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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

patients, and DR.. Miller is so old a res
ident of the town that he has many
friends to whom his home coming is
ray Of light. With the flowers and
green grass of the spring, all things
seem to be awakening to n new life
But while every one is cleaning up
houses and yards, what are the streets
doing? Cleanliness costs little, side
walks could be swept, and papers not
thrown over the town. Tin cans could
be stacked up and drawn away. The
many smells which try to kill the fra
GRANGE of the flowers might be dispens-
ed with. Now is the time for each and
all to try to do our part to make our
town attractive. If we want good citi-
zens to come here, make it so pleasant,
that every one who comes will want to
stay, or come back again if obliged to
leave. Don't let the hoodlum element
run the town. Clean up in more ways
than one. Increase the police, collect
and use the street tax. Give us clean
town, God did much for this town site,
giving it beauty, healthfulness, and all
natural advantages. Man has done
much but it is only beginning. We
need q Park, an Opera House, better
schools and churches; and more things
than we can enumerate.
II is spring time for johnson City,
in more ways than one. Let us SOW
seed that will bring forth buds, flowers,
and perfect fruit in the future. This
is not the time for mistakes. Let every
thing be done with an eye to the fact
that what is done now will reach into
the future, and let the Springtime Of
the town, predict for her long and
prosperous harvest of all good things.
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Field Seeds.

Any country merchant or farmer can
sit down in his home and write us how
much field seeds and other things of
the best quality he needs and we will
mail him memorandum showing the
exact amount of the bill based ON our
special low cash prices and await his
instructions. Shipments of eggs and
other produce taken to accounts at high
est market prices on day Of ar
rival at Nashville. No order or ship.
ment is too small to receive our best
attention. Nashville Produce Co.,
1912 If J. J. ODIn, Manager,
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Local and Personal.

Jack Dayton, of ShelbyVille, is visit
ing relatives in the city.
Joe P. Summers has returned from a
visit to Nashville and Franklin.
The Mathes building opposite the
tank is being fitted u p for restaurant
New and complete line of Dress
Goods just arrived at the Carneg gle De-
partment Store.
John Webb is pulling the bell cord
on street car in place OF Sam Carr, re-
signed.
If You need anything in the dress
goods line it will pay you to see the
style, quality and price before buying
elsewhere. Carnegie Department Store
Mr.. aud Mrs. Byron Simmonds, of
Hartford, Conn.,, are stopping at the
Hotel Carnegie.
b. A. Simmons and wife, of Hart
ford, Conn, are in the city stopping O
Hotel Carnegie.
For sale, second hand surry; good
condition. f. B. ST. John.
Jas. A. Martin will bnild business
block on Main street extending back
100 feet to Market street.
AS The Comet goes to press at noon
Thursday the weather man is giving us
good, healthy snow storm.
We will allow one-fourth for every
old fountain pen in exchange fora new
Watermau's Idol fountain pen.
VIM. SILVER & Co.
If your eyes pain you call on VIM.
Silver & Co. for proper correction,
where work is guaranteed.
@. s. Northrop and family arrived in
the city Wednesday afternoon and are
quartered at Hotel Carnegie.
We are still at the same old stand do
ing optical werk aud testing your eyes
ia the most scientific manner without
using any prebaration to dilote your
pupils. Eyes tested free and satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
Miss Dora Pierce sprained her ankle
while going home from school Tues day
aud is still confined at home.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Josie
Hughes, corner Spring and Cherry
streets.
VIM. Silver & Go. are still doing
watch and jewelry repair work and use
genuine material only and guarantee
workmanship.
Burney Burleson came to the city
last Saturday to meet his wife and ac-
company her home to Williamson,
W. Va.
For every dollar and over you spend
at tie Carnegie Depart Store they
will give you free street car ticket.
Mrs. E. E. Wiley, the mother of the
orphanage at Grecneville, was in the
city this week the guest of Mrs. E. @.
Reeves.
Isaac Harr and s. g. Williams are
taking dispositions in New York in the
case of ]. e. Pa IRISH vs.. Board of Man
ayers, N. II. D. N. s.
You should go to Carnegie and see
the new line of Ginghams suitable for
shirt waist suits.
L. D, Gump and wife have returned
from Memphis, where Mr.. Gump went
to take the Scottish Rite degree in Ma.
sonry.
New line Of Wolfe and Mohair just
arrived at Carnegie Department Store,
Mr.. Charles A. McNiel has bought
the dwelling house formerly occupied
by George r. Hurlbut on Myrtle ave.,
near Martha Wilder school.
Mrs. E. T. Brading entertains the
Missionary Society of the WataugaAve
Presbyterian Church and few Other
friends Friday afternoon in honor o.
Mrs. j. W. Cure, whose friends ar,
vieing with each other in her enter
tainmeut before she goes to Bristol,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
s. & W. S urvsyors Come to Town.

A party Of surveyors who have been
at work ON the South and Western
railway, in Scott county, Va, came to
Bristol yesterday from Clinchport, and
we're registered at the st. Lawrence.
They will now do some work on the
Tennessee section of the road. Those
in the party are: James Mccain, W.
Glover, G. e. Charlton, E, i. Mccain,
R. f. Stephens and ]. B. Garrison. =
Bristol Courier.
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WANTED
So EsS9SSSS SeSeSSSoSS

WANTED-Ladies and Gentlemen
in this and adjoining territories to rep
resent and advertise the Wholesale and
Educational Departments of an old es-
tablished house of solid financial stand
ing. Salary S3 80 per day, with ex-
penses advanced each Monday by check
direct from headquarters. Horse aud
buggy furnished when necessary; posi-
ton permanent. Address Blew Bros.
& Co., Dept. 9, Monon Bldg, Chicago,
Ill. 1071-tf.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
Home Wedding.

At the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
L. Hickey Wednesday evening at s
o'clock Rev. J. Lem Keeville perform
ed the ceremony that united for life
the hearts of Miss Lora Hickey and
Mr.. Rex D. Pierce. A large number
of friends were present and congratu-
lated the happy couple upon their pros
poets of happy future. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierce left on the midnight train for
Knoxville where they will reside.
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Stock DESTROYED by Ere.

Last Thursday night fire Quilted
the first floor of the Rankin
building, on the corner of Roam and
Market streets, and completely de.
the grocery stock of Roy
Whiteside. The loss is estimated al
g., 900, with 81, 200 insurance.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
Enrnute for Home

Mr.. T. A. Gillespie and family, whe
spent the winter in Jacksonville, Fla,
but went from there to Kentucky, pass
ed through Bristol yesterday enroute
for their former home in johnson City.
Bristol Courier.
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The Best in The South
Sweet Potato Seed.

II you want sweet potato seed please
write me card by the first Of April
giving the amount so that I may know
how many to hold. have the red and
yellow. W, G. ANDERSON.
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A Nice Home for Sale,

My residence in johnson City, corn.
er Walnut and Spring streets, for SALE
For price and terms address
JOIN W. BORING,
1079.6t. Lexington, N. G.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
Bee Hive Robbed.

A market street show window in the
Bee Hive was broken Wednesday night
and a $50 shot gun taken.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
1t Keers the Feet Dry and Warm.

Ask today for Aliens Foot Ease, a
powder. Ii cures chilbains, swollen,
sweating, sore, aching, damp feet. At
all druggists aud shoe stores, 25c.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
Voice Culture.

Mrs. l. N. Boring will open class
in Voice Culture April lst For infor-
nation call at residence on Spring st.
107S-4t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

A large window was broken in the
Mathes building on Buffalo street also.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership heretofore existing
between B. G. Warren and w. E..
Reese has been dissolved by mutual
consent.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

WANTED-Board in q farm house
for three elderly men for one month or
perhaps longer Location must be
near good stream for fishing. In an
swer give terms, accommodations and
full particulars.
e. p. MCFARLAND,
Care Laundry, Soldiers Home, John
son City, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

If you wish a Fire and Burglar Proof
Safe. call ct Baxters, on the square.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
T he y COMET

WTATAUGA LODGE, No. 9l9, l. o. o. r.,
w meets on Monday evening of each week
Lodge room in Brabs0n Building, East Market
street rear OF Post Office. Visiting brothers
nrdiaily welcomed 994
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
To the Business Men
OF JOHNSON CITY
Fire and Burglar Proof Safes.

cHe anu DuLSidl IIUOl odIeos
From the Evening Dispatch, York,
Pa, February 90, 1905:
"The York Safe and Lock company
yesterday shipped car load of safes to
Salt Lake City, Utah, via the Pennsyl.
vania railroa
j. U. TEST,
Agent for East Tennessee, headquar-
tiers at Bakers Furniture Store,
johnson City, Tenn, on the square.
Samples of White Enamel, Gold and
Silver Glass Letters and Figures for
Show Windows and House Numbers.
Also Nickel Figures. Prices from 2jc.
up. Call to see them at
Bakers Furniture Store.
On the Square.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

Mrs. e. T. Brading entertains the
Missionary Society of the WataugaAve.
Presbyterian Church and a few other
friends Friday afternoon in honor OF
Mrs. J. W. Cure, whose friends are
vieing with each other in her enter
tainment before she goes to Bristol.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30
Houses fer Rent.

Two splendid new houses, hard
wood finish, five rooms, on Poplar
street, for rent. Apply to
JAS. A. MARTIN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

FOR RENT - Uo-to-date cottage.
Bath room and electric lights. Near
in and good walks from center of city.
See GEO. e. BURBAGE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

FOR RENT-Five room cottage on
Roam street. Electric lights, complete
bathroom and partly furnished. Good
walks ali the way from center of city.
See GEO. E. BURBAGE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

Mr.. Charles A. McNiel has bought
the dwelling house formerly occupied
by George r. Hurlbut on Myrtle ave.,
near Martha Wilder school.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

L. D. Gump and wife have returned
from Memphis, where Mr.. Gump went
to take the Scottish Rite degree in Ma
sorry.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

New line of Wolfe and Mohair just
arrived at Carnegie Department Store,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-03-30

You should go to Carnegie and see
the new line of Ginghams suitable for
shirt waist suits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02
Back He Goes!

The grounding sees his shadow; of that
there is no doubt But on how many days
in winter does not the sun shine? II tue
superstition about this little rodents abili-
ties as a weather prophet were based on the
law of chances he would be held up to pub
lie scorn Instead, however, he is regarded
as a reliable tout The sky is scanned on
the morning of February with the same
anxiety that moves the small boy as he
peeps out of his window on the Fourth of
July. If it is overcast before the dawn
there is hope in the breast of the average
man. If it is clear his spirits sink. Through
the day he watches the clouds, and the first
break in them is sufficient to plunge him In
despair. Tradition and faith in the weather
sense Of the animals are at the root of this
phenomenon.
If the grounding is correct in his fore
cast the winter of 19O4-5 will be long re-
membered as one of the hardest and longest
in the memory of the present generation
Not until March 16 will the spring begin,
according to the calendar as written by
arctomys monax. But according to the
calendar as written by the astronomers 1t
will not actually begin until March 81, so
that in point of the niceties of the almanac
even the ground-hog's winter will be shorter
~ I'VE udyS tldn tue winter Oh tfe DOCKS.
Yet it is common feeling that the alma
nae winter is at best but a tradition. The
spring really comes before the sun crosses
the meridian, as far as the external signs
are concerned There is a mildness in the
air which, even if tinged now and then
with the sharpness of the north wind, new
ertheless causes man to stretch his arms
aud feel like hunting up his spade and rake.
The grass shows the .greenness of new life
The croeuses have started through the
sround. The birds have begun to revisit
their old haunts.
So let 1t be hoped, even if the grounding
goes back today for his nap of six weeks,
Fhat at least the mildness of spring will be
here before his temperance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02
Wife-Beating Statistics.

Judge Kimballs statistics as to the preva-
lence of wffe-beating in Washington are not
sufficiently positive and trustworthy to war
rant the conclusion that this crime is so
common as to call for extraordinary meas
ures to check it. His figures, accepting
them at their face value, do not indicate a
striking frequency of the offense. During
the past five years there have been, ii is
thought. 595 conviction of husbands for as
saults upon their wives, an annual aver
age of 119. Considering the population of
the District as 100000. the law of averages
will call for estimate of approxima teIy
60,ooo husbands In the community Thus
the average of wife-assaiiants during this
period is represented by the decimal .O019S3
That is to say. about every five-hundredth
man has assaulted his wife once year.
But in considering this fraction care must
be taken to discriminate between the grades
of assaults upon wives. An assault con-
sists technically Of any unlawful offer or
attempt with force to do corporal hurt
TO another. light slap or even the mere
attempt or threat to strike is under some
circumstances, an assault equally in point
of definition with savage blow or kick
How many of these assaults are really cases
OF beating?
To be of value the cases of assault upon
the wife should be classified into the de-
grees of brutality. and the exciting causes
of the various assaults should be stated
This Is obviously impossible in view of the
fact that the records of the courts do not
show even the specific fact OF "wife-beat-
ing" Every one of these 595 cases appears
on the books under the general classifica-
ton of assaults" In the five years there
occurred, all told. of all kinds, 1887 cases
OF assault which resulted in court con-
yictions.
The cases which have been segregated for
the purpose of answering the Senate's in
quiry have thus formed only 04S OF the
whole. In the absence of better means Of
separation the court has evidently pro-
ceeded along the lines Of presumption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

Conditions in the Potomac river near this
city are such as to cause the owners of
property in the lower sections of Washing
ton to apprehend a serious flood if prompt
and vigorous action is not taken to break
the gorge of ice. AS stated in a news arti-
Gle today, and illustrated by picture of the
scene, the river is badly choked with ice in
the vicinity of the bridges, which act as a
check to the outlet. The upper river is also
well filled with ice and the blockade at the
bridges is constantly increasing. The
ather bureau promises intensely cold
weather tonight, and thus there is pros
pect that more ice will be formed to add to
the difficulties of the case. Congress has
been asked to appropriate $1,000 for the hire
of tugs and other means for breaking the
ice and keeping a channel clear for the
blocks that float down from above. 1t is
in the last degree important that this fund
should be put in the hands of the Commits
sioners Immediately, else there is strong
possibility of flood, causing damage infin-
itely greater than the cost of the work.
Such a fund should, indeed, be placed at
the disposal of the Commissioners every
winter, for their use in emergencies which
may arise suddenly, while Congress is not
in session or is too busily engaged other
matters to attend to such a seemingly small
detail of District business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02
Progress in Russia.

There is progress in Russia. Representa-
tives of the people have at last succeeded
in coming face to face with the car. They
were mildly lectured and dismissed with
some vague promises, and he was unhurt.
Not bomb was thrown, not disrespectful
sign was made or word uttered. His maj
esty never stood in presence 50 full of as
surance of his personal safety The meet
ing had been Carefully arranged and every
feature of it was well carr. ID out.
While this is to be noted with satisfac-
ton, 1t at the same time suggests that had
the car consented to receive such depu-
taton at the Winter Palace on that fatal
Sunday last month many lives would have
been spared and many hearts remained I'M
broken. What took place at Tsarskoe Selo
yesterday might have taken place then. All
desired was that the car listen to an APP
peal from his people from the mouths of
their own chosen leaders. The request was
simple. and if unusual no more SO than the
request which brought about yesterdays
conference. 1t was refused, and innocent
blood was shed. A procession without arms
and advertising pacific purpose was halted
with a hail of bullets and turned back,
leaving hundreds dead and many more hun
dreds wounded as an expression of the
royal dispieasure.
We have to take these things philosophy
call& That blood was necessary to secure
the &oncession of yesterday. Those men
and women and children did not die in
vain Such have died in much the same
way in every land where oppression has
flourished and been attacked and over
thrown. Blood like that has soaked into
our own soil. More of 1t will soak into the
soil of Russia before the fight which has
now begun has been brought to a trium-
plant conclusion.
In dsmissing his visitors yesterday the
car said; Il am convinced of the honesty
OF the workmen, and l pardon their trans
gression. May God assist YOU" Their
transgression was in trying to reach him
at the Winter Palace by the same means
which now had prevailed. Will they for
give those who have trespassed against
them? In commencing them to heaven the
car may have in that sentence also have
reminded them that heaven helps those
people who help themselves.
At any rate, there is progress in Russia
and of a nature to promise new day for
a people who have known enough of the
old. They need a leader, and as the hour
has struck he should shortly appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02
President Eliot on Foot Ball.

President Eliot of Harvard puts the case
against foot bali IN a way to arrest the
thought of the country and perhaps to
bring about reforms in the sport. His
analysis of the causes which have led to
the degeneration Of the game into an ap-
Proclamation of the "consummate savagery
called wal" shows keen study at close
range, the study of scholar with broad
mind willing to see the moral and physical
advantages of the game to its partici-
pants as well as to detect its dangers. His
verdict is on the whole against the game
as 1t is now played. He can not see the
necessity for it in point of the athletic
training of the student. There Is in the
world of mental achievement no demand
for the Drawn which football game de-
velops, ii the player is lucky and escapes
injury. Yet President Eliot does not deny
that physical strength in the thinker and
the brain worker, the kind of citizen the
college and university are supposed to pro-
duce, is eminentiy desirable, even neces-
sary in the race OF life. The question there
fore resolves itself to this point: Is foot
ball the best method for physical develop
ment, or II there something as good or even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

better, which will grant an outlet for the
physical energies of students. build up their
bodies, relieve the mental tension and at
the same time not absorb their attention
and time unduly and risk their bones anu
even their lives?
If the game Is not necessary as physicai
training and diversion. 1t becomes mere
entertainment and even, III some cases.
professional enterprise. The head OF Har-
ward points out its demoralizing tendencies
in many ways. It puts false premium
upon the hero of the gridiron 1t exaits
above scholarship and character the quail
ties that stand for what the world is today
least in need Of sheer brute strength and
trickery. 1t spreads the impression broad
cast that the universities exist mainly for
the development of winning teams. 1t low
ers the public appreciation of the value and
the significance of the great educational In
situations. 1t establishes lines of intercol-
legiate rivalry which are based upon wholly
false principles
1t is to be noted that President Eliot does
not advance any recommendations looking
to the abolition or the reform of the game.
He leaves the case to be considered by the
collegiate world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02
William Mckinley.

The speeches delivered at Canton Tuesday
night were all touched with the highest
praise and came from the lips of men of the
highest sincerity. They carry conviction. 1t
is impossible to read them and not feel the
truth of what they convey. We realize
afresh in the glowing periods the true char
acter of the man celebrated and the great
loss the country sustained in his cruel death.
He was made for the public service. He
had all the qualities of a cOnsummate poli-
tcan and the capacities of successful offl-
cial. He acquitted himself well in every
place to which he was called, ana was
worthy of all the homage his friends ever
paid him.
And yet this is the same William Mchln-
ley who for the last five years of his life
was one of the most severely berated ana
Iampooned men of his day. His opponents
posted him as a spineless tool. without pur-
pose of his own and at the mercy of CO.
terie of INSCRIPTIONS manipulators. They
did not spare even his private character, but
intimated when they did not openly charge,
that he was something of Il hypocrite, and
that his urbanity and iSindliness were
shrewd affectations upon which he traded.
Partisan rancor all but exhausted itself on
his man l., now dcserio'd IN terms of such
Mr.. Mex @ectiop, been less t4an fo~s
years in Me- -, W.T. mas ocee~- u in
that time /; Tim ce euogies which are
everywhere received with warm approval?
Nothing. All for which Mr.. Mckinley then
oontended Is still established The policies
of sound money. protection and expansion
are so strong now that assaults on them
seem no longer formidable. Our present
wonderful abundance dates from his APP
pearance in the White House, and from the
measures he helped to shape in the coun-
try's behalf He proved to be truly, as Sen
ator Dolliver in the campaign of 1896 char
acterized him. 1.-The advance agent of pros
perity," and his name is associated with
some of the greatest things in our history.
The lesson? AS plain as daylight and old
as the hills. But we shall never learn 1t.
We shall go on trying our leaders in the
fiercest of fires and leaving it for death to
smother the flames and expose our cruelties
and shortsightednesses