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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
Northrup Held For Criminal Court

G. S. Northrup, of johnson City, was
arraigned before Squire J. NJ. King
Wednesday chargd with obtaining mon
ey by false and fraudulent pretenses.
Having heard the proof the committing
justice held that under the statute the
offense as charged had been committed
and that there was probable cause 10
believe that the defendant was guilty
thereof. He therefore held him for
action of the grand jury in q bond Of
$4,000 and in default thereof he was
committed to Jail.
A. @. Grimm appeared for the prose
cution and Joseph Black for the de-
tense.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
Majority of Stock With Blair-Ryan.

New York, Feb. 15.-The period of
depositing stock of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway under the Blair Ryan
plan of reorganization, expired today
and it was officially stated that ma
iority of the stock had been deposited;
also that no extension of time would be
made.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

81 can't take this, said the street
car conductor as he looked at the plug
ged dime. "Pm sorry" rejoined the
passenger, "but that's all I've got. If
you don't want it give it to the COM
pany. chicago News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
Soldiers, Home Provided For.

The sundry civil bill as reported in
congress carries an appropriation of
$3.50, 1000 for the maintenance of the
Soldiers Home, and provides for the
erection of dairy barn, coal shed, a
band stand and an oil house, all to cost
about $40, 900.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

Ye old scoundrel that beat me
Slipped off-won't pay me ! Beating
some other poor man, eh 3? 1 will sot
tie with you for SOC. on the dollar, and
will promise you to never tell the mer,
chants you are now trading with. I an
HUeH F. WEBB.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

Fair Devoted don'tse any way to
raise our church debt except to have q
lottery. Minister - That will never
have my sanction, madam, never, I'M
less you call it by some other name. -
New York Weekly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
A Nice Pay Roll.

Friday morning Of this week the
Unaka National Bank made up pay
roll Of $4,000 for pension payments at
the soldiers home. Every dollar was
in gold and for 3 few days all that
glitters about the "old comrades" will
be gold.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

The official directory of the Catholic
church for 1905 gives the Catholic pop
ulation under the American flag as $780,
SOB, 492. OF these 10, 467, 799 are in
America and $685. 500 in the Philip
pinea.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
]. H McClister Ill.

Morristown, Feb. Al. H. Nc.
Clister, a prominent Mason, and we'll
known in Masonic circles all over the
state, is critically ill at his home near
here and there is little hope of his re-
coverv.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

A Herald Washington special says:
Congress is riding headlong for
great deficit at the end of the next
fiscal year unless President Roosevelt
uses veto power. The deficit so far is
1924, S14, $780,"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
Gen. Wallace Dead.

Charlottesville, Ind, Feb. 15.-Sur-
rounded by his family, Gen. Lew Wal
lace, author of "Ben Hur," one time
minister to Turkey, and veteran Of the
Mexican and civil wars, died at his
home in this city tonight, aged seven.
ty-eight years.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
Pianos

Do not say you can not afford to buy
a piano. We can sell you one on
terms so easy that it will be no bur
den for you to pay for it. On account
of the verg small expense to which
we are put in selling pianos, we can
save you good sum on the purchase
price, and at the same time make the
monthly payments as small os $40. 90.
1t would be q pleasure to us to dis
cuss the matter with you.
LYLE & McCORKLE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

PHONE s5.-E. McCloud will an.
swer all calls and treat you right. We
have Native Beef, Western Beef, Nut
ton and Pork.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
A Certain Cure for Chilblains.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t cures Chilblains,
Prostitutes, Damp, Sweating, Swollen
feet. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25c
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

Cost and penalties go on all state,
county and poll taxes March /, 1905.
Pay now and avoid the rush.
j. r. G. LEWIS,
Deputy Trustee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

Fanny-Is your dolls hair real?
Grace-Course it is. 1t comes OIL Just
like mammals. Brooklyn Life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

Don't get up with baby these cold,
nights. Instead give DR.. Fahrney's
Teething Syrup. 1t prevents and cures
collie. All druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

A country that INDUCES in automo-
bile races hasn't much right to tilt its
nose at anybody's bull ng.-Courier.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
THE y: COMET

WTATAUGA LODGE, No. 2l9, 1. o, o. F.,
w meets on Monday evening of each week.
Lodge room in BrabsOn Building East Market
street. rear of Post ONCE. Visiting brothers
cordially welcomed. 994
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

Money talks, but it's salutation is
more often "Good-by" than How de
do. Philadelphia Record.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
FEEDING WILD ANIMALS.
Squirrels Become the Most Friendly
of All the Smaller Creatures
of the Woods.

OF the animals that we can coax about
our houses the gray squirrels become
most friendly. Put nuts in convenient
places and they will make frequent trips
tor supplies, but only on comparatively
mild days will they remain long outside
their comfortable winter quarters.
where they usually have plenty of food
stored. In Central park, New York,
says Country Life in America, the gray
squirrels have become so accustomed to
being fed that they have, to great ex-
tent, given up storing food and rely
chiefly on what they can pick up eacL
day. Red squirrels can be coaxed by
means of food, but they are very ques
tionable fellows; in fact the genera
opinion is decidedly against them, owing
to their Partially for eggs and young
birds. Chipmunks hibernate in then
underground homes, so we cannot count
on them for winter visitors. The cot
tontail will condescend TO accept
uainties in the TORN OF green vegetables
Through one seldom has such Injuries
In the winter), but as he comes almost
entirely at night he is not very inter-
esting guest
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
FIRST WATCHES AND FoRS
Probable Period at Which Portable
Timepieces Came Into
General Use.

There is uncertainty as to when the
portable watch, as we understand it to-.
day, came into use. 1t was probably a;
the close of the sixteenth century, says
the London World. Queen Elizabeth
owned large number of watches. Mary
Queen of Scots was the possessor of a
skull-shaped watch. In fact, the
deaths head" pattern was at that time
much in vogue. Endless were the styles,
tor there were watches shaped like
books. pears, butterflies and tulips.
The Nuremberg egg was a special shape
and was first made in 1900.
Those queer shapes of watches pre-
vented their finding a place in the
pocket. When was the fob first used in
the dress of man? The German of fob
Is "fuppe." and 1t Is believed that it
came from England. This conjecture
Is strengthened by the fact that a short
fob chain attached to a watch of Oil
yer Cromwell's in the British museum
Is, in point of date. the first appendage
of the Kind Known The watch is small
oval one in a silver case and was made
asc,c: .S9--
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
ODD PLACE FOR MANUSCRIPT
Chinese Minister to the United States
Furnishes His Audience Cause
for Laughter.

Sir Chentung LANG Cheng, the Chi
nese minister to the United States, who
visited this city recently, clings to the
dress of his native land, unlike many
other oriental diplomats. Despite the
fact that an able-bodied snowstorm
was in progress at the time of his ar
rival, says the Philadelphia Press, the
prince refused to violate his custom Of
going bareheaded.
In fact, the distinguished visitor
made only one concession to the in
clemency of the elements, in the shape
Of a pair of rubber leggings, which
came down over his Chinese shoes.
This eccentricity of apparel was
strikingly impressed upon Sir Chen
lungs audience at the New Century
drawing-room, when at the conclusion
If his address he sat down, folded up
his typewriter speech, and, calmly
lifting the lobe of Us long gown, de-
posted the manuscript in one of his
leggings.
The audience roared with laughter,
and the diplomat gazed at them with
an expression that plainly betrayed his
ignorance of the fact that he was the
cause of the outburst of mirth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
WATER REDUCES WEIGHT.
This Claim Is Made by Frenchman
Who Made Experiments with
Guinea Pigs.

1t is generally believed that excessive
or even moderate, drinking of water is
conducive to an increase of flesh, and
that therefore stout people should care
fully avoid natures beverage. That the
direct contrary is really the case is the
statement made by Henri De ParVllle IL
the Journal Des Debats, Paris. M. De
Parville states his case in part as fol
lows:
THE fact that drinking water makes
one thin instead of fat has recently
been clearly shown by NJ. Maurel in his
experiments with guinea pigs. This in
5estigator injected into guinea pig %
grams of water at six a. m. and IS grams
at six p. M, the experiments being con-
tinued for three days. During this time
the animal took q grams of bran, 265
grams of carrots and 210 grams OF car
rot stalks. The total quantity of water
in the food was $50 grams, so that the
entire amount of water taken each day
was $50 grams.
During the water treatment the ami
NAL lost four grams each day. After the
interval of three days had passed the
guinea pig was given 60 grams OF bran,
263 grams of carrots and 200 grams o.
corn stalks, but no water. Notwith-
standing this fact, however, the animal
gained in weight each day. The expert
ment was pursued in an inverse sense,
the results being an increase in weigh,
without water of two grams each day
and decrease with water Of eight
grams day. The experiment has been
performed in other ways, which have
led to the same conclusion. For example
NM Dehove and Flamant gave pa
tient four liters of an infusion for a
month without producing variation in
weight, while M. Flamant himself drank
$3.50 grams of liquid for seven days in
place of his usual quantity of 1,25G
grams without producing any increase
in weight"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
FIRST AID TO THE FOOLISH
What to Do for the Patient While
Awaiting the Arrival of the
Foolkiller.

For acute desire to speculate-One
knockout drop (nild to medium) in half
glass Of water every morning between
breakfast. Repeat in half an hour If pa
tient is still restless. Dose need not be
administered on Sunday, as on that day
the exchange is closed.
For Lawsonitis - Teaspoonful of
soothing strip mixed with bromide,
every three hours. Get out in the open
air as much as possible; take long walks.
Avoid frenzied reading or conversation.
For matinee fever or hero hysteria
"A very common and stubborn COM
plant among young girls and OCCASION
ally among old ones. Have strong mix
ture put up of chaperonia and common
sense, and dose patient freely on
Wednesdays Saturdays and holidays
begin about IL O'Clock in the morning
and repeat hourly until theater time.
Patient may have neither bonbons nor
opera glasses until completely cured. as
relapses in this disease are alarmingly
frequent and often fatal.
For chronic versification olympus lit
eratum)-One buck and saw and six
hickory logs every morning before and
after breakfast After luncheon. one ak
or Ratchet. After dinner one bed. For
his complaint no medicine is required.
simply constant watchfulness on the
part OF nurse and care that patient re-
ceives neither pen nor paper under any
circumstances. Nurse should carry
sandbags for use in emergencies
For water on the Winglassful
Of receivertone one hour after meals and
just before retiring from business.
For Liptonitis-For this aggravated
complaint there is nothing better than
tipping Puck.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
DUCK FARMS IN CHINA.
One of the Enterprises Conducted
with Profit Along the Ex-
tensive Canals.

There are duck farms all along the
canals in China. These are profitable
Chinese canals, as a rule, considering
the population upon them and theiI
varied uses, are cleaner than canals in
the United States, says the Chicagc
Chronicle. There are few, if any, fac,
tories to conUaminate them. The Chi
nese use of certain sewage for fertiliza
ton also prevents contamination to a
great extent. The canal water is used
for laundry, bath and culinary pur
poses Unfortunately. A canal in the
United States could never be what ii
is in China, but the Chinese have e
number of clever devices and ideas i {,
connection with canals which can b.
adopted in the United States with
profit.
The Grand canal system in China
has existed in almost its present shap
since about the time Columbus dis
covered America. The Grand cana
itself, extending from Hangchau, to Pc
king, is about 1000 miles long. Much
of it is banked with stone, and all of i
is in such condition that with the ex
penditure of a little money the sys
tenn could be put upon modern an
effective basis. AS it is, the cana
handles practically all the interna
trade of China, and this trade is ia
greater than its foreign trade. TIL
coming of railroads will affect tn
canals somewhat, but not so much a
may be imagined, for the railroads wi,
very largely build up a trade of thei
own. A little money will make China's
canal system in the future what it ha
been in the past, the greatest on earth
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
woMAN's SYMBOLIC BADGE
White Ribbon and Spinning-Wheel
Worn by the Daughters of
the Revolution.

A white ribbon decorated with gold
spinning-wheel makes charming badge
for a woman. The symbol of the home
and of domestic industry may easily
help lovely girl to turn the head and
wiz the heart of quiet man. The wear
ers of the dainty device looked equal 10
such conquest as they fitted about
among the Daughters" at Sherry's great
restaurant in New York, on January 6.
says Youths Companion.
That is the date dear to all feminine
patriots as the day in 1859 on which
George Washington made Martha Gus
it's the most enviable of wonderland his
wife. 1t is the day set apart by en-
thusiastic students of our early h1,-
,ory for a sort of love-feast, at which
the discussion of revolutionary affairs
Of the heart is mingled with those of
more modern date.
The women wearing the white ribbon
and the spinning-wheel evidently be-
lieved in happy marriages of the old
fashion, and were ready to justify their
faith by their works.
Perhaps they have in their quaint
badge set forth fundamental secret OF
4 true marriage. 1t may be that the
woman who prefers the white ribbon to
The red. and the spinningwh to the
bicycle, with all that this choire symbol
ICES, is still the power to be chiefly reck-
oned with in the social world. and in the
long run the woman to be emulated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
IN FEATHER FACTORIES.
Employees Suffer from Infamed Eyes
and Congested Lungs
Often Fatal.

Women work ers in feather factor
les suffer FRI dust disease" the
same as stoLccutters. III such fac
tories the atmosphere is charged with
almost invisible particles of feathers.
which cause Inflammation of the eyes
and congestion in the lungs of the
toilers. The sensitive mucous mem
brane of the lungs and bronchial
tubes becomes so coated with the par
ticles of feathers that within three
years after entering such factories
the women who prepare these, the
ornaments for civilizations wealth
and beauty, find their health serious
ly, If not fatally, impaired.
Lacemakers also often suffer from
infamed eyes. Employees of lacemak-
ing establishments are frequently
obliged to wear colored spectacles,
and their eyes often become terribly
bloodshot. Oculists and opticians in
lacemaking centers like Brussels, are
supported almost entirely by the lace.
makers. Disorder of the eyes direct
ly affects the nerves. and many cases
OF fatal nervous breakdown are re
ported everywhere among girls en-
ployed in lace mills.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
DONE THROUGH INSTINCT.
Theory Accounting for Habit of Peo-
pie Preferring Se~es Next
the Wall.

The inquiring mind of an antiquary
has developed the following theory to
account for the fact that at restaurant
most people prefer the tables next to the
wall, while in railway carriages there is
similar preference for the corner seats
The tendency in each case is the re-
suit of an instinct dating back to pre-
historic times. When the primeval man
wanted to eat his food in security he Sc
lected Granny in cliff, or a place in
which he could have his back to a rock
In that position he felt reasonably safe.
knowing that nothing could attack him
from the rear. The habit became SO
deeply rooted that even to-day it shows
itself in preference for wall seats and
corners.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
ExTEMPoRIzINo A CIPHER.
Fertile Minded Clerk Contrived Find
Message for His Incapable
Employer.

When Wall street first caught the
fever tor Industrial combinations" and
began the reorganization OF every thing
in sight, says the Brooklyn Eagle. enc
Of the votaries of high fnancs found
himself in Chicago in extreme neeO o.
communicating with his New York CT
ice
He had almost completed an arrange
ment Tor the consolidation Of several
western enterprises. but in oroer TO gst
the final authority he needed ircm New
York, he must explain all he h3d dens
by wire to his partners.
There was no time to write. He had
no cipher code. For a long time he
tried to think out some way to send the
information so that il would be plain to
his partners and meaningless to anyone
else. His secret was valuable enc, and
once sent over the wire might be scit
out to his rivals in Wall street for a
large sum.
At last he decided to take the chances
in plain English. Accordingly he wrote
the message and gave it to his assistant
to send.
Half an hour later. when the assistant
came back, he asked him if he had
sent it.
Not just that way" said the clerk.
II rewrote it. the first word en- Post2l
blank, the second on Western Union.
and so on. | sent half by each comp: n.
and neither half meant anything. Thel
l sent a second message by one line. say
ing: Read both messages together, al
ternating words
The scheme was too simple for the
high financier to have evolved, but il
worked perfectly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
THE LANGUAGE OF BEGoARS
Crude Expressions in Use Among
Members of the Mendicant
Profession.

In describing their possessions and
their environment, professional beg
CARS use nicknames. writes Theodore
Waters in Everybody's. Thus cent is
known as an Indian" Other coins are
Known as white money" A detective
IS bull" and policeman is Dull
in harness" A thief is a "gun" and
pickpocket is dip A gold watch is
"red kettle" Stamps are known as
"stickers" Money is "cush." A horse
ear is a RATHER" When a beggar is
rrested he is said to fall" The work.
house is known as the "band-house.
The penitentiary is known as the "big
house" A revolver is a rcd" A beg
gar who gives out cards on which are
printed appealing bits of rhyme IS
rnown as throw out" One who sits
cross-legged on the walk is known as
"fopper." One who holds you up OF
he Sidewalk is known as a Strong
arm So 1t rms on with so ynany ex-
oressions covering so many figures of
sneech that one not familiar with their
,rgot nigbt listen 70 their talk for
hours without catching the real mean
ng Of the conversation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
The Kutho-Daw.

Great as has been the amount of labor
expended on the various Bibles of the
world, the palm for execution must be
given to the Kutho-daw which is a
Buddhist monument near Mandalay. in
Burmah. 1t consists of about 700 tenn
pies, each containing slab of white
marble, on which the whole of this
Buddhist Bible, containing more than
100000 syllables. has been engraved.
The Burmese alphabet is used. but the
language is Pail. This wonderful Bible
is absolutely unique. The Kutho-daw
was erected in 1857 by Mindon-min, the
last king but one of Burmah The vas,
collection of temples together form {
square, with dominating temple in the
center. Each of the marble slabs on
which the sacred text is inscribed is sur
mounted by an ornamental canopy in
pagoda form.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
OYAMA STILL PURSUES THEM.

A report received at Toxic from the
japanese armies in the field says the
Russians evacuted Kaivuan on Satur-
day after setting fire to the railroad
Rtstion. Gen. Linevitch, in a telegram
dated Saturday, tells of the occupation
of Tskama by the Japanese and says
sour armies continue their concentra-
tiOn." There is a report in ST. Peters
burg that Gen. Kuropatkin will remain
in MsnchuTia and assume = subordi
nate corr mand, but 1t is without verifi
cation. Dispatches from Gunshu Pass
say that Kuropatkil's trsin left Satur-
dry for st. Petersburg. Belated reports
from the Japanese arms tell OF hard
pursuit of the Russians, severe weather
and frequent fighting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-24
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.

To The Honorable Judge Holding
We the Grand Jury for the February
term. 1905. beg leave to make the
following report:
We have visited the county Door
house and find it reasonably we'll kept.
We found the following supply ou
hand: 225 barrels of corn. sufficient
hay to run the farm. 175 bushels OF
wheat, five milk cows and IA head of
other cattle. head of stock hogs. one
half barrel of sorghum. 80 bushels OF
Irish potatoes and enc and quarter
acres planted $50 pounds of side bacon,
300 pounds of joint meat, 30 pounds
hog jowls There are SIX white males.
twelve white females. fifteen cnlored
males. fourteen colored females, total
inmates, forty seven.
We also visited the county work
house and with reference to the Super
intendent's books. after diliRent in
curry, we found them reasonably well
Kept. The number of hands at work
was 90. We also have investigated the
bonds of administrators and find them
gilt edged. We have examined guard
Ians bonds and find them all right, ex-
cept one bond, which we notified the
County Court Clerk to strsighten. we
find the official bonds all right We
have also visited the county Jail and
found it reasonably we'll kept We have
very diligently inquired for the peace
and dignity of the State and County.
We return our sincere thanks to Mr.
r. W. Nesbitt. officer. who has so
faithfully waited ON as this term. We
returned our thanks to your Honor and
to Atty. Gen. Garner. of your kindness
to us.
Respectfully submitted, this, March
18th, 1905.
j. W. Foster, Foreman; ]. R. Sharp,
J. L. Workman. A. r. Allen. j. G..
Davis, W. q. Neeley, j. j. Kelley. j..
H. Hughes, j. W. Mathews. ]. L.
Smith, o. W. Williams. K. M. Brown,
W. F. Woody.