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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
A Bad Break.

DuIing the annual convention Of a
certain religious body, not 80 very long
ago, an incident occurred which was
not on the programme and which COM
pletely upset the gravity of the minis
ters and brethren assembled. 1t was
at the closing session. and the chair
man sta tee. that they were about one
hundred dollars short of an amount
desired to be raised for a given pur-
pose, and hoped that the sum could be
made up before final Adjournment. One
of the laymen jumped up with the re-
mark
''I'll start the good work with TWEEN,
ty-fve dollars"
81 don't know your name. biother,
said the chairman, "but may God bless
you. and may your business be doub.
led during the year"
Much 20 his attonishment, burst o.
laughter followed from many in the
hall, which was explained when q
brother up in front stepped to the plat
form and whispered -
"Why, that's Mr.. Blank, a promi
nent undertaken in the town. June
Lippincotts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
Stay On the Farm.

Farmer boys are Aocklng to Chicago
to take the places of the striking team
sters, says the Columbia Herald. If
the teamsters would flock to the coun-
try to take the places ofthe farm boys,
they would have much the best Of the
bargain. If there is any place on earth
for the "Moneyless Man." that place
is the country. There he can at least
get wholesome food and pure air, and
these h., cannot get in the city.
A country boy at 20 yearns for life in
the city. A city man at 40 yearns for
life in the country. Such is life. AT
twenty we will not profit by the ex-
lperience of Others. And whan we
have left the smell of the clover field
and the sweet aroma of youth long
years behind us and gained experience
for ourselves, our destiny is fixed, and
we can no more turn away from it than
We can turn back the wheels Of time.
If children could inherit experience
and wisdom from their elders it would
be worth more to them than noun
tains Of gold.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
Hodge Succe eds Gprrett.

The appointment Of Mathews to O po-
sition outside the Postoffice occasioned
several promotions in the ranks OF the
employees of the office. Postmaster
Dutro not only recommended G. A.
Garrett to succeed Mr.. Mathews as
cashier, but he also named G. W.
Hodges to succeed Mr.. Garrett. Mr..
Hodges is from Johnson City, Tenn,
and is a valuable man. He was in the
mail service on the island of Porto Rico
and was transferred from that place to
the Memphis Postofice in 1901. Un-
der the move-up he will be placed in
charge of the registry division.
The line of promotion will not stop
until a man has been selected from the
outside. Postmaster Dutro finds it
necessary to place man in the Office
to fill the place of Mr.. Hodges. He has
appointed Lester A. Fisher, q substi-
tute clerk to regular clerk, and he may
be given the position of Mr.. Hodges. -
Commercial Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY. JUNE l. 1905
WILL BUILD COAL LINE
Seaboard Directors Own the
Clinchfield Property and
Will Have a RaiIrrod.

President ]. NJ. Barr of the Scaboard
Ali. Line writes from Portsmouth, Va, ,
to the Manufacturers Record confirm
ing recent press report as follows:
'Messrs. Ryan, Blair, Dennis, Ream
and Coolidge have purchased tn 9
Clinehfield property, aud it is their
purpose to develop it by the building
Ola railroad. The Seaboard has no con :
nection with their enterprise. No con-
clusions have yet bean reached by the
Seaboard in this connection.
The ClinehAeld property referred to
includes the Cranes Nest coal fields
near Toms Creek, Va. snd also, ac-
cording to reports, the South & Wes-
tern Railway, which proposes to build
from johnson City, Tenn, to Tom s
Creek, and also from the other end of
its line, if expectations are realized, to
connection with the Seaboard Air
Line in North Carolina.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
MI. BurrOw to Test Tennessee Jury Law

Hon. Robt. Burrow, one eff Bristol's
best lawyers, will to t the validity Of
the new Tennessee jury commission
law. The case has already been intro
duced into Judge Tyler's court at Brts-
tol. 1t will likely be tried at special
term in July. Thence it will be taken
to the supreme court of the state which
convenes at Knoxville, Tenn, IN Sep
tember.
Mr.. Burrow is testi ng the new law
on two points. One is tnat the law
states that juror must be both free.
holder and a householder. The other
is that it requires that not more than
two Of these commissioners shall be of
the same political party. Mr.. Burrow
thinks that in both of these respects
the law is weak and unconstitutional.
H states that the constitution requires
that there be neither political or relig-
ious precedence or preferment in the
administration of the law of the land,
and that this latter ground of his con-
test is in conflict with said constitu-
tional requirement or pr inciple. -Bris-
tol Herald
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
BIG MINING DEAL.
Clinchfield Concern Buys
$4,000 Acres
VIRGINIA COAL LANDS,

Bristol, Va. May 2G.-The Clinch-
field Corporation, the purchase OF
whose properties by George L, Carter,
of this place, gave rise to the litigation
with the Union Trust Company and
other stockholders, of Baltimore, end
ing III the decision of Judge Goff, Of
the United States Circuit Court at
Richmond, in favor of Mr.. Carter, has
purchased the coal properties of the
Interstate Coal and Iron Company, ag-
gregating $4,000 acres, lying in Rus
sell, Dickinson, Buchanan and Wise
counties, Virginia, paying for the same
something like 81, 5000, 900. The deal
has been closed and the deeds will be
recorded in the county court of Russell
county at Lebanon, Va, tomm orrow,
The principal stockholders of the In
terstate Coal and Iron Company are E.
s. Clark, No. 10 Cotton Exchange,
New York. and Thomas Clyde, of the
Clyde Steamship Company.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
Bryan on Immortality.

In delivering a eulogy on the death
of a friend. Hon. W. j. Bryan gave
impression to the immortality of the
soul: eff the Father designs to touch
with divine power the cold and pulse
less heart of the buried acorn and make
it burst forth from its prison walls,
will he leave negligent the soul of
man, who was made in the image of
his Crestor? If he stoops to give to
the rosebush, whose withered bios
SONS float upon the autumn breeze,
the sweet assurance of another spring
time, will he withhold the words of
hope from the souls of men when the
frosts of winter come? If matter,
mute and inanimate, is changed by the
force of nature into multitude of
forms that never die, will the spirit of
man suffer annihilation after it has
paid brief visit like a royal guest to
this tenement of clay"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
LYLE & McCORKLE,

A bombshell of CONSERVATION was
thrown into the Northern Presbyterian
assembly at Winona Lake, Ind, by
the receipt of telegram from the col
ored Cumberland Presbyterian Gener.
al assembly at Huntsville, Ala, an
nouncing that it had appointed com
mittee to confer ON the question of
church union. At the forenoon session
Justice Harlan was appointed vice
moderator and later in the day he ad-
dressed the assembly on his Presbyte-
rian cathedral project.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
Just What Everyone Should Do.

Mr.. J. 7. Barber, of Irwinville, Ga.
always keeps bottle of Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
at hand ready for instant use. Attacks
of collie, cholera morbus and diarrhoea
come on so suddenly that there is no
time to hunt doctor or 60 to a store
for medicine. Mr. Barber says: II
have tried Chamberlain's Collie, Chole-
ra and Diarrhoea Remedy which is one
of the best medicines | ever saw.
keep bottle of it in my room as I have
had several attacks of colo and it has
proved to be the best medicine I ever
used" For sale by FL. G. Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

1t was huge task, to undertake the
cure of such bad case of kidney dis.
ease, as that CT G. T. Collier, of Chero-
kee, Ia, but Electric Bltters did it.
He writes: MY kidneys were so far
gone, could not sit on a chair with
out cnshion; and suffered from dread
full backache, headache and depression n
In Electric Bitters, however, | found a
cure, and by them was restored to per
feet health. | recommend this great
tonic medicine to all with weak kin
neys. liver or stomach. Guaranteed
by Fl. @. Miller; price SOC.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
A Remarkable Baby.

A schoolteacher who was giving a
lesson on "Food" was interrupted by
one Of his pupils.
please, sir" he said, Jimmy says
he knew baby that was brought up
on elephants milk and it gained 10
pounds in weight every day."
James ought not to tell you such
rubbish, the teacher said. James,
whose baby was it that was brought up
on elephants milk"
please, sir" answered Jimmy, "it
was the elephants. Harper's Week.
ly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

This is said to have occurred in Mid
dlesboro. A young man took his best
girl to church and stopping at the end
of the back pew, turned to the usher
and said: II guess we can squeeze
in her. :" eyes," said the usher with a
smile, 81 guess you can, but probably
it would be better for all concerned to
to wait until you get home"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Comet going, but l will help turn q
wheel whenever can. / am thinking
kindly of all of you as go along and
wish all happiness and success.
DR.. II. l.. Campbell and wife and
DR.. John W. Wallace and two little
daughters, Dora and Gwendolyn, re-
turned from the conference at Ashe-
vile, n. c., last Saturday night, we'll
pleased with their trip.
Il. r. and W. S. Whiting we're here
Monday on business.
d. N. Reese went to Jonesboro last
Tuesday to make final settlement as
guardian with the last of the Feathers
heirs.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. John G..
Dempsey, fine daughter.
Elkanah Carr, after whom the sta
tion on the V. & S. W. between Bluff
City and Elizabethton was named, is
here today visiting his son, G. G. Carr.
Mrs. W. B. Reynolds and Mrs. Sam
uel Shell were spending the day yes
terday with Mrs. George W. Wells.
The negro Baptists got dissatisf-
ed with their pastor, Thomas Carter,
and he got dissatisfied with his congre-
cation, because he claimed they neg
lected to attend service regularly and
resigned. His congregation claim they
gave him about $7OO to repair the
church and he kept it on his salary,
when, they claim, he had not earned
it. He went to Virginia.
William Lyons and wife have ship.
ped their household goods to Charles.
ton, Tenn, where he is section fore.
man.
Henry X. Bowman and daughter
Miss Ida, returned yesterday from Jel.
lico, where they had been to visit their
son and brother, Robert Bowman, who
is employed in the Southern railroad
depot.
Our farmers and gardeners are very
basy in their crops since the late rains.
1t is battle royal with the weeds and
potato bugs.
William Scott shipped car of mould
ing sand to Pulaski, Va.
Lee Smith killed fat beef last Sat
urday and says he sold it all in about
as minutes. Whe can beat it?
Washington Bean, Of Bois De Arc,
Greene Co., Mo-, was here yesterday
visiting his brother-in-law, j. @. Rob
ertson. He moved from Greene coun-
ty, Teun. to Greene county, Mo-, II
years ago.
d. N. r.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

In private letter President Roose-
velt states that the Department Of Com
merce and Labor is considering wheth-
er the government has any authority
over insurance companies. The Trib-
une says the Equitable climax is near.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Simply write to the Mull's Grape
Tonic Co., Third Avenue, Rock Island
ILL.,, and you will receive absolutely
free bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic,
positive Constipation Cure. Your
druggist sells it. The $l1 90 bottle
contains nearly three times the SOC size
Try it. Send name today.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Mother Glay's Sweet Powders Tor Children.
Successfully used by Mather Gray,
nurse in the Chiidren's Home in New
York, cure Feverishness, Bad Stom-
acb, Teething Disorders, move and
regulate the Bowels ond Destroy
Worms. over 10000 testimonials.
They never fail. At all druggists, 25c.
Sample FREE. Address Allen s.
Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y. 1OS9-4t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

The farewell banxuet to Gen. Hor-
ace Porter, the retiring American Am
bassador to France, was one OF the
most notable affairs of its kind given
in Paris in recent GEARS. Mr.. Waiter
son, who was guest, aroused great
enthusiasm when he replied to the
taunt of the British press that John
Paul Jones was a private.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Mothers lose their dread for "that
terrible second summer" when they
have DIR. Fahrney's Extract of Wild
Strawberry in the house. Natures
specific for bowel complaints of every
sort
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

II thought said the friend of the
family, "you said this election was GO
ing to be walkoyer."
"And it was, replied the ex-candi-
date, as he let out a soulful sigh. "Tha
other fellow walked all over me"
Detroit Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Mrs. Black Your husband is SO
straight out from the shoulder. He
always calls q spade q spade, doesn't
he?
Mrs. White-I thought he did, but
yesterday was listening while he was
spading up garden patch, and I'm
sure heard him call itsomeihing else.
Detroit Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
Pianos

Do not say you can not afford to buy
piano. We can sell you one OH
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 a good sum on the purchase
price, and at the same time make the
monthly payments as small os $1O.0 90.
1t would be a pleasure to us TO dis
cuss the matter wlth you.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
Watauga Notes.

/ have been so busy have failed to
come as often as 1 intended and help
Thelma and Crackerjack keep The
Comet going, but 1 will help turn a
wheel whenever l can. am thinking
kindly of all of you as l go along and
wish all happiness and success.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Washington Bean, Of Bois De Arc,
Greene Co., Mo-, was here yesterday
visiting his brother-in-law, j. g. Rob-
ertson. He moved from Greene coun-
ty, Teun., to Greene county, Mo-, II
years ago.
D. N. r.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
Lamp Oil
GUARANTEED NOT TO
SMOKE.
SMELL or
EXPLODE.
Made From the Finest Pennsylvania
Crude.

This oil is made by the Kimble Oil
Co., of Knoxville, and is not in the
trust, but it can be trusted to give a
better light and the housewife more
satisfaction than any oil on the market
as its use makes lamp cleaning an oc-
casional rather than daily task. Try
gallon and convince yourself of its
good qualities. For sale in this city by
H. w. LYLE & co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

-.rp sufferers should take Miles Nervine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01
81 Am WELL PLEASED !"
H. w. LYLE & co.

That's what we hear every day from
our customers. II you have not been
vel! treated by some Laundry give us
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.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Lee Smith killed fat beef last Sat-
urday and says he sold it all in about
45 minutes. Whe can beat it?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

DR.. II. L. Campbell and wife and
DR.. John W. Wallace and two little
daughters, Dora and Gwendolyn, re-
tnrned from the conference at Ashe-
vile, n. c., last Saturday night, we'll
pleased with their trip.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

T. r. and W. S. Whiting we're her
Monday on business.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

d. N. Reese went to Jonesboro last
Tuesday to make final settlement az
guardian with the last of the Feathers
heirs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-06-01

Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. John G.
Dempsey, fine daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
An Old Soldiers Reward.

Among the passengers. for Europe yes
terday sailing from New York was Gen. r
]. Osterhaus, U. 8. A., retired. And there
by hangs a pleasant tale. This remarkable
soldier arrived In the country last year on
visit, after a long absence in Europe
where he lives. He fought with distinction
in our civil war on the Union side. His SER
vices had been remembered by men oil
prominence and as he was old and without
means, they decided to ask of Congress his
restoration of the roll Of the army at the
grade of brigadier general. Their cam
paign was well conducted, the merits of the
man for whose benefit they were working
were plain, and Congress bestowed the
honor. Gen. Osterhaus and Gen. Hawley
were appointed and retired at the samt
time. This brave old soldier, therefore. de-
parts for home after less than a years
absence, the richer for the time spent with
some of his children and many of his old
comrades in arms, the richer in honor fol
this testimonial to his valor, and the richer
in purse for the salary that goes with it.
His declining days are abundantly provided
for and he ought to be. and probably Is
very happy man. Republics are not al.
ways ungrateful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
The Lenten Season.

From time immemorial mankind has rec
osnized the necessity OF occasionally check
ing the physical appetites the better and
more surely to attain to sublimity of
thought or exaltation of the spirit.
In the Yom Kippur of the Hebrew, the
Ramadan of the Moslem and the Lent OF
the Christian. the underlying principle is
the same. The flesh Is mortified that the
soul may rise to Its height
Self-denial and self-control are therefore
the lessons taught by the Lenten season
which many Washingtonians are now OBJ
serving. And these lessons are, as already
suggested. universal In their application.
The special outward observance OF Lent,
in addition to attendance upon religious
services. consists In fasting. overea ling
and overwhelming are among the conspic-
nous evils OF the day. In our modern life
the physical appetites are gratifed by and
take control of men to a degree that Injuries
body. mind and soul. To check firmly some
dominant appetite. or to abstain from some
pet weakness or injurious self qualification
in the exercise OF control by the higher
over the baser part OF human nature, Is
not merely wholesome In its effects upon
the body. but II done in the true spirit, is
uplifting to mind and soul
The discipline prescribed by the churches
In designed to keep the spiritual body in
training. just as the Greek runners and
siadiators trained the physical body to win
coveted prize. st. Pauls vivid picture OF
the Christian as one training to contend for
an incorruptible crown will be recalled.
''Know ye not that they which run In a
race run all. but one receiveth the prizs?
30 run. that ye may obtain
"And every man that striveth for the
mastery Is temperate In all things. Now
they do IL to obtain a corruptibie crown;
but We an incorruptibIe.
therefore so run. not as uncertainty; 30
Eight ]. not as one that beateth the air.
"But I keep under my body, and bring
II Into subsection, lest that by any means,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

Patience and merit do not always fail Of
reward. For years. nay. since Adams
time. man has believed himself a beautiful
animal. a captivating creature. an ire
sistible charmer. Man. perhaps. has not
gone to the indiscreet extreme of shouting
this belief from the housetops. but never
theless he has persisted In sprinkling HIM
self with perfumes. srnearing his locks with
hair oil, touching up his mustache with
brilliantine and coaxing 1t into fetching and
fantastic shapes with fragrant pomade. He
has long been Inanicuring his finger tips.
sweetening his breath with pungent log
snges. scentins his handkerchief. suspen-
ders and socks with violet or white rose
sachet. He has padded the shoulders OF his
coat out of all likeness to the human form.
It Is even limited that some men carry q
powder puff, q piece OF channels skin and q
little hand mirror. Certain It 70 that no
saloon or hirbershop can do business with
out mirrors. And the most concealed pea
cock never Wanted his blue plumes with
greater complacency than that with which
some men preen themselves before the mir
ror at the bar or harber's.
There Ii no doubt that man believes in
his own beauty. He has assured the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

Hosts Of people are this day singing the
hvmns of one woman, Mrs. Fanny Crosby
Van AIstyne, who has probably con-
tributed more to the poetry of religion than
any other Individual since time began. She
nassed her eighty-flfth birthday last Friday,
and today the churches throughout this
country are concentrating the event with
exercises and music. Fanny Crosby now
for many years She has been blind from
the age Of six months, but despite this at
Fiction she has developed and preserved a
disposition Of remarkable sweetness Her
pure spirit shines through the words or
her hymns, which are almost beyond EMU
meration. her own estimate being that she
has from first to last produced about S,0OO
religious hymns and poems. most OF which
have been set to music. Perhaps the most
famous of these Is Safe in the Arms of
Jesus" which has borne comfort to great
Mrs. Fanny Crosby's method of work Is
remarkable considering her infirmity. She
compOses her poems with exceptionai ra-
pfdity. perfecting them almost to the last
degree before setting pen to paper p as some
Phillips Brooks gave her q list of seventy
1--WE topics and asked her to write verses
based on them. She composed the entire
number before word was written.
This Is little less than inspiration.
who u of deeply religious temperament.
flows q current Of thought which takes
beautiful forms and appeals to the emo
tons and the tender sertfments OF all who
hear. The influence Of Fanny Crosby upon
to write the tunes nation sings than the
laws thar govern 1t. how much better even
TO. write the hymns sung By the entire
peoplA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
"Every Day in the Year"

In expanding the scope OF Its usefulness
and wholesome influence by increasing It's
issues until 1t visits the homes Of its read
ers on every day in the year. The Star has
not altered the principles and policy upon
which its life and growth of more than half
a century have been based.
The Star has ever been In close touch and
hearty sympathy with the concerns Of the
people of the District as distinct local
community. 1t has recorded with minute
ness the minor personal happenings which
constitute local news in the narrower sense.
1t has been adviser. entertainer and in
structor in the home circle. 1t has voiced
the grievances and minor complaints of the
unrepresented Washingtonian. 1t has been
distinctively home paper, family paper, a
sympathetic personal paper for Washing
tonians.
What it has been in the past for six days
in the week 1t will continue to be in the
future for seven days in the week. Devo-
tion to the welfare and to the promotion of
the interests of the national capital along
material, intellectual and moral lines has
been and will be It's unvarying principle.
The Stars editorial announcements of 1852,
when it was born; of 1867. when it's present
owners took possession: of 1902. when it
celebrated, it's hftieth anniversary, and of
today all declare the same policy: To be
honest, fair and accurate and to fight for
WASHINGTON.