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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31
From Our Washington Correspondent
The Coming
Conference

balances as TO insure the attainment
OF the results, both secular and re-
ligious. which its founders contem-
plated In its creation. Its board of
bishops, its bishops and general Of
fcers. all men OF character and abil-
lty, So manage the affairs as 10 rem
der remote, II no; impossible, even
so complete is its government that
II has often been referred TO as
model government in itself. Thus
far II has endured and gives every
promise of continued success. Ii will
endure. II, in the future, it will exer-
else that breadth OF view which has
caracterized its past. and which we
believe will characterize its future,
always looking toward the larger
liberty OF the race for which it has
done so much and for which ii Is TO
be the greatest agency in leading ii
to complete freedom.
OF the Democracy.
The work OF the A. NJ. E church
in the past. through the church in its
secular and religious field. gives hope.
with It's constantly increasing power
in the world OF education. for great
er future than /, has enjoyed in the
past And out OF the attitude OF this
church in the future must come the
races boon OF liberty: from its atti-
tude on democracy within its own
ssIuI SIsA y VI 'spusdsp 'slslIod
measure our success or failure In the
future. Will II look to that end?
In 1905 the general conference
will meet to I'LL the vacancies on the
bench OF bishops and elect the gen
eral officers OF the church. In this
conference the senior bishop of the
A. NJ. E. denomination will be the
leading spirit: to Bishop Henry NJ.
Turner, one Of Americas greatest
men. will be given the task TO fight
for those things which will be 4 safe
guide for the future. He, above all
men in his denomination. knows the
experience OF the past; he has
passed through 1t and he realizes the
responsibility resting upon him and
his associates respecting the future
One OF these responsibilities, and
great one, the greatest save one.
is the election OF men TO fill yacan.
cies on the bench OF bishops who will
be able to meet the demands OF the
present and the needs Of the future.
Some man must be found who has
ability. capacity, character, religious
zeal, who knows men and how TO
manage them, some man who can
deal with the great moral. religious
and secular interests coming under
one In such high ONCE. II Is neces'
sary that such an one be preacher,
4 preacher Of rare ability; that he
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31

Government In this denomination
Is the one highest illustration Of the
ability Of the Negro OF America to
govern himself. Trusted as 1t is to
q semi.monarchial power. It Is so
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Lighting by Wireless.

That the principles Of wireless teleg-
rapny may be applied in transmitting
through the air, as medium, electric
ity sufficient to light an electric lamp
or series of lamps has been practical
~ demonstrated by R. B. Garland, Of
this city, former superintendent Of the
fire alarm system. He has been en-
ploying his period of recuperation from
an accident which happened to him
several weeks ago to carry out expert
ments along this line,
Mr.. Garland's recent demonstration
of the importance of the discovery Of
wireless telegraphy is result of recent
experiments along this line carried on
by some eminent French electricians.
Although his apparatus was somewhat
crude, which affected his results, the
experiment. he believes, proved beyond
reasonable doubt that he could produce
electrical waves of a high voltage and
transmit power through the air without
any direct communication.
In this experiment ten dry cells were
used, although storage battery could
he employed. Fifty feet from these
cells in his house an induction coil was
/ placed aud connected with an ordinary
incandescent lamp One side of the
secondary, or high tension, winding oI
of this coil was grounded with gas
pipe, while condenser was bridget
across the two pole pieces of the prima
ry circuit The other side of the sec
ondary cifcn't was used as the aeria
conduc'nr
At this distance Mr. Garland fount
that the ten cells would produce Oh thu
PRIMARY winding of the induction col
a voltage tf about 10, which varied onl,
slightly as the distance between thl
cells and the induction coil was de
creased. The lamp employed was al
ordinary incandescent street lamp of 2
, candle power. One conductor of thi
lamp was grounded to water pipe an
. suitable resistance cut in on the othe
pole leading to the aerial conductor
, which consisted simply OF the bras
pole pieces attached to the lamp.
To farther test the practicability 4
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
This is Worth Saving.

The following simple homemade
mixture is said to relieve any form OF
rheumatism or backache, also cleanse
and strengthen the kidneys and blad.
der, overcoming all urinary disorders il
taken before the stage of Bright's dis
ease: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon, one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla,
three ounces. Mix by shaking we'll in
a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses
after meals and at bedtime.
A well-known authority states thai
these Ingredients are mainly Of vegeta
BILE extraction, and harmless to use
aud can be obtained at small cost from
any good prescription pharmacy. Those
who think they have kidney trouble OF
suffer with lame back or weak bladder
or rheumatism, should give this pre-
scription a trial, as no harm can posi-
bly, follow its use, and it is said to d,
wonders for some people. 77-81-eI
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
A Breezy Western Farce.

"In gun fight, man can hide back
of q bar or crawl under the stove or in.
to the neck of beer bottle, if he's
scared enough, but sech protective
stratagems is wholly vain ag'in dyna,
mite, observes "Kink, in Rex Beachs
"The Colognizing of Kansas, in the
March McClure's. He had lost his en-.
tire stake on 'brace" faro game, and
with the purpose of stopping the game
and breaking the bank he lit fuse at.
tached to what appeared to be stick
of dynamite.
"The crowd is moved by Que un-
common impulse, aud the sound OF
their hoofs is like the roar of thunder. -
"Noise busted ont the cow-men like
they'd blowed off cylinder-head.
They didn't holler, but horrid discord
just pizened the air.
"It appeared like everybody got q
fair, honest start, because they all run
a dead heart to the door, where they
met and wedged then clawed their way
out into the night and far away.
"As for the dealer, cold drau ght
famed my artifcally fevered brow
from the window through which be
had departed. He ran plum ont OF
town, wearin' the window sash for a
necktie. Not n soul was left to tell the
tale"
"Kink" then gathered in his money
and departed. Later he again met
"Moiave Mike Buffers" and with his
recovered "roll" as capital they organ
lied the Cutters Martin Mastodon
Minstrels," which "busts into Kasas
aud lays waists every hamlet it plays. "
The main purpose of the minstrelsy
was to sell cologne at prodigious profit
and they succeeded for a time. The
history of that cyclonic theatrical tour
is a capital farce of the West: one of
the best Rex Beach has written.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Your Boy and Good Manners.

Mothers make q mistake II they do
not insist on good manners IN the fam
lily. There is no reason why boy
should be boorish when his sister is
polite, that boy shuld be grumpy and
awkward, i'll at ease before strangers
and unscquainted with table etiquette
when his sister possess the savior-faire
Of good breeding. We are talking
about the growing boy. While he is
still under your daily care, teach him
to take off his hat when he meets you
on the street, to rise when you enter
the room, to place fOOtstool for his
grandmother, and to carry any bundle
or parcel not too heavy for smalR
hands. A little fellow who is permit
ted to wear his hat in the house when
his mother and sisters are present can
not be expected to take it off because
visitors have arrived.
Freddie, why do you stand there
with your hat on" asks the mother
severely, when Freddie thus strans-
crosses propriety, and the minister s
wife or the lady from Baltimore or the
aunt from Philadelphia is in the loom.
If Freddie had been taught always to
stand bareheaded in the house, if it
were his custom to pull off his hat
whenever he met lady or an older per-
son of his own sex out of doors,
the act would be automatic. Let your
boy wait on you. Do not rush wildly
to wait on him. Let him button your
shoes, put on and take off your rubbers,
perform little services at home If you
are wise you will send him on errands
to your friends, give him notes and
messages to carry, and otherwise make
him at ease when obliged to address
some one be knows slightly. Margar-
ct E. Sangster in Womau's home Com
panion for March.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Treating the Lazy Child Scientifically.

The New Idea Woman's Magazine
has taken up the subject of child train
ing in new way. 1t has sent an in
terviewer to an expert school teacher
to find out how it is that children
whose parents "can do nothing with
them" do not give the least trouble in
school. The first interview is printed
in the March number of the New Idea,
and deals with The Lazy Child and
the Unwilling Child" Some Of the
points made will surprise and perhaps
not convince the average parent. For
instance:
"Do You, then, not recognize such q
quality as laziness in children ?" asked
the reporter, feeling the infection OF
Miss Farrell's optimism.
"No. Those who know child nature
best tell us that the principle of child.
hood is activity, II we do not give a
child something to do that is suited to
to him, or if the thing is not presented
to him in way that will appeal to him,
then he will refuse it and develop his
activity in some other way"
But surely, to some extent, chile
must do the thing that does not appea
to him." This new doctrine of taking
the child's nature into account was de
cidedly upsetting.
"But why? Everything may be mad'
to appeal to the child. Frankly, ! d.
not believe in child doing thinG
simply because ii is good for it"
| This is a fair sample of the treatmen
of the subject, which will be found q
least suggestive to those aggrieved in
divlduals, active parents afflicted will
lazy children.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

A large Baptist church that stands in
the city of Santa Rosa, Cal, enjoys the
distinction of having been constructed
from single tree, says the Technical
World Magazine OF course that in
cludes the woodwork of the structure.
he tree from which the timbers, lum-
ber and shingles were cut was giant
California redwood A considerable
qusntity OF the lumber wac left over af
ter the church building was completed.
Tnis building has spire seventy
feet high; an audience room capable Of
seating 800; parlor capable of seating
eighty; pastors study fourteen by
twenty feet, a vestihule aud toilet room,
The building is thirty-five by eighty
feet. There are not many buildings in
the country, all the timber of which
came from single tree.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Your GaWky Boy.

That gawky boy of ungainly,
gaunt, shy, unprepossessing, as he is,
writes Henry A. Shute in the March
Delineator. You nag him. You laugh
at him and ridicule him. Did you ever
realize how 1t hurts? You ought to re-
alize it, for it is not long since you
knew how it felt. You would have
stood pain like man and SO does your
boy. You would have borne privation
like stole, and so does your boy, and
there would have been a grim sort oi
enjoyment in it, for the Joy Of resist
snce is fully awake at fourteen.
But you could not bear ridicule anG
he can not, and yet there is scarcely I
day when you do not cause him sharI
discomfort.
The boys mother never does this
She loves every awkward movement o
her boy. She'loves his long legs ant
she love to hear his raucous voice. ShI
smiles at it, too, and at him, and it is
smile of genuine amusement, but ther,
is love in the smile, aud love in be-
eyes, and he knows it, and adores Re
for it.
II he becomes depressed aud despon
ent, he confdes his troubles in his dog
which sits in front of him gazing at hin
with an almost human expression o
sympathy and puts his paw on his mas
ter's knee.
| A bit unfortunate, isn't it, that you
own boy is obliged to depend on hi
mother aud his dog for sympathy an
affection? He gets none from you an
hut little from his brothers aud sisters
II Is true, isn't it? Il
My friend, if you paid as much per
sonal attention to the proper develof
ment OF Your boy as you do in raisln
the two.minute trotter, or the blue rit
bon Guernsey, or the Black Strain .TU
bilee of Orpington, or in beating bogy
or in your game of whist, you would
astonished at the results.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

soon to come, brings its own philoso.
ply and engenders frankness Of speech.
Here is one piece OF advice:
=" Take care how you choose your
partner for life. You'll have wide
choice, and all your future happiness,
aud the happiness perhaps Of many
generations to come, will depend on
the one moment when you say Yes to
one Of the scores Of young fellows who.
II ask you to be his wife. Take care,
dear! Take careI Look him thorough
ly up and down! Be sure that he has
good full open eye that can look you
straight in the face, and be sure that
the whites of his eyes are clear. Take
care he hasn't got @ queer. r.shaped head
or allow forehead. A good round head
and a good full high forehead, do you
hear? Notice the grip of his hand
when he shakes hands with you Take
care it's strong and firm and not cold
and dry No young man should have
a cold dry hand. Don't say Yes till
you've seen him ont OF trousers, in rid.
ing dress, or court dress. Look at the
shape of his legs-a good well.shaped
leg, eh, Peggie? And take care it is his
legt See that he's well-knit and little
lean, not fiabby; doesn't squint; doesn't
staunmer; hasn't got any nervous tricks
or twitckings. Don't marry bald
man They say we shall all be bald in
ten generations. Wait ten generations,
Peggie, and then don't marry bald
man Can you remember all this,
dear? Watch his walk! See that he
has good springy step, and feet made
Of elastic can do his four or five miles
an hour without turning hair Don't
have him if he has q cough in the win
ter or the spring. Young men ought
never to have cough. And be sure
he can laugh we'll and heartily-pot
snigger, or wheeze, or a cackle, but
good, deep, hearty laugh right down
from the bottom of his chest. And if
he has a little money, or even a good
bit, so much the better! There, now
You choose a man like that, Peggy,
and | won't promise you that you'll be
happy, but if you're not it won't be
your fault, and it won't be his, and it
won't be mine!"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Smile!

Have You tried smiling? It is the
latest remedy for all the ills of the flesh
and the spirit, and it is cheap. All that
is necessary to do to try the new 'smiie
cure which, we are informed, the
London doctors are recommending, is
to lift the corners of the mouth slightly
by means of the facial muscles, expand
ing the lips and showing the teeth.
Practice this before the looking glass
night and morning until the smile has
worn in, and the beneficial results will
be forthcoming, it is seriously asserted.
There is no state of affairs so discour-
aging that it can't be bettered by smil-
ing over it, aud there is no Joy in life SO
joyous that it will not spread little
wider over the surface Of the globe with
the coaxing of smile. Albany Argus.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Caution.

"Sister Henderson" said Deacon
Hypers, lyon should avoid even the
appearance of evil"
"Why, deacon, what do you mean p
asked Sister Henderson.
81 observe that on your sideboard
you have several cut-glass decauters,
and that each of them is half filled with
what appears to be ardent spirits
"Well, now, deacon, it isn't anything
of the kind The bottles look so pret-
ty on the sideboard that I just filed
them half way with some floor stain and
furniture polish, just for appearances. u
"rhat's why | am cautioning you,
sister rep led the deacon. . Feeling
trlfle weak aud faint, | helped myself
to dose from the big bottle in the
middle. Life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
Solemn Advice on Choosing a Husband.

Henry Arthur Jones, whose plays,
"Mrs. Danes Defense" and "The Hyp-
ocrites." are now Attracting so much
attention, brings out new play in the
American Magazine for March. The
chief character Is an extraordinary man
seventy-fve years old who, face to face
with death, goes on enjoying life and
making great plans. One Of his friends
is q young girl who, during the old
mans moments of relaxation, listens 10
his wisdom. The old gentleman is
charmingly unhampered by convention
by any desireto withheld. The veil il
Withdrawn IRON the fully ripened and
completed individuality. The end
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
!" John BulI. BarhsIor.

=" John Bnll, harhelnr, is drscrip
ilru that threatens t. be attached to us
lu ths nnt-far-dlstant future, for the
disluclnafion to marry is bee c.ming
more general among EnglishmeD ever,
year. rhes themselves attribute this
indispdsition mostly to the ffivolity,
extravaganza and uniaithiuluess Of the
modern English wife.-London Truth.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
THE ELKS' CONVENTION.
Program for Philadelphia Reunion Being
Rapidly Completed.

Program for Philadelphia Reunion Being
Rapidly Completed.
Philadelphia, Feb. 27.-The commit.
tee which has in charge the arrange
ments tor the annual convention and
reunion of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, which is to be
held in this city during the week be-
gin ming July 18TH, is preparing to is
sue, in circular form, detailed outline
of the weeks program.
Plans for the entertainment of the
Thousands of visitors who are expected
to take part in the festivities are prac.
tIcally complete, and from casual
glance at the varied list of the features
which have been provided, there ia
reason to believe that the Elks will at
tain their "High Water Marx" at Phil
adelphla this summer.
Beginning with Sunday, July 14th,
when the first of the delegations are
due to arrive, the visitors will be kept
on the go throughout the entire week
and every day will afford them soma
thing new aud novel in the way of pas,
time and amusements. Particular care
has been exercised in providing plenty
of comfort and social features for the
ladies and arrangements have been
made whereby the fair visitors will re-
ceive more than the ordinary attention
from the Qnaker hostess.
Altogether the week will afford all
that is interesting and entertaining to
the Elks aud their "dears," and nc
man, il he contemplates coming tC
Philadelphia need hesitate to bring
with him his entire family If he is dis
posed TO do so. The members Of Mum.
Der Two assure all visitors royal re-
ception and caretaking hospitality dur
ing their soiourn in the Quaker City.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

this experiment Mr.. Garland closed
the adjoining rooms, thus closeting the
battery, to see, if the interposion Of the
wooden doors would affect the electric
waves. This, however, showed no ap.
preciable effect on the intensity OF the
light.
Believing the condenser was not
strong enough, Mr.. Garland had three
persons join hands, and one of them
told hold Of the aerial lamp. When the
switch Was again turned on he found
that IL produced perceptible increase
in the intensity of the light.-Ansonia
dispatch to New York Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
FROM THE ANTILLES.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Benefits q
City Councilman at Kingston,
Jamaica,

W. O'Reilly Fogarty, who is q mem
ber of the city council at Kingston, Ja-
maica, West Indies, writes as follows.
"One bottle of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy had good effect on q cough
that was giving me trouble and think
| should have been more quickly re-
ieved if I had continued the remedy.
That it was beneficial and quick in re-
lieving me there is no doubt and'it il
my intention to obtain another bottle.
For sale by H @. Miller
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
The Blind Goddess.

Oh, Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw,
While lawyers
Jaw and jaw,
And while they rant
And saw the air,
The jury sees
That you are fair;
The lawyers may
Unfold the case,
The jury only
Sees your face;
The witnesses
Stand up and swear,
The jurors see
Your fluffy hair.
The judge may scowl
And snort and frown,
The jury only
Sees your gown
That clasps your youthful
Figure slim;
Tbaw sits there, but
They don't see him,
You are the whole
Enhancing show
And-as he's yours
They'll let him go.
Judd Mortimer Lewis
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

"What lovely morningl" said moth
er, as she seated herself behind the
coffee cups; sand yesterday the wealth
erman prophesied rainl
Bobby (aged four)-The newspapers
don I always know what Gods going to
do, do they. mamma?-Marion A. Jack
son in Woman's Home Companion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28
The Texas Wonder

Cures ell kidney, bladder and rheu'
matte troubles. Sold by all druggists,
or two months treatment by mail f0I
81. DR.. T.. W. Hall, 1926 Olive street,
st. Louis, NO Send for Tennessee ties
timonials. fl13i
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-02-28

soon to come, brings its own philoso.
ply and engenders frankness Of speech.
Here is one piece OF advice:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-05-25
Las que desdenan de Ia moda


Asf como hay damas que han he
cho de Ia moda una deidad, cuyos ca
prichos siguen con ciega obediencia
existen otras que Sc pueden lamar
lind dependencies de II moda" y no
acatan mas ley que su gusto 8 st1 ms
Itinto, de suerte que llevan "toiletts'
vcrdaderamente personalcs de acuer-
do con 81 car 4cter y su bellcza.
| Por 10 general, son las grandes ar
tistas las que Sc emancipan para Sc
guir sus paprichos.
| Sara Bernhardt lleva siempre YES
Itidos estrechos, cef1idos, de lfneas
rectas, y alrededor del cuello "echar.
lpes" y "ruches'.
Georgette Leblanc Maeterlinkc
impecable estatua viva, amaba los ira
jes sueltos, I'm POGO arcaicos, que
caen en- p1iegues majestuosos y las
telas suEtuosas y de colores alegres.
James Hariga rehusa las tiranfas
del corse y encierra su talle cimbrean-
te en- trajes Princesa 6 imperio,. de
manera que no lie aprisionan jamas.
Cecilia Sorel tiene TN esmero pa
|risien en- su atavfo, pero profesa es-
pecial predilecci6n por las chaquetas
Luis XIV, las faldas muy amplias y
los cuerpos en- punta. ::
De gran fantasia y de TN moder-
nismo agudo, madame Simone LIE
Bargy lama pequeflos paletost dere-
|chos, inmensos sombreros con. largos
velos fotantes y faldas de muselina
r "a co1a c,1ror,,,1oc+a G IA <in%oc HI
ferentes.
Todas estas mujeres tinen una per-
sonalldad que sc. marca en- sus gestos,
en- sus actitudes, en- sus fsonom1as,
Y en- sus traies. Sin embargo, no
puede haber nadie que tache de falta
de elegancia a esas grandes artistas.
cuyos trajes copian veces modistos
y elegantes; las llneas generates, que
rechazarlan los ojos AGO stumbrados a
una forma de exteriorizacion de la
belleza, Sc observan siempre dentro
de la variedad original de sus atav1os.
Como es natural, no todas podemos
permitirnos 10 que la generalidad de
las artistas justidca 6 disculpa; pero
es indudable que su ejemplo puede
servir para librar muchas del SER
vilismo de la moda y que cada una
Sc vista seg1n su tipo, su gusto y sus
condolences especiales, porque pensar
que 10 que 4 uua asienta blen ha de
convenlr todas, es el mayor absurdo
que la ciega fe en- la deidad favorita
de las damas puede hacerle incurrir.
.4VELE.|.Y-