
ant enter her appearance herein at q
court to be held on the first Monday
in January next (19O5) at the Office Of
the clerk and master in johnson City,
Tenn, and plead, answer, or demur to
complainant's bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to her and set
for hearing ex parte, and that copy
Of this order be published for four
consecutive weeks in The Comet.
This December 7th, 1904.
Z. A. SHIPLEY, G. & M.
BY s. E. MILLER,D. @. & M.
John H. Bowman, solicitor for COM
ant.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
Be Oulck.

Not minute should be lost when a
child shows symptomsof Group. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy given as soon
as the child becomes hoarse, or even
after the croupy cough appears, will
nrevent the attack. 1t never fails, and
Z pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by H. @. Miller, druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
Costly Mistake.

BlundePs are sometimes very expen-
siye. Occasionally life itself is the
price Of . mistake, but yon'Il never be
wrong Il yoa take Dr. Kings NeELlfe
Pills for dyspepsia llHzlFeaa, head
ache. liver Or hn7el Ifaa hlsE Ihey
are gentle yet th8Ran he At h.Gs
Milier's drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29

The hearing in the case Of Senator
Reed Smoot has been continued until
January 10. On that date evidence
will be taken for the respondent, coun-
sci for the protestants having conclud-
ed the examination of all persons who
could be reached by subpoenas issued
by the senate committee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
RECTOR OF ST. LUKE's,
Ashburnham, Ontario, T5stifies to the Coed
Qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

Ashburnham, Ontario, T9stifles to the Coed
Qualities Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Ashburnham, Ont, April i3, 1908. -
I think it is only right that / should
tell you what O wonderful effect Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has produced.
The day before Easter / was 80 dis
tressed with cough and cold that I
did not think TO be able TO take any
duties the next day, as my voice was
almost choked by the cough. The
same day received an order from you
for a bottle Of your cough remedy. ] at
once procured sample bottle and took
about three doses OF the medicine. To
my great relief the cough and cold had
completely disappeared and I was able
to preach three times on Easter Day.
/ know that this rapid and effective
cure was due to your Cough Remedy.
make this testimonial without solici
tation, being thankful to have found
such God-sent remedy.
Respectfully yours,
II. A. LANGFLDT,
Rector OF sc. Luke's Church.
| This remedy i for sais BY =. O
Miller, druggists
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
A PLEASANT Pill.

No pill is as pleasant and positive as
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. DeWit's
Little Early Risers are so mild and ef-
fective that children, delicate ladies
and weak people enjoy their cleansing
effect, while strong people say they are
the best liver pill sold. Sold by H. @.
Miller, druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29

Eczema, scald head, hives, itchings
of the skin of any sort instantly re-
lieved, permanently cured. Doan's
Ointment. AT any drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29

Neglected colds make fat grave
yards" DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup helps men and women to hap.
py, vigorous old age.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
81 AM WELL PLEASED :

That's what we hear every day from
our customers. If you have not been
we'll treated by some Laundry give us
o trial. From the initial dip in water
to the final touch Of the iron, nothing
is permitted TO touch the clothes but
the purest soap and finest starch, etc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-05
THE POST OFFICE INVESTIGATION.

In view Of the thorouGhness with which
the Roosevelt administration has prose-
cuted the work of investigating the post
office department it ought not to have
been thought necessary on the part of
members of Congress, either republican
or democratic. to make an independent
investigation. Some Of tho democrats in
10th houses OF Congress persisted up TO
the very close of the session in discussing
this subject as IL the administration party
had something to cover up, and they were
evidently endeavoring TO accumulate
generous supply of material to be used In
the coming campaign. Senator Penrose
of Pennsylvania, chairman of the postof-
fee committee in the upper branch OF
Congress- has made the following state
ment:
LAS understand it, the department OF
Justice is now making an investigation OF
the postoffice department. The entire
matter has been placed In the hands Oh
Charles H. Robh, formerly assistant attor-
ney general of the rostoffice department,
and now one of Attorney General Knox
assistants. This is probably what gave
rise to the story that the President intend
cd to further investigate the department
When aSked whether III were true thal
he and several other republican senator's
had made IL little private investigation
of their own into the nostoffice scandals
Senator Perrose said:
Eyes: we visited the department, made a
special inspection of the bureaus and in
terviewed the bureau chiefs. We found
nothing, however, of sufficient Importance
to cause us to interfere with the work now
being done by the attorney generals de-
rartment."
Those who have knowledge OF the
thorouEhness and LOYALTY to duty which
have always characterized the profession
al work of Nj. Robb, do not need to he
told that this young but entirely qualified
Vermont lawyer will give the postoffice
department a thorough housekeeping, If
any additional work in this line is found
to be necessary.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-05
BUSINESS IS UNSETTLED.
Prolonged Cool weather Has Bccn Felt
in the Retail Trade.

Reports to Rradstreets regarding Yer
mont trade with a few exceptions, show
somewhat unsettled condition Of af-
fairs. The prolonged cool weather has
been felt in the retail trade and in this
respect has had a counter affect upon
collections. There seems to he a hopeful
tone and merchants are looking for bet
ter conditions if warmer weather pre-
walls. The manufacturing industries gcp-
orally are we'll employed. The overall
factories are running short as the high
price of cotton has affected their bust
ness particularly. Tho rainy weather
during the latter part of the week is
welcomed by the farmers any they eX
press an opinion that the hay crop Will
be good. other things considered. Tho
granite men are looking forward To an
INCREASE in business. The maple sugar
soy son is at an end; from all sections
reports show the largest amount manu-
featured this year that there has been
any one year for over II years. The
average amount made per tHe is figured
at two and three fOurths pounds. Tho
quality is good and fair prices obtained.
The canning factories are preparing to
distribute corn for planting. lumber mills
are running over time in order to get
their logs cut up before the warm wealth
r and the worms destroy the stock
burlington mills are we'll employed.
Rutland reports COLLECTIONS improving.
labor we'll employed. the farmers have
commenced planting and have been ac-
tive in town and vicinity
The cold weather that has prevailed
in the northern part of the State has
prevented the farmers in the vicinity
of ST. Johnsbury from doing much work
| in the fields but retail trade is gaining
and collections improving.
The garment factories ut St Adams
are crowding their employees with work
and are working with all the help they
can employ; other lines are we'll en-
| ployed.
| The granite business in Montpelier is
unsettled owing to the rumors of Il
| threatened strike unless the manufac-
| turors conccde to the demands of the
poishers and Jumpers in which the latter
ask for shorter hours and more pay.
At Barre the granite manufacturers
will not nave this trouble, They look
| forward to an increase in business. Soy
oral new brick blocks are in the process
of construction. collections reported fair.
At Bennington the mills are we'll EN-
ployed, the new tissue paper mill is run
| ming and busy with orders and other
mills are employing all the help they can
secure.
Bellows Falls paper mills are running
full tiee and are rushing orders out rs
| fast as possible. The brick yards are at
present idle but expect to resume within
a month.
Brattleboro industries are busy al
though in the organ and overall bust
ness fhey report affairs quiet, a rev
| pants industry has just commenced oper-
atoms.
The farmers in the southern part of
the state have been active but were
prevented during the last Part of the
week from doing much owing to the
heavy rain
Retail trade at Enosburgh Falls is re-
l ported good with collections fair The
| factories are well employed and business
in general is good.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-05
THE NEW MILITARY SECRETARY.

Circumstances have conspired to lend
peculiar interest for Nermonters to the
creation OF the military secretary's de-
rartment in Washington. for as they say
IN dramatic circles il has fallen to a we'll
known native of the Green Mountain
State to create" the part. This depart
ment was formed by the consolidation
of the officers of the adjutant-g generals
Gepa rtrent and those of the record and
pension office, and the new bureau was in
stitutcd by uniting the office establish
mcnts Of the adjutant general and the
chief ot the record and pension office. The
belief is expressed in military circles that
the creation of this department will prove
of great and lasting benefit to the civil
administration of the war department as
we'll as to the general staff and to the
army in general
Major General r. C. Ainsworth, who
has been placed ut the head of this de-
partment with the title of military sec
rotary, is unquestionaby better prepared
10 discharge the duties of this position
than any other man who could be found,
and it is fair to ASSUME that ii there had
been better man for the place he would
have been chosen. Gen. Ainsworth has
previously demonstrated the possession of
an unusual degree of ability in this line
of work. while occupying successive posi-
tions OF great responsibility, and when 1t
came to the selection of a man for the
position of military secretary his name
naturally suggested itself. Here is what
the Array and Navy Register has to say
about General Ainsworth personally:
The official record of the head of the
new military sccratary's department, Ma
jor-Gcncral +. c. Answorth, is an inter
eStIng one, and seems TO be guarantee
that the affairs of the department viii
be safely and efficiently administered
Coming TO Washington in 1886 as a prdc-
tically unknown captain in the medical
department. ne Instituted methods o!
business that led TO the creation OF tho
record and pension Office by act of Con
gIes. in H., and to his appointment e
be tho C nlsf of it with the rank OF colono
10 that OF brigadier-gcncrai IN 1889. anc
now for ~ thtt time il Expresses It.
con3Gsncc u hin and it's approva, Of hi.
mcthoAs BY confcrrfns upon him the RAM
of major. Gsnerae IN edition To this, ant
notwithstanding Opposition that has al
ways bees Notivs And hes sometimes Dccl
matitnAhr, lie has won the coniidCdc'
and cordia! SUPPORT of every secretary o
war under whom he has served, includin'
Secretaries Endicott, Proctor Elliins, La
mont, Alcec and Root Il does seem tina
o man thSt could do eli this. and tina
could 40 II IL the face Of the odds aGains
which General Ainsworth has always hat
to contend, wi, make safe and com
pe'ent hcad Tor the neWly-crcatcd dc
partmcnt
General .Ainsworth has a host of friend
end admirers in his native state who vii
congratulate him upon the deserved rec
o6nition Of his eminent qualifications 10
tais important Office
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-05

warrant n refusal to respond to the call
Previous to the departure of the ma
tional lawmakers from Washington a
conference of some of the leaders was
held at the White House. and while
the platform was the principal subject
discussed, it is understood that the sub
iect of a nomination for the vice-prcsidency
was also under serious consideration. A
feeling has developed that the candidacy
of Senator Fairbanks of Indiana for Sec
ond place is steadily losing force. largely
through his own inactivity; and as a
result of the conference at the White
House. 1t is understood that the project
to draft Cannon has gained fresh i'm
petus.
considered in connection with the vice.
presidency but he is credited with being
almost as much opposed to taking the
second place on the ticket as Is
Speaker Cannon If Iowa were close
state strong effort would undoubtedly
be made on the part of some of the re-
publican leaders to induce Mr.. Shaw ia
run for second place in spite Of the fact
that he is regarded as a formidable can
didatc for the republican nomination for
the presidency four years hence. An IN
teresting sideliglt is thrown on the situ-
alton by the statement that Secretary
Shaw is pinnng Cannon buttons on his
friends.
The chief argument that is advanced
IN support OF the move to make Speaker
Cannon the republican candidate for the
vice-prcsidency is that Illinois lie a doubt
full State and his nomination would heir
, to make success in the Prairie State GER
tain. Whether or not the speaker will
be drafted as was Mr.. Roosevelt rcma in.
to be demonstrated.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-05
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TABLOID PHILOSOPHY.

Many n good bluff has been called by
better one.
Among other things, the burglar takes
chances.
Even the stngy man may tell story
at his own expense.
Virtue is often more bitter by contrast
with suCar-Coated vice.
1t stands to reason that when n man
loses lis hair he can't even have a part.
We never appreciate the greatness and
goodness Of some mon until we read their
obituaries
Physicians advise breathing through
the nose, but the average woman cant
keep her mouth shut long enough.
The fellow who hustles out of the
theater between the acts in GREATNESS
haste seldom comes back so breath
lessly
When half tbe characters in melo-
drama are killed the veracious press
agent ANNOUNCES that II is fun of life
If people would only learn to adapt
themselves to circumstances the divorce
lawyers would have to shut up shop. -
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