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of his eloquence until his mind gave
way.
1t was shortly before the outbreak of
the civil war that he commenced to
give his public lectures In the great
presidential campaign just before the
war he took part, not as democrat,
nor as republican. He campaigned
Independently, wandering about from
city to city, speaking wherever an op-
portunity presented itself, expounding
his philosophy, which never seemed to
take any definite form until the agita-
tion Immediately preceding the war.
With the first clash OF hostilities he
conceived theory, which in his disor-
dered mind presented au easy solution
to the great problem Of the day, and
would Immediately bring about peace
between the north and the south He
claimed that both sides were right, also
that both sides were wrong, and his
mission it was to Z" lift the veil, " and
show them the pathway to peace.
His first public speech along this
line, of which any notice was taken,
was on the public square in this city,
aud many Of the old citizens recall the
incident and the sensation it created
His address was delivered from plat
form on the public square, and grea
throng listened to his rantings. o
such denunciatory character was hi
speech that it was regarded as almos
reasonable, and to protect him from
the mob that threatened his life he wa
taken in custody by the authorities ant
kept in confinement for several hours
Upon his release he travelled up ant
|, down the state of Ohio proclaiming hi
strange views in every city and town.
Soon thereafter he went to Washing
ton, where his mission was to see tn
president It was his desire to brin
, about o meeting between Lincoln an
; Davis. He argued that If Re could &c
! these two heads of the great opposin
{ forces together they would effect
( peaceable settlement, and end the wa
at once.
r With that persistency which was sue
i a marked trait Of the man ]. N. sue
|. ceeded in gaining an interview wit
i Lincoln. The president, recognizin
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was never known to beg, and was al
ways scrupulously honest. He was,
however, never known to refuse vol
untary contribution.
Another one of his hobbies was polit-
ical conventions. In the last so years
it is probable that he has not missed a
half dozen of the larger state or nation
al conventions held by either party He
always occupied good seat from where
he could observe all OF the proceedings,
even when men of political prominence
we're clamoring for admission. Usual
ly he occupied the interim between the
sessions by delivering an open-air ha-
rangue to such as could be induced to
listen.
The disease which seems to have fas
tened itself upon the aged wanderer
appears to be a dropsical affection,
causing a swelling of his arms and legs
and was brought on no doubt by expo
sure.
Yes, the long journey of this unique
character is fast nearing its end. The
time has come when the Immortal J
NJ" will have put on an immortality,
and the gaunt and gray-haired form Of
him who knew no rest on earth will bt
gathered to its fathers Who shall say
that he lived in vain? Who shall say
what lesson his life shall teach to tht
living? But for the heavy hand of Hin
who guides our destinles and doeth al
things for the best, Jacob N. Ere,
might have been honored above al
men. His voice might have been heart
in the council halls of our state. Nay
even more, the hand that sought 81
ceaselessly to raise the mystic "veil
might have been the guiding power o
nation.
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The Curse of Child Slavery.

If the curse Of child labor were but
WEAKNESS, and the sacrifice of the Joy
of childhood, the case would be bad
enough. But there is cruelty as well.
l will not speak from hearsay, but tell
what / know.
In the north as we'll as in the south
men are employed for the express pur-
pose of waking children who fall asleep
by throwing cold water over them, or
by prodding them with sticks. l have
seen little boys and girls cover with
unspeakable fear beneath the torrents
of foul oaths hurled at them by brutal
foremen. We shall see enough instances
OF this cruelty before we are through
with this fight But even worse than
the voluntary cruelty of the taskmaster
is the inexorable cruelty of the disease
breeding, life destroying existence
these children must lead.
Come, stand with me outside big
cotton mill as the children pour oIt, q
weary, pallid. faced, hating throng.
See, their clothes are covered with fine,
white dust, and little fakes Of lint, like
feathers, making them look like so ma.
ny miHers. II You could see into their
lungs, you. would be able to see thai
poisonous dust, saturated and clogged
with blood; they inhale it all day long.
The local doctor will tell you-unlesf
he is company doctor, in which
case he may know that his bread and
butter require that he be discreet and
parry your question--that many Of
these children suffer from horrible
form of dropsy, and that ten per cent
of those who go to work in the milll
before they are twelve years of age con
tract consumption in the first five years
Not only in cotton mills, but in many
other factories the same thing occurs
Though the dust may be different il
kind, the result is the same. Small
particles of glass in the glass factories
fine sawdust in the factories wher
cheap furniture is made, poisonou
fumes in a score of other occupation
are as fatal. = Woman's Home Compan
ion for June.
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1t is said of him that when he once met
man he never forgot either.
Another distinguished trait about J.
N. was his colossal self-assurance, or
what in common parlance would be
termed cheek, trait that would, de.
veloped to the same extent in another
man, have landed him in prison a doz
en- times a day. Not so with J. N,
however. One of his cardinal princi-
pies was never to pay for anything, a
principle which he lived up to most re-
ligiously. Hotel clerks and railroad
conductors soon found that 1t was use
less to expect remuneration from him
either for lodgings or transportation,
and by general consent he was given
carte blanche the freedom of hotels
wherever he went. OF railroad passes
he had 80 many that his pockets would
scarcely hold them. Occasionally some
new hotel clerk wonld attempt to col.
lect from his eccentric guest, when j.
N. would assume dignitied air and
exclaim: lyon don't know me. am
the Immortal J. N, the philosopher. "
Then sometimes the clerk would reply
by agreeing to throw off half the
amount. "Oh, well, j. N. would re-
spond, ~ will not be outdone in benev-
olence; l will throw off the other half. -
Thereupon he would walk away as
though the matter were settled and it
usually was.
OF late years, however, as the old
man became more feeble and disrepu-
table in appearance, they began to tire
of his presence, and not unfrequently
he was glad to occupy a settee in the
office of a second class hotel or dingy
railroad station waiting room. Never
theless, when occasion demanded he
could always fish up a nickel or dime
from the depths of his ragged pockets.
Where 1t came from nobody knows. He
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JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE. THURSDAY MAY 81 1906

the harmless character of the man 8
madness, listened with patience, no
doubt amused and perhaps entertained
by the rambling and fantastic charac-
ter of the mans talk, for despite his
eccentricity j. N. at times fairly spark
led with witticisms, and his thoughts,
however chimerical, were invariably
clothed in beautiful and picturesque
language. Humoring the request of J.
N, Lincoln gave him a passport and
safe conduct through the federal lines
and note of introduction to Davis. He
readily penetrated the confederate lines
and one day appeared in Richmond.
Here he was also successful in gaining
an interview with President Davis, who
perhaps had an idea that he could gain
valuable information from the Crazy
Yank In this he was mistaken. Da-
Wis gave him respectful hearing and
recognizing the humor that had
prompted Lincoln to send him such a
strange emissary, the southern presi-
dent granted j. N. the freedom of Rich
mond
Here he delivered series of open air
addresses which greatly entertained
the soldiers, until the persistency OF
the man wearied them, and, perhaps to
rid themselves of his presence, perhaps
under a half formed suspicion that he
was yankee spy, they arrested him
and for time his life was in danger.
he was then sent back through the
northern lines and he once more began
his wanderings through the states OF
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Wherever
he spoke he proclaimed himself q
"Martyr of Truth" and ever announced
his intention of "lifting the veil. y
While the subject of his discourse was
ever uppermost in his mind he never
followed it up with any logical speech
He would start apparently upon the
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draw all the money out of Russell
Sage's pocket or bank, and place it in
somebody's pocket-no matter how
small-but his own. Aye, there was
the rub. He could not draw it into his
own pocket, and there was no use talk
ing. His multimillion. dollar benefci-
aries would not divide with him. He
desired them to divide on the basis Of q
square deal, or even much less, Nor
would the Covingtonians ct al. divide
the profits of enhanced values to real es-
state. This unmitigated injustice rap
idly became the burden of his talk and
woe. He only wanted little for him
self; they might have the rest. This
mania soon developed so that he was
no good to the school, nor the school to
him; so it was arranged that the faculty
refunded portion of his tuition, when
he left, and seems to have started on
his globe trotting career as a veil lift
Ell"
Such, then, is the true story of the
beginning of the career of J. N. as the
"Apostle of Truth, from tie lips Of
one of his early companions Other
stories are in existence regarding the
origin of his mental troubles, but they
can not at this late day be verified. The
one heretofore almost universally &C.
cepted is to the effect that shortly after
he was admitted to the bar-and it
seems that he was ad omitted to the prac-
tice of law in Ohio-despite the fact of
his expulsion from the Cincinnati in
stitution, he was appointed to defend a
man charged with an atrocious murder.
So eloquently did he plead his clients
cause before the jury that the man was
acquitted. Afterward the accused ad.
mitted to his attorney that he had com
mitted the deed. This SO wrought up
on the sensitive and justice loving bar
rister that he brooded npon the effec
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-05-31
Nav. Fourteen Years Old.

In Syracuse, N. Y, during the stress
of the last canning season, l watched
little May Mills at her work. When it
was over, at half past ten o'clock at
night, spoke to her, and learned that
she had worked from z o'clock that
morning. Asked how old she was, she
answered glibly, "I'm fourteen, sir. "
But when l asked her to tell me her
"real age" instead of her "make be.
lieve" age, she answered, eight lasi
Friday, sir" Little May, who is an
American child, born of American born
parents, had never been to school in
her life, 'cept to kinnergard'n, she
said. She is living in land OF liberty.
--Woman's Home Companion.
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A STRANGE STORY.

The incest man | ever seem
He didn't care il | was green,
He was 80 hearty an so free
As clipper as man could be.
He shook my hand an slapped my back,
he took to me right off, kersmack.
He showed me all about the town,
BY jucksl that feller done it brown,
he set em up, couldn't pay
A cent for nothin' anyway.
| never seen his beat, b. gosh
| LATED till I most bust, b. gosh!
He wus 80 plague-taked nice, by heck
OF course, | had to cash his check.
He said he'd see me later on.
What's that? You say it was con?
Mebbe 1t wus; you ought to know,
That feller wus a croker, though,
| took his check an went next day
Right to the bank an where they pay.
| showed it through the winder, too,
Jest like seen the others do
'-shucks, they didn't have no doubt
They counted me the money out.
Chicago News.
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right track, but after one or two SEN
tences would invariably begin ram
bling harrangue without any connec-
tion whatever to the subject matter.
During the four years of the war he
was much in the union camps. Both
of his brothers were officers, and this
afforded him an opportunity to be much
with the soldiers without sharing their
privations. John N. Free was major
in the One Hundred and Ninety fifth
O. " l., and the father Of the writer
being in the same command saw much
of the eccentric brother in camp, espe-
cially at Alexandria, Va. While in the
union camps J. N. was more quiet in
his demeanor Though his vagaries
we're we'll known, he was we'll treated
and came and went at will, and his lee.
lures were given respectful attention.
The war over, J N. continued upon his
wandering career, always proclaiming
his philosophy, never stopping at one
place for more than day or two at the
most, always pushing ahead to fulfill
his next engagement, until it is proba
BILE that he has, in his long and event
ful career, travelled more miles and ad
dressed more people than any othel
human being upon earth. He knew tn,
value of advertising, and his method o
/ insurlng an audience was effective. II,
would usually announce in advance hi
coming by sending ahead a postal Il
the newspaper offices. The uniqu,
character of the man was such that hi
| arrival would always be noted by tn
friendly editors, His first mission up
| on reaching a town was to call at tn
! the newspaper offices, announce tn
time and p ace of his meeting, secure
: bundle of exchanges and usually issu
0 a peremptory order for the immediat
? discharge of every employe connecte
/ with the office 1t is a safe assertio
{ that 25 years ago the immortal ]. n
? was personally known to every news
a paper editor between the MISSISSIPPI
r river and Allegheny mountains. Fun
thermore there was not a man prom
b nent in public life, nor high rsilroa
: official, with whom he did not have
b speaking acquaintance. His memor
p for names and faces was remarkabl,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-05-31
ELKS ELECT NEW OFFICERS.
I. L. Earnest, Of Johnson City, Chosen on
Executive Committee in Election.

Executive COMMITTEE IN Election.
Nashville, May % The Tennessee
state association of Elks today elected
the following officers:
President-A. j. Phillips, Nashville.
First vice PRESIDENT. H. Joseph,
jackson.
Second vice president-W VIM. NJ. ORA
per, Murfreesboro.
Secretary L. Morgan, Knoxville.
Treasurer F. Shipp, Chattanooga.
Executive committee F. P. Cole
man, Memphis; David Kuhn, Nash
vile; Emil Wassman, Chattanooga; J.
L. Wisdom, Knoxville; d. s Blaufeld,
Bristol; William Kleeman, Clarksville
J. g. Burdick, Union City; W. @. Witt
horne, Columbia; John B. Thomason,
Paris; Tate l.. Earnest, johnson City
j. Wiley Atkins, Dyersburg; l.. J,
Burgdorff, Murfreesboro.
Chattanooga was selected as the place
of meeting for 1907.
Knoxville lodge won the prize,
handsome painting, for its appearance,
in yesterday afternoons parade.
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To Mothers in This Town.

Children who are delicate, feverish
and cross will get immediate relief from
Mother Grsy's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren. They cleanse the stomach, act
on the liver, making a sickly child
strong and healthy. A certain cure for
worms. Sold by all druggists, 25 cents.
Sample free. Address, Allen s. Ohm
sted, Leroy, N. Y. AZ At
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The Texas Wonder

Cures all kidney, bladder and rheumat-
lc troubles. Sold by all druggists, or
two months treatment by mail for 81,
DIR. e. W. Hall, 2O28 Olive street, st.
Louis, Mo Send for Tennessee testi-
mon'als. 113t1y
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Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease.

A powder for swollen, tired, hot, smart
ing feet. Sample sent free. Also free
sample of the Foot Ease Sanitary Corn
Pad, new invention. Address, Allen
s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y. 42-4t
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The board of trustees of Ogden Col
lege has decided to reorganize the
school aud the president and all the
present teachers will be removed
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-05-31
DIR. Caldwell'S
(LaxdtiUe)
Syrup PepSin

which will instantly check the progress
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all traces of it from your system.
DR.. .CALDWELL'S SYRUP PEPSIN
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1t acts instantly, restoring every
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DR.. R.CALDWELL'S SYRUP PEPSIN
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Your money will be refunded if it
does not benefit you.
Your postal card request will bring by return
mail our new booklet, DIR. CALDWELL'S
those who have never tried this wonderful
remedy. Do 1t now.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-05-01

The rations given above are not suit
able for the western part of Washing
ton or Oregon. The principal feeding
stuffs for this section are timothy,
clover (red and alsike), peas and oats,
clover and pea silage, and oats. Those
purchasable at reasonable prices are
alfalfa hay, bran, shorts, and various
by-products, such as brewers grains,
oil meal, etc., though the last named
is often sold at so high a price that
farmers cannot afford to feed it ex-
tensively Nearly the same list of
feeding stuffs applies to the Kittitas
valley. 1t is not difficult to secure
ideal rations from the above list, but
unless we use peas and oats in some
form there is some difficulty in Sc
curing enough protein in the rations
without buying the expensive concen-
trated feeds. The greater variety OF
feeding stuffs on the west side I'M
doubtedly renders the rations more
palatable on the whole than those
where a limited number of materials
are to be had, other things being
equal. Below we give few rations
we'll adapted to the west side. 1t will
be noticed that where peas and oats
are used, either as hay or silage, much
less grain is required to make sat
sfactOry ration. The figures used for
the composition of peas and oats
are those for this feed when cut at
the stage when the earliest peas are
large enough for table use, and when
the oats are about to mature, but not
turning yellow.
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portant in food as it's other constit-
uents. even if their amount is small.
They are used in building up the u.s.
sues, and a great deal of mineral mat
ter is required in bone making. IN
addition to furnishing material Tor
making body substance, some mineral
matters perform important offices m
the process of digestion, assimilation
and excretion. This is especially true
of salt. and all kinds of stock should
be given what salt they desire.
All nutritive substances that con-
tain nitrogen are classed together un-
der the general term of protein. The
albuminoids are the principal sub
stances of this class. Protein occurs
in all common feeding stuffs, but the
amount of it varies greatly in d1fter
ent foods. All our common hay ana
fodder plants are deficient in protein,
with the exception of the clovers.
hence it is difficult to get balanced
ration for most kinds of livestock
without some clover, alfalfa, etc.
Rran and oats are moderately rich In
protein, and oil meal, cotton SEED
meal and gluten meal are extremely
rich in it. Hence in regions where
the clovers do not thrive these sub
stances are of great Importance IN
balancing up rations. Protein may well
be considered the most important ma
terial in feeding stuffs, because OF
the important offices it performs IN
the body. It is the material which
builds up the body. The muscles,
tendons, ligaments, connective tissue,
cartilage skin, hair, hoofs, and con-
siderable portion of the bones, blood
and milk-every part of the BODY, IN
fact. except the fat, is made from
protein, together with water and some
mineral matter One will readily see,
therefore. that unless a growing AMI
NAL is given sufficient protein it cannot
make proper growth. A milk cow,
when she is not given sufficient pro-
tein to furnish the casein and albumen
of the milk, and at the same time re-
pair the necessary wastes of the mus
cles, ETC., will, if she makes milk at
all. use up the protein in the blood
that is needed to keep the tissues IN
repair. She thus robs her body in or
der to make milk.
Carbohydrates are substances con-
sisting of carbon, hydrogen and oxy-
gen, but no nitrogen, sulphur or phos-
phorus. They include starch, sugars,
cellulose, the gums, resin, etc. These
substances are used in the body for
the same purpose as wood in an en-
CINE namely, to produce heat and en-
ergy. If supplied in overabundance
they may, to a certain extent, be con-
verified into fat and thus stored away
to be used when needed. When we
wish an animal to put on fat rapidly
we should feed a large amount OF
carbohydrates. The common fault IN
feeding livestock, however, is to feed
too much carbohydrates and not
enough protein. ,
The food constituents classed as TAT
include the oils, fats, etc., that occur
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In most parts of the grain growing
section of eastern Washington there
is not enough rainfall to make clover
a successful crop, and no satisfactory
substitute has been found for it, unless
it is peas. Alfalfa does well enough
to pay to grow it, but it is not adapted
to rotation farming as clover is, on
account of it's enormous root system.
The following rations are adapted to
the eastern section of the state:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-05-01

Substituting 80 lbs. carrots for the
mangels in this ration we have pro.
2.14 lbs, fuel 1927 lbs, which is
very fair ration. If we use turnips
instead, it gives pro. FL lbs, fuel
1894 lbs, which is also a very good
ratinp
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WOLFES FEEDING STANDARDS.
Amount of digestible nutrients an ami
NAL should have per day for each
900 lbs. of live weight.
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This will give abundant nutriment
of the right sort if the COWS would eat
so many beets, and some cows would
do so. This ration, however, is not
to be generally followed, for many
farmers are not so situated as to feed
this ration with profit
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IulS Will
Protein Fuel
Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
20 alfalfa hay ...........2.16 S.52
80 corn silage ........ 80 4.7S
2.4S 10 rs
This ration ought to be satisfac-
tory With the increase in the acre
age of corn and the introduction Of the
silo in many sections this ration will
be used largely.
Protein Fuel
Lbs Lbs. Lbs.
20 alfalfa hay ...........2.16 8.53
60 sugar beet pulp, wet. so 4.62
2.76 1914
If the amount of pulp is not too
great this is a good ration. Some
COWS would readily eat so much pulp,
but others would not
Protein Fuel
Lbs Lbs. Lbs.
20 alfalfa hay ...........2.16 $50
10 barley straw ........ IA 4.44
$50 1896
This ration is little short in both
protein and fuel, and COWS would prob
ably not eat so much of such feed.
This could not, therefore, be very
satisfactory feed. The rations given
above have alfalfa as the basis, with
only one other feed in conjunction.
For change, in order to avoid making
the ration too monotonOus, we suggest
that the following ration be used some
times: